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THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN
A MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO
THE BIOGRAPHY, GENEALOGY,
HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES
OF ESSEX COUNTY, (
MASSACHUSETTS
VOLUME I
1897
ILLUSTRATED
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THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
VOL. I. SALEM, MASS., JANUARY, 1897. No. i,
COMMERCIAL HISTORY OF SALEM.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY.
SALEM was settled by a class of men ketches, measuring from twenty to forty
who were different in several respects from tons burthen, and manned by four, five
those of the other towns of the Massachu- or six men each. In 1688, there was
setts Bay colony. They were sea- faring, only one ship, her tonnage being one hun-
having been engaged in fishing at Cape dred and thirty tons. In 1698, Salem
Ann for five years. The maritime ad- had on the water one ship of eighty tons
vantages of the situation of Salem un- and another of two hundred, one bark,
doubtedly attracted them thither, and three sloops and twenty ketches,
resulted in the commercial activity of the Higginson wrote of the trade here in
town in later years. At the very begin- 1 700 as follows : " Dry, merchantable
ning of Endicott's government here he codfish for the markets of Spain, Portugal
was directed by the home company to and the Straits, refuse fish, lumber, horses
send to England as return cargoes, and provisions for the West Indies. Re-
"staves, sarsaparilla, sumack, sturgeon and turns made directly to England are su-
other fish and beaver." The waters of gar, molasses, cotton, wool, logwood and
the harbor and rivers contained immense Brasiletto-wood, for which we depend on
quantities of fish, and for more than a the West Indies. Our own produce, a
century they were the staple export, a considerable quantity of whale and fish-
Winter island being the headquarters of oil, whalebone, furs, deer, elk, and bear-
the fish trade. Even as late as the pres- skins are annually sent to England. We
ent century, salmon swam the North have much shipping here and rates are
river in such numbers that they constitu- low."
ted the main article of animal food of the Commerce was continued in similar
dwellers on its banks ; and the indentures lines and with but little increase to the
of apprentices contained a clause provid- beginning of the Revolution. With the ex-
ing that they should not be compelled to ception of Boston and New York, Beverly,
eat salmon more than three times each Marblehead and Salem were the principal
week. commercial ports of the province, having
About 1 640, vessels were sailed to An- most of the shipping,
tigua and Barbadoes, some of the Leeward The patriots of the colonies, without
Islands and the large islands of the West ships of war, found themselves at issue
Indies, the Bermudas, Virginia and Eng- with the most powerful maritime nation
land; and in 1644 Josselyn wrote that in of the world. Boston and New York
Salem there "are many rich merchants." were occupied and crippled by the enemy,
Within the next twenty-five years, trade and the success of the Americans was
was extended to Spain, France and Hoi- early believed to lie in the hands of the
land. patriotic merchants of Salem bay. De-
The great majority of vessels then en- votion to the cause of independence was
gaged in commerce from Salem were nowhere more extensive or truer than in
2 THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
the hearts of the merchants of Salem, and ing them stranded. They had sailed the
those who sailed their ships over the Spanish main, and had had frequent meet-
ocean. Broad-minded and generous, the ings with the buccaneers of the ocean for
owners recognized the exigency of the years. Perilous voyages were the most
times and turned their vessels into priva- attractive. Most of the sailors were still
teers, arming them with cannon ; and young, and full of life and daring. The
their gallant crews volunteered to man prospect of voyages to distant and un-
them. Out upon the deep they sailed, known countries was fascinating to them,
with hearts of courage and daring, to meet and when the merchants announced their
in mortal combat the powerful navy of intention of opening up trade with the re-
England, mote parts of the globe there was no lack
Not only did they use the vessels al- of seamen.
ready built, but the merchants had larger The snow-white sails of the merchant-
and better ones constructed, equipped and ships of Salem were soon seen in every
manned for this very service. During the water of the then known world, and Salem
war more than one hundred and fifty- became famous in the uttermost parts, its
eight vessels were thus sent out from name becoming as widely known as that
Salem. They carried upward of two of America.
thousand guns in all, averaging about Many of the voyages of the merchant-
fourteen each, and were manned by sev- ships were not less exciting and danger-
eral thousand seamen. They took four ous than the experiences of the privateers
hundred and forty-five prizes, an average in the Revolution. The history of the
of nearly three to each vessel. The story period is crowded with incidents of dar-
of these privateers upon the ocean is a ing and adventure in unknown seas and
very important, and the most interesting, in ports never before visited by Ameri-
fascinating and romantic part of the his- cans, encounters with pirates and tribes of
tory of the struggle for independence. The cruel and treacherous savages, who were
secluded conflicts at sea, between single ready to commit any atrocity for plunder,
vessels, had few witnesses, and little, com- contests with the armed ships of France
pared with the amount of knowledge we and England, imprisonment among the
have of the battles fought on land, is there- Algerines and in the dungeons of France
fore known of the history of the capture and Spain. Now and then Salem crews
of these four hundred and forty-five prizes, fell victims to the pirates and cruel Ma-
Little commerce in the way of trade lays. Even the most romantic imagina-
had been carried on during the seven tions fail to conceive the parallel of those
years of war, and on the return of peace times.
the merchants found themselves possessed It has already been said that the sea-
of many swift-sailing vessels larger than men were young, but it will not be learned
any they had used prior to the Revolution, from that statement alone how very youth-
They were too large to be profitably em- ful some of them were. When the first
ployed in domestic commerce or in the vessel to the East Indies set sail from
short voyages to their hitherto visited Salem, neither the captain nor his mates
European and other ports. The mer- were out of their teens ; yet, with imper-
chants determined to visit new and more feet mathematical instruments, and with-
distant countries, and begin trade with out charts except of their own making,
their peoples. they carried through coral reefs and along
Many hundred seamen were idle, as strange shores ship and cargo safely to
they would accept no employment but their destination. The importance of the
that which was compatible with the spirit position of these boys did not alone lie in
they had imbibed during the seven strange the navigation of the vessel. They had
years that had just come to an end, leav- the selling of the outward cargo, and the
COMMERCIAL HISTORY OF SALEM. 3
purchase of another to bring home with first elephant that was ever seen in the
them. The whole financial success of the United States.
voyage depended upon them, as there The maritime section of the town was
was no communication with the owners well worth visiting. Salem was one of the
during the year and a half covered by the principal depots for the distribution of
voyage, and no news of them received at foreign merchandise. For instance, in
home until they came sailing back again, the year 1800, more than eight million
The telegraphic cable long ago destroyed pounds of sugar alone was imported and
the romantic interest which the mystery of sold to traders from various sections of
silence wove around these trips. the country. The streets were alive with
Derby street, the great commercial teams loaded with goods. Draft wagons
thoroughfare of the town, was filled with and drays came from long distances,
the bustle of business. Vessels crowded somtimes more than a hundred miles, for
at the wharves, some having their cargoes this was long before the period of rail-
of silk from India, tea from China, pepper roads, and all merchandise had to be
from Sumatra, coffee from Arabia, spices transported overland in this arduous and
from Batavia, gum-copal from Zanzibar, tedious manner.
and hides from Africa, removed to the In the taverns, teamsters from many
warehouses on the wharves, and others parts of Northwestern New England were
were being laden with American goods for ever to be found on chilly evenings sitting
the foreign trade. around the hearth-fire, discussing politics
At every lounging place, on every street or current news, or becoming cheerful
corner and about the doors of the num- over frequent potations of New England
erous sailor boarding houses, were seamen rum, which was then manufactured in
fresh from Eastern countries, and others Salem in great quantities,
about to sail thither, having all the peculi- The first new trade opened, after the
arities of the true rover of the seas. Revolution, was with Russia. In 1784,
The sail-makers with their curious the bark Light Horse, commanded by
thimbles fastened to the palms of their Capt. Buffington from Salern, opened the
hands, sat on the smooth floor of their American trade at St. Petersburg. The
lofts busily stitching the great sheets of trade with that country became extensive,
white canvass that should carry many a but greatly declined after the embargo,
gallant vessel through storm and tempest The last entry in Salem of a cargo from
to seas before unplowed by American Archangel was in 1820, from Cronstadt in
keels. The shops of the ship-chandlers 1836, and from St. Petersburg in 1843.
were al3o busy places, as well as the shop The Cape of Good Hope trade was
of the old maker of mathematical instru- also opened in 1784. The first voyage
ments, with his swinging sign of a quad- was made in the Grand Turk, a fast-sail-
rant. The shops and stores were full of ing ship of three hundred tons. It was
strange and unique articles, brought from built by Elias Hasket Derby, in 1781, as
distant lands. Parrots screamed and mon- a privateer, and carried twenty-two guns,
keys and other small animals from foreign In 1 784, Mr. Derby dispatched the vessel,
forests gamboled at will in the back shops, under command of Capt. Jonathan Inger-
Suggestions of foreign lands met the vision soil, on the first voyage from Salem to the
at every turn. The collection of rare and Cape, the exportation being New Eng-
unique curiosities which constitute the land rum, and the return cargo Granada
East India Marine museum was one re- rum.
suit of these voyages. The next year (17 85), Mr. Derby opened
The ship America, Capt. Jacob Crown- the trade with China by sending to Can-
inshield of Salem, master and owner, ton the Grand Turk, which was then
brought home from Bengal, in 1796, the commanded by Capt. Ebenezer West.
4 THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
He there competed with the European Salem, was the first American vessel to
syndicates of merchants for the native trade with Japan, though commercial in-
trade, tercourse was not opened between the
The ship Grand Turk was also the two countries until half a century later,
first New England vessel to open trade Salem merchants sent the first vessel that
with the Dutch of the Isle of France, ever sailed direct from this country to
This was in 1787. Sugar was the princi- Sumatra, and the first to bring a cargo of
pal article of Dutch exportation. In 1 794, pepper from that island. This trade origi-
the ship Aurora brought from there a nated from the discovery, by Capt. Jon-
cargo of four hundred and twenty-four athan Games of Salem, at the port of Ben-
thousand and thirty-four pounds of sugar, coolen, who was there in 1793, that pep-
it being consigned to William Gray. per grew wild on the northwestern coast
The East India trade was also opened of Sumatra. He sailed for Jonathan Peele,
by Mr. Derby, in 1 788, by the ship A flan- the merchant, who, upon the discovery of
tic, which was commanded by his son. Capt. Carnes, built the schooner Rajah
This was the first vessel to display the and sent him in it to Sumatra for a cargo
American ensign at Surat, Bombay and of pepper in 1795. He took, for the pur-
Calcutta. The next year, he imported the pose of trade, a cargo of brandy, gin, iron,
first cargo of Bombay cotton brought to tobacco and salmon, and in 1796 brought
this country. In 1798, the ship Belisa- back the first cargo of pepper to be im-
rius brought a cargo of ten thousand, ported into this country in bulk. The
seven hundred and sixty-seven pounds of cargo sold at seven hundred per cent,
sugar and one hundred and eighteen profit. The merchants were greatly excited
thousand, two hundred and fifteen pounds over Mr. Peele's success, and endeavored
of coffee from Calcutta and the Isle of to learn where the pepper had been ob-
France. In 1803, tne sn ^P Lucia brought tained, but it was kept a secret for several
from Calcutta a cargo of sugar, indigo years. The cargoes of pepper sometimes
and cheroots, on which the duty was contained as much as six hundred tons.
$24,001.08. In 1805, the ship Argo The ship Eliza, James Cook, master,
brought a cargo of sugar, from the same brought into the port of Salem, from Su-
port, on which the duty was $32,799.47. matra, a cargo of one million, twelve
In 1812, a duty of $51,526.33 was thousand, one hundred and forty-eight
paid on the cargo of the Restitution from pounds of pepper, on which a duty of
Calcutta. The Calcutta trade was after- $66,903.90 was paid. At one time the
wards carried on principally by Joseph trade with Sumatra was almost entirely
Peabody, by the famous ship George, carried on by Salem merchants, and a
which made twenty-one voyages to Cal- large proportion of the pepper consumed
cutta, and who paid $651,743.32 duties on was obtained at, and through the port of
its cargoes. Salem, which was the distributing point
The first American vessel to open trade for that article to all countries. Cargoes
with Batavia was the Salem brig Sally, of pepper were regularly brought to Salem
Benjamin Webb, master, in 1796, who from Sumatra until 1846. Salem vessels
purchased of the people there pepper and were at Sumatra for the last time in 1860 ;
sugar. Salem vessels were the first to and the last American vessel that visited
display the American flag at the Island ot that coast was commanded by a Salem
Java, near Sumatra, in the Indian ocean, captain. This was in 1867. Since then
The ship Margaret, Samuel Derby, mas- there has been no direct trade between
ter, was the first (in 1802) Salem vessel, that place and the United States.
and second American vessel to visit The Manilla trade was opened in 1796.
Japan ; and the ship Franklin of Boston, The ship Astrea, of Salem, Henry Prince,
commanded by Capt. James Devereux of master, in that year entered the harbor of
COMMERCIAL HISTORY OF SALEM. 5
Manilla, the capital city of the Philippine Marseilles being in 1833, and the last from
Islands, situated on the island of Luzon, Leghorn in 1841. Trade with Messina
and returned to Salem with a cargo of ceased in 1831.
seventy-five thousand pounds of sugar, Among the places early traded at by
sixty-three thousand, six hundred and the colonists, the last entry from the West
ninety-five pounds of pepper and twenty- Indies was from Havana in 1854. The
nine thousand seven hundred and sixty- last entry in Salem from the Rio Grande
seven pounds of indigo, the import duty was made in 1870.
at Salem being $24,020. The ship St. The South American trade, which also
Paul was almost as famous in the Manilla began early, finally ended in 1877, the last
trade as was the ship George in the Cal- entry in Salem from Para occuring in 1 86 1,
cutta trade. The last entry in Salem from the cargo consisting of rubber, hides, co-
Manilla was the bark Dragon, in 1858, coa, coffee and castana nuts. The trade
with a cargo of hemp. with Montevideo, in hides and horns,
The Mocha trade was opened in 1798 which began in 1811, also ended in 1861.
by the ship Recovery, of the port of Salem, The sugar trade with Pernambuco ended
Joseph Ropes, master. It was the first in 1841. Among the places of South
American vessel to display the American America visited by Salem merchants were
flag in that region of the world. The Guayaquil, Lima, Patagonia, Rio Janeiro,
natives were amazed at the vessel, with its, Surinam and Valparaiso,
to them, strange shape and rig, and large Trade on the west coast of Africa, which
size. The ship Franklin, in 1808, brought began soon after the close of the Revolu-
from there a cargo of five hundred and tion, by conveying thither New England
thirty-two thousand, three hundred and rum, gun-powder and tobacco, closed in
sixty-five pounds of coffee, consigned to 1873.
Joseph Peabody, on which was paid a duty The Feejee Islands trade was first
of $26,618.25. opened in 1811 in the period between the
Trade with all those distant shores was embargo and the war, by the bark Active,
firmly established and flourishing at its Capt. William P. Richardson. Salem was
height, when, in 1808, the embargo was a name familiar to the cannibals of those
placed upon our seaports. The whole islands during the first half of this century,
trade was thus suddenly stopped, in some as well as to the savages of Africa and
instances never to be re-opened, and in all Madagascar, being the synonym for all the
its branches to be pursued with less vigor rest of the world. The trade continued
and in a less degree. as late as 1854, when the bark Dragon
The trade in wine and brandy with brought from there a cargo of eleven hun-
Spain and Portugal, which had continued dred and seventy bales of hemp,
for a century was wholly stopped by the After the close of the war, the Salem
embargo, the last entry being from Bilboa, merchants attempted to supplement the
in 1809. unparalleled commercial record of the
Of the trade with all the other princi- port by opening trade with several new
pal European ports, which began prior to places.
the War of 1812, the last entry from Bor- The first American vessel to trade at
deaux occurred in 1815, from Copen- Madagascar was the Salem brig Beulah,
hagen in 1816, from Amsterdam in 1823, Charles Forbes, master, in 1820. In 1827,
from Hamburg in 1828, from Rotterdam Salem merchants extended this trade to
in 1834, from Antwerp in 1836, and from Zanzibar. The Salem vessels were the
Gottenburg in 1837. first to trade there as at Sumatra and
The Mediterranean trade existed prin- Madagascar. Gum-copal was its staple
cipally before that war, the last entry, with article of export. The last cargo to arrive
a cargo of wine, brandy and soap, from at Salem from Zanzibar entered in 1870.
6 THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
The Australian trade was commenced for a year, having in all probability made
in 1832, by the Salem ship Tybcc, Charles its last port.
Millett, master, at Sydney, and that was
the first American vessel to enter Austra- NOTES.
Han ports. The trade came to an end in
!$** Philip Godfrid Kast kept an apothe-
Considerable trade was carried on with cary at " the Sign of the Lyon and Mortar"
Nova Scotia from about 1840 to 1857. in Salem in 1768.
Since that time there has been but Edward Griffiths, " taylor and habit-
little. For about ten years, from 1837 to maker from London, " resided "next door
1847, Salem was engaged in the whale to Major Read's" in Marblehead in 1768.
fisheries. William Vans kept a country store on
The whole aspect of the old maritime t h e Corner leading from the main Street
section of Salem is now changed. Many to t h e North-River Bridge " in Salem
of the old shops on Derby street remain, j n jyfiS.
dingy and worn and ware-houses have WMam Jones kept the King's-Head
been transformed into coal-houses, coal tayem in Danver on the road from Bos .
being now the principal article of impor- tQn tQ gal in ^ 6 %.__ Essex Gazett e t
tation. Mansions of the old merchants ^ 2 ^
are to be found around Washington square, ' r ,
many of them elegant and large, but those , Salem ' ^' 9, '768. Thurfday
that remain in the old commercial section Evenin laft ' Mr ; JOSEPH CABOT, of this
are dilapidated and changed. The influ- town ; was mamed to Mifs REBECCA QJNE,
ence of the energy, enterprise, fearless- f ldeft Daughter of Mr. TIMOTHY ORNE
ness and far-sightedness of the old-time late an T 6111 M * rchant o , t hls Place "
merchants will, however, remain for cen- Essex Gazette, Aug. 9 , 1768.
turies. The following persons, from Essex
The engraving at the beginning of this county, settled in Henniker, N. H. :-
sketch is that of the ship Mindoro, the Capt. Aaron Adams, from Rowley, about
only survivor of the full-rigged merchant 1772, and his brother Israel about 1775.
ships of Salem, lying at the historic Derby Stephen Adams, from Rowley, about
wharf in Salem harbor. It was built in 1772.
Boston in 1864 by John Taylor for Messrs. David Clough (born in Salem, 1752),
Pickman & Silsbee, merchants of Salem, in 1778.
by whom it has always been owned. It Eliphalet Colby, from Amesbury, about
measures one hundred and sixty-seven 1770.
feet in length, thirty-five feet in breadth, Moses Duston, from Haverhill, about
and twenty-three and one-half feet in 1771.
depth. Its gross tonnage measurement is George Hoyt (a native of Salisbury),
one thousand and twenty-one and ninety- about 1783.
five one-hundredths tons, and the net, Jedediah Kilburn (a native of Rowley),
nine hundred and seventy and fifty-seven about 1768.
one-hundredths tons. Its first comman- William Mirrick (a native of Newbury),
der was Capt. Charles H. Allen, jr., and about 1778.
his successors, Captains Reynolds, Bray, Samuel Paige, from Haverhill, about
Gardner, Beadle, Hutchinson, Powers, 1795.
Luscomb and Creelman, respectively. It John Proctor, from Manchester, in
has sailed in many waters, carrying car- 1798.
goes to and from China and the East In- Simeon Rogers, from Newbury, in
dies, Australia, Cape Town, San Francisco, 1 7 80.
etc. It has now been lying at the wharf History of Henniker, N. H.
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF THE REVOLUTION.
NEW ENGLAND'S DEAD.
New England's dead ! New England's dead I
On every hill they lie;
On every field of strife, made red
By bloody victory.
Each valley, where the battle poured
Its red and awful tide,
Beheld the brave New England sword
With slaughter deeply dyed.
Their bones are on the northern hill,
And on the southern plain,
By brook and river, lake and rill,
And by the roaring main.
The land is holy where they fought,
And holy where they fell;
For by their blood that land was bought,
The land they loved so well.
Then glory to that valiant band,
The honored saviors of the land.
J. McLellan, Jr.
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF THE
REVOLUTION.
The following list is made up from the
official records of the State, and contains
the names of all soldiers and sailors of
the Revolution that are given as belong-
ing to Essex county. There are doubtless
names of others on the official lists who
belonged in the county, but the records do
not state their residence.
WOOD ABAAHAM of Marblehead ; of the
crew of ship Rambler, May 2 7, i 780, com-
manded by Capt. Benjamin Lovett ; age,
15 yrs. ; stature, 4 ft., 8 in. ; complexion,
light.
JOHN ABBET of Marblehead ; private
in Capt. Baker's co., Col. Hutchinson's
reg. ; in service, 1776 ; enl. for 12 mos. ;
reported, deserted.
JOBE ABBIT of Andover ; priv. in Capt.
Samuel Johnson's co., Col. Titcomb's
reg.; enl. Apr. 27, 1777; dis. June 27,
1777 ; service, 2 mos., 9 dys. ; marched
to Providence, R. I.
ABBOT of West parish of Ipswich ;
corp. in Capt. Abram How's co., which
marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775 ;
service, 2 dys.
ASA ABBOT of Andover ; priv. in Capt.
Henry Abbot's co., which marched on the
alarm of April 19, 1775 ; service, i^ dys.
BENJAMIN ABBOT of Andover ; enl. into
Continental Army, from Capt. Samuel
Johnson's co., before Feb 17, 1778; enl.
to expire Jan. i, 1780 ; joined Capt. Ben-
jamin Farnum's co., Col. Ebenezer Fran-
cis' reg. ; pay abstract for 48 days' rations
from Feb. 20, 1777, tne date of enl., to
time of arrival at Bennington ; also, in
Capt. Abbott's co., Col. Tupper's reg.;
Continental Army pay accounts for ser-
vice from Feb. 20, 1777, to Nov. 5,
1778 ; reported, died Nov. 5, 1778.
BENJAMIN ABBOT of Andover ; on pay
roll for Andover 6 mos. men in Conti-
nental Army in 1780 ; marched June 26,
1 780 ; dis. Dec. 15,1 780 ; service, 6 mos.,
i dy. ; also, on list of men raised for 6
mos. service, returned by Brig.-Gen. Pater-
son on having passed muster in a return
dated Camp Totoway Oct. 25, 1780.
BENJAMIN ABBOT, JR., of Andover;
drummer in Lt. Peter Poor's co., which
marched on the alarm of Apr. 19, 1775,
to Cambridge ; service, 3^ dys. ; also, on
receipt for advance pay, dated Camp at
Cambridge June 22, 1775 ; also, in Capt.
William Perley's co., Col. Frye's reg. ;
muster roll dated Aug. i, 1775 ; enl. May
5, 1775 ; service, 3 mos., 4 dys. ; also, on
return of same co., probably in Oct.,
1775; also, on coat order dated Cam-
bridge Nov. 14, 1775 ; also, on return of
men enl. into the Continental Army from
Capt. Samuel Johnson's (ist Andover)
co., Essex co. reg., dated Feb. 17, 1778;
enl. to expire Jan. i, 1780; joined Capt.
Farnum's co., Col. Francis' reg. ; also, on
pay abstract of Capt. Benjamin Farnum's
co., Col. Ebenezer Francis' reg., for 48
days rations from Feb. 20, 1777, to time
of arrival at Bennington ; also, drummer
in Capt. Abbot's co., Col. Tupper's reg ;
Continental Army accounts for service
from Feb. 20, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779;
also, on muster roll for March, 1779,
dated at West Point ; also, on Continental
Army pay accounts for service from Jan.
i, 1780, to Dec. 31, 1780; also, on
descriptive list of enl. men from Andover ;
age, 1 8 yrs. ; stature, 5 ft. 6 in. ; complex-
ion, light; hair, light; occupation, hus-
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bandman; enl. April 19, 1779; joined
Capt. Stephen Abbott's co., loth reg. ;
enl., during war, by Lt. Libby at West
Point ; also, on muster and pay roll in Col.
Benjamin Tupper's (loth) reg.; service,
5 mos.; roll made up from Jan. i, 1782,
to Jan. i, 1783.
BIXBY ABBOT of Andover; corp. in
Capt. Benjamin Ames' Co., Col. James
Frye's reg., which marched on the alarm
of Apr. 19, 1775 ; service, 7 dys. ; also, on
return of men in camp at Cambridge
May 17, 1775; also, on company return
dated Oct. 6, 1775 ; also, on coat order
dated Cambridge Nov. 14, 1775.
CALEB ABBOT of Andover; priv. in
Capt. Benjamin Ames' co., Col. James
Frye's reg., which marched on the alarm
of April 19, 1775 j service, 7 dys.; also,
on return of men in camp at Cambridge
May 17, 1775 ; also, on list of men re-
turned as serving on main guard, under
Lt.-Col. L. Baldwin, June 22, 1775 ; also,
on company return dated Oct. 6, 1775 ;
also, on coat order dated. Cambridge Nov.
14, 1 775 ; also, on return of men enl. into
the Continental Army from Capt. John
Abbott, Jr.'s, (2d) co., Essex co. reg., dat-
ed Andover Feb. 16, 1778; enl. 3 yrs.;
joined Capt. Fox's co., Col. Hurley's reg.
DANIEL ABBOT of Haverhill ; on de-
scriptive list of men raised to reinforce
the Continental Army for 6 mos., agree-
able to resolve of June 5, 1780; age, 22
yrs. ; stature, 5 ft., 4 in. ; complexion,
light ; arrived at Springfield Oct. 4, 1780 ;
marched to camp Oct. 26, 1780, under
command of Lt. Cary ; also, on pay roll
of 6 mos. men raised by Haverhill for
service in the Continental Army during
1780; marched Sept. 26, 1780; dis. Apr.
3, 1781 ; service, 6 mos., 20 dys.
DARIOUS ABBOT of Andover; serg. in
Capt. Henry Abbot's co., which marched
on the alarm of April 19, 1775 ; service,
iy 2 dys.
DAVID ABBOT of Andover; priv. in
Capt. John Robinson's co., Col. William
Turner's reg.; enl. Aug. n, 1781; dis.
Nov. u, 1781 ; service, 3 mos., 5 dys., at
Rhode Island ; 5 mos. levies.
EBENEZER ABBOT of Andover ; priv. in
Capt. Jonathan Foster's co., Col. Nathan-
iel Wade's reg.; enl. July i, 1778; roll
made up to Jan. i, 1779; stationed at
Middletown, R. I.
EPHRAIM ABBOT of Andover ; serg. in
Capt. Joshua Holt's co., which marched
on the alarm of Apr. 19, 1775, to Cam-
bridge ; service, i ^ dys.
EPHRAIM ABBOT of Andover; on de-
scriptive list of men enl. from Essex co.
for 9 mos. from the time of their arrival
at Fishkill, June 20, 1778 ; in Capt. Ab-
bot's co. [also given as Capt. Holt's co.],
Col. Samuel Johnson's (4th Essex co.)
reg.; age, 19 yrs.; stature, 5 ft., 7 in.;
complexion, light ; also, priv. in Capt.
Stephen Abbot's co., Col. Benjamin Tup-
per's (isth) reg.; on muster roll for
Mar., 1779, dated West Point; enl. June
19, 1778; dis. March 19, 1779; service,
9 mos.
GEORGE ABBOT of West parish of Ips-
wich ; priv. in Capt. Abraham Howe's
co., which marched on the alarm of Apr.
19, 1775 ; service, 2 dys.
GEORGE ABBOT of Andover; priv. in
Capt. Benjamin Farnum's co., Col. James
Frye's reg. ; co. return dated Cambridge
Oct. 6, 1775 ; also, in coat order dated
Cambridge Nov. 13, 1775.
GEORGE ABBOT of Rowley; priv. in
Capt. John Baker's co., Col. Moses
Little's reg. ; co. return [probably in Oct.,
!775] ; enl - Ma y 2 > J 775 ; a S e > 22 yrs.;
also, in coat order dated Dec. 1 1, 1775.
HENRY ABBOT of Andover ; capt. of co.
which marched on the alarm of April 19,
1775; service, i^ dys.
ISAAC ABBOT of Andover; 2d It. in
Capt. Benjamin Ames' co., Col. James
Frye's reg., which marched on the alarm
of Apr. 19, 1 775 ; service, 7 dys. ; also, on
return of men in camp at Cambridge,
May 17, 1775 ; also, in company return
dated Oct. 6, 1775.
JAMES ABBOT of Bradford ; priv. in Capt.
John Savory's co. ; enl. Nov. 30, 1775;
dis. Dec. 4, 1775 ; service, 5 dys. ; detach-
ment from 2d Foot co. in Bradford, which
marched for defence of Cape Ann.
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF THE REVOLUTION.
JEDUTHAN ABBOT of Andover ; serg. in
Capt. Joshua Holt's co., which marched
on the alarm of Apr. 19, 1775,10 Cam-
bridge ; service, i % dys. ; also, in Capt.
Samuel Johnson's co., Col. Johnson's
reg; enl. Aug. 14, 1777; dis. Nov. 30,
1777; service, 4 mos., with Northern
army.
JEREMIAH ABBOT of Salem ; priv. in
Capt. Simeon Brown's co., Col. Nathaniel
Wade's reg.; enl. July 30, 1778; dis.
Jan. i, 1779 ; service, 5 mos., 8 dys., on an
alarm at Rhode Island ; stationed at East
Greenwich, R. I.
JOHN ABBOT of Andover; 2d It. in
Capt. Henry Abbot's co., which marched
on the alarm of Apr. 19, 1775 ; service,
i^ dys.
JOHN ABBOT of Andover ; priv. in Lt.
Peter Poor's co., which marched on the
alarm of Apr. 19, 1775, to Cambridge;
service, 2% dys.
JOHN ABBOT of Andover ; capt. of a co.
which marched into Roxbury camp and
joined Col. Samuel H. Parsons' reg. Dec.
10, 1775 ; also, capt., nth co., Col. Par-
sons' (4th Essex co.) reg. ; list of officers
of Mass, militia; commissioned Feb. 21,
1776.
JOHN ABBOT, JR., of Andover; capt.,
6th co., Col. Samuel Johnson's (4th Essex
co.) reg. ; list of officers of Mass, militia ;
commissioned April 3, 1776.
JOHN LOVEJOY ABBOT of Andover ; priv.,
Capt. Henry Abbot's co., which marched
on the alarm of April 19, 1775 ; service,
i^ days.
JONATHAN ABBOT of Andover; serg.,
Capt. Henry Abbot's co., which marched
on the alarm of April 19, 1775 ; service,
i^ days.
JONATHAN ABBOT of Andover ; ens.,
Capt. Joshua Holt's co., which marched
on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cam-
bridge ; service, i^ dys.; also, 2d It.,
Capt. Joshua Holt's (nth) co., Col. Sam-
uel Johnson's (4th Essex co.) reg. ; list
of officers of Mass, militia ; commissioned
April 3, 1776; also, Capt. John Abbot's
co., Col. Jonathan Cogswell, Jr's., reg.,
Brig.-Gen. Farley's brigade ; list of officers
of Mass, militia dated Ipswich Sept. 30,
1776 ; co. drafted from training band and
alarm list of the 4th Essex co. reg., and
ordered to march to Horse Neck ; also,
capt., nth co., 4th Essex co. reg. ; list of
officers of Mass, militia ; commissioned
Oct. 7, 1779.
JOSHUA ABBOT of Rowley; on list of
rmen raised for 6 mos. service returned by
Brig.-Gen. Paterson as having passed mus-
ter, in return dated Camp Totoway Oct.
25, 1 780 ; also, priv., Capt. John Williams'
co., Col. Joseph Vose's (ist) reg. ; payroll
for 6 mos. men raised by the town of Row-
ley for service in the Continental Army
during 1780; marched Aug. 15, 1780;
dis. Feb. 19, 1781 ; service, 6 mos., 17
dys. ; also, on muster roll for Jan., 1781,
dated West Point : reported, on command
with Quartermaster-General.
MOSES ABBOT of Andover ; clerk, Capt.
Henry Abbot's co., which marched on the
alarm of April 19, 1775; service, i%
days.
MOSES ABBOT. of Andover ; ist. It., Capt.
John Abbot's (6th) co., Col. Samuel John-
spn's (4th Essex co.) reg.; list of officers,
of Mass, militia ; commissioned April 3,
1776.
NATHAN ABBOT of Andover ; priv., Capt.
Henry Abbot's co., which marched on the
alarm of April 19, 1775; service, ij^
dys.
NATHAN ABBOT of Andover ; corp.,
Capt. John Peabody's co., Col. Ebenezer
Francis' reg. ; pay abstract for travel allow-
ance, etc.; roll sworn to Nov. 29, 1776.
NATHAN ABBOT, JR., of Andover ; priv.,
Capt. Henry Abbot's co., which marched
on the alarm of April 19, 1775 ; service,
\y z days.
NATHANIEL ABBOT of Andover; priv.,
Capt. Benj. Ames' co., Col. James Frye's
reg., which marched on the alarm of April
I 9) J 775j service, 7 dys.; also, co. re-
turn dated Oct. 6, 1775; reported, dis.
Aug. 20, 1775 ; also, on order for bounty
coat money dated Camp at Boston, Dec.
13, 1775-
NATHANIEL ABBOT of Ipswich ; on re-
turn of men enl. into Continental Army
10 THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
from 3d Essex co. reg., dated Feb. 17, three between twenty and thirty; one be-
1778 ; enl., 3 yrs. ; joined Capt. Whipple's tween thirty and forty ; and one more than
co., Col. Putnam's reg. ; also, Capt. Whip- forty years. From Nov. 17 to Dec. 31,
pie's co., Col. Rufus Putnam's reg. ; Con- 1735, ten died; in 1736, one hundred
tinental Army pay accounts for service and sixteen; and in 1737 one hundred
from April 22, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779. and thirty.
NEHEMIAH ABBOT of Ipswich ; priv., The number of families bereaved was
Capt. Thomas Burnham's co., which one hundred and thirty-nine, twenty-three
marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775 ; of whom were left childless. The names
service, 3 dys. of the heads of such families are given
NEHEMIAH ABBOT of Andover ; It., Capt. below, the names of those having thus
Joshua Holt's co., which marched on the lost all their children being printed in
the alarm of April 1 9, 1 7 7 5, to Cambridge ; italics,
service, i^ dys. Families that lost one child each : Dea.
To be continued. P - A y er > Rev - Mr - Bacheller, Capt. Bart-
let, Nat. Bartlet, Isaac Bradley, Nehemiah
Bradley, Eben. Brown, Ed. Carlton, jr.,
THROAT DISTEMPER IN HAVER- Widow Clark, Lieutenant Clement, Jona-
HILL J735-7 than Clement, Moses Clement, Nat. Clem-
ent, S. Clement, John Corlis, Cothran,
The throat distemper which prevailed Reuben Curier, Samuel Davis, Lydia
throughout the County of Essex in 1735/6 Dillaway, William Dillaway, James Eatton,
and ' 7 so disastrously among the children Jonathan Eatton, Samuel Eatton, Widow
was particularly fatal in Haverhill. From Emerson, jr., Ephraim Emerson, Jo.
Nov. 17, 1735, to Dec. 31, 1737, twohun- Emerson, jr., Stephen Emerson, jr., Ed.
dred and fifty-six children, most of them Flynt, Benjamin Gale, Samuel G-le,
under ten years of age, died in that town Bartholomew Heath, David Heath, Josiah
from this disease, and in the whole county Heath, Sarah Heath, Abner Herriman,
the deaths of about fourteen hundred John Herriman, Joseph Herriman, Joshua
children and also a considerable number Herriman, Cornel Jonson, Jeremiah Jon-
of adults are estimated to have thus re- son, Stephen Jonson, Thomas Jonson,
suited. This estimate is undoubtedly low, Abner Kimball, Deacon Little, N. Marble,
as scarcely a cemetery of that time can be Joseph Merrill, Nath. Merrill, Samuel
visited without seeing the little gravestones Merrill, James Mitchel, Edw. Ordaway,
bearing dates of this period, and to one Otterson, Widow Page, Caleb Page,
accustomed to examining old burying Edmund Page, Thomas Page, Captain
grounds the general appearance of each Pecker, Jonathan Shepard, Benjamin
stone betrays the fact that the child buried Smith, Samuel Staples, Aaron Stevens,
beneath it was a victim of the distemper. Benjamin Stone, Elis Thomson, Samuel
It would seem that some gravestone maker Webster, W. Whitaker, jr., John White,
must have supplied the people of the coun- David Whiting, John Whiting, Ezekiei
ty with the stones during this period, the Wilson, William Wilson, Wood, and
demand for them being so great that vari- N. Woodman.
ation in design was not to be entertained. Families that lost two children each :
In the old parish in Haverhill the num- Daniel Annis, Colonel Bailey,/<?^# Black,
ber that died during the period named was William Blay, James Bradbury, Dan. Brad-
eighty-eight ; in the west parish, sixty-two ; ley, Jacob Chase, Moses Cop, John Cur-
and in the north parish one hundred and rier, John Dowe, jr., David Emerson,
six. Two hundred and ten were under William Hancock, Jo. Hassaltine, Sa Has-
the age of ten ; thirty between ten and saltine, Richard Hazzen, Caleb Heath,
fifteen; eleven between fifteen and twenty; Samuel Heath, William Heath, James
THROAT DISTEMPER IN HAVERHILL, 1735-7. II
Hutchins, Jo. Hutchins, Timothy Jonson, Eunice Emerson, died June 13, 1736,
William Jonson, Kent, John Merrill, aged fifteen. Though she had symptoms
Nat. Merrill, jr., Andrew Mitchel, John of the distemper, it was not certain that
Mitchel, Judge Saltonstall, Trum- she died of it. She bled to death, having
bat, John Warner, Stephen Webster, Sam- been troubled with bleeding before.
uel White, Han. Whittaker, Eben. Whit- Whitely Me Hard, died at one o'clock
tier, N. Whittier, and Sa. Worthen, jr. in the morning of July 1 2, 1 736, aged four.
Families that lost three children each : John McHard, aged seven, brother to
Rev. Mr. Brown, David Cop, Isaac Dal- the preceding, died at noon on the same
ton, John Davis, Jeremiah Eatton, Abiel day, surviving him only eleven hours.
Foster, Daniel Gile, Joseph Gile, Samuel Two other children of the family died
Greele, Deacon Kimball, Jonathan Page, before the month had passed, on the
Widow Parker, Seth Patee, Benjamin same day. This was the first family in
Philbrick, Hugh Pike, Matthew Plummer, the town to be deprived of all their chil-
Benjamin Richards, Daniel Roberds, Jon- dren by this disease. They had another
athan Roberds, John Stevens, and Stephen son born to them during the next year,
Whittaker. however.
Families that lost four children each : Daniel Chase, died July 28, 1736, aged
Gatchel, John Heath, jr., John seven years and eight days. A brother,
McHard, P. Merrill, John Webster, jr., aged four, was sick in the bed with him,
and Daniel Whittaker. one at the head and the other at the foot.
Families that lost five children each : The younger died, and Daniel survived
John Bradley, Abner Chase, Thomas Cor- him an hour and a half. They were en-
lis, James Holgate, and Joseph Page. closed in the same coffin. This family
Rev. John Brown, who was then settled lost five children.
in the ministry at Haverhill, and who Sarah Chase, died Aug. 3, 1736, aged
lost three children by the distemper, pre- nine. She was sister to the next preced-
pared an address to the people of Haver- ing. She was a very tender hearted and
hill, particularly to the bereaved parents, quiet child of few words. Her younger
Aug. 14, 1737, prefixing to it "A Brief sister Molly was also very sick when she
Relation" of thirty-four "Comfortable died.
and Remarkable Instances of Death" Thomas Shepard, died Aug. 28, 1736,
among the children. This was published aged eleven. He was sick several weeks,
in Boston by Daniel Henchman, the fol- as was his eldest sister, also, who lived,
lowing year, in a pamphlet of ninety-two David Hassaltine, died Aug. 29, 1736,
duodecimo pages, which is to-day a rare aged seven.
book. Most of the material for this Ruth Merrill, died Sept. 9, 1736, aged
article has been taken from it, and thus twelve. Her younger brother died a
has a peculiar interest. short time before herself.
The names of the thirty-four children, Samuel Gatchel, died Sept. 20, 1736,
whom Mr. Brown cites as showing extraor- aged twelve. He was the eldest of a fam-
dinary spiritual insight and Christian resig- ily of six children, four of whom died
nation, and data concerning them which with the distemper. He and his brother
is worthy of being preserved, are as fol- next to him had been sick of the disease
lows : in the preceding spring, and had appar-
Lydia White, died April 6, 17 36, aged ently recovered, but some hard bunches
eight. She was sick about twenty-four in the throat remained, finally proving
hours, having a violent fever with the dis- fatal. He had a three year old brother,
temper. She had been a pleasing child, named Jesse, who had died with the dis-
fond of instruction. Her brother died temper. The family was poor, and both
also a few days later. parents were alive.
12
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
Anne Gatchel, died Sept. n, 1736,
aged six. She was a sister of Samuel
above. She was asked if she was willing
to die, and answered, "Yes, I'm willing
to die to go to my Aunt Johnson and my
brother Jesse." This Aunt Johnson was
an exemplary Christian, and very much
loved, and was the only person above the
age of forty years who died of the dis-
temper in the town.
Daniel Gatchel, died Sept. 14, 1736,
aged ten. He was a brother to the pre-
ceding. He had the whooping cough
with the disease.
Joseph Richards, died Sept. 18, 1736,
aged eight. A younger brother named
Abraham died before him.
Elizabeth Davis, died Sept. 19, 1736,
aged twenty-two. She was a quiet young
lady, and lived out. She had a sister,
whom she requested, the day before her
death, to wash certain articles which would
be needed for her interment, designating
the sheets and head-cloths she desired to
be laid out with.
Martha Brown, died Oct. 5,1736, aged
fourteen. She was a daughter of Rev.
John Brown. She was taken sick Sept.
3Oth. She had an elder sister and a
younger brother, and other brothers and
sisters. Early in the morning of the day
she died she said to a girl friend of about
her own age, Hannah W , "This is the
last time, Hannah, that you will ever see
me in this world. I shall be witlj Betty
Bailey before night." Betty Bailey was a
loving companion of Pattee's (as she was
familiarly called), aged fifteen, who with
her sister Molly Bailey, aged thirteen,
were taken from the family of Colonel
Bailey. Betty died of the scarlet fever
Mav 5> !73 6 , and Molly of the throat
distemper May n, 1736. Pattee died
at about eight o'clock in the evening,
having considered the date of her funeral,
and reminded some of her friends to take
a lock of her hair to remember her by.
She sat up and was dressed, and ate a raw
apple an hour or two before she died.
Mehitable Page, died Oct. 10, 1736,
aged nineteen.
Nathaniel Brown, died Oct. 21, 1736,
aged twelve. " Nattie " was a brother to
Martha Brown above, and son of Rev. John
Brown.
Sarah Eatton, died Oct. 17, 1736, aged
four.
Mary Merrill, died Oct. 27, 1736, aged
fourteen. Three other children of the
family died with the distemper.
Elizabeth Bradbury, died Nov. 15,
1736, aged six. She gave away her clo-
thing to some poor people whom she
thought in most need.
Sarah Chase, died Nov. 17, 1736, aged
fourteen. Her younger brother also died
and was buried in the same coffin with her.
Obadiah Bradley, died Nov. 26, 1736,
aged thirteen. He was sick three days.
His younger sister died the day before his
own death. He had a brother David, who
died the year before. He had also a sister
Molly, who was next to him in the family.
He gave his playthings away before he
died. His father could not see him,
" being confined from home." His grand-
mother was apparently living with the
family. All the five children of the family
died of the distemper.
Sarah Corlis, died Dec. 30, 1736, aged
nineteen.
Mary Hasseltine, died Jan. 2, 1736-7,
aged nineteen. She had a weak consti-
tution, and was much given to the read-
ing of books. Her mind was much occu-
pied with religious thoughts all through
her youth, and some time before her sick-
ness with the distemper she was wont to
say that she had not long to live. The night
before her death, in answer to a question
from her father, she said that she expected
to see in Heaven her grandfather and her
Aunt Betty (" good old Deacon Hasseltine
and his daughter, a Christian of singular
attainments").
Susanna Wilson, died Jan. 26, 1736-7,
aged seven. She had an elder sister.
Lydia Hasseltine, died Jan. 28, 1736-7,
aged nine. She was a sister of Mary Has-
seltine metioned above
Sarah Whittaker, died Feb. 22, 1736
-7, aged seven. She was the eldest of a
WILL OF SARAH DILLINGHAM.
family of four children, who all died the
same week, the three latter being buried
together. The names of the two middle
children were Mary and Samuel. The
youngest child was two years old.
Susannah Emerson, died Mar. 3, 1736
-7, aged fifteen. She was always a sober,
timorous little girl. She had a sister Ju-
dith living in Newbury, and also a brother
who were older than she.
Susannah Emerson, died Sept. 2, 1737,
aged ten. Her grandmother was present
at her death.
Martha Kimbal, ' died Sept. 13, 1737,
aged eleven. She had sisters and brothers,
one of whom was named Benjamin. Her
sister Abigail died on the same day, at the
age of five.
John Appleton White, died Sept. 28,
1 737 ? aged five. "An only son, and a first
born." He had a little sister.
Hannah Webster, died Sept. 30, 1737,
aged ten. Her brother Joseph and sisters
Mercy and Sarah had died. She was the
last. She said to her mother the day be-
fore her death : " All the rest are gone :
I have been to visit all their graves, and
now I am going myself. I don't know
what you will do, mother, but if I should
be taken away you must not be too much
cast down. 'Twas God that gave me to
you, and if he take me away you must not
be too much concerned. You must not
do as some others that have lost all their
children ; who are afraid to stay in the
house, afraid to be in the dark alone ;
you must hire some little girl to live with
you if you are afraid."
Nathaniel Bradley, died Oct. 4, 1737,
aged sixteen. He was a dutiful boy. He
had sisters, one of whom had married
H th and had a child that was
dying when he was sick. His aunt G le
was present in his sickness. He had sis-
ters named Nabbe and Betty, and one
who had died eight years before named
Ruth. He also had brothers who were
older than himself, one of whom was
named Isaac.
James Holgate, died Dec. 26, 1737,
aged five. He was the last of five child-
ren that died of throat distemper in the
family, all dying in a little more than a
week's time. The names of two of the
other children were Judith and Benjamin.
WILL OF SARAH DILLINGHAM.
The following is an exact transcript of
the will of widow Sarah Dillingham of
Ipswich, made from the original on file in
the Massachusetts Archives, being the
earliest Essex county will.
This is the laft will and teftament of
mee Sarah Dillingham of Ipfwich widowe : .
ffor my foule I comend it into ye hands
of God in ye mediacon of Jefus Criu :
ffor my temporall eftate : I give to my
onely child Sarah Dillingham my whole
eftate in lands and goods (except fuch
pticular legacyes as heerafter are named) :
and if my child Dye before it f hall be
marryed or attain to ye age of one and
twenty years, then my will is that the
fame shalbe devyded equally between
my mother Thomaf ine Caly, my brothers
Abraham Caly and Jacob Caly, my fifter
Bull and my filter Baft, the wyves of John
Bull and John Baft and my fifters Rebecca
Caly and emme Caly, or fuch of them as
f halbe lyving at ye tyme of ye death of
fuch child, all w ch my mother brethren &
fifters are now lyving in England : alfo I
give to m r ward Paftor of ye Church at
Ipfwich ffyve pounds and to Richard Sal-
tonftall efqr ten pounds and to m rs Salton-
ftall his wife a filver bowle, To m r Sam-
uell Appleton ffyve pounds and to his
wife a filver porringer : and of this my
will I make executors ye faid m r Salton-
ftall and m r Appleton, comittinge y e edu-
cacion and government of my faid child
and ye eftate I leave her unto their faith-
full ordering intreating them in the bonds
of Criftian love to fee this my will fullfilled
my due debts paid, my body decently
buyried and my child religioufly educated
if God give it life, and that they will order
the eftate as they would doe their owne :
In wytnes that this is my true will made in
my pfect memory though my body be
weake & fick I publifh it after it had
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
benn read unto me in the prefenc of
thofe whofe names are under wrytten this
xiiijth Day of July 1636
Tho : Dudley
Robert Lord Sarah Dillingham
Phillip P ffowlers marck
Massachttsetts Archives, Vol. J5ij, leaf^g.
ABBE GENEALOGY.
The name of Abbe in Essex county
records is also spelled Abbee, Abbei, Ab-
bey, Abbie, Abby and Abbye.
JOHN ABBE 1 was received for an inhabi-
tant of Salem, and granted land there, in
the nth mo., 1636. He was afterward
granted land there in 1638, 1639 an( ^
1642, and was granted land at Enon
(now Wenham) 15 : 12 : 1642-3. He
lived in Wenham where he died about
1689, intestate, having disposed of his es-
tate to his children in 1683. He married
first, Mary , who died in Wenham
Sept. 9, 1672. He married second, Mary
Goldsmith (probably widow of Richard)
Nov. 25, 1674, in Wenham.
Children :
2 I. JOHN 2 . See below (2).
3 II. SAMUEL 2 . See below (j).
4 III. SARAH 2 .
5 IV. MARAH 2 .
6 v. REBECCA 2 , m. Richard Kimball, in Wen-
ham, 13: 3: 1667.
7 VI. OBADIAH 2 . {See below 7).
8 vn. THOMAS 2 . (See below S).
2
JOHN ABBE 2 , yeoman, lived in Wenham.
He disposed of his property in Wenham
in 1696, and in the same year bought an
estate in Windham, Conn., and removed
thither. He and his wife Hannah were
among the charter members of the Wind-
ham church Dec. 10, 1700. He died
soon after, and his wife Hannah survived
him.
Children, born in Wenham :
9 i. JOHN 3 , b. May 5, 1665; d. May 15, 1665.
10 ii. JOHN 3 , b. Dec. 15, 1666.
ii in. THOMAS 3 , b. 5 : 12 mo., 1667.
12 iv. RICHARD 3 , b. Feb. 9, 1682-3. See below
(/*).
13 v. LYDIA S , b. May 21, 1696.
\s
SAMUEL ABBE S , husbandman, was made
freeman Oct. 3, 1680. He married Mary
Knowlton, in Wenham, Oct. 12, 1672;
and lived first in Wenham, removing to
Salem Village (now Danvers) in 1682. He
returned to Wenham in 1697, where he
died the following year. His wife Mary
survived him, and married, second, Abra-
ham Mitchell.
Children :
14 i. MARY 3 , b. about 1673.
15 ii. SAMUEL 3 , b. about 1675; probably mar-
ried Hannah, dau. of Jonathan and Be-
thiah (Marsh) Silsbee of Lynn March
15, 1710. She was born Oct. 3, 1687,
and died about 1759.
16 in. THOMAS 3 , b. about 1678. See below (id).
17 iv. ELEAZER 3 , b. about 1680.
1 8 v. EBENEZER 3 , b. July 31, 1683, in Salem
Village; m. Abigail, dau. of Isaac Good-
ale of Salem, and settled in Mansfield, ;
Conn., where he was living in 1739.
19 vi. MERCY 3 , b. March i, 1684-5, "* Salem
Village.
20 vn. SARAH 3 , b. July 4, 1686, in Salem Village.
21 vni. HEPZiBAH 3 , b. Feb. 14, 1688-9, in Salem
Village.
22 ix. ABIGAIL 3 , b. Nov. 19, 1690, in Salem
Village.
23 X. JOHN 3 , b. June 4, 1692, in Salem Village.
24 xi. BENJAMIN 3 , b. June 4, 1694, in Salem
Village.
25 XII. JONATHAN 3 , b. about 1696.
OBADIAH ABBE 2 , settled in Enfield,
Mass, (now included in Connecticut), in
or before 1682. He married, first, ;
and married, second, Sarah, widow of
Joseph Warriner. Savage says that he
died in 1752, and mentioned no children
in his will.
8
THOMAS ABBE S , married Sarah, daugh-
ter of Walter Fairfield of Wenham Dec.
17, 1683, in Marblehead. Settled in
Enfield. He died in 1728, and his wife
Sarah survived him.
Children :
26 I. SARAH 3 , b. March 31, 1684; m - Geer
before 1721.
2711. THOMAS 3 , b. in 1686. See below (27}.
28 in. MARY 3 , b. Feb. 3, 1689; m. James Pease
(born in Salem, Mass., in 1679) of En-
field in 1710, and settled in Somers,
Conn., in 1713. She died before 1728.
IPSWICH MEMORIAL TABLETS.
29 IV. JOHN 3 , b. in 1692. See below (29).
30 v. ABIGAIL 3 , m. Warner before 1721.
31 VI. TABITHA 3 .
12
RICHARD ABBE 3 , born in Wenham, Mass.
Feb. 9, 1682-3. Lived in Windham,
Conn., where he was a prominent citizen,
and a man of property. He married
Mary Jennings Nov. 17, 1703 ; and died,
childless, July 10, 1737, aged fifty-four.
16
He
THOMAS ABBE 3 , born about 1678.
married Sarah .
Child :
32 i. MARY 4 , d. in Wenham Oct. 15, 1705.
27
THOMAS ABBE 3 , born in 1686. Lived
in Enfield in 1726. He married Mary
Pease in 1714. She died in 1746.
Children :
33 i. OBADIAH 4 , b. in 1728; died young.
34 n. THOMAS 4 , b. in 1731; died in 1811.
35 in. MARY 4 , m. Dennis Bement in 1737.
36 iv. SARAH 4 , m. Nathaniel Chapin.
37 v. TABITHA 4 , m. Ephraim Pease in 1740.
He became very wealthy as a contractor
in the French War. He was born in
1719, and died in 1801.
29
JOHN ABBE 3 , born in 1692. Lived in
Enfield in 1726.
Children :
38 i. JOHN 4 , m. Sarah Root in 1739; lived in
Enfield.
39 II. THOMAS 4 .
40 III. DANIEL 4 .
4! IV. RICHARD 4 .
IPSWICH MEMORIAL TABLETS.
In Ipswich, July 29, 1896, a granite
slab, bearing two bronze tablets, was form-
ally unveiled. It is placed on the little
green in front of the South meeting-house.
Addresses were made by Rev. T. Frank
Waters, president of the Ipswich Histori-
cal Society, George A. Gordon, Esq., of
Boston, secretary of the N. E. Historic-
Genealogical Society, Hon. Robert S.
Rantoul of Salem, president of the Essex
Institute, and others. The address of
Mr. Waters was lengthy and excellent.
The inscription on the tablet facing the
meeting-house is as follows :
HERE STOOD
THE FIRST MEETING HOUSE
OF THE
1747 SOUTH PARISH. 1837
THE EXPEDITION AGAINST QUEBEC,
BENEDICT ARNOLD IN COMMAND,
AARON BURR IN THE RANKS,
MARCHED BY THIS SPOT SEPT. 15, 1775.
REV. WILLIAM HUBBARD
PASTOR or THE IPSWICH CHURCH
1656 17O4
HISTORIAN OF THE INDIAN WARS
LIVED NEAR THE RIVER ABOUT
A HUNDRED RODS EASTWARD.
ERECTED BY
THE IPSWICH HISTORICAL SOCIETY
1896
The inscription on the tablet facing the
common is as follows :
A FEW RODS EAST OF THIS SPOT.
WERE THE DWELLING AND SCHOOL HOUSE OF
EZEKIEL CHEEVER
FIRST MASTER OF THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL
165O 1661
ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE COMMON
WAS THE HOUSE OF
REV. NATHANIEL WARD
1634 MINISTER OF IPSWICH 1637
AUTHOR OF
'THE SIMPLE COBLER OF AGAWAM"
COMPILER OF
THE BODY OF LIBERTIES
THE RESIDENCE OF
RICHARD SALTONSTALL
WAS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE COMMON
AND THAT OF
REV. NATHANIEL ROGERS
PASTOR OF IPSWICH CHURCH
1638 1655
WAS ON THE WEST SIDE
NOTES.
Samuel Hall had a printing office " a few-
doors above the Town-House" in Salem,
where he issued the Essex Gazette in 1768.
James Grant, who was then " Living in
the Houfe formerly in the Occupation of
Major Hicks," kept a store in Salem in
1768. Essex Gazette, Aug. 9, 1768.
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FAMILY RECORDS.
The following is a copy of family rec-
ords in the possession of the late Edwin
S. Adams and his wife, of West Boxford :
Sarah, daughter of Abraham Adams, b. 14 Apr.
1681.
Benoni, or Israel, son of Sarah Adams, b. 24
Feb. 1708.
David Adams, b. 13 May 1742.
Abiah Ordway, I st wife of David Adams, b. 7
Mar. 1744.
Martha Marsh, 2d wife of David Adams, b. 13
Jan. 1743.
Sarah, daughter of David Adams, b.iQ May 1767.
James, son of " " b. 19 Nov. 1768.
David, son of " " b. 6 Apr. 1771.
Abiah Brown, son of " " b. 8 Sept. 1773.
Daniel, son of " " b. 17 Oct. 1775.
John M., son of " " b. 1 8 Jan. 1779.
Patty, daughter of " " b. 24 Nov. 1781.
Robert, son of " " b. 13 Nov. 1783.
Edwin S., son of Daniel and Sophia Adams, b.
14 Sept. 1806.
Julia Maria, daughter of Daniel and Sophia
Adams, b. 14 July 1809.
Moses, son of Nathan Kimball, b. 1 6 Apr. 1740.
Rebecca, wife of Moses Kimball, b. 25 Dec. 1742.
Samuel, son of Moses and Rebecca Kimball, b.
1 8 Jan. 1767.
John Kimball, b. 26 Sept. 1 769.
Hannah Kimball, b. 8 June 1772.
Sophia Kimball, b. 12 Apr. 1780.
James Chase, b. 28 Sept. 1787.
Elvira, daughter of James and Hannah Chase,
b. 7 May 1809.
DeWitt Clinton, son of James and Hannah
Chase, b. 18 Mar. 1813.
Jonathan Chase, b. 6 May 1763.
Lucy Chase, b. 24 Dec. 1 764.
Levi Chase, b. 14 May 1782.
Susanna Chase, b. 8 June 1 784.
William Chase, jr., b. 20 Feb. 1786.
James Chase, jr., b. 28 Sept. 1 787.
Sally Chase, b. 22 Aug. 1789.
John Chase, jr., b. 5 Oct. 1791.
Phebe Chase, b. 26 Aug. 1793.
Jonathan and David, juniors, b. 25 Mar. 1795.
Leverett Winslow Spofford, b. n Nov. 1809.
Leverett Winslow, son of Leverett and Julia
Spofford, b. 9 Nov. 1844.
Julia Ann Adams, dau. of Leverett and Julia
Spofford, b. 21 Mar. 1846.
Joseph Fowler, b. in 1 783.
Nancy R. Leavitt, wife of Joseph Fowler, b. 20
June 1787.
Oscar F., son of Joseph and Nancy Fowler, b. 21
Sept. 1 80-.
Amanda M., daughter of Joseph and Nancy
Fowler, b. 18 Apr. 1810.
Worthen J., son of Joseph and Nancy Fowler,
b. 2 Aug. 181-.
Nancy L., daughter of Joseph and Nancy Fowler,
b. 26 May 1818.
Joseph M., son of Joseph and Nancy Fowler,
b. 30 Sept. 1 8 .
Caroline M., daughter of Joseph and Nancy
Fowler, b. 19 May 18 .
Abiah, 1st wife of David x\dams, d. 29 July 1 776.
James Adams, d. (?) 13 Feb. 1790.
Abiah Brown Adams, d. (?) 13 Feb. 1790.
Sarah Adams, d. (?) 13 Nov. 1801.
Martha, 2d wife of David Adams, d. 9 Apr. 1812.
David Adams, 2d, d. 21 Jan. 1813.
David Adams, 1st, d. 19 Apr. 1815.
John M. Adams, d. 25 Apr. 1815.
Daniel Adams, d. 2 Mar. 1828.
Sophia Kimball, wife of Daniel Adams, d. 24
Nov. 1868.
Elvira C., wife of Edwin S. Adams, d. 2 July
1879.
Moses Kimball, d. 16 Feb. 1795.
Rebecca Runnels, widow of Moses Kimball, d.
3 Nov. 1821.
DeWitt Clinton Chase, d. 7 Jan. 1835.
Hannah Kimball, wife of j'ames Chase, d. 1 8
Apr. 1848.
Jonathan Chase, sen., d. 7 Apr. 1795.
Joseph Fowler, d. 6 Mar. 1860, a. 76 yrs.
Nancy, widow of Joseph Fowler, d. 14 June
1878, a. 90 yrs. n mos.
Daniel Adams m. Sophia Kimball, 24 Oct. 1805.
Edwin S.Adams m. Elvira Chase, 13 Jan. 1842.
Leverett Winslow Spofford m. Julia Maria
Adams, I Feb. 1844.
James Chase m. Hannah Kimball, - Mar. 1808.
Levi Chase was married 12 Nov. 1807.
James Chase, jr., was married 3 Mar. 1808.
Susanna Chase was married 8 Oct. 1812.
QUERIES.
Queries are inserted for one cent a word.
Answers are solicited.
1 . Who was the father of Sarah Tarbox
who married Ebenezer Batchelder of Wen-
ham about 1700? A. T.
2. Who were the parents of Joanna
(Rhodes?), wife of Jacob Dwinnells, who
died in Rowley Sept. 13, 1829, aged 101 ?
*
3. What was the name of the wife of
Nathaniel Goodale, who was born in Sa-
lem Village March 17, 1697-8 : and what
were her parents' names? B. M. j.
4. Mercy, wife of John Fowler, who
was born in Ipswich May n, 1686, was
daughter of Thomas and Mary Jacob.
What was her mother's maiden name?
p.
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
5 . Who were the parents of Sally Avery
of Newburyport, who married Daniel C.
Johnson in 1794? j. F. j.
6. Where and how can markers to be
placed at the graves of Revolutionary sol-
diers be obtained ?
Georgetown. D. B.
7 . Who was the mother of Sarah Baker,
who married John Gould of Topsfield in
1660? Her father was John Baker, and
she was born March 9, 1641. B.
8. Who was Hepzibah Andrews, who
married Lt. Abraham Howe of Ipswich
in 1712, and died there April 13, 1753?
c.
9. Who was Catherine , wife of
Robert Coker of Newbury? She died
there May 2, 1678.
Salem. S. P.
10. Who was Sally Goes, who married
Moses Guilford in Danvers Nov. 12 1778 ?
H.
ESSEX HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
The Essex Institute commemorated the
seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding
of the Essex Historical Society, Sept. 18,
1896, by an address, in Academy Hall, in
Salem, by Hon. Robert S. Rantoul, presi-
dent of the Institute.
FAMILY GATHERINGS.
The following named families held con-
ventions in Essex County the past year,
at the places and on the dates stated :
Peabody, at Clifton Heights, July 18.
Nurse, at Danvers, July 30.
Needham, at Peabody, Aug. 12.
Bailey- Bayley, at Rowley, Aug. 19.
Spofford, at Groveland, Aug. 26.
Poor-Poore, at Haverhill, Sept. 2.
Tyler, at North Andover, Sept. 2.
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
A LIST OF GENEALOGIES BEING COMPILED
has been issued in a twenty-four page
pamphlet by Seymour Morris. Chicago,
1896.
The Ancestral Chart Co., 670 Centre
St., Jamaica Plain, Mass., has issued a
compact, simple and ornamental single-
sheet ancestral chart.
THE JOHN ROGERS FAMILIES IN PLY-
MOUTH AND VICINITY. By Josiah H.
Drummond. Paper ; 26 pages. Portland,
Me., 1896. This pamphlet is the result
of an attempt to distinguish the several
men in Plymouth and vicinity bearing the
name of John Rogers.
THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL AND
GENEALOGICAL REGISTER, for October,
1896, contains, among its many articles,
an autobiographical sketch of Hon. Na-
than Read of Beverly and Salem in the
last century, and an article on the early
Bowditch family of Salem.
The city of Beverly has printed the peti-
tion for its incorporation as a town, the
act of incorporation, the special statutes
of the colony and province of Massachu-
setts Bay and of the State relating to
Beverly, the Indian deed of the town, and
the records of the town meetings from
1665 to 1675.
GENEALOGY AND HISTORY OF A PART OF
THE NEWBURY-ADAMS FAMILY, formerly of
Devonshire, England, being the descen-
dants of Robert Adams and wife Eleanor,
who were in Ipswich, Mass., in 1635, and
in Newbury in 1640. By Smith Adams
of Milltown, Maine. Paper; 61 pages.
Calais, Me., 1895. This is a valuable
pamphlet.
A GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF THE HAR-
WOOD FAMILIES DESCENDED FROM ANDREW
HARWOOD, WHO WAS BORN IN ENGLAND, AND
RESIDED IN BOSTON, MASS. By Watson H.
Harwood. Illustrated; i2mo. ; 2d ed. ;
i oo pages; cloth. Price, $2.50. Chasm
Falls, N.Y., 1896. The title fully describes
the work. The illustrations consist of 28
family portraits in fine half-tone. Dr.
Harwood has also included some interest-
ing biographical matter. He is still seek-
ing to find the parentage and birthplace
in England of the ancestor, Andrew Har-
wood.
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Essex County is the most historic county The literary portion of the magazine
in America, and the parent of hundreds of will consist of biographies, genealogies,
towns and cities in various sections of the sketches of local history, churches and
United States and British Provinces. Its old homesteads, of early commerce, edu-
settlement began in 1623, and all of its cation and industries, ancient customs, etc.
towns and cities were settled in that The illustrations will consist of houses,
century. churches, maps, portraits, autographs,
The principal object of this magazine is coats- of -arms, gravestones, ancient furni-
to preserve the history and genealogy of ture, articles of domestic use, apparel, etc.
the county and to bring into ready use The material which the editor has been
the records which are unindexed and al- for twenty years collecting for a genealog-
most inaccessible, those that are in private ical dictionary of the county, down to the
as well as public custody. These include year 1800, is being published in the form
admissions to and dismissions from the of genealogies. It includes the Ipswich
churches, baptisms, births, marriages, Ham matt Papers and the Essex County
deaths, intentions of marriages, gravestone part of Savage's Genealogical Dictionary,
inscriptions, old newspaper news-items, The early wills of the county are also
advertisements and obituary notices, par- being printed, verbatim et literatim, in the
ish records and tax lists, town-meeting order of their probate,
records and tax lists, probate records and The records of old Norfolk County,
original wills and other papers on file, which existed from 1643 to J 679, and in-
deeds, civil and criminal court records, eluded all towns north of the Merrimac
proprietors' records, colonial, provincial, River at that period, will be published.
and state records, Revolutionary and other The towns of Dover, Portsmouth, Exeter,
soldiers' muster rolls, etc., Bible records, Hampton, etc., were then included in that
account books, old letters, commissions, county. The records consist of births,
interleaved almanacs, diaries, journals, marriages, deaths, deeds, wills, inventories,
etc. Seven-eighths of the public records etc., and have been almost inaccessible
are not indexed, and none of them have and their existence known but to few.
complete indexes of names. Avastamount The support and co-operation of every
of hidden historical and genealogical ma- person is needed, by subscription as well
terial is thus brought into ready use. as general interest.
Address THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN,
SALEM, MASS.
MAP OF OLD NORFOLK COUNTY, 1643.
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
VOL. I.
SALEM, MASS., FEBRUARY, 1897.
No. 2.
OLD NORFOLK COUNTY RECORDS.
ALL the territory of old Norfolk coun-
ty was included in the original grant of
August 10, 1622, to Capt. John Mason
and Sir Ferdinando Gorges by the Ply-
mouth Council in England, established
by a royal charter " for the planting, rul-
ing, ordering, and governing of New-Eng-
land, in America/' the territory thus
granted being named Laconia.
The next year, a fishing station was
established on the Piscataqua river at a
place afterward included within the town
of Dover. The leaders in this settle-
ment were two brothers, Edward and
William Hilton, who had been fish-
mongers in London.
Rev. John Wheelwright and four others
purchased of the Indians the territory of
Laconia in 1629 ; but the English author-
ities disregarded his title, and later in
the year Captain Mason obtained from
the Plymouth Council a new patent of the
territory, naming it New Hampshire.
Portsmouth was established at the
same time as Dover, and Exeter soon
after.
The patent of the Massachusetts Bay
Colony extended northward to the Merri-
mac river, but by a peculiar construction
of the grant it was claimed that the line
extended many miles north of the pres-
ent boundary. The Bay colony sought to
hold the territory of original Hampton,
Haverhill and Salisbury by colonization
the first and last in 1638, and Haverhill
two years later.
For several years Dover, Exeter and
Portsmouth had distinct and independent
governments. It was deemed desirable
to place these towns under the protection
of the Bay colony, and April 14, 1641,
by agreement, Dover and Portsmouth
were annexed to Massachusetts, which
was to have, by the terms of the con-
tract, " jurisdiction of government of the
said people, dwelling or abiding within
the limits of both the said patents."
Exeter was admitted as a party to this
agreement in September, 1642.
May 10, 1643, Massachusetts Bay was
divided into counties, all the towns north
of the Merrimac river being constituted
the county of Norfolk. Dover had been
called Cocheco, and included the present
towns of Durham and Stratham and city
of Dover. Portsmouth was then known
as Strawberry-bank, and included the
present towns of Greenland, New Cas-
tle, Newington, Portsmouth and part of
Rye. Exeter then included Brentvvood,
Epping, Exeter, Fremont, Newmarket
and South Newmarket. Hampton in-
cluded Danville, Hampton, Hampton
Falls, Kensington, Kingston, East Kings-
ton, North Hampton and parts of Rye
and Seabrook. Salisbury, at first called
Colchester, included the present towns of
Amesbury, Merrimac, and Salisbury, in
Massachusetts, and Newton, South Hamp-
ton and part of Seabrook, in New Hamp-
shire, "laverhill included Haverhill,
Methuen and the northern part of Law-
rence, in Massachusetts, and Atkinson,
Hampstead, Plaistow, and part of Salem,
in New Hampshire.
The county was divided into two court
jurisdictions, Dover and Portsmouth
forming one, and the remaining towns
the other, Salisbury becoming the shire
town of the latter. The records, abstracts
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of which are begun to be published here-
with, are those of the latter jurisdiction,
though Dover and Portsmouth share in
them to some extent.
Jan. 22, 1679-80, New Hampshire be-
came a royal province, and the four north-
ern towns were taken from the county.
Only the original towns of Haverhill
and Salisbury were now left of the coun-
ty, and Feb. 4, 1679-80, the General
Court added them to Essex county for
court purposes, but permitted the records
of deeds of land to be continued. Deeds
were recorded there as late as 1714, and
not only of land in those towns but in va-
rious parts of the county.
In August, 1737, the line dividing the
states was settled three miles north of the
Merrimac river, and parallel thereto, the
exact location being fixed in 1741. All
the territory north of this line was added
to New Hampshire.
A map has been prepared, and is here-
with presented, showing the towns of
Norfolk county in 1643. The x marks
designate the site of the first settlements
in the region. The map is original, and
will be of great assistance in locating land
mentioned in the conveyances which fol-
low. These abstracts include all names
of persons and facts of historical value.
At a court held at Salisbury 24 : 2 :
1649. M 8 Rebeckah Hall of Salisbury,
widow, being possessed of a house and
lands in Salisbury by the death of
her former husband Mr. Henry Bylye,
conveyed it to her two children, Henry
and Rebekah Bylye, at the time of her
marriage with Mr. John Hall. Nov. 18,
1647, she conveyed it, for the good of the
children, by authority of the General
Court, to Henry Ambross. The estate
lay between the houses of John Sanders
and Andrew Greely, and was bounded
by land of Mr. Hooke, Mr. William Wor-
cester and Richard Wells. This court
confirms the sale, and constitutes Mr.
Christopher Bott and Lt. Robert Pike
overseers of the fund thus derived, Henry
Bylie to receive his part when of age,
and Rebekah Bylie when 17 years old.
Tho : Bradbury, recorder.
Rebeckah Hall of Salisbury, widow, con-
veys to Henry Ambross of Hampton, car-
penter, " my now dwelling house, barn &
land," and a lot lying within Mr. William
Hooke's fence, also land adjoining Mr.
Will : Worcester's and Richard Wells' land,
and all hay due from Richard Ormsbie (or
Ormsbey}. Nov. 18, 1647. Wit: Willi :
Worcester and Tho : Bradbury. Ack. be-
fore Richard Saltenstall 28 12 11649.
Robert Lord of Ipswich, marshall, ex-
tended an execution on lands of Nathaniel
Boulter of Hampton, in favor of ye coun-
try, and for i 13^. \d. conveys to John
Meriam of Hampton 3 acres of meadow
which formerly belonged to Robert S
of Hampton, bounded by Jefery Mingei,
Mr. Timothie Dalton, Willi : Howard and
the river, 21 :- : 1 648. Wit : Jeferie Mingy
and Willi : Howard. Ack. before Samuel
Symonds 2 : 8mo. : 164-.
John Wedgwood of Hampton, planter,
conveys to Thomas ffilbrick of Hampton,
5 acres of land, bounded by Moyses Cox,
etc., having been formerly granted to
Daniel Hendrick, Jan. 29, 16 . Wit:
Willi ffifeild and Anthony o ^ Taylor.
Ack. before Richard Bellingham 5 : 8 mo. :
1649.
William Sanborne of Hampton conveys
to Thomas frllbrick, jr., of Hampton, for
24, his house and houselot, bounded by
Willi : ffifield and John Browne of Hamp-
ton, and land adjoining that of Henry
Sawyer, May 17, 1647. Wit : Robert
Tuck, John Sanborne and Thomas Waldo.
Ack. before Samuel Symonds 4 : 8 mo. :
1649.
Henry Dow of Hampton, for money,
conveys to Manuell Hiliard of Hampton,
10 acre house-lot and 3 acres of marsh in
Hampton, adjoining land of Thomas
Chase, etc., 18:3: 1649. Wit : Timothie
Dalton and Willi Howard. Ack. before
Samuel Symonds 2 : 8 mo. : 1649.
Thomas Macy of Salisbury, planter, con-
veys to Georg Martyn of Salisbury, black-
smith, for ^3 ios., % of my 20 acre lot on
west side of Pawwaus river in Salisbury,
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adjoining land of Willi Sargent (formerly Ack. before Richard Saltonstall 16 : 8 :
given by the town to Jn. Severance) and 1649. Willi Howard of y e NewMeadowes
Jn. Hoyt (formerly the lot of Luke Heard), in Ipswitch assents, etc., on same day.
and Tho : Barnett (the present owner of Wit : Willi Inglish.
the other half of the 20 acre lot), 3:8 15 : T : 1649, Robert Drake entered his
mo.: 1649. Wit: Tho: Bradbury and caution about a house and lot bought of
John Severance. Ack. before Samuel ffrancis Peboddie in Hampton.
Symonds 2 : 8 mo. : 1649. 30 : i : 1650, Tho. Chace entered his
Robert Lord of Ipswich, marshal!, caution about some land bought of Henry
extended an execution in favor of ye coun- Ambross.
try upon 10 acres of upland and swamp in 30 : i : 1650, Edward Colcord entered
Hampton, bounded by Jefferie Mingie, his caution about 8 acres of meadow
John Wedgwood and Morrice Hobbs, bought of Steven Kent,
belonging to Nathaniel Boultar lying in 25 : i : 1650, Tho : King entered his
Hampton, and for 33^. ^d. conveyed it to caution about a house and land bought of
Jeffery Mingie of Hampton, Oct. 21, 1648. Robert Hithersa.
Wit : John Meriam (his m mark) and ffrancis Pebodie of Hampton, planter,
Willi Howard. Ack. before Samuel for ^76 i$s., conveys to Robert Drake of
Symonds 3 : 8 mo: 1649. Exiter, my dwelling-house, barn, and 10
Henry Dow of Hampton, " for a prom- acre lot in Hampton between the houses
ise made to my former wife that if I was the of Isack Pirking and Willi Cole, 6 acres of
longer liver I would make him as my son, meadow, bounded by Jeferie Mingay, be-
he now being grown to man's estate," con- yond the mill brook, 3 acres of meadow
veys to Thomas Nud my son in law i o acres formerly belonging to Isack Pirkins,
out of my home lot, bounded by Henry bounded by land formerly of Willi English,
Dowe and Thomas Chace, reserving one 10 acres, 13 acres, 13 acres of marsh
acre to the use of Thomas Sleper so long as toward y e springs, bounded by Abraham
he lives upon it : land bounded by William Pirkins and Isack Pirkins, one share in y e
Maston, s'r, and John Wedgwood ; and i great Ox common, and three shares in
acre of salt marsh bounded by Jeferie rest of commons, 25 : i : 1650. Wit:
Mingie, and of Thomas Louit and the Abraham Pirkins and John Legatt. Ack.
river, 3: 8 mo: 1649. Wit: Robert before Samuel Symonds 10 : 2 mo : 1650.
Lord and William Howard. Ack. before n : 2mo : 1650, Tho : ffilbrigg entered
Ri : Bellingham 3 : 8 mo: 1649. h* 3 caution about 3 acres of meadow he
Willi ffuller of Hampton, locksmith, for bought of Henry Sayward in Hampton,
^4 10^., conveys to Willi Howard, sen., bounded by meadow he bought of Willi
of Hampton, 4^2 acres of meadow bound- Sanborne.
ed by land of Phylemon Daulton and oth- John Wheelwright, pastor of y e church
ers, 9 : i2mo: 1647. Wit: Henry Elkins of Hampton, for 8, conveys to John
and Mary M Elkins. Ack. before Rich- Wedgwood of Hampton, planter, 15 acres
ard Bellingham 9 : 8 : 48. Assigned to in Hampton, known as the Elders lot,
Robert Page of Hampton 22:8: 1649. bounded by Henry Dove, Henry Moulton,
Willi : Payne of Ipswich, marcheant, for Thomas Moulton, a lane and common, 1 1 :
^50, conveys to Robert Page of Hamp- 2 mo: 1650. Wit: Tho: Bradburyand
ton, yeoman, 60 acres of upland and Abraham Perkins. Ack. before Samuel
swamp, bounded by Jn. Bursly (or James Symonds 12:2 mo : 1650.
Wales) (sometime in the hands of Samuel Christopher Lauson of Boston, cooper,
Greenfeild) and by Phylemon Daulton, gives a general power of attorney to his
Nathaniell Boulter, Taylor's river, a creek, loving friend Joseph Armitage of Lyn, 6 :
and ffrancis Pebody, n : 8 mo : 1649. 2 mo ' 1649. Wit: Willi Hilton, John
Wit : Robert Lord and Robert Clements. Treworgye and Jn. Legatt.
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Georg Martyn of Salisbury, blacksmith,
with consent of wife Susana, for^i3, con-
veys to Phillip Challice of Salisbury,
planter, dwelling-house and part of lot
granted by Salisbury to Thomas Macy, and
sold by him to said Georg Martyn, bound-
ed by Willi: Sargent, Jn. Hoyt, Paw-
waus river, Tho : Barnett ; and 2 acres
meadow, bounded by Vail : Rowell and
another, ii : 2 mo : 1650. Signed by the M
mark of Georg Martyn. Wit : Tho : Brad-
. bury and Abraham Drake. Wife Susana
consented before Ri : Bellingham and
Samuel Symonds same day.
Willi ffullar bought of Edward Colcord
4 acres of meadow, formerly belonging to
Willi Wakefeild, in Hampton, bounded by
the beach, Jn. Samborne and Mr. Rich-
worth. A caution ; entered Oct. 15, 1650.
John Crosse of Ipswich, sen., for .101
i5-s-.,conveys to Rodger Shaw of Cambridge,
sen., my houses and lands in Hampton, in
all 239 acres, 40 rods being "in y e meet-
ing house green," Nov. 15, 1647. Wit:
John Whittingham and Jn. Dickinson
(his i 1 mark). Ack. before Richard Salton-
stall 15:9: 1647.
Will of John Moulton of Hampton. He
devises to his son Henry Moulton land
bounded by the beach, Willi ffullar, the
river, Willi Sanborne, Willi ffifeild. He
devises to his wife Ann his house and lot,
etc., for her life, and appoints her
executrix. He also gives her all his cattle,
except one calf to John Moulton, who
also has the house in fee, etc. He gives
to his daughters Jane Moulton and Bridg-
ett [Moulton]. Twelve acres of land,
adjoining Willi Esto's, he gives equally to
" Mary Samborne & my daughter Ann, &
my daughter Jane, & my daughter bridg-
ett." To " my son Samborne " he devises
marsh, bounded by Christopher Pallmer.
He devises to his daughter Ann marsh
adjoining John Browne's. Dated Jan. 23,
1649. Wit: Robert Tuck and Willi
Estowe. Proved by both witnesses at
court in Hampton i : 8 mo : 1650. Tho :
Bradbury, recorder.
Edward Gyllman of Exiter, for 60,
conveys to John Gyllman of Exiter, land
" above the saw mill w ch I bought of Robert
Smith " ; land bought of Nathaniell Boul-
tor ; land at north end of Exiter, which I
bought of John Bursley ; land bought of
Sam 1 Greenfeild ; land " I bought of
Anthoney Stannian neare y e great Cove
& a farme in y e woods bought of m r Stan-
ian " ; and other land; a debt due from
William Tayler ; and a cart, wheels, etc.,
14 : 9 : 1650. Wit: Tho: Pettit and
Tho : Turner. Ack. before Tho : Wiggin
15:9: 1650.
Will : ffullar of Hampton bought of
Henry Saward of Strawberry banck a
house lot in Hampton, between lots of said
Will : ffullar and John Browne. A cau-
tion; entered Nov. 22, 1650.
12 : 10 mo : 1650, James ffilbrooke and
Tho : ffilbrooke, jr., bought of Edward
Colcord marsh in Hampton, bounded by
Jn Wedgwood, Will: Cole and Willi
ffifeild, way to landing place, etc.
12: 10 mo: 1650, Edward Colcord
mortgages to James ffilbrick and Tho :
ffilbrick, jr., marsh which was formerly
possessed by Walter Roper, adjoining Rob :
Page, the beach, etc.
Henry Sayward of Hampton, now of
"Strabery banke," for 40^., sold to Tho :
ffilbrick of Hampton, ye elder, meadow,
which said ffilbrick bought of one W m .
Sanborne, bounded by the river, 30 : i :
1650. Wit: Amb Lane. Ack. before
Tho : Wiggin n : 8 mo : 1650.
Mary Hufsie of Hampton, widow, for
, conveys to John Woodin, 16 acres of
land adjoining Philemon Daulton, Willi
Maston, sen., " meeting house greene,"
Cristopher Hussie, John Moulton, the
river, and Taylor's river, 25 : 2 : 1648.
Signed by mark o. Wit: Samuel Hall
and Tho : Bradbury. Ack. before Richard
Saltingstall 25 : 2 : 1648.
Martha Sadler enters a caution about a
house and land in Salisbury, which her
deceased husband Anthony Sadler bought
of Mr. Cristopher Batt of Salisbury about
the first month in 1650. Also, about two
little islands near land of Tho : Bradbury.
Anthony Sadler of Salisbury, shoemaker,
for ^12, and 1500 pipe staves, conveys
OLD NORFOLK COUNTY RECORDS. 23
to Georg Martyn of Salisbury, with con- Hampton, and Edmond Lewes of Linn,
sent of my wife Martha, a dwelling house for ^15, now conveys to Henry Doue his
and land on west side of Pawwaus river, interest in the same, 22:8: 1649. Wit :
bounded by Tohn Hoyt, Willi Osgood and Jn Lewis. Ack. before Rob : Bridges
Josiah Cobham, 12 : 2 mo: 1650. Wit: 30 : 8 : 1650.
Tho : Bradbury and Theo : Satchwell. Christopher Hussey of Hampton, yeo-
Wife Martha assented before Rich: Belling- man, for ^70, conveys to Steven Sam-
ham and Sam : Symonds 12:2 mo : 1650. borne and Sam 1 ffogge, house and lot in
Judith Parker (her Pmark) of Charles- Hampton, except what was sold to Jn
towne, widow, having sold to John Marian Samborne ; and land adjoining Willi ffullar's
[also spelled Miriam'] of Watertowne, and Tho : Lovet's, 6: 2 mo: 1650. Wit:
17:2: 1645, a house and land in Hamp- Steven Bacheller, Edward Colcord and
ton, Marian is to pay her 2 1 therefor John Redman. Ack. before the court at
at certain times. Wit : John Greene, sen., Hampton 10 : 8 mo : 1651.
and Jacob Greene. Judith Parker died Tho : Moulton of Hampton, yeoman,
before n : 4 mo : 1651, when the witnesses conveys to John Wedgwood of Hampton
testified to the agreement in court before 4 acres of meadow near the springs, ad-
Symond Bradstreet. joining Edmon Jonson's meadow, Aug. 1 2,
Christopher Batt of Salisbury, tanner, 1650. Martha Moulton also signs. Wit:
for ^5 2 5.5-., conveys to Isack Buswell Samuell Daulton and Moses Cox. Ack.
and Willi : Buswell his son, house and lot, before the court at Hampton 10 : 8 mo :
etc., in Salisbury, bounded by Thomas 1651.
Bradbury, 29: 7: 1650. Wit: Henry Edward Colcord of Hampton conveys
Monde and Andrew Grile. Ack. before to John Wedgwood of Hampton 5 acres
Tho : Bradbury and Sam : Hall, commis- of marsh in Hampton in the little ox
sioners, 16 : 2 : 1651. common, bounded by Jn Hugins, Tho:
John Cass of Hampton, planter, conveys ffilbrick, Willi : ffifeild and Jn Samborne,
to Anthony Taylor, felt maker, land at the 10 : 8 mo : 1651. Wit : Robert Tuck,
upper end of JnCass' house lot i : 4 mo : Ack. before the court at Hampton 10 :
1648. John Cass signs by mark mi. Wit: 8 mo : 1651.
Abraham Pirkins and Henry Green. Ack. William ffullar of Hampton, planter, for
before the court at Hampton 10 : 8 mo : ^5, conveys to Jn Wedgwood of Hamp-
165 1 . ton, planter, 10 acres salt marsh in Hamp-
Edward Gyllman of Exiter, planter, ton, bounded by Mr. Wheelwrite, Tho :
mortgages to his " father Richard Smith Mastone, Tho : Chase and Clambanke
of Shropham in Northfolke yeoman," for river, Oct. 10, 1651. Wit: Rodger Shaw
^"200, to be paid at " the signe of the and Robert Tuck. Ack. before Samuel
sonne & globe in cornwell, in London Symonds 8 mo : 1651.
w th in one yeare after notice given of y e John Redman of Hampton mortgaged
decease of y e aforesay'd Richard Smith, his dwelling-house and lot in Hampton
. . . one saw-mill, on y e Esterne side of y e to Mr. Sam 1 Dudley of Exiter Dec. 2,
River, & also y e one half of three parts of 1651. Ack. before Robert Pike and
a saw mill on the other side of the river, Josiah Cobham, commissioners of Salis-
& my now dwelling house w th y e Lott & bury, Dec. 2, 1651.
garden w ch was sometimes Tho : Joneses, Willi : Osgood entered a caution about
And y e one halfe of all my land in Exiter," 16 acres of meadow in Salisbury which he
Oct. 9, 1651. Wit: Tho: Bradbury and bought of Mr. Carr, Jan. 8, 1651.
Tho. Pettitt. Ack. before the court at Thomas Moulton of Hampton, hus-
Hampton 8 : 8 : 1651. bandman, for 4, conveys to John Clif-
Edmond Lewes and Henry Doue bought ford of Hampton, husbandman, land in
of John Sanders of Hampton land in Hampton, bounded by Cristopher Pal-
24 THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
mer and Mr. Wheelwrite, 9 : 8 mo : 1651. Howard and Samuell ffogge. Ack. before*
Wit: Abraham Drake and Robert Lord. Sammuell : Symonds : i : 2 mo : 1652.
Ack. before the court at Hampton 10 : Sam: Getchell (his u mark) of Salis-
8 mo : 1651. bury conveys to William Godfrey of
Thomas ffilbrick of Hampton, conveys Hampton, " my late dwelling house ' at
to Christopher Hufse of Hampton, 20 Hampton and 15 acres of land, 17:3:
acres of marsh in Hampton, bounded by 1648. Wit : John Whelewright and Hen-
John Redman, ffrancis Swaine, etc., 10 : 8 ry Doue.
mo: 1651. Wit: Robert Tuck and Thomas Macy of Salisbury, merchant,
Henry Green. Ack. before the court at for 6, " & a marke," conveys to
Hampton 10 : 8 mo : 1651. Thomas Barnett of Salisbury, planter, land
John Hodges, citizen and cowper of on west side of Pawwaues river in Salis-
London, gives power of attorney to his bury, bounded by Luke Heard and John
"trusti & welbelove'd in Christ John Severans, April i, 1642. Wit: Tho :
Chickley of London merchant & John Bradbury and Robert Pike. Ack. before
Harrison of Boston in New-england in the court at Salisbury 13 : 2 : 1652.
y e pts beyond y e seas Ropemaker," to Thomas Bradbury of Salisbury, planter,
rent, etc., my house and land in Salisbury, for 35^., conveys to Edward ffrench of
April i, 1647. w * t: "James Reade Scr 1 Salisbury, tailor, meadow on Little river,
Lre Cur: Lond & Thomas Hinde his bounded by Robert Pike, 20 : 12: 1651.
servant," Jo n Cutting, Edmond Thomson Wit : Andrew Wiggin and Wymond Brad-
and Abraham Josselen. bury. Ack. before the court at Salisbury
John Harison of Boston, cordish maker, 15 : 2 : 1652.
under the preceding power, for ;i 5, con- Samuell Getchell (his u mark) of
veys to Mr. Tho: Bradbury of Salisbury, Salisbury for ^12 10^., conveys to Willia
planter, one dwelling-house and lot of Godfrey of Watertown, " my late dwelling
three acres, etc., bounded by Phillip house " at Hampton, and land, 17: 3 :
Challis, John Severance, John Bayly, sen., 1648. Wit : John Whelewright andHen-
Isack Buswell, Richard Singletary, Tho : ry Doue. Ack. before court at Salisbury
Haux worth, Ralfe Blesdale, Anthony Cole- 13 : 2 : 1652.
bie and John Bayly, jr. ; and 40 acres on John Severans of Salisbury, planter,
west side of Pawwaus river, bounded by with consent of wife Abigail, for 12 10^.,
Mr. Sam 1 Hale and Merimacke river, 8 : conveys to Thomas Bradbury of Salisbury,
8 : 1647. Wit : Joseph Kellage and Per- planter, " my dwelling house & old house
cis Harison. Ack. before Tho : Wiggin thereunto adjoyning lijng uppon both sides
22 : 3 : 1651. of y e street," bounded by Mr. Christopher
George Martyn mortgaged his now Batt, Thomas Bradbury and Isack Bus-
dwelling house and land on west side of well, in Salisbury, Dec. 21, 1647. Wit:
Pawwaus river in Salisbury to Mr. Sam : William Webb and Sam Winsley. Ack.
Hall of Salisbury for 3500 white oak pipe before Tho : Wiggin 13 : 2 : 1652.
staves, June 4, 1651. Ack. before Rob- Edward Colcord and Thomas Turner
ert Pike and Josiah Cobham, commission- determine a matter between Mr. Richard
ers of Salisbury, 8 : i mo: 1652. Waldern and Mr. Edward Gyllman. Mr.
William English of Ipswich, shoemaker, Walden is to pay Mr. Gyllman 11 los.
for ,20, conveys to John Cass of Hamp- " in marchantable board att quochequo att
ton, yeoman, my house and houselot in money price vv th in six dayes after y e date
Hampton "abutting upon the green herof, or (n 11 ) (io s ) in money w th in
called the Ring," and on land of Abra- that tyme. & to this Awarde wee doe
ham Pirkins. This house and lot former- both consent." Dated 15 : 2 : 1652.
ly belonged to Tho : Jones, and before To be contimied .
that to Samuel Greenfeild. Wit: Willi
EARLY FENCES.
THE OLD STONE WALLS.
Who were they the builders
Of the many gray old walls
That checker all New England o'er,
"Where'er the vision falls?
They part the hills and valleys,
The meadows and the plains,
And journey with us as we go
Through woods and shady lanes.
Mile after mile of gray stone wall
Are left until our day;
But the active, busy builders,
We wonder who were they?
Moss-grown, their work is left behind,
'Twas neatly done and well;
But years ago the builders
Vanished from hill and dell.
Essex.
S. S. Bartlett.
EARLY FENCES.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY.
Fences often exist today to designate
boundary lines ; but in the earliest days
of our settlements they were probably
never constructed for that purpose, unless
the three-rail fence erected between the
towns of Newbury and Rowley, in 1649,
was such an instance. The earliest fences
were for protection from the Indians and
the larger and more ferocious animals of
the forest; the next, to keep both do-
mestic and wild animals from the culti-
vated crops of the settlers ; and the later,
to restrain the various kinds of cattle of
the settlers from straying into the forest
and elsewhere. These fences were all
made for the purposes to which they
were applied, and were often uncouth
and rough. Ornamented fences belong
to a still later period, when settlements
had acquired some degree of affluence.
Each farmer had to build and main-
tain his fences when they were erected on
or around his individual lots of land ; but
the common pastures, with their many
owners, early demanded some rule or
authority by which the fence around
them would be built and kept in order
during the season of pasturage by all the
owners; and in 1633 it was provided
that each owner of a common pasture
should build and support such part of the
fence as was in proportion to his interest
in the pasture ; certain sections repre-
senting such portions being marked off.
These were usually the early two-railed
fences. Officers were appointed to ex-
amine into the case of any delinquent,
with power to levy and collect fines. In
1643, the regulation of common fences
was left wholly to the respective towns.
The law in relation to fences around
corn fields was peculiar, presumably on
account of the necessity of preserving the
corn for the sustenance of the colonists.
The owner of the corn field was obliged
to maintain a sufficient fence around it.
July 2, 1633, it was ordered by the Gen-
eral Court, " that if any corne fence
shalbe by the inhabitants of the towne
iudged insufficient, & the owner there-
of forbeare mending of it more than 2
dayes after warneing giuen, the inhabitants
shall mend the said fence, & the corne
of the owner of the said fence shalbe
liable to pay the charges of the mending
thereof." The fence had to be sufficient
to keep out hogs as well as cattle. In
1637, the law was passed making it in-
cumbent upon owners of corn fields to '
first show that the fence through which un-
ruly cattle came into the field was suffic-
ient and in order before damages for
injuries done to the crops could be re-
covered. In Topsfield, in 1667, such
fences were ordered to consist of five
rails, "well placed," and be up by April
2Oth.
The earliest roads were foot paths, and
were so ill-defined that they were not re-
garded in fencing pastures and fields in
the earliest days. Later, in the more
thickly settled portions, where they were
more defined, carts having come into use,
and travel was more common and exten-
sive, fences across these ways were found
to be very inconvenient ; and in the
villages they were fenced on either side.
In Rowley, this was ordered to be done
as early as 1649. But outside the villages
roads remained encumbered by fences, in
many places, until this century; though
bars and the more convenient gate were
found at the crossings.
26
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
Oct 14, 1685, the General Court passed
a law that whoever broke down any fence
or stone wall, or lay open any gates, bars
or locks, unless under claim of right,
should pay a fine and the damages there-
by occasioned.
Persons were chosen in the various
towns to look after fences to see that
they were kept up, and to have general
oversight of them. There was at first no
name attached to the office, the incum-
bent being called "fence viewer," "over-
seer to view fences," etc. In 1653 a law
was enacted which gave this authority to
the selectmen of towns, with power to
levy fines upon delinquents. Our modern
office of fence viewer is founded upon
the Province law, passed Dec i, 1693,
which authorizes two or more fence viewers
to be chosen in each town 'at the annual
meeting. The statute also established
legal fences. They were to be made four
feet high, of five rails, or boards, or four,
if equivalent to five ; also, stone walls,
brooks, rivers, ponds and creeks were to
be deemed sufficient fences.
In early times fences were valued so
highly, not only for their use, but for
their cost, that in most of the conveyances
of improved lands in Essex county they
were particularly mentioned almost to the
time of the Revolution.
The earliest fence was the palisade built
near the house to keep -the Indians and
large and more ferocious animals away.
This consisted of long sticks, called pales,
with pointed tops, driven into the ground,
leaving about eight feet above the earth,
and touching one another, in a continu-
ous row around the house. As villages be-
gan to be formed in some instances a high
stone-wall took the place of the palisade
around the churches, as at Topsfield in
1676, while the palisade about houses was
early discontinued.
Where fences were used in early times
merely for keeping cattle within certain
limits, they were of the simplest construc-
tion. The earliest of these was the flimsy
two-rail or pole fence, which was made by
driving stakes into the ground x form,
and laying the lower rails or poles in the
crotches thus formed ; and then driving
TWO-RAIL FENCE.
other stakes above the rails x form in such
a way that rails or poles could be laid above
the first, as shown in the engraving.
The brush fence is about as ancient as
the two-pole fence, and has passed away
first in our county. Some one has said
that, " According to an unwritten law, a
brush fence must be a rod wide, with no
specification as to its height." In and
under the brush fence all sorts of living
creatures, beast, bird, and reptile,
BRUSH FENCE.
have made their homes. In building or
piling a brush fence the small trees along
its line were lopped down, but not entire-
ly severed from the stump, and made to
fall in one direction lengthwise of the
fence. Other trees were added to give it
the height and width required. This was
a very effective barrier.
The fence next to be built by our fore-
fathers was a log fence. This was one of
the most substantial of fences, but was
only erected where there was a great
amount of timber at hand. The great logs,
generally of pine, were laid straight, over-
lapping a little at the ends, on which were
placed horizontally the short cross-pieces,
which upheld the logs next above. It was
usually built three logs* high, and formed
an almost solid wooden wall. From be-
hind the log and brush fences, the prowl-
ing Indian shot the settler as he tilled his
EARLY FENCES.
field, or long watched the lonely cabin be-
fore he surprised its defenceless inmates.
Where stones were plentiful and timber
and poles scarce, stone walls were built as
early as the seventeenth century. They
proved the most enduring and in every
way satisfactory. In spite of their being
more or less frost- flung, they remain a
picturesque and sufficient barrier, and
will so remain until they sink beneath the
surface of the ground. Often the stones
of the wall were taken from the field,
where it was built, in the course of tillage.
There seems almost to have been a stone
age in New England history, when stone
After these earlier fences came the
snake or Virginia fence, made of rails
SNAKE FENCE.
arranged as shown in the illustration.
This variety of fence is truly American.
The split-rail fence is also old. Logs,
generally of ash, about nine feet in
length, and a foot or more in diameter,
split the entire length into about sixteen
equal parts, formed the rails, which were
chamfered at each end. Of such split
STONE WALL.
was the material most frequently em-
ployed for fence building. Sometimes a
single stone wall can be found stretching
away in a straight line over hill and
through valley for miles. In some locali-
ties it would seem as if every field and
pasture and garden were bordered with it.
The great amount of stone wall that re-
mains attests the labor of our ancestors.
What bending and straining of stalwart
backs and muscles there must have been
at the building of these walls, which have
been the castle of the squirrel, the weasel
and the woodchuck through the centuries.
Where neither stones nor timber were
plenty the half-high wall, surmounted by
a rail resting or crossed stakes driven into
SPLIT-RAIL FENCE.
sections posts were also made, having
holes cut in them in the proper places to
receive the ends of the rails, the fence
being constructed as shown in the illus-
tration. It is to the credit of Abraham
Lincoln that in his early frontier home
he was a skillful rail-splitter.
The board fence came into existence
with the advent of saw-mills. The old
board fence consisted of wide, rough-
HALF-HIGH WALL.
the ground, as shown in the illustration,
was early used, and is still common.
BOARD FENCE.
edged boards nailed to posts set in the
ground, and was always an inartistic
structure.
On leaving this subject, the countless
disputes, contentions and heartaches of
the past arising from line fences, where
28
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN,
slight divergences have created feuds
which have continued for several gener-
ations, and the matter of maintenance of
certain portions of fences and building of
spite fences are recalled. They have
always been a fruitful source of disputes
and friction between neighbors in the
past, but under more definite laws will
probably be less so in the future.
AMESBURY INSCRIPTIONS.
SALISBURY POINT CEMETERY.
This cemetery was first used appar-
ently in 1788, the oldest gravestones
there bearing that date. It was located
in Salisbury until a change in the town
lines in 1886 brought it within the
limits of Amesbury. The following are all
the inscriptions to be found there bearing
dates prior to 1800.
ANNA
wife of
Samuel Adams,
died Feb y 9, 1794
Ml. 39.
Ye Angels guard this fleeping clay
Till comes the great decifive day
When in her Saviottrs image dreft
She awakes to be completely bleft.
SALLY,
Confort of
Tristram Coffin,
died March soth, 1798 ; st. 23.
Thus by just Heavens commission'' d dart,
The fondest ties are broke,
Friend part from friend, &> heart from heart,
By death's distressing stroke.
In
Memory of
ANNA,
Wife of
Richard Hackett,
who died
June iS th 1794 ;
in the 47^ year
of her age.
In Memory of
JAMES HACKETT,
Son of
John & Betty Hackett,
who died by being thrown from a horse
Nov. 2fv 1795
aged 1 8 years.
Farewell my friends, I bid adieu,
And leave this tottering ball ;
For not one moment can we ftay
When Christ our Lord doth call.
Mr. PETER HACKET T
fon of Mr. John Hackett,
died 24, of March 1797
27.
Tho> tears of tributary for row Jlow ;
And keen diftreffes Jill the heart with woe
Tho* thy fond parents mourn thy fole at reft
And joyes fublime expand thy peaceful br^st
May thefe reflections calm our troubled heart
And we prepare to meet were none do part.
In
Memory of
RICHARD HACKETT,
who died
Sept r . n th , 1794,
in the 47 th year
of his age.
DEAC, WILLIAM
HACKET. died Nov r .
20. 1808. ^Et. 69.
WILLIAM O. HACK
ET. died. Oct r . 16.
1 7 8 2 . at Guaduloup
^Et. 22.
TIMOTHY HACKET,
DIED JULY 2 3. 1797.
on his passing from Havana
to Hamburgh. AL\.. 28.
In Memory of
M rs . Hannah Lurvey
the wife of
M r . James Lurvey,
who departed this life
June the 7'* A D 1788
sEtat. 24.
AMESBURY INSCRIPTIONS.
2 9
Jn Memory of
MRS. AFFIA MORRILL,
wife of
Mr. Robert Morrill ;
who died
1790.
in the jj d Year
of her Age.
In Memory of
ELIJAH MORRILL
Son of Robert
6 Affia Morrill
who died April 3 d , 2788 ;
in the 7 th Year of
his Age
Sacred to
the Memory of
Mr. EZRA MORRILL
who departed this life
Deer. 23, 1797
in the 5 6 year of
his age.
Hail, courteous Stranger, vino the filent Tomb,
And ftand prepared : for this muff be your home !
In memory of
MARY,
Confort of
Mr. Jacob Morrill ;
who died
Nov r . 23, 1791 :
&t. 58.
At death's arival they ffiall fmile
Who not in life were gay
With fear their frequent thought sent on*
To meet him on the way.
JAMES,
Son of
Samuel and
Abigail Nye,
who died
Sept.** 1793,
aged 13 months.
MARY-ANN
Daughter of
Samuel and
Abigail Nye,
who died
Oct. 26 th 1894.
aged 2 2 days.
In Memory of
MR DANIEL OSGOOD,
who died
July 1 8, 1798 :
aged 30 years.
Also
MRS. RHODA, his wife
died Sept. 10, 1828,
aged 59 years.
In Memory of
MAJOR JOSEPH PAGE,
who died
Janu y 9 th 1793,
in the 6o th Year
of his age
In Memory of
ROBERT MORRIL L
Son of Robert
& Affia Morrill,
who died
April 6 th , 1788 :
in the 3 Year
of his Age.
In memory of
Nicholas Spitzenfiel
a native of Michelan
in Germany
who died at
Newbury-Port
Jany. 23, 1795
46.
In Memory of
Capt. *
Lorenzt Spitzenfiel
a native of Michelan
in Germany
who died at
Salisbury
Feby 6, 1864.
jEt. 50.
In that sweet earth, when natures debt is paid,
And leaving life we leave its load of woes;
Our neighbours kind, we trust will see us laid;
In humble hope of mercy, to repose.
"THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
In Memory of
. HANNAH STEVENS
Relict of
M r . Jacob Stevens
who died Augn. ij th 1796
JEtat. 57
In Memory of
Mr. JACOB STEVENS
who departed this life
May the jo th 1791,
^Etat. 57.
Depart my friends dry iip yotir tears
Here I muft lie till Chrift appears
JAMES,
Son 0/"John 6
Abigail Stevens
died May 21*' 1788
aged 4 years.
In Memory of
ANNE,
Confort of
Capt. William Swett ;
who died
June 5, 1798
59.
In Memory
of
EBENEZER TRUE,
who died
Auguft 22, 1799 :
in the 48 year
of his age
In Memory
of
RUTH
wife of
M r . Ebe n ezerTrue
who died Jan y . 8, 1 798
In the 42 year of his age.
view with e
And while her grave you soleme ey
Let wifdoms dictate learn yourself to die
Youfoon must f lumber with the filent dead
Your friends forgotten and your pleafures Jled
In Memory of
JONATHAN,
Son 0/ Jonathan 6
Betfy Webfter ;
who died
Dec r . 26, 1799 :
aged 6 m.
In Memory of
MARY WEBSTER,
Wife of
Enoch Webster,
who died Sept. 24, 1 794,
in the 24 year
of her age.
01 hark how folemn 'tis when Death's before our eyes,
When young <& old are called to fly to yonder fkies,
They muft return to duft; the gloomy grave etnbr
e ace
But thir dear fouls we trust will fee their Saviour's face.
WILL OF BETHIAH CARTWRIGHT.
The will of Bethiah Cartwright of Salem
was proved in the Salem quarterly court,
June 30, 1640. The following copy is
taken from the original instrument on file
in the office of the clerk of courts at Salem,
book i, leaf 5.
I Bethia Cortwrite of Salem being in
pfect memory doe make and ordaine this
my laft will and teftament, firft I give and
bequeath my bed, my bolfter and two
pillow-beres with a blancet and a cover-
let unto Elizabeth Capon my fifter in
walderfwick in Suff item I give unto Mary
Norton the wife of Georg Norton in Salem
by beft coat, item I giue unto my fifter
above faid thre peuter platters and a double
faltfeller, item I give vnto John Jackfon
the fon of John Jackfon half a dozen
fpoones and a porrenger, item I give unto
Margret Jackfon the wife of John Jackfon
of Salem my box of linning, with a payre
of fhetes, item I will that fower payer of
fheets be fold to pay pt of my debts, item
I give unto Elizabeth Kellem a furg \vaf-
cot, Item I give unto John Jackfon afore-
faid my bible, item I will that my two best
cloath wafcotes to be fold as my fhetf
aforefaid, Item I give unto Elezabeth Nick-
fone my payer of Anderens, item I will
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF THE REVOLUTION.
that my napkins and bord cloaths to be
fold as my wafcots aforefaid. In witnes
whereof I have hereunto fet my hand this
fecond day of May Anno Dom : 1640
Elizabeth E Cartwrit
her marke
Teftes Elizabeth Nickson
Thomas Warren
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF THE
REVOLUTION,
Continued from page 10.
NEHEMIAH ABBOT of Andover ; priv.,
Capt. Thomas Poor's co., Col. James
Frye's reg., which marched on the alarm
of April 19, 1775; service, 7 dys. ; re-
ported, enl. Jan. 31, 1775 ; also, on return
of men in camp at Cambridge May 17,
1775-
NEHEMIAH ABBOT of Andover ; in Capt.
Benjamin Farnum's co., Col. James Frye's
reg., receipts for advance pay, dated Cam-
bridge, June 21, 1775, and Aug. -, 1775 ;
also, on co. return, dated Cambridge, Oct.
6> 1775 ) also, on order for coat money,
dated Cambridge, Nov. 13, 1775.
PHILIP ABBOT of Ipswich ; priv., Capt.
Daniel Rogers' co., which marched on the
alarm of April 19, 1775 ; service, 4 dys.;
also, Capt. Nathaniel Wade's co., Col.
Little's reg. ; return dated June 5, 1775 ;
reported, marched to Cambridge ; also, co.
return [probably Oct., 1775] ; enl. May
i5 ! 7 75; a e > 2 4 yrs.
PHILIP ABBOT of Andover ; priv., Capt.
Benjamin Ames' co., Col. James Frye's
reg. ; killed June 17, 1775 ; reported, ne-
gro servant of Nathan Abbot.
STEPHEN ABBOT of Andover ; It., Capt.
Benjamin Farnum's co., Col. Ebenezer
Francis' reg. ; pay abstract for 54 dys.
rations to date of arrival at Bennington ;
enl. Feb. 14, 1777; also, Col. Marshall's
reg. ; list of officers who lost clothing while
at Ticonderoga, dated Camp above Still-
water Sept. 15, 1777; also, capt., nth
reg. ; list of officers of the Mass, line ;
commissioned May 28, 1778, and con-
firmed by Congress Sept. 6, 1779;
Col. Tupper's reg. ; Continental Army pay
accounts for service from Jan. i, 1777, to
Dec. 31, 1779; service, 17 mos., as It., 19
mos., as capt. ; also, muster return dated
Jan. 24, 1778 ; reported furloughed; also,
muster roll for March, 1779, dated West
Point ; reported, furloughed by Gen. Mc-
Dougall from Feb. 2 to May 15, 1779;
also, return dated West Point Aug. 10,
1779; a ^ Continental Army pay ac-
counts for service from Jan. i, 1780, to
Dec. 31, 1780; also, muster roll for Oct.
i, Dec., 1780; dated Huts near West
Point ; reported furloughed by Col. Brooks
until April i, 1781.
THOMAS ABBOT of Andover ; priv., Capt.
Samuel Johnson's co., Col. Wiggleworth's
reg. ; pay abstract for travel from Albany
home ; roll sworn to March 7, 1777 ; also,
Capt. Nathaniel Gage's co., Col. Jacob
Gerrish's reg. of guards ; enl. Dec. 19,
1777 ; dis. April 3, 1778 ; service, 3 mos.,
1 6 dys., at Winter Hill, guarding Gen.
Burgoyne's troops ; roll dated Bradford ;
also, descriptive list of enlisted men ; Capt.
Lovejoy's co., Col. Johnson's reg. ; age
47 yrs.; stature, 5 ft., 7 in.; complex-
ion, dark; enl. March 18, 1781; enl. 3
yrs.
TOBEY ABBOT of Andover ; priv., Capt.
Samuel Johnson's co., Col. Titcomb's reg. ;
dis. June 27, 1777; service, 2 mos., 9
dys., at Providence, R. I.
WILLIAM ABBOT of Andover; priv.,
Capt. Joshua Holt's co., which marched on
the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cam-
bridge ; service, i dy. ; reported, a volun-
teer member of the co. who did not bear
arms.
ZEBADIAH ABBOT of Andover; priv.,
Capt. Joshua Holt's co., which marched
on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cam-
bridge ; service, i ^ days.
BENJAMIN ABBOTT of Andover ; descrip-
tive list of men raised to reinforce Conti-
nental Army for 6 mos., agreeable to re-
solve of June 5, 1780; age, 17 yrs.; stat-
ure, 5 ft., 8 in. ; complexion, light ; ar-
rived at Springfield July 2, 1 780 ; marched
to camp July 2, 1780, under command of
Capt. Phineas Parker.
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
GEORGE ABBOTT of Ipswich; priv.,
Capt. John Baker's co., Col. Little's reg. ;
muster roll dated Aug. i, 1775 ; enl. May
u, 1775 ; service, 2 mos., 26 dys.
JOHN ABBOTT of Marblehead ; return of
men enl. into Continental Army from Col.
Jonathan Glover's (5th Essex co.) reg.,
dated Nov. 7, 1777; enl., 3 yrs.
JOSHUA ABBOTT of Rowley ; descriptive
list of men raised to reinforce Continental
Army for 6 mos., agreeable to resolve of
June 5, 1780; age, 21 yrs.; stature, 5 ft.,
10 in.; complexion, light; arrived at
Springfield Aug. 19, 1780; marched to
camp Aug. 19, 1780, under command of
Ensign Blaisdell.
NATHANIEL ABBOTT of Ipswich ; priv.,
Capt. John Baker's co., Col. Little's reg.,
co. return [probably Oct., 1 775] ; enl. May
2, 1775; a ge> J 7 yrs.
THOMAS ABBOTT of Andover ; return of
men raised agreeable to resolve of Dec. 2,
1780; enl. March 15, 1781 ; enl., 3 yrs.
THOMAS ABER of Andover ; list of men
enl. into Continent Army [year not given] .
SAMUEL ABOOT of Andover; corp.,
Capt. James Mallon's co., Essex co. reg. ;
enl. Oct. 3, 1779; dis. Nov. 10, 1779;
service, i mp., 10 dys., at Castle Island,
under Maj.-Gen. Hancock.
AARON ABORN of Lynn; priv., Capt.
Nathaniel Bancroft's co., which marched
on the alarm of April 19, 1775 ; service, i
dy. ; also, Capt. Gideon Foster's co., Col.
John Mansfield's reg. ; receipt for advance
pay dated Cambridge, July 4, 1775 ; also,
muster roll dated Aug. i, 1775 ; enl. May
n, 1775 ; service, 2 mos., 25 dys.; also,
Capt. Baker's co., Col. Mansfield's reg. ;
co. return [probably Oct., 1775].
EBENEZER ABORN of Lynn ; priv., Capt.
Gideon Foster's co., Col. John Mansfield's
reg. ; muster roll dated Aug. 1,1775; enl.
July 2 2, 1775; service, 9 dys.; also, re-
ceipt for advance pay dated camp at Pros-
pect Hill, Aug. 10,' 1775, also, Capt.
Baker's co., Col. Mansfield's reg. ; co. re-
turn [probably Oct., 1775]; <*ko, Capt.
Baker's co., Col. Israel Hutchinson's
(igth) reg.; order for coat money dated
Camp at Winter Hill, Oct. 27, 1775.
EBENEZER ABORN of Danvers ; descrip-
tive list of officers and crew of the ship
" Junius Brutus," commanded by Capt.
John Leach, dated Salem, June 15, 1780 ;
a g e > 2 3 y rs - ; stature, 5 ft., 7 in. ; com-
plexion, dark.
JAMES ABORN of Marblehead ; serg.,
Capt. Mill's co., Col. Baldwin's reg. of ar-
tificers ; Continental Army pay accounts
for service from Jan. i, 1777, to Jan. 20,
1779.
MOSES ABORN of Lynn ; return of men
enl. into Continental Army from ist Es-
sex co. reg., dated Feb. 16, 1778 ; enl., 3
yrs., or during war; joined Capt. Ban-
croft's co., Col. Michael Jackson's reg. ;
also, priv., Capt. Bancroft's co., Col. Jack-
son's reg. ; Continental Army pay accounts
for service from May 14, 1777, to Aug.
J 7> X 777 ) reported, died Aug. 17, 1777.
AARON ABORNS of Amesbury; priv.,
Capt. Robert Dodge's co., Col. Ebenezer
Francis' reg. ; service i dy. ; marched to
camp and home again ; roll sworn to Nov.
29, 1776.
WOODWARD ABRAHAMS of Salem ; Capt.
Thomas Barnes' co., Col. Mansfield's
(later Hutchinson's) reg. ; receipt for ad-
vance pay dated at Cambridge, June
2 7> X 775 j a kt corp.; muster roll dated
Aug. i, 1775; enl. May 10, 1775; ser-
vice, 2 mos., 26 dys.; also, co. return
dated Winter Hill, Oct. 5, 1775; also,
Capt. Barnes' (5th) co., Col. Nixon's
(4th) reg. ; return of men in service from
Sept. to Nov., 1776, dated North Castle;
also, receipt for wages for Oct. and Nov.,
1776.
JOSEPH ADAMES of Ipswich ; priv., Capt.
Richard Dodge's (volunteer) co., 3d Essex
co. reg., commanded by Maj. Smith ; enl.
Sept. 30, 1777; dis. Nov. 7, 1777, at
Cambridge; service, i mo., 10 dys. ; co.
marched Oct. 2, 1777, to reinforce Gen.
Gates at the Northward.
NATHAN ADAMES of Andover ; descrip-
tive list of men raised to reinforce Conti-
nental Army for 6 mos., agreeable to re-
solve of June 5, 1780; age, 22 yrs.; stat-
ure, 5 ft., 10 in.; complexion, ruddy; ar-
rived at Springfield July i, 1 780 ; marched
ABBE NOTES.
33
to camp July 2, 1780, under command of
Capt. Phineas Parker.
NATHANIEL ADAMES of Ipswich; priv.,
Capt. Richard Dodge's (volunteer) co.,
3d Essex co. reg., commanded by Maj.
Smith; enl. Sept. 30, 1777; dis. Nov. 7,
1777 ; service, i mo., 10 dys. ; co. marched
Oct. 2, 1777, to reinforce Gen. Gates at
the Northward.
THOMAS ADAMES of Ipswich ; priv., Capt.
Richard Dodge's (volunteer) co., 3d Essex
co. reg., commanded by Maj. Smith ; enl.
Sept. 30, 1777; dis. Nov. 7, 1777; ser-
vice, i mo., TO dys. ; co. marched Oct. 2,
1777, to reinforce Gen. Gates at the
Northward.
ABRAHAM ADAMS of Newbury; drum-
mer, Lt. John Bricket's co., which marched
April 20, 1775, in response to the alarm
of April 19, 1775, to Cambridge; service,
4 dys.
ADAM ADAMS of Haverhill; priv., Capt.
Nicholas Blaisdell's co., Col. Wiggles-
worth's reg. ; pay abstract for travel allow-
ance from Albany to Haverhill, in 1776.
AMBROSE ADAMS of Marblehead ; sea-
man, brigantine " Griffin ;" list of crew
sworn to by Gideon Henfield, Commander,
May 23, 1 780 ; also, sloop "Morning Star,"
commanded by Capt. John Ravill; de-
scriptive list of officers and crew, dated
Oct. 17, 1780 ; age, 27 yrs. ; stature, 5 ft.,
9 in. ; complexion, light.
BENJAMIN ADAMS of Lynn ; drummer,
Capt. Nathaniel Bancroft's co., which
marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775 ;
service, 2 dys.
BENJAMIN ADAMS of Newbury ; priv., Lt.
John Brickett's co., which marched April
20? 1 775> in response to the alarm of April
19, 1775, to Cambridge; service, 4 dys.
To be continued.
ABBE NOTES.
NOTE.
4 'Doctor WOOD
IVES his Advice to the Poor gratis,
from Ten to Eleven o' Clock before
Noon, in all Difeafes incident to the hu-
man Body, at Mrs. Saunders, in the Main-
Street."
Advertisement in Essex Gazette (Salem}, Sept.
6, 1768.
Obadiah Abbe (see page 14) had a
daughter Abigail, who married Daniel
Sabin in 1701, in Windham, where the
family resided. Vide Genealogies of
Windham, under ABBE; also, Register,
1882, page 53. An son Titus, Tufts Col-
lege, Mass.
Joseph Abbey, of Exeter, N. H. (son of
Joseph, born in Wenham, Mass., Aug. 12,
1673), married Abigail Severance Nov.
30, 1705, and had one child, Joanna,
born in Salisbury, Mass., where they lived,
Nov. 15, 1706. Mr. Abbey died the same
winter, and his widow Abigail married
secondly, Philip Greeley of Salisbury Dec.
n, 1707. Joanna married Jonathan
Brown of Hampton Feb. 17, 1725-6.
They lived in Kensington, N. H., where
Joanna died Sept. 7, 1757.
Joseph Abbe of Ipswich married Thom-
asin (or Tamazin), daughter of William
Baker of Ipswich (pub. Nov. 5, 1721).
He lived in the house in which the late
W. K. Bell, Esq., resided (near the town
house), which he is said to have built ; and
was a blacksmith by trade, having a shop,
called "Abbe the smith's shop," in
which considerable work was prosecuted.
He was living in Ipswich in 1749, when
he sold his house, blacksmith's shop and
land. Their children were born in Ips-
wich, as follows :
1. Sarah, bapt. Nov. 25, 1722; d. Jan. 6,
1722.
2. Sarah, bapt. June 28, 1724; d. Nov. 18,
1726.
3. Joseph, bapt. May 7, 1726; d. Aug. 25,
1726.
4. Joseph, bapt. June 25, 1727; d. July 8,
1727.
5. John, bapt. July 21, 1728; d. July 12,
I73 6 -
6. James, bapt. Aug. 16, 1730; d. June 22,
1731, aged 10 mos.
7. Tamasin, bapt. March 12, 1731; d. Sept.
7 1733-
8. William, bapt. Feb. 10, 1733; d. Aug. 14,
1734, an infant.
9. James, b. May 25, 1735; d. Aug. 30, 1736.
10. John, b. Dec. 27, 1736.
11. Tamasin, bapt. April -, 1739; d. Apr. 19,
1742.
12. William, bapt. Jan. n, 1740.
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13. Mary, bapt. Feb. 6, .1741.
14. Martha, d. Oct. 25, 1745.
15. Aaron, bapt. Sept. 20, 1747.
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Answers are solicited.
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New York City. p. N. s.
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Hannah Dodge (Wenham), married,
about 1785 or 1786, Benjamin Dunbar,
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first generation born in this country.
Please answer. DR. HARWOOD.
Chasm Falls, N. Y.
ANSWERS.
3. Nathaniel Goodale, born in Salem
Village March 17, 1697-8, married, June
27, 1723, Lydia Whipple, daughter of
Joseph and Sarah (Hutchinson) Whipple,
She was born Feb. 2, 1694. W. P. G.
Ca mbridgeport.
4. Thomas Jacob married Mary Whip-
pie, says my record. H. N. Harriman,
Georgetown.
6. To obtain the markers of the Sons
of the American Revolution to be placed
at the graves of Revolutionary soldiers,
address George E. Brown, secretary of the
Massachusetts Society, post-office box
2 5 35, Boston, Mass. Ed.
7. In "The Family of Zaccheus
Gould," by B. A. Gould, page 36, the
Christian name of John Baker's wife is
given as Elizabeth. -Jennie Hood Bos son,
Reading,
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verbatim, in the order of their probate ;
the full official record of the service of the
Essex county soldiers and sailors in the
Revolution, in alphabetical order ; com-
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records ; and genealogies of Essex coun-
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SALEM, MASS., MARCH, 1897.
No. 3,
ABBOT GENEALOGY.
THE name of Abbot is spelled in the
early records Abbet, Abbett, Abbit, Ab-
bitt, Abbot, Abbott, Abbut, Abbutt, Abet,
Abett, Abit, Abitt, Abot, Abott, Abut and
Abutt.
Among the several Abbots that early
came to New England GEORGE ABBOT* of
Andover has the most prominent and
numerous descendants. He is said to
have emigrated from Yorkshire, England,
about 1 640 ; and, after living at Roxbury
awhile, came to Andover, where he was
one of the settlers as early as 1643. He
cultivated the soil, and lived on the farm
latterly owned by John Abbot?, the house
being a garrison.
He married Hannah, daughter of Wil-
liam and Annis Chandler of Andover
(formerly of Roxbury) Dec. 12, 1646.
The parties are said to have come to
America in the same ship. Mr. Abbot
died in Andover Dec. 24, 1681, at the
age of sixty-six, being, as he says in his
will, "aged and crazy in body." His
wife survived him, and married Rev.
Francis Dane of Andover between 1684
and 1 7 03. She outlived Mr. Dane, and
died June n, 1711, aged eighty- two.
Children, born in Andover :
2 i. JOHN2, b. March 2, 1648. See below
O).
3 II. JOSEPHS, b. March n, 1649; d. June 24,
1650.
4 m. HANNAHS, b. June 9, 1650; m. John
Chandler Dec. 20, 1676; and d.
March 2, 1740.
5 iv. JOSEPH2, b. March 30, 1652; killed by
the Indians, at Andover, April 8, 1676.
6 v. GEORGE2, b. June 7, 1655. See below
8 vii. SARAH2, b. Nov. 14, 1659; m. Ephraim
Stevens Oct. 11, 1680; and d. June 28,
1711.
9 vin. BENJAMIN2, b. Dec. 20, 1661. See be-
low (9).
10 ix. TIMOTHY^, b. Nov. 17, 1663. See be-
low (yo).
ii x. THOMAS2, b. May 6, 1666. See below
. (//)
12 xi. EDWARD2, drowned when young.
13 XII. NATHANIEL2, July 4, 1671. See below
14 xiii. ELIZABETHS, b. Jan. 29, 1673-4; m.
Nathan Stevens Nov. 24, 1692; and
d. May 4, 1750.
DBA. JOHN ABBOT 2 , born in Andover
March 2, 1648. Was a farmer and lived
with his father in the garrison house. He
was a deacon of the South church, and
selectman of the town. He married
Sarah Barker of Andover Nov. 17, 1673.
He died March 19, 1720-1. His wife
died Feb. 10, 1728-9, aged eighty-two.
Children, born in Andover :
151. JOHNS, b. Nov. 2, 1674. See below
7 vi. WILLIAM*, b. Nov. 18, 1657. See be-
low (7).
16 n. JOSEPHS, b. Dec. 19, 1676. See below
(/*).
17 m. STEPHENS, b. Jan. 14, 1678-9. See be-
low (/?).
18 iv. SARAHS, b. Nov. 26, 1680; m. Zeba-
diah Chandler Jan. 9, 1706-7; and
d. March 6, 1754.
19 v. EPHRAIMS, b. Aug. 6, 1682. See below
('9).
20 vi. JOSHUAS, b. June 6, 1685 ; lived in Bil-
lerica; was deacon, and town clerk
thirty-one years. He m., first, Re-
becca Shed June 10, 1710. 'She d.
April 7, 1720; and he m., second,
Dorcas Whiting. She d. Dec. 23,
1765. Deacon Abbot d. Feb. n,
1769. He had eleven children.
21 vii. MARYS, b. Jan. 9, 1687; d. Dec. n,
1688.
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22 vin EBENEZERS, b. Sept. 27, 1689. See
below (22}.
23 IX. PRISCILLA3, b. July 7, 1691; lived in
Andover, and was often employed as
a nurse, being an industrious Chris-
tian woman. She d., unmarried, May
24, 1791, at the age of ninety-nine.
6
CAPT. GEORGE ABBOT 3 , born in An-
dover June 7, 1655. Was a selectman
of Andover, where he resided, and a man
of Christian character. He married Dor-
cas Graves April 17, 1678; and died
Feb. 26, 1735-6. His wife survived
him, and died, his widow, Feb. 18, 1739-
40, being "aged."
Children, born in Andover :
24 i. SARAHS, b. Aug. 26, 1679; d. Nov. 17,
1679.
25 n. JOSEPHS, b. Oct. 7, 1680; d. young.
26 in. MARTHAS, b. Feb. 12, 1682-3; d. Dec.
4, 1683.
27 iv. HANNAHS, b. Feb. 27, 1684-5; m *
Dea. John Osgood Sept. 16, 1708;
and d. Dec. 25, 1774. He d. in 1765,
aged eighty-three.
28 v. DANIELS, b. Jan. 10, 1687-8. See be-
low {28}.
29 vi. ELIZABETHS, b. July 25, 1690; m.
Benjamin Abbot (45).
30 vn. GEORGES, b. Dec. 22, 1692. See be-
low (jo).
31 vm. HENRYS, b. June 12, 1696. See below
O).
32 ix. ISAACS, b. April 4, 1699. See below
37 v. GEORGES, b. Dec. 21, 1691; d. Dec.
30, 1691.
38 vi. NATHANS, b. Dec. 10, 1692; d. Jan. 9,
1712-3.
39 vn. JAMESS, b. Feb. 12, 1695. See below
7
WILLIAM ABBOT 2 , born in Andover
Nov. 1 8, 1657. He was a weaver, and
lived in Andover. He had the Puritan
faith. He married Elizabeth Geary of
Roxbury June 19,1682. She died Nov.
26, 1712 ; and he died Oct. 21, 1713.
Children, born in Andover :
33 i. ELIZABETHS, b. April 29, 1683; m.
Joseph Phelps of Andover March 13,
1711; and was living in 1726.
34 n. WILLIAMS, b. March 17, 1685; was
given, when about three years old, to
his father's uncle William Geary of
Roxbury, who promised to care for him
as his own, which he did. He married,
and had a daughter. Lived in Rox-
bury, and died Oct. 28, 1713.
35 in. GEORGES, b. March 19, 1687; d. Nov.
21, 1690.
36 iv. EZRAS, b. July 7, 1689; and d. in An-
dover Nov. 19, 1712.
40 vm. PAULS, b. March 28, 1697. See below
(40).
41 ix. PHILIPS, b. April 3, 1699; was a cord-
wainer; lived in Andover until about
1722; when he removed to Hampton,
Conn., and afterward settled in Wind-
ham, where he m. Abigail Bickford
Oct. 20, 1723, and where most of his
children were born. He d. in 1749.
42 x. HANNAHS, b. April 5, 1701; m. Abiel
Holt of Windham Feb. 21, 1721; and
lived in Windham. She d. Jan. 8,
1788.
43 xi. CALEBS, b. in 1704; was a tailor; re-
moved to Pomfret, Conn., in 1726;
and settled in Union in 1749; m.
Elizabeth Paine Dec. 3, 1730; and d.
in Union Jan. 31, 1778. They had
children.
44 xn. ZEBADIAHS, b. in 1706; removed to
Windham, Conn., in 1728; m. Hannah
; and d. 17 . His widow
d. in 1769. They had one child, a
daughter, who died young. He was
a husbandman.
CORP. BENJAMIN ABBOT*, born in An-
dover Dec. 20, 1 66 1. Was a carpenter,
and lived near the Shawshene river in
Andover. He was an active and re-
spected citizen. He married Sarah
Farnum of Andover April 22, 1685; and
died March 30, 1703. His wife sur-
vived him, and was living, his widow, in
1724.
Children, born in Andover :-
45 i. BENJAMINS, b. July i, 1686. See below
(45)-
46 ii. JONATHANS, b. Sept. , 1687. See be-
low (46).
47 in. DAVIDS, b. Jan. 18, 1688-9. See below
(47).
48 iv. SAMUELS, b. May 8, 1694; was a farmer,
and lived in Andover. He m. widow
Mary Lovejoy Aug. 8, 1735; and she
d. April 15, 1754, aged fifty-four.
He d., without issue, Oct. 29, 1762,
and left a silver tankard to the Sec-
ond church in Andover.
IO
TIMOTHY ABBOT 2 , born in Andover
Nov. 17, 1663. April 8, 1676, he was
ABBOT GENEALOGY.
37
taken captive by the Indians, and in the
following August was returned by a
friendly squaw, having suffered much by
hunger. He was a husbandman, and
lived in Andover where Asa A. Abbot
lived. In 1704, he built the old red
house, a view of which is given in the
frontispiece, and which was taken down
in 1858. He lived in it. He married
Hannah Graves Dec. 27, 1689. She
died Nov. 5, 1726 ; and he died Sept. 9,
1730.
Children, born in Andover :
49 i. TIMOTHYS, b. June 20, 1693. See be-
low (49)-
50 ii. HANNAHS, b. Oct. 8, 1695. She was a
spinster, and lived in Andover in 1730.*
51 in. DORCASS, b. April 25, 1698; m. Nicholas
Holt of Andover April 12, 1717.
They were the parents of Rev. Nathan
Holt of Danvers, who married Sarah
Abbot (126).
II
THOMAS ABBOT 2 , bora in Andover May
6, 1666. He was a farmer, and lived on
the west side of Shawshene river in An-
dover. He married Hannah Gray Dec.
7, 1697. She was born Nov. 30, 1674,
and died, his widow, Jan. 25, 1763, aged
eighty-nine. Mr. Abbot died, as he had
lived, a Puritan in faith, April 28, 1728.
Children, born in Andover :
52 i. THOMASS, b. Jan. 3, 1699. See below
53 ii. HANNAHS, b. Sept. 10, 1700; d., un-
married, July 22, 1746.
54 in. EDWARDS, b. June 9, 1702; was a settler
at Pennacook (now Concord), N. H.,
as early as 1732, being one of the first
board of selectmen. His house was a
garrison. His were the first white
children born in the town. He m.,
first, Dorcas Chandler of Andover
July 15, 1728. She d. May 16, 1748.
He m., second, widow Mehitable
Emerson of Haverhill, Mass., Jan. 23,
1748-9. He d. April 14, 1759.
55 iv. DEBORAHS, b. Dec. i, 1704; m. Dea.
Joseph Hall July 5, 1736; and lived
in Concord, N. H., where she d. Oct.
25, 1 80 1, aged ninety-seven.
*The Abbot Genealogy says that she married
Abiel Holt, and lived in Windham, Conn., where
she died Feb. 1 1 , 1 75 1 . This is evidently a mis-
take for No. 42.
56 v. GEORGES, b. Nov. 7, 1706; settled in
Rumford (now Concord), N. H., as
early as 1732; and was deacon of the
church forty-one years. He m. Sarah
Abbot (83) Feb. i, 1737. She d.
June 14, 1769; and he d. Oct. 6,
1785. They had nine children.
57 vi. ZEBADIAHS, b. Jan. 25, 1708-9; d. in the
expedition against Louisburg May 17,
1745-
58 vn. BENJAMINS (twin), b. March 31, 1711;
was a farmer, and one of the first
settlers of Concord, N. H. He had
great muscular power. He m. Han-
nah Abbot (85) June 23, 1742. She
d. of a cancer July 27, 1786; and he
d. March 8, 1794. One of their grand-
children was Rev. Ephraim Abbot, a
missionary.
59 vin. CATHARINES (twin), b. March 31,1711;
d., unmarried, Sept. 14, 1744.
60 ix. AARONS, b. Aug. 8, 1714; d. April 9,
I 73 aged fifteen.
6 1 x. ISAACS, b. Feb. 13, 1717; d. of sickness
in the King's service at Louisburg
Nov. 3, 1745.
LT. NATHANIEL ABBOT 2 , born in An-
dover July 4, 1671. He was a wheel-
wright, and resided in Andover. He
married Dorcas Hibbert Oct. 22, 1695.
She died Feb. 16, 1743; and he died
Dec. i, 1749, aged seventy-eight.
Children, born in Andover :
62 i. NATHANIELS, b. in 1696. See below (62).
63 n. MARYS, b. Jan. 28, 1698; m. Benjamin
Blanchard of Hollis, N. H., Dec. 29,
1718.
64 in. son s, b. ,June 9, 1700; d.
June 20, 1700.
65 iv. JOSEPHS, b. Feb. 2, 1705. See below (65).
66 v. TABITHAS, b. about 1707; m. John
Chandler Jan. 5, 1726-7; lived in An-
dover, Mass., and Concord, N. H.
67 vi. JEREMIAHS, b. Nov. 4, 1709; was asad-
ler and lived in Billerica. He m.
Hannah Ballard of Andover July 2,
1735. He d. Aug. 28, 1748, and
his widow m. William Stickney, esq.,
of Billerica. She d. Feb. 17, 1789.
Mr. Abbot had several children.
68 vn. JOSHUAS, b. in 1711-2 ; lived in Ashford,
Conn. ; m. Lydia - ; and had
children.
69 vin. SARAHS, m. Joseph Blanchard of An-
dover April 4, 1722.
70 ix. HANNAHS.
71 x. ELIZABETHS, m. Timothy Moar of
Andover May 26, 1741 ; and d. in
July, 1799.
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
72 xi.
REBECCAS, b. in 1717; m. Abiel
Chandler of Andover March 18,
1742; and d. in 1803, 'aged eighty-
six.
DEA. JOHN ABBOTS, born in Andover
Nov, 2, 1674. He was a farmer, and
settled on his father's homestead in An-
dover. In his early life he was a weaver.
He was a deacon thirty- four years, a
selectman of the town, and a useful citi-
zen. He was mild, gentle and humble.
He married Elizabeth Harnden of Wil-
mington Jan. 6, 1702-3. He died Jan.
i, 1754; and she died Aug. 9, 1756.
Children, born in Andover :
73 i. JOHN$, b. Sept. i, 1703; d. Sept. 10,
1703.
74 II. JOHN4, b. Aug. 3, 1704. See below
(.74)-
75 in. BARACHIAS4, b. May 14, 1707. See
below (75).
76 iv. ELIZABETH4, b. in 1712; d. July 4,
1758.
77 v. ABIEL4, b. Jan. , 1716; grad. H. C,
1737; d. May 18, 1739.
78 vi. JosEPH4, b. April 24, 1719. See below
16
JOSEPH ABBOTS, born in Andover Dec.
19, 1676. He was a farmer, and lived
in Andover. He married Hannah Allen
April 4, 1722. She died March 4, 1755 ;
and he died Jan. 9, 1757, aged eighty.
Children, born in Andover :
79 i. JosEPH4, b. May 31, 1724. See below
(79).
80 n. WiLLiAM4, |b. Dec. 3, 1730; d. Dec.
i 1735-
17
STEPHEN ABBOTS, born in Andover
Jan. 14, 1678-9. He is called in the
records of deeds, first, a wheelwright,
then yeoman, and, later, miller. He
lived in Andover where Professor Porter
resided. He married Sarah Stevens
July 22, 1708, and she died Dec. 28,
I 75> a ged sixty-nine. He died May 27,
1766.
Children, born in Andover :
Si i. STEPHEN4, b. in 1709; d. young.
82 ii. EPHRAIM4, b. in 1710. See below
83 in. SARAH4, b. Oct. , 1711; m. Dea..
George Abbot (56) of Concord, N. H.
84 iv. MARY4, b. Aug. 10, 1713; m. Joseph
Holt of Lunenburg Oct. 14, 1742;
and d. Aug. 16, 1748.
85 v. HANNAH4, b. July 30, 1716; m. Ben-
jamin Abbot (58) of Concord, N. H.
86 vi. STEPHEN4, b. March 21, 1718. See
below (56).
87 vii. PRISCILLA4, b. Feb. 20, 1720; proba-
bly m. Jacob Towle of Lancaster
(pub. Feb. 15, 1771).
88 vin. ELIZABETHS, b. Dec. 29, 1721; d..
about 1786.
89 ix. SAMUEL4, b. June 23, 1726. See be-
low (89}.
90 x. MEHITABLE4, b. March 17, 1727-8 ;d.
April 16, 1728.
19
EPHRAIM ABBOTTS, born in Andover
Aug. 6, 1682. He was a farmer, and
lived in Andover. He married widow
Sarah Hunt of Billerica Jan. 6, 1715 ; and
died June 8, 1748. She survived him,
and married John Dane Aug. i, 1749.
Children, born in Andover :
91 i. SARAH4, b. March 8, 1716; m. Samuel
Gray of Amherst, N.H., Sept. 8, 1736 ;
and was living in 1769.
92 II. EPHRAIM4, b. July 22, 1718. See be-
low (9-2).
93 in. MARY4, b. July 9, 1720; m. Robert
Read of Litchfield May n, 1743.
94 iv. JosHUA4, b. Oct. i, 1722. See below
(.94)-
95 v. DANIEL4, b. Sept. 14, 1724; was a
blacksmith, and lived in Andover ; m.
widow Lydia Henfield May 21, 1752 ;
and d. Aug. n, 1761. He had no
children.
96 vi. ELIZABETH4, b. June 29, 1726; m.
Asa Abbot (199).
97 vn. JosiAH4, b. Sept. 26, 1728; was a
farmer, and lived in Lyndeborough,
N. H. ; m. Hannah Hobbs ; and d.
Dec. , 1777. They had children.
98 VIH.EBENEZER4, b. Feb. 20, 1731. See
below (9<).
99 ix. MARTHA4, b. March 31, 1733; d.
April 24, 1733.
100 x. PETER4, b. May 8, 1734. $ ee below
101 xi. MARTHA4, b. July 13, 1737; m. Ar-
chelaus Towne of Milford, N. H.
22
ENS. EBENEZER ABBOTS, born in An-
dover Sept. 27, 1689. He was a farmer
and surveyor, and lived in Andover.
ABBOT GENEALOGY.
103 n.
104 - III.
105 iv.
106 v.
107 vi.
108 vii
Being a well informed man, he was much
employed in town business. He married
Hannah Dane April 5, 1720; and died,
in Andover, Jan. 14, 1761, aged seventy-
one.
Children, born in Andover:
1 02 i. EBENEZER4, b. Jan. i, 1721 ; d. July
18, 1721.
HANNAH4, b. Dec. 29, 1721 ; m. Jos-
eph Abbot (78).
EBENEZER4, b. Nov. 23, 1723; d.
April 28, 1725.
MARY4, b. April 2, 1725; m. Isaac
Blunt.
NEHEMIAH4, b. Feb. 2, 1727; d.
March 25, 1727.
IsAAC4, b. June 30, 1728. See below
(/>/).
PHEBE4, b. Jan. 3, 1732; m. James
Griffin of Wilmington May 30, 1 75 1 ;
and d. Feb. , 1805.
109 vni. JAMES4, b. April 14, 1736; a physi-
cian; settled in Dracut about 1775.
He had children.
28
DANIEL ABBOT^, born in Andover Jan.
10, 1687-8. He was a cordwainer and
farmer, and lived in Andover until about
1732, when he removed to Ashford,
Conn. He shortly afterward became a
resident of Woodstock. He married
Hannah Chandler Sept. 12, 1711; and
died before 1736.
Children, born in Andover :
HANNAH4, b. Sept. 12, 1712; d.
March 3, 1734.
DORCAS4, b. Dec. 16, 1713; d. Aug.
1798.
no i.
in ii.
39
119 x. DAVID4, b. March 17, 1728-9; d.
young.
120 xi. GEORGE4, b. Jan. 21, 1730; d. March
16, 1776.
121 xn. DAVID4, b. Jan. ii, 1733.
30
CAPT. GEORGE ABBOT3, born in An-
dover Dec. 22, 1692. He was a shoe-
maker in his early life, and lived on the
homestead with his father, in Andover.
He married Mary Phillips of Salem Nov.
29, 1721 ; and died March 19, 1768, aged
seventy-five. His wife survived him, and
died Oct. 4, 1785, aged ninety-one.
Children, born in Andover :
122 i. MARY4, b. March 12, 1723; m. first,
Stephen Abbot (86) ; and, second,
Jonathan Abbot ( 180).
123 II. GEORGE4, b. Dec. 14, 1724. See be-
low (/^j).
124 in. ELIZABETH4, b. Sept. ii, 1726; d.
Jan. 7, 1726-7.
125 iv. ELIZABETH4, b. Nov. 5, 1727; m.,
first, Benjamin Abbot (168) of
Hollis ; second, J. Pollard of West-
ford; and, third, Capt. Josiah
Bowers of Billerica.
SARAH4, b. Jan. 14, 1730; m. Rev.
Nathan Holt of Danvers Aug. 4,
1757; and d. Dec. 26, 1797. See
126 v.
127 VI.
128 vii.
SAMUEL4, b. Feb. 25, 1732. See be-
low (7^7).
HANNAH4, b. Dec. 14, 1733 ; m. Wil-
liam Foster, jr., Jan. 9, 1755; and
d. March 26, 1820.
31
22
LT. HENRY ABBOT3, born in Andover
June 12, 1696. He lived in Andover,
where he was at first a sadler, and later
an innholder ; also serving as a selectman
of the town. He married Mary Platts
Jan. 3, 1721-2; and died Feb. 3, 1776,
ELIZABETH, b. Jul y9 , i 7 i 9; d. Jan. a g ed sev enty-nine. His wife survived
PHEBE4, 5 'b. April 7, 1721; d. May him, and died Aug. , 1784, aged eighty-
four.
Children, born in Andover :
112 m. DANIEL4, b. Feb. 18, 1715; d. Feb.
113 iv.
114 v.
115 vi.
JosEPH4, b. Dec. 19, 1716; lived in
Woodstock ; m. Abigail Cutler in
1738; and d. Sept. 22, 1776.
They had children.
1756.
116 vii. NATHAN4, b. Oct. 16, 1723; d. Jan.
14, 1793, at Woodstock.
117 VIII. JOHN4, b. Jan. n, 1726; lived in
Woodstock ; m. Mary Wright,
Nov. 28, 1750; and d. March 7,
1806. She d'. May 30, 1811. They
had children.
118 ix. SARAH4, b. May 5, 1728; d. Oct. 7,
1802.
129 i. LYDIA4, b. Feb. 10, 1723; m. Dea.
Joshua Lovejoy March 24, 1743;
and d. in 1807. He d. at San-
bornton.
130 II. HENRY4, b. Dec. 31, 1724. See be-
low (/jo).
131 in. MARY4, b. March 28, 1727; d. Feb.
7, 1735-
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
132 iv. DoRCAs 4 , b. May n, 1729; m. Rev.
Benjamin Butler of Nottingham April
17, 1754; and died April , 1790.
He d. Dec. , 1804. One of their
children was Maj.-gen. Henry Butler.
J 33 v - MARY"*, b. Aug. 13, 1737; m. Dea.
Thomas Hovey of Dracut March 22,
1759-
32
DEA. ISAAC ABBOI^, born in Andover
April 4, 1699. He graduated at Harvard
college in 1723. He was a merchant at
first, and later devoted his attention to
farming, living in Andover. He was a
deacon of the South church for forty- four
years, and lined the psalms. He married,
first, Phebe Lovejoy Nov. 29, 1739. She
died Dec. 17, 1751, in her thirty-sixth
year ; and he married, second, Lydia
Coley of Charlestown (pub. Nov. 17,
I 753)-* Deacon Abbot died Aug. 9,
1 784, aged eighty-five ; and his widow,
Lydia, Feb. 28, 1791, in her eighty-
seventh year.
Children, born in Andover :
134 I. WILLIAM 4 (twin), b. July 21, 1741;
d. Sept. 29, 1768.
13511. - 4 (twin), b. July 21, 1741 ; d.
"Aug. i, 1741.
136 in. ISAAC 4 , b. Feb. 3, 1745. See beloiv
137 iv.
138 v.
i,39 vi.
141 II. JAMES 4 , b. Jan. 12, 1717. See below
142 ill.
PHEBE 4 , b. Nov. 14, 1746; m. Capt.
Henry Abbot (129).
son 4 , b. Nov. 12, 1747; d.
Nov. 14, 1747.
SARAH 4 , b. Jan. 2, 1750; m. Timothy
Abbot (414).
39
JAMES ABBOTS, born in Andover Feb.
12, 1695. He was a farmer and also ran
the mills on the Shawshene river in An-
dover until 1735, when he sold them. In
the same spring he removed to Rumford
(now Concord), N. H. He married Abi-
gail Farnum Jan. 6, 1714. She was born
in 1692. He died Dec. 27, 1787, aged
ninety-two.
Children, born in Andover :
140 I. ABIGAIL 4 , b. Jan. i, 1715; m. Jacob
Waldron of Warner, N. H.
*Abbot Genealogy says he married Elizabeth
Galley.
143 iv.
144 v.
145 vi.
ELIZABETH 4 , b. June 24, 1718; of
Concord, spinster; d. 1773.
WILLIAM 4 , b. Sept. 8, 1719; d. Oct.
29, 1741.
RACHEL"*, b. in 1720; m.
ning.
EZRA 4 , b. March n, 1722; d. Dec.
5,
Man-
146 vii. REUBEN 4 , b. April 4, 1723; was a
farmer, and lived in Concord. He
was the first to drive an ox team from
Andover to Concord ; and he also
drove to the fort the team conveying
the bodies of the men killed by the
Indians Aug. n, 1746. Himself
and his son, grandson and great-
grandson, all named Reuben, were
living at the same time in the same
house. He m., first,' Rhoda Whitte-
more, who d. Jan. 27, 1785; and,
second, widow Dinah Blanchard.
He d. May 13, 1822, aged ninety-
nine ; and his widow d. March n,
1826, aged ninety-four.
147 vni. SiMEON 4 , b. Sept. 8, 1724; d. Nov.
148 ix.
149 x.
AMOS 4 , b. Feb. 18, 1726; was a far-
mer, and lived in Concord ; m.
widow Rebecca (Abbot) Chandler;
and d. Dec. 3, 1821, aged ninety-six.
They had children.
PHEBE 4 , b. Nov. 22, 1727 ; m. Thomas
Merrill of Concord ; and d. about
- 4 , b. in 1729; d. in 1729.
1755-
150 xi. son-
151 xii. SARAH 4 (twin), b. Aug. 13, 1730; m.
Job Abbot ( 185) of Pembroke, N. H.
152 xin. REBECCA 4 (twin), b. Aug. 13, 1730;
m. Enoch Eastman of Hopkinton,
N. H.
153 xiv. MARY"*, b. Oct. 12, 1732; m. Adoni-
jah Tyler of Hopkinton.
154 xv. HANNAH 4 , b. Jan. 21, 1735 ; d. Sept.
10, 1736.
40
PAUL ABBOTS, born in Andover March
28, 1697. He was a farmer, and settled
in Pomfret, Conn., about 1722. He mar-
ried Elizabeth Gray Feb. 8, 1720; and
died May 6, 1752.
Children :
155 i. NATHAN"*, b. April 10, 1721, in An-
dover ; was a farmer, and lived in
Ashford, Conn. ; and m., first,
Eunice Marsh Dec. 6, 1742. She
d. Oct. 27, 1760; and hem., sec-
ond, Hephzihah Brown Nov. 24,
1763. He had children.
ABBOT GENEALOGY.
156 ii. WILLIAM', h. Feb. 18, 1723; lived in
Pomfret; m., first, Jerusha Stowell
May 9, 1745; second, - -;
third, Hannah Edwards June 4,
1778; and died Nov. I, 1805. His
widow d. Feb. 5, 1808. He had
children.
157 in. BENJAMIN^, b. July 25, 1724; lived at
first in Canterbury, then in Hampton,
Conn., and removed to Brookfield,
Vt., about 1793; m., first, Mary
Ann Andrews Jan. 28, 1746. She
d. Dec. 8, 1788; and hem., second,
widow Hannah Brown of Canterbury
June 30, 1793. Hed. June 2 1, 1807.
He had children.
158 iv. ELIZABETH 4 , b. Feb. 5, 1726 ; d. Sept.
10, 1736.
159 v . MARY 4 , b. March 3, 1728 ;,m. Joshua
Holt, jr., of Windham, Conn., June
17, 1749; and d. Aug. 10, 1769.
160 vi. SARAH 4 , b. Oct. 15, 1730; m. Joseph
Ingalls of Pomfret May 24, 1749;
and d. Jan. 30, 1810.
161 vn. ISAAC 4 , b. Aug. 29, 1732; lived in
Pomfret, Conn., and Milford, N. H. ;
m. Sarah Barker of Pomfret April 29,
1756. He had children.
162 vni. DARius 4 , b. Oct. 16, 1734. See below
(162}. '
163 ix. ELIZABETH 4 , b. July 20, 1737; m.
Joseph Phelps of Pomfret and An-
dover ; and d. in Lexington April 7,
1828, aged ninety.
164 x. HARRIET 4 , b. Feb. 13, 1740; d. Sept.
18, 1740.
165 xi. HANNAH 4 , b. June 20, 1741 ; d., un-
married, Nov. 1 8, 1763.
166 xn. AsA 4 , b. Jan. 7, 1743 ; never married.
45
BENJAMIN ABBOTS, born in Andover
July i, 1686. He was a farmer, and lived
on his father's farm in Andover. He mar-
ried, first, Elizabeth Abbot (29) Dec. 24,
1716. She died Sept. 3, 1718; and he
married, second, Mary Carlton Oct. 23,
1722. She died Jan. 19, 1726; and he
married, third, Abigail Abbot June 25,
1729. He died Nov. 26, 1748; and his
widow, Abigail, died Dec. 8, 1753.
Children, born in Andover :
167 i. SARAH 4 , b. Aug. 2, 1718; m. James
Holt, jr., of Andover April 10, 1746 ;
lived on her father's farm in Andover ;
and d. March 5, 1778. He d. Aug.
, 1812, aged eighty-nine.
168 H. BENJAMIN 4 , b. Oct. 21, 1723. See be-
low (/&?).
169 m. MARTHA 4 , b. June i, 1725.
170 iv. DANIEL 4 , b. Jan. 9, 1726; was a car-
penter, and lived in Dracut ; m. Lucy,
dau. of Rev. T. Parker of Dracut
(pub. March 24, 1756); and d.
April , 1793. They had children.
171 v. ABIGAIL 4 , b. March 28, 1731 ; d. Oct.
10, 1733-
172 vi. MARY 4 , b. July 21, 1732; m. Nehe-
miah Barker of Methuen Nov. 13,
1759; and after the Revolution re -
moved to Milford, N. H. Shed. Aug.
9, 1798 ; and he d. Jan. 20, 1810.
173 vii. ABIGAIL 4 , b. Jan. 13, 1734; m - Capt.
John Abbot (246).
174 viii. ARIEL 4 , b. July 24, 1735. See below
('74}-
175 ix. JACOB 4 , b. Feb. 2, 1737; d. in the
army, near Albany, in February,
1760, of cold, hunger and fatigue.
176 x. ELIZABETH 4 , b. Oct. 27, 1738; m.,
first, Ebenezer Cummings of Dun-
stable June i, 1758; second, Thomas
Merrill, esq., of Conway, N. H., in
1780; and d. Oct. 12, 1789.
177 xi. ANNA 4 , b. Oct. 23, 1739; m. Ephraim
Burge of Hollis Jan. , 1762. He
d. July 20, 1784, aged forty-six ;
and she d. Jan. 15, 1810, aged sev-
enty. One of their children was
Rev. Josiah Burge.
178 xn. JoEL 4 , b. Oct. 2, 1742 ; d. March 23,
1743.
179 xni. DoRCAS 4 , b. Aug. i, 1744; m. Abiel
Abbot (248).
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JONATHAN ABBOTS, born in Andover
Sept. , 1687. He was a farmer, and
lived in Andover. He married Zerviah
Holt May 6, 1713. She was living in
1753. He died March 21, 1770.
Children, born in Andover :
180 I. JONATHAN 4 , b. Dec. 14, I7H- See
below (/^o).
181 H. DAVID 4 , b. about 1716. See bel<nv
182 ill. NATHAN 4 , b. in 1718; was a farmer,
and lived in Andover; m. Abigail
Ames March 12, 1744-5; and d.
June 23, 1798. She d. Aug. 27,
1812, aged eighty-nine. They had
no children.
MARY 4 .
ZERVIAH 4 , m. Ephraim Blunt of Sun-
cook, N. H., Sept. 17, 1745.
JOB", b. Oct. 3, 1724. See below (/^J").
186 vn. SAMUEL 4 , b. Sept. 20, 1727; lived in
Pembroke, N. H. ; and had children.
X 87 vni. JEREMIAH 4 , b. Oct. io, 1733 ; d. in
the French war of 1755.
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THE DESERTED VILLAGE.
Sweet was the sound when oft at evening's close
Up yonder hill the village murmur rose;
There, as I passed with careless steps and slow,
The mingling notes came softened from below.
But now the sounds of population fail,
No cheerful murmurs fluctuate in the gale,
No busy steps the grass-grown footway tread,
But all the bloomy flush of life is fled.
Where then, ah where, shall poverty reside,
To 'scape the pressure of contiguous pride?
If to some common's fenceless limits strayed,
He drives his flock to pick the scanty blade,
Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide,
And even the bare-worn common is denied.
Oliver Goldsmith.
GLOUCESTER'S DESERTED VILLAGE.
Easterly from the head of Annisquam
river, in Gloucester, was formerly a settle-
ment known as Dogtown. Here lived the
ancestors of many of the present inhabi-
tants of Cape Ann. Dogtown commons,
as the territory is now called, contains
several hundred acres, and is a barren
waste in its general appearance, though be-
tween the innumerable boulders grass
grows for the cattle that pasture there.
The old streets are distinguishable much
of their distance by the parallel walls of
stone, and in these old thoroughfares the
grass grows as in the pastures on either
side, A team could not be driven over its
roads most of their course. Many of the
cellars of the houses are well preserved,
and door stones remain in some instances
where they were first placed. Novelists
and poets have written of this place,
Richard Henry Dana, Thomas Starr King,
Col. Thomas Wentworth Higginson and
Hiram Rich being among th.eir number.
In "Oldport Days," Col. Higginson says,
" I know of nothing like that gray waste
of boulders."
Here a hundred families once lived.
Why they chose for their habitation this
place so difficult of access is not clear.
It is probable that the first settlers wished
to remove from the coast as the troubles
of the Revolution came on, and in this
place, then almost entirely surrounded by
a dense forest, in the very heart of Cape
Ann, they intended to secrete their val-
uables and families if worst came to
worst, and the British burned or captured
the seaports. The houses were small,
generally of one story in height, with two
small rooms on the floor.
Whoever the builders or first settlers
were, it is clear that they were succeeded
by poor and ignorant people. The sea-
faring occupation of the men soon re-
moved most of them from the support of
their families, and the children left home.
A large number of the inhabitants came
to be widows, and old and poor and ig-
norant, with little commerce with the out-
side world, many of them were soon es-
teemed to bewitches. Their peculiar ap-
pearance, and the dreariness of the place,
especially after nightfall, giving credence
to the belief. The places of their natural
protectors were taken by dogs, and so the
region became known as Dogtown. The
women obtained their living by picking
berries and grazing sheep. .
The cellar at the southern corner of the
locality, on the brow of a steep rise of
ground near Alewife brook, known as
Foxhill, was covered by the residence of
Lucy George, and later of her niece,
Tammy Younger, " the queen of the
witches." The latter was probably best
known and most feared of her cotempo-
raries. She was daughter of William
Younger, was born July 28, 1753, and
died Feb. 4, 1829. A writer says that no
one ever refused to do anything that she
requested.
A little farther north stood the shop of
Joseph Allen, the first blacksmith of Glou-
cester, who settled there in 1674. Then
came the house of John Wharf, which af-
terward became the property of his
daughter Polly Boynton. The Tristram
Coffin house and Becky Rich's abode
came next. Becky told fortunes by coffee
grounds. Then came the house of
Nathaniel Day, and some distance be-
yond that of Henry Day, John Clark,
Philip Priestly, William Pulcifer, Arthur
44
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
Wharf and Joseph Stevens. Mr. Stevens
was something of a farmer. Nearly op-
posite his house stood that of the poor,
but aristocratic IVJiss Esther Carter, which
was the only two- story house in the
village. It was clapboarded, and wooden
pegs were used instead of nails in its con-
struction. She, with her brother Joseph
are thought to have come from England.
The second story of her house was occu-
pied by "Old Ruth," a mulatto, formerly
a slave, who wore men's clothing. Then
came the house of Molly Stevens. The
house of William Carter's wife Annie,
which stood a little farther east, in the rear
of a large boulder, was the last one taken
down in the village. The Dorcas Foster
house was near. Her father brought his
family here from the Harbor village when
he enlisted into the Revolutionary army,
Dorcas being at that time only eight years
of age. She married, first, an Oakes,
second, a Stevens, and, third, Capt.
Joseph Smith, the commander of a priva-
teer in the war of 1812. Next beyond
was the house of Capt. Isaac Dade, who
lived when a boy in London, Eng., and
was impressed into an English man-of-war.
He married Fanny Brundle, a lady of
Virginia, whose father's plantation ad-
joined that of the mother of Washington,
with whom they were intimate. Soon af-
ter their marriage they came to Glouces-
ter to recover Mr. Dade's health, which
was broken down, and the Virginia lady
took up her abode in Dogtown.
Toward the north was the large gam-
brel-roofed house of Abraham Wharf, who
committed suicide in 1814.
The last inhabitant of the village was
Cornelius Finson, or " Neil," a colored
man, who resided in an old ruined house
until 1830, when he was taken to the alms-
house, where he died a week later.
Some distance to the northwest of Neil's
place was the house of Peter Lurvey, the
hero of Hiram Rich's poem, beginning
" Morgan Stanwood, patriot:
Little more is known;
Nothing of his home is left
But the door-step stone."
His father, Peter Lurvey, removed from
Ipswich to Gloucester in 1707, and mar-
ried Rachel Elwell three years later.
John Morgan Stanwood was Peter's
son-in-law, and tradition was thus led
astray as to the name of the patriot, as this
was the home of both. " Granther Stan-
nard " believed that his legs were of glass
and feared to use them because of their
fragility.
Some distance westerly was the resi-
dence of " Jim White." Still farther west
and near Washington street still stands
the " old castle," a part of which is built
of square logs. It is supposed to have
been originally built in 1661 by Thomas
Riggs, the first schoolmaster and town
clerk.
Forty-one cellars have been discov-
ered here. There may have been
houses without cellars, thus increasing the
size of the village, which has now been
gone nearly three quarters of a century.
WILL OF SAMUEL SMITH.
The will of Mr. Samuel Smith of Enon
(now Wenham) was proved in the Salem
quarterly court 27:10:1642. The fol-
lowing copy is taken from the original in-
strument on file in the office of the clerk
of courts at Salem, book i, leaf 12.
This 5 th of ocktober : 1642 :
This my laft will and teaftament .of
Samewell Smith of Enon being in perfect
memorey firft I will and bequeath vnto
my wife Sarah Smith my farme in Enon
with all the houfen vpon it as allfoe all
the frutes vpon it as corne hemp and the
like : for har owne proper vfe for the
tearme of har lif vpon comideration that
fhe fhall difcharg me of that promife
vpon maridge ; which is vnto my funn :
william Browne fiftie pounds : as allfoe
that fhe fhall giue vnto his two children
william and John Browne || 20 1 bet wen y m || :
all which fhall be paid || by || my exequetors
hearafter named : my will further is to
giue vnto Sarah my wif all my Cattell
nowe vpon the farme young and owld as
neat befts horfe befts and fwine in full
BOUNDS OF LYNN. 45
confideration of that hundred pounds faid untill thear be gathered for || my \
that I ftand bound vnto har by A bond A portion || of || A hundred and fiftie
obligatore in lue of A former Joynter pay- pounds to be paid vnto the excequetor
abell after my diffeafe which fhall be par- william Browne and he to pay that hun-
formed by my Exfequetors as allfoe fur- dred & fiftie pounds at har day of maredg
ther my will is that my farme with all the & if har mother leave har then the ex-
medowe and upland belongine thearvnto cequetor william Browne to fe ye bring-
ray funn Thomas Smith fhall haue it to ing of har vp. allfoe my funn Thomas
himfelf and his heairs for euer vpon this Smith is to be Aquitted of that fiftie
confideration that he fhall pay vnto his pound he ftand ingadged to pay vnto
fifter mare if then liuing fiftie pownds in har : and all the ouerplufh of A hundred
thre years after the entrie of it that is to and fiftie pounds if .the lord give longer
fay fixtene pounds and A mark A yeare life vnto my wif Arifing out of y e farme is
and for the parformance hearof he is to to be left in my fun browns hand and im-
lay in good fecuretye vnto the Exfequetors proved to the beft vfe and after har
if the lord take har away by death this diffeafe to be equally parted betwixt my
payment is to be made vnto the Children daughter mare and all the grand children
of the aforefaid william Browne and I fhall haue then living further my will is
Thomas Smith that then fhall be liuing that my funn Thomas Smith whome I
Equally deuided among them further my feare not : will be truly faithfull to me
will is that if my funn : Thomas fhall die fhall be thearfore my Suprevifor of this
without iffue that my land and houfen my laft will : witnes this prefent day
vpon it fhall com to my daughter mare aboue
and har heaires foreuer : and after har to Samwell Smyth [Seal]
william Browne and his heaires for ever in the prefents of vs :
all wich debtes and legafies and || other || Richard in Pettingall marke.
parformances are to be parformed by my William Sawyer,
two Exfequetors which I haue Apointed -*-
which is my Louing wife and my truftie ^rammc rw T VTVTM
r IT T> o -n c 4.1 JtSUUrNJJO <Jr -LYJNJN.
fun william Browne : & my will further
is that if Sarah my wif fhall marey that The 4 day of the 4 th mo. 1640.
then the firft gift of my farme fhall ftand Whereas William Hathorne of Salem &
voyd and my will is that fhe fhall then Edward Tomlyns of Lynne were chofen
refigne it vp into my other exequetors by the generall Court to lay out the
hand with A Juft accounte of all thofe length of the bounds of the towne of
goods and whatfoever belong to the man- Lynne according to the Courts order of
adgine of the farme || & proffitt || except Six miles fro the meeting houfe w cl ac-
that hundred pounds which har due cordingly hath beene pformed the day
which is to be paide har in Cattell by.the & yeare above written, w ch we fignifie vn-
Judgment of men : and all my houfhould der our hands to extend fro ^harles-
ftufe within dores whatfoever it be I give towne bounds to the fouth end of the
to my wife : and my will is that my great Pond at Lynne village and fro
excequetor william Browne and my funn thence to the great fwampe adjoyning
Thomas Smith to Joyne with him to leat ||vn||to the great pond : and fo to runne
the farme : or improve it to the beft ad- fro thence northward to the north River
vantage for the good of my daughter and fo to Salem bounds : thefe being the
mare and to be accounted with and pro- neereft markes w c] by vs meafurd wee
uided for by my excequetor william finde to ftate the bounds.
Browne in that particquler : Item with William
|| this || confideration that if my wif marey Hathorne Edward Tomlins
that then the farme is to be leat as aboue Massachusetts Archives, Vol. 112, leaf 4.
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
REVOLUTIONARY LETTERS.
i.
(Address; Mrs. Elizabeth Peabody, Box-
ford.)
Cambridge, 19 th July 1775.
After letting you know that I am well
I would acquaint you that I heard you
had thoughts of sending me some Butter,
but I don't Defire you should, for we have
Plenty of very good Butter for alowance.
If you don't happen to see Lieu*. Rob-
infon, I should be glad you would send
my Deer skin Breeches by M r . Ivory
Hovey, and Likewile my fine shirt. I
should be glad that Brother Seth would
send me word how forward he is about
his work, and whither he is likely to have
any Salt Hay of Mother and upon what
Terms. So hoping this will find you &
the Children and all Friends in health, I
Subfcribe myself your Sincere Friend &c :
Ebenezer Peabody
ii.
(Address: Mrs. Elizabeth Peabody, Box-
ford.)
Cambridge, 25 th July 1775
M r8 . Peabody, as Providence has Cast
in a Piece of Soap into your Huf-
bands & my Mefs we thought Proper to
send it home, but forgot to mention it
in the Letter which your Hufband sent
you if you will be so good as to Let my
Wife have one piece of it you will oblige
Your Friend & Humble Servant
Benj a Fofter
HI.
(The address is gone.)
Cambridge 22 nd Sept 1 . 1775
Having now an opportunity to write to
you I gladly embrace it to let you know
that I am well, and I truft this will Find
you & the Children so. I have no News
to send only that there was one man
kill'd and two wounded yefterday by the
Regulars.
I remain your Loving Hufband
Ebenezer Peabody
I Defire you would give the Money
which is Inclosed in this to Deacon Hovey
& tell him that Cesar Porter Def ires him
to keep it Safe for him.
E. Peabody.
IV.
(Address : Ebenezer Peabody, Lt.)
Dear Brother, I Imbrace this Oper-
tunity to write a Line to you hoping that
thefe will find you in health as they leave
me at Prefent we are upon an Island
about Ten Miles from New-york there is
near twenty Sail of the Kings Shiping Now
in the harbour we have Torys Plenty
there has been a Confpiracy againft his
Excellency Gen el Wafhenton By the torys
they Prevaled on Some of the Gen els :
Life- Guard for a large Sume of Money to
kill the Gen el : whenever the fleet should
Attack the City and one of the Captains
of the Artillery was to spik up the Can-
non and Blow up the Magazein thinking
this would thro our Army into Confution
the Torys where to Mufter there whole
force and fall upon us. This was the
Scheme of the Torys But By the Blefsing
of heaven they are Defeated and we have
got about forty of them in Clofe Confin-
ment among whome are the Lord Mayer
of the City. I hope you will write to me
Every opertunity
So I Remain your loving Brother
Seth Peabody
Statan Island, July ye 2 th 1776.
v.
(Address : To M r . John Pearle att
Ticonderoga in Cap 1 . Peabody's Com-
pany, in Col 1 . Wigglesworth's Regi-
ment.)
Boxford Aug*. 28 th 1776
My Dear
I have this Day received a Letter from
you dated the 14 th of Aug* and am very
glad to hear of your welfare and that your
living is so good, hope it will continue so.
I have nothing new to inform you, except
that the Small Pox has been at Richard
Tyler's for several weeks past, but those
who have had [it] are likely to do well.
We are all well at present and hope that
this [will] find you the same, you may
tell your Brother Peabody that his chil-
REVOLUTIONARY LETTERS.
47
dren and family are all well. Your father
and mother remember their Love to you,
hope you will not be unmindful of mine,
hope you wont think of staying longer
than your Time is out, and that you will
embrace all opportunities of writing to me
I remain your true and loving Wife
Unice Pearl
VI.
(Address : M r . John Pearl In Boxford
In New England.)
(The beginning of the letter is gone.)
Nuff For 20 More I have Nothing New
to Right only we Are All wall I Shall be
Glad If You will Send Me a Letter As
Son as you Can And Send me Word
A Boute the ticketts Remember Me to
Sarrah So No more att Present If I
had Time I would have Rote you more
Butt the Tattue is Don beatting And I
must Go to Bead I shall be Glad you
would sho the Letter from Dubline to M r .
Wood Lickwife to Adg*. Hovey My
Complements to them tow Gentlemen
and to my Ant Wood
Ebenezer Peabody.
VII.
(The address is gone*.)
Fort Alden in Cherry Valley
Janu r y 3 th 1779.
Brother I take this Oppetunity to Lett
you No that I am Well I hoop theas
Lines Will find you the Same I have
Nothing New to Right Pleafe to Re-
member me to my Farther & mother And
to My Children we Can Gett Nothing
hear to By for Money Butt we Leve On
Salt Beff & Brad we Can Not Gett No
Syder Nor Apples Nor no Kind of Sarce
it tis wary Health [y] in the Rigement at
Present I Am In Hoops to Gett home
in the Spring butt If I Should Not I would
have you Lett the Place Outt to the Best
Advantadge You Can I Should be Glad
you would Send me Sum Letters I Should
be Glad You would Send me Word Con-
farning the Ticketts for I have Never heard
*This letter was probably written by Ebenezer
Peabody.
from them Whear thay have Drawd A Prife
Or Not (The rest is gone.}
VIII.
(Address: To M r . Nathan Kimball At
Boxford.)
Cambridg June ye
To My Honored Father and Mother
i Have no Nufe To Right But Through
Divine Goodness i am in Health Provi-
dence fmiles upon our army in many Re-
spects aspeacely in the Last ingeagemeant
may ye 28 Sunday morning wherein ware
None of our army Killed fore wounded
When The arowers of Death flew Thick
around them But it is fad many of our ini-
mies ware Killed and wounded our fcouts
Have Reepeatedly taken Prises i Hope
through the Goodness of God These
Lines will find you yours and Myne in
Pearfect Health i Remain your Dutiful Son
Moses Kimball
My Love To Brother and Sister
IX.
(Address; To Mrs. Eunice Pearl In
Boxford, by the favor of M r . Moors.)
Ticonderoga Oct r . 12 th 1776
Loving wife
I Take this opportunity to send you
thefe lines to Inform you that Through
the Divine Goodnefs of God I am in a very
good state of health as I hope that thefe
few lines will find you and our Children in
the Same Condition I have no News to
Inform you off only that it has been very
sickly in the Camp with the camp Difor-
der those that have been ill are getting
Batter I expect [to] be Discharged from
the army by the time if not sooner Give
my Duty to my Parents my Love to my
Brothers and sifters and remember me to
M r . Nathaniel Peabody Lieu*. Runnels
Benj a Foster if his at home and to all In-
quiring Friends So I must Conclud with
wishing you and ours all Profparity I am
your Loving Husband untill Death
John Pearl
P. S. we dont expect there will be
any fiting here this fall for we are very
strong by Land and by water we have
Twenty three sail of the line
4 8
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
X.
(Address: To M r . Richard Pearl In
Boxford in favor of Cap tn Reed.)
Fort Alden In Cherry Valley
Decem br i3 th 1778.
M r . John Pearl
S r I take this Oppotunity to Rite to
you to Lett You No that I Am Well And
In Good Halth att present hooping
theafe will find you the Same I should be
Glad You woold Send me A Letter as
Soon as You Can I Should be Glad You
would take Care of One Half of the Corn
and Lett Sister Runnels have it If She
wants it And take One half of the Flax
And Keep [it] to make Sum Ciouths for
me I Should be glad If You would Afset
in Gitting Sum Cotton to make me Sum
Shirts And Stockins as I am all most
Naked for the want of them And I will
sea You Sattasfyd for the Same When the
Enemy Was hear they Killed Sculp And
Bunt 32 Men Women An Children And
takein 32 Prisoners And Carrid them of
to Nigarrey. Killed of the Continantals
Col. Ichobod Alden & 1 2 Privates And
Sculped them that Could Not Gitt to the
fort I was att my Quarters And tryed to
Gitt to the fort thay Like to have taken
me butt I maid my Efcape I Should be
Glad to Gett from this Place butt I Do
Not Expect to this Winter, but am In
hoops to Gitt home In the Spring the
Enemy have burnt 140 Od Bildins and
maide the Place Disfolate of Inhabitants
Remember Me to Sister Parl And Your
Cheldren. So No More att Present but
I Remain your Loveing Brother
Ebenezer Peabody
XI.
(Address: To mr[s] John Dorman of
Boxford.)
Winter Hill January the 2 : 1778.
my Dear
these Lines Come with my Love to
you and to our Children and duty to our
mother hopeing they will find you well as
they Leave me at this time Send me if
you Can a blanket that mother offered
me to Gary to the Lake or Some other
for we have not Covering a nouf and Send
me that Pillow that I laid upon at home
if you Can Send my other Shirt and you
may Send me Some Butter if you Can as
well as not Send me word how you all
are By Nathan Sticknee make your Selves
as Comfortable as you Can and I have
time to Rite no more at this time But I
Remain your most affectinate husband
John Dorman
P S give your Self no uneasinefs if you
cannot Send me these things
XII.
(Address: To mr[s] John Dorman in
Boxford.)
February the 2 : 1778 my Dear these
Lines Come With my tenderest Reguard
to you and our family I have Sent two
Shirts to be Washed By Seth Burnam and
you may Send them by him Send me
five or Six dollars by Serjent Andrew
Peabody when he Comes for it and So
No more at present I am in helth
(No Signature.}
NOTES.
Salem, Aug. 30. " His Excellency has
been pleafed to appoint FRANCIS CABOT,
Efq ; of this Town, to be one of his Maj-
efty's Juftices of the Peace for the County
of Effex; as alfo Capt. THOMAS MASON
of this Town to be a Coroner for the fame
County." Essex Gazette, Aug. jo, 1768.
" Wenham, Sept. 6, 1768.
DROKE open, either laft Saturday or
Sunday Night, the Shop belonging to
the subfcriber, and ftole from thence,
Five Beaver, Two Caftor, and Two Felt
Hats, three of the Beaver and the two
Caftor Hats not lined ; and one of the
faid Beaver Hats lined with green Silk.
Whoever will apprehend the Thief or
Thieves, fo that he or they may be
brought to Juftice, and the faid Hats re-
covered, fhall be entitled to a Reward of
Five Dollars.
BILLY PORTER."
Advertisement in Essex Gazette, Sept. 6, 1768.
OLD NORFOLK COUNTY RECORDS. 49
OLD NORFOLK COUNTY RECORDS. and river ; and of Edward Colcord, and
, ,. Will! : Howard, land bounded by Robert
Contimied from page 24. . **
Tuck and James Davis, sen. Recorded
John Redman of Hampton conveys to in town records before March 17, 1650.
Christopher Hussey of Hampton 25 acres Signed by Abraham Pirkins, Richard
of marsh at Hampton, adjoining Robert Swayne, Thomas Ward and John Sam-
Shaw, etc. 15: 2: 1652. Wit: Jn borne.
Legatt. Ack. before the court at Salisbury Robert Codnam of Harford, uppon
15 : 2 : 1652. Conecticot River, Mariner," gives a gen-
Steven Kent of Haverell conveys to eral power of attorney to " my trusty &
Jn Redman of Hampton, land in Hamp- beloued freind Samuell Hall of Salisbury
ton, which was granted by the town to Planter," Sept. 25, 1650. Signed by his
Willi : Wakefeild, 14 : 2 : 1652. Wit : mark ^-^. Wit : The mark of John C
John Emery and Abraham Perkins. Ack. Cole and Jn Tinker,
before the court at Salisbury 15 : 2 : 1652. Mr. Christopher Hussie enters a cau-
Will of John Bayly, sen., made on his tion about 17 acres of marsh bought of
sickbed 28 : 8 : 1651. He devises to Edward Colcord, Sept. 16, 1652.
his son John Bayly " my house " and land Henry Green of Hampton, millwright,
in Salisbury " during his life, & after conveys to Jn Cass of Hampton, planter,
my sonnes death his second sonne Joseph 5 acres marsh in Hampton, bounded by
Bayly is to enioy it, & if Joseph doth not Thomas Maston and Jeffery Mingee, Oct.
live to enioy it, then his younger brother is 6, 1652. Wit: Willi: ffifeild and Edward
to enioy it," Joseph paying to his oldest Gyllman. Ack. before Rich : Bellingham
brother John Bayly ^40. His son John 7: 8mo : 1652.
Bayly, Executor, and he is to pay to " my Thomas King of Exiter, carpenter, for
wife, his mother," ^6 annually, " pvid- ^12, conveys to Anthony Taylor of
ed she cometh over hither to New Hampton, felt maker, 5 acre house lot, etc.
england," and to pay "my son Robert bounded by John Cross and others, in
;i5,pvided also he come over hitherto Hampton, Sept. 29, 1644. Signed by mark
New england," and ^10 each to "my |~ . Wit: Tho : Bradbury and Edward
daughter, his sister," "pvided they come Gillman. Ack. before Ric : Bellingham 6 :
over hither to new england," etc. "I 8mo : 1652.
doe make my brother John Emery fen John Sanders of Wells, for 6, conveys
of Nubery & m r . Thomas Bradbury of to William ffifeild of Hampton a house
Salisbury overseers." Signed by initials lot in Hampton, bounded by Willi : Sam-
J. b. Wit: William llsley and John born, and Aquilla Chase, 29 : 7 : 1644.
Emry, Jr. At the end is written : " like- Signed by his mark 5. Wit : Robert
wise I doe give to Willi Huntingtons Tuck. Ack. before Richard Saltingstall
wyfe & childeren y*. house & land y fc . I March 9, 1645. Memo: Aquilla Chase
bought of Vallentine Rowell," etc. (his CO mark) says he has sold part of
Proved by the witnesses at the court in this lot with a house upon it to William
Salisbury 13 : 2: 1652. ffifeild for ^4, Oct. 4, 1649. Wit :
Grants by Hampton to Willi ffullar : 10 Steven Kent.
acres ; 1 6 acres, bounded by James John Legatt of Exiter, in exchange,
Davis, formerly, which said ffullar bought conveys to Anthony Taylor of Hampton
of Mr. Daulton, John Wedgwood,formerly, (as per bill under the hand of Edmond
Jn Davis; 4 acres, bounded by land said Littlefeild dated 29 : 8 : 1642) a house
rTullar bought of Willi Haward ; 1 2 acres, lot in Hampton, bounded by Abraham
bounded by land said rTullar bought of Drake and a lot formerly M r . Bright's,
Henry Saward ; etc. He also bought 30 : n : 1642. Wit: William Wen-
land of Henry Ambros on the great pond bourne.
50 THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
John Wedgwood of Hampton conveys land in Salisbury, on west side of Paw-
to Henry Greene land bounded by the waus river, bounded by "Jn Weed, &Jn.
mill land and highway 14: 4: 1652. Bayly sen. late deceased," Jarrett Haddon,
Wit : Humphrey Humber Scrib : and Richard Wells and Merrimack river, i :
the mark of m William Godfrey. Ack. io mo : 1652. Signed by V mark. Wit:
before the court at Hampton 5:8: Tho : Bradbury and the mark of MB
1652. Mary Bradbury. Ack. before Sam:
Abraham Pirkins of Hampton, sen., Winsley and Josiah Cobham, commission-
for ^30, conveys to Henry Green of ers of Salisbury, 23 : 4 : 1653.
Hampton one half of the water mill at John Bayly of Nuberie, weaver, with
Hampton, etc., n : 2 mo : 1651. Wit: consent of wife Elnor, conveys to
Edward Colcord. Ack. before Ric : Joannah, wife of Willi : Huntington of
Bellingham 7: 8: 1652. Salisbury, planter, and Jn. Huntington
Thomas Coleman of Nuberie, hus- and Mary Huntington, her son and
bandman, and Mary Coleman, his wife, daughter, a dwelling house and land in
"w ch was y e wyfe of Edmonde Jonson Salisbury on the west side of the Paw-
deceased," convey to John Cass of waus river, bounded by "Jn. Weed &
Hampton marsh in Hampton, bounded Jn. Bayly sen late of Salisbury de-
by land given to Welles men, etc., 9 : ceased," Jarret Haddon, Richard Wells
8 mo : 1652. He signs his name: and Merrimack river, 4: n mo : 1652.
Thomas Coulman. Wit : ffrancis Swaine Signed by mark E. Wit : Tho : Brad-
and John Woodin. Ack. before Ri : Bel- bury and the marke of MB Mary Brad-
lingham 7 : 8 rao : 1652. bury. Ack. before Sam: Winsley and
Christopher Palmer of Hampton, Josiah Cobham, commissioners of Salis-
planter, conveys to William ffifeild of bury, 23 : 4 : 1653.
Hampton, planter, marsh in Hampton, Anthony Coleby of Salisbury, planter,
on little river running to the little boar's conveys to William Sargent of Salisbury,
head, bounded by Jn. Huggins, Jn. seaman, a dwelling house and land in
Sanborn and others, 10 : i mo : 1648. Salisbury, bounded by Jarred Haddon
Wit: Humphrey Humber, William ffullar and Henry Browne, 25 : i : 1647. Wit:
and Abraham Drake. Ack. before Ri : Phillip Challis and John Islsly. Ack. be-
Bellingham 7:8: 1652. fore Josiah Cobham and Robert Pike,
Henry Greene of Hampton conveys to commissioners, 3: n mo : 1652.
Abraham Pirkins a share of the cove William Sargent of Salisbury, seaman,
cornmon n : 2 mo : 1651. Wit: Edward conveys to Samuell ffelloes of Salisbury,
Colcord. Ack. before Ri : Bellingham planter, a dwelling house and land
7 : 8 : 1652. bounded by Jarrett Haddon and Henry
M r . Edward Colcord entered a caution Browne, 25: i : 1648. Wit: Tho:
about part "of a farme w ch hee as y e Bradbury and Andru Greely. Ack. be-
Afsigne of Henry Saward bought of Willi: fore Josiah Cobham and Robert Pike,
Howard: lijng neare to m r . Wheelwr 8 t commissioners^: u mo : 1652.
farme," 30: 9: 1652. Joseph Parker of Andiver, carpenter,
M r . Edward Colcord entered his for 40^., conveys to Richard Goodale,
caution about 40 acres of pine swamp sen., of Salisbury, planter, meadow in
"w ch James Wall bought of M r . Sam 1 . Salisbury, bounded by Jn. Rolfe, Willi :
Dudley & Afsigned over to him." 30 : Partridg, little river, great neck, Bare-
9 : 1652. berrie meadow, Jn. Eaton and Henry
William Huntington of Salisbury, Browne, 29: 7: 1645. Wit: John
planter, with consent of wife Joannah, Stevens and Nathan Parker. Ack. be-
conveysto Jn. Bayly, sen., of Nuberry, fore Symond Bradstreet 6 : n mo : 16 .
weaver, u my now dwelling house" and To be continued.
AMESBURY INSCRIPTIONS.
SPINNING BEE.
" We hear from Byfield, in the County
of Effex, that on the Day of the laft pub-
lic Commencement at Cambridge, 25
young Women belonging to the Place,
met at the Minifters Houfe with their
Spinning Wheels, and gave evident Proof
of their Skill and Dexterity in managing of
them ; by carding and fpinning more than
20 double Skeins of Cotton Yarn, and
fpinning 60 double Skeins of Linen, each
Skein containing 14 Knots, 40 Threads
2 Yards long to a Knot. - - - One
young Woman fpun more than 6 double
Skeins of Linen. - - - Another carded and
fpun 3 double Skeins of Cotton, and then
fpun one double Skein of Linen. They
all generoufly gave their Work; and by
their ingenious diligent conducting the
Bufinefs of the Day, appeared well quali-
fied to claim the Honor of being acknowl-
edged Miftreffes of their Art" Essex
Gazette, Aug. 23, 1768.
AMESBURY INSCRIPTIONS.
CEMETERY AT AMESBURY DEPOT.
The oldest stone in this burying ground
bears date of 1793.
The following are all the inscriptions in
the yard bearing dates prior to 1800.
HERE IS
BURIED THE
BODY OF MEHETA
BEL CLOUGH Y e
WIFE OF AARON
CLOUGH WHO DIED
NOVEMBER Y e 8 th 1796
HER AGE 60 YEARS.
JAMES,
Son of David &
Sarah Currier,
died April 15'* 1797;
aged 2 months.
SUSANNAH,
daughter of David &
Sarah Currier;
died July i6 th 1794 ;
aged 10 months
In Memory of
ARCHELAUS MORRILL
who died
November i, 1796.
Aged 73 years.
Depart my friends, dry up your tears
I must lie here 'til Christ appears
ELENOR
Wife of
Dea. Daniel Morrill,
died June 8, 1796,
in her 68 year.
MARY,
daughter of Ephraim
& Mary Merrill,
died Aug. ig th 1797 ;
aged i year 9 m
MOSES,
Son of Moles &
Abigail Morrill
was Drowned
March 26, 1799
in the 7 year of
his age.
Capt.
ZEBEDEE MORRILL.
died
July 28. 1793.
53.
BENJAMIN,
Son of
Jofeph & Anna
Wadleigh
died Nov r 16, 1795,
in the 4 year
of his age.
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In memory 21. Ezra Moody, Newbury, married
of Martha Greenleaf April 26, 1716. Who
JOSEPH WADLEIGH ; were her parents ? G. w. p.
who died
8,1799; ANSWERS.
in the 47 year T . Sarah Tarbox was probably daugh-
of his age. ter of Sarah and Rebecca (Armetage)
Tarbox, and born at Lynn Oct. 15, 1674.
In Memory of ~ '
MARY WADLEIGH l ' John Batchelder of Wenham mar-
J.VJ.AKI nULiCtUjn.. . - __ . rT , . . _,
ho died r Hannah larbox in 1702. She was
March 2$ 1708- a daughter of Ens. Samuel Tarbox, of
T .7 * ^ ar ' Lynn, and his second wife, Experience
of her a^e Look. This couple had a son Thomas
who married Esther Edwards and moved
-- to Wenham. After the death of Ens.
_. RTT , q Samuel Tarbox the widow and family re-
QUHKlro. moved from Lynn to Wenham. In the
Queries are inserted for one cent a word. G en> Hist. Reg., Vol. 42, pagCS 27-29,
Answers o.rc solicited.. *ii i / 11 r *i i / i >
will be found the family record of Ens.
15. Who were the parents of John Samuel Tajbox . It seemed to me> that
Phillips, born 1751, who married Abigail ag John and Ebenezer Batchelder were
Williams, born 1750, perhaps of Roxbury ? connec tions, possibly Hannah and Sarah
Albany, N. F. w. Tarbox, their respective wives, were from
1 6. Parentage is desired of William the same family. . S. T., Lowell.
Fanning who married at Newbury, Mass., ._
1668, Elizabeth Allen, or any data of him NEW PUBLICATIONS.
showing his connection or otherwise with
Edmund Fanning of New London, Conn., IN THE HEART OF CA ^ E A > 7 R THE
i6 w F BROQKS STORY OF DOGTOWN. By Charles E.
54 Queen St., Worcester, Mass. Mann ' llustrat <;d ; cloth; 12 mo; 71
/- T^I.. i pages. Procter Bros., Gloucester, 1896.
17. Who were the parents of Elijah Thig book iyes the w Qf D *
Jones, published to Mary Barrows, in At- town commons in Gloucester, and of
tleboro March 7, 1 744-S ? J- s - R - many of the people who lived there, and
Orchard Lake, Mich. thdr homes and manner of Kfe> geveral
1 8. Wanted, evidence of relationship O f t h e illustrations are unique, and the
of William, Thomas, and Aquila Chase, whole volume is interesting.
who came to America about 1635, and ToPSFIELD HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS.
name of ship m which the two last named Volume IL 2 plates . I5Q pageg> Pub _
can l e - H ' M< CHASE> lished by the Topsfield Historical Society,
Barnstable, Mass. ^(>. This second annual volume of the
19. Benjamin Gage and Rebecca Society's collections contains the proceed-
Mullican were married at Bradford i ngs o f t h e Society for the year ; the town
August, 1722. Who were her parents? records from 1659 to 1685 ; a descriptive
Albany, N. Y. G. w. p. history of the Hewlett and Clark families ;
20. Timothy Johnson, North Andover, account of Gov. Endicott's copper mining
married Katherine Sprague (presumably venture in Topsfield in 1651 ; baptisms
of Maiden) May 3, 1705. Who were her of the Topsfield church from 1779 to
parents? G. w. p. 1841 ; and much other valuable and inter-
Albany, N. Y. esting matter.
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VOL. I. SALEM, MASS., APRIL, 1897. No. 4.
OLD NICHOLS HOMESTEAD, NOW FERNCROFT INN.
BY ANDREW NICHOLS.
HENRY BARTHOLOMEW was an inhabitant which being still seen about forty rods
of Salem as early as 1637, and soon after westward from Ferncroft. Two days later,
that date received a grant of several hun- Mr. Nichols conveyed the remainder of
dred acres located in the northern part his homestead, one hundred and fifty acres,
of the town. In 1650, this territory be- to his son, John, and his wife Lydia, it
came a part of Topsfield, and in 1728 a being " my farme that I now live upon,"
part of Micldleton, in which latter town in Topsfield,* but retained his residence
most of it has since been included. In in the house then standing upon the
1651 he conveyed this tract of land to premises, as before stated.
William Nichols, the immigrant ancestor Soon after the date of his deed (1679),
of the name, who had also been living in John Nichols built upon this tract of land
Salem since 1637, in that section early the house shown in the frontispiece, which
known as Brooksby, and now included in has recently been transformed into the
the western part of Peabody. Ferncroft Inn, and resided therein. The
Mr. Nichols erected a house upon the old house stood in the valley, shut in by
premises about one-third of a mile due hills. John chose for the site of his house
north from the present Ferncroft Inn. a high elevation toward Salem, which
Here he lived with his wife Mary and three presented attractive scenery and a wider
children until his decease, and, as it was prospect, though not so well shielded
gone soon after, probably no other family from the cold winds of winter. John's
ever occupied the old house. Mr. Nichols' father helped him greatly in the way of
death occurred in the winter of 1695-6, financial assistance during his lifetime, as
at the age of about ninety-six, having been papers on file in the settlement of the
born in 1599. He had three children, estate of William Nichols show, and it
John, born in 1641, and two daughters, was probably in the way of building and
Mary, who married Thomas Cave of finishing this house, as one so large and
Topsfield, and Hannah, the wife of so thoroughly made as this must have
Thomas Wilkins. cost a great deal. The great oak timbers
In 1678, William Nichols was possessed attest its age and durability; and the
of one hundred and eighty acres of land style of the chimney without and its form
as his homestead; and Jan. 4, 1678-9, he and size within is the true type of the
conveyed to Isaac Burton, who had been better earlier houses of New England,
in his family for twenty-five years, and About the time of the witchcraft delu-
had been like a son to him, thirty acres sion, John Nichols conveyed to his son-
from the northwestern end of it.* On in-law Humphrey Case a lot of land, on
this lot Mr. Burton erected a dwelling- which Mr. Case erected a house in which
house, in which he lived, the cellar of he lived. The site of this house was about
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 6, leaf 115. *Essex Registry of Deeds, book 5, leaf 56.
54
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two- thirds of the distance from Ferncroft
Inn to the ice houses on the direct road
to the old Newburyport and Boston turn-
pike. Here the Case family resided many
years, and the cellar alone remains to
mark the spot.
Mr. Nichols died here in the autumn of
1700, at the age of fifty-nine. His wife
was named Lydia, and their children were,
William ; Anna, who married Francis
Elliot ; John, born Jan. 14, 1667 ; Thomas,
who settled in Button ; Isaac ; Lydia,
wife of Aquilla Wilkins; Rachel, who
married Humphrey Case ; Elizabeth, wife
of Thomas Brewer ; Ebenezer ; and Mar-
garet, ten in all.
Four years previous to his decease,
Mr. Nichols gave a deed of the home-
stead to his son John and his wife Con-
stant to hold during their joint lives, and
the life of the survivor of them, and the
remainder "to his heirs or heirs of his
body lawfully begotten."* The son John
and his family lived here until his death,
which probably occurred in the spring of
1757, as administration on his estate was
granted to his widow, Martha, June 27th
of that year. He had three children,
Edward, John and Samuel.
The youngest son, Samuel, came into
sole possession of the farm on the death
of his father, by inheritance and purchase.!
He was born here Feb. 25, 1714-5 ; and
married, first, Abigail Elliot Nov. 17,
1742. She died May 27, 1759; and he
married, second, Anna White. His son
Samuel, born here in 1743, enlisted into
the navy, sailed to the West Indies, and
was never heard from. Another son,
Andrew, was the father of Dr. Andrew
Nichols, the first president of the Essex
County Natural History Society.
In 1728 the town of Middleton was in-
corporated. The town was formed from
parts of Andover, Boxford, Salem and
Topsfield ; and the portion taken from
Topsfield included the Nichols homestead,
which has ever since been in Middleton.
*Old Norfolk County Deeds, book 4, leaf 93.
The deed is dated Jan. 28, 1696.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 115, leaf 224.
The Burton house, allusion to which
has already been made, together with the
lot of land on which it stood, came into
the possession of Samuel Nichols, by pur-
chase, in 1757,* and was owned by him
as long as he kept the farm.
For fifteen hundred and eighty and
one-half pounds, Mr. Nichols conveyed
the farm, including the two dwelling-houses
and two barns, to Capt. Israel Foster, a
merchant of Beverly, May 17, i777-f
After the Revolution, Captain Foster
removed to Marblehead, where he was
also a merchant. While he possessed the
farm he removed the old Burton house
and barn, which had probably been built
as early as the Nichols house.
He probably never lived here, but let
the farm, one of the lessees being Isaac
Giddings.
With the consent of his wife Jane,
Captain Foster conveyed the farm to
Daniel Porter, of Topsfield, a tanner,
Dec. 30, 1805, for $3,9004 Mr. Porter
lived on a farm in Tupsfield, which was
separated from this farm by the brook
only, and probably never lived here/ At
the time of Mr. Porter's decease, his son
Allen was living here and probably had
been for some years.
Daniel Porter died Jan. 28, 1831 ; and
his executors, Allen and Ira Porter, two
of his sons, conveyed this farm, by order
of court, to George Towne, of Danvers,
April 26, i83i. And on the same day
Mr. Towne re-conveyed the farm to Allen
Porter, || who continued to dwell in the
ancient house.
Mr. Porter lived here until Nov. 30,
1838, when he sold the estate to Jere-
miah Augustus Estey of Middleton.^" The
farm then contained one hundred and
forty-three acres.
Mr. Estey lived upon the premises until
he conveyed the same to Jonathan Perry,
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book no, leaf 65.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 135, leaf 68.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 177, leaf 116.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 259, leaf 187.
!i Essex Registry of Deeds, book 259, leaf 188.
ITEssex Registry of Deeds, book 310, leaf 126.
OLD NICHOLS HOMESTEAD. 55
of Danvers, April 15, 1841.* Mr. Perry tic landscape gardening greatly improved
died Nov. 16, 1845, an ^ his heirs re- the grounds.
leased their interest in the estate, Jan. After two successful seasons in serving
1 6, 1847, to his son Edwin A. Perry, f lunches and dinners to the public, further
who, April i, following, sold it to Daniel additions were made, including a spacious
Peabody, of Danvers. j dining-room upon the front of the house,
Mr. Peabody lived in the western part the original oak front door, with its hand-
of the house; and June 26, 1849, con- wrought nails, being retained,
veyed the eastern end of the house and The owners have been to a great deal
western part of the barn and a portion of of pains and expense to furnish Ferncroft
the homestead lands to Andrew Verry, of with ancient furniture, utensils, ornaments,
Middleton. He sold out to Aaron Jen- and China, English and Holland wares of
kins, of Middleton, April i, 1862 ;|| and various kinds. Among the articles are
Mr. Jenkins, who had removed to Salem, some ancient books and prints, a buffet,
sold to the Harris family of that city, the a silver-lined drinking-horn, antique plates
present owners, Feb. 6, 1880. and pewter platters, a Dutch delft pitcher
Mr. Peabody became involved in a law of the sixteenth century, candlesticks, tall
suit of some six years continuance, in clocks, ancient armor, canopied bed-
which General Butler was counsel, and steads, an old claw-foot sideboard, made
removed to Stoneham about 1858, his of various kinds of wood, with an oval
part of the house being subsequently occu- marine view on marble set in the centre,
pied for some years by Jonathan Perry, the drawers being velvet lined, and two
son of the above named Jonathan. large arm-chairs of solid oak, reputed to
Mr. Peabody's part of the premises have been the property of Robert Burns,
was sold by the sheriff to James M. Perry, the poet of Ayr.
of Danvers, Aug. 2, 1870;^ and he con- Among the most interesting things that
veyed it back to Mr. Peabody May 10, can be seen here is the wall paper. The
1872 .** office walls are covered with Shakespearian
May 10, 1882, Mr. Peabody conveyed paper, the hall with the old English land-
his part of the homestead to Sidney C. scape paper, and the dining-room with
Bancroft, Esq., of Peabody, who, twelve wall-paper representing old hunting scenes
days later, passed the title to the present and sports of merry England,
owners. At the bend of the road near the house
The frontispiece shows the old house is a rustic post from which swings the sign
as it appeared twenty years ago, before used at the beginning of this century at
any changes had occurred in its exterior, the old tavern in Topsfield when William
Some improvements were made by the Meady was its proprietor. On one side
present owners upon their purchase of the is*a portrait of George Washington in his
farm, but no additions of any considerable military uniform, 1 while on the other is
extent were made until 1892, when it was that of John Quincy Adams. After many
thought well to open the old mmse to the years of repose among attic cobwebs, the
public. A broad piazza., running the sign has returned to its former usefulness,
whole length of the house, was added to The house has now been open to the
the front; and at the rear was made the public four seasons, and thousands have
principal place of entrance. Some artis- examined its nooks and crannies and
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 324, leaf 164. antiques, and enjoyed the cuisine and de-
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 3 78, leaf 57. lightful grounds, and a drink from the
JEssex Registry of Deeds, book 38 1, leaf 46. deep old well with its well-sweep and
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 413, leaf 248. O aken bucket.
|| Essex Registry of Deeds, b ook 637, leaf o. u j
HEssex Registry of Deeds, book 806, leaf 264. Old houses have ever a charm and
**Essex Registry of Deeds, book 1081, leaf 253. romance clings to them in the minds of
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
all people that are not decidedly unimag-
inative and unimpressionable. Births,
weddings, deaths of their occupants have
followed each other in their natural order,
generation after generation.
Erected in the time of the Indian dep-
redations amidst the woods, far away from
neighbors and miles from any considerable
settlement, the early occupants of this old
mansion must have ever dreaded the un-
seen approach of the savages, with their
torch and tomahawk and scalping knife.
Later in the midst of the social life of the
neighborhood where the terrible witch-
craft delusion broke out, they saw their
friends, neighbors and relatives accused,
convicted and hanged, and knew not how
soon the condemning finger might be
pointed at them. Passing through the
period of the Indian and French wars,
the Revolution, and all the commotions of
this century, its occupants saw the colony
become a province, and the province a
great state. Yet stands the old house
ready to enter upon the twentieth century.
The following lines were written of this
old place :
The breeze blows keen, but the sun glints bright ;
O'er the old gray house on the wooded hill
Stand the pines, stern sentinels clad in green,
And the rippling river stands mute and still.
I pass within by the friendly blaze
Of the huge "back log" and the pine-tree's
cone,
By the chimney huge in the quaint old hall,
I sit in the gloaming and muse alone.
What stalwart yeoman or cultured youth
Brought hither his smiling and bonnie bride ?
What hopes have perished, what been fulfilled?
What aspirations have lived and died ?
What children frolicked by this old hearth ?
What baby slept on its mother's knee?
What grandsire pondered o'er Holy Writ?
Had they hours of gloom, had they days of
glee?
What lovers strolled through yon woodland
paths
When the wild red roses were all aglow ?
What youngsters coasted adown these hills
When the whole wide land was a field of snow ?
Did they quaff at Thanksgiving, with joke and
jest,
The home-brewed beer and the nut-brown ale,
At the table heaped by the good wife's skill?
"For seedtime and harvest shall never fail."
Had they Christmas greetings and goodly cheer?
Were the stockings hung by this chimney, old ?
Did the mistletoe hang from these rafters here,
While the sweet old story of love was told ?
Have hearts here broken and loves grown cold ?
Have friendships turned into mortal hate?
Have lives grown passionless, stern and grim,
Crushed by the iron hand of Fate ?
Were there days of sorrow and nights of joy,
Sad hours of watching mid sobs and tears?
Old house, old house, hast thou seen them all,
And the happy dawning of glad New Years ?
Or did smiling Plenty and Peace serene
Gild the glad morning and bless the night ;
Did Hope and Happiness reign supreme,
And hearts run thrilling with love and light?
The sun flames red in the glowing west
My soul seems bound by some mystic spell.
I pause I linger I breathe goodbye.
Old house, thou guardest thy secrets well !
A. s. G.
SMOCK MARRIAGES.
57
SECOND MARRIAGES.
When in the flush of life and hope,
The springtime of their lives,
Our fathers loved and wooed and won
Their neighbors' girls for wives;
Though oft with blindness Cupid gave
A blessing or a curse,
They married them, and brought them home
For better or for worse.
But when time passed, alone again,
Another mate was sought,
They gave less heed to sentiment,
And more to prudent thought ;
They made the matter business,
And oft in writing shown,
The wife retained what she possessed,
The husband kept his own.
'Salem. S. P.
SMOCK MARRIAGES.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY.
*
These are marriages where the bride
appeared dressed in a white sheet or
chemise, and sometimes without any
covering whatever. Both in Old and New
England in the last century brides could
thus be seen taking connubial vows upon
them.
The reason of this was the belief that
if a man married a woman who was in
debt he would be held liable for her in-
debtedness to her creditors if he received
her at the hands of the minister or magis-
trate with any of her property. And, also,
that if a woman married a man who was
owing debts his creditors could not take
her property to satisfy them if he received
nothing from her.
In England, there is a least one case
that has come to the knowledge of the
writer where the bride was clothed puris
naturalibus while the ceremony was being
performed in the great church at Birming-
ham. The minister at first refused to
perform the ceremony, but finding noth-
ing in the rubric that would excuse him
from the exercise of his professional
functions he married the pair. The pub-
lic were much incensed at the clergyman,
and it made considerable newspaper com-
ment at the time. The date was 1797.
To carry out the law as the people of
that century understood it, the ceremony
should always have been performed as it
was in the Birmingham church instance.
But the modesty of the people generally
forbade such an exhibition, and various
expedients were resorted to to accomplish
the desired effect and yet avoid the unde-
sirable features. Sometimes the bride
stood in a closet and put her hand through
a hole cut in the door. Sometimes she
stood behind a cloth screen, and put her
hand out at one side of it. Again, she
wound about her person a white sheet
furnished for the occasion by the groom ;
and sometimes she stood in her chemise,
or smock, or shift, as the same garment
is variously called. Eventually, in Essex
county, at least, all immodesty of the per-
formance of such a wedding was overcome
by the groom furnishing to the bride all
the clothes she wore, retaining title to the
same in himself. This he did in the
presence of witnesses, that he might prove
the fact in case he was subjected to a suit
for any debts she might have previously
contracted. A marriage of this kind
occurred at Bradford in 1733; and the
following is a copy of the record of the
same :
" Bradford, Dec. ye 24, 1733.
" This may certifie whomsoever it may
concerne that James Bailey of Bradford
who was married to the widow Mary Bacon
Nov. 22 last past by me ye subscriber
then Declared that he took the said person
without anything of Estate and that Lydia
the wife of Eliazer Burbank & Mary the
wife of Thos. Stickney & Margaret the
wife of Caleb Burbank all of Bradford
were witnesses that the clothes she then
had on were of his providing & bestowing
upon her.
" William Balch, Minister of ye Gospel."
It is noticed by the writer that in all
cases of "smock marriages," as they are
called, that have come to his knowledge,
the brides have been widows. Widows
were always liable to be owing debts for
the support of their families. Maiden
ladies were then usually married young
before they had contracted debts to any
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
considerable amount, and again the con-
sideration of the financial condition of
the couple was then as now of secondary
importance to young people. With the
lapse of years the sentimental glow of
youth somewhat abates, and the matter -
of-factness of life has more control of
human judgment.
ABBOT GENEALOGY
Continued from page 41.
47
DAVID ABBOT3, bom in Andover Jan.
18, 1688-9. He was a housewright and
husbandman, and lived in Andover. He
married Hannah Danforth in 1718. He
died Nov. 14, 1753; and she died in
1788, aged ninety-one.
Children, born in Andover :
1 88 i. HANNAH 4 , b. Oct. 10, 1721; d. Feb.
14, 1721-2.
189 II. HANNAH 4 , b. Dec. i, 1723; d., un-
married, March 12 (27?), 1813,
aged eighty-nine.
190 in. DAVID 4 , b. March 28, 1728. See be-
low (790).
191 IV. SOLOMON"*, b. about 1730. See below
(797).
192 v. SARAH"*, m. Robert Hildreth of Dra-
cut Jan. 30, 1753; and was living
in 1807.
193 vi. ELIZABETH 4 , b. July 23, 1733; d.
Oct. 21, 1753.
194 vn. JosiAH 4 , b. Feb. 5, 1735-6; d. Nov.
15, 1753-
195 vin. JONATHAN 4 , b. Oct. 24, 1739- See
below (795).
196 IX. BENJAMIN 4 , b. Jan. 16, 1743; d. Nov.
9, 1753-
49
TIMOTHY ABBOTS, born in Andover June
20, 1693. He lived in the garrison
house in Andover with his father, and
was a farmer. He married Mary Foster
Dec. 9, 1717; and died July 10, 1766,
aged seventy-three.
Children, born in Andover :
197 i. MARY 4 , b. Oct. 5, 1718; d. Oct. 28,
1718.
198 ii. TiMOTHY 4 , b. Oct. 26, 1719 ; d. March
26, 1745, aged twenty-five.
199 in. ASA 4 , b. Oct. 17, 1721. See below
201 v. HANNAH 4 , b. June 21, 1726; m. Joseph
Parker April 25, 1754.
202 vi. NATHAN"*, b. Jan. 4, 1729; lived in
Wilton; m. Jane Paul Jan. n, 1759 ;
and had several children.
203 vn. SARAH 4 , b. May 5, 1731 ; m. Edward
Farmer of Dracut March i, 1757.
204 vni. LYDIA 4 , b. March 28, 1733; m. Thomas
Farnum Jan. 13, 1756.
205 IX. DORCAS 4 , b. Oct. 2, 1735; m. Samuel
Bailey (pub. Dec. 3, 1774).
206 x. PHEBE 4 , b. Feb. 16, 1737; m. Wil-
liam Dane July 22, 1766.
207 XI. CALEB 4 , b. Aug. 30, 1738; d. Sept.
7, 1738.
5*
THOMAS ABBOT3, born in Andover Jan.
3, 1699. He was a farmer,, and suc-
ceeded his father on the homestead.
He married Elizabeth Ballard Jan. 28,
1725. He died July n, 1774 ; and she
died July 31, 1782, aged eighty-two.
Children, born in Andover :
208 i. SAMUEL 4 , b. Nov. i, 1725; d. Dec. 8,
1725-
209 n. ELIZABETH 4 , b. Jan. 10, 1727; m.
Samuel Osgood of Andover Jan. 4,
1753. He d. March 16, 1774; and
she d. Sept. 27, 1792.
210 in. THOMAS 4 , d. March 19, 1728-9.
211 iv. THOMAS 4 , b. April 4, 1729. See below
200 iv. MARY 4 , b. Jan. 18, 1724; m. Ephraim
Abbot (92).
212 v. JABEZ 4 , b. April 18, 1731; was a far-
mer, and lived in Concord, N. H. ;
m., first, Phebe Abbot; second,
Hephzibah Stevens of Andover
(pub. Aug. 28, 1772); and d. Jan.
7, 1804. He had children.
213 vi. AARON 4 , b. Feb. 17, 1732; was a far-
mer, and lived in Fryeburg, Me. ; m.
Lydia Abbot; and d. Dec. 31, 1812.
They had children.
214 vn. JOSEPH 4 , b. Dec. 29, 1734; was
taken captive by the Indians at Lake
George Sept. 19, 1756; was carried
to Canada, and died in prison at
Quebec in January, 1758, aged
twenty-three.
215 vin. NATHAN 4 , b. Feb. 7, 1736-7; was a
seaman, and subsequently a farmer,
and lived in Concord, N. H.; m.
Betsey Farnum in 1766; and d. Jan.
1 8, 1805. They had children.
216 ix. ISAAC"*, b. May 3, 1740; d. Sept. 16,
1740.
217 x. JESSE 4 , b. Oct. 4, 1741 ; was a farm-
er, and lived in Concord, N. H. ; m.
-; and d. May 12, 1808.
He had no children.
218 xi. LYDIA 4 , b. Oct. 5, 1743; d. June 2,
1749.
ABBOT GENEALOGY.
59
62
CAPT. NATHANIEL ABBOTS, born in An-
dover in 1696. He was one of the first
settlers of Rumford (now Concord), N.
H., being an innholder there in 1735.
In 1744, he served as an officer in Major
Rogers' company of Rangers ; was at the
capture of Cape Breton in 1745 ; and in
1746 commanded a company in defence
of the town against the Indians. He was
lieutenant in the expedition against
Crown Point. He married, first, Penel-
ope Ballard, in Andover, Nov. 23,1726;
and, second, Mehitable . He died
in 1770.
Children :
219 i. NATHANIEL 4 , b. March 10, 1727, in
Andover ; was a farmer in Concord ;
m. Miriam Chandler of Dunstable,
and had children. He d. Feb. 19,
1800; and she d. Jan. , 1811,
aged eighty-two.
220 II. DORCAS 4 , b. Nov. u, 1728, in Ando-
ver ; m. Capt. Moses Merrill of Con-
cord.
221 m. REBECCA 4 , b. May 27, 1731 ; m. John
Merrill ; and d-. in Thetford, Vt.
222 iv. ELIZABETH 4 , b. July i, 1 733; m. Jos-
eph Hazletine of Concord ; he d.
May 30, 1798, aged sixty-seven ; and
she d. Jan. 25, 1734, a g e( ^ one hun-
dred.
223 v. MARY 4 , b. March 7, 1735; m. Joseph
Walker ; and settled in Fryeburg,
Me. She d. March , 1795.
224 vi. HANNAH 4 , b. March 7, 1736; m.
Ephraim Moar.
225 vn. RuTH 4 , b. Jan. 28, 1738; m. James
Walker of Concord ; and d. Feb.
27, 1817. He was a tailor; and d.
Feb. 9, 1821, aged eighty-three.
226 vin. JOSHUA 4 , b. Feb. 24, 1740; captain in
battle of Bunker hill ; was a far-
mer, and lived in Concord ; m. Eliz-
abeth Chandler of Bradford ; and had
children. She d. May 27, 1812,
aged seventy-three ; and he d.
March , 1815.
227 ix. RACHEL 4 , b. April 7, 1743; m. Daniel
Abbot of Concord ; and d. June 13,
' 1788.
228 x. JEREMIAH 4 , b. March 17, 1744; was a
farmer, and lived in Concord and
Con way, N. H.; was a sergeant in
the battle of Bunker hill, a lieuten-
ant at Ticonderoga, and in the expe-
dition against Canada ; kept an inn
in Conway ; m. Elizabeth Stickney
of Concord; and d. Nov. 8, 1823.
She d. Sept. 10, 1836, aged eighty-
four.
229 xi. DOROTHY", b. Dec. 28, 1746; m. Da-
vid George of Concord May 29,
1766; and d. Sept. 27, 1776.
230 xii. SARAH", b. Dec. 3, 1748; m. Samuel
Farnum, and settled in New York.
She died June , 1842, aged ninety-
three.
DEA. JOSEPH ABBOT3, born in Andover
Feb. 2, 1705. He was a farmer, and
lived in Andover with his father on the
homestead, which his father conveyed to
him in 1749. About 1776, he removed
to Wilton, N. H. He was a deacon of
the church in Andover for many years,
and tuned the psalm. He married Deb-
orah JJlanchard Aug. 12, 1731 ; and she
died July 21, 1773. He died Aug. 23,
1787.
Children, born in Andover :
231 i. DEBORAH 4 , b. Sept. 17, 1732; d. July
9, 1736.
232 u. JosHUA 4 , b. Jan. 21, 1734; d. Dec.
3i> 1736.
233 in. BATHSHEBA 4 , b. Sept. 16, 1735; m.
Nathan Blanchard of Wilton July
2, 1752 ; and d. Dec. , 1784.
234 iv. NATHANIEL 4 , b. Aug. 12, 1737 ; d.
April 5, 1740.
235 v. JOSHUA 4 , b. April 27, 1739; d. Oct.
I5 1739-
236 vi. DEBORAH (twin) 4 , b. July 15, 1740;
d. Nov. 22, 1745.
237 vii. JOSEPH (twin) 4 , b. July 16, 1740; d.
Sept. 14, 1741.
238 vin. HANNAH 4 , b. June 15, 1742; m. Lt.
Timothy Dale of Wilton Jan. 15,
1761 ; and d. in 1800.
239 ix. JOSEPH 4 , b. April 2, 1744. See below
240 x. JACOB 4 , b. Feb. 9, 1746. See below
(240}.
241 xi. DORCAS 4 , b. Jan. 19, 1747-8; d. Oct.
17, 1749.
242 xii. OfiADiAH 4 , b. Nov. 23, 1749; d. Feb.
8, 1750-1.
243 xni. NATHANIEL 4 , b. Oct. 27, 1 75 1. See
below (243}.
244 xiv. REBECCA 4 , b. June 19, 1754; m ' ^an-
iel Batchelder of Andover April 6,
1775 ; and removed to Wilton. She
d. June , 1796.
74
CAPT. JOHN ABBOT*, born in Andover
Aug. 3, 1704. He was a farmer, and
6o
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
lived in the South parish, in Andover,
with his father. He was a selectman of
the town, and a man of principle. He
married Phebe Fisk Sept. 28, 1732 ; and
died Nov. 10, 1793, aged ninety. She
died Dec. , 1802, aged ninety.
Children, born in Andover :
245 I. PHEBE 5 , b. April 14, 1733; m. Na-
than Chandler, April 18, 1754; an< *
d. July 26, 1812.
246 II. JOHN 5 , b. Sept. I, 1735. See below
(4*).
247 in. EZRA, b. Sept. 27, 1737; d. in the
army Sept. 15, 1760. He had great
agility and strength.
248 iv. ABIEL 5 , b. April 19, 1741; was an
esquire, deacon, officer in the mili-
tia, and representative to the General
Court; lived in Wilton, N. H. ; m.
Dorcas Abbot (179) Nov. 20, 1764;
and d. Aug. 19, 1809. They had
children.
249 v. JEREMIAH 5 , b. May 25, 1743 ; lived in
Wilton; m. Chloe Abbot Sept. 16,
1766; and had children. She d.
Aug. 21, 1809; and he d. Nov. 2,
1825.
250 vi. WILLIAM 5 , b. Jan. I, 1748; lived in
Wilton; m. Phebe Ballard Nov. 12,
1772; and d. Nov. 30, 1793. She
d. Jan. , 1846, aged ninety- three.
Was an esquire. Among their chil-
dren were Dr. Herman Abbot .of
Belfast, and William Abbot, Esq.,
of Bangor, Me.
251 vn. BENJAMIN 5 , b. May 29, 1751 ; d. Aug.
75
BARACHIAS ABBOT*, born in Andover
May 14, 1707. He was a meek and up-
right man, lived in Andover, and was a
cordwainer by trade. He married Han-
nah Holt March 22, 1733. She died
July 31, 1775, aged sixty-five; and he
died Oct. 2, 1784, aged seventy-seven.
Children, born in Andover :
252 i. BARACHIAS 5 , b. Jan. 16, 1734; d.
June 24, 1738.
253 II. MOSES 5 , b. Aug. 9, 1735. See below
254 in. HANNAH 5 , b. May 18, 1737; m.
Jeremiah Holt of Wilton April 21,
1756; and d. Nov. , 1812, aged
seventy-five.
2 55 Iv - BARACHIAS 5 , b. May 22, 1739. See
below O55).
256 v. ELIZABETH 6 , b. Nov. 2, 1740; m.
Zebadiah Shattuck Aug. 30, 1759;
and d. Sept. , 1779.
257 vi. RHODA 5 , b. Feb. , 1743; d. Feb.
- J 743-
258 vn. PRisciLLA 5 , b. Feb. 6, 1744; m. Zelah
Holt Nov. 16, 1762.
259 vm. LYDIA 5 , b. March 7, 1745; m. Uriah
Russell Aug. 15, 1771.
260 ix. TIMOTHY (twin) 5 , b. April 23, 1747;
d. March 30, 1772.
261 x. RHODA (twin) 5 , b. April 23, 1747; d.
Aug. 11, 1775.
262 xi. PHEBE 5 , b. Aug. 29, 1749; m. John
Russell (pub. Oct. 9, 1773).
263 xn. ABIGAIL 5 , b. Aug. 25, 1751 ; m. John
Johnson Oct. 10, 1786; and d. in
1841.
78
JOSEPH ABBOT*, born in Andover April
24, 1719. He lived, first, in Lancaster,
and later in Chester, Vt. He married
Hannah Abbot (103) Nov. 12, 1741 ;
and died in 1789.
Children :
264 i. JOSEPH 5 , b. March 29, 1742, in An-
dover.
265 II. ABIEL 5 .
266 in. JOHN 5 .
267 IV. EBENEZER 5 .
268 V. HANNAH 5 ,
269 VI. ELIZABETH 5 .
27O VII. PHEBE 5 .
271 VIII. RELIEF 5 .
79
JOSEPH ABBOT4, born in Andover May
31, 1724. He was a farmer, and lived
with his father in Andover. He married,
first, Anna Peabody Feb. 9,. 1748-9 ; and
she died March 20, 1766. He married,
second, Ednah Platts of Boxford (pub-
lished Nov. 8, 1766). He was drowned
Dec. 10, 1766, aged forty-two, and his
wife Ednah survived him.
Children, born in Andover :
272 I. ANNA 5 , b. Nov. 15, 1749; m. Theo-
dore Stevens (pub. May 26, 1774).
273 n. SARAH 5 , b. Sept. 3, 1751 ; m. Benja-
min Henick, jr., of Methuen (pub.
March 4, 1775).
274 in. LYDIA 5 , b. Oct. 23, 1753; m - Maj.
Samuel Lovejoy of Wilton ; and d.
Sept. 20, 1826.
275 iv. DoRCAS 5 , b. Oct. 26, 1755 ; m. Joseph
Chandler.
276 v. JOSEPH 5 , b. Feb. 16, 1758; lived in
Andover, Vt. ; m. Lucy King ; and
d. in 1835. He had children.
277 vi. HuLDAH 5 , b. Oct. 21, 1760; m. Josh-
ua Abbot of Nelson, N. H.
ABBOT GENEALOGY.
61
82
EPHRATM ABBOT*, born in Andover in
1710. He was a miller, and resided in
Andover. He married Hannah Phelps
Feb. 14, 1734 ; and died April 24, 1745.
His wife survived him.
Children, born in Andover :
278 i. HANNAH 5 , b. Dec. 26, 1734; d., un-
married, Nov. 17, 1798.
279 n. MEHITABLE 5 , b. Aug. ii, 1736; m.
Jonathan Abbot (384).
280 in. SARAH 5 , b. Nov. 18, 1737; lived with
Hon. Samuel Phillips, carrying on
his farm; and died, unmarried,
March 20, 1831, aged ninety-three,
having been blind for several years
before her death.
281 iv. EpHRAiM 5 , b. June 22, 1739; d. Nov.
I9 1739-
282 v. R.HODA 5 , b. June 22, 1741 ; m. Jacob
Holt March 22, 1764; and d. Jan.
, 1820.
283 vi. EpHRAiM 5 , b. May 8, 1742; was a
miller, and lived on his father's
homestead ; m., first, Lydia Poor
Oct. 27, 1774. She d. July 3, 1788,
aged thirty-six ; and he m., second,
widow Sarah Safford of Salem Oct.
4, 1789. He d. April 23, 1809;
and his wife, Sarah, survived him,
and d. Oct. 29, 1812.
284 vn. ABIEL", b. April 12, 1745; m. Benja-
min Walker Aug. 4, 1763, and d.
May, 1795.
86
STEPHEN ABBOT*, born in Andover
March 21, 1718. He was a farmer, and
lived with his father in Andover. He
married Mary Abbot (122) May 24,
1743. He died Nov. 8, 1768; and his
widow married Jonathan Abbot (180).
Children, born in Andover :
285 I. MARY S , b. March 8, 1744; was known
as nurse Molly; and d., unmarried,
Sept. 15, 1820, aged seventy-six.
286 n. DEBORAH 5 , b. Oct. 13, 1745 ; m. Jon-
athan Fiske of Danvers Sept. 18,
1 766 ; and removed to Groton before
1790.
287 HI. SARAH 5 , b. Aug. i, 1747; m. Joseph
Stevens of Danvers July 7, 1772;
and d. July 8, 1824.
288 IV. STEPHEN 5 , b. Aug. i, 1749. See be-
low (28 8}.
289 v. ABNER 5 , b. Aug. 26, 1751 ; d. March
n, 1758.
290 VI. HANNAH 5 , b. Aug. 10, 1753; living
in 1772.
291 vii. GEORGE 5 , b. June 13, 1756. See be-
low ^
292 vin. DORCAS 5 , b. Sept. 23, 1758; m. Jona-
than Abbot (384).
293 IX. ABNER 5 , b. Jan. 29, 1761. See below
294 X. SAMUEL 5 , b. April 27, 1763 ; killed by
a cart Aug. 10, 1768.
295 XI. ELIZABETH 5 , b. Oct. 22, 1766; m.
Abraham Valpey of Salem Sept. 27,
1788.
89
SAMUEL ABBOT*, born in Andover June
23, 1726. He lived in his native town;
and married Elizabeth Wyman of Pel-
ham (pub. Sept. 14, 1754). He died at
Lake George in 1758. His wife survived
him, and married Joseph Dane Oct. 9,
1759. She was living in 1767.
Children, born in Andover :
296 i. ELIZABETH 5 , b. Nov. 2, 1755; m '
Ebenezer Jones of Andover Feb.
15, 1780.
29711. HANNAH 5 , b. April 24, 1757; m. Ben-
jamin Goldsmith April 24, 1777.
92
EPHRAIM ABBOT*, born in Andover July
22, 1718. He was a farmer, and lived
in Amherst, N. H., and Andover, Mass.
He married, first, Mary Abbot (200) Nov.
3, 1740. She died March 9, 1745 ; and
he married, second, Hannah Kneeland
of Ipswich (published Feb. i, 1745-6).
Children :
298 I. MARY 5 , b. March n, 1741, in Ando-
ver; m. Peter Cross (Goss?) of Bol-
ton Dec. 9, 1762.
EPHRAIM 5 , b. Dec. 5, 1742, in Ando-
ver ; was a deacon, and lived in
Goffstown, N. H.; m. Dorothy
Stiles ; and d. in 1827. One of their
children was Rev. Samuel Abbot of
Antrim, N. H.
HANNAH 5 , b. March i, 1745, in An-
dover ; m. - Shattuck of Hollis.
KNEELAND 5 , m. Stanley, and
lived in Vermont. He had children.
DANIEL 5 , m. Sarah Stevens.
SARAH 5 , m. W. Codman of Deering.
DORCAS 5 , m. John Willey of Amherst.
299 u.
300 in.
301 iv.
302 v.f
303 vi.
304 vii
94
JOSHUA ABBOT*, born in Andover Oct.
i, 1722. He lived in Amherst, N. H.
He married Phebe Ingalls Nov. 20, 1749.
Children :
62
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
305 i. PHEBE 5 , b. Aug. 20, 1750, inAndover.
306 II. JOSHUA 5 .
307 III. STEPHEN 5 .
98
EBENEZER ABBOT^ born in Andover
Feb. 20, 1731. He was a cordwainer,
and lived in Andover. He married
Lydia Farrington Jan. i, 1752 ; and died
Dec. 19, 1771. His wife survived him,
and was his widow in 1776.
Children, born in Andover :
308 I. HANNAH', b. Jan. 27, 1752-3; m.
Abijah Clark Sept. 18, 1777; and
d. July 24, 1816.
309 ii. LYDIA S , b. June 18, 1754; m - P eter
Town Dec. 26, 1773.
310 in. EBENEZER 5 , b. Jan. 15, 1757; m.
Sarah Graves Jan. 20, 1783; was a
cordwainer, and lived in Reading.
They had children. He d. in 1803.
311 IV. EPHRAIM 5 , b. March 19, 1759; lived
in Fryeburg ; m. Esther Eastman of
Con way (pub. Oct. 26, 1781); and
had nine daughters.
312 v. JETHRO 5 , b. April 18, 1761; d. May
2, 1764.
313 vi. THEODORE 5 , b. Sept. 10, 1763; d.
May 14, 1764.
314 vii. SARAH 5 , b. Dec. 7, 1765; m. David
Stevens Dec. 28, 1784.
IOO
PETER ABBOT*, born in Andover May
8, 1734. He lived in Kingston, N. H.
He married widow Elizabeth Damon of
Reading Sept. 22, 1757 ; and died April
1 8, I774-
Children :
315 i. PETER (twin) 5 , b. June 22, 1758, in
Andover; lived in Chester, N. H. ;
m. Phebe Pratt ; and d. Feb. ,
1825. She d. in 1846. They had
children.
316 n. EDMUND (twin) 5 , b. June 22, 1758,
in Andover.
317 HI. BENJAMIN 5 , d. March 4, 1765.*
318 IV. DANIEL 5 , d. March 5, 1765.*
319 V. BETTY 5 , d. March 4, 1765.*
320 VI. EPHRAIM 5 .
107
ISAAC ABBOT*, born in Andover June
30, 1728. Lived in Andover until about
1768, when he removed to Fryeburg.
He married Susannah Farnum May 29,
^753-
These three were buried in one grave.
Children, born in Andover :
321 I. SUSANNAH 5 , b. Aug. 29, 1754.
322 ii. - (dau.) 4 , b. Feb. 17, 1756.
323 HI. LUCY 5 , b. March 20, 1759.
324 IV. EBENEZER 5 , b. Dec. 7, 1760.
325 v. ISAAC 5 , b. June 16, 1762*.
326 vi. SiMEON 5 , b. May 29, 1764.
327 vn. MiCAH 5 , b. May 15, 1766; d. Aug. 16,
1767.
123
COL. GEORGE ABBOT*, born in Andover
Dec. 14, 1724. He was a colonel in the
militia, and an esquire, and lived with his
father in Andover. He married Han-
nah Lovejoy Jan. i, 1747 ; and died Dec.
26, 1775. She died Sept. 7, 1813, aged
eighty-nine.
Children, born in Andover :
328 I. GEORGE 5 , b. Feb. 9, 1748. See below
329 ii.
330 in.
331 iv.
332 v.
333 VI -
334 vn.
335 vni.
336 ix.
337 x -
338 xi.
339 xn -
HANNAH 5 , b. Oct. 15, 1749; m. Jos-
eph Ballard (pub. Sept. 29, 1773);
and d. May 27, 1784.
MARY 5 , b. Sept. 4, 1751 ; d. Sept. 15,
1752.
MARY D , b. June 29, 1753; m - Dea.
Joseph Poor of Danvers Dec. 26,
1769; and d. Aug, 17, 1820.
ELIZABETH 5 , b. July 10, 1755; m.
Samuel Lummus of Hamilton (pub.
Dec. 3, 1774); and d. Aug. 18,
1821.
J OHN LovEjOY 5 , b. April 12, 1757.
See below (jjj).
SAMUEL 5 , b. June 12, 1759; d. July
> 1759-
SAMUEL 5 , b. Sept. 19, 1760; grad. H.
C., 1784; was a merchant, and lived
in Saco, Me. ; m. Mary Cutts at
Saco; and d. May 8, 1792. They
had children.
SARAH 5 , b. Oct. 3, 1762; m. Nehe-
miah Abbot March 3, 1785.
MARTHA 5 , b.Oct. 17, 1764; m. John
Jenks of Salem Aug. 31, 1788.
DORCAS 5 , b. Dec. 18, 1766; m. Dea.
John Holt of Greenfield Jan. 6,
1792; and d. Jan. 15, 1841.
TAMASIN 5 , b. Jan. 14, 1769; m. Wil-
liam Appleton of Salem July 23,
1 797 ; and d. in Salem Jan. 27, 1850.
To be continued.
NOTE.
" Stebens Cummings Dyed by the hands
of the Indians on the third Day of July:
1706." Topsfield Town Records.
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF THE REVOLUTION.
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF THE
REVOLUTION.
Continued from page 33.
BENJAMIN ADAMS of Rowley ; priv., Capt.
Eliphalet Spafford's co., Col. Samuel Ger-
rish's reg., which marched on the alarm of
April 19, 1775, to Cambridge; service, 3
dys. ; reported as belonging to alarm list.
BENJAMIN ADAMS of Beverly ; priv.,
Capt. Larkin Thorndike's (ist) co., which
marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775,
to Concord ; service, 2^ dys. ; also, Capt.
John Low's co., Col. Hutchinson's (i9th)
reg.; muster roll dated Aug. i, 1775 ; enl.
May 12, 1775 ; service, 2 mos., 25 dys.;
also, order for coat money, dated Camp at
Winter Hill, Oct. 21, 1775.
BENJAMIN ADAMS of Rowley ; capt., Col.
Jedediah Huntington's reg. ; return 'of
men in service at Roxbury Dec. 22, 1775;
also, list of officers of Mass, militia; com-
missioned Feb. 3, 1776 ; also, Col. John-
son's reg. ; enl. Aug. 18, 1777 ; dis. Nov.
30, 1777; service, 3 mos., 27 dys., in
Northern department.
BENJAMIN ADAMS, JR., of Rowley ; priv.,
Capt. Eliphalet Spafford's co., Col. Samuel
Gerrish's reg., which marched on the
alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cambridge;
service, 6 dys. ; returned home April 23,
1775-
DANIEL ADAMS of Boxford ; priv., Capt.
John Cushing's co., Col. Samuel Johnson's
reg., which marched on the alarm of
April 19, 1775 ; service, 4 dys.
DANIEL ADAMS of Newbury ; priv., Capt.
Jacob Gerrish's co., Col. Moses Little's
reg. ; muster roll dated Aug. i, 1775 ; enl.
April 24, 1775; service, 18 dys.; also,
co. return [probably Oct., 1775] ; age, 20
yrs. ; dis. May 12, 1775 ; also, Capt. Silas
Adams' co., Col. Titcomb's reg. ; service,
2 mos.; roll dated June 29, 1777.
DANIEL ADAMS of Haverhill ; priv.,
Capt. Samuel Johnson's co., Col. Tit-
comb's reg. ; dis. June 27, 1777 ; service,
2 mos., 10 dys'., at Providence, R. I.
DAVID ADAMS of Newbury ; serg., Capt.
Silas Adams' co., Col. Titcomb's reg. ;
service, 2 mos. ; roll dated June 29, 1777.
EMERSON ADAMS of Ipswich ; priv.,
Capt. Robert Dodge's co., Col. Samuel
Johnson's reg., Gen. Warner's brigade ;
enl. Aug. 15, 1777; dis. Dec. 14, 1777;
service, 4 mos. ; co. raised from 3d reg.
Mass, militia for service in Northern de-
partment ; stationed at Peekskill.
ENOCH ADAMS, JR., of Newbury ; priv.,
Capt. Jacob Gerrish's co., which marched
on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cam-
bridge ; service, 6 dys. ; also, Capt. Ger-
rish's co., Col. Moses Little's reg. ; muster
roll dated Aug. i, 1775; enl. April 24,
1775 ; service, 3 mos., 14 days.; also,co.
return [probably Oct., 1775] ; age, 1 8 yrs. ;
also, order for coat money, dated Dec.
27, 1775 ; also, descriptive list of men
enl. from Essex co. for 9 mos. from the
time of their arrival at Fishkill, June n,
1778; age, 22 yrs.; stature, 5 ft., 8 in.;
complexion, dark.
EZEKIEL ADAMS, JR., of Ipswich ; priv.,
Capt. Elisha Whitney's co., which marched
on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Mystic;
service, 4 dys.; also, served 16 dys. on
an alarm at Cambridge May i, 17 75-
ISRAEL ADAMS of Ipswich; in Capt.
Richard Dodge's co., Col. Gerrish's (later
Baldwin's, 38th) reg. ; return of men in ser-
vice Aug., 1775, dated Camp at Chelsea;
enl. May i, 1775 ; also, co. return dated
Chelsea Oct. 2, 1775; also, order for
coat money dated Chelsea Dec. 27, 1775*
JAMES ADAMS of Boxford ; in list of men
enl. into Continental Army [no date] .
JOHN ADAMS of Newburyport; priv.,
Capt. Moses Nowell's co., which marched
on the alarm of April 19, 17 75 J service,
4 dys. ; also, 4th serg., Capt. Nowell's co. ;
pay rolls for service from July n, 1775*
to Dec. 31, 1775 ; service, 6 mos., 6 dys. ;
stationed at Newburyport.
JOHN ADAMS of Andover; It., Capt.
Nathaniel Lovejoy's co., commanded by
Lt. John Adams, Col. Samuel Johnson's
reg., which marched on the alarm of April
19, i775> to Cambridge; service, 3^
dys.; also, Capt. Lovejoy's (gth) co.,
Col. Samuel Johnson's (4th Essex co.)
reg.; list of officers of Mass, militia;
commissioned April 3, 1776.
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THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
JOHN ADAMS of Amesbury (also given
Scarborough) ; return of men enlisted
Continental Army from Capt. William
Ballard's co., dated Amesbury, April 18,
1778; enl., 3 yrs. ; joined Capt. Lemuel
Trescott's Co., Col. Henley's reg.
JOHN ADAMS of Marblehead ; priv.,
Capt. William Hooper's co. ; enl. July 18,
T 775 ) service, 3 inos., 22 dys. ; also,
receipt for advance pay dated Salem,
Sept. 26, 1775 ; also, pay roll for service
from Nov. i, 1775, to Dec. 31, 1775,
2 mos., 5 dys. ; also, pay rolls for service
from Jan. 4, 1776, to Nov. 15, 1776, 10
mos., 13 dys. Rolls dated Marblehead.
JOSEPH ADAMS of Ipswich ; priv., Capt.
James Patch's co., which marched on the
alarm of April 19, 1775, to Mystic; ser-
vice, 4 dys. ; also, Capt. John Baker's co.,
Col. Moses Little's reg. ; muster roll dated
Aug. i, 1775; enl. May 20, 1775; ser-
vice, 2 mos., 1 7 dys. ; also, co. return
[probably Oct., 1775] ; age, 24 yrs. ; also,
order for bounty coat dated Dec. n,
1775-
JOSEPH ADAMS of Salisbury ; serg., Capt.
Jonathan Evans' co., Col. James Frye's
reg., which marched on the alarm of April
I 9> J 775 > service, 7 dys.; also, receipt
for advance pay dated Camp at Cambridge,
June 28, 1775 ; also, return of men who
lost articles at Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775;
also, co. return dated Cambridge, Oct. 6,
1775-
JOSEPH ADAMS of Lynn ; return of men
raised agreeable to resolve of Dec. 2, 1 780 ;
enl. July 31, 1781.
JOSEPH ADAMS of Newbury ; list of men
drafted from Essex co. militia to march to
Horse Neck, under Col. Cogswell ; drafted
to Capt. Ilsley's co. ; failed to join reg.
JOSHUA ADAMS of Bradford (also given
Falmouth) ; priv., Capt. William Hudson
Ballard's co., Col. John Brooks' (late
Alden's, 6th) reg. ; Continental Army pay
accounts for service from Feb. 10, 1777,
to Oct. 12, 1777 ; reported, died Oct. 12,
1777.
JOSIAH ADAMS of Newbury ; priv., Capt.
Jacob Gerrish's co., Col. Moses Little's
reg.; muster roll dated Aug. i, 1775;
enl. May i, 1775 ; service, 3 mos., 8 dys. ;
also, co. return [probably Oct., 1775];
age, 1 8 yrs.; also, order for bounty coat
dated Dec. 27, 1775 ; also, adj., Col.
Jacob Gerrish's reg. of guards ; return of
officers dated Winter Hill, Jan. 22, 1778 ;
also, pay roll for service from April i,
1778, to July 3, 1778, 3 mos., 3 dys.;
also, ist It. ; list of officers of Mass, militia ;
commissioned July 12, 1778; detached
to guards troops of convention ; also,
Capt. Richard Rogers' co., Col. Jacob
Gerrish's reg.; enl. July 3, 1778; dis.
Dec. 12, 1778; service, 5 mos., 12 dys.
NATHAN ADAMS of Newbury ; drummer,
Capt. Jacob Gerrish's co., Col. Moses
Little's reg. ; co. return [probably Oct.,
1775] ; a g e > 20 yrs.; enl. April 24, 1775 ;
dis. Sept. 5, 1775 ; also, order for bounty
coat dated Dec. 30, 1775; also, Capt.
Jonathan Poor's co. ; return of men in
service for six weeks, dated Newbury,
March 18, 1777.
NATHAN ADAMS of Newbury; It., Col.
Brook's (late Alden's) reg., Continental
Army pay accounts for service from Jan.
i, 1777, to Oct. i, 1777 ; reported, ab-
sconded Oct. i (also given Oct. 18),
1777.
NATHAN ADAMS of Andover ; list of men
raised for six mos. service and returned
by Brig.-gen. Paterson as having passed
muster, in return dated Camp Totoway,
Oct. 25, 1780; also, pay roll for 6 mos.
men raised by Andover for services in
Continental Army during 1780; marched
June 26, 1780; dis. Dec. 18, 1780; ser-
vice, 6 mos., 3 dys.
NATHANIEL ADAMS of Newbury ; serg.,
Capt. Jacob Gerrish's co., Col. Moses
Little's reg., Gen. Green's brigade ; muster
roll dated Aug. i, 1775 ; enlisted April 24,
1775 ; service, 3 mos., 14 dys.; also, co.
return [probably Oct., 1775] ; age, 28
yrs. ; also, receipt for bounty coat dated
Nov. 2, 1775.
NATHANIEL ADAMS of Newbnry ; It.,
Capt. Joshua French's co., Col. Edward
Wigglesworth's reg. ; pay abstract for
mileage from Albany to his home, dated
Jan. 30, 1777.
WILL OF HENRY ROLFE.
65
OLIVER ADAMS of Newbury ; priv., Capt. AN ANCIENT RECEIPT,
Jeremiah Putnam's co., Col. Nathaniel Receiued the 2 th day of march 1620
Wade's reg.; enl. June 5, 1778; service, o f m r . Thomas marfhe Citizen & habor-
3 mos., 2 dys., on an alarm at Rhode dafher of london the fome of thirtie three
Island ; reported, deserted Oct. 16, 1778 ; poun des fix f hillings and eight pence in
also, muster rolls for June-Sept., 1778, new England in America for w<* a devi-
dated East Greenwich. fion alotted to him as tQ every of the
PELATIAH ADAMS of Bradford (also adventurers pportionable to each man his
given Chelmsford) ; priv., Capt. William unddervvritinge fhall be Concluded &
Hudson Ballard's co., Col. John Brooks' agreed vppon. I fay Rec d
(late Alden's) 7th reg. ; Continental Army Ric .' galtonstall
pay accounts for service from March 25, /j n ma rgtn : ??* 6 sh 8M
1777, to Nov. ii, 1778 ; reported, killed j ohn Tabor S r Richard Saltonstall
"' I7 ? 8 ' , x _ This is a true coppie of the receipt
RICHARD ADAMS of Newburyport ; prize given vnder sir Richard Saltonftall &
master, brig " Julius Caesar, commanded one hand
by Capt. Nathaniel Bently ; descriptive Witnefed by me Thomas marfhe
list of officers and crew dated June 21, (In another hand) Ett mr Arthur ffinch
1780 ; age, 25 yrs., 4 mOS. ; Stature, 5 ft., Massachusetts Archives, volume zoo, folio i.
8 in., complexion, light. a
RUFUS ADAMS of Ipswich; priv., Capt.
Richard Dodge's co., Col. Baldwin's (late WILL OF HENRY ROLFE.
Gerrish's) 38th reg. ; co. return dated The will of Henry Rolfe of Newbury
Chelsea, Oct. 2, 1775 \ en ^ May i, 1775 ; was proved in the Ipswich court 28 : i :
reported, sick and absent, Aug. n, 1775 ; 1643. The following copy is taken from
also, return of men in service, Aug., 1775, the record contained in Ipswich Deeds,
dated Camp at Chelsea; also, order for volume i, leaf 3 ? the original being missing,
bounty coat dated Chelsea, Dec. 27, 1775. The 15 th i2 th month 1642
SAM ADAMS of Salisbury; priv., Capt. I defire to comend my foule into the
Joseph Page's co., which marched on the hands of the lord Jefus Chrift, I defire
alarm of April 19, 1775 ; service, 4^ dys. my goods may be equally divided to my
SAMUEL ADAMS of Ipswich ; serg., Capt wife & all my children, only my fonne
Elisha Whitney's co., which marched on John Roffe muft have the howfe & land
the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Mvstic ; more then all the reft of my children and
service, 4 dys. ; marched to Cambridge, that their porcons shalbe divided when
May i, 1775 ; service, 16 dys. they be 21 yeares of age if they marry
To be continued. not before In cafe m 7 wi fe dye or
marry then the goods lhallbe divided;
-- otherwife not till my eldeft childe come
NOTF to be 21 yeares of age But ftill to re-
mayne in their mothers hands with the
" TO BE SOLD, now laying at Mrs. reft till that either of them are 2 1 yeares
Hodges 's Whaif, of age or marry If any of my children
A SCHOONER of about 120 Tons dve then that P or con fhalbe equally
Burthen, has been one Voyage to the divided betweene my wife & the reft of
Weft- Indies, built by Abel Merrell of mv children I doe give vnto my wife
Newbury Port, a prime Sailor, and in one S reat braflfe P ott and one S reat brafTe
good Order. For further Particulars, en- P ann ' and a S reat braffe pofnett and a
quire of Bartholomew Putnam." chafing difh and five pewter platters I
Advertisement in Essex Gazette {Salem}, Sept. doe ive vnto mv Kinfman Thomas
6 r7t> 8 - whittear a svvarme of bees. I defire my
66
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
brother John Roffe and my Cofen John
Saunders of Sillisbery and william Mondy
of Nevvberry to overfee my will & order
it to my defire & accordinge to my will,
witnes herevnto I fet my hand
Thomas Hale.
Thomas Cowllman. Henry Roffe.
william Mofe.
ABBE NOTES. ,
John Abbe (2), mentioned in the Abbe
Genealogy, January Antiquarian, page 14,
died in Windham, Conn., Dec. n, 1700,
and his widow Hannah married Jonathan
Jennings of Windham. Mr. Abbe had
other children than those given, viz :
Joseph, born in Wenham in 1673, and
mentioned in the second paragraph of
Abbe Notes, page 33 ; Obadiah, who
married Elizabeth Wilkinson at Maiden
Dec. 26, 1701, and settled at Windham,
later removing to Ashford, Conn. ; Abi-
gail,* who married Daniel Sabin of Wind-
ham March 18, 1701 ; Mary, born Sept.
1 6, 1684, and married James Pease of
Enfield, Conn.; Mercy, born March 5,
1689, and married Nathaniel Flint of
Windham; John, born April 20, 1691,
married twice, had children, and lived in
Windham; Hannah, born Aug. 13, 1693,
and married Thomas Welch of Windham ;
and Sarah, born in Windham March n,
1699, and married John Welch. Of the
children g'ven on page 14, John and
Thomas probably died young, and Lydia
married Benjamin Bidlack.
Of the children of Samuel Abbe (3),
page 14, Mary probably died unmarried;
Samuel had one son, Samuel, who died
young; Eleazer (from Connecticut
records and family tradition this name is
shown to be Elizabeth) married William
Slate ; Ebenezer was of Norwich in 1705,
of Windham in 1706, and later of Mans-
field, and had thirteen children ; Mercy
manied Jonathan Ormsby of Windham;
Sarah married John Fowler of Lebanon ;
Hepzibah married Samuel Palmer ; Abi-
gail probably married Joseph Ormsby;
*See February Antiquarian, page 33.
John died in 1790; Benjamin married
Mary, daughter of Dr. Joseph Tryon, Jan.
4, 1716, settled in Glastenbury, and had
five children ; and Jonathan settled in
Wellington, where he died in 1760, having
five children.
F. I. A. Wallace, Albany, N. Y.
DROWNING ACCIDENT.
Salem, Aug. 23. " Laft Friday a very
uncommon Accident happened off Man-
chefter, and the following Account is
related by a perfon who faw it. -
Nicholas Whipple, Abraham W T yatt, and
Daniel Poland, all of Beverly, were fifhing
in a Canoe, near Little Mifery Ifland,
which lays within 2 or 3 Leagues of this
Harbour, and had out a Kellogg, or fmall
Anchor; while they were employee! at
their Bufinefs, to their inexpreffible Sur-
prize, the Canoe fuddenly fhot forward,
with very great Rapidity, without any
apparent Caufe, and, before they could
cut the Painter, run the Diftance of about
70 or 80 Feet, when fhe was pulled fo
low as to fill andoverfet, and then flopped.
One cf the Men fwam afhore, another
faved his Life by getting upon the Bot-
tom of the Canoe, and remaining there
till relieved by fome People in a Fifher-
man's Canoe, then in Sight, getting in
Ballaft ; and the third, Daniel Poland, was
unfortunately drowned, who, we hear, has
left a Wife and 7 or 8 Children. It is
fuppofed that fome large Fifh run foul of
the Painter, dragged the Canoe the above
mentioned Diftance, and was then difen-
gaged." Essex Gazette, Aug. 23, 1768.
QUERIES.
Queries are inserted for one cent a word.
Answers are solicited.
22. Who were the parents of Susanna
Eastman, who married Thomas Wood, at
Haverhill, Mass., May 13, 1693?
Muscatine, Iowa. H.
23. Wanted, ancestry of Sarah Davis,
married John Swetland of Salem about
1700. H.
Waterville, N. Y.
ANSWERS. 67
24. Wanted, ancestry of Sarah Hart, 36. Andrews Peters lived in Ipswich,
married George Norton of Salem, 1669. 1658 to 1686 ; in Andover, 1686 to 1713.
H. Who were his parents? E. B. P.
25. Wanted, ancestry of Mary Bart- N York City.
lett, married Nathaniel Norton of Suffield,
Conn., 1729. H. ANSWERS.
26. The widow of David Haynes of . Thomas Nelson, 2d, was born in
Haverhill, Mass., who died soon after the Rowley, Yorkshire, England, A. D. 1638,
battle of Bunker Hill, married again in son of Thomas and Jane (Dummer) Nel-
Boxford, Mass., a Mr. Putnam or Perley, son< Thomas, ist, returned to England,
and was living there in 1811. Can any- an( i died there about 1650. Thomas, 2d,
one give the right name, or any informa- died 5th April, 1712. Thomas, 2d, was
tion in regard to her? F. G. H. sty i e d sergeant." Epitaph :
Ballard Vale, Mass. who lived a saintly harmless life>
27. Who were the parents of Nathaniel Loved all good books, but no bad strife.
Parker, who married Hannah Chamber- Who dyed a quiet easie death,
, . ^ r T u - And to Christ resigned his breath
lam, Jan. i, 1756, of Roxbury? Solive my sonS) y christ> o seek
Roxbuty. AUGUSTUS PARKER. And when you die, like Christ be meek.
28. What was the maiden-name of H. N. Harriman, Georgetown.
Rebeckah, wife of Robert Mullicken, who [It would appear from the following
removed from Boston to Bradford between marriage contract that Joane Dummer
1683 and 1688? s. E. M. was the second wife of Thomas Nelson,
Newburyport. and the stepmother of his sons. This is
29. William Peabody, born, Salem, found in the records of the Salem quarterly
1765; .married Hannah Wilkins, 1800, court, 9 : 1656, in connection with the
Middleton; died, Lynnfield, Nov. 14, settlement of Thomas Nelson's estate.
1852. Who were his parents? -Ed-
s. H. PEABODY. Know all men by thefe p r fents, that
7424 Wright St., Chicago. whereas there is a Contract of marriage
30. Wanted, parents of Amos Pea- betwixt Thomas Nelfon of Rowley in New-
body, born in M.dlleton; married Abi- England Gen* :& Joane Dumer Spmt' y'
gail Needham, 1828; lived in Billerica. daughter of Thomas Dumer of Badge thin
g old England Gen 1 : and whereas alioe
Richard Dumer of Newbery in New-Eng-
31. Wanted, parents of Sarah Peabody , and Gen t hath d & bound himse]fe
.opsfield, who married Joshua Towne for f payment of tvvo hundred pownds
for or towards y e marriage portion of the
32. Silly PeabodvofTopsfield married f a jd Joane, as by his bond bearing euen
John Estey Aug. 16, 1804. Who were date w th thefe p r fents appeareth, Now the
her parents? s. H. p. f a i ( i Thomas Nelfon (In confideracon of
33. Wanted, parents of Sally Peabody his marriage w th the faid Joane) doth
of Topsfield, who married Daniel Kimball hereby bind himselfe his heires Execu ra :
Nov. 8, 1804. s. H. P. Adminiftrato r s & afsigns & euery of them
vnto y e laid Richard Dumer his executo r s
34. Who were the parents of Hannah admints & ^ ^ & to eue of th in
Peabody who married Daniel Andrew of , fumme of fower hundred nds> to be
Salem Feb. 12, 1701-2? s. H. P. aid ynto them Qr fome one of them> in
35. Any information relating to the cafe therebe a faileing to pforme the Con-
Pottle or Pottelle family requested. dicons ffollowing : Viz*. That if after the
Lawrence. E. s. T. Compleating of the marriage Contract
68 THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
above mentioned, the faid Joane doe Robert Mullicken came from Glasgow,
furvive the faid Thomas Nelfon then Scotland, to Boston, in 1683, when eigh-
(Imediately upon the death of the faid teen years of age and afterwards moved to
Thomas) the fummer uallue of two him- Bradford, then a part of Rowley. S. E.
dred pownds & Likewife foe much more Mulliken, Newburyport.
as the faid Thomas Dumer fhall ad unto .
the faid porcon of two hundred pownds wnrrnRTAT ivirrrFQ
(together alfoe w th what elfe the faid <OTES.
Thomas Nelfon fhall thinke fitt) shall be At the Salem quarterly court the wills
allowed payed or deliuered unto y e said of the following named persons were
Joane for her owne ufe behoofe & beneffit, proved on the dates stated respectively.
And further that as y e Eldest fonn of the Can anyone tell us where the originals or
faid Thomas Nelfon fhall have a double copies can be found?
porcon out of hiseftate, foe the remainder Thomas Eaborne, 27 : 4 : 1643.
of his eftatefhalbe equally deuided amongst John Woodbury, 27 : 4 : 1643.
y e reft of the children, as well thofe as Abraham Belknap, 20 : 12: 1643-4.
fhall be y e Joynt ifsue of them y e f d thomas John Mattox, 11:5 mo. : 1644.
& Joane (if any fuch be) as y e other : w ch A full list of the patriotic and historical
condicons being performed according to societies of the county, with names of
y e true intent & meaning of thefe p r fents, their respective presidents and secretaries,
Then the bond in thefe p r fents conteined is desired for publication in the ANTI-
fhalbe utterly void or els it fhall stand QUARIAN.
remaine & be in full force & vertue ;
Dated y e fifteenth day of y e Twelfth month NETW PUBLICATIONS.
1641
Sealed & deliuered COL. THOMAS GOLDTHWAIT WAS HE A
in y e p r fents of TORY ? By R. Goldthwaite Carter, U. S.
Richard Saltenstall A - Illustrated; 8vo. ; paper; 100 pages.
Ez : Rogers Tho Nelfon Price, 50 cents. H. W. Bryant, Portland,
w m . Wakefeild 1896. This is a valuable and interesting
M d : that before y e enfealing & deliuery paper, read before the Maine Historical
of y e p r fent writing, it was agreed that the Society. Capt. Carter shows that Col.
whole porcon that shalbe Rece d by the Goldthwaite was not born in Chelsea,
aboue named Thomas Nelfon shall (upon Mass. ; that he was not shipwrecked and
y e Requirey & according to y e aduife of lost when en route to Nova Scotia in
y e ffriends of his p r fent Contracted wife) i?75; and that he was not an act i v 'e
be difposed & afsured for the maintenance loyalist. He belonged to the Goldthwaite
of his f d wife during her life (in cafe fhe family of Salem.
furuive the faid Thomas) & afterward to be OLD ELIOT. A monthly publication
equally devided amongst there Children, with this title has been commenced by
but while they both Live it is to be for Mr. Augustine Caldwell. It is devoted to
there Joynt maintenance, Alfoe it is the historical interests of Eliot, Me., the
agreed that y e f d porcon fhalbe Receiued old North parish of Kittery.
& difpofed of from time to time by the EPITAPHS FROM MEETING HOUSE HILL
aduife of y e friends indifferently of the BURYING GROUND IN METHUEN. Paper;
faid Thomas & his faid wife; ec.] i 2 mo. ; 116 pages. Published by the
19. Rebecca Mullican or Mullicken, Methuen Historical Society, 1897. The
as the name was more commonly spelled epitaphs are well printed, and show care
at that time, was daughter of Robert and in copying, which was done, we believe,
Rebeckah Mullicken of Bradford, and she by Charles W. Mann, who is much inter-
married Benjamin Gage Aug. 2, 1722. ested in the antiquities of this town.
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
VOL. I.
SALEM, MASS., MAY, 1897.
No. 5,
REV. JACOB BAILEY.
MR. BAILEY was a son of Deacon David
and Mary (Hodgkins) Bailey, and was
born in Rowley, Mass., in the ancient
house pictured on the next page, in 1731.
His father had a large family ; and though
always industrious and saving he obtained
for them but a scanty maintenance.
The means for securing an education,
beyond the slightest knowledge of writing,
reading and arithmetic, were not within
the grasp of poor boys in Rowley at that
time. Extreme bashfulness added to
young Bailey's poverty the hopelessness
of ever being anything more than a drudge
within a world whose confines were little
more than the extent of his vision. From
his early childhood he had an insatiable
desire for knowledge and travel ; a thirst
which he could never hope to satisfy.
He had no books. They were scarce and
high ; and his labor must be bestowed
upon that which would assist in obtaining
bread and clothing for the family from
day to day.
The poor are sometimes ambitious, and
by some means sooner or later such will
lift themselves into prominence and posi-
tions of responsibility.
Without books, this young man did
the best thing to do ; he made them.
Arduous toil occupied the day, but dur-
ing the hours of darkness his time was his
own. When the family were asleep he
frequently spent hours in writing, upon
such paper as he could find, thoughts that
came to him, occurrences of the day, de-
scriptions of the neighborhood, the peo-
ple, their customs, etc., thus acquiring
skill and knowledge and accomplishing
that which books alone could not effect.
One day some of his scribbling came to
the knowledge of Rev. Jedediah Jewett,
the pastor of the parish in which Mr.
Bailey was born, and a learned Christian
gentleman. He was much impressed with
the originality and slumbering talents of
the young man, and came to his father's
house to see him. When Jacob was
called, on learning who the visitor was, he
was so diffident that he went into the
woods and remained there until Mr. Jewett
had departed.
Arrangements were, however, made
with Jacob's father by which the boy was
to study a year with Mr. Jewett gratuitous-
ly. His thirst for learning was so intense,
that after a great struggle he overcame
his diffidence, and placed himself under
the agreed tutelage ; thus taking his first
step out of obscurity.
Mr. Bailey entered Harvard college in
1751, at the age of twenty. Poverty
placed him, in those days of social dis-
tinctions, at the foot of his class, in
which were John Wentworth, afterward
baronet and governor of New Hampshire
and Nova Scotia ; John Adams, afterward
second president of the United States ;
William Browne, who became the royal
governor of Bermuda, and a justice of the
supreme court of Massachusetts ; David
Sewall, who also became a justice of the
supreme court of Massachusetts ; Tris-
tram Dalton, in after years a member of
the United States senate ; Samuel Locke,
afterward president of the University ; and
Rev. William W. Wheeler, a missionary
of the Church of England.
Mr. Bailey relied principally upon Mr.
Jewett for means to pursue his course of
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
study in college. Mr. Jewett persuaded
Messrs. Gushing and Newman, of Boston,
to give eighty-five pounds each, and also
solicited money from other persons to aid
the needy student. Among them was Sir
William Pepperell. Jan. 28, 1754, when
he was at home in Rowley, he was so dis-
couraged that he almost resolved to go to
sea ; but by the friendly overtures of Rev.
James Chandler, pastor of the church in
the West parish (now the town of George-
town), who gave him two dollars in money
and a pair of gloves, and loaned him his
Hebrew Bible, he returned to college.
He developed during his college course
fidelity, courage and a rather unyielding
June 4, 1758, Mr. Bailey attended an
association of Congregational ministers at
the house of Rev. Mr. Odlin in Exeter,
N. H., to deliver his approbation dis-
course, which he says he read after having
overcome his extreme diffidence. He
was duly accepted, and approbated to
preach the gospel, and thus became .a.
regular clergyman.
The time that he could have devoted
to the study of theology and the Bible
during the three years that he taught
school, after his graduation from college,
must have been limited. He preached
occasionally at various places along the
coast during the twelve months succeed-
BIRTHPLACE OF REV. JACOB BAILEY.
will, and as a result of his condition in
life, probably, became possessed of strong
prejudices and a slight eccentricity. He
graduated in 1755.
While in college he taught school in his
native town in 1753, and after his gradu-
ation, in 1755, in Kingston, N. H. He
endeavored to establish a private school
there in the following spring, but failed ;
and succeeded no better in the same sea-
son in a similar enterprise in his native
town. In the summer of 1756 he taught
in Hampton, N. H., and continued there
until April, 1758, when he went to Glou-
cester, Mass., where he was a teacher
until December, 1759.
ing his approbation, and pursued his
school work at Gloucester.
For some reason, not now known, Mr.
Bailey concluded to enter the service of
the Episcopal church. Dec. 13, 1759,
he left Gloucester and walked to Boston,
spending the night, while on the trip, at
Norwood's tavern, in Lynn. Jan. 10,
1760, with his college diploma, which he
had just obtained from the president, and
letters of recommendation from various
clergymen in Boston, addressed to the
archbishop of Canterbury, the bishop of
London, and the Society for Propagating
the Gospel in Foreign Parts, he set sail
from Boston for London in the Hind.
REV. JACOB BAILEY. 71
He arrrived at Portsmouth, England, Feb. them by his diligence, prudence and ex-
16, after a very disagreeable voyage, hav- amplary life. He was the only clergy-
ing had the meanest accommodations and man in the entire region at that time, and
fare and very profane and uncouth asso- his work lay among seven thousand peo-
ciates. He went by stage from Ports- pie, besides the Norridgewock Indians,
mouth to London. who were Catholics. He also preached
After having passed the customary ex- at Georgetown as often as he could,
amination, he was ordained, March 16, In August, 1761, Mr. Bailey married
in St. James' church ; and was introduced Sally, daughter of Dr. John and Martha
to the bishop of London, Thomas Sher- (Wingate) Weeks of Hampton, N. H.,
lock, at his palace at Fulham. This was who was much younger than himself, and
only a few months before the death of the had been one of his pupils,
bishop, and while he was terribly dis- In the same year (1761), Pownal-
figured by his disease. borough became a county seat, and a
He received nineteen pounds, seven court house was built. In it the services
shillings and sixpence, the royal bounty of the church were held for several
to all American clergymen after ordina- years.
tion, the king signing the order himself. The next spring, Mr. Bailey removed
The Prince of Wales also presented him across the river to Richmond, where he
with a copy of Leland's View of the could have land to better advantage.
Deistical Writers and some other works. In 1768, he was invited to become the
He was then informed that the Society rector of the church in Amesbury, Mass.,
for the Propagation of the Gospel in but he decided to remain with his poor
Foreign Parts, had appointed him their people, with whom he had been for
missionary at Pownalborough, on the nearly eight years.
Kennebec river, with a salary of fifty A church was built at Pownalborough,
pounds. and in 1771 a parsonage-house was corn-
Before leaving London, Mr. Bailey pleted and occupied by Mr. Bailey and
called upon and dined with Benjamin his family. It stood about fifty rods from
Franklin. the church.
He returned to America in a frigate, Soon after the courts began to be
sailing in March, and sighted the moun- held at Pownalborough, some persons of
tains of Agamenticus May 28, arriving in wealth and influence settled there. From
Boston June 4. them Mr. Bailey hoped to obtain assist-
Mr. Bailey made no delay in commenc- ance in his work, but instead they were
ing his^ missionary labors at Pownalbor- opposed to him.
ough. THe arrived there July i, and took He suffered also from his loyalty to the
up his abode with the family of Capt. king as the dawn of the Revolution came
Samuel Goodwin, a surveyor. The town on, and on several occasions was corn-
contained one hundred and fifteen fami- pelled to flee before mobs. The battle of
lies. His parish, however, comprehended Lexington increased the feeling against
the county, which consisted of the settle- the Episcopal ministers especially, and
ments scattered along the Kennebec river down into the wilds of Maine went many
for fifty miles. He soon found that the people who were loyal to their sovereign,
service was no sinecure. Travelling was Among these was Mr. Bailey's brother-in-
inconvenient and dangerous through the law Rev. J. Wingate Weeks, rector of St.
almost trackless wilderness, and the river Michael's church in Marblehead, who
afforded very little advantage over land with his wife and eight young children
travel. He found the people poor and took refuge in Mr. Bailey's house. Here,
ignorant, having neither schools nor they were discovered, and insulted and
preaching, and he became very useful to threatened.
72 THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
Because of Mr. Bailey's position on spring. They sailed in a small schooner,
the political question, nearly one-half of June 9, 1779, leaving behind his library
the members of his church withdrew, and their many friends, who would still be
He was stigmatized as an enemy to his ill-treated because of their loyalty to
country, and some of his domestic ani- the mother country. They had a stormy
mals were killed in the pasture. In 1777, passage most of the way, but at length a
he was forbidden to pray for the king, gentle wind wafted them toward Acadian
but he continued to do so, and would shores. But after they had had a view
not read in his pulpit the Declaration of of the province, another storm compelled
Independence. A warrant was issued their stay at sea for several days. They
for the arrest of himself and others, who landed at Halifax June 21.
were loyal to the crown, for the purpose After having been in the province
of transporting them out of the country, awhile, Mr. Bailey was invited to become
He lay concealed in his house for five pastor of the church at Cornwallis during
weeks, an attempt upon his life having the subsequent winter. Cornwallis was a
been made, and escaped secretly, on foot part of that beautiful region known as
and in a canoe, to Brunswick. His wife " the garden of Nova Scotia. ' This was
was left with a young infant and two little a part of the Acadia of the French set-
girls and without money or provisions, tiers, and adjoining if not a part of the
except a few garden roots. On horse- the same territory as Grand Pre, the prin-
back, he continued to flee, through Fal- cipal town of the neutral French in the
mouth, toward Portsmouth. Before he former years, and the scene of Longfel-
arrived there he heard of Burgoyne's low's Evangeline. Cornwallis is now
surrender, and hurried forward to Bos- called Upper Canard. On Sept. 6, 1779,
ton. There, he remained for about two Mr. Bailey wrote that he dined upon the
months, when he thought that he might very spot where Rene LeBlanc, the pub-
return home in safety, and came back lie notary of the Acadians, had lived,
at Christmas, having been gone since After the devastation of the region by
Oct. 15. the English, about 1761, a colony of two
Though a considerable number of his hundred persons from Connecticut settled
poor people adhered to him through all Cornwallis. At the time of Mr. Bailey's
his trouble, he had received no salary arrival about two hundred families were
since June, 1775, three years' time, dur- living there. Invitations had also been
ing which he had continued to perform extended to Mr. Bailey to settle at St.
his duties whenever it was possible. John and Cumberland, but as he had
He resolved to remove his family into given some encouragement to the people
the region that still remained loyal, and of Cornwallis he would not disappoint
not permit them to suffer longer as they them, although by settling with them
had for several years preceding. In the he sacrificed much more advantageous
autumn of 1778, he petitioned for leave prospects,
to remove into Nova Scotia. He began his service at Cornwallis in
While waiting for the dilatory council October, 1779. The succeeding winter
to act upon his petition, he was seized by was one of anxiety and gloom ; the peo-
a mob and stripped naked in search of pie were divided in religious matters, and
papers, alleging that he intended to escape his supporters were so few and poor that
surreptitiously to Quebec. they could do but little for their shepherd.
About the first of November, the gen- His salary was almost nothing,
eral court granted his petition, and he In the next summer, he was appointed
was allowed to depart with his family and deputy chaplain to the eighty-fourth regi-
goods to Halifax. But the inclemency ment, a part of which then kept a gar-
of the season forbade their journey until rison at Annapolis.
REV. JACOB BAILEY. 73
Mr. Bailey remained at Cornwallis un- No English mission had been established
til July 26, 1782, when he removed to there, though religious services had been
Annapolis, having been appointed mis- held there a few time s by Rev. Thomas
sionary for that place on the twenty-ninth Wood, formerly of New Jersey and Rev.
of the preceding January by the Society J. Wingate Weeks, formerly of Marble-
in England. He made his change of head, Mass.
residence with a cart and two yoke of Mr. Bailey was kindly received by the
oxen, carrying his goods, and a vehicle inhabitants. At that time there were only
covered with canvas and drawn by two about one hundred and twenty persons in
horses, conveying Mrs. Bailey and the the town ; but, in October, nine trans-
children. Friends accompanied them for ports, convoyed by two men-of-war, ar-
fourteen miles. They then entered the rived from New York with five hundred
wilderness, passed along the unmade path, refugees of both sexes and of all ages,
which was specially dangerous in the Every habitation became crowded, and
darkness of the thick clouds, great showers many were unable to procure lodgings,
making ponds of water in the hollows, Most of the new-comers had left all their
swelling the streams and drenching them, property, and were suffering for common
The distance was seventy-two miles, and necessaries. They were people of cul-
five days were tediously spent in travel- ture and fashion and deeply felt their
ling it. Of the termination of this jour- deprivations. The influx of loyalists from
ney, Aug. i, Mr. Bailey wrote : " Having New England was so great that thousands
passed through a gloomy wood, we sud- landed at Annapolis in 1783. Several
denly opened upon an extensive plain hundred slept in the church, and more
overspread with the richest vendure, or- were unprovided for. The season was
namented with little groves, and beauti- rigorous and stormy. Nov. 6, 1783, Mr.
fied with bunches of wild roses, which Bailey wrote to the home society that
scattered their delicious fragrance through nearly " four hundred of these miserable
the air. After crossing this plain the re- exiles perished in a violent storm, and I
mainder of our progress for the space of am persuaded that disease, disappoint-
a mile was an easy descent towards the ment, poverty, and chagrin will finish the
northwest, both sides of the road being course of many more before the return
adorned with little fields, gardens and or- of another spring."
chards. Upon an obtuse point of land In 1787, in reply to suggestions rela-
formed by the bending of the river, the tive to dressing better and to his toilet,
town appeared, rising amidst a forest of Mr. Bailey wrote as follows to Doctor
fruit trees, while the lofty mountains of Peters in London :
Granville terminated the direct view. " " If you reflect that we are liable to be
Annapolis, or Port Royal, as it was at called, upon a sudden emergency, in all
first called, was settled by adventurers weathers, to distant excursions, where our
from France in 1604, who established progress must be continued, partly on
there an important fortress and the Ro- foot, partly on horseback, by land and by
mish religious worship. In 1713, by water, through deep morasses, muddy
treaty Nova Scotia passed into the pos- roads, and unbroken forests, you cannot
session of the English, who in honor of wonder that we sometimes exhibit a
the reigning sovereign, Queen Ann, tragic-comic appearance. Several times
changed the name from Port Royal to in the year past I have been exposed in this
Annapolis. Here the governor of Nova manner, amidst violent storms of rain,
Scotia resided; and, until 1750, when mire to the horse's belly, wet to my skin,
Halifax became the seat of the provincial and my clothes rent in climbing over
government, it was the most noted place windfalls ; and in this pickle to perform
in the eastern country, except Louisburg. the service I went upon and then to re-
74
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
turn in the same shattered condition.
You are sensible that should a clergyman
adjourn a sermon, a wedding, or a funer-
al, or a christening, or the visiting of a
sick or dying person till fine weather, as
other gentlemen may do, who only travel
for pleasure, it would still be more crimi-
nal. I will give you an extract from my
journal to the present purpose.
" ' November i$th. After a severe
frosty night we set forward, being four in
company, for a wedding, to Clement's,
about fourteen miles below Annapolis.
" ' In the second mile we crossed Al-
lan's river, a rapid, rocky stream, where
we were finely bespattered. Our pro-
gress for several miles lay through horrid,
broken roads, so encumbered with rocks,
holes and gullies, roots of trees, and wind-
falls, and sloughs, that the passage was
extremely difficult and dangerous. We
were frequently obliged to dismount and
lead our horses, wallowing knee-deep
through the mire. The last six miles
conducted us over hanging precipices,
woody promontories, and three stony
beaches, full of honey pots. We crossed
Moose river at a critical moment, as the
tide was running in with great rapidity.
A little before sunset we arrived at Mr.
Jones', a log house with two small apart-
ments, where I united in matrimony,
Sheepy Spur and Alicia Van Voorhies,
the bride very pretty.
" ' The house being crowded with peo-
ple, Capt. Ditmarsh, the bride's grand-
father, invited us to sleep at his house.
A little before dark we set forward, and
having walked about a mile, we came to a
river, where, after wading into the water
over our knees, we were under the neces-
sity of returning in a dismal, dark and
cloudy evening, along the ragged banks
or a rocky beach, every moment in
daoger of breaking our legs, and of hav-
ing our eyes scratched out against the
branches of trees which had fallen over
the bank. We at length recovered the
house, where music and dancing contin-
ued till after sun-rising. About nine we be-
gan to return towards Annapolis, but we
had no sooner crossed Moose river than
a cold, disagreeable storm of wind and
rain commenced, which quickly rendered
these new roads intolerable. Mrs. Spur
was thrown from her horse, but her hus-
band, catching her in his arms, prevented
her from receiving any harm.
" ' She was however, so wet and fatigued
that we were obliged to leave her behind.
By twelve we were completely soaked to
our skins, and, by the plunging of our
horses, were covered with mud from the
soles of our shoes to the crown of our
hats. Before dark I reached my habita-
tion in woful plight.
" ' Memorandiim. Received half a dol-
lar fee, as a reward for my journey, ex-
pense, trouble, wear and tear, and in
consequence of this soaking, I was afflicted
with the rheumatism through the winter,
though I never omitted duty.'
" As to Annapolis town, upon my ar-
rival it contained eighteen families, at
present forty-five, only four or five of
which, either by fortune or education,
have any pretensions to politeness, and
these are all very friendly. One has ex-
erted himself to procure subscriptions,
and another, acknowledged to be the
politest man in the county, has sub-
scribed to give five* pounds yearly. The
other families are tavern keepers, dis-
banded sergeants, Scotch pedlars, me-
chanics, farmers and negroes.
" Some are transformed into shop-
keepers, and others remain very indigent.
There is not a building equal to the homes
of middling farmers in New England. It
is from a regard to truth, and not from
any disrespect that I transmit this ac-
count, for I am treated civilly by all. I
have not, to my knowledge, an enemy
among them, and they have readily sub-
scribed to give me twenty pounds per
annum, which is as much as they are able.
It is payable in May, and most of them
have already discharged the first year,
and the fear of my being removed was
their principal inducement to subscribe.
" But the inhabitants of Annapolis are
not the fifth part of my parishioners.
REV. JACOB BAILEY. 75
They are chiefly husbandmen and labor- the result of the times and his peculiar
ers with miserable habitations. Many situation. His visit to England revealed
families are confined to a single apart- to him the grandeur of the military and
ment, built with sods, where men, women, naval power of the nation ; arid the at-
children, pigs, fowls, fleas, bugs, mosqui- tention and treatment which he received
toes and other domestic insects, mingle from the dignitaries had less of the dis-
in society. No less than forty of these tant formality and more of the free and
huts exist within a mile and a half of An- interested republican intercourse than he
napolis town. In some of these wretched had anticipated. Moreover the beneficent
hovels, the politest clergyman in Europe, Church entrusted to him their bounty for
were he a missionary, would be con- the needy people in Maine and Nova
strained to enter, to eat, and perhaps to Scotia, reposing full confidence in his
sleep, or else to neglect his duty."* judgment and integrity. When enemies
Jan. 20, 1 794, Mr. Bailey was appointed, rose to speak ill of its sway, all these
by Gov. John Wentworth, deputy chap- things tended to draw him more and more
lain of the garrison at Annapolis. He strongly to the support of the government
had performed the duties of this office under which he was born and had always
for several years, but another had re- lived. He also felt the madness and
ceived the emoluments. futility of an attempt to make the colonies
The county was his parish, which was independent. Moreover the character of
called St. Luke's. He died of dropsy, the leaders of the revolting colonists in
July 26, 1808, at the age of seventy-six, his section rather inspired in him an
having retained his faculties, both of body aversion to rebellion on the principles of
and mind, to the last. He was below right and justice. Excessive immorality
medium stature, and had a delicate con- and want of religious obligation were fear-
stitution. The frontispiece of this num- lessly and openly proclaimed. If argu-
ber is an exact reproduction of the only ment failed to convert a tory, mob
portrait of him. violence was resorted to, even though the
His love of learning assisted him in re- object of it was a respected clergyman,
moving many obstacles in order that he and blood was readily shed. This was
might acquire knowledge and cultivate his not, to him, the fruit of an enlightened
mental powers. He had fair natural and honest love of liberty, or the course
talents, and was possessed of a large of its devotees,
amount of varied information. His temporal condition remained un-
He was always busy, and well employed improved to the last. He never had an
in a great variety of matters and lines of income sufficient for the maintenance of
investigation. himself and family; yet his hospitality
He was a voluminous writer of both was ever generous. Despite certain
prose and poetry. He prepared a manu- strong elements of his character he al-
script history of New England ; a de- ways retained the personal regard of his
scription of New Brunswick, with an ac- acquaintances, and the love of the people
count of the sufferings of the American of his charge.
loyalists ; some dramatic sketches of a His wife and six children survived him.
political cast; and two or three manu- Mrs. Bailey died March 22, 1818, aged
script school books. seventy. Of the children, Charles Percy
Mr. Bailey was always ardently inter- was so handsome that, when the Duke of
ested in politics, which was without, doubt Kent (father of Queen Victoria) was com-
mander of the Nova Scotia forces, he saw
the lad and was so pleased with his ap-
*From "The Frontier Missionary: A Memoir of the . j ^AAraca tKof K/ trrV him
Life of the Rev. Jacob Bailey, A. M.," prepared by pearanCC and addrCSS, that ne
Rev. William s. Bartiet, and published in 1853. under his own care and provided for him.
7 6
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
He became an officer in the army and
was killed in the battle of Chippewa, in
Upper Canada. Another son, William
Gilbert, was a lawyer.
WILL OF GEORGE BROWNE.
The will of George Browne of Newbury
was proved in the court at Ipswich March
28, 1643. The following copy is
taken from the record contained in Ip-
swich Deeds, volume i, leafs, the origi-
nal being missing.
The laft will & Teftament of George
Browne May 26 th 1642
In the name of God amen I George
Browne being fick & weake in body but
pfect in minde &c doe make my laft
will & Teftament in mann & forme as
followeth Impr I bequeath my foule in-
to the hands of god and my body to the
earth to be buried It I give to my be-
loved wife my howfe & land with all my
howfehold goods except my mufkett &
fword my wearing clothes & Tooles
Item I give vnto her my kow It I
give to my brother Richard Browne my
wearing clothes & Tooles It I give
vnto Richard Littleale Twenty fhillings
to be paid out of the rent of the Mill
Item : I give vnto my father & to my
brother Michael Twenty fhillings a peece
to be paid out of the Mill, but if god by
his pvidence bring them into this land
then my will is to give them fix pounds a
peece or if but one of them come over
then he fhall receive twelve pounds & if
afterward the other come then he fhall
repay to him fix pounds Item I give
to all my brethren & fifters befides Twelve
pence a peece my will is that all this
fhalbe paid out of my Mill after all my
debts are discharged It I give unto
Jofeph Browne fonne of my brother
Richard Browne my fhare in the Mill at
Salifbury with the land belonging to it, to
be affigned vnto him when he come to be
eighteene yeares of age & in the meane
tyme the revenew of it to be imployed for
his ufe & at the Terme aforefaid Pro-
vided that my debts be firft paid out of it
& then thofe legacies before mentioned
before any of the revenew goe to him
It I make my brother Richard Browne
executor of this my will & Teftament And
I defire my two frends Richard Knight &
Thomas Macye to fe that this my will be
pformed according to my plaine intent
and meaning pvided that they fhalbe
fattiffied for whatfoever trouble or charge
may come to them about the fame ffur-
thermore my will is that if my wife be with
child that then my former will fhalbe
voyde I then give vnto my wife my
howfe & lande & all y e reft of my
eftate to my child to be deliv'ed to it
when it come to be eighteene yeares old
and that my wife in the meane tyme fhall
have the ufe of it toward y e bringing vp
of the child and all charges that doe or
fhall arife whatfoever to be paid out of
the child's porcon This also I defire
my two frends aforenamed to overfee.
Item I give vnto my wife the fwyne
and my fhirts except one and my bands
except three & a hatt & a paire of
fhoes and my will is that my wife fhall
pay thefe debts that which I owe to
Richard Littleale John Bifhopp &
to Henry ffay & to John Lowle &
m ri8 . Goodale & m ri8 . Olliver Item
I give to my wife my bible Item my
will is that if my father & my brother
michael come not then my two Neph-
ews Margery & Jofua fhall have
that which my father & brother fhould
have.
By me George Browne.
Wittnes
Richard Knight
Thomas Macy.
NOTE.
" Hemp, Dear Skins, Beaver Skins,
Lignumvitae, Brimftone, Mahogany Plank
& Boards, Pitch, Tar, Turpentine, and
Indigo " were offered for sale on board
the brig Pitt-Packet, Israel Obear, master,
lying at Mr. Samuel Barton's Wharf.
Essex Gazette (Salem), Sept. 27,
OLD-TIME LOTTERIES.
77
THE STATE LOTTERY.
There, speak, speak out, abandon fear;
Let both the dead and living hear,
The dead, that they may blush for shame
Amidst their monumental fame,
The living, that, forewarned of fate,
Conscience may force them, ere too late,
Those wheels of infamy to shun
Which thousands touch, and are undone.
There, built by legislative hands,
On Christian ground, an altar stands.
" Stands? gentle poet, tell me where?"
Go to Guildhall. " It stands not there ! "
True, 'tis my brain that raves and reels
Whene'er it turns on lottery wheels;
Such things in youth can I recall
Nor think of thee, of thee, Guildhall?
Where erst I played with glittering schemes,
And lay entranced in golden dreams.
James Montgomery.
OLD-TIME LOTTERIES.
BY SIDNEY PEBLEY.
The state of public opinion at the
present time in reference to all means of
obtaining money by chance makes the his-
tory of our old-time lotteries interesting.
In the first years of the settlement of
this region, the chimerical schemes of
lotteries were not known here. But
towards the close of the seventeenth cen-
tury they began to develop ; and early in
the eighteenth century the attention of
the public was forcibly drawn to them by
the demoralizing influences of that sys-
tem of money getting, or money losing.
The attention of the provincial general
court was drawn to the matter, and Nov.
4, 1719, an act was passed forbidding
the existence of lotteries under a penalty
of two hundred pounds for each offence,
a fine of ten pounds being put upon ticket-
sellers, etc. Finding that these heavy
penalties did not have the effect desired,
April 26, 1733, the fine was greatly in-
creased. The promoters of the lottery
were doomed to pay a fine of five hun-
dred pounds, and those persons who as-
sisted in printing or writing tickets, no-
tices, and so forth, one hundred pounds,
and for exposing for sale or selling tick-
ets two hundred pounds for each ticket
so exposed or sold.
The preamble to the law of 1719,
states that " there have lately been sett up
within this province certain mischievous
and unlawful games, called lotteries,
whereby the children and servants of sev-
eral gentlemen, merchants and traders,
and other unwary people have been drawn
into a vain and foolish expence of money,
which tends to the utter ruine and im-
poverishment of many families, and is to
the reproach of this government, and
against the common good, trade, welfare
and peace of the province," and declares
all lotteries to be " common and publick
nusances."
Since the passage of the severe act of
1733, already referred to, it is probable
that no private lottery of any considerable
extent has been carried on in Massachu-
setts.
In spite of the severe language of the
general court in 1719, and its confirma-
tion in 1733, there came over the legisla-
ture in effect at least, an idea that what
was obnoxious and utterly wrong for indi-
viduals to do was all right if done by the
body politic. It was one of a series of
instances of perversion of human judg-
ment in which it is deemed that the end
justifies the means. The ease of pro-
curing large sums of money by means of
lotteries came to be more thoroughly un-
derstood, and when the provincial treas-
ury was very much depleted, Feb. 4,
1744-5, an act was P asse d establishing
the " Massachusetts Government Lot-
tery," to raise seventy- five hundred
pounds for the service of the province.
Twenty-five thousand tickets were issued,
and sold for thirty shillings each. There
were five thousand four hundred 'and
twenty-two prizes, divided as follows,
viz: two of twelve hundred and fifty
pounds each; four of six hundred and
twenty-five; six of three hundred and
seventy-five ; eight of two hundred and
fifty ; sixteen of one hundred and twenty-
five ; thirty-six of sixty- two pounds, ten
shillings ; one hundred and fifty of thirty
pounds; and fifty-two hundred of three
pounds, fifteen shillings each. The total
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amount of the prizes, thirty-seven thou-
sand, five hundred pounds, equalled the
amount of the proceeds from the sale of
the tickets. The profit was obtained by
every winner paying over to the province
twenty per cent of his prize.
This, the first public lottery here, was
soon succeeded by others. The second of
these was one for raising twelve hundred
dollars to defray the expense of building
and maintaining a bridge over Parker
river in Newbury. The act was passed
Jan. 29, 1750-1, at the request of the
town of Newbury. In this lottery, the
amount deducted from each prize was
ten per cent, of the same. With the
funds thus raised the bridge was built in
1758. More money was needed, how-
ever, to meet unforeseen charges, and
April 28, 1760, the general court passed
another act establishing a lottery to raise
six hundred dollars for that purpose.
April 21, 1761, The Lords of Trade in
London wrote to Governor Bernard, at
Boston, stating that several laws had been
passed providing for the construction of
ferries, roads, etc., by lotteries, and that
it " is a mode of raising money that in our
opinion ought not to be countenanced,
and hardly to be admitted into practice
upon the most pressing exigency of the
state, more especially in the colonies,
where the forms of government may not
admit of those regulations and checks
which are necessary to prevent fraud and
abuse in a matter so peculiarly liable to
them." They say they cannot, therefore,
but disapprove these laws upon general
principles ; and when they considered the
unguarded and loose manner in which
they were framed, the objections were so
many and so strong that they should have
thought to have laid them before His
Majesty for his disapprobation had they
not been restrained by the consideration
that the purposes for which they were
passed, had been carried into full execu-
tion ; and that it was their duty to desire
that the governor would not for the future
give his assent to any laws of the like
nature.
Notwithstanding these objections, the
general court extended this lottery for
raising three hundred pounds more Feb.
24, 1763.
The first lottery to build Parker river
bridge wa managed by Thomas Berry,
John Greenleaf, Joseph Greenleaf and
Joseph Atkins, esquires. There were
six thousand tickets, at two dollars each,
which were sold by the managers and at
various stores in Boston. The largest
prize was a thousand dollars.
The second lottery was managed by,
Daniel Farnham, Caleb Gushing, Joseph
Gerrish, William Atkins, esquires, and
Patrick Tracy, merchant. This lottery
will be found advertised in the Boston
Gazette of May 19, 1760, the announce-
ment being headed by one of the coarsest
wood-cuts of a three-arch bridge ever
seen. There were five thousand tickets,
at the price of two dollars each ; and
sixteen hundred and fifty-five prizes.
The largest prize was five hundred dollars.
The lottery for building the Parker
river bridge was followed by an act of
the province, passed Jan. n, 1758, es-
tablishing a lottery to build bridges over
the Saco and Pesumpscot rivers, Sir
William Pepperell being at the 'head of
the managers. April 29 following, a
lottery was created for raising money to
pay the expense of the expedition against
Canada. Then followed, in quick suc-
cession, other lotteries for various pur-
poses, as for paving Boston Neck and
Prince street in Boston, for removing
rocks and shoals in Taunton great river,
and for rebuilding Faneuil Hall after the
great fire of 1761.
An act for raising the sum of thirty-two
hundred pounds, by means of a lottery,
for building a hall for the students of
Harvard college to live in, was passed,
June 25, 1766, and consented to by
Governor Bernard after the Lords of
Trade had so permitted. In their
communication consenting to it, they
state that " they are still of the opinion
that lotteries in the American colonies
ought not to be countenanced, and are
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79
fully convinced that the too frequent
practice of such a mode of raising money
will be introduction of great mischief;
yet, in consideration of the general pro-
priety and utility of the service to be
provided for by the bill submitted for
approval, we have no objection to your
passing it into a law, desiring at the same
time that it may be understood that such
a permission shall not be drawn into
precedent in any other case whatever."
Lotteries continued to be established
fo^ various public purposes, as for build-
ing paper, woolen and cotton mills ;
academies and schools ; for the benefit of
Harvard and Dartmouth colleges and
Brown University ; canals, streets and
bridges ; houses of religious worship, Con-
gregational, Episcopal and Roman Catho-
lic ;* the Washington monument ; for the
improvement of beaches ; the assistance
of needy individuals, etc.
Finding that the lottery idea had been
carried far enough, March 6, 1790, the
general court passed an act speedily
closing up those already established.
The act establishing the last lottery in
Massachusetts was passed June 13, 1815.
This was for the purpose of building a
bridge over Connecticut river, between
Springfield and West Springfield.
A road in Gloucester was built by the
aid of a lottery in 1797.
In 1791, the proprietors of the cotton
manufactory in Beverly, the first in
America, were helped by the gift from
the State of seven hundred tickets in two
of the State's lotteries.
There is always an interest in winners
of prizes in lotteries. A few names of
such have come down to this generation.
In 1 786, upwards of a dozen poor widows
of Marblehead were the fortunate .owners
of the ticket that drew a prize of fifteen
hundred dollars. A poem on this occur-
rence, written in Marblehead,, was pub-
lished in the Columbian Centinel of April
24, 1790.
*An instance of the Roman Catholics thus
raising money occurred in Philadelphia, early in
the century.
Joseph Hovey of Boxford drew a prize
of a thousand dollars in a State letter}' in
November, 1790. With this money, he
purchased the farm which is now the site
of the Barker Free School in West Box-
ford, where he afterward lived and died.
In 1817, the capital prize of ten
thousand dollars in the Union Canal
lottery was drawn by a ticket that had
been sold in Newburyport in quarters.
The owners of three of the quarters were
Samuel Burrill, a tailor, Woodbridge
Noyes, a " horse-letter," and Mrs. Bass,
widow of Bishop Bass. The name of the
owner of the remaining quarter has not
come to the knowledge of the writer.
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Contimied from page 62.
127
SAMUEL ABBOT, EsQ.,4 born in Andover
Feb. 25, 1732. He was a merchant in
Boston, being an importer from England.
He lived in Boston until after the Revo-
lution, when he removed to Andover. He
gave a bell and clock for tfce meeting-
house of his parish in Andover, and valu-
able plate for the communion service ;
and also five hundred dollars to the church
for its poor. He was one of the found-
ers of the Andover Theological Seminary,
and endowed a professorship of Christian
Theology, donating in all about a hundred
thousand dollars. He married Sarah
Kneeland, a widow with three children,
but had no children of his own. He
died April 30, 1812, aged eighty ; and she
died Feb. 12, 1816, aged eighty-nine.
130
CAPT. HENRY ABBOT/I born in Ando-
ver Dec. 31, 1724. He was a sadler, and
lived with his father in Andover. He
married, first, Elizabeth Sibson (pub. Oct.
2, 1750); second, Phebe Abbot (137)
March 21, 1765. He died Feb. 21, 1805,
aged eighty.
Children, born in Andover :
340 i. PHEBE, 5 b. Jan. 25, 1766; m. Jona-
than Porter, a merchant of Medford,
Nov. 7, 1790.
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THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
341 II. MARY, 5 b. April 4, 1768; d. Aug. 17,
1769.
342 HI. HENRY, 5 b. July 10, 1770; d. Sept.
10, 1770.
343 iv. HENRY, 5 b. Sept. 6, 1771; d. May
19, 1776.
344 V. HENRY, 5 b. April 8, 1777; grad. H.
C., 1796; was a merchant in Ando-
ver; m. Judith Follansbee in 1807;
and had children.
345 vi. ISAAC, 5 b. June 9, 1779; m. Charlotte
Houghton; and d. in 1838. They
had no children.
346 vn. ELIZABETH KNEELAND, 5 b. Jan. 10,
1788; d., unmarried, Aug. 29, 1812.
136
DEA. ISAAC ABBOT^ born in Andover
Feb. 3, 1745. He was a farmer, a dea-
con, town clerk, selectman, and the first
postmaster of Andover, where he resided.
He was lieutenant in the military service,
and was wounded in the battle of Bunker
hill. He married Phebe Chandler in
1765. She died July 6, 1800, aged fifty-
eight ; and, after being blind for several
years, he died May 21, 1836, aged ninety-
one.
Children, born in Andover :
347 I. PHEBE, 5 b. May 27, 1767; d. Nov. 8,
1772.
348 ii. ISAAC, 5 b. Dec. 9, 1768; m., first,
Hephzibah Fiske July 5, 1798. She
d. March 22, 1800, aged twenty-
seven; and he m., second, Mary
Moulton. He d. Dec. 27, 1806,
aged thirty-eight. He had children.
She d., his widow, Aug. 19, 1851,
aged seventy-six.
349 m. PRisciLLA, 5 b. June i, 1770; m. John
Kneeland, Esq., in 1820; and d.
Feb. , 1830.
350 iv. WILLIAM, 5 b. Oct. 30, 1772; was a
farmer, and resided in Concord, N.
H.; m. Rebecca Bailey in 1801 ; and
had children.
141
DEA. JAMES ABBOT,4 born in Andover
Jan. 12, 1717. He was a farmer, and
lived in Concord, N. H., until 1763,
when he removed to Newbury, Vt., where
he was one of the first settlers, and dea-
con of the church. He married Sarah
Bancroft of Reading in 1742.
Children :
351 I. SARAH, 5 b. March I, 1743, in Ando-
ver ; m. J. Walden of Warner, N. H.
352 n. , 5 d. young.
3531"-
354 IV
355 v-
ABIGAIL, 5 b. Jan. 22, 1746; m. Maj.
Asa Bailey of Haverhill, N. H.,
April 15, 1767. They were the pa-
rents of Rev. Phineas Bailey of East
Berkshire, Vt., and Hebron, N. Y.
MARY, 5 b. Feb. 6, 1748; m.
Minchen.
JAMES, 5 b. Oct. 18, 1750; m. Zilpha
Smith in 1 780 ; moved to Ohio in
1809 ; and d. about 1814. They had
children.
356 vi. JUDITH, 5 b. Jan. 19, 1753; m. Dea.
Thomas Brock of Newbury, Vt., in
1773 5 an d d- in 1807.
357 vii. WiLLiAM, 5 b. April 24, 1755; was a
farmer, and lived in Haverhill, N.
H.; m. Mabel Whittlesey of East
Guilford, Conn., in 1777; and d.
June 14, 1807. They had children.
358 viii. BANCROFT, 5 b. June 4, 1757; was a
farmer, and lived in Newbury, Vt. ;
m. Lydia White in 1787; and d.
Oct. 29, 1829. They had children.
EZRA, 5 b. Oct. 8, 1759; d. young.
- 5 d. young.
359 ix.
360 x.
361 xi.
362 xn.
SUSANNAH, 6 b. March 3, 1763.
EZRA, 5 b. June 2, 1765; lived in
Newbury, Vt., and Bath, N. H. ; m.
Hannah Abbot in 1 786 ; and had
children. He d. July 5, 1842.
162
DARIUS ABBOT,* born in Pomfret,
Conn. ( ?) ,Oct. 1 6, 1 734. He was a house-
wright and farmer, and lived in Andover
until about 1777, after which he resided
in Amherst and Hillsboro', N. H. He
married (when of Pomfret) Mary Holt,
in Andover, Nov. i, 1757; and died in
1817.
Children :
363 I. ANNA, 5 b. Aug. 31, 1758, in Andover ;
d. Oct. 14, 1777.
364 n. HENRY, 5 b. June i, 1761, in Andover.
365 in. ELIZABETH, 5 b. March 26, 1763, in
Andover.
366 iv. PAUL, 6 b. March 18, 1767, in Ando-
ver ; was a farmer, and lived in
Holderness, N. H. He had children.
367 v. TRYPHENA, 5 b. Feb. 23, 1769, in An-
dover.
368 vi. CALVIN, 5 b. April 15, 1771; was a
farmer, and lived in Barre, Vt. ; m.
Lucy Dutton ; and had children. He
d. Aug. 14, 1841.
369 vn. HANNAH, 5 m. Joel Jones.
370 vni. LUTHER, 5 b. Sept. n, 1775; d. Sept.
H> 1775-
371 IX. MARY. 5
372 X. NANCY, 5 m. her brother in law, Joel
Jones.
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8l
1 68
CAPT. BENJAMIN ABBOT,* born in Ando-
ver Oct. 21, 1723. He was a farmer,
and lived in Andover until after 1754,
when he removed to Hollis, N. H. He
married Elizabeth Abbot (125) April 2,
1747; and died Jan. 5, 1770.
Children :
373 i. BENJAMIN, 5 b. April , 1748 ; d. June
n, 1748.
374 n. BENJAMIN, 5 b. April II, 1749, in An-
dover; lived in Hollis; m. Sally
Wright ; and d. Sept. 5, 1839. They
had children.
375 in. ELIZABETH, 5 b. Feb. 22, 1751; m.,
first, Ebenezer Nutting of Pepperell
in 1770; second, Sampson Power of
Hollis in 1773 ; and d. Feb. 19, 1836.
376 iv. SAMUEL, 5 b. April 13, 1753 5 m - Susan
Hubbard; and d. Feb. , 1794.
They had one child.
377 v. MARY, S b. Dec. 31, 1754; d. J an - 2 3
I755-
378 vi. GEORGE, b. Dec. 29, 1755 ; m. Naomy
Tuttle; and d. Sept. 15, 1818.
379 vn - JOEL, 5 b. Dec. 4, 1757 ; lived in West-
ford; m. Lydia Cummings; and d.
April 12, 1806. She d. March 5,
1813. They had children.
380 vm. JACOB, 5 b. April 12, 1760; lived in
Westford ; m. Polly Cummings Sept.
, 1787; and d. April n, 1815.
They had children.
381 ix. MARY, 5 d. in 1796.
174
DR. ABIEL ABBOT,* born in Andover
July 24, 1735. He was a physician in
the army in the war of 1755 ; and settled
in practice in his native town. He mar-
ried Phebe Ballard Feb. 5, 1 761 ; and died
June 24, 1764. She died July , 1815.
Children, born in Andover :
382 i. ABIEL, 5 b. Nov. 6, 1761 ; a seaman.
38311. BENJAMIN, 5 b. May 28, 1763. See
below (383}.
180
JONATHAN ABBOT,* born in Andover
Dec. 14, 1714. He was a farmer, and
lived in Andover. He married (when of
Lunenburg), first, Martha Lovejoy Oct. 8,
1739. She was living in 1768. He mar-
ried, second, Mary Abbot (122), widow
of Stephen Abbot (86), Sept. 14, 1770.,
She died Aug. 8, 1792 ; and he died May
21, 1794.*
Children, born in Andover :
384 I. JONATHAN, 5 b. Aug. 29, 1740. See
below (384).
385 n. WILLIAM, 5 b. Jan. 21, 1746. See be-
low (38 j).
386 m. MARTHA, 5 b. Jan. 23, 1749 ; m. Oliver
Whiting of Temple (pub. March 3,
1774); an d d. Dec. , 1841.
387 iv. NATHAN, 5 d. young.
181
DAVID ABBOT,* born in Andover about
1716. He settled in Pembroke, N. H.
He married, when of Suncook, Hannah
Chandler Aug. 10, 1741.
Children :
388 i. BENJAMIN, 5 b. Jan. 2, 1743.
389 II. JOB, 5 b. in Andover ; m. Phebe Far-
num ; and removed from Pembroke
to Barnet, Vt., about 1783. They
had children.
185
JOB ABBOT,* born in Andover Oct. 3,
1724. He lived in Pembroke and Sun-
cook, N. H. He married Sarah Abbot
(151) of Concord, N. H. ; and d. before
1763.
Children :
390 i. SARAH, 5 b. in 1751 ; m. Abiel Holt,
jr., of Temple, N. H. (pub. Aug.
27, 1773)-
391 II. NATHAN, 5 - b. Sept. 9, 1753. See be-
low (J9/).
392 in. JOB, 5 b. in 1755 ; m. Anna Ballard of
Andover Dec. 12, 1780; lived in
Wilton ; and d. July 12, 1805. They
had children.
393 IV - ABIGAIL, 5 b. in 1757; m. Stephen
Dresser of Lowell, Me.
190
DAVID ABBOT,* born in Andover March
28, 1728. He was a farmer, and lived in
Andover, except for a short time in Bar-
ton, Vt., and Salem, O., until about 1784,
when he removed to Billerica, Mass.,
where he died Nov. i, 1788. He mar-
ried Prudence Sheldon of Billerica Dec.
28, 1752.
Children, born in Andover :
394 I. ELIZABETH, 5 b. Feb. 26, 1754; m.
Douglass ; and removed to
Barton, Vt.
39511. -(son), 5 b. Feb. 7, 1756; d.
March 2, 1756.
82
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
396 in. PRUDENCE, 5 b. Oct. 3, 1757; m. Na-
thaniel Sawyer of Wilton Oct. 30,
1788; and d. Dec. 15, 1839.
397 IV. JosiAH, 5 b. Dec. 29, 1759. See below
(39?}-
398 v. HANNAH, 5 b. Jan. 5, 1762; m. Aaron
Parker of Campton, Can. (pub. in
1786).
399 vi. SAMUEL, 5 b. March 27, 1764. See be-
low (J99).
400 vii. DAVID, 5 b. March 4, 1766; lived in
Barton, Vt. ; and had children.
401 vni. BENJAMIN, 5 b. June 26, 1768; lived
in Salem, O. ; and had children.
402 IX. OLIVE, 5 b. July 24, 1770; m. David
Towne of Waterbury, Vt.
403 x. DORCAS, 5 b. Dec. 5, 1773; m. John
Snow of Chelmsford.
404 xi. JEREMIAH, 5 b. May 17, 1776; lived
in Gorham, Me. ; and removed to
Portland. He had children.
SOLOMON ABBOT,* born in Andover about
1730. He was a farmer, and lived in An-
dover until 1758, when he removed to
Dracut. He married Hannah Colby May
3, 1756 ; and died Dec. 17, 1797.
Children :
405 i. HANNAH, 5 b. May I, 1757, in An-
dover; m., first, Parker Bodwell
(pub. Feb. 27, 1776) ; second, David
Jones of Methuen.
406 II. SOLOMON, 5 b. May 5, 1759; lived in
Dracut ; m. Rachel Bowers ; and d.
Jan. 5, 1842. ' They had children.
407 ill. SARAH, 5 b. May 22, 1761; m. Samuel
Morse of Loudon, N. H., in 1786.
408 iv. DANIEL COLBY, S b. Oct. 26, 1766;
lived in Dracut ; esquire, member of
the legislature; town treasurer for
twenty-one years; m. Patience Co-
burn in 1792. She d. April 15,
1830; and he d. Sept. 18, 1842.
They had children.
409 v. ELIZABETH D., 5 b. Oct. 11, 1768; m.
Ephraim Lane of Walpole, N. H.
410 vi. LvoiA, 5 b. May 22, 1771 ; m. Joshua
Martin of Hookset, N. H.
411 vii. DAVID, 5 b. May 18, 1775; preacher;
lived in Windham, N. H. ; m., first,
Hannah Crosby ; second, Dolly Ab-
bot ; third, Sarah McKinley. He
had children.
195
CAPT. JONATHAN ABBOT,* born in Ando-
er Oct. 24, 1739. He was a farmer, and
ved on his father's farm in Andover.
1759. He died April 10, 1817, aged
seventy-seven.
Children, born in Andover :
412 I. JONATHAN, 5 b. March 3, 1760; d.May
21, 1830, aged seventy, having never
married.
413 ii. MARY, 5 'b. Jan. 10, 1762; m. Maj.
Abiel Chandler of Andover Oct. 17,
1782; and d. May , 1845. Rev.
Joshua Chandler of Swansey, N. H.,
was their son.
414 m. DAVID, 5 b. March ii, 1764. See be-
low {414).
415 iv. PHEBE, 5 b. Feb. 26, 1766; m. Joseph
Shattuck March 30, 1790.
416 v. NATHAN, 5 b. May 17, 1768. See be-
low (^/6).
417 vi. BENJAMIN, 5 b. June 7, 1770. See be-
low (4*7}.
418 vn. SOLOMON, 5 b. Nov. I, 1772. See be-
low (^/<?).
419 vin. JosHUA, 5 b. Nov. 22, 1774; d. March
26, 1775.
420 IX. HANNAH, 5 b. Oct. 14, 1776; living in
1807.
421 x. SARAH, 5 b. July 9, 1778; living in
1807.
422 xi. PRisciLLA, 5 b. July 29, 1780; living
in 1807.
423 xii. JosHUA, 5 b. June 9, 1784.
I 99
ASA ABBOT,* born in Andover Oct. 1 7,
1721. He was a farmer, and lived with
his father in the garrison house in Ando-
ver. He married Elizabeth Abbot (96)
Sept. 20, 1744. He died Dec. 23, 1797 ;
and his widow Elizabeth died Dec. 18,
1819, aged ninety-three.
Children, born in Andover :
424 i. TIMOTHY, 5 b. June 4, 1745. See below
425 ii. ELIZABETH, 5 b. May 21, 1747; m.
Jesse Manning of Billerica Dec. 30,
1779.
426 in. AsA, 5 b. June 14, 1749; d. June 5,
1763-
427 iv. CALEB, b. Oct. 28, 1751. See below
(^7).
428 v. DANIEL, 5 b. June 15, 1754; d. in the
army in 1776.
429 vi. NATHAN, 5 b. Nov. 18, 1756; d. in
1840.
211
THOMAS ABBOT,* born in Andover April
4, 1729. He was a farmer, and lived on
the homestead in Andover. He married
e married Mary Chandler Nov. 13, Lydia Blunt Feb. 12, 1756; and died
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March 29, 1775. His wife survived him,
and died, his widow, Nov. 16, 1798.
Children, born in Andover :
430 I. LYDIA, 5 b. April 10, 1757; m. Dea.
Thomas Merrill of Andover May 4,
1779 ; lived in Deering, N. H. ; and
d. Nov. 12, 1826. Rev. Thomas
Merrill, D. D., of Middlebury, Vt.,
was their son.
431 n. HANNAH, 5 b. May 5, 1759; m. Abiel
Faulkner of Andover Feb. 16, 1777.
432 in. THOMAS, 5 b. May 25, 1761; esquire;
lived on the homestead in Andover
until about 1 794, when he moved to
Providence, R. I. ; m. Ruth Owens
Jan. 5, 1800; and d. June n, 1826.
They had children.
433 IV - BETSEY, 5 b. June , 1763; m. Capt.
Jonathan Ballard of Peterboro' Dec.
17,1 789 ; and moved to Temple, Me.
434 v. JOEL, 5 b. Nov. 22, 1765; lived in
Andover; and d. Dec. , 1826. He
had seven children, one of whom
was named Joel.
435 vi. ANNA, 5 b. Feb. 28, 1769; m. Dea.
Christopher Osgood of Concord, N.
H., Nov. 7, 1793.
436 vn. CHLOE, 5 b. Nov. 4, 1771 ; m. Peter
Frye of Danville, Vt. (pub. Jan. 19,
1799); and d. in Canada.
239
JOSEPH ABBOT,* born in Andover April
2, 1744. He was a farmer, and lived in
his native town and in Wilton, Nelson,
and Packersfield, N. H. He married
Mary Barker ; and died of cancer in 1792.
Children :
437 i. JOSEPH, 5 b. Nov. 6, 1763, in Andover ;
lived in Keene, N. H. ; m. Betsey
King in 1784; and had children.
438 n. JOSHUA, 5 b. Nov. 5, 1765; lived in
Nelson; m. Huldah Abbot (277),
who d. at Roxbury, N. H., April 6,
1830. He d. Nov. 30, 1798.
430, in. JAMES, 5 b. Feb. 2, 1768, in Andover;
d. July , 1810.
440 IV . ISRAEL, 5 b. Jan. 29, 1771, in Ando-
ver; d. Feb. 26, 1831.
44! v . POLLY, 5 b. June 18, 1773, in Andover.
442 vi. LucY. 5
443 VII. JEDEDIAH. 5
240
HON. JACOB ABBOT,* born in Andover
Feb. 9, 1746. Settled in Wilton, N. H.,
and made a farm in the forest. He became
a merchant about 1776; was representa-
tive to the legislature ; justice of the court
of common pleas ; and a state councillor.
He removed to his native town, assisted
Hon. Samuel Phillips in his business, and
was a trustee of Phillips Academy. In
1797 he moved to Concord, N. H., traded
in goods, and represented the town in the
legislature three years. He moved to
Brunswick, Me., in 1802 ; and was an
overseer of Bowdoin college and a state
senator. He married Lydia Stevens Dec.
i, 1767 ; and died in Brunswick March 5,
1820.
Children :
444 I. LYDIA, 5 b. June I, 1769; d. June i,
1769.
445 n. LYDIA, b. May i, 1771 ; m. Thomas
Russell of Temple, Me., Feb. 10, 1 789.
446 in. HANNAH, 5 b. July 31, 1772; d. May
10, 1786.
447 IV. PHEBE, 5 b. June 25, 1774; m - Benja-
min Abbot, Esq., of Greenfield Jan.
17, 1792.
448 v. JACOB, 5 b. Oct. 20, 1776; esquire;
merchant in Concord, N. H., and
Brunswick, Me., and farmer in Far-
rington, Me.; m. Betsy Abbot April
8, 1 798 ; and had several children,
four of whom were Jacob Abbot, B.
C., 1820, the author; Rev. John S.
C. Abbot of Worcester and Nan-
tucket, the author; Rev. Gorham D.
Abbot of New Rochelle, and New
York city; and Rev. Samuel Phillips
Abbot of Houlton, Me.
449 vi. DORCAS 5 (twin), b. Sept. 6, 1778; d.
Dec. 29, 1778.
450 vii. SALVA* (twin), b. Sept. 7, 1778; d.
Sept. 16, 1778.
451 vin. JOHN S., 5 b. Nov. 25, 1779; grad. H.
C., 1801 ; d. June 9, 1809.
452 ix. LucY, 5 b. April 19, 1781; m. Rev.
Daniel Campbell of Orford, N. H.
453 x. DORCAS HiBBERT, 5 b. Feb. 21, 1784,
in Andover; d. Aug. 14, 1784.
243
NATHANIEL ABBOT,4 born in Andover
Oct. 27, 1751. He was a shoemaker and
farmer, and lived in Wilton, N. H. He
married Sarah Stevens Aug. 31, 1773;
and died March , 1791.
Children :
4541. NATHANIEL, 6 b. June 20, 1774, in
Andover; d. July n, 1774.
45511. SARAH, 5 b. Oct. 12, 1775, in Andover;
m. Abijah Keyes of Pelham, N. H.
He died in 1845. Rev. Nathaniel
A. Keyes was their son.
456 in. PHEBE, 5 m. Ephraim Abbot of Bruns-
wick, Me.
8 4
457 IV - DORCAS, 5 d. July 6, 1811.
458 v. HANNAH. 5
459 vi. PETER, 5 lived in Bedford.
460 vii. NATHANIEL, 5 b. Nov. , 1791 ; and
lived in Bedford.
246
CAPT. JOHN ABBOT,S born in Andover
Sept. i, 1735. He had an active mind,
and improved much of his time by read-
ing. He lived with his father in Andover,
and was a farmer. He married Abigail
Abbot (173) June i, 1758. She died
Feb. i, 1807, aged seventy-three ; and he
died April 4, 1818, aged eighty-two.
Children, born in Andover :
461 i. JOHN, 6 b. April 8, 1759; grad. H. C.,
1 784 ; instructor in Phillips Academy
in Andover for two or three years,
and tutor in Harvard college for five
years. He then studied for the
ministry, and was licensed to
preach ; but his health forbidding,
he engaged in mercantile business in
Portland, Me. In 1802, he was
elected a professor in Bowdoin
college, and resigned in 1816. He
was then appointed a fellow and
treasurer of the college, and also
served as librarian for twenty-four
years. In 1829, he retired from col-
lege duties, and removed to Water-
ford, Me., and subsequently to
Charlestown, Mass. He died at his
brother's in Andover July 2, 1843,
aged eighty-four.
462 ii. EZRA, 6 b. Dec. 2, 1760. See below
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467 vii. ABIEL, 6 b. Aug. 17, 1770; grad. H.
C., 1792 ; was a D. D. ; instructor in
Phillips Academy at Exeter and An-
dover two years ; ordained over First
church in Haverhill in 1 795 ; in-
stalled over First church in Beverly
in 1803; and d., on his return from a
trip to Cuba, off Staten Island, June
7, 1828. He m. Eunice Wales of
Dorchester in 1796. She survived
him, and d. Dec. 29, 1831. Rev.
William E. Abbot of Billerica was
his son.
468 vm. JACOB, 6 b. Aug. 25, 1771 ; d. July ,
1772.
To be confirmed.
463 in. BENjAMiN, 6 b. Sept. 17, 1762; grad.
H. C., 1788; lived in Exeter, N. H.,
and had charge of the Phillips Acad-
emy there for fifty years ; and m.,
first, Hannah Tracy Emery of Exeter
Nov. i, 1791. Shed. Dec. 6, 1793.
aged twenty-two. He m., second,
Mary Perkins of Boston May i,
1798. His son, Rev. John Emery
Abbot, was pastor of the North
church in Salem.
464 IV. ABIGAIL,^ b. Sept. 15, 1764; m.
William Douglass, a merchant of
Portland, Me., April 21, 1791. He
d. Dec. 4, 1827; and she d. April
22, 1841. Rev. John Abbot Doug-
lass of Waterford, Me., was their son.
465 v. ELIZABETH, 6 b. Aug. 2, 1766; m.
Rev. Abiel Abbot of Coventry,Conn.,
May 19, 1796.
466 vi. PHEBE, 6 b. Nov. 18, 1768; m. Dea.
Edward Carleton of Blue Hill April
9, 1789. He d. June 12, 1825.
OLD NORFOLK COUNTY RECORDS.
Continued from page jo.
Anthony Colebie of Salisbury, planter,
for land in Salisbury, on west side of
Pawwaus river, conveys to Josiah Cobham
4 acres on west side of Pawwaus river,
bounded by Willi : Sargent, etc., 25 : i :
1645. Wit: Tho : Bradbury and Rich-
ard Currier. Ack. before Sam : Winsley
and Robert Pike, commissioners.
Josiah Cobham of Salisbury, planter,
for land on west side of Pawwaus river,
bounded by William Sargent, etc., con-
veys to Anthony Coleby of Salisbury,
planter, land bought of Jarrett Haddon
on Pawwaus river, etc., 25 : i : 1645.
Wit : Tho : Bradbury and Richard Cur-
rier. Ack. before Sam : Winsley and
Robert Pike, commissioners.
Jarrett Haddon of Salisbury, planter,
for 4os., conveys to Josiah Cobham of
Salisbury, planter, 8 acres in Salisbury, on
west side of Pawwaus river, bounded by
Anthony Colebie, i : i : 1644. Signed
by mark h. Wit : Tho : Bradbury and
Richard Currier. Ack. before Sam :
Winsley and Robert Pike, commissioners
of Salisbury, 21 : 5 : 1652.
John Hoyt of Salisbury, planter, for a
house lot, etc., in Salisbury, at ffitt's
corner, and land bounded by Willi :
Browne and Jn Bayly, sen., and Merri-
mack river, conveys to Jn Dickison of
Salisbury, planter, 4 acres in Salisbury,
bounded by Anthony Sadler and Willi :
Holdred, 25 : i : 1642. Signed by mark
H. Wit : Tho : Bradbury and Edward
OLD NORFOLK COUNTY RECORDS.
85
ffrench. Ack. before Robert Pike and
Josiah Cobham, commissioners, 2 : i2 mo :
1652.
George Martyn of Salisbury, black-
smith, conveys to Jn. Dickison of Salis-
bury, planter, land in Salisbury, bounded
by Jn. ffullar and Anthony Sadler, on
highway to mill, Sept. 29, 1643- Signed
by mark M. Wit : Tho : Bradbury and
Edward ffrench. Ack. before Sam :
Winsley and Josiah Cobham, commis-
sioners.
John Severans of Salisbury, planter,
conveys to Georg Martyn of Salisbury,
blacksmith, land in Salisbury, bounded
by Anthony Sadler, John ffullar, great
river, Pawwaus river, William Barnes,
and on road to mill ; and also common
right I bought of Jn. Coles, March i,
1643. Wit : Tho : Bradbury and Richard
Wells. Ack. before Sam : Winsley and
Robert Pike.
Edward Colcord entered a caution
about 10 acres of land he bought of
Henry Ambross in Hampton, 15 : T : 1652.
Widow Chase entered a caution about
10 acres of land in Hampton, etc.,
bought of Henry Ambros, 15 : i : 1652.
Edward Gyllman of Exiter, for ^14,
conveys to Jn. Robeson of Haverell,
"that dwelling house in Exiter w ch was
sometimes m r . Purmets house & y e house-
lott on w ch it standeth," and land adjoin-
ing sometimes M r . Isach Grosses ; and
land said Edward bought of Henry
Robie, bounded by Humfrey Wilson,
near the great cove : and land I bought
of Samuell Greenfeild, bounded by Wil-
liam Maver and Tho : King : "except y e
privilidge of tymber for my saw mills, &
Pines for great Masts." 20 : 12 : 1651.
Wit: Edward Hilton and Jn. Legatt.
Ack. before Tho : Wiggin 22:12: 1652.
Willi : Sargent of Salisbury conveys to
Jn. Browne of Hampton, planter, land
bounded by Aquilla Chase and the widow
Bristo, Dec. 16, 1652. Wit: Henry
Green and Jn. Redman. Ack. before
the court at Salisbury 15 : 4 : 1653.
Sam : Dudley leases to Edward Col-
cord of Hampton one-third of the saw-
mill on land on Humfry Wilson's creek
in Exiter, etc., and one-third "of those
sawes w ch are in y e hands of Georg
Halsie," for seven years from March
ist next, the annual rent to be 10,000
feet of sound, well condiconed and mer-
chantable boards of pine. Humfrey
Wilson also owns one-third of the mill.
Dec. 13, 1651. Wit: Christopher Hus-
sey. Ack. by S. D. and H. W. before
Tho: Wiggin 15:4: 1653, an d by E.
C. in court at Salisbury 14 : 4 : 1653.
M r . Jn. Ward of Haverhill, for i 2s.
.j conveys to Jii. Clement of Haver-
hill 2 acres of land in the plain March
2 9> J 653- Wit: Jn. Eaten and Joseph
Peasly. Ack. before Jn. Eaton and
Joseph Peasly. Also signed by Alice Ward.
Isack Cosins of Haverill, for ^8, con-
veys to Jn. Clements of Haverill 8 acres
on east side of little river, bounded by
danniell Hendrick, little river, etc., 30 :.
3: 1653. Wit: ffiancis Wainewrite and
the mark of < James Davis. Signed
also by the maik of Elizabeth Cosins *
Also witnessed by Jn. Eaton and Joseph
Peaslie, corr.missicners, 30 : 3 : 1653.
Thomas Biggs of Exiter conveys to*
Jn. Gyllman of Exiter interest in a grant
for a saw-mill at Pascasuck river ; also,,
land at mouth of Lamprell river, granted
to me. May 8, 1652. Signed by Q
mark. Wit : Jn. Legatt ar.d Elizabeth
Legatt. Ack. before 1\.o : Wiggin 22:
12 : 1652.
Henry^ Sayword (also written Scword
in the deed) "of Ssgrmore Creke, in
Straubury Banke," conveys to Jn. ffill-
brooKe (also spelled Philbroocke) of
Hampton a common right in Hampton
Oct. 9, 1652. Wit: Humphrey Humber
and Joseph Davis. Ack. before Richard
Bellingham 10 : 8 mo : 1652.
To be Continued.
NOTE.
Rev. Mr. Barnard's sermon delivered
at the funeral of Rev. Mr. Clarke of Dan-
vers was published. Essex Gazette, Oct.
u, 1768.
86
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
QUERIES.
Queries are inserted for one cent a word.
Answers are solicited.
3 7". Wanted, ancestry of William Blay
West, millwright, who came to New Glou-
cester, Maine, before 1770. A. T. D.
Portland, Me.
38. Andrew Peters lived in Ipswich,
1658 to 1686 ; in Andover, 1686 to 1713.
Who were his parents? E. B. P.
New York City.
39. Wanted, date of birth of William
Baker, of Ipswich, who married, 1686,
Sarah Fitts. MRS. E. R. H.
Castle Rock, Wash.
40. Wanted, parentage of Richard
Smith, of Salisbury, who married, 1666,
Sarah Chandler of Newbury.
MRS. E. R. H.
41. Anthony Vaughan, born 1751 (?)
at Scituate, R. I., or Mass. (?), married
Anne Armstrong of Sugar Loaf, N. Y.,
and settled at Chester, Lunenburg county,
N. S., in 1773. What was his father's
given name and who was his mother?
What was her father's given name and
who was her mother? D. A. KEIZER.
Winnipeg, Manitoba.
' 42. Wanted, names of parents and
grandparents of Susannah Low (of Es-
sex), who married Asa Perley in 1738.
Lawrence, Kan. A. H. B.
43. Who were the parents and grand-
parents of Lydia Peabody, who married
Thomas Perley in 1667 ? A. H. B.
44. Mary Fairbanks married Michael
Metcalf (son of English emigrant, of
same name, in 1637). Who were her
parents and grandparents? A. H. B.
45. David Nichols of Salem, born
Amesbury, 1709; married Hannah Gas-
kill, 1730; lost at sea, 1756. What was
name and record of his immigrant ances-
tor, and how descended? F. L. HILLS.
Wilmington, Del.
46. Wanted, ancestry of Benjamin
Carrill and of Mary Cross, married in
Ipswich March 3, 1701-2, and names and
birthplace of children. c. CARYL.
Groton, Mass.
47. Wanted, any information as to
Nathaniel Carrell and wife Mary, to whom
a daughter Mary was born in Salem May
20, 1662. c. c.
48. Wanted, ancestry of Mary Tomp-
son or Thompson, married Joseph Page of
Haverhill about 1710. A. p. j.
East Boston.
49. Wanted, ancestry of Sarah George,
married Samuel Smith, jr., of Haverhill,
1720. A. P. j.
50. Did Thomas Tolman, who married
Elizabeth Johnson in Lynn in 1664, re-
side there? If so, when? When and
where was their son Thomas born, and
who was his wife Experience ?
MRS. A. M. PICKFORD.
166 Washington St., Lynn.
51. Who were the parents of Eliza-
beth Woodman of Ipswich, who married
Joseph Noyes of Newbury between 1630
and 1640? j. F. j.
Amesbury.
52. Wanted, ancestry of Grace Par-
ker, born 1690, died 1755, married in
1714 to Abel Morse. E. L. K.
Denver, Col.
53. Wanted, ancestry of Edna Hale,
born about 1720, married Abel Morse.
E. L. K.
ANSWERS.
21. Martha Greenleaf, who married
Ezra Moody April 26, 1716, was daughter
of John and Elizabeth (Hills) Greenleaf,
and was born in Newbury April 23, 1699.
Ed.
26. Lydia, widow of David Haynes
of Haverhill, married Nathaniel Perley of
Boxford Sept. 10, 1776. Mr. Perley died
July 1 8, 1810, and she survived him. Her
home in Boxford was the farm now owned
by T. Perley Killam, and situated near
the railroad station. There were no chil-
dren born of this marriage. Ed.
OLD WOOL SPINNING WHEEL.
<n
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
VOL. I. SALEM, MASS., JUNE, 1897. No. 6.
SPINNING IN THE OLDEN TIME.
BY ELIZA PHILBRICK.
WE have but a faint conception of the sheep the privilege of grazing them on
severe and varied labors of pioneer life, the common lands, and dogs that had
Nearly everything we use today we buy killed sheep were hung, and the owners
ready-made, while in the old days the of the guilty canines had also to pay
colonists had to produce whatever they twice the value of the sheep killed,
needed. The general court ordered, May 13,
The first settlers of Essex County 1640, that the magistrates and deputies
brought a limited supply of clothing and of the several towns "make enquiry what
bedding with them, and some of the seed is in every town, what men and
families brought their spinning wheels, on women are skillful in the breaking, spin-
which they could manufacture yarn for ning, weaving, what means for the pro-
the weaving of cloth on home-made viding of wheels ; and to consider with
hand-looms, which were probably con- those skillful, in that manufacture, and
structed by carpenters here as soon as what course may be taken for teaching
new apparel was needed. The great in- the boys and girls in all towns the spin-
crease in population, and the diminishing ning of the yarn," also concerning the
intercourse with England made more spinning and weaving of cotton wool,
necessary the home production of woolen The general court encouraged the
and linen cloth. The first mention made raising of hemp and flax by offering pre-
of a spinning wheel here is in 1638, and miums for cloth woven from material
the next year home-made clothing is grown, spun and woven here. They also
mentioned. To be sure, leather was used proposed that as much as possible of the
to a some extent, and so continued for wild hemp should be saved by the chil-
a century and a half. From that early dren and servants.
date to comparatively recent times it was About this time (1641), Samuel Corn-
the custom, in the rural districts for the hill of Salem was allowed an acre of land
people to manufacture their ordinary for the cultivation of flax,
clothing and the family linen. In 1642, the general court ordered the
The settlers first used the wild hemp selectmen of each town to see that all of
that was made use of by the Indians for the children were taught spinning and
the manufacture of ropes and mats ; and weaving, and diligently exercised therein,
very soon had flax and hemp seed for In May, 1656, the general court en-
sowing sent to them by their friends in acted "that all hands not necessarily em-
England who were interested in the wel- ployed on other occasions, as women,
fare of the colony. girls and boys, shall be and hereby are
Cotton was early imported from the enjoined to spin according to their skill
West Indies ; and sheep, for the produc- and ability, and that the selectmen in
tion of wool, were early introduced, every town do consider the condition and
The general court allowed the owners of capacity of every family, and accordingly
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to assess them as one or more spinners," three months. After that, the master
and they must proportionately spin a was to allow them their earnings. The
certain quantity each week for thirty town provided twenty spinning wheels
weeks each year. for the school. The Boston Society, of
Rowley soon exceeded all other towns which Benjamin Lynde of Salem was a
in the colonies in the manufacture of member, had one person come from
cloth, taking the lead in 1643. The rea- each town for instruction. The business
son of this lay probably in the fact that employed a variety of people for pulling
the town was settled by some twenty or flax, watering, breaking, swingling, hatch -
more families from Yorkshire, England, ling, and spinning. At the fourth anni-
who had thoroughly learned the business versary of the society, three hundred
of making cloth in the mother country, young ladies took their wheels on to Bos-
They brought with them gearing for a ton common and spun yarn, and weavers
fulling mill, the first in America. 'This were at work with their looms,
was used for finishing men's wear, the The Stamp Act offended the Ameri-
cloth being first woven at the homes of can colonists so seriously that they
the people. There was a similar, mill at pledged themselves not to import or use
Andover in 1673, and others at Ipswich English goods, nor to eat lamb that wool
and Salem in 1675. Experienced work- might be more plenty for domestic manu-
men came over to carry on' the mills. facture.
The people went to work earnestly, and In Newbury, the "Daughters of Lib-
there was not, at the beginning of the erty" held all-day sessions for spinning
eighteenth century, one family in forty and weaving, sometimes as many as
that did not spin and weave the cloth for seventy linen wheels being employed,
their own clothing. As early as 1719, the English parlia-
Early in 1 706, one hundred and fifty- ment passed a stringent law against ex-
five dozen of cards and a large number porting any tools or utensils used in the
of wool-combs, of wrought iron, were silk and woolen manufacture ; and in
brought to New England. The first 1774 all tools and implements used in
mention we find of any cards being made cotton and linen manufacture, excepting
here is in 1747, when both wool and cot- wool-cards, were prohibited. These
ton cards were made and sold in Boston, statutes were vigorously enforced, and
By 1745, the manufacture and use of proved serious obstacles to the introduc-
home-spun woolen cloth was thoroughly tion of machinery. Garments made of
incorporated into the domestic habits of fabrics spun by the young lady weavers'
the people. Most of the cloth was used own hands were emulously worn as proofs
at home, but a part was sold to the set- of patriotism. Spinning matches in Es-
tlers on the frontier, who had not been sex county were common occurences for
able to produce it for themselves. This several years prior to the Revolution, and
lessened the sales of the English mer- extraordinary achievements by the fair
chants. spinners are recorded. They also some-
In 1751, the general court granted times took their wheels to their neighbors'
fifteen thousand pounds to erect a "spin- and spent the day socially and profitably,
ning house" for the "Boston Society for As the implements of manufacture
Promoting Industry and Frugality/' were comparatively rude, and many
This was a school for the instruction modern processes of manufacture and
of poor children. A similar and smaller finish were as yet unknown, the fabrics
school had been established a few years made, whether woolen or linen, were more
before for which the children were remarkable for service than elegance.
to be furnished by overseers of the poor, The material was mostly grown upon
and the town was to pay expenses for the farms of the planters. The breaking
SPINNING IN THE OLDEN TIME.
8 9
and hatchling were done by the men, and
the carding, spinning, weaving, bleaching
and dyeing, by the wives and daughters
of the planters. Beautiful and abundant
stores of household linen were objects
of laudable pride and emulation with
all thrifty families.
Dyeing made the cloth quite ornamen-
tal. Indigo was the most common color.
Samuel Diggadon of Salem made the
coloring of cotton and linen yarn in Eng-
lish blue his business.
LINEN WHEEL.
The ancient implements for spinning
linen were the spindle and distaff. The
spindle was a round stick or rod of wood
about a foot long, tapering toward each
end, and having at one end a notch or
slit in which the yarn might be caught or
fixed. This end was held uppermost
supported by the thread which was being
spun, the upper end of the thread being
slowly evolved from a handful of tow
held in the same hand. The spindle was
made to swiftly revolve by rolling it out-
wardly on the right thigh, by a quick
stroke of the open right hand, the thread
being slowly worked downward by the
manipulation of wet fingers. Generally a
ring or "whorl" of stone or clay was
passed round the upper part of the spin-
dle to give it momentum and steadiness
in its rotary movement.
The distaff consisted of a stick larger
and stronger than the spindle. The fibre
was wound around one end of it in a
loose coil or ball. The other end was
carried under the left arm, or fixed in
the girdle at the left side. Otherwise the
implement and the principles of the
movement were similar to the spindle.
In the eastern countries this ancient
method of spinning is still in vogue.
The first improvement in the imple-
ments of spinning was the placing of the
spindle in a horizontal position in a frame
between two upright supports, and made
to rapidly revolve by a band passing
around the spindle and over a large
wheel, set in the same frame work, the
large wheel being turned by one hand.
This improvement was probably made
about the thirteenth century, and is the
same as the woolen wheel shown in the
frontispiece. At first the wheel was made
to revolve by taking hold of the spokes
with the hand, but, soon after its inven-
tion, a round stick of wood about nine
inches in length and an inch
in diameter came into use.
A little groove was formed
near one end of the stick to
prevent slipping from the
spokes. This implement was called the
"driver," or "finger." These wheels
were rare until the sixteenth century.
At the beginning of the eighteenth
century an improved wheel was in use
among the Scotch in the northern part
of Ireland. The wheel was smaller and
narrower, thus having less resistance from
the air, and was propelled by foot. When
those Scotch immigrants came to New
England, and especially to Essex county,
where they settled, they brought these
improved wheels with them. From that
time the two wheels were used by our
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people. The large wheel, moved by
hand, was used for spinning wool, being
esteemed to be better adapted for that
material ; and the small wheel, propelled
by foot, for spinning flax. So the old
wheel came to be called "the woolen
wheel," and the new one the "linen
wheel." The linen wheel is shown here-
with. No material improvement oc-
curred in spinning machinery until the
invention of the spinning jenny about
1767.
The advent of the Scotch-Irish, as the
immigrants were called, caused a new
impetus to be given to the linen manu-
facture, as they brought not only the foot
wheel, but a better knowledge of the cul-
tivation of flax and manufacture of linen.
These new wheels were soon an append-
age to almost every farm-house and cot-
tage in the county.
Flax is an annual crop, and its seed is
sown in the spring. The amount raised
and the quality of the fibre depends
upon the fertility of the soil and the time
the plant is pulled. In early times the
stalks, when pulled, were tied into loose
bundles, all the roots being placed one
way. These bundles were then laid in
pools of water for the purpose of fer-
menting and rotting the woody part of
the stalk, so that it would easily separate
from the fibre. This required a period of
about ten days. If it remained in the
water too long the fibre would be injured
by decay.
FLAX BRAKE.
When taken from the water the stalks
were spread upon the grass to dry, and
then put through a hand machine, here-
with shown, called a "brake." This was
about five feet in length, and consisted of
two series of slats, one loosely fitting into
the other. The flax was laid across the
lower slats, and the woody stalks were
broken into small pieces by letting the
upper part of the " brake ' fall upon
them. This part of the work was severe
as the upper part of the brake was made
very heavy in order to give it force when
it descended upon the flax.
Then came the swingling process, by
which the woody fragments were beaten
off with a wooden knife, called the
"swingle knife," which was about
two feet in length and three inches
in width. A bunch of the flax was
held in one hand and the swingle
knife in the other, the operation
being performed by cleaving strokes
of the knife. Care was taken not
to ravel or entangle the fibre. Af-
ter this operation the fibre was
called " swingle tow." A strong
SWINGLE man cou ^ swingle about forty
KNIFE, pounds in a day.
But swingling did not leave it entirely
free from the woody part of the stalk.
To clear it wholly it had to be " hat-
cheled " ; that is, combed through a long
steel-toothed comb, technically
called a " hatchel," but more
commonly called in New
!== England a tow or flax comb.
== Skill was required to do this.
The operator took a strip of
flax in one of his hands, by one end,
threw the other end spread out over the
comb, and drew the strip toward him, re-
peating the process until the woody por-'
tion and short fibres called tow were re-
moved from that end. To clean the
other end, the bundle of fibre was taken
in the hand by the end already
combed and the operation repeated. The
cleaned long flax was called combed flax.
If it was required to be very fine, as for
cambric, etc., the fibre was afterward put
through a finer comb.
The flax or tow was loosely wound
around the distaff of the linen wheel, and
HATCHEL.
SPINNING IN THE OLDEN TIME.
from it was spun the yarn on the spindle.
The distaff was fastened to
the wheel frame by insert-
ing the lower end of it into
a hole bored in the frame
near the spindle. During
the operation the spinner
frequently moistened the
thread, by forefinger and
thumb, with saliva or
water, to more securely
unite the fibre and im-
prove the appearance of
the yarn.
When the spindle was full the yarn was
wound off, on a reel, into knots and
skeins. The oldest and simplest reel was
the hand reel, made of three
sticks of wood, fastened by
cords. The later and more
complicated machine was
the automatic clock reel, a
useful and rapid instru-
ment.
DISTAFF.
HAND REEL.
CLOCK REEL.
The skeins or
hanks of yarn were
then boiled in soapy
water or potash to
free it from impuri-
ties. For cotton a
little flour was added
to the boiling water
to increase its firm-
ness and tenacity,
which linen does not
require, its fibre being firm, long and
tenacious.
The manufacture of yarn from wool is
somewhat different from that from flax.
After the sheep were sheared the wool
was oiled and made into rolls by hand
cards, usually by women. It was very
hard work, and
so they occasion-
ally had a "card-
ing bee." The
wool rolls were
generally spun
on the large wheel, though some used the
small wheel for this purpose. A woman's
stent in spinning wool was five skeins a
day, and her pay fifty cents a week and
board.
For knitting, woolen yarn was doubled
and twisted, then thoroughly washed with
hot water and soap, and bleached with
brimstone.
Worsted yarn was made from the best
long wool combed the same as tow, and
not made into rolls, being spun on the
small wheel. Cotton was carded into
rolls, and spun on the large wheel.
The knack in spinning wool, which the
old people used to talk about, says Doc-
tor Norwood, in Quabbin, was only the
experience requisite to a free movement
of the arms, an elastic pose, and a long
gliding step, advancing and retreating.
The graceful movement of the arms of a
harpist and the action of the lawn-tennis
player are tame beside the damsel at the
great wheel. Look at her as she is lean-
ing forward, lightly poised upon the toe
of the left foot. With her left hand she
picks up, by the end, a long slender roll
of soft wool, and deftly winds the fibres
upon the point of the steel spindle before
her. Now holding it an instant with
thumb and finger, she gives a gentle mo-
tion to the wheel with the " driver " that
she holds in her right hand. Meanwhile,
she seizes the roll of wool, at a little dis-
tance from the spindle, and measures with
practiced eye the length that will be re-
quired for a drawing. Then, while the
hum of the wheel rises to a sound like the
echo of wind in a storm, backward she
steps, one, two, three, holding high the
long yarn as it twists and quivers, then,
suddenly reversing the wheel, she glides
from it with a long, even stride, and lets
the yarn wind upon the spindle. Then
another movement, a new pinch of the
roll, a new turn of the wheel, and da capo.
The backward and forward movement, the
left hand controlling the yarn, while the
right governed the wheel, was a most pic-
turesque sight.
Shortly before 1800, machinery began
to do all this work. In 1788, in Beverly,
was established the first cotton mill in the
United States; and in Newbury- By field,
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
in 1 794, the first woolen mill was built, of
course, in both instances, with rude and
imperfect machinery. Mills have silenced
the buzz of the spinning wheel on the
domestic hearth, and changed the charac-
ter of the textile manufactures of the
country, as well as the social habits of the
people.
"The spinning wheel of the olden day
Forgotten now in the corner stands ;
The bunch of flax is a dusty gray,
And for years untouched by living hands,
From each long spoke have the spiders spun
A filmy web, but they, too, are old,
And the rust of years have long begun
On the hub of brass, once bright as gold.
It is hard to turn the old wheel now,
It slowly moves with a sorry creak ;
It seems like a voice so faint and low,
So long unused it can hardly speak."
ground in the street called the east ent
bounded by a houfe Lott of John Perkins
the younger on the eaft & by two houfe
Lotts formerly granted to Sergent Hew-
lett, & Tho : Hardy on the south, the
Towne referuing liberty to digg clay in any
part of the said pcell To enjoy all the
said Lands to him his heirs & afsigns for-
euer. entered the y th day of May : 1639 :
vera Copia as it stands recorded in the
Towne book of Ipswich : taken ye 2o th
(7) 1666.
P mee Rob : Lord Record 1 .
vera Copia of y* left in Court on file
taken 18 Jan : 66
P me Rob : Lord cleric.
Vera Copia Atteftes
Pr Edw. Rawson Secre ty
Massachusetts Archives, volume 45, folio 3.
AN IPSWICH GRANT.
Granted to Thomas Borman on houfe
Lott about two Acres of ground lying to
the street called the east end & butting
upon the street at the South eaft, bound
one the north eaft by a houfe Lott, be-
longing to M r . John Winthrop, & on the
South weft by a houfe Lott granted to
W m . Bartholomew, alfo six Acres of Plant-
ing ground, on the north side of the
Towne, hauing a planting Lott formerly
granted to Thomas Scott on the eaft & a
planting Lott of Will : Bartholowmeu on
the weft, alfo an Island about ffifty & ffive
Acres more or leff pt upland pt meadow,
bounded the north eaft, by the Towne
River, & on the eaft by a Creeck parting
it, & an Island belonging to John
Perkins the elder on the south by a par-
cell of Land formerly granted to George
Carr, on the weft by y e great Creeke
called the labour in vaine, alfo a parcell
of Ground about two Acres, for a houfe
lott lying on the south syde, the Towne
River, bounded on the south by a high-
way, leading to the Laboure in vaine, on
the Northweft by certain houfe Lotts,
granted to daniell Houey, Wm Holdred
&c. on the north eaft by a houfe Lott
formerly granted to Thomas Gylven,
alfo a small parcell of about a Rodd of
FAMILY RECORDS.
In the possession of Mr. William C.
Peabody of Georgetown is a book entitled
" Rise and Progress of Religion in the
Soul," by Philip Doddfidge, D. D., and
published in Boston in 1818, having
on the first fly-leaf the following words,
written in ink : " John Adams from his
brother Joseph Adams," and on two other
blank pages the following family records :
John Adams Born Sept. ^th, 1789.
Sarah Adams Born Deer. 5th, 1790.
John Quincy Born March 17th, 1815.
Abigail Bowles Born April 25, 1816.
Sarah Ann Born Nov. 8th, 1817.
Ruth Bowles Born Augt nth, 1819.
Nathl Hayward Born April 24^, 1821.
Lydia Towne Born Febry i8th, 1823.
Abigail Bowles 2 Born Janry 30, 1824.
Nathl. Niles Hayward Born June 29th, 1825.
Susan Hayward Born April ist, 1828.
George Washington Born Janry 27th, 1830.
Joseph Hayward Born Deer 30, 1831.
Susan Irene Born Oct. 28, 1833.
My Wife Sarah Adams Died April 9th O n Fry-
day at 6 1-2 Clok 1841 P. M. Intered on Mon-
day Following.
Abigial Bowles ist Died July 2d, 1817.
Nathl Hayward Died Sept. ioth, 1822.
Abigial Bowles 2<1 Died March 2d, 1824.
Lydia Towne Died Sept. 14111, 1824.
George Washington Died May ist, 1832.
Susan Hayward Died May 5th, 1832.
Sarah Ann Wildes Died July I4th, 1853.
THE GREAT STORM OF 1635. 93
EARLY VOYAGING. middle. Slender young oaks and good
The dread of mystery exists today, sized walnuts were twisted like withes, and
We feel its power though we deny its sway, Indian corn, upon which the people de-
But less than in an earlier century, pended for their support the coming win-
When superstitious faiths were manifold, ter was beaten down, and much of it
And land and sea alike were deemed to be , , ,., , ,, ,
By gods and demons jealously controlled. destroyed, while it was hardly m the
milk.
To venture then across the trackless sea, . .-, , , , -
So fraught with danger and uncertainty, Among the many anecdotes told of
As pilgrims went, in vessels small and old, the Storm IS that of an old man in Ips-
Parting from friends they loved so long and well, wich, who was accustomed to go to sea
And homeland they might nevermore behold, in a small boat his Qnl compan i on being
Required a heart of courage naught could quell. , , , , , ' , . c
a dog that he had taught to steer. As
Our fathers plowed the sea with purpose firm ; the storm increased in violence, the old
No idle wind had wafted on the germ , . t , , . ., , ,
That into powerful states was sure to grow,- man hoisted hls sai1 and Prepared to go
States to become a nation proud and strong ; down river in his little vessel. His neigh-
And storm and tempest wild, and death and woe, bors endeavored to dissuade him fromgO-
Deterred them not from right against the wrong. ing> bu t he obstinately replied, " I will go
St P ' to sea, though the devil was there." He
-*-7 went, but neither he nor his boat were
THE GREAT STORM OF J635. 'IV manTessels bearing passengers
This was the year of the great exodus and goods to the New World were on
from England to America. Many colo- our coast several of them were wrecked
nists had come early in the season, and by the storm. The Great Hope, be-
planted their seed and cultivated the longing in Ipswich, England, of four hun-
growing crop. Hay to a considerable dred tons burden, was wrecked near
extent had been harvested. During the Charlestown. The ship James, of Bris-
whole of the second week of August the tol, England, suffered severely, scarcely
wind blew from the south-southwest with escaping destruction off the mouth of
considerable force. At midnight of the four- the Piscataqua river ; and the ship Angel
teenth of the month, its course suddenly Gabriel, also from Bristol, was dashed
changed by way of the southeast to the to pieces on Pemaquid Point.
northeast, and before daybreak a northeast At this early period, there was a boat,
rain storm set in. The wind had greatly a pinnace in build, belonging to Isaac
increased in violence, blowing with terrific Allerton, sailing regularly between the
force, and the rain fell in torrents, some- Piscataqua river and Boston. On Wed-
times with such fury that the ill-made nesday, two days before the storm, the
houses of the settlers could hardly with- boat sailed from Ipswich, where it had
stand its onslaughts. After the gale had stopped on its trip to Boston. There
continued five or six hours the wind were sixteen passengers and four mari-
changed to the northwest, and the tumult- ners. The passengers were Rev. John
uous elements subsided. Avery, his wife and six children,* and
The wind caused the tide to rise to a Mr. Avery's cousin Anthony Thacher,
height the settlers had never observed, who had been in New England but a few
and which the Indians said they could weeks, his wife and four children,t another
not remember ; and some of the shore member of his family, and one other pas-
houses were submerged. senger.
A great number of trees were blown
, , . *Wmthrop and Mather say six, Hubbard five,
over or broken down, the stronger being and another F writer S ays that there were eight
torn up by their roots, and the tall pines children.
and other brittle trees broken in the tOne writer says nine.
94
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
Mr. Avery had been a minister of
good repute in Wiltshire, England, and
had come to Newbury, Mass., with the in-
tention of becoming the pastor of that
little colony, but concluded not to re-
main, after being strongly urged to settle
in the ministry at Marblehead, and on
this Wednesday he took the boat at Ips-
wich with his all on board for that purpose.
The ladened craft sailed down the
placid river, while behind them
" Pleasant, lay the clearings in the mellow sum-
mer morn,
With the newly planted orchards dropping their
fruits first-born,
And the homesteads like green islands amid a sea
of corn.
" Broad meadows reached out seaward the tided
creeks between,
And hills rolled wave-like inland, with oaks and
walnuts green ;
A fairer home, a goodlier land, their eyes had
never seen."
On entering the bay, the course was
changed southerly, against the wind,
which blew with such force that no ad-
vance could be made, even by tacking,
which was attempted many times. On
the evening of Friday, the fourteenth,
after vainly striving to round Cape Ann,
they found themselves in the same peril-
ous position, the wind increasing in fury.
At ten o'clock, their sails were rent, and
anchors were cast. At midnight, the wind
suddenly changed to the northeast, and a
terrific gale and rain followed. The anchor
dragged, and the boat and its cargo was
driven over the dark and angry waves.
" Blotted out were all the coast lines, gone were
rock, and wood and sand,
Grimly anxious stood the skipper with the rud-
der in his hand,
And questioned of the darkness what was sea
and what was land.
" And the preacher heard his dear ones nestled
round him weeping sore :
'Never heed my little children ! Christ is walking
on before
To the pleasant land of heaven, where the sea
shall be no more.'
The boat was rushed on towards the
rocky headlands, and soon struck upon a
rock, being quickly dashed to pieces.
This rock is off what is now Rockport,
and has since been known as Crackwood's
Ledge.*
When the vessel struck, Mr. Avery and
his eldest son and Mr. Thacher and his
daughter were thrown into the sea, and
carried by a mighty wave upon a rock.
They called to those in the boat to come to
them, but the latter had scarcely time to
discover the impotence of such an effort.
During the few moments that Mr.
Avery and his three companions were up-
on the ledge, expecting every instant to
be washed from their footing into the rag-
ing sea, he raised his eyes toward heaven,
and uttered these memorable last words :
" Lord ; I cannot challenge a preserva-
tion of my life, but according to thy
covenant I challenge Heaven." The
words had scarcely left his lips, when a
gigantic wave lifted the vessel on high
and as with giant arms dashed it upon
the rock, at the same time washing from
the ledge those who had gained moment-
ary foothold upon it. Thus passed Mr.
Avery and all his household to their
eternal rest. Whittier put the incident
into poetry, calling it the " Swan Song of
Parson Avery," from which the writer has
freely quoted. Of this portion of the
incident, he said :
"There was wailing in the shallop, woman's
wail and man's despair,
A crash of breaking timbers on the rocks so sharp
and bare,
And, through it all, the murmur of Father Avery's
prayer.
" From his struggle in the darkness with the wild
waves and the blast,
On a rock, where every billow broke above him
as it passed,
Alone, of all his household, the man of God was
cast.
"There a comrade heard him praying, in the
pause of wave and wind :
'All my own have gone before me, and I linger
just behind;
*For two hundred years it was supposed that
Avery's Rock was the scene of the disaster, but
it is now disproven. Crackwood's Ledge is some
three hundred feet from Thacher's Island.
THE GREAT STORM OF 1635.
95
Not for life I ask, but only, for the rest thy ran-
" 'In this night of death, I challenge the promise
of thy word!
Let me see the great salvation of which mine ears
have heard !
Let me pass from hence forgiven, through the
grace of Christ, our Lord !
' 'In the baptism of these waters wash white my
every sin,
And let me follow up to thee my household and
Open the sea-gate of thy heaven, and let me en-
terin!'
"When the Christian sings his death-song, all the
listening heavens draw near,
And the angels, leaning over the walls of crystal,
, hear .
How the notes so faint and broken swell to music
in God's ear.
'The ear of God was open to his servant's last
request;
As the strong wave swept him downward, the
sweet hymn upward pressed,
thesoul of Father Avery went singing to its
The destruction of the vessel was so
complete that there were few timbers for
the drowning men, women and children to
cling to. After beating about in the
waves and the darkness, and being re-
peatedly thrown against the rocks, Mr.
Thacher obtained a footing, and he fought
his way to the shore. He looked around
for his companions, but the darkness was
scarcely penetrable, and his loud voice
was mocked by the raging wind or
drowned in the thunder of the waters,
He soon saw pieces of the frame work of
the vessel coming toward him, and when
they struck a woman extricated herself
and reached the shore in safety. It was
his wife.
Together, in the rain and the blast, the
two watched for signs of their companions,
but none came. Of the twenty souls,
they only were saved, their quartette of
little ones having passed on with the rest.
Sad and dejected they sought a resting-
place under a sheltering bank. Some
provisions and clothing came ashore, and,
also, a "snapsack," in which was a steel
and flint, and some dry gun-powder,
They built a fire, and made themselves as
comfortable as they could under the sor-
rowful circumstances. When morning
came, the wind went down, the waves
subsided, and the August sun shed its
, r , . , . ..
hopeful rays over the stretch of ocean.
In every direction but one the sea and
sky met in their limitless range, and on
the west was the mainland, but separated
from them by a wide expanse of water
They were upon an island and th
. ' , , . , x r . , , -
mam-land that could be seen was forest,
inhabited only by its savage denizens.
T hey had n means of reaching it, and
signs of distress could awaken no re-
sponse. The day passed, and another
hopeless night reached its end. The
j j / t i
second day of their imprisonment dawn-
ed : and before the sun again went down
,, , , ,
ey were discovered by the people on
board a passing vessel bound to Marble -
head, taken on board, and carried thither.
Qn Caving the island, Mr. Thacher
named it "Thacher's Woe," and the next
yea r it was granted to him by the general
COU rt. It has since borne his name.
A cradle and an embroidered scarlet
broadcloth covering, saved from the wreck,
a re still preserved by his descendants in
Yarmouth, Mass., where he settled.'
The story of this ship-wreck was often
told about the hearth-fires of the coast-
dwellers in the long winter evenings of
the years that followed ; and the fisher-
men, with "grave and reverend faces,"
recalled the ancient tale when they saw the
white waves breaking over the fatal ledge.
NOTE.
"A Sloop with Wood from the Eaft-
ward was drove afhore at Plumb-Ifland
on Saturday Night laft, the People
were faved, and it is expected the Veffel
will be got off. We hear of no other
Veffel being afhore : The Storm began
fooner here than further Eaftward, the
Veffels that have arrived fince not having
it very fevere until Saturday Night, where-
as we had it here from Thurfday to Sun-
day Morning." Essex Gazette (Salem),
Oct. 4, 1768.
9 6
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
ABBOT GENEALOGY.
Continued from page 84.
253
CAPT. MOSES ABBOTS, born in Andover
Aug. 9, 1735. He was a surveyor, and
resided in Andover. He married Eliza-
beth Holt Dec. 31, 1761 ; and died Feb.
23, 1826, aged ninety. She died Sept.
, 1838, aged ninety-five.
Children, born in Andover :
469 i. REBECCA 6 , b. Jan. 2, 1763 ; m. Joseph
Phelps June 28, 1798.
470 II. MosES 6 , b. Nov. 30, 1765; m., first,
Martha Frye Feb. 5, 1799. She d.
Sept. 15, 1 804, aged thirty-two ; and
he m., second, Priscilla N. Flint.
She d. April 5, 1811, aged twenty-
seven ; and he d. April , 1813. He
had children.
471 in. ELIZABETH 6 , b. May 8, 1768; d. Feb.
12, 1829.
472 IV. NOAH 6 , b. May n, 1770; m. Hannah
.Holt in 1806 ; and had a son.
473 v. HANNAH 6 , b. March 15, 1772; d.
April 13, 1840.
474 VI> ENOCH 6 , b. April 8, 1774. See below
(474)-
475 vii. RHODA 6 (twin), b. Sept. 8, 1776.
476 vni. ANNA 6 (twin), b. Sept. 8, 1776; d.
July 27, 1834.
477 ix. HENRY 6 , b. Sept. 22, 1778; m. Dor-
cas Holt in 1803 ; and had children.
Shed. March 25, 1842, aged sixty;
and he d. Sept. 23, 1845, aged six-
ty-seven.
478 x. JACOB 6 , b. June 30, 1781 ; d. May 12,
1836.
479 xi. ABIGAIL 6 , b. Dec. 22, 1783 ; m. Jona-
than Phelps; and d. Aug. 9, 1827.
480 xn. PHEBE 6 , b. March 2, 17861
255
BARACHIAS ABBOTS, born in Andover
May 22, 1739. He was a cordwainer
and lived in Andover until 1786, when he
removed to Wilton, N. H., where he
was a farmer. He married Sarah Holt
(pub. Nov. 10, 1770), who was living in
1792. He died Jan. 29, 1812.
Children, born in Andover :
481 I. BARACHIAS 6 , b. Dec. 8, 1771; livedin
Landgrove, Vt. ; m. Anna Colburn;
and had children.
482 II. TIMOTHY 6 , b. March 30, 1773; lived
in Wilton ; m. Polly Bancroft ; and
d. Jan. i, 1837. They had children.
483 in. JOEL 6 , b. April 29, 1775; d. May 7,
1775-
484 IV. JOEL 6 , b. April 17, 1776; esquire; ITU
Judith Batchelder ; and had children.
485 v. SARAH 6 , b. Oct. 10, 1778.
486 vi. JAMES 6 , b. March 30, 1780; lived in
Andover on the farm owned by first
Benjamin Abbot 2 ; m. Mary Foster j
and had children.
487 vn. ELIZABETH 6 , b. Sept. 14, 1784.
288
GEN. STEPHEN ABBOTS, born in Ando-
ver Aug. i, 1749. He resided in Salem,
where he was a dealer in hats. He was a
captain in the Revolution, major-general
in the militia, and first commander of the
Salem Cadets. He married, first, Sarah
Crowell ; and, second, Mary Badger. He
died Aug. 10, 1813.
Children :
488 I. MARY S , b. June 3, 1772; m. Abijah
Chase Sept. 10, 1795; and lived in
Salem. He d. Aug. 7, 1851, aged
eighty-one; and she d. April 26,
1 86 1, aged eighty-eight.
489 ii. BETSEY"', d. young.
490 in. SARAH 6 , d. Jan. 29, 1776.
491 iv. HANNAH 6 , d. Sept. 5, 1775.
492 v. BETSEY 6 , b. Nov. 4, 1778, in Ando-
ver; m. Henry Chase of Salem.
493 VI- HANNAH 6 , b. Nov. 8, 1780, in Ando-
ver ; m. John Snethen of Salem Dec.
18, 1798.
494 vii. STEPHEN 6 , b. Dec. 28, 1781, in An-
dover.
495 vni. SARAH 6 , d. young.
291
GEORGE ABBOTS, born in Andover June
I 3> J 756. He lived in Billerica and
Salem, Mass., and Wilton, N. H. He was
a tanner, and was living in Wilton in 1 790.
He married Rebecca Blanchard of Bil-
lerica April i, 1779 ; and died Nov. r
1829.
Children :
496 i. SAMUEL 6 , b. Nov. 2, 1779; lived in
St. Stephen, N. B., and in Wilton
or Salem ; and had seven children.
497 II. REBECCA 6 .
498 m. SARAH STEVENS 6 , m. Gen. David
Putnam.
499 IV. GEORGE 6 .
500 v. EPHRAIM 6 , b. in 1787; was a trader,
and lived in Salem until 1817, when
he removed to Zanesville, O. ; m.
Sarah Cheever Jan. 17, 1813; and
d. in Zanesville in 1821.
5OI VI. ELIZABETH 6 .
502 VII. STEPHEN 6 .
503 VIII. MARY 6 .
ABBOT GENEALOGY.
97
293
ABNER ABBOTS, born in Andover Jan.
29, 1761. He was a blacksmith, and
lived in Andover until about 1798, when
he settled in Albany, Me. He married,
first, Ruth Holt of Andover Jan. 29, 1784.
She died Nov. 21, 1806; and he mar-
ried, second, Dorcas Nason. He died
Sept. 16, 1843.
Children :
504 i. RuTH 6 , b. July 26, 1785; m. R. T.
Williams of Salem.
505 II, SARAH 6 , b. July 1 1 , 1 787, in Andover;
m. David Holt in 1819.
506 in. OBED 6 , b. Sept. 14, 1789, in Andover;
m. Ruth Jordan ; and had children.
507 iv. STEPHEN 6 , b. Oct. i, 1792; d. 1793.
508 v. STEPHEN 6 , b. Dec. 14, 1794 ; m. Tem-
perance Jordan in 1819; and had
children. She d. in Andover Oct.
9, 1842.
509 vi. MARY 6 , b. May 12, 1797; m. Edward
Phillips of Taunton in 1819.
510 vii. JOSEPH 6 , b. Feb. 22, 1804; m. Grace
Wiggin of Concord, N. H., in 1829 ;
and had children.
511 vili. - son 6 , b. in 1809; d. in 1809.
512 ix. MARGARET NASON 6 , b. July 12, 1812.
328
GEORGE ABBOTS, born in Andover Feb.
9, 1748. He resided in Salem, where he
was a shopkeeper. He married Priscilla
Manning of Salem March 12, 1772 ; and
died there Oct. 5, 1784. His wife sur-
vived him, and continued his trade. She
was living in 1799.
Child :
513 i. PRISCILLA 6 , b. March 20, 1773, in
Salem; d. young.
333
CAPT. JOHN LOVEJOY ABBOTS, born in
Andover April 12, 1757. He was a
farmer, and lived on the homestead in
Andover. He married Phebe Abbot of
Andover O ct. 29, 1782. She died Oct.
i, 1825, aged sixty- two; and he died
Nov. , 1837.
Children, born in Andover:
514 i. JOHN LovEjov 6 , b. Nov. 29, 1783;
grad. H. C., 1805; was librarian ;
and minister of First church in Bos-
ton. He m. Elizabeth B. Warland ;
and d. Oct. 17, 1814, at the age of
thirty.
51511. GEORGE 6 , b. April 25, 1785 ; captain ;
lived on his father's farm in Ando-
ver; m. Ruth Dixon; and d. Oct.
21, 1822. They had children.
516 in. SAMUEL 6 , b. June 29, 1787; was a
merchant, and lived inCharlestown;
m. Lucretia Fowle ; and had children.
517 IV. PHEBE 6 , b. June 15, 1789; d. Nov. 11,
1811.
518 v. LYDIA CLARK 6 , b. July 10, 1790; d.
March 16, 1796.
519 vi. HANNAH 6 , b. Feb. 17, 1793; m ' E -L-
Herrick, Esq., of Rockford, 111.
520 vn. WILLIAM LovEjOY 6 ,b. Jan. 25, 1795 ;
d. March 27, 1796.
521 vni. SARAH KNEELAND G , b. July 7, 1797;
m., first, Rev. Hezekiah Hull of Lou-
isiana ; second, Sidney Hull of New
Haven, Conn.
522 ix. MARTHA jENKs 6 , b. Nov. 26, 1799.
523 x. WILLIAM G , b. Dec. 16, 1809; lived in
Charlestown ; m., first, Amelia
Hull; second, E. M. Bradley.
383
DEA. BENJAMIN ABBOTS, born in Ando-
ver May 28, 1763. He lived in New-
buryport. He married Joanna Holmes in
1785 ; and died Aug. 1 8, 1821. She died
Aug. , 1828.
Children :
524 i. PHEBE B. 6 , b. Oct. 10, 1787.
525 n. JOANNA 6 , b. Jan. 4, 1790.
526 in. MARY S. 6 , b. Oct. 21, 179-1.
527 iv. ELIZABETH 6 , b. Feb. i, 1793.
528 v. BENJAMIN 6 , b. Dec. 10, 1794; d. at
sea in August, 1818.
529 vi. FRANCIS 6 , b. Jan. 4, 1797.
530 vn. ABiEL 6 , b. July 26, 1798.
531 VIII. SARAH 6 .
532 IX. JOHN 6 .
384
JONATHAN ABBOTS, born in Andover
Aug. 29, 1740. He was a millwright and
a farmer, and lived with his father in An-
dover. He married, first, Mehitable Ab-
bot (279). She died Jan. i, 1777 ; and
he married, second, Dorcas Abbot (292)
(pub. Dec. 13, 1777). She died March 3,
1844, aged eighty- seven. He died Dec.
25, 1821, aged eighty-two.
Children, born in Andover :
533 i. MEHITABEL 6 , b. Sept. 29, 1764; m.
Benjamin Russell of Bethel, Me.,
Sept. 20, 1787.
534 n. SARAH 6 , b. June 22, 1766; m. Jona-
than Stickney of St. Armanda,
Lower Canada, June n, 1793 ; and
d. July 25, 1845.
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THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
535 Hi- ZERVIAH 6 , b. March 19, 1768; m.
John Ellenwood of Lyndeboro' Dec.
24, 1789.
536 iv. ABIGAIL 6 , b. July 30; 1770, m. Theo-
dore Russell of Bethel Sept. 17,
1789; and d. June 2, 1810.
537 v - HANNAH 6 , b. Nov. 18,1774; m - Simeon
Twitchell of Sudbury Aug. 16, 1795.
538 vi. JONATHAN 6 , b. June n, 1776; lived
in Bethel ; m. Betsey Batchelder of
Wilton Jan. 27, 1799; and d. Jan.
7, 1843. They had children.
539 vn - STEPHEN 6 , b. Dec. 30, 1779; captain ;
lived with his father in Andover;
was representative to the legislature ;
m. Hannah Russell; and d. Oct. I,
1835. She d. Jan. 30, 1840.
540 vm. DORCAS 6 , b. March 26, 1782; m.,
first, George Valpey of Salem; sec-
ond Capt. Joseph Sibley.
541 ix. PATTY 6 , b. June 9, 1785; d. June 4,
1797, aged twelve.
542 X. PHEBE 6 , b. Jan. 17, 1788; m. Capt.
Joshua Ballard of Andover in 1810.
543 xi. MARY 6 , d. Jan. 31, 1796, aged five.
385
WILLIAM ABBOTS, born in Andover Jan.
21, 1746. He was a farmer, and lived in
Andover. He married Sarah Holt Aug.
26, 1766 ; and died Oct. , 1807.
Children :
544 I. HANNAH 6 , b. June n, 1767, in An-
dover.
545 II. SARAH 6 , b. June 3, 1769, in Andover;
m. Ezra Upton.
546111. MARTHA 6 , b. Dec. II, 1772; m. Eli-
sha Child of Temple.
547 iv. WILLIAM 6 , had three wives and eleven
children ; d. in Maiden May ,
1843 ; pub. to Hannah Bailey June
3, 1799.
548 v. MARY 6 , m. Samuel Tufts of Maiden ;
and d. June , 1806.
549 vi HANNAH 6 , m. Capt. Daniel Heald of
Temple, N. H.
391
DEA. NATHAN ABBOTS, born Sept. 9,
1753. He was a farmer, and lived in
Andover. He married Sarah Ballard
May 8, 1777 ; and died March 5, 1801.
Children, born in Andover :
550 I. NATHAN 6 , b. Aug. 25, 1778; m. Han-
nah Russell, who d. Nov. , 1832.
He d. Feb. 13, 1837. They had
children.
551 II. son 6 , b. in 1780; d. in 1780.
552 III. son 6 , b. March , 1781; d.
March , 1782.
553 IV - J OB6 > b. Aug. 7, 1782; captain; lived
with his father; m. Lucy Chandler
in 1807 ; and had children.
554 V. JOSHUA 6 , b. June 29, 1784; d. Jan.
29, 1786.
555 vi. ABEL 6 , b. Sept. 7, 1786.
556 vii. PASCHAL 6 , b. July 26, 1 788 ; deacon;
m., first, Mary Abbot, who d. Oct.
28, 1828; and, second, Hannah Fos-
ter. He had children.
557 vm. JEREMIAH 6 , b. Aug. 14, 1790.
558 IX. SARAH 6 , b. Dec. 20, 1792.
559 x. AMOS G , b. March 13, 1795.
560 xi. JOSHUA 6 , b. Jan. 29, 1796; d. young.
561 xii. JOSHUA 6 , b. April 22, 1797.
562 xill. LYDIA 6 , b. Nov. 4, 1800.
397
JOSIAH ABBOTS, born Dec. 29, 1759.
He lived in Andover until 1 800, when he
removed to Bath, N. H., and subsequent-
ly to Lexington, Vt. He married, first,
Ruth Bodwell of Methuen May 15, 1784.
She died in 1788, and he married, sec-
ond, Anna Furbush March 30, 1790. He
died Feb. , 1837.
Children: *
563 i. CHARLES 6 , b. Nov. 25, 1784; lived in
Bath; m. Nancy Lang ; and d. Dec.
2 9> l &33- They had children.
564 n. RUTH BODWELL 6 , b. Jan. i, 1786; m.
Asa Holmes of Dalton, N. H.
565 in. FANNY 6 , b. Dec. 20, 1787; m. Jere-
miah Clough of Bath.
566 iv. ANNA 6 , b. Nov. 30, 1790; d. July 10,
1818.
567 v. SARAH 6 , b. Nov. 10, 1791; m. Aaron
Hall of Troy, N. Y.
568 vi. SOPHIA 6 , b. Aug. 20, 1793 5 m - Henry
Goss of Chazy, N. Y.
569 vn. DORCAS 6 , b. March 4, 1796; m. Ar-
temas W. Buffington of Lemington,
Vt.; and d. June n, 1842.
570 vm. WALTER STUART**, b. Feb. 23, 1798;
lived in Hereford, Lower Canada;
m. Betsey G. Ladd; and had chil-
dren.
571 ix. GEORGE WASHINGTON*, b. Dec. 24,
1799; lived in Lyman, N. H. ; m.
Lucinda Rowell ; and had children.
572 X. MOSES 6 , d. young.
573 xi- SEWELL 6 , d. young.
574 xii. MOSES S. 6 , b. Oct. 22, 1806; lived in
Hereford ; m. Sophronia S. Ladd ;
and had children.
575 xm. MARIA F. 6 , b. July 18, 1809; rn.
Stephen Harris of Lemington.
*The children that were born before 1800 were
born in Andover.
ABBOT GENEALOGY.
99
399
SAMUEL ABBOTS, born in Andover March
27, 1764. He lived at Society Land, N.
H. H& married, first, Rhoda Blanchard
of Billerica (pub. Jan. 4, 1 786) ; second,
Ann Wallace ; and died in 1834.
Children :
576 i. HENRY 6 , b. Feb. n, 1787.
577 n. RHODA 6 , b. Oct. 18, 1788, in Andover.
578 in. SAMUEL SHELDON 6 , b. Sept. 23, 1790,
in Andover.
579 iv. WILLIAM 6 , b. Oct. 18, 1792, in An-
dover.
580 v. DAVID 6 , b. July 10, 1794.
581 vi. PAMELA 6 , b. Dec. 7, 1796.
582 vii. HANNAH 6 , b. Jan. 14, 1799.
583 vni. BETSY 6 , b. May I, 1803.
584 ix. SARAH 6 , b. Sept. 23, 1804.
585 x. ROBERT M. 6 , b. Sept. 24, 1806; d.
Aug. 16, 1810.
DAVID ABBOTS, born in Andover March
u, 1764. He lived in Andover; and
married Priscilla Chandler May 26, 1789.
He died June 21, 1823; and she died
Feb. 19, 1831.
Children, born in Andover :
586 i. PRisciLLA 6 , b. June 10, 1790; d.,
unmarried, Nov. 9, 1857, aged sixty-
seven.
587 n. MARY 6 , b. June 25, 1791.
588 in. DAVID 6 , b. Dec. 23, 1792; m. Mary
Grant in 1833.
589 iv. JONATHAN 6 , b. June 12, 1796; cap-
tain ; m. Lydia Phelps.
590 v. NATHAN 6 , b. July 5, 1799.
59! vi. EZRA 6 , b. April 19, 1801.
592 vii. PHEBE G , b. Aug. 5, 1803; m. Elijah
Wilson.
593 vin ' JOSHUA 6 , b. Sept. 8, 1806.
594 ix. SERENA 6 , b. Sept. 7, 1808.
595 x. HERMAN 6 , m. Mary Gray.
416
NATHAN ABBOTS, born in Andover May
17, 1768. He married Hannah Phelps
Dec. n, 1792.
Child, born in Andover :
596 i. NATHAN 6 , b. Feb. 25, 1799.
417
BENJAMIN ABBOTS, born in Andover June
7, 1770. Lived in Andover; and mar-
ried Rhoda Chandler Nov. 26, 1 793. He
died Oct. 20, 1835 ; and she died March
18, 1853.
Children, born in Andover :
5971. BENJAMIN 6 , b. March 29, 1795; m .
Rebecca Boynton in 1814; and had
children.
59811. RHODA 6 , b. Oct. 24, 1796; m. Daniel
Knowlton of Concord, N. H.
599 m. PHEBE 6 , b. Nov. 27, 1798; m. Dea.
Solomon Holt in 1824.
600 iv. JONATHAN 6 , b. Nov. ic, i8oi ; d
March 8, 1838.
601 v. NATHAN C. 6 , b. Jan. 16, 1807; m.
Hannah Grant in 1836.
602 vi. MARY 6 , b. Nov. 17, 1809; m. Eben-
ezer Ricker of Lyman,Me.,in 1836.
603 vii. GILBERT 6 , b. April 5, 1812; d. Jan.
i> 1835, aged twenty-two.
418
SOLOMON ABBOTS, born in Andover Nov.
i, 1772. Lived in Andover; and mar-
ried Lucy Frye July 8, 1794. He died
Sept. 24, 1840; and she died June 14,
1854.
Children, born in Andover :
604 i. LucY 6 , b. Oct. 30, 1794.
60511. *, b. Nov. 7, 1796; d. Dec. 30,
1796.
606 m. SOLOMON 6 , b. Sept. 25, 1802; d.
young.
607 iv. SOLOMON 6 , b. Feb. 5, 1805.
608 V. JOSHUA 6 .
609 vi. ANDREW 6 , b. Aug. 8, 1808.
424
LT. TIMOTHY ABBOTS, born in Andover
June 4, 1745. He was a farmer, and lived
with his father in Andover, being blind for
several years before his death. He mar-
ried Sarah Abbot (138) Jan. 2, 1770. He
died March 21, 1826, aged eighty; and
she died April 2, 1835, a S e d eighty-five.
Children, born in Andover :
610 I. ASA 6 , b. Nov. 15, 1770. See below
(6/0).
611 n. TiMOTHY 6 , b. Sept. 28, 1774;
drowned Aug. 17, 1777.
612 in. DANIEL 6 , b. Feb. 25, 1777; grad. H.
C, 1797; rn. Elizabeth Pickman of
Salem ; and was a lawyer and state
senator in New Hampshire. They
had children.
613 iv. SARAH 6 , b. May 22, 1783; m. Na-
thaniel Swift, Esq., in 1803.
427
CALEB ABBOTS, born in Andover Oct.
28, 1751. He was a farmer, and lived in
Andover. He married, first, Lucy Love-
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joy Jan. 21, 1779. She died Feb.
(March?) 21, 1802, aged forty-four; and
he married, second, Hannah . His
wife Hannah died Sept. 24, 1828, aged
fifty-four; and he died April 12, 1837,
aged eighty-five.
Children, born in Andover :
614 I. CALEB 6 , b. NOV. IO, 1779.
615 II. TIMOTHY 6 , b. Jan. 13, 1781.
616 in. ORLANDO 6 , b. Nov. 20, 1782; d. Oct.
4, 1834, aged fifty-two.
617 iv. Lucv 6 , b. Feb. 20, 1784.
618 v. CHARLES 6 , b. Jan. 8, 1786.
619 vi. GARDNER 6 , b, Sept. 29, 1787; m.
Rachel ; and had children. He
d. Jan. 17, 1853, aged sixty-five.
620 vn. DANIEL 6 , b. June 15, 1789; d. April
13, 1797.
621 vin. ELIZABETH 6 , b. July 27, 1791.
622 ix. MARY 6 , b. March 25, 1793.
623 x. SAMUEL 6 , b. Jan. 28, 1795; d. April
14, 1796.
624 xi. PHEBE FOXCROFT S , b. Feb. 8, 1797.
625 xii. DAVID 6 , b. Feb. 19, 1799.
462
EZRA ABBOT 6 , born in Andover Dec.
2, 1760. He lived in Andover on his
father's farm, which was settled by his first
American ancestor, George Abbot 1 . He
married Hannah Poor April 24, 1798;
and died Jan. 22, 1844, aged eighty-
three.
Children, born in Andover :
626 i. EZRA 7 , b. March 30, 1799; d. Jan.
12, 1804.
627 n. JOHN 7 , b. March 17, 1801 ; d. Aug.
6, 1803.
628 in. DANIEL POOR 7 , b. March 9, 1803;
captain ; m. Mehitabel Foster.
629 iv. HANNAH FRYE ? , b. June 16, 1806;
m. Rev. D. Mansfield of Wenham.
630 v. EZRA 7 , b. Nov. 27, 1808; physician
at Canton, Mass. ; m. Harriet Lin-
coln in 1839.
631 vi. JOHN 7 , b. Feb. 9, 1812.
474
ENOCH ABBOT 6 , born in Andover April
8, 1774. He lived in Andover. He
married Nancy Flint (pub. Julys, 1799);
and died Sept. 26, 1842. She died Feb.
i, 1851, aged seventy- three.
Children, born in Andover :
632 i. HENRY 7 , b. Aug. 12, 1799.
633 H. NANCY 7 , b. March 5, 1801.
634 in. SOPHRONIA 7 , b. Feb. 18, 1803.
635 iv. ENOCH 7 , b. Nov. 7, 1804.
636 v. BENJAMIN F. 7 , b. June I,,i8o9.
637 vi. REBECCA H. 7 , b. July 12, 1811.
638 vn. SAMUEL FLINT T , b. Aug. 3, 1814; d.
Jan. 2, 1843, aged twenty-eight.
639 vin. RHODA A. 7 , b. April n, 1817.
640 ix. BUSHROD W. 7 , b. Aug. 19, 1821; d.
Jan. 20, 1853, aged thirty-one.
610
ASA ABBOT 6 , born in Andover Nov. 15,
1770. Lived with his father in Andover ;
and married Judith Jaquith of Billerica
(pub. Feb. i, 1798). She died July 15,
1843, aged sixty-seven.
Children, born in Andover :
641 i. ASA ALBERT 7 , b. March 29, 1799; m.
Mehitable H. Ingalls in 1820; and
lived in Andover.
642 ii. ADELINE ALTON 7 , b. Dec. 31, 1800;
m. Thomas Manning.
643 m. SYLVESTER 7 , b. Feb. 26, 1803.
644 iv. SERENO TIMOTHY ? , b. Aug. 17, 1805 ;
A. C., 1833 ; minister at Hampton
Falls ; m. Sarah French.
645 v. ELIZABETH JAQUITH 7 , b. Nov. 8,
1807; m. EbenG. Berry of Danvers
in 1831.
646 vi. SARAH ANN T , b. Dec. 23, 1811.
647 vn. HANNAH J. 7 , b. Aug. 31, 1815.
WILL OF ANNE SCARLET.
The will of Mrs. Anne Scarlet was
written 2 : imo : 1639, and proved 30 :
4: 1643. The following copy is taken
from the original instrument on file in the
office of the clerk of courts at Salem,
book i, leaf 16.
I doe Defire to have fome order taken
for the payinge my brother Samuell
in old England the fome of Tenne pownds
w ch he layd out for mee.
And alfo my brother D[avid's] Child-
ren twelve fhillings a peece to buy them a
w'hall.
And for the reft of my goods & move-
ables, & lynnen & wollin I defire they
fhall be equallie Devided to my three
children. Mary Margaret & Jofeph
equally alike to them :
Alfo I Doe give unto my fifter Dennis
my blew gowne further I give to my
brother James Hindes tenne shillings.
And alfoe my three Children to be wholy
execute" & my brother Browning & his
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF THE REVOLUTION.
IOI
wiefe advifers. And alfo my brother
Joseph Grafton I defire him to advife, in
the ordering of my goods & my things
as are abovewritten. And that my child-
ren may equal) ie devide fuch of my goods
a fhall remayne aftere thefe things be
discharged that are abovenamed equallie
amonge them
Anne Scarlet
Witnes.
James Hinds
James Moulton.
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF THE
REVOLUTION.
Continued from page 6j.
SILAS ADAMS of Newbury ; ist It., Capt.
Jacob Gerrish's co., which marched on
the alarm of April 19/1775, to Cam-
bridge ; service, 6 dys. ; also, Capt.
Gerrish's co., Col. Moses Little's reg. ;
muster roll dated Aug. i, 1775 ; enl. April
24, 1775 ; service, 3 mos., 14 days; also,
list of officers ; commissioned June 27,
I 775j also, co. return [probably Oct.,
J 775] ) a e > 33 y rs - ) a ^ so ) nst of men
drafted from Essex co. brigade to march
to Rhode Island to reinforce Gen. Spencer,
by order of Brig.-gen. Michael Farley,
agreeable to resolve of April n, 1777;
appointed capt. of a co. made up from
Newbury, Danvers, Rowley and Middle-
ton also, capt., Col. Titcomb's reg. ;
roll dated June 29, 1777.
SOLOMON ADAMS of Rowley ; priv. ; pay
roll for 6 mos. men raised by Rowley for
service in the Continental Army during
1780; marched July 6, 1780; dis. Dec.
5, 1780; service, 5 mos., 12 dys.
STEPHEN ADAMS of Newbury; priv.,
Capt. Silas Adams' co., Col. Titcomb's
leg. ; service, 2 mos. ; roll dated June 29,
1777.
THEODORE ADAMS of Marblehead ; re-
turn of men enl. into Continental Army
from Col. Jonathan Glover's (5th Essex
co.) reg., dated Nov. 7, 1777 ; enl., 3 yrs.
THEODORE ADAMS of Boxford ; priv. ;
Kst of deserters from Major's co., Col.
Thomas Nixon's (6th) reg., dated Camp
Ten Eyck, Aug. 27, 1780 ; deserted March
5, 1777-
THOMAS ADAMS of Boxford ; priv. ; Capt.
John Cushing's co., Col. Samuel Johnson's
reg., which marched on the alarm of
April 19, 1775 ; service, 5 days.
THOMAS ADAMS of Boxford ; serg., Capt.
Richard Peabody's co., Col. Edward
Wigglesworth's reg. ; pay. abstract for
travel allowance from Ticonderoga home,
in 1776.
THOMAS ADAMS of Newburyport ; sea-
man, brig " Julius Caesar," commanded
by Capt. Nathaniel Bently; descriptive
list of officers and crew, dated June 21,
1780; age, 21 yrs., 5 mos.; stature, 5 ft.,
6 in. ; complexion, light. Roll sworn to
at Falmouth.
To be continued.
LOUISBURG EXPEDITION.
The Massachusetts legislature, at its
present session, has passed the following
resolve. The Fifth regiment was com-
posed of Essex county men, and was
commanded by Col. Robert Hale of
Beverly.
"Resolved, That the Secretary of the
Commonwealth is hereby instructed to
ascertain and to report to the general
court whether or not there are in exist-
ence in England rolls of the Fifth Massa-
chusetts Colonial regiment, and of all the
colonial forces engaged in the Louisburg
expedition of 1745, and whether or not
certified copies of such rolls can be ob-
tained and the cost of obtaining the
same."
QUERIES.
Queries are inserted for one cent a word.
Answers are solicited.
54. Information wanted of William
Peter, said to be brother of Hugh. A
William Peter had an account with the
Plymouth Company in 1628.
New York City. E. B. p.
55. Wanted, ancestry of Sarah ,
who married William Harris of Ipswich
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about 1685. Also, date of her birth,
marriage and death. M. F. w. c.
Rochester, N. Y.
56. Was Thomas Harris of Ipswich
and Rowley son of Thomas (of Charles-
town, 1630)? M. F. w. c.
57. Wanted, ancestry of Susannah
, who married Thomas Dow of Ip-
swich about 1683. M. F. w. c.
58. Wanted, marriage of David Ham-
mond and Mary , Ipswich, Mass.,
1710-20, and births of children.
Oneida, N. Y. F. s. HAMMOND.
59. Wanted, information of descen-
dants of Jonathan Hammond, brother of
David. F. s. H.
60. Wanted, marriage of Thomas
Hammond with Martha (of Brook-
field, Mass.), 1738-42, and with Abia
, of Littleton, 1744-50. F. s. H.
61. Wanted, names of parents of
Thomas Hammond, born 1747, married
Esther Dole of Rowley. F. s. H.
62. Wanted, information of marriage
of John Chamberlain and , daugh-
ter of Nathaniel Hammond, 1732-37.
F. s. H.
63. Thomas Morse, of Bradford,
Mass., married Elizabeth Bartlett, May,
1747. Who were her ancestors ?
Wichita, Kan. M. B. G.
64. Wanted, ancestry of Benjamin
Carrill and of Mary Cross, married in
Ipswich March 3, 1701-2, and names
and birthplace of children, c. CARYL.
Groton, Mass.
65. Wanted, any information as to
Nathaniel Carrell and wife Mary, to
whom a daughter Mary was born in Sa-
lem May 20, 1662. c. c.
66. Wanted, maiden-name of Bath-
sheba, who married Capt. John Foote of
Amesbury about 1680. A. p. j.
East Boston.
67. Wanted, ancestry of Thomas
Williams, who married Mary Lowle or
Lowell of Newbury, 1696. A. p. j.
68. Mehitabel, daughter of Thomas
Raymond, was baptized Aug. 23, 1691,
First Church, Salem. Wanted, her
mother's maiden-name. A. p. j.
ANSWERS.
30. Amos Peabody, who married Abi-
gail Needham of Billerica Nov. 6, 1828,
was son of Amos and Rachel (Berry)
Peabody. He was born in Middleton
June 30, 1793; and died there June 28,
1857. M.J. Averill, Middleton.
[Abigail Needham was born Dec. 10,
1803 ; and married, secondly, George
Lyman, in May, 1844. Mr. Peabody was
insane many years. Apparently, his wife
was either divorced from him, or the
marriage was annulled. Ed.~]
43. Lydia Peabody married Thomas
Perley July 8, 1667. She was the
daughter of Lt. Francis and Mary (Fos-
ter) Peabody, and was baptized in Hamp-
ton, N. H., Aug. 30, 1640. Francis
Peabody, born in England in 1614, was a
son of John and Isabel Paybody, and
Mary Foster was a daughter of Reginald
and Judith Foster of Ipswich. John Pea-
body was born about 1585, came to New
England early, was probably at Lynn
awhile, then resided in Bridgewater, and
subsequently in Daybrook in Plymouth
colony. His will was proved in 1667.
His wife Isabel survived him. G. F.
Dow, Topsfield.
52. Grace Parker was the daughter
of Abraham Parker, Jr., of Bradford. She
was born in Chelmsford (of which town
her grandfather, Abraham Parker, Senior,
was one of the settlers) May 27, 1693,
and removed to Bradford with her father
in 1700. She married Capt. Abel Morse
of Bradford June 3, 1714, *and died in
Chester, N. H., Oct. 16, 1755. Her
mother's name was Martha Livermore,
of Watertown. Her emigrant ancestor,
Abraham Parker, came to this country in
1630, from England, lived first in Charles-
town, was one of the settlers of Woburn,
and later of Chelmsford, where he died
Aug. 12, 1685. -John L. Parker, Lynn.
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VOL. I.
SALEM, MASS., JULY, 1897.
No. 7.
DESCENDANTS OF GEORGE ABBOT OF ROWLEY.
2 I.
3 n -
4 in
GEORGE ABBOT 1 , with his three sons,
emigrated from England, and settled in
Rowley, Mass., where he died in 1647.
Nothing is known of his wife.
Children :
GEORGE 2 . See below (<?).
NEHEMIAH 2 . See Mow (j>).
THOMAS 2 , lived in Rowley ; m. Dorothy,
daughter of Richard Swan; and d. in
1659, without issue. He was buried
in Rowley Sept. 7, 1659. His wife
survived him, and m., second, Edward
Chapman of Ipswich. Mr. Chapman
d. April 18, 1678; and she m., third,
Archelaus Woodman of Newbury Nov.
13, 1678.
In Thomas Abbot's will he speaks
of his brother Thomas Abbot ; and in
several deeds he is called brother by a
Thomas Abbot. This has occasioned
much perplexity in arranging the Ab-
bot genealogies. The word brother
was probably used in the broader
sense of kinsman.
GEORGE ABBOT*, born in England, set-
tled in Andover, Mass., in 1655. He
was a tailor and husbandman. He mar-
ried Sarah Farnum of Andover April 26,
1658; and died March 22, 1688-9. His
wife survived him, and married, second,
Henry Ingalls Aug. i, 1689. Mr. In-
galls died in 1719, aged ninety-two; and
she died in 1728, aged ninety.
Children, born in Andover :
GEORGE 3 ,b. Jan. 28, 1659. See below^^).
SARAH 3 , b. Sept. 6, 1660; m. John
Faulkner Oct. 19, 1682.
JOHN 3 , b. Aug. 26, 1662 ; m. Jemima
and settled in Sudbury about
5 I-
6 n.
7 in.
8 iv.
1696. He d. March 19, 1721; and
she m., second, John Beeks. They
had children. Rev. Orrin Abbot of
Akron, N. Y., was a descendant.
MARY 3 , b. March 20, 1664 ; m. Stephen
Barker May 13, 1687.
9 v. NEHEMIAH 3 , b. July 20, 1667. See be-
low (9).
10 vi. HANNAH 3 , b, Sept. 22, i668 ; m. James
Ingalls April 16, 1695.
ii vn. MEHITABEL 3 , b. Feb. 17, 1671-2; d.
young.
12 vni. LYDIA 3 , b. March 31, 1675; m. Henry
Chandler Nov. 28, 1695.
13 ix. SAMUEL 3 , b. May 30, 1678; lived in
Sudbury; m. Joyce Rice June 16,
1705 ; and had children. Dr. Josiah
Abbot of Rindge, N. H., and Dr.
Alexander Abbot of Kinderhook, N.
Y., are descendants.
14 x. MEHITABEL 3 , b. April 4, 1680.
DBA. NEHEMIAH ABBOT/, born in Eng-
land, settled in Ipswich, Mass., where he
was living in 1659. He was commoner
there in 1664 and 1678; and was made
a freeman in 1669. He was a deacon of
the church in Topsfield in 1686. He
married Mary How, in Ipswich, Dec. 14,
1659; ano^ died March ,1706-7. His
wife survived him.
Children, born in Ipswich :
15 I. MARY 3 , b. Nov. 19, 1660; d. young.
16 II. NEHEMIAH 3 . See below (/6).
17 m. MARY 3 , b. Nov. I, 1665; d. Dec. 12,
1668.
GEORGE ABBOTS, born in Andover Jan.
28, 1659. He lived in Andover, and was
a shoemaker. He married, first, Eliza-
beth Ballard Sept. 13, 1689; and she
died May 6, 1706. He married, second,
Hannah Estey of Topsfield July 21, 1707.
He died Nov. 23, 1724; and his wife
died in Topsfield Nov. 5, 1741. She
lived for several years during her widow-
hood with her cousin John Perkins and
his wife in Topsfield.
Children, born in Andover :
104
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
1 8 I. GEORGE 4 , b. July 28, 1691.
19 n. URIAH 4 , b. Nov. 26, 1692. See below
20 in. JACOB 4 , b. March 19, 1694; lived in
Brookfield, Mass. ; m. Ruth Foster
of Andover May I, 1722.
21 iv. ELIZABETH 4 , b. Nov. 5, 1695 ; m. Dea.
David Foster of Boxford Nov. 25,
1714; and d. before 1724. He d.
June 22, 1759, aged sixty-six.
22 v. OBED 4 , b. March 6, 1697. See below
(**).
23 vi. MOSES 4 , b. Feb. 4, 1699; lived in New
Braintree.
24 vii. PETER*.
25 viu. SARAH 4 , m. Comfort Barnes of Brook-
field Sept. 6, 1728.
26 IX. HANNAH 4 , m. David Gilbert of Brook-
field Aug. 30, 1727.
DEA. NEHEMIAH ABBOTS, born in Ando-
ver July 20, 1667. He was an yeoman,
and lived in Andover. He was a deacon
of South church, 1720 to 1750, and a
representative to the General Court. He
married Abigail Lovejoy April 9, 1691.
She died May 2, 1747 ; and he died Sept.
16, 1750, aged eighty- three.
Children, born in Andover :
271. NEHEMIAH 4 , b. Jan. 19, 1692. See be-
low (.27).
28 n. AsiEL 4 , b. Aug. 10, 1693 ; lived in
East Windsor, Conn.; and m. Abi-
gail Grant Jan. 9, 1717. She d. Aug.
22, 1724, aged twenty-eight. He d.
Jan. 21, 1758. They had children.
29 HI. ZEBADIAH 4 , b. April 6, 1695. See be-
low (^9).
30 IV. JOHN 4 , b. Nov. 4, 1697; settled in Tol-
land, Conn., about 1720; m., first,
Elizabeth Birge Dec. 31, 1721. She
d. March , 1728; and he m., sec-
ond, Mary Robinson Oct. , 1731.
She d. April 3, 1778, aged eighty-
one; and he d. Nov. 25, 1779. He
had children. Among his descend-
ants are Dr. Jehiel Abbot of West-
field, Mass., state senator, etc. ; Dr.
Lucius Abbot of Detroit, Mich., and
John Stearns Abbot, esq., of Detroit.
31 V. ABIGAIL 4 , b. Oct. 7, 1699; m. Benja-
min Abbot.
32 vi. MARY 4 , b. March 23, 1701 ; m. James
Bridges Aug. 31, 1738; and d. in 1774.
33 vii. JOSEPH 4 , d. Nov. i, 1726.
16
NEHEMIAH ABBOTS, born in Ipswich.
He was a weaver and husbandman, and
lived in Ipswich. He married Remem-
ber Fisk Jan. 21, 1690. She died July
12, 1703. He made his will May 28,
1728 ; and it was proved Jan. 20, 1736-7.
Children, born in Ipswich :
34 I. JOHN 4 , b. April 9, 1691; d. June 5,
1710.
35 n. NEHEMIAH 4 , b. Oct. 19, 1692. See
below (j|5).
36 in. MARY 4 , d. unmarried; was living in
1727.
37 iv. MEHITABEL 4 , b. Oct. 17, 1700; d. un-
married; was living in 1727.
38 V. JOHN 4 . See Mow (jtf).
39 vi. SARAH 4 , m. Joshua Jackson of Rowley
April 17, 1728.
19
URIAH ABBOT^ born in Andover Nov.
26, 1692. He was a shoemaker and yeo-
man, and lived in Andover. He married
Sarah Mitchell of Salem March 24, 1724.
She died May 9, 1750, aged forty-seven;
and he died April 7, 1770.
Children born in Andover :
40 I. JOHN 5 , b. March 10, 1725. See below
41 n. SARAH, b. Dec. 4, 1726; m. Rev. Jo-
siah Stearns, of Billerica Dec. 4,
1755; and d. Nov. 5, 1776.
42111. ELIZABETH 5 , b. Aug. 3, 1728; d. Jan.
2 9> I 75> aged twenty-one.
43 iv. URIAH 5 , b. Aug. 20, 1729; d. Sept.
14, 1729.
44 v. MARY 5 , b. Oct. 5, 1733; d. Oct. 7,
1736.
45 vi. URIAH 5 , b. Sept. 29, 1735. See below
46 VII. WILLIAM 5 , b. Oct. 2, 1738; m. Eliza-
beth Tay of Woburn (pub. March 3,
1761). '
22
OBED ABBOT*, born in Andover March
6, 1697. He was a weaver and husband-
man, a man of small stature, but of great
physical power. He lived in Salem until
1725, when he removed to Bedford, then
a part of Billerica. He was prominent
in town and church. He married Eliza-
beth Tarbell of Salem Feb. i, 1721-2.
She died May 29, 1752; and he died
May n, 1773.
Children :
47 I. JONATHAN 5 , b. April i, 1723, in Salem.
48 n. ELIZABETH 5 , b. Feb. 5, 1724-5, in Sa-
lem; d. young.
DESCENDANTS OF GEORGE ABBOT OF ROWLEY.
I0 5
49 in. MosES 5 , b. Jan. 13, 1727; was captain
of the Bedford company of minute
men in the Revolution ; was known
as " Solid Abbot "; m. Mary Hill of
Billerica April 15, 1755. She d.
Sept. 5, 1801; and he d. May 22,
1809. They had children.
50 IV. SARAH 5 , b. April 22, 1729; m. Isaac
Stearns of Billerica Feb. n, 1748.
51 v. ELIZABETH 5 , b. March 16, 1731; m.
Abijah Cutler of Brookfield Dec. 9,
1756.
52 vi. JOHN 5 , b. Feb. 4, 1732-3.
53 vii. MARY S , b. Feb. 16, 1734-5; m. Daniel
Parker of Reading.
27
DEA. NEHEMIAH ABBOT*, born in Ando-
ver Jan. 19, 1692. He settled in Weston
in 1714, and in 1719 moved to Lincoln,
then a part of Lexington. He was town
treasurer, etc. He married Sarah Foster
Nov. 2, 1714. He died Feb. 17, 1767;
and she died July 19, 1770.
Children :
54 i. NEHEMIAH 5 , bapt. in Weston Dec. 4,
1715; d. young.
55 ii. NEHEMIAH 5 , bapt. in Weston March
14, 1717. See below (j^).
56 ill. SARAH 5 , bapt. in Weston Nov. 2, 1718;
m. Warren.
57 iv. ABIGAIL 5 , b. Jan. 26, 1721, in Lexing-
ton; m. Amos Lawrence of Groton
Nov. , 1749; and d. Jan. 6, 1784.
They were grandparents of Hon. Ab-
bot Lawrence.
58 v. WILLIAM 5 , b. Oct. 9, 1724, in Lexing-
ton. See below (5$).
59 vi. JOSEPH 5 , b. June 8, 1727; lived in
Lincoln; m. Hannah White March
24, 1752; and d. in 1793. They
had children.
29
ZEBADIAH ABBOT*, born in Andover
April 6, 1695. He was a farmer, and
lived in Andover on the homestead, which
his father deeded to him in 1747. He
married Anna Lovejoy June 20, 1728.
He died Sept. 9, 1767; and she died
Sept. 5, 1770.
Children, born in Andover :
60 i. ANNA 5 , b. Oct. , 1729; d. April 3,
1738.
61 ii. NEHEMIAH 5 , b. Aug. 24, 1731. See
below (6/).
62 in. SARAH 5 , b. Aug. 3, 1733 ; m. Timothy
Ballard Jan. 21, 1755; and lived in
Andover. He d. before 1767.
63 IV. LYDIA 5 , b. July 23, 1735 ; m. Abraham
Moar March 16, 1758; and d. before
1767.
64 v. CHLOE, b. Nov. 5, 1737; m. Jeremiah
Abbot.
65 vi. ZEBADIAH 5 , b. Sept. 27, 1739. See
below (65).
66 vii. ANNA 5 , b. July 27, 1752; d. Oct. 8.
1764.
35
NEHEMIAH ABBOT*, born in Ipswich
Oct. 19, 1692. He was a yeoman, and
lived in Linebrook parish, Ipswich. He
married Eleanor Porter of Topsfield
(pub. March 24, 1743). He died before
May 22, 1760; and his widow married
Mark Fisk Sept. 21, 1762.
Children, born in Ipswich :
67 I. ELIZABETH 5 , d. May 22, 1760.
68 n. ELEANOR 5 , b. March 15, 1746; m.
Joseph Fisk of Ipswich April 21, 1763.
69 III. JOHN 5 , b. Sept. 15, 1749. See below
(69).
70 IV. NEHEMIAH, b. Nov. 14, 1751 ; d.
young.
71 v. GEORGE 5 , b. Jan. 29, 1754; m. Mehit-
able Jewett of Rowley (pub. May 12,
1777); and d. in 1778. He was a
blacksmith, and lived in Rowley.
72 vi. ABIGAIL 5 , bapt. March 23, 1756, in
Linebrook parish; living in Rowley
in 1775, and later in Ipswich ; and d.,
unmarried, before April 5, 1784.
73 vn. NEHEMIAH 5 , bapt. Feb. 18, 1759, in
Linebrook parish; living in 1775;
served in the Revolution ; and was a
baker by trade.
38
DEA. JOHN ABBOT*, born in Ipswich.
He was a farmer, and lived in Linebrook
parish, Ipswich. He married, first, Abi-
gail Dresser of Rowley Feb. 3, 1714-5.
She died after 1735 ; and he married,
second, widow Susanna Neland July n,
1750. She died Dec. 14, 1759; and he
died four days later, Dec. 18, 1759.
Children :
74 i. REMEMBER 5 , b. Nov. 30, 1715.
75 ii. JOHN 5 , bapt. Oct. 26, 1717.
40
JOHN ABBOTS, born in Andover March
10, 1725. He was a cordwainer and
farmer, and lived in Andover. He mar-
ried, first, Sarah Carlton of Bradford
(pub. Feb. 3, 1753). She died May 17,
1776, aged forty-seven; and he married,
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THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
second, Phebe Steel (pub. Nov. 22,
1776). He died of the smallpox Jan. 3,
1779; and she married James Holt of
Andover June 22, 1779.
Children, born in Andover :
76 i. ELIZABETH 6 ', b. March 24, 1754.
77 n. MARY 6 , d. Jan. 6, 1763.
78 ill. NEHEMIAH 6 , b. June 1 8, 1756. See be-
low (78}.
79 iv. JOSEPH 6 , b. Dec. 7, 1758; d. March 22,
1763-
80 v. BEZALEEL 6 , b. March 16, 1761 ; d. Jan.
3 J 763-
81 vi. JOSEPH 6 , b. Oct. 18, 1763 ; d. of small-
pox Jan. 5, 1779.
82 vii. REUBEN 6 , b. July 16, 1766; d. Jan. 17,
1768.
83 vni. SARAH G , b. Dec. 30, 1768; m. Benja-
min Johnson May 9, 1793.
4 ix. HANNAH 6 , m. John Johnson in 1793.
45
URIAH ABBOTS, born in Andover Sept-
2 9> I 735- He lived in Pelham, N. H.
He married, first, Sarah Wright April 26,
1757 ; and, second, Sarah Perry.
Children :
85 i. JOHN 6 , d. in Leominster in 1806.
86 n. BENJAMIN 6 , b. Dec. 22, 1780.
87 in. JOSEPH 6 , lived in Newburyport.
88 IV. DUDLEY 6 . See below (88}.
89 v. SARAH 6 , m., and lived in Beverly.
90 VI. L-YDIA 6 , m., and lived in Newbury.
91 vii. BENJAMIN 6 , lived in Andover ; m. Polly
Wood ; and had children.
92 vni. URIAH 6 , b. in 1778; d. in Portland in
1808.
93 ix. WILLIAM 6 , b. Feb. 14, 1789; m. Mary
Stone of Beverly, where he lived.
55
DR. NEHEMIAH ABBOTS, baptized in
Weston, Mass., March 14, 1717. He
was a physician, and lived in Andover
until 1770, when he removed to Chelms-
ford. He married, first, Joanna Parker
of Chelmsford (pub. Nov. 5, 1748). She
died after 1770; and he married, second,
the widow of Rev. Ebenezer Bridge. He
had no children.
58
WILLIAM ABBOTS, born in Lexington,
Mass., Oct. 9, 1724. He was a farmer,
and lived in Andover. He married Ex-
perience Bixby June 4, 1747. He died
Jan. 2, 1798; and she died Sept. 3, 1815.
Children, born in Andover :
94 i. JEDUTHAN 6 , b. Aug. 6, 1749. See be-
low (94).
95 ii. BiXBY 6 , b. Nov. 24, 1 750. See beloiv (95).
96 m. HANNAH 6 , b. July 15, 1753; d. July
7, 1792.
97 iv. LucY 6 , b. Sept. 3, 1758; m. John
Brown of Hopkinton, N. H., April
11, 1776.
98 V. SARAH 6 , b. June 16, 1763; m. Isaac
Moar Feb. 9, 1786; and d. in 1786.
61
NEHEMIAH ABBOTS, born in Andover
Aug. 24, 1731. He lived with his father
in Andover, and was a farmer and trustee
of the Phillips Academy. He married,
first, Hannah Ballard March n, 1756.
She died Sept. 27, 1778, aged forty-two ;
and he married, second, Lydia Clark of
Andover Jan. 18, 1780. He died Oct.
13, 1808, aged seventy-seven; and she
died Feb. 13, 1814, aged sixty-nine.
Children, born in Andover :
99 i. NEHEMIAH 6 , b. March 10, 1757; was
an innholder, and lived in Andover ;
m. Sarah Abbot March 3, 1785 ; and
d. Dec. 12, 1822. His widow
founded the Abbot Female Academy
in Andover; and d. March 2, 1848,
aged eighty-five.
100 ii. HANNAH 6 , b. Sept. 19, 1758; d. Oct.
29, 1764.
IOI III. AsiEL 6 , b. Sept. 4, 1760. See beloiv
(/o/).
102 iv. PHEBE G , b. in 1763; m. John L. Ab-
bot, esq. ; and d. Oct. i, 1825.
103 v. WILLIAM LovEjov 6 (twin), b. Jan.
18, 1765 ; grad. H. C., 1787 ; was a
physician in Amesbury wntil 1794,
when he settled in Haverhill. He
m. Abigail Carr of Amesbury March
II, 1792; and d. April 18, 1798,
childless. His widow married Elias
Weld of Amesbury July ii, 1799.
104 vi. HANNAH 6 (twin), b. Jan. 18, 1765;
m. Samuel Hawley Jan. i, 1788.
IO5 VII. ELIZABETH 6 , b. Oct. 22, 1781.
65
DEA. ZEBADIAH ABBOTS, born in Ando-
ver Sept. 27, 1739. He lived in Ando-
ver, where he was a teacher, and also a
shopkeeper. He was a member of the
convention for forming the State consti-
tution. He married Rebecca Ballard
(pub. Oct. i, 1765). He died Nov. 24,
1793; and his wife died Sept. 14, 1821.
DESCENDANTS OF GEORGE ABBOT OF ROWLEY.
107
IIO V.
Ill VI
Children, born in Andover :
106 i. ANNA 6 , b. Aug. 3, 1767; m. Chris-
topher Osgood of Pembroke, N. H. ;
and d. Dec. 26, 1826.
107 H. ZEBADIAH 6 , b. June 6, 1769. See be-
low (707).
108 m. HERMAN 6 , b. March 5, 1771; lived
in Andover; m. Lydia Farrington
(pub. Sept. 7, 1799) ; and had chil-
dren. She d. April 27, 1838.
109 IV. JOSHUA 6 , b. March i, 1773 ; d. March
20, 1773.
6 , d. young.
JOSHUA 6 , b. Feb. i, 1782; d. July
26, 1782.
69
JOHN ABBOTS, bom in Ipswich Sept. 1 5 ,
1749. He was a blacksmith, and lived
in Rowley. He married, first, Elizabeth
Fisk of Ipswich (pub. July 25, 1772) ;
and, second, Sarah Perkins of Ipswich
Sept. 17, 1774. He died before 1778;
and his wife married John Fowler, 36!, of
Ipswich June 19, 1777.
Children :
112 i. MEHiTABLE 6 , m. Joshua Burpee of
Rowley in 1774.
113 n. SARAH 6 , m. Robert Gary in 1804.
114 in. BETHiAH 6 , m. Josiah Parsons of Glou-
cester in 1795.
115 iv. 6 , d. before 1778.
NEHEMIAH ABBOT 6 , born in Andover
June 1 8, 1756. He was an innholder,
and lived in Andover. He married Su-
sannah Emery Nov. 17, 1778; and died
Jan. i, 1784. His wife married, sec-
ond, Robert Swan May 21, 1789.
Children :
116 I. JOHN 7 , b. July 29, 1779; lived in
Portsmouth ; m. Rebecca Wilson;
and had children,
11711. BUTLER', b. Jan. 28, 1782; lived in
Newburyport ; m. Martha Dale; and
had children.
88
DUDLEY ABBOT 6 . He lived in Beverly ;
and married Nancy Poland of Ipswich
Hamlet June 2, 1791.
Children, born in Beverly :
118 i. ANNA 7 , b. Dec. 5, 1792; m. Isaac
Lakeman Nov. 10, 1811.
119 n. STEPHEN 7 , b. Feb. 22, 1794; m -
Nancy Woodbury Dec. n, 1821;
and d. Aug. , 1872.
120 in. DUDLEY 7 , b. Dec. 26, 1796; m. Pame-
lia Ober.
I2i iv. JOHN 7 , b. Oct. 14, 1800; m. Annis
Chapman May 2, 1825.
122 v. SALLYS b. Feb. 15, 1803; d. Sept.
26, 1805.
123 vi. NATHAN 7 , b. July 15, 1805.
124 vii. SALLY 7 , b. July 26, 1808.
125 viii. JOSEPH 7 , b. Jan. 6, 1811; lived in
Beverly; m. Elizabeth Foster May
20, 1834; and d. Sept. 24, 1842.
126 ix. ELIZABETH LAKEMAN : , b. Jan. 2,
1814; m. Larkin T. Lee; and d.
Aug. 24, 1881.
94
CAPT. JEDUTHAN ABBOT 6 , born in Ando-
ver Aug. 6, 1749. He lived with his
father in Andover. He married Hannah
Poor Nov. 26, 1772; and died July 5,
1810. She died Sept. 3, 1823.
Children, born in Andover :
127 I. HANNAH 7 , b. July 10, 1773.
12811. LucY 7 , b. Oct. 9, 1775; d. Aug. 16,
1798.
129 in. JEDUTHAN 7 , b. June 18, 1777; lived
with his father in Andover ; m. Bet-
sy Bridges ; and had children.
130 iv. FANNY 7 , b. March 30, 1779; m. Os-
good Johnson; and d. July 19, 1829.
131 v. LYDIA 7 , b. March 24, 1781 ; m., first,
John Richardson ; and, second, Dea.
Fulsom of Corinth, Vt. ; and
d. Feb. , 1843.
132 vi. SARAH PEABODY 7 , b. July 4, 1783 ; d.
Feb. , 1822.
133 vii. AMOS 7 , b. Sept. 6, 1786; was deacon,
state senator, and member of Con-
gress; and m. Esther West Dec. 6,
1812. Alfred Amos Abbot of Pea-
body, U. C., 1841, district attorney,
lawyer, and clerk of courts for Essex
county, was their son.
134 viii. ABIGAIL 7 , b. May 23, 1790; m. Capt.
Thomas C. Foster ; and d. Oct. 24,
1844.
135 ix. PAMELA 7 , b. Oct. n, 1792; d. Aug.
31, 1798.
136 x. REBECCA 7 , b. March 10, 1795; d.
Sept. 8, 1798.
95
BIXBY ABBOT 6 , born in Andover Nov..
24, 1750. He lived in Andover and
Greenfield. He married, first, Hephzi-
bah Ames Jan. 13, 1772. She died May
20, 1796 ; and he married, second, Mary
, who died March 27, 1805. He
probably married, third, Deborah Johnson.
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THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
Children, born in Andover :
137 i. HEPHZIBAH : , b. Aug. 17, 1772; m.
Joshua Bailey Feb. 19, 1795.
138 II. WILLIAM 7 , b. July 14, 1774; lived in
Greenfield ; m. Hannah Bailey in
1799; and had children.
139 in. BENJAMIN 7 , b. Nov. 8, 1776. See be-
low (/?9).
140 iv. BETSY 7 , b. Sept. 1 8, 1780; m. Nathan
Bailey.
141 v. JOSEPH 7 , b. Feb. I, 1783; died at
sea.
142 vi. HENRY 7 , b. March 5, 1785; lived in
Amherst; m. Rhoda Bailey Jan. ,
1811; and had children.
143 vii. AsA 7 , b. March 7, 1787; m. Hannah
^ Bailey.
144 vni. SAMUEL 7 , b. Jan. 28, 1789; lived in
Woburn. *
145 ix. NEHEMIAH 7 , b. Oct. 18, 1 790 ; lived
in Andover. ,
146 x. TIMOTHY 7 , b. Feb. 22, 1793; d. in
1813.
147 xi. WARREN 7 , b. July 14, 1796; grad. Y.
C. ; was a physician in Bradford ;
and d. Aug. , 1825.
101
ARIEL ABBOT 6 , born in Andover Sept.
4, 1760. He lived on the homestead in
Andover. He married, first, Hannah
Frye of Dracut (pub. Aug. 6, 1793). She
died Oct. 12, 1821, aged fifty-four; and
he married, second, Chloe Havvley. He
died Aug. 18, 1828; and she died Feb.
1 8, 1847, a g g d seventy-five.
Children, born in Andover :
148 i. NEHEMIAH 7 , b. Sept. 28, 1794.
149 ii. LYDIA CLARK ? , b. May 13, 1797; m.
John Flint, esq., of Andover.
107
DEA. ZEBADIAH ABBOT 6 , born in Ando-
ver June 6, 1769. He was a trader, and
lived in Andover. He married Sarah
Farrington of Andover Oct. 18, 1796;
and died May 31, 1836. She died March
4, 1847, aged seventy- four.
^Children, born in Andover :
150 i. SARAH F. 7 , b. Feb. 24, 1798.
151 H. REBECCA 7 , b. June 5, 1799; m. Dea.
Robert Knights of Milford, N. H.
152 in. ANNA 7 , b. May 18, 1801 ; m. John
Stanyon.
153 iv. ZEBADIAH 7 , b. May 20, 1805 ; d. Oct.
7, 1808.
154 v. JEREMIAH 7 , b. Jan. , 1807; d. Jan.
, 1807.
155 vi. JEREMIAH 7 , b. Jan. 9, 1808.
156 vii. ZEBADIAH 7 , b. April 10, 1810; m.
Caroline W. French.
157 vin. EDWARD F. 7 , b. Dec. 24, 1816; was
a preacher.
139
COL. BENJAMIN ABBOT?, born in Ando-
ver Nov. 8, 1776. He lived in Andover.
He married, first, Mary Kidder of Med-
ford (pub. May 19, 1798). She died May
26, 1816, aged thirty-seven; and he
married, second, Elizabeth Goldsmith in
1817. He died Aug. 13, 1852, aged
seventy-five.
Children :
158 I. BENJAMIN 8 , b. July 19, 1798, in An-
dover; d. in Providence.
159 ii. SAMUEL K. 8 , b. Nov. 22, 1803; d.
April 17, 1820.
160 in. MARY G. 8 , b. July ii, 1806; m.
George Ward well.
161 iv. WiLLiAM 8 , b. Feb. 9, 1808.
162 v. JOSEPH T. 8 , b. Dec. 19, 1809.
163 vi. HEPHZiBAH 8 , b. Feb. 7, 1812.
164 vn. ELIZABETH 8 , b. March 8, 1814; m.
Albert Ware of Providence.
165 vni. SARAH 8 , b. Dec. 25, 1817; m. Charles
Pray.
166 ix. SAMUEL W. 8 , b. March 14, 1828.
NOTES.
" His Excellency Governor WENT-
WORTH came to Town Yefterday from Bof-
ton, and this Day fets out for his Govern-
ment." Essex Gazette (Sa/em), Oct. ii,
1768.
Ebenezer Choate of Ipswich advertised,
Oct. 3, 1768, that on the preceding Tues-
day night a pair of fat oxen were stolen
from his pasture and driven to " Cape-
Ann Harbour, "* where they were sold by
a man who said his name was Samuel
Williams. He was about five and a half
feet in height, with short hair, somewhat
dark, a little round-shouldered, somewhat
bow-legged, and stooping, and wore a
dark homespun cloth coat, a blue jacket,
yellow leather breeches, light blue ribbed
stockings, double-soled shoes, and large
square brass buckles. He was supposed
to be one Lindsey, well known in Ipswich,
who was an old offender. One guinea re-
ward was offered for his being brought to
justice. Essex Gazette, Oct. 4, 1768.
OLD PEABODY MILLS, TOPSFIELD.
109
THE OLD GRIST-MILL.
Grass overgrown the old cart path
Now leadeth to the mill,
Whose mossy roof and blackened boards
Display its old age still.
Around the vacant dam and wheel
The trees now closely stand,
And over all a large old elm
Sends out a shielding hand.
Cobwebs and dust and tenants small
Remain secure within ;
Without, is seen no sign to show
The life that once had been.
As in the silent hall of death,
E'en nature seems suppressed ;
While rust and dampness slowly cause
The old mill's well-earned rest.
Salem.
OLD PEABODY MILLS, TOPSFIELD.
BY JOHN H. TOWNE.
Lt. Francis Peabody, the ancestor of
the American Peabodys, was born at St.
Albans, Hertfordshire, England, in 1614.
He came to America in 1635 ; lived first
in Lynn, and then in Ipswich, in the
Massachusetts Bay colony. In 1639, he
removed to Hampton, N. H., where he
lived until 1657, when he came to Tops-
field, Mass. He was useful in the new
place, and was chosen to. the office of
selectman, as well as town clerk, both
of which offices he held many years.
March 4, 1664, the town voted that
Lt. Peabody have liberty " to set up a
grist mill and to flow so much of the
town's common as is needful for a mill so
long as the mill does stand and grind for
the town." The next year (1665), Mr.
Peabody established the mill on Pye
brook.
Who can estimate the joy of the in-
habitants at that early period of having a
grist mill to accommodate them in the
grinding of their rye and corn ! It
marked a new era in the history of the
Topsfield commoners.
March 7, 1671, the town voted that it
was " willing that Lieut. Peabody shall
set up a saw mill provided it does not do
damage to any of the townsmen in their
meadows." The saw mill was built in
1672.
So far as the writer is able to learn,
everything pertaining to these mills went
along smoothly until 1691, when, the
business having increased on account of
the growth of the surrounding district,
there was not a sufficient head of water
during a part of the year to run the mills.
Hewlett's brook, a branch of Pye
brook, left the latter stream and ran off to
the northeastward, a short distance above
the Peabody mills. As, at that time,
there was no mill on Hewlett's brook,
Mr. Peabody was granted by the town the
privilege of building a dam across this
branch a few rods below its parting from
the main stream, providing he pay satis-
factory damages to the adjoining owners
by reason of his flowing their meadows.
The records speak of damages being
received the following year by Thomas
Dorman and sons, who had in 1690
erected a house within a few rods of the
parting of the brook.* There was prob-
ably water power enough at the mills after
the building of the dam as there are no
papers showing the want of it for more
than fifty years afterwards.
During the year 1698 (?), after faith-
fully serving his day and generation, Lt.
Francis Peabody passed away full of
years and honors. By his will, dated Jan.
20, 1695, he gives his son Isaac Peabody
the mills and mill-yard, the dwelling-
house by the mill, and other property.
The agreement under which damages
caused by flowage were paid to Thomas
Dorman, expired in 1700 ; and it was re-
newed by Isaac Peabody at that time and
again in 1710. By the terms of the
agreement, the water could be kept
*This house was occupied for several years
during the latter part of the eighteenth century
by Asahel Smith, and here was born, July 12,
1771, his son Joseph, who was the father of the
celebrated Joseph Smith, the noted founder of
Mormonism in this country. The house, one
hundred and eighty-five years old, was torn down
by Francis C. Frame in 1875, and another was
built upon the same spot.
110 THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
dammed from the last of September to In 1765, the old saw-mill was taken
the first of April, as high as was needed down and a new one built to take its
for the use of the mill. And it was place.
further agreed " that when Mr. Baker and During the next few years, business in
said Dorman do send word to said Pea- both mills flourished. Then there began
body together to lower the water for to be a lack of water power on account of
them that they may mow the meadow neglecting to keep in good condition the
that is commonly flowed by the mill dam dam across the branch stream. In 1787,
the said Peabody is to lower the water there was nothing left of the former dam
such time as they may conveniently take but one stick of timber lying across the
off the hay of said meadow." bed of the stream called a mud-sill. In
Dec. 27, 1715, Capt. Thomas Baker September of that year, supposing that
applied to the courts at Salem to have he had a right " in conformity with the
damages allowed him by reason of having grant of the town V?. Lieut. Peabody to
his meadows flowed on account of the build the dam," Jacob Peabody partially
dam, but the claim was not at that time restored it. Mr. Hobbs, who then owned
allowed. the Hewlett mills, objected to this, and
The mills were both run with more or tore it down. The dam was repeatedly
less success until 1726, when Isaac Pea- rebuilt, and as often torn down,
body died. By his will, dated Oct. i, Mr. Peabody then entered the courts
1726, he gave to his son Joseph Peabody for redress, early in the next spring com-
" my Grist and Saw Mills with all irons, mencing an action of trespass against Mr.
wheels, stones, profits, privileges and Hobbs. Two trials were had in the court
appurtenances to the said mills belonging, of common pleas, and on exceptions the
also the Dwelling House and barn stand- case went to the supreme court Before
ing near the Gristmill, the mill-yard," etc. a hearing was had in that court the
When Joseph Peabody came into pos- parties agreed to leave the settlement of
session of the mills Mr. Baker renewed the contention to Nathaniel Lovejoy,
his demand for damages for flowing his Esq., Mr. Moody Bridges and Capt. Peter
meadows, and it was agreed the next Osgood as referees. They made their re-
year that Mr. Peabody should pay him port, which was accepted by the court in
eighteen shillings yearly; and this sum April, 1789. The decision was against
was paid to the Baker family for more Mr. Peabody, the report providing that
than seventy years. the branch stream should be kept open.
Until 1736, the Peabody grist-mill was In 1801, Joseph and John Batchelder,
the only one in the town. In that year, owners of the Baker farm at that date,
Thomas Howlett built one on Hewlett's brought suit against Mr. Peabody for
brook, the branch of Pye brook already flowing their meadows. The case was
mentioned ; and three years later he tried in November, of the same year, in
added a saw-mill. These mills of How- the supreme judicial court at Salem and
lett's were at or near the present Donald- the plaintiffs were awarded ten dollars as
son grist-mill. part damages, the decree further pro-
Joseph Peabody died June 7, 1755. viding that they should be paid three dol-
By his will, dated Nov. 12, 1753, he gave lars yearly in the future. This amount
all his real estate to his only son Jacob, was paid every year until 1870.
In the summer of 1760, the original Jacob Peabody died Nov. 25, 1806,
grist-mill was torn down and a new one and by his will, dated Feb. 16, 1804, he
built on the same site, David Nelson per- gave the mills to his two sons, Jacob and
forming the work. The millstones and John P. Peabody. These brothers con-
some other things were put into the new tinued the operation of the mills until
mill. the summer of 1824.
OLD PEABODY MILLS, TOPSFIELD. Ill
The grist-mill at this time being very used in the construction of the house
much out of repair, needing a new water- erected on that spot by J. Waldo Towne
wheel, set of mill-stones, new flume, etc., in 1847, which is now owned by George
it was torn down and a new one, built. It F. Pevear.
was taken down in August and the new The mill was run by Benjamin B. and
one, built on the same spot, was raised J. Waldo Towne until April 10, 1848,
Sept. 25, 1824, the work being done by when they sold out to John McKenzie,
Ezra Dodge and others from Beverly, who made extensive repairs, being a
John P. Peabody took one-half of one of wheelwright. In 1850, he took out the
the original millstones for a -door- step, old reversible water-wheel, sixteen feet in
which is still used for that purpose. The diameter, and put in a new circular tub-
new millstones, weighing over three tons, wheel.
were brought from Lynn. The cost of When putting in the foundation for the
the new mill was $ 52.06. new wheel, Mr. McKenzie found an old
The mills were run by the brothers un- pine-tree shilling. This ancient coin was
til Feb. 14, 1829, when the mills had afterwards purchased by Dea. Joel R.
been in the Peabody family for one hundred Peabody and with some appropriate ver-
and sixty-four years. On that date Jacob ses, written by his wife, was sent by him
sold his farm and his interest in the mills as a present to George Peabody, the
to Hon. Nathan Dane of Beverly. Mr. eminent banker of London. Mrs. Pea-
Dane transferred the same to Samuel body received in return a present of a sil-
Bradstreet and Samuel Gould, as tenants ver pitcher lined with gold,
in common, June 1 6, 1831. In 1851, after making many repairs,
April 12, 1836, Samuel Bradstreet sold Mr. McKenzie added a corn-cracker, up
his one-fourth interest to Samuel Gould, to this time only clean grain having been
who owned another quarter. Mr. Gould ground. The introduction of the cracker
sold his one-half to Jacob Towne Sept. marked a new epoch in the history of the
14, 1841. April 2, 1845, Mr. Towne mill. Not much corn was shelled after
having died, his administratrix and widow, this, as thereafter kernels and cob were
Sophia Towne, conveyed this one-half ground together,
interest to their son J. Waldo Towne. Mr. McKenzie's health failing, he was
During all the years after Jacob Pea- assisted by John Boardman jr., his son-
body sold his interest in the mills in in-law.
1829, the other owner, John P. Peabody, The mill was run with good success un-
continued to run them, paying rent to til 1854, when Mr. McKenzie sold it to
the different owners of Jacob's undivided his son Alfred McKenzie, who lived in
half. Danvers. The mill was then let on shares
In 1842, the old saw- mill was taken to Benjamin B. Towne, who ran it con-
down by Alfred P. Towne, and used for tinuously, with the assistance of George
firewood. W. Brown, until April i, 1870. During
Nov. i, 1843, John P. Peabody sold this period, the principal repairs were the
his farm and one-half of the grist-mill to building of a new flume and bridge in
his son-in-law, Benjamin B. Towne, the 1857.
mill having now been in the Peabody March 19, 1870, the property was
name one hundred and seventy-eight sold to William Locke. He made some
years. repairs upon the mill, putting in a new
In 1846, the old Peabody house by rim to the waterwheel, and substituting
the mill in which Lt. Francis Peabody iron floats to the wheel instead of the
lived in 1660, was torn down by A. Por- wooden ones.
ter Kneeland and others. Some of the During the first portion of Mr. Locke's
boards and timbers taken therefrom were ownership, the mill was run by David
112 THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
Smith and Benjamin Austin Perkins, and unless soon repaired, will also shortly be a
then by Mr. Locke himself until July 17, thing of the past, and this ancient land-
1873, when he conveyed the property to mark will be obliterated forever. It is not
John B. Perry of Somerville. probable that the grist-mill will ever be
Mr. Perry ran the mill until he sold it again rebuilt, although the water power
to Mrs. Licenetta Ham of Wakefield may be utilized for some other purpose in
Aug. 19, 1875. During her ownership it the long distant future,
was run by John B. Perry, Jr. The frontispiece is a picture of the
Mrs. Ham sold out to Mrs. Catharine grist-mill as it appeared 1^1895. Bennie
Hanford of Lexington Jan. 4, 1876. The B. Towne, of the eighth generation in de-
mill was run during her ownership by her scent from Lt. Francis Peabody is standing
son Clarence C. Hanford, who made in the foreground,
some repairs. .
June 27, 1883, Mrs. Hanford's interest QF ^ LL1AM NEVILL .
in the property was sold to Leon F.
Chamecin. The will of William Nevill of Ipswich
Oct. 2, 1883, Mr. Chamecin sold out to was proved 7 mo : 1643. The following
Mrs. Teresa C. Carr, the present owner. copy is taken from the record contained
The most successful period of the in Ipswich Deeds, volume i, leaf 5, the
mill's history probably began with the original being missing,
introduction of the corn cracker in 1851, I william Nevill of Ipswich fingleman
and ended in 1875, for during the civil being weake of body but of pfect mem-
war and for some years afterwards grain ory & vnderftanding doe make this my
was very high, often bringing two dollars laft will & Teftament as followeth I
per bushel. comit my foule to god that gave it & my
Many amusing incidents could be re- body to the earth when I fhall depart this
lated in connection with this mill. Some life and for my worldly goods I thus dif-
people would come to the miller's house, pofe of them firft that Phifitian & other
and say in pleading tones, " I want to go debts that I owe fhalbe paid Alfoe I
to mill." Others would say, " I have give Mary whipple my bible and I give to
come to get some meal ground." The her & to the reft of my m r children that
writer's father, who was miller for many which my mafter oweth me alfoe I give
years, often spoke of a Linebrook parish that which my dame oweth me ; and 1 8 d
man who occasionally came to mill. He which Philip ffowler oweth me to william
generally rode in a two-wheel shay, and Robinfon alfoe I give to william Gooder-
when coming down the turnpike hill by fon my intereft in the Teame [term?]
the grove he began to cry out in stentorian hired of m r . Bradftreet and in the ground
tones, "Where is the miller? " And this hired of m r . Garner being ptner with
cry he repeated more or less frequently william Robinfon as alfoe in an other
until he had reached the miller's house, bargaine and agreement wherein william
If the miller was within an eighth of a mile, Robinfon & I are ptners and my will is
he would be almost sure to hear the cry. that william Gooderfon fhall have halfe
p i The old mill stands to-day in quiet re- the profitt paft & to come & to beare
pose. No busy sound is heard save that halfe the charges that are paft & are yet
of the ceaseless flow of the running brook, to pay for & that fhalbe hereafter to be
bringing to mind the words of Tenny- done Alfoe I give to Goody Langton the
son : feed wheat alfoe I give to Mary Langton
" For men may come and men may go, that which goodman Horton oweth me
But I go on forever." alfoe I give to Jofeph Langton my fowl-
The saw-mill has ]?een gone for more ing peece alfoe I give to Sarah Langton
than half a century, and the grist-mill, my barly Alfoe I give John wooddam
OLD NORFOLK COUNTY RECORDS. 113
one bufhell of Barly as is at Goodman Jn. Sanders of Hampton conveys to
Quilters & a little debt which John doth Jn. Browne of Hampton my house and
owe me And laftly I make Roger Lang- lot, etc., bounded by Morris Hobbs,
ton my only executor & overfeer of this Willi: ffifeild, etc., 27: 5: 1643.
laft will & Teftament Alfoe I give Ann Signed by mark ">. Wit : Christopher
whipple my cheft wittnes my hand the Hussy and the mark O of Anthony
2 month the i5 th day 1643 Taylor. Ack. before Richard Salting-
Wittneffed by stall March 9, 1645.
Jofeph Morfe william Nevell Deposition of Isack Buswell and
Thomas Dorman Willi : Buswell of Salisbury : About seven
years ago, Anthony Sadler and Jn. Gyll
at said Isacke
OLD NORFOLK COUNTY RECORDS. o
house and lot, bounded by Rodger
Edward Gillman of Exiter, for ^150, Eastman, Thomas Bradbury (sometimes
conveys to my brother Jn. Gillman of John Bayley), Henry Brown (sometimes
Exiter, one-fourth of my saw-mill on the Willi : Holdred) ; etc. Sworn in court at
western side of the river on Exiter falls, Salisbury 17 : 4 : 1653.
and one-fourth of my saw-mill on the Deposition of Martha Sadler alias
eastern side of the river on Exiter falls; Burbie, sworn to 14: 4: 1653. She says
also, one house and lot, which was some- that she heard her husband Anthony Sad-
times Robert Smith's and the remainder ler, late deceased, say that he sold to Jn
of the land of Nathaniell Boultor and Gyll a house and lot in Salisbury, between
M r . Wheelwrite, bounded by land I have lots of John Bayly, sen., and Rodger
sold to Tho : Pettitt ; also, 200 acres on Eastman, and bounded upon a street s. w.
the river ; also, one-half of a 300 acre and the land of Jn Hoyt formerly.
farm I bought of M r . Staniell three or Jn Bayly of Nubery, weaver, with con-
four miles south from the fall ; also, sent of my wife Elinor, conveyed to Jo-
meadow I bought of M r . Clarke, which annah, wife of Willi : Huntington of Sal-
was sometimes M r . Legatt's ; also, isbury, planter, and to Jn Huntington,
meadow near M r . Hilton's on the river ; her son, and Mary Huntington, her daugh-
also, one-fourth of my right of the patent ter, a dwelling house and five acres of
of Swamscott and Dover, which I bought upland, bounded by Jn. Weed, Jn.
of M r . Sam: Olipher, Dec. 28, 1652. Bayly, sen. (late of Salisbury, deceased),
Wit : Humfry Humber and the mark of Jarrett Haddon ; also, 20 acres of up-
V Will : Hilton. Ack. before Tho : land, bounded by Richard Wells, Merri-
Wiggin 31 : 12 : 1652. mack river; both lots being in Salisbury,
Edward Colcord of Hampton conveys on west side of Pawwaus river, 4 : 1 1
to Tho: ffilbrick and Ja*mes ffilbrick of mo: 1652. Signed by mark. Wit: Tho:
Hampton land in Hampton, between the Bradbury and Mary Bradbury her MB
highway to Moses Cox and highway to mark. Ack. before Sam : Winsley and
the landing places, bounded on Jonathan Josiah Cobham, commissioners of Salis-
thing, river, Jn. Wedgwood, Willi: bury, 23 : 4 : 1653.
ffifeild, William Cole, etc., April 9, 1651. William Payne of Ipswich, merchant,
Wit : Robert Tuck. Ack. 8:8: 1652. for ^55, conveyed to William Godfrey of
Christopher Hussey of Hampton con- Watertowne a house and 44 acres of land,
veys to Thomas ffilbrick and James one share in great ox-common and two
ffilbrick marsh in Hampton, bounded by shares of all others commons, all in Hamp-
Tho : Maston and the river, 10 : 8 mo : ton, the house lot being bounded by Hen-
1651. Wit : Robert Tuck. Ack. before ry Elkin, Anthony Taylor, Nathaniel Boul-
Richard Bellingham 8 : 8 : 1652. ter, meeting house green, aldery meadow,
114 'J'HE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
and a common way ; five acres of meadow, cataway great Bay." Needham said he
bounded by m r . Timothy Daulton, John owed the boults to Henry Robie, who
Marian, Tho: Levitt, and a common way; had sold them to Anthony Stanian. He
ten acres of marsh near Burch island, testified to the same facts eight or nine
bounded by ye river, William ffullar ; and years before verbally in Salem court in the
14 acres of land in the north field, bound- trial of the action between Henry Robey
ed by Walter Roper, Robert Page, Abra- and Ann Needam.
ham Pirking, Jn. Marian ; all above lots Edward Gyllman of Exiter, for ^8,
of land and house lately belonged to Wil- conveyed to his brother Moses Gyllman
Ham Howard of Hampton. Dated 18 : of Exiter four house lots (about eight
3 : 1649. Signed also by Willi : Howard acres), which were sometimes Jo n . Crams
and ye mark H of Hanah Payne. Wit : and Tho : Pettitts ; etc. Wit : Tho :
Timothy Daulton, Henry Doue, and Willi : Bradbury and Georg Browne. Ack. in
Bartholomew. Ack. in Ipswich court, court at Hampton 8 : 8 : 1655.
John Endecott, gov r ., 29 : 7 : 1652. 8 : 8 : 1653, Jn. Wedgwood of Hamp-
Sammuell Winsly, sen., of Salisbury, ton, planter, conveyed to Henry Greene
planter, for ^23 55-., conveyed to Willi : of Hampton 20 acres of land on falls
Barnes of Salisbury, house-carpenter, 60 river. Wit : Nathaniell Drake and Ghiles
acres of upland in Salisbury, on west ffuller. Ack. before Willi : Estow and
side of Pawwaus river, in ye range of ye Jeffery Mingee, C9mmissioners of Hamp-
great lots, bounded by Ralfe Blefdale (late ton, 9 : 8mo : 1653.
deceased, formerly the lot of Thomas Jn. Samborn of Hampton conveyed to
Bradbury), Richard Singletarie (former- Thomas Marston of Hampton lour acres
ly), and Isack Buswell, 31: n: 1652. of fresh meadow in Hampton, bounded
Wit : Tho : Bradbury and Rich : Currier, by Rodger Shaw (formerly Jn. Croffes),
Ack. in court at Salisbury 14 : 4 : 1653. Willi : Marston and a highway, 23 : 3 j
Ralfe Hall, for ^8, conveyed to Moses 1645. Wit : Joseph Mason, Humphrey
Gyllman my house lot that was sometime Humber and Abraham Pirkins. Ack. in
Robert Smith's, etc., Dec. 29, 1652. Hampton court 5 : 8mo : 1653.
Signed Ralfonfus Hall. Wit : Edward Jn. Redman of Hampton, blacksmith,
Gyllman and Jn Robinson. Ack. before conveyed to Sam : ffogg of Hampton one
Tho : Wiggin 29 : 12 : 1652. share in cow common 18 : n : 16 .
Oct. 6, 1653, Willi : ffifeild of Hamp- Wit : Nathaniell Bacheller and Nathaniell
ton conveyed to Anthony Taylor of Hamp- Drake. Ack. in court at Hampton 8:8:
ton 5 acres of salt marsh, bounded by 1653.
m r . Anthony Stainard, etc. Wit: Joseph Oct. 5, 1653, Robert Knight of Yorke
Mason and Humphrey Humber. Ack. conveyed to Tho : Marston of Hampton
before Tho : Wiggin 6 : 8mo : 1653. a house and y-acre lot, formerly Robrt
Thomas Moulton of Hampton, hus- Marston's, bounded by Robert Page,
bandman, conveyed to Henry Green of etc.; 15 acres of upland in the north
Hampton, miller, 13 acres of salt marsh, field; 30 acres of upland granted to Mr.
bounded by fals river; and 15 acres of Rushwood ; 5 acres of salt marsh; 10
upland on west side of m r . Dalton's farm, acres of salt marsh, bounded by Georg
July 7, 1652. Wit: Willi: ffifeild and Abourne ; and shares in commons.
Samuell Andrewe. Ack. in court at Signed by mark : R. Wit : Brian Pendle-
Hampton 8 : 8 : 1653. ton and Seth fUetcher. Ack. before Willi :
Deposition of Jn. Legatt, sworn to Estow and Tho : Coleman, commissioners
before Willi: Hibbins 9: 8mo : 1652. of Hampton, 1653.
He said "that aboute Term yeres since he Oct. 6, 1653, Tho : Moulton of Hamp-
was a helping of Nicolas Needham of ton conveyed to Tho : Nudd of Hampton
Exiter to make a pcell of boults in Pas- six or seven acres in the East field,
OLD NORFOLK COUNTY RECORDS. IT ^
bounded by goodman Dow, Mr. Wheel- Edward Gillman, jr., of Exeter con-
write, Nath : Batcheller, and a common veyed to his father Edward Gillman houses
way. Martha Moulton also signs. Wit : and lands described in Jn. Legatt's bill
Robert Tucke and Henry Doue. Ack. in of sale of 20 : 5 : 1650, and- all my land
Hampton court 8 : 8 : 1653. on ye neck on ye eastern side of ye river,
Edward Gyllman of Exiter, for ^36, 2 mo: 1653. Apparently given to secure
conveyed to his brother Moses Gyllman title to real estate conveyed in the fore-
of Exiter a house and three house lots going deed. Wit : Jn. Gillman and Jn.
which I bought of Henry Robie, one of Tod. Ack. before Tho : Wiggin 7 : 9 mo :
which was formerly Aumtuns, the others 1653.
Needums and Coles; 10 acres of land, Whereas Edward Gillman, s'r., Jn.
bounded by a house lot formerly goodman Gillman and. Moses Gillman are bound
Crames ; 20 acres of land I bought of to Capt. Clarke for Edward Gillman, jr.,
Joseph Armitage, formerly Tho : Jones' ; for ye performing a covenant to get down
40 acres of land at the head of Stony masts to Exeter river, and to pay for
brook ; meadow I bought of Henry Robie goods had of m r . Dudley, Said Edward
and goodman Maston, bounded on the Gillman, jr., conveys to my father Edward
river between Stony brook and great Gillman, and my brother Jn. Gillman,
cove ; 3 acres of meadow I bought of Moses Gillman all my cattle now at Exe-
Henry Robie ; meadows bought of good- ter or Ipswich and all my wheels and
man Cram and Mr. Pirmats ; 60 acres of tackling for drawing masts, 7 mo : 1653.
land bought of Henry Robie at the head Wit : John Tod and James Wall. Ack.
of the falls; 50 acres of upland between before Tho : Wiggin 7 : 9 mo : 1653.
Stony brook and great cove ; and rights William Hooke of Salisbury, planter,
of Henry Robie and Ralfe Hall in mead- conveys to Jn. Wheelar of Newbury, bar-
ows ; and one orchard. Wit : Tho : ber, an island of seven acres, on Merri-
Bradbury and Georg Browne. Ack. in mack river, 1650. M s . Elnor Hooke and
Hampton court 8 : 8 : 1653. Jn. Wheeler consented to it n : 2 mo :
Henry Robie of Hampton, planter, 1654, in Salisbury court,
conveyed to Willi : More of Exiter my Rodger Eastman of Salisbury, planter,
houseing and house lot ; four shares of for $6s conveys to Jn. ffrench of Salis-
common ; 1 3 acres of salt marsh bounded bury, tailor, right of commonage in Salis-
by Jeffery Mingee, old Drake, etc., Sept. bury, and also that he bought of Richard
20,1653. Wit : Edward Gyllman, Moses Singletary. Dated 1 6 : 1 1 : 1653. Wit:
Gyllman, Jn. Meder (his W mark), and Tho : Bradbury and Edward ffrench. Ack.
Jn Daus (his D mark). Ack. before before Sam : winsley and Josiah Cobham,
Tho : Wiggin 26 : 7 : 1653. commissioners, 25 : n : 1653.
Edward Gillman of Exiter conveyed to John Sanders of Newbury, yeoman, for
his brother Moses Gyllman one-quarter ^"4, conveyed to Edward ffrench of Salis-
of a saw-mill on little fresh river, and the bury, tailor, 10 acres of land in Salisbury,
gear, and one-quarter of 300 acres of between lajids of ffrancis Doue and
upland, i : 9mo : 1653. Wit: Jn. Gill- Thomas Macy, and on highway, great
man and Edward Gillman, sen. Ack. be- neck and land of Sam 1 . Dudley, i : i :
fore Tho : Wiggin 7 : 6mo : 1653 1642. Wit : Tho : Bradbury and Sam :
Edward Gillman, jr., of Exeter, for Winsley. Ack. before Sam : Winsly and
;no, conveyed to Edward Gillman, s'r. Josiah Cobham, commissioners,
of Exeter, one-half of house, barn and Tristram Coffyn of Newbury conveyed
land, adjoining Mr. Hilton's, with aquar- to Richard Littleale house and 2-acre lot
ter of the old saw mill, Nov. i, 1653. in Haverhill lately belonging to Willi:
Wit : John Gillman and Jn. Tod. Ack. Duglas, now of Boston, and other land,
before Tho: Wiggin 7 : 9 mo. Nov. 20, 1647. wit : Richard Browne
Il6 THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
and Margery Brown her O mark. Ack. Tho : Bradbury, Wymond Bradbury and
by Tristram Coffyn, s'r., before Jn. Eaton Jacob Hooke. Ack. in court at Salis-
and Jn. Clement, commissioners of bury 12 : 2mo : 1654.
Haverhill, Feb. 24, '52. Edward Gyllman, jr., of Exeter, "hav-
Grants to Tho : Whittier in Haverhill ; ing urgent occasion to go to old Eng-
also land bought of William Holdred, land," appoints Henry Robie of Hampton
bounded by Daniel Hendrick, James his attorney, for his business with Captain
Pecker, Richard Littlehale, James ffiske, Shapleith, willi Payne and others, 4mo :
Thomas Lilford, Sam : Gile, Georg Brown, 1653. Wit : Jn. Gyllman.
Jn. Woodin, Hawks' meadow, M r . Ward, Dec. 22, 1644, Joseph Merry (his -j
Edward Clarke and Richard Ormsbey, mark) of Haverhill conveyed to Jn.
and by Little river. Taken from the Robison (his 5 mark) of Haverhill house
town records, Richard Littlehale, town and lot. Signed by both by mark. Wit :
clerk. Thomas Hale and ye mark co of Henry
Grants to Richard Littlehale in Haver- Savig.
hill, land bounded by land of Jn. Chin- The preceding house and lot is con-
aree, m r . Clement, Jn. Eaton, Job veyed by Jn. Robison to Daniel Hen-
Clement, Tho : Whittier, Henry Savage; drick of Newbury, 1645. Wit: Tho:
and land bought of Sam : Gild ; and land Hale. Both above ack. in court at Salis-
bounded by Jn. Chynaree, Job Clement, bury 12 : 2 mo: 1654.
Isack Cosens, Tho : Lilford, Jn. Eyer, James Wall of Hampton, carpenter,
jr. Taken from town records. conveyed to Henry Robie of Hampton,
Grants to Steven Kent in Haverhill, planter, one-third of my saw-mill in
land at Duck meadow, Spickett, and land Exeter, owned with Humfrey Willson
bounded by the great river, Merrie's and Mr. Dudley and standing on said
creek and little river and land of Matthias Willson's creek ; also, 38 acres of land
Button, Job Clement, George Corlis, granted to me by Exeter ; also, 19 acres
James ffiske, Henry Savage, land bought more ; also a debt due from Vallentine
of Joseph Merry and land of Edward Hill of Dover dwelling near Oyster river ;
Clarke, Joseph Peasly, Tho : Davis and also, a mare, pipestaves, ashen oares,
Steven Kent. Taken from town records, cows (in hand of John Robinson), house,
Whereas at Hampton court, 7: 8mo : barn, etc., 18 : 5 : 1654. Wit: Sam:
1653, it was ordered that the children of Winsley and Andrew Greeley. Ack.
Edmond Jonson, late of Hampton, de- before Tho Bradbury and Josiah Cobham,
ceased, should have from their father's commissioners of Salisbury, 18 : 5 : 1654.
estate the following sums of money when James Wall of Hampton, carpenter,
they severally came of age: Peter Jon- conveyed to his " trusty & welbeloved
son, the eldest, ^32, John Jonson, 16, frinds Cap* Richard Waldern of Do-
James Jonson, ;i6, and Dorcas Jon- ver, and W m . Bartholmew of Ipswich &
son, 16 (at the age of eighteen, or Henry Robie of Hampton," in trust for
marriage with her mother's consent), my two daughters, Elizabeth and Sarah
Thomas Coleman, their father-in-law, (both unmarried), house and ninety acres
binds himself to pay them, and to edu- of land in Hampton, on Taylor's river ;
cate them, with consent of Mary, his wife also, six acres of salt marsh near mouth
and their mother, by his land in Hamp- of ffalls river, bounded by good man
ton, bounded by land of Tho : Moulton, Marston, s'r ; articles of personal property ;
Edward Colcord, Jn. Wedgwood, Will : their deceased mother's apparell, 18 : 5 :
Maston, Willi : Cole, Robert Tucks, Phile : 1654. Wit: Sam : Winsley and Andru
Dalton, Tho : Ward, Will : Samborn, Jn. Grele. Ack. before Tho : Bradbury and
Huggins, Tho : Smith, Jn. Redman, and Josiah Cobham, commissioners of Salis-
ye meeting house, 16 : 8 : 1653. Wit: bury, 18 : 5 : 1654.
NOTES ON ABBOT GENEALOGY. ny
Henry Browne of Salisbury, shoemaker, Wilson's meadow ; and land I bought of
for 30.?., conveyed to Barnabas Lamson Edward Gyllman (formerly Samuel Green-
of Salisbury, planter, marsh in Salisbury feild's), bounded by meadow formerly
at mouth of Merrimack river, 19 : 5 : William Mores and Thomas King's, 24 :
1654. Wit: Thomas Bradbury and 2:1654. Wit : John Gillman and Eliza-
Wymorid Bradbury. Ack. before Tho : beth Gillman. Ack. in court at Hampton
Bradbury and Josiah Cobham, commis- 3: 8mo : 1654.
sioners of Salisbury, 20 : 5 : 1654. Edward Colcord (also spelled Colcotf)
Barnabas Lamson of Salisbury, planter, of Hampton, conveyed to Tho : Ruck
for 30^., sells Edmond Elliott above pur- one-third of saw-mill on Exeter falls,
chased marsh 19:5: 1654. Wit : Tho : which one-third I bought of James Wall
Bradbury and Henry Brown. Ack. be- of Hampton. Dated March 10, 1653.
fore Tho : Bradbury and Josiah Cobham, Wit : Tho : Kemble and Joseph Armitage.
commissioners of Salisbury. Ack. before Daniel Gookin 1 2 : 31110 :
John Gill: of Salisbury, planter, for 1654; and before Nic : Shapleighe
30^., conveyed to Edmond Elliott of Salis- March 14, 1653. Recorded by Edward
bury, planter, marsh in Salisbury, bounded Rauson, recorder, June 9, 1654.
by Richard Wells and Willi Buswell, 1 9 : George Hauborne of Hampton, in his
5: 1654. Signed by mark g . Wit : Tho : last sickness, a little before his death,
Bradbury and Josiah Cobham. Ack. be- gave all his estate to his wife Susana Ha-
fore Tho : Bradbury and Josiah Cobham, bone. Testimony dated 3 : 8mo : 1654,
commissioners of Salisbury, 20 : 5 : 1654. and signed by John Marian HH his
Whereas the town of Hampton granted mark and Samuel Wheelwrite. This was
the farm which was lately Mr. Bacheler's, a will proved in court at Hampton 3 : 8
in Hampton, to John Wheelewright, pas- mo : 1654, by their oaths,
tor of ye church in Hampton, in fee, 10 To ^ continMedt
mo : 1648, the prudential men of Hamp-
ton, Roger Shaw, Robert Tuck, Robert
Page and Willi : Estow, convey all that 1vrnTF o nivj ARRrrr TFIMFAT nrv
farm which Steven Bacheller sold to NOTES ON ABBOT GENEALOGY.
Willi: Howard and Thomas Ward of No. 80. William died Dec. 17, 1730.
Hampton, which they have lately sold to No. 131. Mary died Jan. 27, 1734-5.
Hampton, 14: 12:1649. Wit : Timothie No. 137. Phebe married Henry Ab-
Dalton and William ffullar. Ack. before bot (130) instead of (129).
Tho : Wiggin 5 : 6mo : 1650. No. 139. Sarah married Timothy Ab-
Daniel Hendrick of Haverhill, planter, bot (424) instead of (414).
conveyed to Jn. Browne of Hampton, No. 202. Nathan Abbot was a hus-
husbandman, six acres of marsh in Hamp- bandman, and lived in Methuen until
ton, 8 : 8 : 1649. Dorettry Henricke, wife about 1762. He and his wife Jane had
of the grantor, also signs. Wit : Tho : two sons born to them in Methuen : Paul,
Bradbury and Abraham Pirkins. Ack. Dec. 2, 1759, and Nathan, March 9, 1761.
before Robert Clements and Henry Pal- No. 383. Dea. Benjamin Abbot's wife
mer, commissioners. died Aug. n, 1828. The middle-name
John Robinson of Exeter, for ^"14, of Phebe, his first child, was Ballard.
conveyed to Moses Gyllman of Exeter, Mary's middle-name was Smith. Eliza-
house in Exeter I bought of Edward Gyll- beth is recorded as Eliza. Francis' mid-
man, which was sometimes Mr. Permit's die-name was Holmes. Sarah was born
house, and 2^ acre lot on which it stood; June 19, 1800. A daughter Rebecca
a lot sometimes Isaac Grosses; land I was born in 1802, and died Aug. 9, 1802.
bought of Edward Gyllman (formerly John's middle-name was Owen, and he
Henry Robie's), bounded by Humphrey was born Aug. 5, 1803.
n8
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
No. 467. Rev. Abiel Abbot married
Eunice Wales July 19, 1796, and had the
following children, born in Haverhill :
Eunice Adeline, Aug. 17, 1797; Emily,
Feb. 4, 1799; Abiel, Oct. 25, 1800; and
Mary Susanna, Jan. 10, 1803.
QUERIES.
Queries are inserted for one cent a word.
Answers are solicited.
69. Andrew Peters lived in Ipswich,
1658 to 1686 ; in Andover, 1686 to 1713.
Who were his parents ? E. B. p.
New York City.
70. Wanted, ancestry of Benjamin
and Moses Bennett, at Groton, 17 .
Brookline. c. K. BOLTON.
71. Wanted, ancestry of William Bol-
ton, at Reading, 1720. c. K. B.
72. What is the proof that Grace
Parker, who married Abel Morse, was the
person of that name born in Chelmsford
in 1693? c.
Cincinnati, O.
7 3 . Wanted, ancestry of William New-
comb, born about 1730, died, 1764 ; mar-
ried Mary Coas ; lived in Gloucester.
Denver, Col. E. L. K.
74. Wanted, parentage of Hannah
Lowell, of Salem, who married William
Chandler, 1779; and of Jane Nelson,
mother of said William. He died in
1804, insane. D. R. L.
Middletown, Conn.
ANSWERS.
5. Sally Avery of Newburyport who
married Daniel Coffin Johnson Oct. 23,
1794, was a daughter of Benjamin Averill
(or, Avery} of Ipswich, where she was
baptized, with her twin sister Elizabeth,
Dec. 26, 1773. Her mother was Mary
Pitman, and the parents were married in
Ipswich Dec. 21, 1772. Mr. Averill
served in the Revolutionary war, and the
family afterward removed to Newbury-
port. G. F. Dow, To ps fie Id.
20. Katherine Sprague, who married
Timothy Johnson of Andover May 3,
1705, was daughter of Phineas and Sara
(Hasey) Sprague of Charlestown Village.
After the death of Mr. Sprague, about
1690, his widow married Moses Tyler of
Boxford, and brought Katherine and her
other children to Boxford with her.
Mrs. Larissa C. Ladd, West Boxford.
53. Edna Hale, born in Newbury
Dec. 4, 1716; married, Nov. n, 1736,
Abel Morss, Jr., son of Abel and Grace
(Parker) Morss. Edna Hale's immigrant
ancestor, Thomas Hale 1 , settled at New-
bury in 1635, and was one of the first
land holders and first board of selectmen
of Haverhill, 1646, and in 1648 was
keeper of the ferry there. He died Dec.
21, 1682, aged seventy-eight, his wife
Thomasine died Jan. 30, 1683. His son
Thomas 2 , born in England Nov. 18, 1633,
married, at Salem May 26, 1657, Mary,
daughter of Richard and Alice (Bos-
worth) Hutchinson. He lived at New-
bury, and died there Oct. 22, 1688,
having held many town offices. His son
Thomas3, born Feb. n, 1659, married
Sarah Northend, daughter of Ezekiel and
Edna (Halstead-Bailey) Northend of
Rowley May 16, 1682. She was born in
Rowley Dec. 3, i66i,and died Apr. 26,
1732. Thomas^ passed most of his life in
Newbury, but moved to Rowley, and died
there Apr. 12, 1730. He was a leading
man in church and town, and known as
Captain Hale. He was of immense size,
weighing nearly five hundred pounds.
His son Ezekiel* born May 13, 1689,
married Ruth, daughter of John and
Mary (Sawyer) Emery, 1711. They lived
in what is now West Newbury. She died
Nov. 27, 1735, aged forty-four; and he
married, second, Oct. 31, 1736, Sarah
(Poor) Spofford, widow of Capt. John
Spofford. Of his eight children, the third,
Ednas, born Dec. 4, 1716, married Abel
Morss, Jr., as above. She had a brother,
Ezekiel, who moved to Methuen, and was
a man of ability and influence, as well as
wealth. -John Q. Evans, Salisbury.
\l
HATHORNE PORTER.
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
VOL. I.
SALEM, MASS., AUGUST, 1897.
No. 8.
AMESBURY INSCRIPTIONS.
UNION CEMETERY.
BEFORE 1663, the only, cemetery in
the present town of Amesbury was the
ancient burial place on the western side
of the Powow river, near its junction with
the Merrimac, which has ever since been
called Golgotha, though every trace of its
use as a cemetery is gone, being now a
field. Here the first settlers of the town
found their final resting-place.
In 1663, the town of Amesbury bought
an acre of land of Edmund Elliot for a
burying-ground, it being what is now the
eastern end of the ancient cemetery at
Bartlett's corner. In the early days the
church stood by its side or in it, and a
few rods to the west was the Friends'
cemetery, in which the poet Whittier's
remains lie by the side of his family in
their evergreen enclosure. In recent
times the old cemetery has been enlarged
so as to include the Friends' acre, and
the latter is not to be distinguished from
the rest of the yard except by the pres-
ence of some inconspicuous granite posts
which mark the dividing line. The in-
scriptions in this old cemetery, still re-
maining, and bearing dates prior to 1800,
are as follows :
In Memory of
AMOS BAGLEY,
Son of
William and
Hannah Bagley
who died Aug** 14, 1796
in the 2nd year of his age
In Memory of
BETTY BAGLY | ANNE BAGLY
Daurs. of WiLm. & MARY BAGLY
died Novr ye 5th
1776:
Aged 2 Years
& 6 Months.
died Octr
1776:
Aged 6 Months
while you do view where we do lie
death may to you be very nigh
and if you would prepared be
to christ you must for refuge flee
Here Lies Interr'd
M rs KEZIA BAGLY
Former Wife to
M r . David Currier
Late Wife to
M r . Jacob BacLy
Who Des*. Nov r .
ye ^ rrt
In
of
3' 1754
the 59 th Year
her AGE
/// Memory of
M rs * Mary 'Bagley
Consort of
M r - William Bagley
who died FeV'y 19* 1782
In y e 3f h year of her Age
all you that now alive may be
prepare to die, 6 Follow me
by harkeingto Gods gracious Voice
&> make the Lord your only choice.
I2O
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
FAMILY STONE.
Mr. Valentine Bagley,
died April 2780. ALt. 37.
Mrs. Sarah Blasdel,
formerly wife of V. Bagley,
died Dec. 7, 1821. st. 77.
Dolly, died Aug. 1788. sEt. 19.
William, died 1771 sEt. 2.
Sally, died /77J. sEt. 2.
Children of the above-named.
An Infant son, died Feb. 1797.
Rhoda, died July 1801, aged 18 mo.
Edward H. died Dec. 1808 ALt. 2.
Children of Capt. Valentine
cr" Mrs. Hannah Bagley.*
In memory of
WILLIAM BAGLEY
Son of
William and
Hannah Bagley,
who died Now". 24 th /79/,
in the 9^ year of his age.
In Memory of
POLLY
daughter of SAMUEL
and Molly Balch
who died Oct. 25, 1790
aged i Year and 3 m.
In Memory of
POLLY,
daughter of SAMUEL
and Mollv Balch,
f f
who died Aug st 2o th 1794
Aged 3 Years.
Here lies Buried the Body
of M rs . ELIZABETH
BARNARD,
Wife of M r . TIMOTHY
BARNARD
Who died Sept r 2O il * 1772
Aged 29 Years.
*Capt. Valentine Bagley is the captain men-
tioned in Whittier's poem, entitled, "The Cap-
tain's Well."
Here Lies Interrd
M r . ICHABOD BARNARD
the Son of M r .
Jonathan Barnard &
Mrs. Tabitha His wife
Who DBS'. O
28 176 *
in the 21 8t year
of his age
HERE LYETH BURIED Y*
BODY OF CAP*. JOHN BAR
NARD WHO DIED IULY
Y e i5 th 1718 & IN Y e 63
YEAR OF HIS AGE
This In Memory of
Opt jQN a BARNARD
Who Departed
this Life S E p T r .
y e 2 7 th 1770
AGED 67 YEAR I MO
& 27 DAYS
The Sweet Remembrance
of the Just
Will Flourish When
they sleep in Dust
HERE LYES BURIED
Y e BODY OF MOLLE
BARNARD Y e DAUGHT
OF M r JONATHAN &
TABARTHY BARNARD
WHO DIED DECEMB r
Y e 25 1775 AGED
5 YEARS i MONth
5 DAYS
IN MEMORY
of
MRS. TABITHA BARNARD
ivife of
Capt; Jonathan Barnard,
who died
May ip th , 1787,
in the 83 rd year
of her age.
Depart my friends, dry lip your tears
I must lie here till Christ appears
*The stone is defaced.
AMESBURY INSCRIPTIONS.
121
In Memory of
TIMOTHY BARNARD,
Son of
Capt. Timothy &
Mrs. Elizabeth Barnard
who died April 77, 1 789.
in the 21 Year
of his Age.
file/Jed are they who die in the Lord
for they rest from their Labour
TIMOTHY,
fon of Jonathan
& Sufan Barnard
and Grandfon of
Cap 1 . Timothy Barnard
died A uguft 13, 1797,
Aged 2 years 6 m.
Lie f till my Son, you need not fear
Till Chrift your maker doth app ar
In Memory of
of
Cap*. TIMOTHY BARNARD
who died
March 17, 1798
57-.
I n Me m o r y of
Anna B art I et
*Dau r . of Mr. John Gr M.
Anna Bartlet died
June 22*, 1778 Aged
7 Month.
also a I nf a n t.
Blessed are 'the Dead
7 'bat die in the Lord.
ELISABETH : BAR
TLET : WIFE : OF : MOSES.
PH-B- WHO DIED OCTOBER
Y e 6:- 1718 -IN Y e 23 YEAR of
HER AGE.
HANNAH BAR
TLET DAUGHT
Of DAC n STEPH*
BARTLET WHO
DIED JANUARY
1719 IN
4 YEAR OF
HER AGE
ye
yl
Here Is
HANNAH
the Wife
Step hen
Interrd
BART :
of Dc n
Bartlet
Who DES T JANUARY
Y e 15,' 1768
In the 76 Year
of
76
her
AGE
In Memory of
Jonathan Bartlet
Son of fcbabod Colby Bartlett
r Sarah Bartlett
Died augst. i&h /^^
age / Year & 7 M os .
Stop O youth (Sr 3 kindly drop a tear
a youth once gay like you lies buried
here
MARY BARTLet
DAUG h of dac n
STEP* & M r s
HAN" BARTLET
WHO DIED
IU Y Y e 27 th
1729
IN Y e 5 th YEAR
of her AGE
Mary,
daugh 1 . of W m .
6 Mary Bartlet :
died
Aug. 5, 1795.
aged 'j years
1 months
122
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
Mr. SIMEON BARTLETT,
departed this life
March 13, 1798 :
in the 71 year of
his age.
Farewell dear friend I f hall lye here
Till time f hall end and Chrift appear.
I n t e r r d
BARTLET
Here is
STEPHEN
DEC n of y e i 8t Church
of CHRIST In Almsbury
Who Departed
This Life APRIL
Y e i o th 1773
In the 82 nd Year
of his AGE
THE SWEET REMEMBRANCE
OF THE JUST
SHALL
THEY
FLOURISH
SLEEP IN
WHEN
DUST
Here Is Interrd Cap*.
STEVEN BARTLET
Who Departed
this Life FEBruary
Y e 5 th 1769,
In the 52 nd year
of his AGE.
DEPART MY FRIENDS
DRY UP YOUR TEERS
I MUST LIE HERE
TILL CHRIST APEARS
IN
memory of
MR.
JONATHA S BAYLEY,
who died
March 24, 1798,
Ml. 26.
Farewell my wife &, children dear,
If aiight on earth could keep me here:
It would be my love for yon.
DAVID B L A
DEL DIED M
AY: 5 : 17:17
&: IN:
AR: OF
Y e
YE
HIS : AGE.
HENRY BLASDEL
DIED MAY THE
3 d 1730 IN THE
5 YEAR OF HIS
AGE
IEMIMA BLASDEL
Y e WIFE OF IACOB
BLASDEL & Y e
DAUGHTER OF CAP T .
HUMp. & M rs luDITH
HOOK WHO DIED
NOuEMB r Y e M th
1740
YEAR
AGE
I N Y 3 7
OF HER
Here lies Buried
the Body of
M rs . ANNA BAYLEY, Conibrt
of Cap*. WILLIAM BAYLEY :
who departed this Life
Feb ry the 1 8 th 1774, in y e
51" Year of Her Age.
The Memory of ye Juft is Bleffed.
Here Lies Interred
M 1S . IUDITH BLASDELL
the Wife of M r
* ID Blasdel Who
no 22 1760
AGED 21 Years & 6 mo.
*The stone is defaced.
AMESBURY INSCRIPTIONS.
123
In Memory of
M rs . Judith Tttasdel,
Wife of
M^. David Blasdel
who died Jan r y if h 1786
lny e $o th Year of her age.
HERE LYES BURIED
Y e BODY OF DAO
IOSEPH BROWN
WHO DIED OCTOBER
Y e XVIII MDCCXXXII
AGED LXIII YEARS.
HERE LYES BURIED Y e
BODY OF MR NAtHANIEL
BROWN WHO DEPARtED
THIS LIFE NOVEMBER
i
th
722 &
YEAR
AGE.
y 31
IN Y e 30
OF HIS
dUJ HABUIt
PRIMUM
GRADUM IN
ARtlBUS
COLLEGIO HARU
1722.
MARY
daughter of Bailey
and Hannah Chafe
died Oct r 23, 1796.
aged 18, months
JOHN V. CLEAVELAND,
Son of
Rev. Ebenezer Cleaveland :
died
Sept I5j I795
in the 32 year
of his age.
Here Lies Intered
ENfI n DAVID CLOUGH
Who Departed this Life
MAY Y e 8 th 1757
In the 6i st Year
of his AGE
Depart My Friends
Dry up Your Teers
I Must Lie here
Till Christ Apears.
HERE LYES BURIED
the BODY of
IOHN C LOUGH
SON to DAUId &
ELISABEth CLOUGH
WHO DYEd IULY
Y e 15 1736
AGEd 3 YEARS
HERE LYES
BURIED the BoDY
Of MARY CLOUGH
DAVGHTER of DAVID
& ELISABEth CLOVGH
WHO DYEd IUNE
21 1736 IN the
13 YEAR Of HUR
AGE
Sacred to
the Memory of
Elder, MOSES CHASE,
who died
Febrv 5, 1797.
in the jS year
of his age,
7^he righteous are
In ever la fling remembrance.
Here Lies Interrd
MEHETABEL CLOUGH,
the Wife of Ensign
Davd Clough Former
Wife to M r . Char Is
Worthen Who Des*
August y e 3 rd 1766
in her 5 J 8t Year
124
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
HERE LYES BUR'ED
the BODY Of
RACHEL C LOUGH
DAUGHtER Of DA-
Uld & ELIEBETH
CLOUGH WHO DYED
AUGUST Y e 1 8 1736
AGED 5 YEA RS
THE: CHILD
CINRIER: DYED
N O U m B E R
THE : 9 : 1737
HERE LIES BURIED
THE BODY oF MR 8
ANNA THE DAUGHTER
OF M R IACOB & MARY
CURRIER WHO DIED
IANUARY i 4 th 1747
IN THE 1 8 th YEAR
OF HER AGE
Here Lies
DOROTHY
The Wife
Richard
Interrd
CURIER
of Cap*
C urier
Who Departed
Life March Y e 2 nd
In the 9i st
of her
this
1765
Year
age.
Family Stone.
MR. DANIEL CURRIER,
died Aug. 19, 1801,
ELECTA,
his wife
died Sept. 16, 1786.
HANNAH,
wife of Mr. Daniel Currier Jr,
died May 19, 1792, sEt. 37.
KEZIA,
wife of Mr. fames Follansbee,
died June 1805. <&* 49-
76,
In Memory
of
Mr. HUMPHREY CURRIER,
who died
Oct r . 1776
In the 38 year of
his age.
HERE LYES BURIED
THE BODY OF
M R IACOB CURRIER
WHO DIED IUNE i2 th
1742 IN Y e 42 ND
YEAR OF HIS AGE
HERE LIES IOHN
SUn to M r ISSACHAR
& M rs Rebeckah
CUrrler WHO Des*
JUNE Y e
AGED
And
17 1773
6 Years
DAYS
i i
JUDITH
CUrRIER : THE
DAUGHTER : OF
BEn : CURRIER
DIED :
* 1736
HERE : LIES : BURIED : Y e
BODY : OF : M R s IUDATH
CURRIER : WIFE : OF
M R . IOHN : CURRIER
WHO : DIED : IENEARY
4 : 1736 : &
YEAR : OF
IN
49
HUR : AGE
Here Lies Interrd
M rs IUDITH CVRRIER
The Wife of
M r . Timothy Currier
Who Departed
This Life April
y e 9th 1747
In the 42 nd Year
of her AGE
To be continued.
*The stone is defaced.
HATHORNE PORTER.
125
THE ABOLITIONISTS.
Whenever man, a slave decreed,
Down-pressed and trodden lies,
Great human hearts rise at the need
And end the sacrifice.
In our fair land, against the blight
Of such a human wrong,
With courage, zeal, and sense of right,
True men protested long.
They often braveiy plead alone,
Alone the mob withstood,
Till love and sacrifice had grown
To fearless martyrhood.
Under the rod of social ban
They worked and spoke and prayed
Until by freedom's law a man
The negro slave was made.
Sale in. S. P.
HATHORNE PORTER.
BY REV. AARON PORTER.
Hathorne, son of Aaron and Eunice
(Hathorne) Porter, was born in Salem,
Mass., in a house which stood on the
southwest corner of Lafayette and Porter
streets, May 12, 1798. Porter street was
named for Hathorne' s father, who carried
on the currying business in the lower
story of his house, while his family resid-
ed in the upper rooms.
The father was very Puritanic in ideas
and habits, being a devout member of
the Tabernacle parish, though never unit-
ing with any church, his constant reply to
all solicitations in that direction being, " I
am not good enough." Possibly he looked
through all the religious forms and usages
of his day and had glimpses of the spirit-
ual truths that underlay them.
As illustrating his approval of the Chris-
tian Judaism which then constantly did,
and even now at intervals does attempt
to make the Lord's day identical with
the Jewish Sabbath, it may be said that
one Sunday he saw his daughter Mary
crossing the yard, and because in ap-
proaching a bit of ice she quickened her
pace, and slid once across this natural
temptation, he felt in duty bound to ap-
ply the rod to his child. He acted from
no domineering spirit, but religiously and
conscientiously. At the age of more than
four-score, against the advice of friends,
he left off smoking as a testimony against
the use of tobacco. He never chewed.
Hathorne was christened Samuel Ha-
thorne, but when he came to man's estate
discarded his first name, as he preferred
one Christian name to two. Aaron, his
oldest brother, went to sea in early life,
and probably died in China. His other
brothers and sisters who grew up were
Andrew S., Israel P., Alfred R., Eunice,
Mary and Sally. Hathorne, Andrew and
Israel, when old enough, left their home
and went to live with their paternal uncle,
Zerubabel Porter, who carried on the tan-
ning and currying business in Danvers,
and lived in the house still standing in
Putnamville where Gen. Moses Porter,
a brother of Zerubabel, was born. This
house was brought into the Porter family
years before by marriage with the widow
of Bartholomew Brown, who married their
father, Benjamin Porter.
Hathorne commenced business for him-
self in Danversport, and was successful for
a while ; but at last he became insolvent.
A failure in those days meant much more
than now. The writer was not then old
enough to understand anything about bus-
iness matters ; but he remembered very
clearly the privation and reduction in fam-
ily expenses which followed, extending
even to New Year's presents and other in-
dulgences for the children, and also the
disappointment and mortification of his
father through the rest of his life.
He was the first in Danvers to employ
workmen in the shop, and workwomen in
the house, from Ireland. Generally his
workmen boarded in his own family, and
always ate at his own table, no matter who
were present. Such was his democracy.
Dec. 14, 1824, he married Mehitable
Brown, a granddaughter, by her first hus-
band, of the widow Brown, who was Ha-
thorne's step-grandmother already men-
tioned. The officiating clergyman was
Rev. Mr. Barnaby, then pastor of the Bap-
tist church in Danversport, where Ha-
thorne and his wife attended religious ser-
vices until the coming of the Universalists.
126 THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
Mr. Porter died in Danversport Sept. in the simple, primary, unsectarian use of
17, 1845, at the age of forty-seven. His all three of those much abused terms,
wife survived him for twenty-three years, He died, as he had lived, testifying con-
passing on June 17, 1869, in her seventy- stantly and consistently against all laws
third year. To say that she was ever a that held men in slavery politically, and
loving, tender, patient, inspiring compan- against all churches that sanctioned such
ion through her husband's life would be slavery ecclesiastically and against all so-
only repeating that which needs no af- cial usages that justified human slavery,
firming wherever they were known. Still He was also a total abstainer from the use
she did not go with him to the fullest ex- of all intoxicants as a beverage,
tent in all his abolition and other reform- He belonged to the local town and
atory ideas. She did not break with the county abolition and temperance societies
church for its unfaithfulness to reform to of his time, and during the three years
the same extent as did he. She had all a while he with his family lived in Vermont
true woman's conservatism and all a true he was active and ready in private con-
mother's instincts. She always with right- versation, school-house meetings, and
eous impartiality divided among her chil- county conventions to bear testimony to
dren the word of truth, suggestion, ad- the essential Christian righteousness strug-
monition, reproof, commendation. gling for existence. The eccentric but
With shame to himself the writer recalls faithful Orson S. Murray, Henry C. Wright,
her earnest asking his forgiveness for a Patten Davis, Jehial Claflin, B. W. Dyer
punishment which most tired mothers and others were his frequent visitors in
would have thought perfectly just and Randolph, Vt. And after his return to
proper, twenty-four hours after the pun- Danvers, school-house, meeting-house and
ishment took place. Such was her Chris- grove witnessed his faithful testimony,
tian righteousness ; and though not prom- His death took place early in the morn-
inent at all as a reformer and abolitionist, ing and his funeral was held in the after-
yet was her devotion to every good cause noon of the next day, Sept. i8th. Doubt-
not one whit less than that of her husband, less he would have preferred that no see-
In early life, Mr. Porter was a Demo- tarian minister should have been special-
crat in politics. In religion, he was a ly called to attend it, but that perfect lib-
Universalist of the Hosea Ballon kind, erty for remarks or prayer should have
He did his part financially and officially been granted to every one, as was then
in erecting the first Universalist meeting- the custom among the " come-outer '
house in Danvers.* abolitionists, and is still the custom of
When Garrison issued his trumpet call the Quakers. But the widow, either of
for the slave, Mr. Porter went straight her own volition or upon suggestion of
from Democracy, as to name and form, friends who were not abolitionists, pre-
into Abolitionism. Christianity, democ- ferred to have some ordained minister,
racy, abolitionism, these were prominent The Universalist parish in Danversport
among the foundations of righteousness had no settled pastor at that time. Rev.
for his time and for him. The essence of Joseph Eaton, the Baptist minister, who
all was in the first, the second and third held not a theological, reformatory or
were manifest issues from the first. abolition view in common with the de-
He died before the American slaves ceased, and who was a comparative strang-
were legally emancipated. He died a er, officiated.
Christian, a democrat and an abolitionist Mr. Eaton's service was very perfunc-
tory. ' It consisted of one formal prayer,
*TU- -K -I*- m which there was not an allusion to the
*lhis building is now owned by the Roman ,. ,, . ... . .
Catholics, who have built across its front a porch peculiar views of the deceased, reform-
and across its rear an altar. atory, social, theological, by which he had
SALEM AND IPSWICH BOUNDS.
127
lived and died. At the conclusion he
immediately left for his home only two or
three doors away, after giving with appar-
ent reluctance the request of the widow
that any one wishing to farther take part in
the funeral service was at liberty to do so.
The opportunity was improved by Jesse P.
Harriman, another "come-outer," * and a
personal friend of the deceased. He paid
a glowing tribute to the social virtues and
Christian character of the dead, extolled
his fidelity to the slave, and concluded by
quoting or improvising the following
couplet :
" He lives on those eternal plains
Where everlasting glory reigns."
Imprimis we conceive that the meet-
ing- howfes of the Two Townes ftand from
each other north north eaft halfe a poynt
eafterly and fouth ibuth weft halfe a poynt
wefterly whether it be exactly or noe we
are fully agreed that the line betwixt the
two Townes fhall runn as followeth viz :
from the bound tree neare John ffaire-
feilds howfe weft north weft halfe a poynt
northerly and eaft fouth eaft halfe a poynt
foutherly as the trees are marked both
ways from the faid bound tree.
w : Hubbard Jefferie Maffey John Gage
his mark I John Tuttell Jo : Balch Jofeph
Youngs Thomas Hewlett Roger Conant
Massachusetts Archives, volume 112, leaf 6.
SALEM AND IPSWICH BOUNDS.
The 27 th of y e first month 1643
At a meeting by vs whofe names are
vnderwritten chofen by the Townes of
Salem & Ipfwich & having full power
from either Towne to agree & determine
of the Bounds betweene the faid Townes
doe in the behalfe of each Towne agree
& determine the fame as followeth
*So far as the writer can recall to mind the
names of the abolition cotemporaries and asso-
ciates of the subject of this sketch residing in or
near Danversport were as follows:
Old Organizationists, Joseph Merrill, Jesse P.
Harriman, John Hood, John Cutler, John Ken-
ney, Richard Hood, William Endicott, David
Mead, and James D. Black ; New Organization-
ists, Dr. Eben Hunt, Alfred Ray Porter, William
Alley, John A. Learoyd, Elias Savage and Peter
Wait. The old organization was the Garrisonian,
and the new that which finally issued in the Lib-
erty party.
Both these organizations were abolition, though
the old had the advantage of age, earnestness
and logical cosistency, and of accepting facts,
both historical and contemporaneous, just as the
mass of people accepted them. For instance,
the popular belief, as of the courts, that the
United States constitution upheld slavery, was
that of the old organization abolitionists, while
the new opposed it. But the greater moral earn-
estness of the old organization sometimes led its
members into the sheerest sectarianism, as when
Stephen S. Foster once declared in the writer's
hearing, that "No man is an abolitionist unless
he belong to the American Anti-Slavery Society,
or to one of its auxiliaries !"
NOTE,
The following persons from Essex
county settled in Framingham, Mass. :
Peter Balch, from Beverly, in 1740.
William Ballard, from Lynn, about 1 720.
Samuel Barton, probably from Salem,
about 1699.
Capt. Benjamin and Caleb Bridges,
brothers, from Salem, in 1693.
Job Burnham, born in Ipswich in 1738,
lived in Hopkinton, Framingham and
Littleton.
Peter Cloyes, from Salem Village, in
1693.
Thomas Darling, from Salem, in 1735.
John Death, from Topsfield, in 1677.
Daniel Elliott, from Salem Village, in
1693.
Widow Hannah Goodale, from Lynn,
in 1704.
John Haven, about 1690, Nathaniel
Haven, about 1694, and Moses Haven,
about 1 702, brothers, and sons of Richard
Haven of Lynn.
Benjamin Nurse, from Salem, in 1693.
John Nurse, from Salem, about 1693.
Joseph Russ, from Andover, about
1711.
John Singletary, from Salisbury, about
1709, and his brother Ebenezer Single-
tary, from Haverhill, about 1715.
John Town, from Topsfield, in 1698.
History of Framingham, Mass.
128
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS ABBOT
OF ANDOVER.
CAPT. THOMAS ABBOT 1 . He was a
husbandman, and lived in Andover. He
married Sarah Stewart, in Andover, Dec.
15, 1664. He died May 7, 1695 ; and
she died Feb. 16, 1715-6, aged sixty-
nine. She lived with her son Thomas, in
North Andover, during her widowhood.
Children, born in Andover :
2 i. JOSEPH*, b. March 16, 1666-7; d.
March 7, 1667-8.
3 n. THOMAS 2 , b. in 1668. See below (j).
4 in. SARAH 2 , b. Jan. 8, 1671-2; m. Joseph
Chandler Nov. 26, 1691 ; and d. be-
fore 1735.
5 IV. JOSEPH 2 , b. Aug. 16, 1674. See below
(5).
6 v. DOROTHY 2 , b. Jan. 2, 1676; d. Oct.
27, 1678.
7 vi. NATHANIEL 2 , b. Jan. 19, 1678-9. See
below (7).
8 vn. JotfN 2 , b. Sept. 23, 1681. See below
(*).
9 vni. DOROTHY 2 , m. Braviter Gray Nov. 21,
1710; and was living in 1735.
10 IX. MARY 2 , b. July 23, 1686; m. Dr. John
Kittridge of Billerica Jan. 3, 1708;
and was living in 1735.
ii x. EBENEZER 2 , b. Nov. 23, 1689. See
below C-^)'
3
THOMAS ABBOT', born in Andover in
1668. He was a husbandman, and lived
in the North parish of Andover. He
was a husbandman and lived in the North
parish of Andover. He married Eliza-
beth French (pub. Dec. 14, 1706), and
died Dec. 25, 1753. His wife survived
him, and died, his widow, Sept. 30, 1754,
aged seventy-two.
Child : v
12 i. THOMAS^, d. March 9, 1729.
JOSEPH ABBOT 2 , born in Andover Aug.
1 6, 1674. He was a house-carpenter by
trade, and lived in Marblehead, where he
was collector of customs in 1711. He
married Sarah Devereaux ; and was living
in 1735-
Children, born in Marblehead :
13 i. SUSANNA :J , bapt. Aug. 10, 1701; m.
Nathaniel Petingell July 14, 1720.
14 ii. JOHN 3 , bapt. Oct. 31, 1703.
15 in. SARAH 3 , bapt. March 30, 1707.
1 6 iv. MARY 3 , bapt. April 24, 1709.
17 v. ANN 3 , bapt. Feb. II, 1710-1.
1 8 vi. JOSEPH 3 , b. May 15, 1713. See belov
(/*).
19 vn. HANNAH-', bapt. April 24, 1715.
7
NATHANIEL ABBOT 2 , born in Andover
Jan. 19, 1678-9. He was a carpenter,
and lived in Andover until after 1714,
removing to Ashford, Conn. He married
Mercy Hutchinson of Ashford (pub. Oct.
26, 1709).
Child :
2O I. NATHANIEL 3 , b. May 22, 1714, in An-
dover; m. Esther Lyon of Ashford;
and had children.
8
JOHN ABBOT 2 , born in Andover Sept.
23, 1 68 1. He was a weaver and yeo-
man, and lived in Andover. He mar-
ried, first, Hannah Chubb April ii,
1710. She died May 23, 1733; and he
married, second, Hephzibah Frye Oct.
29, 1734. They were both living in An-
dover in 1763.
Children, born in Andover :
21 i. HANNAH 3 , b. about September, 1711.
22 ii. SARAH 3 , b. March 18, 1713; d. young.
23 in. MARY 3 , b. May 5, 1716; d. young.
24 iv. JOHN :{ , b. Feb. , 1718. See below
(24}.
25 v. SARAH 3 , b. Aug. 5, 1722; m. Timothy
Noyes April 5, 1753.
26 vi. MARY 3 , b. Nov. 12, 1727; m. Samuel
Griffin June 6, 1754.
II
EBENEZER ABBOT 2 , born in Andover
Nov. 23, 1689. He was a husbandman,
and resided in Amesbury until 1735, when
he removed to Shrewsbury. He probably
removed to Andover in 1737. He mar-
ried, first, Elizabeth Tucker of Amesbury
(pub. Nov. 24, 1716). She died April
14, 1744, aged fifty ; and he married, sec-
ond, Mary Ingalls of Andover Dec. 4,
I744-
Children :
27 I. SARAH 3 , b. June 7, 1717, in Amesbury;
d. Sept. 25, 1721.
28 II. ELIZABETH 3 , b. May 6, 1719, in Ames-
bury.
29 in. EBENEZER 3 , b. Sept. 6, 1721, in Ames-
bury. See below (-29).
DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS ABBOT OF ANDOVER.
129
30 IV. JOHN 3 , b. Feb. 28, 1722-3, in Ames-
bury ; m. Phebe - ; and had chil-
dren.
31 v. PHILIP 3 , b. Sept. n, 1725, in Ames-
bury; d. at Louisburg Jan. 31, 1746.
32 vi. THOMAS 3 , b. May 28, 1728, in Ames-
bury; d. Sept. 12, 1731.
33 vn. SARAH 3 , b. July 15, 1730, in Ames-
bury.
34 vni. THOMAS 3 , b. Feb. 22, 1732-3, in Ames-
bury ; lived in Andover ; and m.
Elizabeth Saxby of Boxf ord April 26,
1759-
35 IX. SAMUEL 3 , b. June 16, 1736, in Shrews-
bury ; lived in Shrewsbury, and m.
Bathsheba Dustin of Andover Feb.
22,1759. Their daughter Eusebiam.
Benjamin Gould of Boxford April 17,
1785-
36 x. BENJAMIN 3 , b. Jan. 25, 1738-9, in An-
dover; m. Joanna Barker Feb. 18,
1759; and d. in the Revolution.
They had children.
18
JOSEPH ABBOTS, born in Marblehead
May 15, 1713. He married Mary Grant
of Marblehead July 17, 1735 ; and lived
there.
Children, born in Marblehead :
37 i. JOSEPH 4 , b. Feb. 24, 1735-6. Seebeloiv
G7).
38 ii. JOHN 4 , bapt. Oct. 2, 1737; d. in in-
fancy.
39 in. JOHN 4 , b. April 20, 1740; died in in-
fancy.
40 IV. JOHN 4 , b. in 1741. See below (^o).
41 v. FRANCIS 4 , b. in' 1 744; m. Mary Mal-
colm, in Ipswich, Nov. 26, 1767;
and d. - . She survived him, and
d. in Marblehead Jan. 25, 1819.
42 vi. MARY 4 , b. Aug. 31, 1746.
43 vii. SARAH 4 , b. in 1748.
44 vin. GEORGE 4 . See below (44).
24
JOHN ABBOTS, born in Andover Feb. ,
1718. He was a yeoman, and lived in
his native town until late in life, when he
removed to Andover, Me. He married
Hannah Farnum June 17, 1746.
Children, born in Andover :
45 i. JONATHAN 4 , b. April 23, 1748. See
below (45).
46 ii. PHILIP 4 , b. Oct. 4, 1749. See below
47 m. HANNAH 4 , b. Aug. 29, 1751 ; m. John
Johnston April 29, 1773.
48 iv. SUSANNA"*, b. Dec. 20, 1753; m. Dan-
iel Stevens Nov. 14, 1771.
49 v. BETSY*, b. Nov. 9, 1758; m. Peter
Carlton, jr., Sept. 20, 1781.
50 vi. JOHN 4 , b. Jan. 24, 1769; d. Jan. 6,
1833-
29
EBENEZER ABBOT3, born in Amesbury
Sept. 6, 1721. He lived in Andover un-
til about 1757, when he removed to
Shrewsbury. He married Martha Frye
Oct. 6, 1748. He was a miller; and
died July 21, 1775. His widow married
Henry Baldwin, sen., in 1778.
Children :
51 i. ISAAC 4 , b. Oct. 13, 1750, in Andover;
d. Nov. 5, 1773, in Shrewsbury.
5211. MARTHA", b. March 7, 1753, in Ando-
ver; m. Nymphas Stacey in 1781.
53 in. PHEBE 4 , b. Aug. 22, 1755, in Andover..
54 IV. SUSANNA 4 , b. Oct. 13, 1759, in Shrews-
bury; d. Aug. 31, 1770, in Shrews-
bury, of dysentery.
55 V. SARAH 4 , b. Sept. 10, 1763, in Shrews-
bury; d. Sept. 3, 1770, of dysentery.
56 vi. MOODY 4 , b. June 29, 1765, in Shrews-
bury; d. Sept. 4, 1770, of dysentery.
57 vn. JOHN 4 , b. Sept. 22, 1767, in Shrews-
bury; d. Nov. 22, 1770, of dysentery.
58 viii. LEWIS 4 , b. Sept. 26, 1769, in Shrews-
bury.
59 ix. JOHN MOODY 4 , b. March 2, 1771, in
Shrewsbury.
60 x. ISAAC 4 , b. Dec. 9, 1773, in Shrews-
bury.
37
JOSEPH ABBOT*, born in Marblehead
Feb. 24, 1735-6. He was a fisherman,
and lived, first, in Marblehead, and sub-
sequently in Andover. He married, first,
in Ipswich, Hannah Chirm Sept. n,
1760. She died Oct. 4, 1772, aged thir-
ty-six; and he married, second, Jane
Homan Dec. 10, 1772, in Marblehead.
She died, of small pox, Sept. , 1773,
aged thirty- four; and he married, third,
widow Sarah Hooper Aug. 28, 1774, in
Marblehead. He died from the effects of
the explosion of the powder-mill at An-
dover June 2, 1778; and his wife Sarah
survived him.
Children :
61 I. JOSEPH 5 , b. Oct. 29, 1761 ; d. in the
Revolution.
62 ii. HANNAH 5 , b. Nov. 4, 1763; d., unmar-
ried, Jan. 21, 1820.
63 in. MARY 5 , b. April 21, 1766; d. Dec. 3^
1772.
130
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
See be-
64 IV. BENJAMIN 5 , b. Oct. 24, 1767.
lo%v (6^).
65 v. JOHN 5 , b. Oct. 21, 1770; d. Nov. 26,
1772.
66 vi. son 5 , b. Sept. , 1773; d.
Sept. , 1773-
40
JOHN ABBOT*, born in Marblehead in
1741. He was a fisherman, and lived in
Marblehead. He married Ann Hooper
Aug. 15, 1765. She died, his widow, in
Marblehead, Nov. 6, 1823.
Children :
671. SARAH 5 , bapt. Sept. , 1767; proba-
bly m. Thomas Russell Jan. 7, 1790,
in Marblehead.
JOHN 5 , bapt. Oct. 1 6, 1768.
ANNA 5 , b. Sept. 23, 1770; m. Knott
Martin, 3d, in Marblehead, Sept. 25,
1794.
Martin Dec. 15, 1793. She died March
1 6, 1803; and he married, second,
widow Priscilla Homan Sept. 9, 1803.
She died, in Marblehead, Dec. 7, 1826,
and he survived her.
Children, born in Marblehead :
78 I. BENJAMIN 6 , b. Sept. 7, 1795 ; left town
when very young ; was a cooper by
trade ; amassed a fortune in Cuba ;
resided in Boston ; and m. Olivia
Welch Feb. 21, 1828. Hed.,inBos-
ton, Sept. 29, 1872; and by his will
gave a fund to Marblehead for the
erection of Abbot Hall.
79 n. MERCY 6 , b. Nov. 13, 1799; m. Thomas
Paine Nov. 8, 1829; and d. in 1830.
6811.
69 III
44
GEORGE ABBOT*, born in . Marblehead.
He married Rebecca Blanchard of Bil-
lerica April i, 1779 ; and lived in Marble-
head.
Child :
70 i. SAMUEL 5 , bapt. Dec. 26, 1779.
45
JONATHAN ABBOT*, born in Andover April
23, 1748. He lived in Andover. He
married Ruth Bragg Nov. 10, 1768; and
died Jan. 26, 1833.
Children, born in Andover :
71 i. ENOS 5 , b. Feb. 7, 1769; m. Sarah Far-
num Sept. 10, 1793.
72 II. DANIEL 5 , b. Oct. 20, 1770.
73 in. DORCAS 5 , b. Sept. 6, 1772.
74 iv. SARAH 5 , b. Jan. 21, 1775.
75 v. FARNUM 5 , b. June 25, 1779.
46
PHILIP ABBOT*, born in Andover Oct. 4,
1749. He was a cooper and farmer, and
lived in Andover. He married Elizabeth
Frye Nov. 20, 1771 ; and died May 4,
1840.
Children, born in Andover :
76 i. OLIVE 5 , b. June I, 1772.
77 II. HoLTON 5 , b. June 26, 1774.
64
CAPT. BENJAMIN ABBOTS, born Oct. 24,
1767. He was a sea captain, and lived
in Marblehead. He married, first, Mary
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF THE
REVOLUTION.
Continued from page 101.
EMERSON ADDAMS of Ipswich ; priv.,
Capt. Robert Dodge's co., Col. Jonathan
Titcomb's reg. ; enl. April 25, 1777 ; ser-
vice, 2 inos., 8 dys., at Rhode Island.
Roll dated Warren, R. I.
STEPHEN ADDAMS of Ipswich ; priv.,
Capt. Robert Dodge's co., Col. Jonathan
Titcomb's reg. ; enl. April 25, 1777 ; ser-
vice, 2 mos., 8 dys., at Rhode Island.
Roll dated Warren, R. I.
ADDERSON of Salem ; capt., Col.
Israel Hutchinson's reg. ; list of prisoners
at Long Island as returned by Col. Hutch-
inson, dated Boston, Aug. 16, 1777.
ISRAEL ADDUMS of Ipswich ; priv., Capt.
Richard Dodge's co., Col. Gerrish's (later
Baldwin's) reg. ; muster roll dated Aug. i,
1775; enl. May i, 1775; service, 13
weeks, i dy.
SOLOMON ADAMS of Rowley ; list of men
raised for 6 mos. service and returned by
Brig.-gen. Paterson as having passed
muster ; return dated Camp Totoway,
Oct. 25, 1780.
MOSES AEORS of Newbury ; priv., Capt.
Robert Dodge's co., Col. Ebenezer Fran-
cis' reg. ; service, 3 dys., in marching to
camp and home again ; roll sworn to Nov.
29, 1776.
SAMUEL AIERS of Manchester ; corp.,
Capt. Richard Dodge's co., Col. Loammi
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF THE REVOLUTION.
131
Baldwin's (sSthj reg. ; return of men ab-
sent from muster ; reported, on sick leave
Sept. 19, 1775.
SAMUEL AIRS of Manchester ; corp.,
Capt. Haffield White's co., Col. Rufus
Putnam's (5th) reg.; Continental Army
pay accounts for service from Feb. 19,
1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; reported, as
serving 25 mos., 22 dys., ascorp., 8 mos.,
20 dys., as priv. ; enl., during war ; also,
muster return dated Albany, Feb. 9, 1778 ;
also, muster roll for Feb. and March,
1781, dated West Point.
JOHN AITKINS of Gloucester ; priv., Capt.
Barnabas Dodge's co., Col. Gerrish's
(later Baldwin's) 38th reg.; muster roll
dated Aug. i, 1775 \ enl. May 24, 1775 :
service, 9 weeks, 6 dys. ; also, return of
men in service Nov. 10, 1775, who are
entitled to draw bounty coat.
JOHN AKISS of Newbury; priv., Capt.
Joshua French's co., Col. Edward Wiggles-
worth's reg. ; pay abstract for mileage,
Albany to Newbury, dated Jan. 30, 1777.
SAWTELL ALEXANDER of Haverhill ; de-
scriptive list of men raised to reinforce
Continental Army for 6 mos., agreeable
to resolve of June 5, 1780 ; age, 35 yrs. ;
stature, 5 ft., 8 in. ; complexion, dark;
arrived at Springfield July i, 1780;
marched to camp July 2, 1780, under
command of Capt. Phineas Parker ; also,
list of men raised for 6 mos. service and
returned by Brig.-gen. Paterson as hav-
ing passed muster, return dated Camp
Totoway, Oct. 25, 1780.
MICHAEL ALHEY of Salem ; return of
men raised agreeable to resolve of Dec.
2, 1780; enl. March 9, 1781 ; enl., 3 yrs.
SAMUEL ALINWOOD of Gloucester ; priv.,
Capt. Charles' (6th) co., Col. James
Wesson's reg.; Continental Army pay
accounts for service from Jan. i, 1777, to
Dec. 31, 1779.
WILLIAM ALLD of Newbury (also given
Massebeseck) ; descriptive list of enl. men
raised agreeable to resolve of April 20,
1778; age, 29 yrs.; stature, 5 ft., 10 in.;
complexion, dark ; hair, black ; eyes, blue.
DAVIS ALLEM of Beverly ; seaman, ship
" Resource," commanded by Capt. Rich-
ard Ober ; descriptive list of officers and
crew, dated Sept. 1 1, 1780 ; age, 29 yrs. ;
stature, 5 ft., 7 in.; complexion, dark.
ANDREW ALLEN of Ipswich (also given
Gloucester) ; Capt. Gideon Parker's co.,
Col. Moses Little's reg. ; receipt for ad-
vance pay dated Cambridge, July 2, 1775 :
also, priv. ; muster roll dated Aug. i,
1775; en l- May 29, 1775; service, 2
mos., 8 dys. ; also, co. return dated Oct.
8, 1775; age, 18 yrs.; also, order for
bounty coat dated Prospect Hill, Nov.
28, 1775 ; also, return of men in Capt.
Parker's co. ; enl. Jan. i, 1776 ; also, re-
turn of equipments July 10, 1777.
ANDREW ALLEN of Gloucester; Capt.
Enoch Putnam's co., Col. John Mans-
field's reg. ; order for advance pay dated
Cambridge, June 8, 1775; olso t priv.;
muster roll dated Aug. i, 1775 ; enl. May
18, 1775 ; service, 2 mos., 19 dys.; also,
co. return dated Oct. 6, 1775; also,
Capt. Putnam's co., Col. Israel Hutchin-
son's (late Mansfield's) i9th reg.; order
for bounty coat dated Winter Hill, Oct.
27,1775 ;also, Capt. Daniel Warner's (ist)
co. ; enl. May 31, 1776; service, 3 mos.;
stationed at Gloucester; also, pay roll for
2 mos., tS dys.' service between Sept. i,
1776, and Dec. 31, 1776; stationed at
Gloucester.
ANDREW ALLEN of Wenham ; priv.,
Capt. Richard Peabody's co., Col. Ed-
ward Wigglesworth's reg. ; pay abstract for
travel from Ticonderoga home, in 1776.
ANDREW ALLEN ofSalern; priv., Capt.
Simeon Brown's co., Col. Nathaniel
W r ade's reg.; enl. July 30, 1778; dis.
Jan. i, 1779; service, 5 mos., 6 dys., on
an alarm at Rhode Island ; stationed at
East Greenwich ; reported, a tailor.
DAVIS ALLEN of Beverly; descriptive
list of men enl. from Essex co. in 1779 to
serve in Continental Army; age, 34 yrs. ;
stature, 5 ft., 8 in. ; complexion, dark ;
also, muster-master's receipt dated Box-
ford, Dec. 8, 1779; returned by John
Gushing, muster-master for Essex co. ;
enl. for 9 mos. for Beverly.
EBENEZER ALLEN of Marblehead ; Capt.
Nicholas Broughton's co., Col. John
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Glover's reg. ; receipt for advance pay
dated Cambridge, June 27, 1775; also,
priv. ; muster roll dated Aug. i, 1775;
enl. June 20, 1775; service, i mo., 8 dys. ;
also, co. return [probably Oct., 1775];
also, order for bounty coat dated Camp
at Cambridge, Dec. 20, 1775.
EDWARD ALLEN of Salem ; descriptive
list, dated July i, 1780, of officers and
crew of ship "Jack," commanded by
Capt. Nathan Brown ; age, 24 yrs. ; stat-
ure, 5 ft., 4 in. ; complexion, light.
EZEKIEL ALLEN of Manchester ; priv.,
Capt. Andrew Marster's co., which
marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775,
to Medford ; service, 3 dys.
HOOPER ALLEN of Manchester ; priv.,
Capt. Haffield White's co., Col. Rufus
Putnam's (4th) reg. ; muster return dated
Albany, Feb. 9, 1778; mustered by
Squire Gushing ; also, Continental Army
pay accounts for service from Feb. 19,
1777, to Feb. 19, 1780; enl., 3 yrs.
ISAAC ALLEN of Manchester; priv.,
Capt. Hart's co., Col. Paul Dudley Sar-
gent's reg.; muster roll dated Aug. i,
1775; enl. May 18, 1775; service, 74
dys. ; also, Capt. John Wiley's co., Col.
Sargent's reg. ; order for bounty coat
dated Dec. 13, 1775.
ISAAC ALLEN of Gloucester ; corp.,
Capt. Abraham Dodge's co., Col. Moses
Little's reg. ; muster roll for April, 1776 ;
enl. Feb. 9, 1776.
JACOB ALLEN of Manchester ; priv.,
Capt. Andrew Marsters' co., which
marched on alarm of April 19, 1775, to
Medford ; service, 3 dys.
JACOB ALLEN of Cape Ann ; Capt. John
Row's co., Col. Ebenezer Bridge's (27th)
reg. ; receipt for advance pay dated
Cambridge, June 28, 1775; also, priv.;
muster roll dated Aug. i, 1775; enl.
June 3, 1775; service, 2 mos., 3 dys.;
also, co. return [probably Oct., 1775].
JACOB ALLEN of Danvers (also given
Salem) ; Capt. Gideon Foster's co., Col.
John Mansfield's reg. ; receipt for advance
pay dated Cambridge, July 4, 1775 ; also,
priv.; muster roll dated Aug. i, 1775;
enl. May 8, 1775 ; service, 3 mos.; also,
Capt. Baker's co., Col. Mansfield's reg. ;
co. return [probably Oct., 1775] ; also,
Capt. John Baker's co., Col. Israel
Hutchinson's (i9th) reg.; order for
bounty coat dated Winter Hill, Oct. 27,
1775-
JACOB ALLEN of Danvers ; return of
men enl. into Continental Army from
Capt. Caleb Low's (2d) co., dated Feb.
14, 1778; enl., 3 yrs.
JACOB ALLEN of Gloucester ; list of men
enl. into Continental Army [year not
given] .
JAMES ALLEN of Manchester; priv.,
Capt. Joseph Whipple's co. ; enl. July 13,
1775; dis - Dec - 3 1 ) J 775; service, 6
mos., 3 dys. ; stationed at Manchester
and Gloucester.
JEREMIAH ALLEN of Manchester ; Capt.
Hart's co., Col. Paul Dudley Sargent's
reg. ; receipt for advance pay dated Cam-
bridge, July, 1775; also, priv.; muster
roll dated Aug. i, 1775; enl. May 15,
1775 ; service, 77 dys.; also, Capt. John
Wiley's co., Col. Sargent's reg. ; order for
bounty coat dated Dec. 13, 1775.
JOHN ALLEN of Gloucester ; priv., Capt.
Joseph Roby's co., Col. Moses Little's
reg.; muster roll dated Aug. i, 1775;
enl. May 29, 1775 ; service, 2 mos., 8
dys. ; also, co. return [probably Oct.,
T 775] j a g e > 2 4 y rs - } also, order for
bounty coat dated Dec. n, 1775.
JOHN ALLEN of Manchester; priv.,
Capt. Andrew Marsters' co., which
marched on alarm of April 19, 1775, to
Medford ; service, 3 dys. ; also, Capt.
Hart's co., Col. Paul Dudley Sargent's
reg.; muster roll dated Aug. i, 1775;
enl. May 17, 1775; service, 75 dys.;
also, Capt. John Wiley's co., Col. Sar-
gent's reg. ; order for bounty coat dated
Dec. 13, 1775.
JOHN ALLEN of Manchester; priv.,
Capt. Joseph Whipple's co. ; enl. July 13,
1775; dis. Dec. 31, 1775; service, 6
mos., 3 dys. ; stationed at Manchester
and Gloucester.
JOHN ALLEN of Marblehead ; Capt. Cur-
tis' co., Col. John Glover's reg. ; receipt
for advance pay dated Cambridge, June
CONTRACTIONS IN COLONIAL WRITINGS.
133
2 7> J 775 > a ^ so ) serg., Capt. John Glover's
co., Col. Glover's reg. ; muster roll dated
Aug. i, 1775; enl. May 27, 1775; ser ~
vice, 2 mos., 9 dys. ; also, co. return
[probably Oct., 1775] ; also, order for
bounty coat dated Marblehead, Jan. 8,
1776.
JONATHAN ALLEN of Salem ; Capt. Ebe-
nezer Winship's co., Col. John Nixon's
reg. ; receipt for advance pay dated Cam-
bridge, June 10, 1775 ; also, priv. ; mus-
ter roll dated Aug. i, 1775 ; enl. May 3,
1775 t service, 3 mos., 6 dys.; also, co.
return dated Sept. 30, 1775; reported,
went to Canada.
JOSEPH ALLEN of Newbury ; priv., Capt.
Gideon WoodwelFs co., which marched
on alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cam-
bridge ; service, 6 dys. ; returned home
April 23, 1775.
JOSEPH ALLEN of Bradford (also given
Falmouth and Methuen) ; return of men
enl. into Continental Army from Capt.
Jones' (2d) co., Essex co. reg., dated
Methuen, Feb. 13, 1778; residence, Fal-
mouth ; enl. for Methuen ; joined Capt.
Ballard's co., Col. Alden's reg. ; enl., 3
yrs., to expire Jan. i, 1780; also, priv.,
Capt. William H. Ballard's co., Col.
Brooks' (late Alden's) 6th reg. ; Conti-
nental Army pay accounts for service
from March 4, 1777,10 Dec. 31, 1779;
residence, Bradford ; credited to Me-
thuen ; also, muster roll for March and
April, 1779, dated Cherry Valley; also,
Capt. White's co., Col. Brooks' reg. ;
Continental Army pay accounts for ser-
vice from Jan. i, 1780, to March 4, 1780.
To be continued.
WILL OF JOHN SANDERS.
The will of John Sanders of Salem was
proved in the Salem quarterly court 28 :
10 : 1643. The following copy is taken
from the original instrument on file in the
office of the clerk of courts at Salem,
book i, leaf 18.
The Laft wil & teftament of John San-
ders inhabytant of the Towne of Salem
I be queath unto my fonn John San-
dars my Tenn Aker lot with my houf
new built on the Commons fide right over
a gainft it when he Come to the age of
one & twentie yeers or at the death of his
mother with the Aker And halfe of mid-
dow ground adioyning to it and I do be
truft my father Jofeph Graften & good-
man Hardie to fee this my will & ded
performed mad in the yeere 1643 >
of October.*
Wit
nathaniell
Porter
Henrye Birdfall
CONTRACTIONS IN COLONIAL
WRITINGS.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY.
Contractions are other than the author-
ized abbreviations of words. These were
common during the first century of our
history, and only gradually became obso-
lete.
A horizontal line written above a letter
denoted that one or more letters which
should have followed had been omitted.
This was the ordinary rule when "mm "
or " nn " were written together, and one
"m"or"n" only, with the line above
it, would be written. It is rarely or never
found written above the full-height let-
ters, such as b, d, t, etc. For example, the
word "manner" was written "maner."
"And" was sometimes written "ad",
and the ordinary sign (&) was often used.
The letter b was frequently written in-
stead of "ber"; d for "ded;" n for
" ner " ; o for " on " ; p for " par ", "per ",
"pir", "por", "pur", "pra", " pre,"
" pri ", " pro ", and " pru " ; and q for
" que " and " qui ".
Superior letters, that is, small letters
written above the line, was also a kind of
abbreviation. In such cases, the word
*Under the will is written by the clerk of the
court: "Teftifyed upon oaths in Court & alfo
yt the f<* Jno Sandys Left all the Reft of his eftate
to his wyfe."
This will has no signature of the testator. It
seems to have been a nuncupative will.
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"which" was written " w ch ", as well as
"wch ", " wh ", and " whh " ; " m " stood
for " em " ; " n "for " en " ;" r " for " er ",
"her", and "eir"; " 8 " for "is" and
" as " ; " i " for " at " ; and " * " for " ey ".
Syllables in the middle or at the end of
words were sometimes written as superi-
ors, though often without abbreviation.
The words " shall be " and " will be "
were frequently written " shalbe " and
" wilbe ".
The article "ye" needs explanation.
It is really " the", and should be so pro-
nounced. The y in this word represents
the Anglo-Saxon character which was
equivalent to the English "th". When
the Old English black-letter type re-
placed the Anglo-Saxon letters in the
printing of English words, from its close
resemblance to the Anglo-Saxon character
for "th" the Old English g was substi-
tuted for it, and continued to be so used
so long that people became accustomed
to using the y for " th " in writing the ar-
ticle " the " and some other words.
QUERIES.
Queries are inserted for one cent a word.
Answers are solicited.
75. Who were the ancestors of Eliza-
beth Beauchamp who married Zachariah
Goodale of Salem 10 mo. 1666?
Huautla, Morelos, Mexico, w. s. M.
76. Who were the ancestors of Eliza-
beth Witt of Marlboro' who married John
Goodale Sept. 8, 1 703 ? w. s. M.
77. Information wanted of William
Peter, said to be brother of the celebrated
Hugh. A William Peter had an account
with the Plymouth company in 1628.
New York City. E. B. p.
78. Wanted, to locate the living de-
scendants of John, Nehemiah and George,
sons of Nehemiah and Eleanor (Porter)
Abbott* of Topsfield, Mass. ; also, of
John and Martha (Whiting) Abbott 6 , and
Jeremiah and Polly (Jaqueth) Abbott 6 ,
brothers, of Ashby, Mass., about 1 800 ;
also, of Sewell and Dorothy (House) Ab-
bott 6 , Aaron and Martha (Bush) Abbott 6 ,
Capt. Pliny and Anna (Gillett) Abbott 6 ,
all of New Braintree, Mass., about 1800 ;
also, of Nathaniel Abbott 6 of Falmouth,
Me., about 1800 ; and, also, of Joseph and
Anna Abbott 6 of Newburyport, Mass.,
about 1825 ; all of whom were de-
scendants of George Abbott, who was one
of the first settlers of Rowley, Mass., in
1639. L. A. A.
Washington, D. C.
79. Abraham Redington, living in
Rowley, or Boxford, Mass., in 1645, died
in 1697. Any information regarding him
prior to the first date, or his birth and
parentage, is earnestly desired.
A. P. REDINGTON.
Santa Barbara, Cal.
ANSWERS.
24. Sarah Hart, who married George
Norton Oct. 7, 1669, was a daughter of
Thomas and Alice Hart, and was born in
Ipswich in 1647. Thomas Hart was a
tanner by trade, and one of the earlier
settlers of Ipswich, being one of the com-
moners in 1641. He was born in 1606,
and died in Ipswich March 8, 1673-4.
His wife, Alice, born in 1612, died June
8, i6&2.Ed.
36. Rev. Hugh Peters 2 , minister of
Salem about 1636, afterwards executed
by Charles II., had a brother William 2 of
Boston, and was a son of William Peters 1
of Torrey, Cornwall, England. The young
men came over in 1634. William's 2
son Andrew^, of Ipswich and Andover,
came here some time after the arrival of
Mary Beamsley, and an amusing account
of Andrew's3 arrival and first experience
of Boston mud is given in a private man-
uscript belonging to Rev. Anson Titus.
He is called a young Holland by the lady
who was watching, and his notice was at-
tracted, leading to a marriage. Boston
records would probably give other facts
and dates. C. H. Abbott, Andover.
38. See answer to 36 above.
54. See answer to 36 above.
69. See answer to 36 above.
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VOL. I. SALEM, MASS., SEPTEMBER, 1897. No. 9.
PERSECUTION OF THE QUAKERS IN ESSEX COUNTY.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY.
THE Society of Friends, or Quakers, known Quaker, or any other blasphemous
has always been small, probably on ac- heretics' under a fine of one hundred
count of the absence of much that at- pounds, or imprisonment until it was
tracts people to membership in other paid, and to return such Quakers to
religious bodies, and the simplicity and the place from which they were taken.
quietness of their lives. They have Quakers that came from without the
neither creed, liturgy, clergy, nor sacra- court's jurisdiction were ordered to be
ment ; have given to woman a place committed to the house of correction,
equal to that of man ; have sought to being severely whipped at their entrance,
eliminate war, oaths, and litigation ; and and kept constantly at work, no one be-
have always been a sober, industrious, ing suffered to speak to them during
thrifty, and truth-loving people. the time of their imprisonment, " which
The Society was founded by George shall be no longer than necessity re-
Fox, in England, who began to preach in quireth." It was further ordered that if
1648; and about the first of July, 1656, any person knowingly imported into any
Quakers first arrived in New England, harbor of the colony " any Quaker books
landing at Boston. They were put into or writings concerning their Devilish
prison as soon as they reached the shore, opinions," they should be fined five
and their books burned in the market pounds for each and every such book or
place. There was as yet no statute writing; "and whoever shall disperse or
against such believers, but the general conceal any such book or writing and it
court convened, and, October i4th, be found with him or her or in his or her
passed such an act, the preamble being house, and shall not immediately deliver
as follows : it into the next magistrate " is to be
" Whereas there is a cursed sect of fined five pounds ; and " if any person
heretics lately risen up in the world, within this colony take upon them the
which are commonly called Quakers ; heretical opinions of the said Quakers "
who take upon them to be immediately they were to be fined forty shillings ;
sent of God, and infallibly assisted by the " and if they shall persist in the same and
spirit to speak and write blasphemous shall so again defend it," four pounds ;
opinions, despising government and the and if " they shall again so defend and
order of God in church and common- maintain the said Quakers' heretical
wealth, speaking evil of dignities and re- opinions, they shall be committed to the
preaching and reviling magistrates and house of correction till there be conven-
ministers, seeking to turn the people ient passage to send them out of the
from the faith and gain proselytes to their land, being sentenced by the court of
pernicious ways." assistants to banishment."
By this law, master-mariners were for- It would appear that Cassandra, wife
bidden to bring into the "jurisdiction any of Lawrence Southwick of Salem, was the
136
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
first in Essex county to become inter-
ested in the new faith, she being ad-
monished by the quarterly court, June
30, 1657, for absenting herself from the
church services. Their home was in the
neighborhood of Aborn street, on the
present Peabody line ; Mr. Southwick
being a manufacturer of glass and earthen
ware.
The first missionary of the Friends in
Essex county, as far as the writer has
learned, was Josiah Hobart, who was
preaching at Cape Ann Side (now Bev-
erly) that summer, and there, probably,
Mrs. Southwick heard the Quaker evan-
gelist.
In that eventful summer, a Quaker
craft, called the "Wood house," sailed
from England to Boston, bearing among
its passengers, Christopher Holder,
William Brend, and a young man named
John Copeland, names ever to be as-
sociated with the history of Salem.
Holder and Copeland came to Salem a
few weeks later, and being hospitably re-
ceived by the Southwick family, the latter
were committed to prison. Mr. South-
wick was soon released to be dealt with
by the church, but his wife served seven
weeks and was let out upon paying a fine.
At the close of the church service,
Sept. 21, 1657, Holder and Copeland at-
tempted to address the congregation, but
were seized and held until the following
day when they were sent to Boston, where
they received thirty stripes, inflicted with
a knotted scourge, left three days without
food or drink, and then imprisoned nine
weeks.
Samuel Shattuck, whose house is still
standing, and numbered 315 Essex street,
opposed the arrest of Holder, and he, too,
was imprisoned at Boston till he was re-
leased on bail.
These two preachers had their right
ears cut off in Boston, Copeland was
scourged at Plymouth, and in 1659,
Holder was banished on pain of death.
Soon after his arrival in America, Cope-
land said, in a letter to his parents,
" Take no thought for me. The Lord's
power hath over-shadowed me, and man
I do not fear ; for my trust is in the Lord
who is become our shield and buckler,
and exceeding great reward."
Oct. 14, 1657, another law was en-
acted, providing that if any Quaker
should return after having been punished
under the former law, he should have one
of his ears cut off, and be kept at work in
the house of correction till he be sent
away at his own charge ; and for a second
offence, to have his other ear cut off, and
kept at the house of correction as in the
first instance ; and every Quakeress to be
whipped instead of suffering the loss of
her ears; and for a third offence,
whether male or female, their tongue
should be bored with a hot iron, and they
be kept at the house of correction as in
former convictions.
William Brend,* who came in the
vessel with Holder and Copeland, was a
man of three-score and ten years. He
began his missionary labors in Rhode
Island, and worked his way toward Bos-
ton, preaching the gospel of repentance
as he went. While passing through
Plymouth he was severely scourged, his
age exciting no compassion in the breasts
of his persecutors. He continued north,
and held meetings in Salem with William
Leddra,t who is said to have been a
Cornishman, though his home was in
Barbadoes, and who, also, had come to
New England as a Quaker preacher.
They were welcomed by several fam-
ilies in Salem, who sympathised with
the new faith, Lawrence South wick's and
Nicholas Phelps' being the most promi-
nent among -them. Meetings were held,
at which the strangers preached of re-
pentance and forgiveness of sins through
Christ, and of the joy of the spiritual
life.
The evangelists were soon brought be-
fore the Salem court, and were asked,
" W T hy and for what they came into these
*His name is also spelled "Brand" on the
Salem quarterly court records.
tHis name is also spelled " Lutherway " and
" Lederay " on the Salem quarterly court records.
PERSECUTION OF THE QUAKERS IN ESSEX COUNTY. 137
parts ? ' They answered, " To seek a the open court, in the face of this law and
godly seed. The Lord God said, 'Pass of the magistrates, and made "a good
away to New England.' At the same confession " that they were Quakers. Mr.
term of the court, June, 1658, they were Phelps uttered a few words in defence of
presented for being at a "disorderly the meeting; and for daring thus to an-
meeting ' at the house of Nicholas swer was fined. For their connection
Phelps, during the time of the service of with the meeting and for professing the
the church. Mr. Phelps lived in Salem, Quaker faith, all seven were sent to the
near Phelps' crossing (now in West Pea- house of correction in Boston. Others
body), aril about five miles from Salem at this meeting and fined were Mrs.
town. The preachers made their escape Anthony Needham, Mrs. Nicholas Phelps,
from the meeting, but were apprehended Mrs. Joseph Pope, Henry Trask, Daniel
and brought to court. Upon their ac- Southwick, Thomas Brackett, Mrs. Sam-
knowledgment that they were Quakers, uel Shattuck, Mrs. Isaac Page of Salem
they were sent to the house of correction, and Robert Adams of Newbury ; and
This meeting was probably held before Provided Southwick was sentenced to sit
May 19, 1658, when a new law was by her heels in the stocks an hour be-
passed, providing that " Quakers and sides being fined. Others present who
such accursed heretics arising among were not punished were Mrs. Henry
ourselves may be dealt with according to Trask, Mrs. George Gardner, John
their deserts, and that their pestilential Southwick, Joseph Pope, Anthony Need-
errors and practices may speedily be ham, Edward Wharton, Mrs. Robert
prevented." The act provided " that Buffum and John Hill,
every such person professing any of their All through the score of years that fol-
pernicious ways by speaking or writing, lowed, these people, with new sympathisers
or by meeting on the Lord's day or any from time to time, were brought before the
other time to strengthen themselves or court and fined for " absence from meet-
reduce others to their diabolical doc- ing," sometimes heavily, as in the case of
trines," shall be fined, every person so Mrs. Phelps, who was fined, in 1659, ten
meeting ten shillings, everyone speaking pounds.
in such meeting five pounds, and any The preachers, Brend and Leddra, were
such person who has been punished by confined at Boston. While imprisoned,
scourging or whipping under former laws Brend was so brutally beaten with a pitched
to be kept at work in the house of cor- rope by the jailer, who had kept him with-
rection till they give bond with sureties out food for five days and most cruelly
" that they will not any more vent their fettered him, that he was apparently dying,
hateful errors or use their sinful prac- Endicott was alarmed, and summoned a
tices," or else shall depart out of the physician, who concluded that the prisoner
jurisdiction and stay there. was beyond recovery. The floggings in
All those present at this Quaker the prison had been repeatedly so cruel,
meeting were summoned into court, and that at the terrible scourging in this in-
a large number of them came in and stance, the public became so indignant,
stood with their hats on, untilthe officer that the officials released the Quaker pris-
pulled them off. Nicholas Phelps, oners, Brend, Leddra and others, and
Lawrence Southwick and his wife and banished them on pain of death,
son Josiah, Samuel Shattuck, Samuel But the unseen Healer had more labors
Gaskin* and Joshua Buffum stood up in in store for the aged Brend, and he rose
from his sick cot, and left the colony,
*This name was also spelled at this time, and afterwards preaching in Rhode Island and
probably properly, " Gascoyne," and was also the West Indies. In 1662, he was one Ot
called "Gaskill." the hundreds of Friends confined in
138 THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
loathsome Newgate prison. At the age of mend my righteous cause unto Thee, O
ninety, he died; and the following is the God ! Lord Jesus receive my spirit."
record of his burial : " William Brend, When Leddra was being sentenced,
of the Liberty of Katherine's, near the Wenlock Christison of Salem, who had
Tower, a minister, died Seventh mo., also been banished, entered the court
Seventh, 1676, and was buried at Bunhill room, causing such consternation that
Fields." no one moved or spoke for several min-
The beautiful spirit of this venerable utes. He was then, also, placed to the
pilgrim is .shown in his writings, in one of bar, and condemned to die ; but on the
which, written in prison, he says, "It hath day preceding that fixed for his execution,
been upon my heart, when in the sweet tidings came from England which caused
repose of the streams of my Father's love him and others to be banished instead of
and life, by which my heart hath been hung.
overcome, to visit you with a loving The seven Salem prisoners, committed
salutation from the place of my outward to the house of correction in Boston in
bonds. * Oh, in the love and life June, 1658, remained there all through
of the Lamb, look over all weakness in the heat of the summer, from their hus-
one another, as God doth look over all the bandry. After three weeks' imprison-
weakness in every one of us, and doth love ment, they wrote to the Salem court as
us for his own Son's sake in so doing follows :
peace will abound in our borders, it will " This to Magistrates at the court in
flow forth amongst us like a river, and it Salem.
will keep out jars, strifes and contentions." "Friends : Whereas it was your pleas-
Leddra returned into the colony a year ure to commit us, whose names are under-
later, was arrested and kept chained in the written, to the house of correction in Bos-
open prison in Boston for many months, ton, although the Lord, the righteous
notwithstanding the inclemency of a New Judge of Heaven and Earth, is our witness
England winter, while awaiting the exe- that we have done nothing worthy of
cution of his sentence of death. stripes or of bonds ; and we being corn-
On the day before he was hung, he ad- mitted by your court to be dealt withal as
dressed a letter to "The little flock of the law provides for foreign Quakers, as ye
Christ," in which he said : " Stand in the please to term us; and having some of us
watch within in the fear of the Lord, suffered your law and pleasures, now that
which is the very entrance of wisdom and which we do expect is, That whereas we
the state wherein you are ready to receive have suffered your law, so now to be set free
the secrets of the Lord. Hunger and by the same law, as your manner is with
thirst patiently, be not weary, neither strangers, and not to put us on the ac-
doubt ; stand still and cease from thy count of one law, and execute another law
own workings, and in due time thou shalt upon us, of which "according to your own
enter into rest and thy eyes shall behold manner we were never convicted, as the
His salvation. Confess Him before men ; law expresses. If you had sent us upon
bring all things to the light that they may the account of your new law, we should
be proved whether they are wrought in have expected the jailer's order to have
God. Without grace possessed there is been on that account, which that it was not
no assurance of salvation. By grace you appears by the warrant which we have, and
are saved." the punishment which we bear, as four of
The following day, the fetters that had so us were whipped, among whom was one
long bound him were knocked off, and he that had formerly been whipped ; so now
went " forth to the slaughter in the meek- according to your former law, friends, let
ness of the spirit of Jesus." His last it not be a small thing in your eyes, the
words, from the scaffold, were : " I com- exposing as much as in you lies, our fam-
PERSECUTION OF THE QUAKERS IN ESSEX COUNTY. 139
ilies to ruin. It is not unknown to you, pointed to speedily undertake to convince
the season and the time of year, for those them of their errors,
that live of husbandry, and what their cat- On this same day (Oct. 19, 1658), the
tie and families may be exposed unto ; and general court, rinding that the seven
also such as live upon trade. We know if Salem Quakers who were in the Ipswich
the spirit of Christ did dwell and rule in house of correction would do nothing to
you these things would take impression on effect their release, ordered that they be
your spirits. What our lives and conver- brought into court. This was done ; and
sations have been in that place is well much endeavor to convince and reform
known, and what we now suffer for, is the prisoners was made ; but in vain,
much for false reports, and ungrounded The court then ordered that Samuel
jealousies of heresy and sedition. These Shattuck, Lawrence Southwick and his
things lie upon us to lay before you. As wife depart out of the jurisdiction " be-
for our parts we have true peace and rest fore the first day of the court of election
in the Lord in all our sufferings, and are next, which, if they neglect or refuse to
made willing in the power and strength of do, they shall then be banished under
God, freely to offer up our lives in this pain of death." Under this order they
cause of God, for which we suffer : yea, were released from prison, and, returning
and we do find (through grace) the en- to their homes, cared for their suffering
largement of God in our imprisoned state, families and farms. The time of their
to whom alone we commit ourselves and probation was about at an end when, May
our families, for the disposing of us accord- IT, 1659, the seven were called before
ing to his infinite wisdom and pleasure, in the court. The governor charged them
whose love is our rest and life. From the with rebelling against the authority of the
house of bondage in Boston wherein we country in not departing according to
are made captives by the wills of men, al- the order. They answered that they
though made free by the Son (John 8 : had no other place to go to, and had their
36). In which we quietly rest, this i6th wives, children and estates to care for;
of the 5th month, 1658. nor had they done anything worthy of
" Lawrence Southick, death, banishment or bonds, or any of
Cassandra Southick, the hardships or ignominious punish-
Josiah Southick, ments which they had suffered in their
Samuel Shattock, persons, besides theloss of a large amount
Joshua Buffum." of money and property that had been
Whether or not Gaskin had been re- taken to pay fines. The governor was
leased, the writer has not learned, but his silenced ; but Major-general Dennison
name is not seen again in connection with made this unanswerable reply, that they
the others. Neither does it appear why stood against the authority of the country
Nicholas Phelps did not sign this letter, in not submitting to its laws; that "they
Soon after, the prisoners were transferred and the church people are not able well
to the Ipswich house of correction. to live together; at present the power is
Oct. 19, 1658, the general court, be- in our hand, and therefore the strongest
coming convinced that the terrible laws must fend off." The sentence of banish-
that had been enacted were insufficient to ment was then pronounced upon them,
stop the preaching of the Quakers, and and only two weeks' time was allowed in
"for the further prevention of infection which to settle their affairs and bid good-
and guiding of people in the truth," by forever to their families and friends
passed a law banishing all persons " favor- and home.
ing the Quakers who after due means of Lawrence Southwick and his wife, in
conviction remain obstinate and pertina- their old age, parted from their children,
cious," and Rev. John Norton was ap- and with but little money and few arti-
140
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
cles, the fines of the court having taken
much of their estate, secured a boat and
sailed southward along the coast. They
finally built a little house on Shelter
Island, in Long Island Sound ; and there
passed the few months of their exile.
The privation and exposure that they
experienced during the rigorous winter
that followed was too severe for their aged
and weakened bodies, and both died in
the following spring, his wife surviving
him three days.
On the day that Lawrence Southwick
and his wife and friends were sentenced
to banishment, the court ordered that Mr.
and Mrs. Southwick's younger children,
Daniel, aged twenty-two, and Provided,
aged eighteen, be sold into slavery to the
English in Virginia or Barbadoes. This
was because these young people could not
pay the heavy fines imposed upon them
" for siding with the Quakers, and ab-
senting themselves from public ordi-
nances," and as a means of satisfaction
of the fines. They were offered for sale
as slaves to the sea captains who might
carry them to the West Indies and dis-
pose of them at a profit. But no one
would buy them ; and the brother and
sister were released.
Whittier wrote a ballad on this inci-
dent, entitling it with the mother's name,
" Cassandra Southwick," instead of the
daughter's. He represents Provided as
being offered for sale near the wharves in
the presence of Endicott, Rawson, Hig-
ginson, and many others. An old wood-
cut illustrating it is reproduced herewith.
Josiah Southwick and Joshua Buffum
went to Rhode Island, the home of many
an exile from the Massachusetts Bay col-
ony. Southwick returned from banish-
ment, and, Sept. 9, 1661, was ordered by
the court of assistants to be stripped from
his girdle upwards, tied to a cart's tail,
and whipped ten stripes in each of the
towns of Boston, Roxbury and Dedham.
When sentenced to a severe scourging,
he said : " Here is my body ; if you want
a further testimony to the truth I profess,
take it and tear it in pieces ; your sen-
tence is no more terrifying to me than if
you had taken a feather and blown it in
the air."
Samuel Shattuck and Nicholas Phelps
took advantage of an opportunity that
offered, four days later, to sail for England,
with the intention of laying the whole
matter before parliament ; and, late in
1 66 1, Shattuck secured and brought to
New England a letter from the king re-
quiring the colony to cease proceedings
against the Quakers.
This letter caused a suspension of the
obnoxious laws, and the prisoners were set
at liberty. Simon Bradstreet and two
other representatives of the colony were
sent to England to inform his majesty of
the prisoners' release, and to deprecate
his displeasure. In 1675, however, the
law was so far revived that persons at-
tending Quaker meetings could be pun-
ished therefor ; and the death penalty was
not repealed until 1681.
Other laws than those mentioned were
in force. In May, 1657, the law forbid-
ding hospitality to Quakers was passed ;
and under it several persons were con-
victed. Among them was Zaccheus Gould
of Topsfield, and Thomas Macy of Salis-
bury, in 1659, an d John Emery of New-
bury, in 1663. The Quakers whom they
entertained were generally those that were
on their way to the more hospitable
wilderness of Maine. May 22, 1661,
was enacted a law providing that Quakers
without homes in the colony should be
punished for the first offence by whipping,
second, by branding, and third, by death.
It cannot seem strange that some of
the sufferers under the Quaker laws should
become so insane as to appear naked in
public, under an idea that it was their duty
to thus declare the lack of spiritual apparel
of New England's established church.
" The Quaker of the olden time !
So calm, and firm, and true,
Unspotted by its wrong and crime,
He walked the dark earth through ;
The lust of power, the love of gain,
The thousand lures of sin
Around him had no power to stain
The purity within."
DESCENDANTS OF ARTHUR ABBOT OF IPSWICH.
141
THE ANCESTOR.
While I meander in and out
The labyrinth of ancient date,
Sometimes I catch him on the fly ;
Sometimes he goes sedately by,
Or scans me closely with his eyes;
Or greets me with a glad surprise
That I should know him strangers we.
Where did we meet before? says he.
Conn. Quar. Delia B. Ward.
DESCENDANTS OF ARTHUR ABBOT
OF IPSWICH.
ARTHUR ABBOT' came from Totness,
near the Ivy bridge, Devonshire, Eng-
land, with the early settlers of Salem, and
probably resided at Marblehead till 1633,
when John Winthrop, jr., with twelve
others (one of whom Mr. Abbot is said
to have been) commenced the settlement
of Ipswich. He died there between 1671
and 1679.
Children* :
2 i. ARTHUR 2 , b. about 1639. See below (^) .
3 II. PHILIP 2 .
2
ARTHUR ABBOT 2 , born about 1639. He
was made a freeman in 1671. He was a
farmer, and lived in Ipswich. He mar-
ried Elizabeth White April 26, 1669. She
was fined in 1675 f r " wearing silk." He
died after 1716; and his wife survived
him, dying, his widow, Feb. 17, 1738,
aged ninety.
Childrent, born in Ipswich :
4 i. ARTHUR 3 , b. Oct. i, 1670.
5 II. PHILIP 3 , b. Aug. 30, 1672. See below
C5).
6 in. ELIZABETH 3 , b. June 6, 1686; m. Jos-
eph Brown of Ipswich (pub. 2 : 9 mo :
1706) ; and was living in 1711.
5
PHILIP ABBOT3, born in Ipswich Aug.
30, 1672. He was a house-carpenter,
and lived in Ipswich. He married Mary
. He died after 1701 ; and his wife
*Richard Abbot, keeper of the New Hamp-
shire prison in 1684, may have been his son.
tit is probable that Moses Abbot of Boston
was one of the children. He was the father of
Rev. Hull Abbot of Charlestown. There was
also, perhaps, a daughter Susannah.
survived him, dying, his widow, in Ips-
wich, Jan. n, 1730-1.
Children, born in Ipswich :
71. ARTHUR 4 , b. Feb. 3, 1693-4. See be-
low (7).
8 ii. FRANCES*, b. May 18, 1696; living,
unmarried, in 1711.
9 in. SUSANNA 4 , m. Abraham Hobbs Sept.
17, 1719.
IO iv. MARY 4 , b. July 26, 1701; m. John
Roberts March 16, 1720-1.
7
ARTHUR ABBOT*, born in Ipswich Feb.
3, 1693-4. He is called in his deeds,
successively, cordwainer, innholder, yeo-
man, and gentleman. He lived in Ips-
wich, where he was a constable in 1729.
He married, first, Widow Mercy (Apple-
ton) Smith Sept. 1 6, 1716. She died Sept.
11 > J 733 } an d he married, second, widow
Priscilla Burnham of Ipswich May 23,
1734. He died in Ipswich, "advanced
in years," June 16, 1767. She died
there, his widow, June , 1774.
Children,* born in Ipswich :
II i. ARTHUR 5 bapt. Aug. 3, 1718, "about
two years old." See below (//).
12 ii. SARAH 5 , bapt. Aug. 3, 1718; m.
George Dutch of Ipswich April 21,
1736.
13 in. FRANCES 3 , bapt. Nov. 12, 1721; m.
Daniel Sawyer of Wells (pub. Nov.
22, 1740).
14 iv. DANIEL 5 , bapt. March 9, 1734-5; d.
July 19, 1735.
II
ARTHUR ABBOTS, bapt. in Ipswich Aug.
3, 1718, being "about two years old."
He was a joiner, and lived in Ipswich.
He married Sarah Willcomb (pub. Nov.
18, 1738). He died Dec. 19, 1779 ; and
she died April 22, 1781.
Children, born in Ipswich :
15 i. WILLIAM 6 , bapt. Feb. 28, 1741; d.
June 14, 1742.
*There was probably a son named Hull, who
lived at Cape Ann, and was lost at sea. He mar-
ried Bethiah Row (published in Gloucester April
4, 1766, when he is called a " sojourner "), and
had the following children born in Gloucester :
Hull, born Aug. I, 1766; Mary Bttrrel, born
July 12, 1768; married Vinery Parsons; Rachel,
born Feb. 2, 1770; married Richard Whitridge ;
and. Bethiah, born Aug. 13, 1772; married Jo-
siah Parsons. Hull's widow, Bethiah, was living
in Gloucester in 1796.
142
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
16 ii. ELIZABETH 6 , bapt. Feb. 19, 1743; d.
July 17, 1745-
17 in. JOHN 6 , d. Aug. 24. 1747.
jg iv. DANIEL 6 , bapt. May 25, 1746; d.
young.
19 v. SARAH 6 , bapt. Aug. 13, 1749.; d., un-
married, in Ipswich, of a cancer,
April 13, 1783.
20 vi. PHILIP 6 , b. April 5, 1752. See below
(20}.
21 vii. ELIZABETH 6 , bapt. April 14, 1754; d.
Feb. 19, 1773.
22 vin. DANIEL 6 , bapt. Nov. 28, 1756.
23 ix. ANNA 6 , bapt. Nov. 19, 1758.
2O
PHILIP ABBOT 6 , born in Ipswich April 5,
1752. He was a housewright, and lived
in Ipswich. He married Sarah Hovey of
Ipswich Dec. 6, 1773; and died Sept.
20, 1805. She died July 25, 1838.
Children, born in Ipswich :
24 i. DANIEL', b. Jan. 15, 1774. See below
25 n. PHILIP 7 , b. Dec. 23, 1775; was a
baker, and lived in Salem; m. Peggy
Turner April 3, 1810. They had
children.
26 in. THOMAS', b. July 20, 1779; m. Nabby
Corbin May 9, 1810; and d. Aug. 14,
1818. They had children.
27 iv. ARTHUR 7 , b. Jan. 24, 1782; d. April
17, 1805.
28 v. SALLY 7 , b. March 18, 1784; d. June
25, 1790.
29 vi. JOHN HovEY 7 , b. June 17, 1787; d.
Dec. 24, 1805.
30 vii. SAMUEL N. 7 , b. Nov. n, 1789; lived
in Salem ; m. Mary A. Francis July
31, 1833 ; and had children.
31 vm. WILLIAM 7 , b. Jan. I, 1792; lived in
Franklin, 111.; m. Mary Barry Dec.
2, 1824; and had children.
32 ix.. SALLY 7 , b. Oct. 3, 1794; d. Sept. 8,
, 1796.
24
DANIEL ABBOT?, born in Ipswich Jan.
15, 1774. He was a baker, and lived in
Salem. He married Rebecca Allen of
Salem Feb. 21, 1796.
Children :
33 j. REBECCA 8 b. Dec. 4, 1796; m. Dr.
Elijah Porter Nov. 28, 1816. He was
a physician in Salem, Mass., and
Brooklyn, N. Y.
34 n. DANIEL 8 , b. April 16, 1799; lived in
Salem; m. Rebecca Gray, April 29,
1830; and had children.
WILL OF ROBERT ANDREWS.
The will of Robert Andrews of Ipswich
was proved 26 : i : 1644. The following
copy is taken from the record contained
in Ipswich Deeds, volume i, leaf 6, the
original being missing.
the firft of March 1643.
In the name of god amen I Robert
Andrewes of Ipfw ch in New England being
of pfect vnderftanding & memory doe
make this my laft will & Teftament
Imprmis I coment my foule into the
hands of my mercifull Creator & redeemer
& I doe comitt my body after my depar-
ture out of this world to be buried in
feemly manner by my frends &c concern-
ing my eftate Imprimis I doe make my
eldeft fonne John Andrewes my executor
Item I give vnto my wife Elizabeth
Andrews forty pounds and to John Griffin
the fonne of Humfry Griffin fixteene
pounds to be paid vnto him when he fhal-
be Twenty one yeares of age, & if he fhall
dye before he comes to that age it fhall
returne to my two fonnes John & Thomas
Andrewes Item concerning my fonne
Thomas Andrews my will is that he fhall live
with his brother John Andrews three
yeares two of which he fhalbe helpfull to his
brother John Andrewes in his hufbandry
and the laft of the three yeares he fhall goe
to.fchoole to recover his learning and if he
fhall goe to the vniverfity or fhall fet him-
felfe vpon fome other way of living his
brother John fhall allow him ten pounds
by the yeare for foure yeares & then fif-
teene pounds by the yeare for two years
fucceeding after. Item concerning the
fourefcore pounds which is to be paid vnto
my fonne in lawe ffrancklins daughter
Elizabeth ffrancklin my grandchild my
will is that if fhe die before the debt is
due it fhalbe thus difpofed ten pounds of
it fhall goe to my fonne Daniell Hovies
Child Daniell Hovey my grand child and
the other feav[en]ty pounds fhalbe di-
vided betweene my two fonnes John &
Thomas Andrews and if thofe my Two
fonnes fhould dye then thirty pounds
fhould be divided betweene my kinfmen
AMESBURY INSCRIPTIONS.
John Thomas & Robert Burnum by equall
porcons, & Twenty more fhould goe to
Humphry Griffins Two other fonnes &
the other Twenty fhall goe to Daniell
Hovey. And becaufe my forme John
Andrewes is yet vnder age I doe comend
him vnto Thomas Howlet as his Guardian
vntill he fhall come of age.
Wittneffes hereof
William Knight Robert Andrews
John whipple
Thomas Scot
Jofeph Metcalfe
AMESBURY INSCRIPTIONS.
UNION CEMETERY.
Continued from page 124.
HERE LYES
BURIED Y e BODY
Of LYDIA CURRIER
WHO DIED DECEM
BER Y e 19 1735
IN Y e 4 1
Of HER
' th YEAR
AGE
In Memory of
Major Nathaniel Currier
of Salisbury, who Died Dece r
2 3 d y *776, In y e jj d Year of his Age.
My flesh and Heart, has faild
And the spirit returned to God who did it give
And Nothing can I plead but mercy
Purchest by the Lamb of God
HERE LYES
BURIED Y e
BoDY Of NI-
CoLAS CUR
RI E R WHO
DIED DECEMB:
Y e 7 1735
IN Y e 2 YEAR
OF HES AGE
HERE LIES BURIED
THE BODY oF
CAP* RICHARD CURRIER
WHO DEPARTED THIS
LIFE FEBRUARY 8 h
1747 s IN THE 7 5 th
YEAR OF HIS AGE
Here Lies Interrd
M r TIMOTHY CURRIER
Who Departed
This Life March
ye T *t 1753
In Y e 50 th Year
of his AGE
HERE LYES THE
BoDY OF WILL M
CURRIER Y e SON
OF M R THOMAS
CURRIER AND M R *
SARAH HIS WIfE
WHO DIED IUNE
Y e 2 5
YEAR
Y e
OF
7 3 5 IN
24
HIS AGE
Here Is Interrd
BENAIAH SOn TO
M r Jaruis & Mr 8
Mary Flanders
Who Des' APRIL
Y e ! T th 1771
AGED i Year 10 Mo.
In Memory of
M r JARVIS FLANDERS
who died Jan ry 24 th 1778
In y e 39 th Year
of his Age
In Memory of
M rs MARY FLANDERS
wife of
JARVIS FLANDERS
died July y e 2i st 1775
y e 33 d Year of her Age.
Here Lies Interrd M r
JOSHUA FOLLANSBE
Who Departed
This Life A ucust
the 15 th 1766
In Y e 4 6 th Year
of his AGE
144
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
In Memory of
SIBYL FOLLANSBE,
daughter of Thomas &
Mary Follanf be :
who died Apr 1 24, 1796
See here the youth, luhofe cheerful bloom
Promised a train of years to come :
When death derides th 1 expected joyes,
And all her flatf ring hope deftroyes.
Here Lies the Body of
MR. JEREMIAH HIBBERT
only Son of
the Rev. Thomas
& Mrs. Abigail Hibbert
who died Dec. 2j d , 1791.
/Etat. 34.
He is gone, 6 carft return
Oh amazing Grief! btit it
becomes us humbly to fubmit.
Here Lies Interrd
Ca p . SAMUEL GEORGE
WHO DEPArtEd
This Life JUNe
Y e 2 9 th 1765
AGED 40 years
& 21 Days
IN
memory of
Lieu*. Ezekiel Goodridge
who was killed at the capt-
ure of Burgoyne Oct. 7, 1777. yt. 37
and of Molly his wife who
died March 29, 1814. Mi. 65. .
and of 6 of their children
Elizabeth died Mar. i, 1778
M.
Ezekiel died Sept. 13, 1777
^Et. ii.
in memory
of*
Molly died March 9, 1777.
At 3.
Nancy died Aug. 16, 1778.
JEt. 16.
Abigail died Nov. 1786.
Ml. 14
REBEKAH
daiighter of
Hannah Go u ld
departed this life
Dec r . 8, 1798
In
Memory of
SARAH HOITE
Daur. of Mr.
& Mrs. HANH HOITE
died Sept. 2 8th
1776
In ye 6 Year
of her Age
In
Memory of
HANNH HOITE
Daur. of Mr. WlLLm.
& Mrs. HANH HOITE
died Sept. 2 8th
1776
In ye 8 Month
of her Age
In Memory of
M rs . Anna Hoyt
Wife of M r . "Benf Hoyt
Dau r . of M r . Thomas
M rs . Mary Pearfon
T)ied Fefry 24** 1785,
lny e iq th Year of her Age.
*In the place of the words " in memory of '
something had been erased, and these words
inserted.
In Memory of
LYDIA
Daughter of Willebe
6 Lydia Hoyt,
who died April 5^, 1791,
aged ii years.
In Memory of
WILLIAM HOYT
who died
March 15, 1793 ;
^Et. 52
IACOB
HVNTI N T V N
DIED APRIL 5
1730 IN ThE
YeAR OF HIS
AGE
AMES BURY INSCRIPTIONS.
145
HEAR LYES BURIED
y e BODY of MARY
HUNTUNTIEN
DAVGHt r of
& ABIGEL
TUN TIEN
DYEd
y e T
y e
IOHN
HUN
W Ho
NOVEMBER
1736 AGED
A b O U ' i YEAR
In Memory of
M rs . Hannah Lowell
widow of
Cap*. Samuel Lowell
Died June ^ 1783
Iny e 8 3 d Year of her Age
Depart my friends, dry up your Tears
/ must lie here till Christ appears
HERE LYES
BURIED THE
BODY OF M r
SAMUEL IONES
WHO DIED
FEBRUARY Y e
3 17423 IN
THE 65 YEAR
OF HIS
AGE
In memory of
Mr. LEWIS LOWELL
who died June 13 th 7777
in the ^o th year
of his age.
All you that now alive may be,
Prepare to die and follow me.
By harkning to Gods gracious voice
And make the Lord your only choice.
In memory
of
THOMAS LANE,
who departed this life
i, 1797,
30.
Here Lies Miriam
the Daut r . of M r .
Lewis & Mr s .
Molly Lowell
Who Des 1 April
y e 2 d 1762
AGED
I I
Years
LE HASTR
* oF IUNE
1736 & IN THE
10 YEar oF
H* AGE
In Memory of
Mrs. ANNA LOWELL,
wife of
Mr. Simeon Lowell :
who died
Jariv. 29, 1789
Aged 39 Years.
repine
II 'hen God commands tho' friends
Your life, like me, you imist refign.
*The stone is defaced.
Sacred to
the Memory of
Mr. William Lowell
who departed this
Life, Sept. the
28 th . A. D. 1788, in the
28 th year of his age.
HERE LYES BURIED
the BODY OF mRS
MaRY LOWLe the
WIFe Of Mr GIDEon
LOWLe WHO DIED
nOUEmBERTHE27 tl
T734 & In the 63
YEAR OF HER AGE
146
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Here Lies
BAZELEEL
of M r .
Interr'd
Y e Son
David
ener
* Who
the
1747
In Memory of
Dea. David Merrill,
who died
June y e is, 1785,
aged 8 1 Years
i Mo. 4 Days.
rs
Here Lies Interr'd M
ELLEANOR MERRILL
the Wife of Deac n .
David Merrill
Who Des*. February
y e 26 1767
AGED 57 Year
& T 9 Days
In Memory of
ANNA,
Confort of
Addams Morrill
who died Jan y . 17^ 1795 ;
in the 45 year
of her age.
And left the fhadoiv of a fpot
Should on my Soiil be found,
He took the robe the Saviour wrought
And caff it all around.
In Memory of
HENRY MORRILL,
Son of Jonathan
& Hannah Morrill
who died
Sept. 13 th 1785
aged i year 6 mo.
*The stone is defaced.
HERE LYES BURIED
THE BODY OF
REBACKAH MORRIL
THE WIFE OF M R
MOSES MORRIL
WHO DIED APRIL
3rd 1727 & IN tHE
73 YEAR OF
HER AGE
This In Memory of the
REV D M r . ELISHA ODLIN
the 3rd pastur of the
First Church of christ
In Almsbury Who
After He Had Faithfully
Discharg'd the pastural
o f fice For near a Daee of
8 Years Departed This
LIFC JANUARY 21. 1752
In the 41 Year
of his AGE.
DANIEL O-LI-
W A Y DIED
NOUEm r . Y e *
1740 IN Y e
51 YEAR OF
HIS AGE
%
In Memory of
Doct r . NEHEMIAH ORDWAY
Deceafed Jan ry 13 th
1779
In Y e 68 th Year
of his Age.
Here Is Intend
M r . SAMUEL OSGOOD
Who Departed
this Life oct r
Y e 17 th 1750
In the 28 th Year
of his AGE
COME MORTAL MAN
AND CAST AN EYE
COME READ THY DOOM
PREPARE TO DIE
*The edge of the stone at this place is gone.
OLD NORFOLK COUNTY RECORDS.
147
In Memory of
John Pearson
Son of Mr. Tho$. 6
Mrs. Mary Pearson
died Dec r . I st 1774
Aged 6
Months
allso a Infant
of Mr. Tho*. &>
Mary Pearson
To be confirmed.
OLD NORFOLK COUNTY RECORDS.
Contimied from page 7/7.
Inventory of estate of George Habone,
late of Hampton, deceased, dwelling
house and land, live stock, etc., amount-
ing to ^126. Appraised by Tho : Levitt
his S mark and Robert Smith his R mark.
Filed in court at Hampton 3 : 8 mo : 1 654.
Will of John Pike, sen., of Salisbury,
weak in body ; dated May 24, 1654. I
give my land in Newbury to my grand-
child John Pike (under age), son of my
eldest son John Pike. My land at y e new
tbvvne called by the name of the pitt, both
upland and meadow, I give my grand-
child John Pike (under age), son of my
son Robert Pike. Gives to his daughters
Dorothy, Ann, and Israeli, and their
children. To my daughter-in-law, wife
of my son John, and to her children,
Joseph, Hanna, Mary and Ruth. To my
daughter-in-law Sarah, wife of my son
Robert, and to her children, Sarah, Dora-
thie, Mary and Elizabeth. To my tenant,
Samuell More. My two sons, John and
Robert, executors. Wit : Henry Mondey
and y e mark R of Jn Ralfe. Proved in
court at Hampton 3 : 8 mo : 1654.
Inventory of estate of John Pike, sen.,
deceased May 26, 1654, taken May 29,
1654, by Henry Mondey, John Ralfe (his
j/mark) and George Goldwyer (his o
mark). House and land at old town in
Newbury ; land at new town ; etc. Total
amount, ^230 6^. io</. Sworn to by the
executors.
Dorothy, daughter of abovesaid John
Pike, and wife of Daniell Hendrick of
Haverhill, acknowledged the receipt of her
legacy, etc., June 10, 1654. Wit : Robert
Clements and Henry Palmer.
Same, of Israel, daughter of said John
Pike, and wife of Henry True of Salis-
bury, May i, 1655. She acknowledged it
May i, 1655, and he 15 : 9 : 1655, before
Tho : Bradbury, commissioner of Salis-
bury.
The marshall of Salem is directed to
levy on goods of Richard Ormsby, in favor
of John Godfrey, Aug. 10, 1662. Samuel
Archard, the marshall, assigns it to Rob-
ert Lord, marshall of Ipswich, 24 : 7 :
1662. Oct. n, 1662, Robert Lord
levied on the farm of Richard Ormsby,
etc., the appraisers being John Severans
of Salisbury, John Emerie of Newbury,
and said Lord.
John Wheelwrite of Hampton, conveyed
to John Redman of Hampton, smith, 33
acres of land, bounded by Robert Page,
Tho : Nudd (formerly Tho : Moulton's),
Christopher Palmer, Nathaniel Batcheller,
Henry Dowe, William ffifeild and Henry
Moulton, 10 : 6 mo : 1654. Wit: Samuell
ffogg and Stephen Samborn. Ack. before
Willi : Estow and Jeffery Mingay, com-
missioners of Hampton.
Martha Sadler (her o mark) deposed
that her husband Anthony Sadler, late of
Salisbury, deceased, sold to Robert ffitts
of Salisbury, land formerly Sam 1 Hall's.
Sworn to in court at Salisbury 12:2 mo :
1651.
Jn Hoyt deposed that he heard An-
thony Sadler say that he had received of
Willi : Hooke full pay for some meadow
sold to him. Martha Sadler deposed to
the same effect. Sworn to in court at
Salisbury 15 : 4 : 1653.
Jn Severans deposed to the same
effect. Sworn to in court at Salisbury 1 1 :
2 mo : 1651.
Martha Sadler alias Burbie deposed
that she heard her husband Anthony Sad-
ler, late deceased, say that he had sold to
John Gill a house and lot in Salisbury,
bounded by Jn Bayly, sen., and Rodger
Eastman and land formerly of Jn Hoyt.
Sworn to in court at Salisbury 14 : 4 :
1653-
Isack Buswell and Willi: Buswell of
Salisbury deposed that about seven years
148
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agone Anthony Sadler and Jn Gill were
together at said Isaac's house when Sad-
ler sold to Gill a house and a i-acre lot
bounded by Rodger Eastman, Tho :
Bradbury (sometimes Jn Baylies), and
Henry Browne (sometimes Willi Hol-
dridgs) ; also, his right of commonage.
Sworn to in court at Salisbury 17:4: 1653.
Whereas Master Thomas Savage of
Boston, merchant, at request of Richard
Leader of Strauberry banke, gent., is
bound with and for said Leader, to pay
William Davis of Boston, apothecary, for
Maj. Nehemiah Burne, to secure said
Savage Leader mortgages to him, house,
land, etc., in Boston, and house and land
at Strawberry bank in Pascatoquack, late-
ly purchased of Ambros Lane. Dec. 18,
1652. Wit: W m Tinge, Robt Oateshall,
Rhad Ridden and Nathaniel Souther,
not pub cas.
Thomas Rucke of Boston, drap, for ^70,
conveyed to Anthony Stanion of Hampton,
planter, one-third of a mill work at Exe-
ter falls, sometimes belonging to James
Wall, and sold to Edward Colcord, and
conveyed by Edward Colcord to the
grantor. Dated Nov. 27, 1654. Also
signed by Elisabeth Rucke (her E mark).
Wit : William Lumpkin and Samuell
Rucke. Ack. before Tho : Wiggin Nov.
28, 1654.
Joseph Merrie conveyed to Tho : Lilford
of Haverhill March 17, 1648, 5 acres of
land. Signed by mark of Joseph Merry
-| and mark K of Tho : Lilford. Wit :
Jn Ward and John Cass (his ) mark).
Christopher Batt of Boston, tanner,
with consent of my wife Ann, for ^45,
conveyed to Lt. Robert Pike of Salisbury,
20-acre planting lot in Salisbury, bounded
by Mr. William Worcester, little river, and
town common, 11:9 mo: 1651. Wit:
John Sanders and Ann Batt. Ack. by
"Chriftopher Batt late of Salifbury &
his wyfe m r Ann Batt" before William
Hibbins 14 : 4 : 1654.
Christopher Batt of Salisbury, gent,
with consent of my wife Ann, for ^45,
conveyed to Robert Pike of Salisbury 14-
acre meadow lot in Salisbury, on north
side of little river, and bounded by Edward
ffrench, Oct. 10, 1650. Wit: John
Sanders, Jn Rudduck and Georg Manig.
Ack. by " Chriftopher Batt late of Salif-
bury & his wife m r Ann Batt " before
William Hibbins 14 : 4 : 1654.
M r . Sam 1 Dudley leases to Humphrey
Wilson saw-mill on lessee's creek in Exeter,
and saws in the hands of George Halsie,
for ^ years, for rent of T 0,000 feet of
pine boards per annum, 14 : 2 : 1654.
Ack. in court at Salisbury, before Robert
Clements, April 14, 1654.
Whereas, in 1645, two judgments were
granted against Edward Colcord and
Robert Tucke of Hampton, at the suit of
William Paine of Ipswich, the execution
issued thereon being served by deputy-
marshall Walter Roper upon said Colcord's
house and all of his lands in Hampton,
including commonages, at request of said
Tuck, William Paine of Ipswich, march*,
conveyed said property to Robert Page
of Hampton Oct. 16, 1654. Signed:
Will Payne. Wit : Robert Lord and Willi r
Howard. Ack. before Daniell Denison
Oct. 16, 1654.
Thomas Kemble releases ffrancis Swaine
from all indebtedness Jan. 25, 1654. Wit:
Thomas Jenner and John Mirocke (his
M mark).
Timothy Dalton, "teacher of the
Church of Chrift att Hampton," for ^50,
conveyed to Isack Pirkins of Hampton,
planter, farm in Hampton, on Salisbury
line southerly, northerly on the farm
sometimes John Moulton's but now Jn.
Brown's, westerly to a tree belonging to
a farm sometimes m r . Steven Batcheller's
but now m r . John Wheelwrit's, easterly on
farm of John Browne, a creek and the
river; also, 70 acres of meadow, 18 : 4 :
1652. Wit: Sam: Dalton and Tho:
Nudd. Ack. before Willi : Estow and
Jeffery Minge, commissioners of Hampton.
June 19, 1654, Robert Codnam of
Saibrooke fort, mariner, conveyed to
Isack Buswell of Salisbury, 2 acres of
land in Salisbury, bounded "southward by
y e high way, which goeth towards the
Bay," east and north by the green by the
IPSWICH SOLDIERS.
149
meeting house, and land of Isack Buswell.
Signed by mark. Wit : Jonathan Negus
and Samuel Buswell. Ack. before Richard
Parker, commissioner, 28 : 8 : 1654.
To be continued.
IPSWICH SOLDIERS.
Among the papers on file in the probate
office at Salem in the settlement of the
estate of Daniel Rogers, of Ipswich, who
died about 1722, is the following:
"July: 7 th 1724.
"A List of Those Souldiars on the North
Side of y e River In Ipswich under the
Command of Colo u John Denison ordered
to Go out into his mages* Service
"Joseph Wait
John Knowlton
Dan 1 . Griffin
Richard Pearce
Tho 8 . Gofs."
NON-IMPORTATION AGREEMENT.
Salem, Sept. 6. "The Merchants and
Traders in this Town having had feveral
Meetings to confult Meafures for the bet-
ter Regulation of the Trade, which at
prefent labours under great Difficulties
and Discouragements ; and being con-
vinced that a further Importers of un-
neceffary Goods from Great-Britain would
involve the Importers in ftill greater
Difficulties and render them unable to
pay the Debts due to the Merchants in
Great- Britain, they unanimoufly VOTED
not to fend any further Orders for Goods
to be fhipped this Fall ; and that from
the firft of January 1769 to the firft of
January 1770, they will not fend for or
import, either on their own Account or on
Commiffions, or purchafe of any Factor
or others, who may import any Kind of
Goods or Merchandizes from Great-
Britain, except Coal, Salt and fome Arti-
cles neceffary to carry on the Fifhery.
They likewife agreed not to import any
Tea, Glafs, Paper or Painters Colours
until the Acts impoiing Duties on thofe
Articles . are repealed." Essex Gazette,
Sept. 6, 1768.
NOTES ON ABBE GENEALOGY.
John Abbe (2) had two wives, John,
John, Thomas, Joseph, Obadiah and Abi-
gail being children by the first wife, and
Richard, Mary, Mercy, John, Hannah,
Lydia and Sarah by the second.
It was Mary Abbe's (28) cousin Mary,
daughter of John, that married James
Pease.
Samuel Abbe (3) died in Windham.
His son Thomas died, unmarried, in 1 700 ;
and Mary (32) is Mary (28).
Obadiah Abbe (7) died in Enfield in
1732 ; and probably Mrs. Sarah (Tibbals)
Warriner was his only wife.
Thomas Abbe (8) had no daughter
Abigail ; it was Tabitha that Warner
married.
Ebenezer Abbe (18) married Mary Allen.
It was his son Ebenezer who married
Abigail Goodale (published, both of Sa-
lem, Feb. 7, 1729-30).
Eben Putnam, Danvers*
QUERIES.
Queries are inserted for one cent a word.
Answers are solicited.
80. Wanted, ancestry of Hannah, wife
of John Wilder (born, Charlestown (?),
Mass., 1646). F. R. w. w.
Indianapolis, Ind.
8 1 . Wanted, ancestry of Sarah Sawyer
who married John Wilder (born, Lancas-
ter (?), Mass., 1673). F R ' w. w.
82. Wanted, ancestry of Prudence
Keyes, who married Josiah Wilder (born,
Lancaster, Mass., Jan. 6, 1701).
F. R. w. w.
83. Wanted, ancestry of Lydia Rugg,
who married Asa Wilder, West Boylston,
Mass., Sept. 22, 1753. F - R - w * w -
84. Wanted, ancestry of Mary Pierce,
Shrewsbury, Mass., who married Reuben
Wilder Feb. 16, 1 784. F. R. w. w.
85. Information wanted of William
Peter, said to be brother of the celebrated
Hugh. A William Peter had an account
with the Plymouth company in 1628.
New York City. E. B. P.
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86. Wanted, ancestry of Sarah, wife
of Samuel Porter of Boxford, Mass.,
1722-1750. j. P.
Worcester.
87. Wanted, ancestry of Hazadiah
Smith of Beverly and his wife Hannah,
whose daughter Hannah married Nehe-
miah Porter of Ipswich. j. p.
88. Wanted, ancestry of Mary Wad-
leigh of Exeter, N. H., who married John
Cram, grandson of the emigrant, j. P.
89. Wanted, ancestry of Israel Clif-
ford, jr., born about 1713, and of his
wife Mary Garland. j. P.
90. Wanted, ancestry of Robert Run-
nells, of Stratham, who married, about
1739, Love Clifford. j. P.
91. Wanted, ancestry of Hannah,
wife of John Clifford, married about 1730.
j. P.
92. Wanted, ancestry of Ezekiel Hoi-
man, of Raymond, N. H., who married
Susan Brown about 1758. j. p.
93. Wanted, ancestry of Hepzibah,
wife of Abraham Howe of Ipswich. He
died in 1770. j. P.
ANSWERS.
46. Mary Cross, who married Benja-
min Carrill, in Ipswich, March 3, 1701-2,
was daughter of Robert and Martha
(Treadwell) Cross of Ipswich, and grand-
daughter of Robert and Hannah (Jordan)
Cross of the same place. The first Rob-
ert Cross was born about 1613, and was
living in Ipswich as early as 1637. His
wife Hannah was daughter of Stephen
Jordan. She died Oct. 29, 1677; and
Mr. Cross married, secondly, Mary .
Both Mr. Cross and his wife Mary were
living in 1697. His son Robert was born
about 1641, and died about 1713. He
married Martha Treadwell Feb. 19, 1664.
She was born March 16, 1643-4 ; and died
March 3, 1738, aged ninety-three. Ed.
64. See answer to 46 above.
74. Jane Nelson, born in the west
parish of Rowley (now Georgetown) in
1732, was the eldest daughter and third
child of Solomon and Mercy (Chaplin)
Nelson. Her great-grandfather, Thomas
Nelson, born in England in 1638, was
brought by his father Thomas to Salem in
December of that year. Thomas, the
father, was very prominent in the settle-
ment of Rowley in the following spring.
Solomon Nelson, the father of Jane, was
born in Rowley, but for a few years pre-
vious to her birth was a resident and
original settler of that part of Mendon,
Mass., now Hopedale, but returned and
settled, in 1730, on what is now Nelson
street, in South Georgetown, on the farm
where the writer resides. Jane Nel-
son married, about 1750, William Chand-
ler of Andover, a cousin of Rev. James
Chandler, the first minister of the Con-
gregational church in Georgetown. Wil-
liam Chandler was of sedentary pursuits,
and a school teacher in Georgetown a
century and a quarter ago. Late in life
he lived in Salem, and after his death his
widow returned to Georgetown, dying of
cancer in the house of her brother, Maj.
Asa Nelson (the writer's great-grand-
father), where she was born about seven-
ty-eight years before. William, her son,
to whom this query refers, lived in Salem,
was a goldsmith, and prominent in the
Masonic order, but unfortunately addicted
to the excessive use of intoxicants. Jere-
miah, the only other son, was a soldier of
the Revolution, and in service in Penn-
sylvania. He outlived the war, but never
returned, settling in that state or in the
South, and leaving a wife and family in
Rowley. Henry M. Nelson, Georgetown.
THE CHARM OF RESEARCH.
To weave together the fading dates of
old manuscripts with the traditions that
have survived sleeping generations, until
the joy and the tears, the quaint speech
and early piety, stand out upon the tapes-
try in the semblance of a living man
this gives a pleasure which he only who
has stood at the loom can feel and under-
stand. Charles Knowles Bolton.
"OLD TUNNEL" MEETING HOUSE, LYNN.
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
VOL. I.
SALEM, MASS., OCTOBER, 1897.
No. 10.
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE FIRST CHURCH IN LYNN.*
IN the first settlement of Lynn the
people either attended religious services
at Salem or social meetings at farm houses.
Among the settlers was Christopher
Hussey, whose wife's father was Rev.
Stephen Bachiler. Mr. Bachiler was
born in England in 1561, and received
orders in the established church. He
had acquired a good reputation, when he
became dissatisfied with some of the re-
ligious ceremonies, and refused to ob-
serve them. He was then deprived of
his benefice. Following John Robinson,
he removed with his family and a number
of his parishioners to Holland, where they
resided for several years. Returning to
London, they sailed for New England
March 9, 1632, and arrived in Boston
June 5th. They at once came to Lynn,
and with such other of the inhabitants
as chose to join with them they organ-
ized the first church in Lynn, which was
the second in the county. Without in-
stallation, or invitation of the settlers
even, Mr. Bachiler entered upon the du-
ties of minister. This was all done by
June 8th, just three days after Mr. Bach-
iler landed in America ; and it indicates
his vigor at the age of seventy-one.
Mr. Bachiler immediately began the
construction of a house of worship, which
was built probably within the year. It
stood near the northeasterly corner of
Shepard and Summer streets, and was
about twenty feet square, probably with
a common pitch roof, without cupola or
*In the preparation of this sketch the editor
has been greatly assisted by Mr. Franklin Bach-
eller, of Lynn, who is better acquainted with
the history of this church than any other person.
bell. It stood in a small hollow, partly
below the surface, having steps leading
down to it, causing some persons to de-
MEETING HOUSE, 1632-1682.
scribe it as a basement. This was prob-
ably done to protect it as much as possi-
ble from cold winds.
After preaching here about four
months, Mr. Bachiler's ways and manners
became such that he was cited before the
court, and forbidden to preach any more
in public in the colony, " till some scan-
dals be removed." He was finally dis-
missed at his own request ; but immedi-
ately renewed the covenant with the six
members who came with him, and con-
tinued his ministrations. The other mem-
bers complained to the court, which for-
bade him proceeding, and later obliged
him to leave the town, he having been in
Lynn about four years in all. He re-
moved, in February, 1636, to Ipswich,
where he had some prospect of settling
in the ministry ; but some difficulties
arose, and his opportunity was lost. In
the rigorous winter of 1637, with some
of his friends, he went on foot to Yar-
mouth, about a hundred miles distant,
for the purpose of planting a town and
establishing a church, but difficulties
again forbade. He then returned, and took
152 THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
up his abode in Newbury. Sept. 6. 1638, remained as colleague with Mr. Whiting
the general court gave him liberty to settle nineteen years, Mr. Whiting being the
Winnecunnet, now Hampton, N. H. He pastor and Mr. Cobbett the teacher. In
removed thither the following summer, 1656 Mr. Cobbett relinquished his con-
the six church members that had come nection with the Lynn church, and re-
from England with him accompanying moved to Ipswich, where he afterward
him. The town was planted, and a church preached twenty-nine years. He died
gathered, Mr. Bachiler becoming the there Nov. 5, 1685. He possessed good
minister. He soon had trouble with the abilities, and wrote more books than any
church, and was dismissed. He returned other of the early ministers of New Eng-
to England in 1651 ; and died at Hack- land. He preached the election sermon
ney, near London, in 1660, in his hun- in 1649 and 1666. He was a devout
dredth year. He was a man of educa- man, and fervent in prayer,
tion, strong will and quick temper. Mr. Whiting was greatly relieved of
Mr. Bachiler's successor was Rev. Sam- the care of temporal things by his dis-
uel Whiting, son of Sir John Whiting, creet and frugal wife. She was a sister of
mayor of old Boston, Lincolnshire, Eng- Oliver St. John, chief-justice of England
land, where he was born Nov. 20, 1597. during the commonwealth, and Oliver
He graduated at Emanuel college in Cromwell was her own cousin. Mr.
1616, receiving the degree of A.M. in Whiting lived nearly opposite the meet-
1620, and subsequently that of D. D., ing house on Shepard street, and both
and took orders in the Church of Eng- himself and wife lie buried in the old
land soon after his graduation, becoming cemetery. They did all they could to
chaplain in a family in Norfolk. After refine the manners and tastes and elevate
three years he became colleague to the the condition of every class, and to ad-
rector in Lynn Regis. He remained vance all material interests. Mr. Whiting
there three years, and then became a was a man of innate goodness and per-
non-conformist, subjecting himself to the sonal control, being noted for his pa-
censure of the bishop of Norwich. He tience. His style of preaching was mild
was induced to resign, and remove to the and persuasive, though ardent ; and his
parish of Skirbick, near his native place, countenance was always illumined with
where he again came under censure for a smile. He was a man of learning,
the same cause. In 1636 his situation being an excellent Hebrew scholar, and
became so uncomfortable that he re- the author of several books. He died
signed, and emigrated to America, arriv- Dec. n, 1679, at the age of eighty-two,
ing at Boston May 26th of the same year, and after a ministry in Lynn of forty -
Nov. 8th following, at the age of thirty- three years.
nine, he was installed over the church at The next pastor was Rev. Jeremiah
Lynn, then consisting of only six members. Shepard, of Cambridge, Mass., son of
The next year Rev. Thomas Cobbett, " the gracious " Rev. Thomas Shepard
who had been a friend of Mr. Whiting of Cambridge, formerly of Towcester,
in England, was made his colleague. Mr. England. He was born in Cambridge
Cobbett was born in Newbury, England, Aug. n, 1648; graduated at Harvard
of poor parents, in 1608. He entered college in 1669 ; and preached, first, in
Oxford college, but left during the great Rowley, from 1673 to l ^TJ> an d then in
sickness of 1625, and became a pupil of Chebacco parish, in Ipswich, where he
Doctor Twiss in his native town. He remained a year or two. He came to
became a minister of the Established Lynn to preach for Mr. Whiting during
Church, but, after suffering for non-con- his illness in 1679 ; an( ^ after Mr. Whit-
forming opinions, emigrated to New ing's decease was ordained pastor of the
England, arriving May 26, 1637. He church, Oct. 6 1680. Rev. Joseph
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE FIRST CHURCH IN LYNN.
153
Whiting, son of his predecessor, was also
installed as his colleague on the same day.
He graduated at Harvard college in 1661.
The next year after his installation he re-
moved to Southampton, L. I.
The little old meeting house as it was
nearing its fiftieth year was becoming too
small for the increasing congregation. In
it, probably, town meetings had always
been held; and in 1641 the town voted
that the meeting house be used as a watch-
house. The erection of a new building
was contemplated soon after the settle-
ment of Mr. Shepard. It was erected in
1682 ; and the old building was sold and
The new meeting house, known as the
" Old Tunnel," because of the likeness
of its roof to an inverted cone, stood on
the common, about a hundred feet west
of Whiting street, in front of the present
residence of Doctor Holbrook. It was
forty-four by fifty feet. It had folding
doors on three sides, without porches ;
and the top of each door was formed into
two semi-circular arches. The windows
consisted of diamond-shaped panes set
in lead. In the northeast corner of the
gallery was the " negro pew." The pul-
pit was large enough to seat ten persons.
The floor was at first supplied with seats,
THE ALLEY HOUSE, SEA STREET.
removed entire to the northwest corner of
Sea and Market streets, fronting on Sea
street, where it was at that time or sub-
sequently raised and added to at the end,
together with a leanto in the rear. This
thus became the house in which the late
Timothy Alley lived and died. The house
was afterward removed to the northerly
side of Harbor street ; and after being a
tenement house for many years was taken
down in April, 1896. The old church
was the chamber at the right-hand of
the picture, running to the left as far as
the door.
then from time to time, as the town gave
permission, pews were built by individu-
als, who were left to their own devices as
to material, style and position. After a
while the effect was extraordinary. Some
of the pews were square, others oblong,
some of oak, others of pine, some were
large and some small. Galleries were on
three sides, supported by six oak col-
umns, and guarded by a turned balus-
trade, and reached by two flights of
stairs, one in each corner. Overhead it
was unceiled for many years, and exhib-
ited enormous beams of oak traversing
154
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
the roof in all directions. A small bell
swung in the little tower, and was rung by
a rope in the centre of the meeting house
floor. This bell was sent to England in
1699, in exchange for a new one. In
1816 another bell was obtained of Paul
Revere and Sons. In 1716 porches were
added to the doors, and a curiously
carved and paneled oak pulpit was im-
ported from England. Town meetings
were held in this building until 1805.
Mr. Shepard resided at first in Shep-
ard street, and afterward built a house,
which was burned, on the north side of
the common, between Mall and Park
streets. He was a plain, honest man, of
unvaried piety, and was indefatigable in
his exertions for the spiritual welfare of
his people, as well as for their temporal
prosperity. He was much interested in
public affairs, an excited leader of the
people of Lynn against Andros, and a
member of the general court in 1689,
upon the resumption of the old colonial
government. He was successful in his
ministry, which continued in Lynn for
forty years. He died June 3, 1720, aged
seventy-two; and his death was deeply
mourned.
Up to this time this was the only
church in Lynn, the Lynnfield parish
being the first to be set off.
Mr. Shepard's successor was Rev.
Nathaniel Henchman of Boston. He
was son of Nathaniel Henchman, a book-
binder, and deacon of a church in Bos-
ton, where Nathaniel was born Nov. 22,
1700. He graduated at Harvard col-
lege in 1717; and was ordained over this
church in December, 1720, at the age of
twenty. He resided on North Common
street, between Mall and Park streets,
and in 1855 his house (which he built)
was removed to Park street, a few rods
south of the brook. He was genial in
his manners, and a man of extensive
learning, of integrity and virtue. He
early secured the esteem and confidence
of his people ; though, being strongly
attached to regularity and order, and dis-
inclined to entertain any species of en-
thusiasm or innovation, and having pe-
culiar notions of ministerial rights and
duties. Under his charge the church
membership ran down to eighteen. Af-
ter a service of forty-one years, Mr.
Henchman died at his house on North
Common street Dec. 23, 1761, at the age
of sixty-one.
MEETING HOUSE, 1827-1837.
His successor was Rev. John Tread -
well, who was born in Ipswich, Mass-.,
Sept. 20, 1738, and graduated at Harvard
college in 1758. He was ordained over
this church March 2, 1763. Mr. Tread-
well had genial manners, and he de-
lighted to indulge in pleasantry, being
possessed of considerable wit. He was a
lover of New England, and of its govern-
ment, and upon the general recommen-
dation of the provincial congress in June,
1775, he always carried his musket and
military accoutrements into the pulpit on
Sundays and other days of religious
worship. He resigned his pastorate in
1782, after nineteen years of service,
and, returning to his native town, taught
school there for two years, subsequently
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE FIRST CHURCH IN LYNN.
'55
removing to Salem, where he became a
state senator, and judge of the court of
common pleas, and died Jan. 5, 1811.
The next pastor was Rev. Obadiah
Parsons, who was born in Gloucester
April 5, 1747, and graduated at Harvard
college in 1768. He was at first pastor
of the Squam parish in his native town,
and was settled over the church in Lynn
Feb. 4, 1784. In 1791, the deacons and
some other members of the church joined
the Methodist church, carrying with
them the communion plate, which was
subsequently returned. The church was
thus reduced to three male members.
One deacon and some others came back
three years later. Mr. Parsons left
Gloucester on account of charges of im-
MEETING HOUSE, 1837-1870.
morality against him ; and some scandals
in Lynn hastened his removal from the
church here. He was dismissed July 16,
1792, after a service in Lynn of eight
years. He returned to Gloucester, where
he subsequently taught school, as he had
done at Lynn while preaching there, and
died in December, 1801. He was a
man of talent and learning, and possessed
pleasing manners. He resided in Lynn
in the Lindsay house on South Common
street, which occupied the site of the
present State armory.
Mr. Parsons' successor was Rev. Thom-
as Gushing Thacher, son of Rev. Peter
Thacher, minister of the Brattle street
church in Boston. He was born in Mai-
den Oct. n, 1771 ; graduated at Harvard
college in 1790; and installed Aug. 13,
1794. He was affable in his social rela-
tions, though inclined to asperity in his
controversial writings, and was well
esteemed by .his people. After a service
in Lynn of nineteen years, he was dis-
missed Feb. 3, 1813, and he removed to
Cambridge, where he died Sept. 24,
1849, at tne a e f seventy-seven.
The next minister was Rev. Isaac Hurd
of Charlestown, where he was born in
December, 1785. He graduated at
Harvard college in 1806, and was or-
dained over this church Sept. 15, 1813.
His religious views were inclined toward
Unitarianism, and soon the church was
similarly affected by his preaching. Its
condition became so low that, at the time
of his dismissal, May 22, 1816, the mat-
ter of disbanding was agitated. He re-
moved to Exeter, N. H., and was there
installed over the Second church Sept.
n, 1817, remaining there till his death,
Oct. 4, 1858, at the age of seventy.
Mr. Kurd's successor was Rev. Otis
Rockwood, who was ordained July i,
1818. In him the church secured a
sound Trinitarian preacher of the high
Calvinist type ; firm in his faith and de-
nominational attachments ; being an ear-
nest man, ardently interested in educa-
tion, and sound rather than brilliant,
though always popular.
In the spring of 1827, the "Old Tun-
nel " meeting house was taken down, and
reerected, with changed form and a
steeple, on the southerly corner of South
Common and Commercial streets. The
new building was dedicated Oct. 17,
1827.
Mr. Rockwood was dismissed May 12,
1832.
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
The next minister was Rev. David Pea-
body, who was ordained Nov. 15, 1832 ;
and dismissed April 22, 1835.
Mr. Peabody was succeeded by Rev.
Parsons Cooke, who was born in Hadley,
Mass., Feb. 18, 1800, being son of
Solomon Cooke, a farmer. He graduated
at Williams college in 1822 ; and subse-
quently received the degree of D. D.
He was installed over the East Evangeli-
cal church at Ware in June, 1826, and re-
mained there till April, 1835, when he
accepted a
call to Ports-
mouth, N. H.,
where he
stayed six
months. He
then came to
Lynn, and
was installed
May 4, 1836.
After Mr.
Cooke's in-
stallation, the
society at
once began a
new house of
worship on
the eastern
corner of
Vine and
South Com-
mon streets,
where their
present church
stands. The
new church
was dedicated
Feb. i, 1837. The old one was sold to
the Second Universalist society, who have
occupied it as a church ever since.
Dr. Cooke was a high Calvinist and
loved controversy; was a man of quick
perceptions and good reasoning powers,
and rapidly arrived at conclusions, which
he held tenaciously, and not always with
gentleness toward those who differed from
him. He had an abundance of natural
wit, which often became sarcastic. He
wrote "A Century of Puritanism and a
REV. PARSONS COOKE, D. D.
Century of its Opposite," and other
books ; and for twenty years was editor of
" The Puritan," a religious and secular
newspaper, published first in Lynn, and
subsequently in Boston. His literary
style was that known as "elegant;" his
sentences being terse and concise. He
was tall and symmetrical in form. His
appearance in the pulpit was dignified ;
and his delivery rapid, in a high tone, and
with little intonation. He was industrious
and faithful, though he did little parish
work. His
sedentary
habits occa-
sioned a long
and painful
illness, of
which he
died, in Lynn,
Feb. 12,1864,
at the age of
sixty-t h r e e .
His ministry
was success-
ful ; and his
parishio n e r s
were strongly
attached t o
him. His por-
trait here pre-
sented was
made from a
photog r a p h
taken about
three years
be fore his
death. In the
sorrow of
his widow, consequent upon his death,
she wrote the well-known hymn, entitled,
"The Lord will provide."
" In some way or other,
The Lord will provide ;
It may not be my way
It may not be thy way
And yet, in his own way
The Lord will provide."
During Dr. Cooke's last sickness and
the year following his death the pulpit
was supplied by Rev. George E. Allen.
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF THE REVOLUTION.
157
The next settled pastor was Rev. James
M. Whiton, who was ordained May 10,
1865. He was dismissed April 13, 1869,
and subsequently became pastor of the
North church.
Then the pulpit was supplied by Rev.
Joseph Cook, the pungent and famous
lecturer, in 1870 and 1871 ; and by Rev.
J. R. Danforth in 1872.
r
PRESENT CHURCH EDIFICE.
On Christmas day 1870, the church
was burned, and the present edifice was
erected, being dedicated Aug. 29,
1872.
The next settled minister was Rev.
Stephen R. Dennen, who was installed
Nov. 13, 1872. He was dismissed
March 29, 1875.
His successor, Rev. Walter Barton, was
installed Feb. 24, 1876, and dismissed
Feb. 19, 1884, removing to Attleboro'.
The next pastor was Rev. Frank J.
Mundy, who was installed Dec. 4, 1884,
and dismissed April 2, 1889.
His successor was Rev. James B. Dunn,
who served from Sept. i, 1889, to July
24, 1892.
The next pastor was Rev. John Olaf
Haarvig, who was installed Oct. 24,
1893, and dismissed in 1895.
His successor is the present pastor,
Rev. William C. Merrill, who entered up-
on his work here March 22, 1896.
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF THE
REVOLUTION.
Continued from page 133.
JOSHUA ALLEN of Gloucester ; descrip-
tive list, dated June 9, 1780, of officers
and crew of ship " America," commanded
by Capt. John Somes ; age, 20 yrs. ;
stature, 6 ft.
JOSIAH ALLEN of Manchester; Capt.
Joseph Whipple's co. ; muster return
dated Manchester, Sept. 19, 1775 ; mus-
tered by Michael Farley, muster master ;
also, priv:, Capt. Whipple's co. ; enl. July
i3> 1775; dis - Dec - 3 1 * 1775; service,
6 mos., 3 dys. ; stationed at Manchester
and Gloucester.
JOSIAH ALLEN of Manchester (also
given Wenham) ; priv., Capt. Haffield
White's co., Col. Rufus Putnam's reg. ;
Continental Army pay accounts for ser-
vice from March 3, 1777 to Dec. 31,
1779 j &lso* niuster return dated Albany,
Feb. 9, 1778; also, Continental Army
pay accounts for service from Jan. i,
1780, to March 3, 1780 ; enl., 3 yrs.
LEMUEL ALLEN of Lynn ; serg., Capt.
David Parker's (ist) co., which marched
on alarm of April 19, 1775, to Concord;
service, 2 dys. ; also, 2d It., Capt John
Pool's (2d) co., ist Essex co. reg.; list
of officers of Mass, militia ; commissioned
April 26, 1776.
MARK ALLEN of Gloucester; priv.,
Capt. Barnabas Dodge's co., Col. Ger-
rish's (later Baldwin's) 38th reg. ; mus-
ter roll dated Aug. i, 1775 ; enl. May 22,
1775 ; service, 10 weeks, i dy. ; also, co.
return dated Camp at Chelsea, Oct. 2,
1775 ; also, order for bounty coat dated
Chelsea, Dec. 27, 1775.
NATHANIEL COIT ALLEN of Cape Ann ; ;
priv., Capt. Henry Prentiss' co., Col..
Thomas Marshall's reg.; enl.
1776 ; dis. Dec. i, 1776.
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
NEHEMIAH ALLEN of Manchester ; priv.,
Capt. Joseph Whipple's co. ; enl. July 13,
1775; dis. Dec. 31, 1775; service, 6
mos., 3 dys. ; co. stationed at Manchester
and Gloucester ; also, Capt. Daniel War-
ner's (ist) co. ; pay rolls for service from
May 31, 1776, to Dec. 31, 1776, 7 mos. ;
stationed at Gloucester.
SOLOMON ALLEN of Gloucester; priv.
Capt. Abraham Dodge's co., Col. Moses
Little's (i2th) reg.; muster roll dated
April 24, 1776 ; enl. Feb. 9, 1776.
SOLOMON ALLEN of Rowley ; descriptive
list of men raised to reinforce Continen-
tal Army for 6 mos., agreeable to resolve
of June 5, 1780; age, 21 yrs.; stature, 5
ft., 8 in. ; complexion, light ; arrived at
Springfield July 10, 1780; marched to
camp July n, 1780, under command of
Capt. George Webb.
THOMAS ALLEN of Marblehead ; Capt.
Joel Smith's co., Col. John Glover's reg. ;
receipt for advance pay dated Cambridge,
July 28, 1775; also, priv.; muster roll
dated Aug. i, 1775 ; enl. May 27, 1775 ;
service, i mo., 9 dys.; reported, killed
June 17, 1775; &ko t order for bounty
coat dated Camp at Cambridge, Dec. 30,
1775-
THOMAS ALLEN of Gloucester; corp.,
Capt. Nicholas BlasdePs co., Col. Wig-
glesworth's reg. ; pay abstract for travel
allowance from Albany home, in 1776.
THOMAS ALLEN of Salem ; boy, brig
" Union " (privateer), commanded by
Capt. Jonathan Gardner; descriptive list
of officers and crew, dated Nov. 3, 1780,
age, 15 yrs. ; stature, 4 ft., 5 in.; com-
plexion, light.
THOMAS ALLEN, JR., of Marblehead ;
priv., Capt. Joel Smith's co., Col. John
Glover's reg. ; muster roll dated Aug. i,
1775; enl. May 22, 1775; service, 2
mos., 14 dys.; also, receipt for advance
pay dated Cambridge, July 28, 1775;
also, co. return [probably Oct., 1775];
reported, transported to a privateer.
WILLIAM ALLEN of Gloucester ; priv.,
Capt. Nathaniel Wade's co., Col. Moses
Little's ( 1 2th) reg.; enl. Jan. i, 1776;
reported, died Sept. 8, 1776; also,i-
ceipt for wages dated Long Island, June
9 and July 14, 1776; also, pay abstract
for equipments, etc., dated Prospect Hill,
1776.
WILLIAM ALLEN of Cape Ann ; seaman,
brigantine " Defence," commanded by
Capt. John Edmonds ; descriptive list of
officers and crew, dated July 21, 1781 ;
stature, 5 ft., 10 in. ; complexion, dark.
ZERUBBABEL ALLEN of Gloucester ; priv.,
Capt. Nathaniel Warner's co., Col. Moses
Little's (i7th) reg.; muster roll dated
Aug. i, 1775 ; enl. May 4, 1775 ; service,
3 mos., 5 dys. ; also, co. return [proba-
bly Oct., 1775] ; age, 17 yrs.; also, order
for bounty coat dated Prospect Hill,
Nov. 25, 1775.
SAMUEL ALLENWOOD of Cape Ann ; de-
scriptive list of enl. men ; Capt. Child's
co.; age, 29 yrs.; stature, 5 ft., 6 in.;
complexion, light ; hair, dark ; occupa-
tion, mariner; rank, priv.; enl. Jan. i,
1777 ; joined Capt. Edes' co., Col. Henry
Jackson's reg. ; enl., during war ; also,
priv., Lt.-col.'s co., Col. James Wesson's
reg. ; Continental Army pay accounts
for sendee from Jan. i, 1780, to Dec. 31,
1780; also, Capt. Watson's (light infan-
try) co., Col. Wesson's (9th) reg. ; return
of clothing for 1 780 ; reported, taken
prisoner Dec. 28 [year not given].
ABNER ALLEY of Lynn; priv., Capt.
William Farrington's (2d) co., which
marched on alarm of April 19, 1775, to
Concord ; service, 2 dys.
EPHRAIM ALLEY of Lynn ; list of men
who served as privates at Concord battle
and elsewhere, belonging to Lynn, now
called Lynn, Lynnfield and Saugus ; also,
matross, Capt. Jonathan W. Edes' (4th)
co., Col. Thomas Crafts' (artillery) reg. ;
enl. May 20, 1776; dis. Aug. i, 1776;
service, 2 mos., 16 dys.
JAMES ALLEY of Lynn; priv., Capt.
Joseph Killer's co., Col. Jonathan Tit-
comb's reg.; enl. May 5, 1777; dis.,
July 5, 1777; service, 2 mos., 6 dys.,
on an alarm at Rhode Island. Roll
dated Providence, R. I.
T.o be continued.
WILL .OF ROBERT MUZZEY.
159
OUR FATHERS' WILLS.
Our fathers in the olden time
Once in a lifetime made
Their wishes manifest by wills,
Thorough and strong and staid.
They acknowledged faith in Christ
And hope to rise again,
Requesting Christian burial,
Decent, proper and plain.
Then fixed the widow's support
Till she remarried be,
Appointed the lands to sons
And men to oversee.
Salem .
WILL OF ROBERT MUZZEY,
The will of Robert Muzzey of Ipswich
was proved May 16, 1644. The follow-
ing copy is taken from the record con-
tained in Ipswich Deeds, volume i, leaf
40, the original being missing.
Menfisvndecimi fen Januarij 5 AD 1642.
I Robert Muffy of the Towne of
Ipfwich in New England expecting my
change approaching though at p r fent of
firme memory & vnderftanding And de-
firing feafonably to fett in order my
eftate of earthly goods that the lord hath
gracioufly given me doe thus difpofe
thereof in particulars as follow : ffirit I
give & bequeath vnto Bridgett my wife
the howfe & howflott that lyes in the
weft ftreet of the Towne neare ioyning to
the howfe of John Dane the elder w th the
out howfen ptainyng vnto it during
her life, and fhe to keepe it in fufficient
repayring But the comonage ptayning to
to my howfe & land I leave to be divided
betwixt my wife & children according to
the difcretion of my overfeers Alfoe the
free vfe of a peece of land that I bought
latly of John Newman which of the
quantity of fix acres whether more or
leffe ioyning to my farme on the fouth
fide of it at Egipt River and this for the
terme of her widdowes eftate. Likewife
I give vnto her one of the bedds that I
lye vpon (which fhe fhall like beft) the
rugg one paire of blanketts and one paire
of fheets one pillow & bowlfter & two
pillowbeeres to inioye them for the tyme
of her widdowhood. I likwife give vnto
my wife a morter bell mettle fkillett an
iron pott & pott hangers a Coltrell or
tramell & a braffe kettle during her wid-
dowhood moreover I give her two Ewe
goates only willing if they profp fhe give
two Ewe -goates to my daughter Mary I
alfoe give her the biggeft cheft but not to
be carried out of my howfe alfoe the
table but both to be ftanding in the howfe
for my daughter Mary afterward : And
as for fuch things as fhe brought with her
I leave them wholly w th out any inter-
meddling therewith. Item I bequeath to
Jofeph my eldeft fonne my farme w th all
the app r tances belonging vnto it lying on
the other fide of Egipt river only re-
ferving a peece of land called the Cowleas
and a peece of meadow adioying to it
called the rocky meadowes all which may
containe Twenty acres Alfoe I give to
him my mulkett & what belongs to it
Alfoe I give to him foure pewter platters
And a felling axe two dubble hookes and
my biggeft fowling peece alfoe a firepan
& tongs. And one bed & a paire of
fheets a couerlett & a blankett the fecond
biggeft cheft alfoe a paire of cobirons and
a plowchaine & a fpitt & three wedges &
a warming pan two narrow howes & one
filver fpoone Alfoe I give vnto him my
dun mare, one diap napkin & two hollan
napkins one of the beft hollan pillow-
beeres all which I give to him & his heires
for ever. Item I give vnto my fonne
Beniamin the Cowleas & the Rocky
meadowe both adioyning to my farme
alfoe a peece of land which was fore-
menconed to be my wives during the
tyme of her widdowes eftate & noe longer
that I bought of John Newmancontainyng
the quantity of fix acres whether more or
leffe that I give to my fonne Beniamin
after her widdowhood likwife two filv
fpoones alfoe a Cowple of young fteers
and one flock bed a paire of fheets a cover-
lett alfoe two hollan napkins & one hollan
pillowbeere foure pewters platters & a
felling axe. Item I give to my daughter
Mary the howfe & howlott that lyes in the
weft ftreet of the Towne neare adioyning
to the houfe of John Dane the elder with
l6o THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
the out howfen ptaining vnto it after the pofe thereof equally amonge my three
death of my wife. Alfoe I give vnto her leaft children
foure cowes p r fently after my deceafe alfoe In wittnes hereof I fett my hande &
a bull & a Cow calfe & foure ewe goates feale the day & yeare above written,
all thefe p r fently after my deceafe to be in the p r fence of
imployed for her beft benefit I give her John Daine
alfoe my beft bible a great braffe pan to Humphry Bradftreet Robert Muzzall
be referved for her till fhe comes to William Norton his mark,
yeares alfoe a lilver fpoone alfoe a paire ffrancis Dane.
of the beft fheets & two diap napkins Item I give & bequeath vnto Jofeph
foure peuter platters the broad box with my eldeft fonne one yoake of two yearl-
all her mothers wearing linen. Item I ing fteers with my beft yoake & a chaine
give to my daughter Ellen a dripping pan with my cart & plough Alfoe I give
a braffe candleftick a braffe fkillett & a vnto him my dun mare Alfoe I give
spitt Alfoe I give vnto my daughter vnto him my grug axe alfoe I give to my
Ellen one yoak of oxen. Item I give to fonne Joseph one fpade & fhovell
the vfe of the poore one Ewe goate to be Alfoe I give vnto him three bills alfoe I
difpofed of by the overfeers of my will to give vnto him one yoake & a chayne al-
fuch as are godly onely the firft yeares vfe foe I give vnto him my hand fawe a long
I appoynt to my brother Dane the elder faw alfoe I give vnto him the practice
jf fhe brings kidds or elfe longer and of piety alfoe I give vnto him my little
when the goat growes old I will that one hamer Alfoe I give vnto him my pef-
of the yonge ones be referved for fuch a terill fhott mould alfoe a pitch forke alfoe
vfe. I likwife intreate & appoynt m r . a draught fhave and a hatchett alfoe a
Bradftreet m r . Dumer m r . Rogers & m r . fword & a fowling peece. Alfoe I give
Norton overfeers of this my will to fee vnto my fonne Jofeph m r . Preftons
the fame faithfully pformed & leave what works I alfoe give to him my beft ham-
is doubtfull & defective by them to be mer alfoe I give vnto my fonne Joseph
ordered & difpofed morover I defire m r . 2 S bullett moulds Alfoe I give to him
Dumer to take Jofeph m r . Norton to take my horfe booke alfoe a pitchforke alfoe
Beniamine & my daughter Mary if it I give to him my phizike booke I give
pleafeth him when the overfeers fhall to him my broad axe & frow alfoe I give
ioyntly fee meet to take them from my to him a fword & a fowling peece Alfoe
wife my will likewife & meaning is that I give to my daughter Mary m r . Down-
the ftock which I give to my children hams works & m r . Dods works Alfoe I
fevally fhalbe in the hands. & vfe of each give to her my great butter churne alfoe
of thofe freinds that take them into their I give vnto her the fecond beft gowne &
governm* giving affurance for the payment a greene waftcote with all her owne
thereof vnto my children when they fhall mothers wearing linen And I give to
come to convenient age as to my two my daughter Mary foure of the beft ewe
fonnes when they come to the age of one goats &a ram. Alfoe I give to my wife
& twenty yeares & my daughter Mary Bridget one of my form 1 wives beft
at the age of eighteene yeares and for any gownes and two of the beft petticotes.
addicon to be made to the p r fent ftock I And I give vnto my two fonnes Jofeph
leave it to the good will of thofe my & Beniamin all my wearing cloathes & my
frends on whom I repofe the truft of their boptes & ftockins and fhoes.
educacon. rrmeally I appoynt Bridgett i8 th of this firft month 1643.
my wife the fole executrix of this my laft My will is that whereas I gave vnto my
will & teftament And after all this what wife two ewe goates that now fhe fhall
ever my overfeers fhall fee remaining have in the lieu of them one milch cowe
meet to be divided I will that they dif- vntill the tyme of her death and after her
ABORN GENEALOGY.
161
deceafe to returne to my daughter Mary.
Item my will is that whereas I gave to my
two formes Jofeph & Beniamin either
of them a pillow-beere now my will is
that my daughter Mary fhould have them
Item whereas I gave to my daughter El-
len a yoke of oxen now my will is that my
eldeft fonne Jofeph fhould have them &
that he in confideracon of them after the
terme of feven yeares after my deceafe
fhall pay vnto my daughter Ellen fixteene
pound in Cuntry paye Item whereas I
gave vnto my daughter Mary foure Cowes
& a Bull now my will is that frie fnall
have two cowes one bull & three yearl-
ing heffers & one two yearling heffer.
Thefe alteracons vnder the date of the
1 8 th ofy e firft month 1643 were made
& written by the appoyntment of Robert
Muffy being of pfect memory witneffed
by vs whofe names are herevnder written
Robert Payne
John whipple.
ABORN GENEALOGY.
The name of Aborn is variously spelled
in the early records as Aberne, Aberon,
Abon, Aborn, Aborne, Abourn, Abourne,
Abron, Aburn, Aburne, Eaborn, Eaborne,
Eabourn, Eabourne, Eaburn, Eaburne,
Ebborn, Ebborne, Eborn, Eborne,
Ebourn, and Ebourne.
SAMUEL ABORN J was an early settler of
Salem Village. He was born about 1 6 1 1 ;
made a freeman in 1665; and died in
the winter of 1699-1700, his will being
dated July 20, 1699, and not allowed, but
administration granted on his estate Feb.
5, 1699-1700. He married Catherine
Smith of Marblehead, who survived him,
and was living in 1701.
Children :
2 i. SAMUEL 2 , b. about 1639 ; eldest son.
See be low (.2).
3 n. JOSEPH 2 ; husbandman ; living in Salem,
1704, 1708.
4 III. MOSES 2 , b. in 1645-6; bapt. 6:6: 1648,
in First Church, Salem. See below (^).
5 iv. MARY 2 , bapt. 6:6: 1648, in First Church,
Salem ; m. Dr. George Jackson before
1699 ; and was living in Marblehead in
1706-7.
6 V. REBECCA 2 , bapt. 23: i : 1651, in First
Church, Salem; m. Thomas Bell 10:
10: 16803 and was living in Salem in
1699.
7 vi. HANNAH 2 , m. Joseph Houlton of Salem
Village before 1699; he d., 1732; and
she d., 1743.
8 vn. SARAH 2 , bapt. 15: 4: 1656, in First
Church, Salem; m. Benjamin Home
(or Orne} before 1699 an d was living
in 1713.
SAMUEL ABORN 2 , born in Salem (?)
about 1639. He was a yeoman, and
lived in Salem. His will is dated April
18, 1720; and it was proved June 29,
1721. He married Susanna Trask of
Salem Feb. 19, 1663-4.
Children, born in Salem :
9 I. SAMUEL 3 , b. July i, 1664; was living
in Salem in 1728 ; husbandman.
10 n. WILLIAM 3 , b. Jan. 19, 1666-7. See
below (/o).
II in. SUSANNA 3 , b. April (first week), 1669;
d. Aug. , 1669.
12 IV. SARAH 3 , m. William Coffin of Salem be-
fore 1720 ; he d. before 1726 ; and she
survived him, living in Salem.
13 v. SUSANNA 3 , m. John Baker between 1708
and 1 720 ; lived in the Danvers part of
Salem; he d. before 1728.
MOSES ABORN 2 , born in i645-6(?);
baptized in First Church, Salem, 6:6:
1648. He was a husbandman; and lived
in Marblehead in 1666-7, and then in
Salem until about 1678, when he removed
to Lynn, where he afterward lived. He
married, first, Sarah Haines, 9 : 7 mo :
1671. She died in Salem i: 9 mo:
1676; and he married, second, Abigail
Gilbert of Ipswich, who was living in
1723. Mr. Aborn made his will May 8,
1723, " being stricken in years " ; and it
was proved Feb. 17, 1735-6.
Children :
14 i. MosES 3 , b. 14: 12: 1672-3, in Salem.
See below (/^).
15 n. JOSEPH 3 , b. 24: 2: 1674, i n Salem.
See beloiv (/jr).
16 in. SARAH 3 , b. 26: 8: 1676, in Salem; m.
George Flint April II, 1718.
17 IV. ABIGAIL 3 , b. May 7, 1680, in Lynn;
m. Raham Bancroft of Lynn (pub.
Nov. 2, 1717); and was his widow
in 1723.
162
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
18 v. THOMAS 3 , b. Jan. 26, 1682, in Lynn;
living in 1723 ; and probably d., un-
married, before 1760.
19 vi. HANNAH 3 , b. Aug. 26, 1684, in Lynn ;
m. Edward Twiss of Salem Feb. 3,
1708-9; he was a husbandman ; and
lived in Billerica in 1737.
20 VII. MARY 3 , b. April 19, 1686, in Lynn;
m. Daniel Twiss of Salem Dec. 22,
1714; and was living in 1723.
21 viii. JAMES 3 , b. April 21, 1688, in Lynn;
cooper; lived in Salem in 1711, in
Marblehead in 1711-2, and in Lynn
in 1715; and probably died before
1723.
22 ix. JOHN 3 , b. April 17, 1690, in Lynn.
See below (22).
23 x. SAMUEL 3 , b. March 19, 1692, in Lynn.
See beloiv (<??).
24 xi. EBENEZER 3 , b. Jan. 31, 1694, in Lynn.
See below
IO
WILLIAM ABOUND, born in Salem Jan.
19, 1666-7. He was living in Salem in
1720. He married Sarah -- , who was
living in 1720.
Children :
25 I. SAMUEL 4 . See below (.25).
M
MOSES ABORN3, born in Salem 14 : 12 :
1672-3. He was a yeoman, and lived in
the Danvers part of Salem. He made his
will Jan. 10, 1753, being "advanced in
years" ; and it was proved Nov. i, 1756.
He married Mary Tarbox of Lynn (pub.
March 7, 1752), who married, secondly,
Robert Howard of Reading (pub. July i,
1757).
15
JOSEPH ABORN3, born in Salem 24 : 2 :
1674. He was a husbandman ; and lived
first in Lynn, and subsequently in Mar-
blehead. He was living in Lynn in 1708.
Administration was granted on his estate
Dec. 27, 1711. He married Elizabeth
-- (perhaps widow of Thomas Roades
of Marblehead), who survived him.
22
JOHN ABORN3, born in Lynn April 17,
1690. He was the miller in the South
mill in Salem, where he resided, and was
by trade a ship-carpenter. He also lived
in Marblehead in 1711, and in Charles-
town from 1715 to 1717. Administration
was granted on his estate March 2 6, 1722.
He married Union ; and both him-
self and wife had lately died of small
pox, leaving three small children, in 1722.
Children : -
26 I. UNION 4 , m. John Welman of Lynn
(pub. Jan. 3, 1730-1).
27 II. ABIGAIL 4 , living in 1723.
28 in. HANNAH 4 , pub. to Eliphalet Manning
of Tewksbury Dec. 28, 1740.
23
SAMUEL ABORN^, born in Lynn March
19, 1692. He was a husbandman, and
in 1744 is called a shepherd. He lived
in Salem, 1733, '4, '9, '44, (of Lynn, fish-
erman, 1734). He married, first, Martha
Bancroft of Lynn Oct. 29, 1720. He
married, second, Sarah Needham of Salem
(pub. Sept. 25, 1731).
Children :
29 i. JOHN 4 , bapt. Sept. , 1722, in Lynn-
field.
30 n. SAMUEL*, bapt. June 4, 1727, in First
Church in Salem.
31 m. SARAH 4 , bapt. April 8, 1733, in Pea-
body.
32 iv. JANE 4 , bapt. Nov. 17, 1734, in Peabody.
33 v. SUSANNA 4 , bapt. Dec. 19, 1736, in Pea-
body.
34 vi. WILLIAM 4 , bapt. May 13, 1739, in
Peabody.
24
EBENEZER ABORNS, born in Lynn Jan.
31, 1694.. He was a yeoman, and lived
in Lynn. His will, dated Sept. 4, 1778,
was proved Oct. 5, 1778. He married,
first, ; and, second, Margaret
Moulton of Lynn July 7, 1734. She was
living in 1778.
Children :
35 i. JAMES"*, bapt. July ,1722, in Lynn-
field.
36 II. BENJAMIN 4 , non compos mentis ; was
living in Lynnfield in 1798-
37 m. EBENEZER 4 , bapt. March 22, 1724, in
Lynnfield. See below (j/).
38 iv. JOSEPH 4 , bapt. Sept. 26, 1725, in Lynn-
field. See below (38} .
39 v - JOHN 4 , bapt. April 9, 1727, in Lynn-
field. See below (J9).
25
SAMUEL ABORN* born in Salem. He
was a husbandman ; and lived in Salem (in
ABORN GENEALOGY.
163
Danvers part in 1759). He had ten ne-
groes at his decease, which were lost to
the estate by emancipation. His will,
dated July 12, 1771, was proved June i,
1772. He married, first, Jane Pickering
July 17, 1723; second, Margaret Massey
Sept. 30, 1742. His wife Margaret sur-
vived him, and was living in 1800.
Children :
401. JOSEPH 5 , b. April 10, 1726, in Salem.
See below (^0).
41 II. SAMUEL 5 , bapt. June 23, 1728, in First
Church, Salem ; lived in Salem ; hus-
bandman ; and d. between 1790 and
1800; administration granted on his
estate March 31, 1801; was prob-
ably unmarried.
42 in. SUSANNA 3 , m. Troffater before
1771; he d. before 1774; and she
was living in 1801.
43 IV. JANE 5 , m. William Dowst June 23,
1754; an d was living in 1773.
44 v. SARAH 5 , m. Robert Stone of Danvers
(pub. Sept. 16, 1752); and was liv-
ing in 1774. He was a fisherman.
37
EBENEZER ABORN4, baptized in Lynn-
field March 22, 1724. He was a yeoman,
and lived in Lynnfield. His will, dated
March 12, 1789, was proved April 12,
1792. He married Mary Goodale of
Danvers Nov. 9, 1752.
Children, born in Lynn :
45 i. MARY 6 , b. Oct 25, 1754; m.
Butler; and was living in 1789.
46 n. EBENEZER 5 , b. April 16, 1756; served
on the ship Junius Brutus in Revo-
olution in 1780; m. Catherine Jen-
nesey of Salem Dec. 18, 1777. They
were alive in 1789.
47 III. AARON 5 , b. Oct. i, 1757. See beloiv (47).
48 iv. JAMES 5 . See below (48}.
49 v. PATTY (or POLLY) 5 ; underage in 1789
38
JOSEPH ABORN*, baptized in Lynnfield
Sept. 26, 1725. He lived first in Lynn-
field, and removed to Danvers in 1757-8.
He died before Dec. 9, 1759. He mar-
ried Lydia Nourse of Lynn (pub. June 1 4,
1747). She survived him, and was living
in 1782.
Children, baptized in Peabody :
50 I. BETSEY 5 , bapt. Dec. 9, 1759; m - "Wil-
liam Mackintire of Salem June 24,
1762. She was of Lynn, 1762, and
of Salem, widow, in 1782.
51 n. JAMES 5 , bapt. Dec. 9, 1759; m. Han-
nah Dove March 21, 1771 ; lived in
Marblehead ; joiner and cabinet mak-
er; she d., his wife, at Marblehead,
Dec. 10, 1810.
52111. ABIGAIL 5 , bapt. Dec. 9, 1759; m. Dr.
Thomas Swain of Reading before
1778 ; he d. in 1780, and she was liv-
ing in Reading in 1782.
53 Iv - JOSEPH 5 , bapt. Dec. 9, 1759; liv ed first
in Danvers, and subsequently in
Lynnfield; yeoman ; m. Sarah Silver
of Danvers July 17, 1777; and was
living in 1785.
54 v. LYDIA 5 , bapt. Dec. 9, 1759; m.
Mungel of Salem ; and was a widow
in 1782.
55 vi. MARY 5 , bapt. May 11, 1760; m. Joseph
Thomson of Salem, mariner ; and
was living in 1782.
39
DR. JOHN ABORN*, baptized in Lynn-
field April 9, 1727. He was a physician ;
and lived in Lynn. He died Nov. 8,
1768. He married Rebecca Bancroft
Nov. 22, 1758. She survived him, and
married, secondly, Thomas (?) Dodge in
or before 1773. She died June 20, 1798,
aged sixty- four.
Children, born in Lynn :
56 I. JOHN 5 , b. Aug. 5, 1761 ; d. in Lynn
March 2, 1769.
57 II. SAMUEL 5 , b. Jan. 27, 1764; yeoman;
deacon ; lived in Lynnfield ; m. Mary
Flint of Danvers (pub. March 6,
1788) ; he d. in Lynn May 19, 1844 ;
and she d. there Nov. 28, 1851, aged
eighty-one.
58 in. REBECCA 5 , b. Nov. 4, 1766; m. James
Gould of Reading in 1786.
59 iv. ELIZABETH 5 , b. Dec. 9, 1768; d. July
2, 1770.
40
JOSEPH ABORN$, born in Salem April 10,
1726. He was acordwainer and farmer,
and lived in that part of Salem which is
now Peabody. He married Sarah Derby
of Danvers Dec. , 1753. He died in
Peabody (then Danvers) Sept. 5, 1800;
and she died there, his widow, Aug. 2,
1804.
Children, born in Danvers :
60 i. LYDIA 6 , b. Sept. 6, 1755 ; d. March 16,
1841.
61 II. LucRETiA 6 , b. Sept. 7, 1757 ; m. Sam-
uel Marshall, in Salem, July 28,
1783 ; and d. June 3, 1802.
164
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
62 in. HANNAH 6 , b. Dec. 6, 1759; d. Nov.
21, 1830.
63 iv. JANE 6 , b. Dec. 18, 1763; d. Feb. 27,
1834.
64 v. JOSEPH 6 , b. Dec. 27, 1768; d. Feb.
10, 1830.
47
AARON ABORNS, born in Lynn Oct. i,
1757. He married Phebe Pope of Dan-
vers Dec. 31, 1779 (when he was of
Lynn) ; and died before 1789. She mar-
ried, secondly, Francis Sheldon Sept. 20,
1788, in Salem.
Children :
65 I. AARON 6 , living in 1789, under age.
66 n. PHEBE 6 , living in 1789, under age.
48
JAMES ADORNS, lived in Lynn ; m. Cath-
erine ; and was alive in 1789.
Child :
67 i. JAMES 6 , m. Betsey Alley Dec. 2, 1800;
she d. June 23, 1820. They had
six children.
AMESBURY INSCRIPTIONS.
UNION CEMETERY.
Continued from page
In Memory of
M r . Thomas Pearson
Died Fefry 2i st 1785
In y e 54 th Year
of his Age.
Come Mortal man and Cast an Eye
Come read your Doom, prepare to die
In Memory of
EBENEZER,
Son of
Ebenezer &
Eleanor Pierfon,
who was drowned
July 25, 1794
in the ii year of his age,
The r if ing fun cant affure
That we f hall end the day ;
For Death ftands ready at the door
To bear our fouls away.
In
Memory of
Lieu*. DANIEL QUINBY
who died
Nov r 1 8 th 1791.
in the 62 nd Year
of her age
In Memory
of
Mifs HANNAH QUINBY
who died
Sept r J4 th 1786
in the 6? th year of her age.
HEAR LIES BVRIED
ye BoDY : of : los
EPH : qVINBY : HO
DIED : MARCH y e
23 : 1736 : & : IN
y e : thi 8 : -Ye r of
his AGE *
In Memory of
Mrs. SARAH QUINBY,
Wife of
Lieu* Daniel Quinby,
who died Sepr. 12 th 1770
in the 4$ rd Year
of her age.
In Memory of
Lieu*. SAMUEL SHEPPARD
died Aug st 2 d
1776
In y e 63 d Year
of his Age
In Memory of
RHODA
wife of
Mathew Shores :
who died March 22, 1798,
in the 33 year
of her age.
MIRIAM : STR
AW : DIED :
IUNE : y e : 23 : 1736
& : I N : y e : 8 th
YE r of : HUR AGE
AMES BURY INSCRIPTIONS.
In Memory
of
DOROTHY,
wife of
Dea n . David Teuxbury ;
who died
Febrv. I2 , 1799
In the 65 year of
her age.
In Memory of
HANNAH,
wife of
Mr. Daniel Tukefbeary
who died
Jany. 17, 1798.
in the JJ year
of her age.
In Memory of
M rs . ABIGAIL TUXBURY
wife of
Deacon DAVID TUXBURY
died March i st 1779.
In y e 50 Year of her Age
where you ftand now so once did I
and view the dead as you view me
but you muft die as well as I
and orthers ftand & gaze on the
Here Is Interred M r .
JACOB TUXBURY
Who Departed
this Life IUNE
ye j - t h
In the 31
of his AGE
1754
th Year
DEPART MY FRIENDS
DRY UP YOUR TEARS
I MUST LIE HERE
TILL CHRST APEARS
A. W.
DieD Dec i5 th
i 14
IN Y e 2f Ye o r
of her AGe
In memory of
ANNA WELLS ;
who died
Dec r . 9, 1799 :
in the 30 year
of her age
So Jefus flept, Gods dying f on
Paft through the grave and blefl the bed
Reft here fair faint, till from his throne
The morning breaks and pierce the
fhade.
INTERRED HERE the BODY
OF M rs . MARY WELLS
DEC d IANUARY the 26 th
1727 AGED 75 YEARS
LATE WIFE OF M r . THoMAS
WELLS
DEATH IS NOt DUME It BIDS US ALL
PREPARE BEFORE BY It WE FALL
WE KNOW NOt HOW NOR WHERE NOR W
Fit NOW OR NEUR W CAN NOt THEN
Interred here the BoDY of
the Rev D . M r . THOMAS WELLS,
first Pastor, of the first Church
of CHRIST in Amesbury, who
Departed this life. July y e io th
1734. in the 87 th year of his
Age, & the 62 of his Miniftry,
having served his Generation by
the will of GOD, he fell on sleep, and
(we trust) enjoys a Prophets reward,
for t h o ' Israel should not
be Gathered; yet would
the faithfull minifters of
the Gospell be glorious
in the Eyes of the Lord.
Here lies Interr'd
the Body of
M T . JOHN WHITE,
who departed this Life
May y e i6 th 1775
Aged 25 Years.
OCTOBER
1735 A
y e i o
N N A
WORTHAN D I E d
IN th e 6 YeA* OF HER
AGE
i66
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
IUNE
MR.
BENIAMIN
THAN DIED
AGED SI *
Here Lies Intend
M r . CHARLES WORTHEN
Who Departed this Life
MARCH y e 22 d 1740
AGED 33 Years.
Come Mortal Man
And cast your Eye
Come read Thy Doom
Prepare to Die
HERE LYES BURIED
Y e BODY OF MR
HENRY YOUNG
WHO DEPARtED
THIS LIFE
SEPtEMBER Y e 7 th
1716 &
I N
3
OF
YEAR
HIS
AGE
QUERIES.
Queries are inserted for one cent a word.
Answers are solicited.
94. Wanted, ancestry and place of
birth of Francis Norwood, who settled in
Annisquam, Gloucester, in 1662, or any
exact knowledge of him or his family
previous to 1662. s. N. TORREY.
Rockport.
95. Who was the mother of Elizabeth
Hills who married John Greenleaf in 1685?
Her father was Joseph Hills of Newbury.
Albany, N. Y. G. w. p.
95. Was Peter Cloyse of Salem, 1.692,
the husband of Sarah (Towne) Cloyse ?
North Cambridge. M. s. P. G.
97. Wanted, the maiden name of
Elizabeth Baker, wife of Thomas 2 Baker
(John 1 ) of Ipswich and Roxbury.
M. s, P. G.
98. Where is the name of Peggy
found as the wife of Thomas Fiske, sen.,
*A considerable portion of this inscription is
unintelligible.
of Wenham, Mass.? His will, in 1707,
mentions wife Martha, who was his second
wife and not the mother of his children.
Haver hi II. M. L. w.
99. Sarah White, daughter of Thomas
and Martha (Fiske) White, born in Wen-
ham, Mass., Sept. 20, 1700, married, June
15, 1727, Nathaniel Brown. Wanted,
some knowledge of their descendants,
M. L. w.
100. Wanted, ancestry of Emma and
Sally Knowlton, said to be cousins. Em-
ma married Benjamin Leach of Manches-
ter about 1747, and Sally married their
son Capt. Benjamin Leach in 1 798.
Topsfield. G. L. G.
101. Wanted, ancestry of Abigail
Foster, who married Richard Leach of
Manchester about 1715. G. L. G.
1 02. Wanted, ancestry of Susanna
Butler, born in 1744, and married Ezekiel
Cheever of Manchester Dec. 6, 1770.
G. L, G.
103. Wanted, ancestry of Bethiah
Boardman of Hamilton (?), who married,
first. Josiah Fitts ; second, Gid-
dings ; and, third, John Gould of Tops-
field. G. L. G.
104. Wanted, date of birth and
father's name of James Burnham, who
married Sarah Whittemore Nov. 5, 1772,
and sailed from Salem in 1773, never
being heard from. A. w. B.
Lowell.
ANSWERS.
75. Elizabeth Beauchamp, who mar-
ried Zachariah Goodale in 1666, was
daughter of Edward and Mary Beau-
champ of Salem, and born 9 : 5 mo :
1648. Edward died in 1684. His
father is considered to have been Robers
Beauchamp, a resident of Ipswich at
early as 1 642. C. H. Abbott, Andover.
80. I think that John Wilder was born
in Hingham. He was married to Han-
nah in Lancaster 17:5: 1672.
Myra L. White, HaverhilL
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THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
VOL. I.
SALEM, MASS., NOVEMBER, 1897.
No. ii,
AMESBURY INSCRIPTIONS.
SALISBURY PLAINS CEMETERY.
THIS burying ground is first mentioned,
as far as has been learned, in 1705. It
was included in the limits of Salisbury
until 1886, when it was annexed to Ames-
bury. The following are all the inscrip-
tions to be found therein with dates prior
to 1800.
In Memory of
M rs . Anna trfdams
T)au r . of M r Samuel &
M rs . Elizabeth Adams
who Died Sep f . 28 th 1785
Iny e 36 Year
of her Age.
In Memory of
M r - Archelaus Adams
who died Jan r y i*t, 1783
lny e 6 9 th Year
of bis Age.
Here side by side lie man 6 wife
The Partners of Each Other's life.
ELIZABETH,
Relict of
Samuel Adams
died
Nov r . i, 1795;
in the 81 year
of her age.
Sleep lovely faint &* take thy reft,
Thy work is done thy bed is bleft,
For Chrift -will raife this moulding clay
Tahe fint to ev erlaf ting day .
Here Lies JACOB
ADAMS The fon Of
M r . Samuel And Mr 8 .
Elizabeth Adams
Who DCS* : Aucust
Y e 29 th
In Y e 19*
of his Age
1 75 3
,tn year
In Memory of
M . Mercy Jldams
wife of Mr. Archelaus
Adams who died Sep*.
2 5 th 1784 Iny e 66 th
Year of her Age.
SAMuEL ADAMs
SON tO M r . SAN L
& M rs . ELEZEBth
ADAMS DIED
SEPT M Y e 9 th
1741 AGED
ABou 4 i YE R .
Here Lies Interrd
M r . SAMUEL ADAMS
Who Departed
this Life May
Y e i6 th i 767
AGED 5 7 Year
& i 6 Days
Depart My Friends
Dry up Your teers
I Must Lie Here
til CHRIST Apears
i68
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
Here Is Intend M r .
JOSEPH BAGLEY
Who Departed
this Life FEBR Y .
Y e 9 th 1772
AGED 67 Years 3 Days
DEPART MY FRIENDS
DRY UP YOUR TEARS
I MUST LIE HERE
TIL CHRIST APPEARS
Here Is Interrd
ENSIGN
THOMAS BAGLEY
Who Departed
this Life SEPT 1 .
AGED
th
49
1771
YEARS
E LIZABETH
DAUGHTER OF SAMU
EL & MARY BROWN
DIED JANUARY Y e
ii 1727 AGED ONE
YEAR & 4 DAYS
GOD DID LEND
& THEN DID SEND
& GOO IT MUST
FOR GOD IS JUSt
Here LIES BURIED
the Body of
M r8 . HANNAH BROWN
the Wife of
M r . Abraham Brown
AP
* 1754
Here Lies Interrd
the Daut r . of
M r . Peter & M r8 .
Molley Bufsell
Who Decs 1 . Febr*.
Y e i2 th 1763
In Y e 4 th Mo
of her AGE.
*The rest is unintelligible.
Here Lies Merrill
the Son of M r . lOhn
& M r . Mary Butlett
Who DCS* S e p *
23 1763 AGED
2 Years * MO.
HERE IS INTERRED
SETH CLARK THE
SON OF M r . SETH &
M r8 . SARAH CLARK
WHO DCS* JULY
Y e i9 th * 1771
AGED i YEAR 9 MO
AND 14 DAYS
In Memory of
Cap*. SETH CLARKE
died FeV 23 d
1787
In the 51 year
of
his Age
HERE
LIES BURI
ED Y BODY
OF MR AARON
CLOUGH HE DIED
JAN Y e 20 th 1781
IN Y e 86 YEAR OF
HIS AGE & HES 2 nd
WIFE REBEKAH IN
y e SAME GRAVE
IN HER 72 nd YEAR.
MRS
ABIGAIL CLOUGH
WIFE OF MR
AARON CLOUGH
DIED JAN: 26: 1743
AGE 46
HERE LYES BURIED Y e
BODY OF M r . JOHN
CLOUGH WHO DIED
APRIL Y e 19 1718
& IN Y e 70 YEAR
OF HIS AGE
*The stone is defaced.
AMESBURY INSCRIPTIONS.
169
HERE LY BURIED
the BODY of
SAMUEL CLOUGH
So N to MR
SAMUEL and MRS
SARAH CLOUGH
WHO DIED IUNE
Y e 4 1756
AGEd ONE YEAR
and 3 MONths
In Memory of
JACOB EASTMAN
who Departed this
Life Jan'y. y e 13, 1776
In y e 34^ Year
of his Age
Y e Mortal Youth Come
Read these Lines
Prepare your Soul
With Chrift to join.
es Buried
of M r
CLOUGH
Auguft
y e 48.
HERE LYES Y e BODY
OF MARTHA EAS-
MAN WIFE OF ZE
CHARIAH EASTMAN
WHO DIED APRIL Y e
Y e 10 1718 AGED
32 YEARS
HERE LYES Y e BODY
OF IANE DEAnE LATE
WIFE OF THOmAS DEAnE
OF SALSBURY DAUGHtR
OF M r RI Ch ARD &
PRUDENCE SCAMMAN
LAtE OF StRATHAM
WHO DIED OCTOBER
Y e 9 th 1726 & IN Y e
6o th YEAR OF HER
AGE
In memory of
M r . BELSHER DOLE
who died
13, i799>
t. 58.
Depart my friends, dry up your tears
I muff lie here till Christ appears
Here Lies olle
the Dau r of
lohn & *
Lydia E
'On a fragment of a gravestone.
Here Lies Interred
M r8 RUTH EDWARDS
The Wife of
M r . Rise EDWARDs
Who Departed this
Life
Dec r 1 2
1760
In
y e 73
Year
of
h er
AGE
David Evans
Who DCS* May
Y e 3 rd 1766
In y e 26 Year
of her AGE
Here is Interred
INfIGN DAVID EVANS
Who Departed
this Life April
Y e
In
t h
1768
the 39 th Year
of his AGE
ND
HARK FROM Ye TOOMS A DOLEFUL SOU
MINE EARS ATEND THE CRY
Ye LIVING MEN COME VIEW THE
GROUND
WHERE YOU MUST fHORTLE LIE
*From a fragment of a gravestone.
170
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
DAVID
OF M r .
AND M r8
EVANS
THE SON
JONATHAN
ELISABETH
DCS'. JUNE
2 4
t h
AGED
1771
YEAR
In Memory of
WILLIAM EVANS
Son of Cap 4 . JONATHAN
& M r . ELIZABETH EVANS
who died Oct r y e 24 th 1775
Aged 13 Years
In
Memory of
Elizabeth Evans
wife of Cap*. Jonatb n . Evans
who Died Sep*. 2ist 1784
In y e 43 d Year of her Age
Depart my Friends dry up
your Tears, I must
Lie here till Christ appears
In Memory of
MR. EZEKIEL EVANS,
who died
Jan*. 6th 1753?
aged 42
In Memory of
MRS. JUDITH EVANS,
Relict of
Mr. Ezekiel Evans,
who died
April 2& th 1777 ;
aged 65 Years
Lies
SAMUEL
DCS*.
t h
Here
M r .
Who
Y e 29
In the 20
of his AGE
th
Interrd
EVANS
Sept r .
1766
Year
HERE LYES Y e BODY
OF M r . THOMAS
EUENS WHO DIED
JANUARY Y e 24 th
17178 & IN Y e
54 YEAR OF
HIS AGE
In Memory of
M r8 . DOROTHY FITTS
wife of
M r . RICHARD FITTS
who died Nov r Y e 8 th
1776. Aged 74 Year.
In memory of
Benj Evans Flanders
Son 0/"John &
Betty Flanders
who died
21,
Oct r
aged 3
1796.
Years
Here Is Interd
TH FLANDERS
the Wife of M r .
SERS *
Who Dcs fc
* 1768
6o th Year
of her Age
DEPART MY FRIENDS
T RS
HERE
HERE LYES Ye BODY OF NA
THANIEL FRENCH SON
OF Mr JOSEPH & HANNAH FREN
CH DIED OCTOBER Ye 19: 1720
AGED i 8 YEARS
HIS CARRIAGE UNTO ALL
WAS COURTEOUS & KIND
HIS LOUE IT DID EXCELL
MOST THAT ARE LEFT BEHIND
HIS PATIENCE WAS ADMIERRED
BY ALL THAT DID HIM KNOW
THERE IS NO TONGUE CAN TELL
WHAT HE DID UNDER GOE
SO DIED THIS PIOUS YOUTH
HE DID OBAY & FIND Ye TRUTH
*The upper part of the gravestone is gone.
*The stone is defaced and broken down.
AMESBURY INSCRIPTIONS.
171
In Memory of
M rs ABIGAIL HACKETT
Confort to
M r JOHN HACKETT
who Departed this Life
April y e i8 th 1775
Aged 36 Year
& 9 Months
In Memory of
M rs Eleanor Hackett
wife of M r Richard
Hackett Died Oct 23 7779
Iny e 63 rd Year of her Age.
Come mortal man % cast an eye
Come reaa your doom prepare to die
HERE LYES BURIED
Y e BODY OF
DEACON JUDE
HACKEt WHO
DEPARTED THIS LIFE
MARCH Y e i3 th : 1741-
& IN y e 5 7 tn
YEAR OF HIS AGE
EXCHANGING AS WE
HOPE THIS WORLD
FOR A BETTER PREPARE
TO FOLLOW HIM
MARY,
daughter of
William Hacket &
N a nna his wife
died
April 2$ th 1777,
aged j years & 6 m
Here Lies Inter rd
M r RICHARD HACKETt
Who Departed
this Life April
y e 25 th 1767
In the 5 3 rd Year
of his AGE
come Mortal Man
And cast An Eye
come Read thy Doom
prepare to Die
Here Lies Interrd
M r . WILLIAM HACKETt
Who Departed
Life Aucust
t h
This
ye
I n t
o f
I 2
h e 4
h i s
1755
Year
AGE
rs
Here Is Interrd M
SARAH MERRILL
Consort toM r .
M elati an Merrill
Who DCS* JULY
AGED
&
2
31
3
n d
1772
Year 4 Mo
Days
In Memory of
M r . ABIGAIL MORRILL
wife of
M r . RUBEN MORRILL
who departed this Life
June y e i6 th 1724
Aged 24 Years & 6 M.
ABIGAIL
r
Here Lies
the D aut r of M
Ebenezer & Mr*
Mary Morrill Who
DCS* May Y e 5
1767 AGED 3 Years
* Days
Here Is Inte rred
ENOCH MORRILL
Son to M r . Jacob
Morrill Jun r & Mary
his Wife Who
DCS 1 NOY r Y e 22 nd
1769 AGED
9 Year i Mo
* Days
In Memory of
M rs . HANNAH MORRILL
wife of
M r . REUBEN MORRILL
who departed this Life
march y e 7 th 1774
Aged 63 Years & 3 M.
*The stone is broken.
172
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
Hero Lies Intend
M r . JEREMIAH MORRILL
Who Departed
this Life 'February
Y e 2 th 1751
in the 37 th Year
of his AGE
Depart My Friends
Dry up your teers
I Must Lie here
til CHRIST Apears
In
Memory of
Dea n Reuben Morrill,
who deceased Feb ry 8 th
AD 1787 aged 66 Years
How lovely Saint thy Rest;
Thy work is done * Bleft;
For Chrift will change thy mortal clay.
And raife the Saint to endless day.
ZEBLON Ye SON OF
EBENEZER
MORRILL DIED DECE
MBER MIRIAM
AUGU
In Memory of
MR. EDMUND NOYES,
Son of
Capt. Edmund Noyes, who
departed this life April 2Oth
1799 ; In the 26th
Year of his Age
Look &* behold as you pafs by,
As y oil are now fo once was I
As I am now fo you muft be
Prepare for death to follow me.
In Memory of
JOSEPH NOYES
Son ^Cap 1 . Edmund Noyes
who departed this life Jan y 26
1796 in the i i th year of his Age.
Come all my friends both far <r near y
Come to my grave andfhed a tear
O, that you may prepared be
To welcome death o lye with me
*The inscription is partly worn off.
DAVID OSGOOD
died
Jan. 9 th 1782
<Lt. 70.
Depart my friends dry up your fears,
I must lie here till Christ appears.
DAVID,
Son of Aaron &
Judith Osgood
died
April 25, 1784,
aged 2 years.
Life is uncertain death is sur,
Sin gives the wound but Christ the
cure.
He re Is InterrdM r
DOROTHY OSGOOD Y e
Consort to M r .
Richard Osgood
Who DCS* O c t r .
ye 4 t h 1771
In the 44 8t - Year
of her AGE.
DEPART MY FRIENDS
DRY UP YOUR TEARS
I MUST LIE HERE
TIL CHRIST APPEARS.
Here Lies Interrd
IOHN OfGOOD SON OF
M r . John And Mr
Rachel
Who DCS*.
Y e 2 7 * h
In the i 8 ' h
of his
To be continued.
Osgood
Aucust
1767
Year
AGE
NOTE.
"The D. Poftmafter-General has ap-
pointed Mr. EDWARD NORRIS to be D.
Poftmafter for this Town. He has re-
moved the Office from School-Street,
where it was lately kept, to his Houfe in
the main Street, oppofite the Houfe of
Francis Cabot, Efq." Essex Gazette (Sa-
lem), Oct. n, 1768.
THE EARTHQUAKE OF 1638.
173
THE MYSTERIOUS LAND.
To this land unknown came men of old
From their homes across the sea,
Remembering well the stories told
Of wonders found here to be.
Strange sights in the heavens filled them with
dread,
Strange noises were heard with alarm,
And great fear came when the darkness spread
At the midday's light and calm.
With terror they felt the sudden shock
Of the earthquake's mighty force,
Causing the very ledges of rock
To tremble along its course.
But they stayed in the place they were cast,
Steadily, bravely and true,
Till the terrors were things of the past
As knowledge and learning grew.
THE EARTHQUAKE OF J638.
BY SIDNEY PEBLEY.
Earthquakes are always fearful and im-
pressive, but at the time this one oc-
curred the people were possessed of many
fears. They were not only superstitious,
but this was a new and unknown world,
which but a few years before was said to
be associated with the most awful terrors.
Friday, June i, 1638, was a very clear
and beautiful day, with a gentle wind from
the west. After the settlers had eaten their
noon meal, they proceeded to their va-
rious labors in the field. Before two
o'clock acute ears heard a faint murmur
of distant sound, which became louder
and clearer until everv one heard that
rf
which seemed to be the far- a- way rumble
of thunder. In a minute or two it in-
creased in volume and sharpness until it
resembled the rattling of many carriages
fiercely driven over granite pavements.
The people were alarmed, and discontin-
ued their labors to discover the source and
nature of the sound. Above, the sky was
perfectly clear. They became perplexed.
Not many moments elapsed, however, be-
fore the earth began to tremble, and ter-
rified they threw down their tools and ran
reeling like drunken men, with blanched
countenances, to the first group of people
they could find, for men like animals will
flock together when they are afraid. The
shaking continued to such an extent that
people had to secure some permanent sup-
port in order to stand erect.
Not only the mainland, but the islands
along the coast were shaken violently,
and the vessels that rode in the harbors
and those sailing without were jostled as
though a series of tidal waves had passed
under them.
People in the houses were greatly
alarmed, for they not only heard the aw-
ful sound but felt the trembling of the
earth. The houses over them shook to
their foundations, and it seemed as if they
must collapse. The chimneys, being im-
perfectly built on the outside of the
house, of rough and uneven stones, without
mortar, except for filling the chinks, readi-
ly yielded to the general shaking, and the
tops of many of them fell off, striking on
the house or on the ground. The noise
of the falling stones without and the rat-
tle of pewter platters and dishes upon the
shelves within seemed the precursor of
danger.
This first and greatest shock of the
earthquake continued about four minutes ;
and shook the larger portion of New Eng-
land.
The first shock died away and the noise
ceased. The people resumed their labors.
Half an hour passed, when to their sur-
prise and terror, the horrible rumbling
and quaking were renewed. But it quick-
ly passed, being less violent than the first
shock. For twenty days the earth re-
mained in an unquiet condition.
At Newbury, a town meeting was being
held, and during the discussions the
sound of the on-coming earthquake burst
upon their ears like " a shrill clap of thun-
der." The building was violently shaken ;
and amazement and fear filled the minds
and hearts of the people. After the tu-
mult it had caused had ceased, before pro-
ceeding, the assembly voted to make a
record of the fact of the earthquake, con-
cluding it, " wherefore taking notice of so
great and strange a hand of God's provi-
dence, we were desirous of leaving it on
record to the view of after ages to the in-
174
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
tent that all might take notice of Almighty
God and fear his name."
The summers for several years after the
earthquake were too cool for the sufficient
ripening of corn and other crops, as com-
pared with those of a number of years
preceding it. They were subject to un-
seasonable frosts, and on this account but
little of the Indian corn matured. What
connection this fact had with the earth-
quake, if any, is unknown.
This, the greatest earthquake of the
seventeenth century, marked an epoch in
the lives of the settlers, and for many
years afterward it was common for them
to compute dates as " so long since the
earthquake."
THE ABRAHAM FAMILY.
The surname of Abraham is also
spelled Abrahams.
WOODWARD ABRAHAM, 1 born about
1727, was living in Marblehead as early
as 1753. He kept a shop, and was
called a merchant in 1755, 1763, 1772
and 1779 ') an d gentlemen in 1769, 1785
and 1786. He was one of the Salem
custom-house officers, being commissioned
Sept. 26, 1762 ; was an attendant at the
services of St. Michael's church in Marble-
head, having bought a pew in it in 1774 ;
was at one period in the Revolutionary
era regarded as unfriendly to the Ameri-
can cause, but was proven to be loyal
thereto. He performed services in the
army in the early part of the Revolution,
when he was called of Salem ; and after-
ward was for a long time postmaster of
Marblehead, dying in office, Nov. 17,
1813, at the age of eighty-six.
He married Tabitha, daughter of
Joseph Smethurst, a merchant of Marble-
head, Nov. 28, 1751. She was living in
1788. Their children were born in Mar-
blehead, as follows :
2 I. TABITHA, 2 b. July II, 1753.
3 n. MARTHA, 2 b. April 15, 1755.
4 in. ANN, 2 b. May 25, 1757; d. in Marble-
head Nov. 26, 1783.
5 iv. MARY, 2 b. April 4, 1759.
6 v. ELIZABETH, 2 b. Feb. 2, 1761; d. June
i, 1761.
7 vi. WOODWARD, 2 b. July 14, 1762; was
short of stature, being only four feet
and eight inches tall; and had a
light complexion. He served in the
Revolution as one of the crew of the
ship Rambler ', Capt. Benjamin Lovett,
commander; and married Eunice
Gallison May 4, 1788.
8 vn. HANNAH HiLL, 2 b. Dec. 4, 1764.
9 vin. JOSEPH SMETHURST, 2 b. Nov. 18,
1766; d. Aug. 27, 1767.
10 ix. JOSEPH SMETHURST, S b. Sept. 9, 1768.
II X. NATHANIEL, 2 b. Aug. 13, I77IJ d.
Aug. 27, 1771.
12 xi. BETSEY, 2 b. Sept. 21, 1775.
THE ABRAM FAMILY.
The surname of Abram is also spelled
Abrams and Abrims.
JOHN ABRAMS/ with his wife Mary, first
appear in Amesbury in 1766. He is
supposed to have been a Jew, from Pales-
tine. It is said that he had a brother
William, with whom he came from Pales-
tine to New England at an unknown date,
and that William fell into the sea and
was drowned. John moved from Ames-
bury to Salisbury in 1771, and after 1775
probably settled in Sanbornton, N. H.
The children of John and Mary were as
follows :
JOHN, 2 b. May 3, 1766, in Amesbury;
m. Mehitable, daughter of Laban and
Mehitable (Putnam) Harriman, and
niece of Gen. Israel Putnam; and
settled in Sanbornton. He d. Aug.
29, 1841 ; and his wife d. July 26,
1844, aged eighty-two. They had
four children.
WiLLiAM, 2 b. April 7, 1768, in Ames-
bury.
4 III. BETSEY, 2 b. Jan. 15,1770, in Amesbury ;
m. Joshua Copp of Warren, N. H.
MARY, 2 b. Feb. 13, 1775, in Salisbury;
m. George Washington Copp of War-
ren, brother of her brother-in-law ;
and d. in Warren Oct. 6, 1860.
2 I.
3 n.
5 iv.
NOTE.
On the back of a copy of the inven-
tory of the estate of John Abbey, s'r, of
Wenham, taken in 1 703, and on file in
the probate office at Salem, is written the
following : " Lydia, dau. of Caleb &
Mary fibster 14 May 1703 ; David son to
W m . & Mary Goodie born 26 Apr. 1703."
COLONIAL HANDWRITING.
175
COLONIAL HANDWRITING.
BY CHAKLES KNOWLES BOLTON.
To copy a manuscript letter for letter, is,
in the minds of some, the mark of pedan-
try ; to modernize it is, in the estimation
of others, the source of all inaccuracy.
Whether we copy letter for letter or
give the words as they should be we
should at least know just what was in-
tended by each character in the manu-
script before copying. Thus this word :
should be recog-
nized as "desesed"
before it becomes
" deceased."
Some of the early handwriting shows a
lack of training which is to be expected
in an agricultural community like that in
the New England of the seventeenth
century. The callous hand was not al-
ways under control. A quaintness, too,
was given to the page by the spelling
which at best allowed some liberty to
follow one's taste, originality, and manner
of pronunciation. A man who spelled
" son " with a double "o " would now be
writing his own death warrant.
But there were certain forms charac-
teristic of the writing of our emigrant
ancestors which were due neither to paper,
pen nor lack of training. These are after
all few, but they appear with sufficient
frequency to puzzle one unfamiliar with
the subject. They may be traced in part
to the teaching of the schoolmaster and
in part to the influence of the printed
forms of letters.
"A' and "B" have changed little
since the days of Pericles.
Capital " C," in many cases looks like
a copy-book "O," in which the returning
stroke, instead of meeting the point of
starting runs down inside the down-
ward stroke. The whole is crossed
by a horizontal line. Sometimes
it is an " O " open at the top and
crowned with a cup or semicircle.
The small c " is usually much like c
the small printed "r" a down- ^_
ward heavy stroke with a horizontal ^
line at the top.
The small " d '' usually has a loop
above instead of a downward final
stroke.
Capital "E " is commendably individ-
ual. In officially prepared documents it
is the common capital " C " with a small
"z" just inside the downward stroke, or,
as in the signature of Jacob Eliot, brother
of the apostle, the " z " crossed back and
forth over the downward stroke of the
" C.' ' It is so written by Madit Engs of
Boston, whose peculiar name is among
those of the early settlers.
intelli-
The small " e ' is an imperfect " c "
surmounted by a dash or cup. In ordi-
nary writing it became an " o " with the
last stroke looped at the top. This form
is frequently misleading. Often, however,
the loop comes above the starting point
of the letter, which then looks like one
form of the Greek "th."
The double " ff" was used occa-
sionally, as in the surnames ffrench
and ffarrington, but hardly more
often in the seventeenth century
than as an affectation in the nine-
teenth.
Capital "G" is usually very
gible. A curious form, however,
is that of a backward inclining
capital " C " with the last stroke
running down into a loop across
center of the " C," and returning ^_
to form a smaller loop some dis- j
tance above the character. The J
small "g " is often a " y " crossed at the
top or mouth.
Capital "H" is often simple. One form
appears as a written "S " (looped at the
top) with an inverted cap below and a
tail starting at its right and running down-
ward. The small "h" is a
very curious transformation
of a simple letter. The
main part of the letter .de-
creases to little or nothing,
while the final downward
the
H
I 7 6
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
the
his
stroke becomes a large loop. Both this
form and the present " h " appear in the
same signature as written by John Win-
throp, governor of Connecticut. The
old " h ' was a common form and with
the " e " does much
to confuse early writ-
ing. In the, his,
and this, " h ' is par-
ticularly capricious.
" I " and " J," both
capital and small
letter, are often made ^J J I 1
alike. J
Small k " looks like a long old- '
fashioned "f " attacked by a "z."
The downward stroke of
the large " L" twists to the right
more than is now thought neces-
sary.
Capitals " M " and " N " take various
grotesque shapes, in imitation of the print-
ed letters.
Capital " O," as written by the Olivers
and others, has parallel perpendic- .,
ular lines across it. Small " o " is /7J\
often disconnected, to distinguish Vy
it, perhaps, from the " e " which, when
looped at the top, is very similar.
Capital " P " is a heavy downward
stroke, crossed by a line which forms a
small loop at the right, and runs up to
form a semicircle or
inverted cups oppo-
site the head of the
initial stroke. Small
"p' is an "x" P p P
where the first and second strokes join,
the second stroke extending downward
diagonally toward the left.
Capital "R" is frequently a "P"
crossed at the centre.
C\s Small "r" is some-
~jT l ^ times the German
written " r " a down-
ward stroke, a stroke
to the right ending in a loop which ends
in an upward stroke, and sometimes the
ordinary forms.
" S," for capitals as well as for small
letters, is a downward stroke retraced.
r\ ft It is also the final
U t! A Greek "S" -a circle
f (J ~-$ ending in an upward
f stroke.
Small "u" (or "v") is very often a
diagonal upward stroke with
a small cup at the end.
When combined with other
letters it nearly disappears.
The remaining let- ^
ters of the alphabet rj^j ^
are fairly simple. w x
In the combina-
tions of letters some dif-
^ ficulties arise, but by trying
// the forms here described
most words will be easily
z deciphered. Below
are given copies of a few /\> * ^
words and combined letters, (jf
as specimens of early writ-
ing.
&
T^
&
K.
Copey
Countrey
th
fhall
keep
expens
Coues
Siluer
ds
Seuen
rver
Act
DEATHS IN ROWLEY,
"Rowley, Sept. 13. This Day was
buried in the Firft Parifh in this Place,
Mr.Jeremia/i Hopkinton, ^Etatis 90. And
there have been buried in that Parifh,
within 39 Years laft paft, forty-one Perfons
above 80 Years of Age each ; one of them
died aged 103, one 95, one 94, one 93,
two 91, two 90, two 89, two 87, four 86,
three 84, one 83. And befides thefe
there were two Perfons died there in the
ANDOVER IN THE FIRST LOUISBURG EXPEDITION.
177
Years 1717 and 1719, that were reckoned
to be above 100 Years old a Piece. And
there are yet living in the Town twenty
Perfons beyond 80 Years of Age ; two of
whom are near 90, three above 85,
and three above 84 Years of Age.
Perhaps there is nothing wanting, but
Time and Obfervation, to fhew that Peo-
ple live as old in New as they do in Old
England." Essex Gazette, Sept. 27 ,1768.
ANDOVER IN THE FIRST LOUISBURG
EXPEDITION.
BY FRANK A. HUTCHINSON.
The following names occur in the
Records of Deaths of Andover. In a few
cases for the sake of brevity the tran-
scriber has omitted the words "in the
King's Service at Lewesburg." As the
State has no list of men who took part in
this siege, the names here given are the
more valuable.
Benjamin Son of John & Ruth Frie Died
at Lewesburg in the King's Service.
"He was shot by a gun and died June
M, 1745-
Samuel Farnum Jr, Aug. 27, 1745.
Ephriam, son of Joseph & Sarah Barker,
Sept. 12, 1745.
Andrew, son of Andrew & Hannah John-
son, Oct. i, 1745.
Jonathan, son of Josiah & Sarah Chandler
died with Sickness in the place, Oct.
25, 1745-
David, son of Andrew & Hannah Johnson,
Oct. 29, 1745.
Isaac, son of Thomas & Hannah Abbott,
died with -Sickness in the King's Ser-
vice at Lewesburg Aged 28 Years 8
Months & 21 days, Nov. 3, 1745.
Francis, son of John and Sarah Dane
Died with Sickness in the
2ist Year of his Age, Nov. 12, 1745.
Andrew Allin the son of Andrew & Mary
Allin, Dec. 14, 1745.
Benjamin, Son of Christopher & Martha
Carlton, in the 2oth Year of his age,
Jan. 4, 1746.
Joseph, Son of Noah & Mary Marble,
Jan. 29, 1746.
Phillip, Son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth
Abbott, Jan. 31, 1746.
Isaac, Son of Philemon & Elizabeth
Chandler, in the iQth year of his Age,
Feb. 1 8, 1746.
Jacob Mastin, Son of Jacob & Mary Mas-
tin, who was in the King's Service at
Lewesburg came sick from thence to
Boston and died April 26, 1746.
Timothy Johnson Jr. died in Sickness in
the King's Service at Lewesburg, Dec.
16, 1746.
WILL OF HUGH CHURCHMAN.
The will of " ould " Hugh Churchman,
as he was called, of Lynn, was proved in
the Salem quarterly court 9 : 5 mo : 1644.
The following copy is taken from the
original instrument on file in the office of
the clerk of courts at Salem, book i, leaf
20.
I heugh Churchman of Len do macke
this my laft will as foloeth :
firft I give my howfe and Lot ||in Len||
w th ale my march and ale other the
apurtenances tharevnto belonging to wil-
yam wenter tel his fon Jofias fhale atayen
the age of twenty one yeares and then to
his fon Jofias und his Ayeres for ever :
w th this Condicon that he fhale paye to
his fifter hanna winter ten poundes w th in
one hole year after the aforfayed Jofias
winter fhale atayen the age of twenty one
yeares and if he fhale Refeufe to paye to
his fifter hana winter ten poundes of
Corant money then my will is that hanna
winter fhale have the howfe and lot w*
ale and fingeler the apurtenances to her
and her ayeres for ever and fhe fhall paye
to her brother Jofias ten poundes : and
my will is that if the aforefaid Jofias fhale
dy before he fhale atayen the age of
twenty & one yeares that then the afor-
fayed hanna fhale have it w th out paying
aney thing out of it : and my will is
further that if the aforfayed Jofias and
hanna fhale booth dy before that theye
fhale atayen the age of twenty one yeres
that then wilyam winter or his now wif or
the longer liver of them fhale have it to
178 THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
them and thar Ayeres for ever : I do 3 acres of salt marsh allowed me by town
give to the widow Androes that thre of Hampton ; ox, steers, cow, calf, year-
fhilinges that fhe oethe me and further I ling, and all commonages, May 2, 1655.
do giv her one buchel of Jngen Coren to Wit : Christopher Hussey and Anthony
be payed w th in one month after my Ssanyan. Ack. before Anthony Stanyan
death : I do give gorge far one buchel ale and Chrissopher Hussey, commissioners
fo to be payed at the fame tyem : I do ale of Hampton, 2 : 3 mo : 1655.
fo give to edward burt ten fhilinges to be Henry Green of Hampton acknow-
payed w th in one hole yer after after my ledged indebtedness of ^61 to ffrancis
death :' I ale fo give to m r whiten and Swaine May 2, 1955. Ack. before Tho :
m r Cobet : five fhilinges apece to be Bradbury, commissioner of Salisbury,
payed w th in one hole year after my May 2, 1655.
death : ale the Reft of my goodes or James Wall of Hampton, millwrite, con-
Chateles vnbequeaved I give to wilyam veyed to " m r . Jofeph Mafon of y c River
winter whom I do macke fole exeter to this of Pafcattoquack gent," 1-4 of saw-mill
my will : in witnefe whar of I have her- " uppon y e River of Exiter & y e firft faw
vnto put my hand the fourth daye of the mill built there all being w th in y e River
fourth mounth in the fixtenth year of the of Pafcattoquack," and land " on my
Rayen of ower foveran lord Charles by point ag*. my own dwelling houfe there,"
the grace of god Kyng of Ingland fcotland for him to build a dwelling house, etc.,
france and Irland &c 1640 on; also, 20 acres of meadow on fresh
in the p r cence of hegh Churchman river ; 20 acres on little fresh river grant-
Zacheus Gould ed to Nicolas Liscen, from whom I pur-
chased it; 100 timber trees fit for sawing
OLD NORFOLK COUNTY RECORDS* I bought of Tho : King in 1652 ; and com-
Continued from page 149. mons granted to m r . Edward Gillman by
Tristram Coffyn, s'r, of Newbury, plant- Exeter. Jn Robinson has a lease of the
er, with consent of my wife Dionis, for mill from the grantor for two years longer.
;i5, conveyed to Richard Ormsby of Dated May n, 1654. Wit : Richard Tuck-
Salisbury, husbandman, a dwelling house er and Henry Sherburne. Ack. before
with a frame standing at the end of it, and Tho. Bradbury, commissioner of Salisbury,
one-half of the house lot whereon it stands ; 7 : 31110 : 1655.
also, 6^ acres in the plain, between Tristram Coffin, aged about 46 years,
lands of Theophilus Satchwelle asterly and deposed that from five to seven years be-
James Davis, jr., westerly, south by Mer- fore, at Nuberie, he heard m 8 Cutting,
rimack river, and north by town common ; as attorney for her husband, John Cutting,
also, 5 acres meadow ; all being in Hav- who had gone to sea, bargain with Josiah
erhill, 24 : 9 : 1649. Wit : Tho. Brad- Cobham and Richard Currier for two lots
bury and Josiah Cobham. Ack. by grantor of meadow in Salisbury, one cow being
and his wife Dionis before Tho : Brad- the consideration. Sworn to in court at
bury and Josiah Cobham, commissioners Salisbury 12:2 mo : 1655.
of Salisbury, 15 : 9 : 1654. Sam: Winsley, sen., deposed that An-
ffrancis Swaine of Hampton, for ^61, drew Greely told him that if M 8 Cutting
conveyed to Henry Green of Hampton, so requested him he would make assurance
land in Hampton : 2 7 acres of upland of above named meadow unto Josiah Cob-
between land of Robert Tucke and M r . ham, and the deponent went to Charles-
Stanian ; 4 acres of fresh meadow between town and saw Mr. Cutting and his wife,
good : Merriam and Robert Tucke ; 1 7 Sworn to in court at Salisbury 12:2 mo :
acres of marsh adjoining m r . Hussi's land ; 1655.
TO acres of salt marsh adjoining farm of Anthony Colebie of Salisbury, planter,
m r . Hussie and land of goodman Marian ; for 6, conveyed to Jn. Bayly, sen., of
OLD NORFOLK COUNTY RECORDS.
179
Salisbury, weaver, 6 acres of meadow in
Salisbury, bounded on an island, the great
river, by the ferry, Jn. Bayley, jr., Willi :
Barns, Willi : Sargent, m r . Sam : Winsley,
and great creek leading to the town, m r .
Jn. Hodges and Enoch Greenleif,
1:2 mo: 1644. Wit: Tho : Bradbury
and Tristram Coffyn. Ack. before Tris-
tram Coffyn and Rich : Wells, commis-
sioners of Salisbury, 12:2 mo. : 1655.
Will of John Wedgwood of Hampton,
husbandman, dated Nov. 24, 1654;
proved in court at Salisbury 10: 2 mo.;
1655, by Willi: ffifeild and Henry Moul-
ton. He was "of whole minde." Be-
queaths to my eldest son, John, after the
decease of his grandmother, my house
and 1 6 acres of land at Exeter, meadow at
Puscasicke, 150 acres of upland adjoining
m r . Edward Hilton's. To my wife Mary,
my sons Jonathan and David (both minors).
To my daughters Mary (unmarried) and
Abigail. My wife Mary, ex'x, and Willi : ffi-
feild and Henry Moulton, overseers. Wit :
Seth ffletcher, Willi: ffifeild and Henry
Moulton.
John Severans conveyed to Richard
North, both of Salisbury, planters, i-acre
house lot in Salisbury, between house
lots of grantee and Willi : Barnes, and
bounded by the green, Sept. 29, 1642.
Wit : Tho. Bradbury and Andrew Greely.
Ack. in court at Salisbury 10:2 mo :i655.
John Sanders of Nubery, yeoman, for
1 3 acres of land in Salisbury, on west side
of pawwaus river, bounded by highway,
Jarrett Haddon, and a street, conveyed to
Anthony Colebie of Salisbury, planter, 6
acres of meadow in Salisbury, formerly of
m r . Thomas Dumer, bounded on great
river, the ferry, John Bayly, jr., Willi :
Barnes, Willi : Sargent, m r . Sam : Winsley's
island, great creek leading to the town,
m r . John Hodges, and Enoch Greenleif,
i : i : 1644. Wit : Tho : Bradbury and
Tristram Coffyn. Ack. before Tristram
Coffyn and Richard Wells, 'commissioners
of Salisbury, 12 : 2 mo: 1655.
John Bayly of Salisbury, weaver, for 7
14-5-., conveyed to John Hoyt of Salisbury,
planter, 6 acres of meadow in Salisbury,
bounded by the town creek, Thomas
Rowell, Richard Currier and Josiah Cob-
ham, 30 : 4 : 1650. Wit : Tho : Bradbury
and Richard Currier. Sworn to by wit-
nesses to be act and deed of John Bayly,
sen., in court at Salisbury, 10:2 mo :
Anthony Stanian of Hampton, having
bought of Joseph Merrie of Hampton a
house, 25 acres of land and two cows,
leases the property from him March 13,
1655. Wit: Robert Pike and Thomas
Macy. Ack. in court at Salisbury 10:2
mo: 1655.
Edward Gilman of Exiter deeds to his
loving wife Mary Gyllman and his two
sons John Gyllman and Moses Gyllman
^30, houses, lands, goods, etc., 14 : n :
1654. Wit: Jn. Ted and Mary Pettitt,
her O mark.
Valentine Hill of Boston, merchant,
Oct. 20, 1653, sold to Thomas Kemble
one-fourth of a saw-mill in Oyster river ;
and in this deed Kemble conveys it, for
^300, to Randall Nicolls of Charlestown,
baker, Feb. 20, 1653. Wit : Giles Kem-
bell and James Miller, his I mark. Ack.
before Increase Nowell 17:1: 1654.
Luke Heard of Salisbury, weaver, con-
veys to George Browne of Salisbury my
now dwelling house with the house lot and
planting lot Sept. 19, 1645. Sarah Bigsbie,
late wife of Luke Heard, consents before
Daniel Denison Feb. 23, 1654.
Nov. 25, 1646, John Eaton, s'r, of Ha-
verhill conveys to George Browne of Ha-
verhill one-half of the 2O-acre lot I
bought of Mr. Nathaniell Warde of Ip-
swich. Also signed by grantor's wife
Anne Eaton (her X mark). Wit : Rich :
Littlehale, Sam : Gilde and Jn. Chinarde.
Ack. by both before Robert Clements and
Joseph Peasly, commissioners for Haver-
hill.
Willi : Barnes (his V mark) of Salis-
bury, carpenter, conveys to Willi : Allin
of Salisbury, carpenter, six acres of
meadow in Salisbury, bounded by Mr.
ffrancis Doue, Mr. Tho : Bradbury, John
Ralfe, Mr. Batt and Henry Blesdale, Sept.
29, 1650. Wit : Tho. Bradbury and Mary
l8o THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
Bradbury (her MB mark). Ack. before Jn Bayly, sometime Luke Heard's, Nov.
Tho : Bradbury, commissioner of Salisbury, 24, 1653. Wit: Tho : Bradbury and
10: 3 mo: 1655. Wymond Bradbury. Ack. and grantor's
Salisbury court, 10 : 2 mo : 1655, Mary wife consented before Tho: Bradbury
Gillman, widow of Edward Gillman, sen., and Richard Wells, commissioners of
late of Exiter, deceased, appointed ad- Salisbury, 23 : 3 : 1655.
ministratrix of his estate. Moses Gillman, Same to same, 2 acres of meadow in
son of the deceased, consents, referring Salisbury, bounded by Willi : Sargent,
to deed of his father to him dated 14 : 1 1 : Thomas Macy and Willi : Barnes. Date,
1654. Wit: Sam: Dudley and Tho: execution, etc., as above.
Bradbury. Jn. ffulsham, Daniell Cushin, Henry Green of Hampton, millwright,
Jn. Leavitt and John Gillman, the sons conveys to William Swaine of Hampton,
of the deceased, consent. Ack. by J. F., 4 acres of fresh meadow (sometime ffran-
J. L. and J. G., before Ri : Bellingham, cis Swaine's), bounded by Robert Tuck,
deputy governor, 29 : 7 : 1655. Tho: Coleman and Jn Marian, and 3
Inventory of above estate, filed 2 : 8 acres of salt marsh lying below Gouges
mo : 1655. Had house and lands at Ex- wiggwa, all in Hampton, 10 : 5 mo : 1655.
iter ; property in my son Jn. Leavit's Wit : Christopher Hussie and Richard
hands at Hingham ; also in the hands of Swaine. Ack. before Christopher Hussey
my sons Daniell Cushin and Moses Gill- and Anthony Stanian, commissioners of
man. Total, .211. Hampton.
ffrancis Swaine of Hampton conveys John Sanders of Newbury, yeoman,
to Willi : Swaine of Hampton 4 acres of conveys to Willi : Barnes and William
meadow, bounded by Rodger Shaw, Osgood, both of Salisbury, carpenters, 10
Willi: Maston, Robert Tuck; 4 acres of acres of meadow in Salisbury, bounded
salt marsh ; 5^ acres of salt marsh on south by meadow late of Robert ffitts and John
side of ffalls river, bounded by John Mari- Hoyt, 12 : 8 mo: 1653. Wit: Tho:
an; and 17 acres of land, bounded by Bradbury and Steven fflanders. Ack. be-
highway to the mill, land of Robert Tucke fore Tho : Bradbury and Richard Wells,
and Richard Swaine, 6:8 mo: 1652. commissioners of Salisbury, 4: 6 mo :
Wit: Sam: Dalton and Humphrey Will- 1655.
son. Ack. before Tho : Wiggin 6 : 8 mo : John Sanders of Newbury, yeoman,
1652. conveys to Lt. Robert Pike of Salisbury,
Brian Pendleton and John Pickrime i^ acres of meadow, and a 12- acre
(his A mark) for Portsmouth, and Wil- planting lot on hoghouse neck in Salis-
liam Fifield and Thomas Marston for bury, formerly Mr. Thomas Dumer's,
Hampton, agree upon a division line be- bounded by Robert Ring, Mr. Hook's
tween the two towns beginning " att y e farm, and land formerly Ralfe Blesdale's,
Cawfway lijng Eaftward from y e fd towne with right to a highway through Mr.
towards Pafcataqua, ten Rod diftant from Doue's neck of upland, Aug. 4, 1651.
y e fd Cawfway there begin & Runn flue Wit : Tho : Bradbury and Rich : Wells.
miles uppon as direct a line as may be Ack. and grantor's wife consented before
keeping neare vnto y e Comon way. The Tho : Bradbury and Rich : Wells, com-
w ch Line being runn ended on y e edg of missioners of Salisbury.
Joflins Neck on y e North fide, the faid John Sanders of Newbury, yeoman,
Neck is y e next to y e northward of y e for money and boards, conveys to Andrew
Longe ftony beach." Greely of Salisbury, shoemaker, 40 acres
Josiah Cobham of Salisbury, planter, of upland southside of Batt's hill, and a
conveys to Lionell Worth of Salisbury, meadow lot, bounded by the great neck,
husbandman, 6 acres of meadow in Salis- Mr. Doue, Mr. Willi : Worcester, and
bury, an island, and part of meadow of Robert Pike, all in Salisbury, Aug. 4,
THE ANCIENT PUTNAM SIDEBOARD.
181
1655. Date, execution, etc., as above.
To be contimied.
NOTES.
Mary Abbott published to Benjamin
Lead, both of Beverly, Nov. 28, 1748.
Feb. 2, 1779, abated Nathaniel Abbott's
tax, " in captivity."
Beverly town records.
"We hear the Hon. Board of Commif-
fioners have appointed JOHN NUTTING,
Efq ; of this Town to be Collector of his
Majefty's Cuftoms for this Port." Essex
Gazette (Salem), Oct. u, 1768.
In the " Military and Naval Annals "
of Danvers, published in 1895, Daniel
Needham was omitted. He was made
" sargent ' July 3, 1778, Capt. John Bod-
well, Col. Jacob Gerrish, when not eigh-
teen years old. He was married in 1783,
and soon after removed to Lynnfield
Centre, where he lived until 1844, re-
spected by all. He married Ede, daugh-
ter of Capt. Samuel Flint, the only com-
missioned officer from Danvers killed in
the Revolution. Jennie Hood Boston,
Reading.
" We hear the Churches and Congre-
gations in the Towns of Newbury and
Rowley, (agreable to a Vote of defire by
faid Towns) obferved Thurfday the 6th
Inftant, as a day of Fafting and Prayer,
on account of the perplexed, diftreffed
ftate of our public Affairs. One of
the Minifters (upon the forrowful Occa-
fion) chofe for his Text thofe Words in
the Prophefy of Jeremiah, 2 Chap. 14
ver. Is Ifrael a Servant ? Is he a home
born Slave ? Why is he fpoiled ? " Es-
sex Gazette, Oct. 18, 1768.
THE ANCIENT PUTNAM SIDEBOARD.
The frontispiece of this number of the
Antiquarian is an engraving of the ancient
Putnam sideboard, which is believed to
be nearly if not quite three hundred years
old. It is now in the possession of the
Essex Institute at Salem, having been
placed there by Miss Harriet P. Fowler,
of Danvers, who is a member of the Put-
nam family. It is an elaborate piece o -
furniture, made of the dark English oak,
and shows every sign of its antiquity. No
nails were driven in its construction,
wooden pegs being used instead.
QUERIES.
Queries are inserted for one cent a word.
Answers are solicited.
105. Wanted, parents of John Hinds
(or, Hains), who married Hannah Shaw,
probably at Bridgewater, Mass., August
II, 1709. ALBERT H. HINDS.
72 Pine St., Portland, Me.
106. Wanted, ancestry of Lydia Web-
ster, who married Samuel Haseltine of
Haverhill, and had a daughter Lydia bom
May 27, 1755. A. B. B.
West Newbury.
107. Who were the ancestors of Mary
Johnson, wife of Samuel Haseltine, of
Haverhill about 1725 ? A. B. B.
108. Wanted, ancestry of Ruth Whit-
tier, wife of Benjamin Greeley of Haver-
hill. She died in 1744, aged forty-five.
A. B. B.
109. Who were the ancestors of
Rachel Mitchell, who married William
Whittier of Haverhill May 17, 1716?
A. B. B.
no. Wanted, ancestry of Daniel Col-
cord and Hannah Oilman, who were mar-
ried at Kingstown, N. H., April 22, 1730.
A. B. B.
in. Who were the ancestors of Han-
nah Webster, wife of Stephen, son of
Richard and Hannah (Emery) Bartlett of
Amesbury ? A. B. B.
112. Information wanted regarding
ancestors of John Blethin (or, Blevin), a
Quaker, living at Lynn, Mass., 1659, at
Salem, 1674 ; also, information of James
Blevin and Edward Blevin, living at Oys-
ter Bay, L. I., about 1685, and at Wes-
terly, R. I., about 1691, believed to have
been brothers of John Blethin. Address
WILLIAM W. BLIVEN.
140 Nassau St., JV. Y. City.
182
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
113. Wanted, name of wife of Rich-
ard King (born, 1667), son of Daniel
King. E. A. H.
Cleveland, Oh io .
114. Wanted, name of wife of Rich-
ard King (born, 1677), son of Capt.
Ralph King of Salem and Lynn.
E. A. H.
115. Wanted, ancestry of Elizabeth,
wife of Richard King of Littleton (mar-
ried, 1720-26). E. A. H.
ANSWERS.
35. Genealogical information con-
cerning the Pottle family can be found in
the records of Hampton and Stratham, in
New Hampshire, and of Newbury and
Salisbury, in Massachusetts. Ed.
81. Sarah4, wife of John Wilder, jr.,
was not Sarah Sawyer, but Sarah, daugh-
ter of Josiah3 and Mary (Rice) White,
born in Lancaster Oct. 21, 1680. They
were married about 1699. John White 1
and wife Joanna came from the west of
England to Salem, Mass., in 1638; and
settled in that part of the town which is
now Wenham. His wife Joanna died in
Lancaster 18 : 4 : 1654 ; and his will was
made in 1673. Their youngest son, Jo-
siah White, 2 baptized in Salem June 4,
1643, removed with his parents to Lan-
caster in 1653, an d niarried, first, Mary
Lewis, who had no children. He mar-
ried, second, Nov. 28, 1678, Mary Rice,
of Marlborough, daughter of Thomas and
Mary Rice, who was born in Sudbury
Sept. 4, 1656. Her father, Thomas Rice,
died in Sudbury, his will being proved in
1 68 1 and her mother's in 1715. Thom-
as Rice was son of Edmund and Tamer-
zine Rice, who came from England. I
prove Sarah (White) Wilder's parentage
by an agreement made by John Wilder
and his wife and her sisters May 13, 1719,
and recorded in Middlesex county rec-
cords, volume 20, page 486. Myra L.
White, Haver hi II.
82. Prudence Keyes was daughter of
James and Hannah (Divoll) Keyes. Her
father was son of Elias and Sarah (Blanch-
ard) Keyes of Marlborough. Prudence
married, July 7, 1725, in Lancaster. I
find her name, Prudence Wilder, in her
father's will. Hannah Divoll was daugh-
ter of Ens. John and Hannah (White)
Divoll, and was born in Lancaster June
12, 1667. She was taken prisoner by the
Indians with her mother and youngest
brother, William, at the Rovvlandson gar-
rison house in Lancaster Feb. io, 1675-
6, and her father and older brothers died
in captivity or were killed. Hannah
(White) Divoll was daughter of John and
Joanna White, and sister of Mrs. Mary
Rowlandson, wife of the first minister of
Lancaster. M. L. White, Haverhill.
83. Lydia Rugg was a descendant
from John 1 and Hannah Rugg of Con-
cord. Their son, Daniel Rugg, 2 was
born in Concord 15 : 9 : 1678, and mar-
ried Elizabeth Priest in 1704. They had
a son, Reuben Rugg,3 who was baptized
in Lancaster Aug. 26, 1716 (being prob-
ably about eleven years old). He mar-
ried Lydia Ross of Lancaster March io,
1730-1. and they became the parents of
Lydia Rugg, who was born in Lancaster
March 23, 1732-3 ; and married Asa Wil-
der Dec. 12, 1754. M. L. W., HaverhilL
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THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
VOL. I.
SALEM, MASS., DECEMBER, 1897.
No. 12
METHODS OF HEATING IN THE OLDEN TIME.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY.
THE first settlers of Essex county
found here a climate even colder and
more rigorous that that of their old
home. In the construction of their hab-
itations arrangements had to be made
for heating the living room, at least, and
also for purposes of cookery. They
were compelled to resort to the quickest
and readiest, and, in many instances, the
cheapest method of its accomplishment.
In the mother land open fireplaces sup-
plied all these needs. These could read-
ily be made by piling stones at the end of
the house, wall fashion, in the form of
three sides of a square, opening into the
house. When a height of about six feet
was reached, a hewn timber was laid
across the ends, the front being utilized
for a mantle-piece and the rest for the
support of the front part of the chimney,
which was then carried up on all sides as
high as the house, being made somewhat
smaller at the top, thus forming a large
flue. The construction was made as
tight as possible, though chinks soon
appeared in the ear-
liest chimneys. The
later ones were bet-
ter constructed.
The hearth was
also built of stone
and' extended not
only over the fire-
place but several
feet into the room. Into the fireplace
the long heavy logs were piled, being
raised a few inches above the hearth, for
the purpose of draught, by firedogs, and
later by andirons. Those early scenes
indeed bring to mind the ancient Yule
logs of merry England.
But these logs had just been felled,
and being perfectly unseasoned could not
be readily kindled. Dead boughs of
pine and other trees were gathered and
piled beneath the logs. Then the jack-
knife of our fathers was used to make
shavings from the dry sticks with which
to kindle them. And then the flint and
steel and tinder-box must be patiently
used until the shavings were on fire.
Once kindled, the fire was rarely allowed
to become extinct in the winter season,
being constantly supplied with logs, or
continued by living coals of peat buried
in the ashes.
. Though the fire was usually a hot one,
most of the heat passed up the chimney,
and in cold frosty nights the flames some-
times rose above the chimney top, en-
dangering the safety of the dwelling. In
the large living rooms of our ancestors
the hearth-fire did not comfortably warm
the entire space ; so settles with high
tight board backs,* some five feet in
height and several feet in length, were
placed in front and on either side of the
fireplace, that back and face might be
equally warm. And the light from the
flames was generally so bright that no
candles were required for the ordinary
work of the household.
This hearth-fire was not only used for
heating, but for cooking, by placing the
food to be cooked on the hearth in front
of the fire, or in the great kettle that
* Shown in the frontispiece.
1 84
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
hung over it ; or, later, when better chim-
neys were built with baking ovens in
them, the food was placed in the oven
and slowly and deliciously cooked, to
the enjoyment of the family on Sunday
morning, unless the door of the oven was
outside of the house, and some lover of a
good breakfast purloined its contents,
leaving the family without their custom-
ary Indian pudding, brown bread and
beans.
If persons were working in a corner of
the room far from the fire-place, they
would heat stones and keep their feet
upon them while they worked. In later
years an improvement was made in the
use of portable heat. A tin box was
placed within a wooden frame, which was
sometimes square and sometimes round or
oblong, and within
the box, which was
more or less per-
forated at the sides
and top, live coals
from the hearth-fire
were placed on
ashes. The coals
kept alive for several hours. These foot
stoves, as they were called, were very
comfortable.
In some early meeting-houses, fire-
places were built in one corner, as, for
instance, in the first church in Salem.
Foot stoves were also carried to meeting
in later times, and they lessened the
coldness of the place. In many towns a
small house was erected near the meeting-
house, having a fireplace and a chimney
in it, and in such houses the people com-
fortably passed the intermission between
services. Here, also, the foot stoves
could be replenished with coals from the
hearth-fire.
In 1745, the inventive mind of Benja-
min Franklin added another star to his
famous constellation by the Franklin
stove, which is still in use, though some-
what changed. It was made of cast-iron
as now, and was in its appearance a mod-
ified fire-place. It varied principally
from the modern stove of that name in
having an open space at its back, which
is still deemed by many to be an advan-
tage. Toward the close of the last cen-
tury the Franklin stove, of the style "shown
in the following engraving, was in common
use in Essex county.
FOOT STOVE.
THE EARLY FRANKLIN STOVE.
In 1796, Dea. Eleazer SpofTord of Jaf-
frey, N. H., invented a novel stove made
of brick. Deacon Spofford was born in
what is now Georgetown, on Spofford's
hill, Aug. 12, 1739. He moved to Jaf-
frey in 1778 and built some valuable
mills on the Contoocook river, being an
ingenious mechanic. Late in life, he
removed to the East parish of Bradford,
now Groveland, Mass., where he died in
1828.
The Salem Gazette of Feb. 2, 1796,
contained a description of this stove.
Captain Saunderson of Salem read the
article, and thought he would have one
built. He engaged Capt. John Dodge, a
brick mason, to construct one. The
principles upon which it was made were
similar to the Franklin iron stove. It
was found that brick retained heat better
than iron, thus making the temperature
more equable and consuming less fuel.
It was so successful in its use that Mr.
Dodge was employed to build several
others in the fall of that year, as well as
in the next year.
A man by the name of Pollock made
an improvement on the brick stove, and
METHODS OF HEATING IN THE OLDEN TIME.
Mr. Dodge added it to the stoves he was
making, apparently without knowing of
Mr. Pollock's patent. The following
copy of an advertisement which Mr.
Dodge inserted in the Salem Gazette of
Dec. 1 8, 1 8 10, shows that he and Mr.
Pollock came to an agreement :
* PATENT STOVES.
THE Subscriber last winter invented a BRICK
STOVE for the purpose of warming dwell-
ing-houses, churches, compting rooms, &c.
which proved very beneficial for that purpose ;
but rinding that it participated of the principle of
Mr. Pollock's patent, he has obtained authority
of that Patentee to continue to erect the same,
and has invented a new-constructed and durable
air vessel, which will give full effect to the princi-
ple, by which rooms may be warmed at a reduced
expence of fuel, and a great increase of comfort.
He will now erect said Stoves, with the improved
air vessel, for any who may wish, or empower
others to set them up. Air Vessels, Doors, &c.
may be had of Newhall &> Lewis, tin-plate work-
ers, near the Salem Hotel.
Salem, Dec. 18. JOHN DODGE.
This kind of a stove was soon sup-
planted ]py a brick stove that was in use
in Russia and had been for two centuries.
Capt. Solomon Towne,* of Salem, com-
mander of the ship Galatea, spent the
winter of 1810-11 in Russia, where he,
with other Americans, were attracted by
the efficiency of the brick stoves in use
there. With much difficulty he found a
person who could make him a model.
This was an ingenious German potter,
residing near Revel (the port where Cap-
tain Towne's vessel lay), who made tiles
for stoves. At considerable expense to
Captain Towne, the German made him
two neat porcelain models, one square
and the other circular. Captain Towne
sailed from Revel to St. Petersburg, and
mentioned the matter of the models to
John Quincy Adams,t the American am-
bassador, who expressed great pleasure
at his success, observing that he had him-
self been desirous of obtaining a model to
send home, but had never been able to
do so. The directions accompanying
*He was born in Boxford.
tHe studied law in Newburyport.
1*5
the models being in the German lan-
guage, Mr. Adams furnished Captain
Towne with an English translation ot
them.
On Captain Towne's return to Salem,
he exhibited the models to Mr. Dodge,
who was eager to seize on any improve-
ment. With Captain Towne's consent,
Mr. Dodge erected one in his own house,
which proved satisfactory.
The principle of the stove was that the
heat should pass through various com-
partments, so as to heat a large surface
of brick in a small space. The directions
for using the stove stated that ''the wood
should be light and dry, so as quickly to
burn down to a coal, when, all the smoke
having passed off, the damper is imme-
diately closed, by which means the heat
is retained." It saved one-half of the
fuel that was needed for the old manner of
heating, and diffused a moderate and
uniform heat. The stove could be con-
structed in various shapes, and was sus-
ceptible of a neat appearance.
Captain Dodge inserted in the Salem
Gazette of Jan. 7, 1812, the following ad-
vertisement :
Great Saving of Fuel, and Promotion of
Warmth and Comfort.
THE Subscriber, having obtained a complete
model of the most improved
RUSSIAN STOVE,
and, in order to ascertain its merits, set one up in
his own house, has found by experiment that he
can warm a common room for 24 hours with ten
sticks of wood, each 3 inches diameter and 2 feet
long, keeping the room at about 60 degrees of
Fahrenheit's thermometer on an average for the
24 hours. The Russian stove would be excellent
for large public rooms, and especially for meet-
ing-houses, by which three-fourths of the fuel
commonly used may be saved; and, being of
brick, the expense is not great. The Stove he
has constructed may be seen in operation at his
house in Barton Square; and he will attend to
any calls for putting up Stoves of this or his own
construction.
Salem, Jan. 7, 1812. JOHN DODGE.
This was the only Russian stove that
Captain Dodge ever made. He had
nearly completed one for the office of
Hon. Samuel Putnam, and was finishing
i36
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
it when he was seized with a pain in his
breast. He sat down in a chair, and
instantly expired without a groan. This
was on January i3th, and he was forty-
five years of age.
In the Salem Gazette of Jan. 21, 1812,
the following advertisement may be
found :
Russian Stoves.
THE subscriber, who was an apprentice to the
late Capt. John Dodge, proposes to continue
to work for the family at his trade. He offers to
construct RUSSIAN STOVES for any persons
who may apply. He assisted Mr. Dodge in
building that for S. Putnam Esq. in his ofnce-
which has exceeded the most sanguine expecta-
tions. He will be assisted by Mr. William Rob-
erts.
Apply to ALLEN MARSH,
At Capt. Dodge's late dwelling.
N. B. The Stoves will be built after the model
that Mr. Dodge had procured.
An ornamental stove of this kind was
built in the Essex Bank, two in the then
new South meeting-house, and others in
private dwellings within the next two
weeks, all of which fulfilled the highest
expectations.
In the Salem Gazette of March .17,
1812, the following advertisement ap-
peared :
To the Public.
THE saving of fuel, and at the same time the
promoting of warmth and comfort, has long
been a desirable attainment in this country ; and
much time has been spent, and great expense in-
curred upon this object. Many new methods
have been invented, and patent rights secured ;
but all have fallen short of the purpose, until the
RUSSIAN AIR STOVE
was introduced by Capt. SOLOMON TOWNE, who
with much difficulty and at great expense obtained
a correct model of it, with directions for erecting
and using it. From this model from 20 to 30
Stoves have already been erected, the experience
of which have proved it to be superior to anything
of the kind ever offered to the public, whether for
the saving of fuel, or introducing a pleasant
warmth into the room, free from the disagreeable
air which generally arises from stoves hitherto in
use. The experience of the country from whence
it comes, for 200 years, affords the most ample
proof of its utility in tempering the severity of
winter. This Stove may be built at a small ex-
pense, and at the same time be made as handsome
as any piece of furniture whatever, and it may be
so placed as to warm several rooms with the same
fire. The Subscribers having purchased of Capt.
Towne the model of this Stove, with the directions
for building and using it, they are now ready to
attend to any calls upon them from any place,
either to erect Stoves, or to sell the model, &c.
upon reasonable terms. 9
WILLIAM ROBERTS,
EBENEZER HINMAN,
DAVID ROBBINS,
TIMOTHY CHAMBERLAIN.
Salem, March 17, 1812.
In the Salem Gazette of April 28, 1812,
the following advertisement can be
found :
RUSSIAN STOVE.
'THE public are respectfully informed that the
1 Subscribers have purchased with others the
model of the RUSSIAN STOVE, introduced by
Capt. SOLOMON TOWNE. The real utility of this
Stove has been completely proved by experiment.
Independent of the fact that in Russia it is in ordi-
nary use among all classes of persons it has been
here subject to repeated trials, and under all the
disadvantages attending first experiments, has ob-
tained universal success and approbation. It saves
more than one half of the ordinary consumption of
fuel; diffuses a moderate, uniform and agreeable
heat, and is perfectly safe from accident. Care
however must be taken in the construction, other-
wise the beneficial effects will be impaired. The
Stove admits of a variety of forms, and is not only
susceptible of neatness, but even^of elegance, and
can be accommodated to every shape of room.
The subscribers have the full benefit of the Rus-
sian model and directions, and are ready to warrant
that Stoves erected by them shall equal any which
can be constructed. The Subscribers are also au-
thorized to sell models, &c. to any persons who
wish to engage in this business.
JAMES NICHOLS,
JOSHUA UPHAM,
SAMUEL LATHERBY,
LOAM MI COBURN,
LEVI CHAMPION,
JONATHAN HASELTON,
EBENEZER HENMAN,
NATH'L S. FOSTER,
PEIRCE L. WIGGIN,
JOSEPH STIMPSON,
JONATHAN NEAL, JR.
Salem, April 28, 1812.
In spite of the transfer of the interest
of the family of Captain Dodge in this
new stove, Allen Marsh, who assisted him
WILL OF JOANNA CUMMINGS.
I8 7
in the erection of the first one, published
in the Salem Gazette of July 21, 1812, a
notice addressed to " his friends and the
public of this and the neighboring towns,
that he continues to erect the Russian
stove according to the real earthen model
brought from Russia." He further said
that it could be ornamented with marble
or freestone ; and that orders would be
received at his lodgings, directly oppo-
site Tay's sadler's shop near North
bridge.
Early in this century iron fire-frames,
as they were called, being a sort of fire-
place with sides and top, but no back or
front, were in use in some houses. They
were made to be set against the chimney
so that the chimney would form the back
of the frame, an aperture being in the
chimney at the upper part of the frame.
It stood on a hearth of brick, on which
the fire was built, the wood being raised
above the hearth by andirons. The fire-
place, thus formed, was used as such.
These fire-frames were often quite orna-
mental ; and may yet be seen in old houses
in Essex county.
tion, of course, of the
Franklin stove. These
stoves were
p ro bably
made in
Philadel-
phia, perhaps by the com-
pany manufacturing the
Franklin stove. These stoves
were in use as early as 1819.
They were connected with
the chimney by funnel, as
modern stoves are. These
crude engravings are repro-
ductions from newspaper advertisements
of the date mentioned.
The following are similar engravings
of stoves that were in use in 1826. Some
of them were made for use in shops and
others in school houses.
These methods of heat-
ing
very
and
tial
seem
crude
impar-
when
compared with
4 steam, hot
modern
air.
hot
water, gas, oil and elec-
tric heating, but each
of them was a step ^'
toward the present systems.
A FIRE-FRAME.
Immecliatelv after this time the idea^of
* **
making the stoves of iron became preva-
lent, and soon manifested itself by the
manufacture of stoves made of both
sheet and cast iron. The following are
some of the earliest styles of iron stoves
that the writer has found, with the excep-
WILL OF JOANNA CUMMINGS.
The will of Joanna Cummings of Salem
was written May n, 1644, and proved in
the Salem quarterly court July n, 1644.
The following copy is taken from the origi-
nal instrument on file in the office of the
clerk of courts at Salem, book i, leaf
22.
I Jone Comins : dow giue vnto my fonn
John Affter my death my houfe & ground
& my gote : & my fow & he f hall give vnto
gooman Cornifh a hog pig of tow
months ould : m r :es noris fhall have my
mufe.
I dow give my Cow to m[y] gran Child
mary Bourne :
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
[t dow give || all || my beft Apparil & The n d of the: 3d: month Caled may
fkding & bed to my Gran Child Johanah beeing the laft day of the week
to by a heafer of tow yere ould to bee wittnes
put forth for hir good & that wich ken a 8 Mary Beacham Jone Comins
parte of that to my fonn John to Buery VI Elizabeth Corning :
mee with all*] Elnor : wathin M
I will have my debtes to bee payed out .
of the pipe ftaves & that wich Remaynes ABBOT NOTES,
to bee giuen the one halfe to my gran-
child mary borne & the other halfe to J*" fbbat married Eliz Chum, in
Johanah borne my gran Child. Marblenead, Dec. 1 1 1787.
I will haue all my beft Apparel bed & avid Flint married Ehz Abbot (Chmn),
bedding & all my houfould goods fould : m Marblehead, Sept ii 1794.
& out of that a heafer of tow yere ould to -Marblehead town records.
bee bought for Johanah Bourne & \\erefr Sarah Abbott published to Benjamin
toburie mee|| I give To m r Moris Twenty Herrick of Methuen March 4, 1775.
fhilings & to the Church twenty fhilings : James Wyman of Methuen married
defiring y m to Exfort fo fmal a gift I Rhoda Abbott of Bradford, in Methuen,
giue to goody Cotta my Blew pott robe & O ct * n, 1797-
a waft Cote my Trunck & Cloth vpon -Methuen town records.
Goodye wathin fhall haue it for tenn William Abbot married Martha White,
fhilings & the ffor to bare it vp with & both of Ipswich, May 9, 1758. He
goodye || wathin || fhall bee payed what I lived in Beverly, and was a mariner. He
owe hir & the Reft to the deacons for was living in 1765, and died before Dec.
them to giue wher Is appoynted Goody 8, 1768, when his widow Martha was ap-
ffeld fhall haue my lorn pol at 4 d a pointed administratrix of his estate. She
pound to bee payed that I owe hir & was living in Beverly, his widow, in 1783.
that w ch Remaines to the dacuns I giue Their children were born in Beverly, as
to goody Beacham a petticot with 3 caces follows : i. William, born April 20,
about & a green fane yard & an ould 1761; was a mariner; died at Guada-
waft Cote & an ould linin Change I giue loupe in 1794 ; married Elizabeth ,
to Ann fhiply Tow linin Changes. I give who died Oct. 19, 1817, aged fifty-seven;
goodman boyce an ould blanckit wi[c] and lived in Beverly, where their children
vp in the Chamber & a pilow wich he were born as follows : i . William, born
hath a Redie what fo euer is vnder my Jan. 6, 1 785 ; married Hepsibah Batchel-
bed I giue to goody Corning & goody der Dec. 15, 1808; and was drowned at
wathin to bee Equally deuided I giue sea July 19, 1811; his widow marrying,
John brownes wife a whit Cutworke Coyfe : second, Samuel Picket May 9, 1815; 2.
[ giue goody^ wathin a blacke Coyfe w th a Martha, born Dec. 18, 1787 ; died July 3,
lape : a grograne Coyfe: I giue my whit 1809; 3. John, born Feb. 14, 1789;
ilaf waft Cot & ould hat to Deborah died June 29, 1809; 4. George, born
wathin I giue goody ffeld one of my lafe March 25, 1791 ; married Nancy Stickney
han carchefes w ich is at good bornes April 2, 1820; and died Jan. 18, 1848 ;
I defire That ||the|| Tow deacons m r and 5. Elizabeth, born March 10, 1794;
Got :^.& goodman home : that they fhall married Oliver Blanchard Nov. 15, 1814;
haue the ordring & defpofing of thefe 2. John, christened April 10, 1763 ; died
things in my .will to Improve for the young. 3. John, born Aug. 23, 1764; lost
Childrens good: y* it may not bee at sea; tax abated April i, 1788. 4.
bangled away Hannah, christened Jan. 8, 1767; pub-
*The words enclosed in these brackets are lished to Woodbeiy Messey of Ware Sept.
crossed out in the original will. Ed. 6, 1789. Beverly town records, etc.
THE FRIGATE CONSTITUTION.
189
" OLD IRONSIDES. "
Ay, tear her tattered ensign down !
Long has it waved on high,
And many an eye has danced to see
That banner in the sky;
Beneath it rung the battle shout,
And burst the cannon's roar;
The meteor of the ocean air
Shall sweep the clouds no more !
Her deck, once red with heroes' blood,
Where knelt the vanquished foe,
W 7 hen winds were hurrying o'er the flood
And waves were white below,
No more shall feel the victor's tread,
Or know the conquered knee;
The harpies of the shore shall pluck
The eagle of the sea !
O. W. Holmes.
THE FRIGATE CONSTITUTION.
The centennial anniversary of the
launching of the old United States frigate
Constitution has just been celebrated in
Boston, the gallant ship having been re-
paired and put in order for formal service.
Some of the original timbers were cut
in the woods in that part of Rowley which
is now Georgetown, and teamed, by the
Brocklebanks and Nelsons, to Charlestown
navy-yard, where the ship was launched
Oct. 21, 1797.
Its crew was made up of men from this
part of the state, eighty of whom were
from Marblehead.
She carried forty-four guns ; and came
to be affectionately called " Old Iron-
sides."
Her first active service was in the mari-
time troubles before Tripoli in 1 804 ; and
she served all through the war of 1812-15,
being always fortunate, probably from the
fact that she was well commanded and
manned. In the war of 1812-15, Capt.
Isaac Hull had her in command until
toward the end of the year 1812, when he
transferred her to Commodore Bainbridge.
Aug. 19, 1812, she engaged the Guer-
riere, a thirty-eight-gun ship under the
command of Captain Dacres. The Eng-
lish Vessel finally surrendered, after being
so badly injured that she was set on fire
and abandoned. The Guerriere lost one
hundred and one men killed, wounded and
missing. The Constitution had seven
killed and seven wounded. Up to this
time, the British navy had had a charm of
invincibility upon the sea, which was now
broken, and the dismay in England was
only paralleled by the joy in America. The
enthusiasm in Marblehead upon the result
of this engagement was unbounded.
Dec. 29, 1812, she so successfully en-
countered the British frigate Java, of
thirty-eight guns, off San Salvador, in the
West Indies, that after a desperate action
of three hours' duration the Java was re-
duced to a complete wreck, not a spar
being left standing. Her commander and
one hundred and sixty of her crew were
either killed or wounded. The Constitu-
tion was slightly injured, and but thirty-
four of her men were killed or wounded.
Among the killed were the two sons of
a poor widow, named Cheever, of Marble-
head.
The Constitution came north to be re-
paired, and again recourse was had to old
Baldpate, in Georgetown, for the timber,
out of which its new knees, planks and
stanchions were formed. The timber was
hauled to Charlestown by Capt. Eliphalet
Chaplin.
On Sunday forenoon, April 3, 1814, the
people of Marblehead were alarmed by
the sudden appearance of three great
ships of war sailing as fast as wind could
carry them with their prows pointed to-
ward the harbor. The ship in advance
was recognized as the Constitution, the
two in the rear being the English frigates
Tenedos and Endymion. The Constitu-
tion was escaping from her pursuers, and
with the assistance of the seamen, who
knew every rock and shoal of the locality,
she sailed swiftly and majestically into the
harbor, as cheer followed cheer from the
crowded headlands and housetops. The
British commanders had no such assistants
and they dared not come very near the
rocky coast. At about five o'clock, she
weighed anchor, and sailed into Salem
harbor, where she was more protected.
The Constitution was commanded at this
time by Captain Stewart.
190
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
To protect the frigate and the town a
number of heavy cannon were sent from
Salem, and the Marblehead artillery assem-
bled, but no further sally of the British was
made.
She was in active service all through the
war, and was never dismasted or stranded.
She was in three actions, and was twice
closely chased. She captured five vessels
of war, two of which were frigates, and a
third frigate-built.
At the breaking out of the Rebellion, in
April, 1 86 1, the Constitution was sta-
tioned, as a school ship, off Annapolis,
Md., and it was feared that the Confeder-
ates would seize her. On their way to
Washington, by water, the Salem Zouaves
and the " sappers and miners " corps of
the Eighth regiment discovered her immi-
nent danger and they went aboard and by
lightening her got her over the bar and
out to sea, sailing her to New York. Many
of these men were sailors, and belonged
in Georgetown, Gloucester, Lynn, Marble-
head, Newburyport, and Salem. The old
frigate was saved just in time from being
transformed into a rebel ram.
2 i.
3
4 ill
5 iv
ACIE GENEALOGY.
The surname of ACIE is also spelled
Aasa, Acce, Acee, Acey, Acy, Acye, Asa,
Ascye, Asee, Asey, Asie and Asye.
WILLIAM AciE 1 was living in Rowley,
and had a grant of land there as early as
1643. He bought land in Topsfield in
1664, but continued to live in Rowley.
His autograph herewith given, as follows :
Mary's portion being encumbered with
his support for the rest of his life.
Children : *
RUTH 2 , m. John Palmer of Rowley 17: 7:
1645.
MARY 2 , m. Charles Brown of Rowley 14:
8: 1647. She d., and was buried Dec.
12, 1683; and he was buried Dec. 16,
1687.
ELIZABETH 2 , m. Robert Swan in 1652.
JOHN 2 , b. about 1638. See below (5).
5
JOHN AciE 3 , born about 1638. He
lived in Rowley, where he first appears in
1665. He died in 1690 ; administration
being granted on his estate 25 : i : 1690-1.
Mr. Acie married Hannah Green of
Hampton, N. H., June 5, 1676. She
survived him, and married John Shepard
of Rowley before 1694. She died March
30, 1718.
Children, born in Rowley :
MARY 3 , b. Aug. 5, 1677; d. young.
ELIZABETH 3 , b. Jan. 23, 1678-9; m.
Judah Trumble of Rowley Nov. u,
1698; and was living in Rowley in 1734.
HANNAH 3 , b. March 9, 1680-1; m.
Caleb Burbank of Rowley Aug. 31,
1 689 ; and was living in Rowley in 1 7 1 5 .
MARGARET 3 , b. Aug. 30, 1683; m. John
Dresser Feb. 10, 1702-3.
61.
7 n.
8 m.
9 iv.
AMESBURY INSCRIPTIONS.
SALISBURY PLAINS CEMETERY.
Contimied from page 172.
Here Is Intend
Mr 8 . LYDIA OSGOOD
the Wife of
M r . DaviD OSGOOD
Who Dcs d JULY
2 O
AGED
t b
53
1768
Years
was written in 1661. He was a constable
in 1654, and also held other town offices.
Being "very aged," he made his will
April 2 2, 1689; and it was proved Sept.
20, 1690.
Mr. Acie married Margaret be-
fore 1664, and she died in February,
1674-5, being buried on the twelfth. He
then conveyed his estate to his children,
FARWAL MY HUSBAN NOW
TO HOME I WISH ALL GOOD
THE GOD OF HOSt BE YOUR SUP
TILL WE DO MEET AGAIN (ORt
FAREWELL MY CHILDREN DEAR
TO HOME MY BOWELS ARN (GHt
LEt LOVE & TRUTH BE YOUr DELI
WHO AM DEAD & GONE
*There may have been a son Thomas, who was
of Rowley in 1676-7. Savage says that there was
a son Joseph baptized in Boston in 1657. But
William was living in Rowley in 1657. Ed.
AMESBURY INSCRIPTIONS.
191
In Memory of
LYDIA OSGOOD
Dau r . of Liev* SAMUEL
M r8 . ELENER OSGOOD
died may 17 th 1776
Aged 7 Years.
In Memory of
SAMUEL OSGOOD
Son of Liev* SAMUEL
M". ELENER OSOOOD
died June y e i7* h 1776
Aged i Year & 8 M.
SARAH,
Relict of
Cap fc . William Ofgood,
died
June i8 th 1774,
sEt. 57.
Here Lies Interrd
CAP*. WILLIAM OSGOOD
Who Died of The
SMALL POX NOV* the
26 th 1758 AGED 43
Year : i MO : 12 Days
Depart My Friends
Dry up Your Teers
I Must Lie here
Till Christ Apears
Here Lies Interrd
Mrs MARY PAGE
Consort to M r .
John Pace EsQ r
Who Des*. AUGUST
Y e 2 i ** 1774
In the 77 th year
of her AGE
Here Is Interrd
Mrs MARY PAGE
the wife of
Ensign Enoch Page
Who DCS* MARCH
Y e 6 1775
In the 35 year
of her AGE
Here Is Interrd
M re . ELEANOR PAIGE
the Wife of M r .
SAMUEL PAIGE Who
DCS*. JANUARY Y e
29 th 1770 AGED
44 year 5 Mo
& r i Days
Here Lies Interrd
M r . JOHN PAIGE ESQ 1
Who Departed
This Life March
Y e ii th 1767
In the 71 Ye a r
of his Age
Come Mortal Man
And Cast An Eye
Come Read thy Doom
Prepare to Die
Here Lies Interrd
MARY y e DaUF r Of
M r . Samuel & M rs .
Elnor Paige
Who DCS*. March
Y e io th 1760
In the 3 rd Year
of her AGE
In Memory of
MR. JOSIAH PARKER,
of Lexington,
who died Nov. yth, 1792 ;
aged 22 years.
life
This present will fo on decay
Perhaps my time will end to day,
Then may I find the happy fhore
Where fin j hall vex my Soul no more
HERE LIES THE
BODY OF IOHN
PARSONS LATE D
STUDENT OF HARUAR
COLLEGE SON OF THE
REV. IOSEPH AND
ELISABETH PARSONS
HE WAS BORN OCT
15 1725 DECEASED
OCT 2 8 tll i740^TAT. 16
192
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
HERE LIES THE BODY
OF THE REU :
JOSEPH PARSONS A. M.
INSTALLED PASTOR OF THE
2 d CHURCH IN SALISBURY,
ANNO 1718: HE DECEASED
MAR. i 3 th . 1739. ETAT: 69:
HE WAS AN EMINENT
CHRISTIAN A^D WELL
ACCOMPLISHED MINISTER :
ABLE FAITHFUL, LABORIOUS,
AND SUCCESSFUL.
HERE LIES ANNA
DAUT r . TO M r
STEPHEN & M"
JOANNA PRESCUT
WHO DCS* AUGUST
Y* 16 1770
AGE i YEA 6 MO
& 1 6 DAYS
Here
CAP*
Who
this
ye
In
of
Is Interrd
DAVID RING
Departed
Life April
1752
Year
3 rd
the 39
his
th
AGE
Here Lies Interrd
Mr DAVID RING
Who Departed
this Life JULY
ye ^ o th 1773
In the 23 rd . Year
of his AGE
MAN THAt IS BORN OF
A WOMA, IS OF FEW DAYS
AND FULL OF TROUBLE HE
COMETH FORTH LIKE A
FLOWER, AND IS CUT DOWN
HERE LYES *
BODY OF
RING Y e WIFE OFM 1 . DAVIS
RING
1732 (?)
IN Y e
* The inscription is indistinct.
MARY
Relict of
Samuel Smith,
died
. 1 8'*. 1786
Alt. 68.
SAMUEL SMITH
died
25'*. Octr. 1778
in his
6 5 th - year.
Here Lies Interrd
The Body of cap*.
JEREMIAH STEVENS
Who Departed
This Life Nov r .
Y e 24 th i759
In Y e 85 th Year
Of His AGE.
Here Is Intered DE".
JONATHAN STEVENS
Who Departed
this Life MAY
ye 3 r d 1771
AGED 68 YEAR 5 MO
& 28 Days
DEPART MY FRIENDS
DRY UP YOUR TEARS
I MUST LIE HERE
TILL CHRIST APPEARS.
HERE LIES Y e
BODY OF M r .
IOSEPH STOCKMAN
WHO
THIS
LIFE
THE
1753
THE
O F
DEPARTED
MORTAL
OCTOBER
3 A. D.
& I N
8 YEAR
HIS AGE
3
AMESBURV INSCRIPTIONS.
193
HERE LIES YE
BODY OF MARY
STOCKMAN WHO
WAS THE DAFTER
OF LIUT JOSEPH
AND M rs . MARY
STOCKMAN WHO
NOUEMBER THE
7 th . A D 1753
DIED IN
THE 6 th . YEAR
OF HER AGE
HERE LYES Y e
BODY OF RUTH
STOCKMAN THE
DAFTER OF LIU*
JOSEPH AND M rs .
MARY STOCKMAN
WHO DIED NOU r
ye T > th
IN
OF
1 3
,th
HER
1 75 3
YEAR
AGE
HERE LYES BURIED
the BODY OF Mrs
MaRy TaPPEn the
WIFE OF mr.
TaPPEN WHO
nOVEMBER Y e .
1728 & In
23 rd YEAR OF
AGE
lames
DIED
4th
t he
HER
HERE LYES
THE BODY OF
ABEL TRUE
THE SON OF
Mr IACOB AND
M rs . ANNA TRUE
WHO DIED
NOUEMBE R
THE 30 1753
AND IN THE
3 d YEAR OF
HIS AGE
Here Is Interrd
Mr 8 . ANNA TRUE
the Wife of
M r . Henry True
Who D epar t ed
this Life A u GUSt
Y e i8 th 1756
In the 48 tb Year
of h i r AGE
HERE LYES
THE BODY OF
ANNE TRUE
DA FTER O F
M r . IACOB &
M rs . ANNA TRUE
WHO DIED
NOUEMBER
THE 28 1753
AND IN THE
5 YEAR OF
HER AGE
Here Is Interred
THE CHILDREN OF
M r . JOHN & M". MARY TR<
DANIEL TRUE DCS*
OCT A
AGED
RUTH
IANUARY
AGED
28
i
TRUE
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i 3
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YEAR
DCS*
1748
M O
Here
Mr 8 .
t h e
Capt.
Who
This
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In ^
of
lies interrd
DOROTHY TR UC
Wife of
Winthrop True
Departed
Life March
i i th 1764
Year
ld
her
AGE
MR. IACOB TRUE
*
176-
*This inscription is almost entirely gone.
THE ESSFX ANTIQUARIAN.
Here is Intered
M r . WINTHROP TRUE
TUn r . Who Departed
this Life Oct r
Y 8 th
in the 31'
of his
1770
Year
AGE
Here Is Interrd M r .
JAMES TUCKER
Who D ep a rted
this Life July 6 th
1769 In Y e 73 rd
Year of his Age
In Memory
of-
MR. BENJAMIN WADLEIG"
who died
January 21 st J/#/,
in the 75'* Year
of his
Age
Here lies BETTY
WEBiTER Dauf of
CaP T Stephen & Mr.
Hannah Webster
Who DCS* Sept r
Y e 5 th 1753
In Y e 18 th Year
of H i r AGE
Here Lie Interd ve Remains
of Mr 8 . ELIZABETH DAFTER
of the Rsv d Samuel
& Mr. Elizabeth Webster
Who Departed this Life
in hope of A Better
oc*
29*
of
1771 in
her
27"
AGE
HARK FROM THESE TOOMS
AN ALARM COMES
THREE SiSTERS CRY
THAT DEATH IS NIGH
THAT ALL Ml MEET
THAT TUDG SEAT
AND Til COM! THE
ETERNITY.
HERE LIES Y BODY
JOHN WEBSTER
SON TO M r
GRANT & M r8
HANNAH WEBSTER
DIED OCT K ;o th
1753 AGED
5 YEARS & 4
In {Memory of
M r Nathaniel Webster
Wbo Died may 6 th
1784 '
In y e 3f Year
of bis Age
This f tone is erected
to the memory of the
REV. SAMUEL WEBSTER, D. D.
paftor of the weft church
in this Town.
In Aim, were united, the good
Scholar, the rational divint,
the faithful minifter and
exemplary chriftian
He died July 12, 1796
in the ?8 th year of his age,
and fj fh of his miniftry.
"Behold the upright for the
end of that man is peace'
Here Lies v Remains
M SARAH WEBSTER
D r of The Rev D
Samuel Webster
Who calmly Resign* 1
her Breath APRIL 1 7 th
1770 In the 22 d
year of her AGE
Thus sicknes
Decese Consume
the Smiling virgins
Rosy Bloom.
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF THE REVOLUTION.
'95
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF THE
REVOLUTION.
Continued from page 758.
JOHN ALLEY of Haverhill; Capt. Mo-
ses McFarland's co., Col. John Nixon's
reg. ; receipt for advance pay dated
Cambridge, July 10, 1775; also, priv. ;
muster roll dated Aug. i, 1775 ; enl.
April 28, 1775 ; service, 3 mos., n dys. ;
also, co. return dated Winter Hill, Sept.
3j I 775 > also, Capt. Samuel Johnson's
co., Col. Titcomb's reg.; enl. April 27,
1777 ; dis. June 27, 1777 ; service, 2 mos.,
10 dys. ; on an alarm at Rhode Island;
marched to Providence, R. I.
JOSEPH ALLEY of Lynn ; priv., Capt.
Ezra Newhall's co., which marched on
alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 17
dys., also, Capt. Newhall's co., Col.
Israel Mansfield's (later Hutchinson's)
1 9th reg.; order for advance pay dated
Cambridge, June 8, 1775; also muster
roll dated Aug. i, 1775; enl. May 3,
1775; service, 3 mos., 5 dys., also, co.
return dated Oct. 6, 1775; also, or-
der for bounty coat dated Camp at
Winter Hill, Nov. 4, 1775; also, ma-
tross, Capt. John W. Edes' (4th) co.,
Col. Thomas Crafts' (artillery) reg., enl.
May 20, 1776; roll made up to Nov. i,
1776.
JOSEPH ALLEY of Lynn ; sailor, brigan-
tine " Rover," commtnded by Capt. Adam
Wellman ; descriptive list of officers and
crew, dated June 30, 1780; age, 22
yrs. ; stature, 5 ft., 6 in., complexion,
dark.
NATHAN ALLEY of Lynn ; list of men
who served as pirates at Concord battle
and elsewhere, belonging to Lynn ; also,
matross, Capt. Jonathan W. Edes' co., Col.
Thomas Crafts' (artillery) reg. ; abstract
for advance pay dated July 23, 1776;
also, gunner, Capt. Edes' (4th) co., Col.
Crafts' reg.; enl. May 20, 1776; roll
made up to Nov. i, 1776.
DAVIS ALLIN of Beverly; return on
men enl. in Continental Army from 3rd
Beverly co., Essex co. reg., dated Feb.
T 3> I 77^; joined Capt. Fairchild's co.,
Col. Wigglesworth reg. ; enl., 3 yrs.
DAVIS ALLIN of Andover ; list of men
enl. into Continental Aimy [year not
given] .
JACOB ALLIN of Manchester; ist It.,
ship "Pilgrim," commanded by Capt.
Joseph Robinson ; descriptive list of of-
ficers and crew, dated Aug., 2, 1780;
age, 28 yrs.; stature, 5 ft., 6 in.; com-
plexion, light.
JOHN ALLIN of Marblehead; seaman,
ship " Pilgrim," commanded by Capt.
Joseph Robinson ; descriptive list of of-
ficers and crew, dated Aug. 2, 1780; age,
29 yrs. ; stature, 5 ft., 8 in. ; complexion,
light.
RICHARD ALLIN of Beverly ; seaman,
ship "Pilgrim," commanded by Capt.
Joseph Robinson ; discriptive list of of-
ficers and crew, dated Aug. 2, 1780 ; age,
26 years ; stature, 5 ft., 2 in. ; complexion,
light.
ISAAC ALLON of Manchester; priv.,
Capt. Wiley's co., Col. Sargent's (28th)
reg. ; co. return [probably Oct., 1775].
JEREMIAH ALLON of Manchester ; priv.,
Capt. Wiley's co., Col. Sargent's (28th)
reg.; co. return [probably Oct., 1775].
JEREMIAH ALLON of Manchester ; priv.,
Capt. Wiley's co., Col. Sargent's (28th)
reg.; co. return [probably Oct., 1775].
EPHRAIM ALLY of Ipswich ; list of
men enl. from Essex co. for 9 mos. from
the time of their arrival at Fishkill, July
31, 1778; returned by Brig.-gen. Jona-
than Warner.
CHRISTOPHER ALSWORTH of Salem ;
boy, brig "Prospect," commanded by
Capt. Joseph Vesey; descriptive list of
officers and crew, dated June 20, 1781 ;
age, 14 yrs.; stature, 4 ft., 4 in.; com-
plexion, dark ; occupation, cooper.
BENJAMIN AMES of Rowley; priv.,
Capt. Edward Payson's co., which
marched on alarm of April 19, I775J
service, 3 dys.
BENJAMIN AMES of Andover; serg.,
Capt. Joshua Holt's co., which marched
on alarm of April 19, i775> to Cam '
bridge ; service, i ^ dys.
BENJAMIN AMES of Andover; capt. of
a co. in Col. James Frye's reg., which
196
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
marched on alarm of April 19, 1775;
service, 7 dys. ; a/so, list of officers
dated Cambridge, May 20, 1775; com-
missioned May 20, 1775 '> &ko> return of
men in battle at Charlestown, dated
Cambridge, June 19, 1775 ; also, co. re-
turn dated Oct. 6, 1775.
BURPEE AMES of Rowley ; priv., Lt.
James Todd's co. ; service, 3 dys. ;
marched to guard Gloucester Harbor
and the brig "Nancy," brought in by
Capt. Manley ; roll sworn to at Ipswich,
Dec. 1 6, 1775 ) a ^ so i Capt. Silas Adam's
co., Col. Titcomb's reg, ; service, 2 mos. ;
roll dated June 29, 1777.
JOSEPH AMES of Newbury; priv.,
Capt. Thomas Noyes' co., which marched
April 20, 1775, in response to alarm of
April 1 9, 1 77 5, to Cambridge; service, 4
dys.
PRINCE AMES of Andover ; priv., Capt.
Stephen Abbott's co., Col. Benjamin
Tupper's (5th) reg. ; Continental Army
pay accounts for service from Feb. 19,
1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; enl -> 3 y rs - or
during war ; also, Capt. Benjamin Far-
num's co., Col. Ebenezer Francis' reg. ;
pay abstract for 49 dys.' rations from
date of enl., Feb. 19, 1777, to time of
arrival at Bennington ; also, muster re-
turn dated Jan. 24, 1778; reported, on
command with Col. Hay, at Albany; also,
Capt. Abbot's co. ; muster roll for
March, 1779, dated West Point; re-
ported, on command at the Lines ; also,
Continental Army pay accounts for ser-
vice from Jan. i, 1780, to Dec. 31, 1780;
also, list of men in Capt. Emerson's co.,
loth reg. [year not given] ; also, Col.
Tupper's (loth) reg. ; pay rolls made up
for service from Jan. i, 1781, to Jan. i,
1783-
SOLOMON AMES of Andover ; priv., Capt.
Benjamin Ames' co., Col. James Frye's
reg. ; return of men in service at battle in
Charlestown, dated Cambridge, June 19,
1775; also, co. return, dated Oct. 6,
I 775 j als<?> order for bounty coat dated
Cambridge, Nov. 14, 1775.
SPOFFORD AMES of Andover ; priv., Lt.
Peter Poor's co., which marched on
alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cambridge;
service, 3^ dys.; also, Capt. Benja-
min Farnum's co., Col. James Frye's
reg. ; co. return dated Cambridge, Oct.
6, J 775 } also, order for bounty coat
dated Cambridge, Nov. 13, 1775 ;#/$<?,
list of men who received money from
public treasury for losses in the battles of
Lexington and Bunker Hill ; allowed by
council June 13, 1776; also, Capt. Sam-
uel Johnson's co., Col. Johnson's reg. ;
enl. Aug. 14, i777,dis. Nov. 30, 1777 ; ser-
vice, 4 mos., with Northern Army. Roll
sworn to at Andover.
WILLIAM AMES of Newburyport ; serg.,
Capt. Moses Nowell's co., which marched
on alarm of April 19, 1775 ; service, 4
dys.
DAVID AMORY of Marblehead ; return
of men enl. into Continental Army from
Col. Jonathan Glover's (5th Essex co.)
reg., dated Nov. 7, 1777 ; enl., 3 yrs.
JESSE AMORY of Newburyport ; priv.,
Capt. Moses Nowell's co., which marched
on alarm of Apr. 19, 1775; service, 4
dys.
JACOB ANABEL of Ipswich ; priv., Capt.
Richard Dodge's co., Col. Gerrish's (later
Baldwin's) reg. ; muster roll dated Aug.
i, 1775 ; enl. May i, 1775 ; service, 13
wks., i dy.
JOSEPH ANABEL of Wenham : priv.,
Capt. Richard Dodge's co., Col. Ger-
rish's (later Baldwin's) 26th reg.; muster
roll dated Aug. i, 1775; enl. June 24,
1775 ; service, 5 wks., 2 dys. ; also, return
of men in camp at Chelsea, Sept. i,
1775 ; also, pay abstract for April, 1776.
JACOB ANABLE of Ipswich Hamlet;
Capt. Richard Dodge's co., Col. Loammi
Baldwin's reg. ; return of men sick and
absent Aug. n, 1775 ; also, priv., Capt.
Dodge's co., Col. Gerrish's (later Bald-
win's) 38th reg. ; co. return, dated Camp
at Chelsea, Oct. 2, 1775 ; also, return for
advance pay, etc., for Jan., 1776; also,
pay abstracts for Feb. June, 1776.
JOSEPH ANABLE of Ipswich ; priv., Capt.
Richard Dodge's co., Col. Loammi Bald-
win's (38th) reg. ; return of men in ser-
vice in Aug., 1775, dated Camp at Chel-
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF THE REVOLUTION.
197
sea ; also, Capt. Dodge's co., Col. Ger-
rish's (later Baldwin's) reg. ; co. return
dated Camp at Chelsea, Oct. 2, 1775 ;
also, list of men enl. by Capt. Dodge to
serve in the new army, dated Chelsea,
Dec. 1 6, 1775; also, pay abstracts for
Jan. June, 1776.
JOSEPH ANABLE of Amesbury; priv.,
Capt. Moses Nowell's co., Col. Titcomb's
reg.; enl. May 4, 1777 ; dis. July 4, 1777 ;
service, 2 mos., 9 dys., on an alarm at
Rhode Island ; marched to Providence,
R. I.
MATTHEW ANABLE of Ipswich; priv.,
Capt. James Patch's co., which marched
on alarm of April 19, 1775, to Mystic;
service, 4 dys.
ROBERT ANABLE, JR., of Ipswich Ham-
let; priv., Capt. Elisha Whitney's co.,
which marched May i, 1775, to Cam-
bridge ; service, 1 2 dys. ; also, corp.,
Capt. Richard Dodge's co., Col. Loammi
Baldwin's (26th) reg.; pay abstracts
for Jan. June, 1776; also, order for
wages dated Wenham, March 12, 1777.
EBENEZER ANAVER of "Marblehead ;
priv., Capt. Curtis' co., Col. Glover's
reg.; co. return [probably Oct., 1775].
JOHN ANDERSON of Cape Ann; mas-
ter's mate, ship " Franklin," commanded
by Capt. Allen Hallett ; descriptive list of
officers and crew, dated Boston, June 20,
1781 ; age, 25 yrs. ; complexion, dark.
JONATHAN ANDERSON of Salem ; sea-
man, ship " Pilgrim," commanded by
Capt. Joseph Robinson; descriptive list
of officers and crew, dated Aug. 2, 1780;
age, 20 yrs. ; stature, 5 ft., i in, ; com-
plexion, light.
JOHN ANDRESS of Gloucester; priv.,
Capt. Warner's co., Col. Little's reg. ; co.
return [probably Oct., 1775] ; enl. May
4, 1775; a g e I 9 y^.
JOHN ANDRESS of Gloucester; priv.,
Capt. Barnabas Dodge's co., Col. Ger-
rish's (later Baldwin's) 26th reg.; muster
roll dated Aug. i, 1775 : enl. May 2,
1775; service, 13 wks. ; also, co. return
dated Camp at Chelsea, Oct. 2, 1775;
also, list of men absent from muster,
dated Chelsea, Oct. 3, 1775; reported,
on sentry duty ; also, corp., Capt. Dodge's
co., Col. Baldwin's reg.; pay abstracts
for Feb. and April, 1776; also, pay
abstracts for May and June, 1776, dated
New York; also, Capt. Dodge's co.,
commanded by Lt. Cheever; return for
mileage in 1776.
ROBERT ANDRESS of Boxford; list of
men raised for 6 mos. service and re-
turned by Brig.-gen. Paterson as having
passed muster, in a return dated Camp
Totoway, Oct. 25, 1780.
To be continued.
QUERIES.
Queries are inserted for one cent a word.
Answers are solicited.
116. Did "Metacom," called "King
Philip," have a daughter or grand-daugh-
ter called Ann? If so, when and where
was she born and married?
C. L. STARKWEATHER.
Washington, D. C.
117. Wanted, information of John
Waldo, who came from Newfoundland to
Salem, Mass., where he lost his life by fall-
ing into a well in November, 1762. Also,
of his family. w. L.
Worcester.
1 1 8. Wanted, ancestry and place of
birth of Samuel Bradford, who married
Mary Taylor in Middleton, Mass., in 1743,
and lived and died in Hillsborough, N. H.
Media, Pa. M. B. s.
119. Ipswich Soldiers, King Williams'
and Queen Anne's Wars! Wanted, the
military record, with captain's name and
particulars of service, of " Sergeant '
John Foster,3 (Reginald, 2 Reginald 1 ),
1664-1736, of Chebacco village, Ipswich,
Mass., styled " sergeant " in inventory of
estate, Essex records. JOSEPH FOSTER.
Portsmouth, N. H.
120. Wanted, parentage of Martha
Tyler, who married Thomas Downing, in
Salem, in August, 1744. L. c. L.
West Boxford.
121. Wanted, parentage of Mary
Tyler, who married John H. Reed in
1745. L. c. L.
198
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
122. Wanted, descendants of Ed-
ward Augustus Hammond, born, Beverly,
June 13, 1807. F. s. H.
Ondda, N. Y.
123. Wanted descendants of- Nath-
aniel Oliver Hammond, born, Topsfield,
Oct. 30, 1808. F. s. H.
ANSWERS.
37. Noah West married Abigail Blay,
both of Newbury, Oct. 16, 1745. On the
record of births in Newbury is recorded :
"William Blay, son of Noah Blay and
Abigail his wife, born January 21, 1746 '
(probably 1746-7). This William Blay is
undoubtedly William Blay West, son of
Noah West and Abigail Blay. Not being
accustomed to writing middle names the
town clerk wrote, inadvertantly probably,
as the father's name, Blay instead of
West. This is probably the William Blay
West who lived in New Gloucester, Me.-
Ed.
87. May 8, 1648, James Smith bought
a large tract of land in Woolwich, Me.,
of Robin Hood, the Indian chief. He
died in Woolwich about 1660. His
widow Elizabeth married again, and in an
Indian raid, in August, 1676, this second
husband was killed, together with her son
Samuel Smith, and the rest of the family
were made prisioners. When liberated,
two of the sons, James and Hazadiah,
fled to Massachusetts, James settling in
Salem Village and Hazadiah in Beverly.
Hazadiah married Hannah Grover in
1684. She died in 1751. Hazadiah is
said to have been one of the early settlers
of Falmouth, now Portland, Me., and that
he came to Beverly in 1690. Mary A.
Parsons, Lynnfield Centre.
[Hazadiah Smith was born about 1657.
His mother's second husband was Richard
Hammond, who was killed by the Indians
in 1676 ; and she married again, to Capt.
John Rawdon of the Sagadahoc militia.
Hazadiah married Hannah, daughter of
John and Sarah (Barney) Grover May 27,
1684. Ed.
EDITORIAL.
This number completes volume one of
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN. There have been
published the wills proved in Essex coun-
ty before 1644; the gravestone inscrip-
tions in the present town of Amesbury be-
fore 1800; the genealogies of families
from Abbe to Acie, inclusive ; the record
of the Essex county Revolutionary soldiers
and sailors from Abaaham to Andrews;
and abstracts of the old Norfolk county
records to 1655. The publishers are
gratified at the support given them in
their endeavor to present a magazine of
Essex county history and genealogy with
some degree of completeness. They
expect that the new year will produce
even better results.
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
A GENEALOGICAL ACCOUNT OF THE SPOF-
FORTH OR SPOFFORD FAMILY. By Ashworth
P. Burke, Editor of the " Landed Gen-
try," etc. London, 1897. This is a re-
print from Burke's Family Records, and
shows the English ancestry of the Ameri-
can Spoffords.
A MOSES OF THE MORMONS. Strang's
City of Refuge and Island Kingdom. By
Henry E. Legler. Milwaukee, 1897. This
is one of the publications of the Parkman
Club, whose purpose is the study of the
history of the Northwest. This number
contains 67 pages, and five illustrations.
THE NEW LIFE OF VIRGINIA : Declaring
the Former Success and Present Estate of
that Plantation, being the Second Part of
Nova Britannia. London, 1612. This is
the November number of the American
Colonial Tracts. Pages, 20.
CHIPMANS IN MAINE. A Genealogy.
By Alberto Lee Chipman. Sabbathday
Lake, Me., 1897. Cloth; 12 mo.; pages,
44 ; with colored coat-of-arms. In this
little book, Mr. Chipman gives the history
and genealogy of the Chipmans that were
identified with the early settlement of
Bakerstown, now Poland, Me.
CONTENTS.
ABBE GENEALOGIES, 14,33, 66, 149.
ABBOT GENEALOGIES, 35, 58, 79, 96, 103, 117,
128, 141, 188.
ABOLITIONISTS, The, 125.
ABORN GENEALOGY, 161.
ABRAHAM FAMILY, 174.
ABRAM FAMILY, 174.
ACIE GENEALOGY, 190.
AMESBURY INSCRIPTIONS :
Salisbury Point Cemetery, 28.
Cemetery near Depot, 51.
Union Cemetery, 119, 143, 164.
Salisbury Plains Cemetery, 167, 190.
ANCESTOR, The, 141.
ANDOVER IN THE FIRST LOUISBURG EXPEDITION,
177.
ANDREWS, ROBERT, Will of, 142.
ANSWERS TO QUERIES, i, 52; 3, 34; 4, 34; 5,
118; 6, 34; 7, 34; 11, 67; 19, 68; 20, 118;
21, 86; 24, 134; 26, 86; 30, 102; 35, 182;
36, 134; 37, 198; 38, 134; 43, 102; 46,
150; 52,102; 53, 118; 54, 134; 64, 150;
69, 134; 74, 150; 75, 166; 80, 166; 81,
182; 82, 182; 83, 182; 87, 198.
BAILEY, REV. JACOB, 69.
BROWNE, GEORGE, Will of, 76.
CARTWRIGHT, BETHIAH, Will of, 30.
CHURCHMAN, HUGH, Will of, 177.
COMMERCIAL HISTORY OF SALEM, i .
CONSTITUTION, The Frigate, 189.
CONTRACTIONS IN COLONIAL WRITINGS, 133.
CUMMINGS, JOANNA, Will of, 187.
DESERTED VILLAGE, The, 43.
DlLLINGHAM, SARAH, Will of, 13.
DROWNING ACCIDENT, 66.
EARTHQUAKE OF 1638, 173.
FENCES, EARLY, 25.
FERNCROFT INN, 53.
GLOUCESTER'S DESERTED VILLAGE, 43.
GRIST-MILL, The Old, 109.
HANDWRITING, COLONIAL, 175.
HAVERHILL, THROAT DISTEMPER IN, 10.
HEATING, METHODS OF, IN THE OLDEN TIME,
183.
INSCRIPTIONS. See Amesbttry Inscriptions.
IPSWICH GRANT, AN EARLY, 92.
IPSWICH MEMORIAL TABLETS, 15.
IPSWICH SOLDIERS, 149.
LETTERS, REVOLUTIONARY, 46.
LOTTERIES, OLD-TIME, 77.
LOTTERY, THE STATE, 77.
LOUISBURG EXPEDITION, 101, 177.
LYNN, BOUNDS OF, 45.
LYNN, HISTORICAL SKETCH OF FIRST CHURCH
IN, 151.
MARRIAGES, Second, 57.
Smock, 57.
MUZZEY, ROBERT, Will of, 159.
MYSTERIOUS LAND, The, 173.
NEVILL, WILLIAM, Will of, 112.
NEW ENGLAND'S DEAD, 7.
NICHOLS HOMESTEAD, OLD, 53.
NON-IMPORTATION AGREEMENT, 149.
NORFOLK COUNTY, OLD, RECORDS OF, 19, 49,
84, 113, 147, 178.
"OLD IRONSIDES," 189.
PEABODY MILLS, OLD, TOPSFIELD, 109.
PORTER, HATHORNE, 125.
QUAKERS, PERSECUTION OF, IN ESSEX COUNTY,
135-
QUERIES, i-io, 16; 11-14, 34> I 5' 2I > 5 2 22 ~
36, 66; 37-53.86; 54-68, 101 ; 69-74, 118;
75-79. 134; 80-93, 149; 94- I0 4, 166; 105-
115, 181; 116-123, 1 97-
RECEIPT, AN ANCIENT, 65.
RESEARCH, THE CHARM OF, 150.
REVOLUTION, Letters of the, 46.
Soldiers and Sailors of the, 7, 31, 63, 101, 130,
157. 195-
ROLFE, HENRY, Will of, 65.
ROWLEY, DEATHS IN, 176.
SALEM, COMMERCIAL HISTORY OF, i.
SALEM AND IPSWICH BOUNDS, 127.
SALISBURY PLAINS CEMETERY, 167, 190.
SALISBURY POINT CEMETERY, 28.
SANDERS, JOHN, Will of, 133.
SCARLET, ANNE, Will of, 100.
SIDEBOARD, THE ANCIENT PUTNAM, 181.
SMITH, SAMUEL, Will of, 44.
SPINNING BEE, 51.
SPINNING IN THE OLDEN TIME, 87.
STORM OF 1635, THE GREAT, 93.
THROAT DISTEMPER IN HAVERHILL, 10.
UNION CEMETERY, AMESBURY, 119, 143, 164.
VILLAGE, THE DESERTED, 43.
VOYAGING, EARLY, 93.
WALLS, THE OLD STONE, 25.
WILLS, OUR FATHERS', 159.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
ABBOT HOUSE, Andover, 35.
ACIE, WILLIAM, Autograph of, 190.
ALLEY HOUSE, Lynn, 153.
AUTOGRAPH OF WILLIAM ACIE, 190.
BAILEY, REV. JACOB, 69.
Birthplace of, 70.
BRAKE, FLAX, 90.
CARDS, HAND, 91.
CHIMNEY, EARLIEST, 183.
COOKE, REV. PARSONS, D. D., 156.
DISTAFF, 91.
DOGTOWN HOUSE, A Typical, 42.
"DRIVER," 89.
FENCES, Board, 27.
Brush, 26.
Snake, 27.
Split-rail, 27.
Two-rail, 26.
FERNCROFT INN, 56.
FIRE-FRAME, 187.
FIREPLACE, Early Stone, 183.
FOOT STOVE, 184.
HANDWRITING, COLONIAL, 175, 176.
HATCHEL, 90.
LYNN, MEETING-HOUSES OF FIRST CHURCH IN:
Meeting- House, 1632-1682, 151.
"Old Tunnel," 151.
Meeting- House, 1827-1837, 154.
Meeting-House, 1837-1870, 155.
Present Church, 157.
MERCHANTMEN, THE LAST OF THE OLD, i.
NICHOLS HOMESTEAD, 53.
NORFOLK COUNTY, OLD, MAP OF, 19.
PEABODY GRIST-MILL, TOPSFIELD, 103.
PORTER, HATHORNE, 1 19.
REEL, Clock, 91.
Hand, 91.
SIDEBOARD, THE ANCIENT PUTNAM, 167.
SOUTHWICK, PROVIDED, ATTEMPTED SALE OF,
135.
SPINNING WHEEL, Linen, 89.
Old Wool, 87.
STOVE, Foot, 184.
The Early Franklin, 184.
STOVES, VARIOUS, 187.
SWINGLE KNIFE, 90.
WALL, Half-high, 27.
Stone, 27.
INDEX TO SURNAMES,
Aasa, 190.
Abaaham, 7, 198.
Abbat, 1 88.
Abbe, 14, 15, 33, 66,
149, 198.
Abbee, 14.
Abbei, 14.
Abbet, 7, 35.
Abbett, 35.
Abbey, 14, 33, 174.
Abbie, 14.
Abbit, 7, 35.
Abbitt, 35.
Abbot, 7-10, 31, 34-41,
58-62, 79-84, 96-100,
103-108, 117, 118,
128-130, 141, 142,188,
196.
Abbott, 7, 8, 31, 32,
35, 134, 166,177,181,
188, 196.
Abbut, 35.
Abbutt, 35.
Abby, 14.
Abbye, 14.
Aber, 32.
Aberne, 161.
Aberon, 161.
Abet, 35.
Abett, 35.
Abit, 35.
Abitt, 35.
Abon, 161.
Aboot, 32.
Aborn, 32, 161-164.
Aborne, 161.
Aborns, 32
Abot, 35
Abott, 15.
Abourn, 161.
Abourne, 114, 161.
Abraham, 174.
Abrahams, 32, 174.
Abram, 174.
Abrams, 174,
Abrims, 174.
Abron, 161.
Aburn, 161.
Aburne, 161.
Abut, 35.
Abutt, 35.
Acce, 190.
Acee, 190.
Acey, 190.
Acie, 190, 198.
Acy, 190.
Acye, 190.
Adam, 196.
Adames, 32, 33.
Adams, 6, 16, 17, 28, 33,
55> 6 3' 6 5> 69,92, 101,
130,137,167, 185,206.
Addams, 130.
Adderson, 130.
Addums, 130.
Adorns, 206.
Aeors, 130.
Aiers, 130.
Airs, 131.
Aitkins, 131.
Akiss, 131.
Alden, 48, 64, 65, 133.
Alexander, 131.
Alhey, 131.
Alinwood, 131.
Alld, 131.
Allem, 131.
Allen, 6, 38, 43,52, 131-
133, 142,149,156-158.
Allenwood, 158.
Allerton, 93.
Alley, 127, 153, 158,
164, 195.
Allin, 177, 179, 195.
Allon, 195.
Ally, 195.
Alsworth, 195.
Ambros, 49, 85.
Ambross, 20,21, 85.
Ames, 8, 9, 31, 41, 107,
195, 196.
Amory, 196.
Anabel, 196.
Anable, 196, 197.
Anaver, 197.
Anderson, 197.
Andress, 197.
Andrew, 67.
Andrewe, 114.
Andrewes, 142, 143.
Andrews, 17, 41, 142, Ballou, 126.
Balch, 57, 120, 127.
Baldwin, 8, 32, 63, 65,
129-131,157, 196,197.
Ballard, 37, 58-60, 62,
64,65,81,83, 98, 103,
105, 106, 127, 133.
143, 198.
Androes, 178. .
Andros, 154.
Ann, 197.
Ann, Qtteen, 73.
Anne, Queen, 197.
Annis, 10.
Appleton, 13,62, 141.
Archard, 147.
Armetage, 52.
Armitage, 21, 115, 117. Barns,' 179.
Armstrong, 86. Barrows, 52.
Arnold, 15.
Asa, 190.
Ascye, 190.
Asee, 190.
Asey, 190.
Asie, 190.
Asye, 190.
Atkins, 78.
Auntun, 115.
Averill, 102, 118.
Avery, 17, 93, 94, 118. Bast, 13.
Ayer, 10. Batchelder, 16, 52, 59,
96, 98, no, 1 88.
Bacheler, 117. Batcheller, 115, 147, 148.
Bacheller, 10, 23, 114, Batt,22-24, 148, 179, 180.
H7 I5 1 - Bayley, 17, 113, 122, 179.
Bachiler, 151, 152. Baylie, 148.
Bacon, 57. Bayly, 24, 49, 50, 84,
Badger, 96. 113, 147, 178-180.
Bagley, 119, 120, 168. Beacham, 188.
Bancroft, 32, 33, 55, 80,
96, 161-163.
Barker, 35, 41, 79, 83,
103, 129, 177.
Barnaby, 125.
Barnard, 85, 120, 121.
Barnes, 32, 85, 104, 114,
179, 1 80.
Barnett, 21, 22, 24.
Barney, 198.
-/
Barry, 142.
Bartholmew, 116.
Bartholomew, 53, 92,
114.
Bartholowmeu, 92.
Bartlet, 10, 75, 121, 122.
Bartlett, 25, 67, 102,
119, 121, 122, 181.
Barton, 76, 127, 157.
Bass, 79.
Bagly, 119.
Beadle, 6.
Bailey, 10, 12, 17, 57, Beamsley, 134.
58, 69-73, 75> 8o > 9 8 > Beauchamp,i34, 166,206.
108, 118. Beeks, 103.
Bainbridge, 189. Belknap, 68.
Baker, 7, 8, 17, 32-34, Bell, 33, 161.
64, 86, 1 10, 132, 161, Bellingham, 20-23, 49,
166. 50, 85, 113, 180.
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THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
Bement, 15.
Bennett, 118.
Bently, 65, 101.
Bernard, 78.
Berry, 78, 100, 102.
Bickford, 36.
Bidlack, 66.
Biggs, 85.
Bigsbie, 179.
Birdsall, 133.
Birge, 104.
Bishopp, 76.
Bixby, 106.
Black, 10, 127.
Bladel, 122.
Blaisdell, 32, 33.
Blanchard, 37, 40, 59,
96, 99, 130, 182, 188.
Blasdel, 120, 122, 123,
158.
Blasdell, 122.
Blay, 10, 197.
Blesdale, 24, 114, 179,
1 80.
Blethin, 181.
Blevin, 181.
Blunt, 39, 41, 82.
Boardman, in, 166.
Bod well, 82, 98, 181.
Bolton, 1 1 8, 150, 175.
Borman, 92.
Borne, 188.
Bosson, 34, 181.
Bosworth, 1 1 8.
Bott, 20.
Boultar, 21.
Boulter, 20, 21, 113.
Boultor, 22, 113.
Bourne, 187, 188.
Bowditch, 17.
Bowers, 39, 82.
Boyce, 188.
Boynton, 43, 99.
Brackett, 137.
Bradbury, 10, 12, 20-24,
49. 50> 8 4> 85, 113-
117, 147, 148, 178-
180.
Bradford, 197.
Bradley, 10-13, 97.
Bradstreet, 23, 50, in,
112, 140, 160.
Bragg, I3
Brand, 136.
Bray, 6.
Brend, 136-138.
Brewer, 54.
Bricket, 33.
Brickett, 33.
Bridge, 106, 132.
Bridges, 23, 104, 107,
1 10, 127.
Bright, 49.
Bristo, 85.
Brock, 80.
Brocklebank, 189.
Brook, 64.
Brooks, 31, 52, 64, 65,
133.
Broughton, 131.
Brown, 9-12, 33, 34, 40,
41, 106, 111,113,116,
117, 123, 125, 131,
132, 141, 148, 150,
1 66, 1 68, 190.
Browne, 20, 22, 44, 45,
50,69,76,84,85,113-
115,117,148,179,188.
Browning, 100.
Brundle, 44.
Bryant, 68.
Buffington, 3, 98.
Buff urn, 137, 139, 140.
Bull, 13.
Burbank, 57, 190.
Burbie, 113, 147.
Burge, 41.
Burgoyne, 31, 72.
Burke, 198.
Burnam, 48.
Burne, 148.
Burnham, 10, 127, 141,
166.
Burns, 55.
Burnum, 143.
Burpee, 107.
Burr, 15.
Burrill, 78.
Bursley, 22.
Bursly, 21.
Burt, 178.
Burton, 53, 54.
Bush, 134.
Bussell, 168.
Buswell, 23,24, 113, 114,
117, 147-149-
Butler, 40, 55, 163, 166.
Butlett, 168.
Button, 1 1 6.
Bylie, 20.
Bylye, 20.
Cabot, 6, 48, 172.
Caldwell, 68.
Galley, 40.
Caly, 13.
Campbell, 83.
Capon, 30.
Carleton, 84.
Carlton, 10, 41, 105, 129,
177.
Carner, 112.
Carnes, 4.
Carr, 23, 92, 106, 112.
Carrell, 86, 102.
Carrill, 86, 102, 150.
Carter, 44, 68.
Cartwright, 30.
Cart writ, 31.
Gary, 8, 107.
Caryl, 86.
Case, 53, 54.
Cass, 23, 24, 49, 50, 148.
Cave, 53.
Chace, 21.
Challice, 22.
Challis, 24, 50.
Chamberlain, 67, 102,
1 86.
Chamecin, 112.
Champion, 186.
Chandler, 35, 37-40, 59,
60, 70, 80-82, 86, 98,
99, 103, 118, 128,
150. 177.
Chapin, 15.
Chaplin, 150, 189.
Chapman, 103, 107.
Charles, 131.
Charles, 178.
Charles //, 134.
Chase, 10-12, 16,20,23,
49. 5 2 8 5 9 6 > I2 3- '
Cheever, 15, 96, 166,
189, 197.
Chickley, 24.
Child, 98, 158.
Chinarde, 179.
Chinaree, 116.
Chinn, 129, 188.
Chipman, 198.
Choate, 108.
Christison, 138.
Chubb, 128.
Churchman, 177, 178.
Chynaree, 116.
" Cinrier," 124.
Claflin, 126.
Clark, 10, 43, 52, 62,
106, 168.
Clarke, 85, 113, 115,
116, 168.
Cleaveland, 123.
Clement, 10, 74,85, 116.
Clements, 21, 85, 117,
147, 148, 179.
Clifford, 23, 150.
Clogston, 34.
Clough, 6, 51, 98, 123,
124, 1 68, 169.
Cloyes, 127.
Cloyse, 1 66.
Coas, 1 1 8.
Cobbett, 152.
Cobet, 178.
Cobham, 23, 24, 50, 84,
85 II3 II5-H7>I78-
180.
Coburn, 82, 186.
Codman, 61.
Codnam, 49, 148.
Goes, 17.
Coffin, 28, 43, 161, 178.
Coffyn, 115, 116, 178,
179.
Cogswell, 9, 64.
Coker, 17.
Colburn, 96.
Colby, 6, 82.
Colcord, 21-24, 49> 5
85, 116, 117, 148, 181.
Colcott, 117.
Cole, 21, 22, 49, 113,
115, 116.
Colebie, 24,84, 178, 179.
Coleby, 50, 84.
Coleman,5o, 114, 1 16, 180.
Coles, 85.
Coley, 40.
Comins, 187, 188.
Conant, 127.
Cook, 4, 157.
Cooke, 156.
Cop, 10, ii.
Copeland, 136.
Copp, 174.
Corbin, 142.
Corlis, 10-12, 116.
Cornhill, 87.
Corning, 188,
Cornish, 187.
Cort write, 30.
Cosens, 116.
Cosins, 85.
Cothran, 10.
Gotta, 1 88.
Coulman, 50.
Cowllman, 66.
Cox, 20, 23, 113.
Crafts, 158, 195.
Cram, 114, 115, 150.
Creelman, 6.
Cromwell, 152.
Crosby, 82.
Cross, 49, 61, 86, 102,
114, 150.
Crosse, 22.
Crowell, 96.
Crowninshield, 3.'
Cummings, 41, 62, 81,
187.
Curier, 10, 124.
Currier, 10, 34, 51, 43,
114, 119, 124, 184,
178, 179.
Curtis, 132, 197.
Cushin, 1 80.
Gushing, 63, 70, 78, 101,
131? 132.
Cutler, 39, 105, 127.
Cutting, 24, 178.
Cutts, 62.
INDEX TO SURNAMES. 2OI
Dacres, 189. Dunbar, 34. Farmer, 58. Freethey, 34.
Dade, 44. Dunn, 157. Farnham, 78. French, 64, 100, 108,
Daine, 160. Dustin, 129. Farnum, 7, 8, 31, 36,40, 128, 131, 170.
Dale, 59, 107. Duston, 6. 58, 59, 62, 81, 103, Frie, 177.
Dalton, n, 20, 69, 114, Dutch, 141. 129, 130, 177, 196. Frye, 7, 8, 31, 64, 83,
116,117,148,180. Dutton, 80. Farrington, 62, 107, 108, 96,99, 108, 128-130,
Damon, 62. Dwinnells, 16. 158. 195, 196.
Dana, 43. Dyer, 126. Faulkner, 83, 103. Fulsom, 107.
Dane, 35, 39,58, 6l, in, ffairefeild, 127. Furbush, 98.
159,160,177. Eaborn, 161. ffarrington, 175.
Danforth, 58, 157. Eaborne, 68, 161. ffay, 76. Gage, 31, 52, 68, 127.
Darling, 127. Eabourn, 161. ffeld, 188. Gale, 10.
Daulton, 21-23, 49> JI 4- Eabourne, 161. ffelloes, 50. Gallison, 174.
Daus, 115. Eaburn, 161. ffifeild, 20, 22, 23, 49, Gardner, 6, 137, 158.
Davis, 10-12, 49, 66, 85, Eaburne, 161. 50, 113, 114, 147, 179. Garland, 150.
116, 126, 148, 178. Easman, 169. ffifield, 20. Garrison, 126.
Day, 43. Eastman, 40, 62, 66, ffilbrick, 20, 22-24, 113. Gascoyne, 137.
Deane, 169. 113, 115, 147, 148, ffilbrigg, 21. Gaskill, 86, 137.
Death, 127. 169. ffilbrooke, 22. Gaskin, 137, 139.
Denison, 148, 149, 179. Eaton, 50, 85, 116, 126, ffillbrooke, 85. Gatchel, n, 12.
Dennen, 157. 179. ffinch, 65. Gates, 32, 33.
Dennis, 100. Eatton, 10-12. ffiske, 116. Geary, 36.
Dennison, 139. Ebborn, 161. ffitt, 84. Geer, 14.
Derby, 3, 4, 163. Ebborne, 161. ffitts, 147, 180. George, 43, 59, 86, 144.
Devereaux, 128. Eborn, 161. fflanders, 180. Gerrish, 31, 63-65, 78,
Devereux, 4. Eborne, 161. ffletcher, 114, 179. 101, 130, 131, 157,
Dickinson, 22. Ebourn, 161. ffogg, 114, 147. 181, 196, 197.
Dickison, 84, 85. Ebourne, 161. ffogge, 23, 24. Getchell, 24.
Diggadon, 89. Edes, 158, 195. ffoster, 174. Giddings, 54, 166.
Dillaway, 10. Edmonds, 158. ftowler, 112. Gilbert, 104, 161.
Dillingham, 13,14. Edwards, 41, 52, 169. ffrancklin, 142. Gild, 116.
Ditmarsh, 74. Elkin, 113. ffrench, 24, 85, 115, 148, Gilde, 179.
Divoll, 182. Elkins, 21. 175- Gile, n, 116.
Dixon, 97. Ellenwood, 98. ffullar, 22, 23, 49, 50, Gill, 113, 117, 147, 148.
Dod, 160. Elliot, 54, 119, 175. 85, 114, 117. Gillett, 134.
Doddridge, 92. Elliott, 117, 127. ffuller, 21, 114. Gillman, 49, 113, 115,
Dodge, 32-34, 63, 65, El well, 44. ffulsham, 180. 117,178,180.
in, 130-132, 157, 158, Emerie, 147. Fifield, 180. Gilman, 179, 181.
163, 184-186, 196, 197. Emerson, 10, 11, 13,37, Finson, 44. Glover, 32, 101, 132,
Dole, 102, 169. 196. Fisk, 60, 104, 105, 107. 133, 158, 196, 197.
Donaldson, 1 10. Emery, 49, 84, 107, 118, Fiske, 61, 80, 166. Godfrey, 24, 50, 113,
Dorman, 48, 109, no, 140, i"8i. Fitts, 86, 166, 170. I47
113. Emry, 49. Flanders, 143, 170. Goldsmith, 14, 43, 61,
Doue, 23, 24, 114, 115, Endecott, 114. Flint, 66, 96, 100, 108, 108.
179, 180. Endicott, I, 52, 127, 137, 161, 163, 181, 188. Goldthwait, 68.
Douglass, 81, 84. 140. Flynt, 10. Goldthwaite, 68.
Dove, 21, 163. English, 21,24. Follansbe, 143, 144. Goldwyer, 147.
Dow, 18, 20, 21, 102, Engs, 175. Follansbee, 80, 124. Goodale, 127, 134, I49>
115, 118. Estey, 54, 67, 103. Foote, 102. 163, 166.
Dowe, 10, 21, 147. Esto, 22. Forbes, 5. Gooderson, 112.
Downham, 160. Estow, 114, 117, 147, Foster, 8, 11, 32, 39, 44, Goodie, 174.
Downing, 197. 148. 46, 47> 54. 5^, 96, 9 8 Goodridge, 144.
Dowst, 163. Estowe, 22. 100, 102, 104, 105, Goodwin, 71.
Drake, 21, 22, 24, 49, Evans, 64, Ii8,*i69, 170. 107, 127, 132, 166, Gookin, 117.
50, 114, 115. Evens, 170. 186, 197. Gordon, 15.
Dresser, 81, 105, 190. Eyer, 116. Fowle, 97. Gorges, 19.
Drummond, 17. Fowler, 14,^16, 66, 107, Goss, 61, 98, 149.
Dudley, 14, 23, 50, 85, Fairbanks, 86. 181. Got, 188.
115, 116, 148, 180. ' Fairchild, 195. Fox, 8, 135. " Gouge," 180.
Duglas, 115. Fairfield, 14. Frame, 109. Gould, 17, 34, in, 1 '9,
Dumer, 67, 68, 160,179, Fanning, 52. Francis, 7, 9, 31, 32, 140. 144, i3> *>
180. Far, 178. F 130, 142, 196.
Dummer, 67. Farley, 9, 101, 157. Franklin, 71, 184, 187. Graften, 133.
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Grafton, 101. Hasey, 118.
Grant, 15, 99, 104, 129. Hassaltine, 10, n.
Graves, 36, 37, 62. Hasseltine, 12.
Gray, 4, 37, 38, 40, 128, Hathorne, 45, 125.
142. Hauborne, 117.
Greele, n. J Hauxworth, 24.
Greeley, 33, 116, 181. Haven, 127.
Greely, 20, 50, 178-180. Haward, 49.
Green, 23, 24, 49, 50, Hawley, 106, 108.
64, 85, 114, 178, 1 80, Hay, 196.
190. Haynes, 67, 86.
Greene, 23, 50, 114. Hazletine, 59.
Greenfeild, 21, 22, 24, Hazzen, 10.
85, 117. Heald, 98.
Hooper, 64, 129, 130. Jewett, 69, 70, 105.
Hopkinton, 176. Johnson, 7-9, 12, 17,31,
Home, 161, 188. 5 2 6o > 6 3> 86 > 101,
Horton, 112. 106-108, 177, 181,
Houghton, 80. i95> 1 9&-
Houlton, 161. Johnston, 129.
House, 134. Jones, 6, 23, 24, 52, 61,
Hovey, 40, 46, 47> 79 74, 80, 82, 115, 133,
92, 142, 143. 145-
Hovie, 142. Jonson, [10, 11, 23, 50,
How, 7, 103. 116.
Howard, 20, 21, 24, 49, Jordan, 97, 150.
50, 114, 117, 148, 162. Joslin, 180.
Howe, 8, 17, 150. Josselen, 24.
Greenleaf, 52, 78, 86, Heard, 21, 24, 179, 180. Howlet, 143. Josselyn, i.
166. Heath, 10, 11. Hewlett, 52, 92, 109,
Greenleif, 179. Henchman, n, 154. no, 127. Kast, 6.
Grele, 116. Hendrick, 20, 85, 116, Hoyt, 6, 21-23, 84, 113, Keizer, 86.
Griffin, 39, 128, 142, 117, 147.
143, 149. Henfield, 33, 38.
Griffiths, 6. Henley, 64.
Grile, 23. Henman, 186.
Gross, 85, 417. Henricke, 117.
Grover, 198. Herrick, 60, 97, 188.
Guilford, 17. Herriman, 10.
Gyll, 113. Hibbert, 37, 144.
Gyllman, 22-24, 49, 85, Hibbins, 114, 148.
114-117, 179.
Gylven, 92.
Haarvig, 157.
Habone, 117, 147.
Knights, 1 08.
Hacket, 28, 171.
Hackett, 28, 171.
Hicks, 15.
144, 147, 179, 180. Kellage, 24.
Hubbard, 15, 81, 93, Kellem, 30.
127. Kembell, 179.
Huggins, 50, 116. Kemble, 117, 148, 179.
Hugins, 23. Kenney, 127.
Hull, 97, 189. Kent, n, 21, 49, 116.
Humber, 50, 85, 113, Keyes, 83, 149, 182.
114. Kidder, 108.
Humphrey, 182. Kieffer, 182.
Hunt, 38, 127. Kilburn, 6.
Higginson, i, 43, 140. Huntington, 49, 50, 63, Killam, 86.
Hildreth, 58. 113. Kimbal, 13.
Hill, 105, 116, 137, 179. Huntintun, 144. Kimball, 10, n, 14, 16,
Hillard, 20. Huntuntien, 145. 47> 67.
Killer, 158. Kurd, 155. King, 21, 43, 49,60, 83,
Hills, 86, 166. Hurley, 8. 85, 117, 178, 182.
Hilton, 19, 21, 85, 113, Husse, 24. Kittridge, 128.
Haddon, 50, 84, 113, 115, 179. Hussey, 23, 49, 85, 113, Kneeland, 61, 79, 80,
179. Hinde, 24. 151, 178, 180, 206. in.
Haines, 161. Hindes, 100. Hussi, 178. Knight, 76, 114, 143.
Hains, 181. Hinds, 101, 181. Hussie, 22, 49, 178, 180. Knowlton, 14, 99, 149,
Hale, 24, 66, 86, ioi,Hinman, 186. Hussy, 113. 166.
116, 1 1 8. Hithersa, 21. Hutchins, n.
Hall, 15, 20, 22-24, 37, Hobart, 136. Hutchinson, 6, 7, 32,34, Ladd, 98, 118.
49, 98, 114, 115, 147. Hobbs, 21, 38, no, 113, 63, 118, 128, 130-132, Lakeman, 107.
Hallett, 197.
Halsie, 85, 148.
Halstead, 118.
Ham, 112.
Hammatt, 18.
Hammond, 102, 198.
Hancock, 10, 32.
Hanford, 112.
Hardie, 133.
Hardy, 92.
Harison, 24.
Harnden, 38.
177, 195-
141.
Hodges, 24, 65, 179.
Hodgkins, 69.
Hoite, 144.
Holbrook, 153.
Holder, 136.
Holdred, 84, 92, 113, Inglish, 21.
1 1 6. Islsly, 50.
Holdridg, 148.
Lamson, 117.
Lane, 22, 82, 145, 148.
Ilsley, 49, 64. Lang, 98.
Ingalls, 41, 61, 100, 103, Langton, 112, 113.
128. Latherby, 186.
Ingersoll, 3. Lauson, 21.
Lawrence, 105.
Leach, 32, 166.
Lead, 191.
Holgate, n, 13. Jackson, 30, 32, 104, Leader, 148.
Holman, 150. 158, 161. Learoyd, 127.
Holmes, 97, 98, 189. Jacob, 16, 34. Leavit, 180.
Harriman, 34, 67, 127, Holt, 8-10, 31, 36-39, Jaqueth, 134.
174. 41, 60-62, 80, 81, 96-Jaquith, 100.
Harris, 55,98, 101, 102. 99, 106, 195. Jenkins, 55.
Harrison, 24. Homan, 129, 130. Jenks, 62.
Hart, 67, 132, 134. Hood, 127.
Harwood, 17, 34. Hook, 122, 180.
Haseltine, 181.
Haselton, 186.
w
Jenner, 148.
Jennesey, 163.
Hooke, 20, 115, 116, Jennings, 15, 66|
147. Jeremiah, 181.
Leavitt, 180.
LeBlanc, 72.
Leddra, 136-138.
Lederay, 136.
Lee, 107.
Legatt, 21, 49, 85, 113-
"5-
Legler, 198.
INDEX TO SURNAMES.
203
"LeHastr," 145.
Leland, 71.
Levitt, 114, 147.
Lewes, 23.
Lewis, 23, 182, 185.
Libby, 8.
Lilford, 116, 148.
Lincoln, 27, 100.
Lindsay, 155.
Lindsey, 108.
Liscen, 178.
Little, 8, 10, 31, 32, 63,
64, 101, 131, 132,158,
197.
Littleale, 76, 115.
Littlefeild, 49.
Littlehale, 116, 179.
Livermore, 102.
Locke, 69, in, 112.
Longfellow, 72.
Look, 52.
Lord, 14, 20, 21, 24, 92,
147, 148.
Louit, 21.
Lovejoy, 36, 39, 40, 60,
62, 63, 81, 99, 104,
105, 1 10.
Lovet, 23.
Lovett, 7, 174.
Low, 63, 86, 132.
Lowell, 102, 118, 145.
Lowle, 76, 102, 145.
Lummus, 62.
Lumpkin, 148.
Lurvey, 28, 44.
Luscomb, 6.
Lutherway, 136.
Lyman, 102.
Lynde, 88.
Lyon, 128.
Mackintire, 163.
Macy, 20, 22, 24, 76,
115, 140, 179, 180.
Macye, 76.
Major, 101.
Malcolm, 129.
Mallon, 32.
Manig, 148.
Manley, 196.
Mann, 52, 68.
Manning, 40, 82, 97,
loo, 162.
Mansfield, 32, 100, 131,
132, 195.
Marble, 10, 177.
Marian, 23, 114, 117,
178, 1 80.
Marsh, 14, 16, 40, 186.
Marshall, 31, 157, 163.
Marshe, 65.
Marster, 132.
Marsters, 132.
Marston, 114, 116, 180.
Martin, 82, 130.
Martyn, 20, 22-24, $5-
Mason, 19, 48, 114, 178.
Massey, 127, 163.
Mastin, 177.
Maston, 21, 22, 49, 113,
115, 116, 180.
Mastone, 23.
Mather, 93.
Mattox, 68.
Maver, 85.
McDougall, 31.
McFarland, 195.
McHard, n.
McKenzie, in.
McKinley, 82.
McLellan, 7.
Mead, 127.
Meady, 55.
Meder, 115.
Meriam, 20, 21.
Merrell, 65.
Merriam, 178.
Merrie, 116, 148, 179.
Merrill, 10-12, 40, 41,
59,83,127, 146, 157,
171.
Merry, 116, 148.
Messey, 188.
Metacom, 197.
Metcalf, 86.
Metcalfe, 143.
Mill, 32.
Miller, 179.
Millett, 6.
Mingay, 21, 147.
Minge, 148.
Mingee, 49, 114, 115.
Mingei, 20.
Mingie, 21.
Mingy, 20.
Miriam, 23.
Mirocke, 148.
Mirrick, 6,
Mitchel, 10, u.
Mitchell, 14, 104, 181.
Moar, 37, 59, 105, 106.
Monde, 23.
Mondey, 147.
Mondy, 66.
Montgomery, 77.
Moody, 52, 86.
Moors, 47.
More, 115, 147.
Mores, 117.
Moris, 1 88.
Morril, 146.
Morrill, 29, 51, 146, 171,
172.
Morris, 17.
Morse, 82, 86, 102, 113,
118.
Morss, 118.
Mose, 66.
Moses, 198.
Moulton, 21-23,80, 101,
114-116, 147, 148, 162,
179.
Mullican, 52, 68.
Mullicken, 67, 68.
Mulliken, 68.
Mundy, 157.
Mungel, 163.
Murray, 126.
Mussy, 159, 161.
Muzzall, 1 60.
Muzzey, 159.
Nason, 97.
Neal, 186.
Needam, 114.
Needham, 17, 67, 102,
114, 137, 162, 181.
Needum, 115.
Negus, 149.
Neland, 105.
Nelson, 34, 67, 68, no,
118, 150, 189.
Nevell, 113
Nevill, 112.
Newcomb, 118.
Newhall, 185, 195.
Newman, 70, 159.
Nichols, 53, 54, 86, 186.
Nickson, 31.
Nicksone, 30.
Nicolls, 179.
Nixon, 32, 101, 132, 195.
Noris, 187.
Norris, 172.
North, 179.
Northend, 118.
Norton, 30, 67, 134, 139,
160.
Norwood,7o, 91,166,206.
Nourse, 163.
Nowell,63, 179, 196, 197.
Noyes, 79, 86, 128, 172,
196.
Nud, 21.
Nudd, 114, 147, 148.
Nurse, 17, 127.
Nutting, 81, 181.
Nye, 29, 206.
Oakes, 44.
Oateshall, 148.
Obear, 76.
Ober, 107, 131.
Odlin, 70, 146.
Olipher, 113.
"O-li-way," 146.
Olliver, 76.
Ordaway, 10.
Ordway, 16, 146.
Ormsbey, 20, 116.
Ormsbie, 20.
Ormsby, 66, 147, 178.
Orne, 6, 161.
Osgood, 23, 29, 36, 58,
83, 107,110, 146, 172,
180, 190, 191.
Otterson, 10.
Owens, 83.
Page, 10-12, 21, 22, 29,
65, 86, 114, 117, 137,
147, 148, 191.
Paige, 6, 191.
Paine, 36, 130, 148.
Pallmer, 22.
Palmer, 23, 50, 66, 117,
147, 190.
Parker, 11, 23, 31, 33,
41, 50, 58, 67,82,86,
102, 105, 106, 118,
131, 149, 157, 191.
Parkman, 198.
Parl, 48.
Parsons, 9, 107, 141,154,
182, 191, 192, 198.
Partridg, 50.
Patch, 64, 197.
Patee, n.
Paterson, 7, 9, 64, 130,
I3 1 * 197-
Paul, 58.
Paybody, 102.
Payne, 21,113, 114, 116,
148, 161.
Payson, 195.
Peabody, 4, 5, 9, I7,4 6 '
48, 55, 60, 67, 86, 92,
IOI, 102, I09-II2,
Pearce, 149.
Pearl, 47, 48.
Pearle, 46.
Pearson, 144, 147, 164.
Pease, 14, 15, 66, 149.
Peaslie, 85.
Peasly, 85, 116, 179.
Peboddie, 21.
Pebodie, 21.
Pebody, 21.
Pecker, 10, 116.
Peele, 4.
Pendleton, 114, 180.
Pepperell, 70, 78.
Pericles, 175.
Perkins, 21, 49, 84, 92,
103, 107, 112.
Perley, i, 7, 18, 25, 57,
67, 77, 86, 102, 133,
I35 '73. '83-
Permit, 117.
Perry, 54, 55, 106, 112.
Peter, 101, 134, 149.
2O4
Peters, 67, 73, 86, 118,
134-
Petingell, 128.
Pettingall, 45.
Pettit, 22.
Pettitt, 23, 113, 179.
Pevear, in.
Phelps, 36, 41, 61, 96,
99, 136, 137, 139,140.
Philbrick, II, 87.
Philbroocke, 85.
Philip, King, 197.
Phillips, 39, 52, 61, 83,
97-
Pickering, 163.
Picket, 1 88.
Pickford, 86.
Pickman, 6, 99.
Pickrime, 180.
Pierce, 149.
Pierson, 164.
Pike, II, 20, 23, 24, 50,
84, 85, 147, 148, 179,
1 80.
Pirking, 21, 114.
Pirkins, 21, 23, 24, 49,
50, 114, 117, 148.
Pirmat, 115.
Pitman, 118.
Platts, 39, 60.
Plummer, II.
Poland, 66, 107.
Pollard, 39.
Pollock, 184, 185,
Pool, 157.
Poor, 7, 9, 17, 31, 61,
62, 64, loo, 107, 1 18,
196.
Poore, 17.
Pope, 137, 164.
Porter, 38, 46, 48, 54,
79, 105, 119, 125-127,
133, 134, 142, 150.
Pottelle, 67.
Pottle, 67, 182.
Power, 81.
Powers, 6.
Pratt, 62.
Pray, 108.
Prentiss, 157.
Prescut, 192.
Preston, 160.
Priest, 182.
Priestly, 43.
Prince, 4.
Procter, 52.
Proctor, 6.
Pulcifer, 43.
Purmet, 85.
Putnam, 10, 65, 67, 96,
131, 132, 149, 157,
167, 174, 181, 185,
186.
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
Quilters, 113.
Quinby, 164.
Ralfe, 147, 179.
Rantoul, 15, 17.
Rauson, 117.
Ravill, 33.
Rawdon, 198.
Rawson, 92, 140.
Raymond, 102.
Read, 6, 17, 38.
Reade, 24.
Redington, 134.
Redman, 23, 24, 49, 85,
114, 116, 147.
Reed, 48, 197.
Revere, 154.
Reynolds, 6.
Rhodes, 16.
Rice, 103, 182.
Rich, 43, 44.
Richards, II, 12.
Richardson, 5, 107.
Richworth, 22.
Ricker, 99.
Ridden, 148.
Riggs, 44-
Ring, 1 80, 192.
Roades, 162.
Robbins, 186.
Roberds, n.
Roberts, 141, 186. .
Robeson, 85.
Robey, 114.
Robie, 85, 114-117.
Robin Hood, 198.
Robinson, 8, 46, 104,
112,114,116,117,151,
178, 195, 197.
Robison, 116.
Roby, 132.
Rockwood, 155.
Roffe, 65, 66.
Rogers, 6, 15, 17, 31,
59, 64, 68, 149,
160.
Rolfe, 50, 65.
Root, 15.
Roper, 22, 114, 148.
Ropes, 5.
Ross, 182.
Row, 132, 141.
Rowell, 22, 49, 98, 179.
Rowlandson, 182.
Ruck, 117.
Rucke, 148.
Rudduck, 148.
Rugg I49> 182.
Runnels, 47, 48, 150.
Rushwood, 114.
Russell, 60, 83, 97, 98,
130.
44.
Sabin, 33, 66.
Sadler, 22, 84, 85, 113,
147, 148.
Safford, 61.
Saltenstall, 20, 68.
Saltingstall, 22, 49, 113.
Saltonstall, n, 13, 15, 21,
22, 65.
Samborn, 49, 114, 116,
147.
Samborne, 22, 23, 49.
Sanborn, 50.
Sanborne, 20-22.
Sandars, 133.
Sanders, 20, 23, 49, 113,
115, 133, 148, 179,
1 80.
Sargent, 21, 22, 50, 84,
85, 132, 179,180, 195.
Satchwell, 23.
Satchwelle, 178.
Saunders, 33, 66.
Saunderson, 184.
Savage, 14, 18, 116,
127, 148.
Savig, 1 1 6.
Savory, 8.
Saward, 22, 49, 50.
Sawyer, 20, 45, 82, 118,
141, 149, 182.
Saxby, 129.
Sayward, 21, 22.
Say word, 85.
Scamman, 169.
Scarlet, 100, 101.
Scot, 143.
Scott, 92.
Severance, 21, 24, 33.
Severans, 24, 85, 147,
179.
Sewall, 69.
Seword, 85.
Shaplighe, 117.
Shapleith, 116.
Shattock, 139.
Shattuck, 60, 61, 82,
136, 137, 139. 14-
Shaw, 22, 23, 49, 114,
117, 180, 181.
Shed, 35.
Sheldon, 81, 164.
Shepard, 10, n, 152-
154, 190.
Sheppard, 164.
Sherburne, 178.
Sherlock, 71.
Shiply, 1 88.
Shores, 164.
Sibley, 98.
Sibson, 79.
Silsbee, 6, 14.
Silver, 163.
Singletarie, 114.
Singletary, 24, 115, 127.
Slate, 66.
Sleper, 21.
Smethurst, 174.
Smith, 10, 22, 23, 32,
33, 44, 45, So, 86,
109, 112-114, n6,
141, 147, 150, 158,
161, 192, 198.
Smyth, 45.
Snethen, 96.
Snow, 82.
Somes, 157.
Souther, 148.
Southick, 139.
Southwick, 135-137, 139,
140.
Spafford, 63.
Spencer, 101.
Spitzenfiel, 29, 206.
Spofford, 16, 17,34, 118,
184, 198.
Sprague, 52, 118.
Spur, 74.
Stacy, 129.
Stainard, 114.
Stanian, 22, 114, 178-
180.
Staniell, 113.
Stanion, 148.
Stanley, 61.
Stannian, 22.
Stanwood, 44.
Stanyan, 178, 206.
Stanyon, 108.
Staples, 10.
Starkweather, 197.
Stearns, 104, 105.
Steel, 1 06.
Stevens, 10, n, 30, 35,
38, 44, 50, 58, 60-62,
83, 129, 192.
Stewart, 128, 189.
Sticknee, 48.
Stickney, 37, 57, 59, 97,
188.
Stiles, 61.
Stimpson, 186.
St. John, 152.
Stockman, 192, 193.
Stone, 10, 1 06, 163.
Stowell, 41.
Strang, 198.
Straw, 164.
Swain, 163.
Swaine, 24, 50, 148,
178, 1 80.
Swan, 103, 107, 190.
Swayne, 49.
Swetland, 66.
Swett, 30.
Swift, 99.
Symonds, 20-24.
INDEX TO SURNAMES.
205
Tabor, 65. Tufts, 98. Washenton, 46. Whittemore, 40, 166.
Tappen, 193. Tukesbeary, 165. Washington, 1 44, 55. Whittier, u, 94, 116,
Tarbell, 104. Tupper, 7, 8, 31, 196. Waters, 15. 119, 120, 140, 181.
Tarbox, 16, 52,162,206. Turner, 8, 22, 24, 142. Wathin, 188. Whittingham, 22.
Tay, 104, 187. Tuttell, 127. Watson, 158. Whittlesey, 80.
Tayler, 22. Tuttle, 81. Webb, 4, 24, 158. Wiggin, 22, 24, 85, 97,
Taylor, 6, 20-23, 49> Tuxbury, 165. Webster, 10, II, 13, 30, 113-115, 117, 148,
113, 114, 116, 197. Twiss, 152, 162. 181, 194. 180, 186.
Ted, 179. Twitchell, 98. Wedgwood, 20-23, 49 > Wiggles worth, 33, 46,
Tennyson, 112. Tyler, 17, 40,46, 118, 50, 113, 114, 116, 64,101,131,158,195.
Teuxbury, 165. 197. 179. Wiggleworth, 31.
Thacher, 93-95, 155. Weed, 50, 113. Wilder, 149, 166, 182.
Thing, 113. Underwood, 206. Weeks, 71, 73. Wildes, 92.
Thompson, 34, 86. Upham, 186. Welch, 66, 130. Wiley, 132, 195.
Thomson, 10, 24, 163. Upton, 98. Weld, 106. Wilkins, 53, 54, 67.
Thorndike, 63. Wellman, 195. Wilkinson, 66.
Tibbals, 149. Valpey, 61, 98. Wells, 20, 50, 85, 1 1 3, Willcomb, 141.
Tinge, 148. Vans, 6. 117, 165, 179, 180. Willey, 61.
Tinker, 49. Vaughan, 86. Welman, 162. William, King, 197.
Titcomb, 7, 31, 63, 101, Verry, 55, Wenbourne, 49. Williams, 9, 52, 97.
130, 158, 195-197. Vesey, 195. Wenter, 177. Willson, 116, 180.
Titus, 33, 134. Victoria, Queen, 75. Wentworth, 69, 75, 108. Wilson, 10, 12, 85, 99,
Tod, 115. Voorhies, 74. Wesson, 131, 158. 107, 117, 148.
Todd, 196. Vose, 9. West, 3, 86, 107, 197. Wingate, 71.
Tolman, 86. Wharf, 43, 44. Winship, 133.
Tomlins, 45. Wade, 8, 9, 31, 65, 131, Wharton, 137. Winsley, 24, 50, 84, 85,
Tomlyns, 45. 158. Wheelar, 115. 113, 115, 116, 178,
Tompson, 86. Wadleigh, 51, 52, 150, Wheeler, 69, 115. 179.
Torrey, 166. 194. Wheelewright, 117. Winsly, 114, 115.
Towle, 38. Wainewrite, 85. Wheelwright, 19, 21. Winter, 177, 178.
Town, 62, 127. Wait, 127, 149. Wheelwrit, 148. Winthrop, 92, 93, 141,
Tbwne, 38, 54, 67, 82, Wakefeild, 22, 49, 68. Wheelwrite, 23, 24, 115, 176.
109, ill, 112, 166, Walden, 24, 80. 117,147. Witt, 134.
185, 186. Waldern, 24, 116. Wheelwrst, 50. Wood, 10, 33, 47, 66,
Tracy, 78. Waldo, 20, 197. Whelewright, 24. 73, 106.
Trask, 137, 161. Waldron, 40. Whipple, 10, 34, 66, Woodbury, 68, 107.
Treadwell, 150, 154. Wales, 21, 84, 118. 112, 113, 132, 143, Wooddam, 112,
Trescott, 64. Walker, 59, 61. 157, 158, 161. Woodin, 22, 50, 116.
Treworgye, 21. Wall, 50, 115-117, 148, Whitaker, 10. Woodman, 10, 86, 103.
Troffater, 163. 178. White, 10, n, 13, 44, Woodwell, 133.
True, 30, 34, 147, 193, Wallace, 66, 99, 108. 54, 80, 105, 131-133, Worcester, 20, 148, 180.
194. Ward, 13, 15, 49, 85, 141, 157, 165, 166, Worth, 180.
Trumbal, n. 116, 117, 141, 148. 182, 188. Worthan, 165, 166.
Trumble, 190. Warde, 179. Whiten, 178. Worthen, n, 123, 166.
Tryon, 66. Wardwell, 108. Whiting, 10, 35, 81, 134, Wright, 39, 81, 106, 126.
Tuck, 20, 22-24, 49, Ware, 108. 152, 153. Wyatt, 66.
113, 117, 148, 180. Warland, 97. Whitney, 63, 65, 197. Wyman, 61, 188.
Tucke, 115, 148, 178, Warner, II, 15,63, i3i,Whiton, 157.
180. 149, 158, 195, 197. Whitridge, 141. Young, 166.
Tucker, 128, 178, 194. Warren, 31, 105. Whittaker, n, 12. Younger, 43.
Tucks, 116. Warriner, 14, 149. Whittear, 65. Youngs, 127.
ERRATA.
PAGE 29, Mary Ann Nye died in 1794 and not in 1894 ; and Captain Spitzenfiel died in 1^04 instead
of 1864.
PAGE 52, first answer, second line, Sarah should read Samuel.
PAGE 91, Doctor Norwood should read Doctor Underwood.
PAGE 130, Solomon. Adams should read Solomon Adorns.
PAGE 149, In "Non-Importation Agreement," seventh line, importers should read importation;
and in third line from bottom impoiing should read imposing.
PAGE 166, first answer, sixth line, Robers should read Robert.
PAGE 167, first column, last line, first two words should read "The faint."
PAGE, 178, second column, fifth line, Ssanyan should read Stanyan-, and, in the next line Chrisso-
pher should read Christopher.
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Woodbury Family, 179; 4to. ; Ms. 25.00
Essex County, Early Births, Marriages
and Deaths, 80; 4 to. ; Ms. 5.00
Hazeltine Family Notes, 8 ; 4to. ; Ms. i.oo
Porter Family Notes, 40; 4 to. ; Ms. 3.00
Green Family, 25 ; 4 to. ; Ms. 3.00
Estey Family Notes, 14; 4 to. ; Ms. i.oo
Downing Family Notes, 21 ; 4to. ; Ms. $i
Tyler, Gardner, Trask, Clark, Osborn,
Read, Dorman and Trumbull
Families, 48, 4to., Ms. 5.00
Marblehead Burying Grounds, Inscrip-
tions, 65 ; 4 to; Ms. 2.00
Green, Long and Whipple Families,
14; 4to., Ms. i.oo
Ladd Family Notes, 12, 8vo., Ms. i.oo
Broughton Family Notes, 10, 4to, Ms. $i
Morgan Family, Springfield, 18, 4to,Ms. $2
Batchelder Family Notes, 21, 4to., Ms. $i
Sutton Genealogy, 48, 4 to., Ms. 5.00
Moulton Family Notes, 80, 4to., Ms. 5.00
Clement Genealogy, Marblehead, 23,
4to., Ms. 3.00
Cross, Treadwell, Sears, Clark, Robie,
Corliss, Perkins, Emery, Mars-
ton, Dennis, Batchelder, Sleeper,
Elkins, Bracket, Langley, Board-
man, Simmons, Greenleaf, Dev-
ereux, Norman, Maverick, Shaw,
Sanborn, Hussey, Bodwell, Carr,
Gerrish, Coffin and other Fami-
lies, 125, 4to., Ms. 10.00
Putnam Family Notes, 15, 4to., Ms. i.oo
Judd and other Family Notes, 20,
4to., Ms. i.oo
Felch Family Notes, 16, 4to., Ms. i.oo
Foster Family Notes, 20, 4to., Ms. i.oo
White Family Notes, 31, 4 to., Ms. i.oo
Dane Family Notes, 15, folio, Ms. i.oo
Hudson Family Notes, 37, 4to, Ms. 3.00
ADDRESS, THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN, SALEM, MASS.
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THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN
A MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO
THE BIOGRAPHY, GENEALOGY,
HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES
OF ESSEX COUNTY,
MASSACHUSETTS
VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
SALEM, MASS. :
Antiquarian.
1898.
CONTENTS.
ABBOT NOTES, 22, 38, 74, 100, 113.
ABORN NOTES, 132, 140.
ACRES GENEALOGY, 9, 166.
ADAMS GENEALOGIES, 17, 40, 62, 76, 87, in,
142, 160.
ACER FAMILY, 128.
ALLEN GENEALOGIES, 135, 161, 176, 199.
AMES MURDER, The, i.
AMESBURY INSCRIPTIONS :
Union Cemetery, 10.
Salisbury Plains Cemetery, 30.
ANDOVER INSCRIPTIONS :
Old South Burying Ground, 119, 143.
West Parish Burying Ground, 39.
ANSWERS TO QUERIES, 8, 15, 50; 12, 32; 14,
68: 18, 133; 22, 85, 133; 32, 117; 34,
102; 35, 16; 39, 32; 40, 150; 41, 133; 42,
133; 44, 117; 45, 166; 47, 150; 48, 68;
55, 166; 61, 32; 65, 150; 73, 182; 89, 16;
93> 16"; 96, 182; 100,32; 101, 182; 103,
200; 106, 16; 109, 16; in, 68; 116, 32;
118, 102; 122, 16; 123, 16; 125, 50, 134;
126,50; 127,32; 134,85; 156, 117, 118;
166, 150; 178,200.
BANCROFT IMMIGRANTS, 94.
BARTHOLOMEW, RICHARD, Will of, 80.
BEVERAGES IN THE OLD DAYS, 33.
BRADSTREET, Gov. SIMON, 159. "
BURIALS, OUR FATHERS', 39.
BYFIELD PARISH BAPTISMS, 1709-1743, 51.
CARTHRICK, MICHAEL, Will of, 160. '
CELLAR, The Old, 61.
CHUTE, LIONELL, Will of, 66.
COMET, The, 75.
COMETS, Early, 75.
COOKING, Early Methods of, 183.
FAIRFIELD, JOHN, Will of, 175.
FOUNTAIN INN, Marblehead, 125.
GEORGETOWN, Centre of, in the Year 1800, 103.
GOFFE, JOHN, Will of, 30.
GOWING-WELLMAN HOMESTEAD, Lynnfield, 141.
HAWES, FRANCES, Will of, 45.
HOME, THE OLD, 141.
HOWE, CAPT. EPHRAIM, The Shipwreck of, 187.
HUSBAND, To MY DEAR AND LOVING, 159.
INGERSOLL, RICHARD, Will of, 29.
INN, THE DEPARTED, 125.
INSCRIPTIONS. See Amesbury Inscriptions and
Andover Inscriptions.
IPSWICH, A TALE OF, 31.
LIGHTFOOT, FRANCIS, Will of, 101.
LOMBARDY POPLARS, 61.
MARGARET, 9.
MOOER, JONATHAN, of Newbury, 131.
MORSE, JOSEPH, Will of, 80.
MOULTON PEDIGREE, The, 46.
NAILS, THE MANUFACTURE OF, IN ESSEX COUN-
TY, 69.
NORFOLK COUNTY RECORDS, OLD, n, 47, 81,
114, 148, 181.
OLD SOUTH BURYING GROUND, ANDOVER, 119,
PAYNE, THOMAS, Will of, 10.
PEASE, MARGARET, Will of, 38.
POLLARD, GEORGE, Will of, 132.
POPLARS, LOMBARDY, 61.
QUERIES, 124-129, 15; 130-132,32; 133-141,50;
142-147, 68; 148-152, 85; I53-IS8, 101;
159-165, 117; 166-168, 133; 169-171, 150;
172-177, 166; 178-179, 182; 180-183, 20 .
REVOLUTION, Soldiers and Sailors of the, 23, 67,
97, 128, 165.
ROCKPORT BAPTISMS, 1755-1808, 151, 189.
SALEM GRANT, A, 117.
SALEM, PART OF, in 1700, 167.
SALEM FARMERS, Petition of, 27.
SALISBURY PLAINS CEMETERY, AMESBURY, 30.
SALLOWES, MICHAEL, Will of, no.
SARATOGA, BATTLE OF, 1777, 7.
SATCHWELL, JOHN, Will of, 142.
SMUGGLERS, The, 109.
SMUGGLERS, Informers of, 109.
THORNE, JOHN, Will of, 74.
TOPSFIELD, SETTLEMENT OF, 95.
TRAINING DAY, 23.
UNION CEMETERY, AMESBURY, 10.
WEAVER, THE OLD, 93.
WEAVING, EARLY, 93.
WEST PARISH BURYING GROUND, ANDOVER, 39.
WILL, THE READING OF THE, 175.
WIVES, THE WATCH OF THE, 187.
YONGS, CHRISTOPHER, Will of, 188.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
ADAMS, BENJAMIN, HOUSE, ^Georgetown, 108.
ADAMS HOMESTEADS, OLD :
Boxford, 33.
Hamilton, 87.
Newbury-Byfield, 17.
AMES MURDER, The, i.
BAKER, YANKEE, The, 185.
BOYNTON, MOSES, HOUSE, Georgetown, 108.
BRADSTREET, Gov. SIMON, 151.
BROCKLEBANK, JOB, HOUSE, Georgetown, 104.
BROCKLEBANK, JOHN, HOUSE, Georgetown, 108.
BROCKLEBANK, JOHN (CLARK), HOUSE, George-
town, 107.
BURBANK, SAMUEL, HOUSE, Georgetown, 107.
CENTRE SCHOOLHOUSE, Georgetown, 107.
DOLE, WILLIAM, HOUSE, Georgetown, 106.
EMERSON, JOHN, HOUSE, Salem, 171.
FOUNTAIN INN, Marblehead, Site of, 119.
FRYING PAN, ANCIENT, 183.
GEORGETOWN :
Centre Schoolhouse, 107.
Houses in, 104-108.
Map of Centre of, in 1800, 103.
Old South Meeting-House, 104.
GOWING-WELLMAN HOMESTEAD, Lynnfield, 135.
HAND-LOOM, 93.
HUNT, LEWIS, HOUSE, Salem, 178.
JACK, A, 183.
LOMBARDY POPLARS, 51.
NELSON, NATHANIEL, HOUSE, Georgetown, 105.
NELSON, PAUL, HOUSE, Georgetown, 105.
NELSON, SOLOMON, HOUSE, Georgetown, 105.
OLD SOUTH MEETING-HOUSE, Georgetown, 104.
PARKMAN, DELIVERANCE, HOUSE, Salem, 178.
PERKINS, JACOB, 69.
PILSBURY, JOHN, HOUSE, Georgetown, 105.
POPLARS, LOMBARDY, 51.
SALEM, PART OF, in 1700, 167.
SEWALL, STEPHEN, HOUSE, Salem, 171.
SHEPARD'S NEW STOVE, 186.
SPIT AND SKEWERS, 184.
STEWART'S AIR-TIGHT COOKING STOVE, 185.
STOVES, 185, 1 86.
TENNEY, DAVID, HOUSE, Georgetown, 106.
TIN KITCHEN, 184.
WALLINGFORD, BENJAMIN, HOUSE, Georgetown,
108.
YANKEE BAKER, The, 185.
THE ANCIENT BURYING GROUND.
SITE OF THE AMES HOUSE.
SITE OF THE MEETING HOUSE.
THE AMES MURDER.
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
VOL. II.
SALEM, MASS., JANUARY, i
No. i.
THE AMES MURDER.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY.
ONE of the most interesting cases in
criminal proceedings that ever occurred
in Essex county is that of the Ames mur-
der in the West parish of Boxford in the
year 1769. The story of the murder and
the trial of the accused is as follows.
On a knoll on the east side of a little
brook running past the barn of Mr. A. S.
Howe in Linebrook parish, Ipswich, and
on the northerly side of the highway, are
the remains of an ancient cellar. The
house that stood there was probably gone
before this century opened. A part of the
cellar wall remains, and there yet survive
some shrubs that grew in the yard. Here
lived widow Ruth Perley with her family
late in the year 1768. Her eldest child,
Samuel, was then pastor of the church in
Seabrook, N. H., and the rest of the six
children were at home. Ruth, the elder
daughter was twenty-one Oct. 29th. The
family had lived there for many years.
Ruth was pretty and refined j and
though her home was in the extreme
western portion of the town of Ipswich,
and in a sparsely settled region, she was
early sought in marriage by Jonathan
Ames of Boxford, a young man of affluent
parents. They were married Dec. 19,
1768, by her brother, Rev. Samuel Perley.
Mr. Ames took his bride to the house
of his parents in West Boxford, and lived
there. The Ames house stood on the
westerly side of the road running from
" Captain Wood's corner " to the " peg
factory," on a knoll by the edge of the
present woods. The site is shown in the
frontispiece, at its top, the bars being lo-
cated in the cellar hole.
As has been the case in some instances
since that early time, the mother-in-law
was not in full sympathy with the young
bride dwelling under her roof. The rea-
son of this is probably as inexplicable as
it has been in many similar cases.
Spring had hardly come when Mrs.
Ames, senior, began to speak of Ruth as
her son's housekeeper. Eventually, about
the latter part of May a child was born
to the newly-wedded couple.
On the morning of the fifth of June,
one of the neighbors, Mrs. Kimball,
called to see the young mother. She was
met at the door by Mrs. Ames, senior,
who, in reply to the request of Mrs. Kim-
ball to see Ruth, objected, intimating
that she was very ill, and had vomited
and purged so much that it was dis-
agreeable to enter the chamber. Not-
withstanding, Mrs. Kimball entered the
house and went into the sick chamber.
She found that the room was clean and
agreeable, and there appeared no signs of
vomiting or purging. But Ruth was in
deathly agony, with froth or phlegm ex-
uding from her mouth. She was taken
sick in that manner at about seven o'clock
in the morning and died between eleven
and twelve o'clock before noon. Mrs.
Ames said she knew that Ruth would die
as it was the same disorder that a certain
Mrs. Chandler died with some years be-
fore, and that it "was as mortal as the
plague ;" and that there would be another
death soon, having reference to the baby.
On laying out the body, livid spots, indi-
cating poison, appeared on one of the
arms of the deceased.
2 THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
The writer was informed many years cemetery, and from thence as it now
ago by an aged lady, who was born and exists to the parsonage on the ancient
had always lived her almost centenary of Andover road. The site of the meeting-
years within a few rods of the Ames home- house, as it now appears, is shown in the
stead, and personally knew many of the frontispiece, at the bottom,
people who took a prominent part in the Rarely, if ever, has such a mass of peo-
events that followed, that the funeral oc- pie been seen in the parish, the meeting-
curred soon after Ruth's death, that none house being, as the current newspaper*
of the neighbors were invited to it and said, " much thronged."
that a clergyman from a neighboring town The court was opened with prayer,
performed the burial service instead of The coroners then gave the jury " their
Rev. John Gushing, pastor of the church, solemn charge." During these exercises
who was their nearest neighbor. The the same newspaper account says, " there
burial occurred in the old village ceme- appeared not the least irregularity or dis-
tery, which is shown as it now appears in order, but a solemn, silent sadness seemed
the middle section of the frontispiece. to be fixed on the face of the gayest
Mrs. Kimball was suspicious that Ruth youth."
had been poisoned to death. She repeat- After the charge, the coroners, the jury
edly told of what she had experienced at and the spectators proceeded " with de-
the Ames house and in the sick room, cency and good order," over the winding
The peculiar attitude which Mrs. Ames roadway up the hill to the old burying-
assumed toward the deceased seemed to ground, where for five weeks had lain the
confirm the suspicion of poisoning, and body of the murdered girl,
that Mrs. Ames was at least cognizant of The exhumation of the body was be-
the crime. The matter of an accusation gun ; and as it progressed the human
was not at first conceived, but about a mass surged around the grave so eagerly
month afterward the feeling against Mrs. to see the whole of the operation that
Ames became so strong that a complaint they were only kept from causing harm
signed by twenty-nine men, and consent- by being told that all should have an op-
ed to by the relatives of the deceased, portunity of seeing the remains,
was preferred to Henry Ingalls, Moses The body was taken to the meeting-
Dole and Abraham Choate, three coro- house, the procession taking up its route
ners, for an inquisition upon the body, down the hill, at the middle of that mid-
which had lain in the ground all that summer day.
length of time. An autopsy was made by the physi-
The coroners thereupon summoned a cians; the jury heard their report and
jury of twenty-five (whose names are af- other testimony, and two days later the
fixed to their report hereinafter given, coroners and the jury made report of
Joseph Osgood being foreman), thirteen their inquisition as follows :
of whom were physicians ; and four other " Essex Ss.
physicians were engaged to perform the "An Inquisition. Indented & taken
autopsy. at Boxford within the s d . County of Efsex,
The inquest was opened on Monday, the Twelfth Day of July, in the Ninth year
July loth, ' when there assembled a pro- of our Sovereign Lord George, the third,
miscuous multitude of people." The by y e Grace of God, of Great Britain,
court was held in the meeting-house, France and Ireland, King, defender of y e
which stood on the easterly side of the Faith, &c., before Henry Ingalls, Mofes
'Sandy road" in the pasture in the rear of Dole, & Abraham Choate, Gentlemen,
the old cemetery, a road, which can still Coroners for our S d . Lord the King, with-
be traced running from the meeting-house
up the present wooded declivity to the * Essex Gazette, July 11-18, 1769.
THE AMES MURDER.
in the County of Efsex afores d upon the
View of the Body of Ruth Earns Wife of
Jon a . Ames Jur. then and there being Dead
by the Oaths of Joseph Osgood, || Fore-
man, || Nehemiah Abbot, Amos Putnam,
Enoch Sawyer Jun. Micajah Sawyer,
James Brickett, W m . Hale, Silas Miriam,
Thomas Kitredge, Wallace Rust, Ephraim
Davis, Simons Baker, Benj n . Muzzy,
Ephraim Wales, Peter Osgood, Dan 1 . Spaf-
ford, Afa Perly, Benj n . Berry, Nathan
Wood, John Hale, Ephraim Fuller, Moody
Bridges, Nathaniel Pearly, Oliver Pea-
body, Rich d . Peabody, Good and Lawful
Men of the County of Efsex afores d , who
being Charged and Sworn to enquire for
our Lord the King, when, by what means,
and how, the s d . Ruth Eames came to her
Death, upon their Oaths do say, the s d .
Ruth Eames on the fifth Day of June last
in the morning Died of Felony (that is to
say by Poison) given to her by ||a|| Per-
son or Persons to us unknown || which
murder is against the Peace of our s d .
Lord the King, his Crown and Dignity.
In Witnefs whereof We the s d . Coroners,
as well as the s d . Jurors to this Inquisition,
have interchangeably put our Hands and
Seals the Day and year abovesaid.
"Joseph Osgood [seal]
Nehemiah Abbot [seal]
Amos Putnam [seal]
Enoch Sawyer jun r . [seal]
Micajah Sawyer [seal]
James Brickett [seal]
William Hale [seal]
Silas Merriam [seal]
Tho 8 . Kittredge [seal]
Wallis Ruft [seal]
Symonds Baker [seal]
Benj a . Muzzy [seal]
Ephraim Davis [seal]
Eph m . Wales [seal]
Peter Osgood [seal]
Daniel SpafTard [seal]
Asa Perley [seal]
Benj a . Berry [seal]
Nathan Wood [seal]
John Hale [seal]
Moody Bridges [seal]
Ephraim Fuller [seal]
Nath 1 . Perley [seal]
Oliver Peabody [seal]
Richeard Peabody [seal]"
When it was found that no sufficient
evidence could be adduced to connect
either the husband of the murdered girl,
or his mother, with the murder, then was
demanded an exhibition of that almost
forgotten "ordeal of touch," which has
rarely been known in England in modern
centuries, and, as the writer believes,
never in New England, except in this in-
stance.
The body being laid upon a table with
a sheet over it, Jonathan and his mother
were invited to prove their innocence by
this gruesome test. The ancient practice
was similar. The body was laid at
length, covered only with a sheet of the
purest white, in the dim and weird
church, and the suspected party was in-
vited to touch the neck of the deceased
with the index-finger of the left hand,
the superstition being that when the
guilty hand touched the remains blood
would issue, the whiteness of the sheet
making it plainly visible, " pleading trum-
pet-tongued against the deep-damnation
of her taking off."
These scenes were always awful, being
rendered more so by the environment and
the nervous tension of every one of the
multitude that gazed with strained eyes
and breathless upon the accused as he
dared to either advance toward or retreat
from the remains, either direction tend-
ing to confirm his guilt in the minds of
the spectators until he finally passed the
ordeal, which but few persons ever did.
In this instance, from fear, probably,
not that they believed in the superstition,
but were afraid that by some chance
blood might flow, both refused.
The " examination gave great occa-
sion to conclude that they were concerned
in the poisoning," and on Tuesday, July
1 8, they were arrested and taken to Sa-
lem, where they were confined in the an-
cient jail where the persons accused of
witchcraft were imprisoned many years
before.
4 THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
When the grand jury sat, Mrs. Ames Boxford aforesaid in the county aforesaid,
was duly indicted as the principal, and the said Ruth Earns died of the poison
Jonathan as accessory in the crime. Mrs. aforesaid and of the Sicknefs and distem-
Ames' indictment was as follows : per thereby occasioned as aforesaid ; and
"The Jurors for the said Lord the King so the Jurors aforesaid upon their ||said||
upon their Oath presented that Elizabeth Oath do say that the said Elizabeth Earns,
Earns the wife of Jonathan Earns of Box- in manner and form and by the means
ford in the said county of Efsex yeoman, aforesaid, feloniously, willfully and of her
on the fourth day of June last past, at malice aforethought, did poison kill and
Boxford aforesaid, in the county afore- murder the said Ruth Earns against the
said, not having the fear of God in her peace of the s d . Lord the King his crown
heart, but feloniously, wickedly and of and dignity.
her malice aforethought intending and "Jon: Sewall, Att y . pro. Dom. Reg e .
contriving with Poison to kill and mur- "This is a true bill
der one Ruth Earns, then and there being "David Britton, Foreman."
in the peace of God, and of the said While lodged in jail, Mrs. Ames was
Lord the King, did then & there with heard to mutter in her sleep, " Don't tell
force and arms feloniously willfully and on me, Jonathan ; if you do, I shall be
of her malice aforethought, mix and hanged."
mingle a great quantity of white arfenic, The superior court, in which the case
being a deadly poison, in a certain quan- would be tried, being about to sit in Sa-
tity of Spermaceti fhe the said Elizabeth lem, Jonathan's sister Elizabeth was ar-
Eams, then and there well knowing the rested as an accessory to the murder, by
said white arsenic to be a deadly poison ; Amos Mulliken, deputy sheriff, on Novem-
And that fhe the said Elizabeth Earns, ber pth, and lodged in the jail at Salem
there afterwards, to wit, on the same day, on the same day.
the poison aforesaid so mixed and min- The court convened on the morning of
gled as aforesaid; with force and arms Tuesday, the i4th, in the old court house
feloniously willfully and of her malice that then stood in the middle of Wash-
aforethought, did offer and give to her ington street, opposite the Tabernacle
the said Ruth Earns, to take, eat and church. The judges upon the bench
Swallow down ; and that the s d . Ruth were Benjamin Lynde, John Gushing,
Earns, not knowing the poison aforesaid, Peter Oliver and Edmund Trovvbridge,
to have been mixed and mingled as afore- and during the session they boarded with
said, in the Spermaceti aforesaid, there William Goodhue.
afterward on the same day, by the pro- The jury impanelled to try the case
curement and persuasion of the said consisted of Jonathan Orne of Salem,
Elizabeth Earns, did take, eat and swal- foreman, and John Gardner of Salem,
low down the said Poison, so mixed and William Bowden of Marblehead, Daniel
mingled as aforesaid ; and thereupon the Jacobs of Danvers, Thorndike Procter, jr.,
said Ruth Earns by the said poison, so, of Salem, William Becket of Salem, Rich-
as aforesaid taken eaten & Swallowed ard Manning of Salem, Stephen Phillips
down, then and there became sick and of Marblehead, Thomas Grant of Marble-
distempered in her body ; and the said head, Theophilus Breed of Lynn, Mascol
Ruth Earns of the poison aforesaid, and Williams of Salem, and Samuel Holton of
of the sicknefs and Distemper thereby Danvers.
occasioned, did languifh and languifhing The counsel for the king was Jonathan
did live from the said fourth day of June Sewall of Boston.
last, untill the fifth day of the same June, The counsel of the accused was John
at Boxford aforesaid in the county afore- Adams, afterward president of the United
said ; on which same fifth day of June, at States. He was, at this time, thirty-four
THE AMES MURDER. 5
years of age. In the trial of this case Sarah Porter, widow, and Dea. Thomas
we can imagine the dignity and delibera- Chadwick, both of Boxford, John Barker
tion of his procedure, and the beaming of of Andover, Dr. Henry Dow Banks of
his intelligent face, which attracted so Haverhill, and Richard Dole and his wife
much attention when a few years later he Miriam of Boxford.
became the man second in America to Mrs. Ames " was thereupon brought
none but Washington. and set to the bar and arraigned and upon
The witnesses were summoned to pre- her arraignment pleaded not guilty and
sent themselves at eight o'clock in the for trial put herself upon God and the
morning, and there was a host of them, country," so runs the official record.
There were Dr. Nathaniel Perkins and The jury were then sworn to try the issue.
Dr. James Lloyd, both of Boston, Dr. The trial began at nine o'clock ; and
Isaac Rand ofCharlestown, David George the substance of the evidence, according
and Josiah George, both of Newburyport,* to the report of the case in the then cur-
Rev. Samuel Pearley of Seabrook,f John rent Essex Gazette, was as follows :
Fowler of Ipswich, yeoman, Enoch Kim- " That on a violent Sufpicion that the
ball, yeoman, John Chadwick, gentleman, faid Ruth Eames, who died the Beginning
and his wife Susannah, Prudence Tyler, of laft May, was poifoned, her Body, five
singlewoman, Mehitable Tyler, wife of Weeks after the Burial, was taken up;
Gideon Tyler, Benjamin Porter, jr., yeo- and a Number of Phyficians, fummoned
man, John Tyler and Jonathan Tyler (sons on the Jury of Inqueft, on opening the
of Gideon Tyler), William Eiles, yeoman, fame, and finding a Subftance, which
Oliver Foster, yeoman, Jonathan Foster, they believed to be Arfenick or Ratf bane,
gentleman, George Farnam, laborer, all adhering to the Coats of the Stomach,
of Boxford, Miriam Dole of Rowley, were unanimoufly of Opinion, that fhe
Joseph Manning, John Calfe, Ephraim loft her Life by Poifon : That, to corrob-
Chadwick, Dr. Thomas Kittredge, Dr. orate this Opinion, it appeared that one
Francis Hodgskins, Dr. John Man- Mrs. Kimball went to fee the Deceafed
ning, jr., Abraham How, yeoman, all the Morning before her Death, and on
of Ipswich, Elizabeth, wife of Richard fignifying her Desire of going up Cham-
Kimball, Dr. Moses Barker, Solomon ber, the Prifoner (who was Mother in
Cole, yeoman, Daniel Long, yeoman, all Law to the faid Deceafed, and refided
of Andover, Sarah Estey of Middleton, in the fame Houfe with her) made an
spinster, Nathan Browne, gentleman, Objection to it, intimating that her Daugh-
and Jonathan Cook, fisherman, both ter was very ill, and had vomited and
-of Salem, Aaron Wood, esq., and Amos purged fo much as to render it very dif-
Kimball, yeoman, both of Boxford, Dr. agreeable to enter the Chamber ; notwith-
William Hale of Boxford, Dr. Macajah ftanding which, Mrs. Kimball went up,
Sawyer and Dr. Enoch Sawyer, jr., both found (the Reverfe of what had been
of Newburyport, Dr. Nehemiah Abbot of told her by the Prifoner) the Chamber
Andover, Lucy, wife of Abraham How, clean and agreeable, and no Signs of
Ezekiel Potter, yeoman, and Martha Pear- vomiting or purging, but found the De-
ley, spinster, both of Ipswich, Dr. Ward ceafed almoft or quite in the Agonies of
Noyce of Andover, Moses Dole, yeoman, Death, with Froth or Phlegm iffuing out
Daniel Spafford, gentleman, and Robert of her Mouth, and expired foon after,
Cregg, yeoman, all of Rowley, Moses viz. between 1 1 and 12 o'Clock in the
George of Newburyport, shipwright, Forenoon, having been ill from about
Mary, wife of Isaac Blunt of Andover, feven in the Morning : That before her
Death, the Prifoner faid, fhe would cer-
*These young men were under age, and were tain j y die for her Diforder was the fame
summoned in behalf of the prisoner. -. ^, ,, j- i ^r
tBrother of the murdered woman. that one Mrs Chandler died of
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
Years before, and was as mortal as the
Plague ; and that there would be another
Death in the Family foon (meaning an
Infant which the Deceafed, its Mother,
had lately fuckled) : That on laying out
the Body, livid Spots, an Indication of
Poifon, appeared on one of her Arms :
That the Prifoner, when fhe was affured
the Body would be dug up, expreffed
much Concern, and faid fhe fhould not
live a Month : That fince her Imprison-
ment, fhe has faid, fhe believed her
Daughter was poifoned, and that her Son
Jonathan (Hufband to the Deceafed)
did it ; and afked whether fhe could not
turn King's Evidence."
The court thought proper to admit the
evidence of Jonathan, who had turned
King's evidence against his mother.
" By his Teftimony, it appeared, that,
five or fix Days before his Wife died, his
Mother told him, that fhe would deprive
him of his Houfekeeper (as fhe called
his Wife) if fhe did it by a Portion of
Ratf bane ; and the Night before her
Death, he faw his Mother give his Wife a
Piece of Bread and Butter, with Ratf bane
on it, as near as he could tell ; and faid
that fince he has heard the Doctors tell
what Ratfbane is, he is certain that it
was that ; and that he cautioned his Wife
againft taking it."
The trial continued through the short
November day, and the dusk of evening
found the court in session. Candles
were lighted, and dimly dispelled the
darkness of the ancient court room.
Gloom must have settled on the prisoners,
who knew not what the result of the trial
might be, and the jury, too, could not
have escaped from the feeling of awe that
their duty that night must give or take a
human life.
The trial wore on. The midnight hour
approached and passed before the law-
yers began their arguments to the jury.
John Adams spoke first. With all the
solemnity of the hour and the occasion,
he urged the jury to give release to the
prisoner. As the substance of his argu-
ment, he said that by the evidence it did
not appear that Mrs*. Ames had been
guilty of any ill behavior toward the de-
ceased during their residence together in
the same house ; that it was the opinion
of physicians that it was very improbable,
if not impossible, that arsenic should lie
so long in the body, as it was said it did
in that of the deceased, that is, from
some time in the evening till seven
o'clock in the morning, before it operat-
ed ; that the body, when taken up, was
not putrefied in such a manner as it must
have been had the deceased been poi-
soned ; and that the evidence of the pris-
oner's son, Jonathan Ames, was not to be
relied on, as he had sworn before the
coroner, at the time the body was taken
up, that he had no knowledge of any one's
poisoning his wife ; and now, in order to
get clear himself, was so base as to give
testimony which not only rendered him
guilty of perjury, but had a direct tenden-
cy to take away the life of his own mother.
In reply Jonathan Sewall said, in sub-
stance, that the deceased on the same
day that she ate the bread and butter
dined on a fish called shad, and in the
evening following ate a hearty supper of
the same kind of fish ; which, together
with the quantity of butter on the bread,
with which, it was said the arsenic was
mixed, and some Spermaceti which she
took soon after, might very probably tend
to delay the operation of the arsenic ; or,
that which the prisoner gave the deceased,
on the bread and butter, might have been
salt, and that Jonathan was made to be-
lieve that it was ratsbane, as an artifice to
render a discovery more difficult and per-
plexing, and that she in fact administered
the arsenic the next morning ; that as to
the body's not being putrefied as much as
might be expected it was the opinion of
physicians that so large a quantity of ar-
senic might be received into the stomach
as to cause violent convulsions and con-
tractions of the large and small orifices,
which might bring on death before the
poison had mixed with the blood, and
therefore a speedy putrefaction, as in
cases wherein the body swells, might not
BATTLE OF SARATOGA, 1777- 7
take place ; that the prisoner's son, Jona- BATTLE OF SARATOGA, J777.
than Ames, was a legal witness ; and that BY GEORGE w. PIERCE.
it could not be supposed that he would The following is an extract from a letter
come into court, and, in a most solemn written by Gen. E. Mattoon, dated Am-
manner, swear to that which was false, herst, Mass., Oct. 7, 1835, an ^ addressed
when he must be convinced that his evi- to Philip Schuyler :
dence would probably be the means of " On the 7th of October the American
taking away the life of her who bore him. army was posted, their right wing resting
Three of the judges, in summing up on North river, and left extending on to
the evidence, were clear and explicit in Bemis Heights, Generals Nixon and
declaring their opinion that the circum- Glover commanding right, Lincoln centre,
stances proved amounted to " a violent an( j Morgan and Larned the left,
presumption " that the prisoner was guilty. "The British army, with its left resting
The other judge was not so clear in his O n the river, commanded by Phillips,
opinion and said that a doubt might arise their centre by Gen. Reidesel, and ex-
concerning the prisoner's guilt from the treme right extending to the Heights,
judgment of the physicians in her favor. was commanded by Lord Balcarras, where
The case was then committed to the jury, he was strongly fortified. Their light
and the court adjourned at two o'clock troops were under the command of Gen.
in the morning until nine o'clock. Fraser and Lord Auckland (Ackland).
At nine o'clock the court came in, the "About one o'clock of this day two
prisoner was placed at the bar, and the signal guns were fired on the left of the
jury rendered their verdict which cleared British army, which indicated a move-
the prisoner from the bands of the law at ment. Our troops were immediately put
least. The record continues, "It is there- underarms and the lines manned. At
fore considered by the court that the said this juncture Generals Lincoln and Arnold
Elizabeth Eames go without day." rode with great speed towards the ene-
The record of the court closes as fol- mv 's lines,
lows:- "While they were absent the picket
" Upon the motion of John Adams guards on both sides were engaged near
Esq r . attorney to Jonathan Earns jun r . the river. In about half an hour Generals
and Elizabeth Earns Jun r . who stand com- Lincoln and Arnold returned to headquar-
mitted to his majesty's Goal in this coun- ters, where many of the officers collected
ty, viz The said Jonathan for the mur- to hear the report, Gen. Gates standing
der, and the said Elizabeth as being ac- a t the door.
cessory to the murder of One Ruth Earns, "Gen. Lincoln says, 'Gen. Gates, the
be discharged the King's attorney not ob- firing at the river is merely a feint ; their
jecting- object is your left ; a strong force of 1500
"Salem november 151)1 : 1769. Judg- me n are marching, circuitously, to plant
ment was entered according to the Verdicts themselves on yonder height. That point
and Complaints, &c, and the court is ad- mus t be defended, or your camp is in
journed without day." danger.' Gates replied, ' I will send
The next spring, Jonathan Ames, senior, Morgan with his riflemen and Dearborn's
sold the farm, and the family removed to infantry.' Arnold says, 'That is nothing;
some place unknown to the people of the vou must send a strong force.' Gates re-
parish, being virtually exiled from all their plied, ' Gen. Arnold, I have nothing for
old associations and homeland. y O u to do, you have no business here.'
-*- Arnold's reply was reproachful and severe.
NOTE. Gen. Lincoln says, 'You must send a
Betsey Abbott married Samuel -Young strong force to support Morgan and Dear-
June 25, 1793. Beverly town records. born, at least three regiments.'
8 THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
"Two regiments from Gen. Larned's of Col. Johnson's companies, in which
brigade and one from Gen. Nixon's were were killed one sergeant, one corporal,
then ordered to that station, and to de- and fourteen privates, and about twenty
fend it at all hazards. Generals Lincoln were wounded.
and Arnold immediately left the encamp- " The enemy advanced with a quick
ment and proceeded to the enemy's step, firing as they came on. In a short
lines. In a few minutes Capt. Furnival's time they ceased firing and advanced
company of artillery, in which I was a upon us with trailed arms. At this junc-
lieutenant, was ordered to march towards ture Arnold came up with Brooks' regi-
the fire, which had now opened upon our ment and gave them a most deadly fire,
picket in front, the picket consisting of which soon caused them to face about
about 300 men. While we were march- and retreat with a quicker step than they
ing, the whole line, up to our picket or advanced."*
front, was engaged. We advanced to a -
height of ground which brought the ene- NOTES,
my in view, and opened our fire. But the WaUer Aaron wag b ht Qut Qf Jre _
enemy s guns, eight m number, and much land abom i6go ^ soW ( d seventeen
heavier than ours rendered our position } for six years ._^i Bounty Court
untenable. We then advanced into the pu es Volume 4.7 /^/ ?7
line of infantry. Here Lieut. McLane
joined me. In our front there was a field Joseph Abbott of Marblehead, mariner,
of corn, in which the Hessians were se- died before Feb. 7, 1791, when widow
creted. On our advancing towards the Elizabeth Abbot of Marblehead was ap-
cornfield a number of men rose and fired pointed administratrix of his estate.-
upon us. McLane was severely wounded. Probate records.
While I was removing him from the field i saac Alien, born at Manchester, Mass.,
the firing still continued without abate- F e b. 6, 1758; died there Sept. 26, 1841.
ment - He applied for a pension Aug. 14, 1832,
During this time a tremendous firing wnen he was seventy-four years of age,
was heard on our left. We poured in on res iding at Manchester, and his pension
them our canister shot as fast as possible, was a ii owe d for seventeen months' actual
and the whole line, from left to right, be- serv ice as a private in the Massachusetts
came engaged. The smoke was very troopSj Revolutionary war, and eight
dense, and no movements could be seen; mont hs' actual service as a seaman on the
but as it arose our infantry appeared to transport schooner " Endeavor," Revolu-
be slowly retreating, and the Hessians tionary war. While in the Massachusetts
slowly advancing, their officers urging troops he served a part of the time under
them on with their hangers. Capt Moses Hart and CoL Sargent.
^he troops continuing warmly en- This information was obtained from the
gaged, Col. Johnson's regiment, coming pens ion office at Washington,
up, threw m a heavy fire, and compelled Lora A. Underhill, Boston.
the Hessians to retreat. Upon this we
advanced with a shout of victory; at the *Colonel Samuel Johnson, born in North An-
same time Auckland's corps gave way. dover, 1713; married Elizabeth Gage of Brad-
" We proceeded but a short distance ford 5 was commissioned colonel of the 4th Reg-
before we came upon four pieces of brass J sex f count) ; , militia ' Fe ^' 'f ]^ ; in
1 command of expedition against Mt. Indepen-
cannon, closely surrounded by dead and dence and Ticonderoga, September, 1777, and in
dying; at a few yards further we came the action on Bemis Heights, Oct. 7th, 1777;
upon two more ; advancing a little further P resent at Burgoyne's surrender; and representa-
we were met by a fire from the British * e j t gene ' al <" rt ' I7 , 77 i' I 778 ' and ^' ^
. f i I c eldest son, Capt. Samuel Johnson, and four other
infantry, which proved very fatal to one sons were also in service in the Revolution.
ACRES GENEALOGY.
MARGARET,
She was a woman of a steady mind,
Tender and deep in her excess of love ;
Not speaking much pleased rather with the joy
Of her own thoughts. By some especial care
Her temper had been framed, as if to make
A being who, by adding love to fear,
Might live on earth a life of happiness.
Her wedded partner lacked not on his side
The humble worth that satisfied her heart
Frugal, affectionate, sober, and withal
Keenly industrious. She with pride would tell
That he was often seated at his loom
In summer, ere the mower was abroad
Among the dewy grass in early spring,
Ere the last star had vanished. They who passed
At evening, from behind the garden fence
Might hear his busy spade, which he would ply
After his daily work, until the light
Had failed, and every leaf and flower were lost
In the dark hedges. So their days were spent
In peace and comfort ; and a pretty boy
Was their best hope, next to the God in heaven.
Wm, Wordsworth.
JOHN ACRES 2 , born in Newbury Jan. 20,
1693-4. He married Rebecca , and
lived in his native town.
Children, born in Newbury :
II I. HANNAH 3 , b. Jan. 17, 1718; m. Moses
Knight of Newbury Nov. 29, 1737.
MARY 3 , b. Oct. 24, 1721; d. Oct. 12,
1728.
JOHN 3 , b. Jan. 5, 1724.
MosES 3 , b. Aug. 31, 1728. See below
12 II.
13 III
14 iv.
IS v.
1 6 vi.
MARY 3 , b. Aug. 27, 1731; m. William
Elder of Falmouth Nov. 21, 1751.
REBECCA 3 , b. May 13, 1734; m. Joseph
Russell, jr., May 12, 1761.
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ACRES GENEALOGY.
The name of Acres is also spelled
Acars, Ackers, Ackres and Akers.
HENRY ACRES 1 , the ancestor of the
family in New England, was born about
1652. He lived in Newbury, Mass.,
where he married Hannah, daughter of
Thomas Silver of Newbury, March 13,
1674. He died in 1705 ; and his wife
in 1706.
Children, born in Newbury :
2 I. CATHARINE 2 , b. March 17, 1675; m.
Ephraim Huit of Bridge water in 1698.
311. JOHN 2 , b. Oct. 2, 1678; d. young.
4 in. MARY 2 , b. Oct. 8, 1680.
5 IV. BENJAMIN 2 . See below (5).
6 v. SAMUEL^, m. Tabitha Kenne (pub. in
Newbury Jan. 21, 1715-6).
7 vi. JOHN 2 , b. Jan. 20, 1693-4. See below (7).
8 vii. MosES 2 , lived first in Newbury, and re-
moved to Exeter, N. H., before 1721,
where he was then living. He was a
cordwainer by trade.
BENJAMIN ACRES 2 lived in Newbury.
He married Mary .
Children, born in Newbury :
9 i. MARY 3 , b. Dec. 12, 1711; m. William
Samson of Newbury Nov. 5, 1734.
TO n. DANIEL 3 , b. Nov. 25, 1714. See beloiv
DANIEL ACRES3, born in Newbury Nov.
25, 1714. He lived in Newbury; and
married Sarah Worcester (published April
3> 1736).
Children, born in Newbury :
17 I. SAMUEL 4 , b. May 10, 1742.
18 n. JOHN 4 , b. Dec. 22, 1745. See below
(/*).
14
MOSES ACRESS, born in Newbury Aug.
31, 1728. When of South Hampton, N.
H., he married Abigail Daniels Dec. 20,
1749, in Salisbury.
Child :
19 I. ABIGAIL 4 , b. Oct. 14, 1764, in New-
bury; m. Richard Johnson, jr., of
Newbury (pub. July 9, 1785).
18
JOHN ACRES*, born in -Newbury Dec.
22, 1745. He lived in Newbury, and
married Esther Buck of that place Aug.
i, 1771.
Children, born in Newbury :
20 I. ELIZABETH 5 , b. March 10, 1772.
21 n. SARAH 5 , b. March 25, 1774.
NOTE.
Nathaniel Abbott married Mary, daugh-
ter of Manassah Trask, and widow of Sol-
omon Cole, Oct. 17, 1780. She died
May 25, 1840, aged eighty-seven. Chil-
dren, born in Beverly : Nathaniel, born
March 17, 1782; died Oct. 12, 1840;
Ruth, born June 8, 1790. Beverly town
records.
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THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
WILL OF THOMAS PAYNE.
The will of Thomas Payne of Salem,
dated 10 : 2 mo. : 1638, was proved in the
Salem quarterly court--: 5 mo: 1644.
The following copy is taken from the orig-
inal instrument on file in the office of the
clerk of courts at Salem, book I, leaf 23.
Touching the outward eftate & goods of
this life god hath ben pleafed to lend me,
I Thomas Payne doe in this my laft will
& teftam* thus bequeath them as follow-
eth : ffirft unto my wife, I give my houfe
I now live in, gardens & houcefitting with
my two acre lotte with the pfitts accrew-
ing therefrom during her life ; commend-
ing unto my Son Thomas the care of his
mother, & the diligent improvem* ' of
the fayd ground, to his mothers ufe ; dur-
ing her life, in confideration whereof, he
to have his dwelling with his mother,
& || the |i forth pte of the pfitts of the lott,&
the third pte of the pfitts of the garden fo
improued by him during the fayd terme of
time. It, I give unto my wife the bed-
ftead Beding & there appurtenances as
they now ftand in the hall. Item I be-
queath my pte of the Ship Mary- Anne of
Salem, to be fold, & my debts to be payd,
And the refidue of the monies with the
reft of my goods to be devided as follow-
eth. Item I giue Thomas my Son my
Loomes & Slaies with there appurte-
nances concerning his trade of a weaver.
Item I give the f d Thomas one Coffer
wch was his grandfathers. Item I give
unto my three Sons my ten Acre lott
& my one Acre of meddow to be equally
fhared amongft them. Item concerning
the refidue of the monies arifing from my
pte in the Shipp, & the reft of my goods I
bequeath them to be valued reafonably,
& equaley devided to my wife & my Chil-
dren, my wife to haue the choife of the
firft pte excepted : & my Children to
fhare in the reft as their ptes fall, pvided
alwaies & referved out of the fayd goods
one fetherbed lying on the trundle bed
with coverlett & blankett, one bolfter &
pillow, w cb I give & bequeath unto mary
my daughter Item I giue my houfe wherein
my wife fhould live, with the goods re-
maining of hers, to be fold after her de-
ceafe, & the monies to be equally divided
amongft my children. It my mill left in
the hands of Henery Blomfeild my kinf-
man, I bequeath to be fold, & the monies
thereof returned into my executo r s hand,
& so to be equally divided to my wife &
children. Item I Constitute & appoynt
Thomas my Son executo r . to this my will &
m r . John fiske of Salem Suprevifor, in
witnes wherof I have heereunto fett my
hand&feale the io th of this p r fent 2 d month
in the yeere 1638.
In the p r fence of
John ffiifke
John Thurfton Thomas Payne [seal]
the X ink of
Mary Beechum.
NOTES ON AMESBURY INSCRIPTIONS.
UNION CEMETERY.
The first inscription on page 146, upon
a close examination, reads as follows :-
Here Lies Interr'd
Bazeleel ye Son
of D David
& M ener
Me -11 Who
es May the
1747
The parents were undoubtedly Dea-
David Merrill and his wife Eleanor, who
are buried near.
The word " Daee," in the inscription
of Rev. Elisha Odlin, on the same page,
should be "Space." The footstone reads :
" The Rev d . M r . Elisha Odlin. Gift to the
memory of the Deceased."
In the fifth inscription on page 121
the word Moses should read Jose.
The fourth line of the last inscription
on page 122 should read, " Dec. June 22
1760."
The age, in the last inscription on page
123, probably should be " 59th " year.
Other inscriptions here are as fol-
lows :
OLD NORFOLK COUNTY RECORDS.
II
Heir Lies y e bodies
of Henery AM Philip
Quimby Died
March y e 15 1735-6
H. Agd 5 y e & 3 M
P. 9 M/
We ntterup
Satarley died
June ye i 1736
& in the first
Year of his
age
Lydia Straw
Died June y e 25
1736 & in The
10 y E of hur age
A footstone marked " Daniel Straw "
stands near.
In memory of
Mr John Blasdell
son of Mr Stephen &
Mrs Sarah Blasdell
Died Jan. 23 rd 1784
In ye 2 6 year of her age
Come mortal man and cast an
eye Come read thy doom
Prepare to die
In memory of
Stephen Blasdell
son of Mr Stephen and
Mrs Sarah Blasdell
Died 'Sept 22 1780 in
Y e i9 th year of his age
Depart my friends
Dry up your tears
I must lie here
Till Christ appears.
In memory of
Mrs Miriam Blasdell
wife of
M r . Oliver Blasdel
died Oct. y e 5 1774
Aged 36 years.
In memory of
M rs Anna Bartlet
wife of Mr John Bartlet
who died May 9 1778
In the 30 th year of her age
For most people these rough stones
have little of interest. They may pause
in momentary curiosity as they pass by
and vainly attempt to decipher a moss-
covered legend here and there. But to
those who have eyes to see, and can
"read between the lines," these old fields
are fine indeed to roam in fancy-free.
-John Howard Harvey, Amesbury.
OLD NORFOLK COUNTY RECORDS.
Continued from Volume I, page 181.
Joseph Merry (his I mark) of Hamp-
ton, carpenter, for staves, etc., to be paid
to Thomas Macy at .Exeter, conveys to
Jn. Robison his dwelling house and 25
acres of land near the falls river, bounded
by Mr. Stanian and Robert Tuck, 4 : 3
mo: 1655. Wit: Christopher Hussie
and Willi : Swain, his W mark. Ack. be-
fore Christopher Hussie and Anthony
Stanian, commissioners of Hampton, 4 :
3 mo: 1655.
Mr. Samuell Dudley and Lt. Robert
Pike, being chosen by Jh. Severans and
william ffuller to arbitrate between them
about a meadow, make an award 5 : 8
mo : 1655. Jn. Severans is to procure a
bill of sale of the meadow from Henry
Ambross.
A deed same as the second above. John
Robison is the grantee and Christopher
Hussie's name is spelled Hussey.
Anthony Tayler took the oath of
fidelity before Mr. Wiggins 16 : 2 : 1655.
Henry Mondey gave a deed of gift of
his house, land, etc., Aug. 3, 1655, in
which he omitted to add his right of
commonage in Salisbury, which he now
adds, to his nephew Phillip Wollidg, Aug.
27, 1655. Wit: Daniell Peirce and
Robert Pike. Execution proved by oath
of the witnesses before Tho : Bradbury
and Richard Wells, commissioners of
Salisbury, 17 : n mo: 1655.
12 THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
Mr. Henry Monday of Salisbury, gent, (her MB mark) . Ack. before Tho : Brad-
conveys to his nephew Phillip Wollidg of bury and Richard wells, commissioners
Salisbury, planter, all my housing and of Salisbury, 9 : 12 mo: 1655.
lands in Salisbury, viz : one dwelling Richard Currrier of Salisbury, planter,
house ; one great barn ; 4 acres of land, conveyed to VVilli : Osgood of Salisbury,
bounded by John Sanders, John Ralfe millwright, two acres of meadow in Salis-
and the green; 16 acres on highway to bury, bounded by Mr. Willi : Hooke, etc.,
hoghouse meadows; 6 acres in said 2:11110:1653. Wit : Tho : Bradbury and
meadows; 10 acres of meadow, bounded Tristram Coffyn, sen. Ack. by Richard
by Mr. Tho : Dummer, Lt. Robert Pike Currier and his wife Ann before Tho :
and Mr. Winsley ; 60 acres of upland, Bradbury and Tristram Coffyn, sen., corn-
bounded by the great pond, west of Paw- missioners of Salisbury,
waus river ; 40 acres of upland on the Willi : Osgood (his W O mark) of
plain by Mr. Batt's hill, bounded by Mr. Salisbury, millwright, conveyed to Tristram
Willi: Worcester and Mr. Batt; 10 acres Coffyn, jun., of Newbury, tailor, two acres
of upland on the neck; 5 acres of meadow of meadow in Salisbury in a meadow be-
by the pond ; 5 acres of salt marsh next longing to Andrew Greely, bounded by
the beach, bounded by Mr. Sam: Hall Willi: Hook's farm, etc., 18: n : 1655.
and Jn. Bayly ; 5 acres in the great Wit : Tho : Bradbury and Will : Sargent,
meadow ; my salt marsh in y e comon Ack. by Willi : Osgood and his wife
division towards Hampton, bounded by Elizabeth before Tho : Bradbury and
Jn. Hoyt and Willi : Partridg ; 2 acres of Trist Coffyn, sen., commissioners of Salis-
salt marsh near foxes island in y e hog- bury, 18: n : 1655.
house marshes ; my sweepage on the Robert Ring of Salisbury, planter, con-
beach comon, being 9 acres and 24 rods, veyed to Tristram Coffyn, jun., of New-
lying between the sweepage of Andrew bury, tailor, 6 acres of meadow sometime
Grelie and Tho : Carter ; upland I bought of Mr. ffrancis Doue in Salisbury in Mr.
of Jn. Sanders; meadow bought of Georg Hooke's range of y e hoghouse farm, Dec.
Goldwier by the great pond; and my i, 1655. Wit: Tho: Bradbury and
cattle, etc., Aug. 23, 1655. Wit: Sam- William Browne. Ack. by Robert Ring
uell Hall, Tho : Bradbury and Danill and his wife Elizabeth Ring before
Pierce. Ack. before Tho : Bradbury, Tho : Bradbury and Tristram Coffyn,
commissioner of Salisbury, Aug. 24, 1655. sen -> commissioners of Salisbury, i8 : n :
Jarrett Haddon (his h mark) of Salis- 1655.
bury, planter, conveys to Sam : ffelloes of Robert Ring of Salisbury, planter, for
Salisbury, planter, my dwelling house and 14, conveyed to Tristram Coffyn, jun.,
8 acres of land in Salisbury, bounded by of Newbury, tailor, four acres of meadow
Anthony Coleby, Josiah Cobham, the in Salisbury, which I bought of John
street, highway to the ferry, Enoch ffuller sometime inhabitant of Salisbury,
Greenleiff, John Ayers, sen., highway to *Dec. i, 1655. Wit: Tho: Bradbury and
the mill, and great swamp, April 5, Willi: Browne. Ack. by Robert Ring
1644. Wit : Tho : Bradbury and Jn. and his wife Elizabeth before Tho : Brad-
Severans. Ack. before Robert Pike and bury and Tristram Coffyn, sen., com-
Josiah Cobham, commissioners of Salis- missioners of Salisbury,
bury, 28 : 4 : 1652. Samuell Winsley of Salisbury discharged
George Martyn (his M mark) of Salis- willi : ffifeild of Hampton of all indebted-
bury, blacksmith, bought of John Severans ness April 10, 1656. Wit: Tho: Whele-
the right of commonage belonging to write and Jn Redman. Ack. in court at
John Coles of Salisbury, in 1643, and Salisbury April 10, 1656.
conveyed it to Jn. Maxfeild 22 : i : 1654. Will of Thomas Dow of Haverhill,
Wit : Tho : Bradbury and Mary Bradbury dated May 29, 1654. Wife Phebe, exec-
OLD NORFOLK COUNTY RECORDS.
utrix. He devises land, house, etc., he
bought in Haverhill to his eldest son John
Dow (under age), who is to pay his
(John's) brothers Thomas (the second
son) and Steven, and his two sisters
Mary and Martha. All the children are
under age. Wit : Jn. Eaton and
Shatswell. Proved in Salisbury court 8 :
2 mo: 1656. His wife Phebe survived
him.
Inventory of estate of Tho : Doue.
Phebe Dow, ex'x. Real, $2 IDS. per-
sonal, 43 <js.; total, 95 19.$-.
Appraised by John I Eaton, James A.
Davis, sen., and Theo : Shatswell.
Henry Ambross of Boston, house-car-
penter, conveyed to Mr. Thomas Brad-
bury and John Stevens, both of Salisbury,
planters, with the consent of my wife
Susanah, ten acres of meadow, bounded
by Mr. Willi : Worcester and Richard
Wells, great neck, and little river; and
six acres of salt marsh in Salisbury,
bounded by Mr. Worcester, Jn. Ilsley
and Jn. Eaton, both lots in Salisbury,
Jan. 15, 1654. Wit: The marke of I
Tho : Jones and Richard Ormsbey. Ack.
before Tho Wiggin 23 : 3 : 1656.
Sam : Winsley of Salisbury, sen., dis-
charged W m . ffifeild of Hampton from
debt April 10, 1656. Wit : Tho : Wheel-
write and Jn. Redman. Ack. in court at
Salisbury April 10, 1656.
Will of William Estow of Hampton,
dated 16 : 8: 1655. Bequeaths to my
son-in-law morris Hobbs and my daughter
Sarah " my houle wherin hee dwelleth
and the Lott l! with two shares of cow-
commons and one of the ox-common ;
also, one acre of salt marsh. To my two
daughters a lot of land. Sarah to have the
south side toward Christopher Palmer's.
To my daughter Mary one share of the
cow-common. To my two daughters,
twelve acres of meadow ; also, twelve acres
of upland in the mill field and swamp at
its end, Sarah's to lie on the west side.
To my daughter Mary, eight acres of salt
marsh. To my daughter Sarah nine acres.
To my daughter Sarah Hobbs four oxen
and two cows (" w ch is old gentle &
blackifh"). To my grandson John
Hobbs, who has a sister Sarah. To my
daughter MaryMarston. To the children
of willi : Moulton. To my son-in-law
Tho: Marston. Wit: Abraha : Pirkins
and willi : Moulton. Proved in court at
Salisbury 8 : 2 mo : 1656.
Inventory of estate of Willi Estow, late
dec'd, given to his daughter Mary Mars-
ton, real and personal. 60 js. to his
daughter Sarah Hobbs, real and personal,
J 43 13^-
Joseph Parker of Andover, carpenter,
conveyed to John Ilsley of Norfolk
county, barber, one-acre house lot in
Salisbury (with commonages belonging to
it) , bounded by Mr. Sam : Hall, Lewis
Hulfttt, etc., and a lot in the ferry lots,
May 14, 1663. Wit: Symond Bradstreet
and Dudley Bradstreet. Ack. before Sy-
mond Bradstreet 14 : 3 : 1663.
Richard Smithe of Ipswich, yeoman,
conveyed to Sam. Dudley of Exeter, gent :
three-quarters of the new saw-mill on the
eastern side of Exeter river, mortgaged to
Richard Smith, my father, dwelling in old
England, by Edward Gillman, jun., etc.,
which was made over to my father by said
Gillman, except Thomas Jones' house and
lot which is confirmed to Jn. Gillman of
Exeter, by me, excepting also my part of
the old saw-mill on the other side of
Exeter river, Oct. 8, 1656. Wit : Phillip
Challis and Jn. Hoyt H his mark. Ack.
in court at Hampton 7 : 8 mo : 1656.
Sam : Dudley of Exeter, conveyed to
John Gillman of Exeter one-fourth of ye
new saw-mill on east side of Exeter river,
formerly Edward Gillman' s ; two acres of
meadow on Exeter river; five acres of
meadow near Mr. Hilton's, which I bought
of Richard Smithe, Oct. 8, 1656. Wit:
Phillip Challis and Jn. hoyt H his mark.
Ack. in court at Hampton 7 : 8 mo :
1656.
Willi : Coule (his W mark) of Hampton,
carpenter, conveyed to Tho : Webster of
Hampton, planter, a five-acre planting
lot, bounded by Philemon Dalton and
Robert Drake, Oct. 17, 1656. The gran-
tor has a wife. Wit: Philemon Dalton
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
and Samuell Dalton. Ack. before Tho :
Wiggin 29 : 8 : 1656.
Sam 1 . Dudley conveyed to Tho : Biggs
of Exeter the neck in Exeter, which was
formerly Edward Gillman's, excepting
willi : More's lot and land of Jn. Warren,
Feb. 6, 1656. Wit: Willi: More and
Jn. Teed. Ack. before Tho: Wiggin
4pril 15, 1657.
William Hubbard, sen., of Ipswich,
gent, and wife Judith, for ^60, conveyed
to "y e wo r p u Cp*. Thomas Wiggin of
Quamfcooke," Norfolk county, 1000 acres
granted to him by the General Court
Oct. 15, 1656, on north side of Quo-
checho river about eight or nine miles
from the mills ; 890 acres being in a pine
swamp, a part being only three or four
miles from the mills upon Quochecho river, .
May 22, 1657. Wit: Henry Webbe and
Jonathan Negus. Ack. by W. H. before
Jo: Endecott, Gov r ., 22: 3: 1657; and
by J. H. before Samuell Symonds 25 : 3 :
1657-
Josiah Cobham of Salisbury, yeoman,
conveyed to Edward Cottle of Salisbury,
husbandman, 1-2 of 15 acres on west
side of Pawwaus river in Salisbury, bound-
ed by Richard Currier, Vail : Rowell and
common land, 6: 10 mo: 1653. Wit:
Tho : Bradbury and Robert Pike. Ack.
before Tho: Wiggin 16 : 2 : 1657. The
grantor's wife Mary consents before Tho :
Bradbury and Isaac Buswell (his I
mark) , commissioners of Salisbury, 3:3:
1657-
Robert ffitts of Salisbury, planter, con-
veyed to Phillip Griffin dwelling house
and three-acre house lot, bounded by
willi : Allin and a lane leading up to m r .
Sam : Halls house ; also, three acres of
marsh, bounded by willi : Os[g]ood, m s .
Ellener Hooke, Phillip Wollidg; also,
commonage belonging to said house and
lands in Salisbury, April 7, 1657. Wit:
Tho : Bradbury and Nath : Boulter.
Ack. in court at Salisbury April 14,
1657-
Samuell Hall of Salisbury, gent., con-
veyed to Mr. Tho : Bradbury, Lt. Robert
Pike, Isack Buswell, Edward ffrench and
Andrew Greely of Salisbury, for Salisbury,
my farm toward Hampton, formerly pur-
chased of Mr. Sam : Dudley, containing
100 acres, 10: 2 mo: 1657. Wit : Tho :
Bradbury, jun., Mary Wiggin and Judeth
Bradbury. Ack. in court at Salisbury
14 : 2 : 1657.
Samuel Hall of Salisbury, gent., con-
veyed two acres in Barebery meadows to
Joseph ffrench of Salisbury, bounded by
Mr. Dow, Willi : Allin and John Dickison,
April 15, 1657. Wit: willi; Buswell and
the mark of II Edward Cottell. Ack. in
court at Salisbury 16 : 2 : 1657.
Joseph ffrench of Salisbury, tailor, con-
veyed to Samuel Hall of Salisbury two
acres of meadow on Merrimack river,
bounded by Rich : Currier and Edward
Cottle, April 15, 1657. Wit: Willi: Bus-
well and Edward Cottle his II mark.
Ack. in court at Salisbury 16 : 2 :
1657-
Dec. 5, 1653, Abraham Til ton, son of
widow Tilton of Lynn, apprenticed to
John Hud (his H mark) of Lynn,
weaver. Wit : Edward Burchum, Jin-
kin Davis and Garrard Spencer.
Gerrard Spencer deposed that John
Hood late of Lyn sent a letter out of
old England to his wife that then lived in
Lyn, giving her orders to deliver the ap-
prentice to his mother again, and to get
something of her toward his passage.
Sworn to before James Axey.
Elizabeth Hood, wife of John Hood of
Lynn (said John being in England),
says that she did not know that the court
at Hampton had apprenticed said Abra-
ham Tilton to Peter Tilton, living at
Connecticut, with consent of the appren-
tice's father in law Rodger Shaw of
Hampton, and she consents Nov. 10,
1655. Abraham's mother was then de-
ceased. Wit : Edward Burchum and
ffrancis Doufe.
Nathaniel [ ] deposes that he went
with goodman Shaw to goodwife Hude,
and that he spoke with Abraham before
he went to Connecticut, that Abraham was
altogether unwilling to go to his brother
but rather chose to go to his father good-
QUERIES, ANSWERS.
man Shaw. Sworn to before James Axey
commissioner of Lyn.
Mr. Christopher Batt of Boston, tanner,
conveyed to Sam : ffellowes of Salisbury,
weaver, six acres of meadow in Salisbury,
bounded by Jn. Rolfe, Jn. Dickison,
great neck, william Allin and Joseph
ffrench, 22 : 8: 1657. Wit: Christopher
Batt, jun. Ack. by grantor and his wife
Ann before Tho : Bradbury, commissioner
of Salisbury, Oct. 22, 1657.
To be continued.
QUERIES.
Queries are inserted for one cent a word.
Answers are solicited.
124. Wanted, parentage of Sarah ( ?) ,
wife of Caleb Lufkin of Gloucester, 1757.
Wenham. w. P.
125. CORNING. Wanted, the lineage
of Hannah Corning, wife of Benjamin
Edwards, about 1785. COLE. Lineage
of Jonathan Cole and wife, Miriam Hos-
kins, 1722; also of Samuel Cole of Bev-
erly, who married Abigail Morgan. MOR-
GAN. Lineage of Abigail, possibly daugh-
ter of Capt. William Morgan. EDWARDS.
Lineage of Benjamin Edwards, probably
of Salem, 1650. EATON. Ancestry of
Hannah Eaton, who married Caleb Allen,
son of Edward, of Ipswich. ELDREDGE.
Name and lineage of wife of Elisha El-
dred, Sr., who died in Wellfleet, 1739.
HOPKINSON. Name and lineage of wife of
Michael Hopkinson of Rowley, 1640.
WISE. Lineage of Sarah Wise, wife of
David Wheeler. WHEELER. Lineage of
David Wheeler, Rowley or Newbury,
about 1669. JOYCE. Lineage of Doro-
thy, wife of John Joyce, Yarmouth, 1666.
WOOD. Lineage of Ann, widow of Theo-
dore Price, Salem, who married Col. Dud-
ley Bradstreet, 1702. MULFORD. Name
of Hannah, wife of Thomas Mulford, Sr.,
Eastham, 1718. BLAKE. Lineage of
George Blake and wife Dorothy of Glou-
cester, 1649. TYLER. Name and lineage
of Mary, wife of Job Tyler, Andover;
were members of Rev. John Elliot's
church, Roxbury, 1665; Mendon, 1672.
IRISH. Lineage of Perry Irish, enlisted
in war of 1812 at Rensslaerville, N. Y. ;
married and died at Murray, Orleans
county, N. Y., 1841. MRS. M. c. c.
276 Commonwealth ave. t Boston.
126. Wanted, ancestry and place of
birth of Henry Bodwell, Senior, who came
to Newbury, Mass., previous to Aug. 5,
1675 ; married Bethia Emery of that town
May 4, 1681 ; lived at the junction of the
Merrimack and Spickett rivers (now in
Lawrence, Mass.), 1693; and died June
i, 1745, aet. 93.
Lawrence. A. E. B.
127. Wanted, the ancestry of Ann,
wife of Henry Bodwell, Jr., Methuen,
Mass., published March 25, 1726-7.
A. E. B.
128. Wanted, the ancestry of Molly,
wife of Nathaniel Bodwell of Methuen,
Mass., 1772. A. E. B.
129. Wanted, information of descend-
ants of Stephen Hammond, born in
Topsfield Feb. 13, 1785.
Oneida, N. Y. F. s. HAMMOND.
ANSWERS.
8. Hephzibah Andrews, who married
Abraham How of Ipswich in 1712, and
died there in 1753, was daughter of Jo-
seph and Sarah (Perley) Andrews of
Salem Village (Danvers), and was born in
Rowley Village (Boxford). Joseph An-
drews was son of Robert and Grace An-
drews of Rowley Village, where Robert
died May 29, 1668. His wife, Grace,
died Dec. 25, 1702 (?). Joseph Andrews'
wife, Sarah Perley, whom he married Feb.
i, 1 68 1, was daughter of John Perley and
Mary Hewlett, his wife, of Rowley Village,
and was born about 1662. John Perley
was son of the immigrant Allan Perley
and Susanna Bokenson, his wife, and was
born in 1636, dying Dec. 15, 1729, aged
ninety-three. His wife, Mary Howlett,
was daughter of Thomas and Rebecca
Howlett of Ipswich, and she died in
Boxford Oct. 21, 1718. Ed.
1 6 THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
35. The name of Pottle is found in drew Mitchell of Haverhill. Wyman's
the town records of Methuen, Mass. Charlestown says that Andrew Mitchell
A. E. B. married Abigail Atwood Nov. 12, 1686,
and was probably a son of Thomas
89. Peter Garland 1 , mariner, born m Mitc h e ll and Mary Moulton, who were
England, resided at Charlestown, Mass., married in October, 1655. Abigail At-
where he was admitted an inhabitant in wood> born in December, 1662, was a
1637, with seventeen others, including daughter of Phffip At wood '(born in 1620,
John Harvard, founder of Harvard col- and came to Charlestown in 1635) and
lege. He died in the South while on a Rache i Bachelder. Rachel (born about
voyage. By his wife Elizabeth (who died l6 ^ } and died p e b. 5, 1673-4) was a
in 1687, aged eighty-eight), he had a daug hter of William (born 1597 ; came to
son John 2 , born before 1622, who settled Charlestown in l634; and d i e d Feb. 20,
in Hampton before 1653, owning land m l66 ^ and Rachel (born in l6o3 . came
Exeter in 1650. He died Jan. 4, 1672. to Charlestown in 1634; and died May
By his second wife, Elizabeth, widow of 2g? l6y6 ^ Bachelder , who were married
Thomas Chase, and daughter of Thomas in l6 Thomas Mitchell was born in
and Ann (Knapp) Philbnck, whom he l62 g. came to Maiden in 1635; was at
married in 1654, John Garland' had a son Pemaquid in l6?5 . and died Sept. i,
John3, born March n, 1655. John Gar- I?Q9> Mary Moulton> born in l6 ^ 6) and
lands lived m Hampton ; was a represen- died j am ^ 1711-2, was daughter of
tative to the General Assembly in 1693; Thomas Moulton (who came to Charles-
anddied after 1715. By his first wife, town in l6si> and died Oct. 24, 1657)
Elizabeth Robinson (born m 1653, and and Jane> Ws wife? who came to Charles .
died April 15, 1715), whom he mar- town in 1631, and was alive in 1682, be-
ned Dec. 24, 1673, he had a daughter, . bedridden> _ Mrs . E . Q. Rice, Brook-
Mary4, born March 14, 1683. She mar- ^
ried Israel Clifford, and resided in Hamp-
ton. Sa rah L. Kimball, San Francisco, 122. Edward A. Hammond
C a l 9 living children. Myra L. White, Haver-
hill.
93. See answer to 8 above.
123. Nathaniel O. Hammond's only
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THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
VOL. II.
SALEM, MASS., FEBRUARY, 1898.
No. 2,
ADAMS GENEALOGY.
THE name of Adams is variously spelled
in the early Essex county records, appear-
ing as Adam, Adams, Addam, Addams,
Addom, Addoms, Addum, Addums, Adorn,
Adorns, Adum, Adums, etc.
Among the several early New England
immigrants by the name of Adams, ROB-
ERT ADAMS 1 , born in 1601, a native of
Devonshire, England, is at the head of a
numerous and prominent family.* He
was living in Ipswich, Mass., in 1635,
*The Adams family may rightly claim the old-
est individual name on record, the word being
derived from Adamah "red earth." The first
man was called Adam, from the earth of which
he was created. Adams, in its early form Ap
Adam, meaning "son of Adam," was first as-
sumed, probably during the Crusades, when sur-
names came into general use throughout Europe.
The earliest yet known of the line was a John
Ap Adam, " who came out of the Marches of
Wales." He married Elizabeth, daughter of
John Lord Gourney of Tidenham and Beviston,
county of Gloucester, and was called to Parlia-
ment as Baron of the Realm from 1296 to 1307.
This was under Edward I., called Longshanks.
These arms were granted him: Ar., on a cross
gu., five mullets or. In the upper part of a
Gothic window on the southeast side of Tiden-
ham church, near Chopstow, there is the name
" Johes Ab Adams, 1310," and beneath it the
above-named arms. This glass-work is finely
executed, and both it and the church are in good
preservation. This building was originally in
Wales, but came within the limits of England
later by a change in the boundary line. The
crest, not on this window, but borne later by the
family, is "a demi-lion out of a ducal coronet,"
with the motto Loyal au mort. Two other
mottoes commonly used by this branch of the
family are Aspire, persevere and indulge not, and
Sub cruce veritas, the first being preferred by the
descendants of Henry of Braintree.
The following is claimed as theEnglish ancestry.
I. John Ap Adam, Baron of the Realm, 1296
to 1307; married Elizabeth Gourney.
in Salem, 1638 and 1639 (where he then
had land granted to him), and finally
settled in Newbury in 1640, where he
afterward lived. He was a tailor and
yeoman.
Mr. Adams married, first, Eleanor -
before 1635; and she died in Newbury
June 12, 1677. He married, second, Sa-
rah (Glover), widow of Henry Short of
Newbury, Feb. 6, 1678. He died Oct. 12,
1682 ; and his widow Sarah, Oct. 24, 1697.
Sir John Ap Adam.
Sir Thomas Ap Adam.
William Ap Adam.
Sir John Ap Adam.
Thomas Ap Adam ; married Jane Inge.
Sir John Ap Adam; married Miliscent
x.
XI.
XII.
XIII.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
Besylls.
vin. Sir John Ap Adam, alias Adams; married
Clara Powell.
IX. Roger Adams; married Jane Eliott.
Thomas Adams ; married Maria Upton.
John Adams; married Jane Benneleigh.
John Adams; married Catharine Stebling.
Nicholas (or John) Adams; married
Margaret Squire.
Xiv. Richard Adams; married Margaret Arm-
ager. This Richard had two sons, Robert and
William. William married Barrington, and
had two children, Sir Thomas and Henry, who
came to New England in 1634, and settled in
Braintree, becoming the ancestor of the presi-
dents.
XV. Robert Adams; married Elizabeth Shir-
land.
xvi. Robert Adams; married Eleanor ;
came to New England, and settled as above, be-
coming the head of this family.
The important facts and all dates in the above
outline are taken from printed works, Much in-
formation was derived from Henry Whittemore's
book, published by William McDonald, N. Y.,
1893; The Book of Dignities, compiled by Jos-
eph Hayden; and Maitland's History of Lon-
don, London, 1756.
Raymond ' M. Adams.
i8
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
Children : *
2 I. JOHN 2 , eldest son ; married
Wood-
man.
3 ii. JOANNA'-, b. in 1634; m. Launcelot
Granger Jan. 4, 1654; and removed
to Suffield, Conn.
4 in. ABRAHAM 2 , b. in 1639, in Salem. See
below (^).
5 iv. ROBERT 2 , b. about 1641; was living in
1651.
6 v. ELIZABETH 2 ; m. Edward Phelps of
Andover before 1681.
7 vi. MARY 2 ; m. Jeremiah Goodridge Nov.
15, 1660; and lived in Newbury.
8 vn. ISAAC 2 , b. in 1648; d., unmarried, after
1681.
9 via. JACOB 2 , b. April 23, 1649, in Newbury;
d. Aug. 12, 1649.
10 IX. HANNAH 2 , b. June 25, 1650, in New-
bury; m. William Warham Feb. 10,
1682. She had by Joseph Mayo a
daughter named Hannah, or Joanna,
born in Newbury Oct. 12, 1678, who
probably married Joseph Lunt of
Newbury (published Dec. 4, 1708).
11 x. JACOB 2 , b. Sept. 13, 1654, in Newbury.
See below (//).
SERG. ABRAHAM ADAMS 2 , born in Salem,
Mass., in 1639. He lived in Newbury,
where he tilled the soil. He was a cor-
poral in the militia, 1685-1693, and ser-
geant in 1703. He married Mary Pettin-
gell Nov. 10, 1670. She died in Newbury
Sept. 19, 1705, aged fifty- three; and he
died there June 14, 1714.
Children, born in Newbury :
12 i. MARY 3 , b. Jan. 16, 1672; m. George
Thurlow before 1714, as he died
Jan. 17, 1714.
13 ii. ROBERT 3 , b. May 12, 1674. See below
14 in. ABRAHAM 3 , b. May 2, 1676. See below
15 IV. ISAAC 3 , b. Feb. 26, 1678-9. See below
('5)-
16 V. SARAH 3 ,b. April 15,1681. Seebelow(i6~).
17 vi. JOHN 3 , b. March 7, 1684. Seebelow(i^.
18 vn. MATTHEW 3 , b. May 25, 1686. See
below (/<).
19 vin. ISRAEL 3 , b. Dec. 25, 1688; lived in
Newbury; m. Rebecca Atkinson Oct.
15, 1714; and d., childless, in Wal-
tham, Dec. 12, 1714, aged twenty-
six. His widow, Rebecca, m., sec-
ond, Ens. Joseph Hilton of Exeter
Oct. io, 1716.
* Savage says that the youngest son was one 38 vn. ELIZABETH 4 , m.
named Archelaus. d. before 1765.
20 IX. DOROTHY 3 , b. Oct. 25, 1691; unmar-
ried in 1715.
21 X. RICHARD 3 , b. Nov. 22, 1693. See be-
low (.?./).
II
JACOB ADAMS 3 , born in Newbury Sept.
13, 1654, lived there until about 1686,
when he removed to Suffield, Conn. He
was representative from Suffield, 1711-
1714, 1717, and died at the General
Court in Boston in November, 1717. He
was a cordwainer by trade. He married
Anna Allen April 7, 1677, and she was
living in 1686.
Children :
22 i. DOROTHY 3 , b. July 26, 1679, in New-
bury.
23 II. REBECCA 3 , b. Aug. 26, 1680, in New-
bury.
24 III. DANIEL 3 .
25 IV. JACOB 3 , b. Jan. 27, 1685, in Newbury;
m. Mercy Gillet Dec. 24, 1702; and
d. Oct. 28, 1756.
26 v. ABRAHAM 3 , b. Nov. io, 1687; m.,
first, Joanna Norton of Suffield April
7, 1713; second, Anne Heiden July
25, 1733; and d. Feb. 12, 1769, aged
eighty-one.
27 vi. JOHN 3 , d. Nov. 9, 1690.
28 vn. ANN :! .
29 - VIII. SARAH 3 .
30 IX. ELIZABETH 3 , b. Aug. 1 6, 1692.
31 x. JOHN 3 , b. June , 1694; m., first,
Abigail Roe ; second, Martha Win-
chell July 12, 1732.
'3
ROBERT ADAMSS, born in Newbury May
12, 1674, and resided there. He was a
yeoman; and died in Newbury Feb. 3,
1769, aged ninety-four. He married Re-
becca Knight Aug. , 1695.
Children, born in Newbury :
32 i. ABRAHAM"*, b. July 3, 1696. See below
O).
33 II. REBECCA 4 , b. Jan. 28, 1697-8; m. Jos-
eph Morse, 3d, of Newbury Dec.
22, 1721 ; and d. before 1765.
34 in. MARY 4 , b. March 5, 1700; m. James
Merrill Nov. 23, 1724.
35 IV. ROBERT 4 , b. Nov. 20, 1702. See be-
l to)-
36 v. JACOB 4 , b. Nov. io, 1704; d. young.
37 vi. JOHN 4 , b. Nov. 2, 1705. See below
Creasy (?); and
ADAMS GENEALOGY.
39 vin. JACOB 4 , b. Dec. 22, 1713. See below
40 ix. DOROTHY 4 , b. Jan. 12, 1717-8; d. be-
fore 1765.
14
CAPT. ABRAHAM ADAMS3, born in New- .
bury May 2, 1676. He went to sea in
early life, sailing first to the West Indies.
He soon rose to the command of a ves-
sel, and made fourteen trips to England,
besides many trading voyages coastwise.
He married Anne Longfellow, a niece of
Judge Samuel Sewall, of Newbury, Dec.
, 1703. At that time his father gave
him the " highfields," land just above
the falls in Byfield, though the deed was
not passed for two years ; and Abraham
became a farmer. Upon this land Capt.
Abraham built his residence. This house,
as it now appears, is shown in the frontis-
piece.* In it are the original deeds of
the estate and two chairs which were
brought to her new home by the bride.
Many other relics, desks,tables, spinning-
wheels, chairs, warming-pans, china, pew-
ter, a tall clock, a sword used in the battle
of Bunker Hill, deeds, wills, the diary of
Josiah Adams, silhouettes of colonial men
and maids, are now counted among the
treasures of the place. Some of the orig-
inal shingles and clapboards (covering a
solid wall of home-made bricks) are yet
in a good state of preservation on the
west end of the house. But the diamond-
paned windows, imported from England,
have been removed. The smoothly fin-
ished beams, the great fire-places with
their paneled sides, the heavy doors, the
broad low stairs, the fine work in stairway
and mantel, all speak of former pride and
prosperity. The old house is now owned
and occupied by Mr. George W. Adams,
a direct descendant of the builder, who
* On returning from one of his voyages, Capt.
Abraham Adams brought some apple trees, one
shoot of which is still growing where he planted
it. Tradition says that his oxen stopped in the
ford at cart creek, while on his way with seed
and plants from his father's farm, and he said,
" I'd rather dump these seeds in the creek than
put them in the ground." He became, however,
in time, a successful farmer.
continues to till the acres that have been
in the family possession so long.*
Captain Adams died on this old place
Aprils, 1763, at the age of eighty-six.
His wife was alive in 1739, but the date
of her death is unknown.
Children, born in Newbury :
411. ANNE 4 , b. April 29, 1705; m. Robert
Steward of Rowley Dec. 11, 1727.
4211. WILLIAM 4 , b. May 8, 1706. See Mow
O).
43 in- MARY*, b. Sept. 26, 1707; m. Thomas
Poor of Andover Sept. 30, 1728; and
lived in Andover.
44 IV. STEPHEN 4 , b. April 16, 1712; d.
young.
45 v - SARAH 4 , b. Sept. 29, 1713; m. Dea.
Samuel Somerby of Newbury Sept.
29, 1735-
46 VI. ABRAHAM*, b. Aug. 24, 1715. See be-
low (46).
47 vii. SAMUEL 4 , b. June 6, 1717. See below
48 vin. JOSEPH 4 (twin), b. May 8, 1719. See
below (^<?).
49 ix. BENJAMIN 4 (twin), b. May 8, 1719.
See below (^9).
50 x. NATHAN 4 , b. Jan. 17, 1720-1; was a
joiner by trade; m. Mary Trumbull
of Charlestown Feb. 17, 1757, and
removed thither. He served as cap-
tain in the French war, and was af-
terward an innkeeper in Charlestown,
his hotel being burned by the British
in 1775. They had children.
51 XI. HENRY 4 , b. Nov. 18, 1722. See below
15
ISAAC ADAMSS, born in Newbury Feb.
26, 1678-9. He was living in Bradford in
*Many stories of the old home are told.
A slave was brought on a visit from Derry, N.
H., by David Adams; and once when sick, and
no regular physician would attend him, a cow-
doctor was called. He advised a hot bath ; but
as nothing large enough could be found, an old
dug-out was dragged from the river, pitched and
rilled with boiling water. The negro was uncer-
emoniously thrust therein, but escaped with his life.
A fire once broke out in the attic, and the
slave rushed up stairs with a hatchet to cut a
hole in the roof. But the hatchet being dull and
the roof high, he made use of his head and bat-
tered at the roof until the sun shone through.
The last Indian of the neighborhood died on
the doorstone of this house. One Indian was
held as a slave by Samuel Adams (son of the
builder), and his bunk is still to be seen in the
old attic.
20
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
1707 ; but afterward lived in Rowley. In
his early manhood he was a weaver by
trade, but spent the remainder of his life
as a farmer. He married Hannah Spof-
ford of Rowley (published Feb. 20, 1707-
8). His will is dated Jan. 24, 1737-8;
and it was proved March 27, 1738. He had
bought a farm of his wife's father and grand-
father in Boxford in 1716, to which she re-
moved upon her husband's death ; and died
there Sept. 3, 1775, at the age of ninety-
six. The farm is now owned by James
Whitney, and is commonly known as the
Thwing place.
Children, born in Rowley :
52 I. HANNAH*, b. June 15, 1709; m. Dan-
iel Burbank of Bradford (pub. Jan.
15, 1730-1); and d. Aug. 20, 1744.
53 n. SAMUEL"*, b. Feb. 9, 1710-1. See be-
low (5j).
54 in. ISAAC 4 , b. May 25, 1713. See below
55 iv. ISRAEL 4 , b. April 25, 1716. See below
Ctf).
56 V. DAVID 4 , b. June 15, 1720. See below
57 vi. ABIGAIL 4 , b. June 28, 1722; d. Nov.
24, 1737.
58 vii. MARY 4 , b. Oct. 12, 1724; probably d.
young, as she is not mentioned in her
father's will, in 1738.
16
SARAH ADAMS3, born in Newbury April
15, 1 68 1. She lived in Newbury until she
married John Hutchinson of Andover,
Jan. 28, 1714-5, where she afterward
lived. Before her marriage was born the
following
p HChild :
59 i. ISRAEL"*, b. Feb. 24, 1707-8, in New-
bury. See below (59).
17
JOHN ADAMSS, born March 7, 1684, in
Newbury. He was a farmer, and lived in
that part of Rowley which is now George-
town, on the north side of Pentucket pond.
The house, one story high, was removed
about 1 840, and is now part of the Aaron
Pillsbury house on North street. He mar-
ried, first, Elizabeth Noyes Jan. 22,
1707-8, in Newbury. She died in New-
bury Dec. 23, 1708, childless. He mar-
ried, second, Sarah Pearson Nov. 17,
1713. He died May 8, 1750, aged sixty-
six; and his widow, Sarah, died Dec. 10,
1754-
Children, born in Rowley :
60 i. SARAH*, b. Oct. n, 1714; m. Jeremiah
Hazen of Rowley Oct. 13, 1737.
61 n. ELIZABETH 4 , b. June 18, 1717; m.
Reuben Hardy of Bradford March
21, 1742-3.
62 in. MEHITABLE 4 , b. June 21, 1719; d.
July 17, 1736.
63 iv. JoHN 4 ,b. April 12, 1721. See below (63).
64 v. MARY 4 , b. Feb. n, 1722-3; d. Aug.
6, 1736.
65 vi. BENJAMIN 4 , b. Dec. 8, 1724; probably
d. young, as he is not mentioned in
his father's will, 1746.
66 vii. HANNAH 4 , b. Aug. n, 1727; m. John
Woodman of Newbury Dec. 12, 1751.
67 vin. MosES 4 , b. Nov. 7, 1730; d. July 26,
1736.
68 ix. JANE 4 , bapt. Oct. 21, 1733, in Second
church in Rowley.
18
DR. MATTHEW ADAMSS, born in New-
bury May 25, 1686. He was at first a
cordwainer by trade, then cultivated a
farm in Byfield parish, in his native town,
and also practised physic from 1726 until
his death, which occurred Nov. 24, 1755,
at the age of sixty-nine. He married
Sarah Knight April 4, 1707. She died
Oct. 29, 1778, at the age of ninety-one.
Children, born in Newbury :
69 i. MATTHEW"*, b. July 19, 1707; d. July
27, 1707.
70 n. MATTHEW 4 , b. May 19, 1709. See be-
low (70).
71 ill. SARAH 4 , b. Sept. 5, 1711; m. Joseph
Bartlett of Newbury Jan. 5, 1735-6;
and d. before 1753.
72 iv. ABRAHAM 4 , b. May 10, 1713. See be-
low (7^).
73 v. JUDITH 4 , b. April 2, 1716; m. Capt.
Edmund Little of Newbury March 18,
1735-6; and was living in 1753. He
d. Aug. 29, 1803.
74 vi. EUNICE 4 , b. April 7, 1719; probably d.
young, as she is not mentioned in
the settlement of her father's estate,
in 1755-
75 vii. JOSEPH 4 , bapt. July 29, 1722, in Byfield
church; probably d. young, as he is
not mentioned in the settlement of
his father's estate, in 1755.
76 vin. ELIZABETH 4 , b. April 28, 1728; proba-
bly d. young, as she is not mentioned
in the settlement of her father's es-
tate, in 1755.
ADAMS GENEALOGY.
21
21
RICHARD ADAMS^, born in Newbury
Nov. 22, 1693. He was a husbandman,
and resided in his native town, where he
died Nov. 2, 1778, at the age of eighty-
four. He married Susanna Pike of New-
bury Dec. 12, 1717 ; and she died there
Oct. 17, 1754.
Children, born in Newbury :
77 i. MARY 4 , b. Oct. 8, 1718; m. Abraham
Adams (72).
78 II. JOHN 4 , b. Sept. 9, 1720; d. March 20,
1723.
79 in. HANNAH 4 , b. Nov. 16, 1722; m. Dan-
iel Chute of Rowley April 20, 1 743 ;
and d. April 28, 1792.
80 iv. ENOCH 4 , b. Sept. 24, 1724. See be-
low (<?o).
81 V. RiCHARD 4 , b. Nov. 2, 1726. See below
82 vi. SUSANNA 4 , b. Aug. 5, 1729; d. in
Newbury June 19, 1745, aged fifteen.
83 vii. JOHN 4 , b. July 30, 1732. See below
(S3}-
84 viii. DANIEL"*, b. Sept, 4, 1734. See below
(84}.
85 IX. MosES 4 , b. Jan. 17, 1736-7. See below
86 x. EDMUND 4 , b. Oct. 24, 1740. See below
32
ABRAHAM ADAMS*, born in Newbury
July 3, 1696. He was a farmer, and
lived in his native town, where he died
May--, 1773, at the age of seventy-six.
He married Abigail Peirce of Newbury
Dec. 6, 1716. She was living in 1771.
Children, born in Newbury :
87 i. ROBERT 5 , born Nov. 24, 1717. See be-
low (87}.
88 ii. LYDIA 5 , b. Oct. 31, 1719; m. Elipha-
let Jaques of Newbury Jan. 3, 1737-
8 ; and died June 7, 1 798, aged seven-
ty-eight. He d. of cramp colic
June 24, 1804, at the age of eighty-
nine.
89 in. ABIGAIL 5 , b. Nov. n, 1721; d., un-
married, in 1758, aged thirty-six.
90 iv. BENJAMIN 5 , b; April 20, 1724. See
below (90).
91 v. MARY S , b. Aug. 26, 1727; m. James
Stuart in or after 1771.
92 vi. CHARLES 5 , b. Nov. 4, 1729. See below
(9*).
93 vn. MEHITABEL, b. Nov. 5, 1734; m.
John Knight June n, 1763 ; and was
living in 1771.
94 vni. DANIEL 5 , b. March 31, 1739; d., un-
married.
95 IX. ELIZABETH 5 , b. July 15, 1741 ; m. Ja-
cob Freeze Dec. 17, 1761.
96 x. SARAH 5 , b. Aug. 7, 1743. See below
(96).
35
ROBERT ADAMS*, born in Newbury Nov.
20, 1702. He was a farmer, and always
lived in his native town. In 1744 he
bought a house and some land in New-
bury, and in 1761 his father gave him one-
half of his farm for having lived with him
for twenty years. He had the asthma
nearly twelve years, and was not in a bed
for ten years before his death, which oc-
curred March 5, 1773, at the age of
seventy. He married Anne Jaques of
Newbury Oct. 29, 1725 ; and she died
Sept. 14, 1778.
Children, bom in Newbury :
97 i. ISRAEL 5 , b. July 19, 1726; d. March
*7 I729-3 -
98 n. REBECCA 5 , b. Jan. 25, 1729-30; m.
Charles Adams (92).
99 m. EUNICE 5 , b. Jan. 12, 1731-2; d., un-
married .
100 iv. ISRAEL 5 , b. March 22, 1734-5. See
below (/0o).
101 v. LiPHE 5 , b. May 8, 1736. See below
102 VI. SARAH 5 , b. May 23, 1739; d., un-
married, in Newbury Jan. 9, 1778,
aged thirty-eight.
vn. SILAS*, b. Feb. 16, 1741-2. See be-
low (/oj).
viii. ANNA 5 , b. March 14, 1747; m. John
, Knapp of Newburyport April 28,
1767; and d. in Newbury Sept. 29,
1778.
105 IX. ROBERT 5 , b. July 24, 1750. See below
37
JOHN ADAMS4, born in Newbury Nov. 2>
1705. He remained with his father for
some years, and was living in his native
town as late as 1759. The family proba-
bly removed from town soon after. He
was for many years a cordwainer, and is
called a yeoman in 1758 and 1759- He
married Elizabeth Morse of Newbury
Nov. 2, 1730.
Children, born in Newbury :
106 i. SUSANNA 6 , b. Sept. 6, 1731.
107 n. JANE 5 , b. May 13, 1733.
108 in. JosHUA 5 , b. Feb. 5, 1734-5-
109 iv. MosES 5 , b. Nov. 15, 1737-
no v. BENJAMIN 5 , b. June 25, 1745-
22
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
39
JACOB ADAMS*, born in Newbury Dec.
22, 1713. He married Mary Hills of
Newbury Aug. 31, 1742 ; and resided in
his native town. Administration on his
estate was granted July i, 1745. His
wife, Mary, survived him.
Children, born in Newbury :
in I. JACOB 5 , b. Feb. 12, 1742-3; living in
1765-
112 II. ZEBULON*, b. Nov. 19, 1744; living
in 1765.
42
WILLIAM ADAMS*, born in Newbury May
8, 1706. He lived in that part of Row-
ley which is now Georgetown, his house
standing in what is now the southern end
of Nelson avenue. He was a member of
the church in Byfield until the church in
the Second parish (now Georgetown) of
Rowley was formed, in 1732, when he
became one of its original members. He
was a yeoman, and his farm occupied the
area between Rock pond and the road to
Andover. He married Elizabeth Noyes of
Newbury April 22, 1728. His will is dated
May 9, 1765 ; and it was proved March
24, 1766. His wife Elizabeth survived
him ; and administration on her estate
was granted May 8, 1787.
Children, born in Rowley :
113 I. STEPHEN 5 , b. Feb. 27, 1728-9. See
below (/7j).
114 II. ELIZABETH 5 , b. April 17, 1731 ; lived
in Rowley, probably at her father's;
and d., unmarried. Administration on
her estate was granted Nov. 2, 1789.
115 in. ANNE 5 , b. Nov. 3, 1733; m. Capt.
Timothy Jackman of Rowley.
116 iv. BENJAMIN 5 , b. Nov. 20, 1735. See
below (//6X
117 v. MARY 5 , b. July 13, 1738; living in
Rowley, probably at home, unmar-
ried, 1791.
Il8 vi. SUSANNA 5 , b. Sept. 7, 1740; d., un-
married, July , 1802.
119 VII. SARAH 5 , b. Sept. 3, 1743; m. Daniel
Ayer of Plaistow, N. H. (pub. June
21, 1769. They were living in 1791.
120 vin. JUDITH 5 , in. Benjamin Adams, jr.
(201).
121 ix. SAMUEL", was a physician in Abing-
ton, Mass. ; and deceased before
1788.
To be continued.
ABBOT NOTES.
John, son of Hannah Abbot, born in
Andover Jan. 5, 1753.
John Abbot married Hephzibah Eaton,
in Andover, Dec. 20, 1750 She died
there July 2, 1752, aged twenty-four.
Their only child, Mary, bom in Andover
May 4, 1752.
Ruth, daughter of Thomas and Bula
Abbot, born in Andover Oct. 8, 1752.
Andover town records.
Children of James and Catharine Ab-
bot : James, born Jan. 12, 1796; Jane
Witham, born Dec. 4, 1797 ; Catharine,
born Sept. 4, 1800 ; and Lydia Hovey,
born May 9, 1802 ; died June 16, 1802.
Newbury port town records.
James Abbot, a " sojourner," married
Abigail Witham Jan. 29, 1760. Children,
born in Gloucester : Abigail, born March
13, 1761 ; James, born March 29, 1765 ;
died young; James, born Sept. i, 1766 ;
and Lydia, born May 24, 1769.
Ezekiel Abbot published to Sarah Little-
hale Aug. 8, 1767.
Gloucester town records.
Benjamin Abbot of Salem, mariner, died
before Aug. 6, 1792. His daughter Mary
married James Arrington, in Salem, Sept.
n, 1783; and daughter Martha married
George Ashby, in Salem, Nov. 12, 1774,
and survived him, he dying before 1792,
when she was his widow. Probate records
and Salem town records.
Thomas Abbot of Salem died before
July 21, 1746, when Robert Abbot of
Salem, cordwainer, was appointed admin-
istrator of his estate.
Robert Abbot of Newburyport, born in
Great Britain, mariner, died before June
2 5> T ?87, when William Coombs of New-
buryport was appointed administrator of
his estate.
John Abbot of Salem, living in 1731
and 1732, had children, Robert, living in
Salem, 1731-1732 ; Joseph, who lived in
Salem, and died before Aug. 23, 1731;
Daniel, who was alive in 1732 ; and Mary,
born about 1725, who was alive in 1732.
Probate records.
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF THE REVOLUTION.
TRAINING DAY.
'Hay-foot! straw-foot!"
That was what they said ;
Hardly knew that " Eyes right "
Meant " Look straight ahead."
Shambling, sheepish, clumsy ;
Awkward every way;
How they made spectators laugh
On Training day !
Very well ! But after,
When the righting came,
Was there room for laughter ?
Was there cause for shame ?
Grimmer grew the faces,
Firmer grew the tread,
As "hay-foot, straw-foot "
Marched straight ahead.
Margaret Vandergrift.
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF THE
REVOLUTION.
Continued from volume /, page iqf.
WILLIAM ANDRESS of Gloucester ; priv.,
Capt. Barnabas Dodge's co., Col. Ger-
rish's (later Baldwin's) reg. ; muster roll
dated Aug. i, 1775; enl. May 2, 1775;
service, 1 1 wks., i dy. ; also, co. return,
dated Camp at Chelsea, Oct. 2, 1775;
also, order for bounty coat dated Chelsea,
Dec. 27, 1775.
AARON ANDREW of Gloucester; Capt.
Benjamin Kimball's co., Col. Mansfield's
(later Israel Hutchinson's) iQth reg.; re-
ceipt for advance pay, dated Cambridge,
July i, 1775; also, priv., muster roll
dated Aug. i, 1775 > en ^ May 2 9> I 775 )
service, 2 mos., 8 dys. ; also, co. return,
dated Winter Hill, Oct. 6, 1775 ; also,
order for bounty coat dated Winter Hill,
Dec. 30, 1775.
DANIEL ANDREW of Wenham ; descrip-
tive list of men enl. for 9 mos. from the
time of their arrival at Fishkill, June 20,
1778 : age, 23 yrs. ; stature, 5 ft., 8 in.;
complexion, light ; also, list of men enl.
from Essex co. as returned by Col. R.
Putnam, July 20, 1778.
EBENEZER ANDREW of Danvers ; Capt.
Ebenezer Francis' (also given Lt. Billy
Porter's) co., Col. Mansfield's (later
Israel Hutchinson's) reg. ; order for ad-
vance pay dated Cambridge, June 8,
1775; also, muster roll dated Aug. i,
1775 ; enl. May 4, 1775 ; service, 3 mos.,
5 dys. ; also, order for bounty coat dated
Camp at Winter Hill, Oct. 26, 1775.
GEORGE ANDREW of Marblehead ; prize
master, sloop " Morning Star," com-
manded by Capt. John Ravill ; descriptive
list of officers and crew, dated Oct. 17,
1780; age, 25 yrs.; stature, 5 ft., 7 in.;
complexion, dark.
JAMES ANDREW of Salem ; boy, ship
" Rhodes," commanded by Capt. Nehe-
miah Buffington ; descriptive list of offi-
cers and crew, dated Aug. 14, 1780 ; age,
19 yrs.; stature, 5 ft., 5 in.; complexion,
light.
JEREMIAH ANDREW of Manchester;
Capt. Kimball's co., Col. Mansfield's
reg. ; receipt for advance pay dated Cam-
bridge, July i, 1775 ; also, priv. ; muster
roll dated Aug. i, 1775; en ^ May 10,
1775 ; service, 2 mos., 27 dys.; also, co.
return dated Winter Hill, Oct. 6, 1775.
JOHN ANDREW, JR., of Salem; return
of men enl. into Continental Army, made
by John Gushing, muster master for
Essex co., dated Boxford, Dec. 8, 1779 ;
enl., 9 mos.
JONATHAN ANDREW of Gloucester ;
priv., Capt. Kimball's co., Col. Mans-
field's reg.; muster roll dated Aug. i,
1775; enl. May 13, 1775; service, 2
mos., 24 dys. ; also, co. return, dated
Winter Hill, Oct. 6, 1775.
THOMAS ANDREW of Danvers ; priv.,
Capt. Samuel Epes' co., Col. Pickering's
reg., which marched on alarm of April 19,
1775; service, 2 dys.; also, Capt. Silas
Adams' co., Col. Titcomb's reg. ; service,
2 mos.; roll dated June 29, 1777 ; also,
Capt. Flint's co., Col. Samuel Johnson's
reg.; enl, Aug. 25, 1777 ; dis. Nov. 30,
1777; service, 3 mos., 19 dys., at the
Northward ; also, roll made up for mile-
age from Scarsdale, N. Y., home, allowed
in council, July 27, 1778.
WILLIAM ANDREW of Salem; priv.,
Capt. Benjamin Ward, jr.'s co. ; enl. Jan.
22, 1776; service, 4 mos., 7 dys., at
Salem.
AMASA ANDREWS of Topsfield ; priv.,
Capt. John Baker's co., Col. Moses Lit-
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
tie's reg.; muster roll dated Aug. i,
1775; enK May 19, 1775; service, 2
mos., 1 8 dys. ; also, order for bounty
coat dated Dec. n, 1775; a/so, return
of men enl. into Continental Army from
3d Essex co. reg., dated Ipswich, Sept.
30, 1777; joined Capt. Job Whipple's
co., Col. Rufus Putnam's reg. ; enl., 3
yrs. ; a/so, Continental Army pay ac-
counts for service from April 24, 1777, to
Aug. 28, 1777; reported, died Aug. 28,
1777.
ARCHIBALD ANDREWS of Newbury;
priv., ship " America '" (privateer), com-
manded by Capt. William Coffin ; de-
scriptive list of officers and crew, dated
Oct. u, 1780; age, 24 yrs.; stature, 5
ft., 6 in. ; complexion, dark.
BENJAMIN ANDREWS of Marblehead ;
Capt. Francis Symonds' co., Col. John
Glover's reg. ; receipt for advance pay
dated Cambridge, June 27, 1775; a ^ s0
priv., muster roll dated Aug. i, 1775 :
enl. June 6, 1775 > service, 2 mos.; a/so,
Corp.; co. return [probably Oct., 1775] ;
reported absent ; a/so, order for bounty
coat dated Cambridge, Dec. 25, 1775.
BENJAMIN ANDREWS of Ipswich ; priv.,
Capt. Abraham Dodge's co., Col. Moses
Little's (i2th) reg.; muster roll dated
Aug. i, 1775 ; enl. May 3, 1775 ; service,
1 1 wks., 6 dys. ; a/so, co. return dated
Oct. 9, 1775 ; age, 22 yrs.; a/so, pay roll
for service from Jan. i, 1776 [service
not given] ; reported on command with
Admiral Hopkins.
CALEB ANDREWS of Ipswich ; priv.,
Capt. Jonathan Cogswell, jr.'s co., which
marched on alarm of April 19, 1775;
service, 3 dys. ; a/so, Capt. Charles
Smith's co.; enl. July 21, 1775 ; service,
3 mos., 19 dys., on sea coast defence in
Essex co. ; a/so, pay roll for service from
Nov. i, 1775, to Jan. i, 1776, 2 mos., 6
dys., on sea coast defence in Essex co.
DANIEL ANDREWS of Ipswich ; priv.,
Capt. Abraham Dodge's co., Col. Moses
Little's reg.; muster roll dated Aug. i,
1775; enl. May 3, 1775; service, 12
wks., 6 dys. ; a/so, co. return dated Oct.
9> I 775; a S e > 20 Y rs - ') a k, order for
bounty coat dated Dec. 21, 1775; also,
return of men raised agreeably to resolve
of Dec. 2, 1780 : enl. April 6, 1781 ; enl.,
3 vrs -
EBEN ANDREWS of Danvers ; priv.,
Capt. Israel Hutchinson's co., which
marched on alarm of April 19, 1775 ;
service, 2 dys.
ISAAC ANDREWS of Ipswich ; priv., Capt.
Jonathan Cogswell, jr.'s co., which
marched on alarm of April 19, 1775:
service, 3 dys. ; also, Capt. Abraham
Dodge's co., Col. Moses Little's (i2th)
reg.; enl. Dec. i, 1775; reported, on
command with Admiral Hopkins ; also,
muster roll for April, 1776.
ISRAEL ANDREWS of Ipswich ; return of
men enl. into Continental Army from 3d
Essex co. reg., dated Feb. 17, 1778;
joined Capt. John Burnham's co., Col.
Michael Jackson's reg. ; enl., 3 yrs. ; also,
priv., Capt. Burnam's co., Col. Jackson's
reg. ; Continental Army pay accounts for
service from March 29, 1777, to May 27,
1778 ; reported, died May 27, 1778.
JACOB ANDREWS of Boxford ; priv., Capt.
Jacob Gould's co., Col. Samuel Johnson's
reg., which marched on alarm of April
I 9> X 775 ') service, 6 dys.
JACOB ANDREWS of Ipswich ; priv.,
Capt. Jonathan Cogswell, jr.'s co., which
marched on alarm of April 19, 1775;
service, 3 dys. ; also, Capt. Abraham
Dodge's co., Col. Moses Little's reg. ;
muster roll dated Aug. i, 1775 ; enl. May
3, 1775, service 12 weeks, 6 dys.; also,
co. return dated Oct. 9, 1775 ; a 8 e 2 3
yrs. ; also, Capt. David Low's (3d) co.,
Col. Jonathan Cogswell's (3d Essex co.)
reg. ; pay abstract for equipments dated
Aug. 21, 1778; reported as belonging to
train band.
JAMES ANDREWS of Ipswich ; priv., Capt.
Abraham Dodge's co., Col. Moses Little's
reg. ; muster roll dated Aug. i, 1775 > en ^
May 3, 1775 '> service, 12 weeks, 6 dys. ;
also, co. return dated Oct. 9, 1775 ; age,
28 yrs.
JAMES ANDREWS of Marblehead ; Capt.
John Merrett's co., Col. John Glover's
(2ist) reg. ; receipt for advance pay dated
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF THE REVOLUTION.
Cambridge, June 27, 1775; also, priv., 5 dys. ; also, order for bounty coat dated
muster roll dated Aug. i, 1775 ; enl. May Prospect Hill, Nov. 25, 1775.
3> *775 9 service, 2 mos., 6 dys. ; also, JOHN ANDREWS of Ipswich; serg., Capt.
co. return [probably Oct., 1775] ; also, Abraham Dodge's co., Col. Moses Little's
order for bounty coat dated camp at Cam- reg. ; receipt for advance pay dated Cam-
bridge, Dec. 25, 1775. bridge, June 23, 1775 ; also, muster roll
JACOB ANDREWS of Boxford ; priv., Capt. dated Aug. i, 1775; enl. May 3, 1775;
Jacob Gould's co., Col. Samuel Johnson's service, 1 2 weeks, 6 dys. ; also, co. return
reg., which marched on alarm of April 19, dated Oct. 9, 1775 5 a e > 3 yrs.; also,
1 TJ5) service, 6 dys.; also, return of men order for bounty coat dated Dec. 21, 1775.
enl. into Continental Army, dated Feb. 13, JOHN ANDREWS of Ipswich ; priv., Capt.
1778; joined Capt. Job Whipple's co., Simeon Brown's co., Col. Nathaniel Wade's
Col. Rufus Putnam's reg. ; enl. to expire reg. ; enl. July 20, 1778 ; dis. Jan. i, 1779 ;
Jan. i, 1780; also, Capt. Whipple's co., service, 5 mos., 17 dys., on an alarm at
Col. Putnam's reg., Continental Army pay Rhode Island; stationed at East Green-
accounts for service from April 15, 1777, wich, R. I.; also, certificate of service
to Dec. 31, 1779 ; reported as serving 30 dated Ipswich, Jan. 18, 1779 ; also, Capt.
mos., 1 6 dys., as priv., 2 mos. as corp.; Brown's co., Col. Wade's reg.; return of
also, corp., Capt. Whipple's co., Col. Put- men who served in boats on expedition
nam's reg. ; Continental Army pay ac- against Newport [year not given] ; ser-
counts for service from Jan. i, 1780, to vice, 26 dys.
April 15, 1780. JONATHAN ANDREWS of Ipswich; priv.,
JAMES ANDREWS of Salem ; descriptive Capt. Jonathan Cogswell, jr.'s co., which
list of officers and crew of the ship "Salem marched on alarm of April 19, 1775 ; ser-
Packet," commanded by Capt. Joseph vice, 3 dys.
Cook, dated Nov. 25, 1780; age, iSyrs. ; JONATHAN ANDREWS, JR., of Ipswich;
stature, 5 ft., 5 in. ; complexion, light. priv., Capt. Jonathan Cogswell, jr.'s co.,
JEREMIAH ANDREWS of Rowley ; descrip- which marched on alarm of April 19,1775;
tive list of men enl. from Essex co. for 9 service, 3 dys. ; also, Capt. David Low's
mos. from the time of their arrival at Fish- (3d) co., Col. Cogswell's reg.; return
kill, June n, 1778 ; age, 21 yrs. ; stature, dated April, 1778 ; reported as belonging
5 ft., 10 in.; complexion, light; hair, to train band.
brown ; eyes, dark. JOSEPH ANDREWS of Marblehead ; ma-
Joe ANDREWS of Gloucester ; list of men tross, Capt. Edward Fettyplace's co. ; pay
enl. into Continental Army [year not roll for service from Sept. i, 1776, to Jan.
given]. i, 1777, 4 mos.
JOHN ANDREWS of Ipswich ; priv., Capt. JOSEPH ANDREWS of Ipswich ; seaman,
Daniel Rogers' co., which marched on sloop " Liverpool," commanded by Capt.
alarm of April 19, 1775 ; service 4 dys. Nehemiah Story; descriptive list of officers
JOHN ANDREWS of Ipswich; priv., Capt. and crew, dated May 17, i7 8 ; a g e > 2 3
Hart's co., Col. Paul Dudley Sargent's yrs. ; stature, 5 ft., 9 in. ; complexion, dark.
(28th) reg.; muster roll dated Aug. i, JOSEPH ANDREWS, JR., of Ipswich ; priv.,
1775 ; enl. May 15, 1775 ; service 77 dys. ; Capt. Jonathan Cogswell, jr.'s co., which
also, Capt. John Wiley's co., Col. Sargent's marched on alarm of April 19, 1775 ; ser-
reg. ; co. return [probably Oct., 1775]; y i ce > 3 dys. '" a ^t Capt. Charles Smith's
also, order for bounty coat dated Dec. 13, co. ; enl. July 24, 1775 ; dis. Jan. i, 1776 ;
1775. service, 5 mos., 22 dys., on sea coast de-
JOHN ANDREWS of Gloucester ; priv., fence in Essex co. ; also, Capt. David
Capt. Nathaniel Warner's co. ; Col. Moses Low's (3d) co. ; Col. Jonathan Cogswell's
Little's reg.; muster roll dated Aug. i, (3d Essex co.) reg.; pay abstract for
1775 ; enl. May 4, 1775 ; service, 3 mos., equipments dated Aug. 21, 1778 ; also,ie-
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turn of men belonging to train band, dated
April, 1778.
JOSHUA ANDREWS of Ipswich ; priv.,
Capt. Abraham Dodge's co., Col. Moses
Little's reg. ; muster roll dated Aug. i ,
1775; enl. June 23, 1775 > service, 5 weeks,
4 dys. ; also, co. return dated Oct. 9,
1775 ; age, 50 yrs. ; also, order for bounty
coat dated Dec. 21, 1775.
JOSHUA ANDREWS of Boxford ; priv.,
Capt. William Pearley's co., Col. James
Frye's reg., which marched on alarm of
April 19, 1775 ; service, '7 dys., reported
enl. Feb. 16, 1775 ; also, return of men in
camp at Cambridge, May 17, 1775 ; also,
receipt for advance pay dated camp at
Cambridge, June 22, 1775 ; also, muster
roll dated Aug. i, 1775; enl. April 26,
1775 ; service, 3 mos., 13 dys.; also, co.
return [probably Oct., 1775] ; a/so, order
for bounty coat dated Cambridge, Nov. 14,
1775-
LILBURN ANDREWS of Topsfield ; descrip-
tive list of enl. men raised agreeable to re-
solve of June 9, 1779; Capt. Cumming's
co., Col. Cogswell's reg.; age, 19 yrs.;
stature, 5 ft., 10 in. ; complexion, light ;
enl., 9 mos. ; also, receipt for equipments
received of Capt. James Tisdale, dated
Springfield, Aug. 22, 1779 ; also, Colonel's
co., lothreg. ; enl. Aug. 22, 1779; dis.
May 21, 1780; enl., 9 mos.; also, priv.,
Capt. Benj. Gould's co., Col. Wade's reg. ;
enl. July 6, 1780; dis. Oct. 10, 1780 ; ser-
vice, 3 mos., 1 7 dys. ; enl., 3 mos. ; co.
raised to reinforce Continental Army ; also,
receipt for bounty paid him by John In-
gles of Class No. 10 for Andover to serve
in the Continental Army for 3 yrs., dated
Boston, April 29, 1782.
NEHEMIAH ANDREWS of Salem ; master,
brigantine " Salem ;" descriptive list of
officers and crew, dated Oct. 29, 1780;
age, 2 7 yrs. ; stature, 6 ft. ; complexion,
dark.
ROBERT ANDREWS of Boxford ; priv.,
Capt. William Pearley's co., Col. James
Frye's reg., which marched on alarm of
April 19, 1775 ; service, 7 dys.; reported,
enl. Feb. 16, 1775 ; also, return of men in
camp at Cambridge, May 17, 1775 '>
receipt for advance pay dated camp at
Cambridge, June 22, 1775 ; also, muster
roll dated Aug. i, 1775; enL April 26,
1775 ; service, 3 mos., 13 dys.; also, co.
return [probably Oct., 1775]; also, de-
scriptive list of men enl. from Essex co.
for 9 mos., from the time of their arrival at
Fishkill, June 17, 1778 ; Capt. Gould's co.,
Col. Johnson's (4th Essex co.) reg. ; age,
25 yrs. ; stature, 5 ft., 5 in. ; complexion,
light ; also, descriptive list of men raised
to reinforce Continental Army for 6 mos.,
agreeable to resolve of June 5, 1780; age,
27 yrs.; stature, 5 ft., 6 in.; complexion,
dark ; arrived at Springfield July 27, 1 780 ;
marched to camp July 28, 1780, under
command of Capt. Storer ; a/so, pay roll
for 6 mos. men raised by Boxford for ser-
vice in the Continental Army during 1 780 ;
marched July 27, 1780; dis. Dec. 16,
1780; service, 5 mos., 4 dys.
SAMUEL ANDREWS of Danvers ; priv.,
Capt. Edmund Putnam's reg. ; which
marched on alarm of April 19, 1775 ; ser-
vice, 2 dys.
SAMUEL ANDREWS of Marblehead ; ordi-
nary seaman, ship " Franklin," commanded
by Capt. John Turner; descriptive list of
officers and crew, dated Dec. 2, 1780;
age, 1 7 yrs. ; complexion, light ; cruise be-
gan Aug. 8, 1780.
SAMUEL ALLEN ANDREWS of Newbury-
port ; return of men enl. into Continental
Army; enl. Feb. 12, 1781 ; enl., 3 yrs.
THOMAS ANDREWS of Andover (South
district) ; descriptive list of enl. men dated
April 19, 1781 ; Capt. Lovejoy's co., Col.
Johnson's reg. ; age, 18 yrs. ; stature, 5 ft.,
5 in.; complexion, light; enl. March 25,
1781 ; enl., 3 yrs.
WILLIAM ANDREWS of Marblehead ; priv.,
Capt. Francis Felton's co. ; enl. July 12,
1775; service, 4 mos., at Marblehead;
also, receipt for i month advance pay
dated Marblehead, Sept. 26, 1775; also,
pay roll for service from Oct. 31, 1775, to
Dec. 31, 1775, 2 mos., 5 dys.; also, pay
rolls for service from Jan. 4, 1776, to
Nov. 15, 1776.
WILLIAM ANDREWS of Marblehead ; ma-
tross, Capt. Edward Fettyplace's co. ; pay
PETITION OF SALEM FARMERS.
roll for service from Sept. i, 1776, to Jan.
i, 1777, 4 mos. ; also, list of men re-
ported as the "Fort" co., dated Aug. 26,
1777.
WILLIAM ANDREWS of Gloucester ; serg.,
Capt. Ebenezer Cleavland's co., Col.
Michael Jackson's reg. ; Continental Ar-
my pay accounts for service from Feb. 15,
1777, to Oct. 7, 1777 ; reported killed.
WILLIAM ANDREWS of Ipswich; priv.,
Capt. Simeon Brown's co., Col. Nathaniel
Wade's reg. ; enl. July 20, 1778 ; dis. Jan.
i, 1779; service, 5 mos., 17 dys., on an
alarm at Rhode Island ; stationed at East
Greenwich ; also, certificate of service
given by Col. Nathaniel Wade, dated Ips-
wich, Jan. 1 8, 1779; also, return of men
in service in boats on expedition against
Newport; service, 26 dys. [year not
given] .
WILLIAM ANDREWS of Ipswich ; seaman,
sloop "Liverpool," commanded by Capt.
Nehemiah Story; descriptive list of
officers and crew, dated May 17, 1780;
age, 20 yrs. ; stature, 5 ft., 4 in. ; com-
plexion, light.
JOHN ANDROSON of Beverly; seaman,
brig " Stark " (privateer), commanded by
Capt. Ezra Ober ; descriptive list of officers
and crew, dated June 14, 1780; age, 21
yrs. ; stature, 5 ft., 8 in. ; complexion, light.
AMASA ANDROSsofTopsfield ; priv., Capt.
Baker's co., Col. Little's reg. ; co. return
[probably Oct., 1775] ; enl. May 2, 1775 ;
age, 1 7 yrs.
EBENEZER ANDROW of Danvers; priv.,
Capt. Francis' co., Col. Mansfield's reg. ;
co. return dated Oct. 6, 1775.
BENJAMIN ANDROWS of Ipswich; priv.,
Capt. Abraham Dodge's co. ; muster roll
for April, 1776; enl. Jan. i, 1776.
THOMAS ANDSAW of Danvers ; serg.,
Capt. Samuel Flint's co., Col. Timothy
Pickering, jr.'s reg., which marched on
alarm of April 19, 1775 ; service, 2 dys.
RICHARD ANGERFIELD of Ipswich ; sea-
man, ship " Pilgrim," commanded by
Capt. Joseph Robinson ; descriptive list
of officers and crew, dated Aug. 2, 1780;
age, 14 yrs.; stature, 5 ft.; complexion,
light.
ROBERT ANIBLE of Ipswich ; priv., Capt.
Richard Dodge's co., Lt.-col. Baldwin's
(38th) reg. ; muster roll for Sept. and Oct.,
1775; entered service April 19, 1775;
enl. May 12 (also given May 19), 1775 ;
dis. July 27, 1775.
EZRA A NICE of Andover ; priv., Capt.
Joshua Holt's co., which marched on alarm
of April 19, 1775, to Cambridge; service,
i^ dys.
EZRA ANICE, JR., of Andover; priv.,
Capt. Joshua Holt's co., which marched
on alarm of April 19, 1 775, to Cambridge ;
service, i^ dys.
To be continued.
PETITION OF SALEM FARMERS.
To the honor ed Gene u COURT at Boston.
The humble petition of y e Inhabatitance
of y e farmes belonging to Salem most
humbly, sheweth
Wheareas yo r petitioners, have been re-
quired by o r Commanders to attend y e
Millitary watch, at Salem Towne, which
considering how remote our Dwellings are
from y e Towne, we did & doe still con-
ceiue Law doth not require it of vs. But
because we are men, Subject to be par-
tiall in o r owne case, and might not be ac-
quainted, with all y e Lawes, we did p e sent
o r request, to y e Countie Court at Salem
last June to giue vs their Judgment therm,
Namely whether it weare, o r duty by Law
to attend the s d watch or not And y e judg-
ment of y e s d Court, as far as we perceived
was y* wee weare, neither bound by Law,
nor reason, to attend y e s d watch Except
in case of an exigence which we do fully,
consent too : if our dwellings wear many
miles, further from y e Towne, then they
are, in case they wanted helpe and o r
selues in safty, yet notwithstanding the
Judgment of the Court, they did againe,
require vs, by express warrant in his majes-
ties name, & p order of y e Malitia, to at-
tend y e watch, and most of vs did obey,
rather to avoyde any occasion, of trouble,
because the spirits of men, seemed to be
very high, then y* we thought it, o r duty
by Law, Since wee p r sented o r case, to
Major Denison, whoe beinge y e major, of
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this Regament, wee thought was y e next
pscn, to seeke to for helpe, whoe did
write in o r behalfe, to diswade them, from
any further troubling of vs, But all tooke
noe effect, but still they warned vs, to
watch by y e Authority, afores d , vntill y e
watch was ended, yo r petitioners did allso,
request y e last County Court, at Ipswich, to
releiue vs, but y e Court was pleased, not to
determine y e matter, but willing vs, rather
p r sent it to this hon r Court, which we doe,
as briefly as we can humbly beseeching
this Hon r Court to consider of o r reasons
which are as foloweth
The remotness of o r habitations from y e
Towne. Some of vs liue 10 miles Some 8
or 9 y e neerist are at least fiue miles from
Salem Meeting House vpon y e Rhode
and then tis neer a mile farther to y e Gen-
try place and both Horse & foote required
to goe with Armes & Amunition every
way fixt according to Law so that some of
vs must trauell Armed ii miles to watch
which is more then a Soldiers march that
is vnder pay and yet not excused from
paying o r p fc to all charges both Ecclesias-
ticall & Ciuill besides y e maintenance of
o r familyes these hard times when the
hand of God is heavy vpon y e Husband-
man Seconty The distance of o r Hous-
es, one from another, Some a mile, some
further that it is difficult, sending one
Neighbour, to another, in dark nights, in
a wilderness, y* is so little cleared, &
wayes so vnpassable. The weakness, of
many of o r families, when one Man, is
taken away, the rest are some young, some
sickly & weake, not able, to help them
selues much less, to make any resistance,
if violence, be offered, that y e newes that
wee are to watch, strikes like darts, to y e
Hearts of some, of o r Wiues that are
weake, that one man was forced to goe 4,
or 5 miles, to get a man, to stay with his
famylie, whilst him selfe, went to Salem
Towne to watch.
The opertunity, & advantage that In-
deans and other, ill affected psons haue
by knowlidg before, that such and such
families, are such nights left destitute of
helpe, for two, or three miles about, for
warning of y e watch, & watching is no
priuet thing.
Ffor Example, there was 19 warned for
one night, as will plainly appear by war-
rant, vnder the Capt 8 owne hands, & by
testimony, had they all gone, it would
haue cleared y e strength of 2 or 3 miles
about.
If it be pleaded the number is altered,
& but 4 warned for a night, for Answer
as sometimes it falls, 4 will cleare two
miles about. It may allso bee Questioned,
whether it be not, a profaination of y e
Lords day, for psons to trauill so far
Armed, as before expressed, on y e Sabboth,
to watch a populous Towne, in times of
peace, concisting of neer 300, able psons
w th in y e limmits of the watch, and o r selues
left out.
Wheareas y e Cap* pleaded an exegence,
at Salem Court, because, a Jarsie or
Gernsy ship, came in as they s d , in y e night
vndiscouered. To which we answer there
were seuerall of vs, in company, with o r
Capt, at y e ffort, & wee saw the ship some
howres before night, & was discouered be-
fore night, in y e Towne, to be a stranger,
for how can it be thought, possible, y* a
ship could come in, in a cleare day, &
non see her, considering, how many boates
are dayly out, a fishing, and Cape pan, &
Marblehead, lye before y c harbor and
many men, at worke at y e ffort y* day, be-
sides apopulous Towne, they further plead-
ed, these weare dangerous times, & they
were not able, to keep a watch without
vs. For answer if wee should grant, that
these times, are more dangerous than for-
mer yet not soe much to Salem Towne, as
to o r selues, & other places in this collony,
for wee know no obligation, vpon y e enimy,
first to assault Salem Towne, when they
may come to shore, at divers other places
& come vpon vs, & other places allso by
Land, and meet neither with fforte, nor
400 men vnder y e warning of an alarm to
opose them.
Tis probable if the French, or Dutch
should come, they will have a conuoy of
Indians, from East or West, & come first
vpon remote dwellers. The consideration
WILL OF RICHARD INGERSOLL.
2 9
whereof, is able to strike terror, into y e
Hearts of women, & weake ones, Especial-
ly considering what dreadfull examples for-
mer times hath afforded, in that respect,
in this Country from Indeans, and from
others allso, in the night season, when
their husbands haue absent If what hath
been s d may be granted, as it may in eu-
ery p* be proued Then whether Salem
Towne, hath not more cause, to send vs
help, to *** amongst o r selues, then wee
haue to go to them, they concisting, of
Not 50 psons able to watch, they
a compact Towne, wee so scrattred y* six
or 8 watches will not secure vs, o r Dwell-
ings are so, scrattred & remote one from
another, & so far from y e Towne, That
Cambridge village, or Milton, may as easye
go to Boston, to watch as wee may to Salem
Towne and leaue their familyes, in a great
deale more safty, because they haue
Townes neer to helpe them.
Yor petitioners humble request to this
Hon d Court is that you would be pleased
to releeue & ease vs from this burden of
watching which is too heauy for vs, or o r
children to bear. Yor petitioners shall
all wayes pray for you
Job Swinerton seny 1 John Porther
Robert Goodell Richard Huchinson
philip Knight Jycob Byrnet sen 1
Jonathan Knight Richard Leach
Isaack Goodell Nathaniel Putnam
Zachary Goodell Jycob Byrnet Jun r
Robert prince Joseph Huchinson
Joseph Houlton henrie Kenie
Jonathan walcutt Joseph Porter
Nathaniel Ingerson John Putnam
Robert moulton
John Smith
Nath 1 Carrill
Job Swinerton juner
Thomas Flint
Giles Gory
Thomas Small
Benjamin Woodroe
John Leach
Joshua Rea
James Hadlock
In answer to this petition the deputyes
Judge meete to graunt the pet a hearinge
the next sixt day at 9 of the Clock & that
all persons concerned haue notice to At-
tend desireinge the Consent of o r Hono rd
magis t s hereto
William Torrey Cleris,
15 8, 1667, Consented to by y e magis^
Edw. Rawson, Secret 7 .
In Answer to this petition of the far-
mers of Salem & for reconciliation of the
lawes respectinge watches of all sorts It
is hereby declared, that the Comittees
actinge with the sd ffarmers in requirreinge
their service in the Military watches to be
Consonant to law Justice & acquitie And
that henceforth all farmers, dwelling above
foure Miles from their Meetinge howse,
shalbe exempt from Cunstables watches
any law or Custome to the Contrary not
with standinge, the deputyes haue past
this desireinge the Consent of o r Hono rd
magis's hereto
William Torrey Cleris
3o th October 1667 Consented to by y e
magis^, Edw. Rawson, Secret.
Massachusetts Archives, volume 112, leaf
WILL OF RICHARD INGERSOLL.
The will of Richard Ingersoll of Salem
is dated July 21, 1644; and was proved
in the Salem quarterly court Jan. 2, 1644-
5. The following copy is transcribed
from a copy made by Joshua Coffin many
years ago, the original not having been
found.
July 21, 1644. I Richard Ingersoll of
Salem in the County of Essex in New
England being weak in body, but through
God's mercy in perfect memory doe make
this my last will and testament as follow-
eth, viz.
I give to Ann my wife all my estate of
land, goods & chattels whatsoever except
as followeth viz.
I give to George Ingersoll my son six
acres of meadow lying in the great
meadow.
Item I give to Nathaniel Ingersoll, my
youngest son a parcell of ground with a
little frame thereon, which I bought of
John P[<r0.r<f?] but if the said Nathaniel
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
dy without issue of his body lawfully be-
gotten then the land aforesaid to be
equally shared between John Ingersoli my
son, & Richard Pettingell & William
Haines my sons in law. I give to Bath-
sheba my youngest daughter two cowes.
I give to my youngest daughter Alice
Walcott my house at town with 10 acres
of upland & meadow after my wife's de-
cease
Witnes
his
Townsend Bishop. R V I
mark
I read this will to Richard Ingersoli &
he acknowledged it to be his will.
Jo. Endecott.
WILL OF JOHN GOFFE.
The following is a copy of a will found
recorded in the town records of Ipswich.
Mr. Goffe died Dec. 9, 1641.
The last will & testament of John
Goffe of Newbury being weake in body
but in perfect senses and knowledge
Dec. 4, 1641.
My will is that whatsoever lands and
housing and cattel and moveables shall
appear that my estate consisteth of that it
shall be divided into two parts equally and
the one halfe I doe give to my wife Amy
Goffe and the other halfe I doe give unto
my two children Susan Goffe and Hanna
Goffe in equall portions betwixt them as
it shall amount, my debts & other charges
being paid and for performance of this my
will I have desired and doe give power to
these parties named, Edward Woodman,
Henry Short, Richard Kent junior and
John Cheney all of Newbury to see my
estate divided between my wife & chil-
dren and to take care of my children's
portions that they may be improved to
their maintenance and best advantage &
I have desired these brethren to advise
and counsell my wife for her good accor-
ding as God shall direct them, & if either
of these my children decease this life, my
will is that the other shall injoye her por-
tions, Also my will is that if the chil-
dren should both decease this life that my
wife shall injoye their portions. Also my
will is that if my children shall live to
marriage or to the age of 1 8 years that
then they shall have power to dispose of
their portions according to their own
pleasures. And to this my last will I
have sett to my hand in the presence of
these hereinunder named. Assigned
and delivered in the presence of us.
Thomas Browne The marke of
William White Jno. I Goffe.
NOTES ON AMESBURY INSCRIPTIONS.
SALISBURY PLAINS CEMETERY.
The first part of the fourth inscription
in the second column, volume I, page
169, of the Antiquarian, reads as fol-
lows :
Here Lies Interred
ELEANOR EVANS
The following inscriptions were omit-
ted :
MOSES BRO
WN SON TO
m r ABR m & mr 8
HANNAH BR
OWN DIED
march y e 4 th
1740 In ye 7
year of his age
Here Lies Buried
The Body of
CAP. ABRAHAM BROWN
who departed
This Life march
Y e 2 i 8t 1758
On his Birth Day
Aged 68 years
ED
* UGH
of
Wife of UGH
march 27 S
1776
*Defaced.
A TALE OF IPSWICH.
A new stone bears the following in-
scription :
Elizabeth Greely
Wife of Ezra Morrill
died July 10, 1777
Aged 32 years 5 mos
Sarah
their daughter
died July 14, 1776
Aged 5 mos
John Q. Evans, Salisbury.
A TALE OF IPSWICH.
BY EMILY PEARSON BAILEY.
Old Ipswich hills ! oft sung and fair,
The sea winds cool their summer air;
The river winds throughout the town,
And long, gray roofs queer houses crown;
The aged elms, the crooked streets ;
The old stone bridge, whereon one meets
The tide of travel to and fro
Or stops to mark the river's flow,
All now, in turn, before me pass,
I see them all in Fancy's glass,
And comes to me from grandsire down
A tale of this quaint olden town.
The time was June in sixty-three,
In the eighteenth century.
Since then we have improved our ways,
Our jokes were rude in those old days
And youthful blood, that later on
Made soldiers brave at Lexington,
Would sometimes leap in wildest fun
And burst all bonds and riot run,
And oft times in some lonely place
Was seen some Brom Bones mirthful face.
Men, at that time, believed in ghosts,
And all abroad were Satan's hosts,
Minions of ill were in the air
And haunted places everywhere.
A pleasant road from town leads forth
To ancient Rowley on the north,
There, where the hill comes sloping down,
A house then stood, antique and brown,
A haunted house 'twas said to be,
But why has always puzzled me.
Its low, broad step wore welcome air
And groups of children sported there
And friends of high and low degree
Oft proved its hospitality.
Broad, fertile meadows stretched around,
The old-time posies there were found,
Sweet lilacs blossomed by the door,
An elm tree nodded just before,
The birds built nests, the bees hummed there
And all of life seemed good and fair.
Near by, one eve in rapture lost
A youth stood gazing at the host
That marches, nightly, through the skies
In glittering ranks before our eyes,
When fast approaching hoofs he heard;
His blood some imp of mischief stirred,
Suggesting youthful pranks as near
Two riders came his quickened ear
O'erheard one ask "Now where's the ghost?"
Then laugh in scorn. At once a most
Dread yell arose, while to one steed
The agile youth with lightning speed
From darkness leaped and, clasping fast
The frightened rider cried, "At last!"
O, terror smote those brave men then
(Braggarts may prove the weakest men),
To horse they gave both spur and rein
And courage summoned all in vain;
Not once paused they to look behind
But onward sped like swiftest wind,
Past Egypt river, up the hill
Their frightened horses urging still.
Clatter of hoofs awoke the town,
The wild youth slipped from horse-back down
And in the darkness sped away,
Quietly laughing all the way.
Dogs barked, lights gleamed, men grasped their
guns
And cowered in fear the timid ones,
While white-capped dames in their affright
Peeped from their doors to see the flight.
Thus riders rode with might and main
Until they reached the pleasant lane
Where sainted Parson R. abode,
His only fear the fear of God.
These called the good man from his bed
And when he heard their tale he said,
" Friends, let us pray. It is God's will
That, somehow, good shall conquer ill."
The voice of prayer, at silent night
Beneath the stars, calmed that wild fright
And pale men turned to face a ghost ;
No ghost was there. All trace was lost,
But through the town the story went
With truth and falsehood strangely blent.
Gone are riders, the youth is gone,
Of house remains not e'en a stone,
And he who toiled men's souls to save
Has long been resting in his grave ;
But Egypt river flows on still
The road still winds across the hill
And still, throughout the ancient town
This ghostly tale is handed down."
True are the parson's words for aye
For good, somehow, must win the day.
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Answers are solicited.
130. Wanted, ancestry of Elizabeth
Lull, who married Richard Tyler of Box-
ford, Mass., 12 Feb., 1725-6. j. P.
Worcester.
131. Wanted, ancestry of Reuben
Gragg of Boxford, Mass., born about
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132. Wanted, descendants or any in-
formation concerning Ebenezer Hoag,
son of Benjamin and Esther (Sweatt)
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ANSWERS.
12. Jemima Freethee, who married
Jonathan SpofTord of Rowley before 1718,
was daughter of John Freethee of York,
Me. Ed.
39. William Baker, of Ipswich, who
married, Dec. 30, 1686, Sarah, daughter
of Abraham Fitts, probably was in no way
related to John Baker, the settler. Al-
though frequently named on the county
records he appears in no way identified
with the main branch, and was probably
born too late to be a son of John Baker.
He was published, Feb. 3 , 1 7 2 2 -3 , to widow
Ann Burrill, who is mentioned in his will,
which was proved Sept. 19, 1743. Geo.
Frs. Dow, Topsfield.
6 1 . Thomas Hammond, born in Row-
ley, June 13, 1747, was son of David
Hammond, jr., and his wife Susanna.
Ed.
100. Emma (or Amme) Knowlton,
daughter of Ezekiel and Amme Knowlton,
was born in Manchester Aug. 8, 1728;
and married Benjamin Leach, in Manches-
ter, May 28, 1749. Sarah Knowlton,
daughter of Ezekiel and Elizabeth Knowl-
ton, was born in Manchester April 15,
1763; and married Benjamin Leach of
Manchester April 15, 1784. G. F.Dow,
Topsfield.
1 1 6. "King Philip," whose Indian
name was Metacom, or Pometacom or
Metacomet, had a sister called by the
English "Amie." D.
127. Ann Bodwell, wife of Henry
Bodwell of Methuen (married April 20,
1727) was the daughter of Christopher and
Hannah Pottle of Hampton, N. H., where
she was born Nov. 18, 1707. Mrs. Ellen
S. Tolman, Lawrence.
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THE OLD FAMILIES OF SALISBURY AND
AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS. With some
Related Families of Newbury, Haverhill,
Ipswich and Hampton. Part I. By
David W. Hoyt. Providence, R. I., 1897.
This is the first of a series of five
parts to be issued relative to the families
of Salisbury and Amesbury down to the
year 1700. This number includes the
names commencing with A and B. It
is an octavo pamphlet of eighty pages,
and is issued at one dollar per part. The
work is invaluable.
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THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
VOL. II. SALEM, MASS., MARCH, 1898. No. 3,
BEVERAGES IN THE OLD DAYS,
BY SIDNEY PERLEY.
ASIDE from water there were few if any kinds, first, that fermented from malt
table drinks in the seventeenth century, liquors, with hops, etc., and second, the
Cider was sometimes drank with food fermented extract of roots and other parts
about the middle of the century and after- of plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc.
ward for a hundred years. Wine was also Ale was a sweet beer, made -strong, but
drank, but sparingly. The only early with few hops. Beer continued to be the
beverage that would today be esteemed common drink of the settlers, the families
a proper table drink was chocolate, which brewing it themselves until the apple or-
was then manufactured by Spaniards, chards began to bear. Then cider mills
When an unusual treat was desired, a were erected and cider was made. This
kettle was hung over the fire, and water, took the place of beer to a great extent,
milk and chocolate mixed therein. This remaining the principal intoxicating drink
was brought to a boil, and drank. of the rural sections to the present time.
Tea was unknown here in primitive Brandy appears to a slight extent in early
times. Some of the wealthier families times, and a strong beer called mum was
used it about 1718, and it slowly came drank here for a short time about 1672,
into general use. Other people rarely in- having been imported from Germany,
dulged in the luxury, except when they Strong water was the name of any liquor
had company. With the Revolution came that contained a large proportion of alco-
the refusal to drink the tea of commerce, hoi, with the exception of wine. Wine
and our four-leaved loosestrife, being dried used here in early times was of several
and steeped, was used in its stead. This kinds. The sack, a sweet Spanish wine,
was known as "Liberty tea." It was pre- resembling sherry, was the earliest variety,
pared by being pulled like flax, its stocks, The white and claret were French wines,
stripped of their leaves, boiled, and the There were also the muskadel and alligant.
leaves put into an iron kettle and basted Rum was used very early and has contin-
with the liquor from the stocks. After ued to be a common drink of the stronger
this process the leaves were removed into sort. It was a liquor widely known and
platters and placed in an oven to dry. manufactured and was brought here at first
Coffee was not used here till about 1770. from various European countries. It was
During the Revolution it was very scarce distilled from the juice of the cane, the
and high, and consequently but little was scummings of the juice from the boiling
imported. In its place, rye, beets, peas, house, or from molasses, as in modern
potatoes, and sweet corn were used, being times. Whiskey is a later drink,
roasted or burned, as coffee was, and then England furnished to our earliest settlers
ground in the old-fashioned family coffee most of their intoxicating liquors, but soon
mills. the Spanish, French and Dutch vessels
The earliest common drink of our early brought cargo after cargo of their respec-
settlers was beer, which was strictly of two tive productions to our shores.
34 THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
Breweries were the first liquor manu- But in 1644 the general court changed its
factories here, being licensed first in 1637. mind, saying that " It is not fit to deprive
These made the stronger beer. Maltsters ye Indians of any lawful comfort which
boiled and dried the barley and wheat God alloweth to all men by ye use of
into malt for the brewers to make beer of. wine," and passed a law making sales to
The malt establishments were coeval with Indians lawful. In 1654, the court, find-
the breweries. The settlers raised large ing that the savages were " frequently over-
crops of grain, and they took their barley come, and thereby guilty of swinish drunk-
to the maltsters to be malted, as they took enness," ordered that none but two persons
their corn to the grist mill to be ground, in this county should sell to them, and
or, later, their apples to the cider "mill to be they only when they deem it necessary.
made into cider, the maltster taking his These two men first chosen were William
toll. Rum distilleries were established Moody of Newbury and John Frye of An-
quite early, Emanuel Downing of Salem dover. Three years later, though the
having the first one ; it being erected in number of dealers had been reduced to
1648. two, the court says: "There being little
The first reference to liquor here is or no reformation among the Indians,
found in a letter dated May 28, 1628, complaints from all parts of the country
written by the governor of the New Eng- and frequent experience show that no
land company to the governor of the moderation can be attained to prevent
London plantation in New England, which drunkenness amongst them, the fruits
says: "We pray your endeavor though whereof are murder and other outrages,"
there be much strong water sent for sale, and it is ordered that they " hereby wholly
yet so to order it, that the savages may not prohibit all persons, of what quality soever,
for lucre's sake be induced to the excessive henceforth, to sell, truck, barter or give
use, or rather abuse, of it, and at any hand any strong liquors to any Indians, directly
take care our people give no ill example, or indirectly, whether known by the name
If any get drunk, make an example of of rum, strong water, wine, strong beer,
them," etc. brandy, cider or perry, or any other strong
There were no alcoholic, certainly no liquor, going under any other name, what-
distilled, liquors among the Indians. They soever," except as medicine, on penalty
probably had some concoction made from of forty shillings per pint. Notwithstand-
plants, which slightly inebriated them, but ing this strict prohibition in regard to sell-
nothing that could be compared with the ing to the Indians, the liquor dealers did
" fire-water," which they called the strong sell to them, and the court in 1666, after
liquors of their pale-faced supplanters. speaking of the great increase of drunken-
They had no moral sentiment to restrain ness among them, ordered, that every one
them, and their lust for liquor was so great finding, seeing, or knowing any Indians to
that they deeded away the land of their have any strong liquor (except as medi-
fathers, their own birthright, for a few cine) should have power to seize the same,
drinks of rum. The town of Boxford, con- and arrest the possessor, who should be im-
taining many thousands of acres, for in- prisoned until he told where he got it.
stance, was purchased for nine pounds in This law was repealed in 1694, but the
money and " rum and vittels enuf," as the Indians by that time were seldom seen in
records have it. the county.
All kinds of liquors were sold freely till The first court was established in Essex
July, 1633, when the general court passed county in 1636, and in the first pages of
a law that no person sell wine or strong its records the first trial for drunkenness
water without license from the governor or appears.
deputy governor, and that no strong water The first revenue from liquor selling was
should be sold or given to the Indians, obtained in 1636, when the court ordered
BEVERAGES IN THE OLD DAYS.
35
that no one buy or receive out of any ship was fixed, viz., Salem dealers to pay fifteen
any wine or strong water, unless they pay pounds, Lynn, Ipswich and Marblehead
one-sixth of it, if bought for wholesaling, two pounds each, Newburyport one pound*
and one-third, if for retailing, as revenue, and Salisbury, ten shillings. Also, in-
In 1637, the court, upon "many sad formers of unlicensed dealers were to
complaints," ordered that nothing stronger have one-half of the fines; and licenses
than that which can be sold for one penny were to be granted to " men of good re-
per quart should be sold. Two years later port and ability to manage ye calling."
the strength was increased to two pence In 1649, the court, conceiving that
per quart. In 1638, one in each town was wine cost so much that people could not
appointed by the respective towns, and no afford to purchase it as a regular drink,
others, to sell wine and strong water. The ordered that the retailers keep good and
early licensees under this law were Mr. wholesome beer.
Gott in Salem, Mr. Symonds in Ipswich, In 1653, the marshal was to have the
Edward Woodman in Newbury, William revenue from the retailing of liquor for his
Fiske in Wenham, Sebastian Brigham in salary, for two years.
Rowley, Obadiah Bowen in Gloucester, etc. Notwithstanding the many laws that
In 1639, the drinking of healths was pro- had been passed, in 1670 the general
hibited because it caused " drunkenness, court received many complaints of " per-
quarreling, bloodshed, uncleanness, mis- sons spending their time and estate by
spent time," etc. The law was repealed in drinking and tippling in taverns and ale-
1645. houses," and they sought another remedy
The revenue was increased in 1644, to prevent it. They ordered that the
vintners paying twenty shillings per butt selectmen should post up in each saloon
of sack, and five shillings per hogshead the names of immoderate drinkers. This
of French and other wines. law remained in force until about 1820.
All customs, profits and emoluments In 1681, the selectmen of towns must
or wine selling to the government of the approve of the licenses before they could
colony were sold to one man for ^107 be granted; and in 1684 the licensed
IQS. for one year. In 1648 they were dealers were given one-half of the fines
sold to two men for 120 per year for for complaining of unlicensed dealers,
four years. But in spite of all these " good and
In 1645, tne quarterly court was wholesome" laws, saloons increased in
granted authority to issue licenses, and number and drunkenness in amount,
the fines for drunkenness were also fixed : In the court records of the early times
first offence, a fine of ten shillings or ten drunkenness appears as the most corn-
stripes ; second offence, twenty shillings mon crime, there being several degrees
or three hours in the stocks, and third of it, as shown by the records. The
offence, thirty shillings or imprisonment, church records are also replete with cases
In 1646, the general court reached a of discipline for this sin; and the min-
foundation principle when they said that, isters themselves were guilty of flagrant
" Forasmuch as drunkenness is a vice to breaches of morality in this line, as in the
be abhorred of all nations, especially of case of the first minister of Topsfield.
those who hold out and profess the gos- Among the first attempts to restrain
pel of Christ Jesus, and seeing any strict the increasing amount of drunkenness a
law against this sin will not prevail, un- pamphlet, entitled " The Famous Tryal
less ye cause be taken away," etc., and of Sir Richard Rum," was published,
it might be expected that the statute The records show the manner of con-
which followed this preamble would con- ducting one of the saloons in 1690. An
tain a prohibition of the traffic, but in- Andover retailer* had become obnoxious
stead of that an annual fee for the licenses *William Chandler.
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
to the people, and in their petition to
the court not to grant him his petition
for a license they say, that the " epidem-
ical evil overspreads and is like to cor-
rupt the greater part of our town if not
speedily prevented; he had in-
deed the approbation of the selectmen
that were picked out for that end in his
first setting up ; * and at his first
setting up he seemed to have some ten-
derness of conscience not to admit of ex-
cess nor disorder in his house ; but custom
in his way of dealing and the earnest de-
sire of money hath proved an evil root to
him actively, and effectively to others,
for through his forwardness to promote
his own gain, he hath been apt to ani-
mate and entice persons to spend their
money and time to ye great wrong of
themselves and family they belong to;
and to that end will encourage all sorts
of persons, both old and young, to spend
upon trust, if they have not money, and
to some he will proffer to lend money to
spend rather than that they should be
discouraged from such a notion ; servants
and children are allowed by him in his
house at all times unseasonably by night
and day, sometimes till midnight and
past till break of day, till they know not
their way to their habitations ; and gam-
ing is freely allowed in his house, by
which means the loser must call for drink,
which is one thing that will uphold his
calling. Many such particulars might be
instanced and easily proved, but we are
willing for brevity's sake to omit much of
what could be said of the like nature, but
be sure if he be not restrained from the
selling of drink our town will be for the
greatest part of our young generation so
corrupted thereby that we can expect
little else but a course of drunkenness of
them ; and what comfort will that be to
parents to see such a posterity coming
upon the stage after them."
The licensee received no formal docu-
ment; but he had to give a bond, the
condition of which showed his rights and
liabilities. One, in 1692, is conditioned
as follows, viz: "To keep a common
house of entertainment and to use com-
mon selling of ale, beer, cider, &c., *
in the now dwelling house of [the licen-
see] * and no others. * He
shall not permit, suffer or have any play-
ing at dice, cards, table quoits, loggets,
bowles, ninepins, billiards, or any other
unlawful game or games in his house,
yard, garden, or backside. Nor
shall sell any wine or liquors to any In-
dians or negroes, or suffer any servants or
apprentices or any other person to remain
in his house tippling or drinking after
nine o'clock in the night-time ; to keep
the true assize and measure, * * and
in uttering ale, beer, cider, wine, rum, &c.,
to sell by sealed measure. And in his
said house shall maintain good order and
rule."
Concerning the intoxication of those
times, the celebrated Cotton Mather, in
his " Magnalia Christi Americana," says
" There is much intemperance. *
' Who hath woe ? They who tarry long
at the wine.' Is it no harm for a man to
bring sickness on his body? We have
seen drunkards often perishing in diseases
contracted by their debauches. Is it no
harm for a man to bring disgrace on his
esteem? We have often seen drunkards
become very abjects, though they once
were folks of some fashion and figure in the
world. Is it no harm for a man to bring
poverty on his estate? We have often
seen the judgments of God fulfilling that
word, * The drunkard shall come to pov-
erty.' Surely, 'tis no little harm for men
to debase and confound their own souls,
and lay themselves open unto the worst of
all the temptations of the devil the worst
of all impieties. But, sirs, how often have
we seen woful drunkards doing so? We
have seen them turn beasts, yea, turn
devils! We have seen it so often,
that I am amazed at you, O ye drunkards
of New England I am amazed that you
can ' harden your hearts ' in your sin.
Yea, and we have seen the devil
that has possessed the drunkard, throw-
ing him into the fire as well as into the
water, and then kept shrieking, 'fire !
BEVERAGES IN THE OLD DAYS. 37
fire ! ' till they have gone down to the fire strong drink." They ask that only eight
that never shall be quenched. Yea, retailers be allowed,
more than one or two drunken women, After the Revolution the production of
in this very town, have, while in their liquor had greatly increased, and intern-
drink, fallen into the fire, and so they perance was more prevalent than ever,
have tragically gone roaring out of one There have always been some people
fire into another. * * Drinking houses who felt the evils of strong drink and
have been a most undoing stumbling avoided it. Abstinence from distilled
block of iniquity in the midst of us. The liquor as a daily drink was observed by a
judgments of God brought us into a time few about the time of the Revolution,
when unsufferable villianies were perpe- Then some drank distilled liquors but
trated everywhere, under the pretence of rarely ; others drank no liquors regularly,
the excise. Trade on, ye and one would sometimes be found who
merchants of souls, or, more truly, ye refrained from any use of them. Thus
butcherers of souls. Trade on, till the germinated the temperance reformation,
judgments of God have caused you to The first temperance society in the
trade yourselves into beggary at the last ! State, and probably the first permanent
But know, that the ' blood of souls ' will one in modem times was " The Massa-
be found on your skirts." chusetts Society for the Suppression of
We have seen that the colonial legis- Strong Drink," formed in 1812. Several
lation was aimed at two things to keep Essex county people belonged to it.
the use of liquor within moderate bounds Two years later an organization called
and to obtain revenue from the sale of it. the " Moral Society " sprung up in many
The law as we left it at the close of the of the towns in the county Boxford,
seventeenth century continued about the Danvers, Topsfield, and others. Tern-
same, and indeed to the present time perance was its principal object. Wen-
with slight changes and the exception of ham, as far as has been learned, was the
one or two short seasons of prohibition first town in the county to disapprove of
in this century. liquor licenses, having voted that no li-
Up to about fifty years ago all classes censes should be issued in 1825. New-
drank. At trainings, ordinations, huskings, bury followed in 1830, Danvers in 1833,
funerals, weddings, indeed at all social and Amesbury in 1834. In 1826, the
and public gatherings liquor was freely question came into politics, and about
indulged in. The people loved their 1875 the prohibition party took the field.
drink in their minds it added to hospi- .
tality, it lent wisdom and acuteness to NOTES.
debate, eloquence to the speaker, strength
and endurance to the muscular effort. John Warden, auctioneer, advertises to
It was the article most often purchased sell at auction in the new auction ro n,
at the erocerv nearly opposite the naval-office in balem,
Drunkenness was as common in the mahogany tables, looking-glasses, chairs,, a
eighteenth as it had been in the seven- two quart bell-metal skillet, brass kettles,
teenth century. In Salem, ini 7 73, there pewter ware, a 'very nice pan ofpol
were fifteen retailers. The selectmen ished Andirons," shovels tongs, etc.-
then said to the general court, that It is &*** Gazette, Oct. ii-iX, i?t
with the utmost concern that we see such In the warrant calling a
multitudes grasping at gains, which are the freeholders and other inhabitants oi
the price of the blood of the souls of the East Parish of Bradford, Dec. nth,
their neighbors and fellow-citizens, who 1795," is the following : 'Article 2 . 1
are precipitated to inevitable ruin and see if the parish will make
destruction by the intemperate use of some consideration for three years' service
38
in the last war, answering for a man for
this parish, or act anything thereon."
The same article appeared at an earlier
date (Sept. 20, 1786), " at the request of
said Foot," and it was then voted to dis-
miss the same; but on Dec. 18, 1795?
" It was voted to give Rowell Foot twenty
dollars for his service during the last war."
It would be interesting to know if every
parish was required to furnish a man for
the war, and why one only. This is the
only item of the kind on the record.
Dr. Louis A. Woodbury, Groveland.
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
have my beft cloth gowne and all partiqlers
are not fet dun the fame mft Thomas
wadfon is to defpoffe off it for the good
off John her grane childe
In wittnes where off we have fette to
our handes.
John Harbor [No signature.]
Obadiah
huellme
WILL OF MARGARET PEASE.
The will of Mrs. Margaret Pease was
made i : 7 mo : 1644, and proved in the
Salem quarterly court n mo: 1644-5.
The following transcript is from the orig-
inal on file in the office of the clerk of
courts, in Salem, book i, leaf 35.
the firft day : 7 : munth 1644.
This is the laft will off margit peafe.
That is that her grane childe John peafe
the fonne off Robert peafe fhall will the
reft of her goods be put ouer to Thomas :
wadffon off sallme to be as her true feffeye
off truft to defpoes off her ef tate as she
derecteth : at this tyme beinge in parfite
memory fift yt as before Tht the fed John
peafe fhall be give frely to the fed
Thomas wadffon that he fhall defpoffe off
him as his one child and : seconly : yt
the houffe fhe liff in & with the ground
beloninge ther to fhall be give to the fed
John peafe all foe haffe an acker off In don
corne all foe he is to have my heffer all
foe y fc John fhell have my bede and all yt
belonges to it all foe that her grane chil-
dern the childern off Robert peaffe her
sonne fhe givth to the reft off them the
tow gottes & kids to be equally defpoffed
a monge the mand all her mouffeabell
goods are to be at thomas wadsho defpoes
for the good off John, all foe her grane
childe Robert peafe fhell have : her leffer
chift and y* if yt the fed John peafe die
then his Brother Robert peafe muft have
the reft off the eftatte and all yt doughter
peafe the wiffe off Robert peaffe is to
ABBOT NOTES.
Robert Abbot of Salem, cordwainer,
1741.
Benjamin Abbot of Salem, rigger, 1760,
1783, 1790.
Registry of deeds.
Mary Abbot of Ipswich married John
Hovey of Topsfield, March 8, 1737-8.
He was born in 1666.
Tabitha Abbot died in Ipswich April
3, I75 1 -
Nathaniel Abbot of Beverly married
Jemima \_Jerusha Beverly records]
Whipple of Ipswich Dec. [Nov. Beverly
records] 18, 1768.
Richard Abbot published to widow
Martha Pattershall of Ipswich Oct. 6, 1737.
Richard Abbot published to Tabitha
Hodgkins, both of Ipswich, Aug. 19, 1738.
Ipswich town records.
James Abbott was a servant of Mr.
Edmond Batter 28 : 9 : 1656.
Thomas Abbot in Salem court 25:4:
1661.
Salem quarterly court records.
Abigail Abbot married John Tamin
(Tarrin?), in Marblehead, July i, 1686.
Ben Naomy, illegitimate daughter of
Benjamin Abbot and Naomy Lovejoy,
born in Andover, 1784.
Nathan Abbot married Margaret Wil-
son, both of Danvers, in Danvers, May
22, 1785.
Elizabeth Abbot, widow, married Zeba-
diah Chandler, in Andover, March 29,
1756.
Records in county clerk's office.
Robert Abbot married Mary Masury,
in Salem, April 29, 1703. Their daughter
Mary was born there Sept. 28, 1706.
Salem town records.
ANDOVER INSCRIPTIONS.
39
OUR FATHERS* BURIALS.
They dared not plant the grave with flowers,
Nor dress the funeral sod,
Where, with a love as deep as ours,
They left their dead with God.
The hard and thorny path they kept
From beauty turned aside ;
Nor missed they over those who slept
The grace to life denied.
Yet still the wilding flowers would blow,
The golden leaves would fall,
The seasons come, the seasons go,
And God be good to all.
Above the graves the blackberry hung
In bloom and green its wreath,
And harebells swung as if they rung
The chimes of peace beneath.
John G. Whittier.
SACRED
to the memory of
HEPHZIBAH ABBOT,
who died May 20. 1796.
;t. 40.
and of MARY ABBOT,
who died
Mar. 27. 1805,
^Et. 48.
wives of Bixby Abbot.
Lord we commit our soul to thce
Accept the sacred trust.
ANDOVER INSCRIPTIONS.
WEST PARISH BURYING-GROUND.
The West parish burying-ground in
Andover was probably laid out for the
purposes of burial in 1791. There is one
stone there dated 1707, but it was one
removed there probably from private prop-
erty or from another cemetery. The fol-
lowing are all the inscriptions to be found
in this burying-ground bearing dates prior
to 1800.
Sacred to the memory of
Mr. EUNICE PARISH,
Conibrt of
Mr. Elijah Parifh,
who died Dec. 13, 1799,
Ml. 66.
She was Daughter of Mr. Nathan Fofter and grand-
daughter of Deacon Jotiah Standifh who was
grand fon of Capt. Miles Standifh military
Commander of the Colony, who landed at Plymouth
Novr. 1620.
Her eldeft Son is the Rev. Elijah Parifh of Byfield;
Her fecond Son was the late Rev. Ariel Parish of Manchefter
who died May 20, 1794,
Mi. 30.
Her only daughter is Mrs. Philomela Thirfton, wife of
Mr. Stephen Thunton of this town. Her Son Afa
died Feb. 20, 1772, aged 3.
Her faithful aid reliev'd the woes of life
No hufband ere enjoyed a kinder wife
With holy zeal f he taught each Liftening Child
Perluasive goodnefs fpoke in accents mild
Content to ftay but not afraid to go
Her parting word forbids their tears to flow.
In memory of
Mifs LUCY ABBOT, dau.
of Capt. JEDUTHUN
ABBOT, & MRS. HANNAH
his wife who died 16
Aug. 1798; in the 23d
year of her age.
Pamely Abbot,
dau. of Cap*. Jeduthun
Abbot, & Mrs. Hannah
his wife died 31 Aug.
1798 ; in the 6 year
of her age.
Rebeckah Abbot, dau.
of Capt. Jeduthun
Abbot, & Mrs. Hannah
his wife, died 8 Sept.
1798 ; in the 4th year
of her age.
Herman Phelps, fon
of Mr. Henry and Mrs.
Mary Phelps, died
April 2 1 ft 1796
Aged 7 years.
In memory of
SAMUEL PHELPS,
fon of Mr. HENRY &
Mrs. MARY PHELPS,
who died March 4
1796 ; aged 14 years.
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
MEMENTO
MORI
FUGIT
HORA
HERE LYES Y e BODY OF
SAMUEL BLANCHARD
WHO DEPARTED THIS
LIFE Y e 22" OF APRIL
1707 IN Y e
78 YEAR OF HIS AGE
Y e MEMORY OF Y e IUST IS BLESSED.
In memory of
Mr. JOSEPH HAWLEY,
who died 31 Dec. 1797 ;
aged 68 years & 9
months
In memory of
Miss Sarah Lov e joy
dau. of Mr. Jeremiah
& Mrs. Dolly Lovejoy
who died 7 Dec. 1799.
Aged 31 years.
Be ye also ready for in
such an hour as ye think
not the son of man cometh
ADAMS GENEALOGY.
Continued from page 22.
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ABRAHAM ADAMS'*, born in Newbury
Aug. 24, 1715. He was a yeoman, and
also did some tanning, and lived in Row-
ley, except from 1742 to 1747, when he
lived in Methuen. Oct. 20, 1747, he
came into possession of what is known as
the Shute place, on Nelson street, in
South Georgetown. The house in which
he resided, which was two stories in height,
was but one room in width, without a
kitchen in the rear, and stood between the
present house and the road. He married,
first, Mary Colman of Newbury Nov. 18,
1737. She died, of fever, at the birth of
triplet children, May 6, 1752, at the age
of thirty-five. The triplets died the same
day. Mr. Adams married, second, Sarah
Foster of Rowley Jan. 29, 1760. He be-
came of unsound mind, and hung himself
in the entry of his house on the night of
Sept. 1 8, 1771, at the age of fifty-six.
The following notice of his suicide ap-
peared in the Essex Gazette^ issue of
Sept. 24-Oct. i, 1771 :
ROWLEY, Weft Parifh, igth Sept. 1771.
We are here vifited with one of the moft fur-
prizing, awful and unfathomable Occurrences in
God's permiff ive Providence. In the Dead of
the laf t Night Mr. Abraham Adams was miffing
from his Bed ; upon which his Wife arofe, and
called up a maid Servant in the Houfe : They
went to fearch for him in the Houfe, and foon
found him in the Entry, hanging by a Bridle,
quite dead.
He was a Man of a fair and good Character,
both for Morality and Chrif tianity : No Man
among us, perhaps, more accepted of the Multi-
tude of his Brethren and Neighbours. But he
was, thro' ill health, broken as to his Reafon
and moral Agency. This was evident to us all,
laft Year, for feveral Weeks, if not Months. His
Diforder returned of late fo lately, that tho' it
was well known in the Family, and fome others
had Opportunity to obferve it, yet it was not gen-
erally known among us 'til we were furprized
with the fatal effect.
May God fhew Pity to the refpectable, dif-
treffed Family, and teach us all to make fome
good Improvement of that which we cannot fully
underftand.
Mr. Adams' widow, Sarah, was living in
1791, and died in Boxford at her son-in-
law, Benjamin Spofford's, with whom she
had lived after 1786.
When the present Shute house was ready
for occupancy about 1812 the old house
was removed to King street, near the
centre of Groveland, and is still occupied.
Children, born in Rowley :
MARY 5 , b. Nov. 12, 1738; probably
d. young.
PniNEAS 5 , b. March 3, 1742-3. See
below (/,??).
BENJAMIN 5 , b. March I, 1746-7. See
below (124}.
JOSEPH 5 , b. Feb. 14, 1748-9; d.,
while in college, Jan. 5, 1768.
JESSE 5 , b. April 28, 1750; lived in
Rowley; was a yeoman ; and is said
to have died childless. Adminis-
tration was granted on his estate
June 6, 1791.
5 (triplet), b. in 1752; d. May 6,
1752.
(triplet), b. in 1752 ; d. May 6,
1752.
- (triplet), b. in 1752 ; d. May 6,
122 I.
I23II.
124 III
125 iv
126 V.
127 vi.
128 vii.
129 vni.
130 ix.
1752.
MARY, b. Oct. 5, 1761; m. Benja-
min Spofford of Rowley (pub. Sept.
23, 1786); and d. before 1791.
ADAMS GENEALOGY.
47
SAMUEL ADAMS*, born in Newbury June
6, 1717. He was a yeoman, and resided
in Newbury-Byfield, on the farm of his
father, living in the ancient house. He was
a shrewd business man, amassing a large
property. He married widow Mary (Jew-
ett) Brown of Rowley Nov. 26, 1 747. Four
of their sons were soldiers in the Revolu-
tion. When the news of the battle of
Lexington reached Newbury, at eleven
o'clock in the night, at once all was ex-
citement at the homestead. The father
and his sons quickly gathered their old
lead and run bullets, while the mother
cooked and mended in preparation for
their departure. Next morning, Samuel,
David and Josiah started for the scene of
conflict, while Stephen, then a stripling
of fourteen, who stood six feet four in his
stockings, took his father's place in the
service a few months later. The house
was a rendezvous for all the patriots in
the neighborhood.
Mr. Adams died May 8, 1791, at the
age of seventy-three; and his widow,
Mary, Nov. 17, 1812, at the age of ninety.
Children, born in Newbury :
I3 1 ! JOSEPH 5 , b. Sept. 17, 1748; his father
provided for his maintenance ; d.
Oct. 6, 1815.
132 n. MARY S , b. July 15, 1750; d. at the
age of twenty.
! 33 in. SAMUEL 5 , b. Oct. 27, 1752; m. Eliza-
beth Woodman ; settled in Derry,
N. H.; and was living in 1786. A
soldier in the Revolution.
134 IV. DAVID 5 , b. Dec. 15, 1754; m. Mary
Woodman Sept. 22, 1778; settled in
Derry, N. H.; and was living in
1786. A soldier of the Revolution.
135 V. JosiAH 5 , b. April 3, 1757; was a pri-
vate, clerk, and quartermaster in
Colonel Little's regiment, adjutant in
Colonel Gerrish's, and lieutenant in
the Massachusetts militia; and d.,
unmarried, Jan. 5, 1852, aged
eighty-four.
136 vi. STEPHEN 5 , b. May 5, 1760. See be-
lo%v (7j6).
137 vii. JENNY', b. April 23, 1763 ; was living,
unmarried, in 1786.
48
REV. JOSEPH ADAMS*, born in Newbury
May 8, 1719 ; and graduated at Harvard
college in 1742. He was a zealous New
Light preacher from the time he was in
college, and in 1746 his converts in New-
bury organized a church, which is now
known as the Federal street church in
Newburyport. He had removed to Strat-
ham, N. H., that year, and was settled
over a church there June 24, 1756. From
him have sprung a long line of Meth-
odist preachers. He married widow Mary
Greenleaf of Newbury (published Nov. 29,
1746); and died in Stratham Feb. 24,
1785, at the age of sixty-five.
Children :
138 i. MARY 5 , m., first, Joseph Hoyt; and
second, Waterhouse.
13911. JOSEPH 5 , b. May 11, 1750; m. Mary
Fosdick Dec. 31, 1775.
140 HI. 5 ; d. young.
14 1 iv. CALEB G. 5 , was a physician; and m.
Dorothy Giddings.
142 v. JOHN 5 , b. in 1758; m. Anne Folsom;
and d. Aug. 28, 1847.
143 vi. NATHAN 5 , d., unmarried, when "a
little over fifty years old."
49
REV. BENJAMIN ADAMS-*, born in New-
bury May 8, 1719. He graduated at
Harvard college in 1738, resided at first in
his native town, teaching school there two
or three years after his first marriage. He
married, first, Elizabeth Payson of Rowley
May 15, 1748 ; and she died in Rowley
Dec. 23, 1753. He then studied theol-
ogy, and was settled over the Congrega-
tional church in Lynnfield (then a part of
Lynn) Nov. 5, 1755. He married, sec-
ond, Rebecca Nichols, before 1757; and
died in Lynnfield, in his own pulpit, it is
said, May 4, 1777, at the age of fifty-
seven.
Children, born in Lynnfield :
144 i. NATHANIEL 5 , b. Feb. 12, 1749.
145 ii. REBECCA 5 , b. July 22, 1757; m. her
brother-in-law, Capt. Stephen Ad-
ams (136).
146111. BENJAMIN 6 , b. Sept. 7, 1758. See be-
low (/^6).
147 iv. ELIZABETH 5 , b. March 22, 1760; m.
Joseph Bullard of Springfield.
148 v. SARAH 5 , b. Dec. 31, 1761 ; m. Stephen
Adams (136).
149 vi. ANNE 5 , b. June 12, 1766; m. Nathan
Porter.
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
150 Vii. JOSEPH 5 (twin), b. April II, 1769.
See below (750).
!$! vin. NATHAN 5 (twin), b. April n, 1769;
m., but left no children.
51
HENRY ADAMS*, born in Newbury Nov.
1 8, 1722. He was a yeoman, and lived
in a house on his father's farm, in New-
bury-Byfield, near the present house of
Leonard Adams. The barn on this place
was moved here from the homestead, and
is the building in which, it is said, the first
American cut nails were made. Adminis-
tration was granted on his estate Oct. 26,
1773. He married, first, Sarah Emery of
Newbury Nov. 20, 1746; and, second,
Catherine Gerrish, March 2, 1768. His
wife Catherine survived him, and married,
secondly, Benjamin Poor of Newbury
Dec. 4, 1777.
Children, born in Newbury :
1521. ANNE 5 , b. April 2, 1747; d., unmar-
ried, before 1778.
153 ii. JOHN 5 , b. Oct. 4, 1748; was a sad-
ler ; lived in Newbury port ; and d.
in 1777. He married Mary ,
who survived him, and m., secondly,
Hidden before 1783. No
children survived him, if he had
any, probably, as his brother and
sisters were his heirs.
154 III. ENOCH 5 , b. July ii, 1752. See below
Children :
159 i. SARAH 5 , bapt. in Byfield parish Dec.
jijij IV . NATHAN 5 , b. May i, 1755. Seebelow
156 v. SARAH 5 , b. Feb. 13, 1759; m. (she
being then of Andover) Samuel
Northend of Rowley June 2, 1780.
He d. Dec. 30, 1824; and she d.
April , 1839. They were grand-
pterents of Hon. William D. North-
end of Salem.
157 vi. PAUL 5 , b. March 23, 1762; was a
sadler in Haverhill in 1783; and
died in Chester Feb. 22, 1848, at
the age of eighty-five.
!5g vii. MEHITABLE 5 , b. Jan. 12, 1764; m.
Joseph Peters, in Andover, Dec. 24,
1795-
53
SAMUEL ADAMS*, born in Rowley Feb. 9,
1710-1; and resided there. He married
Sarah Burbank, in Bradford, June 28,
1732; and died Dec. 18, 1736, aged
twenty-five. His widow married, second-
ly, Benjamin Scott (published Jan. 4,
1739-40).
!6o ii. SAMUEL 5 , bapt. in Byfield parish May
1 6, 1736. See below (/6o).
54
CAPT. ISAAC ADAMS*, bom in Rowley
May 25, 1713. Upon the death of his
father, early in 1738, he went with his
mother to live on their Boxford farm, on
the Up tack road, now known as the
Thwing place, which had been devised to
him in his father's will. He carried on
the farm in Boxford as long as he lived.
He married Mercy, daughter of Dr. David
Wood of Boxford, April i, 1743- He was
commissioned captain of the Second com-
pany of militia in Boxford Sept. i, 1762,
a descendant, Miss Rebecca T. Wood of
West Boxford, having the commission. He
was one of the leading men of Boxford
for many years, and represented the town
in the general court in 1783, 1784, 1785,
1786, and 1788, always taking a deep in-
terest in public affairs. In person he was
short of stature ; and in his last years was
accustomed to wear a red skull cap. He
died March 20, 1797, at the age of
eighty-three. His residence is shown in
the frontispiece.
Children, born in Boxford :-
161 i. DARius 5 , b. April 29, 1744; d -> un '
married.
16211. ISAAC 5 (twin), b. June 2, 1745; killed
in the battle of Bunker hill June 17,
1775-
!63 in. MARY 5 (twin), b. June 2, 1745; m.
William Porter of Boxford (pub.
July 24, 1767).
164 iv. DAVID 6 , b. June 20, 1747; m.
Spofford March 5, 1773; and settled
in Rindge, N. H., the same winter.
They were grandparents of Charles
Israel Adams, esq., of Boston.
165 v. MERCY 5 , d. Oct. 5, 1750, aged three.
166 vi. SAMUEL 5 , b. Aug. ii, 175; m - Luc X
Spofford of Boxford March 5, 1773 ;
and lived in Rindge, N. H., from
1772 to 1778, and then settled in
Jaffrey. He built the first meeting
house in Jaffrey. He was captain of
the militia there, and a soldier of the
Revolution. He died Feb. 21, 1813,
and his wife two days later. They
d. of typhus fever, and were buried
in the same grave. They had ten
ADAMS GENEALOGY.
43
children. Their son Israel m. Har-
riet Putnam of Danvers, Mass., Dec.
24, 1821, and lived in Danvers.
167 vrr. THOMAS 5 , b. Oct. 7, 1752; d. in
Rindge, N. H., unmarried.
168 viri. DANIEL 5 , b. Aug. 5, 1754; d., un-
married.
169 ix. MERCY 5 , b. Oct. 16, 1756; m. John
Tyler of Boxford May 15, 1791.
170 x. JACOB 5 , b. Feb. 15, 1759; m. in New
Hampshire, and had children.
171 XI. ISRAEL 5 , b. Feb. 7, 1761; m. Lucinda
Baxter in 1807; and succeeded his
father on the farm. He died April
30, 1834; and his widow removed to
Rindge, where she died in 1864, at
the age of ninety. He was a select-
man of Boxford in 1799, 1800, and
1803.
55
ISRAEL ADAMS*, born in Rowley April
25,1716. He was a yeoman, and lived
in his native town. He married Deborah
Searl of Rowley Oct. 16, 1740. She
died in October, 1789, her funeral being
held on the last day of the month, says
the Baptist church records of Georgetown.
The will of Mr. Adams was made April
21, 1784; and proved May 8, 1799.
Children, born in Rowley :
172 I. ABIGAIL 5 , b. Jan. 31, 1743-4; d.
young.
173 II. ISRAEL 5 , b. April 15, 1748. See below
59
174 in. ABIGAIL', b. Sept. 2, 1750; m. -
Goodwin before 1784.
175 IV. MARY 5 , b. Sept. 23, 1753; was un '
married in 1784.
176 v. ELIZABETH 5 , b. Feb. 28, 1759.
177 vi. ISAAC 5 , lived in Portland, Me.; and
d., unmarried.
178 vii. HANNAH 5 , m. John Curry of Rowley
Nov. i, 1798.
56
DAVID ADAMS*, born in Rowley June
15, 1720, resided in Byfield parish in
Rowley. He married Hannah Jackman
of Rowley Sept. 29, 1742; and died, of
consumption, May 18, 1751, at the age of
thirty. His wife, Hannah, survived him.
Children, born in Rowley :
179 I. HANNAH 5 , b. Nov. 29, 1746; was liv-
ing in i 756.
180 ii. DAVID 5 , b. in 1749; d. Aug. 7, 1750,
aged ten months.
ISRAEL ADAMS4, born in Newbury Feb.
24, 1707-8, was called Benoni in his early
years. He was a soldier in the French
and Indian war. He was a cordwainer by
trade, and also cultivated the soil, residing
in Andover, where he early went to live
with his mother, until 1772, when he sold
out and removed to Rindge, N. H. He
married Tabitha Farnum of Andover
March 20, 1733. They were both living
in 1774.
Children, born in Andover :
181 I. ISRAEL 5 , b. in 1733 or 1734 (?). See
below (/#/).
182 II. JOHN 5 , b. July 3, 1735. See below
('*).
183 in. ELIZABETH 5 , b. Dec. 24, 1737; m. Mi-
chael Carlton Nov. 29, 1759.
184 iv. JosHUA 5 , b. about 1739; d., in An-
dover, Dec. 7, 1757, aged eighteen
years.
185 v. DAVID 5 , b. May 2, 1742. See below
1 86 vi. SARAH 5 , b. July 26, 1744; d. Aug.
30, 1746.
63
JOHN ADAMS+, born in Rowley April 12,
1721. He was a yeoman ; and lived near
Pentucket pond, in that part of Rowley
which is now Georgetown, until 1784,
when he removed to New London, N. H.
He married, first, Sarah - ; second,
Elizabeth Kilborn of Rowley, in Linebrook
parish, June 10, 1755; and, third, Meri-
bah Stickney of Bradford Sept. 18, 1764.
Children, born in Rowley :
187 I. JOHN 5 , b. Sept. 9, 1749. See below
(7*7).
188 n. BENJAMIN 5 , b. Feb. 19, 1751 ; pub. to
Mary Burpee of Rowley March 10,
1775-
189 III. SARAH 5 , b. March 25, 1753; pub. to
James Brocklebank of Rowley Dec.
12, 1776.
190 iv. Lois 5 , b. Nov. 15, 1754; m. Daniel
Perkins of Boxford Nov. 15, 1774.
191 V. ELIZABETH 5 , b. Jan. 29, 1756; m.
Israel Adams (199).
192 vi. JANE 6 , b. May 25, 1757; m - Jhn
Sawyer Blaisdel of Newbury Dec.
13, 1781. The loss of his wife and
their two infant daughters, soon after
their birth, affected his reason. He
died in the Wallingford house in
Boxford, where he lived alone, Jan.
7, 1832.
44
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
193 vii. SOLOMON 5 , b. March 4, 1759; pub. to
Molly Bancroft of Rowley April 18,
1779.
194 vin. JEDEDIAH 5 , b. Jan. 18, 1761 ; d. Oct.
3i 1765-
195 ix. MARY 5 , b. Nov. 23, 1763.
196 x. MosES 5 , b. July 21, 1765; pub. to
Dorothy Parley of Boxford Feb. 6,
1790 ; and lived in New London.
197 xi. JONATHAN^ b. Sept. 27, 1767.
70
MATTHEW ADAMS*, born in Newbury
May 19, 1709. He was a yeoman; and
always lived in his native town. He mar-
ried, first, Sarah Bartlett of Newbury May
2, 1734; and, second, Hannah Rawlings
May 17, 1744. He died in Newbury
Jan. 2, 1765, aged fifty-five; and his
widow, Hannah, died July 3, 1782, at the
age of fifty-six.
Children, born in Newbury :
198 I. SARAH 5 , b. April i, 1745; m. Parker
Jaques, jr., Dec. I, 1767; and both
were living in 1787.
199 n. ISRAEL 5 , b. Sept. 14, 1746. See below
200 ill. JOHN 5 , b. April 14, 1749; was living
in Hampstead, N. H., in 1787.
201 iv. BENJAMIN 5 , b. Aug. 2O, 1752. See
below (201*}.
202 v. JOSEPH 5 , b. March 29, 1755; m. Mary
Carlton of Newbury Jan. 6, 1774;
and was living in Plaistow, N. H.,
yeoman, in 1787.
203 vi. ELIZABETH 5 , b. Aug. 4, 1759; was
unmarried in 1787.
204 vii. MARTHA 5 , d., unmarried, before 1771.
72
ABRAHAM ADAMS*, born in Newbury May
10, 1713. He was a yeoman, and lived
in his native place. He married Mary
Adams (77) of Newbury March 14,
1 737-8. She died in Newbury July 29,
1 789, at the age of seventy ; and he died
there May 29, 1795, aged eighty-two.
Children, born in Newbury :
205 I. PRUDENCE 5 , b. Nov. i, 1738; m.John
Brickett April 17, 1760; and d. in or
before 1796.
206 II. HANNAH 5 , b. March 17, 1740-1; d.
March 2, 1778.
207 in. STEPHEN 5 , b. Feb. 5, 1741-2. See
below (.207).
208 iv. JOSEPH 5 , b. Oct. 28, 1743; m. Abigail
Thorla Feb. 22, 1770.
209 v. SUSANNA 5 , b. July 30, 1746; m.
Stephen Dole March 15, 1768; and
was living in 1799.
210 vi. ABRAHAM 5 , b. May 13, 1748. See be-
low (^/o).
2ii vii. ENOCH 5 , b. Jan. 20, 1749-50; d. Aug.
20, 1776.
212 vni. MARY 5 , b. Jan. 18, 1752; m. Jonathan
Ilsley of Newbury Nov. 24, 1778;
and was living in 1799.
213 ix. DAVID 5 , b. June 24, 1754; d. Sept.
, 1806; lived in Newbury, and
probably m. Mary Woodman of
Newbury Sept. 22, 1778.
214 X. SARAH 5 , b. March 3, 1756; m. Benja-
min Plumer, jr., of Newbury May
I 5> T 777 5 an d was living in 1799.
215 xi. LYDIA 5 , b. Jan. 28, 1758; d. March
27, 1793.
216 XII. DANIEL 5 , b. April 27, 1760. See be-
low (,2/6).
80
ENOCH ADAMS*, born in Newbury Sept.
24, 1724. He was a cordwainer; and
lived in Byfield parish in his native town,
where he died, suddenly, July 27, 1749, at
the age of twenty-four. He married Sarah
Jackman of Newbury July 28, 1747 ; and
she remained his widow, dying in New-
bury Nov. , 1773.
Children, born in Newbury :
217 I. NATHANIEL 5 , b. June 20, 1748; lived
in Newbury; called "gentleman";
m. Mary Pearson of Newbury Nov.
9, 1784; and d. Oct. n, 1828. In
1784 he is styled " lieutenant."
218 ii. SUSANNA 5 , b. Nov. 27, 1749; d.
young.
81
RICHARD ADAMS*, born in Newbury
Nov. 2, 1726. He was a yeoman, and
lived in his native town. He married Sa-
rah Noyes of Newbury Jan. 21, 1755. He
died in Newbury Nov. 6, 1788, aged six-
ty-two; and his widow was living in 1797.
Children, born in Newbury :
219 i. ENOCH 5 , b. Nov. 29, 1755; m. Eliza-
beth Russell of Newbury May II,
1781 ; yeoman; lived in Newbury;
and both were living in 1797.
220 n. PAUL 5 , b. April 12, 1758. See below
(220} .
221 III. DANIEL 5 , b. Nov. 15, 1760. See below
(22 1\.
222 iv. SARAH, b. May 2, 1763; m. Samuel
Blake of Newbury Dec. 26, 1799.
223 V. SlMEON 5 , b. Aug. 27, 1765. See below
(223}.
224 vi. HANNAH*, b. March 28, 1768; m.
Paul Thorla of Newbury Feb. 17,
1795-
WILL OF FRANCES HAWES.
45
225 vii. ELIZABETH 6 , b. April 17, 1770; m.
George Adams (231).
226 vin. ASA 5 , b. Oct. 14, 1772. See belozv
(226}.
227 ix. EBENEZER*, b. July 19, 1776. See
below (227*).
83
JOHN ADAMS4, born in Newbury July 30,
1732. He was a yeoman, and lived in
his native town. He married Elizabeth
Thurlow Dec. 22, 1761 ; and died Sept. 2,
1 8 1 1 , aged seventy-eight. She died Sept.
4, 1820, aged eighty-one.
Children, bom in Newbury :
228 I. MOODY 5 , b. Sept. 8, 1762; drowned
at sea April 27, 1790, aged twenty-
seven.
229 II. JESSE 5 , b. Jan. , 1764; drowned at
sea April 27, 1790, aged twenty-six.
230 in. ELIZABETH 5 , b. May 19, 1766; m.
Paul Thorla of Newbury Feb. 19,
1789.
231 IV. GEORGE 5 , b. Sept. 23, 1768. See be-
low (231}.
232 v. SiMEON 5 , b. May 24, 1770; m. Sarah
Lunt of Newbury Oct. 17, 1799;
and was living in 1820.
233 vi. SUSANNA 5 , b. Feb. 21, 1772; m. Da-
vid Longfellow of Newbury June 29,
1809; and was living in 1820.
234 vii. FREEBORN 5 , b. Sept. 30, 1774; grad.
D. C., 1801; was a physician; m.
Judith Finch in Newbury, S. C.,
where he lived; and d. in October,
1812, leaving two daughters.
235 vin. ISAAC 5 , b. Feb. 15, 1777; g rad - H -
C., 1798; studied medicine, but want
of health prohibited its practice ;
and he d., unmarried, June 4, 1807.
236 ix. JOHN 5 , b. Nov. 13, 1778; m. Marga-
ret Lunt of Newbury June 22, 1800;
and was living in 1820.
237 x. GREEN, 5 b. Nov. n, 1781; living in
1820.
84
DANIEL ADAMS*, born in Newbury Sept.
4, 1734. He was a miller, and lived in
his native town. He married EdnaNoyes
Oct. 26, 1758; and died Dec. i, 1759, in
Newbury, at the age of twenty-five. His
widow, probably, married, secondly, John
Noyes, jr., of Newbury, May 4, 1777.
Child :
238 i. HANNAH*, b. Aug. 17, 1759, in New-
bury ; m. Paul Lunt of Newbury
Feb. 5, 1789.
To be continued.
WILL OF FRANCES HAWES.
The nuncupative will of Frances Hawes,
wife of Robert Hawes, June 12, 1641, was
sworn to in Salem quarterly court July 24,
1641, and 10 : 7 mo : 1645. The follow-
ing is a copy of the original on file in the
office of clerk of courts at Salem, volume
i, leaf 3 2 .
We whofe names are vnderwriten were
prefent w th the wife of Robt Hawes when
fhe lay vpon her deth bed on the 1 2 th of
June who did will to be given to pticuler
people as followeth.
Itim to the little Child w ch fhe had by
Robt Hawes fhe bequethed twentie pownd
and to her two fons Robert Edwards &
mathew Edwards. & her young Child
Thomas Hawes to bring them vp in lern-
ing her fayd Hufband Robert Hawes is to
pay into the Hands of fume honeft man
ten pownds to fee them brought vp in
lerninge & to his daughter fhe did will to be
given (Alis Haws) her worft plilp &
Cheny gown & two petticoat & a waft
coat & two Aporns w th all fmale linnin
futable to it & a filuer bodkine & a payre
of pillowbeers & to Robert & mathew
Hawes fhe Did will to be giuen to Each of
them a payre of fheets & each of them a
payre of pilowbears & each of them half a
dufon of napkins & two filuer fpoons & a
gould ring to thomas Hawes & to Elin
Hilles her fifter in owld England fhe wiled
to be fent two yerde of lawn & a bible.
Alfoe to the tow mayds that kept her in
her ficknes. fhe did will to be giuen to
them namly Kathrin Dorlow & Sarah bart-
lett eich of them a new handkerchor a
Coyf & Cro fchoch & to Katurne Dorlow
half an ell of lafe : morouer in the prefens
of Katrin Dorlow & Sarah Bartlett fhe Did
will fowre pound w ch her hufband pmifed
to fend to owld England to a Child ther
& a pewter difh : this is a trew teftimony
as near as we are able to remember vnto
wch we have fett ower hands this 24 of
July 1641.
Witnes Wm. Goofe.
the mark c of Katerine Dorlow
Sarah barttlet
46 THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
M r . W m . Goofe fworne to the Truth married William Lord, jr. The wills of
hereof this io th of 7 th m 1645 ^ ot ^ Robert and Abigail, his wife, are on
p Cur. Raph fTogg. file at the clerk of courts' office, Salem.
- 3. JOSEPH MOULTON, son of the pre-
THE MOULTON PEDIGREE. ceding Robert, was a seaman, and when
BY JOHN T. MOULTON. 24 years old disposed of the property
i . ROBERT MOULTON, came from Eng- left him by his father. He was then un-
land, in 1629, to Salem, Mass., in a ves- married. This is all that can be definite-
sel called the George Bonaventure, one of ly settled concerning him by any record
the first fleet sent over to Governor Endi- yet found, but as all the other children of
cott with settlers and supplies. He was Robert can be traced out in their fami-
employed by the London Company, for a lies, excepting those who died unmarried,
term of years probably, to superintend the it is not only possible but very probable
building of vessels for the Massachusetts that he was the father of Joseph Moulton
Bay colony, of which Endicott had taken of Lynn ; more than this, a tradition in
charge the previous September, 1628. the family points that way. He was born
The spot where he settled and probably in Salem Jan. 3, 1656. Allowing his son
carried on the shipbuilding business is Joseph to have been born in 1700, he
near the present corner of Fowler and would have been 44 years old at the time.
Boston streets, at the head of North river. The town line between Lynn and Sa-
He owned a house there at the time of lem is but a short distance from the old
his death, and also a farm at Salem vil- Moulton homestead, being now the line
lage, now Peabody. He was a resident between Lynnfield and Peabody, and has
of Charlestown for several years, and never been changed since the original
lived near the Charlestown end of Chelsea laying out of the towns. It was therefore
bridge, where he had a house, the spot a very easy matter for him to become a
being still called Moulton's point. He resident of Lynn by removing a short dis-
was representative to the general court tance.
from both Salem and Charlestown. He 4 . JOSEPH MOULTON, probably son of
died at Salem in 1655. His will is pre- the above Joseph, was married, at Lynn,
served at the clerk of courts' office, Sa- Dec. 12, 1727, to Sarah Lilley, daughter
lem, and is dated Feb. 20, 1654. He o f George Lilley, "both of Lynn."
left two children, a son Robert, and a George Lilley was a resident of that part
daughter Dorothy, who married an Ed- o f Lynn now Lynnfield, and owned land
wards, there, which he sold. He removed to
2. ROBERT MOULTON, son of the Windham, Conn., in 1708. At about the
above-named Robert, probably came same time, many families from the vicinity
from England with his father in 1629. removed to the same place, including
In the spring of 1641, he married Abigail Needhams, Flints, Greens, Shaws, Moul-
Goade, niece of Emanuel Downing, town tons, etc. His wife, Elizabeth (Hawkes),
clerk of Salem. He had land at Salem had recently died, and he had remarried,
village granted him by the town, upon to Sarah Silsbee, of Lynn, with whom he
which he lived, dying in 1665. His wife took four children to their new home in
died the same year. They had eight Windham, leaving this Sarah less than
children, namely : Abigail, married Ben- two years old, with some kind friend, per-
jamin Belflower ; Robert, married Mary haps her grandmother Hawkes. That the
Cook ; Samuel, died unmarried ; Han- other children all went to Windham is
nah, married Thomas Flint ; John, mar- certain from the Windham records. There
ried Elizabeth Corey ; Joseph, of whom was no other family of Lilleys in Lynn at
hereafter mention will be made; Miriam, the time of his removal. This Sarah was
married Joseph Bachelor; and Mary, born May 26, 1705. At the time of her mar-
OLD NORFOLK COUNTY RECORDS.
47
riageshe was therefore between twenty- two 'dren : Joseph, born Feb. 7, 1798; mar-
and twenty-three years old,and allowing her ried Relief Todd of Poultney, Vt., June
husband to have been born as before sug- 7, 1821, and died in Lynn, Feb. 10, 1873.
gested, in 1700, he would have been at Anna, born Jan. 16, 1800; died, unmar-
marriage twenty-seven years old. Joseph ried, July 30, 1830. Elizabeth Mansfield,
Moulton purchased land in Lynn Jan. 17, born Feb. 15, 1802; died, unmarried,
1732-3, and May 14, 1733. This land is July n, 1852. William Perkins, born
now in the rear of the city farm, on the Aug. 15, 1805 ; married Sally M. Hulen,
road to Pine or Pan swamp. Here he Jan. 24, 1847. Solomon, born Jan. 7,
spent his life, dying about 1766. He had 1808; died, unmarried, May 26, 1827.
four children, namely : Ezra, married Catherine.
Deborah Johnson ; Solomon, died unmar-
ried ; Sarah, married James Green ; and QLD NO RFOLK COUNTY RECORDS.
Ezektel, married Catharine Hudson, Continued from page if.
daughter of Moses and Katherine (Kilby) wm Qf John Eyerg y6 EWer Qf Hayer _
hill, March 12, 1656-7. To my son John
5 . EZEKIEL MOULTON, born at Lynn Nov. Eyers my dwelling house and lot ; my wife
17, 1 740, was son of the preceding Joseph, to have them for her life. Son John is
and settled on the estate of his father, re- to pay mO ney to my sons Nathaniel and
ceiving quit claim deeds from the other Qbediah and to my daughters Hanah,
heirs, Oct. 3, 1766. He occupied the Rebecka and Mary. To my son Nathan-
premises thus obtained while he lived, j e i the house and lot I bought of my son
pursuing the calling of a shoemaker, as j o h n Eyers and two cow commons when
his father did before him. He married, his apprenticeship with his master ffrench
Nov. 2, 1771, Catharine Hudson, as be- i s out/ my w if e to have * in the mean-
fore stated. She was born in the old t i me ; if Nathaniel dies before that time
Hudson house on Boston street, on the then to my daughter Hanah ; also, a part
westerly side of Tower hill, the house hav- o f Hawkes meadow and my north mead-
ing been torn down in 1876. He died Nov. ow . j g i ve my i an( i s in the upper and
23, 1810. She died Jan. i, 1833. They i ower plains to my sons Robert, Thomas
had ten children, namely : Joseph, born an d Obediah Eyers. Sale of lands re-
April 26, 1772; married Anna Mansfield strained. To my son Obediah two ox
Nov. 6, 1796. Solomon, born May 31, and two cow commons, "a young sowe
1774; died, unmarried, Aug. 31, 1795. wnos e ear hangs down with all my flaggy
Ezekiel, born Dec. 17, 1775; married meadow," etc. To my son Peter meadow
Rebecca Rhodes Dec. 25, 1806. Mary, an( j U pi an d and two ox commons, three
born June 8, 1778; died, unmarried, acres in upper plain. Wife Hanah Eyers,
Dec. 7, 1848. Catharine, born Sept. 23, e x'x. Wit: Henry Palmer. Proved in
1780 ; died same day. Moses, born April court a t Hampton 6 : 8 mo : 1657.
18, 1782 ; died July 2, 1787. John Lil- Inventory of estate of John Eyer, s'r, of
ley, born Nov. 6, 1784; married Sally Haverhill, lately deceased, taken by m r .
Rhodes Nov. i, 1807. Moses, born Aug. Robert Clements, James Davis, s'r (his
21, 1787 ; died unmarried. Aaron, born mar k <^ a nd Henry Palmer 10 : 2 mo :
June 19, 1791; married Sarah Palmer j6 57 . Amount, ^248 $s. 6d. Present-
March 17, 1822. Solomon, born Oct. 19, e d to court by Hanah Eyer, ex'x.
1795; died June 8, 1803. Thomas Sleeper of Hampton conveys
6. JOSEPH MOULTON, first child of the to Tho. Philbrick, s'r, of Hampton 3 acres
preceding, born April 26, 1772 ; married of salt marsh in Hampton 10 : 8 mo : 1657.
Anna Mansfield Nov. 6, 1796; died at Wit: Jn. IB Brown and Sam: Dalton.
Northampton, Mass., Feb. 15, 1812. His Ack. by Tho. Sleeper and his wife Joanna
wife died in Lynn April 6, 1810. Chil- in court at Hampton 6 : 8 mo: 1657.
48 THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
Thomas Sleeper of Hampton conveys to 7: 1657. Wit: Christopher Hussey and
Giles ffifeild of Charlestown 3 acres of Anthony Stanian. Ack. by grantor and
meadow in Hampton, bounded by Willi : his wife in court at Hampton 6 : 8 mo :
Coule and Henry Moulton, Oct. 10, 1657.
1657. Wit: Sam: Dalton and Willi: Thomas Sleeper of Hampton, for .18,
ffifeild. Ack. by Tho. Sleeper and wife conveys to Henry Doue, s'r, of Hampton
Joanah before Tho : Wiggin 10 : 8 : 1657. my house, barn and land, and a share each
Tho : Sleeper of Hampton conveys to of cow and ox commonage in Hampton.
John Brown of Hampton 6^ -acre house Wit: Thomas Nud and Isack Pirkins.
lot in Hampton, bounded by Willi : fullar, Ack. by grantor and his wife Joana (who
etc. ; also, the swamp and commonage also signs with mark *) in court at Hamp-
belonging to it, 8 : 8 : 1657. Wit : Sam : ton 6 : 8 mo : 1657.
Dalton and Tho : (his F mark) ffilbrick. Timothie Dalton of Hampton, darke,
Ack. by grantor and wife Joanna (she al- conveys to " my loveing kinsman Eman :
so signs) in court at Hampton 6 : 8 mo: Hilliard" * of Hampton, seaman, 100 acres
1657. of meadow and upland in Hampton,
Edward Colcord of Hampton conveys bounded by Taylor's river, Jasper Blake,
to John Marian of Hampton y 2 acre of etc., 10 : 8 mo: 1657. Wit: Nathaniel!
meadow March 25, 1653. Wit : Robert Batcheller and Thomas Nudd. Ack. before
Tuck and Peter Morrish. Ack. before Tho : Wiggin 10 : 8 mo : 1657.
Tho : Wiggin. Timothie Dalton of Hampton, clarke,
Nathaniel Boulter of Hampton conveys conveys to Nathaniell Batcheller of Hamp-
to John Marian of Hampton ^ a c fe of ton P art of mv farm not disposed of to
meadow, bounded by Robert Page, etc., Manuell Hilliar and Jasper Blake, both of
March 24, 1654. Wit : John Whelewright Hampton, seamen, bounded by land some-
and Eliakim Ward ell. Ack. before Henry times Willi Esto's, 10 : 8mo : 1657. Wit :
Doue and Tho : Ward, commissioners, 5 : Ed. Rishworth and Henry Palmer. Also,
8:1655. land north of Rodger Shaw's. Ack. before
Will of Susan, wife of Thomas Leader Tho Wiggin 10 : 8 mo : 1657.
of Boston. Gives to her husband Tho : Timothie Dalton of Hampton, clarke,
Leader ; M r . Edward Richworth, 20 ; conveys to Jasper Blake of Hampton, sea-
m r . Thomas Wheel write ; Merabah Smithe, man, 100 acres, being part of my farm in
Hanah Clifford (" w ch is in y e hands of hir Hampton, bounded by Em : Hilliard and
father "), Samuell Dalton, Robert Smithe, Rodger Shaw, 10 : 8 mo: 1657. Wit:
Henry Elkins, Henry Robie and Mary Natt : Batcheller and Tho : Nudd. Ack.
Wedgwood, widow. Dated May 24, 1627 before Tho: Wiggin 10 : 8 mo: 1657.
(1657?). Signed by mark S. L. Wit: Edward Colcord of Hampton, conveys to
Tho : levitt (his T mark) and Godfrey Giles ffullar 3 acres of meadow, bounded
Derbourn (his Rmark). Proved in court by Christopher Palmer, 8 : 8 : 1657. Wit:
at Hampton 6: 8 mo: 1657. Called Timothie Dalton and Ed : Rishworth. Ack.
Susana, when court appointed Robert in court at Hampton 6 : 8 mo: 1657.
Smithe ex'r, it being her wish. Henry Green of Hampton, millwrite,
Inventory of estate of Goodwife Leader conveys to John Cass of Hampton all land
taken u : 6 : 1657. Amount, ^146 19.$-. granted to said Henry Green and Abraham
Afd. Debts due from good man Huckins Pirkins, bounded by Edward Colcord,
and goodman Clifford. Sept. i, 1657. Wit: Samuell Dalton and
Thomas Coleman of Hampton, planter, Mehetable Dalton. Ack. in court at Hamp-
for ,22, conveys to Joseph Merrie of ton 6: 8 mo: 1657. John Cass (his I
Hampton, carpenter, house and 10 acres
, . T T i j j i ru-i * In a memorandum Milliard's name is called
Of upland, in Hampton, bounded by >hlle- Manuell Hilliard, and Rodger Shaw is mentioned
mon Dalton and vvilli : Maston, jr., 29 : as a bounding owner.
OLD NORFOLK COUNTY RECORDS.
49
mark) assigns one-half of this to Natt :
Boulter of Hampton 21 : 7 : 1657. Wit:
Philemon Dalton and Sam : Dalton. Ack.
in court at Hampton 6 : 8 mo : 1657.
Phillip Gorrell late of ye He of Shoales
acknowledges indebtedness to Tho : Macy
of Salisbury, of ^37 ios., July 9, 1652.
Wit : Humphrey Chadborne and Tho :
Spencer (his mark c) . Sworn to by the
witnesses before Nic : fhapleidghe, commis-
sioner for Kittery in Pascattoque, April 2 7,
1657-
Anthony Stanian and Anne Stanian of
Hampton convey to Leife : Robert Pike of
Salisbury a 6-acre planting lot in Salisbury,
bounded by Mr. Mondeys, John Sanders,
Mrs. Biles, Robert Rings, Mr. Doue, Mr.
Winsley, John Rolfe, widow Browne,
Joseph Noyce, Jn Eaton, sen., and Rich-
ard Wells, 6 : 1 1 mo : 1657. Wit : Georg :
Carre and mark [> of Jn Dickison. Ack.
by Anthony Stanian and his wife Anne
Stanian before Tho : Bradbury, commis-
sioner of Salisbury.
Mr. Sam : Winsley of Salisbury and Ms.
Anne Boad (also Boade) of Wells, York
county, agree to marry, and S. W. makes
over to A. B. for her life, house, barn and
95 acres of land and marsh in Salisbury,
bounded by Mr. ffrancis Doue, Merrimack
river, beach, Oct 5, 1657. Wit: Isaack
Buswell and Willia : Buswell. Ack. before
Tho : Bradbury, commissioner for Salisbury,
9:9: 1657.
Thomas Macy of Salisbury, planter,
for ^7, conveys to Peter Gee of New-
ton fferres, Devonshire, England, fish-
erman, two lots of salt marsh, one being
my division of Sweepage at ye beach, 6
acres and 90 rods, near the Great creek,
between lots of Edmond Elliott and
Joseph ffrench, the other 3 acres in hog-
house meadows, next Edmond Elliott's,
Dec. 1 8, 1657. Wit: the mark MB of
Mary Bradbury and Judeth Bradbury. Ack.,
and wife surrendered dower, before Tho :
Bradbury commissioner of Salisbury, 18 :
10 : 1657.
John Clifford of Hampton, planter, for
32^., conveys to Tho : Hauxworth of Salis-
bury, planter, and his wife Mary, a i-acre
house lot in Salisbury, bounded by Tho :
Hauxworth and Richard Singletary, and
Richard Goodale, sen., and rights of com-
monage belonging to it, i : i : 1641. Wit :
Jn Severans and Abigail Severans her O
mark. Ack. before Tho : Bradbury, com-
missioner of Salisbury, 6 : 1 1 mo :
1657-
Godfrey Deareborne enters caution con-
cerning house and land in Hampton,
which he bought of Mr. Edward Rich-
worth and Mr. Tho : Leader, being some-
time the house and land of good Haubone,
deceased. Entered 12: i mo: 1658.
Robert Smithe (his R mark) of Hamp-
ton, ex'r of will of Susana Leader, de-
ceased, and as agent for Tho : Leader of
Boston, for ^46, conveys to Henry Roby
of Hampton and Willi More, jr., of Exeter,
house and 48 acres of land and salt marsh
in little ox common, of said deceased, in
Hampton, bounded by Tho : Levitt, God-
frey Deerborne, Thomas Marston, John
Cass, the river near the clam banks Jn
Sanborn, Morris Hobbs, land beyond the
north hill, also, one share each of the ox
and cow commons, March 12, 1657-8.
Wit : Sam : Dalton and John Cleford.
Ack. before Tho ; Bradbury, commissioner
of Salisbury, 13 : i : 1658.
Edward ffrench of Salisbury, tailor, for
40^., conveys to Lt. Robert Pike of Salis-
bury, planter, j acre of meadow west side
of Little river in Salisbury March 31, 1658.
Wit : Tho : Bradbury, jr., and mark M B of
Mary Bradbury. Ack. before Tho : Brad-
bury, commissioner of Salisbury, March 31,
1658.
Phillip Griffin (his A mark) of Salisbury,
planter, for ^20, conveys to Richard North
of Salisbury, house and 3 -acre lot in Salis-
bury, bounded by William Allin and a lane
leading to Mr. Hall's house ; also, 3 acres
of marsh in Salisbury, bounded by Mr.
Hooke, William Osgood, and Phillip Wor-
lidg; also, commonage belonging to it,
March 25, 1658. Wit: Tho: Bradbury
and Willi : Buswell. Ack. by grantor and
his wife Ann before Tho : Bradbury, com-
missioner of Salisbury.
To be continued.
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
QUERIES.
ANSWERS.
Queries are inserted for one cent a word.
Answers are solicited.
133. Wanted, ancestry of Noah West
of Newbury and of Abigail (Blay) , his wife.
Portland, Me. A. T. D.
134. Wanted, ancestry of Daniel
Boardman, Ipswich, married Hannah
Hutchinson April 12, 1662.
Indianapolis, Ind. F. R. w. w.
135. Wanted, ancestry of Mary
Pierce, Shrewsbury, married Reuben
Wilder Feb. 16, 1784. F. R. w. w.
136. Wanted, ancestry of Rebecca
Prince, Salem, married John Putnam,
1652. F. R. w. w.
137. Wanted, ancestry of Bartholomew
Heath, Haverhill, died Jan. 15, 1681 ;
married Hannah Moyce. F. R. w. w.
138. Wanted, ancestry of Ezra Perry,
Sandwich, married Elizabeth Burge, 1652.
139. Wanted, knowledge of the de-
scendants of the following persons, i.
Jonathan White, jr., born 1740; gradu-
ated at Harvard college, 1763 ; married,
in Leominster, Mass., Rebecca Rogers,
1768. 2. Samuel White, born in Leomin-
ster, 1744; married, 1773, Hannah Plats
of Leominster. 3. John White, born in
Leominster, 1742. 4. Abijah White,
born, 1751, in Leominster; married Polly
; lived at one time in Rockingham,
Vt. 5. Nathaniel White, jr., bom in
Lancaster, 1752; married 1776, Esther
Brooks of Woburn. MYRA L. WHITE.
Haverhill, Mass.
140. Wanted, ancestry of Hannah
Haseltine, of Bradford, Mass., who mar-
ried Benjamin Gushing of Salisbury Dec.
17, 1767. L. B. c.
Newburyport.
141. Wanted, ancestry of James Rob-
ins and wife, whose daughter Deborah
married John Day of Bradford in 1764.
Another daughter married Alexander
Smith in 1 764, and afterwards Nehemiah
Ingersoll, whose daughter, Nabby Inger-
sol, was born in 1784. A grand-daughter
married William Otis Wyer in 1793.
Amesbury. H.
8. Mary Hewlett was daughter ot
Thomas Howlett by his first wife Alice
(French), and not by Rebecca, and was
born about 1642. Ed.
125. The Christian name of the wife
of Michael Hopkinson was Ann. Sarah
Wise was the fourth daughter of Hum-
phrey Wise of Ipswich, 1639, and his
wife Susanna. She married David Wheel-
er May n, 1650. David Wheeler was
born in Salisbury, England, in 1625, and
came to America in care of friends in the
Confidence of London in 1638. He was
the son of John Wheeler of Newbury, one
of the original proprietors of Salisbury.-
Paul N. Spofford, New York City.
126. A small pamphlet memorial of
Gov. Joseph R. Bodwell, officially pub-
lished in Augusta, Me., in 1888, gives an
account of the family tradition that Henry
BodwelPs name was Bothwell, and that he
was a Scotch school-boy, who ran away
from home. Anyway, Rev. James Noyes
was his friend, and he grew up in New-
bury. When Philip's war broke out in
1675, Henry was with Lothrop at Bloody
brook massacre, and escaped by swinging
his gun about his head with his un-
wounded arm. See Bodge's " Soldiers of
King Philip's war." Charlotte H. Abbott,
Andover.
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
STARR'S ANCESTRAL REGISTER. This is
a new fan-shaped chart, 17x22 inches,
printed on linen paper, suitable for fram-
ing or folding. 50 cents. Frank Farns-
worth Starr, Middle town, Conn.
ABRAHAM HOWARD OF MARBLEHEAD,
MASS., AND HIS DESCENDANTS. New York,
1897. Mr. Howard was a shipmaster in
London, and came to New England about
1721. This is an octavo volume of 71
pages, privately printed. It was compiled
by Joseph P. Howard of -New York City,
Hon. Nathaniel J. Holden of Salem, Mass.,
and Henry W. B. Howard of Brooklyn,
N. Y. The volume is well arranged and
printed, with full index and a folding chart
showing six generations.
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THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
VOL. II.
SALEM, MASS., APRIL, 1898.
No. 4.
BYFIELD PARISH BAPTISMS, J709-J743.
BY JOSEPH N. DUMMER.
BYFIELD parish includes a part of the
territory of Newbury, Rowley and George-
town. The first pastor of the church in
the parish was Rev. Moses Hale, who
died Jan. 16, 1743-4. The following are
all the records of baptisms in the parish
from the founding of the church to the
time of Mr. Male's decease, numbering
seven hundred and thirty-six persons.
1709.
Hannah, dau. of Andrew Stickney,
July 24, 1709.
Jeremiah, son of Jonathan Herreman,
Sept. 4, 1709.
Elizabeth, dau. of Sam. Dickinson,
and Mary, dau. of John Homes, Sept. 25.
Jeremy, son of Joshua Boynton, jr.,
Oct. 16, 1709.
Simon, son of Daniel Pearson, Nov. 13.
My daughter Mehitabel Hale, Dec. 18.
1709-10.
Sarah, dau. of Philip Goodridge, Jan.22.
Lydia, dau. of Lionel Chute, Jan. 29.
Jchabod, son of Eldad Cheney, Mar. 12.
1710.
Thomas, son of Benjamin Stickney, Apr.
9, 1710.
Sarah and Mary Poor, young women,
daughters of Joseph Poor, Apr. 23, 1710.
Faith,dau. of Maximilian Jewett,Apr.3O.
Jane,dau. of Benjamin Plummer, June 4.
Mary, dau. of James Wheeler, Aug. 13.
Margarett, dau. of Nathan Wheeler,
Oct. 29, 1710.
Elizabeth, dau. of Francis Nelson, Nov.
Mary, dau. of Jno. Noyes, Nov. 26, 1 7 10.
Abigail, dau. of Samll. Felt, and David,
son of Jonath'n Spafford, Dec. 24, 1710.
1710-1.
Hannah, dau. of John Homes, Jan. 21.
Samuell, son of Isaac Adams, Feb. 18.
Mehitabel, dau. of John Haseltyne,
Feb. 25, 1710-1.
Sarah,dau. of Samuel Goodridge,Mar. 4.
1711.
Mary and Jemima Boynton, daughters
of Joshua Boynton, jr., Apr. i, 1711.
Thomas, son of Jno. Dresser, May 6.
Rebecca, dau. of Stephen Thurston,
June 17, 1711.
Jane, dau. of Sam'l Hale, Aug. 5, 1711.
Sarah, dau. of Edmund Goodridge,
Ebenezer, son of Ephraim Colman, David
son of Ebenezer Ayrs, and Samuel, son
of Jonathan Bradstreet, Aug. 12, 1711.
Sarah, dau. of Henry Sewall, Aug. 26.
Mary, dau. of Benjamin Stickney, Sept.
9, 1711.
Benjamin, son of Jonathan Wheeler,
jr., Sept. 30, 1711.
James, son of John Lull, Nov. 4, 1711.
Ephraim,son of Danll. Pearson, Nov. 25.
Jeremy, son of Ebenezer Boynton,
Dec. 30, 1711.
1711-2.
My daughter Dorothy Hale, Stephen,
son of Joseph Gerrish, and Lucy, dau. of
Saml. Dickenson, Jan. 27, 1711-2.
Ann, dau. of Andrew Stickney, Feb. 17.
Dorothy, dau. of Philip Goodridge, and
Ann, dau. of Benjamin Woodman, Mar. 9.
1712.
Ann, dau. of Ebenezer Stewart, Jane,
dau. of Thomas Colman, and Margarett,
dau. of Jonathan Boynton, Apr. 6, 1712.
Stephen, son of Abraham Adams, Apr.
20, 1712.
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
Mehitabel, dau. of Thomas Plumer, and
Lydia, dau. of Judah Colman, April 27.
Jonathan, son of Ephrahim Brown, and
Amos, son of Daniel Jewett, May 4, 1712.
Hannah, dau. of Eldad Cheney, May 25.
Samuel, son of James Wheeler, and
Nathaniel, son of Rich d Boynton, Aug. 24.
Abigail, Alice, Benjamin and Dorothy,
children of Benjamin Rawlins, Oct. 26.
Hephzibah, dau. of Maximilian Jewett,
Nov. 2, 1712.
Nathaniel, son of Jonathan Spafford,
Nov. 23, 1712.
David, son of Joshua Boynton, jr., Dec.
21, 1712.
1712-3.
Abigail, dau. of Edmund Goodridge,and
Sarah, dau. of John Homes, Jan. n.
Sarah, dau. of Benjamin Stickney, Jan.
25, 1712-3.
Hannah, dau. of Samuel Goodridge, and
Jonathan, son of Elias Whitten, Feb. i.
Jacob, son of John Dresser, Feb. 8.
Robert, son of Stephen Thurston, Mar.8.
Philip, son of Philip Goodridge, and Jo-
siah, son of Benjamin Rawlins, July n.
Priscilla, dau. of Dan u Tenney, Aug. 8.
Martha, dau. of Benjamin Stickney,
Aug. 15, 1714.
Daniell, son of Stephen Thurston, Sept. 5
Mary, dau. of Joseph Gerrish, Moses,
son of David Woodman, and Benjamin,
son of John Homes, Sept. 12, 1714.
David, son of Samuell Hale, Oct. 3.
Sarah, dau. of Ephraim Brown, Nov. 7.
Meribah, wife of John Lull, Nov. 14.
Judith, dau. of John Noyes, Apr. 12.
Jonathan, son of Francis Nelson, Apr.
Sarah, dau. of Abraham Adams, Sarah,
dau. of Benjamin Woodman, and Jedidiah,
son of Judah Colman, Oct. n, 1713.
Sam'll, son of Samuell Ayers, Nov. 29.
My daughter Mary Hale, Dec. 6, 1713.
Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Dummer,
Dec. 20, 1713.
Mehitabel, dau. of Thomas Plumer, and
Sarah, dau. of Jonathan Boynton, Feb. 28.
Ellanor, wife of Benjamin Wood, Mar. 2 1 .
1714.
Martha, dau. of Richard Lay ton, Apr. 1 1 .
Mary, dau. of Andrew Stickney, and Jos-
eph, son of Benjamin Wood, Apr. 18, 1714.
Abner, Sarah and Mary, children of Jno.
Spafford, and Elizabeth Rawlins, young
woman, May 9, 1714.
Elizabeth, wife of Ebenezer Stewartt,
and Abigail, dau. of Daniel Jewett, May 23.
Mary, dau. of Jonathan Broadstreet,
June 6, 1714.
Sarah, dau. of Lionel Chute, June 27.
John, son of Jonathan Spafford, Jan. 2.
Samuell, son of Jno. Brocklebank, Jan. 9.
Moses, son of Pro r Joseph Hale, Jan. 23.
John, son of Sam u Kenney, Jan. 30.
Hephsibah, dau. of Benjamin Plumer,
jr., Mar. 6, 1714-5.
Moses, son of John Noyes, Sarah, dau.
of Thomas Colman, and Ann, dau. of
Sam u Goodridge, Mar. 13, 1714-5.
A child of Judah Colman, Mar. 20.
1715-
Ann, dau. of Jonath" Wheeler, May 8.
Elizabeth, dau. of Jonathan Boynton,
May 22, 1715.
Joseph, son of Benjamin Woodman,
Junes, 1715.
William, son of Stephen Longfellow,
June 12, 1715.
Rachel, dau. of Elias Whitten, June 19.
Ann, dau. of Maximilian Jewett, July 17.
Abraham, son of Abraham Adams, Aug.
28, 1715.
James, son of Andrew Stickney, Oct. 9.
Jonathan,son of Richard Layton,Oct. 23
Moses, son of Edmund Cheney, Nov. 27.
Dorothy, dau. of William Boynton, Dec.
18, 1715.
1715-6.
Joseph Brown, adult person, my daugh-
ter Martha Hale, and John, son of Rich-
ard Boynton, Jan. 8, 1715-6.
Susanna, dau. of Samuell Ayers, Me-
hitabel, dau. of Joseph Brown, and Jos-
eph, son of Jonath n Mores, Feb. 5, 1715-6.
Joshua, son of James Wheeler, Feb. 12.
1716.
Richard, son of Daniell Tenney, Apr. i.
Judith, dau. of Matthew Adams, Apr. 15.
BYFIELD BAPTISMS.
53
Jonathan, son of Leonard Herreman,
Apr. 8, 1716.
Israel, son of Isaac Adams, Apr. 26.
Ann,dau. of Stephen Longfellow, Apr. 2 9.
Judith and John, children of Jno. Rob-
inson, and Sarah, dau. of Jonathan Davis,
May 6, 1716.
Mary, dau. of Stephen Thurstonjune 10.
Ann,dau. of Edmund Goodridgejune 17.
Elizabeth, dau. of Daniel Jewettjune 24.
Mary, dau. of Abraham Thurlo, Aug. 5.
James, son of Robert Cole, Aug. 19.
Dorothy, dau. of David Woodman,
Sept. 2, 1716.
Rebecca, dau. of Jno. Drew, Oct. 21.
Mary, dau. of James Chute, jr., Nov. 1 1 .
Kezia, dau. of Benjamin Foster, Nov. 18.
David, son of Philip Goodridge, Nov. 25 .
Hannah, dau. of Jonathan Spafford,
Dec. 23, 1716.
Stephen, son of Jonathan Wheeler, Dec.
30, 1716.
1716-7.
A child of Ephraim Brown, and Phebe,
dau. of Thomas Tenney, Jan. 13, 1716-7.
Joshua, son of Joshua Boynton, jr., Jan.
20, 1716-7.
Abigail, dau. of Sam 11 Goodridge, Mar.
17, 1716-7.
1717.
Jonathan, son of Jonathan Boynton, and
Stephen, son of Thomas Plumer, Apr. i.
John, son of Samuel Brown, Apr. 8,1 7 1 7.
Mary, dau. of Thomas Colman, Apr. 24.
Abigail, dau. of Richard Layton, Apr.28.
Ruth, dau. of Andrew Stickney, May 12.
Samuel, son of Abraham Adams, and
Thomas, son of Josiah Smith, June 9.
Elizabeth, dau. of John Adams, June 23.
Lucy,dau. of Samuel Dickinson, July 2 1 .
Ann, dau. of Pro r . Joseph Hale, Aug. 1 1.
Thomas and Moses, sons of Daniel
Ritter, Sept. 5, 1717.
Ann, dau. of Thomas Look, Aug., 1717.
Mary, dau. of Thomas Lull, Sept. 15.
Hannah, dau. of William Boynton, Sept.
29, 1717.
Jane, dau. of Joseph Gerrish, Oct. 13.
Judith Getchel, young woman, Oct 20.
Benjamin, son of Benjamin Plumer,
Nov. 10, 1717.
Simon, son of John Noyes, Nov. 17.
1717-8-
My son Moses Hale, Jan. 15, 1717-8.
Mary, dau. of Elias Whitten, and Jedi-
diah, son of Jedidiah Pearson, Jan. 26.
Bethya, dau. of Dan 11 Tenney, jr., Mar.3o.
1718.
Amos, son of Benjamin Stickney, and
Jonathan, son of Jonathan Mores, Apr. 6.
Martha, dau. of Sam u Hale, Apr. 13.
Sarah, dau. of James Wheeler, Apr. 20.
Edward, son of Stephen Longfellow,
Apr. 27, 1718.
Mary, dau. of Samuell Brown, May 18.
Samuell, son of Lion ell Chute, May 25.
Charleston of Ebenezer Stewarttjune i.
Jeremy, son of Benjamin Poor, June 8.
Nathan", son of Stephen Thurston, July
13, 1718.
Eliphalett, son of Joseph Danford, Aug.
24, 1718.
Abigail, dau. of Nicholas Cheney,Oct.i9.
Abel, son of Jonathan Spafford, Nov. 16.
Dorcas, dau. of John Spafford, Dec. 7.
1718-9.
Elizabeth, dau. of Daniel Ritter, 22.
Ann, dau. of Jacob Abbott, Mar. i .
Richard, son of Edmund Goodridge,
Mar. 22, 1718-9.
1719.
Phebe, dau. of Thomas Colman, Mar. -.
Benjamin and Ellanour, children of
Jonat hn Boynton, Apr. 12, 1719.
Sam u , son of Samuell Goodridge, Mary,
dau. of Joshua Boynton, and Eunice, dau.
of Matthew Adams, Apr. 26, 1719.
Joseph and Benjamin, sons of Abraham
Adams, May 10, 1719.
Edmund, son of Edmund Cheney, May
17, 1719.
Mehitabel, dau. of Daniell Jewett, Me-
hitabel, dau. of John Adams, and Samuell,
son of Josiah Smith, June 21, 1719.
Maximilian, son of John Tenney of
Bradford, July 26, 1719.
Joseph,sonof Philip Goodridge, Sept. 1 6.
Mary and John, children of Edward
Carpenter, Sept. 26, 1719.
Sarah, dau. of Daniel Tenney, jr., and
Stephen, son of Jabez Ayers, Sept. 27.
Daniel, son of Jedidiah Pearson, Oct. 1 1 .
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THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
I7I9-2O.
Samuel, son of John Brocklebank, Jan. 3.
Abner, son of Jonathan Wheelerjan. 10.
Jonathan, son of Jonathan Broadstreet,
and Martha, dau. of Thomas Look, Feb.2i.
Elizabeth,dau. of Joseph Gerrish,Mar. 1 3 .
1720.
Mehitabel,dau. of Nath u Dumer,Mar.27.
A child of Jonathan Mores, May i .
Josiah, son of Samuel Brown, May 8.
Ezek u and John, sons of Richard Lay-
ton, May 29, 1720.
Abigail, dau. of Benjamin Poor, June 12.
David, son of Isaac Adams, and John,
son of Lionel Chute, June 19, 1720.
A son of Ebenezer Boynton, July 17.
Sarah, dau. of Jno. Boynton, July 24.
Joseph, son of Jonathan Spafford, Aug. 7.
Jane, dau. of Ebenezer Stewartt,Aug. 14.
Mary, dau. of Jonathan Boynton, Ruth,
dau. of James Chute, and Joanna, dau. of
Benjamin Lull, Aug. 28, 1720.
A child of Joseph Danford, Sept. 4.
Jeremiah, son of Maximilian Jewett,
Sept. n, 1720.
Stephen, son of Stephen Thurston, Sept.
18, 1720.
David, son of Daniel Jewett, and Sam-
uel, son of Nicholas Cheney, Oct. 23.
Judith, dau. of Samuel Moody, Nov. 6.
My daughter Elizabeth Hale, Nov. 20.
1720-1.
Thomasin, dau. of Nath 11 Clark, Jan. 4.
Sarah,dau. of Stephen Longfellow, Jan. 15
Nathan, son of Abraham Adams, Jan. 2 2 .
Joshua, son of Benjamin Woodman,
Jan. 29, 1720-1.
Nathan, son of Nathan Woodberry,Feb.
19, 1720-1.
Benjamin, son of Thomas Coleman, Feb.
26, 1720-1.
Ann, dau. of Daniel Ritter, Mar. 5.
Benjamin, son of Sam u Goodridge, Mar.
19, 1720-1.
1721.
David, son of David Woodman, and
Peter, son of Edmund Cheney, Apr. 9.
John, son of John Adams, Apr. 16.
Benjamin, son of Benjamin Pearson, jr.,
Daniel, son of John Spafford, and Abigail,
dau. of Joseph Brown, Apr. 23, 1721.
Daniel, son of Daniel Tenney, May 28.
Hannah, dau. of Thomas Lull, July 30.
Amos,son of Benjamin Stickney,Sept. 1 7 .
Richard, son of Nathaniel Dummer,
Sept. 24, 1721.
Mary, dau. of Samuell Moodey, Oct. 1 5 .
Abigail, dau. of Nathaniel Herreman,
Oct. 15, 1721.
Aphia, dau. of Joshua Boynton, and a
child of Joseph Nelson, Nov. 12, 1721.
Hannah and Sarah, daughters of Thom-
as Wicom, Nov. 26, 1721.
Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Woodberry,
Dec. 10, 1721.
1721-2.
Sarah, dau. of Jedidiah Pearson, Jan. 2 8.
Daniel, son of Philip Goodridge, Ruth,
dau. of Thomas Plumer, and John, son of
Gershom Frazer, Feb. n, 1721-2.
Ruth, dau. of John Brocklebank, Mar. 4.
1722.
Daniel, son of James Chute, May 6.
Abigail, dau. of Isaac Adams, Hannah,
dau. of John Boynton, and Daniel, son of
Benjamin Poor, July i, 1722.
Sarah, dau. of Stephen Thurston, July 1 5 .
Oliver, son of Edmund Goodridge, and
Joseph, son of Matthew Adams, July 29.
Samuel, son of Lionel Chute, Mercy,
dau. of Ebenezer Boynton, and Elizabeth,
dau. of Samuell Dole, Aug. 5, 1722.
Moses, son of Lt. Jno. Spafford, Aug. 12.
Hannah, dau. of John Jackman, Sept. 2.
Nathaniel, son of Daniel Tenney, Oct.2 8.
Mehitabel,dau. of William Tenney,Ezek-
iel, son of Rich d Layton, and Ebenezer,
son of Nathaniel Clark, Nov. n, 1722.
Henry, son of Abraham Adams, and
Daniell, son of Amos Stickney, Nov. 25.
My daughters Sarah and Jane Hale,
Dec. 2, 1722.
Stephen, son of Joseph Danford, and
Ann, dau. of Nathan Plumer, Dec. 30.
1722-3.
John, son of David Woodman, and
John, son of John Plumer, Jan. 13.
Moses, son of Francis Spafford, Jan. 27.
Stephen, son of Stephen Longfellow,
Feb. 10, 1722-3.
Mary, dau. of John Adams, and Daniel,
son of Daniel Hale, Feb. 17, 1722-3.
BYFIELD BAPTISMS.
William, son of John Searls, Feb. 24.
David and Jonathan, sons of Benjamin
Woodman, Mar. 3, 1722-3.
Mary, dau. of Edmund Cheney, and
James, son of Nathan Woodberry, Mar. 10.
Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel Herreman,
Mar. 24, 1722-3.
1723.
Rebecca, dau. of Philip Goodridge,
Apr. 2, 1723.
John, son of Jonathan Boynton, and
Edmund, son of Jonathan Mores, Apr. 28.
Stephen, son of Nathaniel Clark, July 14.
Ann, dau. of Dea. Daniel Jewett, Ed-
nah, dau. of Ens. Benjamin Plumer, and
Mary, dau. of Richard Woodberry, July 2 1 .
Abigail, dau. of Joseph Goodridge, jr.,and
Jane, dau. of Benjamin Pearson,jr.July 28.
John, son of Jonathan Thurston, and
Joseph, Benjamin and Mehitable, children
of Joseph Russell, Sept. i, 1723.
Jane, dau. of Jonathan Boynton, Oct. 6.
Josiah, son of Josiah Smith, Nov. 3.
Sarah, dau. of Matthew Duty, Nov. 24.
Edward, son of Edward Carpenter, and
Abigail, dau. of Jonathan Pearson, Dec. i .
1723-4-
Mehitabel, dau. of Sam 11 Moodey, Na-
thaniel, son of Daniel Tenney, and Wil-
liam, son of William Stone, Feb. 2 .
Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel Dumer, and
Gershom and Eldad, sons of Nicholas
Cheney, Feb. 16, 1723-4.
Jemima, dau. of John Boynton, Feb. 23.
Oliver, son of William Tenney, Mar. 22.
1724.
John, son of Samuell Brown, Mar. 29.
Jonathan, son of Jno. Plumer, Apr. 19.
Jonathan, son of Joseph Nelson, May 17.
Caleb,son of Ebenezer Boynton, May 24.
Stephen, son of Thomas Plumer, Jos-
eph, son of Joseph Brown, and Jeremy,
son of William Searl, May 31, 1724.
Edward, son of Samuel Hazzen, and
Jane, dau. of David Pearson, June i.
Hannah, dau. of Lyonel Chute, July 12.
Jonathan, son of Jonathan Wheeler,
June 14, 1724.
A child of Richard Woodberry, Aug. 16.
Ann, dau. of Thomas Wicom, Sept. 13.
Mary, dau. of Isaac Adams, Oct. 18.
55
Nicolas, son of Jno. Jackman, and John,
son of Joseph Russell, Nov. i, 1724.
Gideon George, son of Ann Simmons
of Haverhill, Nov. 8, 1724.
My daughter Ann Hale, Nov. 29.
William, son of William Stephens, and
Benjamin, son of Jno. Adams, Dec. 13.
1724-5-
Benjamin, son of Jonathan Mores, Jan.
24, 1724-5.
Priscilla, dau. of Abner Todd, Jan. 31.
Sarah, dau. of Daniel Plumer, Feb. 14.
Hannah, dau. of Jonathan Pearson,
Feb. 28, 1724-5.
Samuell, son of Stephen Longfellow,
Mar. 14, 1724-5.
Stephen, son of Thomas Burpe, Mar. 2 1 .
Ebenezer, son of Dan u Hale, Mar. 7.
1725-
Benjamin, son of Nicholas Cheney, Apr.
18, 1725.
Thomas, son of Thomas Lull, May 9.
Hannah, dau. of Thomas Colman, and
James, son of James Chute, May 16.
Martha, dau. of Mary Woster, single
woman, May 30, 1725.
Jonathan Thurston's child, Baptizd ye
Sae Day.
John, son of Dea. Daniel Jewett, Han-
nah, dau. of Joseph Goodridgejr., and Acy,
son of Francis Spafford, Aug. 8, 1725.
Eliphalett, son of Lt. Jno. Spafford,
Oct. 24, 1725.
David,son of Ens. Benj. Plumer, Dec. 12.
Nathan, son of John Brocklebank, Dec.
19, 1725.
1725-6.
Hannah,dau. of Samuell Moodeyjan.23.
Samuell, son of Josiah Smith, and Wil-
liam, son of Edmund Greenlief, Jan. 30.
A son of Samuel Dole, Feb. 6, 1725-6.
Hannah,dau.of Joshua Boynton,Feb.i3.
Lydia, dau. of Eliezer Burbank, Ann,
dau. of William Searle, and Elizabeth,
dau. of Matthew Duty, Feb. 20, 1725-6.
Martha, dau. of Andrew Stickney, Feb.
27, 1725-6.
Elizabeth, dau. of David Woodman,
Mar. 6, 1725-6.
Bethya, dau. of Jonathan Pearson, Mar.
20, 1725-6.
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THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
1726.
Abigail, dau. of Daniell Plumer, Apr. 3.
Shubael, son of Nathan" Dumer, and
Elizabeth, dau. of Lyonel Chute, Apr. 10.
William, son of John Boynton, May i .
Mary, dau. of Nathan Plumer, May 29.
Joseph and Benjamin, sons of Richard
Woodberry, June 26, 1726. '
Nathan, son of Benjamin Woodman,
July 3, 1726.
Elizabeth, dau. of Francis Brocklebank,
Joseph, son of Joseph Russell, and Molly,
dau. of David Pearson, July 31, 1726.
Oliver, son of David Boynton, and James,
son of Amos Foster, Aug. 28, 1726.
Ebenezer, Hannah and Sarah, children
of Jno. Look, Sept. 4, 1726.
Daniell, son of Nath u Clark, Sept. 18.
John, son of Jonathan Mores, and Es-
ther, dau. of Thomas Burpe, Oct. 23.
Ann, dau. of Jonathan Boynton, and
William, son of Joseph Brown. Nov. 6.
Rebecca, dau. of Nathan Wheeler, jr.,
Nov. 20, 1726.
A child of Joseph Nelson, Nov. 27.
Martha, dau. of Jonathan Wheeler, Dec.
25, 1726.
1726-7.
David, son of James Chute, Jan. i.
Sarah, dau. of Jonathan Broadstreet,
Jan. 15, 1726-7.
Samuell, son of Sam 11 Hazzen, Feb. 5.
My son William Hale, Feb. 26.
Mehitabell, dau. of Nath 11 Herreman,
and Samuell, son of Jonathan Thurston,
Mar. 12, 1726-7.
1727.
Sarah, dau. of Andrew Stickney, Apr.i6.
Samuell, son of Samuell Wallingford,
Apr. 23, 1727.
Abigail, dau. of Stephen Longfellow,
and Enoch, son of John Hereman, May 28.
Mary, dau. of Amos Pilsbury, June 4.
William, son of Aaron Plumer, July 2.
Sarah, dau. of Thomas Wicom, Aug. 6.
Mary, dau. of Sam 11 Dole, Sept. 18.
Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph Noyes, Oct. i.
Enoch, son of Joseph Good ridge, jr.,
Oct. 15, 1727.
Jane, dau. of William Searl, and John,
son of Bartholomew Pearson, Oct. 22.
Abraham, son of Eleazer Burbank, and
Boston, an Indian servant of Lt. Longfel-
low, Nov. 19, 1727.
Hannah, dau. of Sam 11 Brown, Nov. 26.
Nathan" Danford, adult person, Eunice
and Nath u , children of Nath 11 Danford,
and Enoch, son of Joshua Boynton, Dec. 3.
Hannah, dau. of John Tenny, and Jon-
athan, son of Jonathan Pearson, Dec. 10.
Samuel, John and Oliver, children of
John Danford, Dec. 24, 1727.
David, Anne and Isaac, children of Fran-
cis Danford, Dec. 31, 1727.
1 727-8.
John, Jonathan and Mary, children of
John Hopkinson, Benjamin, son of Benja-
min Poor, and Ebenezer, son of Joseph
Russell, Jan. 7, 1727-8.
James Calf, adult person, Jan. 14.
Eunice, dau. of Nathan Plumer, Feb. 4.
Sarah,dau. of John Brocklebank, Mar.i 7.
Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel Clark, Mar.
24, 1727-8.
1728.
Hannah Clough, adult person, and
Martha, dau. of Josiah Smith, Mar. 3 1 .
William, son of Samuel Moodey, Apr. 1 4 .
Samuell, son of Samuell Jewett, Mingo,
a negro man, and Betty, an Indian woman
servant of Abra. Adams, Apr. 28, 1728.
Elizabeth, dau. of Dan 11 Plumer, Flora,
a negro servant of Gov r . Dumer, and
Grace, a negro servant of Richard Dumer,
May 19, 1728.
Mary, a negro maid living at Benj.
Woodman's, June 9, 1728.
John Boynton's child, W T illiam Tenney's
child, and Sarah, dau. of Nathaniel Dumer,
Aug. 4, 1728.
David, son of David Pearson, Aug. 25.
Mary, dau. of Francis Brocklebank, Oct.
20, 1 728.
Samuel, son of Jonathan Mores, Isaac,
son of Benj. Pearson, Rebecca, dau. of
Jno. Plumer, and Samuell, son of Robert
Stewart, Nov. 10, 1728.
1728-9.
Ebenezer, son of Richard Stewart, Jan. 5 .
Samuel, son of David Woodman, and
Gershom, son of Thomas Wicom, Jan. 12.
Margarett, dau. of Sam 11 Hazzen, Jan. 2 6.
BYFIELD BAPTISMS.
57
Stephen,son of Benj. Woodman,and Ste-
phen, son of Jonathan Thurston, Feb. 23.
Stephen, son of William Adams, Mar.i6.
John, son of Joseph Nelson, Mar. 23.
1729.
David, son of Nicholas Cheney, Mar. 30.
Jonah,sonof Jonathan SpafTord, Apr. 20.
John, son of John Lull, jr., May 4.
Sarah, dau. of Moses Gerrish, June 22.
Sarah, dau. of Joseph Danford, June 29.
Susanna, dau. of Joseph Noyes, July 13.
Hannah, dau. of Jonathan Pearson, July
20, 1729.
David, son of Nathan Wheeler, jr.,
Aug. 3, 1729.
Samuell, son of Samuell Moody, Sept.28.
Stephen, son of Nath 11 Danford, Oct. 5.
Susanna, dau. of Amos Pilsbury, Dec. 1 8.
1729-30.
Nathan, son of Moses Hale, Jan. 25.
Aphia, dau. of Samuell Dole, Daniell,
son of Daniell Plumer, and John, son of
Elkana Lunt, Feb. T, 1729-30.
Mark, son of John Plumer, Mar. i .
Nero, a negro servant of John Plumer,
Mar. 15, 1729-30.
Joseph, son of Samuell Wallingford, Mar.
22, 1729-30.
1730.
Sarah, dau. of Bartholomew Pearson,
and Lydia, dau. of Jonathan Thirston,
A P r - 5> i n-
William, son of William Searl, Apr. 12.
Ann, dau. of Benj. Plumer, and Sam-
uell, son of Sam u Emmerson, May 10.
Aaron, son of Aaron Plumer, and Eu-
nice, dau. of Wm. Tenney, May 24.
Moses, son of Thomas Lull, and Han-
nah, dau. of Joseph Russell, June 7 .
Nathan, son of Thomas Burpe, July 26.
Bethya, dau. of Joseph Goodridge, jr.,
Aug. 23, 1730.
Abel, son of Nathan Plumer, Sept. 6.
William, son of Lt.Jno. Spafford, Oct.i8.
Miriam, dau. of John Stevens, Oct. 1 1 .
Jemima, dau. of Samuell Jewett, Nov. 8.
William, son of Thomas Wicom, Nov.iS.
Moses, son of John Adams, Nov. 22.
Mary, dau. of John Boynton, Ammi-
ruhamah, son of Jonathan Mores, and
Joseph, son of Joseph Noyes, Dec. 6.
1730-1.
Lydia, dau. of John Lull, and Moses,
son of Moses Wheeler, Jan. 3, 1730-1.
Martha, dau. of Abner Todd, and Jos-
eph, son of Moses Gerrish, Jan. 17.
Moses, son of Jonathan Spafford, Jan.24.
Benjamin, son of David Woodman, Eliz-
abeth, dau. of Nathaniel Dumer, and Mary,
dau. of Sam u Moodey, Feb. 21, 1730-1.
A child each of Jonathan Pearson,
Joshua Noyes and Sam 11 Herreman, Mar. -.
mi-
Sarah, dau. of Samuell Hazen, Apr. 1 1 .
Eliza, dau. of William Adams, and Eu-
nice, dau. of Elkanah Lunt, Apr. 25.
Katharine, dau. of John Dumer, esq.,
Ma Y 9> I73 1 -
Oliver, son of Benjamin Pearson, and
David, son of Andrew Stickney, May 16.
Eliza, dau. of Nathaniell Clark, May 23.
Rebecka, dau. of Nathan Wheeler, jr.,
July 23, 1731.
William, son of Jonathan Wheeler, and
Joseph, son of Richard Stewart, Aug. 8.
John, son of Edmund Cheney, Francis,
son of Francis Brocklebank, Hannah, dau.
of Elijah Blazedel, and Eliza, dau. of
Samuell Poor, Aug. 15, 1731.
Abigail, dau. of John Wheeler, and
Mary, dau. of Tim . Jackman, Aug. 29.
1731-2.
Beamsly, son of John Plumer, Jan. 2.
Mehitabel, dau. of Joshua Boynton,
jr., Jan. 9, 1731-2-
William, son of Jonathan Stickney, Jan.
22, 1731-2.
Mary, dau. of Jonathan Thurston, and
Moses, son of Moses Hale, Mar. 5.
1732.
Mary, dau. of Samuell Wallingford, Apr.
16, 1732.
Sarah, dau. of Dea. Samuell Moodey,
June n, 1732.
Hannah, dau. of William Tenney, June
18, 1732.
John, son of John Bailey, Aug. 13.
Eliz., dau. of Lieut. Longfellow, and
Oliver, son of Samuell Dole, Aug. 20.
Susanna, dau. of Sam u Lull, and Sam-
uell, son of Jonathan Thurlo, Sept. 3.
Phebe, dau. of Jonathan Pearson, Oct. 8.
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
Mary, dau. of Bartholomew Pearson,
Nov. 12, 1732.
Jacob, son of Jedidiah Pearson, Nov.2 6.
Enoch, son of Moses Gerrish, Dec. 3.
Abigail,dau. of Abraham Brown, Dec.i 7.
1732-3.
James, son of Josiah Smith, Jan. 21.
Hannah, dau. of Nicholas Cheny, Jer-
emiah, son of Jonathan Stickney, and John,
son of Joshua Noyes, Jan. 28, 1732-3.
I733-
John, son of Andrew Stickney, Apr. 8.
Betty, dau. of Sam u Jewett, and Jane,
dau. of Moses Wheeler, Apr. 29, 1733.
Judith, dau. of Eben Tenney, and
Johnson, son of Jno. Stewart, July i .
Hephsibah, dau. of Samuell Poor, July
22, 1733-
John, son of John Dumer, esq., Aug. 12.
A child of Jno. Lull, July 29, 1733.
Martha, dau. of Nathan Plumer, Aug. 2 6.
Judith, dau. of Benjamin Pearson, John,
son of Edmund Cheney, and Benj., son of
Stephen Hidden, Sept. 23, 1733.
Judith, dau. of Dea. Sam 11 Moodey,
Sept. 30, 1733.
Paul, son of Jonathan Pearson, Oct. 28.
Abner, son of David Woodman, and
Martha, dau. of Joseph Goodridge,Nov.25.
Enoch, son of Moses Hale, Dec. 2.
John, son of John Plumer, jr., Dec. 9.
Sarah, dau. of Samuell Adams, Dec. 23.
Sarah, dau. of Joseph Pike, Dec. 30.
1733-4-
Mehitabel,dau. of Aaron Dresser, Jan.6.
Rebecca, dau. of Stephen Stickney,
Jan. 27, 1733-4.
Hannah, dau. of Samuell Hovey, Mar.3.
William and Hannah, children of Jos-
eph Russell, Feb. 17, 1733-4.
1734.
Hannah, dau. of Sam 11 Stickney,Mar.3i.
Nathan, son of Nathan Wheelerjr., and
Eliza, dau. of Richard Stewart, Apr. 14.
Lemuel, son of Joseph Noyes, Apr. 21.
Mehitabel, dau. of Benj.Thurston, Aug.
Esther, dau. of Tim . Jackman, Sept.i5.
Jonathan, son of Jonathan Stickney,
Nov. 17, 1734.
A child of Jonathan Thurlo, Nov. 10.
Samuell, son of Samuell Wallingford,
Nov. 24, 1734.
Oliver, son of Samell Dickinson, jr.,
Dec. 29, 1734.
1734-5-
Samuell, son of John Hopkinson, Jan. 5.
William,son of Nathaniel Dumer, Jan. 1 2.
Nathan, son of Lt. Stephen Longfellow,
Jan. 19, 1734-5.
Benj., son of Benj. Stickney, jr., Jan. 26.
Mary, dau. of Abraham Brown, and
Enoch, son of John Stewartt, Feb. 16.
Sarah, dau. of Richard Lowell, jr.,
Mar. 9, 1734-5.
1735.
Enos, son of Joshua Noyes, Mar. 30.
Henry, son of Moses Gerrish, Apr. 6.
Benjamin,son of William Tenny,Apr.2O.
Stevens, son of Roger Chase, May 4.
Abigail, dau. of Dea. Samuel Moodey,
May 7, 1735.
David, son of John Boynton, and Jona-
than, son of John Bayley, June 8, 1735.
Bartholomew, son of Bartholomew
Pearson, June 29, 1735.
Moses, son of Andrew Duty, Elizabeth,
dau. of Moses Hale, and Elizabeth, dau.
of James Calf, Aug. 31, 1735.
Samuel,son of Stephen Hidden,Sept.2O.
James, son of Andrew Stickney, Wil-
liam, son of Andrew Stickney, and Jona-
than, son of Moses Wheeler, Sept. 28.
1735-6.
Mary, dau. of Joseph Gerrish, and Mer-
cy, dau. of Sam u Lull, Jan. 4, 1735-6.
Hepzibah,dau. of Sam u Killburnjan.n.
Hannah,dau. of Jonathan Burpe,Feb.i5.
Joseph, son of David W T oodman, Feb. 29.
Sarah, dau. of Edmund Cheney, and
John, son of Elkanah Lunt, Feb. 7.
Judith,dau. of Richard Stuartt, Mar. 14.
1736.
Mary, dau. of John Plumer, Apr. 18.
Samuell,son of the Widow Sarah Adams,
and Abigail, dau. of Joseph Noyes, May 16.
Samuell, son of Jonathan Stickney,
May 30, 1736.
Mehitabel, dau. of Ens. Benj. Pearson,
June 13, 1736.
Sarah, dau. of Sam 11 Jewett, and Eliza-
beth, dau. of Aaron Dresser, July 18.
BYFIELD BAPTISMS.
Samuel, son of Nath u Dumer, July 25.
Samuell, son of Dea. Sam u Moody, Sept.
5, 1736.
Jedidiah, son of Joseph Russell, Sept.i 2.
Richard, son of William Tenney, Oct. 3.
Samuel, son of James Calf, and Bethya,
dau. of Jno. Danford, jr., Oct. 17, 1736.
Sarah, dau. of Nathan Plumer, Nov.28.
John, son of Wm. Turner, Dec. 5.
Hannah, dau. of Nich. Cheny, and
Joshua, son of Stephen Stickney, Dec. 12.
Sarah, dau. of Enoch Dole, Dec. 19.
Betty,dau. of Jonathan Whitter,Dec.26.
1736-7.
John, son of Joshua Noyes, Jan. 16.
Sarah, dau. of James Lacount, Jan. 23.
Rebecca, dau. of Nathan Wheeler, and
Mary, dau. of Timo. Jackman, Feb. 13.
Benjamin, son of Benj. Stickney, jr.,
Mar. 6, 1736-7.
Samuel,son of Sam 11 Wallingford,Apr.i6.
Jonathan, son of Jonathan Pearson,
Feb. 27, 1736-7.
1737-
A child of Samuell Stickney, June 5 .
Elizabeth, dau. of Moses Hale, jr., and
Sarah, dau. of John Stewart, July 17.
Joseph, son of Samuell Poor, and Sam-
uelJ, son of Jonathan Thurlo, July 24.
Samuell, son of David Woodman, Aug.
21, 1737.
Pheebe, dau. of Sam u Dickinson, jr., and
Sarah, dau. of Sam 11 Hovey, Sept. 1 1 .
Oliver, son of Aaron Dresser, Sept. 18.
Elizabeth, dau. of Andrew Duty, Oct. 2.
Moses, son of Humphry Pierce, and
Luke, son of Caleb Burbank, Oct. 9.
Jane, dau. of Moses Wheeler, Oct. 30.
Sarah, dau. of Benj. Plumer, Nov. 6.
Elkanah, son of Elkanah Lunt, Nov. 13.
Hannah, dau. of Sam u Lull, Dec. 4.
1737-8.
Daniel, son of Joseph Noyes, Feb. 5.
Elizabeth, dau. of Benjamin Poor, Feb.
12, 1737-8.
Benj., son of Richard Stewartt, Mar.ia.
Jane, dau. of Bartholomew Pearson, and
Samuell, son of Jno. Danford, jr., Mar. 19.
1738.
Hephzibah, dau. of Jonathan Burpe,
Apr. 2, 1738.
59
Ruth, dau. of Joseph Swett, and Moses,
son of Jonathan Stickney, May 31.
Moses, son of Josiah Smith, July 16.
Solomon, son of David Pearson, Aug.6.
Ann, dau. of Jonath n Pearson, Aug. 27.
Paul, son of Dea. Sam u Moody, Sept.i 7.
William, son of William Turner, Oct.22.
Ann, dau. of Enoch Dole, and Joseph,
son of Sam u Danforth, Nov. 5, 1738.
Ebenezer, son of Clough, Dec. 10.
Daniel, son of Daniel Chapman, Dec.3i.
1738-9-
Hannah, dau. of Sam u Lowell, Jan. 14.
Ruth, dau. of Nathan Plumer, Feb. 4.
Jacob, son of Joseph Gerrish, Feb. n.
Sarah, dau. of Eben Tenny, Feb. 18.
Thomas, son of Benj. Stickney, jr., and
Oliver, son of Stephen Stickney, Feb. 25.
J739-
Joshua, son of Joshua Noyes, Apr. 22.
Jedidiah, son of Sam u Stickney, May 6.
Eunice, dau. of Moses Hale, June 3.
Benjamin, son of Sam 11 Wallingford, and
John, son of Elkanah Lunt, June 10.
Mary, dau. of Nathan Wheeler, jr.,
June 17,1739-
Joseph, son of Joseph Sweatt, and John,
son of Sam u Searl, June 24, 1739.
Ezekiel, son of Sam u Northend, June 8.
Silas, son of Caleb Burbank, July 29.
Samuell, son of Moses Gerrish, Aug. 19.
Sarah, dau. of Sam 11 Lowell, Sept. 9.
John, son of Jonathan Thurlo, Sept. 23.
Dorothy, dau. of Dea. Sam u Moody,
Oct. 14, 1739.
Judith, dau. of Joseph Noyes, Oct. 21.
Elizabeth, dau. of Jno. Stewartt, Nov.n.
Mary, dau. of Jonathan Layton, Benja-
min, son of Abraham Sawyer, and Stephen,
son of Eliphlet Danford, Dec. 2.
Hannah, dau. of Aaron Dresser, and
Abner, son of Mark Moors, jr., Dec. 16.
1739-40.
Abijah, son of Sam 11 Dickinson, Jan. 13.
Richard, son of Bartholomew Pearson,
and Samuel, son of Sam u Jewett, Feb. 10.
1740.
Mehitabel, dau. of Sam u Hovey, and
Sarah, dau. of David Boynton, Apr. 6.
Daniel Boynton and wife ow nd ye Cov*
y e Same Day.
6o
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
Mary, dau. of William Tenney, May 18.
Mary, dau. of Lt. Sam u Northend, July
27, 1740.
Abigail, dau. of Jonathan Pearson, Sept.
7, 1740.
Parker, son of Enoch Dole, Sept. 14.
Ruth, dau. of Sam u Searl, Oct. 5.
Ann, dau. of Jonathan Pearson, jr., Oct.
19, 1740.
Eunice, dau. of Jonathan Stickney, and
Mary, dau. of John Danford, Oct. 26.
Rufus, son of Moses Wheeler, Nov. 23.
Mary, dau. of Joseph Mooers, Dec. 28.
1740-1.
David, son of David Boynton, and
John, son of Jonathan Lay ton, Feb. 23.
Jno. and Mary, children of Daniel
Noyes, and Eliz., dau. of Ben. Stickney,
Mar. 5, 1740-1.
1741.
Noyes, son of David Pearson, Lucy,
dau. of Moses Hale, Isaac, son of Samuel
Stickney, and Eleazer, son of Caleb Bur-
bank, Mar. 29, 1741.
Ruth, dau. of Timothy Jackman, Apr.
12, 1741.
William, son of Moses Woodman, Apr.
26, 1741.
A child of Abraham Brown, May 17.
Sarah, dau. of Nathan Wheeler, and
Eunice, dau. of Joshua Noyes, May 31.
Joseph, son of Joseph Noyes, July 19.
William,son of Dea. Sam 11 Moody, Aug.9.
Edmund Tenney, son of Abenezer
Tenny, and Eliz., dau. of Sam 11 Hovey,
Sept. 27, 1741.
Sarah, dau. Sam 1 Poor, Oct. 25.
Martha, dau. of Joseph Gerrish, Nov. i.
Amos, son of Sam 11 Jewett, and Oliver,
son of Sam 11 Dickinson, jr., Dec. 13.
1741-2.
Anne and Mehitabel, daughters of Wil-
liam Turner, Jan. 3, 1741-2.
Joseph, son of Joseph Hale, and Eliza-
beth, dau. of Sam u Lowell, Jan. 10.
Jane, dau. of Jno. Danford, jr., Jan. 17.
John, son of Jno. Lull, jr., William, son
of Moses Gerrish, Elias, son of Moses
Cheney, and John Coarsar, jr., an adult
person, Feb. 28, 1741-2.
Moses, son of Moses Ritter, Mar. 7.
1742,
John, son of Aaron Dresser, Mar. 28.
Ann, dau. of William Longfellow, Jo-
seph, son of Joseph Carr, and Benjamin,
son of John Noyes, May 2, 1742.
Phebe, dau. of Bartholomew Pearson,
May , 1742.
Hannah, dau. of John Stewartt, May-.
Enoch, son of Enoch Noyes, June 13.
A child of Abia Sawyer, June , 1742.
Ednah, dau. of Benj. Plumer, July n.
Abraham, son of Joseph Sweat, July 25.
Edward, son of Jonathan Pearson, jr.,
and Abner, son of Moses Woodman, Aug.
i, 1742.
William, son of Andrew Duty, Aug. 15.
Abigail, dau. of Francis Wooster, and
Jno., son of my son Moses Hale, Nov. 7.
Samuel,son of Sam 11 Woodbury, Dec. 19.
1742-3-
Mark, son of Jonathan Thurlo, Jan. 2.
Jonathan, son of Jonathan Layton, Jan.
16, 1742-3-
Sam u , son of David Boynton, and Abi-
gail, dau. of Jer. Adams, Feb. 6.
David,son of Caleb Burbank, and Mary,
dau. of Jeremiah Poor, Feb. 13, 1742-3.
Mary, dau. of Edmund Cheney, jr.,
Mar. 6, 1742-3.
1743.
Reuben, son of David Pearson, Apr.io.
Mehitable and Aphia, children of Jno.
Duty, May i, 1743.
Elizabeth, dau. of Moses Pearson, May
22, 1743.
Jeremy, son of Richard Stewartt, and
Susanna, dau. of Jno. Lull, May 29.
Sarah, dau. of Mark Moors, jr., June 5.
Lois, dau. of Sam 11 Danford, and Sarah,
dau. of Nath 1 Burbank, June 26, 1743.
Sarah, dau. of Benj. Stickney, July 17.
Lemuel, son of Joseph Noyes, Aug. 21.
Nathan, son of Moses Hale, jr., Sept.-.
Mehitabel, dau. of Samuel Northend,
Oct. 2, 1743.
Samuel, son of Samuel Stickney, and
Mary, dau. of my son Moses Hale, Nov.
6, 1743.
Stephen, son of Stephen Stickney, and
Hannah, dau. of Abram Brown, Nov. 13.
Sarah, dau. of Joseph Carr, Nov. 20.
LOMBARDY POPLARS.
61
THE OLD CELLAR.
The olden home is now no more,
The house, the barn, the well-sweep old,
With the old folks are things of yore,
Forgotten as the years have rolled.
Uncovered now the cellar walls
The tangled briers have overhung,
And snow, as swiftly down it falls,
Into the crevices is flung.
Upon this waste of barrenness,
Now only rocky pasture ground,
The walls though every year grown less,
Show where the road in old times wound.
But poplars from old Lombardy
In silence rear their heads of snow,
Half dead, half living, seemingly,
Survivors of the long ago.
LOMBARDY POPLARS.
The Lombardy poplar trees are re-
markable for their straight trunks and the
nearly vertical growth of their branches.
From remote times they have been in-
habitants of Kashmir, the Punjab, and
Persia, and from that region they were
carried to Southern Europe.
): Their popular name is derived from
their abundance along the banks of the
Po and other rivers of Lombardy. .<.*^$H
They were introduced into France in
1749; and from thence into the United
States about 1790. While envoy to
France, Thomas Jefferson noticed the
unique use of these trees in marking the
course of turnpike roads and was struck
with the luxuriance of their foliage. Fie
encouraged their introduction into the
United States, and they soon became
common as marking the sides of turn-
pikes and boundaries of public squares.
The Salem and Boston turnpike corpora-
tion voted May 4, 1802, to set the trees
on both sides of their road. The New-
buryport and Boston turnpike corporation
also had some set out. When Salem
common was levelled in 1802, there was
a nursery adjoining thereto, in what is
now Winter street, containing a large
number of these trees, and they were set
out along the borders of the square. The
people soon discovered that they were
not trees of beauty ; and the great Sep-
tember gale of 1815 completed the
desire to have them removed. They were
either uprooted or broken down by the
terrific wind, and were banished from the
common, the present elm antf other trees
being set out in their places in 1817.
If these poplars were beautiful in France
and Italy, they were not found to be so
in New England. They were not suitable
for our rigorous climate, and soon began
to show indication of decay, dead
branches appearing more and more fre-
quently.
Political feeling was so strong in the
old Jeffersonian days that these poplars
were condemned by the Federalists on
account of Jefferson having been in-
strumental in introducing them. Some
of the Republicans planted these trees in
front of their residences to show their alle-
giance to Jeffersonian principles, and the
enraged Federalists were guilty of injur-
ing and destroying them. This was true
in Salem in 1801 in several instances, the
mischief being of course done under cov-
er of darkness. Capt. Samuel Very, who
lived at Buffum's corner, offered a reward
of twenty dollars for the conviction of the
person or persons who injured the trees
before his house.
For a few years the setting out of these
trees was a fad, which had its short run.
Few of the old trees remain, even in de-
cay, some being found on sections of the
turnpike roads, and a few in Beverly and
Groveland, and on the Pickman farm in
Salem. They are sometimes found by
old cellars on deserted homesteads, tall
and erect and apparently dead, standing
like grim sentinels in a dreary vigil.
The fancy for these trees has slightly
revived during the last two or three
years, and they have been set out in
Beverly, Newburyport and other places.
NOTE.
Benjamin, son of Benjamin and Lydia
Abbot, born in Andover June 25, 1763.
Andover town records.
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
ADAMS GENEALOGY,
Continued from page 45.
85
MOSES ADAMS*, born in Newbury Jan.
17, 1736-7. He was a yeoman, and lived
in Newbury. He married Ruth Palmer
Feb. 6, 1760; and died Sept 16, 1817, at
the age of eighty.
Children, born in Newbury :
239 i. ELIZABETH 5 , b. Aug. 31, 1761; living
in 1816; and d. unmarried.
240 II. RuTH 5 , b. March 24, 1763 ; m. Joseph
Thurlow of Newbury March 25,
1783-
241 HI. HANNAH*, b. Nov. 6, 1764; m. Jos-
eph Russell, jr., of Newbury Oct.
J 9> !797> living in 1816.
242 iv. SUSANNA 5 , b. Aug. i, 1766; m. Jona-
than Merrill, jr., of Methuen March
29, 1800; and was living in 1816.
243 v. EUNICE 5 , b. Aug. 21, 1768; m. Na-
than Longfellow Feb. 24, 1814.
244 vi. MosES 5 , b. Oct. 10, 1770. See below
(244).
245 vn. EZRA, b. Jan. 31, 1773. See below
246 viii. DUDLEY S , b. April 14, 1775; d. Oct.
3, 1778.
247 ix. EDNA 5 , b. Sept. 20, 1778; m. Eben-
ezer Adams (227).
248 x. DUDLEY 5 , b. Aug. 16, 1781; d., un-
married, Dec. 29, 1852.
249 xi. ZiLPHA 5 , b. June 8, 1786; d. Aug. n,
1809.
86
EDMUND ADAMS*, born in Newbury Oct.
24, 1 740. He was a yeoman, and resided
in his native town until 1788, when he re-
moved to Londonderry, N. H. He mar-
ried, first, in Newbury, Hannah Thurston
Nov. 22, 1764. She died Sept. 12, 1807 \
and he married, second, a widow Kimball.
He died Jan. 18, 1825, aged eighty-four.
Children, born in Newbury :
250 i. JAMES 5 , b. May 5, 1765; m. Anna
Green Jan. 24, 1793.
251 II. JANE 5 , b. Jan. 2, 1767; d. young.
252 in. AMOS S , b. May 10, 1768; was killed
in a saw-mill Nov. 13, 1813.
253 IV. PATIENCE 5 , b. July 16, 1770; d. July
20, 1806.
254 v. JANE 5 , b. Feb. 13, 1773; m. Daniel
Marsh Dec. 31, 1794.
255 vi. HANNAH 5 , b. Feb. 8, 1775; d - Jne
5 1795-
256 vn. EDMUND 5 , b. May 14, 1777; m. Eliz-
abeth Carr in 1808.
257 viii. RICHARD 5 , b. Nov. 14, 1779.
258 ix. BENJAMIN 5 , b. May 31, 1782; d. in
Havanna Sept. 21, 1811.
259 X. JACOB 5 , b. Jan. 14, 1785; d., unmar-
ried, Aug. 10, 1823. He founded
the Adams Female Academy in
Londonderry.
87
ROBERT ADAMSS, born in Newbury Nov.
24, 1717. He was a yeoman, and lived
in Newbury, where he died Aug. 24, 1785,
aged sixty-seven. He married Love Jaques
of Newbury Sept. 7, 1738.
Children born in Newbury :
260 I. JOSEPH 6 , b. in 1738; m. Elizabeth At-
kinson Feb. 22, 1768 ; lived in New-
bury; yeoman ; and d. in Newbury
May 30, 1790. His wife survived
him. They probably had no chil-
dren.
261 n. HENRY 6 , b. Feb. 15, 1741. See below
(261}.
262 in. ABRAHAM 6 , b. Oct. 2, 1746; black-
smith; lived in Newburyport; m.
Judith Little of Newbury July 12,
1774; and had no children. He d.
in Newburyport April 3, 1801 ; and
his widow married, secondly, Joseph
Noyes.
263 iv. MOLLY 6 , b. May 10, 1750; m. Antho-
ny Morse of Newburyport (pub.
Jan. i, 1768); and died Feb. ,
1838, aged eighty-seven.
264 v. ABIGAIL*, b. June 27, 1753 ; d. un-
married.
265 vi. DANIEL 6 , b. Nov. 24, 1756. See below
90
BENJAMIN ADAMSS, born in Newbury April
20, 1724. He married Abigail Kendrick.
Children :
266 I. ABRAHAM 6 , living in 1771.
267 II. DANIEL 6 .
268 - III. ISAAC 6 .
269 IV. CALEB 6 .
270 v. ABIGAIL 6 , d. March 21, 1855.
271 vi. SAMUEL 6 , b. June 7, 1759; m. Cath-
arine Fenno May 31, 1781; was a
wire worker ; lived in Boston ; and
d. March 31, 1796, aged thirty-six.
9 2
CHARLES ADAMSS, born in Newbury
Nov. 4, 1729. He was a laborer, and
lived in his native town and in Newbury-
port. He married, first, Rebecca Adams
(98) of Newbury Jan. 25, 1753. She
died in 1758, aged twen ty- eight ; and he
ADAMS GENEALOGY.
married, second, Mary Hills Dec. 18,
1760. He died Jan. 9, 1802, aged sev-
enty-two, and his widow Mary died Dec.
26, 1805, at the age of seventy.
Children :
2721.
27311.
stillborn Oct. 22, 1761.
JACOB 6 , b. July 17, 1764, in Newbury.
See below (^7j).
274 in. AMOS G , b. April 25, 1768, in Newbury-
port ; was a shipbuilder ; settled in
St. John, N. B., in 1791 ; m. Sally
Whitney Nov. 3, 1799; and had
nine children. She d. Nov. 13,
1827, aged fifty-nine ; and he d. Sept.
8, 1853.
275 IV. SMITH 6 , b. Feb. 22, 1771, in New-
bury. See below (.275).
276 V. REBECCA 6 , b. Feb. I, 1775, in New-
bury port ; m. Samuel Davis ( Dresser
pub.) Nov. 24, 1797; and d. April
23, 1848, aged seventy-three. He
d. Jan. 5, 1836, aged sixty-nine. He
was a barber.
277 VI. MARY", b. March 28, 1778, in New-
buryport; m. Robert Morse April 29,
1806; and lived in Boston. He was
a house carpenter, and d. Jan. 10,
1836, aged fifty-two. She d. Nov.
1 8, 1855, aged seventy-seven.
278 vii. MARTHA 6 , b. Jan. 17, 1782, in New-
bury; m., first, Obadiah Short Nov.
11,1805. He was a carpenter, and
d. Nov. 20, 1805, aged twenty-seven
years, only nine days after his mar-
riage. She m., second, Edmund
Smith Nov. 18, 1810. He was a
rope-maker. She d. Sept. 29, 1846,
aged sixty-four ; and Mr. Smith d.
June 14, 1849, aged sixty-three.
96
SARAH ADAMS$, born in Newbury Aug.
7, 1743. She married Isaac Adams, an
Englishman (published, both of Newbury,
Oct. 15, 1774). They lived in Newbury.
Children, born in Newbury :
279 i. ELEANOR 6 , b. April 25, 1779; m. Mo-
ses Hale.
280 ii. THOMAS**, b. July 23, 1784; m., first,
Mary Leach June 5, 1805 ; second,
Sarah Saunders Oct. 18, 1813.
IOO
CAPT. ISRAEL ADAMS*, born in Newbury
March 22, 1734-5. He was a husband-
man, and lived in his native town. He
married Deborah Jaques of Newbury Nov.
u, 1779; and died Jan. 4, 1812, aged
seventy-six. She died May 20, 1837,
aged ninety-nine.
Child :
2811. POLLY', b. Aug. 27, 1782, in New-
bury ; living in 1812.
IOI
LIPHE ADAMS*, bom in Newbury May 8,
1736. He was a yeoman, and lived in
Newbury. He married Mary Boynton of
Newbury May 14, 1775 j and died Sept.
30, 1801, aged sixty-five. She died, his
widow, in Newburyport, Feb. 7, 1822,
aged seventy-three.
Children, born in Newbury :
2821. EUNICE 6 , b. Aug. 3, 1775; was un-
married in 1820.
283 n. SARAH 6 (twin), b. Dec. 10, 1777; m.
Moses Kent of Newburyport Feb.
18, 1795.
284 in. ANNA 6 (twin), b. Dec. 10, 1777; d.
in Newbury Sept. 4, 1778.
285 iv. ROBERT 6 , b. May 20, 1787; m., and
had children.
103
CAPT. SILAS ADAMS*, born in Newbury
Feb. 1 6, 1741-2. He lived in Newbury,
and was a cordwainer by trade. After ser-
vice in the Revolution, he married Lucy
Underwood of Newbury Sept. 8, 1779;
and died in Newbury Nov. 15, 1800,
aged fifty-eight. His wife Lucy survived
him ; and married, second, Daniel Dodge ;
dying Sept. 12, 1844.
Children, born in Newbury :
286 i. ANNA 6 , b. July 25, 1780; m. Ezra
Hale of Newbury (pub. Nov. 9,
1799).
287 n. Lucv 6 , b. Oct. 23, 1785; living in
1802.
288 in. CHARLOTTE 6 , b. Dec. 31, 1787; living
in 1802.
105
ROBERT ADAMS*, born in Newbury July
24, 1750. He was a cordwainer and
weaver, and lived in Newbury. He mar-
ried Eunice Little of Newbury July 12,
1 774 ; and died in Newbury Dec. 3, 1776,
aged twenty- six. His widow married,
second, Bradstreet Tyler of Boxford Sept.
18, 1788.
Child :
2891. ROBERT 6 , b. Aug. 14, I77S in New -
bury; was living in 1777; probably
m. Susanna Little of Newbury Oct.
10, 1799; and d. in 1801, leaving an
infant daughter, Eunice.
6 4
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
"3
STEPHEN ADAMS*, born in Rowley Feb.
27, 1728-9. He was a yeoman, and lived in
Topsfield until 1776, when he removed to
Derry, N. H. He removed to Bradford,
Mass, after a year or two, and settled in
Henniker, N. H., just prior to 1788. He
married Susanna Dorman of Topsfield in
1 760. Mr. Adams was a large man, jovial,
wilful and obstinate. His wife died Oct.
15, 1804 ; and he died Jan. 15, 1811.
Children :
2901. JACOB 6 , b. Feb, 23, 1761 ; was a sol-
dier in the Revolution ; m., and had
two children; and d. in New York
March 25, 1841.
291 II. AMELIA**, b. May 26, 1762; became a
Shaker, and lived at Enfield.
292 in. JULIANA 6 , b. Sept. i, 1764; became a
Shaker; and d. Aug. 13, 1812. She
lived at Enfield.
293 iv. HENRY 6 , b, Sept. 2, 1766; became a
Shaker, and lived at Enfield.
294 v. SUSANNA 6 , b. March 28, 1769; d.
Nov. 10, 1776; buried in Groveland,
Mass.
295 vi. DAVID 6 , b. Nov. 5, 1771; d. in Tops-
field, Mass., Nov. 10, 1771.
296 VII. DAVID 6 , b. Nov. 8, 1772; settled in
Orange, Vt., in 1799; and d. there
Feb. , 1858. He had nine chil-
dren.
297 viii. ELIJAH 6 , b. Dec. 9, 1774; d. in Tops-
field, Mass., Jan. 9, 1775.
298 IX. ISRAEL 6 , b. Jan. 25, 1776; m. Betsey
Sargent of Henniker Feb. 12, 1811 ;
separated from her ; and, taking two
of their four children, went to Bal-
timore, Md., thence to New Or-
leans, La.
299 x. SUSANNA 6 , b. Oct. 17, 1779; m. Bar-
zilla Hay ward Dec. 4, 1803 ; and d.
in Grantham.
300 xi. ENOCH 6 , b. Jan. 5, 1783; m. Eunice
Whiddon of Canterbury; and re-
moved to Sangerville, Me., thence to
Amestown in 1813. She d. March
5> 1855; and he d. in Amestown
Aug. 8, 1860. They had five children.
116
CAPT. BENJAMIN ADAMS*, born in Rowley
Nov. 20, 1735. He lived in that part of
Rowley now Georgetown, in the Clark
house on Haverhill street, and carried on
the farm. He was known generally as
" Lawyer Ben Adams " because of his pug-
nacity and fondness for litigation. " Cap-
tain Mirabeau " was another familiar so-
briquet. He received this on account
of a fancied resemblance to the famous
French advocate. He was captain of in-
fantry in several campaigns in the Revolu-
tion, being on duty in Rhode Island and
New York in 1777 ; and was representa-
tive to the general court in 1778 and 1780.
He married Mary Harriman ; and they re-
moved to Ohio, with their family of chil-
dren about 1812, with great wagons loaded
with their household goods. Some years
afterward the son, who had become a
physician, returned to his old home on a
visit, driving a superb pair of horses, which
created a sensation in the parish.
Children born in Rowley :
301 I, MARTHA 6 , b. April I, 1760; d. Dec.
10, 1766.
30211. MARY 6 , b. Nov. 29, 1761 ; d. Dec. 7,
1766.
303 III. CATHERINE 6 , b. Nov. 19, 1764,
304 iv. SAMUEL 6 , b. Sept. 5, 1767.
305 v. PATTY 6 , b. Aug. 5, 1770.
123
REV. PHINEAS ADAMS*, born in Rowley
March 3, 1742-3. He graduated at Har-
vard college in 1762, receiving the degree
of A. M. in 1766. He became a clergy-
man, and was ordained over the church in
West Haverhill Jan. 9, 1771. During the
investment of Boston by General Washing-
ton, after the battle of Bunker Hill, the
patriotism of this provincial pastor was
shown by the contribution of his twenty
or more head of cattle, which were driven
to Cambridge to be slaughtered for the
army. Mr. Adams had mild and concilia-
tory manners, an amiable disposition, and
sound sense, and was an extensive reader.
He died in his pastoral office Nov. 15,
1 80 1. He married Priscilla Perkins of
Rowley May 9, 1771.
124
CAPT. BENJAMIN ADAMS*, born in Row-
ley March i, 1746-7. He was a tanner,
and was known as " Tanner Adams." He
lived in that part of Rowley which is now
Georgetown in the " Temperance house."
This was the first house to be painted
white in what is now Georgetown, and for
this reason was esteemed to be a " rather
ADAMS GENEALOGY.
aristocratic mansion." He married, first,
Sarah Spofford of Georgetown Dec. 4,17 70.
She died Nov. 4, 1776, aged twenty- five;
and he married, second, Betsey Woodman
of Bradford May 21,1778. She died Jan.
n, 1816; and he died Jan. 10, 1821,
aged seventy- three.
Children, born in Rowley :
306 I. JOSEPH 6 ', b. Aug. 20, 1771; was a
tanner by trade ; lived in the " Wal-
lingford house " in Boxford ; m. Ju-
dith Lane ; and d. in Boxford, of
consumption, Nov. 19, 1812. She
survived him, and d. his widow.
They had a daughter die in infancy.
307 li. BENJAMIN 6 , b. June 14, 1773 > m - Lois
Perley of Boxford May 17, 1 798 ;
and lived in what is now George-
town. They had eight children. She
d. Jan. 22, 1842, aged seventy; and
he d. Jan. 2,1852, aged seventy-eight.
308 HI. ABRAHAM 6 , b. July 2O, 1776; d., of
consumption, while a student in At-
kinson (N. H.) academy Aug. 20,
1791, aged fifteen.
309 IV. SALLY 6 , b. June i, 1780; m. Maj.
Paul Nelson of Georgetown March
26, 1818.
310 v. SAMUEL, b. May 23, 1784 ; m. Nancy
Wheelwright of Newburyport, and
had no 'children. He graduated at
H. C., 1806; was teacher in the
Salem high school, and preceptor of
Dummer academy for two or three
years; was twice representative to
the general court from Rowley, once
as senator; and d. Oct. 23 (26?),
1821. His widow married, second,
her cousin, Wheelwright.
311 vi. JESSE 6 , b. July 6, 1789; was taken
sick in Baltimore, Md., and brought
home, where he d., of consumption,
Feb. 10, 1816, aged twenty-six.
136
CAPT. STEPHEN ADAMS*, born in New-
bury May 5, 1 760, lived in his native town,
being a yeoman. He married, first, Sarah
Adams (148) of Newbury Dec. 25, 1783.
She died in Newbury Sept. 20, 1800, aged
thirty-eight ; and he married, second, her
sister, Rebecca Adams (145). His wives
were daughters of Rev. Benjamin Adams
of Lynnfield. He died Feb. 8, 1838,
aged seventy-seven.
Children, born in Newbury :
312 i. PoLLY 6 , b. April 15, 1785.
313 II. GiBBiNS 6 , b. Jan. 14, 1787; living in
1837-
314111. SAMUEL 6 , b. Oct. 7, 1788; living in
1837-
315 iv. MARIA 6 , b. May 25, 1790 ; d. young.
316 v. STEPHEN 6 , b. April 22, 1792 ; living
in 1837.
317 vi. MARIA 6 , b. July 13, 1794; m. Col.
Josiah Titcomb of Newbury.
318 vii. SARAH 6 , b. July 11, 1796.
319 vni. SEWALL 6 , b. April 21, 1798; lived in
Derry, N. H. ; had children, and d.
before 1837.
146
DR. BENJAMIN ADAMS*, born in Lynnfield
Sept. 7, 1758. He was a physician; and
after practising medicine in Amherst, N.
H., a short time returned to Lynnfield,
where he was a physician for many years.
He married Lois Orne of Salem ; and died
Jan. 1 6, 1811. His wife survived him.
Children :
320 i. EDWARD Aucusrus 6 , b. March 24,
1794 ; d. March 8, 1796.
321 n. EDWARD AUGUSTUS 6 , b. Jan. 31,
1797; d. Feb. 14, 1797.
322 HI. DELIA AUGUSTA", b. June 13, 1804 ;
d. May 30, 1805.
323 iv. BENJAMIN PERKINS", b. Nov. 7, 1809;
d. Nov. 13, 1809.
150
JOSEPH ADAMS*, born in Lynnfield Apri
n, 1769. He lived in Danvers; and
married Martha Webb of that place (pub.
March 21, 1795).
Children, born in Danvers :
324 i. PATTY", b. April 5, 1796.
325 n. REBECCA 6 , b. July 23, 1799; d. Aug.
10, 1799.
326 in. JOSEPH 6 , b. July 27, 1800.
154
ENOCH ADAMS$, born in Newbury July
n, 1752. He was a sadler, and lived in
his native town until his marriage with
Sarah Bragg of Andover Aug. 6, 1 778. At
that time he sold his house and land in
Byfield parish, and bought a house in An-
dover. He lived there, and was an inn-
holder. His wife Sarah was living in
1790. He married, secondly, Lydia
Moody of Newbury Jan. 30, 1803.
Children, born in Andover :
327 i. ENOCH 6 , b. June 23, 1779.
328 n. JOHN EMERY", b. Dec. 5, 1780.
329 in. SARAH 6 , b. Nov. 17, 1782.
330 iv. DoLLY 6 , b. Nov. 17, 1784.
331 V. JOSEPH 6 , b. April 4, 1788.
66
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
155
NATHAN ADAMS*, born in Newbury May
i, 1755. He was of Newbury, gentleman,
1777; of Danvers, joiner, 1783; of An-
dover, joiner, 1784; of Danvers, clock
maker, 1786; and, it is said, soon after
1791 left New England. He married
Elizabeth Poor Dec. i, 1785.*
Children, born in Andover :
332 i. ELIZABETH 6 , b. Aug. 18, 1786; d.
Sept. 29, 1788.
333 ii. NATHAN 6 , b. Jan. 28, 1788.
334 in. ELIZABETH 6 , b. Sept. 21, 1790.
160
SAMUEL ADAMS*, baptized in Byfield par-
ish May 1 6, 1736. He was a cordwainer ;
and lived in Bradford. He married Mary
Stickney, in Bradford, Sept. 15, 1764. She
died in Bradford Jan. 3, 1802; and he
died there March 29, 1814.
Child :
335 I. SAMUEL 6 , b. Sept. 12, 1767, in Brad-
ford. See below (jjj).
173
ISRAEL ADAMS*, born in Rowley April
15, 1748. He lived in his native town,
in that part now Georgetown, on the north
side of Pentucket pond, and, for that rea-
son, was known as " Pond Israel." In
1 800, he sold the farm of eighty-four acres
to Benjamin Jacobs of Henniker, N. H.,
and removed to Maine. He married, first,
Elizabeth Searl of Rowley (pub. Feb. 3,
1790) ; and second, Hannah Kimball of
Rowley (pub. March 23, 1790). She was
living in 1800.
Child :
336 i. JOHN 6 , b. Feb. 21, 1784.
To be continued.
*When a young man Nathan Adams worked
for, and lived with, Ezra Batchelder, of Danvers,
a clockmaker, and finally married his daughter
Joanna, removing to Wiscasset, Me. It is said
that he had a large family, among whom were
Betsey, who married - - Smith of Pittston, Me.;
Julia, who married Stinson, and was living
in Wiscassett, Me., in 1887, at the age of eighty-
six ; Mary, who married Hall, and lived in
Wiscassett ; Lydia, who married Greenleaf,
and lived in Wiscassett ; Jefferson, who married
in Massachusetts, and died in California ; Sam-
uel and Joseph, who were sea-captains, and died
abroad. Nelson D. Adams, Washington, D. C.
WILL OF LIONELL CHUTE.
The will of Lionell Chute of Ipswich,
dated 4: 7 mo: 1644, was proved in
court at Ipswich 7 : 9 mo: 1645. The
original instrument has not been found,
and the following copy is from the record
in Ipswich deeds, book i, leaf 15.
The fourth day of the feaventh month
Anno Dm 1644 I Lionell Chute of the
Towne oflpfw ch in New England School-
mafter doe make & ordayne this my laft
will & Teftament (revoking all form wills
by me made. Item I give vnto Rofe my
wife for terme of her naturall life, all this
my dwelling howfe with the Barne &all
the edifices : (the two chambers over the
howfe & entry only excepted which I
will that James my fonne fhall have to
his only vfe for the Terme of one yeare
next after my deceafe with free ingreffe,
egreffe, & regreffe & w th the yards, gar-
dens, the home-lott & planting lott pur-
chaffed of m r . Bartlemew with the Com-
onage and appurtenances therevnto be-
longing. And after my wives deceafe ;
I give the faid howfe, barne, lotts &
p r emiffes with all thappurtenances vnto
James Chute my fonne & to his heires.
Item I give vnto my faid fonne James
Chute & to his heires for ever all & fin-
gular my other lands, lotts, meadow
grounds marifhes, with all & finguler
their appurtnances & pfitts whatfoever
ymdiatly after my deceafe. And I giue
more vnto James Chute my fonne (over
& above all things before given him) my
heffer that is now at goodman white's
farme, & my yonge steere. Item I give
him all my books, with all things in my
cheft and white boa; my deepe box with
the lock & key ; one chaire : foure hogf-
heads : two Coombfacks two flockbedds
two flock bolfters two feather pillows :
one rugg two Coverlets : two blanketts :
my cafting nett : my filver fpoone : all my
owne wearing apparrell, and that which
was his brother Nathaniells : and three
paire of fheets, three pillow beeres two ta-
ble chothes : foure towells : fix table nap-
kins : and the one halfe of the braffe &
pewter, & working tooles : & five buihels
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF THE REVOLUTION.
of englifh wheat. Item I give vnto my
trend Jofeph Moffe five fhillings Item
1 give vnto the poore of the Church of
Ipfwich Twenty fhillings to be diftrib-
uted by the Deacons Item my meaning
is that my wife fhall haue my cheft after
that James hath empted it. Item all the
reft of my goods howfhold fluff, Cattell,
& chattells whatfoever vnbequeathed
(my debts & legacies being discharged
& paid) I will that Rofe my wife fhall
have the free vfe of them for terme of her
life : but the remainder of them at the tyme
of her deceafe over & above the valewe of
five pounds fterling I glue vnto James
Chute my fonne & to his heires & af-
fignes Item I make Rofe my wife executrix
of this my lafc will &Teftament. And in
witneffe that this is my deed I have here-
vnto fett my hand and feale in the p r fence
or thefe witnesses herevnder written.
Marke Simonds Lionell Chute
Jofeph Morfe.
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF THE
REVOLUTION.
Continued from page 2f.
JAMES ANICE of Andover ; priv., Capt.
Joshua Holt's co., which marched on
alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cambridge;
service, T ^ dys.
JACOB ANICEO of Andover ; list of men
enl. into Continental Army [year not
given] .
JOHN ANIES of Andover; list of men
raised for 6 mos. service and returned by
Brig.-gen. Paterson as having passed mus-
ter, in a return dated Camp Totoway, Oct.
25, 1780.
JOHN ANIS of Andover ; pay roll for 6
mos. men raised by Andover for service
in the Continental Army during 1 780 ;
marched June 26, 1780; dis. Jan. i,
1781 ; service, 6 mos., 16 dys.
JACOB ANNABLE of Ipswich ; priv., Capt.
Robert Dodge's co., Col. Jonathan Tit-
comb's reg. ;enl. April 25, 1777 ; service,
2 mos., 8 dys., at Rhode Island. Roll
dated Warren.
JOHN ANNABLE of Ipswich ; priv., Capt.
Robert Dodge's co., Col. Jonathan Tit-
67
comb's reg.; marched April 25, 1777;
service, 2 mos., 8 dys., at Rhode Island ;
roll dated Warren; also, Capt. James
Mallon's co., Essex co. reg; enl. Oct. 3,
1779; dis. Nov. 10, 1779; service, i
mo., 10 dys., at Castle Island under Maj.-
gen. Hancock.
JOSEPH ANNABLE of Newburyport ; priv.,
Capt. Moses NowelPs co., Col. Titcomb's
reg.; enl.May4, 1777; dis. July 4, 1777;
service, 2 mos., 9 dys. ; arrived at Provi-
dence, R. I., May 4, 1777.
JACOB ANNAS of Andover ; Capt. Charles
Furbush's co., Col. Ebenezer Bridge's
reg. ; order for bounty coat dated Camp
at Cambridge, Nov. 21, 1775; <*ko, or-
der for remuneration for losses at Bunker
Hill, June 17, 1775, dated Tewksbury,
Jan. 23, 1777 ; also, return of men raised
agreeable to resolve of Dec. 2, 1780 ; enl.
Feb. i, 1781 ; enl., 3 yrs.
ABRAHAM ANNES of Methuen; priv.,
Capt. Eliphalet Bodwell's co., Col. Ed-
ward Wigglesworth's reg. ; pay;abstract for
mileage from Albany home, dated Dec.,
1776.
EZRA ANNES of Andover ; priv. ; Capt.
Samuel Johnson's co., Col. Wiggles-
worth's reg.; pay abstract for travel al-
lowance from Albany home, dated March
7, 1777-
ABRAHAM ANNESS of Methuen; Capt.
John Davis' co., Col. James Frye's reg. ;
returns dated Camp at Cambridge, May
17 and June 8, 1775 ; also, priv.; co. re-
turn dated Cambridge, Oct. 5, 1775.
ABRAHAM ANNIS of Methuen ; return of
men enl. into Continental Army from
Capt. Jones' (2d) co., Essex co. reg.,
dated Methuen, Feb. 13, 1778; joined
Capt. Wiley's co., Col. Jackson's reg;
enl. to expire Jan. i, 1780; also, Capt.
John Wiley's co., Col. Michael Jackson's
reg. ; return dated April 9, 1779 > reported,
killed Oct. 7, 1777.
EBENEZER ANNIS of Gloucester; pri-
vate, Capt. Barnabas Dodge's co., Col.
Samuel Gerrish's (later Baldwin's) reg. ;
muster roll dated Aug. i, 1775 ; enl. May
2 4> J 775 ; service, 9 weeks, 6 dys. ; also,
return of men sick and absent, dated
68
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
Aug. ii, 1775; also, return of men in
service Aug., 1775, dated Chelsea; also,
co. return dated Chelsea, Oct. 2, 1775 ;
a tso, order for bounty coat dated Chel-
sea, Dec. 27, 1775; also, Capt. William
Pearson's (3d) co. ; enl. Jan.20,i776 ; dis.
Nov. 18, 1776; stationed at Gloucester.
To be continued.
QUERIES.
Queries are inserted for one cent a word.
Answers are solicited.
142. Wanted, names of parents of
Hannah Dodge (of Wenham?), married,
1785 or 1786, Benjamin Dunbar, Hing-
ham. Her father's supposed name was
Israel.
Boston. G. E. B.
143. William Bucknam, born 1690,
son of Joses, senior, moved from Maiden,
possibly to Essex county. He probably
had grandson David, who lived in Salem,
and married a Maiden woman. Who was
David's father, and what other children
did William have? Was Gen. Edwards
Bucknam (born, Athol, 1741, lived in
Lunenburgh, and later one of the founders
of Lancaster, N. H.) son of one of Wil-
liam's sons?
Boston. G. L. G.
144. Wanted, ancestry of Samuel
Robinson, who came from Rowley to Ken-
nebunk, 1730. c. T. BARBOUR.
49 Neal St., Portland, Me.
145. John Barbour, with sons John and
James, came to Portland from York, 1716.
When did they go to York, and from
where? c. T. BARBOUR.
49 Neal St., Portland, Me.
146. Daniel Lamb, appraiser of a mare
taken up by Moses Gerrish, Ipswich, June
19, 1676, is unknown to me. Any men-
tion of him or any other Lamb on early
Essex records gratefully received and re-
ciprocated.
Westfield, N. Y. F. B. L.
147. Wanted, ancestry of Joseph Cof-
fin, married in Boston to Abigail Thomas
Aug. n, 1730.
Newburyport. M. B.
ANSWERS.
14. Thomas Clouston, mariner, was of
Newburyport in 1790, and Robert Claus-
ton, housewright, of Salem in 1806. Were
these members of the Clogston family?
Ed.
48. Mary Tomson was daughter of
John and Elizabeth Tomson, and was born
in Salisbury July 27, 1692. Ed.
in. Hannah Webster* was daughter
of John Webster^, who was son of John 3 ,
son of John 1 . John 1 lived in Ipswich.
His widow and children removed to New-
bury. The son John 2 was born in 1632 ;
and married Anna Batt. Their son John^
born Feb. 11, 1656, married Bridget
Huggins March 9, 1681. Their daughter
Hannah* was born Oct. 5, 1692. Geo.
Frs. Dow, Topsfield.
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AND TRUE DESCRIPTION OF THE COMMODI-
TIES AND DISCOMMODITIES OF THAT COUN-
TRY. Writtey By a Reverend Divine There
Resident. London, 1630. This is a tract
of fifteen pages relating to Salem and the
Colony generally, republished by George
P. Humphrey, Rochester, N. Y., at 25
cents, it being the March number of the
American Colonial Tracts published
monthly by Mr. Humphrey at 3.00 per
year.
JACOB PERKINS.
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
VOL. II. SALEM, MASS., MAY, 1898. No. 5.
THE MANUFACTURE OF NAILS IN ESSEX COUNTY.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY.
FOR more than a century and a half When heated, the end of the rod was
after the settlement of Essex county all rounded to the size desired by being
nails were made by hand. Large quanti- pounded with the hammer on the anvil,
ties were used, and a great deal of manual then pointed or flattened. A little uneven
labor was expended in their manufacture, mass, slightly rounded, was left for the
They were usually forged from strips of head, and on the chisel, by a stroke of the
iron of good quality called nailrod, being hammer, the section was nearly severed
bars rolled at the mills into a size suitable just above the part left for the head. It
for the purpose. Nailrod was flat, about was then re-heated, for being so small the
three-eighths of an inch wide and three- rod cools quickly, and when of the right
sixteenths thick, and remains of that size heat the end was thrust into one of the
at the present day. holes of the "bolster," and severed from
The making of nails has always been the rod by a twist of the hand. The " bol-
the first accomplishment of blacksmith's ster " was held on the anvil in the left
apprentices, who probably made the larg- hand by the end that was not in use, and
er part of the hand-wrought nails used in with the hammer in the right hand the
this county. nail maker drove it to its head, which was
The appliances for hand manufacture quickly formed by a few skillful blows,
were simple and few. A small forge, a The heads were generally oval, round and
small anvil, having a chisel set in it, a from one-half to three-fourths of an inch
hammer, and a "bolster," comprised the in diameter. Sometimes, for special uses,
outfit, with the exception of a pair of the head was made long and narrow, and
tongs with which to handle the nailrod then it was called a " T " head,
when the bar became short. The " bol- Brads and other kinds of small nails as
ster' was a piece of steel, ordinarily well as spikes were made in the same way.
about ten inches in length, one and a Horse-shoe nails required the best Swed-
quarter inches wide, and half an inch ish iron and the most skillful workman-
thick. If only one size of nails was to be ship, as tough and hard hoofs were liable
made by it there was a hole of the size of to break or split them, and thus injure the
the wire of the nail to be made in one end foot.
of it. If two sizes were to be wrought In the early days, large quantities of
with it, there was a different sized hole in nails were imported from England, Bir-
the other end. mingham and its vicinity being the place
The operation was simple, and quickly of their manufacture. They were made
done by a dexterous hand. The rod was there much cheaper than they could be
first heated, which in a hot forge fire was here. But after the trouble with the
done in a moment or two, but generally mother country began, in 1767, 'sheath-
two rods were heating at a time, that no ing and deck nails " were included in the
time might be lost by waiting for a heat, non-importation agreement of the Ameri-
7<D THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
can merchants ; and in January, 1 7 74, the pose to know why and how it ticked. The
Provincial congress recommended, among business of the goldsmith was the making
other things, the manufacture of nails. of gold beads, which were then commonly
The Revolution caused a great scarcity worn by girls and women. Mr. Davis died
of nails, and when the war was over their three years later, and Mr. Perkins, then
manufacture received a great impulse, only fifteen, continued the business, add-
Many of the farmers set up little forges in ing the manufacture of the then popular
their kitchens, and in the long winter shoe-buckles. He was industrious and
evenings and cold stormy days made nails, honest, and soon secured an excellent rep-
the children rendering assistance. So utation. He also made the Portugese joes
many of the people did this that large which were then in circulation. He dis-
quantities of nails were thus produced, covered a new method of plating shoe-
The nailrod was furnished to them by buckles, and was by the new process en-
merchants, to whom the nails were duly abled to undersell all competitors. Before
returned, compensation being made for he was of age he turned his attention to
the work and cost of manufacture. machinery.* When twenty-one, he was
The demand was so great and the hand employed by the master of the Massachu-
method of manufacture so expensive and setts mint to make a suitable die for strik-
slow that American inventors turned their ing copper coins, and the result of his
attention to devising some mechanical genius was the die which formed the old
contrivance that would perform the work, cent bearing the engraving of the eagle
The old world kept on in its old fashioned and the Indian.
methods, and allowed America to produce At the age of twenty-four, in 1790,! he
the first nails made by machinery. invented machines for cutting and heading
Jeremiah Wilkinson of Cumberland, R. nails machines which, with subsequent
I., a manufacturer of hand cards for card- improvements, increased the daily product
ing cotton and wool, about 1775 adopted of one man's labor from one thousand nails
the plan of cutting the tacks he used from to one thousand pounds. It is said that
a sheet of iron with a pair of shears, and he produced this machine at Byfield,
afterward heading them in a vice. He where he made the first cut nails in Amer-
subsequently cut nails in a similar way, ica, in the barn of Leonard Adams,
and is said to have been the first to make At Amesbury, there were iron works,
nails and tacks in that manner. and Mr. Perkins went there and perfected
It is claimed that Ezekiel Reed, a na- his nail machine, a patent being granted to
tive of Bridgewater, about 1786 invented him therefor Jan. 1 6, 1795. The heading
a machine for cutting cold tacks and nails, machine would head six thousand brads
which was adopted at Abington. an hour, and the slitting machine would
The first machines to make complete cut several times as many, very little per-
nails was invented by an Essex county sonal supervision being needed. The car-
young man in 1790. This was Jacob Per- penters approved of the nails, and they
kins, son of Matthew and Jane (Noyes) came into immediate use.
Perkins, of Newburyport, where he was
born July 9, 1766. He was sent to the *The building occupied by Jacob Perkins as at
district school at the usual age, and con- laboratory and workshop in Newburyport is still
tinued to receive instruction there until he standing in the rear of a dwelling house on the
. i TT- r ,i i upper side of Fruit street. It is of brick, and
was twelve. His father being poor, he th P e . storiedj narrow in proportion to its height,
was then apprenticed to a goldsmith in and sadly out of repair. I think the lower part
Newburyport named Davis, having indi- is used for storage. Emily A. Getchell.
cated a fondness for the mechanic arts, tSamuel Rogers of Bridgewater claimed that he
i . v i, 11 j -u u made a machine for making nails at the same date,
which probably germinated by hearing a See Essex Registry of Dee ^ S} Executions> book 3 ,
watch tick, and in the execution of a pur- leaf 150.
THE MANUFACTURE OF NAILS IN ESSEX COUNTY.
The old corn mill, run by water power,
formerly known as Barnard's, and at that
time as Wake's mill,* was then standing on
the south bank of the Powow river, in
Amesbury, on the east side of Main street ;
and, Nov. 24, 1795, Mr. Perkins purchased
it of the Newburyport Woolen Manufac-
tory (Ebenezer Stocker, Abraham Wheel-
wright and Ebenezer Wheelwright, all of
Newburyport, merchants, directors), with
* This corn mill, according to Merrill's History
of Amesbury, was erected by Abraham Morrill
and Henry Saywood in 1642. Mr. Merrill died
in 1662 ; and his widow, Sarah, who was one of
the executors, married Thomas Mudgett of Salis-
bury. A part owner of the mill, Dec. I, 1688,
was Thomas Barnard, sen., of Amesbury, and
evidently his share was uncertain, as on that date
he and Thomas Mudgett submitted the matter to
Maj. Daniel Davison and Ens. Nathaniel Clarke,
both of Newbury, Maj. Robert Pike of Salisbury,
and Mr. Edward Gove of Hampton, N. H., as
arbitrators. They reported, nineteen days later,
that Mr. Mudgett owned two-thirds and Mr. Bar-
nard one -third of the mill.
Mr. Barnard became the owner of the whole of
the mill, and April 22, 171 2, conveyed to his daugh-
ter Sarah, wife of Samuel Jones of Amesbury, one-
half of it; and, June 12, 1712, he conveyed the
other half to his son Samuel Barnard of Ames-
bury.
June II, 1720, Mr. and Mrs. Jones conveyed
their half to Thomas Waite of Hampton, N. H.,
and in his will, dated Jan. 12, 1740, and proved
June 6, 1743, Mr. Waite devised his half to his
son Samuel Waite, who was the miller. Aug. 15,
1786, Samuel conveyed one-quarter of the mill to
David Morrill of Salisbury, blacksmith ; and, Dec.
13, 1787, his remaining quarter to Joseph Osgood
of Salisbury.
One-half of the half interest of Samuel Barnard
was owned by Ichabod Titcomb of Amesbury,
shipwright, in 1794, by mesne conveyances un-
known to the writer. The other half of Samuel
Barnard's interest he conveyed to his son Jonathan
Barnard of Amesbury, innholder, in 1732-33.
Jonathan died Sept. 27, 1770, having devised his
interest in the mill to his son Samuel. Samuel
conveyed the interest to his eldest son Jonathan
Barnard of Amesbury (then a boy) Jan. 24, 1772,
who, June 28, 1785, as administrator with the will
annexed of his father's estate, by license of court,
conveyed this interest to his grandmother, Tabitha
Barnard, widow of Capt. Jonathan Barnard. She
conveyed it to John Barnard of Amesbury, gentle-
man, Feb. 22, 1786; and, May 24, 1792, he
conveyed it to Enoch Bartlett of Amesbury,
joiner.
Dec. 16, 1793, David Morrill, Joseph Osgood,
and Enoch Bartlett, and Feb. 7, 1794, Ichabod Tit-
the land, for eight hundred dollars.* Ap-
parently Mr. Perkins continued the busi-
ness of grinding corn, and utilized more or
less of the water power for driving his nail
machinery.
Early in the spring of 1798, Mr. Per-
kins became acquainted with Samuel Gup-
py of New York, and John Warren Arm-
strong, formerly of Bristol, England, but
then of Boston, merchant, and a partner-
ship for the manufacture of nails was
formed by the three men with the firm
name of Armstrong & Perkins, and Perkins
conveyed the mill and factory to Mr. Arm-
strong, who was evidently the capitalist
of the company, April n, 1798^ Their
products were known as the Newburyport
patent nails and brads.
While Mr. Perkins was in business for
himself, he invented and made a machine
for cutting and heading nails at one oper-
ation. The machinist who helped him do
this was David Mooers of Exeter, N. H.
In a suit brought on this and similar pat-
ents many years afterward, Mr. Mooers
made an affidavit relative to what he knew
of Perkins' machine, and in it stated that
he came to work in the nail factory for
Mr. Perkins (who still lived in Newbury-
port) in December, 1797. Soon after, he
says that Mr. Perkins invented and made
a machine for cutting and heading nails at
one operation. He worked upon the ma-
chine from the time it was begun until it was
done and put into use, all of which was done
under the immediate direction of Mr. Per-
kins. It was in complete operation in the
following summer. After making about
fifty or sixty pounds of six-penny nails,
Mr. Perkins found that once in a while a
comb, the owners of the whole title, conveyed the
mill to Michael Hodge of Newburyport, gentle-
man; and March 25, 1794, Mr. Hodge conveyed
it to the Newburyport Woolen Manufactory,
which, Nov. 24, 1795, conveyed it to Jacob
Perkins as above stated.
The mill was known as Barnard's and Waite's
mill respectively.
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 164, leaf 95.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 164, leaf 96.
Essex Registry of Deeds, Executions, book 3,
leaf 155.
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THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
nail would stick in the heading dies, and
he concluded to attempt some further im-
provement on the clearer. The machine
was thereupon taken to pieces. Mr.
Mooers took the stationary part of it to
his viceboard, and Mr. Perkins told him
that in the afternoon he would tell him
what to do with it ; but in the afternoon
when Mr. Perkins came in he told Mr.
Mooers that he had received a letter from
his partners by which he was " thrown
out of the factory," and directed him to
throw the part of the machine which he
had taken out under the viceboard, and
not to put the machine together again
until he requested it. The machine was
not put together again until five or six
years afterward when Briggs R. Reed put
it into operation during his brief stay at the
factory.
The partnership continued only about
three months, the dissolution occurring
July 26, 1798. The notice of the disso-
lution says that it was mutually agreed to,
but the preceding paragraph indicates
that Mr. Perkins was controlled by the
other partners, having little means to de-
fend himself against them. He had con-
veyed to Armstrong his mill and his pat-
ents, and three months sufficed to rout
the poor inventor.
By the terms of the dissolution Mr. Per-
kins was to remain at the factory ; but dis-
appointed he turned his attention to other
inventions. In 1809, he invented the
stereotype check plate for the prevention
of counterfeit bank bills, and thus imposed
an important obstacle in the frauds upon
our currency, from which the community
were daily suffering. Prosecutors said
that they never heard of a good imitation
of it ; and a law was passed requiring all
the Massachusetts banks to use it. During
the war of 1812, he was employed in con-
structing machinery for boring out old
honeycombed cannon, and in perfecting
the science of gunnery. He discovered
the method of softening and hardening
steel, by which the process of engraving
thereon was rendered easier. He dem-
onstrated the compressibility of water,
and, in connection with this discovery,
invented the bathometer or piezometer to
measure the depth of the sea by the pres-
sure of water, and the pleometer to meas-
ure a ship's speed.
As Philadelphia was at that time the
place most advanced in the arts and
sciences he removed thither from New-
buryport in 1816, and devoted himself to
experiments on the power of steam, in-
venting a new method of generating it by
suddenly letting a small quantity of water
into a heated vessel. It is said that he
succeeded in employing steam at a pres-
sure of sixty-five atmospheres, or nine
hundred and seventy-five pounds to the
square inch.
He originated a plan for engraving bank
notes on steel, and, in 1818, took it to
London, England where he afterward
resided. Though it did not find acceptance
at once the plan ultimately proved a great
success, and was carried out by Mr. Per-
kins and engraver Heath, as partners, dur-
ing the rest of his long business life. In
1819, he patented in the United States a
steam gun, which attracted the notice of
the English government. And in 1824
he exhibited a trial of it before the Duke
of Wellington. At a distance of thirty-
five yards, the gun sent its balls through
eleven planks, each an inch thick and
placed an inch apart, and was capable of
discharging one thousand balls a minute ;
but the danger attending the use of highly
compressed steam prevented its adoption.
To the Transactions of the Royal Society,
for June, 1826, Mr. Perkins furnished a
paper " On the Progressive Compression
of Water by high degrees of force, with
some trials of its effects on other liquids."
A correspondent of the Salem Register
wrote, in 1827, that this "celebrated man
is now astonishing Europe by the resources
of his great mind."
Mr. Perkins retired from business in
1834, and continued to live in London,
where he died July n, 1849, at tne a e
of eighty-three, having received the well-
earned title of "The American Inventor."
Like most inventors and scientists he spent
THE MANUFACTURE OF NAILS IN ESSEX COUNTY. 7 3
his life in the cause of science, and never on the business under the old name of
acquired a fortune. The frontispiece, Amesbury Nail Factory Company,
showing the portrait of Mr. Perkins is a Jacob Rowell, jr., of Salisbury, Philip
slightly reduced reproduction of an en- Jones of Amesbury, and Stephen Green of
graving in the American Magazine (1839), Kensington, N. H., yeomen, by authority
volume 2, page 137.* of the Society of Friends, conveyed to
The Amesbury nail factory conducted Messrs. Lawrence and Ward in trust for
a large business, the new nail machines the nail company, for four hundred dollars,
enabling the owners to export great quan- the Quaker meeting-house and the quarter-
tities of nails to foreign countries, and acre lot of land on which it stood, adjoin-
the American government having early ing the nail factory, bounded on the south
protected the industry by an impost duty " by the road leading from the Amesbury
of one cent a pound on spikes and nails, mills to the Lyon's mouth," on the north-
Guppy and Armstrong conveyed to east by a way belonging to the nail corn-
Clifford Crowninshield, John Osgood and pany, and on the northwest by land of
Samuel Gray, all of Salem, merchants, in David Morrill, Jan. 19, 1804*. This was
1 80 1, the factory, land, and the patent the lot that was given by Thomas Bar-
granted to Mr. Perkins for nail machines nard to the Friends to erect their meeting-
for fourteen years from Dec. 20, 1794, and house upon T : 2 mo: 17074
also a patent for improvements thereon On the same day, Jan. 19, 1804, Messrs,
granted to Mr. Perkins for fourteen years Lawrence and Ward declared that they held
from Feb. 14, 1799. The importance of the mills, the Quaker meeting-house, dwell-
the invention of these nail machines is ing house, land, etc., in trust for the Ames-
shown by the fact that between 1790 and bury Nail Factory Company, which had
1825 one hundred and twenty patents were erected a rolling and splitting mill there.
granted on them. The company was incorporated March
Messrs. Crowninshield, Osgood and Gray, 1 6, 1 805 , for twenty-five years, the original
conveyed the factory buildings, the corn corporators being William Gray, jr., esq.,
mill, land under and adjoining the same, Samuel Gray, Clifford Crowninshield, John
dam, water course, tools, machinery, pat- Jenks, William Ward, Abel Lawrence,
ents, etc., to Abel Lawrence, gentleman, Edward Southwick, William S. Gray, John
and William W T ard, merchant, both of Appleton, and George Dodge, merchants,
Salem, in trust for the partners in the and Samuel Putnam, esquire, most of
Amesbury Nail Factory Company, for thir- them being residents of Salem,
ty-five hundred dollars, July 21, 1803^ The company were carrying on a fiour-
These new owners had already taken pos- ishing business, when, at four o'clock in
session of the factory, and were carrying the morning of Dec. 24, 1805, by an acci-
dent, the factory was totally destroyed by
* Jacob Perkins married Hannah Greenleaf of fire, together with the grist-mill, two black-
Newbury Nov. n, 1790, and they both died in sm i t h s ' shops, and three hundred cords of
England. Their nine children were as follows: , ., ,. , * u r tfo~ ~~~
i. Hannah Greenleaf, born Feb. 17, 1792; 2. wood > the estimated loss being 80 OOO.
Sarah Ann, born Dec. 16, 1793 ; married - The factory was rebuilt, and
Bacon in London ; 3. Jane, born Jan. 5,1796; died was increased. The owners of eighty-two
July 14, 1808; 4. Ebenezer Greenleaf, born Dec. Q f fa e hundred shares of Stock of the
2 9 I 797j died Tan. 20, 1842; 5. Angier March, Q , *rll/\iwo .
j- j T o . T comnanv were, in ioio, as loiiows :
born m 1799; died Jan. 20, 1872; 6. Louisa ' Viv r>
Jane, born Sept. n, 1801; 7. Elizabeth, born Samuel Gray and William Gray,
May 7, 1804; married- -Roy; 8. Henrietta, each; John Jenks, eight ; Samuel Putnam,
born July i ,1806 ; married Hersey Chubb of Lon- gix . T^ Appleton and W. Shepard Gray,
don; 9. Mary, born June 29, 1809, died Oct. 24,
1810. * Essex Registry of Deeds, book 174, leaf 168.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 178, leaf 106. f Essex Registry of Deeds, book 28, leaf 263.
See also, book 170, leaves 76 and 77. Essex Registry of Deeds, book 178, leaf 106.
74
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
four each ; Thomas Perkins, three ; George
Dodge, Larkin Dodge, Jonathan Hodges,
E. A. Holyoke, Theresa Orne, jr., John
Cabot, Joshua Dodge, Lydia Cabot and
Ebenezer Felton, two each ; and John
Prince, jr., Benjamin Dodge, Mehitable
Dodge, John Ropes, Benjamin Pickman,
L. Rawlins Pickman and Jonathan Allen,
one each. John Prince, jr., was then clerk
of the company.* In 1806, Samuel Put-
nam was clerk. In 1807, Ebenezer Fel-
ton of Salisbury was agent of the company,
and the next year the agent was John
Rollins of Newbury, merchant ; Col. John
Russell was agent at the factory when it
was sold in 1825.
In 1807, the company bought some
land at the mouth of KimbalPs pond in
Amesbury, where they had built sluice
gates.f In 1810, they bought half an acre
of land more there. This was and has
since been the reservoir of the mills. In
1823, the company sold the property and
water rights at the pond to the Amesbury
Cotton Manufacturing Company, Ames-
bury Flannel Manufacturing Company,
Amesbury Wool and Cotton Manufactur-
ing Company, Salisbury Woolen Manufac-
turing Company, and several individuals.
The business of the nail company was
probably near its end at this time, and the
buildings, land, machinery, water privi-
leges, etc., were sold at auction, for twenty-
one thousand dollars, to Pickering Dodge,
esq., of Salem, July 13, 1825.! This
property was situated on both sides of
Powow river, and included twenty-eight of
Perkins' nail machines, the rolling-mill that
had lately been rebuilt, an island in the
river, etc. The directors at this time
were Pickering Dodge, Benjamin Dodge
and Joshua Ward, jr.
The old nail factory was sold by Mr.
Dodge to the Salisbury Woolen Manufac-
turing Company Oct. 18, 1825,^ who con-
verted it into a weaving room.
* Essex Registry of Deeds, book 190, leaf 44.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 183, leaf 149.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 233, leaf 46.
1] Essex Registry of Deeds, book 238, leaf 243.
If Essex Registry of Deeds, book 239, leaf 298.
WILL OF JOHN THORNE.
The following nuncupative will of John
Thome was sworn to 4 : 6 mo: 1646.
The original deposition, of which the fol-
lowing is a copy, is filed in the office of
the clerk of courts at Salem, book I, leaf
53-
Salem the 27 of July : 1646 :
wee whoues names are heare vnder-
written beinge prefent with John Thorne
in the time of his Sicknes and at that
time when the fayd John waf in his per-
fect memory doe teftifie that wee heard
him fay theafe woards vinfit that hee
did giue unto Ann : Pallgraue all his Ef-
tate of mony. goods, aparell. & debtts
out of which fayd aparell it waf the will
of the fayd John that John Jackson Ju-
nio r : should haue his beft Hatt and
further moure it was his will that James
Thomas fhould haue fomthinge out of his
Eftate if the faid Ann : Paulgraue fo
pleafeth.
witnef ou r Hands :
The marke of H Elisabeth Harwod
The marke of V Margaret Jackfon
The mark : of E Elisabeth Efticke
ABBOT NOTES.
Mary Abbott, resident in Andover, mar-
ried Jonathan Barker of Andover Jan. 26,
1728.
Thomas Abbott of Andover published
to Mary Wright of Woburn Nov. 13, 1728.
Hannah Abbott of Andover married
John Lane of Bedford March 16, 1732.
Elizabeth Abbott married Asa Foster,
both of Andover, Oct. 26, 1732.
Abigail Abbot of Andover married John
Kidder of Charlestown May 13, 1734.
Henry Abbott of Andover married
Samuel Kimball of Haverhill Dec. 21,1776.
Elizabeth Abbott married Timothy
Clark Dec. 25, 1739.
Anne Abbott, resident in Andover,
married Joseph Gage of Bradford Sept.
12, 1740.
Mary Abbot married Joseph Chandler
Oct. 4, 1742.
Andover town records.
EARLY COMETS. ye
THE COMET. seen on the eighth of November. Night
The Comet ! he is on his way, after night, the whole winter through,
And singing as he flies; " the great blazing starre" took its posi-
Fhe whizzing planets shrink before ti'^r* i fVio eifV,^ ~i
The spectre of the skies. t j* 1 m the ttt ? ra sk 7 as soon as the
stars began to glint m the evening con-
Ah, well may regal orbs turn blue. ct*11ofi'/-r.e Tfc. *;*. > A i_ MV
And satellites turn pale,- latlOn , S ' , ItS S1 * e a L nd extreme bnllian-
Ten million cubic miles of head! c y greatly alarmed the people. Morton
Ten billion leagues of tail ! said that it was " no fiery meteor caused
And what would happen to the land, ty exhalation, but it appeared to be sent
And happen to the sea, immediately by God to awake the secure
If in the bearded devil's path world." Among the events which were
)ur earth should chance to be? believed to have been portended by this
comet, according to a writer of the time,
& QB>t ^ dreadful P^gUC I
T7ATDT V SVMlJraT'C
EARLY COMETS. England the next summer, the dreadful
The first comet to appear in the war by sea with the Dutch, and the burn-
heavens of New England, of which there ing of London the second year following."
is any account, blazed forth from Orion Probably the largest comet ever seen in
from the ninth to the twenty-second of New England by the English speaking
December, 1652. It was large, and peo- race was the Newtonian comet of 1680.
pie shuddered when they looked at its It was first seen at Boston at five o'clock
beautiful tail of fire. Another appeared on the morning of Nov. 14, 1680, appear-
from February 3 to March 28, 1661. ing in the southeastern sky near fourteen
The people connected their appearance degrees in libra and one degree and three
with some famine, plague or disaster, minutes southward of the ecliptic. The
either as its direct cause or precursor ; and sky being clear, it appeared at first plainly
the learned men of the times taught the but in a few moments vanished as day
people to fear their approach. When it was beginning to dawn. It appeared
is considered that some persons are still earlier and earlier in the . morning until
disturbed at their coming in this very about December 8, when it could be seen
end of the nineteenth century, it is read- in the evening. It continued to be visi-
ily understood why the people of the days ble till February 10, when it was beyond
when superstition was fostered trembled the reach of the naked eye. Five hun-
at their appearance. They seemed to be dred and forty years being required to
the perfection of instruments to accom- complete its circuit it will not be seen
plish the burning of the world. again here until the year 2225. Increase
The clergy of New England sought to Mather gave a lecture on this comet, say-
make the most of this belief and fear, ing in his introduction, that " As for this
either hypocritically, to simply increase blazing star, which hath occasioned this
the membership of their churches, or be- discourse, it was a terrible sight indeed,
cause they shared the common belief and especially about the middle of December
honestly endeavored to have souls pre- last, the stream of such a stupendous mag-
pared for the great change that might nitude as that few men now living ever be-
come immediately, and without further held the like." The governor and council
warning. At these periods many were of the Massachusetts Bay colony appointed
brought into the fold, and the ordinances a general fast, one reason assigned for it
and services of the church were more care- in the proclamation being " that awful,
fully observed. portentous, blazing star, usually foreboding
In the mild winter of 1664-5, another some calamity to the beholder thereof,"
comet appeared. " The great and dread- and the greatest strictness was observed
ful comet," as Josselyn called it, was first by the people in keeping it.
7 6
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
ADAMS GENEALOGY.
Continued from page 66.
181
ISRAEL ADAMSS, born in Andover in
1733 or 1734 (?). He was a yeoman
and a cordwainer, and lived in Andover.
He married Elizabeth Stevens Nov. 20,
1760. They were living in Andover in
1772.
Children, born in Andover :
337 i. ELIZABETH 6 , b. Nov. 4, 1761.
338 n. JOSHUA 6 , b. Aug. 24, 1763.
339 in. SAMUEL 6 , b. Nov. 7, 1765.
340 iv. ISRAEL, b. Jan. 13, 1768.
341 v. ESTHER 6 , b. May 26, 1770.
182
CAPT. JOHN ADAMS*, born in Andover
July 3, 1735. He was a cordwainer by
trade, and lived in Andover, where he was
a deacon of the North church and a man
of influence. He served in the French
war, and was an able officer in the Revo-
lution. He married, first, Hannah Os-
good Nov. 23, 1758. She died Oct. 22,
1771, aged fifty-six; and he married,
second, Hannah Thurston of Rowley,
June 24, 1773. She died Jan. 22, 1774,
aged thirty-two; and he married, third,
Mary Holt May 21, 1776. He died
June 27, 1813, aged seventy-seven; and
she died Nov. 9, 1829, at the age of
eighty-nine.
Children, born in Andover :
342 I. HANNAH 6 , b. July 26, 1760; d. Aug.
30, 1763-
343 n. SARAH 6 , b. July (or August} ,
1762; d. Sept. 2, 1763.
344 in. JOHN 8 , b. about 1766. See below
(.344}-
345 iv. ISAAC 6 , b. April 25, 1767; studied at
Harvard college with class of 1789,
but did not graduate. He became
a physician, and practiced medicine
in Newburyport. He subsequently
also entered into trade, and made
several voyages as master of a ves-
sel, finally removing his home to
Michigan.
DAVID ADAMS*, born in Andover May
2, 1742. Lived in Dracut, cordwainer,
in 1778, and probably removed to Me-
thuen soon after. He married, first,
Abiah Ordway of Methuen May i, 1766.
She died July 29, 1776 ; and he married,
second, Martha Marsh before or in 1778.
She died April 9, 1812; and he died
April 19, 1815, at the age of seventy- two.
Children :
346 I. SARAH 6 , b. May 19, 1767; d. Nov.
13, 1801.
347 ii. JAMES 6 , b. Nov. 19, 1768; d. Feb.
13, 1790.
348 in. DAvm 6 , b. April 6, 1771; d. Jan. 21,
1813.
349 iv. ABIAH BROWN 6 , b. Sept. 8, 1773; d.
Feb. 13, 1790.
350 v. DANIEL 6 , b. Oct. 17, 1775; lived in
Boxford ; m. Sophia Kimball of
Boxford Oct. 24, 1805 ; and had
children. He d. March 2, 1828,
aged fifty-two ; and she d. Nov. 24,
1868.
351 vi. JOHN M., 6 b. Jan. 18, 1779; d. April
25, 1815.
352 vii. PATTY 6 , b. Nov. 24, 1781.
353 vm. ROBERT", b. Nov. 13, 1783.
187
JOHN ADAMS*, bora in Rowley Sept. 9,
1749. He lived in Rowley, in that part
now Georgetown. He married Molly
Brocklebank of Rowley Dec. 12, 1776.
Children, born in Rowley :
354 i. BETTY", b. Aug. 23, 1778.
355 ii. HEPHZiBAH 6 , b. Feb. 21, 1780.
356111. PATTY 6 , b. Feb. 19, 1782.
199
ISRAEL ADAMS*, born in Newbury Sept.
14, 1746. He was a yeoman, and lived
in his native town until 17 83, when he re-
moved to Rowley. He married Elizabeth
Adams (191) of Rowley (pub. July 30,
1775)-
Children, born in Newbury :
357 i. ISRAEL 6 , b. in 1776; d. young.
358 ii. ISRAEL 6 , b. Feb. ii, 1780.
2OI
BENJAMIN ADAMSS, born in Newbury
Aug. 20, 1752. He was a yeoman, and
lived in the West parish of Newbury until
about 1793, when he removed to Rowley,
in that part now Georgetown, and lived
in the house of his wife's father that stood
in what is now the southern end of Nelson
avenue. There he lived until the house
was burned about 1800. He was fa-
miliarly known in his new home as "New-
ADAMS GENEALOGY.
77
town Ben," as he came from the West
parish of Newbury, which was then called
New- town. He married Judith Adams
(109) of Rowley Dec. 7, 1772, and suc-
ceeded to her father's farm.
Children :
359 I. MATTHEW 6 .
36011. (son) 6 .
361111. (dau.) 6 .
362 iv. (dau.) 6 .
207
CAPT. STEPHEN ADAMSS, born in New-
bury Feb. 5, 1741-2. He was a yeoman,
and lived in Newbury. He married Sarah
Bartlett Dec. 8, 1761; and died before
Nov. 25, 1793, when administration was
granted upon his estate. She survived him,
and died, his widow, in West Newbury,
Oct. 17, 1826.
Children, born in Newbury :
3631. DAVID 6 , b. July 12, 1762; was a yeo-
man; removed from Newbury to
Walpole, N. H., in 1799; and d.
before 1827.
36411. SARAH, b. Dec. 19, 1764; living,
unmarried, in 1827.
365111. CALEB 6 , b. April 5, 1767; d. before
1827.
366 iv. JUDITH 6 , b. April 9, 1770; living in
1828.
367 v. ELIZABETH 6 , b. June 28, 1775; m.
Ezra Adams (245).
368 vi. ENOCH, b. March 3, 1778; lived in
Newbury in 1799.
369 vn. HANNAH 6 , b. Nov. 27, 1780; unmar-
ried in 1827.
370 vin. STEPHEN 6 , b. April 22, 1782; d.
young.
371 IX. STEPHEN 6 , b. June 3, 1784; m.
Mary Jaques of Newbury Jan. 27,
1814.
210
ABRAHAM ADAMS*, born in Newbury
13, 1748. He was a yeoman and
blacksmith; and lived in Newbury until
about 1793, when he removed to Boscaw-
en, N. H., where he was a husbandman
in 1799. He married Mary Brickett Nov.
18, 1768.
Children, born in Newbury :
3721. SUSANNAH 6 , b. Dec. 24, 1768.
!73 n. JOSEPH (twin) 6 , b. May i, 1779.
374 in. HANNAH (twin) 6 , b. May i, 1779.
375 iv. ToppAN 6 , b. Oct. 13, 1786.
216
DANIEL ADAMSS, born in Newbury April
27, 1760. He was a yeoman, and lived
in Newbury. He married Hannah Poor
of Newbury May 24, 1 779. He died be-
fore May 7, 1791, when his widow Han-
nah married Silas Moulton of Newbury.
Child :
3761. ENOCH 6 , b. Dec. 12, 1779; living in
1799.
220
PAUL ADAMSS, born in Newbury April
I2 > 1758- He was called a yeoman till
1785, then a blacksmith till 1791, and
subsequently a miller. He lived in his
native town; and married, first, Miss
Hannah Ilsley of Newbury April 30,
1785. He married, second, Hannah G.
Keniston Feb. 28, 1803 ; and died in the
summer of 1833. His wife survived him.
Children, born in Newbury :
3771- JERUSHA 6 , b. Feb. 25, 1787; living,
unmarried, in 1833.
37811. RUTH 6 , b. June 8, 1793; living, un-
married, in 1833.
379 HI. HANNAH", b. March 8, 1795; living,
unmarried, in 1833.
380 iv. JANE 6 , b. June 10, 1797; m.
Granger before 1833.
381 v. CAROLINE 6 , b. May 24, 1799; proba-
bly d. young.
382 VI. ASA 6 , living in 1833.
383 vii. JOHN JONES 6 , living in 1833.
384 vni. MARY 6 , m. Dennis before 1833.
385 ix. REBECCA B. 6 , m. Perkins before
1833-
386 x. SENECA 6 , living in 1833.
387 xi. THOMAS H. 6 , living in 1833.
388 xn. PAUL 6 , living in 1833.
221
DANIEL ADAMSS, bom in Newbury Nov.
15,1 760. He was at first a yeoman and
cordwainer, but after 1789 a miller. He
lived in Newbury ; and married, first, Ed-
nah Noyes of Newbury Nov. 26, 1788.
She died in Newbury Feb. 14, i799> a *
the age of forty ; and he married, second,
Sarah Peirce of Newburyport (pub. May
i, 1800).
Children, born in Newbury :
3891. SvLviA 6 , b. Nov. 12, 1789.
390 II. MOODY 6 , b. June 17, 1791.
391 in. SARAH 6 , b. Nov. 25, 1794-
THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
392 rv. AARON 6 , b. Sept. 16, 1796.
393 v - EDNA 6 , b. Aug. 13, 1798.
223
SIMEON ADAMS*, born in Newbury Aug.
27, 1765. He was a yeoman, and lived
in Newbury. He married Sarah Little of
Newbury April 13, 1790.
Child :
394 i. CLARISSA 6 , b. Jan. 27, 1791, in New-
bury.
226
ASA ADAMS$, born in Newbury Oct. 14,
1772. He was a yeoman, and lived in
Newbury. He married Dolly Morse of
Newbury July i, 1795; and was living
there in 1799.
Child : '
3951. RICHARD 6 , b. Jan. 23, 1796, in New-
bury.
227
EBENEZER ADAMSS, born in Newbury
July 19, 1776. He was a yeoman, and
lived in Newbury. He married Edna
Adams (247) of Newbury Sept. 3, 1798.
Child : '
396 I. Lois 6 , b. April 10, 1799, in Newbury ^
231
GEORGE ADAMS*, born in Newbury Sept.
23, 1768. He lived in Newbury; and
married, first, Elizabeth Adams (225) of
Newbury Oct. 27, 1792; and, second,
Hannah Thorla Dec. 18, 1838 .
Children, born in Newbury :
397 i. GEORGE 6 , b. May 5, 1793.
39811. MooDY 6 , b. Jan. 4, 1795 ; d. Sept. i,
1798.
399 in. NANCY 6 , b. Nov. n, 1796.
244
MOSES ADAMS*, born in Newbury Oct.
10, 1770. He was a yeoman, and lived
in Newbury. He married, first, Phebe
Jewett of Rowley May 16, 1793; an d>
second, Marcy Lunt of Newbury Dec.
26, 1811.
Children, born in Newbury:
400 i. PHEBE 6 , b. March 19, 1794.
401 ii. RiCHARD 6 , b. May 27, 1795.
402 in. MosES 6 , b. Feb. 12, 1797.
403 iv. HARRIOT', b. Dec. 26, 1798.
245
EZRA ADAMSS, bom in Newbury Jan.
31, 1773. He lived in Newbury; and mar-
ried Elizabeth Adams (363) of Newbury
Jan. 14, 1796.
Child :
404 i. MiRA 6 , b. Sept. 3, 1797, in Newbury.
261
HENRY ADAMS 6 , born in Newbury Feb.
15, 1741. He was a yeoman, and lived
in Newbury. He married, first, Sarah
Dole (pub. Nov. 7, 1767) ; second, Sarah
Pulsipher of Ipswich Nov. 30, 1786;
and, third, Hannah Severance of Kings-
ton, N. H., May 3, 1799. He died Aug.
30, 1837, aged ninety-six.
Children, born in Newbury :
405 i. ALSEE 7 , b. May 22, 1768.
406 ii. JUDITH 7 , b. Feb. , 1770.
407 HI. PHEBE 7 , b. Sept. 2, 1772; probably
pub. to Nathaniel Currier of New-
bury April 1 8, 1795.
408 iv. HENRY 7 , b. Dec. 21, 1774. See below
409 v. CH (dau.) 7 , b. Feb. 13, 1776.
410 vi. ESTHER 7 , b. July 22, 1779.
411 vn. JOSEPH 7 , b. Aug. 12, 1783; living,
1793-
412 vm. ANNA 7 , b. Sept. 9, 1787; probably d.
young.
413 ix. POLLY 7 , b. Jan. 6, 1788; bapt. in
Ipswich May 24, 1789.
414 x. ABRAHAM 7 , b. Sept. 8, 1791; bapt.
in Ipswich June 3, 1792.
265
DANIEL ADAMS 6 , born in Newbury Nov.
24, 1756. He was a yeoman, and lived
in his native town. He married, first,
Elizabeth Colby Dec. 25, 1777; and,
second, Mary Lord of Ipswich "Jan. 14,
1787. He died March 21, 1843, aged
eighty-six.
Children, bom in Newbury :
415 i. LovEY 7 , b. April 12, 1778.
416 ii. ELIZABETH 7 , b. Nov. 17, 1779; d.
young.
417 in. DANIEL 7 , b. Nov. n, 1787.
418 iv. ELIZABETH 7 , b. Jan. 2, 1791.
419 v. JOSEPH 7 , b. Sept. 7, 1797; d. young.
420 vi. JOSEPH 7 , b. Dec. 9, 1799.
273
JACOB ADAMS 6 , born in Newbury July
17, 1764, was a teamster. He married,
first, Elizabeth Hidden Oct. 22, 1789.
ADAMS GENEALOGY.
79
She died July 26, 1817, aged fifty-five;
and he married, second, Hannah Bartlett
Dec. 4, 1817. She died Aug. 23, 1832,
aged fifty- eight. Mr. Adams was lame,
walking with two canes the last few years
of his life, and died Oct. 28, 1850, aged
eighty- six.
Children :
421 i. ELIZABETH 7 , b. Nov. 26, 1793? d.
Sept. 23, 1794.
422 ii. MARY E. 7 , b. June 2, 1806; d. Sept.
10, 1806.
275
SMITH ADAMS 6 , born in Newbury Feb.
22, 1771. Cooper. He married Hannah
Bray of Newburyport Oct. 5, 1794; and
died March 10, 1831, aged sixty. She
died Dec. 29, 1841, at the age . of
seventy.
Children :
423 i. AARON BRAY ? , b. Oct. 24, 1796, in
Newbury; merchant; and m., first,
Betsey (Brown), widow of Philip
Clark, May 14, 1837. She d. May
13, 1840, aged forty-seven; and he
m., second, widow Mary M. (Dut-
ton) Cheever June 20, 1841. He
d. May 5, 1869; and shed. May 18,
1892, aged eighty-six. He had
children.
424 n. HANNAH 7 , b. Nov. 4, 1798, in New-
bury; m. Capt. Seward Lee June
23, 1831; and d. July 10, 1854, aged
fifty-five.
.425 nr. MARY H. 7 , born Nov. 2, 1800; and
m., first, William Coker April 7,
1836. He was a ship-carpenter;
and d. April 21, 1851, aged fifty-six.
She m., second, her brother-in-law,
Capt. Seward Lee, June n, 1855.
He was a sea-captain; and d. April
22, 1871, aged seventy-six. She d.
Feb. 5, 1886, at the age of eighty-
five.
426 iv. WILLIAM BRAY ? , b. June 16, 1803 ;
cooper; and m., first, Martha Morse,
June 16, 1825. She d. Nov. 5, 1825,
aged twenty; and he m., second,
Ann Atkinson Stanwood Dec. 3,
1826. He d. Dec. 13, 1849; and
she d. Jan. 7, 1879, aged eighty-
one. He had three children.
427 v. CHARLES 7 , d. Oct. 21, 1805, in New-
buryport; lived in Newburyport; m.
Sarah Noyes Nov. 26, 1826; and d.
Aug. 15, 1877, aged seventy-one.
She d. Nov. 24, 1894, aged ninety-
one. They had nine children.
428 vi. ALMIRA 7 , b. Aug. 7, 1808; in. Capt.
Eleazer P. Short May 15, 1837; and
d. Aug. 7, 1873. He was a sea-
captain; and d. Aug. 7, 1870, aged
sixty-three.
429 vn. SMITH 7 , b. June 26, 1811; m., first,
Elizabeth Jane Hoague Nov. 30,
1837; and, second, widow Emma
(Currier) Post Nov. 7, 1859.
335
SAMUEL ADAMS 6 , born in Bradford Sept.
12, 1767. He married Peggy Harriman
of Rowley Aug. 23, 1792. She was
drowned in Bradford, where they lived,
June 2, 1809. He died there July 27
(28?), 1825.
Children, born in Bradford :
430 i. IsAAc 7 , b. Dec. 14, 1793.
431 II. PEGGY 7 , b. March 16, 1795.
432 in. SALLY 7 , b. Oct. 14, 1797.
433 IV - ENOCH 7 , b. May 27, 1799.
434 v - SAMUEL 7 , b. July 6, 1802.
435 VI - HANNAH 7 , b. Dec. 2, 1804.
344
MAJOR JOHN ADAMS 6 , born in Andover
about 1766. He was a yeoman; and
lived in Andover. He served in Shay's
Rebellion. He married Dorcas Faulkner
Dec. 8, 1 789. She died in Andover Sept.
2 3> J 837, aged seventy-one; and he died
there Sept. 28, 1839, at the age of seven-
ty-three.
Children, born in Andover :
436 i. JOSEPH H. 7 , b. March 21, 1790; " col-
onel " ; president of Mutual Marine
Insurance Company, Boston; and
lived in Boston. He had several
children.
437 n. HANNAH 7 , b. Dec. 18, 1791 ; m. Dan-
iel Appleton of Haverhill, of the
Appleton publishing house of New
York city.
438111. MARY H. 7 , b. Nov. 4, 1793; m. Na-
thaniel Lord, jr., esq.
439 iv. CHARLOTTE 7 , b. May 29, 1796; m.
Isaac Osgood.
440 v. ISAAC 7 , b. Oct. 27, 1798; d. Oct. 27,
1801.
441 vi. LouiSA 7 , b. Dec. 28, 1803; m. Jona-
than Leavitt.
442 vn. SARAH ANN 7 , b. Feb. 2, 1806; m.
Rev. Asa D. Smith.
443 viii. EMALINE OscooD 7 , b. Jan. 31, 1808;
d. March 21, 1810.
444 ix. JOHN OscooD 7 , b. Sept. 3, 1811;
probably d. young.
445 x. MARTHA 7 , m. Rev. John Clancy.
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THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
408
HENRY ADAMS?, born in Newbury Dec.
21, 1774. He was a joiner; and settled
in Newburyport. He married Sarah
Jaques of Newbury Dec. 27, 1798. She
died in Newburyport Nov. 14, 1807.
Child :
446 i. SAMUEL PEARSON**, b. Nov. 19, 1799,
in Newbury.
death itself, vnto him I leaue you with
yo r s to gather w th myself & all his and
reft : yo r faythfull and Lovinge Brother :
Richard Bartholmew.
WELL OF RICHARD BARTHOLOMEW.
The following letter of Richard Barthol-
omew was proved as his will 4 : 6 mo :
1646. This is copied from the original
on file in the office of the clerk of courts
at Salem, book I, leaf 54.
Boftonthe 6: n45
Brother Henry
hearein Cloffed is anotte of whatt eftatte
I have shippt w th mee & whatt is here owe-
inge to : mee w th whatt I owe in England
w ch is all I owe in the world as I know off :
thefe things only the bills of ex I have
Configned to m r . Edward Shrimpton in
London hee is y e braffiers bro at Bofton :
to him I haue wrighte y 4 in Cafe god
fhould not bringe mee to London y 1 hee
would vs thefe goods pay my debts & re-
turne y e Remaynder to you : I fhould
have bine glad to have feene you before
I went, butt if god should not returne mee
againe but take me away by death : my
defier is if the returns of thefe goods
Come to yo r hand : that they may be
thus difpoffed of: viz To yo r two children
4O lb apeece to my bro willms 3 Children
20 lb apeece to my*mother if liveinge io lb to
my m r . Gearringe beinge very poore : io lb
& the remaynder of my eftatte bee it
whatt will more or leffe all that is mine I
defiier may be equally devided betweene
o r bro Thomas : Abraham & Sifter Sara,
only what Jacob Barney owes to mee I
giue it to him, butt for any other debts
houfe ground &c devide as before, this is
my defier & that I would haue done if
god shall pleafe to take mee away : 1 de-
fier to Caft my self only uppo him & to
reft myself only in the armes of his mercy
in Chrift Jefus intreatinge of him to ftay
my soule there in the worft howers even in
WILL OF JOSEPH MORSE.
The will of Jofeph Morfe of Ipswich,,
dated 24 : 2 : 1646, was proved in court
at Ipswich 29 : 7 : 1646. The original
instrument has not been found, and the
following is a copy of the original record
in Ipswich deeds, book I, leaf 18.
The foure & twentith day of the fecond
month Anno Dm 1646 I Jofeph Morfe of
Ipfwich in New Engl : Planter doe make
& ordayne this my laft will & Teftament
(revoking all other form wills by me made :
Item I give vnto Dorothy my loving wife
my howfe & lott & out howfes bought of
Thomas Dorman. alfoe || my howfe || &
lott of about fix acres bought of the wid-
dow Perkins, one Cow, and alfoe the
wholl bedd & bedding that .1 lye vpon
ftanding in the hall. Item I give vnto my
fonne Jofeph Morfe my beft cloake Item
I give to my daughter Hannah my great
bible which I vfe. Item I give to my
wife Docter Preftons works & m r . Dykes
beiides her owne bibles the one greater
& the other fmaller & one felling axe &
one broad howe. Item I give vnto my
fonne John Morfe my other howfe & out
howfing with the lott containing about two
acres, and alfoe to John my fonne a lott
of fix acres of two acres toward toward
the North weft and to my fonne John my
lott of ten acres neare Egipt River & to
John one yearling heiffer. Item I give
vnto John Morfe all rny apparrell vngiven
& one yard of mufk coloured broad cloth
Item I give to John Morfe the 1 1 wholl 1 1
bed and all the bedding he lyeth on ftand-
ing in the parlour & one paire of fheets &
a pillow beere Item I give all my Tooles
vngiven to my fonne John Morfe. Item
I give to my fonne John my barne with
the ground thereto belonging bought of
ffrancis Jordan. I give to my fonne John
all my marfh containyng about five acres
onely allowing vnto my wife the one halfe
OLD NORFOLK COUNTY RECORDS. g r
of the graffe growing vpon it from yeare to Abraham Morrill ; also, my sweepage at
yeare during her life My will is alfoe that the beach; all in Salisbury, 19 : 2 : 1657.
John fhall have halfe of the graffe from Wit : Edward ffrench, Richard Wells and
yeare to yeare that may be mowen vpon the Willia ffifeild. Ack. by grantor and his
lott given to my wife onely pviding that this wife Urseline before Thomas Bradbury,
fhall not hinder her either from felling or commissioner of Salisbury, April 19, 1658.'
breaking it vp Alfoe my will is likewife Josiah Cobham of Boston, clothier, for
that the Cropp that fhall arife of all my 50^., conveys to Sammuell Pore of New-
ground planted or fowen this yeare fhal- bury, planter, 3 acres of salt marsh in Bare-
be equally divided betweene my wife & berrie meadow in Salisbury, bounded by a
my fonne John the charges of the fame great pond, 12 : 2 mo : 1658. Wit: Tho :
equally borne by them Item I give to Bradbury, sen., and Tho : Bradbury, jun.
my wife the two firft payments for keep- Ack. before Tho : Bradbury, commissioner
ing the herd Item I give to my fonne John for Salisbury, 12 : 2 mo : 1658.
the laft pay for the herd keeping I ap- Jn ffrench of Salisbury, tailor, for money
poynt Dorothy my wife to be fole execu- received of Mr. Hall of Salisbury, conveys
trix to this my laft will And in witneffe to William Pilsberie of Newbury, husband-
that this is my deed I have herevnto fet man, 3 acres of salt marsh in Salisbury
my hand & feale in the p r fence of bought of Mr. Hall, bounded by a great
thefe witneffes here vnder written. creek and Abraha Morrill, 8 : i mo : 1658.
witneffe Wit : Tho : Bradbury and mark M B of
Roger Lanckton Jofeph Morfe Mary Bradbury. Ack. before Thomas
the mke of william Gudderfon Bradbury, commissioner of Salisbury, 8 : i
James Chute. mo: 1658.
Edward ffrench of Salisbury, tailor, for
OLD NORFOLK COUNTY RECORDS. $os., received of Mr. Sam : Hall of Salis-
Continued from page 49. bury, conveys to William Pilsbery of New-
Jan. 4, 1657, Isaac Cosens of Boston bury, husbandman, 3 acres of salt marsh in
and Ann (her mark A) his wife, for ^30, Salisbury, near the black rocks at ye river's
convey to Edward Clarke of Haverhill 5 mouth, opposite marsh of John ffrench, 8 :
acres of planting land at east end of Hav- i mo : 1658. Wit : Tho : Bradbury and
erhill, bounded by Jn Clement and grantee, mark M B of Mary Bradbury. Ack. be-
Wit : Richard Littlehale and Mary little- fore Tho : Bradbury, commissioner of Salis-
Hale. Ack. by both before John Endicott, bury, 8 : i mo : 1658.
governor, 19 : i : 1657. John Wheelwright of Hampton conveys
Richard North of Salisbury, husband- to Jn Redman of Hampton, smith, 33
man, for ^60, to be paid by Henry acres of upland, bounded by Robert Page,
True and Robert Pike, both of Salisbury, Thomas Nudd (sometimes Tho : Moul-
conveys to Henry True, house and lot, ton's), river, Christofer Palmer, Nathaniell
bounded by Edward ffrench, Abraham Mor- Boulter, Henry Dowe, William ffifeild, and
rill, and the green ; also, 6-acre plan ting lot, Henry Moulton, 10 : 6 mo : 1654. Wit :
bounded by Henry Browne, Rodger East- Sam : rTogg and Steven Samborne. Ack.
man, and boggie meadow; also, lo-acre before Willi : Estow and Jeffery Mingay,
planting lot, bounded by Thomas Carter, commissioners of Hampton.
Richard Goodale and Pawwaus river ; also, Christopher Batt of Boston, tanner, for
4 acres of meadow, bounded by John ^14, conveys to Richard Ormsby of
Ilsley, John Rolfe, and little river ; also, Salisbury, planter, 60 acres of great plain
4 acres of salt marsh, bounded by Mr. by Mr. Batt's hill in Salisbury, bounded
Mondey, a dead creeke and John Clough ; by Mr. Henry Mondey and Mr. ffrancis
also, 4 acres of salt marsh in the Bareberrie Doue, May 28, 1655. Wit : Tho : Brad-
meadows, bounded by William Allin and bury and Josiah Cobham. Mrs. Ann
82 THE ESSEX ANTIQUARIAN.
Batt surrendered dower before Tho : Wig- satisfy a fine imposed by the county court
gin 5 : 7 mo : 1656. for selling strong waters. Josiah Cobham
Edw : Rishworth receipts for legacy in and Andrew Greely also made oath. The
will of Susanna Leader, of Robert Smithe order to constable of Salisbury from Sam :
of Hampton, ex'r, April 14, 1658. Wit : Hall, treasurer for Norfolk county, to col-
Robert Tuck and John Samborne. Attest- lect the fine, dated 28 : 12 : 1655, is re-
ed by the witnesses before Tho : Wiggin corded. William Buswell was constable,
19:2: 1658. Also, of some other money and his return is recorded. The land was
due to him from said goodwife Leader. on the great neck. These documents
Samuel Dalton signs a similar receipt were ordered to be recorded at the re-
12: 2: 1658. quest of Rob : Pike.
Henry Elkins, Henry Roby, widow Jan. 4, 1657, Isaac Cosens and wife
Mary Wedgwood (her ^[ mark) and Sam- Anne (her A mark) of Boston convey to
uel Dalton sign similar receipts 19:2: John Heth of Haverhill house and lot
1658. Wit: Sam: Dalton and Willi: of five acres, bounded by John Clement
Maston. Ack. before Tho : Wiggin 1 9 : and Theophilus Satchwell ; also, 6 acres
2 : 1658. of meadow at ye east meadow, bounded
John Wedgwood of Hampton conveys by Richard Littlehale ; also, two acres of
to Robert Smithe of Hampton 5 acres in commonage ; all in Haverhill. Wit : Rich-
marsh of the little ox common, (some time ard Littlehale and Edward Clarke. Ack.
in the hands of Edw: Colcord), bounded by both before Jo : Endicott, governor,
by John Huggins, Thomas Philbrick, John 19:1: 1657-8.
Samborn and William ffifeild ; also, 5 acres Andrew Greely of Salisbury, shoemaker,
(being part of the 10 acres sometime in for ^6, $s., conveys to Edward ffrench
the hands of Willi : ffuller) in said marsh, ^ of a 40-acre lot of upland on south
bounded by Thomas Chase (now in the side of Batt's hill in Salisbury April i,
hands of Elizabeth Chase), river, and Tho : 1654. Wit : Tho : Bradbury and Richard
Marston, June 20, 1653. Wit : Anthony Ormsby. Ack. by grantor and his wife
Stanian and Sam : Dalton. Ack. before Mary before Tho : Bradbury, commission-
Tho : Wiggin 20 : 4 : 1653. er for Salisbury, 17 : 3 : 1658.
Thomas Macy of Salisbury, planter, for Edward ffrench of Salisbury, tailor, for
10, conveys to Abraham Morrill of Salis- ^27, conveys to Richard Ormsby of
bury, blacksmith, meadow granted to me Salisbury, planter, 20 acres of upland in
in the new meadows by Salisbury, and Salisbury (being ^ of a division of land
bought of Edward Cottell and Vallentine belonging to John Sanders sometimes of
Rowell, bounded by Phillip Challis, May Salisbury, yeoman, and bought of him by
6,1658. Wit: Tho: hayne and Tho: Andrew Greely, shoemaker), near Batt's
Bradbury. Ack. by grantor and his wife hill, Aug. 18, 1657. Wit : Tho : Bradbury
Sarah Macy, before Tho : Bradbury, com- and Andrew Greely. Ack. by grantor and
missioner of Salisbury, May 7, 1658. his wife Ann before Tho: Bradbury,
Deposition of William Buswell, that, commissioner for Salisbury, 17: 3: 1658.
in 1655, he served an execution on es- Thomas Wheelwrite, late of Wells, ap-
tate of Mr. Sam : Winsley, sen., who said points "my welbeloved brother in law m r
he had no goods but land, and sent his Edward Richworth of York," a general at-
son Ephraim as his agent to show him the torney for himself and also a sub-attor-
land, and chose Josiah Cobham for his ney for his father Mr. John Wheelwrite,
appraiser, the deponent choosing Andrew Jan. 20, 1656. Wit: Nic : Shapleighand
Greely; that the land contained 23 acres, Richard Tucker. Attested by the wit-
and adjoined Abraham Merrill's. Sworn to nesses' oath in court July 7, 1658.
before Tho : Bradbury, commissioner for Sept. 6, 1658, will of Robert Clements
Salisbury, 12: 2 mo: 1658. This was to of Haverhill. Bequeaths to my wife house
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and lot for her life, then to my children's acres of upland, bounded by Mr. Warde,
children that are in New England ; money river and great hill ; also, six acres of "ac-
in the hands of John Howchins for re- comodacons." Wit : Richard Littlehale and
pairing the house, etc. ; what is due to me Robert Hesltine. Ack. before Brian Pen-
from Mr. Dumer ; money in the hands of dleton and Richard Waldern June 29,1658.
Mr. Cooke of Boston ; etc. To my son March 17, 1657-8, Job Clements of
Job Clement: To my son Robert, rent Dover mortgaged to Joseph Jowett of
due to me in England. To my three Rowley no acres of upland in Dover,
sons John, Abraham and Daniell. To Mr. bounded by James Raulins, common,
Ward, our minister, $. My sons Moses Richard Ketal and great river; also, 40
Pingrin, Abraham Morrill and John Os- acres in the back river lots, Grantor men-
good, ex'rs. Wit : Bartholemew (his gjj ti ns ms two eldest children by his first
mark) Heath and William White. Proved wife, the children being under age. Wit :
in court at Hampton, 1658. Richard Littlehale and Robert Hesltine.
Inventory of Robert Clement's estate in Inventory of estate of Eman : Hilliar of
New England. He died Sept. 29, 1658. Hampton, late deceased. Real estate, 104
Amount, about .500 (including a grist- acres of land, 60 ; personal, ;ii8 i$s.
mill). Appraised by Trist : Coffyn and 6d. ; total, 178^13^.6^. Debts are due
Willi : White. The three ex'rs attested it from Giles ffifeild, Nat : Batcheller, James
by oath 6 : 8 mo : 1658 ; M. P. & J. O. ffilbrick, Abraham Pirkins,and Sam : ffogg.
making oath before Robert Pike. Appraised by Robert Tuck, Jn Samborn
Thomas Macy of Salisbury, for money and Henry Dowe Nov. 19, 1657. Af-
paid about four years ago by John Gore of firmed by Elizabeth Hilliar, widow.
Roxbury, lately deceased, conveys to Ro- Tristram Coffyn of Salisbury conveys to
dah Gore, his widow and executrix, y$ of Sam : Gile of Haverhill house and 8-acre
the saw-mill and house and 3 acres at new lot, etc., in Haverhill, I bought of Joseph
town in Salisbury, bounded by Pawwaus Merrie, lately in the possession of George
river and land of Richard Currier; also, 14 Gold wyer, 1648. Wit: Tho : Macy and
acres, bounded by Joseph Peasly and Paw- James Davis, jr. Ack. in court at Hamp-
waus river; also, 7 acres, bounded by ton, 1648.
Thomas Barnard and common ; also, 20 Ed : Rifhworth of York, in behalf of
acres of meadow, bounded by Merrimack Mr. Tho : Wheelwrite, and Thomas Lead-
river, William Sargent, and Mr. Winsley's er (his ^ mark) of Boston, heirs and as-
island ; also, 15 acres of meadow, Aug. 20, signs of Susana Leader of Hampton, lately
1658. Wife Sarah Macy is to release dower, deceased, conveys to Thomas Deerbornof
Capt. Waldern's mill, Docter's island, at Hampton house and land, and TO or 12
Pascattaquack, and Crispin Hooper of acres of marsh in little ox common, Oct.
Boston, merchant, are mentioned. Wit: 23, 1657. Wit: Richard Tucker and
Edw : Raufon and Amos Richifon. Ack. Miles Thomson. Ack. by E. R. before
before Jo : Endecott, gov., 19:6: 1658. Abraha Preble and Edward Jonson March
