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HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
YOL. XLVII 1911
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CONTENTS.
Allen, George H. List of names of Salem people from Tim-
othy Orne's Ledger, 1738 to 1752, 290
Bangs, Gay Esty. The English Ancestors of Jeffery Esty of
Salem, Mass., 350
Bells of Paul and Joseph W. Revere, The. By Arthur H.
Nichols, M. D. (Illustrated), 293
Chanler, Abiel, of Andover, Revolutionary Journal from
Dec. 2, 1776 until Apr. 1, 1777 181
Church, Dr. Benjamin, of Boston. Letter written during
Revolutionary War, by, 238
Clements, Robert of Haverhill, and some of his descendants.
By Maj. Gen. A. W. Greely, 317
Court Houses in Salem, The. By Sidney Perley (Illustrated), 101
Essex County, Newspaper Items relating to (Continued), 187, 353
Essex County Notarial Records (Continued), . 124, 253, 333
Esty, Jeffery, of Salem, Mass., The English Ancestors of.
By Gay Esty Bangs, 350
Fisher, Lieut. Col. Horace N. Reminiscences of the Rais-
ing of " Old Glory " at Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 27, 1862, 96
Greely, Maj. Gen. A. W. Robert Clements of Haverhill and
some of his descendants, 317
Groveland, Mass., The Houses and Buildings of. By Alfred
Poore, M. D. (Illustrated), .... 25, 133, 261
Halifax, Nova Scotia. Records of the Vice-Admiralty Court,
( Continued), 20, 189, 236
Hardy Family of Bradford, By David W. Hoyt, . . 167, 277
Hoyt, David W. The Hardy family of Bradford, . . 167, 277
Jenks, John, of Salem, Letter to Cotton Tufts of Weymouth,
Aug. 26, 1774, 230
Long, Henry Follansbee. The Physicians of Topsfield (Illus-
trated), 197
Long, Henry Follansbee. The Salt Marshes of the Massa-
chusetts Coast (Illustrated), 1
Marblehead in the year 1700. By Sidney Perley (Illustrated),
67, 149, 250, 341
New England, English Notes about Early Settlers in. By
Lothrop Withington (Continued), 63
Newspaper Items relating to Essex County (Continued), 187, 353
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Nichols, Arthur H M M. D. The Bells of Paul and Joseph W.
Revere (Illustrated), 293
" Old Glory," Reminiscences of the Raising of, at Nashville,
Tenn., Feb. 27, 1862. By Lieut. Col. Horace N. Fisher, 90
Orne, Timothy. Ledger, List of names of Salem people in,
from 1738 to 1752. By George H. Allen, . . . 290
Perley, Sidney. The Court Houses in Salem (Illustrated), 101
Perley, Sidney. Marhlehead in the year 1700 (Illustrated),
67, 149, 250, 341
Poore, Alfred, M. D. The Houses and Buildings of Grove-
land, Mass (Illustrated), 25, 183, 261
Putnam, Capt. Jeremiah, of Danvers, Mass. Revolutionary
Orderly Book in the Rhode Island Campaign, . . 41
Revere, Paul and Joseph W., The Bells of. By Arthur H.
Nichols, M. D. (Illustrated) 293
Revolution, Records of the Vice-Admiralty Court, during
the (Continued), 20, 189, 236
Revolutionary Journal, from Dec. 2, 1776 until April 1, 1777,
kept by Abiel Chanler of Andover 181
Revolutionary Orderly Book of Capt. Jeremiah Putnam of
Danvers, Mass., in the Rhode Island Campaign, . . 41
Revolutionary War, Letter written by Dr. Benjamin Church
of Boston, during the, '. 233
Salem, Mass. Contract for building Free Will Baptist
Church, in 1828, 66
Salem, Mass., Court Houses in. By Sidney Perley (Illus-
trated), 101
Salem people. List of names of, from Timothy Orne's Ledger,
1738 to 1752. By George H. Allen, 290
Salt marshes of the Massachusetts Coast, The. By Henry
Follansbee Long (Illustrated), 1
Topsfield, The Physicians of. By Henry Follansbee Long
(Elustrated) ; . . 197
Tufts, Cotton, of Weymouth, Letter from John Jenks of
Salem, Aug. 26, 1774, 230
Withington, Lothrop. English Notes about Early Settlers in
New England (Continued), 63
HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
OF THE
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VOL. XL VII. JANUARY, 1911 No. 1
THE SALT MARSHES OF THE MASSACHUSETTS
COAST.
BY HENRY FOLLANSBEB LONG.
In the latter part of April in the year 1614, Capt John
Smith sailed along the shores of Massachusetts Bay, and
in his description of the place now known as Ipswich he
relates, " On the East is an Isle of two or three leagues in
length, the one halfe plaine marish ground, fit for pasture,
or salt ponds,"* thereby showing a familiarity with the
utility of the salt marshes of New England. Many of
those who settled near Ipswich came from the east coast
of England where still exist the extensive marshes and
" broads " of Norfolk and Essex. The early settlers nat-
urally brought with them the customs of Old England,
and probably at the very first used the marshes for pas-
turing, as we learn that in their former homes across the
sea some marshes were not allowed to be cut, *' for it is
justly supposed to be very hurtful to such valuable bul-
lock lands," and further, "it has been observed that
horses and black cattle thrive better, and flesh and fat
sooner in salt marshes than in fresh water meadows or
Thig refers to tbe Plum Island marshes lying between the Ipswich river and
the Merrimac, and now baring an area of about 12,600 acres. This system of
marshes is perhaps the largest of any existing north of Long Island Sound, and
when connected with the marine swamps lying about the Hampton river on the
north, and those about the Ipswich and Essex rivers on the south, the total area,
amounting in all to over 20,000 acres, is greater than any other of the northern
salt marshes. A monograph by Prof. N. S. Shaler, describing these seacoast
swamps, both geologically and economically, may be found in the 6th Annual
Report of the united States Geological Survey (1884-5), pages 363-398.
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upland pastures, though the reason of it has never been
fully assigned. But according to some, it is supposed
that the air of the sea whets their appetites."
But these marshes were valuable to the settlers not
only for fodder, but for the long thatch which was used
to cover the rude dwellings of that time, for in spite of
the fact that as early as 1631, Governor Dudley forbade
any man building a wooden chimney or thatching his roof,
up to 1690 one-story houses were nearly all thatched. It
was usual for towns to set aside certain lots lying between
the salt marsh and low water mark, where thatch grew,
for the purpose of supplying the roofs of the cottages, and
up to the year 1660 the dwellings were largely of this
sort, with catted wooden chimneys. These wooden chim-
neys were lined with clay, daubed to the very top,
though the tabor of claying the top was quite difficult.
This combination of wooden chimney and thatched roof
did not promise well for a community without ample fire
protection, and the result was that in 1642 some towns
made a law that all houses of this construction should
have a ladder in readiness, in case of fire. It was not
uncommon for the splinters at the top of the chimneys to
catch fire and the sparks to drop on to the thatch and
then of course the flames would soon destroy the house.
In the Court Records appears the case of a woman servant
at Ipswich accused of setting fire to one of these dwell-
ings, and in answering the charge she said that being at
home alone, and the cows having got into the corn, she
took hold of the thatch to pull herself up to look around
to locate them, and in doing so she upset her pipe and the
thatch caught fire.
In the Colonial Laws, under date of October 17, 1649,
it is recorded that, " the inhabitants of a towne w th in this
iurisdiction, at their first siting downe did gen r ally agree
to set apart a certeine p r cell of land, to the value of about
20 acres lying between the salt marsh and the low water
marke, for the use of the whole towne, to be impved for
thatch d houses, the want whereof is very preiuditiall to the
towne, since w oh time this honored Genurall Co r te, by an
order of theirs, haue made all the lands to low water
BY HENEY FOLLANSBEE LONG. 3
marke to be the proprietors of the land joyning there
vnto ; the aforesaid inhabitants, not being able to resolue
themselues, humbly desire the resolution of this honnoured
Court, w th er the orde r of the Court make voyd the pre-
ceding towne order. The Court doth conceive the Courts
order doth not disanull the order of the towne preceding
it" The result of this action is shown by Joseph B. Felt
in his History of Ipswich, when he notes under date of
1668, that " the poorer sort of inhabitants having been
restricted in the use of what they considered common
lands, they are prevented from getting thatch to cover
their houses, and to serve for fodder." Again, under date
of May 19, 1669, in the Colonial Laws, we find that, " In
ans r to the petitions of the inhabitants of Ipswich and
Gloucester exhibited to this Court in relation to Thatch
Banks, etc., the court judgeth it meete to declare that not-
withstanding the lawe about priuledge to low water marke
one hundred rods, yet, when townes doe not grant their
lands to the riuers, but otherwise bound mens lands that
lye by the riuerside there, they have not liberty to clayme
further right by the sayd lawe, though where no such
bounds were sett, or reserves made in grants, the Court
declares that the say'd lawe must take place and doeth
cleerely determine the case, it remaining w th the Court to
consider the lawe as they see cause."
Although the use of thatch for roofing has long since
disappeared in this country, the thatching of roofs with
rye and similar growths is very common in Great Britain
and Europe to-day. An article in a magazine of recent
date speaks of the " varied beauties of thatch " and of
the " thatch encircling the little dormer windows and the
beautiful curves of the roof, and the exquisite finish of
the roof ridge, the most critical point of the whole." Just
how the earlier settlers thatched their roofs the records
fail to show, merely mentioning the value of " thatching
tools." The practice in Great Britain of late years has
been as follows, and probably the earlier method in this
country was very much the same : the roofs of the dwell-
ings had boards, slats, or strips of wood laid across the
rafters. The thatch, after being mowed, was gathered by
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hand into a bunch about six inches thick, and two or
three strands of grass were taken to tie the whole bunch
together. These bunches were laid along the roof just
over the eaves, and were held in place with a short willow
stick sharpened at both ends and stuck under the slats,
then carried over the bundle of thatch and stuck under
the next slat, thus holding the bundle of thatch firmly in
place. These bundles of thatch were piled about six or
eight bunches deep, and attached to each other by means
of these willow sticks. The loose ends extending over the
edge of the roof were sheared off to about four inches
from the eaves, leaving just enough overlay to carry the
rain water clear of the house, and yet make the roof look
neat. The next bunches were not only wound tightly to-
gether in the centre, but the ends, cut even, were wound
as tightly as it was possible. A long dull-pointed tool
was used to make a hole in the first layer of thatch, and
the tightly wound end of the next bunch was jammed
into the space made by this implement. The process,
from eaves to the ridgepole, was exactly the same, and
similar to the present method of laying shingles. The
ridge of a roof was not thatched, but a layer of sod was
placed so that the ridge was covered, and also some por-
tion of the roof near the ridge.
At first glance the salt meadows appear rather monot-
onous. Pale yellow and muddy brown seem to be the
only noticeable tints in the straw-colored waste. But a
closer scrutiny will reveal a remarkable variety of color
effects. The areas of different grasses are often acres in
extent, so that the tints, shading from the lightest pea
green of the thinner sedges to the blue green of the
rushes, and the deep emerald green of the hay
grass, merge across their broad bands into perfect har-
mony. Some one has said that " there is no bank of vio-
lets stealing and giving half so sweet an odor to my nos-
trils, outraged by a winter of city smells, as the salty,
spray-laden breath, of the marsh. It seems fairly to line
the lungs with ozone. I know how grass-fed cattle feel
at the smell of salt." Our Essex County poet, John
Greenleaf Whittier, must have had a somewhat similar
BY HENRY FOLLANSBEE LONG. 5
feeling when he wrote in his " Snow Bound " of the
marshes, with the very breath of the marsh in every line.
"Where Salisbury's level marshes spread
Mile wide as flies the laden bee ;
Where merry mowers, hale and strong,
Swept, scythe on scythe, their swaths along
The low green prairies of the sea.' 1
And is there in Massachusetts a landscape or a touch
of Nature's hand that carries the mind so far toward the
creative period of the earth as to stand in the midst of the
salt marsh when the flush of twilight steals over its straw-
colored desolation. It is as if our eyes opened for the
first time upon the struggle of darkness with light ; as if
chaos ruled again and the drama of evolution had to be
created anew, for the salt meadows, with their lagoons and
pools of standing water, are the last remnants of the sea
which once covered them entirely.
September 23 and 26, 1661, all the marsh land in New-
bury, bordering on Plum Island river, was divided among
the freeholders of the town. The first division extended
from Rowley bounds to Sandy beach, " in lots of four acres
each . . . and the second division . . . from four to ten
acres each, . . . beginning at the upland next Merri-
mack Barre and extending to Sandy Beach, . . . also the
marsh land in the neck over the Great River ... of five
acres each."
In Gage's History of Rowley, under date of 1667, we
read that " Hog Island marshes were divided and laid out
to the following persons . . . The Hog Islands were re-
served for the use of the Indians for planting, etc.; other
Salt marshes had been previously divided."
In the year 1665 there was a division made of 800
acres of marsh and upland in Ipswich, beginning at the
end of Plum Island toward Rowley. In the same year
lots were assigned on Castle Neck and Wigwam Hill.
This included only a portion of the marshes, and it may
be that the marshes elsewhere were included in the up-
land grants near by.
In the very early days the settlers went to marsh on
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horseback, loading the tools and food on the horse's back
as well. When two or three went it was customary for
them to take turns in riding the animal. One would ride
ahead for a distance and tie the horse and continue on
foot. The next man reaching the horse would ride on a
distance beyond where the first was walking and hitch as
before, and so continue on foot. As the early roads or
trails were almost impassable for the rude carts they had
in those days, it is more than likely they brought the hay
home in winter on sleds. At a later date, when the two-
wheel chaise came into use, the custom of going to marsh
was similar, save that the tools were loaded into the chaise
with two men, and they drove the horse some distance,
and after tying, proceeded on foot. Tradition says that
this custom was very common in Topsfield, and that it was
usual for the first hitch to be made at Gravelly Brook, the
town line between Topstield and Ipswich, and then always
spoken of as the " half way place." The labor on the
marsh was severe, and it is told of one Topsfield farmer
in those days, who arose at the hour of one and walked to
the marsh with his scythe and food and other small things
strapped to his shoulders, that having done a day's work
and walking homeward, when he reached the last hill on
his return trip, though the weather was cold, he would as
quickly lie down by the roadside and sleep for the rest of
the night as to go a mile farther. An elderly man has
recently said that ' marsh work was one way to kill a
man." Yet the meeting of neighbors and the friendly
rivalry between men made the work on the marsh a wel-
comed change from the daily routine on the farm.
The manner of cutting and curing the hay in those
early days probably was not unlike that followed in more
recent times. Owing to the long and severe New England
winter, it was very necessary to be well supplied with hay
for the live stock, and as sufficient English hay would be
very costly, the farmers used a large amount of salt hay.
Formerly the products of the salt marshes were not for-
gotten by the coast dwellers of Massachusetts in their an-
nual acknowledgment of blessings bestowed by Provi-
dence, when thanks were returned upon the day which is
BY HENRY POLLAN8BEB LONG. 7
now one of national observance. Joseph B. Felt, in his
History of Ipswich, written in 1836, says, " Large quan-
tities of salt hay are obtained from the marshes. It is
healthy for cattle and makes much saving of other fod-
der. The labor of obtaining it is the hardest and most
perilous which our farmers have to do. It is noticeable
that old records, in speaking of marshes, sometimes call
them meadows." English accounts of about the same
date state that " in some places the grass from salts is
annually mown, and yields a short, delicate hay, that
proves a very salubrious provender for sheep ; but care
must be taken to prevent its being carried off by the tide,
for which reason it is often found necessary to bring it
into the inclosures for making." It is added that these
salt marshes are very " efficacious in relieving many com-
plaints incident to cattle, and are likewise useful in fur-
nishing a considerable range for young sheep." The high-
er grass was suited more for laboring horses, " but the
low meadow marsh and some other of the softer descrip-
tions of hay are, from their possessing such qualities, bet-
ter suited as a fodder for milch cows and other kinds of
neat cattle, as well as such horses as are not much em-
ployed in team labour."
One writer speaks of the marsh in the following words:
" Instead of waste high grass, there lay around me acres
and acres of the fine rich hay grass, full grown, but with-
out a blade wider than a knitting needle or taller than my
knee. It covered the marsh like a deep, thick fur, like a
wonderland carpet, into whose elastic, velvety pile my feet
sank, and sank, never quite feeling the floor. Here and
there were patches of higher sedges, green, but of differ-
ing shades, which seemed spread upon the grass carpet
like long-napped rugs."
These marshes yield an abundant growth of the coarser
grasses locally known as " black grass, fox grass, branch
grass, blue grass, goose grass, cove hay, salt hay mixture
and flat sedge." These hays have been subjected to a
chemical analysis by the Massachusetts Hatch Experiment
Station, and their digestibility determined by the aid of
sheep, and it was found that " salt marsh hays differ but
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little in chemical composition from average meadow hay."
Salt hay cut when in blossom and well cured, contains
rather less digestible matter than the average English hay
cut under similar conditions, "and has from 10 to 18 per
cent less feeding value than average English hay." When
fed in combination with grain and corn silage, which is the
general method of feeding, " the salt hay rations produce
from 2 to 5 per cent, less milk and butter than an equal
amount of English hay similarly combined."
In 1835, salt hay sold at auction in Topsfield at $12.50
per ton, but at earlier dates the price was no higher than
five or six dollars. Previous to 1850 the Topsfield farm-
ers cut annually about six hundred tons of salt grass.
The town is located about ten miles from the marsh lands.
The total amount of salt grass cut at that time by the
farmers living within convenient hauling distance of the
marshes must have been very large.
A marsh to produce good hay and to be in good condi-
tion to cut must be well drained, and these drainage
ditches, cut with turf spades, are a source of constant
danger to people unfamiliar with the marshes, and many
a gunner or green marsh hand can relate a personal expe-
rience of having slipped into one of these narrow ditches
three or four feet deep. Practically no care is given to
the marshes beyond keeping open these ditches which serve
to drain the tide water. In the old days, a marsh that
was well drained and well situated was valued at upwards
of $70 an acre ; at the present time it is hard to give a
marsh away, and the towns will not even try to sell them
for the taxes. In some places, however, large areas are
now purchased for gunning purposes by clubs and wealthy
individuals. The soil on these marshes is exceptionally
good and runs to the depth of 30 or 40 feet. In addition to
the ditches, the marshes are a regular network of natural
creeks which are filled with water at high tide.
It is safe to say that every farmer within convenient
hauling distance has at some time owned a piece of salt
marsh, and although the cutting of it was by far the most
laborious of all his work, it was also the only labor that
he looked forward to with any degree of enthusiasm.
BY HENRY FOLLANSBEE LONG. 9
Some of these marshes have been in one family for up-
wards of 125 years and have been cut every year.
About thirty years ago considerable research and inves-
tigation was made by the United States government in
connection with a plan for diking these marshes, some-
what as has been done in the maritime provinces, and
thereby reclaiming land which would be very valuable.
The chief obstacle that prevented the successful carrying
out of this project was the fact that the ownership of
these marshes had been divided and sub-divided many
times, and in consequence it was practically impossible to
get any considerable number of owners to agree upon any
proposition of improvement entailing expense. Private
enterprise, however, has diked some of the marshes at a
cost of about $5 an acre, and it has proved a wise invest-
ment. The roadbed of the Eastern Railroad, when built,
formed an excellent dike, and to-day rich hay fields along
the New Hampshire shore were once wide open marshes.
The rivalry among the young men in the old days as to
physical ability was as keen as at present, but lacking the
out-of-door games of to-day, they had the salt marsh,
where all questions as to muscular ability were settled.
The rivalry also was just as intense among the older
men, for to be known as a powerful mower on the marsh
was an honor indeed. The young men would often prac-
tice mowing some weeks before marshing began, to get
their hand in, and also to try out the different scythes,
that they might be sure of every advantage they could
obtain by choice of implements.
The first step a farmer must take before mowing his
salt marsh was to find out the exact time for a low run of
tides. During the high course of tides the marshes were
covered with six or eight inches of water at least, for six
hours of the day and often longer. When the low tides
came, the marshes were free of water for ten days to two
weeks during the entire day. The grass must be cut and
dried for two or three days before it was stacked or car-
ried from the marshes on long poles, for the salt water
would spoil the mowed grass if it did not carry it away on
the tide. In the very early days certain men in the com-
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munity knew enough about the position of the moon with
relation to the earth as to be able to tell some time hi ad-
vance when the tides would be favorable, but the majority
of farmers have used the almanacs for many years. Having
set his date for cutting, the farmer began to get his crew
together. In this he had but little difficulty as help could
always be obtained for marshing, for though the work was
hard, there was lots of fun and plenty to eat and drink.
These men could be hired for one dollar a day and board.
In many cases a community of farmers would help each
other. The farmer's wife had to bear the labor of the
next step in marshing, which was to prepare two or three
days food for eight or ten hungry men. Though many
farmers went to marsh a day at a time and of course in
some cases the day trip would last for twenty-four hours,
yet many others would go for a stop of two or three days,
sleeping in the barns near the marsh.
From the fact that the neighbors often helped each
other in cutting hay, the " wimen folks" always gave the
best the house afforded, for there was considerable rivalry
then as now, and one house-wife was not to be out-done
by a neighbor, so in consequence she worked, fretted and
schemed, to have something better and different than any
other woman, and the men reaped what she sowed. The
farmer, however, had to prepare sufficient drink for his
crew, and this usually consisted of plenty of rum and hard
cider, though some brandy was taken. In some cases a
farmer carried nothing but sweetened water, but these
instances were spoken of with a groan or with contempt.
One man who always insisted on carrying sweetened water
was called " Molasses Jack " for years on account of the
following incident. The day before going to the marsh he
had carefully mixed a lot of this sweetened water in a ten
gallon keg and had put it in the cellar to cool. That
night, about twelve o'clock, he went into the cellar for the
keg, and as it was dark he had difficulty in locating it,
but finally seized a ten gallon keg and loaded it into his
wagon. His marsh was located about a mile from the
shore, and it was with considerable trouble that his crew
finally got the keg out to the lot. No sooner was the
BY HENRY FOLLANSBEE LONG. 11
keg set up than all hands wanted to quench their thirst.
Imagine their feelings when instead of sweetened water,
molasses came from the keg.
The call of the marsh was strong and the farmers
looked forward to marshing as they would to a picnic. I
have been told by an old marsh man that the most im-
pressive thing he ever saw at the marsh and one which he
has remembered the longest happened when as a young man
he was sleeping in a hay barn near the marsh with two or
three other gangs besides his own. During the early
morning hours, he was awakened by voices, and rolled off
the hay to locate them. The rain was falling fast, and
it was pitchy black. In the middle of the barn floor,
seated around a lantern, were three old men all over 75
years of age. They were telling each other old marsh
yarns, and many of them were personal experiences, hap-
pening from the time when they first went to marsh nearly
seventy years before.
The night before the crew was to cut hay, bed was
sought early for by midnight breakfast was enjoyed and
by one o'clock they were well on the way to marsh. As
mile after mile was covered they were joined by other
crews, for all the farmers had to take advantage of the
same low run of tides. It is said that when within two
miles of Ipswich it was no uncommon sight to have a
dozen teams in line, and when the party turned into the
narrow road leading to the marshes, fully twenty or
twenty-five teams would be together moving in single file
like some great caravan. The marsh side reached the
teams began to separate and immediately the horses were
unhitched and tied and soon the shadowy forms of men
were seen winding into the marsh. Many jests were
hurled at rival gangs, for it was the first leg in the battle
to get on to the marsh first. Those cutting shore marshes
would enjoy another breakfast while the others worked.
In some cases the crews walked one or two miles over the
marsh before beginning work and when we realize that all
the tools, food and drink had to be carried as well, it was
a day's work in itself. Since the invention of marsh shoes,
horses have been used for all severe labor of this nature.
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It was usual for the men to have some little argument as
to what part of the " kit " each should carry on to the
marsh, for some things were harder to carry than others.
It is related of one man, who chose to carry the scythes,
that he picked a job that lasted him considerably longer
than any other. He had been to marsh but once before
and then noticed that the man who carried the scythes
seemed to have an easy time, but this time he did not
know that a different kind of marsh was to be cut. When
a marsh is left uncut for a year, the old grass remains
standing, and the new grass comes up inside the old stalk,
which forms a shell for the new. The new grass ripens
and when ready to mow, of course it is as hard as any salt
grass, but in addition it has the old grass protecting it so
the labor of cutting is just twice as hard. When a marsh
in this condition is cut, it is necessary for a man to have
six or seven scythes and in this case the man who selected
the job of carrying the scythes had about forty to carry on
to the lot.
All plans were laid to be ready to begin mowing just
as soon as the grass could be seen, and by three nearly the
whole marsh would be in swing and for two miles could
be seen many men mowing. The work of cutting would
go steadily on for five or six hours or until the dew had
dried off the grass. All grass mows more easily while
wet and especially salt grass. It has been proven that the
only salt in salt grass is what forms on the outside. * So
long as the dew was on the marsh, the grass was in a con-
dition to cut, but as soon as the dew disappeared the salt
crystallized on the outside and scythes were dulled very
quickly. In some cases the salt would fill the air like
dust and the blades of the scythes would be solidly caked
with it. Today, when mowing machines can be used the
drier the salt grass the better, for it stands up stiff and
is cut more easily by the machine. To sharpen these
scythes, one farmer used to carry a grind stone on to the
marsh as he had a shore marsh. Every few rods the
mowers would stop to put a better edge on their scythes,
which is called " whetting," and is done by means of a
* The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station has reported that a ton of
marsh hay contains about 54 Ibs. of salt.
BY HENBY FOLLANSBEE LONG. 13
sanded stick called a " rifle." In olden days, every farmer
made his own rifles. He would whittle a stick into the
shape he wished, then rub tallow on it, and then sprinkle
over it a fine sand. When this wore off, all that was
needed was more grease and sand. Today these rifles are
made of emery and are sold for a small sum at the general
stores. Nearly all the old grocery stores sold rifle sand.
They also sold rum, and in consequence many worthy dea-
cons found it convenient to ask for two gallons of rifle sand
when in reality they wanted something quite different.
All the mowers had their favorite scythes, but a short
straight scythe was generally used as the salt grass is very
wiry and therefore it is necessary to strike it hard and to
keep the force to the end of the swarth. The average
scythe was about 3 feet and 6 or 7 inches long. The rivalry
in cutting largely centred in preventing the man ahead from
cutting your corner, that is, not to let him cut what would
naturally be your last stroke. A man who was beaten in
this manner was obliged to stand lots of joking. A man
who carried a short swarth was said to cut a " hog trough."
The average good mower must cut a ten foot swarth and
keep it up for five or six hours, though a few men could
cut nearly a twelve foot swarth. By working ten hours a
day a smart man could cut about four acres. As the
marsh floor is thick with grass, all the tools, when not in
use, were stuck into the mud so they could easily be found,
for when placed on the ground they were easily overlooked
in the brown fur-like grass that enveloped them. The
tires of the wagons and machines used for marsh purposes
today are about seven inches wide and hardly any grass is
now cut by hand for the cost of making salt hay is rela-
tively much greater and its intrinsic value for feeding is
rated much lower than in the old times. In consequence
the value of the marshes has materially decreased. In the
old days every spear of grass was carefully gathered, today
only the grass easily reached with the machines is cut.
No one who has traveled along the shores of New Eng-
land can fail to have noticed the numerous hive-shaped
stacks of hay thickly scattered over the extensive marshes.
The former method of getting the hay into stacks was
14 THE SALT MARSHES OF THE MASSACHUSETTS COAST
vastly different from that in use today. The small creeks
into which the marsh lots slope are called " dwindlings,"
and all the grass growing on these slopes was carefully cut.
After the mower, usually followed a boy with a rake to
gather the grass with the rest on the higher places. Salt
marsh hay when cut drops exactly where it stands while
upland hay is carried on the scythe making a line called
a " windrow." The salt grass was raked into a " wind-
row " for drying or curing. Today, a long plank or pole
called a " scoop " drawn by horses and having a plank for
a man to stand on, drags all the hay at once to the stack
and no care is taken to get any hay other than what the
" scoop " may gather up easily.
One man told the writer that as a boy he was anxious
to go to marsh and so offered his services for his food.
He worked hard all day raking out the " dwindlings," and
though he enjoyed the food he was very sorry he went, as
it was several days before he was rested from the hard
work. When the next year came around and all the other
boys were going to marsh, he had the same old fever come
over him and so offered his services on the same basis as
the year before. Imagine his surprise when he heard from
the farmer that the year before he didn't think the boy
earned his board and so he guessed he didn't want him
again.
After the hay was mowed it must dry for two or three
days. Some grasses took longer to dry than others and of
course the weather made a great difference. After the hay
had been " turned " a few times and well dried, the pro-
cess of stacking began. These stacks were built on stakes
which were driven into the ground sometimes many feet,
and were called " staddles." The " staddles " were about
three feet above the marsh or high enough to clear the
high tides and would hold about three tons of hay. Of
course the highest place on the marsh was selected for the
stack and in many cases the marsh was so low that the hay
was stacked on shore. The marsh soil is peculiar in the
fact that it preserves the wood used for " staddles," and
some of these old ' staddles" have been found that must
have been in the soil nearly a hundred years. After the
BY HBNBY FOLLANSBEE LONG. 15
dry hay was raked into bundles, two poles were run un-
der them, and then two men carried the hay to the stack
and placed it convenient for the experienced stack builder
to spread as he wished. After the stack was made, rocks
or sticks were laid over the top to hold the hay so that
the wind would not carry it away. A great deal of fun
was had when this poling was going on. When the hay
was poled ashore to be stacked, long distances often were
covered, and the trip would take the men by the little
salt ponds or "soup holes," which cover the marsh, and
sometimes the temptation was too great for the head man
to resist leading his helper waist deep into these mud holes
and in consequence a ducking in the clear water of the
creek was necessary to remove the mud. Great joy was
experienced when some green man wanted a ride on the
load, for then both men poling enjoyed the fun of dump-
ing their passenger into a salt pond. These stacks of hay
remained until the marshes were frozen over in the winter
when the' farmer hauled the hay home by means of sleds.
Severe storms, causing a high run of tides, have not infre-
quently carried all the stacks of hay away, and the farm-
er's work was entirely lost. Many a marsh hand and gun-
ner has been marooned all night on one of these stacks
when caught by the rising tide.
After the day's work was finished it was customary to
race the horses home. The story is told of one man
who was racing and leading the others, that the tire of his
wheel came off. He paid no attention whatever to it but
kept up his speed. In a short distance the rim of the
wheel came off and it is said that he finished victorious
with nothing left of the wheel but a few spokes.
The " thatch" or coarser grass used by our first settlers
for roofs, is covered by the tides every day and was very
generally used for fodder, some farmers considering that
certain " thatch" was the best of all hays on the marshes.
It was said to make the cows drink more water which was
considered beneficial. All this grass had to be gathered
at low water and flat hay-boats called " gundelows" or
" gondolas", were used to carry it to the shore. This side
of marsh work was the most dangerous of all and was
16 THE SALT MARSHES OP THE MASSACHUSETTS COAST
called "green freighting" from the fact that the thatch
was gathered green and cured on shore. Many farmers
when " green freighting" drove their oxen to the landing,
that they might bring home the hay to cure. It was no
unusual sight to see at one time thirty or forty yokes of
oxen hitched at the Rowley Landing, waiting for the
freighters to come up on the tide. The thatch cutters
must go with the tide regardless of the time, day or
night, for they always quoted that " the tide waits for no
man." Some of the wiser farmers would engage their
boats ahead and have them anchored down the stream
toward the tide so that they might get away earlier and
thereby have more time on the lot.
Many of the Topsfield people tell of drowning accidents
which occurred while using these hay-boats some of which
are mentioned in records as far back as the year 1700.
The average hay-boat was about twenty-five feet in length,
with a depth of about three feet running nearly the entire
length. On the front end, which was square like the
rear, were seats for the rowers, three on a side, while in
the rear of the boat a place was reserved for a man with a
steering oar, which was a hard task and only the best of
men were used for this position. The bottom of the boat
was filled with hay, which also was loaded on a rigging
made by means of planks extending six or eight feet
on each side the boat. By piling the hay about six feet
high, a load of about ten tons was obtained, though some
boats carried more. In the early days many large boats
came down the Merrimack River to be loaded with hay to
be used by the inland farmers. These crews would bring
a large tent and remain several days on the marsh, return-
ing with their load on the tide. Before tug boats were in
use to carry them beyond the influence of the tides,
the hay-boat would go up the river until the tide turned,
when they would " tie up" on the bank and wait for the
next tide. But some of them used large sails and kept go-
ing, " tide or no tide." These boats were forty or fifty
feet long, and would carry about thirty tons of hay.
Cross' Banks was a favorite cutting place for the Tops-
field people, although many had lots on Plum Island and
From Currier's "Ould Newbury."
PLUM ISLAND RIVER AND MARSHES.
LOAD OF SALT HAY DRAWN BY OXEN.
BY HENBY FOLLANSBEE LONG. 17
also the Great Flats, which was a very dangerous place
and could only be worked at the very lowest tides. The
hard bottomed thatch banks were the best for cutting but
many farmers were obliged to mow thatch in ankle deep
mud. Before the tide was low, the farmer placed his boat
in a good position for loading and at the same time for
getting away quickly on the flood tide. When the water
had all receded the boat was high and dry on the thatch
bank, but before it had all gone the mowers were swing-
ing their long scythes through the thatch, for this grass
mows very easily and a wide deep swarth could be taken .
When the weather was a little damp the scythes would
disturb clouds of mosquitoes and midgets from their com-
fortable resting places on the thatch. The poets call these
insects " the nymphs of the salt marsh," but the word imps
is too mild for a farmer to use for no rest can be obtained
until a wind springs up or the tide brings relief. As
fast as the grass was mowed, a raker gathered it into bun-
dles and these in turn were poled to the boat to be piled
on, a gang plank being used to get on to the boat. Very
little fun was indulged in for it was a case of quick work
to get the boat loaded with the tools, gang plank and food
on top, to meet the coming tide. When the boat " fleeted"
or floated, the men plyed their oars and worked liked gal-
ley slaves until the landing was reached, the man behind
shouting " port" or " starboard" as the case might be as
the boat wound in and out through the creeks. Very
few farmers owned a hay-boat, the majority hiring them
for a " freight." Capt. Jewett of Ipswich owned many
boats and landed them all at Green's Point, a favorite land-
ing place for Topsfield people. Here all the oxen were
hitched and it was not unusual to see fifteen or twenty
yokes at one time waiting for the loads. Capt. Johnson
of Rowley Landing, was another hay-boat man who was
well patronized.
These hay-boats often cost as high as $300.00 and could
be hired for about $2.00 a freight, or $5.00 with the skip-
per. Of course the owners were anxious to let their boats
for every tide and the following yarn will give an idea of
the care they took to have the boats ready for use. The
18 THE SALT MABSHES OP THE MASSACHUSETTS COAST
skipper was hired to go with his boat, to a marsh at some
distance from the landing, for of course some marshes
must be a long distance away and in some cases they were
five miles. The farmer was anxious to obtain all the hay
possible and so loaded the boat very heavily. After the
tools were laid on top and the crew had taken the oars,
the skipper began shouting " starboard" or " port," as the
tide allowed them to go from one creek into another, in
order to reach Green's River or Green's Creek, the main
way to the landing. This particular boat was obliged to
come down Paine's creek, which was a very difficult pass-
age and where the boat always struck the tide both ways.
The boat was run ashore many times for it seemed impos-
sible, so heavy was the load, to keep in the middle of the
creek. The skipper soon began to fret and fume about
taking so much time to get back and complained bitterly
of such a load. The owner of the hay however was not
worried so long as he got the hay up to the landing. An-
other bad creek called "Pull-and-be-Damned" was a source
of further loss of time, for the boat was constantly hitting
the mud banks. During all this time the skipper was
shouting directions from his post, for it is no uncommon
thing for a man to get lost in the many creeks of the
marshes and he also was swearing between orders about
his chances of letting his boat for the next tide when it
turned. At last his patience was exhausted and for five
minutes not a sound was heard from him and the rowers
wondered what was the matter. Shortly after while
rounding a curve they noticed a large amount of hay float-
ing away from them. The farmer at once stopped rowing
and climbed over the stack to see if the skipper was all
right, and found to his surprise that the owner of the boat
instead of steering and attending to his duties as pilot, was
diligently plying a fork to the pile of hay and throwing it
into the creek, intending thereby to lighten the load so
that better speed could be made and the landing reached in
time to unload and let the boat again.
The oars used for rowing these " gundalows" were from
twenty to twenty-five feet long and were very heavy.
Many drowning accidents have occurred when these oars
BY HENEY FOTJ.ANSBEE LONG. 19
caught on the bank or in eel grass and drew the rower
into the water before he could loosen his hold on the oar.
Great care had to be taken in loading the boats for
they easily would take in water and sink and then only
could be raised when low tide came and the plug in the
bottom could be removed allowing the water to run out
when the boat would float on the next tide. These boats
have all disappeared and the only boat for hay in exist-
ence today is called a " canoe," and is practically two dorys
held together by means of boards thereby making a founda-
tion for the hay stack.
There was always a race to reach the landing place, for
the first man in went beyond the landing to unload where
it cost him nothing, while the last man would have to pay
a dollar to unload at the landing, if he was fortunate
enough to reach there before the tide left him stranded on
the mud a rod or more from shore. In those days the land
near the landing place was used for drying the hay, the
farmers paying a small sum for the accommodation. But
when the owners of this land realized that they were get-
ting very little for the accommodation and at the same time
were injuring their own grass land, the carting home of
" green freight " became general. But this was not profit-
able and " green freighting " is now a thing of the past.
Today many marshes are cut by machine at a very low
price. The Tilton brothers of Topsfield, in 1908, cut over
two hundred tons of salt hay with a mowing machine, for
there is still quite a demand for salt hay for fodder, but
it is used more generally in the large business houses to
pack crockery, while much is also used to protect the early
vegetables, as salt is a non-conductor of frost.
RECORDS OF THE VICE-ADMIRALTY COURT
AT HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA.
THE CONDEMNATION OF PRIZES AND RECAPTURES OF THE
REVOLUTION AND THE WAR OF 1812.
(Continued from Vol. XL VI, page
MEQUAIT (361), sloop, 76 tons, J. Woodward, master,
Bath to Portland, captured July 29, 1813 by Dart (pri-
vateer), Cargo : small quantity corn and rye and some
fish. Taken into New Brunswick.
MERCHANT (63), ship, T. Noyes, master, Liverpool to
New York, captured Aug. 28, 1812 by Colibrie. Restored
on payment of costs.
MERCHANT (67), ship, 270 tons, C. Hopkins, master,
Gottenburg to Portsmouth, captured Aug. 29, 1812 by
Statira. Cargo : iron.
MIDDLESEX (87), ship, M. Pollard, master, captured
Sept. 8, 1812 by Liverpool Packet. Taken into Liver-
pool. Restored on payment of costs.
MINERVA (3), brig, 256 tons, James F. Trott, master,
Liverpool to Boston, captured July 6, 1812, by Africa,
^Eolus, Shannon, Belvidera. Cargo : coals and salt.
MINERVA (269), brig, 184 tons, T. Patterson, master,
Boston to Lisbon, captured June 30, 1813 by La Hogue.
Cargo : beef, pork and staves. Restored.
MINERVA (494), brig, 55 tons, A. C. White, master,
Matanza to New London, captured Apr. 21, 1814 by La
Hogue. Cargo : 140 hhds. 22 tierces and 22 bbls. molasses,
22 hhds. and 4 bbls. sugar. Restored.
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RECORDS OP THE VICE- ADMIRALTY COURT. 21
MINERVA (373), schr., 136 tons, J. E. Scott, master,
Barbadoes to Wiscasset, captured Aug. 30, 1813 by
Weazel (privateer). Cargo : ballast and $4,000. Restored.
MINERVA (597), schr., 43 tons, Elida Baldwin, master,
New York to Bridge Port, captured Aug. 11, 1814 by
Shannon and Liverpool Packet (privateers). Cargo :
flour, fish and other articles. Taken into Liverpool.
MINERVA (636), schr., 136 tons, Dav d . Pinkham,
master, Wiscasset to Boston, captured Sept. 26, 1814 by
Lunenburg (privateer.)
MINERVA (351) sloop, 43 tons, B. Belvin, master, New
York to New Port, captured Aug. 5, 1813 by Matilda
(privateer). Cargo : 250 bbls. flour, 24 bbls. pease and
400 Ib. snuff.
MODEL (512), schr., 250 tons, John Austen, master, at
anchor in Little Egg Harbour, captured May 23, 1814 by
Niemen. Cargo : 270 bbls. flour.
MONK (61), ship, 253 tons, J. P. Felt, master, Rio
Janeiro to Salem, captured Aug. 23, 1812 by Colibrie.
Cargo : sugar, hides and horns.
MORNING STAR (357), schr., 32 tons, A. L. Burges,
master, Folly Land to East Port, captured Aug. 18,
1813, by Curlew and Nymphe. Cargo : 1000 bushels
Indian corn.
MORNING STAR (272), sloop, captured June 13, 1813
by Spartan, Statira and Martin.
MORNING STARR (568), sloop, captured in the harbour
of the Chesapeake, the tobacco taken out of store houses
and vessels sailing under the American flag, which were
burnt. Captured June 11, 1814 by Albion, Dragon,
Acasta, Loire, Narcissus, Jaseur and St. Lawrence,
13 hhds. tobacco. Captured July 2, 1814 by Abion, Dra-
gon, Acasta, Loire, Narcissus, Severn, Jaseur and St.
Lawrence, 4 hhds. tobacco.
22 RECORDS OF THE VICE-ADMIRALTY COURT
MONSOON (52), ship, N. Williams, master, from Liver-
pool, captured Aug. 22, 1812 by ^olus. Restored on
payment of costs.
MONTEZUMA (420), ship, 320 tons, M. Rodriquez,
master, Boston to Cadiz, captured 1813 by La Hogue and
Tenedos. Cargo : candles, staves, codfish, chairs, tar,
turpentine, tobacco, beef and cloves.
MONTGOMERY (204), brig, J. Strout, master, 12 guns
and 90 men, from Salem, cruising, captured May 5, 1813
by Nymphe, Shannon, Tenedos and Emulous.
NANCY (639), brig, captured bet. Sept. 1 and 18, 1814
at Penobscot, by united naval and military force. Cargo :
timber and lumber.
NANCY (618), brig, J. Tindale, master, Liverpool to
Halifax, recaptured Sept. 13, 1814 by Pylades.
NANCY (416), schr., coasting vessel, captured May 28,
1813, by Victorious and the blockading squadron of the
Chesapeake.
NANCY (291), sch., 14 tons, S. B. Wadsworth, master,
taken in harbour of Little River, captured June 28, 1813,
by Boxer. Cargo : variety of articles of little value. Taken
into New Brunswick.
NANCY (100), ship, E. Stamworth, master, recaptured
Aug. 17, 1812 by Statira.
NANCY (580), sloop, 64 tons, Wm. Williams, master,
New York to Providence, captured July 28, 1814, by
Lively (privateer). Cargo : 337 bbls. flour and 616 bush-
els corn. Taken into Liverpool.
NANCY SANDERS (472), sloop, N. Barber, master, cap-
tured Dec. 18, 1813 by Liverpool Packet (privateer).
NAUTILUS (42), brig (American Gov*. vessel of war)
200 tons, Lt. W. Crane, Comm r ., from New York, cruis-
ing, captured July 16, 1812 by Shannon, Belvidera, Af-
AT HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA. 23
rica, jEolus, and Guerriere. Cargo : guns, ammunition
and provisions. Taken into possession for the use of the
King's service.
NELLY (552), schr., W. Jennings, master, Havannah to
Greenock, recaptured July 10, 1814 by Bulwark. Cargo :
sugar, coffee and logwood.
NEPTUNE (183), schr., 98 tons, B. Mills, master, Fox
Island to Boston, captured Mar. 31, 1813 by Bream,
Cargo : timber and cord wood. Taken into New Bruns-
wick.
NEW FORGE (118), schr., 47 tons, J. Stutevant, mas-
ter, New York to Boston, captured Nov. 11, 1812 by
Liverpool Packet (privateer). Cargo : sugar, wheat, ware
and snuff.
NEW ZEALANDEB (492), ship, Cheswicke, master,
recaptured Apr. 21, 1813 by Belvidera.
NIMBOD (21), schr., J. Ford, master, recaptured July
17, 1812 by Paz.
NORTH STAR (256), brig, 177 tons, S. Moore, master,
St. Salvadore to Boston, captured June 24, 1813 by Ten-
edos. Cargo : 117 trunks and bales, 8 casks brandy and
cordials, 2 bbls. tea, goat skins, horns, hides, sugar, &c.
NYMPHE (149), schr., 48 tons, W. Patterson, master.
Virginia to Salem, captured Mar. 14, 1813, by Liverpool
Packet (privateer). Cargo: 2300 bushels corn, 24 pack-
ages shoes and 33 bbls. beans.
NYMPHE (251), schr., 20 tons, W. Ryan, master, Boston
to Machias, captured June 11, 1813 by Matilda (privateer).
Cargo : 70 bbls. flour and 190 bushels corn. Taken into
Digby. Restored.
OCEAN (384), brig, J. Huddeston, master, recaptured
Aug. 11, 1813 by Borer.
24 RECORDS OF THE VICE- ADMIRALTY COURT.
OHIO (297), brig, Ja s Webray, master, captured July
12, 1813 by Manly. Restored.
OLD CARPENTER (584), schr., 22 tons, W m M c Daniel,
master, Halifax to Boston, captured Aug. 7, 1814 by Spen-
cer. Cargo : dry goods.
ONTARIO (508), ship, Jn Potter, master, Alicant to
Greenock, recaptured May 25, 1814 by Curlew. Cargo :
150 pipes wine, 541 cut cork wood and 480 hhds. salt.
ORIENT (528), schr., captured June 11, 1814 by being
cut out of a harbour near Boston by the boats of Bulwark
and Nymphe.
ORION (232), brig, 191 tons, J. M. Jubin, master, New
York to Lisbon, captured May 16, 1813 by LaHogue
Cargo : 743 bbls. flour and 534 bbls Indian meal. Restored.
ORONOKE (8), ship, 427 tons, John Richards, master, Lis-
bon to New York, captured July 11, 1812 by ./Eolus,
Shannon, Belvidera, Guerriere, Africa. Cargo : ballast.
OSBOURNE (48), ship, Watson, master, Gibraltar to
New Brunswick, recaptured Aug. 19, 1812 by Emulous.
PACKET (106), ship, N 1 Noyes, master, from Liverpool,
captured, , 1812.
PACKET (177), sloop, 57 tons, E. Luce, master, Savannah
to Providence, R. I., captured Apr. 10, 1813 by Valiant.
Cargo: 124 hides, 158 bales of cotton and 3 bbls. old
copper.
PACKET (268), sloop, H. Mowat, master, captured
June 19, 1813 by Matilda (privateer). Cargo : cord wood.
PARAGON (213), brig, J. Gardner, master, Aberdeen to
New Brunswick, recaptured May 19, 1813 by Sir John
Sherbrooke (privateer).
(To be continued.)
THE PHILIP TENNEY HOUSE, GROVELAND, MASS.
(See page 304, October, I 910 issue.)
THE SAVORY-BALCH HOUSE, GROVELAND, MASS.
(See page 25.1
THE HOUSES AND BUILDINGS OF
GROVELAND, MASS.
COMPILED IN 1854, BY ALFEED POORS, M. D.
Continued from Vol. XLVI, page 304
WALLINGFORD, SOPHIA and CLARISSA, two sisters, res-
idence of, since the house was built by their father, Na-
thaniel, in 1831, on Main st. Besides their parents who
lived there until they died, Jacob Searl resided there,
1848-51, and since Nov., 1852 ; and widow Anna B.
Johnson from Apr. 10, 1851, until she went to Lowell.
SARGENT, NATHAN, JR., residence of, since May 21,
1852, on Main st., in a house owned by William S. Balch
which the latter made, with additions, from the old school-
house, in 1838, and leased it to John Page, 1839-42 and
1843-5 ; James S. Morse, 1843 ; John A. Eenton, a short
time in 1846 ; Julian Levea, a Frenchman, 1848 ; widow
Ann B. Johnson, now Mrs. Perkins, 1849-51 ; and Robert
Bulmer, a Yorkshire Englishman, in the winter of 1851-2.
BALCH, WILLIAM S., residence of, since 1823, on the
Jewett lot, Main st. Dea. Ezekiel Jewett had a house
which stood on this spot, but it was taken away and the
present one built, a part at a time, by William Savary,
who occupied it. Later his son Thomas resided there at
two different times, the last time about 1831. Samuel,
Mr. Balch's father, resided from 1818-22 in the easterly
part, and Eliphalet Danforth in the same part, 1822-3. In
the westerly part Lt. Silas Hopkinson resided from 1819-
23, and then Ira, son of Lt. Silas Hopkinson, resided
there from 1823-39, when Mr. Balch bought that part and
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26 HOUSES AND BUILDINGS OP GBOVELAND, MASS.,
has let a part of it to Paul Page, 1839-42 ; T. J. Dunbar ;
Rufus H. Wood, where he died in 1849 ; then Mr. Wood's
widow till Apr., 1852; and widow A. B. Johnson in
1852.
BALCH, WILLIAM, residence of, since his birth, on Main
st. This is the Worcester place, which Mr. Balch's grand-
father, Rev. Wm. Balch, bought. He repaired the house
and left it to his son, Dea. William Balch, who lived there
until he died and left it to his son, the present owner.
The westerly part of the house is occupied by his nephew,
Thomas H. Balch, who assists him in tilling the land. An
old house which was burned stood a few rods back of
this.
BAILEY, NATHAN, son of Dea. Richard, resided in a
house that stood on the westerly end of William Balch's
orchard, and owned six acres of land on the opposite side
of the street. His barn stood near Mr. Balch's present
small one. He went from this place to West Andover,
after most of his children were born, where his descend-
ants now live.
PAGE, PAUL, residence of, since the autumn of 1844,
on Main st. He made his house from a shop, originally
built for a shoe factory, that he bought of N. S. Vance,
near D. B. Stickney's, about 1842. He removed and en-
larged it, and also built, in 1853, the boot and shoe man-
ufactory which stands near his house, commencing busi-
ness there on Aug. 8.
MERRILL, BURTON E., residence of, since the autumn
of 1840, on Main st. Dr. Spofford bought this house lot
of the parish about 1824 and built this house, in which
James Merrill lived until he died in 1841. B. E. Spofford
his son, has since occupied it. Other occupants have been
Priscilla Tenney and widow Mace. The first meeting
house in the East parish of Bradford stood where Mr.
Merrill's place is and the schoolhouse stood in the garden.
BY ALFRED POORE, M. D. 27
PERLEY, NATHAN, MAJ., residence of, since May 19,
1813, on Main st. Lemuel Marden built this house about
1770 and lived in it until he went to New Boston, N. H.
Dr. Seth Jewett bought the place of Marden and resided
there until about 1796, when Joshua Hardy purchased it.
He occupied it until about 1803, then Thomas Stickney
owned it and resided there until he went to E. Boynton's
place. Elijah Clarke next bought it and resided there,
1806-13, when Maj. Perley bought it. Mr. Clark's shop
where he manufactured shoes and traded stood on the
southeast corner of Mr. Perley's garden and was after-
wards removed to West Bradford and made into a dwell-
ing house by Richard West in Ferry Cove. Other occu-
pants : Silas Plummer, when his son Rev. Frederick
Plummer was born ; Thomas Knight about 1795 ; widow
Elizabeth Tuttle ; Nathaniel K. Merrill ; Priscilla Tenny,
1827-8 and 1835-6 ; Hannah Ordway, 1829-30 ; John Tap-
pan, when his wife died in 1830 ; Frederick Chase, about
1830-1 ; and Sarah W. Hills, sister to Mrs. Perley, 1836.
A school was kept in this house by Hannah Bailey at the
time Plummer lived in a part of it.
MECHANICS HALL was raised Oct. 24, 1854 and on the
25th the dancing boys turned out and helped them board
it. It might be called at this time Free Soil Headquarters
on account of the present sentiments of most of the occu-
pants except Paul Page.
PARKER MANSION. This house is situated on the
northwesterly side of Main st., opposite the Common,
near Peter Parker's corner, and was owned by Joseph
Jennings, who came from Andover and lived here the lat-
ter part of his life. He probably bought it of some of the
Hardy's. Freeborn Balch who resided there about 1779,
was a blacksmith as probably were some of the residents
of the house before that. Moses Parker bought the place
of Thomas Savary in 1779, repaired it and made addi-
tions at different times before he died. In the part in
which Mr. Pike now lives, he had his goods, until he built
the store on the opposite side of the street. He kept a
28 HOUSES AND BUILDINGS OF GROVEL AND, MASS.,
public house until about 1807. After Mr. Parker died in
1837, it was let for three tenements until 1853, when his
widow went to live with her daughter. Thomas M. Hop-
kinson lived in that part from 1841-3, and since then, T.
S. Pike has lived there. In the middle part, John Dresser
lived a while, than Dea. Ira Hopkinson, from Apr., 1842
until Oct., 1852. In the western part have lived widow
Tuttle, one of whose daughters, Rev. Mr. Perry married ;
Elijah Clarke, jr., 1841-2 ; Benjamin K. Hovey ; Paul
Page, 1840 ; J. G. Tyler, 1844-51, before he went to live
in his house on Union st. ; and J. W. Jameson, 1851-3.
At the present time, Peter Parker, a grandson of Moses
Parker, occupies the middle and western parts. Joseph
Simonds, a blacksmith, lived in the house before 1779.
HOPKINSON, CHAS. W., residence of, since Apr. 1848,
on Parker court, opposite Congregational common. This
cottage was built by Moses Parker in 183- from the
porches which were taken from the Congregational church,
when repaired in 1836, and when he died he gave this
house to his granddaughter, M. H. Parker, who still owns
it. Other occupants : Metephor Chase ; Nathaniel Downs,
1838-9 ; Alex. Lucy, until 1843 ; Charles W. Hopkinson,
the present occupant, until his first wife died ; Hezekiah
Jameson, 1844-6 ; Thomas R. Stackpole ; Enoch Adams,
jr., before he went to California.
GILE, JUDITH S., MRS., residence of, since 1853, in
Peter Parker's house on Main st. This house was given
to Mr. Parker by his grandfather, M. Parker, he having
built it near the place where Peter Cheney lived the last
of his days and after him his daughter Nabby. The south-
westerly room of this house was a part of that cottage.
Occupants since the house was built have been : Simeon
Atwood, 1822-5 ; Rev. Daniel L. Nichols, the second pre-
ceptor of the Academy, 1822-4 ; Mrs. Elizabeth Tuttle ;
John Tappan, 1829-30 ; Edwin Hopkinson, 1830-2 ; Jon-
athan Balch, 1830-2 ; Elijah Clarke, jr., 1832-3 ; Freder-
ick Chase ; Thomas H. Page, where he died 1843 ; Paul
Page, after his brother Thomas H. died.
BY ALFRED POORE, M. D. 29
ELSAS, LUTAS, residence of, about thirty years, in a
small house that stood back of the house now owned by P.
Parker and occupied by Mrs. Gile, on Main st. near the
Congregational common.
WOOL, JOHN, formerly the residence of, in one of the
three small cottages which stood near Mrs. Gile's house.
The site is owned by Peter Parker, who had it from his
grandfather, Moses Parker.
PARKER, ABIGAIL, WIDOW, residence of, since 1814, on
Main st. This house stands where there was formerly a
smaller one owned many years ago by a William Perry,
who sold it to Mr. Ordway. He lived there about one
year and sold to Samuel Tyler. Mrs. Parker's husband
Peter, son of Moses Parker, bought the place and built
the western part of the house in 1813-14 and the eastern
part in 1841. Since he died in 1844, his family have con-
tinued to live there, leasing the easterly part that belongs
to John, to Andrew J. Huntress, Oct., 1848 to 1850, and
Otis B. Merrill, since his marriage. Before the last part
was built, Mr. Parker used the old Perry house to trade
in, before he removed his business into his father's shop
on the corner, joining it to the new part of the house.
ATWOOD, WIDOW, S. P., residence of, Main st., since
about 1813, when her husband bought it. This house
was built for Simeon Atwood in 1794, by his wife's fath-
er, where he resided until 1807. Peter Parker, sr., then
owned and resided there until he sold it to his father, M.
Parker, who gave it to Mrs. Atwood, his daughter.
BOYNTON, CHARLES, residence of, on Main st. Mr.
Boynton bought the land of Mr. Perry, built a shop in
1835 and let it out to shoemakers until he made it into a
dwelling house, where he and his mother kept house un-
till he was married. Since then he has made additions and
let a part of it to Hezekiah Jameson, 1843-4 ; widow
Sally Hovey, 1844-6 ; and Nathaniel Jameson, 1849-52.
JOHNSTON HOUSE, situated on Mains t., which G. S.
Parker has occupied recently, is owned by Moses P.
30 HOUSES AND BUILDINGS OF GBOVELAND, MASS.,
Atwood. Mr. Atwood lived here from Feb., 1841, to May,
1848. Benjamin Atwood built the original part and resided
there, then Thomas Johnston, who married his daugh-
ter, lived in it about twenty years. Moses Parker bought
and enlarged it by building a two story front and let it
until he died, leaving the place to his grandson, the pres-
ent owner. Occupants since it was enlarged : William,
son of Samuel Parker, 1815-19 ; Nathan Sargent, 1819-27 ;
Cyrus Eaton, a carpenter from Chester, about 1829 .
Thomas Lucy (now George Hudson), 1838-5 ; Edmund
P. Rundlett, 1834-9; John Brown, jr., 1835-40; Edwin
Hopkinson, 1848-9 ; Thomas Holmes ; Mrs. Judith S. Gile,
1850-3 ; Sophia A. Parker; Henry Hills, 1853 ; George S;
Parker, since Sept. 20, 1854 ; also John Mansfield, prob-
ably resided in this house about 1786, and Elbridge A.
Richardson lived here at one time. Mr. Page built his
boot and shoe manufactory northeast of his house in
1849, which he has occupied since that time.
PAGE, RUFUS H., residence of, since Oct., 1845, on
Main st. Ira Hardy bought the land of Mr. Perry, and
put up this house for a shop to trade, which he occupied
as such for awhile. Jt was used for the district school
one season and afterward fitted for a dwelling, having
had the following occupants ; Warren L. Parker, 6 months
in 1836 Sylvanus Morse, the Preceptor, 183- to 1840 and
1844-5 ; George P. Carleton, winter of 1843-4 ; Leverett
W. Tyler, 1845 ; James N. Jameson, 1849-50 ; also Fran-
cis Peabody, from Danvers, who kept a stable ; and Benj.
K. Hovey.
BUBBANK, WIDOW BETHIAH, residence of, Main st., and
Samuel N. her son. Benjamin Burbank, sr., built this
house in 1788. Here most of his children were born, and
since he died his children have occupied it, viz : Benja-
min, nearly all of the time after marriage, until he died in
1844, and since then his widow and children ; Fitts Wil-
liam, about 1811 ; Samuel, about 1821 ; and others that oc-
cupied it have been Enos Carleton ; Asa Robinson, a black-
smith, seven years ; Samuel Johnson ; Rowell Foot ; William
BY ALFBBD POORE, M. D. 31
Smith, a tailor, about 1800 ; Samuel Tyler ; John Good-
rich; Ober, from Salem; Flint Tyler; John Hardy,
who married Martha, 1822-3 ; Charles Fairbanks, about
1824; Moody Emery, about 1826-8; George Huntress,
1829 ; Walter Norris, 1831 ; James Dunley, 1834 ; Gor-
ham P. Tandy, 1835-6; Eben J. Hardy, 1836-9 ; Jonathan
Balch, 1839 ; Hannah Ordway, 1840 ; Sally Greenough,
1840-1 ; Richard Welch, 1842 ; Ephraim W. Reynolds,
1844 ; John T. Burbank, three months, in 1846 ; George
W. Hills, 1847-9 ; and David Erving, who married Mary,
from 1849 to Sept. 20, 1854. Benjamin Burbank, sr.,
and son Benjamin were blacksmiths, and their shop was
on the opposite side of the street.
PARKER, HENRY C., residence of, since Nov. 22, 1849,
on Main st. He built his house in 1849 on land that he
received from his mother, which was a part of her father's
place.
LAPHAM HOUSE, an old place on the bank on the north-
erly side of Main st., once owned by Peter Cheney, who
probably came into possession of it through his father.
John Atwood bought it of Cheney about 1755, and after
he died his widow married Timothy Burbank, who died
there. Jesse, son of John Atwood, repaired and enlarged
it by building on the front part about 1780, and he lived
here until 1783. Joseph Kimball was the next owner,
exchanging it for a house in Rindge, N. H., and Lieut.
King Lapham bought it in 1793. Upon his death, his
son Barker Lapham owned it and left it to his daughter
Anna, who now (1854) owns the property. Occupants
besides the above have been : Eben Hopkinson, who mar-
ried Lt. Lapham's daughter and lived there with him
about 1803-4, about 1808-9, 1812 and 1825; Richard
Goss; Samuel Johnson; Theodore Parker, 1809-12;
Mancil Hardy, 1818 and about 1848-51 ; William Balch,
1825 ; Nathaniel K. Merrill, about 1827, Alfred I. Stick-
ney ; Jeremiah, son of William Tyler, about 1830-1 ;
Samuel Norris, 1827-31 ; Jacob Lowell, about 1828-31 ;
John N. Quimby, 1831 ; John E. Goss ; Jonathan Balch,
32 HOUSES AND BUILDINGS OF GBOVELAND, MASS.,
1832-3 ; Edmund P. Rundlett, 1833-4 ; Moses Foster, six
months, about 1834; John Spofford, 1834; James Dun-
bar ; Nathaniel Downs ; James Downs ; Leonard Wood,
1835-7 ; Josiah G. Tyler, 1835-42 ; George Huntress,
183742 ; Rufus P. Hovey, 1842-4 ; Erastus B. Stickney,
1843 ; Richard Welch, 1843 ; Chandler B. Hardy, 1844 :
Obediah Stewart ; John Brown, jr., 1845-9 ; widow
Jameson; widow Hurl; Nathan Sargent, jr., 1849-52;
Alexander King ; widow Allen, 1852-3 ; and J. W. Dorr,
1853-4.
FOSTER, MOSES, JR., residence of, since July, 1851,
in the Bacon house on Main st. Rev. William Balch
bought this place soon after he was settled in the parish,
for Josiah Bacon, a carpenter, whom Mr. Balch employed
to repair his house. Mr. Bacon kept a few goods to sell
at one time. After Mr. Bacon died his son Josiah and
his son Samuel's family lived there. Next, George, son of
Samuel came into possession of it, made repairs and addi-
tions when he was married and lived there until his wife
died in 1840. Since then he boarded in the families who
lived there until he died, and it is now owned by Dr.
Joseph Fisk of Salem. Others who have occupied it are :
Dr. Eben Jewett, 1808-10; Simeon Atwood, 1819-22;
Sylvanus Morse, the Preceptor, 1840-2 ; Josiah G. Tyler,
1842-4 ; and Wm. Lucy, 1844-51 ; also Thomas Knight,
who married a Boynton, lived in the house at the same
time with Josiah Bacon.
RUNDLETT, EDMUND P., residence of, since Jan., 1844.
This place, which Mr. Rundlett bought of Daniel Spofford
in 1845, is where Jeremiah Hardy lived when he died
with the smallpox in 1777. Next his son Abner Hardy
resided there a short time and died, after which Simeon,
son of Abner Hardy, with his brother Parker owned it to-
gether. Parker sold out, and bought his brother Sylva-
nus' house, then Simeon made an addition to the eastern
part about 1810 and occupied it until he died. Other
occupants : Elijah Clark, 1826-37 ; Nathaniel Jameson,
1839-41 ; Erastus B. Stickney, 1840-1 ; George Huntress,
BY ALFRED POORE, M. D. 33
1842-3 ; Willliam Fowler, 1844 ; Thomas W. Stickney,
winter of 1845-6. Edward, son of Paul Tenny, lived there
several years ago. Mr. Rundlett manufactured shoes in
his shop near the house until he went into stable-keeping.
LADD, GARDNER P., residence of, since his marriage, on
Main st. Sylvanus Hardy built this house in 1797, and,
resided there until 1810, when Parker Hardy and his son
Jeremiah, bought it, living there until their decease. Since
then, Mrs. Lois T. Hardy has lived in the family of Mr.
Ladd, and let one part of the house to Rev. Bryan Morse,
1847-8 ; widow Judith S. Gile, 1848-9 ; John D. Pillsbury
1850-2 ; and widow Sarah Palmer, since 1853 ; also
George Huntress, who married P. Hardy's daughter, lived
there at one time.
ATWOOD, MOSES P., residence of, since May, 1848, in
the Jesse Atwood house, so called, on Main st., he having
bought out his grandfather Parker's heirs. It formerly
belonged to Dea. Timothy, son of Joseph Hardy, then to
his son Joseph Hardy and Benjamin Marden, who was
probably brother to Dea. Hardy's wife. After Hardy and
Marden removed to Hillsboro Co., N. H., in that part
called Society Lands, it was sold to Daniel, son of Capt.
Eliphalet Hardy, sr., who sold it to Jesse Atwood about
1800. He resided there until he died in 1827, then his
son Aaron owned and occupied it from 1830-2 ; after that,
Mr. Parker owned, made repairs and enlarged it. Among
the occupants besides owners were Enoch Hardy, before
1800 ; Elijah Clark, jr., 1833-40 ; John Brown, jr., 1833-
5 ; Geo. Hudson, 1835-9 ; Edwin Hopkinson, 183- -1848 ;
Edmund C. Tenny, a wheelwright, 1840-3 ; Samuel A.
Kimball, 1840-1 ; wid. Hovey and her son Benjamin K.,
about 1842-4 ; John Felton, 1843-4 ; Thos. Grace, about
1844-5 ; Chas. G. Savary, 1845-1854 ; John Page, 1845-8.
ATWOOD, MOSES P., a trader hi millinery, fancy and
other goods, next door west of his residence, Main st.,
since 1848. Before that, the building stood west of R. H.
Page's house, which was fitted up by Mr. Page and him-
self in 1839.
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GRIFFITH, N. H., boot and shoe manufacturer, Main
St., near his residence. This building, which formerly be-
longed to J. B. Little in West Newbury, was removed from
that town in 1843 by Mr. Griffith who still occupies it.
GRIFFITH, N. H., residence of, since fall of 1840, on
Main st. Aaron Atwood, in 1812, commenced this house
by altering over a carpenter's shop which was used by
Sylvanus Hardy. He lived in it about 7 years, then sold
out to Dr. J. Spofford, who enlarged it for his father-in-
law, Dea. Eliezer Spofford. The latter occupied it until
he died in 1828, and after that it was let to various per-
sons until Mr. Griffith bought it in 1840, viz : William
Hopkinson, 1829-30 ; Jacob W. Reed ; Isaiah Jewett ;
William H. Balch ; John Brown, jr., 1832-3 ; Luke A.
Spofford; Jonathan Balch, 1835-8; Samuel A. Kimball,
about 1836 and 8 ; Charles Hovey ; R. P. Hovey, 183940 ;
Allen H. Goss, 1839-40.
ATWOOD BUILDING originally was built in W. Newbury
and used by Dow to trade in. It was removed to
Groveland and placed on Aaron Atwood's land for George
Atwood to occupy. Moses Foster, jr., occupied the lower
part.
SPOFFORD, JEREMIAH, DR., residence of, since June,
1817, on Main st. The Rev. Mr. Dutch built this house
about 1780, occupied it until he died and his widow re-
sided there until Capt. John Harriden bought it. He re-
paired it and occupied it about 3 years, when he sold out
to William Green ough, who soon sold it to the present
owner. The land was owned, before the house was built,
by Dea. Timothy Hardy and his son Jonathan lived in a
house that stood back of this one. Others, besides the
above, who have lived here : Capt. Ephraim Emery ; Jere-
miah Hardy, about 1816 : William Hopkinson, 3 months
in 1818 ; and H. A., son of Dr. Spofford.
SPOFFORD, H. A., residence of, since his marriage in
1841, in the western part of the house with his father on
Main st Mr. Spofford in company with his brother J.
BY ALFRED POORE, M. D. 35
Morris Spofford, manufactures boots and shoes and also
keeps a variety goods store. The building they occupy
was built where formerly stood a small shop occupied by
Simeon Atwood. The building was enlarged in 1852.
Among the occupants have been : Lucy & Rollins ; William
H. Balch ; N. H. Griffith and Daniel Atwood.
ATWOOD, AARON, residence of, since he built the house
in 1832, Main st. His son George occupied a part of
this house until he died in Jan., 1854. An old house stood
in the place of this one, which Timothy, son of Dea. Tim-
othy Hardy, removed from his farm near John B. Hardy's
and lived in it until he died. His widow lived in it a
while, then Caleb Tilton, twice about 1820 and lastly an
Englishman, named Lewis Esney, who went to George-
town. S. H. Parker moved into the part where Geo. At-
wood lived, in the summer of 1854.
WALSH, ARDIS, residence of, since July 9, 1853, on
Main st. Niles Tilden built this house about 1795 and
sold it to Jonathan Balch who lived there from 1796 to
1800. After this Stephen Thurlow from West Newbury
occupied it. Moses Bailey owned it and resided there
when his wife died. Nathan Ordway owned it and lived
there, and, at the same time, Dr. Manly Hardy occupied a
part of it. Eben Hopkinson, jr., occupied it from 1804-5,
and Wm. Goss lived there when P. Parker bought it in
1807 and exchanged it for the dwelling which is owned
and occupied by widow Atwood, with Simeon Atwood.
Mr. Atwood resided there until 1837, when he died and
his son Moses occupied a part of it some of the time.
Simeon Atwood, jr. had it in 1841, and lived there till he
went to West Bradford in Apr., 1847. Since that time it
has been occupied by Nathaniel Jameson ; John S. Ricker ;
Henry Hills; George W. Hills, 1849; and George P.
Carleton, who owned the house, June 15, 1850-3. Other
occupants : Theodore Parker, a few months in 1809; Wil-
liam Hopkinson, 1812-15; Rufus P. Hovey, 1837; and
Richard Welch, about 1838-40.
DANFORTH, GEORGE E., residence of, in Atwood's
36 HOUSES AND BUILDINGS OF GROVELAND, MASS.,
Court, Main st., since Apr. 6, 1853. The house was built
by Simeon Atwood, jr. in 1828. Here he lived until 1841,
and since that the occupants have been : John Felton ;
William Lucy ; Augustus H. Atwood, the owner ; Bryan
Morse, 1848 ; Edward Cooke; John Cobban, until July,
1850 ; Joseph C. Pecker, 1850-3 ; also John A. Renton, in
1841.
SPOFFORD, J. MORRIS, residence of, since he was married
on July 15, 1854, on Main st. Mr. Spofford's father built
this house on the site of the Marden house and has leased
it, before his son occupied it, first to four tailors : John
Downing, 1847-8 ; Peter Cronin, 1848 ; Hiram A. Pearson,
1848-9 ; and William Downie, 1851-2, all of whom used
the lower front part as a shop and lived in the other part.
Edwin Hopkinson lived there from 1849-51, and kept a
restorator ; Charles B. Hopkinson, 1852-4 ; Miss Mary
Hale, a short time before she was married in 1852 ; John
Fegan in the winter of 1852-3 ; and James S. Walsh,
1853-4.
PARKER, REBECCA, place, formerly residence of, in
John T. Burbank's house, when it stood where J. Morris
Spofford's house now stands. There was originally an old
house on the site which belonged to the Hardy's and David
Marden, who married Mehitable Hardy, lived there. Phebe
Palmer, previous to her marriage to S. Webster, occupied
a chamber and kept a private school there some of the
time. After that, David, jr., son of David and Mehitable
Marden, built the Rebecca Parker house in 1795, and lived
there until he married Reuben Hardy's widow. He then
removed into her house, where Theodore Parker now lives.
Miss Parker bought the place about 1801 and resided there
until she died in 1831, leasing the eastern part. Among
the tenants were William Griffith, sr. ; William Hopkin-
son, 1819-26 ; widow of William Burbank, when her son
William died ; Leonard Hovey to 1831 ; Moses Jameson,
1831-2 ; widow Somes, now Mrs. Hopkinson, 1830-2 ;
Edmund P. Rundlet, 1832-3 ; Daniel Hardy, about 1833-7 ;
Jonathan Balch, 1834-5. Moses Cole bought the house
BY ALFEED POORE, M. D. 37
after Rebecca died and lived in it from 1832-50. John T.
Bur bank, who married his daughter, has lived in it since
June, 1836, removing the same to Elm st. in 1846.
JAQUES, BENJAMIN, residence of, on Main st. In May,
1797, Thomas Knight built this house on land that he
bought in 1795 of Peter Russel, and lived in it until he
went to Salem in 1799. Solomon Dresser next owned it
and sold it to his brother Daniel about 1803. Noyes
Jaques bought it and lived there until he died, and it then
came into possession of his son, the present owner. Oc-
cupants : Thos. Knight ; John Shuff, where he died ;
James Goodrich ; and after Noyes Jaques bought it, Na-
than Ordway ; Fitz William Burbank ; Mary Foot, cousin
to Moses ; John Atwood ; Simeon Atwood ; William
Vickery, the tailor ; Nathan Sargent, 1827-9 ; Nathaniel
Downs ; E. P. Rundlett, 1831-2; John Brown, jr., 1832 ;
John Page, 1833-4 ; John Goss ; Allen Goss, 1 840-1 ; Rev.
Mr. Culver ; John Brown, jr., again, 1840 ; John Felton ;
William H. Fowler, 1847-9 ; Samuel D. Hale, 1853-4 ;
also Theodore Parker about 1812-13.
LADD, NATHANIEL, DBA., residence of, corner Main
and Elm sts., since Dec., 1816. Richard Goss lived in an
old house that occupied this site many years ago, and
Barker Lapham bought and built the present one about
1799. He lived here until about 1807, when he sold it
to Nathan Parker. Amos Noyes hired it in 1811, and
Capt. Benjamin Parker, who bought it in 1810, lived there
from 1811-13 . Elijah Clark occupied the place from
1813-16, when Dea. Ladd bought it. Others who have
lived on this corner : Jonathan Hardy ; Caleb and Stephen
Norton, ship carpenters, whose niece, Rachel Norton, kept
house for them. Also Shuff once lived there. Mr. Ladd
repaired and added an L to this house in 1853.
PARKER, THEODORE, residence of, since 1815, on Main
st. Reuben Hardy, who removed from the rear of John
B. Hardy's house, lived in a house of which this is a part
until he died. After that, his sons, Reuben and Moody,
owned it, and Reuben died there. David Marden married
38 HOUSES AND BUILDINGS OF GROVELAND, MASS.,
his widow, and died here in Aug., 1821. Before the
westerly part of this house was taken down, a part was
let to Benjamin Burbank, about 1782-8, Samuel Tyler,
and perhaps others. Mr. Parker built his shop about
1827, on the site of one that was removed to Wesfc New-
bury and fitted into a dwelling for Joseph Richardson.
PARKER, BENJAMIN, CAPT., residence of, since 1814,
east of the Chain Ferry on Main st. Many years ago
Joseph Mulliken kept a public house here and also a
ferry, where the present Chain Ferry now is, called Mul-
liken's Ferry. Peter Russel, Esq., from Littleton, kept
the tavern awhile, and about 1795, James Alexander, the
Irish weaver, was here as an innkeeper, before he went to
Salem, N. H. Others who have resided here : Mr. Pet-
tengill ; Samuel Hale, Mrs. Palmer's father ; William
Stickney ; Niles Tilden ; Eliphalet Ordway ; widow
Shuff and her son ; Samuel Norris, 1808-12 ; Samuel Fos-
ter, 1812-3 ; and Rev. J. W. Eastman. Barker Lapham
bought it of the heirs of widow Russell in 1808, and
sold to Mr. Parker, who is a dealer in West India goods,
patent medicines, etc. His store has stood between his
house and the Ferry since 1825, but from Apr. 14,
1811, to 1825, he used a building which stood on the other
side of the street. The old store was built by Mr. Lap-
ham about 1808, and the upper part was occupied by
Samuel Chisemore, harness maker and chaise trimmer,
until he died in 1837. Samuel Peiiey manufactured shoes
here, until he removed to Haverhill in 1850.
RUSSEL HOUSE is opposite Chain Ferry, and is some-
times called the Tavern house. This was an old meeting
house which was owned by a society in Boxford and was
moved to this place in 1775, and made into a dwelling
by Peter Russel, Esq. Mr. Russel came from Littleton,
married Molly, daughter of Dea. Chad wick of Boxford, and
resided in it until about 1798, when William, son of Abra-
ham Parker, bought the place. Mr. Parker lived here
until he sold the house and land near it to the corpora-
tion, in 1832. Then it was occupied as a public house by
BY ALFRED POORE, M. D. 39
Sylvester Carter ; William Varney ; Moody Noyes, from
Byfield ; Paul Hopkinson, 1835-6 ; John J. Rollins, 1838 ;
Merrill Chase. It has recently been occupied by two or
more families at a time, and owned by Dr. Joseph Fisk,
who bought it of George Bacon. Charles P. Rollins lived
there before he went to West Newbury ; George Hudson,
1839-49; George Coleman ; Edwin Hopkinson, 1851; A.
F. Smith, 1851-2 ; widow Allen, before she went to the
Lapham house ; William Fegan, 1849-50 ; James Fegan,
1850. Since 1853, the following have occupied it : George
W. Rice ; Charles B. Hopkinson ; J. S. Walsh.
SAVARY, CHARLES G., shoe manufactory, is in the
Bacon building, up stairs, entrance on Entertainment court
BACON BUILDING, built in 1845, and occupied by George
Hudson, who lets Chas. G. Savary and John Pemberton
occupy the 2d story. Formerly Wm. Lucy occupied it
for a shoe manufactory until he went to Haverhill.
HARDY, MANLY, residence of, since Oct., 1835, on Main
st. This house was built by Joseph Mulliken for Jona-
than Stevens, who lived there until he died. His widow
resided there until she sold it to William, son of Jonathan
Balch, in 1828. Then he occupied it till 1835. Other
occupants have been the following : Thomas Johnston ;
Eliphalet Danf orth ; Capt. Phineas Parker ; Theodore
Parker, 1808-9 ; Flint Tyler ; William Hopkinson, 1818-
19 ; Bart. C. Pecker, at the same time ; Simeon Atwood,
jr., 1825-8 ; John Brown, jr., 1832 ; Ebeu Greenough,
1836 ; Warren L. Parker, 1836 ; Rufus P. Hovey, 1840-
1 ; George P. Carleton, 1844-50 and 1853-4 ; Samuel Per-
ley ; Leverett W. Tyler, Mar. 18, 1850, to Feb. 3, 1851 ;
and Eben S. Page. The shop on Ash st., let to shoe-
makers, stood by the river near the Jewett house.
HARDY, SYLVANTJS, formerly a residence of, is a red
house near the ferry, on the opposite side of Main st,
where Mary B., his widow, and three other families live.
The westerly part of this house was built in 1769, R. H.
Parker being the carpenter. The widow of Joseph Mul-
40 HOUSES AND BUILDINGS OF GROVEL AND, MASS.
liken built a part of this house for Eliphalet Rollins, who
lived there until his death in 1799. She gave that part of
it to his son Joseph, on account of his name, and he re-
sided there until he removed to Industry st. Next to Rol-
lins, John Goodrich bought it and lived there about ten
years. He was a cooper, and had a shop that was J. Rollins'
carpenter shop and which stood opposite the house from
which, with additions, Abner Hardy made his dwelling.
Sylvanus Hardy bought it in 1820 and lived thereuntil he
died. Since then his widow has occupied it. Others who
have been occupants are the following, viz. : Eliphalet Rol-
lins, jr., at two different times ; Paul Hopkinson, 1806-8.
Soon after this it was so enlarged that it may be consid-
ered as three tenements. First, in the eastern part lived
Mr. Hardy, Rufus P. Hovey, Rev. Mosley Dwight, Rev.
J. M. H. Dow, widow of William Balch in 1843-6, Alfred
Farmer, Tristram Hobson, and William S. Hardy. Sec-
ond, in the middle part, Samuel B., their son, about 1832 ;
Rev. R. D. Esterbrook ; R. P. Hovey, 1837-8; Rev. D.
Culver ; Josiah G., their son, about five years, when first
married; Joseph Bnrnham ; widow Hart; Michael Had-
ley ; Parker Perry ; Walker, a painter, and H. B.
Huntress. Third, in the western part, Samuel Foster,
about 1810-2 ; Uriah Hopkinson, from about 1813 to
1819, except 1814, when his first wife died, which year
Thomas Morse occupied it ; Elijah Clark, 1819-23 ; John
K. Sargent ; Abner, their son, 1832-1846 ; George Hun-
tress, 1846-9 ; Gorham Pillsbury ; Henry D. Morse ; and
widow Abigail B. Balch. Besides the above, Bartholo-
mew C. Pecker, when first married ; Charles Fairbanks,
where most of his children were born ; and John E. Goss,
when he was first married, about 1825.
HARDY, GILBERT P., boards with Mrs. Elizabeth B.
Hull, who has occupied his house since Nov. 15, 1852, on
the corner of Main and Pleasant streets. The house was
built in 1852, the frame being raised on June 9th of that
year, and the barn, with a shop in it similar to E. J. Har-
dy's, was built in 1854.
(To be continued.)
REVOLUTIONARY ORDERLY BOOK OF CAPT.
JEREMIAH PUTNAM OF DANVERS, MASS.,
IN THE RHODE ISLAND CAMPAIGN.
JULY 10, 1779 DECEMBER 19, 1779.
FROM THE ORIGINAL IN POSSESSION OF THE ESSEX
INSTITUTE.
(Continued from Vol. XLVI, page 34? ')
Head Qr Sept 13th 1779
The Monthly alteration to Be Incerted in the Returns of
The 18th instant and Duplication of the Returns to Be
forwarded As Usual att the Saim Time The Commanding
officers of the Severel Continentel Regts in this Depart-
ment Will Make A Return of the Number of Non Comd
Officers and Privats In the Regt Whose time of inlistment
is Expired on Jan 7 Next What Number In Febury What
Number In March & What Number Are Engaged for the
War The Number Being added Must agree With the Num-
ber Total of the Men in the Regt The Generel Recomends
the Strictest Disapline to Be Observid in Every Post and
Particularly by the Guard On Board the prisen Ship Last
Nights Experence is Sufficant to Convene the Army That
No Licence is To Be Given the Enemy with in Our
powers any More that Those with out
Camp Providence Sept 14th [16 ?] 1779 A Regemen-
tel Court martial Where of Capt Woodbridge Was presi-
dent Lut Wenchel Hoar Sacket Covel members To try
Such Prisoners as Shall Be brought Befor them James
(41)
42 REVOLUTIONARY ORDERLY BOOK OP
Hambelton and John Cavendar Was Brought Befor them
Both of Capt Hoveys Comp in Coll Tylors Regt The
former of Striking And Abusing Robart Gage of Capt
Putnams Comp In Coll Tylors Regt and Found Gilty and
is ordered To Be Striped att the Whipping Post and ask
the offened Parsons Pardon and promis Reformation the
Latter of Sd Compy and Regt for Disobedience of Orders
and Neglect of Duty found Gilty And ordered to Do three
Extrordinary towers of Duty On fatigue and Reprimanded
By Capt Hovey
Joshua L Woodbridge Presed
I approve of the above Judjment of the Court Reletive
to the above mentiond James Hambelton and John Cavon n
And order the Sd James to receive his punishment as
A bove To morrow Morning att Roll Call att Sun Sett and
that the Sd John receive his punishment Afor Sd as soon
as opportunity will Admit
Nathan Tylor Coll Sept 14 [16 ?] 1779
Head Quarters Providence Sept 20 The Commasary of
Isues will Deliver to the Guards Double the present al-
lowence of Candels
Head Quarters Sept 28th 1779 A Ge 1 Cort Martial to
set att Providence on Wansday Next Att Nine of Clock
Att The Court house to try Such Prisoners as Shall be
Brought Before them all Evidences and Persons Consernd
to Attend the Cort Col Eliott Prisident Leut Col Putnam
And Major Perkins With three Capt and three Subs from
Col Tylors Regt Members Capt Lut Perce Judge Advo-
cate Adgt Carver to atend the Cort [Those] Confined for
Cappetel Crime Are to Be Sent to morrow With ther pros-
icutions To Providence George Millemons Solder In
Coll Angels Regt Tryed Att A Generel Cort Martial for
Muteny and Sentanced to Suffer Death Is further Respited
from Execution Until Monday 11 of Oct Next
Brigad Orders Adgt of the To Morrow Adgt Wallis
1 Sergt 1 Capt And 7 Privates from Coll Tylors Regt
to March To Coll Bowens and ther to Receive orders In
Addition to Day
THOMAS FISH BG MAJOR
CAPT. JEREMIAH PUTNAM OF DANVERS, MASS. 43
Head Qr Sept 29th 1779 Coll Moony Regiment to
March Early to morrow Morning to Tiverton to Relive
Coll Webbs Regiment Who is to march and Incamp att
Warren the Whole of the troops in This Department Are
to hold them Selves in Rediness to march or to Embark
Att The Shortist notice A Return of the men Aquainted
with Battos in Col Tylors Regt An Coll Jacobs to Be Di-
liverd to The Adg Gell this Aftournoon att Sun Set
Head Qr Sept 30th 1779 2 Subs 2 Sergt one Drum
and one fife and Forty Rank and file from Col Jacobs Reg-
ement to parade at Sun Rise to morrow morning To march
and Reinforce the Guard att Warreek Neck Thay are to
Receiv ther orders from Capt Edding Coll Harrisons Regt
of Artillerey Commanding Commanding officer of that
Place Capt Callender of Coll Grains Regiment of Artilli-
rey is Apinted to Act as Assestint ingenere of This De-
partment
Head Quarters Sept 30th 1779 Coll Jacksons Regt to
furnish The Main Prison Ship and fox point Guard Coll
Tylois And Coll Jacksons Regt To furnish the Other
Guards And also 2 Capt 2 Sub 4 Sergt 4 Corp 2 D F and
Seven Privates for fatigue the Fatigue Party Will Not
Leve work until Twelve of Clock And will Begin Again
Att Two
Head Quarters Oct 2d 1779 Att A Ge 1 Cort Martial
held ye 29 of Sept of which Col Elliott Was President
Was Tryed Fin Brusien Dugage all of Coll Jacksons Regt
for Desertion Found Gilty and Sentedced To Be Whipped
Fin one hundred Lashes Duggage Thirty Nine Lashes and
to have a Clog of Twenty Weight Chained to his leg for
one month And to Atend all Parade orders in that Setia-
tion Pedly one hundred Lashes and Blake Thurty Nine
Lashes Well Layd on the Gen Aproves of the Sentence
and And Aquaints fin Berruke Pedley and Blake and
Orders The Punishment to Be inflicted att the head of
Coll Jacksons Regt to Morrow Morning Upon Applica-
tion of Coll Jackson The Generel Is plesd to Remit the
Corpoel Punishment of ordred to Be Inflicted Upon Dug-
gage And Directs that he Be Immediately Relesed from
his Confinment Att the Same time Cort Marti Held the
44 REVOLUTIONARY ORDERLY BOOK OF
thirteenth ult Was Tryed Peter Smith of Coll Regt for
Desertion and found Not Gilty The Generel orders him
immediately Relived Thomas Cooper of Col Tylors Regt
Tryed By the Saime Court Martial for being Drunk
and Sleeping on his post Found Gilty and Sentenced To
be Whipped on his naked Back fifty Lashes The Genii
approves The Sentence and orders the punishment In-
flicted To morrow morning att Guard mounting att the
head of Col Tylors Regt John Dun of Col Leveingstons
Regt Tryed att The Above Court martial for Desartion
Found Gilty and Sentenced to be whipd Fifty Lashes on
his naked Back The Gen 11 approves The Sentence And
orders the prisoner Sent to his Regment to Receive his
punnishment att The Same Court martial held The 1 In-
stant was Tryed Richard Smith matros In Col Grains Regt
for Desertion Found Gilty and Sentenced to be Whipped
one hundred Lashes on his naked Back well Layed on The
lashes To Be given four Mornings Twenty five Each morn-
ing And to have A Clog Chained to His leg for The
Terme of two Months and To atend all Parad orders in
That Situation The Gen 1 Approves The Sentence and or-
ders The prisoner to Receive his f urst Twenty five Tomor-
row Morning And to have Clog Chained to his leg att The
Same Time
Head Quarters Oct 8th 1779 Col Jacobs with all that
Remains of his Corps in Camp Att Providence To march
To morrow morning att warren where thay will Receive
Col Sherbourns orders Col Webbs Regt to march Early
to morrow morning To providence The Baggage of Both
Corps Upon Application of The Qr Mr Genl for Boath
May be Transported By Warter
Head Quarters Oct 9th 1779 Col Webbs Regt To
furnish The Prison Ship Guard The other Guard To be
furnished as Uswel all Guard To be paraded Presisly att
9 of Clock in The Morning 1 Sergent and 10 men from
Col Webbs Regt and The Like number from Col Jacksons
Regt to parad att Seven of Clock Tomorrow att The Qr M
Genl Store to Cut fire wood for the Respective Corps for
which Col Bowen is To pay them one Dollar A Cord Thes
partys Are To be Supplied with Six Day Provisions and
CAPT. JEREMIAH PUTNAM OF DANVERS, MASS. 45
The usuel A Lowe nee of Rum The ordinary party to
work To paraid for The futuer att The Bridge Nere The
market House Capt Callender will Receive his orders
from The Qr Mr Gen" This Party for The futer to Con-
cist of only 1 Capt 2 Subs 2 Sergents and Fifth Rank
and file
Head Qr Providence Oct 10th 1779 Colo Webbs Regt
To furnish Fox pint Guard Till Further orders The Com-
masary of Millitary Stors Mr Gren having upon account
of Disabiliti accationed by Illness Resind his office it is
proper That An Exact State of The Store Late under his
Care Be Immediately Taken and The Condition in which
The Saim is Left Carefully Examened in To For That
End The Gen 1 orders Major Perkins Capt Callender and
Lieut Pierce To be a Court of Examanation In To The
State of the Depertment of the Commasary Store and Finely
to Report There Proceds To the Genii a proper Clark
Shall be appinted to Assest them hi thair Examanation
The Gen 1 further orders Major Perkins Capt Callender
Lt Pierce to take Charg of Sd Store until a proper per-
son is apinted as Commasary Which will be in A few
Days. A Capt from Each of the Continentel Regt of In-
fantry in Providence and A Capt from Colo Grains Regt
of Artillery to met att The Commissary Gen 1 Store to
Morrow morning 10 of Cl for The purpose of Examining
In To The State of Quantity of Provision in Sd Store A
Simmel Board of officers to be Emediately appinted By
The Commanding officer of Each of The out post To Ex-
animin in to the Provision of Their Posts Each Board of
officers To Make Thair Report To Head Quarters As it is
Necessarey the Regementel Returns Which are Sent To
The Adgt Gen 1 officer Should be Maide on The Blanks
Struck off For That Purpose The Commanding Officer of
Those Regts who are Destitute of Sd Blanks are Desied
to Send To The orderly office in Providence Where Thay
will be Supplied
George Millemen A Soldier of Col Angels Regt who is
under Sentence of Death is further Respetid Until Mon-
day The 25 Instant
Head Qr Oct llth 1779 All officers att present in
46 REVOLUTIONARY ORDERLY BOOK OP
providence Belonging To Any of The out poast are A
Mediately To join Thair Respective Command
Head Qr Oct 12th 1779 A flet of men of war and
Transports having yesterday Arived att Newport and
Thair Curcumstances verey Strongly Inducate an oppin-
ion That The Enemy will Spedely be in Motion Thair
Either To Act offencively Against this State or Sum other
Nabouring State or perhaps In Concention with Another
Embarcation Now prepairing for New York Are mediata-
ting Sum Expedition of importence Therefore It Behoves
all The officers Commanding poasts Guards or Detach-
ments From This Armey To Be Particulary Vigelent and
attentive To Thair Duty The Gen 1 Requests The officers
Commanding All The out Poasts will report To him every
Extraordinary Moovement of the Enemy And Exactly
Remark The Arival and Departure of Vessels
Head Qr Oct 13th 1779 The Main Guard and Fox
pint To Be furnished By Col. Jacksons Regt Tomorrow
and The prison Ship Guard By Col Webbs Regt The
Commanding officer of the Artillerey will order The
Heavey Battring Guns Those att Fox Pint Excepted to be
Brought To The Water' Side Ready for Embercation with
all The Carages and Propper Articels Belonging To Them
After Orders All Fatigue and out parteys Belonging
to Col Webbs or Col Jacksons Regt To Join Thair Re-
spective Corps As soon as Posibel the Fatigue party
from Col Tylors Regt To Joyn Thair Regt This Night
The Q Mr Gen 1 is To Discontinue his Preparation for
Building Barracks att Providence Greenwich and Warrin
until Further orders The Artilleres Now in providence
Are to Attend To No other Dutey Than what Relats To
Prepair them for A March or Embarkation All the Ar-
tilerey Belonging To any of The Corps are Emmediatily
To joyn Thair Companyes
Head Qr Oct 14th 1779 Advertisement Lost Between
Doct Bowens farm And Head Quarters in Providence An
eligant Silver mounted Small Sword Who ever will Bring
The Same To head Quarters Shall Be Handsomely Re-
warded
Extract From Gen 1 Washington orders of the 2d instant
CAPT. JEBEMIAH PUTNAM OP DANVERS, MASS. 47
The following are The uniform That have Ben Determined
For These Respectively as Soon as The State of The pub-
lick Supplies Will Permet thaire being furnishd Accord-
ingly and in the mean time It is Recommended To the
officers To order to accommedate thier Uniform To The
Standerd That When the Men Come to be Supplied thair
May be A Propper uniform
N. Hampshire Massachusetts Rhodisland Connecticut
Blue Facd with White Buttons And Linings White
Nw York Nw Jersey Blue facd with Buff white Linings
and Bouttons
Pensylveny Maraland Dilleware Verginea Blue faced
with Read Buttons and Linings White
Noth Carolina Soth Carolina George Blue facd with
Blue Edgd with Narrow white Lace or Tape Buttons and
Linings white
Artillery Artillery Artificers. Blew facd with Scar-
let linings y allow Buttons yallow Round Hat Coats edged
With narrow lace or Tape and Button Holes Bound with
The Same
Light Dragoon The whole Blew facd with White But-
tons And Linings
Head Quarters Oct 17th 1779 The Main and Fox
Pint Guard to Be furnished By Col Jacksons Regt The
Preson Ship Guard By Col Tylors Regt Col Webbs
Regt to be ready To Embark in the Boats Appin[te]d to
receve them Att high Warter Tomorrow Morning in order
To proced Dow[n] the River att Day light Should thay
them Be Commanded So to Do The Sloop with the
heavey Artillery will att the Same Time be ready to pro-
ceed to joyn The Galley and Argo Sloop Att Patuxett
who have orders To be prepaired to Convoy The ordence
vessells to Newport Col Grains and Col Elliott will with
All The officers And Solders of Ther Corps be Ready to
Proced with The ordinence Sloop To Newport Col Crane
will also Take two Brass field Peaces with his Regt and
propper Articls Belonging To Them.
Head Quarters Oct 19 1779 Col Tylors Regt To be
Instant Redey to Embark With Col Webbs under The
Commd of Genl Stark Who upon order Given will Proced
48 REVOLUTIONARY ORDERLY BOOK OF
Down The river to Newport the Assistant Qr M Genl Mr
Whittelcey Will have propper Boats Immediately Pro-
vided for Col Tylors Regt Col Webbs Are Supposed To
be already Supplyd Colo Webb & Colo Tylors Regt to
March as Possibel And To be redey To Embark in An In-
stent on Board The Boats Appinted To Receve Them
Col Tylor To Leve his Q Mr And A Small Guard With
his Tents Which Are To be Left Standing Should Col
Crane be So ill As To Be Unfit For Dutey The Commd
Off The Artillerey will fall To Majr Perkins Col Elott will
Be Readey To Embark with them And the State Artillerey
For Rhodisland
Head Quarters Oct 22d 1779 The Sevrel Adjts off
Regts Att Bristol and Warden are Desired To attend att
Head Qr In Warren att Eight of Clock in The morning
and Five in The Aftournoon Daley for Genl Orders
Gel Orders Oct 23 1779 The Commanding Officer of
regements Will have A Reveu of the Mens Arms And
Ameunition this Aftournoone And Report The Deficentey
Each Corp Is Constantly To Have two Days Provision
Constently Redey Drest Redey to March Att A Minutes
Warning Lieut Col Flag will be Ansewerabel that the
Artillerey Under Marching orders Are in All Respects
Properly provided that thay may Not Ocation the Smalist
Unnesercey Delay When Orders To March the Order of
March Will be Delivered to the Commanding Officer of
Corps Provicons to These &c Being Ordered Upon The
Island
Camp Att Bristol Oct 23 1779 Regementall Orders
The Commanding Officer of Each Company in My Rege-
ment Are to Parade Ther men on The West Side of the
Meting house Att Three of Clock this Aftour Noon in
Order for a Reveu of Arms and Amminition as Complants
had Ben made By the inhabetents of thir Gardings And
C C Being plundered By the Solderey Each officer
Will Take the Most Effectual Care that there is No Cause
for further Complaints of The like Sorte And Any Soldier
Committing Such A Crime May Expect Punnishment
Equal To the Offence
Nathan Tyler Coll
CAPT. JEREMIAH PUTNAM OF DANVEB8, MASS. 49
Bristol Octr the 24th 1779 The order for Embarcation
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60 REVOLUTIONARY ORDERLY BOOK OF
Capt Sparrow Martin Woodbridge Hovey Howels and
frankland Leut Sartel Lincoln and kimball Commands
The Boats Asignd Them By Thair Numbers When Afflot
But as Soon As Landed Officer Commands as Usuel By
his Hank The officer Commanding Boats are Strickly Or-
dered To keep Thair Men Silent no man Is to Speak a
Loud Word But The officers Till landed Leut Covel Will
Land furst he will march Thirty Rods From The Warter
There Halt Until Dark and send out A patroul and Wate
Till further orders If atackted he will Maintain His Ground
Till Reinforced The Col Boat will land next The men in
his Boat Propperly ordered Will Farad And Stand as
Corps De reservd five paces on the Right of The Battely-
on Capt Sparrow Frankland And howel Will Land Next
Forming immediately Sparrows on The Right Frankland
on The Left Howel on fraukland Left Sartel Capt Wood-
bridge And Leut Lincon will Land To the left of The
Five Furst Boats Sartell will Form on Howels Left Wood-
bridge on Sartels And Lincon on Woodbridges Capt
Hoveys Leut Kimbal And Capt martens Will Land
Hovey Will form on Lincon Kimball on Hoveys Left
Martin on Kimball Lt Col Lands on The Whole of the
left The men in his Boat properly officerd will form
five Paces To the left of The Batalion And Stand As Corps
De reservd Till further Orders The whole of the men will
keep on thair Packs Thair Guns in Thair Hands from Em-
barking Till further orders Capt Putnam will order The
Boats Winded With thair Starn A Shore The Boatsmen
will Keep Thair Seets Rasing Oers parpendecular And In
That position wating For orders The Q M Serg* Will
when The Regt is ordd To parad for Embarking Put Two
Buckets of Warter In Everey Boate These orders Are to
Be Strickly Obayed Unless Counter Orders From The
Gen" By order of the Coll
T FISH Brigade Inspector
Head Qr. Warren 25 of Octr 1779. Gen 11 Orders A
Gell Cort martial To Set Immediately att Col Flag
Quarters att Bristol To try Such Persons as may Be
Brought Before Them Lt Col flag President Col Sherborn
to furnish Two Capt and Two Subs Major Hunting-
CAPT. JEREMIAH PUTNAM OF DANVEK8, MASS. 51
ton Two Capt Two Subs Coll Tylor 1 Capt and one Sub
And Col Jacobs one Capt and one Sub For Members of
The Court Major Hunting To furnish A proper officer
For A Judge Advocate Col Sharborn Adgt To Se The
Cort propperly Atten d The Commanding officers of Regts
Are Desired To Give Thair Q Guards positive orders Not
To Suffer Any of Their men To Strole From Thair Quar-
ters The Adjt of The Severel Regts are To attend att
Head Quarters To Morrow Morning att 9 of Clock
Newport* Oct ye 26th 1779 After Orders Oct. 25th
1779 The Troops aire To Be Under arms To morrow
morning And will march in The following order To Bris-
tol Ferey To Cros Bristol Ferey
Furst The Light infantry Company of Col Sharborns
Regt who will immediately Land Upon Rhodisland and To
march and To Take Post of Bristol fort
2d The Artillerey under The Command of Col Cook
who Will March Directly after the Light Company of Col
Sherborns Regt and Remain with Them in Bristol fort
until The whole of That Regt Are on Thair march The
Light Company under Capt Cook will then prosed in
frunt of That Regt To Butses Hill
Third Col Sharborns Regt
Fourth Col Tylors Regt of Milita
fifth Col Webbs Regt With The Light Company In
The Rear As A Rear Guard
Sixth Col Jacobs Regt of Milita Two Companys of
which is To Remain in Bristol Fort and Two Compy in
our works on The North Side of The ferey Col 1 Flaggs
with The State Artillerey Are To Remain with The Two
Companys of Col Jacobs Regt of Milita in The Works on
The north Side of Brestol ferrey Col Bartons Men Are
To Remain Att The ferrey as A Guard To The Boats And
faciliate The pasing of The Troops as The GenU Will Be
on Butses hill With The Troops.
Should a Different Dispasison Then Be Necessary or A
Junction of those with Ge n Conwell propper orders
Sutebel to The ocation will Be Geven Neither officer nor
Solder is on Any pretence To quit his Post And the Pro-
Ne wport WM evacuated by th Britiih on the 21th.
52 REVOLUTIONARY ORDERLY BOOK OF
found Silence with Utmost Attention To orders Are To
Be obayd All Persons Gumming from Rhodeisland To
Any of The out posts are To Be Sent with a Guard To
The Ge 11 Maroding And plundering will Be Death and
any person Stroling from his platton or Division will Be
Consid d As A Maroder The Comma 8 officer of The
artillerey To See That a Tumbrill of Spair Amminition
for The Army is Provided
Att A Gell Cort Martial held this Day att Bristol at
Which Col Flag was President was Tryed Fremon Lin-
con Setler for Selling Liquor att Unseasonable Hours att
Night and for Sufring Card playing in his Setlers Shop
Aftour Tatoo Beating found Gilty and Sentenced to Run
the Gantloop Through Col Sharborns and Webbs Regt
forfit The Rum That was taken from him By Major Hunt-
ing and To Leave Camp immediately The Ge 11 Approves
of The Sentence the time for Lincon To Run the Gant-
loop will Be pinted out in futer orders
Royal Pane A Setler and inhabetant of the town of
Bristol Tryed By the Above Cort for Retaling Liquor to
The Solders Contrary to the Regulation of the Army
And an Act of this State Found Gilty But thair Apper-
ing many Curcumstancs In favor of Sd pain the Court
Sentenc d him only To forfit the Rum under Cursterty of
Major Hunting The Gen 1 approves of the orders The Sd
paine relesed From his Confinment
Willm Oyx A Setler and inhabetent of the town of
Bristol tryed By the Above Court for Retailing Liquor
To the Solders Contrary to The Regulation of The Army
and an Act of this State and found Gilty But Thair
Apering Many curcumstances in favour of Sd Oyx The
Court Sentend Him to forfit the Liquor Now in Custity
of Majr Hunting The Gen 1 Approves The Sentence of the
Court and orders the Sd oyx Releved from his Confin-
ment The Court Wher of Col Flag was president Is De-
solved
Head Qr Newport Oct 27 1779 Col Levingston Regt
To morrow morning Will Parade att Day light And Be
Redy to Embark att Sun rise for Connacut The D Q M
Gen u Will provid Boats Att The Artillery Warf For this
CAPT. JEBBMIAH PUTNAM OF DANVERS, MASS. 53
Reception Brigadere Cornwell will Take The Command
of all The State Troops and Artillerey who aire in futer
To Be Consederd As his Brigad Capt Fish is To Act as
inspector and Brigad Major For That Brigad the Brigad
Major Will Atend Att 12 of Clock Daly for the Genii
orders The Adgt of The Severel Regt will receve thair
orders from Thair Major of Brigad The Guards To be
Paraded Everey Morning Att 9 of Clock the artifciers
Are in futer to recev The Same Rations as Those In The
Grand Army Which Rations Are to Be Deliverd to The
orders of Col Bowens D Q M Gen 11 Information having
Bein Guiven that A Graet Numbr of Horses Left By The
Enemy having Ben taken By the officers of the Army and
the inhabetents of this island with Converting tham [to]
thair ow[n] private Use the Genii positively orders that
the persons Whether officers or inhabetents Thus offend-
ing Do Return Immediately them To the D Q M Gell of
This Department
Newport Oct 28th 1779 Col Tylor's Regt of Milita
Will march tomorrow Morning Att 8 of Clock and Join
Coll Jacobs and Col Mooney Corps Att the Enemys Lins
on Bannesters hill Thay will thair be under the Command
of Gen 11 Cornwell Who has Recevd v the Genii orders the
Q M will Deliver A proportion of Entrenching Tools to
the order of Gen u Cornwell for the Use of These three
Regts the officers Commanding Contene 1 Regt turn out
the Whole of officers and Solders of Duty Att everey
Morning Att 8 of Clock to Erect the Batterres ordered to
Be layd out By the ingenere for the Defence of the Har-
bour the Intrenching tools Will Be Sent By D Q M Ge 11
To The Ground whaire thay aire imployd the troops
Imployd to Distroy the Enemys Lyns thay aire Att Lib-
erty to Burn the [B]Arbetes For fire wood Every officer
and Solder is to Be lowd one jill of Rum Everey Day till
further orders Which is to be Deliverd to orders of Com-
manding officers of Regts
Head Qr Novr 2d 1779 Capt Car of Col Tophans
Regt with 2 Subs 4 Sergt 4 Corpl 2 dr & f and 40 Pri-
vates from Ge u Cornwal Brigad to take Charge of the
Boats in and About Newport harbour one Sub one Sergt
54 REVOLUTIONARY ORDERLY BOOK OF
2 Corpl and fourteen privates From Gen 11 Corn walls Bri-
gad To Be Stationed Att Brestol Ferrey the officer will
Receve his orders from Col Bowen D Q M Gen 11 Gen 11
Cornwel will Detach From Col Tylors Regt To Collect all
the publick Boats from Bristol Freetown &c Together Att
howlands ferrey and will order them hawled Up and
Securd Att Such place Ner Sd ferrey as he may think
propper When the Boats is Collected Gen 11 Cornwell
Brigad will Daly Take Charge of The Fuel on Brittons
Neck The Field officer of the Day Immediately Aftour
Being Relevd Make Report of his Tower To The ordely
officer Col Webbs Regt Aire Not To Do Any Duty Nor
The Day After
Head Qr Novr 3, 1779 Col Greens Regt will immedi-
ately Embarck for Great Island The Q M G 11 To furnish
Boats for The Removel Thay Aire To Do The Necersary
Guard and Fatigue on That island Col Sharborns Regt To
Do The Fatigue Duty on Bintons Neck until Further or-
ders
Head Qr 5th 1779 those officers who has had Boots
and Shoes from the publick Stores In This Department
And have Not Setled there for Are Desired To Call on
Col 1 Gardner Commarsarey of hides And Setle Ther
Acompt Col Jacobs is To Do The Duty of the officer of
The Day in Lue of Major Thayer Who is under March-
ing orders the Continentel Regts And Col Craines Artil-
lerey Are To Be Ready To Embark As Soon As the
weather is Moderated And Cros the Bay To East Green-
wich Brigader Genii Starkes will be With The Troops
And Direct Thair March from thence The D Q M Genl 1
Coll Bowen will order Vessels and Boats to Be Prepaired
for The Transportation of The Troops Baggage &c
Head Quarters Novr 7th 1779 All orders hertofore
Given By Genl 1 Gates Are To Be Strictly obeyed in
Everey Department of This Army Until further orders Ex-
cept The Allowence of Fatigue Rum which in fatigue will
only Be Delivered one Jill To those Non Commisond offi-
cers and privates on Guard or Actual fatigue for one
Whole Day All The Troops Now Contand out of Town
Will March Tomorrow Morning Att Eight of Clock with
CAPT. JEREMIAH PUTNAM OP DANVERS, MASS* 55
Thair Baggage To Be Barracked under The Amediate De-
rection of Col Champlin Barack Master Who will Take
particular Care To Se The Sevrel Regt Are Baraked As
Compact As posible And The officers to thair Sevrel Com-
pany Who Will Be Particularly Carful to Se that Thair
men Do no Damage To the Buildings Thay Aire Baraked
in As The Gen u will hold the officers Acountebel The
Gen u Positively forbids All kind of Plundring And he
Will Punnish Everey offendar The Qr Master Gen 11 Will
Deliver fifteen feet of Wood To Evrey hundred Men Pr
Weeke officer Encluded And Three Quarters of A foot Pr
Day To The Main Guard
Genii orders Novr 8th 1779 Where As his Excelencey
Gen u Gats the Last Commander In Chef of This Depart-
ment* Did think propper For The Publick Good To lay
The Good Inhabetents of This Town Under Certin Re-
strication in Reguard To The Sail of Goods and marchen-
dise The Command Now having Devolv d on Me I Do By
The vertue of That Command Declair All That Restriction
To Be Nul invoid and Grant Full leberty To All The In-
habetents and others To Make Sail of Thair Goods With-
out Any Set or Molistation Agreabel to The Constatution
of This State The Gen u Begs The honourabel The Town
Councel and All other Severill offices To Tak upon Them
Selves The Full Exercise of Thair Sevrill offices and Ap-
partments And he Cannot Doubt of thair Geving him
Evrey Assistence In Thair power The Troops Being All
ordred To Be Propperly Baraked This Day under The im-
mediate Command of Col Champan Barrack Master it is
further ordered That All Chimneys In The Sevrel Bar-
racks Be Well Swept Tomorrow morning Betwen the
owers of Six and 9 Evrey officer is Strickly injoynd To
See The Execution of This Bisness The Barrack Master
will Report to The Gen u Any Neglect The Gen u Cannot
But Remind The Inhabetents That it is Neseserey To have
All Thair Chimneys in This Town kept Clean The Bar-
rack Master will viset All The Barracks Att Lest 3 Times
In A weak And Report Evrey Misdemenner The Gen u
Cautions All The Inhabetents That Are so Evill Minded
The enemy baring withdrawn, Gen. Gate* joined the grand army leaving Brig, -
Gen. Cornell in command.
56 . REVOLUTIONARY ORDERLY BOOK OF
As To Be Gilty of Plundering or Making Strip and waist
in Any Propperty publick or private For Should Thay Be
So unhapey As to Be Convictted Thay May Depend on
Being Used in A Manner Not The Most Agreabel To Them
No furloes Will Be Given Till Further orders To Either
officer or Solder under any pretence Whatever
Head Quarters Nuport Nov. 13 1779 Genl Orders all
The Troops att This Place will for The futuer Draw Pro-
visions att The Store Kept By John Guardner A C of Is-
sues The Commasary in futuer Will Deliver one Day of
Salt Fish and one Day of Salt Pork and one Day of Salt
Beef And four Days of Fresh Beef In Each weak
Head Qr Nov r the 14th 1779 when any flag Shall Cum
from the Enemy She will not be permitted to Cum with in
the fort on Goat Island and an officer from The Galley
will Go immediately on Board and Bring ther papers To
the Gen 1 But Suffer no person To Cum on Shore until
further orders Capt Dyer of Col Taphams Regt will Se
That thair Is no mischef Committed on The Wharfs of
any Kind whatsoever he will See That no Elist Trade is
Caryed on he will viset Every Wharf in Town att Lest
twice A Day Confine every parson that Shall be found
Guilty Either Inhabetents or Solder and Report The Same
to The Gen 11 Capt Dyer is Excusd from all other Duty
in futuer one Capt is to Be appinted pollicer of The Camp
from The Regt which The Adgt of The Day Belongs He
is To Viset Everey room in The Barracks of Gen 11 Corn-
wells Brigad main Guard house and Provo and Report his
Tower To The Brigad inspector att Expiration of This
Tower The Names of Sick The Regt and Comp Thay
Belong he is to Make Perticular inquirey in To The Pro-
vision made for Them To Inspect in to Clenliness of Thair
Barracks The manner The men Kook Thair Provisions
and Give orders Thair for as he May Think proper he
is To here all propper Complaints From the Solders or
prisoners And Report The Same Col Barten Core To
Embarck Emmediatelyon Board Capt Talbort and To Land
att new London on his Way To joyn The Grand Army
All officers Comm d Guards Are To Take Perticular Care
To See Thair Guard houses and Parad ner The Guard
CAPT. JEREMIAH PUTNAM OF DANVERS, MASS. 57
hous Swept Clean The Reliving officer To Examin The
Guard house And paraid Before he Relives The Guard
and if not Left Clean report The officer to the Brigad
inspester
Head Qr Nov r 15th 1779 The following Proportion
of Wood is To be Alowd The Troops Till Further order
Viz Colo 4 Feet Leut Colo 3 Major 2 1-2 Capt 2 Do
Subn 1 & half Do And for 1 hundred men 20 Feet Pr
Waek The Q M of Each Regt is To make out A Return
agreabel To The A Bove and Receve Thair Wood once
A Weak The Return To Be Signed By The Commanding
officer of Regt and no wood To be Deliverd To Absent
officers or men The Cort Martial wherof Lieut Colo
putnam was President is To Sett To Morrow morning Att
9 of Clock All persons Concernd are To Attend
Head Qr. Nov r 16 1779 The Gen 1 wishes The Good
inhabetents of This Town To Send all Thair Salt and all
other valuable Efects To the main* or Such A place as
They Shall Chuse The Gen 1 Desiers Thos Gentlemen
That Chuse To Send of any of Thair Goods To Give in
Thair names and place Thay Shall Chous To Send Them
to And vessels will be Redey To Carry Them of no ves-
els will be Permitted To Go out of The harbour With
out A Pas from The Depety Q M r Genl 1
Att Genl 1 Court Martiel wherof Col putnam was presi-
dent Was Tryed Thomas Cooper Colo Tylors Regt for
Desertion The prisoner plede Gilty The Court upon
Du Consideration Judg him Gilty and Do Sentence The
Sd Cooper To Receive one hundred Lashes on his Naked
Back and Be mul[c]t 23 pounds Lawful M[one]y out of
his Wages To pay The Acompts of Col Hows and Col
Tylors In Taking up Sd prisoner And bringing him To
Camp The Gen 1 approves The Above Sentence and or-
ders him to Receive his Lashes To Morrow Morning att
Guard Mounting And Return To his Duty Att The
Same Court Martial was tryd John Frances Ferry of Col
Bartons kore for Deser 11 The prisoner pled Gilty The
presoner In his Defence Saith that he Never Rec d any
County pay Blanket nor Clothing Except one Paire of
Mainland.
58 BEVOLUTIONABY ORDERLY BOOK OF
Shoues 1 old paire of Briches Shurt Frock and hat he
further Saith that thinking he was Rongd was A Going
To Col Levingstons Reg* wher Ther was Many of his
Relations To git Relief But not Finding The Regt Was
making my [his?] return To my [his?] Comp y was Taken
up att Grenwich A Prisoner The Court upon Du Con-
cederation Judge him Gilty And Sentence The Sd John
francos Ferrey To Receive Forty Lashes on his naked
Back att The Same Time The Court Recomend The
prisoner To The Hon 1 Gen 1 Cornwel for A Pardon as he
being A frenchman and not Under Standing The Regula-
tion of The armey and Appers To Be Simpel and not
Receiving any Bounty nor pay The Gen 1 Concedring
The Above Curcumstasces Pardons John francos ferey
and Orders him relesed his Confinment and joyn his Corps
Immediately Att The Above Court martial was Tryed
Will m Carrey A Solder of Col Ellots Reg* For Desartion
The prisoner Plede Gilty. The Court upon Du Consid-
eration Are unanamously of oppinion That he is Gilty
and Do judge The S d Will Carrey To Receive one hun-
dred Lashes on his naked Back wel Layd on and To Serve
out The year from The Time of his joyning his Reg* The
Gen 1 approves The above Sentence and orders him To
Receive his punishment att Guard mounting
Head Qr Nov. 2 It 1779 The main Guard is Augment-
ed To 1 Sub More in futer The C Sign Is not to Be Given
out To Senternels till 11 of Clock P M And aftour that
time The pattrols and Senternels are To be ordered To
take up all Non Comm d officers Solders or inhabetents
That May Be Pasing wheather Thay have The C Sign or
not And bring them to the Guards house and there Con-
fine them
Head Quarters Nov r the 25 1779 No officer Command-
ing Either of The Ferreys is permitted To Carrey from
this island aney Non Comm d officer or Solder without A
written Pass from The Commd* officer of Regt or Corps
he Belongs To All ferrey or other Boats are To Be
Strictly Examined if any Non Comm d officer or Solder
Found Attempting to go off This Island without a Pass
as A ford S d he is To Be Sent To The Main Guard att
CAPT. JEREMIAH PUTNAM OF DANVERS, MASS. 59
Newport The Gen 1 Strictly forbids all persons Commd 1
Vesels or Boats or inhabates Carrying of any Non Comm d
officer or Solder off this island on any Pretence Whateum-
ever Without A Written Pass from The Reg* he Belongs
All officers Commd 8 Detacd Parteys are To prevent Strol-
ing Both of officers and Solders from Thar Respective
Poasts Thair Rools are To Be Cald Twice A Day in
presence of a Commd 8 officer But where The Detached
Parteys Concist of only A Commd 8 officer Thay Are To
Be Called in presence of A Non Comm d officer The Gen r
Desires all officers Comm d Companeys or Detachments to
Exert Them Selves To See That the Solders keep Thair
Cloth [esj Clean thay are Also To se that Thair men
Keep Thair arms Clean flints Well Secuerd with Led or
Lather Round Them that it May be None To all That the
Brave New levey keep their arms as Bright and Clean as
The Reguler Troops in the Continentel Armey The Gen 1
Strickly f orbeds all officers And Solders Playing att Cards
in This Department Either for Game Chance or Devotion
Head Quarters Nov. 26th 1779 In Case of an Alarm
There will Be Three Canon fired from Park of Artillerey
or The Drums beat To Arms on Which The Whole of The
Troops are to be Paraded on The Grand paraid The
Comman 8 officer of Reg* will order There Reg* Counted of
into Plattoons and The officers propperley posted
Head Quarters Nov r 29 1779 L* Col Durfee Will
Take The Sole Care and Direction of Presiug hay att the
Forrage Yard No officer Will interfere and all officers
and Solders implyd In That bisness Will pay Implisect
obadence To This order
Head Quarters Dec r 6, 1779 Orders for The Capt of
The Mam Guards your Senternls Are To Be visted once
in Every Relief By A Comm d officer he is To Examin
What thay have in Charge And Se Thay have Propper
Orders To Keep Two Pattrowls By Day and Night In and
Round The Surburbs of This Town By Day Thay Are
To Be Comm d By Sergts By Night one of Them By a
Subalton officer Thay are To Take up all Persons De-
stroy 8 Any kind of Buildings Racks of Vasels or wharfs
fences or Any Appertinences Belonging To Any Fort
60 REVOLUTIONARY ORDERLY BOOK OF
Redoubt or Lyns Without Thay Have A written order
From The Gen 1 All Non Comm d officers And Solders or
inhabetents After The C Sign is Given out att 11 oClock
are To Be Stopt and Brought To The Guard Without
Thay Make It Apere To The officer of The Pattrol Thay
Aire on Sum urgent Bisness The officers of The Day
aire Desired To Make Them Selves Acquainted with Thes
orders And To Se That Thay aire Put in Execution The
Comm y And D Q M Gen 1 is Desired in futer To Deliver
upon Cap* Haskins order Provision Camp Equippege in
The Same Manner as is Deliverd To The Severel Regts
in This Department.
Head Qr Deer the 10 1779 A Court of Inquiry to Sett
To Morrow Ten of Clock A M att Colo Tophams quarters
To inquire in to the Conduct of The Q M of Col Tylers
Reg* Concerning his Embezzeling Flower Candel Cattrages
Soap Rum and &c And make Report as Soon as may be
Col Topham President Major Flagg Major Reynolds mem-
bers.
Head Qr Deer 15th 1779 Brigader Gen 11 Corn wells
Orders wheras it was Unannimusly Determined Last night
in Councel on Account of The Present Scarcy of wood
To Reduce This Garrison To five hundred * Rank & File of
The Best Clothed Men fitt For Emediate Action Propper-
ly In order to Carrey Sd Detarmia n Into Execution The
following Arangement is To Take Place immediately for
Establishing The Garison VIZ
COL LT CM C S S Df P
[The hand writing is obscure.] R* 1 1 1 1 2 10 8 120
Col Topham 1 2 2 88 45
Col Moonys 122 60 60
Col Tylors 1033 84 92
Col Barton Cove 1 2 20
on Com d Forrage Y d 1 2 2 41
Boat Guard 114 42
Col Ellotts Ar* 1 1 2 6 10 80
* A month later the number was further reduced to 180, on ac-
count of the difficulty of obtaining fuel. Wood sold for $20 a cord
and the cold also was very intense that winter.
CAPT. JEREMIAH PUTNAM OF DANVER8, MASS. 61
All which are to Remain and Do Duty in the Garrison
All the Remainder of Everey Rank and Except 8 Such Pay
Masters Adg* Q r M Surgons & mates As the Commanding
officer of Each Reg 4 Shall Thing Propper to Comm d In The
Garison To be Redy To March To morrow Morning Att
Sun Rise to the Barracks Att Tiverton Col Topham
will Take The Command of the whole Detachment That
is ordered To That Place
Head Qr Dec r 18th 1779 Att A Gen 1 Court Martile
Wherof Major Flag Was President Was tryed Ebenez r
Chase of Col Tylors Reg* for Taking riging From The
Publick Boats att Bristol ferrey & Selling itt And Like
Wise for Taking an Iron Mantelpece from A Barrack &
A Warter Bucket At Sd Ferrey found Gilty And Sen-
tenced By The Court To Receve fifty Lashes on his
Naked Back The Gen 1 Approves The Sentence and or-
ders it To Be Put in [to effect] To morrow morning Att
Guard Mounting at Such Place as The Major of Brigad
Shalt Think Propper
Walter Wignereon Serg* Major of Col Ellotts Reg* Tryed
By The Same Court Martiel For Striking and abusing Ga-
bril Connel [sic'] of S d Reg* Found not Gilty But Rather
Commended for Doing his Duty The Gen 1 Approves
The Sentence And orders him immediately Relesd From
his Confinement And To Return To his Duty.
Gabril Corner [sic] of the Same Reg* Tryed By The
Same Court Matiel Confinned For Steling A Bundle of
Childrens Cloths from Daniel Chaces found Gilty & Sen-
tenced To Receive fifty Lashes on his Naked Back The
Gen 1 Approves The Sentence And orders it To Be put in
Execution att The head of Col Elliotts Reg* Att Such
Time And Place as The Court Shall Think Propper.
Isaac Collins of The Same Reg* Tryed by The Same
Court Martiel for Stabing Peter File With A knife Found
Gilty and Sentenced To Be Whipped Twenty Lashes on
his naked back The Gen 1 Approves The Sentence And
orders it put in Excuition in The Same Manner and Same
Place and Time as Conner
Att The Same Court Martial Was Tryed Cap L* Carver
of Col Elliots Regt of Artlllerey for Embezzeling And
62 REVOLUTIONARY ORDERLY BOOK.
Selling Wood Belonging To The States found Gilty By
The Court and Sentenced To pay Cap* L* Hows Company
For four fut of Wood Which He Sold and be Dismised
from The Servis The Gen 1 Approves The Sentence and
orders it To Be Take place immediately and That Cap* L*
Carver leve[?] the Garrison as Soon as The Sentence Is
Performed Lent Springer of the Same Keg* Tryed For
Being Absent From his Post Without Leve Found Not
Gilty The Gen 1 Approves the Sentence And orders him
To Be Relesed From his Confinment.
The Gen 1 has Always hertofore Conceved verbel orders
Given By Superior officer To an inferior To Be as Bind-
ing as Written orders But as he finds it hath Not Ben Con-
sided By and who Hath Ben on Comman d he Therefor
Forbids all and Everey officer in Future Who Shall Be
Sent To any Fort Battrey or Guard or out Post Leving
The Same Without Being Propperly Relivd or Liberty
For it had and obtan d and That he Shall hold all Such
officer Changebel With all wast or Dammage That may
arise or be Dun To any Boat or Store in A word with
Every Artical Belonging To The Continen 1 thet Shall Be-
long or Appertain To any such Fort Batterey or Post.
[The orderly's record ends with a routine entry under
date of Dec. 19th.]
ENGLISH NOTES ABOUT EARLY SETTLERS IN
NEW ENGLAND.
COMMUNICATED BY LOTHROP WITHINGTON.
{Continued from Vol. XLIV, page 374.)
BROWNE.
BENJAMIN BROWNE of Salem, County Essex, Province
of Massachusetts Bay in New England, merchant. Will
8 November 1708 ; proved 10 January 1711/12. To Har-
vard College in Cambridge in New England, for poor
scholars belonging to Salem, 200 New England. To
Salem church, 50, one half for furnishing the Lords
Table and half for a decent Bason for Baptism. To the
Grammar School in Salem, 60 New England, towards
making it a free school. For a workhouse, 70, and to-
wards a stock, 30. To my friend Reverend Mr. Nicho-
las Noyes, 20. To Hannah Elsey, my present house-
keeper, 8. To my nephew Mr. John Winthrop of
Boston, 1000. To my neice Mrs. Ann Winthrop, 1000
and 60 ozs. of my plate. To my neice Mrs. Mary Lynd,
wife of Benjamin Lynd, 1000 and my garret furniture
and 60 ozs. of my plate. To Samuell, son of my nephew
Major Samuel Browne, 50. To Sarah, daughter of my
nephew Captain John Browne, 20. To my dear late
wife's sisters, a trunke of clothes and 50 New England,
the eldest one to have two thirds, the other one third. To
my Brother William Browne, my Indian Boy Peter, and
to Mrs. Rebeccah Browne, my sister, 20. To Nephew
Samuel Brown, my best Bed and furniture, and to nephew,
Captain John Brown, my bed and furniture in the shop
chamber. To Benjamin Lynd, son of my neice Mrs. Mary
Lynd, my 10 acre lott in Salem bought of Boober. To
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64 ENGLISH NOTBS ABOUT EARLY SETTLERS
Benjamin Browne, son of my nephew Captain John Brown,
my dwelling house, warehouse and wharf. Residue of my
estate in Great Britain, Barbadoes and New England, to
my two nephews and executors, Samuel Browne and John
Browne both of Salem. Witnesses : Walter Price, Ben-
jamin Wolcot, J. Barton, Thomas Barnard, Stephen Sew-
all.
Barnes, 3.
HOPWOOD.
ROBERT HOPWOOD of Well Close Square, St. George
in the East, Bookseller. Will 23 January 1781 ; proved
29 January 1781. I desire to be buried in a piece of
ground in which no person before me has been interred
and 1 desire my 4th son, Robert Hopwood of the Custom
House, London, and Mr. Thomas Taylor of Ship Alley, to
purchase such a piece of ground and bury me in the man-
ner I have requested and which they have promised faith-
fully to do because I desire my bones may not mingle
with any unknown or stray persons. To Robert, my son,
and Thomas Taylor, the Grant titles and other papers be-
longing to the Township of Granby in New Hampshire in
America, granted to me by Elihu Hall, Esq., to be given
to one of my family or any other person they shall think
proper who may be disposed either now or in case of peace
with America to go there to cultivate it. To my 1st son
Thomas, Is. 2nd son James, Is. 3rd son John, Is. Res-
iduary legatees : my grandchildren when 21. My execu-
tors to sell my stock, Books, Printing Types, Presses,
Cases and Shelves. Executors : Son Robert and Thomas
Taylor. Witnesses : Isaac Fris(?), Mary Hynvin.
Webster, 27.
LANE.
JOHN LANE of Rickmersworth in the County of Hert-
ford, yeoman. Will dated Aug. 7, 1661; proved Jan. 13,
1661-2. To the poore people of Rickmersworth, 50 shil-
lings. To Rebecca Baker, my daughter, .5. To my
kinsman Job Lane sonne of my brother James Lane, de-
IN NEW ENGLAND. 65
ceased, ,30. To my kinsman Thomas Lane sonne of my
brother Symon Lane, deceased, .15. To Jahasell Lane
sonne of my brother Jeremiah Lane, deceased, <10. To
Mary Lane my kinswoman, daughter of the said Jeremiah,
10. To my kinswoman ffrances, the now wife of Rich-
ard Lovett, <10. To Judith Lovett, y e wife of Henry
Lovett, 10. To my said kinsman Jahasell Lane, the
bedstedd in my Parlour whereon I now lye with all bedding
and furniture. To the said Jahasell Two paire of Sheets
And one Brasse Porrage pott with a Notch in it. To my
said kinswoman Mary Lane two paire of sheets and one
dozen of table napkins and my long table cloth with a
fringe att end of it and one short table cloth. Three hun-
dred of spray faggotte to the poore people of Millend to
be delivered to them the ensueing Winter next after my
death. The said poore people that liue betweene James
Edlins and Eves house to haue the said faggotts and none
else. Said faggotte shall be given to such poore and con-
tinned for one and Twenty yeares next after my death and
not longer. Mary Hull who is now with me to be pro-
vided with meate, drink, and apparell in decent manner
for Three yeares. To James Lane, brother to the said
Job, 10. To my kinswoman Martha Lane, daughter of
Jeremiah, 10. The rest and residue of goods and Chat-
tells to kinsman John Lane, who is to be executor. Wit-
nesses: Paul Ives, Alice Shrimpton, John Hobs.
Laud, 7.
CONTRACT FOR LABOR IN 1828 WHILE BUILD-
ING THE FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH,
HERBERT STREET, SALEM.
A contract between the building committee for the
Meeting house now building in Herbert street, Salem, on
the one part & Richard Stickney on the other.
We now agree that the said Stickney shall work on said
house at one dollar & fifty cents per day & his apprentice
for seventy five cents per day and find themselves. Mr.
Stickney shall do to the amount of one hundred dollars or
more, but not to exceed two hundred dollars.
And it is farther agreed that said Stickney shall take
one half of his pay in said Meeting house at the apprisal
of pews in said house and the other half in cash within a
reasonable time as witness our hands, this 9th day of Jan-
uary, 1828.
Richard Stickney
Joseph Sibley
John Masury
Jonathan C. Taylor
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THE
HARBOR.
PLAN OF MARBLEHEAD IN THE YEAR 1700. NO. 5.
MARBLEHEAD IN THE YEAR 1700. NO. 5.
BY SIDNEY PBBLET.
THE accompanying map represents that portion of Mar-
blehead which is included between State and Mugford
streets on the west and High and Franklin streets on the
east, and between Elm street on the north and the harbor
on the south.
State street was the lane to the town landing, which
remained the public landing place until 1785, when it was
granted by the town to Capt Thomas Gerry. State street
was called a highway that goes down to ye harbor in 1665 ;
ye lane that goes down to Lattimore's in 1670 ; highway
up towards ye house of Richard Reede in 1671 ; highway
or causeway in 1687 ; ye lane that leads down from ye
middle of the town to ye great harbor of Marblehead in
1718; the lane leading down to the great cove in 1722;
ye lane that leads down from ye main street to ye great
harbor in 1722 ; the lane or highway leading down to ye
cove formerly called Reed's cove in 1723 ; ye street called
Norden's leading down to the water side in 1726 ; King
street in 1728; a street leading down to ye harbor in 1737 ;
the highway leading from the town house to the new
wharf in 1747 ; and State street as early as 1882.
Mugford street was the ancient way to the ferry on Sa-
lem harbor side ; and was called a highway in 1703 ; ye
highway or street hi 1713 ; and the street leading to the
new meeting house hi 1722. It was called Mugford street
as early as 1882.
Franklin street was the way laid out to the fort, in
1681 ; ye highway leading from the old meeting house to
Ingall's cove in 1708; street that leadeth from ye old
meeting house down to ye great harbor in 1717 ; highway
that goes by Mr. Conant's house in 1727 ; lane by Mr. Co-
(67)
68 MAEBLEHEAD IN THE YEAR 1700. NO. 5.
nant's and Rolls' in 1727 ; ye highway or street leading
along before ye old meeting house in 1728 ; a street lead-
ing from the meeting house to the water side in 1736 ;
street leading by the old meeting house to the fort in
1750 ; street or highway leading from the old meeting
house to Ingalls' beach in 1817; and Franklin street as
early as 1882.
Washington street was the ancient main street through
the town. It was called the highway in 1660 ; the broad
street in 1670 ; ye great street in 1709 ; ye Queen's high-
way in 17 LO ; ye road or main street in 1712 ; ye highway
or main street of the town of Marblehead in 1716 ; high-
way or main street that leads through ye town in 1720 ;
ye king's highway in 1 739 ; highway leading to the old
meeting house in 1787 ; the main street leading to the
old meeting house so called in 1792 ; the main street lead-
ing from the town house to the old meeting house so
called in 1807 ; and Washington street in 1845.
Front street was laid out as a highway in or before 1687,
when it was called a highway. The extreme eastern end
was called ye way in 1727 ; ye street in 1735 ; lane or
street in 1738 ; and highway leading from Ingalls' beach
so called to Fort Sewall in 1823. The western and mid-
dle portions of the street were called ye street in 1714 ;
Fore street in 1761 ; street leading from the new wharf to
Oakum bay in 1797 ; and Front street (whole length) in
1801.
Circle street was laid out before 1700, and called a high-
way in 1716 ; a lane or street in 1738 ; the highway lead-
ing to Ingalls beach in 1767 ; Oakum bay in 1806 ; and
Circle street as early as 1828.
The braces marked " a " on the plan show the ends of
Glover street, which was laid out about 1720, being called,
at first, the lane that leads down from Captain Norden's
h ouse to ye great harbor. It was called the highway lead-
in g to Nathaniel Norden's mansion house in 1722; Nor-
den's lane in 1756 ; and Glover street as early as 1882.
The brace marked "b" shows where Merritt street
begins. The southern part of this street was called a pas-
sage way in 1737 and 1843. The northern part was called
BY SIDNEY PBRLEY. 69
a highway in 1719 ; an old cartway in 1843 ; Merritt's
court in 1867; and Merritt street as early as 1882.
The braces marked " c " show where Selman street runs.
This street was laid out about 1720 ; and was called the
highway that leads from ye old meeting house down to
Ingalls cove in 1723 ; ye lane leading to ye old meeting
house in 1733; the street leading from the old meeting
house to Ingalls cove in 1766 ; highway leading from In-
galls beach through Franklin Place toward where the old
meeting house used to stand in 1845 ; Franklin Place in
1845 ; and Selman street as early as 1882.
The brace marked " d " shows where Stacey street be-
gins. It was laid out in the division of the Stacey estate
March 1, 1722-3, in order that the back lands might be
reached from Washington street. It was called Stacey's
lane in 1783, and Stacey street in 1825.
The brace marked " e " shows where Pickett street be-
gins. The northern end of this street was a part of the
Stacey lane which was laid out in 1722-3, as above stated ;
and was called a way leading from the main street round
to Dr. Edward Stacey's house in 1746. The southern
part was laid out about thirty feet easterly of its present
location, and was called the new road in 1864 ; and, the
entire length, it was called Pickett street in 1880.
The brace marked " f " indicates the western end of Me-
chanic street This street was called a street or highway
in 1720 ; the highway leading up Brimblecomb's hill in
1723; the highway leading up the hill in 1801 ; the com-
mon way on the front of the mansion house of Isaac Story
and leading to Brimblecom's hill, so called, in 1807 ; high-
way leading over Brimblecome hill, so called, in 1820;
and Mechanics' square in 1864.
The braces marked " g " indicate where Pearl street
runs. This street was laid out by John Oulton through
his lot about 1723. It was called the highway John Oul-
ton is to lay out through his land, thirty feet wide, in
1723 ; a lane leading through Oulton's land in 1729 ; the
two-rod way in 1741 ; and ye cross way laid out by John
Oulton, esq., in 1744.
The brace marked " h " shows the location of High
70 MARBLBHEAD IN THE YEAR 1700. NO. 5.
street, which was laid out about 1735, the western part,
two rods wide, through the orchard of Col. John Legg, and
the eastern part over common land. It was called a new
way in 1744 ; a lane in 1752 ; the street in 1766 ; a high-
way in 1771 ; the way leading from the meeting house to
the work house in 1791 ; way leading to North schoolhouse
in 1825 ; and High street in 1845.
At the place marked with a circle (O) on the map
stood a windmill on the hill known in 1733 as "ye lower
windmill hill." The windmill was there in 1732, and was
gone in 1759.
The square (n) on the map marks the location of the
old North schoolhouse, which still stands.
In 1663, the town pound, in which were confined cattle
found astray, stood upon the lot marked " William Wa-
ters." Later, a town pound stood on the southern corner
of Back and Pearl streets at the place on the map marked
with a star. It was gone before 1841.
The harbor was so called in 1665; the great harbor in
1671 ; ye sea in 1678 ; Marblehead harbor in 1714 ; and
ye great harbor of Marblehead in 1718.
The eastern cove was called Elias Henley's cove in
1678 ; Henley's cove in 1690 ; Ingalls cove in 1708 ; and
Ingalls beach in 1767.
The middle cove was called the Scott's cove in 1665 ;
and East cove many years ago.
The western cove was called Reed's cove in 1700; great
cove in 1722 ; and Codner's cove in 1732.
Samuel Reed House. John Northey, sr., of Marblehead
for fifty pounds, conveyed to Mr. Samuel Morgan and
John Furbush, both of Marblehead, these lots of land, all
ye stage with a little house adjoining to the stage, with
the privilege of one shallop mooring in the cove, Feb. 25,
1671.* Messrs. Morgan and Furbush conveyed the same
estate to Richard Reed of Marblehead May 25, 1672.| In
consideration of marriage with Prudence Hicks of Boston,
spinster, Richard Reed of Marblehead, mariner, conveyed
to Daniel Harris and William Hall of Boston, mariners, as
* Essex Registry of Deeds, book 3, leaf 167.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 3, leaf 168.
BY SIDNEY PERLBY 71
feofees, for her use, in case she survived him, this estate
with a dwelling house thereon, Aug. 7, 1691.* The es-
tate came into the hands of Samuel Reed, apparently son
of Richard Reed; and Samuel owned it in 1714.
March 30, 1674, Mr. Northey, who had owned this land,
conveyed to Christopher Lattamore of Marblehead, mari-
ner, " a well, that stood in my land, which I sould to John
Furbush & Samuell Morgaine, now in the possession of
Richard Reed, with a passage waye to y e sd well."f
Nathaniel Norden House. This lot was apparently
owned by John Coyt, who conveyed it, with the house
thereon, to William Pitt Feb. 9, 16474 Mr. Pitt, when
of Boston, merchant, conveyed the house and land to
Christopher Lattamore of Marblehead, mariner, who was
already in possession of the premises, Feb. 2, 1659. Mr.
Lattimore, then a vintner, conveyed that part of the lot
lying north of the dashes to his son-in-law Nathaniel Nor-
den of Marblehead, mariner, June 13, 1687.||
That part of the lot lying south of the dashes, and on
the north side of the highway, "whereon the dwelling
house of the grantee standeth, part of it being the land,
house and orchard which sometimes since was ye estate of
and occupied by my father William Pitt, deceased," Mr.
Lattamore conveyed to Mr. Norden Feb. 21, 1686-7.^[
Mr. Norden removed the old house about 1700. On this
lot afterwards stood the tavern known as The Three
Cods.
That part of the lot lying south of the highway be-
longed to the estate of Mr. Lattimore in 1700, being a
flake yard.
Richard Russell Lot. This was probably a part of the
homestead of John Coyt, who, Feb. 9, 1647, sold it to
William Pitt with the house thereon.J When of Boston,
merchant, Mr. Pitt conveyed the estate to his son-in-law
* Essex Registry of Deeds, book 9, leaf 13.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 4, leaf 55.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 1, leaf 6.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 4, leaf 4.
II Essex Registry of Deeds, book 44, leaf 60.
*i Essex Registry of Deeds, book 9, leaf 8.
72 MARBLEHEAD IN THE YEAR 1700. NO. 5.
Christopher Lattimer of Marblehead, mariner, Feb. 2,
1659.* Feb. 1, 1663, Mr. Lattimer conveyed to Robert
Hooper of Marblehead, fisherman, " all that dwelling house
of mine in Marblehead which standeth on y e hill where
John Goytes house stood, which he sold unto my father
Pitt."f
That part north of the highway, Christopher Lattamore
of Marblehead, vintner, and wife Mary, for twenty shil-
lings, conveyed to Robert Hooper of Marblehead, planter,
Dec. 30, 16804
The deed of Christopher Lattimer to Richard Russell,
of the land whereon the house of Mr. Russell then stood,
Jan. 2, 1681, may have been a part of this lot.
The northerly part of the lot south side of the road was
conveyed by Christopher Lattamore of Marblehead, mari-
ner, for eleven pounds, to Edward Holman of Marble-
head, cooper, Oct. 2, 1673; || and, for twenty shillings,
Mr. Holman, then called a planter, conveyed the land
(upon which Mr. Hooper had built a dwelling house) Dec.
30, 1680.$
A part was conveyed by Mr. Lattimer (then called a
fisherman) to Mr. Hooper (then called a fisherman) Feb. 1,
1663. f Mr. Hooper conveyed this latter part to William
He wet of Marblehead, mariner, Sept. 23, 1681.^[ Mr.
Hewet became a planter, and conveyed the lot to Richard
Russell of Marblehead Dec. 2, 1686.**
Another part of this lot was conveyed by Christopher
Lattimore of Marblehead, yeoman, for eleven pounds and
ten shillings, to Henry Russell Oct. 20, 1663.ff Henry
Russell was of Marblehead, fisherman, and, for a similar
consideration, he conveyed the same portion of the prem-
ises to Roger Russell of Marblehead, fisherman, Oct. 10,
* Essex Registry of Deeds, book 4, leaf 4.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 2, leaf 89. See Essex Registry of
Deeds, book 3, leaf 14.
J Essex Registry of Deeds, book 6, leaf 58.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 7, leaf 4.
I! Essex Registry of Deeds, book 4, leaf 52.
1 Essex Registry of Deeds, book 6, leaf 61.
** Essex Registry of Deeds, book 7, leaf 121.
tt Essex Registry of Deeds, book 3, leaf 14.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 73
1670 ;* and the latter conveyed it to his son Richard Rus-
sell.
Richard Russell died possessed of this real estate in 1702.
This account of the lots of land and houses standing upon
the lots marked on the map John Homan and Richard
Russell is very unsatisfactory.
John Homan House. This was the estate of Edward
Homan about 1670, and his house was then standing there.
He was a cooper and had his shop on this lot in 1677.
Moses Maverick, Jon. Peach, sr., Richard Norman, Mark
Pitman and Thomas Pitman deposed, 2: 3mo: 1677,
" that the greatest part of Edward Holeman's house stand-
eth where the old coits house was."f His son John Ho-
man owned the estate in 1700.
John Pedrick Lot. John Pedrick owned this lot about
1670, when his house was standing there ; and he owned
the lot in 1700.
Estate of Henry Russell House. This lot was granted
to Henry Russell about 1670 ; and he died before Jan. 26,
1683, when administration upon his estate was granted to
his widow Elizabeth, who, the next year, married Jacob
Knight. The title remained in the estate until Dec. 15,
1701, when, the two older sons, Samuel and Thomas, be-
ing dead, the daughters, Elizabeth, Mary and Sarah, re-
leased their interest in the house and land to their brother
Henry Russell. The mother had died in 1690. How long
the house stood is not known.
Henry Trevett Lot. Henry Trevett owned this lot about
1700. This was probably the three-fourths of an acre of
land that John Gatchell and John Waldron, sr., both of
Marblehead, deposed, Oct. 4, 1686, was given in town
meeting, to Henry Trivett of Marblehead and his wife
about twenty-nine or thirty years before, and was adjoin-
ing "to an arm of a little swamp y* come from a great
swamp of y e northwest side of this sd land, and y e King's
highwaye or roadwaye was to y e southward of this land,
joyning close by y e sd land," and part of the Marblehead
commons.:}:
* Essex Registry of Deeds, book 3, leaf 97 .
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 2, leaf 90.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 7, leaf 88.
74 MARBLEHEAD IN THE YEAR 1700. NO. 5.
Estate of Samuel Merritt House. Samuel Merritt of
Marblehead died possessed of this small house and lot in
or before 1697; and his administrator conveyed the estate
to Nicholas Merritt of Marblehead, fisherman, for forty-
five pounds, Oct. 20, 1710.* Nicholas Merritt was a
brother of the deceased, and, in consideration of love, he
conveyed the house and land to his daughter Elizabeth
and her husband John Pearce of Marblehead, baker, Dec.
24, 1735.f For ninety-five pounds, Mr. and Mrs. Pearce
conveyed the house and land to Robert Gifford of Marble-
head, fisherman, Feb. 17, 1738,+ and probably the house
was removed.
Estate of William Woodley House. This lot and the
triangular lot within the roads was granted to William
Woodley by the town of Marblehead in 1677, to set a
house on. He died before 27 : 4 : 1682, when adminis-
tration was granted upon his estate. He left an only
child, 'Miriam, who subsequently married John Le Craw,
and became possessed of the estate Feb. 22, 1702-3, by a
deed of release from the administrator of the deceased.
At the time of the death of the deceased, his house and
land were appraised at fifty pounds. The house and land
belonged to Mrs. Le Craw for many years. Both Mr. and
Mrs. Le Craw died before 1734. Their daughter Miriam,
wife of Charles Wheden of Marblehead, shopkeeper,
conveyed her interest in the estate to her brother William
Le Craw of Marblehead, mariner, Jan. 8, 1734. || Her
sister Mary, wife of Joseph Andrews of Marblehead,
fisherman, conveyed her interest to William Dec. 13, 1736.^[
Her brother John Le Craw of Marblehead, mariner, con-
veyed his interest to William March 22, 1737 ;T and her
brother Samuel Le Craw of Newport, R. I., cordwainer,
conveyed his part March 13, 1738.** Thus William Le
Craw became the owner of the house and lot. Mr. Le
* Essex Registry of Deeds, book 22, leaf 224.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 70, leaf 250.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 77, leaf 268.
|| Essex Registry of Deeds, book 16, leaf 90.
Essex Begistry of Deeds, book 68, leaf 159.
1 Essex Registry of Deeds, book 74, leaf 175.
** Essex Registry of Deeds, book 74, leaf 188.
BY SIDNEY PEBLBY. 75
Craw died in the summer of 1740 ; but his estate was not
divided until 1772, when the house was standing. Eliza-
beth Gilbert then lived in part of the house. How much
longer the house stood is unknown.
Joseph Roman Lot. The eastern part of this lot was
granted to John Legroe by the selectmen and committee
of the commoners of Marblehead Sept. 4, 1681 ;* and
the western portion was granted by the trustees for the
commoners to Edward Holman, sr., Jan. 29, 1689-90.*
The whole lot belonged to Joseph Homan in 1700.
John Hooper Lot. This lot belonged to John Hooper
as early as 1678, and after 1700. He apparently had his
warehouse and stage and flake yard here.
Eleazer Ingalh House. This lot, on the point, belonged
to John Devorex, sr., of Marblehead before July 22,
1678, when he conveyed it to Vinson Stilson, jr., of Mar-
blehead, cordwainer.f Mr. Stilson conveyed the southern
part of the lot, for fourteen pounds, to Eleazer Ingalls of
Marblehead, cooper, Aug. 26, 1690.J Mr. Stilson built a
house upon the remaining part of the lot, "ye upper
part," and also a barn, and, for sixty-eight pounds,
conveyed the house, barn and land to Mr. Ingalls Nov.
30, 1697. Mr. Ingalls died Feb. 27, 1717-8, at the age
of fifty-six. The house and barn were then standing,
but how long the buildings continued to exist is unknown
to the writer.
Eleazer Ingalh House. This was a part of the lot of
land which Timothy Allen of Lynn conveyed to Elias
Hendley of Marblehead Sept. 28, 1660. || Mr. Hendley
conveyed this part of his lot to his son-in-law Eleazer
Ingalls and wife Mary, his daughter, Sept. 2, 1685.^[ Mr.
Ingalls erected upon this land a short dwelling house,
with a stack of chimneys at the eastern end, and died
possessed of it Feb. 27, 1717-8, at the age of fifty-six.
The estate descended to his three sons, William, Nathan-
* Marblehead'town records.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 6, leaf 11.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 12, leaf 4.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 12, leaf 94.
|| Essex Registry of Deeds, book 8, leaf 177.
1 Essex Registry of Deeds, book 9, leaf 72.
76 MABBLEHEAD IN THE YEAR 1700. NO. 5.
iel and Joseph. The last two named released their inter-
est in the " mansion " house and land to their brother
William Ingalls, Nathaniel, Oct. 5, 1733,* and Joseph,
Feb. 17, 1734.f They all lived in Marblehead, Nathaniel
being a fisherman, Joseph, a cordwainer, and William, a
shoreman. William Ingalls built an addition to the east-
erly end of the house on land that then belonged to the
estate, his mother having inherited it from her father
Elias Hendley. Another stack of chimneys were built at
the southwestern end, next to the chimneys of the old
house. William Ingalls died before March 30, 1758,
when administration was granted upon his estate. The
mansion house, barn and land were then valued at two
hundred and forty pounds. The estate came into the
hands of his son John Ingalls, a sailmaker, who lived in
the old part of the house. He sold the new part of the
house to Robert Hooper, jr., of Marblehead, shoreman,
April 7, 1764;J and continued to live in the old part until
Sept. 10, 1767, when he sold it to Philip and William
Ashton, both of Marblehead, fishermen. Feb. 6, 1828,
it belonged to widow Elizabeth Sweet of Marblehead,
who then released it, for one hundred and eighty dollars,
to widow Hannah Selman of Marblehead. || John Selman,
shoreman, Joseph G. Selman, cordwainer, Benjamin Sel-
man, gentleman, and Andrew M. Selman, cordwainer, ap-
parently heirs of Hannah Selman, for three hundred dol-
lars, conveyed that part of the house and land to Aaron
T. Thompson of Marblehead, gentleman, March 21,
1845.^[ Mr. Thompson became an expressman, and, for
twenty-five hundred dollars, conveyed the estate to Susan
W. Candler of Marblehead, singlewoman, June 26, 1871.**
Miss Candler removed to Peterboro, N. H., for a similar
consideration, conveyed the property to John Rindge of
Cambridge, Mass., July 16, 1886.ft Mr. Rindge still
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 68, leaf 185.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 69, leaf 230.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 111, leaf 248.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 121, leaf 180.
II Essex Registry of Deeds, book 248, leaf 19a.
f Essex Registry of Deeds, book 853, leaf 132.
** Essex Registry of Deeds, book 827, leaf 266.
tt Essex Registry of Deeds, book 1178, leaf 1.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 77
owns the place, but has relocated and transformed the
house.
The grant of about six square rods of land, made by
the trustees for the commoners Jan. 23, 1695-6, to Eleazer
Ingalls of Marblehead, cooper, was apparently the west-
ern end of this lot.
Elias Hendley House. This estate was owned by Tim-
othy Allen in 1648. It was the larger part of the lot
which was conveyed, with the dwelling house thereon, by
Mr. Allen, then of Lynn, to Elias Hendley of Marblehead
Sept. 28, 1660.* Mr. Hendley died Sept. 10, 1699, at
the age of seventy. In his will he devised the house and
lot to his wife Sarah for her life and to their daughter
Sarah while she remained unmarried, then to his children,
Elias (eldest son), John, Benjamin and Mary, and his
grandson Joseph, son of his deceased son Joseph Henley.
The house was probably taken down about 1710, by the
family.
Ambrose Gale House. A part of this upland and
meadow or marsh belonged to Arthur Sandy in 1660, and
an acre of the marsh was the property of Christopher
Lattimore of Marblehead, yeoman, Dec. 16, 1663, when
he conveyed it, for eleven pounds, to Ambrose Gale of
Marblehead, fisherman. f Mr. Gale's house was standing
in 1663 ; and he died, suddenly, possessed of it, Aug. ,
1708. In the division of his real estate this house and
land was assigned to his son Benjamin Gale of Marble-
head, fisherman. Benjamin died, possessed of the house
and lot, April 3, 1714 ; and the administrator of his estate
conveyed the house and land around it to Robert Girdler
of Marblehead, shoreman, 22, 17224 Mr. Girdler
conveyed an undivided half of the estate to John Bayley
of Marblehead, house wright, May 3, 1723. His widow,
Elizabeth Girdler, owned it in 1731 ; and it soon after-
ward came into the possession of their son Francis Gird-
ler of Marblehead, shoreman. Francis Girdler died June
* Essex Registry of Deeds, book 8, leaf 177.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 2, leaf 92.
| Essex Registry of Deeds, book 42, leaf 2.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 40, leaf 274.
78 MABBLBHEAD IN THE YEAR 1700. NO. 5.
24, 1750, at the age of thirty-nine, and his wife Mary and
children divided the house and lot April 9, 1770.* The
northwest end of the house was assigned to the widow for
her dower, and the southeast end to son Robert and
daughter Sarah Ross, Sarah having certain chambers and
Robert the lower rooms and each a part of the land.
Sarah and her husband, Alexander Ross of Marblehead,
mariner, for fifty pounds, released their part of the estate
to John Selman of Marblehead, gentleman, including the
dower part, Aug. 31, 1786 ;f and the widow released her
dower part to him July 5, 1788 4 Benjamin Doak, mar-
iner, and wife Mary, Alexander Ross, mariner, and wife
Sarah, and widow Jane Doliber, all of Marblehead, for
three hundred dollars in Continental currency, conveyed
the northwest end of the house and land to Mr. Selman
March 15, 1779. Mr. Girdler's daughter Elizabeth's son
Francis Curtis of Marblehead, for four pounds, fifteen
shillings and two pence, conveyed his interest in the same
portion of the estate Oct. 25, 1790. || The last named
Francis Curtis, who was a sailmaker, had a sister Ruth
who died, unmarried, before Jan. 16, 1793, when he and
his sister Mary, wife of John Bowden of Marblehead,
fisherman, conveyed Ruth's interest in the estate to Mr.
Selman.^y Mr. Selman was Capt. John Selman, the patriot
of the Revolution. He lived in this house, and died May
30, 1817, at the age of seventy-three, possessed of the
house and land. For four hundred and fifty-one dollars,
his administratrix conveyed the estate to his son Capt.
Francis G. Selman of Marblehead, master-mariner, April
14, 1819.** Captain Selman lived in the house, and died
possessed of the property Aug. 3, 1849, at the age of
sixty-seven. It descended to his daughters, Esther
Lindsey Leavitt and Sally Lindsey Bartol, in whose fami
lies the title remains.
* Essex Registry of Deeds, book 129, leaf 86.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 149, leaf 244.
$ Essex Registry of Deeds, book 149, leaf 245.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 156, leaf 69.
II Essex Registry of Deeds, book 156, leaf 35.
i Essex Registry of Deeds, book 156, leaf 70.
* Essex Registry of Deeds, book 220, leaf 142.
BY SIDNEY PBBLEY. 79
Estate of Thomas Pitman House. This lot was the
property of Thomas Pitman as early as 1680. He made
his will in 1694, and died the same summer. He devised
the house to his son Thomas Pitman for his life, and re-
mainder to the latter's sisters, Sarah Dodd and Mary For-
tune, and the children of his brother John Pitman and
sister Elizabeth, deceased. An agreement, making the
division according to the will, was executed July 15,
1695. Thomas Pittman, yeoman, Thomas Dodd, sexton,
and wife Sarah, Mary, widow of Elias Fortune, Joseph
Pittman, John Pittman, Abiel Pittman, fishermen, John
Felton, shoreman, and wife Mary, Henry Russell, fisher-
man, Amos Dennis, fisherman, and wife Elizabeth, Thom-
as Rolls, fisherman, and wife Mary, James Trevey, fisher-
man, and wife Sarah, all of Marblehead, for one hundred
and twenty-two pounds, conveyed the house and land to
Rev. John Barnard of Marblehead March 21, 1716-7.*
Mr. Barnard took the old house down.
Thomas Hawkins House. Francis Johnson of Boston
conveyed this house and land to Thomas Hawkins of
Marblehead, tailor, May 31, 1679.f The "old house"
was standing Nov. 17, 1721, when administration was
granted upon the estate of Mr. Hawkins. The real estate
was divided Sept. 17, 1723. The "old house" was then
standing, but an addition had been made to it on the
northwestern end. The " old house " was assigned to
his son John Hawkins, which, with the land under and
on the southeast side of it, constituted his share in the
estate ; and the new part to son James Hawkins. At that
time there was a slaughter house at the southwestern end
of the lot. John Hawkins was a weaver, and lived here.
He conveyed the house and land to Richard Reith of
Marblehead, shoreman, for the use of his son James
Hawkings and wife Mary, April 18, 17234 The house
was gone before Oct. 14, 1754, when Mary Hawkings of
Boston, singlewoman, sold the land, for twenty-one
pounds, six shillings and eight pence, to Benjamin Prich-
ard of Marblehead, tailor.
* Essex Registry of Deeds, book 32, leaf 98.
t Esses Registry of Deeds, book 5, leaf 88.
{ Essex Registry of Deeds, book 50, leaf 159.
80 MAEBLBHEAD IN THE YEAH 1700. NO. 5.
Sarah Dodd Lot. This lot was a part of the estate of
Thomas Pitman, sr., of Marblehead, who owned it as early
as 1680. He died in 1694, and by an agreement dated
June 15, 1695, division of his real estate was made ac-
cording to the will, this lot being assigned to Sarah, wife
of Thomas Dodd of Marblehead, sexton. She owned it
in 1700.
Thomas Pitman Lot. This was a part of the estate of
Thomas Pitman, sr., of Marblehead, who died in the sum-
mer of 1694. He owned it as early as 1680. By an agree-
ment, dated July 15, 1695, his estate was divided, and
this lot was assigned to his son Thomas Pitman under the
terms of the will. Mr. Pitman owned it in 1700.
Oapt. John Stacey House. This lot was a part of the
lot of Mrs. Eleanor Stacey of Marblehead, and she con-
veyed it to her son John's son John Stacey Nov. 16, 1680.*
This grantee was Capt. John Stacey, and he built a house
on the lot, dying, possessed of the estate, Oct. 19, 1722, at
the age of forty-eight. The estate remained in the pos-
session of the heirs of Captain Stacey until the house was
gone, which was before May 3, 1825, when the land was
sold, it being this lot "on which lately stood an old
dwelling house."f This was the Bunch of Grapes Tavern
in 1757.
Ghrace Pousland Lot. This lot was a part of the lot of
Mrs. Eleanor Stacey of Marblehead, and she conveyed it
to her daughter Grace (wife of Michael) Goes' daughter
Grace Goes Nov. 16, 16804 She married Thomas Pows-
land Aug. 27, 1699, and owned this lot for many years.
Thomas Sowden House. This lot was a part of the
homestead of John Stacey of Marblehead ; and was sold
by him to Thomas Sowden (or Souden) of Marblehead,
fisherman, in or before 1663 ; but no deed was passed un-
til Jan. 25, 1670. He built a house upon it, and lived
there. He died in the winter of 1706-7, and in his will
he devised the house and land to his daughter Susanna,
wife of Thomas Davis of Marblehead. Mr. Davis died,
* Essex Kegistry of Deeds, book 5, leaf 93.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 239, leaf 202 .
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 5, leaf 93.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book, 13, leaf 290.
BY SIDNEY PBELEY. 81
and later Mrs. Davis died in the winter of 1738-9. The
estate was then valued at one hundred and forty pounds.
Her administrator, under license from court dated May
, 1740, conveyed the old house and land to Philip
Thrasher, jr., of Marblehead, fisherman, April 28, 1767 ;*
and Mr. Thrasher, on the same day, conveyed the same es-
tate to his father Philip Thrasher of Marblehead, fisher-
man.* The father was the administrator of Mrs. Davis'
estate, and he had been in possession of the estate from
about the time of her death. He now built a new house
upon the lot.
Samuel Russell House. This was a part of the home-
stead of John Stacey of Marblehead very early. With
his son John Stacey, for eight pounds, he conveyed it to
Robert Hooper of Marblehead, fisherman, Dec. 26, 1663.f
Mr. Hooper conveyed it to William Brown of Marble-
head, fisherman, Oct. 27, 1664 ;f and Mr. Brown conveyed
it to Nicholas Fox of Marblehead, fisherman, June 26,
16694 Mr. Fox built a house upon the lot, and died be-
fore Aug. 13, 1683, possessed of the estate. His widow
Elizabeth married, secondly, Richard Glass of Marblehead,
mariner, and she, as administratrix of the estate of Mr.
Fox, for forty-three pounds, conveyed the house and lot
to Samuel Russell of Marblehead, mariner, Oct. 1, 1684.
Apparently Mr. Russell removed the house about 1710.
I)ea. John Stacey Souse. This house and lot belonged
to Dea. John Stacey as early as 1660, and he died pos-
sessed of it March 23, 1705, at the age of fifty-six. Upon
the division of his estate, March 1, 1722-3, the house and
land around it was assigned to his sons, Dea. Samuel
Stacey, Ebenezer Stacey and Michael Stacey. The house
was gone apparently soon afterward.
Michael Goes House. This house and lot of land was
owned by Thomas Bowen of Marblehead, fisherman, and,
for twenty pounds, he conveyed the estate to Robert Cod-
ner of Marblehead, fisherman, Aug. 10, 1660. || The house
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 124, leaf 91.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 2, leaf 99.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 3, leaf 63.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 7, leaf 25.
II Essex Registry of Deeds, book 1, leaf 89.
82 MABBLEHEAD IN THE YEAB 1700. NO. 8.
and lot were in the possession of Michael Goes of Marble-
head, fisherman, before 1689; and he died, possessed of
the estate, before June 30, 1715, when administration was
granted upon his estate. His children, Samuel Goes of
Marblehead, fisherman, Grace, widow of Thomas Pousland
of Marblehead, deceased, Thomas Peach and wife Mary,
Samuel Nicholson, for himself and his children, William
Nicholson and wife Elizabeth, Benjamin Salter and wife
Sarah, Thomas Main and wife Elenor, released their inter-
est in the southwestern part of the house and lot to their
mother Grace Cows in 1719-20.* This was apparently a
new part that had been added to the old house by their
father, and his widow was then living in it. It was ap-
parently nearer the street than the old house, though one
stack of chimneys was used for both parts. Mrs. Goes,
for ninety pounds, conveyed that part of the house and
lot to her son Michael's widow, Rachel (he having deceased
before July 16, 1718, when administration was granted
upon his estate), of Marblehead, shopkeeper, June 3,
1720.f Mrs. Rachel Goes died possessed of her part of
the house and land in April, 1736 ; and for one hundred
and ninety pounds, the executors of her will conveyed eight-
ninths of her end of the house and lot to Alexander Watts
of Marblehead, mariner, Feb. 1, 17384
The old part of the house and the northeastern part of
the lot was conveyed by William Nicholson, fisherman,
and wife Elizabeth, widow Ellenor Main and widow Grace
Pousland, all of Marblehead, children of Michael Cowes,
who died in 1715, for four pounds, to Alexander Watts o
Marblehead, merchant, who owned the rest of the prem-
ises, May 10, 1750. The old house was gone before
April 23, 1766.
Estate of Capt. Andrew Cratey House. Samuel Condy
of Marblehead, fisherman, owned this lot of land as early
as 1660. He mortgaged all his real estate to Edmond
Batter May 24, 1662, the mortgagee to take possession if
* Essex Registry of Deeds, book 40, leaf 190.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 38, leaf 162.
j Essex Registry of Deeds, book 81, leaf 60.
Esiex Registry of Deeds, book 99, leaf 246.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 83
Mr. Condy " should die or depart this jurisdiction."*
Jonathan Corwin of Salem, merchant, owned that part of
the land lying northeasterly of the dashes, and the small
house or cottage thereon, June 24, 1689, when, for sixty
pounds, with his wife Elizabeth, he conveyed the estate
to Capt. Andrew Cratey of London, Eng., a mariner.-)-
That part of the lot lying southwesterly of the dashes,
being an orchard and garden, Mr. Condy's daughter Ester
and her husband Charles Green of Marblehead, mariner,
conveyed to Captain Cratey, for thirty pounds, Aug. 3,
1689. f Captain Cratey erected a large house, in place
of the small one, upon the lot, and came to Marblehead to
live. In the house he constructed a large store, and had an
extensive stock of goods on hand at the time of his decease,
May 10, 1695, at the age of forty-four. His stock in
trade was then valued at four hundred pounds. He also
had a house for brewing. There were in his new house
the great hall, parlors, kitchen, shop, little room behind
the shop, chambers over the hall, shop, little parlor, and
garrets over the entry and shop. The dwelling house and
about an acre of land and orchard, garden, and one and
one-half cow leases, were valued at seven hundred pounds.
Captain Cratey's daughter Mary married Nathaniel Elliott
of Pascataqua in 1699, and lived here. For four hun-
dred pounds, they mortgaged the eastern half of the house
and lot to Capt. Nathaniel Norden of Marblehead, mer-
chant, Oct. 22, 1705.$ Captain Cratey also had a son,
Capt. Andrew Cratey, a mariner, who resided in London,
Eng. Mr. Eliot died, and Mrs. Eliot removed to Ply-
mouth, Eng., and died, without living issue. Capt. An-
drew Cratey, the son, was her heir, and, as executor of the
will of Mr. Eliot, he conveyed Mr. Eliot's interest in the
estate to Captain Norden Jan. 4, 1711, and on the same
day Captain Norden released the estate to Captain Cratey.
Captain Cratey removed to America and settled in Mar-
blehead, and, for two hundred and forty pounds, con-
veyed the mansion house and land, then unsold, and brew
* Essex Registry of Deeds, book 2, leaf 60.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 8, leaf 146.
* Essex Registry of Deeds, book 17, leaf 103 ; book 22, leaf 61.
Essex Registry of Deed*, book 24, leaf 109.
84 MABBLEHBAD IN THE YEAR 1700. NO. 5.
house, cows' lease, etc.. to Captain Norden April 28,
1712.* Captain Norden died March 1, 1727-8.
Thomas Trevy House. Samuel Condey of Marblehead,
fisherman, owned this lot as early as 1660. He sold it to
John Slatter of Marblehead, the younger, Feb. 17, 1661-
2. | Mr. Slater built a house upon it, and died before
27 : 4 : 1665, when administration was granted upon his
estate to his widow Elizabeth Slater and Capt. George
Corwin of Salem, merchant. His house and garden were
valued at forty pounds. Captain Corwin, administrator,
conveyed the house and land to Francis Johnson of Mar-
blehead, fisherman, Nov. 29, 1665.$ Mr. Johnson con-
veyed it to Captain Corwin Oct. 31, 1666. Captain
Corwin conveyed the house and lot to Thomas Trevy of
Marblehead, fisherman, Oct. 27, 1671. || Mr. Trevey, for
seventeen pounds, six shillings and six pence, conveyed
the house, orchard and garden to Samuel Russell of Mar-
blehead, merchant, Dec. 23, 1702.^[ Mr. Russell, for
nineteen pounds and three shillings, conveyed the estate
to Joshua Orne of Marblehead, cordwainer, Nov. 10,
1704 ;** and on the same date Mr. Trevy and his first born
son, Thomas Trevy, jr., both of "Marblehead, fishermen,
for twenty-three pounds and six shillings, released the
house and lot to Mr. Orne.ff Mr. Orne conveyed the es-
tate to Agnes Trefry, widow of Thomas Trefry, jr., and
the latter's son Thomas Trefry of Marblehead, fisherman,
Sept. 15, 17224$ Mr. Trefry 's son John Trefry of Mar-
blehead, mariner, conveyed one-tenth of the " old dwelling
house and land wherein my mother Annie Trefry lately
dwelt," to the widow Elizabeth Finch of Marblehead June
26, 1749. She apparently became possessed of the other
fractional interests in the estate, and died in 1752, her
* Essex Registry of Deeds, book 25, leaf 187.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 2, leaf 60.
I Essex Registry of Deeds, book 2, leaf 119.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 2, leaf 127.
II Essex Registry of Deeds, book 13, leaf 264.
1 Essex Registry of Deeds, book 16, leaf 28.
** Essex Registry of Deeds, book 17, leaf 44.
tt Essex Registry of Deeds, book 17, leaf 45.
it Essex Registry of Deeds, book 39, leaf 191.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 94, leaf 117.
THE AMBROSE GALE HOUSE.
THE WILLIAM WATERS HOUSE.
BY SIDNEY PBELEY. 85
will, dated Sept 22, 1750, being proved Dec. 27, 1752.
She devised her property to her sister Tabitha Gorden
and the latter's children, Nicholas, George, Elizabeth and
Tabitha ; and the house disappeared.
William Waters House. Upon this lot before 1695
stood the town pound ; and upon its site William Waters
of Marblehead built a house before Jan. 23, 1695-6, when
the trustees of the commoners granted the land to him.*
Mr. Waters was a cordwainer and innholder. He died in
the spring of 1703, his will, dated March 16, 1702-3, be-
ing proved April 12, 1703. His widow and executrix of
his will, Mrs. Mary Waters, for one hundred and twenty-
five pounds, conveyed to James Hawkins of Marblehead,
slaughterer and tailor, the land and house which was then
known as " Mr. Waters' new house," Jan. 29, 1710-l.f
Mr. Hawkings, for one hundred and twenty pounds, con-
veyed the estate to Col. John Legg of Marblehead, mer-
chant, May 20, 17154 John Legg, esq., of Marblehead,
for a similar consideration, reconveyed the house and land
to Mr. Hawkings May 20, 1718. Mr. Hawkings still
lived in the house, and these two conveyances probably
constituted a mortgage and release. Mr. Hawkings con-
veyed the estate to Edward Brattle, esq., of Marblehead,
merchant, May 21, 1718. Mr. Brattle died in the autumn
of 1719, and his widow and executrix, Mrs. Mary Brattle,
reconveyed it to Mr. Hawkins April 18, 1720;|| and on
the next day Mr. Hawkins conveyed the estate to Mrs.
Brattle. || Mr. Hawkins died before July 18, 1727, when
administration upon his estate was granted to his widow
Elizabeth Hawkins and Jacob Hawkins. The dwelling
house, slaughter-house and land were then appraised at
three hundred and fifty pounds. The estate was insol-
vent, and Mrs. Hawkins, as widow and administratrix of
the deceased, Mrs. Brattle having probably released the
estate to her, conveyed it to Nathan Bowen of Marble-
* Marblehead town records.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 24, leaf 168.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 27, leaf 185.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 33, leaf 198.
II Essex Registry of Deeds, book 36, leaf 270.
86 MABBLEHEAD IN THE YEAR 1700. NO. 5.
head, scrivener, May 4, 1732.* The estate then consisted
of the dwelling house, in which the grantee was then
living, and the barn and slaughter-house. Captain Bowen
had his office in that part of the house next the street.
He died, possessed of the house and land, Dec. 23, 1776,
at the age of seventy-nine. He devised his mansion house,
barn andhouseland to his widow Mary Bowen during her
widowhood, and then absolutely to his children, Edward,
Ashley, Sarah, Abigail, Elizabeth and Anna. The man-
sion house, barn, shop and land were then appraised at
four hundred pounds. Nov. 19, 1791, the kitchen part
of the house and chamber and garret over it and a part
of the land was set off on execution in a suit at law brought
against the estate by Anna Prince, daughter of Mr. Bow-
en and widow and executrix of the will of her husband,
Capt. John Prince of Marblehead. | She was in turn sued
by Thomas Power of Marblehead, mariner, and to satisfy
the judgment which he recovered against her in the action
the same portion of the estate was set off to him June 15,
1795.$ Mr. Power, for twenty-four pounds, conveyed this
same portion of the house and land to Edward Bowen,
esq., of Marblehead, son of Nathan Bowen, the deceased,
July 8, 1795. The remainder of the estate of Nathan
Bowen was divided March 9, 1793, when the southwest-
ern end of " the mansion house " and office and land under
that part of the house was released to his son Edward
Bowen, the lower part of the northeastern part of the
house and land at that end to his daughter Sarah Stiles,
and the upper part of the northeastern part of the house
and land at that end to his daughter Abigail Wight. ||
Mrs. Stiles was a widow and resident of Marblehead Oct.
12, 1795, when, for fifty dollars, she conveyed her part of
the house and land to her brother Edward Bowen.^f Mrs.
Wight was a widow, also of Marblehead, and she con-
veyed her part of the house and land to her daughter
* Essex Registry of Deeds, book 77, leaf 78.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 153, leaf 212.
J Essex Registry of Deeds, book 159, leaf 124.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 159, leaf 234.
|| Essex Registry of Deeds, book 162, leaf 29.
T Essex Registry of Deeds, book 160, leaf 177.
BY SIDNEY PBKLEY. 87
Abigail Pousland of Marblehead, widow, Feb. 14, 1807.*
Mrs. Pousland conveyed it to Isaac Stone, mason, and Nath-
aniel Ramsdell, mariner, both of Marblehead, Jan. 5, 1820 .f
Mr. Stone conveyed his interest in it to Mr. Ramsdell
Oct. 19, 18354 an d Mr. Ramsdell conveyed his entire in-
terest to Sarah, wife of Samuel Thompson of Marblehead,
fisherman, deceased, Nov. 12, 1836.
Capt. Edward Bowen died, possessed of his part of the
estate, Oct. 5, 1796, having devised it to his sons Nathan,
William, James and Edward, and daughter Sarah. The
west end of the mansion house and land were then ap-
praised at nine hundred and fifty dollars, and the easterly
lower part of the house and the land uader it at three
hundred dollars. The estate was divided March 24, 1803,
and the western end of the house and land, except the
kitchen and land under it (which was assigned to his son
William), was assigned to his son Nathan Bowen, esq.,
and the rest of the house and land owned by the deceased
to his son William Bowen for his life and then to his chil-
dren. Nathan Bowen, for three hundred dollars, conveyed
his part of the estate to Jacob Woodberry of Beverly, mar-
iner, June 23, 1821, | and Mr. Woodberry, who continued
to live in Beverly, but had become a merchant, for six
hundred and nine dollars, conveyed his part of the estate
to Samuel B. Thompson of Marblehead, fisherman, Aug.
24, 1838.1" Charles Brown of Salem, shipwright, and
wife Mary M., in her right, and Sarah Bowen of Salem,
singlewoman, grandchildren of Edward Bowen, and chil-
dren of William Bowen, conveyed to John Prince, jr., of
Salem, esquire, the part of the premises that had been as-
signed to William Bowen in the division of Edward Bow-
en's estate, Aug. 27, 1821;** and Mr. Prince, for one hun-
dred dollars, conveyed the same portion of the estate to
Samuel B. Thompson of Marblehead, fisherman, April 3,
* Essex Registry of Deeds, book 181, leaf 190.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 222, leaf 66.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 285, leaf 147.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 295, leaf 171.
|| Essex Registry of Deeds, book 226, leaf 192.
IT Essex Registry of Deeds, book 307, leaf 268.
** Essex Registry of Deeds, book 305, leaf 290.
88 MAEBLBHBAD IN THE YEAR 1700, NO. 5.
1838.* Mr. Thompson, and also his mother, Mrs. Sarah
Thompson, died many years ago, and since that time the
house and land has been in the possession of that family.
The house is still standing, and an engraving of it is
given herewith.
Robert Codner House. Robert Codner of Marblehead
had built a house on this lot of land before 1690 ; and,
April 1, 1695, the trustees for the commoners granted to
him this lot of " Land and Rocks where on his now old
dwelling house stands neare m r Richd Reedes Hill Land."f
Robert Codner was a mariner, and, for thirty-five pounds,
twelve shillings and six pence, conveyed the house and
lot to Timothy Cummings of Marblehead, mariner, May
3, 1695,$ Mr. Cummings died, being called a fisherman,
before Jan. 7, 1708-9, when his widow Susannah Cum-
mings of Marblehead was appointed administratrix of his
estate. The house and land adjoining and cow house
were then appraised at seventy pounds.
As his administratrix, Mrs. Cummings, for forty-six
pounds, thirteen shillings and four pence, conveyed to
his son Timothy Cummings of Marblehead, fisherman,
two-thirds of the estate Aug. 1, 1713. John Cummings
of Ipswich, a son of said deceased, for four pounds, nine
shillings and five pence, conveyed to his brother Timothy
Cummins his interest in the remaining third of the estate
Oct. 4, 1715. || John Haskoll of Gloucester, husbandman,
and wife Grace, for five pounds, conveyed their interest
in said one-third part of the estate of their father
Timothy Cummings to their brother Timothy Cummings
Nov. 2, 1728.^[ William Cummings of Marblehead, fish-
erman, for five pounds, conveyed his interest in the es-
tate of his father Timothy Cummings to his brother Tim-
othy Cummings Jan. 6, 1730.**
Timothy Cummins, for one hundred and thirty pounds,
* Essex Registry of Deeds, book 305, leal 291.
t Marblehead town records, Commoners 1 book, page 56.
j Essex Registry of Deeds, book 10, leaf 15t.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 25, leaf 227.
|| Essex Registry of Deeds, book 72, leaf 146.
If Essex Registry of Deeds, book 71, leaf 240.
** Essex Registry of Deeds, book 71, leaf 239.
BY SIDNEY PEBLBT. 89
conveyed to William Cummings of Marblehead, fisherman,
my now dwelling house, barn and land Dec. 6, 1736.*
William Cummings owned the estate in 1743, but how
much longer the house stood is uncertain.
Jemima Luckies House. Oliver Luckies (or Lucas) of
Marblehead built a house upon this lot of land before 1689.
He made his will April 27, 1689, and it was proved
June 24, 1690. He mentioned in it his mother Su-
sannah Rasley and sister Jane Kasley, in old England, and
gave his dwelling house, which was valued at fifty
pounds, to his wife Jemima during the minority of
his only child, Oliver Luckies, and then to said Oliver.
March 27, 1690, Mr. Luckies bought this lot of land of
the trustees for the commoners of Marblehead for forty
shillings.! Oliver Luckies, the son, became a ship-wright,
and removed to Boston before Nov. 27, 1722, when, for
one hundred and eighty pounds, he conveyed the house
and land to John Cotes of Marblehead, fisher man 4 Mrs.
Jemima Luckies had married George Felt of Salem, block-
maker, and they joined Oliver Luckies in the above deed.
Mr. Coats removed to Newton, and became a husbandman.
For two hundred and forty pounds, he conveyed the house
and land under and adjoining it to Capt. Samuel Hendley
of Charlestown, merchant, Jan. 9, 1735-6. How much
longer the house stood is unknown to the writer.
James Fabins House. This lot of land was granted by
the trustees for the commoners to James Fabins of Mar-
blehead, fisherman, July 25, 1691.|| Upon this lot he built
a house in which he lived. He died before Feb. 5, 1729-30,
when administration upon his estate was granted to his
younger son James Fabins of Salem, fisherman. The " old
house," as it was then called, and the land were appraised
at one hundred pounds. For one hundred and thirty
pounds, the administrator conveyed the " mansion house,"
as he called it, with the land and garden to Cornelius
* Essex Registry of Deeds, book 71, leaf 241.
t Marblehead town records; Essex Registry of Deeds, book 39,
leaf 180.
$ Essex Registry of Deeds, book 39, leaf 181.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 72, leaf 259.
II Marblehead town records.
90 MABBLEHEAD IN THE YEAR 1700. NO. 5.
Phillips of Marblehead, fisherman, Dec. 12, 1732.* Mr.
Phillips became a shoreman, and died before April 5,
1784, when administration upon his estate was granted to
Knott Pedrick of Marblehead, gentleman. " The old dwell-
ing house," as it was then called, and the land under and
adjoining it, was appraised at eighty-five pounds. The es-
tate was insolvent, and the administrator, for eighty-four
pounds, conveyed the house and land to Edward Bowen
of Marblehead, gentleman, April 21, 1787 ;f and Mr.
Bowen, for a similar consideration, conveyed the " small
old dwelling house," as it was then called, and the land
to Jane, wife of Samuel Brimblecome of Marblehead,
fisherman, and widow of said Cornelius Phillips, deceased,
June 9, 1788.-)- How much longer the house stood is
unknown to the writer.
Peter Figit Lot. This lot of land was granted by the
trustees for the commoners to Peter Figit April 9, 1692.$
He probably removed from town about 1700 and died.
His widow, Mary (Bondfield), married Pentecost Blackin-
ton Jan. 1, 1701-2 ; and, when living at Attleboro, as ad-
ministratrix of Mr. Figget's estate, for ten pounds and fif-
teen shillings, conveyed the lot to Roger Stevens of Mar-
blehead, fisherman, Oct. 18, 17U.
Prudence Reed, sr., and Prudence Reed, jr.. House. This
lot of land belonged to John Russell very early. He died
before May 14, 1660, when his daughter Ann Garred con-
veyed it to Richard Reed and Samuel Cundie, both of
Marblehead. $ For five pounds, Mr. Cundie conveyed his
half to John Brimblecome of Marblehead Dec. 10, 1661 ;||
and subsequently the lot became wholly the estate of Mr.
Reed, who, Oct. 15, 1690, conveyed it to his son Samuel
Reed of Marblehead, mariner.^ Richard Reed of Marble-
head, mariner, conveyed this land with a dwelling house
thereon to David Harris and William Hall of Boston,
* Essex Kegistry of Deeds, book 61, leaf 120.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 149, leaf 164.
} Marblehead town records.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 49, leaf 63.
II Essex Registry of Deeds, book 2, leaf 30.
IT Essex Registry of Deeds (Ipswich Series), book 5, page 402.
BY SIDNEY PBRLEY. 91
mariners, in trust for Prudence Hicks of Boston,
spinster, whom he is to marry, Aug. 7, 1691.* Samuel
Reed built a new house upon the lot in the summer of
1699, and conveyed the house and land to his step-mother
Prudence Reed, sr., and sister Prudence Reed, jr., Dec.
29, 1699.* Mrs. and Miss Reed removed to Boston, and
for two hundred pounds released the house and lot to said
Samuel Reed of Marblehead, merchant, Feb. 7, 1709-10,$
Samuel Reed having already sold the house and land un-
der and around it, for one hundred and thirty pounds, to
Benjamin Stacey of Marblehead, mariner, Jan. 31, 1709-
10. Mr. Stacey died before Feb. 25, 1724-5, when ad-
ministration upon his estate was granted to his widow
Martha Stacey. The house, barn, small shop and land
adjoining were then appraised at two hundred and forty
pounds. The estate was insolvent. How much longer
the house stood is not known. Benjamin Stacey's widow
married, secondly, Joseph Sweat Sept. 13, 1725 ; and per-
haps lived here.
JSstate of Timothy Lindall House. This lot of land early
belonged to Samuel Condy, a fisherman, who lived in the
house which stood upon it. On the " southeast" end of
the house he built an addition, and continued to live in the
old part. For thirty-two pounds, he sold the new end of
the house and the " southeasterly" end of the lot to George
Pike (or Peak, Peek or Peck) of Marblehead, fisherman,
Dec. 5, 1663,|| and Mr. Pike mortgaged the house and lot
to Timothy Lindall of Salem March 17, 1687-8.^" Mr.
Lindall probably foreclosed the mortgage.
Samuel Condy owned the old part of the house and
that part of the land in 1688, and probably conveyed it to
(his son-in-law?) Charles Green of Marblehead before
May 3, 1690, when Mr. Green conveyed the house and
land to Mr. Lindall.** Soon after, Mr. Lindall apparently
* Essex Registry of Deeds, book 9, leaf 13.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 13 leaf 248.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 39, leaf 144.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 26, leaf 12.
|| Essex Registry of Deeds, book 2, leaf 75.
H Essex Registry of Deeds, book 8, leaf 184.
* Essex Registry of Deeds, book 8, leaf 166.
92 MABBLEHEAD IN THE YEAB 1700. NO. 5.
sold the house to Mr. Huxtable who removed it to his lot
next easterly.
Mr. Lindall died Jan. 6, 1698-9 ; having devised his
real estate to his sons. This house and land were ap-
praised at seventy-five pounds. James Lindall of Salem,
Timothy Lindall and Nathaniel Lindall of Boston and Mary
Lindall of Salem, widow of Timothy Lindall, deceased,
and guardian of Caleb and Veren Lindall, for sixty pounds,
conveyed the house and lot to Francis Haines of Marble-
head, gunsmith, April 1, 1707. * The Green house was
apparently gone soon after ; and the other, known as
" Peck's old house," was gone before March 11, 1713,
when Mr. Haines, who had become a fisherman, conveyed
the land to John Conant of Marblehead for one hundred
and sixty pounds.f
Christopher ffuxtable Souse. This lot of land was granted
to Matthew Salter by the selectmen of Marblehead, to
set a house on, in 1677 ;$ and he sold it to Christopher
Huxtable April 12, 16814 Mr. Huxtable was a fisher-
man, and apparently bought of Mr. Lindall, soon after
1690, and moved to this lot the small house which had
been the dwelling house of Samuel Condy and later of
Charles Green, and stood on the lot next westerly. Mr.
Huxtable lived here, and, for thirty-two pounds, conveyed
to Samuel Russell of Marblehead, mariner, the lot " and
dwelling house thereon formerly ye little house of Samuel
Condy, deceased," Jan. 20, 1713-4. Mr. Russell became
a merchant, and died May 28, 1725, having devised to his
sister Rebecca, wife of Enoch Greenleaf of Boston, sadler,
u the dwelling house and land next house and land of her
sister Elizabeth Trevett, where Dr. Strahan now lives.
How much longer the house stood is unknown to the
writer.
JSstate of Philip Brimblecome House. This lot was prob-
ably a part of the large lot of John Legg in 1661 ; and later
John Brimblecome lived here. He died possessed of the
* Essex Registry of Deeds, book 20, leaf 161.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 32, leaf 120.
Marblehead town records.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 29, leaf 21.
BY SIDNEY PBRLEY. 93
house and land in the fall of 1678, his will, dated May 11,
1678, being proved 29 : 9 : 1678. His dwelling-house, out-
house and land were appraised at forty pounds. In his will
he devised the estate to his wife Tabitha for her life and then
to his son Philip Brimblecom and his children after him.
Philip Brimblecomb lived here, and died, possessed of the
estate, before Dec. 6, 1692, when administration upon his
estate was granted to his widow Sarah Brimblecom of
Marblehead. The house and land were then valued at
eighty pounds. The widow Sarah Brimblecom married, sec-
ondly, David Furnace of Marblehead, tailor ; and an agree-
ment was made between him and his wife's son Samuel Brim-
blecome Jan. 27, 1712-3, that Mr. Furnace should have the
house, barn and land under and back of the buildings.*
Her son John Brimblecom was wanting in intellect and
this agreement and the following mentioned release deeds
were made on that account, for the support of said John.
Philip Brimblecomb of Marblehead, fisherman, son of the
deceased Philip Brimblecom, released his interest in this
house and lot to Mr. Furnace Dec.' 30, 1709 ;f and Mary,
wife of John Pickworth of Marblehead, fisherman, and
daughter of Philip Brimblecom, deceased, released her in-
terest in the same estate Feb. 4, 1709-104 Mr. Furniss
died Sept. 4, 1727, intestate; when his "dwelling or man-
sion house, barn and land adjoining" were valued at one
hundred and seventy pounds. His real estate was divided
Dec. 28, 1728, and the house and land under and around
it were assigned to his daughter Susannah, wife of Benja-
min Roe of Marblehead, carpenter. The " old mansion
house," as it was then called, stood for some time longer,
but it is not known how long.
John Legg Lot. This lot early belonged to John Legg
of Marblehead. He died in the spring of 1674, his will,
dated 16: 9 : 1672, being proved 30: 4: 1674. This lot
of land was then a pasture of three and one-half acres, and
valued at fifty-five pounds. Mr. Legg devised his real
estate to his wife Elizabeth for her life, and then to such
* Essex Registry of Deeds, book 26, leaf 280.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 29, leaf 97.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 27, leaf 154.
94 MARBLEHBAD IN THE YEAR 1700. NO. 5.
of her children apparently as she thought best to convey
it by deed or will. It was next in the ownership of the
son John Legg of Marblehead, merchant, who owned it
until his death in the winter of 1717-18.
Elias Stadden House. This lot of land was granted and
laid out to Elias Staden by the selectmen of Marblehead
Feb. 11, 1682-3.* He was a shoreman, and built a house
upon the lot. He lived there, and sold the house, barn
and cowhouse to Elias Henly of Marblehead, shoreman,
July 16, 1722.f Mr. Henly died in December, 1728, in-
testate ; and his son George Henly of Marblehead, line-
maker, and daughter Hannah, wife of Michael Bowden of
Marblehead, joiner, released their interest in the " house
and land called Staddens," etc., to their brother Benjamin
Henly of Marblehead, gentleman, April 9, 1750 4 Benja-
min Henly died before Jan. 9, 1764, when administration
upon his estate was granted to Joseph Lyndsey of Marble-
head, joiner ; and widow Rebecca Lindsey was appointed
administratrix of the estate in March, 1765. At the time
of his decease, Mr. Henly was apparently not in posses-
sion of this house and land, and his administratrix brought
a suit at law against widow Hannah Bowden, Thomas
Williston, house wright, Richard Maze, fisherman, and
widow Anna Fortune, all of Marblehead, and recovered
possession. She then conveyed the house and land, for one
hundred and seven pounds, sixteen shillings and five pence,
to said widow Hannah Bowden March 1, 1771. Mrs.
Bowden, for one hundred and fifty-four pounds, mortgaged
the lot and " house wherein I now live, called Stadden's
house,'' to Thomas Gerry, esq., of Marblehead March 2,
1771.|| Mr. Gerry died July 13, 1774 ; and his executor
assigned the mortgage to his daughter Elizabeth, wife of
Burrill Devereaux. She foreclosed the mortgage, and
died before Nov. 10, 1796, when administration upon her
estate was granted. The house was then gone.
* Marblehead town records,
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 41, leaf 89.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 100, leaf 189.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 128, leaf 162.
II Essex Registry of Deeds, book 128, leaf 163.
BY SIDNEY PEELEY 95
Thomas Pousland House. This lot of land was granted
by the selectmen of the town and committee of the com-
moners to Thomas Pousland Jan. 12, 1671.* Mr. Pous-
land built a house upon the lot and died in the spring of
1711, his will, dated April 24, 1711, being proved June
27, 1711. He devised the east part of the dwelling house
and the shop, tools and part of the land to his only son
Thomas Pousland; and the west end of the house and re-
mainder of the land to his youngest daughter Annis. The
east end of the house and one-half of the garden were ap-
praised at fifteen pounds ; the west end of the house and
one-half of the garden at eighteen pounds ; and the shop
and tools at thirty pounds. The son Thomas Pousland
lived here, and was a fisherman. He died Sept. 15, 1713
(1712 ?). The shop was then appraised at fifteen pounds;
the east end of the house at fifteen pounds; and one-half
of the garden at twenty-three pounds. In his part of
the house was a parlor, chamber, etc., and in the shop
were carpenters' and smiths' tools. Aniiis Pousland mar-
ried Samuel Knight, and conveyed the western half of the
house and that part of the land to Giles Ivimy of Marble-
head, yeoman, Aug. 15, l764.f Apparently the old house
was gone soon after.
* Marble head town records.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 121, leaf 55.
REMINISCENCES OF THE RAISING OF THE
ORIGINAL "OLD GLORY" OVER THE
CAPITOL AT NASHVILLE, TENN.,
ON FEBRUARY 27, 1862.
COMMUNICATED BY LIEUT.- COL. HORACE N. FISHER.
256 Walnut St., Brookline, Mass., June 26, 1910.
To the Secretary of the Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.
Dear Sir:
In to-day's Boston Sunday Herald, a paper was pub-
lished, entitled "Sisters Made Old Glory," containing
some account of a flag stated to be in the Essex Institute,
and formerly owned by Capt. William Driver of Salem in
1831, and of Nashville from 1837 to 1886.
The article states that Capt. William Driver of Salem,
master of the brig Charles Doggett of Salem, on sailing
for the South Pacific in 1831, was presented with a beau-
tiful American flag, which, hi hoisting, he christened
" Old Glory " ; also that Capt. Driver, after retiring from
the sea, settled in Nashville, Tenn., in 1837, where he died
in 1886 ; and that this flag, carefully preserved by him for
so many years, was given to the Essex Institute to be
safely preserved.
There is quite an interesting history of this flag, which
makes it memorable, namely : that early in the Civil War
Capt. Driver persisted in hanging this flag from the win-
dow of his house, being a Union man ; that it was fired
on, and he then kept it out of sight until Feb. 27, 1862,
when Gen. Nelson took possession of Nashville with his
division of Buell's Army of the Ohio ; that he then pre-
sented this flag to Gen. Nelson, to be hoisted on the Capi-
tol of Tennessee at Nashville.
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RAISING OP THE ORIGINAL "OLD GLORY." 97
I am able to give some additional particulars of this
incident, being at that time on the staff of Gen. Nelson
and an eye-witness of the presentation and the hoisting of
this flag. Perhaps it may be of interest to the Essex In-
stitute to know the facts more fully and at first hand.
In February, 1862, Gen. Grant moved up the Tennes-
see river to Fort Henry, which the Confederates aban-
doned to concentrate at Fort Donelson, which was strong-
ly fortified and garrisoned by 15,000 Confederates under
Gens, Floyd, Pillow and Buckner. Buell was ordered to
reinforce Grant, and he sent Gen. Lew Wallace with his
division, who arrived in time largely to insure Grant's
success ; he also ordered Nelson and Crittenden back to
the Ohio River, where a fleet of steamers was in readiness
to transport them down the Ohio and up the Cumberland
from Paducah to Fort Donelson ; and, if Donelson had
fallen, to push up the Cumberland to Nashville and cut off
the retreat of the Confederates from Bowling Green,
while Buell was attacking them in front. These two
divisions Nelson's 4th and Crittenden's 5th were finely
organized and disciplined, consisting of seventeen regi-
ments of infantry and five batteries of field artillery and
a few regiments of cavalry, aggregating about 10,000 ef-
fectives. They embarked on the Ohio in thirteen large
river steamboats, perfectly equipped for a march or for a
battle.
When we started up the Cumberland from Paducah,
the latest news from Grant was that the Confederates at
Donelson were making a successful resistance, that sev-
eral of our iron-clad gunboats had been disabled, and that
our land forces under Grant had met some reverses. It
looked as though we would arrive in time to join in the
final assault. When we reached Donelson, about 10 in
the evening, we found that Grant had that day received
the surrender of 12,000 under Buckner, while Floyd and
Pillow had ignominiously fled up the river with 1500, and
Forrest had gallantly cut through the Union lines with his
tine cavalry command.
Gen. Nelson went ashore at Donelson to consult with
Gen. Grant, and about midnight it was bright moonlight
98 RAISING OP THE ORIGINAL "OLD GLORY."
we cautiously proceeded up the river; our thirteen
steamboats in double column, preceded by the iron-clad
gunboats " Tyler " and "Lexington." We knew that the
enemy had fortified Clarksville, and so timed our move-
ment as to arrive there at break of day ; but we found
that position abandoned, and proceeded up the river in
the same formation, expecting no serious opposition until
we should reach Fort Zollikofer, some ten miles below
Nashville, which we were assured was armed with heavy
siege guns commanding a stretch of two miles down the
river ; it was the last remaining defence of Nashville, it
was admirably located on a bluff, and we had every reason
to expect it would be desperately defended. So we timed
our movement most carefully, watching either bank, and
on the lookout for signals from the gunboats ahead ; our
plan was to reach the fort at the first dawn. Gen. Nelson,
on the " Diana," his flagship, was watching for hostile
movements ; Gen. Aminen, his senior brigade commander,
ready to land his brigade the moment the enemy opened
fire, and to assault the fort by land attack while the gun-
boats were shelling it in front. By and by the sun was
reflected from a big brass gun in the fort, many thought
it the flash of a gun in firing ; the gunboats yawed ready
to answer ; but not one of the dozen heavy guns in the
fort was fired ; the garrison had evacuated the fort, and,
as we later learned, without spiking the guns effectively,
so great was the consternation following the surrender of
the Confederate army at Donelson, which had been con-
sidered a sure defence of Nashville against attack by the
river.
This made us think that the enemy were probably re-
treating from Bowling Green to Nashville, and perhaps
from Nashville south. So we pushed up the river at full
speed, the gunboats in advance, until we came in sight of
the city ; the bluff above the landing was black with peo-
ple, but not a sound was heard from those thousands
watching with awe the steadily approaching army ; they
saw the dreaded gunboats cleared for action ; they saw
thirteen big steamboats full of troops ready to carry war
into their proud city ; the townsfolk were dumb with ap
BAISING OF THE ORIGINAL "OLD GLOEY." 99
prehension ; hospital flags everywhere ; not a Confederate
nor an American flag in sight.
Gen. Ammen's brigade was the first to land. He sent
Col. Nicholas Longworth Anderson with his 6th Ohio
infantry an advance guard with a competent guide in
front to take possession of the City Hall. Gen. Nelson
and staff, with our cavalry escort, followed the 6th Ohio.
We meant business, and were prepared to act on the in-
stant, and the people knew it On arriving at the City
Hall Square, which was speedily guarded, Col. Anderson
was ordered to take possession of the State Capitol. Gen.
Nelson then demanded where were the Mayor and Alder-
men; the Mayor promptly appeared, with pale-faced
aldermen tagging on behind him, and the mayor formally
surrendered the city to Gen. Nelson, who ordered the city
government to attend to the routine administration ; but
he notified the mayor that he himself would be responsible
for preserving peace and order through his provost mar-
shal. He further ordered that the banks and stores
should be opened " at one o'clock sharp today" and that
suitable guards be posted at each of the banks. Then the
General and staff rode to the capitol, where we found the
6th Ohio in full possession, and that the colors of the 6th
Ohio were hoisted on the flagstaff ; but all the State offi-
cials had fled, no one was left to tender surrender of the
State House.
Just then a stout, middle-aged man, with hair well shot
with gray, short in stature, broad in shoulder, and with a
roll in his gait, came forward and asked, " Who is the
General in command? I wish to see him." Gen. Nelson
answered, " I am in command, pray who are you ? " And
this stout, short man replied, " I am a Union man, thank
the Lord ; I came from Salem, Mass., and am mighty glad
to see our old flag once more on the State House. My
name is Driver ; I used to be a sea captain." The General
clapped him on the shoulder and said, " I was formerly
in the navy, and every good seaman must be a good Union
man."
Capt Driver, an honest-looking, blunt-speaking man,
was evidently a character ; he carried on his arm a
100 RAISING OF THE ORIGINAL "OLD GLORY."
calico-covered bed quilt ; and, when satisfied that Gen.
Nelson was the officer in command, he pulled out his jack-
knife and began to rip open the bedquilt without another
word. We were puzzled to think what his conduct
meant. At last the bedquilt was safely delivered of a
large American flag, which he handed to Gen. Nelson,
saying, " This is the flag I hope to see hoisted on that
flagstaff in place of the d d Confederate flag set there
by that d - d rebel governor, Isham G. Harris. I have
had hard work to save it ; my house has been searched
for it more than once ; my wife devised a safe hiding-
place for it by quilting it into this old calico bedquilt."
He spoke triumphantly, with tears in his eyes.
Gen. Nelson accepted the flag with manly emotion and
ordered it run up on the State House flagstaff, when all
heads were uncovered and the troops presented arms ; he
swore that that very flag should stay there, night and day,
as long as he was in command at Nashville.
From the published notice referred to, in regard to this
flag now in possession of the Essex Institute, I have no
doubt of its being the very same flag which I saw hoisted
on the State House at Nashville on February 27, 1862 ; and,
if you will allow it, I beg to congratulate the Essex Insti-
tute upon having in its possession a flag which has so
creditable a history and a townsman so sturdy as Capt.
William Driver, its patriotic owner, when patriotism was
fraught with great personal danger.
Respectfully, your obdt. ser't,
HORACE N. FISHER,
Aide-de-Camp to Brig. Q-en. Wm. Nelson.
HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
OF THE
ESSEX INSTITUTE
VOL. XL VII. APRIL, 1911 No. 2
THE COURT HOUSES IN SALEM.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY.
THE history of the court houses in Salem is not only
interesting, but important. In each have occurred stirring
events, and many interests of the people relating to life,
liberty and property have been associated with them.
The first court'was established here in 1636, and ses-
sions were regularly held in July and September each
year. This was known as the quarterly court, the other
of the quarterly sittings in this county being convened at
Ipswich.
The court, in Salem, was held in a chamber of the an-
cient Ship tavern, which stood on what is now Essex
street, opposite Central street.
In this chamber court room were enacted some of the
most heartrending tragedies of the Quaker persecution.
Non-resisting citizens of good character and standing were
condemned to severe punishment for not attending the
established services of the Congregational church in the
meeting-house a few rods up the street. Here they were
fined, set in the stocks, imprisoned, sentenced to be maimed
and to banishment. Here, Lawrence Southwick and his
wife Cassandra and some of their children, Samuel Shat-
tuck, Joshua Buffum and a number of others, in the face
of such punishment and degradation, stood in the open
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102 THE COURT HOUSES IN SALEM,
court and made a good confession of their allegiance to
the doctrines of the Friends.
The most prominent and important of the defendants in
the proceedings in this court chamber were William Brand
and William Leddra. Brand was seventy years of age,
and had begun his missionary labors in Rhode Island. He
worked his way northward and encountered scourging
and other persecutions on the way. William Leddra was
a Cornishman, and had come from Barbadoes. These two
men came to Salem, and together preached the Quaker
doctrines in hospitable homes. They were sentenced to
the house of correction. This was in 1658. They served
their sentence in Boston, and Brand, in particular, was
most cruelly treated. They were finally banished on pain
of death. After confinement in loathsome Newgate prison,
Brand died in 1676, at the age of ninety. Leddra re-
turned into the colony a year after his banishment, and
after being chained in the open prison in Boston for
months in the inclement season of a New England winter,
was executed by hanging.
The court was held in this chamber until 1679. The
Ship tavern continued to be a public house until 1748,
when the building was taken down.
The first meeting-house in Salem had been repaired
frequently for several years, when in February, 1669-70,
the building of a new one was first publicly considered.
At a general town meeting held March 7, the matter was
referred to the selectmen, and the meeting adjourned to
April 5, 1670, when it was voted that a new meeting-
house be built. Thus the matter rested, and services
continued to be held in the old building until Aug. 17,
1672, when the town " voated that old meeting house shall
be taken downe and that Every family in the Towne, and
which belong to the Towne, shall send one man of a fami-
ly to helpe to take it downe, and to Gary it into Some
convenient place wher it may be reserv'd for the Towne
use and that for tyme when to begin to doe it and the
number of men to worke each day it is left to the Select
men to Appoint." The selectmen immediately held a
meeting (on the same day) and " ord r d the old meeting
house be begun to be taken downe the 19 th of this p'sent
BY SIDNEY PBRLBY. 103
month, and the Constables are Appointed to warn 30 men
a day, to appear to helpe take it downe, and they are to
begin, to warne them at strong watter brooke, and soe
downwards to the lower End of the Towne." The ac-
counts are so made up that the amount paid for tavern
expenses while the building was being taken down can-
not be ascertained exactly, but apparently they were not
small. At a general town meeting, April 21, 1673, it was
" voated that m r w m Browne sen 1 Cap* price & m r Samuell
Gardner are apointed & Empowred to Agree with a
Carpenter or Carpenters to build a house for the towne
which may serve for a schoolhouse & watch-house &
towne house of the timber of the old meeting house
acording as the timber will bear."
A year and a half elapsed before anything was done to
carry out the vote of the town. Nov. 10, 1674, the se-
lectmen " Agreed that the towne howse shall be sett up by
the prisson & williain dou[n]nton to Rayse Itt with what
speed he Can." The prison stood in what is now the street
between the present First Church edifice and the tunnel ;
and to make room for the town house the prison was re-
moved across what is now Washington street into Nathan-
iel Felton's garden, next easterly of the present Price
block, on the southwestern corner of Essex and Washing-
ton streets.
William Downton, the carpenter, performed his d uty as
to raising the building, but little or nothing further. In
April, 1676, the selectmen were authorized by the town to
engage carpenters to finish it. In the bill of expense for
raising the frame is the tavern account to the amount of
upwards of three pounds. Mr. Downton was paid
eighteen pounds for " building y e towne house frame."
The building was not finished, however, June 16,
1677, when the town " Voated y* y e towne house shall bee
remoued Into y e street neer about Jn Roapes his house."
This removal took place, the new site being in the middle
of the street in front of the Brookhouse estate on Wash-
ington street. Sept. 8, 1677, the selectmen agreed with
Daniel Andrews, the mason, " to build y e Chimnies & to
fill & Larth y e walls of y e Town house alsoe to und r pin
y e same," and with John Skelling " to finish y e Towne
104 THE COURT HOUSES IN SALEM,
house ; viz to shingle Claboard floares, windows, stares &
all other things needfull w th respect to Carpenters worke."
May 22, 1678, the selectmen '* Agred with Samuell Stone
to build two Chimnies in the townehouse one below and a
Chamber Chimny large, good Substantiall worke."
The use of this town house by the county court is first
mentioned in the records of the selectmen held May 19,
1679, when " Cap* John price is Chosen & desired with
what speede may bee to fitt the Towne house Chamber soe
as may bee Convenyent for the Courte to meete theere."
The first story of the town house was used for the pub-
lic school, and the second story for town meetings and the
sittings of the county courts. Attached to the town
house was a little building used as a watch house. In front
were the stocks, pillory and whipping post, where offend-
ers suffered their ignominious punishments.
This court chamber became the theatre of the witch-
craft trials, which have become a part of the world's im-
perishable history. It is impossible to imagine the scenes
that were enacted there repeatedly in the summer of 1692.
The painting entitled " The Trial of George Jacobs," at
the Essex Institute, gives an intimation of what these
trials were like, but nothing can stir one now as the peo-
ple of that time were affected. The declaration of the
court and clergy that there was a personal devil, with
human beings in the very midst of the homes of the people
under formal agreement to do his will, confirmed with
irresistible authority the belief in witchcraft. No one
knew who would be the next to be accused, tried and con-
demned, and executed at Gallows' hill. Neither the good
nor the bad escaped. Terror and great excitement pre-
vailed during the trials, none of which were free from fresh
accriminations, and judges and juries were misled by the
clamoring crowd.
In 1695, a turret was built upon the southern end of
the house and a bell was procured and hung therein. From
this time the county paid one-half of the cost of keeping
the building in repair.
Another trial, as interesting, though not like the tragi-
cal witchcraft trials, took place in this chamber. The
BY SIDNEY PEBLEY. 105
defendant was Thomas Maule of Salem, a merchant and
the strongest friend of the Quakers, who had suffered im-
prisonments and whippings for his faith. He published
in 1694 a volume entitled " Truth Set Forth and Main-
tained." Dec. 12, 1695, the governor and council issued
a warrant to Sheriff George Cor win to search Maule's
house and seize and burn all the copies of the obnoxious
book that he could to the value of sixteen pounds. The
sheriff found thirty-one of them at Maule's house. Cot-
ton Mather undertook to answer the statements in his
customary manner. Maule was arrested and, after various
contentions as to jurisdiction, was finally indicted Nov.
10, 1696. The charge was publishing the book, which, it
was claimed, contained slanders against the churches and
government of the province. The judges were Thomas
Danforth, Elisha Cooke and Samuel Sewall. The attorney-
general or king's attorney, Anthony Checkley, appeared
for the prosecution, and Dr. Benjamin Bullivant of Bos-
ton, an apothecary, who had considerable legal knowledge,
acted as counsel for the defendant.
The court overruled all pleas. In the opening for the
defence, Maule addressed the judges as follows : " You who
have set yourselves to be judges in this case against me,
as you are invested with magisterial power, I respect you ;
but wherein you assume to yourselves the power^of the
bishop's court, as in this case, I no more value you than I
do Jack Straw. If you would approve yourselves wise
men, you ought to amend the many rents you have al-
ready made by the mismanagement of the trust commit-
ted to your charge. ... If your power continues long,
he that now enjoys a good estate under your government,
seven years hence may not be left worth a groat. You
are set to watch over the people, but things have come to
such a pass by your means, that they have greater need
to watch over you."
The only evidence put in was a copy of the book. In
his charge to the jury, Judge Danforth assumed the guilt
of the prisoner saying that " this work of Thomas Maule
wholly tends to overthrow all good hi church and common-
wealth, which God has planted among His people in this
province. "
106 THE COURT HOUSES IN SALEM,
The defendant made his argument to the jury after the
charge, a novel practice, saying : " Jurymen, look well to
the work which you are now about to do. The case is
committed to you, who are to be governed by the king's
law. No part of that law have I broken. ... If you
favor any of the unjust charge of the judges against me,
and say there is such matter in the book as they charge me
with, you must go to the printer for satisfaction, for I am
ignorant of any such matter in the book. My hand is only
to my copy, which is in the hands of the printer in another
government ; and my name in the printed book does not in
law prove the same to be Thomas Maule any more than
the spectre evidence is in law sufficient to prove a person
accused by such evidence to be a witch. Look well, there-
fore, to your work, for you have sworn true trial to make
and just verdict to give. If you do me injustice the fault
will be your own, for these, my accusers on the bench, are
but as clerks to conclude your work with 'Amen'. "
The jury showed their independence by soon returning
with the verdict of " Not guilty." The magistrates were
surprised, and Judge Danforth asked the jury how they
could return such a verdict with the book before them. The
foreman, among other answers, said that the matter in the
book was not cognizable by them as they were not a jury
of divines. The magistrate then lost his temper, and the
scene closed in confusion.
Queen Anne came to the throne March 8, 1702 ; and
Dec. 29th following the court of general sessions " Ordered
that the Justices in Salem or any three of them do cause
y e Court chamber in Salem to be repair'd & plaistered over
head & white wash'd and y e Queens Armes to be procur'd
& handsomely pla'd over where y e cheife Justice usually
Setts & y e windows repair'd According to their direction."*
The same winter a closet was built in the same chamber
to keep the town's arms in.
In 1712, the use of the watchhouse for that purpose was
discontinued, as it was not central enough, and a small
building was erected therefor in what is now called Town
House square midway of Washington street, on the north
* Records of Court of General Sessions, volume 1696-1718, page 111.
BY SIDNEY PBELBY 107
side of Essex street. 'On top of this new watchhouse was
a " handsome" wooden soldier, carved by Lemmon Beadle,
and the soldier bore the following golden inscription :
"Anne Regina, 1712." The old watchhouse was from that
time used in connection with the large room, as a room in
which to teach the youth " in writeing, Cyphering, rnarri-
ners art and perfecting in Reading."
The chamber in this building continued to be used for
the sittings of the county courts until 1718. The build-
nig continued to be used as a schoolhouse until 1760,
when the town voted to take it down.
The following resolution was made by the court of
general sessions of the peace for this county Dec. 30, 1718 :
" Whereas y e Court Chamber in Salem y e Shire Towne
of y* County of Esex is found by Experience to be too
Streight & Inconvenient for y e Entertainment of y e Courts
that have Occasion to make Use of y e Same & Judged so
by y e Justices of y e Super 1 Court of Judicature, who at
their last Sessions found it too Small, & desired & Di-
rected it might be inlarged or made bigger & for as much
as it hath been debated & moved in former Courts for y e
amendment Thereof, & y e Consideration & resolution
Thereabout continued to this Court. This Court do Think
It expedient for y e accomodation of y e Several Courts y*
are to Sit annually therein & do hereby ord r y* there be
a Court House erected built & finisht w*in y e s d Towne as
y e Com tee hereafter nominated or yt Maf part of them
Shall direct of ab* 40 foot Long, wide ... & 20 ft Stud
or Thereabouts convenient for two Stories besides y e Roof
The uppear Story or Chamber for y e Use of y e Court &
y e Lower Story or Room for y e Use of y e Town of Salem
for an Exchange or as they Shall See cause to improve it
& y* the Charge thereof be born & paid y e One half of it
by y e County out of y e next County Rate or Tax & y e
other half by y e Town of Salem & that if any or either of
y e Comittee will advance y e Money or any Person or Per-
sons Else for y e expediting y e Work, y* Counteys Shall
be repaid Them out of y e next County Rate & if y e Town
of Salem or any Particular Gentleman or others See cause
to digg & Stone a Cellar under it at their own Costs &
108 THE COURT HOUSES IN SALEM,
Charge They have Liberty so to do w c Shall be & remain
for y e proper use & benefit of him or Them that may make
ye Same and that Col John Appleton Esqr. Col Sam 11
Browne Esqr & Stephen Sewall Esqr. or y e Major part of
them are appointed a Com tee to take Care of & pform this
worke with all convenient Speed."*
Upon the receipt of this proposal of the county court,
" Feb. 9, 1718-9, at a town meeting, The proposalls of the
Justices of the County at their last Sessions being Read &
Considered, That whereas the Justices in their last Ses-
sions did Agree, That there should be a new Town & Court
house built in Salem the Shire Town of the County, To
be About 40 foot long & 30 foot wide with a Sutable Roof
& Stud for two Stories. The Chamber to be fitted for
the Entertainment and Conveniency of the Justices and
Courts to be held in the Town for the County and the
County to pay one halfe of the Charge & Cost, provided
the Town of Salem Join in it and will be at the other halfe
of the Charge & Cost of Said building
" Wherefore voted That this Town doth accept of the
Justices proposalls and will be at the halfe of the Charge
and Cost of building & finishing the Said Town & Court
house. And we desire that the Justices will allow the
house to be eight or Ten foot longer, which we would
haue made and done.
" Voted, That M r Will m Gedney is Chosen & desired to
Assist & Join with the Committee Appointed by the Jus-
tices for Carrying on the worke and getting it done &
finished as Soon as may be with Conveniency.
" Voted, That the placeing of the Town or Court house
be Left to the Committee to place the Same in or near the
Town house street
" Voted. That whereas there may be a Conveniency, for
making a good cellar under the Said Townhouse, and the
Justices of the County not desiring to be done for them,
nor the Town for them Therefore liberty is hereby Granted
Unto Samuel Browne, Esq r and Such other of the Town
as he shall take in with him who shall haue the liberty of
^Records of Court of General Sessions, 1696-1718, page 364.
BY SIDNEY PBRLBY. 109
Digging & Stoneing y Said Cellar provided he or they
will be at the Extraordinary Charge Occasioned by the
making of a Cellar, Which Cellar shall be to the Use and
benefitt of him or them and their Heirs & assigns.
" Voted That there be a Tax of Two hundred pounds
raised on the Inhabitants of this Town for procureing ma-
terials and workmen for building Compleating & finishing
the Said Town & Court house and paying for halfe the
Charge thereof, the Said Tax to be made and apportioned
on the Said Inhabitants the Year 1719 And to be Collected
and paid into the Town Treasurer by the first day of De-
cember Next, and by the Said Treasurer is to be paid into
the Committee, who is to take care and bring forward &
accomplish Said house or building, and to haue it as fast
as the worke Calls for it when Collected ; and that when
the Said Town or Court house shall be built and finished,
An accompt of the same Shall be laid before the Town or
Selectmen that they may know the halfe of y e Charge &
Cost of the Said building."
The following order was made by the court of general
sessions of the peace Feb. 18, 1718-9 : " Whereas y e Town
of Salem at a Legal meeting has come into y e Proposals
of y e Justices at y e last Sessions fbr being & bearing
half y e Charge in building a Town House or Court House
in Salem of about 40 foot long & 30 foot wide and further
have moved to this Court y* I[t] may be built Eight or 10
foot longer. Its Considered by y e Court that y e s d Motion
is granted to Wit. that its left to y Com tee appointed to
take care for y e building s d House to their Discretion to
build it Eight or Ten foot longer, not exceeding ten foot
as y e s d Com tee Shall see meet & y e County to pay y e one
half y e Charge as They agreed for y e former."*
The site chosen was in what is now Washington street
immediately west of the First Church building, facing Es-
sex street. The size of this town and court house, when
completed, was fifty feet in length, thirty feet in width,
twenty feet high and of two stories.
The royal arms of Great Britain were transferred from
Records of Court of General Sessions, 1696-1718, page 367.
110 THE COURT HOUSES IN SALEM,
the old court chamber to the new and placed on the north-
ern wall high above the bench on which sat the justices of
the superior court of judicature and the inferior court of
common pleas. These arms were executed in bold relief
and supported by the traditional lion and unicorn. Run-
ning southerly from this bench of the justices were other
benches or forms on the eastern and western sides each
twenty feet in length, at which sat the justices of the
county when they sat as the general court of sessions. A
line from the southern end of these forms enclosed a space
immediate!}" in front of the justices, containing the jury
seats ; and the bar, with a seat in front, was flanked by
boxes for the sheriff and crier. Before the bench and
between the two juries was an open space, provided with
a table and seats for the convenience of counsel and their
clients.
A writer in the Salem Register of May 12, 1842, says
of this court house, that, "In addition to its other public
accommodations, it provided a place where merchants
and elderly gentlemen, and persons of leisure, could con-
gregate to talk over their own business, and the business
of other people, and watch the passers to and fro. In
front of the building there was a wide seat or bench where
such dignitaries assembled. It was much more comfort-
able than standing on the sidewalks, or leaning against
posts, or holding up the walls of insurance offices."
In this building the general court of the province was
held in 1729. The session opened May 28, 1729, and was
immediately prorogued to June 25. It then continued
to July 10. William Burnet was governor at that time.
In 1733, an armory was built in the garret of the town
house, and the arms removed hither from the closet which
had been constructed in the old court room in the school
house.
Sir William Pepperell, the commander of the expedition
that had destroyed the fortress of Louisburg, had returned
to New England, where he was feted by the people. A
dinner was given to him in this town house July 4, 1746.
Here the citizens of Salem, in public town meeting, de-
nounced the stamp act of 1765 ; and the tax on tea in
1769.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. Ill
The trial of one of the most interesting cases in criminal
prosecutions that ever occurred in this county was held in
this court chamber in 1769. Jonathan Ames, a young
man, living in the West parish of Boxford, married Ruth
Perley of Linebrook parish, in Ipswich, Dec. 19, 1768 ; and
they began housekeeping in his father's house. The
mother-in-law was not agreeable to the bride, and soon
manifested great dislike. June 5th following her wedding
day Ruth was taken suddenly sick and died from poison
four or five hours later. The funeral was held as quietly
and exclusively as possible, their pastor, who was a near
neighbor, not being invited to officiate, and in his stead
they engaged the minister of a neighboring town. The
circumstances of the death and burial were so suspicious
that a month later complaint was made, the body of
the deceased exhumed, and a coroner's jury decided that
she came to her death by poison, administered by some
person unknown to them. This autopsy and inquest were
held in the meeting-house that then stood near the ancient
burial place, only a short distance from the Ames home-
stead.
At the close of the inquest, there was an application of
the almost forgotten " ordeal of touch," which has rarely
been known in modern centuries. This is undoubtedly
the only instance in which a similar test has been made in
New England, and probably in America.
The body was laid at length upon a table, and covered
with a perfectly white sheet. The suspected party or par-
ties were invited 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 cloth making it plainly
visible, and "pleading trumpet-tongued against the deep-
damnation of her taking off." These scenes were always
weird and supernatural. Usually, some sacred building
or place was chosen, and an hour of half light and half
gloom, that the greatest effect upon the minds of the peo-
ple by environment might be produced. Few persons ever
dared to try the ordeal, and in this case both Mr. Ames
and his mother refused to comply with the request to touch
the body.
112 THE COTTRT HOUSES IN SALEM,
They were thereupon arrested and taken to the Salem
jail. The grand jury indicted Mrs. Ames as principal
and, Jonathan as accessory in the crime. The trial oc-
curred in this court chamber on Tuesday, Nov. 14. The
judges were Benjamin Lynde, John Gushing, Peter Oliver
and Edmund Trowbridge. The counsel for the king was
Jonathan Sewall of Boston ; and the defendants had John
Adams, afterward president of the United States. Mr.
Adams was, at this time, thirty-four years of age. Fifty-
five witnesses had been summoned. The trial began at
nine o'clock and continued through the short November
day. At night, candles were lighted and the darkness of
the ancient court room was but dimly dispelled. Gloom
must have had its effect upon the prisoners, who knew not
what the verdict might be, and the jury, too, could not
have escaped from the feeling of awe that their duty that
night might give or take a human life. The trial wore on.
The midnight hour approached and passed before the
lawyers began their arguments. John Adams spoke first,
and Jonathan Sewall replied. The jury retired at two
o'clock ; and the court adjourned until nine o'clock in the
morning, when the jury reported a verdict of " Not
guilty."
In the autumn of 1772, the court of general sessions
caused a stove to be put in the court house, at a cost of
eight pounds.
Because of the hostile attitude of the citizens of Boston,
Governor Gage considered it expedient to hold the general
court of 1774 at Salem ; and a warrant for its convention
was issued for June 7th. The session was held in the
court chamber of the town house, seats having been built
for that purpose.* It continued eleven days, and the inde-
pendent spirit of the legislators was manifest throughout
the session. Before proceeding to its regular business, the
house passed five resolutions against the removal of the
court to Salem, as a grievance against the governor, and
later the council, in an address to the governor, made a
provoking reference to his successor. The reader was
stopped by the governor from reading beyond that allu-
*Salem Gazette, June 10, 1859.
BY SIDNEY PBBLBY. 118
sion. A brief written reply of the governor concluded,
"I consider the address an insult upon his Majesty, and
the Lords of the privy council, and an affront to myself."
Further efforts to carry on the business of the assembly
proved exasperating, and on the 17th the house chose
James Bowdoin, Thomas Gushing, Samuel Adams, John
Adams and Robert Treat Paine to be delegates to the con-
gress to be held at Philadelphia, " to consult upon measures
for the restoration of harmony between Great Britain and
the colonies." The assembly voted an appropriation of five
hundred pounds to defray the expenses of the delegates.
The council concurred, but the governor did not consent
to the appropriation, The house immediately prepared
three resolves, the first recommending the towns and dis-
tricts to collect and pay a similar amount for that purpose ;
the second, recommending that other towns of the pro-
vince relieve the necessities of people of Boston and
Charlestown, who were sufferers because of the closing of
the port of Boston; and the third, recommending absti-
nence from the use of imported tea and all goods and
manufactures from the East Indies and Great Britain, and
the encouragement of American manufactures.
From the last resolve came the Solemn League and
Covenant, which was so disastrous to the manufacturing
centres of England.
These preparations for the congress disturbed the
governor, and he forthwith had his secretary prepare a
proclamation for dissolving the court. News that the
house was secretly hurrying measures, came to the
governor, and the secretary was dispatched to the town
house with the greatest expedition. He found a crowd
of interested men about the door of the building, and
elbowed his way to the stairs leading to the court cham-
ber. He found the door of the chamber locked and the
messenger on guard.
He ordered the messenger to go in and notify the
speaker of the house that the secretary had a message
from the governor to that body and request that he might
be admitted to deliver it. The messenger did as requested,
and on his return stated that he had informed the speaker
114 THE COURT HOUSES IN SALEM,
" who mentioned it to the house, and their orders were to
keep the door fast." The house was passing its last
resolve, however, when the secretary was engaged in
reading the proclamation upon the stairs, and immediately
after in the council chamber.
This was the last provincial general court held in Mas-
sachusetts, and the long seven years' war occurred before
the institution of the government of the people, by the
people and for the people.
The governor had taken up his residence at the " King
Hooper house," in what is now Peabody ; and prudently
ordered two companies of the 64th regiment of the Brit-
ish regulars to guard his headquarters. August 13th,
the 59th regiment of regulars came from Boston on
transports and landed on Winter island, where they en-
camped.
That summer, parliament had passed an act that no
town meeting should be called by the selectmen, with a few
exceptions, without leave of the governor. Nevertheless,
the freeholders of Salem were called together Aug. 24th,
to choose delegates to a county convention to be held at
Ipswich, to consider the recent acts of parliament, " and
our other grievances " and determine upon some course of
action. The governor, therefore, issued a proclamation the
day before the meeting, forbidding it, although the meet-
ing was not called by the selectmen, and the committee
of correspondence so informed the governor, who con-
tinued to declare it seditious and an unlawful assembly.
The citizens assembled, and the troops at the Neck were
ordered to Town House square. The business of the
meeting was so quickly over that the soldiers had marched
only a short distance on Essex street, when the occasion
for their approach being past, their return was ordered.
So near, did Town House square become the scene of the
opening conflict of the Revolution. September 10th, the
entire regiment marched through the town and proceeded
overland to Boston.
, Subsequently, the governor called a general court to be
held here October 5th, but before that day arrived events
caused him to reconsider his proclamation, and finally led
BY SIDNEY PBBLEY. 115
him to notify the representatives that the session would
not be held. Nevertheless, out of one hundred and
thirty, ninety of them appeared in Salem. They were
representative men indeed, many of them of proved cour-
age, purpose and determination. Among them were Samuel
Adams, Robert Treat Paine, John Hancock and Benjamin
Lincoln.
Though not expecting the appearance of the governor,
they waited with respect and moderation all of the first
day ; not, however, without .discussing informally their
course of action on the following day.
At three o'clock, the next morning, the people living
near Town House square were awakened by the cry of
" Fire !" A warehouse, located near where Perley block
now stands, was in flames. The fire spread down Essex
street, on both sides, destroying a meeting-house, dwelling
houses, stores, warehouses, etc., and around the corners,
up and down on the western side of Washington street for
a considerable distance. The wind blew the burning
shingles across the square and set the town and court
house on fire. This would have been destroyed had it not
been for the strenuous labor of the firemen from Marble-
head. Its front was blistered and scorched, windows
cracked and front cornice nearly destroyed.
A few hours later while the remains of twenty-four
buildings and their contents lay smoking in front of the
court house, the representatives met therein, and organ-
ized with John Hancock, chairman, and Benjamin Lincoln,
clerk. Nothing further was done that day, but the
appointment of a committee to consider measures to be
adopted. The assembly met again the next morning
(Friday, the 7th) and passed the resolutions presented by
the committee, renounced the authority of parliament,
resolved the assembly into a provincial congress, and ad-
journed to meet at Concord the next Thursday. Hancock
became the president of the Continental congress and the
first signer of the Declaration of Independence, and Lin-
coln became a major-general in the army of the Revolution,
being appointed by Washington to receive the sword of
Cornwallis at the surrender of his army at Yorktown, in
1781.
116 THE COURT HOUSES IN SALEM,
1
the
The following is the report of this meeting contained in
le next issue of the JSasex Gazette (Oct. 11, 1774 :)
Salem, October 11.
Wednesday last the Members chosen in consequence of Governor
Gage's Writ for calling a General Assembly, met at the Court-House
in this Town, pursuant to the Precepts; and after waiting a day
without being admitted to the usual Oaths, which should have been
administered by the Governor or other constitutional Officers ; and
having chosen the Hon'ble John Hancock, Esq; to be their chair-
man, and Benjamin Lincoln, Esq. Clerk, they proceeded to Business,
and passed the following Resolves.*
Province of the Massachusetts-Bay,
In the Court House at Salem, October 7, 1774.
Whereas his Excellency Thomas Gage, Esq. ; did issue Writs bear-
ing Date the First of September last, for the Election of Members to
serve as Representatives in a Great and General Court, which he did
" think fit and appoint " to be convened and holden the 5th Day of
October Instant, at the Court House in this Place: And whereas a
Majority of Members duly elected in consequence of said Writs, did
attend at said Court-House the Time appointed, there to be qualified
according to charter for taking Seats and acting as Representatives
in said Great and General Court; but were not met by the Governor
or other constitutional Officers by him appointed for administering
the usual Oaths, & qualifying them thereto, And whereas a Procla-
mation bearing date the 28th of September last and published in
sundry News Papers, with the Signature of his Excellency, contains
many Reflections on this Province, as being in a tumultuous and dis-
orderly State, and appears to have been considered by his Excellen-
cy, as a constitutional Discharge of all such Persons as have been
elected in Consequence of his Excellency's said Writ. The Members
aforesaid, so attending, having considered the Measures which his
Excellency has been pleased to take by his said Proclamation, and
finding them to be unconstitutional, unjust, and disrespectful to the
Province, think it their Duty to pass the following Resolves.
Therefore, Resolved, as the Opinion of said Members,
I. That by the Royal Charter of the Province, the Governor for
the Time being, is expressly oblig'd to convene " upon every last
Wednesday in the month of May, every Year forever, and at such
other Times, as he shall think fit and appoint, a Great and General
Court." And therefore that, as his Excellency had thought fit, and
by his Writ appointed a Great and General Court to be convened on
the Fifth Day of October Instant, his Conduct in preventing the
same is against the express Words, as well as true Sense and Mean-
ing of the Charter, and unconstitutional; more especially as by
Charter his Excellency's Power " to adjourn, prorogue and dissolve
all Great and General Courts " doth not take Place after said Courts
shall be appointed, until they have first " met & convened."
2d. That the Constitutional Government of the Inhabitants of
this Province being by a considerable Military Force at this Time
attempted to be superceded and annulled, and the People under the
*An original draft of these resolutions, in the handwriting of Elbridge Gerry,
one of the representatives, is in the possession of the Essex Institute.
BY SIDNEY PBELEY. 117
most alarming and just Apprehensions of Slavery, having in their
laudable Endeavours to preserve themselves therefrom, discovered
upon all Occasions the greatest Aversion to Disorder and Tumult; it
must be evident to all attending to his Excellency's said Proclama-
tion, that his Representations of the Province, as being in a tumul-
tuous and disordered State, are Reflections the Inhabitants have by
no Means merited: and therefore that they are highly injurious and
unkind.
III That as the pretended Cause of his Excellency's Proclamation
for discharging the Members elected by the Province in pursuance
of his Writs has for a considerable Time existed, his Excellency's
Conduct in choosing to issue said Proclamation (had it been in
other Respects unexceptionable) but a few Days before the Court
was to have been convened, and thereby unavoidably putting to un-
necessary Expence and Trouble a great Majority of Members from
the Extremities of the Province, is a Measure by no means consistent
with the Dignity of the Province ; and therefore it ought to be con-
sidered as a disrespectful Treatment of the Province, and as an Op-
position to that Reconciliation between Great Britain and the Colo-
nies so ardently wished for by all the Friends of both.
IV That some of the Causes assigned as aforesaid for this uncon-
stitutional and wanton Prevention of the General-Court, have in all
good Governments been considered among the greatest Reasons for
convening a Parliament or assembly and therefore the Proclamation
is considered as a further Proof, not only of his Excellency's Disaf-
fection towards the Province, but of the Necessity of its most vigo-
rous and immediate Exertions for preserving the Freedom and Con-
stitution thereof.
Upon a Motion made and seconded Voted, That the Members
aforesaid do now Resolve themselves into a Provincial Congress, to
be joined by such other Persons as have been or shall be chosen for
that Purpose, to take into Consideration the dangerous and alarming
Situation of public affairs in this Province, and to consult and deter-
mine on such Measures as they shall judge will tend to promote the
true Interest of his Majesty, in the Peace, Welfare and Prosperity of
the Province.
Copy Attest. Benja. Lincoln, Clerk.
A Provincial Congress being thus formed and having chosen the
Hon'ble John Hancock, Esq., Chairman, and Benjamin Lincoln, Esq.,
Clerk, they adjourned to the Court House in Concord, to meet on
Tuesday the Eleventh Day of October Instant, at Ten o'clock in the
Forenoon.
V
This court house was used as such until shortly before
Jan. 25, 1785, when it was advertised to be sold at auction
at the Sun tavern.*
A new court house was begun immediately after. It
was located in the middle of Washington street, on the
northern side of Federal street. The Massachusetts Mag-
azine for March, 1790, contains a copperplate engraving of
*Advertisement in Salem Gazette, Jan. 25, 1785.
118 THE COURT HOUSES IN SALEM,
it, which is herewith reproduced, and also the following
description :
" The Court House in Salem, is a large, elegant building,
and stands towards the end of a handsome, spacious street.
On the lower floor, on the eastern side, is a range of offices,
large and convenient, one of which is occupied by the
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the county of
Essex ; in which are kept all the records of that court.
The other two are used as offices, for the Selectmen and
Assessors of the town of Salem. The remainder of the
lower story is a fine capacious area, for walking, &c.
" The second story is composed of a large court hall,
with seats on every side, for the Judges, officers of the
court, and for the auditors said to be the best constructed
room, for the holding of courts, of any in the Common-
wealth, and perhaps is not exceeded by any in the United
States. In the ceiling is a handsome ventilator. Back of
the Judges' seat is a Venetian window, highly finished
in the lonick order, which affords a beautiful prospect,
of a fine river, extensive well cultivated fields and groves ;
in addition to which, the passing and repassing of vessels
continually, in the river, makes a pleasing variety. There
is also on this floor a convenient lobby for Jurors, &c.
"The house was begun in 1785, and completed in 1786,
at the joint expense of the county of Essex and town of
Salem. The plan of it was designed by the ingenious
Mr. Samuel M'Intire, and executed by that able architect,
Mr. Daniel Bancroft, both of Salem."
The original cost of the building was seven thousand,
one hundred and forty-five dollars. In 1817, when the
town house in Market square was completed, the county
purchased the interest of the town in this building for
eighteen hundred and twenty-three dollars and ten cents,
and then laid out in repairs six thousand and seventy-one
dollars and twenty-eight cents.
The walls of the building were of brick. On the top
was a cupola, and in front of the lower story, on the
southern end, was a colonade of wooden columns sup-
porting a balustrade opening into the passage that led to
the court hall. The architecture and general effect of the
appearance of the building were greatly admired.
BY SIDNEY PBBLBY. 119
From the balcony of this building Washington was pre-
sented to the citizens of Salem on his visit, Oct. 29, 1789.
Odes were sung and welcomes tendered, and the people
shouted until they were hoarse. The broad street was
thronged with people, excited and eager to get nearer to
the great and revered man, who had so successfully and
honorably carried the colonies through the seven years'
struggle against incredible odds.
Several interesting and noted trials took place in this
court house. In November, 1802, in the supreme judicial
court was tried Cato Haskell for the murder of Charles
Lewis, both of whom were negroes. Haskell was con-
victed of manslaughter, and was sentenced to imprison-
ment for twelve months, to be branded in the forehead
with the letter M and to be bound for his good behavior for
three years, to commence at the expiration of his twelve
months' imprisonment. At the same session of the court
William Walker was convicted of stealing leather from
the shop of Ichabod Nichols, and sentenced to be whipped
twenty stripes on the naked back, to pay treble damages
to Nichols within thirty days, or else to be disposed of in
service for ten months, and to pay costs of prosecution.
Abijah Estabrooks was convicted of breaking and entering
the store of Joseph Andrews in the night time and steal-
ing sundry articles. He was sentenced to sit upon the
gallows for one hour with a rope about his neck, one end
of the rope to be cast over the gallows, to be severely
whipped fifteen stripes, to pay treble damages, to be con-
fined to hard labor for five years, and to pay costs of pros-
ecution. One of the saddest cases was that of the boy,
Stephen Merrill Clark of Newburyport, seventeen years
of age, who was tried, Feb. 15-17, 1821, for setting fire to
a stable in Newburyport and causing an extensive and
destructive conflagration. Chief-justice Parker presided
at the trial, and John Pickering and John G. King were
the counsel for the defendant He was convicted, and
was executed by hanging on Winter island, May 10th
following.
Joseph White of Salem was found murdered in his
house on the morning of April 7, 1830. Richard Crown-
120 THE COURT HOUSES IN SALEM,
inshield, jr., George Crowninshield, John Francis Knapp
and Joseph Jenkins Knapp, jr., were arrested for the
crime, Richard Crowninshield being the principal and the
others accessories. Richard Crowninshield was a machin-
ist and lived in Danvers. He committed suicide in his
cell in the jail while awaiting trial. The other defendants
were tried separately. The first was John Knapp, who
was but nineteen years of age. The attorney-general,
Daniel Davis, and Daniel Webster appeared for the pros-
ecution, and Franklin Dexter and William H. Gardner,
both of Boston, were counsel for the defendant. The
trial began Aug. 3d, and was concluded with a verdict of
' Guilty " on the 21st. The trial of Joseph Knapp began
Nov. 9th and was concluded on the 12th with a verdict of
" Guilty." George Crowninshield was tried Nov. 27th and
28th, the verdict being " Not guilty." His counsel were
Samuel Hoar of Concord and Ebenezer Shillaber of
Salem. The Knapps were executed by hanging soon after
their trials.
As widely known and as interesting to the public as the
trial of the Knapps was the trial of Rev. George B.
Cheever for criminal libel on John Stone, a deacon of his
own church. The details of this libel, the article and
picture, are generally known. This trial occurred in the
June, 1835, term of the court of common pleas. The
attorney-general appeared for the prosecution and Rufus
Choate for the defence. It was probably the last of the
famous trials that took place in this old court house.
The Eastern railroad was built only as far as Salem
until 1839, when it was extended to Beverly. The build-
ing of the tunnel under Washington street for the passage
of trains necessitated the removal of the court house that
year. The railroad company paid thirty-three hundred
dollars as damages for demolishing the old court house.
To accommodate the courts and registry of deeds the
present old stone court house on the corner of Washing-
ton and Federal streets was built. It is one hundred and
five feet long, fifty-five feet wide, and two stories in
height. Its four columns, two at each end, are of the
Corinthian order. They are granite monoliths, and their
BY SIDNEY PEELEY. 121
flutes and capitols are said to have been copied from those
in the " Tower of the Winds " at Athens. Each column is
three feet and ten inches in diameter and thirty-two feet
high, including base and capitol. The walls are of solid
granite, finely hammered, and all the floors are supported
by brick arches. The cost of the building was about
eighty thousand dollars. The architect was Richard Bond
of Boston, and the principal contractors were Samuel S.
Standley and Henry Russell, jr., masons, of Salem. The
courts were held in the upper story, and the lower story
was devoted to the registry of deeds and county offices.
The condition of the building to-day testifies to the thor-
oughness and excellence of the work.
The city of Salem provided the land on which the
court house was built, having bought it of Joseph S.
Cabot, Esq., for four thousand dollars. The work upon
the ground was commenced July 8, 1839.
The county commissioners who began its construction
were Asa W. Wildes of Newburyport, Moses Newell of
West Newbury, and Asa T. Newhall of Lynnfield ; and
the board who completed it consisted of Charles Kimball
of Ipswich, Robert Patten of Amesbury, and William
Whipple of Rockport.
The court room was first used by the court of common
pleas, the grand jury session being convened there Tues-
day, March 22, 1842. Judge Warren presided, and hi his
charge to the grand jury gave some interesting historical
reminiscenses of the various court houses in Salem. The
court opened with prayer by Rev. Charles W. Upham,
who therein beautifully and impressively alluded to the
occasion in its reference to the new building.
The accommodations for the various county courts in
this building were very limited, and in 1857 the county
commissioners bought the lot of land on which the brick
court house now stands for the site of another court
house, but nothing further was done about a building
until the grand jury complained of the lack of accommo-
dations, in 1861. The county commissioners then built
the main portion of the present brick building. Enoch
Fuller was the architect, and Simeon Flint and Abraham
122 THE COURT HOUSES IN SALEM,
Towle were the contractors. The building was heated by
steam from the boiler in the old building.
The building was dedicated to the use of the courts,
Friday, Oct. 3, 1862. Hon. James Kimball of Salem,
chairman of the board of county commissioners, presided,
and prayer was offered by Rev. Dr. Worcester. Judge
Otis P. Lord, in a brief and eloquent speech, accepted the
use of the building for the purposes of the courts. Abner
C. Goodell, Esq., register of probate and insolvency,
delivered an address, in which he described the rise and
progress of courts in the commonwealth and especially of
Essex county, and gave reminiscences of each of the old
buildings, with sketches of the prominent judges, lawyers
and trials. David Pulsifer, for many years assistant
clerk of courts and register of deeds in this county, gave
some interesting reminiscences of the courts, members of
the bar, etc.
In 1888, an addition of brick was made to the rear of
this building, at an expence of $14*7, 115.31. The archi-
tects were Wheelwright & Northend, and the contract-
ors Parsons and Peterson. To the first floor of this
addition, from the old stone building were removed the
offices of clerk of courts, county treasurer and county
commissioners. In the second story a small court room
was constructed, and a fine room for the law library, with
a massive fireplace similar to the one in the castle of Chillon.
This addition was dedicated on Saturday, Feb. 2, 1889,
with an address by Hon. Eben F. Stone of Newburyport
upon the character of Rufus Choate, Caleb Gushing and
Robert Rantoul, jr. In the evening there was a supper of
the bar in the new library hall.
The new court house, built in 1908 and 1909, was
opened for use in August, 1909. The main part of the
building is of granite, and the ell of gray brick. Its cost
was $379,469.16 including the heating plant, and the site
$62,000, in all $441,469.16.
The first story is devoted to the registry of deeds and
the second to the probate court. The architect was
Clarence H. Blackall of Boston, and the contractors, the
Woodbury and Leighton Company of Boston. The building
BY SIDNEY PBRLEY. 123
is fireproof and is unsurpassed, in New England, at least,
for substantial construction and convenient arrangement
and ample accomodations. The officials having charge of
the plans and construction of this building have acted
wisely in the performance of their duty.
ESSEX COUNTY NOTARIAL RECORDS,
1697-1768.
(Continued from Vol. XLVI, page 332.}
Protest. Abner West, master of the sloop Young Mo-
ses, made declaration that he belonged to a privateer sloop
of Rhode Island, Silas Cook, commander, and that she
took the Young Moses \ near Cape Raphael on Hispaniola
and that he with three other men belonging to the priva-
teer were put on board s d prize sloop and ordered to New-
port, R. I. On Oct. 23, they proceeded on their voyage
to Newport and on March 30 " they met with very hard
Gales of Wind from N. N. W. to N. N. E., and on the 7 th
of November following meeting with very hard Gales of
Wind at N. N. E., and not be able to carry any Sail were
obliged to Scudd before it and on Sunday the ninth of s d
month the wind continuing to blow very hard They split
their Mainsail and Foresail, and after mending Them on
Fryday the fourteenth the Wind blowing very hard at
West N W 8t They again Split their Sails which obliged
Them to make the first Harbour they could, and on last
Evening (with the Assistance of a fishing Sphoo r they met
with) [154] They arrived into Salem Harbour." Nov. 18,
1660. Robert Patterson and W m Taylor also made oath
to the same.
Protest. John Immanuel Lopez, master of the sloop
Young Moses, made declaration that on Sept. 4, he sailed
from Curacoa with a cargo of dry goods, s d sloop and
cargo being owned by Immanuel Lopez, a Dutch merchant
of Curacoa, bound for Cape Francois. After his arrival
there he sold his cargo and purchased 22 hogsheads of
white sugar and 277 bags of coffee, and on Oct. 4, sailed
with the above cargo, 2 barrels of indigo and some small
adventures belonging to his men, the whole being Dutch
(124)
ESSEX COUNTY NOTARIAL RECORDS. 125
property, bound home to Curacoa. On Oct 21, " was
stopt near Cape Raphael and taken by an English Priva-
teer Sloop belonging to Rhodeisland, one Silas Cook, Com-
mander, under Pretence of her having French Goods on
board, and taking out all his Men except himself and Mate,
he put a Prize Master (as he called him) and three more
of his Hands on board the Sloop, and ordered Them (as
He understood) to Rhodeisland, but meeting with bad
weather and contrary Winds, they brought us into Salem
in N. E. where we arrived last night." Nov. 18, 1760.
Peter de May, mate, also made oath to the same.
[155] B. Collett's receipt to Cap* Bartholomew Put-
nam for 2000 livres to purchase 4000 pounds of coffee.
Dated Pettit Burg, Oct. 22, 1760. Endorsed to Capt.
Josiah Orne by Bartholomew Putnam.
Protest, dated Island of Sancta Croix, Oct. 22, 1760.
Henry Collins, master, Nathan Leech, mate, and John Os-
borne, cooper, of the sloop Sally, of Salem, made declara-
tion that they sailed from the Island of Gaudeloupe on
Oct. 12, with 69 hogsheads of molasses, 10 hogshead of
sugar, 75 pounds of cotton, 2500. weight of coffee and
about 600 pieces of Eight in cash, and 600 pounds and
150 pounds weight of cotton, belonging to the crew ; that
being in Lat. 18. 40 about 8 or 9 o'clock on Oct. 18, about
6 or seven leagues to the eastward of Spanish Town the
" sd Sloop was taken by a French Schooner Privateer be-
longing to Martineco mounted with eight Carriage Guns
called the Fortune Commanded by Cap* Labordo who car-
ried the Sloop & Cargo into this Island of S* Croix the
21 st Day of October 1760."
[156] Protest. John Goodwin, master of the sloop
Swan of Falmouth, about 70 tons, made declaration that
on Mar. 4, he sailed from Falmouth, with a cargo of lum-
ber, bound for St. Eustatia, West Indies, and on Apr. 2,
in Lat. 20 and Long. 62 " We were chased by a French
Privateer Schooner, belonging to Martineco, called the
Mary Ann, commanded by one Francis Tuck, after pursu-
ing of Us, in less than four Hours he came up with Us
126 ESSEX COUNTY NOTARIAL RECORDS.
and took Us, and after some time agreeing with s d Priva-
teer, We ransomed our s d Sloop for one Thous d p s of
Eight, and then proceeded on our Voyage to S* Eustatia
and arrived there the third Day April, from thence we
sayld for S* Martins and from thence to Marblehead in
New England where we arrived the third Instant, June 4,
1761." Isaac Wait, mate, also made oath to the same.
Protest. Jan George Trowtveller, master of the
schooner Hope, 80 tons, made declaration that with six men
on May 18, they sailed from St. Croiz in the West Indies
for the Island of St. Thomas and thence to New England,
June 9, 1761.
[157] Note dated St. Eustatius, Dec. 17, 1751 given
by Jn French to Capt. Jonathan Gardner, jr., for 555 p s
of Eight and 4 Pryalls for ace* of Jonathan and Samuel
Gardner, merchants in Salem.
Protest. John Searing, mate of the sloop Industry of
Rhode Island, navigated with eleven men, Thomas Under-
wood, master, made declaration that on Feb. 24, they sailed
from Cape Coast on the Coast of Africa, having on board
105 negro slaves and that they pursued their voyage with-
out molestation until Apr. 10, in Lat. 2. 10 N and Long,
about 21. 30 W. " They were chased and in about six
Hours taken by a French ship of Warr of twenty six Guns
called the Bayone Commanded by one George King bound
as a Packet to the East Indies and taking out twenty of
their best Slaves carried them on board their Ships, also
took out Cap* Underwood the Master and eight of the
Men on board [158] their Ship and carried them with
them to the East Indies, leaving the Declarant & Sam 11
James the Cooper on board s d Sloop and puting ten Men
on board her They carried s d Sloop to the Granades
in the West Indies where they arrived about the third
Day of May following and there condemned s d Sloop and
Cargo, and from thence this Declarant got a Passage in a
Dutch Sloop to S' Eustatia where He arrived the Eleventh
of May from thence He got on board of a Sloop Jeremiah
Post Master bound to Marblehead in N. E. where He ar-
ESSEX COUNTY NOTARIAL RECORDS. 127
rived Yesterday being the tenth Instant" July 11, 1761.
Witness : John Searing.
Protest. W m Morgan, master of the sloop Swallow of
Salem, made declaration that on July 23, he sailed from
Salem for Monto Christo and on Aug. 15 " bore away for
the Island of Hispaniola and on the 17 th at four o'Clock
made the Land & rundown till Seven the next Evening
being about six Leagues from the Land, saw two small
Sails under the Land which he took to be two Spanish
Craft, he ran down till nine at Night when he saw a false
fire and soon after saw a sail right after them & immedi-
ately saw another, then he made all the sail he could to
run from them but found they came up with him very fast.
Whereupon he loaded all the Swivel Gunns he had, to
make all the Resistance he could and finding they came
up with him very fast before the wind, he haled close by
the Wind, but still they came up with him, and about
Eleven a Clock they fired a Shot that reached him, and
continued chasing and firing till about twelve when they
[159] were close along side of Him, and finding that he
could by no means get Clear was obliged to Strike to
them, being two French Privateers belonging to Cape
Francois the one Comanded by Bonet the other by
Fernanda and coming on board they took him and two of
his Men & carried Them on board one of the Privateers &
they made sail in for the Land, & next morning in the
dawning saw five sail of Dutchmen bound into the Cape
the Frenchmen told them they had taken a Prize and de-
sired them to Convoy them in which They readily con-
sented to & the next morning being the nineteenth We
arrived at the Cape where they condemned s d Sloop, and
this Declarant came from the Cape to Monte Christo and
from thence to Beverly where he arrived the nineteenth
Instant." Oct. 20, 1761. Sam u Town, mariner, made
oath to the same.
Obligation given by Benj a Clifford, now resident at
Danvers, mariner, to W m Eppes of Salem, Esq., for ,150.
Dated, Sept. 20, 1759. Witnesses: John Higginson, Sam u
Ward.
128 ESSEX COUNTY NOTARIAL EECOBDS.
[160] Protest. John Pile, master, and John Sher-
brook, mate of the schooner Susanna of London, made
declaration that on Nov. 24, they sailed from Capeling
Bay in Newfoundland bound for Salem, laden with dry
fish and on the 25 th in Lat. 45. 10 N. & Long. 52. 10 W.
" They met with a very hard gale of Wind from N. W.
to W. N. W. and at 6 o'Clock were obliged to bring too
under a double reeft Foresail and lay too for 24 Hours &
shipt seven Seas, and found that the Vessel made more
water than usual, and on the 28 th the wind from W. S. W.
to W. N. W. had hard Gales of Wind & squalls of Rain
at 10 o'Clock at Night were obliged to bring too under a
double reeft Foresail and at 4 in the morning set the
double reeft Mainsail & Jibb the weather being something
abated, but at six the Storm again increasing were obliged
to lay too for 10 Hours, and found the Vessel still made
more Water, and on the 5 th of December Instant met with
a hard gale of wind at E. S. E. and were obliged to lay too
for 4 Hours and on the 6 th at four in the afternoon have-
ing a hard gale of Wind were obliged to lay too for 61
Hours, and the wind varying from S W. S. W. which
blew with violent Gales with Showers of Hail & Rain and
the Storm still increasing and her Wast continually full of
water and the vessel making a great deal of water were
obliged almost constantly to keep the Pumps going and
on the seventh day we split the mainsail and were obliged
to lay too a Hull not being able to suffer the foresail on
her by reason of the violent Gale of Wind and a terrible
great Sea and therefore the declarants suspect the Cargo
has received much Dammage. They arrived at Salem the
14 th Instant."
[161] Protest. Benj* Chapman, master of the sloop
Molly, about 70 tons, owned by Israel Davis of Danvers,
Joseph Burnam, mate, and Nath 11 Davis, a principal sailor,
made declaration that they sailed " from Sheepscot River
(so called) in the Eastward parts of s d Province on the
21 st Instant at ab* 7 o'Clock in the morning Wind N. N.
W. and so continued till three in the afternoon, then
almost calm, so held till Dark, that we could make no
ESSEX COUNTY NOTABIAL BECOBDS. 129
Harbour so obliged to tarry out this Night good weather
for the Season, at 5 o'Clock handed foresail and took three
reeft mainsail & ballanced Jibb little & no wind all this
Night. 22 d this morning at 7 o'Clock made Boon Island
about a mile to the Westward of us, let out our Reefs and
stood for Cape Ann, at 9 o'Clock obliged to Reef again
wind Increased the Storm comes on very hard at two
o'Clock we judged we were abrest with Cape Ann the
Wind at E. N. E. very full of Snow that we could not
make the Land, so obliged to stand to the Southward and
Eastward as near as we could lay at 3 o'Clock the wind
and Sea so violent were obliged to Clear our Deck, the
Storm still increases, so we carried our ballance Sails to
keep clear of the Land so continued till Eleven at Night
then lost our Jibb by force of the wind a few Minutes after
carried away our mainsail & Boom altogether from the
Mast, at 12 laid her Head to the Westward & lay a Hull,
the wind at N East so continued till four o'Clock in the
morning of the 23 d , then the wind came at N Still a vio-
lent Sea agoing at 8 o'Clock made the Land judged it to
be Cape Cod, and then ran in under our foresail in order
to make a Harbour or to get a Shore to save Life, having
no Sail but our foresail, at one o'Clock ran on Shore being
to Leeward of Race Point and no possibility of making an
Harbour struck Shore on the back side of Truroe upon
Cape Cod at 3 o'Clock in the afternoon all got safe on
Shore with the assistance of the Inhabitants, our Vessel as
yet has taken no Damage and are in pursuit in saving
every thing that may be. Dec. 24, 1761, before Barnabas
Paine, Esq., of Truro, Justice of the Peace."
[162] Protest. John Hathorne, master of the sloop,
Charming Policy of Salem, made declaration that on Tues-
day, Dec. 22, they sailed from Monte Christo for Salem
and " at 8 o'Clock the same Night they sprang a Leak &
at 10 they put back for Monte Christo and got in the next
morning being y e 23 d Day and found they had near four
feet of Water in the Hold, and finding the Leak they stopt
it, but apprehend they have wet 30 H hds of Sugar, and on
Thursday the 24 th of s d month at one o'Clock they sayled
again for Salem and at 10 the same Night they carried
130 ESSEX COUNTY NOTARIAL RECORDS.
away their main Boom in the wake of the main sheet
block, and were obliged to go back and got in the 25 th
bought a new Boom, and on Sunday the 27 th sayled again
for Salem, and on y e 11 th of Jan y being in the Lat d of 37.
20 it being very Stormy and the wind blowing excessive
hard were obliged to lay by [163] under a reef d Foresail
and about one o'Clock S. W. Split s d Sayle to pieces, and
lay a Hull till three and on the 21 st of s d Month being
under a ballanc'd mainsail were obliged to Jibe s d Sayle
in an exceeding hard gale of wind carried away our Star-
bord Rail, Crotch, main Sheet and Boom Takle, and ar-
rived at Salem the 29 th Instant & apprehend that by rea-
son of the Leakiness of s d Sloop and the exceeding bad
weather, they have damnifyed very much of their Cargo."
Jan, 30, 1762.
Deed, dated Apr. 17, 1761. Anna Bartlett of Beverly,
widow of William Bartlett of Beverly, and executrix of
his estate, conveys to her son William, for love, " all the
Income, Produce & Profit of his Labour, Trade and Traf-
fick," until he reaches the age of 21 years. Witness :
Martha Beale. Acknowledged before Benj a Jones, Jus-
tice of the Peace, Apr. 27, 1761.
[164] Bill of Exchange, dated Louisburg, Mar. 6,
1762. Thirty days sight draft by James Ormsby on John
Calcraft, Esq., Channel Row, Westminster, to James
Nichols for 200. Endorsed by James Nichols. Another
similar bill dated Mar. 5, 1762 for 300.
Protest. W m Coles, master of the schooner William
and Mary of Marblehead made declaration that he sailed
from Gibraltar, May 14, bound for Marblehead, and on
June 14 in Lat. 39, 30' and Long, about 52. " He met
with two French Men of Warr bound from the West In-
dies to Brett and after being taken he ransomed s d Schoon-
er for 350 Sterling, and then proceeded on his Voyage
to Marblehead and arrived there the 25 th Instant." June
26, 1762. [165] W m Blackler, mate, and Jon a Adams,
mariner, also made oath to the above.
Note, dated Salem, Feb. 10, 1761 given by Samuell
Dove to M M Katharine Tucksbry, for 5 : Is : 8d.
ESSEX COUNTY NOTARIAL RECORDS. 131
Protest. Thomas Oliver, master of the sloop Charm-
ing Polly, made declaration that on Aug. 19 he sailed with
a load of salt bound for Marblehead from St. Martins,
West Indies, with six men, and on the 24 th in Lat. 23.
50' N and Long, about 65 54' W. " s d Sloop sprang a
Leak, and they used all possible means to stop it, but they
were not able to do do it though Cap* Jon a Peall with his
Company came on Board to their Assistance, but were
obliged to leave her having five or six feet of Water in
her Hold, and went on board s d Peall's Sloop, and arrived
in Salem Harbour on Saturday evening the Eighteenth
Instant, Sept. 20, 1762. Thomas Grush, mate, also made
oath to the same.
[166] Protest. William Battler, master of the schoon-
er Concord of Bristol, a Letter of Mark vessel, with 30
men, made declaration that on July 19 he sailed with a
load of wines from Madeira to Newfoundland and on Aug.
9 arrived there " & not having heard any Thing of its
being taken by the French went into the Harbour of S*
John's, and seeing English Colours flying, They had not
the least suspicion of its being in the Hands of the French,
and being under the Comand of their Guns, there came
off several Boats on board their Vessel and took them by
surprize Whereby they lost their Vessel and Cargo."
Sept. 29, 1762. W ra Gray, mate, and Rich* Gunn, boat-
swain, also made oath to the same.
Note, dated Salem, Feb. 4, 1762, given by Moses Mas-
ters and Abraham Masters to Joseph Grafton, jr., for
.100, four months.
Protest. George Ashby of Salem, master, Solomon
Cotton of Salem, master, and John Giddins of Salem,
foremast man, made declaration that on Oct. 31, they
sailed from Sheepscot in the Sloop Martha, about 80 tons,
loaded with lumber, "the Wind ab* N. N. W. the Wind
in the Night blowing hard lost the Mainsail the Vessel
very leaky was oblidged to Scudd before it having no
Sails we could Hoist run afore the Wind and about 12
o'Clock the next Day ran ashore at Scituate near Scituate
Harbour and there being lost." Dated Scituate, Nov. 3,
132 ESSEX COUNTY NOTARIAL RECORDS.
1761. Acknowledged before David Little, Justice of
the Peace.
[167] Will of Zebuhm Allen. In the Name of God
Amen I Zebulun Allen Mariner now belonging to His
Majestys Ship Plymouth being in bodily Health & of
sound & disposing mind and memory, but considering
the Perils and dangers of the Sea, & other uncertaintys of
this transitory Life do for avoiding Controversies after
my decease, make Publish and declare this my last Will &
Testament in manner following, that is to say, first I rec-
ommend my soul to God that gave it & my Body I comit
to the Earth or Sea as it shall please God to order, & as
for and concerning all my worldly Estate I give bequeath
& dispose thereof as follows. Imp r . I give and bequeath
nnto my well beloved Daughter Joanna Allen all & Sin-
gular such Sum or Sums of money Lands Tenements
Goods Chattels & Estate whatsoever, as were to me be-
queathed by my Father in his last Will & Testament as
also all the Sallary or Wages that shall be due owing or
belonging unto me for my Service on board His Majestys
Ship Plymouth & all the residue of such Wages Sum or
Sums of money Goods Chattels & Estate whatsoever as
shall be anyways due owing or belonging to me at the
time of my Decease 1 give & bequeath the same to my
well beloved Brother Robert Allen of Salem in New Eng-
land, Joyner, thereby appointing the s d Robert Allen sole
Executor." Dated, Oct. 9, 1741, at Gibraltar, " where no
Stampt Paper could be had." Witness : David Pain, Clk.
and John Price.
Power of attorney given by George Burns of New
York, gentleman, and Martha, his wife, late Martha Hicks
to James Ford of Salem, gentleman, to settle all claims in
this Province or the Province of New Hampshire, also to
recover possession of and divide the estate of Joshua
Hicks, Esq r in which they have an interest, also to lease
such property. [168] Dated July 27, 1761. Witnesses :
W m Epes, A. Epes. Acknowledged at Salem, July 29,
1761, before S. Curwen, Justice of the Peace.
(To be continued.)
THE HOUSES AND BUILDINGS OF
GROVELAND, MASS.
COMPILED IN 1854, BY ALFRED POORE, M. D.
(Continued fr&m Vol. XL FT/, page
MAIN STREET.
MITCHEL, ABIGAIL, widow, residence of, on Main st.,
since the house was built 1808-9, and George Mitchel lives
with her. Capt. Day Mitchel, her husband, built this
house in front of her father's old place. Mr. Mitchel kept
a store in a part of this house at one time.
MITCHEL, DAY, an old house of, near his step-mother's
house on Main st., which descended to him from his great-
grandfather, Capt. Daniel Greenough. This ancient place,
it is said, was owned by a Rolf who built the part of the
house that is now standing. Later, Capt Greenough
owned and lived here until he died and left it to his son
Benjamin in 1755. Upon Benjamin's death it descended to
his only child, who married Capt. Mitchel, and she left it to
her son Day, the present owner. Capt. Daniel Greenough
built a three story addition next to the street in which his
son Samuel Greenough lived seven years after he was mar-
ried, his mother living with them. The three story part
was later owned by Enoch Hardy, who came into posses-
sion of it by exchanging a piece of land where his father
Nathan lived, now owned by Mr. A. Atwood. Here he
or his sons lived until about 1819. Samuel resided there
about 1808-19, and John at one time. This part was
taken down in 181 . Other occupants : Nathaniel
Mitchel, after he came to this place about 1767 until about
7186, when he went to the James Bailey place ; Capt.
(133)
134 HOUSES AND BUILDINGS OP GROVELAND, MASS.,
Day Mitchel about 1786 to 1809; Amos Noyes, 1810;
Richard Woodman ; George Carle ton, 1810 ; Samuel Nor-
ris, 1812-27 ; Bailey, son of Joseph Hardy ; Samuel C.
Hovey, 3 months in 1830 ; Nathan Sargent, 1831-8 ; and
William Fowler, 1838-44. Enoch Hardy and sons had a
building on the river side of the street opposite the house,
where Samuel carried on the business of baking in easterly
part before he removed to Haverhill. In the westerly
part they carried on the tobacco business, and in the upper
part Enoch, the father, made shoes and exercised his
mechanical ingenuity.
GREENOUGH, NATHANIEL, residence of, formerly in an
old house that stood between and somewhat back of the
line of Leonard Balch's residence and Day Mitchel's old
house. Mr. Greenough's son John lived there until he
died, when his heirs sold out to Capt. Day Mitchel.
BALCH, LEONARD, residence of, since he built the house
in 1831, on Main st. The house is 39 x 29 feet and of
1 1-2 stories. An old house stood on this spot as long ago
as 1727, which was owned by Timothy Burbank, one of
the first of the name that lived in Groveland. In 1765
Retire H. Parker was living there, before he went to Par-
ker st. to live about 1788, and he sold it to his son Aaron.
Rev. Mr. Dutch resided there awhile ; afterwards, the house
was sold to Joseph Hardy, jr., who moved it to King st.
The land was sold to William Parker, of whom Mr. Balch
bought it. Other occupants were Eben. Carleton, when
first married and from 1850-3 ; Joseph C. Pecker, 1849-50 ;
and Charles W. Wentworth, Apr. 19, 1853 to 1854. In
the old house about 1790, Justin Daken, and his two sons-
in-law, David Coburn and John Shuff, resided.
Goss, JOHN, ancient residence, probably of, in a house
that stood where the Jewett House now stands on Main
st. After Mr. Goss died it was the home of his daughters
Hannah and Martha. Moses Pearson of Byfield married
Martha in 1766, and lived there. Alex. Steel occupied it
before it was taken down.
BY ALFRED POORE, M. D.
JEWETT HOUSE on Main st. is owned by Hiram
G. Knox, who bought it of J. S. Fullington in 1854. This
house was built and occupied about 1782 by William Ba-
con, who married a daughter of William Greenough, sr.
The carpenters were Ephraim Hardy and Moses Boynton,
who cut the timber and framed it in the woods near Little
Ponds. After Bacon, John Balch lived there from 1783-
90; Dr. Seth Jewett; Capt. Ephraim Emery ; Niles Tilden,
after he removed from where Ardis H. Walsh now lives ;
Moses Greenough, about 2 years ; Joseph Niles, about 5
years, who, previous to 1807, was a chaise maker and
worked in a shop that stood on the riverside opposite the
house. Dr. Eben Jewett lived there from 1807-8, then
from 1812, when he bought the place, until he died in
1817, and after that his widow and son Eben P. resided
here till Apr., 1842. Others who have lived in the house
are : Geo. Carleton, 1818, at the time of a great freshet in
the river when his son Geo. P. was born ; William H.
Balch ; John England, who married a dau. of Stephen
Jaques about 1820 ; Catherine Horton, now Mrs. Brown,
with Lydia Russell ; Aaron L. Clarke ; Leonard Balch,
1824-8; John Toppan, 1829; Capt. Alfred I. Stickney, 1829;
Erastus B. Stickney, 1829-31 and 1841-2 ; Enoch Adams;
Tyler Hardy, 1831-3 ; Gilbert P. Hardy, 1832-6 ; John
Pemberton, 1833-4; Allen Hardy, 1837 ; Thomas M. Hop-
kinson, 1834-6 and 1844-6 ; Chas. Hovey, about 1836-7;
Allen H. Goss, 1838-9 ; Alex. Lucy ; John I. Ladd; Da-
rius Hull, about 1842-3 ; Paul Hopkinson, jr., Feb.-May,
1847 ; John W. Libby, 1848 ; William H. Fowler, 1849-
53 ; John H., son of J. B. Hardy, 1853 ; Eben J. Hardy
from Nov., 1839 to June, 1854; widow Judith Clarke,
July-Sept., '54 ; Carleton Martin, Apr 8 to Oct. 12, 1854 ;
Joseph H. Hopkinson since Nov. 7, 1854 and Hiram G.
Knox since Nov. 8, 1854.
GRIFFITH, WILLIAM, JR., residence of, since 1842, on
Main st. This place was formerly owned by James Bailey,
whose first house was further back from the river on his
lot. With him probably Daniel Griffin, who married his
daughter Bulah lived a while and also his widow, who was
136 HOUSES AND BUILDINGS OP GROVELAND, MASS.,
his second wife. Stephen Burbank built an addition and
then Benj. Jaques bought the house, all except the wid-
ow's right, and sold out again before she died to Nathaniel
Mitchel and Joseph, his son. Nathaniel lived there from
about 1786 until he died, and Joseph Mitchel from his
marriage, about 1787, until he went to Boston, about 1811.
Next Amos Noyes lived there until he died in 1834,
after which his widow occupied it. Mr. Griffith bought it
of her in 1842. The lower part was let some of the time;
Leonard Hovey hired it from 1812 to 1818.
PAGE, JOHN, residence of, since May 1, 1847, on Main
st. Stephen Burbank built the western part of this house,
and lived there a while, then sold it to Benjamin Jaques,
who made an addition on the east. He moved in soon
after he was married to his second wife and they lived
there until 1783. William Bacon next owned and occu-
pied it until he went to Boston, then Eliphalet Rollins pur-
chased it and resided there until he died in 1818. After
that his widow occupied it until it was bought by George
Savary and others, who let it until Mr. Page bought it in
1847 of Patten. Those who have resided here are: Joseph
Savary, 1820-2 ; Moody Spofford ; Sewall Hardy, winter
of 1826-7 ; Leonard Hardy ; Niles Hardy, 1828-30 ; Moody
Emery, 1828-9 ; Samuel C. Hovey ; Nathan Sargent, 1838-
49 ; William Fowler, 182- to 1833 ; William Hopkinson,
1831-2; Samuel B. Hardy, about 1832; Gilman Hull,
about 1832; Darius Hull, 1837; E. Jewett Hardy, 1834-
6 ; William Lucy, who owned it a while; wid. Judith S.
Gile, 1848 ; and Parker Perry, 1850 ; perhaps Stephen
Farnura and William Jewett resided here in 1786. Jaques
and Rollins were traders and kept their goods in one part
of the house.
PARKEK, WOODBRIDGE, residence of, since his birth, on
Main st., west of Pecker st. William Greenough, sr.,
formerly owned this place, and left it to his son, William,
who lived there until he built his Louse where Abby and
Myra, his daughters, live. He then sold it to Enoch Lit-
tie, Mrs. Richardson's father, who sold it to Eliphalet Ord-
BY ALFRED POORE, M. D. 137
way. He lived there until Capt. Daniel Parker bought it,
the latter occupying it from 1807 until he died in 1844.
Since then his widow, who owns the house, and her chil-
dren have lived there. Other residents were Bartholomew
C. Pecker and Samuel Hardy, about 1795. The shop that
formerly stood on the opposite side of the street is now
sold to the widow of Daniel Hardy, who has removed it
to the rear of their place. William Greenough and Enoch
Little used a part of the house as a shop. Mr. Parker, in
company with E. T. Curtis, manufacture boots and shoes
in the upper part of E, and T. Greenough's building.
MITCHEL, PETER, place of, formerly owned by him,
where John H. Hardy now lives, on Main st., was previ-
ously owned by John Atwood. The latter sold it to James
Greenough when he came to East Bradford about 1763,and
when he went to West Bradford, where Benjamin Morse
now lives he sold it to Dea. Daniel Stickney, who occu-
pied it several years after his marriage. Then William
Little lived in it about two years after which Mr. Mitchel
bought it and lived there the remainder of his life. Wm.
Mitchel's heirs owned it until 1854, when they sold it at
auction, John I. Ladd being the purchaser. Other occu-
pants : Holden resided there next after J. Green-
ough ; Samuel Tyler, who afterwards resided on King st.;
and Charles Mitchel, after his uncle Peter died Aug., 1847-
53 ; John H., son of John B. Hardy, 1853-4 ; widow of
Mancil Hardy, 1853. A small shop owned by Bailey
Greenough used to stand on the bank between the house
and the traveled road. It was occupied by Dea. Stickney
while he lived in this house, for comb making and trading.
HARDY, CATHERINE S., widow, residence of, since Dec.,
1839, on Main st. Joseph Atwood, grandfather of Harriet
Newell, lived in this house several years before he died;
after that his daughters occupied it. Other occupants,
viz. : Samuel Hardy, about 1798 ; Leonard Hovey, 1811-2 ;
and widow Somes, now married to William Hopkinson,
1832-4. The basement was used by Joseph Atwood, jr., for
a bakery at one time. Mrs. Hardy's husband, Daniel Hardy,
repaired the house a few years before he died in 1848.
138 HOUSES AND BUILDINGS OF GBOVELAND, MASS.,
BLAISDEL PLACE. Formerly a building stood on the
river side of Main st. opposite widow C. S. Hardy's resi-
dence, which was occupied by Moses and James Atwood
before they removed to Haverhill. James made shoes in
the eastern part. After that Moses Parker fitted it up for
a residence for widow Blaisdel and Mary Coburn, who
came from Dracut, until it was broken up by a freshet and
a part of it with the household stuff was carried down
river. Thus the place was destroyed where the lads and
lasses about fifty years ago frequently met while perhaps
their " mothers did not ' always ' know the}' were out," to
have a social chat. Aunt Nabby, who was deaf, did not
understand their conversation, neither did they mind her
spinning wheel's hum.
GREENOUGH, BAILEY, residence of, since his birth, on
Main st. His father bought this house of John Atwood,
sr. It consisted of what is the north-easterly room of the
present house, with an addition. After his father died,
his widow lived there and she sold it to her son, the pres-
ent owner. Mr. Greenough's father was a blacksmith,
whose shop stood on the river bank nearly opposite Wood-
bridge Parker's residence.
GREENOUGH, EBEN, and Thomas, dealers in West India
goods, groceries and lumber. The yard where they keep
a part of their lumber is in the rear of their cottages where
Curtis and Ladd reside. Their shop, which is east of their
residence, was Peter Mitchel's, enlarged twice, the last
addition being made in 1852. Where this building stands
there was formerly a house, which was occupied by Joseph
Jennings, brother to John, until he died. His widow and
children lived there a while, and afterwards Samuel Green-
ough bought the place, sold it to Peter Mitchel, who in
turn sold it to Eben Greenough.
GREENOUGH, THOMAS, residence of, since Oct. 20, 1842,
in the house with his brother, Eben, on Main st. This
part of the house that he owns was occupied after Mr.
Geo. W. Noyes died, from 1837-42, by John I. Ladd. The
house was built about 1836 by Eben Greenough and his
brother-in-law, George W. Noyes.
BY ALFRED POOBE, M. D. 139
SIMMONDS, BETSEV, widow (Walliiigford), formerly a
residence of, many years ago, in a house that stood where
Ebenezer and Thomas Greenough's house now stands.
Charles Walker, who married her adopted daughter, re-
sided there from the time he was married in 1773 until
about 1786, when he left Bradford. After that, Mrs. Sim-
monds went to live in Bradstreet Parker's family, and
Nathaniel Mitchel, jr. resided there until about 1790, and
here his two children were born. The town then bought
it, let the widow of Samuel Atwood and John Jennings,
who married her daughter, live in it awhile, and then sold
it to Peter Mitchel. Widow McCarn once occupied one
of the chambers.
HOPKINSON, URIAH, residence of, since the autumn of
1819, which was the year he built this house on Main st.
His son George W., 1847-51, and Paul Hopkinson, jr.
have resided here.
HOPKINSON, GEORGE W., residence of, since May 26,
1851, on Scanty Point, Main st. Before 1780, and perhaps
as soon as he was married, Stephen Danforth lived at this*
place and after he died his widow remained. Others:
Thomas, son of Peter Cheney, who married Mr. Danforth's
daughter ; Sarah, widow of Jeremiah Kimball ; Thomas
Johnston; Leonard Hovey, about 1822-7; and Thomas
Kimball, Mrs. Willey's first husband's son. Then about
1828, Moses Parker repaired the house and Leonard Balch
lived there, 1828-31 ; John K. Sargent, until he was mar-
ried the 2d time ; Thos. H. Balch, 1839-40 ; Allen Hardy,
until his death ; Warren L. Parker; John I. Ladd, 1844-51 ;
Eliphalet, son of Stephen Danforth, lived there twice after
he came from Chester, before 1810, and in 1815. When
Mr. Parker died he gave this house to his grandson, Dr.
M. Parker, who sold it to Dr. Cogswell of Bradford.
HOPKINSON, THOMAS M., residence of, since Mar., 1851,
on Main st. About 1775, widow Molly McCarn lived at
this place, and after that, William Atwood, jr. occupied
it, until he died. Then his widow and William Burbank,
who married his daughter, lived here until Esquire William
140 HOUSES AND BUILDINGS OF GBOVELAND, MASS.,
Greenough bought it and made repairs. Since then it has
been let to Samuel C. Hovey, 1830-46 ; Nathaniel Jameson,
in 1846; Eben S. Page, 1846-1851; also widow Shuff
about 1829. Probably this house was originally a shop
that stood near Nathaniel Parker's house, once owned by
Daniel Hardy.
GREENOUGH, WILLIAM, ESQ., late residence of, where
his daughters Abigail and Myra reside, on Main st. The
estate includes the two houses next to the mansion. He
built this house in 1798, and occupied it until he died, in
1851.
JAMESON, NATHANIEL, residence of, since Jan., 1852,
on Main st. This house was formerly used as a store by
William Greenough, who afterwards made it into a two-
family dwelling. In the northern part Tyler Hardy re-
sided from 1833-44 ; George Sargent, 1844-7 ; Paul Hop-
kinson, jr., 1847-51 ; Mr. Jameson. In the southern part :
Varnum Marsh; Leonard Dresser; John I. Ladd, 1841-3;
widow Abigail B. Balch, 1842-3 ; Eben Carleton, 1845 ;
Thomas M. Hopkinsou, 1846-51 ; John Marble about three
months, 1851 ; Joseph H. Lake, 1851-2 ; W. L. Pemberton.
LADD, JOHN I., residence of, since May, 1851, on Main
st. The house was built by E. and T. Greenough, 1850-1.
CURTIS, E. T., residence of, since Nov., 1850, on Main st.
This house was built by E. & T. Greenough on land that
they bought of Nathaniel Parker, in 1850.
LADD, J. I., shoe manufactory, on the point where Main
and Liberty street are connected. The building was
erected in the fall of 1852.
PEMBERTON, JOHN, residence of, since 1810, on Main
st. The site of this house is where the ancestors of Mrs.
Pemberton have lived ever since the first one came to
town. Abraham Parker probably built the old house, then
his son Nathaniel, who had no children, gave his part to
Nathaniel Parker, his nephew, and Nathaniel, jr. left it to
BY ALFRED POORE, M. D. 141
Paul, who lived there until he went to live with his son
Nathaniel. Others connected with the family who have
lived there have been James Goodrich, about 1785-95, who
was a trader; Daniel Thurston ; Dr. Manley Hardy,
in 1804; Capt. Daniel Parker, about 1804-7; Dr. Eben
Jewett, 1810-2; Molly, an unmarried daughter of Robert
Mulliken resided in a chamber at one time. The old house
was destroyed by fire in Dec., 1833, and the present one
was built and they moved in during the August following.
PARKER, STEPHEN, residence of, since his house was
built, on Main st.. a few rods south of the station of the
Newburyport railroad. Daniel Parker, jr., his grand-
father, and Stephen Parker, his father, lived in a house
that stood where this one was built in 1830, which was 15
by 20 feet. Abraham, and his son, Daniel, sr., first of his
ancestors in Bradford, had his house south of and a little
nearer the Trout brook than this one stands. The shop
where he and his son, Alfred, do their boot and shoe man-
ufacturing business, and formerly their currying, is north
and near his residence. His tan yard is the one that Capt.
Phineas Hardy built by the brook on the opposite side of
the street, about 1790.
FOOT, MOSES, residence of, since July 26, 1826, on
Main st. This place was formerly owned by John Curtis,
who, it is said, built the house in 1782, the same year in
which Benjamin Morse built on Morse's Corner.
PARKER, FREDERICK, residence of, since his marriage,
on Main st. This house was built by Samuel, son of
Daniel Parker, on his father's land. It descended to his
son Samuel, jr., then Nathan, son of Samuel Parker, jr.,
lived there until he died, and now Nathan's son Frederick
owns and occupies it. He leased the western part to
Timothy Howard while building the railroad, and Hiram G.
Knox, 1851-4. Theodore, another son of Samuel Parker,
jr., resided there about 1813-5, and Nathan's daughter
Abigail B., resided there a while after her husband died,
and from 1848-50.
142 HOUSES AND BUILDINGS OF GROVELAND, MASS.,
PARKER, NATHANIEL, residence of, since June, 1831,
on Main st. The house was built by Capt. Phineas Par-
ker, who occupied it until he died, and left it to Manly
Hardy. He resided there from 1828-9 and 1831-5 and
sold out to Mr. Parker.
HARDY, ZECHARIAH, old place of, where a Hardy by
this name settled many years ago, southeast of Nathaniel
Parker's house. The site is now over grown with trees.
" Zachery " is the common name given to a path to the
old settlement, as also to the woods, hill and swamp on
this lot.
HARDY, ELIPHALET, CAPT., place, where a house stood*
formerly southwesterly of Nathaniel Parker's house on
Main st., occupied by Capt. E. Hardy, sr., and later his
son Solomon. Before the house was taken down it was
occupied by Noyes Jaques about 1803 ; Simon Hardy ;
and Eliphalet Danforth, twice, the last time in 1816.
Daniel, Capt. E. Hardy's father, bought this place of
Abraham Parker in 1701.
MULLIKEN, ROBERT, residence of, was formerly in Capt.
Jonathan Kimball's pasture,not far from Morse's Corner on
Main st. where he and probably his father lived. His sons
Daniel and Eben lived there. Then Francis Kirnball bought
the place and after his son Peter had lived there awhile, he
took down the buildings. He is a farmer and currier; his
tan yard and bark mill are on Kimball's brook, north of
Parker st., near the Bradford line. His currier's shop has
been back of his house but he is this year (1 854) building
a larger one on the opposite side of the street from his
residence.
PECKER'S LANE.
BURBANK, SAMUEL, Maj., late residence of, at the nead
of Burbank's lane. Since his death it has been divided
among his heirs, the house being owned by Mrs. Lyford.
Tradition says that a Douse, an Elliott and a Burbank
were owners sometime before 1763, which was at the time
BY ALFRED POORE, M. D. 143
Stephen Burbank bought the place and lived on it until
he died. Since his death his children have lived there.
Other occupants : Moses Foot, resided there, 1824-6 ; and
Leonard Hardy, when first married. Probably Lt. Thomas
Bailey owned the place and resided there before he re-
moved to West Haverhill. This place is on the Rogers
lot next to the Phillips lot.
HOVEY, LEONARD, once lived in a house that stood
where John Page's shop now stands on Burbank's lane,
from 1818-20. His widow also lived there as did her son
Samuel C., after he was married in 1826, until 1828.
George Huntress resided there about 1825. The house
was sold to J. B. Hardy and removed to County road.
MULLIKEN, EBEN, lived in a small house on the western
side of Burbank's lane, after he left the old house where
his father lived. His wife's name was Nickerson. After
he died, Daniel Clough, who married Mary, daughter of
William Atwood, resided here about 1793. James Hoi-
den, who married dough's aunt also resided there before
the house was taken down. This habitation was made
from Dea. P. Carleton's noon house that stood on Johnson's
brook where he built his vessel.
JUDKINS, HIRAM, residence of, since June 2, 1851, on
Pecker or Burbank's lane. This place was commenced by
Joseph Atwood, the baker, who built the one story part
where he lived. Isaac Durant, a cabinet maker, occupied
it about 1788 ; and other occupants were : Jonathan Low,
a lame man, who married a Tyler ; Daniel, son of Stephen
Hardy before he went into the country: John Shuff and
widow Dakin. Bartholomew C. Pecker then bought the
place, built on the two story part and lived there until his
decease, the property now being owned by his son-in-law.
PLEASANT STREET.
WENTWORTH, CHARLES WILLIAM, residence of, since
Nov. 13, 1854, in the new house which they built. The
frame was raised on June 27, 1854.
144 HOUSES AND BUILDINGS OF GEOVELAND, MASS.,
HARDY, EBEN J., residence of, since June 26, 1854, on
Pleasant st., where Eli and Hiram built a house for him in
the winter of 1853-4.
STOREY, HENRY, residence of, on Pleasant st. The
house was built after 1850.
ROLLINS STREET.
BARKER PLACE. On Rollins com., nearly opposite New-
ton's barn, stood a house that was burned about 1792. It
was built by Samuel Stickney for Jedediah Barker, who
married his daughter Sarah in 1757, and occupied it.
After that Sam 1 Hale owned and occupied it ; then Ste-
phen Foster, who let it to Thomas Knight about 1793-5 ;
Joseph Tenny, about 1772; Sam 1 Stickney, a tailor, from
Byfield, who married a daughter of Benjamin Atwood ;
Joseph Noyes, another tailor ; Rowell Foot ; Runnels Fos-
ter. It is said that a cat, unhurt by the fire, was seen to
leave the oven immediately after the house was destroyed.
ROLLINS, JOSEPH, Widow of, residence of, since 1803,
on Industry st. This house was made, with additions, from
the house that David Palmer occupied on the Jewett lot,
near Worcester st., by her husband just after Palmer had
left it, about 1803. Since Joseph Rollins died his widow
and children have occupied it, Eliphalet, the northern part,
and the others the other part.
AMES, NATHAN, formerly lived on same side of Indus-
try st. and near Eliphalet Rollins shop. He was a black-
smith and his shop was near the run S. E. of the house.
He died in 1766. Ameses have lived where E. Boynton
now does and some say where Mrs. Newton lives.
SARGENT, JOHN, formerly a residence of, on the east
side of Industry st. His daughter Patty was brought up
by Nathaniel Parker and married Eliphalet Rollins an
uncle to our Eliphalet Rollins.
BOYNTON, ENOCH, residence of, since Nov., 1847, on In-
dustry st. An old house formerly stood here, which was
BY ALFRED POOBE, M. D. 145
owned about 1775, by widow Mary Ames. Nathan Bur-
bank was here in 1795, then Capt. Caleb Burbank oc-
cupied it until 1806, when Thomas Stickney bought the
place and built the present house in 1807. He lived here
until he died and Mr. Boynton had it of his heirs after
living on the place with his mother before 1847. Other
occupants, viz : Thomas Wood, about 1822; Jesse Saunders,
1823 ; Isaac Adams, 1824-7 ; Abner Chase, 1828-30 ; and
1832-45; Gorham P. Tandy, 1828-35; Nath. Downs, 1835 ;
Thomas W. Stickney ; Thomas N. Crombie.
CHASE, ABNER, residence of, since Dec. 9, 1845, on In-
dustry st. He built his house on land that he bought of
the heirs of Samuel Foster, before owned by Stephen, his
father. Isaac Poor was the carpenter and the frame was
raised on Sept. 29th, 1845.
SALEM STREET.
BROWN, Lois, widow, residence of, since 1826, on
Salem st. Samuel Brown, her husband, built this house in
1826, the same year that his brother William built his, and
lived in it until he died in 1848. Elijah Clark occupied
a part of it about 8 months in 1837.
KIMBALL, E. HOWARD, residence of, since Oct., 1850, on
Salem st. Joseph Kim ball built this house nearly on the
site where a house formerly stood that probably belonged
to his ancestors. He left it to his son Jesse, who, when
he died, gave it to his sister, Mrs. Savary. She died in
Mar., 1851. George Peabody resided therefrom 1844-6 ;
James A. Banks, winter of 1845-6 ; Hannah Greenough,
1850-1; Thomas W. Perkins, 1853-1854; and Benj. L,
Dow, since Apr. 12, 1854.
BROWN, ABIGAIL, widow, residence of, since 1833, on
Salem st. She built her house on land that she had of her
brother Jesse and has resided there since it was built.
PEABODY, GEORGE, residence of, since Sept., 1846, on
Salem st. A Nathaniel Kimball formerly owned this
146 HOUSES AND BUILDINGS OF GROVELAND, MASS.,
place who went to Lebanon, N. H., about 1770, then An-
drew Peabody bought the place and built the present
house, which is exactly like the old one that was burned
in 1806. After his death, it was owned and occupied by
his children and now the part next to the street is owned
by George Peabody, his grandson, and the other part has
been occupied by Enoch Pressey since Oct., 1845. Others
who have lived here have been : Charles Peabody, 1814-5
and 1837-45, except the winter of 1840-1, when he was
in the West ; Benjamin Brown, till he died ; Richard Ren-
ton, about 1826 ; Sherburn Wiggin, 1830-5 ; and Daniel
A. Morse, in the winter of 1840-1.
KIMBALL, SETH, residence of, since Dec. 16, 1853, on
the old Nathaniel Woodman place, Salem st., near Pea-
body's corner. Many years ago Dea. Thomas Kimball
lived on this place and after him Jonathan Hardy, who re-
moved from a house that at the time stood on Shad point,
back of the present residence of Dr. Spofford. He sold it
to Capt. Asa Dodge, from New Rowley, who left it to his
son, Eben Dodge. Nathaniel Woodman bought the place
of Eben Dodge and occupied it until George Eaton and
Pottle Richardson bought it. They resided there from
1848-50 when they sold to Calvin Moulton, who lived
there until 1852. Other occupants: John Morse, 1818-9,
when the house was enlarged; James A. Banks, 1845;
Henry T. Parker, 1845; Dean R. Bartlett, 1852-3; and
Rodney Sargent, winter of 1852-3.
BAKTLETT, DEAN R., residence of, since he built his
house in 1853 on Salem st.
FELCH, DANIEL, M., residence of, since Apr., 1851, on
Salem st. Mr. Felch made his house, with additions, from
a building formerly the ell of George K. Montgomery's
house in Bradford, on land which was a portion of Seth
Kimball's farm, and his barn and shop from the black-
smith's shop that formerly belonged to Mr. Griffin. He
made an aqueduct from the hill on the opposite side of
the street.
BY ALFRED POORE, M. D. 147
ASH, S. C., widow, residence of, since July, 1852, on
Salem st., a cottage built for her by her father, Charles
Peabody, in the winter of 1851-2. D. M. Felch was the
carpenter.
GRIFFIN, JUDITH, widow, residence of, on Salem st.,
nearly all the time since her marriage. Daniel Kimball
built this house on his father's land in 1774. Capt. George
Griffin bought the place, and died there. He was a black-
smith, with a shop north of his house, which was sold to
Felch. Others who have occupied the house have been :
Nathaniel T. Kimball and Sam 1 A. Kimball, who married
her daughters ; Moses Jameson, 1835-6 ; widow Pember-
ton, now Mrs. Stickney, 1836-7 ; George H. A. Bachellor,
1849-51; William Bachellor; J. Noyes Jameson, 1847;
Bradley Atwood; Alanson F. Jenkins.
PEABODY, EDWARD C., residence of, since he built his
house in July, 1850, on Salem st. He built this house on
land that he bought of his father. Felch & Libby were
the carpenters. Mr. Peabody has recently removed to
Salem and John W. Libby now occupies the house.
GRIFFIN, MARK, jr., residence of, since Aug. 19, 1853,
on Salem st. This building, the second built wholly of
brick walls, was erected by Niles, son of Daniel Kimball,
and now owned by his brother, Moses D. Kimball. It has
been occupied by the following persons : southeast part as
a dwelling by John D. Foster, about 1839 ; James Davis;
J. A. Banks ; William O. Sides, 1846-54 ; and Mr. Griffin.
Store part has been occupied by Niles Kimball ; James Davis ;
Dow & Moore ; Walter Griffin and now by M. Griffin, Jr.
KIMBALL, SAMUEL, residence of, since 1829, on Salem
st. He made this house in 1829, from a wheelwright's
shop that occupied this site.
AMOS PARKER'S building, where he keeps a variety
goods store on the opposite corner from his house, was
built by Joseph Noyes for a shop, and here he manufac-
tured chaises about 1809. It has since been used as a
shop by Benjamin Pearl, John Bacon, and since 1820
by Mr Parker.
148 HOUSES AND BUILDINGS OF GEOVELAND, MASS.
KIMBALL, HANNAH, widow, residence of, since 179-,
at Kimball's corner. This house was built by her husband
Daniel Kimball, on land which he bought of his father
about 1798. Before that, his shoemaker's shop and trad-
ing store stood on the same spot. Here he kept a public
house from 1802 until he died, and since then his widow
and son, William P., have resided there most of the time.
Others who have lived here : Niles Kimball ; Calvin
Spofford; Daniel Boardman, from Georgetown; David,
son of Amasa Foster, in 1835; Christopher Rugg ; John
Foster, 1838 ; William Perry, about 1840 ; Daniel M.
Felch, 1849-51 ; and John W. Libby, Apr. 1st, 1852-4.
PARKER, AMOS, residence of, opposite Kimball's corner,
on Salem St. Thomas, son of Dea. Thomas Carleton, built
the house, and it was afterwards owned by William Parker,
Mr. Proctor, Joseph Noyes and Moses Parker, the latter
selling it to Amos Parker, the present owner. Among other
occupants were : Mr. Woodward ; Samuel, son of Dea. T.
Morse, 1784-6, when he went to Oxford ; Mr. Phillips, at
the same time as Morse ; Charles Peabody, 1812-4 ; George
H. A. Bachellor, 1814-30 ; John Morse, 1819-20, before he
went to West Bradford ; John Curtis and Josiah G. Tyler,
1825-33 ; Isaac Morse ; Benj. Pearl ; John Bacon ; Benj.
Balch ; Jonathan Foster, about 1834 ; John Parker ; Jacob
W. Reed, at the same time as J. G. Tyler ; Benjamin, son
of Dea. T. Morse, about 1783-5; and William Butrick.
SIDES, WILLIAM O., residence of, since Mar. 19, 1854,
on Salem St. Mr. Sides built his house, in 1853, on land
that he bought of the factory company. The carpenter
was Mr.Felch, and the frame was raised in August.
LIGHTHOUSE. This is a building that Esquire Reed
bought of Benjamin Brown and used for a peg factory on
Johnson's brook above the factory. In 1846 it was
moved to the eastern bank of the brook, back of the
Carleton house, converted into a dwelling and is now
owned by the Groveland Mill Co. Occupants have been :
William Reed and David Spurr, Englishmen who worked
in the factory ; Samuel B. Jones.
(To be continued.}
MARBLEHEAD IN THE YEAR 1700. NO. 6.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY.
THE accompanying map represents that portion of
Marblehead which lies eastwardly of Franklin, High and
Back streets and south of Pond street.
Franklin street was a highway as early as 1663 ; and
was called the highway or street of Marblehead in 1669 ;
ye street y* leads to the water side in 1677; ye street that
leads towards ye meeting house in 1711 ; the highway or
lane that leadeth down to the great harbour in 1717 ; ye
main street or highway in 1718; the street leading from
the old meeting house in 1739 ; the street leading from
the old meeting house to Ingall's cove in 1748 ; street near
the old meeting house in 1799 ; street leading to the fort
in 1817 ; Franklin place in 1846 ; and Franklin street in
1851.
High street was early travelled as a way to Red's
pond, over the common land, though perhaps not laid out
until about 1735. It was called the way that runs up
the hill in 1744 ; the highway to Red's pond in 1806 ; the
street or highway leading from Main street to the work-
house in 1808; and High street in 1845.
Back street was laid out about the time of the Revolu-
tion ; and was called the street leading to the land on
which the workhouse lately stood in 1828 ; and Back
street in 1835.
Pond street was laid out westwardly of Red's pond May
7, 1763, as follows : " Way on back side of the town,
leading from Beal's house, so called, to Red's pond, at
end next ferry lane from Beat's letad to Proctor's land
fifty-six feet; at the point of Libbee's land sixty-two feet;
from the northwest end of Libbee's house thirty feet ;
betwixt Libbey and Tarr's land forty feet ; betwixt Libby
(149)
150 MAKBLEHEAD IN THE YEAR 1700. NO. 6.
and Gerry fifty-six feet ; at gate leading into Harris'
house fifty-three feet ; then on a straight line to the wall
parting lands of Harris and Hayden, forty-two feet wide,
to lower division wall and at the corner where Bowen's
wall and Hayden 's wall meet at west corner of Ellis' lot,
fifty-six feet wide, at north corner of almshouse land
thirty-eight feet wide, and so to Wood's north corner, then
to Thomson's and Twisden's wall ; Red's pond and all the
conveniences about it to lie open for the use of the inhab-
itants."* This part was called the highway or road
leading to Red's pond in 1793. The part lying between
Red's pond and Orne street was laid out over the common
land between the private land and the burying ground and
pond about the beginning of the Revolution. It was
called the road that leads to Red's pond so called in 1779 ;
and a way from the north parts of Marblehead leading to
Red's pond in 1804. The entire street was called Pond
street in 1845.
The semi-circular highway shown on the map connect-
ing High and Pond streets is very ancient. It was called
a highway in 1673 ; ye footway in 1684 ; Pond lane in
1870 ; and a way leading from Back street to Red's pond
in 1885.
Cowell and Russell streets were laid out and so named
about 1873.
Orne street is an early way, and was called the highway
in 1671 ; the street in 1684 ; the street leading to Little
harbor in 1749 ; the main street in 1763 ; and Orne street
in 1836.
Front street was called ye highway to ye harbor in
1669 ; the way over the beach in 1733 ; the way to the
fort in 1742 ; the highway fronting ye great harbor in
1749 ; ye main street in 1753 ; the way leading from In-
gall's cove to the fort in 1786 ; street leading to Fort
Sewall in 1805 ; street leading from the old meeting house
to the fort in 1817; and Front street formerly Fore street,
in 1864.
The road between Great and Little harbor, was simply a
path used in common by the people who wished to go to
*Marblehead Town Records.
BY SIDNEY PEBLEY. 151
Little harbor that way as early as 1669. It extended
across the flats of Little harbor, being covered with water
at high tide. It was called a way in 1733 ; ye highway
leading to ye Fort by the way of Little harbour in 1749 ; a
highway in 1756 ; a way by Little harbor in 1796 ; highway
leading from the main street to the Fort in 1796 ; and
way leading from the road to Fort Sewall to Little harbor
in 1863.
Doak lane owes its inception to the sale of the house
lot of Ephraim Sandin from Moses Maverick to him on
Christmas day, 1677. Mr. Maverick gave him " the privi-
lege of a foot path from the water side to come to his
house in the marsh, that is to say, to come along by the
bank or on the bank, to carry one load or two of woode in
the winter."* March 9, 1681-2, Mr. Maverick agreed with
Mr. Reith that the lane should run at the western end of
Mr. Keith's lot as shown on the map.f It was called a
cartway for Ephraim Sandin's use in 1686 ; ye lane to
the house and land of Ephraim Sandin in 1686 ; ye lane
near Mr. Keith's in 1706 ; a passage way leading to land
of Ephraim Sandin in 1815 ; a way leading to the beach
in 1836 ; and Doak's lane in 1833. This name was given
it because a family of that name lived for several gener-
ations in a house which formerly stood at the head of the
lane.
The headland on which Fort Sewall stands was called
the fort hill in 1707, and Gale's head in 1723.
The little harbor was so called in 1694 ; and the cove
was known as little harbor in 1718. That part of the sea
lying at the northeast of the fort was called the sea in
1742; and part of the Great harbor in 1765. That part
of the sea to the south of the premises shown on the map
was called the harbor in 1686 ; Marblehead harbor in
1720; the harbor of Marblehead in 1722 ; Gale's cove in
1733 ; and the great harbor in 1746. The beach at this
place was known as Ingall's beach in 1801.
Red's pond was probably so called from the Reed or
Red family who lived near it.
*Essez Registry of Deeds, book 6, leaf 70.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 36, leaf 125.
152 MABBLEHEAD IN THE YEAB 1700. NO. 6.
The old burying ground was instituted in the first set-
tlement of the town. In it stood the first meeting house.
It was called common land in 1714 ; ye burying place of
Marblehead in 1724 ; the burying hill in 1730 ; the old
burying place in 1793 ;the old burying ground in 1803 ;
land and rocks called old burying hill in 1821 ; and the
old burying hill in 1824.
Watchhouse hill was so called in 1684.
The Fort. Because of the exposed situation of the
harbor, and upon the suggestion and encouragement of the
colonial government, a fortification was begun, in 1666,
upon the headland, which is now the site of Fort Sewall.
It was completed the next year. The town paid about
thirty-two pounds towards the expense of its construc-
tion. Two or more guns were furnished by the authori-
ties for its armament.
To defend the harbor against French cruisers, the fort
was rebuilt, and made a great deal more efficient, in the
years 1742 and 1743, under the direction of Sir Charles
Henry Frankland, who was then collector of the port of
Boston. The house of representatives, April 10, 1742,
Voted that his Excellency the Capt General be desired to give
orders that within twelve months there be Erected within the Town
or Harbor of Marblehead a good & sufficient Breastwork & Plat-
form built, & twelve Guns twelve pounders or others equivalent
mounted & all suitable warlike Stores procured, & that the sum of
Five-hundred & fifty pounds, be granted & paid.*
Nov. 11, 1743, the general court voted one hundred
and sixty-six pounds, thirteen shillings and four pence
more to complete the construction of the fort and its
equipment f Though the town had petitioned the gen-
eral authorities for such a defence as this a few years
previously, contention and ill feeling among the inhabi-
tants grew out of the whole matter.
Soon after 1793, active preparations were made
throughout the country in expectancy of a war with
France.
The old fort became a place of rendezvous for the en-
* Massachusetts Archives, volume 17, leaf 422.
t Massachusetts Archives, volume 17, leaf 548.
BY SIDNEY PEELBY. 153
listment of volunteers, and a company was stationed here
during the summer of 1798.
In the war with Great Britain, 1812-15, a company of
soldiers was recruited and mustered into the Federal ser-
vice, for duty at this fort; and in February, 1814, a
number of British prisoners were brought to Marblehead
and confined within this fortification.
When the Civil War broke out, the fort was in ruins,
and the citizens directed their attention to its reconstruc-
tion. Aug. 15, 1863, the town voted to appropriate four
thousand dollars towards the payment of laborers em-
ployed upon the repairs. The fort was not only
thoroughly repaired but considerably enlarged, though
the old magazine and several other features were allowed
to remain unchanged.
May 27, 1892, the town voted to accept the custody of
the fort, which had been ceded to the United States, and
the use of which for park purposes the latter had offered
to the town. It has since that date been used for park
purposes, and has proved an attractive and popular
resort.
In June, 1898, the fort was again garrisoned by United
States volunteers in consequence of the war with Spain.
This ancient fortification received the name of Fort
Sewall in or before the year 1805, in honor of Chief
Justice Samuel Sewall, a distinguished citizen of the
town.*
Ambrose Gale Lot. Moses Maverick of Marblehead,
merchant, paid the commoners four pounds in silver for
this neck of land, except the fort and the highway thereto,
Aug 15, 1673,-f and, for thirty-six pounds, he conveyed
this lot to Ambrose Gale of Marblehead, fisherman, April
15, 1674. J Mr. Gale was in the possession of the lot for
his fishing business in 1673. In the deed Mr. Maverick
reserved " the pr'vilidge of keeping a catch or other fish-
ing vessell, & convenient roome for making y* sd fish."
Mr. Gale built a fishing stage and fish fence upon the lot,
History and Traditions of Marblehead by Samuel Roads, jr.
tMarblehead Town Records.
{Essex Registry of Deeds, book 6, leaf 64.
154 MARBLEHEAD IN THE YEAR 1700. NO. 6.
and continued to use it for fishing purposes for many
years. It was owned in 1700 by Mr. Gale, but used by
his eldest son, Benjamin Gale, for the fishing business.
John Merritt and Heirs of William Brown House. These
two lots constituted the homestead of Arthur Sandy (or
Sanden, Sandin), one of the earliest inhabitants of Marble-
head. He was granted land there, by Salem, in 1638 ;
and in May, 1640, was licensed to keep an ordinary at
Marblehead, and this house was the first tavern in Mar-
blehead. He died in 1667, his dwelling house, garden,
orchard and outhouses being appraised at eighty-five
pounds. His administrator conveyed the eartern part of
the house and land to John Merritt of Marblehead, fisher-
man, June 21, 1669.* Some years later he made an
addition to his part of the house, and the whole was
standing at the time of his decease, in 1706. How much
longer the old part of the house stood is not clear.
Mr. Sandy's administrator conveyed the western part
of the house and land to William Brown of Marblehead,
fisherman, June 21, 1669.f Mr. Brown died about 1684 ;
and in 1686-7 this was described in a deed of adjoining
land as being the property of Richard Gross, who was
connected, probably, with the Brown family. The heirs
of William Brown were in the possession of his part of
the old house in 1700 ; and June 22, 1705, William
Brown of Marblehead, cordwainer, for thirty pounds and
sixteen shillings, mortgaged his interest in the house and
land to Elizur Keysor of Salem, tanner.:}:
James Merritt House. Nicholas Merritt of Marblehead
owned this land in 1669 ; and died possessed of it in 1686.
In his will he devised his estate to his four sons, John,
James, Samuel and Nicholas, who were to care for their
sisters ; and John, Samuel and Nicholas Merritt released
the house and lot to their brother James Merritt, Jan. 12,
1686-7. The house and lot were valued at eighty
pounds. Mr. Merritt probably removed the old house
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 97, leaf 28.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 3, leaf 68.
|Essez Registry of Deeds, book 17, leaf 80.
fEssex Registry of Deeds, book 35, leaf 108.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 155
shortly after 1700, building upon the site a new house,
and died possessed of the estate in 1713.
John Conant House. This lot was a part of the home-
stead of Lot Conant, yeoman, who lived in Marblehead as
early as 1657, and removed to Beverly about 1667. He
died, possessed of this house and lot, Sept. 29, 1674 ; and
the house, which was appraised at fire pounds, descended
to his son John Conant. The latter died possessed of it,
Sept. 30, 1724. The house was probably standing in
1700.
Robert Rowls House. This was also a part of the home-
stead of Lot Conant, who owned this lot of land, and li ved
in Marblehead, as early as 1657. He removed to Beverly
about 1667, and sold the house, orchard, garden, etc., to
John Trevy of Marblehead, fisherman, in or before 1669,
but gave him no deed of it until March 20, 1671.* The
house and land were owned by Robert Rowls of Marble-
head, fisherman, immediately afterward ; and he owned the
estate in 1700. How much longer the house stood is not
known.
Samuel Russell House. This lot was also a part of the
homestead of Lot Conant, as early as 1663, probably in
1657. He removed to that part of Salem which is now
Beverly, then called Bass river, in 1667 ; and sold this lot,
with the house thereon, to Vinson Stilson of Marblehead,
cordwainer, March 10, 1669-70. f Mr. Stilson conveyed the
house and lot, for fifty-four pounds, to Jonathan Bridg-
ham of Boston, tanner, Aug. 2, 16774 Mr. Bridgham
conveyed the same estate to Samuel Russell of Marble-
head June 29, 1678 ; and Mr. Russell owned it in 1700.
Apparently the house was then standing.
Richard Hanover House. This lot of land belonged to
Moses Maverick early, and he conveyed it with the lot
marked Samuel Clark to Matthew Clark of Marblehead,
fisherman, Feb. 18, 1663-4. || Mr. Clark conveyed this
part of the lot to Edmund Gale of Marblehead, fisherman,
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 3, leaf 140.
tEssez Registry of Deeds, book 3, leaf 181.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 4, leaf 174.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 5, leaf 9.
1! Essex Registry of Deeds, book 3, leaf 86.
156 MARBLEHEAD IN THE YEAR 1700. NO. 6.
on the same day.* Mr. Gale erected a dwelling house
thereon ; and, for eighty pounds and seven shillings, con-
veyed the house and lot to Richard Thistle, of Marble-
head, fisherman, June 28, 1669.f For eighty pounds,
Mr. Thistle conveyed the same estate to Richard Hanover
of Marblehead, mariner, Oct. 24, 16704 Mr. Hanover
(or Hanaford) died in 1709, having devised this estate to
his daughter Merriam Hanover. His daughter, Sarah
Ashton was then living in the house. Merriam conveyed
certain rooms in the house and one-half of the land to her
only brother Ebenezer *' Hannifer" of Marblehead, fisher-
man, Nov. 9, 1714. The leanto garret and lower room
are mentioned in the deed. The other half of the estate
also came to Ebenezer, and, before 1740, he apparently
removed the old house.
Samuel Clark Lot. This was a part of the lot conveyed
by Moses Maverick of Marblehead to Matthew Clark of
Marblehead, fisherman, Feb. 18, 1663-4. || Mr. Clark died
in the autumn of 1684, possessed of the lot, and in his will
gave his estate to his wife Abigail Clark. It came into
the hands of his son Samuel Clark.
Ambrose Grale Souses. Samuel Morgan of Beverly,
planter and cooper, owned this lot as early as 1670. For
seventy pounds, he conveyed to Ambrose Gale of Marble-
head, merchant, that part of the lot lying south of the
dashes, with the old house thereon, in 1682.^[ On that
part of the lot lying north of the dashes, Mr. Morgan
built a new house before Aug. 22, 1681, when for sixty
pounds, he conveyed to Mr. Gale the land and house.**
Shortly before his death, which occurred suddenly, says
his widow, in August, 1708, Mr. Gale apparently removed
the old houses and built a double house, possibly by the
union of the two buildings.
John Chinn House. This lot was very early in the pos-
session of Mr. Thomas Pitman, and was part of an orchard
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 3, leaf 18.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 3, leaf 73.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 3, leaf 97.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 79, leaf 102.
|| Essex Registry of Deeds, book 3, leaf 86.
TEssex Registry of Deeds, book 6, leaf 61.
**Essex Registry of Deeds, book 6, leaf 60.
BY SIDNEY PBELBY 157
belonging to Francis Johnson of Marblehead in 1655.
Mr. Johnson was called of Boston, gentleman. Sept. 29,
1670, when he conveyed this lot and some land adjoin-
ing to Mr. Thaddeus Riddan of Lynn, merchant.* Mr.
Riddan removed to Marblehead before July 30, 1677,
when he conveyed this lot to John Chinn of Marblehead. f
Mr. Chinn was a cooper, and built a house upon the lot ;
dying possessed of the house and land before Sept. 23,
1712, when administration was granted upon his estate.
The homestead was inventoried at one hundred and five
pounds. Mr. Chinn left a widow, Rebecca, and children,
George Chinn, Elizabeth Chinn and Rebecca Chinn.
Rebecca Chinn died : 12 mo : 1717, and George Chinn
released the house and land to his widowed sister Eliza-
beth Carter, June 17, 1718.$ Mrs. Carter, married,
secondly, John Crowell of Manchester before Dec. 17,
1722, when they conveyed the house and garden to
Ebenezer Hawkes of Marblehead, blacksmith. Mr.
Hawkes conveyed the lot and house, " known as the John
Chinn house," and then occupied by George Chinn, to
Thomas Kimball of Marblehead, tailor, Jan. 21, 1722-3.||
For twenty-five pounds, Mr. Kimball conveyed his " now
dwelling house" and land to his son Thomas Kimball of
Marblehead, Nov. 3, 1742.1" Mr. Kimball, the son, was
a mariner, and the old house was probably taken down by
Mr. Kimball before 1764.
John Riddan House. That part of this lot which lies
southerly of the dashes was very early in the possession
of Mr. Thomas Pitman, and was an orchard belonging to
Francis Johnson of Marblehead in 1655.
That part of the lot lying northerly of the dashes was
in the possession of Walsingham Chillson of Marblehead,
July 13, 1655, when he and his wife Mary conveyed it
with " my dwelling house" thereon, to Mr. Johnson,**
who probably removed the house to the southern end of
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 3, leaf 94.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 5, leaf 38.
{Essex Registry of Deeds, book 35, leaf 54.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 41, leaf 104.
IIEssex Registry of Deeds, book 43, leaf 146.
ITEssex Registry of Deeds, book 112, leaf 244.
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 13, leaf 242.
158 MABBLEHEAD IN THE YEAR 1700. NO. 6.
the entire lot before Sept. 29, 1670, when, living in
Boston and being called a gentleman, he conveyed the
lot, with the small old house at its southern end, to Mr.
Thaddeus Riddan of Lynn, merchant.* Mr. Riddan re-
moved to Marblehead before 1677, and lived in this house,
wherein he died in January, 1690. His widow, Elizabeth
Riddan of Marblehead, spinster, leased the estate to her
son John Riddan, that is, her right, therein for nine hun-
dred and ninety-nine years, Jan. 10, 1690-lf and John
Riddan apparently removed the old house before 1719,
when he died.
The northwesterly end of this lot, near the stocks,
was granted to John Riddan by the trustees for the com-
moners.^:
Richard Reith House. This lot of land was the prop-
erty of Moses Maverick of Marblehead, merchant, very
early. For nine pounds, he sold it to Richard Reith of
Marblehead, fisherman, Jan. 18, 1668. It included that
part of the lane next the street until March 9, 1681-2,
when he released it to Mr. Maverick, so that Ephraim
Sandin, to whom Mr. Maverick had sold a house and land
in the rear, could have a right of way to the street. || Mr.
Reith built a house upon the lot, and died possessed of
the estate Feb. 28, 1707-8, at the age of seventy-three.
In the division of the estate, the widow, Ann, had the
west end of the house, and son Richard the east end. She
died in March, 1729-30, at the age of seventy-seven.
How much longer the house stood is unknown to the
writer.
Ambrose Gf-ale House. This was the house and lot of
Rebecca Cradock alias Glover, which she, for fifteen pounds,
conveyed, by his attorney Nicholas Davison, to Rev. Wil-
liam Walton of Marblehead, June 6, 1650.1 Mr. Walton
was living in the house at that time. Mr. Walton died
in 1685 ; and the house and lot became the homestead of
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 3, leaf 94.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 14, leaf 44.
JMarblehead Town Records.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 3, leaf 136.
IIEssex Registry of Deeds, book 36, leaf 125.
If Essex Registry of Deeds, book 1, leaf 24.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 159
his son Samuel Walton of Marblehead, mariner. Samuel
Walton conveyed the house and land, " whereon we now
dwell," except a cartway for Ephraim Sandin's use, to
Ambrose Gale of Marblehead, merchant, Sept. 20, 1686.*
Mr. Gale conveyed the house and lot to Joseph Gallison
of Marblehead, fisherman, Dec. 31, 1706.f Mr. Gallison
died in 1754 ; and in the division of his estate, June 16,
1756, the old house and land about it were assigned to
his grandson, John Gallison of Marblehead, gentleman.
The house was probably gone soon afterward.
Ephraim Sandin House. The part of this lot which
lies easterly of the dashes was conveyed by Samuel Wal-
ton of Marblehead, fisherman, to Moses Maverick of
Marblehead, merchant, with the " dwelling house upon
y e hill in y e marsh formerly caled the little neck," Nov.
16, 16714 Mr. Maverick conveyed the house and lot,
with the privilege of a footpath from the water side to
come to his house in the marsh along the bank, to carry
one or two loads of wood in the winter, to Ephraim Sandin
of Marblehead, Dec. 25, 1677.
That part of the lot lying northwesterly of the dashes
belonged to " Mr. Walton" in 1670 ; and Rev. William
Walton was probably its owner until his death in 1685.
His estate was then divided ; and this part of the lot was
conveyed by his son Samuel Walton of Marblehead,
mariner, to Ambrose Gale of Marblehead, merchant, Sept.
20, 1686. || This was a part of Mr. Gale's orchard ; and
he conveyed it to his son-in-law Ephraim Sandin, Aug.
14, 1695.^[ Two other lots were added by Mr. Sandin,
by purchase from Nathaniel Walton, two days later, one
being at the " northern end of Mr. Sandin's house," and
measuring three by two and one-half rods, and the other
lot being a piece of meadow at the bottom of his meadow,
four and one-half by three rods, but their exact location
cannot be determined. Mr. Sandin died possessed of the
* Essex Registry of Deeds, book 7, leaf 115.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 19, leaf 127.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 4, leaf 132.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 6, leaf 70.
II Essex Registry of Deeds, book 7, leaf 115.
^ Essex Registry of Deeds, book 13, leaf 277.
160 MARBLEHEAD IN THE YEAR 1700. NO. 6.
estate in August, 1731, at the age of seventy-seven. Prob-
ably the ancient house was gone soon afterward, even if
it was then in existence.
Nathaniel Walton Lot. This lot of land was probably
granted to Rev. William Walton, the first minister in the
settlement, who began to preach here in 1638. He died
in 1668, and his son Nathaniel Walton owned it the next
year, and continued to own it until 1705.
Rev. Samuel Cheever Lot. This lot of land was origi-
nally the property of Moses Maverick. He died Jan. 28,
1685-6 ; and the administrator of the estate of John Tur-
ner, deceased, and of Charles Redford, deceased, who
married Mr. Turner's widow, Elizabeth, daughter of Mr.
Maverick, for seventy pounds, conveyed this lot of meadow
and salt marsh to Rev. Samuel Cheever of Marblehead,
April 9, 1694.* Mr. Cheever died possessed of it May 29,
1724, at the age of eighty-four.
Edward Diamond House. The southern part of the
lot early belonged to George Bonfield of Marblehead ;
and Moses Maverick of Marblehead, merchant, conveyed
the house and land to Edward Diamond of Marblehead,
fisherman, March 20, 1671-2.f The house was gone ap-
parently before 1696.
The remainder of the lot early belonged to John Peach,
jr., who conveyed it to John Norman of Manchester, and
Mr. Norman conveyed it to Robert Knight of Marblehead,
Sept. 28, 1651.$ Tne nouse was built before 1671, when
it belonged to Robert Knight. Mr. Knight conveyed the
house, garden and orchard to Edward Diamond of Mar-
blehead, Oct. 22, 1691.
Mr. Diamond conveyed to his son Thomas Diamond of
Marblehead, fisherman, the southwestern half of his house
and lot, dividing the house through the stack of chimneys,
Dec. 19, 1709 ;|| and on the same day he conveyed to his
son Aholiab Diamond of Marblehead, mariner, the north-
eastern part of the house and land, this part of the house
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 10, leaf 24.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 4, leaf 17.
JEssex Registry of Deeds, book 5, leaf 111.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 9, leaf 24.
II Essex Registry of Deeds, book 21, leaf 200.
BY SIDNEY PEBLEY. 161
being new and unfinished.* Aholiab Diamond was a
fisherman, and conveyed his part of the house and land to
Joseph Diamond of Marblehead, fisherman, Nov. 16,
1714. f Joseph Diamond conveyed it, for sixty-four
pounds, to Col. Samuel Browne of Salem, esquire, Feb.
27, 1719-20 ;:{: and Colonel Browne conveyed it to Joseph
Hine of Marblehead, fisherman, June 5, 1728.
Thomas Diamond conveyed his part of the house, gar-
den and orchard to Nathaniel Norden of Marblehead,
esquire, June 25, 1716 ;|| and Mr. Norden, for sixty
pounds, conveyed the said southwestern part of the house,
garden and orchard to William Gross of Marblehead,
fisherman, June 6, 1723.T The same part of the house
and land came into the possession of the heirs of Thomas
Diamond's father, Edward Diamond, whose heirs, William
Diamond of Marblehead, shoreman, Thomas Diamond of
Salem, fisherman, Aholiab Diamond of Beverly, fisherman,
Mary Tucker of Marblehead, widow, William Fettyplace
of Marblehead, fisherman, and wife Hannah, Thomas Tre-
fry of Marblehead, fisherman, and wife Rebecca, Michael
Wormstill and John Worinstill, both of Marblehead, fish-
ermen, and they conveyed it to Joseph Diamond of Salem,
fisherman, who had served his father, Edward Diamond of
Marblehead, now deceased, after his time was out and not
been paid therefor, Feb. 6, 1732.** Joseph Diamond,
for forty shillings, conveyed to John Hine of Marblehead,
joiner, this southwestern part of the lot, the line dividing
it being " where was the old chimney of y e house late on
said land," April 24, 1753.ff
Estate of Moses Maverick Lot. This was early known
as Walton's orchard, and belonged to the estate of Moses
Maverick in 1700.
John Norman Lot. This lot of land belonged to John
Norman in 1700, being his garden.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 24, leaf 1.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 37, leaf 76.
{Essex Registry of Deeds, book 35, leaf 247.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 51, leaf 56.
II Essex Registry of Deeds, book 30, leaf 80.
TEssex Registry of Deeds, book 42, leaf 13.
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 61, leaf 230.
t tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 98, leaf 185.
162 MARBLEHEAD IN THE YEAR 1700. NO. 6.
Archibald Ferguson Lot. This lot of land belonged to
Archibald Ferguson in 1699 and 1700.
Francis Raines House. This house and lot of land early
belonged to John Lyon of Marblehead, fisherman, who,
for fifteen pounds, conveyed the estate to Moses Maverick
of Marblehead, 17 : 6 : 1653.* The house had a leanto
and there was a shop upon the land when Mr. Maverick
died, Jan. 28, 1686-6, intestate. His children and grand-
children agreed, Nov. 29, 1698, that the housing, being
much decayed and in a ruinous condition, and the land
should be sold, and appointed Moses Hawks of Lynn,
planter, and Archibald Ferguson of Marblehead, mariner,
to make sales and execute deeds, f Messrs. Hawks and
Ferguson, for one hundred and one pounds, conveyed the
land and buildings to Francis Haines of Marblehead,
gunsmith, Aug. 16, 1699.$ Mr. Haines, for fifty-eight
pounds, conveyed the southern half of the house and that
part of the lot to Jonathan Thompson of Marblehead,
mason, Nov. 6, 1702 ; and the northern half of the house
and that part of the land to Joshua Orne of Marblehead,
cordwainer, March 29, 1707.|| The house had a leanto,
in which was a chamber. Apparently the house stood for
some years afterward.
Estate of Henry Stacey Lot. This land originally be-
longed to Moses Maverick, and Henry Stacey, who then
had his dwelling house thereon, in 1671. Mr. Stacey
died in the autumn of 1689, having devised his estate to
his wife Jane, and after her decease to his daughter
Martha. The house and land were then appraised at forty-
five pounds. The widow married Samuel Reed of
Marblehead, fisherman, in 1692, and they, his wife Jane
being executrix of the will of Mr. Stacey, conveyed the
land to Capt. John Calley of Marblehead, mariner, March
8, 1705-6.^[ The house was gone in 1699, and for many
years subsequently this lotwas known as Stacey's orchard.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 1, leaf 28.
t Essex Probate Records, book 306, page 115.
{Essex Registry of Deeds, book 13, leaf 169.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 18, leaf 6.
|| Essex Registry of Deeds, book 20, leaf 45.
TEssex Registry of Deeds, book 30, leaf 195.
BY SIDNEY PBRLEY. 163
Rev. Samuel Cheever House. This land was originally
a part of the large lot of Moses Maverick of Marblehead,
merchant, and Rev. Samuel Cheever of Marblehead built
a dwelling upon that part of the lot lying easterly of the
dashes before Aug. 31, 1671, when Mr. Maverick con-
veyed that part of the lot to him.* That portion of the lot
lying westerly of the dashes was the easterly part of
the lot that Mr. Maverick conveyed to Capt. Samuel
Ward of Marblehead, cooper, Jan. 13, 167l.f Captain
Ward became a vintner, and conveyed this part of the'lot,
with an old cornhouse thereon, to Mr. Cheever, Jan. 9,
1684. | Mr. Cheever died, possessed of the house and
land, May 29, 1724, but the house was gone before Nov.
15, 1758, when a division of the real estate was made.
Ambrose Gale, ST., Lot and Ambrose Gale, jr., House
These lots of land were originally a part of the large lot.
of Moses Maverick of Marblehead, merchant ; and on it
Capt. Samuel Ward of Marblehead, cooper, erected a
dwelling house, in which he lived, before Jan. 31, 1671,
when Mr. Maverick conveyed the land to him. Mr. Ward
became a vintner, and, for one hundred and seventy
pounds, conveyed this lot and the buildings thereon to
Ambrose Gale of Marblehead, merchant, March 30,
1686. || Mr. Gale, for love, conveyed to his son Ambrose
Gale of Marblehead, mariner, the house, shop and land
northeasterly of the brook, Aug. 8, 1695.^[ Mr. Gale,
the father, died, possessed of the barn and land on the
southwestern side of the brook, in August, 1708. The
son, Ambrose Gale, died, possessed of his lot and house,
1: 4 mo: 1717, and his three surviving children,
Elizabeth, wife of John Blackler, Mary, wife of Nicho-
las Edgecome, and Deborah, wife of John Stadden, all
the sons-in-law being of Marblehead, fishermen, divided
the estate Nov. 9, 1719. Mr. and Mrs. Blackler and
and Mr. and Mrs. Stadden released to Mrs. Edgecome
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 4, leaf 127.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 7, leaf 3.
{Essex Registry of Deeds, book 7, leaf 78.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 7, leaf 3.
II Essex Registry of Deeds, book 7, leaf 114.
IfEssex Registry of Deeds, book 11, leaf 47.
164 MARBLEHEAD IN THE YEAR 1700. NO. 6.
the southwestern half of the "old mansion house"
and part of the leanto, the line running through the
stack of chimneys ;* and Mr. and Mrs. Edgecome and
Mr. and Mrs. Blackler released to Mrs. Stadden the
northeastern half of the house, f Mrs. Stadden was a
widow July 27, 1744 when, for forty pounds, she con-
veyed her half of the house and land to Joseph Swett of
Marblehead, merchant.^ Mr. Swett died before July 20,
1761, when the estate was divided, this half of the house
and lot being assigned to Sarah wife of Benjamin Marston
of Marblehead, merchant. Mr. and Mrs. Marston
conveyed the same half house and land, for fifty pounds
to Elias Hammond of Marblehead, fisherman, Aug. 3,
1761. || The house was probably gone soon after.
Francis Richardson House. Francis Haynes of Marble-
head, gunsmith, and wife Elizabeth, for eighty-four
pounds, conveyed this lot, with the house and smith's
shop thereon, to Francis Richardson of Marblehead,
cooper, Aug. 10, 1699.^[ Mr. Richardson built an addi-
tion to the house on its western end ; and died, possessed
of the estate, Dec. 2, 1727, at the age of fifty-seven.
The estate was divided in December, 1733, and the old
end of the house with the leanto and that part of the land
was assigned to his son John Richardson, and the new
part of the house and that part of the lot was assigned to
his son William Richardson.
Samuel Reed House. This lot belonged to James Watts
of Marblehead, fisherman, before March 22, 1671, when
he conveyed it to Samuel Reed of Marblehead, fisherman.**
Mr. Reed conveyed the land with the " old house and old
barn" thereon to Capt. John Galley of Marblehead, mari-
ner, March 29, 1716.ff Probably the house stood but a
few years longer.
Thomas Ellis House. James Watts owned this lot in
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 44, leaf 10.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 58, leaf 224.
JEssex Registry of Deeds, book 85, leaf 170.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 110, leaf 60.
II Essex Registry of Deeds, book 109, leaf 223.
lEssex Registry of Deeds, book 14, leaf 66.
**Essex Registry of Deeds, book 7, leaf 104.
ttEssex Registry of Deeds, book 30, leaf 194.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 165
1671 and as late as 1695 ; and with the house thereon it
subsequently belonged to Thomas Ellis of Marblehead,
who died before Jan. 19, 1714, when administration upon
his estate was granted to his kinsman John White of
Marblehead, fisherman. The house was then called " a little
old house." Mr. White, then a coaster, as administrator,
conveyed one-half of the house and land which belonged
to the estate at that time to Edward Norris of Salem,
joiner, Dec. 26, 1715;* and Mr. Norris reconveyed the
estate, to Mr. White, Jan. 30, I715.f The house was gone
before April 15, 1738, when Mr. White conveyed the
lot to Samuel Twisden of Marblehead, fisherman.^
Thomas Pitman Lot. This lot of swamp was laid out
to Lt. Samuel Ward, June 19, 1673. Captain Ward lived
in Marblehead, being a vintner, and conveyed this lot to
Thomas Pitman, sr., of Salem, planter, Jan. 28, 1684. ||
Mr. Pitman died, possessed of the lot, in the summer of
1694. This land was then appraised at fifteen pounds. In
the division of the estate this lot was divided among four
or five of the children. The son Thomas Pitman of Mar-
blehead, mariner, became the possessor of certain release
deeds in 1696.1" Mr - Pitman owned the lot in 1700.
Ellas Fortune House. This lot of land was granted to
Elias Fortune of Marblehead, fisherman, in or before
1673, and it was confirmed to him Jan. 24, 1684.** He
erected a house upon the lot in or before 1673, and lived
in it. He died in the autumn of 1705, having in his will
devised his estate to his wife Mary during her widowhood,
and then to his eight children, Elias (eldest), John, Sam-
uel, Elizabeth, Sarah, Mary, Rebecca and Anna. Mrs.
Fortune conveyed " that cottage or dwelling place in Mar-
blehead where my said husband formerly dwelt and 1 now
dwell, being an old small dwelling house and land it stands
on," eighteen feet square, to her son Samuel Fortune of
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 27, leaf 219.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 28, leaf 148.
JEssex Registry of Deeds, book 77, leaf 213.
Marblehead Town Records.
II Essex Registry of Deeds, book 7, leaf 78.
lIEssex Registry of Deeds, book 12, leaves 18, 129, etc.
**Essex Registry of Deedg, book 39, leaf 22.
166 MARBLEHEAD IN THE YEAR 1700. NO. 6.
Marblehead, fisherman, July 8, 1721.* The house was gone
Oct. 24, 1729, when Mr. Fortune conveyed to his brother-
in-law, Samuel Twisden of Marblehead, shoreman, the
land on which the late mansion house of my father Elias
Fortune formerly stood, f
Thomas Ellis House, Thomas Ellis built his dwelling
house upon this lot before Feb. 17, 1663, when the town
granted to him ' the land he has enclosed by his house.":}:
He died, possessed of the estate, before Jan. 25, 1714-6,
when administration upon his estate was granted to his
kinsman John White, sr., of Marblehead, fisherman. Both
dwelling house and barn were then called " old." The
administrator, in that capacity, conveyed the old house,
little old barn, and the orchard and land to George Lock-
ier of Salem, yeoman, Sept. 9, 1715 ; and Mr. Lockier
reconveyed the estate to John White of Marblehead,
coaster, Oct. 4, 1715. || Mr. White conveyed the " old
dwelling house" and old orchard and land to Moses Tyler
of Boston, shipwright, March 4, 1728-4.^[ The house
was gone in 1746, when Mr. Tyler conveyed the land.**
Marblehead Town Records.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 55, leaf 96.
JMarblehead Town Records.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 27, leaf 178.
R Essex Registry of Deeds, book 29, leaf 151.
ITEssex Registry of Deeds, book 50, leaf 219.
**Essex Registry of Deeds, book 90, leaf 262.
THE HARDY FAMILY OF BRADFORD.
COMPILED BY DAVID W. HOYT.
1 Thomas 1 Hardy,* of Boston, Ipswich, Rowley, and
Bradford,! b. about 1605; m. ANN , who was his wife
in 1670. He went with John Winthrop, jun., from Boston
in 1633, to begin a plantation at "Agawam," and was
therefore one of the first settlers of Ipswich, his name ap-
pearing several times on the first book of records. He re-
moved to Rowley about 1653 and to Bradford about 1663.
He d. Jan. 4, 1677-8 [Bd.] ; will Dec. 12, 1677; March
26, 1678 ; wife mentioned, no name given. "Anah widow
of Thomas Hardy" was " received by confession" to the
Bradford church, Nov. 14, 16824
Children :
2. i. THOMAS 2 , b. about 1635; m. Nov. 22, 1664, MEBCT TKNNY.+
3. n. SABAH 2 , b. ; m. July 1, 1661 [Hv.] WILLIAM HUTOHINS,
of Bradford. Several children on Haverhill and Bradford
records, b. 1662-81. She d. Sept. 19, 1684 [Bd.].
4. ill. MABY*, b. ; m. about 1665, SAMUEL' CURRIER (Rich-
ard 1 f). [See Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury.]
6. iv. JOSEPH 3 , Corporal, b. about 1642; d. Jan. 11, 1726-7 [Bd.].
He was Joseph, sen. after 1605; resided in Bradford, and
is frequently mentioned in deeds. There is no record of
JOHH 1 HABDY of Salem, free, 1634, who, Savage says, was perhaps
brother of Thomas 1 , d. about 1652. He was the ancestor of another
family, through his son Joseph', of Salem, who d. in 1688. [See Sav-
age]. We have found no proof of the relation of Thomas 1 to any of
the other immigrants bearing the name of Hardy.
Spelled alf>o HARDER, H ARDKT, HARDIK, etc.
tin bis will, be is given as of "Merrimack near Haverill . " M errimack was set off
from Rowley and made a distinct township in 1668; name changed to Bradford in
instead of Hardy ; bnt tbe original record reads "Hardy," as Perry gave it.
The + sign indicates that tbe record is continued later, under tbe same number,
in larger type.
(167)
168 THE HARDY FAMILY OF BRADFORD.
wife or children, and he gave his property in 1723 to his
brother Jacob's children, especially 40 Joseph 3 , reserving
use for himself till his death.* A Joseph Hardy was one
of twenty-five admitted to the Bradford church June 26,
1720.
6. v. WILLIAM 2 , b. ; m. 1st, May 3, 1678, RUTH TENNY; 2d,
SAHAII .+
7. vi. JOHN*, b. about 1646; m. 1st, April 2, 1667, MAKY JACK-
MAN; 2d, MARTHA BURBANK.+
8. vn. JACOB 2 , b. about 1649; m. LYDIA EATON. +
2 Thomas 3 Hardy (Thomas 1 ), of Bradford, b. about
1635 ; m. Nov. 22; 1664 [Rw.] MERCY 2 TENNY (Thomas 1 ),
who d. Aug. 15, 1716 [Bd.], aged 72 y. She was ad-
mitted to the Bradford church, Nov. 4, 1694 ; but he not
tillJuly 12, 1713. He was Thomas, jun. till 1677-8,
after that Thomas, sen. He d. Feb. 6, 1715-6 [Bd.] ; will
March 23, 1714-5 ; March 19, 1715-6 ; mentioned wife and
seven children.
Children :
9. i. ANN S , b. April 26, 1666 [Rw.] ; probably d. young, not men-
tioned in will.
10. ii. THOMAS 3 , Jun., b."June 29, 1667 [Bd.]. No mention of him
in his father's will, 1716 ; but he was probably living as
late as 1695, when land in Rowley was sold by Richard
Holmes of Bradford to Thomas Hardy, sen., in behalf of
himself and his son, Thomas Hardy, jun., both of Brad-
ford.
11. in. WILLIAM^, b. Jan. 11, 1669-70 [Bd.]; m. April 10, 1703,
SARAH WALKER. +
12. iv. JAMES 3 , b. Feb. 13, 1672-3 [Bd.]; drowned June 12, 1689
[Bd.].
SAMUEL HARDIE (Robert) of Beverly, m. Jan. 24, 1675-6 (Bv.),
MARY 3 DUDLEY (Rev. SamueP, Gov. Samuel 1 ). On the mar. record
he is given as " schoolmaster, son of Robert, Citizen and Haber-
dasher, of London." His will, Feb. 10, 1699-1700; May 14, 1700, calls
him "student in phissick"; and mentions wife Mary, the "two
eldest children," Robert and Mary, and the " two youngest chil-
dren," Theophilus (under 21) and Elizabeth. These four were all
baptized at Beverly Nov. 1, 1691. A Mary Hardie, probably the dau.
given above, m. June 15, 1699 (Bv.), SAMUEL HAYWARD of Salem.
The JOSEPH HARDEY, of Haverhill, "shipwright," who m. SARAH PICKIN, made
her hia attorney in 1714-6, and had a son Joseph, b. Sept. 14, 1716 [Hv.J, was doubt-
less a different person.
BY DAVID W. HOYT. 169
13. v. DANIEL', b. April 2, 1675 [Bd.] ;* m. 1st, Jan. 16, 1701-2,
MABTHA WICOM; 2d, July 16, 1746, DAMABIS DICKIN-
SON. +
14. vi. JACOB 3 , b. March 25, 1677 [Bd.]; m. June 27, 1706, SABAH
CLABK.+
15. vn. BENJAMIN 8 , b. Sept. 22, 1679 [Bd.]; m. Jan. 19, 1709, RE-
BECCA BOND.+
16. vm. EBENEZEB 3 , b. May 3, 1682 [Bd.]; d. July 17, 1682 [Bd.].
17. ix. ISAAC 3 , b. Aug. 19, 1683 [Bd.]; m. April 6, 1721 [Bd.],
ESTHEB BABKEB. He was admitted to the Bradford
church May 26, 1717; d. Jan. 6, 1729-30 [Bd.]. Will, of
Bradford, Nov. 24, 1729; Feb. 2, 1729-30; mentioned wife
Esther and relatives, but no children.t An Esther m.
March 4, 1730-1 [Bd.], SAMUEL POTTEB.
18. x. HANNAH 3 , b. Oct. 4, 1686 [Bd.]. She is probably the one
bp. Aug. 25, 1695 [Bd.], and named Hardy in the will,
March, 1714-5. A Hannah m. May 14, 1719 [Bd.] HUGH
SMITH.
19. xi. SABAH 3 , b. June 9, 1689 [Bd.]; bp. Aug. 25, 1695 [Bd.]; m.
April 19, 1711 [Bd.], EBENEZEB BUBBANK of Bd.; 3
children on the Bradford records, b. 1715-22. She pro-
bably d. Jan. 1754 [Bd.] and he in 1760 [Bd.].
6 William 2 Hardy (Thomas 1 ^), of Bradford, b. ;
m. 1st, May 3, 1678 [Bd.], RuTH 2 TENNY (Dea. Wil-
GEOBGE HABDY, of Newbury, m. Nov. 24, 1686 [Nb.], MABT FOGG.
He d. Dec. 6, 1694 [Nb.]; adm. est. granted wid. Mary, March 27,
1695. She m. April 13, 1696 (Nb.), BENJAMIN POOB and was living
in 1717. Only child: Mary, b. Feb. 2, 1692-3 (Nb.); m. Jan. 27,
1707-8 (D Hm.), JOSEPH* LOWELL (Benjamin 3 , John 2 , Percival 1 ), and
was living in 1717. If the above dates are correct, she was only 15
when married. The first child was born Dec. 1709.
*Thc "Thomas'', b. April 2, 1675, on the court records, at Salem, should un-
doubtedly read Daniel, like the town records. The court records have only Thomas,
and the town records only Daniel, born on that date, with no indication of twins
on either record.
fin his will Isaac Hardy excluded his brother Daniel from any share in his es-
tate, because Daniel had received more of his fathers estate than the rest of his
brothers. Isaac directed that his land, after his wife's death, be divided among
the rest of his brothers and sisters. There were then left three brothers, Wil-
liam, Jacob and Benjamin, and two sisters, Hannah and Sarah.
In 1744-5, Jacob Hardy, Benjamin Hardy. William Balch, "clerk", and John At/-
wood, "trader", sold shares in the estate of Isaac Hardy to William Hardy, all of
Bradford. Deeds show that Rev. Wm. Balch and John Atwood acquired an in-
terest in the estate of Isaac Hardy by purchase. A Jonn and Hannah Atwood
had children recorded in Bradford, b. 1716-28, but a John Atwood m. Hannah Bond
Oct. 28, 1715, in Haverbill, and the baptisms of three of the older children are re-
corded there ; hence it does not appear probable that Hannah Hardy m. John At-
wood, though that explanation first suggests itself. It is said [Perry's Hist. Dis
course, p. 9] that a John Atwood came from Boston and began the business of
shipbuilding in Bradford, in 1720.
170 THE HARDY FAMILY OP BRADFORD.
, who d. April 27, 1689 [Ed.] ; 2d, SARAH - . He
was William, sen. after 1690; d. about 1722; administra-
tion estate granted son William, Jan, 30, 1722-3, the wid-
ow and eldest son refusing ; estate divided in 1725. Widow
living in 1729, and probably in 1743. A widow Hardy
d. April or May, 1752 [Bd.] in her 96th year.
Children :
20. i. SAMUEL 8 , b. June 29, 1679 [Bd.]; m. July 5, 1700, HAN-
NAH' HABDY.+
21. ii. THOMAS 3 , b. May 29, 1683 [Bd.]; d. young.
22. m. ANN 3 , b. April 19, 1685 [Bd.]; bp. June 30, 1695 [Bd.] m.
July 25, 1710 [Bd.], EPHBAIM LAOEY of Andover. She
was living in 1723.
28. iv. RUTH', b. April 20, 1689 [Bd.] [by 1st wife]; d. May 1, 1689
[Bd.].
24. v. SABAH 8 , b. June 1, 1690 [Bd.] [by 2d wife]; m. Jan. 23,
1723-4 [Bd.] 34 RICHABD S HARDY. Sarah, dau. Wm.
received to Bradford church, June 30, 1723. -f-
25. vi. WILLIAM', b. Aug. 10, 1692 [Bd.]; m. March 8, 1716, HAN-
NAH BUBBANK.+
26. vii. THOMAS 3 , b. Dec. 14, 1695 [Bd.]; m. Jan. 4, 1721-2,
MABTHA* HABDY.+
27. vin. EDMUND 3 , b. July 9, 1699 [Bd.]; m. 1st, MABY -- ; 2d,
May 16, 1731, SABAH GAGE; 3d, April 12, 1737, RUTH,
BUBBANK; 4th, Dec. 29, 1757, SABAH JEWETT.+
7 John 3 Hardy (jPAomas 1 ) of Bradford, b. about
1646 : m. 1st, April 2, 1667 [Rw.] MARY JACKMAN, who
d. Dec. 2, 1689 [Bd.] ; 2d, WID. MARTHA BURBANK,
who was dismissed from the Rowley church June 13,
1698, and received by the Bradford church Aug. 21, 1698.
John and wife Mary were original members of the Brad-
ford church, as recorded in 1682. He was John, sen.
after 1695 ; d. Feb. 4, 1714-5 [Bd.] ; will Feb. 1, Feb.
17, 1714-5, wife Martha mentioned. A Martha d. in
1716 [Bd.]. -
Children :
28. I. JOHN 3 , b. Feb. 11, 1668 [Bd.]; d. young.
29. ii. MABY, b. April 2, 1671 [Bd.]; m. May 22, 1695 [Hv.], DAN-
IEL* TKNNY (Thomas 1 ). She was dead in 1715, leaving
children.
BY DAVID W. HOYT. 171
30. in. SABAH 3 , b. March 25, 1673 [Bd.]; m. June 20, 1693 [Bd.],
FRANCIS JEWETT of Bradford. She d. Feb. 3, 1744 [Bd.].
10 children on Bradford records, b. 1694-1719.
31. iv. JOSEPH 3 , b. Feb. 3, 1674 [Bd.]; m. April 6, 1698, MABT
BUBBANK.+
32. v. JOHN 3 , b. Feb. 3, 1674 [Bd.];* m. July 8, 1701, ANNE
SAVOBY.+
33. vi. HANNAH 3 , b. June 20, 1677 [Bd.]; m. July 5, 1700 [Bd.],
20 SAMUEL 8 HABDY.+
84. vn. RICHABD, b. April 24, 1679 [Bd.]; m. Jan. 23, 1723-4,
SABAH 3 HABDY.+
35. vin. EsTHEB 3 , b. Feb. 17, 1680-1 [Bd.]; d. Dec. 6, 1689 [Bd.].
36. ix. NATHANIEL*, b. March 10, 1683 [Bd.]; m. PBUDENOK
37. x. ZEOUABiAH 8 , b. Feb. 20, 1685 [Bd.]; m. Feb. 23, 1715-6,
HEPZIBAH WALLINGFOBD.+
38. xi. THOMAS 3 , b. March 17, 1689 [Bd.]; m. 1st, ROSE - ;
2d, May 14, 1719, DEBORAH WALLINGFOBD.-|-
8 Jacob 2 Hardy (Thomas 1 *) of Bradford, b. about
1649; m. LYDIA* EATON (Thomas 2 , John 1 ^) of Haverhill.
Both were admitted to the Bradford church April 26,
1691. He d. April 2 or 3, 1706 [Bd.] ; administration
estate granted wid. Lydia, May 6, 1706 ; estate divided,
1713. She d. June 24 or 29, 1737 [Bd.] ; adm. her es-
tate granted son Joseph, July 25, 1737.
Children :
39. I. JACOB 8 , b. Aug. 25, 1691 [Bd.]; m. March 3, 1714-5, HAN-
NAH WOOSTEB.+
40. ii. JOSEPHS, b. Oct. 20, 1692 [Bd.]; m. 1st, April 3, 1729, SA-
BAH CABLTON; 2d, Oct. 2 or 28, 1730, RUTH KIMBALL.
41. ill. A CHILD :< , stillborn, Feb. 12, 1693-4 [Bd.].
42. iv. LYDIA 3 , b. Aug. 24, 1696 [Bd.]; m. Aug. 24, 1725 [Bd.],
SAMUEL BABBETT of Rowley, at Medford; living in
1737. Birth of one child recorded at Bradford in 1726,
one in Haverhill, 1732, and probably others in Rowley.
43. v. RuTH 8 , b. June 15, 1699 [Bd.]; m. Oct. 23, 1718 [Bd.], SAM-
UEL JEWETT ; living in 1737.
The dates being the same, John and Joseph mast have been twins, though
not so called. John's birth is from the court records. Probably both should be
1674-5, and the first John, Nathaniel, Zechariah and Thomas should also have
the doable date by adding the number of the next year.
172 THE HARDY FAMILY OF BRADFORD.
44. VI. EUNICE", b. March 25, 1701 [Bd.]; Eunice Hardy admitted
to Bradford church June 26, 1720; living in 1737, per-
haps wife of JOHN FOSTER .
46. vn. MEHiTABLE 8 , b. Feb. 3, 1703-4 [Bd.]; single in 1737, prob-
ably afterwards m. BABRETT.
11 William 3 Hardy {Thomas 2 , Thomas^ot Bradford,
b. 1670 ; m. April 10, 1703 [Bd.], SARAH WALKER, who
d. Sept. 23, 1746 [Bd.], in her 68th year. He d. April
14, 1752 [Bd.] ; adm. est. granted son Thomas Nov. 27,
1752. William jun. was received to the Bradford church
April 24, 1720. He was William, jun, till about 1722 ;
after that, William, sen.
46. I. SUSANNA*, b. March 8, 1705-5 [Bd.] ; probably she, or pos-
sibly 64 Susanna 4 , m. Nov. 14, 1729 [Bd.], TIMOTHY
BUBBANK; 8 children on Bradford records, b. 1730-35.
47. n. THOMAS 4 , b. Dec. 15, 1706 [Bd.] ; m. 1st, about 1727, HAN-
NAH OBER; 2d, MARY .+
Perhaps other children.
13 Daniel 3 Hardy,Capt, {Thomas 2 , Thomas 1 } of Brad-
ford, b. 1675; m. 1st, Jan. 15, 1701-2 [Bd.] MARTHA
WICOM of Rowley, who d. Feb. 24, 1745-6, in her 66tji
year ; 2d, July 16, 1746 [Rw.], DAMARIS DICKINSON of
Rowley. Martha Hardy, wife of Daniel, received to Brad-
ford church June 3, 1706. A Daniel received June 26,
1720. He d. July 31, 1756 [Bd.] ; will, May 24, 1749 ;
Nov. 1, 1756. Widow Damaris d. before July 21, 1763
[Bd.], in her 86th year ; will Oct. 7, 1761 ; Sept. 19, 1763,
in which she is called " Damaris Hardy, alias Lever," and
mentions the children of her deceased sister Sarah, " wife
of Jonathan Dresser of Pomfret, Ct.," and those of her
sister Lydia, " some time wife of Stephen Jewett of Row-
ley."
Children :
48. I. DORCAS 4 , b. Jan. 28, 1702-3 [Bd.]; not mentioned in will,
1749.
49. il. REBECCA 4 , b. Dec. 12, 1704 [Bd.]; m. about 1726, JONA-
THAN 4 TENNY (Samuel*, John?, Thomas 1 ). She d. April,
1739 [Bd.]. 5 children on Bradford records, b. 1727-36.
50. in. MERCY 4 , b. Oct. 29, 1706 [Bd.];d. Nov. 14, 1730 [Bd.].
BY DAVID W. HOYT. 173
51. iv. BETHiAH 4 , b. Nov. 15, 1709 [Bd.]; d. young. A Bethiah d.
Nov. 29, 1714 [Bd.].
52. v. DANIEL*, b. May 16, 1715 [Bd.]; d. same day.
53. vi. DANIEL*, b. March 6, 1717 [Bd.]; d. Aug. 10, 1721 [Bd.].
54. vii. ELiPHALET 4 , b. Jan. 27, 1719-20 [Bd.]; m. Jan. 4, 1738-9.
HANNAH PLATTS.+
55. vill. BETHIAHS b. March 8, 1723-4 [Bd.]; m. Oct 5, 1738 [Bd.],
SAMUEL COLE, JUN., of Boxford. She is mentioned in
the will, 1749, as Bethiah Cole; but the above dates
make her young at marriage.
14 Jacob 3 Hardy (Thomat 2 , Thomas 1 ') of Bradford,
b. 1677; m. June 27, 1706 [Bd.], SARAH CLARK. Both
were admitted to the Bradford Church April, 1709. Both
were living in 1745. He was Jacob, jun. till 1706 ; after
that time Jacob, sen. A widow of Jacob, " ancient," d. June
4, 1767 [Bd.] [Perhaps 39 Jacob].
Children :
56. I. ELIZABETH 4 , b. March 11, 1706-7 [Bd.]. An Elizabeth m.,
April 22, 1729 [Bd.], SAMUEL STICKNEY. 5 children on
Bradford records, b. 1730-37.
57. II. MosES 4 , b. Feb. 12, 1707-8 [Bd.]; m. 1st* April 22, 1729,
DOROTHY 4 HABDY; 2d, Dec. 3, 1760, wid. MARY BOYN-
TON.+
58. in. PHEBE 4 , b. April 2, 1711 [Bd.]. A Phebe m., March 4,
or 14, 1732-3 [Bd.], THOMAS JOHNSON of Amesbury.
59. rv. JEREMIAH 4 , b. May 31, 1713 [Bd.]; m. Aug. 29. 1734, RA-
CHEL 4 HARDY. -f-
60. v. ANDREW 4 , b. March 11, 1714-5 [Bd.]; m. Feb. 27, 1738-9,
ANN 4 HARDY. +
61. vi. JosiAH 4 , b. ; bp. Sept. 10, 1721 [Bd.].
62. vn. ISAAC 4 , b. Aug. 15, 1721 [Bd.].
63. vill. SARAH 4 , b. June 25, 1723 [Bd.].
15 Benjamin 3 Hardy (Thomas 2 , Thomas 1 ) of Brad-
ford, b. 1679 ; m. Jan. 19, 1709 [Bd.], REBECCA* BOND
(Joseph 2 , John 1 *). A Benjamin and Rebecca Hardy were
received to the Bd. church, July 19, 1713. He probably
d. Aug. 19, 1763 [Bd.]. Widow Rebecca d. March 19, 1775
[Bd.], above 90 y." "
174 THE HABDZ FAMILY OP BRADFORD.
Children :
64. i. SUSANNA*, b. ; bp. June 25, 1710 [Bd.]. (See 46 Su-
sanna 4 .)
65. ii. REBECCA% b. July 29, 1712 [Bd.]. A Rebecca m. Sept. 25,
1733 [Bd.], JONATHAN 4 BAILEY.
66. in. BENJAMIN', b. Feb. 14, 1714-5 [Bd.]; m. Sept. 27, 1738,
REBECCA ROLF.+
67. iv. PHILIP*, b. Feb. 2, 1719 [Bd.] ; m. Dec. 22, 1743 [Bd.],
HANNAH TENNY.+
68. v. PmsoiLLA 4 , b. Feb. 19, 1725-6 [Bd.]. A Priscilla m. April
13, 1747 [Bd.], CHASE SAVORY. 10 children on Bradford
records, born 1748-'72.
69. vi. JEBUSHA 4 , b. ; bp. Feb. 9, 1728-9 [Bd.].
20 Samuel 3 Hardy ( William 2 , Thomas 1 ) of Bradford,
b. 1679 ; m. July 5, 1700 [Bd.], 33 HANNAH' HARDY.*
Samuel received to Bradford church June 26, 1720 ; wife
Hannah received to Bradford church Aug. 28, 1721. Will
Dec. 20,1751; Nov. 22, 1756 ; no wife mentioned.
Children :
70. I. HANNAH 4 , b. Sept. 5, 1700 [Bd.] ; m. Aug. 27, 1730 [Bd.],
SAMUEL, SMITH, residence Suncook in 1751. She was re-
ceived to Bradford church in 1723.
71. n. AMOS 4 , b. Sept. 3, 1703 [Bd.] ; probably d. young, not in
will.
72. m. NATHAN 4 , b. about 1712-'4; bp. Sept. 17, 1721 [Bd.]; m.
DOBOAS .+
73. iv. SAMUEL 4 , b. ; bp. Sept. 17, 1721 [Bd.]; d. Dec., 1742
[Bd.], " a young man."
74. v. NATHANIEL 4 , b. ; bp. Jan. 24, 1724-5 [Bd.]; not in
will.
75. vi. RuTH 4 , b. ; d. Nov. 10, 1742 [Bd.]; " a young woman."
25 William 3 Hardy, Dea. ( William 3 , Thomas 1 ) of
Bradford, b. 1692; m. March 8, 1716 [Bd.], HANNAH BUB-
BANK, who was received to the Bradford church April 24,
1720. He d. Nov. 12, 1759 [Bd.] ; will, Feb. 6, 1758 ;
Dec. 10, 1759; wife Hannah mentioned. He was Wil-
liam, 3d, till 1722 ; jun., 1722-52 ; sen., 1752-59 ; Dea. of
the 2d church, 1728. Widow Hannah d. March 24, 1762.
The first two children are recorded M children of Samuel and Hannah; the
other four & children of Samuel.
BY DAVID W. HOYT. 175
Children :
76. i. LYDiA 4 , b. Aug. 7, 1718 [Bd.]; d. Sept. 16 or 17, 1736 [Bd.].
77. II. ELDAD 4 , b. April 25, 1720 [Bd.]; m. Nov. 26, 1744, HAN-
NAH SAVORY. +
78. in. Jos 4 , b. April 9, 1723 [Bd.] ; m. Sept. 24, 1744, HANNAH
" ROLENINGS."4-
79. iv. ALICE 4 , b. Sept. 29, 1726 [Bd.]; name Hardy in 1758. An
Alice m., Dec. 9, 1762 [Bd.], BENJ. WALLINGFOBD, JB.,
of Rowley, at Rowley.
80. v. JANE*, b. May 22, 1732 [Bd.]; m. July 17, 1753 [Bd.], JOHN
PLUMMEB of Hampstead, N. H.
26 Thomas 3 Hardy Jun. (William 3 , Thomas*), of
Bradford,, b. 1695 ; m. Jan. 4, 1721-2 [Bd.], 103 MARTHA*
HARDY. A Thomas was received by the Bradford church
June 26, 1720. He d. Dec. 19, 1736 [Bd.] ; adm. estate
granted widow Martha, Feb. 7, 1736-7 ; real estate divided
1744. Widow Martha d. in HoUis, N. H., May 27, 1783,
aged 82 y.
Children :
81. i. GIDEON*, b. May 7, 1722 [Bd.]; m. 1st, May 24, 1744, MABY
GAGE; 2d, June 28, 1753 [Bd.], MEBOY HABDT. +
82. II. REUBEN 4 , b. Sept. 24, 1724 [Bd.]; m. March 21,1742-3,
ELIZABETH ADAMS. +
83. in. PHiNEHAS 4 , b. July 11, 1726 [Bd.]; m. May, 1749, ABIGAIL
GAGE.+
84. iv. EBENEZEB 4 , b. Nov. 7, 1728 [Bd.]; living in 1744.
86. v. ISAAC 4 , b. Aug. 5, 1730 [Bd.] ; d. Nov. 30, or Dec. 1, 1730
[Bd.].
86. vi. MABTHA 4 , b. Dec. 29, 1781 [Bd.]; d. young.
87. VII. PHEBE 4 , b. Dec. 3, 1732 [Bd.] ; d. May 7, 1736 [Bd.].
88. vni. ANNA 4 , b. July 30, 1735 [Bd.]; prob. d. young.*
27 Edmund 3 Hardy (William 2 , Thomas 1 ), of Brad-
ford, b. 1699 ; m. 1st, MARY , who d. Jan. 8 or 9,
1730-1 [Bd.]; 2d, May 16, 1731 [Bd.], SARAH GAGE (Dan-
eil 3 , Daniel 2 , John 1 ), who d. Nov. 20 or 21, 1736 [Bd.] ; 3d,
April 12, 1737 [Bd.], RUTH BURBANK, who d. March 12,
1757 [Bd.] ; 4th, Dec. 29, 1757 [Bd.], SARAH JEWETT.
He was received by the Bradford church, Feb. 7, 1725; liv-
ing in 1759.
Children of Thomas, Jan. d. May 12 and May 18, 1736.
176 THE HARDY FAMILY OP BRADFORD.
Children :
89. i. MARY*, b. March 10, 1726-7 [Bd.]; d. March 30, 1735-6 [Bd.]
90. n. ELIZABETH*, b. Feb. 16, 1728-9 [Bd.]. An Elizabeth, m. Nov.
29, 1752 [Bd.], ROWELL FOOT ; d. March 11, 1768 [Bd.].
91. in. JEMIMAS b. Jan. 8, 1730-1 [Bd.] [by 1st wife]; d. May 25,
1736 [Bd.].
92. iv. EDMUND*, b. May 25, 1732 [Bd.] [by 2d wife]; d. March 5
or 6, 1735-6 [Bd.].
93. v. NAOMI*, b. Oct. 20, 1733 [Bd.]
94. vi. MARY*, b. ; d. March 30, 1735-6 [Bd.].
95. vn. TABITHA*, b. Feb. 3, 1735-6 [Bd.] [by 2d wife].
96. vin. EDMUND*, b. June 7, 1738 [Bd.] [by 3d wife]. An Edmund
jun. of Pelham, N. H., m. Oct. 28, 1765 [Bd.], MARY
HARDY.
97. ix. WILLIAM*, b. Nov. 27, 1740 [Bd.]. A Wm. Hardy, of Pel-
ham, entered intention of marriage at Methuen, with
ABIGAIL CROSS, Dec. 22, 1780.
98. x. JESSE*, b. April 3, 1743 [Bd.].
99. xi. A CHILD*, b. about 1744 [Bd.]; d , March 21, 1745-6 [Bd.].
100. xn. LEVI*, b. Sept. 10, 1746 [Bd.]
101. xni. ASA*, b. Aug. 6, 1749 [Bd.]. An Asa, m. July 18, 1771 [Ex.],
MEHITABLE MERRILL ;son Edmund, b. Nov. 7, 1771 [Bx.].
31 Joseph 3 Hardy (John 2 , Thomas 1 ), of Bradford,
" cooper", b. 1674 ; m. April 6, 1698 [Bd.], MARY BUR-
BANK. Mary Hardy, wife of Joseph, received by Brad-
ford church May 14, 1704. Joseph jun. received April 24,
1720. He d. " very suddenly", Jan. 1747 [Bd.] He was
Joseph, jun. till 1727; sen. 1727 and later. A widow
Mary Hardy, "ancient", d. Sept. 3, 1762 [Bd.].
Children :
102. I. JAMES*, b. April 14, 1699 [Bd.]; m. July 4, 1727, HAN-
NAH* BAILEY.+
103. n. MARTHA*, b. Feb. 17, 1700-1 [Bd.]; m. Jan. 4, 1721-2 [Bd.],
26 THOMAS 3 HARDY. A Martha was received by the
Bradford church, June 26, 1720.+
104. m. MARY*, b. Jan. 21, 1702-3 [Bd.].
105. iv. TIMOTHY*, b. Aug. 24, 1705 [Bd.]; m. 1st, MARY ; 2d,
May 22, 1775, wid. MARY AMES.+
106. v. EBENEZER*, b. Nov. 14, 1707 [Bd.] ; m. Nov. 8, 1731,
MARTHA PALMER. +
107. vi. DAVID*, b. Oct. 3, 1709 [Bd.] ; m. Dec. 6, 1732, DORCAS
GAGE.+
BY DAVID W. HOYT. 177
108. vii. JEMIMA*, b. May 13, 1711 [Bd.]. A Jemima m. Dec. 6,
1732 [Bd.], ANDREW PALMER.
109. vin. STEPHENS b. Aug. 29, 1713 [Bd.]. He d. Dec. 22, 1793
[Bd.], aged 81. A Stephen of Bradford m. Aug. 20, 1740
[Rw.] MARY HOLMES.* There was a Stephen of Rowley
1772-87.
110. ix. AMOS 4 , b. ; bp. July 15, 1716 [Bd.]; d. Dec. [30, 1717
[Bd.].
111. x. MEHETABLE 4 , b. March 20, 1718 [Bd.]. A Mehetable m.
Sept. 6, 1739 [Bd.] SETH JUET; another one m. July 21,
1740 [Bd.] DAVID MARDEN.
32 John* Hardy (John 2 , Thomas 1 ), of Bradford, b.
1674 ; m. July 8, 1701 [Bd.] ANNE SAVORY. Anna,
ancient widow, mother of Jonathan," d. March 10, 1740-1
[Bd.]. He was living in 1727. He must have been jun.,
1695-1715; sen., 1715 and later.
Child :
112. i. JONATHAN 4 , b. Aug. 25, 1710 [Bd.]t; m. Sept. 8, 1737,
SARAH MARSH. +
Perhaps other children, not recorded. John, " a young
man," who d. July 14, 1737 [Bd.] may have been of this
family.
34 Richard 3 Hardy (John 2 , Thomas 1 ), of Bradford,
b. 1679; m. Jan. 23, 1723-4 [Bd.], 24 SAKAH 3 HAKDY;
both living in 1735, and he in 1754. He was received by
the Bradford church, July 28, 1723. A Richard of Bradford
m. March 21, 1742-3 [Rw.], ELIZABETH ADAMS of Row-
ley. A Richard, " an aged man," d. Aug. 10, 1760 [Bd.].
Children :
113. i. ENOCH 4 , b. April 8, 1725 [Bd.] ; d. July 25, 1735 [Bd.].
114. II. ABNER 4 , b. 1729 or 1730, bp. April 26, 1730 [Bd.]; d. Aug.
12 or 13, 1733 [Bd.].
36 Nathaniel 3 Hardy (John 2 , Thomas 1 ), of Boxford,
b. 1683 ; m. PRUDENCE . Prudence Hardy was re-
ceived by the Bradford church, July 31, 1721. Admini-
stration estate granted widow Prudence, Feb. 5, 1724-5 ;
estate divided in 1735. The Boxford records give intention
of marriage of widow Prudence and Edward Clement,
*Sarah, wife of a Stephen Hardy d. May 22, 1767, in her 56th y. (Georgetown
grave.)
tSpelled "Hary" on the printed Bradford records.
178 THE HARDY FAMILY OF BRADFORD.
"May-Oct.," 1725 ; but she m. ROBERT " DANNILSON," May
[30, 1729?]. Some probate records incorrectly give her
name as Prudence "Dinsmore" in 1746.
Children :
115. i. HEPZIBAH 4 , b. ; m. June 1, 1729 [Bd.], JONATHAN
MARDIN; living in 1746. Hepzibah, dau. ofwid. Hardy,
was received by the 1st Bradford church, Nov. 5, 1727.*
116. n. "Roos" 4 [Rose?], a dau., b. Jan. 16, 1707 [Bx.]; no other
mention found.
117. in. ELIZABETH*, b. Feb. 3, 1700 [Bx.]; d. about seven weeks
after her father.
118. IV. KEZiAH 4 , b. Nov. 16, 1711 [Bx.]; m. May 27, 1731 [Bd.],
STEPHEN* MEBBILL, at Amesbury. The births of chil-
dren in 1732 and 1733-4 are recorded at Haverhill.
119. v. ZAOHABIAH 4 , b. Oct. 3, 1713 [Bx.]; bp. Oct. 25, 1724 [Bd.] ;
m. Feb. 5, 1735-6 [Bd.], BETHIAH* HABDY.+
120. VI. ABIGAIL*, b. Oct. 19. 1715 [Bx.]; m. Nov. 3, 1736 [Bd.],
ABBAHAM FABNUM of Dracut. " Abigail Hardy, dau
of Prudence Danielson," was received by the 1st Brad-
ford church, Jan. 5, 1734-5 ; living in 1746.
121. vii. RiCHABD 4 , b. May 3, 1718 [Bx.]; residence Andover; d.
Aug. 22, 1745 [Bx.]; inventory of estate Dec. 20, 1745;
no children; estate divided among mother, brothers,
and sisters, in 1746.
122. vm. MATTHEW 4 , b. Nov. 3, 1720;t bp. Oct. 25, 1724 [Bd.]; m.
1749, ANNA LAOY.J+
37 Zachariah 3 Hardy (<70Aw a , Thomas 1 } of Brad-
ford and Tewksburyg, b. 1685; m. Feb. 23, 1715-6 [Bd.],
*"Mary, dan. of ye widow Hardy," was received by the Bradford church Aug.
28, 1721. We do not know the date of the marriage nor of the death of Nathaniel.
If Prudence were a widow in 1721, Mary may have been another daughter; but if
so, she d. before 1735.
The Boxford records give a Prudence Danielson m. "Win. Wilson of Andover.
May 13, 1756. The Prudence, wid. of Nathl. Hardy must then have been about 70
yrs. of age. We find no mention of a dau. Prudence.
tThe record "Martha", b. Nov. 3, 1720 [Ex.], should read Matthew. He d. in
1782, aged 62 y.
jThere wero only six children who shared in the division of Nathaniel's estate,
in 1735: Zachariah 'Richard, Matthew, Hepzibah, Abigail, and Keziah. There were
seven brothers and sisters who shared in the division of Richard's estate in 1746,
including those named In 1735, except Richard, with the addition of Elizabeth and
Robert. The last two were Dauielson children, though the name Hardy is used
on the probate records, and we have found no other record of th m. If Prudence
had children by her second husband, they would inherit their share of their half
brother's estate. Ti ere are several errors on the probate records, some of which
have ben corrected here from the original papers. Richard and Matthew, in
1744, sold to Zachariah two seventh parts of land in Boxford, widow's third of
estate of Nathaniel deceased. The eldest son, Zachariah, had two parts.
Zachariah Hardy of Tewksbury deeded to John Hardy of T. one half the
estate of Nehemiah Hardy, deceased, late of T., son of said Zachariah, inclu-
ding land in T. and Andover, Dec., 1750.
BY DAVID W. HOYT. 179
HEPZIBAH WALLINGFOED. She was received by the Brad-
ford church Nov. 22, 1719. Both were living in 1734.
He was of Tewksbury in 1750.
Children :
123. I. JOHN 4 , b. Nov. 28, 1716 [Bd.] ; probably m., June 20, 1746,
SARAH BARKER. Residence, Tewksbury in 1750 and
1768. +
124. II. ABIGAIL 4 , b, Jan. 18, 1717-8 [Bd.]; probably m. Sept. 6,
1739 [Bd.], JOSEPH KIDDER.
125. m. RUTH 4 , b. June 14, 1720 [Bd.].
126. iv. NEHEMiAH 4 , b. July 28, 1722 [Bd.]. Residence, Tewks-
bury; d. before Dec., 1750. No children.
127. v. ELIZABETH 4 , b. Jan. 26, 1724-5 [Bd.].
128. vi. NATHANIEL 4 , b. Feb. 26, 1726-7 [Bd.].
38 Thomas 3 Hardy (John 2 , Thomas*} of Bradford,
b. 1689 ; m. 1st, ROSE ; 2d, May 14, 1719 [Bd.],
DEBORAH WALLINGFORD. Both were living in 1756.
He was Thomas, jun., till 1716 ; after that sen. ; living
in 1758. Thomas, jun., and wife Rose were received by
the Bradford church Sept. 19, 1714. Wife Deborah re-
ceived July 28, 1723.
Children :
129. I. DOROTHY 4 , b. Aug. 5, 1710 [Bd.]; m. April 22, 1729 [Bd.],
57 M08E8 4 HARDY. -f
130. II. EsTHEB 4 , b. ; bp. Aug. 3, 1712 [Bd.]; probably d.
young.
131. m. RACHEL 4 , b. March 26, 1714 [Bd.]; m. Aug. 29, 1734 [Bd.],
69 JEREMIAD HARDY.+
132. rv. BETHiAH 4 , b. Nov. 9, 1715 [Bd.]; m. Feb. 5, 1735-6 [Bd.],
119 ZAOHARiAH 4 HARDY.+
133. v. PATIENCE 4 , b. Jan. 20, 1716-7 [Ed.], [by 1st wife]. A
Patience m., Oct. 12 or 14, 1736 [Bd.], HANNIEL EMEB-
SON of Methuen.
134. vi. AMOS 4 , b. March, 1720 [by 2d wif e] ; m. Feb. 22, 1738-9,
MARY CHENEY, -f-
135. vn. JONAS 4 , b. Oct. 19, 1721 [Bd.]; m. .+
136. viii. OLIVER 4 , b. March 14, 1724 [Bd.]. An " Oliver, a young
man," d. April 14, 1753 [Bd.].
137. ix. Ross 4 , b. March 1, 1725-6 [Bd.]; probably m. April 1,
1742 [Bd.], PETER CHENEY.
180 THE HARDY FAMILY OF BEADFOED.
138. x. ESTHER 4 , b. March 7, 1728 [Bd.]. An Esther m. Jan 26,
1743 [Bd.], RICHARD PERRY, but this Esther was then
only 15 y. old.
139. xi. EzEKiEL 4 , b. April 29, 1730 [Bd.] ; d. June 1, 1736 [ Bd.].
140. xn. JAMES*, b. ; bp. Sept., 1732 [Bd.]; d. July 7, 1736
[Bd.].
141. xin. DEBORAHS b. Dec. 11, 1734 [Bd.]. A Deborah m. Feb.
24, 1757 [Bd.], JOSEPH BALEY.
142. xiv. A CHILD 4 , b. ; d. Jan., 1738 [Bd.].
143. xv. THOMAS 4 , b. ; bp. June 24, 1739 [Bd.]. [Recorded
" son of Thomas."]* A Thomas, jun., m. Feb. 2, 1763
[Bd.], 216? LYDIA S HARDY. We find a Thomas Hardy,
jun., " husbandman," of Bradford, in 1765, by deed,
living in 1785, not then jun. ; probably of Pel ham, N. H.
223 Thomas 5 was probably b. about 1745.
39 Jacob 3 Hardy, Jr. (Jacob 2 , Thomas 1 } of Brad-
ford, b. 1691 ; m. March 3, 1714-5 [Bd.], HANNAH*
WOOSTER (Francis*, Samuel 2 , William 1 }. He d. Sept. 29
or 30, 1735 [Bd.] ; adm. estate granted brother Joseph
Hardy, Oct. 13, 1735. He was received by the Bradford
church in 1723. (See 14 Jacob.)
Children :
144. 1. HANNAH", b. ; bp. Dec. 10, 1715 [Bd.]; d. young.t?
145. II. ANN 4 , b. Dec. 3, 1716t [Bd.]; living in 1738. An Ann m.
Feb. 27, 1738-9 [Bd.], 60 ANDREW 4 HARDY.
146. in. FRANCIS*, b. July 26, 1717t [Bd.]; "only son" in 1738;
m. 1st, Feb. 27, 1738-9, ABIGAIL CHENEY; 2d, Nov. 21,
1759, ISABELLA STANWOOD.+
147. iv. EUNICE 4 , b. Jan. 22, 1720-1 [Bd.]; living in 1738. A Eunice
m. April 1, 1740 [Bd.], SAMUEL BURBANK.
*The records of 26 THOMAS, JUN., and his family have been verified by pro-
bate records; but as no such records have been found for 38 THOMAS and
family, the details are here somewhat uncertain. The only cases of incorrect
use of the term " Jun." found on the printed vital records are the death of
Kzekiel, and perhaps of James, in 1736, on the second church records, and the
birth or baptism of Rose, in 1725-6, on the first church records. All records
have been clearly distinguished by the mother's name except the two deaths
of children in 1736, given under 26 Thomas, and the baptism of 143 Thomas,
given above. So far as we know, 38 Thomas was the only adult of that name
living in Bradford in 1739. 47 Thomas was then living in Beverly. The
identity of the husbands of Rose and Deborah is assumed, as the only hypoth-
esis consistent with the records,
tShould the date of Ann's birth be 1715, and " Hannah " be the same as "An"
on the records? Or, was Francis b. later than July, 1717? The Bradford rec-
ord* also give Isaiah, son of Jacob, "a young man," d. Deo., 1737.
(To be continued.)
REVOLUTIONARY JOURNAL KEPT BY ABIEL
CHANDLER OF ANDOVER, FROM DE-
CEMBER 2, 1776 UNTIL APRIL 1,
1777, DURING SERVICE ON THE
NORTH RIVER, NEW YORK.
FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT IN POSSESSION OF
THE ESSEX INSTITUTE.*
The following journal was probably kept by the Abiel
Chandler of Andover who was born in the West Parish,
Aug. 28, 1760 and was the son of Capt. Joshua and
Hannah Chandler. The military rolls of Andover men
in the operations about New York are very imperfect.
At least nineteen Andover men were in the service there
but their names do not appear on the Massachusetts
Revolutionary Rolls. In Capt. John Abbot's company of
Maj. Gage's regiment there was a fifer named Abiel Chan-
dler who enlisted Sept. 30, 1777 and served one month
and eight days in the northern army. Fifers and drum-
mers very frequently were boys or young men and very
probably the Abiel Chandler who was born in 1760, wa*
the same who blew a fife in 1777 in Maj. Gage's regi-
ment and also served with him about the North River,
New York, a few months before, while the major was a
captain in Col. Timothy Pickering's regiment.
Abiel Chandler (born in 1760) married a daughter of
Capt. Jonathan Abbot of Merrimac Corner, and lived in
Andover for a number of years where he was active in
forming an infantry company, and became its first lieut-
enant and afterwards was a major in the militia. He
removed to Boston, where he kept a boarding house, and
died there Nov. 2, 1833, leaving one son, Rev. Joshua
Chandler, minister at Orange, Mass., Swansey, N. H., and
Bedford, Mass.
Military H88. Vol. II, leaf 8.
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182 REVOLUTIONARY JOURNAL KEPT BY
A Journal of the times Scence December the 2, 1776, I
then inListed un Der Capt Gage, Bradford 1 Lieut
marbel, Andover, 2 Lieut maril, boxf ord, in Cornal picker-
rins regiment, salem
the Names of the towns. I left Andover December the
24, wilmonton, woband, mistick, Chalstown, Bostown, &
25, roxbury, Dedum, & 26, walpole, wrentham, & 27,
attleborow, rehobath. A grand place Providance, a fine
place, & 28 we Drawed two days alowence. sabbath the
29, the regement march d ,* Johnson giting wood, sabbath,
sittyeight [Scituate], & 29 Covinton, Vollintown, Plain-
field, &C 30, Canterbary, winddum, A fine place,
Lebunon, &C 31.
Jenuary the 1 1777. Covintry, Andover, Bolton,
Hartford, the 1 & 2 f snow & rane, farmingtown &
[torn], waterborow [Waterbury], woodborow [Wood-
bury], &C. 4, Newtown, &C. 5, sabbath, Danbary, &C.
6, we staid there 3 days, we Drawed meet and flower, i
went upon gard the 8 day. the 9 day marched, Richbary
[Ridgebury], salem, &C. 9, state of new York, plom-
brook, hanover, &C. 10 day, three miles pickils [Peeks-
kill] we had orders to turn back to the north easel
[Castle], we went back 4 miles to place called Crompond
[Crump Pond], then threw corts lands manner to North
Casel &C. 11, we had to go into an old mil hous where
we could C the sters. sabbath day morning the 12 we
went to one Vantasels. there we stayed sabbath, Monday
and tuesday Afternoon, the Afternoon ye 14 day we
marched About ten miles to a Place called tarytown. we
was ordered to Lode and fix our bayonots. we marched
with flank and Vance Gards. We got to tary town about
9 aclock. we had a prety Poor lodging.:}: The Next
morning we went about three miles to one Vantasels in
philipis manner the Est side of the North rover.
*The regiment left Providence between twelve and one on Sunday for Danbury,
Conn., on orders from General Lincoln.
fThis day they beard of the capture of the Hessians at Trenton. Letter of Tim-
othy Pickering.
tNo barracks were provided and the men were obliged to go from house to
house in search of lodgings until after ten o'clock. Col. Pickering's Journal.
AB1BL CHANDLER OF ANDOVER. 183
Wednesday the 15 the 16 our orders was to take three
Day alowence and march at fore oclock afternoon but
our orders was not to go. the 17 we was ordered to
March at 9 aclock at night.* we march 5 or 6 mile,
our order was to poot some Green bowes into our hats to
know us from the tories. we went within a few miles of
Kings brid[g]e upon some high hils in site of fort inde-
pendance we Drove of the Gards and took some plunder,
our Company went back that Night 10 or 12 miles and
back again the next morning, sabbath the 19 i garded
the Gons. tuesday the 21 we lay on the hils north of
King[s] brid[g]e. we was preadeed Last Night and
some Drawed out to march by them selves and the rest
to Preade at 5 aclock this morning and foller them but we
Did not go. we have to lay in the woods, our alowence
is 3 biskits and 18 onces of pork a day or 24 onces of
beaf.f we staid theretil fryday ye 24. it began to snow
but it turned to rain which Drove us out of our Camps,
we returned back again to our old Place 10 or 12 mile
the water ron so that it was very bad giting along, some
got in ouer there was bands, we got back about night all
weet threw, we Dryed ourselves some and Lay on some
straw that night, we most all got cold
26 Sabbath forenoon Nothing New but in the afternoon,
our order was to Preade at 2 of the Clock to hear some
Preeching but bef or we got there we had orders to git rady
to march at 12 aclock at night we went back to our old Place
Monday ye 27 we had orders to go and gard a cannon
to a place called spiteful Devil [Spuyton Duyvil] but the
horses gin out we got back about night we went back
about 2 mile to Lay.
Tuesday 28 we went upon gard Wednesday morning at
8 aclock we had to preade we got all our things togather
thinking to march but we had orders to return back where
we Preaded was the finest country seat that ever i ce. J
They inarched at about midnight on a cold, uncomfortable night and reached
Col. Phillips', about tbree miles from Kingsbridge, at four in the morning.
Col. Pickering's Journal.
tWhen the troops left Tarrytown they expected a short expedition and so-
took only blankets and axes. Camp kettles were left behind. The extended
stay resulted in much hardship. Aside from less than a wagon load of plunder
the expedition was a signal failure.
jThe residence of Col. Frederick Phillips, the Tory, at Phillipsburg, about
three miles from Kingsbridge.
184 REVOLUTIONARY JOURNAL KEPT BY
Wednesday the 29 about 8 aclock at night we had
orders to pic up all our things it snowed Very fast we
went back to our old place 10 or 12 mile
fry day 31 the world goes prety well,
satterday february the 1 we had orders to take all our
things and march, at nine oclock in the morning we
march 3 or 4 miles homeward and turned and went threw
a Part of North casl [Castle] and over the white Plianes
there had bin a nomber of Houses Burnt at Chester
rainny i had to go upon gard
Wednesday 5 afternoon Plesant wether there was a
rain Last night which careed of the snow chiefly sugar
is 9 shillings for seven Pound rum six shilings aquort
Tuesday the 6 Cold we were aLarmd but it was false.
Monday the 10 there Came out six Light horse* our
men killed three men and took one horse and wounded
some more
tuesday the 11 Day our orders was to march to the
Jersies but it snowed
Wednesday the 12 we marched homeward over the
white Plains, tary town, north easel.
Thursday the 13 we marched threw Corts lands manner,
Crompoud, hanover
fryday the 14 we marched a few miles toward the
Pickils [Peekskill] but we turned back again.
satterday the 15 we marched to the Pickils [Peekskill]
there we had to stan about til amost Nightf we marched
3 or 4 miles down the rever to corts lands manner
Sabbath Day the 16 about Noon we marched to king
fary and crowsed the North rover then marched Down
the rever threw hervestrow [Haverstraw] Cacord
Monday the IT we marched to rom Pole jersies muddy
and snow
tuesday the 18 we marched to Pompton perquonick
bad going
Wednesday the 19 we marched to marched threw moon
town [Boontown] there i ce a sliting mil then we
Mounted men from Fort Independence were daily making excursions into
the country.
j Waiting for the delivery of two day's rations.
ABIEL CHANDLER OP ANDOVKB. 185
marched in site of the sitty of troy* then turned back a
mile or two to Place called Persipperny
Thursday the 20 we marched to moontown [Boontown]
then to morristow[n] a fine place Gin Washingtons
head quroters Cold wather
Fryday the 21 we marched to Plueumin [Pluckemin]
then to bound Brooks,! county of middles ix, to one Jere-
miah hams teds}
Satturday the 22 Nothing New at Night our orders was
to Lay all our thing rady to throw into the wagon and to
Preade at the Gons firing.
Sabbath Day the 23 Good wather all is well no
rum with out 8 Dollers a gallon at Night a Part of the
Regement was Sent of to take the Picket gard About 2
aclock the gons snapt Prety well they took 3 of the ene-
my and some catle
Monday the 24 it snowed very fast all Day
tuesday the 25 Cold the snow flies very brisk
Wednesday the 26 Pleasant wather Nothing New
Thursday the 27 Went upon Main gard mudy going
Satterday March the 1 snow
tuesday the 4 snow the News of the Day is the enemy
is Going of
Thursday the 6 fast Day the Ly of the Day is the ene-
my is going from Brunswick
fryday the 7 the Lye of the Day is we are going back
to the Pixkils Good wather
Sabbath day the 9 we had to Preade at the gons Fireind
worm Day
Tuesday the 11 Nothing new the snow is chiefly gone
Satterday the 15 the News of the Day is the enemy is
Gon out with 11 Cannon
Monday the 17 there was a Larrum & a Small brush
and one rifil man wounded
Tuesday the 18 our men went Down toward the enemy
after hay and had a small brush the rifel men got wound-
ed and our magers horse got wounded
Troy hills.
tThe Hessian sentries were stationed only three miles from Bound Brook.
IThe soldiers were quartered in farm houses covering a distance of about four
miles.
Major Brougbton.
186 REVOLUTIONARY JOURNAL.
fryday the 21 fare wather our wagons and sick men
set out for home
satterday the 22 we was giting ready to go home.*
Sabbath the 23 we inarched for home from bound brook
the Lisebath town then far scoch Plains Springfield
then to newOc [Newark] mountins there we Lodged
Monday the 24 we marched to fawls foxe [Falls
Forks ?] Persake Pompton Pond Church yoy Po there
Lodgd
tuesday the 25 we marched to Parramus high Lands
mountins smith clovef then Lodged
Wednesday toe 26 we marched to New windser there
we crawsed North rever in a Petty auger to fishkils then
to bakers Presink there we Lodged
Thursday the 27 we marched to Duches County then to
Kint New Milford there we lodged
fryday the 28 we marched to Lichfield a fine Place
New hartford farmingtown there we Lodged
satterday the 29 we marched to Simsbury turky hill
suffield there we lodged
sabbath the 30 we marched to springfield farmer there
we Lodged.
Monday the 31 we marched to brimfield welton brook-
field Lister [Leicester] there we Lodged
Tuesday April the 1 we marched to woster^
*The regiment enlisted to serve until April 1st.
tClove, in Dutch, signifies valley.
jThe remainder of the journal is missing.
NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX
COUNTY.
(Continued from Vol. XL VI, page 256.^)
NEWBURY, May 17, 1760.
SCHEME of a LOTTERY,
For raising a Sum of Money for the building and main-
taining a Bridge over the River Parker, in the Town of
Newbury, at the Place called Old-Town Ferry (in pursu-
ance of an Act of the General Court, passed in April
1760.) Wherein Daniel Farnham, Caleb Gushing, Joseph
Crerrish, William Atkins, Esq. ; and Mr. Patrick Tracy.
Merchant, or any Three of them are appointed Managers,
The acting Managers are sworn to the faithful Performs
ance of their Trust.
Newbury-LotteTy Number Four, consists of 5000 Tickets,
at Two Dollars each ; 1655 of which are Benefit Tickets
of the following Value.
Dollars
1 of 500
4 of 100
5 of 50
6 of 40
10 of 30
14 of 20
45 of 10
75 of 8
1495 of 4
1655 Prizes, amounting to
3345 Blanks
is
are
are
are
afre
are
are
are
are
500 Dollars
400
250
240
300
280
450
600
5980
5000 Tickets, at Two Dollars each
To be paid in Prizes,
9000 Dollars
10000
9000
1000 Dollars
Remains to be applied for the Purpose aforesaid.
Two Blanks only to one PRIZE.
(187)
188 NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX COUNTY.
The Bridge aforesaid is already built, and upon a Settle-
ment of the Accounts, and Demands relative thereto, the
Managers of the former Lottery for that Purpose, were
found to be greatly in Debt ; The Charges of building the
Bridge, and prosecuting the Lottery, amounting to much more
than what was allowed to be raised by the former Act of the
Q-eneral Court therefore the present Lottery is allowed.
AND since the said Bridge so well answers the Expecta-
tion of the Public, and the Traveling that Way thereby is
rendered much more easy and pleasant; the Managers doubt
not there will be a great Demand of the Tickets, from a Prin-
ciple of encouraging and promoting a Work of such general
Utility, if there were no other Inducement. But when they
consider how much this Scheme is calculated in Favour of
the adventurers, there being many Prizes of great Value, and
but two Blanks to a Prize ; they doubt not of a very speedy
Sale of the Tickets.
Tickets purchased at Boston if fortunate, will be paid off
there. Public Notice will be given of the Time and Place of
Drawing; and as soon as finished, the Prizes will be pub-
lished in the Boston Gazette and Country Journal. G-old
as well as Silver will be received for Tickets; and the Prizes
paid off accordingly. Prizes not demanded in Twelve
Months after Drawing, will be considered as given to the
common Stock for building and maintaining the said Bridge
and will be so applied.
Tickets are to be Sold by the Managers in Newbury by
Ebenezer Storer Esq. and Son; Mr. Timothy Newell ; Wil-
iam $ James Jackson, and the Printers hereof in Boston.
Boston Evening G-azette, May 19, 1760.
Post-Office, Boston July 10, 1760.
[In a] List of Letters remaining in the Post-Office, not
before advertised [are the following] : Peter Gilyan,
Andover; Daniel Johnson, Lynn; Bimsley Stevens, Ando-
ver', Hannah Smith, Andover.
Boston Evening G-azette, July 21, 1760.
(To be continued.)
RECORDS OF THE VICE - ADMIRALTY COURT
AT HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA.
THE CONDEMNATION OP PRIZES AND RECAPTURES OF THE
REVOLUTION AND THE WAR OP 1812.
(Concluded from Volume XL VII, page 24.)
PARAGON (360), schr., 157 tons, W. Weston, master,
Charlestown to Boston, captured Aug. 13, 1813 by Curlew
andNymphe. Cargo: 173 bales cotton, 146bbls. rice and
34 half bbls. rice.
PARIS (434), bark, W. Harrison, master, recaptured
Oct. 28, 1813 by Ring Dove.
PATRIOT (81), schr., 140 tons, W. Reardon, master,
Norfolk to Lisbon, captured Sept. 7, 1812 by Acasta.
Cargo : flour and beans. Restored.
PATRIOT (474), sloop, 49 tons, T. M. Say re, master, New-
York, to Rhode Island, captured Dec. 19, 1813 by Liver-
pool Packet (privateer). Cargo: 430 bbls. flour and 5
boxes candles. Taken into Liverpool.
PATTY ( 189), schr., 75 tons, E. Hamblen, master, Port-
land to Long Island, captured Apr. 18, 1813 by Retalia-
tion (privateer). Cargo : lumber. Taken into Liverpool.
PAULINA (188), schr., 109 tons, W. Hath way, master,
Norfolk to New York, captured Apr. 20, 1813 by Sir John
Sherbrooke (privateer). Cargo: 3650 bushels coals, 20
kegs tobacco and 12 bbls. flour. Taken into Liverpool.
PEGGY (436), sloop, 91 tons, W. O. Fuller, master,
George's River to Boston, captured Nov. 3, 1813 by
Epervier, and Fantome. Caroro : timber and wood.
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190 RECORDS OF THE VICE-ADMIRALTY COURT
PENELOPE (196), brig, C. Perkins, master, Demerara to
Halifax, recaptured Aug. 13, 1812 by General Smyth
(privateer). Cargo : rum and coffee.
PENELOPE (196), British brig, C. Perkins, master,
Demerara to Halifax, captured July 15, 1813 by General
Smyth (privateer) . Cargo : 13 tierces coffee. Taken in-
to St. Johns, N. B.
PERSEVERANCE (642), sloop, 133 tons, Rob 1 James, mas-
ter, Moose Island to Castine, captured Sept. 18, 1814 by
Bacchante. Cargo : dry goods, rum, molasses and other
articles. Restored vessel and part of cargo.
PHEBE (51), brig, 200 tons, E. Bradley, master. Civi-
ta Vichia to Boston, captured Sept. 19, 1812 by Aeolus.
Cargo: brandy, juniper berries and paving stones.
PILGRIM (490), boat, 25 tons, Antv Brooks, master, Bos-
ton to East Port, captured Apr. 27, 1813 by Bream. Car-
go : gin, tobacco, flour, &c.
PILGRIM (235), brig, 269 tons, J. W. Baker, master,
New Orleans to Cadiz, captured May 18, 1813 by La
Hogue, Marlborough, St. Domingo, Statira, Maidstone and
Fan tome.
PILGRIM (320), schr., 22 tons, J. Bibbin, master, Port-
land to East Port, captured July 8, 1813 by Matilda
(privateer). Cargo: ballast.
PITT (96), brig, Mussen, master, recaptured Oct.
5, 1812, by Nymphe.
PLANTER (84), ship, Friths, master, Surinam to
England, recaptured Sept. 2, 1812 by Shannon.
PLANTER (612), sloop, 48 tons, S. Crowell, master, from
Dartmouth, fishing, captured Sept. 2, 1814 by Lively
(privateer). Cargo : fish, oil, salt and fishing stores.
Taken into Liverpool.
PLOUGH BOY (180), schr., 115 tons. Elisha Swift,
master, Charlestown to Providence, R. I., captured Apr.
16, 1813 by Orpheus. Cargo : 288 bales cotton.
AT HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA. 191
PLOUGH BOY (324), sloop, R. Ogden, master, Marrier
River to Philadelphia, captured May 30, 1813 by Statira,
Spartan and Martin.
PLUTUS (489), ship, 182 tons, D. Graham, master, Gib-
ralter to London, recaptured Apr. 9, 1813 by Curlew.
Cargo : 360 casks rice and return goods say linens, threads,
&c.
POLICY (456), ship, J. Bowman, master, recaptured
Dec. 4, 1813 by Loire and Ramilies.
POLLY (44), schr. (privateer), 34 tons, P. L. Favour
master, from Marblehead, cruising, captured Aug. 11,
1812 by Colibrie and Acasta. Cargo: guns, ammunition
and provisions.
POLLY (115), schr., 85 tons, H. Snow, master, Charles-
town to Boston, captured Oct. 14, 1812 by Liverpool
Packet (privateer). Cargo: rice and leather.
POLLY (342), schr., F. Roberts, master, recaptured Aug.
13, 1813 by Statira.
POLLY (465), schr., 88 tons, S. French, master, Penobscot
to Boston, captured Dec. 10, 1813 by Wolverine (priva-
teer). Cargo : lumber and fish. Taken into Liverpool.
POLLY (346), sloop, 92 tons, J. Morton, master, Bos-
ton to Friendship, captured July 28, 1813 by Fly (priva-
teer). Cargo : 25 bushels corn and 5 chairs.
POLLY (599), sloop, 45 tons, Stephen Allen, master,
Newhaven to New York, captured Aug. 10, 1814 by Liv-
erpool Packet (privateer). Cargo : rum, molasses and
cheese.
PORCUPINE (248), brig, 330 tons, T. Beckford, master,
Bayonne to Boston, captured June 17, 1813 by Valiant,
Acasta and Wasp. Cargo : brandy, wine, silks, dry goods
and other merchandize.
PORPOIS (364), schr., 32 tons, P. Pratt, master, from
Cohasset, fishing, captured July 31, 1813 by Rattler. Car-
go : fishing stores. Taken into New Brunswick.
192 RECORDS OF THE VICE-ADMIRALTY COURT
PORTLAND PACKET (190), schr., 63 tons, E. Paine, mas-
ter, Newbern to Boston, captured Apr. 16, 1813 by Retal-
iation (privateer). Cargo : 581 bbls. tar and 20 bbls. tur-
pentine. Taken into Liverpool.
PORTSMOUTH PACKET (412), schr., Perkins, mas-
ter, cruising, captured Oct. 5, 1813 by Fantome.
POST BOY (239), schr., 154 tons, W. Cook, master, Sa-
lem to St. Domingo, captured May 24, 1813 by Rattler,
Shannon and Tenedos. Cargo: candles, oil, perfumery,
paper, soap, wine, fish, brandy and dry goods. Taken into
New Brunswick.
PRESIDENT (165), schr., 93 tons, G. W. Carr, master,
Charlestown, S. C. to Providence, R. I., captured Apr. 1,
1813 by Atalante. Cargo : 212 bales cotton and some in-
digo.
PREVOYANTE (33), schr., W. Austen, master, Martinique
to Halifax, recaptured July 31, 1812 by Emulous. Cargo :
sugar and rum.
PRINCE OF AUSTRIAS (97), brig, Glasgow to New
Brunswick, recaptured Aug. 13, 1812 by Statira.
PRISCILLA (287), schr., 61 tons, J. Small, master, to
Boston, captured July 9, 1813 by Curlew. Cargo: fish.
PROTECTRESS (277), ship, 292 tons, W. Jeffery, master,
Norfolk to Lisbon, captured June 18, 1813 by Victorious-
Marlboro, Barrossa, Junon, Narcissus and Mohawk. Cargo :
3200 bbls. flour.
PROVIDENCE (312), schr., B. Sire, master, recaptured
July 25, 1813 by Nymphe.
PRUDENCE (46), brig, 157 tons, John Anderson, master,
Dublin to New York, captured Aug. 11, 1812 by Morgi-
ana. Cargo : a few trunks of linen and hardware.
PRUDENCE (553), schr., 18 1-2 tons, L. G. Crocker,
master, Washington, N. C. to Barnstable, captured July
10, 1814 by Acasta. Cargo : spirits of turpentine, bright
varnish and reed poles.
AT HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA. 193
PRUDENTIA (292), ship, Domingo Pagia, master, Oca-
croke to Cadiz, captured July 7, 1813 by Rattler. Cargo
1000 bbls. flour, 3 staves, 30 bbls. tar and 50 kegs tobac-
co. Taken into New Brunswick. Restored.
PYTHAGORAS (77), sloop (privateer), 42 tons, Cyrus
Libby, master, from Saco, cruising, captured Aug. 9, 1812
by Bream. Cargo : guns, ammunition and provisions.
QUEEN CHARLOTTE (396), schr., C. Livingston, master,
Antigonish to Newf d Land, recaptured Sept. 3, 1813 by
Shannon. Cargo : cattle.
Quiz (511), schr., 214 tons, W. Phillips, master, 28
men and 2 guns, St. lago to Philadelphia, captured May
23, 1814 by Niemen. Cargo : 25 hhds. sugar, 250 bbls.
sugar, 30 casks molasses and 1 bbl. coffee.
RACER (238), schr., 230 tons, West, master, from
Raphahanoc, cut out bound to France, captured ,
1813 by Victorius. Cargo : coffee, cotton and sugar.
RACHEL (663), brig, 120 tons, John Patterson, master,
Portland to Wilmington, captured Nov. 3, 1814 by Rover
(privateer). Cargo : 200 bushels potatoes and 275 hhds.
salt. Taken into Liverpool.
RANDOLPH (439), schr., W. Clarke, master, captured
Oct. 14, 1813 by Paz.
RANDOLPH (331), sloop, 32 tons, J. Webster, master,
Boston to East Port, captured July 23, 1813 by Fly
(privateer). Cargo : 170 bbls. flour, 20 bbls. beef, 30
bbls. pitch and tar.
RANGER, schr., 33 tons, Dan 1 Covell, master, New York
to Providence, captured July 13, 1814 by Superb. Cargo :
flour.
RANGER (666), schr., 85 tons, John Burton, master,
Friendship to Boston, captured Nov. 5, 1814 by Lunen-
burg (privateer). Cargo : wood and scantling. Taken
into Lunenburg.
194 RECORDS OP THE VICE-ADMIRALTY COURT
RAPID (109), brig (privateer), 190 tons, Joseph Weeks,
master, from Portland, cruising, captured Oct. 18, 1812
by Maidstone and Spartan. Cargo : guns, ammunition
and provisions.
RATTLESNAKE (546), brig, 280 or 300 tons, J. Renshaw,
master, 14 guns and 130 men, Bay of Biscay returning
from a cruise, captured July 11, 1814 by Leander.
RAVEN (369), schr., W. Kingston, master, captured
Aug. 27, 1813 by Manly. Restored.
RAYO (99), brig, 118 tons, J. Moreno, master, Balti-
more to Porto Rico, captured July 28, 1812 by Maidstone.
Cargo : flour. Restored.
REBECCA (290), schr., 86 tons, G. Vaughan, master^
New York to Cadiz or Halifax, captured June 27, 1813
by Boxer. Cargo : 584 bbls. flour. Taken into New
Brunswick.
REBECCA (347), schr., 64 tons, J. Dennis, master, Pen-
obscot to Marblehead, captured July 27, 1813 by Fly
(privateer). Cargo: cord wood.
REBECCA (367), schr., 117 tons, A. Elwell, master,
Townshend to Boston, captured Aug. 3, 1813 by Boxer.
Cargo : cord wood. Taken into New Brunswick.
RECOVERY (484), brig, 190 tons, D. Dunbar, master,
Bermuda to Castine, captured Jan. 15, 1814 by Hare
(privateer). Cargo : ballast and specie. Specie landed
before capture. Taken into Shelburne.
RED BIRD (141), sloop, 55 tons, J. Foster, master,
Murros Borough to Boston, captured Mar. 18, 1813 by
Sir John Sherbrooke (privateer). Cargo : 1811 bushels
corn and 206 bbls. tar.
REGULATOR (43), schr. (privateer), 40 tons, J. Mans-
field, master, from Salem, cruising, captured Aug. 11,
1812 by Colibrie. Cargo : guns, ammunition and provis-
ions.
AT HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA. 195
KELIANCE (146), sloop, 56 tons, S. Crowell, master,
Boston to New York, captured Mar. 10, 1813 by Liver-
pool Packet (privateer). Cargo : 5 kegs brimstone, 3
hhds. molasses, 1 bale cotton, 1 chest tea, 3 kegs tobacco,
1 bbl. rice, 41 bbls. ashes, 1786 bars iron, 3 boxes and 1
bbl. sugar.
REPUBLICAN (299), ship, A. Baupen, master, New
York to Port au Prince, captured July 11, 1813 by Nim-
rod. Cargo: provisions, lumber, tobacco, fruit and dry
goods.
RESOLUTION (410), ship, 215 tons, C. Olson, master,
Gottenburg to New Bedford or Boston, captured Sept.
25, 1813 by Majestic. Cargo : iron and deals.
RESOLUTION (413), sloop, 57 tons, W. Gibbs, master,
Martha's Vinyard to Worsham, captured Sept. 11, 1813
by Star (privateer). Cargo : iron ore.
REVENGE (124), schr. (privateer), 69 tons, J. Sinclair,
master, from Salem, cruising, captured Dec. 4, 1812 by
Paz. Cargo : guns, ammunition and provisions.
REWARD (132), brig, 182 tons, A. Hill, master, Salem
to Lisbon, captured Oct. 10, 1812 by General Smyth
(privateer). Cargo : flour, beef, &c.
RHODA (697), schr., 129 tons, A. F. Wright, master,
Bermuda to Liverpool or London, recaptured Feb. 26,
1815 by Bulwark. Cargo : sugar, coffee and cotton.
RICHARD D. STANLEY (405), schr., 115 tons, Ful-
ford, master, to Boston, captured Sept. 13, 1813 by Paz.
Cargo : 506 bbls. tar, 170 bbls. pitch, 69 bbls. turpentine
and 100 bbls. flour.
RICHMOND (191), brig, 150 tons, W. Thomas, master,
New York to East Port, captured Apr. 19, 1813 by Re-
taliation (privateer). Cargo : 230 bbls. wheat and rye
flour. Taken into Liverpool. Restored.
RICHMOND (217), schr., 94 tons, S. Bur, master, Cuba
to Rhode Island, captured Apr. 25, 1813 by Retaliation
(privateer). Cargo : molasses. Taken into Liverpool.
196 RECORDS OP THE VICE-ADMIRALTY COURT.
RISING SUN (143), schr., 64 tons, L. Hallet, master*
No. Carolina to Barnstable, captured Mar. 21, 1813, by
Sir John Sherbrooke (privateer). Cargo : 1,350 bushels
corn, 10 bushels beans and 204 bbls tar.
RISING SUN (166), schr., 99 tons, G. F. Fash, master,
Charlestown, S. C., to New York, captured March 31,
1813 by Atalante. Cargo : 250 bales cotton and 23 kegs
ground nuts.
RISING SUN (469), sloop, C. B. Hussey, master, cap-
tured Dec. 1, 1813 by Loire, Ramilies and Endymion.
ROBUST (569), sloop, captured July 10, 1814 in the
harbour of the Chesapeake, the tobacco taken out of store
houses and vessels sailing under the American flag which
were burnt. Captured July 2, 1814 by Albion, Dragon,
Acasta, Loire, Severn, Narcissus, Jaseur and St. Law-
rence, 18 hhds. tobacco. Captured July 10, 1814 by
Albion, Dragon, Loire, Severn, Jaseur, and St. Lawrence,
6 tons barr iron.
ROLLA (462), schr. (privateer), G. Fellows, master,
captured Dec. 10, 1813 by Loire.
Roscio (311), brig, F. Jose Carva, master, captured
, 1813 by Dover.
ROSE IN BLOOM (307), sloop, 58 tons, J. Colbroth, mas-
ter, Saco to Rhode Island, captured July 7, 1813 by Re-
taliation (privateer). Cargo: lumber. Taken into Liv-
erpool.
ROVER (19), 98 tons, W m Chapman, master, Liverpool
to Amelia Island, captured July 19, 1812 by Ringdove.
Cargo : coals, earthen ware and hard ware.
ROVER (446), schr., J. Atkins, master, captured Nov.
6, 1813 by Shannon (privateer).
ROXANA (333), ship, C. Blake, master, captured July
10, 1813 by La Hogue. Restored.
(To be continued.)
NEHEMIAH CLEAVELAND, M. D.
Ill
HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
OF THE
ESSEX INSTITUTE
VOL. XLVII. JULY, 1911 No. 3
THE PHYSICIANS OF TOPSFIELD, WITH SOME
ACCOUNT OF EARLY MEDICAL
PRACTICE.
BY HENRY FOLLANSBEE LONG.
In the early days of New England there was no distinct
class of men following the profession of medicine, but, the
practice was taken up in connection with some other call-
ing. In every community either the minister or the school-
master or some skilled nurse was expected to act in cases
of need. In taking care of the sick, the neighborly inter-
est stood in good stead, in fact much in olden days had to
depend upon kindly neighbors. At the period when
Massachusetts was settled, medicine was an art rather than
a science.
The question of some medical man to serve them was a
matter considered deeply by the colonists. "For many
years before the Puritans came to this country, being sub-
jected to bitter persecution, and foreseeing the possibility
of an ejectment, a considerable number of their ministers
studied medicine. They saw the probable needs of the
future, and fitted themselves, as best they could, for any
emergency that might arise in a new settlement, hence
they formed a large proportion of the early physicians of
Massachusetts." Even to-day we see our foreign mission-
aries studying medicine as practical preparation for their
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198 THE PHYSICIANS OF TOPSPIBLD,
duties in a new field. This custom, in fact, is as old as
civilization itself, from the days of the ancient priests of
Egypt, Greece, and Rome, who were the ones to collect
and preserve the traditions of medicine. There is no
record that any of the early Topsfield ministers practised
medicine, but one of the early practitioners was also a
schoolmaster.
Some of the early remedies are at times amusing and
at others disgusting. Many and manifold are the reme-
dies to "chear the heart," to " drive melancholy," to "cure
one pensive," " for the megrums," and " for a grief,"
and without doubt the lonely colonists often needed them.
We also learn from the old records that " things ill for
the heart were beans, pease, sadness, onions, anger, evil
tidings, and loss of friends ; a very arbitrary and unjust
classification." Our ancestors were troubled with insom-
nia. Here is a cure : " Bruise a handful of anis-seeds,
and steep them in Red Rose Water and make it up in
little bags, and binde one of them to each Nostrill, and it
will cause sleep." Among other things we learn that,
" picking the gums with the bill of an osprey is good for
the toothache, . . . bear's grease is good for aches and
cold swellings, ... a stone found in the head of the cod-
fish, when pulverized, stops fluxes of blood." For fevers
it was customary to take " two salt white herrings and
slit them down the back and bind them to the soles of the
patient's feet."
Another ingredient of the early doses, unicorn's horns
must have been difficult to secure in New England.
John Endicott says in a letter written in 1634, " I have
sent you Mrs. Beggarly her Unicorns home and bezar
stone." Both the unicorn's horn and the bezoar stone
were sovereign antidotes against poisons. In the Win-
throp Papers, in a letter to J. Winthrop, Jr., under date
of January 26, 1656, we find the following : * Lett me
tell you an easy medicine of mine owne that I have scene
do miraculous cures in all sortes of vlcers, and in knitting
soddainly broken bones . . . Beate to subtile powder one
ounce of crabbes eyes, then putt vpon it in a high glasse
foure ounces of strong wine-vinegar. It will instanely
BY HENRY FOLLANSBEE LONG. 199
boyle vp extremly ; lett it stand till all be quiett ; then
straine it through a fine lenon; and of this liquor (w ch
will then tast like dead beere ; without any sharpnesse)
giue two spoonefuls att a time to drinke, three times a
day ; and you shall see a strange effect in a weeke or
two," and, " For all sortes of agewes, I haue of late tryed
the following magneticall experiment, with infallible suc-
cesse. Pare the patients nayles when the fever is coming
on ; and put the paringes into a little bagge of fine lenon
or sarsenet ; and tye that about a Hue eeles necke, in a
tubbe of water. The eele will dye and the patient will
recover. And if a dog or hog eate that eele, they will
also dye."
Little by little, however, these disgusting agents were
dropped, and in their places came the herbs and simples
of our grandmothers. The family that did not provide
itself with a plentiful supply of he bs was considered
negligent of its duties. Every housrehold had its simple
domestic remedies for common complaints, and few were
the families that did not possess some old book containing
manuscript receipts for all sorts of ordinary ailments.
Some of the more common herbs used for concoctions,
which in some cases were given without rhyme or reason
and make us wonder how the patient could possibly re-
cover, were, wormwood, tansy, yarrow, dandelion, bur-
dock, plantain, catnip, and mint (all these herbs came
here by importation), and ellicampane, angelica, gentian,
St. John's wort, betony, and the like.
With a low standard of professional education, even
among the physicians, it was not to be expected that there
would be much general intelligence on medical matters in
the community at large. The credulity of the ignorant
was remarkable. In England the touch of the royal mon-
arch was considered to cure king's evil and scrofula. It is
not strange, therefore, that some lingering faith in the
absurd customs should crop out in New England. In the
early days general complaint appears against the " shoe-
makers, Weavers, and Almanack makers . . . who have
laid aside the proper Business of their Lives to turn
Quacks."
200 THE PHYSICIANS OF TOPSFIELD,
In the early days of the Colony there had been excel-
lent opportunities, in the treatment of disease, for suc-
cessful imposition on the ignorant and unthinking, and the
quacks were not slow in availing themselves of the oppor-
tunity. In the year 1649 a law was passed which is cred-
itable to the wisdom of that time, in regulating, within
certain limits, the practice of medicine and surgery. It
was a salutary enactment, as far as it went, but it afforded
only a slight protection against the deficiencies of the pro-
fession. The tendency of the law was to confine the
profession to skilled persons. The enactment was as
follows :
" Chirurgions, Midwives, Physitians." " Forasmuch as
the law of God allowes no man to impaire the Life, or
Limbs of any Person, but in a judicial way :
" It is therefore Ordered, That no person or persons
whatsoever, employed at any time about the bodyes of
men, women or children, for preservation of life or health,
as Chirurgions, Midwives, Physitians, or others, presume
to exercise, or put forth any act contrary to the known
approved Rules of art, in each mystery and occupation,
nor exercise any force, violence or cruelty upon, or
towards the body of any, whether young or old (no not
in the most difficult and desperate cases) without the ad-
vice and consent of such as are skillfull in the same Art,
(if such may be had) or at least some of the wisest and
gravest then present, and consent of the patient or patients
if they be mentis compotis, much less contrary to such
advice and consent ; upon such severe punishment as the
nature of the fact may deserve, which Law nevertheless
is not intended to discourage any from all lawfull use of
their skill, but rather to incourage and direct them in the
right use thereof, and inhibit and restreine the presump-
tions arrogancy of such as through presidence of their
own skill, or any other sinister aspects, dare boldly at-
tempt to exercise any violence upon or towards the bodyes
of young and old, one or other, to the prejudice or hazard
of the life or limbe of man, woman or child."
The early practitioners of medicine had a fondness for
bleeding, and even until within a few years leeches were
BY HENRY FOLLANSBEE LONG. 201
generally used, and always kept on hand by apothecaries.
The ministers used to bleed and pray in all severe cases.
Then there were the barber surgeons, who wielded with
equal facility the razor and the lancet, as well as used the
jaw-breaking key on the aching teeth of their unfortunate
customers.
Many of the early ministers also played the part of
apothecary, buying drugs at wholesale and compounding
and selling medicines to their parishioners. Small wonder
that Cotton Mather, who was not the only kind-hearted
New England minister who set up to heal the body as weil
as the soul of the entire town, called the union of physc
and piety an ' Angelical Conjunction."
It cannot be doubted that the early physicians brought
with them many old-world medical superstitions, and there
is no question but that they were more or less involved in
the prevailing errors of the community in which they
lived. But, on the whole, their record is a clean one, so
far as we can get at it, and where it is questionable, we
must remember that there must have been many poorly
educated persons among them, and that all must have felt,
to some extent, the influence of those sincere and devoted,
but unsafe men, the physic-practising clergyman, who
often used spiritual means as a substitute for temporal
ones, and who looked upon a hysterical patient as pos-
sessed by the devil, and who treated a fractured skull by
prayers and plasters.
DR. MICHAEL DWINELL.
On a little knoll on the western side of Salem street, in
Topsfield, and a few feet north of the driveway leading
to the present old Dwinell house, may still be seen the
site of the house of Topsfield's first recorded physician,
Michael Dwinell. At this point it may be well to men-
tion the fact that Dr. Zerubbabel Endicott, son of Gov.
John Endicott, who lived on his father's grant of 1639,
which is now owned and occupied by Frank W. Killam, and
situated hi Boxford, on the Middleton road, a short dis-
tance beyond the town line, may have practiced here. He
was connected with the Topsfield church, but was excom-
202 THE PHYSICIANS OF TOPSFIBLD,
municated Dec. 24. 1693. He is frequently mentioned in
records of that early day.
Michael Dwinell was born in Topefield, December 5,
1670, the second of nine children and' the oldest son of
Michaell and Mary Dwinell. His house was taxed as a
dwelling until 1778, and afterwards was used as a barn.
The old well is still in evidence.
Michael, the father, may have come from Scotland or
Ireland, though family tradition says he came from France.
He is supposed, by some, to have been in Topsfield about
1664, though some records have it that he was a French
Huguenot who came to Topsfield " aftei the revocation of
the Edict of Nantes in 1685," but his son Michael, the
physician, was born in Topsfield in 1670, and by the
church records it appears that " Michael Dunnell's " wife
was in full communion in 1684. He is also recorded, un-
der date of December 18, 1678, as having taken the
"Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity." On October 24,
1672, he purchased from Francis Peabody, for <70, fifty
acres of land " lyeing and being in Topsfield ... on the
South Syde of the River called Ipswich River . . .
bounded in part by Salem line." In his will of June 29,
1710/11, he gives to his son Dr. Michael " all y* parcell
of Land abounding his house, as he hath improved for
himself," and several pieces of meadow. This will was
not probated tillMarch,1717/18, and under date of March
3, 1717/18, his children, beneficiaries under the will,
Mary, Michael, Thomas, John and Joseph, regarding their
father's will, deposed that " as he did among some other
things dubious of exact meaning, we have mutually
agreed to divide the land between us in a different man-
lier."
Michael Dwinell, junior, is styled in old deeds as "phy-
sician and chirurgeon." What were his medical studies
previous to his acquiring his title, are not known at this
day. In 1697 he is spoken of as " Mikell Jr.," and not
until 1724 does his name appear as Doctor Michael, when
it is found in a deed given that year. He might have
been studying his profession along the lines of hysterics,
when, on March 1, 1691/2, he was on duty at Ipswich
BY HENRY EOLLANSBEE LONG. 203
jail, where he was to overlook Sarah Good, accused of
witchcraft, it being recorded by the sheriff, " that night I
sett a gaud to watch her at my own house, namely, Sam'l
Braybrook, Michaell Dunnell of Topsfield and Jonathan
Baker."
It is of interest to read a letter from Dr. William
Douglas of Boston, written in 1720, regarding fees. He
writes : " I have here practice amongst four sorts of
People ; some families pay me five pounds per annum each
for advice, sick or well, some few fee me as in Britain,
but for the Native New Englanders I am obliged to keep
a daybook of my consultations, advice and Visits, and
bring them in a bill ; others of the poorer sort I advise
and visit without any expectation of fees."
Doctor Dwinell was married at least five times, and fam-
ily tradition has increased the number to seven, for Esther
Richards Dwinel, widow of John, who died Oct. 31, 1837,
at the advanced age of 101 years 8 mos. 10 days, main-
tained that at different times Doctor Michael had seven
wives, and when questioned as for which he felt the
strongest affection, replied " that he knew no difference."
He married, first, Hannah . Her maiden name
and the date of her marriage are not known. The chil-
dren by this marriage were :
Thomas, born Oct. 3, 1693, married Mary Perkins.
Sarah, born June 20, 1697, married Abram Foster of
Ipswich in 1718.
Mary, born April 25, 1702, married first, Gott;
after his death, Oct. 19, 1746, she married, second, Estes
Peabody, who died Dec. 31, 1770, without issue. She
died Feb. 15, 1772.
Michael, born Jan. 7, 1705/6, married Lucy Towne.
Stephen, born March 5, 1707/8, married Abigail Harris.
Hannah, born March 12, 1709/10, married Jan, 24,
1729, Joshua Bowere, or Bowery, of Marblehead.
Jacob, born Jan. 31, 1714/5, married Kesiah Gould.
Abigail, born Nov. 5, 1719, married Humphrey Deering
of Arundel, Me.
He married, second, Dec. 10, 1724, Elisabeth Fisk of
Wenham, who died Mar. 26, 1730. Their children were:
204 THE PHYSICIANS OF TOPSFIELD,
Benjamin, born Nov. 10, 1726; married Mary Easty.
Thomas, born Aug. 26, 1729.
He married, third, Elizabeth Cave, who died February,
1737. Their children were :
Samuel, baptized July 18, 1731.
Elizabeth, born Oct, 29, 1733.
On July 6, 1737, he married Charity Cotta of Salem,
who died Nov. 8, 1752, and lastly, for his fifth wife, he
married, Feb. 1, 1753, widow Mary Balch, "who died
suddenly, a very aged woman, upwards of 90 years, April
14, 1774." He had died on December 24, 1761, aged 91
years.
His will, dated July 17, 1753, like that of his father,
was signed with his seal and mark. It mentioned his wife
Mary, to whom he gives " the use and income of all the
lands," and also " one cow ; " to his son Michael he leaves
5 shillings, to be paid in 7 years after his own and his
wife's death ; to his son Stephen, 5 shillings ; his son
Jacob 5 shillings ; his granddaughter, Esther Balch, wife
of David Balch, 5 shillings ; son Benjamin, house and
barn, and land and meadow in Topsfield, and all else,
bonds, and books, debts, etc., to his wife. He also men-
tions his daughters, Sarah Foster, and Mary, Hannah, and
Abigail. The inventory of his estate, presented Feb. 1,
1762, amounted to .145. Among other articles men-
tioned were : Sum Books, 5/1, Two Coats and One Great
Coat.
Prior to the practice of Doctor Dwinell, and during his
early years, Topsfield may have been served by the
famous Doctor Oakes and Doctor Bullivant, both of Salem.
John Dunton, the London bookseller, who visited New
England in 1686, writes of these men as follows :
"Dr. Oakes. He is an eminent physitian, and a relig-
ious man ; at his first coming to a patient he persuades
him to put his trust in God, the fountain of health ; the
want of this hath caused the bad success of most physi-
tians, for they that won't acknowledge God in all their
applications, God won't acknowledge them in that success
which they might otherwise expect."
"Dr. Bullivant. He is so conversant with the great
BY HENRY FOLLANSBEE LONG. 205
variety of nature, that not a drug or simple escapes his
knowledge, so that he never practices new experiments
upon his patients, except it be in desperate cases, where
death must be expelled by death. This also is praise-worthy
in him, that to the poor he always prescribes cheap,
but wholesome medicines, not curing them of a consump-
tion in their bodies, and sending it into their purses,
nor yet directing them to the East Indies to look for drugs,
when they may have far better out of their gardens."
DR. AMOS DWINELL.
The second physician in Topsfield was Amos Dwinell,
the ninth child of Thomas, who was a brother to Doctor
Michael. He was born Mar. 19, 1721/2, the son of
Thomas and Dinah (Brimsdill) Dwinell. She was of
Lynn, they having married May 23, 1701. Amos was
admitted to a full communion in the Topsfield church on
Aug. 29, 1742. He married, May 26, 1749, Anna Per-
kins, at Rowley. There is no record of any children.
Under date of April 16, 1748, in a deed of eight acres of
land to Uzziel Rea, he styles himself " Amos Dwinell of
Topsfield, Physitian." He witnessed a deed in Topsfield
in 1746, and is called "physician and doctor." In the
assessors' records for the years 1747-8-9, he is styled
" Doctor. " Just where he received his education is not
known. His uncle, Doctor "Michaill," died Dec. 24,
1761, and it is quite probable that the nephew may have
been taught by him. Where he practiced after he left
Topsfield is not known, but in a letter written by John
Adams, dated Oct. 21, 1798, and printed in Gage's His-
tory of Rowley, an Amos Dunnell is mentioned, but he is
not listed with the regular physicians of Rowley. After
his marriage, in 1749, he seems to have disappeared from
this vicinity, and it is not known where he died. His
father's will was dated June 21, 1747, and in it he be-
queathed to Amos all his estate, " both Real and Personal
in Topsfield, or anywhere else."
DR. JOSEPH BRADSTREET.
The third physician was Joseph Bradstreet, a grandson
of Governor Simon Bradstreet. He was born May 13
206 THE PHYSICIANS OF TOPSFIELD,
1727, and was the youngest son of Simon and Elizabeth
(Capen) Bradstreet. She was the daughter of Rev.
Joseph Capen of Topsfield. In a deed dated Oct. 17,
1749, from Joseph to his brother John, he styles himself
" Joseph Bradstreet of Salem Village, Student in Physick."
It was customary in those early days, as there were no
medical schools in Massachusetts, to apprentice young
men to some leading practitioner, and in due time the
young man went forth with the master's certificate in his
pocket, a full-fledged physician. Some obtained a license
from the court to practice.
Joseph Bradstreet married, first, February 8, 1770, Abi-
gail Fuller of Middleton. In the intention of marriage,
Oct. 29, 1769, he is called "Dr. Joseph." A son Joseph
was born hi Topsfield on March 26, 1771. She was sep-
arated from him by act of the " Governor and Council of
the Province of the Massachusetts Bay." October 17,
1771, and he was ordered to pay her <5 yearly, in " four
equal quarterly payments." He married, second (pub-
lished Nov. 16, 1783), widow Hannah Ross of Ipswich,
and died in Topsfield Oct. 5, 1790, at the age of 63 years.
His practice did not require all his time, for under date
of Sept. 28, 1756, the town of Topsfield voted to abate
the Rate Laid on Doct. Joseph Bradstreet in the year
1755, when he was Keeping School for the town." The
town also allowed to Dr. Joseph Bradstreet " two Pounds
Eight shillings for one months Keeping School in the
year 1756." September 22, 1788, it was voted that " the
town agree to Board Doct. Joseph Bradstreet During the
time hee shall keep school to pay the town the sum of
,3-15-2 which is due to the town from said Bradstreet."
He died a pauper.
DR. RICHARD DEXTER.
" During the generation immediately preceding the
Revolution the science of medicine in Massachusetts was
making progress by slow and steady steps. The bond of
union with the clerical profession existing from the earli-
est days of colonial life had been cut, and there was no
longer any practical connection between the two callings.
BY HENRY FOLLANSBEE LONG. 207
Medicine had ceased to creep, and was now walking."
During this period we find Dr. Richard Dexter practicing
in Topsfield.
Doctor Dexter, who began his practice in Topsfield in
1740, and continued till his death, Nov. 25, 1783, was
probably the first practitioner of the medical art in
Topsfield who devoted his time exclusively to it. He was
the son of John and Winnefred (Sprague) Dexter, and
was born June 15, 1713, at Maiden, Mass. He was of
Irish descent, the Dexter family being closely identified
with the history of Ireland from the beginning of the
12th century. Richard Dexter, the great grandfather of
Doctor Dexter, " with his wife Bridget and three or more
children, fled to England from the great Irish massacre of
the Protestants, which commenced Oct. 27, 1641. What
vessel he came over in is not known, but he was in Boston
prior to Feb. 28, 1642, when he became an inhabitant."
His father was John Dexter, who died in 1722, and who was
for many years a deacon of the church and selectman of
the town of Maiden, Mass., and commanded a Company of
Foot during the reign of George I, receiving his commis-
sion from Governor Samuel Shute in 1717. His mother,
Winnefred Sprague of Maiden, was born in 1673, and
died in 1752. Her "reverend son," the Rev. Samuel
Dexter of Dedham, says she " was a very pious woman,
strictly religious, lived in the fear of God, and died strong
in faith and full of comfort and joy."
On June 18, 1741, Doctor Dexter married Mehitabel
Putnam, who was then li ving in Boxford, probably with her
sisters, Mrs. Francis and Mrs. Thomas Perley. She was a
sister of the heroic General Israel Putnam, and it is said
she possessed many similar conspicuous traits of character
to those of her brother. She was the daughter of Joseph
and Elizabeth (Porter) Putnam. They had a daughter,
Mehitable, born Nov. 3, 1742, who married Rev. John
Treadwell, and died July 3, 1786, at Ipswich. Mrs. Dex-
ter died Sept. 2, 1801, aged 79 years. Doctor Dexter and
his wife were admitted to full communion in the Topsfield
church on Oct. 31st, 1742.
In writing of Doctor Dexter, the late Nehemiah Cleave-
208 THE PHYSICIANS OP TOPSFIELD,
land says " he had, I believe, the confidence of the people
here, not only as a physician, but as a citizen." About
1742, he built as a residence, the house on lower Main
Street, now known as the '* Agricultural Farm House."
It is said that Madam Dexter, who was a fine equestrienne,
while the house was in process of construction, rode her
horse into the second story by way of an inclined platform
that was used in carrying the building supplies. It is
also said that a detachment of troops returning from
Arnold's Expedition against Quebec, camped under the
large pine tree that stood in front of the house, until with-
in a few years.
Doctor Dexter's education previous to his practice in
Topsfield is problematical. The available literature of
the profession was scanty, and for that reason easily mas-
tered. The doctors had no knowledge of pathology, and
but little of anatomy. It must not be forgotten that there
were but very few regular graduates of medicine in the
country for more than a hundred years after its settle-
ment. In his time there were no medical schools in this
country and few had the means or inclination for study
abroad. Medical students were frequently " bound out,
like apprentices, to their instructors, and were compelled
to do all sorts of chores around the house and barn, as well
as the professional drudgery. In those days the physi-
cians used to buy their own drugs and prepare their own
medicines, and it was the province of the students to
pound the bark and spread the plasters, as well as to mix
the ointments and make the pills. In short they were to
be useful to their employers, as best they might in any
way, whether in bleeding patients, pulling teeth, or attend-
ing to cases of minor surgery. Sometimes they boarded
with their masters, being intimates of their families, and
in some cases marrying the daughter of the house. It was
customary for physicians in their daily rounds of practce
to be accompanied by their scholars, in order to show them
the different forms of disease, and to teach them the rules
of diagnosis. On their return home the young men would
sometimes undergo a form of questioning, which was con-
sidered an examination. In this way, with a certain
BY HENRY FOLLANSBEB LONG. 209
amount of medical reading, the main supply of doctors was
kept up."
" They did not measure the drugs with the precision
nowadays, the asbestos stomachs and colossal minds of
our forefathers were much above such petty minuteness."
These lax directions accompany old prescriptions, and the
patients some how followed them. The amount of medi-
cine to be taken would be " the bigth of a walnut," or
44 enough to lie on a penknifes point," or " enough to cover
a French coin," or "as bigg as a haslenut," or "as great
as a charger," or " a pretty draught," and " a pretty bunch
-of herbs," but the most concise of all directions was when
one was told to " take a pretty quantity as often as you
please."
Cheerfully these public servants toiled over the hardest
roads, in every season and in all weather, to attend rich
and poor alike ; the country doctor could not choose his
patients if he would. A rigid standard of custom gave
his services to all who needed them, fees being hardly con-
sidered when any one needed medical attendance.
The fees were very modest. Even in Boston, prior to
1782, the ordinary visit was charged at one shilling, six
pence to two shillings. Half a dollar was only charged
" such as were in high life." In the year 1782, a club of
the leading physicians fixed the common fee at fifty cents,
in consultation at one dollar, while night visits were
doubled. Capital operations in surgery were at five
pounds lawful money ; medicines were charged at very
high prices comparatively.
When the French Acadian family of Michael Dugoy
were living in Topsfield, Doctor Dexter was their physi-
cian, and in 1759 he charged the town on their account for
" 13 professional visits, Hystarick pills and powders, 3
purges Stumatick mixter, blisters and purgative powders,"
all supplied for the magnificent sum of eighteen shillings.
There was a Doctor Sawyer of Ipswich who attended this
family, and there is a charge for the " French Doctor"
amounting to 1. 4. 0. Where he came from is not
known.
Tradition has said that Doctor Dexter had in his medi-
210 THE PHYSICIANS OF TOPSFIELD,
cal library, which was purchased intact by Dr. Nehemiah
Cleveland, but two volumes, but the inventory of his
estate shows " 3 Large Books" valued at XI. 2, and " Books
and Pamphlets" valued at XI. 16. 0. The inventory of his
estate, which amounted to .124:0 - 19 - 2, includes " Home-
stead and 37 acres, also 53 acres of land, Pew in the
Meeting House, Riding chair, 2 Great Coats, 4 strait bod-
ied Coats, 8 Jackets and 4 pair Breeches, 12 pair stockings,
1 Beaver Hat, 1 Wig and 1 Desk valued at X3, One large
Bible XI, 3 large Books XI. 2, Books and pamphlets
XI. 16. 0. Instruments X2. 14. 8, Brass Ink horn, 8s.,
Druggs and medicines, Bottles and phials containing the
same X7. 6. 0. Case of Bottles with medicines XI. 10. 0."
In the museum of the Essex Institute is preserved a silver
mounted lancet case of shark's skin with the name " R.
Dexter" engraved on one end. This case afterwards fell
into the hands of Doctor Tread well of Salem and from him
it passed to Doctor Choate who gave it to the Institute.
His body rests in what is now Pine Grove Cemetery.
The gravestone is inscribed as follows :
" Erected in memory of Doct. Richard Dexter ; who af-
ter a course of endearing services, of painful suffering,
supported by the hope which Christianity inspires,
cheerfully departed this life Nov. 25 th , 1783, Aet. 71.
" Since deaths our certain lot be life improved in deeds
of goodness, and the full pursuit of that which will not
fail, a part in Christ. The hope and earnest of eternal
bliss."
DR. DAVID NORWOOD.
For the years 1779 to 1782 inclusive, there is record of
two doctors. The first of these was Dr. David Norwood,
who was taxed in the year 1779, for poll, personal and
real estate, " for Baker's Estate." The second was Dr.
Caleb Rea, Jr. who was taxed for poll and personal in the
years 1781-2. Dr. David Norwood was probably from
Lynn, the son of Thomas Norwood, Jr., and born April
16, 1755. His mother was probably Lydia Hawkes. He
married Aug. 19, 1778, at Newburyport, Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of Cornelius and Elizabeth (Giles) Tarbell. Doctor
BY HENRY FOLLANSBEE LONG. 211
Norwood and his wife must have come to Topsfield shortly
after their marriage. Their one child Betsey, who mar-
ried Samuel Prince of Manchester, was born in Topsfield,
Dec. 21, 1779. Mrs. Norwood's parents " lived in Dan-
vers until 1779, when they removed to Andover, and
shortly after to Merrimack, N. H. Doctor Norwood must
have removed with his wife's parents for the records of
Merrimack, N. H. show that he was living there about
1780. On Feb. 5, 1781, Caleb Rea of Topsfield, phy-
sician, in consideration of one hundred pounds . . . paid
me by David Norwood of Merrimack in the County of
Hillsborough, New Hampshire, physician," transferred land
in Danvers that he had purchased of Andrew and Mary
Putnam on Nov. 7, 1780. On June 8, 1784, he conveyed
to Joseph Leach 1-2 acre of land with dwelling house and
barn, and is styled in the deed as David Norwood, " phy-
sician of Manchester." In 1794 he is recorded as having
" labored excessively" during the " great sickness." He
died in Manchester, Mass., May 26, 1808, aged 54 years.
The inventory of his estate shows surgical instruments,
Art of Surgery, and old books. He probably was the
first surgeon who practiced in Topsfield.
DE. CALEB REA, JR.
Dr. Caleb Rea, Jr., was born in Danvers, March 8,
1758, and was the second son of Dr. Caleb and Ruth
(Porter) Rea. The elder Dr. Caleb Rea served as surgeon
in Col. Jona. Bagley's regiment in the war for the con-
quest of Canada, in the campaign of 1758, and was in the
memorable expedition against Ticonderoga, and died in
1760 at Danvers.
On the 27th of May, 1775, Doctor Rea enlisted as a
surgeon. His professional duties, according to family
tradition, seem to have been principally on the privateers
which were fitted out in Salem and Beverly. Towards
the close of the war Doctor Rea was living in Topsfield,
just where is not known, and then removed to Ipswich,
where his eldest child, Thomas, was born July 11, 1782.
Previous to October, 1783, Doctor Rea removed his fam-
ily to Windham, Maine, for at that session of the Court
212 THE PHYSICIANS OF TOPSPIELD,
of General Sessions he was licensed to retail spirituous
liquors in that town. His practice in Maine covered
many adjoining towns. He died Dec. 29, 1796.
While living in Topsfield, Doctor Rea married, on Oct.
4, 1781, Sarah, daughter of Capt. John and Abigail
(Blaney) White of Salem, Mass. Mrs. Rea died Jan. 22,
1836, aged 78 years. Their children were : Thomas,
born July 11, 1782, in Ipswich ; Sally, born Sept. 27,
1785, in Windham ; Mary, born Apr. 14, 1787, in Wind-
ham; Caleb, born Apr. 11, 1789, in Windham; Porter,
bora July 19, 1792, in Windham ; Albus, born Feb. ,
1795, in Windham, and was a doctor in Portland, Maine.
DR. NEHEMIAH CLEAVELAND.
In 1783, the year of Dr. Richard Dexter's death, two
physicians, Nehemiah Cleaveland and John Merriam, set-
tled in Topsfield. They were both young men, and from
that time they divided between them the medical practice
of the place, and often extended their visits into the
neighboring towns.
Nehemiah Cleaveland was born Aug. 26, 1760, and was
the youngest son of Rev. John and Mary (Dodge) Cleve-
land of Ipswich. He married, first, Oct. 6, 1787, Lucy,
daughter of Dr. John and Lucy (Bolles) Manning of
Ipswich. She died June 6, 1791, aged 29 years, childless,
and he married, second, Experience, daughter of Dr.
Elisha and Tamarson (Kimball) (Coit) Lord, of Pomfret,
Conn. They had nine children. Her sister, Alethea,
married Rev. Asahel Huntington, pastor of the church in
Topsfield from 1789 until 1813.
" Nehemiah Cleaveland, at the age of sixteen, was an
attendant on his father during the siege of Boston, and
afterward enlisted in 1777, and served for nearly twelve
months. He saw service at West Point and in New Jer-
sey, and was also at Ticonderoga. At the age of 21, be-
ing disappointed in earlier hopes of a college education,
he entered on the study of medicine with his brother,
Parker, Cleaveland, at Byfield, and later with Dr. John
Manning of Ipswich. . . . He entered on practice in Tops-
field in 1783, which was neither extensive or lucrative.
BY HENRY FOLLANSBEE LONG. 213
He soon received a commission as Justice of the Peace,
an office of some distinction in those days, and was thus
led to engage, to a certain extent, in concerns of a civic
character. He became known and highly appreciated as
a man of good judgment and prompt business habits, and
was much employed in the public affairs of town and
county," He served the town as selectman in 1801, 1802
and 1803, and from 1809 to 1812 inclusive. He was an
ardent politician and was elected by the Federalists to
serve as a State Senator in 1811 and 1812, and from 1815
to 1818 inclusive, and then refused longer to be a candi-
date. In 1814 he was made a session justice of the Cir-
cuit Court of Common Pleas, and from 1820 to 1822 he
was Associate Justice of the Court of Sessions for Essex
County, and the following year was appointed Chief
Justice. He retired in 1828, and that year received the
honorary degree of Doctor of Medicine from Harvard
University. He was a Commissioner of the County for
over twenty years.
One of the greatest service he rendered the town was
the founding of the Topsfield Academy. He also was
very prominent in the church of Topsfield, and the church
records show that he was held in high regard when it is
recorded " that the pastor shall be authorized to associate
Dr. Cleaveland with himself in the examination of persons
for the admission to the church in such cases as he may
be in doubt about himself." Tradition says he was one
of the three persons in Topsfield who subscribed to a
newspaper ; the other two copies being taken by Jacob
Towne, Esq., and John and Nathaniel Averill. He was
the first postmaster of Topsfield and the president of the
Eastern Stage Company. He lived in a house on Main
street, now occupied by Charles V. Jackman and consid-
erably remodelled. This house was probably built by
Jacob Robinson sometime prior to 1730, Dr. Cleaveland
coming into possession about 1795. From Dr. Bentley's
Diary, under date of Sept. 16, 1801, it appears that Doc-
tor Cleaveland kept a tavern, for he records that " Dr.
Cleveland of Topsfield has converted the mansion house
of Porter into a very convenient tavern, below the meet-
ing house in Topsfield."
214 THE PHYSICIANS OF TOPSFIELD,
" Doctor Cleaveland was just six feet in height. His
form was erect, dignified, and commanding. Until past
thirty he was spare and slender. He afterwards became
corpulent, weighing at one time two hundred and sixty-
five pounds. Yet such were the height and proportions
of his frame that his corpulence never materially injured
its symmetry.
" His health, until about fifty years old, was uncom-
monly firm, but after a severe sickness, he never regained
his former firm health, and continued to be subject to at-
tacks of severe pain and confinement, and scarcely ever
rode without feeling more or less uneasiness. A sulkey,
which he used constantly for the last twenty-five years,
was the only vehicle which he could ride with tolerable
comfort."
In practice he is described as cautious and careful, and
as never undertaking difficult surgical operations. " He
was punctual in attending to calls, and kind and cheerful
in the sick room. He possessed in a high degree the
qualities which ensure to the physician the confidence
and attachment of his patients. Amid the strife of par-
ties and the collision of rival interests, a man so decided
and active could not be without opponents. These he
had, and bitter ones."
The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal of June,
1839, says of Doctor Cleaveland : "During the fifty
years of his practice in Topsfield, few days probably passed
when his opinions or assistance were not sought in some
matter aside from his profession. There are few occur-
rences or questions incident to common life in regard to
which he had not formed an opinion or could not give
judicious advice."
Dr. A. L. Peirson of Salem, writing of Doctor Cleave-
land in the Medical and Surgical Journal, notes that " he
was a much respected member of the Essex South Dis-
trict Medical Society. No man among us set a better
example of professional integrity and honor. The few
who could boast of his friendship will long remember
with pleasure the virtuous and kind-hearted old man.
whose influence was uniformly and efficiently exerted in
BY HENRY FOLLAN8BEE LONG. 215
support of good order and the true advancement of soci-
ety." He died Feb. 26, 1837, in his 77th year.
DR. JOHN MERRIAM.
Dr. John Merriam was the son of John and Sarah
(Jones) Merriam and was born in Concord, Mass., Aug.
10, 1758 and removed to Topsfield in December, 1783.
He studied medicine in Charlton, Mass., and married Han-
nah Jones of that town. He was licensed to practice by the
Medical Association of Worcester County. On March 31,
1784, he bought the house now owned by Philip S. Palmer.
Twelve years later he purchased land opposite his resi-
dence, and erected the two story house now standing at
the junction of Haverhill and Ipswich streets. In the old
house were born Doctor Merriam's three children : Royal
Augustus Merriam, who was born Jan. 30, 1786, and was
his father's successor in the practice of physic ; Frederick
Jones Merriam, born Dec. 8, 1788, who also lived in Tops-
field ; and Almira, born Jan. 25, 1791, who died unmar-
ried in 1839 at her brother's home. Mrs. Merriam died
in the new house Feb. 20, 1806, aged 43 years. On Sept.
18, 1808 Doctor Merriam married, second, Miss Mary
Stiles of Topsfield. He died of consumption Nov. 21,
1817 at the age of 59 years. His widow Mary died at Box-
ford, Dec. 24, 1825, aged 62 years.
The only public office he held was that of selectman for
the year 1787. He was an old time physician with a con-
siderable practice. It is said of him that he " was well
prepared for the work of his profession, as the times then
were. His medical library was large for those days. From
entries made in his own handwriting in books of his libra-
ry, it would appear that his studies preparatory to the
study of medicine were considerable, and that he had some
knowledge of Latin. There is no word of his school days,
but it may be presumed that he had the advantages that
other young men enjoyed. He might have received in-
struction from an educated man, before taking up his med-
ical studies. From what we learn of him, it is certain
that he stood high as a medical practitioner and that he
had the respect of his patrons and of the community in
216 THE PHYSICIANS OF TOPSFIELD,
general. He had a large practice that extended into the
adjoining towns. As was often the case, in those days
with the country physician, he gave some attention to
the cultivation of the land. He acquired property and
left a considerable estate, and a name that has been handed
down with respect."
In the year 1825, a Dr. Joseph Field was taxed for a
poll. Nothing further can be found concerning him, and
he must be considered as a wandering physician.
DB. JEREMIAH STONE.
Dr. Jeremiah Stone was born Nov. 2, 1798, in Marl-
borough, N. H. He began practice in Topsfield, Jan. 6,
1826, and continued for about twelve years. He was the
son of Shubael and Polly (Rogers) Stone. Dr. Stone
graduated at the Dartmouth Medical College in December,
1825, and came immediately to Topsfield. He was the
first doctor in Topsfield who received his education at a
Medical School. Finding that a country practice with it,
long and tiresome drives was impairing his health, he re-
moved to New Bedford and thence in 1864 to Province-
town, Mass., where he remained until his death April 23,
1875, with the exception of two years spent at Chatham,
Mass. He was one of the incorporators of the Topsfield
Academy, and was town treasurer for the year 1834.
He married Feb. 28, 1828, Esther, daughter of Moses and
Esther (Dwinell) Wildes. They had Esther Wildes, born
Dec. 16, 1828 ; Moses Wildes, born July 7, 1836 ; and Susan
Alzea, born February 28, 1834.
" In town affairs, he ever took an active interest, en-
deavoring to build up the place and render it truly pros-
perous. Foremost in all good movements, he cordially es-
poused the cause of anti-slavery in its earliest days, when
it was unpopular to be an abolitionist. He was an ardent
supporter of temperance, and an earnest worker in the
Congregational church, of which he had been a member
since 1814. He was an honorary member of the Massa-
chusetts Medical Society, which he joined in 1881. He
was intolerant of quackery in every form and strict in his
views of professional etiquette. Prompt in decision and
JEREMIAH STONE, M. D.
BY HENRY FOLLANSBEE LONG. 217
self-reliant in the emergencies oi his profession, he in-
spired and retained confidence in his skill. Though often
abrupt in his manners, yet beneath was a warm heart that
beat in sympathy with the needy and oppressed. Earnest
in his convictions, decided in his opinions and cheerful in
his disposition, he carried the elasticity of youth into the
last years of his advanced life. Tall and erect, of power-
ful presence, he inspired with hope the sick who sought
his aid. To a naturally buoyant spirit was added the sus-
taining power of a strong and earnest religious faith that
made belief to him a bright and clear reality."
DR. JOSEPH CUMMINGS BATCHELDER.
Dr. Joseph Cummings Batchelder succeeded Doctor Stone
about 1838. He was born in Topsfield, May 10, 1809,
and was the son of Capt. Jacob and Mary (Cummings)
Batchelder. He married Nov. 9, 1837, Anna Wellington,
who was born June 9, 1816, the daughter of Rev. Charles
Wellington of Templeton, Mass. He began practice in
Lynn, after having studied medicine with Dr. J. W. D.
Osgood of Templeton, and remained there for less than two
years when he removed to Topsfield and stayed till
1850, going then to Cambridge, Mass., where he practised
for seven years, and from 1857 till his death April 26,
1885 he practised in Templeton. He was a member of
the legislature from Topsfield in 1846 and served as as-
sistant surgeon, from Mar. 1, 1862 to August, 1862, in
the 25 th Massachusetts Volunteers, in North Carolina. In
1843 he built the two story house on Main street now
owned and occupied by Merrill B. Bailey. He became a
member of the Massachusetts Medical Society in 1838.
Mrs. Batchelder died in Templeton, of pneumonia, April
26, 1885. They had three daughters.
DR. ROYAL AUGUSTUS MERRIAM.
Dr. Royal Augustus Merriam,* the son of Dr. John
and Hannah (Jones) Merriam, was the next physician.
He was born Jan. 30, 1786, and entering Dartmouth Col-
lege was graduated in 1808. He studied medicine at the
Dartmouth Medical School, and received his degree of
See Topsfield Historical Collections, Vol. 4, p. 120.
218 THE PHYSICIANS OF TOPSFIELD,
M. B. in 1811, and M. D. in 1820. In 1832, he became a
member of the Mass. Medical Society. In January, 1812,
he commenced the practice of medicine in Middleton,
where he met with considerable success, especially in cases
of typhoid fever. The next year he returned to Topsfield.
His short stay in Middleton is easily accounted for by the
fact that his father was in failing health, and had been
somewhat of an invalid for several years. Here he con-
tinued in the practice of his profession from 1813 to 1823,
when, looking for a larger field of action, he went to Mar-
blehead where he established himself and remained nine
years. Returning to his native town in 1832, he occupied
the house on Main street where he afterward lived. " His
library was large and well supplied with the standard
works. Surgery was his specialty." Doctor Merriam mar-
ried Mar. 12, 1839, at Newburyport, Adeline, born Mar.
20, 1806, daughter of Nathaniel Marsh of Newburyport.
Their children were: Sidney Augustus, born Mar. 11, 1841,
who studied medicine and was graduated from Dartmouth
College in 1861 ; and Arthur Marsh, who was born April
12, 1843.
Doctor Merriam " was interested in public affairs, and
was active as a public man, holding offices of trust in the
town, and as a member of associations, industrial, philan-
thropic, and social. He was often called to serve the town,
probably no citizen more often, in various trusts. He held
the offices of Selectman, Overseer of the Poor, School
Teacher, member of the School Committee and Superin-
tendent of Schools, and was selected to serve on commit-
tees in the more important crises of town affairs. He was
elected for twenty-two years a member of the School Com-
mittee, and probably always was its chairman, excepting
when he served as Superintendent." He was a magistrate
of the town, an incorporator of the Academy, and was a
member of the Essex Agricultural Society from 1821. He
died Nov. 13, 1864.
During a part of the time of Doctor Merriam's practice
in Topsfield, Dr. George Whitefield Sawyer of Boxford
was in friendly competition with him. Doctor Sawyer
was born in Ipswich in 1770, and married Polly Killam
of Middleton in 1800. He subsequently settled in Box-
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BY HENRY FOLLANSBEE LONG. 219
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ford as a physician, on the farm known as the " Sawyer
farm," on the road to Middleton, near the present resi-
dence of Frank W. Killam. " He was acknowledged to
be a good physician for the times ; and his natural blunt-
ness of speech oftimes amused his patients. After hon-
oring his profession for many years by a life of integrity
and trust, he died March 23, 1855, at the age of 85 years."
DR. CHARLES PARKER FRENCH.
After Doctor Merriam was well along in years, other
physicians came to Topsfield. The first of these was Dr.
Charles Parker French, who was born Nov. 27, 1823, in
Lyndeborough, N. H., the son of Isaac P. and Clarissa
(Barnes) French. He was graduated at Dartmouth Col-
lege in 1847, and came to Boxford, and " secured board
with the late Major William Lowe, and commenced prac-
tice there in 1848." He continued his practice in Box-
ford for nearly two years, and in 1849 came to Tops-
field. During the years 1850 and 1851, he lived in the
old " Shepard house," which formerly stood just beyond
the present residence of Augustus W. Smith. Doctor
French married, May 1, 1850, Mary S., daughter of
Oliver T. and Sarah A. (Towne) Peabody of Boxford.
She died Feb. 10, 1871, in Denver, Colo. He was a
large, fleshy man, and was " much liked for his humor-
ous disposition. His medical knowledge was deemed
sufficient for good practice." He remained in Topsfield
four years, and, in May, 1854, went to Virden, Illinois,
afterwards moving to Denver, Colorado, where he died
Feb. 23, 1904. He became a member of the Massachu-
setts Medical Society in 1852.
DR. DAVID CHOATE.
The next physician was Dr. David Choate, son of
David and Elizabeth (Wade) Choate, who was born in
Essex, Mass., Nov. 27, 1828. He married, Jan. 1, 1856,
Susan Elizabeth, daughter of Philip and Susan (Stanley)
Kimball, who was born in Ipswich Feb. 24, 1829, and
died in Salem, Mass. They had two children : Helen
Stanley, born Feb. 5, 1858 ; and Susan Elizabeth, born
Sept. 29, 1862.
220 THE PHYSICIANS OF TOPSFIELD,
Doctor Choate was educated in the schools of his na-
tive town and at Phillips Academy, Andover. He com-
menced the study of medicine with Prof. Dixie Crosby,
M. D., of the Dartmouth Medical College, and subse-
quently entered the Harvard Medical School, from which
he was graduated in 1854. When attending his last lec-
tures, Dr. Choate Burnham of Hamilton, Mass., urged
him to settle in Hamilton. He practiced in that town
from October, 1853, to April, 1854, going back and forth
on the train to his studies at Boston. While in Hamilton,
William Cleaveland and John Wright of Topsfield called
and urged him to come to Topsfield, as Doctor French
was planning to go to Illinois, and Doctor Batchelder
having gone to Templeton, Topsfield had only Dr. R. A.
Merriam, who, although well advanced in years and re-
tired from active practice, still gave his assistance in trou-
blesome cases, which he continued to do till his death.
Doctor Choate accordingly went to Topsfield in April,
1854, and boarded with Mr. and Mrs. Humphrey Balch.
Doctor Choate occupied one of the front rooms as an
office. He had an ordinary carriage at first, but thinking
a gig better suited for his practice in Middleton, Boxford
and Linebrook, he had one built for him by Thomas K.
Leach, the Topsfield wheelwright. After his marriage in
1856, he moved into the house yet standing on the corner
of Main and Summer streets, and now owned by Mrs.
Ephraim Peabody. He frequently called into consultation
Dr. Cox of Salem, who, after a time, urged him to settle
in that city. Although Doctor Choate liked Topsfield,
and the citizens were highly satisfied with his professional
services, yet he was unused to the hardships suffered dur-
ing the winter season while on long drives, andso wel-
comed a chance to go to Salem, removing there in June,
1857. At this time he charged seventy-five cents a visit
for calls in Topsfield, and also often went to Boxford for
that sum. After he had decided to leave Topsfield, the
citizens offered him an increase of 25% on the charge
for his visits as an inducement to remain. Doctor Choate
had many applicants for his practice, finally selling to
Dr. Justin Allen of Hamilton. He still lives in Salem,
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JUSTIN ALLEN, M. D.
BY HENRY FOLLANSBEE LONG. 221
where " he has had a very extensive practice, and by his
kindliness, his professional skill and fidelity, he has gained
a strong hold upon and a warm place in the hearts of
those in whose families he had visited. Dr. Choate is a
most indefatigable worker, and cheerfully responds to
many calls, day or night, when he knows there will be no
financial remuneration. He is known as the 'Beloved
Physician.' " He became a member of the Massachusetts
Medical Society in 1853, and is a member of the Essex
South District Medical Society. He is a member of the
Essex Congregational Club, and for thirty-four years has
been a deacon of the Tabernacle Congregational Church
of Salem. He has served on the School Board. During
the Civil War he was examining surgeon for volunteers
and drafted men, and from 1863 to 1869 was examining
surgeon for pensions. He was on the staff of the Salem
Hospital for fourteen years following its organization. He
lives on Norman street in Salem.
DK. JUSTIN ALLEN.
Dr. Justin Allen* was born in Hamilton, Mass., Sept.
29, 1826, and was the son of Ezekiel and Sally (Roberts)
Allen. After attending the schools of his native town,
he studied at Williston Seminary, East Hampton, Mass.,
1845-6, and in 1847 was enrolled at Rockingham Acad-
emy, Hampton Falls, N. H., and at Hampton Academy.
In the year 1848 he was again at Williston Seminary, and
in 1849-1850, was back at Hampton Academy. Entering
Dartmouth College, he left in the spring of 1851, and
continued his studies at Brown University, graduating
from that institution with an A. B. in 1852. In 1853-
1854 he attended lectures at the Berkshire Medical Insti-
tute, and in 1855 the medical lectures at the Tremont
Medical School. In 1856 he received the degree of M. D.
at Harvard, and in June, 185T, came to Topsfield, buying
the practice of Dr. David Choate. He continued his prac-
tice here and in the neighboring towns till 1894, when he
retired from active professional work, enjoying in the next
few years several trips abroad. He died, unmarried, Nov.
5, 1908, aged 82 years.
See Topsfield Historical Collections, Vol. 14, page 148.
222 THE PHYSICIANS OF TOPSFIELD,
When he first came to Topsfield he lived in the house
now owned and occupied by Henry H. Roberts, afterwards
removing to the house on Main street now owned by John
H. Towne, where he lived eighteen years, then removing
to the George P. Dow house at the corner of Main and
Prospect streets, and lastly moving into the adjoining
house, which he had purchased and where he lived till his
death. He became a member of the Massachusetts Med-
cal Society in 1859, retiring as an active member in 1892.
He was the first President of the Topsfield Historical So-
cietj', and continued as such until his death.
DR. WILLIAM DUDLEY HILL.
Early in 1881, Dr. William Dudley Hill, a native of
Lebanon, Maine, settled in Topsfield. He was born in
1858, the son of Orrin T. and Mary E. (Foss) Hill, and
married, June 1, 1881, at Kingston, N. H., Kitty Hart-
well Pearson, born in New Bedford, Mass., daughter of
Mark R. and Kate (Hartwell) Pearson. Doctor Hill was
graduated from the medical department of the University
of Vermont in 1879. He lived in the house on School
avenue now owned by Alphonso T. Merrill, but remained
in Topsfield only a few years, removing to Paterson, N. J.,
then to Maryland, or Virginia, and to New Hampshire,
where he conducted a sanitarium, and is still living. He
also practiced dentistry, having a chair in the press-room
now occupied by A. T. Merrill.
DR. GEORGE MERRILL RANDALL.
Dr. George Merrill Randall came to Topsfield, Oct. 22,
1889, and was associated with Dr. Justin Allen. He was
born at Vassalboro, Maine, Mar. 20, 1863, and was the
son of George LeBarron Randall, a native of Barnstable,
Mass., (who received the degree of M. D. at Maine Medi-
cal School, Bowdoiu College, in 1842, and practised in
Maine for thirty years), and Caroline Matilda (Sturgis)
Randall, who was a native of Maine. Doctor Randall re-
ceived the degree of M. D. at the Maine Medical School,
Bowdoin College, in 1889, and later went to the Boston
City Hospital where he was Surgical House Officer. After
selling his practice in Topsfield he went to Augusta, Me.,
BY HENRY FOLLANSBEE LONG. 223
where he practiced for seven years, and contracted pulmo-
nary tuberculosis which sent him into the mountains of
California for one year. After regaining his health he re-
turned to Augusta and practiced five years, and then re-
moved to Lowell, Mass., where he is now located. He
holds a commission as 1st Lieutenant in the Medical Re-
serve Corps, U. S. A. He married June 7, 1893, Alice
Martha Hawes, daughter of Isaiah and Lucy (Hatch)
Hawes. They have no children.
DE. THOMAS LINCOLN JENKINS.
Dr. Randall sold his practice to Dr. Thomas Lincoln
Jenkins, who was born Oct. 10, 1866, in Chelsea, Mass.,
the son of Loyal Lovejoy, of Portsmouth, N. H. and Mary
Jane (Norton) Jenkins, a native of Addison, Maine. He
married June 18, 1902, Lucy Maud Garbutt of Revere,
Mass., daughter of Andrew and Lucy Ann (Dunderdale)
Garbutt. They have one child, Mary Lucy Jenkins, bom
May 10, 1908. Doctor Jenkins, after graduating from
the Revere public schools, and the Charlestown High
School, attended the Harvard Medical School, graduating
in the class of 1890. On November 1, 1890 he came to
Topsfield. In 1891, he became a member of the Massa-
chusetts Medical Society. He was Assistant Surgeon in
the 8th Mass. Inf. U. S. Vols. in the Spanish-American
War and is now Major and Surgeon of the 2nd Brigade,
Mass. Vol. Militia.
DR. BYRON SANBORN.
Dr. Byron Sanborn, the son of James Stanlius and Mary
Ella (Yeaw) Sanborn, was born in London Centre, N. H.,
August 13, 1874. He was graduated with the degree of
A. B. from Dartmouth College in 1897, and from Dart-
mouth Medical School in February, 1900, he received the
degree of M. D. After studying in Boston and New York
Hospitals he came to Topsfield, Sept. 28, 1901. In 1909
he became a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society
and also the American Medical Society. On Sept. 25,
1901, he married Mary Rebecca, daughter of Edward
Pickering and Emma (Glover) Leavitt of Concord, N. H.
They have one child, Victor Paul, born August 2, 1903.
224 THE PHYSICIANS OF TOPSFIBLD,
NATIVES OF TOPSFIELD WHO BECAME
PHYSICIANS BUT PRACTICED
ELSEWHERE.
DB. NATHANIEL BBADSTBEET.
Dr. Nathaniel Bradstreet,* the son of Henry and Abi-
gail (Porter) Bradstreet, was born in Topsfield, Oct. 4,
1771. He was fitted for college by Rev. Asahel Hunting-
ton, and entered Dartmouth College in 1791, but after re-
maining there a year, he entered Harvard from which col-
lege he was graduated in 1795, afterwards studying medi-
cine with Dr. James Thacher of Plymouth and Dr. E. A,
Holyoke of Salem. In the autumn of 1798, he was ap-
pointed chief surgeon of the sloop-of-war Merrimac, Moses
Brown of Newburyport, captain, and made several voy-
ages to the West Indies in that vessel. In February, 1800
he resigned his commission and shortly afterward com-
menced the practice of medicine in Newburyport where he
continued till his death. He became prominent in his pro-
fession and was highly esteemed as a physician and sur-
geon. At the time of his death he was a Councillor of
the Massachusetts Medical Society. He died at Newbury-
port Oct. 6, 1828. He married Mary Crombie by whom
he had eight children.
DB. ISBAEL BALOH.
Dr. Israel Balch, the son of David, 3d and Sarah (Pea-
body) Balch, was born in Topsfield Sept. 14, 1788. He
fitted for college with the Rev. Asahel Huntington, enter-
ing Dartmouth when he was eighteen years old. " He re-
ceived no aid from his father to defray his educational ex-
penses. His grandfather Peabody made him a present of
$450 which was all the pecuniary aid he had, that he did
not earn himself." He was graduated in the class of 1811.
After graduating, he taught school a year in Topsfield, and
a year and a half in the Academy at Amesbury. After
studying medicine with Dr. Nathan Smith of Hanover,
N. H. and three years with Doctor French of Amesbury, he
*See also Cleaveland's Bicentennial Address, Appendix 9; and
Topsfield Historical Collections, Vol. 12, page 143.
BY HENRY FOLLANSBEE LONG. 225
began to practice in Salisbury, in 1814, and continued till
1820, when he removed to Amesbury, where he resided
and practiced, until his death July 7, 1858. He was mar-
ried at Amesbury in 1814, to Miss Nancy Goodwin, who
was born Oct. 12, 1793 and died at Amesbury in 1865.
They had four children : Mara, born July 20, 1816 ; died
unmarried, Aug. 29, 1895 ; Israel, born July 20, 1817,
died May 20, 1821 ; Israel Daniel Perkins, born June 18,
1822 ; and David Lowell Dearborn, born Oct. 13, 1828.
" He was a very successful practitioner of medicine and
surgery. For seven years he was surgeon of a regiment. He
had the largest medical library in Amesbury or vicinity.
Many young men sought his office for instruction in medi-
cine and surgery, navigation and higher mathematics. He
wrote and delivered several lectures on scientific subjects.
He was gifted with a strong scientific mind. He took out
several patents and made some very peculiar clocks. In
contriving and manufacturing surgical instruments, he ex-
hibited much ingenuity. He was a strong advocate of
temperance and a firm abolitionist."
DR. JOSIAH LAMSON.
Dr. Josiah Lam son, the son of Josiah and Marcy (or
Mercy) (Perkins) Larnson, was born in Topsfield, Aug.
15, 1789. He was fitted for college at Bradford and
Dummer Academies, his preceptor at the latter school be-
ing Benjamin Allen, LL. D. In 1814 he was graduated at
Harvard College. The following three years he spent in
the study of medicine with Thomas Kittredge, M. D. of
Andover, Mass. He also attended the medical lectures of
the Harvard College Medical School in 1816 and 1817,
and in the autumn of 1817 received the degree of M. D.
from the Censors of the Massachusetts Medical Society.
Soon after he was invited to Chebacco (now Essex) by a
committee of the parish, and began the practice of medi-
cine there in 1818, and continued until March, 1861. He
married, first, Sept. 9, 1824 Rebecca Sargent, who died
Mar. 22, 1837, aged thirty years. On April 30, 1839, he
married, second, Betsy Dodge. He had two children :
Alvin and Mary J., and died April 16, 1870, greatly re-
spected.
226 THE PHYSICIANS OF TOPSFIELD,
DR. ELISHA HUNTINGTON.
Dr. Elisha Huntington, the son of Rev. Asahel and
Althea (Lord*) Huntington, was born in Topsfield, Apr. 9,
1796. He was fitted for college under the direction of
his father, who for nearly twenty-five years, was the de-
vout and faithful minister of Topsfield and who made it
a part of his occupation to fit young men for college. He
entered Dartmouth College at the age of fifteen, and was
graduated in the class of 1815. He studied medicine with
Doctor Bradstreet of Newburyport, and attended medical
lectures at Yale College, taking his degree in 1823. In
1824 he went to Lowell, Mass., and entered at once upon
a career of professional and official duties such as it is
rarely the fortune of one man to experience. He was em-
inent as a physician and enjoyed a large practice. While
Lowell was yet a town, he served two years as a member
of the school committee. After its incorporation as a city
he served three years as a member of the Common Coun-
cil and two terms of two years each as a member of the
school committee. He was three times elected as Alder-
man, and in 1839, during his second year as president of
the Common Council, he was elected to fill the office of
Mayor, made vacant by the death of Hon. Luther Law-
rence only a few weeks after entering upon his second
term of office. He was re-elected to fill that office in
1839, 1840, 41, 44, 45, 52, 56, 57, 58. In 1853 he was
elected Lieu tenant-Governor of Massachusetts. For two
years he was president of the Massachusetts Medical Soci-
ety, and also for two years served as president of the
District Medical Society, having held all the minor offices
of that society. He was a most active member of the
Middlesex Mechanics Association, and was chairman of
the lecture committee for several years. He married May
31, 1825, Hannah Hinckley, daughter of Joseph and Deb-
orah (Freeman) Hinckley of Marblehead, Mass. She died
Sept. 19, 1859. Dr. Huntington died Dec. 13, 1865. Their
children were : James Freeman, born Sept. 6, 1826, mar-
ried May 30, 1848, Ellen Sophrona Whipple ; Francis
*She was the daughter of Dr. Elisha Lord of Pomfret, Conn., a
distinguished physician.
BY HENRY FOLLANSBEE LONG. 227
Cleaveland, born June 3, 1831 ; Mary Hinckley, born
Sept. 3, 1838, married Feb. 6, 1861, Josiah Parsons
Cooke Jr., Professor of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Harvard
University ; Isaac Mansfield, born Dec. 15, 1836, died Oct.
12, 1837 ; William Reed, born Sept. 20, 1838.
DR. HUMPHREY GOULD.
Dr. Humphrey Gould, the son of Zaccheus, jr. and Anna
(Brown) Gould, was born in Topsfield, July 3, 1797. Doc-
tor Gould, after graduating at Williams College estab-
lished himself at Danvers, and after remaining a short
time, removed to Rowe, Mass., where for about fifty years
he was an honored and influential member of the commun-
ity a type of the " beloved physician." He was in close
social relations with most of the leading professional men
in Western Massachusetts and was ' universally respected
and esteemed, alike for his high moral tone, his extensive
knowledge, retentive memory and sound judgment."
He married June 11, 1827, Electa Haynes, who was
born June 5,1800 and died Aug. 12, 1878. Doctor Gould
died Oct. 8, 1874. Their children were : Electa Haynes,
born Aug. 15, 1828, married, 1854, Wm. A. Hicks ; Han-
nah, born Dec. 18, 1836, married, 1863, Edw. Wright, and
died in 1875.
DR. JOHN AUGUSTUS LAMSON.
Dr. John Augustus Lamson, the son of John and Pris-
cilla (Averill) Lamson, was born in Topsfield, March 3,
1831. His early education was received in the local
schools, and Phillips Academy, Andover Mass. In 1853
he was graduated from Dartmouth College, and began the
study of medicine with the late Charles Haddock, M. D.
of Beverly, Mass., then entered the Boylston and Tremont
Medical Schools, Boston. He was graduated March 12,
1856, from the medical department of Harvard University
Immediately on receiving his medical degree, he was ap-
pointed one of the physicians of the " Boston Dispensary,"
which office he held for three years. In 1861 he was ap-
pointed Examiner for Volunteers by Surgeon-General
Dale.
228 THE PHYSICIANS OF TOPSFIELD,
In 1862 he was appointed surgeon of the 42d Regiment
Massachusetts Volunteers, and went into camp, but resigned
his commission before the regiment left for the seat of war
on account of impaired health from the exposure of camp
life. (All the officers and three companies of this regi-
ment were captured on arriving at Galveston, Texas, and
the surgeon who was Dr. Lamson's successor was held in
close confinement till released by death.) He was imme-
diately re-appointed by Surgeon-General Dale as Examiner
for Volunteers. In 1863 he was appointed Assistant Ex-
amining Surgeon under the '* Conscription Act." This
office he held until the end of the " draft." During the
war he examined, of volunteers, conscripts and substi-
tutes, more than 12,000 men. In September, 1863, he
was appointed the physician, chief in charge, of the " Dis-
charged Soldiers' Home," from which he resigned four
years later.
He was a member of the Boston School Board ten years,
ending 1871, in which year he was elected a member of
the Legislature, and re-elected the following year,
representing the wealthiest ward of the city. The year
1873 he spent in European travel, visiting many of the
hospitals in London, Dublin, Vienna, Paris and Berlin,
and then extended his trip to Constantinople and the East.
In 1880 he was appointed Chief Medical Examiner of the
" Equitable Life Assurance Society," for Boston and East-
ern Massachusetts. He retired from general practice in
1893. On Oct. 18, 1876, he married Mary Elizabeth
Whitcher of Milton, Mass., the daughter of Hon. Joseph
Batchelder and Barbara Ann (Horton) Whitcher.
DB. CHARLES TREADWELL ISRAEL REA.
Dr. Charles Treadwell Israel Rea, son of Israel and
Eliza Ann M. (Whitcomb) Rea, was born in Topsfield,
Dec. 10, 1835. He entered the Harvard Medical School
in 1856 remaining there three years, and graduating in
1859 from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. He
first practised at Manchester, Mass, for two years and then
removed to San Francisco, Cal., where he has since re-
sided. He married Martha R., daughter of Dr. Asa Story
of Manchester, Mass., by whom he had no children.
BY HENRY FOLLAN8BEE LONG. 229
DR. GEORGE WILLIAM PERKINS.
Dr. George William Perkins, the son of Caleb Kimball
and Mary Lucinda (Peabody) Perkins, was born in Tops-
field, Jan. 6, 1860 ; fitted for college at Phillips Exeter
Academy ; was admitted to Harvard College June 30, 1879
and passed the year 1879-80 with the class of 1883 as a
freshman. He skipped the sophomore year, and joined
the class of 1882, as a junior in the fall of 1880, and grad-
uated with the class. The first two years after graduation
he held the position of assistant in biology at Harvard,
and at the same time pursued his studies at the Harvard
Medical School till June, 1885 ; in 1886 receiving the de-
gree of M. D. On June 1, 1885 he was appointed for
the usual term of eighteen months a member of the house
staff on the surgical side of the Boston City Hospital, and
at the conclusion of this service he accepted a position as
division surgeon in the medical department of the Union
Pacific Railway, with headquarters at Ogden, Utah. He
spent two months at Denver to familiarize himself with
railway medical work, reaching Ogden in September, 1886
where he resided till his death Nov. 18, 1908.
He had charge of the Company's Hospital, located at
Ogden, for the western district of the Medical Department
which comprised about fifteen hundred miles of the Union
Pacific System in Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and
Utah, along which are scattered several assistant surgeons
who send all serious cases of injury or sickness to Ogdea
for treatment. He was also surgeon for the Southern
Pacific Railway at Ogden. In addition to his railway work
and private practice he did a large amount of consultation
and operative surgical work for other doctors. He was
president of the Utah State Medical Society and a vice-
president of the Harvard Medical Alumni Association.
He married at Worcester, Mass., Sept. 20, 1887, Nellie
A. Dunton. Their children were : William Albert, born
March 30, 1889 ; George Leslie, born April 1, 1890, died
April, 1909 ; Helen, born April 18, 1893 ; Arthur, born
June 14, 1895.
JOHN JENKS OF SALEM TO COTTON TUFTS OF
WEYMOUTH.*
Salem Augs* 26 th 1774
Sr. Yours I rec d this Day. The Redwood to the best
of my Remembrance was not paid for but was deliver'd in
part and was to be paid for when he took the Remainder
but I cant be positive whether it was so or no. This week
seems to be very unfortunate here on Monday night the
Lightning struck a Housef and Damaged it very much but
Providentially no Person was much hurt. Tuesday Night
I was awak'd with the Cry of Fire about Two O'Clock. I
got up and went out and saw a Joiners Shop:): all in
Flames ab* a Gun Shott from where I live we work'd with
3 Engines till 6 in the Morning before it could be got
under. It burnt 3 Shops and a Warehouse and with
great Difficulty that Three Distill Houses were sav'd and
a large Dwelling House where the Fire was so nigh and
the Heat so intens that it melted the Glass in the Windows
in the Warehouse was burnt between 4 and 5 Hund d Bush-
alls of Corn and 12 Hh d8 of Molases besides other Things.
About 11 the same Day a Child of 7 Years old was
drownded and an Eastern Coaster sunk of in the Bay. On
Wednesday the Committee of Correspondence desired the
Inhabitants to meet at the Town House to choose 5 Dele-
gates to meet with others at Ipswich to consult on the
present scituation of Public Affairs. At 8 O'clock the
Governor Ordered a Proclamation to be put up at the
Town House (which 'tis likely you will see in the Papers).
In ab* an Hour he came into Town himself and went to
Coll r Browns from whence he sent the High Sheriff to the
Comittee of Correspondence desiring them to wait upon
*The original is preserved in the manuscript collection of the Essex Institute
(Military MSS., Vol. I, leaf 46.)
tNear St. Peter's Church and occupied by Mrs. Cottnam.
{Occupied by Nathaniel Felt, cabinet maker, Miles Habbard, chair maker, and
Thomas Needham. cabinet maker, and located on Water street, now Derby street.
8on of Capt. Thomas Bowditch.
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JOHN JENKS TO COTTON TUFTS. 231
the Governor at Coll Browns. Accordingly they went.
He ask'd them if they were the Persons that desired the
present Meeting. They let him know that they were the
Persons. He then told them that it was a Breach of a late
Act of Parliament and desired them to return to the
Meeting & tell the People to Disperse or he should look
to them to answer for the Consequences that follow'd (in
the meantime the meeting choose the Delegates and the
Meeting was over before the Committee return'd) they
came and deliver'd the Message which was treated with y e
Contempt that it deserv'd. The Night before the Gov-
ernor gave Orders for the Troops to be under Arms at 7
Next Morning and 13 Rounds a piece to be given to them
and wait for further Orders. At 9 they began to March
into Town but on the Governors hearing that the Business
was done he Order'd them back again. (It rain'd pouring
hard all the time they were under Arms) The next day
the Governor Order'd Coll [Peter] Frye to Grant out
warrants for taking up the Committee and M r Jo 8 Sprague
& Tim Pickering were taken by the High Sheriff (who
was here with the Kings Attorney on the Occasion) and
they gave Bonds for their Appearance at Court. The
others were taken but utterly refused giving any Bonds
-but chose to go to Goal but the Coll dare not commit
them and so he let them go.
The Governor declares they shall be committed and
that the Troops shall be brought into Town to guard the
Prison. The People say they shall not go and are Arming
themselves with Guns and Ammunition as if an Enemy
was coming upon them and if they should attempt it God
only knows what the Event will be, but Terrible it appears
to me it will be for the Women and Children in Town.
The Tories seem terribly affrighted. Some have left the
Town & some have turn'd Whiggs. Judge [Andrew]
Oliver is so scared that he has resign'd his Seat in the
Council for the People Sware that they will Sacrifice
them before they will the Soldiers.
The Town seems all confusion. Hope it will be settled
soon. If this is the consequence of having the Seat of
232 JOHN JENKS TO COTTON TUFTS.
Governumen here I hope it will soon be removed back to
its ancient place.
My Duty to you and M" Tufts and Love to all the
Family.
I am S r Your Hum Serv*
Jn Jenks.
P. S. I beg S r that you would please to excuse my be-
ing so impertinent in writing so much to you but I thought
that you would like to Hear the affair. West India Goods
remain much at the Price they have this sometime.
To Cotton Tufts Esq.
In Weymouth.
LETTER WRITTEN BY DOCTOR BENJAMIN
CHURCH OF BOSTON, LOYALIST
AND INFORMER.
The following letter, preserved in the manuscript
collection of the Essex Institute (Military MSS., Vol. II,
leaf 12), is without superscription, and it is not known
for whom it was intended. Apparently it never reached its
destination. It was written not long after the Battle of
Bunker Hill, and no doubt presents a truthful picture of
the attitude of the people at that time and the state of
their preparedness for the war then in progress. Doctor
Church at that time was a member of the Massachusetts
legislature. He had been a leader in the " Boston Tea
Party," and delivered the oration in the Old South Meet-
ing House on Mar. 5, 1773. At the beginning of the war
he had been appointed by the Provincial Congress as sur-
geon-general and director of hospitals. For several years,
however, he had been secretly serving the British govern-
ment, and in November, 1775, some of his cipher letters
were intercepted and interpreted by Elbridge Gerry. He
was found guilty of treason and sentenced to imprison-
ment for life, but fell sick while in prison and was allowed
to embark for the West Indies. The ship in which he
sailed never was heard from.
I hope this will reach you. Three attempts have I
made without success. In effecting the last y e man was
discovered in making his Escape but Fortunately my let-
ter was Sewed in the waistband of his Breaches. He Was
Confin'd a Few days during which time You may Guess
my feelings. But a little art & a little Cash Settled the
matter. It is a month Since my Arival From Philadel-
phia. I went by the way of Providence To See my Moth-
er. The Committee of war-like Stores made me a formal
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234 LETTER WRITTEN BY DOCTOR BENJAMIN CHURCH.
Tender of 12 Pieces of Canon, 18 and 24 Pounders, they
haveing took a Previous resolution to make the offer to
Gen 1 Ward. To make a Merrit of my Service I Sent
them, and when they Received them They sent them to
Stoughton to be out of Danger, Even tho they had Formd
the Resolution as I have before hinted, of Fortifying
Bunker Hill, which together with the Cowardice of Clumsy
Colo Gerrish And Colo Scammon was y e lucky occation of
the defeat. This Affair happened before I arived from
Philadelphia. We lost 165 then And Since dyd of their
wounds, 120 now lays wounded. The Chief will recover.
They Boast you had 1400 killd and wounded in that Ac-
tion. You Say y e Rebels 1500 I Suppose with Equal
truth. The people of Connecticut are raving in the
Cause of Liberty. A number of The Colony from the
town of Stanford Robbed the Kings Stores at New York
with some Small assistance y e New Yorkers lent them.
They ware growing turbulent. I Counted 180 Pieces of
Canon from 24 to 3 Pounders at kingsbridge which the
Committee had Secured For the Use of the Colonies. The
Jersies are not one whit Behind Connecticut in Zeal.
Philadelphia Exceeds them Both. 1 Saw 2200 Men in
review theer by Genl Lee Consisting of Quakers and other
Inhabitants In Uniform with a 1000 rifle men and 40
Horse who together made a most warlike appearance. I
mingle Freely & Frequently with the members of the
Continental Congress. They are United [torn] termined
in Opposition And appeard asur'd of Su [torn] ome home
ye opposition Is become formidable 18000 [torn] and De-
termind with Washington and Green [torn] head are no
Contemtable Enemy. Adjutant Genr 1 Gates is Indefatig-
able In aranging the army. Provisions are Very plenty.
Clothes Are Manufactured almost iu Every town for the
use of the Soldiers. 20 tuns of Powder lately Arived to
Connecticut Philadelphia and providence. Upwards of
20 tuns are Now in Camp. Salt Petre is making in Every
Colony. Powder Mills are Arected and Constantly Em-
ploy'd in Philadelphia and New York. Volunteers of y e
First Fortune are Flocking to y e Camp. 1000 Rifle Men
Expected in two or three days. Recruits are now raising
LETTER WRITTEN BF. DOCTOR BENJAMIN CHURCH. 235
to Augment the Army to 22000 Men. ten thousand Ma-
litia are appointed in This Government to appear on the
First Summons, the Bills of all The Colonies Circulate
Freely and are readily Exschang'd for Cash. Add to this
that unless Some plan of acomodations Take Place Imme-
diately their harbours will Swarm with Privatiers. An
Army will be rais'd in the midle Colonies to take Posses-
sion of Canada. For the Sake of the miserable Convulsed
Empire Sollicit Peace. Repeal the Acts or Briton is un-
done. This advice is the result of a Warm affection for
the King and to the Realm. Remember, I never Deceaved
you. Every Article here Sent you is Sacredly True. The
papers will Anounce to you that I am again a member for
Boston. You will See our Motley Council. A Genl
arangement of Officers will Soon take place Except the
Chief who will be Suspended but For a little time See
what &C Briton takes in Consiquence of the Continental
Petition. A View to Independence grows more & more
General. Should Briton Declair war Against the Colonies
they are lost for Ever. Should Spain Declair war Against
Briton the Colonies will Declare a Neutrality Which will
Produce an offencive & Defencive League between Them.
For Gods sake prevent it by a Speedy accomidation.
Writing this has Imployd [torn] day. I have been to
Salem to Reconite but Co[ul]d not Escape the gees in
the Capital. Tomorrow I set out f [or] Newport on pur-
pose to Send You this. I write you fully it Being Scarce-
ly Possible to Escape Discovery. 1 am out of Place hear
by Choice & therefore Out of pay and Determined to be
So unless it is offered in My way. I wish You Could
Continew to write me Largely in Cyphers by the way of
Newport Addressed to Thos Richards. Inclose in a Cover
to me Intimating that I am a perfect Stranger to You But
Being Recomended to you as a Gentleman of Honour
You took the Liberty to Inclose that Letter, Intreating me
to Deliver as Directed, the Person you ware Inform'd be-
ing at Cambridge. Sign Some fictious Name. This you
may Send to Some Confidential Friend at Newport to be
Deliverd to me at Watertown. Make use of Every Pre-
caution or I Perrish.
Benj* Church.
RECORDS OF THE VICE - ADMIRALTY COURT
AT HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA.
THE CONDEMNATION OF PRIZES AND RECAPTURES OF THE
REVOLUTION AND THE WAR OF 1812.
(Concluded from Vol. XL VII, page 196.*)
RUBICON (468), schr., J. Lassel, master, Boston to
Belfast, captured Dec. 17, 1813 by Shannon (privateer).
Cargo : ballast. Taken into Liverpool.
RUSSELL (101), brig, Parker, master, recaptured
Aug. 18, 1812 by Statira.
RUTH (670), schr., 21 tons, Ambrose Jones, master,
Portland to Portsmouth, captured Nov. 9, 1814 by Rover
(privateer). Cargo : dry fish. Taken into Liverpool.
SALLY (58), brig, W. Radford, master, recaptured Aug.
10, 1812, by Morgiana.
SALLY (202), brig, 143 tons, T. Patch, master, Port-
land to St. Mayaretta, captured Apr. 24, 1813, by Cur-
lew. Cargo: lumber. Restored.
SALLY (225), schr., 74 tons, J. Cousins, master, East
Port to Boston, captured May 13, 1813 by Bream. Cargo:
plaister paris, salt and fish. Taken into New Brunswick.
SALLY (309), schr., 33 tons, D. Townshend, master,
Saco to Nantucket, captured July 12, 1813 by Retaliation
(privateer). Cargo : lumber. Taken into Liverpool.
SALLY (406), schr., W. Sabins, master, recaptured Sept.
15, 1813 by Provincial schr. Gleaner.
SALLY (425), schr., 89 tons, D. Chadwick, master,
GeTown to Halifax, captured Oct. 16, 1813 by Loire.
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AT HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA. 237
Cargo : 143 1-2 hhds. & 15 tierces rice and 2000 bushels
com.
SALLY (193), ship, 194 tons, A. Baker, master, Wis-
casset to St. Bartholomews, captured Apr. 16, 1813 by
La Hogue, Nymphe and Curlew. Cargo : 104 M. feet
lumber, 22 M. red oak staves, 3 white d., 100 M. shingles
and 25 kegs lard. Restored.
SALLY (501), sloop, Moses Lowe, master, captured May
19, 1814, by Shannon (privateer). Taken into Liverpool.
SALLY ANN (86), schr., 124 tons, J. Day, master, New
London to St. Bartholomews, captured Sept. 16, 1812 by
Statira. Cargo : flour, corn, tobacco, &c.
SAMUEL (376), schr., T. Snow, master, captured Aug.
20, 1813 by Broke (privateer).
SANDBIRD (635), jebacco boat, Nath 1 Pearley, master,
Halifax to Boston, captured Sept. 10, 1814 by Lunenburg
(privateer). Cargo : dry goods.
SAN DOMINGO (421), ship, B. Bogman, master, St.
Bartholomews to New Haven, captured Sept. 29, 1813 by
George (Privateer). Cargo : sugar, coffee, part materials
20 hhds. and 30 bbls. turpentine.
SAN GABRIEL (220), brig, A. Drummond, master, Ha-
vannah to New York, captured May 19, 1813 by Sir
John Sherbrooke (privateer) and Nova Scotia. Re-
stored.
SAN JOAQUIN (491), brig, 190 tons, Jose R de Torres,
master, Mantanza to New Port or Boston, captured Mar.
23, 1814 by Albion, Dragon, Armide, Lacedemonian,
Jaseur and St. Lawrence. Cargo : 38 hhds. & 222 casks
molasses, 1 hhd. honey, 4 casks coffee, 45 boxes sugar
and 4 bbls. sugar. Restored.
SANTA CECELIA (398), ship, M. J. Perriere, master,
* Lisbon to New Bedford, captured Sept. 14, 1813 by Wasp.
Cargo : salt and dry goods.
238 RECORDS OF THE VICE- ADMIRALTY COURT
SANTIAGO (267), brig, 267 tons, L. De Austrie, master,
Salem to Malaga, captured June 26, 1813 by Woolwick.
Cargo: staves, tobacco, naval stores, beef and bacon.
Restored.
SARAH (138), brig, 255 tons, R. Pendergast, master,
New York to Amsterdam, captured Feb. 19, 1813 by
Tenedos. Cargo : 425 bales cotton, 186 bbls. pot ashes
and 3000 pipe staves.
SARAH (493), schr., 69 tons, Swedish Lasts, F. Sand-
berg, master, St. Bartholomews to Boston, captured Apr.
18, 1814 by La Hogue. Cargo : 106 hhds. 20 tierces and
22 bbls. molasses. Restored.
SARAH (640), schr., Rob* Hanley, master, St. Johns to
Barbadoes, recaptured Sept. 28, 1814 by Maidstone. Car-
go : fish and lumber.
SAUCY JACK (657), captured aground in the Potomack,
Oct. 20 or 21, 1814 by Saracen. Cargo : corn in bulk and
sweet potatoes.
SCIENCE (60), schr. (privateer), 74 tons, W. Fernald,
master, from Portsmouth, cruizing, captured Aug. 25,
1812, by Emulous. Cargo : guns, ammunition and pro-
visions.
SEA FLOWER (282), brig, G. Atkinson, master, recap-
tured July 8, 1813 by Fantome.
SEMERIMES (224), sloop, 85 tons, D. Loop, master,
Pleasant River to Boston, captured Apr. 23, 1813, by
Bream. Cargo : timber and cord wood. Taken into New
Brunswick.
SHANNON (408), brig, J. Perkins, master, recaptured
Sept. 27, 1813 by Manly.
SIBAE (211), brig, 115 tons, R. Carter, master, Savan-
nah to Boston, captured Apr. 23, 1813 by Crown Solomon
(privateer) and Atalante, Cargo : 301 bales cotton.
SIR ALEXR. BALL (556), ship, 399 tons, J. Skynner,
master, Bristol to Malta, recaptured July 15, 1814 by
Niemen. Cargo : British manufacture and Colonial pro-
duce.
AT HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA. 239
SNAP DRAGON (532), schr. (privateer), W. R. Gra-
ham, master, captured June 30, 1814 by Martin.
SNOW ALEXANDER (615), 207 tons, Jn Newby, mas-
ter, St. Thomas to Liverpool, recaptured Sept. 6, 1814 by
Wasp. Cargo : 306 hhds., 27t s & 179 bbls. sugar, 10
puncheons rum, 6 casks molasses and 71 1-2 tons fustic.
SNOW WANDERER (594), 168 tons, Sam 1 Saunders,
master, Newdf d land to Corunna, recaptured Aug. 19,
1814 by Tenedos. Cargo : 2900 quintals of codfish.
SOPHIA (156), sloop, 66 tons, O. Boles, master, Chand-
lers River to New Bedford, captured Aug. 30, 1812.
Taken into St. Johns.
SPECIE (174), schr., 93 tons, J. Farrow, master, Alex-
andria to Boston, captured Apr. 8, 1813, by Nymphe.
Cargo : 700 bbls. flour.
STAMPER (325), brig, W. Wilson, master, Liverpool to
Halifax, recaptured July 27, 1813 by Ring Dove.
STARR (280), ship, 409 tons, Skinner, master,
Alexander to Lisbon, captured June 14, 1813, by Victori-
ous, Marlboro, Junon, Narcissus, Barossa and Mohawk.
Cargo : 4388 bbls. flour and 338 half bbls. flour.
START (7), brig, 173 tons, P. Hazleton, master, St. Ubes
to Newbury Port, captured July 15, 1812 by Spartan and
Juniper. Cargo : salt.
STEPHANIE (560), schr., 71 tons, F. W. V. Reynegom,
master, Philadelphia to Havannah, captured July 16,
1814 by Acasta. Cargo : flour, lard and onions.
STOCKHOLM (82), schr., 145 tons, L. Chaplin, master,
St. Bartholomews to Boston, captured Sept. 2, 1812 by
Maidstone and Aeolus. Cargo: rum, sugar and coffee.
Restored.
STRONG (534), schr., (privateer.) J. Merrit, master
captured JunelS, 1814 by Shannon.
240 RECORDS OF THE VICE-ADMIRALTY COURT
SUCCESS (507), brig, 78 tons, M. Harvey, master, Tor-
bay to Banks of Newf d land, recaptured May 29, 1814 by
Charybdis. Cargo : twice laid cordage, beer and cyder.
SUKEY (582), schr., 44 tons, Jabez Howes, master, New
Haven to Norwich, captured July 29, 1814 by Lively
(privateer). Cargo : ballast. Taken into Liverpool.
SUPERB (673), brigate, 120 tons, W m C. Anderson,
master, Charlestown to Philadelphia, recaptured, Nov. 24,
1814 by Spencer. Cargo : rice.
SUPERB (673), brig te 120 tons, W m C. Anderson, mas-
ter, Charlestown to Philadelphia, captured, Nov. 24, 1 814
by Spencer. Cargo : rice.
SUSAN (128), sloop, 39 tons, J. Ellis, master, Alexan-
dria to Boston, captured Dec. 17, 1812 by Liverpool
Packet (privateer). Cargo : flour.
SUSANNAH (226), sloop, 89 tons, L. Marshal, master,
Deer Island to Boston, captured Apr. 20, 1813 by Bream.
Cargo: cord wood. Taken into New Brunswick.
SUSANNA and LUCY (216), schr., 117 tons, J. Lewis,
master, Lyn to N h Yarmouth, captured May 5, 1813 by
Liverpool Packet (privateer). Cargo : cord wood. Taken
into Liverpool.
SWALLOW (445), schr., S. Frisbec, master, captured
Oct. 30, 1813 by Shannon (privateer).
SWIFT (144), brig,. 197 tons, B. Cook, master, Savannah
to Providence, captured March 14, 1813 by Liverpool
Packet (privateer). Cargo : 319 bales cotton and 72
bundles leather.
SWIFT (285), schr., 63 tons, T. Crossby, master, Cape
Cod to Ipswich, captured July 7, 1813 by Curlew. Cargo :
salt.
TEAZER (265), schr., cruising, captured June 27, 1813
by La Hogue.
AT HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA. 241
TEJO (517), ship, 160 tons, Antonio Fugaca, master,
Demerara to St. Bartholomews but proceeding for New
Port, K. I., captured May 15, 1814 by LaHogue. Cargo:
rum and molasses, also 76 bbls. and 10 half bbls. flour, 171
iron bars, 20 bags of rye and 1 bag, taken out of a coast-
ing vessel off New London by Maidstone.
TELEMACHUS (427), brig, W. Street, master, recaptured
Oct. 25, 1813 by Narcissus.
TEN BROTHERS (478), schr., 114 tons, T. Colley, mas-
ter, St. George's to Salem, captured Jan. 6, 1814 by
Wolverine (privateer). Cargo : 56 cords wood. Taken
into Liverpool.
THEODORE (661), brig, 237 tons, Owen Lewis, master,
Maranhai, Brazil to Liverpool, G. B., recaptured Nov.
15, 1814 by Saturn. Cargo : cotton.
THISTLE (701), schr., 100 tons, Malaga to Halifax,
recaptured Mar. 19, 1815 by Cossack. Cargo : wine and
fruit.
THOMAS (254), brig, G. Simmons, master, Cadiz to
Boston, captured June 22, 1813 by Wasp. Restored.
THOMAS (273), schr., M. Burback, master, 10 guns and
96 men, from Portsmouth, cruising, captured June 30,
1813 by Nymphe.
THOMAS and SALLY (505), brig, H y Stocks, master, re-
captured May 26, 1813 by Martin and Curlew.
THORN (116), brig, (privateer), 291 tons, Asa Hooper,
master, 18 guns, 124 men, from Marblehead, cruising,
captured Oct. 31, 1812 by Tenedos, Shannon, Nymphe
and Curlew.
THORN (551), schr., A. Hathaway, master, captured
July 11, 1814 by Bulwark.
THORN (447), schr., P. Shirley, master, captured Nov.
8, 1813 by Shannon (privateer).
242 RECORDS OF THE VICE- ADMIRALTY COURT
THREE BROTHERS (152), schr., 40 tons, J. Cairns,
master, Baltimore to Boston, captured Mar. 19, 1813 by
Retaliation (privateer). Cargo : 248 bushels corn and 50
half bbls. flour.
THREE BROTHERS (363), schr., 94 tons, W. Rogers,
master, Cape Ann to Portland, captured Aug. 7, 1813 by
Dart (privateer). Cargo: ballast. Taken into New
Brunswick.
THREE FRIENDS (567), schr., alias His Majesty's sloop
Pictou, captured July 30, 1814.
THREE FRIENDS (667), schr., 25 tons, John Philips,
master, Kittery to Boston, captured Nov. 12, 1814 by
Lunenburg (privateer). Cargo : ballast. Taken into Lu-
nenburg.
THREE FRIENDS (129), schr., 79 tons, Otis Fall, mas-
ter, Baltimore to Boston, captured Dec. 18, 1812 by Liv-
erpopl Packet (privateer). Cargo : flour and corn.
THREE WILLIAMS (676), brig, 95 tons, John White-
way, master, Newf d land to Portugal, recaptured ,
1814 by Arab. Cargo : 1990 quintals dry fish. Taken
into Shelburne.
TICKLER (648), schr., 41 tons, John Boyd, master,
Philadelphia to St. Bartholomew, captured Oct. 4, 1814
by Niemen and Loire. Cargo : 110 bbls. and 35 half bbls.
flour, 25 bbls. bread, 10 kegs crackers and 50 boxes soap.
TICKLER (555), sloop, 65 tons, Lloyd Bowers, master,
New York to Machias, captured June 14, 1814 by Saturn.
Cargo : 50 bbls. beef, flour, wheat and rye.
(603) Tobacco, 169 hhds., bro't to Halifax in the trans-
port brig Tucker, from off the land and shore of the Ches-
apeake. 119 hhds. captured bet. July 20 and Aug. 7,
and 50 hhds. on June 11, by Albion and ships of war as-
sociated in the blockade of the Chesapeake.
TOMAHAWK (688), schr., 202 tons, Philip Bessom,
master, mounting 9 guns, from Boston, cruising, captured
Jan. 22, 1815 by Bulwark.
AT HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA. 243
TOPEDO (392), schr., captured Sept. 11, 1813 by Plan-
tagenet. Crew and papers escaped before capture.
TRAVELLER (IT), schr., 108 tons, Z. Smith, master,
Georgia to Alexandria, captured July 12, 1812 by Emu-
lous. Cargo : live oak timber. The cargo taken posses-
sion of for the use of the Navy.
TRAVELLER (228), sloop, 94 tons, J. Stover, master,
Sedgwick to Salem, captured Apr. 4, 1813 by Rattler.
Cargo : cord wood. Taken into New Brunswick.
TRENT (458), schr., 69 tons, R. Curtis, master, Bristol
to Boston, captured Dec. 10, 1813 by Wolverine (priva-
teer). Cargo : cord wood and 5 cwt. of butter. Taken
into Liverpool.
TRITON (319), schr., 122 tons, Ge McFarlane, master,
St. Thomas to Kennebeck, captured July 14, 1813 by
Bream. Cargo : 45 puncheons rum and 6 hhds. molasses.
Taken into New Brunswick. Restored.
Two BROTHERS (506), bark, J. Tucker, master, Liver-
pool to Baltic, recaptured May 25, 1814 by Martin and
Curlew. Cargo : salt, crates of ware, rum and coffee.
Two BROTHERS (186), schr., 131 tons, T. Harden, mas-
ter, Bass Harbour to Boston, captured Mar. 27, 1813 by
Rattler and Bream. Cargo : cord wood. Taken into
New Brunswick.
Two BROTHERS (343), schr., 89 tons, J. Mitchel, mas-
ter, Tanfield to East Port, captured July 6, 1813 by Boxer.
Cargo : 650 bbls. flour and 400 bushels of corn. Taken
into New Brunswick. Restored.
Two BROTHERS (286), schr., 53 tons, B. Glasin, mas-
ter, Kennebeck to Ipswich, captured July 7, 1813 by
Curlew. Cargo : wood, bark and shingles.
Two BROTHERS (617), schr., Ambrose Nelson, master,
Philadelphia to Havannah, captured Sept. 4, 1814 by Nie-
men. Cargo : flour, soap, onions, locks and Indian corn.
244 RECORDS OF THE VICE-ADMIRALTY COURT
Two FRIENDS (127), schr., 38 tons, S. Clarke, master,
Baltimore to Boston, captured Dec. IT, 1812 by Liver-
pool Packet (privateer). Cargo : flour.
Two FRIENDS (524), schr., Gideon Bowley, master,
Province Town to Saco, captured June 11, 1814 by Shan-
non (privateer). Cargo : ballast. Taken into Liverpool.
TULIP (130), brig, 150 tons, Ja 8 McCullough, master,
Philadelphia to Bordeaux, captured Dec. 12, 1812 by At-
alante. Cargo : cotton, rice and codfish.
TYGER (563), brig, 173 tons, H y Davison, master,
Malaga to Stattin, Prussia, recaptured July 21, 1814 by
Bulwark.
ULYSSES (195), brig, 156 tons, R. Lawton, master, Cuba
to New Port, captured Apr. 20, 1813 by Orpheus. Cargo :
molasses and sugar.
ULYSSES (314), brig, 248 tons, Sam 1 Hill, master, Sa-
vannah to Bourdeaux, captured June 30, 1813 by Majes-
tic. Cargo : 359 bales cotton.
UNICE (296), sloop, B. Pulcifer, master, captured July
7, 1813 by Curlew.
UNION (50), brig, J. Tullock, master, Liverpool to
Newfoundland, recaptured Aug. 14, 1812 by Morgiana.
UNION (114), schr., 105 tons, Joseph Hall, master,
Philadelphia to Kennebeck, captured Oct. 14, 1812 by
Liverpool Packet (privateer). Cargo : flour and corn.
UNION (110), schr., 83 tons, M. Kendrick, master,
Labradore to Chatham, captured Oct. 19, 1812 by Maid-
stone and Spartan. Cargo : fish.
UNION (163), schr., 95 tons, S. Snell, master, Warren
to Havannah, captured Apr. 3, 1813 by Sir John Sher-
brooke (privateer). Cargo : 35 thousand boards, 4000
hoops, 450 shook hhds.
UNION (609), schr., 22 tons, W. Bradford, master,
Camden to Moose Island, captured July 30, 1814 by Rifle-
AT HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA. 245
man. Cargo : 85 bbls. beef, 2 kegs butter, 4 or 5 cheese
and bbl. tongues. Taken into St. Johns, N. B.
UNION (49), ship, R. Henry, master, from Liverpool,
captured Aug. 16, 1812 by Emulous. Restored on pay-
ment of costs.
UNION (271), ship, 231 tons, Paul Port, master, Cadiz
to Boston, captured June 26, 1813 by Dart (privateer).
Cargo : block tin, salt and fruit. Taken into New Bruns-
wick. Restored.
UNION LASS (35), schr., J. Osborne, master, recaptured
, 1812 by Chub.
UNITY (574), sloop, 36 tons, J. C. Swain, master,
Washington, N. C. to Philadelphia, captured July 23, 1814
by Asia. Cargo : 145 bbls. turpentine, 32 bbls. tar, 12
bbls. spirits turpentine and 5683 feet floor boards.
VALARIA (283), schr., 96 tons, C. Bollard, master, Hoi-
lower to Providence, captured July 6, 1813 by Retrieve
(privateer). Cargo : lumber and oars.
VENUS (323), schr., 72 tons, G. Bailey, master, Long-
Island to Dutchmans Bay, captured July 13, 1813 by
Matilda (privateer). Cargo : corn and ballast
VENUS (449), schr., 100 tons, N. D. Blyden, master,.
Boston to St. Bartholomews, recaptured Nov. 24, 1813 by
Rifleman. Taken into Shelburne.
VENUS (407), ship, 203 tons, F. Wilson, master, Cuba
to Salem, captured Sept 24, 1813 by Borer. Cargo : mo-
lasses, sugar and coffee.
VESTAL (630), ship, Hanby Loggan, master, Buenos
Ayres to London, recaptured Sept 15, 1814 by Dragon.
Cargo : hides and tallow.
VICTOR (498), brig, 52 tons, Swedish Lasts, Carl
Fred* Hallberger, master, Hayti to New London, captured
May 13, 1814 by La Hogue, Maidstone, Sylph and Nim~
rod. Cargo : 140 hhds. sugar.
246 RECORDS OF THE VICE- ADMIRALTY COURT
VICTORY (153), brig, 126 tons, E. Bradley, master,
Lisbon to Boston, captured Mar. 19, 1813 by Retaliation
(privateer). Cargo : 247 moys salt.
VICTORY (477), schr., 52 tons, R. Carey master, Bux-
ton to Boston, captured Jan. 6, 1814 by Wolverine (pri-
vateer). Cargo : timber and cord wood. Taken into Liv-
erpool.
VICTORY (585), schr., 45 tons, Tim y Hallett, master,
fishing, captured Aug. 7, 1814 by Leander. Cargo : green
fish. Restored.
VICTORY (696), ship, laying at Penobscot, recaptured
bet. 1st and 30th Sept., 1814 by conjunct naval and mili-
tary force at Penobscot.
VICTRESS (596), sloop, 65 tons, S. Pennoyer, master,
Bridge Port to New York, captured Aug. 10, 1814 by
Liverpool Packet and Shannon (privateers). Cargo :
spirits, butter, cheese and oats. Taken into Liverpool.
VIVID (179), brig, 180 tons, B. Vanderford, master,
Boston to St. Domingo, captured Apr. 20, 1813 by
Nymphe. Cargo : 600 boxes soap, 50 boxes candles, 51
hhds. fish, 250 bbls. Alewives, 47 boxes cheese, 10 half
bbls. tongues, 3 hhds. bacon, 5 bales bagging, 6 hhds. to-
bacco, 25 boxes spermaciti candles, 20 cases oil, 32 hhds.
claret, 2 pipes brandy, 1 bale twine and 13 bales Calcutta
VOADOR (521), brig, 156 tons, Rob* N. Braga, master,
St. Salvador to Boston, captured June 16, 1814 by La
Hogue. Cargo : 3 to 4000 Arabos dye wood, 13 small
boxes and 66 large boxes sugar. Restored.
VOADOR (537), brig, 180 tons, Anthino Monteno, mas-
ter, Cuba to Boston, captured June 28, 1814 by Nymphe.
Cargo : 130 hhds. molasses, adventures, 17 hhds. Restored.
VOLADOR (263), brig, M. Murquaz, master, Philadel-
phia to Havannah, captured May 20, 1813 by Spartan,
Statira and Martin. Cargo : some boxes silk, window
glass and specie.
AT HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA. 247
VOLANT (157), ship, 457 tons, N. M. Perley, master,
Bayonne to Boston, captured Mar. 26, 1813 by Curlew,
La Hogue and Valiant. Cargo : brandy, wine, silks, dry
goods, iron and sundry manufactures.
WASHINGTON (244), schr., 65 tons, E. Sawyer, master,
Portland to Boston, captured June 5, 1813 by Dart (pri-
vateer). Cargo : boards and shingles. Taken into New
Brunswick.
WASP (308), schr., 99 tons, J. Springer, master, Kenne-
beck to Falmouth, captured July 9, 1813 by Retaliation
(privateer). Cargo : shingles and bark. Taken into Liv-
erpool.
WASP (344), sloop, E. A. Iran, master, 2 guns and 35
men, from Salem, cruising, captured Aug. 8, 1813 by
Bream. Taken into New Brunswick.
WATSON (387), brig, W. Greig, master, recaptured
Sept. 3, 1813 by Poictiers.
WEST INDIAN (454), schr., L. Otis, master, captured
Dec. 8, 1813 by Loire and Ramilies.
WILEY REYNARD (405), schr. (privateer), 22 tons, W m
.Lane, master, from Boston, cruising, captured Oct. 11,
1812 by Shannon. Cargo: guns, ammunition and provis-
ions.
WILLIAM (20), bark, J. Hare, master, recaptured July
8, 1812 by Indian. Cargo: dry goods valued at .1400.
WILLIAM (98), brig, recaptured Aug. 16, 1812 by Sta-
tira.
WILLIAM (243), brig, W. Hunter, master, recaptured
May 31, 1813 by Shannon.
WILLIAM (647), brig, 235 tons, Ge Powditch, master,
Rio Janeiro to London, recaptured Oct. 11, 1814 by Ar-
mide. Cargo : sugar 216 chests, coffee 2120 bags, fustic
815 pieces, ox horns 10,000, dry hides 120 and 2 casks
wine.
248 BECOBDS OF THE VICE-ADMIRALTY COURT
WILLIAM (151), schr., 102 tons, John Williams, mas-
ter, Charles Town to Lisbon, captured Mar. 12, 1813 by
Rataliation (privateer). Cargo : 38 bushels of corn.
WILLIAM (433), schr., S. Nevis, master, New York to
Charlestown, captured Oct. 27, 1813 by Paz. Cargo : pro-
visions.
WILLIAM (628), schr., from Chesapeake, captured ,
1814 by Albion and other ships of war associated in the
blockade of the Chesapeake.
WILLIAM (529), schr., S. Pudor, master, recaptured
June 19, 1814 by Wasp.
WILLIAM (350), sloop, 39 tons, E. Crowell, master,
from Barnstable, fishing, captured Aug. 7, 1813 by Ma-
tilda (privateer). Cargo : codfish and stores.
WILLIAM & ANN (329), sloop, 77 tons, W. Eadie, mas-
ter, Scotland to Ireland, recaptured July 31, 1813 by
Nimrod. Cargo : coals and glass.
YORK TOWN (301), ship, A. Ricker, master, cruising,
captured July 17, 1813 by Poictiers, Maidstone and Nim-
rod.
YOUNG PHOENIX (209), ship, P. Duval, master, Jersey
to Arichat, recaptured May 9, 1813 by Orpheus.
ZODIAC (71), ship, 309 tons, J. Hague, master, Norfolk
to Lisbon, captured Aug. 28, 1812 by Alpha. Restored.
(571) Articles on board H. M. ship Dragon, taken out
of stores and warehouses and out of ships and vessels un-
der American colours which were burnt. Captured May
22-24, 1814 by Dragon, Albion, Acasta, Loire, Jaseur,
and St. Lawrence, 240 bbls. and 94 half bbls. flour, 9 bbls.
bread, 72 bbls. beef, 153 kegs crackers, 45 boxes segars
and 74 bbls. tar. Captured June 11, 1814 by Albion
Dragon, Acasta, Loire, Narcissus, Jaseur and St. Law-
rence, 238 hhds. tobacco. On sloop Julian captured July
17, 1814, 316 bbls. and 32 half bbls. flour and 91 kegs
tobacco. On schr. Buzi, captured July 19, 1814, 274 bbls.
AT HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA. 249
flour, both captures by Albion, Dragon, Asia, Severn,
Loire, Jaseur, St. Lawrence, Regulus, Melpomene, Brune,
Manly and Etna Bomb.
(589) Sundry articles taken out of an American schr.
called the Night Hawk and brought to Halifax in the
Maidstone,' captured June , 1814, near New London
by Superb, Maidstone and Sylph. Cargo : 38 bbls. tar, 4
bbls. turpentine, 8 bbls. & 1 box salts, 1 cask cotton, 6
bbls. & 4 kegs oil and 1 hhd. oil.
(592) Captured at Moose Island, July 11, 1814 by
detachment of His Majesty's army and navy, sundry goods
& merchandize valued at < 29,464. 14. 4 currency, perish-
able goods belonging to American citizens, now resident,
6 boxes tin, 5 casks sadlery, 9 musquets, 15 bayonets, 15
belts and scabbards.
(625) Captured in the Potowmack and Patuxent riv-
ers, bet. July 20 and Aug. 7, 1814 by Albion and other
ships of war associated in the blockade of the Chesapeake,
105 hhds. tobacco, 19 bbls. turpentine and 4 bbls. flour.
(655) Taken from public stores in Alexandria, bet.
Aug. 1 and Sept. 20, 1814 by a conjoint expedition cap-
tured by the boats of the Sea Horse and put on board the
Severn and bro't to Halifax, 25 hhds. tobacco.
(644) Captured at Penobscot and Machias, bet. Sept. 1
and 30, 1814, a ship, 3 brigs, 4 schrs. and 1 sloop.
(641) Captured at Penobscot and Machias, bet. Sept. 1
and 30, 1814, a ship 230 tons, schr. 45 tons, brig 115 tons,
schr. 89 tons, ship 500 tons, schr. 130 tons, brig Sally 110
tons, and goods found in the woods, supposed yalue <20,
000.
(682) Sundry goods seized at Windsor by the Collector
of his Maj s customs, Dec. , 1814, woolens, linens, cot-
tons, &c. Restored.
MARBLEHEAD IN THE YEAR 1700. NO. 7.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY.
THE map on the opposite page comprises that part of
the town of Marblehead known generally as Barnegat. It
runs north from Pond street to Peach's point and from
the sea westward into the lower division pasture to in-
clude the early grant to Rev. Samuel Cheever. This
section is somewhat unsatisfactory. There were evidently
other early houses on each side of the John Carder lot
toward the west, north and east, but the evidence is not
sufficiently clear to warrant their location. Future re-
search may reveal further facts sufficient to clear up the
doubts.
The site of the first meeting house is shown on the
burying hill. It was built very early and was standing
here in 1700. The location of the meeting house on this
hill was the occasion, without doubt, of the existence of
this burial place, a place that was undesirable in several
ways. The churchyard was the place of the repose of the
dead in England in those times, and the custom was gen-
erally continued in New England.
At the circle (O) marked on the map, near the en-
trance to the old burying ground from Orne street, is a
spring of water, a view of which is given in the accom-
panying engraving. It was used very early, and was
called the spring under the rock in 1663 ; the meeting
house spring hi 1695 ;* ye spring called Mr. Walton's
spring in 1699 ; and the spring in 1714.
Little harbor was so called very early, and Doliber's
cove was known by that name as early as 1762.
Gingerbread hill was so called as early as 1796.
The highway shown on the map is very ancient. It
was called a highway in 1682, and the highway in the
*Marblehead Commoners records.
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MARBLEHEAD
PLAN OF MARBLEHEAD IN THE YEAR 1700. No. 7.
BY SIDNEY PEELEY. 251
lower end of the town in 1722. In 1757, the central
portion of it, now obsolete, was called a way leading to
the lower division gate, and in 1781 the way leading to
the great pasture gate. In 1824, it was called the high-
way leading from the north part of the town to the houses
on Gingerbread hill. On the hill, it was called an old
road in 1881 ; Brown's lane in 1887 ; and an old road
leading up Gingerbread hill in 1890.
Beacon street was laid out through Barnegat soon after
the Revolution ; and was called by its present name as
early as 1846.
Norman street was called the new road in 1881 and
Norman street in 1890.
Harding's lane was there as early as 1725, running
across Beacon street to the old road. It was called Peach's
lane as early as 1823.
Rebecca Norman House. The northeastern end of this
lot was granted by the town of Marblehead to Samuel
Walton Feb. 17, 1663.* He was a husbandman, and
removed to Reading before Dec. 27, 1699, when he con-
veyed his part of the lot, for one pound and ten shillings,
to Rebecca Norman, widow of William Norman of Mar-
blehead.f Mrs. Norman owned it until 1714.
The southwestern end of the lot was granted by the
commoners of Marblehead to said Mrs. Norman and after
her decease to her daughter Elizabeth Norman, a small
house having been built thereon.^:
John Carder Souse. This lot belonged to George
Godfrey in 1663. He was of Marblehead and a fisherman,
Jan. 2, 1673, when, for forty-six pounds, thirteen shillings
and seven pence, he mortgaged this house, orchard and
garden to Moses Maverick of Marblehead, merchant.
Mr. Maverick evidently foreclosed the mortgage as he
conveyed the house and land, orchard, garden, etc., to
John Carder of Marblehead, Dec. 24, 1677.|| Mr. Carder
died before Nov. 26, 1739, when administration upon his
Marblehead town records.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 13, leaf 221.
Marblehead Commoners records.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 4, leaf 118.
II Essex Registry of Deeds, book 4, leaf 175.
252 MARBLBHEAD IN THE YEAE 1700. NO. 7.
estate was granted. His son Joseph Carder succeeded him
in the ownership of the estate, and probably the house
was gone soon after.
John Peach Lot. This lot was owned by John Peach
of Marblehead in 1700.
William Mines Lot. William Hines owned this lot as
early as 1684 and as late as 1707.
Robert Knight House. This lot of land belonged to
Robert Knight in 1682; and afterwards to his son-in-law
John Hoile of Marblehead. Mr. Hoile built a house
with a leanto upon the lot, and died possessed of the estate
in the spring of 1706. The house was apparently gone
soon afterward.
Estate of John Darby House. This lot of land was sold
by the selectmen of Marblehead to John Darby, March
13, 1682-3 ;* and on it he built his " mansion house." He
lived in it, and died in 1690. His widow, Alice Darby,
who had married John Woodbury of Beverly, conveyed
the lot and house to Eleazer Ingalls of Marblehead,
cooper, Oct. 26, 1713.f How much longer the house
stood is unknown to the writer.
Joseph Dolliver Lot. This lot of land was granted by
the selectmen of Marblehead to Richard Clatterie, a fisher-
man, April 21, 16824 He built a house upon the lot,
and lived in it Sept. 10, 1686, when he conveyed the
estate to Joseph Dolliver of Marblehead. He died in
the autumn of 1688, having devised this lot to his son
Joseph, and the house not being mentioned. The estate
apparently belonged to Mr. Dolliver in 1700.
Samuel Cheever Lot. The commoners of Marblehead
granted to Rev. Samuel Cheever two acres of land " lying
between the two hills near ye mill pond," March 31,
16 73; || and it belonged to Mr. Cheever in 1700.
Marblehead town records.
tEssex Kegistry of Deeds, book 27, leaf 77.
| Marblehead town records.
Essex Kegistry of Deeds, book 7, leaf 83.
|| Marblehead town records.
ESSEX COUNTY NOTARIAL RECORDS,
1697-1768.
(Continued from Volume XL VII, page
Protest. John Grush, master of the schooner Dove,
about 70 tons, made declaration that on Jan. 30, he sailed
from Martineco for Marblehead and on Feb. 17 "it blew
very hard & made a very great Sea & lasted until the
21 st and on the 23 d of s d month had violent hard Gales of
Wind w ch continued till y e 28 th and were obliged some-
times to put her under a short Sayle & sometimes to lay
her a Hull, on y e 24 th split our Foresail in pieces and lost
our Bowsprit and on March y 6 2 d had another very bad
Storm which continued until the 9 th which damaged our
Rigging & sails we lost our mainsail & left us almost a
Wreck on the Sea, & Shipped a great deal of Water and
fear there is considerable Damage done to our Cargo that
.on Saturday y e 19 Instant arrived at M. head." [169]
Mar. 21, 1763. Samuel Collyer, jr., mate, also made oath
to the same.
Bill of exchange, dated Spanish Town, Apr. 16, 1762.
Ninety days' sight draft by Thomas Fry on James Brown,
merchant, Liverpool, to Samuel Pickman, Esq., for ,542,
Endorsed to Nath 11 Ropes, Esq r by Sam 11 Pickman, En-
dorsed to Gilbert Deblois by Nath u Ropes. Endorsed to
Champion & Hayley by Gilbert Deblois. Endorsed to
Robert Hibbert & Co. by Champion & Hayley. Endorsed
by Sam 11 Green, agent for R. Hibbert & Co.
Thomas Holland's receipt to James Brown for 242 in
part of the foregoing Bill. Dated Nov. 15, 1762. [170]
Protested, Oct. 19, 1762, at Liverpool, by James Clegg,
notary public, at request of Robert Hibbert & Co., mer-
chants, in Manchester, Jameg Brown's answer being that
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254 ESSEX COUNTY NOTARIAL RECORDS.
he would pay only X230 in his draft upon London, pay-
able two months after date. On Nov. 16, 1762, said Brown
agreed to pay <242, but would not pay the remaining
X300, which terms said Hibbert accepted. Receipt, dated
Boston, Mar. 26, 1763, Gilbert Deblois to Nath 11 Ropes, in
full for the above bill with interest and damages.
O
Protest. Sam 11 Carlton, jr., master of the sloop Betsey
of Salem, about 70 tons, with 6 men, made declaration that
on Dec. 14, they sailed from St. Peter's in Martineco,
loaded with sugar, molasses, cocoa, rum and coffee, for
Salem and on the 26 th [171] in Lat. 22 N & Long. 65
W. they had a very hard gale of wind at E. N. E. with a
very large sea, sprang their mast in the partners, and on
Thursday Feb r * 3 d 1763 being then in the Lat. 40 30' No
& Long. 67 30 W. or thereabouts had a violent gale of
wind at S West and about 9 o'clock P. M. " shipped a
Sea which struck the Vessel upon the Beam Ends shifted
the Hold and did us much Damage which obliged us to
Scud and on Feb 1 * the 17 th being in Lat. 38 20' N. &
Long. 64 10' W. at 10 o'clock a. m. the Wind at West
Shipt a Sea which Struck us up and Shifted the Hold a
second time and put us to Scud again, and on March y e
24 being then in Lat. 30 40' N. & Long. 65 West we
had another very hard Gale of Wind at S W. by W. about
10 o'Clock a. m. Shipt a Sea which struck us up and
shifted the Hold the third time and stove the Boat to
pieces and did us much damage, and that she arrived in
Salem the seventeenth Instant." May 18, 1763. Thomas
Fry, mate, and Joshua Orne, mariner, also made oath to
the same.
Protest, Michael Wormsted, master of the snow Hooper
of Marblehead, about 120 tons, with 10 men, made decla-
ration that Mar. 31, they sailed from Lisbon, loaded with
salt, for Marblehead, and on Apr. 22, in Lat. 41 22' N.
& Long. 43 3' W. " they had a hard Gale of Wind and a
very large Sea, and laying too under the Foresail they car-
ried away and lost their Foremast and Bowsprit with all
the Rigging, Yards and Sails thereto belonging which
wracked the Vessel so that she leak'd very much, and con-
ESSEX COUNTY NOTARIAL RECORDS. 255
tinued leaky during the Voyage and that on the 19 th In-
sant they arrived at Marbleh*." May 20, 1763. [172]
Alexander Ross, jr., mate, and John Bateman, mariner,
made oath to the same.
Bill of Exchange, dated New Providence, May 20, 1763.
Ten days' sight draft by Joseph Goodwin on Capt. George
Crowninshield, merchant, Salem, to John Harrod for 1200
Spanish milled dollars. Protested, July 27, 1763, for
want of effects. Witnesses : Geo. Williams and Thomas
Mason.
Bill of Exchange, dated Martineco, July 6, 1763.
Twenty days' sight draft by B. Aquart on William Webs-
ter, merchant, Salem, to Sam 11 Bacon for 8: 5s: 3d.
Protested Sept. 1, 1763. William Webster answered that
he did not owe the drawer anything.
[174] Protest. Israel Obear, master of the sloop
Three Friends of Salem, owned by Richard Derby, jr., &
Co., with 6 men, made declaration that on Jan. 10, they
sailed with a load of fish and lumber for the West Indies
and on Jan. 6, in Lat. 26 N. & Long. 57 W. they were
chased by a French Privateer Snow, belonging to Bayone,
carrying 14 guns, commanded by John Sipper, Dec. 21,
1763.
[175] Bond given by Thomas Rutland of Ann, Arundel
Co., Maryland, planter, to Roger Peele, late of the said
County but now of Salem, shipwright, for .500. Dated
Apr. 13, 1762, whereas Roger Peele is determined to
bring action by a writ of ejectment against James Dick,
James Mowatt & James Nicholson all of Ann Arundel
Co., for the possession of land in that County, viz. 3 lots
in London Town as by the platt or record of the town ap-
pears to be N 101, 28 & 42, adjoining, with all the " ed-
ifices " and improvements, also land known as Home Quar-
ter, while in the possession of W m Peele, deceased, con-
sisting of Poplar Neck, part of Pudington's Harbour and
part of Mitchells Addition, 369 acres, all of which prop-
erty was by deed of gift, dated May 7, 1737, given to
Roger Peele and entailed to his male heirs by W m Peele,
256 ESSEX COUNTY NOTARIAL RECORDS.
who then possessed it as heir at law to his brother Samuel
Peele, deceased ; and whereas said Dick, Mouatt and Nich-
olson as executors of the will of W m Peele have taken
possession of the land, Roger Peele by this bond makes
over one half of the aforesaid property to Thomas Rut-
land, the latter to act as his attorney in the matter. [176]
Witnesses : Edm d Rutland, Thomas Wilson.
Bill of Exchange, dated Salem, Sept. 16, 1763. Forty
days sight draft by Robert Stout on Owen O'Neall, mer-
chant in Waterford, to Samuel Galley for 23 for value
received on board the snow Cleaveland.
Middleton, Feb. 18, 1750. Receipt given by Timothy
Fuller, Adm r , to Ezra Damon for X159. 15s. "at sundry
Times by the Hand of his Father Damon," in full of a
300 note which Jonathan Nurse had against the s d Ezra
Damon. Witnesses : Abraham Shelden, Jos a Wright.
Montreal, Oct. 10, 1761. Receipt given by Ebenezer
Stocker to Joseph Choate for 10 Tierces red wine on ac-
count of Capt. Richard Derby. " Mem Twenty nine Qt r
Cask Wine that Capt. Stocker Rec d out of Capt. Edward
Williams at Montreal besides the above. Jos : Choate."
Note, for 3 months, dated Port Lovis, Aug. 15, 1763.
Philip Lewis to William Barry in St. Eustatius for 400
current money of the Island, for value received at the re-
quest of Isaac Freeman. [177] Endorsed to Benj a Buntin
by W m Barry for value received at Port Lovis, Sept. 1,
1763. Endorsed, same date, to Capt. George Batchelder
by Benj a Buntin.
Certificate, dated Dominica, given at the Custom House,
Rozeau, Feb. 11, 1764, that Thomas Bowditch, master of
the schooner Salem, 55 tons, no guns, with 6 men, plan-
tation built, has put on shore here 194 barrels of rice for
which bond was given at Charlestown, S. C., Jan. 10, 1764.
Adrew Dewar, Coll 1 , W m Strong, Dep y Nav el Off r .
Note, dated Oct. 5, 1762 by Will Vans to Benjamin
Pickman, jr. for 67.13.4, six months. Witness: by John
Saunders.
ESSEX COUNTY NOTABIAL EECOEDS. 257
Protest. Benj* Thomas, master of sloop Abigail of
Woolwich, Co. Cumberland, about 30 tons [178] with two
men, made declaration that on the 11 th they sailed from
Sheepscot loaded with lumber for Salem, "and on the
next day about half an Hour after Sunrise the Wind blow-
ing exceeding hard We split our Jibb and having no Head
Sail were forced to lay in the Trough of the Sea, and
springing a Leak, We pumpt continually, but the Water
increasing fast upon Us about Eleven o'Clock she filled
with Water, We kept on board about half an Hour the
Sea continually breaking Over Us, being about two
Leagues to the Southward of Thatchers Island, We de-
spaired of arriving anywhere. We took to our Canoe and
in about an Hour got into Cape Ann." June 13, 1764.
Nath u Brewer also made oath to the same.
Protest. James Willy, master of the snow James &
Ellenor of Waterford, about 130 tons, with 9 men, made
declaration that they sailed from Waterford July 4, loaded
with provisions for Boston, with liberty to stop at any
harbour on the passage. They arrived at Piscataqua,
Sept. 8, and sailed from there Sept. 21, and on the 25th at
2 o'clock in the morning " being near [179] a place called
half way Rock it became Calm & we found the Ship drove
toward a ledge of Rocks which broke very high & stretch-
ing from half way Rock N. N. W. three or four miles We
got out our Boat endeavouring to tow the Ship from s d
Rocks, notwithstanding finding We were driving in upon
them, obliged us to come to an Anchor close in upon the
s d Rocks in 22 Fathoms of Water the Ship Channel of
Salem & M hd bearing N. W. ^ W. 2 miles distant, at 12
o'Clock on s d Day a breeze of Wind springing up at S. E.
We made Sail, and were obliged to Cut our best Bower
to cast the Ship clear from the sunken Rocks for the
preservation of the Ship & Cargo & arrived in Salem
Harbour. 5 ' Sept. 26, 1764. James Kinsley, chief mate,
and W m Trapp, second mate, also made oath to the same.
Receipt, dated New Providence, Bahama Islands, June
19, 1764, given by Samuel Gambier, agent for the priva-
teers Rover and Diana, and John Boyd, agent for the
258 ESSEX COUNTY NOTARIAL RECORDS.
privateer Gen 11 Shirley, to Joseph Goodwin for 3000
pieces of Eight Debt and 27 pieces of Eight four Ryals
Cost, in full for damages and costs recovered in the suit
of " Our Lord the King " vs. the said Goodwin, as secur-
ity for the appellants of the ship Ranger, George Crown-
inshield, master, and her cargo which were taken by the
privateers General Shirley, Benj a Clifford, commander,
the Rover, Nich Garner, commander, and which s d ship
called the Ranger together with her cargo was condemned
as prize. Witness : James Gould.
Receipt, dated Salem, Oct. 12> 1764, given by Joseph
Goodwin to Richard Derby for 3027 pieces of Eight and
4 Ryals, paid as follows : [180] X139. 15. 8 cash, a note
for .346. 13. 4, and the schooner Three Sisters valued at
.240. Witness : Eben r Bowditch, jr.
Protest. W m Wilshman, master of the schooner Deb-
orah of Boston, made declaration "that on Thursday, Nov.
29, he sailed from Nantasket with the wind at W. N. W.
till Friday the 30 th the wind came to the east blowing
very hard with snow and a great sea. Saturday we had
a hard gale at E. & E. S. E. and shipped much water
which drowned a great part of the live stock. At noon
the weather moderated and in Lat. 41.43 standing to the
Southward endeavouring to get out of the South Channel.
Dec. 2, it blew hard at E. & E. S. E. and were surprised
by altering our soundings from 40 to 10 fathoms, with a
strong current toward Nantasket Shoals. We put about,
stood to the Northward, and on the 3 d , with hard winds
at S. E. and a great sea thought best to bear away for a
harbour for the preservation of vessel and cargo. At 3
o'clock P. M. spoke a Brig* from Jamaica for Salem, who
agreed to keep us Company into Boston Bay, and con-
cluded to go under an easy sail expecting to see the light
house in the morning. Dec. 4, thought they saw land,
the mate going forward found what he called the Boston
Light to be the breakers. We immediately hal'd our
Wind to southward and made sail expecting to clear the
breakers, but finding ourselves close, strove to stay the
vessel, but struck [181] on a Rock called the whales
ESSEX COUNTY NOTARIAL RECORDS. 259
Back and beat on the said Rock a considerable time, so
that we lost our Rudder & the Stern Stove and was much
broke, our sails & Rigging much Hurt, after beating some
time on s d Rock drove off, then let go the Anchors to pre-
vent her driving on a Reef right a Stern of Us, then going
to see what Water was in the Hold, found it up to the
Cabbin Deck. We hoisted out the Boat and sent the
mate ashore for assistance, and at Eight in the morning
the Mate came on board with two Boats & a number of
Men. We hove up one of our Anchors & Slipped another,
and towed her into Manchester where she now lyes a
Ground in soft Mudd." Dec. 5, 1764. John Keedy,
mate, and George Henderson, mariner, also made oath to
the same.
Power of attorney given by Joseph Stockdale, mer-
chant, of Grandterre, Gaudaloupe, to Jonathan Mason of
Salem, but at present master of the union schooner now
lying at Bassaterre, Guadeloupe, to recover from Samuell
Howel of Philadelphia, merchant, the full amount of the
sales of 45 Hh^ 1 Tierce of molasses consigned to him in
April last by said Stockdale. Dated Oct. 27, 1764. Wit-
nesses : Richard Hooper, David Glover. Jonathan Mason
appoints William Bartlet of Beverly, mariner, his substi-
tute, Feb. 22, 1765. Witnesses : Andrew Herrick, John
Tuck.
Bill of Exchange, dated New York, Mar. 12, 1765.
Fourteen days' sight draft by I. Craig on John Inglis,
merchant, Philadelphia, to Philip Livingston, Esq. for
211 : 5s : Philadelphia money. Endorsed to Richard
Derby by Phil. Livingston. Endorsed to Sam 1 Orne by
Richard Derby.
Note, dated Dec. 28, 1764, given by Robert Hardy to
Capt. John Lander for X226 : 5s : 6d, proc n money, on or
before Apr. 30, next. Witness : Henry Jenkins. " Mem .
I promise to discharge the above sum in merchantable
Tar at M* Sion Landing at the market price on Chowan
River or what Tar will fetch at the time its deliverd at
the afores d Landing. Rob* Hardy." Agreed that the
260 ESSEX COUNTY NOTARIAL RECORDS.
vessel be not detained longer than fifteen days after Apr.
30 under penalty of 3 proc n <p day.
[183] Note, dated Salem, Mar. 1, 1762 given by Jos.
Graf ton, jr. to Nath u Gould for <66 : 2s : with interest.
Power of attorney given by George Burns, Lieut, in
His Majesties 45 th Keg* of Foot, to James Grant of Salem,
gentleman, for said Burns and wife Martha, formerly Mar-
tha Hicks. Dated Nov. 13, 1764. Witnesses : Richard
and Gam 1 Smethurst. Acknowleged before Samuel Holland
Justice of the Peace.
[184] Note, dated Boston, Oct. 2, 1764 given by Thom-
as and Benj a Forsey to Richard Derby for .303 : 15s,
three months. Endorsed to Nath u Wheelwright by Richard
Derby, dated Boston, Oct. 3, 1764. Endorsed to Richard
Derby by Nath 1 Wheelwright.
Agreement. Phillip Wilkinson to deliver to Capt.
Richard Derby 1065 gallons merchantable molasses, le-
gally imported. Nov. 3, 1764.
Power of attorney given by Amos Walbridge of Char-
lotte Precinct, Dutchess Co., N. Y., yeoman, to his wife
Mary, of the same place. Dated Apr. 8, 1765. Wit-
nesses: Benjamin Delavergne, Nicholas Lavergne.
[185] Deed. Joseph Graf ton, jr. of Salem, for 86,
sells to Samuell Galley of Salem, leather dresser, one half
of the hull of the sloop Batchelder, 30 tons, now in Salem
harbor, with Boom, bowsprit and all stores, with her boat,
cable and anchor. Salem, Apr. 7, 1764. Witnesses:
Joseph Shaw, Seth Eldridge. Galley agrees to deliver
the sloop with a bill of sale to sd Grafton for the sum
mentioned when he sees fit to call for it and to pay said
Galley said sum.
Note, dated Salem, Apr. 5, 1764. Joseph Grafton, jr.
to Sam u Galley, for 10 : 8, with interest.
(To be continued.)
THE CAPTAIN JOHN TENNY HOUSE, SEVEN STAR ROAD.
THE JAMES MORSE HOUSE, WASHINGTON STREET
THE HOUSES AND BUILDINGS OF
GROVELAND, MASS.
COMPILED IN 1854, BY ALFRED POORE, M. D.
( Concluded from Vol. XL VII, page
SALEM STKEET (CONTINUED).
CARLETON, ancient residences of, were on Salem st.,
near Johnson's brook, where they built some of the first
mills. The house where George H. A. Bachellor and son
now live was formerly owned by Dea. Thomas Carleton,
and was built before 1740. After he died his son, Dea.
Phineas, lived there, then after his death John, son of
Phineas, owned it until he died. Mr. Bachellor above
owned and occupied it from 1880 to 1849, and now it is
owned by W. R. Whittier of Haverhill. Other occupants,
Widow Pemberton ; Warren L. Parker, 1844-6 ; Isaac
Adams, 1846-8 ; Whidden, 1849 ; Joseph Benson, 1850-1 ;
Benjamin G. Hinkson, 1851-2 ; John H. Hardy, 1850-2 ;
Charles Niles, 1852 ; Samuel B. Jones, 1852-3 ; Alanson
F. Jenkins, 1849-52 ; and now Mr. Bachellor and son.
MORSE, MOSES, Dea. residence of, since 1828 on Salem
st. Dea. Thomas Morse built his house in 1784, when
he removed from Pembrooke, N. H., on land that his
father owned. Since he died Dea. Morse, his son, has
lived at this place. Others who occupied a part of the
house have been : Edwin Hopkinson, 1829 ; Erastus B.
Stickney, 1833-8, and after he married his 3d wife till
1840 ; widow Pemberton from 1837 until she married
Mr. Stickney ; and his son Moses, jr.
WIGGIN, REBECCA, widow, residence of, since Apr.,
1835, in Lavinia Bailey's house on Salem st. Miss Bailey's
(261)
262 HOUSES AND BUILDINGS OP GROVELAND, MASS.,
place was formerly owned by John Carleton, who
sold out, and, it is said, went to Billerica. Thomas Morse
of Newbury bought it and after he died his son, Dea.
Thomas Morse, who also lived there a while. The latter's
son, Dea. Moses Morse resided in it from 1821-8, after
which Isaac, son of Dea. Thomas owned it, and sold it to
Miss Bailey in 1834. She has leased it to the following :
Sherborn Wiggin, whose widow still lives here ; Moses
Morse, jr., 1837-42; Moses Jameson, 1817-9 and 1832-4;
Erastus B. Stickney, 1832-3 ; Charles Brown, 1843-4 ;
and H. S. Wiggin. Mr. Foot lived there in 1809, when
his son, J. Calvin, was born.
BAHTLETT, JONATHAN, formerly residence of, Salem
St., southeast of Lavinia Bailey's house. His sister
Elizabeth was Dea. M. Morse's grandmother, who lived
near his place. He came here after 1777. Perhaps others
resided in his house before he occupied it.
SCHOOL STREET.
Now including Milk street.
FOWLER, WILLIAM H., residence of, at his father's place
on School st., since 1853. Mr. Fowler's father built this
house in the summer of 1845, doing the work principally
with his own hands, and he occupied it until he became
superintendent at the Town Farm. During a terrible
thunder shower on Aug. 13, 1853, this house was shattered
considerably but no one in it was much injured.
PARKER, FREE G., residence of, formerly in a house that
stood where T. Stacy built his house. His house, it is
said, was built from an old one that was removed from
near Benj. Nelson's place, about 1777 and which he bought
of Reuben Hardy. Some say that it was made of Jonas
Hardy's old house. Other occupants : George Carleton ;
Flint Tyler, about 1819 ; Fitz William Burbank ; Leonard
Hovey, from 1831 till he died in 1836 ; Samuel Hodgden,
who married a daughter of Samuel Balch, 1834; Benjamin
Carleton; Gilman Hull; Luther Hardy, 1840-3; Nath 1
Downs.
BY ALFRED POORE, M. D. 263
STACY, TIMOTHY, residence of, since 1844, in School st.
Mr. Stacey built his house the year that he moved to
Groveland on the site of Free G. Parker's house. The
barn was erected in 1854. He manufactured shoes in a
shop attached to his house.
HARDY, ABNER, residence of, since 1846, on School st.
Mr. Hardy bought land of the corporation and built his
house from a shop which formerly belonged to his father
but which he removed to this spot in Feb., 1846.
SARGENT, GEORGE M., residence of, since 1848, on
Milk st. He resides in a house built in 1835 by Samuel
B., son of Sylvanus Hardy, and owned now by his brother
William S. Hardy. Since Samuel B. Hardy left it, the
part where Mr. Sargent lives, has been rented to his father-
in-law, Rev. Mr. Ramsdell, 1839-41 ; Rev. Mr. Eldridge ;
Erastus B. Stickney, 1843-7. The occupants of the other
part have been : Josiah G. Hardy ; Leonard Sawyer
Wood ; George Huntress, 1843-5 ; Thomas W. Stickney, 4
months in 1845 ; Hezekiah Jameson, 1843 and 1846 ; John
Hills, about 1847 ; Widow Hull, sister to John Hills,
1848-52; and Austin F. Smith, since Nov., 1852.
BROWN, JOHN, JR., residence of, since Sept., 1849, on
Milk st. The land was bought of Charles Mitchell and
the house built in 1849.
HARDY, NATHAN, place of, where Nathan, son of Rich-
ard Hardy once lived in the field owned by Aaron At-
wood, east of Milk st. After Hardy, probably David
Marden lived here, who married his daughter Mehitable,
and here it is said, David, Jr., their son, was born, about
1749. Near this house, it is also said, there was another
w hich was burned before it was occupied.
JAQUES, PARKER, residence of, Milk st., since 1828,
the year he built the house. A part of the house has been
let to J. Perkins Hardy from 1837-8, and to his son
Thomas, since his marriage.
RICKER, WILLIAM, residence of, since Nov., 1846, on
Milk st. This house was built by Nathaniel Holmes.
264 HOUSES AND BUILDINGS OF GROVELAND, MASS.,
Those who have lived in it have been : the present owner,
1839-41 ; Humphrey H. Nichols; Aaron W. Nelson,
1841-3; Erastus B. Stickney, winter of 1842-3; Isaac
Adams, 1843-6 ; Charles Chubb. Mr. Ricker bought the
place of J. K. Harriman in 1846, leasing a part of it to
Eli Knox, 1846-9.
KNOX, ELI, residence of, since 1849, on Milk st. He
built his house in 1849, on land that he bought of Moses
Foot's wife.
HARDY, IRA, residence of, since May 5, 1849, on Milk
st. He bought the land of J. K. Harriman and com-
menced to build the house in the winter of 1848-9.
NELSON, AARON W., residence of, since Dec., 1849 on
Milk st. This place was once owned by Edmund Hardy
and perhaps before that by Edmund his father. Daniel
Tenny sold it to Benjamin Jaques in Mar., 1783, who
moved there and built that part of the house now stand-
ing about 1789. He died in 1823, after which his
daughter Nabby owned and lived in the northerly part of
the house until she died. Mr. Nelson bought this part in
Dec., 1849. John B. Hardy lived there from 1826-7, and
Eben P. Jewett and mother, 1842-50. In the south part
Parker Jaques, who still owns it, lived from 1810 until he
built his present residence. Since that the occupants
have been : John B. Hardy, 1827 ; Mansil Hardy and A.
W. Nelson, about 1830, 1836-40 and 1843-9; Leonard
Hardy ; Nathaniel Downs ; G. Perkins Hardy, 1831-2 and
1838 ; E. Jewett Hardy, 1839 ; Darius Hull ; Oilman Hull ;
William Rieker, 1839 ; Joseph Banks, 1841 ; and William
Dawkins, 1851-2.
JEWETT, EBEN P., residence of, since Apr., 1850, on
Milk st. The house was built in 1849-50.
HARDY, DAVID, old place of, where he died in 1842 at
an advanced age, is in the woods close by the North East-
erly side of the Newburyport Railroad. It is owned by
his heirs. Formerly a house stood here which was occu-
pied by Eben Hardy, uncle of David, and when the small
BY ALFRED POOEE, M. D. 265
pox was raging in the place the house was taken for a
pest house. After the sick had recovered, the old house
was taken down and the present one built. Others who
have lived there besides Benjamin Nelson : Aaron W. Nel-
son, twice ; John B. Hardy, 1827-9 ; Rufus J. Fellows,
winter of 1851-2 ; and two of J. B. Hardy's daughters,
1842-3; also Benj. Hardy, son of David, lived in this
house, 1794 to 1806.
PEST HOUSE. Besides the David Hardy house, there
was one made on the south side of Salem st., a short dis-
tance west of Greendale brook after the smallpox dis-
appeared. The building was burned probably before there
was an occasion to use it for that purpose.
HARDY, REUBEN, old place of, in Phineas Hardy's pas-
ture, north of Benjamin Nelson's house, where Reuben,
son of Thomas and Martha Hardy lived before he moved
into the house now occupied by Theodore Parker. After
him Timothy Hardy, Jr. lived there until he moved to
Main st., where A. Atwood now lives. Then the house
was sold to Free G. Parker and removed to where T.
Stacy's house now stands.
SEVEN STAR STREET.
HARDY, CHARLES, a new house finished for two families
which he built in 1853 doing all parts of the work himself
and the eccentricity of his head caused a circular cellar.
CHASE, WILLIAM N., residence of, since Sept. 16,
1834, Seven Star st. He made his house of the school-
house formerly owned by Burbank's district, and built
his barn of a part of E. S. Parker's barn in 1853.
BROWN, JOHN E., residence of, since July 22, 1846, on
Seven Star st. He built the house, in 1846 and the shop
and barn since. Isaac Poor was the carpenter.
TENNY, JONATHAN, DBA., Besides Jonathan and his
heirs, John, son of Andrew Palmer, lived there one year
before he went to Derry, N. H. Benjamin Savory resided
there a number of years, and after Savory, Samuel Tyler,
about 1810.
266 HOUSES AND BUILDINGS OP GROVELAND, MASS.,
HOPKINSON, PAUL, residence of, since 1810, with the
exception of 1835, Seven Star st. This place was owned
previous to 1787 by James Palmer, who went to Deny,
N. H., about this time. The next owner was John Morse
who after one year sold it to Eben. Hopkinson, sr., about
1788. He lived there until he died, in 1810, when Mr.
Hopkinson bought it. Other residents : Eben. Hopkin-
son, jr., 1809-12 ; and J. S. M. Colby, when Mr. Hopkin-
son was away in 1835.
PALMER, MOSES H., residence of, since 1831, on Seven
Star st. It is said that Daniel, son of Dea. Jonathan
Tenny, built this house as long ago as 1760, and it was
his home until 1780, when he went to Pelham. Eben
Wood occupied it about 1772 and John Savory probably
bought it of Eben Wood and resided there when Abigail,
his first child was born. Nathaniel Wallingford once
owned and leased it to Eliphalet Danforth. In 1822,
Benjamin Burbank occupied it and John George owned
and occupied it from 1825-31. Thomas Wood also lived
there just before he built his house in 1825. Mr. Palmer
bought it about the time he moved there and has let a
part of it to the following persons : Widow Saunders ;
Benjamin Hardy; Stephen B. Danforth, 1848-50; and
Mrs. Warren F. Smith, 1850-1.
TENNY, JOHN, it is said, lived in the house that stood
near John George's present residence.
GEORGE, JOHN, residence of, since 1831, on Seven Star
st. He built this house in 1831 on land which he bought
of Capt. John Tenny, sold a part of it to Levi B. George
who lived there 1835-7, and then bought it back again.
Other occupants : J. L. Ricker ; Ira S. Woodman, 1838-9 ;
Josiah G. Hardy; Waterman Reed, 1845-6.
HARDY, BENJAMIN, residence of, since 1845, on Seven
Star st. After he was burnt out at his old place, he
bought a shop of Mc'Question in West Newbury and had
it removed to this land which belonged to Paul Hopkin-
son and others. The latter bought it for a way to the peat
meadow.
BY ALFRED POOEE, M. D. 267
TENNY, JOHN, CAPT., residence of, since 1821, on Seven
Star st. Capt. Tenny's house was built by Capt. Samuel
Tenny, his father, in 1796, where he lived until his
decease in April, 1828. Ira S. Woodman lived there in
1839-43.
COLBY, JOHN, residence of, since 1804, on Seven Star
st. It is said that a Marsh, perhaps Nathaniel, owned
this place and lived on it before he went to Derry, N. H.,
as long ago as 1772. Abraham Burbank owned and
resided here, then his son Capt. Eliphalet, who went to
Gilead, Me. Nath 1 Wallingford, jr. owned and occupied
it at one time. Others who have occupied it are : David
Palmer ; Solomon Tenny, one year ; John E. Brown,
1845-6.
HARDY, HENRY, old place of, on Seven Star st., was a
house that Henry, son of Jonas Hardy, jr., built from a
shop that he bought of N. Plummer about 1788, on land
bought of Solomon Tenny. He resided there from about
the time his daughter Judith was born until he died, and
after that his widow and son Benjamin occupied it till
1845, when it was burned. J. B. Hardyowned and lived
there Apr. 1822-Oct. 1823, when he sold it back again to
Henry.
HARDY, ALBERT S., residence of, since married, on
Seven Star road. Asa, son of Dea. Thomas Tenny, built
this house about 1790 and lived here about 8 years,
removing to Derry, N. H. Capt. E. Burbank bought it,
but soon sold to Daniel Pearce, who resided on the place
about 8 years. It was owned next by John Nichols and
occupied by him about 7 years ; after that Pomp, the
African, owned it at the time Benjamin Hardy was living
there, 1816-19, and with him his son JohnB. Hardy a part
of the time in 1819 and 1822. David, son of Benjamin,
the present owner, bought it and lived there from 1818
until he became superintendent at the almshouse in 1840.
John N. Quimby resided there in 1830-1.
268 HOUSES AND BUILDINGS OF GROVELAND, MASS.,
SPRING STREET.
FEGAN, JAMES, residence of, since 1852, on Spring st.
This house was built in 1850 by Edward Cooke, the
Englishman, who lived there until he returned to his
native country in 1851. Mr. Fegan bought it on June
5, 1852. Others who have resided there were Moses D.
Morse, 1851-2 ; Charles B. Hopkinson to June, 1852 ; and
widow Abigail B. Balch, 1850-1.
TOWN ROAD.
TOWNLEY, JOHN, bought this house on the southerly
side of Town road, where he has lived since 1852. The
late Mr. Waterman built this house on his father-in-law's
land and occupied it until he built the house on Grove st.
Alexander King occupied it in 1851-2.
LUNT, JOSEPH, residence of, since 1839, south of Town
road and opposite Thomas Wood's place. This place was
owned by Robert Savory, who probably built the house.
After he died his son Chase Savory lived there until his
death about 1800. Eliphalet, son of Chase, lived there
until he died in 1838, and it is also said that a John
Rogers once lived there. Capt. Richard Lunt bought the
place in 1839 and lived there until he removed to New-
buryport on Nov. 3, 1853, selling out to his son Joseph.
A small house occupied by Chase Savory, once stood on
Moses Foster's land near the County road. After it was
removed near the other house, some say that his sons,
Dea. Jonathan and Samuel, lived in it a while. Mr. C.
Savory sold it before he died to Ebenezer Hopkinson,
about 1790, who used it for a carpenter's shop where Paul
Hopkinson now lives.
WOOD, THOMAS, residence of, since July 16, 1825, on
Town road. His house was built in 1825, a few rods
south of where Samuel Woods, his father's house stood on
the old lot of his ancestors. S. H. Wood, his son, lived
in the house with him from 1851-2.
BY ALFRED POORE, M. D. 269
WOOD, SAMUEL H., residence of, since Aug. 8, 1852, on
Town road, east of his father's house. He built his house
in 1852, the frame being raised on May 13th. The land
was bought of his father and the carpenter was A. Hardy.
ALMSHOUSE, on the Town road and by the easterly
border of the town. This farm was bought in 1851 and
contains about 80 acres. This place was settled by a
Wallingford. Isaac, son of Jonas Platts also owned and
lived here before he went to Leominster. John Smith
owned and occupied it about 1780 to 1814. William
Smith also lived here. Thomas Pepper, an Englishman,
and his son John W., also owned the farm and after them
the widow of Richard Heath owned it until 1851. Other
occupants : Jonathan Tyler ; Isaac Adams, 1827-30 ;
W m Pearson and brother who took care of Col. Newell's
sheep one season ; John Coniff ; William Banks ; Clemment
Starr, about 1831 ; and Jonathan Langley, 1838-1845.
PLATTS PLACES, where they formerly resided ; one
where Samuel Willey now lives and the other is the pres-
ent almshouse on Town road. The Platts family has not
resided in town for some time, and it is doubtful if they
were the original owners of these places.
UNION STREET.
HOVEY, SAMUEL C., residence of, since 1853 on Union
St., which place he bought that year. William, son of
Jonathan Balch, bought land of Mr. Perry and built this
house in 1835, living here until he died in 1841. Allen
H. Goss next occupied it, 1841-2 ; Mrs. Sarah Palmer
bought and occupied it from Mar., 1842-1853, and her
son Robert, after he married in 1850, until he died on
Mar. 4, 1852.
HOPKINSON, IRA, DBA., residence of, since Oct. 12
1852, on Union st. He built his house in 1851-2 on land
that Mr. Morse bought of Mr. Perry.
TYLER, JOSIAH G., residence of, since Jan., 1850, on
Union st. Mr. Tyler built his house in 1849 on land
that he bought of Dr. Perry The carpenter was H. Hill.
270 HOUSES AND BUILDINGS OF GBOVELAND, MASS.,
UPTACK STEEET.
WATSON, WILLIAM G., residence of, since Apr., 1850,
on the old Salem road. Mr. Watson bought it of Dea.
Moses Morse, who had owned it nearly all the time since
it was built. The occupants of this place have been the
following : Runnels Foster, previous to 1800 ; widow
Tamor Moore, about 1815 ; Moses Jameson, 1819-27 ;
Benjamin Cross ; Samuel Poor ; Benjamin Carleton ; Tris-
tram Hobson ; and Humphrey H. Nichols.
WASHINGTON STEEET.
Now comprising Parker street and New Boxford road.
DYE HOUSE is the small building over Johnson's brook,
near the entrance of Parker st., which Benj. Morse built
about 1808. Before that his dye house was on the north-
westerly side of the street. In 1850, William Reed and
Joseph Henlock, both Englishmen, used it when they
made sheepskin rugs.
MOESE, JAMES, residence of, on Morse's corner, where
his father, Benjamin, has lived since 1837. Mr. Morse's
father built this house about two years after he was married
and lived there from Oct. 1782 until he died. His widow
and children have occupied it since, his widow until 1854
and James, continuously since his marriage, with the ex-
ception of one year.
RUNNELS or REYNOLDS, LUTHEE, residence of, since
May, 1848, on Parker st. Benjamin Morse of Bradford
owns this house, which he lived in from the time of his
marriage until 1838. It was built about 1815 to replace
one which was burned on the same site. The old house
was built by Daniel, son of Capt. Eliphalet Hardy, sr.
who lived in the southwestern part. Afterwards Moses
and Joseph Lancaster owned it and carried on the chaise
making business in a shop that stood opposite the house
and near the orchard that they planted. Capt. William,
son of William Parker, owned the place awhile, and lived
in it when he was first married and until after three
children were born. He then sold it to Benjamin Morse,
BY ALFRED POOEE, M. D. 271
sr. who built the new house. Other occupants have been :
Eben Carleton, from the time of his marriage until his
daughter Caroline was born in Dec., 1810 ; Joseph Smith ;
George Carleton ; Gardner Spofford ; John L. Parker ;
Mr. Webster ; Ira S. Woodman ; Christopher Rugg ; Eph-
raim Hammet; Thomas M. Hopkinson, 1836-41; John
D. Foster, 1838-9; Allen H. Goss, in 1839; James Morse,
Daniel A. Morse, 1839-47; Gilman N. Parker; Hannah
Greenough ; Edmund P. Rundlett, 1839-44 ; WiUiam H.
Morse ; Benjamin F. Morse ; Israel A. Morse ; Charles C.
Morse, 1847 ; James A. Banks, 1846-7 ; John Miller,
1847-8; Micajah Danforth, 1847-8; Dean R. Bartlett,
1850-51 ; George Heath ; Elizabeth Ann McLaughlin,
1850; T. R. Perkins, 1850; Christopher C. Kimball,
1850; James Pindergrass; Thomas Dawkins, 1851-2;
William J. Brown, 1851-2 ; Alfred Willis, 1852-3 ; Warren
P. Peabody and Benjamin, son of Thomas Morse, 1853 ;
Leonard Reynolds, since 1854.
PARKER, WILLIAM, residence of, since Sept., 1819, on
Parker st. Capt. Eliphalet Hardy, jr., built this house
and lived here awhile before he removed to Pelham,
N. H. Other occupants: Justin Daken, who came from
Nottingham West and tended the grist mill ; the widow of
Retire Parker, who afterwards married Esquire Green-
ough, owned apart of it when she died in 1850 ; Stephen
Parker, 1807-8 ; John Pemberton, 1808-10 ; Samuel
Wood at the time his son, the Rev. Geo. Warren Wood
was born on Feb. 24, 1814; George H. A. Bachellor;
Benjamin Balch ; Benjamin Mc'Laughlin ; Moses Foot,
1821-4 ; Gardner Spofford ; David Spurr ; Henry T. Par-
ker, winter of 1844-5 and 1845-8 ; Thomas W'. Perkins,
1850-2; Lewis Pemberton, 1848-9; George Hobson, a
short time in 1850 ; also Eben Carleton ; George Carle-
ton and a Mr. Bateman from Dunbarton. Mr. Parker
and his sons have manufactured boots and shoes for
several years.
GADD, WILLIAM, residence of, since May, 1852, on
Parker st. This house was owned by William, son of
Abraham Parker, jr. where he resided before he went to
272 HOUSES AND BUILDINGS OF GROVELAND, MASS.,
the Russell house. Other occupants : John L. Parker,
Thomas Morse, whose wife inherited it of her father ;
John L., son of John L. Parker ; Elijah Clark, jr.,
1840-1 ; Nathaniel Parker, jr.; Enos T. Curtis, 1842-4;
William Gadd, 1846-9, before he went to Exeter ;
Micajah Danforth, 1848-9 ; David B. Foster, 1848-52 ;
William H. C. Carleton, 1850-2; Niles G. Parker,
1849-50, and after he came from the West in 1853. A.
M. Saundersfrom Salem also lived here a short time.
PARKER, BETSEY, widow, residence of, since Jan. 12,
1796, on Parker st. Her house was built by Lt. N. H.
Parker for her husband Aaron Parker, in 1795. Here he
lived and carried on the tanning and currying business,
the tan yard and bark mill in the rear of the house having
been unoccupied for some years.
PARKER, SOLOMON H., residence of, since November,
1829, on Parker st. This house was built by Nath 1 Parker
on his father's land, in 1801, and occupied by him and his
widow until they died. It was also occupied by Simon
Hardy a short time, and by Aaron, son of Nathaniel,
from 1832 to 1840.
PARKER, CLARISSA, widow, residence of, since June?
1840, on Parker st. Mrs. Parker's husband Aaron, son of
Nathaniel, had this house made from a building which
formerly was used for a currier's shop, in 1840.
WEBSTER, BENJAMIN B., residence of, since May 15,
1853, on Parker st., in the house on the corner that
David P. Foster built in 1839. He lived there about seven
years and sold it to the Factory Company. Others who
have lived there : William Walker ; Amos Tilton, from
East Kingston, N. H. ; Alvan White ; Thomas Quealy,
George H. A. Bachellor, 1851-3.
SHAW, CHARLES A., residence of, on Parker st. since
1846 when he bought land of Samuel Burbank and built
the present house.
PARKER, WARREN L., residence of, since 1846, on Par-
ker st. Mr. Parker and Charles A. Shaw built their
BY ALFRED POOBE, M. D. 273
houses in 1846, on land that they bought of Maj. Samuel
Bur bank.
PARKER, HENRY T., residence of, on Parker st. since
Oct. 1, 1848. He built this house, which was raised in
July, 1848, on land that he bought of his father and
others. It is said that a house once stood here which was
owned by a Mr. Pearl.
PEABODY, OTIS K., residence of, since June, 1850, on
Parker st. This house was raised on July 9, 1849, by
Libby and finished by Kimball of Newburyport, from
whom Mr. Peabody bought the place.
REED, JACOB W., residence of, since 1832, on Parker
st. This house was built in 1832 and he let a part of it
to William J. Brown, 1850-1 ; Joseph W. Merrill, winter
of 1853-4 ; Moses Jameson, 183-. Mr. Reed's law office
in Groveland is at his residence.
ADAMS, ISAAC, lived since Oct. 8, 1848 in a house
owned by Rev. Dr. Perry on Parker street. This house
was moved from the Porter farm in Bradford and re-
modelled in 1834 by J. W. Reed, Esq. Occupants have
been : David Foster ; Nath 1 Jameson, 1836-7 ; David
Spurr ; W m Reed ; W m O. Sides, 1843-6 ; James Downs ;
Humphrey H. Nichols, 1848-52.
BROWN, WILLIAM J., residence of , since June, 1852, on
Parker st. Esquire Reed built this house in 1848 for Mi-
cajah Danforth, who occupied it a short time. Since that
time he has let it to George Hobson, who went to South
Hampton in 1850 ; Daniel M. Felch ; Oliver Patten ; Dean
R. Bartlett, 1851-2 ; and Nathan K. Fowler, 1853-4 ; also
Stephen Lang resided in it awhile and Eben Carleton on
Oct. 11, 1854.
BANKS, JAMES A., residence of, since Apr., 1850 on
Old Salem st. The house was built about 1828 by Abel
Pemberton's widow, whose heirs, after she died, sold it to
Mr. Banks. Other occupants have been: J. Kimball ;
son of Abel Pemberton, 1831-6 ; and Moses Jameson,
about 1834.
274 HOUSES AND BUILDINGS OF GROVELAND, MASS.,
BURNS, BENAJAH, residence of, from Apr., 1852 to
Sept. ,1854, on the new road to Boxford. E. Howard
Kimball built the house in 1842 and resided there until
1845, when Joseph Davis owned, enlarged it and lived
there awhile, selling out to Mr. Burns. Other occupants:
William G. Watson, 1848-50; Samuel B. Jones, 1851-2;
Stephen Perkins, 1853-4 ; and Coy Higley came Apr., 1854.
This farm is bounded by Boxford line and Johnson's pond.
ADDENDA.
BLACKSMITHS' SHOPS. As many as fifteen different
places have been occupied and nearly in the following or-
der of time, viz. : 1st, near Charles Peabody's ; 2d, near
Rollins ; 3d, opposite N. Sargent's ; 4th, near the well at
the Parker Mansion; 5th, about opposite W. Parker's;
6th, below W. Parker's ; 7th, a short distance below 5th
and 6th ; 8th, near Nathaniel Parker's tanyard, where
Francis Kimball once had a trip hammer, carried by water;
9th, on the opposite side of the road near S. N. Burbank's,
where his father and grandfather worked ; 10th, one used
by Capt. Griffin on Salem st. ; llth, one near Savory's
store, occupied by Deacon Ladd about 1812 ; 12th, Dea.
Ladd's ; 13th, J. B. Sanborn's : 14th, near the Factory ;
and 15th, Bragdon's.
FULLING MILLS. There have been two of these mills,
one built by Thomas Carleton, jr., probably on the saw-
mill dam above the factory, which was used by the Carle-
tons, and another built by Benjamin Morse near the saw-
mill at the railroad crossing, but long since taken down.
GRISTMILLS. Six of these mills, on five different
dams, have existed, and all on Johnson's brook. The first
one belonged to the ancestor of our Carletons, and was
built probably by Edward about 1670, a little below Sa-
lem st. ; the second was one built by Richard Whomes of
Rowley and John Perle of Marblehead about 1684, per-
haps a little above the street ; third, Thomas Carleton
owned one above and nearly opposite the factory building ;
fourth, in 1750, Joseph Kimball and Eliphalet Hardy
built the one that was burned in 1853-4 ; fifth, Phineas
BY ALFRED POOBE, M. D. 275
Carleton built a grist mill about 1780-5, where the factory
stands ; and sixth, a new mill was built in 1854 where the
lower one was burned and which Col. Woodman occupied
until he died.
POST OFFICES, two in town, now kept by George Hud-
son for Moses Foster, jr., postmaster. Through the in-
fluence of Dr. B. Parker, a postoffice was established in
Bradford and William Greenough was appointed post-
master. He continued to hold the office until 1825, when
Capt. Benjamin Parker was appointed and held it until
1840. George Savory, Esq. was the next encumbent, who
appointed Dea. Ladd, his brother Democrat, to take charge.
When the Whigs chose Harrison to the Presidency, Dr.
J. Spofford held it for a short time until Tyler was elected,
when Dea. N. Ladd had the appointment. Next, Dr. Spof-
ford and then Moses Foster, jr. was appointed to the
office and kept it at his shoe store until 1853. The post-
offices at Bradford and East Bradford were established
about 1810. The name, East Bradford, came in use in 1843.
SAWMILLS have been operated at different locations.
There have been four on Johnson's brook ; one owned by
Dea. Phineas Carleton, which stood just above the Fac-
tory and was in operation about 1790 ; one owned by
Dea. Carleton's ancestors, which stood above Salem St. ;
one belonging to Aaron Parker's heirs, now in operation,
and one built by Francis Kimball in 1784, near the rail-
road crossing. On Trout brook there were three. The
lower one on Stephen Parker's land was in use about
1790 ; one in the Morse land has not been in use recently
and another one was in the Ephraim Hardy place about
1785. At Novelty Squid, on Sawmill brook, was a mill in
operation many years ago, and probably there was one on
Kimball's brook, where N. Parker's bark mill is standing.
TANNERIES. There is only one in use at this time,
but formerly the business of making leather exceeded all
others, except farming. William Savory, and later his son
Thomas owned the yard near W. S. Balch's house. Mr.
Balch and Ira Hopkinson next owned it, and after that
Mr. Balch bought the other part and used it until his
buildings were burned. The yard back of widow Betsey
276 HOUSES AND BUILDINGS OF GROVEL AND, MASS.
Parker's was built by Retire H. Parker about 1790, and
after that Aarpn Parker owned it. William Parker
owned the small yard northeast of William Ladd's.
That owned by Stephen Parker was built 1790 by Capt.
Phineas Hardy. Maj. Samuel Burbank built a small tan-
nery near his house and occupied it a short time. The
one owned and occupied by Nathaniel Parker was built by
himself and John L. Parker in 1833. There was one vat
at Palmer's brook on Worcester street.
TAVERNS have been kept, as far as we have discovered,
in nine different places in this town, two or more frequent-
ly at the same time, but since the temperance reform and
railroads have been in operation, all have disappeared, so
that no public house is now kept in the Groveland part of
Bradford. The earliest one that we have any knowledge
of was where Mr. Balch now resides, kept by Francis
Worcester, who died in 1717. Other tavern keepers have
been : Joseph Mullicken ; Moses Parker, about 1785 and
after, in his house ; William Bailey ; Daniel Kimball, at
Kimball's corner ; Nathaniel Woodman, in 1821 ; and also
about that time, Andrew Peabody, in the next house to
Woodman ; Simeon Atwood, sr., about 25 years the latter
part of his life ; and the Russell, house was occupied for a
number of years for the same purpose.
CHENEY PLACES, where they formerly lived, are among
the following, viz.: At the Lapham house; in E. Harri-
man's old orchard on King st. ; opposite Boynton's corner
where widow Cook now lives ; where the Academy build-
ing now stands, where also John Wool lived when first
married ; also in a small habitation which stood back of
where Mrs. Gile now lives ; where J. N. Brown now lives,
which was the last Cheney family of Groveland.
PALMER PLACES. Old residences of this family. The
original place was probably that now owned by Capt. John
Brown ; another, besides where P. Hopkinson now lives,
was on the Jewett lot near Worcester St., where before
1775, Dea. Samuel, son of Dea. Jonathan Tenny lived.
The next owner was David Palmer and later Joseph Rol-
lins, who removed the house and built, with additions, the
house now occupied by his heirs.
THE HARDY FAMILY OF BRADFORD.
COMPILED BY DAVID W. HOYT.
(Concluded from Volume XL VII, page 180.)
40 Joseph 3 Hardy, Jr.* (Jacob 3 , Thomas 1 ), of Brad-
ford, b. 1692 ; m. 1st, April 3, 1729 [Bd.], SARAH
CAKLTON (Joseph), who d. April 16, 1730, in her 23d y.;
2d, Oct. 2, or 28, 1730 [Bd.], RUTH' KIMBALL (Jonathans,
Benjamin*, Richard 1 ). He d. Nov. 26, 1745 [Bd.] ; adm.
estate granted widow Ruth, Jan. 20, 1746. She m. Jan.
30, 1749 [Bd.], SAMUEL WOOD, of Bradford, and d. May
15, 1790 [Bd.], aged 80 y.
Children :
148. i. JosiAH 4 , b. March 15, 1729-30 [Bd.] [by 1st wife]; d. April
12, 1730 [Bd.].
149. n. SABAH 4 , b. Sept. 2, 1731 [Bd.] [by 2d wife]; m. Feb. 5,
1753 [Bd.], JOSEPH* BBADLEY of Haverhill, who d. July
81, 1754 [Hv.]; m. 2d, March 29, 1757 [Bd.], WILLIAM
ATWOOD. She was living in 1790.
150. ill. ISAAC*, b. Aug. 3, 1733 [Bd.]; d. Aug. 18, 1733 [Bd.].
151. iv. JOSEPH 4 , b. June 22, 1734 [Bd.]; m. 1st, March 31, 1757,
EDNA HOPKINSON; 2d, Oct. 9, 1764, SUSANNA KIM-
BALL. +
152. v. LYDiA 4 , b. Dec. 16, 1736 [Bd.]; m. Aug. 23, 1759 [Bd.],
JOHN WABDWELL of Andover. She was living in 1790.
153. vi. JACOB 4 , b. Sept, 18, 1738 [Bd.]; probably d. June 8, 1753
[Bd.]; adm. est. gr. bro. Joseph, Oct. 29, 1759.
154. vn. JONATHAN 4 , b. Dec. 27, 1739 [Bd.]; d. young, probably
Sept., 1741.
155. vm. RUTH 4 , b. Aug. 20, 1742 [Bd.]; m. Oct. 24, 1765 [Bd.],
SAMUEL BOYNTON. She d. Oct. 13, 1819 [Bd.].
*He was " jun." after 1726-7, before that was " 3d," or " TKBTIUS."
(277)
278 THE HARDY FAMILY OF BRADFORD
47 Thomas 4 Hardy ( William*, Thomas 2 , Thomas 1 ), of
Bradford, Beverly, and Woburn, " cordwainer " and
"coaster,"* b. 1706; m. 1st, pub. Nov. 12, 1727 [Bv.],
HANNAH OBER (John and Hannah), of Beverly, who d.
Jan. 7, 1737-8 [Bv.], aged 32 y. 2 m. ; 2d, MARY
Both were living in Woburn, 1755-'9, and he in 1761. He
was "tertius," 1727-36 ;f "jun.," 1736-54. A Thomas
was received by the Bradford church, Feb. 7, 1725. In
deeds he is mentioned of Bradford till 1735 ; of Beverly,
1735-41 ; of Bradford, 1742-54 ; of Woburn, 1755-61.
Children :
156. I. SUSANNA-', b. July 81, 1735 [Bv.] [by 1st wife] ; d. Sept.
25, 1785 [Bv.].
157. n. HANNAH*, b. June 6, 1740 [Bv.] [by 2d wife]; d. April 18,
1753 [Bd.].
158. in. MiLLiOENT 5 , b. Oct. 30, 1742 [Bd.].
159. iv. LEAVITT 5 , b. Dec. 21, 1744 [Bd.].J
160. v. JUDITH*, b. June 8, 1746 [Bd.].
161. vi. AMMI, b. Jan. 1, 1747-8 [Bd.].
162. vn. ISHMAEt 6 , b. Nov. 17, 1749 [Bd.].
163. vm. AsHEB 5 , b. May 28, 1751 [Bd.].
54 Eliphalet 4 Hardy, Capt. (Daniel*, Thomas 3 ,
Thomas*), of Bradford, b. 1720 ; m. Jan. 4, 1738-9 [Bd.],
HANNAH PLATTS (Jonas), of Bradford. He d. March 25,
1799 [Bd.] Widow Hannah d. May 7,1812 [Bd.], aged
91. Perry [p. 12] states that " Joseph Kimball and Eli-
phalet Hardy set up the lower mill, so called," in 1750.
Children :
164. I. DANIEL 5 , b. Jan. 16, 1739-40 [Bd.]; d. April 7, 1740 [Bd.].
165. II. ELIPHALET 5 , CAPT., b. March 1, 1740-1 [Bd.]; m. Nov. 9,
1758 [Bd.], 264? MEHETABLE HABDEE. He d. at Pel-
ham, N. H., July 30, 1812 [Bd.]. Children: Susanna 9 ,
Dudley 6 , Eebekah 6 , Solomon**, and Manly 6 , recorded at
Bradford.
He was called " gentleman " in 1763 and later.
tHe was called "jun." instead of "tertius" or "3d," in a deed, 1734-5, ac-
knowledged in 1736. When given as of Bv. or Wb. neither suffix was used.
iJohn Tay was appointed guardian of Leavitt, son of Thomas Hardy of Wo-
burn, Nov. 30, 1761. Thomas Hardee (or Hardy) and Richard Penhallow were
bondsmen (Probate records at E. Cambridge). This may mean that Leavitt was
apprenticed to Tay, bis father, then living, being a bondsman.
BY DAVID W. HOYT. 279
166. in. DANIEL*, b. May 30, 1743 [Bd.]; m. Sarah ; living in
Bradford in 1796. Children recorded at Bradford:
Daniel 6 , Aaron*, William 6 [Daniel 9 again?], Hannah 9 ,
William 9 again, Sarah 6 , Rebecca 9 , and Eliphalet 9 , b.
1773-86. Perry [pp. 9-10] stated in 1820 that " Daniel
Hardy, now of Pelham," commenced the business of
"furnishing shoes for market" "about sixty years
since." Probably the Daniel Hardy, jun., of Pelham,
X. H., graduate of Dartmouth College, 1789, was of this
family.
167. iv. EDNA*, b. Aug. 20, 1745 [Bd.]. An Edna m. May 19, 1768
[Bd.], RETIRE HABTHOBN PABKKB.
168. v. SOLOMON* b. Nov. 20, 1747 [Bd.]; m. Oct. 3, 1771 [Hv.],
SABAH* BAILEY (Amos 4 ), He d. April 9, 1801 [Bd.].
Wid. Sarah d. March 6, 1830 [Bd.], aged 78 y. Child:
SARAH 6 recorded at Bradford.
169. vi. HANNAH*, b. Aug. 2, 1750 [Bd.].
170. vii. ABIGAIL*, b. May 23, 1753 [Bd.].
171. vin. REBECOA*, b. Feb. 27, 1756 [Bd.]; d. Aug. 1, 1762 [Bd.].
172. ix. PHINKAS 5 , b. March 26, 1759 [Bd.]; d. Aug. 8, 1762 [Bd.].
173. x. AAEON 6 , b. Sept. 11, 1761 [Bd.];d. Nov. 15, 1764 [Bd.].
174. xi. PniNEAs 6 , Capt., b. Oct. 29, 1763 [Bd.]; m. March 29,
1789, RACHEL HOPKINSON. He d. Dec. 24, 1829 [Bd.].
She d. March 2, 1820, aged 59 y. Perry [p. 51] stated in
1820 that Capt. Phineas Hardy had conducted the sing-
ing for many years in the second church.
57 Moses 4 Hardy (Jacob*, Thomai*, Thomat 1 ), of
Bradford, b. 1708 ; m. 1st, April 22, 1729 [Bd.], ^DOR-
OTHY* HARDY, who d. March 22, 1760 [Bd.] ; 2d, Dec. 3,
1760 [Bd.], MARY STICKNEY [wid. of DAVID BOYNTON,
at Newbury], Both probably living in 1769.
Children :
175. I. A CHILD*, b. ; d. Jan. 11, 1730 [Bd.].
176. ii. MEBCY", b. Jan. 7, 1730-1 [Bd.]; m. June 28, 1753 [Bd.] 81
GIDEON* HABDT.+
177. in. HANNAH*, b. ; bp. March 12, 1732 [Bd.].
178. IV. ISAAC*, b. Jan. 27, 1733-4 [Bd.] ; d. Dec. 27, 1737 [Bd.].
179. v. ISAAC*, b. Feb. 12, 1737-8 [Bd.].
180. vi. EzEKiEL 6 , b. Nov. 20, 1741 [Bd.]. An Ezekiel m. Sept. 1,
1763 [Bd.], SABAH ' MOOAB" of Andover.
181. vii. MOSES", b. Feb. 8, 1743-4 [Bd.]. Moses, jun. m. May 6,
1767 [Bd.], 217 MIBIAM S HABDY. Child: Lydia 9 , b. 1768,
Bradford records.
280 THE HAEDY FAMILY OP BRADFORD
182. vni. BETTY 5 , b. Jan. 28, 1745 [Bd.]. A Betty m. May 22, 1766
[Bd.], JOSEPH HILL OBDEWAY of Haverhill. [Perhaps
265 BETTY.*]
183. ix. DOLLY*, b. June 28, 1748 [Bd.]
59 Jeremiah* Hardy (Jacob*, Thomas 1 ] , Thomas 1 ), of
Bradford, " cordwainer," b. 1713 ; m. Aug. 29, 1734 [Bd.],
131 RACHEL* HARDY, who d. July 18, 1769 [Bd.]. He
d. of small pox, May [19?], 1777 [Bd.]. Will May [29?],
June 3, 1777.
Children :
184. I. ABNER*, b. March 13, 1735-6 [Bd.]; m. Nov. 10, 1756 [Bd.],
262? REBECCA 5 HABDY. He d. of small pox, June 22,
1777 [Bd.]. Administration of estate granted wid. Re-
becca Aug. 5, 1777. She d. Dec. 14, 1817 [Bd.], aged
"85 y." Children: Lois 6 ; Simeon 8 ; Parker 6 , m. Nov. 25,
1787 [Bd.] Sally Lurvey, d. 1829; Zilpa*-, and Silvanus';
b. 1760-72, on Bradford records.
185. II. ISAIAH 5 , b. July 25, 1739 [Bd.]; d. Aug. 18, 1743 [Bd.], of
11 throat distemper."
186. in. PRUDENCE 5 , b. Oct. 20, 1741 [Bd.]; m. Oct. 24, 1765 [Bd.],
SIMEON STEVENS of Andover; living in 1777.
187. iv. RACHEL 6 , b. March 4, 1745 [Bd.] ; m. March 2, 1773 [Bd.],
SAMUEL LINDSEY of Andover; living in 1777.
188. v. ISAIAH*, b. Feb. 7, 1747-8 [Bd.]; not mentioned in will,
1777. Perhaps the date of death in printed records, Oct.
29, 1743, should be 1748.
189. vi. A CHILD 5 , b. ; d. Sept. 1753 [Bd.].
190. vn. ELIZABETH*, b. Oct. 6,1754 [Bd.]; d. unmar., June 22,
1777 [Bd.], of small pox.
60 Andrew 4 Hardy (Jacob 3 , Thomas 2 , Thomas 1 *), of
Bradford, b. 1715; m. Feb. 27, 1738-9 [Bd.], 145? ANN<
HARDY; d. Feb. 14, 1778; will July 22, 1777; March 3,
1778; wife mentioned, no name -given. Widow Anna liv-
ing in Stoddard, N. H., in 1796.
Children :
191. I. JACOB*, b. Dec. 14, 1739 [Rw.] ; bp. Dec. 23, 1739 [Bd.]. He
was living in Salem, N. H., in 1779. A Jacob of Brad-
ford m. March 21, 1765 [Hv. ], MARY HASELTINE.
192. II. JosiAH 5 , b. Dec. 20, 1743 [Bd.] ; living in 1777.
193. in. NATHAN*, b. Oct. 3, 1745 [Bd.]; living in 1777; in Stod-
dard, N. H. in 1788 and 1796.
BY DAVID W. HOYT. 281
194. iv. ELIJAH*, b. Oct. 25, 1747 [Bd.] ; living in Bradford in 1779
and 1796.
195. v. ISAIAH*, b. Oct. 12, 1753 [Bd.]; living in 1771; in Stod-
dard, N. H. in 1796.
66 Benjamin 4 Hardy Jr. (Benjamin*, Thomas 2 ,
Thomas 1 ), of Bradford, b. 1715 ; m. Sept. 27, 1738 [Bd.],
REBECCA ROLF. He d. April 7 or 8, 1753 [Bd.]. Adm.
estate granted Joshua Hardy, Oct. 7, 1765.
Children :
196. I. JOSHUA*, b. Sept. 13, 1740 [Bd.] ; probably m. Oct. 15, 1765
[Bd.], HANNAH TYLER. 9 children on the Bradford
records, b. 1768-88.* He d. June 3, 1814. Hannah, wid.
of Joshua, d. April, 1824 [Bd.], aged 82 or 83 y.
197. n. ABEL 5 , b. Oct. 9, 1743 [Bd.].
198. in. PBISCILLA*, b. April 6, 1746 [Bd.]. A Priscilla m. Nov.
5, 1770 [Bd.], 293 ARTHUR PEBRT HARDY.
199. iv. JERUSHA*, b. Sept. 9, 1748 [Bd.].
200. v. BENJAMIN*, b. March 7, 1753 [Bd.]. A Benjamin m. Feb.
7, 1780 [Bd.] MARY HARDY.
67 Philip 4 Hardy (Benjamin*, Thomas 2 , Thomas 1 *),
of Bradford, b. 1719; m. Dec. 22, 1743 [Bd.], HANNAHS
TENNY (John*, Samuel 3 , John 2 , Thomas 1 ), both living in
Bradford in 1765. He was of Pelham in 1766.
Children :
201. i. ANNE*, b. Aug. 30, 1745 [Bd.].
202. ii. A CHILD*, perhaps Anne, d. Sept. 1747 [Bd.].
203. in. HEPHZIBAH*, b. Nov. 20, 1750. [Bd.]; m. 259 JONATHAN*
HARDY, t
204. iv. PAUL*, b. May 13, 1753 [Bd.]; of Deering, Mass, in 1783. t
205. v. ZILPHA*, b. June 24, 1756 [Bd.]; wife of AMOS BAYLEY of
Pelham, in 1783.t
206. vi. CHARLES*, b. April 15, 1759 [Bd.]; of Pelham in 1783.t
207. vii. REBECCA*, b. ; bp. Dec. 13, 1761 [Bd.] ; living in Pel-
ham, unni. in 1783.t
208. vin. JEDEDIAH*, b. ; living in Pelham in 1783. t
209. ix. HANNAH*, b. ; living in Pelham, unm. in 1783. t
*The " Zebadiah, son of Joshua and Hannah (Tyler), b. Oct. 16, 1741" [Bd.],
probably should be 1791.
fA deed, conveying property formerly owned by Samuel 3 Tenney (John 2 ,
Thomas 1 ) was signed by the above children of Philip 4 Hardy in 1783 ; also by Johns
Tenney (John*, Samuels, John*, Thomas 1 ) of Bradford, and by Samuels Tenney of
Exeter, John Tenney 6 of York, and Sarah 6 Tenney, spinster, of York, the three
children of Maximilian* Tenney of York, brother of John j. We have found no
mention of Jedediah and Hannah Hardy except in this deed, where they signed
with the others who are recorded as children of Philip.
282 THE HARDY FAMILY OP BRADFORD
72 Nathan 4 Hardy (Samuel*, William', Thomas'),
of Bradford, b. about 1712-14; m. DORCAS . He d.
July 11, 1744 [Bd.], " by splitting of a gun overloaded."
Widow Dorcas was living in 1751. A Dorcas m. May 6,
1753 [Bd.], EBENEZER BURBANK.
Children :
210. I. ENOCH*, b. July 27, 1741 [Bd.]; living in 1759. An Enoch
and Hannah had 6 children on the Bradford records, b.
and bp. 1765-76. An Enoch d. Sept. 17, 1813 [Bd.].
211. II. RUTH*, b. April 26, 1744 [Bd.] [twin]; living in 1751. A
Ruth m. Dec. 28, 1762 [Bd.], NATHANIEL MARBLE, JUN.
of Haverhill.
212. m. SAMUEL*, b. April 16, 1744 [Bd.]; living in 1759.
77 Eldad* Hardy (William*, William 2 , Thomas 1 ), of
Bradford, b. 1720; m. Nov. 26, 1744 [Bd.], HANNAH
SAVORY. He d. June 16, 1764 [Bd.] ; adm. estate granted
John Burbank, July 23, 1764.
Children :
213. I. EPHBAIM*, b. Sept. 16, 1745 [Bd.]; m. Nov. 17, 1767 [Bd.].
SUSANNA CHENEY, at Newbury. Ten children on the
Bradford records, b. 1769-91. An Ephraim d. March 6,
1793 [Bd.].
214. n. ENOS*, b. May 5, 1747 [Bd.]; d. Aug. 16, 1753 [Bd.].
215. in. JABEZ*, b. June 21, 1750 [Bd.]; d. Aug. 19, 1753 [Bd.].
78 Job* Hardy (William,* William 2 , Thomas 1 ), of
Bradford, b. 1723 ; m. Sept. 24, 1744 [Bd.], HANNAH
" ROLENINGS." Both were living in 1769, of Bradford.
Children :
216. i. LYDIA*, b. April 13, 1745 [Bd.]. A Lydia m. Feb. 2, 1763
[Bd.], 143? THOMAS* HARDY, JUN.
217. II. MIRIAM*, b. Oct. 28, 1747 [Bd.]; m. May 6, 1767 [Bd.] 181
MOSES* HARDY, JUN.
218. in. CYRUS*, b. Aug. 3, 1752 [Bd.].
219. iv. IRENE*, b. June 27, 1755 [Bd.] ; d. May 3, 1758 [Bd.].
220. v. SIMEON*, b. March 28, 1758. [Bd.]; d. March 29, 1759 [Bd.].
221. vi. ALICE*, b. May 3, 1760 [Bd.].
222. vn. SIMEON*, b. Aug. 4, 1763 [Bd.]; d. March 14, 1838 [Bd.].
A Simeon m. Oct. 7, 1789 [Bd.], SUSANNA SHAW. Wid.
Susanna d. Feb. 22, 1842 [Bd.], aged 75 y. or 78 y.
One of these dates most be wrong.
BY DAVID W. HOYT. 283
81 Gideon 4 Hardy (Thomas*, William*, Thomaf),
of Bradford, b. 1722; m. 1st, May 24, 1744 [Bd.], MARY
GAGE, who d. March 9, 1753 [Bd.], in her 34th year ; 2d,
June 28, 1753 [Bd.], 176 MERCYS HARDY. Will May 18,
1758 ; Feb. 5, 1759, in which he mentioned wife Mercy,
her father, Moses Hardy, and " her daughter Mary which
she had before our marriage."* Wid. Mercy d. April 29,
1783 [Bd.].
Children :
223. i. THOMAS*, b. - ; living in 1758. [See 143 Thomas 4 .] A
Thomas, Jan., m. 1775 [Bd.], ABIGAIL CLOUGH.
224. ii. DAVID*, b. - ; living in 1758. A David of Rowley m.
Aug. 6, 1772 [Bd.], at Rowley, JOANNA PALMKB. Two
children recorded at Bradford. Joanna, wife of David,
d. May 3, 1784 [Bd.], aged 33 y. A David d. Oct. 2, 1842
[Bd.], aged 96 or 92 y. These records may relate to 272
David*.
225. in. NEHEMIAH*, b. June 20, 1749 [Bd.J [by 1st wife] ; living
in 1758. ANehemiah m. Nov. 24, 1774, MOLLY TAYLOB,
both of Hollis, N. H. A Nehemiah of Tewksbury m.
March 29, 1780, ABIGAIL DUTTON [wid. of 249 AABON*
HABDY] ; children recorded at Hollis, b. 1781-92.
226. iv. PHKBK 5 , b. May 2, 1754 [Bd.] [by 2d wife] ; living in 1773.
227. v. ISAAC 5 , b. Nov. 15, 1755 [Bd.]; living in 1773.
82 Reuben 4 Hardy (Thomas*, William 3 , Thomas 1 ),
of Bradford, b. 1724 ; m. March 21, 1742-3 [Bd. and Rw.]
ELIZABETH 4 ADAMS (John*, Abraham 3 , Robert 1 } of Rowley,
at Rowley. He probably d. Nov. 21, 1768 [Bd.], "middle
aged." An Elizabeth, widow of Reuben, d. Aug. 18, 1792
[Bd.].
Children :
228. i. BBTTY*, b. July 27, 1754 [Bd.].
229. II. ISBAEL*. b. Sept. 2, 1756 [Bd.].
230. in. " APPHYV b. - ; bp. Sept. 14, 1760 [Bd.]. An " Affa "
m. Nov. 18, 1779 [Bd.], THOMAS WIOOM of Nottingham
West, N. H.
231. iv. JUDITH*, b. - ; bp. Feb. 16, 1766 [Bd.] t
, dau. Marcy Hardy and - Danford, b. Jane 19, 1760." (Bd.).
t A ckild of Reuben d. March 9, 1768 (Bd.). Perhaps other children.
284 THE HARDY FAMILY OF BRADFORD
83 Phinehas 4 Hardy (Thomas 9 , William 2 , Thomas 1 ),
of Bradford, Mass., and Hollis, N. H., b. 1726 ; m. May,
1749 [Bd.], ABIGAIL GAGE of Haverhill. He removed
to Hollis about 1752 ; d. March 7, 1813. Wife Abigail
d. April 12, 1808, aged 82.
Children :
282. I. ELIZABETH*, b. Jnly 22, 1750 [Bd.].* An Elizabeth Hardy
of Hollis m. Nov. 25, 1773, THOMAS WAKEFIELD, of Am-
herst.
233. II. MARTHA*, b. June 24, 1752.
234. in. PHiNEHAs 5 , b. June 25, 1754; m. "SIBBEL " SHATTUCK.
Chil. b. 1782-1805 rec. in Hollis.
285. iv. THOMAS 5 , b. June 11, 1756; lived in Dublin, N. H.; d. in
1816; chil. b. 1784-1801.
236. v. NOAH 5 , b. Sept. 17, 1758.
237. vi. JESSED b. Dec. 19, 1760.
238. vil. ISAAC 5 , b. July 9, 1763.
239. vin. MosES 5 , b. May 17, 1765.
240. ix. SOLOMON 6 , b. Aug. 1, 1767.
102 James 1 Hardy (Joseph 3 , John 2 , Thomas 1 ), of
Bradford, b. 1699 ; m. July 4, 1727 [Bd.], HANNAH*
BAILEY (James 3 , John 2 , James 1 ). He was received to
the Bradford church, Aug. 28, 1721.
Children :
241. i. ABIGAIL 5 , b. March 17, 1728 [Bd.].
242. ii. PETER 5 , b. ; bp. Dec. 21, 1729 [Bd.]. A child of
James and Hannah d. Jan. 3, 1730. [Bd.].
243. in. BuLAY 5 " (Beulah?) b. Feb. 7, 1730-1 [Bd.]. A Beulah
m. Aug. 6, 1756 [Nb.], JONATHAN PHILBRIOK.
244. iv. AsA 5 , b. Jan. 20, 1732-3 [Bd.].
245. v. ZiLPHA 5 , b. Dec. 3, 1734 [Bd.]. " Silva," child of James,
bp. Dec. 8, 1734 [Bd.].
246. vi. EDNAH 5 , b. May 30, 1737 [Bd.].
247. vn. JAMES*, b. Jan. 12, 1739 [Bd.].
248. vni. TwiNS 5 , b. June, 1740; d. June 14, 1740 [Bd.], 1 or 2
. ' days old.
249. ix. AARON 5 , b. Aug. 30, 1742 [Bd.]; m. ABIGAIL DUTTON;
lived in Hollis, N. H.; d. Dec. 26, 1775; chil. b. 1771-5.
Wid.Abigail m. March 29, 1780, 225? NEHEMIAH* HARDY.
250. x. " HEPSEBATH 5 ", b. Dec. 16, 1745 [Bd.].
251. xi. PETER", b. April 25, 1748 [Bd.].
*A child of Phinehas was bp. at Newbury April 30, 1751. Remainder of records
from History of Hollis.
BY DAVID W. HOTT. 285
105 Timothy 4 Hardy, Dea. (Joseph*, John', Thom-
as^, of Bradford, " cordwainer," b. 1705 ; m. 1st, MARY
, who d. May 19, 1771, aged 58 y. ; 2d, May 22,
1775 [Bd.], MARY BURPEY [wid. of NATHAN S AMES of
Bradford], who d. June 21, 1777 [Bd.], of small pox. He
d. June 27, 1777 [Bd.], of small pox. He was admitted
to the 1st Bradford church, Sept. 4, 1726 ; deacon of the
2d, East Bradford (Groveland) church, 1764. Will Jan.
10, 1776 ; July 8, 1777.
252. I. LEVI*, b. Aug. 21, 1734 [Bd.]; d. Feb. 1, 1735-6 [Bd.].
253. II. TIMOTHY 4 , b. Oct. 26, 1736 [Bd.]; m. Feb. 14, 1765 [Bd.],
PHISCILLA* AMES (Nathan 3 , Joseph?, Robert 1 ), who d.
May 7, 1803 [Bd.] [aged 67 y., not "84," as printed, un-
less she d. in 1820]. A Timothy m. Nov. 26, 1803 or '4
[Bd.], MOLLY ATWOOD. A Mary, wid. of Timothy, d.
Feb. 4, 1832 [Bd.], aged 79 y. or 88 y. He was " Jon."
till 1777; d. March 2, 1815 [Bd.].
254. in. MARTHA*, b. June 17, 1739 [Bd.]; m. April 21, 1763 [Bd.],
BENJAMIN ATWOOD; living in 1776.
255. rv. SIMEON*, b. July 12, 1741 [Bd.]; d. Feb. 26, 1753 [Bd.].
256. v. JOHN 5 , b. Dec. 2, 1743 [Bd.]; d. Oct. 4, 1765. [Bd.].
257. vi. JOSEPH 5 , b. April 13, 1746 [Bd.] ; m. ELIZABETH ; both
were living in Bradford in 1796. He was Jun. till
1789. Children: Polly 8 (or Molly 6 ); Sally 6 ; Betsey 9 ; Su-
sanna 6 , d. 1789; Joseph 6 , d. 1786; and Abigail', on Brad-
ford records, b. 1775-88.
258. vii. MARY*, b. June 27, 1748 [Bd.]; m. Jan. 23, 1774 [Bd.],
WILLIAM PARRY; living in 1776.
259. vni. JONATHAN*, b. Feb. 19, 1761 [Bd.] ; " cordwainer" ; m. 203
HEPHZIBAH* HARDY; both were living in Bradford in
1796. Children: Jonathan 6 , John 6 , Thaddeus 6 , Paul 8 ,
Hephzibah* d. 1787, Silas 6 , and Clarissa 8 , on Bradford
records, b. 1774-91.
260. ix. ABIGAIL*, b. July 16, 1753 [Bd.]; m. before 1776, MOSES
OSGOOD; living in 1776.
106 Ebenezer* Hardy (Josephs, John 2 , Thomas 1 }, of
Bradford, " housewright, " b. 1707; m. Nov. 8, 1731
[Bd.], MARTHA PALMER*, who d. April 16, 1777 [Bd.].
She was daughter of Richard and Martha (Downer) Palmer. A deed, 1764.
mentions Andrew Palmer of Bradford, Samuel Palmer of Methnen, Richard
Palmer of Stratham, N. H., Joseph Palmer of Rowley, Richard and Sarah
(Palmer) Galley of Stratham, her brothers and sister; rights in estate of their
uncle, Andrew Downer of Salisbury. (See Old Families of Salisbury and Ames-
bury, pp. 138-9, 277, 744.)
286 THE HARD? FAMILY OP BRADFORD
Children :
261. i. MEBIBAH*, b. ; bp. Aug. 18, 1732 [Bd.]. A Meribah
m. July 26, 1769 [Bd.]t ROWELL, FOOT.
262. ii. REBECCA 6 , b. May 23, 1734 [Bd.]; probably m. Nov. 10,
1756 [Bd.], 184 ABNEB* HABDY.
263. in. PHEBE 5 , b. Jan. 28, 1736 [Bd.].
294. IT. MEHETABLE*, b. June 26, 1739 [Bd.]. A Mehetable m.
Nov. 9, 1758 [Bd.], 165 ELIPHALET* HABDY, JUN.
265. v. BETTY', b. June 21, 1742 [Bd.]. (See 182 BETTY*.)
266. vi. ESTHEB*, b. - ; bp. July 29, 1744 [Bd.].
267. vii. EBENEZEB*, b. Dec. 24, 1748 [Bd.]. AnEbenezer, Jun., m.
July 26, 1769 [Bd.], SUSANNA HABDY.
107 David* Hardy (Joseph*, John 2 , Thomas 1 }, of Brad-
ford), b. 1709; m. Dec. 6, 1732 [Bd.], DORCAS' GAGE
(Samuel*, Daniel 2 , John 1 '). He d. Aug. 8, 1746 [Bd.] ;
adm. estate granted Wid. Dorcas and Timothy Hardy,
Oct. 6, 1746. She m. Nov. 13, 1753 [Bd.], JOSHUA HAR-
RIMAN, and was living in 1770.
Children :
268. i. MABY*, b. Oct. 8, 1783 [Bd.]; m. Feb. 6, 1753 [Bd.], NA-
THANIEL CLARK; Jiving in 1770.
269. ii. SUSANNA*, b. Aug. 14, 1735 [Bd.]; unmarried; residence,
Haverhill; will April 17, Nov. 27, 1770.
270. in. LEMUELS b. Dec. 4, 1737 [Bd.]; m. April 8, 1762 [Bd.],
HANNAH JEWETT; removed to Hollis, N. H.; children
b. 1763-77. (See Worcester's Hist. Hollis.)
271. iv. JEBEMIAH*, b. May 17, 1740 [Bd.]; not mentioned in will,
1770. A child of David d. Aug. ], 1747 [Bd.].
272. v. DAVID*, b. Jan. 8, 1745 [Bd.]; living in 1770. (See 224
DAVID 5 .)
112 Jonathan* Hardy (John*, John 2 , Thomas 1 ), of
Bradford, b. 1710; m. Sept. 8, 1737 [Bd.], SARAH
MARSH. Both were living in Bradford in 1741.
Children :
273. i. ANNA S , b. Sept. 26, 1738 [Bd.] ; d. April or May, 1741 [Bd.].
274. ii. MABY, b. ; bp. Sept. 21, 1740 [Bd.]. (See 290 MABY*.)
119 Zachariah 4 Hardy (Nathaniel*, John 2 , Thoma* 1 ),
of Bradford, housewright," b. 1713 ; m. Feb. 5, 1735-6
[Bd.], 132 BETHIAH 4 HARDY. He seems to have removed
from Boxford to Bradford the same year.
BY DAVID W. HOYT. 287
Children :
275. i. NATHANIKL, b. Jan. 6, 1736-7 [Bd.].
276. n. RICHABD*. b. June 3, 1745 [Bd.].
277. in. JAMBS*, b. Sept. 26, 1751 [Bd.].
122 Matthew 4 Hardy (Nathaniel*, John 2 , Thoma*'),
of Boxford, b. 1720; m. ANN A LACY, intention Jan. 20,
1748-9 [Bx.]. He d. Feb. 3, 1782 [Bx.]. A wid. Anna
d. April 6, 1794 [Bx.], aged "about 70 y."
Children :
278. I. A CHILD*, b. ; d. March 19, 1749-50 [Bx.].
279. II. A CHILD*, b. ; d. Sept. 8, 1751 [Bx.].
280. in. ABIGAIL*, b. ; bp. Oct. 29, 1752 [Bx.]; d. young.
281. iv. ABIGAIL*, b. Nov. 16, 1753 [Bx.]. An Abigail d. 1797
[Bx.], aged 43 y.
282. v. ASA*, b. May 26, 1755 [Bx.].
283. vi. JBSSK 5 , b. March 16, 1757 [Bx.].
284. vn. NOAH 5 , b. ; bp. Sept. 23, 1759 [Bx.]; d. Sept. 17, 1762
[Bx.].
285. VHI. NAOMI*, b. Feb. 14, 1762 [Bx.]; d. unm. May 27, 1818
[Bx.].
123? John 4 Hardy (Zachariafc, John 2 , Thoma* 1 ), of
Boxford and Tewksbury, b. 1716 ; m. June 20, 1746
[Bd.], SARAH BARKER, who d. May 18, 1792 [Bx.], aged
81 y. He d. Jan. 29, 1796 [Bx.], aged 70 "y., but
should be 80, if above records are correct. He was of
Tewksbury in 1750 and 1768.*
Children :
286. I. DANIEL 8 , b. ; bp. March 15, 1746-7 [Bx.].
287. ii. RICHARD*, b. ; bp. May 14, 1749 [Bx.].
288. ni. PBUDENCE*, b. ; bp. Oct. 7, 1750 [Methuen].
289. iv. PEBBY*. b. ; bp. May 11, 1755 [Bx.].
134 Amos 4 Hardy (Thomas*, John 2 , Thomas*}, of
Bradford, b. 1720 ; m. Feb. 22, 1738-9 [Bd.], MARY
CHENEY, of Newbury. His uncle, 34 Richard 3 Hardy,
deeded property to " my near kinsman, Amos Hardy," in
1754. Adm. estate granted wid. Mary, Feb. 11, 1760 ;
inventory Jan. 31, 1760. She m. Oct. 21, 1762 [Bd.]
WILLIAM PILLSBURY, probably of Nb.
The records of this family here given are incomplete and unreliable.
288 THE HABDY FAMILY OF BRADFORD
Children :
290. i. MABY 6 , b. Oct. 1, 1741 [Bd.]. A Mary m. Oct. 28, 1765
[Bd.], 96 EDMUND* HABDY, JUN. (See 274 MABY S .)
291. ii. PATTEE 5 , b. May 8, 1744 [Bd.],
292. m. AMOS 6 , b. Aug. 16, 1746 [Bd.].
135 Jonas 4 Hardy (Thomas*, John 2 , Thomas 1 ), of
Bradford, b. 1721 ; m. ; perhaps twice.
Children: *
293. I. ABTHUB PEBBY*, b. ; bp. May 26, 1745 [Bd.]; m. Nov.
5, 1770 [Bd.], 198? PsisciLLA 5 HABDY; 4 children on
Bradford records, b. 1771-82.
294. ii. DiADEMiA 5 , b. ; bp. Feb. 1, 1761 [Bd.].
295. in. STEPHEN*, b. ; bp. March 18, 1764 [Bd.]. A Stephen
m. Sept., 1786 [Bd.], POLLY JOSEPH.
146 Francis 4 Hardy (Jacobs, Jacob 2 , Thomas 1 '), of
Bradford, Newbury, and Newburyport, b. 1717 ; m. 1st,
Feb. 27, 1738-9 [Bd.], ABIGAIL CHENEY, of Newbury;
2d, Nov. 21, 1759 [Nb.], Wid. ISABELLA STANWOOD.
Wid. Isabella appointed adm. estate, Aug. 22, 1763. Wid.
Isabella, " taylor," was living in Newburyport in 1766 ;
will, 1774, mentioned son Joseph Stanwood and daughter
Elizabeth Stanwood.
Children :
296. I. HANNAH*, b. Feb. 2, 1739-40 [Bd.]; m. ABEL HOLMAN;
both living in 1765.
297. ii. SABAH 5 , b. ; bp. Feb. 15, 1740-1 [Bd.]; probably d.
young.
298. m. PETEB 5 , b. Aug. 22, 1744 [Bd.] ; "eldest son" in 1765; a
" sawyer," of Newburyport, in 1766. Son Francis 6 , bp.
Oct. 9, 1768 [Nbt.].
399. iv. NICHOLAS CHENEY*, b. ; bp. Jan. 12, 1752 [Nb.];
probably d. young.
300. v. SAMUEL*, b. ; bp. Sept. 9, 1753 [Nb.]; living in 1771.
301. vi. ABIGAIL 5 , b. ; bp. Sept. 9, 1753 [Nb.]; probably d.
young.
151 Joseph 4 Hardy (Josephs, Jacob 2 , Thomas 1 ), of
Bradford, b. 1734 ; m. 1st, March 31, 1757 [Bd.], EDNA
, dan. Jonas, bp. Oct. 16, 1843 [Bd], may be a misprint for 1743.
BY DAVID W. HOYT. 289
HOPKINSON, who d. Dec. 29, 1762, or '3 [fid.], aged 27
y. ; 2d, Oct. 9, 1764 [Bd.], SUSANNA KIMBALL, of Box-
ford. He d. March 27, 1789 [Bd.] ; will Oct. 29, 1781 ;
presented April 27, proved May 4, 1789. Wid. Susanna
d. Oct. 1, 1810 [Bd.], aged 77 or 78 y.
Children :
302. i. ELIZABETH*, b. Sept. 4, 1760 [Bd.] [by 1st wife]; d. NOT.
19, 1776 [Bd.].
303. n. EDNA*, by July 21, 1765 [Bd.] [by 2d wife]; d. unm., June,
1828 [Bd.].
804. m. SUSANNA*, b. March 12, 1767 [Bd.]; d. May, 1778.
305. iv. JACOB*, b. Sept. 19, 1769 [Bd.]; living in 1781. A Jacob
m. Nov. 3, 1792 [Bd.], HANNAH HABDY. A Hannah,
wife of Jacob, d. Sept. 29, 1836 [Bd.], aged 68 or 70 y.;
probably dan. of 196 JOSHUA*, b. 1768.
306. v. JOSEPH*, b. June 24, 1771 [Bd.]; living in 1781. He was
probably the Joseph, Jr., of Bradford, in 1793.
307. vi. RUTH*, b. May 6, 1774 [Bd.] ; living in 1781.
308. vii. NATHANIEL KIMBALL*, b. Dec. 28, 1776 [Bd.] ; living in
1781.
LIST OF NAMES OF SALEM PEOPLE FROM
TIMOTHY ORNE'S LEDGER, 1738 TO 1752.
COMMUNICATED BY GEORGE H. ALLEN.
1746 Benj. Abbot, Mariner.
1739 Jonas Adams, Mariner.
1746 Jonas Adams, Mariner.
1742 John Archer, Junr., Coaster.
1743 Nathaniel Archer, Cooper.
1739 Sam'l Archer, Barber.
1741 Miall & Sam Bacon, Shipwrights.
1746 Sam'l Bacon, Shipwright.
1750 John Batchelder, Cooper.
1748 Widdow Berry.
1744 George Beckford, Shoreman.
1743 Thomas Blayni, Shoreman.
1744 Eben Bowditch, Marcht
1742 David Bretton, Hater.
1747 Thos. Brewer, Shipwright.
1746 Wm. Brown, Innholder.
1742 Joseph Buffom, Blacksmith.
1740 Robert Buffom, Blacksmith.
1742 Francis Cabot & Co., Marcht.
1744 Francis & Joseph Cabot, Marchts.
1743 William Campbell, Cord wainer.
1742 Eben Chever & Sam'l White (Salem Village).
1742 Benj. Clough, Blacksmith.
1744-5 Capt. John Crowninshield, Mariner.
1744 Stephen Daniel, Shipwright.
1739 Stephen Daniels, Shipwright.
1743 Capt. Richard Darby, Mariner.
(290)
LIST OF NAMES FROM TIMOTHY ORNE'S LEDGER. 291
1743 George Deland, Carman.
1742 Richard Downing, Cooper.
1743 Downing & Blyth, Sailmakers.
1743 Stephen Dryver & Co., Taylors.
1742 Benj. Felt, Coaster.
1741 Samuel Field, Boat Builder.
1743 Capt. John Gardner, March't.
1745 Jos. Gardner, Goldsmith.
1746 Joseph Gavet, Joiner.
1743 Joshua Goodell, Cordwainer.
1743 Saml. Goodill, Fisherman.
1741 Ebenezer Goodhue, Blacksmith.
1743 Capt. Jos. Grafton, Mariner.
1741 Daniel Grant, Taylor.
1744 James Grant, Gent.
1743 Isaac Hacker, Shoreman.
1743 Edmund Hentield, Cooper.
1738 Joseph Henfield, Cooper.
1743 Major Joshua Hicks,
1745 Saml. Jngersoll, Cooper.
1743 Samuel Ives, Sailmaker.
1743 John Jones, Mariner.
1742 Charles King, Shoreman.
1744 Charles King, Shoreman.
1743 Daniel King, Instrument Maker.
1742 Nathl. & James King, Blockmakers.
1741 Edward Kitching, Marcht.
1743 John Langsfoot, Cooper.
1743 William Lynde, Marcht.
1743 Benj. Lynde, Junr.
1743 William Lyscomb, Joiner.
1743 Edmund Marston, Carman.
1743 Joseph Mascoll, Shipwright.
1751 Richard Mayberry, Blacksmith.
1743 Andrew Millet, Shipwright.
1745 Micall Moar, Joiner.
1749 Widdow Nights.
1752 Benj. Nurse, Sadler.
1741 James Odel, Shoreman.
1752 Philips Oliver, Fisherman.
292 LIST OP NAMES FROM TIMOTHST ORNE'S LEDGER.
1741 Jonathan Orne, Cooper.
1744-5 Joseph Orne, Marcht.
1742 Capt. Tim. Orne, Marcht.
1742 Warwick Palfrey, Sailmaker.
1741 Roger & Robt. Peele.
1745 Jona. Phelpes, Blacksmith.
1740 Rachel Phippen, Sinister.
1743 Nathaniel Phippen, Cooper.
1742 Hannah Prat, Innholder.
1744 Joseph Roberts, Mariner.
1743 Saml. Ruck, Shipwright.
1745 Phileman Sanders, Mariner.
1739 Philip Sanders, Baker.
1739 John Scollay, Sailmaker.
1744 William Smethurs, Fisherman.
1739 Robert Smith, Shoreman.
1739 Sam'l Smith, March't.
1745 Sam'l Smith, Fisherman.
1742 Walter Smith (Salem Village).
1743 Nathaniel Swasey, Cooper.
1750 Sander Tarrant, Labourer.
1741 William Towzer, Fisherman.
1743 Joshua Ward, Tanner.
1743 Miles Ward, Junr.
1744 Saml. West, Sadler.
1748 Nathl. Winslow, Coaster.
TOWER OF THE FIRST CHURCH, LANCASTER, MASS.
Designed by Charles Bulfinch and erected in 1816.
HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
OF THE
ESSEX INSTITUTE
VOL. XLVII. OCTOBER, 1911 No. 4
THE BELLS OF PAUL AND JOSEPH W.
REVERE.
BY ARTHUR H. NICHOLS, M. D., OF BOSTON.
Member of the Ancient Society of College Youths, London.
In the Boston Gazette of March 12, 1770, appeared the
following advertisement : A Bell Foundry lately erected
by Aaron Hobart of Abington (By an air furnace) where
bells are cast of any size suitable for Churches, equal to
and cheaper than can be imported. Enquire of Joseph
Webb, of Boston, or the said Hobart.
Additional information relative to the establishment of
this foundry, probably the first of its kind in America, is
contained in Hobart's History of Abington, Mass., where-
in it is stated that in 1761 a deserter from the British
army, Gillimore, at one time a workman in an English
foundry, was employed by Col. Aaron Hobart and retained
in service for many years. Besides casting two bells for
the First Religious Society, in use till about 1850, he sold
others to adjoining and remote towns and some to go out
of the State. It was this enterprise of Col. Hobart which
later led Paul Revere to add bell casting to his versatile
work ; for when the former gave up business he sent one
of his sons with a blacksmith to Boston and taught Revere
to mould and cast the first bell which he ever made. Prior
to 1770 a few bells had been cast in the Colonies, notably
the Liberty bell made in Philadelphia in 1753 by Pass
and Snow ; and that of the First Baptist church, Provi-
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294 THE BELLS OP PAUL AND JOSEPH W. REVERE
dence, R. I., recast in 1787 at the Hope Furnace by Jesse
Goodyear. As a rule, however, all bells had been ordered
up to this time from the Whitechapel Foundry, London,
or from Rudhall in Gloucester. This first bell was cast
in 1792 at the foundry in Lynn street, now Commercial
street, at the north end of Boston, where for four years Re-
vere had been making brass cannon, bolts, spikes and other
composition work. It proved to be a rough, unhomogene-
ous casting, and its sound was correspondingly harsh,
panny and unmusical. Hung in the belfry of the New
Brick* (Second) church on Hanover street, its shrill tone
and convenient location rendered it, however, useful in
sounding fire alarms, but its carrying power was far less
than that of the Old South and King's Chapel ; hence its
more powerful neighbor of the New North was rung at
morning, noon and night as long as that custom was kept
up. The steeple, rebuilt in 1844, was blown over in the
gale of 1869, and the bell was then placed in storage till
1901, when it was sold to the St. James church, Cam-
bridge, where it is still doing active service.
Revere learned, as the result of his first experience in
this new craft, that the art of bell founding is intricate,
subtle and of infinite difficulty. Every minute detail in
the construction of a bell is important ; and it is only by
long experience that mastery of these details is acquired ;
while certain processes essential for the production of a
harmonious instrument, discovered either accidentally or
by empirical methods, have been preserved by certain
founders as secrets. Thus it will be seen that the quali-
fications for this art are manifold, involving a knowledge
of the construction of a core and cope to form the mould,
which must be accurate in its contour and varying thick-
ness, while large and small bells require different shapes.
Another element is the selection of the copper and tin to
form the amalgam ; for the metals of different mines differ
as to their sonorous properties as well as in brittleness.
Then there is the matter of fusing the amalgam, the se-
*Af ter being remodelled in 1844, the New Brick was known as the
" cockerell church," from the rooster, the handiwork of Deacon
Shem Drown, which topped its lofty spire. This rooster now serves
as the finial of the Shepard Memorial Church, Cambridge.
BY ABTHTJB H. NICHOLS, M. D. 295
lection of fuel (wood, charcoal, coke or coal) used to heat
the furnace ; the length of time in which the amalgam is
kept within the furnace and the rapidity of running the
metal ; for failure in any one of these details may result
in miscarriage. Finally the delicate adjustment of the bell
upon its bearings in the cage or frame demands a skilled
hand and practical knowledge of ringing, for a very little
friction may render the bell virtually unringable.
Now it is certain that Revere was a practical ringer,
having been a member of the guild which had charge of
the eight sweet>toned bells of Christ Church, cast, 1744,
by Rudhall. These bells, moreover, together with those
of the West Church and the First Church of Roxbury
from the same foundry, supplied him with perfect models.
In other Boston steeples, moreover, were suspended some
of the best productions of the Whitechapel foundry ; and
he even took pains to import a model bell from the foun-
dry of Warner, Gripplegate, sold in 1795 to the North
Congregational Society of Newburyport. With resource-
ful industry Revere sought persistently to correct and
improve his methods. In 1804 he sent his son, Joseph
Warren Revere, then associated with him in business, to
visit the principal foundries in England and the Conti-
nent, and from information thus gleaned and increasing
experience he was enabled after a few years to turn out
superior instruments, of which his masterpiece still booms
out from the massive tower of King's Chapel, filling the
neighborhood with its dignified, mellow reverberation.
The following is the contract, contained in Revere's stock
book, for supplying this bell :
Agreement made this twenty sixth day of December,
1815, by & between Aaron Dexter & Joseph May in be-
half of the proprietors of King's Chapel of the one part
and Paul Revere & Son of the other part.
The said Paul Revere & Son agree to take the Church
Bell, now belonging to King's Chapel & pay therefor
twenty five cents per pound : they also engage to convey
the said Bell to their Foundery, and form an exact mould
there of : and with the whole metal of the old Bell & as
small addition of other suitable metal, they engage to
296 THE BELLS OF PAUL AND JOSEPH W. REVERE
cast a new Bell which shall in all respects, size, shape,
weight & tone resemble, as exactly as possible the present
Bell, as it was when unbroken. The new Bell shall be
examined & compared with the old one by the said Dex-
ter & May or any three Judges whom they shall appoint;
and if approved of, the said Dexter & May shall pay there
for forty one & 2/3ds Cents per pound, at the end of one
year from the time of receiving said Bell ; which shall be
warranted by the said Paul Revere & Son to be merchant-
able, strong, sound & free from all latent defects. The
old Bell to be delivered, & the new one to be received, at
the door of King's Chapel in Boston.
AA. DEXTER.
Witness Jos. MAY
GEORGE CABOT PAUL REVERE & SON
The peculiarity in the sound of this bell not having
escaped notice, gave rise to some unfavorable criticism, as
indicated by the following letter preserved among Revere's
papers :
Boston, Oct. 28, 1816.
Sir:
Since the arrival of the New Bell at the Old South
much has been said respecting the one you cast for the
Stone Chapel I assure you as a friend & for the future
credit of your Foundery, that is highly necessary you
should do something to harmonize the sound & give it
greater power of vibration, if ever you wish to have your
name celebrated as a Bell Founder, I am a friend to all
American manufactures & strongly advocated in your be-
half, that you should have the recasting of the Bell but
I am sorry to say, I am sorely disappointed in my expec-
tations & I beg you to consider that this Hint is from a
friend, who ardently wishes you success & I hope all ex-
pense on your part will not come in contact with your fu-
ture interest & celebrity I do not speak my own senti-
ments only on this evidence only I should not have pre-
sumed to have addressed you, but I speak the sentiments
of hundreds & have delayed until the present moment,
hoping some arrangement would have taken place between
you & the Church, but as nothing has been done, I hope
BY ARTHUR H. NICHOLS, M. D. 297
your own pride will be roused to pay due attention to this
sincere but friendly Hint.
ANON.
If it is not too late to reply to this criticism, it may be
explained that as regards length of vibration, it is true
that this is shorter than that of many of the older bells
then heard in Boston, and which the anonymous critic has
probably in mind as a standard of comparison. Mines no
longer produced the elastic copper used by the older
founders. Hence in order to increase the brittleness of
the amalgam it became necessary to add to the proportion
of copper, and this addition doubtless impaired the dura-
tion of vibration. Compared on the other hand with the
products of modern founders, this bell is of fairly long
duration, powerful and mellow.
It can be demonstrated, moreover, that the writer's con-
demnation of the harmonic sounds of the bell is still less
justifiable. It happens that these sounds were studied
and recorded by the late H. P. Munroe, who was endowed
with a phenomenal perception of the overtones of bells,
a talent exercised for many years in the tuning depart-
ment of the Blake Bell Foundry. Incidentally it may be
mentioned that the tones and overtones of a bell can be
best demonstrated by sounding a trombone, or violin,
within a foot of the instrument, when, in accordance with
the law of synchronous vibration, each separate sound will
be clearly drawn out. By this method Munroe showed
that the lowest sound of this bell (drone) is G flat ; the
next, or fundamental, note is slightly below
E flat ; the third sound is A flat ; the next
a little below F on the fifth line ; and the
highest C above the F which is also a little
flat
Now while this combination of sounds forms unques-
tionably a harmonious discord heard with the impact of a
clapper, this discord is resolved as the overtones die away,
and the ear is thereby delighted by this unique and charm-
ing sequence of harmonic effects, not unlike that promi-
nent in compositions dealing with counterpoint. It is
therefore this accidental combination of sounds, which no
298 THE BELLS OF PAUL AND JOSEPH W. REVERE
calculation could reproduce, that imparts a brilliant char-
acteristic to King's Chapel bell, enabling it to be identified
even when heard from afar. Fortunately it has received
good care and is in perfect condition.
From the stock book of Paul Revere & Son it appears
that between the years 1792 and 1828 three hundred and
ninety eight bells were cast at their foundry. Of these
the heaviest, weighing 2884 pounds, was sent to Provi-
dence, R. 1. Many of the lighter bells were shipped to
Cuba and Puerto Rico for use on sugar plantations. In
1804 the foundry was transferred to Revere's estate in
Canton, still owned by his descendants. Paul Revere died
in 1818 and the business was carried on thereafter by his
son, Joseph, till 1828 when it was conveyed to the Revere
Copper Company which never undertook bell casting.
Bells from this foundry were inscribed in flat Roman letters
with no attempt at ornamentation, " Paul Revere," " Paul
Revere & Son," or " Revere & Co.," but followed almost
without exception by the date of casting. They can thus
be distinguished from those cast by an older son, Paul,
associated with his father, until 1801, but who later cast
bells on his own account, which were usually inscribed
Revere, and rarely bore a date. Upon the inner waist of
many bells can still be discerned the figures in blue chalk
written at the time of casting to record the weight.
In the endeavor to trace the subsequent history of Re-
vere's bells the writer has made personal ascents of many
towers, and addressed circulars to clergymen and town
officials to whom he is indebted for many details. It
would be an ungracious task to describe the neglected,
disorderly condition of most church towers visited. Many
steeples were so faultily designed as to be virtually inac-
cessible, or approached only by a ladder from the ridge-
pole of the main edifice. Circuitous narrow passages lead-
ing to the belfry are often made the receptacle of combus-
tible rubbish, the accumulation of many years, all covered
with grime, soot, dirt and dust. In one tower inspected,
conditions were so bad that canvas suits were provided for
the benefit of visitors wishing to mount the steeple, and
were found as necessary as in the descent of a coal mine.
BY ABTHUR H. NICHOLS, M. D. 299
Under these circumstances it can be easily imagined
how little attention is bestowed upon the bells, which
were found with appurtenances loose and unadjusted ; or
perhaps the clapper worn at the crown staple had dropped
down so as to strike near the rim of the bell, thus emitting
a faulty sound or even detaching fragments of the metal.
In no single instance was there found a genuine bell rope
in use, like those made for at least a century in England,
and which is absolutely necessary for the safe and easy
management of the bell. Modern American founders ig-
nore the existence of bell-ropes and fancying that a bell
should be tucked up in a curved yoke and hauled back
and forth like a suspended cart wheel, supply invariably
an ordinary rope of three times the required weight, with a
superfluous coil resting on the floor. The experienced ring-
er, on the other hand, knows that when the bell is hung upon
the principle of the pendulum the friction at its gudgeons,
or bearings, is reduced to a minimum, while the rapidity
of rotation thue produced imparts a distinct superiority of
tone. The thickness of the rope should in reality be deter-
mined not by the weight of the bell, but by the force of
the ringer in pulling. In other words the measurement of
the strength required for a rope should not much exceed
the degree of force requisite to control the bell. Hence,
for a bell of average weight and properly suspended,
the rope should not exceed twice the thickness of a sash,
cord. Greater thickness is of course desirable at the points
where the rope is grasped by the ringer, which is obtained
by interweaving wool to form what is called the tufting.
While Revere adopted the English method of hanging
his bells, the bungling sexton has generally bolted a
counterweight above the headstock, fancying that by ren-
dering the rotation more slow the instrument can be
easily handled. The effect thus produced is in fact the
reverse of that intended. Not only is the friction thus
created adequate to make the bells more or less unman-
ageable, but the clapper, being thus made to rest upon
the sound bow at its impact, interrupts suddenly the
sound waves in such a way as to cause sooner or later a
fracture. Although such cracking is exceedingly rare in
300 THE BELLS OP PAUL AND JOSEPH W. REVERE
bells properly hung, it has proved the principal mode of
destruction of Revere's bells, no less than fifty having met
this fate. The next cause of mortality has been conflagra-
tion, again due in most instances to the culpable careless-
ness of a sexton. Upon one occasion the writer chanced
to be passing a stately church edifice when through a cel-
lar-window he could discern a small flame just starting in
some woodwork near an overheated furnace. Although
a dash of water would then have extinguished the fire,
access to the interior was impossible, and before fire
engines could reach the scene through deep snow the en-
tire edifice was gutted with damage estimated at $80,000.
This story with perhaps slight variation will describe the
loss of forty-one Revere bells. Seventy-seven of his bells
are known to still survive, though others are doubtless in
use. By the foregoing record it will be seen how little
regard has been shown by church officials to the proper
care and preservation of Revere's bells whose superiority
is often first appreciated when the attempt is made to re-
place them. Nor can we hope for any reform in this
matter until the care and management of bells is intrusted
to bell lovers, as has been the custom in England where
the organized guilds now number more than thirty thou-
sand, supporting two weekly papers, " The Bell News" and
the "Ringing World," devoted exclusively to campanology
and the achievements of ringers. Under this system
towers and belfries, each assigned to a separate steeple-
keeper, are kept neat and orderly while their bells have a
lifetime of centuries. In this country, on the other hand,
our church officials are indifferent as to the care of their
bells, which, like, all machinery, should receive constant
overhauling and adjustment Hence we are led to the
sombre reflection that in the course of another century, at
the present rate of destruction, all Revere bells not pre-
served as relics will have been lost.
Unfortunately, by reason of an erroneous, narrow-
minded conception of their commercial interests, the
powerful influence of American founders has hitherto
been arrayed against scientific change ringing as prac-
ticed by the ringing societies of England. While ad-
BY ARTHUK H. NICHOLS, M. D. 301
mitting their inability to cast instruments, equipped to
meet the requirements of skilled ringers, their policy has
been to discourage by misrepresentation the importation
of foreign bells, upon which, furthermore, a high tariff is
imposed.* To what extent this opposition has been
pushed may be illustrated by a single instance in which a
generous offer to install a heavy peal of twelve bells in
the lofty tower of the new Boston Custom House, repro-
ducing the famous Bow bells of London, was defeated by
the protests of a prominent American firm made before a
Congressional committee at Washington. Thus came to
naught a rare and perhaps unique opportunity of intro-
ducing the art of scientific ringing on musical bells, which
would have benefitted the manufacturer by stimulating
the demand for better instruments and perhaps have fur-
nished later employment to thousands.
The following table will indicate the fate of two hun-
dred and twenty bells whose history has thus far been
authentically traced :
Still in use, 78
Damaged by cracking, .... 47
Destroyed by fire, . . . . 39
Destroyed by lightning, . . . 2
Preserved as relics in good condition, . 4
Preserved as relic cracked, ... 1
Exchanged or sold, . . . . 20
Recast, ...... 2
Disappeared . . . . . 28
221
The following list of bells, cast by Paul Revere & Son,
is taken from the stock book in possession of William B.
Revere. To these are added ten other bells, mostly of
light weight, the record of which was found among memo-
randa preserved by another descendant of Revere. The
latter are indicated by an asterisk.
*In accordance with a decision of the U. S. Treasury Department,
bells imported by universities, colleges, seminaries and other insti-
tutions of learning, to be used for the purpose of instruction in
scientific change ringing, are classified as scientific instruments and
therefore non-dutiable.
302 THE BELLS OF PAUL AND JOSEPH W. REVEBE
1 1792, New Brick Society, Boston, 911 Ibs.
For the Second Church, called the New Brick on Middle, now
Hanover St., Boston. Now in use on the St. James Church, North
Cambridge.
2 1793, the Town of Amherst, 638 Ibs.
The original bell of the First Congregational Church. Injured
and exchanged for a new one, 1839. The capacious meeting-house
stood on what is now College Hill. The conch shell used in early
times to summon the congregation to worship is still preserved.
3* 1793, for Capt. Lane, 50 Ibs.
4 1793, the Town of Westford, 675 Ibs.
5* 1793, the Academy of Westford.
Both Westford bells have disappeared.
6* 1793, the Church at Hallowell (Maine), 160 Ibs.
Sold to the Old South Church, built 1796. See also Nos. 53 and
253.
7 1794, the Church at Marshfield, 673 Ibs.
In March, 1793, the Second Congregational Society voted to ac-
cept the generous offer of Capt. Amos Kogers as follows: That if the
Precinct will provide a belfry suitable, and paint the meeting house,
then he will give them a good bell of six hundred weight, and bear
his proportion of building said Belfry and painting said meeting
house. When the old church was torn down May 28, 1825, the bell
which had seen constant service for thirty-one years was recast into
another weighing 397 pounds. See also No. 339.
8 1795, Town of Cohasset, 735 Ibs.
The original bell was purchased by subscription, 1761, replaced
1793, by another paid for by a tax; the third, or that of Revere, re-
placed by a fourth weighing 1000 pounds. See also No. 378.
9 1795, the Frigate Building in Boston, 150 Ibs.
The Constitution, whose keel was laid in Nov., 1794, launched Oct.
21,1797. She first set sail July 20, 1798, and is still afloat. The
other frigate, Boston, built at Hart's Wharf, Boston, was not begun
till Aug., 1798.
10 1795, the Town of Newburyport, afterward sold to
the Town of Bradford, 695 Ibs.
Still in use on the Orthodox Church of Christ, Groveland, former-
ly E. Bradford. It appears by the church records that it was raised
in 1795. It bears the inscription, " The living to the church I call,
And to the grave I summon all." See also Nos. lla, 58, 213, 300.
11 1795, Town of Newbedford, 756 Ibs.
Not to be traced. See also No. 257.
BY ARTHUR H. NICHOLS, M. D. 303
lla July 1, 1795.
A bell, cast in the year 1795 by John Warner, of London, and
weighing 750 pounds, was sold to the Third Religious Society,
(North Congregational), Newburyport, to replace a bell imported
from London in 1783 and broken when being rung for tire. It was
probably ordered by Revere for use as a model. Melted in the fire
of 1861, it was replaced by a steel bell from the foundry of Naylor,
Vickers & Co., Sheffield. The firm of J. Warner & Sons is still ex-
isting at Cripplegate, London. See also 252.
12 1796, Town of Portland, 1073 Ibs.
13 1796, Town of Dover, N. H., 892 Ibs.
See also No. 261.
14 1796, Town of Sudbury, 695 Ibs.
15 1796, Town of Falmouth, 821 Ibs.
Still in use on the First Congregational Church.
16 1797, New South Society, Boston, 1125 Ibs.
The Revd. Mr. Kirkland's, at Church Green. Hung in the steeple
of the first edifice, dedicated 1717, replaced by larger bell (No. 73)
in 1806.
17 1797, Town of Thomaston, 683 Ibs.
Gift of Gen. Knox, recast in 1822 (No. 272) and still in use.
18 1797, Town of Ipswich, 827 Ibs.
According to tradition, Abram Perkins with his team hauled this
bell from the foundry. Now in use on the Congregational Church,
Essex, formerly part of Ipswich.
19* 1797, Town of Providence, for a school, 52 Ibs.
20* 1797, Town of Sandwich, for the Academy, 112 Ibs.
21* 1797, for St. John's Church, Portsmouth, N. H.
The original bell weighing 600 pounds was given to the Society
in 1745 by the officers of the New Hampshire Regiment, who brought
it with other loot from Louisbourg after the capture of that strong-
hold. Hung in the steeple at the western end of the wooden edifice,
built in 1732, it was broken in 1797 and recast the same year by
Revere. Damaged when the church was destroyed by fire on the
morning of Dec. 24, 1806, it was again recast in 1807 by Revere (No.
95). For the third time it was recast by the Blake Bell Co. in 1896.
22* 1798, the Frigate Constitution, 242 Ibs.
Probably substituted for No. 9. Attempts to learn the fate of
this bell have failed. There is a tradition that it was carried away
in the combat with the Guerriere.
23 1798, Town of Northfield, Mass., 944 Ibs.
Said to have been destroyed by fire in 1831.
304 THE BELLS OF PAUL AND JOSEPH W. REVERE
24 1798, Town of Petersham, 1150 Ibs.
Slightly cracked, 1860. Destroyed when the church was burned,
1903.
25* 1798, Town of Dedham, for the Court House, 224
Ibs.
Deposited, 1894, by the County Commissioners with the Dedham
Historical Society.
26 1798, Town of Roxbury, 862 Ibs.
For the First Church, Elliot Square, replacing a bell ordered from
Abel Rudhall of Gloucester, England, in 1763, and hung in the fourth
edifice, built in 1746 upon the same place as its predecessor, des-
troyed by fire in March, 1744. An oil painting of the latter has been
preserved. Recast in 1819. (See No. 217). The Rudhall bell weighed
6cwt. 3qrs. 261bs. and cost 22.0.6 including freight on old bell.
27 1798, Town of Worcester, 1181 Ibs.
Sold to the Second Parish Church. The original subscription list,
dated July 9, 1798, is preserved by the American Antiquarian So-
ciety, Worcester. This bell appears to have been cracked shortly
after delivery, as indicated in a letter from Revere to Isaiah Thomas,
Aug. 6, 1798, acknowledging the return of the broken bell and
agreeing to replace it within a fortnight. The letter mentions a Mr.
Thayer, " who hangs most of the bells I cast." Transferred from
the old meeting-house to the second structure built in 1829, this bell
was destroyed when the church was burned in 1849. In 1850, when
the third structure was erected, a new bell, weighing 2908 Ibs. was
bought of Holbrook <fe Ware, of Medway, Mass., for $744.00 less
$348.00 credited for the metal of the melted bell. See also No. 51.
28* 1798, To Town of Bridgewater, for a school, 72 Ibs.
29* 1798, The Ship Eliza, 52 Ibs.
30* 1798, For Gen. Moultrie, South Carolina, 75 Ibs.
31 1799, The Town of Wenham, 500 Ibs.
Broken and sold for old metal about 1843. The present bell was
installed when the edifice was dedicated, Dec. 18, 1843.
32 1799, Town of Haverhill, 689 Ibs.
Not to be traced.
33 1799, Town of Boscawen, N. H., 510 Ibs.
Hung in the Congregational church in 1800. Said to have been
cracked and exchanged, circa 1845.
34* 1799, Town of Greenfield, 250 Ibs.
Gift of David Wells. See No. 47.
35 1799, Town of Exeter, N. H. 868 Ibs.
Cracked about 1882; recast into bell now on Baptist Church. See
also No. 47.
BY ARTHUR H. NICHOLS, M. D. 305
36 1799, Town of Brookfield, 683 Ibs.
(See also Nos. 164 and 361.)
37 1800, Town of Pownalborou^h, 958 Ibs.
Now Wiscasset, Me. On Aug. 3, 1900, was celebrated the one
hundredth anniversary of the raising of this bell to the belfry of
the First Church, when its history was related by R. K. Sewall, of
Wiscasset. It was brought from Boston in a ship of which Capt.
Joseph Choate was master. Destroyed when the church burned,
April, 1908.
38 1800, Town of Warren, R. I., 1292 Ibs.
Hung in the tower of the First Baptist Church, badly damaged
by the lightning in the summer of 1906; recast Oct. 4, 1906, by the
Meneely Bell Co.
39 1800, Town of Sunderland, N. H. (now Vermont),
958 Ibs.
40 1800, Town of Walpole, N. H., 936 Ibs.
Bought in 1798 by Gen. Amasa Walker and Hon. Roger Vose for
the meeting-house. There is a tradition that Gen. Allen furnished
50 silver dollars which were incorporated in the bell. This meeting-
house was moved in 1826 from the top of Prospect Street to the vil-
lage and the bell was hung in the belfry of the new church built
upon its former site. In 1869, when service in this church was dis-
continued, the bell was replaced in the old meeting-house in the
village then and now used as a town hall. The bell is said to have
a good musical tone .
41 1801, Town of Weston, 997 Ibs.
Still in use in the tower of the new stone edifice of the First Par-
ish Church.
42 1801, Town of Plymouth, 844 Ibs.
In 1794, Mrs. Elizabeth Russell, wife of the Hon. Thomas Russell
of Boston, and youngest daughter of George Watson, gave a bell to
the town of Plymouth, where she was born. It was imported from
England, was finely toned, and weighed about 6 cwt. It was broken
in 1801 ; replaced in the same year by the Revere bell melted in the
fire, Nov. 22, 1892. The first notice of a bell in Plymouth is in 1679.
That in use previous to 1794 weighed about 3 cwt. See also Nos.
5 3 and 266.
43 1801, Town of Salem, 920 Ibs.
For the East Church, now on Bentley Schoolhouse, cracked.
44 1801, Town of Lexington, 747 Ibs.
Hung in the belfry of the First Parish Church, which having been
remodelled, was burned just before its dedication, when the bell was
melted. A fragment is preserved as a relic.
45 1801, Samuel Parkman, Esqr., 876 Ibs.
306 THE BELLS OP PAUL AND JOSEPH W. KEVERE
46 1801, Town of Medfield, 759 Ibs.
An old bell, bought in 1661, was sent to Boston, 1800, to be recast,
of the same shape and weight. It was used on the old Parish
Church till 1839, when it was exchanged for a larger one.
47 1801, Town of Greenfield, 720 Ibs.
According to a record contained in other papers preserved by the
Revere family, this bell was sold to Greenland, N. H. In that event
it was destroyed when the church was burned in 1870. In 1800 a
bell, given to the town by David Wells, was hung upon the school
house on School st., now used as a dwelling, and for thirty years
was the only bell in town except that of the court house, bought in
1812. Later it was placed on a schoolhouse on Main street, called
the Old Brick. It is now in use on a schoolhouse on Chapman street.
In 1833 the St. James and the Second Congregational Societies each
purchased a bell.
48 1801, Town of Medford, 1244 Ibs.
Destroyed by the fire of Jan. 15, 1893. It bore the inscription,
" Cast by Paul Revere, 1801. Presented to the town of Medford,
Mass., by Peter Chardon Brooks, as a slight token of the esteem he
holds for the people among whom he was born and bred." Frag-
ments of the metal were incorporated in the bell cast by Henry N.
Hooper & Co., hung in the tower of the new edifice, built 1894.
49 1802, Town of Augusta, 518 Ibs.
" The first bell brought into the town by the County for the Court
House. On August, 1803, a belfry was added to the Court House,
and on the tenth of that month the bell began ringing at the hours
of seven, one and nine o'clock daily." History of Augusta by
James W. North. See also No. 268.
50 1802, West Parish, Bridgewater, 691 Ibs.
Cracked ; replaced, 1849, by another cast by Henry N. Hooper &
Co.
51 1802, Town of Worcester, 1787 Ibs.
Sold to the First Parish Church. Caleb Wall in his " Reminis-
cences of Worcester" says, " The bell now used was cast by Paul
Revere & Son, in 1802, and our venerable fellow citizen, Rev. George
Allen, assisted at the rope in hoisting it to its present position sev-
enty-five years ago, when a lad of eleven."
Stevens, in his " Worcester Churches," 1890, in speaking of the
present edifice, erected 1889, says: " Another feature, appealing to
a different sentiment, is the low belfry at the northeast corner, of
architecture curious and fine, in which is suspended as the sole relic,
connecting new and old, the bell that swung for eighty-five years in
the old belfry on the Common." See also No. 27.
52 1802, Capt. J. Massey, 989 Ibs.
53 1802, Town of Hallowell, 924 Ibs.
For the Old South Church. In the Hubbard Free Library is pre-
served the original subscription list of contributors to the purchase
BY ARTHUR H. NICHOLS, M. D. 307
of this bell; also a manuscript letter from Paul Revere & Son. In
1806, a stately belfry was added to the church by Charles Bulfinch.
On the night of Dec. 1, 1848, church and bell were destroyed by fire.
See also Nos. 6 and 253.
54 1802, Town of Danvers, 674 Ibs.
Hung in the third edifice of the First Church, Danvers Centre.
Melted at the conflagration of Sept. 24, 1805.
55 1802, Town of Maiden, 1220 Ibs.
Given to the First Parish Church by " Lord " Timothy Dexter. It
replaced the old bell hung originally on Bell Rock, and in 1695 in
the turret of the meeting-house. Cracked about 1830 and replaced
by a new bell.
56 1802, Perkins Nichols, Esqr., 802 Ibs.
Gift to the westerly parish of Amherst, N. H., now Milford.
Transferred in 1881 to the town house. Perkins Nichols, a wealthy
merchant of Boston, was son of Gen. Moses Nichols of Amherst,
N. H. He was born Sept. 28, 1773; married Bridget Orne; was par-
ishioner of Brattle Sq. Church.
57 1802, Peleg Tolman, Esqr., 783 Ibs.
58 1803, Town of Newburyport, 1255 Ibs.
For the First Presbyterian, or old South Church. It still rings
" loud and clear." The original bell was probably hung in this bel-
fry in 1785. See also Nos. 10, lla, 213, 300.
59 1803, Town of Beverly, 1244 Ibs.
The bell now in use on the First Parish Church is inscribed:
" Paul Revere & Son, Boston, 1803. Recast by Blake Bell Co. 1897.
" My tongue shall speak of thy praise
Let him that heareth say Come."
See also No. 261.
The first bell was obtained by Capt. Lothrop from a Catholic Fri-
ary at Port Royal in the expedition of 1656. The second was pur-
chased by the parish in 1685-6. It weighed 109 Ibs. and cost 13.
12. 6. The third weighing 267 Ibs. was the gift of Robert Briscoe in
1712, which, like its predecessors, was hung in a turret over the
centre of the honse, so that the rope came down into the broad
aisle. The fourth, weighing 1387 Ibs., was imported from London
but was soon cracked and gave place to the fifth (Revere) bell in
1803. History of Beverly, Stone, p. 250.
60 1803, Town of Charlestown, 910 Ibs.
61 1803, Town of Pembroke, (Mass.), 506 Ibs.
The meeting-house, standing in 1803, was pulled down in 1857. It
is said to have had no bell.
62 1804, Town of Castine (Me.), 692 Ibs.
Hung, 1804, in the Union Church, built, 1790; exchanged when
the steeple was rebuilt, 1831, for a larger bell inscribed " Revere,
Boston," now in use.
308 THE BELLS OF PAUL AND JOSEPH W. REVERE
63 1804, Parish of Wells, 1017 Ibs.
Still in use in the Unitarian Church of Kennebunk, part of Wells
till 1820. Identified by partly obliterated chalk marks indicating
weight on inner waist. Inscribed " Revere & Son, Boston, 1803."
64 1805, West Cambridge, 1254 Ibs.
Thought to have been sold to the First Parish, W. Cambridge,
now Arlington, and replaced in 1825 by No. 312.
65 1805, East Parish, Bridgwater, 931 Ibs.
Still in use.
66 1805, Town of Bath, 1034 Ibs.
Hung originally in the Old North Church, built about 1800. In-
scribed, "Revere & Son." Transferred to the Universalist Church
that was pulled down; now in use on the City Hall. In the History
of Bath, by Read, a list of subscribers towards the cost of the bell
is given.
67 1805, Town of Newport, R. L, 1071 Ibs.
See also Nos. 79, 108.
68 1805, Thomas Cutts, Esq., Saco, 1079 Ibs.
69 1806, Town of Marlborough, 1318 Ibs.
Hung in the steeple of the First Church, whose successor is the
Union Congregational Church. Fell and melted in the fire of 1852;
recast 1853; cracked prior to 1892, recast in 1892 and still in use.
70 1806, Town of Cape Ann (now Gloucester), 1015
Ibs.
71 1806, Town of Pembroke, N. H., 842 Ibs.
72 1806, New South Society, Boston (Church Green),
1359 Ibs.
To replace bell of 1797; hung in the steeple of the first edifice,
dedicated 1717, pulled down 1814. The corner stone of the second
edifice was laid April 14, 1814. It was the second building in Bos-
ton composed entirely of dressed granite, the first being the Court
House occupying the site of the present City Hall.
73 1806, Town of Dorchester, 942 Ibs.
74 Aug. 19, 1807, J. Punchard for the Salem Taber-
nacle, Town of Salem, 1269 Ibs.
" The bell upon the Tabernacle was hung in this Town last week &
is the largest which is now in town. The South Society who hold the
most elegant house & steeple will probably surpass us in the weight
& tone of the Bell they intend to purchase. Mr. Revere has not yet
learnt to give a sweetness & clearness to the tones of his Bells. He
has no ear, & perhaps knows nothing of the laws of sound, & his
excess of copper to ensure the strength of his bells, depreciates their
value, & what is saved in interest is lost in reputation." Rev. Win.
Bentley's Diary, Aug. 31, 1806.
111
THE SECOND CHURCH, DORCHESTER, MASS. BUILT IN 1861
BY ARTHUR H. NICHOLS, M. D. 309
75 Sept. 25, 1807, Corporation of Cambridgeport, 1310
Ibs.
76 Oct. 11, 1806, Major Jackson for the State Prison,
Charlestown, 496 Ibs.
Removed to the Massachusetts Reformatory, later sold to an ex-
official of the State and removed to his summer residence.
77 Nov. 1, 1807, Town of Southborough, 902 Ibs.
Said to be still in use.
78 Oct. 10, 1807, Town of Barnstable, 897 Ibs.
Still in use in Congregational Church, West Barnstable.
79 Jan. 19, 1807, James Perry, Town of New Port,
1927 Ibs.
Hung in the steeple of the First Methodist Church, Marlborough
St. Taken down, about 1815, and sold to Bristol, R. I. See also
Nos. 67, 108.
80 Mar. 28, 1807, Town of Hingham, 868 Ibs.
Possibly hung in the First Meeting-house, and replaced, July 26,
1822, by another weighing 1537 Ibs.
81 Apr. 16, 1807, North Parish, Andover, 1262 Ibs.
Still in use for church service and fire alarm. The parish is now
North Andover.
82 1807, Town of Gloucester, 1020 Ibs.
See also No. 70.
83 1807, Messrs. Barnells, 672 Ibs.
84 1807, State of Vermont, Randolph, 894 Ibs.
Replaced in 1818. See No. 193.
85 Sept. 8, 1807, Walter J. Fillis, 169 Ibs.
86 Aug. 13, 1807, Navy Department, 78 Ibs.
87 Dec. 19, 1807, J. Lee, Jun r ., 56 Ibs.
88 Dec. 14, 1807, Navy Department, 54 Ibs.
89 Sept. 24, 1806, Nathaniel Dummer, Holowell, 126
Ibs.
90 June 26,1807, Edw. H. Robins, 126 Ibs.
91 Mar. 16, 1807, Boardman & Pope, 52 Ibs.
92 May 22, 1807, T. Higginson & Co., 52 Ibs
98 Jan. 29, 1807, Thomas Motley, 257 Ibs.
94 1807, State of N. H., Portsmouth, 1289 Ibs.
Cracked about 1896; recast by the Blake Bell Co. See No. 21.
310 THE BELLS OF PAUL AND JOSEPH W. KEVERE
95 1807, Town of Framingham, 1042 Ibs.
May have been hung in the Plymouth Congregational Church. A
bell in this tower, cast by George H. Holbrook in 1829, was cracked
in 1905.
96 1807, Universalist Society, Portsmouth, N. H., 904
Ibs.
Melted when the church was destroyed by fire, March 28, 1896.
Recast at the Blake foundry.
97 1808, Harvard College, 434 Ibs.
Cracked, 1836, replaced by bell cast by George H. Holbrook.
98 1808, Town of Kingston, 856 Ibs.
In 1764, a bell, provided by subscriptions, was placed in the steeple
of the meeting-house, This was transferred to a low structure upon
the erection of an edifice in 1798, and there used until cracked. In
1808 a new bell was brought from Boston in the brig " Three
Thomases" which was in use until the erection of the present meet-
ing-house in 1851.
99 1808, Town of Scituate, 491 Ibs.
Thought to be still in use on engine house. See also Nos. 116, 120,
141.
100 1808, Town of Rowley, 861 Ibs.
Disappeared. See No. 156.
101 1808, Farmington Academy, 495 Ibs.
102 1809, Town of Nantucket, 1063 Ibs.
Disappeared; no record found.
103 1809, Parish of Clapboard trees, Dedham (now
Westwood), 636 Ibs.
The meeting-house was built in 1809. The bell was the gift of Dr.
Joshua Fisher, of Beverly, a native of the parish. It was replaced,
1838, by another of greater weight, cast by George H. Holbrook of
East Medway, now Millis.
104 1809, Town of Concord, N. H., 479 Ibs.
Bought by vote of the town and hung in the tower of the North
Church. May have been replaced in 1826. See No. 326.
105 1809, Town of Brighton, 922 Ibs.
106 1809, Town of Braintree, 956 Ibs.
Probably sold to the Union Religions Society of Weymouth and
Braintree. The meeting-house formerly stood on Hollis St., Boston,
was taken down in the spring of 1810, brought by boat across the
harbor to Braintree and re-erected. The bell was inscribed " Paul
Revere & Son, 1810." In the fire of July, 1897, which destroyed the
church, the bell was broken into fragments. These were collected
and recast. See also Nos. 131, 203.
BY ARTHUR H. NICHOLS, M. D. 311
107 1809, Town of Northborough, 1154 Ibs.
Still in use.
108 1809, Town of Newport, R. L, 1819 Ibs.
See also Nos. 67, 79.
109 1810, Town of Boylston, 1123 Ibs.
The First Parish Church imported a bell from London in 1796.
West Boylston was incorporated in 1803.
110 1810, Town of Norton, 875 Ibs.
Still in use and in good condition in the Congregational Church.
111 1810, Town of Longmeadow, 1256 Ibs.
Bought for the First (Congregational) Parish ; cracked in 1815,
while being rung to celebrate the conclusion of peace. Recast in
1816. See No. 152.
112 1810, Town of Abington, 833 Ibs.
Hung Feb. 14, 1811, in St. Paul's Church, to replace one cracked,
Dec. 23, 1810, which had been taken from the church built in 1739.
Broken, Oct. 1, 1899, it is now preserved in an alcove in the tower.
See also No. 181.
113 1810, Benjamin Duick, 837 Ibs.
114 1810, Town of Stoneham, 805 Ibs.
Cracked when the old meeting-house was destroyed by fire about
1842; later exchanged for another placed on the First Congregational
Church. The town records contain notices of votes for the purchase
of this bell, rules for ringing, etc.
115 1810, Rev d S. Spring, 464 Ibs.
Rev, Samuel Spring was pastor of the North Church, Newbury-
port from 1777 to 1819. See No. 130.
116 1810, Town of Scituate, 959 Ibs.
See also Nos. 99, 120 and 140.
117 1811, Town of Hampton, N. H., 642 Ibs.
Not to be traced.
118 1811, Town of Acton, 1138 Ibs.
The church, built 1807, was burnt, Oct. 24, 1863, it is thought, by
incendiary fire, when the bell was destroyed. Its original cost was
$570.
119 1811, Parish of Dover, Dedham, 1040 Ibs.
Hung in the meeting-house when dedicated, 1811. Said to have
had a fine tone. Damaged when the edifice was burned in 1839; re-
cast the same year by Holbrook, and still in use.
120 1811, Town of Scituate, 1342 Ibs.
See also Nos. 99, 116 and 140.
312 THE BELLS OP PAUL AND JOSEPH W. BE VERB
121 May 7, 1811, Stanton & Spelman, including tongue,
804 Ibs.
122 May 31, 1811, Major Lawn, Town of Templeton,
including tongue, 1061 Ibs.
Hung in the First Parish Church; cracked not long afterward.
Recast in 1813. See also No. 137.
128 July 11, 1811, Joseph Towne, Esq., Town of Hop-
kinton, N. H., 1158 Ibs.
Still in use on the Congregational Church. An account of its pur-
chase is contained in " Life and Times in Hopkinton, N. H."
124 May 28, 1811, Mitchel, Esq., South Parish,
Bridge water, 907 Ibs.
Still in use. Hung in new edifice, Sept. 2, 1845.
125 Aug. 3, 1811, Third Parish, Beverly, including
tongue, 1143 Ibs.
126 Sept. 19, 1811, Town of Quincy, including tongue,
1355 Ibs.
Bought by vote of the town, two old bells being exchanged in part
payment. Placed in the belfry of First Congregational Church then
located in the Training Field. When the old church was pulled
down in 1828 it was hung in the belfry of the present stone edifice. It
was tolled at the funerals of two presidents, John Adams and
John Quincy Adams. Cracked in 1860 it was taken in part payment
for a new bell cast by Henry N. Hooper & Co. The original bell of
the town, thought to have been bought as early as 1696, weighed
about 200 pounds.
127 Sept. 21, 1811, Town of Watertown, 1169 Ibs.
Broken when the meeting-house was destroyed by fire in 1843 ;
has since been recast twice, the original metal being retained.
128 Town of Royalston, 930 Ibs.
Melted when the meeting-house was burned in 1852.
129 Town of Needham, 960 Ibs.
Bought Nov. 12, 1811. Hung in the First Parish Church when
the tower was added; first rung, Nov. 15, to celebrate the one hun-
dreth anniversary of the incorporation of the town. Price paid
$407.61. Still in use.
130*
Placed in an alcove in the tower of St. Paul's, Newburyport, is a
bell bought Feb. 14, 1811, and cast in 1809 by Revere & Son. No
reference to it is found in either stock-book or memoranda existing.
It replaced an old bell thought to have been purchased in 1746, and
cracked Dec. 23, 1810, when being rung for service. May be No.
115. See also Nos. 10, lla, 58, 213, and 300.
BY ARTHUR H. NICHOLS, M. D. 313
131 Sept 3, 1813, New Braintree, including tongue,
945 Ibs.
Hung in Congregational Church. See also Nos. 106, 203.
132 Sept. 21, 1813, Charlestown, 1433 Ibs.
See also No. 287.
133 Sept. 11, 1812, Town of Dunstable, including
tongue, 884 Ibs.
Probably for Nashua, then a part of Dunstable.
134 Sept. 8, 1812, Town of Lincoln, 646 Ibs.
Melted at the burning of the old church in 1859. Its metal was
used in recasting the bell now in use.
135 Oct. 19, 1812, Town of Becket, 716 Ibs.
Gift of Daniel Brown to the First Congregational Church. Cracked
several years ago and recast at Troy, N. Y. According to the Parish
records " one hundred dollars in silver was put into it, that its
tone might be richer."
136 April 15, 1814, Town of Andover, 1068 Ibs.
Hung in the Old South Church; removed to the belfry of the New
Church; cracked, and exchanged for a new bell. See also No. 863.
137 June 1, 1813, Town of Templeton, 958 Ibs.
For the First Parish Church, to replace bell of 1811, cracked.
(No. 122) Still in use.
138 May 13, 1814, Town of Medway, 1021 Ibs.
139 May 17, 1814, J. Keith, Belchertown, including
tongue, 885 Ibs.
Said to have been an exceptionally clear, sweet-toned instrument.
Cracked in extremely cold weather in 1814, the metal being applied
toward a new bell.
140 June 22, 1814, Scituate, 1408 Ibs.
See also Nos. 99, 116 and 120.
141 June 22, 1814, Town of Pepperell, 952 Ibs.
Bought in accordance with a vote of the town, April 4, 1814. Said
to have been cracked about the years 1831-5. The present bell of
the old church is inscribed " Cast by George A. Holbrook, East
Medway, Mass., 1838." Weight 1534 Ibs.
142 July 5, 1814, Danvers, 1131 Ibs.
Hung in the South Church, South Danvers, now Peabody.
Cracked, 1829.
143 Oct. 24, 1814, East Sudbury, 992 Ibs.
814 THE BELLS OP PAUL AND JOSEPH W. REVERE
144 Jan. 3, 1815, East Gorham (Fitzwilliam), 610 Ibs.
Not to be traced. Bought probably for the parish church of Troy,
formerly part of Fitzwilliam. The building is now used for a town
hall. See also Nos. 166, 189.
145 Feb. 16, 1815, West Boylston, 846 Ibs.
146 June 8, 1815, B. Bussey (Bangor), 1068 Ibs.
147 May 2, 1815, New Ipswich, 1089 Ibs.
A conditional gift to the town; bought with money raised by sub-
scription. Cost $593. Melted in the fire which destroyed the
church, July 15, 1903. During a severe thunder storm in the after-
noon it was set on fire by lightning. When discovered at the expira-
tion of an hour the interior was one mass of flames. The alarm was
given by the bell which was rung until the rope was eaten by fire.
When the steeple fell, the bell came down with a clang and was
found later a molten mass. Fragments of the metal are preserved
in many households.
148 April, 1815, B. M. Coiney, 450 Ibs.
149 Sept. 30, 1816, Lancaster, 1275 Ibs.
Gift of citizens and placed in the tower of the stately edifice of
the First Church designed by Bulfinch. Cracked and recast, 18 23.
See No. 280.
150 June 9, 1815, Waltham, 1028 Ibs.
151 Aug. 22, 1815, Templeton, 1003 Ibs.
152 Aug. 24, 1815, Princeton, 851 Ibs.
The treasurer's book shows that the cost of of this bell was
$392.30 with charge for hanging in addition of $77.18. Hung for
twenty-three years in the old church on the hill, it is still in use on
the new church. It is inscribed in 3/4 in. letters: " Revere & Son,
Boston, Mass., 1815."
153 May 21, 1816, North Hampton, N. H., with tongue,
1019 Ibs.
Still in use on Town Hall; lettered " Revere & Son, Boston,
1815."
154 Sept. 18, 1815, South Reading, 907 Ibs.
Placed in the belfry of the First Parish church; removed when
the church was remodelled in 1859, to the cupola of the old town
hall ; when the latter was pulled down in 1898, it was hung upon
the high school and struck by th*) fire alarm apparatus. Inscribed,
" Paul Revere & Son, Boston, 1815."
155 Sept. 18, 1815, Charlestown, N. H., 876 Ibs.
The parish church has been twice burned, the last time in the
forties ; the bell now in use was cast about that time.
BY ARTHUR H. NICBOLS, M. D. 315
156 Oct. 31, 1815, Rowley, 854 Ibs.
Disappeared. See No. 100.
157 Aug. 30, 1816, Stanstead (Quebec), Canada, 809 Ibs.
fi Thought to have been the bell hung in the Union Church, built
in 1816, and no longer standing. Transferred to the Stanstead
Academy that was raised in 1873. It is now in use in the Stanstead
Wesleyan College. Unlike all other of Revere's bells, it bears no
inscription.
158 Dec. 1, 1815, Catholic Baptist Society, Pawtucket,
792 Ibs.
159 June 8, 1816, Longmeadow, 1147 Ibs.
To replace cracked bell of 1815 (No. 111). Still in use.
160 Feb. 24, 1816, Chesterfield, N. H., 870 Ibs.
Probably cracked and replaced the same year by No. 173.
161 Feb. 16, 1816, King's Chapel, Boston, 2437 Ibs.
Still in use in perfect condition. Replaced an English bell of
2475 Ibs., hung in June, 1772, and cracked, May 8, 1814, while being
tolled for evening service.
162 May 22, 1816, Newbury, 3d Parish, 1041 Ibs.
163 June 1, 1816, Providence, R. L, 2437 Ibs.
Cast probably in similar mould to that of King's Chapel, No. 161.
See also Nos. 177, 183.
164 June 13, 1816, Brookfield, 602 Ibs.
See also Nos.[36 and 361.
165 Nov. 15, 1816, Lynn Methodist Church, 1004 Ibs.
Found cracked June 11, 1911. See No. 171.
166 Oct. 24, 1816, Fitzwilliam, 901 Ibs.
Hung on the meeting-house dedicated in 1816. The building was
used for religious services on nine Sabbaths, when it was set on fire
by lightning and destroyed with the bell. See also Nos. 144, 189.
167 Sept. 26, 1816, Winchendon, 866 Ibs.
Purchased by popular subscription for the Congregational Society.
Thought to have been cracked about the year 1840.
168 Oct. 4, 1816, Savannah, 1521 Ibs.
169 Oct. 9, 1816, Burlington, Vt, 1286 Ibs.
Bought by the Unitarian Church. Still in use. Cost $592.65.
170 Oct. 16, 1816, 2d Parish, Dorchester, 1220 Ibs.
Raised to the belfry when the church was dedicated, Oct. 30, 1816.
Still in use.
316 THE BELLS OF PAUL AND JOSEPH W. REVERE.
171 Nov. 19, 1816, Congregational Church, Lynn,
905 Ibs.
The bell in the first meeting-house is first referred to in Samuel
Sewall's account of the Council in 1691. It was hung in the open,
on the bell deck until 1771, when the belfry designed by Walton was
added which gave to the building the name of " Old Tunnel."
The bell rope hung near the centre aisle, and an enclosed space
among the pews was provided for the ringer. The first bell was sent
to England in 1699 in exchange for a new one, which latter became
cracked in celebrating the news of the Peace of Ghent and the bat-
tle of New Orleans, the news of both events having reached Lynn
by the same messenger at 10 A. M., Feb. 13, 1815. It was this second
bell which was recast by Revere, in 1816; and at the suggestion of
Amos Blanchard, the leader of the choir in the Old Tunnel from
1811 to 1824, it was effected that the tonic note of the new bell
should harmonize with that of the heavier bell (No. 165) cast about
the same time for the First Methodist Meeting House. Cracked by
a fire alarm it was recast by Wm. Blake & Co., 1878, and is still in
service on the Second Universalist Meeting House. Account of the
"Old Tunnel" by C. J. H. Woodbury, Register of Lynn Hist. Soc.,
Vol. XIII, for the year 1909. See also No. 165.
172 Sept. 20, 1817, Norwich, Vt., 619 Ibs.
Still in use in perfect condition.
173 Dec. 18, 1816, Chesterfield, N. H., 837 Ibs.
Probably to replace No. 160. Is thought to have been destroyed
when the Parish Church burned, March 1, 1851.
174 July 26, 1817, Gill, 790 Ibs.
Owned by the town; hung in the Congregational Church. Ex-
changed 1858.
175 Mar. 15, 1817, Keene, N. H., 1082 Ibs.
Thought to have been hung in the First Congregational church;
cracked and replaced in 1829 by another weighing 1500 Ibs., cast by
Paul Revere, jr., and now in use in the new Unitarian church on
Washington street.
176 Feb. 28, 1817, Rindge, N. H., 907 Ibs.
Exchanged many years ago.
177 Aug. 2, 1817, North Providence, 1220 Ibs.
See also Nos. 163, 183, 364.
178 May 21, 1817, Ipswich, Mass., 1026 Ibs.
179 June 7, 1817, Topsfield, 914 Ibs.
Raised to the steeple of the Congregational Church, June 26, 1817,
first rung July 6. Still in use.
(To be continued.)
ROBERT CLEMENTS OF HAVERHILL AND
SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS.
BY MAJOR-GENERAL A. W. GREELY, TJ. 8. ARMY.
Among the early settlers of Essex County there are few
who did more to upbuild the new state and ensure its
successful permanence, than did Robert Clements of Ha-
verhill and his descendants. They did well their manifold
duties in church and for the state, on the bench and in
Indian campaigns, through trade relations and in agricul-
tural pursuits.
The Clements in numbers were registered as freemen,
elected delegates to the General Court, appointed as
judges, commissioners, and one as Royal Councillor ; ap-
pear as grantees, proprietors and settlers of frontier town-
ghips, and served as enlisted men and as officers in the
weary century of early wars, from that of King Philip in
1675 to the American Revolution of 1775.
Robert Clements, sen., was born in England, about
1590, presumably in Warwickshire, as his youngest
daughter, Mary, lived in the city of Coventry until 1652,
when she rejoined her family in Haverhill. Robert
landed at Salisbury in 1642, and settled that summer
in Haverhill with his wife* (her name is unknown),
his sons John and Robert, jr., and the older daughters,
Lydia and Sarah. His oldest son, Job, had preceded the
family by a year or two, and was one of the twelve men
who settled Pentucket (now Haverhill) in 1640.
As was usual in the case of plantations in Massachu-
setts, the Indian title to the lands occupied was extin-
guished by purchase. Robert Clements first appears in
the public records as the second (the minister John Ward
In his will of November 7 (probated 4 December), 1616, John Foote of London
mentions his daughter Priscilk, wife of Robert Clement (N. E. H. & G. Beg. 51 :
136).
(317)
318 BOBERT CLEMENTS OF HAVEEHILL
was first) of the five men who, on November 15, 1642,.
under written agreement, purchased, with the consent of
Passaconnaway, from the Indian sachems, Passaquo and
Saggahew, their rights to the lands within the bounds of
the settlement of Haverhill.
Robert Clements was evidently the leading man of the
town, and the confidence in his integrity, judicial fairness
and administrative ability caused his uninterrupted em-
ployment in the public service for years. (Records of
Massachusetts Bay, v. 1-3.) By election of his own town,
by choice of the majority of the freemen of old Norfolk
County, and by appointment and confirmation of the
General Court, he served for six years, between 1647 and
1654, as trial judge, commissioner and associate judge in
Norfolk County. He died Sept. 29, 1658.
In his legislative duties, Robert Clements displayed a
broad liberality that was somewhat unusual in that age.
On June 7, 1651 (Ibid, v. 4 : 42), he asked to be recorded
against the adverse judgment of the General Court in its
fine imposed in the case of Mr. Marmaduke Matthews and
the Maiden church.
Haverhill elected him as its first deputy to the GeneraL
Court in 1647, and continued him in that capacity by
yearly re-elections until 1654, when he was succeeded by
his son, John 2 Clements.
When the General Court by formal vote (Ibid, 3 : 144)
severely punished by fine and imprisonment Dr. Childs
and his associates for for their strongly worded remon-
strance of Oct. 3, 1646, against the alleged bigotry and
unfair legislation of the government, especially against
non-conformists, Robert Clements officially declared for
much more lenient sentences in each case.
As time passed, the General Court, despite his minority
votes, turned often to him in matters ecclesiastical and
administrative, besides bestowing high judicial honors.
June 19, 1650, he was appointed commissioner to admin-
ister the oath of fidelity at Haverhill. In 1649 he had
been named as commissioner to lay out county roads: On
June 1, 1652, he was on a committee to review the case of
Leonard Buttle, appealed from the sentence of the com-
missioners of Boston.
AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 319
Owing to the disturbed conditions of local trade, the
General Court of Massachusetts Bay on November 13,
1655, prohibited the importation of meat and grain, and
then appointed a Committee of Trade (possibly the first
Tariff Commission in America). Among the four men
from the County of Norfolk was named Robert Clements,
though not then serving as a deputy. The legislative
record runs thus :
This Court cannot but be very sensible of the state and condition
of this country in respect to the manifold wants already upon us,
and fearing what may further ensue, if God's providence prevent
not, beyond what we are for present able to see, do judge it neces-
sary, and account ourselves bound, to use our utmost endeavors for
the procuring of suitable supplies, and as a means to attain such an
end, have thought it meet to refer it to the several committees here-
after nominated to meet together in their respective counties or
otherwise, if they shall judge meet, then and there to consider of
some such way as thereby both merchandizing may be encouraged
and the hands also of the husbandman may not wax weary in his
employment, and, for begetting a right understanding and a loving
compliance between both, they may advise together or assuage as
they see cause, and the result of suqh their meetings to present to
the next General Court, to be confirmed and allowed as they shall
judge meet, and to consider of some way to regulate in point of
workmen's wages, if any way may be found.
In ecclesiastical affairs Robert was equally prominent. In
1652 he was one of the Haverhill signers of a petition
asking remission of the fine imposed on Major Robert
Pike for declaring that, in prohibiting Joseph Peasley
from preaching, in the absence of a minister, the General
Court " Did break their oaths to the country, for it is
against the liberty of the country, both civil and ecclesi-
astical."
When religious disputes reached an acute stage, and
there were serious breaches between the churches of Sal-
isbury and Haverhill, the Governor and Council of Mas-
sachusetts Bay had Clements' qualities in mind, and the
Council of the Commonwealth, after providing for a
Church Council :
" Ordered that Mr Robert Cleaments for Haverhill, Mr.
'320 ROBERT CLEMENTS OF HAVBRHILL
Samuell Hall for Salisbury, shall take Care for the enter-
tainment of said Council, and all persons concerned there-
in, which shall be satisfied by the Treasurer."
It appears probable that Clements' health did not per-
mit his active participation in the entertainment of the
Church Council, and these duties evidently devolved on
his oldest son at home, for the General Court, on October
14, 1657, ordered a levy to cover the expenses incurred
by John 2 Clements at Haverhill for this purpose.
Robert Clements does not appear to have used his abil-
ities for his personal advantage, for in 1650 no less than
twenty-three of the thirty-seven recorded property owners
had houses and lots of greater value than his. After his
death Clements' estate was inventoried at X494, the
largest item being horses and stock to the value of <123.
He was a man of substance, actively engaged in business
affairs, ordering goods and receiving rentals from Eng-
land. As of historical interest, his last will is repro-
duced, exhibiting the degree of comfort and the house-
hold accessories of a man of property in the first quarter
of a century of the existence of a New England colony.
" I Robert Clements of Haverhill being of perfect mem-
ory, blessed be God for it, do ordain and make this my
last will, in manner and form following :
" First I commit my soul into the hands of God my
creator and maker, believing through the merits, right-
eousness and obedience of Jesus Christ my redeemer to
have & enjoy life & salvation everlasting by him.
" For my goods I give first unto my wife my house and
lot & all the accomodations that belong to it, & after her
decease to return to my children's children that are in
New England, each his portion to be delivered into the
hands of their parents for their children's use. I give also
to my wife my best yoke of oxen I have, & three of my
best cows, & my mare which brought the mule, & also my
swine, & two of my best beds with their furnishings to
them, & six of my best pewter dishes, six spoons, my best
brass pot, & three of my best kettles, and two spinning
turns, & all hangles on the fire, with fire shovels and
tongs, and two of ye best cushions, one ... & a cup,
AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 321
with all my wooden and earthen vessels, and all manner
of clothing that belong to her, as also my bible, candle-
stick & chamber pot. My will is that if there be any goods
of mine come out of England this year or the next my
wife shall have five pounds of it according to ye bill of
lading. Also I, give my wife all ye linen in my house &
all the corn in my house (excepting two pairs of sheets
that are for my bed), barn & growing on the land, & also
a debt of seven pounds & some odd money in the hands
of John Hutchins for the repairing the house & the fenc-
ing ye home lot. I give to my wife also what is due to
me (or will be) from Mr Dumer by bills, or covenants, &
also the cloth that is at the weavers, with what woolen
yarn & flax is in the house, & also three pounds which is
in the hands of Mr Cooke of Boston. I give her two
skillets, two stocks off the best beere, & two chests with
lock and key to them. I give to my wife the boards I
bought at Salisbury to repair the house. It is my will
that one half of the goods which I give to my wife, if she
should spend not, at her decease it shall return to my ex-
ecutors to be equally divided.
" I give to my son Job Clements one filley, which will
be two years old next May. I give him my best cloak &
best hat, my best pair of shoes & stockings.
" I give to my son Robert twenty pounds due to me out
of my rents in England, & what rent is due to me more
I give to my three sons John, Abraham and Daniel. All
the rent of my estate in New England due to me upon
bonds, or bills, or any accounts, land or goods whatsoever,
I give to my sons [sons-in-law] Moses Pengrow, Abraham
Morrill & John Osgood, whom I make my executors to
see this my will performed & my debts paid & my body
laid in ye grave. I give to our minister Mr Ward five
pounds."
Robert Clements seal
Proved in court at Hampton, 11 : 8 mo : 1658. On file
in the probate court at Salem. (Essex Antiq uarian, 7 :
158.)
Children :
2. JOB, b. about 1615; d. 1682.
322 ROBERT CLEMENTS OF HAVERHILL
3. JOHN, b. about 1618; d. 1658.
4. ROBERT, b. about 1624; d. 1712.
6. SARAH, m. 10 June, 1645, Abraham Morrill ; d. (will proved, 14
Oct.), 1662. Children : (1) Isaac; (2) Abraham; (3) Jacob,
b. 1648, d. 1715, m. 1674, Susan Whittier; (4) Hepsibah, d.
young; (5) Sarah; (6) Moses, b. 1650, d. (will proved) 1709;
m. 1st, Sarah Converse, 2d, widow Abigail Hendricks; (7)
Lydia; (8) Hepsibah, posthumus. Sarah m. 2d, 8 Oct., 1665,
Thomas Mudgett.
6. LYDIA,* d. 16 Jan., 1676; m. Moses Pengry of Ipswich, b. 1610,
d. 2 Jan., 1696, aged 86. Children: (1) Sarah, d. 1695, m. 20
April, 1664, Robert Day, d. 1692; (2) Lydia, d. 14 March,
1689, m. 13 Feb., 1665-66, Thomas Burnum; (3) Moses, b.
1650, d. (will proved) 1709; (4) Aaron, b. 1652, d. 1714; m.
Ann Pickard; (5) John, b. 1654, d. 1723, m. 20 May, 1678,
Faith Jewett.
7. MART, b. 1637 (58 in 1695); d. 1695; m. 15 Nov., 1653, at Haver-
hill, John Osgood, of Andover; d. 31 Aug., 1693. t Children:
(1) John, b, 12 Sept., 1654; (2) Mary, b. 1656, d. 1740; m,
1680, John Aslett; (3) Timothy, b. 1659; (4) Samuel, b. 1665;
(5) Sarah, b. 1667, d. 1667; (6) Ebenezer, b. 1678, d. 1680;
(7) Clements, b. 1680, d. 1680.
8. ABRAHAM; mentioned only in will.
9. DANIEL. The only record of Daniel, besides in the will, is his
reported harrassing of a tax collector at Hampton, N. H.,
in 1683 (Prov. Papers, N. H., 1: 551).
2 Job (Robert 1 "), born in England about 1618 ; died
at Dover, N. H. in (will 4 Sept., proved 9 Nov., State
Papers, N. H. 31 : 259) 1682. Preceding his father as a
colonist, he took the oath of fidelity in Ipswich, 1639,
and the following year, with eleven others, founded Ha-
verhill. Freeman in 1647, he was chosen constable, the
first in the town. Newbury needing a tanner, his trade,
offered him a freehold in 1652, which he refused. Sign-
ing at Haverhill, in 1653, the petition for the remission
of Major Pike's fine, Job later moved to Dover, und there
*In the Pengry Genealogy she is called Abigail, though Pelt, Ipswich, says
Lydia.
tMary Clements Osgood suffered through the witchcraft delusion of 1692. Sub-
jected to the touch of blindfolded girls (" afflicted persons "), she was accused
of beinga witch. Arrested, and examined 8 Sept.. 1692, she was browbeaten
and frightened into a confession of being a witch, but recanted 16 October.
Nevertheless, she was indicted by the grand jury in January, 1693 (I. Mass. Hist.
Coll., 7: 241), but was fortunately released after an imprisonment of four
months.
AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 323
'became prominent in all affairs. He was grand-juryman,
1654 ; constable, 1660 ; selectman six or more years,
1667-1677 ; and was commissioner or associate judge,
1666, 1667, 1669, 1670. He served as Royal Councillor
from 16 Feb., 1680, until his death, having been elected
to the office when New Hampshire became a Royal Prov-
ince in 1679.
Job Clements had three wives. He married, 25 Dec.,
1644 (the first marriage at Haverhill), Margaret (Thom-
as 1 ) Dummer. Before 1658 he m., 2d, Lydia ; and,
3d, at Dover, 16 July, 1673, Joanna (widow of Thomas)
Leighton, who d. 15 Jan., 1703-04, in her 87th year.
Children of Job and Margaret (Haverhill Vital
Records) :
10. SUSANNA, stillborn, 17 Nov., 1645.
11. JOHN, b. 17 Nov., 1646; d. 1646.
12. JOB, b. 17 April, 1648; d. 1716.
13. MART, b. 12 Dec., 1651; m. at Dover, 25 Dec., 1651, Joseph
(Thomas 1 ) Canney; d. 1716. Children: (1) Joseph, b. 14
Oct., 1674; (2) Jane, b. 16 Dec., 1671 (mentioned in Job's
will); (3) Mary, b. 25 July, 1678; (4) Thomas, m. Rose (dan.
John) Pinkham, widow of James Tuttle (N. E. H. & G. B.,
21: 142).
3 John (Robert 1 ), born in England about 1620 ; lost
-at sea, 1685. In 1650 he planted an orchard at Haver-
hill, and was on the committee to adjust the boundary dis-
pute with Salisbury. In 1650 he was elected trial com-
missioner at Haverhill, and in 1654 was chosen to be the
town's deputy to the General Court. He married, 1 June,
1648, Sarah (John 1 ) Osgood, of Andover.
Children (Haverhill Vital Records) :
14. SARAH, b. 24 March, 1649-50.
15. LYDIA, b. 3 April, 1651.
16. MART, b. 17 July, 1653.
17. HANNAH, b. 4 Nov., 1655.
4 Robert (Robert*}, born in England about 1624 ; d.
Haverhill (will, 1682, proved, 1712). He was adminis-
trator of his brother's (John) estate in 1659. In 1652 he
-was granted six acres of ploughing land, and in 1668 was
824 EGBERT CLEMENTS OF HAVERHILL
on a committee to supervise the registration of deeds, etc.
Robert Clements married at Haverh ill, 8 Dec., 1652 (Essex
Antiquarian, 4 : 138), Elizabeth (John 1 ) Fawne, d. 27
March, 1715.
Children :
18. JOHN, b. 16 Sept., 1653; d. 16 March, 1692.
19. DANIEL, b. 3 July, 1655; d. in New Jersey, 10 Jan., 1679-80.
20. ABRAHAM, b. 14 July, 1657.
21. HANNAH, b. 2 Oct., 1660.
22. FAWNE, b. 2 March, 1661-62; d. about 1740.
23. NATHANIEL, b. 6 Sept., 1663; d. at Saco, April, 1689 (Essex
Antiquarian, 3: 164).
24. ROBERT, b. 29 March, 1665.
25. LYDIA, b. 14 Dec., 1668; d. 11 Oct., 1696; m. 19 Feb., 1689-89,
widower John Johnson, jr. ; d. 9 March, 1723-24. Children:
(1) Lydia, b. 7 Dec., 1689, m. about 1715, Samuel Hazeltine;
(2) Nathaniel, b. 31 Oct., 1691; (3) Mary, b. 6 Jan., 1693-94;
(4) Sarah, b. 18 Feb., 1696-96.
26. MARY, b. 8 June, 1670; d. 1 June, 1670.
27. MARY, b. 24 July, 1673; d. 11 Feb., 1678.
28. JONATHAN, b. after 1673.
12 Job (Job 2 , Robert 1 *), born Haverhill,17 April, 1648 ;
died (will proved 3 Dec.), 1716, at Dover (State Papers,
N. H., 31 : 259). Job was prominent in local and provincial
affairs. He was on the grand jury that indicted for trea-
son the party headed by Edward Gove, whose daughter
married Abraham (No. 20) Clements.*
Job Clements showed his strength of character in the
Provincial Assembly, where he represented Dover from
1692 to 1695 (Prov. Papers, N. H., v. 2 & 3). In 1693
(Ibid, 2 : 88) he, with another, refused, despite the coer-
cion of the Governor, to " take oath by laying their hands
on the Holy Evangelists . . . declaring that they would
swear by lifting up the hands, but not otherwise."
Job Ciements married at Dover, 28 Feb., 1688-89,
Abigail (John 1 ) Heard (Dover Hist. Coll., 128).
*Gove was arbitrarily suspended as a member to the Assembly from Hampton
by Governor Cranfield, in 1692. Inciting disturbances, Gove alone of his party
was found guilty of treason. His sentence is probably unezampled in American
annals for its severity. Gove was " To be hanged by the neck and cut down
alive, and that his entrails to be taken out before his face, and his head cut off,
and his body divided into four quarters." Reprieved, he finally escaped with
four years of imprisonment in the Tower of London.
AND SOME OP HIS DESCENDANTS 325
Children (named in will) :
29. JOB, d. about 1751.
30. JAMES, bapt. at Dover, 26 March, 1693-94.
31. MABGAKKT, m. Col. Thomas Wallingford of Somersworth.
Children: (1) Hannah, b. 5 May, 1720; (2) Judith, b. 25
March, 1722; (3) Ebenezer, d. 15 May, 1777.
32. DANIEL. Tax rate at Dover, 1741, 7/ 6d. (St. Papers, N. H.,
24: 698.)
33. JOHN. Tax rate at Dover, 1741, 12/ 4d. (Ibid, 24: 697.)
18 John (Robert 2 , Robert 1 ,), cooper, born at Haverhill,
16 Sept., 1652 ; d. (inventory 10 June) 16 May, 1692.
He served in King Philip's War (Chase : Hist. Haverhill,
128). He married at Haverhill, 22 Feb., 1675-76, Eliza-
beth (Sergt. Robert 1 ) Ayers, born 10 Nov., 1652. She
married, 2d, 8 March, 1696-97, widower Samuel Watts
(Essex Antiquarian, 4 : 145).
Children (Haverhill Vital Records) :
34. SAMUEL, b. 2 Nov., 1677; d. 3 Oct., 1754.
35. JOBE, b. 20 Feb., 1679.
86. MABY, b. 20 Feb., 1681; possibly m., 11 Feb., 1717-18, widower
Christopher (Christopher 8 ) Bartlett, b. Newbury, 26 Feb.,
1678-79; d. 10 Oct., 1735. They lived in Haverhill. Chil-
dren: (1) Jonathan, b. 10 Aug., 1719; (2) Mary, b. 20 Oct.,
1720; (3) Christopher, b. 2 Aug., 1722; (4) Mehitable, b. 12
March, 1725-26.
37. ELIZABETH, b. 9 April, 1684; m. 16 May, 1706, Isaac Bradley.
Children: (1) Lidia, b. 31 March, 1707; (2) John, b. 10 April,
1709; (3) Mehitable, b. 10 Dec., 1711; (4), Ruth, b. 26 May,
1713; (5) Abigail, b. 20 May, 1714; (6) Elizabeth, b. 17 Jan.,
1716-17. m. 1738, Robert Craig; (7) Isaac, b. 10 Jan., 1718-
19, d. Jan., 1802, m. 1st, 1744, Lidia Kimball, m. 2d, Rachel
(widow of Samuel) Ayer; (8) Nathaniel, b. 10 Feb., 1720,
d. 4 Oct., 1737; (9) Meriam, b. (twin) with (10) Moses (twin)
18 Jan., 1723-24, both died 1724.
38. JOHN, b. 18 July, 1696; d. 25 Nov., 1762.
39. NATHANIEL, b. 6 June, 1689.
40. HANNAH, b. 11 and d. 15 Sept., 1691.
41. ABIAH, b. 12 Sept., 1692. Abiah appears on the town records,
Dec. 7, 1708, as a successful petitioner, with twelve other
young girls, for permission " to build a pew in the hind
seat in the east end of the meeting house," provided they
326 ROBERT CLEMENTS OF HAVERHILL
did not " damnify or hinder the light." She m. Daniel Lit-
tle; settled in Hampstead, 1733. Children: (1) Sarah, b.
11 Sept., 1717; (2) Elizabeth, b. 12 Nov., 1719; (3; Mary, b.
8 Oct., 1721; (4) Daniel, b. 8 July, 1724; (5) Hannah, b. 8
Jan., 1725-26; (6) Judith, b. 11 July, 1727; (7) Ruth, b. 14
Sept., 1728; (8) Abigail, b. 19 Jan., 1729-30. (HaverhiU
Vital Records.)
20 Abraham (Robert 2 , Robert*), born at Haverhill,
14 July, 1657. Took the oath of allegiance 1677, moved
Newbury, thence to Hampton, and finally to New Bristol,
Pa., by 1703 (Dow : Hist. Hampton). He married,
10 May, 1683, Hannah (Edward 1 ) Gove, born March,
1664.
Children (born at Hampton except the oldest) :
42. EDWABD (or EDMUND), b. Newbury, 3 March, 1683-4.
43. ELIZABETH, b. 12 July, 1687.
44. NATHANIEL, b. 27 Aug., 1689.
45. JEBEMIAH, b. 22 April, 1692; d. young.
46. JEBEMIAH, b. 15 April, 1693.
47. EZEKIEL, b. 1 Feb., 1695-96.
48. LYDIA, b. 11 Aug., 1698.
49. HANNAH, b. 17 Nov., 1700.
22 Fawne (Robert 2 , Robert 1 ), born at Haverhill, 2
March, 1661-62; died Newburyport (will, 23 Sept., 1732,
proved 19 May, 1740). He was one of the earliest of the
skilled shipbuilders who made Essex County famous
throughout the world. In the county records he appears
as a successor to the claim of his mother, as follows :
" Mrs Clements daughter of Mr John Fawne & Eliza-
beth Fawne, wch Elizabeth Clements was nese to one
Luke Fawne a stationer in Pauls Church Yard at ye signe
of ye Parriot who died a little before ye fire & gave Mrs
Clements .300 & left it in ye hands of one John Cressitt
in Charterhouse Yard in London & Mr Edward Clements
at ye signe of ye Lamb in Ab Church Lane & Mr Edward
Henning marcht. in London & Mr Jerrat Marshall in
London." (Recorded 15 Sept., 1720. Essex Deeds, 37 :
152.)
Fawne married, first, 21 Nov., 1688, Sarah (John 2 )
Hoyt, born 28 Jan., 1670 : died after 1701. He married,
second, Mrs. Dorothea Freez, 7 March, 1717-18.
AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 327
Children (Newbury Vital Records) by Sarah Hoyt :
50. JONATHAN, b. 1 Jan., 1695-96; d. 1761.
51. SABAH, b. 1697.
62. TIMOTHY, b. 1 May, 1699; d. 2 Aug., 1731.
53. JOSEPH, b. 1 April, 1701; d. after 1732.
54. BENJAMIN (child by Dorothes Freez), b. 7 Jan., 1718-19; d. 22
Dec., 1786.
24 Robert (Robert*, Robert 1 }, born 29 March, 1665 ;
died 3 Sept., 1741, at Haverhill ; married 18 Dec., 1690,
Deliverance Oddihorn ; d. 3 March, 1740-41.
Children (Haverhill Vital Records) :
55. DOBOAS, b. 3 October, 1693 ; m. before 1719, Eleazer Keyser.
Children: (1) Eleazar, b. 23 Feb., 1718-19; (2) Nathaniel, b.
14 May, 1722; (3) Samuel, b. 5 Nov., 1720; (4) Timothy, b. 20
Nov., 1724.
56. NATHANIEL, b. 14 Jan., 1696-7.
29 Job (Job*, Job 2 , Robert 1 ), born at Dover, about
1690 ; d. about 1752. He was interested with his brothers,
James, No. 30, and John, No. 33, in the establishment of
frontier settlements. The three brothers were original
owners of share No. 97 of Rochester in 1722, Canterbury,
1727, and in other townships, possibly Reading in 1749-
1750. (N. H. State Papers, vols. 24, 26). Job served in
the companies of scouts of Davis and of Tibbett in 1712.
(Potter: N. H. Military History, 107.) Job was later the
captain who was authorized to impress or to enlist thirty-
five effective men and take command thereof. He was
stationed at Rochester, whence he applied 14 May, 1748,
for the " usual rum " for his command. He died before
15 March, 1753 (Prov. Papers, N. H. 5: 907, 6 : 191).
Job's wife Hannah was possibly an Emerson.
Children (Dover Hist. Society, all baptised in Dover) :
57. SAMUEL, bapt. 4 May, 1717; d. young.
58. SAMUEL, bapt. 3 July, 1720.
59. JOB, bapt. 19 Nov., 1722; d. young.
60. JOB, bapt. 18 March, 1723-24; d. 13 Nov. 1799.
30 James (Job*, Job 2 , Robert 1 ), baptised at Dover, 26
328 BOBEBT CLEMENTS OF HAVEBHILL
March, 1693-4 ; married daughter Sarah (?) (John 2 ) Wal-
lingford, born about 1695 (N. E. H. & G. Reg., 21 : 137).
Children (order of birth uncertain) :*
61. JOB.
62. JOHN, d. before 1758.
68. ABIGAIL.
64. SHUAH.
66. SABAH.
66. MIBIAM, bapt. Dover, 22 May, 1746 (Dover Hist. Soc. 153) ; d.
early.
32 Daniel (Job 3 , Job 2 , Robert 1 ), presents no tangible
record beyond his being a tax-payer in Dover, 1741. He .
is reported (N. E. H. & G. Reg.) to have married 13 Sept.,
1770, at Somersworth, Frances Wallingford, when he was
over seventy years of age. D. Clements married at or
near Dover, Sarah Pinkham, died 1781. It is barely pos-
sible that this is correct, and that they had one son :
67. DANIEL, m. at Somersworth, 18 Sept., 1770, Frances Walling-
ford.
33 John (Job*, Job 3 , Robert 1 ) born about 1700 ; mar-
ried 1st, Sobiiety ; 2d, Sarah
Children, order uncertain :
68. JOB.
69. THOMAS, probably m. 1776, Alice Powers (Dover Hist. Coll.).
70. JOSEPH, d. unmarried.
71. TIMOTHY, d. unmarried.
34 Samuel (John 3 , Robert 3 , Robert 1 ) born Haverhill,
2 Nov., 1677 ; died Haverhill, 3 Oct., 1754 (N. E. H. & G.
Reg., 6: 247) ; married 11 July, 1705, Ruth (dau. Joseph)
Peasley.
Children (Haverhill Vital Records):
72. TIMOTHY, b. 2 Aug., 1706.
73. RUTH, b. 3 March, 1708-09 ; d. 4 Feb., 1740. Ruth and her sister
Hannah, with six other girls were successful petitioners at
the annual town-meeting of 1723 for liberty " to erect a
NOTE. Data relating to the children of No. 30, No. 32 and No. 33 were obtained
through the courtesy of Mr. Percival W. Clement, whose studies on the family
history are most complete.
AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 329
seat or pew over the head of the stairs (in the meeting-
house) not damnifying the stairway." Ruth m. 11 July,
1728, Abial (son David) Foster, b. 2 May, 1702. They settled
in Hampstead and had the following children: (1) Elijah, b.
9 June, 1729; d. 15 July, 1736; (2) Sarah, b. 12 Sept. 1731; d.
15 July, 17?6; (3) Ruth, b. 26 Jan., 1733-34; (4) Meriam, b.
13 Feb. 1735-36; d. 22 April, 1737; (5) Samuel, b. 16 Feb.,
1737-38; (6) Joshua (twin), b. 27 Feb., 1739-40; (7) Moses
(twin), b. 27 Feb., 1739-40; d. 16 March, 1739-40.
74. HANNAH, b. 26 March, 1711 ; m. 1729, Benjamin Gale. Child-
ren (Haverhill Vital Records) : Ruth, b. 31 March, 1731; d.
young ; (2) Samuel, b. 15 March, 1784; d. young; (3) Samuel
b. 11 Oct., 1736; (4) Daniel, b. 5 April, 1739; (5) Benjamin,
b. 1 April, 1741; d. young; (6), Ruth, b. 2 Feb., 1743-44; (7)
Moses, b. 21 March, 1745-46; (8) Benjamin, b. 19 March,
1748-49; (9) Hannah, b. 18 June, 1751.
76. MOSES, b. 26 March, 1713; d. 1788.
76. SABAH, b. 29 May, 1715. '
77. SUSANNA, b. 24 April, 1718; m. Stephen Huse. Children
(Haverhill Vital Records): (1) John, b. 7 Aug., 1739; (2)
Miriam, b. 29 Aug., 1741; (3) Stephen, b. 25 June, 1743; (4)
Miriam, b. 3 Oct., 1744; (5) Stephen, b. 8 Nov., 1746; (6) Ruth
b. 26 May, 1749; (7) Hannah, b. 27 Dec., 1751; d. young; (8)
Hannah, b. 18 Nov., 1756.
78. MABIAM, b. 16 Sept., 1720; m. 29 Nov., 1739, Joseph 8 Ames,
b. 20 Jan., 1713-14; d. 1741. Child: (1) Moses, b. 18 Sept.,
1740.
79. ALENAR, b. 1 April, 1723.
80. SAMUBL, b. 2 May, 1780; d. 24 Dec., 1803; m. Anna Gage.
35 Jobe (John 3 , Robert*, Robert 1 ), cooper, born Hav-
erhill, 20 Feb., 1679; died 23 Sept., 1732, married
Mehitable (Capt. Samuel) Ayer, born 5 Feb., 1683. She
married 2d, before 1741, Little.
Children (Haverhill Vital Records) :
81. MAEY, b. 21 Jan., 1704-05; probably m. Abner Blasdell, Salis-
bury, b. 25 Feb., 1705-06; d. (administration 18 Oct.), 1742.
Children : (1) William, b. 26 Jan., 1728-29; d. 4 Aug., 1730;
(2) Mary, b. 10 Oct., 1730; (3) Mehitable, b. 13 Nov., 1732;
(4) Abigail, b. 30 June, 1734; (5) William, b. 25 Oct., 1735;
(6) Anna, b. 31 Aug., 1737; (7) John, b. 3 March, 1740; d. 20
Nov., 1759 ; (8) Dinah, b. 28 June, 1742.
82. OB ADI AH, b. 22 May, 1707; m. Sarah Flanders.
380 BOBBRT CLEMENTS OF HAVERHILL
83. MEHITABLE, b. 17 Dec., 1T09.
84. JOHN, b. 19 Oct., 1714.
85. ANN, b. 22 June, 1718.
86. JOSEPH (church baptismal records give name as Hannah), b.
20 June, 1722.
38 John (John*, Robert 2 , Robert 1 ') born Haverhill, 18
July, 1686, died Haverhill, 25 Nov., 1762 (Essex Anti-
quarian, 12: 108-109). He received a land grant and
became a commoner in 1721. John served as lieutenant,
under Major Saltonstall, in the invasion of Canada, 1757.
John married 1st, Elizabeth (Henry 3 ) Kimball, born 23
, 1683-84; died 6 Nov., 1754. He married 2d, 25
Feb., 1755, Mrs. Mary(Emerson) Kimball.
Children (Haverhill Vital Records) :
87. JONATHAN, b. 2 Aug., 1708; probably m. 12 March, 1729-30,
Sarah Watts.
88. JOHN, b. 7 June, 1711; d. 16 May, 1714.
89. ELIZABETH, b, 24 March, 1713-14; d. young.
90. (DEACON) BENJAMIN, b. 19 March, 1717-18 ; d. 1785.
91 . ABU AH, b. 30 Dec. 1718.
92. ELIZABETH, b. 17 May, 1724.
93. HANNAH, b. 9 Dec., 1726; d. 9 Oct. 1729.
39 Nathaniel (John*, Robert 2 , Robert 1 ) born Haver-
hill, 6 June, 1689 ; married Sarah Merrill, died 10 June,
1748. While he was a petitioner for the establishment of
Penacook (Concord), and a proprietor thereof in 1726, he
does not appear to have left Haverhill until at least after
1734.
Children (Haverhill Vital Records) :
94. ABIAH, b. 27 March, 1715; probably m. Edward Charlton, jr.,
and had (1) Hannah, b. 5 July, 1737.
95. ELIZABETH, b. 6 March, 1716-17 ; d. 27 Feb., 1766 ; probably m.
1 Aug., 1734, Joseph Haynes. Children: (1) Hannah, b. 27
March, 1735; (2) Sarah, b. 31 Aug., 1736; (3) David, b. 27
Nov., 1738; (4) Ammi Rnhamah, b. 9 Aug., 1740; (5) Joseph,
b. 27 March, 1743; (6) Elizabeth, b. 6 June, 1745; d. young;
(7) Elizabeth, b. 21 March, 1747-48; (8) Lydia, b. 3 Jan.,
1750-51; (9) Thomas, b. 23 March, 1752-53; d. young; (10)
Thomas, b. 2 July, 1754.
AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 331
96. NATHANIEL, b. 16 Oct., 1719, probably m. 23 Aug., 1743, Rachel
Bailey, b. 19 Aug., 1721. (Essex Antiquarian, 5:83).
97. SARAH, b. 2 March, 1721; possibly m. Daniel Pillsbury. Child:
Robert, b. Haver hill, 20 Jan., 1740.
98. JEREMIAH, b. 15 June, 1724.
99. SAMUEL, b. 8 April, 1726.
100. DAVID, b. 23 May, 1728; d. 30 March, 1729.
101. JOHN, b. 1 July, 1730.
102. DAVID, b. 8 Nov., 1734; d. Dec., 1738.
50 Jonathan (Faume*, Robert 3 , Robert 1 ) born in
Newburyport, 1 Jan., 1695-96 ; died Dec., 1761 ; settled on
the Clements farm in Salisbury and built thereon in 1730
a house yet standing. He married 30 Nov., 1721, Mary
(Tristram 3 ) Greenleaf, of Newburyport, born 28 Sept.,
1699 ; died Dec. 7, 1791.
Children (Newbury Vital Records, Nos. 103-105) :
103. MAET, b. 11 Sept., 1722.
104. JACOB, b. 2 May, 1724; d. 10 Dec., 1796; m. Hannah Chellis, d.
25 Nov., 1796. Children: (1) Stephen, b. 1751, d. 1831; m.
Elizabeth Stevens; (2) John, b. 1753; (3) Moses, b. 1755; (4)
Hannah, b. 1757; (5) Sally, b. 1759; (6) Anna, b. 1763; (7)
Jacob, b. 1765.
105. JONATHAN, b. 29 Jan., 1725-26.
106. PRUDENCE, b. 1730, in Amesbury; d. Haverhill, 22 Jan., 1806;
m. at Haverhill, 6 Aug., 1752, Joseph (Benjamin 3 ) Greely,
b. 18 Feb. d. 26 Nov., 1814, at Newburyport. Children: (1)
Mollie, b. 1753; d. 1830; m. 1775, Ebenezer Wood; (2) Reu-
ben, b. 1756; d. 1832; m. 1785, Anne Greely; (3) Benjamin,
b. 1758; (4) Prudence, b. 1760; m. about 1784, Mr. Batchel-
d*r; (5) Joseph, b. 1762; d. 1843; m. 1785, Dorothy Sargent ;
(6) Moses, b. 1764; d. 1856 ; m. 1st, 1787, Hannah Greely, 2d.
1773, Mary Derby; (7) Jonathan, b. 1766; d. 1849; m. 1793,
Polly Shepard; (8) Stephen, b. 16 Nov., 1769; d. 16 April,
1830 ; m. 7 May, 1793, Betsy (Nathaniel 5 ) Balch, b. 1 July,
1774; d. 16 July, 1838.* (9) Clement, b. 1772; d. 1840; m.
1799, Hannah Moody.
107. SARAH.
52 Timothy (Fawne*, Robert 2 , Robert 1 ), known as
Deacon, born 1 May, 1699 ; died Beverly, 2 Aug., 1731,
(Major-Geaeral A. W. Greely, U. 8. Army, is a grandson of Stephen Greely,
through John Balchs Greely and Frances Dunns Cobb.)
332 ROBERT CLEMENTS OF HAVERHILL.
settled first in Salem, and later Beverly, where his wife
was received in the First Church 30 May, 1728. He
married 22 Nov., 1722, Anna Dodge, who, after his death,
married William Rea.
Children (Bradford Vital Records) :
108. WILLIAM, b. 20 Oct., 1723; d. 12 Dec., 1727 (4 ?).
109. TIMOTHY, b. 18 April, 1725 (bapt. Beverly, 31 Dec., 1727); d. 9
Nov., 1737.
110. ISBAEL, b. 1 Nov., 1726, bapt. 31 Dec., 1727; d. 80 May (Aug. ?)
1736.
111. MARY, b. 29 June, 1736.
54 Benjamin (Fawne* Robert 2 , Robert*} born in
HaverhiU, 7 Jan,, 1717-18 ; died 22 Dec., 1786, married 10
July, 1739, at Newburyport, Mary Bartlett (Essex Anti-
quarian, 7 : 94).
Children (HaverhiU Vital Records) :
112. MABY, d. 16 Nov. , 1754.
ESSEX COUNTY NOTARIAL RECORDS,
1697 - 1768.
(Continued from Volume XL VII, page
Bill of Exchange, dated New York, Apr. 27, 1765.
Twenty days' sight draft by John Beekman on Joshua
Ward, merchant, Salem, to Abraham Cuyler for 120 1/2
milled dollars on account of W m Street, Esq r of Fayall.
Endorsed to Rober Apthorp by Abraham Cuyler. Pro-
tested, June 10, 1765, at request of James Grant of Salem,
the answer given by Joshua Ward being [186] that " he
sometime past rec d orders from W m Street Esq r to pay
the ball* due to Him to M r John Beekman the Drawer
of this Bill, who drew for part of the ballance which was
accepted and paid, and he has since rec d Orders from s d
W m Street to remit the ballance due to Him in Pistareens*
which s d Ward purposes to do by the first Vessel bound to
Fayall." Witnesses : John Turner, Esq r and Benj a Ward.
Receipt dated Point Peter, Oct. 7, 1764 given by Beu-
tineau & Tilley to Capt. Michael Driver on Mark Beau-
tier, for 66 ; 8s, for account of Richard Derby of Salem.
Cap 1 Rich d Derby & George Crowninshield of Salem in
y e Province of Mass* Bay to Jn Gardiner. D r
In the Case of the Ship Ranger
To M r Bainbridge his Bill as Solicitor in ) QA c A
,1 /^< / o'i. o. v
the Cause j
To M r Adderly Proctor in the Cause 104. 18.
To M r Langstaffe his Bill as Solicitor at f 9 10
y e board of trade (
To M r Phillips Attorney at Law for *)
retaining the Solicitor Gen 1 & his
attendance on him when it was ^
thought proper to proceed Criminally 3. 0.
here against Bradford
201. 16.
(333)
334 ESSEX COUNTY NOTARIAL RECORDS.
To my Commission at 2 1-2 pCent at
71,150 p s of 8 a 3/4 Sterling each
the Sum Capt. Crowninshield Charges (" 296. 9. 2
in his Estimate
498. 5.2
360. 13.
Ballance 137. 12. 2
[187] C r
By Bill drawn by I 60 13
at Newfoundland f
Rec'd of M r Lane at several times 300.
360. 13
Errors Excepted
J. Gardiner
11 June 1765
Order, dated June 13, 1765, given by Roderick Mackey
to Collin Reed to deliver to bearer goods to the amount
of 11. 5s.
Bill of Exchange, dated St. John, De Porto Reek, Apr.
13, 1760. Sight draft given by Peter Grenon on Thomas
Lambert, Esq r , merchant, St. Christophers, to Capt. Jon-
athan Mason for 50. Endorsed by Jon a Mason [188]
Protested, Oct. 2, 1764, by W m Smith, notary public.
Witnesses : Joseph Neale and George Hayes.
Receipt, dated Pasquotank Co., North Carolina, June
26, 1764, Arthur Davis to John Lander for 2 desks and
one case of black walnut drawers, value 16, this curren-
cy, which he agrees to sell and make return in good
wheat, hides, tallow, bee's wax or deer skins, with com-
mission at 10 p. Cent. Account discharged, Salem, July
4, 1765.
Note, date Pasquotank Co., N. C., June 26, 1764, given
by Arthur Davis to John Lander for 20 : 15s : 8d., Pro-
clamation money, on or before Sept. 10 to be paid in good
ESSEX COUNTY NOTARIAL RECORDS. 335
wheat, hides, tallow or bees wax at market price. En-
dorsed to Samuel Ward, dated Salem, July 4, 1765.
Note, dated Posquotank, N. C., June 30, 1764 given by
Joseph Jones to John Lander for 5 : 10s., proclamation
money, on or before Sept. 10, to be paid in hides, tallow,
beeswax or cash. John Wooldridge, witness. John Lan-
der's receipt for 36/ of the within. Endorsed to Sam u
Ward by John Lander, dated Salem, July 4.
[189] Protest. W m Colea, master of the schooner
Samuel of Marblehead, about 70 tons, with 6 men, made
declaration that on Nov. 10, they sailed from Falmouth
in Great Britain bound for Marblehead, that they had
hard gales and very bad weather almost the whole of their
passage, and by straining, the vessel became leaky, proba-
bly damaging the cargo. They were obliged to keep the
pumps constantly working, arriving at Marblehead the 15 th .
Bated Jan. 15, 1766. Joseph Picket, mate, also made
oath to the same.
Receipt dated St Thomas, May 31, 1765, given by John
Phillips to Capt. W m Watson for 200 pieces of Eight, to
be paid in good sugar, shipped according to orders.
Note, dated Curisoa, Apr. 25, 1765 given by Richard
Coulthard to W m Watson for 793 pieces of Eight, St.
Thomas currency, to be paid by the middle of June next,
with interest after that date.
[190] Note, dated St. Thomas, Mar. 27, 1765, given
by John Phillips to Capt. W m Watson, on account of Dan-
iell Fox, 350 pieces of Eight in merchantable sugar at
the current price as stated for the year, the sugar to be
delivered as soon as brought to the sealer from the Secre-
tary or from M r Schmall. "In case 1 receive any Sugar
from any other Persons sooner than the above mentioned,
I promise to deliver them to Capt. W m Watson or his or-
der, John Phillips."
St. Thomas, May 31, 1765. Received the following
notes from Capt. W m Watson & when received to account
for the value as p Orders :
886 ESSEX COUNTY NOTARIAL RECORDS.
Suriam 41. 2
Barrett 9. 4
Tammeryn 34. 4
Bodger 13.
I Guyle Esq 1.166
1.184
Sprawood 32.
Thillerup 8.
Peter Peterson 3. 6
Wolfsberg 85.
Solomons 22. 4
Rosette 4.
George Tropheters Sisters 3.
539. 2 John Phillips
Note, dated Stratham, May 21, 1761, given by Ebene-
zer Smith and Daniel Smith to Dudley Leavitt of Salem,
clerk, for .77 : 12s : 6d, New Hampshire sterling Bills,
payable May 21, 1761, with interest at 15 pcent after that
date. Witnesses : William Meed, Jeremiah Smith. Re-
ceipt, May 10, 1764, for 137 : 16s : old tenor, part pay-
ment.
[191] Power of attorney given by James Singers, smith,
in Pathhead, Parish of Dysert, Co. Fife, North Britain,
father of John Singers, mariner, lately belonging to the
ship , of Salem, who lately died at sea, to Capt .
Roger Batingal, shipmaster in Lieth, to receive from Capt.
Richard Manning of Salem, shipmaster, all wages due his
son, clothes, etc. These presents " wrote upon stampt
Paper by John Greig Servant to John Anderson, Town
Clerk of Dysert," signed May 18, 1765, and witnessed by
Greig and Anderson. Certificate as to the validity of
James Singers' claim, signed by the Rev. Patrick Muir-
head, minister of the Parish of Dysert, and Andrew Wylie
and Andrew Kay, Church Wardens. Dated May 18, 1765.
[192] Agreement, dated Mar. 12, 1765, between
James Noble of Boston and John Ward of Salem, trader.
Said Noble having been impowered by the grandchildren
ESSEX COUNTY NOTARIAL RECORDS. 337
and heirs of John Hathorn of Salem, deceased, to recover
a tract of land lying between Winegasite on Damariscotty
River and Sheepscott Elver, called Townsend, Lincoln
Co., containing about 9000 acres, which was purchased by
John Hathorn of Henry Curtis of Beverly, in 1690, it is
agreed by bond dated Mar. 7, 1765, that one third of
what he recovers he shall pay to the grandchildren and
heirs, and keep two thirds for himself. If John Ward or
his heirs shall advance one half of the cost of litigation, he
or they shall be entitled to one half of the said Noble's
two thirds. Witnesses : John Ayres, James Noble Shan-
non.
Receipt dated Savannah, Feb. 19, 1765 given by Tho s
Eatton to Capt. Israel Lovett for a note of hand from
Daniel Walceon for 22 :10s : also a note of Tho 8 Eatton
or 35.
Note, dated Savannah, Ga., Feb. 19, 1765, given by
Tho 8 Eattoii to Capt. Israel Lovett for 35, payable May
31 next, for a negro girl.
Letter of attorney given by W m Street to his friend, Dan u
Malcom,merchant,Boston,to receive from Joshua Ward and
W m Webster of Salem amount due him, and to sue Joshua
Ward for the value of the Sloop Martha, " which appears
to have been cast away in her Voyage to or from the
Eastward, as it is evident that I gave him positive orders
for Insurance and to call him to an ace* for the other
Voyages said [193] Sloop made since I own'd one third
of her, and concerning the Wines I shipped & consigned
to them, and also about s d Sloops Voyage from Carolina
here in which she was taken & ransomed." Also to re-
ceive from W m Ramsdell, .40 : 5s. sterling, advanced to
him in Feb., 1758, as by his note. Dated, Island of Fay-
all, Feb. 8, 1766. Witnesses : Richard Gathorne, Esq.,
British Consul, Alexander Graham and Capt. Geo. Crown-
inshield.
338 ESSEX COUNTY NOTARIAL RECORDS.
[194] Capt Benj Lovat
Bo* of Cnthbert Ogle
Aug* 17 th 3 Hogsheads Muscavado Sugar viz*
16. pr .116
16. 3. .117
16. 3. .117
C49. 2. pr 350 is n* 5194 a 30/ & Hh d " 12/6
79. 15. 8
Rec d the above in full for
Cuthbert Ogle
Dan 11 Sleater
Bill of Exchange, dated St. Eustatius, June 23, 1766,
given by Cha 8 Birkbeck on Thos. Lewes, merchant, Mar-
blehead, to Mr. Robinson, for 900 peices of 8/8 this Cur-
rency, accounting a dollar at 11 Ryals, to be collected
from Capt. Nutton. Protested, at Salem, at the request
of Richard Derby, Oct. 25, 1766, for want of effects.
[195] Witnesses : Clark Gayton Pickman and John
Streher.
Bond, dated Mar. 18, 1763, Abraham Masters and John
Marsters, both of Falmouth, King's Co., Nova Scotia,
mariners, to William Davison, cordwainer, and Haffield
White, miller, both of Wenham, for 400. The sum of
j200 to be paid on or before Mar. 1, 1766. Witnesses :
Nath 11 Brown, Tho 8 Brown. Acknowledged before Benj*
Jones, justice of the peace, Dec. 2, 1766.
[196] Protest. David Ropes, master of the schooner
Mary, of Salem, 20 tons, with 4 men, made declaration
that they sailed from St. Croix, West Indies, bound for
Bermuda, arriving there at a place called Castle Harbour.
The next day " the Custom House Boat came on board
our Vessel, the Collector asked me from whence I came.
I told Him from St. Croix & that I Had on board twenty
four Casks foreign Sugars. He told me I must go with
my Vessel to the Town of St. George, & enter my Vessel
& pay the Duties of the Sugars which I comply'd with,
ESSEX COUNTY NOTARIAL RECORDS. 339
being then Wind bound & could not get out of the Har-
bour,and on the first Day of November about three o'Clock
in the morning, We had a very hard Gale of Wind from
N. E. to E. N. E. We parted our Sheet Cable & drove on
Shore and were obliged to unload our Vessel, on the
fourth of November we got our Vessel off & got in our
Cargo, and on the Seventh the wind blowing hard at N.E.
and the Weather very dirty, & fearing We should go
adrift, having lost our Sheet Anchor, and having nothing
to trust to but our small Anchor to save our Vessel and
Cargo, We weigh'd our Anchor and got under way to go
to St. George Town to Enter our Vessel, after geting out
of the Harbour the weather was very dirty, and there was
the appearance of a very hard gale of Wind, and having
no Pilate on board and it not being safe to trust to one
Anchor & Cable if We should be obliged to Anchor, We
thinking it best for the safety of our Vessel and Cargo &
of oar lives, We bore away to the Westward, and made
the best of our way to Salem, and arrived there this 28th
day of Nov br ." Dated Nov. 28, 1T66. Walter Price
Bartlett, mate, also made oath to the same.
[197] Receipt, dated Kingston, Dec. 15, 1766, given
by Cowpland & Stanly and John Burgess to Capt. Cabot
Gerrish for ,594 : 4s : 4d., Jamaica currency, to be in-
vested in bills of exchange of the paymaster's drawing
and remit to Stephen Higgins and Samuell Williams, mer-
chants in Salem ; if such bills cannot be secured to remit
in milled dollars.
Power of Attorney given by George Burns of New
York, gentleman, to James Ford of Salem, gentleman.
Dated July 27, 1761. [198] Witnesses : Wm Eppes,
A. Eppes. Acknowledged at Salem, July 29, 1761, be-
fore S. Curwen, justice of the peace.
Protest. Cabot Gerrish, master of the brigantine Bet-
sey of Salem, with 7 men, made declaration that on Mar.
24, they sailed from the Bay of Honduras, laden with
logwood, for Holland, and on Apr. 26, in Lat. 44. 30N.
340 ESSEX COUNTY NOTARIAL RECORDS.
Long. 47 deg. They sprang a Leak by reason of a piece
of Sheathing's coming off, so that They could scarcely
keep her free with one Pump, they then hove overboard
some of her Cargo which brought her out of the Water
so far that they could keep her free with one Pump, and
on the fourth of May being in Lat 45 Long. 38 almost
all her Sheathing came off, at 12 o'Clock in the Day they
could not free her, at one o'Clock hove the Vessel by, and
went to heaving out the Logwood. At 12 o'Clock at Night
they found the Water gained so much upon Them they
could do nothing more to keep her any longer. They
hoisted out their Boat and went on board a Ship com-
manded by Capt. Robert Sutter (from Carolina bound
[199] to Cews) who had been in Company with them
for two Days before, and they judged that in three Hours
after they left her she was full of Water, and on or about
the 19 th day of May they met with Cap* S* Bar be in a
Snow bound to Marblehead, and went on board s d Vessel
and arrived at Marblehead the 5 th Instant." July 6, 1767.
Molloy, mate, also made oath to the same.
Note, dated Marblehead, Dec. 15, 1766, given by Tho
Goes to Thomas Hartshorn for 4 : 3s : 8d, balance due
him on account, payable in four months.
Receipt, dated Bassaterre, Guadeloupe, Aug. 10, 1767,
given by John Chavvyn to Capt. Israel Dodge for a note
of hand of Mon 8 Laporte in favor of Capt. Larkin Dodge
for 1024 Livers 10 Sows, for which he is to be accounta-
ble.
[200] Bill of Exchange, dated Har b Grace, New-
foundland, June 20, 1767. Thirty days' sight draft by
W m Lilly on Benj a Pickman, Esq , merchant, Salem, to
Capt. Eben r Warder for <30: 14s: 8d. Protested at
Salem, Oct. 19, 1767, for want of effects. Witnesses :
Eben r Bickford, W m Prosser.
(To be continued.)
PLAN OF MARBLEHEAD IN THE YEAR 1700. No. 8.
3**'
MARBLEHEAD IN THE YEAR 1700. NO. 8.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY.
THE map on the opposite page is of that part of Mar-
blehead which lies along Salem harbor from Dolliver's
cove to the ferry road, and inland to the common land,
later known as the lower division pasture.
Peach's point has been so called since the first Peach
settled there, which was very early.
Naugus head was called " Darby fort " and *' Darby
Fort side" as early as 1636, possibly from its resemblance
to the castle at the mouth of the river Wey in Dorset,
England. It was called " Nogg's head "as early as 1709.,
Many years ago a fort, known as Fort Miller, was con-
structed at this place and occupied in the Civil and Span-
ish wars.
The circle (Q) marks Little Top hill which was so
named as early as 1791.
At the side of the road and shown on the map by parel-
lels (||), there is a large moving rock, some four or five
yards in length, two yards in width and a yard in thickness.
This marked and still marks the northeastern boundary
line of the common lands. This rock was known as the
moving rock, so called, as early as 1733, and the sideling
rock in 1736. It was also called tiltering rock.
Scotch or Scot's pond was so called as early as 1671.
The cove was early called Dolliber's cove. The water on
the east was called the sea or salt water in 1686 ; Salem
bay in 1731; The sea or river into Salem harbor; and
Little harbor in 1791. The water to the north was called
Salem harbor in 1686 ; ye salt water or Salem bay in
1725 ; and ye sea in 1746.
The Ferry. The little settlement at Marblehead, which
consisted of Salem people, established a ferry with Salem
in or before 1637. The Salem landing was at Butts
(341)
342 MARBLEHEAD IN THE YEAR 1700. NO. 8.
point, on Salem neck. The first record concerning it is
that of the action of the inhabitants of Salem, in town
meeting, 30 : 5 : 1637, which reads as follows:
Nich: Lissten desireth to be an inhabitant & to keepe ye fferry
between ye towne and Darbies ffort & is refered to next meeting.*
This record is apparently cancelled in the original. Mr.
Lissten was not appointed ferryman, but was allowed to
be an inhabitant and was granted two acres of ground for
planting, 9 : 8 mo: 1637. In the records of the town of
Salem for 25: 7: 1637, is the following paragraph :
George wright is granted halfe an aker upon the neck to build on
and 5 akers in the forest side for planting and to keep a ferry twixt
Butt point & Darby fort.*
So Mr. Wright, the first known ferryman of this ferry,
lived at the Butts and cultivated ground on Marblehead
shore. He probably continued to be the ferryman until
1644. The town of Salem, in town meeting, 16 : 10 :
1644, " Granted to Thomas Dixy the fferry at Darby
fforts side."* When the town of Salem voted, 12 : 1 mo:
1648, that Marblehead might be a town and have its ter-
ritory, " the disposing of the fferry and appoynting of the
fferry man to Salem" was reserved. Mr. Dixey continued
to conduct the ferry as long as he lived. He died in or
shortly before 1686 ; and his son Thomas Dixey became
his successor.
Ferry Lane. The original way to the ferry was over
the land of Mr. Dixey. When Thomas White conveyed
to Francis Girdler a middle portion of his lot, March 28,
1692, he granted to Mr. Girdler, a way thirty feet wide
and forty-eight rods long from the lot conveyed to the
water, f An extension of this way was gradually made
probably until the common land was reached. This was
called "ye ferry path" in 1686 ; " ye ferry road " in 1707 ;
the highway that leads from Marblehead to Salem ferry
in 1732 ; and ferry lane in 1757. Eighty-three rods from
the ferry landing the road divided, the western branch
running across the common land to Marblehead town, and
*Salem Town Records.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 18, leaf 78.
BY SIDNEY PEBLEY. 343
the eastern to Little harbor. The western branch was
called the highway in 1706 ; the highway which leads to
the ferry in 1728 ; the ferry road in 1731 ; " the way by the
beacon leading into the ferry in 1757" ; the way to the
ferry in 1758 ; Beacon street in 1784 ; and Beacon Hill
road in 1857.
The section of Marblehead lying near the ferry was
early known as The Ferry. In a deed given by Capt.
John Galley, Esq., of Marblehead, mariner, who had a
well furnished house at the ferry at the time of his de-
cease in 1728, he called this place " Ratterpol or more
commonly called y e Ferry in Marblehead." This was hi
1720. He or others probably so named it because of its
resemblance to the English parish of that name, with
which, doubtless, he was familiar.
Richard Reith House. Robert Knight had his water
grist mill here in 1673 ; and he probably lived in the
house that stood here. The house and land came into the
possession of John Harris of Marblehead, fisherman, in or
before 1693 ; and he lived here. May 2, 1695, he con-
veyed the property, for fifty-six pounds, to Richard Reith
of Marblehead, merchant.* Mr. Reith conveyed the
house, barn and lot to Francis Grant, jr., of Marblehead,
fisherman, Jan. 15, 1706-7. f Mr. Grant died, possessed
of the house, barn and land, before Jan. 1, 1712, when
administration upon his estate was granted. The prop-
erty was then valued at eighty pounds. How much
longer the house stood is not known. The mill was prob-
ably gone early ; and the pond was called the old mill
pond in 1785.
Estate of Peter Dolliber Lot. This lot belonged to
Joseph Dolliber in 1687, and to the estate of Peter Dolli-
ber in 1700.
William Peach Lot. John Peach owned this lot in
1687, and died, possessed of it, in the spring of 1694,
having devised it to his son William Peach, who owned
it in 1700.
Eleazer Ingalh Lot. Parnall Bartoll of Marblehead,
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 11, leaf 37.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 20, leaf 198.
344 MAEBLBHBAD IN THE YEAR 1700. NO. 8.
widow and administratrix of the estate of John Bartoll,
deceased, and their eldest son, William Bartoll, with the
consent of the rest of the children, being apprehensive of
the helpless condition of their son John Bartoll, conveyed
this lot of land to her son-in-law William Lightfoot of
Marblehead, fisherman, Jan. 2, 1687.* Mr. Lightfoot
died, possessed of the estate ; and his son and administra-
tor, John Lightfoot of Marblehead, mariner, for thirty
pounds, conveyed the lot to Eleazer Ingalls of Marblehead
cooper, Nov. 15, 1695.f Mr. Ingalls owned it in 1700.
John nines Lot, John Peach, sr., died in 1684, having
devised this lot to John (son of William) Hines ; and
John Hines owned it in 1700.
Estate of Mark Pitman Lot. Mark Pitman owned this
lot in 1677 ; and died before 1700, when the land belonged
to his estate.
Estate of William Browne Lot. That part of this lot
lying southwesterly of the dashes early belonged to
George Vickery. He removed to Hull alias Nantasket,
and, with his wife Rebecca, for eight pounds and ten
shillings, conveyed that part of the lot to William Browne
of Marblehead, July 17, 1672.$
That part of the lot lying northeasterly of the dashes
belonged to Henry Stacy of Marblehead in 1672. He
removed to Salem, where he was a husbandman, and, for
nine pounds, conveyed this part of the lot to Mr. Browne,
who was then of Marblehead and a fisherman, Nov. 8,
1677.
Mr. Browne died, possessed of the entire lot, in the
winter of 1683-4, and his sons William, Thomas and
John, all of Marblehead, conveyed it to their sister, Deliv-
erance, wife of John Waldron of Marblehead, anchor-
smith, Nov. 18, 1700.||
Thomas Smith Lot. This lot was conveyed by Mr.
Moses Maverick of Marblehead, merchant, to Thomas
Smith of Marblehead, fisherman, June 20, 1671.^[ Mr.
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 7, leaf 154.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 11, leaf 185.
{Essex Registry of Deeds, book 4, leaf 19.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 4, leaf 161.
I! Essex Registry of Deeds, book 26, leaf 144.
TBssei Registry of Deeds, book 4, leaf 17.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 345
Smith died, possessed of the land, in or before the year
1700.
William Peach Lot. This lot belonged to Dorm as Peach
in 1677, and to William Peach in 1700.
Edward Brattle Lot. This lot belonged to William.
Charles, who died in 1672, and to James Dennis in 1686.
It was the property of Edward Brattle, esq., of Marble-
head in 1700.
Richard Reith Lot. Robert Knight of Marblehead
owned this lot in 1652. He removed to Manchester, and
sold six acres of it to Richard Reith of Marblehead Sept.
22, 1686,* and the remainder of the lot, for five pounds
and five shillings, Oct. 20, 1687.f Mr. Reith owned the
whole lot in 1700.
Joanna Codner Lot. This lot consisted of one and one-
half ten-acre lots, the whole lot being the eastern portion
of this lot. It was owned by Abraham Whiteare of Mar-
blehead, fisherman, before 7 : 10 mo. 1652, when he con-
veyed it to Edmond Chapman of Marblehead, shipwright.^
Mr. Chapman died in or before 1664, and the lot belonged
to Joanna Codner, wife of John Codner, in 1700. Mrs.
Codner was probably either widow or daughter of Mr.
Chapman.
Estate of William Bartoll House. This lot was the
western half of the ten-acre lot of Abraham Whiteare of
Marblehead, fisherman, 7 : 10 mo : 1652, when, with the
Joanna Codner lot, he sold it to Edmond Chapman, ship-
wright, and William Bartoll, both of Marblehead.J The
deed was made to Mr. Chapman only. Mr. Chapman
died before Dec. 1, 1664, when John Codner and his wife
Joanna, administratrix of Mr. Chapman's estate, released
their part of the lot to Mr. Bartoll. Mr. Bartoll built
a house upon the lot, and lived there until his death,
which occurred before June 18, 1691, when administra-
tion upon his estate was granted. The house and land
belonged to his estate in 1700. How much longer the
house stood is unknown.
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 7, leaf 86.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 7, leaf 150.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 9, leaf 9.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 7, leaf 140.
346 MARBLEHEAD IN THE YEAR 1700. NO. 8.
Robert Bartlett Lot. This lot of land belonged to Wil-
liam Luckin of Marblehead 18: 5 : 1643, when he mort-
gaged the house and land to Capt. Edward Gibbous.* At
that time the house and lot were in the possession of Wil-
liam Chichester, and also as late as 1652. The house was
apparently gone a few years later, when Henry Cooms
was in the possession of the land. George Bonfield of
Marblehead, fisherman, owned it Jan. 24, 1671, when he
sold it to Robert Bartlett of Marblehead, fisherman, f The
lot belonged to Captain Bartlett in 1700.
Rev. Samuel Cheever Lot. William Luckin of Marble-
head probably owned this lot 18 : 5: 1643, when it was in
the possession of William Chichester. It was mortgaged
on that date to Capt. Edward Gibbons.^ A house then
stood upon the land. Joseph Younges of Salem, mariner,
conveyed the lot to David Corwithen of Salem Sept. 24,
1649 ; and it belonged to Mr. Corwithen in 1656. Henry
Combs died, possessed of the lot, some years later ; and
Moses Maverick of Marblehead, merchant, for seventeen
pounds and ten shillings, conveyed it to Rev. Samuel
Cheever of Marblehead April 22, 1672. || Mr. Cheever
owned it in 1700.
John Oonant Lot. This lot belonged to Lot Conant in
1672. He died Sept. 29, 1674, and in the appraisal of
his estate it was valued at five pounds. It was owned by
his son Lot Conant in 1700.
Francis Q-rant and Susanna G-rant House. This lot of
land was the property of Henry Coombs of Marblehead
very early. He died before 1670, when his widow was
living in the house which stood where its site is marked
on the map. This house was probably gone before 1700.
Half an acre of land, being the northerly corner of the
lot, was verbally given by Mr. Coombs to his son-in-law
Francis Grant and his daughter Susanna, wife of Francis,
before May 4, 1670, when his widow Elizabeth Coombs con-
*Suffolk Registry of Deeds, book 1, page 43.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 14, leaf 270.
{Suffolk Registry of Deeds, book 1, page 43.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 2, leaf 64.
|| Essex Registry of Deeds, book 4, leaf 128.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 347
veyed it to Francis and Susanna. * May 5, 1709, John Dixey
of Marblehead, aged about fifty-three, deposed " that being
a next neighbour to ffrancis Grant of Marblehead afores d
Shoreman and hauing fo been for about forty yeares last
past doe well know that y e Said ffrancis Grant have been
Pofsefsed in his owne right off about half e an acre of land
Situate in Marblehead aforesaid nigh a place known by
y e name of Nogg's head y e Said peice of Land being vp-
land & on which y e Said ffrancis Grant built a dwelling
houfe thirty Odd yeares Since & dwells in y e Same to this
Day & hath pofsest y e Said houfe & Land in his owne
right from & vpon y e first Day of October," 1692, until
Oct. 1, 1704, "as alfoe many yeares before y e year 1692
& Ever Since to y e Day of y e Date hereof without any
molestacon . . Said Land is bounded norwest and west-
erly with Salem Harbour northeasterly Easterly & South-
erly with y e land That was Henry Coombs formerly of
Marblehead Deed." Remember White and Elizabeth
Harrod also testified to the same effect at the same time.f
Mrs. Grant obtained the remainder of the lot by inherit-
ance, probably. How much longer this house stood is
unknown.
John Dixey House, Samuel Dixey House and Estate of
Thomas Dixey House. These lots of land comprised the
estate of Thomas Dixey of Marblehead, the ferryman.
That part of the whole tract lying westerly of the west-
ern dashes belonged to Joseph Grafton of Salem, mariner,
in 1649 ; and he conveyed it to Mr. Dixey Aug. 30, 16584
That part of the premises lying between the dashes early
belonged to Thomas Edwards, a shoemaker, who, by his
wife Elizabeth, as his attorney, for three pounds and one
shilling, conveyed it to David Corwithen, sr., July 9,
1649. Mr. Corwithen, with Richard Curtice and wife of
Salem, for six pounds and ten shillings, conveyed the lot
of upland and meadow to Mr. Dixey June 26, 1656. ||
That part of the lot lying easterly of the eastern dashes
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 3, leaf 115.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 21, leaf 57.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 2, leaf 51.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 1, leaf 6.
|| Essex Registry of Deeds, book 2, leaf 49.
348 MAKBLEHEAD IN THE YEAE 1700. NO. 8.
early belonged to Joseph Younges of Salem, mariner, who
conveyed it to David Corwithen of Salem Sept 24, 1649;*
and Mr. Corwithen, for three pounds, conveyed it to Mr.
Dixey June 26, 1656.f Mr. Dixey died between Feb. 28,
1680, the date of his will, and Aug. 31, 1686, when it was
proved before Governor Andros in Boston. June 29,
1686, two months before the will was proved, the sons
divided the real estate. Their mother was also deceased
at that time, and it is probable that Mr. Dixey had died
some time before that date, the probate of the will, for
some reason, having been neglected. This division was
made as nearly as can be ascertained as shown on the map.
John Dixey had the barn and land around it ; and subse-
quently built a house upon it, which he owned in 1700.
Thomas Dixey had his father's house and the land around
it. He was the successor of his father as ferryman, and
died about July 30, 1691, when the inventory of his es-
tate was taken. The dwelling house, land and "privilege"
were appraised at eighty pounds. He had one ferry boat,
frape road and anchor, all of which were valued at three
pounds. The title was in his estate in 1700. Samuel
Dixey was of Marblehead and a fisherman, and built a
house upon his lot. For three pounds, he conveyed the
house and land around it to Col. John Legg, Esq., of Mar-
blehead, merchant, Aug. 10, 1703.$ How much longer
the house stood is unknown.
Thomas White Lot, Francis Crirdler Lot, William Browne
Lot and Estate of Thomas Galley House. These various
lots of land constituted one lot originally. Thomas Gal-
ley of Marblehead, planter, for fourteen pounds, conveyed
the northern part of this lot to Thomas White of Marble-
head, fisherman, June 17, 1667. The rear part was then
owned by Benjamin Parmiter. William Lake of Salem,
cooper, conveyed to Thomas Galley of Salem, netmaker,
the entire lot Dec. 5, 1670. || Mr. White owned the part
next to the water in 1700.
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 2, leaf 64.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 2, leaf 50.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 16, leaf 75.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 3, leaf 14.
II Essex Registry of Deeds, book 3, leaf 107.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 349
Benjamin Parmiter owned the lot marked " Francis
Girdler " in 1667 ; and Thomas Galley of Marblehead
died possessed of it before May 21, 1678, when Capt.
Samuel Ward and Benjamin Parmiter of Marblehead, over-
seers of the will of Thomas Galley, conveyed that part of
the Francis Girdler lot lying westerly of the dashes, next
the ferry lane, to Francis Girdler of Marblehead May 21,
1678.* That part of the lot of Francis Girdler lying
easterly of the dashes was already owned by Mr. Girdler ;
and he had a dwelling house upon it. He died Sept. ,
1692; and in the inventory of his estate, in 1695, the
house and land were valued at fifty pounds, and his estate
owned it in 1700. George Girdler of Marblehead, fisher-
man, son and administrator of the estate of Mr. Girdler,
lived in this house June 22, 1703, when, as administrator,
he conveyed the estate to John Harwood of Marblehead,
fisherman ;f and on the same day Mr. Harwood recon-
veyed the estate to Mr. Girdler. $ Mr. Girdler died before
Sept. 1, 1715, when Mary Girdler, his widow and admin-
istratrix of his estate, for two hundred pounds, conveyed
the house, barn and land to Capt. John Galley of Marble-
head, mariner. The house was probably standing a score
of years later, but how much longer is not known.
The William Browne lot was a part of the land of
Benjamin Parmiter of Marblehead, and was conveyed by
him to William Browne, jr., of Salem, with the dwelling
house thereon, June 15, 1675. || The house was probably
gone in 1700, when the land belonged to Mr. Browne.
Thomas Galley died possessed of his lot and house in
1674 ; and his son, Capt. John Galley of Marblehead,
mariner, for fifty pounds, released the house and lot to the
latter's brother, James Galley of Marblehead, mariner,
Aug. 1, 1704.^[ The grantee, James Galley, was then
living in the house. How much longer the house stood
is unknown.
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 13, leaf 199.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 58, leaf 250.
JEssex Registry of Deeds, book 58, leaf 249.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 86, leaf 3.
II Essex Registry of Deeds, book 4, leaf 125.
lEssex Registry of Deeds, book 18, leaf 50.
THE ENGLISH ANCESTORS OF JEFFREY ESTY,
OF SALEM, MASS.
COMMUNICATED BY GAY ESTY BANGS OF CHICAGO, ILL.
Jeffrey Esty, the emigrant and founder of the Ameri-
can family of Esty or Estey, settled in Salem, Mass., in
1635 or 1636 where he resided till 1651 when he removed
to Long Island, N. Y. and became a land owner at
Huntington and Southold. He died at Little Neck, Jan.
4, 1659, and in his will mentions his son Isaac and daugh-
ter Catherine, the wife of Henry Scudder.
Jeffrey Esty in all probability was born in 1587, in the
parish of Freston, three and one-half miles south of the
city of Ipswich in the county of Suffolk, England. He
was the eldest son of Christopher and Ann (Arnold)
Easty of Freston, who were married in May, 1586. Chris-
topher Esty died in 1621 and in his will mentions his eld-
est son Jeffery Eastie to whom he leaves money. The
widow Ann, died two years after and in her will she
appoints her son Jeffery Eastie, executor, to whom also
she bequeathed houses in Freston. Jeffrey Esty was the
grandson of Jeffrey Esty of Hintlesham whose name is
given in the Subsidy List of Suffolk as one of those taxed
at Hintlesham in 1568, though he may have been there
much earlier, but apparently he was the only one of the
name in the county at that time. He died in 1592 and
his will, recorded in the Consistory Court of Norwich,
mentions his seven sons, and especially stipulates that his
Bible be given to young Jeffery, the son of his son
Christopher.
Isaac Esty, the son of Jeffrey, the grandson of Christo-
pher and great-grandson of Jeffery of Hintlesham, was
born in Freston in November, 1627. The records of St.
Peter's church give his baptism as " Isaac Eastie, ye sonne
of Jefferie Eastie baptized Nov. 17, 1627." Isaac came
to Salem in 1636 with his father and became a citizen of
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THE ENGLISH ANCESTOB8 OF JEFFREY ESTY. 351
Topsfield in 1651. He was a staunch Puritan and was
ever prominent in the affairs of the community. His
wife was the noted Mary Esty, the Salem witchcraft
martyr of 1692. Isaac Esty died in 1712, at Topsfield.
In 1710, he had deposed in County Court that his age was
" about 82 years."
The name Esty was not a common one in England.
The earliest reference found is in 1484 in the County of
Essex, when Richard Estey made his will at Kelvedon,
leaving a son Richard. Thomas Estey made his will in
1517 at Alresford, in Essex, having a son William and
other children not named. From this county the family
spread into Sussex and Suffolk and Cambridge. In the
former county the same given names occur as in Suffolk.
The most prominent of the name was Rev. George Estey
born in 1565, the son of John Estey of Cambridge. He
was a graduate of Cambridge University, and pastor of St.
Mary's, Bury St. Edmunds in 1601. His son Rev. Benja-
min Estey, from 1627 to 1662, was vicar of West Braden-
ham in Norfolk County.
ESTY WILLS.
Will of Jefferye Estye, parish of Hintlesham, Suffolk,
Co., husbandman, 6 December, 1592, proved 12 October,
1593. Mentions sons John, Edmund, William, Thomas,
Richard, Jefferye and Christopher ; Grandchildren, Jef-
ferye, son of son Edmond ; Margaret Estie and Susan Estye,
daughters of son Edmund ; John, Robert, Jefferye, Anne,
Katherine and Elizabeth, children of son William ; Eliza-
beth, Jefferye, Thomas, Robert and Elizabeth, children of
son Thomas ; John, son of son Jefferye, " when he cometh
into this countrye " ; Jeffery, Annie and Edmund, children
of son Christopher, who was made executor. Son Ed-
mond, supervisor. " My greate Bible shall rema} r ne to
Yonge Jefferye Estye, the sonne of Christopher Estye, if
his father bring him up to learnings so that he shall be
able to use it, or else to Edmund his brother, if he be
brought up to reade it or for default here of, so remayne
to one of the rest of the kindred that can reade and that it
be not sould out of kindred."
Consistory Court, Norwich, Clarke, 328.
352 THE ENGLISH ANCESTORS OF JEFFREY ESTY.
Will of Christopher Eastie, parish of Freston, Suffolk
Co., yeoman, 7" November, 1621, proved by widow Anne,
20 February, 1621-2. Mentions wife ; eldest son Jefferie ;
and sons Edward, Christopher, George, Edmond, Thomas ;
grandchild An Brett ; daughter Elizabeth Eastye.
Ipswich Probate, No. 111.
Will of An Estye, widow, Hoi brook, Sussex Co., 26
May, 1623, proved 10 February, 1623-4. Mentions sons
Jeffery, Christopher, Edmonde the elder, George, Ed-
monde the younge, Thomas ; Ann, wife of George Brett ;
daughter Elizabeth ; grand-daughter An Brett ; Mary,
Christopher and Elizabeth, children of son Christopher ;
servant Constance Ellis.
EASTIE RECORDS FROM FRESTON, SUFFOLK, CO.,
ENGLAND.
Christopher Eastie and An Arnold were married 1st May 1586.
George Eastie, the son of Christopher Eastie was baptised, 10 Dec.
1594.
Edmond Eastie, the son of Christopher Eastie and his wife was bap-
tized the 18th day of October, 1597.
Richard Eastie was buried the 14th day of March, 1599.
Elizabeth Eastie, daughter of Christopher Eastie was baptized the
24th of June, 1601.
An Eastie, wife of Thomas Eastie was buried the 12th of May, 1603.
Thomas Eastie, son of Christopher Eastie was baptized the 23rd day
of June, 1605.
Jeffery Eastie and Margaret Pote (or Pett) were married the 29th of
May, 1606.
Thomas Eastie, sener., was buried the 25th day of April, 1609.
Thomas Eastie and Jane Dwite were married the 6th (or 8th) day
of July, 1611.
Thomas Eastie was buried the 18th day of July, 1611.
Jeffery Eastie, son of Thomas was baptized the first of September,1611.
Edmond Eastie, son of Thomas Eastie was baptized the first of Sep-
tember, 1611.
Christopher Eastie, sener., was buried the 10th day of Nov. 1621.
An Eastie, widow, was buried the last day of May, 1623.
Edmond Eastie, son of Jane Eastie, widow, was buried the 12th of
January, 1624.
Mary, the daughter of Jeffery Eastie was baptized the 17th Febru-
ary, 1625.
The 17th of November, 1627 was baptized Isaac Eastie, the son of
Jeffery Eastie.
NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO
ESSEX COUNTY.
(Continued from Vol. XLVH, page 188.}
At the Superior Court held at Ipswich in the County
of Essex, the last week in June past, two Lads, viz. Jos-
hua Heath, and Abiel Austin, junr. both belonging to
Salem, were indicted foV uttering several false and coun-
terfeit Dollars at Haverhill, and pleaded guilty ; They were
sentenced to pay a fine of 10 lawful Money each, and
suffer 2 Months Imprisonment, and Heath to stand one
Hour in the Pillory, which it is wished may deter others
from the like Crime. It is supposed that the said count-
erfeit Pieces were forced at Salem aforesaid, by a Gang of
wicked Persons combin'd for that end, and that these
Lads were employed by them to put 'em off.
Boston Evening Gazette, July 28, 1760.
To be Sold on THURSDAY the 14th Day of August In-
stant, at the Souse of Mr. Matthew Soley Innholder in Ha-
verhill, by James Pecker, Administrator to the Estate of
Captain John Pecker, late of Haverhill, deceas'd; The
Dwelling House and Land, now improved by said Soley,
known by the Name of the Brick Souse Tavern ; and sundry
House Lots besides ; all very conveniently situated in said
Town, near the Old Meeting House. The Sale to begin at
Two O'Clock on said Day,
Boston Evening Gazette, Aug. 1, 1760.
We hear that Joseph Dowse Esq ; is confirm'd in the
Office of Surveyor and Searcher of his Majesty's Customs
for the Ports of Salem and Marblehead ; in the Room of
Jonathan Pue, Esq ; deceased.
Boston Evening G-azette, Aug. 11, 1760.
The following is a List of the Master's Names, which
Capt. Hill who arrived here last Week from the West In-
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354 NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX COUNTY.
dies left in Martineco Goal, the 29th of May last Capt.
Peter Green in a Sloop from Marblehead, Capt. Cardie of
Salem [and 14 others, not Essex County vessels].
Boston Evening Gazette, Aug. 25, 1760.
We hear from Newbury, that John G-reenleafe, Esq ;
formerly one of the Members of His Majesty's Council
for this Province, died there very suddenly, on Thursday
last, in the 67th Year of his Age.
Boston Evening Gazette, Aug. 25, 1760.
Newbury, Aug. 25, 1760.
Last Thursday Morning died the Honorable John
Greenleaf, Esq ; who, for many Years, was one of His
Majesty's Council, and Colonel of a Regiment. A Gen-
tleman of great Integrity, in whom there was an Assem-
blage of those Virtues and Accomplishments that render'd
him very serviceable in his publick Stations, amiable to
his Consort and Friends, honour'd by his Family and oth-
ers, who value Men according to their Merit; one whom
few equal'd, and the best might imitate, tho' towards the
Close of Life, his Righteousness was bro't forth as the
Light, of which others would have been carefully adver-
tiz'd, had every one that knew it took as much Delight in
Duty, as some do in Slander.
Boston Evening Gazette, Sept. 1, 1760.
Friday last Capt. Lee arrived at Marblehead from Ca-
diz ; on his Passage thither, he was taken by a French Let-
ter of Marque, bound from the West Indies to Calais in
France, but ransomed his Vessel.
Boston Evening Gazette, Sept. 1, 1760.
Notice is hereby given to all Persons licenced and per-
mitted to sell spirituous Liquors, Limes, Lemmons, and
Oranges, Wine &c. within the County of Essex, and Im-
porters of the same, That Attendance will be given to re-
ceive the Excise due from them at the following Times
and Places, viz. Those of Salem, Danvers, Topsfield, Lynn
and Beverley, at the House of Mrs. Hannah Pratt, Inn-
holder in said Salem, on the 26th & 27th Days of Septem-
ber Current. Those of Marblehead at the House of John
NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX COUNTY. 355
Read, Innholder in said Marblehead, on the 29th & 30th
Days of said September. Those of Newbury, Amsbury and
Salisbury, at the house of Mr. William Davenport, Innhold-
er in Newbury, on the 7th Day of October next. Those of
Ipswich and Rowley at the House of Mrs. Susanna How,
Innolder in said Ipswich, on the 9th of said October. Those
of Haverhill and Bradford at the house of Mrs. Hannah
Foster, Innholder in said Haverhill, on the 14th of said
October. Those of Andover and Methuen at the house of
Mr. Henry Abbot, Innholder in said Andover, on the 16th
of said October. And those of Gloucester, at the House of
Mr. James Brown, in said Glocester, on the 24th of said
October. And all Persons concern'd are desir'd to attend
punctually, as they would avoid the Penalty of the Law.
DANIEL EPES, Junr. Commissi'r.
Danvers, September 16, 1760.
Boston Evening Gazette, Sept. 22, 1760.
Last Tuesday Morning came to an Anchor off Newbury
Bar, a large Ship, supos'd to be His Majesty's Ship Crown
of 40 Guns, bound to Piscataqua in Order to Convoy
Home the Mast-Ships, as she sail'd from Halifax, three
Days before the Winchester.
Boston Evening Gazette, Oct. 6, 1760.
WHEREAS a Massachusetts Province Note, No. 443,
Dated the 6th Day of March, 1760, payable to John Nixon,
Esq ; or Order was purchased by Peter Van Burgh Liv-
ingston, Esq ; of New York, and inclosed by said Livingston
in a Letter directed to William Browne, Esq ; in Salem in
New England, the 19th Day of June last; which Letter
was then put into the Post Office at New York, but as yet
is not come to Hand, nor to be found in the Post-Offices
either at New York, Boston or Salem. 1 the Subscriber
do hereby promise to pay Twenty Dollars as a Reward to
any Person who shall make Discovery to me of said Let-
ter and Note. And all Persons are hereby forewarned of
purchasing said Note, as the Treasurer of this Province
will stop Payment of the same.
WILLIAM BROWNE.
Boston Evening Gazette, Oct. 20, 1760.
356 NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX COUNTY.
Newbury, November 4, 1760.
Thursday last died here of a lingering Disorder, and
Yesterday were decently inter'd the Remains of Mr. Wil-
liam Farnham, only Son of Daniel Farnham, Esq ; of this
Town, in the 16th Year of his Age ; a young Gentlemen
whose rising Genius, and growing Virtues, justly rendered
him the agreeable Hope of all his Friends ; as his Temper
was remarkably sedate, so his Practice was uncommonly
regular ; and as his Character was intirely unblemish'd, so
his Person was, by his Acquaintance, universally belov'd.
He was in the second Year of his Academic Life at Har-
vard College, and had he liv'd to finish those Studies, he
so happily begun, he would doubtless have prov'd himself
in his future Conduct, a great Blessing to the World, as
well as an Honor to that Society of which he was already
an Ornament.
Boston Evening G-azette, Nov. 10, 1T60.
The Managers of Newbury Lottery No. Four hereby
Notify the Public That they are Ruling and making the
necessary preparations for Drawing, and that they will
very soon fix upon a Day for that Purpose, of which the
Public will be Advertised. And inasmuch as the great
Benefit of the Bridge, for the building of which this Lot-
tery was granted, is daily experienced, to compleat which
the Managers merely for the Public Good : have expended
a very Considerable Sum more than has been yet raised;
And as the Lottery is well calculated for Adventurers,
there being many valuable Prizes, and but Two Blanks to
a Prize. They therefore hope for a quick Sale of the re-
maining Tickets from the Principles both of Generosity
and Gain.
Tickets may be had of Ebenezer Storer, Esq ; Mr. Tim-
othy Newell, Messi'rs William $ James Jackson, Mr. Thom-
as Bromfield in Boston, of the Managers at Newbury, and
of the Printers hereof.
Boston Evening G-azette, Dec. 15, 1760.
Lost on the 5th Day of December last, in about the Mid-
dle of the Town of Andover, a good Silver Watch, Maker's
Name Robinson, the Face Scollopt a Stone Set in Silver,
NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX COUNTY. 357
and Brass Key. Whoever has taken it up, and will bring
it to the Printers hereof, or to me the Subscriber, shall
have TWO DOLLARS Reward. Asa Forster.
N. B. If it be offer' d for Sale, it's desired it may be
stopt.
Boston Evening Gf-azette, Jan. 12, 1761.
Laying at Newbury, and to be Sold. The Brigantine
Good Fortune, upwards of an Hundred Tons Burthen, but
Three Years old, with all her Appurtenances a prime Sailor;
Inquire of the Printers hereof, or Col. Bagley of Newbury.
Boston Evening Gazette, Jan. 19, 1761.
Capt. Furlong late of a Schooner bound from Quebec
to New York, arrived here last Wednesday Passenger in
a Vessel from Halifax and informs that after he left the
River St. Laurence he met with very bad weather, which
obliged him to lay to, when on the 13th of November at
ten o'Clock at Night his Vessel drove on Isle Sable : He
had on board Major Elliot with his Lady, and a Party of
about 50 Regular Troops, who all got on Shore safe ex-
cepting two of the Seamen that were drowned : When
they landed they found the company of another Schooner
which had been cast away a few Days before, one Potter,
Master, belonging to Ipswich, and was bound from Louis-
bourg for Boston : There being no Place of Habitation
or Wood for Fuel, on the Island, they took the Sails of
the Vessel, to make a Covering, and Pieces of the Wrecks
served for Firing, it being exceeding cold Weather :
There were a Number of live Cattle on the Island ; but
they saved little or no Bread, nor indeed scarce any
Thing that belonged to the Vessels. After being 7 Weeks
in this deplorable Condition, they discovered a Marble-
head Schooner making towards them ; but the Sea run-
ning high and the Weather very boisterous, only the
above Capt. Furlong and some of the Seamen could get
on board : they immediately sailed for Halifax, leaving
the Major with his Lady and about 50 others behind, who
were in Health, except Capt. Potter.
The above Marblehead Schooner was fitted out by the
People of that Place, in quest of one of their Fishing
358 NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX COUNTY.
Schooners, which had been missing from the Banks the
last Fishing Season, and supposed to be on the above
Island Sables ; but tho they had not the Pleasure of find-
ing their Brethren there, yet they came very opportunely
for the Relief of others in Distress. Upon the Arrival
of the above at Halifax, Commodore Lord Colvill ordered
one of the Tenders to accompany the Marblehead Schoon-
er, which was taken into Pay, to proceed immediately to
Island Sable to bring off those that were left behind.
Boston Evening G-azette, Jan. 26, 1761.
By a Vessel arrived at Marblehead in a short Passage
from the West Indies, we learn, That Capt. Henry Elkins
of Salem on his Passage from Gibraltar to West Indies,
was lately cast away on the Grand Corcasses : the Vessel
and Cargo entirely lost.
Boston Evening G-azette, Feb. 16, 1761.
JONATHAN & JOHN AMORY In King Street, a
little below the Town-House, Have just open'd a very
large Assortment of Goods suitable for the Season, almost
every Article of which may also be had At their Shop at
SALEM, in the House where the Honourable TIMOTHY
LINDAL, Esq., deceased, lately dwelt near the Friend's
Meeting-House, which they will sell by Wholesale or Re-
tail, at very low Prices for Cash or Treasurer's Notes, on
which they will allow what Interest may be due, Viz. A
Variety of black figured silk for capuchins and cardinals
[here follows a long list of fabrics, trimmings, etc.].
Boston Evening G-azette, Feb. 16, 1761.
Last Friday the 20th of February, about 3 in the Af-
ternoon Died at Salem with the Small Pox, at the Public
Hospital, Mrs. Ann Fisk aged about 49 Years, the desira-
ble and much lamented Consort of the Rev. Mr. Samuel
Fisk a Daughter of the late Mr. John and Mrs. Elizabeth
Gerrish of Salem and the Hon. Col. John Higginson of
Salem, and the Day following was decently interred in
the Burying Ground belonging to the Hospital. Her
Funeral was attended by the Rev. Mr. Gilchrist.
Boston Evening Gazette, Feb. 23, 1761.
(To be continued.)
INDEX.
Abbot,Benjamin,290.
Henry, 355.
Capt. John, 181.
Capt. Jonathan,181.
Aberdeen, 24.
Abigail (sloop), 257.
Abington, Mass., 311.
Acasta (ship), 21(2),
189, 191(2), 192,
196, 239, 248(2).
Acton, Mass., 311.
Adams, Elizabeth,175,
177, 283.
Enoch, 135.
Enoch, jr., 28.
Isaac, 145, 261, 264,
269, 273.
John, 112(3), 113,
205, 312.
John Quincy, 312.
Jonas, 290(2).
Jonathan, 130.
Samuel, 113, 115.
Adderly, Mr., 333.
Aeolus (ship), 20, 22-
24, 190, 239.
Africa (ship), 20, 22,
24.
Albion (ship), 21(2),
196(2), 237, 242,
248(3), 249(2).
Alexander, James, 38.
Alicant, 24.
Allen, Gen., 305.
Widow, 32, 39.
Ezekiel, 221.
Rev. George, 306.
George H., 290.
Joanna, 132.
Dr. Justin, 220, 221
(2), 222.
Robert 132(2).
Sally (Roberts),221.
Stephen, 191.
Timothy, 75, 77(2).
Zebulun, 132.
Alpha (ship), 248.
Ames, Mrs., 112.
Ames, Jonathan, 111
(2),112.
Joseph, 329.
Mary, 145, 176.
Moses, 329.
Nathan, 144, 285.
Priscilla, 285.
Amherst, Mass., 302.
Amherst, N. H., 307.
Ammen, Gen., 98, 99.
Amory, John, 358.
Jonathan, 358.
Anderson, John, 192,
336(2).
Col. Nicholas Long-
worth, 99(2).
William C., 240(2).
Andover, Mass., 27,
309, 313, 355.
Andrews, Daniel, 103.
Joseph, 74, 119.
Mary, 74.
Andros, Gov., 348.
Angell, Angel, Col.,
42, 45.
Appleton, Col. John,
108.
Apthorp, Robert, 333.
Aquart, B., 255.
Arab (ship), 242.
Archer, John. jr., 290.
Nathaniel, 290.
Samuel, 290.
Armide (ship), 237,
247.
Arnold, An, 352.
Ash, S. C., 147.
Ashby, George, 131.
Ashton, Philip, 76.
Sarah, 156.
William, 76.
Asia (ship), 245, 249.
Aslett, John, 322.
Atalante (ship), 192,
196, 238, 244.
Atkins, J., 196.
William, 187.
Atkinson, G., 238.
Atwood, Mrs., 29.
Widow, 35.
A., 133, 265.
Aaron, 33, 34(2), 35,
263.
Augustus H., 36.
Benjamin, 30, 144,
285.
Bradley, 147.
Daniel, 35.
George, 34, 35(2).
Hannah, 169.
James, 138(2).
Jesse, 31, 33(2).
John, 31(2), 37, 137,
138, 169(6).
Joseph, 137, 143.
Joseph, jr., 137.
Mary, 143.
Molly, 285.
Moses, 35, 138.
MosesP.,30(2),33(2).
Widow S. P., 29.
Samuel, 139.
Simeon, 28, 29, 32,
35(3), 37, 39.
Simeon, jr., 35, 36.
Simeon, sr., 276.
William, 148, 277.
William, jr., 139.
Augusta, Me., 306.
Austin, Austen, Abiel,
jr., 353.
John, 21.
W., 192.
Averill, John, 213.
Nathaniel, 213.
Ayer, Ayers, Ayres,
Elizabeth, 325.
John, 337.
Mehitable, 329.
Rachel, 325.
Samuel, 325.
Bacchante (ship), 190.
Bachellor, George H.
A., 147, 148, 261
(3), 271, 272.
(359)
360
INDEX.
Bachellor, William,
147.
Bacon, George, 32, 39.
John, 147, 148.
Josiah, 32(4).
Miall, 290.
Samuel, 32(2), 255,
290(2).
William, 135, 136.
Bagley, Col., 357.
Col. Jonathan, 211.
Bailey, Baley, Bayley,
Amos, 279, 281.
G., 245.
Hannah, 27, 176,
284.
James, 133, 135.
John, 77.
Jonathan, 174.
Joseph, 180.
Lavinia, 261(2), 262
(2).
Merrill B., 217.
Moses, 35.
Nathan, 26.
Kachel, 331.
Dea. Richard, 26.
Sarah, 279.
Lt. Thomas, 143.
William, 276.
Bainbridge, Mr., 333.
Baker, A., 237.
J. W., 190.
Jonathan, 203.
Rebecca, 64.
Balch, Mr., 276.
Abigail B., 140.
Wid. Abigail B., 40,
268.
Benjamin, 148, 271.
Betsy, 331.
David, 204.
David, 3d, 224.
David Lowell Dear-
born, 225.
Esther, 204.
Freeborn, 27.
Humphrey, 220.
Mrs. Humphrey,
220.
Israel, 225.
Dr. Israel, 224(2).
Israel Daniel Per-
kins, 225.
John, 135.
Balch, Jonathan, 28,31
(2), 34, 35, 36, 39,
269.
Leonard, 134(2),135,
139.
Mara, 225.
Wid. Mary, 204.
Samuel, 25, 262.
Sarah (Peabody),
224.
Thomas H.,26, 139.
W. S., 275(3).
William, 26(3), 81,
39, 40, 169, 269.
Dea. William, 26.
Rev. William, 26,32
(2), 169.
William H., 34, 35,
135.
William S., 25(3).
Baldwin, Elida, 21.
Bancroft, Daniel, 118.
Bangor, Me., 314.
Bangs, Gay Esty, 350.
Banks, J. A., 147.
James A., 145, 146,
271, 273(2).
Joseph, 264.
William, 269.
Barbadoes, 21, 64, 102.
Barber, N., 22.
Barker, Esther, 169.
Jedediah, 144.
Sarah, 179, 287.
Barnard, Rev. John,
79(2).
Thomas, 64.
Barnells, Messrs. ,309.
Barnstable, Mass., 309.
Barossa (ship), 239.
Barrossa (ship), 192.
Barrett, , 172,336.
Samuel, 171.
Barry, William, 256
(2).
Bartlett, Bartlet,
Captain, 346.
Anna, 130.
Christopher, 325(2).
Dean R., 146(2), 271,
273.
Elizabeth, 262.
Jonathan, 262, 325.
Mary, 325, 332.
Mehitable, 325.
Bartlett, Robert, 346
(2).
Walter Price, 339.
William, 130(2),259.
Bartoll, Bartol, John,
344(2).
Parnall, 343.
Sally Lindsey, 78.
William, 344,345 (4).
Barton, Barten, Col.,
51, 56, 57.
J., 64.
Batchelder, Doctor,
220.
Mr., 331.
Mrs., 217.
Capt. George, 256.
Capt. Jacob, 217.
John, 290.
Dr. Joseph Cum-
mings, 217(2).
Mary (Cummings),
217.
Batchelder (sloop),
260.
Bateman, Mr., 271.
John, 255.
Bath, Me., 20, 308.
Batingal, Capt. Roger,
336.
Batter, Edmond, 82.
Baupen, A., 195.
Bayonfc (ship of war),
126.
Beadle, Lemmon, 107.
Beale, Martha, 130.
Beautier, Mark, 333.
Becket, Mass., 313.
Beckford.George, 290.
T., 191.
Beekman, John, 333
(2).
Beggarly, Mrs., 198.
Belchertown, Mass.,
313.
Belvidera (ship), 20,
22, 23, 24.
Belvin, B., 21.
Benson, Joseph, 261.
Bentley, Dr., 213.
Rev. William, 308.
Berry, Wid., 290.
Bessom, Philip, 242.
Betsey (brigantine),
339.
INDEX.
361
Betsey (sloop), 254.
Beutineau & Tilley,
383.
Beverly, Mass., 307,
312.
Bibbin, J., 190.
Bickford, Ebenezer,
840.
Birkbeck, Charles,
338.
Blackall, Clarence H.,
122.
Blackinton, Pente-
cost, 90.
Blackler, Elizabeth,
163(2), 164.
John, 163(2), 164.
William, 130.
Blaisdel, Blasdell,
Wid., 138.
Abigail, 329.
Abner, 329.
Anna, 329.
Dinah, 329.
John, 329.
Mary, 329.
Mehitable, 329.
William, 329(2).
Blake, , 43(2).
C., 196.
William & Co., 316.
Blake Bell Co., 303,
307, 309.
Blanchard, Amos,316.
Blaynr, Thomas, 290.
Blyden, N. D., 245.
Boardman,Daniel,148.
Boardman & Pope,
309.
Bodger, , 336.
Bogman, B., 237.
Boles, O., 239.
Bollard, C., 245.
Bond, Hannah, 169.
Rebecca, 169, 173.
Richard, 121.
Bonet, , 127.
Bonfield, George, 160,
346.
Boober, , 63.
Borer (ship), 23, 245.
Boscawen, N. H., 304.
Boston, Mass., 20(2)-
23(4), 24(2), 302,
303, 308, 315.
Boston (frigate), 302.
Bowden, Hannah, 94
(4).
John, 78.
Mary, 78.
Michael, 94.
Bowditch, Eben, 290.
Ebenezer, jr., 258.
Thomas, 256.
Capt. Thomas, 230.
Bowdoin, James, 113.
Bowen, Col., 42, 44,
53, 54.
Doct., 46.
Abigail, 86.
Anna, 86.
Ashley, 86.
Edward, 86(4), 87
(3), 90(2).
Capt. Edward, 87.
Elizabeth, 86.
James, 87.
Mary, 86.
Nathan, 85, 86(2),
87(3).
Sarah, 86, 87(2).
Thomas, 81.
William, 87(5).
Bowers, Lloyd, 242.
Bowery, Joshua, 203.
Bowley, Gideon, 244.
Bowman, J., 191.
Boxer (ship), 22, 194
(2), 243.
Boyd, John, 242, 257.
Boylston, Mass., 311.
Boynton, Mr., 145.
Charles, 29(2).
David, 279.
E., 27, 144.
Enoch, 144.
Mary, 173.
Moses, 135.
Samuel, 277.
Bradford, , 333.
W., 244.
Bradford, Mass., 26,
302.
Bradley, Abigail, 325.
E., 190, 246.
Elizabeth, 325.
Isaac, 325(2).
John, 325.
Joseph, 277.
Lidia, 325.
Bradley, Mehitable,
325.
Meriam, 325.
Moses, 325.
Nathaniel, 325.
Ruth, 325.
Bradstreet, Dr., 226.
Abigail (Porter),
224.
Elizabeth (Capen),
206.
Henry, 224.
John, 206.
Joseph, 205, 206(5).
Dr. Joseph, 205(4).
Dr. Nathaniel, 224
(2).
Simon, 206.
Gov. Simon, 205.
Braga, Robert N.,246.
Bragdon, , 274.
Braintree, Mass., 310.
Brand, William, 102(3).
Brattle, Edward, 85
(2), 345(2).
Mrs. Mary, 85(3).
Braybrook, Samuel,
203.
Bream (ship), 23, 190,
193, 236, 238, 240,
243(2), 247 .
Brett, An, 352(2).
Ann (Estye), 352.
George, 352.
Bretton, David, 290.
Brewer, Nathaniel,
257.
Thomas, 290.
Bridgeport, Conn. ,21.
Bridgewater, Mass.,
304, 306, 308, 312.
Bridgham, Jonathan,
155(2).
Brighton, Mass., 310.
Brimblecome, Brim-
blecom, Jane, 90.
John, 90, 92, 93(2).
Philip, 92, 93(5).
Samuel, 90, 93.
Sarah, 93(2).
Tabitha, 93.
Briscoe, Robert, 307.
Bristol, R. I., 48,49,50,
51, 52, 54, 61, 309.
Broke (privateer),237.
362
INDEX.
Bromfield, Thomas,
356.
Brookfield,Mass., 305,
315.
Brooks, Anty, 190.
Peter Chardon, 306.
Broughton , Ma j or, 185.
Brown, Col., 230, 231.
Mrs., 135.
Abigail, 145.
Benjamin, 146, 148.
Charles, 87, 262.
Daniel, 313.
J. N., 276.
James, 253(2), 254,
355.
Jesse, 145.
Capt. John, 63, 64,
276.
John, jr., 30, 32-34,
37(2), 39, 263.
John E., 265, 267.
Lois, 145.
Mary M., 87.
Moses, 224.
Nathaniel, 338.
Samuel, 63, 145.
Thomas, 338.
William, 81(2), 145,
154(5), 290.
William J. 271,
273(2).
Browne,Benjamin, 63,
64.
John, 64, 344.
Capt. John, 63.
Mrs. Rebeccah, 63.
Samuel, 63, 64, 108.
Col. Sam., 108.
Col. Samuel, 161(2).
Major Samuel, 63.
Sarah, 63.
Thomas, 344.
William, 63, 103,344
(5),348,349,355(2).
William, jr., 349.
Brnne (ship), 249.
Buckner, Gen., 97(2).
Buell, Gen., 96, 97(2).
Buffnm, Buffom, Jo-
seph, 290.
Joshua, 101.
Robert, 290.
Bnlfinch, , 314.
Charles, 307.
Bullivant, Dr., 204(2).
Dr. Benjamin, 105.
Bulmer, Robert, 25.
Bulwark (ship), 23,
24, 195, 241, 242,
244.
Buntin, Benjamin,
256(2).
Bur, S., 195.
Burback, M. 241.
Burbank, , 142.
Abraham, 267.
Benjamin, 80, 31,
38, 266.
Benjamin, sr., 30,
31.
Widow Bethiah, 30.
Capt. Caleb, 145.
Capt. E., 267.
Ebenezer, 169, 282.
Capt. Eliphalet,267.
Fitts William, 30,
37, 262.
Hannah, 170, 174.
John, 282.
John T. 31, 36, 87.
Martha, 168, 170.
Mary, 171, 176.
Nathan, 145.
Ruth, 170, 175.
S. N., 274.
Samuel, 30, 180, 272.
Maj. Samuel, 142,
273, 276.
Samuel N., 30.
Stephen, 13,136,143.
Timothy, 31, 134,
172.
William, 36(2), 139.
Burgess, Burges, A.
L., 21.
John, 339.
Burlington, Vt., 815.
Burnet, William, 110.
Burnham, Burnam,
Burnum, Dr.
Choate, 220.
Joseph, 40, 128.
Thomas, 822.
Burns, Benajah, 274
(2).
George, 132, 260(2),
339
Martha, 260.
Burpey, Mary, 285.
Burton, John, 193.
Bussey, B., 314.
Butrick, William, 148.
Buttle, Leonard, 318.
Buttler, William, 131.
Buzi (schr.), 248.
Cabot, Francis, 290.
Francis, & Co. 290.
George, 296.
Joseph, 290.
Joseph S., 121.
Cadiz, 22.
Cairns, J., 242.
Calcraft, John, 130.
Callender, Capt. ,43-45.
Galley, James, 349(2).
Capt. John, 162, 164,
343, 349(2).
Richard, 285.
Samuel, 256, 260(5).
Sarah (Palmer),285.
Thomas, 348(3), 349
(3).
Cambridgeport, Mass.
309.
Campbell, William,
290.
Candler, Susan W.,
76(2).
Canney, Jane, 323.
Joseph, 323(2).
Mary, 323.
Thomas, 323.
Capen, Rev. Joseph,
206.
Carder, John, 250,
251(3).
Joseph, 252.
Cardie, Capt., 354.
Carey, R., 246.
Carleton, Carlton,
274.
Benjamin, 262, 270.
Caroline, 271.
Eben, 134, 140, 271
(2), 273.
Edward, 274.
Enos, 30.
George, 134, 135,
262, 271(2).
George P., 30, 35,
39, 135.
John, 261, 262.
Joseph, 277.
INDEX.
363
Carleton, Dea. P., 143.
Phineas, 261(2), 274,
275(2).
Samuel, jr., 254.
Sarah, 171, 277.
Thomas, 148(2),261,
274.
Thomas, jr., 274.
William H. C., 272.
Carr, Car, Capt. 53.
G.W., 192.
Carrey, William, 58.
Carter, Elizabeth,
157(2).
R., 238.
Sylvester, 39.
Oarva, F. Jose, 196.
Carver, Adjt., 42.
Capt., 61.
Castine, Me., 307.
Cave, Elizabeth, 204.
Cavendar, John, 42(2).
Chace, see Chase.
Chad wick, D., 236.
Dea., 38.
Molly, 38.
Champion & Hayley,
253(2).
Champlin, Col. 54, 55.
Chandler, Abiel, 181
(4).
Hannah, 181.
Capt. Joshua, 181.
Rev. Joshua, 181.
Chaplin, L., 239.
Chapman, Benjamin,
128.
Edmond, 345(7).
William, 196.
Charles, William, 345.
Charles Doggett( brig>,
96.
Charlestown, Mass,
307, 309, 313.
Charlestown, N. H.,
314.
Charlton, Edward, jr.,
330.
Hannah, 330.
Charming Polley
(sloop), 129, 131.
Charybdis (ship), 240.
Chase, Chace, Abner,
145(2).
Daniel, 61.
Chase, Ebenezer, 61.
Frederick, 27, 28.
Merrill, 39.
Metephor, 28.
William N., 265.
Chavvyn, John, 340.
Checkley, Anthony,
105.
Cheever, Chever,
Eben, 290.
Rev. George B., 120.
Samuel, 252.
Rev. Samuel, 160(3),
163(4), 250, 252(2),
346(3).
Chellis, Hannah, 331.
Cheney, Abigail, 180,
288.
Mary, 179, 287.
Nabby, 28.
Peter, 28, 31(2), 139,
179.
Susanna, 282.
Thomas, 139.
Chesterfield, N. H.,
315, 316.
Cheswicke, , 23.
Chichester, William,
346(2).
Childs, Dr., 318.
Chillson, Mary, 157.
Walsingham, 157.
Chinn, Elizabeth, 157.
George, 157(8).
John, 156, 157(4).
Rebecca, 157(3).
Chisemore, Samuel, 38.
Choate, Doctor, 210,
220(5), 221.
David, 219.
Dr. David, 219(2),
221.
Elizabeth (Wade),
219.
Joseph, 256(2).
Capt. Joseph, 305.
Rufus, 120, 122.
Chub (ship), 245.
Chubb, Charles, 264.
Church, Doctor, 233.
Benjamin, 235.
Dr. Benjamin, 233.
Clark, Abigail, 156.
Matthew, 155(2),
156(2).
Clark, Nathaniel, 286.
Samuel, 155, 156(2).
Sarah, 169, 173.
Stephen Merrill, 119.
Clarke, Aaron L., 135.
Elijah, 27(2), 32, 37,
40, 145.
Elijah, jr., 28(2), 33,
272.
Wid. Judith, 135.
S., 244.
W., 193.
Clarksville, Tenn., 98.
Clatterie, Richard,
252.
Cleaveland, Dr., 213
(4), 214(3).
Nehemiah, 207, 212
(3).
Dr. Nehemiah, 212.
Parker, 212.
William, 220.
Cleaveland, see also
Cleveland.
Cleaveland(snow),256.
Clegg, James, 253.
Clement, Clements,
Mrs., 326(2).
Abiah, 325(2), 330.
Abigail, 322, 328.
Abijah, 330.
Abraham, 321, 322,
324(2), 326.
Alenar, 329.
Ann, 330.
Anna, 331.
Benjamin, 327, 332.
Deacon Benjamin,
330.
D., 328.
Daniel, 321, 322(2),
324, 325, 328(2).
David, 331(2).
Dorcas, 327.
Edmund, 326.
Edward, 177, 326(2).
Elizabeth, 325, 326
(2), 330(3).
Ezekiel, 326.
Fawne, 324, 326(2).
Hannah, 323, 330(2),
331.
Israel, 332.
Jacob, 331(2).
James, 325, 327(2).
364
INDEX.
Clement, Jeremiah,
326(2), 331.
Job, 317, 321(2), 322
(2), 323(3), 324(4),
325,327(6), 328(2).
Jobe, 325, 329.
John, 317, 318, 320-
323(3), 324, 325(3),
327, 328(2), 330(5),
331(2).
Jonathan, 324, 327,
330, 331(2).
Joseph, 327, 328,
330.
Lydia, 317, 322(2),
323(2), 324, 326.
Margaret, 323, 325.
Mariana, 329.
Mary, 317, 322, 323
(2), 324(2), 325,
329, 331, 332(2).
Mary (Dodge), 212.
Mehitable, 330.
Miriam, 328.
Moses, 329, 831.
Nathaniel, 324-327,
330, 331.
Obadiah, 329.
Percival W., 328.
Priscilla, 317.
Prudence, 331.
Robert, 317(5), 318
(3), 319(4), 320(4),
821(2), 322, 323,
324(2), 324(2), 327.
Robert, jr., 317.
Robert, sr., 317.
Ruth, 328(2), 329.
Sally, 331.
Samuel, 325, 327(2)-
329, 331.
Sarah, 317, 322, 323,
327, 328(2), 329,
331(2).
Shuah, 328.
Sobriety, 328.
Stephen, 331.
Susanna, 323, 329.
Thomas, 328.
Timothy, 327, 328
(2), 331, 332.
William, 332.
Cleveland, Rev. John,
212.
Dr. Nehemiah, 210.
Cleveland, see also
Cleaveland.
Clifford, Benjamin,
127, 258.
Clough, Abigail, 283.
Benjamin, 290.
Daniel, 143(2).
Cobb, Frances Dunn,
331.
Cobban, John, 36.
Coburn, David, 134.
Mary, 138.
Codner, Mrs., 345.
Joanna, 345(4).
John, 345(2).
Robert, 81, 83(3).
Goes, Cows, Cowes,
Grace, 80(2), 82.
Michael, 80-82(3).
Rachel, 82(2).
Samuel, 82.
Thomas, 340.
Cogswell, Dr., 139.
Cohasset, Mass., 302.
Colbroth, J., 196.
Colby, J. S. M., 266.
Colley, John, 267.
Cole, Bethiah, 173.
Moses, 36.
Samuel, jr., 173.
Coleman, George, 39.
Coles, William, 130,
335.
Colibrie (ship), 20, 21,
191, 194.
Collett, B., 125.
Colley, T., 241.
Collins, Henry, 125.
Isaac, 61.
Collyer, Samuel, jr.,
253.
Colvill, Com. Lord,
358.
Comey, B. M., 314.
Conant, Mr., 67, 68.
John, 92, 155(2),346.
Lot, 155(3), 346(2).
Concord, N. H., 310.
Concord (schooner),
131.
Condy, Samuel, 82-84,
91(2), 92(2).
Coniff, John, 269.
Connecticut, 47, 52.
Connel, Gabril, 61.
Constitution (frigate),
302, 303.
Converse, Sarah, 322.
Cook, Cooke,Col.,51.
Mr., 321.
Widow, 276.
B., 240.
Edward, 36, 268.
Elisha, 105.
Josiah Parsons, jr.,
227
Silas,' 124, 125.
W., 192.
Coombs, Cooms, Eliz-
abeth, 346.
Henry, 346(4), 347.
Cooper, Thomas, 44,
57.
Cornell, Gen., 55, 56.
Corner, Gabril, 61.
Cornwallis, , 115.
Corn well, Brig., 53.
Brig. Gen., 60.
Gen., 53, 54, 58.
Corwin, Elizabeth,83,
Capt. George, 84(4).
Sheriff George, 105.
Jonathan, 83.
Corwin, see also Cur-
wen
Corwithen, Mr., 346.
David, 346.
David, sr., 347, 348.
Cossack (ship), 241.
Cotes, John, 89(2).
Cotta, Charity, 204.
Cottnam, Mrs., 230.
Cotton, Solomon, 131.
Coulthard, Richard,
335.
Cousins, J., 236.
Cove, Col. Barton, 60.
Covell, Covel, ,41.
Lieut., 50.
Daniel, 193.
Cowes, Cows, see Goes.
Cowpland & Stanly,
339
Cox, Dr., 220.
Coyt, John, 71(2).
Cradock, Rebecca, 158.
Craig, I., 259.
Robert, 325.
Crane, Grain, Col., 43,
45, 47(2), 48, 54.
INDEX.
365
Crane, Lt.W., 22.
Cranfield, Governor,
324.
Cratey.Capt. Andrew,
82, 83(8).
Mary, 83.
Cressitt, John, 326.
Crittenden, ,97(2).
Crocker, L. G., 192.
Crpmbie, Mary, 224.
Thomas N., 145.
Cronin, Peter, 36.
Crosby, Crossby,Prof.
Dixie, 220.
T., 240.
Cross, Abigail, 176.
Benjamin, 270.
Banks, 16.
Crowell, E., 248.
John, 157.
S M 195, 190.
Crown (ship), 355.
Crown Solomon (pri-
vateer), 238.
Crowninshield, Capt.,
334.
George, 120(2), 258,
333.
Capt. George, 255,
290, 337.
Richard, 120(2).
Richard, jr., 119.
Culver, Rev. Mr., 37.
Rev. D., 40.
Cummings, John, 88.
Susannah, 88(2).
Timothy, 88(9).
William, 88, 89(2).
Cundie, Samuel,90(2).
Curlew (ship), 21, 24,
189, 191, 192, 236,
237, 240, 241(2),
243(2), 244, 247.
Currier, Richard, 167.
Samuel, 167.
Curtis, Curtice, ,
138.
E. T., 137, 140.
Enos T., 272.
Francis, 78(2).
Henry, 337.
John, 141, 148.
R., 243.
Richard, 347.
Ruth, 78(2).
Curwen, S., 132, 339.
Curwen, see also Cor-
win.
Gushing, Caleb, 122,
187.
John, 112.
Thomas, 113.
Cutts, Thomas, 308.
Cuyler, Abraham, 333
(2).
Qakin, Daken, Wid-
ow, 143.
Justin, 134, 271.
Daland, see Deland.
Dale, Surgeon-Gene-
ral, 228.
Damon, , 256.
Ezra, 256(2).
Danforth, Danford,
, 283.
Judge, 105, 106.
Eliphalet, 25, 39,
139, 142, 266.
George E., 35.
Micajah, 271-273.
Stephen, 139(8).
Stephen B., 266.
Thomas, 105.
Daniels, Daniel, Ste-
phen, 290(2).
Danielson, Dannilson,
Prudence, 178(2).
Robert, 178.
Danvers, Mass., 307,
313, 855.
Darby, see Derby.
Dart (privateer), 20,
242, 245, 247.
Davenport, William,
355.
Davis, , 327.
Arthur, 334(2).
Daniel, 120.
Israel, 128.
James, 147(2).
Joseph, 274.
Nathaniel, 128.
Susanna, 80, 81(2).
Thomas, 80(2).
Davison, Henry, 244.
Nicholas, 158.
William, 338.
Dawkins, Thomas,
271.
Dawkins, William,264.
Day, J., 237.
Robert, 322.
DeAustrie, L., 238.
Deblois, Gilbert, 253
(2), 254.
Deborah (schr.), 258.
Dedham, Mass., 304,
810, 311.
Deering, Humphrey,
203.
Deland, George, 291.
Delavergne, Benja-
min, 260.
Delaware, 47.
Dennis, Amos, 79.
Elizabeth, 79.
J., 194.
James, 345.
Derby, Darby, Alice,
252
John,' 252(2).
Mary, 331.
Richard, 258,259(2),
260(3), 333, 338.
Capt. Richard, 256,
260, 290, 333.
Richard, jr. & Co.,
255.
Devereaux,Burrill,94.
Elizabeth. 94.
Devorex, John, sr.,
75.
Dewar, Adrew, 256.
Dexter, , 296(2).
Dr., 207(4), 208, 209
(2).
Madam, 208.
Mrs., 207.
Aaron, 295, 296.
Bridget, 207.
Franklin. 120.
John, 207(2).
R., 210.
Richard, 207.
Dr. Richard, 206,
207, 210, 212.
Rev. Samuel, 207.
Lord Timothy, 307.
Winnefred Sprague
207.
Diamond, Aholiab,
160, 161(2).
Edward, 160(4), 161
(2).
866
INDEX.
Diamond, Joseph, 161
(4).
Thomas, 160,161 (3).
William, 161.
Diana (flagship), 98.
Diana (privateer), 257.
Dick, , 256.
James, 255.
Dickinson, Damaris,
169, 172.
Digby, N. S., 23.
Dinsmore, Prudence,
178.
Dixey, Mr., 342(2).
John, 347(2), 348.
Samuel, 347, 348.
Thomas, 342(2), 347
(4), 348(3).
Doak, Benjamin, 78.
Mary, 78.
Dodd, Sarah, 79(2),
80(2).
Thomas, 79, 80.
Dodge, Anna, 332.
Capt. Asa, 146.
Betsy, 225.
Eben, 146(2).
Capt. Israel, 340.
Capt. Larkin, 340.
Dolliber,Doliber, Dol-
liver, Jane, 78.
Joseph, 252(4), 343.
Peter, 343(2).
Dorchester, Mass.,
308, 315.
Dorr, J. W., 32.
Douglas, Dr. William,
203.
Dove, Samuell, 130.
Dove (schr.), 253.
Dover, N. H., 303.
Dover (ship), 196.
Dow, , 34.
Benjamin L., 145.
George P., 222.
Rev. J. M. H., 40.
Dow & Moore, 147.
Downer, Andrew, 285.
Downie, William, 36.
Downing John, 36.
Richard, 291.
Downing &Blyth, 291.
Downs, James,32,273.
Nathaniel, 28, 32,
37, 145, 262, 264.
Downton, William,
103(2).
Douse, , 142.
Joseph, 353.
Dragon (ship), 21(2),
196(2), 237, 245,
248(3), 249.
Dresser, Daniel, 37.
John, 28.
Jonathan, 172.
Leonard. 140.
Sarah, 172.
Solomon, 37.
Driver, Dryver, ,
99.
Capt. 99.
Capt. Michael, 333.
Capt. William,96(4),
100.
Driver,Stephen,& Co.,
291.
Drown, Deacon Shem,
294.
Drummond, A., 237.
Dudley, Governor, 2.
Mary, 168.
Dugoy, Michael, 209.
Duick, Benjamin, 311.
Dummer, Dumer,Mr.,
321.
Margaret, 823.
Nathaniel, 809.
Dun, John, 44.
Dunbar, D., 194.
James, 32.
T. J., 26.
Dunley, James, 31.
Dunnell, Amos, 205.
Michael, 202, 203.
Dunnell, see also
Dwinell.
Dunstable, Mass., 313.
Dunton, John, 204.
Nellie A., 229.
Durant, Isaac, 143.
Durfee, Lt. Col., 59.
Dutch,Rev.Mr.,34,134.
Dutton, Abigail, 283,
284.
Duval, P., 248.
Dwight, Dwite, Jane,
352.
Rev. Mosley, 40.
Dwinell, Dwinel, Dr.,
203, 204.
Dwinell, Abigail, 203.
Amos, 205(3).
Dr. Amos, 205.
Benjamin, 204(2).
Dinah (Brimsdill),
205.
Elizabeth, 204.
Esther Richards,
203.
Hannah, 203(2), 204.
Jacob, 203. 204.
John, 202, 203.
Joseph, 202.
Mary, 202(2), 203,
204(2).
Michael, 202(5),203,
204.
Dr. Michael, 201(2),
202(2), 203, 205(2).
Michael, jr., 202.
Samuel, 204.
Sarah, 203.
Sarah Foster, 204.
Stephen, 203, 204.
Thomas, 202-205(2).
Dwinell, see also Dun-
nell.
Dyer, Capt., 56.
gadie, W., 248.
East Bradford, Mass.,
302.
East Gorham, N. H.,
314.
East Greenwich, R. I.,
54.
Eastman, Rev. J. W.,
38.
Eastport, Me., 21.
East Sudbury, Mass.,
313.
Easty, Eastie, Eastye,
An, 352(2).
Ann (Arnold), 350
(2).
Anne, 352.
Christopher, 350,
352(8).
Edmond, 352(3).
Edward, 352.
Elizabeth, 352(2).
George, 352(2).
Isaac, 350(2), 352.
Jane, 352.
Jefferie, 350, 352.
INDEX.
367
Easty, Jeffery, 350(2),
352(4).
Mary, 204, 352.
Richard, 352.
Thomas, 352(8).
Easty, see also Esty.
Eaton, Eatton, Cyrus,
30.
George, 146.
Lydia, 168, 171.
Thomas, 337(3).
Edding, Capt., 43.
Edgecome, Mary, 163
(2), 164.
Nicholas, 163, 164.
Edlins, James, 65.
Edwards, Elizabeth,
347.
Thomas, 347.
Eldridge,Rev.Mr.,263.
Seth, 260.
Eliza (ship), 304.
Elkins, Capt. Henry,
358.
Elliot, Eliot, Elliott,
Elott,Ellots, ,
142.
Col., 42, 43, 47, 48,
58, 60, 61.
Maj., 357.
Mr., 83.
Mrs., 83.
Nathaniel, 83.
Ellis, Constance, 352.
J., 240.
Thomas, 164, 165,
166(2).
Elsas, Lutas, 29.
Elsey, Hannah, 63.
Elwell, A., 194.
Emerson, Hannah,327.
Hanniel, 179.
Emery, Capt. Ephraim
84, 135.
Moody, 31, 136.
Emulous (ship), 22,24,
192, 238, 243,245.
Endicott, John, 198,
201.
Dr. Zernbbabel, 201.
Endymion (ship), 196.
England, John, 135.
Epervier (ship), 189.
Epes, Eppes, A., 132,
339.
Epes, Daniel, jr., 355.
William, 127, 132,
339.
Erving, see Irving.
Esney, Lewis, 35.
Essex, Mass., 1, 303.
Essex Institute, 96(2),
100(2).
Essex River, 1.
Estabrooks, Ester-
brook, Abijah,119.
Rev. R. D., 40.
Esty, Estey, Estye,
An, 352.
Anne, 351.
Annie, 351.
Rev. Benjamin, 351.
Catherine, 350.
Christopher, 350(3),
351(3), 352(3).
Edmond, 351(2), 352
(2).
Edmund, 351(4).
Elizabeth, 351(3),
352(2).
George, 352.
Rev. George, 351.
Isaac, 350, 351.
Jeffery, 350(8), 351
(8), 352.
John, 351(4).
Katherine, 351.
Margaret, 351.
Mary, 351, 852.
Richard, 351(3).
Robert, 351(2).
Susan, 351.
Thomas, 851(4), 352.
William, 351(3).
Esty, see also Easty.
Etna Bomb (ship), 249.
Exeter, N. H., 304.
Fabins, James, 89(3).
Fairbanks, Charles,
31, 40.
Fall, Otis, 242.
Falmouth, Mass., 308.
Fantome (ship), 189,
190, 192, 238.
Farmer, Alfred, 40.
Farmington Academy
310.
Farnham, Farnnm,
Abraham, 178.
Farnham, Daniel, 187,
356.
Stephen, 136.
William, 356.
Farrow, J. 239.
Fash, G. F. 196.
Favour, P. L., 191.
Fawne, Elizabeth, 324,
326.
John, 326.
Luke, 326.
Fegan, James, 39, 268
(2).
John, 36.
William, 39.
Felch, , 147.
Mr., 148.
D. M., 147.
Daniel M., 146(2),
148, 273.
Felch & Libby, 147.
Fellows, G., 196.
Rufus J., 265.
Felt, , 322.
Benjamin, 291.
George, 89.
J. P., 21.
Joseph B., 3, 7.
Nathaniel, 230.
Felton John, 33, 36,
37, 79.
Mary, 79.
Nathaniel, 103.
Ferguson Archibald,
162(4).
Fernald W., 238.
Fernanda, , 127.
Ferry, John Frances,
57, 58.
Fettyplace, Hannah,
161.
William, 161.
Field, Dr. Joseph,216.
Samuel, 291.
Figit, Mary (Bond-
field), 90.
Peter, 90(3) .
File, Peter, 61.
Fillis, Walter J., 309.
Finch, Elizabeth, 84.
Fish, Capt., 53.
T., 50.
Thomas, 42.
Fisher, Horace N.,
100.
368
INDEX.
Fisher, Lieut. Col.
Horace N., 96.
Dr. Joshua, 310.
Fisk, Ann, 358.
Elizabeth, 203.
Dr. Joseph, 32, 39.
Rev. Samuel, 358.
Fitzwilliam, N. H.,
314, 315.
Flagg, Flag, Col., 50-
52.
Lieut. Col., 48.
Maj., 60, 61.
Flanders, Sarah, 329.
Flint, Simeon, 121.
Floyd, Gen., 97(2.)
Fly (privateer), 191,
193, 194.
Fogg, Mary, 169.
Folly Land, 21.
Foot, Mr., 262.
J. Calvin, 262.
Mary, 37.
Moses, 37, 141, 148,
264, 271.
Rowell, 30, 144,176,
286.
Foote, John, 317.
Ford, J., 23.
1 James, 132, 339.
Forrest, , 97.
Forsey,Benjamin,260.
Thomas, 260.
Forster, see Foster.
Fortune,Anna, 94,165.
Elias, 79, 165(3),166.
Elizabeth, 165.
John, 165.
Mary, 79(2), 165(3).
Rebecca, 165.
Samuel, 165(2), 166.
Sarah, 165.
Fortune (privateer),
125.
Foster, Forster, Abial,
329.
Abram, 203.
Amasa, 148.
Asa, 357.
David, 148, 273, 329.
David B., 272.
David P., 272.
Elijah, 329.
Hannah, 355.
J., 194.
Foster, John, 148,172.
John D., 147, 271.
Jonathan, 148.
Dea. Jonathan, 268.
Joshua, 329.
Meriam, 329.
Moses, 32, 269, 329.
Moses, jr., 32, 34,
275(2).
Runnels, 144, 270.
Ruth, 329.
Samuel, 38, 40, 145,
268, 329.
Sarah, 329.
Stephen, 144, 145.
Fowler,NathanK.,273.
William,33, 134,136.
William H., 37, 135,
262(2).
Fox, Daniell, 335.
Elizabeth, 81.
Nicholas, 81(3).
Framingham, Mass.,
310.
Frankland, , 49,
50(2).
Sir Charles Henry,
152.
Freeman, Isaac, 256.
Freez, Mrs. Dorothea,
326, 327.
French, Doctor, 219,
220, 224.
Dr. Charles Parker,
219(2).
Clarissa (Barnes),
219.
Isaac P., 219.
Jno., 126.
S., 191.
Fris, Isaac, 64.
Frisbec, S., 240.
Friths, , 190.
Frye, Fry, Col. [Pe-
ter], 231.
Thomas, 253, 254.
Fugaca, Antonio, 241.
Fulford, , 195.
Fuller, Abigail, 206.
Enoch, 121.
Timothy, 256.
W. O., 189.
Fullington, J. S., 135.
Furbush, John, 70(2),
71.
Furlong, Capt.,357(2).
Furnace, David,93(4).
Qadd, William, 271,
272.
Gage, Capt., 182.
Governor, 112, 116.
Major, 181(2).
Abigail, 175, 284.
Anna, 329.
Dorcas, 176, 286.
Mary, 283.
Mary, 2d, 175.
Robart, 42.
Sarah, 170(2), 175.
Thomas, 116.
Gale, Ambrose, 77(3),
153(4), 154,156(4),
158, 159(4).
Ambrose, jr., 163
(2).
Ambrose, sr., 163(3).
Benjamin,77(2),154,
329(3).
Daniel, 329.
Edmund, 155, 156.
Hannah, 329.
Moses, 329.
Ruth, 329(2).
Samuel, 329(2).
Gallison, John, 159.
Joseph, 159(2).
Gambier, Samuel,257.
Garbutt, Andrew,223.
Lucy Ann (Dunder-
dale), 223.
Lucy Maud, 223.
Gardner, Gardiner,
Col., 54.
J., 24, 334.
John, 56.
Capt. John, 291.
Jonathan, 126, 333.
Capt. Jonathan, jr.,
126.
Joseph, 291.
Samuel, 103, 126.
William H., 120.
Garner, Nicholas, 258.
Garred, Ann, 90.
Gatchell, John, 73.
Gates, Adj. Gen., 234.
Gen., 54, 55.
Gathorne, Richard,
337.
INDEX.
369
Gavet, Joseph, 291.
Gedney, Will., 108.
Gell, Adjt., 43.
General Smyth (pri-
vateer), 190(2),
195.
George, John, 266(3).
Levi B., 266.
George (privateer),
237.
Georgetown, Mass.,
35.
Georgia, 47.
Gerrish, Col., 234.
Cabot, 339.
Capt. Cabot, 339.
Elizabeth, 358.
Joseph, 187.
John, 358.
Gerry, Elbridge, 116,
233
Thomas, 94(2).
Capt. Thomas, 67.
Gibbons, Capt. Ed-
ward, 346(2).
Gibbs, W., 195.
Gibraltar, 24.
Giddins, John, 131.
Gifford, Robert, 74.
Gilbert, Elizabeth,75.
Gilchrist, Rev., 358.
Gile, Mrs., 29(2).
Judith S., 28, 30.
Wid. Judith S., 33,
136.
Giles, Mrs., 276.
Gill, Mass., 316.
Gillimore, , 293.
Gilyan, Peter, 188.
Girdler, Elizabeth,77,
78.
Francis, 77(2), 342
(2), 348, 349(6).
George, 349.
Mary, 78, 349.
Robert, 77(2), 78(2).
Glasin, J.. 243.
Glass, Richard, 81.
Gleaner (provincial
schr.), 236.
Gloucester, Mass., 3,
308, 309, 355.
Glover, David, 259.
Rebecca, 158.
Godfrey, George, 251.
Good, Sarah, 203.
Good Fortune (brig-
antine), 357.
Goodell, Goodill, Ab-
ner C., 122.
Joshua, 291.
Samuel, 291.
Goodhue, Ebenezer,
291.
Goodrich, James, 37,
141.
John, 31.
Goodwin, John, 125.
Joseph, 255, 258(3).
Nancy, 225.
Goodyear, Jesse, 294.
Gordon, Elizabeth,85.
George, 85.
Nicholas, 85.
Tabitha, 85(2).
Goss, Allen, 37.
Allen H., 34, 185,
269, 271.
Hannah, 134.
John, 37, 134.
John E., 31, 40.
Martha, 134.
Richard, 31, 37.
William, 35.
Gott, , 203.
Gottenburg, 20.
Gould, Doctor, 227(2).
Anna (Brown), 227.
Electa Haynes, 227.
Hannah, 227.
Dr. Humphrey, 227
(2).
James, 258.
Kesiah, 203.
Nathaniel, 260.
Zaccheus, jr., 227.
Gove, Edward, 324(4).
Hannah, 326.
Goyte, John, 72.
Grace, Thomas, 33.
Graf ton, Joseph, 347.
Capt. Joseph, 291.
Joseph, jr., 131, 260
(3).
Graham, Alexander,
337.
D., 191.
W. R., 239.
Grant, Gen., 97(7).
Daniel, 291.
Grant, Francis,346(3),
347(4).
Francis, jr., 343.
James, 260, 291,333.
Susanna, 346(2), 347
(2).
Gray, William, 131.
Greely, Maj. Gen. A.
W., 317, 331.
Anne, 331.
Benjamin, 331.
Clement, 331.
Hannah, 331.
John Balch, 331.
Jonathan, 331.
Joseph, 331(2).
Mollie, 331.
Moses, 331.
Prudence, 331.
Reuben, 331.
Stephen, 331(2).
Green, Gren, ,234.
Col., 54.
Mr., 45.
Charles, 83, 91(2),
92.
Ester, 83.
Capt. Peter, 354.
Samuel, 253.
Greenfield, Mass.,304,
306.
Greenland, N.H., 306.
Greenleaf , Greenleaf e,
Enoch, 92.
John, 354(2)
Mary, 331.
Rebecca, 92.
Greenock, 23, 24.
Greenough, Esquire,
271.
Abby, 136.
Abigail, 140.
Bailey, 137, 138(2).
Benjamin, 133.
Capt. Daniel, 133.
E. & T., 137, 140(2).
Eben, 39, 138(4).
Ebenezer, 139.
Hannah, 145, 271.
J., 137.
James, 137.
John, 134.
Moses, 135.
Myra, 136, 140.
Nathaniel, 134.
370
INDEX.
Greenough, Sally, 31.
Samuel, 133, 138.
Thomas, 138(2), 139.
William, 34, 136,
137, 140(3), 275.
William,sr.,135,136.
Greenwich, R. I., 46,
58.
Greig, John, 336(2).
W., 247.
Gren, see Green.
Grenon, Peter, 334.
Griffin, Capt., 274.
Mr., 146.
Bulah, 135.
Daniel, 135.
Capt. George, 147.
Judith, 147.
Mark, jr., 147(3).
Griffith, Mr., 136.
William, jr., 135.
William, sr., 36.
Griffith, N. H., 34(4),
35.
Gross, Richard, 154.
Gross, William, 161.
Groveland, Mass., 25,
34, 133-148, 261-
276, 302.
Grush, John, 253.
Thomas, 131.
Guerriere (frigate),
303.
Guerriere (ship), 23,
24.
Gunn, Richard, 131.
Guyle, I., 336.
Hacker, Isaac, 291.
Haddock, Charles, M.
D., 227.
Hadley, Michael, 40.
Hague, J., 248.
Haines, Francis, 92
(2), 162(3).
Hale, Mary, 36.
Samuel, 38, 144.
Samuel D., 37.
Halifax, N. S., 20, 22,
24.
Hall, Elihu, 64.
Joseph, 244.
William, 70, 90.
Hallberger, Carl
Frederick, 245.
Hallet, L., 196.
Hallett, Timothy,246.
Hallowell, Me., 302,
306.
Hambelton, James,
42(2).
Hamblen, E., 189.
Hammet, Ephraim,
271.
Hammond, Elias, 164.
Hampton, N. H., 311.
Hancock, John, 115
(3), 116, 117.
Hanley, Robert, 238.
Hanover, Ebenezer,
156(2).
Merriam, 156(2).
Richard, 155,156(2).
Harden, T., 243.
Hardy, Mr., 40.
Widow, 170.
A., 269.
Aaron, 279(2), 283,
284.
Abel, 281.
Abigail, 178(3), 179,
279, 284(2), 285(2),
287(3), 288.
Abner, 32(2), 40,
177, 263(2), 280,
286.
Affa, 283.
Albert S., 267.
Alice, 175(2), 282.
Allen, 135, 139.
Annie, 278.
Amos, 174, 177, 179,
287(2), 288.
Andrew,; 173, 180,
280.
Ann, 168, 170, 173,
180(3), 280.
Anna, 167, 175, 280,
286, 287.
Anne, 281(2).
Apphy, 283.
Arthur Perry, 281,
288.
Asa, 176(2), 284,287.
Asher, 278.
Bailey, 134.
Benjamin, 169(3),
173(2),174,265,266
(2), 267(2), 281(2).
Benjamin, jr., 281.
Bethiah, 173(3), 178,
179, 286.
Hardy, Betsey, 285.
Betty, 280(3), 283,
286(2).
Beulah, 284(2).
C. S., 138.
Catherine S., 137.
Chandler B., 32.
Charles, 265, 281.
Clarissa, 285.
Cyrus, 282.
Damaris, 172.
Daniel, 33, 36, 137
(2), 140, 142, 143,
169(5), 173(2), 270,
278, 279(3), 287.
Capt. Daniel, 172(2).
Daniel, jr., 279.
David, 176, 264(2),
265(2), 267, 283
(5), 286(4).
Deborah,179,180(3).
Diademia, 288.
Dolly, 280.
Dorcas, 172, 174,
282(3).
Wid. Dorcas, 286.
Dorothy, 173, 179,
279.
Dudley, 278.
Capt. E., sr., 142(2).
E. J., 40.
E. Jewett, 136, 264.
Eben, 264.
Eben J., 31,135,144.
Ebenezer, 169, 175
176, 285, 286(2).
Edmund, 170, 175,
176(5), 264(2).
Edmund, jr., 288.
Edna,279(2),284,289.
Eldad, 175, 282.
Eli, 144.
Elijah, 281.
Eliphalet, 173, 274,
278, 279.
Capt. Eliphalet,142,
278(2).
Eliphalet, jr., 286.
Capt. Eliphalet, jr.
271.
Capt. Eliphalet, sr.,
33 270
Elizabeth, 168, 173
(2), 176(2), 178(2),
179, 280, 283, 284
(2), 285, 289.
INDEX.
371
Hardy, Enoch, 33,133,
134, 177, 282(2).
Enos, 282.
Ephraim, 135, 275,
282(2).
Esther, 169(2), 171,
179, 180(3), 286.
Eunice, 172(2), 180
(2).
Ezekiel, 180(2), 279
(2).
Francis, 180(2), 288
(2).
G. Perkins, 264.
George, 169.
Gideon, 175,279,283.
Gilbert P., 40, 135.
Hannah, 169(3),170,
171, 174(6),180(2),
278(2), 279(3), 281
(3), 282, 284, 288,
289(2).
Hannah(Tyler),281.
Henry, 267(3).
Hepzibah, 178(3),
281, 284, 285(2).
Hiram, 144.
Ira, 30, 264.
Irene, 282.
Isaac, 169(5), 173,
175, 277, 279(2),
283, 284.
Isaiah, 180, 280(2),
281.
Ishmael, 278.
Israel, 283.
J. B., 135, 143, 265,
267.
J. Perkins, 263.
Jabez, 282.
Jacob, 168(2), 169
(3), 171(2), 173(5),
180(2), 277,280(2),
289(3).
Jacob, jr., 180.
James, 168, 176, 180
(2), 284(4), 287.
Jane, 175.
Jedediah, 281(2).
Jemima,176, 177(2).
Jeremiah,32-34,173,
179, 280, 286.
Jerusha, 174, 281.
Jesse, 176, 284, 287.
Joanna, 283.
Hardy, Job, 175, 282.
John, 31, 133, 168,
170(4), 171(4), 177
(2)-179,285(2),287.
John B.,35, 37, 137,
264. 265, 267.
John H., 135,137(2),
261.
Jonas, 179, 262, 288,
289.
Jonas, jr., 267.
Jonathan, 34, 37,
146, 177(2), 277,
281, 285(2), 286.
Joseph, 33(3), 134,
167(3), 168(4), 171
(3), 176(3), 180,
277(2), 285(2), 288,
289.
Joseph, jr., 134,277,
289.
Joshua, 27, 281(4),
289.
Josiah, 173, 277,280.
Josiah G., 40, 263,
266.
Judith, 278, 283.
Keziah, 178(2).
Leavitt, 278(3).
Lemuel, 286.
Leonard, 136, 143,
264.
Levi, 176, 285.
Lois, 280.
Mrs. Lois T., 33.
Luther, 262.
Lydia, 171(2), 175,
180,277,279,282(2).
Mancil, 31, 137, 264.
Manly, 39, 142, 278.
Dr. Manly, 35, 141.
Marcy, 283.
Martha, 170(3), 172,
175(4), 176(2), 178,
284, 285.
Mary, 167, 168(3),
169(2), 170(3), 176
(6), 178(2), 278,
281, 283, 285(2),
286(3), 288(3).
Mary B., 39.
Matthew,178(3),287.
Mehitable, 36(2),
172, 177(2), 263,
278, 286(2).
Hardy Mercy,172,175,
279, 283(3).
Meribah, 286(2).
Millicent, 278.
Miriam, 279, 282.
Molly, 283, 285.
Moody, 37.
Moses, 173, 179, 279
(2), 283, 284.
Moses, jr., 279, 282.
Naomi, 176, 287.
Nathan, 133, 174,
263(2), 280, 282.
Nathaniel, 171(2),
174, 177, 178(4),
179, 287.
Nathaniel Kimball,
289.
Nehemiah, 178, 179,
2S3(3), 284.
Nicholas Cheney,
288.
Nilesi 136.
Noah, 284, 287.
Oliver, 179(2).
P., 33.
Parker,32(2),33,280.
Patience, 179(2).
Pattee, 288.
Paul, 281, 285.
Perry, 287.
Peter, 284(2), 288.
Phebe, 173(2), 175,
283, 286.
Philip, 174, 281(3).
Phineas, 175, 265,
279(2), 284(3).
Capt. Phineas, 141,
276, 279.
Polly, 285.
Priscilla, 174(2), 281
(2), 288.
Prudence, 171, 177
(4),178(2),280,287.
Rachel, 173, 179,
280(2).
Rebecca, 172,173(2),
174(2), 278, 279(2),
280(2), 281, 286.
Reuben, 36, 37(3),
175, 262, 265(2),
283(3).
Richard, 170, 171,
177(3), 178(5), 263
(2), 287(3).
372
INDEX.
Hardy, Robert,168(2),
178, 259(2).
Rose, 171, 178, 179
(3), 180(2).
Ruth, 170, 171, 174,
179, 277(2), 282(2),
289.
Sally, 285.
Samuel, 133,134, 137
(2), 168, 170, 171,
174(5), 282, 288,
320.
Samuel B., 136, 263
(2).
Sarah, 167-169(2),
170(3), 171(2),173,
177(2), 277,279(3),
288(2).
Wid. Sarah, 279.
Sewall, 136.
Silas, 285.
Silva, 284.
Simeon, 32(2), 280,
282(3), 285.
Simon, 142, 272.
Solomon, 142, 278,
279, 284.
Stephen, 143,177(4),
288(2).
Susanna, 172(2), 174
(2), 278(2), 285,
286(2), 289(2).
Sylvanus, 32-34, 39,
40, 263, 280.
Tabitha, 176.
Thaddeus, 285.
Theophilus, 168.
Thomas, 167(5), 168
(6), 169(2), 170(2),
171(3), 172(2), 175
(2), 176, 179(3),
180(11), 263-265,
278, 283(3), 284.
Thomas, jr., 168,
175, 282.
Thomas, sr., 168.
Timothy, 35, 176,
285(3), 286.
Dea. Timothy,33(2)-
35, 285.
Timothy, jr., 265.
Tyler, 135, 140.
William, 168(2), 169
(3), 170(3), 172(4),
176(2), 279(2).
Hardy, Dea. William,
174.
William, sr., 170.
William, 3d, 174.
William S., 40, 263.
Zachariah, 142, 171
(2),178(6),179,286-
Zebadiah, 281.
Zilpa, 280, 281, 284.
Hare, J., 247.
Hare (privateer), 194.
Harriden,Capt. John,
34.
Harriman, E., 276.
J. K., 264(2).
Joshua, 286.
Harris, Abigail, 203.
Daniel, 70.
David, 90.
Isham G., 100.
John, 343.
Harrison, , 275.
Col., 43.
W., 189.
Harrod,Elizabeth,347.
John, 255.
Hart, Widow, 40.
Hartshorn, Thomas,
340.
Harvard College, 63,
310.
Harvey, M., 240.
Harwood, John, 349
(2).
Haseltine, Mary, 280.
Haseltine, see also
Hazeltine.
Haskell, Haskoll,
Cato, 119.
Grace, 88.
John, 88.
Haskins, Capt., 60.
Haskoll, see Haskell.
Hathaway, Hathway,
A., 241.
W., 189.
Hathorne, Hathorn,
John, 129, 337(2).
Havannah, 23.
Haverhill, Mass., 304,
353, 355.
Hawes, Alice Martha,
223.
Isaiah, 223.
Lucy (Hatch), 223.
Hawkes, Ebenezer,
157(2).
Lydia, 210.
Hawkins, Hawkings,
Elizabeth, 85(2).
Jacob, 85.
James, 79(2), 85(8).
John, 79(2).
Mary, 79(2).
Thomas, 79(3).
Hawks, Moses, 162(2).
Hayes, George, 334.
Haynes, Ammi Ruha-
mah, 330.
David, 330.
Electa, 227.
Elizabeth, 164, 330
(2).
Francis, 164.
Hannah, 330.
Joseph, 330(2).
Lydia, 330.
Sarah, 330.
Thomas, 330(2).
Hay ward, Samuel, 168.
Hazeltine, Hazleton,
P., 239.
Samuel, 324.
Hazeltine, see also
Haseltine.
Heard, Abigail, 324.
Heath, George, 271.
Joshua, 353(2).
Richard, 269.
Henderson, George,
259.
Hendley, Henley,
Henly, Benjamin,
77, 94(3).
Elias, 70, 75(2), 76,
77(4), 94(2).
George, 94.
John, 77.
Joseph, 77(2).
Mary, 77.
Capt. Samuel, 89.
Sarah, 77(2).
Hendricks, wid. Abi-
gail, 322.
Henfield,Edmund,291.
Joseph, 291.
Henley, see Hendley.
Henlock, Joseph, 270.
Henning,Edward, 326.
Henry, R., 245.
INDEX.
373
Herrick, Andrew, 259.
Hewet, William, 72(2).
Hibbert, R. & Co.,
253, 254,
Hilbert, Robert, &
Co., 253(2).
Hicks, Joshua, 132.
Major Joshua, 291.
Prudence, 70, 91.
Martha, 132, 260.
William A., 227.
Higgins, Stephen,339.
Higginson, John, 127.
Hon. Col. John, 358.
T. & Co., 309.
Higley, Coy, 274.
Hill, Hills, Capt., 358.
Doctor, 222.
A., 195.
George W., 31, 35.
H., 269.
Henry, 30, 35.
John, 263(2).
Mary E. (Foss), 222.
Orrin T., 222.
Samuel, 244.
Sarah W., 27.
Dr.William Dudley,
222(2).
Hinckley, Deborah
(Freeman), 226.
Hannah, 226.
Joseph, 226.
Hine, John, 161.
Joseph, 161.
Hines, John, 344(3).
William, 252(2), 344.
Hingham, Mass., 309.
Hinkson, Benjamin
G., 261.
Hoar, , 41.
Samuel, 120.
Hobart, Aaron, 293(2).
Col. Aaron, 293(2).
Hobs, John, 65.
Hobson, George, 271,
273.
Tristram, 40, 270.
Hodgden.Samuel, 262.
Hoile, John, 252(2).
Holbrook, , 311.
George A., 313.
George H., 310(3).
Holbrook, & Ware,
304.
Holden, , 137.
James, 143.
Holland, Samuel, 260.
Thomas, 253.
Holman, Abel, 288.
Edward, 72(2).
Edward, sr., 75.
Holmes, Mary, 177.
Nathaniel, 263.
Richard, 168.
Thomas, 30.
Holyoke, Dr. E. A.,
224.
Homan, Edward, 73
(2).
John, 73(3).
Joseph, 75(2).
Hooper, Asa, 241.
Henry N. & Co.
306(2), 312.
John, 75(2).
Richard, 259.
Robert, 72(5), 81(2).
Robert, jr., 76.
Hooper (snow), 254.
Hope (schooner), 126.
Hopkins, C., 20.
Hopkinson, Mrs., 36.
Charles B., 36, 39,
268.
Chas. W , 28(2).
Eben, 31.
Eben, jr., 35, 266.
Eben, sr., 266.
Ebenezer, 268.
Edna, 277, 289.
Edwin, 28, 30, 33,
36, 39, 261.
George W., 139(2).
Ira, 25, 275.
Dea. Ira. 28, 269.
Joseph H., 135.
P., 276.
Paul, 39. 40, 266(4),
268.
Paul, jr., 135, 139,
140.
Rachel. 279.
Lt. Silas, 25(2).
Thomas M., 28, 135,
139, 140, 271.
Uriah, 40, 139.
William, 34(2), 35,
36, 39, 136, 137.
Hopkinton,N. H., 312.
Hopwood, James, 64,
John, 64.
Robert, 64(4).
Thomas, 64.
Horton, Catherine,
135.
Hovey, , 49, 50.
Leonard, 36, 136,
137, 139, 143, 262.
Capt. 42(2).
Wid., 33.
BenjaminK.,28, 30,
33.
Charles, 34, 135.
R. P., 34, 140.
Ruf us P., 32, 35, 39,
40.
Wid. Sally, 29.
Samuel C., 134, 136,
140, 143, 269.
How. Capt. Lt., 62.
Susanna, 355.
Howard,Timothy,141.
Howel, Howels, ,
49, 50(2).
Samuel, 259.
Howes, Jabez, 240.
Hows, Col., 57.
Hoyt, David W., 167,
277.
Sarah, 326, 327.
Hubbard, Miles, 230.
Huddeston, J., 23.
Hudson, George, 30,
33, 39(2), 275.
Hull, Widow, 263.
Darius, 135,136,264.
Mrs. Elizabeth B.,
40.
Gilman, 136,262,264.
Mary, 65.
Hunter, W., 247.
Hunting, Maj., 51, 52.
Huntington, Dr., 226.
Maj., 50.
Althea (Lord), 226.
Rev. Asahel, 212,
224(2), 226.
Dr. Eiisha, 226(2).
Francis Cleaveland,
227.
Isaac Mansfield ,227.
James Freeman,226.
Mary Hinckley, 227.
William Reed, 227.
374
INDEX.
nun tress, Andrew J.,
29.
George, 31, 82(2),
83, 40, 143, 263.
H. B., 40.
Hurl, Widow, 32.
Huse, Hannah, 329(2).
John, 329.
Miriam, 329(2).
Ruth, 829.
Stephen, 329(3).
Hussey, C. B., 196.
Hutchins, John, 321.
William, 167.
Huxtable, Mr., 92.
Christopher, 92(4).
Hynvin, Mary, 64.
Indian (ship), 247.
Industry (sloop), 126.
Ingalls, Eleazer,75(7),
77, 252, 343,344(2).
John, 76.
Joseph, 76(3).
Mary, 75.
Nathaniel, 75, 76(2).
William, 75, 76(4).
Ingalls 1 beach, 68.
Inge rsoll, Samuel, 291.
Inglis, John, 259.
Ipswich, Mass., 1(2),
2, 3, 5, 6, 11, 17,
308(2), 316, 353,
355.
Ipswich River, 1(2).
Irvin, Erving, David,
81.
E. A., 247.
Ives, Paul, 65.
Samuel, 291.
Ivimy, Giles, 95.
Jackman, Charles V.,
213.
Mary, 168, 170.
Jackson, Col., 43, 44,
46, 47.
Major, 809.
James, 188, 356.
William, 188, 356.
Jacobs, Col., 43(2), 44,
51, 53, 54.
George, 104.
James, Robert, 100.
Samuell, 126.
James & Ellenor
(snow), 257.
Jameson, Mr., 140.
Widow, 32.
Hezekiah, 28, 29,
263.
J. Noyes, 147.
J. W., 28.
James N., 30.
Moses, 36, 147, 262,
270, 273(2).
Nathaniel, 29,32, 35,
140(2), 273.
Jaques, Benjamin, 37,
136(3), 264.
Nabby, 264.
Noyes, 37(2), 142.
Parker, 263.
Stephen, 135.
Jaseur (ship), 21(2),
196(2), 237, 248(2),
249.
Jeffery, W., 192.
Jenkins, Doctor, 223.
Alanson F.,147, 261.
Henry, 259.
Mary Jane (Nor-
ton), 223.
Mary Lucy, 223.
Dr. Thomas Lin-
coln, 223(2).
Jenks, John, 230.
Jonathan, 232.
Jennings, John, 138,
139.
Joseph, 27, 138.
W., 23.
Jewett, Juet., Capt.,
17.
Dr. Eben, 32, 135,
141.
Eben P., 135, 264.
Dea. Ezekiel, 25.
Faith, 822.
Francis, 171.
Hannah, 286.
Isaiah, 34.
Lydia, 172.
Samuel, 171.
Sarah, 170, 175.
Seth, 177.
Dr. Seth, 27, 185.
Stephen, 172.
William, 136.
Johnson, Capt., 17.
Johnson, A. B., 26.
Ann B., 25.
Anna B., 25.
Daniel, 188.
Francis, 79, 84(2),
157(4.)
John, jr., 324.
Lydia, 324.
Mary, 324.
Nathaniel, 824.
Samuel, 80, 81.
Sarah, 324.
Thomas, 173.
Johnston, Thomas,
80, 89, 139.
Jones, Ambrose, 236.
Benjamin, 130, 338.
Hannah, 215.
John, 291.
Joseph, 335.
Samuel B., 148, 261,
274.
Joseph, Polly, 288.
Jubin, J. M., 24.
Judkins, Hiram, 143.
Juet, see Jewett.
Julian (sloop), 248.
Juniper (ship), 239.
Junon (ship), 192,
239.
Kay, Andrew, 336.
Keedy, John, 259.
Keene, N. H., 816.
Keith, J., 313.
Kendrick. M., 244.
Kennebunk, Me., 308.
Keyser, Keysor, Elea-
zer, 327(2).
Elizur, 154.
Nathaniel, 327.
Samuel, 327.
Timothy, 327.
Eidder, Joseph, 179.
Killam, Frank W.,
201, 219.
Polly, 218.
Kimball, , 50, 273.
Lt. Col., 49.
Charles, 121.
Christopher C., 271.
Daniel, 147(2), 148,
276.
E. Howard, 145,274.
Elizabeth, 330.
INDEX.
375
Kimball, Francis, 142,
274, 275.
Hannah, 148.
Helen Stanley, 219.
J., 273.
Hon. James, 122.
Jeremiah, 139.
Jesse, 145.
Capt.Jonathan, 142.
Joseph, 31, 145,274,
278.
Lidia, 325.
Mrs. Mary (Emer-
son), 330.
Moses D., 147.
Nathaniel, 145.
Nathaniel T., 147.
Niles, 147(2), 148.
Peter. 142.
Philip, 219.
Ruth, 171, 277.
Samuel, 147.
Samuel A., 33, 34,
147.
Sarah, 139.
Seth, 140(2).
Susan Elizabeth, 219
(i).
Susan (Stanley),219.
Susanna, 277, 289.
Thomas, 139,157(5).
Dea. Thomas, 146.
William P., 148.
King-, Alexander, 32,
268.
Charles, 291(2).
Daniel, 291.
George, 126.
James, 291.
John G., 119.
Nathaniel, 291.
Kingston, W., 194.
Kingston, Mass., 310.
Kinsley, James, 257.
Kirkland, Rev. Mr.,
30;5.
Kite I) ing, Edward,
291.
Kittredge, Thomas,
M. D , 225.
Knapp, Jnnn, 120.
John Frances, 120.
Joseph, 120.
Joseph Jenkins, jr.,
120.
Knights, Nights, Wid.
291.
Jacob, 73.
Robert, 160(3), 252
(2), 343, 345.
Samuel, 95.
Thomas, 27, 32, 37
(2), 144.
Knox, Gen., 303.
Eli, 264(2).
HiramG.,135(2),141.
Labordo, Capt., 125.
Lacedemonion (ship),
237.
Lacy, Lacey, Anna,
178, 287.
Ephraim, 170.
Ladd, , 138.
Deacon, 274(2), 275.
Gardner P., 33(2).
John I., 135, 137-140
(3).
Dea. N., 275.
Dea. Nathaniel, 37
(3).
William, 276.
LaHogue (ship),20(2),
22, 24, 190, 196,
237, 238, 240, 241,
245, 247.
Lake, Joseph H., 140.
William, 348.
Lambert,Thomas,334.
Lamsou, Dr., 228.
Alvin, 225.
John, 227.
Dr. John Augustus,
227(2).
Josiah, 225.
Dr. Josiah, 225(2).
Marcy (Perkins),
225.
Mary J., 225.
Priscilla (Averill),
227.
Lancaster, Joseph,
270.
Moses, 270.
Lancaster, Mass., 314.
Lander, John, 334(2),
335(3).
Capt. John, 259.
Lane, Capt., 302.
Mr., 334.
Lane, Jahasell, 65(3).
James, 64, 65.
Jeremiah, 65(3).
Job, 64, 65.
John, 64, 65.
Martha, 65.
Mary, 65(2).
Symon, 65.
Thomas, 65.
William, 247.
Lang, Stephen, 273.
Langley, Jonathan,
269.
Langsfoot, John, 291.
Langstaffe, Mr., 333.
Lapham, Lt., 31.
Anna, 31.
Barker, 31,37,38(2).
Lieut. King, 31.
Laporte, Mons., 340.
Lassel, J., 236.
Latti more, Lattamore,
,67.
Christopher, 71(6),
72(7), 77.
Mary, 72.
Lavergne, Nicholas,
260.
Lawn, Major, 312.
Lawrence, Hon.
Luther, 226.
Lawton, R., 244.
Leach, Leech, Joseph,
211.
Nathan, 125.
Thomas K., 220.
Leander( ship), 194,
246.
Leavitt, Dudley, 336.
Edward Pickering,
223.
Emma (Glover),223.
Esther Lindsey, 78.
Mary Rebecca, 223.
LeCraw, John, 74(8).
Miriam. 74(2).
Samuel, 74.
William, 74(4), 75.
Leddra, William, 102
(3).
Lee, Capt., 354.
Gen., 234.
J., junr., 309.
Legg, Elizabeth, 93.
John,85,92,93(3),94.
376
INDEX.
Legg, Col. John, 70,
85, 848.
Legroe, John, 75.
Leighton, Joanna,323.
Thomas, 323.
Levea, Julian, 25.
Lever, Damaris, 172.
Levingston, see Liv-
ingston.
Lewis, Lewes,Charles,
119.
J., 240.
Owen, 241.
Philip, 256.
Thomas, 338.
Lexington (gunboat),
98.
Lexington, Mass., 305.
Libby, , 273.
Cyrus, 193.
John W., 135, 147,
148.
Lightfoot, John, 344.
William, 344(2).
Lilly, William, 340.
Lincoln, Lincon, ,
49, 50.
Gen., 182.
Benjamin, 115(3),
116, 117(2).
Fremon, 52.
Lincoln, Mass., 313.
Lindall, Lindal, Caleb,
92.
James, 92.
Mary, 92.
Nathaniel, 92.
Timothy, 91(5), 92
(3).
Hon. Timothy, 358.
Veren, 92
Lindsey, Lyndsey,
Joseph, 94.
Rebecca, 94.
Samuel, 280.
Lisbon, 20, 24(2).
Lissten, Mr., 342.
Nich., 342.
Little, , 329.
Abigail, 326.
Daniel, 326(2).
David, 132.
Elizabeth, 326.
Enoch, 136, 137.
Hannah, 326.
Little, J. B., 34.
Judith, 326.
Mary, 826.
Ruth, 326.
Sarah, 326.
William, 137.
Little Egg Harbor,21.
Little River, 22.
Littleton, 38.
Lively (privateer), 22,
190, 240.
Liverpool, 20(3), 21,
22(3), 24.
Liverpool Packet
(ship), 20.
Liverpool Packet
(privateer), 21.22,
23(2), 189, 191(2),
195, 240(3), 242,
244(2), 246.
Livingston, Leveing-
ston, Levingston,
Col., 44, 52, 58.
C., 193.
Peter Van Burgh,
355(2).
Philip, 259(2).
Lockier, George, 166
(2).
Loggan, Hanby, 245.
Loire (ship),21(2),191,
193(4), 236, 242,
247, 248(2), 249.
Long, Henry Follans-
bee, 1, 197.
Longmeadow, Mass.,
311, 315.
Loop, D., 238.
Lopez, John Imman-
uel, 124(2).
Lord, Alethea, 212.
Dr. Elisha, 212, 226.
Experience, 212.
Judge Otis P., 122.
Tamarson (Kim-
ball Coit), 212.
Lothrop, Capt., 307.
Lovejoy, Loyal, 223.
Lovett, Lovat, Capt.
Benjamin, 338.
Frances, 65.
Henry, 65.
Capt. Israel, 337(2).
Judith, 65.
Richard, 65.
Low, Lowe, Jonathan,
143.
Moses, 237.
Major William, 219.
Lowell, Jacob, 31.
Joseph, 169.
Lucas, see Luckies.
Luce, E., 24.
Luckies, Jemima, 89
(3).
Oliver, 89(6).
Luckin, William, 346
(2).
Lucy, Alex., 28, 35.
Thomas, 30.
William, 32, 36, 89,
136.
Lucy & Rollins, 35.
Lunenburg (priva-
teer), 21, 193, 237,
242.
Lunt, Joseph, 268(2).
Capt. Richard, 268.
Lurvey, Sally, 280.
Lyford, Mrs., 142.
Lynde, Lynd, Benja-
min, 63(2), 112.
Benjamin, junr., 291.
Mrs. Mary, 63(2).
William, 291.
Lyndsey, see Lindsey.
Lynn, Mass., 315,316.
Lyscombe, William,
291.
McCarn, Widow,139.
Widow Molly, 139.
McCullongh, James,
244.
McDaniel, Wm., 24.
Mace, Widow, 26.
McFarlane, George,
243.
Machias, 23.
M'Intire, Samuel, 118.
Mackey, Roderick,
334.
McLaughlin, Benja-
min, 271.
Elizabeth Ann, 271.
McQuestion, , 266.
Maidstone (ship), 190,
194(2), 238, 239,
241, 244, 245, 248,
249(2).
INDEX.
377
Main, Elenor, 82(2).
Thomas, 82.
Majestic (ship), 195,
244.
Malcom, Daniel, 337.
Maiden, Mass., 307.
Manly (ship), 24, 194,
238, 249.
Manning, Dr. John,
212(2).
Lucy, 212.
Lucy (Bolles), 212.
Capt. Richard, 336.
Mansfield, J., 194.
John, 30.
Mantanza, 20.
Marble, Marbel,
Lieut., 182.
John, 140.
Nathaniel, jr., 282.
Marble head. Mass.,
67-95, 149-166,250-
252, 341-349, 353,
354.
Marden, Mardin, Ben-
jamin, 33(2).
David, 36(2), 37,177,
263.
David, jr., 86, 263.
Jonathan, 178.
Lemuel, 27(2).
Mehitable, 263.
Maril, see Merrill.
Marlboro (ship), 239.
Marlborough, Mass.,
308.
Marlborough (ship),
190.
Marsh, Adeline, 218.
Nathaniel, 218, 267.
Sarah, 177, 286.
Varnum, 140.
Marshall, Marshal,
Jerrat, 326.
L., 240.
Marsh fie Id, Mass.,
302.
Marsters, John, 338.
Marston, Benjamin
164(2).
Edmund, 291.
Sarah, 164(2).
Martha (sloop), 131,
337.
Martineco, 354.
Martin, Marten, ,
49, 50.
Carleton, 135.
Martin (ship), 21, 191,
239, 241, 243, 246.
Mary (schooner), 338.
Mary Ann (privateer
schooner), 125.
Maryland, 47.
Mascoll, Joseph, 291.
Mason, Jonathan, 259
(2), 334.
Capt. Jonathan,334.
Thomas, 255.
Massachusetts, 47.
Massey, Capt. J., 306.
Masters, Abraham,
131, 338.
Moses, 131.
Masury, John, 66.
Mather, Cotton, 105,
201.
Matilda (privateer),
21, 23, 24, 190,245,
248.
Matthews, Marma-
duke, 318.
Maule, Thomas, 105
(6), 106.
Maverick, Moses, 73,
151(3), 153(2), 155,
156, 158(3), 159(2),
160(3), 161(2), 162
(8), 163(5), 251(2),
344, 346.
May, , 296(2).
Joseph, 295, 296.
Peter de, 125.
Mayberry, Richard,
291.
Maze, Richard, 94.
Medfield, Mass., 306.
Medford, Mass., 306.
Medway, Mass., 313.
Meed, William, 336.
Melpomene(ship),249.
Meneely Bell Co., 305.
Mequait (sloop), 20.
Merchant (ship), 20
(2).
Merriam, Doctor, 215
(2), 218(3), 219.
Mrs., 215.
Almira, 215.
Arthur Marsh, 218.
Merriam, Frederick
Jones, 215.
Hannah (Jones),
217.
John, 212, 215.
Dr. John, 215(2),
217.
Mary, 215.
Dr. K. A., 220.
Royal Augustus,
215.
Dr. Royal Augustus,
217(2).
Sarah (Jones), 215.
Sidney Augustus,
218.
Merrill, Maril, Lieut.,
182.
A. T., 222.
Alphonso T., 222.
Burton E., 26.
James, 26(2).
Joseph W., 273.
Mehitable, 176.
Nathaniel K., 27,31.
Otis B., 29.
Sarah, 330.
Stephen, 178.
Merrimac (sloop-of-
war), 224.
Merritt, Merrit, J.,
239.
James, 154(4).
John, 154(4).
Nicholas, 74(2), 154
(3).
Samuel,74(2),154(2),
Middlesex (ship), 20.
Millemen, George, 45.
Millemons,George,42.
Miller, John, 271.
Millet, Andrew, 291.
Mills, B., 23.
Minerva (brig), 20(3).
Minerva (schr.), 21(3).
Minerva (sloop), 21.
Mitchell, Mitchel,
, 312.
Capt., 133.
Abigail, 133.
Charles, 137, 263.
Day, 133, 134.
Capt. Day, 133, 184
(2).
George, 133.
378
INDEX.
Mitchell, J., 243.
Joseph, 136(2).
Nathaniel, 133, 136
(2).
Nathaniel, jr., 139.
Peter, 137(3), 138(2),
139.
William, 137.
Moar, see Moore.
Model (schr.), 21.
Mohawk (ship), 192,
239
Molloy, , 340.
Molly (sloop), 128.
Monk (ship), 21.
Monsoon (ship), 22.
Monteno, Anthino,
246.
Montezuma (ship), 22.
Montgomery, George
K., 146.
Montgomery (brig),
22.
Moody, Hannah, 331.
Moony, Mooney, Col.,
43, 53, 60.
Moore, Moar, Mooar,
Mi call, 291.
S., 23.
Sarah, 279.
Wid. Tamor, 270.
Moreno, J., 194.
Morgan, Samuel, 70
(2), 71, 156(2).
William, 127.
Morgiana (ship), 192,
236, 244.
Morning Star (schr.),
21.
Morning Star (sloop),
21(2).
Morrill,Abraham,321,
322(2).
Hepsibah, 322(2).
Isaac, 322.
Jacob, 322.
Lydia, 322.
Moses, 322.
Sarah, 322(2).
Morse, Mr., 269.
Benjamin, 137, 141,
148,270(3),271,274.
Benjamin F., 271.
Bryan, 36.
Rev. Bryan, 33.
Morse, Charles C.,271.
Daniel A., 146, 271.
Henry D., 40.
Isaac, 148, 262.
Israel A., 271.
James, 270(3), 271.
James S., 25.
John, 146, 148, 266.
Dea. M., 262.
Dea. Moses, 251(2),
262, 270.
Moses, jr., 262.
Moses D., 268.
Samuel, 148.
Sylvanus, 30, 32.
Dea. T., 148(2).
Thomas, 40, 262,
271, 272.
Dea. Thomas, 261,
262(2).
William H., 271.
Morton, J., 191.
Motley, Thomas, 309.
Moulton, Calvin, 146.
Moultrie, Gen., 304.
Mowatt, Mouatt, Mow-
at, , 256.
H., 24.
James, 255.
Mudgett,Thomas,322.
Muirhead, Rev. Pat-
rick, 336.
Mulliken, Mullicken,
Daniel, 142.
Eben, 142, 143.
Joseph, 38-40, 276.
Molly, 141.
Robert, 141, 142.
Samuel B., 40.
Mussen, , 190.
Munroe, H. P., 297.
Murquaz, M., 246.
Nancy (brig), 22(2).
Nancy (schr.), 22(2).
Nancy (ship), 22.
Nancy (sloop), 22.
NancySanders(sloop),
22.
Nantucket, Mass., 310.
Narcissus (ship), 21
(2), 192, 196, 239,
241, 248.
Nashville, Tenn., 96,
97, 98(5), 100.
Naugus head, 341.
Nautilus (brig), 22.
Naylor, Vickers &
Co., 303.
Neale, Joseph, 334.
Needham, Thomas,
230.
Needham, Mass., 312.
Nelly (schr.), 23.
Nelson, Gen., 96(2),
97(4), 98, 99(4),
100(4).
A. W., 264.
Aaron W., 264(3),
265.
Ambrose, 243.
Benjamin, 262, 265
(2).
Neptune (schr.), 23.
Nevis, S., 248.
New Bedford, Mass.,
302.
New Boston, N.H.,27.
New Braintree,Mass.,
313.
New Brunswick, 20,
22, 23, 24(2).
Newbury, Mass., 5,
187(3), 315, 355-
357.
Newbury port, Mass.,
302, 803, 307, 811,
312.
Newby, Jonathan, 239.
Newell, Col., 269.
Harriet, 137.
Moses, 121.
Timothy, 188, 356.
New England, 1, 6,64.
New Forge (schr.),23.
Newgate prison, 102.
Newhall, Asa T., 121.
New Hampshire, 47.
New Ipswich, N. H.,
314.
New Jersey, 47.
New London, Conn.,
20, 56.
Newport, R. I., 21,46-
48, 51-53, 56, 59,
308, 309, 311.
Newton, Mrs., 144.
New York, 20, 21(2),
22(2), 23, 24(2),46,
47.
INDEX.
379
New Zealander(ship),
23.
Nichols, Arthur H.,
M. D., 293.
Rev. Daniel L., 28.
Humphrey H., 264,
270, 273.
Ichabod, 119(2).
James, 130(2).
John, 267.
Gen. Moses, 307.
Perkins, 307(2).
Nicholson, , 256.
Elizabeth, 82(2).
James, 255.
Samuel, 82.
William, 82(2).
Nickerson, , 143.
Niemen (ship), 21,193,
238, 242, 243.
Night Hawk (schr.),
249.
Nights, see Knights.
Niles, Charles, 261.
Joseph, 135.
Nimrod (schr.), 23.
Nimrod (ship), 195,
245, 248(2).
Nixon, John, 355.
Noble, James, 336(2),
337.
Norden, Captain, 68.
Capt. Nathaniel, 83
(2), 84(2).
Nathaniel, 68, 71(3),
161(2).
Norman, Elizabeth,
251.
John, 160(2), 161(2).
Rebecca, 251(3).
Richard, 73.
William, 251.
Norris, Edward, 165
(2).
Samuel, 31, 38, 134.
Walter, 31.
North, James W.,306.
North Andover,Mass.
309.
Northborough, Mass.,
310.
North Cambridge,
Mass., 302.
North Carolina, 47.
Northfield, Mass.,303.
NorthHampton,N.H.,
314.
North Providence,
R. L, 316.
North Star (brig), 23.
Northey, John, 70,71.
Norton, Caleb, 37.
Rachel, 37.
Stephen, 37.
Norton, Mass., 311.
Norwich, Vt., 316.
Norwood, Doctor, 211
(2).
Betsey, 211.
David, 211(2).
Dr. David, 210(3).
Thomas, jr., 210.
Noyes, Amos, 37, 134,
136.
George W., 138(2).
Joseph, 144,147,148.
Moody, 39.
Nl., 24.
Reverend Nicholas,
63.
T., 20.
Nurse, Benjamin,291.
Jonathan, 256.
Nntton, Capt., 338.
Nymphe (schr.),23(2).
Nymphe (ship), 21,22,
24, 189, 190, 192,
237, 239, 241(2),
246(2).
Qakes, Dr., 204(2).
Ober, Obear, , 81,
Hannah, 172, 278.
Israel, 255.
Ocean (brig), 123.
Oddihorn, Deliver-
ance, 327.
Odel, James, 291.
Ogden, R., 191.
Ogle,Cuthbert, 338(2).
Ohio (brig), 24.
Ohio river, 97(3).
Old Carpenter(schr.),
24.
Old Glory, 96.
Oliver, Judge [An-
drew], 231.
Peter, 112.
Philips, 291.
Thomas, 131.
Olson, C., 195.
O'Neall, Owen, 256.
Ontario (ship), 24.
Ordway, Ordeway,
Mr., 29.
Eliphalet, 38, 136.
Hannah, 27, 31.
Joseph Hill, 280.
Nathan, 35, 37.
Orient (schr.), 24.
Orion (brig), 24.
Ormsby, James, 130.
Orne, Bridget, 307.
Jonathan, 292.
Joseph, 292.
Joshua, 84(3), 162,
254.
Capt. Josiah, 125.
Samuel, 259.
Timothy, 290.
Capt. Timothy, 292.
Oronoke (ship), 24.
Orpheus (ship), 190,
244, 248.
Osborne, J., 245.
John, 125.
Osbourne (ship), 24.
Osgood,Clements,322.
Ebenezer, 322.
Dr. J. W. D., 317.
John, 321, 322(2).
Mary, 322.
Mary Clements,322.
Moses, 285.
Samuel, 322.
Sarah, 322, 323.
Timothy, 322.
Otis, L., 247.
Oulton, John, 69(3).
Oyx, William, 52.
Packet (ship), 24.
Packet (sloop), 24(2).
Paducah, 97(2).
Page, Mr., 30.
Eben S., 39, 140.
John, 25, 33, 37, 136
(2), 143.
Paul, 26(2),27,28(2).
R. H., 33(2).
Rufus H., 30.
Thomas H., 28(2).
Pagia, Domingo, 193.
Paine, Pain, Pane,
Barnabas, 129.
380
INDEX.
Paine, David, 132.
E., 192.
Robert Treat, 113,
115.
Royal, 52.
Paine's Creek, 18.
Palfrey ,Warwick,292.
Palmer, Mrs., 38.
Andrew, 177, 265,
285.
David, 144(2), 267,
276.
James, 266.
Joanna, 283.
John, 265.
Joseph, 285.
Martha, 176, 285.
Martha (Downer),
285
Moses H., 266(2).
Phebe, 36.
Philip S., 215.
Richard, 285(2).
Robert, 269.
Samuel, 285.
Mrs. Sarah, 269.
Wid. Sarah, 33.
Paragon (brig), 24.
Paragon (schr.), 189.
Paris (bark), 189.
Parker, , 236.
Miss, 36.
Mr., 28, 33, 88(2),
271.
Chief-Justice, 119.
Aaron, 134, 272(3),
275, 276.
Wid. Abigail, 29.
Abigail B., 141.
Abraham, 38, 140,
141, 142.
Abraham, jr., 271.
Alfred, 141.
Amos, 147(2), 148
(2).
Dr. B., 275.
Capt. Benjamin, 37,
38, 275.
Betsy, 272, 276.
Bradstreet, 139.
Clarissa, 272.
Daniel, 141.
Capt. Daniel,137(2).
141.
Daniel, jr., 141.
Parker, Daniel.sr., 141.
E. S., 265.
Frederick, 141(2).
Free G., 262, 263,
265.
G. S., 29.
George S., 30.
Gilman N., 271.
Henry C., 31.
Henry T., 146, 271,
273
John, 29, 148.
John L.,271, 272(3),
276.
M., 28, 29.
Dr. M., 139.
M. H., 28.
Moses, 27, 28(2), 29
(2), 80, 138, 139,
148, 276.
K, 275.
Lt. N. H.,272.
Nathan, 37, 141(3),
142(4).
Nathaniel, 140(3),
141, 144, 272(3),
274, 276.
Nathaniel, jr., 140,
272.
Niles G., 272.
P., 29, 35.
Paul, 141.
Peter. 27, 28(3),
29(3).
Capt. Phineas, 39,
142.
R. H., 39.
Rebecca, 36(2), 37.
Retire, 271.
Retire H., 134, 276.
Retire Harthorn,
279.
S. H., 35.
Samuel, 30, 141.
Samuel, jr., 141(3).
Solomon H., 272.
Sophia A., 80.
Stephen, 141(2),271,
275, 276.
Theodore, 31, 85,
36, 37(2), 39, 141,
265.
W., 274(2).
Warren L., 30, 39,
139(2), 261,272(2).
Parker, William, 30,
38(2), 134, 148,270,
271(2), 276.
Capt. William, 270.
Woodbridge, 136,
138.
Parknaan, Samuel, 305.
Parmiter, Benjamin,
348, 349(2).
Parry, William, 285.
Parsons and Peter-
son, 122.
Pass and Snow, 293.
Passaconnaway (In-
dian), 318.
Passaquo (Indian),
318.
Patch, T., 236.
Patriot (schr.), 189.
Patriot (sloop), 189.
Patten, , 136.
Oliver, 273.
Robert, 121.
Patterson, John, 193.
Robert, 124.
T., 20.
W., 23.
Patty (schr.), 189.
Patuxett, 47.
Paulina (schr.), 189.
Pawtucket, R.I.,315.
Paz (ship), 23, 195(2),
248
Peabody, , 224.
Andrew, 146, 276.
Charles, 146, 147,
148, 274.
Edward C., 147(2),
Mrs. Ephraim, 220.
Estes, 203.
Francis, 30, 202.
George, 145(2), 146.
Mary S., 219.
Oliver T., 219.
Otis K., 273(2).
Sarah A. (Towne),
219.
Warren P., 271.
Peach, Dormas, 345.
John, 252(2), 343.
John, jr., 160.
John, sr., 344.
Jon. sr., 73.
Mary, 82.
Thomas, 82.
INDEX.
381
Peach, William, 343
r (2), 345(2).
Peach's point, 341.
Peall, Capt. Jona-
than, 131.
Pearce, Daniel, 267.
It Elizabeth, 74(2).
P John, 74(2).
Pearl, Mr., 273.
Benjamin, 147, 148.
Pearson, Hiram A.,
36.
Kate(Hartwell),222.
Mark R., 222.
Moses, 134.
William, 269.
Pearson, see also
Peirson.
Peasley, Joseph, 319,
328.
Ruth, 328.
Pecker, Bart C., 39.
Bartholomew C.,40,
137, 143.
James, 353.
Capt. John, 353.
Joseph C., 36, 134.
Pedley, Berruke, 43.
Pedrick, John, 73(2).
Knott, 90.
Peele, Robert, 292.
Roger, 255(3), 256,
292.
Samuel, 256.
William, 255(2),256.
Peggy (sloop), 189.
Peirson, Dr. A. L.,
214.
Peirson, see also
Pearson.
Pemberton, Mrs., 140.
Widow, 147,261(2).
Abel, 273(2).
John, 39, 135, 140,
271.
Lewis, 271.
W. L., 140.
Pembroke, Mass. ,307.
Pembroke, N.H., 308.
Pendergast, R., 238.
Penelope (brig), 190
(2).
Pengrow, Moses, 321.
Pengry, Aaron, 322.
John, 322.
Pengry, Lydia, 322.
Moses, 322(2).
Sarah, 322.
Penhallow, Richard,
278.
Pennoyer, S., 246.
Pennsylvania, 47.
Penobscot, 22.
Pepper, John W., 269.
Thomas, 269.
Pepperell, Sir Wil-
liam, 110.
Pepperell, Mass., 313.
Perce, Lut, 42.
Perkins, , 192.
Maj., 42, 45, 48.
Mrs., 25.
Abram, 303.
Anna, 205.
Arthur, 229.
0., 190(2).
Caleb Kimball, 229.
George Leslie, 229.
Dr. George William,
229(2).
Helen, 229.
J., 238.
Mary, 203.
Mary Lucinda (Pea-
body), 229.
Stephen, 274.
T. R., 271.
Thomas W., 145,
271.
William Albert,229.
Perley, Pearley,
Perle, Mrs. Fran-
cis, 207.
John, 274.
N. M., 247.
Maj. Nathan, 27(3).
Nathaniel, 237.
Rnkh, 111(2).
Samuel. 38, 39.
Sidney, 67, 101, 149,
250, 341.
Mrs. Thomas, 207.
Perriere, M. J., 237.
Perry, , 279(2).
Dr., 269.
Mr., 29, 30, 269(2).
Rev. Dr., 273.
Rev. Mr., 28.
James, 309.
Parker, 40, 136.
Perry, Richard, 180.
William, 29, 148.
Perseverance (sloop),
190.
Peter (Indian), 63.
Petersham, Mass. ,304.
Peterson, Peter, 336.
Pett, Margaret, 352.
Pettengill, Mr., 38.
Phebe (brig), 190.
Phelpes, Jonathan,
292.
Philbrick, Jonathan,
284.
Philip, King, 317.
Phillips, Col., 183.
Mr., 148, 333.
Cornelius, 90(3).
Col. Frederick, 183.
John, 242, 335(3),
336.
W., 193.
Phippen, Nathaniel,
292.
Rachel, 292.
Pickard, Ann, 322.
Pickering, Col., 182
(2), 183.
John, 119.
Timothy, 182, 231.
Col. Timothy, 181.
Picket, Joseph, 335.
Pickin, Sarah, 168.
Pickman, Benjamin,
340.
Clark Gayton, 338.
Samuel, 253(2).
Pickworth, John, 93.
Mary, 93.
Pictou (H. M. sloop),
242.
Pierce, Lieut., 45.
Pike, Mr., 27.
Major, 322.
George, 91(2).
Major Robert, 319.
T. S., 28.
Pile, John, 128.
Pilgrim (boat), 190.
Pilgrim (brig), 190.
Pilgrim (schr.), 190.
Pillow, Gen., 97(2).
Pillsbury, Daniel,331.
Gorham, 40.
John D., 33.
882
INDEX.
Pillsbury, Robert,331.
William, 287.
Pindergrass, James,
271.
Pingree, see Pengry.
Pinkham, David, 21.
John, 323.
Rose, 323.
Sarah, 328.
Pitman, Pittman,
Abiel, 79.
Elizabeth, 79.
John, 79(2).
Joseph, 79.
Mark, 73, 344(2).
Thomas, 73, 79(4),
156, 157, 165(5).
Thomas, sr., 80(5).
Pitt, William, 71(5),72.
Pitt (brig), 190.
Plantagenet (ship),
243.
Planter (ship), 190.
Planter (sloop), 190.
Platts, , 269.
Hannah, 173, 278.
Isaac, 269.
Jonas, 269.
PloughBoy(schr.),190.
Plough Boy (sloop),
191.
Plum Island, 1, 5, 16.
Plum Island river, 5.
Plummer, Rev. Fred-
erick, 27.
John, 175.
K, 267.
Silas, 27(2).
Plutus (ship), 191.
Plymouth, Mass., 305.
Plymouth (ship), 182.
Porctiers (ship), 247,
248.
Policy (ship), 191.
Pollard, M., 20.
Polly (schr.), 191(3).
Polly(schr. privateer),
191.
Polly (sloop), 191(2),
Pomp (African), 267.
Poor, Poore, Alfred,
M. D., 25,133,261.
Benjamin, 169.
Isaac, 145, 265.
Samuel, 270.
Porcupine (brig), 191.
Porpois (schr.), 191.
Port, Paul, 245.
Porter, , 213.
Portland, Me., 20, 303.
Portland Packet
(schr.), 192.
Portsmouth, N. H.,
20, 303, 309, 310.
Portsmouth Packet
(schr.), 192.
Post, Jeremiah, 126.
Post Boy (schr.), 192.
Pote, Margaret, 352.
Potter, , 827.
Capt., 357(2).
Jno., 24.
Samuel, 169.
Pousland, Abigail,
87(2).
Annis, 95(3).
Grace, 80, 82(2).
Thomas, 82, 95(5).
Powditch, George,
247.
Power, Thomas,86(2).
Powers, Alice, 828.
Pownalborough, Me.,
305.
Pratt, Prat, Hannah,
292, 354.
P., 191.
President (schr.), 192.
Pressey, Enoch, 146.
Prevoyante (schr.),
192.
Price, John, 132.
Capt. John, 104.
Walter, 64.
Prichard, Benjamin,
79.
Prince, Anna, 86.
John, jr., 87(2).
Capt. John, 86.
Samuel, 211.
Prince of Austrias
(brig), 192.
Princeton, N. J., 314.
Priscilla (schr.), 192.
Proctor, Mr., 148.
Prosser, William, 340.
Protectress(ship),192.
Providence, R. I., 6,
22, 24, 42, 44-46,
303, 315.
Providence (schr.),
192.
Prudence (brig), 192.
Prudence (schr.), 192.
Prudentia (ship), 193.
Pudor, S., 248.
Pue, Jonathan, 353.
Pulsifer, Pulcifer, B.,
244.
David, 122.
Punchard, J., 308.
Putnam, Capt., 42,50.
Lient. Col., 42, 57.
Andrew, 211.
Capt. Bartholomew,
125(2).
Elizabeth (Porter),
207.
Gen. Israel, 207.
Capt. Jeremiah, 41.
Joseph, 207.
Mary, 211.
Mehitabel, 207(2).
Pylades (ship), 22.
Pythagoras (sloop,
privateer), 193.
Quealy, Thomas, 272.
Queen Charlotte
(schr.), 193.
Quimby, John N., 31,
267.
Quincy, Mass., 312.
Quiz (schr.), 193.
Racer (schr.), 193.
Rachel (brig), 193.
Radford, W., 236.
Ramilies (ship), 191,
196, 247.
Ramsdell, Rev. Mr.,
263.
Nathaniel, 87(3).
William, 337.
Randall, Doctor, 222,
223.
Caroline Matilda
(Sturgis), 222.
George LeBarron,
222.
Dr. George Merrill,
222(2).
Randolph (schr.), 193.
Randolph (sloop), 193
Randolph, Vt., 309.
INDEX.
388
Ranger (schr.), 193(2).
Ranger (ship), 258(2),
333.
Rantoul, Robert, jr.,
122.
Rapid (brig, priva-
teer), 194.
Rasley, Jane, 89.
Susannah, 89.
Rataliation (priva-
teer), 248.
Rattler (ship), 191-193,
243(2).
Rattlesnake (brig),
194.
Raven (schr.), 194.
Rayo (brig), 194.
Rea, Doctor, 211(3),
212.
Albus, 212.
Caleb, 211, 212.
Dr. Caleb, 211(2).
Dr. Caleb, jr., 210,
211(2).
Dr. Charles Tread-
well Israel,228(2).
Eliza Ann M.( Whit-
comb), 228.
Israel, 228.
Mary, 212.
Porter, 212.
Ruth (Porter), 211.
Sally, 212.
Thomas, 211, 212.
Uzziel, 205.
William, 332.
Reardon, W., 189.
Rebecca (schr.), 194
(3).
Recovery (brig), 194.
Red Bird (sloop), 194.
Redford, Charles, 160.
Reed, Read, Reede,
, 308.
Esquire, 148, 273.
Collin, 334.
J. W., 273.
Jacob W., 34, 148,
273(2).
Jane, 162.
John, 354, 355.
Prudence, jr., 90,
91(2).
Prudence, sr., 90,
91(2).
Reed, Richard, 67, 70
(2),71(2), 88,90(3).
Samuel, 70, 71(2),
90, 91(3), 162, 164
(3).
Waterman, 266.
William, 148, 270,
273.
Regulator (schr. pri-
vateer), 194.
Regnlus (ship), 249.
Reith, Mr., 151(3).
Ann, 158.
Richard, 79, 158(4),
343(3), 345(3).
Reliance (sloop), 195.
Renshaw, J., 194.
Renton,John A. ,25,36.
Richard, 146.
Republican( ship), 195.
Resolution (ship), 195.
Resolution (sloop),
195.
Retaliation (priva-
teer), 189, 192,195
(2), 196, 236, 242,
246, 247, 248.
Retrieve (privateer.),
245.
Revenge (schr. priva-
teer), 195.
Revere, , 294(2),
295 (3)- 298(2)- 300
(4)-303(3),304, 307,
316.
Mr., 308.
Joseph, 298.
Joseph W., 293.
Joseph Warren,295.
Paul, 293(3), 298(3),
306.
Paul, jr., 316.
Paul & Son, 295(2),
296(2), 298(2), 301,
306, 307(2), 310,
314.
William B., 301.
Revere & Co., 298.
Revere & Son, 308(2),
312, 314(2).
Revere Copper Co.,
298.
Reward (brig), 195.
Reynegom, F. W. V.,
239.
Reynolds, Major, 60.
Ephraim W., 31.
Leonard, 271.
Luther, 270.
Rhoda (schr.), 195.
Rhode Island, 47, 51,
52, 102.
Rice, George W., 39.
Richard D. Stanley
(schr.), 195.
Richards, John, 24.
Thomas, 235.
Richardson, Mrs., 136.
Elbridge A., 30.
Francis, 164(3).
John, 164.
Joseph, 38.
Pottle, 146.
William, 164.
Richmond (brig), 195.
Richmond (schr.),195.
Ricker, Mr., 264.
A., 248.
J. L., 266.
John S., 35.
William, 263, 264.
Riddan, Elizabeth, 158.
JohV 157, 158(3).
Thaddeus, 157(2),
158(2).
Rifleman (ship), 244,
245.
Rindge, John, 76(2).
Rindge, N. H., 316.
Ringdove (ship), 196.
Ring Dove (ship), 189,
289.
Rio Janeiro, 21.
Rising Sun (schr.),
196(2).
Rising Sun (sloop),
196.
Roads, Samuel, jr.,
153.
Roberts, F., 191.
Henry H., 222.
Joseph, 292.
Robins, Edward H.,
309.
Robinson, , 356.
Mr., 338.
Asa, 30.
Jacob, 213.
Robust (sloop), 196.
Rodriquez, M., 22.
884
INDEX.
Roe, Benjamin, 93.
Susannah, 93.
Rogers, Capt. Amos,
302.
John, 268.
W., 242.
Rolenings, see Rollins.
Rolf, , 133.
Rebecca, 174, 281.
Rolla (schr. privateer),
196.
Rollins, Rolenings,
, 274.
Charles P., 39.
Eliphalel, 40(2), 136
(2), 144(4).
Eliphalet, jr., 40.
Hannah, 175, 282.
John J., 39.
Joseph, 40(2), 144
(2), 276.
Rolls, Rowls, , 68.
Mary, 79.
Robert, 155(2).
Thomas, 79.
Ropes, Roapes, David,
338.
Jno., 103.
Nathaniel, 253(2),
254.
Roscio (brig), 196.
Rose in Bloom(sloop),
196.
Rosette, , 336.
Ross, Alexander,78(2) .
Alexander, jr., 255.
Widow Hannah,206.
Sarah, 78(4).
Rover (privateer), 193,
236, 257, 258.
Rover (schr.), 196.
Rover (ship), 196.
Rowley, Mass., 5(2),
16, 17, 310, 315.
Roxana (ship), 196.
Roxbury, Mass., 304.
Royalston, Mass., 312.
Rubicon (schr.), 236.
Ruck, Samuel, 292.
Rudhall, ,294,295.
Abel, 304.
Rugg, Christopher,
148, 271.
Rundlett, Rundlet, E.
P., 37.
Rundlett, Edmund P.,
30,32(3),33,36,271.
Runnels, Luther, 270.
Russell, Russel, Wid-
ow, 38.
Elizabeth, 73(2).
Mrs. Elizabeth, 305.
Henry, 72(2), 73(3),
79.
Henry, jr., 121.
John, 90.
Lydia, 135.
Mary, 73.
Peter, 37, 38(3).
Richard, 71, 72(3),
73(3).
Roger, 72.
Samuel, 73, 81(5),
84(2), 92(2),155(3).
Sarah, 73.
Thomas, 73.
Hon. Thomas, 305.
Russell (brig), 286.
Ruth (schr.), 236.
Rutland, Edmund,256.
Thomas, 255, 256.
Ryan, W., 23.
SaUins, W., 236.
Sacket, , 41.
Saggahew (Indian),
318.
St. Domingo (ship),
190.
St. Lawrence (ship)
21(2), 196(2), 237,
248(2), 249.
St. Salvadore, 23.
Salem, Mass., 21, 22,
23, 99, 305, 853,
354.
Salem, N. H., 37,38.
Salisbury, Mass., 5.
Sally (brig), 236(2),
249.
Sally (schr.), 236(4).
Sally (ship), 237.
Sally (sloop), 125, 237.
Sally Ann (schr.), 237.
Salter, Benjamin, 82.
Matthew, 92.
Sarah, 82.
Saltonstall,Major,330.
Samuel (schr.), 237,
335.
Sanborn, Dr. Byron,
223(2).
J. B., 274.
James Stanlins,223.
Mary Ella (Yeaw),
223.
Victor Paul, 223.
Sandberg, F., 238.
Sandbird (jebacco
boat), 237.
Sanders, Phileman,
292.
Philip, 292.
Sandin, Ephraim, 151
(4), 158, 159(7).
San Domingo (ship),
237.
Sandwich, Mass., 803.
Sandy, Arthur, 77,
154(2).
San Gabriel(brig),287.
San Joaquin (brig),
237.
Santa Cecelia (ship),
237.
Santiago (brig), 238.
Saracen (ship), 238.
Sarah (brig), 238.
Sarah (schr.), 238(2).
Sargent, Dorothy,381
George, 140.
George M., 263(2).
John, 144.
John K., 40, 139.
N., 274.
Nathan, 30, 37, 134,
136.
Nathan, jr., 25, 32.
Patty, 144.
Rebecca, 225.
Rodney, 146.
Sartel, , 49.
Lieut., 50.
Saturn (ship),241, 242.
Saucy Jack(ship),238.
Saunders, Wid., 266.
A. M., 272.
Jesse, 145.
John, 256.
Samuel, 239.
Savannah, Ga , 24,315.
Savory, Savary, ,
274.
Mrs., 145.
Abigail, 266.
INDEX.
385
Savory, Anna, 177.
Anne, 171, 177.
Benjamin, 265(2).
C., 268.
Charles G., 33,39(2).
Chase, 174, 268(3).
Eliphalet, 268.
George, 136, 275.
Hannah, 175, 282.
John, 266.
Joseph, 136.
Robert, 268.
Thomas, 25, 27, 275.
William, 25, 275.
Sawyer, Doctor, 209,
218.
E., 247.
Dr. George White-
field, 218.
Sayre, T. M., 189.
Scammon, Col., 234.
Schmall, Mr., 335.
Science (schr. priva-
teer), 238.
Scituate, Mass., 310,
811(2), 313.
Scollay, John, 292.
Scott, J. E., 21.
Scudder, Catherine,
350.
Henry, 350.
Sea Flower (brig),238.
Sea Horse (ship), 249.
Searing, John, 126,127.
Searl, Jacob, 25.
Selman, Andrew M.,
76.
Benjamin, 76.
Capt. Francis G.,78.
Hannah, 76(2).
John, 76, 78(2).
Capt. John, 78.
Joseph G., 76.
Semerimes (sloop),
238
Severn (ship), 21, 196
(2), 249(2).
Sewall, Jonathan, 112
(2).
R. K., 305.
Samuel, 105, 316.
Chief Justice 8am-
uell, 153.
Stephen, 64, 108.
Shaler, Prof. N. S., 1.
Shannon, James No-
ble, 337.
Shannon (brig), 238.
Shannon (privateer),
21, 196, 236, 237,
240, 241, 244, 246.
Shannon (ship), 20,
22(2), 24, 190, 192,
193, 239, 241, 247
(2).
Sharborn, see Sher-
born.
Shatttick, Samuel, 101.
Sibel, 284.
Shaw, Charles A., 272
(2).
Joseph, 260.
Susanna, 282(2).
Sheldon, Abraham,
256.
Shepard, Polly, 331.
Sherborn, Sharborn,
Sherbourn, Col.,
50, 52, 144.
Sherbrook, John, 128.
Shillaber, Ebenezer,
120.
Ship tavern, 101, 102.
Shirley, P., 241.
Shirley, Gen. (priva-
teer), 258(2).
Shrimpton, Alice, 65.
Shuff, , 37.
Widow, 38.
John, 37, 134, 143.
Shute, Gov. Samuel,
207.
Sibae (brig), 238.
Sibley, Joseph, 66.
Sides, William O.,
147, 148(2), 273.
Simmonds, Betsey,
139(2).
Simmons, G., 241.
Simonds, Joseph, 28.
Sinclair, J., 195.
Singers, James,336(2).
John, 336.
Sipper, John, 255.
Sir Alexr. Ball (ship),
238.
Sir John Sherbrooke,
(privateer), 24,
189, 194, 196, 237,
244.
Sire, B., 192.
Skelling, John, 103.
Skinner, Skynner,
9 ^O<7*
J., 238.
Slater,Sleater,Slatter,
Daniel, 338.
Elizabeth, 84.
John, 84(2).
Small, J., 192.
Smethurst, Smethurs,
Gamaliel, 260.
Richard, 260.
William, 292.
Smith, Mr., 345.
A. F., 39.
Augustus W., 219.
Austin F., 263.
Daniel, 336.
Ebenezer, 336.
Hannah, 188.
Hugh, 169.
Jeremiah, 336,
John, 269.
Capt. John, 1.
Joseph, 271.
Dr. Nathan, 224.
Peter, 44.
Richard, 44.
Robert, 292.
Samuel, 174, 292(2).
Thomas, 344(2).
Walter, 292.
Mrs.WarrenF.,266.
William, 30, 31, 269,
334.
Z., 243.
Snap Dragon (schr.
privateer), 239.
Snell, S., 244.
Snow, H., 191.
T., 237.
Snow Alexander,
(ship), 239.
Snow Wanderer(ship)
239
Soley,Matthew,353(2).
Solomons, , 336.
Somes, Widow,36.137.
Sophia (sloop), 239.
Southborough, Mass.,
309.
South Carolina, 47.
South Reading, Mass.,
314.
INDEX.
Southwick, Cassan-
dra, 101.
Lawrence, 101.
Sowden, Thomas, 80
(2).
Sparrow, , 49.
Capt., 50(2).
Spartan (ship), 21, 191
(2), 194, 239, 244,
246.
Specie (schr.), 239.
Spencer (ship), 24,240
(2).
Spofford, Dr., 26, 146.
B. E., 26.
Calvin, 148.
Daniel, 32.
Dea. Eliezer, 34.
Gardner, 271(2).
H. A., 34(3).
Dr. J., 34, 275(2).
J. Morris, 36(3).
Dr. Jeremiah, 34(2.)
John, 32.
Luke A., 34.
Moody, 136.
Morris, 35.
Sprague, Joseph, 231.
Winifred, 207.
Sprawood, , 336.
Spring, Rev. S., 811.
Rev. Samuel, 311.
Springer, J., 247.
Spurr, David, 148,271,
273.
Stacey, Stacy, Benja-
min, 91(3).
Ebenezer, 81.
Dr. Edward, 69.
Mrs. Eleanor, 80(2).
Henry, 162(5), 844.
Jane, 162.
John, 80(3), 81(2).
Capt. John, 80(3).
Dea. John, 81(2).
Martha, 91, 162.
Michael, 81.
Dea. Samuel, 81.
T., 262, 265.
Timothy, 263(2).
Stack pole, Thomas R.,
28.
Stadden, Deborah,
168(2), 164(2).
Elias, 94(2).
Stadden, John, 163(2).
Stamper (brig), 239.
Stamworth, E., 22.
Stanley, Samuel S.,
121.
Stanstead, Quebec,
315.
Stanton & Spelman,
312.
Stanwood, Elizabeth,
288.
Isabella, 180.
Wid.Isabella,288(3).
Joseph, 288.
Star (privateer), 195.
Stark, Brig. Gen., 54.
Gen., 47.
Starr, Clement, 269.
Starr (ship), 239.
Start (brig), 239.
Statira (ship), 20-22,
190, 191(2), 192,
236, 237, 246, 247.
Steel, Alex , 134.
Stephanie (schr.), '239.
Stevens, , 306.
Bimsley, 188.
Elizabeth, 331.
Jonathan, 39.
Roger, 90.
Simeon, 280.
Stewart, Obediah, 32.
Stickney, Dea., 137.
Mrs., 147.
Alfred I., 81.
Capt. Alfred I., 135.
D. B., 26.
Dea. Daniel, 137.
Erastus B., 32(2),
135, 261 264.
Mary, 279.
Moses, jr., 261.
Richard, 66(5).
Samuel, 144(2), 173.
Sarah, 144.
Thomas. 27, 145.
Thomas W., 33, 145,
263.
William, 38.
Stiles, Mary, 215.
Sarah, 86(2).
Stilson.Vinson, 155(2).
Vinson, jr., 75(3).
Stockdale, Joseph, 259
(2).
Stocker, Capt., 256.
Ebenezer, 256.
Stockholm(schr.),239.
Stocks, Henry, 241.
Stone, , 307.
Dr., 216. 217.
Hon. Eben F., 122.
Esther Wiles, 216.
Isaac, 87(2).
Dr. Jeremiah, 216
(2).
John, 120.
Moses Wildes, 216.
Polly (Rogers), 216.
Samuell, 104.
Shubael, 216.
Susan Alzear, 216.
Stoneham, Mass., 311.
Storer, Ebenezer, 188,
356.
Story, Storey, Dr. Asa,
228.
Henry, 144.
Isaac, 69.
Martha R., 228.
Stout, Robert, 256.
Stover, J., 243.
Strahan, Dr., 92.
Street, W., 241.
William, 333(3), 337.
Streher, John, 338.
Strong, William, 256.
Strong (schr. priva-
teer), 239.
Strout, J., 22.
Stutevant, J., 23.
Success (brig), 240.
Sudbury. Mass., 303.
Sukey (schr.), 240.
Sunderland.N. H.,305.
Superb (brigate), 240
(2).
Superb (ship), 193,249.
Suriam, , 336.
Susan (sloop), 240.
Susanna (schooner),
128.
Susanna and Lucy
(schr.), 240.
Susanna (sloop), 240.
Sutter, Capt. Robert,
340.
Swain, J C., 245.
Swallow (schr.), 240.
Swallow (sloop), 127.
INDEX.
387
Swan (sloop), 125.
Swasey, Nathaniel,
292.
Swett, Sweat, Sweet,
Elizabeth, 76.
Joseph, 91, 164(2).
Swift, Elisha, 190.
Swift (brig), 240.
Swift (schr.), 240.
Sylph (ship), 245, 249.
Talbot, Capt., 56.
Tammeryn, , 336.
Tandy, Gorham P.,
31, 145.
Tappan.Tapham, Top-
ham, Tophans,
Toppan, Col., 53,
66, 60, 61.
John, 27, 28, 135.
Tarbell,Cornelius,210.
Elizabeth, 210.
Elizabeth (Giles),
210.
Tarrant, Sander, 292.
Tay, John, 278(2).
Taylor, Jonathan 0.,
66.
Molly, 283.
Thomas, 64(3).
William, 124.
Teazer (schr.), 240.
Tejo (ship), 241.
Telemachus (brig),
241.
Templeton.Mass., 312-
314.
Ten Brothers (schr.),
241.
Tenedos (ship), 22(2),
23, 192, 238, 239,
241.
Tenney, Tenny, Asa,
267.
Benjamin, 267.
Daniel, 170,264, 266.
Edmund C., 33.
Edward, 33.
Hannah, 174, 281.
John, 266, 281(4).
Capt. John, 266, 267
(2).
Jonathan, 172.
Dea. Jonathan, 265
(2), 266, 276.
Tenney, Joseph, 144.
Judith, 267.
Maximilian, 281.
Mercy, 167, 168.
Paul, 33.
Priscilla, 26, 27.
Ruth, 168, 169.
Samuel, 281.
Capt. Samuel, 267.
Dea. Samuel, 276.
Sarah, 281.
Solomon, 267(2).
Thomas, 170.
Dea. Thomas, 267.
Thacher, Dr. James,
224.
Thayer, Major, 54.
Mr., 304.
Theodore (brig), 241.
Thillerup, , 336.
Thistle, Richard, 156
(2).
Thistle (schr.), 241.
Thomas, Benjamin,
257.
Isaiah, 304.
W., 195.
Thomas (brig), 241.
Thomas (schr.), 241.
Thomas and Sally
(brig), 241.
Thomaston, Me., 303.
Thompson, Aaron T.,
76(2).
Jonathan, 162.
Samuel, 87.
Samuel B., 87(2),
88.
Sarah, 87.
Mrs. Sarah, 88.
Thorn (privateer
brig), 241.
Thorn (schr.), 241(2).
Thrasher, Philip, 81.
Philip, jr.. 81(2).
Three Brot hers(schr.),
242(2).
Three Frinnds(schr.),
242(3).
Three Friends(sloop),
255.
Three Sisters (schr.),
258
Three Thomases
(brig), 310.
Three Williams(brig),
242.
Thurlow, Stephen,35.
Thurston, Daniel, 141.
Tibbett, , 327.
Tickler (schr.), 242.
Tickler (sloop), 242.
Tilden, Niles, 35, 38,
135.
Tilton, Amos, 272.
Caleb, 35.
Tilton Brothers, 19.
Tindale, J., 22.
Tiverton, R. I., 43,61.
Tolman, Peleg. 307.
Tomahawk (schr.),
242.
Torpedo (schr.), 243.
Toppan, see Tappan.
Topsfleld, Mass., 6(3),
8(2), 16(2), 17, 19,
197, 316.
Torres, Jose R.de,237.
Towle, Abraham, 121,
122.
Town, Samuel, 127.
Towne, Jacob, Esq.,
213.
John H., 222.
Joseph, 312.
Lucy, 203.
Townley, John, 268.
Townshend, D., 236.
Towzer, William, 292.
Tracy, Patrick, 187.
Trapp, William, 257.
Traveller (schr.), 243.
Traveller (sloop), 243.
Tread well. Dr., 210.
Rev. John, 207.
Trefry, Agnes, 84.
Annie, 84.
John, 84.
Rebecca, 161.
Thomas, 84(2), J61.
Thomas, jr., 84.
Trent (schr.), 243.
Trevett, Elizabetb.,92.
Henry, 73(3).
Trevey, Trevy, James,
79.
John, 155.
Sarah, 79.
Thomas, 84(4).
Thomas, jr., 84.
388
INDEX.
Triton (schr.), 243.
Tropheter, George,
336.
Trott, James F., 20.
Trowbridge,Edmund,
112.
Trowtveller, Jan
George, 126.
Tnck, John, 259.
Francis, 125.
Tucker, J., 243.
Mary, 161.
Tucker (brig), 242.
Tucksbry, Mrs. Kath-
arine, 180.
Tufts, Mrs., 232.
Cotton, 230, 232.
Tulip (brig), 244.
Tullock, J., 244.
Turner, Elizabeth,
160.
John, 160(2), 833.
Tuttle, Widow, 28.
Mrs. Elizabeth, 28.
Widow Elizabeth,
27.
James, 323.
Rose, 323.
Twisden, Samuel, 166.
Two Brothers (bark),
243.
Two Brothers (schr.),
248(4), 244(2).
Tyger (brig). 244.
Tyler, Tyllor, Tylor,
, 143, 275.
Col., 42(4), 43, 44,
46-49, 61, 53, 54,
57, 60(2).
Flint, 81, 39. 262.
Hannah, 281.
J. G , 28, 148.
Jeremiah, 31.
Jonathan, 269.
Josiah G.. 32(2), 148,
269(2).
Leverett W., 30, 39.
Moses, 166(2).
Nathan, 42, 48.
Samuel, 29, 31, 38,
137, 265.
William, 31.
Tyler (gunboat), 98.
Ulysses (brig), 244(2).
Underwood, Capt.,
126.
Thomas, 126.
Unice (sloop), 244.
Union (brig), 244.
Union (schr.), 244(4).
Union (ship), 245(2).
Union Lass (schr.),
245.
Unity (sloop), 245.
Upham, Rev. Charles
W., 121.
Valaria (schr.), 245.
Valiant (ship), 24,191,
247.
Vance, N. S., 26.
Vanderford, B., 246.
Vans, Will, 256.
Varney, William, 39.
Vaughan, G., 194.
Venus (schr.), 245(2).
Venus (ship), 245.
Vestal (ship), 245.
Vickery, George, 344.
Rebecca, 344.
William, 37.
Victor (brig), 245.
Victorious (ship), 22,
193, 239.
Victorious-Marlboro
(ship), 192.
Victory (brig), 246.
Victory (schr. ),246(2).
Victory (ship), 246.
Victress (sloop), 246.
Virginia, 23, 47.
Vivid (brig), 246.
Voador (brig), 246(2).
Volador (brig), 246.
Volant (ship), 247.
Vose, Hon. Roger,
305.
. B.,22.
Wait. Isaac, 126.
Wakefield, Thomas,
284.
Walbridge.Amos, 260.
Mary, 260.
Walceon, Daniel, 337.
Waldron, Deliverance,
344.
John, 344.
John, sr., 78.
Walker, , 40.
Gen. Amasa, 305.
Charles, 139.
Sarah, 168, 172.
William, 119, 272.
Wall, Caleb, 306.
Wallace, Gen. Lew,
97.
Wallingf ord, ,269.
Benjamin, jr., 175.
Clarissa, 25.
Deborah, 171, 179.
Ebenezer, 325.
Frances, 328(2).
Hannah, 325.
Hepzibah, 171, 179.
Judith, 325.
Nathaniel, 25, 266.
Nathaniel, jr., 267.
Sarah, 328.
Sophia, 25.
Col. Thomas, 325.
Wallis, Adjt., 42.
Walpole, N. H., 305.
Walsh, Ardis, 35.
Ardis H., 135.
J. S., 39.
James S., 36.
Waltham, Mass., 314.
Walton, , 316.
Mr., 250.
Nathaniel, 159, 160
(2).
Samuel, 159(4), 251.
Rev. William, 158
(3), 159(2), 160.
Ward, Captain, 165.
General, 234.
Mr., 321.
Benjamin, 333.
John, 317, 336, 337.
Joshua, 292, 333(3),
337(2).
Miles, jr., 292.
Samuel, 127, 335(2).
Capt. Samuel, 163
(4), 349.
Lt. Samuel, 165.
Warder, Capt. Eben-
ezer, 340.
Wardwell, John, 277.
Warner, , 295.
J. & Sons, 303.
John, 303.
Warren, Judge, 121.
INDEX.
389
Warren, R. I., 48, 44,
46, 48, 50, 305.
Washington, ,115,
234.
Washington, Gen., 46,
119, 185.
Washington (schr.),
247.
Wasp (schr.), 247.
Wasp (ship), 191, 237,
239, 241, 248.
Wasp (sloop), 247.
Waterman, Mr., 268.
Waters, Mrs. Mary,
85.
William, 70, 85(4).
Watertown, Mass.,
312.
Watson, , 24.
George, 305.
William, 335.
Capt. William, 335
William G., 270(2),
274.
Watson (brig), 247.
Watts, Alexander,
82(2).
James, 164(2).
Samuel, 325.
Sarah, 330.
Weazel (privateer), 21.
Webb, Col., 43-48, 51,
52, 54.
Webb, Joseph, 293.
Webray, Jas., 24.
Webster, Mr., 271.
Benjamin B., 272.
Daniel, 120.
J., 193.
S., 36.
William, 255(2),337.
Weeks, Joseph, 194.
Welch, Richard, 31,
32, 35.
Wellington, Anna,217.
Rev. Charles, 217.
Wells, David, 304,306.
Wells, Me., 308.
Wencbel, , 41.
Wenham, Mass., 304.
Wentworth, Charles
W., 134.
Charles William,
143.
West, , 192.
Abner, 124.
Richard, 27.
Samuel, 292.
West Andover, 26.
West Barnstable,
Mass., 309.
West Boylston,Mass.,
314.
West Bradford, 27, 35.
West Cambridge,
Mass., 308.
Westford, Mass., 302
(2).
West Indian (schr.),
247.
West Newbury, Mass. ,
34, 35, 38.
Weston, W., 189.
Weston, Mass., 305.
Wheden, Charles, 74.
Miriam, 74.
Wheelwright,Nathan-
iel, 260(2).
Wheelwright&North-
end, 122.
Whidden, , 261.
Whipple, Ellen So-
phrona, 226.
William, 121.
Whitcher, Barbara
Ann (Horton),
228.
Joseph Batchelder,
228.
Mary Elizabetb.,228.
White, A. C., 20.
Abigail (Blaney),
212.
Alvan, 272.
Haffield, 338.
John, 165(4).
Capt. John, 212.
John, sr., 166(3).
Joseph, 119.
Remember, 347.
Samuel, 290.
Sarah, 212.
Thomas,342, 348(3).
Whiteare, see Whit-
tier.
Whiteway, John, 242.
Whittelcey, Mr., 48.
Whittier, Whiteare,
Abraham, 345(2).
Whittier,John Green-
leaf, 4.
Susan, 322.
W. R., 261.
Whomes,Richard,274.
Wicom, Martha, 169,
172.
Thomas, 283.
Wiggin, H. S., 262.
Rebecca, 261.
Sherborn, 146, 262.
Wight, Abigail, 86(2).
Wignereon,Walter,61.
Wildes, AsaW., 121.
Esther, 216.
Esther (Dwinell),
216.
Moses, 216.
Wiley Reynard (schr.
privateer), 247.
Wilkinson, Phillip,
260.
Willey, Willy, Mrs.,
189.
James, 257.
Samuel, 269.
William (bark), 247.
William (brig), 247(3).
William(schr.),248(4).
William (sloop), 248.
William & Ann
(sloop), 248.
William and Mary
(schooner), 130.
Williams, Capt. Ed-
ward, 256.
George, 255.
John, 248.
N., 22.
Samuel, 339.
Wm., 22.
Willis, Alfred, 271.
Williston,Thomas,94.
Wilshman, William,
258.
Wilson, P., 245.
Thomas, 256.
W., 239.
William, 178.
Winchendon, Mass.,
315.
Winches ter(ship),355.
Winslow, Nathaniel,
292.
Winter Island, 110.
890
INDEX.
Winthrop, Mrs. Ann,
63.
J., jr., 198.
John, 63.
John, jr., 167.
Wiscasset, Me., 21(2),
805.
Withington, Lothrop,
63.
Wolcot, Benjamin,64.
Wolfsberg, , 336.
Wolverine(privateer),
191, 241, 243, 246.
Wood, Eben, 266(2).
Ebenezer, 331.
Kev. George War-
ren, 271.
Leonard, 32.
Leonard Sawyer,
263.
Rufus H., 26.
S. H., 268.
Samuel, 271, 277.
Samuel H., 269.
Thomas, 145, 266,
268(2).
Woodberry,see Wood-
bury.
Woodbridge, , 49,
50.
Capt., 41.
Joshua L., 42.
Woodbury, Woodber-
ry, 0. J. H., 316.
Jacob, 87(2).
John, 252.
Woodbury & Leigh-
ton Co., 122.
Woodley, Miriam, 74.
William, 74(2).
Woodman, Col., 275.
Ira S., 266, 267, 271.
Nathaniel, 146(2),
276(2).
Richard, 134.
Woods, Samuel, 268.
Woodward, Mr., 148.
J., 20.
Wool, John, 29, 276.
Wooldridge, John,
335
Woolwick (ship), 238.
Worcester, Wooster,
Rev. Dr., 122.
Francis, 276.
Hannah, 171, 180.
Worcester, Mass., 304,
306.
Wormstead, Michael,
254.
Wormstill, John, 161.
Michael, 161.
Wright, Mr., 842.
A. F., 195.
Edward, 227.
George, 342.
John, 220.
Joseph, 256.
Wylie, Andrew, 386.
York Town (sbip),248.
Young Moses (sloop),
124(3).
Young Phoenix(ship),
248.
Younges, Joseph,346,
348.
Zodiac (ship), 248.
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