THE
ESSEX INSTITUTE
HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
VOLUME XLVIII 1912
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SALEM, MASS.
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CONTENTS.
Andover, A genealogical-historical visitation of, in the year
1863. By Alfred Poore, M. D. (Illustrated), ... 276
Averill, William, of Ipswich and some of his descendants.
By George Francis Dow, 133, 245
Bells of Paul and Joseph W. Revere. By Arthur H. Nichols,
M. D. (Illustrated), 1
Bowditch, Nathaniel, of Newport and his family. By George
Andrews Moriarty, jr., 335
Bowditch family, Note on the. By George Andrews Moriar-
ty, jr., 262
Browne-Cutting family of Newbury. By David W. Hoyt, . 85
Cutting-Browne family of Newbury. By David W. Hoyt, . 85
Dow, George Francis. William Averill of Ipswich and some
of his descendants, 133, 245
Essex County, Newspaper items relating to (Continued), 90, 185, 357
Essex County notarial records (Concluded), .... 72
Essex County, Roll of Capt. Samuel Mudge's Company in
1814 192
French and Indian War, Journal kept by Lieut. Daniel Gid-
dings during the expedition against Cape Breton in
1744-5, 293
Giddings, Lieut. Daniel, Journal kept by, during the expe-
dition against Cape Breton in 1744-5, .... 293
Harrington, Arthur H., M. D. Hathorne Hill in Danvers,
with some account of Major William Hathorne (Illus-
trated), 97
Hathorne Hill in Danvers, with some account of Major Wil-
liam Hathorne. By Arthur H. Harrington, M. D.
(Illustrated), 97
Henderson family of Salem. By George Andrews Moriarty,
jr., 328
Hoyt, David W. The Cutting- Browne family of Newbury, 85
Jackson, Russell Leigh. The Leigh family of Newbury,
Mass., 322
Leigh family of Newbury, Mass. By Russell Leigh Jackson, 322
Louisburg, Journal kept by Lieut. Daniel Giddings, during
the expedition in 1744-5, 293
Marblehead and Salem in 1808, 196
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iv CONTENTS.
Marblehead in the year 1700. By Sidney Perley (Continued),
(Illustrated), 79
Mason, Col. David, of Salem, Biographical Sketch by his
daughter Mrs. Susan Smith (Illustrated), ... 197
Moriarty, George Andrews, jr. The Henderson family of
Salem, 328
Moriarty, George Andrews, jr. Nathaniel Bowditch of New-
port and his family, 335
Moriarty, George Andrews, jr. Note on the Bowditch family, 262
Moriarty, George Andrews, jr. The Turner family of Salem, 263
Newhall family of Lynn. By Henry F. Waters (Continued),
113, 217, 805
Newspaper items relating to Essex County (Continued), 90, 185, 857
Nichols, Arthur H., M. D. The bells of Paul and Joseph W.
Revere (Illustrated) 1
Perley, Sidney. Marblehead in the year 1700 (Continued),
(Illustrated), 79
Perley, Sidney. Northfields, Salem, in 1700 (Illustrated), 173, 260
Poore, Alfred, M. D. A genealogical-historical visitation of
Andover, Mass., in the year 1863 (Illustrated), . . 276
Revolutionary War, Journal of James Stevens of Andover, . 41
Revolutionary War, A song, 71
Salem and Marblehead in 1808, 196
Salem, Northfields, in 1700. By Sidney Perley (Illustrated), 173, 260
Salem. Roll of Capt. Samuel Mudge's company, 1814, . 192
Salem town records, 1659-1680 (Continued), . 17, 149, 229, 341
Stevens, James, of Andover, Revolutionary journal of; . 41
Turner family of Salem. By George Andrews Moriarty, jr., 263
War of 1812. Roll of Capt. Samuel Mudge's company, Salem,
1814, 192
Waters, Henry F. The Newhall family of Lynn (Continued),
113, 217, 305
THE WEST CHURCH, BOSTON, MASS.
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HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
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VOL. XLVIII. JANUARY, 1912 No. 1
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.
(Concluded from Vol. XL VII, page
180 July 31, 1817, Washington, Ga. (C. H.), 330 Ibs.
Used on the County Court House till the close of the Civil War;
replaced by another, the gift of Dr. Frank Willis, of Richmond, Va.
Now in use on a public school.
181 Aug. 8, 1817, 3rd Parish, Abington, 818 Ibs.
Hung on the church, built in 1813; sent to Boston, the clock being
sold to a church in Joppa, now Elmwood, a part of East Bridge-
water. See also No. 112.
182 Aug. 6, 1817, Easton (Col. Leach), 894 Ibs.
The Parish Church was built in 1816. See No. 221.
183 Aug. 6, 1817, Providence, R.I., 2884 Ibs.
The largest bell cast at the Revere Foundry. See also Nos. 168,
177, 364.
184 Sept. 30, 1817, Byfield (Newbury), 885 Ibs.
Destroyed when the church was burned, March 1, 1833. A new
bell weighing 1000 pounds was bought when the new edifice was
dedicated, Nov. 7, 1833.
185 Jan. 14, 1818, Marblehead, 852 Ibs.
Still in use on St. Michael's (Episcopal) Church. See also No. 199.
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2 THE BELLS OF PAUL AND JOSEPH W. KEVERE
186 Oct. 28, 1817, Reading, 1179 Ibs.
Placed in the belfry of the Old South Church, now owned by the
Methodist Society. The parish voted, in 1825, to sell this bell. A
new bell, bought in 1826, weighing 1004 Ibs., was exchanged in 1827
for another weighing 1500 Ibs. The latter, proving too heavy for
the tower, was exchanged in 1831 for another of 1000 Ibs.
187 Nov. 18, 1817, Alfred (Maine), 622 Ibs.
In constant use on a school house until about 1808, when it fell
and was cracked when the building was burned.
188 Feb. 4, 1818, Goffstown, 1218 Ibs.
Replaced in 1819. See No. 212.
189 Nov. 12, 1817, Fitzwilliam, 1128 Ibs.
Raised when the second edifice was dedicated in 1818; used for
calling to services and tire alarm; cracked on a cold night, March
28, 1881. Pronounced of fine tone. Replaced by a bell weighing
1524 pounds cast by Blake Brothers. See also 144, 166.
190 Nov. 26, 1817, Leicester, 1062 Ibs.
Not to be traced. The first bell of the meeting house, cast by
George H. Holbrook of Brookfield, was raised Jan. 13, 1803. This
was recast in 1810, 1834 and 1900. Prior to 1802 a small bell had
been given to the Academy.
191 March 16, 1818, Durham, N. H., 862 Ibs.
Disappeared. The bell now in use is old.
192 March 18, 1818, Provincetown, 450 Ibs.
Replaced a few months afterward. See No. 195.
193 Sept. 7, 1818, Randolph, Vermont, 1008 Ibs.
Cracked while being lowered from the belfry in 1838, when the
meeting-house was being remodelled. A superior bell, much
missed.
194 April 13, 1818, Louisville, Kentucky, 1077 Ibs.
Hung in the tower of the Presbyterian Church, built in 1817 on
the west side of Fourth Street, between Market and Jefferson; de-
stroyed when the church was burned down in 1836. Fragments of
the metal were afterwards carried off as souvenirs. Said to have
been of singularly clear tone. It was used by the city as well as by
the church.
195 June 11, 1818, Provincetown, 476 Ibs.
Probably to replace No. 192. Not to be traced.
196 Aug., 1818, Savannah, 1581 Ibs.
197 May 23, 1818, Havana, M. Jencks, 494 Ibs.
BY ARTHUR H. NICHOLS, M. D. 3
198 June 2, 1818, Woodstock, Vermont, 687 Ibs.
Now in use in the Congregational Church. Inscribed " Revere &
Son, Boston, 1818," the weight being written in chalk on the inner
waist. Cost, 711 Ibs., at 45 cents, $319.95. Tonic note C. See also
376, 392.
199 June 22, 1818, Marblehead, 816 Ibs.
In use on the Congregational Church till 1886, when it was sold to
a church in Tennessee. See also No. 185.
200 Sept. 14, 1818, Dublin, N. H., 1217 Ibs.
Broken in 1886, and given in part payment for a new bell of simi-
lar weight.
201 Aug. 20, 1818, Hopkinton, 396 Ibs.
Sold to a cotton factory no longer existing.
202 Oct. 30, 1818, Braintree, Mass., 1121-lbs.
Not to be traced. Probably sold to the First Church, built 1757.
This Society bought a bell weighing 400 pounds in 1760. The edifice
was replaced in 1830 and again in 1857. See also Nos. 108 and 131.
203 Sept. 18, 1818, Plymouth, Mass., 690 Ibs.
May be the bell said to have been cast by Revere, now in use on
the Universalist Church, erected 1826.
204 Sept. 22, 1818, Hopkinton, Mass., 311 Ibs.
Either this bell, or No. 201, was sold to Wood's factory, which
was destroyed by fire.
205 Oct. 12, 1818, Danville, Vt., 830 Ibs.
Disappeared.
206 Nov. 20, 1819, Essex St. Church, 1086 Ibs.
This church was dedicated Dec., 1819. It is probable that this
bell was never delivered. The arches of the tower were perma-
nently closed.
207 Nov. 17, 1818, Townshend, Mass., 1191 Ibs.
Cracked and exchanged.
208 March 11, 1819, Rutland, Mass., 865 Ibs.
See No. 232.
209 Sept. 17, 1820, Gardiner, Maine, 850 Ibs.
Now in the belfry of Christ (Episc.) Church, the corner-stone of
which was laid May 31, 1819. Lettered "Revere & Son, Boston."
The curfew is still rung at 9 o'clock.
210 Nov. 9, 1818, New Castle, Maine, 345 Ibs.
4 THE BELLS OF PAUL AND JOSEPH W. REVERE
211 Nov. 9, 1818. Waynesborough, Ga., 377 Ibs.
Thought to have been destroyed when the Court House was
burned, 1856.
212 Feb. 19, 1819, Goffstown, N. H., 1061 Ibs.
Hung in the old meeting house. Pronounced cracked when the
building was pulled down in 1843. See No. 188.
213 May 18, 1819, Newburyport, M. Andrews, Sec'y,
1156 Ibs.
Still in use in the church of the First Congregational Society. See
also Nos. 10, 58 and 300.
214 March 5, 1819, Hopkinton, 470 Ibs.
May have been sold to Episcopal Church built about this time to
replace the edifice blown down in the great gale of 1815. The church
was burned in 1863 by a fire starting in the belfry. The bell was
then cracked, but was used afterward on a shoe shop, and later on
an engine house.
215 May 5, 1819, Bellows Falls, 689 Ibs.
A gift to the Episcopal Church, 1819, by Amasa Allen of Walpole.
Inscribed ''Revere & Son, Boston." Still in use.
216 Dec. 27, 1820, Chelmsford, 687 Ibs.
Probably replaced, 1823, by No. 274.
217 May 18, 1818, Roxbury, Mass., 1506 Ibs.
Still in use in perfect condition in church of First Religious
Society (Unitarian). Recently rebung in a curved steel yoke.
218 June 16, 1819, Groton, 1128 Ibs.
Still hanging in belfry of First Parish (Unitarian) Church in per-
fect condition. Serves as church bell, for fire alarm, and is attached
to the town clock.
219 Feb. 17, 1820, Belfast, Maine, 1260 Ibs.
Still in use in perfect condition in First Parish (Unitarian) Church.
Inscribed " Revere & Son, Boston, 1819."
220 June 16, 1819, Easton, Mass., 892 Ibs.
To replace No. 182. In 1826 the Parish voted "to procure a new
bell that should weigh twelve hundred pounds." Whether this was
done is uncertain. The church was burned several years ago and
the bell then in use was melted.
221 June 23, 1819, Duxbury, Mass., 804 Ibs.
222 June 26, 1819, Witford Academy, 315 Ibs.
223 Nov. 17, 1819, Brimfield, 825 Ibs.
Destroyed when the Congregational Church was burned, Feb. 21,
1847.
Hpn
BELL CAST IN 1819 BY REVERE & SON,
Now in the steeple of the First Church, Belfast, Maine.
BY ARTHUR H. NICHOLS, M. D. 5
224 Oct. 19, 1819, Christ Church, Savannah, 1934 Ibs.
Still in use in good condition.
225 Oct. 14, 1819, Dartmouth College, 299 Ibs.
From the College Kecords, it appears that this bell was received
in the autumn of 1819, and was exchanged, 1821, for the bell of 512
pounds (No. 245).
226 Nov. 1, 1819, Matanzas (Cuba), 494 Ibs.
El Ingenio (sugar mill), Felipe Dickinson.
227 Feb. 23, 1822, Dover Cotton Factory, 372 Ibs.
228 May 18, 1820, Eastport, 1048 Ibs.
Hung in the First Congregational (Unitarian) Church. Cracked
and recast 1873. The present bell is inscribed " Holbrook and Son,
East Medway, Mass., 1873."
229 March 14, 1820, Springfield, 910 Ibs.
230 March 15, 1820, Matanzas (Cuba), 502 Ibs.
J. Sargent, jr.
231 March 15, 1820, J. Sargent, Jr., 487 Ibs.
232 April 20, 1820, Rutland, 1216 Ibs.
To replace bell of 1819. See No. 208. The second meeting house,
erected 1759, was burned Feb. 28, 1830.
233 May 24, 1821, Effingham, N. H., 904 Ibs.
Now in use in the belfry of the Congregational Church. Said to
have a fine tone.
234 April 29, 1820, South Berwick, 836 Ibs.
Thought to have been destroyed by fire.
235 May 22, 1820, Canton, Mass., 722 Ibs.
The Precinct voted, Oct. 15, 1764, the sum of 48 to purchase a
bell the weight of which was to be "400 pounds or upwards." The
bell procured of 385 pounds, proving to be of too light metal, was
recast, Nov. 15, 1796, by Col. Hobart, of Abington, whose bill is
preserved with the town records. The Hobart bell is said to have
been broken by Harrison Carroll, sexton, by striking with a sledge
hammer. A committee was appointed in 1820, which ordered the
bell recast, its weight being augmented to 1127 pounds, and this
bell is still hanging in the belfry of the First Parish (Unitarian)
Church at Canton Corner, inscribed " Revere, Boston, 1821."
236 Sept. 13, 1820, Hancock, N. H., 1166 Ibs.
Bought when the church was built. Still in constant use for the
call to church, town meeting, and for a clock bell.
6 THE BELLS OF PAUL AND JOSEPH W. REVERE
287 July 17, 1820, W. Cordwell, 557 Ibs.
See also No. 240.
238 May 22, 1821, Munson & Barnard, 554 Ibs.
For Norridgwock.
239 March 15, 1821, Brighton, 1087 Ibs.
240 Nov. 10, 1836, W. Cordwell, 806 Ibs.
See No. 238.
241 Dec. 30, 1820. J. A. Bacon to send to Cuba,
1167 Ibs.
242 Dec. 30, 1820. J. A. Bacon, to send to Cuba,
568 Ibs.
243 June 13, 1822, Putney, Vermont, 836 Ibs.
In use till 1841, then broken by being allowed to fall when the
church was being taken down.
244 July 24, 1821, Blue Hill, Maine, 682 Ibs.
245 Feb. 19, 1821, Hanover, Dartmouth College, 512 Ibs.
Destroyed; replaced about 1829. See also No. 225.
246 April 12, 1821, Hollis, N. H., 1232 Ibs.
Cracked and sold for old metal.
247 May 24, 1821, 2d Parish, Roxbury, 1000 Ibs.
This church on Centre street, near South, Jamaica Plain, was the
scene of Theodore Parker's early ministerial labors. This bell was
installed when the edifice was rebuilt in 1821. Said to be in use in
another tower in Jamaica Plain.
248 April 9, 1821, Mantanzas, 476 Ibs.
249 Nov. 22, 1821, Sterling, 992 Ibs.
Destroyed when the church was burned in 1843.
250 Aug. 4, 1821, Portland Universal. Soc. 1208 Ibs.
See also No. 376.
251 Nov. 14, 1821, Granby, 529 Ibs.
Still in use.
252 July 25, 1821, Paris, Maine, 906 Ibs.
Still in use for church service and hour bell for clock given by the
late Vice-President Hamlin.
BELL CAST IN 1822 BY REVERE & SON, FOR THE
FIRST CHURCH, LANCASTER, MASS.
BY ARTHUR H. NICHOLS, M. D. 7
253 Oct. 25, 1821, Hallowell, 1124 Ibs,
Thought to have been hung in the Baptist Church, built in 1821>
and destroyed by fire in 1868.
254 Sept. 10, 1821, Dighton, 574 Ibs.
Still in active service on Unitarian Church. Tone fine.
255 Dec. 12, 1821, Southbridge, 890 Ibs.
Disappeared; not to be traced.
256 Feb. 6, 1822, Salisbury, N. H., 722 Ibs.
Bought by subscription for $300 at the organization of the church
in the East Village, now Franklin, N". H. Cracked when the church
was destroyed by fire, Dec. 7, 1902, it was recast with additional
metal.
257 April 12, 1822, New Bedford, 1179 Ibs.
Hung for some years in the Baptist Church at Padanaram (South
Dartmouth). The edifice, having become disused, was bought with
the bell by E. T. Sturtevant. At the suggestion of the writer this
bell, which is well preserved, was bought in 1910 for the First
Church, Unitarian, in Chestnut Hill, Brookline, then in process of
erection. See also No. 11.
258 Nov. 21, 1821, St. Paul, Portland, 1697 Ibs,
Keplaced in 1827. See also No. 371.
259 Nov. 21, 1821, J. Sargent, Jr., Matanzas, 1133 Ibs.
260 April 1, 1822, Dover, N. H., 1084 Ibs.
Still in use on First Parish meeting house.
261 April 10, 1822, Beverly, 567 Ibs.
See No. 59.
262 Dec. 24, 1822, Coast of Africa, 535 Ibs.
263 April 12, 1822, Cambridgeport Baptist Society,
1069 Ibs.
264 July 18, 1822, Chelmsford Mfg. Co., 876 Ibs.
265 July 28, 1822, Newport, N. H,, 705 Ibs.
Still in use on the Baptist Church. See also No. 275.
266 July 13, 1823, Plymouth, 658 Ibs.
See also Nos. 42, 203.
267 April 27, 1822, Augusta, Maine, 1237 Ibs.
See also No. 49.
8 THE BELLS OF PAUL AND JOSEPH W. REVERE
268 April 28, 1824, Milton, 1041 Ibs.
Probably to replace bell of 1822. (No. 274.) The meetinghouse
of the First Evangelical Congregational Church had a a Revere bell,
recast some years ago. That of the First Parish Church is inscribed
"G. H. Holbrook, East Medway, Mass. 1825."
269 May 18, 1822, Gorham, Maine, 1208 Ibs.
Bought for the First Church by Capt. Toppan Robie, installed
June 7, 1822. Inscribed " Revere, Boston, 1822." Still in use.
270 March 26, 1822, Halifax, Mass,, 804 Ibs.
271 Jan. 29, 1823, Leominster, 1076 Ibs.
Hung, 1823, in the First Parish Church which was destroyed by
fire in the winter of 1903. Damaged by its fall, it was recast with
additional metal, at Troy, N. Y.
272 June 11, 1822, Thomaston, Maine, 705 Ibs.
To replace original bell of 1797. See No. 17.
273 June 10, 1822, Milton, 1205 Ibs.
See No. 268.
274 Sept. 17, 1823, Chelmsford, 1538 Ibs.
Melted in the fire which consumed the meeting house in 1842.
Hand-bells cast from the metal are preserved in many households
See also No. 216.
275 Oct. 11, 1822, Newport, N. H., Mr. James Breck,
1212 Ibs.
Still in use on the Congregational church See also No. 265. James
Breck was chairman of the building committee.
276 Aug. 22, 1822, Lempster, N. H., 652 Ibs.
Cracked and recast about 1844.
277 Aug. 7, 1822, Washington (Col.), 858 Ibs.
278 Sept. 9, 1822, Alfred, Maine, 934 Ibs.
See also No. 187. Still in use.
279 Oct 14, 1822, Washington City, Amos Binney, 938
IDS*
280 Sept. 24, 1823, Lancaster, 1067 Ibs.
< N ' 149 > Still in use. Inscribed Re-
281 Oct. 24, 1822, J. A. Bacon, 1055 Ibs.
BY ARTHUJR H. NICHOLS, M. D.
282 Feb. 20, 1823, Jaffrey, N. H.
Bought by the town in 1823. Received March 1st, and placed up-
on the only meeting house existing at that time. Cracked in the
fifties. Recast by Henry N. Hooper, Boston, and still in use.
283 Oct. 6, 1823, Dover Mfg. Co., 884 Ibs.
284 Dec. 12, 1822, Wm. Hand, 404 Ibs.
285 Nov. 30, 1825, Greenfield, N. H., 903 Ibs.
Broken in the thirties while being tolled for a funeral. Replaced
by another cast by Holbrook, East Medway.
286 Aug. 16, 1823, Baptist Society, Charlestown, 943
Ibs.
Hung in the lofty steeple of the church, on Austin st., completed
1823, replaced by another cast, 1873, at the Blake Foundry.
287 April 1, 1826, Wilmington, N. C., 865 Ibs.
288 Jan. 29, 1823, Haverhill, 1200 Ibs.
" The bell of the First Church which weighed 1200 pounds, and
was made by Paul Revere, was cracked by the Federalists last Fall
(1840). It has now been replaced by an new one."
Haverhill Gazette, May 15, 1841.
289 March 1, 1823, Rea & Thaxter for Mobile, 413 Ibs.
290 May 14, 1824, Maiden, 1209 Ibs.
291 May 3, 1825, Kittery, 638 Ibs.
Still in use. Inscribed " Revere, Boston, 1823.
292 April 15, 1823, Philadelphia, 1904 Ibs.
293 June 4, 1823, J. A. Bacon, 565 Ibs.
294 Dec. 31, 1822, East Parish, Newton, 893 Ibs.
295 June 11, 1823, Machias Academy, 401 Ibs.
296 August 27, 1823, County of Hampshire, 404 Ibs..
Used on the Old Court House, Northampton till 1887; now pre-
served in excellent condition in the basement of the New Court
House. Cost $167.60.
297 August 14, 1824, J. Baker & Son, 678 Ibs.
298 Jan. 2, 1824, Dover Mfg. Co., 541 Ibs.
299 Sept. 29, 1823, Matanzas J. Bacon, 713 Ibs.
300 Dec. 5, 1823, Fourth Religious Society, Newbury-
port, 1429 Ibs.
In May, 1796, a bell weighing 1,020 pounds was hung in the belfry.
This was exchanged for that now in use, inscribed, " Revere, Bos-
ton, 1823." See also Nos. 10, 58, 213.
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301 Oct. 31, 1823, Dodd, Havana, 813 Ibs.
Andaz Gaspar Hernandez.
302 Nov. 7, 1823, Mr. Wendell, Dover, 404 Ibs.
303 Nov. 7, 1823, Philip Allen, Providence, 410 Ibs.
304 Dec. 26, 1823, J. A. Bacon, 571 Ibs.
305 Feb. 11, 1824, Sutton, 1057 Ibs.
In March, 1824, the Committee appointed to procure a bell for
the First Parish reported as follows: weight of bell 1084 Ibs.; cost,
$374.00; carting and raising $20.70; total cost, $394.70; received for
old bell, $179.75. This edifice was destroyed by fire, 1828. The bell
of the new church was cast by Holbrook.
306 Sept. 9, 1825, Hagerstown, 859 Ibs.
307 July 20, 1824, Northampton, 1458 Ibs.
308 April 21, 1824, M. Kinsley, Hampton (Me.), 392
Ibs.
Probably bought for The Academy, destroyed by fire, Feb. 24
1842. See also No. 341.
309 Jan. 27, 1824, West Boston Church, 1456 Ibs.
The catalogue of bells cast before Lady Day, 1788, by the Rudhalls
of Gloucester, includes a bell sent to the "West Church (Boston
Town)." Revere's bell was short-lived. The tower now contains a
bell in good condition, used as an hour bell and inscribed " Cast by
George H. Holbrook, East Medway, Mass., 1835. The edifice is now
a branch of the Public Library.
310 Oct. 1825, Fryeburg Academy, 529 Ibs.
See also No. 330.
311 Nov. 4, 1825, West Cambridge, 1308 Ibs.
According to the records of the First Parish, West Cambridge,
now Arlington, a new bell was bought in 1825. See also No. 64.
312 May 1, 1824, Nashua Mfg. Co., 404 Ibs.
313 June 17, 1824, Bristol, R. 1. , Congregational Church,
1157 Ibs.
Cracked, 1853, and exchanged for another cast by Meneely & Co.
314 May 1, 1824, J. A. Bacon, 408 Ibs.
315 June 22, 1825, Indian Head Mfg. Co., 437 Ibs.
316 June 17, 1824, Bristol, R. I., Episcopal Church, 1100
Ibs.
BY ARTHUR H. NICHOLS, M. D. 11
317 Nov. 18, 1824, Amherst, N. H., 1208 Ibs.
Bought by vote of town, Nov. 1, 1824, to replace the original bell,
bought 1793, that had become cracked . Suspended temporarily in
the open air, it was broken by a blow from a sledge hammer. See
No. 319.
318 Dec., 1824, Northampton, Mass., 1021 Ibs.
See also Nos. 307 and 327.
319 Dec. 17, 1826, Amherst, N. H., 1470 Ibs.
Bought by vote of town, 1825, to replace No. 317 broken. It did
service till cracked by violent ringing, July 4, 1839. It was then
exchanged for a new bell of similar weight.
320 Nov., 1824, F. Cabot, 388 Ibs.
321 Oct. 9, 1824, Holbrook & Dexter, 546 Ibs.
322 Sept. 13, 1824, Munson & Barnard, 408 Ibs.
323 Nov. 20, 1824, W. Savage, for Cuba, 843 ibs.
324 Nov. 20, 1824, W. Savage, for Cuba, 318 Ibs.
325 Jan. 19, 1826, Deerfield, N. H., 1253 Ibs.
Bought for the Union Church by Mr. Hilton; fell with the belfry
in the fire of 1840. Recast and given by Mr. Hilton to the Calvin
Baptist Church upon its completion, 1841-2. The only bell in town
until 1874, when another was given to the Congregational Church
by Mr. Brown.
326 Jan. 6, 1826, Concord, N. H., 1223 Ibs.
Perhaps to replace in North Meeting House the light bell of 1809.
The Society sold their bell in 1828 to the First Congregational
Society.
327 June 8, 1825, Northampton, 1073 Ibs.
See also Nos. 307 and 318.
328 April 27, 1825, Amherst (Mass.), 1500 Ibs.
The original Chapel bell, raised to a two-story detached bell-tower,
erected near the one building of the College, shown in a drawing of
College Hill made in 1826. When the Chapel was finished in 1827, it
was hung in its belfry. Superseded many years ago.
329 March 11, 1825, J. A. Bacon, 559 Ibs.
330 May 17, 1825, Freyburg Academy, 430 Ibs.
See also No. 310.
331 April 27, 1825, Ch. Barrett, 326 Ibs.
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332 March 31, 1825, For Passamaquoddy Head, 1041
Ibs.
333 June 8, 1825, Royalston, Vermount, 547 Ibs.
Not to be traced. The old church was burned in 1840 and the
church records have been lost.
334 Sept. 11, 1825, Attleborough, 1026 Ibs.
335 Aug. 30, 1825, E. Lyman, Hartford, Vt., 680 Ibs.
Bought by Elias Lyman, of Hartford, Vt., for the Congregational
Church in Rochester, Vt. Still in use.
336 March 28, 1827, Rushing, for Fall River, 613 Ibs.
337 July 21, 1825, Almy, Brown & Waters, 401 Ibs.
338 Nov. 8, 1825, Marshfield, 397 Ibs.
Bell of 1794 (No. 7) recast for the Second Congregational Society,
in use till 1837, when the edifice was remodelled from design of
Isaiah Rogers, architect of Merchants' Exchange and Howard Athe-
naeum, Boston. A tower was then added and a clock installed,
while the bell which had been audible over an area of eight miles
was recast with weight augmented to nearly 700 pounds.
339 May 26, 1826, New London, N. H., 680 Ibs.
Still in use in the tower of the Baptist Church. In good preser-
vation, and said to have a " full, rich tone."
340 July 2, 1828, R. B. Kinsley, for the Baptist Society,
Fall River, 1057 Ibs.
The church, erected in 1828, was sold to the Episcopal Society in
1840. It was destroyed, with the bell, by fire, on Christmas eve,
1856.
341 June 1, 1827, Hampden, Maine, M. Kinsley, 542
Ibs.
Probably the bell lettered " Revere, Boston," now hanging in the
Universalist Church, dedicated 1828. Martin Kinsley graduated at
Harvard College, 1778; settled in Hardwick, Mass., and represented
that town in the Legislature; financially embarrassed by land spec-
ulation in Georgia, he came to Hampden in 1779; became Judge,
member of Governor's Council and Senate; left Hampden 1834-5,
and died in Roxbury shortly afterward at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Mary Gardiner. See also No. 308.
342 Jan. 6, 1826, Ware Mfg. Company, 442 Ibs.
343 Nov. 26, 1825, Fall River, 326 Ibs.
344 June 14, 1826, Antrim, N. H., 1208 Ibs.
Bought, 1826, for the Presbyterian Church; cracked about 1867;
recast at Blake Bell Foundry, Boston.
PAUL REVERE BELL, CAST IN 1809.
Preserved in St. Paul's Church, Newburyport.
BY ARTHUR H. NICHOLS, M. D. 13
345 June 28, 1826, Barre, Vermont, 885 Ibs.
Not to be found. The bell on the Congregational Church, organ-
ized a century ago, bears the date 1843; that on the Spaulding High
School, 1870.
346 April 15, 1827, Medford, 1529 Ibs.
347 May 17, 1826, Saxon Leicester Mfg. Co., 448 Ibs.
348 March 4, 1826, J. Crombie, New Boston, N. H.,
1415 Ibs.
Removed from the old meeting house on the hill, since burned, to
the newly erected church in the village. Still in use. John Croin-
bie, son of James, a prominent townsman, was born Jnly 30, 1770,
died April 24, 1839.
349 June 28, 1826, Coolidge, Poor & Head, 673 Ibs.
350 Aug. 27, 1827, Town of Stow, 1222 Ibs.
Ordered for the First Parish Church, built 1827; destroyed in the
fire of Nov. 9, 1847. The bell cast to replace it is still in use.
351 Oct. 25, 1826, Keene, 1045 Ibs.
352 Aug. 26, 1826, Brookline, 1354 Ibs.
353 July 19, 1826, Rice & Thaxter, for Mrs. Bruns-
wick, 349 Ibs.
354 Nov. 1, 1825, Waldeborough, Maine, 905 Ibs.
Still in use on the Congregational Church.
355 April 18, 1827, First Calvin Baptist Church, Ports-
mouth, 703 Ibs.
356 Sept. 20, 1826, Pocasset Mfg. Co., 430 Ibs.
357 June 9, 1827, Pocasset Mfg. Co., 430 Ibs.
358 Aug. 17, 1827, Baptist Society, Concord, N. H.,
1240 Ibs.
Still in use in good condition.
359 Dec. 8, 1826, Croydon, N. H., 1017 Ibs.
Cracked and sold, 1885, to Wm. Blake & Co., Boston. Considered
" a splendid bell."
360 Aug. 28, 1828, Bangor, Maine (M. Bussey), 1326
Ibs.
Thought to be still in use.
361 May 10, 1827, Brookfield, 889 Ibs.
14 THE BELLS OF PAUL AND JOSEPH W. REVERE
362 Feb. 9, 1827, R. A. Tucker for A. Clapp, 1214 Ibs.
363 May 21, 1827, W. Parish, Andover, 662 Ibs.
Still in use; see also No. 136.
364 May 8, 1827, Baptist Church, Providence, R. I.,
593 Ibs.
See also Nos. 163, 177, 183.
365 Dec. 26, 1827, New Church, North End, Boston,
1489 Ibs.
The New North Church was built, 1714; enlarged and repaired,
1730; a new tower and steeple built, 1764. In 1719, John Frizell, a
wealthy merchant living on Moon St., gave the society a bell which
was in constant use until the meeting house was taken down in
1802. It was of light weight (3-400 Ibs.). and of unpleasing tone. It
was bought by Jesse Smith,of Charlton, Mass., 1802, and hung in the
tower of the Baptist Church until that structure was pulled down,
about 1830, when it was transferred to the school house on the north
side. Having become cracked, it was recast, 1845, by Holbrook, and
is still in use. The new edifice (New North), designed by Bulfinch,
was dedicated May 2, 1804, and in June, 1805, a subscription was
made for the purchase of a new bell weighing upwards of 1300
pounds, cast by Paul Revere & Son. The record of this bell appears
in the stock book. The Revere bell of 1827 was broken, about 1852,
by the fire alarm hammer, and replaced by another of similar weight
and tone.
366 July 31, 1827, Westmoreland, N. H., 930 Ibs.
Hung when the church was remodelled and a steeple added, 1827.
Cracked about 1847 and recast by Henry N. Hooper & Co. Present
bell weighs 812 pounds.
367 Nov. 12, 1827, Taunton, 640 Ibs.
Hung in the meeting house, erected 1825, in that part of Taunton
now Westville. Inscribed. Still in use.
368 Aug. 6, 1827, Thomaston, Maine, 693 Ibs.
369 Aug. 14, 1827, Sherburne & Blunt, 541 Ibs.
370 Nov. 22, 1827, Amesbury Mfg. Co., 401 Ibs.
371 July 19, 1827, St. Paul's, Portland, 1828 Ibs.
Changed, 1839, to St. Stephen's. Bell melted, when the edifice
was destroyed in the conflagration of July 4, 1866.
372 Sept. 13, 1827, Harvard, 826 Ibs.
The first bell in Harvard, paid for chiefly by private subscriptions,
was raised in 1807 to the steeple of the First Parish church which
had been added the previous year. At a meeting of the parish,
September 10, 1827, it was voted to accept the offer of Paul Revere,
BY ARTHUR H. NICHOLS, M. D. 15
to take the old bell and furnish a new one at a cost of ten cents per
pound with discount of five per cent, for cash. The bell (No. 372)
was in use till about the year 1860, when as teel bell was obtained
from Nay lor, Vickers & Co., Sheffield. The latter, though cracked
in the fire of 1875, is still in use.
"In August, 1827, a subscription headed by Seth Nason with a
gift of one hundred dollars was raised to add a cupola and provide a
bell for the Orthodox Church at the Centre. The sum of $903.50
was thus obtained." Nourse, Hist, of Harvard. The bell now in
use is inscribed " G. H. Holbrook, Medway, 1827."
In 1832 it was voted to build a new meeting house at Still River, a
part of Harvard, and a bell, cast by Holbrook in 1807, was bought
by individuals and given to the society. It was hauled from Boston
by John Farwell. Though cracked, it is still in use. Tradition
connects this bell with Harvard College.
373 Oct. 26, 1827, Plymouth, N. H., 932 Ibs.
374 Oct. 1, 1827, Woodstock, Vt., 870 Ibs.
Still in use in the Episcopal Church. In the bell chamber of the
Universalist Church is a bell inscribed " Revere, Boston." On its
inner waist is written in blue chalk, u 1021 (Ibs.)". Bought in 1835,
it was cast by the elder son of Paul Revere. See also Nos. 198, 392.
375 Oct. 20, 1828, Indian Head Factory, 539 Ibs.
376 Sept. 11, 1827, Christian Church, Portland, 1861 Ibs.
377 Feb. 6, 1828, Cohasset, 600 Ibs.
See No. 8.
378 Sept. 26, 1827, J. A. Bacon, 757 Ibs.
379 Sept. 26, 1827, J. A. Bacon, 321 Ibs.
380 Sept. 28, 1827, Louisville, Ky., 1026 Ibs.
381 Feb. 28, 1828, Truro, 842 Ibs.
Still in use in the Congregational Church, which was completed
Dec., 1827, Its cost was $320. It is inscribed " Revere, Boston."
Chalk marks written on inner surface of sound bow indicating its
weight are still legible.
382 Jan. 12, 1828, Amherst, Mass., 853 Ibs.
Hung probably in church of North Amherst, built 1826. It has
been since twice superseded.
383 March 3, 1828, Peacham, Vermont, 672 Ibs.
Bought by vote of town; cracked and removed in the forties.
384 Sept. 22, 1828, Mobile, 410 Ibs.
16 THE BELLS OF PAUL AND JOSEPH W. REVERE
385 Jan. 17, 1828, J. A. Bacon, 902 Ibs.
Virginico El Diamante C. A. 1828.
386 Jan. 28, 1828, Hinsdale, N. H., Mrs. Marsh, 920 Ibs.
Said to have broken when in use on the Universalist Church. Re-
cast. A fragment of the old bell is preserved.
387 March 21, 1828, Keene, N. H., 777 Ibs.
In 1828 the town appropriated $ 125.00 for a bell to weigh not less
than 600 Ibs. It is still in use on the Baptist Church, Court street.
388 June 14, 1828, Pembroke, N. H., 905 Ibs.
389 Feb. 11, 1828, J. Ball, Portsmouth, N. H., 1091 Ibs.
Probably the bell now on the Unitarian Church, inscribed Boston
Copper Company, 1828. John Ball was an active Unitarian, living
in Portsmouth in 1828; later he removed to Salem, where he died.
390 Aug. 29, 1828, Exeter Mfg. Co., 726 Ibs.
391 April 23, 1828, Craftsbury, Vt., 624 Ibs.
Cracked while being rung to celebrate a victory in 1861 or 2; re-
placed.
392 June 23, 1828 Woodstock, Vt., 849 Ibs.
Still in use in Christian Church. Lettered " Revere, Boston."
Its weight (849 Ibs.) is marked with blue chalk on inner waist. See
also Nos. 198, 374.
393 June 20, 1828, J. Baluster & Co., 996 Ibs.
Puerto Rico.
394 June 20, 1828 J. Baluster & Co., 538 Ibs.
Puerto Rico.
395 June 20, 1828, J. Baluster & Co., 321 Ibs.
Puerto Rico.
396 June 20, 1828, J. Baluster & Co.. 214 Ibs,
Puerto Rico.
397 Sept. 27, 1828, Sudbury, 978 Ibs.
398 Oct. 18, 1828, Clinton, Maine, 686 Ibs.
Still in use in the old church of Burton, included in Clinton.
SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
TOWN MEETINGS, VOLUME II.
1659-1680:
(Continued from Volume XLIII,page
Att a meetting of ye felectmen ye 15 th : l mo : 1674/5.
Nathan ell ffelton & Antony buxfton are to
Ca a p J t? CurwkT fee 7* a11 y e ffenc es In the North ffeeld are
Jno Curwin to be mayd up by the 1 th of Aperill
Ni'kmannT^ 11 Edward fflin t & Jofuah buffum are
Ed: mint" 1 Choffen for furveyers of ye ffences for ye
fouth ffeeld & to fee yt they are fuffetient-
ly mayd vp & Inclofed by ye 1 th of Aperell 75
Jn Looms & famuell Gel kin are ChofTen furveyors of
fences for ye Glaffhowfe & all ffences without ye North
ffeeld & to fee all Inclofed by ye 1 th of Aperell : 75
Thomas Gardner & William Curtice are Choffen for
fervoy re of fences from the Towne bridge to mordykoys
Neke & to fee that all ffences are mayd vp & Inclofed by
ye 1 th Aperell 75 & foe
It Is Agreed that ail ffences within ye limits of ialem
are to be mayd vp & fuffetiently Inclofed by ye 1 Aperel
75
It Is ordered yt the order mayd ye laft yeer Conferring
fwine It to be obferued this prefent yeer In euery pt of It
& Ruben Guppy & Jn Glouer are Apoynted & Impowrd
to fee to ye execution of this order
Nath 1 beadle & Jn horn are Choffen feelers of Leather
for this yeer & ye Conftable to bring ym befor maJor ha-
thorn to have ym fworn
Copied from the original by Martha O. Howes.
(IT)
18 SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
[225] Jn Clifford Is excepted of by the Towne as
Conftable In the Roome of Jn Turner
Att a meetting of ye felectmen the 10 th : 2 mo 75
It Is ordered that a Towne meetting be
Apoynted on ye 17 th 2 mo for to Confid r of
fome way for ye Rayfing of m r higinfons
mayntenance for this yeer & to geue the felectmen
Inftruktions
Jn Pickering Is Choffen to take Care abought ye feal-
ing of wayghts & meff r for that yere According to law
major hathorn & Jn Curwin are Apoynted to fee to
all famelys from Tho s Cromwells to ye Town bridge that
there Chiledren & fervents are tought According to law
Capt Corwin & dockter wells are Choffen for ye fayme
worke from ye Town bridge all upward
mr Nekelett Phelep Cromwell Nik manning & Edward
flint are Choffen for ye fayme worke for all famelys from
Tho Cromwell Corner downward
The felectmen haue Apoynted Capt : Curwine m r iam-
uell Gardner Capt Gardner Leftenant Putnam & Philip
Cromwell To fetle ye lyne between us & Lin from ye Con-
try highway at ye uperend of ye Great Pond from ye
bound tree there upon a dyrekt lyne to a tree In the mid-
dle of ye Hand In mr. humpherys pond & from Thence to
ye feuen mens bounds & foe to ye Great Riuer
[226] Att a meetting of ye Towne ye 17 th 2 mo 75
The felect men haue ye fayme powre that ye felectmen had
In the yeer 68
The felectmen are Alfo Impowred to make a Rate for
mr higenfon of eeight fcore pounds for this present yeer &
thofe that pay mony fhall haue a quarter pt abated ye
Rate to be payd according to Law
Voted that ye felect men haue powre Giuen to fuw any
that are Indebted to ye town wheather Conftables or
others
Granted to mr famuell Gardner fen r ten Akers of land
In fome place where It may be letle piejednce to ye towne
to haue It layd out & make Return to ye towne the next
meetting for there A probation of ye place
SALEM TOWN RECORDS. 19
Att a meetting of ye felectmen 4 th may 75
menaffah marfton Conftable Is dep tt to mr
higginfons Kate 70-15-00
whereof he Is to pay to mr higginfon fixty
eeight 6fs 5 d & ye Remaynder to ye felect-
men or there order 70-07-10
m r Richard Croad hath liberty from the felectmen to
draw beere and Cider
Jerimiah neal and Richard Croad were choofen as fur-
veyrs from the bridge to daniell Rumballs, and Thomas
Rootes and daniell Rumball for furveyors of ye highways
from his houfe to ye poynt of Rocks
Jn Cleford Conftable Is dep" to mr hig-
ginfons Rate 65: 7 : 10 whereof he Is to
pay to mr higginfon 71 1 : 05 : 11 & ye Re-
may ndr to ye felectmen or order 74 : 05 : 11
Jn Prokter Conftable Is dep" to mr hig-
ginfon 19 1 : 04 s : 9 d & ye & ye Remaynder
to pay to ye felectmen or order ye whole
Is 22 : 13 : 04
27 : 13 : 06
[227] The felectmen haue Apoynted fix men to work
euery night & for ye Conftables to fee they Come flitted
according to law
Agreed with william lord To Continew In Ringing ye
bell & taking Care aboute ye meetting howfe according to
ye fereft Agreement mayd with him his time begining
ye 26 Aperill 1675
Att a towne meetting ye 19 th may 75
Chofen for a Jury of try alls For a Jury of Tryalls
Bartholmew Gidny November Court 1675
Timothy Lindell Samuell Gaydner fen.
Jn hathorn Edward wollard
hilard Verren nathaniell beadle
Jeams brown Elias mafon
ferdyent felton Edward bridges
Ed : flint Ifaack Cooke
Mr Jonath : Curwin Eliazer Giles
To Constable John Procter
20 SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
Att a Meeteing of y e Selectmen 5 July 1675. We heare-
ing of a Compla't made for ye Defect of a fufficient Coun-
try Highway about or nere the ffulling Mill, Doe there-
fore Require you in his Majestys name, To Imprefse foe
many men as are fufficient for ye dew Reperation of it
before ye 15 of this Instant Moth of July And you are
farther ordered to prefse Eli Giles as ouerfeer of the
Sayd worke W m Hathorne fen r
George Corwin
Phillip Cromwell
Daniel Welde
Edward ffiint
True Coppy.
At a Towne meetting ye 22 th : ll mo 75 Voted that mrs
Gardner fhall be payd her Chardge difburft upon ye Com-
mittee about mr higinfon & mr Nikolett.
26 th 5 mo 75
[228] Whereas we Resd a warrent from y e Treff
for ye making of a Contry Rate of 144 : 18 : 10 we have
mayd It being a double Rate
Conftable manafTah marfton his Contry
Rate for 75 dep" 62: 09: 06
Jn Cliford Conftable his Contry Rate 56 : 13 : 00
Jn Prokter Conftable his Contry Rate 45 : 13 : 02
at a meetting of ye town ye 31 st of Auguft 75
Leftenant Putnam Is Choffen an eaight man or Comiif
for ye making of ye Contry Rate
22: 7 m 75
Dauid ffoge Is Admitted an Inhabetant of this towne
William Web Is Admitted an Inhabetant Into ye towne
Jeams Powland Is Choffen and Apoynted Gunner of ye
Towne for the manneghing & ordering of the Great Ar-
tillery to fee that ye Guns are mayd ffitt for farvice and
all things there to belonging According to law And Na-
than 11 Pickman fen r Is hereby difchardgd from that office
[229] Att a meetting of ye felectmen the 11 th ll mo 75
mr. Neale Is Admitted an Inhabetant of The Towne & to
haue ffree Commanadge, Jinkin Williams Is alfo Admit-
ted an Inhabetant Into ye Towne
SALEM TOWN BECOBDS. 21
Georg Ingarfon & ffamely are alfo Admitted as inhabe-
teats
matha barton Georg Ingarfon Jun*
Good wife ftanford Arter hewes
Edward fheaner Goodman filbs
Jn Elf on i'ymon bouth
Jn Ingerfon waiter penewell
Jn Wallis Gyles Ebbens
Walter rnear Jn fkillin
Arter wormfted Elyzabeth walfeeld
william ffroft humphery Cace
The Seuerall psons aboue mentioned are admitted dure-
ing y e time of y e Ind Warrs according to Law
Thees pfons aboue Named being driuen ffrom there
habetations by the Barbarios heathen are Admitted as
Inhabetants Into ye Towne they moft of y m Afferming
they haue qpuetion for y m felfes & famelys for one yeer
* 11 th : ll mo : 75 Conftable Cleford Re-
mayns Dep ttr to ball his Rates for y e yeer 74: 35 : 05: 01
* 11 th : ll mo : 75 Conftable Lake Re-
mayns Dep ttr to ballance his Rates for ye
yeer 74 40:03:04
ll mo 75 Conftable babedge Remyns
dep" to ye Towne for 73 10 : 00 : 02
Res d f M r Batters : 2 : 11: 1676 04 : 10 : 00
2 : 11 : 1676 Res d f> abatements : peter
Harny : 3 s Richard Lechar 4: 6: Rich: Mab r :
8:8: Joseph ffowler 10 s Jere Buttman 8 s 01 : 14 : 02
06:04:02
[230] Att a meetting of y e felectmen ye 14 tb : 12 mo 75
Humphrey woodbery fen r hath taken old Goodwife hol-
len worth Into his Cuftodye and doth Ingadge to keepe her
foe long as They Hue and are Able, but In Cace they dye
or difinabled by any Puedence of God, That then ye fayd
Goodwife hollenworth Is to be Owned as an Inhabetant
of This Towne
Crossed out.
22 SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
It being left to y e felectmen to lay out a 10 Aker lott
formerly granted to Jn born [horn ?] & fold to old weeks
It Is left to Phelip Cromwell Edward flint & Jn Curwin||
& Nek maningH to lay out ye fay me
Nikolas manning d r to m r William Brown 1 fs d
fen r for ye meneftr Rate 1672 70 : 00 : 00
C tt *$> diuers pticulers wch M r Brown owns 57 : 08 : 01
12:11:11
Reft dew to m r brown fen r upon ye meneftr 1 fs d
Rate 12 : 11 : 11
And There Remayns dew to ball 6 ye Towns
Accompt with ye ouer plus of M r higinfons
Rate w ch Is fiue pound 14 : 12 : 08
C tt by defburftments upon ye meetting
houfe 2 : 19 : 00
Richard Prythriteh Is Admitted as an Inhabetant Into
the towne mary Inglifh hath liberty to fitt In y e feate In
ye Gallery where Jof wards wife fitts
Jn Procto r Constable is D r to his propor- 1 s d
tion of y e Seauen great rates 238 : 14 : 06
[231] Conftable Cleford Is Dr to the feven 1 fs d
Great Rates 1675 his ^portion of It Is 344 : 06 : 6
Conftable Marfton Dr to the feven Great
Rates 1675 his <pportion of Is 419 : 16 : 00
Reckoned with Conftable Clefford the
7 th March 1675/6 and there Remayns *10 : 02 : 10
Dew / to Cap u Curwin and to the Towne 04 : 01 : 06
Reckoned with Jn Peafe the 7 th March
1675 and there Remayns dew to ye Towne 09: 11 : 07
& dew to Cap" Curwin upon The meneftr
Rate 02:04:00
Reckoned with Conftable Lake the 7 th
March 1675 & there Remayne dew to Cap"
Car win for ye Towne Rate 29 : 04 : 00
*this is the remaindr of wt was due for ye year: 1674:
SALEM TOWN RECORDS. 28
Reckoned with Jn marfton y e 7 th month
1675/6 & There Remayns dew upon the
meneftr Rate 22: 16: 04
William Lord Dr foi 1 bill to Conftable
Cleford 5: 0:
to Menaffah Marfton w ch Is for Ringing
the bell for ye year 75 3:0:0
Cap tn Jn Corwiue, M r Philip Cromw 11 Ed w Flint &
Nicholas : Maning being appointed to Lay out a 10 achor
Lott to Jn Archer, haue pformed y e same 12 mo 1675
[232] Att A Generall Towne meetting held y e 20 tk
March 1675/6 : Choasen for Selectmen vs
Cap tn George Corwine :
M r Edm Batters :
Cap tn John Corwine :
M r William Browne Jun r :
Corporall Jn Puttnam :
E ns Jn Pickring :
John Price:
Choasen for Constables :
Timothy Lyndell : refufeing to Serue pd : 5 1 : mony
Abraham Cole:
Eliaz r Giles
Att A Towne meeting held y e 24 th March 1675/6 Jn
Cromwell: Choasen Constable. Butt refuseing to Serue
pd : true pounds mony
Att a towne meeting held y e 29 th March 1676 Sam 11
Archer : Choasen Constable : M r Eliaz r Hauthorn : Choasen
Comifsion r to Veiw y e Line, w th respect to a genr 11 fortifi-
cation
Att a generall towne meeting held y e 14 th Apr 11 1676
Sam 11 Archer, refuseing to Serue as Constable y e towne
fined him flue pounds payable In mony Jn Ing 1 son sen r
Choasen Constable Butt refuseing to Serue, hee pd fiue
pounds mony
Henry : Scerry Jun r : Choasen Constable whoe accepts
y e same. In Consideration whereof y e s d Scerry is allowed
^ y e towne y e Sum of fiue pounds y e aboue s d Sum is pd
to y e s d Scerry In money.
24 SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
[233] Att a meeting of y Selectmen y e 15 th Aprill :
1676 : being p r sant:
John : Price Choasen to keep y e towne
CaP wine e rge C r " booke for this y ear '
Mr Ed m Batters : M r Joseph : Graf ton Sen r Choasen Sealer
Cap* JnorCorwine: o f we ights & measures, for this year.
Mf ^Jun? r Wne Its ordrd b y y e Selectmen of y e towne :
Ens: Jno pickring That all Swine y* goe in y e towne
John Price: Comon, y* are aboue two months old,
shall bee sufficiently ringed, by y e 18 th of Aprill
& Soe to bee kept ringed, on y e penallty of 12 d "$
day for neglect thereof, & to bee sufficiently yoaked by
y e 14 th of May next Ensueing on y e same penalty, & Ru-
ben : Guppy & Jn Bligh : are appointed to see y e execu-
tion of this ord r for y e year Ensueing, alsoe Ensighn Jn
Pickring & Tho : Flint Jun r are appointed Surveyors, of
the fences belonging to y e Southfeild & marshall Scerry &
Jn Pease Sen r for y e fences belonging to y e north feild &
Joseph Boyce Jun r & Daniell : Southwick, for y e fences
from Traskes all w th out y e north neck & Rich rd Sibly &
Edm : Bridges, for y e fences from y e towne bridge by
Good Meachams to y e Lower End of y e towne
Its ord rd y* y e free men of this towne bee warned to
meet on Wensday next y e 19 th of this Instant, for y e Elec-
tion of majestrates & other generall officers & for y*
Choyce of deputies for y e generall Court.
Graunted to Elisha Cuby, a warrant for y e Imprefsing
of men to help to Sett up his fence y 1 was burnt
[234] Agreed With : Walter : Scinn r to keep y e Cowes
or Cattle Whoe is to begin y e 24 th Aprill 1676 & to End
y e 24 th octob r & is to prouide a Sufficient Lad to afsist
him In y e same, & In Consideration whereof hee is to bee
allowed four shillings *$ head, % money y e other two-thirds
In goods & prouisions, from y e owners of Such Cowes [or
Catle] as hee keeps : & hee is to take Sesonable & Speedy
Care y* Such Cowes [or Cattle] as are or shall bee att any
time Lost, to Look them up & bring them home.
y e marke of
Walt r V Scinn
SALEM TOWN RECORDS. 25
Att a meeting of y e Selectmen y e 18 tb of April 1676
being p r sant
CaptG: Corwine: Constables, Eliazer Giles is D r to his
Ca^to^wTne: proportion of M* Hig- li s d
Mr W m Browne ginsons rate 25 : 03 : 07
, Ju T nr _. . . Abraham : Cole is D r
Ens: Jno Pickrmg . , . ,. - ,,_
Jno Price v "is proportion of M r
Higginsons rate 72 : 13 : 02
Henry : Scerry Jun r is D r to his propor-
tion of M r Higginsons rate 73 : 09 : 00
11 171: 05: 09
Elz : Giles to pay y e minist r 23 : 00 : 00
y e rest to y e towne is 02 : 03 : 00
Abraham : Cole to pay y e minst r 68 : 10 : 00
The rest payable to y' e towne 04 : 03 : 02
Henry : Scerry Jun r to pay minst r 68 : 10 : 00
y e rest payable to y e towne is 04 : 19 : 00
Att a meeting of y e freemen y e 19 th of Aprill 1676
Choasen for deputies for y e Generall Court The year En-
sueing Cap tn George: Curwine M r Henry : Bartholmew
[235] Att A meeting of y e Select men this 20 th of
Aprill 1676 : being p r sant
Cap** George Cur- Manafses : Marston Constable for y 6
MrEdTondBatters: J. 16 : is D' to y* li S d
Cap tn Jno Curwin ministers rate w th y e ou r
Mr W Browne plus 70:07:10
John Price Res d $ w* hee hathp*
M r Higginson 66 : 15 : 00
Rest Due "03 : 12 : 10
Res d for seuerall men y* are dead & gon, & others y*
y* Selectmen see reason to abate w th his owne rate w ch
ball this ace" to this day 03 : 12 : 10
Jn Barton is admitted as an Inhabitant :
John: Mungy & Sam 11 Pike: are admitted to Sojurne
here dureing y e time of y e Ind n Warr according to Law :
Its ord rd by y e selectmen y* the three Constables doe
attend att y e three great doores of y e meeting house euery
26 SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
Lords Day, att y e End of Sermon, boath forenoone &
afternoone, & to keep y e doores fast & suffer none, to
goe out before y e whole Exercise bee Ended, unlefs itt
bee Such as they Conceiue have necefsary occation, & to
take notice of any such as shall p r sume to goe foarth as
aboues d & p r sent their names as y e Law directs.
Its ord rd by y e Selectmen y* all y e boys of y e towne, are
& shall bee appointed to sitt upon y e three paire of staires
In y e meeting house on y e Lords day : & W m Lord is ap-
pointed to Look to y e boyes y* sitt upon y e pulpitt staires
& for y e other staires Ruben Guppy is to Look to & ord r
soe many of y e boyes as may bee Conueniant & If any are
unruly to p r sent their names as y e Law directs :
28 : 2 Ruben Guppy is alsoe further ord rd to keep y e
doggsoutofy 6 meeting house: & In Consid r ation of y*
p r mises hee is is allowed his whole Rates for y e year
Ensueing :
[236] Att a meeting of y e Selectmen This 28 th Aprill
1676 : being p r sant
Cap^Ge^Curwin Ifcs ord rd by y e Selectmen: y* M r Ed m
Cap* JnoCurwin: Batters & M r W m Browne Jun r doe
MrW m Brown Junr; W arne y e new baker to depart y e towne,
& prohibitt Tho : Cromwell Entertaine-
ing y e s d Baker in his house, on penalty
y* y e Law prouides:
W m Lord is appointed this year to ring y e bell sweap
y e meeting house & dig y e graues, upon y e same tearmes
as f orm r ly, & his time begins y e 26 th of this Instant Aprill :
It is ord rd by y e selectmen y 1 M rs Bridge shall sett In
y e next seat behind y e woemens pewes In y e meeting house
Henry : Scerrie Jun r his wife is appointed to sett w th
Good w Roots
Att a Generall towne meeting held y e of Aprill 1676
Choasen for Jury of Trialls for y e next June Court:
M r Joseph: Graf ton sen r Corpr 1 Jn Puttnam : M r Neh :
Willoughby M r Jn Turner Jn Williams M r Jn Grafton
M r Philip Cromwell:
The Select men haue y e same power graunted them as
they had y e Last year :
SALEM TOWN BBCOBDS. 27
The remoueing of y e prisson & selling of itt In another
place is wholey Left to y e Selectmen
Itt is alsoe Left to y e Selectmen to agree w th any for
y e finifhing of y e towne house :
Francis : Scerry hath taken Sarah Lambert for y e year
Ensueing upon y e same tearmes as hee did y e Last year :
Att a meeting of y e Selectmen y e 8 th June 1676: Being
p r sant :
ap^MtaSrti: Then Agreed w* Benjamin Felton to
Mr W m Brown Junr sett y e prison upon his ground in his
Corp:Jnoputtnam: garden, w ch shall stand there Soe Long
Jno Price T
as y e towne see meat, or soe Long as y e
s d prison shall Last, In Consideration whereof Good m Fel-
ton is to haue forty shillings p d him by y e towne, & y e
propriety of y e s d ground, after to belong to him & his
heires, as before : Ben : Felton is abated his Last yeares 7
||grt|| rates
[237] 8:4: 1676 Graunted to M r Eliazer : Haw-
thorne a bill for twenty shillings In money, To his father,
out of y e towne stock, for his Charges as a Comifsioner to
Vew y e Line for fortification ^ ord r of y e Councill.
M r Daniell King, upon his request to y e Selectmen is
approued of, for y e keeping a house of publique entertain-
ment to sell Wine, bear &c tr In towne
Jn Guppy is abated ten shillings of his Last yeares 7
great rates allowed manafeth marston
Att a meeting of y e Selectmen : This y e 19 th June 1676 :
being p r sant:
Mr Edmond Batter
Capt Jno Corwin (jraunted to: (jreorge Dor land: io
Corpriijnoputnam: Sell bear & Sider to trauellers.
Jno Price: Agreed w th Jn Marston Jun r to re-
moue y e prifson Into Benjamin : Feltons garden : & to new
floar y e s d prifson according to y e direction of y e Select-
men. In Consideration whereof y e s d Marston is to
haue fifteen shillings In money, or twenty If hee finde him-
self Soe much a Loaser :
Att a towne meeting y e 5 th 9 th 1676 Choasen for Grand
ury, for y e year Ensueing : Left" Tho : Putnam : Sergeant
28 SALEM TOWN BKCOKDS.
Nath: Felton Serg" Fuller: Francis Scerry: Tho Roots:
Ed w Flint M r white Tho : Rix :
Choasen for Jury of Trialls for Nouemb r Court M r Jo-
seph: Graf ton : M r Timothy Lendoll: Jeremiah: Neale:
Daniell : Andrews M r Eliaz r Hawthorn M r Ed m Groues
Ed w Bridges :
M r Jn Ruck is Choasen for y e 8 th man or Comision r
to Joyne w th y e Selectmen to make y e Country rate
[238] Att a Meeting of y e selectmen y e 10 th 9 th 1676
Being P r sant
Cap^ Jno B c"win Graunted to : Benjamin Felton a bill
w m Brown Junr of forty shillings to Constable Abraham :
Cole ' P a ? able out of y e our P lufs of y e
great rates, w ch is In Consideration of
y e prison standing on his ground, according to a form r
agreement made w th him by y e Selectmen.*
10: 9 Then: Agreed w th Arther : Hughes: to bee
bell man for y e towne, from this p r sant time to y e first of
May next : V s That y e s d Hughes shall begin to take his
walk about ten of y e Clock att night, from y e bridge to
Henry Moifes his house, pafsing through all y e streets &
Lanes w th in y e Circumferance of y e towne, to giue notice
of y e time of night, w* weather &c tr according to Cus-
tome & to take Speciall Care to p r uent fire, & any disord r
In y e night, by giueing timely notice thereof : , and to
Continue y e s d pambulation vntill break of day : In Con-
sideration whereof, y e Select men haue agreed to pay to
y e s d Hughes fiue pounds out of y e towne rate, & In Case
y* hee manage y e businefs to satisfaction, It is Left to y e
Selectmen to giue him more not Exceeding twenty shil-
lings :
W m Lake is allowed by y e Select men to Sell bear &
Sider Vntill next March Ensueing :
M r Jn Hawthorne & M r Nehemiah Willoughby are ap-
pointed ouerseers of y 6 high Ways, from y e Bridge to An-
drew : Woodbry his house :
*lt: 9 alowed Coale.
SALEM TOWN RECORDS. 29
13 : 9 : 1676 Constable Eliaz r : Giles is D r :
To : y e ten great rates his proportion to y e 1 s d
Country is 240 : 00 : 00
To : y e ouerplus In s d rate payable to y e towne 027 : 18 : 00
267 : 18 : 00
Dr. To y e Six great rates his
proportion to y e Conn- li s d
try is 125 : 00 : 00
To y e ou r plus In s d rate
payable to y c towne is 012 : 16 : 06
137 : 16 :
405 : 14 : 06
To Seuerall psons y* hee hath added
to his Coppy of rates w ch is not in
ye originall
[239] 13 : 9 : 1676. Constable : Abraham : Cole is D r
li s d
To : his proportion of y e ten great rates 380 : 00 : 00
To : y* ouerplus In s d rates payable to y*
towne 074 : 08 : 00
454 : 08 : 00
D r To : his proportion of y*
Six rates payable to y e li s d
Country is 200 : 00 : 00
To : y e ou'plus In s d rates
payable to y* towne^ 022 : 08 : 00
222 : 08 : 00
11 676 : 16 : 00
Constable : Henry : Scerry Jun* D r
To : his proportion of y* ten great rates : li s d
payable to y e Country : 380 : 00 : 00
To : y 6 ou'plus In s d rates, payable to ye
towne 038 : 04 : 00
11 418 : 04 : 00
30 SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
D r To : his proportion of y e
six rates payable to y e li s d
Country : 185 : 00 : 00
To : y e ou r plufs In s d rates
payable to y e towne : 018 : 12 : 00
203 : 12 : 00
11 621 : 16 : 00
Memorandum :
That : Major : W m Hawthorn hath Left In his hands
thirteen pounds In mony, belonging to y e towne : res d &
Laid out, for bulletts part: and remoueing y e Towne
house, w th other Charges as fJ ace"
Graunted to M r Ed w Norrice : three
Pd by Const' r Coale pou nds for y e Vse of his house about fif-
& is alowed him J ,, ^ A , , , . , .
in his Acct teen months ^ y e watch : & bill giuen him
for y e Same to Constable Abraham Cole
Ace tt of Abatements out of y e aboues d rates y e seuerall
psons are as followeth vs
Jn Putnam twenty shillings , ^|
Natbaniell Puttnam twenty shillings 1 all alowed
Jn Huchison eighteen shillings f to Ely Geoyls
Jn Fuller Eighteen shillings J
Docto r Weld : twenty shillings
Jn S winerton fifteen shillings
Simon Horn fifteen shillings
Andrew: Woodbry : twenty shillings
Jn Smith all his rates : allowed Ely Geoyls
25 : 10 : 76 Cap ta W m Hawthorne twenty Shillings
Att a meeting of y e Selectmen
.
Mr W m Browne Jr Corporall : Jn Putnam is appointed by
Corprii jnoputnam y e Selectmen, & fully Impowred to prose-
Jno Price: mg: cute an action Comensed against Nicho-
las: Maning y e . next County Court held
at Ipswich, for w* hee is Indebted to y e towne by bill und r
his hand :
M r Lindoll is appointed to sett In y e fore gallery In y e
SALEM TOWN RECORDS. 31
meeting house, where hee now Vseully setteth, & his
Wife In y e fore pew where her mother was formerly
placed :
Agreed w th W m Dounton, by y e Selectmen y* hee shall
haue nine pounds out of y e towne rates for his building
y e woemens two fore pews In y e meeting house, & this to
bee a finall Ifsue of y e Same : five pounds of itt ord rd to
M r Batters & four pounds to Cap* George Curwin
Ace" of Some goods Left In y 6 hands of M r Jn Gedny
sen r : res d from M r Philip Cromw 11
Imp : To : 4 wooden trayes
To : 1 remnant of Ireish Cloth ab* 4 or 5 yds
To : 3 duz Collers : & 4 d j^ bellipeices:
To : 1 p r french fatt shooes :
To : 1 Splitt r & Cutt throat :
1677 To : 1 p r of screwes : Vallued att 50 s :
Att a Meeting of y e Selectmen : 2 nd January 1676 Be-
ing p r sant :
M' Batt" is D- to y towne fifteen shil-
Mr w m Browne lings w ch hee is oblidged to pay for to ball 8
Junr j n o W ms acc tt & for Cristopher : Bab-
Jno Picknnff: t i /. T t ?
Jno Price: bidge : four pounds ten shillings
p d f acc tt
W m Dounton Cred r :
By : building y e towne house frame eighteen
pds & plank & worke upon y e prifson 19 : 07 : 00
Dr. "$ Major Hawthorne 05 : 17 : 00
fM r W m Browne Sen r 05 : 00 : 00
a bill to Nh Ing r sons 05 : 10 : 00
16 : 07 : 00
03: 00 :00
[241] 2 : January 1676 W m Dounton Cred r
By : balls of acc tt brought from ye li s d
oth r Side 03 : 00 : 00
Dr * : bil] grunted to Con-
of this 25s stable Cole & Marston for
& alowed y e a boues d Sum : 03 : 00 : 00
Abr.Coale35. J n o p eas e is D T
32 SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
To : ball 8 of y e townes ace" 1673 09 : 11 : 07
To : ball 8 of y e ministers rate 02 : 04 : 00
11 11 : 15 : 07
Cred r f mony 36 s : & 5 8 In goods p d Capt
George Curwin w ch is 2 : 13 : 00 2 : 13 : 00
Rest due 09 : 02 : 07
Res d $ bill Charged payable
bill not pd f M r W m r nL np T lin r
soe yt hee remains to M W Browne Jun
debtr upon balls 05 : 00 : 00
of ace" 08:01:05 sa abatements : y e widdow
This Ace* posted ^ o 11 XT r mi
19 leaues forward Barny Sam 11 Nurfs & Tho :
Allexand r 01 : 01 : 2 06 : 01 : 02
Rest 03 : 01 05
Cap tn George Curwin is D r
To : w* Jn Pease hath ou r pd him In y e ministers rate :
nine shillings 9 8 The aboues d nine shillings p d In y*
acc tt made up w th Cap* Corw[in]
Constable : Tho : Flint is D r
To y e ball 8 of y e Country rate due to y e
towne 01 : 00 : 00
To : balls of y e ministers rate haueing pd
M r Higginso n 22 d Rest due 04 : 03 : 09
To : y e towne rate 51 : 18 : 07
11 57 : 02 : 04
Res d ^ Seuerall bills as appeares ^ y e town
booke 22 : 05 : 06
^ receipt from Cap* G. Curwin 10 : 11 : 08
32 : 17 : 02
Rest due is 24 : 05 : 02
Res d ^ Seuerall abatments as ^ List giuen
In allowed ^ ye Selectmen 4 : 08 : 11
19 : 16 : 03
Res d -p timb r & worke upon y e great guns 00 : 14 : 00
Rest due 19 : 02 : 03
SALEM TOWN RECOKDS. S3
Francis Nurfs is D r
By bill 06 : 08 : 00
Res d f> 4 m 2 C shingles 03 : 03 : 00
14 d worke 6 foot of wood &c* 01 : 15 : 00 04 : 18 : 00
Rest due is 01 : 10 : 00
10 : 1 : 1676/7 : Res d f 2 m shingles putt Into M r Batt"
orchard w th y e form r pc 11 01 : 10 : 00
Isack Cooke is D r to y e towne 01 : 15 : 00
Res d p r paid to Jn Higginfon 35 8 in wood w ch is alowed
p r s d Higinfon in his Acc 1678
[242] 2 : January 1676 Graunted to Lei* Puttnam
a bill of twenty shillings upon Jn Procter : w ch is for y*
Vse of his bull y e year 1675
Res d of Jn Clifford f, receip' from Cap 1 Curwin : 26 8 *
Acc tt of Seuerall psons whoe are abated of their rates as
followeth Vs
Glasi 1 ' Brownes Widdow : 20 s
Joseph: Huchison: 15 alowed Ely Geoyles
Ed w Wharton 20
Good m Huchison Sen r 08 alowed Ely Geoyles
Rob : Stoane If rated to y e
minister : 10 s If not nothing
Michae 11 Chapleman: , 15
James Shaw : 10
M r Barthol m upon Last year 59 s is allowed manafeth
marston in Ace*
Att a Meeting of y e selectmen y e 11 th January 1676
Being P r sant as ^ margent
Curwin Graunted, a bill of fiue pounds, upon
r w m BrownJunr Jn Pease, to bee p d unto M r W m Browne
no Pickring j un r for acc tt of W m Lord belringer :
Jn Price m, . , .,, . -.
1 his bill not paid :
Manaffes : Marston : Jn Bullock : Ed w Flint & Ed w
Bridges, are appointed & Impowred ouerseers of y e towne
Commons w th respect to y e felling of young wood Con-
trary to a form r act of y e towne, & to p r sent y e names of
Such, as they shall find guilty of breach of y e s d form r
ord r to y e Selectmen from time to time :
*Crossed out.
34 SALEM TOWN BECORDS.
Jn Swinerton is abated all his rates for this and y 9
Last year Except twenty shillings :
Att a Meeting of y e Selectmen y e 20 th 12 th 1676:
Mr Fdm Batters Bein S ^ S&ni ftS * Mer g ant : ~
Capt j n o curwin Graunted to M r Ed m Batters, for his
M' W m Browne deputyship for y e year 1675 : 12 weeks :
Jni U Futtnam ten P ounds ; 10 : 00 : 00
jn<> Pickring Graunted to M r W m Browne Jun r for
jn Price hj s deputyship for y e year 1675: 13
weeks eleaue pound 11 : 00 : 00
Graunted to M r Henry : Bartholomew for
Posted forward hig deputyship : y e year 1676 : as mony : 61i:
8 8 :10 d makes 08:10:08
The Selectmen haue agreed to meet upon y e 15 th of
March next : to Call y e form r Constables to ace** to bring
In acc tts of disburstments upon y e poore Est ward people &
w* Elfs may fall In
[243] 20 th 12 : 1676/7 Anthony : Dike is abated his
rates for this year
Att a Meeting of y e Selectmen y e 5 th March 1676/7
Mr Edm Batters : Ee % ^ S&nt aS * mar g en fc :
JH* JCi'I DalstUFS. TlJfr TU7TM T* C1 - TA, 1 T
Cap* Jno Curwin: M r W m Browne Sen r is Dr: li s d
Mr w Browne For his towne Rate : 1674 : 08 : 00 : 00
Jno J putnam Wm Lakes Constable eight pounds Res d
Jno Pickring ^ his Acc alowed in 77 : 7 U : 1 s : 3 d
Jno price Reckoned w th Conftable W m Lake
this 5* m r ch 1676-77 : and cleared all accounts w th himfor
the Rates Comitted to him the year he was Conftable in :
and ther Remaines due to the towne from him, on the
ballance of account, nine pounds twelue shillings : & nine
pence, which he stands Ingaged to pay to the Towne or
ther order, as wittnes his hand.
1 s d
7 : 11: 77 Res d f paid to Cap* Jn Price 4 : 8:2
ty seuerall abatm* 8 30 8 1 . 10 :
so ther remaines dew to be paid to to y e
Towae 3 li : 14 8 : 7 d to be paid without any abatment
Reckond : 20 : 10 : 78
SALEM TOWN EECORDS. 35
Res of Sarj : Lake P r paid to Sam 1 Beadle
for balesters 2 : 1 : 00
here to workmen : 19 : 00
bere to m r noue : 7 : 7
to paid Jn Higginfon 0:7:0
3 : 14 : T
Sarj. Lake is discharged from his rates this : 6 : 1: 78/9
The Selectmen haue abated Israeli : Port r his meeting
house rate three pounds and y e other twenty six shillings
is to bee Charged upon y e Estate
Jn : Giles is abated of his meeting house rate y e sum of
twenty shillings :
Job : Swin r ton sen r is abated out of his rates twenty
shillings y e Last year & twenty shillings for this year :
20 s allowed to Ely Geoyles of it & y e other 20 s alowed
to Jos: Huchefon
M r Babbidge is D r
to : balls of ace" made up : ll mo : 1675 3 : 16 : 00
Res d f M r W m Browne Junr 02 : 08 : 04
By : 3 dayes worke 1 qui r pap r 00 : 06 : 08
By : a black Staf for towne 00 : 05 : 00
By : w* hee pd for whiping 00 : 02 : 06
03 : 02 : 06
Rest due 00 : 13 : 06
Jn Proct r is appointed to sett In y e fourth Seat below
In y e meating house and his wife w th Francis : Nurfes
wife In y e woemens Seats
Jn Vpton is abated half his rates for y e Last & this
year
30 s alowed Ely Geoyles for yeare 76
Ed w February is abated thirty & fiue shillings
[244] 5:1: 1676/7 Abated Good w King her appro-
priation of y e Last Six rates
The Selectmen haue agreed, y* a freemens meeting, bee
Warned, to bee upon y e next fryday att ten of y e Clock,
for y e nomination of majestrats Choise of a County Treas-
urer, and deputies for y e general Court & a Comifsion*
36 SALEM TOWN KECORDS.
The Selectmen haue agreed, y l a generall Towne meet-
ing, bee warned, to bee upon y e next Munday att nine of
y e Clock In y e morning for y e Choice of Selectmen &
Constables, and to hear a motion y e o r neighbo rs y e far-
mers haue to make to y e towne & w* elfs may fall In :
6:1: 1676/7 M r Ed m Batters is Cred r
By : w* : hee pd y e Belman ty ord r of y e li s d
Selectmen 03 : 00 : 00
By : w m Dounton for y e woemens seats 05 : 00 : 00
By : mony pd for floaring & repairing y e
prifson 01 : 17 : 03
09: 17: 03
By : Seuerall other pticulars : 00 : 16 : 00
li 10 : 13 : 03
Dr : To : mony pd him <$ Major Hathorn ) n o n n
40 s To : balls of a form r acc n : 13 s : 8 d : j
& for Jn w ms 15 s
Kest due to M r Batt r 07: 04: 07
pd Cap tn Jn Curwin is Cred r forty shillings w ch hee is
to pay unto y e bellman :
pd Jn Price is Cred r "$ Seuerall disburstments for y e
towne as "$ ace" giuen In : forty shillings 02 : 00 : 00
Graunted to M r Batt" : Cap 1 Jn Curwin, M r willia[m]
Browne Jun r , Jn Pickring & Jn Price: Seuerall bills
according to their Seuerall disburstments upon y e poore
people routed by y e heathen, w ch is to bee pd out of y e
Country rates as y e Law prouides w ch y e Seueralls Summs
to Each pson as followeth vs
* M r Ed m Batters fiue pounds thirteen & 9 d 05 : 13 : 09
Cap tn Jn Curwin nine pounds Seauenteen
&3 d 09:17: 03
M r w m Browne Jun r : four pounds three 04 : 03 : 04
Jn Pickring sixteen shillings 00 : 16 : 00
Jn Price four pounds seauenteen shillgs 04 : 17 : 00
li 25 : 07 : 04
t Jn Marston is Cred r by worke & seur 11 abatements out
of his rates fifty shillings 8 d
*pd pr Coale & Andrews
tpd p bill & acctt is settled
SALEM TOWN RECORDS. 37
[245] 9 th : 1 : 1676/7 Att a meeting of y e freemen :
Choasen for deputies for y e Generall Court for y e year
Ensueing :
M r Ed w Batters :
M r W m Browne Jun r :
Choasen for Comifsioner to Carry In y e Voates
M r Jn Rucke :
9:1: 1676/7 Selectmen p r sant :
Ed m Batt rs
Cap* Jn Curwin
M r w m Browne
Jn Putna :
Jn Pickring
Jn Price
The Selectmen haue abated Sam 11 Williams of his Last
years rates twenty shillings :
Graunted to Francis Scerry, upon Constable Henry
Scerry, a bill of flue pounds, w ch is for keeping Sarah
Lambart y e year : 1675
The Selectmen haueing res d a List of y e names of seuer-
alls psons, some dead & some gon away from Constable
Eleaz r Giles : have accepted y e same : w ch amounts to
thirteen pounds : 1 s 6 d w ch acc n is putt upon file In y e
towne bagg:
Sam 11 Wakefield is admitted an Inhabitant & Henry
Scerry Sen r & Sam 11 Archar, are bound to Saue y e towne
harmlefs from all Charge y* may Acrew to y e towne by
s d wakefield:
Elisha Cuby, hath graunted him by y e selectmen for
y e vse of his bull : 1676 : twenty shillings pd by Geoyles
*Graunted to M r Jn Gedny Sen r : a bill of nine pounds
six shillings & 5 d three pounds od mony of w ch was upon
raiseing y e towne house y e rest Expended by y e Selectmen
Graunted to Good w Dounton to Sett In ye meeting
house. In y e Seat w th Good w Gaskin
The Selectmen being Enformed y* M r Keasers hath
seuerall tan fatts y* Lye open w th out surficient fence w ch
hath proved p r judiciall to some of y e neighbours & fear-
ing Least itt may bee furthur dangerous w th respect to
Children &c tr doe appoint M r W m Brown Jn r & Jn
*pd by Abr Coale & alowed him.
38 SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
Price foarthwith to giue y e s d Keaser notice thereof, &
ord r him p r santly to Secure y e same by a sufficient fence,
to p r uent further damage
[246] Jn Clifford Constable for y e year 1675 Dr
tto due to Ball ce acc t8 made up 5 th march 11 s d
76/7 71 : 00 :
31 : 10 th 1677 The Above acco" Is Cred r
to Abatements of Severall men 25 : 08 : 08
tto allowanc for his Treble his own Rates 2 : 12 : 00
tto Alowed him for ttis Charges In going
to the treafurer 2 : 00 : 00
By paid to Country Tresurer w ch is included
in James Ruflells grand recept 06 : 08 : 00
By paid m r Higginson 49 s in mony is 03 : 05 : 04
39 : 14 : 00
John : Clifford Constable for the yeare 1675 is Debt r to
the Towne pr Ballance of Acc this 5 th Nouem br 1679 the
Just & full Summe of thurtey one pounds six shillings &
one penney w ch is for Rates Committed to him w ch aboue-
said Summe Justly dew Vnto the towne Jn Clifford doth
bind himself e his heires Executors Adminestrators or As-
signes to paye or Caufe to bee payde Vnto the Selectmen
or there order att or before the first of September next
Ensueing the date heareof Excep* the Selectm en shall See
caufs before that tyme to abate him any thin ge more, or to
Consider him vpon the Acc of his searving Longer then
the yeare ; which is only left to the Selectmen to Determine
The marke $ C of
John Clifford
Con st Jn Clifford Cred r f abate- "I the 12-11-84
ment 11 : 00 : 11
5 : 12-76 f, a bill p d m r Sam 1 Gard- -charged
ner Jun r 5: 05: 02 (from the
rates Com-
mitted Vn-
to him
16:06: 01
Cap* Jn Price in || Ann [ 82 5:00:00
Cap 4 Jn Price in An 83 5: 00 : 00
Cap* Jn price in 84 5: 00 : 00
31 : 06 : 01
SALEM TOWN RECORDS. 39
1676: Manaffes : Marston : Constable for y e
year 1675 : D r li s d
Imp : To : a double rate : 62 : 09 : 06
To : y e 7 great rates : 419 : 16 : 00
li 482:05:06
1675 Aboues d Ace" Cred r
7 : 10 th : By : receipt from M r Hull 100 : 00 : 00
29 : 6 By : y c Treasurers receipt 28 : 00 : 00
By : y e Treasurers receipt for 26 : 00 : 00
By : Daniell Rufsell 116 : 15 : 07
By: Cap 1 Maning: as mony 12 11 :
w ch makes 16 : 00 : 00
By : his proportion of y e j^ dis-
burstments 61 : 04 : 08
By : Major Hauthorn: 04 : 00 : 00
By: M 1 Gedny: 07: 16: 01
By : Cap tn George: Corwine: 24 : 00 : 00
By: W m Lord: 03 : 00 : 00
By: Cap* Jn Corwine : 08 : 00 : 00
By : Major : Hawthorne: 08 : 00 : 00
By : M r Philip : Cromwell: 08 : 00 : 00
By : ditto Cromwell : 04 : 08 : 05
By: M r Batters: 10: 00: 00
By : troop" is allowed in on of the
Tresurs Sumes 00 : 00 : 00
By : Seuerali abatments, w th his
owne rate 20 : 08 : 08
445 : 03 : 05
By abated for Obediah Rich his rate
20 s 001:00:00
By abated to Jn Gupy 00 s abated
m r Hen r Bartholmew: 59 8 002 : 19 : 00
By: paid to the Country Tresurer
w ch is included in James Ruffells
grand receipt 20 : 05 : 08
By Transportation of pay to the
Tresurar 3 U / 5 / in mony w th alovv-
ance is 04 : 06 : 08
40 SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
By mending the meeting houfe bell 00 : 18 00
By Accompt of m r Henery Bartholmew 03 : 15 : 00
478:07:09
f paid James Browne Glaz : 40 s ^ )
W m Downton p d out of what was I 03 : 05 : 00
dew to him upon book : 25 s )
W Acc of Geo. Booth 00 : 04 : 04
481:17: 01
^ alowed you for Goeing to the
Counsell about 8eting disbursments
alowed 01:01: 09
482:18:10
So ther remaines dew to him 13 s 4 d for w ch he has
Cred 1 for upon Acc of the 40 acres of land bought of y e
Towne
[248] 1676 : Jn Procter Constable for y e year 1675:
Dr. li s d
To : y e 2 great rates for y e Country 045 : 13 : 02
To : y e ministers rate 027 : 03 : 04
To : y e 7 great rates for y e Country 238 : 14 : 06
li 311 : 11 : 00
The: Ace" : aboue is Cred r
By : y e Country Treasurer as ^ receipt: 20: 08 : 05
By: Major Hawthorn: pd him 3: 00 : 00
By : y e Country Treasurer : 77: 06 : 08
By y e Treasurers noat pd M r Endicott 10: 18: 08
By : y e Country Treasurer: 16 11 : 16 s : ) 22- 08 00
money : w ch Vpon y e acc tt of rates is : )
By : y e Treasurer for y e Army : 38 U : in ) ^ -, o A*
money w ch Vpon y e acc tt of y e rates is )
By : M r Higginson, att Seuerall times ^
Seuerall men : 09 : 19 : 02
By : troop rs 02 : 05 : 00
li 196: 19:13
THE REVOLUTIONARY JOURNAL OF JAMES
STEVENS OF ANDOVER, MASS.
James Stevens, who kept the following journal, was
born in Andover, July 14, 1749, and was the son of
James and Sarah (Peabody) Stevens. He was a carpenter
by trade. His uncle, John Peabody, was at Louisburg,
at Ticonderoga, and was captain of a company that marched
from Andover to Bunker Hill. James Stevens was a
private in Capt. Thomas Poor's company of minute-
men that went to Lexington on the 19th of April, 1775.
He also was enrolled in Capt. Benjamin Farnum's company
and on Oct. 7, 1775 enlisted in Capt. Pollard's company.
He removed to Jaffrey, N. H., about 1778, where he
settled on land now occupied by his descendants. He
married Oct. 6, 1778, Elizabeth Lacy of Andover and had
seven children. She died Jan. 25, 1798 and he married,
second, in 1800, Betsey Litch of Lunenburg. She died
Jan. 12, 1858. He died March 31, 1834. He was cap-
tain of the Jaffray military company in 1793 and served
the town as selectman and in other public offices. The
original manuscript of this journal is now in the possession
of Moses T. Stevens of North Andover, Mass.
April ye 19 1775 this morning a bout seven aclok we
had alarum that the Reegerlers was gon to Conkord we
getherd to the meting hous & then started for Concord
we went throu Tukesbary & in to Bilrica we stopt to
Polords & eat some bisket & Ches on the comon. we
started & wen into Bedford & we herd that the regeiiers
was gon back to Boston we went through Bedford, we
went in to Lecentown.* we went to the metinghous &
there we come to the distruction of the Reegerlers thay
cild eight of our men & shot a Canon Ball throug the
metin hous. we went a long through Lecintown & we
Lexington.
(41)
42 JOURNAL OF JAMBS STEVENS.
saw severel regerlers ded on the rod & som of our men &
three or fore housen was Burnt & som hoses & hogs was
cild thay plaindered in every hous thay could git in to
thay stove in windows & broke in tops of desks we met
the men a coming back very fast we went through Not-
emyf & got into Cambridg we stopt about eight acloke
for thay say that the regerlers was got to Chalstown on to
Bunkers hil & intrenstion we stopt about two miles back
from the college
Thursday ye 20 this morning we had alarum about day
we im bodied as son as posable & niarcht into the comon
we herd that the regrelers was gon to Boston we staid
on the Comon a spel & then retreted back to the hils &
exspected them out on us we herd severl small canons &
one or two swevels from a tender we staid while ten or a
leven aClok & then come down & got some refreshment
& men come in very fast
Fry day 22 we praded men com in very fast the
gard took won or two tories
Satterday ye 22 it was loury wether I went down to the
neck tords Charlestown we praded sun about an our hy
Sunday 23 it was Cloudy I staid at horn in the fore
nune in the afternune I went to meeting & herd a ser-
mon from mathews C5 7v
Munday 24 this morning went on to preade very arly
& preaded al day at night I was cald on the pikit gard
we was sot on the gard & then we went home & got our
super & then went on the gard & staid all night
Tuesday ye 25 we went home to Brecfust & then
went on gard & staid all day & was relieved at night
Wednesday 26 we preaded in the morning nothin
haping extroderny
Thursday 27 this morning three or fore of us went
down to Charlstown to se the regerlers in tren shines
against the fere way there lay a ship against the feryway
we got home two or three aclok & went on the preade
while night
Fryeday ye 28 this forenune [Ingalls] Brag & I went
to cary the gard some vetls down to Charlstown we
bought us a chest in the afternune we went on the preade
tMenotomy now Arlington.
JOURNAL OF JAMES STEVENS. 43
Saterday ye 29 this morning I was cald on gard &
sent to bed quarters in the afternune there come in a
bout fore hunderd men & twenty indians the gard catch
wone dunbar* who was an regerler ofiser that came from
canarday
Sunday ye 30 this morning I was relieved of a gard
about tin aclok I staid at home in the forenune in the
afternune I went to meting & herd one Mr Emson from
the 20 of job & 5 vers & there were three regrelers bured
May ye 1 1775 this morning very arly L. E. a farnum
came & praed with us at Night I went on gard for Peter
Johns at the Comesary pigin
Tusday ye 2 I come of a gard a bout ten a clok in
the afternune the egins burnt the image of gageis h[e]ad
on the comon
Wednsday ye 3 this morning John Johnson & I went
to Charlston in the afternune we preaded & thay caried
a ded regerler down to Charlston & deliverd him up to
the Regerlers at night I went [down] to the uper gard to
cary som vitls
Thursday ye [4] this morning [Ingalls] Brag & [Jon-
athan] Roberson & Ben Parker & I went up to the
upper gard & sarsh[ed] a litle Pond after som regerlers
guns for they sed that thay thrue in som & then went up
to the bridg after some fish but did not git any in the
afternune we praded nothing hapanad extrordernary
Fryday ye 5 this morning we mest out & Steven Bar-
ker come down & brought us som sasf nothing hapened
remacabl at night 1 watcht with asa Osgood
Saterday ye 6 I staid with asa osgood allday his
Brother came down to se him.
Sunday ye 7 this forenune I went to the meting hous
& herd the presedentj prech from mathew the 10 c & 28
vers in the afternune I went abut a mile & a half back
tords home & herd a sermon from numbers the Id & 13 vers
Munday ye 8 we did not prade. while fore aclok there
was won [Daniel] felps shot into the Brest by won of his
*Major Dunbar who was placed under custody at Woburn.
tGarden sass, i. e. vegetables.
^President Langdon of Harvard College.
Elijah, son of Stephen and Hannah (Perkins) Gould of Boxford,
aged 23 years.
44 JOURNAL OF JAMES STEVENS.
own Compny beloning to Stokbridg & gould in the hos-
pital died belong to boxford
Tuesday ye 9 we preaded in the forenune in the
afternune we preaded at night I was cald on gard on
[torn] we went but thay ordered [torn] to the neck when
we conie [torn] ordered six of us to se what we could
discover, we could not discover any thing but we herd
several guns fired & two swevils about twelve aclok at night,
we come back to the gard a litle after day & then wen to
the army & got up sun about an our hy in the morning
Wednsday ye 10 we got our brecfast & then went
on the pread in the morning & Capt [Thomas] Poor come
out & spok very rash concerning our chusing a sargent &
said that we had no right to wich displesd the soldiers
very much thay went of & did no duty that iay about
leven a clok we praded & capt Poor come & said that he
was mis under stod & the comping setld with him by his
making som recantation the soldier that was shot died
about six aclok
Thursday 11 it was fast I went to meting & herd
Mr Adams preach from Psams in afternune I staid at
home to cuk
Fry day ye 12 we preaded in the forenun we preaded
in the afternune nothing haping extrorderny this day
Saterday ye 13 this morning 1 was cald on gard I
went to the Bridg in the afternune our men marcht down
to Charlstown thay marcht on to bunker hil & down by
the [w]horf & then back to Carnbridg where there was
two or hundred soldiers besid otisers
Sunday ye 14 this morning I was relieved of a gard
about ten a clok 1 staid at home all day
Munday ye 15 this morning 1 went to Capt [Thomas]
Poor to get a pas to go horn With Enuck Parker & got a
pas. about aleven a Clok we sot of for horn we got
horn about eight a clok
Tusday ye 16 this forenune I said at horn & mead
me a par of feters for my mare in the afternune I went
to town to fathers Peters & then wen to jediah farnum
Wednseday ye 17 this morning went to farnums & then
horn in the afternune I went down to Bradford & then
to Boxford to deacon [Joseph] hoveys & then home
JOURNAL OP JAMES STEVENS. 45
Thursday ye 18 this morning I got redy very arly to
go to the army I went up to Brags & setled with farnum
& jere Reoberson & Parker & Wiley come to go to the
army we got down to Cambridg about dusk
Fryday ye 19 this morning I was Cald on the main gard
to the town hous I staid on gard all day
Saterday ye 20 this morning I was releived of a gard
about ten aClok I was Praded in the afternune
Sunday ye 21 this forenun I went to meting to the met-
ing hous & a man preach from 26 of Isah 11 vers in the
afternune I went to the Church & here the presedent
Munday ye 22 this morning I was Cald on gard &
went to the hed quarters & stood sentry fast & it raind
very fast I went home to diner & then stod sentry while
three a Clok 1 stod sentry ons in the' night we here
from wamouth that the rgerlers had a shirmez wit our
men thay Burnt severl Loads of hy that thay Com after
Tusday 23 this morning I was relieved from gard abowt
tin aclock & did nothing the rest of the day
Wednsday 24 this morning I went on feteg fare weth-
er & Plesent wether we come horn to diner & then went
on feteg at two aClok we workt while six & then we
went horn & we draw our gyl of rum
Thursday ye 25 this morning I was Cald on the man
gardQwe went to the town hous & sentry & the fast I
stod sentry fore times there was a soldier died a stranger
to me
Fryday ye 26 this morning I was relieved of a gard
about ten a Clok the[n] went to watertown to se the
Canon & Boms in the afternune preaded & then went to
here prares
Saterday ye [27] this morning I was Cald on feteg we
went & workd in the f orenune we Come horn to diner &
there was a perty agoing of sumer but where I cant tel
we got redy to go & there Com a expres that the reger-
lers was a landing some said at miskit but we marcht
to miskit & then we herd that thay was at Chelsy we
marcht very fast we got dow[n] within a quarter of a
mile of the fery & then halted & our ofisers went to louk
out to place the canon thay went round by the water
46 JOURNAL OF JAMES STEVENS.
while thay come in sight of the sconer when as son as the
regerlers saw our men thay fired on them then the firing
Begun on boath sides & fired very worm there come a
man & ordered us over a nol rit into the mouths of the
canon we got on to the top of the nol & the grap shot &
canon hauls com so thik that we retreted back to the rode
& then marcht down to the fery the regerlers shouted
very much our men got the canon & plast them & gave
them tow or three guns sids and the firing set in so[me]
masure & there was a terrabel cry a monst the regerlers
thay fired wonc & a wile all night about ten aclok the
sconer run on to the wais & stuk fast there come a slup
for hur relief thay left the sconur*
Sunday ye 28 this morning a bout day thay come with
thare barjes to bord the sconer Curnul putnumf Com &
ordered us down to the who if e & we fired so that thay re-
treted back to the sloup our men run down & fired the
sconer & it burnt very fast the slup begun to to of in
about three qurters of a our after it was sot on fire the
magersene Blod up & blod out some plunder thay fired
from Nodles oiland on us sun about an our hy we are
retreted back to our packs & gout our Brekfust the
slups drad of to Boston there was of our men wounded
fore & non cild after the fier was gon down the men went
& got out the plunder out of the rack [wreck] in the
afternune there come down about fore hundred men to re-
lieve us & there was of us about a hundred & twenty men
of us tords night thay got terns & cared a lode of to Cam-
bridge we staid all night
Munday ye 29 this morning we went down to the sco-
ner & got out som more of the plunder we staed about
while the afternune & then set of for Cambridg we got
up to Cambridg about dusk being very much feteged
Tusday 30 this day we did but a litl al day there wos
two funerrals we her that our men tuk of a number of
shep & hoses & som catl & we herd that thay had ale rum
from salemj
The battle of Chelsea, so called, brought about by the rescue of
live stock that had been seized by the British.
tGeneral Israel Putnam who was in command.
JCaused by the appearance of three British vessels off the harbor
entrance.
JOURNAL OF JAMES STEVENS. 47
Wedensday ye 31 this morning it rain nothing haping
remarcabel there was won funeral som men com down
from andover
Thursday June the fust the compny preaded & our ofi-
sers treted us there was three funerals at night I was
cald on gard & went down to Charlston & staid al night
this morning I went horn from Chalston & I herd that ther
was a man hang[ed] won mansier I went down & saw
him I went horn & tuk a nap I wakt up abou nine a
Clok & there Com in a comping from roxbary to go to
Celsy there was won funeral
Saterday ye 3 this morning T did not fel well this af-
ternune there was two whipt & won drumd out of the re-
gement the scout that went to Chelsey tuk a Barge &
fore men of warsmen about three hundre Sheep & catle
Sunday 4 this forenune I went to the meting house
Isah the Ic 21 22 23 verse in the afternune we went to
Notemy to meting & herd a Sarmon preacht from Zakarah
the 14 chapt 7 verse
Munday 5 this morning we praded to pas our guns in
the afternune, this afternune the agetent ordered us of
withe fore prisoners to watertown to the meting house to
the Congres.
Tusday ye 6 this morning we preaded to pas master we
tuk ourth Cor o1 Putmen went down to Charlston to ex-
chang soldiers nine of our men & seven regerlers won
regerler leftenent
Wedensday ye 7 this morning three or fore of us went
to fishen to the pond tords watertown in the afternune
we preaded there was a funeral
Thursday 8 this morning we preaded & went to her
prars in the afternune there was a woman dukt & drumb
out of the regement There was a funeral
Fryday 9 this morning I was cald on gard to the town
hous there was fore under gard I stod on sentry fore
times
Saterday 1 this morning I was releived of a gard about
ten a Clok & then went horn & cukt for our two meses
tords night we was orderd out of our Chamber for the ad-
gent wanted the chamber
48 JOURNAL OF JAMES STEVENS.
Sunday 11 this morning went to her prars in the
forenun I staid at home in the afternune I went to her
preaching on the comon he preacht from Daniel the 5
Chapter & the 23 vers after meting the agetent Stevens
ordered us out of our Chamber for he said that he want-
ed it & so we mouved up garet
Munday 12 in the forenuue Amos Stevens & I went
to find a rom to move to but could not get won in the
afternune I preaded but felt porly
Tusday 18 this forenune ther was a funeral a soljer
beloning to Stokbridg I was not abel to train
Wednsday 13 the forenune I did not fel well walkt
round town in the afternune there was a sargent & five
or six men went to are the things that was got out of the
scuner at Chelsy
Thursday ye 15 this forenune I did nothing at nune
the agatent gave me a pas to go horn for I was not abel
to do my duty I went up to ferinton & there I had his
hors & his wife went with me horn & Jonathan gardner
we got horn about ten aclok I staid at Brothers all
night
Fry day ye 16 this morning I went to docter osgoods
he gave me a puk I went horn & in the afternune I tuk it
Saterday ye 17 this day I went after my hors up to
felses I herd that our men was gon on to bunkers hil to
intrench & that thay shot won of our men won polord of
bilrica we saw a lit tords Charlston
Sunday ye 18 this morning I went to docter osgood
& there wos alaram thay sad that the regerlers had com
out & we here that our men wos gon on to bunkers hil to
intrench & that the regerlers wos com over & had cild a
hundred of our men & wounded a grat many more in
the afternune I went to Boxford meting after meting I
went to town to se what nus the men was a coming back
Munday [19] this morning I went with uncal to lod
a lod of Bark & then put in a botom into a bred trof at
night I went to town
Tusday 20 this morning I went up to Captain [Ben-
jamin] varnum's to se him he was wounded in two
places in his lag & then I went home
JOURNAL OF JAMES STEVENS. 49
Wednesday ye 21 I staid at horn & put in a botom in
to a bred trof at night I went to Amos Stevens to se
him
Thursday [22] this morn I started for Cam bridg about
nine a Clok I met timothy Carlton at deacon barlords
he wos wounded in the nee I got down to Cambridg
about sunset
Fryday ye 23 This morning we had alarum that the
regerlers was a landing at lechmors point we imbodied
but they did not land in the afternune we preaded
Saterday ye 24 this morning there was alarum it was
caisoned by our men beting to arms about nin a Clok I
was cald on gard at the geneals the regerlers fired Canon
amost al day
Sunday 25 I wos releived of a gard about nine a
Clok I staid at horn in the forenune in the afternune
I herd preaching on the Comon there was won Comping
went horn belonging to marble hed & bradford Compny
Munday 26 1 staid at horn & did not pread nothing
hap ing extr orderly
Tusday 27 This day we did not pread I went on to
the [torn] to se the regerlers & to se wh[torn] our men
did on the
Wednsday 28 this morning I went to make a couch
for major Poor about nun James Binton died of his
wound that he received in the fight at Charlstown
Thursday 29 this morning there wos a fine raine
nothing haping extrorderly
Fryday 30 this morning ther wos two whipt & won
rid the woden hors 1 went on gard at the Canon there
wos a fine shower there wos com down John Tiler &
Zakeriah Chikrin from Andover
Saterday July the 1 I wos releived of a gard about
nine a Clok I went on to Chil to see the fort there wos
won funeral we preaded to receive the new jeneral
Washington but he did not com
Sunday ye 2 this morning we preaded to receive the
new jeneral it raind & we wos dismesd the jenral com
in about nune there wos no meting in the afternune I
went to the colridg & herd a sarmen from Psams the 71
50 JOURNAL OP JAMBS STEVENS.
in the morning there wos a firing from roxbry the reger-
lers burnt won ho us our men fired on them three tims
Munday ye 3 nothing hapeng extrorderly we preaded
thre times I went up on to the hil
Tusday ye 4 this morning we preaded very arly &
went to her prars after nune Mr Stephen Barker & his
wife Sarah & major poor wife & Jonathan Stevens wife &
Phinehas Johnsons wife thay all come down
Wednesday ye 5 this morning I was cald on gard to
the bridg there wos Cornal [Thomas] gardne Buried he
died of his wounds that he received at Chalstown & won
soldier died with a fever
Thursday ye 6 this morning I wos relieved of a gard
mr Barker & his compiny went horn with him Bradford
compiny com down agin in the afternune there was won
[Daniel] grifin drounded Blongin to haverhil a going in a
swimin. tord night I went to the hil with Dudly Calton
Fryday ye 7 nothing haping extrorderly
Saterday ye 8 this morning we had alarum about three
a Clok we ware under arms about three ours we wos
disarmed we preaded in the afternune we moved to the
colej
Sunday ye 9 this morning we praded &herd a sarmon
preacht from John the 12 & no 6 vers in the afternune
we herd a sarmon from the Romans the 12 chapter & 7 8 9
vers it was very blustrin James Ingals of Methun wos
burid he died of his wounds that he received at the
fight there wos a flag of trus com in
Monday 10 we preaded & herd prars then I we[n]t
to worke for John Barker a making him a Chist I praded
at fore aClok
Tusday 11 this morning I ws releived of a gard there
wos five & twenty Prisners ten from mechios & fifteen
from Long oiland
Wednesday the 12 we preaded in the morning & herd
prars we preaded at fore a clok
Thursday 13 we preaded & went to her prars in the
afternune Jonathan gardner com from Andover & told us
that Cor osgood wos ded
Friday 14 this morning we preaded & herd prars & I
JOUBNAL OF JAMES STEVENS. 51
made a tab[l]e for a grog shop in the afternune I herd
of my gun & it wos sold for five dolers I went to the
Comity of safty & got won of them to go with me & I
got the gun
Saterday 15 this morning we preaded for Prars noth-
ing extrorderly hapned this day in the afternune we
praded after prars there wos a pece red that the Conti-
nental Congress put out.* after prars I wos wornd on
scou[t] we went down to Leachmore point we se [torn]
he berges go up & down the river as son as the day brok
we started for cambridg we went to the Bridg & the tide
wa[s] up so that we could not git of not under half an
our
Sunday 16 this forenune I staed at horn in the after-
nune I went on to the hil & hard Mr. Clevenlandf
Munday 17 this morning we preaded for prars thay
said that thare wos two cared out of coleg withe the smol
pox there wos a fine show this afternune we praded for
prars
Tusday 18 this morning we praded for prars & we
praded in the afternune & we herd that the pacit wos got
in from London there wos a number of men wos in
listed to [go ?] a boting
Wednsday ye 19 this morning we wos praded at three
a clok there wos three hunddred of our men went to the
hil to the hemsher men to intrench with them.
Thursday 20 this day wos a jenral fast I was cald on
gard to the town hous I stod for won of the runing sen-
trys
Friday 21 I wos relieved of a gard I went to worke
on a Chest for myself I preaded at fore aclok we wos
dissmist after prars about aleven a clok we wos ordered
to git up & dress our selves for thay expect alarum before
morning we laid down with our clos on This wos a
Saterday night
Saterday ye 22 this morning we wos preaded about
*The Declaration of Causes adopted at Philadelphia, July 6, 1775.
tRev. John Cleaveland of Chebacco Parish, Ipswich.
The schooner Quero, Capt. John Derby of Salem, who had been
dispatched to England with the first news of the attack by the
King's troops at Lexington.
52 JOURNAL OF JAMES STEVENS.
half after two in the morning we wos dismist before
sunrise we went horn & staid about an our & a half &
then wos preaded for prars we wos dismist & then wos
preaded at fore a clok & then wos dissmist after prars
Sunday ye 23 this morning we wos preaded at two
aclok wos dismist before prars we went home & tuk a
nap I went to meting but it wos so lat that I could not
here the text in the afternune I went to meting & herd
a sarmon from galations the 6 chapter & the 7 8 verses it
clouded up & it rained som
Munday ye 24 there wos won whipt wos wornd on
gard at the town hous with the marblehead men there
wos won funeral
Tusday 25 this morning I wos releived of a gard &
there wos two funerals I praded in the afternune & wos
dissmist after prars there wos a hundred of jeneral wash-
intons men come in*
Wednsday [26] this morning we praded & wos dis-
mist after prars I cukt I got for berkf ust som bef staks
& for diner I got a ris puden & bef & turneps at night
there was won regerler desarted from them to us
Thursday 27 this morning we preaded & wos dissmist
after prars I went to the joiner shop to make a chest it
raind in the afternune there wos tow regerlers com to
our men
Fryday 28 this morning I wos wornd on gard to the
quarter gard to the Coleg we had no prisners to gard
Saterday ye 29 this morning I wos relieved of a gard
& I went to the joiners shop to finish a chest we praed
at fore a clok we wos dissmist
Sunday ye 30 this morning I went up to number two
& herd a sermon the rifel men went down to the reger-
lers gard to Charlstown last night & thay cild fore & brot
of two there wos won mising of the rifle men
Munday 31 we wos alerumd about twelve a clok we
went up to the fort number two & we staid while sunrise
& then we wos dissmist we herd a firing wons & a while
thay burnt a hous at roxbary in the afternune Jonathan
Roberson & Nathan Swan & I went down to se the reger-
*Riflemen from Philadelphia, 106 in number.
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lers we went down & there wos a flag of trus com of a
bunkers hil & they would not let us fir on them
Tusday August 1 this morning there wos thirty for
Prsnors* a going to woster twenty two regerlers & twelve
tories we started for woster about nune we went to
Concord & staid all night we put the prisners into jail
we got our super & sot a sentry
Wedensday 2 this morning we got a dram & then set
of we marcht about ten mile & then went to brekf ust to
won Gilburds in little town we marcht to Lanchester &
staid all night the towns peapol stod sentry over them
Thursday ye 3 this morning we got a dram & set of
we marcht to shusbary & there went to brekfust & we
started & went to Woster we marcht through the town
the toris went with there hats under there arms & we re-
turnd them to the prison the toris went in to the dun-
jen we got som vitls & then sot of for horn we went to
susbary we staid all night
Fryday 4 this morning we got our brekfust & started
& through Lanchester & then we went to Littletown &
staid all night we left won man at shusbary
Saterday 5 this morning we staid at gilbrds while fore
a clok in the afternune & then we started for Concord
we got down to Concord about eight a clok we stopt to
Concord all night
Sunday 6 this morning we stated for Cambridg & we
got to Cambridg about five a clok & wos dissmist jest as
we got horn there wos a lerum the regerlers went mis-
tick river & burnt won hous in Chelsey our regiment
praded & wos under arms about an our & wos dissmist
Munday 7 this morning we praded & went to prars &
wos dissmist after prars Mr Asa parker Com down to se
Enoch Parker for he wos sik & so bad that he could not
go horn we moved him to the horspittal I went & watch
with him
Tusday 8 this morning thay got one to take care of
the sik at the hospit there was won of Cap Balards men
stol a quorter of mutin out of a buchers cart the man wos
*Twenty-two regulars and twelve tory carpenters and workmen cap-
tured during an engagement near where the light house had stood.
54 JOURNAL OF JAMES STEVENS.
relest by Paing for the muting & a bol of punch & wos
blated horn into the coleg there wo nine sik
Wednsday 9 this morning Mr Asa Parker set of for
horn his son wos no beter there wos three Compiny of
washentons men Comin in thay brought in won tory I
received two dolers for my Blancit
Thursday 10 this morning I went & drad the Docters
peverins [provisions] it Clouded up & raind vry fast
Fryday 11 this morning I staid at the horspital & tuck
care of the sik
Saterday 12 I staid at the hospettal Asa parker
wife com down to take care of Enock
Sunday 13 I went & herd Mr Landon in the after-
mine 1 went to mistick & herd Mr Osgood peter rober-
son went horn out of the hospital
Munday 14 I staid at the hospittall I sold a barel of
sider
Tusday 15 this day I staid at the horspital jest at
night I sold out som sider
Wednsday 16 I staid at the horspital there wos two
went out & two or thre com in jest at night Asa Parker
com down after his son he staid al night
Thursday 17 this morning Mr Parker & wife & son
set of for horn & I wos dissmist from the horspital
Fryday 18 this forenune I helpt John Barker sel a
barel of sider Ingals Brag com down tords night
Saterday 19 this morning there wos won whipt for
steling a Chese
Sunday 20 I wos wornd on gard to the bridg I stad
my turn of Duty out but I did not fel well
Mundy ye 21 this morning I went to the docter & got
a porsion of fisik & went & tuk it
Tusday 22 1 felt very porly at night our men wos
ordered to lay on there arms at night
Wednsday 23 I felt som better but did not prade
Mr Steven Barker com down & several of Andover peapol
com down
Thursday ye 24 this morning I felt sora beter but did
not prade nothing hapend extrorderly only we herd mor
faverable nuse frome home I pade Mr Barker for my
JOURNAL OF JAMES STEVENS. 55
Fryday ye 25 I staid at bom & kukt
Saterclay ye 26 this morning I praded with the Corn-
piny
Sunday ye 27 this mornin g we had alerum & was or-
dered onto winter hil I herd a sermon in the forenune
the Regerlers fird al day at our men on the ploud hil*
thay cild two of our men thay wos men Belonging to
rode oiland we wos ordered on the ploud hil at night in
the night thare wos a thunder shour com up in the night
Munday 28 this morning we wos releived of the ploud
hil about Nine aclok we got up about ten a clok after
we got horn about an our we had another alerum that the
regerlers wos a landing at Chelsey at nune we had a
lerum thay shot won of the rifle men leg of
Tusday 29 this day we wos a larumb two or three
times the regerlers fired Bums al day & all night wons &
a while
Wednsday 30 this morning it rarind very fast the
regerlers fired bums wons & a while I paid Wilam Por-
ter two Pound ten for a det of Jacob tilton at Coos for
of our men praded to go to the Ploud hil
Thurseday 31 this morning it raind al day our men
praded at fore a clok & went of Down to the ploud hil
September Friday the 1 this day was loury wether I
cukt
Saterday ye 2 this morning I wos wornd on gard at
the jenuarls
Sunday ye 3 I wos releived of a gard about nine a
Clok it wos very rany al day
Munday ye 4 this day wos loury wether we Did not
prade there wos a party went to the ploud hil about nine
Tusday ye 5 this day we did not prade there wos a
tolk of som men a going to Canaday
Wednsday ye 6 this day I wos wornd on gard to the
bridg
Thursday 7 this morning I wos relf of a gard & praded
in the afternune
Fryday 8 I went to worke to make Lent Johnson a
f eld bedst
*A hill in Charlestown known as " the plowed hill."
56 JOURNAL OF JAMES STEVENS.
Saterday ye 9 I finisht Lent Johnsons Bedsted &
preaded in the afternune
Sunday ye 1 this f orenune I went to the meting hous
in the afteniune I went to Noting [Menotomy] meting
after meting I wos wornd on gard down to the ploud hil
we went on a scout dow[n] within a gun shot of the Reg-
erlers there wos won rifle man desarted to the regeiiers
our men shot after him wons or twise
Munday 11 this morning we com of a cout about day
& went on feteg At night there [wos] a rifle man stabd
himself in the main gard but did not oil himself
Tusday 12 this morning we had alerum about nine
clouk we wos Dissmist about a leven a clok jed Holt
Com down with a lode of spruse
Wednsday Sept 13 this day there wos som People
com to se me from Coos Corl Baly two sons Tords nit
there wos a party of men set of for Canaday*
Thursday Sept the 14 three Regerlers desarted from
them to us there wos a reifle man shot won of his mats
& cild him
Fryday Sept the 15 this morning we started of to go
to Reeding Benjamine Parker Phinihas Parker Jonathan
Roberson Ephram Lasy & I set of we went as far as
Mestick & then we hired two shas & three horses we rode
as fur as waltons in reden & bought som tuls & then went
as fur as won harts horns Beyond the meting hous we
stopt at a tavern about halfway betwen redin & mestick
we got horn a bout nin a Cloke
Saterday Sept 16 this f orenune we wos wornd on gard
Down to inmons Point to relieve som of Corl Sargents
men to Pas muster we staid while tord night we com
up to Capt Curers Compiny there wos a funeral we at-
ended it
Sunday sept 17 this day I staid at horn nothing hap-
ing extrorderner
Munday Sept 18 this morning we praded for to pas
muster & Past muster & wos Dissmist
Tusday sept 19 nothing haping extrorderly Amos
Stevens & I walkt over to Litle Cambridg
*The expedition against Quebec, commanded by Benedict Arnold.
JOURNAL OF JAMES STEVENS. 57
Wednsday sept 20 I workt on a Chest
Thursday Sept 21 I wos wornd on gard at the jenerals
the Regerlers fired on our men that wos intrenshin Be-
twen Prospect hil & the Ploud hil thay wounded to of
our men
Fryday sept 22 I wos relieved of a gard the Reger-
lers fired al day but did no hurt
Saterday sept 23 this day I cukt for Jonathan Rober-
son & helpt Draw the pervision in the afternune our
Reigement Praded I went & Drad the Bred for the Com-
piny & Divided it
Sunday sept 24 this forenune I went to meting & herd
mr Langdon prach the 2 of Peter 5 Chapter 10 11 verse
I went to meting & herd Mr Aplton preach from timothy
the six Chapter 12 vers the men in the works ware or-
dered to worke a fixing of a floting Batry
Munday sept the 25 this morning I was worned on gard
to the horspital there wos two rifle men Beried at the
horspital
Tusday sept the 26 this morning I wos releived of a
gard Linsy got a f urlow & went horn at Night Joshua
fry com down 1 went & got a f urlow to go horn
Wednesday sept the 27 this morning I [took] frys
hors & set of for horn I went to Balards & oted I set
of & got to Mrs. frys a Bout the midle of the afternune &
then walkt horn
Thursday sept 28 I staid at horn in the forenune in
the afternune I went up to town to By som tuls But
could not find any in town 1 went to mothers
Fryday sept the 29 this morning I went to Haverhil
& Laid out twenty shilings in tuls & Bought won Lok
wich wos nine shilings in the afternune I went to jos
Houey & got him to set a saw & I work for him the whilst
I went to se Enoch Parker he wos som Beter
Saterday sept the 30 this day I made a apel Chest for
granfarther
Sunday October the 1 this day 1 went to Andover
meting & herd Mr syms at Night I went to Jonathans
Munday Oct 2 I staid at horn & fixt my tuls jest at
Night I went Mr Barkers & Bout a Chas
58 JOURNAL OF JAMES STEVENS.
Tusday Oct 3 this morning I sta[r]ted with Unc John
& Stephen Cobern we went to gouns & oted & got down
about son two ours hy we went round on the Lins
Wednsday Octo 4 this day I went to Roxbary with
uncle to se the works
Thursday Octo [5] this day it rained uncle John &
Steven Cobern set of for hom
Fryday Octo 6 this morning I entered the Carpenter
works I Went to worke on the noting Batry
Saterday Octo the 7 I was in lasted under Cap Polerds
I workt on the Baruks in the yard
Sunday October the 8 this forenune I went to meting
& herd mr Cleveland in the afternune we wos ordered
to go to worke we went to worke on the Baruks in the
yard
Monday Octo 9 this morning we Began a frame Be-
fore the Coleg & danil peabody wos our master workman
Tusday Octo 10 this day I went to worke on the
Baruks
Wednsday Octo 11 I workt on the Baruks in the yard
Thursday Octo the 12 I workt on the Baruks in the
yard I Bought a set of Chisls Benjamin Parker com
down
Friday Oct 13 I workt on the Baraks in the yard
Saterday Octo the 14 this day I workt on the Baruks
Sunday Octo the 15 This day I was a Bliged to worke
on the Baruks
Monday Octo 16 we Begun a nue fraem nothing hap-
ing extrorderly
Tusday Octo the 17 this morning I wos ordered to
fix a old Barn for the province use I workt on the Barn
al day
Wednsday Octo the 18 this morning we herd the not-
ing Batry had Bin down torde Boston & fired on Boston
& split won of the Canon & Cild won man & wounded
Eight more
Thursday Octo 19 we workt on the Barn a making som
Dors
Fryday Octo 20 this forenune it raind & we did not
worke I made a Box for John Parker in the afternune
JOURNAL OF JAMBS STEVENS. 59
we workt at the Barn sargent Hardy & J plats & Wood-
bary & I
Saterday Octo 22 this day it raind very hard al day
we did not worke
Sunday Octo the 23 this morning I Left the Compiny
& went to cuk for a mes in Capt Polards compiny the
work men workt it was fare & plesent wether
Munday Octo the 23 this day I cukt nothing haping
extrorderly
Tusday Octo the 24 this Morning it raind I Helpt
Draw the pervisions for fore Days we Drombd out won
Hakit out of our Chamber
Wednsday Octo the 25 this day I cukt the man that
wos wounded a bord the noting Batry the man Belong to
Marblehed
Thursday Octo the 26 I cukt jest at Night Raising
won of the Baruks one for us belonging to our Chamber
fel of the frame & hurt him selfe very bad
Fryday Octo the 27 this day I cukt & washt
Saterday Octo the 28 this Day it raind & the carpen-
ders did not worke & I cukt
Sunday Octo 29 this forenune I Cukt in the after-
nune I went to winters Hil & herd uncle Stephen* preach
Munday Octo the 30 this Day I Cukt
Tusday Octo the 31 I Cukt at Night there wos som
foks com down from Andover Nathan Ingals & Wilam
Lasy
November the 1 1775 this morning we went round on
the Hils & then com horn & went to Diner in my old
Compiny
Thursday Nober 2 this day we went to Roxbary to se
the works we com horn & went up to Notmy
Fryday November 3 this day I went to worke to the
Hospital
Saterday Nober 4 I work at the Horspital
Sunday Nober the 5 I workt at the horspital the
regerlers fired very brisk about won a cloke
Munday No the 6 I workt at the Horspital
*Rev. Stephen Peabody, born in Boxford, minister at Atkinson,
N.H., and chaplain in Col. Poor's regiment, stationed at Winter Hill.
60 JOURNAL OF JAMES STEVENS.
Tusday No the 7 this day it raind very fast I workt
at the Horspital
Wednsday No the 8 this day I workt on a lital fraim
in the yard
Thursday Nober the 9 this day I went to worke on
the Baruks a Long with Peabody about one a clok there
wos a brisk fireing of Canon from Prospect Hil we wos
son a Lerumb & herd the regorlers wos a landing at
Leachmors point thay Landid & tuke of sorn Cows &
wounded three of our men won mortly wounded
Fryday Nober 10 this morning thay found three or
fore Regerlers ded was found ded on the Point & som
guns this fore Nune we did not worke for it raind in
the afternune we workt on a Beruke afore the Colige
Saterday Nober 11 this Day it wos windy & Cold I
workt on the Baruk afore the colig
Sunday Nober the 12 this day it continued cold I
workt on the Baruk a fore the coleg
Munday Nober the 13 this forenune I went down to
inmans point to cut som Ribs for a Baruk in the after-
nune I workt on the fraim
Tusday Nober the 14 I workt on the fraim a fore the
colig in the afternune we Drad our Cots & fore shilings
Lawful mony
Wednsday Nober the 15 this morning it raind very
fast & continued Raining all Day we Did not Work
Thursday Nober the 16 this Day I Workt on the
Baruk a fore the Colig
Fryday Nober 17 this day I workt on the Baruk afore
the Coleg we fraiined of won side & part of tother
Saterday Nober 18 this morning it wos very Cold I
went to work on the Baruk a fore the Colig we finisht
the fraem jest at Night we Drad a Beril of sider
Sunday Nober 19 this day we Lokt out som sils for a
Nother Baruk a hundred & Eight fot Long & got them to
gether
Munday Nober 20 this Day we raist a Baruk at
Night we had a Lerum a bout Nine a Clok we herd the
Regerlers was a Landing at Leachmors point But it wos
nothing only the sentry wos [s]cart at the cracing of
the ice
JOURNAL OP JAMES STEVENS. 61
Tusday Nober 21 this day I workt on the Baruke a
fore the colig with Pea body
Wednsday Nober 22 this forenune I workt at the
Baruk a Long with Peabody in the afternune I workt
on a Barn to fix it to make Cartridges in at night our
men went on to cobel hil to intrinsh this morning we had
a lil snow about two inshes deep
Thursday Nober the 23 this day wos thanksgivin we
did not worke our men com of a cobil hil jest at the
Don of the Day I went & herd a sarmon at Night we
had a fine super
Fryday Nober the 24 this day I went to workt to the
Barn whare thay Was a making Cateriges We finisht
the Barn & then Went to Workt at the gard hous to go
to Cobil Hil*
Saterday Nober the 25 I workt on the gard hous it
wos worm & plesent
Sunday Nober the 26 this morning it has snod som
we Workt on the gard hous but it stormed so that we left
of a fore Night
Munday Nober the 27 this day we workt the gard hous
Tusday Nober 28 we workt on the gard hous & almost
finisht it Stephen Barker come down with two or three
Load of Bords
Wednesday Nober the 29 this morning we finisht the
gard hous & then went to worke on the Baruke a fore the
colig
Thursday Nober 30 we workt on the Baruk at Night
Jonathan Ober com down & we drad a beril of sider
Fryday Desember the 1 this morning we went to rol
col & then got our Brefust & then Workt al Day on the
Baruk
Saterday Desem [2] this day I workt on the Baruke
afore the Colig this Morning thay Brought in the morterf
thay tuck in the Brig & Part the Loding
Sunday Des the 3 I workt on the Baruk it raind som
in the fore nune
*A fort was being erected on Cobble hill.
tCaptured by Capt. Manley off Cape Ann. See Essex Institute
Hist. Colls., Vol. XLV, pp. 8-9.
62 JOURNAL OF JAMES STEVENS.
Munday Desember 4 this morning the Captain or-
dered us down to cobel hil we went to shingle
Tusday De the 5 this Day we finisht the fraim &
Leveled the sils
Wednsday De the 6 this Day we raisd a Baruk a
Crost the Comon the[n] went & Laid out a Nother hun-
dred & Eight feet long
Thursday Desember the 7 this Day we Workt on the
Baruk
Fryday De the 8 this forenune I Did not fel Well &
Did not Work in the forenun in the afternune I workt
on the Baruks along With Peabody in the afternune the
melishy come Down from Andover seventy five men
Saterday Desember the 9 this Day I workt with Pea-
body on the Baruk afore the Colig
Sunday Deseme the 10 this morning I went to cuk
the men went out to work Capt Polard Com out & said
that our wages wos cut down to eight penc the men al
Left of Worke in the fore nune Capt Polerd com & said
that we wos all deesmist there wos a great many of the
Melishy com down
Munday December the 1 1 this morning Capt Polerd
cam out & said if we would go to worke we should have
seven pound ten a Month I cukt
Tusday Desember the 12 this day I cukt Blancherd
wos turned out of the works
Wedusday Des the 13 this day I cukt Capt Polard
Com & ordered in another mes into our Chamber
Thursday Des the 14 we herd that there wos two or
thre ships haled up against Marble hed som of our men
Marcht of last Night this Day I cukt
Fryday Desem the 15 this Day 1 cukt in the after-
nune I went to Work on a Chest for my self
Saterday Desember 16 this Day I Cukt
Sunday De the 17 this morning our men went to
Worke on a fort on Leachmors point the reglers fired
on our men & wounded won man
Munday De the 18 this day I cukt the Regerlers
continued firing Bums & Bauls but Did no hurt
Tusday De the 19 this Day I cukt the Regerlers
continued firing but did no hurt
JOURNAL OF JAMES STEVENS. 63
Wednsday De the 20 this morning I got a man to cuk
for me & I set of for home 1 got to Andover about a
leven a Clok at Night I went to John Barkers to cary
som things to uncle John
Thursday De the 21 this Day I fixt som bos fo r the
oxen I went to Camils [Campbell ?] & Bought som Lath-
er for Britches
Fryday De the 22 this Day I staid at horn
Saterday De the 23 I went to se John Barker at
Night it snod
Sunday De the 24 this Day it snow all day
Munday De the 25 this morning 1 got up a little afore
Day & yokt up fore oxen for uncle John & set of fo Cam-
bridg I got to Cainbridg about Dusk & then went to
roxbry & got ther a litle after Eight
Tusday De the 26 this morning I set of for Gambridg
I got to Cambridg about Nune
Wednsday De the 27 this Day I cukt our men
went to worke on the Bridg
Thursday De the 28 this Day I cukt
Fryday De the 29 this Day I Cukt the Wether fare
& plesent
Saterday De the 30 this day I cukt Capt Davis set
of with part of his men
Sunday De the 31 this Day I cukt it raind our
men praded to have there arms taking away from them
thay tuck my gun from me & the best of there guns
Munday January 1 1776 this Day our men wos Des-
mist & part of the men went of horn
Tusday je the 2 our men all set of horn but [Ep-
hraim] Lasy & Enock Parker Jonathan Roberson & 1 we
had orders to go to work
Wednsday the 3 I cukt the melishe Com in
Thursday jene the 4 1 cukt & workt som
Fryday je the 5 this forenune we went to rais a fram in
the afternune I went with Thomas Webster & Ebin Cimbal
round on the hils Jonathan roberson listed in to the work
Saterday je the 6 this morning Leut marbel & Amos
Stevens com & Bracfust with us I cukt
Sunday je the 7 this morning Jonathan Roberson & I
64 JOURNAL OF JAMES STEVENS.
set of for horn about fore a clok we got to mr frenshes
meting in the afternune we went to mr symes meting
Munday je the 8 this Day I went to haveril & got
pay for my gun
Tusday je 9 this morning it raind I went to git my
shus mended & I herd that John Philips yongest Child
wos Calt to Deth I went up to town & went to a traning
Wednsday je the 10 this morning I went to jediah
holt to by som sider about Nune I went horn & Abra-
ham Days Barn wos burnt Down
Thursday je the 11 this morning I mad som shafts for
ant Peabody I went to Dudly Carltons & Bought ten
turkes & gave half a crown a pound
Fryday je the 12 this morning Jonathan Robinson &
I set of for Cambridg we got to Gambridg about Dusk
Col fry* was Bured this Day
Saterday je 13 this morning I went to rol Cal & Drad
provisions in the afternune 1 went to the hils & cukt
Sunday je the 14 this Day I cukt I went on to the
hils & got Leave for som Bords to Build us a hout
Monday je the 15 this Day I got jachish to cuk for
rne & I went to Worke on a Little hut at Prospect hil
Tuesday je the 16 this Day 1 cukt & work on the hil
jest at Night there wos a man Com & forbid us working
any longer we had a lod of sider com down by jed holt
Wednsday je the 17 this Day I went to worke on jen-
uarel putmans store & [Jonathan] roberson Cukt
Thursday je the 18 I workt on the store
Fryday je the 19 I workt on the store
Saterday je the 20 this Day I workt on the store it
wos very cold
Sunday je the 21 I workt on the store we raisd a shed
Munday je the 22 I workt at the store
Tusday je the 23 this Day I workt on the store
Wednsday je the 24 I workt on the store
Fryday je the 25 this Day I workt at the store
Saterday je the 26 I workt at the store in the inside
Sunday je the 27 we went to roxbary & there wos
Stephen farrinton cared to the hospital
*Col. James Frye of Andover, aged 66, " while in the Continental
Service."
JOURNAL OP JAMES STEVENS. 65
Munday je the 28 this Day I workt on the store Is-
sac Barker com from roxbary & said that Stephen farm-
ton* wos ded & died with the nervis fever
Tusday je the 29 this Day I workt on the store
Wednsday je the 30 this Day I workt on the store &
made a pare of stars
Thursday Febuary the 1 1776 this day I workt at the
store it wors very warm
Fryday fe the 2 we workt at the store on the inside
Saterday fe the 3 we wos abliged to work at the store
it grew cold
Munday f e the 5 we workt on the store it continued
cold
Tusday fe the 6 this day I workt at the store there
wos three intered the works phineas Parker & perley &
ingals
Wednsday fe the 7 this Day I workt at the store on
inside Insine Barker & Isaac Com down with a Lod for
fesenton
Thursday fe the 8 this morning we went to Rol Cal
& there wos a man Gild him self a drin[kin] jen there
wos two men Drinkt forty fore glases won Lived thay
Belonged to the train I workt at the store
Fryday fe the 9 this Day I workt at the store thay
set a sentry over the man that cild him self & put Brown
into the pevow gard that gave the man the li[q]ur
Saterday fe the 10 this day I workt at the store the
inside a finished a rom it raind som all Day
Sunday fe the 11 this Day I workt at the store
Munday fe the 12 this Day I workt at the shop in
the fore in the afternune I workt at Number two & Laid
som flors
Tusday fe the 13 Jthis Day I went after som Bordes up
to watertown but did not get any in the afternune I
went to Lecenton & got two Lods of Bords
Wednsday fe the 14 this Day I workt at the store a
making som Bunks
Thursday fe 15 this morning there wos a larum the
regerlers went over to Dorchester & Burnt the farshens I
workt at the store
*Of Andover, a private in Oapt. Poor's company.
66 JOURNAL OF JAMBS STEVENS.
Fryday fe 16 this Day I workt at the store on the
Bunks
Saterday fe the 17 this Day I workt at the store Bunks
Sunday fe the 18 this Day I workt at the store it
wos very Cold
Munday fe the 19 this Day I workt at the store a
seling up the inside & finished the seling
Tusday fe the 20 this Day I workt on the frarm that
wos a going to Leachmors po[i]nt
Wednsday fe the 21 this Day I workt at the fraim a
goin to Leachmors point
Thursday fe the 22 this forenune we workt at the
fraim in the afternune it snod we finisht the fraim
Fryday fe the 23 this day we workt down to the
point to a raising the fraim we raist it jist at night
Saterday fe the 24 we went Down to the point it
wos very plesent we horded & shingled
Sunday fe the 25 we had to the point & workt the in
sid the regerlers Begun to in trensh aginst the point
Munday fe the 26 I workt in the shop a making Bunks
Tusday fe the 27 I workt at the shop on the Bunks
Wednsday fe the 28 I workt in the shop on the
Bunks & made three at Night I went up to the hil & got
my wagers It wos ten pound Eighteen shilins & seven
pens thay tuck out the pay for my gun that 2 1 8 s .
Thursday fe the 29 this Day I workt in the shop on
som forms for the jenerl & som tables
Fryday March the 1 I Workt in the shop on the
Bunks I made fore it wos Cold
Saterd March the 2 this Day I workt in the shop at
Night our men got som morters Down to Leachmors
point & split two morters & won at roxbary the reger-
lers fired a bum on to prospect hil
Sunday Mar the 3 I went to the point to worke thay
fired two bums at Night our men Cared Down the Con-
gress* Down to Cobel Hil fired hur three tims & crakt
hur
Munday March the 4 this Day we went to the point
with the magersin & raist it they Did not fire all Day
at Night thay fired at Night but Did no hurt
*The mortar captured by Capt. Manly had been so named.
JOURNAL OF JAMES STEVENS. 67
Tusday March the 5 this Day we wos a Larumb our
Company praded in order to Draw guns but there wos
non Last Night thay went on to Dochester hil to in-
trench & wos not melisted thay fired on our men at
Leachmors point & cild won man & wounded two more
with a bum thay fired Canon & bums at the point rox-
bary al night
Wensday March the 6 this Day we maid a Cofin we
Drad guns Last Night
Thursday March the 7 this Day wos fast we did not
worke & went to meting & herd two sermons
Fryday March the 8 this Day we went Down to
Leachmors point & did nothing Becaus the feteg men did
not com we got horn Before Night
Saterday March the 9 this Day I workt in the shop
at Night we herd our men went on to Dorchester point
we herd the regerlers cild Nine or ten of our men a sun-
day morning
Sunday March the 10 this Pay we Did not worke I
went to meting in the forenune in the afternune I went
on to the hils & sold my gun for ten Dolers
Mnnday March the 11 this Day we ware ordered not
to work for thay sade the regerlers wos a going of* we
exersust & went up to the pond & trid our guns
Tusday March 12 this morning it wos loury wether
Wednsday the 13 this Day we Did not worke & the
ofisers said we wos a goin to be Dismisst
Thursday the 14 this Day we wos Dismist by our Capt
Fryday the 15 this Day 1 went to milton & got som
paper & then went on to Dorchester hil & then back to
Cambridg
Saterday March the 16 this Day Jonathan Roberson
& I set of for home it raind som
Sunday March the 17 I Com horn about ten a cloke in
the Afternune I went to meting to B oxford & herd mr
Holihok
Mund March the 18 this Day I went up to town &
got my hat Drest & then went to Deacon Chedwks to se
the Boxford ofisers Chose
*The British evacuated Boston on March 17th.
68 JOURNAL OF JAMES STEVENS.
Tusday March 19 this Day I went to Bradford to
Dudly Carltons & paid him for some turkes thay said
the Regerlers wos gon all out of Bostown & Left som
Canon.
Wednsday March the 20 this Day I went to town
went to John Philipes & recond with him & got a pare
of shus
Thursday 21 this Day I set of for Cambridg I got
to Cambridg about son set thay told that our people had
tuck posseson of Bostown the regerlers Lie in sight
Fry day March the 22 this morning I felt very stif a
traviling I went on to the hils
Saterday March the 23 this morning it snod & Clerd
of before Nune me set of in order to go in to Bostown
we went on to Buncers hil but Could not get a pas to go
in to Bostown
Sunday March the 24 this morning Parker & I went
on to the hils & tuck John Parkers Stephen Longs places
in Cor Farnums regiment & in Capt Reeds Compiny it
was very windy & cold,
Munday the 25 of March this Day we staid on the hils
& praded with the regement
Tusday March the 26 this Day I went to Bostown &
went al over town & got out before Night
Wednsday March the 27 this Day we praded with the
Regiment at Night the ships wos under sale al most all of
them
Thursday March the 28 this Day I staid at Cambridg
& Drad pervision
Fryday March the 29 1 made me a Chest at Night
we had a dans
Saterday March the 30 this Day I went to Bostown &
Bought me a gun & gen six Dolers for it & got Back be-
fore Night
Sunday March the 31 this forenune I went to meting
In the afternune I went to meting after meting I Cared
my Chest up on to the hils
Munday April the 1 1776 this morning I went to Bos-
town & got to Cambridg about one a Clok & there wos
three regiments marcht of I set of fur home a bout
JOURNAL OF JAMES STEVENS. 69
three a Cloke & got to Deacon Balards & staid whilst al
most Day
Tusday April the 2 I set of from Deacon balerds &
went [to] Abots & got som brandy & then went as far as
farther peterses to Brecfust & got home a forenune
Wednsday April the 3 I went to Stephen Barkers &
got his hos cart & went to Capt Varnums & got my Chest
it wos very rany
Thursday April the 4 I workt at home in the forenune
in the afternune I went up to Sq Philips & tuk up a not
that he had against me the hole wos 16< : : 3
Fryday April the 5 this Day I workt in the Back
roome I Cut out a winder & then workt on a small Desk
Saterday April the 6 this forenune I workt on the
Desk in the afternune I went to Abrham Days & helpt
him rais a barn
Sunday April the 7 I went to Boxford meting & herd
Mr Adams it wos rany
Munday April the 8 this Day I workt at horn on the
Desk
Tusday April the 9 I finisht the Deskt
Wednsday the April 10 this Day went up to Jonathan
& then went to wood Chuk to spliting rails at Night I
Come by Stephen Johnsons & got my gun & he charged
me half a Doler
Thursday April the 11 this forenune I polisht a Desk
in the afternune I went to Boxford Lecter
Fryday April the 12 this morning it raind I put on
som Erases on to a Desk
Saterday April the 13 this Day I helpt uncle John
swengle flax
Sunday April the 14 I went to Andover meting & herd
mr syms
Munday April the 15 this morning I went to Brothers
& he & I went down to Wood chuck to sharpining Posts
& Rails
Tusday April the 16 this Day it raind very hard all
day in the afternune I went to Oliver Peabody
Wednsday April the 17 I went to mending som fence.
& a Diging som rox
70 JOUBNAL OF JAMBS STEVENS.
Thursday April the 18 this day I went to the Long-
pore to worke on the fence
Fryday April the 19 I workt on the fence
Saterday April the 20 this Day I helpt uncle John
worke on the shas hous
June the 17 1775 what wos mising & wounded in the
fight at Charlston
Mising Derious Seshons
Wounded Captain Benjamin farnum
Timothy Carlton
Spoford Ames
Joshua Wood
Samuel Fouls
Jacob Barnet
A List of the Names of the men belonging to Major
Poor Compiny that wos at the taking of the Schooner*
Major Poor . Tim Carlton
Jno Chickring Simon Ward [w] el
Wm Johnson Jno Turner
Porter Farnum Jonathan Grarderner
Jno Johnson Ju Jacob Tyler
Josh[ua] Johnson James Worley [Wiley]
Mical Parkeor John Barker
Josh Wood James Stevens
Der[i]as Sessions
August the 24 I paid Steven Barker for the gun that
I Bought of him when I enlested 7 : 10 :
*At the battle of Chelsea, May 27, 1775.
JOURNAL OF JAMES STEVENS. 71
A SONG
America to arms Repair
Honour & glory beat to war
Exert your selves with force & might
And shue how amarican Boys can fight
for to maintain their Charter rights
Huzza Brave Boys
Hark how the War like trumpets sounds
Whare there is Nought but Blood & Wounds
The Drums a beating Colurs fling
Canon roring toris Dieing
these are the noble effects of War
Huzy fec
Ye that Rain masters of the serf
Shake of your youthful sloth & ese
Well make the houty torys to know
the torters thay must undergo
When thay ingage their Mortle foe
Huzz &c.
Display your Colours mount your guns
Bater their Castels fier their touns
United sons of amaricans fame
Let net your courage tame
Well drive the tbrys back again
Huzz
Why then should be Danted at all
sence we are igaged in such a caus
as fiting for our rights & laws
& dying in so just a caus
Well prove their fulle over throu
Huzza Brave Boys
ESSEX COUNTY NOTARIAL RECORDS,
1697-1768.
(Concluded from Volume XL VII, page 340.)
[201] Articles of Agreement between Monsieur La-
port, merchant, and Israel Dodge, Commander of the
Schooner Britannia. Said Dodge acknowledges to have
sold to Monsieur Laport 121 hogsheads of good and mer-
chantable cod fish at 18s. per Quintal to be delivered at
St. Eustatius, each to pay one half for the landing of said
fish, payment to be made in June next, in 300 Tierces of
molasses of 60 gallons to each Tierce at current price, 220
gallons of which Laport promises to deliver to sad Dodge
at Petit & Grand Canal at the current price there at time
of delivery ; the remaining 80 Tierces to be delivered at
Point Peter, said Dodge paying tne current price of mo-
lasses at the Moulle and the customary freight of molas-
ses from the moulle to Point Peter. The balance to be
paid in money to Dodge in June next, and if any part of
the fish or molasses shall not prove good, abatement shall
be made. Dated, at Basseterre, Guadeloupe, Mar. 21,
1767.
" If Capt. Dodge now going to St. Eustatius does not
receive Vessels from me until the nine and Twentieth
of this month he may unload the Cargo of Fish I have
bought from him, and deliver it the thirtieth of s d month
to M rs Garniere & Surgenton Merchants in St Eustatius,
and he'll observe to not deliver any Fish to the Vessels
unless they will give him an order from me. Bassaterre
the 28 of March 1767. Laporte."
[202] Receipt dated St. Eustatius. Apr. 4, 1767,
given by Gamier & Surgenton to Capt. Israel Dodge for
121 hogsheads of salt fish belonging to Mr. Laporte at
Guadeloupe, the fish good and in good order.
(72)
ESSEX COUNTY NOTARIAL RECORDS. 73
D r Cap* Archers ace* Curr* with Jn Delatour & Co.
1767
June 12 th To Duty p d at the Custom House
To Duties on 50 Tierces of Rice
To a bb 1 Beef
To so much p d by M r Mitchell
To 300 Hoops
.885.
To our draught on M r Admuat 1716.10
To our draught on M r Mitchell 3398.10
6000.
C r By 50 T 8 Rice 120 p 6000
Errors Excepted point Peter June the 12 th 1767
Jn Delatour & Co.
Order dated Point Peter, June 12, 1767, from Jn
Delatour on Jn Mitchell sr. of Roseau, to Capt. Henry
Elkins for 85 : 16s: 6d for balance due to Capt. Archer.
Endorsed by Henry Elkins.
[203] Note, dated Savannah, Dec. 26, 1766, given by
Francis Arven & Co. to Capt. Geo. Southward " at his
Return from the West Indies," in lumber 113 : 16s :
i^d for value received. ,
" Kingstown Jamaica, Nov. y e 27, 1767
Gentlemen : I take this opportunity to acquaint you
that I arrived in 26 Days and have sold 72 Hh ds of Fish
@ 17/6 to Abraham Gibbs & to be paid in 6 Weeks &
Gibbs pays the wharfage. I have sold 12 bb. of Herring
@ 23/9 ^ bb & 11 bb of Elwives @ 24/9, there is no
other Good that I have will Sell at any Rate here so I
shall sayl tomorrow for Green island. I am not afraid
of any Thing lying on Hand except Staves for there is a
number of Vessels with Staves here & I cant sell them
Here so I must make the both of Them there, nothing
more at present
I remain Your Hurnb 16 Serv t
Thomas Moroney
74 ESSEX COUNTY NOTARIAL RECORDS.
" To Capt. R d Derby & Co., owners of the Brig Salis-
bury in Salem, N. E.
Sugar from 27/ to 32/ $ Cwt
Boards at 4.10 f, M Shingles 17/6 f, M
Oyle is 3.15. Piements is 6^ q 11
Ginger is 17/6 f> C*
" Cap* Dean went down the Day I came in so I did not
see him & had no opportunity to write but I Judge he
must know the Brig."
Bill of Exchange, dated Harbour Grace, Newfound-
land, June 2, 1767, forty days' sight draft, given by John
Fiott for Nicholas Fiott & Co. on De Gruchy & Le Bre-
ton, merchants, London, to W m Lilly for .13 : 13s : En-
dorsed by W m Lilly to Mascoll Williams.
[204] Bill of Exchange, dated St. Johns, Newfound-
land, June 6, 1767, forty days' sight draft given by Edw d
Langman on Charles Gould, Esq r , Horse Guards, London,
to W m Lilly for 5.
Bill of Exchange, dated Gibralter, Feb. 27, 1768, sixty
days' sight draft given by R. Anderson & Co., on James
Anderson, merchant, London, to Richard Derby, jr. & Co.,
for 326: 13s. Endorsed by Richard Derby jr. & Co.
(Hasket Derby, John Prince for John Derby). Endorsed
to Hamson, Barnard & Spragg by Jn Appleton.
Bond, dated Sept. 18, 1766, given by Charles Dickson,
of Horton, Esq., Amos Sheffield of Cornwallis, mariner,
and John Lockart of Horton, seaman, all Kings Co., N. S.,
to James Boyd of Salem, mariner, for 90, Nova Scotia
currency, on condition that [205] 45 be paid on or be-
fore Sept. 18, 1767, with interest. Witness : Chantrell
Collins.
Note, dated Salem, Oct. 27, 1767, given by Amos Shef-
field to Sam 11 Cottnam, for 86 : 7s : 7 l-2d, payable May
10, 1768.
Note, dated Salem, Oct. 27, 1767, given by Silas Crane
and Jon na Crane to Sam 11 Cottnam, Esq r , for 59 : 18s :
payable May 10, 1768.
Bill of Exchange, dated St. Johns, Newfoundland,
Sept. 19, 1766, forty days' sight draft given by James
Stein on Mrs. Eliz a Stein, Crown & Cushion, Cheapside,
ESSEX COUNTY NOTARIAL RECORDS. 75
London, to John Livingstone for 20. Endorsed by
James Lawson, John Livingstone. Endorsed to Sam 11
Barton, jr., by Thomas Dean. Endorsed to Griffiths
& Thomas, merchants, Bristol, by Sam 11 Barton, jr. [206]
Protested, at London, Mar. 19, 1767, at request of Lane
Son & Eraser of London and Elizabeth Stein refused pay-
ment for want of orders. Protested again Mar. 20, 1767
by William Tudbury, Notary.
George Southward's orders from Geo. Crowninshield.
Appointed master of ship Fortune, laden and ready to
sail for Savannah, Ga., to sell the cargo for rice, lumber
or cash, and head the ship for the West Indies with the
same, " if you find you have Stock enough for to load
with Rice & you think it best then Load for Lisbon or
Cadiz, but as you will be on the Spot leave it with you,
but in case you load for the West Indies would have you
begin toWindward & to try your Markets & where you find
them best you of Course will Sell, if the Season of the
Year is not too far advanced you may return back again,
taking with you for Cargo what you like best for the mar-
ket and proceed as before mentioned, but if you find it
wont answer you may lay [207] the neat of your Stock
out in molasses, cocoa, coffee or cotton, or any Thing else
you think will turn out most to my advantage here at
Home, as you know the Price Currant of our Market
and if you should purchase light pay, then proceed for
Turks island and fill the Ship with Salt & so Home & in
the like manner if you go twice, you have the Liberty of
purchasing and selling at any of the West India Islands
where you like. You have Liberty to go from thence
to any part of Carolina & any part of this
this Province where you think best minding to
acquaint me of your proceeding by every opportunity
either by Land or Sea as nigh as you can and the Price
currant of the Markets of Imports and Exports of the
Place you are at. * * * If you go for Lisbon apply to
Mess White Housten & Hill or if for Cadiz you may
apply to Mess rs Butlers minding them to sell for Cash,
which you must bring with you & a Load of Salt." Dated
Salem, Oct. 28, 1767. Further ordered that if he can sell
76 ESSEX COUNTY NOTARIAL RECORDS.
the ship for 1000 in cash,good bills with good endorsers,
or for rice at a good price, to do so. Dated Salem, Oct.
31, 1T67.
Invoice of above ship Fortune :
To 25 Hhd 8 of Rum Cont* 2777 Gall 2/7 277.14.0
15 bb 1 D 461 a 2/ 46. 2.0
29 1-4 Pipes Fyal Wine at 13.6.8. 390. 0.0
20mill:Braksa24/ 24. 0.0
25 Rum Hh ds a 12/ 15. 0.0
15 bb a 4/ 3. 0.0
12 Bb 8 Provisions a 4/8 28.16.0
9 C .0.0 Bread a 22/ f, C* 9.18.0
Sundry Charges of Loading advance Wages &c 50. 0.0
844.10
To a Note of Hand on M ess Francis Ervin &
Wrannule for 113.16 Ster 1 151.14.8
996. 4.8
Salem, Oct. 28, 1767.
Receipt for above signed by George Southward.
[208] Protest. Nich 8 Thorndike of Beverly, master
of the schooner Molly, made declaration that being at
Newfoundland bound for Beverly on July 2 last, W m Lilly
at Newfoundland shipped on board his said vessel 48
quintals of fish, consigned to Capt. Richard Derby of
Salem, said Derby to pay said Thorndike Is sterling <jf>> Q*,
and after he arrived on or about July 25, the fish being in
good order, said Derby refused to receive the fish or pay
the freight. Aug. 3, 1768. Eben r Ellinwood, mate, and
John Tuck, mariner, made oath to the same.
Power of attorney, given by Mary Browne of Boston,
spinster, to Benj a Lynde & W m Pyncheon, both of Salem,
Esq rs [209] Dated Boston, Nov. 18, 1767. Witnesses :
Nat Hatch, Arodi Thayer. Acknowledged before Nat.
Hatch, justice of the peace.
Bond, dated Mar. 30, 1763, between Abraham Masters
and Jonathan Masters, mariners, of Falmouth, N. S., and
William Davison,cordwainer, and Haffield White, yeoman,
of Wenham, to Samuell Lee of Manchester, gentleman,
ESSEX COUNTY NOTARIAL RECORDS. 77
for 133 : 6s : 8d [210] 66 : 13s : 8d to be paid on or
before Mar. 30, 1764, with interest. Witnesses : Mary
Lee, Sarah Allen. Receipts from Haffield White, dated
Feb. 13, 1766, and Feb. 27, 1768, for 1 and 2 years' inter-
est respectively.
Receipt, dated Salem, Oct. 26, 1767, from George
Southward to Capt. Samuell Lee for a negro woman
named Hazard, " which I promise to take on board the
Ship Fortune on freight," consigned to said Southward
for ' Sails and Returns." Signed Oct. 31, 1767.
Receipt, dated Bermuda, Apr. 10, 176-, from Cornelius
Hinson to Capt. David Ropes for 7 pipes of wine and a
parcel of pot iron, viz : 15 kettles, 7 skillets, 12 pot for
account of Richard Derby of Salem, " the produce of
which I promise to remit according to order."
Receipt, dated Bermuda, Apr. 16, 1767, from W m Place
to David Ropes for one pipe of wine to be delivered to
Cornelius Hinson, Esq r .
[211] Bond, dated Sept. 2, 1760, between Samuell
Selinan of Marblehead, shoreman, and John Nutt of Mar-
blehead, merchant, and Joel Smith of Marblehead, joiner,
for <500. The said Selman to remove his family and
effects from the dwelling house of said Nutt, where Sel-
man now lives, by the evening of Tuesday the 9 th next,
leaving things in good order, paying rent due, and during
the next three months to behave toward the said Nutt and
Smith in a peaceable and quiet manner. Witnesses :
Richard Reed, Nathan Bowen.
Power of attorney, given by Jonathan Larcome of
Beverly, mariner, to Samuell Woodberry of Beverly,
mariner, to act for him in the sale of one eighth part of
the schooner Salle. Dated, Dec. 9, 1768. Acknowledged,
at Beverly, before John Leech, justice of the peace.
[212] Power of attorney given by W m Carl ton of
Salem, mariner, Jacob Crowninshield of Salem, mariner,
and Hannah, his wife, John Bowditch of Salem, mariner,
and Mary, his wife, owners of three fourths parts of real
estate, with all appurtenances, in New Salem, Hampshire
Co., whereof their father, Samuell Carlton, late of Salem,
truckman, died seized, to Samuell Carlton of Salem, gen-
78 ESSEX COUNTY NOTARIAL RECORDS.
tleman. Eunice, wife of Samuell, and Mary, wife of Wil-
liam, impower said Samuell to release their rights of dow-
er. Dated Jan. 9, 1769. Witnesses : Deborah Frye,
Esther Varnum, Hannah Stone, Walter Palfray, John
Shannon. Acknowledged Jan. 13, and Jan. 30, by the
several parties, before Joseph Bowditch, justice of the
peace.
[213] Bill of exchange, dated Halifax, thirty days'
sight draft given by Andrew Fowler on Capt. Henry El-
kins of Salem, to Dapt. Enoch Rust for .10 : 15s: lOd
on account of John Molleaux. Protested, Mar. 6, 1769,
at request of Capt. Enoch Rust of Boston, and refused by
the wife of said Elkins, the husband being at sea, for
want of orders.
Bill of exchange, dated Portsmouth, New England,
July 22, 1768, thirty days' sight draft given by James
McDonogh on Lane, Son & Eraser of London, merchants,
to Samuel Curwen for 120. Endorsed to Deberdt,
Burkett & Sayre of London, merchants, by Samuel Cur-
wen. Protested, Oct. 31, 1768, in London [214], and
again on Jan. 18, 1769. Witnesses: Benjamin Ham-
mett, James Sharpe.
Bill of exchange, dated Portsmouth, N. E., Sept. 15,
1768, thirty days' sight draft given by James McDonogh
on Lane, Son & Fraser of London, to Samuel Curwen for
100. Protested, Dec. 7,1768, at request of Richard
Morris of London, merchant. [215] Witnesses : Wil-
liam Cornasleau, Daniel Meek.
Power of attorney, given by W m Lilly of Salem, mer-
chant, to his wife Patience. Dated June 7, 1768. [216]
Witnesses : Joseph Barnard, William Pyncheon. Ac-
knowledged, at Salem, Apr. 25, 1769, before Peter Frye,
justice of the peace. Patience Lilly appoints Thomas
Phillips and Isaac Thorpe Foster, Esq r , merchants, at
Barbadoes, as substitute attorneys, Apr. 25, 1769. Wit-
nesses : Samuell Clarke, Richard Doliber.
Jan. 5, 1762, S. Carrel entered a protest.
May 18, 1763, S. Carlton entered a protest.
May 20, 1763, Wormsted gave a report.
Apr. 18, 1763, Nath 11 Knight entered a protest.
1500 ft. S T
PLAN OF MARBLEHEAD IN THE YEAR 1700. No. 9.
MARBLEHEAD IN THE YEAR 1700. NO. 9.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY.
THE map which accompanies this article represents that
part of Marblehead lying on Forest river from the old
ferry landing to a considerable distance westward of
Throckmorton's cove, a strip of land about one-third of a
mile in width. It connects at the western end with the
map accompanying the first article of this series.
Throckmorton's cove, otherwise called Throgmorton
and Frogmorton, was so called very early. John Throg-
morton probably had his home here until the winter of
1635-6, when, with his pastor, Roger Williams, he fled to
Rhode Island. He came to America with Williams in the
ship Lyon, in 1630, and came to Salem at the time Wil-
liams was settled over the church there. He was granted
land in Salem.* He was a supporter of Williams and
was excommunicated with him from the Salem church.
They left the colony together in the cold and deep snow
of that terrible winter, carrying what things they could
with them as they secretly departed on foot in the night-
time. He was one of those of whom Hugh Peter wrote,
that " these wholly refused to hear the church, denying
it and all the churches in the Bay to be true churches,
and, except two, all re-baptized."*
William Peach Lot. That part of this lot lying easterly
of the dashes belonged to John Peach as early as 1658
and as late as 1678.
That part of the lot lying westerly of the dashes be-
longed to John Legg of Marblehead as early as 1658 ; and
in his will, dated 16 : 9 : 1672, and proved July 1, 1674,
he devised it to his wife Elizabeth.
*Essex Institute Historical Collections, volume II, page 10.
(79)
80 MABBLEHEAD IN THE YEAR 1700. NO. 9.
The entire lot belonged to William Peach as early as
1699.
Prudence Reed, sr., and Prudence Reed, jr., Lot. This
lot was conveyed by Samuel Friend of Manchester, plant-
er, for three pounds, to John Peach, jr., of Marblehead,
fisherman, 3 : 10 : 1658.* Later, it belonged to Richard
Hollingworth ; and, Oct. 15, 1690, Richard Reed of Mar-
blehead, mariner, conveyed it to his son Samuel Reed.f
The father, Aug. 7, 1691, conveyed it to David Harris
and William Hall of Boston, mariners, as feofees in trust,
for the benefit of Prudence Hicks of Boston, spinster,
whom he was about to marry.J Mr. Reed died in 1693,
and Samuel Reed, then of Marblehead, mariner, son of the
deceased, released the lot to his step-mother, Prudence
Reed, and his sister Prudence Reed Dec. 29, 1699. It
belonged to Mrs. Reed and Prudence in 1700.
Philip English Lot. This lot belonged to William
Hunter of Salem, mariner, in 1658. He removed to Bos-
ton (?), and died before March 29, 1691, when adminis-
tration was granted upon his estate. His only child, Sarah
Walker, widow of Samuel Walker of Boston, deceased,
for seventeen pounds, conveyed the lot to Philip English
of Salem, merchant, Oct. 14, 1693 ;|| and Mr. English
owned it in 1700.
Prudence Reed, sr., and Prudence Reed, jr., Lot. This
lot early belonged to Richard Hollingworth, and later to
Richard Reed of Marblehead, mariner, who, Oct. 15,
1690, conveyed it to his son Samuel Reed.^[ Richard Reed,
the father, Aug. 7, 1691, conveyed it to David Harris
and William Hall of Boston, mariners, as feofees in trust,
for the benefit of Prudence Hicks of Boston, spinster,
whom he was about to marry.** Mr. Reed died in 1693,
and his son, Samuel Reed, of Marblehead, mariner, re-
leased the lot to his step-mother, Prudence Reed, and his
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 1, leaf 43.
tlpswich Registry of Deeds, book 5, page 402.
JEssex Registry of Deeds, book 9, leaf 13.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 13, leaf 248.
|| Essex Registry of Deeds, book 9, leaf 202.
tlpswich Registry of Deeds, book 5, page 402.
**Essex Registry of Deeds, book 9, leaf 13.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 81
sister Prudence Reed Dec. 29, 1699.* It belonged to
Mrs. Reed and Miss Reed in 1700.
Samuel Legg Lot. This lot was owned by John Legg
of Marblehead at the time of his death, in 1674. In his
will he devised his real estate, after the decease of his
widow Elizabeth, to his three sons, Samuel, John and
Daniel. Daniel died without issue before March 16,
1690, when the surviving sons, Capt. Samuel Legg of
Boston, mariner, and John Legg of Marblehead, merchant,
divided the real estate. This lot was assigned to Samuel,
who owned it in 1700.
John Legg Lot. This lot was owned by John Legg
of Marblehead at the time of his death, in 1674. In his
will he devised his real estate, after the decease of his
widow Elizabeth, to his three sons, Samuel, John and
Daniel. Daniel died without issue before March 16,
1690, when the surviving sons, Capt. Samuel Legg of
Boston, mariner, and John Legg of Marblehead, merchant,
divided the real estate. This lot was assigned to John,
who continued to own it for many years after 1700.
Estate of Francis Collins Lot. Francis Collins owned
this lot in 1657, and died, possessed of it, in 1689, when
it was valued at sixty pounds. It belonged to his estate
in 1700.
Thomas Pitman House. . Richard Hide of Salem, car-
penter, conveyed this lot, with the house and barn thereon,
to Thomas Pitman of Marblehead, fisherman, Nov. 4,
165 7. f Mr. Pitman died in the summer of 1694, having,
in his will, devised this lot of land and the housing to his
son Thomas Pitman. This estate was then appraised at
one hundred and twenty pounds. Thomas Pitman, jr.,
died in June, 1736, at the age of ninety-four, having, in
his will devised this estate to his daughter Sarah, wife of
John Ingalls. How long the house was standing after
this time is unknown.
William Beale Lot. That part of this lot of land which
lies westerly of the western dashes was granted by the
town of Salem to Henry Harwood of Salem, who sold it,
* Essex Kegistry of Deeds, book 13, leaf 248.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 4, leaf 4.
82 MARBLEHEAD IN THE YEAR 1700. NO. 9.
for eighteen pounds, to William Stratton (who was " maf-
ter of ship of Briftow yt then vfed thiscontry ''* in 1674)
July 10, 1649. f Mr. Stratton sold it to William Payne
and Richard Russell ; and they immediately erected at the
brook in the cove a gristmill, the first in the town of
Marblehead, which had just been incorporated as a town.
Robert Knight testified in Salem court, 29: 9: 1674, that
the mill at Frogmorton's cove was built twenty-four or
twenty-five years before.J
William Beale of Marblehead hired the mill while it
was owned by Messrs. Payne and Russell, until they sold
out to Joseph Jewett of Rowley, merchant, and also after
Mr. Jewett had acquired the title to it. Mr. Jewett con-
veyed the lot of land and com mill with the buildings,
ponds, dams, stones, utensils, implements, etc., to John
Bradstreet of Marblehead June 28, 1658. Mr. Brad-
street died in 1660, a young man, and his real estate de-
scended to his brother Moses Bradstreet of Ipswich and
sisters Hannah, wife of Nicholas Holt of Andover, Martha,
wife of William Beale of Marblehead, Mary, wife of John
Kimball of Ipswich, wheelwright, Sarah, wife of Nicholas
Wallis of Ipswich, and Rebecca, wife of George Bonfield
of Marblehead. Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Wallis conveyed
her seventh part to George Bonfield; and Moses conveyed
his seventh to Mr. Bonfield. Mr. and Mrs. Bonfield (he
was then a fisherman) conveyed the two-sevenths that he
had bought and the one-seventh she inherited from her
brother John Bradstrteet to William Beale of Marble-
head, the deceased's brother-in-law, Dec. 8, 1674.|| The
mill was then gone, " ye old mill place " being mentioned
in the deed.
That part of the lot lying between the dashes was
granted by the town of Salem to Thomas Tuck of Salem,
smith, before July 5, 1658, when, for three pounds and
ten shillings, he conveyed it to William Beale.T[
*Salem Quarterly Court Files, volume 24, leaf 8.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 1, leaf 7.
I Salem Quarterly Court Files, volume 24, leaf 8.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 2, leaf 31.
HEssex Registry of Deeds, book 7, leaf 80.
TEssex Registry of Deeds, book 2, leaf 82.
BY SIDNEY PEELEY. 83
That part of the lot lying easterly of the eastern dashes
belonged to Mr. Beale in 1658.
Mr. Beale died, possessed of the entire lot, in the spring
of 1694, having devised it in his will to his eight children,
Samuel (the eldest), William, John, Aaron, Ebenezer,
Martha, Elizabeth and Thomas. The daughter Elizabeth
Beale conveyed her interest in the land to her brother
William Beale of Marblehead, Dec. 13, 1699,* and the
other heirs probably released their interest to him at about
the same time. He owned the estate until the summer of
1711, when he died.
Jane Flinder Lot. This lot of land was conveyed by
William Dixey of Salem to Henry Harwood of Salem,
April 20, 1640.J Mr. Harwood died in the spring of 1664,
having in a nuncupative will expressed, on the afternoon of
the day he died, his wish that his estate should be for the
use of his wife as long as she lived and then be divided
between his niece Jane, wife of Richard Flinder, and his
wife's daughter Elizabeth, wife of Matthew Nixon. This
became the property of Mrs. Flinder, and she owned it in
1700.
William Beale Lot. This lot belonged to Richard Hol-
lingworth in 1650 ; and he died possessed of it in 1654.
John Gedney of Salem, vintner, and his wife Katherine,
for five pounds, conveyed it to Adam Westgate of Salem,
30 : 4 : 1656.J Mr. Westgate was a mariner, and, for
seven pounds, conveyed it to John Bradstreet of Marble-
head, seaman, April 2, 1658. Mr. Bradstreet died in
1660, at the age of about twenty-nine, without issue, and
his estate descended to his brother and sisters, Hannah,
wife of Nicholas Holt of Andover, Martha, wife of Wil-
liam Beale of Marblehead, Mary, wife of John Kimball of
Ipswich, wheelwright, Sarah, wife of Nicholas Wallis of
Ipswich, Moses Bradstreet of Ipswich and Rebecca, wife
of George Bonfield of Marblehead. John Kimball con-
veyed to William Beale of Marblehead one-seventh part
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 30, leaf 197.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 6, leaf 39.
JEssex Registry of Deeds, book 1, leaf 31.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 2, leaf 82.
84 MARBLEHEAD IN THE YEAR 1700. NO. 9.
of the lot March 27, 1672.* Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Wal-
lis conveyed her seventh part to George Bonfield ; and
Moses conveyed his seventh to Mr. Bonfield. Mr. and
Mrs. Bonfield (he was then a fisherman) conveyed the
two-sevenths that he had bought and the one-seventh she
inherited from her brother John Bradstreet to Mr. Beale
Dec. 8, 1674. f There is on recordj a deed from William
Beale, sr., of Marblehead, husbandman, to Robert Bennett
of Marblehead, of one acre of fresh meadow in Marble-
head, bounded southerly by ye mill brook, westerly by
land of George Bonfield, northerly by a ditch cast up
and land of the grantor and easterly by the grantor's
meadow, Aug. 28, 1682.
Mr. Beale died, possessed of this lot, in the spring of
1694, having devised it in his will to his eight children,
Samuel (the eldest), William, John, Aaron, Ebenezer,
Martha, Elizabeth and Thomas. The daughter Elizabeth
Beale conveyed her interest in the land to her brother
William Beale of Marblehead Dec. 13, 1699, and the
other heirs probably released their interest to him at about
the same time. He owned the estate until the summer of
1711, when he died.
*Salem Quarterly Court Files, volume 24, leaf 5.
[Essex Registry of Deeds, book 7, leaf 80.
JEssex Registry of Deeds, book 6, leaf 128.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 30, leaf 197.
THE CUTTING-BROWNE FAMILY OF
NEWBURY.*
COMPILED BY DAVID W. HOYT.
1 John 1 Cutting, Captain and Mr., of Charlestown
and Newbury, " ship-master " ; married MARY .
Coffin, in his History of Newbury, states that he was
from London. He made several voyages to England and
brought many passengers to this country ; removed from
Charlestown to Newbury about 1642, but Wyman states
that he bought land in Charlestown in 1648.f He was
one of the eight commissioners, all entitled to the prefix
" Mr.," who were appointed by the town of Newbury in
1642 for removing from Parker river to Merrimac river ;
and previous to 1645 he received a grant from the town
of Newbury of a farm of 200 acres. He died Nov. 20,
1659 [Nb.]. His will was dated Oct. 22, 1659, and pro-
bated March 27, 16604 Widow Mary married Mr. JOHN
MILLER ; and died Mar. 6, 1663-4 [Nb.]; will dated Nov.
26, 1663, probated Mar, 29, 1664 ; called a widow then.||
Children :
2. A SON 2 [JOHN 2 ?]!, b. probably before 1620; m. before 1641, .
A dau. Mary 3 **, b. before 1642; m. 1st, Nov. 30, 1657 [Nb.],
*Also of Charlestown, Salem and Ipswich. The attempt is here made to sepa-
rate this family from the other Brownes of those towns. We have found no de-
scendants bearing the surname Cutting after the second generation ; but there
were Noyes and Moody as well as Browne descendants of later generations. All
the published accounts seen by the writer have been incomplete or inaccurate.
A few mistakes are corrected here, and scattered fragments brought together.
tHis son (John ;?] may have lived in Charlestown.
^Published in Essex Antiq., Vol. 8, p. 165.
The Newbury list of free holders whj had received grants of land, dated 1642,
contains "Mr. Miller.'' Coffin and P pe insert "John". Savage inserts "Joseph,"
incorrectly, for Mary Miller was a widow ia 1663, while Joseph died in 1681.
|| Published in Essex Antiq., Vol. 12, p. 33.
1TA John Cutting jr. appears on the Salem Court records, Dec., 1642. [Essex
Antiq., Vol. 4, page 123.]
**Both Capt. Cutting and widow Miller called Mary Moody their grandchild
in their wills, and her name was Cutting when married. Both called Mary Noyes
their daughter. Probably Mary Moody's father and mother were dead in 1659,
when the Cutting will was written, or they may have remained in England, for
Capt. Cutting could easily have brought his granddaughter to this country on
one of his voyages. If Mary Moody's father came to this country, he may have
been the John jr, mentioned above, and may have lived for a short time in either
Charlestown or Newbury, as Capt. Cutting owned real estate in both towns.
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36 THE CUTTINGHBBOWNE FAMILY OF NEWBTJRT.
Samuel 2 Moody (Wm. 1 ) of Nb. ; 2d, June 24, 1679 [Nb.], Daniel
Lnnt. She named a son Cutting Moody. A Mary Cutting
was admitted to the Charlestown church, March 21, 1652
[W. Ch.]; perhaps either she or her grandmother; her
mother's name is not known.
3. JuDiTH 2 , b. ; m. about 1637, 1 James 1 Browne; d. about
1650.
4. MARY 2 , b. ; m. about 1640, Nicholas 1 Noyes of Nb. They
named a son Cutting Noyes.
5. SAEAH 2 , b. about 1629; m. 1st, 1 James 1 Browne; 2d, Nov. 29,
1677, William Healy, sen., of Cambridge; perhaps 3d, Dec.
3, 1685, Hugh March, sen., of Nb.
1 James 1 Browne, of Charlestown, Newbury and
Salem,* "glazier," born about 1605 ; married 1st, about
16 3T, 3 JuDiTH 2 CUTTING (Capt. John 1 ), who died about
1650; 2d, about 1650-52, 5SARAH 2 CUTTING (sister of
Judith 2 ), who was admitted to the Charlestown church
March 14, 1652. He was of Charlestown till about 1660 ;
then of Newbury, and of Salem as early as 1672. Coffin
calls him " James Jun." to distinguish from "Mr. James
Browne," who was one of the first settlers of Newbury
and called "late teacher at Portsmouth," in 1656.
James 1 died at Salem, Nov. 13, 1676. Will dated
Jan. 29, 1674-5, probated Nov. 29, 1676. Widow
Sarah married Nov. 29, 1677 [W. Ch.], WILLIAM
HEALY, SEN.f of Cambridge. She was living in Feb.,
1682-3. A Sarah Healy married Dec. 3, 1685 [Nb.],
Hugh March, Sen., of Nb., as his third wife. Widow
Sarah March died Oct. 25, 1699 [Nb.].
Children :
2. JOHN 2 , b. Jan. 4, 1637-8 [W. Ch.]," eldest son " in 1674; m. Feb.
20, 1659-60, Mary 2 Woodman.
3. JAMES 2 , b. Feb. 20, 1642-3 [W. Ch.]; ! 3 bur. Aug. 8, 1643 [W. Ch.].
*This Browne family of glaziers should not be confounded with a Brown family
of mariners and merchants, whose names are similar. Johnl Brown of Salem,
who died in 1685, had sons, James2 d. in 1675, and John2 died in 1677, both of
whom left descendants among whom the names were perpetuated. [See Essex
Antiq., Vol. 13. pp. 147-153.]
fOn the Middlesex record of deeds is a deposition of James and Hannah
Browne, Feb., 1682, about Mr. William Healey's courting their mother. William
Healy, sen., seems to have died in 1682 or 3, at the age of 70; date of inventory
April 1, 1634, Daniel Cheever, administrator. It is stated that Widow Browne
was his fifth wife.
THE CUTTING-BROWNE FAMILS" OF NEWBURY. 87
4. JAMES 2 , b. Aug. 19, 1647 [W. Ch.]; m. March 16, 1670, Hannah
House.
5. NATHANIEL 8 , b. Nov. 21, 1648 [W. Ch.] [by 1st wife]; d. young;
not in will, 1674.
6. SARAH 2 , b. ; m. [1st, before 1675, Beasly ; 2d, about
1682, William 2 Healy, jun.*?] William Healy, jun., b. 1652,
is said to have lived in Cambridge, and d. there in 1689.
7. SAMUEL', b. Jan. 14, 1656-7 [W. Ch.] [by 2d wife]. By the will,
1674, he received his father's dwelling house and ground in
Salem, next to lands of Samuel Pickworth and John Ged-
ney, dec'd.
8. HANNAH or ANNA 2 , b. ; bp. Sept. 12, 1658 [W. Ch.]; living
in 1674.
9. ABRAHAM 2 , b. ; bp. Oct. 14, 1660 [W. Ch.]; mentioned in
will, 1674. Essex Antiq. says he was living in 1682; d. Jan.
13, 1683 [Nb.].
10. MARY*, b. May 25, 1663 [Nb.]; living in 1674. [See 14 Mary 3 .]
11. ABIGAIL 2 , b. Oct. 24, 1665 [Nb.]; living in 1674.
12. MARTHA 2 , b. Dec. 22, 1667 [Nb.]; mentioned in will, 1674. Es-
sex Antiq. states that she probably m. Sept. 3, 1688, John
Tappan of Andover.
2 John 2 Browne (James 1 ) of Newbury and Ipswich,
" glazier," born 1638 ; married Feb. 20, 1659-60 [Nb.],
MARY 2 WOODMAN (Edward 1 ). He removed from New-
bury to Ipswich about 1663. By his father's will he seems
to have received something from the estate of Henry
Bright of Watertown. In 1678 he sold house and land
in Ipswich, and we have found no further trace of him.
Children :
13. JUDITH 8 , b, Dec. 3, 1660 [Nb.]; probably m. Feb. 4, 1680-1
[Nb.], Zachary 2 Davis (John 1 ) of Newbury.
*The original Browne will, 1674, probably 1674-5, reads, " daughter Sarah Beas-
ly ;" but several authorities state that this Sarah Brown m. Wm. Healy, jr., in
1682. We have not found the original authority for this statement made by
Savage and others. If the " B '' and the " H " could be mistaken for each other,
" Healey " could easilv be read "Beasly " written with the old style " s," but even
then the dates do not harmonize.
Savage and Wyman give William, jr., of Hampton, when married. Another
gives the mother, Sarah Brown, or Hampton. The connection of the family
with Hampton is probably based upon the fact that Savage and Dow give Wil-
liam " Healey " of Hampton as one of those who were tried for treason in the
Gove rebellion against Crandall in 1682-3. In the N. H. Provincial Papers, Vol.
1, the name is printed " Ely " in Gove'8 letter and " Holy " in the pardon.
Wyman gives the age of the mother, Sarah " Halie," as 50 years, in 1679.
Pope gives her age as 53, ii 1658, which is not her age, but that of her husband,
James Browne. There can be no doubt that William Haley, sen., m. Sarah
Browne, sen. ; but in other respects the accounts of the two Sarahs a.nd the two
Williams are badly confused and uncertain,
88 THE CUTTING-BROWNE FAMILY OF NEWBURY.
14. MABT 8 , b. March 8, 1661-2 [Nb.]; perhaps m. Dec. 8, 1680 [Nb.],
Hon. William 2 Partridge (Win. 1 ) of Portsmouth and
Newbury.*
15. ELISABETH 3 b. May 15, 1664 [Ip.].
16. JOHN 3 , b. Sept. 29, 1666 [Ip.].
17. JONATHAN 3 , b. Nov. 4, 1668 [Ip.] ; probably m. April 6, 1694
[Ip.], Lydia Kindrick.
18. SARAH 8 , b. Dec. 2, 1670 [Ip.].
19. HANNAH 8 , b. Nov. 13, 1676 [Ip.]t
4 James 2 Browne (James*) of Charlestown, Salem
and Newbury, " glazier," born 1647 ; married Mar. 16,
1670, HANNAH HOUSE. He seems to have removed from
Charlestown to Salem in 1673-6, and to Newbury about
1680. Currier's Newbury gives in list of Newbury free-
holders, 1653, "James Browne from his Grandfather Mr.
Cuttings freehold." This James was then only six years
old. He died Feb. 27, 1707-8 [Nb.]. Widow Hannah
died Nov. 18, 1713 [Nb.].
Children :
20. JAMES 3 , b. Feb. 3, 1670-1 [W. Ch.] ; m. 1st, April 28, 1694J,
Mary Edwards, who d. May 5, 1700 [Nb.]; m. 2d, Jan. 2,
1701 [Nb.], Rebecca 3 Kelly (John 2 , John 1 ), who d. April 3,
1756 [Nb.] He also was a glazier; lived in Newbury; II d.
May 17, 1745 [Nb.]. The records give three children by 1st
wife, b. 1696-99; seven by 2d wife, b. 1701-15. [See Essex
Antiq., vol. 13, pp. 165-6, for descendants].
21. SAMUEL 3 , b. Dec. 3, 1672 [ W. Ch.] ; d. Nov. 15, 1690 [Nb.] , at sea.
22. JOHN 3 , b. ; d. Dec. 18, 1690 [Nb.].
23. SABAH S , b. Aug. 10, 1678 [Sm.]; m. April 8, 1695 [Nb.], Rich-
ard 4 Lowle (Percival 3 , Richard 2 , Percival 1 ).
24. BENJAMINS, b. March 21, 1680-1 [Nb.]; " glazier "; residence,
Newbury, in 1707 and 8.
25. ABRAHAM 8 , b. March 17, 1682-3 [Nb.]; d. Jan. 13, 1683 [Nb.].
26. JOSEPH 3 , b. May 19, 1685 [Nb.]; m. Dec. 11, 1707 [Nb.], Sarah
Poor; called Joseph 3d. [See Essex Antiq.].
27. HANNAH 3 , b. Nov. 16, 1687 [Nb.]; m. Jan. 13, 1707-8 [Nb.],
John Goodridge, jr.
*10 Mary2, Mary (Richard) and Mary (Francis) were all b. in Newbury about the
same time as 14Mary3, but Essex Antiq. states that Mary, dau. of Richard,
m. Elliott.
t Recorded as dau. of "John, glazier."
jThe Newbury records give James, jr., m. April 28, 1694, and James, m. April
8, 1695, both to Mary Edwards.
She was b. April 15, 1675 [Nb.], and therefore in her 8lst year, not 87th as
the gravestone record was printed.
||In l96-7 either he or his father was appointed guardian of three children of
Richard Long, late of Salisbury, deceased.
ANOTHER IPSWICH FAMILY. 89
ANOTHER IPSWICH FAMILY.
28 John 1 Browne of Ipswich* m. Mary . He
was in Ipswich as early as 1641 ; died Sept. 13, 1677
[Ip.]. Widow was living with daughter Sarah in 1679.
Children :
29. JOHN 2 , b. 1639-43; m. 1677 Pp.], Hannah .
30. MARTHA 2 , b. ; m. Thome; living in 1679.
31. SARAH', b. ; m. Dec. 21, 1671 [Ip.], Thomas Jacob; living
in 1679.
32. NATHANIEL 2 , b. about 1654; probably m. Dec. 16, 1673 [Ip.],
Judith Perkins. Essex Antiq., Vol. 12, p. 156, gives seven
children.
29 John 2 Browne (John 1 ) of Ipswich, farmer "f
and "house carpenter," born about 1639-43 ; married 1677
[Ip.], HANNAH , who was born about 1651-2. He
was called "house carpenter" in 1707 and later; and
Sen." in 1704 and later. He died April 9, 1727 [Ip.],
84 years old, or 88th year. Widow Hannah died Nov.
17, 1727 [Ip.] [Essex Antiq., Vol. 13, p. 140], in her
76th year.
Children :
33. JOHN 3 , b. July, 1678, " at farme " [Ip.]; living in 1714.
34. WILLIAM 8 , b. about 1680; " weaver "; living in 1714.
35. MARY 8 , b. July 3, 1685 [Ip.]; d. Oct. 25, 1686 [Ip.].
36. NATHANIEL 3 , b. about 1690; d. July 18, 1719 [Ip.], in his 29th
year.
37. ELIZABETH 3 , b. about 1694 ; d. May 7, 1716 [Ip.], in her 22d
year.t
There was an Edward Browne in Ipswich as early as 1637-8, who died Feb. 9,
1659 [Ip.]. 28Johnl was not the son of Edward, for Edward's son John wag living
in England in 1683.
t29John2 was apparently known as "farmer John " to distinguish him from
2" glazier John2." Both were of about the same age, "glazier John " probably
a little the older. The petition of 29John2, in 1679 [Ips. Deeds, 4:279], shows that
he married later than his younger brother Nathaniel, and apparently about the
time of his father's death. The arrangement of the records here given makes a
consistent consecutive record for the family of " glazier John," according with
the known date of bis removal from Newbuiy to Ipswich. It does not accord
with that of Essex Antiq., Vol. 12, p. 156, and only partially with the suggestion
of C. T. Libby, Essex Antiq., Vol. 13, p. 184. In 1726 there were four adult John
Browns in Ipswich; and in 1774 there were seven. It is therefore very difficult to
distinguish between them.
jEssex Antiq., Vol. 12, p. 156 (No. 7), gives other children : James, Sarah, and
another Mary.
NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX
COUNTY.
(Continued from Volume XL F2T, page 358. )
By a Vessel from the West-Indies we learn That Cap-
tain Stewart in a Ship who sail'd from Louis bourg last
November with the above for this Place having Capt.
Newell of Newbury and his Company on board, were safe
arrived at Antigua.
Boston Evening Gazette, Mar. 30, 1761.
[In] A List of Vessels arrived at the Islands of Guad-
eloupe and Grandterre [are the following from Essex
County ports] : At Bassterre, Captains, Tracy from New-
bury ; and Lee from Marblehead. At St. Maria's, Orne,
Webb and Carrell from Salem. At Petit Bourge, Allen
from Cape Ann ; Wormstead from Marblehead. At Point
Petre, M &s on from Salem ; Morrell from Newbury. At
St. Anrfz, Hynde from Marblehead; Stone from Newbury;
At Bay Mahn, Twisden from Marblehead ; Hodge from
Salem ; At Port Louis, Williams and Eden from Salem ;
Hooper from Marblehead ; Say ward from Cape- Ann ;
Moody from Newbury.
/n] A List of Vessels taken by the French and car-
rie d into Martineco from the 1st of Jan. to the 15th Feb.
[are the following from Essex County ports] : Schoon-
ers, Read from Marblehead. Sloops, Porter and Chipman
from Salem.
Boston Evening Gazette, Mar. 30, 1761.
Last Friday the House and Barn of Lieut. Henry Eaton
of Salisbury, together with his Household Furniture,
Hay, &c. was consumed by Fire; also the Town Stock of
Powder, which was in the Garret. It catch'd by some
Sparks flying from the Chimney and lighting on the Top
of the House.
Boston Evening G-azette, April 6, 1761.
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NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX COUNTY. 91
THIS is to give Notice to all Persons who shall incline
to settle on Cape Sable Shore at a Place call'd Pugma-
Cove, lying betwixt said Cape and Cape Parfu, That they
may have Grants of Lands by applying to Joseph Proc-
tor, Sen'r, or to Thomas Moon, or their Associates at Mar-
blehead.
Marllehead, March 21, 1761. Tho. Moon.
Boston Evening Gazette, April 6, 1761.
We hear from Salem that on the 5th inst. a sad Acci-
dent happened to a Woman in that Town ; as she was
walking to Meeting her Ancle turned which bro't her on
her Knees with such Force that the Bones of both Knees
were broke about three Inches above the bend.
Boston Evening Gazette, April 13, 1761.
Now on the Stocks in Newbury, and to be Sold by
Charles Hodges, for Treasurer's Notes or good Bills of
Exchange, or any other Pay that may be agreed on, a
well-built Ship, of good Dimensions, upwards of 200 Tons
burthen, and may be launc'd in 15 Days.
Boston Evening Gazette, April 13, 1761.
Boston, April 13, 1761.
Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, Court of Vice Ad-
miralty. All Persons claiming Property in the Schooner
called the Industrious Apprentice, her Boats, Tackle, Ap-
parel and Appurtenances, seized by James Qockle, Esq.
Collector of his Majesty's Customs for the Port of Salem,
in said Province, for Breach of the Acts of Trade ; and
also in two Chests of Tea, ten Coils of Cordage and
seven Bolts of Duck, seized by the same Collector for
illegal Importation, are hereby Notified to appear at a
Court of Vice Admiralty, to be holden at Boston for said
Province, on Tuesday the 21st Day of April instant, at
Nine o'Clock before Noon, to shew Cause if they have any,
why said Schooner, Appurtenances, &c. and the Articles
aforesaid, should not be adjudged to remain Forfeit, pur-
suant to an Information filed in said Court for that Purpose,
per Curiam, WilPm Story, D. Regist.
Boston Evening Gazette, April 20, 1761.
92 NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX COUNTY.
These are to give public Notice, to all those who have
engaged to settle at Truro and Onslow in Nova Scotia,
That the Hon. Mr. President Belcher, Commander in
Chief of his Majesty's Province of Nova Scotia, hath sent
the Montague armed Vessel, Captain Silvanus Oobb, with
other Transports sufficient to carry them and their effects
to said Places ; that they will be allowed Two Tons to
each Person with their Stock ; Said Oobb may be treated
with on board his Vessel at Clark's Wharf. The Settlers
are desired to be ready by the First of May to embark,
or as soon after as possible ; and forthwith to send in their
Numbers with their Stock, and all necessary Preparations
will be made to receive them.
NOTICE is so given that the People are to provide
themselves with Provisions for their Passage's as well as
for the Time to come ; and that there will be Troops
ordered for their Assistance and Protection.
LETTERS and Lists may be left and further informa-
tion had at Mr. Hancock's Store in Boston.
N. B. As the proper Embarkation for Mr. McKien's
People may be at Haverhill, or somewhere in that River,
Transports will be provided for them their, at the most
convenient Place. April 25, 1761.
Boston Evening Gazette, April 27, 1761.
Lost between Newbury $ Boston, or in one of said
Towns, Eight Johannes . They were wrapt to-gether
in a Piece of Paper; Whoever shall find them, and
return them to me the Subscriber, living in Newbury, or to
Messrs. Edes and Grill in Boston, shall be largely rewarded
for their Trouble. William Pearse.
Boston Evening G-azette, May 25, 1761.
An Apothecary's Shop is lately opened by PHILIP
GODFRID KAST, a little below the Friend's Meeting
House, opposite to the Snow Tavern in SALEM ; where is
to be had the best of Drugs, Medicines and Spices. Also
Allum, Logwood, Redwood, Copperas, Brimstone, Indigo,
Sfc., $c. t as cheap as they can be purchase 'd at Boston.
Boston Evening Gazette, June 8, 1761.
NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX COUNTY. 93
Newbury, June 12, 1761.
To be Sold by Seth Plumer, a good new Vessel, burden
112 Tons, which will make a Schooner or a Brig, now ly-
ing at the new Bridge over the River Parker, launched
June 4, 1761.
Boston Evening Gazette, June 15, 1761.
LOST Last Wednesday between Marblehead and Bostow,
or in Boston, a printed Receipt given to Nicholas Gordon,
Master of the Snow Rebecca, for Provisions and Casks, from
the Victualing Office in Plymouth in England ; Whoever has
found the Receipt, and will bring it to Ebenezer Lowell in
King Street, or the Printers hereof, or to said Gordon at
Marblehead, shall have a Dollar Reward, and the Charges
paid.
Boston Evening Q-azette, June 15, 1761.
At a legal Meeting of the Proprietors of Ipswich-Canada,
held at the House of Mr. John Hale in Boxford, on the 3d
Day of June, 1761 Voted, 1st That Lieut. Asa Perley
should be Moderator for said Meeting. 2d Chose Solomon
Wood Clerk for said Meeting. 3d Voted to adjourn said
Meeting to the 26th day of August next, at Ten o'Clock
in the Forenoon, at the House of Mr. John Hale in said
Boxford.
Solomon Wood, Clerk for said Meeting.
Boston Evening Q-azette, June 29, 1761.
Broke out of Newbury Goal on Sabbath Day the 9th
Instant, Capt. Thomas Sweat of Newbury, imprisoned for
Debt ; and one Thomas Butler a Foreigner Sweat had
on when he went away, a green Coat, with a small yellow
Cape, and is about 25 years old. Butler had on a blue
Coat and a blue and white Chints Jacket. Whoever takes
up the said prisoners, and secures them in any of His
Majesty's Goals, shall have as a Reward for Thomas Sweat,
Ten Dollars; and Five for Thomas Butler and all neces-
sary Charges paid by me.
ROBERT HALE, Sheriff.
Essex, ss. Salem, August 10, 1761.
Boston Evening Gazette, Aug. 17, 1761.
94 NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX COUNTY.
[In a] List of Captures lately carried into Martineco
[are the following vessels] :
Vessels Captains' Names Where from
Brig Foster Cape-Anne
Brig Lovett Salem
Brig Hathorn Salem
Schooner Buck Newbury
Boston Evening Gazette, Aug. 24, 1761.
Boston, August 17, 1761.
Province of the Massachusetts Bay, Court of Vice Ad-
miralty, To be sold by publick Auction, on the first Day of
September next, at the Rival Exchange Tavern in Boston,
at twelve 0' Clock at Noon, pursuant to a Decree of said
Court, The Schooner Samuel and Appurtenances, and two
Barrels of Tobacco, seized by James Cockle, Esq.; Collector
of His Majesty's Customs for the Ports of Salem and Marble-
head, condemned by the same Court. Conditions to be seen
at the Register's Office, and Place of Sale.
per Curiam,
William Story, Dep. Register.
Boston Evening Q-azette, Aug. 31, 1761.
TO BE SOLD, by Samuel Gardner, Francis and Joseph
Cabot of Salem, on reasonable Terms ; a Snow burthened
about One hundred and seventy Tons, well built and fitted,
goeth well ; She has 10 Carriage and 6 Swivel Guns be-
longing to her.
Boston Evening Q-azette, Sept. 14, 1761.
By three Men lately belonging to Captain Nicholas
Tracy of Newbury, who pass'd thro' this Town on Satur-
day last for that Place, we learn, That they were taken 27
Days ago in Latt. 23. 00 by a Privateer Sloop of 10 Car-
riage Guns 3 & 4 pounders and about 120 Men, five Days
after she left Martineco ; which Privateer a few Days after
also took a Vessel of and for Rhode Island, from Teneriffe ,
And that in Lat. 37 she bro't to a Vessel bound to New
York that had been taken and ransom'd but on the Cap-
tain's producing his Ransom Bill, she dismissed him after
putting the above Men and a Number of other Prisoners
NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX COUNTY. 95
on board ; soon after they were taken out by a Wood Boat
off Gardiner's Island, and carried to Rhode Island, from
whence they arrived as above. The Privateer is about 70
Tons Burthen, Burmudias built, and an extraordinary
Sailor ; and was seen by the above Men nine Days ago off
Long Island, who say they designed to go to Egg Harbour
to Water, being in want thereof. There were several
Pilots on board, well acquainted with this Coast.
Boston Evening Gazette, Sept. 14, 1761.
Lynn, September 17, 1761. This Day died here, Mrs.
Lydia Henchman, the eldest Daughter of the Rev. Nathan-
iel Henchman, aged 21 Years, who sustained a sober and
vertuous Character, and it is hoped is sleeping in Jesus.
Boston Evening Gazette, Sept. 21, 1761.
ROBERT JENKINS, In Newlury, Acquaints the Town
and Country Traders that he has just open'd a compleat
Assortment of English and Hard Ware Goods, which he
will sett at a low Rate for ready Money, Wholesale and
Retail. The Assortments are as follows. Viz.: Blue, green,
drabs & scarlet ratteens and frizes : baizes ; flannels ; red
and blue duffels ; stript duffels ; blankets, quilts, coverlids ;
all colours, low prized and middling broad-cloths ; plains
and kerseys ; shalloons ; tammies ; plain, stript & cross
bar'd camblets ; a great variety yard wide worsted stuffs ;
poplins ; brunets ; prussianets ; bredaws ; pink, green and
blue English silk damask ; taffaties ; all sorts mourning ;
Ladies satten hats ; mens & boys fine castor & beaverit
hats ; womens & mens English made shoes ; all wedths of
Irish linnens ; gar lets ; checks ; silk & linnen handker-
chiefs ; silk mitts ; leather mitts & gloves ; a fine assort-
ment ribbons ; shoe bindings, qualities ; garterings and fer-
rets ; sewing silks ; coloured threads ; womens best London
made stays ; tapes, black bone lace ; capuchine silks ; a fine
assortment of callicoes ; mens & womens hose and a thou-
sand other Articles too tedious to enumerate ; the assort-
ment is large Black pepper ; nutmegs ; cloves ; cinnamon
& mace ; starch ; raisins ; currants ; Cheshire and Glouces-
ter cheese ; best prime Russia Duck ; gun powder ; all
sizes shot ; bar lead ; window glass ; nails ; pewter dishes
96 NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX COUNTY.
plates and basons ; brass kettles ; tea kettles ; warming and
frying pans ; English & German steel ; locks ; hinges ;
hammers ; saws ; fish hooks & lines ; snuff boxes ; shoe
buckles; sleeve buttons; thimbles, needles and pins ; jews
harps ; whips ; awls and tax ; English sole leather ; raizors ;
pen knives ; scissars ; case knives and forks &c. JV. B.
Country shop-keepers and others may depend on being
well served, as cheap as they can purchase in Boston.
NEWBURY, September 23, 1761.
Boston Evening Gazette, Sept. 28, 1761.
To be SOLD by GEORGE DEBLOIS, Lately arrived
from Birmingham, at his Shop in SALEM, Wholesale and
Retail, a large and general Assortment of Cutlary, Braiz-
ery and Ironmongery GOODS, consisting of the following
Articles, VIZ. All sizes brass kettles, skillets, warming
pans, tea kettles, frying pans, andirons, shovel and tongs,
bellows, pewter dishes, plates, basons, porringers, bed and
closestool pans, tea potts, quart potts, tankards and cans,
tea and table spoons, all sorts locks, hinges, thumb latches,
hammers, chizels, compasses, rules, plain irons, all sizes
nails, tax and braids best gun powder and flints, bird,
pigeon, duck and goose shot, bar lead, heart and club Ger-
man & English steel, window glass, 8 by 6, 9 by 7, 10 by
8, a great variety newest fashion, shoe and knee buckles,
sleeve buttons, coat and breast buttons, all sorts case
knives and forks, pen knives, scissars, razors, hones and
straps, shears, horn and ivory combs, awl blades, tax and
spinell, awl hafts, best sewing, darning and knitting
needles, Jews harps and other musical instruments, brass
furniture for desks, London glue, all sorts of pins, wool
and cotton cards, with a great variety of other articles.
Black pepper, nutmegs, cloves, and other spices, fine
starch, bohea tea, indigo, split pease.
N. B. He sells for ready money only, and as cheap as
is sold in Boston.
Boston Evening Gazette, Sept. 28, 1761.
(To be continued.)
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2 I
HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
OF THE
ESSEX INSTITUTE
VOL. XL VIII. APRIL, 1912 No. 2
HATHORNE HILL IN DANVERS,
WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF MAJOR WILLIAM
HATHORNE.
BY ARTHUR H. HARRINGTON, M. D.
On February 17, 1637, there was granted to William
Hathorne, land containing the hill now known as " Ha-
thorne Hill." This land remained in the possession of
the Hathorne family for twenty-five years, and next
passed to the Rea family, -who owned the property for
eighty years. Daniel Rea, who appears to be the original
Rea to come from England, came to the Plymouth Colony
in 1630. In 1632, he removed to Salem, and became one
of the leading men in the management of town affairs.
He received a grant of one hundred and sixty acres,
which he occupied and cultivated until his death, and, in
1662, he purchased Hathorne hill. He appears to have
died during the same year, and left two children, a son
Joshua and a daughter Bethiah. Joshua resided on
Hathorne hill for a number of years, and he became the
founder of a large family, which acted a conspicuous part
in the affairs of the Village for several generations.
His sister, Bethiah, married Captain Lothrop, who was
killed by the Indians. In 1742, the Reas disposed of the
place to Nathaniel Brown, who, in 1754, disposed of it to
(97)
98 HATHORNE HILL IN DANVER8,
Eben Porter, who, in 1763, sold it to James Prince, and
it remained in the hands of the Prince family for thirty-
three years. The place then passed rapidly through a
number of ownerships to John Dexter, who sold it in 1840
to Eben Dodge, and in 1857 it became the property of his
son, Francis Dodge, who sold it to the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts in 1874. In this way we have traced
the ownership of this hill, from the time when the colo-
nists derived the right of domain over its soil from the
crown of England to the present day. The colonists,
through the authority of their General Court, granted it to
one whom they deemed a worthy person, viz : William
Hathorne, and finally, over 230 years later, by authority
of the same General Court, which had granted it as a gift,
it was purchased for the use of the Commonwealth for-
ever.
The eminence which we call Hathorne hill is put down
upon some of the maps as " Prospect Hill," obtaining
this name, 'doubtless, from the extensive views which may
be obtained from its summit in every direction. It has,
also, been familiarly designated as " Dodge's Hill," from
the name of its owner, Francis Dodge.
The description of this grant, which is given in the
records of the General Court, is to the effect that William
Hathorne is granted land lying northwest of Salem, con-
taining a hill, a pond and an Indian reservation. It is not
improbable that many years ago, quite a number of acres
lying to the northwest of this hill may have been covered
with water the year round ; for, within my own remem-
brance, the locality in question was overflowed the greater
part of the year. Within a few years the drainage has
been perfected, and very little water stands upon it dur-
ing any part of the year. To the westward of what may
have been this pond, nearly on the line between Danvers
and Middleton, is to be seen today, a ridge several hun-
dred feet long, running from a northerly to a southerly
direction. It is doubtless an artificial formation, and Mr.
James J. H. Gregory believes that this marked the bound-
aries of an Indian village. He suggests that it may
have been their palisade or fortification. The highway
BY ARTHUR H. HARRINGTON, M. D. 99
called Dayton street appears to have been built across this
ridge, as the ridge is seen on both sides of the highway
and extends southward of the highway towards the bank
of the Ipswich River. Mr. Gregory states that Indian
relics have been found in this immediate locality.
The hill, before any grading was done upon it, was 257
feet above mean high tide. In grading, the hill was cut
down 13 feet, and the soil thus obtained was moved out
upon the sides, and upon the eastern and western slopes
of the hill, thus giving to the hill its present plateau-like
surface. In its original shape, the hill would be described
as a " whaleback " hill. Geologically, it would be con-
sidered, without doubt, a glacial drumlin. Glacial drum-
lins are described as having generally an axis running
from the northwest to the southeast, composed of clayey
soil, with more or less gravelly formation at the base,
scattered over with rocky nodules, which are believed to
be the detritus of the glaciers. The description of the
drumlin applies, it seems to me, very aptly to Hathorne
hill. The northern slope of the hill, until within a few
years, was thickly strewn with these rocks and boulders.
One field of these rocks is still in existence. As long as
this field remains undisturbed, it will serve to show the
original condition of the whole northern slope.
One has to reside upon its summit and catch the vary-
ing conditions of light and atmosphere to know all its
beauties. On some bright mornings, with a cloudless
sky, when the sun just raises its head from its ocean bed,
it first sends its glint like a stream of gold across the
waters lying before Beverly and Marblehead, while away
to the south there appears a long strip of the blue ocean ;
then quickly freeing itself from the horizon, it pours its
flood of light upon our eastern shores, and our inland
waters reflect the light like mirrors. Then, in the broad
day, it would be hard to find a more delightful landscape,
both for its extent and beauty, than can be seen from the
central tower of the hospital on a summer's day. Upon
the east, are seen the islands of the harbor and the crafts
of commerce and pleasure, while near by are the houses
of the town and well-tilled fields, while the eye can take
100 HATHOBNB HILL IN DANYERS,
in the panoramic view reaching from ten to fifty and more
miles in every direction. Then, when the sun seeks the
western hills and veils its face behind these summits, the
light in the valley stretching across to Mt. Wachusett,
takes on oftentimes a purple hue, which is truly remark-
able. It is said that fifty church spires have been counted
from the tower of the hospital. Harriet Preston, who, at
one time, resided in the house formerly on the hill, used
to signal across, it is said, by means of flags, to Gail Ham-
ilton, who lived in Hamilton.
On the western end of the hill is an oak grove, which
was planted in 1829 by Captain Andrews, a former own-
er. There are two large willow trees near the Nurses'
Home, which, with their spreading branches, can shelter
fifty people from the sun ; these were also planted in
1829. The purpose in setting these out here, I am told,
was to form a windbreak to protect the wood-pile. I can
readily understand, from my experience, why those resid-
ing upon the hill desired to shelter themselves from the
wind by such devices. The apple trees upon the south-
eastern slope were, I am told, also planted by Captain
Andrews before 1830.
The pine grove at the foot of the hill, as you approach
the hospital from the car station, has been growing since
1840, and has sown itself from a single tree, which
dropped its cones giving seed for other trees and these
for others, and the grove has grown from the west to the
east, showing the prevailing direction of the wind in this
location.
Much of interest surrounds the house which once
stood upon the southern slope of the hill, not far from
the present Nurses' Home. It is not possible for me to
give the exact date when it was built, or by which of the
owners of Hathorne hill it was erected. William Ha-
thorne had his town residence, and he may also have had
a farm residence.
In a communication to the Salem Gazette in August,
1876, signed with the initials " W. B. D.," and headed
" The Old Mansion on Hathorne Hill," I find the follow-
ing statement : " There are strong reasons for believing
BY ARTHUR H. HARRINGTON, M. D. 101
that the house was erected before 1647 by William
Hathorne, and that his son, John, one of the witchcraft
judges, lived there at one time."
This farm was sold in 1662, together with what was
known as the Davenport farm, containing the Davenport
or Putnam house, to John Putnam, John Hathorne, Rich-
ard Hutcheson, and Daniel Rea. It would appear that
Daniel Rea became the possessor of that part of the farm
containing Hathorne hill at that date. Nothing is said
of the house in this deed, but the correspondent, " W. B.
D.," whom I have already quoted, says, referring to the
Davenport and the Hathorne places : " Both are de-
scribed as farms, and no doubt there were houses at both
places." The assignment of " cottage rights " in 1714,
shows that the house standing at that date was most like-
ly standing before 1661. Joshua Rea and his son, Daniel
Rea, lived in it in 1692. At the time the State purchased
the property, the buildings comprised the house, which
was a large one, and three barns. The rooms were quite
low-studded, with the oak timbers of the ceiling exposed
to view, and there were large fireplaces. The construc-
tion was, I should think, well adapted to the exposed sit-
uation. No boards were used outside the studding, but
the spaces between the studding were filled with brick
laid in clay, and the clapboards were nailed directly to
the studding. Some idea of the size of the house may be
gained when we state that it was sold by auction to indi-
viduals, and was divided into three parts. Two of these
parts were moved to Maple street, and are now located on
the righthand side as one goes from u the Plains "
towards the Hospital. They are about half way between
" the Plains " and the Hospital grounds. These two sec-
tions constitute today two separate houses, and belong to
the Daniel Cahill property. The third section was re-
moved to the Newburyport turnpike, where it was made
into a dwelling.
At the time that Francis Dodge owned the place, there
resided with him Mr. Samuel Preston and his daughter,
Harriet Waters Preston, the authoress, she being the sister
of Mr. Dodge's wife. It was in this house that Harriet
102 HATHORNE HILL IN DANVERS,
Preston did much of her literary work. Through the
kindness of Mr. Francis Dodge, there was presented to
the Hospital, an old knocker which was removed from the
Hathorne Hill Mansion, and which is now upon the front
door of the Nurses' Home, which building is in close
proximity to the site of the old house. The knocker
bears at the present time this inscription : ' This knocker,
age unknown, was taken from the Old Hathorne House,
which stood on this Hill 250 years. Presented by Francis
Dodge."
There is another very old house upon the Hospital
property. It is the red building situated near the west-
ern extremity of the State grounds, and has been known
in recent years as the ' Old Crawford House," but it is
known historically as " The Anne Putnam House." An
excellent representation of this house, as it appeared un-
til recently, is shown on page 11 of the book entitled
"Danvers," published by the Danvers Mirror in 1899.
It is stated that this is the identical house occupied by
Sargent Thomas Putnam at the time of the witchcraft
delusion. He was the father of Anne Putnam, and it
was this daughter, it will be remembered, who was one of
the earliest and principal accusers of the so-called witches,
and who claimed to be hurt by the witches, or by their
influences. It is, however, to my mind, very doubtful if
this is the identical house resided in by Sargent Thomas
Putnam. It is not improbable that the house which he
occupied may have been upon the same site. I have re-
cently had occasion to tear down a great portion of this
house and rebuild it. I find that the timbers show evi-
dence of having been used at some time in another build-
ing, as they nearly all showed places where they had once
been mortised, as though to receive joists, and must have
been in a different position in some previous structure.
On the 25th of April, 1873, an act to establish a hos-
pital for the insane in the northeastern part of the Com-
monwealth was approved. A commission was appointed,
who selected as a site, this hill, and the adjoining lands,
containing 197 28-100 acres. The commissioners were
Samuel C. Cobb, an ex-Mayor of Boston, C. C. Estey, and
BY ARTHUR H. HARRINGTON, M. D. 103
Edwin Walden. This act authorizing the erection of a
new hospital grew out of a petition from the city of Bos-
ton, which desired to be relieved from the burden of sup-
porting its own insane in a local institution, while at the
same time it had to pay taxes to the State for the support
of insane persons in the State institutions. Mr. Nathan-
iel J. Bradley was chosen by the Commission as the archi-
tect, and Dr. Clarence A. Walker, who, for many years,
had been at the head of the Boston Hospital for the In-
sane, was selected to act as medical adviser.
For twenty-five years and more, previous to the erection
of the Danvers Insane Hospital, various commonwealths
throughout the United States had shown the tendency to
erect for their state institutions for the insane, massive,
potential buildings, located upon sightly places. Something
of this idea was probably present when Hathorne Hill was
selected as a site for the hospital and in determining the
character of the buildings. The buildings of the Danvers
Insane Hospital were erected upon what is known as the
Kirkbride plan, from Dr. Kirk bride, who suggested this
form of construction. The buildings at the Danvers In-
sane Hospital consist of a centre administration building,
with four blocks upon each side, arranged in echelon.
It has been variously stated that these buildings were
intended to accommodate from 450 to 600 patients. It has
been found, however, that we can comfortably accommo-
date 800, while we have housed over eleven hundred pa-
tients. It was expected that the hospital could be built
for about $650,000, but as soon as the committee entered
upon their work they discovered that it was impossible to
build a suitable hospital for the sum named, and they lost
no time in communicating that fact to the Legislature.
This was before the details of the plans for the grounds
and buildings had been worked out. No contracts had
been made, and a sum of -$900,000 was asked for, but as
the work progressed the engineer and architect found that
some things had been overlooked, and that estimates on
others, made somewhat hastily before details had been
fully worked out, were too low, and finally an additional
appropriation of $60,000 was asked for. When the hos-
104 HATHORNE HILL IN DANVEES,
pital was completed it had cost in round numbers,
11,500,000.
A number of distinguished alienists and superintend-
ents gave the completed work their hearty commendation.
Thus, this hill, together with its buildings, is now de-
voted by the Commonwealth to the care of such sick and
suffering persons as need the protecting arm of the State
to tide them over a mental storm, or to guide them, per-
haps, through years of infirmity.
THE EARLY HATHORNES.
The early associations of this hill revive the life of a
man whose record has heretofore existed only in a frag-
mentary form, and whose prominence and service in the
early history of this locality and of the Colony of Mas-
sachusetts Bay, have, I believe, never assumed their due
importance in the minds of succeeding generations.
The members of the Hawthorne family, of whom there
are records in England, are Adrian Hathorne, Wells
County, Somerset, a minister of God, whose will was
proved in 1577 ; John Hathorne, citizen and carpenter of
London, whose will was proved Nov. 23, 1577 ; Christo-
pher Hathorne, whose will was proved July 28, 1604 ;
Richard Hathorne, of Burnham, a husbandman ; Edmund
Hathorne, of London, and William Hathorne, a citizen
and barber surgeon of London, whose will was proved
Oct. 16, 1582. These families were all settled near the
Thames, between Windsor and Maidenhead. Some of
them used the surname of Hathorne, and others Haw-
thorne.
William Hathorne, the first owner of Hathorne hill,
was the son of William Hathorne and Sarah Hathorne,
of Bynnfield, Berkshire Co., England, and was born in
1607. The name of his wife was Anne. He was mar-
ried when quite young, and when twenty-three years of
age he determined to come to the new country with John
Winthrop, and he brought his wife with him. Hathorne
did not come to Salem Village directly, but went first to
Dorchester, where he resided five years. In 1635, Mr.
BY ARTHUR H. HARRINGTON, M. D. 105
Hugh Peter, a minister of God, came over from England,
and settled in the Salem Church. Mr. Peter is repre-
sented as a broad man, and one who interested himself in
general measures. He induced several men of prominence
and of healthy promise to come to Salem, and he it was
who was instrumental in bringing Hathorne from Dor-
chester to take up his residence in Salem in 1636. On
removing to Salem, William Hathorne received every fa-
vor from the town in lands ; that is, he received lots and
village lots, and the grant of land known as " Grant 7,"
containing Hathorne hill ; and, from this time on, he gave
his valuable services to the colony. He received, at the
hands of the people, honors which testified to their trust
in him, as a man of integrity and judgment, and he also
bore a part in the military history of the colony. He held
various town offices from 1637 to 1643, and in 1643, at
the age of thirty-six, he was chosen as a representative to
the General Court. Previous to 1644, the General Court
consisted of the Governor, the deputy governor, the as-
sistants, as they were called, and the deputies. It was as
a deputy that Hathorne first served in the General Court.
In this year, 1644, there arose a dispute in the General
Court, in which the deputies claimed that a majority vote
of the whole Court, including the assistants, should rule.
This dispute arose, in the first place, from a claim which
a poor woman made against a man of considerable wealth
and influence, relative to a pig. It was finally agreed that
the two branches of the General Court, namely, the as-
sistants and the deputies, should sit apart, and that each
should have a negative upon the other, except in judicial
matters, where a majority vote of the two houses was still
to decide questions that should be brought before them ;
and this division of the General Court is the origin of
our present Senate and House of Representatives. The
Governor was appointed, after this division, to preside
over the Court of the Assistants, and it became necessary
to create a new officer to preside over the deputies. The
name given to that office was that of Speaker, and the
first person elected to the office, and the first person who
ever filled the position of Speaker of the deputies' court,
106 HATHORNE HILL IN DANVERS,
or House of Representatives, was William Hathorne.
After being elected for several terms as a deputy to the
General Court, and after serving as Speaker during sev-
eral sessions, he was later chosen as an assistant, and later
as a councilor.
During his lifetime William Hathorne was honored
with a number of special offices and commissions. Be-
tween the years 1644 and 1672 he was chosen as a federal
commissioner for ten different years. The duties of the
federal commissioners were to meet once or twice a year.
The full commission consisted of two representatives from
each of the colonies, namely, the Colony of Massachusetts
Bay, Plymouth Colony, Hartford Colony, and the Con-
necticut Colony. This commission was one evidently of
great importance to the colonies, as it was the work of
the commissioners to co-ordinate the general interests of
the colonies ; to adjust any differences between them ;
and to adjust the relation of the colonists with their
neighbors ; as. for instance, the Dutch of New Nether-
lands, or the French colonists, to the north.
In " The Wonder Working Providence " I find this
passage, referring to Hathorne : " The Lord was blest to
furnish these, his people, with able men. We still re-
tain goodly Captain William Hathorne, whom the Lord
hast endowed with a quick apprehension, strong memory
and rhetorick, and volu bility of speech, which has caused
people to make use of him, especially when they have
had to do with foreign government."
This reference to foreign service arises from one or
two instances, which I have found, and which I will cite.
Messieur D'Aulney, Governor for the King of French
Arcadie, a province of the then New France, seized a ves-
sel which belonged to New England merchants, and sub-
jected the crew to severe treatment by casting them upon
an island without sufficient food, clothing and shelter.
The Governor and Council of Massachusetts Bay Com-
pany remonstrated with D'Aulney by letter. He answered,
as the passage reads, '* in a proud letter," and no satis-
faction was obtained. The General Court then charged
William Hathorne to treat with him, and adjust the trou-
BY ABTHUR H. HARRINGTON, M. D. 107
ble. This incident shows the confidence imposed in Ha-
thorne as a safe man for an important undertaking.
Again in the Danforth papers, Vol. 8, in the Collections
of the Massachusetts Historical Society, there is recorded
that there was a special summons of the General Court
in July, 1666, by the Deputy-Governor on account of the
command from his Majesty, the King of England, that the
colony should send five able men to England to make an-
swer why the colony had refused the jurisdiction of cer-
tain commissioners, which the King had sent to the col-
ony during the previous year. The King requested that
two of these five men should be William Hathorne and
Richard Bellingham. The Court met and spent the fore-
noon in prayer. Mr. Wilson, Mr. Matthew, Mr. Symonds,
Mr. Whiting, Mr. Cobbitt, and Mr. Mitchell prayed.
After spending one-half the day in prayer over the matter,
the debate was taken up. William Hathorne figures in
the debate, and, as it is stated, regards this prerogative,
meaning the prerogative of the King, as not above the
law, but as limited by it. The Court, out of principle,
were loath to send these five men to England, and the ses-
sion adjourned, without decisive action. They met again
three months later, and the question was renewed. Some
of them were for sending the Governor and Hathorne;
others were against sending any persons, but instead, they
advised that we try and appease his Majesty by sending
two ships' masts, and a ship load of masts, and in case de-
mand was made why the Governor and Hathorne did not
appear, it should be explained how inconsistent it was
(which is the expression used) for anyone to be forced to
appear to answer in a judicial way in England. The Court
then agreed to send his Majesty two large masts, 34 yards
6 in. long and 37 in. in diameter.
Some persons feared this act would precipitate the ruin
of the colony. Thus, we see that this was something of
a crisis, and that Hathorne was looked upon as one whose
services might prove valuable ; for, in the first instance,
he was summoned by the King, which is evidence of his
prominent position in the colony ; and later, where some
were for sending Hathorne with the Governor of the col-
108 HATHORNE HILL IN DANVERS,
ony to England to the King, it is evident that he was re-
garded as a man who could help allay the storm.
The directions of the Court in regard to sending masts
to the King were carried out, and the matter appears to
have ended.
In 1637, I find that William Hathorne was appointed,
with others, to make a compendium abridgement of such
laws as the various towns proposed for their government,
as the " want of written laws had put the General Court
to much and many doubts." In 1639, he was appointed
to measure the bounds of Lynn, and to certify as to its
position, He was appointed to levy .1000, .250 of
which were to be used for the building of a house at Cas-
tle Island, and for repairing the batteries at the said is-
land. In 1640, he, with four others, laid out the high-
way from Salem to Rowley, the certificate showing the
route, being recorded with the General Court. In 1641,
he was appointed to settle the bounds of Ipswich. In
1645, he was appointed, with others, to consider and draw
up a body of laws for the County of Essex, and present
to the General Court. In 1650, he was appointed with
others to revise the maritime laws. In 1661, he was ap-
pointed one of a committee on preserving the Charter,
"circumstances having arisen which made it expedient
that there should be a diligent use of the best means for
the colonists to understand their liberties and duty in or-
der to beget due perseverence in obedience and fidelity to
the authority of England.''
In 1672, he was appointed with Mr. Lusher, to make a
diligent inquiry into anything of moment, concerning the
colony, and whatever had been collected by John Win-
throp and others, and put this material into form for pub-
lication and preservation.
By virtue of his office as an assistant, he was empow-
ered to fill all the duties of a magistrate of the law, and
to hold local courts. I have found in my investigations,
numerous references to his proceedings as a colonial judge.
He was empowered to act in all criminal and civil cases.
Besides holding court in Salem, he was appointed in vari-
ous years to hold court at Portsmouth and Dover.
BY ARTHUR H. HARRINGTON, M. D. 109
It is not only as a civilian and as a legislator and coun-
cilor, that William Hathorne gave his services to the pub-
lic, for he was prominently connected with the military
history of those days. He is mentioned as being present
at the " great training " in Boston in 1639. In 1645, he
was appointed captain of the military company of Salem,
as successor of Captain Trask. In 1666, he was appointed
to take into his care and charge, the town of Marblehead,
that they might be armed and disciplined in order to be
formed into a military company. I have found a note
written by Mr. George A. Bodge, in which he says that
Hathorne was a major before 1656 ; and, according to
this, he was also engaged as a soldier in King Phillip's
war.
There is some slight danger that the military history of
William Hathorne may have been confused with that of
his son of the same name, and whom I will mention later ;
but there is sufficient evidence to show that William Ha-
thorne took part in several military expeditions in the
course of his life.
For his valuable services Major William Hathorne re-
ceived several grants of land from the General Court.
He received 400 acres near Hampton, at one time, and at
another, the liberty to take 300 acres of Ian I, such as
was available, wherever he chose. I find that in 1658,
Block Island was divided into four parts. One part was
granted to Governor Endicott, one to Richard Bellingham,
Deputy Governor, one to Major General Daniel Dennison,
and that Major William Hathorne, by surrendering 700
acres which had already been granted him, was given the
remaining fourth of the island of Block Island in ex-
change. The commercial spirit and enterprise which
quite likely led Hathorue to embark in the emigration
to this country with John Winthrop, evidently did not
leave him during his lifetime, for, we find that, with Rich-
ard Saltonstall and others, he petitioned the General
Court for the right to establish a company for the pur-
pose of trade, and to advance up into the country and es-
tablish a trading house. He was granted, with eleven
others, a territory of ten miles square, forty or fifty miles
110 HATHOBNB HILL IN DANVEBS,
west of Springfield, for the purpose of establishing a
plantation and for trade with the Indians.
Major Hathome lived until 1681. His name appears
upon many pages of the records of the General Court.
He was one in whom the public and his associates evi-
dently had confidence. In summing up the character of
Major Hathorne, I will first repeat the following note
which I have found. It says, ' While he was narrow
and bigoted in his religious views, and arbitrary and in-
tolerant in his administrations of affairs both of church
and state, he was zealous and a thorough advocate of the
personal rights of freemen against royal emissaries and
agents." In his opposition to royal emissaries and agents,
possibly, there can be discerned the earliest evidence of
that spirit of independence which, a hundred years later,
culminated in the revolution.
He appears to have been a close friend of Governor
Endicott, and, in fact, next to Endicott, he appears to
have been the most distinguished of the early inhabitants
of Salem; and altogether enough has been preserved
of his life to show that he must have been one of the
prominent leaders in the early colonial days. If he was
narrow and bigoted in his religious beliefs, he was prob-
ably in that respect not different from the general ten-
dency of his day. He is the only person of these earliest
days whose name has come down to us as an orator.
If one were to ask the question, "Why are we here
today living under the present conditions ?" the answer
would have to be found in the statement that the present
social conditions of the world are the result of cause and
effect, and that causes as affecting the development of a
nation, and the advancement of civilization are to be
traced from one age to another, and from one generation
to another. We are all the result of a growth which has
been social, civil, religious and commercial. Generations
back, the impulses for growth in these directions, led our
ancestors to seek the western hemisphere, and through
struggles and various crises, from the original wilderness,
has emerged our own New England.
We find, I believe, in the life of Major William Ha-
BY ARTHUR H. HARRINGTON, M. D. Ill
thorne, an individual illustration of the impulses of which
I speak. His desire for liberty, in common with other
emigrants, his desire for adventure, and his enterprise,
led him to our shores. He gave his service for years to
the cause of the colony. He was one of the men who
nourished it through its earliest struggles ; and, it was
such a spirit as Hathorne evidently possessed, which we
find illustrated in the lives of other emigrants of that day,
which have given the impetus to our development.
The descriptive adjectives, " arbitrary," " intolerant,"
"z ealous" taken together with the fact that Major Ha-
thorne was a leader of men, picture to our minds, it
seems to me, a character that stands forth in the early
history of Salem, bold and fearless, much as the hill which
bears his name, raises its rugged summit above " the Dan-
vers Plains."
Major Hathorne died in 1681. His children were
Sarah, Eleazer, Nathaniel, John, Anna, William and Eliza-
beth. He made his wife, Anne, sole executrix of his
will, and he bequeathed all his housing, land, and orchard-
ing lying in Salem, to his son John. His daughter, Anna,
married Israel Porter. Of the four sons of Major Ha-
thorne, two of them attained prominence in colonial his-
tory. The son, William, referred to before, was intimately
connected with the military history of the times, and was
engaged in many difficult undertakings against the Indians,
oftentimes as the commanding officer. The son John,
was nearly equally distinguished with his father, both in
civil and military affairs. He was successively a captain
and colonel, and he took part in the Indian wars, and in
1696, in an expedition against the Indians, was the com-
mander-in-chief. He was a deputy to the General Court
in 1683, and an assistant in 1684, and later a councilor.
By virtue of his office as assistant, he was a magistrate,
but when the Court of Common Pleas was established for
Essex County, he was appointed one of its judges, and
in 1702, he was promoted to the bench of the Superior
Court.
He married Ruth, daughter of Lieutenant George
Gardner. These are the direct ancestors of Nathaniel
112 HATHORNE HILL IN DANVERS.
Hawthorne, the author. It is thought that John Hathorne
resided at one time upon Hathorne hill. An unfortunate
circumstance in connection with John Hathorne, is that
we have to remember him unhappily as one who was
thoroughly carried away with the witchcraft delusion, and
who is stated to be one of the most intolerant and cruel
judges in the trial of the witches. John left several
children, of whom the son Joseph, who married Sarah,
daughter of Captain Bowditch, is in direct line to Nath-
aniel Hawthorne. Joseph was occupied principally with
the quiet, retiring duties of the farm, and did not take
that part in public affairs which his father and grand-
father took before him. He died in 1762, having among
other children, Daniel, who, during the Revolutionary
war, was in command in several engagements, and was
noted for his courage and bravery. He was the father of
Nathaniel Hathorne, who was a sea captain, and who
married Elizabeth Clarke Manning, and these were the
parents of Nathaniel Hawthorne, the author. We note
here the insertion made of the letter * w" in the surname
of Nathaniel Hawthorne. The name appears among the
English records written both with and without the letter
" w." Thus this name " Hathorne" has been an honored
one in the legislature, the judical, and the military history
of our country, and our literature has been embellished by
Nathaniel Hawthorne, who is a descendant in direct line,
and in the sixth generation, from Major William Hathorne,
the founder of the name in America.
THE NEWHALL FAMILY OF LYNN.
BY HENRY F. WATERS.
(Continued from Volume XIX, page 60.)
384 Jonathan (Jonathan 1 ^, Thomas, Thomas",
Thomas 4 , Thomas*,), born in Leicester, 2 Nov., 1744 ; died
in Leicester, 3 March, 1800. His first wife is said to
have been Mehitable Marcy, born in Sturbridge, 7 Aug.,
1744 ; married 12 May, 1771 ; died 11 June, 1784. Her
father, Col. Moses Marcy, was one of the earliest and
most important inhabitants of Sturbridge (in that part
now called Southbridge). Mr. Newhall married, secondly,
Mary, daughter of Capt. John Lyon of Rehoboth, Mass.,
13 Jan., 1788. On receipt of the news of the march
of the British to Concord and Lexington, Mr. Newhall
marched down to Cambridge as corporal in a company
commanded by Seth Washburn.
His son Thomas was administrator on his estate, but
dying before his trust was fulfilled, his widow Eunice and
her husband, Stephen Sadler continued the trust, and the
balance was distributed, 2 Oct., 1805, one third to Mary
Newhall, widow of the deceased and the remaining two
thirds to the six children or their representatives, viz :
Thomas Flagg Newhall, Mary, wife of Solomon Keyes,
Lucy, Mary Ann, Hitty and William Newhall. His
widow, Mary, died 29 Jan., 1821, at Warren, R. I.
Children :
767 MARY, b. 7 June, 1771.
768 ANNA, b. 7 Nov., 1772.
769 THOMAS FLAGG, b. , 1776.
770 LUCY, b. , 1778,
771 MARY ANN, b. 27 April, 1789.
772 HITTY, b. 6 Feb., 1791.
773 WILLIAM, b. 19 May, 1793.
(113)
114 THE NEWHALL FAMILY OF LYNN,
387 Daniel (Daniel 1 * 3 *, Daniel**, Thomas 21 , Thomas*,
Thomas 1 ), born in Leicester, 1734 ; married Elizabeth,
daughter of John Stebbins of Spencer, 17 April, 1755.
In 1770, Daniel Newhall, jun., of Leicester, conveyed
real estate in Leicester, his wife Elizabeth releasing dower.
(Wore. Co. Deeds, B. 62, L. 402).
Children :
774 JAMES, b. 12 Jan., 1756; d. 29 July, 1843.
775 SARAH, b. 19 Oct., 1757.
776 DANIEL, b. 5 July, 1760; m. Lovina Baker, 4 March, 1784.
777 JOHN, b. 11 Dec., 1762.
778 ELIZABETH, b. 25 June, 1765.
779 LUTHER, b. ; removed to Michigan.
780 OLIVE, b. 3 June, 1771 ; m. Hugh Maxwell of Heath, Mass.
781 SAMUEL, b. , 1775; d. , 1852 in Paris, Me.
782 JABEZ, b. , 1771 ; d. 2 April, 1858.
389 PMneas (Daniel 1 **, Daniel^, Thomas* 1 , Thomas*,
Thomas*), born in Leicester, 28 Sept., 1742; married
Lydia Wilson of Leicester, 21 Sept., 1763. In 1766 he,
then of Paxton, cordwainer, received from his father,
Daniel Newhall of Leicester, gentleman, one half a house,
barn, etc. in Leicester. In 1770, he received probably the
other half of the house and barn, described by the father
as on son Phineas' land and on the road to Hard wick.
Here he seems to have lived until his death in 1808. His
name occasionally appears in the records of deeds in
Worcester Co., as conveying lands in Leicester, Paxton
and Worcester, with his wife Lydia, releasing her dower.
The will of Phineas Newhall, Esq., of Leicester, made
9 Jan., 1808 and proved 26 Jan., 1808, mentions his wife
Diana (sic) and children or their legal representatives,
viz : Joseph Newhall, Artemas Newhall and Persis Earle,
wife of Asahel Earle. He appoints his friend Henry
Earle, executor. In the inventory of his personal estate,
17 Oct., 1811, he is called Colonel Phineas Newhall, Esq.,
of Oakham. In April, 1813 an executor's account of the
estate of Phineas Newhall, late of Oakham, was presented
by Nathan Heard, administrator in right of his wife.
BY HENRY F. WATERS. 115
Children :
783 JOSEPH, b. , 1765.
784 ABTEMAS, b. , 1767.
785 PEBSIS, b. , 1769 ; m. Asahel Earle of Leicester, 28 April,
1786.
390 Samuel (Daniel 163 , Daniel? 8 , Thomas 21 , Thomas 4 ,
Thomas*}, born in Leicester, 15 Aug., 1744; married
Anna Reed of Conway, Mass. He died 30 March, 1814.
Children :
786 ESTHER, b. 1 Dec., 1770.
787 SARAH, b. 28 Feb., 1772.
788 SAMUEL, b. 22 April, 1774.
789 PHINEAS, b. 16 July, 1776.
790 JAMES, b. 25 Aug., 1778.
791 BELIEF, b. 10 Nov., 1780.
792 NATHAN, b. 4 June, 1783.
793 DAVID, b. 29 March, 1786.
391 Allen (John**, Daniel^, Thomas 21 , Thomas 4 ,
Thoma^), born in Spencer, 3 July, 1743 ; married, 1st, 2
July, 1765, Rebecca (born 2 Jan., 1747), daughter of
Samuel and Mary (Johnson) Bemis of Spencer, the
mother of all his children but one. He married, 2nd, 23
Feb., 1792, Dolly, daughter of Jonas and Dolly (Wood)
Bemis of Spencer, by whom he had one son, Samuel.
He received his farm from his father, Capt. John New-
hall, and died before his father, his will, of 3 Dec.,
1792 being proved 1 Jan., 1793. He mentions wife
Dolly, son Reuben, daughters Betsy, Sally and Dolly,
granddaughter Anna Newhall, (the daughter of his late
daughter Molly Newhall, deceased), sons John, David and
Samuel and daughter Rebecca. In a codicil, made 3
Dec., 1792, he says " My father John Newhall shall have
the privilege of living with my son Reuben." His widow,
Dolly, was married, 4 Dec., 1794 to Daniel Hobbs of
Spencer.
Children :
794 ESTHER, b. 24 Oct., 1765 ; d. 29 Oct., 1781.
795 MARY, b. 30 Oct., 1767; d. 30 Dec., 1787.
796 REUBEN, b. 18 March, 1770 ; m. Sarah Bemis of Spencer.
116 THE NEWHALL FAMILY OP LYNN,
797 JOHN, b. 1 July, 1772; m. Abigail (Angell ?) and rem. to Ken-
tucky.
798 SAMUEL, b. 7 Sept., 1774 ; d. 29 June, 1786.
799 REBECCA, b. 16 Jan., 1777.
800 DAVID, b. 21 July, 1779.
801 BETSY, b. 1 Nov., 1781 ; m. Amos Wilson, 9 Jan., 1802.
802 SABAH, b. 1 June, 1783.
803 DOLLY, b. 2 Sept., 1785 ; m. Francis Adams, 15 Jan., 1806.
804 MEHITABLE, b. 11 June, 1787.
805 SAMUEL, b. 81 July, 1792.
398 Nathan (Nathan 166 , Daniel^, Thomas**, Thomas*,
Thomas 1 ), born in Maiden, 14 Nov., 1744, had wife
Phebe* (whose surname is said to have been Feather-
stone).
Children, born in Maiden :
806 PHEBE, b. 26 April, 1766.
807 SABAH, b. 16 Dec., 1767.
808 ELIZABETH, b. 21 , 17 (from imperfect records 1769) ; m.
Jabez Howard, 2 June, 1787 (?).
809 SUSANNA, b. 3 March, 1774; m. James Hitchings, 11 Nov.,
1794 ; d. 12 Sept., 1821.
810 EDWABD, b. 10 March, 1776 ; m. 1st, Hannah Cox,il5 Sept., 1801;
2nd, Elizabeth Harnden, 5 May, 1805; and d. 28 Jan., 1848.
399 Edward (Nathan 166 , Daniel? 8 , Thomas", Thom-
as*, Thomas 1 ), born in Maiden, 12 Sept., 1*747, married
in Lynn, Anna Hitchings, 26 Oct., 1777. He died in
Maiden, of bilious fever, 8 Oct., 1797, aged fifty years,
leaving a farm of thirty-four acres on the east side of the
road from Maiden to Reading, besides other outlying lots
of land in Maiden, all of which were settled on his eldest
son, Bernard, who gave bonds to pay his three brothers,
Edward, William, Nathan and sister Tabitha. The widow
Anna Newhall died of consumption, 8 May, 1806, aged
fifty-one years.
Children :
811 NANCY, b. 16 May, 1779 ; d. 30 Oct., 1797, of .bilious fever.
312 BKBNABD, b. 15 Aug., 1781 ; m. 1st, Mary Paul Tufts, 17 April,
1803, and 2nd, Elliot Bridge, 23 July, 1820; d. 18 Apr. 1855.
*A Phebe Newhall (perhaps widow of Nathan, as above) was married 28 March,
1779 to Joseph Jenkins in Maiden. On the other hand the death of Nathan New-
hall, 20 Oct., 1792 is entered on Maiden Records.
BY HENRY P. WATERS. 117
813 EDWABD, b. 9 Jan., 1784 ; m. Sarah Tufts, 16 April, 1812; d. 5
Mar., 1861.
814 WILLIAM, b. 10 Sept., 1786 ; m. Nancy Floyd, 19 May, 1808.
815 TABITHA, b. 22 Aug., 1789 ; m. Alexander Craig of Maiden; d.
17 Nov., 1863.
816 NATHAN, b. 3 May, 1793 ; m. Nancy Townsend, 18 Feb., 1827;
d. 6 June, 1832.
404 Samuel (Joseph* 77 , Samuel* , Thomas 21 , Thomas 4 ,
Thomas 1 ), born in Chaiiestown, 23 Sept., 1741 ; married
Elizabeth . Capt. Samuel Newhall was a merchant
in Newburyport, where he died 18 Jan., 1783, having
made his will 8 Dec., 1782, and codicil 19 Dec., 1782,
which was presented 25 Jan., 1783. He provided for his
mother Mercy, then wife of Samuel Lane, made bequests
to his housekeeper, the widow Catharine Jones, to Wil-
liam and John Fisher, and to a Thomas Hall, a minor,
whom he called a kinsman. The bulk of his property he
bequeathed to his three daughters, Mercy, Mary and Eliz-
abeth. He appointed Edward Rand his executor. Be-
sides a large farm in Andover, he possessed a town resi-
dence in Newburyport, which, after his death, was evi-
dently hired by Theophilus Parsons, Esq. In August,
1795, the Rev. Ebenezer Coffin of Brunswick, Cumber-
land Co., and his wife Mary, in her right, Cazneau Bay-
ley of Portsmouth, N. ,H., merchant, and wife Elizabeth,
in her right, and Mercy Newhall of Portsmouth, single-
woman, sold a portion of the Andover farm, called Rat-
tlesnake Hill.
The Thomas Hall spoken of in the will as kinsman was
placed under the guardianship of Nicholas Pike, Esq., 28
May, 1787, being then aged eighteen years and called a
son of William Hall, late of Medford, deceased.
Children :
817 MERCY, b. 2 Sept., 1767; removed to Portsmouth, N. H.
818 MARY, b. 25 June, 1769; m. Rev. Ebenezer Coffin, 17 Oct.,
1793.
819 ELIZABETH, b. 6 Feb., 1773; m. Cazneau Bayley of Portsmouth,
30 March, 1793-4.
415 Hannah (Aaron 184 , Samuel 80 , Thomas 21 , Thomas 4 ,
Thomas 1 ), born in Gloucester, 25 May, 1761, was married,
118 THE NEWHALL FAMILY OF LYNN,
4 Feb., 1779, to Asa, son of John and Eunice (Pope)
Baker, of Ipswich, born 8 July, 1750. They resided in
Ipswich, where Mrs. Hannah Baker died 31 Oct., 1799.
Mr. Baker took as a second wife, 12 Oct., 1802, Mary
Farley of Ipswich (by whom he had a daughter Eliza-
beth, who married Samuel Blood). He died in Ipswich,
14 May, 1813, in his sixty-third year.
Children, by first wife :
820 HANNAH, b. 8 Apr., 1780; d. 12 May, 1787.
821 A son, still-born, 5 Jan., 1782.
822 MAKY, b. 25 May, 1783; d. 6 Sept., 1863; m. 2 Oct., 1802, Mi-
chael, son of Nehemiah Brown, of Ipswich.
823 ASA, b. 13 Jan., 1785; a mariner; d. in Salem, 18 Sept., 1865.
824 DOBCAS, b. 25 July, 1786; d. in Salem, 5 April, 1822; m. Wil-
liam Brown (bro. to the above), 27 Dec., 1810, and had,
among other children, a son Edward Brown, now of Salem,
and a daughter, Dorcas Baker Brown, who became the
wife of the Hon. Jas. R. Newhall.
825 HANNAH, b. 30 Apr., 1788; d. in Salem, 31 July, 1870; m. Ammi
Brown (bro. of the preceding), 28 Oct., 1814.
826 GEORGE, b. 6 April, 1790; d. 10 Aug., 1878; m. in Providence,
B. I., Edna, dau. of Isaac and Ruth Hale of Newbury, 13
Sept., 1814; and m., 2d, Mary Ann Towne, at Boston, 7
Oct., 1840.
827 BETSY, b. 8 April, 1792.
828 SAMUEL NEWHALL, b. 19 April, 1793; d. 9 Jan., 1879; m. 1st,
Joanna Hurd, 16 April, 1818, and, 2d, Eliza Hutchins of Con-
cord, N. H., 19 Nov., 1821.
829 ANNA, b. 8 May, 1795; d. 28 Sept., 1797.
830 A son, b. 11 Jan,, 1797; d. 13 Feb., 1797.
831 ANNA, b. 11 May, 1798; d. 8 Oct., 1875; m. William Brown
(above named) as his second wife, 26 Apr., 1824. Her hus-
band was lost at sea 23 Aug., 1833.
416 Thomas (Ezra^, Samuel* , Thomas 21 , Thomas*,
Thomas*), born 23 Oct., 1755 ; married, 30 Dec., 1783,
Mehitable Cheever 600 , born 23 July, 1762. She died 12
Jan., 1830. He died 1 Jan., 1832 ; and his property was
distributed among his three children, Dudley S. Newhall,
Sarah Wait and Edward H. Newhall.
Children :
832 THOMAS, b. 12 Oct., 1784 ; a sea captain, lost at sea in Octo-
ber, 1811.
BY HENRY F. WATERS. 119
SALLY, b. 7 July, 1787; d. 3 Dec., 1787, in Salem.
LYMAN, b. 3 Feb., 1790; d. in infancy.
SAMUEL, b. 3 May, 1792; lost at sea Oct., 1811; a mate, with his
brother Thomas.
DUDLEY SABGENT, b. 4 July, 1794; d., unmarried, 7 Dec., 1842,
at Greenville, 111.
SAB AH, b. 31 Jan., 1797; m. Wm. S. Wait, 8 May, 1820.
CHABLOTTE, b. 2 Oct., 1799; d. 14 Oct., 1801, in Salem.
839 EDWABD A. H M b. 5 Dec., 1802; went off into parts unknown
many years ago.
417 Mercy (Ezra 1 **, Samuel* , Thomas* 1 , Thomas*,
Thomas 1 '), born 4 Sept., 1757 ; was married 29 Nov.,
1779, to Abner Cheever, jr.sss, brother of Mehitable 600 ,
named above. She died 15 May, 1836, aged 78 years.
He died 9 Sept., 1837.
Children :
840 ABU AH, b. 5 Aug., 1780; m. Hannah Tolman.
841 SABAH, b. 14 May, 1782; d. 2 Aug., 1782.
842 ABNEB, b. 2(5) Aug., 1783; d. 17 Sept., 1800.
843 HENBY, b. 4 Sept., 1786; d. 25 Oct., 1846, unmarried.
844 SABAH A., b. 1 July, 1789; d. 24 Jan., 1849, unmarried.
845 EMILY, b. 16 June, 1792; d. 5 Oct., 1855, unmarried.
846 FBEDEBIOK, b. 8 June, 1795; d. 23 Sept., 1875, unmarried.
847 BELINDA, b. 15 June, 1798; m. Putnam Perley, March, 1831.
848 ABNEB, b. 21 Oct., 1801 ; d. 28 Aug., 1824.
418 Lydia (Ezra 1 **, Samuel* , Thomas 21 , Thomas*,
Thomas 1 ), born 6 March, 1760 ; was married 11 June,
1780, to David Lewis, of Boston, born in Chelsea, 19
Feb., 1757.
Children, all except the last, born in Boston :
849 LOUISA, b. 1 July, 1783; d. 9 March, 1878, unmarried.
850 DANA, b. 22 Feb., 1787; m. Sarah Cheever, 8 July, 1813.
851 SABAH, twin, b. 18 Aug., 1791; m. Barzillai Streeter.
852 LYDIA, twin, b. 18 Aug., 1791; d. 1 Dec., 1855, unmarried.
858 GILBEBT, b. 9 Sept., 1795; d. in Salem, 11 Sept., 1798.
854 GILBEBT, b. in Salem, 23 May, 1798; d. in Havana, 25 May, 1821,
unmarried.
419 Samuel (Ezra 1 **, Samuel* , Thomas", Thomas*,
Thomas*), born 6 Mar., 1762 ; married Rachel Johnson of
Lynn. She died in November, 1801, aged 24. He died
120 THE NEWHALL FAMILY OF LYNN,
18 Sept., 1819, in Salem. Their only son, George Ezra,
in Jan., 1822, made a mortgage of some real estate in
Lynn to John L. Johnson, it " being the same which my
honored grandfather bought of his son Joseph Johnson,
jr., and which he gave me in his will.
Child:
856 GEORGE EZRA, b. 6 Nov., 1800; d. 13 July, 1825, unmarried.
420 Sarah (Ezra?**, Samuel* , Thomas 21 , Thomas 4 ,
Thomas 1 ), b. July, 1765 ; was married , 1789, to
Samuel Mulliken.
Children :
856 GEORGE, b. 5 Feb., 1790; d. young.
857 JOHN, b. 10 March, 1792; m. Elizabeth Smart, 1 Oct., 1823.
858 SUKEY, b. 16 April, 1795; d. young.
859 FRANCIS, b. 21 Feb., 1797; d. young.
860 SUSAN, b. 13 July, 1800.
861 CHARLES J., b. 7 Sept., 1806.
422 Albert (JEW 8 *,' Samuel* , Thomas 21 , Thomas*,
Thomas 1 ), born 18 March, 1772; married 8 Oct., 1798,
Susan Raymond of Salem. She died 28 Nov., 1836. He
died 17 March, 1854.
Children :
862 EDMUND; d. at sea, unmarried.
863 GEORGE ALBERT; d. at sea, unmarried.
864 WILLIAM HENRY; d. unmarried.
865 FRANCIS E. CLAPP; d. unmarried.
866 SUSAN JANE, b. Aug., 1813; living in Portland, Me., 1878.
867 WATSON, b. Nov., 1816; m. Harriet M. Prince.
And three children who d. in infancy. The family record was
destroyed in the great fire at Portland 4 July, 1806.
423 Gilbert (Ezra***, Samuel* , Thomas 21 , Thomas*,
Thomas 1 ), born 10 Oct., 1775; married 7 Oct., 1800,
Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Masury)
Syinonds, born in Salem 28 May, 1777. He liyed in
Salem, where he died 15 Oct., 1863. His wife died 14
Aug., 1815.
BY HENRY P. WATERS. 121
Children :
GILBERT GRAFTON, b. 9 Aug., 1801; m. Eliza Endicott Gray.
EZRA FULLER, b. 4 June, 1804; m. Janet Burrill.
BENJAMIN SYMONDS, b. 22 Aug., 1806; m. Caroline M. Gray.
JOSEPH, b. Oct., 1808; d. 10 Oct., 1809.
JOSEPH HENRY, b, 15 Dec., 1810; d. 27 June, 1829.
A child, d. in infancy.
THOMAS ALBERT, b. 14 Jan., 1813; m. Jane S. Cushman.
424 Joanna (jEzra 184 , Samuel* , Thomas 31 , Thomas*,
Thomas 1 ), born 19 March, 1784, and half sister of the
preceding ; was married 26 Apr., 1801, to Lemuel, son of
Samuel and Anne (Robinson) Payson of Dorchester,
born 26 July, 1776, died 20 Sept.,1822. She died in Salem,
9 Oct., 1867.
Children :
875 WILLIAM HENRY, b. 11 May, 1802; lost at sea in March, 1826.
876 EDWARD HOLDEN, b. 5 Dec., 1803; m. 3 Nov., 1827, Amelia,
dau. of Capt. Wm. and Amelia (Lyon) Mellus of Machias,
Me. Mr. Payson became one of the oldest bank cashiers in
the State, and one of the most trusted, respected citizens of
Salem. His children were : Mary Ellen (deceased) ; Harriet
A., wife of George W. Felton of Chicago; Wm. E. (de-
ceased); Wm. Edward, m. Marie Hoper; and Albert H. (un.
married), grad. of West Point.
877 ALBERT LEMUEL, b. 22 Oct., 1805; m. Clara Saxton of Lock-
port, N. Y., 1 April, 1838.
878 ALICE NEWHALL, b. 16 Jan., 1808; m. Hamlin Davis of Lowell
Mass., 4 July, 1838.
426 Jacob (Locker 1 **, Jacob* 7 , John 22 , Thomas*, Thom-
as 1 ), born in that part of Lynn now constituting the town
of Saugus, 3 May, 1740 ; married Elizabeth Hodgkins, in
Cambridge, 21 Aug., 1766 ; led the life of a farmer for a
time in Cambridge ; then returning to Lynn, he became,
about 1774 (says Judge Newhall,in his revised edition of
Lewis' History of Lynn), the proprietor of the ancient
inn formerly known as *' The Anchor Tavern," on the
great Boston road, a short distance west of Saugus River,
succeeding Josiah Martin as landlord. There he lived
and died, keeping the tavern till 1807, and managing, be-
122 THE NEWHALL FAMILY OF LYNN,
sides, an extensive farm of which he had become owner,
partly by inheritance and in part by purchase, it being
chiefly a portion of the original estate of his grandfather,
Capt. Jacob Newhall, and of his great-grandfather, John
Newhall, tertius, the brickmaker. Under Landlord New-
hall's efficient and liberal management, this already well-
known " Wayside Inn " became famous as the home of
comfortable good living and generous hospitality. Well
placed on the great road connecting Boston with all the
larger towns and chief settlements to the northward and
eastward, its hospitable doors were flung wide open to the
ever increasing tide of travel that was constantly ebbing
and flowing between the chief city of the Province and
these outlying districts, and especially during those stormy
" times that tried men's souls " in that earlier period of
our landlord's rule, when all eyes were turned towards
Boston and all hearts were praying for its deliverance
from the armed foes that held it garrisoned, were the ca-
pacities of the house and the energies of its kindly mas-
ter oftentimes severely taxed by the throngs who entered
their claims for shelter or a meal. Though well skilled
in the landlord's art of welcoming the coming wayfarer
and by his generous cheer tempting the weary traveller to
linger on his way, yet our patriotic host knew well, too,
how, on occasion, to ' speed the parting guest," as, on
that day of Lexington and Concord fight, when the armed
youth gathering from every town along the coast were
hurrying up the westward road to seek their first taste of
war. An ardent patriot, Landlord Newhall had substi-
tuted for the royal lion and unicorn that, under his pre-
decessor's rule, were pictured on the signboard, the more
hopeful emblem of a rising sun to catch " the passing
eye." Doubtless many a pleasant joke was cracked and
many a jolly tale was told within. He died 18 June, 1816,
aged 76 years.
Children :
879 WILLIAM, b. 21 June, 1767; d. in infancy.
880 ELIZABETH, b. 21 May, 1768.
881 WILLIAM, b. 10 Dec., 1769; d. 8 Apr., 1808.
882 SARAH, b. 7 Aug., 1777.
B? HENEY F. WATERS. 123
883 LYDIA, b. 24 Dec., 1778.
884 JACOB, b. 1 Nov., 1780.
885 LUCY, b. 26 July, 1782.
886 JOSEPH, b. 28 Nov., 1783.
428 Calvin (Locker 1 **, Jacob 8 7, John", Thomas*,
Thomas 1 ), born in Lynn (that part now Saugus), 8 Dec.,
1745; married, in Lynn, Sarah Goldthwait, 28 Sept.,
1772. He was mustered into Capt. Samuel Page's com-
pany, 3 March, 1779. In 1819, he, then of Saugus,
laborer, was put under guardianship, as being non compos
mentis. He died 24 Aug., 1823, and administration on
his estate was granted 18 Nov., 1823, to Henry Slade of
Saugus, tobacconist, who, in the inventory, credits the
estate with a sum due from the U. S. Pension Office for
services in the Revolution.
Children :
887 EBENEZER, b. 24 May, 1773.
888 SHADBAOH, b. 16 May, 1775.
889 AMOS, b. 5 Oct., 1780.
890 SAMUEL, b. 4 June, 1783.
891 Lois, b, 26 Feb., 1786.
431 Keturah (Jonathan 1 ^, Jacob*?, John", Thomas 4 ,
Thomas 1 ), born in Lynn, 12 April, 1742; married, 9
March, 1762, Ezra Hitchings of Lynn. She died 2
March, 1829.
Children :
892 THOMAS, b. 15 Nov., 1762.
893 EZBA, b. 15 April, 1765 ; d. 26 Nov., 1829.
894 JABEZ, b. 15 June, 1767.
895 JOHN, b. 22 June, 1770.
896 KETUBAH, b. 30 June, 1772.
897 Lois, b. 4 Aug., 1774.
898 TIMOTHY, b. 20 July, 1776; d. 2 Oct., 1793.
899 GILBERT, b. 25 Jan., 1779.
433 Jacob (Jonathan 1 **, Jacob*?, John", Thomas*,
Thomas 1 ), born in Lynn 22 Feb., 1744-5 ; married Sarah
Berry of Lynn. He was a cordwainer, always lived in
Lynn, and was always known as Jacob Newhall, junior.
124 THE NEWHALL FAMILY OF LYNN,
His home was close to that of his cousin Jacob, the inn-
keeper, and near the Saugus river. In 1793 he conveyed
to Matthew Hawks one-half of a dwelling house, land,
etc., on the westerly side of the country road near the old
mills on Lynn River, and to his son, Jacob Newhall, 3d,
cordwainer, the other half. This latter the son conveyed
to Richard Shute a few days afterwards. In 1787, Jacob
Newhall, jr. (wife Sarah) and Jonathan Newhall (wife
Mary) of Lynn, cordwainers, conveyed to Benj. Phillips
a parcel of land on Birch island, near land of Jacob and
Daniel Newhall and John Lewis, being one-half of a lot
formerly owned by their late grandfather, Jacob Newhall,
deceased. He died Aug. 30, 1806, and administration on
his estate was granted to his son, Jacob Newhall, jr., 13
Oct., 1806, his sureties being Abner Cheever, Esq,, and
James Gardner, Esq. In 1807, Isaiah Whitney of Bolton,
Worcester county, and his wife Susanna, in her right,
Francis Smith of Lynn and wife Lois, in her right, Ed-
ward Lockwood of Lynn and wife Love, in her right,
Samuel Sargent, jr., of Lynn and wife Keturah, in her
right, Mary Newhall of Maiden, single woman, and Lydia
Newhali of Lynn, singlewoman, conveyed to their brother
Jacob their shares in the real estate of their late deceased
father, and in 1809 Harvey Newhall, calling himself a
grandson, gave a quit claim to his uncle.
Children :
900 SARAH, b. 2 March, 1765; m. James 746 Newhall, 3d, of Lynn,
3 Oct., 1786.
901 MARY, b. 2 June, 1767; living in Maiden, unm., in 1807.
902 SUSANNA, b. 12 Aug., 1769; m. Isaiah Whitney of Bolton, 15
Nov., 1797.
903 JACOB, b. 27 Feb., 1772; m. Susanna Pell, 16 Dec., 1794.
904 Lois, b. 1 May, 1775; m. Francis Smith of Lynn, 21 May, 1793,
905 Love, b. 3 June, 1776; m. Edward Lockwood of Lynn, 8 April,
1804; d. 1 July, 1845.
906 KETURAH, b. 16 , 1780; m. Samuel Sargent, jr., of Lynn,
July, 1802; d. 7 June, 1839.
907 LYDIA, b. , unm. in 1807.
908 REBECCA, b. 11 Aug., 1787.
909 OLIVE, b. 1 Aug., 1789.
BY HENRY P. WATERS. 125
436 Jonathan (Jonathan 1 **, Jacob^, John", Thomas 4 ,
Thomas 1 ), married Mary Berry of Lynn, 2 January, 1776.
He and his brother Jacob Newhall united with the other
co-heirs to the estate of Thomas Berry of Lynn, deceased,
in acknowledgment of the receipt of their portions of
said estate, 5 October, 1780. She died 14 March, 1815,
aged 60.
Children :
910 CHARLES, b. 20 Jan., 1778.
911 NANCY, b. 19 March, 1780.
912 MARY, b. 22 Feb. 1784.
913 NELLY, b. 22 April, 1786.
914 DAVID, b. 2 Feb., 1789.
915 JONATHAN, b. 30 Sept., 1793.
438 Michael (Moses* 00 , Jacob*?, John 22 , Thomas 4 ,
Thomas 1 ), born in Lynn, 15 Aug., 1740 ; married, 1st, Su-
sanna Hawkes, 26 April, 1762. She must have died
before 9 Dec., 1764, when he published his intention of
marriage with his second wife, Joanna Collins, whom he
married in Lynn, 11 July, 1765. He was a cordwainer,
and was a resident of Lynn, 20 Aug., 1763 when he
bought of Jonathan and Elizabeth Mansfield land which
he mortgaged back the same day, his (first) wife Susanna
signing with him. He sold to Eleazer Richardson of
Medford his estate, near land of Benj. Newhall, Esq.,
deceased, 10 Jan., 1769, his (second) wife Joanna releas-
ing dower. By this time he had removed to Bolton, Co.
of Worcester, having bought of Samuel Moore, 3 June,
1769, a farm which he mortgaged to James Richardson
of Boston, distiller, 12 Apr., 1770, his wife Joanna releas-
ing dower and Moses Newhall being a witness. In 1784
he appears to be residing in Lancaster, remaining there
certainly as late as 1787, as shown in the Record of Deeds
for Worcester Co. In 1792 he and his wife, are called
residents of Leominster, where he finally ended his pil-
grimage, 17 Sept., 1812. In his will of 19 Feb., 1812,
proved 17 Nov., 1812, he mentions his wife Joanna, sons
Daniel and Amos, two gr. ch., Henry and Sally, children
of his dau. Susanna, the late wife of Joseph Leach, three
126 THE NEWHALL FAMILY OF LYNN,
gr. ch. Benj., Betsy and Cephas, ch. of his dau. Hannah,
the late wife of Benj. Houghton, and his surviving dau.
Joanna, the wife of Peter Whitney. His son Daniel, he
appoints executor. His land in Lancaster he had sold in
1796 and 1797. The parentage of his second wife is
shown in a deed of conveyance, 12 Nov., 1801, by Michael
and Joanna Newhall of Leominster, of one undivided half
of the estate of Jedidiah Collins, late of Leominster, de-
ceased, which he had devised to the said Joanna by will.
Mrs. Joanna Newhall died 15 Dec., 1833, aged ninety-one
years.
Children :
916 JEDIDIAH, b. 25 April, 1766 ; d. 18 June, 1766.
917 SUSANNA, b. 25 July, 1767 ; d. 31 Dec., 1799 ; m. Joseph Leach
of Lancaster, 24 June, 1792.
918 HANNAH, b. 13 July, 1769 ; d. 13 July, 1794 ; m. Benj. Hough-
ton 3rd, of Lancaster, 2 Aug., 1787.
918 DANIEL, b. 17 April, 1771 ; m. Lettice Johnson of Leominster,
22 April, 1793.
920 AMOS, b. 11 April, 1773 ; d. 1 Jan., 1835.
921 JOANNA, b. 7 Sept., 1775 ; d. 2 May, 1841; m. Peter Whitney.
446 Moses (Moses 200 , Jacobs, John 22 , Thomas*, Thom-
as 1 ), born in Lynn, 10 Dec., 1751 ; married in Lancaster,
Mass., 16 Dec., 1773, Hannah, daughter of Capt. Daniel
and Mrs. Mary Robbins of Lancaster as is shown in a
deed recorded in Worcester Co., Reg. of Deeds (B. 81, L.
171). He lived first in Lancaster and afterwards in
Stirling, where he died 13 April, 1820. His widow died
6 Aug., 1821, aged 65. The will of Moses Newhall, cord-
wainer, of Stirling, made 14 March, 1820 and proved 7
Nov., 1820, mentions wife Hannah and refers to children
without naming them. Daniel Newhall of Mendon, ap-
pointed executor, declined the trust and Daniel F. May-
nard was appointed administrator, at request of widow and
children, viz : Daniel R., Cephas, Hannah, Artemas New-
hall, Samuel and Sukey Kilburn, James Newhall, John
Simonds and Pliny Newhall.
Child :
022 DANIEL ROBBINS, b. in Stirling, 29 March, 1787 ; m. Betsey
Wyman, 7 May, 1812.
BY HENRY F. WATERS, 127
449 David (Moses 200 , Jacob* 1 ?, John 22 , Thomas*, Thorn-
as 1 ), born 15 May, 1757; married, first, Sept., 1779,
Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Goss of Bolton,
Mass., who died 18 Sept., 1801. He married, second,
Mrs. Mary Holman of Bolton, by whom he had one daugh-
ter, Mary. His second- wife dying he married Nancy
Bennett. David and his brother Moses were probably
taken to Worcester county by their elder brother, Michael
Newhall. Like his brothers he was a shoemaker and
farmer. He lived in Bolton until 1797 when he sold his
farm there and removed to Stirling, where he died 22
June, 1822.
Children :
923 ELIZABETH, b. 23 May, 1780 ; m. Zachary Cary of Turner, Me.
924 THOMAS Goss, b. 13 May, 1782 ; m. Cynthia Gary, 25 Dec.,
1808 ; d. 18 Jan., 1853.
925 FRANCIS, b. 13 Feb., 1784 ; m. Joel Kendall of Stirling.
926 GUSTAVUS, b. 17 April, 1786 ; m. Lydia Blake, 7 April, 1811.
927 NANCY, b. 27 March, 1789 ; m. John Deering of Paris, Me.
928 ABIGAIL, b. 10 May, 1791; m. Daniel Morse of Cambridge,
Mass.
929 DAVID, b. 22 Feb., 1795 ; m. Cynthia Bragg of Keene, N. H.
930 SUSAN, b. 2 March, 1797.
931 SAMUEL COOTS, b. 23 Sept., 1799; m. Mary Bennett of Lancas-
ter, Mass.
932 MARY, b. 18 Oct., 1803 ; m. Charles Kittredge of Bangor, Me.
455 Nathan (Nathan 206 , Jacob 8 ?, John 22 , Thomas 4 ,
Thomas 1 ), married Rebecca, widow of Collins of
Lynn, 4 Aug., 1782.
Children :
933 JAMES, b. 19 July, 1789.
934 REBECCA, b. 31 July, 1797.
456 James (James 20 ?, Jacob 8 ?, John 22 , Thomas 4 , Thom-
as 1 ), born in Maiden, 17 Dec., 1756, may have been the
James who married Sarah Newhall, 5 April, 1770. He
was of Boston in 1779.
Children :
935 JAMES, b. 1 Nov., 1771 ; d. 14 Aug., 1772.
936 JAMES, b. 26 July, 1773.
937 SABAH, b. 22 Aug., 1775.
128 THE NEWHALL FAMILY OF LYNN,
460 Timothy (Jeremiah 20 *, Thomas**, Joseph 2 *,
Thomas*, Thomas*), born in Lynnfield 17 Nov., 1741;
married in Medford, Susanna Bradshaw, 1 Nov., 1764.
She died in Medford 27 May, 1776. From their de-
scendant, the Rev. Charles Newhall.
Children :
938 TIMOTHY, b. July, 1767.
939 JOHN, b. Nov., 1769.
940 SAMUEL; m. Elizabeth Tufts.
941 SUKEY; said to have married in Canada.
461 Ezekiel (Jeremiah 20 *, Thomas*-*, Joseph 2 *, Thom-
as*, Thomas 1 ), born in Lynn 1 Feb., 1743-4 ; married 1st
(30 June, 1772), Love Mansfield* 28 , daughter of Daniel
and Lydia"? (Newhall) Mansfield, born in Lynn 25
April, 1751, by whom he had one son, Aaron, mentioned
in his grandfather Mansfield's will. She died of consump-
tion 12 May, 1775. He married, 2d, 20 Feb., 1777,
Martha Newhall, mother of all his other children. He
was a housewright and lived in Lynnfield, near Hum-
phrey's Pond. He died 12 Dec., 1821, aged seventy-eight
years (gr. st.); and administration on his estate was
granted to his son James, 5 March, 1822. In 1824 it
was represented that Joseph and Priscilla, children of his
son Aaron, deceased, were living in the State of Maine.
His son John was also out of the Commonwealth. The
same year the estate was divided among the widow (Mar-
tha) and the children or their representatives, viz : James,
John, Jeremiah, Martha Newhall, Roxana Newhall and
Love Brown (all children), and the representatives of
Aaron Newhall, deceased. Martha died single, but left a
daughter, Eliza Newhall Pope, to whom she gave her
whole estate, less a very small legacy to each of her
brothers and sisters or their representatives. Jeremiah
died without issue, and gave one-half of his furniture
and apparel to his sister Roxana and her daughter, Rachel
Newhall, and all the rest of his property equally to these
two and Francis Solon Richardson, then living with him,
a minor son of his niece, Lucinda (Brown) Richardson.
This Rachel Newhall died single, 26 April, 1856. Her
BY HENRY F. WATERS, 129
mother (Roxana), who died within a year, gave every-
thing to Joseph C. Newhall of South Danvers for life,
and then to his issue by his wife Cinderilla, " now (1856)
deceased." The widow, Martha Newhall, died 19 Sept.,
1833, aged eighty years (gr. st.).
Children :
942 AARON; m. .
943 DANIEL, b. 13 Nov., 1777; d. 14 Oct., 1808; m. Elizabeth 9 "
Newhall 5 May, 1808.
944 LOVE, b. 5 March, 1780; m. Daniel Brown of , 3 March,
1803.
945 JOHN, b. 5 March, 1782; m. Sally .
946 MARTHA, b. 19 Nov., 1784; d. unm. 3 Oct., 1847.
947 JAMES, b. 9 Feb., 1787.
948 ROXANA, b. 19 March, 1790; d. unm. 15 March, 1857.
949 JEREMIAH, b. 3 Dec., 1796; d. unm. 30 Sept., 1855.
464 Oliver (Jeremiah?*, Thomas* 1 , Joseph, Thomas*,
Thomas 1 ), born 17 August, 1749 ; married 5 May, 1774,
Abigail Phillips.
Children :
949a OLIVER, b. 19 Nov., 1774.
949b EZEKIEL, b. 6 Jan., 1776.
949c DANIEL, b. 13 Nov., 1778.
949d SARAH, b. Mar., 1780.
949e ELIZABETH, b. 9 April, 1782.
949f JOHN, b. 15 Dec., 1783.
949g MARY, b. 4 Oct., 1785.
949h JOSEPH, b. 15 Jan., 1787.
949i REBECCA, b. 1 Mar., 1789.
949j WILLIAM, b. 17 Jan., 1793.
949k SUKEY, b. 9 Feb., 1795; d. 8 July, 1797.
9491 SUKEY, b. 4 Nov., 1799.
473 Jonathan (Jonathan 211 , Thomas* 1 , Joseph*',
Thomas 11 , Thomas 1 ), born in Lynnfield about 1754 ; mar-
ried, 1st, 15 June, 1779, Susanna Upton; married, 2d,
24 March, 1795, Phebe? 01 , daughter of John and Phebe 288
(Newhall) Lyndsey, born 19 July, 1753. His first wife
was the mother of his children, and died 20 July, 1789.
He was the residuary legatee of his father, and, as such,
130 THE NBWHALL FAMILY OF LYNN,
inherited his father's share (the western half) of the
homestead of Thomas Newhall (who died in 1738), the
said house being situated on the north side of the Salem
and Reading road, just east of the farm of Elisha (after-
wards Matthew) Newhall, and not far from the site of the
well-known Lynnfield Hotel. He died 9 Nov., 1799,
aged forty-five years, and his widow was married, 28
Oct., 1803, to James Bott of Salem. Administration on
the estate of Jonathan Newhall was granted 7 Jan., 1800,
to John Hawks. The half of a house and land adjoining
was set off to the widow for her dower 31 March, 1800.
Among the items in the account of administration was
"cash rec. of M r . John Derby for his son James
wages $45," The minor children, " Amay," " Sukey "
and Jonathan were placed under the guardianship of
Jacob Newhall. These names suffered a i( sea change,"
for " Amay " had been entered Naomi on the town record
of births, and Sukey, Susanna. The former afterwards
appeared as Amele, and finally as Amelia, while Jonathan
got changed into John. The latter was a sadler in Niag-
ara, and afterwards in Youngstown, Canada, and died 29
July, 1827.
Children :
950 JAMES, b. 19 Jan., 1780; d. at sea 4 Feb., 1800.
951 NAOMI, b. 13 Oct., 1781; m. John Sullivan, 10 May, 1801 (Bos-
ton).
952 SUSANNA, b. 9 Feb., 1783; m. 1st, Wm.(?) Teel; 2d, William
Francis Brown of Charlestown.
953 SAMUEL, b. June, 1785; d. 7 Oct., 1786, aged 18 mos.
954 JONATHAN, b. Dec., 1786; d. in Salem, 6 Sept., 1788, aged
21 mos.
955 JONATHAN, b. 9 Jan., 1789; m. Mary .
476 William (Awos 21 *, Thomas? 1 , Joseph, Thomas*,
Thomas 1 }, born in Lynnfield, 9 Feb., 1750 ; married (pub-
lished 12 Jane, 1768) Elizabeth 488 Newhall. Mr. Newhall
was a soldier in the war of the Revolution. He died in
Lynnfield, 5 June, 1823, aged seventy-two years. His
widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Newhall, died 9 Feb., 1839, aged
ninety years. Administration was granted 7 Jan., 1845,
to Israel Newhall of Stoneham on the estate of Betsey 957
HENRY F. WATERS.
131
Newhall, who died 26 Dec., 1844. This was at request of
her two sisters, Sally Pease and Anna Newhall, and the
other heirs.
Children :
956 WILLIAM, b. 1 Oct., 1768.
957 ELIZABETH, b. 29 Dec., 1770; died in Lynnfield, 26 Dec., 1844;
m. Daniel 943 Newhall, 5 May, 1808.
958 STEPHEN, b. 3 Feb., 1773.
959 AMOS, b. 28 Aug., 1775; m. Betsey Larrabee, 29 Nov., 1795.
960 ISBAEL, b. 4 Nov., 1777; m. Phebe Hart.
961 SALLY, b. 11 Aug., 1780; m. James Irvin Pease in Salem, 13
July, 1801.
962 ABIGAIL, b. 14 Nov., 1782; d. 11 April, 1791.
963 REBECCA, b. 16 Aug., 1785; d. 7 March, 1810.
964 SAMUEL, b. ; said to have d. 26 Feb., 1825.
965 ANNA, b. 3 July, 1790; m. Eliphalet Gordon.
479 Amos (Amos 21 *, Thomas? 1 , Joseph, Thomas',
Thomas*), born in Lynnfield 15 Aug., 1762 ; married, 28
Feb., 1782, Sarah Croel, in Lynn. Mr. Newhall was a
mariner, and supposed to be dead before June 4th, 1816,
when guardianship of his daughter Mary, then nine
years old, was granted to Joseph Shed of Danvers, Esq.
John Porter Newhall, nineteen years of age, was put un-
der the guardianship of Asa T. Newhall, Esq., 2 July,
1816. The eldest son, Amos, must have died young. The
next son, Asa, was a mariner, and died before 4 July,
1815, when administration on his estate was entrusted to
Asa T. Newhall, Esq., who brought his account of admin-
istration into court 1 Oct., 1816. Among the items ac-
counted for was " cash received of the agent of the pri-
vateer Kemp of Baltimore." The balance of the estate
was distributed to Sally Newhall, the mother, John Porter
Newhall, the brother, and Mary Newhall, the sister of the
deceased. The daughter Mary, after her marriage to Mr.
Tuttle, gave a discharge to her former guardian, Mr. Shed,
dated at Cambridge, 25 May, 1824.
Children :
966 AMOS, b. 12 Aug., 1782.
967 ASA, b. 13 Jan., 1785.
968 JOHN PORTER, b. 11 Sept., 1796.
909 MARY, b. 1807; m. William N. Tuttle.
132 THE NEWHALL FAMILY OF LYNN.
481 Asa Tarbell (Asa 216 , Thomas* 1 , Joseph, Thom-
as', Thomas*), born in Lynnfield 28 June, 1779 ; married
Judith, daughter of Col. Joshua and Eunice (Atkinson)
Little of Newbury, born 1 July, 1787. Mr. Newhallwas
a farmer, and an important citizen of the town. He was
a member of the constitutional convention of 1820, a
Senator of the Commonwealth in 1826, and a Represen-
tative in 1828. He died 18 Dec., 1850. Administration
on his estate was granted 31 Dec., 1850, to his sons,
Joshua L. Newhall of Newbury and Thomas B. Newhall
of Lynn, Esq., at the request of the widow and of Asa
T. Newhall, S. Mary Newhall, and H. L. Newhall, children
of the deceased. Mrs. Judith Newhall of Lynnfield died
14 March, 1864.
Children :
970 JOSHUA LITTLE, b. 18 May, 1808; m. Elizabeth White Preston,
10 Apr., 1832.
971 ASA TARBELL, b. 2 Dec., 1809.
972 THOMAS BANCROFT, b. 20 Oct., 1811.
973 HIRAM, b. 12 Oct., 1813; d. 25 April, 1814.
974 SALLY MARY, b. 3 May, 1815.
975 EUNICE ATKINSON, b. 14 May, 1817; m. Henry H. Campbell.
976 JUDITH BAILEY, b. 17 May, 1819 ; m. Merdock Macdonald.
977 CAROLINE, b. 5 Oct., 1821; m. Charles Palmer.
978 HIRAM LAFAYETTE, b. 5 Aug., 1824.
979 ELIZABETH BAILEY, b. 23 Dec., 1828.
483 Mary (Asa 216 , Thomas* 1 , Joseph 2 *, Thomas*,
Thomas 1 ), born in Lynnfield, 6 May, 1786, was married to
Emery Moulton of Salem, 2 June, 1806. Mr. Moulton
lived chiefly in Lynn, and died 13 June, 1850. Admin-
istration on his estate was granted 2 July, 1850, to his
widow Mary, then of South Reading, at the request of
her son, Otis S., speaking for himself and the rest of the
heirs.
Children :
980 SALLY NEWHALL, b. in Salem, 12 July, 1807; d. 20 Sept., 1832,
981 ASA EMERY, b. in Lynn, 13 Jan., 1809.
982 CHARLES HENRY, b. in Salem, 23 June, 1811.
988 OTIS SIAS, b. in Lynn, 10 Sept., 1818.
984 LUCY JANE, b. in Lynn, 10 Oct., 1821.
(To be continued.')
WILLIAM AVERILL OF IPSWICH AND SOME
OF HIS DESCENDANTS.
BY GEORGE FRANCIS DOW.
1 WILLIAM AVERILL is supposed to have migrated
from Broadway, Worcestershire, England, and is probably
the ancestor of almost the entire family in this country.
He was living at Ipswich, Mass., as early as Mar. 2, 1637,
when he was granted six acres of planting ground on the
further side of Muddy river. In 1638 he owned a house
lot near where the County House is to-day. He was made
a commoner in 1641. His will, dated July 3, 1652, and
proved in court at Ipswich, Mar. 29, 1653, reads as fol-
lows :
" I William Auerill of Ipswich being weake in bodye
but of pfect memorye doe make this my last will and
testament first I doe bequeath my body to the earth to
be deasently buryed in the Burying place of Ipswich my
spirit into the hands of my Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ.
And for my outward estate being but small I doe giue
vnto my children each of them being seuen in number the
some of fiue shillings a peece & the rest of my estate my
debts being discharged I giue vnto Abagal my wife whom
I make sole execotrix of this my last will in witness
heerof I haue heervnto sett my hand and seale the 3th
of the 4th mo : 1652.
" Andrew hodges, Will
Renold ffoster. Aveirell."
" Inventory of the estate of William Averill, filed 29
Mar., 1653.
It. hous: Lott & house 100000
It. 10 acres of vpland ground & 6 A meddo 10 0000
It. 2 Kine & 2 two-yer: old 160000
It. 2 shoats 010000
(133)
134 WILLIAM AVERILL OF IPSWICH
It. 1 Iron pott 1 brass pott 1 frying pan 4 pewtr
platt" 1 flagon 1 iron Ketle 1 brass Ketle
1 Copp, 1 brass pan & some othr small things 02 17 00
It. 2 Chests 1 fethr bed 1 othr bed 2 payre of sheets
2 bolster -3 pillows 2 blanketts 1 Covlid
1 bedstead & othr smal linnen 05 1000
It. 2 Coats & wearing appel 030000
It. 1 warming pan 000300
It. A tub 2 pails a few books 001000
A Corslett 010000
" what shee oweth 120000
Keginold fostr
Andrew Hodgs Apprisers. "
His widow, Abigail, died at Ipswich shortly before Mar.
27, 1655, when the inventory of her estate was returned
to court by her son William, in which is mentioned " the
pequitt lot of 7 acres."
Children :
2 WILLIAM.
SABAH, probably his daughter, m. Nov. 23, 1663, John Wildes of
Topsfield. She was executed as a witch on July 19, 1692.
THOMAS, probably his son, m. Dec. 8, 1657, Frances Ceilings, at
Ipswich. He was living in Topsfield, 1663-1668, and had a
daughter Sarah, born there Mar. 23, 1666-7.
JOHN, probably his son, was living in Ipswich, 1654-1656.
A child, living in 1652.
A child, living in 1652.
A child, living in 1652.
2 William Averill was a carpenter and lived in
Ipswich until February, 1663 (he was a surveyor of high-
ways at Ipswich in 1661), when he bought of Daniel
Clark of Topsfield, a house and other outbuildings, together
with one hundred acres of land in the eastern part of
Topsfield. A depression marking the former location of
the cellar of his house may yet be seen on the left-hand
side of the road leading from " Springville " towards
"Mile Brook bridge," just beyond the Wildes-Perley
AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 135
house. This road was laid out from William Averill's
house to what is now " Springville," on Mar. 19, 1666-7.
Many of his descendants settled near him, and in after
years an Averill neighborhood not far away became
known as " The Colleges," from the fact, as the story
goes, that the Averills at that time were some of the most
intelligent people in the town, being prominent in town
affairs and holding public office. They were cabinet-
makers and subscribed to one of the three copies of a
newspaper that came into the town. William Averill was
selectman in 1688, and tithing man in 1682. He mar-
ried, July 31, 1661, Hannah Jackson of Ipswich, who
survived him and was living in Connecticut about 1735.
He died April 23, 1691. His will, proved June 30, 1691,
follows :
" The last will and testament of william averell, of
Topsfield, sen r in the County of Essex in New England.
I being weake in body but through gods goodness, yet
of Competent understanding and memory, I Commit my
body to the dust when god shall take me hence, and my
Spirits unto the hands of almighty god and my most mer-
cifull redeemer. And my outward estate as followeth,
I doe will unto my Eleven children the sume of six pound
a piece for the present to be pd as they are or shall come
to age in such specia of moveabls as the estate consists in,
not to be prised as money but as upon pay acct. And
this rule to be atteaded in all other payments hereafter to
be mentioned. The remainder of my estate viz. my lands
& housing stock & houshold goods moveables and Imove-
ables, my will is to Leave it with my deare and Loveing
wife, to be improved for the mutual releiff, and comfort
both of herself & family I shall leave with her, or so
many of them whose hearts god shall enclyne to live to-
gether with their deare mother as brethren in peace Love
and unity And to be mutually helpfull in improveing the
Land and stock for their own & each others Lyvlihood
that they may by keeping neare together be helpfull to
each other in an hour of danger. My will is that if iny
present dwelling house shall continue in being untill after
my wives decease, And also that my sone John and my
136 WILLIAM AVERILL OF IPSWICH
sone Nathaniel shall be then liveing that they shall have
each of them Ten pounds out of the value of the house
before any division be made or if either of you shall sur-
vive and not the other then his ten pound shall be his due.
" If they shall both dye before their mother Then this
to be void & of non effect. My will is that after my
wives decease my lands & houseing shall with the rest of
my estate that shall then be in being be equally divided
amongst my children that shall be then Liveing, the lands
& houseing to belong equally unto my sonns. Yet soe as
they shall not make Sale or conveyance unto any stranger
of yr proportion, before they have preferred the same to
such of yr brethren as may be willing to buy the same,
who shall have one full years Liberty to purchase or re-
fuse.
" If any shall doe contraire hereunto he shall forfault
his entrest in his share of land and houseing nor shall he
hold his proportion at a higher price to his brethren than
the same will yeild to a stranger. It. my will is that if
the land shall fall short in value that my sones have not
yr due in value. What shall be wanting shall be made up
out of the stock & moveables. And the like be done if
stock & movables fall short. The heires of the Lands &
houseing to pay every one his part. My will is that my
sone Nathaniel! may use the shop tooles not to make any
strip nor waste or to deprive the family of the benefit of
such as they shall have occasion for, while they shall con-
tinue together. I doe hereby give to my wife full power
to determine what kynd of houshold goods shall belong
to each of our daughters. And also to impart as there
may be need either to sones or daughters what may be
conveniently spared keeping a true acct. thereof, not ex-
ceeding what will be their proportion at the Last division.
And what they shall so receive shall be accounted unto
them as part of their last proportion out of my estate.
(I doe not intend here the first six pounds mentioned in
the former part of these Lynes.) I doe also give Liberty
to my wife to allow reasonable recompense to such of our
children though not yet come to age as shall approve
themselves dilligent, faithfull and constant in improveing
AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS 137
and & stock for the good of the family after they come
to full age which shall be taken out of the estate or in-
come thereof as a due debt before division be made.
" I doe further hereby make my deare & Loveing wife
my full and sole executive unto this my last will and tes-
tament during the terme of her widowhood. If she shall
see cause to change her condition then my will is that she
shall take two of her sones whom she shall judge to be
best able and most f aithf ull to Joyne with her in executor-
ship, to the end that no stranger nor sone of a stranger
may be admitted into so small a Liveing to the wrong of
the propper heires or any of them.
"Lastly my will is that any of my sones as they may be
able may and will be helpfull unto their dear mother in
what difficulties she may meet withall, and y fc they live at
peace among themselves. And you will have y e promise
that the god of peace will be with you.
" For consideration hereof I have hereunto set my hand
dated the 15 day of April, 1690.
William Auerell.
" As witnesses
John Wills
The marke of
Sarah 08 Wild."
Children, all born in Topsfield except the first :
3 WILLIAM, b. May 1, 1662.
4 NATHANIEL, b. Oct. 13, 1664.
5 JOHN, b. Jan. 1, 1666.
6 JOB, b. Jan. 1, 1666-7.
HANNAH, b. Dec. 18, 1667; d. unm. May 14, 1737.
7 EBENEZEB, b. Oct. 14, 1669.
ISAAC, b. Jan. 26, 1671-2; d. June 11, 1680, in Topsfield.
THOMAS, b. Dec. 9, 1672; probably m. Nov. 29, 1712, Abigail
Cogswell, in Ipswich; acknowledged a deed in Preston,
Conn., May 30, 1724.
ABIGAIL, b. March 8, 1673-4; m., (pub. July 9, 1699) Jonathan
Bishop of Beverly. Lived in Beverly until about 1708, when
they removed to Rehoboth, where he died in 1752. They
acknowledged a deed in Norton, Bristol county, June 2,
1721.
138 WILLIAM AVERILL OF IPSWICH
EZEKIEL, b. July 24, 1675; probably d. young.
8 PAUL, b. June 21, 1677.
SILAS, b. May 1, 1679; probably d. young.
9 ISAAC, b. Nov. 10, 1680.
MABY, bapt. May 16, 1697 ; m. Feb. 16, 1709-10, Silas Titus of
Kehoboth. They acknowledged a deed in Norton, June 2,
1724.
3 William Averill, born in Ipswich, May 1, 1662.
Lived in Topsfield, and married Mary . . " Widow
Mary Averill died March 14, 1728-9." -Zbp^fcW Records.
He was admitted to membership in the church, May 24,
1685, and Mar. 11, 1688, was disciplined for intemperance
and unseemly behavior in Mr. Wise's church at Ipswich.
March 1, 171 4/ 15, the selectmen of Topsfield, agreed with
William Averill, jun., to sweep the meeting-house and dig
graves, for which service he was to be paid 18 shillings
a year and to have the use of half an acre of land " some
where near among the Hills to ye Norwest of ye Meeting
House," during the lifetime of himself and wife. He was
also given " the benefite of ye frute of ye parsonage or-
chard till the Town have occasion for it."
Children, baptized in Topsfield :
ELIZABETH, bapt. April 7, 1695.
JOSEPH, bapt. March 21, 1696-7.*
MABY (?) who m. July 9, 1719, at Ipswich, Caleb Jackson of
Ashford. The m. is recorded at Topsfield and Ipswich.
STEPHEN, bapt. June 6, 1701. He probably removed to Arundel,
Me., with his brother Joseph, where he married and had:
Phebe, Rebecca, Sarah and Samuel.
JAMES, bapt. April 11, 1703.
REBECKA, bapt. July 15, 1705.
JABEZ, bapt. June 15, 1707 ; m. Mary Buxton, and settled in
Preston, Conn.
MOSES, bapt. Feb. 26, 1709-10.
4 Nathaniel Averill, born in Topsfield, Oct. 13,
1664. He was a carpenter and millwright, and lived in
*1723-4. Benjamin Kimball and Joseph Averill are in the military service.
Felt's History of Ipswich. He probably was living at Arundel, now Kennebunk,
Me., in 1728, a joint-owner, with Jacob Wildes, of 450 acres of land, and a saw-
mill. There he m. Jane McLellen and had 11 children, 7 of whom died with the
throat distemper in 1735. He may have had a brother Samuel, who also lived at
Arundel and was cast away on Mount Desert in 1747 and drowned.
AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 139
Topsfield, where he owned a sawmill. Constable in 1702.
He married, first, Dec. 13, 1698, Sarah Hewlett. She
died July 11, 1729, and he married, second, June 17,
1730, Lydia French. She died May 31, 1746, and he died
April 3, 1751.
Children, born in Topsfield :
10 NATHANIEL, b. Sept. 6, 1700.
11 JACOB, b. Aug. 17, 1702.
ABIGAIL, b. Aug. 9, 1704 (bapt. July 16, 1704); m. Dec. 19, 1734,
Joseph Hovey ; and was living in 1741.
SARAH, b. Feb. 9, 1706; d. unm. Dec. 26, 1784.
MIRIAM, b. July 9, 1709 ; m. Sept. 17, 1734, Joseph Neland of
Topsfield ; and was living in 1741.
DANIEL, bapt. Sept. 16, 1711; d. March 6, 1716-17.
JEREMIAH, b. July 21, 1714; shopjoiner and yeoman ; lived in
Topsfield ; tithingman in 1751; constable, 1759; selectman,
1762-1769; treasurer, 1776-1781; he inherited his father's
dwelling house, his sister Sarah to have the west chamber
so long as she remained unm., which was 33 y. after the
probating of the will ; d. unm. Sept. 7, 1785.
5 John Averill, born in Topsfield, Jan. 1, 1666,
was a yeoman and lived in Topsfield. He was known as
"Sarg 1 " in 1701, where, he was appointed tithingman and
was constable in 1711. On Feb. 1, 1692, he and his broth-
er Nathaniel, bought of Gov. Simon Bradstreet, 200 acres
of land lying between Howlett brook and Mile brook, the
locality that afterwards became known as " The Colleges."
The original deed is still in existance. April 7, 1735 his
four children, then under age, were placed under the guar-
dianship of John Wildes. Administration was granted on
his estate Apr. 13, 1724, to widow "Anna." He married
June 8, 1710, Anne* Greensleet (Greenleaf) of Topsfield
and died in the winter of 1719-20. His widow was living
in Topsfield in 1741, and may have removed to Andover
that year.
*In the records of births of her children, the name is recorded " Hannah" and
in a record of baptism it is given as " Ann."
140 WILLIAM AVERILL OF IPSWICH
Children, born in Topsfield :
12 JOHN, b. April 24, 1711.
THOMAS, b. Dec. 17, 1713 ; husbandman ; lived in Topsfield un-
til his marriage, when he removed to Andover; m. May 20,
1739, Sarah Neland (Kneeland) of Ipswich and had: (1)
John, bp. Oct. 25, 1741; (2) Thomas, bp. Sept. 27, 1747 ; (3)
Sarah, bp. Nov. 3, 1751.
EMMA, bp. May-Aug., 1715; m. Samuel Phippen, Sept. 7, 1738.
KATHEKINB, bp. Apr. , 1717; m. Dec. 22, 1736, Nathaniel
Moulton of Ipswich.
13 EBENEZKB, bapt. Oct. 1-, 1718.
ABIAL (dau.), bp. May , 1720; posthumous; d. Aug. 1, 1786.
6 Job Averill, born in Topsfield, Jan. 1, 1666-7,
was a yeoman, and lived in that part of Topsfield that
was incorporated as Middleton in 1728. Was tithingman
in 1708. He married Feb. 1, 1702-3, Susanna Brown of
Topsfield, and died in 1730 ; his will, dated Feb. 7, 1729-
30, was proved June 1, 1730. Administration was granted
on her estate Dec. 16, 1732.
Children, born in Topsfield:
JOB, b. Aug. 11, 1707; husbandman ; removed from Middleton
to Arundel, York county, Me., in 1734; was of Arundel in
1737, and of Sheepsoot, York county, gentleman, in 1742;
m. Sarah before 1737. Had: William and Sarah both
bapt. Aug. 14, 1748, at Middleton.
JUDITH, b. May 4, 1710; m. Apr. 20, 1732, Samuel Foster.
14 ISRAEL, b. April 21, 1713.
KEZIA, b. May 6, 1715 ; m. June 27, 1754, Jonathan Whipple of
Danvers.
15 SAMUEL, b. June 7, 1720.
SUSANNA, bapt. Sept. , 1722; d. Dec. 26, 1736.
EZEKIEL, b. in 1724. On Feb. 26, 1739, at the age of fourteen,
he was placed under the guardianship of Francis Peabody
of Middletoo.
7 Ebenezer Averill, born in Topsfield, Oct. 14
1669, was a husbandman and lived in Topsfield ; was con-
stable in 1701 and selectman in 1704, 1705, 1707, 1708,
1710, 1713, 1715 and 1716. He married, first, Nov. 30,
1697, Susanna Hovey. She died Nov. 11, 1699, and he
married, second, Dec. 31, 1700, Mehitable Foster of
Ipswich. He died Dec. 22, 1717, and his wife, Mehitable
AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 141
died Nov. 19, 1740. In the record of his death he is styled
" Sarg 1 *'. His inventory states that some of the things
were reserved for " Luke the sunn of Susannah his first
wife that came from Engl d ."
Children, born in Topsfield :
SUSANNAH, d. Nov. 11, 1699.
16 LUKE, b. Aug. 2, 1699.
MEHITABLE, b. Apr. 26, 170- ; bapt. May 2, 1703; m. April 12,
1726, Matthew Peabody, and d. June 6, 1740.
SUSANNAH, b. July 22, 170-; bapt. July 23, 1704; d. in Topsfield,
unm. Sept. 2, 1749.
RUTH, b. June 9, 1706 ; d. unm. before 1729.
HANNAH, b. Feb. 13, 1707-8; m. John Hewlett of Ipswich, July
18, 1728 and was his widow in 1749.
.MARY, b. Aug. 15, 1710; m. Feb. 24, 1729-30, Nathaniel Porter
and d. Dec. 23, 1736.
LYDIA, b. Dec. 11, 1712; m. July 28, 1731, Daniel Gould of Tops-
field, husbandman, and d. Dec. 22, 1739.
JEMIMA, b. Apr. 25, 1715; m. Feb. 14, 1737-8, John Perkins, jr.,
and d. March 2, 1749.
PHEBE, b. Nov. 23, 1717; m. 1st, Nov. 13, 1753, Isaac Dodge of
Wenham ; m. 2nd, Brown.
8 Paul Averill, born in Topsfield, June 21, 1677,
was a husbandman, and lived in that part of Topsfield
incorporated as Middletori in 1728. He married, first,
Mar. 27, 1706, Sarah, daughter of Capt. Joseph and Sarah
(Perley) Andrews. She died Oct. 16, 1732, aged forty-
seven, and he married, second, Feb. 3, 1736-7, widow
Mary Simonds of Wenham. They were living in Middle-
ton in 1747, and were dismissed Aug. 5, 1753, to the
church in Killingly, Conn.
Children, born in Topsfield :
EZEKIEL, b. March 13, 1707-8.
HEPHSIBAH, b. Nov. 8, 1709 ; m. Dec. 13, 1733, Robert Bradford.
17 PAUL, b. Dec. 16, 1711.
SABAH, b. April 2, 1713 ; d. unm. in Middleton, Jan. 20, 1736.
JOSEPH, b. Jan. 17, 1719-20 ; m. Feb. 14, 1743-4, Mary Symonds
of Topsfield. He was then of Killingly. A Joseph Symonds
m. Sarah Mansfield, Dec. 24, 1745, at Middleton, and had
Dudley, bp. , 1746. Joseph Averill, iiousewright, of
Uxbridge in 1741, is mentioned in Essex Co. Deeds.
142 WILLIAM AVERILL OF IPSWICH
9 Isaac Averill, born in Topsfield, Nov. 10, 1680,
married, May 16, 1709, in Rehoboth, Mass., Esther,
daughter of Philip Walker, jr., of that town. Isaac Aver-
ill was " an ingenious Carpenter," and framed in Provi-
dence, K. I., the largest meeting house of his time. As a
resident of Preston, Conn., he acknowledged a deed on
May 30, 1724, and for many years lived in that town.
Before 1748 he removed to Kent, Conn.
Children, all born in Preston, Conn. :
SAMUEL, b. , 1715 ; m. Patience Perry at Rehoboth, Mass
He purchased of the Indians on July 20, 1749, land in Wash-
ington, Conn., where he lived and d. April 30, 1786, at 71
years.
DANIEL, b. , 1716; d. Oct. 23, 1785, in New Preston ; m.
Lucy, dau. of Edward Cogswell of Ipswich. Lived at New
Preston. Miller and public man.
MOSES, b. , 1723-4 ; d. Jan. 22, 1784, in New Preston; m.
Martha, dau. of Edward Cogswell of Ipswich. Lived in
what is now Washington, Conn. Captain in the militia,
deacon in the church and representative in the legislature.
LUCY.
JUDITH, b. ; d. May 18, 1774, in New Preston.
10 Capt. Nathaniel Averill, born in Topsfield,
Sept. 6, 1700, was a housewright, and lived in Topsfield.
Selectman in 1747, 1748. He married, Nov. 24, 1743,
Hannah Wildes, and died Aug. 17, 1781. She died June
4, 1785, aged seventy-five. At the probating of his will
he was styled " gentlemen." After his wife's decease his
books were to be divided equally among his two children.
Estate inventoried X458.14.10 and included surveying
instruments, 36/.
Children, born in Topsfield:
18 NATHANIEL, b. April 27, 1747.
HANNAH, b. Aug. 17, 1750 ; m. Nov. 18, 1773, John Lovering, 3d,
of Ipswich, husbandman; they were living in Ipswich in
1787.
11 Jacob Averill, born in Topsfield, Aug. 17, 1702,
was a yeoman and lived in Topsfield. He was a tithing-
man in 1736, 1742, and 1757 : constable in 1746 : and
AND SOME OP HIS DESCENDANTS.
selectman from 1752 to 1755. He married Priscilla,
daughter of Ephraim and Mary Wildes, and died June 15
(June 14, church rds.), 1791. By his will he bequeathed
to his sons Daniel and Amos, his carpenter's tools " where-
soever they may be found." His wife died May 17
(May 22, church rds.), 1799, aged 94 years.
Children, born in Topsfield :
JACOB, b. Mar. 18, 1728-9; cabinet-maker and joiner; lived in
Topsfield; m. Nov. 23, 1752, Hannah Bryant. He d. Sept.
14, 1807 and she d. Feb. 24, 1813. " Joanna, the widow of
Jacob, struck with numb palsey in the summer of 1785, and
remained dead on one side till she died."
19 DANIEL, b. Dec. 3, 1730.
DOROTHY, b. Feb. 24, 1731-2; m. Nov. 8, 1752, David Prichard.
He died in 1T56, in the French and Indian War, and in her
father's will, dated May 30, 1791, she was given the right
to occupy " the west chamber . . . till she is otherwise
provided for." She d. Jan. 30, 1822.
LYDIA, b. July 2, 1735; m. Jan. 15, 1767, Richard Potter, jr., of
Ipswich.
MAKY, b. Aug. 1, 1739; d. unm., Oct. 5, 1826, at the almshouse.
PRISCILLA, b. July 1, 1742; d. March 29, 1781.
AMOS, b. March 25, 1747; yeoman; lived in Topsfield ; soldier in
the Revolution, marching to Lexington and also seeing
other service; m. Nov. 6, 1774, Lydia Batchelder of Wen-
ham and d. suddenly April 11. 1805. She d. Mar. 20, 1831,
at the almshouse.
12 John Averill, born in Topsfield, April 24, 1711,
was a husbandman, and lived in Topsfield until about
1740, when he removed to Groton, Mass. In 1751, he
again removed to Westminster, Vt, where he died, Sept. 2,
1797. He married, May 7, 1735, Mary Phippen. She
died in Westminster, Vt., in 1809, " in the 95 th year of
her age."
Children :
MARY, bapt. March 14, 1735-6, Topsfield; m. Rockwood.
ABIAL, bapt. Nov. 26, 1738, Topsfield; m. John Abby.
ASA, b. , 1739 ; m. 1st, Anna Chaffee; m. 2nd, the widow of
Peter Lovejoy; m. 3rd, Nail.
THOMAS, b. , 1745 ; m. Nov. 3, 1774, Elizabeth Robinson.
144 WILLIAM AVERILL OF IPSWICH
SAMUEL, b. ,1746 (?); m. 1st, Molly Barnes; m. 2nd, the
widow Washburn.
JOHN, b. , 1748; m. Olive Estabrook.
ANNA, b. , 1751 ; m. Peter Lovejoy. She was the first white
child, born in Westminster, Vt.
AMY, m. Robert Rand.
OLIVE, m. William Martin.
13 Ebenezer Averill, baptized in Topsfield, Oct.
1-, 1718, was a husbandman, and lived in Topsfield until
about 1760 when he removed to Amherst, N. H., where
he was living in 1771. He married, April 5, 1748 ; Mary
Towne and she was his wife in 1771.
Children, baptized in Topsfield :
RUTH, bapt. Jan. 1, 1748-9.
EBENEZER, bapt. Dec. 22, 1751; lived in Amherst; pub. Oct. 8,
1775, to Anna Johnson of Danvers.
DAVID, bapt. April 13, 1755.
ELIJAH, bapt. May 29, 1757.
14 Israel Averill, bom in Topsfield, April 21, 1713,
married in Middleton, June 11, 1735, Mary Kenney. He
was a husbandman and lived in Middleton until about
1752, when he removed to Topsfield and was taxed there
until 1759. An Israel Averil of Pownalborough, Me.,
yeoman, and wife Mary, sold land in Manchester, Mass.,
in 1767. Essex do. Deeds.
Children:
HULDAH, bapt. , 1736, in Middleton.
MARY, bapt. , 1739, in Middleton ; m. April 18, 1759, Ar-
chelaus Kenney.
SUSANNA, bp. , 1742, in Middleton.
ENOCH, bp. , 1744, in Middleton; m. Ruth Hilton of Pownal-
borough, Me.
DAVID, bp. , 1747, in Middleton; m. Elizabeth Hilton, sister
of the above.
RUTH, bapt. Dec. 17, 1749, in Middleton; m. in Pownalborough,
Me.
EUNICE, bapt. Feb. 25, 1753, in Topsfield.
ISBAKL, bapt. June 13, 1756, in Topsfield.
AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 145
15 Samuel Averill, born in Topsfield, June 7, 1720,
was a blacksmith and lived in Middleton. He married,
Sept. 3, 1742, Martha Clemens of Salem, and died about
1756, administration being granted on his estate, Jan. 17,
1757. She survived him, and married, secondly, Nov. 27,
1764, Michael Dwinnell of Topsfield. He died Sept. 19,
1770, and she married, third, April 4, 1774, Samuel Car-
tor of Manchester.
Children, born in Middleton:
SUSANNA, b. Aug. 8, 1743.
ELIZABETH, b. April , 1745; probably m. Feb. 20, 1766, John
Nichols of Middleton.
20 BENJAMIN, b. Jan., 1747.
EZEKIEL, b. Feb. 14, 1748.
SAMUEL, b. March 18, 1749. In 1765, he is named as a beneficiary
in the will of David Balch and is mentioned as a "minor who
lived with me." A short time before the making of the
will his mother had m. 2d, Michael Dwinell, a cousin of
David Balch 's wife.
LUCT, b. Dec. 18, 1752; m. May 7, 1772, Abijah Wilkins. They
removed to Amherst, N. H., where she d. before Sept. 30,
1788, when he m. 2nd, Sarah Farmer, of Manchester.
ABIGAIL, b. Dec. 10, 1754; d. Sept. 21, 1851, in Beverly; m. 1st,
May 30, 1790, Samuel Carter; m. 2nd, William Tarbell.
16 Luke Averill, born in Topsfield, Aug. 2, 1699,
was a yeoman, and lived in Topsfield. Constable in
1730 ; tithingman, 1739, 1756, 1760, 1765, 1769 ; member
of school committee in 1751, ^as mentioned on the town
records in 1756, as " Lieut." Luke Averill. In his will he
gives to his widow, "half of the dwelling house from
cellar to top," and annually, as long as she remains his
widow, the following : 8 cords firewood, ready for the
fire; 120 weight pork; 50 weight beef; 3 pecks salt; 1
bushel turnips ; 1 bushel potatoes ; 1-2 bushel beans ; 8
bushels Indian corn ; 2 bushels rye ; 1 bushel winter
apples ; 8 Ibs. sheep's wool ; 15 Ib. flax ; 1 barrell " cyder ;"
1 1-2 bushels malt ; a small garden ; two cows to be well
kept summer and winter ; use of horse to ride to meeting
and elsewhere ; 2 gals, molasses ; 2 gals, rum, and cost
and charge of doctor and nurse in case of sickness. At
146 WILLIAM AVERILL OF IPSWICH.
the probating of his will he is styled " gentleman." He
married Sarah, daughter of Isaac and Sarah Peabody ; and
died April 16, 1776. She died May 22, 1790, ae. 84 y.
Children, born in Topsfield :
RUTH, b. Feb. 18, 1727-8; d. Jan. 16, 1747-8.
MARY, b. July 14, 1730 ; d. May 1, 1737.
MOSES, b. Jan. 25, 1732-3; d. May 3, 1737.
EBENEZEK, b. Jan. 18, 1735-6. (Eleaser, a youth, s. Luke, d. June
8, 1747.)
MOSES, b. Aug. 12, 1738; d. July 7, 1739.
21 ISAAC, b. June 2, 1740.
ELIJAH, b. March 14, 1742-3; d. Feb. 4, 1747-8.
SUSANNAH, b. Aug. 14, 1746; m. March 31, 1772, David Towne,
jr.; andd. Oct. 24, 1886.
17 Paul Averill, born in Topsfield, Dec. 16, 1711,
was a husbandman, and lived in Middleton. He married
April 21, 1737,* Zeruiah How, and died in the winter of
1805-6, his will, dated Dec. 9, 1796, being proved Feb. 3,
1806.
Children, born in Middleton :
SABAH, b. July 26, 1738; d. Jan. 20, 1739-40.
JOHN, b. Jan. 2, 1740; m. Mary Bradford; b. 1742 in Middleton
and d. Aug. 21, 1815; he d. May 21, 1815. Settled in Am-
herst, N. H. in 1763. Children : Naomi; Daniel; Mary, m.
Benjamin Symonds; Anna, m. McAllister; John;
Jesse, m. and had John, who m. Clarissa Peabody of Mid-
dleton, and had one son, Nathaniel P. who d. Mar. 17, 1877
in Middleton.
22 PAUL, b. Sept. 27, 1742.
23 ELIJAH, b. April 28, 1745.
24 MARK, b. May 12, 1747.
SARAH, b. July 28, 1750; m. Daniel Stiles, Sept. 25, 1771; d.
Sept. 20, 1805, in Middleton.
MARY, b. May 11, 1752; m. Feb. 14, 1771, Stephen Towne, jr.
and removed to Sunderland, Vt. in 1786.
25 JOSEPH, b. Oct. 6, 1757.
18 Nathaniel Averill, born in Topsfield, April 27,
1747, was a yeoman and wheelwright, and lived in Tops-
field. Soldier in the Revolution, marching to Lexington.
*He may have married, 1st, Feb. 3, 1736, at Wenham, Mary Symondg of Wen-
ham.
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AND SOME OB^ HIS DESCENDANTS. 147
Selectmen in 1780-1784. He married, first, Dec. 16, 1766,
Dorothy Perkins. She died May 6, 1767 " in her 18th
year," and he married, second, Oct. 1, 1776, Hannah,
daughter of Ephraim and Hepsibah Wildes. He died
May 17, 1811, and his wife Hannah, survived him, dying
Oct. 28, 1816, aged sixty-seven.
Children, born in Topsfield :
26 NATHANIEL PERKINS, b. May 1, 1767.
27 AZARIAH, b. Feb. 11, 1778.
AMMI, b. Aug. 17, 1779; lived in Topsfield; yeoman; and d. t
unm. April 18, 1822. By will dated July 15, 1816, he be-
queathed his entire estate to " Mehitable, the present wife
of my brother Moses."
LYDIA, b. March 3, 1782; d. Nov. 27, 1859; m. Sept. 25, 1806,
Ebenezer Towne of Topsfield.
DOROTHY, bapt. April 2, 1784 ; m. Feb. 24, 1818, Abraham Gage.
Lived in Middleton, where she d. June 5, 1861.
28 MOSES, b. June 5, 1786.
19 Daniel Averill, born in Topsfield, Dec. 3, 1730,
was a yeoman, and lived in Topsfield He married Jo-
anna Hood, Feb. 27, 1759 ; and died March 4, 1801. She
died Dec. 12, 1816, "occasioned by falling into the fire."
Children, born in Topsfield :
SARAH, b. June 20, 1760; d. unm. Feb. 8, 1839, of cancer.
29 DANIEL, b. June 12, 1762.
SOLOMON, b. Sept. 1, 1765; d. April 1, 1766.
JOANNA, b. March 7, 1767; probably m. Nov. 23, 1786, Thomas
Willis (Wildes?). When her father made his will in 1800
she is mentioned as the wife of " Shays."
30 SOLOMON, b. Aug. 20, 1769.
MEHITABLE, b. Aug. 16, 1774; m. Nov. 15, 1793, Silas Beckford,
and d. Sept. 1, 1845.
20 Benjamin Averill* born in Middleton, Jan. 17,
1747, married, 1st, in Ipswich, Nov. 9, 1769, Sarah Blye,
she died and he married, 2nd (int. Dec. 21, 1772), Mrs.
Mary, widow of John Pitman, and daughter of Dr. Francis
and Mary Holmes. By trade a " Leather Breeches
maker." He was a soldier in the Be volution, enlisting in
*1778, John Chapman, glover, was succeeded by his apprentices, P. Rust and
B. Averill. Felt's History of Ipswich.
148 WILLIAM AVERILL OF IPSWICH
1780 for 6 months. He was 5 ft. 7 in. tall and of a light
complexion. He lived in Ipswich and died about 1782.
Children by first wife :
31 BENJAMIN, b. Oct. 9, 1770, in Middleton (baptized Dec. 16,
1770 in Ipswich).
FBANCIS HOLMES. His name was afterwards changed to
Francis Holmes. Lived in Boston. Married; had 4
children.
Child by second wife :
PEGGY, bp. Nov. 18, 1781, in Ipswich.
21 Lieut. Isaac Averill, born in Topsfield, June 2,
1740, was a carpenter and lived in Topsfield. In the inven-
tory of his estate were surveying instruments, buildings
and 160 ac. of land and a pew in the meeting house, $100.
Constable in 1771 ; selectman, 1778, 1779, 1790-1792,
1794, 1795. He was styled Lieut." in 1791. Soldier
in the Revolution, marching to Lexington. He married
Dec. 22, 1761, Priscilla Peabody ; and died June 23, 1816.
She died Feb. 4, 1815, ae. 71 years.
Children, born in Topsfield :
32 ELIJAH, b Dec. 21, 1762.
JOSEPH, b. Oct. 28, 1764; m. Dec. 24, 1801, Eunice, dau. John
and Anna Lamson. She d. Apr. 8, 1850 aged 77 years and
he d. Dec. 31, 1850. Inherited his father's "French gun."
Lived in Topsfield and was popularly known as " Neighbor
Joe."
ISAAC, b. Aug. 2, 1767; d. Sept. 20, 1800.*
33 MOSES, bapt. Oct. 1, 1769.
PHEBE, bapt. May 3, 1772; m. (pub. March 6, 1796), John Batch-
elder, jr., and d. Sept. 26, 1839.
34 LUKE, bapt. Nov. 21, 1779. " It being the first Child ye Revd
Mr Breck Bp. after his ordination." Church Rds.
*" DIED. At Topsfield, Sept. 20th, after a short illness. Isaac Averell, inn. A. M.
aged 33 Candidate for the Gospel Ministry. He had received a call for set-
tlement from the church and society in Brookfleld, South parish, and had given
them an affirmative answer. The 1st day of October next was assigned for his
ordination. His numerous acquaintance will long remember him as a man of
friendship, sobriety and virtue ; and by his death tbe people whose choice united
in him as their servant in the Lord are subjected to a very afflictive disappoint-
ment. 'Ofallacem homlnum spem, fragilemque fortunam.'" Salem Gazette,
Spt. 23, 1800.
(To be continued.)
SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
TOWN MEETINGS, VOLUME II.
1659-1680*
{Continued from Volume XL VIII, page
li s d
By y e half of disburstments : 20 : 00 : 04 20 : 00 : 04
paid to James Browne ^ ord r 20 s 01 : 00 : 00
paid Leu* putman for vfe of his bull 01 : 00 : 00
Carting : 3 load of wood to Tho Grenes
f ord r 00 : 09 : 00
more Paid the trefurer included in James
RuiTell's grand recipt da : 28 : 1 : 78 38 : 02 : 07
257 : 11 : 02
paid to Arth r Hufe for 77 02 : 05 : 09
paid Arth r Hufe for 78 002 : 00 : 00
4 bl Corne d d Buffingtons wife 00 : 12 : 00
P d M r Higginson Sen r at feuerall times
mone 12 : 00 : 10
an Eror in the miniflers rate it being
Charged more y n dis 03 : 16 : 00
Seuerall abatments as p r Acc w th his
owne rates 11 : 08 : 00
Jornys to boston & transportation of pay 03 : 00 : 00
292 : 13 : 09
payd Arthur Hewes p r a bill 3 : 1 : 78 002 : 00 : 00
Expences at y e Run linn line at his houfe 000 : 13 : 05
2 B Rye to John Mackerill 8 s 000 : 08 : 00
Copied from the original by Martha O. Howes.
(149)
150 SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
24 : 9 f> Cap* Price who Accepted of 9 U
Vpon y e towns Acc 009 : 00 : 00
24 : 9 $ m r John Higginson who Accepted
of 5 11 005 : 00 : 00
[249] 1676 Constable Henry Scerry is D r
li s d
18 th 2 : 1676 To : y e ministers rate w th y
ou r plus 073
13: 9 To: his proportion of y e ten great
payable to y e Country 380
To : y e ou'plus In s d rates payable to y e
Towne 038
To : his proportion of y e Six rates payable
to y e Contry 185
To : y* ou r plus In s d rates payable to y e
n owne 018
695
09:00
00: 00
04 : 00
00:00
12:00
05 : 00
*To Y^ of 41 poud r alowed y e towne in disburstmts it
belongs to Marston
31 : 10 : 1677 Henry : Scerry is Cred r
By : fifty & one pounds 7 s 6 d pd Mr
Higginson In money as ^ receipt appears li s d
w ch makes In oth r pay: 68 : 10 : 00
paid to the Country Tresurer as ^ his
receipt baring date : 2 July 1678 w ch
Recait he has in his hand 334 : 18 : 11
* disbursments paid on the Country
Acc as $ his resaites & an Acc on file
aperes 87 : 08 : 10
^ Seuerall abatments to Seuerall men as
p r Acc in y bagge 44 : 01 : 06
26 : 12 : 78
^ paid Jn Higginson upon y e Townes
Acc 01 : 00 : 00
^ paid Cap* Price upon y e Country Acc
for disb's on pore 05 : 07 : 00
$ paid to francos Skery for keps Sara Lam-
bort 75 05 : 00 : 00
Crossed out.
SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
151
abat wido: Glaz : Browne 20 s And
Woodbery 20* 02 : 00 : 00
one bill dated March 27 : 79 N 379
paid unto Maj. W m Hathorne 10 11 $
Trel r order 10 : 00 : 00
pd maj r Hathorne 10 U money
% trefur 8 ord r w th Adv r 13 : 06 : 08
23 : 06 : 08
all these Receip 18 in his owne hands Dated July 30 78
p d m r W m Browne Jun r for dif burftm ts
vpon y e poore
04 : 03 : 04
p d m r Jn Ruck for dif burftments man of
of warr Keatch 01 : 17 : 06
, p d m r John Ruck ^ y e Trefurers Bill
N 249 02 : 06 : 08
Dated 2 Aprill 79
m r Tymothy Lindell for difburst mt vpon
y* man of war 08 : 11 : 06
Cap* John Price for difburst mt vpon y e
man of war w ch is his ball of them di
burstments 3 : 00 : 06
Posted to the begining of the Booke
of Constables acc
a Res of the treasur signed *$ Sam 1 Sew-
all f order in Rate pay 9:15 8 :2 d :
& money 4 U 10 s : 00 Ad y 15 : 15 : 02
607 : 07 : 07
More p d by a bill of the treasures to maj r
W m Hathorne ll u in money with Ad-
vance
3 tropers viz m r W m Browne Jn Beckett
& w m Curtice
abated Rich r Harris 50 s
014 : 13 : 04
000 : 15 : 00
002 : 10 : 00
625 : 05 : 11
152 SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
11 : 1 : 1680/81
* George Corwin 3 U mony 20 s : p d
Sam 11 Gardner Jun r 04 : 10 : 00
Posted new Booke of acc 3 : 7 : 83 629 : 15 : 11
[250] 1676 : Constable : Abraham : Cole is D r
18 : 2 : To : his proportion of y e minist li s d
rate w th y e ou r plus 072 : 13 : 02
13 : 9 To : his proportion of y e 10 great
rates to y e Con 8 * 380 : 00 : 00
To y e ou r plus In s d Rates payable to y e
Towne : 074 : 08 : 00
To : his proportion of y e six rates payable
to y e Country 200 : 00 : 00
To : y e ou r plus In s d rates payable to y e
Towne : 022 : 08 : 00
li 749 : 09 : 02
To y e y^ of 41 pouder alowed to y e Towne
for disbursm* 8 1 : 11 : 00
To : Dauid fogs rate you being allowed it
& he paid it to you afterward 2 : 05 : 00
753 : 05 : 02
Cr d f his proportion of y e 40 U allowed f
the Gen u Court or Country 28 : 00 : 00
Cred r as Below 550 : 03 : 03
10 : 7 : 79 these 3 bills in y e gen r rec be-
low
18 : 10 : 79 more p r y e treafur 8 bill p d
Jn Butlock in money 5 11 Acc 33 s 4 d 000
$ y e treas" bill to Sarah Hathorne 000
in money 5 11 1-4 abated is 1-3 000
12 : 1 : 79-80 f, y e Treas r * Bill to prifcilla
Hun rate pay 40"
24 : 7 : 80 p d the treasur r since y e mort-
gage as p r his reseits 098
648
00
00
00
00
07
10
00
00
00
00
05
08
SALEM TOWN BBCORDS. 153
Jo Earthy vpon acc Estward poore 1 : 04 : 00
649 : 14 : 08
677 : 14 : 08
Aboues d Acc is Cred r
Posted to the Beginning of the Booke of Constables ac-
compts.
Y e Recip* Coale has
^ p d to Trefurer Hull as p r his recipt as
Rates run : 245 : 06 : 01
^ disbursm ts paid in the first Accs of Salem
disbues 90 : 07 : 03
f p d w m Swetland 18 s Dan 11 King 15 s Edm
Groue 14 s 02 : 07 : 00
All this is payments to the Country
f p d Simon Home & Abr. Coale 12 s Jo 8
Home 20 s 01 : 12 : 00
$ p d w m Boudish for disburst on men of
warr 06:07:06
^ p d Cap* Price for disburst on man of warr 11 : 07 : 00
$ p d Tim Lindall 16 s 8 d Jn williams 22 8
Sam 1 ! Gardner Jun r 3 s 02 : 01 : 08
^ p d Nat Silfby for disburst on Est pore 00 : 10 : 00
^ p d Abr Coale : 15 6 d 00 : 15 : 06
<g> p d Cap* Geo : Corwine for disburst on
man of warr 12 : 15 : 00
^ p d Edm Bridges 15 s m r Ruck 25 s Rob
Nowell 4 8 02 : 04 : 00
f p d Dan 11 Bacon 7 s 00 : 07 : 00
*$ p d Cap* Jn Corwine for disburst on East-
erne pore & the man of warr 11 : 16 : 06
*$ p d Cap* W m Browne for part disburst on
man warr 05 : 06 : 00
^> p d m r Edm Batter p* disburst on Esterne
pore 07 : 12 : 00
*$ p d Jn Pickering for disburst on Easterne
pore 00 : 16 : 00
f p d Doct r Weld for Curing Elenwoods
hand 02 : 10 : 00
154 SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
$ p d m r Jn Gidny 00 : 12 : 00
^ p d Jn Higginson Jun r in part disburst
on man warr 01 : 10 : 00
406 : 02 : 06
1* p d John : Hathorne Due to him for
Country disburftments for himselfe &
others belonging to him 15 : 00 : 00
p d to y e towne
p d to Benj felton 40 s p d m r Batter 02 : :
p d m r Jn Gidny 9 li 6 . 5 d m r Nor-
ice 3 U 0.0 12: 6 : 5
pd w m Dcmton ^ or( ier 01 : 15 :
p d Seuerall abatments as p r Acc
in y e bage 44 : 09 : 4 60 : 10 : 09
p d m r John Higginfon sen r as p r
Reseip* 6 : 6 m 79 51 : 07 : 06 481 : 13 : 03
p d y e adu vpon m r Higginsons
being money 17 : 02 : 6 68 : 10 : 00
481 : 13 : 03
68 : 10 : 00
550 : 03 : 03
[251] 1676 Constable Eliaz r Giles is D r
To : his proportion of y e minister rate w th " s d
y 6 ou r plus In s d rate 025 : 03 : 07
To y e ten great rates, his proportion pay-
able to y e Country is : two hund rd & forty
p d8 240 : 00 : 00
Y e ou r plus In s d rates payable to y e
Towne is 027 : 18 : 00
To : his proportion of y e six rates payable
to y e Country is : one hund rd twenty & five
p d8 125 : 00 : 00
To : y e ou r plus In s d rates payable to y e
Towne 012 : 16 : 08
li 430 : 18
SALEM TOWN RECORDS. 155
This whole Acc of Debt & Credt is posted 40 leaves
forward.
Ace" aboue is Cred r
13 : 12 : 1677 By : money and Wood p d
M r Higginson as ^ receip* giuen In 23 : 00 : 09
By : allowance upon wood : ord r ^ of y e
selectm n 00 : 10 : 00
By y e part of Disbursments p d to feuer 11 men
V Acc 53 : 04 : 10
By p d to the Tresure Hull as p r Recipt for
paym* of Seuerall debenters to fouilders
as mony 111 11 3 8 9 d w ch w th allowance
is the recipt he has in his hands 148 : 05 : 00
By abatments of Seuerall mens rates as p r
Acc 17 : 09 : 10
By 21 Tropers as p r List 05 : 05 : 00
By Hugh Jonas for wood & 1 days worke 00 : 07 : 00
By Elisha Keby for the vfe of his Bull 76 01 : 00 : 00
By abatment of all Jn Smiths rates for 76 01 : 13 : 00
By abatments to Jn Puttman 20 s Jn
Hucheson 18 s 01 : 18 : 00
By abatment to Jn fuller 18 s Jos. Huche-
son 15 s 01 : 13 : 00
By abatm* to Rich d Hucheson 8 s Nat put-
man 20 s 01 : 08 : 00
By Job Swinerton Sen r abated for this year 76 01 : 00 : 00
By abatments to Jn Vpton for 76 01 : 10 : 00
By : disbursm 18 upon Highwayes mend g a
pound & wood for the watch 1675 00 : 18 : 00
By Seuerall men for worke upon high wayes
as p r Acc 1675 00 : 15 : 00
10 : 2 mo 1677 By 30 Ind Corne p d by Rob*
Stone & W m Rufell to the Tresurer for
w ch S d Giles has y e Trefurers reciat 04 : 10 : 00
264 : 07 : 05
*$ paid to Cap* Jn Corwin w ch the full bal-
ance of all his disbursmts on Contry
man of warr & Eastrn pore alowed
6:1: 78/9 14 : 17 : 00
all thefe recipts are in Geoyls hands
156 SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
^ paid to Tim Lindall in part of disburs-
m ts man warr : 00
^ paid Rob* Stone for disburst upon man
of warr 02
^ paid to Cap* Price for part disbursm* 8 on
man of warr 16
*$ paid to Jn Higginson in part for dis-
bursm* on man warr : 04
the recipts he has in his hands
p d Jn Milk : 7 8 00
^ p d to w m Randoll ^ ord r from Tresurer
16
05
00
04
07
04
& his recipt 10
p d to Jona* Knights ^ ord r from trefurer
& his recipt in mony 11 s 5 d is* 00 : 10 :
00
00
00
00
06
302 : 16 :
[252] 1676/7 Att a Generall Towne meeting held
y e !2 th of March 1676/7 Choasen for Selectmen for y e
year Ensueing :
M r Edm: Batters : M r Barthol : Gedny
Cap* 4 Jn Curwin : Lieu* : Jn Pickring :
M r : W m Browne Jun r : John : Price :
M r Sam u Gardn r : Sen r
Chosen, for Constables for y e year Ensueing : Mr.
Joseph : Graf ton : Ref useth :
M r Jn Hawthorn \ is only to Collect y e rates &
& M r Sam 11 Gardn r Jun r \ pforme y e part of y e Consta-
) bles office fully
TSI 4-1, -n i3 AI x } are to pforme y e place & office of
JN atnamell : Beedle & f ^ , 1 1 T n T-.
Q Q u r> ji > Constables In all respects Except
OHiIIl J366C11G I Aii* f*
} y gathering of rates
Daniell : Andrews : Chosen : Constable :
Joseph : Huchison Chosen : Constable :
Simon : Horn & W m Frost : are Chosen Sealers of Leath-
er, for y e year Ensueing :
The Towne haue Agreed W th Francis Scerry to keep
Sarah : Lambart for y e year Ensueing, upon y e Same
tearms as formerly :
* || thefe 2 bills ware includd in 57H : 3s : 8d : 1QU: 4. 6* ||
SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
157
Jn Pickring & Stephen Hascott are Chosen and ap-
>ointed by y e towne : to take a Vew of y e Land Laid out
to M r Sam 11 Gardn r Sen r & alsoe a Small Pc 11 of Land, y*
was desired & requested ^ Jn Phelps & make returne of
y e Same att y e next Towne meeting
Jeremiah : Neal : his request is Left to y e Selectmen to
Auditt & giue acc tt thereof to y e towne
Its Voated y* y e Selectmen have power, to Lay out a
Conueniant place for digging of Clay : for y e Townes Vse
Voated y* Jonothan : Pickring & Jn Bligh their request
is Left to y e Selectmen to Consider & make returne of y e
Same to y e Towne
Its Left to y e Selectmen to treat w th Some Suteable
person for to keep a gramer School : & make returne to
y e towne, y e person whome
jrforme y e Same.
& upon w* tearmes hee will
16 th March
Mr Edm Batters :
Cap tn Jno Curwin :
M r W m Browne Junr
[253] Att a meeting of y e Selectmen y*
1676/7 Being p r sant : as ^ margent :
Jn Price is Choasen to keep ye
towne book for y e year Ensueing:
Chosen for Suruayers of y e seuerall
Mr Samii Gardur senr fences belonging to y e towne : as f ol-
Mr Barthol : Gedny loweth : V s
Jno p r i ce ' For y e north feild : Sam 11 Gardn r
sen r & Jeremi h r Neal :
For y e south feild : Jn Horn Jun r : Caleb Buff m Jos :
Prince
For y e fences from Trasks : all w th out y e north neck :
Tho : Bobbins & Jn Simpson :
For y e towne : from y e bridge to y e Lower End of y e
towne : Joseph Horn : & Jn Massy : & Its ord rd y* all
fences bee made up by y e 25 th March 77,
Its Agreed by y e Selectmen, y* a towne meeting bee
Warned, upon y e next Lecture day, to bee upon y e fryday
following, to Consider of w* y e Selectmen haue done In
ord r to a gramer schoole & for all men y* haue disburst
anything for y e towne to bring In their acc tta y* Soe a
towne rate may bee raised to defray y e Same : & w* Elfs
may fall In
158 SALEM TOWN RECOBDS.
The Selectmen haue Agreed y* y e place on hith r side of
y e gully on the Entry of y e neck att y e Lower end of y e
towne, is a Conueniant place for digging of Clay for y e
townes Vse :
Att a meeting of y e Selectmen : 18 th March : 1676/7
Being p r sant as <$ margent
Voated by y e Selectmen, y* Cap tn
Mr Ed m Batters Nicholas Maning shall bee arested to
Mr Sim*** ?* next Count y Court held att Ipswich
Mr Barthi Gedny y e Last tuseday of this Instant for y e
Jno Price forfiture of his bond made to y e Se-
lectmen y e 28 th March 1674 & M r
Sam 11 Gardn r sen r is appointed & Impowred to prosecute
y e same In behalf of y e towne according to Law :
Chosen for Surueayo 18 of y e high way es for y e year En-
sueing : M r Nehemiah : willoughby & Joshua : Buffum :
The Selectmen haue agreed y* y e other Side of y e Gully,
on y e hith r part of y e neck, is a Conueniant place, for Jn
Bligh to make bricks In
Jonothan Pickring his pe||ti||tion being Considered :
The Selectmen, takeing notice of a form r graunt, for such
a place, Leaue itt to y e towne, wheith r they will graunt
furth r
[254] 18 : 1 : 1676/7 Leif tn Neale his Land being
Vewed by y e Selectmen w ch was In Exchange for a pc 11 of
Land belonging to y" towne, They doe Conceiue, y* hee
hath all reddy res d Satisfaction for y e same :
The Selectmen haueing treated w th M r Dani 11 Epps for
a gramer Schoole master, hee Exprefsed himself Verry
willing to officiate In s d place, prouided hee may haue
Suteable maintainance :
Att a Generall towne meeting held y e 23 rd March :
1676/7 Voated y* y* Selectmen shall receiue all acc tt8 of
disburstments for y e towne, & make returne thereof to y e
towne :
Voated : y 1 M r W m Browne Jun r is desired, to pay unto
M r Jn Higginson Sen r one hund rd pounds and forty Cord
of Wood, for y c year Ensueing, according to a former
agreement of y e towne & In Consideration thereof, hee
SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
159
shall receiue from y e towne, according as was agreed, w th
respect to M r W m Browne & Cap* George Curwin In y*
Same Case
Jn Bligh his request graunted for one year :
Voated y* y e place on this Side y e Gully, on y e hither
part of y e neck, Vewed by y e Selectmen, shall bee for y e
townes Vse to digg Clay hereby prohibiting all other
places In S d neck
Voated y* Jonothan : Pickring, hath graunted to him
a Conueniant p cl1 of Land about Hardies Coue, for him-
self & heires forever, to build Vefsells upon and y e Select-
men are appointed & Impowred to Lay out y e Same, &
this to bee full Satisfaction for y e p r judice done him, by
Stoping up y e riuer w th y e Milldam. But In Case y e aboue-
s d place, proues not soe Conueniant for his Vse as hee Ex-
pects, Its Left to y e Selectmen to Vew Some other place
& make returne thereof to y e towne.
Voated : y* Jn Pickring Steph n Hascott & Ed w Flint
or any two of them, shall Vew & Settle y e fence, for y e
noarth field, att y e brook neer W m Robinsons houfe
[255] 23 : 1 : 1676-7. Its alsoe Voated y* y e psons
before mentioned, Shall Lay out unto M r Sam 11 Gardn r sr
y e afores d pc 11 of Land, taken In att y e Corner of y e N
field by y e brooke neer ,w m Robinsons house, Con ts about
one qurt r of an Acre, w ch y c s d Gardn r is to receiue In
Lew of one Acre of Land, In p* of payment of ten Achors
formerly graunted him.
Att a meeting of y e Selectmen : 30 th March 1677 Being
p r sant as ^ margent
Mr Ed m Battrs Choasen for a Sealer of Weights &
Cap tn Jno Curwin measures for y e year Ensueing : M r
Barthol Gedny
L* Jn Pickring
Jn Price
is paid to
James Browne
in mony
ye 13 : 10 : 78
for ye yere 77
r h ,
Constable Sam 11 Beedle being p r sant
whoe is appoint d to giue him notice
thereof.
The Selectmen haue Agreed w th Tho :
Roots y* hee shall pay ten shillings In
mony for y e year Ensueing for y e Vse
of y e Lane, y* hee hath Inclosed be-
longing to y e towne
160 SALEM TOWN KECOKDS.
Selectmen haueing res d Seuerall Complaints, of Intol-
erable damage, done by Swine, In this towne, notwith-
standing all form r ord rs made to p r uent y e Same, doe there-
fore ord r y* all swine y* goe on y e towne Comon, shall bee
sufficiently yoaked & Ringed, by y e 8 th of Aprill next, on
y e penallty of twelue pence <j$> day for Euery || such ||
defect : & y* all or any Such Swine, as shall from y e time
aboue mentioned, be found In any mans garden or In-
close 1 " not ringed & yoaked as afores d Shall bee forfeited,
one half to y e poore of y e towne, y e other half to y e psons
appointed to Execute these ord rs & to y* End haue Choasen
& Impowred Jacob : Pudeato r & Rich rd Maber fully to Ex-
ecute y e Same, V s To take up all Swine y* from time to
time they Shall finde, Vnyoaked & unringed, either on y e
towne Commons or In any mans garden or Inclose 1 " re-
quireing Satisfaction according to y e aboues d ord r & In
Case they shall att anytime receiue Information from any
oth r psons of Swine Soe trefpafsing, they shall forthw th re-
paire to s d place & Execute their office.
The bounds of y e Land Laid out to Jn Bligh to make
bricks In, for one year, is as followeth v s twelue yds deep
from y e Gully & about thirty v ds Long bounded att Each
Corn r w th a Rock.
The Land Laid out, for y e Vse of y e towne, to digg
Clay, Butts againft Blighs & is bounded w th y e S th E st
Rock of his, & all y Lower End w th a Small Rock below
y e Bank
[256] Att a meeting of y e Selectmen y e 3 rd of Aprill
1677 Being p r sant as <(> margent.
Its agreed by y e Selectmen, y* a towne
Mr Batt" meeting shall bee warned, y e next
Cap tn Curwin Lecture day, to bee upon y e Saturday
Mr s ^1^ following y e 7 th of this Instant, att ten
Jn Pickring of y e Clock In y e morning To raise a
Jno^price towne rate, to defray Such Charges as
are disburst for a y e towne, & alsoe to
give M r Epps a Call for a grammer Schoolemast r & for y e
towne to prouide a Cow keep 1 & c tr
Att a Generall Towne meeting held y e 7 th Aprill 1677
SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
161
mr Epes
his Call
ordr for
letting out
of land
Voated by y e towne l y* M r Daniel Epps :
Is Called to bee a gramer schoole master,
for y e towne, Soe Long as hee shall Contin-
ue & pf orme y e S d place In y e towne, pro-
uided hee may haue w* shall bee anually allowed him not
by a towne rate, Butt In Some oth r Suteable way.
Goodma" : Scinn er is Choasen kow keep er for y e year
Ensueing
Voated y* y e Selectmen, haue y e Same power, to trans-
act y e affaires of y e Towne as they had y e Last year
Voated. y* y e Islands belonging to y Towne
or any other places y* shall bee found Con-
ueniant, By y e Selectmen, Shall bee Lett out
to hire, as they Can Agree, to bee Improued
for y e Townes Vse, for y e Maintenance of a
Schoolemast er &c tr
The psons formerly Choasen for y e finding out any Land
belonging to y e Towne, taken In by any psons are now de-
sired & appointed & Impowered thoroughly to prosecute
& finish y e Same
Voated y* Manafses Marston shall haue y* pc 11 of Land,
y* was Vewed <j$> Jn Pickring & Stephen Hascott, form-
erly requested by Jn Phelps nott Exceeding forty acres,
hee paying to y e townes Vse fiue shillings ^ Acre.
Manaseth Marston has paid for aboue Said Land as fol-
ow es
9 : 5 : 78
f> 1000 Clabords fory e towne houfe 04 : 00 : 00
$> paid by Jn Higginson to Jn Skiling 4 11
7 : 6 d 5 lb nayles 5 s : 10 d & halfe y e lay-
ing out of y e land : 6 s 8 d 05 : 00 : 00
$ S d Marston for halfe lay out of y 6 land
if the Towne will allow of it 00 : 06 : 08
Balance of Const 1 Marstons Const" Acc 00 : 13 : 04
10 : 00 : 00
[257] Att a meeting of ye Selectmen y e II 1
1677 Being p r sant as $ margent
April!
162 SALEM TOWN KECORDS.
Agreed w th Walter Scinn er to keep
?* C WeS Or Cattle f r ihis ^ar, whoe
Mr wm Browne is to begin y e 16 : Aprill 1677 & to
Mr Samii Gardner End y e 29 th octob r & In Case need re-
^pfckring ( l uire S . ha11 P rouid e a Sufficient Lad to
Jno Price ' affist him in y e Same, In Consideration
whereof hee is to bee allowed three
shillings & Six pence ^ head one third there of In money
or butt er y e other two thirds In goods & prouisions, from
y e owners of Such Cowes or Cattle as hee keeps, & hee
shall furth er take Seasonable & Speedy Care, y t Such
Cowes or Cattle y* are or shall bee att any time Lost, to
Look them up & bring them home
y e marke of
Walt er V. Scinn er
Att a meeting of y* Selectmen 4 th May 1677 Being
p r sant as ^ margent
Jn Bullock is Chosen appointed &
Ca'p^CuTwm Impowred to Execute all y e Laws &
Mr w m Browne orders made about horses & hee to
Mr Samji Gardr h aue b a if y e fines y t y e Law - allowes,
M^Barth G! dny Y* other half to bee p d to y e Selectmen
for y e townes Vse.
Agreed w th W m Lord to ring y e bell & Sweep y e meet-
ing house, y e year Ensueing, for w ch hee is to haue Seauen
pounds, & to be freed from rates
Agreed w th Lef* Pickring to pay him twenty shillings
for y e Vse of his bull y e year Ensueing
Att a meeting of y e Selectmen y e 9 th May 1677 Being
p r sant as <P margent.
Whereas there hath been Seuerall
Mr Batters Complaints of Seuerall psons y* doe
Mr w m Browne profane y e Sabbath, by Vnsesonable
MrB a Gedl a y rdar walking abroad, Euen att y e time of
Jno Pickring publique Exercise & c tr : The Select-
Jno Price men h aue agreed Each of them, to
take their turns w th y e Constables to
walk abroad on y e Lords day, both forenoon & af ternoone,
morning & Euening, to redrefs Such miscarriages as they
shall att any time meet w th all
SALEM TOWN RECORDS. 163
[258] 9 th May 1677 The Selectmen have ord rd &
appointed, y e Constables, to Shett y e three great doores
of y e meeting house, before y e publique Exercise bee
Ended, and not to Suffer any psons to goe forth till y e
whole Seruice bee finished : & y e Constables are to haue
warrants giuen them to prosecute this ord r
Lef* Jn Pickring is appointed & desired by y e Select-
men to take Care to mend y e wayes about y e meeting
house :
Att a Towne meeting 2 nd June 1677 Chosen for Jury
of Trialls for y e next Court :
M r Henry : Bartholmew Cap tn W m Hawthorn
Nath : Puttnam Stephen : Hascott
Israeli : Porter : Jn Cromwell
Jn Trask :
Att a meeting of y e Selectmen y e 11 th June 1677
Being p r sant as <$ margent :
The Selectmen doe ord r y* a Towne
M* Batters meeting bee Warned upon y e next
Cap* Curwin Lecture day, to bee upon y e Saturday
M'wm Browne ^ following || att 9 of ye Clock || To
Mrl*Gedny r * raise a towne rate, to defray Such
J no Pickring Charges as are disburst upon y e
Jno Price Towne, & alsoe to giue notice, to all
psons that haue disburst any thing
upon y e fortification, to bring In their acc tts to y e Com-
mitty of millitia : y e next thirsday att eight of y e Clock,
Att M r Gednies house, y* Soe y e Same may bee Com-
pleated, to bring In to y e Towne rate on Saturday follow,
ing ; & y* y e Towne may Consider Something, about ye
disposall of Some strips of Land found among y e farmes ;
& alsoe w* Is necefsary to bee done about y e Land on
Ryall Side, recouered from y 6 Town Last Ipswich Court
& for y e Towne to Consider wheither itt may nott bee
Conueniant to remoue y e Towne house, & alsoe y* y*
Towne may bee Enfonned how far y e Selectmen haue
acted In ord r to Settling y e Schoolemasters maintainance.
[259] 11 th 4 : 1677 Its ord rd by y e Selectmen y*
warrants bee giuen to y e seuerall Constables to warne
164 SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
y e Seuerall psons Choasen In their seuerall wards, to
haue Inspection to those familes appointed them accord-
ing to Law, & to attend y e next County Court, y e Last
thirsday of this Instant month to receiue their ord rs as
aboues d : y e psons Chosen are as followeth v s
L* Tho : Puttnam W m Dounton
Nathan 11 Puttnam Dauid Phipeny
Serg* Fuller M r Tim : Lendoll
Serg" Felton M r W m Sweetland
Good m Goulthite Jn Williams
Tho West Francis Scerry
Jn Tompkins sen 1 M r Keaser
Tho : Gould Jn Ing son Sen r
Ed w Flint Cristopher Babidg
Henry west Tho : Roots
M r white M r Joseph : Graf ton
Jn Marston Jun r Rob rt Follett
Tho : Rix
Att a towne meeting held: 16 : June 1677 Voated y*
y e disburstments upon y e Seuerall fortifications giuen In
to y e Comitty of militia amounting to about two hund rd
& fifty four pounds Shall bee pd by a towne rate : for w ch
End itt was further Voated y* a towne rate Should bee
raised amounting to about four hund rd & fifty fou r pounds
to defray y e aboues d Charges as alsoe other disburstments
of w ch ace" was then giuen In
Voated y* those strips of Land y* are or shall bee found
by y e psons form r ly appointed, belonging to y e towne,
taken In by any pson, or y* Lyes between any of o r
farmes, is Left wholy to y e disposall of y e aboues d psons
for y e townes Vse
Voated y* y e selectmen are fully Impowred to prosecute
an action of renew, w th respect to y e Land recou rd Last
Ipswich Court, by M r Epps from y e town or otherwise to
Agree & fully finish y e Same In behalf of ye towne
Voated y* y e towne house shall bee remoued Into y e
street neer about Jn Roapes his house
[260] 14 th July 1677 Constable Jn Hawthorn is D r
To y e ministers rate w th y e ou r plus Seauenty li s d
Six pounds eight shillings 76 : 08 : 00
SALEM TOWN RBCOKDS. 165
31 : August : 77 To : his proportion of y e
Six rates payable to y e Country : 197 : 00 : 00
To : y e ou r plus In s d rates payable to y e
Towne 022 : 18 : 06
7 : Sept : 77 : To his proportion of y e
Towne rate 169 : 14 : 00
17 : 10 th 77 : To : his proportion of y e
three rates payable to y e Country : 79 : 00 : 00
To : ye ou r plus In s: d rates payable to Town 27 : 15 : 00
U 572 : 15 : 06
Posted 8 leaues forward
14 th July 77 Constable : Sam 11 Gardn r is D r
To : y e ministers rate w th y e ou r plus eighty li s d
four pounds nine shillings & 6 d 84 : 09 : 06
31 August : 1677 To his proportion of y e
six rates payable to y e Country : one
hundr d seauenty & nine pou da 179 : 00 : 00
To y e ou r plus In s d rates payable to y e
Towne : twenty one pounds twelue
shillings : 6 d 021 : 12 : 06
17 th Decemb r 1677 : To : his proportion of
y e three rates payable to y e Country 059 : 09 : 00
To y e ou r plus In s d rates payable to y e
Towne 021 : 18 : 06
7 Sep* : 1677 To : his proportion of y e
Towne rate 141 : 15 : 00
U 508 : 04 : 06
Posted 8 leaues forward
14 th July 1677 Constables : Daniell An-
drewes & Joseph : Huchison Are D r
For y e ministers rate w th y e ou r plus y e li s d
sum of thirty one pounds one shilling 9 d 31 : 01 : 09
31 : August 1677 To their proportion of
y e six rates payable to y e Country :
one hund rd thirty & four pounds 134 : 00 : 00
To : y e ou r plus In s d rates payable to y e
Towne : is twenty pounds Eleauen
shillings 020 : 11 : 00
166 SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
IT : 10 : 1677 To their proportion of y e three
rates payable to y e Country : 057 : 10 :
To y e ow r plus In s d : rates, payable to Town 019 : 05 :
7 : Sep 4 1677 To : their proportion of y e
Towne rate 118 : 14 :
057 : 10 : 00
6
00
381 : 02 : 08
Posted 15 leaues forward.
[261] Att a meeting of y 6 Selectmen : 21 : August
Mr Edm B tt 1677 : Bein S prsant : J ts agreed by y e Se-
Mr w m Browne lectmen y* a towne meeting bee warned,
Mr Samii Gardnr upon y e next Lecture day, to bee upon
Lt f Jnopickri d n ny Saturda y following, att nine of y e Clock,
Jn Price for y e Chuseing of an Eighth man or Com-
ifsioner, and Grand jury men, & alsoe
to warne, all y e Inhabitants of y e towne to bring In an
ace" of their Estates to y e Selectmen, att M r Gednies
houfe y e next munday In y e afternoone : and to warne y e
freemen to meet upon Saturday, as Soone as y 6 towne
meeting shall bee Ended, to Consid r of an ord r from y 6
generall Court, for y e Chuseing of Comiflioners.
Att a towne meeting : y e 25 th 6 : 1677 :
Jn Puttnam Chosen for y e 8 th man, or Comifsioner, to
Joyne w th y e Selectmen to make y e Country rate.
Chosen for y e Grandjury for y e year Ensuing.
L* Tho. Puttnam Jeremiah Meach Sen r
M r George Keazer Job Swinerton Jun r
Jn Mafsy Joseph Porter
Anthony Buxton James Simonds
8 th Sept 1677 Sam 11 Phippeny his wife is appointed to
sett In y e Southermost of y e woemens pewes In y e westt
gallery of y e meetinghouse :
Selectmen haue Agreed w th Daniell Andrews to build
y e Chimnies & to fill & Larth y e walls of y e Towne house
alsoe to und r pin y e Same In Consideration of w ch hee is
to have y e Sum of :
Agreed w th Jii Scelling to finish y e Towne houfe : V to
Shingle Claboard, floares, windows Stares & all other things
needful! w th respect to Carpenters worke as is more Larg-
ly Exprefsed In y e Agreement. In Consideration of w ch
SALEM TOWN RECORDS. 167
hee is to haue twenty pounds, one third mony two thirds
In goods & prouisions
[262] Att a meeting of y e Selectmen 28 th 4 mo 1677
Being p r sant as ^ margent. Agreed w th M r Daniell :
Epps In behalf of y e towne, to pf orme y e
Capt a jnCurwin P lace of a Gramm 1 Schoolemaster to y c
Mr w m Browne Jnrtowne Soe Long as itt shall please God to
SS&SSC, fraunt him Life health and ability, To
Jn Price Learn & Instruct all Such Schollers as
shall bee Sent to him, from any person or
psons In y e towne, In y e English, Latten & Greek tongue
Soe as to fitt them for y e Vniuersity, If desired & they are
Capeable : alsoe to Vse his best Endeaue r to teach them
good manors, & Instruct them In y e principles of Christian
religion In Consideration of y e p r mises, hee y e s d Epps shall
receiue from Euery pson, y* Sends his Child or Children
to Schoole, y e Sum of twenty shillings In money ^> year
for Each Childe & w* y* falls Short of Sixty pounds f>
anum In money, y e Selectmen Ingage y e towne shall make
up : & In Case hee shall haue more Schollers, then to make
up y e aboues d Sum of Sixty pounds, shall take y e same to
himself, as alsoe y e benefitt, of all such as shall bee sent
from other townes, hee shall alsoe haue y e priuilidge, of
Comonidge as formerly to all Inhabitants admitted, & bee
freed from all rates, Trayning watchings, & wardings, as
hath been Customary for those of y e Like occupation : In
wittness thereunto y e s d Epps hath sett his hand
Daniel Epps Jun r
Att a meeting of y e Selectmen : y e 8 th 7 : 77 : being
p r sant : 8 th Sept 1677 The Selectmen obserueing y e great
neglect y* hath been of a towne ord r
Mr Battrs form r ly made, oblidging Euery Inhabi-
Capt Jn Curwin ITT 11* i
Mr W m Browne Jnr tant to gett a suteable Ladder for his
Mr Samii Gardnr house, & Considering y e great damage
LtJ B no G F, d ck y rin ff ?* ^ Acrew to ?* towne for want
Jn<> Price thereof : doe further ord r y* Euery house
houlder or Inhabitant, forthwith take
Care to prouide themselues w th a good Sufficient Ladder
for each house by y e tenth of octob r next, upon penallty
of ten shillings for defect thereof
168 SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
M r Barthol Gedny is desired & appointed to gett a
hatch made for y e meeting house
L* Jno. Pickring is desired and appointed, to mend y e
ways & fill up y e Gullies about y e meeting house, as hee
Judge need ful
[263] Att a meeting of y e Selectmen y e 6 th Sept 1677
Being p r sant as *$> margent Know all men
Cap* Jn Corwin V these p r sants : That whereas there hath
Mr w m Browne a Controuersy arisen between M r Danie 11
Mr Ba?thi?Ge d d n n r E PP S senr atturn y to M " Elizabeth New-
Jn Price maa widow of M r Antipas Newman Late
deceased, relating to a tract of Land form-
erly graunted to Jn Winthrop Esqui r on Royall Side att
y e salt house point : y e original graunt on y e towne booke
being butt Sixteen Acres & noe other graunt of more att
y e place appearing upon record : yett notwithstanding y e
s d Epps haueing produced Euidence of a greater tract Laid
out by one of y e Layersout of Land, y* was then appointed
by y e towne attesting to certaine bounds, & thereupon y e
s d Atturny to M Newman afores d molested att Law one
Abraham : Read, whoe was actually pofsest of a small tract
of Land about four acres more or Lefs, & had built upon
y e s d Land & Improued itt seuerall years, w ch Land was
formerly graunted by y e Towne to Henry Scerry sen r &
Judged to bee y e Townes Just right soe to doe : Butt y e
s d Land of Abraham : Reads, falling w th in these bounds y*
y e s d Attornies Euidences swore to of y e first Laying out
to y e s d Winthrop Esqui r afores d : The s d Attorny recou rd
an action against y e s d Read, to y e dispofefsing of him out
of y e ,s d pofefsion from w ch an unauoidable Controuersy
doth arise between y e s d Attorny & this towne, & y e Towne
haueing fully Impowred y e selectmen to act In y e Case by
Agreeing w th y e s d Attorney or otherwise : It is therefore
mutually Agreed betweene y e s d Epps Attorny as afores d
& y e selectmen of Salem as a full & finall Ifsue of all Con-
trouersy between y e s d M rs Newman & y e Towne of Salem
relating to y e p r mises : y* there shall bee Laid out unto y
s d M r Epps for y e Vse of y e s d M rs Newman forty & four
Acres of Land Including y e Sixteen Acres wee finde
graunted to y e s d winthrop as part thereof : And y e s d Epps
SALEM TOWN EECOBDS. 169
Attorny as afores d doth hereby quitt & release all Claime
or p r tence to y e Land before mentioned pofefsed by Abra-
ham Read, & doth Engadge In y e behalf of M rs Newman
her heires, Executo rs administrators or afsignes y* y e s d
Read, shall nott bee molefted In y e Injoyment of y e s d Land
by any pson by from or und r y e s d Newman & c tr and y e
Selectmen doe hereby Ingage to Lay out y e forty & four
acres of Land af ores d Conueniantly relating to y e forme of
itt for fenceing : & this to bee a full & finall Ishue of all
differances relating to Each pty aboue mentioned, y e s d
Epps Atturny afores d accepting y e s d forty & four acres as
full satiffaction relating to his Claime of Land In y e place
afores d : as Witness his hand y e day & year aboues d :
Daniell Epps Sen
[264] Att a meeting of freemen : y e y e 10 th octob r 1677
Voated y 11 butt one deputy shall bee Chosen, to Serue atty e
generall Court, y e remainder of this year : & Jn Puttnam is
Choasen to Serue as aboues d till y e next Court of Election.
5:9: 1677 This bill bindeth vs : Daniel Welds & Jere-
miah : Neale to pay or Caus to bee pd unto y e selectmen
I or || ord r y e summe of four pounds for y e vse of y e Towne
as y e Towne rates are pd att or before y e fift of January
next ensueing : v s Doctor Welds y e sum of ten shillings &
Jeremiah Neale y e summe of three pounds and ten shil-
lings, for y e true pformance whereof : wee y e aboues d
psons, oblidge o r selues, Executo rs administrators or afsig-
nes according to o r proportion aboue mentioned, firmly by
these p r sants
Danil Weld
Jeremiah Neale
Selectmen prsant Ca P tn Nicholas Maning is D r
Cap* Jno Curwine To : balls of acc tt as Constable for y e
Mr W m Browne Junr
Mr Samli Gardnr
Jn<> Price Agreed by y e Selectmen as a finall
Ifsue
y e summe of Six pounds & ten shillings 06 : 10 : 00
Cred r f 1 p r of screws 2 : 10 : 00
f. Docto r Welds 00 : 10 : 00
p d $ Cap* price 24 : 9 :
79 Jeremiah Neale 03 : 10 : 00 06 : 10 : 00
170 SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
Alt a meeting of y e selectmen 30 th octob r 1677
Being p r sant as $ mergent :
Mr Batters Agreed by y e selectmen y* a towne
M r B^edn tdnr meeting bee warn d y e next Lecture
I/ j n p 6 ickJing da J to bee upon y e next fryday Come
Jno Price sen [n*] att ten of y e Clock, to Chuse
Jurymen for y e next County Court, y e Last tuseday of
nouemb r and w* elfe may fall In Alsoe y fc y e freemen shall
meet about two of y e Clock y e same day to Chuse Com-
mifsioners according to a gener 1 Court graunt.
Tho: Roze is abated: 15 s of his Last years rate Settled
& pd M r Batt rs acc u of eighteen pounds : 2 : 4 d : accepted
Sam 11 Phippeny allowed for spundge staues : 6 s : Dauid
Fogg his rates are abated for this year, and w* is Short
pd for y e Last year.
[265] Att A meeting of y e Selectmen y e : 5 th 9 th 1677
Being p r sant as $ Margent :
Mr Ed m Battrs Its : Agreed by y e Selectmen, y* y*
Cap* Jn Curwine watc h bee foarthwith discharged : And
Mr w m Browne . ,-, r T r -J-JP .L j 4.
Mr Sam" Gardnr Arth r Huges is desired & appointed to
Jno Price || bee || bell man for y e Towne as Last
year, In Consideration of w ch hee shall haue twelue pence
^ night soe Long as hee shall Continue to pforme as
aboues w ch shall bee Vntill y e Selectmen shall giue furth r
ord r hee begun 7 th 11 : 1677
M r Daniell Epps his wife is appointed to Sett In y e
westermost fore pew In y e meeting house :
Att a meeting of y e Towne 9 th Nouemb r 1677
Chosen for Jury of Trialls y e next County Court
L* Jn Higginson Ed w Woolens
L* Jeremiah Neale Jn Norman
M r Lendoll Francis Nurfs
Ed w Flint
L* Puttnam, refuseing to serue as one of y e Grandjury.
It was Voated by y e Towne y* hee should be released
Voated, y* there shall bee a Constant Contribution for
y e poore Euery Lords day, w ch shall bee Comitted Into y e
hands of y e Deacons, & by them decliu ed to y e Selectmen
or their ord r for y e releife of y e poore :
SALEM TOWN RECORDS. 171
Voated y* those psons form r ly appointed to Vew y e
strips of Land about y e farms shall take a Vew of y e high-
way Laid out through Jacob Barnies Land, & make him
Just satisfaction, for y e Same out of some of y e Townes
Common neer adjacent
Att a meeting of y e freemen : 9 th Nouemb r 1677
Chosen for Comifsioners for y e year Ensueing
M r w m Browne sen r
M r E dm Batters
M r Barthol : Gedny
[266] Att a meeting of y e selectmen 25 th 10 th 1677
Being p r sant as ^ margent :
Mr Edm Batters :
Cap* Jno Curwin Ace** of disburstments upon y e
"' SKX E Towne : br u S^ In ? seuerall psons
Mr Barthol : Gedny & accepted : as followeth V s
Jno Price
To : acc tt giuen In $ Richard Croad & " * d
Jeremiah Neal : ou r seer of y e highwayes 06:17: 00
To : ace" of highwayes ^ M r Jn Hawthorne
& Willoughby : 08 : 00 : 00
p d by Const 1 " Hathorne To : Jn Roapes l d
worke upo : y e guns 00 : 05 : 00
p d by constab 1 Hathorne Jn Norman, for
timb r & plank 00 : 09 : 08
p d by const 1 Hathorne Sam 11 Beedle for y e
great guns 00 : 09 : 00
p d by const r Hathorne Mathew : Woodwell
upon y e great guns 00 : 10 : 00
Joshua :Ray, for a Woolfe killing 01 : 10 : 00
p d V bill : to Sam 11 Gardn r Francis Scerry
for Sarah : Lambart 05 : 00 : 00
p d f, M r Browne 1676 W m Lord for bell
ringing : 08 : 00 : 00
for wch hee hath a bill upon Samll Gardnr w th his owne
M r W m Browne Jun r f> ace" 00 : 06 : 08
Pd p bill to ye Constables 12H 16 : 7d pd p Const Hathorne
M r Batters, as appeares upon Towne booke,
w th other disburstments since 26 : 16 : 07
Pd p bills to W m Lakes and Constable Gardnr
172 SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
Jn Price, as appeares upon Towne Booke
w th other disburstments since 14 : 08 : 02
Pd p bill to Cons tr Hathorn
L* J n Pickrin for y c Vse of a bull one year,
plank & c tr as f ace" 05 : 10 : 02
pd p Flint : 8'i: 1:9 40li pd p bills to Cons tHawthorn & Gardnr giuen
him a bill to Cliford in full for 14H 17s 7d 14 : 17 : 7
Cap* George Cor wine ^ balls of all acc tts
to this day made up 63 : 02 : 04
Pd p bill to Const Samll Gardnr
Cap* Jn Corwine, to pay y e bell man 40 s w th
other disburstments as ^ ace** 06 : 04 : 00
pd p bill to Jn<> Pease 1673 & w* hee is Dr upon balls when Con-
stable
Jn Marston Jun r for work upon y e Cutt 01 : 00 : 00
Tho : Fuller, for killing a Woolfe 01 : 10 : 00
P d by const 1 Hathorne Widdow : Roapes : 04 : 07 : 00
P d by const 1 Hathorne Tho: Cromwell for
house rent 01 : 06 : 00
Pd by bill Job Swinerton 12 : 11 : 79 1677
Jn Puttnam for his deputyship 02 : 10 : 00
P d $ bill to Cons* Gardn r Sam 11 Phippeny for
spundg staues 00 : 06 : 00
P d f bill to Cons* Hawthore M r Barthol :
Gedny as f> ace** 12 : 00 : 08
Sam 11 Buxton for worke 01 : 03 : 00
P d f bill to Sam 11 Gardn* M r Sam u Gardn r
sen r as ty ace" 03 : 11 : 00
P d $ bill to Cons* Hathorn M r Jn Gedny
sen r : as f ace** 09 : 05 : 04
P d ^ bill to Cons* Gardn r Jacob Pudeato 1 for
Iron worke 01 : 00 : 00
P d out of the rates in his Acc M r Jn Haw-
thorne pd Lord for 1677 07 : 00 : 00
P d V bill to Cons* Gardn r Good m Potter 00 : 07 : 00
P d y bill to Cons* Hathorn Jn Cooke 01 : 07 : 06
P d f bill to Sam 11 Gardn* M r W m Browne
Jun r for a bell 01 : 00 : 00
(To be continued.)
3-IUC, /*?>
PLAN OF NORTH SALEM IN THE YEAR 1700. Nc
NORTHFIELDS, SALEM, IN 1700. NO. 1.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY.
THIS is the first of a series of articles on Northfields,
in Salem, before 1700. This portion of the lands of
Salem was held in common by the proprietors of these
fields, as were the lands of the proprietors of the South-
fields. There are no records of the proprietors of the
Northfields known to the writer as being in existence.
The lands were divided very early, with the exception of
some insignificant portions.
The way by land to the Northfields from Salem town
was up Essex and Boston streets, and Main street in what
is now Peabody, to the street running over the North
river between what is now the Peabody Institute and the
Universalist church, or to Peabody square, and then
crossing the river on what is now Central street. In the
early days boats were used to cross the river all along its
course. A proposal was made, in 1696, to build a bridge
across North river, but the town voted to defer the mat-
ter. A ferry was established by a Mr. Symonds where
North street now crosses the river, between what was
then Symonds' and Orne's points, about 1700. James
Lindall and other proprietors of Northfields petitioned
the town, May 17, 1742, for leave to build a bridge at the
place where the ferry was conducted, and the request was
granted June 14th.
Joseph B. Felt, in his Annals of Salem, wrote as fol-
lows:* "The bridge, so permitted, was to be at least
eighteen feet wide, and its draw eighteen feet long. It
was required to be kept in good order by the proprietors,
or else forfeited to the town. Our inhabitants were to
have free passage over and under it, and their vessels to
Annals of Salem, by Joseph B. Felt, volume I, page 306.
(173)
174 NOBTHFIELDS, SALEM, IN 1700. NO. 1.
lay at the bridge and land goods without any expense. It
was finished prior to March 12, 1744, though two years
were granted for its completion. It was afterwards styled
The great bridge.' The entire length of the causeway
and bridge was eight hundred and sixty feet. Thus made,
on conditions which were to meet conflicting interests in
the same community, the concern could not promise long
continued harmony. Soon objections arose and were re-
peated at different periods, that the bridge came short of
what it should be. At length, the proprietors thought
the public demands too extravagant and ceased the nec-
essary outlays. The town declared the bridge forfeited,
and, in 1755, conveyed it to others, except the draw and
two adjoining piers. The new company took the rest
with the flats, on the specifications that they would keep
it in order for travelling, or, if they did not, to surrender
the whole back to the town with the wharves, warehouses
and other buildings erected on the premises. But this new
plan did not proceed without its perplexities. On the
subject of repairs, the owners did not look with the same
eyes as others. Several withdrew from the partnership
and their shares were sold, in 1768, by order of the town.
Still difficulty did not cease. At last, the town agreed,
in 1789, to widen and repair the south part of the bridge,
if the remaining proprietors would do likewise as to the
north part, on the condition that, after doing this, the lat-
ter be entirely excused from any other such demands.
This contract was fulfilled, and so the bridge became the
public property of Salem."
This was called the North bridge in 1804.
North street was very narrow and crooked in earlier
times, but is now an excellent thoroughfare. It was called
the highway leading from ye great bridge over ye North
river into the Northfield in 1759 ; the country road in
1792 ; road from Salem to Danvers in 1810 ; the high-
way to the New mill in 1811 ; Main street to Danvers
in 1813; and North street as early as 1836.
This article and the map on the opposite page is of that
part of Northfields that lies easterly of North street, Lib-
erty Hill avenue and Cold Spring river, and includes the
Kernwood estate.
BY SIDNEY PEBLBY. 175
Liberty Hill avenue is a very ancient road ; and was
narrow and crooked in the early days. It was called the
highway that runs into the lots by Marshals in 1665 ;
the way leading to Cold Spring, so called, in 1793 ; road
or way to Goodale's spring, so called, in 1820 ; Liberty
Hill road in 1859 ; that part lying between Appleton and
Sargent streets Liberty Hill avenue in 1882; and that part
between North and Appleton streets Liberty Hill avenue
in 1897.
Orne street was a highway as early as 1677, and was
called the common highway in 1679 ; the way that goes
to the horse pasture in 1723 ; road leading to Massey's
point in 1748 ; road to Elizabeth Orne's land in 1794 ;
road to Orne's point in 1701; Orne's street in 1809 ; road
to the sheep pasture in 1836 ; and Orne street in 1842.
From the eastern end of this road another road extended
northerly from the northern corner of Orne and Felt
streets, passing around the hill, to Melancholly cove. It
crossed the road leading from Liberty Hill avenue to
Shipley's cove and the lower meadow (over which the
new way to Kernwood bridge passes, and which has been
filled within the location of the new highway) ; and was
called the path that leads down to ye horse pasture in
1737 ; the road to the hors.e pasture in 1754, and the road
to the sheep pasture in 1791. Some traces only of this
part of the old road now remain.
Appleton street was laid out in or before 1872.
Sargent street was laid out in or before 1869.
Upham street was laid out in or before 1842, and that
part between Orne street and Dearborn street was called
Upham street from that date. That part between Dear-
born and Osborne streets was called Breed street in 1842,
and Whittemore street in 1859 ; and the whole was called
Upham street in 1874.
In 1679, there was a way from Orne street to the North
river, a little easterly of the present location of Walter
street. It was closed up about 1740 by the adjoining
owners. Walter street was laid out in 1801 by Mrs.
Lydia Walter, who then owned and divided the lot of
land through which the road ran. It was called Walter's
176 NORTHFIELDS, SALEM, IN 1700. NO. 1.
road as late as 1809, and Walter street, from the name of
the original owner, in 1810.
Orchard street was laid oat in or before 1874.
Felt street was laid out Sept. 4, 1805, by agreement of
Benjamin Felt, jr., blockmaker, John Skerry, yeoman, and
Joseph Felt, housewright, all of Salem.* Benjamin Felt
furnished a strip of land for this purpose nineteen and
one-half feet wide on the northeasterly side, and John
Skerry and Joseph Felt a strip on the southwesterly side
eighteen and one-half feet wide. Some few called it Pine
street at first, but ever since it came into existence it has
generally been called Felt street. In the neighborhood,
because of its shady and retired walk, it has been fre-
quently called Lovers' lane.
Dearborn street was laid out by agreement of the own-
ers of land over which it was located, from North street
to Danvers river. This agreement was as follows : f
Know all Men by these Presents That we the subscribers do here-
by agree to open a Street of sixty feet wftide in the Northfields in
Salem, and that we do hereby give and quitclaim the land from our
respective lots over which it pafses for the said Street, and do agree
to fence off the said Street each of us by our land; and it is agreed
and understood that the said Street shall be opened before the first
day of June next, and as follows, viz, to commence on the street
leading to Danvers and on a lot of land belonging to John Barr and
John Osgood, nearly opposite the house of John Skerry, and to run
on a straight line towards Benjamin Felts barn as follows to pafs
over the lot of Barr and Osgood as to take the whole of the street
from their land as far as it extends, then over land of the widow
Symonds and Butman as to take the whole width of the street from
that lot, then over land of B. Balch as to take the whole width of
the street from his land, then acrofs Walter Street and over land of
the heirs of Stephen Osborn and the heirs of Benjamin Osgood as to
take thirty feet from each of their lots, then wholly over land
of the heirs of Benjamin Osgood the full width until it comes to
land of John Osgood and pafses the whole width over his land, then
over land of the heirs Benjamin Osgood deceased the whole width,
then over land of the heirs of Samuel Silsbee deceased the whole
width until it comes to a Cove; and over which Cove Benjamin Felt
doth hereby agree to build a bridge at his expence, and the said
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 176, leaf 240.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 203, leaf 94.
BY SIDNEY PERLBY. 177
street to pafs thro' land of Joseph Felt, and his land eastward of the
said Cove the full width until it comes to the river,
Salem 14th March 1810.
Signed sealed and delivd in presence of
the words ' land of Joseph Felt ' was first
interlined before signing
Geo: W. Felt
Henry Osborn
Mary Osborn
Benjamin Balch
g
Jrio Osgood seal
Amos Lamson
Jn<> Barr seal
Benja Felt jr seal
Elizabeth Lamson
Benja Osgood seal
Nancy Breed
Eliza Osborn seal
Mary Symonds jr
Thorndike Deland seal
Thomas Symonds
Jos. Felt jr seal
Elizabeth Symonds
Samuel Silsbee seal
Sally Symonds
Daniel Gage seal
Hannah Symonds
Martha Silsbee seal
Mary Symonds
Sarah Reed seal
Thomas Butman seal
Frederick Cumbs seal
Lydia Cumbs seal
It was at first called Liberal street, because of its
breadth, and frequently Generous street. It was called
Dearborn street as early as 1836.
Southwick street was laid out in or before 1857.
Ives street was laid out in or before 1857.
Osborne street is quite an old thoroughfare. It was
called the road to the fish flakes in 1801 ; Mechanics
street in 1836 ; and Osborne street in 1869.
Harris street was laid out in or before 1872.
Foster street was laid out at about the same time as
Osborne street. It was called Symonds road in 1801 ;
Laboratory street in 1842 ; and Foster street in 1888.
Franklin street was laid out in or before 1836.
Greenlawn cemetery had its beginning in the use of a
square acre of ground opposite Upham street, John Sy-
monds, the owner of the land, being the first person buried
there. This was in 1807.
Hart's hill was so called as early as 1697.
North river was so called because it was the river on
the north side of the town, from the first settlement. In
1707, it was called ye river that runs up to Trask's mill.
Danvers river was called Williston river as early as 1669 ;
178 NOETHFIBLDS, SALEM, IN 1700. NO. 1.
North river in 1706 ; Porter's river in 1770 ; and Danvers
river in 18 . The great cove was so called very early.
James Symonds House. This lot belonged to John Sy-
monds very early. He died possessed of it in the late
summer of 1671, having devised it to his wife Elizabeth
for her life, and then absolutely to his son James Symonds
of Salem, joiner. The widow evidently died before 1679,
when James was in the possession of the land. He prob-
ably built the house then standing upon the lot before his
father died. James Symonds died in the spring of 1714,
possessed of the house, barn and land ; and his son John
Symonds bought out the interests of the other heirs.
The eastern half of this lot was divided into eight
strips in 1722, each strip being twenty-one feet wide and
a quarter of a mile long. They were called the ribbons
for many years, because of their shape.
John Blevin Lot. This lot belonged to Thomas Oliver
of Salem, who died possessed of it in the autumn of
1679 ; and was then appraised at twenty-five pounds.
His widow and executrix, Bridget Oliver, for forty-five
pounds, conveyed it to John Blevin of Salem, yeoman,
Jan. 26, 1679 80.* Mr. Blevin died, possessed of it, in
the winter of 1704-5. It was then valued at fifty-five
pounds.
Joseph Neale, Jeremiah Neale and Lydia Hart Lots. The
first two named lots belonged to Thomas Watson as early
as 1656, and the last named lot to Thomas Wilkes of
Salem, shipwright, and wife Mary, Oct. 1, 1656, when
they conveyed it to Thomas Hayle of Newbury.f On
some part of these lots was a dwelling house before
1661.J John Neale, sr., of Salem became the owner of all
these three lots, and died in the summer 1672, possessed
of them. They were then appraised at thirty-five pounds.
In his will, he devised them to his sons Joseph and Jere-
miah and daughter Lydia, wife of Jonathan Hart. A
division of the whole lot among the three children was
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 5, leaf 59.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 1, leaf 32.
JSee deposition of Nathaniel Felton, sr., and John Massey, sr.,
Jan. 15, 1699-1700, in Essex Registry of Deeds, book 13, leaf 222.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 179
made Sept. 12, 1681;* by which Joseph had the southwest-
ern part, Jeremiah the middle arid Lydia the northeastern
part. Each of them possessed their respective shares in
1700.
Joshua Buffum Lot. This lot early belonged to Mark
Fermaies, and widow Susannah Goose of Boston, for ten
pounds, conveyed it to her cousin Joshua Buffum of
Salem, yeoman, Nov. 13, 1677.f Mr. Buffum owned the
lot until his decease in the autumn of 1705.
Estate of Peter Cheevers Lot. That part of this lot
which lies northerly of the dashes belonged to Thomas
Watson as early as 1655, and as late as 1659. Jacob
Pudeator of Salem, smith, for nine pounds, fourteen shil-
lings, six pence, conveyed it to Peter Cheevers of Salem,
glover, March 20, 1679-804
That part of the lot which lies southerly of the dashes
belonged to Thomas Tuck and Joseph Harris of Salem
June 8, 1659, when, for four pounds, they conveyed it to
Thomas Hale of Salem, leather dresser. Thomas Hale,
for four pounds and ten shillings, conveyed it to Hilliard
Veren of Salem Dec. 30, 1659.|| Mr. Veren died in the
winter of 1683-4, possessed of the lot, which was then
valued at fifteen pounds. Samuel Williams of Salem,
cooper, owned it Aug. 13, 1684, when, for sixteen pounds,
he conveyed it to Mr. Cheevers and Nathaniel Silsbee of
Salem, joiner.^f Mr. Cheevers died in the summer of 1699,
possessed of the lot, having devised it to his wife Mary.
Estate of Henry Skerry Lot. This lot of land belonged
to widow Alice Verinaz, sometime of Salem, 3 : 6 mo: 1655,
when she conveyed it to Henry Skerry of Salem, cord-
wainer.** He died, possessed of it, in the spring of 1697,
having devised it to his wife Priscilla for her life, and then
to his sons Henry and Ephraim. The lot was then ap-
praised at twenty-five pounds.
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 24, leaf 246.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 4, leaf 166.
J Essex Registry of Deeds, book 5, leaf 69.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 1, leaf 71.
|| Essex Registry of Deeds, book 1, leaf 81.
TEssex Registry of Deeds, book 7, leaf 23.
**Essex Registry of Deeds, book 1, leaf 27.
180 NORTHFIELDS, SALEM, IN 1700. NO. 1.
Joshua Orne Lot. Daniel Ray owned this lot as early
as 1655, and died in 1662. His daughter Rebecca mar-
ried Samuel Stevens of Salem Dec. 17, 1672 ; and he was
killed by the Indians in the battle of Bloody brook Sept.
18, 1675. He died possessed of the lot ; and his daughter
Sarah and her husband James Phillips of Salem, yeoman,
for five pounds, conveyed it to Joshua Orne of Salem,
cordwainer, June 14, 1699.* The lot belonged to Mr.
Orne for many years.
Benjamin Orne Lot. This lot was probably a part of
the estate of Thomas Robbins of Salem, who conveyed it
to his sister's daughter Rebecca and her husband, Wil-
liam Pinson, for the life support of the grantor and his
wife Mary, April 18, 1681.f Mr. Pinson died possessed
of the lot in the summer of 1695, having in his will, de-
vised it to his wife Rebecca. For thirty-four pounds, she
conveyed it to Benjamin Orne of Salem, tailor, Aug. 10,
1695 ;$ and he owned it in 1700.
John Trask Lot. John Trask owned this lot in 1695
and 1700.
John Massey Lot. This lot belonged to John Massey in
1700, and for several years thereafter.
Estate of Henry Skerry Lot. This was the property of
Francis Skerry in 1682 and of Henry Skerry, sr., in
1696 ; and he died, possessed of it, in the spring of 1697.
In his will, he devised to his wife Priscilla for her life,
and then to his son John Skerry this lot, called " Hart's
hill," which was then valued at five pounds. The widow
of the deceased was in possession of the lot in 1700, as a
part of her life interest in the estate.
John Massey Lot. This lot probably belonged to John
Shipley very early, and was called Ship's lot in 1679. It
belonged to Henry Skerry, jr., and John Massey in 1679.
John Massey of Salem, innholder, owned it as early as
1682, when the meadow over which Kern wood avenue
passes was called the lower meadow. He also owned the
lot in 1700.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 14, leaf 66.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 5, leaf 113.
JEssex Registry of Deeds, book 11, leaf 48.
BY SIDNEY PBBLBY. 181
Mr. Massey agreed with Peter Cheever, who owned the
Thomas Flint lot, that Mr. Massey should have a way to
his lower meadow, and Mr. Cheever a similar right to pass
to and from the cove as shown on the map.*
Francis Skerry Lot. This is probably the ten acre lot
owned very early by Robert Button of Salem, who con-
veyed it to Henry Skerry, sr., of Salem, cordwainer,
** divers years" before July 22, 1674,f when Mr. Butten
was dead. The lot belonged to Francis Skerry in 1700.
John Blevin Lot. This lot belonged to Thomas Watson
in 1669. March 8, 1704-5, John Foster and Joseph
Boyce, both of Salem, deposed that they had known this
lot for forty years and during all that time it was owned
by John Blevin, sr., of Salem. J
Estate of Robert Stone Lot. This was called the horse
pasture all through the latter half of the seventeenth cen-
tury. Five-fourteenths of it belonged to Capt. George
Corwin, merchant, five-fourteenths to Philip Cromwell,
butcher, two-fonrteenths to William Browne, sr., mer-
chant, and two-fourteenths to Dr. George Emery, all
of Salem, May 18, 1669, when Captain Corwin and Mr.
Cromwell, for forty -two pounds, conveyed their interests
to John Massey of Salem, husbandman. The pasture
was then in the possession of the owners of the lesser in-
terests. For ninety-eight pounds, Mr. Massey, having
also bought the two lesser interests, conveyed the entire
lot to Robert Stone of Salem, mariner, Jan. 16, 1676. ||
Mr. Stone died in 1690, when this lot was valuedat one
hundred and thirty pounds. The estate was divided Feb.
6, 1693-4, and this lot was assigned to Robert Stone's
eldest son, Samuel Stone, and a younger son Benjamin
Stone, and these two owned the lot together in 1700.
Samuel Stone Lot. Robert Goodell of Salem, for eight
pounds, conveyed this lot of marsh to George Corwin of
Salem, merchant, Dec. 20, 1662.1" John Beckett of Salem,
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 11, leaf 74.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 4, leaf 83.
JEssex Registry of Deeds, book 16, leaf 200.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 4, leaf 146.
II Essex Registry of Deeds, book 4, leaf 153.
f Essex Registry of Deeds, book 2, leaf 62.
182 NORTHFIELDS, SALEM, IN 1700. NO. 1.
shipwright, and wife Margaret, conveyed it to William
Browne, jr., of Salem, merchant, March 25, 1663.* Mr.
Browne conveyed it to Joseph Phippen of Salem July 8,
1667. f Mr. Phippen died in the summer of 1687, pos-
sessed of the lot ; and his widow and executrix, Dorcas
Phippen, and sons Joseph, David and Samuel Phippen, all
of Salem, for ten pounds, released it to Samuel Stone of
Salem, yeoman, Feb. 7, 16924 Tne lot belonged to Mr.
Stone in 1700.
John Foster Lot. This lot of marsh belonged to John
Foster in 1692, and probably in 1700.
Jeremiah Neale and John Neale Lots. These lots were
the westerly half of the lot of Robert Goodell of Salem,
planter, who conveyed it, with an old house thereon, to
his son-in-law John Smith of Salem, sow gelder, 21: 5:
1658. Mr. Smith conveyed the lot, the house probably
being gone, to George Corwin of Salem, merchant, in or
before 1662. || It belonged to John Massey of Salem,
husbandman, June 3, 1679, when he conveyed it to Jere-
miah Neale, carpenter, and Peter Cheever, glover, both of
Salem. If
For Messrs. Neale and Cheever, Bartholmew Gedney,
John Pickering and Francis Skerry made a division of
these lots March 24, 1679-80.** The part included within
these lots was assigned to Lieutenant Neale, and it be-
longed to him about 1700.
A strip of marsh on the western side of this lot Mr. Smith
conveyed to John Neale of Salem, yeoman, April 10,
1666 ;ff and it apparently belonged to John Neale in 1700.
Thomas Flint Lot. That part of their lot lying wester-
ly of the dashes was the easterly part of the lot of Robert
Goodell of Salem, planter, who conveyed it to his son-in-
law John Smith of Salem, sow gelder, 21 : 5 : 16584J Mr.
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 8, leaf 165.
f Essex Registry of Deeds, book 3, leaf 60.
JEssex Registry of Deeds, book 9, leaf 69.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 1, leaf 40.
|| Essex Registry of Deeds, book 2, leaf 62.
f Essex Registry of Deeds, book 5, leaf 49.
**Essex Registry of Deeds, book 5, leaf 103.
ttEssex Registry of Deeds, book 3, leaf 16.
ttEssex Registry of Deeds, book 1, leaf 40.
BY SIDNEY PEBLEY. 183
Smith conveyed the lot to George Corwin of Salem, mer-
chant, in or before 1662.* It belonged to John Massey
of Salem, husbandman, June 3, 1679, when he conveyed
it to Jeremiah Neale, carpenter, and Peter Cheever, glover,
both of Salem. f For Messrs. Neale and Cheever, Bar-
tholmew Gedney, John Pickering and Francis Skerry
made a division of the lot March 24, 1679-804 This
part of the lot was assigned to Mr. Cheever.
That part of the lot lying easterly of the dashes be-
longed to John Shipley very early, and to Christopher
Waller of Salem July 7, 1659, when he conveyed it to
Walter Price of Salem, shopkeeper. John Massey
owned it Aug. 1, 1682, when he conveyed it to Peter
Cheever,|| who thus became the owner of the entire lot.
For twenty-seven pounds and sixteen shillings Mr.
Cheever conveyed the entire lot to Quartermaster Thomas
Flint of Salem, yeoman, Oct. 27, 1698.1 Mr. Flint owned
it in 1700.
Jonathan Neale and Estate of Jonathan Hart Lots.
These lots originally constituted the ten-acre lots of
Francis Lawes and John Luff, the latter owning his in
1659. Francis Lawes gave his lot to his grandson Jonathan
Neale of Salem, cordwinder, and the Luff lot was released
to Mr. Neale by the heirs of his father, John Neale. In
1682 and 1683, they were in the possession of Josiah
White, and Jan. 24, 1683-4, Mr. Neale leased them, for
ten years, to his brother Joseph Neale of Salem, joiner,
the term to begin March 1, following.**
John Neale, son-in-law of Mr. Lawes, died, possessed of
these lots, May 12, 1672, and the entire lot was then ap-
praised at forty pounds. He devised his interest in them
to his said son Jonathan Neale, who apparently conveyed
a part of the premises to his brother-in-law Jonathan
Hart before 1695, when the latter was deceased. That
*Essex Kegistry of Deeds, book 2, leaf 62.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 5, leaf 49.
{Essex Registry of Deeds, book 5, leaf 103.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 1, leaf 64.
|| Essex Registry of Deeds, book 7, leaf 36.
ITEssex Registry of Deeds, book 13, leaf 73.
**Essex Registry of Deeds, book 7, leaf 11.
184 NORTHFIELDS, SALEM, IN 1700. NO. 1.
part belonged to Mr. Hart's estate and the remainder to
Jonathan Neale in 1700.
Samuel Ebourne Lot. This lot was conveyed by Sam-
uel Ebourne, sr., of Salem to his son Samuel Ebourne, jr.,
of Salem Jan. 6, 1698-9,* and it belonged to the grantee
in 1700.
James Symonds Lot. That part of this lot lying west-
erly of the dashes was owned by John Gedney, sr., of
Salem, vintner, Dec. 6, 1665, when, for love, he conveyed
it to his son Bartholomew Gedney of Salem, shipwright.f
Bartholomew Gedney died in 1698, possessed of this part
of the lot, which was then appraised at forty pounds.
His only son Samuel Gedney of Salem, chirurgeon, and
daughters, Hannah Grafton, wife of Joshua Grafton,
widow Lydia Corwine, Bethiah Gedne}^ and Deborah Ged-
ney, single women, all of Salem, for sixty-four pounds,
conveyed it to James Symonds of Salem, joiner, March 9,
1698-94
That part of the lot lying easterly of the dashes be-
longed to John Symonds in 1665, and he died, possessed
of it in 1671, having devised it to his son James Symonds
after the death of the widow of the deceased. She died
apparently before 1679.
James Symonds owned the entire lot in 1700.
John Blevin Lot. John Blevin owned this lot in 1699
and 1700.
James Symonds Lot. This lot belonged to James Sy-
monds in 1700, having probably obtained it from his
father's estate.
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 13, leaf 192.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 3, leaf 9.
{Essex Registry of Deeds, book 13, leaf 308.
NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX
COUNTY.
(Continued from Volume XL VIII, page 96.)
Salem, October 15, 1761.
On Monday the 12th Instant, died at Newbury, and this
Day was decently interred here. STEPHEN HIGGIN-
SON, ESQ. ; of this Town. He was in Commission for the
Peace, and a Justice of the Court of Pleas for this Coun-
ty and a Member of the Hon. House of Representatives.
A Gentleman of a truly amiable Character, both in pri-
vate and publick Life ; as he was a tender and instructive
Father, a kind and loving Husband, a sincere and steady
Friend, an accurate Merchant, and retained an unblemished
Character, thro the whole of his Trade and Business,
which was extensive. A Person of strict Virtue and Re-
ligion, but free from Shew and Ostentation, which he al-
ways abhorred. As few Persons exceeded him in useful
Knowledge and Capacity to serve the Public, so he was
second to No Man in the Uprightness of his Intentions,
the Sincerity of his Declarations, and Integrity of his Ac-
tions. These Virtues being very conspicuous in him, ren-
dered him a Gentleman of a rising Character, and his
Death may be justly esteemed, not only a private but a
public Loss.
This Day also died here, Mr. John Ropes, a noted Shop-
keeper, and one of the Overseers of the Poor of this Town ;
a Person much respected here, for his great Probity and
Goodness.
Boston Evening Gazette, Oct. 19, 1761.
We hear from Marblehead, That Mr. Jonathan Bill of
Chelsea, was unhappily drowned in that Harbor, nigh to the
Shoar, last Monday Morning by means of an over-loaded
Boat sinking under him. He was a Person uncommonly
zealous for Religion, in Consequence of which he was well
(185)
186 NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX COUNTY.
known to be often exhorting Persons to regard principally
their SouVs Interest and get into a converted State, and thus
prepare for the vast Solemnities of Death and Judgment ; It
is somewhat observable that he should inforce those serious
Truths by the Suddenness of his own Death ; thereby more
solemnly warning us to be also ready.
Boston Evening Gazette, Oct. 26, 1761.
Since the account publish' d in our Last, we have heard of
great Number of Barns, Trees, frc. being blown down in most
Parts of the Country, by the late Storm. At Marblehead
most of the Vessels were drove ashore, but none lost ; as also
at Cape Ann, where one Sloop was stove to Pieces. We also
hear that a coasting Sloop was lost on Salisbury Beach. There
are reports of other Vessels being cast ashore, but as yet we
can gain no certain Information of them.
Boston Evening Q-azette, Nov. 2, 1761.
To be Sold at public Vendue, to the highest bidder, by
Thomas Cummings and Jonathan Lampson, at the dwelling
house of doctor Thomas Porter, innholder in Wenham, in
the county of Essex, on the second Monday in December
next ensuing, at two o'clock in the afternoon A farm in
Brookfield, in the county of Worcester, belonging to the
heirs of Benjamin Lamson, late of Ipswich, deceased, about
a mile from the Rev. Mr. Forbes' meeting-house, containing
about 170 acres, with two dwelling-houses, and two barns, a
cyder-mill, and orcharding enough to make yearly about
thirty barrels of cyder ; well accomodated for tillage, mowing,
pasture and wood land, and well watered, and can cut hay
to winter about twenty head of Cattle.
Ipswich, October 29, 1761.
Boston Evening Q-azette, Nov. 2, 1761.
Whereas on Sunday the 18th Inst. a man came to my
house, and on Monday morning went away and left a mare
with me in keeping ; and as the man has not been heard of
since, it is supposed he hired the mare of some person in Bos-
ton, or in Canterbury in Connecticut government as ap-
peared then by his conversation. Whoever has lost said Mare,
NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX COUNTY. 187
and will tell her marks, shall have her again paying the
charges.
Newbury, Octob. 30, 1761. William Davenport.
Boston Evening Gazette, Nov. 1, 1761.
The Beginning of last Week died at Marblehead, JOHN
TASKER, Esq., one of the Members of that Town in the
present General Court ; and one of the Justices of the In-
ferior Court for the County of Essex.
Boston Evening Gazette, Nov. 16, 1761.
Captain Hanson Meserve in a Ship belonging to Piscata-
qua and bound there from Antigua, was cast away last Tues-
day Evening on Plumb Island, near Newbury, in a Storm at
High Water. The People are all saved ; but the Vessel is
bilged, and most of the Cargo lost.
Boston Evening Gazette, Nov. 16, 1761.
The Drawing of Newbury-Lottery, Number Five, being the
last Glass will punctually commence Drawing at the Town
House there on Tuesday the 15th Day of January next, great
Part of the Tickets being Sold. N. B. There is one Prize
of 500 Dollars, one of 250 and 3 of 100, besides many
other valuable Prizes in the above Lottery, and but two
Blanks to a Prize. Tickets may be had of Messrs. Timothy
Newell, William Jackson, Thomas Bromfield and Edes & Gill
in Boston, and one of the Managers in Newbury.
Newbury, Nov. 6, 1761.
Boston Evening Gazette, Nov. 16, 1761.
Ran away from Joseph Cottle of Newbury, a negro man
named Daniel, a sturdy thick set fellow about 28 years of age;
Had on when he went away a check shirt, brown coat and
jacket and tis supposed he has changed his clothes ; he has been
gone six weeks. Whoever will apprehend said negro, shall have
TWO DOLLARS reward, and all necessary charges paid.
And all per sons are cautioned against entertaining, harbouring,
concealing or carrying off said negro, as they would avoid
the penalty of law.
Newbury, Oct. 30, 1761. Joseph Cottle.
Boston Evening Gazette, Nov. 6, 1761.
188 NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX COUNTY.
lo be sold ly JOHN HOLTON of Salem, a House and
Land situate in Lynde>s Street in said Salem. For further
Particulars, inquire of said Holton.
Boston Evening Gazette, Dec. 14, 1761.
We hear Captain Holmes in a Schooner from Guade-
loupe bound to Newbury was cast ashore on Thacher's
Island the same Day [Dec. 22 ?].
By a Letter from Mr. Shubael Nicholson one of our
Coasting Pilots, we have an Account that a Schooner he
was in, belonging to Salem, on her Voyage from Philadel-
phia was cast away on the 6th Instant about 4 o'clock in
the Morning, on Montock, the Eastermost End of Long
Island ; The Master Joseph Baker, and the Mate John
Tucke, were drowned ; the Pilot and the three Hands
were saved ; The Vessel entirely lost ; but Part of the
Cargo saved.
We hear one of the Transports was cast ashore on Plumb
Island last Tuesday, but don't learn any Lives were lost.
Boston Evening Gazette, Dec. 28, 1761.
Last Wednesday departed this Life, in the 63d Year of
his Age and 43d of his Ministry, the Rev. Mr. NATHAN-
IEL HENCHMAN, Pastor of the first Church of Christ
in Lynn, who during the Course of so many Years, main-
tained a steady Adheiance to the Evangelical Doctrine,
established in the Churches of Christ in New England ;
was always a Promoter of Peace and good Order among
his Parishioners ; striving always to keep them steady in
the Faith once delivered to the Saints. He was a most
kind and affectionate Husband, a tender Parent, a sincere
Friend ; The Poor have lost a Benefactor ; those who
wanted Counsel, a friendly Adviser; his Acquaintance a
true Friend ; and the World a good Man.
Boston Evening Gazette, Dec. 28, 1761.
New York, December 17. On Saturday last one Ed-
ward Chambers, in a Vessel loaded with staves from
Newbury, fell overboard and was drown'd. He has left
a widow and a child.
Boston Evening G-azette, Jan. 4, 1762.
NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX COUNTY. 189
Ran-away at Salem-Village on the first Instant, from
William Boynton, A Negro Man belonging to Joseph Cottle
0/Newbury, named Daniel, a sturdy thick-set Fellow, about
28 Years of Age : Had on when he went away, a check
Shirt, brown Goat and Jacket, and tis supposed he has
changed his Oloaths : He has been gone from said Cottle
about three months. Whoever will apprehend said Negro,
shall have TWO DOLLARS Reward, and all necessary
Charges paid. And all Persons are cautioned against en-
tertaining, harbouring, concealing or carrying off said Ne-
gro, as they would avoid the Penalty of the Law.
WILLIAM BOYNTON.
Salem-Village, Jan. 7, 1762.
N. B. Said Boynton took him out of Charlestown G-oal,
and was carrying him Home to his Master, when he run
away from him at Salem-Village as above.
Boston 0-azette, Jan. 2$., 1762.
Marblehead, February 4, 1762.
Last Sunday night died and Yesterday was decently
interred Joseph Blaney Esq : of this Place. A Gentleman
who faithfully discharged the Duties of and exemplary
adorned every Station and Relation of Life wherein Divine
Providence placed him Pious towards God A lover of
all good Men A tender Father A faithful Friend To
the Poor compassionate and charitable Tender and Care-
ful of the Liberties of his Country both Civil and Sacred
A Magistrate zealous against Vice : truly a Terror to
Evil doers, & the Delight of the Virtuous. A Man whose
whole Life was spent in doing Good, and having thus ful-
filled the Trust committed to him, met Death with seren-
ity and calmness, in the 67th Year of his Age.
Boston G-azette, Feb. 15, 1762.
Just imported in Capt. Hulme from London & to be
Sold By John Prince At his Shop in Salem, next door be-
low Mrs. Pratt's a compleat Assortment of the freshest
and best Drugs and Medicines, Spices, Perfumes, &c. &c.
either in large or small Quantities, at the cheapest Rate
Among which are Jackson's Balsom of Life, Turlington'*
190 NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX COUNTY.
ditto, Anderson's ditto, Lockyer's ditto, Dr. Hooper's Fe-
male ditto, Bateman's pectoral drops, Betton's British Oyl,
Jackson's Cordial Bitter, Stoughton's ditto, Daffy's Elixer
Salutis Smelling bottles and cases, small scales and
weights, iron and marble mortars, urinal & cupping glass-
es, fyneries of all kinds, pots and phials of all sorts and
sizes, best London lancets and cases for ditto, cartridge
paper Cinnamon, cloves, mace, nutmegs, salt petre,
starch, isin glass, sago, salloop, smelts, red saunders, al-
lum, copperas, brimstone, flour of ditto, white ware, bo-
rax Best double distill'd Lavender, Hungary and Honey
Waters, Essence Burg and Lemons Valatile, Spirit of
Flower Deluce, Musk, Cevet.
Boston Gazette, Feb. 16, 1762.
THIS DAY PUBLISHED {And Sold by the Printers
hereof ;) REMARKS on a late printed Answer to Col.
Choate's Reasons of Dissent from the Judgment of a
Council, in the Affair of the Rev. Mr. Bacheller of Haver-
hill : Wherein the Weakness, Inconsistencies and Errors
of that Answer are exposed and the Author shewn to
have overthrown and confounded himself, in a Variety of
Ways and Instances. The whole is done with Brevity
and Clearness, By the Author of those Reasons. To which
is subjoin'd A POSTSCRIPT by another Hand, contain-
ing some Remarks on said Answer, and several Arguments
establishing the affirmative Side of the Question in Dis-
pute.
Boston Gazette, Feb. 22, 1762.
On the 7th of February Instant, died at Salem, very
much lamented, of a lingering illness, the Rev. Mr.
DUDLEY LEAVITT, Pastor of the First Church in that
Town, and was interred very decently, the 10th follow-
ing, in the Vault of the Family of Edward Kitchen, Esq.;
and at his Desire, a vast Number of People of all Ranks
attending his Funeral. He was a faithful Preacher of the
great Doctrines of the Gospel, and most carefully guard-
ed his Flock against the Errors and Vices of the Times.
Boston Q-azette, Feb. 22, 1762.
NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX COUNTY. 191
Last Wednesday Morning departed this Life, after a
few Days Illness, the Rev. MR. PETER BOURS of
Marblehead, deeply lamented by the Flock of which GOD
had made him Overseer, by all his Relations and Acquaint-
ances, and the People of that Town.
Boston Gazette, March 1, 1762.
Notice is hereby Given to all Persons licensed and per-
mitted to sell Rum and other distilled Spirits, and Wine,
within the county of Essex, that the 26th Instant is the
time fixed by law for them to pay the excise due from
them to the Government ; as also for all persons that have
imported, or had any of the liquors aforesaid consigned
to them, either for sale or private consumption : And
that attendance will be given to receive the said duties,
on Friday the 26th instant at the house of Mr. John
Reed, innholder in Marblehead ; On Saturday the 27th
Instant at the house of Mrs. Hannah Pratt, innholder in
Salem; On Tuesday the 30th Instant, at the house of Mr.
William Davenport, innholder in Newburg ; On Wednes-
day the 31st instant, at the house of Mrs. Susanna How,
innholder in Ipswich ; on Tuesday the 6th of April next
at the house of Mr. Henry Abbot, innholder in Andover ;
On Wednesday the 7th of said April at the house of Mrs.
Hannah Foster, innholder in Haverhill ; And on Tuesday
the 13th of said April, at the house of Mr. Joseph Tar-
box, innholder in Gloucester. And all persons concerned
are desired to give their attendance punctually at the
aforesaid times and places.
DANIEL EPES, jun. Collector of Excise for the
County aforesaid.
Danvers, March 8, 1762.
Boston Gazette, March 15,
(To be continued.)
ROLL OF CAPT. SAMUEL MUDGE'S COMPANY,
SALEM, 1814.
COPIED FROM THE ORIGINAL ROLL BY CAPT. NATHANIEL
GRIFFIN OF SALEM, A MEMBER OF THE COMPANY.
Observations. This company of Mass. Militia was de-
tached for the defence of the seacoast, by order of Caleb
Strong, Governor and Commander in Chief. Aug. 1,
1814. Mustered at Danvers. 2d. Marched to Salem &
was reviewed and slept in the Hospital. 3. Pitched tents
on winter Island. 27. A storm of rain and wind blew
down most of the tents. 28. Encampment removed to
Fort Lee. Sept. 1. Insp. by Major Geo. W. Hight. 24.
Alarm occasioned by a boat drifting on shoar at Beverly.
November 1. The detachment was inspected by Major
V. Whartenby & discharged being in service three
months.
Substitute for Residence
Capt. Sam'l Mudge, Lynn, Merchant.
1st Lt. Asa Tapley, Danvers, Brick
maker.
2d Lt. Amos King, Danvers, Trader.
Serg. Alonzo Lewis, Lynn, School-
master, Light Infantry, Lynn.
" Peter Davis, Lynn, Cordwainer Light Infantry, Lynn.
" Michael Knowlton,Gloucester,
Carpenter, Moses Tarr, Gloucester
u David Day, Gloucester, Cord-
wainer, Daniel Rogers, "
" William Calley,Salem,Mariner.
" David Hill, Salem, Mariner.
" Bancroft Winchester, Salem,
Mariner,
" Henry Ropes, Salem, Mariner.
" George Atwell, Lynn, Mariner. Samuel Damon, Lynn.
" Philip L. Segers, Lynn, Cord-
wainer, John Procter, *
(192)
BOLL OF CAPT. SAMUEL MUDGE'S COMPANY. 193
Substitute for Residence
Drummer Shadrach Ramsdell, Lynn,
Cordwainer,
Filer Isaac Orgin, Jr., Lynn, Cord-
wainer. Lynn,
Priv. NatW Abbot, Beverly, Mariner.
" Henry Alley, Lynn, Yeoman.
" Nath Blanchard, Lynn, Cord-
wainer.
11 BenjnBrooks, Lynn, Cordwainer.
" John Bawes,Lynn,Cordwainer, Shadrach Ramsdell.Lynn.
" John Bachelor, Beverly, Wheel-
wright, Benjn Cressy, Beverly.
" John Brown,Danvers, Mariner, Ezra Upton, Danvers.
" Daniel W. Brookhouse, Salem,
Joiner.
" Benjn W. Brookhouse, Salem,
Mariner, Newell Wilson, Danvers.
*' John Buckman,Salem,Mariner, Mark Woodbury, Beverly.
" Thomas Bright, Salem, Joiner.
" Elisha Bunker, Danvers, La-
bourer, James Morrison, Danvers.
" Chas. Chase, Lynn,Cordwainer, Joel Runnells, Marblehead
" Joseph Clayton, Beverly, Mar-
iner, Geo. Robinson, Lynn.
" Ephm Clements, Manchester,
Labourer, John Welch, Manchester.
" Henry Clements, Salem, La-
bourer, Light Infantry, Salem.
" Isaac Collier,Salem,Ropemaker, Meshich Pervis, *'
41 John Collier,Salem,Ropemaker, Geo. Adams, "
" Nehemiah Curtis, Salem,Brick-
maker, W Haskel, *'
44 John Diz, Salem, Mariner, Joseph Real, "
u Enos Dodge, Andover,Yeoman.
" James Evans,Lynn,Cordwainer, David Tarbox, Lynn.
" Caleb Frothingham, Salem.
Ropemaker.
" Stephen A. Foster, Salem,
Sailmaker.
" Nathl Griffin, Salem, Sailmaker.
11 John Glidden, Salem, Joiner.
" John Gardner, Salem, Rope-
maker.
194 BOLL OF OAPT. SAMUEL MUDGE's COMPANY.
Substitute for Residence
Priv. John Gardner, Jr., Salem,
Baker, Benjn Brown, Salem.
" Lemeul Higbee,Salem, Mariner.
" Thomas B. Hudson, Salem,
Mariner.
" John Henman, Salem, Mariner,
" Robert Hodgden, Salem, Mar-
iner, John Barr, Salem.
" Wm. Jackman, Newburyport,
Mariner.
" Benjm Knowlton, Beverly,
Mariner.
" Saml Lang, Danvers, Mariner, John Perley, Danvers.
" Benjm Lee, Manchester, La-
bourer, Saml Goldsmith, Manchester.
" John Lee, Salem, Labourer, L. Infantry, Salem.
" N. B. Mansfield, Salem, Cord-
wainer, Levi Trask, Danvers.
" Thomas Martin, Salem, Joiner.
'* John Masury, Beverly,Mariner, John Bennet, Beverly.
" John A. Mansise, Haverhill,
Mariner.
" Jeremiah Mclntire, Danvers,
Labourer, Edward Munroe, Danvers.
" John Noyes,Salem,Ropemaker, Eben Symonds, Salem.
" Abr m Noyes,Salem,Ropemaker,
" Robert B. Osgood, Danvers,
Cordwainer.
*' Elbridge Putnam, Danvers,
Cordwainer.
" James Poor, Danvers, Mariner, Eben Upton, Danvers.
" Benjn Quiner, Beverly, Mariner, Jona Cressy, Beverly.
" John M. Ramsdell, Salem,
Mariner, Nathi Batchelder,Lynn.
" Joseph Richards,Salem, Baker.
" Thos. SafEord, Salem, Cooper, Andrew Dunlap, Salem.
" Benjn Smethurst, Salem, Rope-
maker.
" Levi Sargent, Danvers, La-
bourer, John Carr, Danvers.
" Moses Stevens, Andover, Yeo-
man, Geo. Burns, Andover,
" Jos. R. Steward, Beverly,
Mariner.
ROLL OF CAPT. SAMUEL MUDGE'S COMPANY. 195
Substitute for Residence
Priv. Joshua Twiss, Beverly,Mariner, Jeremh Porter, Beverly.
" John Turner, Salem, Mariner.
' David Tabor, Salem, Mariner.
" Samuel Towne, Salem, La-
bourer, L. Infantry, Salem.
" George Wright,Salem,Mariner, - - Wilkins, Middleton.
" John Webb, Beverly, Carpenter.
" Moses Woodbury, Beverly, Mar-
iner.
" William Wilson, Danvers,
Cordwainer, Frothingham, Salem.
Essex Institute Manuscripts Collection.
Military MSS., 1812-1814, leaf 94.
SALEM AND MARBLEHEAD IN 1808.
The unfriendly feelings existing between Great Britain
and the United States in 1807 led to preparations for de-
fence along the Atlantic coast. Exact information as to
the numbers of the militia, their proficiency, and the state
of the country itself became of much importance to the
British authorities and resulted in the employment of a
secret agent, John Howe, the King's printer at Halifax,
who was born in Boston in 1754. He proceeded as far
south as Washington. His first report to the Lieutenants
General at Halifax, dated at Boston, May 5, 1808, is
printed in the American Historical Review, Vol. XVII,
pp. 77-83, and contains the following account of Salem
and Marblehead :
" I have been at Marblehead and Salem. These Towns
are much divided in their politics. At Marblehead their
extensive Fishery is all at a stand, and the Vessels usually
employed in it, laying useless in Port. Two Companies
of Militia Artillery were under Arms, the day I passed
there, it being their training day. The Officers affect an
imitation of the French in their Uniforms ; but the gen-
eral appearance of the Companies had nothing whatever
about them, to excite any other than risible sensations.
Several Militia Companies have paraded since my arrival
in Boston : But the best of them appear to me inferior
to the Militia Light Infantry Company of Halifax.
" At Salem a great number of valuable Vessels are lay-
ing at the Wharves. Business of all kinds totally sus-
pended, and in passing the whole extent of the Margin of
their harbour, I could scarcely find a seaman. They have
gone among their friends in the country. Very few who
have the appearance of British Seamen are to be seen
either here or at Boston. This Town is filled with India
goods. The Trade which Great Britain has allowed them
at Calcutta, and other of our Ports in India, and their
Trade with China, and the North- West Coast of America,
has made them generally rich. No bankruptcies have
taken place here, in consequence of the Embargo, nor are
any expected. There is no Sea-Port in this State where
there is a more general appearance of wealth, and where
the Merchants are so completely independent."
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COLONEL DAVID MASON
1726-1 795.
From the portrait belonging to Hon. David M. Little,
HISTOKICAL COLLECTIONS
OF THE
ESSEX INSTITUTE
VOL. XLVIII. JULY, 1912 No. 3
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF COL. DAVID MASON
OF SALEM, BY HIS DAUGHTER,
MRS. SUSAN SMITH.*
June, 1824.
My Dear Nephews $ Nieces.
In compliance with the request that has often been
made me, to put in writing some particulars of your
Grandfather Mason's life and adventures, and feeling it a
duty to do what is in my power to resque from oblivion
(at least among his immediate descendants) the memory
of one who devoted the best part of his days to the ser-
vice of his country, and to the study and improvement of
a then newly discovered Science, which has since afforded
such great benefits to society, I will now endeavour to
state some of those facts, and circumstances, respecting
his public and private Character which are faithfully re-
corded in my memory, as received from both my parents,
as well as what has come within my own knowledge.
His ancestors came from the south of England in the
year 1634, and settled in Boston, Massachusetts, where
they appear for a long time to have possessed large real
estates, but from causes not now known to us, but little
of it fell to the share of his father, but if their houses
and lands did not remain for their descendants, I hope
and trust their good example and great piety will descend
*The original manuscript is now in the possession of Miss Caroline
T. Bates of Ipswich, Mass.
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and rest upon their latest posterity. My father, David
Mason, was born in Boston, Mass., March 24, 1726. He
was the eldest but one of eight children, three of whom
died in infancy, not one of whose descendants by the
name of Mason is now living to my knowledge. He very
early discovered a great taste for books, and a thirst for
learning, that led his parents to contemplate giving him a
public education, and he began to prepare for it, but his
father dying when he was about 14 years of age, and his
mother being left with a number of children to support,
the plan was relinquished, and with as good an English
education as the town then afforded, he was apprenticed
to Mr. Gore to learn the art of fine painting and guilding.
He spent some time with him, and a Mr. Johnson, and
afterwards learnt portrait painting of a Mr. Greenwood,
who some years after settled in England, and who often
urged him to join him in his business in that country. He
made good if not great proficiency in these several
branches, especially in the art of guilding, which I have
often heard said was superior to anything done in the
country at that day. He now entered into business for
himself and was married very young to a Miss Gold-
thwait of Boston, who lived only one year after their
marriage, and left no child. He was again married to
Miss Hannah Symmes, granddaughter of Mr. Zachariah
Symmes of Bradford, Mass., and daughter of Mr. Andrew
Symmes of Boston, by whom he had nine children ; four
daughters who lived to be settled in the world, and one
son who lived to the age of 43, but was never married.
My father at different periods of his life continued to per-
sue his original profession, but never gave it that close
and undivided attention which is absolutely necessary to
make any line of business profitable. His mind often
wandered from mere mechanical arts to seek in the scanty
resources of that day more congenial employment for his
enquiring mind ; and which he found in the new theory
of electricity which was brought forward in this country
at that time by Dr. Franklin, who had been a particular
friend or acquaintance in his father's family. He was 20
years older than my father and at that time lived in Phil-
adelphia. Your gfather entered deeply into these stud-
BY HIS DAUGHTER, MBS. SUSAN SMITH. 199
ies and delivered a course of experimental lectures upon
electricity in Boston, and some years after, in Portsmouth,
Salem, and several other towns, and there is no doubt his
oourse of lectures were the only public ones given in New
England before the revolution or I believe in any part of
the country. Now it seems there was so little known, or
thought, about the science in those days, that when he
was delivering his lectures in Cape Ann some years after-
wards, several reputable people came to the minister of
the place, to enquire of him whether he did not think
Captain Mason must not deal in some necromantic art to
perform the wonders he did in his lectures, and it was
with difficulty he could persuade them that it was all
perfectly innocent and consistent with the principles of
natural philosophy. I do not remember in what year, but
he erected the first lightning rods in New England. In
the course of his experiments he made some upon a
pigeon, in the progress of which he found he had de-
prived him of sight. By increasing the shock he deprived
him of life also, a discovery he considered of so much
importance, as to induce him to make a journey to Phila-
delphia for the express purpose of communicating the
fact to Dr. Franklin, who had not then made an experi-
ment of the kind, with the same success, and so much was
he engaged in these studies that I have heard him fre-
quently say that nothing but the excessive sea-sickness he
endured while on a voyage to New York, prevented him
from going to Europe to prosecute his farther researches
in that wonderful science.
At the breaking out of the French War, in 1756, his
attention was turned to a military line of life, the science
of which had always been one of his favorite studies,
particularly the art of gunnery ; and I believe it may be
said without hesitation that he understood the practical
part of that art better than any man in N. England at
the commencement of the revolutionary war. In the be-
ginning of the war, in 1756, he entered the Provincial
army as a Lieut, or Capt. but on joining the army was
attached to the British Artillery and ranked as Capt. with
their troops. He commanded a batteiy of 6 pieces of
cannon in Fort William Henry on the Mohawk river, at
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the time it was taken by the French & Indians in 1757
or 8 and I have heard him say he fired the last ball there
was in the fort before they surrendered, the terms of their
capitulation being that they should march out of the fort
with the honours of war and be protected from the In-
dians till they arrived at Quebeck. They felt quite safe
from their savage foes, but they had only gone a short
distance from the fort when the French commander broke
his faith and suffered 300 Indians to attack them, and
almost the whole party were either massacred or taken.
My father said he should have gotten clear of them, if it
had not been for his attempting to resque from them a
sergeant's wife who had been a faithful nurse in the fort,
whose child they had taken from her arms and dashed its
head to pieces on the ground, and were leading her off.
He succeeded in liberating the woman from their grasp
but turned their attention towards himself. He ran and
they pursued a mile or more, till crossing a log fence he
stumbled and fell, and so close were they behind him that
before he could rise they seized upon him as a vulture
upon his prey and led him to the river, where they put
him on board a boat, intending as he supposed to carry
him to their own country, with no other prospect before
him than that of a long captivity, separated from all he
held dear in life, or perhaps subjected to a lingering and
cruel death. Being however of a firm and courageous
turn of mind and putting, as he said, his trust in Provi-
dence, he endeavoured to appear before them, perfectly
calm and unconcerned. It appeared that one of the In-
dians who took him was a chief and had a son on board
the boat about 14 years of age. They had stript my
father of all his cloaths except his small clothes ; ript the
gold lace from his hat ; fixd his stone sleeve buttons about
his ears, and so disposed of the rest of his (wardrobe)
dress.
As they were silently passing up the river, the boy
expressed a desire to smoke his pipe and wished his father
to go on shore that he might light it. My father observ-
ing what he wanted, made signs to them that he would
light it from the sun, which he did with a burning glass
BS" HIS DAUGHTER, MRS. SUSAN SMITH. 201
placed at the end of his own pipe stopper, that had re-
mained in his pocket. Upon seeing what he had done
they manifested considerable uneasiness in his company,
evidently regarding him as possessed of some supernatu-
ral power, which he soon perceived by their actions and
endeavoured to turn it to his own advantage without
alarming their fears too much least the} T should take a
too summary way to free themselves from danger. Soon
after this took place he observed a French officer walking
on the shore whom he hailed in English, and to his great
joy found he understood the language, which the Indians
on board did not. He then entreated him to find some
way to release him from his captivity and he, happening
to be a man of humanity, readily undertook to barter
with the Indians for the care of their prisoner. The In-
dians still appearing to feel strong apprehension on ac-
count of my father's supposed supernatural powers,
readily consented to give him up. After quiting the
boat he travel'd some distance from the river in company
with the Frenchman, who advised him to conceal himself
in the woods till the Indians had " scattered off," and
after kindly giving him his great coat to cover his naked
shoulders, left him to his fate. He then endeavoured to
secure himself by crawling under some fallen trees, where
he lay concealed three days and nights without any sus-
tenance except what he derived from chewing a piece of
ginseng which he had in his pocket. The circumstance of
their not discovering he had such a convenience about
him, tho so very silent in itself, seemed to be the means,
in the hands of Providence, by which he was preserved.
While he lay under the logs he could hear the Indians
traversing the woods around him, and expected every
hour to be hunted out of his hiding place by them or
their dogs. After continuing until he was almost fam-
ished, he was obliged to quit his place of concealment to
procure food. Where he first found assistance I do not
remember, but recollect to hear him say, he travel'd to
Albany with no other covering than the coat given him by
his deliverer, which was kept in the family as a sort of relic
for many years, till it was lost in the revolutionary war.
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From Albany he returned to his family, and I am not
certain as to his going out the next year, but so high an
opinion had the British commanding officer of his military
talents that about this time, without his knowledge or so-
licitation, he had a Capt. commission of Artillery in the
British Army sent to him from England. But in room
of its coming to Boston, it was sent to Philadelphia, and
he was written to from authority in that city to come and
receive it, but on account of my mother's extreme aver-
sion to his being permanently connected with the Army,
he did not go, and it was left on their hands. I have often
heard him speak of this mistake as one of those Provi-
dential circumstances which altered the whole tenor of
his future life and usefulness, as instead of finding him-
self at the beginning of our revolution, in the ranks of
his countries enemies, he was at liberty when call'd upon,
to devote all his time and talents to its service.
Amongst other events of his life he used to mention a
remarkable preservation he had in the great fire in Bos-
ton. At that time he had the charge of the powder house
which was on Fort Hill. The fire was fast approaching
the building and there was a considerable quantity of
powder in the house that was thought might be removed
before the fire could reach it. He accordingly went to
his house for the key, which was some distance from the
fire. When my mother learnt his intention it threw her
into great distress in apprehension of the danger he was
going to expose himself, and after he had used many ar-
guments to quiet her mind and had made his way out of
the house, she followed him to the door entreating him
not to venture upon so dangerous a step, and in the midst
of her pleadings the house blew up, but without injuring
as many people as might have been expected. From a
calculation that was made of the time it would have taken
him to have gone to his house and returned, had he per-
sued his intention without hinderance, it was supposed he
must have been in the house at the time of its blowing
up. But his time was not yet come ; he had many years
to travel through this wilderness world, many acts of use-
fulness and kindness yet to perform to his family and
his fellowmen.
BY HIS DAUGHTER, MRS. SUSAN SMITH. 203
In the year 1763 raised he and got organized the first
regular artillery company in the town of Boston, of which
he was appointed Capt. I now have his commission from
Gov. Bernard, dated in that year, and he was the sole
means of getting the two Brass field pieces that now be-
long to that company, sent for from England. He held
the command of the company only one year. He had at
that time a particular friend by the name of Paddock,
who afterwards went off as a tory, but returned.
He was an ambitious, aspiring young man, qualities
which may be seen made no part of my father's charac-
ter. Be this as it may, his friend persuaded him, as
it was an expensive affair, to give up the command to
him who was a young man and could better attend to it
without so much injury to his business. Accordingly he
resigned it to him feeling more pleasure in gratifying his
friend than in bearing sway.
In 1765, in consequence of the small pox having spread
over the town the year before, all business became dull,
and having a strong invitation to go to Cape Ann, now
called Gloucester, he removed with his family to that
place, still persuing his studies in electricity and there de-
livered several courses of his lectures on that subject. But
things not answering his expectations, he again removed
to Salem where he commenced his revolutionary services,
of which I shall now give you some details. In the sum-
mer of 1774 he was one of a committee to prevent any
teas being sold or brought into the town of Salem, and I
remember 2 large chests that had been smuggled into the
town and taken from the owners, were brought to our
house and put into my mother's chamber closet for safe
keeping over night, and the next day, were taken away by
the school boys and burnt in the public square, to their no
small amusement. As a specimen of the spirit at that time
prevailing among the female lovers of liberty, my mother
was at that time in a very low state of health and could
take but little nourishment excepting tea. My father
fearing she must suffer much in her health if she gave it
up, proposed procuring her the liberty of using it ; but
she said, " no, she would sooner endure any inconvenience,
than it should be said, she was enjoying a privilege her
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husband was employed to take from her friends and
neighbours."
Early in the Autumn of this year, there was a commit-
tee of safety (so call'd) chosen by the legislature of Mass,
to make private preparations for the gathering storm that
they forsaw was soon to burst upon their heads. I think
he was one of that committee, but am not certain. He
was however from that time actively engaged in collecting
military stores, wherever they could be found and Nov. 17,
1774 he was appointed by this committee, for this pur-
pose, with the title of Engineer and a fixed salary, which
I have heard him say was the first military appointment
in the revolutionary War.
From this time till he was unhandsomely and I may say
unjustly dismissed the service of his country, he sacrificed
every concern of his own and devoted all his time and
talents to the cause in which he was engaged. This it
may be said was no more than many have done in the
world at the present day ; yet is there not much due to
one exhibiting so much devotion to the good of his coun-
try at that period ? It was not then the day of revolu-
tions ; he had a family to support, was surrounded by those
who were watching all his movements and was liable any
day to be taken up by the tory part of the government
and his family deprived of their support and his protec-
tion ; but these considerations had no weight with him. He
went steadily, tho silently and prudently forward, and
accomplished much, considering under what circumstances
he performed it. About the last of Nov. he took a jour-
ney with Gen. Lincoln to Simsbury Iron Works in Con-
necticut, where he engaged 4,000 cannon ball to be cast.
He was gone twice the length of time he expected to be,
to the no small anxiety of his family who alone knew his
object, while his neighbours were constrewing his absense
according to their own views and feelings. The tories
said " he had absconded through just fear of the govern-
ment," as it was about this time that he with some other
persons had taken the brass cannon that belonged to his
former company, from the place where they were stored
by the British, and which was discovered some hours after
by them, and he was persued by a guard of 8 men to
BY HIS DAUGHTER, MRS. SUSAN SMITH. 205
Charlestown ferry, but fortunately got on board before
they reached the wharfe and so made his escape, but
never dared venture into the town again till the British
left it. The warm hearted wigs were afraid he had be-
trayed the cause and had gone to the British, many of
which remarks his family were obliged to hear without
explaining.
About this time he purchased of a Capt. Derby and the
town of Salem, 17 iron cannon, as I find the payment of
painting so many carriages accounted for in his memoran-
dum book, from which I take many of these facts. Among
other accoutrements wanted for these guns were flannel
cartridges which must be sewed very smooth with a needle
and of course done by females. My father not wishing
to entrust more with the secret than was absolutely neces-
sary, engaged my mother, tho in feeble health, to cut out
5,000 of these cartridges, and set my eldest sister and my-
self to make them, and I well remember being lock'd up
in a chamber while at work for fear our prying mates or
Neighbours should discover our employment. These were
no doubt the tirst implements of destruction of their kind
used to repel the invaders of our country. In preparing
carriages for these guns my father had employ'd a Capt
Foster to do the iron work whose shop was on the North
side of Danvers river, which skirts one side of the town
of Salem, over which was a draw bridge. In the progress
of the business he had employed an old countyman to do
some curious part of the work, in whom he had great con-
fidence but who it appears soon after betrayed his trust.
About the last of Feb. a number of the carriages were
done and the guns mounted, when this Man came to my
father and said he wanted the pay for his work stating he
was under some pressing necessity for the money. He
accordingly paid him his due. This was Saturday after-
noon. He went to Boston that night and gave informa-
to Gov. Gage what was going on under my father's direc-
tion. The Governor immediately ordered a Regiment
commanded by Col. Lesley to embark from the Castle and
land at Marblehead, from there to march to Salem and
take possession of those guns in Majesties name. Accord-
ingly they landed about 12 oclock but my father did not
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get information till 4 in the afternoon, when two of the
select men call'd at his house to inform him that these
troops, 300 in number, were marching into town and it
was supposed there object was to take possession of his
guns, which he no sooner heard than he was in a few
minutes on his horse and at the place of deposit taking
measures to secure them. The alarm soon spread in the
town, the bells were ringing, the drums beating, and the
street till'd with people running in every direction. The
troops met with some little obstruction by the people's
breaking up a bridge about half a mile from the town*
That however was soon repaired and they march'd into
the public square, with martial music and colors flying to
the great terror of the women and children, if to no others.
In the mean time my father was busily engaged with a
number of young men he had taken with him, in securing
his guns, as he call'd them. It fortunately happened that
near to these shops there was a thick oak wood lot which
was covered to a considerable depth with dry leaves, and
there being no snow on the ground at that time he soon
had the guns dismounted and buried under these leaves
and the carriages completely secured from sight. After
this was effected he rode into the street where the troops
had halted and found Col. Lesley conversing with a young
tory lawyer who was pointing with his cane in such a
direction as he knew must carry him directly to the
bridge. He immediately returned to his post and with a
number of others concerted a plan to defeat their project.
The troops were now coming towards the bridge in full
glee, while the inhabitance stood in sullen silence prepared
to meet them, and at the instant Col. Lesley at the head
of his troops, set his foot on the first half of the bridge,
my father ordered the other half to be drawn up present-
ing to his astonished sight a chasm 40 feet deep (it lucki-
ly happening to be low water). On finding his progress
so unexpectedly arrested, the valiant Col. stampt and
swore, ordering the bridge to be immediately lowered, but
that was all he could do as there was no one disposed to
obey him but his own troops, and it was not in their
power to do it. He then ordered some of his soldiers to
get into some boats that lay by, and pass over and let
BY HIS DAUGHTER, MRS. SUSAN SMITH. 207
down the draw, but as soon as this was perceived to be
their design, several young men by the name of Felt, sprang
into them and with axes knocked out their bottoms. This
occasioned something of a scuffle and one or two were
slightly wounded, but the time not being come for open
hostilities they made no further attempt to force their
way. As all seemed to be at a stand not knowing what
next would take place, my father mounted a ladder to the
top of the draw and addressed Col. Lesley, with whom he
was personally acquainted, and advised him to desist, stat-
ing to him that expresses were gone out in different direc-
tions, and in a few hours there would be 1000 men upon
the ground and his men would probably be all cut to
pieces, should they once fire upon the people. He replied
he had orders to pass that bridge and should do it if it
cost the life of every man he had, but if he would let
down the draw he would pledge his word and honour, that
he would pass over with his men and return without mo-
lesting either persons or property. My father then con-
sulted with some present and advised to leting down of
the bridge as he had full confidence in Col. Lesley's word.
Accordingly the bridge was lowered and they marched
over 20 or 30 rods and returned in the same order persu-
ing their way back to Marblehead as rapidly as they could
without running. For the failure of this enterprize
Col. Lesley was tried by a court Martial and broken, but
afterwards restored. In reading lately a memoir of the
Rev. Dr. Barnard of Salem, I found the failure of the at-
tempt was chiefly attributed to the influence of his advice
upon Col. L. How far his advice had influence in restrain-
ing him I do not pretend to say, but this I do know, that
to my father's management the credit was due and given
to him at that time, of preserving the property.
After this, not venturing to collect too much in one
place, he made a considerable deposit at Concord, Mass, of
powder and other stores, in the securing of which he was
not so fortunate, as the British geting knowledge of it
from some tory, sent out a party of troops from Boston to
destroy them, in which they partly succeeded, and here
commenced the important contest, that after a seven years
war ended in the acknowledged independance of our be-
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loved country. At four oclock on Wednesday morning,
April 19, 1775, there was an express came to my father
informing him of the troops being on their march to Lex-
ington, and their object was supposed to be to get posses-
sion of the stores he had at Concord. He immediately
gave Mr. Pickering, who was Col. of the Salem regiment,
the same information and then went on to get his guns and
whatever was in his care in readiness if they should be
needed. Everything now was in the utmost confusion in
the town ; a great number of young men were collected
but without a leader ; where Col. Pickering was at this
time I do not know or when he joined the party but I saw
my father at 12 oclock march out of Salem as a volunteer
at the head of 4 or 500 men. They met at or near Med-
ford, Lord Percy and his party on his return to Boston,
and I have often heard him assert that if he had been left
at liberty to have persued his own way, they could have
taken the whole party, but he knew the duty of a soldier
too well to go contrary to orders, whatever his own know-
ledge or judgment might be. At 12 oclock the same night
he returned to Salem with his voice entirely gone and
otherwise extremely fatigued, but by rest and good nurs-
ing he so far recovered the next day as to be able to go
out and attend to sending to Cambridge part of the guns
and ammunition he had prepared. He again went to
Cambridge and I do not remember seeing him till after
Bunker Hill battle. He applied however to the commit-
tee to send and remove his family to a place of safety.
Accordingly they wrote to the selectmen to afford the
family all the assistance they might need, but on coming
to the house they found the family had left the town, ex-
cept my eldest sister, then about eighteen, who having
more courage than the rest would not leave the house till
the furniture was removed. The circumstance that in-
duced my mother to quit the town on foot for a place five
miles distant, with four of her children, the youngest not
five years old, was this. On Friday, the town had been
in much alarm in consequence of a British vessel's coming
into Marblehead and sending word to the town authorities
that if they sent any supplies or rendered the rebels at
Cambridge any assistance whatever, they would destroy
BY HIS DAUGHTER, MRS. SUSAN SMITH. 209
the town. The same message was expected at Salem thro
the day, but as it did not come, towards night people
seemed to be geting more calm. My Mother went out
to consult with a friend on the best mode of removing her
family and was returning home just after dusk when a
man on horseback came on a full gallop through the
street she was in, screaming as loud as possible to get the
women and children out of town for the British were
within a few miles of the place, and immediately disap-
peared under cover of the night. This, as may be sup-
posed, threw the whole town into confusion. For our
part of it, my Mother got home as soon as her fright
would permit her and covering her younger children with
their cloaks sallied forth into the street, intending to cross
the north bridge leading to the wood I have before men-
tioned. The streets were now crowded with people, but
as it was not known from what point the danger would
proceed they knew not which way to run. Expresses
were sent off in every direction for intelligence, and some
gentlemen more cool than the rest, used all their rhetoric
to calm the fear of the people and so far succeeded as to
persuade the women and children to retire to their homes,
which they the more willingly did after several of the mes-
sengers had returned without discovering anything to
justify the alarm. It was singular that this alarm was
simultaneously given in a number of other places in Mass.
and Connecticut, and I have heard a Lady say, in speak-
ing of those times, that she was as much frightened in
Conn, as we were in Salem, but I have never heard that
this person or his object was discovered. My mother, with
others, returned to her home and towards morning we were
persuaded to lie down, which we did with our clothes on,
and I remember not daring to take my shoes off till the
next Monday night, altho five miles from the town, and
half a mile from the public road. I mention this to give
some idea of the undefinable fears and apprehensions of
those days.
Your Gfather was not in the battle of Bunker Hill, but
was in a very dangerous situation somewhere in or near
Charlestown.
When the Army was organized at Cambridge, he used
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all his influence to get Gen. Knox appointed to the com-
mand of the Artillery, knowing him to be enterprizing
and warmly attached to the cause of liberty. My father
thought he would be more popular with the young men
who then wished to draw into the service than if com-
manded by one as old as himself, he being near 50, and
Knox 28. There was likewise two other men who would
of rights stand candidates with him for the office, who
were not men of such energy. One of them had com-
manded at the Castle some years and the other had been
in the French war. But consulting the general good, he
put his own pretensions and theirs out of the question
and succeeded in getting Knox appointed. This circum-
stance I understand is noted in a biography of Gen. Knox
and his exertion acknowledged. He still gave way to
another young man who it was thought would make a
popular officer and took up himself with a Lieut. Col.
commission, while the one who had commanded at the
Castle would not accept any other appointment and never
joined the Army. These were the motives by which he
was governed. When I have said to him, in after life,
why did you keep in the background and let others come
over your head, when from your early exertions and
knowledge of military affairs you were so justly entitled
to a higher rank ? the answer he always gave me was, the
good of the cause required it. And upon these principles
did he act until the close of his public life. As an instance
of his good will to Knox, he lent him his folio military
dictionary with plates, by Chambers, which he had some
time before sent to London for and for which I think I
have heard him say he paid ten guineas. This valuable
book he kept through the war, and to this day, although
my father frequently requested him to return it to him,
but he always said he could not get along without it and
another could not then be procured in the country.
There was nothing particular that took place respecting
him that I recollect from this time till March, 1776, when it
was determined to dispossess the British by bombarding
the town of Boston, for which purpose strong batteries
and other works were erected on Dorchester heights op-
BY HIS DAUGHTER, MRS. SUSAN SMITH. 211
posite the town. Sometime before this there had been
taken by a Capt. Manly, a British vessel of war on board
of which was found a 13 inch mortar, and tho found to
be cracked was transported to Cambridge and considered
to be a great acquisition. Some even thought the fate of
the war depended on it, or at least the town, which how-
ever the first opinion might appear the last was in a de-
gree true. My father commanded the battery in which
this piece of ordinance was placed, and [was] ordered by
Gen, Washington to make every exertion to fire the town,
and however grievous, as he said it was, to his feelings to
direct the instrument which was to destroy the place of
his fathers sepulchres, there was no alternative, and with
a hea^vy heart he pointed the piece to throw a shell into
the old south meeting house as being the most central
part of the town. But the elevation being too high,
passed just over the steeple. He then lowered the piece
so that the next should lodge directly in the roof. But
instead of this intention being effected, at the next load-
ing the mortar burst, three men were killed, and my father
badly wounded in the leg by being struck with a large
piece of the metal. The same accident occured the same
night at several other places, and the town was thus
Providentially kept from distruction at that time. This
took place about the 8 of March, and on Sunday the 17,
the Gov. and all the troops, with the tories, embark'd on
board their ships and were on their way to the Castle by
ten o'clock in the morning. This you may suppose was
a day of rejoicing with all in that part of the country,
though not without strong fears and apprehension that it
was only a feint and they would soon return. But to show
that it was not by our own skill or resources that we were
delivered from so powerful an enemy, but by the mercy
of that wonder-working Providence who has the heart of
all men in his hand and can turn them whithersoever he
pleases, I will copy a return (the original being now in my
hands) that was made to my father a few days after the
enemy left Boston, of all the ammunition that was in the
principle magazine on Prospect Hill :
212 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF COL. DAVID MASON
Prospect Hill, March .23, 1776.
A return of the Ammunition in the Magazine.
4 half barrels of powder, & two quarter do. full,
and one quarter do. almost out.
paper cartridges for 24 pd 53
flannel do for 22 pd 18
paper do for 12 pd 9
cannister shot for 24 pd 28
small cannister shot for 6 pd 26
nineteen boxes buck shot
Musket cartridges 49,336
My father was at this time wholly confined to his tent
on the above named hill, my Mother attending him till he
was able to be removed to Lexington, where his family
then resided. When it was concluded to break up the
encampment at Cambridge, and move the Army on to
New York, there were many who did not like to leave
their families to go so far from home, and drew off from
the Army, but my father was not one of this sort and
gave his word to Gen. Washington that he would follow
him to New York as soon as he was able to ride. Accord-
ingly, as soon as he was able to sit upon a horse, he took
his departure for that place, leaving his family under pe-
culiarly distressing circumstances by reason of his son
(and he was supposed an only one, a lad of 15, who had
been with him all the time he was at Cambridge) being
dangerously sick and not expected to live, and though he
partially recovered he never saw him again, as he died a
few months after of consumption.
The day after he left home there came to his house a
committee from the Legislature of Mass, offering him
the command of the Castle in Boston harbour, a situation
he had greatly desired in former times. My Mother told
them she feared he would not feel himself at liberty to
accept, but she wished it so much she should be very glad
if the offer could be made known to him before he
reached New York. On which they concluded to follow
him and overtook him near Worcester. After delivering
to him their commission, he told them " as desirable as he
had always considered that post, and honor'd as he felt
BY HIS DATJGHTBE, MRS. SUSAN SMITH. 213
himself to be by the Legislature of the Province, he could
not hesitate a moment as to the decision he must make,
for he had given his word and honor to Gen. Washington
that he would stand by him as long as his country needed
his services ; and if they were to offer him the command of
the whole Province, he could not accept," and to the great
grief of his family proceeded on his way to New York.
I do not remember many events in which he was en-
gaged while there,except his commanding the battery, that
was hoped would prevent the British fleet passing up the
North river, and a speech that Gen. Washington made
while sitting upon his horse, as my father was standing by
his side as the last ship was passing by. He had re-
quested the Gen. to let him fire once more at the ships,
which he was refused, and after looking earnestly at them
for some time, he raised both his hands, and with an ex-
pression of countenance that my father said he could
never forget, uttered this sentence, " O God, thy will be
done," and turning his horse's head, he rode off the
ground.
In some retreat of the Army after they had left N. Y.,
I recollect his telling me how near he came to being
taken by the enemy through the sagacity of his horse.
In the evening of that day, he had remained on the ground
till all the cannon were moved off, and he found himself
alone on a pine plain, with many cross roads, without
knowing which to take that would lead him to his own
party. In this dilemma, it being very dark, he concluded
to give his horse the reign and let him take his own
course, and at break of day, he very kindly, as the poor
creature no doubt thought, brought him to the house he
had last left, in full view of a regiment of British troops,
which he no sooner saw, than taking upon himself the di-
rection of the reigns, made his escape into woods from
whence he came. At another time, when in the Jersey,
he, with a number of Brother Officers, had s toped at a
farm house to get some refreshment, and after tying their
horses caustiously at the back of the house, saw a large
party of the regulars, as they were called, marching di-
rectly towards the house, and they had only time to make
their way through a back door to their horses, making
214 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF COL. DAVID MASON
their escape across the fields, leaving their dinner to be
eaten by their enemies. From this time he entered upon
a new scene of laborious usefulness. In the autumn of
1776 he was ordered by Gen. Washington to repair to
N. England, and there select a place which he should think
most suitable and there erect a board of works for the
purpose of preparing all kinds of ammunition that might
be wanted for the contest in which the country was en-
gaged. His first attempt was with the selectmen of Hart-
ford, Con. But they not being willing to cede to Con-
gress the land which was necessary for the object, he left
them and made application to the Selectmen of Spring-
field, Mass, and agreed with them for ten acres of land
east of the village, and the foundation of the splendid
arsenal that now is there, was begun and carried on four
& a half years under his immediate care and direction,
and most of the ammunition that was expended in the
war North of Philadelphia was prepared at that place.
The travelling forge and all that was necessary for Gen.
Arnold's expedition to Canada, was made and taken from
there, and when the French and English fleet were off
Newport, and the Militia was calTd from Mass, to defend
that place, there were a number of loads of ammunition
and guns sent for from Springfield and my father think-
ing his presence would expedite their arrival, made the
journey with them, and from extreme fatigue while there,
and withall being exposed to the great rain storm that hap-
pened at that time, was taken so very sick after his return
that we feared for some days he would not recover. It
was now drawing towards the close of the war, and there
was a new secretary came into oifice in that department,
" who knew not Joseph, " and from a spirit of economy,
or some other spirit, wrote to him that the works were
now so well established and under such good regulations
that an officer of less rank and pay could perform all
the duties that were necessary, and the government had
no further services for him. He immediately wrote to
Gen. Washington and Knox to know what it meant
and what course he should persue. They directly wrote
back to him that his services could not be dispensed
BY HIS DAUGHTER, MRS. SUSAN SMITH. 215
with and he must remain at his post and they would
attend to the business with the secretary. He com-
plied with these commands without giving himself any
further anxiety about the matter and remain'd 8 months
longer, faithfully attending to all the duties of his station;
but the seat of war drawing off to the south, and the bus-
ness not being attended to as he had a right to expect,
when the order for leaving was repeated, from a heart felt
chagrin at the manner which his faithful services had been
estimated, quited the post without making any exertion
to keep it, thus being deprived of compensation for real
services (that is for 8 months) and the five years' pay
given to the Army at the close of the War, altho he had
the strongest assurances that he should retain all the rank
and advantages that could arise from his remaining with
the Army. In the year 1787 or 8, he sent these claims to
Congress with the letters containing Gen. Washington and
Knox commands, and other documents which were neces-
sary to prove his services, which were all burnt in the war
office at Philadelphia before they were acted upon by Con-
gress, and thus ended his connection and demands upon
the government of his country. He now removed with
his family to Boston. Having his attention absorbed, as
I may say, in public business so long, he was illy calculated
at almost 60 years of age to turn his attention to any pro-
fitable private business. But something must be done for
the support of his family. He had preserved all his state
securities which were nominally a handsome sum, but their
credit was very low owing, as it was afterwards discovered,
to a number of speculating men in Mass, who raised the
cry, that the state never could or would redeem them, so
that many of the original owners concluded it best to sell
them for what they could get, among which was my father,
and he sold all his for 2/6 on the pound, as did my
Brother, including his five years pay received at the end
of the war. In a short time by the exertion of these same
speculators in the Legislature in Mass, the whole sum was
paid in gold and silver to the holders of the paper. My
father took the sum his brought, and laid it out in a Wes
India goods store, purchasing at war prices, and in two
years after peace took place, sunk nearly the whole.
216 BIOGBAPHICAL SKETCH OF COL. DAVID MASON.
In the year 1 786, on coming hastily down stairs at the
cry of fire, he spraind the ancle of the leg that was
wounded in the war, which confined him to the house four
months, and tho it at last got well he never enjoyed good
health afterwards. In 1788 his third daughter was mar-
ried to Mr. Daniel Tuttle of Boston, and he and my mother
resided mostly with them the rest of their days. He was
confined to the house nearly three years before his death,
which event took place Sept. 19, 1794, aged 68 years. My
mother lived nine years after his death with the same
daughter, and died at her house, Dec. 3, 1803, aged 72.
Died in this town on Sunday morning last, in the 68th
year of his age, after a long and painful illness, which he
sustained with that fortitude and resignation characteristic
of a true desciple of Jesus Christ, Col. David Mason, a
worthy and useful citizen ; and an early and active defend-
er of the liberties of his country. At an early period in
life he discovered a genius for tactics and the art of gun-
nery, and his extensive knowledge in each of these sciences
made him eminently useful throughout every period of the
late revolution. So early as the year 1763 by permission
of Government he raised and organized the present Artil-
lery company in this town now commanded by Capt.
Samuel Bradlee. In the beginning of the contest with
Great Britain and America he was appointed by the com-
mittee of supplies, as the most suitable person to collect
materials and military stores for the defense of the coun-
try, and ever after proved himself a zealous and warm ad-
vocate for its liberties.
" Alas tho' tis an awful thing to die
Yet after the dread path thou hast trod,
Heaven lifts its everlasting portals high
And bids the pure in heart behold their God."
Boston Sentinel, Sept. 19, 1794.
THE NEWHALL FAMILY OF LYNN.
BY HENRY F. WATERS.
(Continued from Volume XLVUI^ page
484 Nathaniel (Joseph 21 ?, Joseph? 2 , Joseph 23 , Thom-
as 4 , Thomas 1 ), born in Lynn, 27 April, 1740 ; married
Rebecca Harwood, and died 17 March, 1806. His widow
died 7 Feb., 1811. He lived in South Danvers (now
Peabody), on the north side of the Lynnfield road, and
was a farmer, as appears in the records of deeds. His
estate does not appear in probate, nor does that of his
widow or of his son Nathaniel (a stone-cutter), who died
unmarried. The elder son, Joseph, removed to Charlton,
in Worcester County, where he died. His will, of 11 Oct.,
1824, proved 4 Jan., 1825, mentions wife Susanna. Na-
thaniel Johnson of Charlton is appointed executor. His
widow Susanna made her will 11 Feb., 1825 ; proved 7
Feb., 1826. After certain legacies to William Newhall
(or Newell) Johnson, Betsy Galusha Johnson and Su-
sanna Newhall Johnson, children of Nathaniel Johnson of
Charlton, the residue is left to the said Nathaniel.
In Worcester County Deeds (B. 116, L. 299), is found
record of conveyance made 3 Jan., 1793, by Ebenezer
Harwood of Sturbridge to Joseph Newhall of Charlton
of an estate in Charlton, near Asa Newhall's.
The information about the marriages of the children
mentioned below was obtained from the venerable Allen
Newhall, whose memory in other cases has proved unusu-
ally accurate and trustworthy.
Children :
985 REBECCA, b. 4 Feb., 1762; m. Jacob Goodale, 28 Dec., 1788; d.
9 Feb., 1811.
986 JOSEPH, b. 18 Nov., 1764; m. Susanna Lyndsey, 17 April, 1787 .
987 NATHANIEL, b. 20 Oct., 1766; d. 29 Jan., 1818, unm.
(217)
218 THE NEWHALL FAMILY OF LYNN,
988 BETSY, b. 28 Sept., 1768; m. Thomas Nichols, 16 March, 1790.
989 BETHIAH, b. 21 Oct., 1770; m. Nathaniel Davis, 10 April, 1800;
d. 16 Sept., 1846.
990 LYDIA, b. 10 April, 1772; m. Henry Williams, 11 May, 1797; d.
31 July, 1854.
991 SALLY, b. 10 Dec., 1774; m. Jacob Galeucia; d. 11 Mar., 1814.
486 Joseph (Joseph* 1 ? ', Joseph?*, Joseph 23 , Thomas*,
Thomas 1 ), born 23 Sept., 1743; married, in Maiden, 3
Sept., 1767, Dorcas Barrett, probably daughter of Joseph
and Phebe Barrett, born in Maiden, 5 Dec., 1747. By
her, who died 25 March, 1775, he had three children. He
took for a second wife (14 Nov., 1776), Hannah, daughter
of Ebenezer and Hannah Nourse, born in Danvers, 1
July, 1753, and died 19 Dec., 1847, outliving her hus-
band, who died 25 Sept., 1833.
Mr. Newhall was a tailor and farmer, and in 1769 was
styled Joseph Newhall, 3d, of Lynn, yeoman, when he
conveyed to Asa Newhall some real estate near land of
Nathaniel Newhall, his wife Dorcas releasing dower. In
1783 he was called (in a deed of conveyance to the same
grantee) Joseph Newhall of Danvers, lime dresser, the
witnesses to the deed being David and Nathaniel New-
hall.
Administration on the estate of Joseph Newhall of
Danvers, who died in 25 September last," was granted
15 Oct., 1833, to his widow Hannah Newhall, who, on
the 5th of the next month (Nov., 1833), made a state-
ment that she had a daughter,* about forty years of age,
lame from her youth. Her daughter Anna, died single, 10
March, 1858 ; and administration on her estate granted, 4
May, 1858, to Sidney C. Bancroft, Esq., at request of the
next of kin, viz : Thomas Newhall, Thirza Needham and
Dorcas Galeucia of South Danvers, and Allen Newhall
and Betsy Newhall of Lynnfield, brothers and sisters.
Children :
992 ANNA, b. 11 July, 1768; d. 12 Jan., 1788.
993 JOSEPH, b. 29 Jan., 1770; m. Hannah Galeucia, 17 Dec., 1795;
d. 9 Mar., 1849.
*Named Betsy, says her brother Allen, whose remarkably vivid and retentive
memory has proved a great help in the compilation of the history of this
branch of the family.
BY; HENRY F. WATERS. 219
994 MARTHA, b. 16 May, 1773; m. Simeon Southwick, 21 July,
1793.
995 HANNAH, b. 15 Sept., 1777; d. 10 May, 1795.
996 DORCAS, b. 17 April, 1779; m. Simeon Galeucia, 30 March,
1797; d. 25 Dec., 1860.
997 THIRZA, b. 22 Nov., 1780 ; m. John Needham, 3d, March, 1808;
d. 31 May, 1861.
998 ELIZABETH, b. 11 Sept., 1782; d. 12 Jan., 1784.
999 BETSY, b. 24 Aug., 1784; d. (unm.) 3 Jan., 1865.
1000 SUKEY, b. 27 Aug., 1786; m. Amos Proctor; d. 27 May, 1812.
1001 ELI, b. 18 Oct., 1788; went to Newark, New Jersey.
1002 SAMUEL, b. 10 Sept., 1790; m. Betsy Newhall, 21 May, 1812; d.
8 Aug., 1826.
1003 ANNA, b. 8 Sept,, 1792; d. 10 March, 1858.
1004 THOMAS, b. 25 Oct., 1794; m. Lydia Newhall, 27 Aug., 1822; d.
13 Oct., 1860.
1005 ALLEN, b. 12 July, 1798; m. Betsy Douty, 12 Sept., 1822.
487 David (Joseph**?, Joseph? 2 , Joseph 23 , Thomas 4 ,
Thomas 1 ), married, 1772, Sarah Harwood. Died about
1826-7.
Children :
1006 DAVID, b. 19 July, 1773; m. Bethiah Mansfield of Saugus.
1007 DORCAS, b. 17 March, 1776 ; m. David Currier of South Dan-
vers, 4 March, 1802.
1008 Sarah, b. 13 May, 1778; m. John Larrabee of South Danvers,
21 Feb., 1804.
489 Thomas (Joseph 2 *?, Joseph? 2 , Joseph 2 *, Thomas 4 ,
Thomas*}^ married, first, 3 Dec., 1772, Sally Lewis of
Lynn, and, secondly, Sally Hudson, 27 Nov., 1806. He
died 15 March, 1821, having made his will five days be-
fore. His widow was appointed guardian of their two
children.
Children :
1009 THOMAS LEWIS, b. 14 April, 1811.
1010 SALLY LEWIS, b. 18 April, 1814.
490 Jedidiah (Joseph 21 ?, Joseph* 2 , Joseph 2 *, Thomas 4 ,
Thomas*}, born, it is said, about 1750 ; married, 17 Nov.,
1774, Michal Downing, born 31 Aug, 1755, who ap-
peared in 1798 as one of the heirs of Caleb Downing,
220 THE NEWHALL FAMILY OP LYNN,
deceased, of West Lynn. Mrs. Newhall died 9 April,
1821, and her husband is said to have died 20 Dec., 1824.
Administration on his estate was granted to his grandson,
John Nichols, Esq., at request of Allen Newhall and
James Newhall, sons-in-law, who say in their petition that
they believe that all the children, if present, would ex-
press the same wish.
Mr. Newhall's homestead was a part of the William
Longley lot, heretofore referred to, and just east of the
first John Newhall lot, on the north side of Boston street.
As to occupation he was called last-maker, heel-maker,
cordwainer and trader.
Children :
1011 SALLY, b. 26 Oct., 1775; m. James 647 Newhall, 5th, 21 July,
1797.
1012 MICHAL, b. 16 Jan., 1777; m. Allen Newhall, 7 Feb., 1793.
1013 BETSY, b. 19 Aug., 1779.
1014 THOMAS, b. 14 Feb., 1782; d. 30 Nov., 1830, unm.
1015 CHARLOTTE, b. 1 Jan., 1787.
1016 NABBY, b. 11 Sept., 1789.
1017 JEDEDIAH, b. 20 Sept., 1791; m. Ann E. Orcutt, 15 March, 1818.
1018 EUTH, b. 6 Jan., 1794.
1019 AARON, b. 23 July, 1797.
517 Susanna (Andrew 22 *, Joseph? 2 , Joseph 23 , Thomas 4 ,
Thomas 1 ), born in Lynn, 13 Sept., 1760 ; was married 16
May, 1786, to Theophilus, son of Theophilus and Sarah
(Breed) Farrington, born in Lynn, 7 Feb., 1759. He
died 22 Sept., 1812, and his widow died 3 April, 1818.
Children :
1020 JOSEPH, b. 21 Feb., 1787; d. 17 Sept., 1811.
1021 SUSANNA, b. 19 Jan., 1793.
1022 ISABEL, b. 30 Dec., 1799.
520 Patty (Andrew 22 *, Joseph* 2 , Joseph 2 *, Thomas 4 ,
Thomas 1 ), born in Lynn 3 April, 1768, was married 10
July, 1785, to Nathaniel Kichardson of Salem.
Children :
1023 NATHANIEL, b. 16 Oct., 1785.
1024 PATTY, b. 17 June, 1787.
1025 POLLY, b. 10 Aug., 1789.
1026 ISAAC, b. 9 Aug., 1792.
BY HENRY F. WATERS. 221
Mr. Richardson having died, his widow again married,
4 May, 1797, Benjamin Alley, 3d, of Lynn. She died 11
Sept., 1811.
Children :
1027 ANDREW, b. 12 Aug., 1798.
1028 LYDIA, b. 5 May, 1800.
1029 THOMAS KICHARDSON, b. 4 June, 1810.
522 John Brown (Andrew*, Joseph? 2 , Joseph 2 *,
Thomas*, Thomas 1 }, born in Lynn, 10 Feb., 1773; mar-
ried, 20 Nov., 1794, Susanna Lewis of Lynn. Mr. New-
hall was a miller, and died 18 April, 1833. His widow
died 10 March, 1837. In 1796 he sold to Samuel Mulli-
ken of Salem his father's homestead on the south side of
Boston street, and in 1808 he bought the westerly half of
the mansion house of Theophilus Farrington, deceased,
" excepting the garret, with the back kitchen and the
Northerly corner of the cellar bounded by the East side
of the Summer beam and the South side of the fourth
floor joist from the front of the house and the land under
and adjoining."
Children:
1030 JOHN BROWN LEWIS, b. 17 July, 1795; d. 4 Aug., 1825.
1031 SALLY, b. 21 Oct., 1796.
1032 ISABEL, b. 31 Oct., 1797.
1033 ANNA, b. 2 Oct., 1799; d. 25 Nov., 1800.
1034 ANDREW, b. 10 July, 1801; d. 1 Jan., 1803.
1035 MARY ANN LEWIS, b. 17 June, 1813.
536 Elisha (Matthew 2 * 2 , ElishaK, Joseph 2 *, Thomas*,
Thomas*), born 15 Oct., 1759; married Rebecca and
removed to Bradford, Vt.
Children, born in Lynnfield :
1036 ELISHA, b. 20 Aug., 1783.
1037 JONAS GREEN, b. 27 Sept., 1785; d. 25 Jan., 1787.
537 Noah (Matthew 2 * 2 , Elisha^*, Joseph 2 *, Thomas 4 ,
Thomas*), born in Lynnfield, 2 Sept., 1761 ; married, 11
Aug., 1785, Dorothy Lawrence, probably a daughter of
Ebeneeer and Dorothy Lawrence of Lynnfield. Mr. New-
hall was a farmer and innholder in Lynnfield and Reading,
222 THE NBWHALL FAMILY OF LYNN,
and must have been at Cape Ann (Gloucester), in 1794.
In 1819 he was an innholder at Reading.
Children :
1038 DOROTHY, b. 2 May, 1786.
1039 SUSANNA, b. 12 Nov., 1788.
1040 POLLY, b. 21 June, 1790.
1041 ABIGAIL, b. 16 June, 1792.
1042 POLLY, b. at Cape Ann, 14 Sept., 1794.
1043 CLARISSA, b. 3 Oct., 1797.
1044 EBENBZER, b. ; d. 29 July, 1801, aet. 18 mos.
1045 A CHILD, b. 14 Oct., 1801; d. 23 Oct., 1801.
542 Wright (Matthew ^ Elisha^, Joseph**, Thomas*,
Thomas 1 ), born in Lynnfield, 8 May, 1772 ; married Debo-
rah Perry, 14 Feb., 1796. He lived in Lynnfield, and is
said to have died abont 10 July, 1857. His real estate
was finally divided into eight shares and assigned by de-
cree of the court, 15 April, 1862, and the final distribution
of the balance of the personal estate was made 5 Nov.,
1867.
Children :
1046 WARREN, b. 1 Aug., 1796; m., first, Lois Tibbets, 16 Apr.,
1833 ; second, Rhoda Oilman.
1047 WEIGHT, b. 14 Aug., 1799.
1048 DEBOBAH, b. 14 Aug., 1799; m. Eliab Parker, jr., of Reading,
1 June, 1824.
1049 EBENEZEB F., b. 5 Sept., 1801.
1050 OLIVE, b. 3 Sept., 1803; m. Ebenezer Damon, jr., of Reading.
1051 MABY W., b. 22 April, 1808; m. James G. Harnden of Wil-
mington, 17 April, 1838.
1052 LYDIA, b. Feb., 1811; d. 30 Jan., 1871, unm.
1053 ELIZA, b. 7 Feb., 1814; m. William H. Palmer, 3 Aug., 1837.
545 Rufus (Ephraim, Ephraim?*, Joseph 2 *, Thomas*,
Thomas*), born in Lynn, 7 March, 1747 ; married, 26
Dec., 1787, Kezia, daughter of Nathan and Kezia (Bux-
ton) Breed, bom in Lynn, 1 Dec., 1765. She was men-
tioned in her father's will, 24 July, 1797, proved 10 Oct.,
1803. Mr. Newhall and his wife united with other chil-
dren of Nathan and Kezia Breed, 24 March, 1790, in sell-
ing their interest in fourteen acres on Buxton's hill in
(South) Danvers, it being a part of the estate of James
BY HENRY P. WATERS. 223
Buxton, late of Danvers, deceased, who, in another deed,
is spoken of as father of Mrs. Kezia Breed. Rufus New-
hall died in Lynn, 31 Dec., 1815, having executed his will
eight days before ; in it he mentions wife Kezia, sons
John, Archelaus, Rufus, Nathan and Enos, daughters
Elizabeth Dodge, Abigail and Clarissa, and two children
of daughter Kezia Alley, deceased. The widow, Kezia
Newhall, died 8 March, 1849, having, on the 19th of Sept.,
1845, made a will by which she left all her estate in trust
for the support of Nathan B. Newhall, her son, so long as
he should be unable by loss or defect of sight, or other
infirmity, to maintain himself ; and on his decease or res-
toration to health, all that was not used up to go to her
two daughters, Eliza, wife of Benj. Dodge, and Abigail,
wife of Daniel Breed, and her granddaughter, Kezia
Augusta Fleming, equally.
Children :
1054 JOHN, b. 22 Aug., 1788; m. Delia Breed; d. 22 July, 1865.
1055 AEOHBLAUS, b. 23 July, 1790; m. Lucy Peabody, 21 Sept.,
1817; d. 5 Dec., 1864.
1056 KEZIA, b. 13 Aug., 1792; m. Nathaniel Alley, 26 Nov., 1812; d.
5 Oct., 1815.
1057 ELIZA, b. 24 Dec., 1794; m. Benjamin Dodge of Salem, 10
April, 1811; d. 16 Dec., 1875.
1058 ANNA ROWELL, b. 16 Oct., 1797; d. 27 Sept., 1815.
1059 RUFUS, b. 16 Oct., 1800; d. March, 1873.
1060 ABIGAIL, b. 29 Aug., 1802; m. Daniel Breed; d. 15 Aug., 1858.
1061 ENOS, b. 27 Aug., 1804; d. 25 May, 1870.
1062 CLARISSA INGALLS, b. 1 Oct., 1806; d. 1 Jan., 1833.
1063 NATHAN BREED, b. 21 Jan., 1808; d. of consumption, 12 May,
1847.
1064 JAMES, b. 27 July, 1810; d. 29 Aug., 1810.
546 John (Ephraim^, Ephraim?*, Joseph 2 *, Thomas*,
Thomas 1 ), married Polly Bacheller, 22 June, 1790. She
died 24 June, 1813, and he died 11 Nov., 1837.
Children :
1065 JOHN BRUER, b. 25 July, 1791.
1066 WM. BACHELLER, b. 3 Aug., 1793.
1067 MARY, b. 27 Nov., 1795; d. 29 Oct., 1819.
1068 HARRIET, b. 19 Dec., 1797.
224 THE NEWHALL FAMILY OP LYNN,
1069 HENRY BACHBLLBK, b. 8 Dec., 1799.
1070 ADELINE, b. 8 March, 1802; d. 31 May, 1821.
1071 BENJAMIN HODES, b. 6 Nov., 1804.
1072 GEORGE WASHINGTON b. 29 Jan., 1809; d. 22 March, 1829.
547 Daniel (Jotidh***, Daniel 95 , Joseph**, Thomas 4 ,
Thomas 1 ), born in Lynn, 15 Nov., 1741 ; married, first,
Sarah Bacheller, 8 May, 1766. Early in life he was a
shoemaker or cordwainer, and later seems to have been
engaged in tanning. He, with his wife Sarah, conveyed
to Nathaniel Sargent, tanner, the tan house, tan yard, etc.,
owned by them in common, on the south side of the
great road from Salem to Boston, 5 Aug., 1793. His first
wife died in Lynn, 13 Jan., 1798, aged 60 ; and he mar-
ried, second, Sept. 18, 1799, Patience Swift of Dorches-
ter. He died 4 Oct., 1811. His will, executed 19 June,
was probated 23 Oct. In it he mentions his wife Patience,
son Joel, to whom he bequeaths the homestead, daughter
Hannah Breed, daughter Sarah Ashton, and granddaugh-
ter Sally Ashton Newhall. His heirs, Joel Newhall of
Marblehead (whose wife Sally released dower), Thomas
A. Breed and wife Hannah, Samuel Ashton and wife Sal-
ly, and Sally Newhall, widow of his son Daniel, deceased
(and guardian of her daughter, Sally Ashton Newhall),
conveyed a portion of his real estate in Saugus, near the
Newburyport turnpike, by a deed recorded in B. 205, L.
66, Essex County Records, his estate having been divided
among these four heirs. His widow Patience died in
Andover, 25 April, 1815, aged sixty-five years, and her
brother, Dr. Nathaniel Swift, was appointed administra-
tor, 4 May, 1816.
Children :
1073 HANNAH, b. 10 July, 1767; m. Thomas A. Breed.
1074 SARAH, b. 23 July, 1769; m. Samuel Ashton.
1075 DANIEL, b. 18 Aug., 1771; m. Sarah Farrington, 3 Nov., 1775.
1076 MARY, b. 30 Jan., 1773.
1077 JACOB, b. ; d. 30 Aug., 1805.
1078 JOEL, b. ; m. Sally Furness, 7 Dec., 1805.
548 John Scarlet (Josiah**, Daniel", Joseph**,
Thoma^, Thomas*), born in Lynn, 29 Oct., 1743 ; married
BY HENBY F. WATERS. 225
in Marblehead, 16 Oct., 1766, Elizabeth Foster. Mr.
Newhall was a carpenter in Marblehead, whence he re-
moved to Weathersfield, Vt.
Children :
1079 JOHN, b. 22 Sept., 1767; m. Abigail 541 Newhall.
1080 JOSEPH, d., unm., in Weathersfield, Vt.
1081 JOSIAH, b. 1771, in Packersfield (now Nelson).
1082 FOSTER, d. in Lowell.
1083 BETSEY, m. Wetherbee; d. in Chester, Vt.
552 William (Jonah***, Daniel^, Joseph 2 ^ Thomas 4 ,
Thomas 1 ), born in Lynn, 25 May, 1751, as appears by the
record in the family Bible, now (1878) in the possession
of his nephew, General Josiah Newhall of Lynnfield, al-
though the town record gives it 22 May; married, 2
Sept., 1773, Martha, daughter of Kobert and Mary (Rand)
Mansfield, born 27 March, 1753. The signatures of her
husband and herself appear affixed to an agreement of her
father's heirs, 24 March, 1777, allowed in court 28 March,
1777, and they are also mentioned in her mother's will of
8 Nov., 1778, proved 3 May, 1784.
Mr. Newhall died 13 Jan., 1805. His will (wherein he
is called " junior "), executed 27 March, 1804, probated
15 April, 1805, mentions wife Martha, sons Nathaniel,
William, Robert, Josiah and Frederick Newhall, and
daughters Mary Newhall, Martha Spinney, Han-
nah Newhall, Betsy Witt and Sarah Newhall. The
widow presented her last account, 2 May, 1809, she
being then the wife of Ephraim Breed (to whom she
was married, 15 March, 1808) and the estate was divided,
17 July, 1809, among the children, Mary Newhall, Mar-
tha, wife of Benj. Spinney of Taunton, Hannah, wife of
Jeremiah Bulfinch, Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Witt, Na-
thaniel Newhall, William Newhall, representatives of Rob-
ert Newhall, deceased, Josiah Newhall, representatives of
Sally Wiley, deceased, and Frederick Newhall. The widow
died 10 April, 1822, aged sixty-nine years, outliving her
second husband (Breed), who died 4 April, 1812, aged
seventy-six years.
226 THE NEWHALL FAMILY OF LYNN,
Children :
1084 MART, b. 22 May, 1774; d. 3 Sept., 1817.
1085 MARTHA, b. 23 Jan., 1778; m. Benj. Spinney, 17 May, 1795.
1086 HANNAH, b. 6 Sept., 1780; m. Jeremiah Bulfinch, 19 March,
1807.
1087 ELIZABETH, b. 13 Aug., 1782; m. Thomas Witt, 23 June, 1801.
1088 NATHANIEL, b. 18 July, 1784; m. Martha Chad well, 22 April,
1806.
1089 WILLIAM, b. 3 Aug., 1786; m. Mary Batts, 27 April, 1808.
1090 ROBERT, b. 17 Feb., 1788.
1091 JOSIAH, b. 7 Jan., 1790; m. Lydia Johnson, 19 March, 1811; d.
7 Nov., 1842.
1092 SALLY, b. 17 Jan., 1792; m. Caleb Wiley, 19 June, 1808.
1093 FREDERICK, b. 1 Aug., 1795; m. Betsy Lewis, 5 Sept., 1816.
553 Joel (Josiahw, Daniel?*, Joseph**, Thomas 4 ,
Thomas 1 ), born in Lynn, 12 Feb., 1753 (according to the
Family record) ; married, 24 Dec., 1778, Lucy Mansfield.
He died in Lynn, 27 Aug., 1804, and administration was
granted 14 Jan., 1805, to his widow, Lucy Newhall, who
took out letters of guardianship on their five younger
children. The real estate was undivided as late as 1817,
when George Newhall, merchant, of Boston, conveyed to
his brother, Cheever Newhall, likewise of Boston, mer-
chant, his undivided ninth interest in land (3 acres) and
buildings, bounded S. on Salem Turnpike, E. on land of
Daniel A. B. Newhall, N. on old road to Salem, W. on
heirs of Daniel Newhall, deceased, and on a public road
running from the Turnpike to the old Salem road ; also
his interest in about one hundred rods lying N. E. of Lynn
Hotel.
Mrs. Lucy Newhall, his widow, died 18 Feb., 1845,
aged eighty-five years.
Children :
1094 JOEL, b. 12 Oct., 1779; d. 8 Oct., 1839.
1095 ISAAC, b. 24 Aug., 1782; d. 6 July, 1858, of consumption.
1096 SAMUEL, b. 6 March, 1785; d. 2 Oct., 1820.
1097 CHEEVER, b. 13 March, 1788.
1098 LUCY, b. 4 April, 1790; d. of paralysis, 1 May, 1857.
1099 GEORGE, b. 10 Aug., 1793; m. Eliza Baldwin, 6 Aug., 1829; d.
24 Dec., 1869.
BY HENRY F. WATERS. 227
1100 EDWARD, b. 9 Dec., 1795; removed to Charleston, S. C.
1101 HORATIO, b. .
1102 JOHN MANSFIELD, b. 20 May, 1802; m. Maria Beale, 8 Nov.,
1832; d. 16 July, 1869.
555 Micajah (Josiah 2 * 5 , Daniel? 5 , Joseph 2 *, Thomas*,
Thomas 1 *), born in Lynn, 18 Oct., 1T56 ; married, first, 10
June, 1779, Joanna, daughter of William and Sarah Far-
rington, born 16 Nov., 1762. She died 27 Jan., 1826, and
he married, second, 25 March, 1827, Hannah Coombs,
who survived him. Mr. Newhall died, according to one
account, the 10th, and to another, the 12th, of December,
1830. Administration on his estate was granted to his
son Paul, 5 Jan., 1831, at the request of the widow and
Otis Newhall, Stephen Oliver and Samuel Viall. The
estate was found to be insolvent.
Children :
1103 JOSIAH S., b. 10 Nov., 1780; m. Peace Purinton, 19 Jane,
1803; d. 19 Aug., 1821.
1104 NATHANIEL, b. 2 July, 1782; m. Sally Alley, 21 Jan., 1808; d.
3 Aug., 1823.
1105 MICAJAH, b. 25 July, 1784; d. 21 Feb., 1825.
1106 PAUL, b. 17 Feb., 1786; m. Mary Mudge, 15 March, 1808; d. 18
March, 1873.
1107 OTIS, b. 16 Jan., 1788; m. Jerusha Ingalls, 13 Sept., 1810.
1108 SARAH, b. 17 Aug., 1780; m. Stephen Oliver 720 , 15 Oct., 1807.
110 ELLIS, b. 17 Aug., 1791; d. 10 June, 1792.
1110 ELLIS, b. 7 March, 1793; m., first, Betsy Johnson, 23 June,
1814; second, Sarah .
1111 JOANNA, b. 8 Feb., 1795; m. Samuel Viall, 30 Jan., 1814.
1112 HANNAH, b. 8 April, 1797.
1113 SUSANNA, b. 25 Oct., 1799; d. 11 Feb., 1823.
1114 WILLIAM, b. 13 Jan., 1802; d. 13 June, 1802.
1115 LYDIA, b. 2 Sept., 1804.
556 Jacob (Jonah***, Daniel? 5 , Joseph**, Thomas 4 ,
Thomas 1 ), born in Lynnfield, 16 Sept., 1758 ; married in
Lynnfield, Ede Marble, 11 June, 1793. He died 7 Nov.,
1825. His will, executed 7 March, 1823, probated 4 Jan.,
1826, mentions his wife Ede, his three daughters, Ede,
Betsy and Lydia Ann (all unmarried), his sister Hannah
Newhall, who is to be maintained during her life, and his
THB NBWHALL FAMILY OF LYNN.
son Josiah, who is the residuary legatee. His widow died
27 Dec., 1854.
Children :
1116 JOSIAH, b. 6 June, 1794; m. Rachel Bancroft, 28 Oct., 1824.
1117 SAMUEL, b. 5 March, 1796; d. 18 Oct., 1812.
1118 NATHANIEL, b. 25 Nov., 1799; d. 21 Aug., 1802.
1119 EDE, b. 28 Sept., 1805; m. Benjamin Young of Brighton; d.
5 Mar., 1873.
1120 BETSY, b. 8 May, 1808; went out West to keep school, and d.,
unm., 15 Apr., 1860.
1121 LYDIA ANN, b. 24 Feb., 1813; went out West to keep school,
and m. Gray; d. 1854, leaving one child.
557 James (Josiah 2 ^ Daniel 1 *, Joseph 2 *, Thomas* ,
Thomas 1 ), born in Lynn, 26 May, 1760 ; married 12 May,
1788, Martha 6 3 Newhall, born in Lynn, 24 Nov., 1766.
He was a cordwainer, and died in Lynn, 18 June, 1812,
according to the town record ; but the Family Bible in
possession of his nephew, Gen. Josiah Newhall, says 16
June. His widow was married, secondly, to Henry Hal
lowell. Mr. Hallowell was probably the widowed husband
of her elder half sister Lucretia. The parentage of Mrs.
Martha Newhall is shown by sundry deeds passing be-
tween her and the other heirs of Benjamin Newhall. In
a deed from her sister, Elizabeth Hitchings, we find that
their mother was a daughter of Robert Mansfield of
Lynn.
Children :
1122 ELIZABETH, b. 4 Sept., 1790.
1123 MARTHA, b. 1 March, 1799; d. 11 Oct., 1838.
(To be continued.)
SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
TOWN MEETINGS, VOLUME II.
1659-1680*
(Continued from Volume XLVIII, page 172.)
P d $ his rates 1674 & 20 s : ou r M r W m
Browne sen 1 his ace" 07 : 01 : 03
Pd p bill to Pease and w* hee is debt' upon balls as Constable
Jn Marston for worke ab* y e meeting house 00 : 16 : 06
P d by Ely Geoyles Hugh Joanes for wood &
l d worke 00 : 07 : 00
P d V bill to Sam u Gardn r M r Sam u Gardner
sen r for vse of house 00 : 10 : 00
M r Hilliard Veren sen r
Pdp bill to Cont jo: house for y e watch 00 : 12 : 00
Symonds alowed in MI fi Gedny pd y6 ^
1 man & c tr 00 : 08 : 00
[267] 25 th 10 th 1677 Acc tt of Disburstments upon
y e poore Estw rd people payable by y e Country V s
P d by Coale & Andrews M r Batters 06 : 06 : 00
Jn Price 00 : 10 : 00
Jn Earthy for house rent 01 : 04 : 00
P d in Abr Coales Acc Nath : Silsby for a
coffin 00 : 10 : 00
P d to M r Batter f> Coale & Andrews M r
Bartholmew, for house rent 00 : 15 : 00
09 : 05 : 00
more 3 11 alowed Ant. Dike for houfe rent
out of his rates 76 : 77 3 : 00 : 00
12 : 05 : 00
"Copied from the original by Martha O. Howes.
(229)
230 SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
Att a meeting of y e Selectmen y e 7 th 11 th 167 T Being
p r sant as ^ margent :
Agreed w th Richard Stackhouse, to
Mr Edm Batters pa y for y e benefitt of y e ferry y e year
M a rV" n Browne m junr Ensueing forty shillings In mony, to y e
Mr Samii Gardnr senr Towne of Salem, for y e vse of y*
L* Jno rt pr c kr?n dny Schoolemas ter || & ctry | and att y e Ex-
Johifprice " piration of y e year hee is to haue y e re-
fuseall, for time to Come, provided hee
giue Soe much as any other person or psons shall offer for
y e same
Acc tt of Abatements out of y e rates to Seuerall psons as
folio with : V s
Benjamin : Ganson : 34 s 01 : 14 : 00
M r Cannon : 14 s 00 : 14 : 00
Rogger : Hill : 00 : 10 : 00
Peter : Miller : 00 : 07 : 00
Jn Marston sen r all his rates
Mathew : Nixon all his rates
Joseph : Ing r son his Towne rate
Jn : Vowden 00
Gilbert : Peters 00
10 : 00
14 : 09
02 : 00
Richard : Simmons 2 s 00
Richard : Rowlands Wife hath Liberty to sett In y e sec-
ond seat, behind y e wooemens great seat in y e meeting
house
Robert : Fuller is admitted an Inhabitant Into this
towne :
Tho : Flint is D r
To balls of ace" made up y e 2 nd January 1676
In this booke y e Summe of 19 : 02 : 03
Res d ^ receipt from Cap* Corwine 08 : 04 : 09
Rest due is li 10 : 17 : 06
Res d ^ abatement to Rob : Stoane for his min-
isters rate 15 s & Jn Smith 2:6: 00 : 17 : 06
li 10 : 00 : 00
Con s Flints Acc is Cary d forward & Settled & hee is
difcharged
SALEM TOWN RECORDS. 231
Reconed w th Constable Tho Flint this 19 th February
1677 : & hee stands debte r to y e Towne to balls acc tt ten
pounds w ch summe of ten pounds, hee doth hereby oblidge
himself, his heires & executors & c tr to pay or Caus to bee
p d unto y e Towne of Salem or ord r
Wittnefs his hand
Tho : Flint
[268] Att a meeting of y e Selectmen, w th y e Comitty,
appointed by y e Towne & c tr Being p r sant as 3ft margent
: 24 th : 11 th : 1677
Selectmen : These p r sents Wittnefseth : That y e
Selectmen of y e Towne of Salem, w th y e
M r B ^ ters Comitty, y* was appointed by y e Towne,
M' Samii GaTdnr to Search out, & dispose of Such par-
Mr Barth : Gedny cells of Land as they should finde of y e
Jn J prk!e Ckring Tonnes Commons Laying between y e
farmes, or Claymed by any, yett appear-
Committy : j n g to b ee y e Townes Common Haueing
Mr Jn Hawthorn found between y e Land of Nathaniel!
Fra J ncis^u k rfs ng Puttnam & Nathaniell Felton ; a parcell
of Land about sixty Acres more or Lefs,
Vpon due Examination to bee y e Townes Common, and
y e graunt of fifty Acres, to W m Gigles now pofefsed by
Nath : Puttnam made good to y e fall, Haue Therefore,
Lett and sett to Lease, y e said pcell of Land of Sixty
Acres more or Lefs, and alsoe w* other Land, Laying neer
thereunto, shall bee found & declared by y e Towne, or such
as they shall appoint, to bee y e Townes Common, as alsoe
a Small parcell of Land of about nine
Ed Flint Acres, Laying att y e Vper or Westward
Jer Neale -^ j /, AT .1 T> ^ i T i -tr .
W m Trask End of Nath. Puttnam his Land : Vnto
J Cook Edward Flint Jeremiah Neale : Wil-
W^ P o e fbu e rn liam : Trask ' Isack : Cook ' Jn Pease
Jno Cromwell sen r W m osburne and Jn Cromwell,
For y e full space & tearm of one thou-
sand yeares & a day, to bee Injoyed w th all y e apperti-
nances, proffetts & priuiledges thereunto belonging, to
them, their heires, Executors, administrators & afsignes
dureing y e whole Tearm e afores d :
232 SALEM TOWN KECORDB.
In Consideration of y e p r mises, Each person aboue
named Engageth, for himself, heires Executors, adminis-
trators & afsignes, to pay for y e same Land y* is allredy
Settled, and w* may or shall bee added as af ores d Vnto y*
Towne of Salem or such as they shall appoint to receiue
itt, his full proportion of y e whole summe y* y* Land as
afores d shall amount unto att seauen pence <g> Acre, In
Currant money of N England being a seauenth part to
Each of them, from year to year for each year dureing y e
whole Tearm of one thousand years & a day, from y e date
hereof, and doe further Ingage as af ores d y* they will not
dispose of any of y e wood Cutt off from
s d Land to any butt y e Inhabitants of
proprietors this Towne : And In Case any of y e
aboue & thofe aboue mentioned, f ayle of payment, or
is Entredin* otherwise Euery year y e payment to bee
ye first book made some time In January Succefsive-
*y Then his P r p rtion f y e sd Land >
to bee forfitt to y e rest of y e Leasers,
whoe there upon, doe hereby oblidge themselues, Execu-
tors administrators and afsignes to pay y* or those propor-
tions alsoe Vnto y e Towne as aforesd & for y e true pform-
ance of y e p r mises, Each pson hath hereunto sett his hand,
this 24 th January, one thousand six hundred & seauenty
seauen
[269] Att a meeting of y e Selectmen of Salem y e 1*
February 1677 : Being p r sent as <$ margent
Mr Edm Batters Know all men, whome these may
M'Wm Browne Conserne, y 1 y e selectmen of Salem,
M r Sam 11 Gardnr ' J J
Mr Earth : Gedny whose names are sett In y e margent have
L* Jn<> Pickring In y e behalf, & by ord r of y e Towne of
Jno price galem afores d Leaten & sett to Lease
Unto Jn Green, Jn Leach y e son of Richard Leach & to
Jn Bachilder, all of them of y e Towne of Salem afores d
all y e Townes Common on Ryall Side, Excepting forty &
four acres of y e Commons on Ryall Side afores d w ch y e
selectmen doe reserue, for y e Vse and benefitt of those
neighbo rs whoe border on y e s d Land, or Townes Common
on Ryall Side, & y e fiue next families In y e northfield, as
SALEM TOWN EEOOBDS. 233
y e selectmen shall ord r y* is to say Twenty acres of y e s d
forty & four acres, to bee allotted out by y e selectmen In-
tire for y e Vse of those fine families in y e north field as
afores d and y e rest of y* forty & four acres to bee for y e
Vse of Leif* Kichard Leach, Jn Leach, Jn Green, Jn
Bachelder, Joseph Bachelder & Abraham Warren, w ch y e
Selectmen doe allot to them as their proportion of y e
Townes Commons : W ch s d pcell of Townes Commons on
K-yall Side afores d y e selectmen, In behalf & by y e ord r of
y e Towne of Salem: Haue Letten & sett to Lease, Vnto
y e s d Jn Green, Jn Leach & Jn Bachild 1 for y e full
space & tearme of one thousand years, from y e date hereof
w th all y e profitts and priuiledges thereunto belonging to
bee held & Injoyed by them, their heires Executors, ad-
ministrato rs or afsignes dureing y e whole tearme, of one
thousand yeares afores d , and y e selectmen doe Ingage, y e
s d Common on Ryall Side, shall bee rate free, to them,
their heires, Executo rs administrators & afsignes, dureing
y e whole space and tearme of one thousand yeares :
Posted Into ye Booke In : Considiration of y e p r mises, y e
of Records and there afores d Leafsees, Jn Green, Jn Leach
Pfectedf ol:i22 & Jn o Bacheld r , doe hereby Ingage
themselues, their heires, Executors, administrators, or
afsignes, to pay for Each year Succefsively dureing y e
whole tearme of one thousand years afores d y e full & Just
summe of twenty & two pounds in Currant money of New
England, unto y e Towne of Salem, or their ord r att or
before y e day of y e date hereof, & doe further Ingage for
them selues heires Executors or afsignes, y* w* wood
soeuer shall bee disposed of from y e s d Land, dureing y e
s d tearme, shall bee sould to y e Inhabitants of y e Towne
of Salem, for their owne Vse, & alsoe y e s d Leafsees, doe
Ingage them selues, their heires, Executo rs administrators
& afsignes, to pay for halfe y e fence, y* shall bee made
between y e s d Land, & y e twenty acres of Townes Com-
mon reserued as afores d for y e Vse of y e fiue families in
y e north field And in Case of non payment, according to
time & specie afores d y e aboues d Leafsees, Jn Green, Jn
Leach & Jn Bacheld r doe Ingage themselues, their heires,
executors, administrators or afsignes to pay unto y e
234 SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
Towne of Salem afores d one yeares rent besides w* is
Justly due to y e Towne, for y e Improuement of s d Comons
and peaceably to yeild up y e pofefsion of y e s d Land to y*
Towne of Salem And for y e true & sure pformance of
all & euery part of y e p r raises y*
aboues d Leafsees, bind themselues, ^seaL affixed^
heires, executo rs administrators & Jno Leach,
afsignes, firmly by these p r sents : y e J|
day & year aboues d .
[270] Att a meeting of y e Selectmen 13 February 1677
Being p r sant as ^> margent :
Jn Browne is abated out of his
Mr Batters m *.
Mr w m Browne Towne rate 7*
Mr Samii Gardnr Good Beachum is abated of his rates 8
L^ JnoHck^Ing Isack Goodale abated of nis rates 5
Jn<> Price M r Swettland abated of his rates 5
to be alowed Huchefon
19 : 12 : 1677/8 The Selectmen, Considering y e Weak-
nesf & Inability of Tho: Dixy sen r to procure a Liuely-
hood, haue lett unto Tho : Dixy Jun r In behalf of his
father, y e Benefitt of y e ferry Soe Long as Tho : Dixy
sen r shall Liue, att y e rate of fiue shillings $ anum In
money to bee pd to y e Towne of Salem or their ord r for
y e Vse of a gramme r schoole master & c tr anually att or
before y e date here of & after y e decease of y e s d Tho : Dixy
sen r Tho : Dixy Jun r shall haue y e refuseall of s d ferry, pro-
uided hee giue Soe much as any other pson or persons shall
offer for y e same : and y e Selectman doe ord r y* henceforth
all pafsengers y* are or shall bee transported over s d ferry
shall pay unto y e afores d ferry man three pence <(> p s a
time In money, and for Euery horfs twelue pence
6 : 1 : 1677/8 Agreed by y e Selectmen y* a Towne
meeting bee Warned upon y e next Lecture day to bee
held y e next Second day come sen" att ten of Clock, for
y e Choyce of Selectmen & Constables and w* Elfs may
fall In Alsoe to Warne y* freemen to meet upon Satur-
day next att 10 Clock for nomination of majestrates
Choyce of a County Treasurer & Comifsioner
Jn Chapling is pmitted to dwell In y e Towne dureing
y e Townes pleasure
SALEM TOWN RECORDS. 235
M r Sam 11 Gardn r sen r is appointed to Joyne w th y e Com-
itty formerly appointed to Lay out y e high Wayes In y e
north field
7:1: 1677/8 Jn Newell Jun r of Lin is admitted an
Inhabitant :
Jn Pease Cred r By Jn Marston Jun r 54 s
Att a meeting of y e freemen : 10 th March 1677/8 Chos-
en for a Comifsioner to Carry In y e Voates, for y e nomi-
nation of majestrates att y e meeting of y e Comifsioners of
other townes upon y e day appointed by Law : M r John
Higginson Jun r
[271] 1677 Constable Jn Marston for y e year 1673 D 1
li s d
To : y e ministers rate w th y e ou r plus : 76 : 06 : 06
To : y e Country rate : 29 : 12 : 02
To : y e addition of y e s d Rate : 21 : 19 : 00
To : his Towne rate: 49 : 08 : 09
To : pay for Constable Pease 02 : 14 : 00
11 180: 00: 05
Res d as f acc tt below 178 : 19 : 16
Ball 5 res d V ace" th : 1677
Rest due to y e Towne 001 : 00 : 06
Aboues d Ace" Cred r
By: seuerall bills w ch hee hath p d ^ seuerall mens
Worke upon y e Cutt 19 : 13 : 06
By: Bartholmew Gedny & Cornp 15 : 12 : 08
By: a bill to Jn Marston 07 : 04 : 00
By : a bill to Manafses Marston 05 : 05 : 06
By : a bill to Nath : Pickman & Cornp 06:01: 09
By : Philip Cromwell : 01 : 00 : 00
By : Richard Prince 01 : 15 : 00
By : W m Smith and Ashby 00 : 18 : 00
By : M r W m Browne Sen* 01 : 19 : 05
By : Jn Hawthorn 02 : 00 : 00
By : Richard Richards 30 s 01 : 10 : 00
By : Jn Pickring 05 : 01 : 06
By : Cap tn Wait 1 Price 02 : 13 : 06
236 SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
By : Seuerall mens Worke att y e fort 02 : 12 : 00
By : mens worke 01 : 07 : 06
By : Jn Norman 01 : 00 : 00
By : y e ministers rate p d Cap* George Corwin TO : 08 : 00
By : Abatments of Seuerall psons & c* 02 : 19 : 00
By : soe much pd y e Treasurer 29 : 12 : 02
By : w* y e Selectmen Allow for gathering 00 : 06 : 05
U 1T8 : 19 : 06
15 th March 1677/8 Arth r Huges is D r
posted 5 leaues forward
For w* hee hath res d toward this yeares allowance
P d in his Acc f> M r Ed m Batters : 31 s : 9 d 01 : 11 : 09
P d in his Acc ^ Capt Jn Corwine : 01 : 16 : 00
P d in his last Acc ^ Mr : Barthlomew: Gedny : 00 : 04 : 06
u 03: 12: 03
To James Browne for mend y e bill 02 : 00
3:14:03
13 : 12 : 1677 Its agreed by y e selectmen y* there shall
bee a wicket doore made att y e East doore of y e meeting
house and another att y e west doore, & M r W m Browne &
Jn Price are appointed to gett itt done
[272] Att a meeting of y e Selectmen 15 th : March
1677/8 Being p r santas <g> margent :
Mr Batters The Selectmen haue agreed, y* whatt
Cap* Jn o corwin Lands, Islands and ferries (belonging
MrSamiiGaX to y e Towne) are Lett to Lease to y e
Mr B : Gedny Seuerall psons, according to their Seu-
Jn<> Price erall deeds as In y e Towne book of Rec-
ords may more amply appear are hereby appropriated to
y e Vse of y e Towne for y e maintenance of a gramer school
master & c tr according to y e Voat of y e Towne bearing
date : 7 th Aprill 1677
Acc tt of y e 13 11 In mony Laid out : Res d from Major
Hawthorn belonging to y e Towne V 11
To M r B Gedny : pd for remoueing y e towne
house 01 : 05 : 00
SALEM TOWN RECORDS. 237
To pd M r Batters In money : for worke men
&c tr 02:00:00
To pd M r Browne Jun r for bulletts & Lead
bullets 1 04 : 08 : 00
To pd M r Browne sen 1 for bulletts : 1 w* 14 11 01 : 06 : 06
08 : 19 : 06
To y e remain r Laid out In boards & shingles
for y e Towne house : bought by Cap*
Corwine
Memorandum :
Left : In : M r Browne sen r his hands : 1 : want 14" bullets
In M r W m Browne Jun r his hands about 1 2 u 20 U
bullets
In : M r W m Browne sen r his hands about : 106 11
powd r
In : Constable Hawthorn & Gardn rs hands : bullets :
3 l^ u 10 11
all deliuoured m* Ph Cromwell 24 : 10 : 80 caryed p Jo Ely
Graunted to Docto r Weld forty shillings for y e Cureing
of Ellinwood his hand thirty shillings of itt payable In
many y e other ten, to balls w* hee Ingaged for Cap* Man-
ing :
is paid in lew of it 50 as ye rates run p Coale
Att a Generail Towne metting the 18 th march 1677/8
Chofen for Selectmen for the yeare Infuing
m r Joseph Graften Leu* Leach
m r Philip Cromwell Edw Flint
John Higginson W m Trask
Sam 11 Gardner Jun r
Voated by the Towne that foure counstables shall be
Chofen this yeare for the neck on this Side the Bridge
Constables Chofen
for the Towne for the farmes
Thomas Searle Josua Ray
Dauid Phipeny Isack Cooke
John Norman
William Curtice
[273] Att a Generail Towne metting the 19 Apreill
1678 wheras the last towne mettiug ware Seauen Select-
238 SALEM TOWN BECOKDS.
men chofen & two of them not being qualified according
to law viz Edw flint & william Trask not haueing taken
the oath of fidelity the towne came to a new Choyce for
two other & ware Chofen Cap* Jn Corwin & Edward flint
s d f[l]int haueing taken s d oath
Att a metting of the Selectmen 19 : 2 mo 1678 being p r
sent as $ margin
Oapt jno Corwin . *<*% Higgmson Jun' is Chofen to kepe
mr Jos : Graf ten the Towne Booke for The yeare Insu-
mr Ph Cromwell ing Agred with Walter Skiner and
Samii GSefjunr John Elanwood to kep the Cowes or
Kdw. Flint Catle this yeare who are to begin the 22
Jno Higginson Jum of Apreill 78 & to End the 24 October
following & they doe ingage to prouide two Suficient bulls
for the heard upon ther owne cost & charge In considera-
tion wherof they are to be allowed foure shillings and
three pence P r head one third in mony or butter & the
other two thirds in goods & prouifion from the owners of
such cowes or catle as they shall kep : and they shall take
care sesonably & spedyly y* all such cowes or Catle y* are
or shall be at any time Lost be looked up and brought
home by them & that they shall goe with ther heard two
Dayes in a weke for the fore part of the yeare in thofe
woods ouer the butt Brooke
The Selectmen of Salem doe order that all Swine that
goe on the comons shall be suficiently yoaked & ringed by
the twenty sixt day of Apreill next on the penalty of
twelve pence p r day for euery such defect & that all or
euery such Swine as shall from the time aboue mentioned
be found in any mans garden or Inclofier not yoaked and
Ringed as aforesaid shall be forfited the one halfe to the
pore of the Towne & the other p r sons Apointed to exe-
cute this order & to that end haue chofen and Impowred
John Whifin and Arther Hufe fully to Execute Viz : to
take up all Swine that from time to time they shall find
unyoaked and unringed either on the Towne Comons or in
any mans garden or Inclofier requireing satisfaction acord-
ing to the aboue said order and in Cafe they shall at any
time resaue Information from any other p r son of swine so
transgresing they shall forthwith repaire to said place &
SALEM TOWN KECOBDS.
execute ther ofice it is to be understood that any man
keping swine in his owne Incloiier are not to be Seized
Chofen for Survayers of fences In North feild James
Simonds, Jn Peafe, Sen r In South feild James Poland
Jn Holmes without the Bridge Jn Traske Jos. Boyce,
Jun r for y e Towne w th in y e Bridge John Williams Cop r
Christo r Bauage And it is ordered that all fences be made
up forthwith
[274] 19 : 2 mo : 1678 Chofen to run Perambulation
for Salem betwene Topsfeild and Salem Corporall Jn
Puttman Leu* Leach Leu* Tho : Puttman & Daniell An-
drews, & y* notice be giuen to the Selectmen of Topsfield
that they met with our men apointed on the 29 Apreill
next at 10 Clock at Jos Porters houfe
Samuell Beadle is Chofen to be Sealer of waites and
mefures for the yeare infuing in p r sents of Constable Dauid
Phipeny who is to giue him Notice thereof
Att a meeting of the freemen 22 Apreill 1678 Voated
that ther be two Deputies chofen for this towne for the
whole yeare Infuing
Chofen for Deputies for the yeare Insuing M r Edmond
Batter and M r Bartholmew Gidney
Att a metting of the Selectmen 30 : 2 mo 1678 being
P r sent
Cap JnCorwin Agred that ther shall be a towne
Mr Ph? Cromwell metting warned to be on the third may
Leu* Rd Leach next for the conlidering how to rayfe m r
Samii Gardner Junr Higginsons maintenance for this yeare,
Edward flint - & ?i * i / ^.L
Jn Higginson Junr for the Choyce of a Clarke of the mar-
kett & for the Choyce of men to man-
age the bufiness betwene Salem & Beuerly at the next
Gen r Court & what elfe may fall in
Att a meting of the Selectmen 1 May 78 being P r sent
Cap* Jn<> Corwin Agred that the Constables watch shall
mr Jos Graften ^ Q Sett of Six men euery night with
mr Ph. Cromwell -j.. -,' > o
Sami 1 Gardner Junr armes & amumtion acordmg to law &
Jn Higginson that they begin at deacon princes corner
& to goe downe eastward.
Att a Jen 1 Towne metting 3 may 1678 Voated that
240 SALEM TOWN RECOBDS.
wheras ther is about 50 li in mony raifed by the comity for
finding out of land for seuerall strips of Land sould the
Towne doe order that the s d mony be comitted into the hands
of the Selectmen to be let out by them to any man or men
that can give in good Security & will undertake to satisfy
m r Higginson Sen r according to agrement, for this yeare
& that the mony be returned into the hands of the Select-
men at the yeares end
Voated : Sam 11 Beadle is Chofen Clarke of the market
for the yere Infuing
Voated : Corp r Jn Puttman & m r Sam 11 Gardner Sen*
are Chofen by the Towne to manage the buifonese at the
Jen r Court between Salem & Beuerly.
Voated that the Towne is not willing to grant any
further inlargment of Land to the Towne of Beverly
Voated that the Selectmen have the Same power to
transact the afaires of the towne as they had the last yeare
& Some yeares past
[275] Att a meting of the Selectmen 17 May 78 being
p r sent ^ margin
Cap* Jn<> Cor win John Bulock is Chofen & apointed &
mr iu s ' raften Impowred to execute all the lawes and
mr Ph. Cromwell f i .. i /- o i i
Samii Gardner Junr orders made about hones & he to haue
Edw. flint halfe the fines y* the lawe allowes the
Jno Higginson other halfe to be paide to the g eleci>
men for the Townes vfe
Att a meting of the Selectmen 22 May 78 being p r sent
mr Jos. Graf ten Agred with Samuell Stone to build
mr p *- Cromwell two Qhimnies in the Towne houfe one
Samii Gardner Junr , i
Edw flint below and a Chamber Chimny large,
Jn<> Higginson good Substantiall worke and to prouid
Labourers upon his owne Charge for w ch he is to haue
fiue pounds in merchan* Indian Corne at 3 s $ bb or goods
at a portionable rate & to doe the worke forthwith
pd him by Jn Higginson 2:0:0: by Sam u Gard r 3 :
0:0: as p r ther Acc
The Towne D r to James Browne for mend? Glafe in
the meting houfe & mend* the belmans belt 7 s 5 d w ch ia
p d him p r noat to Const 1 Gardner
SALEM TOWN RECORDS. 241
Att a meting of the Selectmen 24 : May 1678 being
p r sent
Capt Jn<> Corwin Resaued of m r Jn Hathorne in behalfe
mr Jos. Grafton o f the Comitty for Selling land the
"an?? bSSSJ Junr Sume of 42" 10- 06* in mony w"> they
Jn Higginson Junr had resaued for land Sould
The ministers rate made and Comitted to the Consta-
bles as foil 5
Constable Thomas Series proportion 038 : 00 : 00
To the Ouerplus of his proportion 02 : 03 : 07
Constable William Curtice his proportion 37 : 00 : 00
To the Ouerplus of his proportion 01 : 19 : 06
Constable Jn Norman his proportion 38:10: 00
To the Ouerplus of his proportion 01 : 15 : 03
Constable Dauid phipeny his proportion 36 : 00 : 00
To the Ouerplus of his proportion 03 : 01 : 03
Constable Jos ua Ray his proportion 13 : 10 : 00
To the Ouerplus of his proportion 00 : 10 : 00
Constable Jn Grene his proportion 17 : 00 : 00
To the Ouerplus of his proportion 00 : 11 : 09
190 : 01 : 04
Att a meting of the Select men 25 may 78 being p r sent
as p r margn*
Cap* Jno Corwin Wheras the towne past a Voat 3 may
mr J * Gl ften 1678 that the mony rayfed by the Com-
Stmu Gardne^runr itty for Selling land, should be lett out
Jn Higginson Jum to any that would undertake to Satisfy
m r Higginson according to the Townes agrement, The
Selectmen haue agred w th Samuell Gardner Jun r & John
Higginson Jun r to Satisfy m r Higginson acording to that
agrement Viz to pay him one hundred pounds in mony &
forty Cord of wood : for w ch they are to haue the Vfe of
the mony w ch is 42 11 : 10* : 6 d which was resaued from m r
Jn Hathorne as aboue in behalfe of the Comitty, & to
haue the ministers rate as m r William Browne Jun r had
the last yeare to be paid into them by the Constables w th
a third abatment to thofe y* pay mony & the said Gardner
& Higginson being to haue each of them halfe y e S d
242 SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
mony & Each to pay halfe of the Townes agrement to m r
Higginson Sen* they doe Ingage each for himfelfe to re-
turne the Said forty two pounds ten shills* & 6 d in mony
into the hands of the Selectmen before the time of the
Chofing of Selectmen for the next yeare Infuing
[276] 25 : May 1678 Agred y* ther Shall be a towne
metting warned on lecture day next to be on friday fol-
lowing for the Choyce of the Jury of tryalls, Choyce of
a Constable for the woods & to anfwer the Executors of
Hen r True for a grant of Land, and a grant of land to
Sam 11 Gardner Sen r & the requests of Nath felton Sen r
Rob* folet Tho Gold Jn Norton & Rob* Gray for Land
Att a Towne Metting 31 : May 1678 Chofen for the
Jury of Tryalls to Serue in June Court next. Corporall
Jn Puttman m r Tho Gardner m r Groues m r John Rucke
m r Tim Lindall Manaf 8 Marston Ely : Geoyles
P r sons nominated for a Constable w th out the brige
Jn Grene & Thomas Gold & being both Voated Jn
Grene was Chofen Constable for the yeare Infuing
Hen r True Son of Hen r True P r senting a petition to
the Towne for the making good of a grant of Land of 40
acres granted to his father S d Hen r True, its Voated by
the Towne y* it is left to the Selectmen to agree w th Said
True & make him Satisfaction either by Payment or land
Jos Hardy Jun r is fred from Watching for the p r sent
14:4: 1678
Att a metting of the Selectmen 14: 4: 1678 being
p'sent
Cap* Jno Corwin M r Hen r Bartholmew Cred* $ alowed
mr Jos. Graften f or ^is deputyship in y* yeare 1676 as
m* ph Cromwell *rri > t i -,
Samii Gardner Junr aperes 17 leaues backward h s d
Jn Higginson Junr 08:10: 08
D r To paid Manafeth Marston in his Con-
st 1318 Acc 3 : 15 :
To paid Jn Hathorne in his Constables
Acc f. ord r 4 : 14 :
An* Dike is abated 20* more of his
rates to Constable Jn Hathorne
for 77 upon Confideration of his
SALEM TOWN RECORDS. 243
Entertaining two familys of the
Easterne pore
p d by Ely Geoyles : Allowed to Elisha
Keby for the Vfe of his bull 76 1 : :
p d by Jn Hathorne : To Jn Mafon for
7 11 brick bats 0:7:0
p d by Man r Marfton : To G eo Both, in
p* for his worke about town houfe
p d him by manaf Marston : 4 : 4
p d by Con s Norman : To Mix* Mack-
maly for worke on the Towne houfe 0:8:0
p d by noat to Geoyles : To Jn Milke
for worke on the Towne houfe : 7 :
p d by noat to Con 8 * Poland : To Jn
Lander for mak g a bl Stafe for
Dauid Phipeny 0:3:0
Itt is ordered that a warrant be given to Leu* Thomas
Puttman & Hen r Keny to repaire the Highway beyound
Old Huchefons w ch Leu* Puttman gaue notice of y* it was
Defectiue, to be done before Salem Court, w ch was giuen
to Hen r Keny.
9 : 5 : 78 James Browne Glaz r D r to paid
by manaf Marston is alowed in his
Const r Acc
16: 5: 78 To a noat upon Conft r Jn
Procture 1
13 : 10 : 78 To paid you by Tho Roots in
mony for rent of y e lane 77
10 : 11 : To a bill upon Tho flint for 2
To a bill upon Const 1 Curtice 31
2 d in mony & in rates 13 s 6 d
Res d 123 fott 1-2 Glafe for ye
8
Towne houfe 16 <jft 8
:0
0:0
10 :0
10:
04: 8
4:8
4:8
[277] being P r sent of the Selectmen
mr Jos Graf ten Constable John Hathorne D* as
r p ,^ Cr ? mW T 11 apearesP* Acc 8 leaues backward for
bam 11 Gardner J tin* rri /~i o
Edw flint Towne Country & mmesters rates,
Jn<> Higginson Junr 1677 572 : 16 : 06
244 SALEM TOWN BBCOBDS.
17 : 4 : 1678 : Resaued p r paid m r WiUiam -
Browne Jun r for the ministers rate 1677 072 : 10 : 00
$ y e part of Disbursment w ch you paid to
Seuerall men upon the Countrys Acc
as apeares by his book 194 : 12 : 09
20 : 12 mo 77 P d to Tresurer Hull as mony
p* of y e mony rates f> Keep* 40 : 03 : 06
6 & 20 : 12 mo 77 P d to the Tresurer Hull
as rates run at two Seuerall times ^
Recipt 33 : 16 : 08
27 : 6 : 78 : P 1 paid the Treasurer in
mony in p* of the mony rate 36 : 11 : 10
P d dito : Trefurer ^ a debenter as mony 02 : 09 : 00
350 : 04 : 3
$ p d W m Lord for 77 07 : 00 : 00
p d Jn Mafon for brick batts 00 : 07 :
p d m r Edm Batter 12 : 16 : 7
p d Jn Ropes 5 s Sam u Beadle 9 s 00 : 14 : 00
p d widow Ropes 4 11 7 s Jn Norman 9* 8 d 04 : 16 : 08
p d Math Woodwell 10' 00 : 10 : 00
p d Thomas Cromwell 01 : 06 : 00
p d m r Bartholmew Gidny 12 : 00 : 08
p d Leu* Jn Pickring 05 : 10 : 02
p d Cap* Geo. Corwin 20 : 00 : 00
p d Jn Cooke : 27 s 6 d m r Jn Gidny 9 U : 5 :4 d 10 : 12 : 10
p d m r Hen r Bartholmew 04 : 14 : 00
80 : 07 : 11
p d to Seuerall men in y e ward for worke up-
on the fortification & highwayes as p r
his Acc 74 : 09 : 05
17 : 4 : 78 p r Sundry Acc of abatements
for Seuerall mens rates as p r bagge 26 : 10 : 09
$ abatment to An* Dike more 01 : 00 : 00
^ paid Bartholmew Gidny for disbursments
upon fortication p r ord r of the Com-
itty 04 : 08 : 00
$ p d to Nat pickman Sen r for disbursm* 8
16 B abated him 2 - 4 d 00 : 18 : 04
(To be continued.')
WILLIAM AVERILL OF IPSWICH AND SOME
OF HIS DESCENDANTS.
BY GEOKGE FRANCIS DOW.
(Continued from Volume XL VIII, page
22 Paul Averill, born in Middleton, Sept. 27, 1742,
was a yeoman, and lived in Andover. Soldier in the
Revolution, marching to Lexington. He married March
10, 1772, Deborah Foster in Andover; and died in 1804;
his wife probably died Dec. 27, 1826.
Children :
JOHN, bp. Nov. 23, 1772 in Andover; d. young.
JOHN, b. Nov. 16, 1776; yeoman; lived in Andover; m. Nov. 13,
1794, Betsey Austin; he d. Dec. 7, 1818; and she d. Nov. 18,
1826, aged 54 years. Had: Elizabeth, b. Mar. 10, 1795.
DEBORAH, m. Moses Wilkins of Middleton, Feb. 19, 1793.
BETSEY, bp. Oct. 24, 1790, in Andover ; m. (int. Dec. 20, 1810),
James Pettingill.
23 Elijah Averill, born in Middleton, April 28,
1745, was a cordwainer, and bought, in 1775, the farm in
Boxford (lately in the occupation of George Perley) on
which he settled. He married Jan. 4, 1776, Hannah Per-
kins. Administration was granted on his estate Nov. 5,
1782 ; and his wife survived him, marrying, secondly,
Joseph Peabody, 2d, May 25, 1790. She died in Middle-
ton, Mar. 17, 1825.
Child, born in Boxford :
HANNAH, b. March 16, 1777; d., unm. in Middleton, Nov. 20,
1801, at the age of twenty-four, being affianced to Jonathan
Kenney.
24 Mark Averill, born in Middleton, May 12, 1747,
was a yeoman, and succeeded his father on the homestead
(245)
246 WILLIAM AVERILL OF IPSWICH
in Middleton, where he was living in 1798. He married
June 8, 1775, Dorcas Foster of Andover.
Children, born in Middleton :
JOHN, b. Feb. 27, 1776; m. Dec. 29, 1825, Sarah A. Porter of An-
dover, where they lived. No children. He d. June ,
1838, she d. July 8, 1859.
EPHBAIM, b. April 2, 1780; m. May 23, 1825, Sally Tapley of
Lynnfield. Lived in Derry, N. H. No children.
ELIJAH, b. Dec. 10, 1789; m. Lived in Litchfleld, N. H. Had
a son and perhaps other children.
FOSTER, b. Sept. 20, 1792 ; m. Martha R , and had Henry
(drowned); John, lived in Londonderry, N. H.; Mason,
lived in Londonderry, N. H. ; Ephraim, lived in Missouri ;
Dorcas, m. Grant, and lived in Gilmantown, N. H. ;
Sarah, m. Lewis Stiles and lived in Lowell; Eda Ann, m.
Ballon, and lived in Alexandria.
25 Joseph Averill, born in Middleton, Oct. 6, 1757,
was a yeoman, and lived in Middleton. He married, first
Dec. 12, 1780, Susanna Pettingill of Andover. She died
in Middleton, Sept. 20, 1813, aged fifty-seven; and he
married, second, (int. Apr. 10, 1814), Mrs. Rachel (Lefa-
vour) Pettengill, widow of Moses Pettengill. He died
in Middleton, Dec. 9, 1816; and she died Dec. 24, 1846,
in Middleton, aged 68 years.
Children, born in Middleton :
35 BENJAMIN, b. Feb. 22, 1781.
MOLLY, b. Jan. 3, 1783; m. Nov. 5, 1805, Moses Stiles of Box-
ford, and was living in 1816.
BETSEY, b. Oct. 13, 1786; d. in Middleton, unm. Nov. 8, 1814.
SUSANNA, b. Oct. 20, 1789; d. Jan. 16, 1792.
35A JOSEPH, b. Dec. 15, 1792.
SUSANNA, b. March 6, 1795; m. Jan. 11, 1816, Ebenezer Nichols
of Reading. Lived in South Danvers, now Peabody.
26 Nathaniel Perkins Averill, born in Topsfield,
May 1, 1767, was a yeoman, and lived in Topsfield.
Selectman in 1801, 1802. He married April 12, 1791,
Hannah, daughter Thomas and Margaret Wood. She
died Sept. 13, 1816, aged 53 years.
AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 247
Children, born in Topsfield :
STEPHEN P., b. Jan. 16, 1792; m. Dec. 13, 1818, at Danvers,
Annah Moore of Topsfield. She d. Jan. 16, 1838, of con-
sumption, aged 40 years.
DOLLY, b. Nov. 18; 1794; d. unm. Dec. 3, 1879 at Salem.
36 THOMAS, b. March 21, 1798.
37 NATHANIEL PERKINS, b. Oct. 25, 1803.
38 AARON PERKINS, b. May, 1810.
27 Azariah Averill, born in Topsfield, Feb. 11,
1778 ; married, Sept. 10, 1799, Sarah A., daughter of
Jacob and Rachel Towne. She died in Salem, a widow,
Sept. 6, 1842. Lived in Topsfield, Beverly and Salem.
Children :
SARAH, b. Aug. 3, 1800, in Topsfield; m. Feb. 9, 1829, John
Sawyer.
HIRAM, b. Aug. 3, 1802, at Topsfield; d. at sea, aged 17.
IRENE A., b. Aug. 23, 1804, in Topsfield; m. Feb. 10, 1833, Hum-
phrey G. Hubbard of Topsfield.
MARY, b. Feb. 25, 1807, in Beverly; m. (int. May 10, 1829), Wil-
liam R. Hubbard of Topsfield.
ELIZA, b. Feb. 25, 1807, in Beverly; d. Nov. 8, 1831; m. July 1,
1830, Humphrey G. Hubbard of Topsfield.
MOSES, b. Oct. 9, 1809, in Beverly; d. June 3, 1848, in Danvers.
39 EPHRAIM, b. Feb. 28, 1813, in Topsfield.
RACHEL, b. April 16, 1816, in Salem; m. Nov. 28, 1832, Samuel
Clifford of Topsfield.
28 Moses Averill, born June 5, 1786, in Topsfield ;
married, Oct. 18, 1808, Mehitable Merrill of New Row-
ley, now Georgetown.
' Children :
MOSES, b. Oct. 8, 1808, in Topsfield; d. Nov. 4, 1808.
SALINDA, b. Aug. 18, 1809, in Topsfield; unm.
40 ROYAL AUGUSTUS, b. May 10, 1811, in Topsfield ; m. and lived
in Stoneham.
HANNAH, b. June 3, 1813, in Topsfield; m. Mar. 13, 1832, Capt.
Simon F. Estey; lived in Middleton.
ELIZABETH B., b. May 14, 1816, in Topsfleld; m. Oct. 24, 1841,
Joseph N. Pope of Topsfield ; no children.
JOHN MERRILL, b. Mar. 22, 1826, in Middleton; shoemaker; d.
unm. May 9, 1846, in Middleton; buried in Lynn.
248 WILLIAM AVEEILL OF IPSWICH
41 MOSES ABBA, b. Dec. 20, 1827 (1828. Danvers Rds.), in Middle-
ton.
ENOCH FAULKNER, b. April 13, 1830, in Middleton; m. Anna S.
Hatch; lived in Lynn, where he d. in 1906.
MEHITABLE MERRILL, b. Aug. 1, 1833, in Middleton; d. unm.
Nov. 3, 1897. Lived in Lynn. " Was a physician of good
repute."
29 Daniel Averill, born in Topsfield, June 12, 1762,
was a husbandman, and lived in Topsfield ; soldier in the
Revolution. He married, July 7, 1795, Betsey Clinton.
She was born in Danvers. He died Jan. 11, 1845, and
she died Dec. 10, 1854, at the almshouse, aged 80 years.
Children :
DANIEL, b. Jan. 3, 1796; d. April 6, 1838.
JACOB, b. Feb. 26, 1799; d. unm. Dec. 21, 1837. Was insane the
later part of his life.
EUNICE, b. June 4, 1805; m. (int. Oct. 2, 1825), Lieut. William
MacKenzie of Waltham, Vt.
NABBY, b. Nov. 18, 1807 ; m. Sept. 27, 1830, Samuel Beckford.
30 Solomon Averill, born in Topsfiel'd, Aug. 20,
1769, was a farmer, and lived in Topsfield. He married,
March 11, 1794, Anna, daughter of John and Anna
Towne of Boxford, and died Feb. 23, 1855. She died
March 24, 1851, aged 83 years.
Children, born in Topsfield :
ANNIS, b. May 6, 1795; m. Oct. 7, 1818, Samuel Blaisdell.
ASA, b. Nov. 16, 1797; m., and lived in Reading.
42 CYRUS, b. Oct. 30, 1802.
31 Benjamin Averill, born in Middleton, Oct. 9,
1770; married, Oct. 15, 1791, Elizabeth, daughter of
David and Elizabeth (Lord) Andrews of Ipswich. Coop-
er. Lived in Ipswich. At his father's death, Stephen
Dutch of Ipswich was appointed his guardian. Served
on a privateer during the Revolution, securing 1500 prize
money. Was ' Ensign " in the militia in 1800. He died
in Ipswich, Feb. 6, 1841, and she died Aug. 30, 1843,
aged 73 years.
AND SOME OP HIS DESCENDANTS. 249
Children, born in Ipswich :
A daughter, b. and d. Oct. 26, 1791.
ELIZABETH, b. April 15, 1793; d. unm. Aug. 17, 1872, in
Ipswich.
43 BENJAMIN, b. June 20, 1796; d. April 9, 1872.
JOSEPH, b. Sept. 11, 1800; d. Sept. 20, 1800.
SAEAH, b. Aug. 28, 1801; d. Dec. 3, 1828; m. July 23, 1820,
Israel K. Jewett of Ipswich; 7 children.
44 JAMES KIMBALL, b. Mar. 19, 1804.
LUCY ANN, b. May 6, 1807; d. unm. Sept. 2, 1824.
45 WARREN, b. July 6, 1809.
46 WILLIAM TARBELL, b. April 13, 1811.
32 Elijah Averill, born in Topsfield, Dec. 21, 1762,
was a housewright, and lived in Topsfield. Selectman in
1798. He received, in 1776, by will from his grand-
father, " the sword that was my Father's," i. e., Ebenezer
Averill, born 1669. He married, May 6, 1788, Mary
Gould, daughter Maj. Joseph and Elizabeth Gould. She
died Sept. 7, 1797, 3d. 36 years, and he died Aug. 4, 1813.
In his inventory of estate were pump making tools,
$18.00.
Children :
MARY, b. Feb. 11, 1789; d. June 26, 1876; m. Nov. 30, 1809, John
Gould, 3d.
PRISOILLA, b. May 17, 1792; d. Aug. 12, 1872, in Beverly ; m.
Sept. 22, 1812, Capt. John Lamson.
ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 4, 1797; d. Nov. 21, 1895; m. (int. Oct. 12,
1834), Dr. John Porter of Wenham. At time of m. she was
of Boston.
33 Moses Averill, baptized in Topsfield, Oct. 1,
1769, married, Dec. 15, 1796, Sarah Clarke, and died July
29, 1798.* She married, 2nd, Nov. 6, 1831, Capt. Joseph
Sawyer, and died, June 2, 1841, aged 69 years.
Children, born in Topsfield :
Infant twin children, d. between Oct. 10-Nov. 30, 1797.
SARAH, b. Sept. 23, 1798; living in 1814.
*DiED. At Topsfield, Mr. Moses Averell, aged 29 ; who, in the various relations
of life, exhibited an amiable succession of the social and Christian virtues.
Salem Gazette, Aug. 7, 1798.
WILLIAM AVERILL OF IPSWICH
34 Luke Averill, born in Topsfield, Sept. 20, 1779 ;
married Dec. 21, 1813, Sally, daughter of Thomas and
Lydia (Batchelder) Foster of Rowley ; she died April 11,
1873, aged 78. He was a yeoman and lived at " The Col-
leges." He was run over by a wagon and killed, July 20,
1821. In the inventory of his estate appears the item :
" cavalry equipments."
Children, born in Topsfield :
HERITABLE FOSTER, b. March 28, 1814; d. Jan., 1899 in Read-
ing, Mass. ; m. March 28, 1833, Benjamin F. Adams of Tops-
field.
LYDIA ANN, b. May 20, 1816; d. Sept. 25, 1847; m. April 22, 1840
in Ipswich, Israel Wildes, afterwards of Topsfield.
ISAAC NEWTON, b. Aug. 7, 1819; m. 1st, May 17, 1849, Mary S. f
dau. of Asa and Selina Bradstreet of Georgetown. She d.
Dec. 28, 1851, aged 29, having had one child: Lydia Ann, b.
July 9, 1851; d. Sept. 11, 1851, at Ipswich. He m. 2d, March
19, 1857, Mary E., dau. of John C. and Elizabeth Wilson of
Annapolis, N. S. She d. Aug. 20, 1880, aged 62. Shoe oper-
ative; lived in Topsfield where he d. Oct. 29, 1906.
35 Benjamin Averill, born Feb. 22, 1781, in Mid-
dleton ; married, June 2, 1808, Hannah, daughter of An-
drew and Ruth (Curtis) Peabody of Middleton. She was
born Aug. 22, 1783, and died Feb. 4, 1854. He died Aug.
13, 1849.
Children, all born in Middleton:
HANNAH, b. Sept. 23, 1808; d. unm. May 8, 1884.
RUTH, b. Oct. 4, 1810; d. Apr. 21, 1891; m. 1st, Apr. 2, 1835, Bar-
zillai Gould; 2 children. He d. Oct. 24, 1848 and she m. 2d,
Dec. 10, 1856, Rev. John Gillingham of Bradford and War-
' ren, N. H.
47 BENJAMIN, b. June 30, 1812.
48 ANDREW PEABODY, b. June 5, 1815.
49 JOSEPH, b. March 31, 1818.
EBENEZEB HUBBARD, b. Feb. 4, 1820; d. Sept. 30, 1849.
50 EDWARD PUTNAM, b. Nov. 23, 1821.
ALFRED AUGUSTUS, b. Mar. 8, 1825; m. Mar. 15, 1868, Martha J.,
dau. of Samuel W. and Polly (Gould) Weston. She was b.
June 26, 1838, and d. Oct. 22, 1908 in Middleton.
AND SOME OP HIS DESCENDANTS. 251
35a Joseph Averill, born in Middleton, Dec. 15,
1792, was a farmer, and lived in that part of Andover that
afterwards became North Andover. He married May 23,
1819, Elizabeth Averill, probably daughter of John and
Betsey (Austin) Averill. She died Nov. 18, 1851 and he
died Mar. 5, 1876.
Children, born in Andover :
ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 27, 1819.
JOHN, b. July 18, 1821; m. Oct. 31, 1854, Fidelia, dau. Jacob and
Susanna Berry of Andover.
JOSEPH, b. Aug. 18, 1824; farmer; lived in North Andover; m.
1st, Nov. 18, 1856, Susan M. Perley of Boxford. She d. June
21, 1871, and he m. 2d, July 10, 1873, Eunice B. Perley, sis-
ter of his first wife. He d. Sept. 24, 1887 and she d. July
13, 1892. Had: (1) George Leonard, b. July 28, 1859; m. Dec.
20, 1883, Elvira Lake Towne of Topsfield. Farmer and lives
in North Andover; (2) Mary Lizzie, b. Mar. 31, 1861; m. Apr.
9, 1895, Charles Walter Paul; (3) Florence Maria, b. Sept. 24,
1865.
GEORGE D., b. Sept. 10, 1830; shoemaker; d. unm. July 9, 1852.
36 Thomas Averill, born in Topsfield, March 21,
1798 ; married, Sept. 6, 1827, Sophronia, daughter of
Dominick and Sarah (Perkins) Moore. She died May 2,
1874. Shoemaker and farmer; lived in Topsfield and
died May 8, 1846.
Children, all born in Topsfield :
A CHILD, b. Feb. 4, 1828; d. Feb. 6, 1828.
51 THOMAS LEVEBETT, b. Nov. 1, 1829.
52 EDWARD AUGUSTUS, b. May 3, 1832.
MARY ELLEN, b. June 15, 1835; m. Patch.
GEORGE FRANKLIN, b. Jan. 6, 1844; m. Oct. 3, 1866, Lodie A.,
dau. of Daniel and Fanny (Small) Towne. Farmer and cider
manufactnrer. Soldier in Civil War; 6 mos. service in Co. B,
7th Mass. Vols. and 100 days service in Co. 1, 6th Mass. Vols.
37 Nathaniel Perkins Averill, born in Topsfield,
Oct. 25, 1803, married Susan S. daughter of William and
Jemima Silver. * He died at Salem of consumption, Nov.
The marriage of Nathaniel P. Averill and Sarah Sheldon on Jane 6, 1819 ii re-
corded at Danvers.
252 WILLIAM AVERILL OF IPSWICH
T, 1861. She died at Salem, May 10, 1867 aged 67 years
and 4 months.
Child, born in Salem :
53 NATHANIEL S . , b. July 4, 1835.
38 Aaron Perkins Averill, born in Topsfield, May,
1810, married Jan. 24, 1838, in Topsfield, Julia Ann East-
man. He died at Georgetown, Feb. 7, 1865, aged 54 y.,
9 m.
Children, born in Topsfield :
EDWIN WALLACE, b. Aug. 5, 1838; d. Nov. 27, 1845.
MARTHA ANN, b. Sept. 19, 1841.
HABBIET WOOD, b. May 20, 1847.
38 Ephraim Averill, born in Topsfield, Feb. 28,
1813; married, first, April 11, 1833, Lydia Simonds Pot-
ter of Ipswich. She died Aug. 3, 1850, and he married,
second, May 4, 1851, Mary Faulkner, daughter of Eben-
ezer and Lydia Towne. She became insane and died June
6, 1870, in Ipswich, aged 57. He possessed a fine bass
voice and for many years conducted old time " singing
schools." He died in Topsfield, Jan. 26, 1898.
Children, all born in Linebrook Parish, Ipswich :
ELIZA MARY, b. June 6, 1834; m. April 25, 1852, Charles Perkins
of Topsfield, and d. Mar. 19, 1907.
54 EPHBAIM PERKINS, b. Mar. 9, 1836.
CAROLINE AUGUSTA, b. Jan. 11, 1841; m. 1st, May 10, 1859, Ben-
jamin How of Ipswich; m. 2d, June 5, 1873, Thomas Potter
of Ipswich; m. 3d, April 6, 1881, William H. Tozier of Ips-
wich. Lives in Ipswich.
40 Albert Augustus Averill, born in Topsfield,
May 10, 1811, married, Sept. 15, 1839 at Danvers, Han-
nah M., daughter of Timothy and Clarissa Walton. She
died at Stoneham, Mar. 3, 1852. He was named at birth
Royal Augustus Averill, without doubt for Royal Augus-
tus Merriam, M. D., the Topsfield physician. He went
by the name of ' Augustus" during his younger days but
on attaining his majority he adopted the name Albert
Augustus. Lived in Salem and Stoneham.
AND SOME OP HIS DESCENDANTS. 253
Children :
HANNAH JANE, b. June 7, 1841, in Salem.
ABOHANA MARIA, b. ; m. Mar. 10, 1861, in Middleton,
Otis M. Clement of Stoneham.
ELEOTRA P., b. July 7, 1848, in Salem; d. Aug. 25, 1848 in Salem.
ABBY L., b. Feb., 1852; d. July 28, 1852.
41 Moses Abba Averill, born Dec. 20, 1827 (1828.
Danvers Rds.); in Middleton, married July 20, 1851, at
Salem, Mary Jane Ellis, daughter of Dougal and Caroline
C. (Fuller) Campbell, born at Newport, N. S. She died
in Salem, Apr. 19, 1885, aged 57 years, and he died in
Salem, Dec. 22, 1895. He was a shoemaker while a young
man living in Danvers and afterwards removed to Salem
when he became a policeman and court officer.
Children :
MOSES F., b. Mar. 23, 1852, in Peabody; d. Dec. 11, 1868, in
Salem.
ABTHUB A., b. Oct., 1853 in Peabody ; d. Feb. 19, 1902 in Salem.
Lawyer.
SALENDA EVELYN, b. Sept. 23, 1864, in Salem; m. Sept. 10, 1884.
Robert S. Coblents of Peabody. Lives in Salem.
42 Cyrus Averill, born in Topsfield, Oct. 30, 1802 ;
married Dec. 8, 1828, Lavinia, daughter of Darius and
Mary (Kezar) Dickenson of Ipswich. She died Dec. 21,
1888, aged 82. Farmer; lived in Topsfield and died
March 10, 1891.
Children, all born in Topsfield :
ELMA LAVINIA, b. Oct. 23, 1880; d. Mar. 7, 1896, in Topsfield;
m. Aug. 15, 1857, George H. Davison, of Gloucester.
MABIA JANE, b. Oct. 11, 1832; d. Dec. 30, 1900 in Topsfield; m.
April, 1854, at Danvers, James R. Hobbs.
55 CYRUS AUSTIN, b. Aug. 10, 1834.
SARAH AMANDA, b. Oct. 29, 1836; m. Oct. 7, 1853, at Danvers,
Nathaniel Foster of Topsfield.
MARY BOYNTON, b. April 20, 1839; m. Feb. 25, 1870, Addison
Wonson of Gloucester.
JOHN FRANCIS, b. June 9, 1852; unm.; lives in Topsfield.
ELLEN FRANCES, b. June 18, 1843, Family Eecord (Cynthia Ellen,
Aug, 18, 1842 Town Record.)', d. March 25, 1864, suicide by
poison.
254 WILLIAM AVERILL OF IPSWICH
43 Benjamin Averill, born in Tpswich, June 20,
1798 ; married April 25, 1821, in Ipswich, Elizabeth,
daughter of John and Elizabeth (Hodgkins) Jewett.
Cooper. Removed to Salem in 1835, where he died April
9, 1872. She died Dec. 4, 1882, aged 81 years.
Children, born in Ipswich and Rowley :
ELIZABETH LORD, b. Aug. 14, 1821, in Ipswich; d. Sept. 16, 1822.
ELIZABETH LORD, b. Sept. 18, 1822, in Ipswich; d. unm., Nov. 8,
1903 at Salem.
LUCY ANN, b. Sept. 14, 1824, in Ipswich, d. Sept. 29, 1825.
SARAH JEWETT, b. June 6, 1826, in Ipswich; d. July 27, 1885 in
Salem.
JOHN JEWETT, b. July 25, 1828, in Ipswich; d. July 9, 1897; m.
June 14, 1855, Octavia W. Oliver of Bath, Me. ; carpenter
and foreman. Children: Daniel Webster Dodge, b. Sept. 9,
1860, in Salem; d. Sept. 4, 1875, in Salem; Julia M., b. Nov.
29, 1817, in Salem.
LUCY ANN, b. July 1, 1830, in Ipswich; m. April 1, 1860, Edward
H. Randall. Lives in Salem.
HARRIET J., b. Jan. 2, 1832, in Ipswich; d. Nov. 4, 1907, unm.,
at Salem.
56 JAMES WILLIAM, b. Feb. 22, 1834, in Ipswich.
BENJAMIN, b. Dec. 26, 1835, in Rowley; carpenter and distiller;
d. Mar. 2, 1879; m. Lucy J. Redmond. Had: Martha C., b.
Sept. 15, 1861.
JOSEPH JEWETT, b. Dec. 13, 1836, in Rowley; d. May 18, 1836.
ELLEN HODGES, b. Jan. 2, 1839, in Rowley; m. at Fall River,
June 19, 1902, Capt. Wm. Prescott Powers of Deer Isle, Me.
JOSEPH JEWETT (twin), b. June 10, 1841, in Rowley ; painter;
m. July 29, 1869, Cassandra D., dau. Thos. and Susan T. Max-
field. He d. at Salem, Feb. 6, 1903.
SAMUEL ANDREWS (twin), b. June 10, 1841, in Rowley; d. Aug.
2, 1842 in Salem.
GEORGE JEWETT, b. June 15, 1845, in Rowley; carriage painter;
d. May 28, 1898; m. Jan. 20, 1876, Georgianna P., dau.
George M. and Elizabeth (Gray) Saunders of Salem. Had :
Harry Webster, b. Nov. 6, 1881.
44 James Kimball Averill, born in Ipswich, Mar.
19, 1804, married Nov. 10, 1835, Eliza Howard, daughter
of Thomas and Elizabeth (Howard) Brown of Salem. He
was a cabinet-maker and learned his trade with Nathaniel
AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 255
Appleton of Salem. He died Sept. 2, 1855 in Ipswich.
She died in Salem, Aug. 1, 1867, aged 65 years.
Children :
HARRIET ELIZA, b. 1839; d. unm. Feb. 27, 1882 at Salem.
GEORGE H., b. 1840; m. Oct. 29, 1872, at Hamilton, Edna Augus-
ta, dau. of Dudley and Ednah (Dane) Porter; d. Nov. 17,
1907; clerk. She d. June 16, 1911 in Salem, aged 72 years.
CAROLINE HOWARD, m. Wheeler.
45 Warren Averill, born July 6, 1809, in Ipswich ;
married May 15, 1832, Elizabeth Jane Knox of Gardner,
Me., then resident in Ipswich. She died Jan. 28, 1880.
He was a cooper by trade, at one time being engaged in
the fishing business. He died Nov. 26, 1884.
Children, all born in Ipswich :
MARGARET E., b. ; d. Feb. 11, 1851.
ABBY JANE GARDNER, b. June 16, 1846; d. Sept. 29, 1851.
A SON, b. July 23, 1853; d. July 26, 1853.
LUENIA, b. Aug. 4, 1855 ; m. July 20, 1892, Charles L. Perkins of
Newburyport.
46 William Tarbell Averill, born April 13, 1811,
in Ipswich ; married 1st, Eliza Winter of Gloucester. She
died Aug. 17, 1839 and he married 2nd, July 15, 1841,
Harriet J., daughter of John and Elizabeth (Hodgkins)
Jewett of Ipswich. She died Apr. 28, 1890. He was a
carpenter by trade and lived in Gloucester and Ipswich.
Was tax collector for many years and inspector of cus-
toms in 1848. He died July 1, 1881.
Child by 1st wife :
WILLIAM, b. Feb., 1839; d. Nov. 19, 1839.
Children by 2d wife :
LYDIA MANNING, b. Sept. 23, 1842; d. Jan. 27, 1870; m. Nov. 29,
1866, Charles W . Bamf ord of Ipswich.
57 WILLIAM WARREN, b. Nov. 17, 1845.
A SON, b. Nov. 23, 1848; d. Nov. 26, 1848.
47 Benjamin Averill, born June 30, 1812, in Mid-
dleton ; married, Jan. 1, 1846, Lois, daughter of Jacob
256 WILLIAM AVERILL OF IPSWICH
and Lois (Lufkin) Proctor of Deny, N. H. She was
born April 2, 1822 and died in Middleton, Nov., 1898.
He lived in Middleton and died there Aug. 13, 1881.
Children :
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, b. April 15, 1856; m. June 9, 1892,
Louise Booker of Howardsville, Va., where they now live.
No children.
JOHN QUINOY, b. 1859; unm.; lives in Middleton.
ALVIN PROCTER, b. Nov. 25, 1860; d. Oct. 25, 1862.
48 Andrew Peabody Averill, born June 5, 1815,
in Middleton ; married, May 28, 1840, Elizabeth Stearns,
daughter of Peabody and Dolly (Kenny) Russell of Box.
ford. She was born Dec. 4, 1817 and died Oct. 24, 1890.
He died Dec. 17, 1889. Lived in Middleton.
Children :
ALBERT AVANDER, b. Jan. 15, 1842; m. May, 1866, Sarah, dau.
of Isaac and Sarah (Peasley) Craig of Newbury, N. H.
BENJAMIN RUSSELL, b. Nov. 14, 1849; d. May 29, 1864.
ANDREW PRESTON, b. July 18, 1856; m. Dec. 25, 1882, Cora S.
McKay, b. Apr. 25, 1860, in Bowdoin, Me. ; Harvard Univ.
Supt. Schools, Martha's Vineyard; 6 children.
CHARLES SIDNEY, b. Feb. 9, 1859; d. unm. Aug. 16, 1885; school-
teacher.
49 Joseph Averill, born March 31, 1818, in Mid-
dleton ; married, 1st, Oct. 22, 1884, Martha A., daughter
of Joseph Berry and Patty (Elliott) Perkins of Middleton.
She was born April 13, 1825 and died, April 24, 1884, in
Danvers. He married, 2nd, Oct. 14, 1886, Mrs. Mary J.
(Perkins) Greene, a sister of his first wife. He died Jan.
8, 1893, in Danvers.
Children, all by 1st wife :
LEVERETT PERKINS, b. Sept. 14, 1847; d. Aug. 28, 1848.
LEVERETT PERKINS, b. Sept. 4, 1849; m. Jan. 17, 1877, Harriet
Putnam, dan. of George P. and Charlotte (Towne) Wilkins
of Middleton. She was b. April 11, 1850. No children. He
d. Oct. 2, 1894, in Danvers.
HELEN WARD, b. Oct. 8, 1855; unm.; grad. Holyoke Seminary;
lives in St. Paul, Minn.
AND BOMB OP HIS DESCENDANTS. 257
ANNIE M., b. Oct. 11, 1858; m. 1st. Fiske; m. 2nd, Caleb C.
Gardner of Salem.
GEORGE.
50 Edward Putnam Averill, born Nov. 23, 1821,
in Middleton ; married, 1st, Dec. 26, 1 849, Lavinia K.
daughter of William and Hannah (Moore) Perkins of
Andover. She was born Sept. 20, 1829 and died in
1853. He married, 2nd, April 19, 1857, Mary Ham,
daughter of William and Martha (Ham) Webber of San-
ford, Me. She was born Jan. 27, 1829 and died Mar. 2,
1887, in Lynn. He married, 3rd, Apr. 12, 1888, Abbie
A., daughter of Lyman and Synthia (Webber) Butler of
Sanford, Me. She was born July 23, 1849. Lives in
Lynn.
Children by 2nd wife :
CLABENOE B., b. April 22, 1858; unm.
CEBESOO PUTNAM, b. Sept. 13, 1860; d. Sept. 8, 1861, in Mid-
dleton.
CEBESOO PUTNAM, b. Jan. 24, 1862; unm.
51 Thomas Leverett Averill, born in Topsfield,
Nov. 1, 1829 ; married July, 1851, Ruth R. Carr of New-
buryport. Farmer and painter. He died June 14, 1889.
Children born in Topsfield :
SUSAN SILVEB, b. Dec. 18, 1851; m. Sept. 27, 1875, Frank G.
Moore of Dallas, Texas; merchant.
SIDNEY WOOD, b. May 14, 1857; unm.; lived in Topsfield.
52 Edward Augustus Averill, born in Topsfield,
May 3, 1832, married in Salem, Oct. 16, 1855, Harriet
M. W., daughter of Richard Preston, born in Ohio.
Farmer and engineer. He died of heart disease, Feb. 7,
1890, in Salem.
Children :
ELLA J., b. 1856; m. at Lynn, Feb. 10, 1876, George H., son of
Edward P., and Adeline D. (Warren) Smith.
MART F., b. July 3, 1864, in Salem.
GEBTBUDE M., b. Oct. 28, 1872, in Salem.
258 WILLIAM AVERILL OF IPSWICH
53 Nathaniel S. Averill, born July 4, 1835 ; mar-
ried Jan. 1, 1867, Mary J., daughter of Alexander and
Jane Bowie of Bowdoin, Me. ; died Nov. 11, 1906 ; currier.
Child, born in Salem.
NATHANIEL HERBERT, b. April 16, 1878; ra. June 10, 1908,
Katherine, dau. Arthur D. and Nannie E. (Foster) Morrison.
Plumber.
54 Ephriam Perkins Averill, born in Linebrook
Parish, Ipswich, Mar. 9, 1836 ; married Dec. 8, 1864,
Susan, daughter of William G. and Mehetable (Balch)
Lake. Soldier in Civil War; three years in Co. D. 12th
Mass. Vols. ; corporal. Shoe operative. Lived in Tops-
field where he died Nov. 29, 1909.
Children, born in Topsfield :
ELMER PERKINS, b. April 20, 1866; m. Nov. 29, 1889, at George-
town, Annie P. dau. of Whipple and Charlotte A. (Smith)
Ingalls. Children: Eleanor, b. Jan. 2, 1890; d. March 20,
1890; Charles Francis, b. June 3, 1891; Florence Osgood, b.
Jan. 13, 1893. Shoe operative; lives in Topsfield.
CARRIE HAMMOND, b. Dec. 2, 1871; m. Dec. 20, 1894 at Paw-
tucket, R. I., Arthur G. Lunt of Newburyport. Child:
Arthur Osgood, b. July 25, 1895.
LULU JESSIE, b. April 3, 1876.
55 Cyrus Austin Averell, born in Topsfield, Aug.
10, 1834 ; married April 6, 1864, Margaret Y., daughter
of Charles and Anna Sweeney of Topsfield. Farmer;
lived in Topsfield and died there March 26, 1900.
Children, all born in Topsfield :
HERMAN AUSTIN, b. March 7, 1865; d. March 8, 1865.
ALBION FRANCIS, b. May 4, 1866; carpenter; d. Sept. 22, 1896.
CHARLES JUSTIN, b. June 12, 1871.
FREDERICK AUSTIN, b. April 10, 1879.
MARION ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 17, 1880; m. Oct. 18, 1905, John R.
Gould of Topsfield.
56 James William Averill, born Feb. 22, 1834, in
Ipswich; married Dec. 31, 1865, in Salem, Martha J.
daughter of Amos T. and Abigail L. Leavitt of Hampton,
N. H. ; died Nov. 10, 1906. House-painter ; lived in Salem.
AND SOME OP HIS DESCENDANTS. 259
Child :
ARTHUR LANK, b. Jan. 26, 1867, in Salem; Boston Univ. 1895;
lawyer; lives in Salem.
57 William Warren Averill, born Nov. 17, 1845,
at Ipswich, machinist, married, 1st, Oct. 3, 1866, at Salem,
Annie L. daughter of Samuel P. and Sarah L. (Norfolk)
Floyd. She died at Salem, of consumption, May 12, 1873,
aged 30 years and he married, 2d, Nov. 24, 1886, at Pea-
body, Mrs. Martha A. (Bruce) Pickering, daughter of
Daniel and Mary I. S. Bruce of Marblehead. Lives in
Salem ; milk contractor.
Children, born in Salem :
ERNEST HOLTEN, b. Apr. 7, 1867; m. June 17, 1908, Mrs. Ada
L. (Harrington) Brown, dau. Simon G. and Caroline A.
Harrington.
LYDIA M. B., b. May 18, 1870; d. May 18, 1879 in Salem.
EDNAH FLOYD (twin), b. July 30, 1872; d. May 26, 1879.
EDITH JEWETT (twin), b. July 30, 1872; m. Nov. 20, 1895, in
Salem, Horace B. Brooks of Salem.
NORTHFIELDS, SALEM, IN 1700. NO. 2.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY.
THIS part of North Salem lies between School street
and North river and westward from North street to a line
drawn about midway of what is now the territory of
Harmony Grove cemetery.
North street was called, in 1759, the highway from ye
great bridge up into the Northfield, the highway leading
to Waters', so called, and highway over the great bridge.
It was called the street or great road from North bridge
to the iron works in Danvers in 1800 ; road to Danvers
New Mills from Salem in 1811 ; and road leading to Dan-
vers in 1814.
School street is an ancient way. It was called the road
leading to Trask's mill, so called, in 1759 ; cross road
leading from the road to Danvers to Trask's mills, in
1781 ; and School street as early as 1842, and to the
Harmony Grove cemetery, on what is now Grove street,
in 1846.
Buffum street was a new way, called Buffum street, in
1806.
Barr street was laid out and known by that name as
early as 1850.
Randall street was laid out about 1860.
Harmony street was laid out in 1853.
Dunlap street was laid out through the Dunlap estate
about 1870.
Sylvan street was laid out in 1883.
Churchill street was laid out in 1891.
Grove street was first used in or soon after 1712. In
that year John Trask and Joseph Boice, jr., were granted
liberty by the town of Salem to erect a grist mill at
Spooner's point, which was on the southwestern side of
the river and on the easterly side of Grove street. Thia
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PLAN OF NORTH SALEM IN THE YEAR 1700, NO. 2.
NORTHFIELDS, SALEM, IN 1700. NO. 2. 261
grant was made on condition that the mill should be
built and a highway constructed across the river for men
and teams, at the expense of said Trask and Boice, with-
in three years. The mill was duly built and the road
constructed. It was known as Grove street as early as
1846, from the entrance to the Harmony Grove cemetery
to the river, and the rest of the distance it was called a
part of School street.
Beach, Oak and Friend streets were laid out by Jona-
than F. Carle ton as early as 1846. Beach street is now
known as Flint street.
Mason street was called the new road to Trask's mill
in 1800 ; and Mason street as early as 1836.
Tremont street, formerly called Myrtle street, was at
first laid out about half-way from Mason to School streets
and called Adams street as early as 1857. Subsequently
it was carried through to School street and called Myrtle
street the whole length.
William Wood, in his volume, written in 1633, entitled
" New Englands Prospect," speaks of Northfields as fol-
lows : " Although their land* be none of the best, yet
beyond those riversf is a very good soyle, where they
have taken farmes, and get their Hay, and plant their
corne ; there they crosse these rivers with small Can-
nowes, which are made of whole pine trees, being about
two foot & a half over, and 20. foote long."
James Symonds House. This lot of land belonged to
John Symonds very early. He died, possessed of it, in
1671, having devised it to his wife Elizabeth, for her life,
and then absolutely to his son James Symonds of Salem,
joiner. The widow probably died before 1679, when
James Symonds was in the possession of the land. It has
been stated that the ancient house on this lot was the first
one erected in the Northfields ; and it was probably gone
about 1700. It is said to have stood where the Upham
schoolhouse stands.
Caleb Buffum Lot. This lot was owned by Robert
*Centre of Salem.
tNorth and South rivers.
262 NORTHFIELDS, SALEM, IN 1700. NO. 2.
Buffum as early as 1661, and was probably owned by his
son Caleb Buffum in 1700.
Jonathan Corwin Lot. That part of this lot which lies
easterly of the dashes was early in the possession of widow
Spooner.
The rest of the lot belonged to Mr. Corwin in 1700
and before.
Estate of Robert Buffum Lot. This tract of land be-
longed to the estate of Robert Buffum in 1700.
NOTE ON THE BOWDITCH FAMILY.
The following items, taken from the Salem, Mass., and
Newport, R. I., Records, throw some light upon the history
of the family of Nathaniel Bowditch, son of William Bow-
ditch, the emigrant.
On October 12, 1674, Nathaniel Bowditch of Newport,
R. I., sold to John Pudney thirty acres of land in Salem,
bounded east by the Common, west by John Brown and John
Moulton, north by a highway, and south by Thomas Green.
The deed was acknowledged before Walter Clarke, afterwards
Governor of Bhode Island.
In 1701-2, there was a general distribution of common
lands at Newport, and on 12 March, 1701-2, the Newport
Proprietors granted a tract of land to Nathaniel Bowdish
bounded south and east on his own land, north on a highway
and on the land laid out to Lawrence and Gary (Carew)
Clarke, and west on Kichard Dunn.
On 22 April, 1712, William Bowdish of Dartmouth, Mass.,
tailor, sold to Capt. Bichard Dunn, of Newport, yeoman, a
dwelling house and eight acres of land and orchard situated
in Newport, bounded north on the highway, east, west and
south on the said Richard Dunn. This deed was signed by
William Bowdish and his wife, Mary.
The above makes it most probable that William Bowdish
of Dartmouth was the son of Nathaniel 2 (William 1 ) of
Newport. A search of the Dartmouth Vital Records and of
the Bristol County Probate and Land Registry at Taunton
should reveal much further data concerning this branch of
the Bowditch family.
GEORGE ANDREWS MORIARTT, JR.
THE TURNER FAMILY OF SALEM.
BY G. ANDREWS MORIARTY, M. A.
One of the most eminent of Salem families, both in
commercial and political life, during the later colonial
and the entire provincial period of Massachusetts history,
was the Turner family, a family as conspicuous for its
wealth and social position as for the high offices held by
its members under the Crown. It was a family illustrious
in the annals of Salem at a time when the great families
of Crowninshield and Derby had not yet emerged into
prominence, and it retained its position until well after
the Revolution of 1775, which swept away the old order
of things and brought forward new men, who built up
their position upon the ruins of the provincial aristocracy.
I do not think that I am overstating matters, if I say that
from 1700 to 1750 the Turner family ranked next in im-
portance to that of the Brownes, at Salem, and with this
latter family they were closely bound by ties of marriage
and friendship.
This important family has, curiously enough, suffered
more than its share of erroneous statements regarding its
genealogy, for ever since the time of Felt, genealogists
and antiquaries have constantly made misleading and er-
roneous statements concerning its genealogy and history.
The very origin of the family has long been in dispute,
and recently a misleading error made by Mr. Sidney Per-
ley, in his "Salem in 1700," published in the "Essex
Antiquarian," has still further tended to confuse its sub-
sequent history.
As early as 1827, Felt stated, upon what authority I
could never learn, but piobably upon that of a family
tradition, that the progenitor of the family in Salem,
Capt. John Turner, was the son of one John Turner, a
merchant, who was early at Salem, but subsequently re-
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264 THE TUBNEB FAMILY OF SALEM,
moved to Barbadoes, where he died in 1668, possessed of
great wealth. This John Turner was probably a close
connection of the Salem family, but what the exact rela-
tionship was cannot be stated until the records at Barba-
does are examined ; but that he was not the father of Capt.
John Turner of Salem is absolutely certain ; and I cannot
but wonder that nobody has heretofore taken notice of a
very significant deed in the Salem Registry, dated 9 Jan-
uary, 1668, wherein John Turner of Salem, " marrenar,"
sells to Capt. John Turner of " Barbadus " one quarter
part of the catch " Speedwell " of Salem, but fails to call
him father or uncle, as it is likely he would have done
had they been closely related (Essex Deeds, liber III,
folio 48). This John Turner of the Barbadoes is proba-
bly the John Turner who, with his wife Elizabeth, was
admitted to the First Church in Salem on 19 Nov., 1637.
We are then told that his widow, named Ruth, subsequent
to his death, in the Barbadoes, in 1668, married George
Gardner of Salem.
This statement, made by Felt, concerning the parentage
of Capt. John Turner of Salem, has been repeated by
Savage and by subsequent writers upon the subject, with
the exception of the late N. Ingersoll Bowditch, Esq.,
who, as early as 1847, perceived the truth and gave Capt.
John Turner his correct parentage. The matter was dis-
cussed with considerable animation by Mr. Bowditch and
the late L. M. Sargent, Esq., under the signatures of
"Gleaner" and " Sigma," at that time Mr. Sargent
maintaining with considerable heat, upon the strength of
a family tradition, that the Salem John was the son of the
Barbadoes merchant, while Mr. Bowditch correctly de
clared him to be the son of one Robert Turner, of Bos-
ton, a "shoemaker."
Being a descendant of the family, was naturally in-
terested in the matter, and after careful investigations I
became convinced that Mr. Bowditch was correct in his
view, but it is only recently that I have been able to show
conclusively that such was the case. The facts that we
had to start with were as follows : Capt. John Turner,
of Salem, was a wealthy merchant, and died there on 9
BY G. ANDREWS MORIARTY, M. A. 265
October, 1680, aged 36 years, as is shown by his grave-
stone in the Charter street cemetery, which was restored
about one hundred years ago. This places the date of his
birth in or about the year 1644. He is also known to
have had a sister, Elizabeth, who married EleazerGedney,
Esq., of Salem, and a grandson, Habakuk Turner. These
three facts formed the starting point of my investigations.
Now Robert Turner of Boston, the shoemaker, had a
wife, Elizabeth, and the following children, all born in
Boston : John, born 28 April, 1643, baptized 18 Feb.,
1644, died young ; John, born 8 September, 1644, bap-
tized 15 Sept., 1644; Habakuk, born 18 April, 1647;
Elizabeth, born 13 : 4 : 1648 ; and Robert, born 17 May,
1652, died in three months, a posthumous child. Habakuk,
the third son, settled in Salem, where he was a mariner
and merchant, trading with Barbadoes. Robert Turner,
the " shoemaker," made his will 14 August, 1651, proved
3 : 10 : 1651. In it he mentions his wife Elizabeth, his
sons, John and Habakuk, his daughter, Elizabeth, and the
expected child. He also leaves bequests to Hannah Hill,
daughter of " my wife's sister Frances Hill ; " to Abigail
Death, daughter of "my brother, Peter Turner," and
to John Spurr's wife. Valentine Hill, ' my loving
friend," is one of the overseers. An examination of
Valentine Hill's family shows that his first wife was
named Frances, that she died on 17 Feb., 1646, and that
the only issue that survived of this union was a daugh-
ter, Hannah Hill, who was baptized 17 March, 1639, and
married 24 January, 1660, Antipas Boyce, thus making
it clear that Robert Turner's wife, Elizabeth, was the sis-
ter of Valentine Hill's wife, Francis or Frances.
We now see that the ages of Capt. John Turner of
Salem, and of John, son of Robert Turner of Boston,
correspond, each has a sister Elizabeth, and one has a
grandson Habakuk, while the other has a brother Haba-
kuk, who goes to Salem from Boston. The circumstan-
tial evidence was, therefore, very strong that they were
identical, but it was only recently that I came upon the
necessary evidence to establish this as a fact. Capt. John
Turner of Salem had, among other issue, a daughter of
266 THE TURNER FAMILY OP SALEM,
the unique name of Freestone, born at Salem on 25
October, 1677. In Lechford's Note Book, under date of 26
October, 1G40, Elizabeth Freestone, spinster, of Boston,
but formerly of Alford, in Lincolnshire, daughter of
Richard Freestone, of Horncastle, deceased, gave a power
of attorney to John Hutchinson of Lincoln to collect
certain sums due her from the estate of her grandmother,
Mary Cuthbert, and from her uncle, Kobert Freestone,
deceased, administrator on the estate of her grandfather,
Robert Freestone. It at once struck me that as Robert
and Elizabeth Turner of Boston had their first child born
in 1643, they were probably married in 1642, and that
Capt. John Turner of Salem, if he were their son, would
name his child Freestone for his mother's family, provided
she was the above mentioned Elizabeth Freestone. All
that was necessary to do was to find a sister Frances
Freestone for this Elizabeth Freestone, who could marry
Valentine Hill and so be this Frances Hill, sister of Rob-
ert Turner's wife. In the Records of the First Church
of Boston we have : Ann and Frances Freestone, " kins-
women of our brother, William Hutchinson," admitted
to the First Church on 9 (9) and 28 (10) 1634, respec-
tively ; while in the Horncastle Parish Register we have :
Frances, daughter of Richard Freestone, bapt. 13 Oct.,
1610 ; Ann, his daughter, bapt. 12 Nov., 1615 ; and
Elizabeth, his daughter, bapt. 17 Oct., 1619. Here, then,
we have the necessary chain to show that Capt. John
Turner of Salem was the son of Robert and Elizabeth
(Freestone) Turner, and at the same time we show
who were the wives of Robert Turner and Valentine Hill
of Boston. But we find still more, as was pointed
out to me by my eminent friend, Henry F. Waters, Esq.,
of Salem, we are able to make an addition to the Free-
stone pedigree, as it appears in the " Lincolnshire Pedi-
grees " published by the Harleian Society. Lechford
describes Elizabeth Freestone as the granddaughter of
Mary Cuthbert and also of Robert Freestone. Now Mary
Cuthbert was born Hutchinson, and married, as her first
husband, George Freestone, at Lincoln, on 13 Sept,, 1578,
and had a son Richard, bapt. 19 Dec., 1579, at Alford.
BY Q. ANDREWS MORI ARTY, M. A. 267
This Richard, according to the Harleian pedigree, mar-
ried Margery , and they were the parents of Ann,
Frances and Elizabeth Freestone. Mary (Hutchinson)
Freestone married secondly, Cuthbert. Now how
could Elizabeth Freestone call both Mary Cuthbert and
Robert Freestone her grandparents ? Robert Freestone,
brother of George Freestone, married Frances Rathbecke
and resided at Brink Hill, in Lincolnshire, where they
had a daughter, Margery, baptized 18 June, 1587, who
clearly married her first cousin, Richard Freestone, and
thus their daughter, Elizabeth, was at once the grand-
daughter of Mary Cuthbert and of Robert Freestone.
One more fact is also shown. Mary Freestone-Cuthbert
was born Hutchinson, being the daughter of John Hutch-
inson, mayor of Lincoln, hence Ann and Frances Free-
stone were called kinswomen of William Hutchinson of
Boston, and later of Portsmouth, R. I., and thus the late
Col. Chester's Hutchinson pedigree that makes Edward
Hutchinson of Alford, the son of John, the mayor of
Lincoln, is confirmed ; a fact that the late P. O. Hutchin-
son, Esq., of Sidmouth, Devon, was inclined to question.
The above facts will be made much clearer by the
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Having cleared up the ancestry of Captain John Tur-
ner of Salem, I shall take up the question of his wife's
parentage. He married on 2: 10: 166(8?), Elizabeth
Roberts. The late N. Ingersoll Bowditch, Esq., supposed
her to have been the daughter of Robert Roberts of Row-
ley, but a careful examination of the Essex County rec-
ords convinced me that this could not be the case, and that
I must look further for her ancestry. Capt. John Turner
died in 1680, and she married, secondly, at Marblehead,
Major Charles Redford, a merchant of Salem and Marble-
head, on 19 June, 1684. The name Eunice among the
children of Capt. John and Elizabeth (Roberts) Turner
made me suspect that she was the Elizabeth Roberts,
daughter of Thomas and Eunice Roberts of Boston, bap-
tized in the First Church at Boston on 11 : 4 : 1648.
This Thomas Roberts bought, in 1651, the estate of Rob-
ert Turner in Boston, and died in 1654. He was by oc-
cupation a felt maker. His widow, Eunice Roberts, mar-
ried on 22 October, 1656, Moses Maverick, Esq., of Mar-
blehead. We now find in the Salem Registry of Deeds,
a deed, dated 9 April, 1694, wherein John Turner of
Salem, merchant, " administrator to ye estate of my father
John Turner, deceased, and also executor to ye estate of
my father in law, Charles Redford, deceased, with ye free
consent of my four sisters, Elizabeth, Eunice, ffrestone
and Abiel Turners," sells for .70 to Samuel Cheever of
Marblehead, a parcel of meadow and salt marsh, which
was " sometimes my Grandfather Mavericks Deceased and
for Just Debts due from his Estate Delivered by Execu-
tion to Charles Redford Creditor on his own and John
Turner's accompt bounded with Mr. Reith on ye (south)
side ye Street on ye Western side ye lands of Ephraim
Sanders and Nathaniel Walton on ye East ye little Har-
bour on ye Northern containing by Estimation two acres "
(Essex Deeds, liber X, folio 24). This deed establishes
the parentage of Elizabeth (Roberts) Turner, showing her
to be the daughter of Thomas and Eunice Roberts and
step-daughter of Moses Maverick of Marblehead. More-
over, this deed is of the utmost importance in correcting
the above mentioned error made by Mr. Sidney Perley,
which will now be discussed.
270 THE TURNER FAMILY OF SALEM,
The error referred to was the confusion made as to the
children and grandchildren of Capt. John and Elizabeth
(Roberts) Turner made by Mr. Sidney Perley of Salem in
his articles appearing in the (l Essex Antiquarian" entitled
" Salem in 1700," where he discusses the Turner estate.
In Volume IX, page 74 (1905), of the " Essex Antiqua-
rian," in speaking of Abiel Turner's lot, Mr. Perley says,
" John Turner owned this lot early and died possessed of
it October 9, 1680. The estate passed to his son, John
Turner, who died in 1692 possessed of it. His real estate
was not divided until March 22, 1696/7, when the lot was
assigned to his daughter Abiel Turner." In Volume X,
page 62 (1906) of the Essex Antiquarian, Mr. Perley con-
tinues " John Turner died in possession of the new house
October 9, 1680. . . . The estate descended to his
son, John Turner, of Salem, merchant. The latter died in
1692 in possession of the estate. . . . The estate was
divided among his heirs 23 March, 1696/7 and the house
and lot were assigned to his son, John Turner, who was
then living there. This son was Major John Turner, af-
terwards Colonel and the Honorable Mr. Turner, being a
rich merchant, magistrate and magnate." From this lan-
guage it is, I think, evident that Mr. Perley desires to say
that Hon. Col. John Turner was the grandson of John and
Elizabeth (Roberts) Turner and the son of their son, John
Turner, born 12 Sept., 1671. If we consider that this
grandson was of age and selling land on 9 April, 1694, it
is a little difficult to believe him to be the son of a man
born in 1671. What misled Mr. Perley was the double
administration taken out upon the estate of Capt. John
Turner. Capt. John and Elizabeth (Roberts) Turner had
the following children all born at Salem : Elizabeth, died
April, 1671 ; John, born 12 September,1671; Elizabeth, born
15 December, 1673 ; Eunice, born 1 Jan., 1676 ; Freestone,
born 25 Oct., 1677 and a posthumus daughter, Abial, born
14 Oct., 1680. Capt. John Turner died on 9 Oct., 1680
and administration on his estate was granted to his widow
Elizabeth, on 13 October, 1680 (Essex Court Files : Vol.
XXXIV, p. 85), and on 30 : 9 : 1680, as administratrix,
she presented the inventory. (Probate Vol. 301, p. 169)
BY G. ANDREWS MORIARTY, M. A. 271
On 19 June, 1684 she married Major Charles Redford.
On 3 September, 1685 an execution was issued against
Joseph Elwell of Gloucester, by Benjamin Gerrish, for Mr.
Charles Redford " who married unto Mrs. Elizabeth Tur-
ner relict and administratrix of Mr. John Turner de-
ceased." (Essex Court Files, Vol. XLV,p. 57.) A com-
parison of this document with the deed above given of
John Turner to Samuel Cheever dated 9 April, 1694 con-
clusively shows that the John Turner, who sold the land
at Marblehead in 1694 must be the son of John and Eliza-
beth (Roberts) Turner and that he could not have died
in 1692 as Mr. Perley states. As I have said the confu-
sion arose from the double administration upon the estate
of Capt. John Turner, which was a very large one. When
John Turner, son of Capt. John, came of age in 1692 he
was given a new administration upon his father's estate,
which his mother formerly had and on 6 June, 1693 he
presented an inventory of his father's estate and at the
same time an inventory of the estate of his father in law
Major Charles Redford (Probate, Vol. 303, p. 98-99). On
22 March, 1696/7 the estate was divided among the heirs
viz : John Turner, Benjamin and Elizabeth Gerrish, Sam-
uel and Eunice Browne, Freestone Turner, and John Tur-
ner as guardian for Abiall Turner. (Probate, Vol. 305,
pp. 289-292). The reason for this double administration
is evident. All the children of John and Elizabeth (Rob-
erts) Turner were very young at his death 9 Oct., 1680,
and no division was made. In 1693 Redford and his wife
being dead, the son, John Turner, who had come of age,
was given administration on the estate of his father, which
had not yet been divided. That Elizabeth (Roberts) Tur-
ner-Redford was dead as early as 1691 is shown by the
will of her husband, Charles Redford, dated 29 April,
1691, in which he divides his estate into 5 equal parts ;
4/5 to be given to the five children of John and Elizabeth
Turner, deceased, the other 1-5 going to " my brother,
William Redford." The executors were Samuel Gardner
and John Turner. There are numerous other documents
to show that Hon. Col. John was the son of Capt. John
and Elizabeth (Roberts) Turner, but the above cited docu-
272 THE TURNER FAMILY OF SALEM,
ments are enough to show the true relationship. Of course
there is great excuse for Mr. Perley's error in as much as
he was dealing with Salem Estates in 1700 and not with
genealogical history, and the deed necessary to show the
true facts of the case concerned Marblehead land and not
Salem property ; nevertheless an interpolated generation is
apt to make confusion worse confounded in a family his-
tory.
I now come to the last of the errors perpetrated against
this long suffering family namely the question of the par-
entage of the wife of this latter John Turner, or Hon. Col.
John Turner Esquire, as he was styled. He married on
22 May, 1701 Mary Kitchen, daughter of Robert Kitchen,
an eminent Salem merchant. It has always been stated
that her mother was Bethia Weld, daughter of Dr. Daniel
Weld of Salem. But Madam Bethia (Weld) Kitchen in
her will, dated 31 January, 1721-2, proved 18 Dec., 1738
bequeathes her property to her son Edward Kitchen and
her granddaughter Mary Lindall, daughter of Hon. Timo-
thy and Bethia (Kitchen) Lindall, and passes over the only
other child of Robert Kitchen then living, namely Mary
Turner. Robert Kitchen was married as early as 1681,
when his wife's place in the meeting house is mentioned,
and he was married to Bethia Weld, as early as 1689,
when their daughter, Bethia, who married Timothy Lin-
dall, was born. But in as much as Bethia Weld was born
at Cambridge on 24 January, 1667-8 it was hardly possi-
ble for her to have been the wife of Robert Kitchen as
early as 1681. Moreover in a case on file in the Massachu-
setts Archives at the State House in the Secretary of State's
office, wherein Timothy Lindall sued Edward Kitchen to
recover property left to his daughter Mary Lindall de-
ceased, by her grandmother, Madam Bethia (Weld) Kit-
chen, he makes deposition in June 1748, that his daughter
Mary Lindall was the only person besides Edward Kitchen
who had the blood of old Madam Bethia Kitchen. This
plainly shows that Robert Kitchen must have had another
wife, who was evidently the mother of Mary (Kitchen)
Turner. Robert Kitchen had issue the following chil-
dren : John, born , eldest son mentioned in hie father's
BY G. ANDREWS MORIABTY, M. A. 273
will dated 26 Feb., 1706-7, probably left no issue ; Mary,
baptized May, 1684, married Col. John Turner on 22 May,
1701 ; Robert, bp. 17 July, 1687, died young ; Bethia, bp.
10 Nov., 1689, married Timothy Lindall 27 May, 1714;
Robert, bp. 11 June, 1699, died in 1716, a student at Har-
vard ; and Edward, bp. 18 Aug., 1700 married Freke Wal-
cott, 19 Nov., 1730, obt. 1766. s. p. From this it is clear
that besides Bethia, Robert Kitchen had only one other
daughter, namely Mary Turner, the child of the unknown
first wife. Now Samuel Sewell in his Diary under date
of 24 August, 1688 records that he travelled from Salem to
Boston and that ' the widow Bordman and Mr. Kitchen's
daughter that he had by Mary Bordman were on board."
This is of course our Mary Kitchen, later the wife Col.
John Turner and her mother was Mary Bordman, born at
Cambridge in March, 1656, the daughter of Major Wil-
liam and Mary Bordman of Cambridge. Major Bordman,
who was Steward of Harvard University died at Cam-
bridge on 25 March, 1685. We thus have at last the
maternal ancestry of Mary (Kitchen) Turner. Her fa-
ther, Robert Kitchen Esq., was the son of John and Eliza-
beth (Grafton) Kitchen, the said Elizabeth being the
widow of John Saunders and daughter of Joseph Grafton.
Having, at last, cleared the way to give a true account of
this illustrious Salem family, I shall now begin to give a
brief account of the descendants of Robert and Elizabeth
(Freestone) Turner.
1 Robert Turner of Boston, Massachusetts. He
came in the " Blessing" from London in 1635, aged 24.
He was admitted a townsman 25 : 2 : 1642, and joined the
First Church 18 Feb., 1644. On 1 : 10 : 1644 Valentine
Hill deeded him a house and garden in Boston on what is
now Court Street near Bendall's Dock. On 30 : 4 : 1651
he sold his house to Thomas Roberts of Boston, felt maker.
He may be the Robert Turner, who, on 10 Nov., 1651,
together with Emanuel Downing, Joseph Grafton and
John Browne, was deeded land by William Lord at
Salem. His will dated 14 Aug., 1651 was proved 3 : 10 :
274 THE TURNER FAMILY OF SALEM.
1651. The inventory taken 3 : 10 : 1651 amounted to
384 : 04 : 11. Married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard
and Margery (Freestone) Freestone about 1641 or 1642,
Issue :
2 JOHN, born 28 April, 1643; d. young.
3 JOHN, born 8 Sept., 1644, bp. 15 Sept., 1644.
4 HABAKUK, born 18 April, 1647.
5 ELIZABETH, born 13 : 4 : 1648; married Eleazer Gedney, 9 June,
1665.
6 EGBERT, born 17 May, 1652; died in three months.
2 Capt. John Turner of Salem. A wealthy mer-
chant in the Barbadoes trade. Bought a house and land
of Ann More in Salem on 17 Aug., 1668, and erected the
famous "House of the Seven Gables." Owned the ferry
to Marblehead. On 12 March, 1674 he was constable and
on 13 : 1 : 1678-9, selectman. He was also deputy from
Salem. Owned Baker's Island. He married 2 : 10 :
166(8 ?) Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Eunice Kob-
erts of Boston. He died in Salem, 9 Oct., 1680 leaving a
very large estate. His widow married Major Charles
Redford on 19 June, 1684. He is buried in Charter Street
burying ground at Salem.
Issue :
7 ELIZABETH, died April, 1671.
8 JOHN, b. 12 Sept., 1671.
9 ELIZABETH, b. 15 Dec., 1673; married Benjamin Gerrish, Esq.,
24 Sept., 1696.
10 EUNICE, b. 1 Jan., 1676; married Hon. Col. Samuel Browne, 19
March, 1695.
11 FREESTONE, b. 25 Oct., 1677; married Major Walter Price, 30
March, 1699.
12 ABIAL, born 14 Oct., 1680; d. single.
4 Capt. Habakuk Turner of Salem. A merchant
and captain trading with Barbadoes. Married Mary,
daughter of George Gardner of Salem, on 30 April, 1670,
died before 15 Sept., 1686 when his widow married John
Marston.
Issue :
BY G. ANDREWS MORIARTY, M. A. 275
!
13 ROBERT, b. 25 April, 1671. Kemoved to Wethersfield, Conn.,
where he married and had a numerous family.
14 MART, b. 25 (11), 1672; d. 14 (8), 1674.
8 Hon. Col. John Turner Esquire of Salem.
Born 12 Sept., 1671; died 4 March, 1742. An eminent
merchant, magistrate and soldier. Constable, 14 March,
1695-6. Captain of a troop of horse engaged against the
French. On 9 June, 1704 he, together with Major Ste-
phen Sewell, went out and captured the noted pirate
Thomas Larramore. On 25 Aug., 1707 he engaged the
French and Indians in a desperate battle near Hav erhill.
In 1702 he was deputy to the General Court. On 6 July,
1722 he was one of the Committee to treat with the
Eastern Indians. In 1725 he was a Justice of the Peace
and in 1726 a Judge of the Common Pleas in Essex Coun-
ty. He was a member of His Majesty's Council from
1721 to 1741 and Colonel of the Essex County Regiment.
As a merchant he acquired great wealth and removed
from his ancestral home to an elegant mansion on Essex
Street near the site of Almy's store. Married Mary, daugh-
ter of Robert and Mary (Bordman) Kitchen on 22 May,
1701. His estate was divided 24 April, 1745.
Issue :
15 ELIZABETH, b. 14 June, 1704; married Hon. Thomas Berry, Esq.
of Ipswich, Judge of Probate, on 2 May, 1728.
16 EUNICE, b. 17 April, 1713; married Benjamin Browne, Esq., 19
June, 1729.
17 JOHN, b. 8 Aug., 1703; d. 13 Aug. 1703.
18 JOHN, b. 20 May, 1709. Naval officer and Collector of Salem,
1772; Deputy, 1757-8; died Dec. 19, 1786. Married Cath-
erine Berry, 29 Sept., 1752. Left issue.
19 MARY, b. Nov. 1, 1706; married 15 Aug., 1728, Capt. Ebenezer
Bowditch, Esq. of Salem. They were the grandparents
of Nathaniel Bowditch, LL. D. and of Deborah Bowditch,
who married Capt. Thomas Moriarty of Salem and was the
great-great-grandmother of the writer of this article.
20 ROBERT.
21 HABAKUK.
A GENEALOGICAL -HISTORICAL VISITATION
OF ANDOVER, MASS., IN THE YEAR
1863.
BT ALFRED POORE, M. D.
Alfred Poore, M. D. (1818-1907), author of A Me-
moir and Genealogy of John Poore " and " The Historical
and Genealogical Researches and Recorder of Passing
Events of Merrimack Valley," was in the habit of making
house to house journeys in various Essex County towns
in search of genealogical information and family lore. On
several occasions more extended trips were made through
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and even into Canada,
in search of material relating to those families who had
removed from Essex County and settled in the northern
part of New England. He would walk from town to
town examining and copying from the town and church
records, gravestones, family Bibles, and private memoranda
and making extended inquiries into unwritten family his-
tory covering its genealogy and immigration. His note
books kept during these various " Visitations " are now
preserved by the Essex Institute. Almost the first ex-
tended " Visitation " undertaken by Dr. Poore was an ex-
amination of the town of Andover, Mass., occupying the
larger part of the summer of 1863 and it is believed that
much of the information then gathered and here published
is not preserved in any other form.
Started from home in West Haverhill at 9 a. m. on
May 5, 1863, passing through Salem, N. H., Methuen and
Lawrence, and arrived at W. F. Draper's about 2 p. m.
Called on John H. Manning who says that Wilson Flagg,
(276)
ALFRED POOR, M. D.
From a daguerreotype made in I 850.
A GENEALOGICAL-HISTORICAL VISITATION. 277
who came from Beverly, resided in Andover a few years
and now probably resides in Cambridge, is interested in
history and is a writer for periodicals. Dr. Sanborn's son
is interested in entomology. Mr. Manning says that his
grandfather, Thomas Manning, shoemaker, came from
Billerica to Andover when he was about twenty-one years
old. He purchased the homestead where he now resides,
probably about the time he was married, of Joseph Ballard
and his widowed mother. Timothy, who owned the mills,
from whom the village derived its name, was brother to
Joseph Ballard.
Thomas Manning's wife was Mehitable Kidder, and
probably all the children were born on the farm. Some
of the children were born in a house which stood about
forty rods west of the present house. A part of this old
house was moved to form the ell of this house, but in
1842 it was taken away and a new ell built. The house
was built in 1758, and the barn which was raised up about
1850-51, was probably built at the same time. The balm
of gilead trees in front of the house were set out about
1833 and the elm tree on the opposite side of the street,
and which contains about five cords, was brought there on
Mr. Ballard's shoulders and set out the day he was twenty-
one years old. His shoemaker's shop, which was once a
blacksmith's shop, stood just below the old house, but it
was torn down before Mr. Manning can remember.
Deacon Gould's wife is related to the Ballards. Nathaniel
Whittier's wife, Summer street, is a descendant of the
Mannings.
Thomas Manning's children were : Thomas, father of
John H.; Chloe, married a Holley and her son William
edited a newspaper in New Hampshire; Hannah, married
a Burtt and lived near Hagget's pond, William Burtt
being chaplain of the State almshouse. Thomas Manning,
the father of John H., and probably the youngest of the
children, married, first, Sarah, daughter of Joseph and
Anna , of North Reading, and settled on this home-
stead, where he always lived. She was the mother of all
his children and died in 1839, aged about 55 years, and
was buried in the Old South graveyard. He married,
278 A GENEALOGICAL-HISTORICAL VISITATION OP
second, Adeline A., daughter of Asa , who still re-
sides at the homestead. In his younger days, Thomas
Manning was a shoemaker, but many years before he died,
in 1849, he was a farmer. The farm consisted of 48 acres,
and he owned 80 acres more ; the family now own about
20 acres near Pomp's pond.
The children of Thomas Manning, jr., were : (1) Ed-
ward Augustus, farmer, now of Manchester, Iowa, who
formerly owned the place where Mr. Church now resides
on Phillips street; he was overseer of repairs on the Bos-
ton and Maine railroad from very soon after the road was
built until he removed to Iowa, first from Andover depot
to Wilmington and when the double track was built he had
a section from the depot to Ballardvale ; he married Hannah
Merrill of Derry, N. H., and has four children living,
three daughters and one son, the oldest having died in
March, 1863 and a daughter in 1840 ; his son, Augustus
L., about twenty-one years old, is in the 12th or 13th
Iowa Regiment, and was taken prisoner at Pittsburg
Landing, held eight months, suffered very much and was
nearly all the time at Macon, Georgia ; (2) Sarah A., d.
1840, unmarried ; (3) Mary K., died young ; (4)
Joseph M., died young ; (5) Mary Angenett, who married
Henry F. Barnard and d. 1850, leaving two children ;
(6) John Hart, b. Feb. 8. 1824, married Lois Ann, daughter
of Amos and Myra (Nichols) Batchelder, who was b.
North Reading, Mar. 11, 1832 ; her father was son of
Simeon and Betsey Batchelder and her mother was
daughter of Mrs. Lois Nichols ; children, all b. at the
homestead, (a) Mary Alton, b. Oct. 31, 1850 ; (b) John
Hart, jr., b. Feb. 3, 1858 ; (c) Martha, b. Apr. 23, 1860 ;
(d) Frederick Wilber, b. June 26, 1862. John H. Man-
ning lived in Nahant in 1851-2, in the south in the winters
of 1859 and 60, and in Magnolia, St. John's River, Florida,
for his health in 1860-61; (7) Rebecca Jane, b. Mar. 23,
1827, mar. Henry F. Barnard, her deceased sister's hus-
band.
Two other families have occupied this house, Horace
Lewis, who came from New Hampshire, perhaps New Bos-
ton, lived in the Abiel Abbott place a while, then moved
ANDOVER, MASS., IN THE YEAR 1863. 279
here and occupied a part of the house from Apr., 1852 to
Apr., 1854 ; and John W. Haley, a member of the middle
class at the Seminary, who occupied it in Nov., 1861, but
later moved into one part of the house in which Fitz Wil-
liam Rogers now resides.
Called on Asa A. Abbott, who has been one of the
selectmen often and found him in his field south of his
house, which land extends about 80 rods to where Dr.
Whitney of Charlestown, formerly of Haverhill, now
owns. The latter was a West lot and was given to Holt ;
probably Benjamin West had no children. One Allen
once owned the land about three quarters of a mile south-
west of A. Abbott's, now owned by his brother Sylvester
and Nathan B. Abbott, and it was here that Mr. Abbott's
great-great-grandfather Ephraim Abbott, settled. The
plain before reaching Ballardville was called Preston's
Plain as long ago as 1718, perhaps from one John Preston
who once lived there. Isaac Wilson, who resides near the
line between Andover and North Andover, has the pro-
prietor's records, he being the clerk. John Russ probably
resided where Peter Smith now resides.
Mr. Abbott says that beginning at the turnpike where
Moses Abbott now resides, the land formerly was owned
by the Chandlers until about 1806. John Chandler, son
of David, had left the place before 1807, because that
year the turnpike was built and the workmen lived there.
John Chandler was a shoemaker and probably mortgaged
his place to Jonathan Swift, the tanner, who resided where
the present Jonathan Swift now lives. Moses Abbott,
son of Moses and grandson of Barachias, came into posses-
sion of the place after the Moses first referred to was born.
On May 6, called on Capt. Joshua Ballard, who says his
grandfather, Dea. Hezekiah Ballard, was son of Hezekiah,
and a descendant of William who came to this town from
Saugus. Dea. Hezekiah married Lydia Chandler and lived
where Mr. Manning now resides.
Their children were : (1) Lydia, b. July 30, 1742, mar.
Dane Holt, settled at Prospect hill, had three children and
d. Nov., 1813; (2) Rebecca, b. May 16, 1744, mar. Dea.
Zebediah Abbott and d. 1821 in West Andover where
280 A GENEALOGICAL-HISTORICAL VISITATION OF
Benjamin Boynton now resides. Children : (a) Dea.
Zebediah, (b) Anna, mar. Christopher Osgood, settled in
Pembroke, N. H. ; (c) Hermon ; (3) Lois, b. July 19,
1746, mar. Joshua Phelps, d. Dec. 26, 1836, settled in
West /Vndover, about a mile and a half from the West
Andover church on the road to Lowell. Children : (a)
Joshua, (b) Mrs. Blunt, (c) Mrs. Noah Abbott ; (4) Han-
nah, b. Dec. 6, 1748, mar. 1st, Obadiah Foster, 2d, Capt.
Joshua Chandler, and d. Dec., 1838. With her first hus-
band, she lived where Nathan Abbott, 2d now lives ; (5)
Mary, b. Feb. 27, 1751, mar. Henry Phelps, another son
of Samuel Phelps, settled where her sons Henry and
Chandler Phelps now reside in West Andover, and d.
1835; (6) Joshua, b. June 27, 1753, d. 1753, choked
to death by a piece of corn; (7) Sarah, b. Jan. 27,
1756, mar. Dea. Nathan Abbott, settled in Scotland dis-
trict, where Nathan B. Abbott now resides, and d. 1825 ;
(8) Dorcas, b. Oct. 16, 1757, d. unmarried ; (9) Lucy, b.
Apr. 4, 1760, mar. Nathan Chandler of West Andover, re-
moved to Concord, N. H. and d. June 8, 1827 : (10) Hez-
ekiah, b. July 18, 1762, mar. Mary, dau. Zebadiah and
Deborah (Blanchard) Chandler of West Andover, who d.
Mar. 16, 1834. He d. Oct. 4, 1847.
Hezekiah Ballard settled on the farm which is now
owned by William Allen, the last house before reaching
the Wilmington line, the land having been purchased from
Joshua Wardell and wife Mary, in 1771, by Dea. Heze-
kiah Ballard. It was owned previously by Joseph Foster,
jr. Here Dea. Ballard kept a public house a few years
during the Revolution. The barn on the old place which
was taken down about 1812 was raised when Hezekiah
Ballard was twenty-one years old, that is, in 1783, and the
present barn was built in 1839. The present house was
built on the Job Foster place which Capt. Ballard bought
in 1834. The old house was on the opposite side of the
road toward Boston, about thirty rods.
About half of this farm was purchased of the town by
Capt. Ballard's ancestors, besides about seventy acres on the
Wilmington side. His father bought of the town on th e
eastern side of John's hill, so called because an Irishman
ANDOVER, MASS., IN THE YEAR 1863. 281
John Dunlap, lived in the angle made by the Boston road
and that leading by Rattlesnake hill. Caesar Dole after-
wards lived there. Capt. Ballard owned at one time about
300 acres, but retains about 50. He sold about 75 acres
to William Allen, Apr. 1, 1852, Mr. Allen having hired it
five years previous to buying.
Others who lived in any part of the old house where
the tavern was kept were widow Susannah Marshall,
whose sons, Jacob and James, died in Andover and whose
daughter Abigail was there a while. Tabitha and Han-
nah Holt kept house there, 1800-1810 ; they were spinners
and had a brother, Michael Holt, who lived in North An-
dover. Isaac Jones, a native of Wilmington, was there
about two years and left in the autumn of 1810, to go to
Stoddard, N. H. He soon after died and his family went
west. Nathaniel Dunkley, an old Revolutionary soldier,
lived in the next house about 1808.
The children of Hezekiah and Mary Ballard were : (1)
Joshua, b. Jan. 3, 1785, mar. 1810, observed their golden
wedding Nov. 13, 1860 ; Phebe, dau. Jonathan and Dorcas
(Abbott) Abbott, and grandd. Jonathan and Martha (Love-
joy) Abbott ; her mother was dau. Stephen and Mary
(Abbott) Abbott, b. Jan. 17, 1788, where Stephen D.
Abbott lives ; the house stood near his residence and was
taken down about 1830. Joshua lived on the homestead
of his father and gradfather until May 1, 1848, when he
bought of Merrill Pettengill a two acre farm, corner of the
turnpike and Punchard avenue. Pettengill built the house
but, upon removing to Boston or Melrose, he rented it to
different persons. Mr. Ballard made some additions, and
on Aug. 27, 1851, the year when several fires occurred in
Andover, it was partially destroyed. In about eleven
weeks it was repaired and made into its present shape.
Children: (a) Phebe Abbott, b. Aug. 22, 1811, mar. Her-
mon Phelps Chandler, cousin to her father ; (b) Joshua, b.
Jan. 28, 1813, mar. May, 1840, Mehitable, dau. Jonathan
and Betsy (Batchelder) Abbott of Temple, N. H. ; resides
in Southbridge, Mass., agent of the Hamilton Woolen Co.
of Boston since 1846, but previously agent for the Amos-
keag Co. ; no children ; (c) Stephen, b. Sept. 9, 1815, mar.
282 A GENEALOGICAL-HISTORICAL VISITATION OF
1st, Dec. 24, 1830 to Sarah Ballard, dau. Abiel and Sarah
(Abbott) Russell, who d. Oct. 1851 ; mar. 2d, in Lowell,
Abby Dodge, b. Amherst; resides in Williamsburg, N. H.,
making belts for machinery ; for eleven years after his
brother left Amoskeag Mills, he was agent, removing in
the autumn of 1858; (d) Edward, b. June 26, 1819, lives
at home, unmarried ; (e) Gayton, b. July 8, 1821, mar.
Sybil Brown Abbott, sister to Joshua's wife ; settled in
Hooksett, N. H. where he remained about three years and
went to Southbridge about 1849 ; he, with his brother
Joshua and Adolphus Merriam, own a small woolen mill,
the firm being Merriam & Ballard ; children, Sybil Eliza,
Mary Alma and Daniel, all died young ; Sarah Eliza, b.
Aug., 1852 ; Arthur Gayton, b. 1854 ; (f) William, b.
May 15, 1826 ; (g) Mary, b. Mar. 24, 1828, unmarried.
Notes : Hezekiah, next to Capt. Joshua, died with the
throat distemper, aged 11 years ; Mary died, aged about
14 years ; Hannah, died at the age of 45 years ; Sarah and
Dorcas died young ; Hezekiah, mar. Susan Brown, and
died Dec. 21, 1837, aged 41 years, by falling from a wagon
in Reading where he resided ; Nathan died young.
Joseph Ballard, who married Hannah, dau. Col. George
Abbott, and sold to Manning was probably cousin to Dea.
Hezekiah. Timothy Ballard, who owned the mills at
Ballardvale village was not a brother to Dea. Hezekiah ;
he married Mary, dau. William and Hannah Abbott, and
had no children, but they adopted her niece Mary B., dau.
Capt. Joseph and Sarah (Foster) Brown, who is 2d wife
of Dea. Abraham Jones Gould.
Old Nehemiah Abbott married Hannah Ballard, whose
sister Betty was a blind maiden lady ; she owned the mills
with Timothy Ballard. Nehemiah Abbott had one son
who was a physician ; the former sold his interest in the
mills to Timothy. On the brook that runs from Foster's
pond to the river, there was a small grist mill owned by
William Goldsmith, and afterwards by his son Jeremiah,
but no grinding has been done there since about 1800.
There was a winter mill on the road by Rattlesnake hill.
The Ballardvale Co. own the water privilege which they
bought some years ago.
ANDOVER, MASS., IN THE YEAR 1863.
283
Called again on Asa A. Abbott on May 6. Gen. Wash-
ington took breakfast in the house where Lock resides
near Valpey's which was occupied as a tavern by Dea.
Isaac Abbott, and when the General left town he went
down Phillips st. on toward Billerica. Phillips lived in
Moses Abbott's house when he was building the mansion
house. Gardner Abbott, the blacksmith, resided in Moses
Abbott's house. He died in North Andover. Capt. Jo-
seph Gleason lived there next and he went to West Read-
ing, Wood End, where he died. Mr. Vinal, one of the
carpenters on the seminary buildings also lived there.
David I. C. Hidden resides on the farm that was proba-
bly originally owned by the Chandlers. The first of that
name whom Mr. Asa A. Abbott can recollect was Phile-
mon Chandler who owned the homestead of about 30
acres besides a larger tract of meadow and woodland near
Chandler's bridge pasture where the stone academy stands.
Roger Brook pasture ; the brook named for an old Indian
by the name of Roger. Next William, son of Philemon
Chandler owned the place, and William's son Isaac next
owned it ; the latter died about 1835 and his daughter,
Abigail, resides there now. David Hidden, who came up
with William Bartlett in his chaise with his tools when
they built the seminary buildings, concluded to settle here
and married Mary, daughter of Isaac Chandler. He died
on the place and D. I. C. Hidden is his son.
The widow of Rev. Mr. Barnard of Salem occupied a
part of the house before old Mr. Hidden was married.
Rev. Mr. Mills and a Mr* Avery lived here at different
times. Timothy Abbott owned the homestead of about
44 acres mostly on the south side of the street, although
there was some land near Deer's Jump, Foster's pond and
Falls woods in the southern part of the town, Preston's
plain, Pine swamp, east of Seminary hill, all of which has
been divided among his descendants.
Asa A. and Sylvester Abbott own and occupy the
homestead of 155 acres, and since their barn which stood
on the opposite side of the street was burned on June 21,
1855, each has built a barn of uniform design. In the old
barn was stored a large collection of old furniture, as well
284 A GENEALOGICAL-HISTORICAL VISITATION OF
as very old papers and books, taken from the old house,
all of which were burned. The present house was built
on the site of the old one that stood about 80 or 90 years,
having been built by Asa Abbott, of the fourth generation
from George, the emigrant, when Timothy was nine years
old, about 1754. The original house stood on the oppo-
site side of the street about six rods southwest. The latter
part of Timothy's life was spent with his brother William
in a house which stood about 50 feet from where Dea.
Albert Abbott's house stands. None but Abbott families
have ever occupied the place of Asa A. and Sylvester
Abbott.
Mr. Manning's house is next. There were several
houses in the rear of Manning's, one of which a Mr. Stone
occupied not far from Stuart's house. It is said that
Stone cut his wife's throat. One Stephen Abbott once
lived near Prof. Phelps' house. Joseph Ballard's father
built a barn 78 x 30 feet, and Asa Abbott built one 60 x
30 feet.
Hugh Wilson owns on the northerly side of the street
which was formerly owned by David Blunt and perhaps
before by his ancestor. Blunt left only one child, a
daughter, Mary P., who married Peter Shedd from Tewks-
bury. They settled on the place and continued there
until they went to Milford, N. H., about 1837 ; five chil-
dren were born to them before they left and about seven
since, all of whom are living, except two who were killed
recently in the army. Peter Shedd sold the place to An-
drew B. Stimpson, who went to Ballardvale and died
there. The latter was a riding master and at one time
was connected with Ordway's Circus, Ordway & Stimp-
son of New York. Afterwards one of the Factory Co.
owned the place and it was occupied by W. C. McDonald,
now Donald, who is the ink manufacturer at Frye village.
Cruikshanks and Turnbull bought the place and the latter
occupied it awhile. Joseph J. Pierson and William Mar-
land have lived there.
Warren Mason, a returned soldier, last occupied the
house owned by Mr. Ellis ; before him William Simpson,
who now resides on the street back of the seminary. Rev.
ANDOVER, MASS., IN THE YEAR 1863. 285
Alonzo T. Demming, a student in the seminary, occupied
it awhile ; he now resides in Bridgewater, Vt, having left
here in 1859. John Racket built the house about 1849,
and lived there ; then Samuel Evans, who came from and
went back to North Andover, and whose wife is a daugh-
ter of Eben Fish of North Andover. William Racket,
brother to John, built his house west of John's about
1859. The Rackets bought the land of Marland, and it
was formerly a part of the Blunt place.
There was formerly a house which probably stood about
fifty rods south of the street before the Philemon Chand-
ler place is reached. This Philemon was probably son of
Philemon, of the third generation, who owned the Hid-
den place, and whose wife was the widow of Job Foster,
who lived near the Allen place. He had children by a
former wife. Jabez Hay ward came from where Capt.
Henry now resides, on the line between Andover and
North Reading, and bought a part of this Philemon
Chandler place, about 1805 ; since then his son, Capt.
Harry, and the latter's son, Henry Edwards Hayward,
have occupied the place.
Isaac Goldsmith, a natural genius, who resides last
before reaching the Plain, lives where Capt. Thomas C.
Foster's father formerly owned. The house was of one
story and moved from the Allen place ; it was afterward
owned by Ephraim Allen, and a part of it was removed to
the Whiting place, where his servant resides. Kendall
Parker, the hatter, occupied it after Foster, and one Dai-
ton resided there about 1812. He came from Charles-
town or Chelsea and returned there. Levi Trull, a
blacksmith, with a shop in the corner beyond, was there
a while. Ephraim Abbott's son Daniel was a blacksmith
on the Allen place until he died ; one Russell and one
Johnson also lived there.
About half a mile from Goldsmith's, the Plain is
reached and the turn is made from the old Boston road to
the Ballardvale road, where the gate stood that was the
entrance to the bridle way. The Plain was owned for-
merly by several of the early proprietors of the town.
William Mears resides on the Plain in a house that was
286 A GENEALOGICAL-HISTORICAL VISITATION OP
removed from Stephen D. Abbott's farm by his father,
Zebadiah ; the latter married a Miss Butters about 1800
and had a large family, and he married, second, a Wood
Moses built his house near his father's.
The first meeting of the company to consider the pur"
chase of land above Contoocook was held at the Ballard
tavern. The company was composed of men from An-
dover, Wilmington and Woburn. There was quite a
controversy about the line between Andover and Wil-
mington, then Woburn, as many as one hundred years
ago. The road from the gate on the Plain to Ballard vale
was fenced out by the proprietors when they had a
meeting under an oak in 1794. The three ash trees in
front of A. A. and S. Abbott's house were set out in the
spring of 1822 and the elm at the west of them in 1829;
the sugar maple was raised from seed brought from Maine
by Asa.
Wadley Noyes owns the Osgood tavern in West Ando-
ver near Hackett's pond and it was here that James Otis
was killed by lightning. Deer Jump is in West Andover
and is now called the Gulf, the name having originated
from the story of a deer jumping from Andover into
Dracut over the Merrimac and leaving the prints of his
feet. Down Shoots is in North Andover, near Reading.
Old Salem road runs by the oak tree.
Called on Mr. Moses Abbott on May 7. He says that
Asa A. and Sylvester are great musicians and play the
fife ; he, Mr. Moses, beat the snare drum ; Reuben Jones
who resides about one mile southeast of his house was one
of the company. At first old Mr. Samuel Valpey who
resided in Lawrence was bass drummer, then Samuel
Merrill w,ho went to Dover. Ferguson learned the snare,
Samuel Gray sometimes played cornet, and Richard
Carleton, a printer, played the bugle.
Capt. Flagg, the printer, was a military man and took
an interest in music and Maj. Dudley was in his employ.
Dea. Gould was also Captain of the Light Infantry Co.
There was also an Artillery Co., composed mostly of South
Andover men, and a Cavalry Co., of which Maj. Samuel
P. Blunt, who resides on the road from the Seminary to
ANDOVER, MASS., IN THE YEAR 1863. 287
North Andover, was commander. The butternut tree
that stands where the barn which was burned formerly
stood, was brought by Martha Chandler in her handker-
chief from the West Parish. Her father was Benjamin
Frye, who married Elizabeth Clark, and died with small-
pox soon after his return from the war in which he was
engaged in privateering.
Mr. Moses Abbott says his father first resided in the
house now occupied by I. Alvin Farley in which Gov.
Phillips kept his store and Mr. Abbott and his sister
Martha F., were born there. They removed to the Chand-
ler place where the other children were born, all of whom
died. Martha was born Mar. 16, 1800, married Timothy
Ballard, who died Dec., 1844, and resides in Needham ;
Mr. Abbot, b. Apr. 10, 1802, married Tryphena Montague
Bowman, b. Amherst, Mass., Dec. 23, 1804, and they have
always resided on the place.
Their children were: Oramel Graves, b. Apr. 2, 1832,
mar. Oct. 14, 1863, to Martha A. Carroll of Milford,
Conn.; 2d Lt. Co. D. 50th Mass., also was in Co. B., 5th
Regt., and at the first Bull Run battle ; William Francis,
b. Feb. 25, 1837, farmer, unmarried, is Corporal in Co.
G. 37th Mass. Regt. ; Hubbard Moses, b. Jan. 29, 1839,
unmarried, clerk in a .gentlemen's furnishing store in
Northampton, Mass., Sergt. in Co. G., 37th Regt. ; George
Bowman, b. May 20, 1843, mar. Ann Elizabeth, dau. John
and Phebe (Russell) Chandler of Andover, and served in
Co. G., 37th Regt. They have also adopted a daughter,
Maria Edice, b. Sumner, Mass., Aug. 23, 1843, dau. Curtis
and Miranda (Clapp) Fairchild. Richard Murphy, an
Irish boy, aged fourteen years, taken from the state alms-
house in Tewksbury, June 21, 1859, also lives there.
Mr. Abbott's father, William Bowman, was son of
William, b. Westbrook and Susanna (Hines) Bowman.
Susanna Hines was born in Brookfield, Mass., and lived
to the age of 100 years, 2 months and 5 days. Her
mother Tirza, was dau. of Caleb and Tryphena (Montague)
Hubbard. Maj. Caleb Hubbard died in 1850, aged nearly
96 years, having been in the Battle of Bunker Hill and a
witness of the burning of Charlestown.
288 A GENEALOGICAL-HISTORICAL VISITATION OF
Mr. Abbott's grandfather, lived to the age of 90 years
and 6 months, and his wife Elizabeth, who was daughter
of Henry and Rebecca Holt, lived where Dea. Eben
Jones now resides and died at the age of 95 years. Mr.
Abbott has in his possession a commission from Gov.
Thomas Pownall dated Mar. 5, 1760 and belonging to
Ensign Jonathan Holt for the 2d Militia Co. of Andover,
4th Regt., under Capt. George Abbott, Jr. and Col. George
Abbott, Jr. Mr. Abbott's ancestor, Baracheus, son of
John and Elizabeth Abbott, bought his house of Joseph
Falkner on Nov. 14, 1730, about a mile east of the Sem-
inary, and now occupied by Noah Abbott, Jr's. widow.
Among his children were Rhoda, b. Apr. 24, 1747, who
fell into a kettle of suds on June 1, 1749 ; Timothy, a
twin brother, who died by a fall at the age of 25 years
and was buried in Wilton, N. H.; Elizabeth, who married
a Shattuck and died at Beverly, Sept., 1779, OQ a journey
from Blue Hill to her father's, aged 39 years.
Mr. Abbott's grandfather, Capt. Moses Abbott, was a
surveyor, selectman and school-teacher. He was in the
Indian wars and kept a journal of his trip to Maine, but
the account is lost, it having been loaned to a Boston man.
He was also a referee to settle difficulties. Mr. Abbott's
father lived a while in Salem and went to the farm about
1809, next after Vinal left. His wife's mother Frye occu-
pied a part of it. John Chandler, who once lived here has
a son John, also George, who works for Capt. Thomas
Foster in the village next to Elm House and Samuel, who
has worked as a ship carpenter in the navy yard at Charles-
town some time.
In Hidden's house have lived, besides Chandlers and
Hiddens, the widow of Rev. Barnard of Salem, John Ship-
man, the trader, Richard Moores, John C. Allen, who
married Capt. Isaac Blunt's daughter, John H. Avery,
student in 1835, widow Wyman in 1837, William Waters
who is a book binder in New York, Squire Peabody, who
died in the village in 1842, William H. Ward well, while
his house was built in 1846, Prof. Phelps, about 1847, and
Rev. Charles L. Mills, 1862-3.
Miss Abigail Chandler says that her father Isaac mar.
Abigail, dau. James Holt and lived on the homestead, and
ANDOVEK, MASS., IN THE TEAR 1863. 289
he married 2d, Elizabeth Wyman. Children by 1st wife :
Abigail, died young ; Isaac, mar. Sally Thompson in Wil-
mington ; Mary, b. June 5, 1786, mar. David Hidden, who
was b. Sept. 21, 1784 in Newburyport ; Sarah Ann, mar.
John Crocker, resides in Springfield ; Abigail, b. Sept. 3,
1795 ; Hannah, b. about 1801, d. aged 9 years. David
Hidden was the son of David and Elizabeth (Stickney)
Hidden, and the grandson of Joseph Hidden, who died
Aug. 30, 1787, aged 73 years, and wife Mary, who died
Oct. 8, 1789, aged 73 years. Elizabeth (Stickney) Hid-
den's mother died Nov. 30, 1787, aged 63 years and her
father was drowned at Newburyport bar, April, 1769.
David and Mary (Chandler) Hidden's children : Mary
Elizabeth, b. Feb. 13, 1818 ; David Isaac, b. Aug. 15,
1823 ; Abigail Jane, b. 1825, d. young ; William Henry,
d. young. Their house was built 1811-12, and the old
house about 25 rods west was standing a few years after
this was built. Mr. Woodbridge resided here before it
was taken down and converted into the present house of
John Parnel near Salem St., by Moses Wood. A large
hickory stands just back of the site of the old house.
Called on Sylvester Abbott, brother to Asa A. The
water under the oaks drys up generally in June but there
is a spring in the pasture at the Sunset Rock beyond Dr.
Whitney place. Mrs. Abbott says her father, Dea. Reu-
ben Batchelder, b. in Hampton Falls, was son of Dea.
David and Mary (Emory) Batchelder. Her mother was
Betsy, daughter Michael and Lucy (Burnham) Tilton.
Mrs. Rhoda Abbott was born at Hampton Falls, N. H.,
Aug. 24, 1814. Their children : Caroline Brown, b. Sept.
23, 1846 ; Horace Sylvester, died young ; Elizabeth Batch-
elder, b. July 27, 1850 ; Mary Smith, b. June 8, 1854.
Mr. Abbott's boarders now are John Harry Hewes from
Cincinnati, Marlon S. Hewes from Reading and Willard
Sperry. Pompey Lovejoy was a slave to his grand-
mother's father, Henry Abbott, whose wife was Rose.
They lived near what is now called Pomp's Pond and every
election day people went to his house to get his cake.
At Marland village was a powder mill, paper mill and a-
grist mill, but now there is nothing but the mills. At
Abbott village there was a grist mill, carding mill and full
290 A GENEALOGICAL-HISTORICAL VISITATION OF
ing mill, also, about 1820, a nail mill. At Ballardvale,
the saw mill, grist mill, two runs of stone and a small
house for the man who tended the mill was all there was
on this side the river until Goldsmith's is reached. The
mills were tended by Butterfield, the millwright, who per-
haps came from Tyngsboro about 1815. William Fer-
guson, who was a drummer, and was in the War of 1812,
was there as early as 1820. The grist and saw mill were
taken away when the second mill was built, and on the
opposite side of the river the second mill was built near
the site of the saw and grist mill, and some years after a
machine shop and foundry were built of stone, which was
brought from about three or four miles east of Falls woods.
The building was used as a shoe manufactory a while and
is now used for the manufacture of files.
The second house after the miller's on the side of this
river was Marlon's. He built on the site of Ellis 1 present
house, and the house was burned. Daniel Poor probably
built the first one. On the north side was only Timothy
Ballard' s and a small one where Jonathan Abbott resided
before the cloth mills were built, until N. Clark's house is
reached. Timothy Ballard was injured by a cart load of
corn and later became insane and cut his throat in 1828.
This was the first funeral after Rev. Mr. Badger was set-
tled. On the Shawsheen river above Ballardvale there
was a saw and grist mill on the edge of Tewksbury, but
both are gone now. There is a grist mill in the Holt dis-
trict and eastern part of the town on a brook that rises
in Pine hole at the West side of Prospect hill where there
was formerly a carding mill owned by Thomas Gray.
James Parker was a very strong man, as were also
Charles and Jonathan Holt, sons of Diah Holt, who resided
west of Nathan Clark's. Jonathan was the champion
wrestler of the North, South and West parishes. Capt.
Nathan Shattuck is the handsomest wrestler in town.
Called upon Dea. Gould's wife, who says that Timothy
Ballard was born in Manning's house, July 31, 1757 and
died Feb. 29, 1828. His mother died at his house in
1809. Levi Trull lived in another small house, which
two were the only houses when Mrs. Gould first went
there to live in 1803. Eaton occupied the Trull house
ANDOVER, MASS., IN THE YEAR 1863. 291
and after him Jonathan Abbot lived there. Ballard had a
quantity of land, also a blacksmith shop and cider mill.
They also took summer boarders. Indian ridge has been
cut down, but formerly the top and sides were covered
with oak trees. This place was named by Dea. Gould
when they commenced building the factory. Mrs. Gould
says her grandfather William Foster, died Aug. 30, 1803,
aged 73 years ; her aunt Mary, born July 21, 1763, mar-
ried Timothy Ballard ; her grandmother Hannah Abbott,
wife of William Foster, died Mar. 19, 1820, aged 87
years. Timothy Ballard was probably son of Timothy
and Sarah, and his mother Sarah died Aug. 2, 1809, aged
77 years.
May 8th, called on William, son of William and Eliza-
beth Hackett, who says he bought his land, about 21 acres
of John Marland a few years before he built his house
which was in 1850, and they have resided in Andover
since May 30, 1851, the day after they were married. He
is this year putting up a barn that he bought of Jonathan
Merrill in Abbott village and removed to this place.
Their children are William Henry, b. May 9, 1852, and
Edward Franklin and Albert Warren, twins, b. Oct. 3,
1855. Mr. Hackett was born in Brookfield, N. H., Oct.
8, 1812, and his father was second cousin to Daniel Web-
ster. Mr. Hackett's mother was a daughter of James
Thurston, and Mrs. Hackett's father, John Smith is son
of John and Susanna Newell Smith and her mother was
daughter of Aaron and Elizabeth (Moulton) Marsh. Mrs.
Hackett was born in Danvers, May 9, 1820.
Marland bought the land of Andrew B. Stimpson,
which belonged to the place on the other side of the street.
Nearly opposite Mr. Hackett's, and on the northerly side
of the street is where Joseph J. Pearson has resided since
Apr., 1853, having hired it of Hugh Wilson, now in
Salem. Mrs. Ruth Wilkins was in the house at one time
but she removed to the Noah Abbott house, and is now
in Scotland district. Mr. Turnbull once owned and
occupied it. The place was formerly called the Peter
Shed place. Mr. Pearson was born where Albert Ban-
croft now resides, whose wife is his sister, on Feb. 5,
1820, the son of Joseph and Sarah (Foster) Pearson.
292 A GENEALOGICAL-HISTORICAL VISITATION.
Mrs. Pearson was Dorcas Chadwick, daughter of James and
Dorcas (Ricker) Chadwick and was born in South Berwick,
Me., Oct. 11, 1822. They have resided in the Carter
house, now Dr. Whiting's in the house in which the widow
of Putnam Curtis resides. Their children : George Henry,
b. Oct. 12, 1848; Frank J. and Fred J., b. June 11, 1855.
Soon after leaving Mr. Pearson's, came to the crossing
of an old bridle way, and the street descends. Called at
Henry Edwards Hayward's, whose wife says that they
have lived there twenty-seven years, or since marriage.
Others who have resided there: William Hackett, 1842-
1843; William Donald, a Scotchman, 1843-4; Mrs. Alex.
Beckett, while her husband was in England buying Dur-
ham cattle for Mr. Marland, and who had previously lived
where Pearson lives now, and later moved to Lowell.
Mr. Jabez Hayward's grandfather lived on the place until
he died, which was about two years before Jabez was
married. His grandfather's second wife, Lydia (Swiner-
ton), formerly of Danvers, died in Aug., 1837. Jabez
Hayward's first wife was Nabby Graves and his father is
Capt. Harry Hayward and his mother is Eliza, daughter
of Nathan and Hepzibah (Ames) Stimpson. Mrs. Hay-
ward, Polly Swain (Curtis), is daughter of Israel and
Phebe, born in Middleton, Oct. 10, 1811. Her father was
son of Israel and her mother daughter of John and Polly
(Swain) Fuller.
Mr. Hayward was born in the house on the line on Oct.
7, 1815, and is a farmer, with about 80 acres. Children :
Helen Elizabeth, d. aged 19 years, 4 months ; Harriet
Eliza, b. Feb. 3, 1839; Henry Albert, b. Jan. 6, 1841, is
in the navy on ship Potomac, enlisting June 17, 1861,
stationed at Pensacola; George Edward, b. Feb. 13, 1842,
who has been in Co. H., 14th Regt. since July, 1862 ;
Charles Warren, b. Sept. 17, 1843. They have a niece
boarding with them this summer, Sarah, daughter of Israel
and Olive (Flint) Curtis, who lives about eight miles
from McComb, 111. Wid. Ruth Upton of Wilmington is
also there. Mr. Hayward has driven a milk cart to Bal-
lardvale for nine years, being preceded by Dea. Dascomb
and Herman P. Chandler.
(To be continued.)
HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
OF THE
ESSEX INSTITUTE
VOL. XLVIII. OCTOBER, 1912 No. 4
JOURNAL KEPT BY LIEUT. DANIEL GIDDINGS
OF IPSWICH DURING THE EXPEDITION
AGAINST CAPE BRETON IN 1744-5.
The following journal, the original of which is now in
the possession of Hon. J. J. Currier of Newburyport,
was kept by Lieut. Daniel Giddings of Chebacco parish,
Ipswich, son of William and Sarah Giddings. He was
born about 1704, and married, first, Mar. 30, 1726, Mary
Butler of Chebacco parish. He married, second, July 25,
1749, Mrs. Mary Martin of Ipswich, wido w of Lieut.
Josiah Martin, who had died Nov. 8, 1745 u while on
his passage from Cape Breton," Lieut. Giddings having
taken passage in the same vessel. Daniel Giddings was
lieutenant in Captain Foster's company, in Col. Robert
Hale's Essex County regiment in the expedition against
Louisburg. His commission was issued Feb. 7, 1744. He
saw active service in Cape Breton, and early in November
1745, he sailed for his home on sick leave. In 1746, the
church at the Chebacco parish was organized at his house
and he was elected ruling elder. He was representative
to the General Court in 1758 and died Oct. 25, 1771,
' aged about 67 years."
Monday March the Eleventh [1745] Took my
of my frinds att home A Heauy Parting I found itt
Butt God was Pleased to Comfortt me With this that I
could Leaue them With him. Some of my Deer Neibours
(293)
294 JOURNAL KEPT BY
accompanyd me where I was to Imbark. Not [torn] to
Sail I & others Returned Back [torn] hard by Where
our frinds Refresht [torn]
12 Went from my Lodgings Came on Bord our
Transportt In which A Little Before Sunsett we ariued att
Boston ancoured & went ashore. Returned.
13 This Day the Son Shone not upon my outward
man : Nor the Son of Righteousness upon my Inward
man, But a very Little. The Day was Perplext with a
Great hurry of wourldly Business.
14 I Continued in Boston Waiting upon [torn] Expe-
dition.
15 I find outward affairs Intangle me.
16 Lodged ashore Last Night Came on Bord
17 Lords Day Morning after Prayers and Singing on
Bord : I went to hear Mr. W b : Preach't from those
woords in Luke : and Jesus said father forgive them for
thay Know not what thay Do the woords Prou'd a Dead
Letter to me my heart Being out of fraim : the Lords
Supper Being to Be administered I ask* & was admitted
to Pertake with them & Receiv'd Some Loue tokens
therein In the afternoon I heard M r B ns : Receiued
Conuiction By his Preaching :
18 morning I went on Shore to make further Prepa-
ration for y e Expedition ; had News from my family :
also some hints of miscarigess on Board our Transportt :
Just at Night hald Down to Kingroad Came to an ancour
Gott together to Read & Pray.
19 We lay in Kingroad Below the Castle.
20 I went up to Boston & in ye way Caled to Se y e
Castle : Where I saw what Prouision there was made
against our Temporall Enemies
21 With others I went on Shore upon an Island.
Hear we Exercised march & then Returned
22 This Day our Corronoll ordered us aShore on ye
aforesaid Island in order to Be Drawn up in Batallion
after Exercise we Returned on Bord to Be Refrest & Rest
our weary Bodeys.
23 This Proued a uery Windy Day Keept us on
Bord our Transport
LIEUT. DANIEL GIDDINGS OP IPSWICH. 295
24 Lords Day : In morning Prayers found Some Re-
freshings of soul : But my Deceitfull heart Soon Be-
trayed me : I went to a Phision for a Sick man : In y e
after Part of this Day we Came to Sail with y e fleet Put
out to sea : My hearts Desire is that God would go with
us & Bring us to our Desired hauen
25 Morning we thought we had Gott about Twenty
Leagus from Land : y e wind heading we Put about &
Stood in for y e Land had thoughts we Should harbour
But was ordered about aGain after y e Commodore :
26 We stood to ye Norward and in ye afternoon we
Gott into Sheepscut Riuer :
27 Lay windbound in Sheepscot Riuer
28 Continued Still in Sheepscut a Sick man abord
Seamed to be under Some Consarn about his Soul.
29 We Left Sheepscot Sail'd on our way towards
Canso :
30 The wind Blew hard & Being Contrary we Lay By
or too : ware uery Seasick
31 Lords Day Being Returned I found Some Sence
of Diuine things in morning to Deuotions which was uery
Sweet to my Soul : But to my Shame I say it I soon Lett
my Beloued Depart
April 1 This Proued a Rainy Day we Gott into
Pubneco, a harbour to ye Norward of Cape Sables : hear
we Joynd in Supplications to God & sett a watch aGainst
our Enemies.
2 We Left y e harbour Saild on our way A Very
Plesent Day We had We Cought Som fish whereby our
Bodyes where Refresht :
3 Although the Day & Euening Past was so very
Pleasant yet Ear ye morning Came itt Snow : d & Blow : d
& was Very Cold
4: We ariued att Canso after a Pleasant Days Sail :
O yt we may be Prepaired for y e Events of this Expi-
dition yt Wheather itt Be Prosperous or adverss WG V may
Be Led thereby to Jesus Christ.
5 1 Went a Shore Where I Se y e the Desolations
made by our Enemies y e french Last year By Burning the
Place : What Disolations are made by Wor :
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6 We Continued att Canso itt was a uery Rainay
Day:
7 Lords Day I found my Self Very Slothfull : Writt
a Letter to my frind in New England then went a Shore
heard M r M[ood]y Preach from thos woords my People
Shall be Willing in y e Day of my Power :
8 We Continued on Bord fixing our armes Prepairing
for a Day of Battle.
9 Went a Shore att y e Wartering Place Ware Multi-
tuds Came after Warter. We also heard of y e Manner
of action or how we ware to Performe When we ariue in
our Enemies Country :
10 We Ware Caled upon to Persue a french Shallop
supposed to Cross y e harbours mouth we with others
went in our Whale Boat after them but Did not Sight of
them We Receiued a coppy of our Leaders orders :
11 We went a Shore att Canso was Drawn Up in
Battlion: Saw Bum Shells hove & Many things of a
War Like nature Transacted :
12 This Day Twenty years I first Sett my feet upon
this Island of Canso and Now aGain I am Landed There :
how Wonderfull is itt that God should Preserue Such a
Sinner So Long.
13 The Snow y* fell Last night was this Day Melted
with Rain : (itt was a Very Rainay Day With Thunder
and Lightning).
14 Lords Day. This Morning we Joynd in Prayers :
and hal : d a Long Side a Schooner heard M r B : Preach
(from these woords) (itt is not a Uain thing to Serve y e
Lord) I think he Doth not Preach Clearly : I also
think the Sabaths are Poorly spent hear.
15 This was a Very Pleasant Day We Expected to
haue Saild But Did not I went to Se the Indians Cap*
Donnehue took hear I See Something what itt is to be
in Captiuity
10 Continued in Canso : In Vindicating y e Right of
the Soldiours I was overtaken with Pasion : o that God
would Show me hearby What a Poor Creature I am and
Lett this be a means to humble me to y 6 Dust :
17 This Day it Cleard up : we had Thoughto y* we
BY LIEUT. DANIEL GIDDINGS OF IPSWICH. 297
Should Sail : But we had News by a Priz Brigg taken of
Cape Britton that thare was Grate Quantities of Ice of
that Shore.
18 this Day was Taken of Canso a french Brig &
Brought in & our Ships Ingaged more Without within
sight of us : O Lord as we Begin our Engagements with
our Enemies Be on our Side o Lord and Bring us of
Victors ouer Both Temporall & Spiritual Enemies.
19 We Still heard y e Cannon att Sea supposed itt to
be our Ships Ingagd with a french Ship : M r Moody Being
Gon out in our Commedor
20 We wait to hear what Sucksess our Ships had yes-
terday bat had no news : Except y* thay ware in Chase
after her :
21 Lord's Day, After Morning Prayers we Staid on
Bord itt Being very Rainney Weather in the afternoon
we had news of four of our Soldiers Being taken Captive
by two french men and one Indian our men hauing no
armes thay Came upon them and took them & carried
y m some Distance but our Men hauing an opportunity fell
upon y e french & Indian & ouer Came them y e Indian
afterwards Escaped the french thay Brought to the
Gennerill
22 This was a Windy & Cold Day: Cap* Duvall
ariued hear and a Sloop that Belonged to our fleet whome
we feer d was Lost.
23 This Day admiril Warrin ariued hear with Three
Ships of forse: I went ashore had Sum Sweet Conuersa-
tion with Cap* Bos h & Elder Smith how sweet it is to
find Christians hear as I Belieue they are :
24 This Day the Conetticut fleet Came in : still our
forces Increas
25 This Day is three weaks Since we came in hear.
Itt was a Cold wett Windy Day : I Keept on Bord M r
A : W : Came on Bord to Se us Who Told us how
abominabldy y e Sailors Swore & how itt Greaud his Soul.
26 This Proued a Wett Day : I taried on Bord
27 This Day I went on Shore
28 This Day went on Shore on y e Burial Island heard
M r Crocker in y e forenoon & M r Newman in y e afternoon
298 JOURNAL KEPT BY
29 This morning we Saild from Canso with a Small
Gail of wind as we Go Gentley a Long.
30 This Morning made Capebritton and heard Gons
from thence ; Came to an ancer in Chaperouge* Bay : Saw
the french troops aduancing to anoy us in our Landing
but as the Lord ordered it, We mett them Beat them
Back Killed Some Captiuated others of them ; & but one
or two of our men Slitely wounded: as I Passed by a
Dead man Tho an Enemy it Shewed me my frailty We
Incamped Within Cannon Shot of y e Syty.
May 1 This Day our Scouts Brought in Seueril of
our Enemies Prisioners :
2 This Morning we had an alarm in the Camp supos-
ing there was a Salley from the town against us We
Ran to meet them but found ourselues Mistaken : I had a
Great Mind to se the Grand Battery So with fiue others
of our Company I went towards it and as I was a Going
about Thirty more fell in with us ; we Came to y e Back of
a hill within Long Muskitt Shot and fired att y e s d fort
& finding no Resistance I was Minded to Go & Did with
about a Duzen men setting a Gard to y e Nor ward Should
We Be asolted who Espied two french men whom we
Imeadately Took Prisoners with two women & a Child
then we went in after some others to ye sd Grand fort &
found itt Desarted.
3 This Day our men Brought in Some Plunder that
they had taken from y e enemies outhouses.
4 This morning I was Called to Duty in Gitting up
artillery Saw our Bumshells into the city :
5 This Lords Day morning I was Indisposed in the
afternoon we Remoued to another Camp No Preaching
to Day in the Camp
6 This Day the Cannon Roared on Both sides
7 I had a Good Nights Rest the Night Past. Called
in the morning upon Duty: a flag of truce was sent to y e
city & an answer Required at five of y e Clock afternoon :
their answer to our Demand was they would Decide it by
the mouth of their Cannon.
8 This Day I was Indisposed in Body I went on Bord
Gabbarus Bay.
LIEUT. DANIEL GIDDINGS OF IPSWICH. 299
our Tronsport Returned very ill Expecting to be Down
sick but Grew a Little Better
9 A Little Better this morning went to Green Hill
Returnd Back 111 the Day Proued unfortunate on our
Side Seueril men Kill d & wounded :
10 I was still out of Case but Keept about went to
Green hill Return'd Gott our men Releast went to
Cabbin Rested well
11 This Day I felt Considerable Better Biased be
God we Remoued Nigher the city to Gaurd our artillery
12 Lords Day morning we kneeled Down & Prayed
13 An uncomfortable Day with Cold I was Called to
Guard at Green hill this Night Cold & Rained towards
morning.
14 This Proued a Rainey Uncomfortable Day, hauing
but a Poor Shelter : I Rec d a Letter from a frind in New
England how Good is News from a far country :
15 It Cleared up this morning & was an Exceeding
Pleasant Day : & all in very Good helth
17 But a Little fighting this Day but Preparing for
it : a Cold Day & my heart as Cold :
18 Last Night we made a Battery hard by their
Gate : in the morning the Enemy assolted us Very furi-
ously with Cannon & small armes Kild seueril of our
men:
19 This Lords Day is a Day of fighting the Cannons
Roaring : our Ships Ingaged a Ship in Sight of us. I
heard M r C[rocke]r a mixt Discorse Religious Exercises
are Very Poorly Carried one our Ships
20 This Day I had y e News of y e Death of a young
man (my Kinsman) & some others Kild by y e Indians,
how Barburrus are those heathen. I went into y e Bay of
Chapperouge Tarried all night.
21 This morning I came to the Camp found our men
well fighting is still Going on.
22 This Day I was Called upon Duty Continued in
y e Trench a Spell and then went with a Christian frind to
View y e Battery & y e City Returned to the camp in y e
euening found all well
24 This Day Continued ye fore Part of itt in y e Camp
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then went upon Duty to y e Grand Battery where we saw
how our Ennemies where Keept in upon euery side &
short att
24 The Seage against our Ennemies Still continued,
a Pleasant Day [torn]
25 This Proud a very Pleasant Day the weather fair
abundance of fair [torn] we haue had sence we Came a
Shore which has bin a Great fauour to us : y e Ground is
So Dry that y e fiers Burnt y e Top of y e Ground & y e
Bushes & we could Scasly Keep our Camps from fireing
26 The Lords Day Being Returned I had Thoughts of
Going to meeting But was Cald upon Duty however in y e
after Part of y e Day I went to hear M r Ne n att y e
Grand B[at]tery & afterwards heard M r C[rocke]r this
Euenpng] I Parted with Some of my f rinds that was a
Going to atack y e Hand [bat]tery.
2T About one of y e Clock this morning I heard y e
Gons our people ware Ingagd in Battle & a heauy sor-
rowfull Battle itt was to us a Great number of our
Braue Soldi [ers] ware Kild taken & wounded y e Lord
our God fround upon us : I Belieue there is an
accu[rsed] in our Camp, o Lord help us to search Each
man his one hart and Pray father lett thy holy Spirit be
with Each of us in y e search y* the accursed thing may
Be found out & we obtain Pardon
28 This morning we Remoud Down Nigh to y e City
after all was Gon but m r L [torn] & I we Joynd in
Prayer att his Request
29 This was a very Plesent Day : Still we Continue
fighting Seuen of our men went out upon a scout after
y e Indians & french upon y e Back of :
30 The Last night I was upon Gard this Day heauy
& Drousy Nothing Remarkable happened this Day only
we Beat Down y e Ennemies flag with a Cannon Ball :
31 This Day there was Sum more Captiues Brought
in from y e woods But y m y* are in y e City Keep Very
Close : a Considerable of Cannon Shot hove att y m but
thay Shot but a Little :
June 1 This morning very foggy : we alarriam : d
with y e Report of som small Gons from y e sity & Ran from
LIEUT. DANIEL GIDDINGS OF IPSWICH. 301
our Tents But no Ingagement happened I se we ought to
be always Ready
2 The Lords Day Being Returned I went to hear m r
N[ewma]n att the Grand Battery Returned Red m r
Bunyan upon y e two Couenants I think he Speaks Very
Clearly thereon.
3 This Morning we had News from New England &
of y e Death of our Captins wife ; I went to se a man y*
had Lost Both his Legs a mallencoly Sight itt was
4 This Day Many of our Company Receuied Letters
from New England frinds I Expected to haue Receiud one
but was Disappointed
5 This Morning had y e News of a french man Desart-
ing y e Citty & came to us but was Thought by many to
be a Deceiuer by others to be a true man.
6 This Day I had opportunity to write to frinds in
New England & Gladly I Im braced itt very Little or no
fireing to Day
7 This Day we began to fire a Gain on Both Sides &
our Bums went into y e midst of y e City
8 This Day a flag was sent in we hear many of our
Soldieurs Taken att y e Island Battery are a Liue in Cap-
tiuity Blessed be our God I hope we Shall se y m again
9 The Lords Day Being Returned I went to hear M r
N[ewma]n I think he Doth not Preach y e Gosple Clear-
ly I hope God will Giue him Greater insight into itt :
our arms semed to Lay Still till Euening & y n fired :
10 This Day we had News of another Ships Joyning
our fleet yesterday & of two more very Nigh :
11 Our Seag Continues Close & we are Battering of
them upon Euery Side we heare there is Sickness amongst
y m y e Sword without & famin Must Insue If y e Lord
giues us Suckcess in our Enterprises
12 This Day 1 workt upon a Sled to hall Cannon on
13 This Day I was Indisposed in Body & mind :
fighting Is Still Carried on.
14 This Day I Thought of Gods wonderf ull fauours
to us in this Expedition with Respect to y e weather we
haue had no Great Rains Sence we came ashore
15 A fine Day : fighting Continues very Strong on our
Side a flag from y e City Came out in y e afternoon.
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16 The Lords Day I found some Incomes of Gods
Spirit & a Sence of his Loue a sesation of armes matters
I conceaue are accomplishing
17 This Day things ware a Gread upon y e Gates war
oppened & we Entered into the City I Know not y e Terms :
y e City is Exceeding Strong But God has Brought us into
itt
18 This Day I went out of y e City Returned to my
tent went up to y e Gennerils tents Returnd & took my
Rest
19 This Day upon y e Rumor of an army of Indions
upon y e Land about six miles without us we moud our
things on Bord y e transport afterwards went to y e City
Returned & Lodgd abord
20 This Day we Continued on Bord our Transport I
went a Shore at y e City found a young man Named
John Giddings his fathers name John his Grandfathers
name was Roger: I Belieue he is of our family a Pro-
phain young man I hope y e Lord will change his hart.
21 This Day went ashore aGain into y e City Saw y e
Ennemy fitting away thay Lookt Very Mallencoly I
think I Pitty them as to there outward Care
22 Went again aShore Saw the mas house was
clensd out 1 was told y* Mister Moodey was to Preach on
y e morrow.
23 The Lords Day Being Come I went a Shore But
was Disappointed with Respect to hearing M r M[oody]
but heard M r Watte
24 Went ashore this Day aGain The Ennemy is not
yet cleard of But Trauiling about amongst our men :
25 This Day I Continued on Bord y e Scooner (not
well) a Very unsettled Life I Liue hear and But Little
of y e Diuine Presence
26 This Day we Came on Shore Built a hut in Leiuis-
boug our Ennimies Nott Being Gon of to make way for
us.
27 Early this morning a nomber of us went to assist
about clearing a Sloop we Got of y e Ennemies ; a Very
wett uncomfortable Day itt Proud ; Some of our hands
Sick I went to y* Doctor for y m
LIEUT. DANIEL GIDDINGS OF IPSWICH. 303
28 This Day I Pertook of y e first Eipe f ruts of this
Island & was satisfied Thereby :
29 This Day y e officers met together Chose a comitty
to Request of y e Comity of war a coppy of y e capittulation
& ware to wait till Monday for an Answer : Itt Proud y e
Pleasantest Day we haue had Sience we came into y e city :
30 The Lords Day Being Come I went to hear M r
M[oo]dy Itt Rejoyced my Soul to hear him Itt is y e
Best Gospell Preaching I haue heard in this City ; in y e
after Noon I hear M r C[rocke]r I haue y e Same thought
I us : d to haue of his Preaching.
July 1 This Day y e officers mett again heard y e
Termes aGread upon between us & our Ennemies : I
hope God will Inable us to ceep close to our aGreement
Prepair y m for their Departure & us for y e Possesion of
their habbitations.
2 This Day many of y e Inhabitance moud out our
company moud into a Uery comfortable house we Built
not, thus our God makes us to Posses our Ennemies
housses ; we had news this Euening from New England
which was very comfortable to me.
3 This Day Itt Rained : we Expected more men from
New England Every Day : one Ship from Lonnon aRiud
toDay 7 weaks Passage who Informs y* our Kings forces
haue obtaind a Uery Great conquest against Dunkerk sup-
posd to fall in the Battle on Both sides 60,000 men :
4 This Day I saw whare y e Ennemy used to Bury
there Dead there I Saw Sculs & other Bones Lay upon
y e Ground :
5 This Day ariued hear Corn 11 C[hoate] with new
forces from New England ; O how Good itt is to Se our
Neibours & frinds & Se y m concearned for our Good &
Come to our help
7 The Lords Day Being come I went of y e Gard was
Perplext about Some woiiy Business in ye morning But
went to meeting heard M r M[oo]d[y] In y e afternoon
heard M r Williams
8 This Day we had y e Sad News of Twelue men be-
ing Kild with the Indions on y e 29 of June Last
9 This Day y e Cap* Petitioned for Liberty for us all
to Go home to New England But had no answer
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10 This morning I went to Gitt some nessessarys for
clothing which was sent by our Prouince to y e Commesa-
ry : In y e Euening heard M r Williams y* came Last Pray
I think he is a spiritual man :
[Many pages of the journal are missing following this
date, probably due to illness. See references in Crafts'
Journal of the Siege, Essex Institute Historical Collections,
Vol. VI, pages
Nouember 7 [1745] In the Latter Partt of this Day
we Gott into Pescatua Blesed be God Lieut. M[artin]
Remains Exceeding Bad
8 This was a Dark Day to me Both within & without
about two of the clock this afternoon Lieu 1 Josiah Martin
Departed this Life he Dyed of a Violent feauer after
Being sick Thirteen Days : Y e Lord Left him In y e begin-
ing of his Sickness to Great Darkness But Did not finally
Leaue him But Gaue him Strong Consolations & comfort
in Beleiuing whereby as he told us he feerd not y e King
of terrors, etc. Ins n Rust & I took what Care we could
to Prepair for to Bury y e Dead Body of our Deer frind
we Still continue in Pescatua Waittirig for a Wind.
9 This Day buried our Brothers Dead Body on y e
Great Island in Pescatua & then I Sett out for home by
Land Gott to Newbery this night
10 This Lords Day morning I Gott Early on my Jor-
ney towards Ipswich Gott to Rowley Breakfastd with
M r J t who Kindly Sent his Son with his horse who
Brought me to Ipswich where I Visetted y e Widow whose
husband I had Latly Buried I Gaue her the Sorrowfull
accoumpt of his Death I went to meeting heard old m r
Ro[ger]s Preach* well after meeting was welcomb: d home
by many Deer f rinds : Visitted a Peculior frind between
meetings heard from my family y* thay ware well Blessed
be God in y e afternoon heard young M r Ro[ger]s
Preacht well : In y e Euening as I went home I Visetted a
sick man from Cappertoon Leauing him accornpanyed with
Deer frinds I came to my own house found my children
well God hes carried me out & safely Returned me
Blessed be his holy name.
THE NEWHALL FAMILY OF LYNN.
BY HENRY F. WATEKS.
(Continued from Volume XLVUI, page 228.)
561 Charles (Allen***, Daniel^, Joseph 2 *, Thomas*,
Thomas 1 ), the date and place of whose birth have not
been learned, married, in Lynn, 12 Dec., 1776, Mary
Lewis, who lived but a few years. He then married, sec-
ond, 15 March, 1781, Lois Newhall, eldest daughter of
James 26 3 Newhall, Esq., born 4 July, 1757.
March 6, 1773, he bought of Moses Hart three acres
fronting north on a town road (known as the Downing
road). This, which was a portion of the homestead of his
ancestors, Thomas 1 and Thomas 4 , he sold 22 Oct., 1778, to
Silvanus Hussey, having in the meantime (5 July, 1774)
received by deed from his father a house and land part
of the same old homestead, fronting on Boston street.
To this latter estate he added two acres, more or less, on
the east and north sides of it, by purchase from Mr. Hus-
sey, 22 Oct., 1778. This whole estate he kept until 3
Sept., 1787, when he exchanged it with William Newhall,
jr., for a house and land further west on Boston street,
bounded west by estate of James Newhall and north and
east by land of Henry Burchsted.
In December, 1781, he took out letters of administra-
tion on the estate of his first wife Mary, and the next
July took part with others in conveying a portion of the
estate of the late John Lewis, gentleman, of whom the
said Mary was one of the heirs.
Mr. Newhall died 11 Oct., 1817, and administration on
his estate was granted to his widow, Lois Newhall, who
died in Lynn, 7 Jan., 1845.
(305)
306 THE NEWHALL FAMILY OF LYNN,
Children :
1124 CHARLES, b. 27 Dec., 1779; m. Lydia .
1125 JAMES, b. 16 Feb., 1782.
563 Love (Allen 23 *, Daniel^, Joseph 2 *, Thomas*,
Thomas 1 ), was married, 16 Nov., 1783, to Jesse Rhoades,
of Lynn. Lived in Lynn. He died 3 Jan., 1821, aged
61 years, and she died 3 May, 1826.
Children :
1126 JESSE, b. 20 Aug., 1784; m. Marcy Adams, 24 July, 1803.
1127 LOVE, b. 7 Nov., 1785.
1128 SALLY, b. 25 Oct., 1787.
1129 BETSY, b. 8 April, 1790.
1130 HULDA, b. 23 Nov., 1792.
1131 ALLEN, b. 4 Nov., 1795.
564 Ebenezer (Daniel 2 ^, Daniel^, Joseph 2 *, Thomas 4 ,
Thomas 1 ), born in Brookfield, 13 Feb., 1745; married
Sarah Bannister, 3 Dec., 1767. He was evidently the
namesake of his grandfather Witt, as shown by the leg-
acy of eighty acres of land referred to in the account of
Ebenezer's father, Daniel^. The surname of this member
of the family, as well of his brothers, became changed to
Newell, "by means of a schoolmaster," as we are told.
Mr. Newhall was a man of considerable importance in
Worcester county, was a captain in the War of the Revo-
lution, and afterwards held the civil position of esquire
and the military rank of colonel of militia. He lived in
Brookfield for many years, and then removed to Athol,
where he kept a tavern and transacted business as a drover.
In 1787, he sold his real estate in the former town. His
sight failed him quite suddenly, between the fiftieth and
sixtieth years of his age, so that he was unable to do any
business. The last years of his life he passed in the fam-
ily of his son Seth, and died in Bethel, Maine, 14 Jan.,
1831, aged eighty-six years. His wife Sarah died 17 May,
1822, aged 78 years.
Children, all but the last born in Brookfield :
1132 CHAUNCEY, b. 30 Jan., 1769; m. Nancy White, Nov., 1809.
1133 SARAH, b. 13 June, 1770.
BY HENRY F. WATERS. 307
1134 BREED, b. 6 Dec., 1771.
1135 DANIEL, b. 21 July, 1773.
1136 EBENEZEB FRANCIS, b. 1 Sept., 1775.
1137 SETH, b. 20 May, 1777; d. 24 April, 1781.
1188 MIRIAM, b. 20 March, 1779 ; m. (1) Brown ; (2) Duston.
1139 ESTHER, b. 15 Dec., 1781; m. Timothy Barnard.
1140 SETH BANNISTER, b. 26 June, 1783.
1141 SOLOMON, b. 6 April, 1786; d., unm., in Royalston, 20 March,
1875.
565 Joseph (Daniel 2 *?, Daniel^, Joseph 2 *, Thomas*,
Thomas 1 ), born in Brookfield, 2 July, 1747 ; married Ruth
Wright, 14 Sept., 1780, and died 26 Dec., 1831.
Children, born in Brookfield :
1142 HARRIET, b. 23 April, 1781.
1143 NATHAN, b. 26 Nov., 1782.
1144 DANIEL, b. 30 July, 1784.
1145 CHARLES, b. 11 Dec., 1786.
1146 WELCOME, b. 9 Oct., 1788.
1147 ALLEN, b. 11 Oct., 1790.
1148 ELIZABETH, b. 19 Nov., 1792.
1149 MARY, b. 24 Sept., 1795.
1150 WILLIAM, b. 1 April, 1800; d. 14 June, 1816.
566 Jonas (Daniel 23 *, Daniel**, Joseph 2 *, Thomas 4 ,
Thomas 1 ), born in Brookfield, 13 Dec., 1749, was a Lieu-
tenant, married, first, Azubah Bartlett, 19 June, 1781,
and, second, Sarah Dorr of Brookfield, 18 Sept., 1811.
Mr. NewhaU (or Newell, as he was called) removed from
Brookfield to New Braintree and died, without issue, in
1816, leaving his estate to his three brothers. This will
was executed in Nov., 1804, during the lifetime of his
first wife, who was also mentioned in it. His widow
Sarah died in 1823 leaving by will legacies to various
friends and relatives, among others to Welcome Newell.
On the Brookfield record appears published intention
of marriage between Jonas Newell and Fanny Ainsworth,
3 March, 1805.
567 Daniel (Daniel 2 **, Daniel**, Joseph 2 *, Thomas 4 ,
Thomas 1 ), born in Brookfield, 10 May, 1754, married,
Esther Warren of Leicester (pub. 13 Jan., 1782).
308 THE NEWHALL FAMILY OP LYNN,
Child, born in Brookfield :
1151 JOHN, b. 26 March, 1782.
618 James (Nehemiah 247 ', Ebenezer* 6 , Joseph 23 , Tho-
mas 4 , Thomas 1 ), bapt. in Lynnfield, 14 July, 1771, married,
9 Oct., 1792, Content Mansfield.
Children :
1162 JAMBS, b. 25 June, 1793; d. 1862.
1153 SALLY, b. 18 March, 1806.
1154 CONTENT, b. 5 May, 1811.
626 Bridget (Benjamin* 61 , Benjamin**, Joseph 2 *,
Thomas 4 , Thomas 1 ), born in Lynn, 15 Feb., 1753 ; married
Theophilus Hallowell of Lynn, 13 Nov., 1777, and died in
Lynn, 13 Aug., 1803. He died 28 Sept., 1833, aged 83
years.
Children :
1155 BENJAMIN, b. 9 Aug., 1778; d. 30 Sept., 1814.
1156 SAMUEL, b. 9 Aug., 1778.
1157 MARTHA, b. 28 Nov., 1780.
1158 MEHITABEL, b. 23 Aug., 1783; d. 25 Nov., 1810.
1159 THEOPHILUS, b. 15 Nov., 1788; d. 12 Dec., 1788.
1160 BRIDGET, b. 16 Nov., 1788; d. 26 July, 1810.
1161 THEOPHILUS, b. 10 Nov., 1791; d. 28 March, 1792.
1162 LYDIA, b. 10 Nov., 1791.
627 Lucretia (Benjamin* 61 , Benjamin**, Joseph 2 *
Thomas 4 , Thomas 1 ), born in Lynn, 11 July, 1755 ; married
Henry Hallowell, 30 March, 1780 ; and died in Lynn, 13
Nov., 1812. Mr. Hallowell seems to have married, second,
his first wife's half sister Martha, widow of James New-
hall, jr. of Lynn.
Children :
1168 HENRY, b. 25 Dec., 1780; d. 20 July, 1841.
1164 JAMES, b. 23 Nov., 1782.
1165 SARAH, b. 17 Jan., 1785; d. 28 March, 1808.
1166 POLLY, b. 18 March, 1787; d. 28 Feb., 1812.
1167 JOHN, b. 4 Sept., 1789.
1168 LUCRETIA, b. 1 March, 1798; d. 22 Oct., 1812.
B5T HENRY F. WATERS. 309
631 Elizabeth (Btiyamin**, Benjamin?*, Joseph** ,
Thomas 4 , Thomas 1 ), born in Lynn, 19 Dec., 1770, was mar-
ried, 11 Oct., 1789, to Jabez Hitchins. She died 13 July,
1793 and he died 14 Dec., 1842.
Child:
1169 ISAIAH, b. 15 Dec., 1789; m. 4 Apr., 1816, Sarah, daughter of
Thomas and Anna Khodes.
640 Lydia (James 26 *, Benjamin**, Joseph 2 *, Thomas 4 ,
Thomas 1 ), born in Lynn, 21 Aug., 1759, was married, 6
May, 1779 to Col. James Robinson, who was a soldier in
the Revolution and the first postmaster in Lynn, being
appointed 1795. His residence was at the northeast
corner of Boston and Federal Streets, formerly the resi-
dence of Col. Theophilus Burrill, who, in his will (1737)
bequeathed his mansion and land adjoining to his neice,
Lydia Galley, who, with consent of her second husband,
Joshua Ward, sold it to John Lewis, sen r , who, in 1747,
conveyed it to John Lewis, jr., schoolmaster. The widow
and administratrix of John Lewis sold it in 1755 to Zac-
heus Norwood, innholder, from whose heirs it was pur-
chased by Col. Robinson, 1793-4. In a little shop in front
of the mansion house, the first post office in Lynn is said
to have been kept.
Col. Robinson married, second, the widow Jane Gay,
and lived for a time in Boston. He died 21 Jan., 1832,
aged 75 years.
Children :
1170 JAMES, b. 10 March, 1780; d. unm.
1171 LYDIA, b. 25 Dec. , 1781 ; m. Kichard Ward of Salem, 14 April,
1805.
1172 NABBY, b. 8 Jan., 1784; m. (1) Chas. Bnrrill; m. (2) Benoni
Johnson.
1173 JOHN, b. 7 May, 1786; m. Sarah Kussell of Boston.
1174 HARRIET, b. 7 Feb., 1789; m. Jabez Pearson.
1175 Lois, b. 8 Aug., 1791; m. Vance.
1176 JANET, b. 12 July, 1793; d. 28 May, 1795.
1177 GEORGE, b. 29 June, 1795; m. Mary Emmerton of Salem, 3
Sept., 1824.
1178 MOSES GILL, b. 7 Dec., 1796; d. 23 Aug., 1819 at New Orleans.
1179 WILLIAM CHARLES, b. 14 April, 1798; d. young.
310 THE NEWHALL FAMILY OF LYNN,
641 Elizabeth (James 263 , Benjamin^ ', Joseph 2 *, Tho-
mas 4 , Thomas 1 ), born in Lynn, 23 June, 1761, was married,
19 May, 1781 to John Ives of Salem, by whom she had
one son :
1179a JOHN, b. 22 Dec., 1783; m. Betsey Cross of Salem, July, 1809.
Mrs. Elizabeth Ives was married, secondly, 11 Aug., 1785,
to Jeremiah Emmerton of Salem, born 23 Jan., 1753, died
18 Aug., 1826. Mrs. Emmerton died 28 March, 1837.
Children :
1180 WILLIAM, b. 10 Oct., 1786; m. Abigail E. Stone of Beverly, 21
May, 1809.
1181 JAMES, b. 21 April, 1789; m. Hannah M. Sweetser of Salem,
15 Dec., 1816.
1182 EPHBAIM, b. 6 July, 1791; m. Mary Ann Sage of Salem, 8
June, 1826.
1183 ELIZABETH, b. 10 July, 1794 ; d. 12 Sept., 1797.
1184 MARY, b. 27 March, 1795; m. George Kobinson, 3 Sept., 1824.
1185 ELIZABETH, b. 3 Aug., 1798; d. 21 Sept., 1798.
1186 ELIZA, b. 10 Nov., 1802; d. 10 Nov., 1802.
647 James (James 26 *, Benjamin^, Joseph**, Thomas 4 ,
Thomas 1 ), born in Lynn, 19 Jan., 1774, married, 21 July,
1797, Sarah Newhall. Among the various members of the
Newhall family in Lynn bearing simply the name of James
he was known as " President Jim," his father being nick-
named " Squire Jim." President Jim died of cancer, 11
Aug., 1854, having made his will, 20 June, 1854, proved,
May, 1855, in which he left his estate to his children,
James H. and Elizabeth E. Newhall, jointly.
Children :
1188 CLARISSA, b. 30 Aug., 1798; m. Benjamin Massey, 4 NOT.,
1824.
1189 SALLY, b. 18 Dec., 1799.
1190 JAMES BURRILL, b. 28 Feb., 1802; 13 Aug., 1803.
1191 JAMES HENRY, b. 10 March, 1805; m. 13 March, 1857, Abigail
L., dau. of Isaac Burrill.
1192 GEORGE HAMILTON, b. 22 April, 1808.
1193 Lois BURRILL, b. 14 June, 1810; m. 1st John R. Moulton, 5
Nov., 1835; m. 2nd John Story, 10 Nov., 1839.
1194 ELIZABETH EMMERTON, b. 28 Aug., 1812.
1195 WILLIAM, b. 11 March, 1816 ; drowned 1 June, 1837.
BY HENRY F. WATERS. 311
648 Benjamin (James* 6 *, Benjamin 1 * 8 , Joseph**, Tho-
mas*, Thomas 1 ), twin brother of the foregoing and born in
Lynn, 19 Jan., 1774, married, 16 Aug., 1801, Sarah Hart.
She died in Lynn, 20 Feb., 1819 ; and he married, secondly,
Dec., 1822, Esther Thompson, who survived him. He died
7 March, 1857, and administration was granted to his
son James R. Newhall Esq., at the request of the widow
and with permission of the administrator's eldest brother,
Benj. Francis Newhall.
Children :
1196 SAMUEL HART, b. 25 June, 1802; d. 19 Oct., 1865.
1197 SARAH SMITH, b. 12 Jan., 1804; d. 4 Dec. 1869.
1198 BENJAMIN FRANCIS, b. 28 Sept., 1806.
1199 JAMES ROBINSON, b. 25 Dec., 1809.
1200 EDWARD CHARLES, b. 12 Nov., 1812.
1201 M ART TUFTS, b. 13 July, 1815; d. 18 May, 1874.
1202 JOSEPH HART, b. 1 June 1818 ; d. 20 Feb., 1819.
1203 ALFRED, b. 25 Sept., 1823; d. 22 Sept., 1824.
1204 SUSAN BURDITT, b. 10 Dec., 1824.
1205 JOHN THOMPSON, b. 10 Aug., 1826; d. 29 Aug., 1826.
1206 WILLIAM HENRY, b. 10 July, 1827.
1207 Lois MARIA, b. 18 Jan., 1829.
650 Benjamin (Isaiah* 6 * Benjamin^, Joseph**, Tho-
mas*, Thomas 1 ), born in Lynn, 20 March, 1762, married
29 Oct., 1783, Hepzibah Hallowell of Lynn, who died 20
March, 1785. He took a second wife, 12 July, 1787,
Hepzibah Hudson of Lynn. No record of the birth of his
children has yet been found, but he had two sons, at least,
viz:
1208 BENJAMIN (by 1st wife), m. Elizabeth Brown, 3 April, 1805.
1209 ISAIAH, b. abt. 1788 (by 2nd wife), m. Selina Bailey, 16 Dec.,
1808.
651 Elizabeth (Isaiah 26 *, Benjamin**, Joseph**, Tho-
mas*, Thomas 1 ), born in Lynn, 4 May, 1764, was married,
9 June, 1790, to Enoch, son of Richard andLydia (Batch-
elder) Johnson, born 16 Jan., 1761. He died 17 March,
1815. His widow is said to have died 17 Sept., 1839.
Children :
1210 SAMUEL, b. 13 March, 1791; d. 21 March, 179i.
1211 RUTH, b. 13 March, 1791; d. 2 May, 1877.
312 THE NBWHALL FAMILY OF LYNN,
1212 SAMUEL, b. 30 April, 1793; d. 11 July, 1841 in Nassau, New
Providence.
1213 GEORGE, b. 7 June, 1796; d. 17 Oct., 1849.
1214 OTIS, b. 26 Jan., 1802; d. 17 Feb., 1870.
653 Alice (Isaiah 264 , Benjamin? 8 , Joseph 2 *, Thomas*,
Thomas 1 '), born in Lynn (bp. 14 July, 1771), was married,
21 June, 1787, to John Downing. She died 9 Sept.,
1823, and he died 18 Aug., 1835, aged 70 years,
Children :
1215 THOMAS, b. 25 Oct., 1787; d. 3 Oct., 1806.
1216 SALLY, b. 3 Sept., 1789.
1217 BETSY, b. 29 Sept., 1791.
1218 JOHN, b. 28 Sept., 1793.
1219 ALICE, b. 10 Aug., 1795.
1220 EMILY, b. 27 Dec., 1797.
1221 MABY, b. 19 Sept., 1801.
1222 SUSAN, b. 19 Dec., 1803.
1223 EBEN PERSONS, b. 31 May, 1806.
1224 SA.LLY, b. 29 Jan., 1809.
1225 THOMAS, b. 25 July, 1811.
654 Susanna (Isaiah 264 , Benjamin***, Joseph 2 *, Tho-
mas 4 , Thomas 1 ), born in Lynn, 23 July, 1774, was married,
23 Feb., 1795, to Samuel Graves. She died 19 Jan.,
1836. He died 13 Sept., 1817.
Children :
1226 SAMUEL, b. 28 Sept., 1796.
1227 POLLY, b. 30 June, 1798.
1228 ZAOKERIAH, b. 2 Jan., 1799.
1229 SUSANNA, b. 11 July, 1801.
1230 MARY NEWHALL, b. 22 March, 1804.
1231 ISAIAH, b. 31 Dec., 1806; d. 29 Sept., 1824.
1232 BENJAMIN, b. 25 April, 1809.
1233 ELIZABETH, b. 23 Dec., 1814.
655 Aaron (Aaron*? Benjamin?* Joseph, 2 * Thomas, 4
Thomas 1 ), born in Lynn, 9 Nov., 1777 ; married, first, Polly
Hawkes, 22 May, 1806. By her he had a child born 11
Sept., 1807 and died 13 Sept., 1807 ; and the mother died
8 Oct., 1807. He married, second, Sally Alley, 17 Oct.,
1813. Aaron Newhall of Lynn, gentleman, conveyed, 23
BY HENRY F. WATERS, 313
Sept., 1813, to John Jenks of Salem, &c. guardian of Wal-
ter Price Bartlett (for security of his bond) about nine
acres of tillage land with the dwelling house, &c., bounded
N. E. on the lane leading from Jacob Chase's to Salem
Turnpike, N. on land of James Lakeman, N. W. on the
heirs of James Newhall and Samuel Brimblecom, S. W. on
land of Micajah Newhall, S. andW. on Benjamin Richard-
son and E. and S. E. on Theophilus Hallo well and S. on
the common with other parcels " being the same estate
which descended to me as the only child and sole heir at
law of my Hon d father Aaron Newhall," &c., " subject to
the right of dower which by law my Hon d Mother hath
therein during her natural life."
Mr. Newhall died 8 Aug., 1832 and his widow died 14
Nov., 183T.
Children :
1234 AARON, b. 6 Aug., 1814; m. Mary H. Allen, 31 Dec., 1835.
1235 TIMOTHY ALLEY, b. 25 Aug., 1816.
1236 INFANT, b. 30 July, 1820; d. 2 Aug., 1820.
1237 MARY PERKINS, b. 14 Aug., 1822; m. Richard W. Drown, 18
April, 1814.
1238 OTIS WHITE, b. 18 Oct., 1827.
680 Samuel (Pharaoh, 2 " Samuel,** Joseph,** Thomas^
Thomas 1 ^), born in Lynn, 9 March, 1765, married Sarah,
daughter of Gideon and Rebecca Phillips, as appears by a
conveyance made in 1797 by the children of the said Phil-
lips. He died 4 Nov., 1834 and adm. on his estate was
granted 18 Nov., 1834, to Abner his son, at the request
of the widow, Sarah ; and Thos. F. and Francis, sons of the
deceased. The estate was divided, 5 April, 1836 among
the widow and four children, viz. : the three sons above
named and their sister Theodate Jane, with whom Asa T.
Newhall, jr. signed. In record of interments, Western
Burying Ground, may be found, under date of 13 Feb'y,
1843 "Widow Sarah Newhall, ae. 76."
Children :
1239 THOMAS FABBAB, b. 1 Dec., 1796; m. 1st, Rebecca Newhall;
m. 2d, Abigail Nott, 24 Jan., 1847; he d. 31 Oct., 1868.
1240 PHILLIPS, b. 18 April, 1799 ; d. 27 Aug., 1822.
1241 ABNEB, b. 11 June, 1802; d. 19 May, 1876.
314 THE NEWHALL FAMILY OF LYNN,
1242 KBBECCA, b. 5 May, 1806; d. 29-30 July, 1821.
1243 EDWARD, b. 22 March, 1809; d. 26 March, 1814.
1244 FRANCIS, b. 16 Nov., 1812; d. 22 Sept., 1849.
1245 THEODATE JANE, b. 5 May, 1815; m. Asa T. Newhall, jr., 17
Nov., 1837.
682 Winthrop (Pharaoh, 2 ?? Samuel,*) Joseph, 2 *
Thomas,* Thomas 1 ), born in Lynn, 6 June, 1769, married,
12 Jan., 1795, Elizabeth Farrington. He was a tanner
and lived on Market street in Lynn. He died 19 Aug.,
1852.
Children :
1246 FRANCIS STUART, b. 30 April, 1795; m. Lydia Burrill, 23 Feb.,
1818; d. 2 Feb., 1858.
1247 HENRY, b. 10 March, 1797; m. Anne Afrvrell, 8 Dec., 1829.
1248 ELIZA, b. 12 Jan., 1799; d. 24 June, 1799.
1249 ELIZA, b. 25 April, 1800; d. 12 Aug., 1816.
1250 SOPHIA, b. 9 May, 1806; d. unm. 21 May, 1874.
1251 LYDIA, b. 10 Jan., 1810; m. Amos Rhodes, 2 Dec., 1834.
1252 HORACE, b. 30 Aug., 1813.
684 Silvanus (Pharaoh, 2 ?? Samuel, Joseph, 2 *
Thomas, 4 Thomas 1 ), born in Lynn, 18 July, 1773, married
Lydia, daughter of Stephen Grove, of Seabrook, N. H.,
born 26 Nov., 1780. She died of consumption, at their
home in Broad street, 3 Dec., 1856, aged 76 years. He
died 12 Feb., 1861, and his will, made 10 March, 1857,
was proved 2 April, 1861. He made bequests to his
daughter Anne M. Newell, his grandson Edward S. New-
hall (a minor), his son-in-law Frederick R. Newell and
declared his son Daniel Wendell Newhall executor and
residuary legatee.
Children :
1253 HULDA BASSETT, b. 4 Aug., 1802; d. 6 Apr., 1848.
1254 ANNE, b. 11 Feb., 1804.
1255 MARY, b. 31 Oct., 1806; d. 6 Oct., 1807.
1256 DANIEL WENDELL, b. 10 Dec.,* 1809.
1257 ABIGAIL CURTIN, b. 3 Jan., 1815; d. 2 Dec., 1842.
685 Theodate (Pharaoh 2 ?? Samuel, Joseph, 2 *
Thomas,* Thomas 1 ), born in Lynn, 6 Feb., 1776, was mar-
*The Quaker Records say 7th mo.
BY HENRY F. WATERS. 315
ried, 13 Jan., 1773, to Manuel Austin, born at Ipswich.
Mrs. Austin died in Lynn, 6 March, 1855, and her hus-
band survived until the 11 Dec., 1865. Mr. Austin was a
shoemaker and seems to have lived on Nahant street. In
May, 1865 his son George Austin of Swansey, was ap-
pointed his guardian.
Children :
1258 ABNER, b. 3 March, 1797; d. 20 Apr., 1857; m. Elizabeth S.
(dau. of Isaac and Lydia) Wicks of Falmouth.
1259 GEORGE, b. 29 March, 1799; removed to Swansey.
1260 DAVID, b. 5 Sept., 1801; d. 19 Nov., 1802.
1261 AMOS, b. 29 Oct., 1803.
1262 REBECCA, b. 9 Nov., 1805.
1263 MARY, b. 17 Feb., 1808; d. 3 Aug., 1819.
1264 DAVID, b. 13 Aug., 1810.
1265 LYDIA, b. 12 Jan., 1813.
1266 ELIZA, b. 5 Dec., 1815; d. 10 Apr., 1819.
1267 MANUEL OTIS, b. 22 June, 1818.
696 Estes (Daniel, 2 * Samuel w Joseph,** Thomas,*
Thomas 1 '), born in Lynn, 9 Sept., 1770, married, 7 April,
1798, Hepzibah, daughter of Paul and Abigail Wing, born
at Sandwich, 2 Sept., 1769, died at Lynn, 8 Feb., 1810. He
took, for a second wife, 1 Nov., 1815, Miriam, daughter of
Joseph and Lois Philbrick, born at Seabrook, N. H., 7
Jan., 1787, died 11 Sept., 1864. He died of paralysis, 28
Feb., 1857, having made his will 21 Oct., 1854, proved 7
April, 1857. He made bequests to wife Miriam and her
heirs, daughter Abigail W. Newhall and her heirs, son Jo-
seph P. Newhall and his heirs and six grandchildren, viz :
William Estes, George, Abby, Mary, Lucy Maria and
Alfred Estes Newhall. His two surviving children, Abi-
gail W. and Joseph P. Newhall he declared residuary leg-
atees.
Children :
1268 PAUL, b. 31 May, 1799; d. 3 Nov., 1800.
1269 PAUL WING, b. 25 May, 1801; m. Hannah Johnson, 29 June,
1831.
1270 HANNAH, b. 25 Feb., 1803; d. 28 Sept., 1803.
1271 ABIGAIL WING, b. 24 Sept., 1804; m. Micajah C. Pratt, 14 July,
1863.
1272 GEOEGE, b. 17 May, 1806; d. 24 July, 1807.
316 THE NEWHALL FAMILY OF LYNN,
1273 HENRY K., b. 8 Feb., 1810; d. 8 Feb., 1810.
1274 Lois PHILBRICK, b. 27 Sept., 1816; d. 12 March, 1833.
1275 ELIZA S., b. 27 Nov., 1818; d. 19 March, 1822.
1276 MARIA MOTT, b. 18 Feb., 1821; d. 21 June, 1840.
1277 JOSEPH PHILBRIOK, b. 16 July, 1823; m. 1st, Anna G. Bassett,
1 July, 1846; m. 2d, Elizabeth H. Barker, 4 Jan., 1866.
698 Lydia (Daniel** 8amuel,^ Joseph, 2 * Thomas*
Thomas 1 ), born in Lynn, 16 March, 1775, was married,
19 March, 1794, to James (fifth son of Stephen and Mary)
Pope of Salem, Mass.
Mr. Pope was a chaisemaker, lived in Salem, and died
there 7 Aug., 1830. His widow died in Salem, 8 Dec.,
1830.
Children :
1278 JAMES, b. 6 March, 1795; d. 11 March, 1796.
1279 HANNAU, b. 15 Feb., 1797; d. 18 Jan., 1843.
1280 JAMES, b. 21 July, 1799; d. 24 Dec., 1800.
1281 DANIEL, b. 30 Nov., 1801; d. 10 Aug., 1852 in Milwaukee, Wis.
1282 MARY ANN, b. 13 Feb., 1806; d. 13 May, 1851.
1283 LYDIA, b. 27 Feb., 1808.
1284 JAMES, b. 25 July, 1810; d. 9 July, 1834 in Tabasco, Mexico.
1285 ELIZABETH HACKER, b. 17 March, 1813.
1286 JOSEPH, b. 22 Aug., 1816; d. 22 Sept., 1820.
1287 SARAH NICHOLS, b. 2 June, 1821.
699 Daniel (Daniel, 2 * Samuel, Joseph, 2 * Thomas*
Thomas 1 ), born in Lynn, 21 Nov., 1778 ; married Mary,
daughter of John and Mary Bailey of Hanover, born 3
Feb., 1785. The will of Daniel Newhall, gentleman (who
d. in Lynn of heart disease, 27 June, 1853), executed 17
Jan., 1851 and probated 5 Sept., 1853, mentions two sons,
Joseph and Isaac, two grandchildren, Laurence H. and
George D. (sons of John, deceased), and daughter Hepzibah
whom he makes sole heiress and executrix in consideration
of her faithful and devoted services rendered under many
afflicting circumstances during about twenty years, &c.
Children :
1288 JOHN BAILEY, b. 3 May, 1806^ d. 19 Apr., 1833.
1289 GEORGE P., b. 23 Aug., 1808; d. 14 Oct., 1825.
1290 HEPZIBAH, b. 20 June, 1810.
1291 JOSEPH, b. 10 May, 1812.
1292 ISAAC, b. 4 Jan., 1814.
BY HENRY F. WATERS. 317
1293 HENRY, b. 10 Feb., 1816; d. 18 Oct., 1816.
1294 MARY BAILEY, b. 28 April, 1818.
1295 LUCY, b. 15 Nov., 1820.
1296 DANIEL RODMAN, b. 28 Sept., 1823; d. 5 April, 1825.
705 Samuel (Solomon, 2 *? Samuel, 106 Samuel, 2 * Thom-
as,* Thomas 1 ), born in Lynn, 8 Oct., 1754, married in Mar-
blehead, Mary Grant, 5 April, 1778. He resided in Mar-
blehead and Havana. The date of his death has not been
ascertained. His wife Mary died in Marblehead, Dec.,
1830, aged seventy-three years. In Sept., 1832 when Mr.
Abel Gardner, who had married one of his daughters and
had bought out the interests of Mary Hulen and Lois
Brown, petitioned for a partition of Mrs. Newhall's real
estate, Samuel Newhall and his son John were then living
in Havana.
Children :
1297 SAMUEL, bp. 22 Nov., 1778.
1298 MARY, bp. 2 July, 1780; m. Capt. Elias Hulen, 29 Oct., 1797.
1299 THOMAS GRANT, bp. 2 May, 1784.
1300 ROSSENGER, d. 18 Nov., 1809 at Havana, a mariner.
1301 JOHN, bp. 18 Jan., 1787; living in Havana, Cuba, in 1832.
1302 Lois, bp. 9 Nov., 1788; m. 1st, Francis Hiter, 20 March, 1808,
m. 2d, Brown.
1303 HANNAH, m. Abel Gardner, 15 Sept., 1811.
1304 ELIZA, m. Wolstan Dixey, 19 Sept., 1820. Residing in Worces-
ter in 1837.
1305 SALLY, removed to Worcester with Mrs. Dixey.
707 Jonathan (Solomon^ Samuel, 106 Samuel, 2 *
Thomas,* Thomas 1 ), born in Lynn, 4 July, 1760, married,
at Union, Me., 16 Aug., 1789, Hannah, daughter of Ste-
phen and Ruth (Story) Peabody, born at Haverhill, Mass.,
24 Aug., 1766. His father settled at Warren and after-
wards at St. George in the state of Maine. Mr. Newhall
was a farmer and shoemaker and lived in Union and Wash-
ington, Maine, where he died 24 Feb., 1826. His widow
died in Washington, 6 Jan., 1836.
Children :
1306 JOHN, b. 1 Feb., 1790; d. 1 March. 1791.
1307 AMOS, b. 11 Oct., 1791; m. Elizabeth Conklin, 5 Feb., 1817.
1308 Lois, b. 2 Feb., 1798; m. Roland Collier, 12 Aug., 1814.
1309 LUCY, b. 2 July, 1795; d. unm., 12 Aug., 1818.
318 THE NEWHALL FAMILY OP LYNN,
1310 STEPHEN, b. 6 Feb., 1797; m. Louisa Daggett, 30 May, 1822.
1311 JONATHAN, b. 12 Aug., 1799; m. 1st, Betsy D. Boyd, 6 Oct.,
1825, who d. 24 Apr., 1835; m. 2d, Margaret Yates, 30
Apr., 1840.
1312 WILLIAM, b. 6 June, 1802; m. Abigail McDowell, 3 May, 1827.
1313 JAMES, b. 2 March, 1804; m. Rebecca Bowles, 13 April, 1828.
1314 JOSEPH, b. 9 Dec., 1807; m. 1st, Mary S. Newell, 7 July, 1833,
who d. 19 Jan., 1842; m. 2d, Priscilla Jameson, 14 Sept.,
1842.
713 Timothy (Ezra, 2 ** Solomon, 108 Samuel, 2 ? Thomas,*
Thomas 1 ), born in Lynn, 26 March, 1765, married 25 Feb.,
1793, Eunice, daughter of John and Martha (Collins)
Curtain, born in Lynn, 12 April, 1764 and died in Lynn, 29
Sept., 1831. Mr. Newhall is said to have been a fisher-
man, storekeeper, shipmaster and shoemaker and to have
lived on Essex street, Lynn, where he died 3 May, 1839.
Children :
1315 TIMOTHY, b. 27 March, 1794; m. 1st, Mary Goodridge, 6 Aug.,
1820; m. 2d, Betsy Ramsdell, 23 Feb., 1823.
1316 EUNICE, b. 26 Feb., 1796; m. Theophilus Burrill, jr., 20 Aug.,
1826.
1317 BENJAMIN CURTAIN, b. 26 Sept., 1798; m. Martha Jackson, 2&
Nov., 1819.
1318 SALLY, b. 29 Nov., 1801; m. Warren Hill, 4 July, 1821.
1318 GEORGE, b. 5 June, 1803 ; m. Elizabeth Harrington, 6 Oct., 1833.
1320 LOUISA, b. 24 Jan., 1805; m. John Marston, 29 Aug., 1830.
715 Richard (Ezra*w Solomon, 10 * Samuel*** Thomas,*
Thomas*}, born about 1770, married 26 Aug., 1797, Mary
Pappoon, and lived in Lynn. Mrs. Newhall died 7 June,
1825 and her husband died 6 Feb., 1839.
Children :
1321 EUNICE, b. 15 Dec., 1799; m. Peter H. Alley, 9 May, 1819.
1322 ELIZA, b. 1 May, 1801.
1323 HANNAH, b. 12 Sept., 1803; m. Jonathan S. Tarbox, 14 March,
1830.
1324 SUSANNA, b. 10 Oct., 1805.
1325 BENJAMIN P., b. 12 Oct., 1807; d. 2 Oct., 1828.
1S26 EZRA, b. 29 Feb., 1811; m. Lydia A. Howard, 2 Jan., 1839; d.
7 June, 1856.
1327 MARY, b. 9 Feb., 1813.
1328 ADELINE, b. 6 Nov., 1816; d. 22 Aug., 1827.
BY HENRY P. WATERS. 319
725 Timothy (Hanson* 1 * Joseph, 112 Samuel,** Thom-
as,* Thomas**), born in Lynn, 17 Dec., 1766, married Lois
Hutchins, 2 March, 1794. Administration on his estate
was granted 25 March, 1799 to his widow, Lois Newhall,
her sureties being Hanson Newhall and Jabez Hitchings.
Two days afterwards the father of the deceased, Mr. Han-
son Newhall, executed a deed of gift of his house and land
on the road to Blackmarsh to the widow and child of his
deceased son, viz : one third (undivided) to the widow and
two thirds to the child, with the reversion of the other
third after the death of her mother. Mrs. Newhall died 5
Aug., 1820.
Child :
1329 Lois, b. 13 Dec., 1794; m. Henry Williams, 26 Oct., 1818.
726 Sally (Hanson,* 1 * Joseph," 2 Samuel, 2 ? Thomas,*
Thomas*}, born about 1766, was married 14 April, 1793 to
Timothy Munroe, a carpenter, who was born 2 Oct., 1768
in Lynnfield. Mrs. Sally Munroe died 13 May, 1838 and
he died 11 June, 1849.
Children :
1330 SALLY, b. 14 Sept., 1794; d. 26 Sept., 1794.
1331 CHILD (still born), 25 May, 1795.
1332 EDMUND, b. 14 July, 1796; m. Hannah Weed.
1333 HKPZIBAH, b. 22 June, 1798; m. Isaiah Wheeler.
1334 TIMOTHY, b. 13 Dec., 1800; m. Rachel Lakeman.
1335 HANSON, b. 23 March, 1803; m. Chapman.
1336 SALLY, b. 23 March, 1805; m. Thos. P. Fenby.
1337 ELIZA, b. 22 Oct., 1807 ; m. Trevett Rhodes.
1338 PHIPPS, b. 3 July, 1810; m. Mary J. Brown.
1339 JAMES MADISON, b. 1 Aug., 1813; m. Harriet A. Oliver.
1340 HARRIET, b. 28 March, 1816; m. Gowland Chad well.
727 Jerusha (Hanson **s Joseph, 112 Samuel, 2 ^ Thomas,*
Thomas 1 }, born 15 April, 1769, was married to Benjamin
Johnson, jr. of Lynn, in 1790.
Administration on his estate was granted to his widow,
10 Jan., 1803, Hanson Newhall and Timothy Munroe be-
ing her sureties ; and the three children were committed to
her guardianship. Mrs. Johnson died 31 Aug., 1824.
320 THE NEWHALL FAMILY OF LYNN,
Children :
1341 LYDIA, b. 14 Dec., 1791.
1342 JBBUSHA, b. 18 Nov., 1793.
1343 BENJAMIN, b. 1 March, 1796.
1344 BENJAMIN HOI/TEN, b. 15 Sept., 1801.
728 Allen (Hanson*** Joseph, 112 Samuel, 2 * Thomas*
Thomas 1 ), born 6 March, 1771 ; married, first, 7 Feb., 1793,
Michal, daughter of Jedediah 490 and Michal (Downing)
Newhall, born 16 Jan., 1777. He lived in Lynn (Market
St.) where all his children by his first wife were born ; then
removed to Fremont, N. H., where his wife died 12 Jan.,
1827. He married, second, Mrs. Betsy Abbot of Fremont
in 1828, and died there 23 Feb., 1845. His second wife
is said to have been the daughter of Jonathan Brown.
Children :
1345 ALLEN, b. 7 Dec., 1793; m. Martha Adams of Dorchester, 15
June, 1815.
1346 GEORGE PICKERING, b. 6 Dec., 1795; m. 1st, Thankful Hoit;
m. 2d, Khoda Demerit.
1347 MARY, b. 9 Oct., 1798; m. Col. John Nichols of Lynn, 1 July,
1818 ;d. 7 July, 1863.
1348 TIMOTHY, b. 13 Oct., 1800; m. 1st, Abigail Alley, 29 June,
1824; m. 2d, Mary Winn; d. 25 July, 1869.
1349 THOMAS HANSON, b. 5 Oct., 1804; m. Lucinda Brown; d. 21
Jan., 1860.
1350 OTIS, b. 16 Oct., 1806; m. Sarah Pool of Lynn, 8 April, 1828;
d. 9 June, 1867.
1351 ALFRED AUGUSTUS, b. 8 March, 1809; m. Margery F.Thom-
son of Woburn, 6 May, 1832.
1352 LEVI DOWNING, b. 9 Feb., 1812; d. 29 Feb., 1812.
1353 OLIVER NELSON, b. 25 Jan., 1814; m. Maria A. Sweetser of
Lynn, 28 May, 1833.
1354 WILLIAM H. B., b. 25 Apr., 1829.
1355 LUCY JANE, b. 29 June, 1831; m. Joseph W. Bishop of Ray-
mond, N. H.
1356 JOHN WESLEY, b. 8 May, 1833; d. Aug., 1843.
1357 SUSAN BETSEY, b. 8 May, 1838; m. George Jones of Epping,
N. H.
744 Galley (Increase,^ John, 1 * 2 Johnf* John? An-
thony*), born in Lynn about 1*754 ; was married, 19 April,
1777 by the Rev. Jonas Clark of Lexington to Anna,
daughter of Jonathan and Abigail (Danforth) Harrington,
BY HENRY F. WATERS.
321
born in Lexington in 1756. His first two children were
born in Lexington. He died 2 Aug., 1833, aged 80 years
(church record), and she died 19 Feb., 1831 aged 73 years.
Children :
1358 MARY, b. 15 May, 1777; m. Jeremiah Emmerton, 6 Feb., 1799.
1359 INCREASE, b. 27 July, 1779; m. Hannah Sweetser, 15 Dec.,
1808.
1360 JOHN, b. 7 Nov., 1782; d. 22 Sept., 1857 at Plymouth, Mass.
1361 GALLEY, b. 10 July, 1785; m. Abigail Howard, 26 July, 1809.
1362 HARRINGTON, b. 31 Dec., 1787; removed to New York; m.
twice.
1363 ALBERT, b. 5 Aug., 1790; d. 30 Sept., 1849.
1364 ISAAC, b. 6 Feb., 1794.
746 James (Increase,^ John, 1 * 2 John, 6 * Jolmf An-
thony 2 ), born in Lynn about 1766 ; married, first, 3 Oct.,
1786, Sarah9 Newhall, born in Lynn, 2 March, 1765, he
being then called third of that name.
Mr. Newhall married, secondly (int. 20 Dec., 1801),
widow Mary Hart of Lynn. In April, 1831 he gave to
John Alley, 3d, a quitclaim of his interest (one quarter)
in the house and land on Water Hill that had belonged to
his father. He died 17 April, 1843, aged seventy-seven
years, leaving a widow Mary who, it appears, was entitled
to a pension for his services in the war of the Revolution
(Essex Prob. b. 112, p. 188). His widow, Mrs. Mary
Newhall, died 18 Feb., 1855, aged seventy-seven years,
said, in the record, to have been born in Lynnfield. Her
residence was in Franklin St., Lynn. The first five children
named below were born to Mr. Newhall by his first wife.
Children:
1365 HARVEY, b. 27 Nov., 1787; m. Sally Barren, 15 Sept., 1812; d.
2 Dec., 1848.
1366 JAMES, b. 13 Jan., 1790.
1367 MARY, b. 20 Aug., 1791; m. John Alley, 3d, 13 Nov., 1815.
1368 SARAH, b. 19 July, 1793; m. Win. Cameron of U. S. Marine
Corps, 17 April, 1813.
1369 SUSANNA, b. 22 April, 1796.
1370 WILLIAM HART, b. 4 Jan., 1803.
1371 CHARLES, b. 17 Sept., 1804.
1372 ALANSON, b. 4 March, 1807.
1373 JULIA ANN, b. 23 March, 1809.
1374 NANCY.
THE LEIGH FAMILY OF NEWBURY, MASS.
BY KUSSELL LEIGH JACKSON.
1 Benjamin Leigh, the founder of the Leigh fami-
ly of Newbury, Mass., was born in or around London
between 1728 and 1730, and was the son of
Leigh, a wealthy bread merchant of Leadenhall Street,
and brother of Robert Leigh, Esquire, of London, for
many years private secretary to George II and tutor to
the Prince of Wales. About 1745, he was sent to
America " to be educated," landing in York, Me., where
he engaged in business until the opening of the Revolu-
tion. He married in York, Me., in 1754, Mary, daughter
of Peter and Mary Bent, and granddaughter of the Rev.
Samuel Parris of Salem Village, in whose family the Salem
witchcraft originated. At the opening of the Revolution
he moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia, and later sailed on the
ship " George " for London where he went to present him-
self to the King and Council as the heir of his late
brother's fortune. Later he was given a commission in
the London Custom House at the request of Lord North.
The following is from a letter witten by Benjamin Leigh,
jr., concerning the family.
" My father had three sisters married about London,
one of whom married William Plaseway of Mill Hill,
Bristol, England, * * * The last letter I had from my
father says * I am on board the ship George (Mr.) Fortune
is Commander, bound to Bristol to trade for merchants
in Philadelphia * * * My mother said I had a great
estate left me if I could prove myself heir to Marcia
Bent.' One lawyer on Long Island, when I was a boy
said Dr. Handwater's wife inquired of him if he knew of
any child by the name of Leigh in New England ; he said
he did and that there was a large estate left him by his
mother."
Robert Leigh, Esquire, who was private secretary to
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THE LEIGH FAMILY OF NEWBUKY, MASS. 323
George II, during the later years of that monarch's reign,
died unmarried about 1772, and the greater part of his es-
tate amounting to about .75,000 or 100,000 eventually
went to the Crown.
The exact date of Benjamin Leigh's death is unknown
but he is thought to have died about 1776-7. His wife
died "soon after" probably about 1778, aged 51.
Children, born in York, Me. :
2 BENJAMIN, b. 13 June, 1754.
3 BETSY.
4 CHARLOTTE.
2 Benjamin, born in York, Me., 13 June, 1754, mar-
ried in Hampton, N. H., 22 June, 1775, Abagail, daughter
of Moses and Abagail (Brown) Pierce who was born in
Newbury, Mass., 16 March, 1754.
About 1816-17, he with his wife and two children,
Robert and Anna, emigrated to Ohio, in a prairie schoon-
er, settling in Salem, where they helped form the township.
4< We have cleared a field of 11 acres this spring, which
we intend for corn ; 2 acres for flax, 4 corn beans and
pumpions (pumpkins), have cleared a large field on the rise
above the house which we intend for an orchard, a vine-
yard and a hopyard ; have laid out a road through the
farm east and west to the new State Road which makes it
look very handsom." From a letter written May 18,
1820 to Benjamin Leigh, 3d.
Mr. Leigh fought in Capt. Moses Nowell's company of
minute men who marched to Lexington at the first alarm,
19 April, 1775 and died in Salem, Ohio, 18 January, 1832.
His wife Abagail died in Hermon, Illinois, 11 August,
1837 aged 83. Mr. Leigh was an honest, industrious
man. He expired in the full belief of finding peace to his
soul through the merits of the Savior, which he was led to
embrace in his last sickness having relinquished an errone-
ous belief which he had previously cherished." Newbury
port Herald, 21 Jan., 1832.
Children, all born in Newbury, Mass. :
6 MABCIA, b. 22 November, 1775; m. (1) 1 June, 1796, Woodbridge
Lunt who d. 1808, aged 34; m. (2) 24 December, 1811,
Moses Adams, jr., who was b. 10 October, 1770. She d. in
1843. Had 5 children by each marriage.
324 THE LEIGH FAMILY OF NEWBURY, MASS.,
6 MARY, b. 8 March, 1778; m. 5 January, 1797, Jacob Swett of
Newbury, who was b. 2 January, 1775 and d. after 1821 at
Salem, Ohio. Emigrated about 1818 to Salem, Ohio, where
he was elected Justice of the Peace in 1821 and held other
prominent offices. She d. in 1822, leaving 8 children.
7 ABAGAIL, b. 23 September, 1781; m. 4 September, 1808, Charles
Knight of Newburyport, Mass., who was b. in 1780 and d.
29 September, 1847. She d. 15 December, 1838, leaving 2
children. One of her grandsons was Dr. Frederic Irvine
Knight, a graduate of Yale and the Harvard Medical
School and a prominent surgeon.
8 SALLY, b. 26 April, 1784; m. 14 July, 1803, Samuel Swasey of
Newbury, who emigrated with Jacob Swett to Salem,
Ohio, about 1818. They left two children.
9 ANNA, b. 21 June, 1787; d. unm. 3 April, 1865, at Salem, O.
10 BENJAMIN, b. 22 February, 1790.
11 HANNAH, b. 25 September, 1792; m. 12 January, 1809, Michael
Little of Newbury, b. 16 November, 1787, and d. 31 May r
1867. She d. 25 April, 1875, leaving 6 children.
12 ROBERT, b. 24 June, 1795.
10 Benjamin, born in Newbury, Mass., 22 February,
1790, married 12 May, 1813 at Newbury, Sally Jackson
Pearson, daughter of Silas and Mary (Little) Pearson,
who was born 2 May, 1794 and died 2 November, 1866.
He served in the War of 1812 from 30 September, 1812
to 4 October, 1814 under Sergt. Smith. He was a very
fine coppersmith and many of the old time engravings on
brass were executed by him.
He died March 20, 1865, at the old Pearson-Leigh
homestead.
Children, all born in Newbury :
13 MARY LITTLE, b. 15 November, 1814; married (1) 6 April, 1833,
Richard Page Plumer of Newbury. b. 5 July, 1810 and d.
17 March, 1839 ; m. (2) 20 August, 1840, Thomas Stetson
of Boston. She d. at Rochester, N. Y., 24 September,
1868, leaving one child by her first husband and seven by
her second.
14 HALL JACKSON, b. 10 June, 1818.
15 SILAS PEARSON, b. 28 September, 1825.
16 SARAH JACKSON, b. 29 June, 1836; unm., lives in Newburyport.
12 Robert, born in Newbury, 24 June, 1795, married
2 November, 1826 at Wilkesville, O., Mary Booth, who
I
BY KUSSELL LEIGH JACKSON. 325
was born in Mount Washington, Mass., 14 September,
1805 and died 17 July, 1887. He journeyed west in a
prairie schooner with his father and sister Anna about
1816-17, settling in Salem, O.
He was elected constable of Salem, Ohio, in 1820 and
served in the War of 1812 from 28 June, 1814 to 5 July,
1814 under Sergt. Young. He died at Hermon, 111., 15
June, 1866.
Children, all born in Wilkesville, O. :
17 ABAGAIL, b. 2 September, 1827; m. in Salem, O., 4 September,
1844, John Shumaker of Hermon, 111., who was b. 25
September, 1819 and d. 17 October, 1903. She d. 10
August, 1896, leaving 16 children.
18 ADALINE, b. 22 May, 1829; m. 24 October, 1847, Archibald Long
who was b. 27 October, 1825 and d. 31 December, 1892.
She d. 1 September, 1856, leaving 2 children.
19 CLARK, b. 2 March, 1831.
20 CAROLINE P., b. 3 October, 1836; m. in 1856, William Berry of
Hermon, 111., who died 15 May, 1866. She died 20 Nov-
ember, 1867, leaving 3 children.
21 DAVID BOOTH, b. 11 May, 1840.
22 BENJAMIN, b. 11 September, 1842.
23 ELISABETH, b. 23 March, 1847; m. in 1867, John Stevens of
Hermon, 111. She left 2 children.
14 Hall Jackson, born in Newbury, 10 June, 1818,
married, 2 June, 1844, his 1st cousin Abagail Little,
daughter of his aunt Hannah Leigh and Michael Little,
who was born in Newbury, 8 September, 1816 and died 22
December, 1893. In 1851 he removed to Newburyport
and engaged in the teaming business with Paul and later
J. Augustus Adams, under the firm name of Leigh and
Adams. He was driver of the Hooks for the " Young
American Fire Association" from 1851 to 1861. For
some time during the Civil War he was stationed at the
fort on Plum Island, where he was in charge of the con-
struction. In 1866 he returned to the farm in Newbury,
where he spent the remainder of his life. He was found
dead on the morning of his 77th anniversary having ex-
pired some time during the night of an apoplectic fit. He
was a namesake of Hall Jackson, M. D., the eminent sur-
geon of Portsmouth, N. H., who was his great-great uncle.
326 THE LEIGH FAMILY OF NEWBURY, MASS.,
He came into possession of the Pearson-Leigh house,
built in 1729, in 1866, at the death of his mother.
Child, born in Newbury:
24 AMOS LITTLE, b. 8 March, 1847.
15 Silas Pearson, born in Newbury, 28 September,
1825, married 23 March, 1852, Sarah, daughter of Anthony
and Sarah (Little) Davenport, his 2nd cousin, who was
born 16 October, 1827 and died 25 May, 1907. About
1855 he removed to New York. He died at the home
of his sister in Rochester, N. Y., 17 September, 1866.
19 Clark, born in Wilkesville, O., 2 March, 1831,
married 26 September, 1852, Sally, daughter of Archibald
and Catherine (Kollar) Long, who was born 31 Septem-
ber, 1831. He died 14 September, 1866.
Children, born in Hermon, 111. :
25 MARY CATHERINE, b. 4 January, 1853; m. 6 August, 1872,
Thompson Luther Routh of Hermon, 111. Now living in
Vialia, Cal.; 2 children.
26 CURTIS, b. 22 August, 1855; m. in 1875, Harriet Emily Newall.
21 David Booth, born in Wilkesville, O., 11 May,
1840, married, 1st, in 1862, Mary Mitchell who died 26
October, 1866 ; married, 2nd, in 1869, Mattie Wilt.
Children, born in Hermon, 111. :
27 CHARLES ROBERT, b. 4 September, 1863; d. 11 October, 1863.
28 BANE A. b. 26 October, 1866; d. 13 February, 1867.
28a ERNEST, b. 26 October, 1866.
29 CLEMENT, b. 4 May, 1870.
22 Benjamin, born in Wilkesville, O., 11 Septem-
ber, 1842, married in 1865, Mary Martin. Lives in
Abingdon, 111.
Child born in Abingdon :
30 HARRY ARTHUR, b. 1866; m. 1 June, 1898, Mary Benfield.
24 Amos Little, born in Newbury, 8 March, 1847,
married 11 May, 1867, at Wellfleet, Mercy Higgins, daugh-
ter of Nathaniel and Thankful (Higgins) Snow of Well-
fleet, who was born 28 November, 1849 and died 8 April
1910. He is a retired farmer and lives on Leigh's hill,
Newbury.
B? RUSSELL LEIGH JACKSON. 327
Children, born in Newbury :
ABBIE LITTLE, b. 25 November, 1869; m. 12 April, 1906, Justin
Adams Brown of Newbury. 2 children.
NETTIE SNOW, b. 8 November, 1871 ; m. 3 March, 1894, Alfred
Andrew Jackson of Providence. 1 child.
33 MARY LITTLE, b. 15 September, 1873; m. 25 December, 1889,
Eli Neal Wood Berry of Newburyporfc. 4 children.
34 HALL JACKSON, b. 12 July, 1875.
35 JOHN NEWMARCH GUSHING, b. 13 March, 1879.
36 SARAH ANNIE, b. 13 December, 1881; m. 19 November, 1909,
Edward Lawrence Kerin of Boston.
37 EMMA FLORENCE, b. 4 October, 1884; m. 11 April, 1903, Wyley
Davis Noyes of Newburyport. 2 children.
38 A child, b. 9 June, 1888; d. 17 July, 1888.
39 EDITH PEARSON, b. 6 January, 1890; m. 6 October, 1908, Fred
Sewall Noyes of Newburyport. 1 child.
34 Hall Jackson, born in Newbury, 12 July, 1875,
married 6 June, 1899, Amy Augusta Williston of New-
buryport, who was born 16 September, 1875. In 1909 he
was ordained a deacon in the 1st Church of Newbury.
Child, born in Newburyport :
40 MARY WILLISTON, b. 7 January, 1905.
THE HENDERSON FAMILY OF SALEM.
BY G. ANDREWS MORIARTY, JR., M. A.
While the Henderson family is one that has never at-
tained the eminence of some other Salem families, it is,
nevertheless, a family that has, for more than two hundred
years, been associated with Salem and has always had a
respectable, if not a prominent position. Hitherto, nothing,
to the best of my knowledge, has appeared in print con-
cerning it, although, at least, two prominent Essex County
families trace their descent in the female line from its
early members : namely the Glovers of Marblehead and
the Andrews family of Salem.
The present article is not a genealogy of the family, in
the strict sense of the word, but is merely an attempt to
straighten out the exact relationship of its early members
from one of the most remarkable genealogical tangles that
the writer has ever encountered ; a task, which he found
impossible to accomplish by the Salem records alone and,
accordingly, he took a trip to '* the Eastward," last sum-
mer, for that special purpose; the results of which are
herewith recorded ; and it is his hope and belief that,
henceforth, those interested in tracing the various mem-
bers of this family will find it a comparatively easy task
to run back their lines, by the Salem and Essex County
records, to these early Hendersons, where the chief diffi-
culty has hitherto been. The writer wishes to acknowl-
edge his debt to the copious and accurate notes from the
Salem and Essex County records made by H. F. Waters,
Esq., of Salem, and Eben Putnam, Esq., of Boston, both of
which gentlemen most generously placed their Henderson
notes at his disposal and so saved him much extra labor in
the matter.
The family first appears in Salem about 1677, at the
time, when the older Maine settlements were broken up
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THE HENDERSON FAMILY OF SALEM. 329
by the first Indian War, when a majority of the Maine
settlers took refuge in Salem and Marblehead, and the
names of Henderson, Booth, Beary, Bowden and Lander
begin to appear in the Essex records. But the confusing
mixture of John Hendersons, senior and junior Peter
Hendersons, senior and junior, widow Hendersons and
" aulde widow Hendersons " are enough to bewilder the
most trained genealogist and render the task of elucidat-
ing them, by the Salem records alone, entirely hopeless.
Upham in his History of Salem Witchcraft, gives a depo-
sition, which throws light upon the origin of the family,
for we are told of the means taken by " Goody Hender-
son " to cure bewitched cows at the time when she " lived
to the Eastward." The earliest home of the family, in
America, was in that part of old Saco, now known as Bid-
deford Pool, on the Maine coast.
The first mention of the name that I have found was on
19 February, 1660, when John Henderson witnessed a
deed of Flewelline, son of Sosowen Sagamore, to John
Sanders, sen., et. al., of a tract of land at "Cape Porpus"
and Wells; and on 6 October, 1671, the town of Saco
granted to the other Henderson pioneer, 12 acres adjoining
the land of John Henderson.
In order to make the genealogical tangle, that now fol-
lows, clearer, let me give some items from the Saco rec-
ords. On February , 1634, Ellen, daughter of Robert
Booth, Esq., the first town clerk of Saco, was born. She
married Nicholas Buly, the younger, in July, 1652 and
had issue: Abigail, born in Saco, 1 February, 1654, and
Nicholas, born 1 February, 1661. Nicholas Buly, jr. died
at Saco on 29 April, 1664 and, on 29 June, 1664, adminis-
tration on his estate was granted " Ellenor Booth " (Al-
fred Court Files). This is evidently his wife, using her
maiden name. On 24 September, 1664, John Henderson
married Ellenor Buly, and had issue : John Henderson,
born 15 January, 1666 and Peter Henderson, born 14
January, 1667. Moreover, on 29 December, 1670, Peter
Henderson married Abigail Buly. On 17 February, 1681,
John and Ellenor Henderson of Salem, sold land at Saco,
to William Downe of Boston, and, in 1683, Peter Hender-
son was taxed at Salem.
330 THE HENDERSON FAMILY OF SALEM.
Salem records show us that John Henderson married
Abigail on 6 May, 1687 and had issue (see here-
after) ; on 2 April, 1687, Peter Henderson married Han-
nah Glover and had issue. Peter made his will on 17
April, 1721, proved 20 July, 1722, and calls Jonathan
Glover "brother."
On 10 November, 1701, Peter Henderson married Eliz-
abeth Beadle, and she was granted administration on his
estate on 2 January, 1718.
On 22 July, 1706, Benjamin Henderson married Abigail
Beadle, and on 24 January, 1722/3 she was granted ad-
ministration on his estate.
Ebenezer Henderson married, first, on 3 November,
1715, Elizabeth Marston ; she died before 28 March, 1729,
and he married, secondly, 2 December, 1730, the widow
Mary Dolbear, and on 11 May, 1739 she was granted ad-
ministration on his estate.
On 31 March, 1699 Jonathan Glover married Abigail
Henderson who was born in 1676.
Now on 28 March, 1729, " John Henderson, labourer,
Ebenezer Henderson, housewright, Jonathan Glover,
housewright and Abigail his wife, Elisabeth Henderson
and Abigail Henderson, all of Salem, children of Peter
Henderson, formerly of Winter Harbor, now call d Biddi-
ford, dec." sell, for 16, to John Gordon, of Biddeford,
yeoman, twelve acres " lying East of John Henderson
land as may appear in the Town grant to Peter Hender-
son," etc. * (York Deeds, liber XIII, folio 50-51). This
deed is of the utmost importance in separating the families
of the first Peter and the first John and it establishes
Peter Henderson, who married Elizabeth Beadle in 1701,
and Benjamin, who married Abigail Beadle in 1706, as
the children of the first Peter ; and, in as much as both
Peter and Benjamin were dead in 1729, their widows sign
alone. We also see that at this time Ebenezer Henderson
was a widower, as he signs alone.
In order to elucidate this extremely complicated gene-
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332 THE HENDERSON FAMILY OF SALEM.
Now as regards Abigail Henderson, who married Jona-
than Glover, all writers upon this matter, notably a Mr.
Waite, who compiled a chart of his ancestry, for the N. E.
H. S. Register for 1884, made the mistake of calling her
the child of John and Ellenor Henderson, because Peter,
the son of John Henderson, called Jonathan " Glover, bro-
ther," in his will. Mr. Waite, evidently, did not know that
Peter Henderson, the son of John and Eleanor Hender-
son, had married Hannah, the sister of Jonathan Glover,
and that it was for this reason, and not because Jonathan
Glover had married Abigail Henderson, that he called the
latter his brother.
1 have been unable to discover the ancestry or relation-
ship of John and Peter Henderson, seniors, but I presume
that Peter was a younger brother of John. They were
fishermen, and probably were Scotchmen, either some of
the Scotch prisoners shipped in 1651, to New England, or
else Scotch fishermen, from the islands off the southwest
coast of Scotland, who came to the Maine coast to fish and
eventually settled at Saco (Biddeford Pool), I therefore
commence the pedigree as follows :
1 HENDERSON, assumed to be the father of:
2 JOHN.
3 PETER.
2 John Henderson of Saco in the Province of
Maine. Witnessed a deed of Flewelline, an Indian Saga-
more, to land at Wells on 19 February, 1660 ; paid 2 :
12 : 00 in 1664 for work on the meeting house ; 12 Janu-
ary, 1665, deputy constable of Saco ; taxed in Saco tax
list of about 1670 for : 2 : ; 22 September, 1666 his wife
was seated in the second seat in the Saco meeting house ;
19 July, 1671 his land is mentioned, on west side of the
Saco river; 12 June, 1674 John Henderson and Humph-
rey Case to run the Saco and Cape Porpoise line ; 12 Oct.,
1674, surveyor of highways ; 9 Dec., 1674 his wife was
seated in fourth seat at meeting. On 17 February, 1681,
he, styled fisherman, and his wife, Ellenor, " now of Salem,"
sold land southwest of the Saco river. Taxed at Salem
in 1683. In 1685, he was fined five shillings for card play-
THE HENDERSON FAMILY OF SALEM. 333
ing. In December, 1701 " old widow Henderson" was
taxed, so he was dead at that date. 16 February, 1690
he mortgaged his house, for <107 : 18 : (in good dry
merchantable and refuse fish) to Timothy Lindall of Sa-
lem, being the house "bought of Mr. Phillip Cromwell,
butcher, of Salem." He had bought the house of Crom-
well on 30 December, 1681. Married, at Saco, on 26
September, 1664. the widow Ellenor Buly, daughter of
Hon. Robert Booth, Esq. of Saco and widow of Nicholas
Buly, < the younger, " of Saco.
Issue :
4 JOHN, b. 15 January, 1665-6.
5 PETER, b. 14 January, 1667.
3 Peter Henderson of Saco, in the Province of
Maine. Granted twelve acres by the town of Saco on the
west side of the Saco river next to John Henderson on 6
October, 1671. On 9 December, 1674 his wife was seated
in the fifth pew in the meeting house. He removed to
Salem upon the abandonment of the Saco settlement, dur-
ing the Indian War of 1676. He was taxed there in 1683.
On 12 Feb., 1684 his tax was abated. In 1685 he was
fined five shillings for card playing together with John
Henderson. On 30 : 9 : 1683 Robert Bray, sen., was com-
plained of for abusing Peter Henderson, master of the
catch Sara, on a fishing voyage. In 1683 it is recorded
that the ketch under his command was chased ashore at
Funchal by pirates. He was taxed, at Salem, 27 Septem-
ber, 1700 and died there about this time. He was a mas-
ter mariner and a fisher captain. Married, at Saco, on 29
December, 1670, Abigail, daughter of Nicholas and Ellenor
(Booth) Buly, of Saco.
Issue :
6 JOHN, unm. on 28 March, 1729.
7 PETER, m. 10 November, 1701, Elizabeth Beadle; administration
on his estate was granted to his wife, Elizabeth, on 2 Janu-
ary, 1718.
8 EBENEZEB, m. 1st, 3 November, 1715, Elizabeth Marston ; and
2d, the widow Mary Dolbear, 2 December, 1730. Administra-
tion on his estate to the widow, Mary, on 11 May, 1739.
334 THE HENDERSON FAMILY OF SALEM.
9 BENJAMIN, m. 22 July, 1706, Abigail Beadle. Administration
on his estate to the widow Abigail, on 24 January, 1722-3.
10 ABIGAIL, b. 1676 ; m. 31 March, 1699, Jonathan Glover of Salem,
son of John and Mary (Guppy) Glover. Jonathan and Abigail
Henderson) Glover were the grandparents of Major General
John Glover of Marblehead and of Mary Glover, the wife of
James Andrews of Salem, and ancestress of the disting-
uished Salem merchants of that name.
4 John Henderson, born 15 January, 1665-6, of
Salem, Massachusetts. Married 6 May, 1687, Abigail
Issue :
11 MARGARET, b. 10 Feb., 1687-8.
12 JOHN, b. 3 June, 1690.
13 MARTHA, b. 17 March, 1692.
5 Peter Henderson, born 14 January, 1667, of Sa-
lem, Massachusetts. A mariner. His will, dated 17
April, 1721, proved 20 July, 1722, mentions sons, Daniel
and William, wife Hannah, and daughters, also " my friend
and brother," Jonathan Glover. Married 2 April, 1687,
Hannah, daughter of John and Mary (Guppy) Glover.
Hannah (Glover) Henderson made her will 13 April,
1751 ; not allowed.
Issue :
14 HANNAH, b. 3 March, 1689-90; unm. on 15 July, 1736.
15 MARY, b. 12 April, 1692; m. 3 December, 1712, John Clements.
16 PETER, b. 4 February, 1693-4; d. probably before his father.
17 JOHN, b. 7 November, 1695 or 6 ; d. probably before his father.
18 SARAH, b. 27 March, 1698; m. George Day of Salem.
19 DANIEL, b. 24 Sept., 1700.
20 EUNICE, b. 5 June, 1702; m. Anthony Browne, mariner, of
Boston.
21 Lois, bp. 26 August, 1705; m. Bright.
22 WILLIAM, bp. 7 September. 1707.
NATHANIEL BOWDITCH OF NEWPORT AND
HIS FAMILY.
BY G. ANDREWS MOBIARTY, JR., A. M.
In the last issue of the Historical Collections (July,
1912) I published a note regarding Nathaniel Bowditch
or Bowdish of Newport, the son of William Bowditch, of
Salem. Within the last few weeks I have been able to
discover much more about him, the most important find
being his will. The Newport records are in a fearful con-
dition, owing to the fact that when the British evacuated
the town, towards the close of the Revolution, the records
were carried away by Ninion Challoner, the Tory Sheriff,
and the vessel that they were in was sunk off Hurl Gate,
and the books were under water for two weeks.
In a box, at the Newport Historical Society, containing
various fragments of the Probate Book, I came upon a
torn scrap containing the will of Nathaniel Bowdish. This
will is dated the 5 day of (probably 1706), and the
inventory is dated 12 April 1706. He calls himself Na-
thaniel Bowdish of Newport, weaver, and mentions his
sons Nathaniel and William, his daughter Sarah Bull, his
daughter, Hannah, his daughter, Katherine and his cousin
Richard Dunn. This will is not only most important as
a Bowditch record, but it clears up a problem in the dis-
tinguished Bull family of Newport. Jireh Bull, a New-
port merchant, was the son of Jireh Bull of Pettyquams-
cut (now Narragansett Pier), whose garrison was burned
a few days before the Great Swamp Fight (December,
1675), and he was the son of Governor Henry Bull of
Rhode Island. Jireh Bull, jr. married, as his second wife,
Sarah , who is clearly Sarah Bowditch.
The way this branch of the Bowditch family became
settled in Newport is, apparently, as follows. William
(335)
336 NATHANIEL BOWDITCH OF NEWPORT,
Bowditch, the emigrant, and his wife were Baptists, as is
shown by the records of the First Church at Salem. It
would appear that they left Salem and went to Newport,
where there was a flourishing Baptist church under the
care of Obediah Holmes and Dr. John Clarke. Their son,
William Bowditch, returned to Salem, where he founded
the Salem branch of the family, while Nathaniel Bowdish,
the other son, remained in Newport. William Bowditch,
jr., probably married his wife, Sarah, at Newport and this
is the reason that all efforts to discover at Salem, who she
was, have been fruitless.
In regard to Richard Dunn, who was a neighbor of
Nathaniel Bowdish at Newport, and whom he calls cousin
in his will. He was the son of Richard Dunn, sr., of New-
port, and had a brother, Nathaniel Dunn, who removed
to Block Island and founded a family there. I therefore
conclude that the first William Bowditch had a daughter,
who married Richard Dunn, sr., and thus Nathaniel Bow-
ditch could call Richard Dunn, jr., his cousin.
William Bowditch, son of Nathaniel of Newport, mar-
ried Marcy (not Mary, as I wrote it in the last issue of the
Collections), daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Allen)
Tompkins of Newport and Little Compton ; and Elizabeth
Allen was the sister of the wife of Rowland Robinson,
Esq., the founder of the eminent family of Narragansett
planters of that name. William Bowditch was a tailor
and removed to Dartmouth, Mass., where he became the
progenitor of the Bowditches of that part of the State.
His will, on file at Taunton, is dated 5 April, 1750, proved
6 May, 1755. He mentions his sons Nathaniel, William
and Freegift, his daughters Katherine Bowdish and Eliza-
beth, the wife, Paul Russell, his granddaughter Mercy,
child of his son William, and his granddaughter Hannah
Brownell, daughter of Joseph Brownell.
Hannah, the daughter of Nathaniel Bowdish of New-
port, was baptized, as an adult, before 1709 at Trinity
Church, Newport, and these Newport Bowdishs appear to
have been identified with this church, just as their Salem
cousins were later with St. Peter's, Salem.
The genealogy to be drawn from the above is as
follows :
AND HIS FAMILY. 337
1 William Bowditch was at Salem in 1641. Prob-
ably removed later to Newport, R. I. on account of Bap-
tist proclivities. Married Sarah .
Children :
2 WILLIAM, of Salem. Ancestor of the Salem family ; m. perhaps
in Newport, Sarah .
3 NATHANIEL bp. at Salem; of Newport.
4 A daughter (?), m. Richard Dunn, sr., of Newport, B. I.
3 Nathaniel Bowdish, weaver, of Newport, R. I.,
sold his Salem land on 12 October, 1674. Granted land
in Newport, 12 March, 1701/2. Will dated 5
170(6?). Inventory, 12 April, 1706. Administration to
son William, 2 May, 1706 (probably the date, when the
will was proved.) Married .
Children :
5 WILLIAM, removed to Dartmouth, Mass.
6 NATHANIEL.
7 SABAH, m. as second wife, Jireh Bull of Newport.
8 KATHEBINE.
9 HANNAH, bapt. as an adult, before and about 1709, at Trinity
Church, Newport.
10 MARY (?), married in Trinity Church, John Davis, on 8 Oct. 1720,
5 William Bowdish, tailor, removed to Dartmouth,
Mass. Sold his father's house at Newport to Capt. Rich-
ard Dunn on 22 April, 1712. Will, dated 5 April, 1750,
proved 6 May, 1755. Married Mercy, daughter of Nath-
aniel and Elizabeth (Allen) Tompkins of Newport and
Little Compton.
Children :
11 NATHANIEL, b. 22 , 1709.
12 WILLIAM, b. September, 1712.
13 KATHEBINE, b. 6 Aug. 17 .
14 HANNAH, b. April, 1717 ; m. Joseph Brownell.
15 FBKBGIFT, b. 31 March, 1736; lived at Tiverton, R. I.
16 ELIZABETH, m. Paul Russell of Dartmouth.
12 William Bowdish, of Dartmouth, born Sep-
tember, 1712 ; married on 6 : 12 : 1736, Mary, daughter
of William and Mary Hart.
338 NATHANIEL BOWDITCH OF NEWPORT.
Children :
17 MERCY, b. 2 April, 1737.
18 JAMES, b. 21 March, 1738.
19 LUKE, b. 4 March, 1740.
20 LYDIA, b. 18 July, 1742.
21 KUTH, b. 13 April, 1746.
22 GIDEON, b. 11 July, 1748.
23 MABY, b. 2 August, 1750.
24 WILLIAM, b. 3 November, 1752.
A genealogy of the descendants of William 2 Bowditch
(William) of Salem, compiled by Sidney Perley, Esq., has
already been printed by him in the Essex Antiquarian, and
this article, taken in conjunction with that of Mr. Perley,
should make the early history of the Bowditch family,
now in print, fairly complete. There appears to have been
a family of Bowdish settled at East and West Greenwich,
R. I., about 1750 and I am inclined to believe that they
descended from Nathaniel Bowdish, jr., son of Nathaniel
Bowdish, sr., of Newport.
LIST OF SOLDIERS OF ANDOVER,
SEPTEMBER llth, 1813.
The original manuscript is in the possesssion of George
G. Creamer of Salem.
1 R. Samuel M. Persons, Junior, Cyrus Griffin, Card
Duncklee, William Boleman.
2 R. Charles Griffin, Junior, Samuel Walker, John
Marland, Tylar Seaton.
3 R. Daniel Abbot, Junior, David Salvester, James
Barnard, William Summers.
4 R. James Write, Junior, Frederick Trull, David
Baker, Charles Parker.
5 R. John Downing, Drummer, William Frye, Michael
Dolton, Charles Frye.
6 R. Daniel Calley, Junr.
LYNN DEATHS NOT INCLUDED IN THE
PRINTED RECORDS.
From almanacs in the possession of Edwin Batchelder
of Wellesley, Mass.
John Alley's wife, small pox d. Mar. 6, 1778
Lydia Richards, confinement d. Aug., 1778
Parrot, confinement d. Aug., 1778
Benj. Hood, bloody flux d. Aug., 1778
Tabathy Ingals, bloody flux d. Aug., 1778
Sary Graves, bloody flux d. Aug., 1778
Mary Graves, bloody flux d. Aug., 1778
Sary Graves, bloody flux d. Aug., 1778
Molly Tuttel, bloody flux d. Aug., 1778
(339)
340 LYNN DEATHS NOT INCLUDED IN PRINTED RECORDS.
Jabez Breed, bloody flux d. Aug., 1778
Annar Lewis, bloody flux d. Aug., 1778
Ben Parrots son, bloody flux d. Aug., 1778
John Williams child, bloody flux d. Aug., 1778
Jacob Collins, bloody flux d. Aug., 1778
Zacheriah Collins, bloody flux d. Aug., 1778
David Ferns child, bloody flux d. Aug., 1778
Rebecca Pratt, bloody flux d. Aug., 1778
William Richards child, bloody flux d. Aug., 1778
Isaac Bassets child, bloody flux d. Aug., 1778
JohnNewhall, palsy d. Sept., 1778
Moriah Collins, bloody flux d. Sept., 1778
Mary Newhall, bloody flux d. Sept., 1778
Deacon Lewis, bloody flux d. Sept., 1788
Benj. Hussey, d. Nov. 14, 1780
SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
TOWN MEETINGS, VOLUME II.
(Continued from Volume XL VIII, page
abated Jn Glouer 15 s 6 d Rich d maber
14 s 2 d
Jn Parker 9 s 2 d Nath 1 Pickman Jun
8 d W m Longstafe 19 s 8 d
abated to Eben Gardner being und r aged
when rated
abated upon his owne rates
transporting pay to the trefurer
nys to boston other Charges
Corne to Jn mackrell in Corne
abated him upon Consideration y* he pay
y e balance upon demand
Reckoned this 28 : 10 mo 1678 &
maines due from in r Hathorne
Res p r p d Wido pick 1
W m Lord p d 4
Sam 11 Gardner Jun r 13
p d to Eliz : Shaldin f order 1
more dew to y e Towne for what you haue
ouer Cred* for Contry as aboue w ch
arife in y e diference in mony & other
pay
[278] Constable Sam 11 Gardner Jun r D r
as apeares p 1 Accomp* 8 leaues back-
ward for Country Towne & ministers
rates 1677
im r 14 8
l r aged
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hepay
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342
SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
Resaued p r paid to m r William
for the ministers rate 1677
p r y e part of Disbursments
w ch you paid to Seuerall
men upon the Country
Acc as apeares p r his Acc
in the bagge
20 : 12 mo 77 p d the Tresurer
as p r Recipt as mony w ch is
p* of the mony rates
p d the Trefurer as the rates
run ^> Recit
12 : 12 mo 77 p d the Tresurer
out of the rates
p d the Tresurer as mony ^
Recipt
p r 2 Tropers Curtice &
Becket
p d to Seuerall men in y e ward
for work upon the fortifi-
cation & highwayes as p r
his Accomp*
p u m r Batter
> d
p d fr Skery for Sara
bert 76
d Jacob Pudeator
Lam-
pd
B rowne j un r for Lord
&c
p d Cap* Jn Cor win for what
he p d the belm n and other
Browne Jun r
79 : 00 : 00
148 : 07 06
09 : 16 : 06
18 : 12 : 06
31 : 06 : 04
29 : 16 : 02
00 : 10 : 00
63 : 09 : 08
14 : 00 : 00
05 : 00 : 00
01 : 00 : 00
08 : 06 : 08
380 : 18 : 08
disbursments as p r Acc 06 : 04 : 00
p d Cap* J Cor win for Stons
brought by Ely Goyls
p d Cap* Jn Price
p d Sam 11 Gardner Sen r
p d Good m Potter
p* W m Browne Jun r for a bell
p* Cap* Geo. Corwin
p d Sam 11 Phipeny
34 : 10 : 08
00: 08
10: 00
03:11
00 : 07
01: 00
20 : 00
00 : 06
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
p d Sam 11 Gardner Sen r for Vfe
of houfe 00 : 10 : 00
36 : 02 : 00
p r bords Clay dung & Cart-
ing bricks for towne houfe
asp r Acc 09 : 02 : 00
p d to James Browne Glaz for
worke 00 : 07 : 05
<P abatments of Seuerall mens
rates as p r Acc in Bagge 24 : 07 : 09
$ paid to fr Skery for Kep g
Sara Lambert 77 05 : 00 : 00
38 : 17 : 02
$ abated Geoyles Alley 35 s
Ralph Aires 21 s 02 : 16 : 00
f, Rob* Bray 20 s Geo: Inger-
son Sen r 17 s 01 : 17 : 00
$ Toby Carter 7 s 6 d : Jn
Williams fish r 5 s 00 : 12 : 06
f, fr Parnell 3 s Jn Maskoll
7 s 6 d 00 : 10 : 06
05 : 16 : 00
^ abated upon his owne rates 05 : 00 : 00
alowed for transportation
of pay to the Trefurer &
Journeys to boston & other
Charges 05 : 00 : 00
10 : 00 : 00
506 : 04 : 06
Reckoned & rest dew from m r Sam 11 Gardner 02 : 00 : 00
This 40 s is paid in his p r ticular Acc four leaues forward.
[279] Constable Jn Peafe D r 19 leaues backward
^ ballance of his Constables Accomp 8 : 01 : 05
Res d f Acc of Jn Marston
4 leaues backward 2 : 14 :
^ paid to Jn Marston as p r
Recep* : 16 :
f paid to m r Edm Batter 4 : 11 : 5
8 : 01 : 5
344 SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
Consta bl Jn Peafe is discharged from his Rates Except
the Meet g house Rate
Att a metting of the Selectmen 21 : 4 : 1678 being
P'sent
Cap* Jn Corwin Whereas Thomas Oliuer on the 20 th
mr Jos: Graf ten June Instant proclaimed throw the
m r ph: Cromwell O.L o i l m n1 ,,
Samii Gardner Strets of balem Towne as followeth
Jn Higginson Viz : we whofe names are under writ-
ten doe deiire you to publish in euery Stret in the Towne,
that the Major part of Such as are proprietors in the
Comonage of the Towne of Salem according to a law
made 1660 intitled Towneships priuiliges, have apointed
to mett the laft day of this weke, in the metting houfe
about 10 of the Clocke in the morning to Order ther
priuiliges as they shall se caufe w ch was Signed w th the
names of Nathaniell Puttman John Puttman Jn Dodge
W m Curtice Nath Sharp Jn Watters James Simonds Jn
Ingersoll Nich Howard & Jn Foster dat 16 June 1678.
The Selectmen of Salem metting together to Confider of
the aboue Said premifes, doe declare that they Judge that
theire procedings of this nature is Very Ireguler Illegall
and tends to the disturbance of the peece & quiat of this
Towne and Therefore doe deiire and require all thofe that
are concerned in this P r sent Intended metting to forbare
Coming together in Such an llegall & disorderly way :
w ch was Sett upon the metting houfe.
Att a meting of the Selectmen 24 : 4 : 78 being p r sent
Cap* Jn Corwin Cap* J n Corwin is defired to p r sent
mr Jos Graften the Cafe aboue mentioned relating to
Sa'mu Gardner 11 Nath Pufctman & Jn Pitman- & Comp*
Edw flint to the County Court to be held at Salem
Jn<> Higginson 25 th Instant & to Speake to it as nede
shall require and likewife to deiire the Courts Sence of
the law respecting Ty thing whether new ones to be Chofen
or no
By Vertue of an order of the County Court the Select-
men being all met together to make returne of the names
of Such p r sons as we Judge Sutable for the keping of
publique houfes of Entertainment in this Towne we the
SALEM TOWN RECORDS. 345
Major part of the Selectmen Returne as followeth, m r
Gidny m r King Cap* More Sarg* Lake M rs Hollingwarth
& m r Croad
19 : 5 : 1678 Signed by John Corwin
This is a true Copy of the Philip Cromwell
Originall giuen in to the Court the marke of
Rich d R Leach
Edward flint
[280] At a metting of the Selectmen 19 : 5 : 1678
being P r sent
Cap* Jn Corwin j n o Skelling D r to paid him towards
mr ph S Cromwell ^ > rke "P the Towne houfe as f o1 '
Leu* Leach loweth viz
Samii Gardner j un r d b Ca t p rice 511 /g mony
H lgg mson Junr ^ ^^ Gidny l^ mony 10 : 00 : 00
p d by Jn Higginson Jun r in part of his halfe
of the land bought of the Town f Manafeth
Marfton 04 : 07 : 06
pd him in Acco
p d by dito Higginfon in mony 12 s 10 d goods
7 s 6 d 01 : 00 : 04
pd you in this Acco
p d by m r Graf ten in mony 12 s 10 d & Jos White
1/3 mony 10* 6 d 01 : 03 : 4
p d by m r ph. Cromwell in mony 00 : 12 : 10
p d by Cap* Jn Corwin in mony 12 s 10 d f> Ed
flint in mony 12 s 10 d 01 : 05 : 08
p d by Leu* Leach 12 s : 10 d 00 : 12 : 10
p d p r ph. Cromwell Acc 2 8 8 d by Sam 11 Gard-
ner as p r Acc 13 s 9 d 00 : 16 : 05
To paid you & Sam 11 Ingerson more by Sam 11
Gardner as p r his Accompt apeares 05: 03 : 02
25: 02: 01
To mony of Sam 11 Gardner Jun r 00 : 12 : 10
Resaued p r worke upon the Towne houfe ac-
ording to agrem* 20 : 00 : 00
f>> worke about the Galery at Towne houfe 04 : 11 : 11
19: 5 : 1678 Its ordered by the Selectment y 4 warrants
be giuen to the Seuerall Consta'bles to warne the Seuerall
346 SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
p r son Chofen in ther Seuerall wards to haue inspection to
thofe familys apointed them acording to law and to attend
at the adjournmeut of Salem County -Court to be held the
twenty fift Instant to resaue ther orders the p r sons Chofen
for y e yeare infuing are as followeth. Viz Jer. Meacham
Sen 1 presinct from y e bridge to Goody Kitchins all y e
North fide of y e way
John Reues from w m Beanes to Jn Mafon att y e South
Side of the way
Ely Gedny all m r Rucks Village
m r Jn Hathorne from Abr. Coales Corner to m r Batters
all y e North Side of the way
m r Jn Ruck from Jn Meafons Corner to Tho Crom-
wells at y e South Sid of the way
John Ropes from Cap 1 prices corner to m r Brownes cor-
ner all y e North Side of y e way
m r wiloby from Edw Moulds corner to James polands at
the South Sid of y e way
Sam 11 williams from Sam 11 princes to Sam 11 Gardners
Sen r corner all the North Side of y e way
Elias Mafon from Goodm Romballs corner & Jn Hig-
ginsons corner to John Ingerson & Rich d princes corner
all both North & South Sid of the way
Hen r Skery Jun r from m r Higginson Sen r to Ipswich
fery Jona* Eager from his houfe to Jn Beckets y e Sea
side & feilds
Is. fott from Jona Eagers to And r woodberys & from
Jn Robinson to Rich d Roberts
m r Phipeny from Jn Beckets & And r woodberys to
Jn Clifords
Job Swinerton & Jn Putrnan all the Village to Bishops
An* Buxton Sam 11 Eborne Jn Peafe the North feild to
Proctures
Ely Geoyles the Glafe houfe & houfes adjacent
Jacob Barny all Royall Side
Bray Wilkins all Wills Hill
Sam 11 Cutler from Proctures to Tho Golds
Jn Pickring & Jn Marston Jun r are apointed to mend
the Bridge by the mill y* goes ouer into the South feild
forth with & it is left to m r Cromwell & m r Graf ton to
SALEM TOWN RECORDS. 347
apoint whether they shall make vfe of great Gates made for
the fortification, or to by planke to mend the bridge with
Nath Felton & An* Buxton are apointed to mend Rum
Bridge by Ben Scarlets forthwith :
[281] At a Towne Metting the 9 August 1678
Chofen for Comifsioner or Eight man for this yeare
Cap* George Corwin
Atta metting of the Selectmen 23 : 6 : 1678 being p r sent
Agred by the Selectmen, w th Daniell
Cap* Jn Corwin Romball & James Polland that there
% pbfc 8 !! *^ be ? **&J ihi '^ therknd in
Leu* Leach the boutn leild or twenty tott wide into
Samii Gardner Stage point to be allowed one halfe by
Jno ^gginson s<i Romball out of his land & the other
halfe out of James Polands land.
By Vertue of a warrant from the Country Trefurer to
take a list of all male p r sons with an Estimation of all
Estates, & to make returne to ther Shere Towne, we make
returne thereof as followeth Viz three hundred heads or
male p r sons & the Estates of the Towne amounts to forty
one pounds acording to law which makes in the whole
Sixty Six pounds and we doe all defire that the Comiffion-
ers would pleafe to Confider this Towne in abating what
may be, our Towne being much impouerished by the Indian
Warr
Att a metting of the Selectmen 2 Sep* 1678 being present
The prouidence of god so ordering
that the di stemper of the Small pox Still
p h : Cromwell Continuing at Boston, Seuerall of the
Sam" Gardner Selectmen being ferfull of that Distem-
per & others of them being ancient &
not able to Trauell The Selectmen aforesaid haue re-
quested the worship 1 Major W m Hathorne to deliuer in to
the Honored Court of affistance Our Anfwer to the refons
of apeale of Nath & John Puttman and the rest concerned
with y m & to Speake to that cafe as nede shall require in
behalfe of the Towne of Salem
Att A metting of the Selectmen 14 Sep* 1678 being
p r sent
348 SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
Cap* Jno Corwin A red w * h Doctor Welds & Doctor
mr Graften Knott to Cure Jn Baxters Child Doct r
Cromwell Knot is to take it home to his houfe & to
aford it Diat & Conueniencys for which
John Baxter has ingaged to pay him
forty shillings & for the Cure of the Child the Said Doc-
tors are to haue what was Contributed for that End w ch
is 6 U 15 s ll d the one halfe of it when they resaue the
Child & the rest when they haue perfitted the Cure : & it
was after ordered by the Major part of the Selectmen y*
y e Doct rs should haue all the mony together :
Att a metting of the Selectmen 27 : 7 : 1678 being p r sent
Agred y* the Constables watch shall
mr Jos. Graften be continued & that they take Spetiall
mr F !^ Cr !; mwe 1 11 care to watch the East ward end of the
Sam" Gardner Junr
Edw flint Towne, y 1 they come fixt w th armes and
Jn Higginfon amuuition acording to law, & this to
Continue till further order
M r Edmond Batter & m r Bartholomew Gidny are
apointed & defired to manage the buifenesse at the next
Gen r Court Bettweue Salem & Beuerly & the buifenesse
between Salem & Wenham at y e Same Time
[282] 27 : 7 : 1678 In anfwer to the petition of the
Inhabitants of Wenham to giue our minds concerneing a
diuifion betwene Beuerly & Wenham & to grant them ther
owne proprieties w ch ly without ther lines To the first we
defire y* Confidering wenham is the aincientest Towne the
line betwene wenham & Beuerly may be Settled in fauour
to Wenham, Beuerly haueing a farr larger accomodation
in proportion then Wenham, and as for granting them y e
land they motion without ther line, wee find that the
Towne of Salem has already granted away so much land
that they canot Spare any more without much Streighten-
Lig themselues and the land they defire is already granted
to be within that line which Salem allowed to Salem
Village for the maintenance of a minifter amongst them.
Att a metting of the Selectmen 11 : 8 : 1678 being p r sent
Cap* John Corwin ^ ed we Send to u the Q Secretary to
mr ph: Cromwell del ire him to accept the oelectmen pay-
Samii Gardner master for what Charge shall arife upon
the buifenesse betwen Salem & Beuerly
SALEM TOWN RECORDS. 349
Agred w th Arther Hufe to be bell man for the Towne
this winter to begin y e 16 Octob r & So continue untill the
Selectmen giue further order & in cafe of Sicknesse &c he
is to provide one in his rome y* it may be conftantly at-
tended euery night, for w ch he is to haue twelue pence p r
night in towne pay as the rates run.
Arther Hufe D r as apeares 5 leaues backward 3 : 14 : 03
11 : 8 : 1678 To : a noate upon Jn Procture for 2 : 05 : 09
6 : 00 : 00
Res d f, being belman 4 mo in y e yeare 1677 6 11 : :
Ditto. Arther Hufe D r to what he has resaued towards
1678/9
To paid you by m r Barth. Gidny as p r his
Acc 00 : 03 : 00
10: 11: 78
To a bill to Jn Procture for 02 : 00 : 00
To: p d you by Sam 11 Gardner as in his Acc 00 : 15 : 06
To p d by m r ph : Cromwell 7 s 6 d in his Acc 00 : 07 : 06
3: 1: 78-9
To a bill to Jn Procture for 02 : 00 : 00
To p d you f, m r John Higginfon 02 : 03 : 09
To : p d you ^ a noate to m r Nehe Willowby
Cons* 01 : 13 : 03
09 : 03 : 00
Res p r being belman 183 nights to 1 May 79 : 9 U : 03 : 00
Att a meting of the Selectmen 17:8: 1678 being p r sent
m r Ph. Cromwell is apointed to mend
Cap* Jno Corwin the Cafey ouer the Gut goeing ouer to
mrGraften . . y 7 , -,
mr Cromwell winter Island
Leu 4 Leach Chofen for Surueighers of the high-
Ed^ fl^nt* 1116 ' WayS f01 ' y 6 y eare infuin g mr John Ruck
Jn^Higginson & m r Edward Groues
It is ordered that W m Stacey who is
Sick of the Small pox doth not prefume to Come abroad
till three wekes after this date be expired & that he be
very carfull y* when y* time be exspired he Shift his
Clothes & doe not frequent any company till he be wholy
Clere of that Infection
350 SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
[283] 17 : 8 : 1678 Voted by the Major part of the
Select men that Cap* George Corwin shall haue liberty to
build a pew betwene the pulpitt & Cap* Jn Corwins pew
he making a dore out into the Stret (the pew to rang with
Cap* Jn Corwins) prouided y* Jonathan Corwine may
haue the pew w ch is now Cap* Geo Corwins & he leave
it to the dispoliall of the Select men when he leaues the
Towne
Att a metting of the Selectmen 29 : 8 : 1678 being p r sent
Ordered y* a Towne Metting be
Cap* Jn Corwin warned to be held on Satterday next
mr Graften f or tne Choyce of three able men to be
mr Cromwell . , , ~ : . . , ., j i ,1 /-> r
Samii Gardner of the Comitty apomted by the Gen r
Jn Higginfon Court to End y e diferances betwen
wenham Benerly & the Village & the
Controuersy betwene Salem & Beuerly & for Choyce of
Six or Seauen able men to serue on the Jury of Tryalls at
the Next County Court at Salem & Six or Seauen able
men to Serue on the Grand Jury at Said Court
Att A Generall Towne Metting 2 : 9 mo 1678
Chofen to be of the Comity apointed by the Generall
Court to End y e diferences betwene Wenham Beuerly &
the Village & the matters in Controuersy betwene Salem
& Beuerly Cap* Jn Corwin m r Sam 11 Gardner Sen r Leu*
John Puttman
Chofen for y e Jury of Tryalls. Chosen for y e Grand Jury.
M r Ely Hathorne Nathaniell Puttman
M r John Pickring Frances Skery
John Marston Leu* Jer Neale
Joseph Hucheson M r Bauage
m r W m Hirgt Thomas Rootts
Will Trask Hen r West
Sarj : Nath. Beadle John Homes
Att a metting of the Selectmen 6 9 mo 1678 being p r sent
Cap* Jno Corwine Agred y* a f remans metting be warned
mr Graften on next lecture day to be held on Satter-
mr Cromwell day folowing at 10 a Clock in the morne-
J^SSSi in S for y e Cnyce of Comifioners for
y e Towne of Salem for y e yeare isfuing
Agred y* m r Daniell Eps shall haue liberty to build a
SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
351
Seat for his wife betwene Cap 1 Jn Corwins pew Dore &
the next short seate prouided ther be conuenient rome &
it is left to Cap* Corwine to apoint how it shall be done.
Att a metting of the Selectmen 17: 8: 1678 being
p r sent as will be found ouer leafe & y r omitted to be En-
tred Hen r True came and discourfed with the Select men
about a grant of 40 acres of land formerly granted to
Hen r True deafeaced & he not makeing of it apeare y*
he had any power to Demand it, the Select men anfwerd
y* till he made it apeare y* he had a right to, or power to
make demand of the aforesaid Grant they could giue him
no pofitive anfwer about it.
Abated to Mofes Eborne of his rates to Geoyles 5 8 6
prouided he was rated 20 B to 6 Country rates
[284] Att a metting of the freemen 16 : 9 mo 1678
Chofen for Comif ioners for the yeare Insuing for this
Towne
M r William Browne Sen r
M r Edmond Batter
M r Bartholmew Gidney
Att a metting of the Selectmen 12: 10: 1678 being
p r sent Cap* George Corwin Comilioner
The Selectmen doe aprobate & Confent that m r Richard
Croad shall Continue to kep a publique houfe to Sell
bere & Sider
The Country Rates made. 3 Rates ;
and ^ of a rate for the County one
third of the Country rates to be paid
in mony and the other f to be paid in
Graine acording to warant &c the of
a Rate~for y e County to be paid as the Ordnary Country
rates run for Graine to Marshall Skery ^ ord r of the
County Trefurer memorandum, y* it must be minded that
the Constables haue warant to gather money of all y e
Rates so y* y e Constables must pay to the Towne a third
mony for the Ouerplus of the rates & y e mony part of
what they pay to Marshall Skery they paying no mony to
him.
Capt. Jno Corwin
Mr Graften
Mr Cromwell
Leu* Leach
Samll Gardner
Edw: flint
Jno Higginson
352
SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
Const 1 Jn Norman his proportion to pay to
y e Country
To his proportion to pay Marshall Skery for
y e County
To his proportion of Ouerplus to be paid to
y e Towne
Const 1 Dauid Phipeny his propor 11 to pay
y e Country
To his proportion to pay Marshall Skery
for y e County
To his proportion of Ouerplus to be paid
to y e Towne
Constable Tho Seiie is propor-
tion to pay to y e Country 33 : 00 : 00
To his proportion to pay Mar-
shall Skery for y e County 04 : 00 : 00
To his proportion of Ouerplus
to be paid to y e Towne 10 : 02 : 06
Constable W m Curtice his pro-
portion to pay to y e Country 36 : 00 : 00
To his propor n to pay Marshall
Skery for y e County 04 : 00 : 00
To his proport n of Ouerplus to
be paid to y e Towne 14 : 08 : 06
Const r Jos Rea his prop n to pay
to the Country ' 28 : 00 : 00
To his proportion to pay mar-
sh 11 Skery for y e County 03 : 00 : 00
To his prop n of Ouerplus to be
paid to y e Towne 09 : 04 : 00
Constable Jn Grene his pro-
portion to pay to y e Country 28:00: 00
To his proportion to be paid to
Marsh 11 Skery for y e County 3 : 00 : 00
To his proportion of Ouerplus
to be paid to The Towne 07 : 14 : 00
38
00
:00
04
00
: 00
14
02
: 03
35
00
:00
04
00
:00
11
11
: 00
47 : 02 : 06
54 : 08 : 06
40 : 04 : 00
38 : 14 : 00
287 : 02 : 03
SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
353
Cap* Jn Corwin
m* Graf ten
mr Cromwell
Samil Gardner
Edw flint
Jn Higginson
To aded to Jos Ray Rate 7 men y* he gaue Acc of at
5 s ^ & is entred in his rate 01 : 15 : 00
Att a metting of the Select men 20 : 10 : 1678 being all
p r sent Richard Steuens is admited to be an Inhabitant in
this Towne
[285] Att a metting of the Select men 25 : 10 : 1678
being p r sent
The Selectmen being informed y*
Will Lord Jun r is Vif ited w th the Small
Pox at his fathers houfe, the Selectmen
doe order y* W m Lord Sen r his wife &
Children y* Hue w th him doe kepe with-
in ther houfe, & y* they doe not ofer to
Sayle any of ther ware viz. Bread Cakes Ginger bread &
the like & that they Sufer non to come to ther houfe but
what neffesity reqaires upon the penalty of twenty shil-
lings in mony for Each offence
And it is Ordered y* Tho Stacy doth forbare Grinding
at the mill & y* he be carfull he doth not Infect others,
on the penalty of twenty shillings
Abated Zeb Hill Jun r his minister rate to Const 1 Phip-
eny 5 s
abated to Elen Hollingworth of her Country rate to
Serle 5 s alowed to Serle
Att a metting of the Selectmen 10: 11: 1678 being
p r sent
Cap* Jn Corwin
mr Graf ten
mr Cromwell
Samii Gardner
Edw flint
Jn Higginson
Abated Tho Puttman Jun r 5 s of his
rate to Ray
Abated Lew* Tho Puttman 5 s of his
rate to Ray a noat giuen 10 : 11 : 78
W m Lorde Sen r Dr To a bill to Jn
Hathorne 4 11 : : W n Lord p r Cont r
Cred* p r Rings the bell & swep g meting
houfe for y e yeare 1678 is paid
Granted a noat upon Jn Hathorne to pay widow pick-
worth 15 s for Rent dew to Her from Jn Mackrell
John Higginson Jun r D T
To paid you by Isack Cooke w ob was for land
he bought of ye Towne 1:15:00
To paid by Hen r Skery 1 : 00 : 00
To paid by W m Lake f Acc : 07 : 00
354 SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
To paid you by Dan 11 Andrews w ch is for 3 U dew to y e
towne from y e Country & alowed by trefurer in the east-
ern pore bill for houfe rent to An* Dik & p d S d Dike by
his rate 3 : 00 00
To a bill to Constable Curtice : 19 00
7:01
John Higginson p r Con tr Cred*
p* Seuerall disbursments as p r his Ace 06 : 15
^ p d math Doue 00 : 4
f, paper 00 : 2
00
00
7 : 01 :
Edward Flint Dr
To a Noat upon Constable Norman : 2 : 02 : 06
Edward Flint p r Con tr Cred*
ffc disbursments as $ Acc 2 : 02 : 06
M r Philip Cromwell Dr.
li s d
6:1: 1678/9 To a noate to Jn Procture 6:13:4
Jn procter did not pay the bill 2 : 02 : 2
8 : 15 : 6
31 : 10 : 79 w ch note being not pay d the whole Acc of
8. 15. 06 was charged Vpon Con s Willowbe
M r Philip Cromwell p r Con tr Cred*
f> Seuer 1 Disbursm ts as $> Accomp* 6 : 13 : 4
$> Acc giuen in disburst for y e towne 31 : 10 : 79 2 : 02 : 02
8:15: 6
M r Joseph Graften D r
To a noate upon Const 1 Serle 1 : 11 : 06
M r Joseph Graften p r Contr Cred*
f, Seuerall Disburst mets as p r Acco 1 : 11 : 06
[286] 10 : ll mo 1678
Sam 11 Gardner Jun r Dr.
p d by Tho Flint 4: 18: 6
p d by Jn Hathorn for s d Flint 1:13:0
6 : 11 : 6
SALEM TOWN RECORDS. 355
To p d you p r Jn Hathorne 13 : 15 : 00
To a noat Tho Flint 07 : 10 : 00
To a noat Const r Serle 03 : 10 : 00 not p d
To a Noat upon Jn Cliford 05:05: 02
To the balance of your Con-
stables Acc 4 leaues back-
ward 02 : 00 : 00
To 5 U you gaue Acc of y* you had
resaued of men y* ware not
rated 05 : 00 : 00
37 : 00 : 02
21 : 11 : 80 p r a bill to Con 5 Jves
not as money 4 : 15 : 04
Sam 11 Gardner Jun r p r Con* r Cred*
$ Seuerall Disbursm ts as ^ his Acc 29 : 09 : 8
$ p d Jn Marston Jun r as p r his Acc 07 : 00 :
$ paid for haire 00 : 10 : 6
37 : 00 : 2
m r Norrice bread 06
, short p d by Tho Flint w h hee p d Cap* Geo
Corwin 00 : 16 : 8
, abated Cons* flint 00 : 01 : 10
Tho Searls bill not p d 03 : 10 :
bread pet Chever for milk man : 00 : 10
4:15: 4
Sam 11 Beadle D r
6 : l mo 78/9 P r paid you by W m Lake 1:1:0
P r payd Con st Tho Searle 1:0:0
Sam 11 Beadle P r Con* r
41 balester for the Towne houfe 2:1:0
M r Barth Gidny D r
To a noat to Const r Phipeny 1 : 15 : 00
3 : 12 : 79 To a bill to Con s Willowbey 4 : 00 : 00
5:15: 00
356 SALEM TOWN RECORDS.
11 : 1 : 80/81 To a bill to Con 5 Thomas Flint
after charged vpon Cons*
Buxton 2:16:10
8 : 11 : 10
M r Earth Gidny p r Contra Cred*
^ Seuerall disburstm ts & his deputyship 1678 li s d
as p r Acc 08: 11 : 10
The Bill drawne Vpon Cons* Buxton was not p d but
drawne againe vpon Cons* 2 March 82/3
James Poland D r
1682 pd in his Conft M acc 1 : 17 : 4
James Poland p r Con tr Cred*
$ Iron work for the Towne houfe as p r Acc 1 : 17 : 4
Cap* Jn Corwin D r
6 : 1 : 1678/9 To a noat to Const r Phipeny 4 : 06 : 4
19 : 12 : 79 To a Bill to Con $ Nehe m Wil-
lowbey 7 : 16 : 04
26 : 12 : 80 To a bill to Con* Da. Phipenye 1 : 07 : 08
To a bill to Con s Dan 1 Andrew 3 : 02 : 08
16: 13: 00
Cap* Jn Corwin p r Con tr Cred*
p d Arth Hufe for 77 1:16:01
p d Skelin in mony 12/10 d is : 19 : 3
nayles & disburst to M r Norice 1 : 11 : 1^
4:06:
deputy ship & ^ Acc 17 : 12 : 79/80 12 : 6 :
16: 13: 00
Lew* Rich : Leach D r
17 : 12 : 78 To : a noate to Jos r Rea : : 19 : 3
Lew* Rich : Leach p r Con* Cred*
f, mony paid to Jn Skelling w* h aduance : 19 : 3
M r Edm Batter D r 1. s. d
24 : 9 : 79 p d by Con s John pease f> y e Res* 4 : 11 : 5
13 : 11 p d by Con 5 Edw Flint 3 : 19 : 11
13 : 11 p d by Con 5 pet Chever 1 : 00 : 00
9:11: 4
(To be continued.)
NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO
ESSEX COUNTY.
(Continued from Volume XL VIII, page
BOSTON, March 25th, 1762.
The Surveyor General has been pleased to appoint the
following Persons to be Waiters and preventive Officers
in His Majesty's Customs for the District of Salem, viz.
Sampson Toovey to reside at Gloucester or Cape Anne.
Woodward Abraham at Marblehead.
Benjamin Bickford at Beverly.
Moses Smith at Ipswich. And,
Messi'rs William Walter and Eleazer Moses, Waiters at
the Custom-House Port of Salem;
Boston Gazette, March 29, 1762.
SIXTY DOLLARS REWARD. Run-away from
Messieurs Bodkin and Ferral of the Island of Santa-Croix,
on the 1st day of July, 1760, a Negro Man named Norton
Minors, is by Trade a Caulker and Ship Carpenter, was
lorn and bred up at Capt. Marquand's at Newbury, who
sold him to Mr. Craddock of Nevis, from whom the above
Gentlemen bought him, is about 5 feet 10 Inches high, about
30 Years of Age, speaks good English, can Read and Write,
and is a very sensible, smart, spry Fellow, has a remarkable
bright Eye, he has been seen in and about Newbury sundry
Times since his Elopement. Whoever takes up and secures
the said Negro Man, so that he may be delivered to the Sub-
scriber, shall receive SIXTY DOLLARS Reward, and all
reasonable Charges paid, by
HENRY LLOYD.
N. B. All Persons whatever are cautioned against har-
bouring or concealing said Negro, or carrying him off, as
they may depend on being prosecuted to the utmost Rigour
of the Law.
Boston, March 29, 1762.
Boston Gazette, March 29,
(367)
358 NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX COUNTY.
We also learn, that Capt. Abbot in a Sloop from the
West Indies belonging to Salem, was cast away on Cape-
Sable ; but most of the Cargo saved ; 'Tis said one Man
was froze to Death.
Boston G-azette, April 26, 1762.
The Proprietors of the Tract of Land lying at or near
Broad Bay, in the County of Lincoln, beginning at a Pine
Tree ma kd or where the same formerly stood in the Western
Branch of the Bay, and thence runs N.N.E. 8 Miles thence
NW. by W. 8 Miles, thence S S W. 8 Miles, and from
thence SE. by E. 8 Miles, to the Tree or Place where it first
began, are hereby Notified that their Meeting appointed by
my Notification to be held at the Home of Samuel Johnson,
Innholder in Lynn, on the \lth Day of December last, ivas
from thence adjounred to Mr. Pratt's at Salem, to be held on
the 1th Day of April Inst. and from that time it further
adjourned to be held at the last mentioned Place, on Wednes-
day the 19th Day of May next, at 10 o' Clock before Noon ;
then and there to finish the several Articles mentioned in the
Notification, nothing having as yet been done thereon, but the
Choice of a Moderator and Clerk. The Attendance of the
said Proprietors with their Title Deeds is much desired by
their humble Servant.
Marblehead, April 13, 1762. N. BO WEN.
Boston Gazette, May 17, 1762.
Essex, ss. Beverly, September 2,1762.
Last Night John White and Eleazer Lindsay broke out
of Salem Goal and escaped John White is a slim young
Man, near 29 Years of Age, about 5 Feet 7 or 8 Inches
high, small Roman nose, talks quick, one of his upper
Teeth is decayed, and is of a lively Behavior.
Lindsay is the same Man who was convicted of Forgery
at Ipswich Court and afterwards put in the Pillory at
Salem at July Court, belongs to Danvers, and lives near the
Bounds of Lynn, and stood committed for his Fine, &c.
A Reward of Twenty Dollars shall be given for securing
said White, and bringing him back to said Goal ; and Ten
for said Lindsay and all necessary Charges paid, by
ROBERT HALE, Sheriff.
Boston Gazette, Sept. 6, 1762.
NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX COUNTY. 359
On Monday last arrived at Newbury, the Newbury-Packet,
James Hudson, Master, from Liverpool, in 9 Weeks, but last
from the Isle of Man ; by whom we have also the Account of
Prince Ferdinand's Victory over the French.
Boston Gazette, Sept. 13, 1762.
We hear there has also been great Rejoicings on the late
Success of the British Arms in most of the neighbouring
Towns, particularly at Charlestown, Salem and Marble-
head, where were Illuminations, Bonfires, and other De-
monstrations of Joy.
Boston Gazette, Sept. 20, 1762.
These are to give Notice to the Signers under Capt.
Francis Peabody for a Township by St. John's River in
Nova Scotia, that they meet at the House of Mr. Daniel
Ingals, Innholder in Andover, on Wednesday the 6th Day
of October next, at one o'Clock afternoon in order to draw
their Lots which are already laid out, and to chuse an
Agent to go to Halifax on their Behalf; and also do and
act any Matter and Things that shall be thought proper
by them at said Meeting ; and whereas it was voted at
their Meeting on the 6th of April 1762, that each Signer
should by the 20th Day of April inst. pay Twelve Shillings
into their Treasury to defrey the Charges of laying out
their Lands, and Six Shillings more for building Mills
thereon ; And whereas some of said Signers have neglected
Payment, they are hereby Notified to pay the same at said
Meeting, or they will be excluded and others admitted to
draw their Lots in their Room. N. B. There are some
Rights in said Township may be had if applied for at said
Meeting. Andover, Sept. 2d, 1762.
James Frye,
John Farnum, Junr.
Henry Ingals. Committee
Boston Gazette, Sept. 20, 1762.
All Persons having any Demands on, or that are in-
debted to the Estate of Robert Bull, late of Marblehead,
Glazier, Deceas'd are desired to bring in their Accounts to
360 NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX COUNTY.
Michael Wormstead, jun'r. (living at the Dwelling House
of the Deceas'd) in order for a speedy Settlement.
N. B. As the said Administrator will depart the Pro-
vince in a short Time, tis requested that all Persons would
bring in their Accounts as soon as possible.
Boston Gazette, Sept. 20, 1762.
We hear that at Salem Court last Week one Benjamin
Ellingwood was tried for murdering one Jacob Poland at
Beverly on the 16th of August last, by stabbing him ; the
Jury convicted him of Manslaughter only ; for which he
was burnt in the Hand. The Court it is said were of
Opinion that the Crime was aggrivated, and if not Mur-
der, that it bordered upon the Line of Murder ; they there-
fore inflicted the highest Penalty the Law enabled them
to do, viz, to suffer Twelve Months Imprisonment, and to
pay costs.
Boston Gazette, Sept. 20, 1762.
We hear a Fisherman is arrived at Marblehead that
spoke with a Schooner from Ireland bound in there.
Boston Gazette, Sept. 20, 1762.
Whereas Abigail, the Wife of me the Subscriber, hath
eloped from me and I apprehend myself to be exposed to
the Payment of her Debts ; These are therefore to give
public Notice That after the Date hereof, I will not pay
any of her Debts.
Newbury, Nov. 8, 1762. JOHN URANN.
Boston Gazette, Nov. 15, 1762.
We hear from Salem that one Day last Week, one John
Waldo, who lately came from Newfoundland, and with his
Family had settled at Salem, getting over a Fence in a
Hurry by a Well he fell near the Edge, which hurt his
Back, whereby he was not able to recover himself, but fell
into the Well, which so fractured his skull that he died as
soon as taken out.
Boston Gazette, Dec. 6, 1762.
NEWSPAPER ITEMS BELATING TO ESSEX COUNTY. 361
On Monday last died at Salem, Epes Serjeant, Esq. ;
aged 72 years. For many Years a noted Merchant in that
Town. And,
On Tuesday evening was taken with an Apoplectic Fitt,
and on Thursday Evening died, the Hon. Ichabod Plaisted,
Esq ; of Salem, who for several Years past was of his Maj-
esty's Council for this Province ; but finding his Health
decrease he declined being chose the last Year ; he has been
for upwards of 20 Years Colonel of the first Regiment in
that County.
The above Deaths so soon following those of Mr. Top-
pan and Samuel Barnard, Esq ; is a very grievous Loss to
that Place.
We hear from Portsmouth, New-Hampshire, that on the
3d Instant. Mr. Nathaniel Sparhawk, about 18 Years of
Age, Son to the late Rev. Mr. John Sparhawk of Salem,
going on some Business from Kittery for his Uncle the
Hon. Nathaniel Sparhawk, Esq. with whom he liv'd, took
a Canoe with a Negro to cross the River to Piscataqua, a
Snow going out ran the Canoe under Water, whereby the
young Gentleman was drowned, but the Negro by catching
hold of a Rope was taken on board the Snow and after-
wards landed with the Pilot.
We hear from Haverhill, that about a Fortnight ago
three Men were accidentally drowned, as they were carry-
ing a Raft down the River.
Boston Gazette, Dec. 13, 1762.
Messieurs EDES & GILL, Salem, Dec. 15, 1762.
Departed this Life on the 9th Instant, and Last Evening
was interred here, the Remains of the Hon. ICHABOD
PLAISTED, Esq ; The Town being sensible of his great
Merit, ordered their Train of Artillery to be discharged
during the Funeral Procession. A Company of young
Gentlemen, under the Command of Capt. John Nutting,
preceded the Corps in military Order ; at the interment of
the Corps they made a triple Discharge of their Arms,
which did them Honor. His Funeral was also attended by
a vast Concourse of People.
362 NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX COUNTY.
This Gentleman was happy in maintaining an amiable
Character ; of a chearf ul tranquil Disposition. As he had
retir'd from Business for some Time, his chief Study was
Benificence and Friendship The Poor he always had with
him It was his daily Delight, as an Overseer, to enquire
after their Welfare No Man was more beloved or la-
mented by them. Whenever Discord happened between
any of his Friends, he was uneasy untill they were united.
He was humble even to a Fault. He hated Adulation ;
and would always esteem his good Deeds as ineffectual and
fruitless ; and was never more mortified, when spoken to
his Praise.
Nor did he shine less in Military than Civil Life : Large
Draughts being made from his Regiment in this County,
he tho't it his Duty to go with them, being appointed
Chief in 1755, and 1756. His Conduct towards his Of-
ficers and Soldiers, rendered him their Delight ; He
spurn'd at Vice in either ; and distinguished the Virtuous
from the Vicious. In the Offices he sustained whether
Civil or Military, he was belov'd by all who knew him ; as
being generous and charitable to those whose Profession of
Religion differed from his Sincere in his Friendship ; ex-
emplary in his Piety; a Husband to the Widow ; a Father
to the Fatherless, and a Friend to the Poor.
Boston Gazette, Dec. 20, 1762.
(To be continued.)
INDEX.
Abbott, Abbot, Abot,
, 287.
Capt., 358.
A., 279.
A. A., 286.
Abiel, 278.
Albert, 284.
Anna, 280.
Asa A., 279, 283(4),
284(2), 286, 289.
Barachias, 279, 288.
Mrs. Betsy, 320.
Betsy (Batchelder),
281.
Caroline Brown,
289.
Daniel, 285.
Daniel, jr., 339.
Dorcas (Abbott),
281.
Elizabeth, 288(2).
Elizabeth Batchel-
der, 289.
Ephraim, 279, 285.
Gardner, 283.
George, 284.
Col. George, 282.
Capt. George, jr.,
288.
Col. George, jr.,
288.
George Bowman,
287.
Hannah, 282(2), 291.
Henry, 191, 289.
Hermon, 280.
Horace Sylvester,
289.
Hubbard Moses,287.
Isaac, 283.
John, 288.
Jonathan,281(3),290,
291.
Martha F., 287(2).
Martha (Lovejoy),
281.
Mary, 282.
Mary (Abbott), 281.
Abbott, Mary Smith,
289.
Mehitable, 281.
Moses,279(4),283(2),
286(2), 287(2).
Capt. Moses, 288.
Nathan, 280.
Nathan, 2d, 280.
Nathan B., 279, 280.
Nathaniel, 193.
Nehemiah, 282(2).
Noah, 291.
Mrs. Noah, 280.
Noah, jr., 288.
Oramel Graves, 287.
Phebe, 281.
Rhoda, 288, 289.
S., 286,
Stephen, 281,284.
Stephen D., 281,286.
Sybil Brown, 282.
Sylvester, 279, 283
(2), 286, 289.
Timothy, 283, 284
(2), 288.
William, 282, 284.
William Francis,
287.
Zebediah, 279, 280,
286.
Abbott Village, 289.
Abby, John, 143.
Abington (Mass.), 1.
Abraham, Woodward,
357.
Adams, , 44, 69.
Benjamin F., 250.
Francis, 116.
George, 193.
J. Augustus, 325.
Marcy, 306.
Martha, 320.
Moses, jr., 323.
Admuat, , 78.
Ainsworth, Fanny,
307.
Aires, Ralph, 343.
Alfred (Me.), 2, 8.
Allen, , 279.
Capt., 90.
Amasa, 4.
Elizabeth, 336.
Ephraim, 285.
John C., 288.
Mary H., 313.
Philip, 10.
Sarah, 77.
William, 280, 281.
Allexander, Thomas,
32.
Alley, Abigail, 320.
Andrew, 221.
Benjamin, 3d, 221.
Geoyles, 343.
Henry, 193.
John, 339.
John, 3d, 321(2).
Kezia, 223.
Lydia, 221.
Nathaniel, 223.
Peter H., 318.
Sally, 227, 312.
Thomas Richard-
son, 221.
Almy, Brown & Wa-
ters, 12.
Ames, Spoford, 70.
Amherst (Mass.), 11,
15.
Amherst (N. H.), 11
(2).
Anderson, , 190.
James, 74.
Anderson, R, & Co.,
74.
Andover (Mass.), 14,
276, 277(2), 279,
285, 286(2).
Andrews, , 328.
Capt., 100(2).
Daniell, 28, 156, 165,
166, 239, 354, 356.
David, 248.
Elizabeth, 248.
Elizabeth (Lord),
248.
(363)
364
INDEX.
Andrews James, 334.
Capt. Joseph, 141.
M.,4.
Mary Glover, 334.
Sarah, 141.
Sarah (Perley), 141.
Angell, Abigail, 116.
Ann, Cape, 186.
Antrim (N. H.), 12.
Appleton, , 57.
John, 74.
Nathaniel, 255.
Archer, Capt., 73(2).
John, 23.
Samuell, 23(2), 37.
Arlington (Mass.), 10.
Arnold, Gen., 214.
Benedict, 56.
Arven, Francis & Co.,
73.
Ashby, , 235.
Ashton, Sally, 224.
Samuel, 224(2).
Sarah, 224.
Atlleborough (Mass.),
12.
Atwell, Anne, 314.
George, 192.
Augusta (Me.), 7.
Austin, Abner, 315.
Amos, 315.
Betsey, 245.
David, 315(2).
Eliza, 315.
George, 315(2),
Lydia, 315.
Manuel, 315(2).
Manuel Otis, 315.
Mary, 315.
Rebecca, 315.
Averill, Averell, Aa-
ron Perkins, 247,
252.
Abby Jane Gard-
ner, 255.
Abby L., 253.
Abial, 140, 143.
Abigail, 133, 134,
137, 139, 145.
Albert Augustus,
252.
Albert Avander,
256.
Albion Francis, 258.
Alfred Augustus,
250.
Averill, Alvin Proc-
tor, 256.
Amnii, 147.
Amos, 143(2).
Amy, 144.
Andrew Peabody,
250, 256.
Andrew Preston,
256.
Anna, 144, 146.
Annie M., 257.
Annis, 248.
Archana Maria, 253.
Arthur A., 253.
Arthur L., 259.
Asa, 143, 248.
Azariah, 147, 247.
B.,147.
Benjamin, 145, 147,
148, 246, 248, 249,
250(2), 254(2), 255.
Benjamin Franklin,
256.
Benjamin Russell,
256.
Betsey, 245, 246.
Betsey (Austin),251.
Caroline Augusta,
252.
Caroline Howard,
255.
Carrie Hammond,
258.
Ceresco Putnam,
257(2).
Charles Francis,258.
Charles Justin, 258.
Charles Sidney, 256.
Clarence B., 257.
Cynthia Ellen, 253.
Cyrus, 248.
Cyrus Austin, 253,
258.
Cyrus Averill, 253.
Daniel, 139, 142, 143
(2), 146, 147(2),
248(2).
Daniel Webster
Dodge, 254.
David, 144(2).
Deborah, 245.
Dolly, 247.
Dorcas, 246.
Dorothy, 143, 147.
Ebenezer, 137, 140
(2), 144(2),146,249.
Averill,EbenezerHub*
bard, 250.
Eda Ann, 246.
Edith Jewett, 259.
Ednah Floyd, 259.
Edward Augustus,
251, 257.
Edward Putnam,
250, 257.
Edwin Wallace,252.
Eleanor, 258.
Eleaser, 146.
Electra P., 253.
Elijah, 144, 146(2),
143, 245, 246, 249.
Eliza, 247.
Eliza Mary, 252.
Elizabeth, 138, 145,
205, 249(2), 251(2).
Elizabeth B., 247.
Elizabeth Lord,
254(2).
Ella J., 257.
Ellen Frances, 253.
Ellen Hodges, 254.
Elma Lavinia, 253.
Elmer Perkins, 258.
Emma, 140.
Enoch, 144.
Enoch Faulkner,
248.
Ephraim,246(2),247,
252.
Ephraim Perkins,
252, 258.
Ernest Holten, 259.
Eunice, 144, 248.
Ezekiel, 138, 140,
141, 145.
Florence Maria,251.
Florence Osgood.
358.
Foster, 246.
Francis Holmes,
148.
Frederick Austin,
258.
George, 257.
George D., 251.
George Franklin,
251.
George H., 255.
George Jewett, 254.
George Leonard,
251.
Gertrude M., 257.
INDEX.
365
Averill, Hannah, 137,
141, 142, 245, 247,
250.
Hannah Jane, 253.
Harriet Eliza, 255.
Harriet J., 254.
Harriet Wood, 252.
Harry Webster, 254.
Helen Ward, 256.
Henry, 246.
Hephsibah, 141.
Herman Austin,258.
Hiram, 247.
Huldah, 144.
Irene A., 247.
Isaac, 137, 138, 142
(2), 146, 148.
Isaac, jr., 148.
Lieut. Isaac, 148.
Isaac Newton, 250.
Israel, 140, 144(3).
Jabez, 138.
Jacob, 189, 142, 143
(2), 248.
James, 138.
James Kimball,249,
254.
James William,254,
258.
Jemima, 141.
Jeremiah, 139.
Jesse, 146.
Joanna, 143, 147.
Job, 137, 140(2).
John, 134, 135, 137,
139, 140(2), 143,
144, 146(3), 245(2),
246(2), 251(2).
John Francis, 253.
John Jewett, 254.
John Merrill. 247.
John Quincy, 256.
Joseph, 138(3), 141
(2), 146, 148, 246
(2), 249, 250, 251
(2), 256.
Joseph Jewett, 254
(2).
Judith, 140, 142.
Julia M., 254.
Katherine, 140.
Kezia, 140.
Leverett Perkins,
256(2).
Lucy, 142, 145.
Averill, Lucy Ann,249,
254(2).
Luenia, 255.
Luke, 141(2), 145(2),
146, 148, 250.
Lulu Jessie, 258.
Lydia, 141, 143, 147.
Lydia Ann, 250(2).
Lydia M. B., 259.
Lydia Manning, 255.
Margaret E., 255.
Maria Jane, 253.
Marion Elizabeth,
258.
Mark, 146, 245.
Martha Ann, 252.
Martha C., 254.
Mary, 138(3), 141,
143(2), 144(2),
146(3), 247, 249.
Mary Boynton, 253.
Mary Ellen, 251.
Mary F., 257.
Mary Lizzie, 251.
Mason, 246.
Mehitable, 140, 141,
147(2).
Mehitable Foster,
250.
Mehitable Merrill,
248.
Miriam, 139.
Molly, 246.
Moses, 138, 146(2),
147(2), 148, 247(3),
249(2).
Moses Abba, 248,
253.
Moses F., 253.
Nabby, 248.
Naomi, 146.
Nathaniel, 136(2),
137, 138, 139(2),
142, 146.
Capt. Nathaniel,
142.
Nathaniel Herbert,
258.
Nathaniel P., 146,
251.
Nathaniel Perkins,
147, 246, 247, 251.
Nathaniel S., 252,
258.
Olive, 144.
Averill, Paul, 138, 141
(2), 146(2), 245.
Peggy, 148.
Phebe, 138, 141,
148.
Priscilla, 143, 249.
Rachel, 247.
Rebecca, 138(2).
Royal Augustus,
247, 252.
Ruth, 141, 144(2),
146, 250.
Salenda Evelyn, 253.
Salinda, 247.
Samuel, 138(2), 140,
142, 144, 145(2).
Samuel Andrews,
254.
Sarah, 134(2), 138,
139(2), 140(3), 141,
146(2), 147, 246,
247, 149(2).
Sarah Amanda, 253.
Sarah Jewett, 254.
Sidney Wood, 257.
Silas, 138.
Solomon, 147(2),248.
Stephen, 138.
Stephen P., 247.
Susan Silver, 257.
Susanna, 140, 141(3),
144-146, 246(2).
Thomas, 134, 137,
140(2), 143, 247,
251.
Thomas Leverett,
251, 257.
Warren, 249, 255.
Will, 183.
William, 133(4), 134
(3), 135(3), 137(2),
138, 140, 245, 255.
William, jr., 138.
William Tarbell,
249, 255.
William Warren,
255, 259.
Avery, , 283.
John H., 288.
Ayres, see Aires.
Babbidge, Babadge,
Constable, 21.
Cristopher, 31, 164.
366
INDEX.
Bacon, Daniel, 153.
J. A., 6(2), 8, 9(2),
10(2),11, 15(2), 16.
Badger, Rev. Mr.,290.
Bailey, Baley, Baly,
Bayley, Col., 56.
Cazneau, 117(2).
Elizabeth, 117.
John, 316.
Jonas, 331.
Mary, 316(2).
Nicholas, 331.
Selina, 311.
Baker, , 26.
Anna, 118(2).
Asa, 118(2).
Betsy, 118.
David, 339.
Dorcas, 118.
Elizabeth, 118.
Eunice (Pope), 118.
George, 118.
Hannah, 118(3).
J. & Son, 9.
John, 118.
Joseph, 188.
Lovina, 114.
Mary, 118.
Samuel Newhall,
118.
Balch, B.,176.
Benjamin, 177.
David, 145(2).
Baldwin, Eliza, 226.
Ball, J., 16.
John, 16.
Ballard, Balard, ,
57, 291.
Capt.,53, 280(2),281.
Deacon, 69(2).
Arthur Gayton, 282.
Betty, 282.
Daniel, 282.
Dorcas, 280, 282.
Edward, 282.
Gayton, 282.
Hannah, 280, 282(2).
Hezekiah, 279(3),
280(5), 281, 282(3).
Joseph, 277(2), 282,
284.
Joshua, 280, 281(8),
282.
Capt. Joshua, 279,
282.
Ballard, Lois, 280.
Lucy, 280.
Lydia, 279.
Mary, 280, 281, 282
(2), 291.
Mary Alma, 282.
Nathan, 282.
Phebe Abbott, 281.
Rebecca, 279.
Sarah, 280, 282,
291(2).
Sarah Eliza, 282.
Stephen, 281.
Sybil Eliza, 282.
Timothy ,277,282(3),
287, 290(3), 291(3).
William, 279, 282.
Ballardvale, 278, 279,
284, 286, 290.
Ballou, , 246.
Baluster, J. & Co.,
16(4).
Baly, see Bailey.
Bamford, Charles W.,
255.
Bancroft, Albert, 291.
Rachel, 228.
Sidney C., 218.
Bangor (Me.), 13.
Bannister, Sarah, 306.
Barker, , 50, 57.
Ensign, 65.
Elizabeth H., 316.
Isaac, 65(2).
John, 50, 54,63(2) ,70.
Sarah, 50.
Stephen, 43, 50, 54
(2), 61, 69, 70.
Barlord, Deacon, 49.
Barnard, Rev., 283,
288.
Rev. Dr., 207.
Henry F., 278(2).
James, 339.
Joseph, 78.
Samuel, 361.
Timothy, 307.
Barnes, Molly, 144.
Barnet, Jacob, 70.
Barny,Barnie, ,32.
Jacob, 171, 346.
Barr. John, 176(2),
177, 194.
Barre, (Vt.), 13.
Barrett, Ch., 11.
Barrett, Dorcas, 218.
Joseph, 218.
Phebe, 218.
Barron, Sally, 321.
Bartholomew, Bar-
tholmew, , 33,
229.
Henry, 25, 34, 39,
40, 163, 242, 244.
Bartlett, Azubah, 307.
Walter Price, 313.
William, 283.
Barton, John, 25.
Matha, 21.
Samuel, jr., 75(2).
Bassett, Basset, Anna
G., 316.
Isaac, 340.
Batchelder, Bachel-
der, Bacheller,
Bachelor, Bachil-
der, Rev., 190.
Amos, 278.
Betsey, 278.
David, 289.
Edwin, 339.
John, 193, 232, 233
(4), 234.
John, jr., 148.
Joseph, 233.
Lois Ann, 278.
Lydia, 143.
Mary (Emory), 289.
Myra (Nichols), 278.
Nathaniel, 194.
Polly, 223.
Reuben, 289.
Sarah, 224.
Simeon, 278.
Bateman, , 190.
Bates,CarolineT.,197.
Batter, Batters, ,
21, 31, 33(2), 154,
160, 162(3), 163,
167(2), 170(2), 229
(2), 231, 234, 236,
237, 342, 346.
Edmond, 23-25(2),
26(2), 27(2),28, 30,
31(2), 34(3), 36(4),
37(2), 39, 153, 156-
159, 166, 168, 170,
171(3), 230, 232,
236, 239, 244, 343,
348, 351, 356.
INDEX.
367
Baits, Mary, 226.
Bauage, , 350.
Corp. Christopher,
289.
Bawes, John, 193.
Baxter, John, 348(2).
Bayley, see Bailey.
Beachum, , 234.
Beadle, Beedle, Abi-
gail, 330(2), 331,
334.
Elizabeth, 330(2),
331, 333.
Nathaniel, 17, 19,
156.
Serg.Nathaniel,350.
Samuel, 35, 156,159,
171, 239, 240, 244,
355(2).
Beale, , 83(2), 84
(2).
Aaron, 83, 84.
Ebenezer, 83, 84.
Elizabeth, 83(2),
84(2).
John, 83, 84.
Maria, 227.
Martha, 82,83(2),84.
Samuel, 83, 84.
Thomas, 83, 84.
William, 81, 82(4),
83(5), 84(2).
William, sr., 84.
Beane, William, 346.
Beary, , 329.
Beasly, , 87.
Sarah, 87.
Becket, Beckett, Mrs.
Alex., 292.
John, 151, 181, 346
(2).
Margaret, 182.
Beckford,Samuel,248.
Silas, 147.
Beckford, see also
Bickford
Belcher, , 92.
Belfast (Me.), 4.
Bellingham, Richard,
107, 109.
Bellows Falls (Vt.), 4.
Bemis, Dolly, 115.
Dolly (Wood), 115.
Jonas, 115.
Mary(Johnson),115.
Bemis, Rebecca, 115.
Samuel, 115.
Sarah, 115.
Benfleld, Mary, 326.
Bennett, Bennet,
John, 194.
Mary, 127.
Nancy, 127.
Robert, 84.
Bent, Marcia, 322.
Mary, 322(2).
Peter, 322.
Bernard, Gov., 203.
Berry, Ambrose, 331.
Catherine, 275.
Eli Neal Wood, 327.
Fidelia, 251.
Jacob, 251.
Mary, 125.
Sarah, 123.
Susanna, 251.
Thomas, 125, 275.
William, 325.
Betton, , 190.
Beverly (Mass.), 7,
277, 360.
Bickford, Benjamin,
357.
Bill, Jonathan, 185.
Billerica (Mass.), 277.
Binney, Amos, 8.
Binton, James, 49.
Bishop, Jonathan, 137.
Joseph W., 320.
Blaisdell, Samuel, 248.
Blake, Lydia, 127.
Wm. & Co., 13.
Blake Brothers, 2.
Blanchard,Blancherd,
,62.
Nathaniel, 193.
Blaney, Joseph, 189.
Blessing (ship), 273.
Blevin, John, 178(3),
181, 184(2).
John, sr., 181.
Bligh, John, 24, 157-
160.
Blood, Samuel, 118.
Blue Hill (Me.), 6.
Blunt, Mrs., 280.
David, 284(2).
Capt. Isaac, 288.
Mary D., 284.
Maj. SamuelP., 286.
Blye, Sarah, 147.
Boardman, see Bord-
man.
Bodge, George A.,
109.
Bodkin, , 357.
Boleman, William,
339.
Bonfield, , 82(2),
84.
George, 82(2), 83,
84(3).
Rebecca, 82, 83.
Booker, Louise, 256.
Booth, Both, Bouth,
329
Deborah, 331.
Ellen, 329.
Ellenor, 329.
George, 40, 243.
Mary, 324.
Robert, 329, 333.
Rev. Robert, 331.
Symon, 21.
Bordman Mary,273(3).
Maj.William,273(2).
Bosh, Capt., 297.
Boston (Mass.), 14.
Bott, James, 130.
Bours,Rev. Peter, 191.
Bowden, , 329.
John, 331.
Bowditch, Bowdish,
Capt., 112.
Deborah, 275.
Capt. Ebenezer,275.
Elizabeth, 336, 337.
Freegift, 836, 337.
Gideon, 338.
Hannah, 335-337(2).
James, 338.
John, 77.
Joseph, 78.
Katherine, 335-337
(2).
Luke, 338.
Lydia, 338.
Mary, 77, 262, 337,
338.
Mercy, 336, 338.
N. Ingersoll, 26i(4) t
269.
Nathaniel, 262(4),
275,335(5), 336(6),
537(4).
368
INDEX.
Bowditch, Nathaniel,
jr., 338.
Nathaniel, sr., 338.
Ruth, 338.
Sarah, 112, 335-337.
William,153, 262(4),
335(2), 336(8), 337
(7), 338(2).
Bowen, N., 358.
Nathan, 77.
Bowie,Alexander,258.
Jane, 258.
Mary J., 258.
Bowles, Rebecca, 318.
Bowman, Susanna
(Hines), 287.
Tryphena Mon-
tague, 287.
William, 287(2).
Boyce, Boice, Anti-
pas, 265.
Joseph, 181.
Joseph, jr., 24, 239,
260, 261.
Boyd, Betsy D., 318.
James, 74.
Boynton, Benjamin,
280.
William, 189(3).
Bradford, Mary, 146.
Robert, 141.
Bradley, Bradlee, Na-
thaniel J., 103.
Capt. Samuel, 216.
Bradshaw, Susanna,
128.
Bradstreet, Asa, 250.
John, 82(3),83(2),84.
Mary S., 250.
Moses, 82(2), 83, 84
(2).
Selina, 250.
Gov. Simon, 139.
Bragg, Brag, , 42,
43, 45.
Cynthia, 127.
Ingals, 54.
Braintree (Mass.), 3.
Bray, Robert, 343.
Robert, sr., 333.
Breck, Rev., 148.
James, 8(2).
Breed, Abigail, 223.
Daniel, 223(2).
Delia, 223.
Breed, Ephraim, 225.
Hannah, 224(2).
Jabez, 340.
Kezia, 222(2), 223.
Kezia (Buxton),222.
Nancy, 177.
Nathan, 222(2).
Thomas A. 224(2).
Bridge, , 26.
Elliot, 116.
Bridges, Edmund, 24,
153.
Edward, 19, 28, 33.
Bright, , 334.
Henry, 87.
Thomas, 193.
Brighton (Mass.), 6.
Brimblecom, Samuel,
313.
Brimfield (Mass.), 4.
Bristol (R. I.), 10(2).
Bristow (ship), 82.
Britannia (schooner),
72.
Bromfield, Thomas,
187.
Brookfield (Mass.). 13.
Brookhouse, Benja-
min W., 193.
Daniel W., 193.
Brookline (Mass.), 13.
Brooks,Benjamin,193.
Horace B., 259.
Brown, , 11, 22(2),
65, 141, 307, 317.
Mrs. Ada L. (Har-
rington), 259.
Annie, 118.
Benjamin, 194.
Daniel, 129.
Dorcas Baker, 118.
Edward, 118.
Eliza Howard, 254.
Elizabeth, 311.
Elizabeth (How-
ard), 254.
James, 19, 86(3).
John, 86(2), 193,
262.
Jonathan, 320.
Capt. Joseph, 282.
Justin Adams, 327.
Lois, 317.
Lucinda, 320.
Mary B., 282.
Brown, Mary J., 319.
Michael, 118.
Nathaniel, 97.
Nehemiah, 118.
Sarah, 87(2).
Sarah (Foster), 282.
Susan, 282.
Susanna, 140.
Thomas, 254.
William, 22, 118(2).
William, jr., 27, 28,
33(2).
William Francis,
130.
Browne, , 85, 160,
171, 263, 346.
, jr., 237.
, sr., 237(2).
Abigail, 87.
Abraham, 87, 88.
Anna, 87.
Anthony, 334.
Benjamin, 88, 275.
Edward, 89(3).
Elizabeth, 88, 89.
Eunice, 271.
Glasir, 33.
Wid. Glaz., 151.
Hannah, 86-88(3).
James, 40, 86(6), 87
(2), 88(4), 89, 149,
159, 236, 240, 243,
343.
James, jr., 86.
John, 86-88(2), 89
(11), 234, 278.
Jonathan, 88.
Joseph, 88.
Judith, 87.
Margaret, 268.
Martha, 87, 89.
Mary, 76, 87-89(2).
Nathaniel, 87, 89
(3).
Samuel, 87, 88, 271.
Hon. Col. Samuel,
274.
Sarah, 86-88(2), 89
(3).
Sarah, sr., 87.
William, 32, 37, 89,
151, 159, 162(3),
163, 166, 168, 170,
231, 232, 234, 236
(2).
INDEX.
369
Browne, William, jr.,
23,24, 25(2), 26(2),
30, 31, 34(3),35, 36
(2),37(2), 151, 156,
157,158(2),159, 167
(2),169,171(2), 172,
182(2), 230, 237,
241, 244, 342(3).
William, sr., 31, 34,
171, 229, 235, 237,
351.
Capt. William, 153.
Brownell, Hannah,
336.
Joseph, 336, 337.
Bruce, Daniel, 259.
Mary I. S., 259.
Brunswick, Mrs., 13.
Bryant, Hannah, 143.
Buck, Capt., 94.
Buckman, John, 193.
Buffington, , 149.
BufEum, Caleb, 157,
261, 262.
Joshua, 17, 158, 179
(3).
Robert, 262(3).
Bulfinch, , 14.
Hannah, 225.
Jeremiah, 225, 226.
Bull, Gov. Henry,335.
Jireh, 335(2), 337.
Jireh, jr., 335.
Robert, 359.
Sarah, 335.
Bullock,Bulock,John,
33, 152, 162, 240.
Buly, Abigail, 329(2),
331, 333.
Ann, 331.
Ellenor, 329, 333.
Ellenor(Booth),333.
Grace, 331.
John, 331,
Nicholas,329(2),331,
333(3).
Nicholas, jr., 329,
331.
Nicholas, sr., 331.
Bunker, Elisha, 193.
Burchsted, Henry,
305.
Burns, George, 194.
Burrill, Abigail L.,
310.
Burrill, Charles, 309.
Isaac, 310.
Janet, 121.
Lydia, 314.
Theophilus, jr.,318.
Col. Theophilus,
309.
Burtt, , 277.
William, 277.
Bussey, M., 13.
Butler, , 75.
Abbie A., 257.
Lyman, 257.
Mary, 293.
Synthia (Webber),
257.
Thomas, 93(3).
Butt, Constable, 23.
Butten, Robert, 181
(2).
Butterfield, , 290.
Butters, , 286.
Butman, Buttman,
, 176.
Jere, 21.
Thomas, 177.
Buxton, , 356(2).
Antony, 17, 166, 223,
846, 347.
Mary, 138.
Samuel, 172.
Bytield (Mass.), 1.
Cabot, F., 11.
Francis, 94.
Joseph, 94.
Cace, Humphery, 21.
Cahill, Daniel, 101.
Calcutta, 196.
Calley, Daniel, jr.,
339.
Lydia, 309.
William, 192.
Cambridge (Mass.),
277.
Cameron, William,
321.
Campbell, , 63.
Caroline C. (Fuller),
253.
Dougal, 253.
Henry H., 132.
Mary Jane Ellis,
253.
Cannon, , 230.
Canton (Mass.), 5.
Carlton, Carleton,
Dudly, 50, 64, 68.
Eunice, 78.
Jonathan F., 261.
Mary, 78.
Richard, 286.
S 78
Samuel, 77(2), 78(2).
Timothy, 49, 70(2).
William, 77, 78.
Carr, John, 194.
Ruth R., 257.
Carroll, Carrel, Car-
rell,-Capt., 90.
Harrison, 5.
Martha A., 287.
S., 78.
Carter, Cartor,
331.
Samuel, 145(2).
Tobey, 343.
Cary, Cynthia, 127.
Zachary, 127.
Case, Humphrey, 332.
Chadwell, Gowland,
319.
Martha, 226.
Chadwick, Dorcas,
292.
Dorcas(Ricker),292.
James, 292.
Chaffee, Anna, 143.
Challoner,Ninion,335.
Chambers, , 210.
Edward, 188.
Chandler,Abigail,283,.
288, 289(2).
Ann Elizabeth, 287.
David, 279.
Deborah (Blanch-
ard), 280.
George, 288.
Hannah, 289.
Herman P., 292.
Hermon Phelps,281.
Isaac, 283(2), 288,
289.
John, 279(2), 287,
288(2).
Capt. Joshua, 280.
Lydia, 279.
Martha, 287.
Mary, 280, 283, 289.
Nathan, 280.
370
INDEX.
Chandler,Phebe (Rus-
sell), 287.
Philemon, 283(2),
285(4).
Samuel, 288.
Sarah Ann, 289.
William, 283(2).
Zebadiah, 280.
Chapleman, Michaell,
33.
Chapling, John, 234.
Chapman, , 319.
John, 147.
Charlestown (Mass.),
9, 279, 359.
Chase, Charles, 193.
Jacob, 313.
Chedwks, Deacon, 67.
Cheever, Cheevers,
Chever, Abijah,
119.
Abner, 119(2), 124.
Abner, jr., 119.
Belinda, 119.
Daniel, 86.
Emily, 119.
Frederick, 119.
Henry, 119.
Mary, 179.
Mehitable, 118, 119.
Pet., 355, 356.
Peter, 179(4), 181(2),
182(2), 183(5).
Samuel, 271.
Sarah, 119(2).
Sarah A., 119.
Chelmsford (Mass.),
4,8.
Chickring, Chkkrin,
John, 70.
Zakeriah, 49.
Chipman (sloop), 90.
Choate, Col., 190, 303.
Church, , 278.
Cimbal, see Kimball.
Clapp, A., 14.
Clark, Daniel, 134.
Elizabeth, 287.
Rev. Jonas, 820.
N., 290.
Nathan, 290.
Clarke, Gary (Carew),
262.
Dr. John, 336.
Lawrence, 262.
Clarke, Samuel, 78.
Sarah, 249.
Walter, 262.
Clayton, Joseph, 193.
Clements, Clement,
Clemens, Eph-
rairn, 193.
Henry, 193.
John, 334.
Martha, 145.
Otis M., 253.
Cleveland, Cleave-
land, , 51, 58.
Rev, John, 51.
Clifford, Cleford, Cli-
ford, , 38, 172.
Constable, 21, 22(2),
23.
John, 18, 19, 20, 33,
38(5), 346, 355.
Samuel, 247.
Clinte, Anne Mary,
268.
Clinton, Betsey, 248.
Clinton (Me.), 16.
Coale & Andrews, 229
(2).
Cobb, Samuel C., 102.
Capt.Silvanus,92(2).
Cobbitt, , 107.
Cobern, Stephen, 58
(2).
Coblents, Robert S.,
253.
Cockle, James, 91, 94.
Coffin, , 85(2), 86.
Rev. Ebenezer, 117
(2).
Mary, 117.
Cogswell,Abigail, 137.
Edward, 142.
Lucy, 142.
Cohasset (Mass.), 15.
Cole, Coale, Coales,
Coles, , 237.
Constable, 30, 31.
Abraham, 23, 25(2),
28, 29, 30, 31, 37,
152, 153(2), 229,
346.
Collier, Isaac, 193.
John, 193.
Roland, 317.
Collins, Ceilings, ,
127.
Collins, Chantrell, 74,
Frances, 134.
Francis, 81(2).
Jacob, 340.
Jedidiah, 126.
Joanna, 125.
Moriah, 340.
Rebecca, 127.
Zacheriah, 340.
Concord (N. H.), 11,13.
Conklin, Elizabeth,
317.
Contoocook (N. H.),
286.
Cooke, Cook, Isaack,
19, 33, 231(2), 237,
353.
John, 172, 244.
Coolidge, Poor <fe
Head, 13.
Coombs, Cumbs, Fred-
erick, 177.
Hannah, 227.
Lydia, 177.
Cordwell, W., 6(2).
Cornasleau, William,
78.
Cottle, Joseph, 187(2),
189(2).
Cottnam, Samuel, 74
(2).
Cox, Hannah, 116.
Craddock, , 357.
Craft, , 304.
Craftsbury (Vt.), 16.
Craig, Alexander,117.
Isaac, 256.
Sarah, 256.
Sarah (Peasley),256.
Crandall, , 87.
Crane, Jonathan, 74.
Silas, 74.
Creamer, George Gr.,
339.
Cressy, Benjamin,193.
Jonathan, 194.
Croad, , 345.
Richard, 19(2), 171,
351.
Crocker, ,297, 299,
300, 303.
John, 289.
Croel, Sarah, 131.
Crombie, J., 13. .
James, 13.
INDEX.
371
Cromwell, John, 13.
Cromwell, , 346,
348, 349, 350(2),
351. 353(2).
John, 23, 163, 231
(2).
Philip, 17, 18(2), 20,
22,23,26,31,39(2),
181(2), 235, 237(3),
238, 239, 240(2),
241(2), 243, 333(2),
344(2), 345(3), 347
(2), 348(2), 349(2),
354(2).
Thomas, 18(2), 26,
172, 244, 346.
Cross, Betsey, 310.
Crown & Cushion, 74.
Crowninshield, ,
263.
George, 75.
Hannah, 77.
Jacob, 77.
Croydon (N. H.), 13.
Cruikshanks, ,284.
Cuba, 11(2).
Cuby, Elisha, 24, 37.
Cumbs, see Coombs.
Cummings, Thomas,
186.
Curer, Capt., 56.
Currier, David, 219.
Hon. J. J., 293.
Curtain, Eunice, 318.
John, 318.
Martha (Collins),
318.
Curtice & Becket,342.
Curtis, Curtice, ,
243, 354.
Israel, 292.
Nehemiah, 193.
Olive (Flint), 292.
Putnam, 292.
Sarah, 292.
William, 17,151,237,
241, 344, 352.
Cnrwin, Corwin, Cor-
wine, Curwen,
Capt., 17, 18(3),
22(3), 33, 160, 162
(2), 163, 230, 237.
Capt. G., 25, 32.
George, 20, 181,182,
183.
Curwin, Capt.George,
23,24, 25(2), 26, 31,
32(3), 39, 152, 153,
159, 172, 181(2),
236, 244, 342, 347,
350(2), 351, 355.
John, 17, 18, 22, 27,
345.
Capt. John, 23(2),
24, 25(2), 26, 27,
28, 30, 31, 33, 34
(2), 36(3), 37, 39,
153, 155, 156, 157,
159, 107(2), 168,
169, 170, 171, 172,
230, 236(2), 238(2),
239(2), 240, 241(2),
242, 342(2), 344(3),
345(2), 347(2), 348
(2), 349, 350(5),351
(3), 353(2), 356(2).
Jonathan, 19,262(2),
350.
Lydia, 184,
Samuel, 78(3).
Cushman,Jane S.,121.
Cushing, see Kushing.
Cuthbert, , 267,
268.
Mary, 266(3), 267(2).
Mary Freestone,267.
Cutler, Samuel, 346.
Cutting, , 85(2).
Capt., 85(3).
John, 85(2).
John, jr., 85.
Judith, 86(3).
' Mary, 85(2), 86(2).
Sarah, 86(2).
Daffy, , 190.
Daggett, Louisa, 318.
Dalton, Dolton, ,
285.
Michael, 339.
Damon, Ebenezer, jr.,
222.
Samuel, 192.
Daniel (negro), 187,
189.
Danvers (Mass.), 97.
Danville (Vt.), 3.
Dartmouth College,
5,6.
Dascomb,Deacon, 292.
D'Aulney, ,106(2).
Davenport, Anthony,
326.
Sarah, 326.
Sarah (Little), 326.
William, 187, 191.
Davis, Capt.; 63.
Hamlin, 121.
John, 337.
Nathaniel, 218.
Peter, 192.
Zachary, 87.
Davison, George H.,
253.
William, 76.
Day, Abraham, 64, 69.
David, 192.
George, 334.
Dean, Capt., 74.
Thomas, 75.
Death, , 268.
Abigail, 265.
Deberdt, Burkett &
Say re, 78.
Deblois, George, 96.
Deerfield (N. H.), 11.
Deering, John, 127.
DeGruchy & LeBre-
ton, 74.
Deland, Thorndike,
177.
Delatour, John, 73.
John & Co., 73(2).
Demerit, Rhoda, 320.
Demming, Rev. Alon-
zo T., 285.
Dennison, Maj.-Gen.
Daniel, 109.
Derby, , 263.
Capt., 205.
Basket, 74.
John, 74, 130.
Capt. John, 51.
Richard, 76(3), 77.
Richard, jr. & Co.,
74(2).
Capt.Richard & Co.,
74.
Derry (N. H.), 278.
Dexter, John, 98.
Dickinson, Dickenson,
Darius, 253.
Felipe, 5.
Lavinia, 253.
Mary (Kezar), 253.
372
INDEX.
Dickson, Charles, 74.
Dighton (Mass.), 7.
Dike, Anthony, 34,
229, 242, 244, 354
(2).
Dix, John, 193.
Dixy, Dixey, Thomas,
jr., 234(2).
Thomas, sr., 234(3).
William, 83.
Wolstan, 317.
Dodd, , 10.
Dodge, Capt., 72.
Abby, 282.
Benjamin, 223(2).
Eben, 98.
Eliza, 223.
Elizabeth, 223.
Enos, 193.
Francis, 98(2), 101
(2), 102(2).
Isaac, 141.
Israel, 72(5).
Cart. Israel, 72.
John, 344.
Dolbear, Mary, 330,
331, 333.
Dole, Caesar, 281.
Doliber, Richard, 78.
Donald, William, 292.
Donnehue, Capt., 296.
Dorian d, George, 27.
Dorr, Sarah, 307.
Doue, Mathew, 354.
Douty, Betsy, 219.
Dover (Mass.), 10.
Dover (N. H.), 7.
Dover Cotton Factory,
5.
Dow, , 87.
George Francis,133,
245.
Down,Downe, Shoots,
286.
William, 329.
Downing, Alice, 312.
Betsy, 312.
Caleb, 219.
Eben Persons, 312.
Emanuel, 273.
Emily, 312.
John, 312(2), 339.
Mary, 312.
Michael, 219.
Sally, 312(2).
Downing, Susan, 312.
Thomas, 312(2).
Downton, Donton,
Dounton, , 87.
William, 31(3), 36,
40, 154, 164.
Dracut (Mass.), 286.
Draper, W. F., 276.
Drown, Richard W.,
313.
Dublin (N. H.), 3.
Dudley, Maj., 286.
Dunbar, Major, 43(2).
Duncklee, Dunkley,
Card, 339.
Nathaniel, 281.
Dunlap, Andrew, 194.
John, 281.
Dunn, Nathaniel, 336.
Richard, 262, 335,
336.
Richard, jr., 336.
Richard, sr., 336(2),
337.
Capt. Richard, 262
(2), 337.
Durham (N. H.), 2.
Duston, , 307.
Dutch, Stephen, 248.
Duvall, Capt., 297.
Duxbury (Mass.), 4.
Dwinnell, Michael,
145(2).
Eager, Jonathan, 346
(2)-
Earle,Asahel, 114,115.
Henry, 114.
Persis, 114.
Earthy, John, 229.
Joseph, 153.
East Bridgewater
(Mass.), 1.
Eastman, Julia Ann,
252.
Easton (Mass.), 1, 4.
Eastport (Me.), 5.
Eaton, , 290.
Lieut. Henry, 90.
Ebbens, Gyles, 21.
Eborne, Ebourne,
Moses, 351.
Samuel, 184.
Samuel,jr., 184,346.
Samuel, sr., 184.
Eden, Capt., 90.
Edes&Gill,92,187,361.
Edwards, Mary, 88(2).
Emngham (N. H.), 5.
El Diamante, Virgin-
ico, C. A,, 16.
Elkins, , 78.
Henry, 73.
Capt. Henry, 73, 78.
Ellingwood, Ellin-
wood, Elenwood,
Elanwood, ,
153.
Benjamin, 360.
Ebenezer, 76.
John, 238.
Elliott, , 88.
Ellio, , 284.
Elson, John, 21.
Elwell, Joseph, 271.
Emerson, see Emson.
Emery, Dr. George,
181.
Emmerton, Eliza, 310.
Elizabeth, 310(2).
Ephraim, 310.
James, 310.
Jeremiah, 310, 321.
Mary, 309, 310.
William, 310.
Emson, , 43.
Endicott, , 40.
Gov., 109, 110(2).
English, Inglish,
Mary, 22.
Philip, 80(3).
Epps, Epes, , 160,
161, 164.
Daniel, 158, 161,
167(3), 170, 350.
Daniel, jr., 167, 191.
Daniel, sr., 168(5),
169(2).
Ervin, Francis &
Wrannule, 76.
Estabrook, Olive, 144.
Estey, C. C., 102.
Capt. Simon F., 247.
Evans, James, 193.
Samuel, 285.
pairchild, Curtis, 287.
Maria Edice, 287.
Miranda (Clapp),
287.
INDEX.
373
Falkner, Joseph, 288.
Filbs, , 21.
Fall River (Mass.),
Fiott, John, 74.
12(3).
Fiott, Nicholas & Co.,
Farley, I. Alvin, 287.
74.
Mary, 118.
Fish, Eben, 285.
Farmer, Sarah, 145.
Fisher, John, 117.
Farnum, , 44, 45.
John Williams, 343.
Col., 68.
William, 117.
Capt. Benjamin, 41,
Fiske, , 257.
70.
Fitzwilliam (N.H.), 2.
Jediah, 44.
Flagg, Capt., 286.
John, jr., 359.
Wilson, 276.
L. E., 48.
Fleming, Kezia Au-
Porter, 70.
gusta, 223.
Farrington, Farrinton
Flewelline (Indian),
Elizabeth, 314.
332.
Isabel, 220.
Flinder, , 83.
Joanna, 227.
Jane, 83(2).
Joseph, 220.
Richard, 83.
Sarah, 224, 227.
Flint, , 172, 230,
Sarah (Breed), 220.
355.
Stephen, 64, 65.
Edward, 17(2), 18,
Susanna, 220.
19, 20, 22, 23, 28,
Theophilus, 220(2),
33, 159, 164, 170,
221.
231(3), 237, 238(3),
William, 227,
239, 240(2), 243,
Farwell, John, 15.
345(2), 348, 349,
February, Ed ward, 35.
351, 353(2), 354(3),
Felt, , 147, 207,
356.
263(2), 264.
Thomas, 32,181,182,
Benjamin, jr., 176
183(2), 230, 231(2),
(4), 177.
243, 354, 355(2),
George W., 177.
356.
Joseph, 176(2), 177
Thomas, jr., 24.
(2).
Floyd, Annie L., 259.
Joseph, jr., 177.
Nancy, 117.
Joseph B., 173(2).
Samuel P., 259.
Felton, Sergt., 164.
Sarah L. (Norfolk),
Benjamin, 27(4), 28,
259.
154.
Fogg, Fog, Foge,
Ferdyent, 19.
David, 20,152.170.
George W., 121.
Follett, Folet, Robert,
Harriet A., 121.
164, 242.
Nathaniel, 17, 281
Forbes, Rev., 186.
347.
Forest River, Salem,
Nathaniel, sr., 178,
79.
242.
Fortune, , 322.
Sergt. Nathaniel,28.
Fortune (ship), 75, 76,
Fenby, Thomas P.,
77.
319.
Foster, Capt., 94, 205,
Ferguson, , 286.
293.
William, 290.
Deborah, 245.
Fermaies, Mark, 179.
Dorcas, 246.
Fern, David, 340.
Elizabeth, 225.
Ferral, , 357.
Mrs. Hannah, 191.
Foster, Isaac Thorpe,
78.
Job, 280, 285.
John, 181, 182(2),
344.
Joseph, 280.
Lydia (Batchelder),
250.
Mehitable, 140.
Nathaniel, 253.
Obadiah, 280.
Reginald, 134.
Renold, 133.
Sally, 250.
Samuel, 140.
Stephen A., 193.
Thomas, 250.
Capt. Thomas, 288.
Capt. Thomas C.,
285.
William, 291(2).
Fouls, Samuel, 70.
Fowler, Andrew, 78.
Joseph, 21.
Franklin,Dr., 198,199.
Franklin (N. H.), 7.
Freestone, Ann, 266
(2), 267(2), 268.
Elizabeth, 266(5),
267(3), 268, 274.
Frances, 266(3), 267
(2), 268.
George, 266,267,268.
Margery, 267, 268.
Margery (Free-
stone), 274.
Mary (Hutchinson),
267.
Richard, 266(3), 267
(2), 268(2), 274.
Robert, 266(3), 267
(3), 268(2).
French , 64.
Lydia, 139.
Friend, Samuel, 80.
Frizell, John, 14.
Frogmorton's cove,82.
Frost,William, 21,156.
Frothingham, ,
195.
Caleb, 193.
Frye,Fry, , 57,288.
Col., 64.
Benjamin, 287.
Charles, 339.
874
INDEX.
Frye, Deborah, 78.
James, 359.
Col. James, 64.
Joshua, 57(2).
Peter, 78.
William, 339.
Frye Village, 284.
Fuller, Sergt., 28, 164.
John, 30, 155, 292.
Polly (Swain), 292.
Robert, 230.
Thomas, 172.
Furness, Sally, 224.
Cage, Gov., 205(2).
Abraham, 147.
Daniel, 177.
Galeucia, Doreas, 218.
Hannah, 218.
Jacob, 218.
Simeon, 219.
Ganson, Benjamin,
230.
Gardner, Gardiner,
Gaydner, Garder-
ner, , 20, 171,
172(3), 237.
Capt., 18.
Abel, 317(2).
Caleb C., 257.
Eben, 341.
George, 264, 274.
Lieut. George, 111.
James, 124.
John, 193.
John, jr., 194.
Jonathan, 48, 50,70.
Mary, 12, 274.
Ruth, 111.
S., 160.
Samuel, 18, 94, 158,
159(2), 162(3), 163,
165, 166, 167(2),
168, 169, 170(2),
171(2), 172(3), 229
(2), 231, 232, 234,
236, 240(2), 271,
343, 344(2), 345(2),
347, 348(2), 349(2),
350(3), 351, 353(2).
Samuel, jr., 38, 152,
153, 156, 237, 238,
239(2), 240(2), 241
(4), 242,243,341(2),
845(2),348,354,355.
Gardner, Samuel, sr.,
18, 19, 156, 157(3),
158, 159, 171, 172,
230, 234, 240, 242,
342, 343, 346.
Thomas, 17, 242.
Col. Thomas, 50.
Gardiner (Me.), 3.
Garniere & Surgenton
72(2).
Gaskin, Geskin, ,
37.
Samuell, 17.
Gay, Janei 309.
Gedney, Gedny, Gid-
ney, Gidny, ,
39, 162, 345.
B., 162, 163(2), 167,
170, 229, 236(2).
Bartholmew,19,156,
157, 159, 162, 166
(2), 167, 168(2),
171(2), 172, 182,
183, 184(2), 230,
231, 232, 234, 235,
236, 239, 244(2),
345, 348, 349, 351,
355, 356.
Bethiah, 184.
Deborah, 184.
Eleazer, 265,268,274.
Ely, 346.
John, 31, 83, 87,
154(2), 172, 244.
John, sr., 37, 184.
Katherine, 83.
Samuel, 184.
George II (Eng.), 322,
George (ship), 322(2).
Gerrish, Benjamin,
271(2), 274.
Elizabeth, 271.
Gibbs,Abraham,73(2).
Giddings, Lieut. Dan-
iel, 293(4).
John, 302(2).
Roger, 302.
Sarah, 293.
William, 293.
Gidney, see Gedney.
Gilburd, , 53.
Giles, Geoyls, Goyls,
Geoyles, , 37,
155(2), 351.
Giles, Eli, 20, 30(2),
33(2), 35(2), 229,
242,243(2), 342,346.
Eliazer, 19, 23, 25
(2), 29, 37, 154.
John, 35.
Gillingham, Rev.
John, 250.
Gilman, Rhoda, 222.
Gleason, Capt. Jos-
eph, 283.
Glidden, John, 193.
Glover, Glouer, ,
328.
Abigail, 330.
Abigail (Hender-
son), 334.
Hannah, 330-332,
334.
John,, 17, 334(3),
341.
Maj. Gen. John,334.
Jonathan, 830(3),
331(2), 332(3), 334
(3).
Mary, 334.
Mary (Guppy), 334
(2).
Goffstown (N. H.), 2,
4.
Gold, see Gould.
Goldsmith, Isaac, 285.
Jeremiah, 282.
Samuel, 194.
William, 282.
Goldthwait, Goul-
thite, , 164,
198.
Sarah, 123.
Goodell, Goodale,
Isack, 234.
Jacob, 217.
Robert, 181, 182(2).
Goodridge, John, jr.,
88.
Mary, 318.
Goose, Susannah, 179.
Gordon, Eliphalet,
131.
John, 330.
Nicholas, 93(2).
Gore, , 198.
Gorham (Me.), 8.
Goss, Elizabeth, 127.
Rev. Thomas, 127.
INDEX.
375
Gould, Gold, Deacon,
277, 286, 290, 291.
Abraham Jones, 282.
Barzillai, 250.
Charles, 74.
Daniel, 141.
Elijah, 43.
Elizabeth, 249.
Hannah (Perkins),
43.
John, 3d, 249.
John K., 258.
Maj. Joseph, 249.
Mary, 249.
Stephen, 43.
Thomas, 164, 242(2),
346.
Gove, Lydia, 314.
Stephen, 314.
Grafton, Graften,
, 346, 347,348,
349, 350(2), 351,
353(2).
Hannah, 184.
John, 26.
Joseph, 28, 156, 164,
237, 238, 239(2),
240(2), 241(2), 242,
243, 273(2), 344(2),
345(2), 347, 348,
354(2).
Joseph, sr., 24, 26.
Joshua, 184.
Granby (Mass.), 6.
Grant, , 246.
Mary, 317.
Graves, Benjamin,
312.
Elizabeth, 312.
Isaiah, 312.
Mary, 339.
Mary Newhall, 312.
Nabby, 292.
Polly, 312.
Samuel, 312(2).
Sary, 339(2).
Susanna, 312.
Zackeriah, 312.
Gray, , 228.
Caroline M., 121.
Eliza Endicott, 121.
Robert, 242.
Samuel, 286.
Thomas, 290.
Great Britain, 196.
Green, Greene, Grene,
Grenes, John,232,
233(4), 234, 241,
242(2), 352.
Mrs. Mary J. (Per-
kins), 256.
Thomas, 149, 262.
Greenfield (K H.), 9.
Greenleaf, Anne, 139.
Greenwood, , 198.
Gregory, James J. H.,
98, 99.
Griffin, Charles, jr.,
339.
Cyrus, 339.
Daniel, 50.
Nathaniel, 193.
Capt.Nathaniel,192.
Griffiths & Thomas,
75.
Groton (Mass.), 4.
Groues, , 242.
Edmund, 28, 153.
Edward, 349.
Guppy, Gupy, John,
27, 39.
Ruben, 17, 24, 26(2).
Hackett, Hacket, Al-
bert Warren, 291.
Edward Franklin,
291.
Elizabeth, 291.
John, 285(2).
William, 285, 291(2),
292.
William Henry, 291.
Hagerstown (Md.), 10.
Hagget's pond, 277,
286.
Hale, Edna, 118.
Isaac, 118.
John, 93(2).
Robert, 93, 358.
Col. Robert, 293.
Ruth, 118.
Thomas, 178, 179(2).
Haley, John W., 279.
William, sr., 87.
Halifax (N. S.), 196.
Halifax (Mass.), 8.
Hall, Thomas, 117(2).
William, 80(2), 117.
Hallowell, Benjamin,
308.
Hallowell, Bridget,
308.
Henry, 228(2), 308
(3).
Hepzibah, 311.
James, 308.
John, 308.
Lucretia, 228,308.
Lydia, 308.
Martha, 308.
Mehitabel, 308.
Polly, 308.
Samuel, 308.
Sarah, 308.
Theophilus, 308(3),
313.
Hallowell (Me.), 7.
Hamilton, Gail, 100.
Hamlin, Vice-Pres., 6.
Hammett, Benjamin,
78.
Hampden (Me.), 10,
12.
Hamson, Barnard &
Spragg, 74.
Hancock, , 92.
Hancock (N. H.), 5.
Hand, William, 9.
Handwater, Dr., 822.
Hanover (Mass.), 6.
Hardy, Searg., 59.
Joseph, jr., 242.
Harnden, Elizabeth,
116.
James G., 222.
Harny, Peter, 21.
Harrington, Abigail
(Danforth), 320.
Anna, 320.
Arthur H., M.D.,97.
Caroline A., 259.
Elizabeth, 318.
Jonathan, 320.
Simon G., 259.
Harris, David, 80(2).
Joseph, 179.
Richard, 151.
Hart, Jonathan, 178,
183(2), 184,
Lydia, 178(2), 179.
Mary, 321, 337(2).
Moses, 305.
Phebe, 131.
Sarah, 311.
William, 337.
376
INDEX.
Hartford (Vt.), 12(2).
Harvard (Mass.), 14.
Harwood, Ebenezer,
217.
Henry, 81, 83(2).
Kebecca, 217.
Sarah, 219.
Hascott, Stephen, 157,
159, 161, 163.
Haskel, William, 193.
Hatch, Anna S., 248.
Nat, 76(2).
Hathorne, Hathorn,
, 111, 171(5),
172(7), 341.
Capt., 94.
Major, 17(2), 18(2),
36, 110(2), 111(3).
Adrian, 104.
Anne, 104, 111.
Anna, 111(2).
Christopher, 104.
Daniel, 112.
Edmund, 104.
Eleazer, 111.
Elizabeth, 111,
Ely, 350.
Hill, 97(4).
John, 19, 101(2),104,
111(3), 112(3),154,
241(2), 242(2), 243
(2), 346,353(2)-355.
Joseph, 112(2).
Nathaniel, 111.
Richard, 104.
Sarah, 104, 111, 152.
William, 97, 98(2),
100, 101, 104(3),
106(3), 107(7), 108,
109(5), 111(2).
William, sr., 20.
Capt. William, 106.
Maj. William, 97,
109(2), 110, 112,
151(3), 347.
Hathorne, see also
Hawthorne.
Havana (Cuba), 2, 10.
Haverhill (Mass.), 9,
279, 361.
Hawkes, Hawks,
John, 130.
Matthew, 124.
Polly, 312.
Susanna, 125.
Hawthorne, Haw-
thorn, , 237.
Major, 31, 39(2), 40,
236.
Eliazer, 23, 27, 28.
John, 28, 156, 164,
171, 172, 231, 235.
Nathaniel, 112(6).
Capt. William, 30,
163.
Maj . William, 30.
Hawthorne, see also
Hathorne.
Hayle, see Hale.
Hayward, Charles
Warren, 292.
George Edward,292.
Harriet Eliza, 292.
Capt.Harry,285,292.
Helen Elizabeth,
292.
Henry Albert, 292.
HenryEdwards,285,
292.
Israel, 292.
Jabez, 285, 292(2).
Lydia (Swinerton),
292.
Phebe, 292.
Polly Swain (Cur-
tis), 292.
Hazard, (negro),
77.
Healey, Healy, Sarah,
86.
William, 86(2), 87.
William, jr., 87(8).
William, sr., 86(2).
Heard, Nathan, 114.
Henchman, Mrs.
Lydia, 95.
Rev. Nathaniel, 95,
188.
Henderson, , 328,
329, 332.
Abigail, 330(2), 331
(2), 332(2), 334(2),
Benjamin, 330(3).
331, 334.
Daniel, 331, 334(2).
Ebenezer, 330(3),
331, 333.
Eleanor, 329, 331,
332(3).
Elizabeth, 330, 333.
Henderson, Eunice,
331, 334.
Hannah, 331, 334(2).
Hannah(Glover),334
John, 329(6), 330(4),
331(5), 332(8), 333
(4), 334(3).
Lois, 331, 334.
Margaret, 331, 334.
Martha, 331, 334.
Mary, 331, 333, 334.
Peter, 329(4),330(9),
331(4), 332(5), 333
(4), 334.
Sarah, 331, 334.
William, 331, 334(2).
Henman, John, 194.
Hernandez, Andaz
Gaspar, 10.
Hewes, Huges, Hugh-
es, Arter, 21.
Arthur, 28(3), 149,
170, 236.
John Harry, 289.
Marlon S., 289.
Hicks,Prudence,80(2).
Hidden, Abigail Jane,
289.
David, 283, 289(4).
David I. C., 283(2).
David Isaac, 289.
Elizabeth (Stick-
ney), 289(2).
Joseph, 289.
Mary, 289.
Mary (Chandler),
289.
Mary Elizabeth,289.
William Henry, 289.
Hide, Richard, 81.
Higbee, Lemuel, 194.
Hight, Maj. George
W., 192.
Higginson, Higenson,
Higinson, ,18(2),
19(5), 20, 22,25(4),
32, 38, 40, 150,
155, 241(3), 242.
, sr., 149, 240.
John, 33(2), 35, 150
(2), 154(2),156,161,
237, 240(3), 344(2),
346, 347,348(3),349
(2), 350(2), 351,353
(2), 354.
INDEX.
377
Higginson, John, jr.,
154, 235, 238(2),
239(3), 241(3),242,
243, 345(3), 353.
John, sr., 158.
Lieut. John, 170.
Stephen, 185.
Hill, David, 192.
Frances, 265(3), 266.
Hannah, 265(2).
Kogger, 230.
Valentine, 265(3),
266(2), 268, 278.
Warren, 318.
Zeb, jr., 353.
Hilton, , 11(2).
Elizabeth, 144.
Ruth, 144.
Hines, Susanna, 287.
Hinsdale (N. H.), 16.
Hinson, Cornelius, 77
(2).
Hirst, William, 350.
Hitchings, Hitchins,
Anna, 116.
Elizabeth, 228.
Ezra, 123(2).
Gilbert, 123.
Isaiah, 309.
Jabez, 123, 309, 319.
James, 116.
John, 123.
Lois, 123.
Thomas, 123.
Timothy, 123.
Hiter, Francis, 317.
Hobart, Col., 5.
Hobbs, Daniel, 115.
James R., 253.
Hodgden, Robert, 194.
Hodge, Capt., 90.
Hodges, Andrew, 133,
134.
Charles, 91.
Hodgkins, Elizabeth,
121.
Holbrook, , 9, 10,
14, 15.
G. H., 8, 15.
George H., 2, 10.
Holbrook & Dexter,
11.
Holbrook & Son, 5.
Holihoke, , 67.
Holley, , 277.
Holley, William, 277.
Hollingworth,Hollen-
wor th, , 21(2),
345.
Elen, 353.
Richard, 80(2), 83.
Hollis (N. H.), 6.
Holman, Mrs. Mary,
127.
Holmes,Homes,Capt.,
188.
Francis, 148.
Dr. Francis, 147.
John, 239, 350.
Mary, 147.
Obediah, 336.
Holt, , 279.
Abigail, 288.
Charles, 290.
Dane, 279.
Diah, 290.
Elizabeth, 288.
Henry, 288.
James, 288.
Jed., 56, 64.
Jediah, 64, 82, 83,
281.
Jonathan, 288, 290
(2).
Michael, 281.
Nicholas, 82, 83.
Rebecca, 288.
Tabitha, 281.
Holton, John, 188(2).
Hood, Benjamin, 339.
Joanna, 147.
Hooper, Capt., 90.
Dr., 190.
Henry N"., 9.
Henry N. & Co., 14.
Hoper, Marie, 121.
Hopkinton (Mass.), 4.
Hopkinton (N. H.), 3.
Home, Horn, John,
17, 22.
John, jr., 157.
Joseph, 153, 157.
Simeon, 156.
Simon, 30, 153.
Houghton, Benjamin,
126(2).
Benjamin, 3d, 126.
Betsy, 126.
Cephas, 126.
Hannah, 126.
House, Hannab.,87,88.
Hovey, Joseph, 57,
139.
Dea. Joseph, 44.
Susanna, 140.
Howard, Abigail, 321.
Jabez, 116.
Lydia A., 318.
Nich., 344.
Howe, How, Benja-
min, 252.
John, 196(2).
Mrs. Susanna, 191.
Zeruiah, 146.
Howes, Martha O.,
17, 149, 229.
Hewlett, John, 141.
Sarah, 139.
Hoy t,Hoit, David W.,
85.
Thankful, 320.
Hubbard, Caleb, 287.
Maj. Caleb, 287.
Humphrey G M 247
(2).
Tirza, 287.
Tryphena (Mon-
tague), 287.
William R., 247.
Hudson, Hepzibah,
311.
James, 359.
Sally, 219.
Thomas B., 194.
Hughes, see Hewes.
Hulen,Capt.Elias,317.
Mary, 317.
Hull, , 39, 153,
155, 244(2).
Hulme, Capt., 189.
Humphery's pond,18.
Hun, Priscilla, 152.
Hunter, William, 80.
Hurd, Joanna, 118.
Huse, Arthur, 149(2),
238, 349(3), 356.
Hussey, Benjamin,
340.
Sylvanus, 305(2).
Hutchins, Eliza, 118.
Lois, 319.
Hutchinson, Huche-
son, Huchison,
Hutcheson, ,
234.
8T8
INDEX.
Hutchinson, , sr.,
33.
Col. Chester, 267.
Edward, 267.
John, 30, 155, 266,
267(2), 268.
Joseph, 33, 35, 155,
156, 165, 350.
Mary, 268.
P. O., 267.
Richard, 101, 155.
William, 266-268.
Hynde, Capt., 90.
Indian ridge (Ando-
ver), 291.
Ingalls, Ingals, ,
42, 43, 65.
Annie P., 258.
Charlotte A. (Smith),
258.
Daniel, 359.
Henry, 359.
James, 50.
Jerusha, 227.
John, 81.
Nathan, 59.
Sarah, 81.
Tabathy, 339.
Whipple, 258.
Ingersoll, John, 344.
Ingerson, Ingarson,
Ingersons, Ing-
son, George, 21.
George, jr., 21.
George, sr., 343.
John, 21, 346.
John, sr., 23, 164.
Joseph, 230.
Nehemiah, 31.
Samuel, 345.
Inglish, see English.
Ives, , 355.
Mrs. Elizabeth, 310.
John, 310(2).
Jackman, William,
194.
Jackson, , 189,190.
Alfred Andrew,327.
Caleb, 138.
Hall, M. D., 325.
Hannah, 135.
Martha, 318.
Russell Leigh, 322.
Jackson, William, 187.
Jacob Thomas, 89.
Jaffrey (N. H.), 9.
Jamaica Plain (Mass.)
6(2).
Jameson, Priscilla,
318.
Jenkins, Joseph, 116.
Robert, 95.
Jenks, Jencks, John,
313.
M., 2.
Jewett, Elizabeth, 254.
Elizabeth (Hodg-
kins), 254, 255.
Harriet J., 255.
Israel K., 249.
John, 254, 255.
Joseph, 82(3).
Johns, Peter, 43.
John's Hill (Ando-
ver), 280.
Johnson, , 198,
285.
Lieut., 55, 56.
Anna, 144.
Benjamin, 320.
Benjamin, jr., 319.
Benjamin Holten,
320.
Benoni, 309.
Betsy, 227.
Betsy Galusha, 217.
Enoch, 311.
George, 312.
Hannah, 315.
Jerusha, 320.
John, 43.
John, jr., 70.
John L., 120.
Joseph, jr., 120.
Joshua, 70.
Lettice, 126.
Lydia, 226, 320.
Lydia (Batchelder),
311.
Nathaniel, 217(3),
Otis, 812.
Phinehas, 50.
Rachel, 119.
Richard, 311.
Ruth, 311.
Samuel, 311, 312,
358.
Stephen, 69.
Johnson, Susanna
Newhall, 217.
William, 70.
William Newhall,
217.
Jones, Joanes, Jonas,
Catharine, 117.
Eben, 288.
George, 320.
Hugh, 155, 229.
Isaac, 281.
Reuben, 286.
Kast, Philip Godfrid,
92.
Keazer, Keaser, ,
37, 38, 164.
George, 166.
Keby,Elisha, 155, 243.
Keene (N. H.), 13, 16.
Kelly, Rebecca, 88.
Kemp (privateer), 131.
Kendall, Joel, 127.
Kenney, Keny, Arch-
elaus, 144.
Henry, 243(2).
Jonathan, 245.
Mary, 144.
Kerin, Edward Law-
rence, 327.
Keyes, Mary, 113.
Solomon, 113.
Kidder, Mehitable,
377.
Kilburn, Samuel, 126.
Sukey, 126.
Kimball, Cimbal,Ben-
jamin, 138.
Ebin, 63.
John, 82, 83(2).
Mary, 82, 83.
Kindrick, Lydia, 88.
King, , 35, 345.
Amos, 192.
Daniell, 27, 153.
Kinsley, M., 10, 12.
Martin, 12.
R. B., 12.
Kirkbride, Dr., 103.
Kitchen,Kitchin, ,
346.
Bethia, 272(2), 273
(2).
Bethia (Weld), 272
(2).
INDEX.
379
Kitchen, Edward, 190,
272(3), 273.
Elizabeth (Graf ton)
273(2).
John, 272, 273.
Mary, 272, 273(2),
275.
Mary (Bordman),
275.
Robert, 272(6), 273
(4), 275.
Kittery (Me.), 9.
Kittredge, Charles,
127.
Kneeland, Sarah, 140.
Knight, Knights,
Charles, 324.
Dr. Frederic Irvine,
324.
Jonathan, 156.
Nathaniel, 78.
Robert, 82.
Knott, Dr., 348(2).
Knowlton, Benjamin,
194.
Michael, 192.
Knox, Gen., 210(5),
214, 215.
Elizabeth Jane,255.
Kushing, , 12.
Lacy, Lasy, Eliza-
beth, 41.
Ephraim, 56, 63.
William, 59.
Lake, Lakes, Consta-
ble, 21.
Seargt., 35(2), 345.
Mehetable (Balch),
258.
Susan, 258.
William, 28, 34(2),
171, 353, 355.
William G., 258.
Lakeman, James, 313.
Rachel, 319.
Lambert, Lambart,
Lambort, Sarah,
27, 37, 150, 156,
171, 342, 343.
Lamson, Lampson,
Amos, 177.
Anna, 148.
Benjamin, 186.
Elizabeth, 177.
Lamson, Eunice, 148.
John, 148.
Capt. John, 249.
Jonathan, 186.
Lancaster (Mass.), 8.
Lander, , 329.
John, 243.
Lane, Mercy, 117.
Samuel, 117.
Son & Fraser, 75,
78(2).
Lang, Samuel, 194.
Langdon, Landon,
, 54, 57.
President, 43.
Langman, Edward,74.
Laport, , 72(5).
Larcome, Jonathan,
77.
Larrabee, Betsey, 131.
John, 219.
Larramore, Thomas,
275.
Lawes,Francis,183(3).
Lawrence, Dorothy,
221(2).
Ebenezer, 221.
Lawrence (Mass.),276.
Lawson, James, 75.
Leach, Leech, Col., 1.
Lieut., 237, 239, 345
(2), 349, 351.
Henry, 125.
John, 77, 232, 233
(4), 234.
Joseph, 125, 126.
Richard, 232, 233,
238, 239, 345, 356
(2).
Sally, 125.
Susanna, 125.
Leavitt, Abigail L.,
258.
Amos T., 258.
Rev. Dudley, 190.
Martha J., 258.
Lechar, Richard, 21.
Lee, Capt., 90.
Benjamin, 194.
John, 194.
Mary, 77.
Samuel, 76.
Capt. Samuel, 77.
Legg, Daniel, 81(4).
Elizabeth, 79, 81(2).
Legg, John, 79, 81(8).
Samuel, 81(4).
Capt. Samuel, 81(2).
Leicester, (Mass.), 2.
Leigh, Abagail, 323,
324, 325.
Abbie Little, 327.
Adaline, 325.
Amos Little, 325,
326.
Anna, 323, 324, 325.
Bane A., 326.
Benjamin, 322(2),
323(5), 324(2), 325,
326.
Benjamin, 3d., 323.
Betsy, 323.
Caroline P., 325.
Charles Robert, 326.
Charlotte, 323.
Clark, 325, 326.
Clement, 326.
Curtis, 326.
David Booth, 325,
326.
Edith Pearson, 327.
Elisabeth, 325.
EmmaFlorence,327.
Ernest, 326.
Hall Jackson, 324,
325, 327(2).
Hannah, 324.
Harry Arthur, 326.
John Newmarch
Gushing, 327.
Marcia, 323.
Mary, 324.
Mary Catherine,826.
Mary Little,324,327.
MaryWilliston/327.
Nettie Snow, 327.
Paul, 325.
Robert, 322(2), 323,
324(2).
Sally, 324.
Sarah Annie, 327.
Sarah Jackson, 324.
Silas Pearson, 324,
326.
Lempster (N. H.), 8.
Leominster (Mass.),
8.
Lesley, Col., 205, 206
(3), 207(4).
Lewis, , 121.
380
INDEX.
Lewis, Deacon, 340.
Alonzo, 192.
Annar, 340.
Betsy, 226.
Dana, 119.
David, 119.
Gilbert, 119(2).
Horace, 278.
John, 124, 305, 309.
John, jr., 309.
John, sr., 309.
Louisa, 119.
Lydia, 119.
Mary, 305.
Sally, 219.
Sarah, 119.
Susanna, 221.
Libby, C. T., 89.
Lilly, Patience, 78(2).
William, 74(3), 76,
78.
Lincoln, Gen., 204.
Lindell, Lindall, Lin-
doll,Lendoll,Lyn-
dell, , 30, 170.
Bethia (Kitchen),
272.
James, 173.
Mary, 272(3).
Timothy, 19, 23, 28,
151, 153, 156, 164,
242, 333.
Hon. Timothy, 272
(3), 273.
Lindsay, Linsy, Lynd-
sey, , 57.
Eleazer, 358(3).
John, 129.
Phebe, 129.
Phebe (Newhall),
129.
Susanna, 217.
Litch, Betsey, 41.
Little, Abagail, 325.
Eunice (Atkinson),
132.
Hannah Leigh, 325.
Col. Joshua, 132.
Judith, 132.
Michael, 324, 325.
Livingstone, John,
75(2).
Lloyd, Henry, 357.
Lock, , 283.
Lockart, John, 74.
Lockwood, Edward,
124(2).
Love, 124.
Lockyer, , 190.
Long, Archibald, 825,
326.
Catherine (Kollar),
326.
Richard, 88.
Sally, 326.
Stephen, 68.
Longley, William,220.
Longstafe, William,
341.
Looms, John, 17.
Lord, , 172.
William, 19, 23, 26
(2), 33, 39,162,171,
244, 273, 341.
William, jr., 353(2).
William, sr., 353(2).
Lothrop, Capt., 97.
Louisville (Ky.), 2,
15.
Lovejoy, Peter, 143,
144.
Pompey, 289.
Rose, 289.
Lovering, John, 3d.,
142.
Lovett, Capt., 94.
Lowell, Lowle, Eben-
ezer, 93.
Richard, 88.
Luff, John, 183.
Lunt, Arthur G., 258.
Arthur Osgood,258.
Daniel, 86.
Woodbridge, 323.
Lusher, , 108.
Lyman, E., 12.
Elias, 12.
Lynde, Benjamin, 76.
Lyndsey, see Lindsay.
Lynn (Mass.), 18.
Lyon,Capt. John, 113.
Mary, 113.
Lyon (ship), 79.
Maber, Richard, 160,
341.
McAllister, , 146.
Macdonald, Merdock,
132.
McDonald, W. C., 284.
McDonogh, James,
78(2).
McDowell, Abigail,
318.
Machias Academy, 9.
Mclntire, Jeremiah,
194.
McKay, Cora S., 256.
MacKenzie, Lieut.
William, 248.
Maekerill, Mackrell,
John, 149,341,353.
McKien, , 92.
Mackmaly, Mixt., 243.
McLellen, Jane, 138.
Magnolia (Mass. ),27S.
Maiden (Mass.), 9.
Manley, Manly, Capt.,
61, 66, 211.
Manning, Maning,
, 284.
Capt., 39, 237.
Adeline A., 278.
Augustus I., 278.
Chloe, 277.
Edward Augustus,
278.
Elizabeth Clarke,
112.
Frederick Wilber,
278.
Hannah, 277.
John H., 276, 277
(3), 278.
John Hart, 278.
John Hart, jr., 278.
Joseph M., 278.
Martha, 278.
Mary Alton, 278.
Mary Angenett,278.
Mary K., 278.
Nicholas, 17, 18, 22
(2), 23, 30, 158.
Capt. Nicholas, 169.
Rebecca Jane, 278.
Sarah, 277,
Sarah A., 278.
Thomas, 277(5),278.
Thomas, jr., 278.
Mansfield, , 128.
Bethiah, 219.
Content, 308.
Daniel, 128.
Elizabeth, 125.
Jonathan, 125.
INDEX.
381
Mansfield, Love, 128.
Lucy, 226.
Lydia (Newhall),
128.
Martha, 225.
Mary (Rand), 225.
KB., 194.
Robert, 225, 228.
Sarah, 141.
Mansier, , 47.
Mansise, John A., 194.
Marble,Marbel,Lieut.
63.
Ede, 227.
Marblehead (Mass.),
1, 3, 79(3), 186,
196, 359, 360.
Marbury, Ann, 268.
March,Hugb,sr.,86(2).
Sarah, 86.
Marcy,Mehitable, 113.
Col. Moses, 113.
Marland, ,285,292.
John, 291, 339.
William, 284.
Marland Village (An-
dover), 289.
Marquand, Capt., 357.
Marsh, , 16.
Aaron, 291.
Elizabeth (Moulton)
291.
Marshall, Marshals,
, 175.
Abigail, 281.
Jacob, 281.
James, 281.
Susannah, 281.
Marshfield (Mass.),12.
Marston, , 27,150,
161(2).
Constable, 22, 31.
Elizabeth, 330, 331,
333.
John, 23, 36, 229,
235(2), 279, 318,
343(2), 350.
John, jr., 27, 164,
172, 235, 346, 355.
John, sr., 230.
M., 31.
Manasses, 19, 20,23,
25, 27, 33, 39, 161
(2), 235, 242(2),
243(3), 345.
Martin, Lieut., 304.
Josiah, 121.
Lieut. Josiah, 293,
304.
Mary, 293, 326.
Thomas, 194.
William, 144.
Maskoll, John, 343.
Mason, Capt., 90, 199.
David, 198.
Col. David, 197, 216.
Elias, 19, 346.
John, 243, 244, 346.
Warren, 284.
Massey, Massy, Ben-
jamin, 310.
John, 157, 166, 180
(5), 181(4), 182,
183(2).
John, sr., 178.
Masters, Abraham,76.
Jonathan, 76.
Masury, John, 194.
Matanzas (Cuba),5(2),
6, 7, 9.
Matthew, , 107.
Maverick, Moses, 269
(2).
Maxfield, Cassandra
D., 254.
Susan T., 254.
Thomas, 254.
Maxwell, Hugh, 114.
Maynard, Daniel F.,
126.
Meach, Jeremiah, sr.,
166.
Meacham, Goodman,
24.
Jeremiah, 346.
Mear, Walter, 21.
Mears, William, 285.
Meason, John, 346.
Medford (Mass.), 13.
Meek, Daniel, 78.
Mellus, Amelia, 121.
Amelia (Lyon), 121.
Capt. William, 121.
Meneely & Co., 10. .
Merriam, Adolphus,
282.
Royal Augustus, M.
D., 252.
Merrill, Hannah, 278.
Jonathan, 291.
Merrill, Mehitable,
247.
Samuel, 286.
Meserve, Capt. Han-
son, 187.
Methuen (Mass.), 276.
Milk, Milke, John,
156, 243.
Miller, , 85(2).
John, 85.
Mary, 85.
Peter, 230.
Mills, Rev. Mr., 283.
Rev. Charles L.,288.
Milton (Mass.), 8(2).
Minors, Norton, 357.
Mitchell, , 73(2),
107.
John, sr., 73.
Mary, 326.
Mobile, 15.
Moises, Henry, 28.
Molleaux, John, 78.
Molly (schooner), 76.
Montague (vessel), 92.
Moody, , 85, 296,
297, 302(2), 303(2).
Capt., 90.
Cutting, 86.
Mary, 85(3).
Samuel, 86.
Moon, Thomas, 91(2).
Moore, More, Moores,
Capt., 345.
Annah, 247.
Dominick, 251.
Frank G., 257.
Richard, 288.
Samuel, 125.
Sarah (Perkins), 251.
Sophronia, 251.
Moriarty,G. Andrews,
M. A., 263, 328.
George Andrews, jr.,
262, 335.
Capt. Thomas, 275.
Moroney, Thomas, 73.
Morrell, Capt., 90.
Morris, Richard, 78.
Morrison, Arthur D. ,
258.
James, 193.
Katherine, 258
Nannie E. (Foster),
258.
382
INDEX.
Morse, Daniel, 127.
Moulds, Edward, 346.
Moses, Eleazer, 357.
Moulton, Asa Emery,
132.
Charles Henry, 132.
Emery, 132(2).
John, 262.
John R., 310.
Lucy Jane, 132.
Mary, 132.
Nathaniel, 140.
Otis S., 132.
Otis Sias, 132.
Sally Newhall, 132.
Mudge, Mary, 227.
Capt. Samuel, 192
(2).
Mulliken, Charles J.,
120.
Francis, 120.
George, 120.
John, 120.
Samuel, 120, 221.
Sukey, 120.
Susan, 120.
Mungy, John, 25.
Munroe, Edmund,319.
Edward, 194.
Eliza, 319.
Hanson, 319.
Harriet, 319.
Hepzibah, 319.
James Madison,319.
Phipps, 319.
Sally, 319(3).
Timothy, 319(8).
Munson & Barnard,
6, 11.
Murphy, Richard,287.
Nahant, 278.
Nail, , 143.
Nason, Seth, 15.
Naylor, Vickers &
Co., 15.
Neal, Neale, , 20,
182.
Lieut., 158, 182.
Jeremiah, 19, 28,
157(2), 169(4), 171,
178(2), 179, 182(2),
183(2), 231(2).
Lieut. Jeremiah,
170, 350.
Neal, John, 182(3), 183
(2).
John, sr., 178.
Jonathan, 183(5),
184.
Joseph, 178(2), 179,
183, 193.
Needham, John, 3d,
219.
Thirza, 218.
Neland, Joseph, 139.
New Bedford (Mass.),
New Boston (N. H.),
13, 278.
Newbury (Mass.), 1.
Newbury(packet),359.
Newburyport (Mass.),
4, 9.
New Castle (Me.), 3.
Newell, Newall,Capt.,
90.
Anne M., 314.
Frederick R., 314.
Harriet Emily, 326.
John, jr., 235.
Mary S., 318.
Timothy, 187.
Welcome, 307.
Newhall, Judge, 121.
Aaron, 128(3), 129,
220, 312(2), 313(3).
Abby, 815.
Abigail, 127, 131,
222, 223(2), 225.
Abigail Curtin, 314.
Abigail W., 315(2).
Abigail Wing, 315.
Abner, 313(2).
Adeline, 318.
Alanson, 321.
Albert, 120, 321.
Alfred, 311.
Alfred Augustus,
320.
Alfred Estes, 315.
Alice, 812.
Alien, 115, 217, 218
(2), 219, 220(2),
307, 320(2).
Amay, 130(2).
Amele, 130.
Amelia, 130.
Amos, 123, 125, 126,
131(5), 317.
Newhall, Andrew,221 .
Anna, 113, 115, 116,
131(2), 218(2), 219,
221.
Anna Rowell, 223.
Anne, 314.
Archelaus, 223(2).
Artemas, 114, 115,
126.
Asa, 131(2), 217,218.
Asa T., 131(2), 132.
AsaT. jr., 313, 314.
Asa Tarbell, 132(3).
Benjamin, 125, 228,
311(3).
Benjamin Curtain,
318.
Benjamin Francis,
311(2).
Benjamin Hodges,
224.
Benjamin P., 318.
Benjamin Symonds,
121.
Bernard, 116(2).
Bethiah, 218.
Betsy, 115, 116, 130,
218(3), 219(2), 220,
225, 227, 228.
Breed, 307.
Bridget, 308.
Calley, 320, 321.
Calvin, 123.
Caroline, 132.
Cephas, 126.
Charles, 125, 305(2),
306, 307, 321.
Rev. Charles, 128.
Charlotte, 119, 220.
Chauncey, 306.
Cheever, 226(2).
Cinderilla, 129.
Clarissa, 222, 223,
310.
Clarissa Ingalls,223.
Content, 308.
Daniel, 114(3), 124,
125, 126(3), 129(2),
131, 224(3), 226,
306, 307(3), 316(2).
Daniel, jr., 114.
Daniel A. B., 226.
Daniel R., 126.
Daniel Robbins,126.
Daniel Rodman,317.
INDEX.
388
Newhall, Daniel Wen-
dell, 314(2).
David, 115(2), 116,
125, 127(3), 218,
219(2).
Deborah, 222.
Diana, 114,
Dolly, 115(3), 116.
Dorcas, 218, 219(2).
Dorothy, 222.
Dudley S., 118.
Dudley Sargent,119.
Ebenezer, 123, 222,
306(3).
Ebenezer F., 222.
Ebenezer Francis,
307.
Ede, 227(2), 228.
Edmund, 120.
Edward, 116(3), 117,
227, 314.
Edward A. H., 119.
EdwardCharles,311.
Edward H., 118.
Edward S., 314.
Eli, 219.
Elisha, 130, 221(2).
Eliza, 222, 223, 314
(2), 317, 318.
Eliza S., 316.
Elizabeth, 114(2),
116, 117(2), 122,
127, 129(2), 130(2),
131, 219, 226, 228,
307, 309, 310, 311.
Elizabeth Bailey,
132.
Elizabeth E., 310.
Elizabeth Emmer-
ton, 310.
Ellis, 227(2).
Enos, 223(2).
Estes, 315.
Esther, 115(2), 307.
Eunice, 113, 318(2).
Eunice Atkinson,
132.
Ezekiel, 128, 129.
Ezra, 318.
Ezra Fuller, 121.
Foster, 225.
Francis, 127, 313,
314.
Francis E. Clapp,
120.
Newhall, Francis Stu-
art, 314.
Frederick, 225(2),
226.
George, 226(2), 315
(2), 318.
George Albert, 120.
George D., 316.
George Ezra, 120
(2).
George Hamilton,
310.
George P., 316.
George Pickering,
320.
George Washing-
ton, 224.
Gilbert, 120.
Gilbert Grafton,121.
Gustavus, 127.
H. L., 132.
Hannah, 117, 126(3),
218, 219, 224, 225,
226, 227(2), 315,
317, 318.
Hanson, 319(3).
Harriet, 228, 307.
Harrington, 321.
Harvey, 124, 321.
Henry, 314, 317.
Henry Bacheller,
224.
Henry R., 316.
Hepzibah, 316(2).
Hiram, 132.
Hiram Lafayette,
132.
Hitty, 113(2).
Horace, 314,
Horatio, 227.
Hulda Bassett, 314.
Increase, 321.
Isaac, 226, 316(2),
321.
Isabel, 221.
Isaiah, 311.
Israel, 130, 131.
Jabez, 114.
Jacob, 121, 123(2),
124(5), 125, 130,
224, 227.
Jacob, jr., 123, 124
(2).
Jacob, 3d, 124.
Capt. Jacob, 122.
Newhall, James, 114,
115,124,126,127(5),
128(2), 129, 130(2),
220(2), 223, 228,
305(2), 306, 308(2),
310(2), 313, 318,
321(3).
James, jr., 308.
James Burrill, 310.
James H., 310.
James Henry, 310.
James R., 118,311.
James Robinson,
311.
Jedidiah, 126, 219,
220, 320.
Jeremiah, 128(2),
129.
Jerusha, 319.
Joanna, 121, 125(3),
126(4), 227.
Joel, 224(3), 226(2).
John, 114, 115(2),
116, 122, 128(3),
129(2), 130, 220,
223(3), 225, 308,
316, 317(3), 321,
340.
Capt. John, 115.
John Bailey, 316.
John Brown, 221(2).
John Brown Lewis,
221.
John Bruer, 223.
John Mansfield,
227.
John Porter, 131(3).
John Scarlet, 224,
225.
John Thompson,
311.
John Wesley, 320.
Jonas, 307(3).
Jonas Green, 221.
Jonathan, 113, 124,
125(2), 129, 130(5),
317(2), 318.
Joseph, 114, 115,
121, 123, 128, 129,
217(3), 218(6), 225,
307, 316(2), 318.
Joseph, 3d, 218.
Joseph C., 129.
Joseph Hart, 311.
Joseph Henry, 121.
384
INDEX.
Newhall, Joseph P.,
315(2).
Joseph Philbrick,
316.
Joshua L., 132.
Joshua Little, 132.
Josiah, 225(3), 226,
228(2).
Gen. Josiah, 225,
228.
Josiah S., 227.
Mrs. Judith, 132.
Judith Bailey, 132.
Julia Ann, 321.
Keturah,123(2),124.
Kezia, 223(3).
Lawrence H., 316.
Levi Downing, 320.
Lois, 123, 124, 305
(2), 317(2), 319(2).
Lois Burrill, 310.
Lois Maria, 311."
Lois Philbrick, 316.
Louisa, 318.
Love, 124, 129, 306.
Love Brown, 128.
Lucretia, 308.
Lucy, 113(2), 123,
226(3), 317(2).
Lucy Jane, 320.
Lucy Maria, 315.
Luther, 114.
Lydia, 119, 123, 124
(2), 218, 219, 222,
227, 309, 314, 316.
Lydia Ann, 227,228.
Lyman, 119.
Maria Mott, 316.
Martha, 128(4), 129
(2), 219, 225, 226,
228(3), 308.
Mary, 113(3), 115,
117(2), 124(3), 125,
127(2), 129, 131(4),
132, 223, 224, 225
(2), 226, 305(2),
307, 814, 315, 317
(2), 318, 320, 321
(3), 340.
Mary Ann, 113(2).
Mary Ann Lewis,
Mary Bailey, 317.
Mary Perkins, 313.
Mary Tufts, 311.
Newhall,Mary W.,222.
Matthew, 130.
Mehitable, 116.
Mercy, 117(3), 119.
Micajah, 227(3),313.
Michael, 125, 126,
127, 220, 320.
Michael (Downing),
320.
Miriam, 307, 315.
Molly, 115.
Moses, 125, 126(2),
127.
Nabby, 220.
Nancy, 116, 125, 127,
321.
Naomi, 130(2).
Nathan, 115, 116(4),
117, 127, 223, 307.
Nathan B., 223.
Nathan Breed, 223.
Nathaniel, 217(3),
218(2), 225(2), 226,
227, 228.
Nelly, 125.
Noah, 221(2).
Olive, 114, 124, 222.
Oliver, 129(2).
Oliver Nelson, 320.
Otis, 227(2), 320.
Otis White, 313.
Patience, 224(2).
Patty, 220.
Paul, 227(2), 315.
Paul Wing, 315.
Persis, 115.
Phebe, 116(2).
Phillips, 313.
Col. Phineas, 114
(5), 115.
Pliny, 126.
Polly, 222(2).
Priscilla, 128.
Rachel, 128(2).
Rebecca, 115, 116,
124, 127, 129, 131,
217, 313, 314.
Relief, 115.
Reuben, 115(3).
Richard, 318.
Robert, 225, 226.
Rossenger, 317.
Roxana, 128(2), 129
(2).
Rufus,222(2),223(3).
Newhall, Ruth, 220.
S. Mary, 132.
Sally, 115, 119, 131
(2), 218, 220, 221,
224(2), 226, 308,
310, 317, 318, 319.
Sally Ashton, 224
(2).
Sally Lewis, 219.
Sally Mary, 132.
Samuel, 114, 115(4),
116(2), 117, 119(2),
123, 128, 130, 131,
219, 226, 228, 313,
317(3).
Capt. Samuel, 117.
Samuel Coots, 127.
Samuel Hart, 311.
Sarah, 114, 115, 116
(2), 119, 120, 122,
124(2), 127(2), 129,
219, 224(2), 225,
227, 306(2), 307,
310, 313(2), 321(2).
Sarah Smith, 311.
Seth, 306, 307.
Seth Bannister, 307.
Shadrach, 123.
Silvanus, 314.
Solomon, 307.
Sophia, 314.
Stephen, 181, 318.
Sukey, 128, 129(2),
130(2), 219.
Susan, 127.
Susan Betsey, 320.
Susan Burditt, 311.
Susan Jane, 120.
Susanna, 116, 124-
126, 130(2), 217(2),
220, 222, 227, 312,
318, 321.
Tabitha, 116, 117.
Theodate, 314.
Theodate Jane, 313,
314.
Thirza, 219.
Thomas, 113, 118(2),
119, 130, 218, 219,
220, 305(2).
Thomas Albert, 121.
Thomas B., 132.
Thomas Bancroft,
132.
Thomas F., 313.
INDEX,
Newhall, Thomas Far-
rar, 313.
Thomas Flagg, 113
(2).
Thomas Goss, 127.
Thomas Grant, 317.
Thomas Hanson,
320.
Thomas Lewis, 219.
Timothy, 128(2), 318
(3), 319, 320.
Timothy Alley, 313.
Warren, 222.
Watson, 120.
Welcome, 307.
William, 113(2),116,
117, 122(2), 129,
130(2), 131, 225(4),
226, 227, 305, 307,
310, 318.
William Bacheller,
223.
William Estes, 315.
William H. B., 320.
William Hart, 321.
William Henry, 120,
311.
Winthrop, 314.
Wright, 222(2).
New London (N. H.),
12.
Newman, ,297,301.
Antipas, 168.
Mrs. Elizabeth, 168
(4), 169(2).
Newport (N. H.),7, 8.
Newton (Mass.), 9.
Nichols, Arthur H.,
M. D., 1.
Ebenezer, 246.
John, 145, 220.
Col. John, 320.
Mrs, Lois, 278.
Thomas, 218.
Nicholson, Shubael,
188.
Nikolett, , 18, 20.
Nixon, Elizabeth, 83.
Matthew, 83, 230.
Norman, , 243,354.
John, 170, 171, 236,
237, 241, 244, 352.
Norrice, Norice, ,
154, 355, 356.
Edward, 30.
North Amherst
(Mass.), 15.
Northampton (Mass.),
9, 10, 11(2).
NorthAndover(Mass.),
279, 281, 285, 286.
NorthReading(Mass. ),
277, 278, 285.
Norton, John, 242.
Norwood, Zaeheus,
309.
Nott, Abigail, 313.
Nourse, , 15.
Ebenezer, 218.
Hannah, 218(2).
Nourse, see Nurss.
Nowell, Capt. Moses,
323.
Rob., 153.
Noyes, , 85.
Abraham, 194.
Cutting, 86.
Fred Sewall, 327.
John, 194.
Mary, 85.
Nicholas, 86.
Wadley, 286.
Wyley Davis, 327.
Nurss, Nurses, Fran-
cis, 83, 35, 170,
231.
Samuel, 82.
Nurss, see Nourse.
Nutt, John, 77(2).
Nutting, Capt. John,
361.
Qber, Jonathan, 61.
Oliver, Bridget, 178.
Harriet A., 319.
Octavia W., 254.
Stephen, 227(2).
Thomas, 178, 344.
Orcutt, Ann E., 220.
Orgin, Isaac, jr., 193.
Orne, Capt., 90.
Benjamin, 180(2).
Elizabeth, 175.
Joshua, 180(3).
Osborn, Osburne,
Eliza, 177.
Henry, 177.
Mary, 177.
Stephen, 176.
William, 231(2).
Osgood, , 54.
Col., 50.
Doctor, 48(2).
Asa, 43(2).
Benjamin, 176(3),
177.
Christopher, 280.
John, 176(3), 177.
Robert B., 194.
Osgood tavern (Ando-
ver), 286.
Otis, James, 286.
paddock, , 203.
Page, Capt. Samuel,
123.
Palfray, Walter, 78.
Palmer, Charles, 132.
William H., 222.
Pappoon, Mary, 318.
Paris (Me.), 6.
Parker, Parkeor, ,
45, 68.
Asa, 53, 54(4).
Ben, 43.
Benjamin, 56, 58.
Charles, 339.
Eliab, jr., 222.
Enoch, 44, 53, 54,
57, 63.
James, 290.
John, 58, 68, 341.
Kendall, 285.
Mical, 70.
Phineas, 56, 65.
Parnell, Parnel, Fran-
cis, 343.
John, 289.
Parris, Rev. Samuel,
322.
Parrot, , 339.
Ben, 340.
Parsons, Theophilus,
117.
Partridge, Hon. Wil-
liam, 88.
Passamaquoddy Head
(Me.), 12.
Patch, , 251.
Paul, Charles Walter,
251.
Payne, , 82.
William, 82.
Payson, Albert H.,
121.
386
INDEX.
Payson, Albert Lem-
uel, 121.
Alice Newhall, 121.
Anne (Robinson),
121.
Edward Holden,121
(2).
Lemuel, 121.
Mary Ellen, 121.
Samuel, 121.
William E., 121.
William Edward,
121.
William Henry, 121.
Peabody, , 60, 61
(2), 62(2), 64,288.
Andrew, 250.
Clarissa, 146.
Daniel, 58.
Francis, 140.
Capt. Francis, 359.
Hannah, 250, 317.
Isaac, 146.
John, 41.
Joseph, 245.
Lucy, 223.
Matthew, 141.
Oliver, 69.
Priscilla, 148.
Ruth (Curtis), 250.
Ruth (Story), 317.
Sarah, 146(2).
Stephen, 317.
Rev. Stephen, 59.
Peach, John, 79.
John, jr., 80.
William, 79, 80.
Peacham (Vt.), 15.
Pearse, William, 92.
Pearse, see also
Pierce.
Pearson, Persons,
Frank J., 292.
Fred J., 292.
George Henry, 292.
Jabez, 309.
Joseph, 291.
Joseph J., 261.
Mary (Little), 324.
Sally Jackson, 324.
Samuel, jr., 339.
Sarah (Foster), 291.
Silas, 324.
Pearson, see also
Pierson.
, , 229.
James Irwin, 131.
John, 22, 31, 32, 33,
172, 235(2), 343,
344, 346, 356.
John, sr., 24, 231
(2), 239.
Sally, 131.
Pell, Susanna, 124.
Pembroke (N. H.), 16,
280.
Penewell, Walter, 21.
Percy, Lord, 208.
Perkins, Charles, 252.
Charles L., 255.
Dorothy, 147.
Hannah, 245.
Hannah (Moore),
257.
John, jr., 141.
Joseph Berry, 256.
Judith, 89.
Lavinia K., 257.
Martha A., 256.
Patty (Elliott), 256.
William, 257.
Perley, , 65.
Asa, 93.
Eunice B., 251.
George, 245.
John, 194.
Putnam, 119.
Sidney, 79, 173, 260,
269, 270(5), 271,
272, 338(2).
Susan M., 251.
Perry, Deborah, 222.
Patience, 142.
Persons, see Pearson.
Pervis, Meshich, 193.
Peters, Peter, ,
44, 69.
Gilbert, 230.
Hugh, 79, 105(2).
Pettengill, Pettingill,
James, 245.
Merrill, 281(2).
Moses, 246.
Mrs. Rachel (Lefa-
vour), 246.
Susanna, 246.
Phelps, Felps, Prof.,
284, 288.
Chandler, 280.
Daniel, 43.
Phelps, Henry,280(2).
John, 157, 161.
Joshua, 280(2).
Samuel, 280.
Philadelphia (Pa.), 9.
Philbrick, Joseph,
315.
Lois, 315.
Miriam, 315.
Phillips, Philipes,
Philips, , 69.
283.
Governor, 287.
Abigail, 129.
Benjamin, 124.
Gideon, 313.
James, 180.
John, 64, 68.
Rebecca, 313.
Sarah, 180, 313.
Thomas, 78.
Phippen, Phipeny,
Phipenye, Pbip-
peny, , 346,
355, 356.
David, 164, 182, 237,
239, 241, 243, 352,
353, 356.
Dorcas, 182.
Joseph, 182(3).
Mary, 143.
Samuel, 140, 166,
170, 172, 182, 342.
Phippeny, see Phip-
pen.
Pickering, Pickrin,
Pickring, ,
341.
Col., 208(2).
Lieut., 28, 162.
John, 18, 23, 25, 26,
30, 31, 33, 34(2),
36(2), 37, 153, 157
(2),160-162(3), 163,
182, 183, 235, 346,
350.
Ens. John, 24(2).
Lieut. John, 156,
159, 163, 166-168,
170, 172, 230, 231
(2), 232, 234, 244.
Jonathan, 157-159
(3).
Mrs. Martha A.
'Bruce), 259.
INDEX.
387
1
Pickman, Nathaniel,
235.
Nathaniel, jr., 341.
Nathaniel, sr., 20,
244.
Pickworth, , 353.
Samuel, 87.
Pierce, Abagail, 323.
Abagail (Brown),
Moses, 323.
Pierce, see also Pearse
Pierson, Joseph J.,
284.
Pierson, see also Pear-
son.
Pike, Nicholas, 117.
Samuell, 25.
Pine hole (Andover),
290.
Pine swamp (Ando-
ver), 283.
Pinson, Kebecca, 180
(2).
William, 180(2).
Pitman, John, 147.
Mrs. Mary, 147.
Thomas, 81(4).
Thomas, jr., 81.
Place, William, 77.
Plaisted, Hon. Icha-
bod, 361(2).
Plaseway, William,
322.
Plats, J., 59.
Plumb Island, 187.
Plumer,Richard Page,
324.
Seth, 93.
Plymouth (Mass.), 3,
7.
Plymouth (N. H.), 15.
Poland, Polland,Pow-
land, , 243.
Jacob, 860.
James, 20, 239, 346,
347(2), 356(2).
Pollard, Polard, Po-
lerd, Polord, ,
48. -
Capt., 41, 58, 59, 62
(4).
Pomp's pond (Ando-
ver), 278, 289.
Pool, Sarah, 320.
Poor, Capt., 65.
Col., 59.
Major, 49, 50, 70(2 .
Daniel, 290.
James, 194.
Sarah, 88.
Capt. Thomas, 41,
44(3).
Poore, Alfred, M. D.,
276(3).
John, 276.
Pope, , 85, 87.
Daniel, 316.
Eliza Newhall, 128.
Elizabeth Hacker,
316.
Hannah, 316.
James, 316(5).
Joseph, 316.
Joseph N., 247.
Lydia, 316.
Mary, 316.
Mary Ann, 316.
Sarah Nichols, 316.
Stephen, 316.
Porter, Dudley, 255.
Eben, 98.
Edna Augusta, 255.
Ednah (Dane), 255.
Israel, 35, 111, 163.
Jeremiah, 195.
Dr. John, 249.
Joseph, 166, 239.
Nathaniel, 141.
Sarah A., 246.
Thomas, 186.
William, 55.
Porter (sloop), 90.
Portland (Me.), 7, 14,
15.
Portland Universal
Soc., 6.
Portsmouth (N. H.),
13, 16.
Potter, 172, 342.
Lydia Simonds, 252.
Richard, jr., 143.
Thomas, 252.
Powers, Capt. Wm.
Preseott, 254.
Pownall, Gov. Thom-
as, 288.
Pratt, ,189, 358.
Mrs. Hannah, 191.
Micajah 0., 315.
Pratt, Rebecca, 340.
Preston, Elizabeth
White, 132.
Harriet, 100.
Harriet M. W., 257.
Harriet Waters,101,
102.
John, 279.
Richard, 257.
Samuel, 101.
Preston's Plain (An-
dover), 279, 283.
Price, Capt., 150(2),
153, 156, 169, 345,
346.
John, 23, 24(2), 25
(2)-27(2), 28, 30,
31,33, 34(3), 36(3)-
38(4), 156, 157(2)-
160(2), 163, 166,
167(2)-170(2), 171,
172, 229-232, 234,
236(2).
Capt. John,151, 342.
Walter, 188.
Capt. Walter, 235.
Maj. Walter, 274.
Prichard, David, 143.
Prince, Harriet M.,
120.
James, 98.
John, 74, 189.
Joseph, 157.
Richard, 235, 346.
Samuel, 346.
Procter,Proctor,Proc-
ture, Prokter,
Amos, 219.
John, 19(2), 20, 22,
33, 35, 40, 192,
243, 349(3), 854(2).
Joseph, sr., 91.
Lois, 255.
Lois (Lufkin), 256.
Prospect Hill (Mass.),
279, 290.
Providence (R. I.), 1,
6, 10, 14.
Provincetown(Mass.),
2(2).
Prythritch, Richard,
22.
Pudeator, Jacob, 160,
172, 179, 342.
Pudnoy, John, 262.
388
INDEX.
Puerto Rico, 16(4).
Purinton, Peace, 227.
Putnam, Putman, Put-
men, Puttman,
Puttnam,Colonel,
46.
Corp., 47.
Gen., 64.
Lieut., 18, 20, 33,
149, 170.
Anne, 102(2).
Eben, 328.
Elbridge, 194.
Gen. Israel, 46.
John, 23, 27, 30(2),
34(2), 37, 101, 155,
166, 169, 172, 240,
242, 344(2), 346,
347.
Corp. John, 26, 27,
30, 239.
Lieut. John, 350.
Nathaniel, 80, 155,
163, 164, 231(3),
344(2), 347, 350.
Thomas, jr., 353(2).
Lieut. Thomas, 27,
164,166,239,243(2).
Sargent Thomas,
102(2).
Putney (Vt.), 6.
Pyncheon, William,
76, 78.
Quero (schooner) 51.
Quiner,Benjamin,194.
Ramsdell, Betsy, 318.
John M., 194.
Shadrack, 193(2).
Rand, Edward, 117.
Robert, 144.
Randall, Edward H.,
254.
William, 156.
Randolph (Vt.), 2.
Rathbecke, Frances,
267, 268.
Robert, 268.
Rattlesnake Hill (An-
dover), 281, 282.
Ray, Daniel, 180.
Joseph, 353.
Joshua,171,237,241.
Rebecca, 180.
Ray, see also Rea.
Raymond, Susan, 120.
Rea, Bethia, 97(2).
Daniel,97, 101(3).
Joseph, 352, 356.
Joshua, 97(2), 101.
Rea & Thaxter, 9.
Rea, see also Ray.
Read (schooner), 90.
Reading (Mass.), 2,
286.
Rebecca (snow), 93.
Redford, Charles, 269
(2).
Maj. Charles, 269,
271(5), 274.
William, 271.
Redmond, Lucy J.,
254.
Reed, Read, ,80(2),
81(2).
Capt.,68.
Abraham, 168(3),
169(2).
Anna, 115.
John, 191.
Prudence, 80(5), 81.
Prudence, jr., 80(2).
Prudence, sr., 80(2).
Richard, 77, 80(3).
Samuel, 80(4).
Sarah, 177.
Reith, , 269.
Revere, , 5, 8(2),
9(2), 10, 12, 15(2),
16.
Joseph W., 1.
Paul, 1, 9, 14, 15.
Paul & Son, 14.
Revere & Son, 3(2),
4(2).
Reues, John, 346.
Rhodes, Rhoades, Al-
len, 306.
Amos, 314.
Anna, 309.
Betsy, 306.
Hulda, 306.
Jesse, 306(2).
Love, 306.
Sally, 306.
Sarah, 309.
Thomas, 309.
Trevett, 319.
Rice & Thaxter, 13.
Rich, Obediah, 39.
Richards, Joseph,194.
Lydia, 339.
Richard, 235.
William, 340.
Richardson, Benja-
min, 313.
Eleazer, 125.
Francis Solon, 128.
Isaac, 220.
James, 125.
Lucinda (Brown),
128.
Nathaniel, 220(2),
221.
Patty, 220.
Polly, 220.
Rigby, , 331.
Rix, Thomas, 28, 164.
Robbins.Capt. Daniel,
126.
Hannah, 126.
Mary, 126, 180.
Thomas, 157, 180.
Roberson, Reoberson,
Jere, 45.
Jonathan, 43, 52/56,
57, 63(3), 64, 67.
Peter, 54.
Roberts, Elizabeth,
268, 269(2), 274.
Eunice, 269(3), 274.
Richard, 346.
Robert, 269.
Thomas, 269(3),273,
274.
Robie, Capt. Toppan,
8.
Robinson, Elizabeth,
143.
George, 193,309, 310.
Harriet, 309.
James, 309.
Col. James, 309(2).
Janet, 309.
John, 309, 346.
Jonathan, 64.
Lois, 309.
Lydia, 309.
Moses Gill, 309.
Nabby, 309.
Rowland, 336.
William, 159(2).
William Charles,
309.
INDEX.
389
Rochester (Vt.), 12.
Rockwood, , 143.
Rogers, , 304(2).
Daniel, 192.
Fitz William, 279.
Isaiah, 12.
Romball, , 346.
Daniel, 347(2).
Rootes, Roots, Rootts,
, 26.
Thomas, 19, 28, 159,
164, 243, 350.
Ropes, Roapes, Wid-
ow, 172, 244.
David, 77.
Capt. David, 77.
Henry, 192.
John, 164, 171, 185,
244, 346.
Routh, Thompson
Luther, 326.
Rowland,Richard,230.
Roxbury (Mass.), 4, 6.
Royalston (Vt.), 12.
Roze, Thomas, 170.
Ruck, Rucke, ,
153, 346.
John, 28, 37, 151(2),
242, 346, 349.
Rudhalls, , 10.
Rumball,Daniel,19(2).
Runnells, Joel, 193.
Russ, John, 279.
Russell, Rusell, ,
82, 285.
Abiel, 282.
Daniel, 39.
Dolly (Kenny), 256.
Elizabeth Stearns,
256.
James, 38, 39, 149.
Paul, 337.
Peabody, 256.
Richard, 82.
Sarah, 309.
Sarah (Abbott), 282.
Sarah Ballard, 282.
William, 155.
Rust, Capt. Enoch,
78(2).
P., 147.
Rutland (Mass.), 3, 5.
gable, Cape, 295, 358.
Sadler, Stephen, 113.
Safford, Thomas, 194.
Sagamore, Flewelline,
329.
Sosowen, 329.
Sage, Mary Ann, 310.
Salem(Mass.), 196,359.
Salem (N. H.), 276.
Salisbury (N. H.), 7.
Salisbury (brig), 74.
Salle (schooner), 77.
Saltonstall, Richard,
109.
Salvester, David, 339.
Samuel (schooner),94.
Sanborn, Dr., 277.
Sanders,Ephraim,269.
John, sr., 329.
Sara (catch), 333.
Sargent, Serjeant,
Col., 56.
Epes, 361.
J. jr., 5, 7.
Keturah, 124.
L. M., 264(2).
Levi, 194.
Nathaniel, 224.
Samuel, jr., 124(2).
Saunders Elizabeth
(Gray), 254.
George M., 254.
Georgianna P., 254.
John, 273.
Savage, ,85, 87(3).
W-, 11(2).
Savannah (Ga.), 2, 5.
Sawyer, John, 247.
Capt. Joseph, 249.
Saxton, Clara, 121.
Say ward, Capt., 90.
Scarlet, Ben, 347.
Searle, Searl, Serle,
Series, , 353-
355.
Thomas, 237, 241,
352, 355(2).
Seaton, Tylar, 339.
Segers, Philip L., 192.
Selman, Samuel,77(3).
Seminary hill (Ando-
ver), 283.
Serjeant, see Sargent.
Sessions, Seshons,De-
rias, 70(2).
Sewall, Sewell, Samu-
el, 151,273.
Sewall, Maj. Stephen,
275.
Shannon, John, 78.
Sharp, Sharpe, James,
78.
Nathaniel, 344.
Shattuck, , 288.
Capt. Nathan, 290.
Shaw, James, 33.
Sheaner, Edward, 21.
Shedd, Shed, ,131.
Joseph, 131.
Peter, 284(2), 291.
Sheepscot River, 295.
Sheffield, Amos, 74(2).
Sheldon, Shaldin,
Elizabeth, 341.
Sarah, 251.
Sherburne &Blunt,14.
Shipley, John,180, 183.
Shipman, John, 288.
Shumaker, John, 325.
Shute, Richard, 124.
Sibly, Richard, 24.
Silsbee, Silsby, Mar-
tha, 177.
Nathaniel, 153, 179,
229.
Samuel, 176, 177.
Silver, Jemima, 251.
Susan S., 251.
William, 251.
Simmons, Richard,
230.
Simonds, James, 166,
239, 344.
John, 126.
Mary, 141.
Simonds, see also Sy-
monds.
Simpson, John, 157.
William, 284.
Skelling, Scelling,
Skelin, Skiling,
Skillin, , 356.
John, 21, 161, 166,
345, 356.
Skerry, Scerrie, Scer-
ry, Skery, ,
351(2), 352(6).
Ephraim, 179.
Frances, 150, 350.
Francis, 27, 28, 37,
lotf, 164, 171, 181
(2)-183, 342, 343.
390
INDEX.
Skerry, Henry, 37, 150
(2), 179(3). 180,353.
Henry, jr., 23(3), 25
(2), 26,29,180, 346.
Henry, sr., 37, 168,
180, 181.
John, 176(3), 180.
Marshall, 24.
Priscilla, 179, 180.
Skinner, Scinner,
Skiner, , 161.
Walter, 24(2), 162,
238.
Walter V., 162.
Slade, Henry, 123.
Smart, Elizabeth, 120.
Smethurst, Benjamin,
194.
Smith, , 183.
Elder, 297.
Sergt., 324.
Adeline D. (War-
ren), 257.
Edward P., 257.
Francis, 124(2).
George H., 257.
Jesse, 14,
Joel, 77(2).
John, 30,155, 182(4),
230, 291(2).
Lois, 124.
Moses, 357.
Peter, 279.
Mrs. Susan, 197.
SusannaNewell,291.
William, 235.
Snow, Mercy Higgins,
326.
Nathaniel, 326.
Thankful (Higgins),
326.
South Andover
(Mass.), 286.
South Berwick (Me.),
Southbridge (Mass.),
7, 281.
South Dartmouth
(Mass.), 7.
Southward, , 77.
George, 75-77.
Capt. George, 73.
Southwick, Daniell,
24.
Simeon, 219.
Sparhawk, John, 361.
Nathaniel, 361.
Hon. Nathaniel,'361.
Speedwell (Ketch),
264.
Sperry, Willard, 289.
Spinney, Benjamin,
225, 226.
Martha, 225(2).
Spooner, Widow, 262.
Springfield, 5.
Spurr, John, 265.
Stacey, Stacy, Thom-
as, 353.
William, 349.
Stackhouse, Richard,
230.
Stanford, , 21.
Stebbins, Elizabeth,
114.
John, 114.
Stein, Elizabeth, 74,
75.
James, 74.
Sterling (Mass.), 6.
Stetson, Thomas, 324.
Stevens, Adjt., 48.
Amos, 48, 49, 56, 63.
James, 41(4), 70.
John, 325.
Jonathan, 50.
Moses, 194.
Moses T., 41.
Richard, 353.
Samuel, 180.
Sarah (Peabody),41.
Stewart, Steward,
Capt., 90.
Joseph R., 194.
Stewart, see also
Stuart.
Stiles, Daniel, 146.
Lewis, 246.
Moses, 246.
Stimpson, Andre wB.,
284, 291.
Eliza, 292.
Hepzibah (Ames),
292.
Nathan, 292.
Stone, Stoane, ,
284(2).
Capt., 90.
Abigail E., 310.
Benjamin, 181.
Stone. Hannah, 78.
Rob, 33.
Robert, 155, 156,
181(4), 230.
Samuel, 181(2), 182
(2), 240.
Story, John, 310.
William, 91, 94.
Stoughton, , 190.
Stow (Vt.), 13.
Stratton, William, 82
(2).
Streeter,Barzillai,119.
Strong, Caleb, 192.
Stuart, , 284.
Stuart, see also Stew-
art.
Sturtevant, E, T., 7.
Sudbury (Mass.), 16.
Sullivan, John, 130.
Summers, William,
339.
Sutton (Mass.), 10.
Swan, Nathan, 52.
Swasey, Samuel, 324.
Sweeney, Anna, 258.
Charles, 258.
Margaret Y., 258.
Sweetser, Hannah,
321.
Hannah M., 310.
Maria A., 320.
Swett, Sweat, Jacob,
324(2).
Capt. Thomas, 93
(2).
Swettland,Sweetland,
234.
William, 153, 164.
Swift, Jonathan, 279
(2).
Dr. Nathaniel, 224.
Patience, 224.
Swinerton, Job, 172,
346.
Job, jr., 166.
Job, sr., 35, 155.
John, 30, 34.
Symmes,Symes,Syms,
, 57, 64, 69.
Andrew, 198.
Hannah, 198.
Zachariah, 198.
Symonds, , 107,
173, 176.
INDEX.
391
Symonds, Benjamin,
120, 146.
Dudley, 141.
Eben, 194.
Elizabeth, 120, 177,
178, 261.
Elizabeth (Masury),
120.
Hannah, 177.
James, 178(4), 184
(6), 261(3).
John, 177, 178(2),
184, 261.
Joseph, 141.
Mary, 141, 146, 177.
Mary, jr., 177.
Sally, 177.
Thomas, 177.
Symonds, see also Si-
monds.
Jabor, David, 195.
Tapley, Asa, 192.
Sally, 246.
Tappan, John, 87.
Tappan, see also Top-
pan.
Tarbell, William, 145.
Tarbox, David, 193.
Jonathans., 318.
Joseph, 191.
Tarr, Moses, 192.
Tasker, John, 187.
Taunton (Mass.), 14.
Teel, William, 130.
Temple (N. H.), 281.
Thayer, Arodi, 76.
Thew, Ann, 268.
Simon, 368.
Thomaston (Me.), 8,
14.
Thompson, Thomson,
Esther, 311.
Margery F., 320.
Sally, 289.
Thorndike, , 76.
Nicholas, 76.
Thome, , 89.
Throckmorton's cove,
79(2).
Throgmorton, John,
79.
Thurston, James, 291.
Tibbets, Lois, 222.
Tilton, Betsy, 289.
Tilton, Jacob, 55.
Lucy (Burnham),
289.
Michael, 289.
Titus, Silas, 138.
Tolman, Hannah, 119.
Tompkins, Elizabeth
(Allen), 336, 337.
John, sr., 164.
Marcy, 336.
Mary, 336.
Mercy, 337.
Nathaniel, 336, 837.
Toovey, Sampson, J?57.
Toppan, , 361.
Toppan, see also Tap-
pan.
Towne, Anna, 248(2).
Daniel, 251.
David, jr., 146.
Ebenezer, 147, 252.
Elvira Lake, 251.
Fanny (Small), 251.
Jacob, 247.
John, 248.
Lodie A., 251.
Lydia, 252.
Mary, 144.
Mary Ann, 118.
Mary Faulkner, 252.
Rachel, 247.
Samuel, 195.
Sarah A., 247.
Stephen, jr,, 146.
Townsend, Nancy,
117.
Townshend (Mass.),3.
Tozier, William H.,
252.
Tracy, Capt., 90.
Capt. Nicholas, 94.
Trask,Traske,Trasks,
, 24, 157.
Capt., 109.
John, 163, 180(2),
239, 260, 261.
Levi, 194.
Will, 350.
William, 231(2),237,
238.
Troy (N. Y.), 8.
True, Henry, 242(4),
351(2).
Trull, Frederick, 339.
Levi, 285, 290(2).
Truro (Mass.), 15.
Tuck, Tucke, John,
76, 188.
Thomas, 82, 179.
Tucker, R. A., 14.
Tudbury, William,75.
Tufts, Elizabeth, 128.
Mary Paul, 116.
Sarah, 117.
Turlington, , 189.
Turnbull, , 284,
291.
Turner, , 263(3).
Abial, 268, 269, 270
(3), 271, 274.
Abigail, 268.
Elizabeth, 264, 265
(7), 266, 268(3),
269, 270(3), 271(2),
274(3), 275.
Elizabeth (Free-
stone), 266, 273.
Elizabeth (Roberts)
269(2), 270(3), 271
(4).
Eunice, 268, 269,
270, 274, 275.
Freestone, 266(2),
268, 269, 270, 271,
274.
Habakuk, 265(6),
268, 274, 275.
Capt. Habakuk,274.
John, 18, 26, 70,
195, 263, 264(5),
265(4), 268, 269(3),
270(8), 271(11),
272(2), 274(3), 275
(2).
Capt. John, 263,
264(5), 265(2), 266
(2), 269(3), 270(4),
271(3), 274.
Col. John, 273(2),
Hon. Col. John,
268, 271, 275.
Maj. John,270(3).
Mary,272,273,275(2).
Mary (Kitchen),272,
273.
Peter, 265, 268.
Robert, 264, 265(5),
266(4), 268(2), 269,
273(3),274, 275(2).
Ruth, 264.
392
INDEX.
Tuttle, Tuttel, - ,
131.
Daniel, 216.
Molly, 389.
William N., 181.
Twisden, Capt., 90.
Twiss, Joshua, 195.
Tyler, Tiler, Jacob,70.
John, 49.
Tyngsboro (Mass.),
290.
Upton, Eben, 194.
Ezra, 193.
John, 35, 155.
Ruth, 292.
Susanna, 129.
Urann, Abigail, 360.
John, 360.
Yalpey, - , 283.
Samuel, 286.
Vance, - , 309.
Varnum, Capt., 69.
Capt. Benjamin, 48.
Esther, 78.
Veren, Verren, Hil-
liard, 19, 179(2).
Billiard, sr., 229.
Vermaz, Alice, 179.
Viall, Samuel, 227(2).
Vinal, - , 283, 288.
Vowden, John, 230.
, Wait, - ,
332(2).
Sarah, 118.
WilliamS., 119.
Wakefield,Samuell,37
Walcott, Freke, 273.
Waldoborough (Me.),
13.
Walden, Edwin, 103.
Waldo, John, 360.
Walfeeld, Elyzabeth,
21.
Walker, Dr. Clarence
A., 103.
Esther, 142.
Philip, jr., 142.
Samuel, 80, 339.
Sarah, 80.
Waller, Christopher,
183.
Wallis, John, 21.
Wallis, Nicholas, 82
(2)-84.
Sarah, 82, 83.
Walter, Mrs. Lydia,
175.
William, 357.
Walton, Clarissa, 252.
Hannah M., 252.
Nathaniel, 269.
Timothy, 252.
Ward, Joseph, 22.
Joshua, 309.
Richard, 309.
Wardwell, Wardell,
Wardwel.Joshua,
280.
Mary, 380.
Simon, 70.
William H., 288.
Warren, Admiral,
297.
Abraham, 233.
Esther, 307.
Washburn, , 144.
Seth, 113.
Washington, General,
52, 211-215, 283.
Washington, Col., 8.
Washington City (D.
C.), 8.
Washington (Ga.), 1.
Waters, Watters, H.
F., 328.
Henry F., 113, 217,
266, 305.
John, 344.
William, 288.
Watson, Thomas, 178,
179, 181.
Watte, , 302.
Waynesborougb(Ga.),
4.
Webb, Web, Capt.,
90.
John, 195.
William, 20.
Webber, Martha
(Ham), 257.
Mary Ham, 257.
William, 257.
Webster, Daniel, 291.
Thomas, 63.
Weed, Hannah, 319.
Weeks, , 22.
Welch, John, 193.
Weld, Welde, Welds,
Doctor, 30, 153,
169(2), 237, 348.
Bethia, 272(3).
Daniel, 20, 169(2).
Dr. Daniel, 272.
Wells, Dr., 18.
Wendell, Mr., 10.
West, Benjamin, 279.
Henry, 164, 350.
Thomas, 164.
West Andover(Mass.),
279, 280(2), 286(2).
West Cambridge
(Mass.), 10.
Westgate,Adam,82(2)
WestHaverhill(Mass. )
276.
Westmoreland(N.H.),
14.
Weston, Martha J.,
250.
Polly (Gould), 250.
Samuel W., 250.
West Reading (Mass.)
283.
Whartenby, Maj, V.,
192.
Wharton, Edward, 33.
Wheeler, , 255.
Isaiah, 319.
Whifin, John, 238.
Whipple, Jonathan,
140.
White, , 28, 164.
Haffield, 76, 77.
John, 358(3).
Joseph, 345.
Josiah, 183.
Nancy, 306.
White, Houston &
Hill, 75.
Whiting, , 107.
Dr., 292.
Whitney, Dr., 279,289.
Isaiah, 124(2).
Joanna, 126.
Peter, 126(2),
Susanna, 124.
Whittier, Nathaniel,
277.
Wicks, Elizabeth S.,
315.
Isaac, 315.
Lydia, 315.
INDEX.
39S
Wildes, Wild, Eph-
raim, 143, 147.
Hannah, 142, 147(2).
Hepsibah, 147.
Israel, 250.
Jacob, 138.
John, 134, 139.
Eary, 143.
riscilla, 143.
Sarah, 137.
Wiley, , 45.
Caleb, 226.
James, 70.
Sally, 225.
Wilkes, Mary, 178.
Thomas, 178.
Wilkins, , 195.
Abijah, 145.
Bray, 346,
Charlotte (Towne),
256.
George P., 256.
Harriet Putnam,
256.
Moses, 245.
Mrs. Ruth, 291.
Williams, , 303,
304.
Capt., 90.
Henry, 218, 819.
Jinkin, 20.
John, 26, 31,36,153,
164, 239, 340.
Mascoll, 74.
Eoger, 79(4).
Samuel, 37, 179, 346.
Willis, Dr. Frank, 1.
Thomas, 147.
Williston, Amy Au-
gusta, 327.
Wills, John, 137.
Wilmington (Mass.),
278, 286.
Wilmington (N. C.),
9.
Willoughby, Willow-
bey, Willowbe,
Wiloby, , 171,
346, 354, 355.
Nehemiah, 26, 28,
158, 159, 349, 356.
Wilson, , 107.
Amos, 116.
Elizabeth, 250.
Hugh, 284, 291.
Isaac, 279.
John C., 250.
Lydia, 114(2).
Mary E., 250.
Newell, 193.
William, 195.
Wilt, Mattie, 326.
Winchester, Bancroft,
192.
Wing, Abigail, 315.
Hepzibah, 315.
Paul, 315.
Winn, Mary, 320.
Winter, Eliza, 255.
Winthrop, John, 104,
108, 109, 168(3).
Witf ord Academy, 4.
Witt, , 306.
Betsy, 225.
Elizabeth, 225.
Thomas, 225, 226.
Woburn (Mass.), 286.
Wollard, Edward, 19.
Wonson, Addison,253.
Wood, , 286.
Hannah, 246.
Joshua, 70(2).
Wood, Margaret, 246.
Moses, 289.
Solomon, 93(2).
Thomas, 246.
William, 261.
Woodbridge, ,289,
Woodbury, Woodber-
ry, Woodbery.
, 59, 151.
Andrew, 28, 30, 346
(2).
Humphrey, 21.
Mark, 193.
Moses, 195.
Samuel, 77.
Woodman, Mary, 86,
87.
Woodstock (Vt.), 3,
15, 16.
Woodwell, Mathew,
171, 244.
Woolens, Edward, 170.
Wormstead, Worm-
sted, , 78.
Capt., 90.
Arter, 21.
Michael, jr., 360.
Wright, Write,
George, 195.
James, jr., 339.
Ruth, 307.
Wyman, , 85, 87
(2).
Widow, 288.
Betsey, 126.
Elizabeth, 289.
Yates, Margaret, 318.
Young, Sergt., 325.
Benjamin, 228.
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