THE
ESSEX INSTITUTE
HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
VOL. L 1914
SALEM, MASS.
PRINTED FOR THE ESSEX INSTITUTE
1914
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NEWCOMB & GAUSS
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Salem, Massachusetts
CONTENTS.
Andover, Mass. A genealogical-historical visitation of. By
Alfred Poore, M. D. (Continued) 41, 253
Bradlee, Francis B. 0. The steamboat "Massachusetts"
and the beginnings of steam navigation in Boston bay
(Illustrated) 193
Browne, Benjamin F. Youthful recollections of Salem.
(Illustrated) 6, 289
Buff urn, Joshua. Letter to, in 1660, written by John Smith.
Annotated by Sidney Perley 245
Burpee, Burkby family of Essex County. By Frank A.
Gardner, M. D 67
Burrage, Burridge family of Essex County. By Frank A.
Gardner, M. D 151
Derby, Perley. Elisha Story of Boston and some of his
descendants. (Illustrated) 297
Essex County, Newspaper items relating to. (Continued) 94,214
Essex County. Probate records of 217, 313
Gardner, Frank A., M. D. The Burpee, Burkby family of
Essex County 67
Gardner, Frank A., M. D. The Burrage, Burridge family of
Essex County 151
Jackson, Russell L. The Leigh family of Newbury, Mass. . 92
Jeffry, James. Journal kept in Quebec in 1775 by. Anno-
tated by William Smith 97
Leigh family of Newbury, Mass. By Russell L. Jackson. . 92
Moriarty, George Andrews. Henry FitzGilbert Waters
(Portrait) 1
Newspaper items relating to Essex County (Continued), . 94, 214
Perley, Sidney. Brooksby, Salem, in 1700. (Illustrated). . 357
Perley, Sidney. Northfields, Salem, in 1700 (Map). . . 57
Perley, Sidney. The Plumer genealogy (Illustrated). 17, 169, 265, 337
Perley, Sidney. The Read farm, Salem, in 1700 (Map). . 241
Perley, Sidney. The West Field, Salem, in 1700 (Map). . 163
Plumer genealogy. By Sidney Perley (Illustrated). 7, 169, 265, 337
Poore, Alfred, M. D. A genealogical-historical visitation of
Andover, Mass., in 1862 (Continued) 41, 253
Probate records of Essex County. .... 217, 313
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Quebec in 1775. Journal kept in, by James Jeffry. Anno-
tated by William Smith 97
Salem, Brooksby, in 1700. By Sidney Perley (Illustrated). 357
Salem, Northfields, in 1700. By Sidney Perley (Map). . 57
Salem, Read farm, in 1700. By Sidney Perley (Map). . 241
Salem, West Field, in 1700. By Sidney Perley (Map). . 163
Salem. Youthful recollections of. By Benjamin F. Browne.
(Illustrated) 6, 289
Steamboat "Massachusetts' 1 and the beginnings of steam
navigation in Boston bay. By Francis B. C. Bradlee.
(Illustrated.) 193
Story, Elisha, of Boston, and some of his descendants. By
Perley Derby, annotated by Frank A. Gardner, M. D.
(Illustrated) 297
Waters, Henry FitzGilbert. By George Andrews Moriarty.
(Portrait) 1
HENRY FITZGILBERT WATERS
From the portrait by I. H. Caliga now in the possession of the Essex Institute.
HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
OF THE
ESSEX INSTITUTE
VOL. L. JANUARY, 1914 No. 1
HENRY FITZGILBERT WATERS, A. M.
1833-1913.
BY GEORGE ANDREWS MORIARTY, JR.
The death of Henry FitzGilbert Waters marked the
close of an epoch in the development of American anti-
quarianism, for he was the man who found the study of
genealogy and antiquities among us an art and left it a
science. In this change antiquarianism was only follow-
ing in the general trend of development that has charac-
terized all learning during the nineteenth century. We
live in a scientific age, and had Henry F. Waters never
been born there can be little doubt but that some other
mind would have arisen to mold American antiquarianism
into the accurate and scientific study that we now find
it. Nevertheless the fact remains that Mr. Waters
was the man who did this, and accordingly he is bound to
remain forever the dominating figure of this branch of
human learning in our country. He found the subject
already fully developed, but it was treated rather as an
art and a recreation for the idle moments of the polished
scholar, than as an exact science, with men pursuing its
studies as a profession instead of as an avocation. What
the late Dean Langdell did for the study of the common
law at Harvard, Mr. Waters did for his chosen field of
learning. But this change, beneficial as it is, always
must be accompanied by a loss ; for, whenever an art is
turned into a science, it becomes more accurate and im-
measurably more useful, but at the same time it losea
some of the picturesqueness and urbanity that character-
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2 HENRY FITZGILBKKT WATERS, A. M.
izes the writings of those who treat their subject from
the dilettante rather than the professional point of view.
But if Mr. Waters was largely responsible for this
change, a change which we must praise even while we
are casting our thoughts backward with a lingering sym-
pathy for the older school, he can never be subjected to
this criticism applying to the modern workers, for he was
fortunate, both by temperament and the period in which
he worked, in escaping from the inaccuracies of the older
men on the one hand and the dullness of the modern
worker on the other. He was particularly happy in the
period in which he lived, because he was the last of the
old and the first of the new investigators. The science
of his methods was clothed in a striking and polished
style worthy of the older school, for in his youth he had
known Savage and Upham, and their influence was strong
upon him.
Mr. Waters, however, was no mere follower or imitator ;
he possessed a faculty amounting to genius for his chosen
work, and it was the happy blending in him of those
qualities that are necessarily to be found in an antiquary
of the first rank that enabled him to accomplish what he
<lid. Much has been written of his achievements in
genealogical investigation, so little need be said here,
because the story of his finds has been repeatedly told,
and to me they are not astounding, for after knowing
the man and studying his intellectual capacity, these re-
sults, brilliant as they are, appear to be only what was to
be expected from a man of his parts and genius. He
combined, better than anybody I ever knew, the qualities
essential to a successful genealogist, namely : accuracy,
diligence, and acuteness in grasping the slightest clews
and following them to a successful conclusion. All of
these qualities are vital in antiquarian research. But Mr.
Waters possessed another quality, one apt to be dangerous
in an investigator unless mingled with the rest in the right
proportion, but which when it is so blended produces an
antiquary who must necessarily surpass all others, in
short, the quality of imagination. In him this imagina-
tive faculty was extraordinarily developed, but was kept
subservient to his intellect and judgment. It is this fac-
ulty of imagination that enables the great mind to go in
BY GEORGE ANDREWS MORIARTY, JR..
where others have failed and accomplish the impossible.
It means a combination of intellectual strength with in-
tellectual agility, and it was here that he particularly ex-
celled. It was his perseverance that enabled him to dig
out the ancestry of John Harvard and Rev. John Rogers
where all others had failed, and it was his intellectual
quickness that enabled him to grasp the significance of
such a slight clue as the letters T R and A R on the gable
of the Harvard house at Stratford upon Avon and follow
it to a successful conclusion.
Such in brief is my conception of Mr. Waters' mind, a
conception formed from a close study of his personality
during the last years of his life, when it was my fortune
to enjoy a close and I think I may venture to say affec-
tionate friendship with him. Regarding him as I do, I
think I understand the secret of his success, and therefore
it is not so astounding to me as to the layman brought
face to face with the results, but certainly only a remark-
able mind could have achieved those discoveries with
which our antiquarian world is so familiar.
So much for Waters as a worker, but it is of Waters,
the man, as I knew him, that I want to speak. It is my
privilege to be descended from many of the old Salem
worthies, and I shall never forget the kindness and encour-
agement with which he regarded my early efforts in his
chosen field, and he never failed with a kindly word or a
helping hand. There was about Mr. Waters a little of
the character of Dr. Johnson, sharp of word and hard
at times, but underneath a deep wealth of great-hearted
kindness and the simplicity and trustfulness that is the
mark of a generous nature. He hated sham and preten-
sion, and above all, he could not abide the work of boastful
investigators, whose labors failed to come up to his stand-
ard. His sharp tongue must have made many enemies in
quarters where his true inward self had not been revealed.
He was a typical New Englander through and through,
and belonged to the type now fast passing away of the
old-time New England gentleman. Sprung as he was
from some of the best blood in the counties of Essex and
Middlesex, he could hardly have been otherwise, and he
showed the blood of his forebears in his love for absolute
truth and in his sturdy idealism. He was the type of
4 HENRY FITZGILBEBT WATERS, A. M.
man who gives up all he possesses in obedience to some
ideal. But with this stern inflexibility of purpose, this
devotion to his duty, which reminded one always of his
Puritan ancestors, went another quality more rarely
shown, and then only revealed upon intimate acquaint-
ance, a certain softness and childlike trust in the world
and its people, which is a quality that often goes with
the impulsive, outspoken temperament. Beneath a some-
times sharp word was hidden a fund of great-hearted ten-
derness, a sort of wistful unworldliness that gave form
and rare beauty to his character. If he sharply reproved,
it was meant more for a man's work than for the man
himself, and I have heard him speak of those persons,
who, following in the wake of his discoveries, sought to
gather to themselves the credit of all his most important
finds, with a kindliness which I am certain I should not
have felt under similar circumstances. And it was this
tenderness of heart, this inward gentleness of spirit, which,
although often hidden under a sharp word, coupled with a
purity of mind and a devotion to duty, which made him a
great-souled man.
I always have imagined that he was a person of deep
religious convictions, although he never spoke to me upon
the subject, but there was that about the man, an atmos-
phere, I may say, of moral purity, of cleanness of living,
that could only have come from the strongest religious
sentiments ; a religion that is not of words, but of the
life. I do not think I err when I say that the keynote to
his life was his devotion to duty, a duty not proclaimed
upon the housetops, but lived and acted. Few persons
are aware of his splendid Civil War record. He enlisted
as a private in the 23d Massachusetts Infantry, and when,
after an honorable service, he was at length mustered out,
he remained almost a year at Newbern, N. C., nursing the
yellow fever patients among his fellow-soldiers without
as much as receiving a single penny for it.
Interesting as were his conversations upon antiquarian
subjects, these genealogical researches were only a part
of his varied activities, for he was a most excellent
classical scholar, a keen musical critic, and an earnest stu-
dent of natural history. I well remember seeing his room
at Melrose filled with glass jars full of various weeds and
BY GEORGE ANDREWS MORIARTY, JR. 5
slime, which he was eagerly and carefully studying. Nor
was he less interested in political and economic matters.
He was an ardent advocate of single tax, and woe betide
the rash individual who ventured to dispute the infallibil-
ity of Henry George and his theories. But if his tongue
was sharp in reproving those who ventured to differ with
him, this sharpness was reserved only for the stronger
sex. Never was there a more polished and courteous old
gentleman, with that elusive but fascinating courtesy that
characterized the aristocracy of old New England, when
he was in the company of ladies, and I have passed de-
lightful hours with him at the houses of mutual friends,
where his stories of his work in England, of the little birds
who sang for him at his window in the morning, and of his
progress in the mysteries of bridge, of which he became
very fond in his last years, served to entertain his listeners.
Despite the fact that so many years of his life were
passed abroad, and his greatest and most dramatic work
was done there, Mr. Waters remained intensely loyal to
Salem and her traditions. I remember sitting in his room
one day, and, after having carefully explained the location
of a certain estate, he drifted off upon the subject of the
early settlers in general, and at length remarked, " Why,
I meet all of these old worthies in my mind's eye when-
ever I walk down Essex street," and I have no doubt but
what he did, for to him his studies took the place of
pleasure and of business, of wife and of children. His
imagination endowed with life all the by-gone worthies
of his famous native city, and to him her records were not
dry and crumbling paper, but living, active personalities,
teeming with the life of the past.
To the very last his interest in his researches continued
as keen as ever and the last time I saw him I shall never
forget the pleasure that my discoveries about New Eng-
landers in the records at Barbados gave him. It is indeed
very pleasant to think that I have had the privilege of
enjoying the confidence and friendship of such an accom-
plished gentleman, and of having known one of the truest,
sweetest, and most loyal natures that it has been my lot
to meet, a man whose life to me comes nearer the concep-
tion of what the Greeks meant by an " enviable life "
than any I have ever known.
YOUTHFUL RECOLLECTIONS OF SALEM.
WRITTEN BY BENJAMIN F. BKOWNE IN 1869.
(Continued from Volume XLIX, page 30 '^.
At the bottom of this street [Bridge street] a man named
Voorhees had dug a cave in the sand, and here led the life
of a hermit. He was a tall man, very erect and quick in his
motions. The boys said he was an Indian, but I have an
impression that he belonged in New Jersey. He wore a
blanket above his other clothing, was very taciturn, some-
times went up into the town, where his presence attracted
much attention. Many people went down to his cave,
whom he would not speak to, but he never molested any
one, not even the boys who annoyed him. After a while
houses sprung up around him and he quit the town and
went, as I heard, to some part of Rhode Island and re-
sumed his hermit life.
I do not remember any building on the northeast cor-
ner of Winter street ; but south of it, at some little dis-
tance, stood a three-story wooden house, afterwards occu-
pied by Mrs. Andrew, Robert Upton, Rev. Mr. O'Flaher-
ty, and others. At that time it was owned by a Mr.
McVay, who I believe built it. I do not remember the
man, but do his wife, and that she kept a small shop in
what is now the northern front room. In the range from
this to the old Brace house, lived Thomas Baxton, a
Friend, a Bell family, Cornelius Bartlett, a currier, Capt.
Tibbets, father of the venerable Capt. Henry Tibbets now
living, Pelatiah Brown, a carpenter from Wenham, and
others. I believe the Bartlett and Tibbets houses were
built within the range of my memory. The old Brace
house, which stood on the land now occupied by Carleton
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YOUTHFUL RECOLLECTIONS OF SALEM. I
Dole, Esq., was one of the oldest, if not the oldest in the
street. In that house I was born and resided the first
seven years of my life. It was owned by John Gardner,
son of Jonathan G., and his sister, Mrs. Bowditch, resided
in part of the house, who had an only child, Joseph, a
clerk to E. Basket Derby, Esq. John was a man of
property and resided much of his time on his farm, on
the Northfield road, now occupied by his grandson Henry.
He was a deacon of the First church, but in his latter
days mostly attended the Universalist meeting. He mar-
ried, April 13th, 1769, Sarah, daughter of Richard Derby.
She died Sept. 27th, 1774, and he did not marry again.
He was a highly respectable and respected man ; died Jan.
3d, 1816, nearly 86 years of age, leaving sons John and
Richard, and had lost daughter Sarah, who married Hon.
Jacob Crowninshield. This house was afterwards bought
by Capt. James Brace, who lived in it many years, and
thence it acquired the name of the Brace house. It was
moved away, to make room for a house built by George
C. Chase, and that too has been removed and Edward
Payson built a house on the site. Capt. Brace was a very
respectable shipmaster, a native of England, but came to
this country young, married a Miss Doyle. Their chil-
dren were James, Thomas, and Michael, now dead, and
daughters Mary, wbo died young, Anna, widow of Benja-
min Creamer, Elizabeth, wife of Stephen Osborne, and
Jane, now living.
During the War of 1812-15, 1 was in Bridgetown, Bar-
badoes, and being at the Transport office, where the
paroled prisoners of war were obliged to report at stated
times, several masters of British merchant vessels came
in on business, and one of them being called Brace, my
attention was directed to him, and seeing a great resem-
blance in him to my neighbor, Capt. James Brace, I ac-
costed him and learned that he was his brother and that
he was in command of a Bristol ship, then at anchor in
Carlisle Bay. On my return to Salem, -after the war, I
learned that his ship was captured on her voyage, and
that Capt. Brace was paroled and resided with his broth-
er in Winter street until he was set free.
South of this I remember no house, but a shop near
8 YOUTHFUL RECOLLECTIONS OF SALEM,
David Roberts' new house, which had been removed from
the north side of the Common, and which was kept by a
widow, Lydia Maley, who was a daughter of Thomas Ma-
son. She afterwards married John Scobie, from Scotland,
whom I remember as keeping a dry goods shop in Char-
ter, near Liberty street, and afterwards at the corner of
Essex and Walnut streets, in a wooden building that
stood where Mr. Emerton's drug store is, and after that in
the Franklin building. He had a brother James at Mar-
blehead. Mr. Joseph Franks, a worthy foreigner, dwelt
near, and had a nursery of Lombardy poplars. On all, or
nearly all this land, from Pickman to Brown street, was
the tannery of John Andrew, grandfather to the late Gov.
A. and brother of Jonathan, who had the tannery on the
Andrew street land. John was bred a jeweller and had
his shop in an attachment to the old Higginson house,
nearly opposite to Walnut street. He was not successful
in business, and removed to Maine, where he died in 1791.
His father, Nathaniel A., bought this land of Wm. Browne,
Esq., and bequeathed it to Jotm. The tannery was con-
tinued in my early days, and was carried on by a foreman
for Jonathan Gardner, a nephew of John before named.
This Browne family was for several generations the
richest and most munificent family in Salem. The first
one settled here was William, the youngest son of Fran-
cis, of Brandon, Suffolk, England. He was a shopkeeper
and accumulated a large property. His first wife, Mary
Young, died in 1638, and he then married Sarah, daugh-
ter of Samuel Smith, who came from Great Yarmouth,
England, and settled at our neighboring town of Wenham
in 1635 and died there in 1642. William and his wife
joined the church in Salem in 1645. He held various
offices of honor and responsibility and died in 1688, aged
81. He paid one-tenth of the expense of the meeting
house, finished 1673. He gave XI 00 to Harvard College,
and left it 150 more, and he also gave XI 00 for poor
scholars. He left 50 for the poor of Salem, 50 to
Charlestown School, and other sums for pious uses. His
son William, who died in 1716, also left large sums for
pious and charitable uses. His son Benjamin, who died
in 1708, left over 400 for similar purposes. He was
reputed to be worth 30,000. Samuel, who died in 1731,
BY BENJAMIN F. BROWNE. 9
left over .400 for educational and charitable purposes ;
and between four and five hundred pounds and about 200
acres of land and the buildings thereon to Harvard Col-
lege, to bring up poor scholars.
The house of Benjamin, above named, stood a little
west of the present Essex House, nearly fronting Central
street, and was for many years a tavern kept by Benjamin
Webb. I just remember when it was removed and the
house now the Essex House built by the Hon. William
Gray. I have an impression that part, if not the whole
of the old house was removed to Bridge, near Northey
street. William, son of Samuel above named, left .1000
to the Society for Propagating the Gospel among the
Indians. He lived in what was afterwards the Sun Tav-
ern house, which stood where Bowker's Block now is. He
also built an elegant house on the hill near Royal Side, in
Beverly, which he called " Browne Hall," but which was
more commonly known as "Browne's Folly." His first
wife was Mary, daughter of Governor Burnet, and his
second was Mary French, of Brunswick, New Jersey. He
died April 27th, 1763, in his field, of an apoplectic fit.
From what I have heard of him, he was considered osten-
tatious in his style of living. An old lady informed me
that he made quite a grand display when he entered Salem
with his first wife, as she was informed by her mother.
The people lined the street, the tops of the houses and
the church belfry to view the pageant. She recited to me
a stanza of some verses circulated on the occasion, thus :
" Billy Brown has come to town,
With his lady fair;
To make a dash, he spent his cash
Upon a coach and pair."
I was told by Mr. James Bott, who came to Salem
prior to the Revolution, and commenced the business of a
harness and saddle maker and carriage builder here, that
at that time there was not a private coach owned in
Salem or its neighborhood. William Burnet Browne, son
of the last named William, whom I used to hear spoken
of as "Virginia Billy," sold the house and some other prop-
erty to his cousin' William, and moved to Virginia and
died there, leaving no male issue, but is represented by
10 YOUTHFUL RECOLLECTIONS OP SALEM,
the families of Claiborne, Bassott, Braxton and McGuire.
One of his grandsons took the name of William Burnet
Browne, and 1 heard some forty or forty-live years pince,
as living near the Pamunkey river. The cousin William
to whom the property was sold was the grandson of Sam-
uel, who died in 1731. He inhabited a house built by his
grandfather, and which was removed or demolished to
make place for what was probably the most splendid resi-
dence of that time in the state, and which was built by
Elias Basket Derby about 1792, and which was removed
in 1816, when Derby's heirs laid open the present Derby
square, and gave the town the land on which the market
house now stands, and also the fish market. The Browne
property extended to the water and comprehended the
Cove, long called Browne's Cove, and also Stage Point,
which was entailed to the oldest male heir, but which the
General Court allowed to be sold in 1781. This William
was a very popular man in Salem till the revolutionary
troubles commenced. He was a representative, a Judge
of the Superior Court, a Mandamus Counsellor, and
colonel of militia. Adhering to the ro} r al side, he went
to Boston, and thence to England, when the king's troops
left Boston. He afterwards was Governor of Bermuda,
and died in his house in Percy street, Westminster, Eng-
land, Feb. 13th, 1802, aged 65. He had a son in the
British army. His large property was confiscated, and,
Col. Pick man says, was the only property confiscated in
Salem. John Browne, son of the second William, died
April 14th, 1719, left 20 to the poor and 25 to the
grammar school. His son Benjamin died Feb. 3d, 1750,
was colonel of militia, selectman, and representative. His
son John, and daughter Eunice, wife of Timothy Fitch,
sold to Capt. Robert Rantoul the land on which Central
building now is, in 1782, with the old buildings thereon.
John was then of Boston, and Timothy and Eunice were
of Medford. Hannah Browne, daughter of Timothy and
Eunice, married the late E. Hersey Derby, Esq., of this city,
and his three daughters, now living, are the only represen-
tatives known to me of this ancient and wealthy family.
On the northeast corner of the Common, opposite this
grove of poplars, stood the poor house, or, in the boys'
vernacular, " the work'us." It was a large unpainted
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wooden building, enclosed by a high wall, except at its
western end, where the keeper and his family resided.
There was a gate, about the middle of the southern wall,
opening on the Common, and there was a corresponding
door in the house. This house was built in 1770. The
Old Almshouse, as it was called, stood in Broad street, on
the site of the present Normal School house, and was oc-
cupied by several families, West of this and on the site
of the High School, stood a two-story building, which had
been erected for the purpose of spinning linen and duck
from province flax, which was, when I knew it, used as a
twine factory. At the northeast corner of the poor house,
on the Common, some little way distant from it, but
within the walls, stood the barn, store house, and offices
belonging to it. These were destroyed by fire on the
night of March 27th, 1802, having been set on fire by a
black boy, but the house was preserved. These outhouses
were rebuilt the same year. I lived within a stone's throw
of them, and very vividly recollect the terrified interest
with which I viewed their destruction. The inmates of
this house were mostly old and decrepid, with some few
idiotic and demented persons. Their principal employ-
ment was picking oakum, but some of the most able men
were occasionally hired out to saw wood for the inhabi-
tants. There were some one-legged and one-armed men,
relics of the Revolutionary war, and I recollect two who,
When their legs were cut away,
Still walked upon their stumps.
One of these was a black man, known by the name of
" Pompey no legs " ; the other was a white man, a native
of Salem, who enlisted in the American army, in the war
of the Revolution, and deserted, was caught, tried for de-
sertion, and was condemned to death. He was brought
out to be shot on Boston Common, accompanied with his
coffin, blindfolded, made to kneel, and the soldiers to
make ready, when he was reprieved as a lunatic, which I
have no doubt he was, as he was continually muttering
imprecations, and we boys were afraid to approach him.
His legs were cut off in consequence of having been
frozen. Mr. Jeremiah Emerton, the keeper, and his
worthy lady, did all they could for the comfort and em-
12 YOUTHFUL RECOLLECTIONS OF SALEM,
ployment of these poor inmates, but the absence of the
means of employment was a serious defect in the estab-
lishment, and to remedy this the present almshouse on the
Neck was built in 1815, The artillery gun-house, which
had stood on the south side of the Common, was removed
to the north side when the Common was levelled, to a spot
just west of the poor house.
On the northwest corner of Winter steet stood a new
and partially finished house, which, about the beginning
of the present century, was bought by Capt. Samuel En-
dicott, who completed it for the occupancy of his family,
who resided in it till he bought Benjamin Smith's house,
as before related. It was occupied by the family of Mr.
John Howard many years, and has this year been removed
to make place for a building about to be erected by Mr.
John Kinsman. This house I think was begun by Peter
Barras, a foreigner, who had been in Salem a few years,
and it was said he sold it to raise money to take himself
to Europe, to get his sins pardoned. I know not what
sins Peter's conscience accused him of, but I think they
must have been venial, for I knew him after his return to
Salem, keeping a small shop, and for his very limited
means one of the most kind and benevolent men. I went
to school with a boy whose parents were massacred at the
insurrection in St. Domingo, and who was snatched away
and secreted by a negro, and was hid some time in a
baker's oven, and finally by this kind negro conveyed on
board a vessel bound for the United States. Arriving in
Salem, destitute of a known friend or relative, a mere
child, he was taken and succored and brought up by our
Peter until he could learn a trade. He became a worthy
and successful man, resided in a Southern city, and I know
no more of him. I had another schoolmate, who was
sent here for an education, from St. Domingo, and whose
parents were probably massacred, as he was never re-
claimed. He grew up among us a useful and worthy
man, and has died within a few years. A little south of
this house perhaps the next one were the house and
shop of Mr. Needham, a brother of him on Winter street.
He was a Friend in religion, and a tailor by trade. He
was a worthy man, and I think he had considerable busi-
ness, in making clothes for the Friends, who were more
BY BENJAMIN F. BROWNE. 13
numerous in this vicinity then than now. After his
death, his son James manufactured cigars there. South
of this lived a Mr. Hovey, a mason, and next to him Mr.
Thomas Brown, who I believe was from Danvers ; one of
his daughters was married to Pelatiah Brown, who lived
opposite. In one of these houses lived a Mrs. Graf ton,
who removed to Charter street, with whom boarded Mr.
Corne, an Italian, and who became somewhat celebrated
as a marine painter, and who attempted unsuccessfully to
introduce the use of tomatoes among our people. South
of this stood the house and shop of Mr. Benjamin
Cheever, a very worthy man, whose wife was a Barr, and
whose tannery was in front of his house, joining the tan-
nery of his brother Samuel, whose house and shop were
round the corner, fronting on Brown street, the site now
occupied by Miss Hannah Hodges. These two men were
sons of Peter and Margaret (Ives) Cheever. Samuel's
wife was from Black Point, Scarborough, Me., and they
had a daughter Sally, who married Capt. Jonathan Beck-
ford, and afterwards Capt. Penn Townsend. Benjamin
had a son Benjamin, who went to Portsmouth, N. H., and
also daughters, Mrs. John Howard, Mrs. Malthus A.
Ward, and an unmarried daughter, who are dead, and
Mrs. Dana C. Lewis, who is living.
West of Samuel Cheever and fronting the Common,
was a wooden house occupied by James Wright, a Scotch-
man. His brother Daniel had a dry goods shop on the
corner of Essex and Cambridge streets, in the shop lately
occupied by George Bennet as a saddlery. His wife was
a Giles, from Beverly, and she has recently died in that
town, aged nearly one hundred years. Jimmy Wright,
as we called him, was well known to the boys as making
excellent gingerbread, and to the parents as making good
bread. In one of his chambers, a man named Alexander,
who was a brass and copper founder, held a meeting,
which I sometimes attended from curiosity. I know not
what was his denomination, but his preaching was of a
sensational character. Alexander left town, and a new
preacher came. I know not his offence, but the new
preacher inaugurated his services by preaching from the
text, " Alexander the Coppersmith did me much evil, the
Lord reward him according to his works."
14 YOUTHFUL RECOLLECTIONS OF SALEM,
Oliver street was opened about this time [1798]
through lands of Madam Oliver and her sons. The first
house I remember in this street was that of Mr. Skerry,
who made and repaired the old-fashioned flag-bottomed
chairs. This was on the west side, and some way down
the street. Then John Scobie, before named, built a
house on the west side, which is now owned by Mr. John
Jewett. My impression is that Scobie had a building re-
moved to there, and fitted it for a dwelling-house.
On the southwest corner of this street was a wooden
building, in which a Mr. Austin and then Mr. Dennis had
a brass founder's shop. There was a flight of stairs out-
side of the east part of the building, leading to the cham-
bers, which were occupied as a dwelling. It was here
that a boy, afterwards well known in Salem as a physi-
cian, lost his eye. He was playing with other boys on
the Common, when he chased one of them up these stairs.
This boy's mother was washing her dinner dishes on the
platform at the top of the stairs, and seeing her son
chased up them, she threw a fork, which was in her hand,
and hit the other boy in the eye. This building was
moved away to make room for the brick house erected on
its site by Stephen White, now owned by Nath'l J. Lord,
Esq., as was Wright's bake house, for the house of his
brother, Col. Joseph White, now Benjamin H. Silsbee's,
Esq. West of Austin's was a wooden building in which
Jeremiah Shepard sold groceries. In the rear of this was
an old wooden house, an alley leading to it, in which
dwelt Major Thomas Barnes, who was of the army of the
Revolution, and other families. Mr. Shepard had a hat
manufactory and shop on Essex street, on the eastern part
of the land now occupied by Mr. Emerton's brick build-
ing. I remember the first hat I ever owned was bought
at this shop, and the money paid (five shillings) was the
product of the sales of scraps of old iron and pieces of
junk, sold at one of the Hingham boats that visited Salem
several times a year, for the sale of boxes and pails, and
to buy old iron, junk, and other commodities, or to ex-
change their wares for them. The boys found these hats
very convenient for another use than a head covering.
Being stiffened with glue, they soon lost their stiffness by
BY BENJAMIN F. BROWNE. 15
use, and as there were pumps at convenient distances in
the streets, by pounding in the crown they made very
handy drinking vessels. In process of time they resumed
their original form of a sugar loaf.
Next west of Austin's was a shop belonging to Thomas
Mason, in which he had sold crockery and hardware, but
which was then used as a huxter's shop by his daughter,
Mrs. Maley, and which was removed to Winter street.
Then came Mason's house, a stately one for the times, stand-
ing on part of the land on which John Forrester, in 1818,
built the house now occupied by George Peabody, Esq.
Mason's house was removed and is now owned and occu-
pied by the venerable William Roberts, 91 Federal street.
Mall street was not then [1798] opened, but was short-
ly after, and Nathaniel Foster, a mason, built a brick
house in it. Then there was Frederick Connor's bake
house, then an old house occupied by families named Col-
lins and Dalton. Tuttle's rope walk came next; then
Thomas R. Williams's cabinet warehouse and manufac-
tory ; then his father, Capt. Williams's house which is
now owned and occupied by William C. Barton. Thomas
R. Williams and Benjamin Adams had a stable in Wil-
liams street. T. R. Williams removed to Boston and kept
a boarding house. Capt. Henry Williams was a descend-
ant from a family that in the early settlement of the town
owned much of the land in that neighborhood. He had
a son, Willard W., who was the father of Dr. Williams,
the celebrated oculist of Boston.
Williams street was opened in 1798, and when I first
knew it there were many houses on it, most of them new.
I remember as living there Deacon Nehemiah Adams,
Francis Pulsifer, cabinet maker, Edward S. Lang, an
apothecary, a Gavet family, one named Ross, James Gray,
a cooper, Capt. Benj. Ropes, Samuel Gale, a barber, Sam-
uel Gray, a shoemaker, John Derby, a tailor, and others.
Deacon Adams had his furniture factory on the southwest
corner of this street. He had previously had one on the
south side of the Common which was consumed by fire,
and I remember this shop as being on fire twice. He re-
moved from Williams street to the Watson house on Es-
sex street, next east of the Union Street building. He
was the father of Dr. Nehemiah Adams, of the Essex
16 YOUTHFUL RECOLLECTIONS OF SALEM.
Street Church, Boston. Where the East Church now is
stood the house and shop of Bartholomew Putnam, which,
in 1756, was sold by Timothy Lindall, Jr., to Nathaniel
Andrews, by him bequeathed to his son Jonathan, and by
him sold to B. Putnam. In Lindall's deed it is described
as bounded northwest partly on land of John Crownin-
shield, Jr., and partly on land of John Williams ; north-
east on land of John Williams ; southwest on the Com-
mon or Training field : and southeast on land of my sister,
Abigail Jennison. Bartholomew was Surveyor of the
Port, and had his office in the shop which stood east of his
house, He was in his old age entirely blind, but had a
successful operation for the cataract (then a novel opera-
tion in this country), performed by Dr. Nathan Smith of
Dartmouth College. There were three of these Crownin-
shields, sons of John, and grandsons of Dr. John C., the
first emigrant to Salem. John, Jr., named above, died in
1766. His brothers were Jacob and George. Jacob lived
on Essex street, opposite Union street, and George
on the site of the present custom house, in a very
handsome wooden house. He was the head of the
wealthy house of George Crowninshield & Sons, who
owned the famous and successful privateer ship America.
His wife was Mary, daughter of Richard Derby, and she
died Nov. 26, 1813, aged 76, and he died June 16, 1815,
aged 81. They had sons Richard, John, Jacob, George,
Benjamin W., and Edward. Jacob was a member of Con-
gress from this district, and died at Washington, D. C.,
April 18, 1808, aged 38. George was owner of the famous
yacht, Cleopatra's Barge, which made a voyage to the
Mediterranean sea, and attracted great attention for the
excellence of her model and the splendor with which she
was fitted up. He died shortly after her return, Nov.
26, 1817, unmarried. Benjamin W. was Secretary of the
Navy, under Mr. Madison ; afterward member of Congress
from this district ; built the brick house on Derby street,
now the Old Ladies' Home ; then occupied the house on
Essex street, now R. S. Rogers's ; removed to Boston,
and died there. Edward died at Guadaloupe, in 1792, or
'93, aged 17.
(To be continued.)
SITE OF THE HOME OF FRANCIS PLUMER, THE EMIGRANT.
NEWBURY, MASS.
THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY.
ABOUT the year 1630, Francis Plumer, a linen weaver,
just past his thirty-sixth birthday, was living in Norfolk
county, or in Woolwich, near London, England. Some
say that he was a Welshman ; but wherever his abode, or
whatever his nationality, records have not removed the
doubts that tradition has originated.
Tradition is also responsible for the statement that he
was one of the company which came to New England
with Rev. Thomas Parker of Newbury, Berkshire, Eng-
land, in the early spring of 1634, in the ship Hector,
sailing from London.
With Mr. Plumer came his family, consisting of his
wife Ruth and three children, at least, Samuel, aged
fifteen, Joseph, four, and Hannah, three. They had a
daughter Mary, but whether she was born just before or
immediately after their arrival is unknown.
They landed at Ipswich, where the company remained
during the summer. Many of the men were given the
rights of suffrage in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, of
which Ipswich was a part; and Mr. Plumer was made
a freeman on May 14, 1634. He must have been a mem-
ber of the church in good standing at the time, for that
was necessary to his eligibility to citizenship. He had
undoubtedly united with the church in England.
Early in the autumn, the company, with some other
colonists, decided to settle at a place about six miles
northerly from Ipswich, between what are now known as
Parker and Merrimack rivers. They established them-
selves on the north bank of Parker river, about two miles
from its confluence with Plum Island river, where the
stream is about three hundred feet wide. It was a beau-
tiful spot, dry, healthful and fertile, and well supplied
(17)
18
THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
with water. The village was laid out systematically, a lot
of six acres being first marked off on the border of the
stream for a public square. The following is a diagram
showing the location of the first grants to freeholders of
the settlement and consequently the location of their
original habitations. As will be seen, Mr. Plumer lo-
cated upon Merrimack street, as it was then called, which
is now the main street, and only a few rods from the
" village green." The house lots varied in size from half-
an-acre on the square to four acres on the streets. It is
presumed that Mr. Plumer chose the street location be-
cause he could thus obtain a larger quantity of land. All
land adjoining this first layout of the settlement was held
in common for pasturage, forest and culivation. Soon,
however, some of the settlers wished to own larger tracts
of land, and further grants were made to individuals by
the local government, which the freemen of the colony
constituted, and in many instances the settlers left the
village to live upon their broader acres. Francis Plumer
was thus enabled to purchase two lots next his own on
the north, thus securing a homestead of twelve acres of
land fit for cultivation, and the best in the region. Near
his house he dug a well and planted an orchard. In the
spring of 1893, the walls of the cellar of the house were
disclosed by the plowshare, they having been permitted to
remain when the cellar was filled, evidently. The older
members of the family then living in the neighborhood
BY SIDNEY PEBLEY. 19
remembered having seen the old well. The illustration
herewith given shows the site of the house as it appeared
in 1893, the stake in the ground designating the precise
location.
From the volume in which are recorded the grants of
real estate made to the early settlers of Newbury, the
following records are taken. These are all that appear in
favor of Francis Plumer.
To Francis Plumer an bouse lott of four acres be it more or less
in breadth eight rod & in length four score rods. Bounded by Mr.
Batt on the south Richard Kent senr on the north Merrimack street
on the west & great salt marsh on the east.
And four acres of upland on the neck over the Poynt be it more
or less bounded by the River on the south the Creeke on the north
Robert Coker on the east and Nicholas Batt on the west.
And a field Lott of twenty acres of upland and meadow on the
Little River be it more or less bounded by John Mussellwhite on the
south John Pike sen' on the North the river on the west and the
comon on the east
Also seaven acres of meadow be it more or less and is bounded
by Mrs. Straten on the south Thomas Smith on the north the four
acre Lotts on the west and Archelaus Woodman on the east
And five acres of meadow be it more or less by Mr. Woodbridg
& is bounded by Mr. Parker on the north Mr. Noyes on the south &
west and a great Pond on the east
And eight acres of salt marsh in the Great marsh be it more or
less Bounded by Mr. Stephen D timer on the north & west and a
creek west & Henry Lunt on the south
And two acres of upland be it more or less Bounded by Thomas
Blumfield on the south the four acre lotts on the west John Rem-
ington on the east and
In consideration of Francis Plumer his resigning up into the
Townes hand of four acres of land in the neck over the river wch he
doth by these presents yeald up ther was granted unto him four
acres of upland in the feild of Exchange land beyond the new Towne
to enjoy to him & his heyrs Forever
Laid out unto Francis Plumer four acres of land be it more or
less in the field of Exchange beyond the new Towne Joyning to
Abraham Topans land on the east Nicholas Batts land on the west
the comon on the south and the way going to Birchen meadows on
the north
In consideration that Francis Plumer did resign up nine acres of
that twenty two acres of his scituate on Merrimack River and also
20 THE PLUMBR GENEALOGY.
did Resigne and yeild up into the Towns hand nine acres of Divi-
dent land they granted him the Inheritance of his owne hous lott
and Abraham Toppans house lott as they be scituate in the Old
Towne notwithstanding they have lands therfore at the new Towne
to enjoy to him & his heyrs Forever
AKTHONY SOMEKBY Register.
The following is a copy of the record of another grant
made to Mr. Plumer :
In consideration of his receiving of twenty acres of land at the
new Towne by the way and John Musselwhites land and Richard
Kent senr his land Francis Plumer Resigned up unto the Townes
hands the twenty acres of Land by that which was John Mussle-
whites and John Pikes Land w th Condition that if ever the lands be
returned to any other use than Comon Then to retnrne to Francis
Plumer againe Only Francis Plumer reserves the trees to himself
and the meadow adjoining to the Little River but the upland to re-
maine to the Towne Forever
Laid out unto Francis Plumer for his Freehold portion in the neck
over the great River five acres of marsh Land be it more or less
bounded by John Bishops land on the east and southeast a great
creek west and southwest and a little creek northwest and north
and the comon North west from the creek on a straight line to John
Bishops north west bounds.
In the list of those who in 1642 had rights in the ox
and cow commons in Newbury the name of Francis
Plumer appears, and five rights are assigned to him.
Mr. Plumer was one of the ninety-one freeholders of
the town, and as such to him and his heirs was granted
his share of salt marsh, woodland and planting lots.
*' This freehold right," said William Little, president of
the Old Newbury Historical Society, " appears never to
have been sold, but was transmitted through the line of
his son Samuel, Joshua, Joshua, Simon, and to his daugh-
ter who married Samuel Danforth, and their son, George
Plumer Danforth, who died in 1876, was the last living
person who acted as one of the proprietors of Newbury,
and he represented Francis Plumer. This proprietorship
was terminated in 1827 by the sale of Plum Island, the
last of the common and undivided lands of the town."
So far as the records show Mr. Plumer received but one
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 21
deed of real estate. In it he is described as of " New-
bury, Lynnen weaver." The grantor was John Bishop of
Newbury, carpenter ; it was dated March 5, 1648, ac-
knowledged March 31, 1652, and conveyed " an house
lott of four acres be it more or less with a barne orchard
and fences to it which Richard Kent senior formerly gave
to Samuel Scullard as p* of a marriage portion with Re-
becka aforesaid another house lott of four acres be it more
or less adjoining thereto with the appurtenances thereto
belonging both which lotts are bounded by the house lot
of Francis Plumer on the south W m Palmer on ye north
merrimack street on the west & a neck of upland on the
east ; with an other house lott of four acres be it more
or less w cb is bounded by W m Palmer's lott that was on
the south Robert Marstons lott on the north & the street
west & neck of upland aforesaid East."*
Mr. Plumer made two conveyances by deed. The first
was to William Sawyer of Newbury, dated Nov. 16, 1649,
acknowledged June 15, 1657, no wife being mentioned, and
the consideration being live pounds. It conveyed "All
that four acre lott be it more or less which was formerly
Henry Palmers and is now in the possession of W m Ilsley
as it lyeth situate in Newbury aforesaid bounded with y c
land of the said W m Ilsley on the south & north Merri-
mack street on the west & the neck of upland next to the
marshes on the east."f The other conveyance, in which
Mr. Plumer is described as of " Newbury, yeoman," was
to Robert Coker of Newbury, dated Jan. 7, 1651, ac-
knowledged March 31, 1652, no wife being mentioned. It
conveyed four acres of upland in Newbury " adjoining
to the land of the said Robert Coker where also his house
standeth on the east end of the street on the south, & the
lane going to Watts seller on the West & John Bartletts
land on the North."J
As soon as the people of the little hamlet, which con-
sisted of about twenty families, had become established
in their new home, Mr. Plumer was chosen to be its inn-
keeper, being licensed therefor by the general court Sept.
*Ipswlch Registry of Deeds, book 1, page 101.
tlpswicb Registry of Deeds, book 1, page 191.
Jlpswich Registry of Deeds, book 1, page 109.
22 THE PLUMEK GENEALOGY.
3, 1635, in the language of the records, to " keepe an
ordinary in the plantacon where he lived during the pleas-
ure of y e court." He probably continued his inn for only
two years, as, in June, 1637, John Knight was appointed
to that position. Mr. Pluiner devoted the remainder of
his life to the cultivation of the soil, although he un-
doubtedly did more or less weaving for the families in the
town.
His home was indeed a wilderness one. To the south
six miles of unbroken forest lay between them and their
friends at Ipswich. North of them, at thrice that dis-
tance, were the two weak, defenceless settlements on the
Piscataqua river. On the east rolled three thousand
miles of trackless deep, and on the west was an equally
trackless illimitable wilderness, shielding within its gloomy
depths cruel savages and wild beasts. The forest extend-
ed to their very thresholds, the limited clearings they
made for agricultural purposes comprising most of the
open country around them. They had very little chance
for intellectual improvement, as books were rare and
newspapers and schools were unknown. Anthony Som-
erby taught children a short time, however.
Oct. 16, 1637, with other prominent men, Mr. Plumer
was fined ten shillings for defect of fences, and he agreed
that the fine should be added to his tax.
Atagenerall towne meeting feb. 24; 1637. . . . It was . . . agreed
that \v m moody, James Browne, Nic. Holt, ffrancis Plummet, Nio.
Noyfe shall lay out all the generall highways in the towue that are
to be made, as likewife term rodd between man & man for garden
platts, this to be done by the fifth of march on the penalty of 5
apeice.
April 21, 1638, with several other prominent men, he
was fined two shillings and sixpence for not attending a
town meeting.
At a Towne meeting of ye 8 men ye 16 December 1646. Itt is or-
dered y* all fuch Inhabitants as will keepe or purchase any of y
valley of plough land where Mr No is oufe lands shall lay downe
seven ac of their divident lands for one there. & alfo w Inhab-
itants still keepe or purchase any of ye plough land wch lyeth in
the verge where franncis Plumer dwells shall lay downe five ac"
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 23
of his divident land for one there ffurther it is ordered y* all thofe
y 1 will accept of the land afore mentioned on thofe termes shall
w l hin three dayes after the publicacon thereof give in their names
to Richard Knight or elf the land is to be difpofed of & the divi-
dent lands to be layd out at the new Towne as was formerly Ap-
pointed.
Francis Plumer served on the grand jury at Ipswich
quarterly court in 1646, 1653, 1654 and 1658.
His wife, who had braved the dangers of the ocean
voyage and thirteen years of wilderness life, died July 18,
1647, causing the first breach in the family circle. After
being a widower about two years, his household affairs
being cared for by his daughters, who were in their teens,
he married Ann Palmer, said to have been widow of
William Palmer, who was formerly of Newbury, but lat-
terly of Piscataqua, March 31, 1649.
In 1653, Mr. Plumer was an appraiser of the estate of
William Stevens
of Newbury, and jp
his autograph, as -+pr&jvr*b X
be affixed it to / /
the inventory, is
given herewith.
In 1663, there was living in Salisbury one Robert Pike,
thirty-six years of age, who had been formerly a near
neighbor of Francis Plumer in Newbury, and had re-
moved across Merrimack river into Salisbury. He had a
good education, and was a worthy son of a puritan, being
a magistrate and having served as a member of the gen-
eral court for two years. He criticised the general court
for their intolerance in religious worship, declaring " that
those members who had voted for it had violated their
oaths as freemen ; that their act was against the liberty of
the country, both civil and ecclesiastical, and that he
stood ready to make his declaration good." They were
amazed at his audacity, and arraigned him therefor. He
was tried Sept. 7, 1653, and was convicted, " disfran-
chised, and disabled to bear any public office in town or
commonwealth, and from pleading any case except his
own in any court ; and further, that he be bound to good
behavior during the Court's pleasure, and be fined the sum
24 THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
of twenty marks to the country." The obnoxious order
was, however, immediately repealed.
These proceedings caused great agitation in the region
of Pike's home, and petitions were circulated and signed,
asking for the revocation of the unjust sentence. The
petition of the Newbury citizens was signed by Francis
Plumer and his sons Samuel and Joseph, and fifty-five
others. The petitions were presented to the court at its
next session, the following spring. The record of the
action of the general court begins as follows : " The
Court cannot but deeply resent that so many persons of
several towns, conditions, and relations, should combine
together to present such an unjust and unreasonable re-
quest as the revoking the sentence passed the last court
against Lieutenant Pike, and the restoring him to his
former liberty, without any petition of his own, or at
least acknowledgment of his offence," etc. The court
appointed a commission of six men to learn the reasons
why the petitioners signed the request. The commission-
ers proceeded to perform their duty and the various
offenders appeared before them. Some said that they
signed without reflection ; some because they were asked
to do so ; and others because they thought it was the
proper thing to do. Francis Plumer said that Pike was a
useful man, and that he thought that he might petition
without offence ; that it was in the liberty of the court to
accept it or reject it, and that he could not see that he had
done amiss in petitioning. Samuel Plumer said that he
intended no affront to the honored court, but only desired
Pike's liberty in a lawful way. Joseph Plumer said that
the reason he signed the paper was expressed in it, he ap-
prehending the person to be a quiet and serviceable
man ; and he would not divulge the name of the person
who brought him the petition, saying that he was not
bound to do so.
Among the petitioners the commissioners found fifteen
refractory spirits, who either gave no explanation, or as-
serted their right to petition whenever they thought fit,
denying the right of any persons, or body of persons, to
interfere. The names of these fifteen were duly reported
to the general court, which bound them over in the penal
3Y SIDNEY PEBLEY. 25
sum of ten pounds each for trial in the county courts.
Eight of these fifteen belonged in Newbury, one of them
being Joseph Plumer. But their trial never took place.
This demonstration may have been of little moment in
itself, but the vital issue of the right of petition was thus,
for the first time, boldly asserted in America ; and these
men were in the front rank of the genuine defenders of
civil liberty. The action of these men will impress the
reader more deeply when he considers that the spirit of
that time was such that the result of their action would
most likely be a punishment equal to that of Pike him-
self.
In September, 1659, Francis Plumer was relieved from
ordinary training, by the county court held at Ipswich, on
condition that he pay eight shillings per annum for the
use of the military company.
In 1662, by his attorney, who was his son Samuel, Mr.
Plumer recovered judgment in a civil suit against Richard
Dole for cutting and carrying away hedging from his
land. The trial was held before the commissioners of
Newbury Aug. 27th.
March 7, 1668, Francis Plumer was chosen a fence
viewer for his end of the town.
After they had lived together sixteen years, Mrs.
Plumer died, Oct. 18, 1665. Forty-three days later, Nov.
29, 1665, Mr. Plumer married, thirdly, Beatrice, widow
of William Cantlebury of Salem. The court records
show that she was a disagreeable woman to have in the
neighborhood, yet Francis Plumer himself told Christo-
pher Waller " that he lived so comfortably with her . . .
as a man would desire, and that if he had sought all ye
world over he could not have had a Better wife."*
In the long controversy that in his time almost rent the
church in the hamlet, which is spoken of at length in the
sketch of Francis Plumer's son Samuel, Mr. Plumer and
both his sons were opposed to their pastor. The question
at issue was, shall the clergy or the church govern, or, in
other words, it was the early struggle between presbyter-
ianism and Congregationalism. The matter was carried
See Salem quarterly court files, book 25, leaf 91.
26 THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
into the courts, and Mr. Plumer was fined one mark, and
each of his sons a noble for their part in the affair. This
was in 1669 and 1670.
Mr. Plumer was now an old man, having had a varied
and an interesting career. He died Jan. 17, 1672-3, aged
about seventy-eight. His wife, Beatrice, survived him,
and before June, 1676, married Edward Berry of Salem,
whither she removed. They did not get along pleasantly,
in spite of her name, and she evidently lived at last with
one of her children in Salem, dying before 1684.
Mr. Plumer died intestate, and Feb. 20, 1672-3, two
magistrates, Mr. Samuel Symonds and Major-general Den-
ison, appointed the two sons of the deceased to care for
the estate and bring in an inventory until the court met
at Ipswich.* The court convened at Ipswich March 25,
1675, and appointed Samuel Plamer, the elder son, ad-
ministrator of the estate. His surety was William Saw-
yer.f
The inventory of the estate of the deceased is on file
in the office of the probate court at Salem,J and the fol-
lowing is an accurate copy of the original document :
An Inventory of the Honfeing lands goods & chattells of ffrancis
Plumer who deceafed this life January 17 th 1672 taken January 24 th
by Richard Knight John Emery fen' Thomas Hale junr & Anthony
Somerby
Impr the Houfe barne orchard & fixteen acres of land
adioyneing being four four acres Lotts with previ-
ledg of frehold 120 00
It twenty acres of fait marfh & meadow 120
It a horfe at 81 & 2 mares & 2 colts at 81 16 00
It four oxen one yoake 131 & another yoake 111 24
four Cows at 181 & 2 yerling fteers & 2 calfes at 5-10 be-
ing wintred 25100
five and twenty f heep 12
His weareing Apparrell w th 2 p* of bootes 2 cuf hions 3
hatts & a pr of f hous 17
four fwyne 2
In the chamber in Indian Corne about 20 buf h 3 - 00
Records of Ipswich quarterly court, 1672, page 191.
t Records of Ipswich quarterly court, 1673, page 194.
{Docket number, 22,135.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY.
27
A thonfand of boards 2 ladders 4 formes troughes 3
hold pofts & old timber of a houfe falne downe 3
A long cart with wheels ftockbands boxes plow & Irons
yoaks & '2 chaynes 3 10
In the f hop a weavers loome with Gears harneffes &
with 6 prongs pitchforks a fpade f hovell Hooes an
Iron Barre a frooe Chiffells Augurs Beettle & wedges
4 axes 5 Iron Hoopes planes files an Iron vice a
woodden vise a fhort Croffcut saw 2 hand fawes
wimble ftocks wimble bitts 2 faddles & bridles 2
paire of fcales & weights & many other tooles for
fmiths tooles & carpenters fquare which we are not
able to particularise 14
In the parlour a feather bed & bolfter 2 pillows a
blanket & coverlet & bedfted 7 00
In the Hall a table & forme a Cubbard & great cheft 3
In another Roorue a bed w th 2 flock bolfters a p r of
blankets a Rug & Coverlet 4
four paire of f heets 3 pillow bears 1 holland pillow beare
a table cloth 7 napkins a f hirt & 4 peices of old
f heets & 2 caps 5 00
two paire of gloves & a remnant of kerfy 7
A fmall Iron kettle & Iron pot & Iron fkillet 4 peuter
dif hes 2 bafons a fmall flagon a pint pot a pint bot-
tle a brafen candlefticke, a lining dripping pan 4
fpoones & an old Iron kettle 2 15
A bible & 4 bookes 016
It 2 chayres, a fmall table 2 tramells a Grid Iron a
fmoothing Iron a f pit tongs old fire f hovell bellows
a cheft 3 paire of wooll cards a welf h bill 5 trayes
2 bucketts 9 trenchers an earthen pan & pitcher a
woodden platter 5 dif hes a paire of f hooes 4 facks 2 15
In the Hall chamber 6 bul'hels of barly 2 bui'hels of
Rye three bufhels of wheat 8 buf hels of oats a
buf hell of peafe & beanes & 5 bufhels of meale &
2 bufhels of malt 4 06
Three hay re feiues a Kidder a feine a trowell 4 old hogf-
heds 3 barrells a meale trough a bottom of an old
trunke a ffanne 3 Raw f heep fkins a hogfkin A
Reele a fpining wheele an old bedfted & lumber 1 40
fifteen pound of wooll & 10 pd & 1-2 of cotton wooll 112
It 2 pound of feathers 4 pound of flaxen yarn & 2 pd of
tow yarne 12
A Grindf tone 7
28 THE PLUMEB GENEALOGY.
A Gun a fword bullets fnapfacke 110
two barrells a mef hing tub a halfe bui'hel & gallon &
a pounding trough 11 6
twelve pound of woollen yarne 1 10
In the Little chamber a great Tray a trough a fyder
preffe a cheefe preff cartrope Dungpot old wheel-
barrow & old fled 2 tand f kins 1
In the dairy houfe 4 flitches & halfe of Bacon & a quarter
of a barrell of porke about 28 pound of cheefe and
3 pound of butter with 2 barrells & a butter tub 4 100
In the Cellar a peice of leather a full Barrell of fyder 2
empty barrels <fe an old Churne 1 5
Debts from Joseph Plumer 6
from William Sawyer 4
In Larde 0100
Total Sum is 412056
ANTHONY SOMKBBY
RICHARD KNIGHT
JOHN EMMERKY JR.
THOMAS HALE JuN f .
Samuell Plumer administrator to the estate returned this Inven-
tory into llcourtll upon oath to be a full & true Inventory of the es-
tate to the best of his knowledge & if more doe after appeare that
he will add it In court held at Ipfwich the 25 of march 1673
As attest ROBERT LORD Cleric.
1 s d
Debts due from the estate to feverall men 33 8 9
and to the widdow 35
68 89
Cleare estate is 343169
412056
Debts due from f rancis Pluraors ef tat defeafed
Item to goodm Pore 18
It for two buf hels of wheat for the burial 10
due to goodman march 13 3
to goodie Rondall 030
to goodman Perfon 080
to John Adkinfon 17
to goodman Sumerbe ' 17
to goodman Ilf lay 046
to thomas haines '020
BY SIDNEY PBJRLEY. 29
to goodman Perfe 040
to the Conf table for Rates 17
to goodman Einry 15
to Stover Grenleaf 12
to Peter tayok 15
to Samvell Plumer 480
to Abrara Adams 040
to Thomas Moyre 1 16
to John Wold 060
to goodman davis 100
to Jofeph Palmer 10
to Marie duoll 2 10
to goodman Mirick 030
to Richard dole 4 10
toCaptGerifh 040
to thomas hale fenior 066
to Rich knight goodm Sumerbe John Emry tho hale 100
24 08 9
to william titcum 200
2 Befides what is due to the widow vpon a late Agrement 500
to John knight 200
Crossed out on back of the original inventory is the
following :
The widdow doth lay Clayme to thefe things vnder written as due
to her by marriag Contract that is not fet down in the Covenant
<viz):
A Cloake prifed at 80
2 chayns at 5
A mufket 100
Abedftod at 100
A brewing tab A barrell 5
2 pewter Chamber pots 5
pot hooks & tofting Iron 3
And a little kettle 040
Befides (f he faith) that her huf band borrowed of her after f he
was marryed fifty f hillings & thirty f hillings and two & forty
f hillings in mony within a weeke after f he was marryed & f he
faith he promised to pay her againe.
The marriage covenant referred to is on file in the office
of the probate court at Salem, with the papers in this
estate, and is as follows :
30 THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
Artticles of Agreraent made the five & twentyeth day of Novem-
ber In the yeare of our Lord one thoufand fix hundred andSeaven-
ty, Betweene ffrancis Plumer of Newbury in the County of Effex in
Newengland & Beatrice his wife, witneffeth that faid ffrancis
Plumer did & do hereby agree as a contract between him the faid
ffrancis Plumer and Beatrice his wife upon their marriage, that ||if ||
the faid francis Plumer f hall Deceafe before the faid Beatrice his
wife that then the faid Beatrice f hall have all the eftate of goods
& chattells that was properly hers before marriag, and alfo to have
the new Roome and halfe the Orchard ||wch half f he please || and the
Thirds of the Lands of the faid ffrancis Plumer her huf band dur-
ing her naturall life and alfo fire wood out of the faid ffrancis
Plumers twenty acres that is neere the little Riuer & the garden as
it is now enclofed And if the faid Beatrice f hall deceafe firft be-
fore her faid huf band that then f he fhall have full liberty & power
to difpofe of what eftate was properly hers before marriag to any
of her relations whomfoeuer f he pleafe And if any perfon or per-
fons fhall lawfully clayme any debts due from william Cantlebury
deceafed that then the faid eftate of the faid Beatrice fhall pay fuck
debts & not the eftate of the faid ffrancis Plumer her now huf band
november 25 th : 1670
Signed feald & deliuerd FFBANCIS P PLUMEB
in the pfence of vs his marke
RICHARD DOLE [SEAL]
ANTHONY SOMEBBY
An Invoyes of the eftate that ffrancis Plumer had with Beatrice
his wife
Impr* A horfe & mare & cattell fo many as was prifed to him at
|| five & thirty pounds to be paid within one yeare || after the deeceafe
of francis Plumer
It two Ruggs, & four blanketts, two paire of f heets of cotten &
linnen, and a p* of ||fine|| f heets of fix yards a peice in them, one
feather bed one braff kettle & an Iron kettle a paire of f heets more,
& one cheft with a coffer with wearing linnen in them & petticoats
& wafcoats two pillows foure platters & a bafon & poring pint pott a
paire of old curtaines & vallons
Theife goods abovefaid ffrancis Plumer do by these prfents ac-
knowledg to refigne vp unto the heirs of his wife Beatrice or ||her||
affignes if the faid Beatrice fhall Deceafe before the faid francis
Plumer (Cafualtyes excepted) or elfe at the Death of the faid ffran-
cis thefe are to be at her difpofe
the five & thirty pounds abovefaid is to be paid within one yeare after
the deceafe of either of the faid ffrancis plumer or Beatrice his wife
november 25 th 1670
witnef RICHABD DOLE FFBANCIS P PLUMEB
ANTHONY SOMEBBY his marke
BY SIDNEY PBBLEY. 31
It is to be vnderftood that houfe & land at Salem that was william
Cantleburyes is the proper eftate of the faid Beatrice the now wife
of ffrancis Plumer & that the faid ffrancis Plumer do acknowledg
himselfe to have no Intereft in it by the marriag contract betwen
the faid ffrancis & the faid Beatrice befides four cattell that is now
in the hands of me the faid ffrancis Plumer and alfo what is due by
bills from Jofeph Plumer Daniell Thurfton & Rob* Long & further
I ffrancis Plumer do engage not to require any thing for keeping my
wives Grandchild for the time paft to this day & there is alfo four
f beep in my hands
november 25 th 1670
Witneff FFBANCIS R PLUMEB
RICHARD DOLE his marke
ANTHONY SOMEBBY
At the decease of Francis Plumer his homestead passed
to his son Samuel, who gave it to his son Ephraim by an
interesting deed, which is still preserved with care by de-
scendants. This deed is dated Nov. 7, 1679, and begins
as follows : " Whereas a contract of marriage exists be-
tween my son Ephraim and Hannah the daughter of
Henry Jaques," etc. The house was owned and occupied
by the family of Ephraim until it was taken down. The
lot has since remained in the possession of the family.
Francis Plumer is the ancestor of nearly all the people
bearing the name of Plumer or Plummer in the United
States. His children were all by his first wife, Ruth, and
were as follows :
2 I. SAMUEL*, born about 1619. See family numbered " t ".
8 u. JOSEPH 2 , born about 1630. See family numbered " S ".
4 in. HANNAH 2 , born perhaps about 1631; married Samuel
Moores of Newbury May 3, 1653. She survived her
wedding day but nineteen months, and died in Newbury
Dec. 8, 1654, at the age of about twenty-three, child-
less. Mr. Moores subsequently married Mary, daugh-
ter of William and Barbara Ilsley of Newbury Sept. 12,
1656; and probably removed from Newbury.
5 iv. MABY*, born about 1634; married, first, John, son of John
and Martha Cheny of Newbury April 20, 1660. He
was a brother of her brother Joseph's wife, Mr. Cheny
died in Newbury, where they lived, Jan. 7, 1671. Mr.
Cheny's physician was Dr. David Bennett of Rowley,
and during his professional visits became acquainted
with Mrs. Cheny, whom he married April 29, 1672. She
32 THE PLUMEE GENEALOGY.
lived with Doctor Bennett in Rowley until her decease
in 1682. At the time of her marriage with Doctor Ben-
nett he was about fifty-seven years old; and after her
death he married Rebecca Spencer in 1683, when he
was nearly seventy. She was a daughter of Capt.
Roger Spencer and a sister of the wife of Sir William
Phips, the wealthy governor of the colony. He had
three children by each wife. Mrs. Bennett died March
26, 1712; and the doctor Feb. 4, 1718-9, at the great
age, according to the records, of one hundred and three
years. Mary Plumer had three children by each of her
husbands.
SAMUEL PLUMER*, born in England about 1619. He
was a yeoman, and lived in Newbury.
In 1642, the town granted him some land in the follow-
ing language :
In Comideration of Samuell Plumer his refigning & yelding into
the townes handes feaven acres of ex-change land out of his father's
two and twenty at the which his father gave him and ten akers
of divide which he doth by thef pfents They granted him hale
his houfe lot and halfe an akre that was Joh chins and an aker
and halfe that was formerly fa knights to nir Brownes and an
aker of his owne lo the hill to enioy to him and his heirs forever.
The following extracts from the town records relate to
an exchange of land with Edmund Moores :
Samuell Plummer of this towne March 1 st 1648. Acknowledged
to have fould vnto Edmund Moores of this towne, alfo, his foure
Akers of lande that lyeth in the verge of lotts that butteth on the
lane going downe to watts his feller on the righte hande of the ftreet
being at ye weft end of the lott, the Lande of Henry Somerby on
the north fide & the Eaf t end & the Lande of francis pi inner on the
fouth to remaine to him & his heires for ever for & in Consideration
of Seaven Akers of marif h & meadow that lyeth in the great inarifh
on the east fide of thofe lotts that lyeth in the old towne from new-
bury River vp to the oxe Comon. before me Anth. Somerby.
Edmund Moores of this towne March 1 st 1648 Acknowledged to
have fould vnto Samuell Plummer alfo of this town for & in Coin id-
eration of foure Akers of planting land y* lyeth on the Right hand
of that lane that goeth down to watts feller, all bis Seaven Akers of
marif h and meadow that lyeth in the great marfh, bounded with
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 33
the land of John Pike fenr on the north & eaffc, & with the land of
francis plummer on the South, & the verge of lotts that lyeth be-
tween Newbnry great River and the oxe common on the to re-
maine to him & his heires for ever before mee Anth. Somerby.
At a General! meeting of the Towne march 6: 1671, 72. ... Sam-
uell Plummer propofed to furrender vp all his right Title & intereft
in his fathers twenty acres neere the little River for about three acre
of marfh in the necke referveing the timber for himselfe.
At a General meeting of the Towne A prill 29: 1672 whereas the
Towne of Newbury and Samuell Plumer made choyse of Capt. will
Gerrifh Arcbelaus woodman Steven Greenleife Daniell Peirce fenr
A John Emerfon to Iffue a motion of Sam: pi timer about the ex-
change of what Land the faid Plumer hath by the Little River in
Lobbs pound derived from his father ffrancis Plumer as by deed ap-
peared. It is agreed this eleventh day of May 1672, That ffrancis
Plumer & fain : Plumer doe declare themfelves satiffyed for all their
Intereft (except wood & timber) what intereft they have bad or may
in the faid land or to any exchang the Towne may make with any
man for the faid Land, although by agreement if difpofed of it
would bee theirs for and in consideration of a parcel! of meadow,
over the River in the necke, about four acres bee it more or leffe,
bounded from the fouth corner poft by a pond from his own Land
to another pond which is neare a ftrait Lyne from thence to another
pond, which lyes weft from that pond & fo to the great Creeke to a
Stake agreed upon by vs, which runs into the great River and fo to
the great River vpon the north his owne Land on the eaft & the
Ccmon on the South. This being the full Iffne of the exchange &
demand that may be made by ffrancis Plumer his heirs or affig
or Sam: Plumer his heirs or affignes. In witneff hereof wee have
put our hands this 11 th of may 1672
WILL GKBBlfH
ARCHELAUS WOODMAN
JOHN EMEBY fKN r
STEVEN GRKBNLEAFK.
Mr. Plumer's real estate transactions, as recorded in the
registry of deeds, are several in number. In 1666, he
bought of William Deal of Haverhill twelve and one-half
acres of land in the east part of that town ;* and the
next year he sold it to John Swaddock.f He purchased
of John Perry of Newbury, for thirty-five pounds, April
Old Norfolk Registry of Deeds, book 2, page 133.
tOld Norfolk Registry of Deeds, book 3, page 70.
84 THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
1, 1651, " all that his house land meadow marsh & upland
containing 21 acres be it more or less eight acres of it
being partly upland and partly meadow commonly called
the fishermans lott being bounded with Newbury great
river on the north the land of Mr Henry Sewall on the
east & west & Steven Kent's land on y e south the other
land being nine acres adjoining to the house bounded with
the land of Daniel Thurston on y e west the marsh on y*
south ; other four acres of it lying in the same is also
bounded with the said river on the north and the land of
the said Mr Sewall on the east West and south and four
acres also adjoining to the said nine acres on y e east wch
the said John Perry formerly bought of Abell Huse with
privilidge of a freehold which John Merrell also sold to
him formerly belonging to John Kelly deceased."* June
3, 1651, Mr. Plumer bought of William Gerrish of New-
bury, for one hundred pounds, "All that his dwelling
house barn hayhouse with all other housen on the ground
situate in Newbury old-town with twelve acres of broken
up ground or thereabouts be it more or less with 6 acres
of pasture ground adjoining to it on the south side, but-
ting on y* river with islands & flatts, . . . also all shelves
dressers dores with their locks & keys to the said house
belonging with a freehold or priveledge of comoning ; . . .
& what other land the s d W m Gerrish hath in the ould
town Newbury bounded high street on the north the
green on the east Newbury river on the south and An-
thony shorts land on y* west."f He sold to William
Sawyer, in 1656, five acres of salt marsh in the great
neck in Newbury, J and bought it back ten years later.
He also conveyed to Sawyer ten acres of marsh at a place
called Jericho in the great marsh in Newbury, in 1656, ||
and bought it back ten years later. 1"
Mr. Plumer conveyed to his son Sylvanus, upon the
occasion of his first marriage, Jan. 18, 1681-2, one new
house with an orchard, containing half-an-acre of land,
*Ipswich Registry of Deeds, book 1, page 130.
tlpswich Registry of Deeds, book 1, page 129.
^Ipswich Registry of Deeds, book 1, page 185.
Ipswich Registry of Deeds, book 3, page 13.
[(Ipswich Registry of Deeds, book 1, page 185.
Tlpswich Registry of Deeds, book 3, page 10.
BY SIDNEY PEELEY. 36
the land having formerly belonged to Mr. Sewall; also
twenty acres of upland & pasture & plow land joining to
my house bounded with the riuer upon the south Mr
Kents & Rich d Doles land westerly, John Kents orchard
& the hight st. Northerly and the orchard of John Web-
ster & the Greene easterly together with my house barne
& all other out houseings orchards fences appertaining ; "
sixty-seven acres of marsh at Jericho in the great marsh
in Newbury ; sixteen acres of " pasture laud joyning to
the s d meadow southerly and easterly with the land of
John Emery and Ephraim Northerly and the land of Rich d
Dole southerly and by merrimack st on the west; " and
his freehold right in the common lands in Newbury.*
Nov. 14, 1698, "in consideration of y e afection he had to
his dutiful son Joshua Plumer of Newbury and as a
recompence for said son's good service which he had done
for him in his old age," he conveyed to him u a parcell of
about three acres of vpland with dwelling house barn
standing vpon the same bounded vpon y e high street
northerly by y e green commonly caled Old Town Green
easterly by John Kents orchard Westerly by y* land of
Silvanus Plumer Southerly from ye Northerly corner of
John Websters Orchard vpon a streight line to y* south-
east corner of John Kents orchard ; " a two acre lot
known as " Cheneys lott with one acre & a half of pas-
ture land joyning to it y e whole being bounded with land
formerly in y e possession of Rich d Kent late of Newbury
dec d on y* west John Kents land & the high st on y 8 north
and the grantors Pasture on y e East and y e River on ye
South ; " one and one-half acres of land, " bounded with
Ephraim Plummers land on ye north Richard Doles land
on ye South Merrimack street and Rich* Doles Orchard
on ye west & the Grantors Pasture on y* east ; " " a little
orchard on y e south side of y e great Hill Joyning to ye
High street ; " four acres of marsh on Plum island, "which
I have possessed for many years past ; " ten acres of
marsh on Newbury river ; the wood and timber growing
on twenty acres of land in Lobbs Pound ; the grantor's
rate lot laid out to him in the " upper woods beyond
Ipswich Registry of Deeds, book 4, leaf 448.
36 THE PLUMBE GENEALOGY.
Artichock River ; " and six acres of pasture in a place
called John Emery's neck.*
In 1688, he conveyed to John Emery, sr., of Newbury
about one and one-half acres of marsh on Plum island, in
New bury, f
Mr. Plumer lived, during the latter part of his life, at
least, west of the green and about thirty rods north of
the river, in an old house that formerly stood where the
residence of Dr. Daniel T. Plumer now stands.
The travel from Boston and Salem to Portsmouth was
doubtless through this little settlement, and Samuel
Plumer established a ferry across the river near bis house,
probably, previous to 1649, as that year, in answer to his
petition, the general court granted him liberty of two pen-
nies for each person he ferried across the stream. Some
years later, after Thurlow's bridge was built across the river,
he petitioned the general court again, " humbly Shewing
that by a county highway & bridge set fourth & erected
up the river by y e county court of Ipswich for y* benefit
of y e county his inheritance & trade is much weak-ened &
endangered & humbly desiring this court to make such due
reparation to him in consideration thereof as in their wis-
doines they shall see meet." The erection of this bridge did
not cause the abolition of the ferry, and the court allowed
Mr. Plumer u to take one penny more than formerly for
the passage of each person & each beast that he shall trans-
port over that ferry & that he is and shall be discharged of
all rates that are or shall be made in refference to the bridge
and highway mentioned in his petition so long as he shall
duly attend y* ferry." He was conducting the ferry as late
as 1684, when the town paid him ten shillings for ferriage.
Mr. Plumer was publicly known all his life. He served
in the county court as a trial juror in 1647, 1664, 1668
and 1679, and as a grandjuryman in 1665, 1666, 1667,
1673, 1677, 1680 and 1681. He also served, in 1648, on
a jury of inquest which sought to discover the cause of
the death of a young son of Thomas Smith of Newbury,
who was found dead in a pit on the green.:}:
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 13, leaf 73,
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 15, leaf 193.
Jlpswich Registry of Deeds, book 1, page 54.
BY SIDNEY PBRLBY. 37
He also held numerous town offices. He was a fence
viewer for the Neck in 1666 and 1680, and he probably
lived there for a while, perhaps for some twenty years,
until he took up his abode on the other side of the river.
He was chosen constable in 1671, but held the then hon-
orable office of tithingman in 1680, 1682, 1684-1686 and
1697. He served as one of the selectmen, to manage the
prudential affairs of the town in 1665, 1670, 1673 and
1681 ; and was the representative of the town in the
general court in 1676. In those days the inducements to
serve as a legislator were not very strong, except the
honor. It necessitated a long and tedious journey through
a country little travelled, and the pay was small, but this
was a year that demanded able deputies, as the Indian
war was about at an end, leaving the people poor in goods
and weak in defence, so many of the able men having been
killed.
Mr. Plumer took the oath of a freeman when about
twenty-two years of age, and with most of the men of
the colony took the oath of allegiance to the King in 1678.
He served on committees in the church many times,
and assisted in the settlement of estates.
Mr. Plumer was one of the signers of the petition to
the general court for the reversal of its action in regard
to the punishment of Robert Pike of Salisbury. Although
he was not quite as assertive as his younger brother, yet
he was in full sympathy with the feeling entertained by
his entire family and others that the right of petition to
a representative body chosen by themselves was a natural
one.
He was the most prominent member of his family in
the early local church troubles. The church in Newbury
and churches generally in New England originally were
governed in the congregational way, and for the first ten
years all went smoothly in the church at Newbury. Mr.
Parker had at first supported the congregational system,
but a few years later entertained the idea of control by
the clergy. Then began to rise a restlessness on the part
of the laity that they should have a voice in their own
affairs. The church was awakening to its position when
the assembly of elders was held at Cambridge, Aug. 4,
88 THE PLUMBB GENEALOGY.
1648. The presbytery system at Newbnry was discussed
freely, and the famous Cambridge platform, which was
the result of the convention, was in a great degree the
outgrowth of the discussion. In Newbury, this feeling
against the control by the clergy was manifest in 1664, by
the town voting to reduce Mr. Parker's salary. In 1669,
the matter was so acute that the civil authority was sought
to adjust the differences and restore harmony. The peo-
ple were tenacious of their supposed rights, and jealous
of every real or apparent encroachment upon them. The
church was divided into two nearly equal parties. Edward
Woodman, the leader of the congregational side, was a
man of talent, influence, firmness and decision. One of
his most devoted supporters was Samuel Plumer. Mr.
Parker continued his labors, and both factions regularly
attended the services of the church. Each party claimed
to constitute a majority of the members of the church.
Councils were called to advise, and each party held meet-
ings, passed orders, etc. When the matter was brought
before the county court the judges had diverse opinions,
and so the civil power proved inadequate.
On a Sunday in February, 1670, one of the opposers
of Mr. Parker read a paper in the open congregation after
meeting without leave of the elders, charging Mr. Parker
with being the cause of the division and trouble. Mr.
Woodman called a " church meeting," at which his party
"considered" the charges, and found Mr. Parker guilty
and worthy of blame. This decision was reported to him
by Samuel Plumer and three other men, and Mr. Plumer
read the finding of the meeting to him.
The next month, Mr. Parker was suspended from all
official acts in the church. A number of letters passed
between the factious, each exhorting the other not to be
obstinate, but to submit to the discipline of the church.
Samuel Plurner was generally the spokesman on these
occasions.
The next month, at a council, called for the purpose, a
covenant was agreed upon, but it was of brief continu-
ance, and the ecclesiastical storm again raged.
May 29, 1671, the county court decided that the doings
of Mr. Woodman's party were improper and offensive,
BY SIDNEY PBBLEY. 39
not being a majority of the church, and the participants
were accordingly fined. Francis Plumer, the father of
Samuel, was fined one mark* and Joseph and Samuel, the
sons, a noblef each. After some months, quietude again
settled over the church.
Mr. Plumer married Mary, daughter of Samuel and
Elizabeth Bitfield, about 1646. She was probably living
in Boston at that time. Mr. Bitfield died in 1660, hav-
ing, in his will, devised his residence in Boston to his wife
for her life and then to his grandson, Samuel Plumer, jr.,
to be entailed in his family. Mrs. Bitfield died in 1669,
and Samuel Plumer, jr., took possession of the Bitfield
homestead upon his marriage the next year.
Mrs. Plumer died in 1701, and Mr. Plumer died in the
summer of the following year, at the age of eighty-three.
The following is an accurate copy of Mr. Plumer's will
transcribed from the original instrument on file in the
office of the probate court at Salem :
In y e name of God I Samuel Plumer of Newbury in the County of
Efsex in y e Province of the Mafsacbusetts Bay in New England
(yeamon) being in Bodily health & of a difposing mind do Humbly
Comitt my Soule into y e hands of God who gave it & my Body to
y* earth hoping thro 1 y e Mercies of God in Jefus ehrist to have a
happy e reforrection
And for my Worldly Goods I do difpofe as is heerafter exprefsed
Impnn. To my son Samvel Plainer of Bofton I give five pounds
in or as mony to be paid by my son Silvanus Plumer w th in one moneth
after my Death Befides what I formerly gave him
Item To my son Ephraim Plumer I give one shilling in mony to
be paid by my execut* befides what I formerly gave him
Ite To my son Silvanus Plumer I give one f hilling to be payd by
my executr besides ye housing & land that I have given him by
deed of gift under my hand & seale
Ite To my son Joshua Plumer I give all my utenfiles of Ilusban-
try as alfo all the divifion or divifions of land that shall be layd out
in any of ye Comons or undivided lands of Newbury to me or my
right by vertu of my paying Rates in the years 1684 & 1635 to the
Ministry in Newbury according to the votes of sd Towne in the year
1685 besides the houfing & lands wch I gave to my said son by a deed
under my hand & seale bearing date Novembr 14 th 1698.
*A mark was equal to 13s., 4d.
tA noble was equal to 6s., 8d.
40 THE PLUM ER GENEALOGY.
Ite To my son in law Nathaniel Hazeltine who formerly marred
w th my Daughter Ruth (now deceased) I give one shilling to be payd
by my execuf befides what I formerly gave to my sd Daughter.
Ite To my Daughter Mary Swett the wife of John Swett I give
one shilling to be payd by my execuf befides what I have formerly
given her.
Ite To my Daughter Ilanah Bachelour the wife of David Bach-
elour I give one shilling to be payd by my exocufr befides what I
have formerly given her
Ite I Give to my Daughter Elizabeth Jackman the wife of Rich-
ard Jackman five pounds in or as mony to be payd by my executf
as alfo the Great Bed in my Kitchen Chamber w th one Bolfter to the
sd Bed belonging to be delivered to her imediatly after my Death
Ite To my Daughter Deborah Jaques the wife of Stephen Jaques
I give one shilling to be paid by my executor befides what I have
formerly given her
Ite To my son in law Joseph Morfe who Marred w th my Daugh-
ter Lydia (deceafed) I give one shilling befides what I formerly gave
her wch shilling is to be payd by my execuf
Ite To my Grand Daughter Lydia Morfe the daughter of Joseph
Morfe I give one shilling to be pd by my exeeufr
Ite To Bittfield Plainer the son of my son Ephraim Plumer I
give five pounds in or as money to be payd by my son Silvanus
Plumer w th in one month after my deceafe alfo I give him three of
my Great platters
My Will is that Kate my Indian servant at my death shall be free
& at her owne difpose & I give her one flock bed one Blanket & one
coverlid
All ye rest of my Estate both real & prfonall (not formerly by me
difpofed of in this my last will & Testament or other wife) that is
due to me by Bill bond Booke or other wise or that in time to come
may become due to me I give to my son Joshua Plumer hereby ap-
poynting him to be the sole executor of this my last will & Testa-
ment my debts & funerall charges to be by him discharged heerby
revoaking all former wills of mine In wittnefs wherof I the s*
Samuel Plumer as my last will & Testament have heerunto sett my
hand & seale this 24 day of January. Ano Domi 170i
Signed Sealed & declared
by mr Samuel Plumer
in pfents of us SAMUKLL PLUMKK [SEAL]
JOSEPH WILLKT
RICH AND DOLE ye 3d
HENBY SHOBT
(To be continued.)
A GENEALOGICAL-HISTORICAL VISITATION
OF ANDOVER, MASS., IN THE YEAR 1863.
BY ALFRED POOEE, M. D.
( Continued from Volume XLIX, page 3W.}
Thomas Keating has been in the south part of Welch's
house, having been here since April, 1855, when Mr. Sim-
mington moved out and went to Atkinson, N. H. He is
son of John and Nancy (Comefort) Keating, and was
born in Kells, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland, in 1795. He came
to America in 1841, and his family followed the next
year, this family being the oldest, with the exception of
the Morrison family, among the foreign population. His
wife Eliza is daughter of Patrick and Elizabeth (Fletcher)
Hogan, who was born in Mount Melick, Queen's Co., Ire-
land, in 1803. Children: Elizabeth, mar. Mr. Fletcher;
Martha, b. Jan., 1833, mar. William, s. John and Sarah
Bretherick, resides near the factory; John and Maria,
died young ; Edward, b. May, 1839 ; Maria, b. Dec., 1840,
mar. John B. Mignault of Canada, resides in Boston, hav-
ing one son Charles Victor, b. 1863 ; Theresa, b. July,
1843 ; Julia Ann, b. Sept. 9, 1845. Mr. Keating resided
first in the house now owned by Stark, where Murray died
in 1863, and lived there 1842-3.
Thomas Mahoney came from Worcester July 12, I860,
and is a blacksmith in the file shop, son of Dennis and
Joanna (Bolar) Mahoney. He was bom in Cork about
1832, and his wife Bridget is daughter of Mallet and
Johanna (Cassion) Dugan, born Queen's Co., Ireland,
about 1834, and came to America June 23, 1850. Chil-
dren : Thomas Francis, b. Worcester, Sept 9, 1856 ;
Mary Ellen, b. Dec. 3, 1857 ; Joseph, b. 1860. By his
(41)
42 A GENEALOGICAL-HISTORICAL VISITATION OF
first wife, Hannah Hooley, he had Hannah, b. Apr. 8,.
1854.
Michael Conley, laborer in the file shop, came here in
April, 1863. He is son of Michael and Margaret (Cor-
sey) Conley, and was born in Clifton, Co. Galway, Ire-
land, about 1831, coming to America in 1853. His wife
Ann is daughter of Michael and Bridget (Regan) Noon,
born Mt. Dadwin, Sligo Co., Ireland, about 1830, and
came to America, Sept., 1848. Their boarders are James
Corsey, John Hart, Patrick Donovan, and Jerry McCarthy.
John Kelly was born in Galway, Ireland, in 1837, and
came to America in the Great Eastern. Feb., 1862, land-
ing at Quebec. He was injured in the file shop and has
not worked since April. His wife was Mary, daughter of
Patrick and Johanna (Brian) Kelly, who came from
Lowell.
Frederick Wolstenholme has lived in the Kittredge
house since Feb., 1862, coming from Providence, R.I. He
is a file cutter, and is son of James and Jane Wolsten-
holme, bom in Sheffield, Eng. His wife is Margaret,
daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Robb, who was born in
New York. Children : Lizzie Stanton, b. Sing Sing,
N. Y., 1854 ; Cora Jane, b. Jan., 1858.
Adoniram Judson Dearborn, a mason, came here from
Saugus Centre in June, 1863. He is son of Alvah and
Sally (Leavitt) Dearborn, and was born in Effingham,
N. H., in 1828. His wife Abby is daughter of William
E. and Betsey (Dutton) Folsom, and was born in Stark,
Me., in 1820. Children : Charles W., b. Saugus, 1853 ;
John F., died young ; George P., b. North Hampton, N. H.,
Oct., 1857.
Milton Moor says that the Compo Company com-
menced in 1855, and he began to work for them building
benches and making patterns. They hired Jacob Jenkins
of Andover to invent tools, and he produced a steam last
and made a pair of shoes in four minutes. The last was
hollow and had two pipes that entered a hole, one to let
in the steam and the other for cold water to cool off.
They had fourteen of these lasts. It took the company
about a year to get their cement to any degree of perfec-
tion.
ANDOVER, MASS., IN THE YEAR 1863. 4&
Israel Putnam sold his place when Caleb Abbott went
to buy the old Ballard place, but Mann secured it. The
Machine Company bought out Mann's wife's share, and
the railroad bought out his mother's.
Victor Gingrass, painter, came here in 1861. He is son
of Peter and Sophia Gingrass, and was born in Quebec,
Can., in 1837. His wife Ellen is daughter of Thomas
and Ellen (Morrison) Winthrop, who was born here
Nov., 1843. Frank Page, who was born in Canada in
1843, boards there.
John Graham has been here since Sept., 1857. He is
son of Malcolm and Mary (Retford) Graham, who was
born in Liverpool, Eng., Jan., 1818, and he came to
America Mar. 2, 1849. His mother and father were born
in Glasgow. He lived a short time at Marblehead, but is
now a spinner in the Compo shop. His wife Hannah is
daughter of John and Mary (Howarth) Taylor and grand-
daughter of James Taylor. She is cousin to Dr. James
Howarth of Andover. She was born in Rochdale, Lan-
cashire, Eng., May 23, 1823, and came to America in
1848, landing at Boston, May 26. Her parents came from
England in 11841, and were in Ballard vale until July,
1862, when they went to North Vassalboro. Children :
Alexander Benjamin, b. Apr. 14, 1850 ; Mary, died
young ; James Andrew, b. 1853 ; Hannah, b. 1855 ; Mary
Ellen, b. Feb. 2, 1857 ; Emily Elizabeth, b. 1859 ; Sarah
Jane, b. Nov. 10, 1862.
William Theophilus Jones, came from Dracut to the
house on Tewksbury street in Nov., 1860, and he works
in the file shop. He is son of Theophilus and Dolly
(Thurston) Jones, and was born in Exeter, N. H., Mar. r
1833. His wife is Delina Ann, daughter of Eben and
Delina (Leach) Lovejoy, who was born in West Andover
in 1821. Children : Francis William, b. April, 1855 ;
Emma Delina, b. April, 1858 ; Lizzie A., died young ;
Ann Eliza, b. Jan. 25, 1862. Timothy Smith, from
Charlestown, who was born in 1815, boards there.
Hiel Proctor came from Nashua, N. H., in 1862, and
boards with Mr. Jones. He was born in 1805 in Unity,
and is a blacksmith and edgetool maker, the son of James
Proctor. His wife is Lois, daughter of John and Rachel
44 A GENEALOGICAL-HISTORICAL VISITATION OF
(Shaw) Marden and granddaughter of James Harden, a
Revolutionary soldier of Rye, N. H., and Sarah (Worth)
Marden. She was born in Chichester, N. H., in 1805.
Thomas Barber lives in the south part of the house
where Mr. Jones resides, having come from Taunton in
Jan., 1862. He is a file cutter, and in Taunton
carried on the business by hand with his wife's four
brothers. He is son of John and Anna (Broomhead)
Barber, born in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire,
Eng., Mar., 1830, and came to America with his parents
when young. His wife is Antoinette, daughter of Henry
and Anna (Daken) Hill, who was born in Sheffield, Eng.,
Nov., 1830, and came to America with her parents in
Sept, 1849, Children : Martha Florence, b. Taunton,
May, 1857 ; Anna, b. May, 1859 ; John, b. Dec., 1860 ;
Thomas Emery, b. May, 1862. Her mother, who resides
with them, is daughter of Thomas and Antoinette Daken,
and her father was son of Henry and Mary (Kidson)
Hill, who died in 1861. Mrs. Barber's brothers and sis-
ters were : William and Thomas, died young ; Martha,
mar. Samuel Mason, and d. Lakeville, Conn., leaving
Henry H., William Charles, George A. and Joseph P. ;
Henry, mar. Susanna Keline and lives in Taunton; Ben-
jamin, mar. Sarah Oxely and lives in Taunton ; Antoi-
nette ; Thomas Alfred, mar. Elizabeth Barber, sister of
Thomas, and resides in Taunton ; Samuel, died young ;
Joseph, mar. Mary Fletcher, lives in Taunton ; Eliza, died
young ; Hannah, who lives with Mr. Barber, b. Sheffield,
Oct. 3, 1838 ; John Kidson, in Ballardvale since 1862, b.
Sheffield, Dec. 12, 1840, and his wife is Jan Dunbar, dau.
James and Isabella (Gerole) Smith, b. Bedlington, Co.
Northumberland, Eng., 1842, and came to America with
her parents in 1851 ; Elizabeth, died young.
William Sunderland resides in the house north of
Jones and Barber's residence in the north part of Walter
Murray's house and has been there since June, 1863. He
is a file cutter, who came from Lawrence to Ballardvale
in Jan., 1860, the son of James and Mary Sunderland,
and was born in Manchester, Eng., Sept., 1837. He came
to America when twelve years old with his parents and
resided in Boston until they went to Lawrence. His wife
ANDOVEB, MASS., IN THE YEAR 1863. 45
Ann Eliza is daughter of William and Jane (Bothwell)
Foster, born in New Town Hamilton, Armagh Co., Ire-
land, in May, 1836. After her father died she came to
America with her mother in Sept., 1855. Child : Eliza
Jane, b. Apr. 23, 1863.
Widow Jane Foster, Mrs. Sunderland's mother, lives
with them. Her husband William was son of Alexander
Foster, who was of Scotch descent and died in Kardy,
Ireland. She is daughter of Robert and Mary (Gilbraith)
Bothwell, and was born in Armagh, Ireland, 1799, and
came to Boston in 1855. Children : Robert, resides in
Cambridge, mar. Isabella Tenent ; James, deceased, mar.
Mary Little and left two children in Melbourne, Austra-
lia, where he died three days before they reached there ;
Eliza, b. Seven Towns, lives in Andover ; Martha, mar.
David Ross, lives at Warsaw, 111. ; Jane, mar. Hugh Case,
resides at Warsaw ; William, killed by the Indians in
South Carolina, Dec., 1855, while in the U. S. army ;
John, lives in California ; Ellen and Ann E.
Walter Murray has been in the house with Mr. Sun-
derland since 1857, when he bought it of Edward Bur-
dett. The house was built by Gilbert H. Buzzell in 1849.
Mr. Murray is son of James and Betsey, who was born
in Hewyck, Co. Roxborough, Scotland, whence the Morri-
son family came, and came to America in 1853. His wife
is Ellen, and they have a son, James William, born Sept.
29, 1860.
John Russell Smith, who owns the southern part of the
Murray block, has been here since May, 1862, when they
bought it of Arthur Bean. He is a shoemaker, son of
Thomas and Betsey (Russell) Smith, and was born in
Scotland district, South Andover, July 2, 1807. His wife
Mary Ann, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Johnson)
Nevens, was born in Londonderry, N. H., Dec., 1814.
They came here from Tewksbury. Mary Ada, an adopted
child, was born Nov., 1859. Joseph L. Richardson, who
came from Danvers June 29, 1863, a native of New
Hampshire, born about 1835, boards there and works in
the file shop. The four elm trees in front of the house
were set out in 1863.
Frank Llewellen Penny, on Marland street, came from
Boston in Aug., 1862, a die sinker by trade, and now
works in Boston. He is son of George Penny, and was
born in Belgrade, Me., in 1833. His wife, Anna W., is
daughter of William and Prudence (Brown) Whitney,
who was born in Norwich, Vt., in 1832. Children :
George Hamilton, b. Boston, d. young ; Abby Francis,
b. St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 23, 1859 ; George Hamilton, b.
Boston, Oct., 1861.
Went over to Jaques' and saw Samuel Goldsmith, who
ays that he understood that one Dutch was the first set-
tler of Andover, settled near the Bradley place, Bradford.
Mr. Goldsmith's great grandfather went from a Salem
farm, where Hersey Derby once lived. William Gold-
smith's children by wife Hannah Burnham : Benjamin,
b. in Essex about 1753, went to Andover when eleven
jears old, his father settling on the farm where Rufus
Caldwell now resides ; Hannah, mar. Dea. Wm. Dodge of
Wenham, and had William, Hannah, Elizabeth and Jacob ;
Mary, mar. Nathan Burnham of Essex; Zaccheus, mar.
Elizabeth Burnham of Essex, and had Elizabeth, Hannah,
Zaccheus, Samuel, Sarah, Eunice and George ; Jeremiah,
the father of Deacon Jeremiah ; Sarah, mar. Joseph Lev-
ering of Hamilton ; Eunice, mar. John Smith of Hamil-
ton, and had John, Samuel, and Eunice ; John, mar. Han-
nah Louder of Roxbury, and had John, Benjamin, Han-
nah, Elizabeth, Henry, Solomon, George and Charlotte ;
Isaac.
The old mill on Rattlesnake hill was built by a Mr.
Jones and perhaps Dunlap. Benjamin Goldsmith's father
settled on his farm there, the house standing next to the
mill, but after the first two children were born he removed
to his father's place, where Caldwell lives, because grand-
father wanted to attend to his butchering in Gloucester.
After Benjamin Goldsmith left, James Marshall lived
there, and then Mr. Jones, the father of Jacob Jones, who
went to the Elijah Stanley farm. John Dunlap, who lived
near the Boston road, had a son John, and a grandson
-James, the latter serving throughout the Revolution. Ab-
bott's mill in South Andover was the first mill, which was
built by Isaac Abbott. Mr. Goldsmith says that his
grandfather built the road from his house to the mill, but
ANDOVER, MASS., IN THE YEAR 1863. 47
before that the road went across the brook at Mackerel
dove, which was near the pond. The mill was abandoned
as many as fifty years ago.
Tim Ballard's father and Nehemiah Abbott's father
built the Ballard mill. The first settlers in Scotland were
the Holts, who lived a little west of Joel Russell's.
Oilman Davis, Marland street, bought his house of John
S. Rand in 1849, who had built it the year before and
lived in the northern part until about 1853. Rand went
west, and O. Goodhue was there about two years, when
he went to Charlestown. Others who have lived there are
Almon Clark, William Moore, John Ronksbury and
George H. Russell. Mr. Davis is son of William and
Betsey Davis, and was born in Poland, Me., in 1816. He
came to Ballardvale in March, 1845, and has been a team-
ster in the mill yard ten years. His parents were Wil-
liam and Hannah (Marble) Davis, who lived in Glouces-
ter. Mr. Davis' mother's father was a Trickey and she
was born in Waterford, Me. Mrs. Davis is Eliza, daugh-
ter of Joseph and Luseby (Clark) Stickney, who was born
in Tewksbury in 1817. Her grandparents were Abraham
and Abigail (Bell) Stickney. Mrs. Abraham Stickney had
-a brother Bell who lived in Francestown, N. H., and Mrs.
Davis' mother was daughter of Joseph and Rebecca (Ful-
ler) Clark. Mrs. Mann is sister to Mrs. Davis' mother.
Mrs. Davis says that the brick mill was started the fall
before she came to Ballardvale, which was July, 1836 or
7, and in 1838 the other part of the brick mill was
added.
David Poland has resided nearly all the time since 1854
on Marland street, in the northern tenement of the house
on the west side opposite Bean's house, owned by John
P. Taylor of North Tewksbury and Mrs. Benjamin Burtt
of Tewksbury. Mr. Poland is son of David and Bethiah
(Woodbury) Poland, and was born in Hamilton in 1814.
He married, first, Clarissa Colby, who died without chil-
dren, and he then married Adelia Ann, daughter of Ziba
and Huldah (Frost) Saunders, who was born in Tewks-
bury in 1831. Children : Clarissa A., died young ;
Stephen David, b. July, 1854.
Samuel Low has been in this house since May 1, 1863.
48 A GENEALOGICAL-HISTORICAL VISITATION OF
He was bora in Maine in August, 1827. Mrs. Low is
Caroline Elizabeth, daughter of Abel and Nancy (Gould)
Frost, who was born in Tewksbury, Sept., 1835.
Arthur Noah Bean has resided in his father's house on
Marland street since May, 1857, except six months when
he kept the hotel in South Andover. He is son of Levi
M. and Mary (Phelps) Bean, who was born Mar. 10, 1824,
his father coming from Sandwich, N. H. He came from
Frye Village in 1847, when they were installing the ma-
chinery at the machine shop. Carr L. Dearborn built this
house and Jones W. Davis afterward lived there. Mrs.
Bean is Mary Anna Day, daughter of George Royl Mon-
tague and Lucy Allen, and was bom in Unity, Me., Aug.
13, 1826. Her father was son of Reuben and Elizabeth
(Fairbanks) Allen, who was born in Dedham. Her mother
was daughter of Joseph and Susannah (Baker) Frye, and
Susannah was daughter of Dr. Baker. Mrs. Bean's grand-
father Frye probably was born where Samuel Cooper now
resides. Children : Lillian Maria, b. Feb. 28, 1856 ;.
Mary Susan, b. Feb. 8, 1859 ; Charles A. and Willie A.,
both died young. Mr. Bean married, first, Caroline E.,
daughter of Abraham and Mary (Beard) Stickney, who
died Dec., 1853, aged about twenty-nine years, by whom
he had Laura Caroline, born Dec. 10, 1848.
Rev. Mr. Green was born about 1810. His father was
a native of England and his mother was Scotch. His
wife is Mary Phillips, daughter of Stephen Abbott, Esq. r
of Andover. Children: Stephen, Mary, Sarah, died
young ; Henry Mottey, b. Lynnfield, Aug. 24, 1841.
Called on Daniel Poor, who says that the house where
he resides was built in 1835, the same year they started
the mill. His father Daniel lived there until he died,
July 4, 1846, and his widow continued to live there until
Aug. 19, 1861. Daniel's brother, Thomas B. Poor, owned
it until he died, July 15, 1863. Daniel was born June
29, 1824. His mother was Deborah Baker, and Deborah's
mother was Mary Ann, daughter of David and Lydia
(Studley) Malcolm, who was born in China, Me., Mar. 5,
1836. The elder Daniel Poor's children were by his first
wife, whom he married in 1809: Martha, b. Sept. 17,
1810, died 1832; Lydia Baker, b. Dec. 9, 1811, died
ANDOVER, MASS., IN THE YEAB 1863. 49
1829 ; Thomas Baker, b. Mar. 12, 1818, died July 15,
1863 ; Daniel, b. June 29, 1824. Mr. Poor's grandfather
Daniel died in Wilmot, N. H.
Daniel Mears built the Kenworthy houses, the first one
about 1837, and the last one was built from a barn where
he kept the horses and men when they built the railroad.
He was married when nineteen years old. Mrs. Mears
is Mary, daughter of Peter and Lucy (Dane) Alexander,
who was born in Wilmington, Dec. 5, 1807, the year after
her husband. Her father was son of John and Lucy Alex-
ander, and her mother was daughter of John Dane, whose
wife was a Reed. Children : Mary Ann, died Jan.,
1849, aged twenty-five years; Daniel, b. Jan, 13, 1829,
mar. Maria Gerles and lives in Christian Palace, South
Andover ; Sarah Jane, b. 1830, mar. Joseph Craig from
St. John's, resides at Charlestown, and has Eliza A. and
Charles; Rhoda, died young; Julia, b. Oct., 1840, mar.
Henry Russell, resides at Charlestown, and has Henry
and Albert ; Eliza, b. 1841 ; Charles, b. 1839 ; George, b.
1840 ; Frances Elizabeth, b. Apr. 28, 1844, mar. Charles
Burns ; John, b. 1846 ; Lucretia, died young ; Henry,
died at the age of twenty-one years. Daniel's wife mar-
ried first a Trass, and had two children.
Abel Blanchard came to Andover when twenty-two
years old, from Wilton, N. H., where he was born Oct.
10, 1802, and to which place his grandfather had moved
from Andover. He is son of Joshua Blanchard, who
was born July 8, 1771, and Mary (Hutchinson) Blan-
chard. Samuel Holt married Abigail Blanchard Feb. 14,
1760. Abel Blanchard says that his uncle, Amos Blan-
chard, father of Rev. Amos of Lowell, was carrying on
the paper manufacturing business when he came to An-
dover in 1824. He worked for his uncle about two years,
and then he and Daniel Poor bought out his uncle, carry-
ing on the business until Mr. Blanchard sold out to John
Marland in 1835. They continued at their old mill situ-
ated near Abraham Marland's until 1834. They extended
the dam west, thinking they would erect a paper mill, but
before they commenced the foundation for the present
brick mill they decided to have a cloth mill, common
flannel.
60 A GENEALOGICAL-HISTORICAL VISITATION OP
Called on A. A. Abbott, who says that a Dr. Holmes
lived in the old house of Isaac Chandler, and afterwards
there was a Whittier, whose daughter, widow Wiley, re-
sides in the village.
There is a rock on the bridle way northwest of Pear-
son's where an Indian laid several days in order to shoot
Mr. Blunt. The last Blunt had no children by his first
wife, Mrs. Sled being the daughter by a second marriage
to a Dunlap. He was a substitute for A. A. Abbott's
great grandfather, Asa Abbott, in the French war. The
Blunts were of a robust race. David Blunt had a brother
William who settled in Maine, and another lived near N.
Clark's. Russell built the house where Warren Caldwell
now resides. He had a thousand dollars and spent most
of it before he had finished the cellar. He brought the
stone from Falls wood.
Catherine Frances Hutchinson has been in Ballardvale
since July 5, 1862. She came from Lawrence, and is the
widow of William Hutchinson, who was born in the
north of Ireland. She is the daughter of Charles Malone,
born in Old Mountain, County Landrickshire, in 1827,
came to America in 1847, in which year she married. Mr.
Hutchinson died Aug., 1860, in Lawrence, aged about
fifty years, having been twice married. She married,
first, Patrick Rogne, who was born in Letron, Ireland, and
died in Boston in 1853, aged thirty-seven years. Chil-
dren : James Charles, b. Waltham, 1850 ; Mary Eliza-
beth, b. North Andover, Sept., 1852.
Timothy Sullivan has occupied the east end of the
Schooner block since they came from South Andover in
March, 1863. He was born about 1785 in County Cork,
Ireland, and his wife Ellen is daughter of Timothy Delvey,
who was born near Rosscar berry. Children : Cornelius,
b. 1837 ; Mary, b. 1839 ; Edward, b. 1842.
Patrick McGowen has been in the Schooner block since
1858, coming from Charlestown to Ballardvale in May,
1852. He was born in County Cavan, Ireland, in 1825,
and his wife Bridget is daughter of James and Elizabeth
(Hart) McManus, born in County Sligo about 1825.
Children: Kate, b. 1854; John Thomas, b. April 1,
1857.
ANDOVER, MASS., IN THE TEAR 1863. 51
Celia, widow of Patrick Golden, son of Michael, who
died in New York, has resided in the third tenement of
the Schooner block since July 1, 1862. She came to
Boston in July, 1860, her husband having died in Feb.,
1860, in Drumahaire, County Leitrim. She was born
about two miles southeast of that place in 1817, the
daughter of Bartholomew McTernan by wife Ellen Mon-
igan. Her daughter Catherine was born in the same
place in Feb., 1838, and married James, son of John
Horn, born in Bally bofey, Donegal County, Ireland, about
1830. He came to America in Dec., 1850, and married,
first, Elizabeth McName, who died about 1855, and by
wife Catherine had John William, b. Melrose, June, 1857;
James, b. Mar. 1 1, 1859, and Farrell, b. 1862. The sec-
ond child of widow Golden, Ellen, died young ; Bridget
Elizabeth, b. 1841 ; Celia, Alice, Maria, Michael, died
young; Mary, b. 1851. Hannah Keleher, born 1846, and
Mary Ann Lang, born 1846, came from Cork, Ireland.
William Noon has lived here since 1863, coming from
Lowell. He was born in County Sligo, Ireland, about
1833, and his wife Margaret was daughter of Patrick and
Mary (Hartny) Clark, born 1833. Children : Mary ;
Michael, b. Dec. 2, 1858, in Lowell ; Mary Ann, b. May
3, 1861.
Barnard McCormick came from Lawrence to the file-
shop. He is son of Patrick and Rose McCormick, born
in County Down, Ireland, about 1842, and came to Amer-
ica in 1861. His wife is Mary Jane, daughter of Hugh
and Mary (Darvey) .Murray, born Ireland about 1838,
who came to America in 1859. Child : Mary Ann, b.
Lawrence, Mar. 12, 1863.
Edward Bonner, born in Ballardvale in 1855, is son of
Roger and Margaret (Early) Bonner, born in County
Donegal about 1833. He came to America about 1851.
His wife Margaret is daughter of Michael and Mary
(Quinn) Finn, born in Lawrencetown, County Limerick,
Ireland, in 1834. He came to America in the fall of
1861. Children : William, b. East Boston, Oct., 1854 ;
Margaret, b. Oct., 1858 ; Sarah E., died young ; Mary
Elizabeth, b. 1862.
Francis McCusker came to Ballardvale in 1863 from
52 A GENEALOGICAL-HISTORICAL VISITATION OF
Lawrence, the son of Frank and Ann (Rogers) McCus-
ker, and was born in Glancal parish, Terone County, about
1843, and came to America in May, 1859. His wife
Catherine is daughter of Patrick and Charlotte O'Calla-
ghan.
William Finn is a cousin of Edward Bonner's wife and
has been here since April, 1861. He is son of Patrick
and Bridget (Casey) Finn, born in parish of Kilfiuane
about 1828. His wife Margaret is daughter of Roger
and Margaret (Early) Bonner, was born about 1830, and
came to America about 1852. Children : Elizabeth,
died young ; Margaret, b. May 7, 1861.
James Noon lives in the house which he built on Oak
street in 1848. He came from Providence, R. I., in 1846.
Mrs. Noon is Rebecca, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Par-
sons) Shore, born in Warwick, England, in 1802. Chil-
dren : John, b. Leicester, Eng., 1826; James, died
young; William Charles, b. Leicester, 1834, now in
Salem, Oregon ; Anna Laura, b. 1837, died young; Sam-
uel Henry, b. 1841 ; Rebecca, b. 1845.
William Caffrey came from Lowell in 1862, and he was
lx>rn in Ireland. His wife Ann is daughter of Lawrence
Tigh, and was born about 1838. Child: Mary Ann, b.
1862.
George Hunt, son of John and Mary (Wood), died
June 23, 1863, aged forty-four years. He was born in
Manchester, Eng., and came to America about 1845. He
married, first, Sarah Buckley, sister of Edward, by whom
he had: William, b. Manchester, Mar., 1842, now in a
New Bedford company, 47th Regiment ; John Abel, b. Oct.,
1846, now in a New York Regiment; Edward, b. 1849.
His children by his second wife : Joseph Henry, b. 1851 ;
Mary Jane, b. June 11, 1857 ; Sarah Ellen, b. Sept., 1859 ;
George, b. July, 1862. His second wife is Mary, daugh-
ter of William and Mary (Quinn) Finn, and sister to
Bonner's wife, and she was born in Limerick in 1831.
Dorcas Chandler, born about 1800, has resided alone in
this house since her brother Nathan died in 1861. Her
brother, Herman P., built the house about 1847, and her
nephew, George H. Chandler, owns it. He is son of Her-
raoii. She is daughter of Nathan and Lucy (Ballard)
ANDOVBR, MASS., IN THE YEAR 1863. 53
Chandler. Nathan Chandler died Jan. 27, 1837, aged
eighty years, and Lucy died June 8, 1827, aged sixty-
seven years. Children: Lucy, born Nov. 30, 1785, mar.
Capt. Job Abbott ; Nathan, b. 1788, d. 1860 ; Rebecca,
b. July 17, 1790, mar. Jerry, son of Samuel Abbott of
Concord ; Ezra, died young ; Ezra, b. Oct. 8, 1794, mar.
Charlotte Wood of Epsom, N. H., and resides in Lowell ;
Dorcas; Hermon Phelps, b. Dec. 19, 1801, and d. Jan.,
1862, mar. Phebe, daughter of Capt. J. Ballard.
Phillip Caffrey has been in Ballardvale since about
1854. He is son of Owen and Ann Caffrey, born in
County Meath about 1816. His wife is Barbara, daugh-
ter of William and Ellen Barrett, born in County Cork,
Ireland, about 1833. Children : John, b. Mar., 1860 ;
Ellen, b. Jan., 1862.
Wilson Banister was born in Leeds, England, in 1815,
and bought the house in which he lives in 1856. He came
to America in 1853 and to Ballardvale fromDracut about.
1855. His wife was born in 1822 in Harwick, Scotland,
the daughter of William and Margaret (Young) Nisbet.
Children: Margaret, b. 1851, in Northumberland, Eng. ;
Betsey, b. 1853.
Andrew Hart, born in County Cork, parish of Cloyne,
Ireland, came to America in 1836, and to Andover about
1850. He is son of William and Hannah (Hyde) Hart,
and his wife Ellen is daughter of Jeremiah and Mary
(Dalton) Laughton, who was born in the parish of Cloyne
about 1816. He bought his house of William Putnam
about 1851. Children : William, b. East Boston, Feb.,
1842, and is in Co. H., 14th Mass. Regt. ; Hannah Ann,
b. 1845; Andrew, died young; Jeremiah, b. Mar. 25,
1847. John Dohig, Mr. Hart's nephew, boards with him.
He was born in Stephens, N. B., about 1844, the son of
John and Margaret (Laughton) Dohig, both of his parents
being deceased.
John Pickersgill has resided in the house next west of
Banister's house since Dec., 1861, when he bought it of
Mr. Calder of Boston. He is son of Richard Pickers-
gill, and was born in Naresboro, West Riding of Yorkshire,
Eng., Dec., 1805. He came to America in 1848, and is a
spinner in the factory. His wife Susanna is daughter of
54 A GENEALOGICAL-HISTORICAL VISITATION OP
James and Elizabeth (Worpole) Tempest, and was born
in' Waterford, near Dublin, her father being English.
James Smith has been in the house on the north side of
Oak street, next west of Hart's, since 1851. He is son
of Thomas and Margaret (Clark) Smith, and was born in
the County of Meath about 1815. He came to America
about 1845, and located in Ballardvale in 1850. His wife
Bridget is daughter of Patrick and Mary (Ryal) Smith,
and was born about 1820. Children : John, b. Oct.,
1852 ; Patrick, b. 1855 ; James, b. 1857 ; Margaret, b.
1862.
Hugh McAvena, who has resided in Tewksbury recent-
ly, came here in July and married Ann (Smith) Cava-
naugh, widow of Joseph, who died in 1860. She married
for her first husband Edward McVanna, and she is a sis-
ter to James Smith. He landed in Boston in 1830, the
Bon of James and Mary (Tarney) McAvena, and was born
in 1813 in County of Fermanagh, Ireland. He married,
first, Catherine Dougherty, who was born in the next par-
ish to him, and by whom he had : James, b. Taunton, and
resides in New York city, a dealer in tobacco ; Mary Ann ;
John, died young.
James Davy bought his house about 1855 of Patrick
Davy, his cousin, who bought it of John Abbott, the
house having been erected about 1846 by John Skalley.
Mr. Davy is son of William and Margaret Davy, and was
born in County Sligo. He is a laborer and came to Amer-
ica about 1847. His wife Elizabeth is daughter of Peter
Donohue, and was born in the parish of Arkanah about
1821. Children: Margaret, b. Nov. 4, 1846 ; John, b.
Mar. 27, 1850 : Mary E., died young; Sarah Jane, b. July
24, 1856.
The house that stands next to Andrew Morrison's store
was built by Jo Clark, a carpenter, and John Stracham
first occupied it in April, 1840.
William Voss Butler has lived in the tenement next to
the hay scales since August, 1860. He is in the U. S.
Navy. He is son of Isaac and Catherine (Grace) Butler,
and was born at Cape May, N. J., in 1830. His wife
Ellen is daughter of Bartholomew and Eliza (Pope) Berry,
was born in London in 1834, and came to America with
ANDOVER, MASS., IN THE YEAR 1863. 55
her mother when young. Children: James A., died
young; Eliza Matilda, b. Cape May, Oct. 20, 1854;
Smiley, died young; Reuben Youngs, b. Mar., 1859;
Mary E., died young. They have as boarders, James Jen-
kinson, an Englishman, born about 1821 ; Joseph White-
head, William Bell, a wool sorter, George Aldred, and
Mary Craighton.
William Ibbetson has lived here since Nov., 1862, hav-
ing come from England for the second time, Dec. 20,,
1859. He is son of George and Mary (Wood) Ibbetson,
and was born in Murfill District, twelve miles from Leeds
West Riding of Yorkshire, in 1826. His wife Ellen is
daughter of George and Elizabeth (Ripley) Fairburn,
and was born about 1828 in Brighouse, West Riding of
Yorkshire, where her father and mother were born.
Henry Sumner has been in Ballardvale since May, 1863,
from Manchester, the son of William and Alice Sumner,
and was born near Preston, in Lancaster, Eng., about
1818. He came to America in 1850, and his wife came
in 1849. She is daughter of Edward and Margaret
(Quick) Tenson, and was born near Preston in 1826.
Children : Margaret A. and William H., both died
young.
George Shaw has lived on Commercial street since
June, 1848. He was born in Halifax, West Riding of
Yorkshire, July 5, 1818, and came to New York June 1,
1847. He is son of John and Mary (Farrar) Shaw, and
his wife is Sarah, daughter of David and Elizabeth Stocks,
and was born in Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, Apr.
2, 1823. Children : John, b. 1846, died young ; Benja-
min, b. Halifax, Apr., 1847 ; Joseph, b. Dec., 1849 ;
Charles Henry, b. Feb., 1852 ; Elizabeth Ann ; George, b.
Sept. 29, 1857 ; William Henry, b. Feb., 1860 ; and David,
b. Mar. 6, 1862.
Robert Gilmore has resided in this house since Aug.,
1862, coming from Lowell in 1855. He is a weaver, the
son of William and Janette (Henry) Gilmore, and was
born in Glasgow, Scotland. Child : Robert, died young.
Walter Murray has been in the second brick house on
Commercial street since Sept., 1860, having lived in Mrs.
Barren's house twelve years, and before that in Moore's
56 A GENEALOGICAL-HISTORICAL VISITATION.
house on River street. He is a spinner, the son of James
and Mary (Scott) Murray, and was born in Hawick, Rox-
burgh, Scotland, in 1816. He came to America in 1840,
His wife Christian is daughter of Alexander and Ellen
Morrison, and was born in Hawick, July 9, 1810. Chil-
dren : James Romsey, b. Ballardvale, Mar., 1841, music
teacher, now in Co. H, 14th Regt. ; Beatrice Morrison, b.
June, 1842 ; Robert, b. 1845 ; Mary Scott, b. Mar. 23,
1847 ; Ellen, b. May, 1848 ; Jane Morrison, b. Ames-
bnry, Mar. 18, 1851. They lived in Amesbury from 1849-
53. Boarders : Joseph Misaud, a Frenchman, and wife,
and Margaret Bonner : an Irish girl.
Ellen Morrison, widow of Alexander, lives in the lower
part of this house with her daughter Murray. Thomas
Fargis Winthrop, her grandchild, was born May 1, 1843,
and is now First Lt. of Co. I, 19th Regt. ; Ellen, the next
child of this family, is married to Victor Gingress ; Alex-
ander, born Dec. 5, 1845, lives with his grandmother, who
took him when eight days old, when his mother died.
Mrs. Morrison is daughter of Andrew Biggar, and was
born in Etterick Forest, Scotland. Her mother was
Christianna, daughter of Andrew Johnston. Children of
Alexander and Ellen Biggar, all born in Hawick : Chris-
tianna ; John ; Beatrice ; Andrew ; Ellen, b. 1820, d.
1845 ; Thomas Winthrop, in California since 1847 ; Wil-
liam ; Maiy, mar. James Holmes ; Alexander, resides in
Frye Village ; Agnes, mar. Richard Firth ; Catherine ;
John ; James.
Benjamin F. Rolling worth came from Lebanon, N. H.,
July 1, 1863, the son of James M. Hollingworth, whose
father has removed into Mrs. Rhodes' house. He was
born in Southbridge in 1834. His wife Sarah Ann is
daughter of Miner and Levina (Crosby) Perry, and was
born in Yarmouth, N. S., in 1835. Child: Ida Frances,
b. Lebanon, N. H., July, 1862. He and his father are
overseers in the mill.
{To be continued.)
NORTHFIELDS, SALEM, IN 1700, No. 5.
NORTHFIELDS, SALEM, IN 1700. NO. 5.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY.
THIS article relates to the northwestern section of
Northfields, being bounded westerly by Central street,
southwesterly by North Central street and the old back
road, and northerly by Waters river, and completes the
Northfields. The present Margin street in Peabody and
Waters street in Danvers and Liberty street in both towns
are shown by parallel dotted lines.
Peabody was a part of Danvers until 1855, when it was
set off from Danvers under the name of South Danvers ;
and this part of Danvers was a part of Salem until 1752,
when the town of Danvers was incorporated.
The only positive information that the writer has dis-
covered about the origin of the earliest highways in the
Northfields is that contained in a deposition of Nathaniel
Felton, sr., aged eighty-nine at the time of taking the
deposition, April 6, 1705. He deposed that he had " been
an Inhabitant in Salem about 72 years and have been with
the Surveyors when they laid out Lotts to Several men
both Great Lots & Small Lotts and They alwayes allowed
them of y* Towns Land for such Highwayes as y e Town
might have occasion for & in particular I was with them
hi y* North feild when they laid out 8 Ten acre lotts to
Seueral men & this I do Testify that at every fourth Lott
they laid out Two poles for a Highway and they left two
poles above Highwater mark for any who had occasion to
bring wood or timber to y e Water side and when they
laid out y c Upper lotts they Left two poles fora Highway
between y e Upper Lotts & y e Lower Lotts and it is to be
understood that y e power of Granting Lotts Great or
Small was then in y e power of y e Selectmen and y e Sur-
veyors were Commonly if not alwayes Selectmen."*
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 79, leaf 126.
(57)
58 NORTHFIELDS, SALEM, IN 1700. NO. 5.
Central street was an original road. It was called ye
common or highway in 1664 ; ye common highway in 1675 ;
ye lane or highway in 1681 ; ye road or highway in 1690 ;
the country road in 1776 ; the highway leading from Salem
to Middleton in 1796; the highway leading to Andover in
1803 ; the road leading from South meeting house to
Andover in 1804 ; and Central street as early as 1867.
North Central street is as old as Central street, and was
treated at first as a part of Central street. The building
of Andover street at an early date caused the travel to
lessen and finally almost disappear from this thoroughfare,
and it had very rarely any special designation. It was
called a private way in 1818 ; the old highway in 1818 ;
the road in 1835 ; the western portion of it, a way leading
northward from North Central street in 1892; and
North Central street as early as 1893.
Gardner street was an early way. It was called ye
highway in 1692 ; ye way that goes from ye pound by
Isaac Cook's in 1694 ; a highway that leads into the
Northfield in 1720 ; the highway leading into the North-
field from the pound gate by Samuel Foster's in 1750 ;
the road leading from the stone pound in Danvers to
Billings Bradish's dwelling house in 1788 ; the cross road
leading from the pound to John Gardner's in 1808 ; the
lane leading to the pound in 1813 ; the old highway in
1818 ; the county road called pound road in 1830 ; the
road leading to Gardner's farm in 1836 ; the highway
leading by the Gardner farm in 1844 ; and Gardner street
in 1879.
The old road, running parallel with the river, was an
original road. It was called ye common or highway in
1667 ; the back way that leads to the River head in 1720 ;
the highway leading into the field in 1743 ; ye lane in
1745 ; the road leading to the pound in 1782 ; a private
way in 1794 ; the old highway in 1818 ; an open road in
1848 ; the back road in 1855 ; a road or lane in 1857 ; a
road leading from Liberty street in South Danvers in
1864 ; an old lane in 1870 ; country lane in 1875 ; old
country lane in 1879 ; and the old county road in 1905.
Sparrow lane was called a private way called Sparrow
street in 1879.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 59
Buxton's lane was so called in 1818.
Liberty street was called the new road in 1818 ; the
road leading from Wilson's corner to the Salem Iron fac-
tory in 1827 ; and Liberty street in 1855.
Margin street in Peabody was called the country road
in 1773 ; the road leading to Danvers in 1776 ; the coun-
try road leading to Salem North bridge so called in 1782 ;
and the road leading to the Iron factory in 1813.
Waters street in Danvers was called a highway in
1764 ; the road in 1772 ; the country road in 1773 ; the
road leading to Danvers in 1776 ; road leading from Salem
to the New Mills so called in 1784 ; the highway leading
to Salem in 1804 ; road leading from Topsfield to Salem
in 1820 ; and the Topsfield road in 1852.
The river was called Cow house river in 1664 ; ye river
in 1672 ; North river so called in 1694 ; Scudder's river
in 1701 ; the north river leading to the new bridge so
called in 1764 ; the river leading to the new bridge, so
called, in 1764 ; Waters river in 1777 ; Porter's river in
1794 ; the mill pond of the Salem Iron factory in 1833 ;
the mill pond in 1856; and Water mill pond in 1880.
John Tompkins Souse. This lot belonged to John
Tompkins in 1664, and he died in 1681, possessed of the
land, dwelling house, barn, outhouse, orchard, and about
seventeen acres of improved land. It was then valued
at one hundred pounds. It descended to his sons John
and Nathaniel, and the next year, June 26, 1682, Nathan-
iel released the homestead to his brother John Tompkins.*
John Tompkins lived here, and died in the winter of
1705-6, possessed of the dwelling house. The house and
fourteen acres of land which then went with it were val-
ued at eighty-five pounds. Feb. 27, 1705-6, John Foster
and Samuel Foster, who had lived in Salem, in the North-
field or North neck, fifty-odd years, deposed that they
knew that John Tompkins of Salem, who, the preceding
month, had been possessed in his own right of a dwelling
house, barn, and about fourteen acres of land, arable and
pasture, in ye Northfield, in Salem, bounded " northerly
with y e river known by y* name of Cowhoufe river Eaft-
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 18, leaf 161.
60 NORTHFIKLDS, SALEM, IN 1700. NO. 5.
erly partly vpon y e Land of George Jacobs & partly the
lands of John Small Southerly vpon Y e Land of Dauid
Foster Westerly & Southwesterly partly vpon y e Land of
John Hathorne" Esq r & partly vpon y e Land of John
"Waters from y e first Day of October 1692 vntill y e first
Day of October anno Dora 1704."* The estate descend-
ed to Nathaniel Tompkins, son of the deceased, but how
long the house stood after this time is unknown to the
writer.
Ebenezer Foster Lot. This lot belonged to John Foster
in 1675 and to Ebenezer Foster in 1700.
David Foster Lot. This lot of land belonged to David
Foster in 1700.
John Tompkins Lot. John Tompkins owned this lot in
1675 and 1700.
Col. John Hathorne Lot. That part of this lot lying
easterly of the dashes was owned by Thomas James as
early as 1662. He went to Carolina to live, and died
there before Aug. 4, 1675, when Alexander Killington of
Albamare, Province of Carolina, planter, " now resident
at present in Salem," husband of Sarah, the only child
and heir of the deceased, conveyed this part of the lot to
John Hathorne of Salem, merchant.!
That part of the lot lying westerly of the dashes early
belonged to John Alderman of Salem. He died in the
summer of 1657, having, in his will, devised his real estate
to Ezra Clapp and Nathaniel Clapp, both of Dorchester.
These two Clapps, who were not brothers but probably
cousins, conveyed their part of the lot to Giles Coree of
Salem, husbandman, July 24, 16634 ^ iles Coree had
come into possession of this lot soon after the death of
Mr. Alderman, at least, as he conveyed it to John Norton
of Salem, carpenter, Oct. 14, 1659 ; and Mr. Norton
conveyed it to Thomas West, of Salem, planter, Jan. 19,
1662. || Mr. West conveyed it to Thomas Tylee of Bos-
ton, seaman, March 11, 1677-8.^[ Mr. Tylee removed to
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 18, leaf 161.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 4, leaf 181.
{Essex Registry of Deeds, book 4, leaf 108.
fEssex Registry of Deeds, book 1, leaf 75.
II Essex Registry of Deeds, book 2, leaf 65.
ITEssex Registry of Deeds, book 4, leaf 185.
BY SIDNEY PBBLEY. 61
Salem and became a yeoman. For forty pounds, he con-
veyed it to John Hathorne, Esq., of Salem, merchant, Oct.
1, 1694.*
Thus Colonel Hathorne came into the title to the entire
lot, which he owned in 1700.
Ebenezer Foster Lot. This lot belonged to John Foster
in 1664, and to his son Ebenezer Foster of Salem in
1700.
John Waters House. This lot, with the house thereon,
belonged to Robert Cotta of Salem, tailor, very early, and
he lived there. For fifty pounds, he conveyed the estate
to John Waters of Salem, planter, Nov. 11, 1664.f Mr.
Waters died in the winter of 1707-8. His will provided
that, after the death of his wife, his son John should
have the west end of the house and son Richard the east
end, they removing it off the land, which he gave to his
three sons, John, who was to have the westerly part of
the land, Nathaniel, who was to have the middle part, and
Richard, who was to have the easterly part His will also
provided that there should bo a highway across the land
one pole wide, " where it is now used," for the use of my
three sons, etc., forever. When the widow died, and
when the house was removed from the land, is unknown
to the writer, but the widow was well along in years, and
it is presumed died soon after.
John Foster Lot. That part of this lot lying easterly
of the dashes was a part of the lot of Thomas Scudder,
sr., very early, and he conveyed it to John Foster, sr., of
Salem, before 1664. Mr. Foster conveyed this part of it
to his son John Foster as a gift, April 18, 1672.$
That part of this lot lying westerly of the dashes early
belonged to Thomas Scudder, sr., and to John Foster in
1664 ; and John Foster conveyed it to his son John Foster.
John Foster, the son, owned both parts of the lot in
1700.
Samuel Foster Lot. That part of this lot lying east-
erly of the dashes was a part of the lot of Thomas Scud-
der, sr., very early ; and he conveyed it to John Foster,
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 10, leaf 62.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 2, leaf 95.
$Essex Registry of Deeds, book 4, leaf 70.
62 NORTHFIELDS, SALEM, IN 1700. NO. 5.
sr., of Salem, husbandman, before 1664. Mr. Foster con-
veyed this part of the lot to his son Samuel Foster March
25, 1678.*
That part of this lot lying westerly of the dashes early
belonged to Thomas Scudder, sr., who conveyed it to John
Foster before 1664. Mr. Foster conveyed it to his son
Samuel Foster.
Samuel Foster owned both parts of the lot in 1700.
John Waters Lot. This lot belonged to John Foster in
16 , probably having bought it of Thomas Scudder.
Joseph Foster of Salem, husbandman, conveyed it to John
Waters, jr., of Salem, husbandman, Oct. 20, 1692. f It
belonged to Mr. Waters in 1700.
Joseph JBubier Lot. This lot early belonged to Thomas
Robbins, and he conveyed all of his estate to William
Pinson and his wife Rebecca, Mr. Robbins' sister's niece,
April 18, 16814 Mr. Pinson died in the summer of
1695, having devised this lot to his widow Rebecca "Pin-
sent." The lot was then valued at thirty-five pounds.
Mrs. Pinsent, for forty pounds, conveyed it to Joseph
Boobier of Marblehead, fisherman, Oct. 9, 1696 ; and he
owned it in 1700.
Q-eorge Locker Lot. This lot belonged to Edward
Beachem, as early as 1662, and to his daughter Elizabeth,
wife of Zachariah Goodale, before 1663, when it belonged
to Josiah South wick of Salem, who died in 1692. His
son and administrator, Josiah Southwick of Salem, hus-
bandman, conveyed it to George Locker of Salem March
1, 1693-4.1 Mr. Locker apparently owned it in 1700.
Samuel G-asking and John Pickering Lot. This lot be-
longed to Edward Beachem as early as 1662 ; and to his
daughter Elizabeth, wife of Zachariah Goodale, in 1675.
Mr. and Mrs. Goodale conveyed it to Samuel Gasking, sr.,.
and John Pickering, jr., of Salem, April 11, 1694 ;1~ and
these grantees owned it in 1700.
John Robinson Lot. William Robinson owned this lot
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 4, leaf 183.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 9, leaf 78.
$Essex Registry of Deeds, book 5, leaf 113.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 11, leaf 168.
|| Essex Registry of Deeds, book 9, leaf 261.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 16, leaf 174.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 63
before 1678, when he died, possessed of it. In his will,
he had devised it to his sons, Samuel and John, both of
Salem, tailors. They made a division of the lot in the
same year, John taking the western half of the lot and
Samuel the eastern.* Samuel conveyed his part of the
lot to his brother, John Robinson, Feb. 8, 1692-3 ;f and
John Robinson owned the lot in 1700.
G-eorge Locker Lot. This lot belonged to George Cor-
win of Salem, merchant, Jan. 9, 1658, when he conveyed
it, with the house thereon, to John Hill of Salem, wheel-
wright.}: Mr. Hill died in the autumn of 1680, when the
house was gone. His wife Lydia survived him and mar-
ried, secondly, George Locker. She was the executrix of
the will of Mr. Hill, and she and her husband conveyed
one-third of the lot to Robert Wilson of Salem, husband-
man, April 1, 1691. Mr. Wilson reconveyed it to George
Locker in 1696, and Mr. Locker owned it in 1700.
Joseph Buxton Lot. That part of this lot lying south-
erly of the dashes belonged to Thomas Wheeler very
early ; and he sold it to Anthony Buxton. There was a
house upon it before 1661, and it was gone before 1684,
when Mr. Buxton died possessed of it. In his will he
devised it to his daughter Elizabeth, wife of Isaac Cook.
It belonged to her brother Joseph Buxton about 1700.
There was a house upon that part of this lot lying
easterly of the dashes before 1661, when the estate was
owned by William Robinson. He died in 1678, having, in
his will, devised the house and lot to his sons Samuel and
John. The house was gone before 1699. John Robinson
apparently bought the half interest of his brother Samuel
in the land and sold it to Joseph Buxton in or before
1693, though no deed was delivered until April 12, 1699. ||
That part of this lot lying westerly of the dashes be-
longed to John Pudney, sr., of Salem, planter, Nov. 28,
1693, when, for seven pounds in silver, he conveyed it to
Joseph Buxton of Salem, husbandman.*
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 9, leaf 200.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 9, leaf 199.
{Essex Registry of Deeds, book 4, leaf 51.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 12, leaf 49.
H Essex Registry of Deeds, book 15, leaf 3.
ITEisex Registry of Deeds, book 11, leaf 197.
64 NORTHF1ELDS, SALEM, IN 1700. NO. 5.
Mr. Buxton owned the entire lot in 1700.
Robert Wilson Lot. This lot early belonged to John
Puduey, sr., of Salem, planter. He conveyed to Robert
Wilson of Salem, husbandman, the southern part of the
lot, below the dashes, March 10, 1692-3 ;* and that part
of the lot northerly of the dashes to Mr. Wilson Nov. 28,
1693.f Mr. Wilson owned it in 1700.
John Burton House. This lot belonged to John Bourne
of Salem 29 : 8 : 1653, when he conveyed it, with the
house thereon, to Henry Cooke of Salem, butchei'4 The
estate belonged to John Burton in 1684 and 1700.
Estate of Hugh Jones Lot. This lot belonged to Hugh
Jones at the time of his death, in 1688. His widow Mary
Jones and son Hugh Jones removed to Wo burn, and, for
twenty-five pounds, conveyed the lot to David Foster and
Joseph Buxton, both of Salem, yeomen, March 1, 1707.
Joseph Buxton House. This lot belonged to Anthony
Buxton very early, and he died possessed of it, with a
house thereon, in 1684. In his will he devised it to his
wife Elizabeth for her life, and, at her death, to his son
Joseph Buxton. Joseph Buxton owned it in 1700. The
house stood for some years later.
Q-eorge Smith Lot. This lot of land belonged to John
Smith before 1680, when he died, having, in his will, de-
vised this lot to his son, George Smith of Salem, joiner,
who owned it in 1700.
There is a deed recorded from George Smith to Samuel
Pope of Salem, mariner, of the easterly third part of this
lot running from the road to the river, April 18, 1687,||
but whether it was an absolute conveyance or a mortgage
is not known to the writer.
Estate of Isaac Cook Lot. Henry Cook died possessed
of this lot before June 15, 1687, when his widow, Judith
Cook of Salem, conveyed it to their son, Isaac Cook of
Salem, husbandman,T[ who died possessed of it, and it
belonged to his estate in 1700.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 10, leaf 177.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 10, leaf 179.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 1, leaf 20.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 19, leaf 165.
It Essex Registry of Deeds, book 7, leaf 121.
?Essex Registry of Deeds, book 8, leaf 153.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 65
Thomas Goldthwait Lot. This lot belonged to Samuel
Goldthwait in 1687 ; and to Thomas Goldthwait in 1700.
John Burton Lot. John Burton owned this lot at the
time of his death in 1684, and, in his will, devised it to
his son John. The lot is described in the inventory of
Mr. Burton's estate as a " 10 acre lott in north field lying
upon the run against Governor Endecotts farme," and
was valued at sixty pounds. It belonged to the son John
Burton in 1700.
Samuel Marsh House. This lot and orchard and house
belonged to John Marsh of Salem at an early date, and he
died possessed of the estate in 1674. The house had
been built after 1661. In his will, Mr. Marsh devised it
to his wife Susanna. She married, secondly, Thomas Rix
of Salem ; and, after the death of Mr. Rix, she conveyed
the house and land to her son Samuel Marsh and his wife
Priscilla and the heirs of their bodies Nov. 3, 1685.*
Priscilla Marsh and John Marsh, both of Salem, for
eighty pounds, conveyed the house and lot to John Waters
of Salem June 4, 1707.f How long the house stood
after this date the writer does not know.
Nathaniel Felton Lot. This lot belonged to Nathaniel
Felton in 1667 and 1685.
Mary Salmon House. Lawrence Leach of Salem owned
this house and that part of this lot lying easterly of the
dashes before 1661. He died in 1662, having devised his
estate to his wife Elizabeth. She probably died before
1667. Their only child was apparently Richard Leach.
He lived in Salem, and conveyed the lot, with the house
and orchard thereon, to Christopher Waller of Salem
Aug. 10, 16674 He died in the autumn of 1676; and
his wife, Margaret, married, secondly, Robert Fuller, and
continued to live in this house. As the executrix of Mr.
Waller's estate, she conveyed the estate to her then hus-
band July 26, 1687. Mr. and Mrs. Fuller conveyed the
house and lot to Lt. Jacob Manning of Salem, for his life,
then to Mary Salmon, " to whom we have given it,"
Feb. 26, 1696-7.1
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 7, leaf 53.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 30, leaf 15.
JEssex Registry of Deeds, book 6, leaf 9.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 8, leaf 5.
HEssex Registry of Deeds, book 11, leaf 226.
66 NOIITHFIELDS, SALEM, IN 1700. NO. 5.
That part of this lot lying westerly of the dashes be-
longed very early to Veren ; and was conveyed by
Richard Leach of Salem to Christopher Waller of Salem
Aug. 10, 1667.* Mr. Waller died in the autumn of 1676,
and his wife Margaret married, secondly, Robert Fuller
of Salem, bricklayer. She was executrix of Mr. Waller's
will, and with her husband, Mr. Fuller, conveyed the lot
to Mary Salmon July 26, 1687. f The deed recites that
before her marriage to Mr. Fuller she had adopted Mary
Salmon, in her childhood, as her own child and brought
her up and maintained her till this time, when she is
nineteen years old, and she had behaved herself well and
dutifully toward them. Mr. and Mrs. Fuller apparently
retained control of the property; and Feb. 26, 1696-7,
conveyed the lot to Lt. Jacob Manning of Salem for his
lifetime, and then to Mary Sammons, " to whom we have
given it.":}:
Miss Salmon owned the entire lot in 1700.
Nathaniel Felton Lot. This lot of marsh was a part of
the " Veren " lot, which was conveyed by Richard Leach
of Salem to Christopher Waller of Salem Aug. 10, 1667.
Mr. Waller died in the autumn of 1676 ; and his wife
Margaret married, secondly, Robert Fuller of Salem,
bricklayer. She was executrix of Mr. Waller's will, and
with her husband, Mr. Fuller, conveyed the lot to Lt.
Nathaniel Felton Aug. 8, 1687.|| The lot belonged to Mr.
Felton in 1700.
Jonathan Neal Lot. This lot belonged to William Can-
tlebury very early ; and it was the property of Francis
Lawes of Salem at the time of his death in 1666. It con-
tained fifteen acres, and was then valued at fifteen pounds.
In his will, Mr. Lawes devised it to his daughter Mary,
wife of John Neal of Salem, entailing it to the heirs of
their bodies. Mr. Neal died May 12, 1672, and she mar-
ried, secondly, Andrew Mansfield of Salem. She died
about 1683, and her son, Jonathan Neal of Salem, cord-
wainer, owned the lot in 1700.
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 6, leaf 9.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 8, leaf 4.
{Essex Registry of Deeds, book 11, leaf 226.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 6, leaf 9.
||Essex Registry of Deeds, book 12, leaf 26.
THE BUKPEE, BURPE, BURKBY, BURKBEY
FAMILY OF ESSEX COUNTY.
BY FRANK A. GARDNER, M. D.
1. THOMAS BURKBY was a watchman in Boston, and
his name appeared in the court records, September 3,
1639. He removed to Rowley and was made a freeman
30: 1 : 1647.* He deposed in 1672 as about 58 years
old.f He married, first, Mrs. Martha Sadler, widow of
Anthony Sadler. She was the daughter of John and
Martha Cheney and was born in England about 1629.
Her first husband died before November 2, 1650. She
was buried January 24, 16584 He married, second, in
Rowley, April 15, 1659, Sarah Kelley, daughter of John
Kelley of Newbury. She was born in New bury, Febru-
ary 12, 1640. || Thomas conveyed to his only son Thomas
'* The moiety or halfe part of all his housings, buildings,
Orchard, upland ground, tillage land & pafture, marsh or
meadow ground enclofed wilderness Lands lying Scituate
& being in ye confines of Rowley," together with half of
all his " quick stock or living creatures ;" Thomas, junior,
to maintain his parents during their lives and to pay to his
sisters, Sarah Spofford and Mary, .20 each, and his niece
(parent's granddaughter), Hannah Higgins, 5. This
document was dated December 20, 1690.^[ He died June
1, 1701, and his widow died December 25, 1713. |
Quarterly Court Records and Files, v. I, p. 111.
tEssex. County Court Files.
JCheney Family, p. 208.
Quarterly Court Records and Files, v. II. p. 181.
HEssex Institute Hist. Coll., v. XX, p. 215.
ITEssex Deeds, v. 11, leaf 49.
NOTE. This is the first of an alphabetical series of genealogies of Essex
County families to appear in tbese Collectio_ns. Genealogies of other families, in
earlier alphabetical order, may be found in the Essex Antiquarian (1897-1909),
and the Massachusetts Magazine (1909-1912).
(67)
68 THE BURPEE FAMILY OF ESSEX COUNTY.
Children by his first wife, Hannah :
2. HANNAH, b. 1 mo., 1655.* (Probably married - Higgins, as
Thomas had a granddaughter Hannah Higgins.)
S. JOHN, b. 16: 9 mo., 1656; buried 15: 6 mo., 1657.*
4. SABAH, b. 21: 3 mo., 1658; buried 2 Feb., 1660.*
Children by his second wife, Sarah :
5. SABAH, b. 15: 12 mo., 1660;* m. Dec. 5, 1675, Samuel Spofford,
son of John and Elizabeth (Scott) Spofford. He was b.
Jan. 31, 1653, and d. Jan. 1, 1743, a. 91. She d. Nov. 18,
1729.*
5. THOMAS, b. 25 : 10 mo., 1668. (See below.)
7. MABY, bapt. 24 Oct., 1675; m., 13 May, 1700, Sergt. Salemu
Dresser, son of Samuel and Mary (Seaver) Dresser. He was
b. Aug. 23, 1673. She died June 13, 1732, aud he m., sec-
ond, widow Sarah Moulton of Newbury.J
6. THOMAS BURPEE, son of Thomas and Sarah (Kel-
ley) Burpee, was born 25 : 10 mo., 1663. He was a hus-
bandman. He married, December 3, 1690, Hester Hop-
kinson, daughter of Jonathan and Hester (Clarke) Hop-
kinson. She was born April 9, 1667. Thomas and his
wife Hester conveyed to Joseph Boynton, August 22,
1697, an acre and a half of land in " Simon's Field." |j
They sold to Mark Prime, May 8, 1708, a dwelling-house
and two and a half acres of land " in the N. W. end of
Rowley," bounded on the town street, town commons and
land of said Mark Prirne.^[ Jeremiah Burpee gave bonds
as the administrator of the estate of Thomas Burpee, late
of Rowley, January 22, 1716.** The inventory, dated
January 12, 1715-16, showed real estate valued at 322 :
00 : 00 and personal at .111 : 18 : 00. The names men-
tioned in the settlement of the estate were as follows :
widow " Esther ", eldest son Jeremiah, sons Thomas,
Ebenezer, Jonathan, David, Nathan and Samuel, and
daughters Hannah, Sarah and Esther. Widow Esther
Essex Institute Hist. Coll., v. XX, p. 215 and N. E. Hist. Gen.
Reg., vol. 8, p. 340.
tlbid, v. XXI, p. 191.
tlbid, v. XXI, p. 75.
Ibid, v. XXI, p. 189.
|| Essex Deeds, v. 70, leaf 79.
fl&td, v. 31, leaf 209.
**Essex Probate Files, No. 4209.
BY PRANK A. GARDNER, M. D. 69
Burpee of Rowley conveyed to Ebenezer Burpee of Row-
ley one commonage in Rowley and " half of ye Home-
stead which was my Father Hopkinson's ", and an acre
of salt marsh at Hog Island. f Ebenezer Burpee of
Rowley, carpenter, acknowledged the receipt from his
brother Jeremiah his share of his father's estate, March
21, 1718-19. Similar receipts were given by Thomas and
David, February 1, 1721-2; Jonathan, March 23, 1722;
and Esther Dole, wife of John Dole, January 8, 1722-3.
Nathan Burpee, son of Thomas Burpee, late of Rowley,
deceased, acknowledged receipt of his " proportion of my
said father's estate that was settled upon me by the Judge
of Probate and that which fell to me of my mother's
thirds of my sifter Rebecka Burpe, widow relict of Jere-
miah Burpee, deceased,administratrix of her late husband's
estate", October 18, 1726.* Hannah Burpee gave a sim-
ilar receipt. Widow Esther Burpee died October 30,
1722, in her 55th year.
Children :
8. JEBEMIAH, b. Oct. 27, 16914 (See below.)
9. SABAH, b. Dec. 15, 1692; d. Dec. 13, 1702.
10. ESTHEB, b. Mar. 13, 1693-4 ;t m. Jan. 24, 1716-17, John Dole,
son of Richard and Sarah (Greenleaf) Dole of Newbury. He
was born Feb. 2, 1685. They lived in Newbury.
11. THOMAS, b. Oct. 31, 16954 (See below.)
12. EBENEZEB, b. Jan. 8, 1697-84 (Bap. Apr. 3, 1698.) (See below.)
13. JONATHAN, b. Dec. 7, 16994 (See below.)
14. DAVID, b. Nov. 27, 1701 ;$ d. Dec. 13, 1728, " in his 28th year."
15. HANNAH, b. Dec. 15, 1703 ; m. in Newbury, Dec. 25, 1728, John
Plummer, son of Ephraim and Hannah (Jaqnes) Plummer.
He was b. Nov. 7, 1688, and d. in 1762.11 She d. in Newbury
in Jnly, 1793, in her 90th year.lf
16. NATHAN, b. Jan. 8, 1704-5 ; d. Jan. 22, 1728-9, in his 25th year.J
17. SABAH, b. May 20, 1707; t m. in Newbury, Nov. 24, 1731, as his
second wife, Benjamin Thurston of Uxbridge, Mass., son
of Joseph and Elizabeth (Woodbury) Thurston of New-
bury. 1 He was bap. in the Rowley Church, May 27, 17054
18. SAMUEL, b. Mar. 17, 1708-9. (See below.)
Essex Probate Files, No. 4209.
t Essex Deeds, v. 53, leaf 259.
JRowley Records; Essex Inst. Hist. Coll., v. XX, p. 215-fl.
Essex Inst. Hist. Coll., v. XXXVIII, p. 77.
II Newbury Vital Records, v. I, p. 417.
INewbury Records.
70 THE BURPEE FAMILY OF ESSEX COUNTY,
8. JEREMIAH BURPEE, son of Thomas and Hester
(Hopkinson) Burpee, was born in Rowley, October 27,
1691. He was a husbandman by occupation. May 19,
1714, he married Rebecca Jewett, daughter of Joseph
and Rebecca (Low) Jewett. She was born in Rowley,
July 24 (baptized July 30), 1693.* They sold to Thomas
Burpee of Rowley various tracts of land in that town,
including one piece of eight and a half acres in " Simon's
Field ", February 1, 1722-3.f He died February 4, 1723,
in his 32nd year, and his widow Rebecca was appointed
administratrix July 24th of that year. The inventory
showed real estate valued at <643 : 10 : 00 and personal
at ,113 : 15 : 03. Jonathan Burpee was appointed
guardian of the three children Mary, Joseph and Nathan-
iel. The widow was given as her dower half of the dwell-
ing house, four and three-quarters acres of mowing land,
one-third of the pasture land at home, lots of four and a
quarter and seven and a half acres in "Simon's field,"
and other real estate.^ Aquila Jewett of Rowley was
chosen guardian of Nathaniel, aged 15, and Joseph, aged
18. January 3, 1736. The widow married, October 21,
1729, John Pemberton, and her name is given in the
Bradford records in this connection as Rebecca " Brist-
ly.'^ Rebecca Burpee, alias " Pendexter", as adminis-
tratrix of the estate of her late husband, Jeremiah Burpee
of Rowley, filed an additional account dated January 31,
1Y36. John Pemberton died July 28, 1753, in his 72nd
year, and she may have been the " ancient widow Pem-
berton " who died in Bradford, January 21, 1777. |
Children :
19. MARY, b. March 19, 1716-7; m. first, May 6, 1735, Nathan Ames,
son of Joseph and Jemima Ames. IT He was b. in Boxford,
Oct. 29, 1716, and d. in 1766. She m., second, May 22, 1775,
Deacon Thomas Hardy.
20. JOSEPH, b. July 28, 1719. (See below.)
21. NATHANIEL (JEREMIAH on the Church records), b. about Feb.,
1721-2. (See below.)
*Essex Institute Hist. Coll., v. XXII, p. 7.
tEssex Deeds, v. 42, leaf 188.
JEssex County Probate Files, No. 4203.
JEssex County Probate Files, No. 4206.
|| Bradford Records.
TEssex Antiquarian, v. Ill, p. 89.
BY FRANK A. GARDNER, M. D. 71
11. THOMAS BURPEE, son of Thomas and Hester
(Hopkinson) Burpee, was born October 31, 1695. He
was a yeoman in Rowley. He married, first, Mary Harris,
daughter of Deacon Timothy and Phebe (Pearson) Harris.
She was born March 9, 1697-8, and died Aug. 17, 1721,
*' in her 24th year, fifteen days after the birth of her sec-
ond child, Stephen."* He married, second, September
20, 1722, Mary Kilbourne, daughter of Isaac and Mary
(Cheney) Kilbourne. She was born March 17 (or 18,
two records), 16 96-7 .f Thomas, wife Mary, sold to Jon-
athan Clarke, July 28, 1720, a half acre of salt marsh in
Hogg Island marshes, July 28, 17204 January 1, 1722-
3, he sold to Aquilla Jewett one-half of a lot which he
and Thomas Spofford had bought in common. This lot
contained about ten acres and was bounded by Simon's
brook, a small brook, and land of Jeremiah Burpee and
Benjamin Scott. December 9, 1723, he sold to this same
Aquilla Jewett a lot in Simon's field, with dwelling house
and barn upon it. He sold to Elliot Payson, February
12, 1723-4, a lot containing nine acres, with a house and
barn upon it.|| In this deed mention is made of a " to-
bacco yard."*| For " 7 in bills of credit and two oxen,"
he sold to John Stewart of Rowley, February 24, 1723-4,
one cowright in the East end ox-pasture.** Various other
conveyances to Richard Dole, John Adams and others, are
recorded.ff November 12, 1739, he sold to John Pearson
his homestead in Rowley, containing about fifty acres,
bounded on the west by land of said Pearson, on the
south by land of Elliot Payson, and on the east by the
road.^J No further record connecting him with Rowley
has been found. He and his wife Mary were received
into the First Church in Lancaster April 27, 1740, upon
recommendation of the Second Church in Rowley, and on
Essex Inst. Hist. Coll., v. XX, p. 217.
tlbid, v. XXII, p. 127.
JEssex Deeds, v. 42, leaf 214.
I6td, v. 53, leaf 137.
II Ibid, v. 61, leaf 232.
HEssex Deeds, v. 61, leaf 232.
**Ibid, v. 45, leaf 248.
ttlbid, v. 49, leaf 92; v. 81, leaf 190; v. 66, leaf 24; v. 94, leaf 207;
T. 69, leaf 65; etc.
, v. 79, leaf 25.
72 THE BURPEE FAMILY OF ESSEX COUNTY,
the 25th of October of that year his daughters Mary and
Esther " renewed their baptismal covenant " in the First
Church in that town.* The son Thomas was a resident
there at the time of his marriage in 1743.
Children by his first wife, Mary (Harris) :
22. THOMAS, b. Nov. 25, 1719. (See below.)
23. STEPHEN, b. Aug. 2, 1721; d. the same day, " unbaptized."
Children by his second wife, Mary CKilbourne) :
24. MABY, b. Oct. 14, 1723. f
25. STEPHEN, b. Mar. 17 (bap. 21), 1724-5.
26. ESTHEK, b. Aug. 22 (bap. Oct. 23), 1726.
27. NATHAN, b. July 23 (bap. July 30), 1730. He m. Mar. 14, 1753,
at Lancaster, Azubah Sawyer, dau. of Samuel and Deborah
(Rugg) Sawyer. She was b. in Lancaster, Aug. 28 (bap. Oct.
2), 1732. Nathan and his wife Azubah united with the Croch-
sett Church. He served as a member of a band of scouts under
command of Sergt. James Houghton, from July 24 to Sept. 4,
1748. He was a private in Capt. John Carter's mounted
company detached out of Col Oliver Wilder's Regiment
which marched on the Fort William alarm in 1757.t Children,
b. and bapt. in Lancaster: " Zube ", b. Dec. 25, 1753, d.
young; Martha, b. Dec. 26, 1755; Azubah, bap. Apr. 21,
1758; Mary, b. Nov. 23 (bap. 26), 1758; Elizabeth, b. Feb. 12,
1761; Thomas, b. July 10 (bap. 24), 1763; and Nathan, b.
Apr. 27 (bap. May ), 1766. He was one of the Nathan
Burpees living in Sterling in 1790, as given in the U. S.
census of that year. Care must be taken not to confuse
this couple with Nathan Burpee who married Azubah
" Osgood ", No. 42.
12. LIEUT. EBENEZER BURPEE, son of Thomas and
Hester (Hopkinson) Burpee, was born in Rowley, Janu-
ary 8, 1697-8, and baptized April 3, 1698. He is de-
scribed in the records as carpenter, housewright, and gen-
tleman. December 15, 1721, he married, in Newbury,
Miriam Pearson, daughter of Jeremiah and Priscilla
(Hazen) Pearson. She was born February 8 (baptized
10), 1694-5. J He conveyed to Michael Hopkinson, March
Church Records, Lancaster.
tMass. Archives, v. 96, p. 144; v. 96, p. 181 and Military Annals of
Lancaster, pp. 28 and 61.
j Essex Inst. Hist. Coll., v. XXIII, p. 62.
BY FRANK A. GARDNER, M. D. 73
23, 1718-19, a lot of land in Rowley, " being one-half the
home lot of Jonathan Hopkinson, deceased."* He sold
land to Nathaniel Mighill above " pen Brook ", February
22, 1723-3.-J- June 5, 1728, he sold a piece of salt marsh
to Joseph Bo.yn.ton4 Nine acres in Simon's field were
sold by him February 19, 1729-30, to Richard Dole, for
<290. Lots in that tract of land known as " Three
Thousand Ackers " were sold by him to Nathaniel Per-
kins, January 12, 1737-8, and to Stephen Mighill, Decem-
ber 18, 1758. || He removed to Lancaster, Mass., about
1749, and he and his wife were received into the commu-
nion of the Crocksett Church in that town, November 10,
1749.^]" He returned to Rowley before 1757, for on the
31st of May of that year he was lieutenant in Captain
John Pearson's troop of horse in that town, and he was a
resident of Rowley at the date of the last named sale of
real estate, in 1759.** A roll of Captain John Pearson's
company was printed in the Essex" County Hist, and
Gen. Register, vol. I, p. 110. He died September 11,
1771, aged 74 years.ft His will, dated September 8, 1771,
was probated on the 23d of that month JJ. He gave
to his wife Miriam " a moiety " of his real estate, he having
conveyed the other moiety to his son David. He left various
sums of money and other personal property to his sons
Jeremiah and Moses Burpee, and his daughters Sarah
Smith and Priscilla Thurston. The children of his de-
ceased daughter, Hepzibah Thurston, were also remem-
bered. His son David was made residuary legatee and
appointed executor. The inventory, dated October 22,
1771, showed real estate valued at X243 and a total val-
uation of 332 : 17 : 00.^ His widow Miriam died Jan-
uary 5, 1782, aged 87, according to an entry in the records
of the Rowley Second Church.
*Essex Deeds, v. 42, leaf 49.
t/Wd, v. 80, leaf 10,
} Ibid, v. 70, leaf 78.
I6id, v. 142, leaf 155.
UlWd, v. 75, leaf 224; v. 110, leaf 59.
^' Lancaster Records.
"Massachusetts Archives, v. 95, p. 393.
ttGravestones in Georgetown.
JJEssex Probate Files, No. 4199.
74 THE BURPEE FAMILY OF ESSEX COUNTY,
Children :
28. HBPZIBAH, b. Oct. 3, 1722; m. Mar. 15, 1743-4, Deacon John
Thurston, son of Jonathan and Lydia (Spofford) Thurston.
He was b. in Rowley, Ang. 19, 1723. He lived in Lunenburg
and was deacon of the Congregational Church there. He
was a soldier in the French war. She died Apr. 10, 1766,
aged 44 years. After the death of his first wife, he m.,
second, Apr. 28, 1768, Lydia Kimball of Bradford.* He
was a private in Capt. Benjamin Houghton's Company of
Minute Men in Col. John Whitcomb's Regiment on the Lex-
ington Alarm, Apr. 19, 1775. t He d. in August, 1807.
29. JEREMIAH, b. Sept. 10, 1724. (See below.)
30. SAKAJI, b. July 10, 1726; m. May 23, 1751, Nathan Smith of
Boxford. He may have been the Nathaniel Smith, son of
Jacob and Rebecca Smith, who was b. Aug. 5, 1724, and d.
in Boxford in 1802, aged 77 years.^:
31. PBISOILLA, b. Jan. 18, 1728-9; m. Apr. 18, 1751, Samuel Thurs-
ton, son of Jonathan and Lydia (Spofford) Thurston. He
was b. in Rowley June 7, 1727. He had a farm in Lancas-
ter, near the Sterling line, and was a sergeant in Capt.
Joseph White's Company of Militia in Col. Asa Whitcomb 1 *
Regiment, on the Lexington alarm of Apr. 19, 1775. In
1778 he served as representative of that town in the General
Court.
32. EBENEXEB, b. Jan. 14, 1730-1; d. Sept. 2, 1736, aged 5 1-2 years,
33. MOSES, bapt. Dec. 26, 1733. (See below.)
34. DAVID, bapt. Aug. 29, 1736. (See below.)
13. JONATHAN BURPEE, son of Thomas and Hester
(Hopkinson) Burpee, was born in Rowley, December 7,
1699, and became a carpenter and yeoman in that town.
He married, first, December 26, 1722, Hannah Platts,
daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Jewett) Platts of Row-
ley. She was born in Rowley, September 19, 1705. ||
Jonathan, with the consent of his wife Hannah, sold to
Richard Boynton, October 2, 1724, two lots in the "3000
acres ", which he had previously purchased of Deacon
Humphrey Hobson. He sold another lot in that section
Thurston Genealogy, pp. 33.
tMass. S. and S. in the Rev. War, v. XV, pp. 515-7.
t Boxford Records.
Thurston Genealogy, p. 34, and Mass. S. & S. in Rev. War.
HEssex Institute Hist. Coll., v. XX, p. 218.
BY PRANK A. GARDNER, M. D. 7&
to Nathaniel Harriman, November 4, 1728. Two and a
half acres of salt marsh were sold by him to Joseph
Boynton, December 23, 1724.* His first wife died January
24, 1728-9, and he married, second, February 4, 1729-30,
Mehitable Jewett of Boxford, daughter of Thomas
and Hannah (Story) Jewett. f (Her mother was Hannah
Swan, widow of Richard Swan, when she married Thomas
Jewett, but was probably born Hannah Story, daughter
of William.) Jonathan Burpee, wife Mehitable ; Jona-
than Kimball of Boxford, wife Hepzibah; and Joseph
Conant of Falmouth, York County, wife Sarah, "all
three daughters of Thomas Jewett, late of Boxford," con-
veyed land to their brother, Ezekiel Jewett of Boxford,
cooper, June 7, 1731.$ He sold land in Rowley to Josiah
Bishop of Newbury, March 30, 1739, and to Samuel Bur-
pee, November 13, 1732. He was a member of Captain
John Northend's 1st Militia Company of Rowley in a list
made in obedience to a warrant issued May 16, 1757.||
Rights in the " Bull Brook pasture " were sold by him to
Daniel Dresser and Joseph and Jacob Pickard, in 1758
and 1760.^[ He and his son Jeremiah conveyed to Joseph
Pickard and Eliphalet Jewett five acres of salt marsh,
May 2, 1763 ; to Stephen Dole and James Knight, 45
acres of land, April 19, 1764 ; to Joshua Burpee, 22 acres
of land on the same date ; and to Rufus Wheeler 40 acres
of land, with dwelling house and barn, for <221 : 10 : 00,
March 19, 1764.** About this time he removed with his
family to Maugerville, Nova Scotia (now New Brunswick).
This place was settled by veterans of the French war
who received the grants of land as rewards for service.
The settlers were from Essex County, Massachusetts, and
were obliged to take up their claims before the last day of
November, 1767. Jeremiah and Jonathan Burpee were
two of the original grantees.
Essex Deeds, v. 51, leaf 235 ; v. 61, leaf 107 : v. 70, leaf 80.
tEssex Institute Hist. Coll., v. XX, p. 218.
JEssex Deeds, v. 61, leaf 34.
Essex Deeds, v. 86, leaf 164; v. 69, leaf 275.
||Mass. Archives, v. 95, p. 878.
lEssex Deeds, v. 119, leaf 265; v. 130, leaf 126.
**Essex Deeds, v. 116, leaf 33; v. 131, leaf 233; v. 127, leaf 122.
76 THE BUKPEE FAMILY OF ESSEX COUKTY,
Children, by his first wife Hannah :*
35. JEBEMIAH, b. Oct. 19, 1723; d. Oct. 26, 1723.
36. ISAAC, b. July 10, 1725. See below.
37. JEREMIAH, b. May 21, 1726. See below.
Children, by his second wife Mehitable :*
38. DAVID, b. Mar. 26 (bapt. 28), 1731. He kept a diary which has
thrown much light on this early settlement. W. O. Raymond
in his " History of the Saint John River ", states that he was
sheriff of the county and the first school teacher, of whom we
have certain knowledge, within the province of New Bruns-
wick.
39. HANNAH, b. Feb. 11 (bapt. 15), 1735-6.
40. HEPZIBAH, b. Mar. 31 (bapt. Apr, 2, 1738; m. Oct. 26, 1756,
Rev. George Leslie, first minister of the Linebrook Chnrch.t
41. MOSES? (Mentioned as son in Stickney Genealogy.)
18. CORPORAL SAMUEL BTTRPEE, son of Thomas and
Hester (Hopkinson) Burpee, was born in Rowley, March
17, 1708-9, He was a carpenter in Rowley, and married,
March 26, 1730, Elizabeth Harris of Ipswich, probably
daughter of Deacon Timothy and Phebe (Pearson) Har-
ris. This Harris couple had a daughter Elizabeth, born
December 28, 1701, and Deacon Timothy Harris, who
died about 1722-3, mentioned a daughter Elizabeth.^ He
conveyed land in " Middle Common " to Joseph Boyn-
ton, November 13, 1732, and lots in " Pembrooke ", Row-
ley, to John Pearson, May 10, 1735. He removed with
his family to Lancaster, Mass. His wife was dismissed
to the Lancaster church February 17, 1744-5, and was ad-
mitted to membership in that church May 5, 1745. || He
was a corporal in Captain Ephraim Wilder, Jr.'s compa-
ny in July, 1748, in the Indian wars.^j He was living in
Sterling in 1790 (See U. S. Census).
Children, born in Rowley:**
42. NATHAN, b. Apr. 17, 1731. (See below.)
43. HANNAH, b. July 27 (bapt. 80), 1732.
44. SAMUEL, b. Sept. 25 (bapt. 29), 1734. (See below.)
Rowley Records.
tContrib. to Eccles. Hist, of Essex County (1865), p. 56.
JEssex Probate Files, No.
Essex Deeds, v. 70, leaf 72; v. 69, leaf 277.
HLancaster Records (published), p. 375.
TMass. Archives, v. 92, leaf 122.
Rowley Records.
BY FRANK A. GARDNER, M. D. 77
Children, born in Lancaster :
45. ELIZABETH, b.;Feb. 20 (bapt. 27), 1736-7.
46. STEPHEN, b. Dec. 1, 1739 (bapt. Apr. 13, 1740).
47. ELIJAH, bapt. Mar. 7, 1741-2; d. young.
48. ELIJAH, b. Feb. 28, 1744; d. Nov. 17, 1750.
49. " FEBE," b. May.ll (bapt. 26), 1745.
20. JOSEPH BURPEE, son of Jeremiah and Rebecca
(Jewett) Burpee, was born July 25, 1719. He became a
yeoman in Rowley. His sister, Mary " Earns," and her
husband Nathan, conveyed to him, April 11, 1745, " all
their right to 1/4 part of 1/3 of the buildings and lands
that Jeremiah Burpee, late of Rowley, died seized of."*
He was a member of the First Company of Militia of
Rowley, commanded by Captain John Northend, the list
being made in obedience to a warrant issued May 16,
1757. f He married, first, June 19, 1740, Joanna,
daughter of Lieutenant Jonathan and Johanna (Jewett)
Pickard. She was born January 16, 1720-1, and died
October 1, 17484 He married, second, Elizabeth Pay-
son. Her age at the time of her death (73 in 1796)
leads us to believe that she was the Elizabeth Payson,
daughter of Eliot and Mary (Todd) Payson, who was
born in Rowley, March 23, 1723-4. He died January
6, 1776, his will, dated September 21, 1774, being pro-
bated February 5, 1776. He mentioned in the document
his wife Elizabeth, two eldest daughters, Johannah and
Rebecca Jewett, both married children of his first wife ;
three youngest daughters, Elizabeth, Mehitable and Ester
Burpee, and only son, Joshua, who was appointed execu-
tor. The inventory of his estate was dated February 21,
1776, and showed a total valuation of .1023 : 19 : 10. ||
His widow Elizabeth died August 5, 1796, aged 73 years.
She left property valued at $755.92.^
Children, by his first wife, Joanna (Pickard) :
50. JOSHUA, bapt. Jane 14, 1741. (See below.)
Essex Deeds, v. 131, leaf 233.
tMass. A rchives, v. 95, leaf 379.
JEssex Inst. Hist. Colls., v. XXIII, p. 118.
Essex Inst. Hist. Colls., v. V, p. 88.
I! Essex Probate Files, No. 4,204.
, No. 4,200.
78 THE BURPEE FAMILY OF ESSEX COUNTY,
A JOHANNAH, bapt. Aug. 14, 1743; m. in Rowley, Dec. 24, 1767,
Nehemiah Jewett, son of Jeremiah and Mary (Mighill)
Jewett.* He was b. Rowley, Oct. 24, 1737, and was in
Capt. Moses Jewett's troop of horse, in Col. John Baker's
(3d Essex County Reg't), on the Lexington alarm of April
19tb, 1775.1 She d. in Rowley, Aug. 6, 1818, and he d.
there Dec. 14, 1823.
52. REBECOAH, bapt. Oct. 27, 1745; m. in Rowley, Aug. 26, 1766,
Maximilian Jewett, son of Lieut. William and Hannah
(Pickard) Jewett.* He was b. Jan. 27, 1741. They settled
in Littleton, Mass., and he was a private in Capt. Aquila
Jewett's Co., Col. James Prescott's Reg't, which marched
on the Lexington alarm of April 19, 1775. t He later re-
moved with his family to Bloomfield, now a part of Skow-
hegan, Maine, where he d. Oct. 16, 1748.
53. MARY, bapt. Mar. 7, 1748.
Children, by his second wife: Elizabeth (Payson) :
54. ELIZABETH, bapt. Oct. 9, 1759.
55. MEHITABLE, bapt. Oct. 28, 1759.
56. ESTER.
21. NATHANIEL BURPEE, son of Jeremiah and Re-
becca (Jewett) Burpee, was born about February 7,
1721-2.:}: Confusion has been occasioned by the fact that
his name appears as " Jeremiah " on the church records.
He was a tailor in Ipswich until about the time of his
marriage, when he removed to Haverhill. He married in
Bradford, April 19, 1749, f Ester Rolf, daughter of Ezra
and Sarah Rolf. She was born in Bradford, December
9, 1722. || As Nathaniel Burpee of Rowley, he conveyed
to Joseph Burpee, November 22, 1746, 1/4 part of the
2/3 of all the lands and buildings which " my honored
father died seized of." He also, while still a resident of
Rowley, sold a " tenement or hereditment " in Bradford,
consisting of a dwelling house and barn and one and a
half acres adjoining, to Daniel Thurston, January 14,
1747. February 13, 1753, he conveyed to James Lindall
Jewett Genealogy, v. I, pp. 96 and 174.
tMass. S. and S. in the Rev. War, v. VIII, pp. 796-7.
JEssex Inst. Hist. Colls., v. XX, p. 216.
Bradford Town Records.
HEssex Probate Piles, No. 24,111.
BY FRANK A. GARDNER, M. I). 79
of Bradford, " a tenement in Bradford, consisting of a
dwelling house, barn and sixteen acres of land in two
pieces " on the N. E. side of the country road." He sold
four and three-quarters acres of land " which is a half lot
in the common field " to James Wallingford, April 20,
1753. He removed about this time to Candia, New
Hampshire. In the copy of Eaton's History of Candia,
in the library of the New England Historic-Genealogical
Society, some one has changed the date of his removal
from 1753 to 1770, but the above recorded sales of his
homestead property in Bradford makes the earlier date in
all probability the correct one. F. B. Eaton, in the above
mentioned history, states that " Mr. Burpee seems to have
been a man of note, for he was not only one of the first
deacons, cotemporaiy with Deacon Palmer and Deacon
Hill, but a tailor and teacher of singing. His schools
were in his own house, where the young people of that
day assembled. . . . He was out in the French war at
the siege of Cape Breton. He signed articles at Candia,
March 14, 1776, opposed to Great Britain. For hiring
money to buy beef, he was paid 60 pounds. He died in
1815, at the age of 94. . . . Deacon Burpee's wife is said
to have been a very smart woman and helped raise Mr.
Turner's barn."
Children :
57. JEBEMIAH, b. Bradford, Feb. 19, 1748-9. He was a taxpayer
in Candia in 1778.
58. MEHITABEL, b. Bradford, Nov. 18, 1750.
59. NATHANIEL, b. Bradford, Feb., 1753; m. Dorothy Carrier and
lived on his father's farm in Candia. I He was probably the
41 Nathaniel Burpee," of Candia, who was a private in Cap-
tain Moses Baker's Company which marched from Candia
to join the Northern Army at Saratoga in September, 1777.*
He was a taxpayer in Candia in 1778 and as late as 1810. t
60. NATHAN. He was a private in Captain Thomas Cogswell's
Company, Lieut. Colonel Loammi Baldwin's 38th Regiment,
at Sewall's Point, September 26, 1775. In 1776, he enlisted
again, and from April 20, 1778 to January 4, 1779, he was a
private in Captain Ezekiel Worthen's Company, Colonel
Essex Deeds, v. 131, leaf 235; v. 93, leaf 51a; v. 99, leaf 129; v.
Ill, leaf 19.
t Eaton's "History of Candia."
JN. H. Rev. Rolls.
80 THE BURPEE FAMILY OF ESSEX COUNTY,
Stephen Peabody's Regiment, in the Rhode Island service.
He received for the above one month's advance pay,
5 : 15 : 00.
61. EZKA, b. about 1757; d. in 1837, aged 80. t
62. SALLY.
63. ESTHER.
64. PATTY, b. about 1761; d. 1843, aged 82.t
22. THOMAS BURPEE, son of Thomas and Mary (Har
ris) Burpee, was born November 25, 1719. He was a
miller in Rowley. He married, October 19, 1743 (int.
Lancaster, Apr. 23), Anne Chaplin, daughter of Captain
Jeremiah and Ann (Kilburn) Chaplin. She was baptized
in Rowley, October 15, 17214 He was dismissed to the
Second Church in Lancaster, November 25, 1744, and his
wife united with the Crocksett Church in Lancaster, May
5, 1745. They soon after returned to Rowley, and the
names of their children are recorded as baptized in the
Second Church of Rowley from 1747 on. He was a pri-
vate in Captain Richard Thurston's Company, according
to a list dated June 15, 1757. | For 400 he conveyed
to Thomas Burpee, Jr., of Rowley, wheelwright, fifty- two
acres of land in Rowley, with buildings.^" Shortly after
this he removed to New London, New Hampshire, where
he lived with his sons. He died in New London, May 31,
1800. At his funeral the minister said : "I say of him.
now, as I used to say to him when living, I think he ap-
proached the nearest to perfection of any man with whom
I am acquainted."**
Children :
65. MABY, bapt. Sept. 6, 1747; d. young.
66. SAEAH, bapt. Sept. 23, 1750.
67. THOMAS, bapt. March 11, 1763. (See below.)
68. MABY, bapt. Oct. 5, 1755.
69. MABTHA, bapt. Mar. 26, 1758.
tO. ASA. bapt. Aug. 10, 1760. (See below.)
71. CALVIN, bapt. Apr. 17, 1763. (See below.)
N. M. Rev. Rolls.
tEaton's tl History of Candia."
JRowley Records; Essex Inst. Hist. Colls., v. XX, p. 222.
Lancaster Records.
I! Mass. Archives, v. 99, p. 429.
tEssex Deeds, v. 147, leaf 176.
History of New London, p. 79.
BY FRANK A. GARDNER, M. D. 81
29. LIEUT. JEREMIAH BURPEE, sou of Lieutenant
Ebenezer and Miriam (Pearson) Burpee, was born in
Rowley, September 10, 1724. He married, November 5,
1747, Elizabeth Brocklebank, daughter of Francis and
Mary (Cheney) Brocklebank.* J Her sister Martha mar-
ried Samuel Burpee (No. 44). She was born in Rowley,
July 28, 1726. Shortly after their marriage they re-
moved to Lancaster, Mass., and they were both admitted
to membership in the Crocksett Church in that town, Oc-
tober 23, 1748.f He was cornet in Captain Nathaniel
Wilson's Troop of Horse in Colonel Joseph Wilder's 2nd
Worcester County Regiment, June 8, 1767. He was
first lieutenant of Captain James Carter's company, in
Colonel Caleb Wilder's 2nd Worcester County Regiment
of Militia in 1771. || He was living in Sterling in 1790
(U. S. Census).
Children :
72. MOLLY, bapt. Nov. 6, 1748 ; d. Sept. 6, 1756.
73. MOSES, b. Aug. 11 (bapt. 12), 1750.
74. EBENEZER, bapt. Oct. 15, 1752 ; d. an infant.
75. EBENEZER, b. Sept. 9, 1753; d. Aug. 31, 1756.
76. JEREMIAH, b. Oct. 11 (bapt. 12), 1755; d. Sept. 2, 1756.
(No name omitted. Mistake in numbering.)
78. EBENEZER, b. Jan. 9 (bapt. 29), 1758. Was a resident of Sterling
in 1790.
79. JEREMIAH, bapt. Nov. 16, 1760; d. young.
80. ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 19? (bapt. 16?), 1763. (Mistake in records.)
81. JEREMIAH, b. Nov. 15, 1770. He was living in Sterling in 1790.
33. MOSES BURPEE, son of Lieutenant Ebenezer and
Miriam (Pearson) Burpee, was baptized in Rowley, De-
cember 26, 1733. He married at Lancaster, April 25,
1752, Margaret Harriman, daughter of Lieut. Nathaniel
and Mehitable (Spofford) Harriman. She was born in
Rowley, February 23, 1734-5.1" He served in Captain
John Pearson's Troop of Horse, his name appearing on a
list dated May 31, 1757.** He removed with his family
Essex Inst. Hist. Colls., v. V, p. 90.
f Lancaster Records.
lEssex Antiquarian, v. XII, p. 55.
Ma*s. Archives, v. 99, p. 94.
II Military Annals of Lancaster, p. 88.
TEssexInst. Hist. Colls., v. XXI, p. 103.
*Mass. Archives, v. 95, p. 393.
82 THE BURPEE FAMILY OF ESSEX COUNTY,
to Jaffrey, New Hampshire, some time before 1790.* His
wife Margaret died October 27, 1818, aged 84, and he
died November 11, 1826, at the age of 93.
Children :
82. HITTE, b. Mar. 21 (bapt. Oct. 21), 1759.
83. EBENEZER, b. Jan. 30 (bapt. Mar. 15), 1761; m. Elizabeth Wes-
son, daughter of Isaac and Lucy Wesson.t
84. HEPZIBAH, b. Sept. 9 (bapt. Nov. 13), 1763.
85. NATHANIEL, bapt. Jan. 19, 1766.
86. POLLY, bapt. July 17, 1768; m. Mar. 1, 1808, John Dodge. t
87. PHOEBE, bapt. July 17, 1768.
88. HEPSIBETH, b. July 10, 1768.
89. SABAH, bapt. Aug. 5, 1770.
90. ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 29 (bapt. Apr. 4), 1773; m. at Jaffrey, N.
H., Oct. 20, 1801, Samuel Sargent.t
(In 1780 two children of Moses Burpee, " Jr.," were
baptized.)
34. SERGEANT DAVID BURPEE, son of Lieutenant
Ebenezer and Miriam (Pearson) Burpee, was baptized in
Rowley, August 29, 1736. He married in Ipswich, May
24, 1759, Sarah Barker. In the marriage intention re-
corded in Rowley four days earlier, the name is given as
" Baker." She may have been the Sarah Barker, daugh-
ter of James and Elizabeth (Kilburn) Barker of Rowley,
who was born September 29, 1737.JJ He was in Capt.
Richard Thurston's Co. some time during the two years
prior to March 20, 1756.^[ He was a sergeant in Captain
Eliphalet " Spafford's " Company of Minute Men, in
Colonel Samuel Gerrish's Regiment, which marched on the
Lexington alarm of April 19, 1775.** April 2, 1783,
he sold his homestead property on " Proprietor's Road,"
in Rowley, in equal parts of eleven acres each to Amos,
Aaron and Asa Nelson, each grantee receiving also one-
U. S. Census of 1790.
tHistory of Jaffrey, N. H.
{Records of Lancaster, Mass.
JRowley Records.
UEssex Antiquarian, v. VI, p. 103.
^Mass. Archives, v. 04, p. 123.
**Mass. S. and S. in the Rev. War, v. II, p. 887.
BY FRANK A GARDNER, M. D. 83
third of the dwelling house.* He removed to Washing-
ton, New Hampshire.!
Children :
91. NATHANIEL, bapt. Mar. 16, 1760. A Nathaniel Burpee, musi-
cian in the Mass. Militia, was a U. S. pensioner in 1883,
aged 74.
92. MIBIAN, bapt. June 28, 1761 ; m. Oct. 28, 1787, George Leslie,
Jr., son of Rev. George and Hepzibah (Burpee) (No. 40)
Leslie. He d. in Henniker, N. II., Apr. 2, 1813, and she d.
there Dec. 13, 18174
93. ELIZABETH, bapt. July 22, 1764.
94. EBENEBEB, bapt. Oct. 28, 1770.
36. ISAAC BURPEE, son of Jonathan and Hannah
(Platts) Burpee, was born in Rowley, July 10, 1725. He
married in Rowley, December 2, 1746, Elizabeth Dickin-
son, daughter of John Dickinson. She was probably the
individual of that name, daughter of John and Susannah
(Gage) Dickinson, who was born in Rowley, November
26, 1723. December 15, 1748, Isaac Burpee, for ten
acres of land and four acres of salt marsh, which he re-
ceived from his father, Jonathan Burpee, by deed of even
date, sold all shares in the estate of his late grandfather,
Isaac Platts, thirteen acres salt marsh, in partnership with
his brother, Jeremiah Burpee. || His name credited to
the town of Boxford is found in a list of men in Major
Thomas Gage's company, Colonel Samuel Willard's Regi-
ment, September 5, 1755, for service probably in an expe-
dition against Crown Point.^[ He served for some time
prior to March 29, 1756, in Captain Northend's company.
From August 13 to December 17, endorsed 1756, he was
a private in Captain Thomas Gage's company on an expe-
dition against Crown Point. In a warrant issued May
16, 1757, his name appears as a member of the First
Company Train Band, commanded by Captain John
Northend, of Rowley.** He died February 17, 1758, and
Essex Deeds, v. 140, leaf 195; v. 142, leaf 9.
tHistory of Washington, N. H., also U. S. Census of 1790.
{Cogswell's History of Henniker, p. 640.
EssexInst. Hist. Colls., v. V, p. 90; v. VI, p. 153.
|| Essex Deeds, v. 105, leaf 181.
tMass. Archives, v. 93, p. 179.
**Mass. Archives, v. 94, p. 132, and v. 95, pp. 98 and 379.
84 THE BURPEE FAMILY OF ESSEX COUNTY,
his widow Elizabeth was appointed administratrix No-
vember 6th. An inventory, dated November 13, 1758,
showed a total valuation of 217 : 18 : 04. The widow
was granted one-third of the real estate August 24, 1771,
and on the 9th of the following month she married
Thomas Wood. The remainder of the estate was divided
into seven parts of 16 : 00 : 11 each, of which two were
given to the eldest son Jonathan and one each to Susanna,
Mehitable, Salome, Ruth and Isaac, March 1, 1773. In
February, 1773, guardianship papers were issued as fol-
lows : Francis Pingry was appointed guardian of Isaac,
aged fifteen ; Thomas" Foster of Buth, aged seventeen ;
and Jonathan Burpee of St. John, Nova Scotia, now New
Brunswick, of Salome, aged 19.*
Children :
95. SUSANNA, bapt. Sept. 5, 1747.
96. MEHITABLB, bapt. July 23, 1749; d. about 1774, unm.
97. JONATHAN, bapt. Oct. 20, 1751.
98. SALOME, bapt. Mar. 24, 1754.
99. RUTH, bapt. Apr. 25, 1756.
100. ISAAC, bapt. Apr. 2, 1758. (See below.)
37. JEREMIAH BURPEE, son of Jonathan and Hannah
(Platts) Burpee, was born May 21, 1726. He married in
Ipswich, May 23, 1751 (pub. Mar. 2, 1750), Mary Saun-
ders, daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Saunders.f She
was born May 20, 1726-7. We learn from a list made in
obedience to a warrant issued May 16, 1757, that he was
a member of the First Company of Militia of Rowley,
commanded by Captain John Northend.:}: They lived in
Line brook parish, a part of which was in Rowley and a
part in Ipswich. On account of this the record of the
baptisms of the children appear in the records of Ips-
wich.f They removed about 1764 to Maugerville, in
Nova Scotia (now New Brunswick). See Jonathan No.
13. Three sons of Jeremiah, David, Jeremiah and Thomas,
yeomen, of Maugerville, County Sunbury, Nova Scotia,
*Essex Probate Files, Nos. 4,201 and 4,202.
tlpswich Records.
JMass. Archives, v. 95, p. 379.
BY FRANK A. GARDNER, M. D. 85
conveyed to Moses Clark of Rowley a piece of land con-
taining about eight acres, June 11, 1784.*
Children; all but No. 108 bapt. in Linebrook :
101. DAVID, bapt. Apr. 26, 1752; m. Betsey Gallishan.
102- LYDIA, bapt. Sept. 23, 1753 ; m., first, Nathaniel Barker; m.,
second, James Dingy.
103. EDWARD, bapt. June 6, 1756; m. Hannah Gallop. He was one
of the men of Maugerville, X. S., who tried to turn that
settlement over to the American Patriots in the Revolution.
104. HEPZIBAH, bapt. Aug. 14, 1757; m. John Pickard.
105. ESTHEB, bapt. May 6, 1759; m. in 1781, Jesso Christy.
106. JERK MI AH, bapt. Sept. 28, 1760; m. Betsey Stickney, daughter
of Isaac and Elizabeth (Barker) Stickney.t
107. THOMAS, bapt. Apr. 17, 1763; m. Esther Gallup.
108. JOSEPH, bapt. in Maugerville, N. S., Sept. 20, 1765; m. Dec. 1,
1789, Abigail Gallishan.
42. NATHAN BURPEE, son of Corporal Samuel and
Elizabeth (Harris) Burpee,swas born in Rowley April 17,
1731. He married (intention dated December 15, 1753),
Azubah Osgood of Sterling, daughter of Captain David
and Eunice (Carter) Osgood. She was born October 19,
1730. They resided at Lancaster. She died September
16, 1756, in the 26th year of her age, and he died Sep-
tember 30, 1756, aged 25 years. His gravestone bears
the following pathetic inscription : " This man, wife &
child in 14 days did die his house left desolate Being ye
whole Family.":}:
Child :
109. ELIJAH, b. June 10 (bapt. 13), 1756; d. Sept. 20, 17564
(Another Nathan Burpee, whose wife's name was
also Azubah (" Zube,") lived in Lancaster, and children
were born to them between 1753 and 1766. See No. 27.
44. SAMUEL BURPEE, son of Corporal Samuel and
Elizabeth (Harris) Burpee was born in Rowley, Septem-
ber 25 (bapt. 29), 1734. Ten years later his parents
moved to Lancaster, and June 10, 1756, he was married
Essex Deeds, v. 142, leaf 317.
Uewett Genealogy, p. 126.
^Lancaster Records.
86 THE BURPEE FAMILY OF ESSEX COUNTY,
in that town to Martha Brocklebank, daughter of Francis
and Mary (Cheney) Brocklebank.** She was born in the
part of Rowley now Georgetown, May 10, 1737. Her
sister Elizabeth married Lieutenant Jeremiah Burpee (No.
29). June 10, 1758, Samuel Burpee, wife Martha, con-
veyed to James Chandler, of Rowley, four acres in the
western part of Rowley, " set off to me the said Martha
by Order of the Judge of Probate in & for Essex Co. of
the real estate of my Hon'd Father Francis Brocklebank,
late of sd Rowley, dec'd,"f Samuel Burpee, Jr. and
wife were admitted to the Crocksett Church, Lancaster,
October 15, 17574 He was living in Sterling in 1790
(U. S. Census).
Children, born and baptized in Lancaster :J
110. HANNAH, b. Nov. 25, 1757; bapt. Feb. 5, 1758.
111. NATHAN, b. Dec. 12 (bapt. 24), 1758.
112. ELIJAH, b. Mar. 1 (bapt. 8), 1761.
113. MABAH (MABT), b. Jan. 29 (bapt. Mar. 20), 1763.
114. STEPHEN, b. Oct. 16 (bapt. 19), 1766.
115. AZUBAH, b. Jan. 15 (bapt, 22), 1769.
116. ELIZABETH, b. Apr. 16 (bap. 21), 1771.
117. MABTHA, b. Dec. 26, 1773.
50. JOSHUA BURPEE, son of Joseph and Joanna
(Pickard) Burpee, was baptized in Rowley, June 14,
1741. He married, April 13, 1784, Mehitable Abbot,
widow of George Abbot, son of Nehemiah and Eleanor
(Porter) Abbot, who was born Jan. 29, 1754, married
Mehitable Jewett in 1777, and died in 1778.$ In the
Essex Antiquarian, v. I, p. 107, the statement is made
that the Mehitable Abbot who married Joshua Burpee was
the daughter of John Abbot. This John married his first
wife in 1772 and Mehitable married Joshua Burpee in
1774. This John was a brother of George Abbot, Mehit-
able (Jewett's) first husband, and this is proved by the
mention in the will of Joshua Burpee, of his wife's son,
George Jewett Abbot. (See Essex Antiquarian, v. I, p.
105, and v. II, p. 116.) They sold to Woodbridge Belcher,
*Essex Deeds, v. 112, leaf 49.
tEssex Deeds, v. 112, leaf 49.
{Lancaster Records.
Essex Antiquarian, v. I, p. 105.
BY FBANK A. GABDNEB, M. D. 87
January 25, 1786, " a certain parcel of land in Rowley
from the S. W. corner of my homestead upon the road
leading from my house to Byfield."* He died in the
winter of 1788-9, and his will, dated November 18, 1788,
was probated February 3, 1789.f He mentioned in the
document his wife Mehitable, brother Samuel Searle, Jr.,
George Jewett Abbot, " son of my beloved wife ", sister
Hannah, wife of Nehemiah Jewett, and sister Rebecca, wife
of Maximilian Jewett. The total value of the estate was
X733 : 10 : 104 Real estate in Rowley was conveyed to
his above named Jewett sisters and their husbands,
December 25, 1795, and January 28, 1796.
No children.
67. LIEUTENANT THOMAS BUKPEE, son of Thomas and
Anne (Chaplin) Burpee, lived in Rowley during the early
years of his life. No records of his birth or baptism have
been found. He married before the Revolution, Joanna,
whose last name is said in the " History of New London,"
N. H., to have been probably Foster. |j She may have
been the Joanna Foster, daughter of John and Mehitable
(Burnham) Foster, who was baptized in Ipswich, June 19,
1748.^[ He was a private in Captain Eliphalet Spafford's
Company of Minute Men which marched from Rowley on
the Lexington alarm of April 19, 1775.** He sold parts
of his dwelling house and land in Rowley in 1783 and 4.ff
His wife Joanna died March 20, 1785, aged 34.J| In
1785 or 6, he married, second, Sarah , and their first
child was born in August, 1787. In the following year,
he, with the consent of his wife Sarah, sold to John
Morse twenty-seven acres of land in Rowley. In Feb-
ruary, 1789, as a resident of New London, New Hamp-
*Essex Deeds, v. 151, leaf 185.
tEssex Probate Files, No. 4,205.
tEssex Probate Files, No. 4,205.
Essex Deeds, v. 160, leaves 166 and 265.
|| History of New London, N. H.
^Ipswich Records.
**Mass. S. and S. in the Rev. War, v. II, p. 888.
ttEssex Deeds, v. 148, leaf 137; v. 144, leaf 298; v. 145, leaf 16; v.
149, leaf 240.
it Records of the Second Church, Rowley.
Essex Deeds, v. 149, leaf 51.
88 THE BURPEE FAMILY OF ESSEX COUNTY,
shire, he conveyed land in Rowley to Samuel Plummet
and Amos Nelson.* He lived during the remainder of
his life in New London, and served as lieutenant of
militia, f
Children by his first wife Joanna, born in Rowley :f
118. SALLY, b. Feb. 26, 1775; m. Jan. 8, 1793, Ebenezer Shepard,
son of Ebenezer and Jane (McCurdy) Shepard. He was b.
in 1767.
119. ABIGAIL, b. Feb. 25, 1777; d. May 30, 1794.
120. JEREMIAH, b. Apr. 28, 1779; m. Betsey Blake, daughter of
Jesse and Dolly (Crocker) Blake. He d. Apr. 11, 1843, and
she d. June 30, 1855, aged 77.
121. MABTHA (PATTY), b. Jan. 12, 1781; m. May 8, 1798, Henry
Achilles, Jr.
122. JOANNA, b. Dec. 5, 1782; m. NOT. 20, 1803, Edward Chadwick ,
said to have been of Wendall.
123. THOMAS, b. about Oct., 1784; d. Dec. 18, 1784, aged 2 mos.
Children by his second wife Sarah :f
124. THOMAS, b. Rowley, Aug. 26, 1787; m. Lydia Blake, daughter
of Jesse and Dolly (Crocker) Blake. He d. Nov. 17, 1840,
and she d. Nov. 8, 1853, aged 66 y.
125. MABY, b., as were also all following, in New London, N. H.,
Sept. 29, 1791; m., first, June 27, 1809, Theodore Abbot,
son of Stephen and Mary (Gile) Abbot; m., second, Jacob
Worthy; res. Sunapee.
126. SAMUEL, b. Jan. 1, 1793; m. Feb. 1, 1816, Sarah Fales, daugh-
ter of Nathaniel and Mary Fales. He d. July 12, 1849.
127. ANNA, b. Feb. 5, 1795; m. Horatio Fales, son of Nathaniel and
Mary Fales. He was b. Mar. 19, 1792.
128. NATHAN, b. Mar. 5, 1797; d. Aug., 1797.
129. MOSES, b. Sept. 5, 1798 ; m. Sept. 14, 1823, Lavinia Currier,
daughter of Timothy and Jane (Mitchell) Currier, of Ack-
worth. She was b. in Claremont, Oct. 12, 1800, and d. May
19, 1881. He d. Aug. 4, 1857.
130. NATHAN, b. Apr. 4, 1801; m. Jan. 3, 1825, Lois Savory, daugh-
ter of Daniel and Lois (Goodwin) Savory, of Sutton. She
was b. Apr. 1, 1802. The " History of Sutton " states that
" Mr. Burpee was a man of stern independence of character
and was much respected by the people of his adopted
town."}:
* Essex Deeds, v. 149, leaf 211; v. 150, leaf 36.
tHistory of New London, N. H.
^History of Sutton, N. H.
BY FRANK A. GARDNER, M. D. 89
70. ASA BURPEE, son of Thomas and Anne (Chaplin)
Burpee, was baptized Aug. 10, 1760. He married in
Boxford, November 22, 1781, Mary Perley, daughter of
Benjamin and Hannah (Clark) Perley.* (History of
North London). She was born about 1760. He was a
shoemaker by occupation. He removed to New London,
New Hampshire, about 1786, where he lived the remainder
of his life. He was said to have been " a man of strict
integrity, temperate, industrious, hospitable, and very
musical, had keen wit, and was as willing to take a joke
as give one."| He died October 15, 1843, aged 83 years,
his wife having died July 27, 1833, aged 73 years.f
Children :f
131. THOMAS, b. Rowley, Dec. 13, 1782; m. July 8, 1810, Mary E.
Woodman, daughter of Capt. John and Mary Woodman.
She was b. in West Newbury, Mass., Nov. 13, 1788, and d. in
Stoneham, Mass., Apr. 23, 1868. He d. Dec. 3, 1848, at
New London.
132. REBEKAH, b. June 28, 1784; m. June 10, 1819, William Loverin
of Springfield.
133. DOLLY, b. New London, N. H. (as also were all following)
Jane 28, 1787; d. about 1835, unm.
134. PEBLEY, b. June 4, 1790; m. Dec. 31, 1816, Judith Colby,
daughter of Joseph and Anna (Heath) Colby. He was a
shoemaker and farmer, and d. at the Burbee homestead in
New London, Aug. 21, 1865.
135. DELIA, b. May 11, 1792; m. Dec. 24, 1816, James H. Pillsbury,
son of Joseph Pillsbury of Wendall.
136. APPHIA, b. May 13, 1795; m. Nov. 15, 1815, Capt. Jonathan
Everett, son of Jonathan and Mary (Messenger) Everett.
137. AZUBAH, b. Jan. 27- 1797;- d. Mar. 16, 1856, unm.
138. SALLY, b. Aug. 14, 1799: d. Aug. 21, 1799.
139. ABIAL, b. Oct. 1, 1800; m., first, May 20, 1828, Mary Wood-
bury, daughter of Daniel and Rapsima (Messenger) Wood-
bury. She was b. Feb. 19, 1806. He d. Sept. 8, 1842, and
she m., second, Mar. 10, 1852, Micajah Morgan, son of John
Phebe (Messer) Morgan.
71. CALVIN BURPEE, son of Thomas and Anne (Chap-
lin) Burpee, was baptized April 17, 1763. He married,
April 2, 1793, Ruth Messer, daughter of Lieutenant Sam-
*" Perley Family," pp. 168-9.
tHistory of New London, N. H., pp. 77-8.
90 THE BURPEE FAMILY OF ESSEX COUNTY,
uel and Sarah (How) Messer. In 1812, he moved to
Grantham, New Hampshire, and lived there until his
death.*
Children, born in New London :*
140. STEPHEN, b. Jan. 12, 1799.
141. HIKAM, b. Feb. 24, 1801.
142. VABNUM, b, Oct. 23, 1808.
143. HEMAN BOSTWIOK, b. July 24, 1806.
144. JOSEPH COLBY, b. Jan. 17, 1809.
He may have had other children born in Grantham.
100. ISAAC BURPEE, son of Isaac and Elizabeth
(Dickinson) Burpee, was baptized April 2, 1758. He was
a private in Capt. John Baker's Company, Colonel Moses
Little's 17th Regiment, Army of the United Colonies,
July 22, 1775, and in Captain David Low's Company in
Major Charles Smith's 3d Essex County Regiment, guard-
ing the troops of General Burgoyne at Prospect Hill,
enlisting September 30, 1777.f He married Lydia Lum-
mus, the intention being recorded in Ipswich, October 22,
1779. She may have been the Lydia Lummus, daughter
of Daniel and Prudence Lummus, who was baptized in
Ipswich, July 20, 17554 They removed to Haverhill,
Massachusetts, where they were residing, without chil-
dren, in 1790.
BURPEE FAMILY NOTES.
Ester Burpee of Rowley, m. Allen Perley of Rowley,
Mar. 26, 1788. Ipswich Records.
Esther Burpee and Jacob Smith, m. at Lancaster, Aug.
27, 1745 (probably No. 26). Lancaster Records. ;
Jonathan Burpee of Alexandria town, N. H., had eight
in his family, according to the census of 1790.
History of New London, N. H.
tMass. S. and S. in the Rev. War, v. II, pp. 888-9.
t Ipswich Records.
U. S. Census of 1790.
BY FRANK A. GARDNER, M. D. 91
Jonathan Burpee, Jr., of Maugerville, N. S., conveyed
to Edmund Tenney, Mar. 15, 1773, a tract of land in
Rowley. Essex Deeds, book 163, leaf 282.
Jonathan and Mary Burpee, of Nova Scotia. The
births in Nova Scotia of two of their children are recorded
in the Boxf ord Records, as follows : Elizabeth, b. June
7, 1783, and Hannah, b. July 6, 1786.
Jonathan Burpee of Boxford sold 5 1/2 acres of land
in Boxford and Topsfield to Jesse Perley, Aug. 13, 1788.
Essex Deeds, book 152, leaf 205.
Jonathan Burpee of Boxford bought land of John
Smith in 1777 and sold the same back to said Smith, July
16, 1788. Essex Deeds, look 147, tea/ 246.
Mary Burpee m., in Ipswich, Mar. 30. 1775, Benjamin
Adams, son of John and Sarah Adams. He was born?
Feb. 19, 1751. Essex Antiquarian, v. U, p. 43.
Mary Burpee, a young woman, was buried October 22,
1772. Rowley Records.
Mary Burpee married Amos Rugg at Lancaster, Dec. 29,
1741 (probably No. 24). Lancaster Records.
Moses Follensby Burpee, son of Susanna, was baptized
Sept. 7, 1777. Ipswich Records.
Nathaniel Burpee married, in Ipswich, Sept. 7, 1779,
Ruth Cromby. She was probably the Ruth Burpee who
was living with one female member of her family, in
Rowley, in 1790, according to the U. S. Census of that
year. Ipswich Records.
Phebe Burpee and Nathaniel Jones, both of Lancaster,
m. int. Apr. 16, 1762. (She may have been No. 49.)
Lancaster Records.
Ruth Burpee, died at Bradford, Dec. 14, 1840, aged 75
years. Bradford Records.
Sarah Burpee married Asa Plummer, Aug. 16, 1764.
Ipswich Records.
Stephen Burpee, son of Thomas Burpee, Jr. (No. 22 ?),
was born Feb. 24 (baptized Mar. 3), 1745. Lancaster
Records.
THE LEIGH FAMILY OF NEWBURY, MASS.
In the October, 1912, issue of the Essex Institute His-
torical Collections, I gave a brief account of the Leigh
family of Newbury, Mass. Further research since then
has brought new facts to light. A tradition in the east-
ern branch of the family says that " three brothers came
over from England to be educated." This third brother
probably was Thomas Leigh, mentioned in the Newbury-
port Records, and who served in the Revolutionary War ;
the other brother may have been Robert Leigh.
That the two brothers Benjamin and Thomas were the
emigrants is corroborated in a letter written by (22)
Benjamin Leigh, 4th, of Abingdon, Illinois, son of Rot>
ert and Mary (Booth) Leigh, grandson of Benjamin and
Abigail (Pierce) Leigh, and great-grandson of the emi-
grant Benjamin, who states that he had always heard from
his mother and father that his great-grandfather " came
over with his two boys, started back to England, and was
never heard from again." This statement is undoubtedly
correct, for several reasons, principally because Benjamin
Leigh, 2d, says in a letter written in 1820, " the last letter
I had from my father says, I am on board the ship
George, Fortune is Commander, bound to Bristol,
to trade for merchants in Philadelphia." Benjamin Leigh
was taken sick on board the " George " when just outside
the harbor at Nova Scotia, taken on land and buried in
Nova Scotia, although why his boys were not notified is
somewhat of a mystery.
I conclude that Benjamin Leigh had come to America
at least one time before he brought over his " two boys,"
and landed at York, Maine, where he married, about
1747-8, Marcia (Mary) Bent of York, formerly of Sudbury,
daughter of Peter Bent, by his wife Mary, daughter of Rev.
Samuel and Dorothy (Noyes) Parris, of Salem Village.
(The Bent genealogy states that Peter removed to Nova
Scotia, although it was York, Me., and not Nova Scotia.)
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93
Benjamin Leigh and.his wife Marcia (Mary) Bent went
to England, staying until about 1763-4, when he" brought
over his boys," as stated above. My statement, therefore,
makes Benjamin Leigh, 2d, and Thomas, with their two
sisters, Charlotte and Betsy, born in England, not York,
Maine. Benjamin, 2d, in his letter of 1820, furthermore
states that his two sisters disappeared, and that he had
" lost all trace of them." They evidently did not emi-
grate, which accounts for his statement. He also says,
in the same letter, " my mother said I had a great estate
left me, if I could prove myself heir to Marcia Bent."
In volume 51 (1897) of the N. E. Hist, and Gen. Regis-
ter, among the marriages by Rev. Samuel Perley is,
" 1766, 16 Apr., Benjamin Leigh to Mary Newmarch, of
Newburyport." This Benjamin Leigh was evidently the
emigrant, marrying a second time ; his first wife, Marcia
Bent, probably having died in England, and this theory
also brings out more clearly the one above, that " my
mother xaid I had a great estate left me if I could prove
myself heir to Marcia Bent" He was evidently telling
what his step mother had told him, and not what his own
mother had said. The estate could not have " been left "
while his mother was alive. This Leigh-Newmarch mar-
riage could not possibly have been the emigrants' son
Benjamin, as the date is too early he would have been
but twelve years old.
Benjamin Leigh, the emigrant, died on board ship, after
1766. A Mary Leigh died hi 1778, aged 51, who must
have been Mary (Newmarch) Leigh, the second wife, who
probably was born about the same time as his first wife,
and whom Benjamin, 2d, calls in his letter " mother."
RUSSELL LEIGH JACKSON.
Newburyport, Dec. 6, 1913.
NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX
COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS.
(Continued from Vol. XLIX, page 288.}
It is certain, that Womens Shoes made in Lynn do now
exceed those usually imported of the Make of J. Hose of
London in Strength and Beauty, but not in Price : Surely
then it is expected that the publick-spirited Ladies of the
Town and Province, will turn their immediate attention
to this Branch of Manufacture.
Boston Gf-azette, Oct. 1, 1764.
The Surveyor-General has appointed William Browne,
Esq. to be Collector of his Majestys Customs at Salem
and Marblehead.
Boston Gazette, Oct. 8, 1764.
We hear that Capt Welshman, who lately sailed in a
Schooner from this Place, bound to the West-Indies, meet-
ing with contrary Winds put back, and in returning in a
very dark Night, ran upon the Rocks, called the Miseries,
off Manchester and filled ; the People were saved.
Boston Post, Oct. 10, 1764.
TO BE SOLD
A Brigantine, lying at Salem, of the following Dimen-
sions, viz, 54 Feet Keel, 22 Feet Beam, 9 Feet and 3
Inches Hold, 3 & half Feet between Decks, well found,
for long credit, or West-India Goods. For further Par-
ticulars, inquire of Job Prince at Boston, or Richard and
Hlias Basket Derby, at Salem.
Boston O-azette, Oct. 29, 1764.
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NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX COUNTY. 95
Newlury-Port, October 23, 1764.
WHEREAS Lydia, the Wife of me the Subscriber, hat
absented herself from her Business, and has behaved in a
disorderly Manner otherwise. THIS is therefore to forbid
all Persons trusting her on my Account, as I mil not pay
any Debts of her contracting.
Benjamin Ingersoll
Boston G-azette, Oct. 29, 1764.
One Day Last Week as a Woman was travelling to
Salem in a Chaise, she was stopped by two Fellows, about
6 Miles from that Place, under Pretence of buying some
Goods which she had with her, when pulling out her
Purse to look for some Change, one of the Fellows
snatched it from her, the other then drew out a long
Knife & held to her Breast, threatening her Life if she
made the least Noise, when they robbed her of Goods &c.
to the amount of 30 or 40 Dollars and made off.
Boston Evening Post, Dec. 10, 1764
His Majesty's Ship Maidstone's Tender, which was sup-
posed to have been lost, is now at Salem She has
been in great Distress, but got in the 13th Instant, then a
hard Gale at N. W. They were obliged to bring to
the 25th of last Month, at 6 in the Morning. The
Gale continued very hard two Days and three Nights,
without any alteration but that of a great Sea. The
Night of the 26th it lay'd her down so much that her Bal-
last shifted the Mainsail filled with Water, and as
the Sea made a Breach over her it fill'd the Foresail, with
Difficulty they cut away the Mainsail and Boom, which
righted her a good deal, and then trimm'd the Hold.
They judged themselves in Lat. 37-00.
Boston Post, Dec. 24, 1764.
We hear that on the 19th of last Month, as Mr. Silsby
Dymond was travelling in a Chair, between Danvers and
Wenham, just at the beginning of the Evening, he was
assaulted by two Ruffians, who stopt his Horse, and told
him he must deliver all he had ; but Dymond resolutely
resisted them, and knock'd both the Fellows down with
96 NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX COUNTY.
the Butt-End of his Whip, and left them bleeding on the
Ground. By the Description he gives of them they must
be the same Fellows who robb'd Mrs. Logan going to
Marblehead the 3d of the same Month, as has been men-
tioned. It's probable they have the Marks of the Blows
given by said Dymond, whereby they may be discovered
and brought to Justice.
We hear that Capt. Wellman's Schooner, which ran on
the Rocks off Manchester, about a Month ago, was got
off ; but in the late stormey Weather and high Tides was
drove on shore, so high, and received so much Damage,
that it is doubtful whether she will be got off again or not.
A new Brig coming round from Newbury-Port to this
Place, we hear is drove ashore on Plumb island, and 'tis
thought will not be got off.
A Schooner, Capt. Brock, from this Place bound to-
Nantucket, is cast ashore on the Back of Cape Ann.
Boston Evening Post, January 7, 1765.
We hear from Newbury-Port, that a Son of Capt. Phil-
lips White, of that Place, was lately buried agreeable to
the Mode now established among us. His Funeral was
attended by all the Gentlemen of the Town.
Boston Evening Post, January 28, 1765.
Last Thursday Morning, a Snow belonging to this Port,
Henry Wells, Master, bound in from the West Indies,
was cast away near Cape Anne : The Vessel and Cargo
were lost, and one of the Men drowned.
We hear that a Brig is ashore near Squam.
Boston Evening Post, February 4, 1765.
On Thursday the 28th ult. departed this Life, after a
long languishing Illness, Mrs. DEBORAH CLARKE, the
virtuous and amiable Consort of the Rev. Mr. PETER
CLARKE of Danvers, in the 63d Year of her Age. She
was a Gentlewoman possessed of many excellent Quali-
ties, with regard to which she was very much esteemed.
Boston Evening Povt, March 11, 1765.
(To be continued.)
HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
OF THE
ESSEX INSTITUTE
VOL. L. APRIL, 1914 No. 2
JOURNAL KEPT IN QUEBEC IN 1775 BY
JAMES JEFFRY.
ANNOTATED BY WILLIAM SMITH, PUBLIC ARCHIVES,
OTTAWA, CANADA.
James Jeffry, who kept the following journal, was born
Aug. 20, 1733, in Salem, Mass. He was a son of James
Jeffry, merchant, who removed to Salem from Ports-
mouth, N. H., in 1722, and a grandson of James Jeffrjr
who was born March 10, 1676, in the parish of St. Agnes,,
Cornwall, and who came to America and lived many
years at Portsmouth. The journalist died in Salem, where-
he was buried Nov. 7, 1807. "He was educated in
Quebec and continued clerk in the service of E. H. Derby,,
our eminent merchant, during the whole time in which he
acquired his riches. Mr. Jeffry was never married, and
died in the family house opposite the First church. He-
was much valued for his fidelity. Since Mr. Derby's
death he has led an inactive life and his gout terminated
in paralytic affections, debility, and finally into the loss
of his faculties." Dr. Bentley's Diary.
James Jeffry appears as clerk in the post office at
Quebec in 1763 or 1764, and seems to have been much in
charge of the office during the frequent absences of Hugh
Finlay, the postmaster. It is to be regretted that the
journal ends with the month of October, or that its un-
doubted successor has not been preserved, so that the
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98 JOURNAL KEPT IN QUEBEC IN 1775
events leading up to Montgomery's assault upon the city
cannot be chronicled as well. It is probable that Jeffry
may have left Quebec in consequence of the order issued
by Gov. Carleton on Nov. 22nd, that all able-bodied non-
combatants should leave the city. The original manu-
script of the following journal is now in the possession of
the Essex Institute, Wheatland MSS., Vol. I, leaf 10.
Jan. 1, 1775. Sunday. Fine moderate weather. I
dined at Simpson's. Jn Aitkin,* Freeman, Watt, Mar-
tin, Cole & Doc r Gill dined there. The Post arr d this
morn 8 . I went to meeting. Heard Parson Henry, f
2. I dined at home. Cap 1 Freeman & Cap* Watt
dined there with us.
3. I dined with Finlay4 Old Alan dined there.
4. The Post arr d soon this morning. Quite moderate.
Fine rain most of the day. I dined at home.
6. I dined at home. A large company dined with
Cap* Ja s Johnston. Shoolbred, Atkinson, & Cole dined
there, the latter came home very late & very drunk.
7. A New York Post arr d this morn 8 . I dined at
home. By some private letters from England heard
that Judge Hey is a member of Parliament for Sandwich.
9. Clear weather. Nothing material. I dined with
M r & M re Finlay.
11. This morn 8 arr d the Nov r Packet. A large mail
from New Port, containing the letters by the Mercury,
Cap* Young, who sail'd from London for Quebec last
Lieutenant in the British militia.
tFirst Presbyterian minister in Quebec.
JHugh Finlay came to Canada in 1760 and went into business. On
account of his knowledge of French, which was rare among the
English at the time, but supremely important in establishing rela-
tions with the Canadians, he was made a Justice of the Peace.
When Franklin came up to Canada to establish a postal service, he
placed it in Finlay's hands. In 1765 Finlay was made Legislative
Councillor. When Quebec was besieged he enlisted in the militia
as ensign, and shortly afterwards was made lieutenant. Before this
{in 1774), on Franklin's dismissal, he was made Deputy Postmaster
General of the Northern District of North America, and on the
achievement of independence, Deputy Postmaster General of the
remaining colonies of British North America. He died in 1802.
Chief Justice of the Province of Quebec in 1766.
BY JAMES JEPFBY. 99
July and a mail as ordinary from N. York. The am* of
this day's mail, if the letters should all be taken up, is
92.16.7. I dined at Prentice's.
12. I dined with Finlay. I went to the Assembly at
Prentice's this evening.
15. Sunday. N. E. snow storm began last night &
continues this day. I at home all the day.
17 A great number of people arr d from Montreal to
attend at the Chatteau tomorrow night being the Queen's
birth night. I dined at home.
18. This morn g was fought a duel between R. Jackson
and C s Daily. Pistols load'd w th powder only. No N.
York mail. I dined at home. E. Antill* arr d this morn g
from Montreal.
19. I dined with Finlay. Antill and Maj r Skene dined
there.
21. A courier from Albany by Skenesborough but no
N. Y. mail. I dined at home.
22. Sunday. Went to hear Parson Henry. Dined
w th M r & M re Rowe. Hazen dined there.
23. Atkinson and Cole w th Cap* Gregory & Cap* Free-
man set off for a ride around the Island of Orleans.
Shoolbred to S* Foix to learn French. 1 dined w th Finlay.
24. Gregory and Cornp 7 returned this even g .
25. Several N. Y., Boston, and Phil* mails arr d by this
day Courier. I dined at home.
26. I dined with Finlay. Went to the Assembly this
evening at Prentices, f
27. Heard that D. Phillips lay very ill in the West
Indies.
29. Sunday. I dined with M r & M rs AUsop.J Par-
*E. Antill, born in Piscataqua, N. H., April, 1742; studied law;
removed to Montreal. Joining Montgomery, he became chief en-
gineer. After the attack on Quebec, Wooster sent him with the
news to Congress. Made Lieutenant Colonel in Hazen's regiment.
In December, 1776, was made recruiting officer through the South-
ern States. Captured at Staten Island, 1777; released on parole;
exchanged November, 1780; remained in New York till 1785; re-
turned to Canada, and died at St. Johns in 1789.
tMiles Prentice served under Wolfe at Plains of Abraham; kept
an inn; his wife identified the body of Montgomery, who had for-
merly lived at their house.
i George Allsop, clerk of the Legislative Council; afterwards a
member of the Council.
100 JOUBNAL KEPT IN QUEBEC IN 1775
son Montmollin* & wife, Cap* Gill & wife, Mr. Lauck,
Cap* Gregory & Jn Gill dined there.
30. I dined w th Finlay. M r and M rB Scott din'd with
us.
Feb. 1, 1775. A small mail from Montreal only. I
dined at home.
2. I dined w th Finlay. L* Thomas of y e 26 th Reg*,
Tho 8 Aylwin,f E. Antill & Sam 1 Phillips:}: dined there.
4. A New York mail this morn 8 bro* nothing extraor-
dinary. I dined at home.
5. Sunday. I at home all this day writing. Dined at
home.
6. I dined w th Finlay. A Grand Ball given by the
Baron's Club at Menuts. Upwards of 100 people
there.
8. A mail from New York. I dined at home. Gov r
Carleton, Lady Marie & a large company with them went
to Indian Lorette where the Indians had roasted an ox
whole, which the General had made them a present of.
9. I dined with Finlay. Went to the Assembly this
evening. Jn Aitken entertained at Dinner all the cast-
away and disbanded Captains. Cole appeared there as
proxy to Bray who winters at Coudre.
11. I dined at Prentices on boiPd turkey & oyster
sauce. M r & M" Prentice with myself was all the com y
at table. Spent the evening at Simpson's where ab* a
doz n of us suped from the produce of the follow 8 wagers,
viz :
Freeman vs. Halstead, | 3 bo s wine. Halstead says the
distance from Quebec to the Island of Orleans is five
miles & upwards.
Gill vs. Lees, 6 bot s wine. Lees on the same side of
Halstead.
Chaplain of the garrison; conducted the services at Montgomery's
burial.
tQuebec merchant; lieutenant in the British militia.
tAn officer in the customs; ensign in the British militia.
Menut's. An inn one mile west of the town, kept by Alexandra
Menut. Many of the fashionable social functions took place here.
It was one of the rendezvous of the Americans.
y John Halstead, an American sympathizer living in Quebec. He
was Commissary of Provisions until the siege was raised on May 0,
1776.
BY JAMES JBFFEY. 101
Gill vs. Aitken, 3 bot s wine. Aitken on the side of
Halstead.
Flanagin vs. Simpson, 2 do s . Flanagin on the side of
Halstead.
Melvin vs. Simpson, 2 do 5 . Melvin on the side of Hal-
stead.
The distance between the first house on the Island of
Orleans to Dumas Buildings at the foot of the hill in the
lower town is four miles & three-quarters of a mile of
consequence. The following persons are condemned to
pay, viz :
John Halstead. 3 bot s Madeira.
John Lees, 6 hot* d
John Aitken, 3 hot 5 d
John Melvin,* 2 do 8 towards supper.
Mich 1 Flanagin, 2 do* d
W m Miers won 2 do" of James Munro, but as I had not
that bet in my list, I know not whether it is to go towards
supper or not. This day the postman from Montreal
brought but a very small mail, no N. York mail, but a
report prevails that the Dec r packet is arr d at N. York,
and that the Bill for the Government of Quebec is re-
pealed.
12. Sunday. I at home all day.
16. A variety of weather, pleasant & moderate in the
morning. Blew fresh with a small flight of snow before
noon, and some very heavy gusts of wind before night
and cleared off in the evening. I dined with Fin lay.
Cole with M Warren. Cap* Freeman and a party of
ab* 20 at Lorette this day.
17. The party to Lorette returned at ab* 4 o'clock
this morning. Cole w th Gregory went to Indian Lorette
this afternoon.
19. Sunday. I at home till 2 o'clock then went to the
upper town, and dined with M r & M rs Rowe.
20. This day took Duvall into the office to instruct
him in sending off the Courier. I dined with Finlay.
22. The Dec r Packet arrived this morning. Nothing
by it very material but the King's Speech at the opening
* An auctioneer in Quebec.
102 JOURNAL KEPT IN QUEBEC IN 1775
of the New Parliament (in some of the English Papers)
by which it seems as if His Majesty & his Ministers were
determined to enforce the American Acts. I dined at
home.
23. I dined with Finlay. Began to blow & snow
towards evening and grew very tempestuous. This even 8
L* Freeman of the 7 th Reg* finished his walk of twenty
miles a day for five days successively on snow shoes and
then went to the Assembly at Prentices & danced. M r
& M rs Finlay at the Assembly this evening.
24. A very heavy storm of snow, the wind at N. E.
and blew very fresh. Such a storm we have not had this
winter before, neither have we had so much snow fall. I
shut the office at 2 o'clock, went home, and was out no
more this day or evening.
25. The storm abated but the clouds look wild and
heavy yet. No Courier this day. I dined at home.
26. Sunday. The Courier arriv'd early this morning
with a New York mail of the 9 th ins*. The N. York
papers bring us the Kings speech.
28. I dined at home. A great rout at Gen 1 Carleton's,
being Shrove Tuesday or begin g of Lent.
March 1, 1775. Disagreeable blowing weather with
some snow. I dined at home.
2. I dined with M r and M rs Finlay.
4. Maj r Skene & I dined with Finlay. M r8 Finlay
dined at Sillery. The lake not yet broken. Lester* set
off for Montreal.
5. Sunday. I at home most of this day. Dined at
home. Took a ride this afternoon with Gregory, Miers
& Cap* Gal way to the Island of Orleans. N. B. This the
first time I have been in a cariole this winter. E. R. Will-
cocks & J. Cole set off for Montreal.
6. Thick heavy air with some rain which rots the
snow and makes the walking very dangerous & disagree-
able. I dined with M r & M rs Finlay. M rs Scott & Sally
Phillips dined there.
8. No York mail. I dined at home.
9. I dined w th M r & M rs Finlay.
*Capt. Lester, a merchant in Quebec, represented the town in the
House of Assembly in the first Parliament and later.
BY JAMES JEFFRY. 103
11. The Courier arrived this morning early with a
small Montreal mail only. I dined at home.
12. Sunday. I at the office writing all this day.
Dined at home.
15. I dined at home. Went to Finlay's in order to
set off w th Maj r A. P. Skene. Rained so much we put
off our departure 'till tomorrow morning. M rs Scott &
Maj r Skene dined with M r & M Finlay.
16. Clear, cold morn g . The major & self set off for
our journey. Found the road very bad. Reached De-
chanibault this evening just after dark. Stayed here,
supped, play'd cards and went to bed ab* 9 o'clock. _
17. This morn g between 1 & 2 o'clock Dubord, the
postman from Quebec, arrived at Dechambault. We went
off with him ab l three & went on the ice from this and so
continued to Montreal tho the postman at Cape Madelane
was afraid to venture his horse on the ice, as Lanaudiere
& Scott had near lost their horses on that passage the
night before. Dubord insisted on going and drove. We
got safe over to Three Rivers ab* 10 o'clock, where had
beef stakes & a glass of wine. Labadie from Montreal
did not arrive till 12 o'clock this day, & he gave a most
terrible ace* of the road he had come and as Maj r Skene
wanted to see the Iron works there, we stayed. I dined
w th Cap* Stahan and Doc r Miller of y e 26 th Reg*. Aaron
Hart & wife dined there. Kneller* & W m Grantf the
lawyer arr d here from Quebec. J. Williams^: arr d likewise
this even 8 ab* 8 o'clock. Skene & I lodged at Sills's.
Clear & so cold as to continue freezing.
18. Left Three Rivers between 6 & 7 o'clock. Took
to the ice. Traveled this day to Arpentinge where we
arr d at 7 o'clock when it grew dark & the man would not
take us across to the Island. This day we have had very
good traveling excepting off & on the ice, the edge of
which being covered with water, made it very difficult.
About half-way from Le Veltrie, we met M rs Prentice
going down.
Attorney General. Died in 1776.
t Barrister in Quebec. Receiver General of the Province in 1770
and member of the Assembly in 1792.
^Secretary of the Legislative Council and member of the Assembly.
104 JOURNAL KEPT IN QUEBEC IN 1775
19. Sunday. Set off ab* 7 o'clock for Montreal where
we arriv'd ab* 10 o'clock. Came chiefly on the ice. It
began to snow ab* an hour before we arr d Met M r Dunn*
& Miss Mabane, Doc r Mabanef & M rs Venture ab* two or
three miles from Montreal in their way to Quebec. Rec d
some letters which were in the office for me. Cole & J.
C. Minot^: called to see me at Ferrises, where Skene & I
had put up. They then set off for Isle Jesu. I dined
w th Antill, Vanderheyden & wife. Stanhouse & wife
dined w th us. This evening White & Vanderhayden had
a small boxing match at the Coffee Hpuse. It began ab*
a paper which was drop't a night or two ago in the Coffee
House. We supped at Antills. Several scurulous papers
have been thrown ab* lately.
20. The ice between this & the other side grows very-
rotten and bad. I dined w th E. W. Gray. Cap* Wil-
liams, Doc r Huntly, Maf Skene & Ermantinger there
likewise. We spent the even g there.
21. I dined with John Stanhouse. Spent the evening
& sup'd there. Several more of the scurulous papers
thrown into peoples doors last even 8 reflecting on the
Select society and actors in the plays.
22. Made a bargain w th Claud La Bonte whose turn
it was to go off w th the New York mail to stay for us 'till
the next post which goes off on Sunday morning. Dined
with Jn Blake.
23. Dined with Ermentinger. Lester, Gray, Todd,
Woolsey & Harrison dined there. W. & self drank tea
with M rs Stanhouse. Nothing material this day.
24. N. E. snowstorm this morning. Dined with Jos.
Torrey. No great market at Montreal. Drank tea with
Torry. Spent the even 8 at the Coffee House.
25. I dined with Price | & Hay wood. R. Meredith
and J. Torry dined there.
*Hon. Thomas Dunn, member of the Legislative Council of Que-
bec and for a time Administrator in Chief.
tMember of the first Legislative Council in Quebec, which was
appointed in 1764.
JAn American sympathizer. He sent a cargo of wheat to the
Americans from Quebec.
Postmaster of Montreal and sheriff of the district.
||A merchant in Montreal and agent in Canada of the American
Congress.
BY JAMES JEFFRY. 105
26. Sunday. Dined with Alexander Henry. Claud
La Bonte return'd from S* Johns.
27. Dined with Joseph Torry on roasted mutton. &
potatoes.
28. Dined w* h M r & M r8 Gray. L. Ermentinger dined
there. M r & M rs Er. w th M r & M rs Burk & self spent the
evening there. Played at whist. Won 7 dollars. Went
home ab* 12 o'clock.
29. I dined w th Jacob Vanderheyden. Meredith, Jor-
dan, Stanhouse and old M r Livingstone* dined there.
Had a report by the post from Quebec that an express
had arr d there from Boston by the way of Kennebeck to
M* Z T McCauley. His business as yet unknown.
30. Maf Skene & self set off w th Claud La Bonte,
the postman, ab* 10 o'clock. Crossed the river in a
cannoe a little above Montreal. Rode in a cariole from
where we landed to La Perrie ab* 17 leagues. Arr d there
ab* 2 o'clock. There we me met one Brownf who came
from N. England to know if the Indians or Canadians
were coming down on the backs of the Inhabitants of the
American Governments. He had two men which come
with him as guides. They were gone to the Indian Vil-
lage above Montreal, Brown set off for Montreal. The
men return'd this evening. We sent off the man w th the
mail & our luggage on a sled for S* Johns. We staid at
M r Phillips this night. Ab* 12 o'clock this night the
priest died here.
31. The Maf & self set off on horseback ab* 8 o'clock
this morn 8 for S* Johns where I arrived ab* noon, the
Maj r sometime before. La Bonte got in there ab* 8 this
morn 8 . Dined and set off at 2 o'clock P. M. Just as we
set off, La Ramie, the postman, arr d & with him came
across the lakes, J. W. Swift & Cap* Napier & son, the
former 50 days from Phil*. At two leagues from S*
*An American sympathizer who maintained a correspondence
with them through some Indians. His son operated with Montgom-
ery before Quebec, leading 200 or 300 Canadians .
tCaptain Brown. Sent in spring of 1775 to Canada to feel dispo-
sition of Canadians and Indians. Joined Montgomery, and with
Livingstone led the detachment which captured Chambly. Was at
siege of Quebec. After retreat of Americans, he brought accusa-
tions against Arnold. Was killed fighting against Sir John Johnston
in Mohawk Valley, October 19, 1780.
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Johns met Ant c La Bonte with the Jan y mail. He has a
box for Gov r Carleton which, I imagine, contains his
Commission & instructions on the new establishment.
This evening reached the river at Cole & lodged at one
La Bontes.
April 1, 1775. Saturday. Very pleasant morning.
Set off at sunrise. Ab* 9 o'clock met another postman
with a New York mail. This day had to draw our can-
noe with the baggage near three leagues across different
patches of ice on the north side of Point an Roche. One
Laframboise who was with us, left us & went home.
After that we drew our cannoe about 2 miles on the ice.
Went round Point au Roche, built us a wigwam, made a
fire and sup'd & went to sleep.
2. A cold night which made a very thick scum of ice
this morn g . Left our lodgings ab* sunrise. Met some
Indians at Cumberlandhead, drunk in a canoe haul'd up.
Went on shore. At a house here was told that another
postman past last evening thro : the bush having haul'd
his boat up in a swamp, so that four N. York mails will
arrive (as I imagined) at Quebec on Wednesday next.
The two officers which have been out so long from Mon-
treal a hunting, past last even 8 , the same way with the
Post, on their return to Montreal. We arriv'd at Hay &
Glennys ab* 2 o'clock. Met Cap* Hazen* there with one
*Brigadier-GeneraI Moses Hazen was born in the year 1733, and,
it is supposed, belonged originally to Haverhill, Massachusetts ; he
served as lieutenant in Captain McCurdie's company of Rangers in
the expedition against Louisbourg, in 1758; after that officer's death
became a captain of the company and commanded Fort Frederic, on
the river St. John, where he laid waste the neighboring country.
He accompanied Wolfe to Quebec in 1759, and distinguished him-
self the next year, near that city, in a brush with the French and in
the battle of Sillery, 28th April, 1760. Knox's Journal, I., 230, 320,
353 ; II, 279, 293. As a reward for his services he received a com-
mission of lieutenant in the 44th regiment of foot on 21st February,
1761 (Army List), but was placed on half-pay in 1763, after which he
settled, it is said, near St. Johns, and furnished supplies to General
Montgomery in 1775, on his invasion of Canada. Hazen's property
was, in consequence, destroyed by the Loyalists and Regulars,
whereupon he offered his services to Congress, by which he was
appointed, in January, 1776, Colonel of the 2d Canadian, or the
Congress' own regiment. He was in command of the district of
Montreal the following season, but returned to Ticonderoga in the
summer, where he was tried by court martial on charges brought by
General Arnold, and honorably acquitted. 4 American Archives,
BY JAMBS JEFPRY. 107
White, a young man from New England. Dined here.
Hazen and W. went off just after dinner in a batteau for
Cumberlandhead. Most of this day's journey has been
thro: a scum of ice which I was afraid would cut thro :
our cannoes bottom. M rs Hay is here. Had the ruff
stuff taken off our cannoes bottom. H. & G. has a fine
parcel of oak timber cut for ship building. The wind
blew fresh this afternoon from the northward. We stayed
here till the morn 8 .
3. We set off ab t 7 o'clock. Took another hand with
us from H. & G. The wind rose very high from y e north-
ward. We went ab* 2 leagues. Was then obliged to put
on shore where we made a fire on a point of land. The
fire ran among the leaves & dry underbrush for upwards
of a mile & spread across the whole point. The wind
abated something ab* 3 o'clock. We embraced the opp y
& put off, but before we had compleated two leagues more
the wind rose to such a heighth that we were obliged to
go on shore & encamp for the night which was indeed
very cold.
4. Sun rose very clear. Last even 8 we left a pint
black jack ab* half full of water. This morn 8 the water
was froze into a solid body. How cold must it have
been ? We set off at 6 o'clock this morn 8 , the wind blew
fresh. Put ashore at the point of Peru Bay to eat a
morsel ab* 8 o'clock. The wind very high. Called a
Councel to consider whether we should attempt to pass
the Bay or not. Concluded to venture. Set off and got
safe to the opposite point ab* 11 o'clock and glad were we
that we had escaped a ducking. The Maj r and self with
the man from H. & G. for a guide, took to the woods &
walkt to Willsborough, and arriv'd there at Stratfords
about y% past 3 o'clock P. M., where we got tea with
good bread & butter. Began to snow just after we arriv'd
at the House. We had a partridge roasted for supper
which we killed coming thro : the woods. La Bonte ar-
rived w th the cannoe ab* 9 o'clock this evening.
V. 751; 5 ibid., I., 1124. He spent the following winter at Albany,
recruiting. In June, 1781, he was appointed Brigadier-General, and
retired from the army at the close of the war. He died at Troy,
New York, on the 3d of February, 1803, in the 70th year of his age.
Allen says he died on the 30th January, 1802.
108 JOUBNAL KEPT IN QUEBEC IN 1775
5. Set off ab* 7 o'clock. Spit of snow most of this
day. We reached Crown Point between 5 & 6 o'clock.
A small strip of ice a little above the point stopt our
proceeding any further for this night. A postman from
York past a little before we arriv'd.
6. Hired a p r of oxen to draw our cannoe & baggage
beyond the ice. Walkt on from Crown Point to Four
Mile Point and waited there the coming of La Bonte.
While there Jos. La Bonte from Skenesborough with a N.
York mail came in. Got a paper from the portmanteau.
Took to the cannoe and arrived at three mile point ab* 4
o'clock P. M. The Maf & self took to the bush &
walked to Ticonderoga, where we arrived between 6 & 7
o'clock P. M. Went to the fort & drank tea with Cap*
D. La Place & Lady. The two Miss Skenes there & D.
Tucker. We also supped there. Flights of snow & heavy
squalls of wind all this day.
7. Between 6 & 7 o'clock Claud La Bonte arrived
with his cannoe & our baggage. Sent him off. The Maj r
& self remained at Ticonderoga.
8-9. Pleasant weather. Could not obtain a passage
from Ticonderoga.
10. Monday. The maj r & two young ladies w th D.
Tucker, Mr. Brooks,* who came to Ticonderoga last
even* & self left Ti : in a Batteau with Corporal & 4
soldiers. After meeting with some difficulty get g thro :
the ice arrived at Skenesborough ab* midnight.
12. A very disagreeable storm of snow and ice. The
cattle at Skenesborough very poor. No fodder for them
& many died.
14. Left Skenesborough ab* 9 o'clock this morn g in c
with the postman, Douglas. We had two very poor fed
horses. Very bad roads & squawley weather. Arr a at
Fort Edward ab* 7 o'clock. I stayed at Sq r Smith's this
night. The postman went on.
15. Smith lent me H. Finlay's horse (which was left
in his care last Fall) to go to Albany with & by my watch
I set off at % past 8 o'clock this morn g , the road in some
places bad, in others very good. Arr d at Mr. Neils at
Saratoga (w ch is 11 or 12 miles) 5 minutes before 12
*A chaplain in the Quebec garrison.
BY JAMBS JEFFBY. 109
o'clock. Order d hay & oats for the horse but he could
eat neither and laid himself down in very great pain.
Had him bled in the mouth & gave him a dose of sut,
salt, etc. He remained in great pain all this day. At
night turned him into the barn on a bed of straw.
16. Sunday. My horse this morn* much better but he
could not eat either hay or oats. I had a mess of bran
mixed for him which he eat very heartily off. I went on
& hired a horse ab* a mile from Mr. Neils to carry me to
Still Water. The same horse I was obliged to take to
Half Moon where I did not arrive 'till dark.
17. Set off with my yesterdays horse and inquired for
a mile or two before I could get any conveyance. At last
a Dutchman would favor me so far as to takle his wagon
& take me within 4 miles of Albany for a dollar. Arriv'd
there at 11 o'clock. Horse-racing there. Could not hire
any conveyance to take me to Albany. N. B. The Dutch-
man with his waggon was going to the horse race or
should not have had the conveyance of his wagon.
18. Overcast & showery this morn 8 . Ab* 10 o'clock
this morn g , a waggon coming by I got a cast in it to Albany.
Gave the man a pot of beer for my passage. It rained
very hard with some thunder & lightning. Arriv'd at
Albany ab* noon, wet to the skin. Put up at the Widow
Vernons.
19. High wind & raw cold but no rain. M r Monier
went with me to buy or hire a horse. Was obliged to
buy. Gave 42 1-2 dollars for one of 5 years old. Bor-
rowed 8 dollars of Mr. Monier for which I drew on E.
W. Gray of Montreal & desired him to send the money
by the first post. I spent this even g w th Monier & wife.
20. The wind very high & river so full could not cross
the ferry.
21. Pleasant weather. Crossed the ferry at Albany
ab* 11 o'clock. Rode ab* 36 miles this day & lodged at
Claverie.
22. Rain this morn 8 . Did not set off till 9 o'clock.
Stopt at one Youngs at Barrington. There heard that an
express came up yesterday which bro* an account of a
scurmish between some of the regular troops and some of
the country people. At this place the drum was beating
110 JOURNAL KEPT IN QUEBEC IN 1775
to arms and several people were muster'd, armed. Went
on to Springs at the entrance of the green wood. Slept
here for the night. Had here a confirmation of the
skirmish, with this addition, that the Regulars were drove
back from Lexinton to Boston and that they went out to
stop Handcock & Adams from going to the Congress at
Philadelphia & to destroy magazines that were form 8 .
Thunder, lightning & rain this ev g & during good part of
the night. The latter part of this days road as bad as I
ever travelled.
23. Sunday. Rain this morn g . Set off ab* 8 o'clock
with two men who were going to Rox berry or Cambridge
to hear the particulars of the engagement. Various re-
ports this day. Lodged near Springfield.
24. Rode ab* 2 mile & crossed the ferry & breakfasted
at Springfield. A rainy morn g . Adams the postman
here. He gave us an ace* of his mails being taken from
the Post Office at Hartford, Gen 1 Gage's letters taken out
& burnt with ab* 300 of Revington's papers.* We set off
with 4 men, three from Connecticut & one Doc r Bennet
from Birkshire county all after news. Met many return'd
soldiers & horses & others going down we overtook.
The roads very full of travellers. Lodged at Spencer.
25. Clear & very warm weather. At Worcester ab l
11 o'clock stopt w th [John] Handcock and Sam 1 Adams.
This day we past a great number of Troops going to Cam-
bridge. Lodged at Sudbury.
26. Breakfasted at Watertown. Went through Cam-
bridge where I was detained two or three hours waiting
for a pass. At last known by Col Dudley Sargent.
Dined w th Gen 1 [Artemas] Ward & his officers. Col
Sargent ab* 3 o'clock set off with me for Salem. He in-
formed me that most of the people from Salem were re-
moved into the country. Arriv'd at Salem just at dusk.
Found all our folks at home excepting Peggy,f who w tb
Mrs. Higginson4 her mother Cleveland, and her two sis-
ters were gone to Portsmouth.
*Rivington's New York Gazetteer, a Tory newspaper.
tHis sister Margaret, who had married Stephen Cleveland of
Salem.
JMrs. Susanna, wife of Stephen Higginson and daughter of Rev.
Aaron Cleveland.
BY JAMES JEFFRY. Ill
27. Took a walk round the town. Saw many people,
knew but few, was not known by many. Great numbers
of people leaving Marblehead, Cape Ann & Salem.
28. Mr. Good[a]le & wife w th Miss Sus a Higginson,
Mr 5 [William] Pincheon & family, w th several more sailed
this morn 8 for Nantucket.
29. Various reports relating [to] Boston affairs & the
Camp at Cambridge. One hour, Gen r Gage will let the
people out of Boston, then alter his mind and put a stop
to their going.
30. An ace* arr d this day that the New York people
had secured 1500 stand of arms and all the stores pur-
chased for Government.
May 1, 1775. Several people arr d at Salem by water
from Boston last even g . Dined at the old Esq rs with
Billy's widow. Drank tea w th Mrs. Cabot.
2. I in c w th N. S[parhawk] & mother set off for
Portsmouth. Dined at Newbury where I was stopt an
hour or two by the Committee of Safety, by which means
I did not arrive at Portsmouth till after 9 o'clock in the
ev g . Met by the watch going into town. Exam d by some
of the Committee at Peggy's just after my arrival. Ques-
tioned again ab* 12 o'clock this night and had a watch
round the house all night and five or six people to exam-
ine me in the morn 8 . Dined with Peggy.
5. Left Portsmouth this morn 8 . Dined at Newbury.
N. Sparhawk & W. Pike proceeded to Salem. 1 staid
with Bromfield & spent the even g with S. Hooper.
6. Left Newbury this morn 8 & arr d at Salem this af
ternoon.
7. Sunday. Pleasant weather this week.
13. This day S[tephen] Cleveland sailed in a brig* for
the West Indies. Sparhawk and I went down the har-
bour with him.
16. C. Touzel sail d .
21. Sunday. In the morn g heard noisy Parson Por-
ter.* In the afternoon went to hear young Smith. N.
Gardner to meeting w th me.
Possibly Rev. Nathaniel Porter, born in Topsfield, in July ap-
pointed as chaplain in a N. H. regiment.
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23. Heard of a skirmish at Waymouth between the
country people there & some regular soldiers which were
sent for Hay on Grape Island. The soldiers drove off &
the hay burnt.
24. Part of the Salem Comp y marched this afternoon
for Cambridge. [Samuel] Porter* set off for Cambridge.
25. Thursday. I set off from Salem ab* noon for
Cambridge, where 1 arr d ab* 4 o'clock, P. M. Found
Porter just ready to mount his horse & return to Salem.
He stopt a short time for me to get a pass from General
Ward which I did. Then he set off & it was agreed that
I should meet him at Reding this even 8 . Lodged at
Reding.
26. Put up this evening at one Shepherd's at Sow-
hegan.
27. Pleasant this day. Went through Willton, Pe-
terborough & to Dublin where we lodged at one Morses.
28. Sunday, Went to Wymans at Keene where we
spent the day.
29. Arriv'd this even 8 at Whites in Chaiiestown or
N 4. This even 8 Porter & I settled our expenses & he
determined to return to Salem.
30. This morn 8 I hired a man to go with me part of
the way thro : the woods. We breakfasted here and
Porter changed his mind and went on with me. We
reached Coffins at Cavendish at dark.
31. Pleasant weather but the roads bad. We reached
to one Buttoms at Otter Creek ab* sundown. This night
was a very heavy thunder shower. Here Porter was
wavering again.
June 1, 1775. Porter set off with me again. We put
up towards night at one Steven's at Pitford. Just after
we had got in, arriv'd a man from Ticonderoga who said
it was impossible for anyone to pass the lakes. This so
startled Porter that he again resolved to proceed with me
no farther but return to Buttom's & from thence proceed
Samuel Porter, a Salem lawyer, an addresser of Hutchinson, and
loyalist, who was living in London in 1776, where he died in 1798.
It is said that he indicated to Lieut.-Col. Leslie which street he
should take on reaching Salem, Feb. 26, 1775, while on the way to
the North Bridge.
B? JAMES JEFFRY. 113
to Albany. I gave him a letter to the Postmaster there,
J. Monier.
2. I discharged my man this morn 8 & he returned and
Porter with him.* I now had to travel on by myself and
as the sun got high it grew very hot. I reached to one
Wiswall's ab* 3 o'clock, P. M. Here I turned my horse
out to feed and remained here.
3. Set off for Ticonderoga. The road being much
shorter & better than going thro : the woods to Crown
Point. Besides I had com 7 to Ti : where we arr d at 3
o'clock, P. M. The command 8 officer here is Cap* Her-
rick. Col 03 Allen and Easton came to Ti : this even 8 .
4. Sunday. Spent the day at Ti : Two companies
arr d across Lake George. The Sloop, scho r , &c. sailed
down the Lake this day.
5. Ab* 11 o'clock A. M. I left Ti : in a large boat
which was going to Crown Point with a comp 7 of sol-
diers. Arr d at the Point ab* 3 o'clock, P. M. Put up at
Lewis's. One Cap* Noble commands here.
6. I at the Point this day. This even 8 arr d from Ti :
Col s [Ethan] Allen & Easton w* h a com 7 of men & one
Cap* Brown from Cambridge with letters for Col Arnold
came with him. A thunder squawl this evening.
7. After getting a pass from Cap* Noble I went on
board a batteau which was taking Cap* Brown with letters
to Arnold who is on board the sloop on Lake Champlain
there. There was besides Brown, Cap* Greaves, L*
Jones, a brother of Brown's & 12 soldiers besides myself.
This day we met the three Stockbridge Indians who were
taken by Sam 1 McKay at S* John's, bound & carried to
Montreal. The marks of the cords in their arms still
remained & they shew to Capt. Brown, & they beged that
if ever McKay should fall into the hands of the American
forces, he might be delivered to the Stockbridge Indians.
Stopped at one Parsons's and slept.
8. P. M. reached to Point au Feire. Here we stayed
this night. A very heavy thunder squawl & rain just
after we had got in.
*In a letter from Mrs. Edward Augustus Holyoke of Salem, written
from Nantucket, June 21, 1775, appears the following: "We have
just had an account that Mr. Porter the lawyer was shot going to
Quebeck with a letter."
114 JOURNAL KEPT IN QUEBEC IN 1776
9. This morn 8 heard three large guns from the sloop
& schooner which were a few miles nearer S* Johns than
we were. Got on board our boat & went for them. We
past the schooner as she was under sail & three batteaus.
A little below there we saw the sloop under sail & another
batteau. Went on board the sloop. Breakfasted with
Col Benedict Arnold on chocolate, fresh venison roasted,
& fresh fish broil'd. I was then set on shore at P* au
Feire at Col Christie's house in which lived an old
Scotchman by himself. The wind was so high till near 1
o'clock P. M. that we could not stir with a cannoe. Then
the wind abated a little & he went with us in a cannoe 2
leagues to a French house where we arr d ab* 3 o'clock,
P. M, I was then within ab* 22 miles of S* Johns but
could not hire a Frenchman to go there with me. They
were all afraid of being stopt by the regular troops there.
Ab* dusk a Frenchman put me on a raft that was going
down belonging to Hay & Glenny. The raft was going
down w th the stream all night.
10. At dusk within ab* 2 miles of S* Johns, a boat
with a sergeant & 8 men, armed, came to us & abused the
master of the raft for letting his cannoe go on shore with
two men who went to fetch dry stuff to make a smoke to
drive the rnosquitos away. This boat took me to S* Johns
where I fell in with a number of old acquaintances
amongst whom was Doc r Gill who provided me a bed. I
supp'd w th the mess of officers. Beef, cheese & porter.
11. Sunday. Breakfasted w th Doc r Gill. Spent an
hour or two in viewing the lines throw 8 up at S* Johns
under the directions of Cap* Williams of the train. Hired
a horse & set off for Lapireire ab* 11 o'clock. Arr d there
ab* 3 o'clock P. M. Dined at M r Killups. From there
went across the river to the Island of Montreal in a bat-
teau with 5 hands. The wind very high. Arr d in the
town of Montreal at 6 o'clock P. M. & immediately wait-
ed on Gov r Carleton (who was at the India House) and
shew him the letters & newspapers which I had with me.
The former he looked at & returned to me directly with-
out breaking a seal & w* h liberty to deliver as soon as I
pleased. The papers he said he would be glad I would
leave with L* Gov r Cramake and I comply'd with the re-
BY JAMES JEFFRY. 115
quest. Paid a visit to Mr. Ermantinger & many others.
Supped with E. W. Gray & lodged at his house. N. B.
Gray told me the disgrace w ch had lately happened in a
family of our acquaintance.
12. Breakfasted w th M r Blake, then with M r Torrey
and family. At noon agreed to set off for Quebec this
afternoon w th L* Layard of the 7 th Reg*. Dined w* h E. W.
Gray. Left Montreal between 6 & 7 o'clock this ev g A
clear fine night. Road the whole of it.
13. Arr d at McKay's at Berthier just at daylight.
Dined at Three Rivers. Supped and lodged at Decham-
beaux. N. B. The troops at S* Johns are parts of the
7 th & 26 th Reg* 8 and some artillery.
14. Left Decham beaux ab* 7 o'clock this morn* I
stopt at Holland House* ab* 2 P. M. M rs Finlay in town.
I came in on horseback. N. B. L* Gov r Cramake did
not give me my newspapers till just as I was going off
from Montreal & then with a caution who I let see them.
Bouchette in whom came Eb r Torrey, arr d here last Sat-
urday. Watts & his wife came in the same vessel.
15. I dined w th Jacob Rowe.f M Rowe just got ab*
from lay g in w th a daughter. M rs Scott has a son.
16. Dined w* h J. Hanna & wife.
18. Sunday. Went to meeting to hear Parson Henry.
Just as I had returned to the lower town from kirk, came
on a very heavy thunder shower but it did not last long.
Dined at home.
20. This day arr d the ship Prince of Wales, Cap* H T
Fourneaux from London & the brig* Cap* Bibbens from
Nfland.
22. At procession this day.
25. Sunday. J. C. Minot:}: arr d this morning from La"
Chenie. The Brig* Sally, Tho s Thompson, arr d from
Boston ab* 3 o'clock P. M. in which came passengers
Jon a Clarke, M rs M c Neil with four children & two negros.
They bro* the first acc that was heard here of Putnam
*The residence of Hon. Hugh Finlay. It was occupied by Mont-
gomery as his headquarters, and stood two miles west of St. Johns
gate.
tMerchant in Quebec; also Deputy Provost Marshal.
{Probably Jonas Clark Minot, son of Stephen Minot, merchant of
Boston.
116 JOURNAL KEPT IN QUEBEC IN 1775
with a party of men taking the cattle off Nodles Island
and destroying an armed schooner at Chelsea on the night
between the 27 th & 28 th of May last.
28. Wednesday. Nothing material by the Post. At
noon was smuggled into Simpson's Coffee House attend'd
by the father & sponsers as assistants, a letter wrote to
Gen r Carleton begging the fav r of him to make them (the
subscribers) soldiers in the room of the Regular Troops
w ch the letter says it was necessary he should remove
from this and the house being at that time very full, many
signed it without reading ; & many signed because a
number of names to it with whom they were acquainted,
some because they would not be thought singular, &
others for fear of affronting the person who asked them,
but most of them before night would have been very glad
their names had not been there as the Gov r could not get
any of y e French to enlist 'till they saw what the English
would do. This method was pitched on as the readiest and
most likely to succeed ; by some of the Government party,
and was then produced to the French as a president and
in a great measure answered, for this evening 18 or 20 of
the leading men of the French at Quebec had a meeting
at Prentices.
29. S* Peter's Day. As the French people came from
church ab* noon, great numbers went immediately to
Prentices where a letter much of the same tenor & stile
was signed by them as I have been informed and both
letters or the copyes of them with the names of the sign-
ers were sent by this days post to General Carleton/ (who
is now at Montreal) to make the most he can of it there.
This day I was informed that the Gen r had sent off from
Montreal ab* 30 vagabond savages which he picked up to
join the troops at S* Johns, but that the Huron tribe had
refused going. Snow Hero, Cap* Le Masurier, arr d from
Fal mouth.
30. The Brig a Lady Tyrconnell, David Kinloch, arr d
from Spain. This evening arr d a small Schooner, Oliver
White, master, which left Salem a few days before me.
He has been to Casco Bay and Chaleur Bay.
July 1, 1775. Labadie the postman arr d at the office
ab* 6 o'clock this morn 8 . He brings an ace* that the Ca-
BY JAMES JEFFBY. 117
nadians at La Chenie, Lassumption and the villages around
there had rose to the number of 11 or 1200 men, armed
with pitch forks, hows, etc. & drove off the people whom
Gen r Carleton has sent from Montreal as officers for that
militia, declar 8 they would (if they should be formed into
a militia) have English men to lead them or some of their
neighbours such as they should choose. One Jolly was
taken up as ringleader but the Gov r after hearing the
story released him & gave him a cap 18 com n We also
heard that a gentleman from Phil% who came across the
lakes with Prince of Montreal, was com g down to Quebec
with Doby, and that Doby had a letter from Finiay to
M r8 Finiay. Jn Blake, Dobie, & one M r Nichols arr d at
Prentices ab* 8 o'clock this morn*. M r Nichols tells me
M r Finiay was gone from New York by water for Boston
where he proposed getting a passage round to Quebec by
water. M Finiay came to town this forenoon. M r Fin-
lay writes her word that he was cruising in a frigate w th
Cap* Montigree, for a fortnight, to meet with the packet
from England, that it might not fall into the hands of the
people from S Carolina who had fitted out a vessel to
intercept her. Gen r Carleton has stopt a great number of
newspapers at Montreal which were bro* by this M r Nich-
ols. I saw a N. York paper which was forw d by Finiay
to Scott, of the 1 st June. Nothing very material in it
but that the Congress at N. York disapprove of any one's
corning into this province of Quebec & disturbing the
quiet of the people here. I saw an Essex Gazette bro* by
Cap* White of the 1 s * June in which is the recantations of
many Salem people who signed an address to Gov r Hutch-
inson. Among the names was Nath 1 Dabney.*
2. I went to hear Parson Henry. M rs M c Neil &
daughter w th Cap* Watts dined w th us.
4. John Blake dined with us. No material occur-
ancies.
5. Wednesday. Dubord came to the office w* h the
Montreal mail ab* 6 o'clock. Had an ace* by him of one
Sinclair, a gunsmith, shooting a man at Montreal last
Monday morn g . Sinclair is in goal. The quarrel was
*A physician of Salem who went to England in 1777 and died be-
fore the peace.
118 JOURNAL KEPT IN QUEBEC IN 1775
ab* a house that the Frenchman had bo* and Sinclair lived
in & would not leave. The owner to get out the tenant
began taking the roof off & the tenant shot him. With
tide this day arr d Cap* N. LeMasurier, in the ship Mary
from Falmouth & W m Jackson in the Brig* from London.
N. B. This is one of the missing vessels out 40 odd days.
Also Sanderson in the Brig a from Milford in a short pas-
sage. By him we have an ace* that y e American Acts will
not be repealed. Lord Camden's speech in the House of
Lords on the Quebec petition for the repeal of the Canada
bill but to no effect. An ace* of the death of the Queen
of Denmark at Zell. Several heavy showers this after-
noon.
6. Toward even 8 a gent n from N. York but last from
Nfland came across from Point Levi. 1 shew him the
way to N. Bayard. He gives an ace* of several vessels
being in the river, among which are two transports from
Boston. The master of one he says gives an ace' of a
battle being fought between the Regular troops & Provin-
cials. The particulars he could not learn bat they saw
nineteen boat load of wounded Regulars bro* back to
Boston. Report by some is that the fight was at Dorches-
ter Hill, others say at Rox berry. This even 8 the two
Torreys, Jn & Eb r set off for Montreal.
7, This day four or five topsail vessels arrived, a
transport or two from Boston. The report off the Cap*
of one of the transports is that the battle was at Charles-
town hill ; that a party of Provincials were on the ev g of
the 17 th entrenching themselves there & a party of the
Regulars were sent out to dislodge them. On their first
appearance the town of Charlestown was set on fire &
wholly destroyed. That in forc g the entrenchments great
numbers he believes were killed on both sides but that
the entrenchments were carried by the Regulars with the
loss of about 300 men. Among the killed is Maj r Pit-
cairn, Capt. Johnson & Capt. Smith. Gen. Howe with
Maj r Pitcairn's son wounded. What the loss was on the
other side he can't tell. By a mem which the mate of
this transport has in the log-book, the battle lasted one
hour & sixteen minutes and the regulars had upwards of
two thousand men killed & wounded.
BY JAMES JBFFEY. 119
8. This morn 8 arr d at Quebec, H y Boone. The vessel
he was coming from London in was cast away on some
part of Nf land, vessel & cargo lost. The vessel was
loaded for M r Drummond. The chief of her cargo was
two stills & a number of bricks for a new distillery M r
Drummond intended setting up. M r M c Cullock came
down from Montreal w th the post w ch arr d this morn*. He
brings an ace* that Brook Watson,* Young Tonnencourt,f
Perras were arr d at Montreal from N. York in a short
passage across Lake Champlain. Watson brought a news-
paper w th an ace* of the battle at Charlestown w ch the
Provincials had seventy killed & no more. That the
Regulars had five hundred killed & upwards besides
wounded & we here seem as yet in the dark whether the
Regulars carried the trenches or not. Misses Skenes are
arr d at Montreal.
9. This morn g arr d here old Maf Skeene's sister & his
two daughters. Borrowed J. Welles:}: caleche & hired
another & went with the sister & eldest daughter to Hol-
land House. It was so late before we got out M rs Finlay
was come to town to church. It began to rain between
twelve & one o'clock and continued rain 8 the most part
of this afternoon. Went by S. P's invitation to M r8
Phillip's w th the Misses Skenes where I see Miss Salley
for the first time since my arrival but such an alteration
in the looks of a person of her years ab* the body I think
I never saw.
10. Pleasant weather. Toward evening M r Finlay
arr d across the river from Point Levy. He left the trans-
port in which he came from Boston in at Bic & came up
by land. He bro* with him the April Packet. He se[n]t
for me to Prentices at ^ past 11 o'clock at night. Dunn,
Collins, Scott & S. Phillips was with him. Brook Wat-
son and Gallsop arr d from Montreal at 12 o'clock in the
night. At 1 o'clock I sent off Tupin as express with
*A London merchant, afterwards Lord Mayor of London.
t An official under the French regime, who, after the conquest, be-
came head of the militia for Three Rivers district. He was a man
of considerable wealth.
|A Quebec merchant, who joined the Americans.
Allsopp.
120
Gen r Carleton's letters w ch came in the April Packet and
the letters for the Gent u at Montreal.
11. Finlay very unwell w th a cold, oppression at the
stomack & a fever. Doc r Badelair* went out to see him ,
Nothing material. Various are the reports of the battle
at Charlestown.
12. Wednesday. Nothing new by the Post. N. E.
wind & thick weather this afternoon. J. Rowe & self
walked out to Finlay. He is very unwell but better than
he was yesterday. He was blooded this morn g . One of
the Transports arriv'd this even g from Boston but sailed
before the battle at Charlestown & brings us nothing new.
13. This day I took the follow 8 ace* of the troops in
Boston, etc. from a mem I chanced to meet with, viz.
" 7 Reg* 8 of F. & 1 of Dragoons arrived added to 11
" Reg* 5 besides 1200 marines.
" 'Tis reported the 17 th June and the Rebels beat from
" the heights of Charlestown.
" Now on the present establishment there is but 500
" men in a Reg* so that allow 8 them to be compleat the
' 7 Reg* 8 & 1 Reg* dragoons will am* to 4000
11 Reg* 8 will be 5500
" Add the marines 1200
"will make but 13,700 men. Many from these may be
*' deducted for killed & wounded in two or three late
" scurmishes."
The clouds appeared very heavy, thick and black
towards noon. Ab* past one o'clock P. M. there was a
very severe flash of lightning & a very heavy clap of
Thunder, by which a mast of a sloop laying off in the
road was struck and shivered & split to pieces as well as
the main-top-gallant mast, main-top-mast, & main-mast of
a ship which lay near the sloop, but no lives lost. I dined
at Prentices. Jn Blake set oif for Montreal.
15. This day Malcolm Fraserf formerly a L* in the
78 th Reg* shew me half a Phil a paper in w ch was printed a
letter he had wrote some time past w ch was intercepted at
Crown Point giving some ace* of the dispositions of the
Inhabitants & people in this prpvince. I believe it was
*Surgeon Major.
tServed at Plains of Abraham, afterwards became colonel.
BY JAMES JEFFRY. 121
given him by M r Dunn who I imagine had rec d it from
Gen* Carleton at Montreal. Pleasant weather.
16. Went to hear Parson Henry this morn*. Finlay
came to town for the first time since his arrival. Went
out before dinner. Dined at home. Drank tea with M r8
Rowe.
17. Dined with J. Rowe & wife. Cap* Hall disap-
pointed them by not com g to dinner. Some showers this
afternoon. Rowe & I went to the goal. Willmot not at
home. His wife opened the door look 8 like a half-bred
fury. Rowe began to ask one Lewis when he expected to
be released. M" Willmot immediately ordered him into
another room & told him he was to answer no one any
question that they asked him. Rowe then asked to see
the prisoners in the other end of the goal & she refused
open 8 the door telling him it was M r Dunn's orders that
no person but the Goaler was to be allowed to speak to
a prisoner without his orders. N. B. This Lewis
is one sent from Montreal by Gov r Carleton for saying
some things w cb displeased the Gov r . Military law this.
18. This afternoon took a walk to Finlay's. He much
better. Cap* Hunter in his Majesty's armed Brig a the
Gaspie arr d here.
19. By the Courier from Montreal this day we have
an ace 1 of the arrival there of Col Johnston,* Cap* Glaus,
Cap* McLean & some others from the Mohawk River.
This even 8 at Prentices, the English Militia met by desire
of M r Dunn. Ab* 100 collected together. W m Hay, C.
J.,f attended by M r Dunn, Collins, W m Grant & some
other courtiers. Opened the meeting by calling for two
large bowls of punch and then by beginning a harangue
to the people. " Gentlemen (says he) the design of your
" meeting at this time is to see how many we can muster
" as a militia, to appoint you officers, & set an example to
" the French people who I am very sorry to say are very
" backward at this time to form themselves into a Body
" tho : not so much as I believe in this district as in Mon-
treal." Then told us that we must form ourselves into
*Guy Johnson, Lieut. Colonel and Superintendent General of
Indian affairs.
tChief Justice.
122 JOURNAL KEPT IN QUEBEC IN 1775
some such Body before any modes of Law could be estab-
lished and then as the time was short for them to fix on
proper officers he would take on himself to name four
Gent n which he doubted not they would have no objec-
tions to. He then named Cap* Neiran, Cap* Equiae,*
Alex r f & Malcolm Eraser, four half-pay officers. The
people then were desired to consider of the matter & have
a meeting again soon. There was something said by
Rowe, M c Cord4 Gregory, & two or three more, but with-
out rule or order. Gregory told the Judge that he was
always ready to defend his own property & that of his
neighbors. The Judge stopt him rather short & said so
would every G-oose in the Parish, he supposed. The meet-
ing broke up & agreed to meet on Saturday next on the
Parade.
20. Cap* Parks, master of one of the Transports,
dined with us. Towards evening a meeting of the Mer-
chants & others at Simpson's, Jn Wells in the chair. The
design of the meeting was declared to be for the purpose
of knowing the minds of the people, whether they would
form themselves into a militia or private company and
choose officers from amongst themselves to command that
company & apply to the Gov r to confirm that choice by
giving such persons commissions. After some debate the
question was put & carried by a very great majority. A
few disent 8 on ace* of their having the ev g before given
their vote for the half-pay officers which were mentioned
by the Chief Justice. Others desired to defer giving
their voice at present & some would give it at the parade
on Saturday. Then was nominated & unanimously chose
as officers, viz. Anthony Vialars, Cap* Charles Grant, 1 s *
Lt., Randle Meredith, 2 d IA, John Painter, En 8 ., & Peter
Mills as Adjutant.
21. This forenoon, Jn Welles, Z y M c Cauley, Ja 8
Major Ecuyer came early to Canada and was one of the commis-
sioners to administer the oath of allegiance to Canadians. Served
through the siege.
t Captain in the 78th regiment (Eraser's Highlanders).
JA Quebec merchant, who gave annoyance to the government by
persistent agitation for an Assembly.
Adjutant in British militia. Was made prisoner in the action in
which Montgomery was killed. Marshal of the Vice-Admiralty.
BY JAMBS JEFPBY. 123
Cummins, & Jn Painter waited on the Hon ble Tho s
Dunn, Esq r as presiding in the absence of the Gov r with
the resolves of the meeting last evening and the names
of the Officers pitched on and M r Dunn approved of the
choice. After M r Welles' return to the lower town he
rec d a letter from the Hon. W m Hey, C. J. telling him
that the meeting at Simpsons the night before appeared to
him a party affair and that Welles was a fomenter &
stirrer up of that party to which long letter M r Welles
wrote him not a very long answer.
22. Ab* the English Merchants, Traders & others
mustered on the parade according to appointment, some
with and some without firelocks. Cha s Grant at the head
of ab* 50 men with firelocks, marched in Indian file from
the lower Town market place to the parade in the upper
town. Alexander Simpson bro* up the rear as Lieut.
Cha 8 in the front, on his right was a highland piper mak-
ing a most horrid noise with his bagpipes, & on his left
Cos ten with his broad ax on his shoulder. On the parade
all was drawn up by Ja s Thompson* & Peter Mills, M r
Dunn, Alex r Johnston, Doc r Mabane & others falling into
the ranks. The Judge came down to review the troops
& after taking a turn or two around the whole Body &
W m Grant with his detached party from S* Roc of nine
men, he set Thompson & Mills to take the names of the
Brigade & it amounted as I hear to ab* 180. He then
told all that he hoped the next time they were reviewed
it would be by a more able general and so dismissed the
Body.f This evening a most scandalous paper made its
appearance at the Coffee House as a burlesque on the
meeting at Simpsons on Thursday even g last & a Great
number of names put to it as people who were at the meet-
*He was present at the taking of Lonisburg in 1758, and of Que-
bec in 1759; as member of the Royal Engineers had superintend-
ence of the defences of the city, and was for many years possessor
of Montgomery's sword.
tQuebec Gazette, 27th July : " On Saturday last, between twelve
and one o'clock, the British inhabitants of Quebec to the number of
about two hundred, mustered on th Parade for the purpose of
forming a militia; where being drawn up, with the Hon. William
Hey, Esq., at their head, the first characters in the place falling
into the ranks indiscriminately; after having their names taken
down and giving three huzzas for the King, they marched off again,
the bagpipes playing Lochaber No More."
124 JOURNAL KEPT IN QUEBEC IN 1775
ing. It was shown by Jn Paterson to Jn Welles, Randell r
Meredith, Geo. Gregory, myself & many more. He says he
took it from one that Alex r Martin had. Martin shew one
likewise. Paterson has promised a copy to R. Meredith.
23. Sunday. I went to meeting. Dined at home.
24. A report prevails this morning that ten sail of
vessels are in the river com 8 up. That eight of them are
transports. This morning Du Croix bro* some papers to
the office w ch he says M r Finlay gave him yesterday to
translate into French. It is an address to the Canadians
dated as from Montreal and in H. F's own handwriting,
persuading the Canadians to defend the Province from
any attack which may be made on them and endeavoring
to point out an inconsistency in the General Congress by
comparing their letter to the Canadians with the one they
wrote to the people of Great Britain on the act of Parlia-
ment for the regulation of Quebec & establishing the
Roman Catholic religion. Drank tea w th M rs M c Neil.
25. Walked out to Finlay's. Find that he intends
supressing that address w ch Du Croix translated for him,
I believe chiefly on the ace* of my having read it in his
hand writing.
26. The Post from Montreal brings an ace* of 2 or 3
hundred savages being collected there. Nothing more
material.
27. Waited on M r T. Dunn this morn*. Mr. [George]
Pownall, Secretary of the Province, & W m Grant of
S* Roc at M r Dunn's room. M r Pownall told M r D. that
last even 8 Major Caldwell* had informed him he had
seen four men which he took to be Yankees crossing
the plains of Abra m . M r P[ownall] acquainted Mr.
Hey, C. J. of it when he arr d at his house and M r
Pownall at M r Keys desire went this morn 8 to Maf Cald-
well's house to inquire if he knew who the men were, but
the Maf being from home he could get no further intelli-
gence. Thus are the Great Folks alarmed at the sight of
a Yankee in this province, at this time. I imagine they
were some of the stone cutters going from Quebec to
Wolfs Cove. A brig a from Nfland & one from S* Lucas
w th salt arr d this even 8 .
The Seigneur of Levis.
BY JAMES JEFFRY. 125
28. Ja s Price arrived from Montreal. He came by
water & brings an ace* of 11 or 12 hundred savages of
the six nations, etc., being at Montreal. The number of
fighting men between 3 & 400, the rest are women &
children. They draw three thousand rations of provis-
ions daily. Cap* Constant Freeman told me this even 8
that he heard E. Harrison, W m Grant of S* Roc, Adam
Lymburner wishing that the Regular Troops in the late
battle had killed 1000, 5000, & one of them said Ten
Thousand Yankees and then they (the Colonists) would
be easy & submit to Government. This even g Cap* Geo.
Gregory acquainted me w th what he overheard between
Shepard & Harrison. Ja 8 Shepard told Harrison that
Gov r Carleton ought to have published a Proclamation
which the Judge (M r Hey) had drawn a scetch of, a copy
of which Shepherd said the Judge had shown him and
further said that it was a very fine one and would have
fired the people at once. One passage in it was, '* That
all they who would not should leave the Province
in eight days." Gregory believes & so do I that the
blank which he could not distinguish the words of was
(take up arms). This evening was confined in the Goal
of this place two men which were sent down from Mon-
treal by water guarded by a party of the 26 th Reg*. They
were com 8 a cross lake Champlain in a cannoe & were
taken at the River Cole by LaNaudiere w* h some soldiers
& Indians. They are called Bostonians & confined 1
suppose as spies, tho : neither of 'em lives near any part of
the Province of Massachusetts Bay. This even 8 M r * Rowe
told me that M r Rowe had rec d a letter from the Judge
by which the Gov r had dismissed him from all services.
30. Went to meeting to hear Parson Henry. After
meeting walked to Holland House, dined w th Finlay &
family. M r and M rs Rowe dined there, & young Loring,
the Commodore's son. Heavy showers this afternoon.
Walked in ab* 8 o'clock. L* Johnston arr d this day from
Montreal. Brings nothing very material.
81. About noon I was much surprised at receiving a
letter from Hugh Finlay, telling me he should take the
Post Office under his own direction, and that he should
attend it himself.
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Aug. 1, 1775. Tuesday. Finlay came to town this
morn*. We had some but not much talk about the
Office. I told him I would take care of it this week for
him. A recruiting party began to beat up for volunteers
for Cap* W m Dunbar's Company of the Royal Highland
Emigrants. About 6 o'clock this evening H. T. Cramake,
L* Gov r , arrived at Quebec from Montreal.
2. We hear from Montreal that there is in that town
ab* 1600 savages, men, women & children. They draw ah*
3000 rations of provisions daily. They came down w th
Col. Johnston and I doubt not will soon return again. Some
showers this day. About 7 o'clock this even 8 Gov r Carle-
ton arr d from Montreal and L d Pitt w th Col Hamilton.*
3. This morn g John Coffinf with his family in the
schooner Fraser Mast 1 arr d in four weeks from
Boston. By him came a number of letters from Officers
& others there which gives us a more particular ace* of
the Battle on the 17 and 18 ult than any we have had
yet, and by these acc ts we find by the regulars own ace* 8
upwards of one thousand men were killed & wounded of
the regular Troops and they say on the part of the Pro-
vincials they imagine at least 5 or 600 tho : they know no
more than 100 men which they took up in the Trenches,
dead or very badly wounded. The 52 d Reg* suffered very
greatly having Maj r Williams, Cap* Addison, Cap* Davi-
son & Cap* Smith killed & Cap* Crawford, Thomson, & 5
or 6 more officers wounded. All the Granadier Com y
(excepting ten) killed or wounded. An express arrived
this morn g to the Gov r with an ace* of two Canadians be-
ing taken up bring 8 letters to Tho s Walker Esq r from
Crown Point, etc. The Gov r has the letters & the two
men are in Goal in Montreal. I have been told (for I
was not there) that people of all ranks & denominations
have been to pay their respects to the Gov r to welcome
him to Quebec, but he is not to be seen, the Judge &
Cramake and He being closetted, I suppose, examing the
letters sent for Walker. They left their names & went
off and that visit is paid.
*Had charge of the seamen daring the siege of Quebec.
tA Boston loyalist. Served at Bunker Hill. Removed with his
family to Quebec and took a leading part in its defence.
BY JAMES JEFFRY.
127
4. Several paid their respects to the Gov r this day.
He seems greatly confused, as I have been told. M r Fin-
lay he asked where he came from & which way he got to
Quebec. M r Finlay immediately on his arrival wrote him
a letter from Quebec, giving him an account of his arri-
val, where from and with whom he came. This I think
shows he is quite lost. J. Rowe was told he had no
further service for him, when he waited on him this morn 8 ,
and J. Welles was asked by him what he wanted. Show-
ers this day. I dined with J. Rowe.
5. The postman Dubord who arrived this morn g from
Montreal tells me that the savages are all gone home, that
the two Canadians with the letters for Walker are in
Goal & in irons, that 12 or 1400 men are muster d at
Chambly & round there and are determined to have the
two out of Goal. They belong to Chambly and [are]
part of nine which went thro : the woods to Crown Point
for intelligence. Montreal is in very great confusion.
Walker is at L'Assumption in his own house & well
armed. I dined w th Finlay. Mr. Nicolls of Phil* dined
there and Miss Sally Phillips.
6. Sunday. Went to meeting. Dined at home.
7. I delivered the keys of the Post Office to M r Fin-
lay this morn g . Cap*- Hamilton, Maj r Caldwell, Rich d
Murray and Pownal, secretary of the Prov. of
Quebec went round with a subscription paper to raise
money to buy fresh provisions for his Majesty's sick &
wounded Troops which lay in Boston. Fargues* bro*
them to our house just as we set down to dinner. If his
Majesty can't afford to feed troops, why in the name of
Fortune does he keep them ? Is not the subscription a
great satire on his Majesty ? I think it is and did not
give a farthing. Finlay gave a half Joannes and before
night I was informed they had begged to the am* of one
hundred & seventy odd pounds. This even 8 sailed Hall
& another Transport for Boston. B. Price of Montreal
went in one. Finlay sent the post off this day.
8. I got most of my things from the office. Bro* M r
Finlay & B. Price's books to my own room.
*Peter Fargues, a merchant in Quebec. Lieutenant in the British
militia.
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9. I waited on the two Miss M c Neils to the Seminary
to see the scholars of the Seminary act the " World un-
masked and the Ridiculous Consort." Prologue by Doc r
Gill's son, James Gill. Epilogue by DeLong's son. The
solemn distribution of the prizes given by his Excellency
Guy Carleton, Major-General and Commauder-in-Chief of
the Province of Quebec, ends the spectacle, and as an
addition to this spectacle they had before the play & be-
tween each act Fidling & Fluting by J. Pascaud, a man
from the West Indies seek 8 business as a fidler ; Tho 8
Ainslie, His Majesty's collector for this port, tho : three
or four vessels was to be cleared, Fidler, Jn Gill, a
young man & clerk to M r . Drummond ; H. Finlay, Post-
master Gen r & Post-Master of Quebec, tho : post day &
no one to attend to the office but a boy w ch could not give
change, fluted ; lately came over as a clerk to H.
Boone, fluted ; L* Layard, 7 th Reg*, played on the Bass-
viol. Thus are his Majesty's officers spending their time
in this province at this difficult time. I don't know
whether to please the Gov r (who was there w th a great
number of attendants, gent m & ladies), or whether it was
to keep in with the Bishops & Priests. There was a very
great crowd of people. The music began ab* ^ past
^eleven o'c, A. M. and the distribution of prizes was
finished ab* 2 o'c, P. M.
10. A Brig a Cap* Yeatman, arr d this day from Cork.
He brought a paper of the 1 st of June, by which we hear
that the ace* of the battle at Lexington had reached there.
The same paper gives an ace* of the great preparations for
war making by Spain. This afternoon arrived a brig a
from the West Indies which was loaded here last fall by
one Cap* [Benedict] Arnold who had the chief hand in
taking the sloop on Lake Champlain. The Custom House
Officers here were determined to seize her as the property
of Arnold, but find it is not his.
11. Cap* Rotche in a Brig a from Liverpool arr d this
morning with salt & ab* 50 bb ls pork. Jn Elliot Turner
came passenger w th Rotch. The vessel with her cargo is
consigned to J. C. Minot and J. E. Turner.
12. This even 8 E. Harrison and S. Blow had a wrangle
at the Coffee House. Both a little in for it.
BY: JAMES JEFFRY. 129
13. Sunday. 1 dined with Jacob Rowe & wife. Was
told this day that Jn Woolsey has, or is to have, J. D.
Merciers* place as Coriner. Blowf sailed for Halifax.
14. This morn 8 sailed for St. Johns Island, M r . Fletch-
er in a sloop. Malcolm Eraser, and young Watts of N.
York went with him in order to raise men there for the
new Regiment raising of Royal Highland Emigrants, com-
manded by Col M c Lean.| Fraser is a Cap*. Ste. Watts
is promised an Ensign's com 5 . At work on Price's books
the most of this day,
15. Judge Hey & Mr. Kneller arr d this day from
Montreal. A great number went to the Judge's country
house to dine with him. The Gov r & His Lady went
there in the afternoon. He tarry'd there, she returned
to town, & the carriage went for him about dark.
M rs M c Neil & daughters w th M rs Watts drank tea at
M" Warrens this afternoon. Heard that Malcolm &
Alex 1 Fraser when below endeavoring to raise recruits
were afraid of the Bostonians being near hand of them &
Malcolm disguised himself to make his escape. M c Cord
told this to Minot,' Cole, & Freeman.
17. This day the new Mandamus Councillors met at
the Council Chamber in the Bishops Palace, to be sworn
into Office. They were to have been sworn into Office
the 1 st of May last, but it could not be attended to on
ace* of the American disturbances. This evening arr d a
passenger from on board a vessel from London. He
brings an ace* of several vessels being below.
18. Capt. Edward in a brig* from London arr d this
morning, out eleven weeks. Passengers with him is
Cap* Cooks (late of y e 47 th Reg*, now Gov r of Gaspie)
w th his wife & family ; L* Faunce (late of the 47 th Reg*,,
now Naval Officer of Quebec), with his wife ; Cha 8 Hay's
wife, and some others. By this vessel papers are rec d to
the 1 st of June by which it appears the ace* of the Lex-
*A merchant in Quebec, and a confederate of Benedict Arnold.
An intercepted letter from Arnold to him gave first intimation of
Arnold's expedition.
tS. Blow, lieutenant in the British militia.
jCol. Allan Maclean, of 114th Foot; colonel of Royal Highland
Emigrants, which he raised; had charge of the defence of Quebec.
Capt. Cox, who served through the siege.
130
ington battle was rec d in England, but we don't hear of
anything done in consequence thereof. Two vessels arr d
from Nfland ; one from the West Indies ; and one from
the ports below.
19. The report this morn g is that Joseph Demian is
to be taken on Henry Boone's information against him for
saying he would fight for his religion & his king, and
that king he said was Louis. Boone gave the information
by a letter with w ch he sent his clerk w th to the Gov r .
He then was sent himself, yesterday twice. However, I
find there will be no notice taken of it. Demian has
been to M r Cramake & Dunn, and they say they know
nothing of it. I believe it is looked on as a drunken
party altogether at Cha s Dailys. This day a schooner arr d
from the West Indies, the master of which informs that
a day or two after he left Martinio, he fell in w th a large
Spanish ship & they inquired of him if he had seen eight
large Spanish men of war ? He answered, no. Had he
seen three large English men of war ? No. Had he seen
a very large Spanish ship ? No. Had he heard of a
Spanish war being declared ? No. He then wished them
a good voyage & left them.
20. Sunday. Went to hear Parson Henry. Dined
with Jacob Rowe & wife. This day after church was
Christian'd in Church by the name of Christopher Gov r
Carleton's son. The sponsers were IA Gov r Cramake, L*
Gov r Hamilton, M rs Drummond & M re Johnson. Extra-
ordinary four Governors in Church this day, viz* Guy
Carleton, Gov r & Com der in Chief of the Province of Que-
beck, H. T. Cramake, L* Gov r of the Province of Quebec,
Hamilton, Gov r of Detroit, Cox, Gov r of Gaspie. N. B.
All these are in the Province of Quebec at present. I
walkt as far as Minutes this afternoon and drank tea
there. One Robins from England, but who left Pbil a
ab* the middle of May went up to Detroit & that way ar-
rived at Quebec this afternoon. He brings nothing mate-
rial.
21. I was at work all this day on B. Price's books.
22. Drank tea with M rs M c Neil & daughters and met
M r & M" Finlay going out of town towards even 8 . By
a Chaloup man which came from below heard of a Brig*
BY JAMES JEFPBY. 131
being ashore near Cape Cat, and a Brig* & two ships
coming up.
23. The Brig* said to be from London.
24. Sky overcast all this day. A list of our new reg-
ulating Council appeared in this day's Gazette for Quebec.
25. This day met at the Council Chamber, Gov r Carle-
ton & the Councillors. It seems by reports without
doors that a plan M r Hey the Chief Justice had formed
for introducing an ordinance to make of force in this
Province the Habeas Corpus Act & Tryals by juries, was
objected to by some of the French Councillors, and an
altercation ensued thereon between the parties. A gold
box raffled for at Simpsons won by Harrison. Valued at
50.
26. By the courier this morning arr d an ace* that a
scurmish between some people from Crown Point and a
party of Indians sent out as a scout from S* Johns, had
happened near the River Cole. Two Indians were mor-
tally wounded. One Provincial was killed, & the savages
bro* his head to S* Johns. It is said to be the head of
one Cap* Baker* who had a settlement on the East side
of Lake Champlain. This even 8 arr d a schooner and a
sloop from Canso loaded w th oyll, mackerell, & dry cod,
out 24 days. The masters of these vessels bring an ace*
of Hector M c Neils being at Canso when they left it.
27. I dined w th M r J. Rowe. Two Miss Skeenes
there. Drank coffee w th M rs M c Neil & daughters. A
heavy thunder shower. This day heard that Gerald Fitz-
gerald, Attorney-at-Law, had gone a voluntire in the
Royal Highland Emigrants, & that he was to go off this
ev g for Nfland to raise recruits. L*. Johnston, late of y e
7 th Reg*, w th the Gov rs pass had taken himself on board a
Brig a , Cap*- Yewall, bound to Shields and intended paying
his creditors w th the fore to'sail, as the sailors fraze is.
28. Monday. I breakfasted w* h Chaperon & wife.
*One of the Green Mountain Boys. Born in 1740; fought at
Ticonderoga, was with Ethan Allen at the taking of Ticonderoga,
and was killed in August, 1775. The manner of his death is thns
described in Ainslie's Narrative: A party of Indians had three of
their number wounded by some shots from adjacent bushes. The
Indians set out after the attacking party, and brought back the
head of the leader, Captain Baker.
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The Hon ble Tho s Dunn, Esq r ., went on board the Brig a
Cap* Yewall & bro* L* Johnston on shore which stops his
voyage for this time. It seems he got his pass from Gov r
Carleton by telling him that he had settled all his affairs
& paid all his debts a most infamous lie this.
29. Hector M c Neil arrived this evening from Domin-
ica in Drummonds scho r . He says that at Canso he heard
that at Roxbury had been another battle, & most of the
light horse were killed in the engagement but we must
wait for particulars.
30. This day from Montreal we have reported that
three men of Bakers party on the Lake had come in to
S* Johns & given themselves up.
Sept. 1, 1775. Ab* 2 o'clock this afternoon arr d at
Quebec J. W. Swift in twenty-four days from Phil*. He
sail'd from Phil* in a vessel bound to Halifax ; met w th a
fishing vessel off Halifax & went to Canso, and from
there took passage in a small schooner & was landed at
the Comarascoes, & came up by land. He says the Gen-
eral Congress at Phil* have again for the last time peti-
tioned home for redress of grievances. M r Penn, brother
to the Gov r of Phil*, sailed with the Petition in June
last. He likewise carried home a manifesto by which (if
the petition is not heard) they declare America an inde-
pendent state. He has likewise carried home letters to
the people of Great Britain and Ireland. The Congress
is adjourned to the 10 th inst. They have appointed B.
Franklin Esq r Postmaster Gen 1 for North America. They
have appointed Washington Generalisimo of all the Amer-
ican forces, [Artemas] Ward Second in Command, & one
Gen r Lee the 3 rd . They have voted 150 thousand men to
be raised from the different provinces. Swift bro* some
Phil* papers with him w ch I am told contain the manifesto
with some letters & notes w ch passed between Gen r Bour-
goin and Gen r Lee, the one at Boston, and the other at
Roxbury. The Congress at Phil* had a guard of five
thousand men under arms while sitting. Gen r Carleton
got possession of those newspapers before anyone here
had seen them, [so] that the public now will not be the
better for them. Swift says he saw 7 or 8 vessels on the
river. I drank tea w th M Rowe this afternoon.
BY JAMES JEFFRY. 133
2. This day arr d a sloop from Falmouth in Engl d out
11 weeks brings nothing new, not even a newspaper or
letter. The wind blew fresh at East toward even g . I
drank tea w th M rs Watts. M r8 M c Neil & Miss Lee
there.
3. Sunday. A brig* & a scho r both from the Island
of S* Johns loaded chiefly w th oyle, arr d this morn 8 . This
afternoon a sloop from New Haven, a brig* from Bermu-
da. By the New Haven man by stelth a few of us got a
sight of the Newspaper in which is the Manifesto of y e
Congress.
4. Parent's daughter married this morn g . The ship
Pomonia, Cap* Green, arr d from London which place he
left the beginning of July. The Brig* , Cap* ,
from Whitbey out 7 weeks. Not a newspaper to be seen
by either. It is conjectured, & I believe with some
Truth, that the papers are all carried to the Gov r . We
hear by some private letters that the City of London had
presented Lord Effingham with the freedom of the City
in a gold box for his Speech in the House of Lords & the
resignation of his Commission. We also hear that the
Lord Mayor & Common Council of the City had attempt-
ed to address or petition his Majesty but that he had re-
fused to hear them, & that they determined to present it
to him when on the Throne.
5. The Ship yesterday from London comes to Swift &
Cummins and when Swift went on board (I was told by
D. Shoolbred) he said if there was any papers the Gov r
should have them before they were seen by anyone. This
morning Atkinson rec d from Cummins some newspapers
from Eng d w ch came by the ship yesterday, to the 26 June.
6. L. D. Mercier & I took a walk this morn g round by
the new wharf, cross the plains of Abraham, & home by
the way of S* Roc. In the afternoon I walked out on the
plains by way of the Citedal. Swift & Mercier out a
gunning. Swift & self drank tea w th M r Hay's wife at
Mount Pleasant. J. D. M. informed me y* Swift came in
a Phil* Packet boat to the Comarasco's. This evening a
sloop arr d from Halifax. The Master brings an ace* that
one of the Kings armed schooners, commanded by Cap*
Dawson, was taken, & that Dawson was killed in the
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engagement. Heard that the scouting party from S*.
Johns had returned & they report they had met with
nothing in their march, but that the day after they left
Point au Fere, a great number of N. Engl d people came
there.
7. Cap* Gregory told me this morn 8 that it is reported
that two hundred Batteaux with men from Crown Point
were at Point au Fere that Gov r Carleton with Col M c -
Lean, M r Cuthbert & the recruits from this [province]
were this morn g set off for Montreal. Judge Hay, M r
Dunn & several more Courtiers ab* the Coffee House to
pick up news. M r M c Neil & the Judge had a long talk.
8. M c Neil tells me that yesterday he told the Judge
more Truth than he had heard for a long time. Spent the
[even 8 ] at M c Neils.
9. On the arrival of the Post this morning we have
various reports of a battle near S* Johns between the N".
Engl d people & the Regular troops with their Indians. It
is said that the former had two hundred men killed, the
latter three Indians killed & one wounded, & that Cap*
Brice of the 7 th Reg* is wounded. Another report is that
the N. E. People have made their landing good at S*.
Johns with the loss of a number of men, and that they
have taken Cap* Thompson with thirty Carpenters & have
burnt the Vessels he has been building. The Express
that was com 8 down met the Gov r on the road. This
afternoon the English Merchants, Gent n & others were on
the Perade, some w tb and some without small arms, to the
am* of Two hundred & Twenty, for the design of being
formed into a militia. L* Gov r Cramake told them he
would command the English himself & Maj r Caldwell he
would appoint second in command, & that he would soon
appoint his officers. This night the first Militia Guard
was set at the Gates & Ramparts. The new recruits
marched for Montreal this afternoon.
10. Sunday. An Express arr d from Gen r Carleton
(who was at Three Rivers yesterday at 10 o'c A. M.) to
L* Gov r Cramake. It is said that more arms & ammuni-
tion is ordered up immediately by the Gov r . This morn*
by 6 o'c was ordered to be on the Perade four Comp ys of
the French Militia. The L* Gov r was on the Perade in
BY JAMES JEFFRY. 135
time, and at half past 7 o'c there was ab* 100 (out of 320
which should have been there) drawn up. They then
demanded (or rather Baillerger for them) by what author-
ity they were mustered, and the L* Gov r was obliged to
go home & fetch the Gov rs Commission & have it read to
them. He then delivered out a number of Commissions
to the Militia Officers. I went to meeting to hear Par-
son Henry. Rowe, Finlay & I walked out to Holland
House to Dinner. M r & M re Scot came out and drank tea
there. Finlay walked in with us, being for guard this
night. Maf Caldwell, W m Grant & others went to Point
to raise men but could not get one.
11. Last even 8 the Collector Tho s Ainslee, Esq r .,
made a seizure of a small sloop with white wine & Brandy
on board belong 8 to the Bondfields as it is said ; he was
likewise on board a small schooner, but the people drove
him from that, cut the Cable or weighed anchor, & are
gone off. Ainslie has sent two or three boats after her,
and towards even 8 the Schooner & people were brought
back. The report of the day is that Maj r Caldwell, Seig-
nier of P* Levi, Tarchereaux, Seign r of Novell Boss, w th
S* Andre, Mr. Dufau & others went to P* Levi this morn 8
& ab* noon had sent over word they had raised a thousand
men, which were to be marched toward S* Igan. I had
a walk across the Plains of Abraham & then to S* Roc.
This afternoon spent the greatest part of it at D. Munro's
shop. Saw Hitty Maverick there.
12. Reports of the morn 8 is that yesterday at Point
Levi the people were mustered quite from below the Corn-
araskas to the number of 14 or 1500, but not as was yes-
terday reported to be sent to S* Igan, but to drive the
people home who came to enlist them. They abused Maj r
Caldwell, Tachereaux, etc., and obliged them to return
without a man & declare they shall not have one from any
parish on the S Shore. Not a cannoe from P* Levi has
come to market this day. Seven comp 75 of the Quebec
Militia was to have been on the Perade by 6 o'c this
morn 8 , which should be ab 1 560 men, but at half past 7
o'c there was not, when mustered, above 200, and a shabby
appearance they made. L* Gov r Cramake told them as it
was a working day he imagined that a great number were
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at their daily labor & the muster should be on Sunday
morn 8 . A report this even g that all the colonists who
were said to be near S* Johns are gone off to the Isle
Nois, there to entrench themselves & wait for more men
& cannon. Another report that Montreal is taken. How
various are these storys, all raised, as I imagine, to induce
the Canadians to take up arms, and how are the great dis-
appointed. Another report of the day is that a French
Boutcher last Friday in the Montreal market was deliver-
ing a letter w ch he bro* from the New England men's camp
to S* Johns to Tho 8 Walker, Esq r ., to a servant belong g to
Walker & that Maj r Hughes seeing it secured the letter
& the two men. The letter was carr d to the commanding
Officer, & the men put on board the Gaspie, an armed
schooner there. The report is likewise that the French-
man is to be hanged next Fryday and a party is sent out
to take Walker. N. B. 'tis very few of the reports I
hear that I believe.
13. A number of us went to the Plains this afternoon
in commemoration of the day. This even g in the Coffee
House Ja s Shepard was advancing with an audible voice
that L* Gov r Cramake last Sunday morn g should have shot
Baillerger for demand 8 by what authority the French
people were then assembled on the Perade, instead of
going and fetching the Gov rs Commission, and that would
have stopped their mouths, & he would have had French-
men enough to have turned out without asking questions.
Atkinson & I drank tea with M r & M rs Rowe.
14. A snow from Jersey or Gernsey, a ship from Liv-
erpool, & a schooner from Louisbourg arr d this morning,
but bring nothing new. Boone & some others arrived
from Montreal last even g . He gives an ace* that the
Americans are five thousand near S* Johns, that most of
the French from Montreal are gone to join the Camp
there. That the N. England people (as they are called)
are a miserable set, mostly boys, badly clad, & very sick-
ley, very little of which do I believe. The paper of this
day gives an ace* of the action of the 6 th Inst. at S*
Johns but don't pretend that there was more than 40
Americans killed & thirty wounded, but gives a very lame
ace* of the battle. This even g at the Coffee House was
BY JAMES JEFFEY. 137
read by R. Meredith an English paper of the 13 July,
bro* by the Cap* of the Liverpool ship. It contains noth-
ing very material. On read 8 a paragraph w ch mentions
establishing a martial court or a court of Oyer & Termi-
ner to try Americans who may be taken, & who are stiled
rebels, W m Grant of S* Roc with a sneer said the best
& shortest way would be to shute them at once.
16. This morning arr d Cap* Mitchell in a ship from
Cadiz with a load of Salt consigned [to] Lester and Gal-
way, out 72 days. The acc ts by the post (from Montreal)
w ch arr d n j s <j a y are var i ous> b u t se em in general to agree
that the Recruits w ch were ordered up from this place are
ordered back again and are expected to be in Town to-
morrow or on Monday. A Drum was sent round the
town ordering all the inhabitants of Quebec, French &
English, to appear on the Perade tomorrow morning by 7
o'c, under arms.
17. Sunday. This morn g the show was great of
troops of a motley mixture of French & English, lead to
the Perade by their respective Cap* 8 in Cornp 78 , and such
as had not Arms were offered arms from the King's store.
Many of the French refused taking them. The six Capt 9
of the English militia are Alex r Johnston, Tho 8 Ainslee,*
Anth y Vialars, Cha 8 Grant, Edw d Harrison & James
Johnston, Cap* of Art y . The report of the day is that
Lady Maria Carleton is ordered home by the Gov r . That
the Gov r was very near being taken on the River Chambley
by a party of the Americans & five or six Canadians who
were with them, & who a few days past was in search for
him & actually went to a house that his Excellency &
Lord Pitt had left not more than three or four minutes.
The report is likewise that the Vessels & boats which
were building at S* Johns are burnt or sunk, w ch will put
a stop to His Excellency's Expedition to Crown Point,
etc. for this season. Went to meeting this morn g I dined
with M* & M rs Rowe. This evening two companies of the
new militia mounted Guard with arms & accoutriments,
viz* Cap* Alex 1 Johnston's com 7 in the upper town &
Cap* Tho 8 Ainslie at Simpson's Coffee House in the
Collector of Customs at Quebec. Captain in British militia.
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lower town. N. B. This is the first regular, irregular
Militia Guard mounted in this City. Tho 8 Scott & Rand-
let Meredith, officers in Ainslie's C, began their Guard at
6 o'c this evening & are to be relieved at 6 tomorrow
even 8 .
18. The report of the morning is that Government
have engaged Cap* Frost's & Cap* Green's ships w th a
new schooner of Perrault's and are going to fit them out
as armed Vessells to cruise in the River, one or both ships
to carry 9 or 12 pounders. Cap* Frost's ship is going
express to Boston. Several vessells are taken into Gov-
ernment service, to be armed to guard the river. It is
reported that all the cannon are ordered to be brought
over from P* Levi. A guard of twenty men are ordered
to each gate. One hundred & twenty Frenchmen are for
the guard this night, 30 only appeared. I drank tea w* h
M r & M rs Rowe. A dark wet night.
19. The report of the morn g is that G C is
wounded, and in the fort at Chamblie, that E. Harrison is
taken on the River Sorrel & that Jer. Duggan* is gone to
the Americans w th a number of Canadians.
20. The post this morning brings an ace* and it is
confirmed by a number of letters in town that a cannon-
ading had been at S* Johns for 5 or 6 hours, but what the
event had been remains a secret. This day an Orderly
man was ordered for the Commanding Officer at which
many of them grumble, as they do likewise at Col M-
Lean being appointed their commanding officer, as they
imagine he is. Went on board Cap* Mitchell's ship. Sup'd
with Freeman at M r Jackson's.
21. The great Folks gave out here that Gen r Scuyler
had sent out a Manifesto amongst the Inhabitants on the
River Sorrell demand g from each Parish fifty men with
arms & accoutrements & four days provisions under pain
of military execution. This I believe not a word of. I
have heard this day that Sam 1 Mather is with the Provin-
cial Army on this side Chambie. It is reported that five
thousand N. England men are on this side the fort of S*
Johns. I dined w* b J. Rowe.
Jeremiah Duggan, a hair-dresser in Quebec who joined the
Americans and had 500 Canadians under his command.
BY JAMES JEFPRY. 139
An express arr d this evening, but it is said brings noth-
tng new. People very busy in repairing the walls & gar-
rison & arming ships. Some people (I believe Shepard
& W m Grant are concerned) hav g been very busy in ac-
quainting the L* Governor that the Americans who are
here will not take up arms, & it has been told Freeman
that he & some others would be sent for by the Gov r .
22. Another express arr d this morning but nothing
new transpires now at noon. A Scotch ship arrived this
morn 8 , a number of passengers are come in her. This
evening arr d Watsons ship from London, a ship of R.
Derby's* from Falmouth with a load of wines, & a Brig*
from London. Lady Maria & M rs Johnston sailed this
even 8 for London. Ja 8 Todd arr d from Montreal & gives
a confused ace* of a scurmish that 80 Regulars had w th
a party consist 8 of 200 Americans & Canadians some dis-
tance from the fort of S* Johns on the road lead 8 to La
Perrie, where the latter had 30 or 40 killed and wounded
and that Hazen & Tucker are taken Prisoners. It can't
be. Meredith & Ja 8 Shepherd shew great joy on the re-
lation of the above news at the Coffee House, and felt
them bold enough to beat all the Yankies. They both
were for having the JN". E. People all hanged that should
attempt to come into the Province.
23. The above ace* is variously reported this morning
and they have a report that the regulars have marched out
of Boston, forced the provincial entrenchments, killed
upward of 20 thousand of 'em & drove them back into
the country. But who has bro* this news I can't learn.
24. Sunday. Harrison who was said to be taken arr d
this day from Montreal. He confirms the ace* of Hazen
& Tucker's being taken, likewise that a number of the
Rebels (as they are called here) are intrenched at the
Point of the River Sorrell. Dined at M c Neils.
25. Reports this day are that the N. Engl d people are
at Three Rivers. There is no believing any reports we
hear. Finlay & family is moved to Town. I called to see
M" Finlay at the Post Office. A pleasant day.
27. No courier from Montreal, which gives great un
easiness here.
Richard Derby, the Salem merchant.
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28. The Courier arr d this afternoon. Brings an ace*
of a scurmish at Long Point on the Island of Montreal,
on Monday last, between the people who went out from
there in number ab* 200 and a party of Rebels, as they
are called, of the Americans & Canadians with Col Allen
at their [head] to the amount of 100 or 150. The latter
were beat, had 6 or 7 killed & between 30 & 40 taken.
Maj r Garden killed, Alex r Paterson wounded, one more
killed & some wounded.
29. An Embargo laid on all Vessels 'till the 20 th of
Octob r .
30. Minot, Cole & I dined w th M c Neil. The post arr d
this afternoon. Brings a confirmation of the battle of
last Monday, but not any new particulars.
Oct. 1, 1775. Cap* Bass in a schooner arr d from the
West Indies. He brings an ace* that most of the Cattle,
Sheep, etc., which were ship'd for the sick soldiers in Bos-
ton was lost going thro : the gut of Canso & the Brig a
went in on her beam ends. A brig a from Bonaventure
arr d . Several vessels are in the River. Col M c Lean gave
a dinner this day at Simpsons to all the masters of ves-
sels here. They had each a blue cockade given them.
Cap* Johnston on the wharf. W m Grant & Alex 1 Fraser
dined there. H. M c Neil was to have dined w th them but
went home on seeing all with their cockades. Some of
the Cap ts went off fully loaded & some too much by the
head.
2. Monday. Ainslie, the collector, insists that Cap*
Bass shall enter his Vessel here & pay the duties on the
molasses. Cole, w th Bass, tell him they will only report
& go to some other port with their Cargo. They waited
on M r Cramake, our L* Governor, for his permit to leave
the Province. He has taken their case into consideration
& will give an answer this even g . Cap* Green sailed for
London. Lord Pitt & others went passengers.
3. Last even 8 arr d a master of a Transport from Bos-
ton. He left his vessel at Coudre & came up w th his boat,
hav g heard that Quebec was taken. He brings nothing
very material.
4. Cap* Bass was by the L* Gov r refused liberty to go
off with his vessel again. The Post from Montreal did
BY JAMES JEFFRr. 141
not arrive 'till towards evening. Nothing material from
there. Two of Bass's men pressed by Cap* Napier.
5. Capt. Parks & three more Transports arr d this
morning from Boston. L* Kelly of y e 10 th and wife came
passengers. One Bliss & Chandler came passengers like-
wise. The May packet was also bro* by one of the Cap ts
of the transports. Most of the newspapers carried to the
Gov r . One Transport from Halifax bro* 32 carpenters &
Batteau men. As the last Transport sailed from Halifax,
Ja s Price of Montreal & Nicholls of Phil* left
Halifax in a whale boat they bo* there. I dined with
Cap* Freeman. I saw a letter from Boston which gives
an account how wretchedly they are off for want of fresh
provisions, bad beef 1-3 p r pound & that very scarce.
Cap* Napier in a large armed Brig* sailed this day up the
river on a Cruize.
6. Had a sight of a few Halifax papers. Dined on
board Bass's Schooner. Cap* Freeman, Watt, Atkinson,
Minot, Cole, & Cap* Fraser there. Mercier, Minot & self
spent the even g w* h M c Neil.
7. Vialar's Brig* arr d from London, 16 weeks out.
Adam Lymburner & several others of the militia officers
this morn g waited on the L* Gov r to acquaint him of a
number of Americans not taking arms & that they insist-
ed that they be obliged either to take arms or be sent out
of the place. L* Gov r will give an answer on Monday.
By the Post this day from Montreal we have an ace* that
a party was sent out from Montreal to L' Assumption &
took Tho 9 Walker prisoner after burn g his houses, etc.
there, but not 'till he had wounded two or three of them.
It is said that some of the N . E. men w ch were taken
prisoners had acquainted the Gov r that Walker had in-
vited into the Country & promised to join them with a
number of Canadians. I dined with M r M c Neil. Col
M c Lean with his reg* of Emigrants are ordered to march
on Monday toward Montreal.
8. Sunday. Went to meeting to hear Parson Henry.
Dined with Jacob Rowe & wife. I drank tea there. Fin-
lay drank tea with us.
9. Dined at home. Ab* 2 o'clock M r Sinclair came to
warn me by order of L* Gov r Cramake to attend on the
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perade tomount guard in M r Ainslie's Comp 7 . I desired
him to give my Compliments to M r Cramake & tell him
I could not attend. Cole & Minot was in the same comp y
& desired to attend at the same time, but likewise refused.
J. D. Mercier & John Halstead were desired to attend at
the same time & place, but in Alex 1 Johnston's Comp y .
Mercier was in town & refused. Most of the merchants
in town denie having applyed to the L* Gov r to oblige us
to take arms. Cap* Painter buried this even 8 .
10. I dined at M c Neil's. Drank tea with M ra Rowe.
M r Finlay, M r & M rs Allsop and A. M. Bonfield there.
This evening heard that a warrant was out against some
one of the Americans, but could not learn who.
11. This morn 8 arr d the Brig* Geo., Cap* Richards,
from Montreal. Mrs. Antill & family came down in her.
Thirty odd prisoners which were taken on the Island of
Montreal at the battle of the 25 th ult at Long Point came
down with Cap* Richards. The English were put on board
an armed ship in the river. The Canadians in number
ab* 14 were landed & guarded to goal ab* 4 o'clock P. M.
by a party of Militia. A very great crowd to see them.
Alex r Davison asked me if I was going to see people who
had been righting for me, & Woolsey's mouth was bellow"
out Rebels & that if he had the Command they should
all have been hanged without troubelling a goal. The
Post arr d , the only ace* he brings that is to be credited is
that a heavy cannonading was heard at S* Johns on Sun-
day last.
12. His Majestys Ship Hunter, Cap* M c Kenzie, arr d
from Boston. Brings letters from London in June and
an ace from Boston that Gen r Lee with eighteen hundred
men had left the Camp at Cambridge to come this way.
A Transport arr d & a Brig* from Jersey or Guernsey. The
Post was stopped 'till 5 o'c P. M. Some showers this day.
[Two pages torn out.]
27. Isaac Todd, Guy Johnston, etc., etc. This evening
arr d Chabot in his sloop from Sorrell. He has brought
down with him Ethan Allen in irons, who is to be put on
board the man of war here, viz : the Hunter sloop, Cap*
M c Kenzie.
BY JAMES JEFFRY. 143
28. It is whispered this morning that the Yankies
have taken the fort at S* Johns & that the ace* of it is
brought down by Chabot. This day ab* noon J. D. Mer-
cier was taken by Ja 8 Thompson, Town Serg*, and put
under guard at the main guard by an order from H. T.
Oramake ; & M r Dunn & Doc r Mabane, I am informed,
was sent down & examined his papers. J. C. Minot and
Jon* Cole went to see them this afternoon at the guard
room. He knows not at present what he is taken up for.
The Post arr d this afternoon from Montreal and brings a
confirmation of the taking of the fort at Chamblie. Last
Monday was a week. In the fort was taken Maj r Stan-
ford* of the 7 th Reg*, a Cap*, Lt, and En 8 , with thirty-six
privates of the 7 th . They were allowed 6 hours to pack
up their necessaryes & were marched off. In the fort was
taken a twelve months provisions w th a great number of
arms & a quantity of ammunition.
29. This morning ab* 6 o'clock J. D. Mercier was sent
from the guard room with a Corperal & six men w th rnus-
quets & bayonets, down to the land g place & sent on board
the Hunter sloop, Cap* M c Kenzie. It is given out this
morn 8 that Mercier sent off regular intelligence from this
to Halstead Mill & from there a regular express was sent
thro : the woods. J. Franks was on the wharf e when
Mercier went off, & in his hearing he demanded of the
Corporal & of the L* of the man of war who rec d him
whether they had any crime against him. They answered
none. The sloop General Gage arr d from Boston. A body
of the merch* 8 met & choose A. Vialar, Ja s Johnston &
R. Meredith to wait on the L* Gov r Cramake to know his
reasons why Mercier was taken up. His answer was that
in the present shape of the Province he was not at liberty
to acquaint them with his reasons.
30. Monday. The Cap* 8 of the Militia was sent for
this day by the L* Gov r who told them he had sufficient
against J. D. Mercier to confine him w ch was satisfactory
(it is said) to them, but they I believe were injoined
secrecy, as they would not repeat any word.
*Stopford.
[End of the journal.]
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After the foregoing Journal was in type a collection of
Jeffry family manuscripts was found in the possession of
Mr. Ralph D. Cleveland, of Newton Highlands, Mass.,
and by his kind permission several letters relating to the
Quebec siege are appended. From papers left by Mr.
Cleveland's father Horace W. S. Cleveland it seems
certain that the Journal following the one here printed,
together with interleaved journal-almanacs and other
diaries kept by James Jeffry and his father James, were
all destroyed in the great Chicago fire.
Quebec, 30 June 1775.
I hope you are all in health and remain quietly in your
old habitations in Salem.
I got thro : as well or better than I could have expect-
ed. On my arrival at Cambridge I found my fellow
Traveller* that was to be just mounting his horse to return
to Salem being as he thought disappointed of his pass.
He stopt a while till I got mine but that not being so
clear as he expected, gave him some encouragement & he
determined to go on, but then we must not go off togather.
He went first & I follow'd him in a quarter of an hour.
That night we lodged at Reding. We travelled togather
till the 2d June and within abt. 30 mile of Ticondaroga
tho : not without his resolving to turn back several
times before ; but at this place he was sure he should not
be permitted to pass Ticondaroga & Crown Point and said
he would turn abt. & go to Albany. I gave him a letter
to a friend there & we parted. I told him I should go
till I was realy stopt & if I should be I would soon be
with him at Albany by way of lake George.
The 3d, in the afternoon I arr'd at Ticondaroga where
I waited till ye 5th before I could get a passage to Crown
Point, but found no difficulty in getting a pass from the
commanding officer, who gave me a passage in a boat he
was sending down and sent a man thro : the woods to
Crown Point with my horse. I waited from the 5th to
the 7th before I could get a conveyance down lake Cham-
*Samuel Porter, Salem lawyer and loyalist.
BY JAMES JEFFEY. 145
plain and then went in a Batteau with a party sent down
to Colo. Arnold who was towards St. Johns with the
sloop. We met the sloop & a schooner with Four Bat-
teaux under sail returning to Crown Point early on the
morning of the 9th. I went on board & made one of a
doz'n who sat down to Breakfast in the sloops Cabin. We
had fresh venison roasted, fresh fish broiled, & a good
dish of Chocolate no bad breakfast for a Traveller.
Colo. Benedict Arnold is an old acquaintance & treated
me very civily indeed. After breakfast he lay the vessel
too & sent a boat a shore with me to a house on the W.
side of the lake & within about 30 miles of St. Johns.
Here I got a man with a cannoe to bring me abt. two
leagues further. I then was obliged to get on a large raft
of timber which was going down to St. Johns and on
Saturday the 10th inst. a little after dark I was taken off
the raft by a boat belonging to the regular troops at St.
Johns and arr'd there abt. 9 o'clock and here I was again
entertained with part of a fine round of Beef, good cheese,
porter & grog, and an order given that not one of the
comp'y should ask me any questions till I had done sup-
per. In this tent was the commanding officer Major
Pres of the 26th & I believe 10 or 12 officers of that
Regt. & five or six officers of the artillery. All the artil-
lery officers I was well acquainted with.
The Doc'r of the artillery provided for me at his room
and breakfast for me in the morning. I arr'd at Montreal
on Sunday the llth ab't 6 o'c. P. M. where I staid till
Monday evening, then set off for Quebec where I arrived
on Wednesday ye 14 Inst. at 2 o'clock P. M. & thus
ended my Journey without once even having my letters
ask'd for. My fellow Traveller might if he had had the
least spark of resolution have arr'd at Quebec with me.
Where is he now?
Montreal 21 Dec'r 1775
Dear Brother
The foregoing is copy of Two letters sent into Quebec
by Gen'l Montgomery a few days after his arrival before
that City. They were sent in by a woman & some by a
boy & many were convey'd into the Town ty'd to arrows
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& shot in by Indians as Gov r Carleton refused to receive
either letter or message by a Flagg of truce. The City
is now surrounded by the Continental Army who have
several batteries open against it & fall it must within a
few days perhaps at this moment it is in the possession
of Gen'l Montgomery & the troops under his Command.
Colo. Arnold with abt. 700 men arr'd at Point Levi
opposite Quebec the 9th of last month. Gen'l Carleton
arr'd at Quebec from Montreal the 19th Nov r & by a
proclamation dated 22 Nov'r ordered all out of Quebec in
four days who would not take up arms to defend the Town
& Kings stores tho : he would not allow any one to take
out their effects. Your Brother was one of a great num-
ber who took the opportunity of leaving the wretched
place. On the 26th Nov'r I had the pleasure of break-
fasting with Colo. Arnold & seeing Colo. Biglow by
whom I rec'd your letter which I am obliged to you for.
He was then very well & I have just heard he was like-
wise last Wednesday. My love to Becca. Tell her that
for her sake if I have the pleasure of seeing him in Que-
bec I will render him any service in my power. I have
left my bed & bedstead with beding standing in my room
& I have already told him should he get into Town be-
fore I get down again where to apply for the key of the
room & desired he would go & take possession of it.
The fort of St. Johns & the one at Chamblie with
Montreal & several say 11 sail of armed vessels in the
River are taken with a great number of Cannon & a
quantity of powder & provisions belonging to the King,
but the King's Troops hove over from on board one of the
vessels upwards of nine hundred barrells of powder.
Quebec is the last place that remains in this Province in
possession of Gov Carleton but 1 hope that does not
[long]. Our weather thus far has been fine & success
(considering the loss of men which has been very few)
very great. The French people in general seem very
ready to join Gen 1 Montgomery & his army.
Many things' have I to say but time will not permit.
I wrote sister Ann on the llth inst by post which I hope
she will duly receive. I sincerely wish you all the com-
pliments of the season & may the insuing year be at-
BY JAMBS JEFFRY. 147
tended with health & happiness to us all is the sincere
wish of your
To . Affa
Arthur Jeffry Brother
Montreal, 5th Feby 1776
Dear John.
I cannot omit so favorable an opp'y as I now have of
writing you by one Mr Austin who is from your way,
purchasing English goods here, which he takes a Cross
the lakes in sleys. Several from Connecticut have come
on the same errand w'ch has greatly raised the price of
dry goods in this Town.
As to our Operations in the martial way I can tell you
very little but what I doubt not you have seen in the news
papers. I was in hopes to have been in the City of
Quebec ere now but many are the disappointments we
meet with.
At 4 o'clock on the morn'g of the last day of the old
year an attack was made on the two extreme ends of the
lower Town of Quebec, Gen'l Montgomery commanding
at one end & Colo Arnold with abt. 400 of the men who
came thro : the woods with him, at the other. At the
first attack Gen'l Montgomery, being in the front of his
detachment, was shot dead on the spot, as likewise Mr.
McPherson his aid de camp, & one Capt. Cheeseman who
were very near him. The party that came up with him
then retreated. On the other side Colo. Arnold with his
men made an attack & carried the first Battery they came
to. Arnold got wounded in the leg & was carried off.
His men pushed on & got possession of that part of the
lower Town but then they had to encounter the whole
force of the Garrison of abt 1000 men and after an in-
cessant fire of cannon and misquettry for the most of
that day our men lost of killed & wounded abt. 60 men,
the remainder were taken prisoners & are now in Quebec,
treated as well as prisoners can be in a city where they
have so small a stock of provisions. Maj. Biglow is
among the prisoners. I was with Colo. Arnold abt. 10
days past & by a flagg of Truce w'ch he sent with some
necessaries for his people, heard that Maj. Biglow was
148 JOURNAL KEPT IN QUEBEC IN 1775
very well. This please to let Becca know. We cant
learn the loss on the other side. The city is now sur-
rounded by our Troops w'ch stops all communication with
the Country & deprives them of all provisions & wood.
We shall wait patiently for more moderate weather &
reinforcements across the lake. Several volunteers are
already arriv'd & as lake Champlain is now froze over we
shall have men com'g over daily. We heard yesterday
by the post that two Reg'ts are now on their march & by
all accounts we expect at least eight thousand men from
the different provinces in less than a fortnight. The
people in the City are short of provisions & short of fire-
wood by a deserter who came out a few days past we
hear they have not wood enough for ten days.
Capt. Rowland from Salem in a ship of Richard Derbys
I saw at Three Rivers a few days past & since I arrived
here have heard that his vessel with others w'ch lay at St.
Roc near Quebec were all burnt.
I wrote sister Ann of the 6th Deer, last & Brother
Arthur of the llth. I hope they have received the letters.
I shall be glad if any or all of you would write me by
the post w'ch now comes very regularly to Montreal &
direct for me at Messrs. Price & Hay woods where I now
am & shall remain with them or Gen 1 Wooster till we
know the fate of Quebec.
Your affectionate
Brother.
Montreal 15th March 1776
Dear Sister.
Your favor of y e 20th Feby by Mr. Jenks I received
this day. Am glad to hear you are all well, as thank
God 1 have been ever since I left Salem. I am very glad
that Cleveland did not come this way from the West
Indies for all American vessels have stood a very bad
chance in this country & most have been wretchedly
harrased & plagued.
You hear I am an officer. Who informed you of that ?
Not my letter. I have been offered two or three births
since I have been here but not so much in the fighting
way Secretary to the General or acting Deputy Quar-
BY JAMES JEFFRY. 149
termaster in this place, neither of which have I as yet
accepted of. I have been employed ever since I have
been here in settling the accounts of the contractors and
assisting Genl. Wooster in getting his accounts and papers
into some Order and regularity and generally spending
my time at his house. Jenks dined there with us this
day.
As to a journal of my Journey here with the part in
w'ch I was accompanied by Mr. Porter, I will give my
Mr. Jenks when he returns, for he purposes going into
Quebec before he returns and I imagine it will be stormed
in abt. a fortnight if it is not given up before. I can tell
you so far of it that we never were challenged once the
whole time we were together & I had as pleasant a jour-
ney as I could or did expect & met with no obstructions
all the way thro : and Porter had he not been frightened
out of his senses, might have come thro : with me. How-
ever, he left me & went to Albany, from there to New
York. From there I received a letter from him telling me
he [should] sail from thence for London.
I wrote John of the 5 Feb'y. I suppose he received
my letter about the time yours was dated, as Mr. Austin,
by whom I sent it, was arrived at Cambridge abt. the
time Mr. Jenks set off. Pray what part of the country
is John going a farming in. You will I believe be disap-
pointed in seeing me this spring.
Is any of the people who had left the Town while I
was there returned, or is there any more of them taken
their flight ? Is Capt. Geo. Cabot got home or where is
he?
We expect to have an army of ten thousand American
Troops in this Country all the ensuing summer and Gen'l
Lee is expected to take the command. The poor wretches
in Quebec have been shut up as close all this winter as
the Troops in Boston & I believe have fared as bad not
being able to obtain any fresh provisions or wood from
the country round.
My duty to mother with love & respect to all relations,
Friends & acquaintances & believe me to be
Yours, etc.
150 JOUBNAL KEPT IN QUEBEC IN 1775.
Salem, 14th October 1776.
Dear Brother.
I have again visited this place, but much sooner than I
should if peace & quietness had not deserted Canada.
On the 25th of last Novr. I left the city of Quebec by the
Gov'rs (Carleton's) order, with many others who would
not take up arms to defend the Town, but we bro't out
little else than our necessary clothing, and this spring, as
without doubt you have heard, we were obliged to leave
the country and Crown Point for this season must I be-
lieve be the Barrier on that quarter.
The ministerial Troops are in possession of New York
where I hope & doubt not but they will be confined very
near as close as they were last year in Boston, and be as
badly supplied with fresh provisions and much worse with
salt. Several of their Transports loaded with provisions
are already taken. Two of them are brought into Bos-
ton.
Privateering is the only business now carried on here,
and some of them have had very great success. Capt.
Forrester (with whom Jenks went) has taken five prizes,
one loaded chiefly with English goods valued at thirty-
five or thirty-six thousand pounds ster'g first cost but she
is not as yet arrived. If she does, all concerned expect
their fortunes are made, that sales of the cargo here will
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Mother & our Friends here are well. Believe me to be
your very aff a Brother
James Jeffry
To
Mr John Jeffry
Gilmanton, N. H.
THE BURRAGE, BURRIDGE FAMILY OF
ESSEX COUNTY.
BY FRANK A. GARDNER, M. D.
1. THOMAS BURRAGE, the first of this line to reside in
the county, was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, May
26, 1663, the son of John and Joanna (Stower) Burrage.
The father, John, was an inhabitant of the above named
town in 1637, and was admitted to the church 10 (2),
1642 ; was clerk of the market in 1658, and ferryman in
1660.* The son Thomas, the subject of this sketch, was
in Lynn as early as 1692, in which year he was chosen
one of the overseers of " Rumney Marsh." He served
on the trial jury in 1694, was constable in 1695, and
tithingman in 1703. He was chosen deacon of the church
before 1712, as the town records state that in that year
" Deacon Thomas Burrage " was chosen selectman.!:}: He
married, first, November 16, 1687, Elizabeth Breed, daugh-
ter of Allen, Jr., and Mary Breed, f She was born 1 :
9 mo. : 1667. In 1689-90 he administered the estates of
his father and mother, and later joined the other heirs of
his father in deeds.* His wife Elizabeth died June 16,
1709, aged 42 years.f He married second, intention Jan-
uary 2, 1709-10, Mrs. Elizabeth Parris, widow of Robert
Parris, of Dunstable. She was born Elizabeth Blanchard,
daughter of Deacon John and Hannah (Hills) Blanchard.
June 3, 1717, he bought of Nathaniel Rogers of Boston,
" One third part of a Certain Dwelling house and about
twenty acres of upland & swamp land be it more or less,
scituate lying and being in ye Town of Lynn aforesd near
ye Meeting house." This was bounded on the west by
Wyman's Charlestown.
tLynn Records.
{Burrage Memorial.
" Thirty Dunstable Families," pp. 56-7.
(151)
152 THE BURRAGE FAMILY OF ESSEX COUNTY,
land of said Barrage.* He, with his five children, had
a legacy from Alexander Mitchell, December 30, 1717. f
He died March 11, 1717-18, aged about 55 years.J His
will, dated March 6, 1714, was probated April 16, 17l8.
He is described in the probate files as a '* joyner." He
mentioned in his will his wife Elizabeth, sons John and
Thomas, and daughters Joanna Mansfield, and Elizabeth,
Mary, Bethiah and Ruth Burrage. The author of the
" Burrage Memorial " states that " There is abundant
evidence that he was a man of sterling character and of
considerable influence in his adopted town."
Children, all by his first wife :
2. JOANNA, b. Aug. 20, 1688; m. int. July 8, 1710, Daniel Mans-
field, son of Daniel and Hannah Mansfield, who was b.
Mar. 1, 1789-90. She d. June 8, 1733, a. 45 y., and he d.
Jan. 9, 17584 " Fell off his horse." He was a clothier in
Lynn.
3. ELIZABETH, b. Nov. 20, 1691 ; m. Jan. 29, 1718-19, Thomas
Rhoads. She d. July 15, 17524
4. JOHN, b, Jan. 26, 16944 (See below.)
5. THOMAS, b. Sept. 19, 16974 (See below.)
6. MABT, b. Mar. 3, 1699-1700; m. int. Oct. 8, 1732, John Merriam,
of Wallingford, Conn.J
7. BETHIAH, b. May 12, 1704; m. Nov. 18, 1725, Divin (or Divan)
Berry ,J son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Divan) Berry, b. Jan.
22, 1702.11
8. RUTH, b. Feb. 1, 1707-8.
4. JOHN BTJRRAGE, son of Deacon Thomas and Eliza-
beth (Breed) Burrage, was born January 26, 1694. He
was a joiner by occupation. Shortly after the death of
his father, he and his brother Thomas purchased of the
heirs of Mrs. Lois Rogers, land adjoining the estate which
they had inherited from their father, near the meeting
house by the common. "^[ They then agreed to a division
of the property, John to have " all the homestead where
the afore named Thomas Burrage his father dwelt, both
Essex Deeds, book 33, leaf 44.
tWyman's Charlestown, pp. 157-8.
{Lynn Records.
Essex Probate Records, book 312, leaf 195.
II Essex Antiquarian, v. VIII, p. 174.
TEssex Deeds, book 33, leaf 44.
BY FRANK A. GARDNER, M. D. 153
buildings and land to extend Eastward upon the Lands
that was Rogers so far as to make the sd Burrages home-
stead & the Lands of Rogers so Extended as Equal in
quantity to the remaining Easterly half part of Rogers
lands," and many other lots of land.* He sold lots from
this property in 1718 and in 1725. f He sold many other
lots of land, including two to his brother Thomas, one of
two acres in 1745 and one of four acres and fifty poles in
17474 He was chosen clerk of the market March 4,
1722, and became deacon of the church prior to 1732.
He married in Lynn, January 1, 1718, Mehitable Sar-
gent. She was probably the Mehitable Sargent, daughter
of John and L} 7 dia (Chipman) Sargent of Charlestown
and Maiden, who was born in Maiden, September 5, 1696.
Her stated age at death goes far to confirm this belief.
He died in Lynn, May 15, 1761, aged 66 years. His
widow, Mehitable, died November 19, 1792, in her 97th
year.
Children :
9. ELIZABETH, b. Oct. 30, 1721; d., unm., Sept. 7, 1793, a. 72 y.;
Ebenezer Stocker was app. adm. of her estate, Oct. 7, 1793.1!
10. LYDIA, b. Nov. 25, 1723; m. 1st, April 19, 1750, Zacchens Nor-
wood, s. of John and Sarah (Hudson) Norwood. He was
b. in Lynn, Mar. 12, 1715-16. He kept the tavern in Saugus
until his death, Feb. 8, 1756, aged 40. She m., 2nd, May 20,
1763, Josiah Martin of Ipswich. He was s. of Josiah and
Mary (Hidden) Martin, and was bap. in Ipswich, Mar. 7,
1735-6.1T The tavern was conducted by Josiah Martin and
his wife Lydia until 1775, when he enlisted for the war, and
Jacob Newhall took possession of the tavern, running it
until the year 1807. Lieut. Josiah Martin has suffered bad-
ly, and in many respects unjustly, in the hands of the his-
torians of Lynn. Notwithstanding he was called "of
Ipswich" in the record of his intention of marriage in
Lynn, and his intention of marriage was also recorded in
his native town of Ipswich, Lewis, in his " History of
Essex Deeds, , book 43, leaf 56.
tTWd, book 40, leaf 260, and book 48, leaf 235.
TIMd, book 38, leaf 135; b. 73, 1. 28; b. 77, 1. 7; b. 78, 1. 192; b.
90, 1. 13 and 25; b. 93, 1. 32; and b. 105, 1. 236.
Lynn Records.
II Essex Probate Files, No. 4213.
Hlpswich Records.
154 THE BURR AGE FAMILY OP ESSEX COUNTY,
Lynn," states that " He appeared in Lynn about the year
1760, and is supposed to have been an English adventurer."
This unfortunate error is repeated in Howard K. Sander-
son's excellent work, " Lynn in the Kevolution." In these
works several instances of his peculiar actions are given to
show that at " times he exhibited the characteristics and
breeding of a gross villain." Careful investigation by the
author of this article has shown that these peculiar actions
on his part were evidently the early manifestations of insanity
which developed markedly in the later years of his life, as
shown in this narration. May 14, 1775, the Committee of
Safety sent the following to the selectmen of Lynn :
" Whereas Josiah Martin has, under guard, been brought
before this committee to be inquired of touching his con-
duct, respecting his appearing in favor of carrying iuto
execution the tyrannical designs of administration for the
enslaving of this province : upon examination of the evi-
dences produced, RESOLVED, that the said Martin's conduct
has, in some instances, been unfriendly to his country; but
that, on his being charged with the same, he has promised,
with his life and fortune, to stand forth for the defence of
his country, and that so long as he evinces this disposition*
by his conduct, and does not any more attempt to go into
the town of Boston, that he be received with the favor of
his countrymen, and that no insult or injury be offered him
or his property."* He gave abundant proof of his devotion
to the cause of the patriots, for on Mar. 10, 1776, he enlisted
as a private in Capt. Abraham Dodge's Company, Col.
Moses Little's 12th Reg't. Continental Army, serving until
May 24th of that year. July 1, 1780, he entered the service as
Lieutenant in Capt. Addison Richardson's Company, Col.
Nathaniel Wade's 3 mo. Essex County Reg't. serving three
months and 22 days, until the regiment disbanded.t April
30, 1790, Jonathan, Ebenezer, Josiah and Isaac Martin and
Josiah Lord, " near relations and friends," petitioned that
suitable guardian be appointed, as " the said Josiah has
for many years past appeared to be non compos and incapa-
ble of managing his affairs."! Frederick Breed was ap-
pointed guardian and rendered accounts April 8, 1791, and
Feb. 3, 1795. An inventory of his property, taken April 8,
1791, placed the valuation at 186 : 01: 09, including a note
*" Journals of Each Provincial Congress of Massachusetts," p. 545.
tMass. S. and S. in the Rev. War, v. X, p. 291.
JEssex Probate Files, No. 17,916.
BY FRANK A. GARDNER, M. D. 155
of hand of Jacob Newhall for 100, dated Mar. 19, 1788.*
These quotations from legal documents on file in the Pro-
bate Court show how mistaken Lewis was in his " History
of Lynn" in stating that "He enlisted for the war and
never returned to Lynn," and how in all probability the
various strange deeds recorded against him were due to an
unsound mind. His wife Lydia d. Apr. 13, 1790, aged 58.
11. MEHITABEI,, b. Mar. 12, 1725-6; d. Oct. 12, 1759, a. 33 y. Let-
ters of administration were granted to her brother John,
Dec. 3, 1764. t
12. ABIGAIL, b. abt. 1727; d. Oct. 13, 1740, a. 18 y. 8 mo.
13. BETHIAH, b. abt. 1728; d. May 14, 1748, a. 20 y.
14. JOHN, b. Nov. 23, 1730. (See below.)
15. MARY, b. abt. 1732; d. Sept. 22, 1751, in her 19th year.
16. JOANNA, b. abt. 1734; d. Dec. 16, 1751, a. 17 y.
5. THOMAS BURRAGE, son of Thomas and Elizabeth
(Breed) Burrage, was born September 19, 1697. He was
a house wright or joiner by occupation, like his father and
brother John. He and his brother divided between them-
selves the real estate which their father had left, and
Thomas had as his share " all the Remaining part of the
Homestead purchased of sd Rogers Heirs with all the
buildings thereon " and several other lots of Iand4 He
married, first, January 3, 1722-3, Sarah Newhall, daugh-
ter of Ensign Joseph and Susanna (Farrar) Newhall.||
She was born July 11, 1704. Thomas and his wife
Sarah conveyed their rights and interest in property which
had been left to them by their "late father Ensign Joseph
Newhall," May 6, 1723, May 9, 1732, and February 17,
1735.^[ He sold a lot from the land " laid out to widow
Lois Rogers " to his brother John, May 18, 1723, and
another from the same parcel to Daniel Mansfield, Janu-
ary 21, 1729-30.** Other lots of land were sold by him
to John Henry Burchstead, Daniel Eaton, and Thomas
Mansfield.f f He married, second, at Maiden, November
Essex Probate Files, No. 17,916.
tEssex Probate Files, No. 4,220.
JEssex Deeds, book 43, leaf 56.
Lynn Records.
II" The Newhall Family," pp. 23-4.
tEssex Deeds, book 47, leaf 279; b. 86, 1. 269; and b. 79, 1. 58.
*I6id, book 78, leaf 240; and book 57, leaf 103.
ttlbid, book 32, leaf 154; b. 78, 1. 239: and b. 90, 1. 14.
156 THE BURRAGE FAMILY OF ESSEX COUNTY,
15, 1750, Anna Waite (Wayte), daughter of Samuel and
Anna (Lynde) Waite.* She was born January 28, 1707-
8.* He died December 17, 1759, in his 63d year. His
will, dated December 8, 1759, was probated on the 27th
of that month.f He named his sons William and Josiah
Burrage, executors. He gave to his wife Anna " all the
household goods & furniture she brought me," etc., etc.,
and "ye east lower room and the N. E. lower bedroom."
He also gave her " One Equal half part of all my move-
able Estate . . . after my debts & funeral charges are
paid," etc., etc. His real estate he gave to his three
sons, William, Josiah and Abijah," as described later in
the articles upon them. To his daughters, Susannah and
her sisters, he gave the remaining part of his personal and
moveable estate, also <66 : 13 : 04, to be paid in divided
payments (as specified) by his three sons. To his grand-
children, the children of his deceased daughter, " Deziah "
Whittemore, he willed various sums, to be paid by his
three sons as directed. The three sons were made resid-
uary legatees. The inventory, dated April 1, 1760,
showed a total valuation of 724 : 03 : 10.$
Children, all by his first wife Sarah :
17. DESIKE, b. Jan. 18, 1723-4; m. (int. Oct. 3, 1742) Apr. 14, 1743,
Edward Whittemore. She d. before Dec., 1759. She was
called " Keziah " in the marriage record.
18. THOMAS, b. Jan. 1, 1725-6; d. Mar. 8, 1751, a. 25 y. 2 mos. He
was a joiner by trade. Letters of adm. upon his est. were
granted to his father, Apr. 1, 1751.11
19. ABIJAH, b. Oct. 27, 1729; d. young.
20. WILLIAM, b. Dec. 19, 1731. (See below.)
21. SABAH, b. Mar. 8, 1733-4; d. Sept. 16, 1752, a. 18 y.
22. JOSIAH, b. Apr. 30, 1736. (See below.)
28. SUSANNA, b. Aug. 20, 1738; d. Sept. 9, 1740.
24. SUSANNAH, b. July 13, 1741; m., as his 2nd wife, int. Feb. 18,
1775, Stephen Waite, s. of Jabez and Judith (Hill) Waite.
He was b. Apr. 16, 1731; d. Maiden, Dec. 30, 1814.1T
New Eng. Hist. Gen. Reg., v. 32, p. 132.
tEssex Probate Files, No. 4224.
JEssex Probate Files, No. 4224.
Lynn Records.
II Essex Probate Files, No. 4222.
IF" The Waite Family."
BY FRANK A. GARDNER, M. D. 157
25. RUTH, b. May 13, 1744; d. Sept. 4, 1745.
26. ABIJAH, b. July 8, 1745. (See below.)
27. RUTH, b. Oct. 16, 1745(6?); d. June 30, 1747.
28. (Child), b. Jan. 7, 1748-9; d. Jan. 9, 1748-9.
14. JOHN BURRAGE, son of John and Mehitabel (Sar-
gent) Burrage, was born November 23, 1730. He was a
wheelwright by trade. April 30, 1765, he purchased of
his sisters, Elizabeth Burrage, spinster, and Lydia Nor-
wood, innholder, for 266 : 13 : 04, their share of the
estate of his father, John Burrage, senior.* He marched
on the Lexington alarm of April 19, 1775, as a private in
Captain Rufus Mansfield's 4th Lynn Company.f He was
chosen deacon of the church in 1771 and town treasurer
in 1776, serving the town in that capacity until his death. J
He lived in Lynn, on the Common, near Park street, in a
long, two-story, slanting-roofed house, which had been the
family homestead for three generations. He sold to his
sister, Lydia Norwood, April 30, 1763, two pieces of real
estate in Lynn, one of five acres and ten poles, on Lynn
Common, which had been laid out to Thomas Burrage ;
the other a lot of seven acres and one hundred and ten
poles. || He died November 23, 1780, and was buried in
the old Western Burial Ground, where his grave is
marked by a S. A. R. Revolutionary marker. In his
will, dated May 30, 1780, he gave to his mother Mehita-
ble and sister Elizabeth Burrage, " all the Provisions,
Wool, Flax, Hay and Forage which I shall own " and
" the crop growing or standing on my lands." He also
gave to them the use and improvement of the remainder
of his estate during their lifetime. IE the income proved
insufficient to support them, any part of the estate could
be sold for their benefit. He gave to his sister, Lydia
Martin, land at Nahant, to be given to her after the death
of his mother and sister, and to the town of Lynn he gave
the wood on a certain lot, with the same condition at-
tached. To his nephew, Jonathan Norwood, he gave the
Essex Deeds, book 124, leaf 69.
tMass. S. and S. in the Rev. War, v. II, p. 896.
tLynn Records.
fLynn in the Revolution, p. 235.
1'Essex Deeds, book 113, leaf 21.
158 THE BURBAGE FAMILY OF ESSEX COUNTY,
east end of the house, with the garden, etc., after the
death of his mother and sister. He named as residuary
legatees, his nephew Jonathan Norwood and his nieces
Mehitable Norwood and Susanna Bordman. The inven-
tory showed a valuation of 2246 : 01 : 02.* July 2,
1791, Susanna Bordman of Lynn, widow, for 168 : 00 :
00, conveyed to Thomas Cheever of Lynn, one-half part
of all the real estate of her uncle, John Burrage, late of
Lynn, deceased, " reserving as by my sd uncle's last will,
the improvement of the same unto my Grandmother Mehit-
abel Burrage and my aunt Elizabeth Burrage during their
natural lives."f April 15, 1793, Joseph Stocker and wife
Mehitabel, for ,605 : 13 : 00, sold their right to the same
property of their late uncle, Deacon John Burrage.J
Similar conveyances were made by the last named couple
in 1793 and 1796. He never married.
20. WILLIAM BURRAGE, son of Thomas and Sarah
(Newhall) Burrage, was born December 19, 1731. He
married in Maiden, March 20, 1760, Phebe Barrett. || We
know from the record of her age at the time of her death
that she was born about 1740. She was probably the
daughter of Joseph and Phebe (Waite) Barrett, who
were married April 27, 1739. This Phebe Waite who
married Joseph Barrett was a sister of Anna Waite, who
married Thomas Burrage (No. 5) as his second wife.^f
The real estate of his father was divided February 11,
1761, and he was given the western side with land and
many other lots.** In the spring of 1767 he removed to
Leominster, where he bought of Joseph Darby a farm of
about sixty acres, for .144 : 13 : 00. ff He continued to
reside there, working as a farmer and shoemaker. He was
a private in Captain Nathaniel Carter's Company, Colonel
Abijah Steams's 8th Worcester County Regiment, which
marched under the command of Major Ebenezer Bridge
Essex Probate Files, No. 4215.
t Essex Deeds, book 153, leaf 133.
tlbid, book 155, leaf 262.
IMd, book 157, leaf 186, and book 159, leaf 274.
II Lynn Records.
1" Waite Family," p. 22.
Essex Probate Files, No. 4224.
-ft" Burrage Memorial."
BY FRANK A. GARDNER, M. D. 159
to Williamstown, August 22, 1777, on an alarm ; service
11 days. Roll dated Leominster.* He lived in Leomin-
ster during the remainder of his life, and died there Oc-
tober 23, 1820, aged 88 years and 8 months. His wife
died May 25, 1822, aged 82 years.f The author of the
*' Burrage Memorial " states that she possessed much
force of character.
Children, born in Lynn : $
29. (Child), buried June 29, 1762.
30. SABAH, b. Dec. 31, 1760; d. Dec. 3, 1776.
31. THOMAS, b. Dec. 4, 1763, m. Aug. 21, 1791. Abigail Fairbanks,
of Templeton. He removed to Templeton, Mass. He had
a family of 12 ch. In 1820, he returned to Leominster. He
d. Oct. 11, 1828, a. 65. She d. about 1862.
32. PHOEBE, b. Feb. 1, 1766; d. June 17, 1809, a. 44 y.
Children, born in Leominster :f
83. WILLIAM, b. Sept. 2, 1768; m. 1st, Feb. 1, 1792, Mary Joslin.
She d. Dec. 17, 1820. He m., 2nd, June 10, 1821, Roxanna
Sanderson. He was a deacon. He d. Aug. 9, 1844, a. 76 y.
34. JOSIAH, b. Aug. 16, 1770; m. Mar. 7, 1800, Ruth Kilburn, dan.
of William Kilburn, of Lunenburg. They had 13 ch. He
d. Nov. 5, 1856, and she d. May 1, 1875, a. 94 y. and 6 m.
35. ABIJAH, b. Apr. 24, 1774; d. Sept. 10, 1787, a. 18 y.
36. JOHN, b. Mar. 10, 1775; d. Aug. 15, 1779.
37. ANNA, b. Feb. 4, 1778; m. May 5, 1810, Benjamin Carter, of
Leominster. She d. Mar. 12, 1851.
38. JOSEPH, b. Nov. 5, 1780; d. Oct. 81, 1803, a. 23 y.
39. SABAH, b. Jan. 25, 1784; d. Sept. 8, 1806, a. 23 y.
40. PATTY, bap. June 10, 1787; d. Oct. 80, 1807, in her 21st y.
22. JOSIAH BURRAGE, son of Thomas and Sarah
(Newhall) Burrage, was born April 30, 1736. He was a
glazier by trade. He married (intention dated June 22,
1775,) Susanna Ramsdell, daughter of Nehemiah and
Susanna (Groas) Ramsdell. In the division of the real
estate of his father, February 11, 1761, he was given the
-eastern end of the homestead, with three and a half acres
Mass. S. and S. in the Rev. War, v. II, p. 810.
tLeominster Records.
JLynn Records.
" Burrage Memorial. "
160 THE BURBAGE FAMILY OF ESSEX COUNTY,
of land adjoining, and many other lots.* He conveyed to
John Brown of Danvers, April 18, 1767, a lot of salt
marsh in Lynn, nigh Fox Hill, for 4 : 08 : OO.f His
mind became affected, and February 4, 1771, Anna, Su-
sanna, Abijah and John Barrage and others petitioned to
have a guardian appointed. His brother John was ap-
pointed March 5, 1771. An inventory taken March 26,
1771, showed property to the value of 333:01:08.
As his reason was restored, the guardian was discharged
April 3, 1775. Josiah Burrage gave receipt to John
Burrage, his former guardian, April 3, 1775, for .303 :
01 : 084 He died May 3, 1776, aged 40 years. His widow
and brother declined to serve, and Theophilus Breed was
appointed administrator, September 3, 1776. The inven-
tory, dated January 6, 1777, showed real estate valued at
219 : 05 : 00, and personal at 49 : 12 : 084 Widow
Susanna Burrage, for 20, conveyed to Nehemiah Rams-
dell her interest in the estate of her father, Nehemiah
Ramsdell. January 15, 1798, she sold to William Bur-
rows of Boston a piece of land near the old meeting
house in Lynn, part of the estate of the late Abijah
Burrage, deceased, || She died about July, 1809. Her will,
dated October 10, 1801, was probated July 18, 1809. She
made bequests to her brothers Nehemiah and Joseph
Ramsdell, sister Anna Ramsdell, sister Rhoda Hudson,
wife of Thomas K. Hudson, and sister Fanny Barton.
The balance of her estate she left to her brother-in-law,
William Burrage, and sister-in-law Susanna, wife of
Stephen Wait. The inventory showed real estate valued
at $1150.00 arid personal at $79.75.^"
Child :
41. JOSIAH, bap. Sept. 22, 1776. Micajah Newhall was appointed
his guardian, Feb. 3, 1795,** and May 6, 1796, sold real estate
of said minor for $330. tt An account was rendered June 6,
*Essex Probate Files, No. 4224.
t Essex Deeds, book 122, leaf 155.
JEssex Probate Files, Nos. 4216 and 4217.
Essex Deeds, book 142, leaf 251.
Hl&id, book 163, leaf 67.
If Essex Probate Files, No. 4221.
**Essex Probate Files, No. 4218.
ttEssex Deeds, book 162, leaf 237.
BY FRANK A. GARDNER, M. D. 161
1797. He died Dec. 13, 1797. His will, dated May 9, 1797,
was probated Feb. 5, 1798.* He left all of his property to
his mother. James Gardner of Lynn was appointed exec-
utor. The inventory, dated Mar. 21, 1798, showed real
estate valued at $1254.50, and personal at $193.40.*
26. ABIJAH BURRAGE, son of Thomas and Sarah
(Newhall) Barrage, was born July 8, 1745.f His father
died when he was about fourteen years of age, and April
14, 1760, Theophilus Breed was appointed guardian, with
Abijah's uncles, William and Josiah Burrage, as sureties.if
When the real estate of his father was divided, February
11, 1761, he was given the middle division of the home-
stead (three and a half acres of land), and many other
lots. Abijah Burrage sold to Joel Newhall of Lynn,
September 17, 1778, 3 1/2 acres of salt marsh on Romney
Marsh in Lynn. || March 3, 1779, he sold an acre and
144 poles of land in Nahant to Thomas Rhodes of Lynn.!"
In these deeds he was called " cordwainer." He died
about 1780. Richard Mansfield was appointed adminis-
trator of his estate, December 4, 17814 The inventory,
dated November 30, 1780, gave the value of the real es-
tate as 203 : 08 : 04 and the personal 27 : 03 : OO.J
Thomas Burrage (No. 31) of Temple ton, Worcester
County, attorney for William Burrage (No. 20) of " Le-
mister," for $250, sold to Micajah Newhall of Lynn, all
his rights to the estate of Abijah Burrage of Lynn, de-
ceased, December 28, 1795.** In January and March,
1796, the following heirs sold their shares in the estate
to Micajah Newhall of Lynn : Ezra Phillips of Chester-
field, wife Esther ; Elizabeth Mansfield of Lynn, widow
of Richard Mansfield ; Martha Whittemore of Salem,
singlewoman ; Stephen Wait of Maiden, wife Susanna,
and Edmond Whittemore and wife Hannah.ff
*Essex Probate Files, No. 4219.
tLynn Records.
JEssex Probate Files, No. 4211.
Essex Probate Files, No. 4224.
II Essex Deeds, book 136, leaf 123.
Ubid, book 138, leaf 130.
*J6id. book 160, leaf 167.
tt/fcid, book 160, leaves 167, 193 and 194.
162 THE BURRAGE FAMILY OP ESSEX COUNTY.
BURRAGE FAMILY NOTES.
Elizabeth Burrage and Clement Newhall, m. Aug. 14,
1752. Marblehead Records.
George Burridge and Hannah Richards, m. Newbury-
port, Sept. 28, 1794. Their son, George Hudson, b. June
27, 1795. Newburyport Records.
John Burrage, servant to Jno Porter in 1644. Salem
Qt. Ct. Rds., Essex Antiquarian, v. V, p. 28.
Robert Burrage m. in Marblehead, Jan. 20, 1788, Sarah
Pearce. They had children as follows :
i. SABAH, bap. Nov. 9, 1788; m., Dec. 29, 1811, John Widger.
ii. JANE, bap. Apr. 25, 1790; d. young.
iii. JANE, bap. Dec. 2, 1792; m. Dec. 7, 1819, Joseph^Cloutman.
iv. MABY, bap. Sept. 28, 1794 ; m. Apr. 26, 1821, Moses Allen of
Lynn.
v. HANNAH, bap. Ang. 7, 1796; m. Sept. 7, 1828, Benj. Nowland.
vi. ROBEBT, bap. Nov. 18, 1798; m. Apr. 24, 1825, Eliza Ann Grant.
Her infant child d. Sept. 15, 1840, and she d. three days
later,
vii. JOHN PEABOE, bap. Aug. 29, 1802; d. June, 1824, of a fever, on
board the brig " Union," a. 22 y.
viii. RIOHABD, bap. Aug. 5, 1804.
Marblehead Records.
William Burrage and Grace Davis were married in
Marblehead, November 11, 1723. MarbleJiead Records.
THE WEST FIELD, SALEM, IN 1700.
THE WEST FIELD, SALEM, IN 1TOO.
BY SIDNEY PEELEY.
WHAT was early known as West field, in Salem, is
now a part of Peabody, between Central street and prac-
tically the Essex railroad location and from Gardner's
brook north to about Wilson's corner. It contained about
fifty acres, and was probably laid out and granted as early
as South fields and North fields.
Central street was an original highway, running be-
tween Northfields and Westfield. It was called the lane
or highway in 1680 ; the highway in 1682; the road or
highway in 1690 ; ye king's highway in 1694; the high-
way which leads from Mr. Gardner's brook, so called, to
Ipswich in 1705 ; the street or highway in 1712 ; the
country road in 1713 ; ye highway or country road in
1746 ; the country highway in 1748 ; the main country
road in 1755; the main road in 1776; the great country
road in 1794 ; the country road or highway in 1794 ; the.
public road in 1799 ; the highway leading to Salem in
1804 ; the road leading from Salem to Andover in 1805 ;
the road leading from the South meeting house to An-
dover in 1807 ; the road in 1819 ; the road leading from
Andover to the South meeting house in 1836 ; the An-
dover road in 1841 ; and Central street as early as 1844.
Andover street was a path probably before 1659. It
was called the highway that leads to Mr. Phillips' in
1705; the road in 1729 ; the country road in 1761; the
way leading to Jonathan Felton's house in 1770 ; the
country road in 1847 ; and Andover street as early as
1878.
Endecott street was laid out by the town in 1871, and
named Endecott street at the time. The next year it was
called a new street leading from Wilson's corner to Low-
ell street.
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164 THE WEST FIELD, SALEM, IN 1700.
Bowditch court was in existence and so called in 1887.
Warren street was so called in 1880.
Jacobs street was in existence and so called in 1864.
Stevens street was called a way to Central street in
1844; and Stevens street as early as 1849.
Mechanics street and Vine street were so called in
1857.
Ash street was so called in 1864.
Estate of Samuel Aborn House. This lot of land and
the house and barn thereon was the homestead of Samuel
Aborn as early as 1694 ; and he died, possessed of the
estate, in November, 1699. The house was built before
1661 ; and the land and buildings were valued at sixty
pounds. By an agreement, dated Feb. 27, 1700-1, the
widow, Catherine (Smith) Aborn, had the buildings and
land adjoining ; and soon after that part became the
property of Samuel Aborn, eldest son of the deceased.
He gave to his daughter Susanna Aborn a deed of the
same July 6, 1705 ;* and she conveyed it to her nephew
(" cousin ") Samuel Aborn of Salem April 3, 170 8.f
Miss Aborn retained a life interest therein, and the deed
also provided that it should be void if she should have a
child. She subsequently married John Baker of Salem,
but he lived only a short time, and apparently she had no
child. How long the house stood after this date is un-
certain.
William Osborn and Isaac Pease Lot. This lot was
originally owned by Thomas Bullock. Daniel Southwick,
aged eighty-one, and Samuel Eborn, aged seventy-eight,
both of Salem, deposed, Dec. 16, 1717, that William
Osborn is in possession of " a peice of Land in a place
called y e weft field upon w ch Said Land there was erected
Built and in Being a Cottage or Dwelling place at or
Before y e year one Thoufand Six hundred Sixty one by
one Thomas Bullock of Salem in y e County of Efsex
hufbandman deceafed."^: This house must have been
built by Mr. Bullock early, as Henry Bullock owned the
lot in 1657. Henry Bullock died in 1664, having, in his
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 18, leaf 186.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 26, leaf 136.
JEssex Registry of Deeds, book 32, leaf 256.
BY SIDNEY PEBLEY. 165
will, devised the house and lot to his wife Elizabeth for
her life and after her decease to his grandson John Bul-
lock, son of the deceased's son Henry, who had died be-
fore his father. The house, outhouses and land were
then appraised at forty pounds. The widow probably
died before 1685, when John Bullock is mentioned as
owner of the property. John Bullock was a vintner.
The house was gone apparently before 1690, when the
barn and leanto were still standing ; and these buildings
were probably gone before Dec. 17, 1694, when John
Bullock (then called a brewer) conveyed the northeastern
part of the lot (being the larger part of it) to William
Osborne of Salem, yeoman.* Mr. Bullock died a few
days later (being then called an innholder), and the ad-
ministrator of his estate conveyed the remainder of the
lot to Philip English of Salem, merchant, Jan. 29, 1696-7. f
Mr. English conveyed his part of the lot to Isaac Pease
of Salem, husbandman, Nov. 24, 16984 Tne lot be '
longed to Mr. Osborn and Mr. Pease in 1700.
Isaac Cook Souse. This lot early belonged to Thomas
Bullock, then to Henry Bullock. The latter conveyed it
to his son Henry Bullock, jr., and the latter died in 1656,
possessed of the dwelling house and outhouses and the land
on which they stood. His widow and administratrix, Alice
Bullock, conveyed the estate to Henry Cooke of Salem
Aug. 22, 1657. Mr. Cooke lived in this house, and was
a slaughterer by trade. He died Jan. , 1661-2 ; and
the house and land were then appraised at sixty pounds.
The quarterly court ordered, June 24, 1662, that, after
his mother Judith's decease, the house and lot should
belong to the deceased's son Isaac Cook, the father hav-
ing orally requested it three or four hours before he died. ||
Mr. Cook's widow, Judith Cook, conveyed that part of
this lot lying easterly of the dashes to her son Isaac
Cook Oct. 26, 1680.1
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 10, leaf 114.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 11, leaf 271.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 18, leaf 98.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 1, leaf 39.
IIEssex County Quarterly Court Records and Files, volume II,
page 423.
f Essex Registry of Deeds, book 7, leaf 22.
166 THE WEST FIELD, SALEM, IN 1700.
That part lying westerly of the dashes was conveyed
by her to her son Henry Cook March 6, 1678.* Henry
Cook removed from Salem to Wallingsford, where he was
a husbandman ; and, for thirty pounds, he conveyed his
part of the lot to his brother Isaac Cook of Salem, yeo-
man, Nov. 8, 1682. f There is on record a deed of this
tract of land from John Bullock of Salem, vintner, for
forty pounds, to Isaac Cooke of Salem, yeoman, dated
April 30, 16884
Isaac Cook thus became the owner of the whole lot.
He lived here, and died in the autumn of 1692, having,
in his will, devised to his wife Elizabeth the use of his
housing and land until his son Samuel came of age, and
after that the use of the buildings and one-half of the
land during her life. After her decease, one-half of the
housing and land was to be the property of her son Sam-
uel Cook and the latter's children after him. Samuel and
Henry Cook owned the lot in 1700, when the buildings
were probably standing.
Samuel Gardner Lot. The northerly three-fourths of
this lot was a part of Isaac Cook's lot, and had originally
belonged to Thomas Bullock, and then to Henry Bullock,
who conveyed it to his son Henry. The latter died, pos-
sessed of it, in 1656. His widow and administratrix,
Alice Bullock, conveyed it to Henry Cooke of Salem Aug.
22, 1657. Mr. Cooke died Jan. , 1661-2 ; and by
order of court this lot became the property of his son
Isaac Cook. The deceased's widow, Judith Cook, con-
veyed it to Isaac Cook Oct. 26, 1680.|| Isaac Cook con-
veyed this portion of the lot to John Robinson of Salem,
tailor, March 10, 1686.^f
The southerly fourth part of this lot apparently be-
longed to Elias Mason before 1675, and, in that year, to
John Robinson, the tailor, who had married Mr. Mason's
daughter Sarah in 1665.
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 7, leaf 20.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 7, leaf 21.
JEssex Registry of Deeds, book 8, leaf 87.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 1, leaf 39.
HEssex Registry of Deeds, book 7, leaf 22.
TIEssex Registry of Deeds, book 9, leaf 195.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 167
For eighteen pounds, Mr. Robinson conveyed to Sam-
uel Gardner of Salem the whole of the lot Feb. 10,
1691-2;* and Mr. Gardner owned it in 1700.
Robert Pease House. This lot belonged to Robert Pease
of Salem, weaver, as early as 1682. There was a house
and barn upon the lot when he sold the estate in 1705,
and probably the buildings were in existence in 1700.f
Hugh Pasco House. John Pease owned this lot in 1682,
when he removed from Salem to Enfield, and November
13th of that year he conveyed the lot, with a house and
barn thereon, to Hugh Pasco of Salem, mariner.;}: Mr.
Pasco conveyed the land and buildings to John Robinson
of Salem, the tailor, April 19, 1706. Mr. Robinson was
living in this house in 1721, but how much longer the
house stood is unknown to the writer.
Estate of John Marshall House. This lot belonged to
John Pease, jr., of Salem, joiner, before Aug. 22, 1682,
when he conveyed to John Marshall of Salem, merchant,
the lot with " my dwelling house " and a shop thereon. |j
Mr. Marshall died in the spring of 1693 ; and the estate
probably came into the hands of John Robinson soon after
1700. The writer knows nothing more of the house.
Samuel Gardner House. This was probably early the
estate of William Robinson, who died in the autumn of
1678. The house on the lot was then called an old
dwelling house, and the barn was also then standing, the
whole being valued at forty pounds. He devised his real
estate to his sons Samuel and John. The next known of
the title to this estate is the deed of Ele de Boone Repose
of Salem, conveying to Capt. Samuel Gardner of Salem
" my dwelling house," barn, shop, and this lot of land,
Jan. 28, 1691.1" Captain Gardner lived here, and died
in the winter of 1723-4. He devised his real estate to
his three grandsons, John, Daniel and Samuel, sons of
his deceased son John Gardner. The estate was divided
between them in 1733, and this homestead was assigned
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 65, leaf 192.
tSee Essex Registry of Deeds, book 18, leaf 141.
JEssex Registry of Deeds, book 6, leaf 68.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 18, leaf 176.
II Essex Registry of Deeds, book 6, leaf 60.
TEssex Registry of Deeds, book 9, leaf 31.
168 THE WEST FIELD, SALEM, IN 1700.
to Samuel. Samuel Gardner was a merchant, and for two
hundred and thirty pounds, conveyed the house, barn and
land around them to Daniel Jacobs of Salem, cordwainer,
Oct. 15, 1736 ;* and while Mr. Jacobs owned the estate
the house was destroyed by fire, probably in the winter of
1771-2, as in a deed of a part of its site, dated March 24,
1772, he refers to it as " my Dwelling Houfe lately con-
fumed with Fire."f The house was succeeded, upon pre-
cisely the same site, by the present large old Jacobs house
near the southern corner of Central and Jacobs streets.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 73, leaf 168.
KEssex Registry of Deeds, book 132, leaf 238.
THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY.
( Continued from Volume L, page
This will was proved Oct. 14, 1702, at which time an
inventory was filed in court by the executor. The follow-
ing is an exact copy of this inventory taken from the
original document on file in the office of the probate court
at Salem :
An Inuentory of the estat of samuell Plnmer lat of Newbury de-
cest taken this 23 dy of September 1702.
to thre oxen & 5 Cowes and 3 Calfes and 7 young cattell 33 00
to 15 shep : and 7 lambs : 4H> 8s Od
to a horse 20s : to 11 swine 5H> 10* Od 10180
to waring apparrill wowllin and linin and bookes 14
to 2 f atliar bead and 3 fl ok beds and 5 Covrleds a blinkit
2 Ruges 14 00
to 2 bedsteds and a paire of Curtins : and bedcords 2
to 2 trunckes and a chist : andStabals: and 5 joyent
stuels 3100
to a Cubard 20s : and 6 Chares 12s and 2 whels: and ould
Caske 3100
to pntuar and bras, and Iron pots and andears : tongs :
a Iron cettel 6 00
to a bead pan 10s and saverall utensels 2
to corne and heay 20ib to a plow Chairs whels youckes.
axis howes 23
to sieths bedall Ringes wiges. a saddell a sled 2
to a bill standing out 20lb to shepes woull and cloth 21 18
135160
halfe ye ferry boat & halfe the Cannoe 1 00
136160
Taken by us
TRISTRAM COFFIN
CUTTING NOTES
(169)
170 THE PLTJMBR GENEALOGY.
The inventory was sworn to by Joshua Plumer, the
executor, Oct. 14, 1702.
Mr. Plumer's homestead was next occupied by his son
Silvanus, and has been in the possession of the family
since that time.
Their children were born in Newbury, as follows :
6 I. SAMUEL 3 , born April 20, 1647. See family numbered " 6 ".
7 II. MART 8 , born Feb. 8, 1649-50; married John, son of
Stephen and Hannah (Merrill) Swett of Newbury Dec.
6, 1670, the day after her brother Samuel was married.
Mr. Swett was born in Newbury Oct. 20, 1648. They
lived in Newbury. She died before 1717 ; and he died
in Newbury March 17, 1717-8. They had seven children.
8 in. JOHN*, born May 11, 1652. At the age of twenty-three, he
entered the military service of the colony in the armed
resistance to the final attempt of King Philip to regain
Indian supremacy over New England; and he was one
of the famous company, which has ever since been
known as " The Flower of Essex," being composed of
many of the best and most promising young men of the
county. During the summer of 1675, King Philip was
operating along the Connecticut river, and a considera-
ble force of the colonists were stationed at Hadley.
Preparations were being made to gather at that place a
large supply of provisions, and a considerable quantity
of wheat was in stacks at Deerfield. To take that to
Hadley in safety required a military escort, and this
company of about eighty men volunteered for the ser-
vice. The wheat was threshed and in wagons had pro-
ceeded on its way as far as a brook in the South Deer-
field woods, when the company stopped to gather some
grapes along the narrow road. Here, the Indians am-
bushed them in great numbers, and only seven or eight
of the colonial soldiers escaped from the murderous
fire of the unseen savages. Young Plumer was slain.
This was on Sept. 18, 1675. He was unmarried.
9 iv. EPHBAIM 3 , born Sept. 16, 1654. See family numbered " 9 ".
10 v. HANNAH 3 , born Feb. 16, 1655-6; married David, son of John
and Kebecca Batchelder of Reading Dec. 30, 1679. He
was born in Dedham Dec. 14, 1643. They lived in Read-
ing; and had five children.
11 vi. SiLVANUS 8 , born Feb. 22, 1657-8. See family numbered
" 11".
12 vn. Ruin 8 , born Aug. 7, 1660; married, first, Richard, son of
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 171
Henry and Anne (Knight) Jaques of Newbury Jan. 18,
1681-2, on the same day that her brother Silvanus was
married. Richard Jaques was a brother of the wife of
his wife's brother Richard, and of the husband of her
sister Deborah. He was born in 1658; and lived in
Newbury, where he was drowned May 28, 1683, at the
age of about twenty-five. She married, secondly, Na-
thaniel, son of John and Joan (Auter) Haselton of
Haverhill July 20, 1688. He was born in Rowley Sept.
20, 1656 ; and lived in Haverhill. She was his second
wife, and died before 1702. He died in Haverhill, where
he was a farmer, Jan. 14, 1723-4, at the age of sixty-
seven. She had two children by her first husband, and
five by the second.
18 VIII. ELIZABETH 3 , born Oct. 19, 1662; married Richard, son of
James and Joanna Jackman of Newbury June 26, 1682.
He was born in Newbury Feb. 6, 1660. He succeeded
his wife's family in the business of the ferry over
Parker river. They had five children.
14 ix. DEBOBAH', born March 13, 1665; married Serg. Stephen,
son of Henry and Anne (Knight) Jaques of Newbury
May 13, 1684. He was born in Newbury Sept. 9, 1661;
and lived there, being a carpenter. He built the meet-
ing house there in 1699 for five hundred and fifty
pounds, and this was the church of Oldtown from 1700
to 1806, a large portion of the worshippers there being
Flumer familes or their connections. He is best
known, however, by his interesting and valuable jour-
nal. He died in the summer of 1744, his wife having
gone before him. They had ten children, one of whom
was Richard, who, as a soldier against the Indians at
Norridgewock, Me., shot the chief, Mogg Megone, and
the French priest, Father Sebastian Rasle, Aug. 23,
1724.
15 x. JOSHUA, born July 2, 1668, twin with Lydia. See family
numbered " 15 ".
16 XI. LYDIA 8 , born July 2, 1668, twin with Joshua; married
Joseph, son of Anthony and Elizabeth (Knight) Morse
of Haverhill Jan. 4, 1688-9. He was born in Newbury
July 29, 1665; and was a weaver, living in Haverhill
until his wife's decease, Nov. 8, 1689, at the age of
twenty-one, six days after the birth of her child and
less than ten months from her wedding day. Mr.
Morse returned to Newbury and married again and
again.
172 THE PLUMEK GENEALOGY.
17 xii. BATHSHKBA 8 , born July 31, 1670; probably died young and
unmarried, as she is not mentioned in her father's will,
in 1702.
3
JOSEPH PLUMER*, born in England about 1630. He
lived in Newbury, on the Neck.
Upon the records of the proprietors of Newbury are
found the following extracts :
In consideration of Joseph Plumer resigning up into the Townes
hands four acres of salt marsh by Great Pine Island to Ly perpetu-
aly Comon the Towne Granted him over the Great River the pro-
priety of the cutting of the grass of four acres to be laid out within
the creeks so y* it Do not prejudice the cattels feeding to him and
his heyres For Euer to be laid out by Richard Knight Tho Hale &
Daniel Thirston.
At a meeting of the Townes-men Feb. 2, 1653 Having considered
Joseph Plumers proposition about the changing of the way from
his house runing into the meadows and finding that the neighbours
Tho. Hale and Daniel Thirston and John Poer are all willing and do
consent therunto
It was therfore Granted unto Joseph Plumer that in considera-
tion of his resigning up into the Townes hand that half acre of land
at Old Towne on the east side of Samuel Plumers Orchard and also
a parcell of land for a way into the meadows along by his house and
by the side of Daniel Thirstons land that is to say three rod broad
by the street at the going in neer about two rod and an half at the
cross fence and between the street and the cross fence in the midst
neer about two rod broad and from the cross fence downe the side
of his lott to the meadows which is broader & broader as now the
fence stands and at the house Joseph Plumer doth reserve twelve
foot from the west end of the house the breadth of his house to
build on
There was granted that Joseph Plumer should have the old way
into the war as now the fence stands to be to him and his heyrs Fof
Euer Only Mr. Sewall is to have a way to all his land of two rods
broad by Daniel Thurstons land & Mr. Sewalls land w*h a gate to
go in to it
Laid out unto Joseph Plumer four acres of marsh in the neck
over the Great Riuer bounded by the Great River on the North and
his owne land on the west and that marsh he had of Thomas Smith
on the South and the land he had of Richard Dole on the east
Laid out unto Joseph Plumer in the Behalfe of Thomas Smith
BY SIDNEY PBRLEY. 173
three acres of marsh in the neck over the Great River be it more or
less Bounded by Joseph Plumer land on the north and west and the
land which Joseph Plumer had of Richard Dole on the South &
East this three acres is part of the six acres and it was granted that
if ever the land be improved to any use but for comon of that w<=h
was yeilded up It shall returne back to the said Joseph Plumer
again.
Laid out unto Joseph Plumer in the behalf of Richard Dole four
acres of marsh in the neck over the Great River bounded by a great
creeke coming out of the River at the east end and his owne Land
on the west and the comon on the south Bounded w th three stakes
on a streight line and range to a little creeke at both ends from the
stake this four acres is in consideration of Benj. Rolfe his resigning
vp into the Townes hands four acres of his land in the Aspen
swamp.
Laid out unto Joseph Plumer For Mr. Greenleaf three acres of
marsh be it more or less in the neck over the Great River being a
part of that eight acres of marsh the towne granted unto Mr
Greenleaf for eight acres of land Mr. Greenleaf resigned up to the
Towne by the Little River the which three acres of marsh is Joyn-
ing to the River next Rowley on the south and a great Creek on the
west and a Creek on the east and a piece of meadow of a Rod of
land Joyning to the Northwest part of it and joyning to a creek on
the west and the comon on the east and it is Bounded w th two stakes
and rnning over a salt pond to make up three acres Given in to
be Recorded Dec 6 1657
Per Richard Knight
Teste Anthony Somerby
Joseph Plumer In consideration of his receiving of a parcell of
Land over the great River in the neck Joseph Plumer resigning vp
into the Townes hands that half acre of land he had at the Old-
Town on the east side of Samuel Plumers Orchard under the great
Hill to Remaine to the Towne For-Ever.
March 1, 1652, the spring preceding his marriage, Jos-
eph Plumer bought of Thomas Hale of Newbury a four-
acre lot of upland and marsh on the neck, adjoining his
own land on the south. It was bounded on the east and
south by a creek and on the west by a highway leading to
the marsh.*
He conveyed to his son Joseph, in fulfilment of an
agreement with him and John Jewett of Ipswich, whose
Ipswich Registry of Deeds, book 1, page 185.
174 THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
daughter Joseph was engaged to marry, one-half of his
buildings and land in Newbury, Jan. 20, 1684.* June
17, 1695, Mr. Jewett, Edward Nealand and Caleb Boyn-
ton testified in regard to this agreement, that the father
and son dwelt together under one roof on Newbury neck
when Joseph was first married, and the father thought
that he should in about five years build a house and then
Joseph should occupy the old house alone, etc. The
father reserved to himself the land he had in Rowley
field.f
Mr. Plumer conveyed to Tristram Coffin of Newbury,
for ten pounds and twelve shillings in money and
thirty-six shillings in pork, "his rate lott land in
Newbury in y e vper woods about 24 acres bounded
by y e land of James Smith westerly & by y e Comon
Land northerly & by y e land of Daniel Merrill east-
erly & by a high way Southerly," Feb. 20, 1687-84
He also conveyed to Mr. Coffin, June 24, 1690, freehold
lot numbered fifty-five, " in y e vper woods, " containing
about twenty-six acres, " bounded with Bradford highway
Easterly & y e Land of Henry Lunt southerly & y e high-
way by merri[m]ok River westerly & y e Land of Benj
Rolph Northerly.
Mr. Plumer conveyed to his son Jonathan, Sept. 14,
1694, for forty pounds in silver and as a recompence " for
y e constant & faithfull service that his said son Jonathan
hath done & performed for his said parents since he ar-
rived at y e age of twenty & one years," reserving to him-
self and his wife the right to remain as long as they live
in the house, which Jonathan is to keep in repair, one-third
of his real estate in Newbury, forty-six acres in all, viz. :
" y e house barne Orchard & outhouses with Tilliage land
adjoyning being about ten acres by land Called Mr Sew-
alls northerly : by land set out by S d parent to his son
Josephs thirds ... on ye south & by his Orchard as pt of
s d third West and by other parts of his third p* Easterly
Westerly & Southerly & Westerly bounded partly by ye
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 11, leaf 243.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 13, leaf 156.
JEssex Registry of Deeds, book 5, leaf 474.
Essez Registry of Deeds, book 5, leaf 478.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 175
way yt leads to s d Joseph Plumer Junr. his house ; " four
acres of pasture, "bounded by Marsh Lotts doth lately layed
out on ye southerly side by s d Joseph Plumer J r his plow-
ing ground & marsh ground easterly & by y e tilliage
land before mentioned in part Northerly & s d Josephs in
part also westerly by y e lane that leads by s d Joseph
Plumer Jr his house ; " about thirty acres of marsh on
the south side of " Newbury Old-Town River ; " and two-
thirds of a freehold right in Newbury.* He also con-
veyed to him, June 5, 1696, nine acres of upland, meadow
and orchard on Newbury neck, bounded "by ye land of
Ezekiel Northend on y e West by ye Old Town River on
ye north and on y e easterly side by marsh of ye abovesaid
Jonathan Plumer & southerly bounded by land now in y e
possession of Joseph Plumer Jr."f
He conveyed to his " loving & dutif ull son ffrancis
Plumer of Newbury," May 21, 1697, four acres of up-
land and meadow in Newbury, bounded " by ye countrey
Road leading from Rowley Towne to Newbury ferrey on
ye east & Northeast by y e Rough marsh of John Sawyers
on ye North by land of Samuel Johnson on ye West &
Northwest and by a way that Leadeth to perticular mens
lands on ye south." J
Mr. Plumer bought of Richard Dole, sr., of Newbury,
July 1, 1698, five acres of marsh on Newbury neck,
bounded north by Parker river ; and sold it to Capt.
Samuel Sewall of Boston just a month later, for thirty
pounds. || June 1, 1706, Mr. Plumer conveyed to Corp.
Richard Jackman, sr., of Newbury, for four pounds, all
his rate rights in Newbury, which belonged to him by
virtue of his paying rates to the ministry of Newbury in
the years 1684 and 1685, as voted by the town Oct. 20,
With his father and brother and other citizens, Mr.
Plumer was summoned to appear before the committee of
the general court and answer concerning his petition for
'Essex Registry of Deeds, book 11, leaf 21.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 11, leaf 174.
{Essex Registry of Deeds, book 11, leaf 245.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 14, leaf 251.
II Essex Registry of Deeds, book 19, leaf 109.
HEssex Registry of Deeds, book 19, leaf 109.
176 THE PLUMEE GENEALOGY.
the reversal of the sentence against Robert Pike in 1653.
He was also interested in the ecclesiastical troubles in the
church at Newbury, about 1668. He was on the side of
the congregationalists with the rest of his family.
Mr. Plunier was a farmer all his life. He was a trial
juror in 1671, 1679 and 1683, and a grandjuryman in
1693 ; fence viewer for the Neck in 1674 and 1688 ; and
tithingman in 1682, 1685, 1686, 1694, 1701 and 1702.
He also served on various committees, perambulating town
lines, protecting the common forest from being cut down,
etc.
When he built his new house, in 1685, the town voted
to give him liberty to cut the necessary timber off the
Newbury common.
Mr. Plumer married Sarah, daughter of John and Mar-
tha Cheney of Newbury Dec. 23, 1652. She was born
about 1637, and was living in 1692. He was alive in
1706, and probably died two or three years later, at about
eighty years of age. When his sons established them-
selves in life he began to dispose of his estate to them,
and so at the time of his decease had no estate to be ad-
ministered. He was indeed his own executor.
Their children were born in Newbury, as follows :
18 i. JOSEPH 8 , born Sept. 11, 1654. See family numbered " 18."
19n. BENJAMIN*, born Oct. 23, 1656. See family numbered " 19."
20 in. DAVID 3 , born about 1658; was probably never married;
lived in Newbury; and died in 1697. Administration
upon his estate was granted to bis brothers Benjamin
and Jonathan Sept. 27, 1697. It was agreed between
the father and brothers of the deceased that they
should all share equally in the estate.
21 iv. SARAH 3 , born May 13, 1660; died May 26, 1676, aged six-
teen.
22 v. FEANOis 3 , born April 23, 1662; died Dec. 5, 1663.
23 vi. FRANCIS 3 , born Feb. 25, 1663-4. See family numbered "23."
24 vn. NATHANIEL 3 , born Jan. 31, 1665-6; probably died, unmar-
ried, before 1697.
25 vin. JONATHAN 8 , born May 13, 1668. See family numbered "25."
26 ix. ABIGAIL 3 , born July 16, 1669; died Dec. 11, 1683, aged four-
teen.
27 x. '(daughter), born July 26, 1674; died young.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 177
6
SAMUEL PLUMERS, born in Newbury, Mass., April 20,
1647. He was reared in Newbury, and after his marriage
lived in Rowley for a while. In 1676 he removed to Bos-
ton and lived in the house his grandfather Bitfield had
devised to him. He was a cooper, and the next year,
with one hundred and twenty-eight others, who styled
themselves " the hand-craftsmen, a very considerable part
of the Town of Boston," petitioned the general court to
protect them from unskilled labor, suggesting that there-
after no one should set up in business until he had served
apprenticeship and become proficient in his trade, etc.*
Mr. Plumer married, first, Joanna, daughter of Nicho-
las and Ann (Pasgrove or Paulsgrove) Woodbury of
Beverly Dec. 5, 1670. She was born in Salem, in that
part afterward Beverly, in March, 1653. Her father died
before May 8, 1700, when her mother conveyed to her
and her sister and brothers, for love, her buildings and
land in North or Great Yarmouth, Norfolk county, Eng-
land.f April 6, 1714, she and her husband conveyed to
Hezekiah Ober of Beverly, mariner, her interest in about
eighty acres of land at Lord's hill, in Beverly.:}: Mrs.
Plnmer died in Boston June 30, 1714, at the age of sixty.
Mr. Plumer married, second, Elizabeth Lake of Boston
Dec. 9, 1714. He died there in October, 1718, at the
age of seventy-one. His wife Elizabeth survived him,
and married, second, Elisha Odlin, jr., of Boston Dec. 8,
1720.
The following is a copy of Mr. Plumer's will, the orig-
inal instrument being on file in the office of the probate
court in Boston :
In the name of God Amen I Samuel Plumer of Boston being sound
in Memory but sick and weeke in Body doe make this my Last will
and testiment; I doe give my soule to God that gave it and my
body to be desently buried and after my due debts are paid I give
and bequeath to my deare and beloved wife Elizabeth Plumer all
my personall esteat and debts oweing to me to maintaine her and
bring vp my Child and I doe appoint and make her my sole Execu-
*Drake's History and Antiquities of Boston, page 426.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 14, leaf 258.
{Essex Registry of Deeds, book 79, leaf 3.
178 THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
trix and my will is that shee have the vse and Rents of my house
and houses till my Child Comes of Age In witnefse whereof I have
sett my hand and seale this second day of December 1717.
Signed Sealed and declared
to be my Last will in the
presence of vs
SILENCE ALLEN SAMUEL PLUMEB [SEAL]
SAM"- MAY
MART MAY
The will was proved Oct. 20, 1718.
Mr. Plumer's children were born as follows :
28 I. JOHN 4 , born in 16 ; died in Rowley June 17, 1695.
29 n. SARAH*, born in 16 ; married John Smith, jr., of New-
bury (published July 15, 1704).
30 in. ELiEZEB 4 , born in 16 ; married, when of Salem Village,
Elizabeth Rolfe in 1711. '
31 iv. MABY 4 , born Jan. 1, 1716, in Boston; married Joseph, son
of Robert and Elizabeth Randall. He was born in
Boston May 4, 1712 ; and was a " pnterer."
9
EPHRAIM PLUMERS, born in Newbury, Mass., Sept. 16,
1654. When young he assisted his father in carrying on
the ferry, and probably because his father needed his
assistance, he obtained permission for him to be free from
impressment into the service of the colonies in the strug-
gle against the Indians in 1676. He lived in Newbury
on his grandfather Plunder's homestead, and carried on
the farm.
The only offices he held were those of tithingman and
fence-viewer, the former in 1694 and 1700, and the latter
in 1695.
The records show but one real estate transaction to
which Mr. Plumer was a party. This was a conveyance
of about twelve acres of land to his brother-in-law
Stephen Jaques Jan. 28, 1694-5.* W -*^B|H
Mr. Plumer married Hannah, daughter of Henry and
Anne (Knight) Jaques of Newbury Jan. 15, 1679-80.
His sister Ruth married his wife's brother Richard on the
same day. Hannah was born about 1656.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 35, leaf 143.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 179
Mr. Plumer died in Newbury Aug. 13, 1715, at the
age of sixty.
O *J
The following is a copy of his will :
This may signify that I Ephraim: Plumer of nubery in the County
of Efex in new england : for divers Conf {derations mee thereunto
mooving: do make this my Last will & testament: firft I give &
bequeath my Soul into y hands of my Bleffed Saviour: & Redeemer
Jefus Christ in hope of a Redirection: when it Shall pleafe y e Lord
to Call mee hence : as for that portion of worldly goods which god
hath given mee : I dispofe of it: as ff olloweth : first I give unto my
son John plumer : after my difceas the one half of all my: homstead
with half of the houfing & orchards: barns & out houfing: imedi-
atly after my disceas: unto my Son Samli Plumer: I give the one
half of my free hold: Lott || her paying forty five pounds to my ex-
ecutor II unto my : Son daniell I give : twenty pounds and to my son
Richard I give twenty pounds: and to my Son Bittfield twenty
pounds unto ray daughter mary: I give five: pounds : and : to my
davghter hanah five pounds : with what they have : alredy had :
and to my Daughter Ruth: I give twenty pounds & to my
daughter Sarah I give twenty pounds: as for my daughter
Emy : I: Leave : her to the Care of my wife & to my: Son John :
plumer: and: as for my perfonall eftate I give it all to my well be-
loved wife : all the Stock of Cattell & Sheep with all: the honshold
Stuff: During: her naturall Life: to be att her dispofe: farther myr
will: is: that: after: mine & my wifes deceaf That my Son John::
plumer whom I make my heire & executor to this my Last will &
testament || shall II peacably & Quietly inioy all: the above faid:
Lands Hundispofed of:|| & houfeing: orchards: pasture medow or
medow grounds with all y privelledges : therunto belonging: or
any way appertaing tome in the : towne of newbury: hee: fullfilling-
all the Conditions : & obligations above written according to all
intents &: purpofes : as wittnes my hand and Seall this twelvth day
of Jully one thoufand : Seven hundred : & fivteen :
wittnes The mark
SILVANUS PLUMAB of O [SEAL]
JOSEPH WILLET Ephraim plumer
JOHN SWETT
The will was proved Sept. 29, 1715. The inventory
of the estate is as follows :
An Inventary of the Eftate of Ephraim Plumer Late of Newbury,
Deceafed, As it was taken the twentieth Day of Sep* 1715; by us the
Subfcribers.
180
THE PLUMBR GENEALOGY.
Real Eftate as valued s d
Eight Akers of plow land 80
Twenty Akers of pafture land 80
Sixteen akers of medow land, 80
To a freehold Lot in the upper woods 180
One houfe and One Barn 40 00
Two Wood-Lots 1000
Common Bites 04
total 47400
Perfonall Eftate as valued s d
Arms and Wearing Cloths & books 20 00
Carts, plough, Chains & Utenfills for hufbandry and
Carpent" tools 06 00
Four Beds & furniture thereto 28
Pewter, Brafs, Iron pots, pot hooks, Tramels, Tongs,
Spit, with Othr Small things 10 00
Tabels, Chefts, Boxes, Cobard, Stools, Chairs, 06 00
Forty yards Cloth, & yarn not Woven, table-cloth, nap-
kins with other linnen 15
Wooden Ware 01100
One horfe & two Oxen 16
Three Steers, Three Cowes, Three heffers 25 00
About Sixteen Sheep 04
nine Swine 04 00
total 135 10
474 00
135100
total Sum 60910
CUTTING NOTES
JONATHAN EMEKY
STEPHEN JAQUES
Mrs. Plumer survived her husband, and died, his widow,
in Newbury, March 16, 1731, at about seventy-four years
of age.
Their children were born in Newbury, as follows :
32 i. MART*, born Feb. 19, 1680-1 ; married James, son of John
and Rebecca (Noyes) Knight of Newbury July 13,
1708. He was born in Newbury Sept. 30, 1672. They
had three children.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 181
33 n. HANNAH*, born Oct. 12, 1682; married Anthony, son of
Jonathan and Mary (Woodman) Emery of Newbury
(published March 21, 1711). He was born Nov. 13,
1684. She died April 6, 1760, aged seventy-seven; and
he died April 6, 1765, aged eighty.
34 in. SAMUEL*, born Oct. 27, 1684. See family numbered " 34."
35 iv. ELIZABETH 4 , born Nov. 21, 1686; probably died young.
36 v. JOHN 4 , born Nov. 7, 1688. See family numbered " 36."
37 vi. RUTH", born Nov. 5, 1690; died, unmarried, between 1725
and 1748.
38 vn. DANIEL 4 , born March 10, 1693. See family numbered " 38."
39 vni. RiCHABD 4 , born Aug. 3, 1695. See family numbered "39."
40 ix. BiTFiELD 4 , born June 12, 1697; died, probably unmarried,
in February, 1724-5, aged twenty-seven.
41 x. SABAH*, born July 26, 1699; died, unmarried, between 1725
and 1748.
42 xi. EMMA 4 , born June 21, 1704; probably died, unmarried, be-
tween 1715 and 1725.
11
SILVANUS PLUMERS, born in Newbury, Mass., Feb. 22,
1657-8. When twenty years of age, in 1678, he took
the oath of allegiance to the crown. He settled where
his father lived during the latter years of his life, west of
the green, being the old house that formerly stood on the
site of the residence of Dr. Daniel T. Plumer. The house
was situated about thirty rods from Parker river, and the
farm extended to the water. It is said that his father
built the house for him about the time of his marriage, in
1681 or 1682.
He received most of the real estate of which he was
possessed during his life from his father. He had about
seventy-seven acres of land, besides freehold rights in
several places in the town, and a number of conveyances
of land, both to and from him, are on record.
In 1711, Mr. Plumer paid the highest tax assessed to
any one of the Plumer family. He served as night-
watchman at the Little garrison in 1691 ; and, besides his
business, which was agriculture, served the public as a
member of the grand jury in 1696, 1702 and 1715, trial
juror in 1726, fence viewer in 1697 and 1698, and a con-
stable in 1703.
Mr. Plumer married, first, Sarah, daughter of Samuel
182 THE PLUMER GfBNEALOGY.
and Mary (Cutting) Moody of Newbury Jan. 18, 1681-2,
on the day his sister Ruth was married. Sarah Moody
was born in Newbury June 20. 1663 ; and died previous
to July 23, 1700. He married, second, Emma, daughter
of John and Emma (Coddington) Jepson, and widow of
Kelly of Boston, Nov. 5, 1700. She was born in
Boston June 2, 1656 ; and probably died in 1743.
Mr. Plumer accidentally fell in his barn, while unload-
ing hay from a cart, striking on the standard that held the
rigging over one of the wheels, and it resulted in his death.
This was in the summer of 1733. The following is a
copy of his will, transcribed from the original instrument
on file in the office of the probate court at Salem :
In the Name of God amen I Silvenus Plumer of Newbury In ye
County of Esex In y e Provence of y e masachusets Bay In New Eng-
land being sencable of my own mortality & that it is my duty to
setle my Estate while I have opportunity for it Wherefore I do
make ordain and Establish thefe Presents to be my Last Will and
Testament: first I Committ my Soul Into the hands of God who
Gave it and my Body unto the Earth whence its origenal Was Taken
by a decent Burial and throw the Power & faithfullness of my Glo-
rious Redeemer with a well Grounded hope of obtaining a Glorious
Reserection And as to the Good things of this world w<=h it hath
Pleafed God to make me owner of I Difpose of them as followeth
Imprimis I Give to My Dear and Well beloved wife one third
Part of all my Personal Estate after Debts are Payed: and one third
Part of my Real Estate Dureing her Natural Life
Item I Give and bequeath to my fon famuel the one half of all
my Estate Real and Perfonal Excepting my said Wives Interest
there In as above Exprefed : viz the Houfe & Shop where he now
dwells and ye one half of my Barn and half my Plow land and Pas-
ture Land Marsh Land and mowing Ground and of all other of my
Lands Where fo Ever & what fo Ever they be and oue half of all my
Rights In y e Common & undivided Lands within y e Town of New
bury and Else where : and ye one Half of my Perfonal Estate Ex-
cep[t]ing as aforsd my sd Wives Right therein: To be and Remain
to him my faid fon Samuel and to his heirs and assignes for ever:
with all and singular of y e Apurtenances there of
Item To my fon Benjamin I Give and Bequeath the one Half of
all my Estate Real Estate & Perfonal Excepting my sd wives Inter-
est there In as above Exprefsed: viz : the Houfe & Shop where he
now Dwells: and y e one half of my Barn and one half my Plowland
Pasture Land Marf h Land & mowing Ground and of all other of
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 183
my Lands where fo Ever: and what fo Ever they be: and one Half
of all my Rights In y e Common & undivided Lands within y e Town
of Newbury as aforsd: my said wives Right there In to be and Re-
main To Him my Said Son Benjamin and to his heirs and afsignes
forever With all and f inguler of y e Appurtenances there of.
Item To my Daughter Mary I Give and Bequeath fourty Pounds
In or as money or Good Bills of Credi* befides what I Have all
Redy Given her
Item To my Daughter Lydia I Give and Bequeath fonrty Pounds
In or as money or Good Bills of Credit : befides what I have before
Given her.
Item To my Gran Daughter Ann Titcomb y e only Daughter of
my Daughter Sarah ||decesed|l I Give and Bequeath Ten Pounds as
money or In Good bills of Credit befides what I formerly llhavell
Given said deceafed
Item To my Granfon Sillvenus Plnmer y e fon of my Son Samuel
I Give and Bequeath my Lott on y e Bank by y e merimack River :
Called a River Lott Layed out to y e origenal free hold Right of m
Oliver : any thing before mentioned to y e Contrary not withstand-
ing
The Lands before mentioned are to be Divided as litoji Q[u]allity
as well as ||Q[u]antity Equally ||
And I do hereby: make and Appoint my two fons famuel and
Benjamin to be Joynt Executors of this my will and Testament
ordring and appointing them to Pay all my Just Debts and funeral
Expences and the Several Legacies before mentioned and Given In
this my will : with full Power to Receive all f uch Deb y* are Due
to me at y e Time of my deceafe allowing them six months Time to
Pay Said Leagacies in and for the Disanulling and making Void all
other & former wills by me made : and for the Establishing and
Conforming of thefe Prefents to be my Last will and Testament I
have here unto affixed my Hand and Seal on y e ninth Day of De-
cembr Anoque Domino one thoufand feven Hundred twenty and
three. In the Tenth year of y e Reign of our foverain Lord George
of Great Britain &c. King Defend^ of y e faith &c.
Signed Sealed Published
and Declared by y e Said
Silvenus Plumer to SILVANUS PLUMEB [SEAL]
be His Last will and
Testament In y e Prefence
of us Defired by him to
be wittnefses thereof.
BENJAMIN PIKE
TIMOTHY J A OEM AN
JOHN PIKE
184 THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
The will was proved Oct. 22, 1733.
The following is a copy of the inventory of Mr. Plura-
er's estate :
Efex fc.
An Inventory of the Estate of nor filvenus Plumer Late of New-
bnry In faid County Decefeed Apprifed upon oath by us the fub-
fcribe[r]s as Bills of Credit on the 19 th day of October, 1733.
Ib s d
His Wearing Apparil of all forts at 26010
Books y e Great Bible 40/ other Books 20/ 03000
two feather beds and furnature to them 23 -16
Chists Tables & Linin Chairs Cupbords morter all 8 110
Puter Brafs & Iron Ware for Houf wif es 8 160
barils Tubs and other wooden ware In y e Houfe 5 50
Sadies, Bridles and other utencils for Hosling 5 2
one Horfe three Cows four young Cattell eight f heep and
four fwine at 42100
Perfonall 1123010
Real Estate: y e Houfing orchards and Barn 300
about twenty acres of Plow Land att 600
about thirty feven acres of Pasture ||Land|| 450
about fourty five acres of marsh Land 540
a fmall River Lott of 32 foot front at 008 00
Wittnes our Hands afixed on y e day above mentioned
SAMULL PLUMER JOHN PIKE
BENJAMIN PLUMEB RIOHABD DOLE
NATHANIEL DOLE
The homestead, which included the house in which Mr.
Plumer lived, descended to his son Benjamin, who contin-
ued its occupancy.
Mr. Plumer's children were as follows, all of them prob-
ably being born in Newbury :
43 i. MABY 4 , born Oct. 22, 1682; probably never married; was
a tailoress; and erected a house which she sold to
her brother Benjamin Plumer in 1741.* She bought
several lots of land in Nottingham, N. H. She was
living in 1743, in Newbury.
44 n. SAMUEL*, born Nov. 12, 1084; died Ang. 2, 1685.
45 in. SAMUEL*, born about 1687. See family numbered " 45."
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 86, leaf 85.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 185
46 iv. LYDIA 4 , born about 1695; married Timothy, son of Timo-
thy and Mary (Knight) Noyes of Newbury March
18, 1717-8. He was born in Newbury Jan. 2, 1690-1.
She died before 1735; and two years later, having
married again, he removed from Newbury to Plais-
tow, N. H.
47 v. SABAH 4 , born about 1697 ; married Titcomb; and died
before 1724.
48 vi. BENJAMIN 4 , born before 1699. See family numbered "48."
15
JOSHUA PLUMER*, born in Newbury, Mass., July 2,
1668, being a twin with his sister Lydia. He learned his
grandfather's trade of weaving, and probably occupied the
homestead of his father which was conveyed to him in
November, 1698,* as recompense for his good service for
his father in the latter's old age. In 1691, he was oneo
the night watch at Little's garrison, protecting the town
from the Indians.
Mr. Plumer married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard and
Sarah (Greenleaf) Dole of Newbury Nov. 6, 1699. She
was born in Newbury Dec. 21, 1679. He died about the
first of October, 1728, at the age of fifty-five ; and the
homestead descended to his son Joshua. The following
is a copy of Mr. Plumer's will, transcribed from the orig-
inal instrument on file in the office of the probate court
at Salem :
th
Newbury Septembr; 26: 1723
The Last will & Testament of Joshua plumer I Joshua plumer
of newbury being weak in bodey but in perfect memory Doe make
& ordaine this to be my Last will & testiment
I Geve to my Eldest fon Samuell plumer my Reat lot so called Ling
in newbury exept Twenty ackers which I shall geve to my fun natha-
neil & also I geve to my fun famuel my plum Hand Lot in newbury
I geve to my fun ftephen plumer my plowland ajoying to John
plumers Land & my paftuer Land ajoying to S* Joseph Ilslys Land
& Liberty to Liue in my houes in one Romee so Long as he Liues
a singel Life & also I geue him three Akers of marsh in newbury
ajoying to Jonathan pors marsh & to the Grat Crick & halfe my
woodlot & half y e Right in the comones
I giue to my fun Enoch plumer on hundred pounds in or as money
to be paid out of my goods or chatels & If that do not hold out then
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 13, leaf 73.
186 THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
my hayr shall pay it & he is to have his portion when he is 21 yers
of age
I geve to my Dafter elizabath plumer on fether beed & curteins
& bolfter & pelows & shets & coverleds & evry thing complat their-
for & I give her fixty pounds in Lenen & Bras & Iron ware fit to kep
hones to be paid by my hayr
I give to my fan nathanel plumer the Twenty Akers of Land afore
mentioned & Excepted in Samii Geufte
I Give to my fun Joshua plumer all the Reft of my Eftatboth Real
& personoall not afore mentioned when he comes to ye age of 21
yers : & untill then : I : geve to my well beloved wife Elizabath the
improvement of all my estat both Ral & personoall & yn I give her
as the Law Derects in intested estats; & I mak my Sun Joshua
plumer my hayr
Signed Sealed in
presents of us : JOSHUA PLUMEB [SEAL]
STEPHEN DOLE
JOSEPH NOTES
JofKPH DOLE
JOSEPH LUNT
The will was proved Oct. 21, 1723, and the widow was
appointed administratrix with the will annexed.
Mrs. Plumer was his widow in 1735.
Their children were born in Newbury, as follows :
491. SAMUEL", born Sept. 3, 1700. See family numbered "49."
50n. STEPHEN*, born Dec. 6, 1702; in his father's will Stephen
was given the use of one room in the house as long
as he should live a single life, and he probably lived
here the remainder of his life, as he died, unmarried,
Jan. 20, 1772, at the age of sixty-nine.
51 in. JOSHUA*, born Ang. 22, 1705. See family numbered " 51."
52 iv. NATHANIEL*, born June 19, 1708. See family numbered
"52."
53 v. ENOCH 4 , born Dec. 3, 1711. See family numbered " 53."
54 vi. ELIZABETH 4 , born April 29, 1716; married Stephen Knight
Sept. 23, 1760.
18
JOSEPH PLUMER 4 , born in Newbury, Mass., Sept. 11,
1654. He was made a freeman at the age of twenty-
three, and took the oath of allegiance in 1678. When
about thirty years old, by an agreement between his father
and his intended wife's father, he received from his father
a deed of about one-half of his father's real estate, where
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 187
he was brought up ; and as his father had promised to
build a new house on the premises in the course of about
five years, he brought his wife home, and both families
occupied the old mansion for a while and perhaps most of
the time until he sold out to his brother Jonathan Plumer.
He possibly lived in Ipswich, near the Rowley line, from
1708 to 1710. On the latter date he removed to the
Newbury part of Byfield parish, in which religious pre-
cinct he continued to reside until 1726, when he removed
to the farm he then bought of Ebenezer Hedden in Row-
ley (in that part now incorporated as the town of George-
town), where he was living at the time of his decease.
While he lived on Newbury neck, he attended church
at Rowley, where some of his children were baptized. He
was a fence viewer in Newbury in 1703, and a tithingman
in 1704. Those were the two town offices that generally
fell to the lot of the dwellers on the neck.
Mr. Plumer was a party to a large number of real es-
tate transactions.
He married Hannah, daughter of John and Elizabeth
(Cummings) Jewett of Ipswich Jan. 20, 1684-5 ; and
died between Jan. 4 and Feb. 5, 1727-8, at the age of
seventy-three. She survived him and died about 1731.
Mr. Plumer's will is on file in the office of the probate
court at Salem, and the following is an accurate copy of
the original instrument :
The Laft Will & Teftament of Jofeph Plumer of Rowley in in the
County of Efex in Newingland Jenuary the fourth Anno Dom 1727/8
I being Weak weak in body but of a sound mind & memory &
Calling to mind my mortality I Recomend my Soul into the hands
of God that gave it & my body I Recomend to the earth to be buried
in a chriftian manner at the defcrition of my executor
As to the Worl[dl]y Eftate that God hath been Pleafed to blefs me
me withall both real & Perfonal I Give & bequeath to my well be-
loved wife to be freely at her difpofe on condition she fathfuly fulfill
this my laft will and Teftament I alfo give her all honef t debts Due
to my eftate
and firft my Will is that Debts and funaral charges be difcharged
Item my Children here mentioned Namly Samuell Abigal Mofes
Meriam Aron Jofeph David Samfon Hanah Sarah each of them five
shilings apice they having received there portions
Item to my son Eliphelet II I Give the sum of || Eighty pounds to
be payd by my well beloved wife
188 THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
Item I Give to my son Nathaniel forty pounds to be payd by my
well belov'd Wife
Item I Give to my Daughter Debora twentiflve pounds to be payd
by [my] well beloved Wife
Item I Give to my Daughter Elifabeth twenty five pounds to be
payd by my Well beloved wife
I do ordaine and conftitute my Well beloved Wife to be the soal
executrix of this my laft will and Teftament and my Children shall
[| not II put my well beloved wife lluponll Inconvenency or necefity to
pay the Legafes herein given to them but if they be not payd my Real
eftate to lay in security for said Legifes till they be di[s]charged so
that they may not [be] wronged of ther proportion
Signed Seald pronounced and declared to
be my laft will and Teftament
JAMES CHEWTE I Give the sum of [his
JEBEME BOYNTON upon enterlined Joseph -f Plumer [SEAL]
MAXIMILIAN JEWITT before signing mark]
and sealling
The will was proved Feb. 5, 1727-8. His widow con-
veyed the farm to her son-in-law John Stevens of Haver-
hill March 5, 1729-30,* and he came there and lived.
Their children were born in Newbury, as follows :
551. SAMUEL*, born May 4, 1686; and was living in 1728 . He
perhaps married Lydia, daughter of Jeremiah Poor
and widow of Peter Cheney.
56 II. ABIGAIL 4 , born Dec. 11, 1687; married Samuel Kelley of
Haverhill Jan. 12, 1721-2; and lived in Rowley. She
died March 13, 1726-7, having had two children. He
married, secondly, Mary Kilborn Dec. 5, 1727; and
she died Nov. 3, 1771, at the age of eighty-seven.
57 in. MosEs 4 , born in 1689; baptized in Rowley church May 5,
1689; and was living in 1728.
58 iv. MiBiAM 4 , born Jan. 16, 1690; married, first, Samuel Jack-
man May 23, 1717; and lived in Newbury. She mar-
ried, second, John Stevens of Haverhill in 1728; and
they removed to her father's farm in Rowley in the
spring of 1730.
59 v. AARON 4 , born Jan. 16, 1692-3. See family numbered " 59."
60 vi. ELiEZEB 4 , born Jan. 29, 1693-4; died March 17, 1693-4.
61 vil. JOSEPH 4 , born Jan. 12, 1694-5; mariner; living, in 1728, in
Newbury. He was probably never married. His
father gave him a deed of one-half of his real estate,
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 53, leaf 233.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 189
Feb. 20, 1724-5, upon condition that Joseph support
his parents during their lives and pay them one hun-
dred pounds;* and April 28, 1725, he reconveyed the
real estate to his father. t
62 vni. DAVID 4 , born March 16, 1695-6. See family numbered "62."
63 ix. SAKAH*, born Oct. 24, 1697; died in 1701.
64 x. SAMPSON 4 , born March 14, 1699. See family numbered "64."
65 xi. HANNAH 4 , born July 17, 1700; married Joseph Jackman
(son of No. 13) Aug. 3, 1720. He was born April 17,
1698. She was living in 1728.
66 xii. SARAH", born April 17, 1702; married Jacob Eaton May 13,
1726.
67 xin. DEBORAH 4 , born Dec. 19, 1703; married Benjamin Howard
of Haverhill about 1733.
68 xiv. ELIPHALET 4 , born April 1, 1705 ; was living in 1728, and
probably died before 1731.
69 xv. ELIZABETH 4 , born in 1707; baptized in Rowley church May
25, 1707; and lived, unmarried, in 1731.
70 xvi. NATHANIEL*, born May 2, 1711. See family numbered "70."
19
BENJAMIN PLUMEB J , born in Newbury, Mass., Oct. 23,
1656. He took the oath of allegiance in 1678, and the
same year settled in Rowley, probably in the centre of
the town, as, in 1695-6, he was surveyor of highways for
district number one. He took an active interest in the
affairs of the town, and served on the trial jury in 1688-9.
About the year 1700, a considerable number of families
settled around the falls on Parker river at a point about
four miles to the west of Oldtown and Rowley, the set-
tlers living on both sides of the line which divided the
two towns. At the falls, one or two mills had been built,
and this was probably the cause of the establishment of
the hamlet, if such the scattering houses could be called.
A twenty-acre lot of land that had been granted and laid
out by the town of Rowley to Thomas Wood, Mr. Plum-
er's father-in-law, on Clay brook, had come into the pos-
session of John Wainwright, a merchant, of Ipswich.
This lot, which then had a dwelling house upon it, Mr.
Plumer purchased of Mr. Wainwright Feb. 27, 1700-14
and removed thereto.
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 44, leaf 145.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 48, leaf 124.
JEssex Registry of Deeds, book 40, leaf 62.
190 THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
In 1702, he joined about a score and a half of men in
the neighborhood, on both sides of the line between the
towns of Newbury and Rowley, in building a meeting
house there, and the Byfield church was organized. Mr.
Plumer and his wife were dismissed from the church in
Rowley Oct. 13, 1706, "in order to their imbodying in
church order by themselves at Rowlbery alias Byfield."
Mr. Plumer married, first, Ann, daughter of Thomas
and Ann Wood of Rowley Jan. 15 (17?), 1678-9. She
was born in Rowley Aug. 8, 1660 ; and was living Jan.
31, 1714-5, but died soon afterward. He married, sec-
ond, Elizabeth Felt Sept. 1, 1715; and died July 8, 1724.
His will was proved July 20, 1724 ; and the following
is an accurate transcript of the original instrument on file
in the office of the probate court in Salem :
In y e name of God amen : y e seventeenth day of December In y e
year of our Lord one thousand seventeen hundred & twenty two
I Benjamin Plumer of Rowley in y e County of Essex in his majes-
tys Province of y e massachusets ||bay|| in Newengland husband-
man : being of perfect strenth of body and of sound mind & mem-
ory: thanks be given to God therefor: being grown into years, &
considering & calling to mind y e mortallyty of my body : & having
a dangerous humor in one of my eyes and knowing y* it is apointed
for all men once to dy : do mak & ordain this my last will & Testa-
ment : That is to say Prinsab'lly, & first of all I Recoment my Soul
into y e hands of God y* gave it; & my body I Recomend to y e earth,
to be buryed in Decent & Christian maner att y e Descression of my
Executors hereafter named; nothing doubting but att y e genaral
Resurection I shal receive y e same again by y e almigty Power of
God: & as touching such worly estate wherewith it hath pleased
almighty God to Bless me with in this life, I give Demise & dispose
of of y e same in y e following maner & form.
Imprimus I give to my wife Elisabeth Plumer fourty Pounds in
curant money or bills of publick credit to be paid by my Executor
hereafter named : viz : ten pounds in six months after my Deceas
y e other to be payed in two years fifteen pounds a year and all
sutable provistion for y e first half year after my deceas: provided
& in case my wife aquit her Right of Dower ||to|l all y e Rest of my
estate :
Item I give to my well beloued son Benjamen Plumer : whom I
likewise Constitute make & ordayn Sole executor of this my last
will & Testament all and singuler my lands m[e]ssuages and tene-
ments : together with all my real and personal Estate whether in
Rowley or elce where: (excepting what I shal in this will Direct) by
BY SIDNEY PERLBY. 191
him & his Heirs & assigns freely to be posesed & enjoyd forever:
and also a confirmation of what I have confirmed to him by deed
Item I give to my well beloued son Thomas Plumer, a confirma-
tion of what I have conveyed to him by Deed: and also a certain
tract of upland and meado ground confirmed to me by Mark Prime
Late of Rowley deceased : & Janne his wife, which land was part
of mr Lomberds farm near or bordering on y e Sawmill: and also
thirty Pounds to to be payed by my executor within twelve years
after my Decease which is in ful of his portion
Item I give to my Son Nathan Plumer: a confirmation of what he
has had of me already: and sixty pounds to be payed ||by|| my Exec-
utor within six years after my Decease which is in ful of his portion :
y e reason why I confer no more upon him : is becase he has been a
bad husband: & stuborn & rebellious
Item I give to my well beloved Daughter ann wheeler a confirma-
tion of what she has alreadfy] had : and twenty shillings to be Payed
by my Executor within one year after my Decease which is in ful of
her portion
Item I give to my well beloved Daughter Mary Cheaney : twenty
shillings to be payd by my Executor within one year after my De-
cease and a confirmation of what shee has already had wich is in
ful of her portion
Item I give to my well beloved Daughter mart ha Heriman twen-
ty shillings to be payed by my executor in one year after my De-
ceas: and also a confir[mjation of what she has already had wich
is in ful of her portion :
Item I give to my grand Daughter || Elisabeth || Plumer: Daugh-
ter of my son John Plumer Deceased thirty pounds to be Payed by
my Executor, twenty pounds to be Payed when shee shal com to
y e age of twenty one years, or marage: which shall first hapen;
y other ten pounds to be payed within eight years after (& I also
confirm to her y* cow which I delivered to her father in law) which
is in full of her portion
Item I give to my other three grand chilldren Daughters of my
Daughter Sarah Brecklebanck deceased: namly, Sarah, mary &
marth fifteen pounds to be paid to them by my Executor as they
com to y e age of twenty one years or marage which shal first hap-
pen : y* is five pounds to each of them : and if ether of them depart
this life not haveing receved their bequst herein given yn ye sur .
viver or survivors to receive there part or or parts all which is in
ful of there portions :
Item I order and apoint y* all my Just Debts & funeral charges
be payed & Discharged in y e first place out of my moveable estate:
In Testimony and the Confirmation of y e Premises I y e said Benja-
min Plumer have hereunto set my hand and seal: y e day and year
aforesd;
192
THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
Signed sealed Pronounced
published and Declared
In Presents of us
DANIEL PLUMEB
JOHN HopKifbN
DAVID WOOD
BENJAMIN PLUMER [SEAL]
The following is a copy of the inventory of his estate,
taken from the original document on file in the office of
the probate court at Salem :
Septmber 15/ 1724 An Invitory of ||the Estate of II Beniamin Plum
mer ||Late|| of Rowly Dasast
One bad and bading all ould much worne 03 19 00
Itm one ould father bad mooer with sum bading 02 15 00
to one coubbord & three ould chasts 02 00 00
to 4 ould Chaiens 00 10 00
to 6 ould barills and 2 tubs 01 00 00
for his whering Clothes one pound 01 00 00
one tramill fiershoveill tongs & fundry Iron whaer 02 10 00
for Brafe whaer to pound ten 02 18 00
for puter 0108 00
Itm by sundrys of wooding whaer 01 0000
nexly by one Indein slave thirty five pounds 35 00 00
Item by four Coues fourteene pounds ten shilns 14 10 00
lb s d
by tow Stores 6 an by one young and one
lb s d
ster 4 00 100000
lb s d
Item by one to yare old haffer 2 and 10 sheepe
lb s d
300 050000
Item for utensels for Husbandtree
to one pair timber Chains and to savell Chains
by one pair Cart whales 30 plow Irons and Iren bar
by one Cart Rop 2 forks spenshakells
by five Lods of Haye three pounds
by English Corne
by Indian Corne
by apples
by one Swarme of bees and honny
by housing and Lands six hundred pounds,
020000
20000
001200
030000
020600
060000
050000
010400
6000000
RlCHIBD KlMBALL
EZEKIEL NOBTHEND
JOSEPH HALE
RlOHABD DUMMEB
DAVID WOOD
(To be continued.)
HISTORICAL COLLECTIOKS
OF THE
ESSEX INSTITUTE
VOL. L. JULY, 1914 No. 3
THE STEAMBOAT "MASSACHUSETTS" AND
THE BEGINNINGS OF STEAM NAVIGA-
TION LN BOSTON BAY.
BY FRANCIS B. C. BRADLEE.
Exactly ten years after Robert Fulton's initial voyage
on the Hudson River, of the world's first successful
steamboat, a company of Salem and Portsmouth, N. IL,
gentlemen had the courage and perseverance (few
people nowadays realize how much of it was necessary to
inaugurate in those days a new steam driven enterprise)
to build and run a steamboat between Salem and Boston.
This was the u Massachusetts T ', the first steamer ever
seen in Boston or vicinity, built in Philadelphia in 1816,
and in many ways, particularly in the machinery, differ-
ing from any steam vessel then existing. Unfortunately
there is no record of this vessel at the Bureau of Navi-
gation in Washington City, or in any of the custom
houses at the ports in which she was built or owned, and
researches in the library of the Pennsylvania Historical
Society have been equally unfruitful. So that although
we have many general descriptions of her from Dr.
Bentley's Diary and contemporaneous newspapers, and
also very fortunately an engraving on copper owned by
the Essex Institute, yet the names of the builders and
the dimensions of the hull and engine, together with
detailed descriptions of the same, are almost wholly
lacking. The hull is mentioned as being " about 100
(193)
194 THE STEAMBOAT "MASSACHUSETTS" AND THE
feet long and 120 tons measurement" (gross). The en-
gine* appears to have been a crude form of the " walking
beam " type now so common. It was probably one of
the earliest, if not the earliest of this kind of machinery,
and operated a set of paddles that seem to have been
arranged to work like a series of oars and not at all like
the modern revolving paddle wheels.
Steam was generated in a boiler made of copper, as
were nearly all the early boilers. The " John Hancock,"
built at Norwich, Conn., in 1817, had a wooden boiler,
which exploded on the first trial, injuring several people.
The pressure is not mentioned, but was doubtless very
slight, not over one or two pounds to the square inch. A
most curious smokestack, exactly resembling an ordinary
curved stove pipe, the end fashioned like a devil's head
spouting flames, was another feature of the " Massachu-
setts." The shape and lines of the hull suggest the ordi-
nary sailing vessel of that day, bluff round bows with
a billet head and a square overhanging stern. Auxiliary
power was supplied by one mast and sails, with a sloop
rig.
The names of the hardy projectors and owners of the
*' Massachusetts " were as follows : Joseph Andrews,
John H. Andrews, William Fettyplace, Hon. Stephen
White and Andrew Watkins of Salem, and Andrew Bell
of Portsmouth, N. H. There may have been others, if
so, their names have not been handed down. These gen-
tlemen were incorporated as the " Massachusetts Steam
Navigation Company.'' The first local mention of the
new steamboat was by Rev. William Bentley in his
" Diary," which has been published by the Essex Insti-
tute :
" Aug. 20, 1816. We now learn that a Massachusetts
Steamboat Company actually exists. The members are
from all parts of the State. The navigation from Boston
to Portland is provided, and such subordinate coastwise
establishments will be made as experience shall hereafter
determine to be profitable. This will probably urge a
*Quoted as of thirty horse power, which was undoubtedly nomi-
nal, and not indicated or actual horse power.
BEGINNINGS OF STEAM NAVIGATION IN BOSTON BAY. 195
great care to employ the boats to render the plying regu-
lar and more frequent. Already the stage establishments
begin to calculate the effects upon their profits and shares
in the Salem and Boston stages, so long kept by Manning
& Co., are offered for sale. The effects are from so novel
a cause that they at present are incalculable."
On April 25, 1817, the "Massachusetts" left Phila-
delphia for her initial trip bound to New York. She was
in charge of Capt. Watkins (whether he was Andrew
Watkins, one of the owners, or another person of the
same name, cannot be ascertained), and the engineer's
name was Dodge. Rough weather was encountered. On
May 10th some damage to her machinery put the engine
out of commission, but fortunately two schooners, the
" Washington " and the " Hamilton," came along and
took the " Massachusetts " in tow, as they were bound
for New York. After hours' towing, the hawser parted,
and the schooners left her. There was a stiff southerly
breeze, and this, with the aid of a sail, enabled the craft
to get into New York harbor after a voyage of three
weeks from Philadelphia. Captain Watkins made a
short stay in New York, as he left the repairs, except
such as were absolutely necessary in order to proceed,
until his arrival at Salem. The next stop was at New-
port, R. I., where he anchored off Fort Wolcott. The
' Massachusetts " stopped at Newport only two days and
then left for Salem, where she arrived on the evening of
Thursday, June 5th, having anchored in the Roads the
day before. In Salem about three weeks were spent in
repairs, as the boat had been badly battered in the several
gales of wind she had encountered. Her paddle wheels
had lost some of the floats, and other minor damage had
been sustained.
Dr. Bentley records in his Diary the arrival of the
' Massachusetts " as follows :
" June 5, 1817. This evening the long expected Steam
Boat arrived. It is said that it had some new construc-
tions which had failed of their effect. It excites great
curiosity, but has less confidence from the repeated dis-
asters which have attended it. Three Companies have
196 THE STEAMBOAT " MASSACHUSETTS " AND THE
been destroyed already by it. So the best inventions lose
favour by falling into unskillful and adventurous hands."
"June 6, 1817. The Steam Boat at White's wharf
opposite Carlton Street. The end of the Wharf is
fenced so as to prevent the interference of the Crouds
which the novelty collects. The conversation is not so
much of the machinery as of the profit the boat may give
and the months it may be used. The Owners are specu-
lating upon the profits also, as well as their neighbors."
In the "Salem Register" of June 11, 1817, is the
following interesting article, probably written by some
one connected with the " Massachusetts " : " The steam
boat ' Massachusetts ' which arrived in this harbour on
Thursday evening last, is now undergoing some necessary
repairs, after the completion of which, it is hoped, she
will fully answer the highest expectations of the public.
Some injuries were sustained in a severe gale of wind
experienced on her passage from Philadelphia, which it
was thought inexpedient to repair permanently until her
arrival here.
" Her wheels were likewise considerably injured by
accident ; this, together with adverse winds, has occa-
sioned a long passage, and thus for a time disappointed
the expectations of the public ; but as the repairs are
rapidly progressing, it is presumed that in a few days she
will be in successful operation, and in a condition to avail
herself of the patronage of a discerning public.
"The reputation of this convenient mode of travelling
has been somewhat impaired by errors committed by En-
gineers in constructing their boilers too weak to sustain
the pressure of steam which they ought to be capable of
bearing, and by other deficiencies. A very few accidents
have likewise happened by want of suitable knowledge in
attending them while in operation. The boiler in this
boat has been tried with more than four times the pres-
sure of steam that is required in working the engine.
And to render it still more secure, there are two safety
valves, one of which the Capt. has wholly command of,
the other is entrusted to the person attending the engine.
The boiler is so situate that even if it should burst it
could not injure the passengers in the cabin or deck. By
BEGINNINGS OF STEAM NAVIGATION IN BOSTON BAY. 197
these improvements it is conceived that every avenue to
danger is effectually guarded.
" In order to render the boat more secure, there is an
apparatus attached to the engine capable of discharging
out of the boat 15 barrels of water per minute, so that if
20 holes of 1 inch diameter each were bored in her bot-
tom, the engine would discharge the water as fast as it
would run in.
" The injury sustained by the wheels, etc., was such as
to reduce the velocity of the boat from 5 to 6 miles per
hour ; whereas the power of the machinery is adequate
to propel her with a velocity of from 8 to 10 miles per
hour. The company for whom this vessel was construct-
ed have evinced a spirit of enterprise, and a disposition
to encourage the arts, which does honor to the age ; for
which, together with their liberality, they are requested
to accept the highest consideration of
THE ENGINEER."
Dr. Bentley again mentions the steamboat in his Diary,
as follows :
" June 12, 1817. Saw the Steam Boat Massachusetts.
She was under repair. It seems the Engineer Watkins
had undertaken many things new, but not with the
greatest success. As the works were apart and he not
present, it was not easy to see the first design and
the intended changes. The accommodations are much
such as G. C.'s Barge.* A saloon with a stern apartment
to open and communicate with the saloon at pleasure.
The wheels are to be of different construction. Specula-
tion is endless. They speak of the expences as enor-
mous, of the great expenditure of fuel, of the high wages
of the engineer, so as to render it unquestionable that
the passage of the S. B. from Salem to Boston a few
months can never be a profitable undertaking. The dis-
position is however unfavourable from the prejudices
which many occurrences in the management have left."
" June 27, 1817. Was on the Neck to see the experi-
ment of the Steam Boat. She moved with the velocity
which was promised of 8 miles an hour. The public
Referring to George Crowninshield's yacht the " Cleopatra's
Barge."
198 THE STEAMBOAT "MASSACHUSETTS" AND THE
attention is excited towards this experiment, but at pres-
ent it has but small share of the public confidence, for
any use to which we can apply in this port. The S. B.
went down channel below the Haste and then passed
Eagle Island channel to Marblehead, and then the south-
ern way to Salem. The number of persons to view was
great considering the uncertain notice from some doubts
about the first trials, after several alterations in the
mechanism."
" June 30, 1817. The experiments on the Steam
Boat have not increased the public favour. It is repre-
sented that the Contractor is an ignorant pretender of
this County. That he has failed in all his attempts.
That his invention to avoid the Fulton Patent are pre-
tences ruinous to his employers. It is said that one of
Brown's boats lays useless in the Delaware, that another
is abandoned, and the one at Salem was much injured on
her passage, and has failed in some thing on every at-
tempt. It is said in the experiment last made the steam
unsoldered some parts of the works. Indeed some imi-
tation has appeared from the want of public confidence."
There seems to have been a great deal of distrust in
relation to the " Massachusetts," and many who cried
out against her were thought to be influenced by the
stage companies. The Salem Gazette of July 1 and 4
respectively announced a business meeting of the Steam-
boat's proprietors and her second trip to Boston :
" Steam Boat Company.
" Pursuant to the act of incorporation, the members of
the Massachusetts Steam Navigation Company are hereby
notified that a meeting of said Company will be held on
Saturday, the fifth day of July next, at 10 o'clock A. M.,
at the Essex Coffee House.
Stephen White,
John H. Andrews."
Salem, June 27, 1817.
" The Steam Boat ' Massachusetts ' will start for Bos-
ton this morning precisely at 7 o'clock from Derby
Wharf.
BEGINNINGS OF STEAM NAVIGATION IN BOSTON BAY. 199
"Passengers can be accommodated at 1 dollar each.
Tickets to be had on board and at the Essex Coffee House.
Children under 14 years 50 cents."
Dr. Bentley makes other interesting entries in relation
to the steamboat :
" July 3, 1817. The Steamboat returned [from her
first trip to Boston]. Passage 3 hours to Boston, dis-
tance bet. 20 and 21 miles. Another steam boat has
burst the boiler bet. Newport and New London.* It is
said the Fulton boats have not been injuried but the per-
sons busy to avoid the patent. Ours has been under fre-
quent repairs, but rather less swift in its movements than
was expected. It was said she would not return to Salem
from the strength of prejudice against it. Yet this day
returned and notice has been given of the intended pas-
sage of the next morning by the bell man."
" July 15, 1817. Agreed with A. Dunlop Esqr to go
with him in a chaise and then from Boston to take pas-
sage with him to Hingham in the Steam Boat " Massa-
chusetts." We reached Boston between 7 and 8 but the
Boat was not ready until 11. We had a pleasant com-
pany and moved from Center Wharf. The motion was
easy and regular throughout the passage. It so happened
that the tide was flood and against us. We passed round
the 74 Independence & was saluted with the music of
the ship lying between the town and Noddle's Island.
We took our course between fort Independence and Dor-
chester point over the flatts at full tide passing between
Thompson and Spectacle Island, then between Moon
Islets and Long Island, and between Hangman's and
Sunk Island and between Nut Island and Puttock's
Island, north of Sheep Island, south of Pumpkin Island,
and near the point of land running west from Hingham
beach on the way to Nantasket, called the World's end,
and into the little bason where are the wharves of Hing-
ham. We went to Revd Mr. Richardson's, where we
were hospitably entertained. After dinner to get our
passage up we passed to Crow point above 4 miles from
*This was the " John Hancock," previously mentioned as having
a wooden boiler.
200 THE STEAMBOAT " MASSACHUSETTS " AND THE
our landing in the road and 2 minutes west. We passed
round Otis Hill, and then left on our right or E the
inlet in which lay Ragged and Button and Sara Islets and
after several risings we reached the top of the beautiful
hill near Crow point, from which we had a beautiful view
of the surrounding country and islands and then de-
scended suddenly to the point at which our Boat was
anchored. On our return we passed between Grass and
Sheep Islands and kept our course so as to pass between
Spectacle Island and Cattle Island and up Ship Channel
to the Town. Both passages were performed in two
hours without any particular trial to the force of the
steam engines.
" The direct distance 10 statute miles and about 14 miles
in our course giving us between six and seven miles an
hour without any exertion whatever. The boat an-
swered every expectation, and when an accommodation is
given for landing at every tide, will find this cruise a safe
and pleasant one. The first plan of Mr. Brown (the
builder of the " Massachusetts " ?) was the best most
certainly to prefer for the form of his pads the oar rather
than wheel and it does honour to his ingenuity. The
water raised on the wheel was a real impediment which
the other was provided to avoid. The motion given by
the discharge of the levers as in our distill houses might
be easily avoided by the manner of receiving them. We
left the wharf in our Chaise and reached Salem by 9
o'clock in the evening of this same day. The Dimen-
sions of the Steam Boat I have not yet seen, but the
engines occupy but a small space and with little incon-
venience."
During July and August, 1817, we read in the Salem
newspapers of the " Massachusetts " making various
excursions to Gloucester, Marblehead and Nahant, but
she seems to have made no regular trips to Boston, as
originally planned. In the latter part of August she ap-
pears to have been sent to Portsmouth, N. H., perhaps,
reading between the lines, with the hope of selling her
there. The " Portsmouth Oracle," in its issue of Aug.
23, 1817, speaks of her as follows :
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BEGINNINGS OP STEAM NAVIGATION IN BOSTON BAY. 201
" The steamboat ' Massachusetts ' will leave Boston
this morning provided a company of seventy-five be ob-
tained, to return in .the evening, otherwise she will go to
Salem this afternoon on her way to Portsmouth.
" The steamboat 'Massachusetts,' lying at Portsmouth
pier, will continue in this place during the next week,
provided sufficient encouragement is offered. She will
make daily excursions during her stay, either up or down
the river. Tickets, 50 cents, may be had on board the
boat, and persons applying will please to call two hours
before the time appointed for sailing. Select parties will
make one day previous application." Portsmouth Oracle,
Aug. 30.
" The steamboat * Massachusetts ' will leave Ports-
mouth for Salem. Tickets at $3.00 for passage, with
dinner on board." Portsmouth Oracle, Sept. 6.
It is quite evident that the little craft was a complete
financial loss to her enterprising owners, and probably
this was due to the prejudice of the times, and partly,
perhaps, to some inherent defect in the engine.
The next we hear of the " Massachusetts " is an ad-
vertisement in the Salem Register for Sept. 20th of her
.sale at auction. She is described as ." built at Philadel-
phia in 1816, 120 tons, excellent engine of 30 horse
power, elegant accommodations for passengers. T.
Deland, auctioneer." The same paper for October 4th
has an article stating that " the * Massachusetts ' was sold
on account of the length of the water passage between
Salem and Boston as compared with the turnpike and the
probability of rough weather to be encountered in the
winter." Great regret was expressed, and the failure of
the enterprise was thought to be a distinct loss to Salem.
Then follows on Oct. 25th a notice of a ' Meeting of the
shareholders of the Massachusetts Steam Navigation
Co. to be held on Oct. 27. ... Chas. Vanderford,
Clerk."
Among the shipping news of the Salem Register for
Dec. 6, 1817, is the following : " Steamboat ' Massachu-
setts,' C. Vanderford, master, sailed from Salem, Dec. 5,
1817, for North Carolina and Mobile, Alabama, spoken
202 THE STEAMBOAT " MASSACHUSETTS " AND THE
at sea a few days after, off Quick's Hole." The tale is-
then taken up by the New York Evening Post of Jan. 8 r
1818, in the following short article : " The steamboat
4 Massachusetts,' which left Salem, Mass., for Mobile,
during the winter, and which stopped at New York on the
way down, went ashore at Little Egg Harbor, N. J., and
broke up. Her engine and most of her rigging and hull
were saved" It would be interesting to know to whom
the * Massachusetts ' was sold and for what purpose ;
whether she used her engine or her sails on her voyage
down the coast, and the full account of her loss, but only
the bare particulars as above can now be learned.
The next steamboat of which we can find any mention
as running in Boston bay is the " Eagle," a boat even
smaller than the first " Massachusetts," being only 82
tons. She was built by Gilbert Brewster & Co. at Nor-
wich, Conn., was launched April 9, 1817, and was intend-
ed to ply regularly between Norwich and New London,
but left Norwich for Providence, R. I., on May 17, 1817.
From the records of the Bureau of Navigation at Wash-
ington we learn she was 92 feet long, 17.8 feet beam,,
with 6.8 feet depth of hold, and had a figurehead and a
round stern. The Nantasket Beach Steamboat Co. have
in their office a painting of this vessel and consider her
the pioneer boat of their line (although, as will be seen
later, the Salem newspapers for the summer months of
1820 and 1821 advertise her as running regularly between
Salem and Boston, calling at Nahant), and from it we see
that she had a very crude " walking " or overhead beam
engine, and very likely the " beam " was made of wood,
as was the case in many of the early engines of this type.
It is known that she had a copper boiler, and of course
used cord wood as fuel. It is said the "Eagle " accom-
modated 200 passengers ; if so, they must have been
crowded together like sardines in a box. There probably
was not " life boat capacity for all," in fact, the painting
does not reveal that she carried any small boat. From
May to September, 1818, the " Eagle " plied from New
Bedford to Nantucket, but from lack of patronage she
was sold, brought round to Boston, and Dr. Bentley
records her first trip to Salem as follows :
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" Sept. 15, 1818. Another Steam Boat in Salem much
in the form of the former but her machinery more sim-
ple. The Director called in my absence to invite me to
take a sail with him for this has a foremast and admits a
sail."*
"Sept. 17, 1818. The 'Eagle' Steam Boat that was
with us on Tuesday left our port on the next morning
with only two passengers. The former was so dead a
loss to the adventurers that Salem will, probably, be the
last in such another attempt."
The " Eagle " made a few trips between Boston and
Hingham in 1819, but there is no record of her visiting
Salem or any other port on the North Shore. On June
21, 1820, the Salem Register has the following advertise-
ment :
" The Steam Boat * Massachusetts,' Capt. John Wood,
having been put in thorough repair, and the excellence of
her engine having been satisfactorily tested, being fitted
with new copper boilers, will run from Boston to Beverly,
touching each way at Nahant, Marblehead and Salem for
passengers and light freight. She will leave Foster's
Wharf in Boston at 8 A. M. and Beverly on her return
at 2 P. M. For further information apply in Salem to
Capt. Nathan Blood, in Marblehead to Capt. Nathan B.
Martin, in Beverly to Mr. Stephen Nourse." This ad-
vertisement, with small variations, continues all through
the summer months of 1820, interspersed with the adver-
tisements of the " Eagle," as follows : " The Steam
Boat Eagle leaves Boston for Nahant and Salem on Sun-
days, Tuesdays and Thursdays, at 8 o'clock A. M., and
leaves Salem at 3 P. M. for Nahant and Boston. Fare
50 cts. Tickets to be had on board the Boat."
Concerning the steamer "Massachusetts" of 1820
absolutely nothing can be learned from the records. The
accompanying picture is reproduced from a painting
owned by the author of this article, copying a wood cut
entitled " The steamboat Massachusetts, built at Phila-
delphia in 1817." As will be easily seen, the picture
*The painting owned by the Xantasket Beach Steamboat Co. does
not show a mast.
204 THE STEAMBOAT " MASSACHUSETTS " AND THE
does not in the least agree with the one of the first
" Massachusetts." From the similarity of names and
the fact that it is known that when the first " Massachu-
setts was wrecked her engine and part of the hull were
saved, it is thought probable that a new vessel of the
same name may have been built with parts of the old one
incorporated in her. If so, the second " Massachusetts ''
appears to be a much larger steamer than the first, and
certainly the whole of the old engine was not placed in
her, for the later picture shows a different type of ma-
chinery, of the " cross head " or " square " type, the
earliest form of marine engine and now obsolete. The
Salem Register for June 21,1820, mentions her as " being
fitted with new copper boilers," which entirely agrees
with the two smoke-stacks in the second picture. Be that
as it may, the " Massachusetts " only came to Salem dur-
ing one season, and from then until 1825 ran from Bos-
ton to Nahant.
The Salem Gazette for June 26, 1821, contains the
following announcement of the " Eagle :
" The steamboat ' Eagle,' Capt. John Wood, will leave
Crowninshield's wharf, Salem, for Boston, every day at
3 p. m., landing at Marblehead and Nahant. Passage 50
cts., children ^ price. A house for the entertainment of
the steamboat passengers and for the storage of baggage,
etc., is kept at the head of Crowninshield's wharf, where
every attention will be paid. Wm. Austin, Agent."
The " Eagle " continued running during the rest of
the season of 1821, and was then sold and broken up.
It was said her owners received more from the sale of
her copper boiler than the whole steamer and machinery
cost when new.
After these discouraging efforts, nothing further in the
way of steam navigation was tried in Salem until the
hotel was built on Lowell or Cat Island, at the entrance
of Marblehead harbor. In July, 1851, the Salem &
Lowell Island Steamboat Co. was incorporated. The
boat ran to and from Phillips' Wharf, Salem, in connec-
tion with the trains of the Salem & Lowell R. R. Co. As
the island was used almost exclusively by Lowell people
as a summer vacation ground, it was re-christened in
BEGINNINGS OF STEAM NAVIGATION IN BOSTON BAY. 205
their honor. J. D. Shepard was the Salem agent of the
line, and a stern wheeler, called the " Merrimack," was
the first steamer. She originally had run on the Merri-
mack river from Newburyport to Haverhill, and was
about 100 feet long. Mr. Thomas Swasey of Marble-
head, a member of the 23rd Massachusetts Infantry, says
that during the Civil War this steamer was used as a
transport on the Southern coast and rivers, and that she
drew so little water " that a heavy dew would float her."
When it was desired to land the troops, the " Mem-
mack's " bow would be run up on the beach, the men
would jump ashore, and then the steamer would back off.
After the " Merrimack " came the " C. Durant," a
steamer that ran only a very short time, and in 1853 the
company bought the side-wheel steamboat " Argo," that
was for many years on the line. She was built at Perth
Amboy, N. J., in 1845, 235 tons gross, 125 feet long, 35
feet beam, with 6 1-2 feet depth of hold, and had a
" square " or " cross-head " engine. Captain William
Willey, who lived at 29 Forrester street, Salem, was for
years the " Argo's " commander, and afterwards was
succeeded by J. B. Bracy. G. S. Pollard was the Salem
agent. Besides running to Lowell Island, the boat made
regular landings at Beverly and Marblehead, and her
route was also extended to Nahant on Sundays. During
the Civil War the " Argo " was sold to the government
and became one of the medical supply boats of the Army
of the Potomac. She was finally broken up at New
York in 1879.
In connection with the Nahant and Boston steamboat
line it is interesting to know that it is one of the oldest
in the country and has been in regular operation, with
the exception of one year (1884), since 1817. Through
the kindness of Mr. Fred Wilson, President of the Bos-
ton and Nahant Steamboat Co., a complete list of the
boats that have run on this line is here given :
Year. Steamer. Captain.
1817, " Massachusetts," Walker.
1818-1825, " Eagle " and " Massachu-
setts " (2d), Clark and Wood.
206 THE STEAMBOAT " MASSACHUSETTS " AND THE
Year.
Steamer.
Captain.
1826-1827,
"Patent,"
1828-1830,
" Housatonic,"
Frank Johnson and
Faneuil Silsbee.
1831,
" Rush Light,"
Burnham.
1832,
" Fanny,"
Henery.
1833-1834,
"Connecticut,'*
Porter.
1835-1836,
"Hancock " & " Fanny,"
Porter and Marsh.
1837,
" Mt. Pleasant,"
J. Gillespie.
1838,
" Kingston,"
1839-1840,
" Thorn,"
W. H. Byram.
1840-1847,
"Hope,"
Van Felt.
1848,
" Gen. Lincoln," (1st)
B. F. Vetts.
1849,
" Nahanteau,"
do.
1850,
"King Philip,"
do.
1851.
"Suffolk,"
do.
1852,
" Norwalk,"
do.
1853,
" Clifton,"
Carr.
1854-1856,
" Queen of May,"
1857-1861,
" Nelly Baker,"
A. L. Rowell, F. Covell,
and Calden.
1862,
" Nequsset,"
T. J. Gerry.
1863,
"Gen. Berry,"
do.
1864,
" Clinton,"
Kilby.
1865,
" Orient,"
do.
1866-1876,
" Ulysses " and " Nita,"
A. W. Calden and
Rowell.
1877,
" Eliza Hancox,"
Calden.
1878-1880,
" Meteor " & "E. Hancox,"
do.
1881-1883,
" Nahant," now " Gen.
Lincoln," (2d)
do.
1884,
No boat.
1885,
"Gen. Bartlett,"
J. B. Ingersoll.
1886-1887,
"Julia,"
Cazet and Lund.
1888-1889,
"Anita,"
J. B. Ingersoll.
1890,
" Fred'k de Bary,"
T. W. Lund.
1891-1903,
"Fred'kde Bary" and
T. W. Lund and one
' City of Jacksonville,"
other.
1904,
" Mt. Desert" and " Beebe."
1905,
" New Brunswick " and "Favorite."
1906,
" Cimbria " and " Pokanet."
1907-1910,
" Gen. Lincoln," (2d), and
"Gov. Andrew."
1911,
"Gen. Lincoln" and " Cape Cod."
1912,
"Gen. Lincoln" and "Martha's Vineyard."
1913,
"Gen. Lincoln " and " Machigonne."
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BEGINNINGS OF STEAM NAVIGATION IN BOSTON BAY. 207
The " Nelly Baker " was probably the best known of
the early Nahant steamers. She was built expressly for
the Nahant line by Samuel Sneeden (a famous steamboat
builder at Greenpoint, N. Y.), in 1854, and was con-
structed in the most substantial manner of white oak.
Her dimensions were : 303 tons, gross, length 153 ft.,
beam 26 ft., depth 8 1-2 ft. She was equipped with a
*' walking " beam engine, with 32-inch cylinder, stroke 10
feet. When first built the " Nelly Baker " was consid-
ered the fastest steamboat in Boston harbor. She was
named for the daughter of Mayor Baker of Lynn, who
was president of the Nahant Steamboat Co. During the
Civil War she did good service in Southern waters as a
transport and hospital ship, and the strength of her con-
struction was often tested by being out in severe weather.
After the close of hostilities she was sold in 1866 to
Grey Brothers, and all further trace of her disappears.
After the vessels already noted, a large side-wheel
steamer, the "Escort," plied during the seasons of 1870-
1871 between Boston, Lowell Island and Salem. She has
been running until lately on the Hudson river under the
name of " City of Hudson." Following her two small
propellers, the " Three Brothers " and the " Fanny,"
furnished the means of communication between Salem
and Lowell Island until the hotel was given up.
In 1871 a steam line was organized to run between
Salem and New York. It was thought that by means of
the Salem and Lowell Railroad the boats would do a
large business in bringing cotton to the Lowell mills,
but this failed to materialize. The steamers composing
this line were the "William Tibbetts," "Norwich,"
" Alliance " and " Zodiac," all wooden propellers of from
600 to 800 tons each, intended for freight service only.
They were " wall-sided," square-sterned craft, in a very
far degree removed from being nautical beauties. The
service was twice weekly from each end. Murray, Ferris
& Co. owned or managed the steamers in New York and
Richardson and Daland were the Salem agents. July 29,
1871, was the date of the first trip from Salem, and the
last steamer cleared June 14, 1872.
After this, except for occasional excursion craft, noth-
208 THE STEAMBOAT u MASSACHUSETTS " AND THE
ing in the way of Salem steamboat service was under-
taken for a long time, or until a boat called the " Water-
town," owned by J. E. Cassidy of Boston, and built in
Watertown, Mass., in 1889, on a most peculiar and light
draft principle, was placed on the line between Beverly,
Salem Willows, Marblehead and Boston. This craft was
a propeller of about 400 tons, 134 feet long, and was not
renowned for high speed. She plied as above during part
of the season of 1890 and the whole of 1891, with more
or less success. The next year she ran from Boston to
Lynn, and on Sept. 28, 1892, caught fire off Point Shir-
ley, owing to a defective boiler, and became a total loss.
The steward's wife lost her life.
In 1892 the Boston & Portsmouth S. S. Co. placed two
small propellers, the " Philadelphia " and " Baltimore,"
each of about 150 tons and 100 feet in length, on the
run previously filled by the "Watertown." These steam-
ers met with considerable success, winter and summer,
for several years. During the summer months a small
side-wheeler, the " S. E. Spring," operated a branch line
between the Willows and Baker's Island, on which there
was a hotel the Winneegan. During the summer of
1894 the passenger traffic increased to sucn an extent
that the company was obliged to charter an extra steamer,
the " City of Portsmouth.'' Soon after leaving the Wil-
lows on the evening of Aug. 25, 1894, this craft ran on
Aqua Vitae ledge and stuck fast. The passengers were
all safely taken ashore, and preparations were being made
to get the steamer off, when, as the tide was ebbing, she
keeled over, some lights tipped over and set her on fire,
and in a little while she burned to the water's edge.
Owing to this misfortune and to other reasons, the other
steamers stopped running at the end of the season. Since
then the following steamers have run at various times
between Salem Willows and Boston :
Year. Steamers. Owners
1895 " John Endicott " and " William Storie,"
Morrison Steamboat Co.
1896 " John Endicott," " William Storie," and
" New Brunswick," Morrison Steamboat Co.
1897 " John Endicott," ' William Storie," and
" New Brunswick," Morrison Steamboat Co.
1898 " O. E. Lewis," William Stopford & Co.
BEGINNINGS OF STEAM NAVIGATION IN BOSTON BAY. 209
A small propeller, the " Surf City," Capt. Dalby, had
taken the place of the " S. E. Spring " on the Baker's
Island line. About 6 P. M. on July 4, 1898, having left
the Willows and proceeding towards Beverly, she was
overtaken by a fearful squall, which had been for some
time threatening, and partially capsized. Although there
was less than seven feet of water where the accident hap-
pened, eight women and children lost their lives by being
caught in the cabin and unable to get out The " Surf
City" was afterwards raised, taken to Boston, and re-
named "Pauline." She is now in use in southern
waters.
During the seasons of 1900 and 1901, William Stop-
ford & Co. ran the propeller " O. E. Lewis " (previously
mentioned) between the Willows and Boston, and in 1902
and 1903, the propeller " City of Haverhill." She was
a fine new steamer, built at East Boston in 1902, of 843
tons, 121 1-2 feet long, and 24 feet beam, and originally
was intended to run between Haverhill, Newburyport and
Boston, but after a few trips it was understood the en-
terprise was bought off by the Boston & Maine Railroad.
The same might be said of nearly all our coastwise steam
lines unless controlled by the railroad companies them-
selves. A side-wheeler called the " Monohansett," that
had been Gen. Grant's dispatch boat during the Civil
War, was operated by Stopf ord & Co. for a short while in
1904, but on Aug. 3d of that year she ran ashore be-
tween Little and Big Misery Islands during a thick fog
and became a total loss. Since that time no steamboats
have run between Salem or Beverly to Boston, except
between January and March, 1913, when William Stop-
ford & Co. ran a small propeller, the "May Archer,"
from Beverly and Central wharf, Salem.
After the " Surf City " accident communication with
Baker's Island was maintained by means of a large power
boat, the "Empress," 56 feet long, built at Essex, Mass., in
1900. She was afterwards converted into a steamboat and
called " Gov. Douglas," and some time afterward sold for
use on the coast of Maine. Her place was taken by another
power boat of about the same size, the " Melba," owned
by Elmer K. Moulton of Salem, which is still running.
210 THE STEAMBOAT "MASSACHUSETTS" AND THE
Soon after the Pennsylvania coal pocket was built, in
1873-74, the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron
Co. began running a line of iron propeller steamers from
Philadelphia to Salem, loaded with coal. They were the
" Williamsport " (which was the first to arrive in Salem,
on March 29, 1875), Gettysburg," Pottstown," Al-
lentown," etc. They were fine vessels, each about 250
feet long, and carried from 1550 to 1650 tons of coal.
The "Allentown" foundered Nov. 25, 1888, during a
gale in Massachusetts bay, with a loss of all hands, 18
men. A dozen or fifteen years ago it was found cheaper
and more convenient to bring the coal from Philadelphia
by means of barges towed by ocean tugboats, so, as fast
as the steamers needed repairs and became out of date,
they were transformed into barges.
Gloucester can boast of being the only city in Essex
County which has been able to maintain with success a
long established steamboat line. The first steamer to
run regularly between Gloucester and Boston was the
" Mystic," a small wooden propeller built at Mystic, Conn.,
in 1852. She began the service in 1859, and kept it up
until taken by the government and used as a transport in
1863. She was afterwards lost on the Southern coast in
1865. After her came the present Boston & Gloucester
Steamboat Co. with the propellers " Ella Knight " and
" George Chaffee." During the summer of 1872 the
boats called at Salem on the down trip from Boston, but
this arrangement only appears to have lasted a short time.
In 1884 the " City of Gloucester," a wooden propeller
of 561 tons, 142 feet long, was added to the line, and is
now probably one of the best known steamboats along
this part of the New England coast. Although plying
on what may be termed an " outside " line over thirty
miles long, and occasionally meeting with very heavy
weather, she rarely misses a trip, winter or summer, and
has never yet met with a serious accident. The " Cape
Ann " is the last addition to the line, a fine steel propeller
built by Neafie & Levy at Philadelphia in 1895. She
measures 718 tons, is 171 feet long and 28 feet beam, and
has a two-cylinder compound engine indicating 1500
horse power. The Gloucester line has always principally
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BEGINNINGS OF STEAM NAVIGATION IN BOSTON BAY. 211
confined its activities to the freight business, yet its
steamers carry large numbers of passengers during the
summer months, and are deservedly popular.
Although not exactly within the scope of this article,
it seems most desirable to give some account of the
steamers "Ontario" and "Erie," the largest vessels and
the only ocean steamers ever constructed in Essex Coun-
ty, and from a financial point of view, probably the most
unfortunate. They are also famous for being, as far as
the author can trace, the largest wooden, screw propeller
steamers ever built. Until 1864 the Cunard line only
made fortnightly trips to Boston. This was not thought
to be sufficient to accommodate the increasing traffic of
the port, and there was also much dissatisfaction concern-
ing the high passage and freight rates charged by the
Cunards. This led to the formation of the American
Steamship Co., to run an opposition line to Liverpool.
Among the directors and principal stockholders were :
Edward S. Tobey (president), Osborn Howes, William
Perkins, James L. Little, Avery Plumer, George C. Rich-
ardson, Chester W. Chapin, George Upham, Otis Nor-
cross, J. B. and F. H. Bradlee, etc. Two large wooden
screw steamers were constructed at Newburyport, Mass.,
by George W. Jackman, Jr. (whom they helped to ruin),
the " Erie " and the " Ontario." They were both ex-
actly alike, and it is only fair to say that they were built
in the heaviest and most substantial manner of oak, hac-
matac, etc., diagonally braced with iron, and were consid-
ered among the finest models and handsomest vessels that
ever entered Boston harbor. The mistake made by the
projectors of the line was in not realizing that the day of
the wooden ocean steamer was past. Each steamer
measured 3000 tons, gross, 340 feet long, 43 1-2 feet
beam, and 29 feet depth of hold. The hulls were divided
into six water-tight compartments, the engine room bulk-
heads being of iron. There were accommodations for
125 cabin passengers, with 500 in the steerage, and 1500
tons of freight. The machinery for each steamer was
built by Harrison Loring at South Boston and consisted
of a set of vertical condensing engines, cylinders fitted
in " fore and aft " fashion, 74 inches in diameter, with a
212 THE STEAMBOAT "MASSACHUSETTS" AND THE
4 feet stroke. The indicated horse power was 1700.
The " Ontario " was launched in October, 1866, and the
"Erie" in April, 1867, and with her began the compa-
ny's misfortunes, for she slid off the ways with such force
that she went across the Merrimac and split her sternpost
on the opposite bank, necessitating costly repairs. In
July, 1867, the "Ontario" was ready for the sea and
made a trial trip to Provincetown and back, with many
prominent persons on board. All her fittings were made
by local firms, and her passenger accommodations were
considered very fine for those days.
Her officers were as follows : Captain, Frank Hallet ;
chief officer, John C. Lord ; second officer, William
Howes ; chief engineer, Richard Lavery ; 2d engineer,
Hiram P. Beede ; surgeon, Dr. Edgar Parker ; purser,
Samuel Sampson; chief steward, William H. Packard.
The agents of the American Steamship Co. were Howes and
Crowell in Boston and Taylor, Tupper & Co. in Liverpool.
The " Ontario " sailed from Boston to Liverpool on
her first trip on August 5, 1867, and made three round
voyages on the line ; but in January, 1868, on her arrival
from Liverpool, she was laid up, and the American Steam-
ship Co. suspended operations. At this time the Cunards
enjoyed a subsidy from the British government of <176,
000 per annum for carrying the mails, and every time the
" Ontario " sailed from each end the Cunard ship start-
ing about the same date cut her passenger and freight
rates in halves. The financial result to the American
steamer may be easily imagined. The "Ontario " proved
herself a safe and fast ship, steaming in September, 1867,
from Queenstown to Boston in ten days and six hours,
considered at that time a fast trip. The " Erie " never
went on the line at all. In 1868 both ships were sold to
Nathaniel Winsor & Co. of Boston for $750,000 (they
had cost double that sum), and a strong effort was made
to revive the line and secure a mail contract from the
government, but owing to the excitement attending recon-
struction and the attempt to impeach President Johnson,
this plan failed, and finally the two steamers were sold to
the United States & Brazil Mail S. S. Co., by whom they
were employed for a few years until this company itself
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BEGINNINGS OP STEAM NAVIGATION IN BOSTON BAY. 213
became bankrupt. During the Franco-German war both
the " Ontario " and " Erie " were under charter to the
French General Transatlantic Company to carry on their
service under a neutral flag. The " Erie " was burnt at
sea, Jan. 2, 1873, near Rio Janeiro, while homeward
bound, fortunately with no loss of life. The last active
service performed by the " Ontario " was in taking the
Woodruff Scientific Expedition around the world in 1877-
78, after which she was laid up in Boston for years, rotted
to pieces, and finally, in 1885, was burnt for the metal
contained in her hull.
After the " Ontario " and the " Erie," the only steamer
of any size constructed in Essex County was the " Cape
Cod " built at Essex by A. D. Story in 1900 for the Cape
Cod Steamboat Co. to run between Boston and Province-
town, Mass. She was a wooden propeller of 557 tons
gross, 151 feet long and 32 feet beam and had a triple
expansion engine indicating 1000 horse power. After
many years of successful service the " Cape Cod " was
sold in 1911 to make way for a larger iron steamer and
is now in the excursion business in New York.
NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX
COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS.
(Continued from Vol. L, page 96.)
On Sab both Day Evening 24th February suddenly de-
parted this Life, in the 64th Year of his Age, the Rev.
Mr. Timothy White, M. A. He commenced Bachelor of
Arts at Cambridge in the Year of our Lord 1720. A few
Years after he went to the island of Nantucket, as a
Preacher of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, where he contin-
ued that Work for above 20 Years, publicly exhorting,
and privately instructing the English and Indian inhab-
itants. He had many Calls to the Ministry on the Main,
which would have greatly advanced his worldly interests ;
but those Off ere he rejected knowing his Preference on
that Island would most tend to the Glory of God, in in-
structing the Natives into the Mysteries of the holy Re-
ligion of his divine Master, which he spared neither time
or Pains in propagating. His Support was small, which
obliged him to live upon the small Estate left him by his
Father, during his Residence on that Island. But his ill
Store of Health obliged him to remove to Haverhill (the
Place of his Nativity) in the Year 1751, where he has
since resided. In his private Character, he was very
desirable for his good Deportment towards his Relatives,
for his Meekness of Wisdom under all his Trials ; but
more especially, for his exact Walk with God, for his
Abhorrence and Detestation of Sin, and fpr his powerful
Arguments in supporting the pure Religion of his divine
Master, which he spared no pains in propagating to all
those who had the Pleasure of his particular Acquaint-
ance. He was very careful in observing all the Rules of
Oeconomy in his Life-time which noble Example was fol-
lowed in his Interment, which was exactly in the new
Method. By this sudden Death his Wife has lost a loving
and an affectionate Husband, his Children a tender Parent,
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NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX COUNTY. 215
and his Acquaintance a useful and a very valuable Friend.
Boston Evening Post, March 11, 1765.
At Marblehead and Newbury-Port we hear that vast
Damage was done by the Sea beating into the Stores, and
washing away great Quantities of Salt, Sugar, &c. and
damaging the Wharves and Vessels.
Boston Evening Post, April 1, 1765.
We hear that John Fisher, Esq ; is appointed Collector
of his Majesty's Customs for the Port of Salem.
Boston Evening Post, April 8, 1765.
To be sold by JACOB ASHTON, at Salem, very cheap
for Cash or Credit, Very best French Indigo, by the Cask,
Hundred, Dozen, or smaller Quantity : Also Philadelphia
Flour and Iron.
Boston Evening Post, April 28, 1765.
We hear from Newbury-Port, that the same day a child
being left in a press-bed, which was turn'd up by one of
the family, not knowing the child was there, and it was
soon after found smothered.
Boston Evening Post, May 13, 1765.
By Capt. Randall who arrived here a few days ago, we
are informed, that Capt. Richard Reed, of Marblehead,
who came out of Saltertuda in company with him, fell
overboard and was drowned.
Boston Evening Post, May 27, 1765.
A gentleman from Newbury informs us that on Friday
se'night, at Two o'clock in the Morning, Mr. Clark of that
Town, Innholder, being seized with an Obstruction in the
Throat, to which he had been subject at Times, got out
of his Bed and instantaneously drop'd dead on the Floor.
Boston Evening Post, May 27, 1765.
Imported in the last Ships from Great-Britain, and to be
sold by ANDREW DALGLISH, At his Shop opposite
the Orange Tree, SALEM, A good Assortment of Scotch
and English Goods at the very lowest Prices for Cash or
short Credit. Boston Evening Post, June 17,1765.
We hear from Rowley, that they had very severe thun-
der there last Monday afternoon, which struck two men
216 NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX COUNTY.
and a boy who were in a field at work ; the boy who had
one side of his head much burnt, and remained speechless
for two or three hours, is now in a fair way of recovery.
[Such of our Customers who are desirous to know whether
the two Men, mentioned above, were either kitted or hurt, we
must refer for Information to the Printer of the New Hamp-
shire O-azette, from which this Article is taken.]
Boston Evening Post, July 8, 1765.
THE PROPRIETORS OF THAT PART OF Cox-
Hall, so called, in the County of York, purchased by
Roger Haskins and 36 others, of Herlackindine Symonds,
are hereby notified, That at their Meeting by Adjourn-
ment at Ipswich, June 21, 1765, they agreed upon and or-
dered a Tax of 18<. to be laid on each 100 Acre Right
in said Tract ; and in that Proportion, for defreying the
necessary Charges which have already arisen, or may
hereafter arise in bringing forward a Settlement of said
Lands, and to be paid to Capt. Francis Groodhue of Ips-
wich their Treasurer. The Purchasers subject to said
Taxes, are as follows viz.
Acres. Acres.
Roger Haskins 200 Isaac Fellows 300
Edward Bishop 200 Richard Walker 300
William Baker 200 John Brown Farmer 300
George Herrick 100 Nathaniel Brown 300
Thomas Edwards 100 Zachariah Herrick 100
Sam. Ingalls, jun. 200 Thomas Higginson 100
John Low, jun. 200 John Staniford 200
William Dixee 200 Thomas Low 200
Thomas Shepherd 200 Samuel Ingalls 100
William Goodhue 500 Robert Lord, jun. 100
Samuel Gidding 200 Robert Bradford 100
Barnard Thorn 100 Nicholas Woodbury 100
Michael Farlow 200 Mark Haskell 100
Meshack Farlow 200 William Cleaves 100
Moses Bradstreet 200 John Harris 600
Matthew Perkins 200 John Burnam 600
John Gidding 200 Nathaniel Rust 200
Paul Thorndick 200 Andrew Elliot 100
Boston Evening Post, July 15, 1765.
(To be continued.)
THE PROBATE KECOKDS OF ESSEX COUNTY,
MASSACHUSETTS.
THE charter of " The Governor and Company of Massa-
chusetts Bay in New England," granted March 4, 1628-9,
provided that a " Greate and Generall Court " should be held
four times each year. This court, sitting in Boston, exer-
cised the entire judicial powers of the Colony until March 3,
1635-6, when quarterly courts were ordered to be kept in
several of the larger towns, and Salem and Ipswich were the
towns selected within what is now the county of Essex.
These courts also exercised probate jurisdiction and proved
wills and granted administrations, although probate business
for a long time after was brought before the Great and Gen-
eral Court, from time to time, seemingly as a matter of per-
sonal convenience. The colony was divided into shires or
counties in 1643, and each county had its own courts. Ha-
verhill, Amesbury and Salisbury, lying north of the Merrimac
river and which now are included within the limits of Essex
County, were then placed in old Norfolk County and so
remained until Feb. 4, 1679-80, when new boundary lines
were established. The probate records of the southern juris-
diction of old Norfolk County which relate to these three
towns are therefore here included. Essex County probate
business sometimes was taken to Suffolk County. This was
especially the case during the administration of Governor
Andrew, when, for the centralization of business for the ob-
taining of fees, all save a few unimportant estates were pro-
bated in Boston. Under the new charter probate courts were
established in each county by an order in council adopted
June 18, 1692, and Bartholomew Gedney was appointed the
first judge in this county. This court has had a continuous
existence to the present day.
After the Quarterly courts were instituted the probate
records were entered by the clerk in the same books of record
which contained the civil and criminal business. This con-
tinued until 1671, when the probate matter was first recorded
in separate volumes. The original papers accompanying
the records of the Quarterly courts of Essex County contain.
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218 THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY.
many of the early probate papers, but many early wills are
preserved in the custody of the Probate court, where they
are docketed in an alphabetical order first arranged about
1885, each estate having its separate docket number.
Copies of all the wills in the Quarterly courts files are also
preserved in three volumes in the probate registry.
In assembling the material for the following pages an
effort has been made to include probate records from every
available original source, viz :
Eecords of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (Shurtleff),
Boston, 1854, 6 vols.
Massachusetts Archives.
Records and files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County
and old Norfolk County.
Old Norfolk County Deeds.
Ipswich Deeds.
Ipswich Town Records.
Suffolk County Probate Records.
Records and Docket of the Probate Court of Essex County.
It must not be assumed that all estates were administered
by the courts in the early days. From the records of the
Massachusetts Bay Colony for the session of October 18,
1649, it appears that " whereas itt is found by often experi-
ence that some men dying and making wills, the said wills
are concealed, and not prooved and recorded, and others
dying intestate, no administration is sought for nor granted
... it is ordered ... if any nominated executors, knowing
thereof . . . shall not within thirty days after the decease
of the partye, . . . make probate of any will . . . they
shall be liable to be sued, and shall be bound to pay all such
debts as the deceased partye owed . . . and shall forfeite to
the common weale so many somes of five pounds as shall
happen to be moneths betweene the next Courte . . . after
the death of the deceased partye and the prooving of such
will."
The wills are printed in full, with the exception only of
that part of the preamble which states no material fact. Such
omissions are indicated by an ellipsis. Each will is followed
in chronological order by abstracts of all documents relating
to the settlement of the estate, in which every essential par-
ticular is retained, so that the lawyer, genealogist and sociol-
ogist may be assured that nothing of value has been omitted.
Names are spelled exactly as they appear in the original
papers.
THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY. 219
In modernizing the early dates it should always be remem-
bered that previous to the adoption of the Gregorian calendar
by Act of Parliament, to take effect Sept. 2, 1752, the month
of March was the first month in the year, and " double
dating" prevailed between January 1st and March 24th in-
clusive in each year, so that 21 : 12 mo : 1687-8, when mod-
ernized should read Feb. 21, 1688.
ESTATE OF KICHARD KING OF (SALEM?).
" There is administration granted [June 2, 1635] to Rich-
ard Bishopp (in the behalf of his wife) of the goods &
chattells of Richard King, desceased." Mass. Bay Colony
Records, vol. 1, page 151.
ESTATE OF REV. JOSEPH AVEKY OF NEWBURY.
" There is administration granted [Sept. 1, 1635] to M r
Anthony Thacher of the goods & chattells of M r Joseph
Avery, disceased, w ch hee is to inventory, & returne the same
into the nexte Court; & the said goods are to remaine in his
hands till further order be taken therein.
" An Inventory of the Goods and chattells of Joseph Avery,
desceased.
li s d
Due to him from John Emery, carpenter, 07 00 00
It : from Robte Andrewes, of Ipswich, w ch he
confesseth to be due, & to be p d forthw th , 02 00 00
It: from M r Willrn Hilton, 02 16 00
or a sowe & piggs to that valewe. Testis, Rich : Kent.
Prom Rich : Kent, of Ipsw**, ten bushels of Indian corne,
which hee acknowledged.
" John Emery denyes his debt ; but Richard Knight, Nicho-
las Holte, & John Knight, all three of Newberry, can & will
testify & prove it to be due, onely hee was, by condition,
to pay the 7 11 in his worke, w ch he was to doe so soon as
M r Auery did call vpon him for it ; out of w ch said 7 a there
is something paide in lab r already, as hee can make to
appeare.
" p me, Anthon y Thacher."
Mass. Bay Colony Records, vol. 1, page 154.
ESTATE OF SARAH DILLINGHAM OF IPSWICH.
" This is the last will and testament of mee Sarah Dilling-
ham of Ipswich widowe ffor my soule I commend it into ye
220 THE PKOBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY.
hands of God in ye mediacon of Jesus Crist : ffor my tempo-
rail estate : I give to my onely child Sarah Dillingham my
whole estate in lands and goods (except such pticular lega-
cyes as heerafter are named) : and if my child Dye before it
shall be inarryed or attain to ye age of one and twenty years,
then my will is that the same shalbe devyded equally between
my mother Thomasine Caly, my brothers Abraham Caly and
Jacob Caly, my sister Bull and my sister Bast, the wyves of
John Bull and John Bast, and my sisters Rebecca Caly and
emme Caly, or such of them as shalbe lyving at ye tyme of
ye death of such child, all w ch my mother brethren & sisters
are now lyving in England : also I give to m r ward Pastor of
ye Church at Ipswich ffyve pounds and to Richard Salton-
stall esqr ten pounds and to m rs Saltonstall his wife a silver
bowle, To m r Samuell Appleton ffyve pounds and to his wife
a silver porringer : and of this my will I make executors ye
said m r Saltonstall and m r Appleton, committing ye educa-
cion and government of my said child and ye estate I leave
her unto their f aithf ull ordering intreating them in the bonds
of Christian love to see this my will fulfilled my due debts
paid, my body decently buyried and my child religiously
educated if God give it life, and that they will order the es-
tate as they would doe their owne. In wytnes that this is my
true will made in my pfect memory though my body be
weake & sick I publish it after it had been read unto me in
the presenc of those whose names are under wrytten this
xiiijth Day of July 1636." Sarah Dillingham
Witness: Tho : Dudley, Robert Lord, Phillip P his
mark ffowler. Mass. Archives, vol. 15B, leaf 59.
Inventory taken by John Tuttell, John Perkines, John
Crosse, Thomas Hewlett and Robert Mottley : Towe steers
& tow heifers, 471i. ; One mare, 25H. ; One Cowe calfe of a
moneth olde, 61i. ; Towe piggs, 16s. ; Towe piggs, 8s. ; ffower
Acres of Corne, 151i. ; The house wth thapurtenances viz.
fenceinge aple trees wth other fruits in the gardens wth 30
acres of Uplands, 60 acres of meadowe & 6 acres of planting
ground neare the house, 130H. ; Towe bull Calves & one
Cowe Calfe weaned all verye power, 10H. ; Three Cowes,
671i. j Towe bedsteds in the parlour, Hi. 6s. 8d. ; a large neste
of boxes, 21i. ; a Smale neste of boxes, 3s. ; a Cubert, 10s. ; a
Sea chest, 10s. ; towe Joynd Chaires, 5s. ; a rounde table, 7s. ;
a deske, 4s.; a band boxe, 2s. [The child hath it : in margin.] ;
a Coverlet, Hi. ; a fether bed a boulster & 2 pillows , Hi. 5s. ;
a fether bed boulster & one pillow, Hi. 5s. ; a rug, a coverlet
& a blanket, Hi. ; a bed sted, 3s. ; Sundrye pcells of wear-
THE PROBATE RECORDS OP ESSEX COUNTY. 221
inge lynine, 41i. 5s. 6d. ; pcells of wearing clothes, 51i. 8s. 4d. ;
6 paire of flaxen Sheets, 61i. ; 6 paire of Course sheets, 21i.
12s. ; Table clothes, 14s. ; napkins, 7s. ; a yd. of Can vis, Is. ;
yarne, 4s. ; 2 paire of bodyes, 6s. 8d. ; 2 Cushions, 6s. ; a
Remnnte of woollen Cloth, ls.6d. ; a towell & table cloth, Is.
6d. ; a bag & wallet, Is. 6d. ; 1 Rend of cloth, 4s. ; kniues,
5s. ; 10 : paire of stockings, Hi. ; 10 : Ells 1-4 of Canvis att
15d. p ell, 12s. ; 6 yds. of blew linine, 6s. ; 8 yds. of Lynsi-
wollsi, 10s. ; poynts & showstrings, 3s. ; 2 steels & Cinamon,
2s. ; a carde of lace, Is. ; 2 ells of Holland, 8s. ; a peece of
tufted Holland, 6s. ; 6 yds. of Loomworke, 5s. ; in a box : in
money, 21i. 5s. 4d. ; in another box, Hi. 12s. 6d. ; in her
purse, Hi. 2s. 2d. ; in wampompege, 4d. ; in a boxe, 10s. 4d. ;
a case of bottles, 2s. 6d. ; 3 hatts, Hi. ; 2 boxes, Is. 6d. ; a
broken warmeige pan, 2s. 6d. ; 2 firkins & half e of butter, 31i.
15s. ; 6 chesemots 2 Jugs 3 pans one tray, 15s. ; 21 cheeses
new, 21i. 16s. ; halfe a bushell of malte, 3s. 6d. ; 2 basketts,
Is. 2d .; Taps and sraale things, Is. ; 1 paire of stireipe hose
leather, Is. ; 25 Sawcers, 5s. ; 6 porringers, 6s. ; 2 chamber
potts, Is. 6d. ; 401i. & a halfe of pewter, 21i. 14s. ; 7 spoones,
Is. 9d, ; a treavett a fier shovell & tongs gredlron potthookes,
13s. 4d. ; a paire [Goodma Perkings : in margin.'] of bellowes
& one old darke lanthorne, 2s. ; a biase pott, 18s. ; a morter,
5s. ; an Iron pott & a frying pan both haue holes in them,
3s. 4d. ; [2 ketls : in margin.] 2 kettles 2 skelletts & an Iron
ladle, Hi. 6s. 8d. ; bulletts hinges & other smale things, 6s.
8d. ; a box, 3s. 4d. ; a chiste, 8s. ; a paire of stockings, 2s. ; 1
paire of stockings, 2s. 6d. ; 1 paire of stockings, 2s. 6d ; a
coate, 6s. ; a old suite & cloake, Hi. 2s. ; a paire of drawers,
Is. 8d. ; a Coate w th silver buttons, Hi. ; [Jo. Andr. in mar-
gin.] a suite of searge, 12s. ; a blacke suite of searge Unmaide,
10s. ; a Jackett of cloth, 3s. 4d, ; a graite, Is. 6d. ; a pcell of
nailes, Is. 4d. ; 61i. of Kaisins, 2s. ; 7 bushells of Rye, 21L
16s. ; towe beare Vessells, 5s. ; 3 cushions, 9s. ; some spice,
2s. ; a read waistecoote, 3s. 4d. ; a bedd pan, 5s. ; 2 old hooes :
1 old hatchett : 1 old sythe, 5s. ; 2 wayne bodys, 16s. ; 1 olde
paire of wheeles, 12s. ; 2 borded Canow, Hi. ; John Andrews
tyme, 161i. ; a lader, 3s. 4d. ; total, 385H. 14s. 5d.
" When we Valued John Andrewes tyme at 161i we heard
not of these demands that now he makes after his time is
expired, but in Case you bringe him to the Courte, we desier
they would heare his demands and value his time as they
thinke meete, els the former Rate muste stand till further
Consideration."
Mass. Archives, vol. 15B, leaf 61.
222 THE PKOBATE .RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY.
Ordered, 6:7: 1636, that Mr. Dudley, Mr. Endecot and
Mr. Bradstreete, or any two of them, should examine the
accounts between Mr. Richard Saltonstall and Edward Dil-
lingarn, and report on the estate of John Dillingam and his
wife, deceased. Mass. Bay Colony Records, vol. 1, page 177.
Eich r d Saltonstall is debtor to ye estate of Jno. Dilling-
ham, deceased : for land, 2301i., oxen, 1001L, a bull, lOli.,
corne, 241i., 3641i. ; 2 steeres & 2 heifers valued in the inven-
tory at 471i., to me at 631L; one cowe calfe valued in the in-
ventory at 61i., to me at 91i. 10s. ; one mare 241i ; allowed
upon several accounts, 131i. 8s., lOli. 2s., 131i. 10s. 8d., 611i.
8d. ; for Levies, 41i. 18s., for severall disbursmts concerning
cattle, 81i., 21i., Hi., 31i., 21i., 10s., 211i. 8s. ; Bord of Mr.
Bracy, Hi. 15s., of Mr. Gardner, Hi. 6s. 6d., Hoggs, 81i. 10s.,
llli. lls. 6d. ; abated out of Thorn. Wells account, 51i. 5s.
7d. ; note yt Wm. Giles of Salem oweth ye estate of Jno.
Dillingham 31i. in pt. Red of his wifes passage unless he
pve it hath bene pd Mr Appletones selfe, 31i. ; reed in an
inventory (saving to my selfe ye liberty of some exceptions
in respect of some pticulers), 3851i. 14s. 5d.; for halfe ye
ship Kettle not mentioned in ye Inventory, Hi. 10s.; a cradle,
12s., bord of goodman Finder, 61i., 61i. 12s. ; 2 Cowes of
ther increase for 3 years now past & one yong cowe & a cow,
1 ; total 932H. 12s. 9d. Richard Saltonstall is Creditor :
due to mee & alowed by certeine Comissioners apptd by ye
court, 424H. 13s. 2d. ; alowed by ye said comissionrs, 1201L
13s. 8d., more llli. 2s. 6d., rates 61i. 15s., 1371i. 1 s. 2d. ;
alowed mee by ye comissioners in respect of servants, 241i.
2s. ; pd. Jno. Andrews, 12s. 6d. for ye ship at Graves End,
Hi. 10s. ; for ye Calves, 12s., 21i. 14s. 6d. ; alowed mee wn
ye Cowes were pted, Hi., for Keeping of ye Corne, 12s. ; Tho.
Sherman, 12s., 21i. 4s. ; pd at sevrall times about ye Cowes,
Hi. 4s., for beefe, 21i. lls. 3d., for Caske, 3s. 3d., 31i. 18s. 6d. ;
for bisket, 81i., for Robrt Crane, 10s., Reed forfrait of goods,
31i., llli. 10s. ; pd. Tho. Downes, wch was due to him, 21i.,
Mr. Bachiler, 10s., Mrs. Dillingham lent 31L, 51i. 10s. ; pd
Ann ffowle, servant, 21i. 8s., for Ann ffowles passage, 51i., to
Satchell in bea r , Hi. 9s., 81i. 17s. ; pd Edwa. Dillingharn 3
bis. rye at 8s. p bl. at Saugust, gn. Brazor jorny to Sand-
wich, Hi. 17s.; for Proctor looking to a sicke calfe, 3s. 10d.,
to Kent of Newberry, 21i. 16s. 8d., due Mr. Dillingham, 31i.
6d. ; note for 21i. 16s. 8d. was paid as aforesaid by Mr. Now-
ells direction (being one of ye commissioners) upon a letter
he reed from ye said Kent wch gave him satisfaction con-
THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY. 223
cerning his demand ; to Mr. Cartwright due from Mr. Dil-
lingham, 20s. ; Hi. pd. Edwa. Dillingham, 231i. 11s. 8d. in pt.
of wt. was given, 241i. lls. 8d. ; by order of ye commission-
ers Ed. Dillingham reed out of ye Inventory aforesaid ye
peels wch he challenged as his owne pp goods, a featherbed,
boulster & 2 pillowes, Hi. 5s.; 2 coverlets, Hi. 10s., 6 pr
flaxen sheets, 61L, 6 pr corse sheets, 21i. 12s., 5 table cloaths,
lOli. 2s. ; napkins, 7s., 2 quishions, 6s., 13s. ; pd. Mr. Satch-
well for 8 years boarding of Sara Dillingham, 691i. 18s. 2d. ;
note yt was pd by order of an arbitration, 34d. p weeke in ye
sume aforesaid Wm. Satchwell hath reed lls. 6d. more yn
his due for wch he is countable ; pd Jno. Andrewes for Sara
Dillingnam as an addition to his wages, Hi. ; pd. for Mrs.
Dillingham to Mr. firman due to him from Mr. Parker of
Roxbry & for Comodities, 21i. 19s. 2d. ; pd. for Sara Dilling-
ham to Mr. Ward wch was given to him by her mothers will,
51i. ; pd. for Sara Dillingham to my Cousen Apleton, 31i. 2s.
8d. ; pd. in Cattle out of ye Inventory according to ye order
of ye Commissioners as may app by ption, 1491i. ; abated in
ye sale of ye house & land (wth Edwa. Dillinghams consent)
being over prized, 201i. ; abated Wm. Cartwright in ye price
of Jno. Andrews time, 41i. ; to be abated out of ye inventory
for pigs killed by ye wolves at Plum Hand, Hi. 4s. ; pd. Sara
Dillingham out of ye inventory sundry peels of wearing lin-
nen wch shee hath & are reserved for her, 41i. 5s. 6d. ; pd.
for a pr of bodies, 2s. 6d., for her schooling to good. Sy-
monds, Hi., Hi. 2s. 6d. ; one stuffe petticoat & waskote, 4
shifts wth shewes dd to good. Satchwell for Sara Dilling-
ham ; for Sara Dillingham daughter of Jno. Dillingham, 2
Cowes & 2-3 of thir increase for 3y more, one heifer & a low-
ance for her peculiar for milk, 41i. ; Mr. Saltonstall gave back
wt. her mother gave him, 131i.; for a bible, 4s. ; for a goune,
21i. 10s. ; to be abated out of this for wintering cattle, 41i. ;
& rest in Mr. Saltonstalls hand, 81i. 10s. Id. ; a heifer in
Mr. Saltonstalls hand, 2 cowes & 2-3 of ther increase, Per-
kins works. Mass. Archives, vol. 15B, page 66.
Upon the 9:4: 1637 the Commissioners found due to me
from the estate of John Dillingham, 671i. 13s. 9|d., and be-
sides they allowed me 51i. 15s. for rates paid by me for Mr.
Dillingham, also 71i. 16s. 8d. and I have a bill under Edward
Dillingham's hand, dated June 29, 1637 that whenever the
commissioners should see cause to allow the said sum it
should be paid in goods. In satisfaction of the aforesaid
debts I received 2 stears, 301i. ; a brown hef er, 161L j a
224 THE PROBATE RECORDS OP ESSEX COUNTY.
branded heffer, 1711. ; a white faced yearling, 91i., wtha very
pore cow Calfe, 61L [so prized by Mr. Appleton and not
worth so much as I conceive.] This cow-calfe being paid to
myself. Sarah Dillingham hath not received so much in
cattle for her part as Edward Dillingham did for his by 61i.
10s. Paid out of her cattle to satisfy Mr. Downing whereof
Edward Dillingham is to repay his proportion, 81i. 6s. 8d.
Sarah Dillingham hath received [besides her part in cattle]
money paide Mrs. Dillingham, 31i. ; pd. for a sick calfe, 3s.
lOd. ; her boarding at Gm. Satchells, 691i. 18s. 2d. ; John
Andrews, Hi.; To Parker of Eoxbury, 21i. 19s. 2d. ; Mr.
Ward [by will], 61i. ; Mr. Apleton, 31i. 2s. 8d. ; out of the
inventory, 41i. os. 6d. ; bodyes, 2s. 6d. ; To Goody Symonds,
Hi. ; she hath in my hand, which I will make good with ad-
vantage, 81i. 10s. Id. Richard Saltonstall.
If Edward Dillingham deny that he received the courser
sheets mentioned in the inventory & will take his oath before
the present commissioners I shall rest satisfied therewith.
Mass. Archives, vol. 15B , page 67.
" To the honrd Generall Court Having thought [if God
will] of going for England by the next passage ; & beeing
desirous [in the meanetime] that all accompts concerning
myselfe may bee concluded & especially those that fall vpon
mee as Executor to the estate of John Dillingham deceased ;
in respect of which estate ; for the ordering & issuing of all
accompts or differences concerning the same ; M r Nowell &
M r Mahur by order of the Quarter Court were made Comis-
sioners :
" My humble request is that in the roome of M r Mahur
[who is now absent & not of like respect & creditt in the
country as when he was first joyned with M r Nowell in this
Comission] : This Court would bee pleased to appoynt an
an other ; who may joyne with M r Nowell to examine such
accompts as I am ready to tender : & that these Comissioners
may have power to end & determine the same unless there bee
some other course that may seeme more meete unto the Court
which I shall bee willing to attend according to your order.
Y rs in all Christian observance
" Dat 15 th 8 th 1645 Eichard Saltoostall
" The peticon is graunted & M r Hibbins is by the magis-
trate appoynted Commissioner in stead of M r Mahew
Tho : Dudley Gov r
Consented to by y Deputy
Edward Rawson."
Mass. Archives, vol. 16B, page 60.
THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY. 225
"Worthily honrd for my accompt presented to yourselves
there is an article wheriii I make Goodman Satchwell debtor
to Sarah Dillingham , lls. 6d. as I remember wherunto
I was ledd by my booke ; & that very rightly as I yet con-
ceive. But because Goodman Satchell doth affirme the con-
trary ; & I would not differ with a neighbour but had much
rather buy my peace then contend in such a case ; I will take
the debt upon myselfe & soe much I thought meete to certify.
" Yrs unfaynedly to love & serve you
" 12 th Dec r 1645. Richard Saltonstall."
" Sarah Dillingham hath these books in my hands and M r
Nath: Rogers : viz. Perkins works in 3 vollums, Seaven Trea-
tises [2 severall bookes], the Spowse Royall the bruised
reade, A little new testiment."
Mass. Archives, vol. 15B, page 63.
" A note of whate Edward Dillingham have received of
Mr. Saltonstall of the third pt. of my brother John Dilling-
ham's estate, which he gave to my wife and children, ap-
pointed to me by the commissioners : on mare, 181i. ; on
Cowe, 221L ; in my account, 41i. 2s. Id. ; paid for me to Wil-
liam Spawforth, 31i. ; Jhon Bell his time, 51i. ; John Butler
his time, 51i. ; on sewte of old Clothes, Hi. ; on hat & other
small thinges, Hi. 5s.; rec'd of Mr. Wade, 5s.; rec'd of Mr.
Paine, 51i. ; rec'd of Mr. Paine, 51i. ; received of Mr. Paine
more, 31i. 6s. 8d. ; the remainder of my brothers inventory,
81i. ; rec'd of Mr. Borrnan, 51i. ; total, 821i. 12s. Id. Also
received of goodman Pinder 31i. in discharge of 61i. of our
third pt. of that det in his hand. Rec'd as by my booke : in
rye at Saugus 3 bl at 8s. which was then the prise currant, Hi.
4s. Jorney to Sadwich concerning Mr. Downing, 0."
On reverse. " Mr. Saltonstall hath one cow which he hath
had for years for which he will allow, and Mr. Apleton hath
one Cowe, two Oxen & one heifer.
" The Commissioners to consider that John Bells and But-
lers time are much under prised, whereby Sarah Dillingham
is damnify ed in her proportion."
Mass. Archives, vol. 15B, page 63.
" The particulars formerly questioned by Edward Dilling-
ham are these : 1st, for fraight of goods, 31i., which is ut-
terly denied, therefore in reason to be recharged to the es-
tate. 2d, the 21i. paid Tho. Downes, he hath been a good
servant and his master hath not kept covenant with him, in
which respect, we the executors saw fit to discharge him and
pay him the 2ii. for satisfaction. 3d, for the 51i. paid to An
226 THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY.
Fowle, she hath been a faithful servant and though she was
discharged by her mistress a little before her time was out,
yet it may be borne by the estate, considering her diligence.
4th, for the cow calfe [contained in the inventory] which I
received at 61i., no executor can be liable for the worst goods
expressed in an inventory, if the best goods be taken out of
his hands and 2dly the calf was then very pore and as I con-
ceive not worth the money. 3dly, I took the calf at 61i. with
Mr. Appletons consent who being executor might justly dis-
pose of it as he then did. Mem. Edward Dillingham hath
received 61i. of goodman Finder, without the knowledge or
consent of the executors,he covenanted with him to abate the
said Finder 61i. in lieu of that which he received in ready
money and this he did when he could not but know that he
had already received beyond his proportion.
" Eichard Saltonstall."
Mass. Archives, vol. 15B, page 61.
Eichard Saltonstall, of Ipswich, Esq., executor to the estate
of John Dillingham, having tendered his account concerning
sd estate unto Increase Nowell and William Hibbins, being
by order of the General Ct. appointed commissioners to set-
tle the same, do find that the said Eichard hath received of
the estate of John Dillingham to the value of 9321i. 12s. 2d.
Also we find said estate doth owe the said Eichard 9241L 2s.
Id. He was allowed for his disbursement and adventure in
the ship Seaflower, upon a former commission granted by the
Quarterly Court, the sum of 6041L 3s. 3 Id. The rest of the
924H. 2s. Id. is demanded for several sums paid out by said
Eichard as executor. The court ordered him to be allowed
the full sum of 924H. 2s. Id. out of the estate. Mass. Bay
Colony Records, vol. 2, page 144.
Wills of John and Sarah Dillingham with the inventory
shall be kept by Mr. Nowell and Hibbins and Eichard Salton-
stall discharged. Mass. Bay Colony Records, vol. 2, page 145.
ESTATE OF EEV. SAMUEL SKELTON OF SALEM.
The Court of Assistants held at Cambridge, 5 : 4: 1638,
being a quarterly court, ordered, with the consent of Mrs.
Baggerly, that the increase of Mr. Skelton's cattle should be
.divided according to his will, and that the goods and house-
hold stuff which belongs to the 3 eldest children should be
divided by some of the church in Salem and committed to the
church of Salem. Mass. Bay Colony Records, vol. I, page 232.
THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY. 227
ESTATE OF FRANCIS DENT OF LYNN.
The Quarterly Court held at Boston 6:1: 1638-9, granted
to Edmond Audeley administration on the goods of Francis
Dent, deceased, upon the testimony of John Winge and Ser-
geant Davies. Mass. Bay Colony Records, vol. 1, page 249.
ESTATE OF HUMFBT WISE OF IPSWICH.
The General Court held at Boston, 13 : 1 : 1638-9, ordered
the court at Ipswich to examine and settle all things belong-
ing to the estate of Humfrey Wisse, including the land, sold
and unsold. Mass. Bay Colony Records, vol. 1, page 254.
Humfry Wise of Ipswich, died intestate, and Samuel
Greenfeild late of Salem married his widow and took into his
possession the lands and goods of the said Humfry, without
legal order. The Court held at Ipswich. 26 : 1 : 1639, caused
them to deliver an inventory of the estate which amounted to
about 1401i. Wise left a wife and five children, Beniamyn,
Joseph, Em., Sarah and Ann, besides some that were married
and had received their portions. Samuel Greenfeild was ap-
pointed administrator, and with his consent the Court sold
the house, and house lot of an acre & a planting lot of six
acres with the appurtenances to William ffellowes for 201i.,
also the farm of about 120 acres to Thomas Emerson for four
score pounds, and such other sales of cattle & goods that the
said Samuel had made the Court allowed. The money was
given to Samuel Greenfeild, he giving bond for 120 li., to
bring up the five children, until the sons were twenty one
years, and the daughters eighteen, at which time each to
receive a certain portion of the estate. If any die before
such time the said portions to be equally devided among the
survivors. George Gittings and Richard Lumpkyn were
chosen overseers for the children. As there was yet 301i.,
being part of the money for which the farm was sold, remain-
ing in the hands of Thomas Emerson, at his request and with
the consent of Samuel, it was ordered that it should remain
in his hands until 1:3: 1640, then he to pay the money to
the overseers and to give such recompence to Samuel Green-
feild as he shall think equal. It was further agreed that
with the consent of Samuel Greenfield and Susan his wife
that Benjamin Wise, eldest son of Humfry Wise, should be
with Abraham Perkins of Hampton as an apprentice to him
for seven years from Sept. 29 last past. Ipswich Deeds, Vol.
1, leaf I.
228 THE PROBATE KECOKDS OF ESSEX COUNTY.
ESTATE OF EDWARD HOWE OF LYNN.
The General Court held at Boston May 22, 1639, granted
administration on the estate of Mr. Edward Howe (of Linu,
deceased), to his wife Elisabeth. Mass. Bay Colony Records,
vol. 1, page 259.
ESTATE OF JOHN BLUMFIELD OF NEWBURY.
The Court of Assistants, held at Boston, a quarter court,
3:1: 1629-40, appointed Thorn. Blumfeild administrator to
his father, John Blumfeild, deceased, and to have the house
and ground ; the lame daughter to have the overplus of the
goods not disposed of. Mass. Bay Colony Records, vol. 1,
page 286.
ESTATE OF BETHIA CARTWKIGHT OF SALEM.
" I Bethia Cortwrite of Salem being in pfect memory doe
make and ordaine this my last will and testament, first I
give and bequeath my bed, my bolster and two pillow-beres
with a blancet and a coverlet unto Elizabeth Capon my sister
in walderswick in Suff item I give unto Mary Norton the
wife of Georg Norton in Salem my best coat, item I giue
unto my sister above said thre peuter platters and a double
saltseller, item I giue vnto John Jackson the son of John
Jackson half a dozen spoones and a porrenger, item I give
unto Margret Jackson the wife of John Jackson of Salem my
box of linning, with a payre of shetes, item I will that fower
payer of sheets be sold to pay pt of my debts, item I give unto
Elizabeth Kellem a surg wascot, Item I give unto John Jack-
son aforesaid my bible, item I will that my two best cloath
wascotes to be sold as my shets aforesaid, Item I give unto
Elezabeth Nicksone my payer of Andereus, item I will that my
napkins and bord cloaths to be sold as my wascots aforesaid.
In witnes whereof I have hereunto set my hand this second
day of May Anno Dom : 1640." _,,. , he /t! n ' k n
Elizabeth E Cartwnt
Witness : Elizabeth Nickson, Thomas Warren.
Salem Quarterly Court files, vol. 1, leaf 5.
Proved June 30, 1640. No executor being named, John
Jackson is appointed administrator. Georg Norton had ex-
pended about 51i. under the deacons' hands during her sick-
ness, which is to be paid him, the coat mentioned in the will
to be made a part of it. Norton's man attended her. Salem
Quarterly Court Records, vol. 1, page 39.
THE PBOBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY. 229
ESTATE OF ROBERT BAKER OF SALEM.
The court held at Boston, 2:1:1640-41, fined Eichard
Hollingworth, 1011., to be paid to the wife and children of
Robert Baker, his negligence being the occasion of the said
Robert's death. Mass. Bay Colony Records, vol. 1, page 314.
Accounts of widow Baker and Nathaniel Pittmau, and
depositions relating to them, examined 30 : 1 : 1641. Salem,
Quarterly Court Records, vol. 1, page 50.
ESTATE OF JOHN WATKINS OF SALEM.
Mr. Walter Price brought in an invoice of clothing,
29 : 4 : 1641, that was left by his servant John Watkins, who
died within six or seven weeks after landing. Mr. Price was
ordered to keep the goods as he had been at charge for Watkins'
passage, and had no service of him of value. Salem Quarterly
Court Records, vol. 1, page 53.
Price brought Watkins with him from England and had
paid 51i. for his passage. His clothing was appraised by
James Cary and Abell Kelly, as follows : Piece of leather,
6s. 8d. ; pair of gloves, 6d. ; an old suit, 8s. : a suit of clothes,
Hi. 5s. ; 2 pair drawers, 4s. ; 6 pair stockings, 7s. 6d. ; 2 cots,
Hi. 2s. ; 3 pair new shoes and 2 old, 12s. 4d. ; 1-2H. thread
and a little hemp, 2s. ; 3 shirts, 10s. and 3 ragged ones, 2s.
6d., 12s. 6d. ; a chest and a few nails, 2s. 6d. ; an old hat,
lOd. ; 3 old bands ; total, 51i. 4s. lOd. Salem Quarterly Court
Records, vol. 2, page 90.
ESTATE OF JOHN GOFFE OF NEWBURY.
" The last will & testament of John Goffe of Newbury,
being weake in body but in perfect senses and knowledge
Dec. 4, 1641.
My will is that whatsoever lands and housing and cattel
and moveables shall appear that my estate consisteth of that
it shall be divided into two parts equally and the one halfe I
doe give to my wife Amy Goffe and the other halfe I doe
give unto my two children Susan Goffe and Hanna Goffe in
equall portions betwixt them as it shall amount, my debts
& other charges being paid and for performance of this my
will I have desired and doe give power to these parties
named, Edward Woodman, Henry Short, Richard Kent junior
and John Cheney all of Newbury to see my estate divided
between my wife & children and to take care of my chil-
dren's portions that they may be improved to their main-
230 THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY.
tenance and best advantage & I have desired these brethren
to advise and counsell my wife for her good according as God
shall direct them, & if either of these my children decease
this life, my will is that the other shall injoye her portions.
Also my will is that if the children should both decease this
life that my wife shall injoye their portions. Also my will
is that if my children shall live to marriage or to the age of
18 years that then they shall have power to dispose of their
portions according to their own pleasures."
bis
Jno. I Goffe.
marke
Witness : Thomas Browne, William White.
Proved [Dec.] 28, 1641.
Ipswich Town Records.
Inventory of estate of John Goffe, late of Newbury, de-
ceased, Dec. 4, 1641, taken by Edward Raw , Richard
, Tho. H and John , Dec. 16, 1641 : Wear-
ing apparel, 1 purple cloth sute, dublett and 2 hose, Hi. 4s. ;
1 short cote, 9s. ; 1 longe blew coat, 14s. ; 1 longe white coat,
4s. ; 1 pr. lead Coll. breeches, lls. ; another same, 3s. 4d. ; 1
pr. drawers, Is. 6d. ; 1 greene dublet, 4s. ; 1 cloth dublet, 7s. ;
1 leather dublet, 8s. 6d. ; 1 pr. shoes, 3s. 8d.; 1 pr. leather
stockins, 2s. ; 1 pr. cloth stockins, Is. 2d. ; 1 pr. wollen
stockins, Is. 6d. ; 2 hatts, 2s. 6d. ; 1 cloth capp, Is. ; total,
51i. 5s. In the hall, 3 bed steeds, Hi.; 1 pr. curtens, 3 rodds,
18s. ; one greene rugg, Hi. 6s. ; 2 blanketts, 15s. ; 1 bed, bol.
ster, 4 pillows, 41i. 10s. ; 1 Coverlet, 10s. ; 1 bed matt, 2s. ;
5 wedges and 2 rings waighing 271i., lls. 3d. ; 3 peck axes,
3s. 6d. ; 1 gouge, 4 chissels, one pr. gimboles and 2 wimble
trees, 6s. ; old Iron waighing 231L, 7s. 8d. ; same waighing
181i., 3s. ; one hand bill, ; 1 chafing dish, ; 2 old
axes, ; 241i. of waights, ; one trevet, a tramell
chayne, 5s.; one pitch fork, beaving bill, ; 1 spade, 3s. ;
2 musketts, 1 sword, bandeleers and rest, 21i. ; one spitt and
slice, 3s. ; 1 pr. bellows, Is. ; longe sawe, 4s. ; 1 shovell and
1 pick ax, 3s. ; 2 pitchforks & a sith, 4s. ; 1-2 of the boat,
12s. ; 1 wheele barrow, 5s. ; 1 wimshete, 5s. ; 1 peece of
leather, 4s. ; 1 Chest, 5s. ; a trunke, 6s. ; 4 hogsheads, 8s. ; 2
old boxes, 2s. ; 2 sackes and one bagg, 6s. 8d. ; 1 old cloth,
5s.; total, . In provitions, 160 waight of pork, 21i. ; 7
bushells indian corne, ; 1 bushell of english wheat, 4s. ;
1 bushell mault, 4s. ; 1 bushell meale, 2s. ; 121L butter, 6s. ;
carretts and cabbidges, 12s. ; total, 41i. 8s. Cattle, 2 cowes,
llli. ; 1 steere, 41i. 10s. ; 2 cow calves, 31i. ; 1 steere, 31i. ; 4
piggs, Hi.; total, 221i. 16s. 3d. ; house and land, -a farme of
THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY. 231
80 acres, 91i. ; a house with 6 acres upland and 6 acres marsh,
; a hooke, hatchet and old kettle, ; a peece of wooden
; tubbs, platters, spoo . Ipswich Town Records.
ESTATE OF JOHN OLLIVEB OF NEWBUKY.
Mr. on Olliver, late of Newberry, died intestate, and
29 : 1 : 1642, John is appointed administrator. Mr.
John Woodbridg mentioned. Ipswich Town Records.
John Oliver, Newbury, dyed intestate, leaving a wife and
one only daughter, aged about two years, and an estate of
about 4201L, and upon petition of Joane Oliver his wife, the
court held June 14, 1642, ordered that she possess the entire
estate and to bring up the child. To give her 100H. at her
mariage or when she is eighteen years and lOOli. when she is
twenty-one years, and to give bond to the next Ipswich
court for security. She also hath power to free her servant for
the year desired. Mass. Bay Colony Records, vol. 2, page 11.
Copy of power of attorney from Walter Stephens of Bris-
toll, mercer, to my " Cosen Christopher Olliver of the said
citty Merchant " to recover of the executors or administra-
tors of John Olliver, heretofore of the city of Bristoll, mer-
cer and late of New England, deceased, all demands whatso-
ever which are due or owing to me by the said John Olliver ;
signed Jan. 10, 1642[-3], by Walter Stephens, and witnessed
by ffrancis Brewster, Richard Stephens, Walter Stephens, jr.
and Abell Kelly.
Certificate that this power of attorney was a true copy of
the original ; signed by Jno. Lowle and Christopher Olliver.
Acknowledged in court held at Ipswich, 24 : 7 : 1644, by
Christopher Olliver.
By virtue of above described power of attorney Christopher
Olliver of Bristoll, merchant, received of Mrs. Johan 'Olliver
certain cattell in full of all accounts betwixb the above Wal-
ter Stephens and John Olliver, and acquitted "ye said
Johan Olliver from all debts duties or demands of the said
waiter Stephens pvided that the sume of nineteene pounds
ten shillings be paid in Bristoll according vnto the above
Johan Olliver her order vnto the said Walter Stephens or
assignes otherwise the said Johan Olliver to stand indebted
vnto the above Walter Stephens or assignes for the sume of
nineteene pounds ten shillings." Signed Sept. 3, 1644, by
Christopher Olliver, and witnessed by Jno. Lowle. Acknowl-
edged to be a true copy in court held at Ipswich, 24 : 7 : 1644.
Ipswich Deeds, vol. 1, leaf 17.
232 THE PKOBATE BECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY.
Copy of a power of attorney from George Batherne of
Bristoll, sopemaker, to my "brother in lawe Christopher
Olliver of the said Citty m r chant," to receive of the executors
or administrators of John Olliver, heretofore of Bristol, mercer,
and late of New England, deceased, what may be due to me from
said estate; dated Jan. 10, 1642[-3] ; signed by George Bath-
erne and witnessed by Richard Newman and James Birkin.
Certificate as to this power of attorney being a true copy
of the original, by Christopher Olliver and Jno. Lowle ; and
acknowledged in Court holden at Ipswich, 24 : 7 : 1644, by
Christopher Olliver.
By virtue of above described power of attorney, Christo-
pher Olliver of Bristol, merchant, received of Mrs. Johan
Olliver, executrix of Mr. John Olliver, late of Newbury in
New England, deceased, 191i., and acquits " the aforesaid
Johan Olliver from the said George Batherne his debts or
demands from the begining of the world to this day."
Signed Nov. 4, 1644, by Christopher Olliver and witnessed
by Roger Daniel and John Lowle.
John Lowle testified 30 : 7 : 1646,that the abovesaid writing
was the act of the abovesaid Christopher Olliver, before John
Endicot and Richard Saltonstall.
Ipswich Deeds, vol. 1 , leaf 18.
Upon consideration of the petition of Mr. Gerish the Gen-
eral Court held at Boston 7:8: 1646, judge it equall that
the lOOli. debt and overprizall should be taken out of the
whole estate of John Oliver, intestate, and the daughter
shall have an equall moyety of the remainder at the time
appointed in the former order. Mass. Bay Colony Records,
vol. 2, page 164.
Inventory taken 3in : 1649, by Edmond Grenlefe, John
Saunders and Richard Knight: one Dwelling Howse &
barne, 161i. ; one orchard, 151i. ; 4 Acers of Land, 71i. ; 20
Acers of fresh medow, 171i. 10s. ; 12 Acers of Salt marsh,
71i. 10s. ; 7 Acers of land sould, 31i. 3s. ; 40 rod of ffence, Hi.
10s. ; total, 671i. 13s. ; more in ffence aboute the meddow &
Land, lOli. ; in bookes, 71i. 15s. ; two little Howses, Hi. 10s. ;
losses in debts & catle allowed ^ the Generall Court, 141i.
10s. ; loss in the Howse & lands, 451i. 7s., one halfe allowed
^ the Generall Court being 221i. 13s. 6d. ; 2 Oxen, 161i. ; 2
Cowes, 91i. 18s. 6d. : total, 150H. Mass. Archives, vol. 15B,
page 143.
Upon the petition of Mr. Wm. Gerish the Court, May 2,
1649, grants the following : 1, that 141L 10s. be abated out
THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY. 233
of the 16011. due to the child ; 2, that the remainder of the
1501i. be paid for the use of the child, in the house that
John Oliver dwelt in at Newbury, together with the lands
belonging thereunto, if this is not sufficient to discharge the
sum, then to be supplied out of the estate of Mr. Gerish, and
that an apprizall be made, to include a dwelling house, barn
and cow house purchased by Mr. Gerish of Mr. Lowle ; 3, that
the child should stand to the advance or loss of the value of
the estate ; 4, that the Court may authorize Mr. Gerish, John
Saundrs and Mr. Edward Woodman, or such of them as they
think meet, to be intrusted with the estate, for the benefit of
the child, giving an account of their proceedings ; that Mr.
Gerish should have competent allowance from the profits,
for her education and maintenance, to be determined by the
Court.
John Sanders, Richard Knight and Mr. Greenleife author-
ized to apprize the estate of John Oliver and to make return
to the next sessions of the General Court, and then to deter-
mine what allowance to be made for the child's education and
maintenance.
Mass. Bay Colony Records, vol. 2, page 275.
In answer to the petition of Mr. Wm. Gerrish, the Court,
May 16, 1649, grants the following : that 3 41i. 10s. be abated
out of the 1501i. due to the child, and the remainder be paid
for the child's use, in the house that John Oliver lately dwelt
in, at Newbury, together with the lands appertaining there-
unto. If this be not sufficient then to be supplied out of the
estate of Mr. Gerish ; that the child should stand to the ad-
vance or loss of the value of the estate ; that the Court may
authorize Mr. Gerrish, John Saunders and Mr. Edward
Woodman, or such of them as they think meet, to be in-
trusted with the estate of the child for the benefit of the
child ; that Mr. Gerrish shall have competent allowance from
the profits of the estate of the child, for his education and
maintenance.
John Saunders, Richard Knight and Mr. Greenleafe or-
dered to apprize the houses and lands, which was the estate
of John Oliver, and what other shall be tendered for the
daughter's portion, and return made to the next session of
the General Court, and then to determine what allowance to
be made for the child's education and maintenance and if the
houses and lands shall be sold who shall keep the portion
and when to be paid the child.
Mass. Bay Colony Records, vol. 3, page 165.
234 THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY.
Upon the petition of Lt. Willi. Gerrish to the Generall
Court held at Boston, 17 : 8 : 1649, ordered that he should
have the portion of Mary Oliver, the daughter of John
Oliver, deceased, in his own hands to his own use, he to give
sufficient security to pay her at the age of fourteen years,
1351L 10s. in corn or cattle, at current price, as the late order
of this Court provides for. Mass. Bay Colony Records, vol. 2,
page 282.
Petition of Lt. Wm. Gerrish of Newbury, that he may
have the estate of Mary Oliver as it is valued. Granted by
the Court, Oct. 19, 1649, he to give security to pay her 1351i.
10s., in corn or cattle, at fourteen years of age, and in the
meantime to maintain and educate her.
Mass. Bay Colony Records, vol. 3, page 176.
ESTATE OF JOHN BRADLEY OF SALEM.
" The last [will] & Testament of John Bradley of Salem
deceased the fourth month 1642 as he related to us while he
was of pfect memory. Ursly Greenoway deposed saith, that
John Bradley of Salem deceased being asked in the time of
his sicknes what was his will, & perswaded to make a will,
did aske why he should make his will, he had nobody to give
his estate but his wife, only some of his cloths & tooles he
gave to his brother in la we william Allen." 29 (5) 1642.
Testifyed before the Governo* & Court. Suffolk Co. Probate
Records, vol. 1, page 21(16).
Inventory taken 21 : 4 : 1642, by Will Hathorne and
Thomas Putman : A ten acre lot on Capt An side, 4 acres
therof broken & 6 unbroken, 71i. ; 2 acres of Corne upon the
same, 31i. ; 25 acres at Jaffrys Creeke, 61i. 5s. ; an acre of
Corne at Towne, Hi. 3s. 6d. ; for 3 goats & 3 kids, Hi. 15s. ;
for 3 Swine, Hi. 6s. ; 7 bushills of Indian Corne, Hi. 3s. 4d. ;
2 Iron Pots, a paire of pothooks, on old frying pan, Hi. ; a
musket, handlers and rest, Hi. ; axes, 2 hows and som
old Iron, 10s. 6d. ; Chaires and a Tub, 4s. 6d.; a
halfe headed bedstead, 8s. ; old bed a bolster 2
bears, Hi. 10s. ; ests, 12s. ; 1 a kit , Hi. ;
nes ; of Pen ; owbea ; in
Lan j ; total, . oweing by him to others.
Suffolk Co. Probate Files, docket 24.
ESTATE OF SAMUEL SMITH OF WENHAM.
" This 5th of ocktober : 1642 : This my last will and tes-
tament of Samewell Smith of Enon being in perfect memorey
THE PROBATE RECORDS OP ESSEX COUNTY. 235
first I will and bequeath vnto my wife Sarah Smith my
farme in Enon with all the housen vpon it as allsoe all the
frutes vpon it as corne hemp and the like : for bar owne
proper vse for the tearme of har life vpon consideration that
she shall discharg me of that promise vpon maridge ; which
is vnto my sunn : william Browne fiftie pounds : as allsoe
that she shall giue vnto his two children william and || by ||
Browne || 20 1 between y m || : all which shall be paid John
my exequetors hearafter named : my will further is to giue
vnto Sarah my wif all my Cattell nowe vpon the farme
young and owld as neat bests horse bests and swine in full
consideration of that hundred pounds that I stand bound
vnto har by A bond obligatore in lue of A former Joynter
payabell after my dissease which shall be parformed by my
Exsequetors as allsoe further my will is that my farme with
all the medowe and upland belongine thearvnto my sunn
Thomas Smith shall haue it to himself and his heairs for
euer vpon this consideration that he shall pay vnto his sister
Mare if then lining fiftie pownds in thre years after the
entrie of it that is to say sixtene pounds and A mark A
yeare and for the parf ormance hearof he is to lay in good
securitye vnto the Exsequetors if the lord take har away by
death this payment is to be made vnto the Children of the
aforesaid william Browne and Thomas Smith that then shall
be liuing Equally deuided among them further my will is
that if my sunn : Thomas shall die without issue that my
land and housen vpon it shall com to my daughter mare and
har heaires foreuer : and after har to william Browne and his
haaires for ever all wich debts and legasies and || other ||
parformances are to be parformed by my two Exsequetors
which I haue Apointed which is my Louing wife and my
trustie sun william Browne : & my will further is that if
Sarah my wif shall marey that then the first gift of my
farme shall stand voyd and my will is that she shall then
resigne it vp into my other exequetors hand with A Just
accounte of all those goods and whatsoever belong to the
manadgine of the farme || and proffitt || except that hundred
pounds which har due which is to be paide har in Cattell by
the Judgment of men : and all my houshould stufe within
dores whatsoeuer it be I give to my wife : and my will is
that my excequetor william Browne and my sunn Thomas
Smith to Joyne with him to leat the farme : or improue it to
the best advantage for the good of my daughter mare and to
be accounted with and prouided for by my excequetor william
Browne in that particquler : Item with || this || consideration
236 THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY.
that if my wif inarey that then the farnie is to be leat as
aboue said untill thear be gathered for || my \\ A portion || of ||
A hundred and fiftie pounds to be paid vnto the excequetor
william Browne and he to pay that hundred & fiftie pounds
at har day of maredg & if har mother leave har then the
excequetor william Browne to se ye bringing of har vp.
allsoe my sunn Thomas Smith is to be Aquitted of that fiftie
pounds he stand ingadged to pay vnto har : and all the ouer-
plush of A hundred and fiftie pounds if the lord give longer
life vnto my wif Arising out of ye farme is to be left in my
sun browns hand and improved to the best vse and after har
dissease to be equally parted betwixt my daughter mare and
all the grand children I shall haue then living further my
will is that my sunn Thomas Smith whome I fear not : will
be truly faithfull to me shall be thearfore my Suprevisor of
this my last will :
Samwell Smyth", [seal]
bis
Witness : Kichard S Pettingall, William Sawyer.
marke
Salem Quarterly Court Files, vol. 1, leaf 12.
Proved 27 : 10 : 1642. Wit : Jno. Thorndike, who deposed
that he had his senses ; Georg Emerey. that " he had a fifct of
a feaver y e day before and the vapors in his stomake caused
paine in his head, and did cause sleep troubld sleep & y e Last
day till toward 2 of the Clock was very sensible." Mr. Jno.
Fiske, Mrs. Fisk, and the two witnesses to the will, Richard
Pettingell and William Sawyer, also deposed. Salem Quar-
terly Court Records, vol. 2, page 127.
Inventory taken 18 : 9 : 1642, by Lawrence Leach, Jefferie
Massey and Will. Howard : Dwelling house, barn, etc., 401i. ;
farm of 234 acres, 33 broken up, 177 in common and 24
meadow, 991i. 8s. ; 6 calves, 71i. ; 3 heffers, lOli. 10s. ; 4 oxen,
241i. ; mear and coult, 201i. 10s. ; 2 young stears, 91i. ; 7
cowes, 361i. 10s. ; 9 swine, 141i. ; Inglish and indian Corne,
281i. ; hempe, 21i. 10s. ; hay, etc., 121i. 6s. ; carte, plow, har-
row, etc., 31i. 15s. ; silver beacker, and 2 spounes, 21i. 15s. ;
peauter, brasse, Iron potts, 81i. 5s. ; 2 muskitts, 1 birding
pese & 1 pr. bandelerers, Hi. 10s. ; sword and belt, 12s. ; in
cellar, 31i. 10s. ; come & hemp sed, 31i. 10s. ; severall towles,
Hi. 16s. ; bed, boulster & blanckits, 21i. ; bed & bedstead, 41i.
2s. ; bed in chamber, 12s. ; bed, blanckits & Ceverlet, 71i. 8s. ;
another, 91i. 3s. 6d.; bed teek, 21i.; bed, bedstead & furniture,
41i. 14s. ; wearing aparell of his, 71i. 6s. ; A 11 Cushings, 21i.
15s. ; one carpitt, 15s. ; Cobbard Clothes, Hi. ; 3 Chists & A
THE PBOBATE RECORDS OP ESSEX COUNTY. 237
whele, Hi. ; napkins & bord lining, 41i. 18s. ; pillow bears,
31i. ; sheets, 71i. 16s. ; bookes, 15s. ; wood worke, viz., 1 tabell
& standard, warming pann & stooles, 31i. 3s. ; 1 grinstone, a
brake, tuter & Iron Rake. Total, 3951i. 9s. 2d. Goods not
seen by appraisers but reported to them: Hand carte, 5s. ;
2 towe comes, 5s. ; a small cowe hide, 8s. ; total, 18s. " the
boyes time Prised at three pownds intending the boyes Cove-
nant to be performed as it is in the indenter," 31i. Salem
Quarterly Court Files, vol. 1, leaf 12.
ESTATE OF JOHN WOODBURY OF SALEM.
Court ordered 27 : 10 : 1642, that widow Woodbury bring
in her husband's will and inventory of his estate.
Will of John Woodbury, deceased, proved 27 : 4, 1643.
His widow Ann Woodbury, executrix, ordered to bring in
inventory.
Inventory of estate of John Woodbury, deceased, sworn to
by his widow, 20 : 12 : 1643.
Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 2, pp. 128, 142, 150.
ESTATE OF HENRY ROFFE OF NEWBURY.
"The 15 th 12 th month 1642 I desire to cornend my
sonle into the hands of the lord Jesus Christ. I desire my
goods may be equally divided to my wife & all my children,
only my sonne John Roffe must have the howse & land more
then all the rest of my children and that their porcons shalbe
divided when they be 21 yeares of age if they marry not be-
fore In case my wife dye or marry then the goods shalbe
divided ; otherwise not till my eldest childe come to be 21
yeares of age But still to remayne in their mothers hands
with the rest till that either of them are 21 yeares of age or
marry If any of my children dye then that porcon shalbe
equally divided betweene my wife & the rest of my children.
I doe give vnto my wife one great brasse pott and one great
brasse pann, and a great brasse posnett and a chafing dish
and five pewter platters I doe give vnto my Kinsman Thom-
as whittear a swarme of bees. I desire my brother John
Roffe and my Cosen John Saunders of Sallisbery and william
Mondy of Newberry to oversee my will & order it to my de-
sire & accordinge to my will."
Henry Roffe.
Witness : Thomas Hale, Thomas Cowllman, william Mose.
Proved 28 : 1 : 1643.
Ipswich Deeds, vol. 1, leaf 2.
238 THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY.
Inventory taken 1:1: 1642, by John Woodbridg, Henry
Short and Kichard Knight : howse & land, 3011. ; Six kowes,
301i. ; foure oxen, 241i. ; one bull & one steere, 3 yeare old,
71i. 10s. ; three beasts, two years old, 81i. ; two beasts, one
yeare old, 21i. 10s. ; three Calves, Hi. 4s. ; three hoggs, Hi.
4s. ; Bees, 71i. 10s. ; haye, 41i. ; Soyle, Hi. ; Cart, Slead & 3
Yoaks, Hi. 6s. ; within the howse : one fetherbed & flockbed,
31i. 10s. ; Six fether pillowes, 18s. ; 4 Coverleds, 21i. ; 5
blanketts, Hi. 10s. ; 3 paier of Sheets, Hi. 8s. ; 21i. and a
halfe of bee wax, 2s. 6d. ; bowlster Case & pillow & napkins,
10s. ; porke, 21i. 7s. ; butter & Cheese, 12s. ; barrells & but-
te[r] Cherne & other lumb., 18s.; Pewter, Hi. 7s. 6d. ;
Brasse, 31i. 13s. ; a Brasse pott, Hi. ; iron potts, Hi. 6s. ; A
chafing dish & a posnet, 5s. ; 12 bushells of indian corne, 21i.
2s.; 9 bushells of wheate, 21i. 6d. ; 2 bushells of pease, 9s.;
hogsheads & howes & other lumber, 16s. ; in apparrell, stock-
ins & shoes, 31i. ; muskett & fowling peeces & 2 Swords &
bandileers, Hi. 19s. ; working Tooles & lanthorne, 15s. ;
bookes, Hi. ; spining wheeles, 10s. ; a chest & chaiers & other
lumb., 16s. ; harrow tines, 10s. ; total, 1531i. 8s. 6d. Ipswich
Deeds, vol. 1, leaf 3.
ESTATE OF GEORGE BROWNE OF NEWBURY.
" The last will & Testament of George Browne May 26th
1642 In the name of God amen I George Browne being
sick & weake in body but pfect in minde &c doe make my
last will & Testament in mann & forme as followeth Impr
I bequeath my soule into the hands of god and my body to
the earth to be buried It I give to my beloved wife my
howse & land with all my howsehold goods except my mus-
kett & sword my wearing clothes & Tooles. Item I give
unto her my kow It I give to my brother Richard
Browne my wearing clothes & Tooles It I give vnto
Eichard Littleale Twenty shillings to be paid out of the rent
of the Mill Item : I give vnto my father & to my brother
Michael Twenty shillings a peece to be paid out of the Mill,
but if god by his pvidence bring them into this land then
my will is to give them six pounds a peece or if but one of
them || come over|| then he shall receive twelve pounds & if
afterward the other come then he shall repay to him six
pounds Item I give to all my brethren & sisters besides
Twelve pence a peece my will is that all this shalbe paid out
of my Mill after all my debts are discharged It I give
unto Joseph Browne sonne of my brother Richard Browne
THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY. 239
my share in the Mill ||at|| Salisbury with the land belonging
to it, to be assigned vnto him when he come to be eighteene
yeares of age & in the nieane tyme the revenew of it to be
imployed for his use & at the Terme aforesaid Provided that
my delts be first paid out of it & then those legacies before
mentioned before any of the revenew goe to him It I make
my brother Richard Browne executor of this my will & Tes-
tament And I desire my two f rends Richard Knight & Thom-
as Macye to se that this my will be pformed according to my
plaine intent and meaning pvided that they shalbe sattisfied
for whatsoever trouble or charge may come to them about the
same furthermore my will is that if my wife be with child
that then my former will shalbe voyde. I then give vnto my
wife my howse & lande & all the rest of my estate to my
child to be deliued to it when it come to be eighteene yeares
old and that my wife in the meane tyme shall have the vse of
it toward the bringing vp of the child and all charges that
doe or shall arise whatsoever to be paid out of the child's
porcon This alsoe I desire my two frends aforenamed to
oversee Item I give vnto my wife the swyne and my shirts
except one and my bands except three & a hatt & a paire of
shoes and my will is that my wife shall pay these debts that
which I owe to Richard Littleale & John Bishopp & to Henry
ffay & to John Lowle & m rls Goodale & m ris Olliver Item I
give to my wife my bible Item my will is that if my father
& my brother michael come not then my two Nephews Mar-
gery & Josua shall have that which my father & brother
should have."
George Browne.
Witness : Richard Knight, Thomas Macy.
Proved by Richard Knight, Mar. 28, 1643.
Ipswich Deeds, vol. 1., leaf 4.
Inventory of estate of George Browne, Newbury, deceased
Aug. 1, 1642, taken by Thomas Blanchar, Thomas
Hale, Tho. Macie and Richard Knight : A howse
& four acres of ground with an acre & halfe
of corne on it, 121i. ; A Kowe, 51i. 10s. ; a yearling
heifer, 21i. 6s. 8d. ; 2 Swyne, Hi. 4s.; goat, 10s.; a Table &
frame & forme, 7s. ; 2 Cushens, 3s. 4d. ; Halfe a mault mill,
13s. 4d. ; Tooles, 5s.; frying pan, a paire potthooks & a
skillet, 3s. 6d. ; pewter & other goods, 17s. ; A Bedstead, 2
Chests & a Box, 15s. ; a Bed & bedinge, 2s. ; his wearing
clothes, 41i. ; his share in a mill at Salisbury, 201i. a muskett,
12s. ; a Bible, 5s. ; a paire of Bootes, 5s. : total, 52H. 6s. lOd.
Ipswich Deeds, vol. 1, leaf 5.
240 THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTF.
ESTATE OF THOMAS EABOBNE OF SALEM.
Will of Thomas Eaborne proved 27 : 4 : 1643, and inven-
tory presented. Amount, 211i. 16s. 5d. Salem Quarterly
Court Records, vol. 2, page 142.
ESTATE OF WILLIAM BALLABD OF LYNN.
Inventory of William Ballard of Lynn, deceased, filed 27 :
4 : 1643. Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 2, page 142.
Timothie Tomlins and Thomas Erington were appointed
guardians of the children of William Ballard, deceased ; and
Timothie Tomlins having since deceased, Nicolas Batty of
Lin was appointed in his place 28 : 10 : 1647. Thomas Put-
num of Lin and Thomas Laugh ton were appointed to divide
the lands between the mother and children according to the
will. Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 2, page 224.
ESTATE OF ANNE SCARLET OF SALEM.
Will of Anne Scarlet, who died " the last day of the 12 th
month," dated 2:1: 1639. " I doe Desire to have some
order taken for the payinge my brother Samuell ... in old
England the some of Tenne pownds w ch he layd out for mee.
And also my brother D[avid's] Children twelve shillings a
peece to buy them a [w tl) all.] And for the rest of my goods
& moveables, & lynnen & wollin I desire they shall be equal-
lie Devided to my three children, Mary Margaret & Joseph
equally alike to them : Also I Doe give unto my sister
Dennis my blew gowne further I give to my brother James
Hindes tenne shillings. And alsoe my three Children to be
wholy execute & my brother Browning & his wief e advisers.
And also my brother Joseph Grafton I desire him to advise
in the ordering of my goods & my things as are abovewritten.
And that my children may equallie devide such of my goods
as shall remayne aftere these things be discharged that are
abovenamed equallie amonge them."
Anne Scarlet.
Witness : James Hinds, James Moulton.
Mr. Endecott, Dep. Gov., delivered the will to Court llm :
1642; proved 30: 4: 1643.
Salem Quarterly Court Files, vol. 1, leaf 16.
(To be continued.)
THE READ FARM, SALEM, IN 1700.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY.
WITH the exception of West field and some common
land, this section of original Salem includes the territory
bounded by Lowell street, the Downing farm, Cross
street, Clay Pit lane, the old back road and Central
street, in Peabody.
Lowell street was laid out as early as 1659 ; and was
called, in 1673, ye highway ; in 1705, the common high-
way ; in 1715, the highway which leads to Procter's ;
in 1782, the country road ; in 1794, the highway leading
from Salem to Reading ; in 1814, the country road lead-
ing from the South meeting house to Reading ; in 1817,
Reading road; and, in 1843, Lowell street.
Prospect street was called the country road in 1701.
Clay Pit lane was called a lane running from ye clay
fence in 1705.
The back lane is as old as the layout of the North fields.
It was called a highway of two rods wide from ye North-
field fence running from ye salt water easterly, in 1702 ;
ye back way that leads to ye River head, in 1702 ; a lane
of ye town's land two rods wide running to the river, in
1705 ; and a lane leading to the River head, in 1745. ^
Andover street was laid out through the Read farm
quite early. It was called ye country highway or com-
mon road running through ye farm of Daniel Epes to be
four rods wide all the way from end to end as it was laid
out, in 1702 ; ye country road called Ipswich road, in
1704 ; the country highway leading from Salem to Ips-
wich, in 1705 ; and the country road, in 1805.
Endicott street was so called in 1883.
Sawyer street was so called in 1869.
North brook was called the great brook, in 1765 ;* and
Procter's brook, in 1889.
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242 THE BEAD FARM, SALEM, IN 1700,
The bridge on Lowell street over Goldthwaite's brook
was called Goldthwaite's bridge, in 1819.
Samuel Read Lot ("The Read farm "). This tract of
land was granted to Thomas Read by the town of Salem
in 1635, in the following words : ' After a lardge dis-
course about a fearme for m r Thomas Reade & of the
meetnes or vnmeetnes in regard of the towne pasture, It
was agreed by the maior pte that he should haue three
hundreth acres of land lying and being North west
Northerly from Salem."* Colonel Read returned to
England, and died there before Aug. 16, 1697. His only
son and heir was Samuel Read of London, England,
merchant, who, for three hundred and fifty pounds, con-
veyed the estate to Daniel Epes of Salem, gentleman,
June 28, ITOl.f
Joseph Orne Lot. This was the western end of the
homestead of Michael Shafflin of Salem, tailor, as early
as 1659 ; and was conveyed by him to William Russell
of Salem, fisherman, Jan. 20, 1673. J Mr. Russell con-
veyed the lot to Joseph Orne of Salem, cordwainer, Oct.
13, 1685. Mr. Orne owned it in 1700.
Alice Shafflin House. This lot of land belonged to
Michael Shafflin as early as 1659, and he died possessed
of the land and house thereon in 1687. In his will he
devised this estate to his wife Alice Shafflin. She pos-
sessed it at the time of her death, in 1714, and in her
will she devised the homestead to her two daughters,
Elizabeth, wife of Israel Shaw, and Alice, wife of Thomas
Nelson. The estate was divided Oct. 1, 1715, and the
house and lot were released to Elizabeth. The house was
apparently gone before April 20, 1723, when Israel Shaw
of Salem, husbandman, and his wife, said Elizabeth, con-
veyed the lot to Col. Daniel Epes. |
Robert Stone Souse. This lot and house belonged to
Michael Shafflin of Salem, tailor, as early as 1659 ; and,
for twenty pounds, he conveyed it to his son-in-law Rob-
*Salem Town Records, volume 1, page 13 (printed).
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 14, leaf 158.
i Essex Registry of Deeds, book 4, leaf 94.
Essez Registry of Deeds, book 7, leaf 58.
HEssex Registry of Deeds, book 41, leaf 123.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 243
ert Stone of Salem, mariner, Jan. 2, 1684-5.* Mr. Stone
died in the spring of 1690 ; and in the inventory of his
estate, taken June 24, 1690, the house, one-half of the
barn cellar and the land were appraised at sixty pounds.
Samuel Stone then lived in the house. The real estate
of the deceased was divided Feb. 6, 1693-4, and this
house and lot were assigned to Robert Stone, grandson of
the deceased. Robert Stone owned the property in 1700.
Samuel Stone Lot. This lot belonged to John South-
wick very early. He died possessed of it Oct. 25, 1672,
having in his will devised it to his sons Samuel, John and
Isaac. Isaac and John, both of Salem, conveyed it to
Samuel Stone of Salem, bricklayer, March 25, 1685 ;f
and it belonged to Samuel Stone in 1700.
Joseph Orne House. This lot of land belonged to John
Southwick very early ; and he died, possessed of it, Oct.
25, 1672. In his will he devised the lot to his daughter
Mary, wife of Thomas Burt of Salem ; and they built a
house upon it. They sold the house and land to William
Russell of Salem, fisherman, Feb. 13, 16744 Mr. Rus-
sell sold the same estate to Joseph Orne of Salem, cord-
wainer, Oct. 13, 1685 ; and Mr. Orne owned it in 1700.
Samuel Southwick House. This house and lot belonged
to John Southwick very early ; and he died, possessed of
the estate, Oct. 25, 1672. In his will he devised it to his
sons Samuel, John and Isaac. Mr. Southwick's widow
Sarah married Thomas Cooper of Salem, husbandman,
June 12, 1674 ; and lived in the house. For forty-five
pounds in silver, they released the estate to her step-son
Samuel Southwick March 15, 1679-80 ;|| and he owned it
in 1700.
Samuel Southwick Lot. This lot belonged to John
Southwick of Salem, who died Oct. 25, 1672, having in
his will devised it to his sons Samuel, John and Isaac.
The son Samuel owned it in 1700. The South wicks had
a burial place upon this lot in 1815.
* Essex Registry of Deeds, book 7, leaf 14.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 7, leaf 28.
JEssex Registry of Deeds, book 4, leaf 105.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 7, leaf 58.
y Essex Registry of Deeds, book 5, leaf 73.
244 THE READ FARM, SALEM, IN 1700.
William Osborn Lot. This lot was the northern end of
the lot of John South wick of Salem, who died Oct. 25,
1672, having in his will devised this lot to his sons Sam-
uel, John and Isaac. Samuel and John lived in Salem
and conveyed this lot to William Osborn of Salem, hus-
bandman, March 25, 1685.* Mr. Osborn owned it in
1700.
Samuel Robinson House. This lot of land was granted
to Hugh Jones, a planter, by the town of Salem, Nov. 18,
1661, as follows : " Grauntd to Hugh Joans a pcell of
land near to Jn Southwick to be layd out by Jefry
Massy Tho. Gardn r & Edm Batter."f Mr. Jones conveyed
it to William Robinson in 1661, but the deed was not
drawn until April 22, 16734 Mr. Robinson built a
small dwelling house and barn upon the lot ; and died
possessed of the estate in 1678. The buildings and land
were then appraised at thirty pounds. In his will Mr.
Robinson devised it to his sons Samuel Robinson and
John Robinson. Samuel Robinson owned it in 1700.
The house was gone before 1723, when he conveyed the
lot to his daughter Martha, wife of Samuel Pope of
Salem.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 7, leaf 60.
"Salem Town Records, volume 2, pages 22 and 28.
{Essex Registry of Deeds, book 4, leaf 63.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 40, leaf 248.
LETTER TO JOSHUA BUFFUM AT SHELTER
ISLAND, WRITTEN NOV. 4, 1660, FROM THE
HOUSE OF CORRECTION IN BOSTON, BY
JOHN SMITH, NOW IN THE POSSESSION OF
MRS. MARY CASSANDRA HODGES OF NEW
YORK CITY.
Joshua Buffum 1 dear brother 2 this is to let thee under-
stand and all friends with thee how manny of us ar hear 3
in prison at this time.
Nicholas Upshall* he hath ben hear forteen months or
thereabout being formerly banished upon his returning
for to remain in prison all his lif time as they say. Wil-
liam Lidra 5 who being banished at the Cort of Assizes on
the 7 month who was returning after some time to visit
us hear in prison was apprehended before he came to us
and carred before the Governor and so sent to the prison.
And Joseph Nichoson 6 and his wife and child who came
to take passage to go for Ingland who was had before the
cort and his liberty granted to go away and a boat pressed
to cary him on bord the ship at Nantasket the master of
the ship refused to cary him came up to Boston again and
went before the Governor desired to have prison room or
some other privit hous to be in till there was another op-
portunity to go. William Lidra was called forth also and
demanded whether he would go for Ingland he answered
he had no occasion to go for Ingland therefore could not
go they said he should go somewher else then he
asked whither som answered to the gallows so he
was brought to the prison again and hear both remain. 7
Hear is Edward Wharton 8 who was brought to the prison
the latter end of the 3 month or therabout for not going
to ther meeting as they call it. John Chamberlen 9 one of
the toen of Boston imprisoned the latter end of the 3
month for declaring against the minister of Charlston 10 in
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246 LETTER TO JOSHUA BUFFUM AT SHELTER ISLAND.
publick as they call it. Her is Robert Harper" and his
wife imprisoned for coming to visit us hear in prison the
26 of the 8 month or therebout. My wife" and Mary
Traske 13 imprisoned the 12 day of the 12 month 1659
and hear kept ever since only Mary Traske was at home
2 months of the time or therabout through her husbands
pleding with the Governor who was imprisoned both of
them for meeting at Edward Whartons house near the
meeting hous and for making disturbance before they had
don as they say being moved of the lord to speak not
knowing but that it was don. William King 14 impris-
oned at the sam tim was banished and so departed to Rod
Band not long after for the sam thing. Provided South-
wick 15 imprisoned also for the sam meting in Ipswich
prison and let out the county cort at Ipswich to answer at
Sallem Cort on the 9 month and I' 6 was put in prison for
making a disturbanc on the day of ordination as they
say being moved of the lord to declare against them
therein imprisoned the 6 of the 7 month 1660 and hear
now must remain al winter for ought we know. Only
Joseph Nichoson and his wife it is lik shall pass to Ing-
land when oportunity is.
Wrighten in the hous of correction
the 4 day of the 9 month 1660.
From the dear brother in the
John Smith
Arraigned and in
prison.
On the back is the following :
For the hands of
Joshua Buffum at
Shelter Island or elsewhere.
NOTES.
1. From the direction written on the back of this letter
it seems that the writer supposed that Joshua Buffum was
at Shelter Island, but was uncertain. Shelter Island is near
Block Island, at the eastern end of Long Island, and there
Lawrence Southwick of Salem and his wife Cassandra had
died the preceding spring, as exiles from the Massachusetts
Bay Colony on account of their Quaker religion.
LETTER TO JOSHUA BUFFUM AT 8HELTEB ISLAND. 247
Joshua Buffum was son of Robert and Tamosin Buffum of
Salem, who were both living at this time. Kobert Buffum
was a farmer, and Joshua was born in Salem April 22, 1635,
and consequently was only twenty-five years of age when
this letter was written. He was a vessel builder, and lived
in Salem on what is now Boston street, near the northeaster-
ly corner of Boston and Fowler streets. In 1658, he was
sent to the house of correction in Boston for being a Quaker,
and March 11, 1659, was banished from the colony for the
same cause on pain of death. When persecution relaxed, he
returned to Salem, and died here in 1705.
2. John Smith, the writer of this letter, married Marga-
ret, sister of Joshua Buffum, who, therefore, was brother-in-
law of Mr. Smith.
3. This letter was undoubtedly written in the house of
correction in Boston.
4. Nicholas Upshall was of Dorchester, where, in 1637,
he had conducted an inn.
5. William Leddra is said to have been a Cornishinan,
though his home was in Barbadoes, and he came to New
England, and to Salem, as a Quaker preacher, with William
Brend. They were welcomed by several families in Salem,
and preached to several gatherings here in private houses.
The evangelists were soon brought before the quarterly court
in Salem, in June, 1658, and were asked, " Why and for
what they came into these parts ? " They answered, " To
seek a godly seed. The Lord God said, ' Pass away to New
England.' " At the same time and in the same court they
were presented for being at a "disorderly meeting" at the
house of Nicholas Phelps, during the time of the service of
the regular church. Mr. Phelps lived near Phelps' Crossing
(now in West Peabody), about five miles from Salem town.
The preachers made their escape from the meeting, but were
apprehended and brought into court, as already stated. Upon
their acknowledgment that they were Quakers, they were
sentenced to imprisonment in the house of correction, in Bos-
ton, and a number of months later banished from the colony
on pain of death.
6. " Joseph Nichoson " is probably the " Joseph Nichol-
son " who, with his wife, Jane, is mentioned in the records
of the selectmen of Salem under date of April 3, 1660
(volume II, page 6):
" Jn Southwick brought into this towne Joseph Nicholson
Companion a woman great with Child : about the 18 day of
March last past, for wh Desord 1 he is to pay twenty shillings
248 LETTER TO JOSHUA BUFFUM AT SHELTER ISLAND.
p weeke from that tyme & so long as shee Kemayneth in
town."
May 30th following, Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson, for being
Quakers, were banished from the colony on. pain of death.
They did not leave at that time, however, and were again
committed to prison, under order to depart the next " fourth
day" (Wednesday). If they did not then go they were
ordered to be brought to the prison in Boston and be put to
death. They then asked for liberty to go to England, and,
Oct. 16, 1660, this request was granted by the general court.
They accordingly went to Nantasket to take passage on a
ship, but the master of the vessel refused to receive them.
They returned to Boston, saw Governor Endecott, informed
him of the attempt to leave and requested that they might
be recommitted to the prison or some " other privit hous to
be in " until there was another opportunity to go. The re-
quest was granted, and thus Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson and
their child were again in the house of correction in Boston
with the writer of this letter at the time it was written.
7. Refusing to go to England or leave the Colony for any
other place, the gallows was the only alternative of William
Leddra. He was kept chained in the open prison in Boston
for many months, notwithstanding the inclemency of a New
England winter, while awaiting the execution of his sentence
of death. On the day before he was hung he addressed a
letter to " The little flock of Christ," in which he said :
" Stand in the watch within in the fear of the Lord, which
is the very entrance of wisdom and the state wherein you
are ready to receive the secrets of the Lord. Hunger and
thirst patiently, be not weary, neither doubt ; stand still and
cease from thy own workings, and in due time thou shalt
enter into rest and thy eyes shall behold His salvation. Con-
fess Him before men ; bring all things to the light that they
may be proved whether they are wrought in God. Without
grace possessed there is no assurance of salvation. By
grace you are saved." The following day, the fetters that
had so long bound him were knocked off, and he went " forth
to the slaughter in the meekness of the spirit of Jesus."
His last words, from the scaffold, were : " I commend my
righteous cause unto Thee, God ! Lord Jesus receive my
spirit."
8. Edward Wharton lived next to the meeting house, in
Salem, but was not found at the religious services on Lord's
days. He was apprehended for being at the Quaker meeting
at the house of Nicholas Phelps, and appeared in the court,
LETTER TO JOSHUA BTJFFTJM AT SHELTER ISLAND. 249
in Salem, in June, 1658, with the Quaker preachers and
other persons who had attended that meeting; but upon his
statement of repentance was released upon payment of costs.
He was again presented to the Salem court, November 30th
following, for "frequently absenting himself from public
ordinances upon the Lord's day," but he did not repent this
time, and at the court held at Ipswich March 29, 1659, he
was fined five pounds for absenting himself from public wor-
ship twenty days. November 12th following, the general
court ordered that Edward "Wharton, " who accompanied the
Quakers, & pilatted them from one place to another, for his
bold attempts, shall have corporall punishment, i. e. whipt
w th twenty stripes, & committed to prison, there to remajne
till he bring suerties for his good behaviour." John Croad
of Salem became his surety. In the Salem court, on the
twenty-ninth of the same month, he was presented for ab-
sence from meeting, and again in June, 1660. It was this
latter proceeding, apparently, that caused his incarceration in
the house of correction in Boston. The third month was
May, and " or thereabouts " was probably in June.
9. John Chamberlin lived in Boston.
10. Eev. Thomas Allen.
11. Robert Harper was apprehended and committed to
prison for "adherence to the cursed sect of the Quakers,"
and called before the general court, Nov. 12, 1659. With
several others, he openly showed his " contempt by refusing
to give any civil respect," and upon request refused to dis-
own his faith or submit to "the order here established,
either in church or comonwealth." This, considered with
his " disorderly practises & vagabond like life in absenting
himself from " his " family relations and runing from
place to place w th out any just reason " stated, caused the
general court to order that he be whipped fifteen stripes and
depart the jurisdiction within five days or be committed to
prison. From this letter it would seem that Mr. Harper
went away, and nearly a year later returned, and, with his
wife, visited his Quaker friends in the house of correction in
Boston ; and was then and there apprehended and impris-
oned for returning.
12. Mrs. Smith was Margaret Buffum, sister to the ad-
dressee of this letter, as already stated. She was at the
Quaker meeting at the house of Lawrence Southwick on
Lord's day, July 4, 1658. The Smiths lived on the northerly
side of what is now Main street, in Peabody, and a few rods
westerly of Strongwater brook; and Lawrence Southwick
250 LETTER TO JOSHUA BUF1UM AT SHELTER ISLAND.
lived on the same side of Main street, opposite the Lexington
monument. For this attendance at the Quaker meeting, Mrs.
Smith was not fined, but simply ordered to pay costs of
court. At this time, apparently, Mr. Smith was not in
active sympathy with the Quaker views of his wife. In the
Salem court, Dec. 2, 1658, Mrs. Smith was fined five shillings
for each of sixteen Lord's days for absence from meeting.
In November, 1659, she was presented for absence from
meeting. For being present at a meeting at the house of
Edward Wharton she was sent to the house of correction, in
Boston, Feb. 12, 1659-60, and was still there when this letter
was written, in November following.
13. Mary Trask, about thirty years of age, was a daugh-
ter of Lawrence and Cassandra Southwick, and wife of
Henry Trask of Salem. She was present at the Quaker
meetings at the house of her father and of Nicholas Phelps,
in the early summer of 1658, and was released for her offence,
in the Salem court, by paying costs, her husband, however,
being fined. Nov. 30, 1658, she was fined for absence from
meeting. Nearly a year later, she was arrested for her ad-
herence to the Quaker faith and practice, and was brought
before the general court, in Boston, Nov. 12, 1659. She
openly showed her " contempt by refusing to give any civil
respect," and refused to disown her religious faith and sub-
mit to " the order here established, either in church or com-
onwealth." For " disorderly practises & vagabond like
life in absenting " herself from her " family relations and
runing from place to place w th out any just reason," the
court ordered that she be whipped with ten stripes, and be
committed to the prison. Later on, in the same month, she
was again presented in the Salem court for absence from
meeting. For attending a meeting at Edward Wharton 's
house, she was imprisoned in this house of correction, Feb.
12, 1659-60. At that time she had three children : Mary,
aged seven, Ann, five, and Sarah, three. Through her hus-
band's pleading with Governor Endecott, Mrs. Trask was
allowed to be at home for two months that summer.
14. William King was apprehended and committed to
prison for his adherence to the Quakers, and was brought
before the general court, in Boston, Nov. 12, 1659. He re-
fused openly to give respect to civil authority or the neces-
sity of complying with the ordinances of the Congregational
church, and would not disown the Quaker faith. For his
" disorderly practises & vagabond like life in absenting "
himself from his " family relations and runing from place to
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place w th out any just reason " given therefor, he was sen-
tenced to be whipped with fifteen stripes, and committed to
prison.
15. Provided Southwick, born in December, 1641, was
daughter of Lawrence and Cassandra Southwick. She was
present at the famous Quaker meeting at the house of Nicho-
las Phelps, in the spring of 1658, when the missionaries
preached the doctrines of the Friends there, and was arrested
and brought before the court in Salem, but was released,
perhaps, because of her youth, being but sixteen years old.
She was also present at the meeting held in her father's
house, on Lord's day, July 4, 1658 ; and on the thirtieth of
that month she was sentenced, by the Salem court, to pay a
fine for absence from meeting and for being present at two
Quaker meetings, and to be set by the heels in the stocks for
an hour for calling the court persecutors ; and she was only
sixteen ! December 2d following, the Salem court fined her
five shillings a day for absence from meeting on sixteen
Lord's days, which aggregated the large sum of four pounds ;
and she probably had not even sixpence to pay it with,
and the court knew it ! She was apprehended and committed
to prison some ten months later for her " adherence to the
cursed sect of the Quakers." Being called before the general
court, in Boston, Nov. 12, 1659, she openly showed her
" contempt by refusing to give any civil respect," and, upon
the request of the court, she refused to disown the faith of the
Friends and submit " to the order here established, either in
church or comon wealth." For her " disorderly practises
& vagabond like life in absenting " herself from her " family
relations and runing from place to place w th out any just
reason," the court ordered that she be whipped with ten
stripes and committed to prison. She was again presented in
the Salem court on the twenty-ninth of the same month, for
absence from meeting. The quarterly court held at Ipswich
March 27, 1660, " upon pfe of her conteptuous & presumpu-
ous cariage at Salem to the great disturbance of the peace,"
ordered that she pay a fine of forty shillings and " to abyd
in prisson untill she haue payd it and the fine sett by Salem
court or other course be taken to sell her for the payment
y r of acording to law & fees of court " (Essex County Quar-
terly Court Records and Files (printed), volume II, page
202). The fines not being paid, the order of sale was un-
successfully attempted to be carried out. It is said that the
sale was undertaken by auction to be carried to Virginia or
Earbadoes and disposed of there to the English residents as
252 LETTER TO JOSHUA BUFFUM AT SHELTER ISLAND.
a slave. This incident is the foundation of the poem, by
John G-. Whittier, entitled Cassandra Southwick, the poet
taking the more poetic name of the mother rather than her
own. Presentments and convictions and unreasonable fines
followed Provided until the end of the next year (1661).
16. John Smith, the writer of this letter, finally became
a consistent Quaker, and made a disturbance on the day of
the ordination of Rev. John Higginson as pastor of the
Salem church, Aug. 29, 1660, " being moved of the lord to
declare against them therein," as he says. Just eight days
later he was imprisoned in the house of correction, in Bos-
ton, where he wrote this letter, and where he expected to
continue through the winter with his wife and other Friends.
The misery and privation and suffering endured by these
prisoners cannot be realized until we remember that in those
times food and clothing and other things had to be supplied
by relatives or friends of the imprisoned, except just enough
to save the prisoners from actual starving, to say nothing of
freezing.
SIDNEY PERLET.
A GENEALOGICAL-HISTORICAL VISITATION
OF ANDOVER, MASS., IN THE YEAR 1863.
BY ALFRED POORE, M. D.
(Continued from Volume L, page 56 .
Robert Howard came from Ware Village in 1858, is
son of Edmund and Mary (Holt) Howard, and was born
in Bamford, Eng., Sept., 1814. His wife Ellen is daugh-
ter of Jeremiah and Julia (Fogerty) Costello, born about
1833 near Templemore, Tipperary, Ireland. Children :
Thomas Edmund, b. 1858; Henry William, b. 1861.
Her sister Mary, widow of Patrick Ryan, who died in
1859 in West Dedham, lives with her. She was born in
1830 and came here in 1863. Children: Mary Ellen, b.
West Dedham in 1855 ; Jeremiah, b. 1857 ; Michael. He
arrived in New York Dec. 1, 1848.
Benjamin Clayton has been in this house since April,
1863, having returned from Wisconsin, where they lived
seven years. He is a spinner and was born in Leeds,
Eng., Nov., 1819, the son of Thomas and Mary (Lambert)
Clayton. His wife Hannah is daughter of John and
Hannah (Spencer) Hall, who was born in Brierly, three
miles from Bradford, Eng. Children : John and James,
died young ; Patience, b. about 1834, mar. Jonas Stott
and resided in Lawrence. Mrs. Clayton married first
Thomas Ingraham.
Richard Perry was born Jan. 22, 1828, in Leicestershire
and came to New York in 1857. His wife Nancy, daugh-
ter of Richard and Betty (Hewitson) Long, born in
England Feb. 12, 1832. Children : Job, b. Bradford,
Jan., 1851 ; Mary Jane, b. Oct. 6, 1852 ; Josiah, b. Mar.
21, 1855 ; Alfred, died young ; Selina Ann, b. Aug. 2,
1860 ; Elizabeth, b. Feb. 3, 1863.
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254 A GENEALOGICAL-HISTORICAL VISITATION OF
Sarah Ann Charlwood, widow of John, son of John
and Charlotte (Gloynes) Charlwood, who died Nov. 13,
1861, aged thirty-seven years, has been here since 1859.
They came from Bradford, Eng., arriving at Boston Nov.
16, 1859. He was born in Kidderminster, Worcester-
shire, Eng. She is daughter of William and Lydia
(Holmes) Booth, and was born in Bradford, Dec. 25,
1827, and married Mr. Charlwood in 1846. Children :
Alfred, b. Feb. 15, 1848 ; Henry, b. May 26, 1850 ; Char-
lotte, b. July 25, 1852 ; Mary, b. July 16, 1854 ; Ann, b.
Nov. 22, 1856 ; John William, b. Aug. 13, 1860.
John Shannon has been here since 1854, the son of
James and Janet (Cooper) Shannon, and was born at
Wally barracks, County of Essex, Eng., Mar. 22, 1805.
His father was a soldier. He arrived at Boston, May,
1841. His wife Jane is daughter of John and Sarah
(Burgess) Reed, born Carlisle, Cumberland County, Eng.,
in 1806. He has been watchman in the mill since Oct.
I, 1849. Children : Janet ; John ; James, died young ;
Sarah, b. Sept. 30, 1835, mar. William, son of Joseph
Russell, who is in the army; James, b. 183V ; John, b.
1839, and is in Co. D, llth Regt; William, b. in Boston,
July 8, 1842, in the army ; Janet, b. June 17, 1845 ;
Robert, b. Sept. 24, 1847.
William Brethrick has been on Commercial street
since March, 1863, having moved from Central street.
He is son of John and Sarah (Hindel) Brethrick, and
was born in Leeds, Eng., Jan. 14, 1835. He came to
America with his mother, arriving in New York in
August, 1841, and is a machinist in the woollen mill.
His wife is Martha, daughter of Thomas and Eliza
(Hogan) Keating, who was born in Kirkstall, Eng., Jan.
29, 1833, and came to America Sept. 9, 1842. Children :
Sarah Eliza, b. Apr. 30, 1860 ; Thomas Keating, b. Sept.
25, 1862.
Patrick Kavanaugh is son of Dennis and Jane (Boyd)
Kavanaugh, and was born in Dublin County, parish of
St. James, March, 1812. He came to America July
II, 1844, and from Stow to Ballardvale, May, 1859. His
wife Jane is daughter of George and Mary (Maguire)
Benson, born in Miltown, Dublin County, Ireland, Feb-
ANDOVEB, MASS., IN THE YEAR 1863. 255
ruary, 1814. Children : Dennis, b. Leicester ; Julia,
died young; George, b. Blackstone, Apr. 2, 1853; John
Francis, b. Sept. 8, 1859.
James Stocks, son of David and Betty, was born in
Halifax, Yorkshire, Eng., in 1832, and came to America
in 1854, landing at Boston, Apr. 6. His wife is Janet,
daughter of James and Mary (French) Shannon, her
father being brother to John Shannon. She was born in
Port Glasgow, Scotland, May 19, 1 838. Children : James,
b. Apr. 15, 1859; John William, b. October, 1861.
Robert Thompson has been in the block with George
Shaw since December, 1862. He is son of Richard, and
was born in Lancashire, Eng., in 1825, and came to
America July 8, 1857. His wife Esther is daughter of
Thomas and Mary (Smith) Keithly, born in Keithly,
West Riding of Yorkshire, Eng., in 1829. Children :
Sarah, b. Bradford, Enor.,.1847; Charlotte, b. 1848;
John Henry, b. 1858 ; Edward, b. 1861.
Bernard McEnroe built his house in 1849, moving in
June 1. He is son of Bernard and Elizabeth (Law) Mc-
Enroe, born in Caven County, near Virginia, Ireland,
about 1811. He came to America in 1842, landing at
Boston, and went to Lowell first and to Ballardvale in
1843. His wife Ann is daughter of Peter and Mary
(McLaughlin) Rogers, and was born near Bancrana,
County Donegal, Ireland, in 1825, and came to Boston in
1842. Children : Peter, b. Nov. 22, 1851 ; Bernard, b.
1854 ; Elizabeth, b. 1855. Boarders : Patrick Riley,
Patrick Keegan, Thomas Keenan, and Ann Flood, who
was born in Maide County, Ireland, about 1838.
William Connell was born in Bradford, Eng., about
1833, came to America July, 1857. His wife Elizabeth
is daughter of William and Jane (Crofford) Stephenson,
and was born in Paisley, Scotland, March, 1839. Child :
Jane Elizabeth, b. Aug. 29, 1862. Mr. Connell came
from Amesbury in 1859.
Thomas Hutchinson, head of the weaving room, came
to America in 1854, and is son of John and Mary Ann
(Winton). He was born in Belfast, Ireland, and was
brought up in Scotland. His father is now married to
his third wife and resides in Houston, Alleghany County,
256 A GENEALOGICAL-HISTORICAL VISITATION OP
Pa. His wife, Catherine Ann, is daughter of William
and Ann (Rockford) Cosgroff, and was born in Dublin,
Ireland, Oct. 1, 1839. Children : Anna, died young ;
Mary Ann, b. Apr. 4, 1863. Boarders : Joseph Holmes,
b. Ireland about 1838, and John Tate, a Scotchman.
Francis Banks, Lowell street, came from Middletown,
Orange County, N. Y., in March, 1862, and is son of
Francis and Maria (Bartow) Banks, born in New York
city, July, 1824. His wife Mary is daughter of Daniel
and Mary (Pease) Culver, and was born in Lisle, Broome
County, N. Y., April, 1828. Child : Gertrude Kendall,
b. December, 1850.
Lucinda, widow of Joseph Wardwell, lives in a house
that she built in 1848. She is daughter of John and
Esther (Nickerson) Wood, and was born in Andover,
March, 1796, her father coming from up country. He
was son of Ezekiel and Damaris Wardwell, and was born
in South Andover in 1784, and died at the age of fifty-
seven. Children: Eliza Lawrence, b. 1814, mar. Oren
Barnard of Andover; Mary Adams, mar. Oren Curtis,
and had children, Mary Josephine, James Oren, and
Elerette ; Samuel, who went to sea in 1849, married Jane
Flint of Reading, and had children, Henry and Isabella ;
Enoch, died young ; Joseph Warren ; Harriet Huse, mar.
Lorenzo Burns of Andover, and had two children, Wil-
liam Henry and George Otis ; Pamelia Frye, b. 1828 ;
Martha Maria, died aged sixteen years ; Joseph Warren,
b. 1835, mar. first, Harriet E. Needham, and, second,
Mary Ann Lacost, and he is in the 35th Regt.
Oliver Kenyon has been here since October, 1859. He
is a carpenter, son of Joseph and Sarah (Green) Kenyon,
and was born in Charlestown or Richmond, R. I., Novem-
ber, 1821. His wife Abby is daughter of Joseph and
Penelope (Andrews) Bennet, and was born in Cranston,
R. I., Sept. 9, 1827. He has as boarders : George Byrum,
from Gardner, John W. Toby, from Jefferson, Me., and
Hattie Toby, his sister.
John Bonner came here in May, 1860, from South
Andover, where they lived fifteen years. He is son of
Roger and Margaret (Early) Bonner, was born in Donegal
about 1818, and came to America about 1841. His wife
ANDOVER, MASS., IN THE YEAR 1863. 257
Mary is daughter of Patrick and Mary (Sheridan) Mc-
Curmack, who was born thirteen miles from Donegal.
Children: Margaret, b. December, 1841, and married
Joseph Mosand ; Mary Ann, b. 1845 ; Thomas, b. Aug.
1, 1847 ; Ellen, b. January, 1850 ; Sarah Jane, b. 1852 ;
Catherine, b. Mar. 23, 1854 ; Eliza, b. 1857 ; William, b.
July, 1859 ; Delia, b. Apr. 19, 1862.
Hidder Nolan, who lives in the south part of the old
school building, is a spinner, and has been here since
July, 1859. He was born in Roscommon about 1840, and
came to America about 1852. His wife Hannah is daugh-
ter of Edmund and Mary (Finn) Farrell, and was born
in 1835 at Kilfinane, Limerick County. Children : Mary
Ann, b. July 19, 1856 ; John Henry, b. August, 1858 ;
Elizabeth, b. October, 1860 ; Sarah Jane, b. May 8, 1863.
John Moore has lived in the old schoolhouse since 1861,
having come from South Andover in 1857. He is a wool
spinner, son of John and Ann Moore, and was born iu
Westmeath in 1816, but brought up in Dublin, and came
to America in September, 1846. His wife Mary is daugh-
ter of Patrick and Anna (O'Connor) Sheridan, and was
born in Enniscorthy, Ireland, Feb. 19, 1825. He came
to America with his parents when very young. Children :
Edward, b. Clappville, Leicester, Mass., Mar. 25, 1850 ;
John, b. May, 1851 ; William, b. August, 1852 ; Thomas,
b. Marland's Village, November, 1854 ; Mary Ann, b.
April, 1860.
Michael Costello has been in the north part of the
house where William Allen resides since July 10, 1863,
having come from Lowell. He was born in Galway,
Ire., about 1836, and came to America in 1856. His wife
Mary is daughter of John Ragen by his wife Margaret
Cassady, and was born in the County of Dublin, Ireland.
Child : Margaret Ann, b. Lowell, 1861.
Benjamin Switer came here from Boston in June, 1863.
He is son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Low) Switer, and
was born in Dudley, Staffordshire, Eng., in May, 1827.
He is an engineer and machinist, and came to America in
October, 1860. His wife Elizabeth is daughter of Fran-
cis and Ann (Holt) Welch, and was born in Birmingham,
Eng., Mar. 20, 1830. Children : Ann Elizabeth ; Thomas,
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b. September, 1852 ; Benjamin, John, Sarah A., and Maria,
died young.
William Linnell came here from Chaiiestown in May,
1863. He is son of Soloman and Polly Linnell, and was
born in 1827. His wife Elizabeth is daughter of John
and Elizabeth (Gould) Horton, and was born in Easton
in 1831. Children: Calvin Nelson, b. Somerville, 1852 ;
Willie Gould, b. Charlestown, 1854.
Alpheus Baker South wick, civil engineer, came from
Providence, R. L, in September, 1859. He is son of
Remington and Philena (Cook) Southwick, born in Wick-
ford, R. I., and his wife Lucy is daughter of Benjamin
Herrick, and was born in Hopkinton. Mr. Southwick
married, first, Elizabeth Rowland, and they had one
child, Maria, who died at the age of twenty-five years.
Mrs. Southwick married, first, Thomas Farrar, by whom
she had Irena, born in Graftori, 1827, and married Clark
S. Gibbs of Providence, R. I., residing now at Arcola,
111., with children, Charles Robert and Winslow South-
wick. The children by their last marriage are Elizabeth,
died young, and Eliza Herrick, born Providence, R. I.,
October, 1849.
Benjamin Parker Grant is son of Isaac and Anne
Grant, and was born in North Andover, Feb. 5, 1802.
His wife Fanny is daughter of Timothy and Susan
(Berry) Farnham, and was born May 31, 1810. Chil-
dren : Hannah, b. 1836, and d. Jan., 1861, mar. Jacob,
son of Jacob and Ruby (Farnham) Brown, and had Louis
Franklin, b. Jan., 1858 ; Harriet, died young ; Lucy Ann,
b. Apr. 24, 1839 ; Farnham Parker, b. Feb. 5, 1841, now
in Co. H, 14th Regt. ; Adeline F., d. Apr., 1863 ; George
Warren, b. Jan. 27, 1845, also in Co. H, 14th Regt.;
Ellen A., died aged eleven years. Mrs. Grant says that
she is the youngest of twelve children. Her father was
born May 13, 1760, the son of Thomas, who was born on
this place, and besides Timothy they also had Israel, who
settled in Greenfield, N. H. ; Lydia, who married first a
Holt and second Ephraim Pratt ; Sally, marrried Enos
Abbott, and settled in East Andover, Me. ; Dorcas, mar-
ried a Jones ; Phebe and Mary. Mrs. Grant had a brother,
Joseph Farnham, who settled in Greenfield, N. H.
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Timothy Farnham married Susan Berry, born Apr. 27,
1767, and died July 16, 1854, and he died on the old
Farnham farm, where their son Jesse's widow and her
daughter Towne now reside. Children : Levi, b. Oct.
26, 1787, mar. Betsy Lacy : Lucy, b. Mar. 21, 1789, mar.
Joseph V. Allen, and d. May 18, 1859 ; Nancy, b. Mar.
13, 1791, mar. Dea. David Stiles of Middleton ; Jesse, b.
Feb. 4, 1793, mar. Elizabeth Anger, and d. July 30,
1835 ; Lydia, b. Feb. 28, 1795, d. Mar. 30, 1816 ; Jesse,
b. Mar. 17, 1797, mar. Sarah Ward well, d. Mar. 11, 1848 ;
Susanna, b. Jan. 14, 1799, mar. Hezekiah Jones ; Phebe,
b. Nov. 21, 1800, mar. Oliver Parker of Reading, and,
second, Jacob Browne ; Hannah, b. Sept. 30, 1804, mar.
Richard Lewis of Lynn, and resides in Maiden ; Ruby, b.
Mar. 20, 1806, d. Dec. 21, 1857 ; Mary, b. Aug. 3, 1808,
mar. George Nichols of Maiden ; Fanny, b. May 31, 1810,
mar. Benjamin P. Grant.
Samuel Wardman had been in the cottage at the inter-
section of the old and new road since March, 1855. He
is son of Samuel and Susan (Clapham) Wardman, and
was born January, 1819, having come to America in
1845. His wife Sophia is daughter of Samuel and Grace
(Wood) Clapham. Children : John, died young ; Jabez,
b. Bradford, Eng., where Mr. Wardman and his wife
were born in June, 1842 ; Emily, b. Bradford, Oct. 4,
1844; Thomas, b. August, 1846; Eliza Ann, b. June,
1853 ; Samuel, b. May, 1855 ; George Washington, b.
November, 1856 ; Susanna, b. September, 1859.
The house where Benjamin P. Grant resides was built
about 1830 for Jonathan Holt, son of Zebediah and
grandson of Jonathan, whose father Zebediah owned the
farm now in the possession of David Morgan. Dea. John
Murray lived there for about twelve years, or until his
death in October, 1861. The house in which Wardwell
resides was built by James Erst, an Englishman, about
1845, who, after his first wife died, went to Maine, where
he runs a cloth mill.
Mr. N. Clark's father settled on their place and all of
his brothers and sisters were born here. The eastern
part of the house was built first, and when one of John-
son's sons was married, they built the western part. More
260 A GENEALOGICAL-HISTORICAL VISITATION OF
than sixty years ago there was a house near here where a
black man named Joel lived, and others who occupied it
were Dows, Haseltines, Nathaniel Holt and his son Nathan-
iel. The house stood on the south side.
Mr. Morgan, who lives on the west side of the street,
bought this place of Herman P. Chandler, who bought it
of Zebediah Holt. The latter's father, Jonathan, also
lived there, dying about 1790. Samuel Cummings and
Peter Johnson once lived there. Zebediah Holt was a
captain in the Revolutionary army.
Capt. Pillsbury's is the next place on the road. Wil-
liam Clark, uncle to N. Clark, lived there a short time
before he left town, about 1790-5. After that Samuel
Thompson lived there, and then went to Tewksbury, and
his son Samuel now resides there, where the old Simons'
mills are about three miles from Mr. Clark's and about
two miles beyond the line. Peter French also lived there,
and N. Abbott says that he bought it of Thompson.
Deacon Dascomb lives where formerly Jacob Johnson
lived. Jacob's wife was related to the Poors, and her
name was probably Sarah Doliver. David Morgan has
been on his place since April, 1856, when they bought it
of Herman P. Chandler, who had lived here some years.
Mr. Morgan is son of Zachariah and Hepzibeth (Patch)
Morgan, born in Beverly in 1799. His wife, who died in
1851, was Roxanna, daughter of Jerry and Abigail Star-
rett, born in Lancaster, N. H. Children : Pliny Fish, b.
Johnson, Vt., 1827, mar. Sarah Jane Balch of Johnson,
and resides in Nashua, a mason, and has Calvin Walter
and Ernest A., died young; David Starrett, who is in
Co. H, 14th Mass. Regt. ; Louisa, b. 1836 ; Annette, b.
1838 ; Pyam Dodge, b. 1849.
George Kingman, agent for the file company, has re-
sided in Mr. Morgan's house since September, 1862, com-
ing from Winchester. He is son of Ezra and grandson
of David and Hannah (Howard) Kingman, born in East
Bridge water, March, 1828, where his father and grand-
father wereborn. M&ry Jane, his wife, is daughter of
Thaxter and Susanna (Chamberlain) Norton, who was
born in Sterling, July 28, 1830. Children: George
Howard, b. Stoneham, January, 1853 ; Mary Adelaide, b.
ANDOVER MASS^ IN THE YEAB 1863. 261
January, 1855 ; Lizzie, b. Winchester, September, 1857 ;
Madelia, b. Winchester, November, 1860.
Capt. Paul Pearson Pillsbury has resided on his farm
since April, 1843, having come from Cow Island, Tufton-
boro, N. H. He is son of Daniel and Eunice (Thurlow)
Pillsbury, who was born in Boscawen, N. H., November,
1798. His wife Sarah Ann is daughter of Daniel and
Sarah (Bailey) Stevens, who was born in West Andover,
April, 1815. Her mother was daughter of William and
Hannah (Hildreth) Bailey, and her mother is sister to
Timothy. Children : Solomon Burke, b. Dec. 14, 1848;
George Pearson, b. November, 1851. James Stone of
Salisbury, N. H., has been with them since March, 1848.
He was born about 1816, the son of Joseph. Capt. Pills-
bury married, first, Hannah, daughter of Zephaniah and
Mary (French) Frost of Tewksbury, who died in Sep-
tember, 1847, by whom he had a son Soloman, who died
at the age of eighteen years. Capt. Pillsbury says Peter
French kept store in a shop on the opposite side of the
street.
Jacob Johnson lived on Jacob Dascomb's place as long
ago as 1790, when he died. The present house was built
about 1800, and is probably on the farm that was owned
by his father, Ephraim Johnson, whose house stood two
rods south of the street. Jacob's son Osgood took the
house and died there about 1810, and Deacon Dascomb
married Osgood's daughter and has resided here since.
Jacob Dascomb is son of Jacob and Rachel (Dole), and
was born in Lyndeboro, N. H., in 1799, but lived in Wil-
ton. He married, first, Fanny, daughter of Osgood and
Fanny (Abbott) Johnson, who died in 1839, and had
children: Osgood, b. 1826, lives unmarried in Califor-
nia ; Fanny Elizabeth, b. 1828, mar. Daniel H. Atwood,
who died in 1856, leaving Fanny Elizabeth, b. 1853, and
George Henry, b. 1855 ; Mary Rebecca, who died unmar-
ried in 1855 ; and Lucre tia Osgood, b. Jan. 28, 1839.
Deacon Dascomb's second wife is Parthenia Pelham,
daughter of Samuel, jr., and Lucy (Hall) Hyde. Her
father was the original nursery man in Newton, and the
first of any note in this vicinity, and died in October,
1856, aged eighty-two years. Mrs. Dascomb was born
262 A GENEALOGICAL-HISTORICAL VISITATION OP
in Newton in 1805, on the place where her father was
born and where her brother George still resides. Mrs.
Dascomb married, first, Jonas Wilder, son of Rev. John
and Esther Tyler Wilder, who kept a boarding school in
Brighton, and died in June, 1838. Children : Mary Es-
ther, b. Watertown, Jan. 12, 1830, mar. 1848, Hiram
Woodruff, son of Peter French, who was a music teacher
and later a leather dealer ; Louisa T., died young ; Par-
thenia Hyde, b. Brighton, in 1834, school teacher in Bos-
ton ; Sarah Elizabeth, b. Brighton, Jan. 20, 1836.
Called on Ziba Saunders, son of Timothy, who died in
1834, who says that his brother Abiel Saunders built his
house in 1838 on River street. Israel Putnam built C.
Abbott's house in 1839, and Milton Moore built his next.
Poor & Blanchard laid the foundation for the brick fac-
tory in 1834, the year after the dam was built, and it was
in the spring of 1834 that Samuel Upton was killed in
the saw mill.
Went to Andover Aug. 24, and called on John Mar-
land, who says his first house, which was built in 1836,
was burned in the spring of 1842. It was rebuilt in six
weeks. The grotto was built in 1845, and the orchard
planted in 1840. The farm-house where Spofford resides
was built in 1850, and the barn about 1848. The long
block was built about 1846, and the store the year before.
Mr. Marland expended in land and buildings about $60,-
000. He built the storehouse on the back in 1847, the
same year that the machine shop was built.
Joseph G. Dorr first occupied the house where Farn-
ham now resides. Next after Dorr were Joseph Hall and
Samuel Phillips.
Putnam built his storehouse before the machine shop
streets in Ballardvale were laid out, and it was erected
about the same time as the machine shop.
Called on Mr. Draper and Isaac Goldsmith. The latter
says that a considerable part of the machine shop was
used for file-cutting when the locomotives were made
there. At the time that the carriage-makers occupied the
machine shop they put in a large circular saw.
Aug. 25, called on Mrs. Stott, who says that the only
houses built on River street when she came were Mr.
ANDOVER, MASS., IN THE YEAR 1863. 263
Moor's, the blacksmith's, Thomas Cavenaugh's, and Mrs.
Boynton's, and the store. The long block was built that
year, 1844, and was occupied in the autumn. JohnPlatt
lived in the house that stood where Shaw's house now is.
The house on the bank next to Poor's was occupied by
John Callahan. The house next north of the block where
Holmes lives was built by Mr. Green and sold to Jesse
Sargent. It is now owned by Blunt, the postmaster. The
house between Holmes and Mrs. Stott, now owned by
Thomas Barren, was built by the Ballardvale Company
about 1837, but has been enlarged by Mr. Barren.
Stark's house was built by Jonas Clark. Carr L. Dear-
born was the carpenter. The latter's brother, Benjamin
Dearborn, kept store near there awhile in company with
William Burtt, but the latter bought him out and con-
tinued the business under the school house. Benjamin
exchanged the store building with his brother James, who
finished the lower part into tenements in the summer of
1862, and in the autumn of the same year sold it to the
Whipple File Company. This house was built in 1851,
the same year as the Methodist church.
The house next above Stark, where Holworth resides,
was built by Whitticker. James Ashworth resides in the
house built and now owned by John Holroyd, an English-
man. The foundation of an ice house is between Wig-
falls and the small house. Next to the bridge was Wil-
liam Putnam's, who owned the storehouse where Andrew
Morrison is now. Putnam also built the cottage- next to
the bridge for Thomas Winthrop, a Scotchman, for a shoe
shop, and it was next occupied by Richard Pinch, an
Englishman, as a shoe shop.
Episcopal services for Emanuel Church, Ballardvale,
were first held on March 5, 1848, conducted by Rev.
Henry Waterman of Christ's Church, Andover. The
parish was organized Aug. 7, 1848. The first services
were held in the Ballardvale house and later in the
schoolhouse, which was burned in February, 1849. Rev.
W. H. Moore became Rector, and commenced his duties
Nov. 19. He resigned in August, 1849, and went to
Hampstead, Long Island. Communicants in 1849 : Dr.
Francis Clark, Mrs. S. F. Clark, who died June 10, 1849,
264 A GENEALOGICAL-HISTORICAL VISITATION.
Andrew Scott, Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Morrison, Mrs. Fisher,
Mrs. John Marland, Miss Lucretia Marland, Mr. and Mrs.
James Noon, John Wood.
Called on Francis Breen, who has been in this house
since April, 1863, from Dover, N. H., the son of Francis
and Bridget (O'Neil) Breen. He was born in 1828, seven
miles from Anniskeller, and came to America in 1849.
His wife was Mary, daughter of John and Ann (McCann)
McQuaid, who was born near the same parish in 1836.
Children : John Henry, b. Lowell, Feb. 19, 1859 ; Ann
Maria, b. April, 1861.
Jane Gibbs, widow of James, who died in Scotland, is
daughter of Robert Mellen, and was born in Ireland in
1821. Children : Thomas John, b. Dundee, Scotland,
July, 1848 They have as a boarder, Letitia, daughter
of John and Mary Ann (Winton) Hutchinson, who was
born in County Deny.
John McEnroe is son of John and Bridget (Gacran)
McEnroe, born in 1827, and his wife Mary is daughter of
Michael and Mary (Dougherty) Burns, who was born in
1832.
Thomas Keernan, son of Lawrence and Mary Plunk-
ett, was born in Ireland about 1810. Shaw, the superin-
tendent, is son of James and Hannah Mills, and was born
in Saddle worth, Yorkshire, in 1822. He came to Amer-
ica with his parents when three years old, to Leicester.
His father died in Oxford, Mass., in 1848, aged about
sixty-three years.
Saw Nehemiah, son of Abiel Abbott, who says Zebediah
Holt, who lived where Morgan now resides, on the Lowell
road, had Amasa, Zebediah, Asa, Jonathan, and Charles.
David Blunt, who resided on South street, had a brother
who settled where Grant's house was built. Mr. Nehe-
miah Abbott, great-great-great-grandfather of Nehemiah
Abbott, had a negro servant named Caesar whom he shot,
thinking he was a bear.
The Burr house was built by Timothy Ballard before
Mr. Abbott was born, and Nathaniel Holt was the first
person who lived in it within his recollection. Levi Trull,
Timothy Eaton and Jonathan Abbott also lived here.
(To le continued.}
THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY.
( Continued from Volume L> page
Mr. Plumer's wife Elizabeth survived him, and was
living in 1726.
Mr. Plumer's children were all by his first wife, and
baptized in the church at Rowley :
71i. JOHN 4 , born May 2, 1680. See family numbered, "71."
72 ii. BENJAMIN 4 , born March 4, 1681-2. See family numbered
" 72."
73 in, THOMAS 4 , born April 15, 1684. See family numbered "73."
74 iv. SARAH 4 , born Aug. 6, 1686; married John, son of Samuel
and Elizabeth (Platts) Brocklebank of Rowley March
26, 1706. He was born Aug. 10, 1686. They had
several children; and she died soon after 1708.
75 v. STEPHEN 4 , born Sept. 1, 1688; probably died young.
76 vi. ANN 4 , born Jan. 18, 1690-1; married Jonathan, son of Jon-
athan and Mary Wheeler of Rowley Nov. 15, 1710.
He was born April 15, 1686. They lived in Rowley,
where many children were born to them.
77 VII. MABY 4 , born July 28, 1694; married Edmund, son of John
and Mary (Chute) Cheney of Newbury Nov. 18, 1714.
He was born in Newbury June 29, 1696. They had
seven or more children.
78 viil. MABTHA 4 , born March 2, 1696-7; married Leonard, son of
Jonathan and Margaret (Elithorp) Harriman of New-
bury July 5, 1715. He was born in Rowley Oct. 5,
1694; and lived there.
79 ix. NATHAN 4 , born Feb. 26, 1701-2. See family numbered "79."
23
FRANCIS PLUMERJ, born in Newbury, Mass., Feb. 25,
1663-4. He lived in Newbury and Rowley ; and married
Mary, daughter of John and Mary Elithorp of Rowley
May 27, 1700, in Ipswich.
(265)
266 THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
Their children were as follows :
801. MARY 4 , born May 15, 1701, in Newbury; and lived in
Rowley.
8111. DAVID*, born May 7, 1703, in Rowley.
25
JONATHAN PLUMERS, born in Newbury, Mass., May
13, 1668. He remained with his father at home after he
became of age, and when about twenty-six received of
his parents for his constant and faithful service a deed of
three tracts of land, on one of which were the dwelling
house and other buildings. He lived at the Neck in New-
bury, and was postmaster of the town.
Mr. Plumer married Sarah, daughter of Capt. John and
Mary (Pickard) Pearson of Rowley June 16, 1696. She
was bora in Rowley April 7, 1672. He died Sept. 26,
1726, aged fifty-eight. His wife survived him, and re-
moved to Rowley, where she died Jan. 9, 1735, at the age
of sixty-two.
Their children were born in Newbury, as follows :
821. JoHN 4 , born March 25, 1697. See family numbered " 82."
83n. DANIEI/, born Jan. 7, 1698-9. See family numbered "83."
84 in. MARY 4 , born Dec. 6, 1701 ; married Nathan, son of Nathan
and Rebecca Wheeler Jan. 26, 1725. He was born
Aug. 8, 1701. They had two children born in New-
bury.
85 iv. JONATHAN 4 , born Aug. 14, 1705. See family numbered "85."
86 v. JosiAH 4 , born May 25, 1708. See family numbered " 86."
87 vi. SABAH 4 , born June 23, 1710; married Daniel Peirse Nov. 9,
1732.
88 vn. REBECCA 4 , born June 23, 1713; married Jedediah, eldest
son of Jedediah and Sarah (Wood) Pearson of Row-
ley Nov. 30, 1743. He was born in Rowley Jan. 20,
1717-8.
34
SAMUEL PLUMER-*, born in Newbury, Mass., Oct. 27,
1684. He was a housewright, and lived in Newbury.
He owned land in Hampstead and Kingston, N. H., as
well as in Newbury and Salisbury, Mass.
He married Elizabeth Knight July 27, 1711 ; and died
in the autumn of 1757. She survived him.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 267
Their children were born in Newbury, as follows :
891. SAMUELS born March 22, 1712. See family numbered "89."
90 n. REBECCA 5 , born Nov. 17, 1715; probably died young.
91 in. ENOCH 3 , born Feb. 14, 1717-8. See family numbered " 91."
92 iv. JOHN 5 , born Feb. 5, 1722-3. See family numbered " 92."
36
JOHN PLUMER 4 , born in Newbury, Mass., Nov. 7, 1688.
He lived in his native town, and was a carpenter by trade,
though he carried on his farm, which he received from
his father.
He married Hannah, daughter of Thomas and Hester
(Hopkinson) Burpee of Rowley, in Byfield parish, Dec.
25, 1728, She was born Dec. 15, 1703. He died in the
summer of 1762, at the age of seventy-three. She sur-
vived him, and died in July, 1793, at the age of eighty-
nine.
Their children were born in Newbury, as follows :
93 i. JOHN*, born Jan. 2, 1729-30; probably died, unmarried,
soon after becoming of age.
9411. HANNAH 5 , born Sept. 28, 1731; married Nicholas Petten-
gill April 14, 1757; lived in Newbury; he died July 8,
1802; and she died Nov. 19, 1817, aged eighty-six.
95 in. MEHiTABLE 5 , born Jan. 13, 1733-4; married Samuel Muz-
zey of Boscawen Sept. 15, 1774; and died in Bosca-
wen, leaving no family.
96 iv. THOMAS 5 , born March 30, 1735. See family numbered "96."
97 v. EPHBAIM 5 , born Aug. 9, 1737; cordwainer; lived in Bos-
cawen in 1763; and probably died unmarried.
98 vi. 5 , born ; a child, who, tradition says, died in in-
fancy.
99 vn. JEBEMIAH 5 , born Feb. 28, 1740-1. See family numbered
" 99."
100 vin. BiTFiELD 5 , born Feb. 11, 1742-3. See family numbered
11 100."
101 ix. 5 , born ; a child, who, tradition says, died in in-
fancy.
102 x. NATHAN 5 , born Nov. 19, 1747. See family numbered "102."
38
DANIEL PLUMER*, born in Newbury, Mass., March 10,
1692-3. He settled at Fresh Creek, in Dover, N. H., in
268 THE PLUMBR GENEALOGY.
or before 1718, and was a coaster. He subsequently be-
came a joiner. He conveyed his homestead in Dover to
his son Ephraim in 1761.*
He married, first, Sarah, daughter of Benjamin and
Sarah Wentworth of Dover Jan. 28, 1719-20, in Newing-
ton, N. H. She was born in Dover April 16, 1700 ; and
died before 1750. He married, second, Abigail, daughter
of Nathan and Rebecca Wheeler, and widow of Daniel
Plumer (83) of Newbury Dec. 24, 1750. He died at
Fresh Creek (now Rollinsford) Jan. 8, 1773, at the age
of seventy-nine.
Mr. Plumer's children were born as follows :
103 i. EPHBAIM*, born Oct. 12, 1720, in Dover. See family
numbered " 103."
10411. HANNAH 5 , born April 25, 1722, in Dover; was married.
105 in. DANIEL 5 , born July 24, 1726.
106 iv. BENJAMIN 5 , born in 1728; baptized June 3, 1728;
107 v. EBENEZEB', born in 1731; baptized April 18, 1731.
108 vi. GEBSHOM', born in 1733(?). See family numbered " 108."
39
RICHARD PLUMER*, born in Newbury, Mass., Aug. 3,
1695. He settled on the Neck, in Dover, N. H., before
1719, and was an innkeeper there. He married Eliza-
beth, daughter of Lt. Joseph and Elizabeth (Waldron)
Beard of Dover about 1718. He died in the spring of
1745 ; and she survived him, probably dying in or before
1750.
Their children were born in Dover, as follows :
1091. JOHN*, born in 1719; baptized May 3, 1724. See family
numbered " 109."
llOii. HANNAH*, baptized in Dover May 3, 1724; probably mar-
ried Benjamin Titcomb of Dover, a husbandman.
Ill in. ELIZABETH*, born in 1724; baptized in Dover May 3,
1724; married William Twombly.
112 iv. BITFIELD*, born in 1726; baptized Aug. 7, 1726; living in
Dover in 1753.
113 v. SABAH*, born Oct. 1, 1728; married, when of Madbury,
N. H., Daniel, son of Ichabod and Abigail Hayes
March 22, 1749; he was born in Dover Aug. 26, 1723;
*Rockingham Registry of Deeds, book 105, leaf 294.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 269
lived in Dover until 1752, and afterward in Madbury;
he died Feb. 26, 1807, at the age of eighty-three; and
she died Feb. 9, 1812, aged eighty-three. They had
thirteen children.
114 vi. THOMAS*, born in 1739; husbandman; lived in Rochester;
married Olive ; she was his wife in 1775.
1812, "March 10 th Baptized Thomas Plumer, 72
Years of age, he being much out of health; upon his
professing his faith in Jesus Christ, his repentance,
& resolution to lead a pious & holy life so long as he
lives." Rochester Church Records.
115 vii. SAMUEL*. See family numbered " 115."
45
SAMUEL PLUMER*, born in Newbury, Mass., about
1687. He was a yeoman, weaver and clothier ; and lived
in Newbury, where he was a prominent man. He was
owner of much real estate in Newbury ; and gave his
" beloved and dutiful son " Joseph Plumer of Newbury,
laborer, his house, barn and five acres of land adjoining,
in Newbury, bounded "southerly on Benj. Plumer's
land, westwardly on Henry Dole's land, northerly on
Joseph Willet's land partly and partly on Joshua Plum-
er's and John Hale's land and partly on a highway east-
erly on the said Willet's land and Oldtown Green," six-
teen acres of marsh and pasture land adjoining, a five-
acre pasture on Oldtown hill, and about five acres of
pasture on Parker river near the grantor's house, bounded
easterly by the landing place, Jan. 10, 1760."*
Mr. Plumer married Hannah, daughter of Jonathan
and Abigail (Atkinson) Woodman of Newbury Aug. 8,
1717. She was born in Newbury Aug. 24, 1696. He
died in 1760. She survived him, and was living in 1765.
Children, born in Newbury :
116 I. ABIGAIL*, born Feb. 7, 1718; married James Bailey (pub-
lished Sept. 29, 1744); lived in Newbury; and had
children.
117 n. SYLVANUS*, born April 13, 1720. See family numbered
"117."
118 in. SAMUEL*, born Jan. 14, 1721-2. See family numbered
" 118."
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 108, leaf 56.
270 THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
119 IV. MABY 6 , born Nov. 26, 1723; married Moses Merrill, jr.,
April 5, 1743; and she probably died in 1793. They
had three children.
120 v. HANNAH*, born Oct. 25, 1725; married John Chase of
Newbury Nov. 27, 1753; and she died Oct. 20, 1807.
They had six children.
121 vi. SABAH S , born March 10, 1727; married John Dole, jr., of
Newbury March 6, 1745-6; and she died Jan. 4, 1810.
They had five children.
122 vn. ELIZABETH 5 , born May 11, 1729; married Daniel Barbour
before Oct. , 1765; and died Feb. , 1809.
123 viii. JONATHAN 5 , born April 9, 1731. See family numbered
" 123."
124 ix. ANNE S , born Dec. 6, 1734; married Isaac, son of Benja-
min and Jane (Noyes) Pearson Jan. 11, 1774; he was
born Oct. 21, 1728; she died April 21(?), 1789; and he
died March 8, 1805. She had no children.
125 x. JOSEPH*, born Dec. 25, 1735. See family numbered
" 125."
126 xi. EUNICE 5 , born June 5, 1738; married William Alexander
of Londonderry, N. H., June 3, 1771. She probably
died April , 1812.
127 xii. MOSES', born Aug. 5(6?), 1740. See family numbered
"127."
48
BENJAMIN PLUMER*, born in Newbury, Mass., before
1699. He was a joiner by trade, and lived on the home-
stead of his father in Newbury. He enlarged the house
with lumber furnished by his wife's father from a cargo
sent from Wells, Maine. In the great earthquake of
1727, his door stone fell into the cellar.*
Mr. Plumer married Kezia, daughter of Joseph and
Hannah Storer of Wells, in 1720. She was born May 2,
1697. Mr. Plumer died, intestate, in 1743; and she died
at about the same time. Their great-great-grandson
George P. Danforth has in his possession a small silver-
clasped bible, printed in 1730, with the name of Kezia
Storer on the clasps, and his sister, Mrs. Mary P. Little,
has a silver spoon marked with the same name.
Historic Storms of New England, by Sidney Perley, page 46.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 271
Their children were born as follows :
128 I. SARAH", born in 1720, in Wells; married Joshua Plainer
(No. 51).
129 II. BENJAMIN 5 , born Feb. 20, 1722, in Newbury. See family
numbered " 129."
130 in. HANNAH*, born Sept. 22, 1724, in Newbary; married
Thomas Dole of Lancaster May 16, 1744. They were
living in Lancaster in 1747, and subsequently removed
to Jaffrey, N. H.
131 iv. EBENEZEB*, born July 10, 1727, in Newbury. See family
numbered "131."
132 v. KEZiA 5 , born March 20, 1730, in Newbury; married Dea.
Daniel Hale Jan. 9, 1755; and she died Sept. 4, 1763.
They had one child, Amos, who was born Feb. 7,
1759; and married Elizabeth Plumer (No. 503).
133 vi. ELIZABETH*, born in 1732, in Newbury; died, unmarried,
July 22, 1817, at the age of eighty-five.
134 vn. SETH & , born Dec. 7, 1736, in Newbury. See family num-
bered " 134."
49
SAMUEL PLUMER*, born in Newbury, Mass., Sept. 3,
1700. He lived in Newbury until about 1734, when he
removed to Amesbury.
Mr. Plumer married, first, Elizabeth, daughter of Ed-
ward and Mary (Sawyer) Woodman of Newbury Feb. 15,
1730-1 ; and, second, Rachel Barnard Sept. 13, 1744. He
died in 17 ; and his wife Rachel survived him, and died,
his widow, in Amesbury, Oct. 5, 1798, aged eighty-four.
Mr. Plumer's children were born as follows :
135 i. ELIZABETH*, born March 10, 1735-6, in Newbury ; married
Barzilla Colby Jan. 1, 1756; and had nine children.
136 II. JOSHUA*, born July 9, 1738, in Amesbury; was a retailer
and yeoman; lived in Amesbury; married Mary Pills-
bury Aug. 25, 1776; she died Dec. 16, 1805, at the age
of sixty-nine; and he died Nov. 5, 1815, aged seven-
ty-seven. They apparently had no children.
137 in. SAMUEL*, born Feb. 12, 1742, in Amesbury; yeoman and
laborer; lived in Amesbnry in 1768; and probably
died before 1793.
138 iv. JOHN*, born Sept. 30, 1745, in Amesbury; farmer; lived
in Amesbury; died in Amesbury Nov. 20, 1820, at the
age of eighty-one.
272 THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
139 v. MOSES*, born Sept. 30, 1748, in Amesbury. See family
numbered " 139."
51
JOSHUA PLUMER 4 , born in Newbury, Mass., Aug. 22,
1705. He was a yeoman, and lived on his father's home-
stead in Newbury, his house being on the northwest cor-
ner of the Green and south side of High street.
Mr. Plumer married Sarah Plumer (No. 128) Feb. 27,
1737-8. She died in 1756 ; and he died in 1764.
Their children were born in Newbur}', as follows :
1401. LYDIA*, born April 26, 1739; died, unmarried, in New-
bury, Jan. 11, 1814, at the age of seventy-four.
141n. SIMEON*, born Nov. 16, 1740. See family numbered " 141."
52
NATHANIEL PLUMER 4 , born in Newbury, Mass., June
19, 1708. He was a cordwainer ; and lived in Byfield
parish, Newbury. He was admitted to the Byfield church
Sept. 29, 1751 ; and his wife Mary Oct. 21, 1759.
Mr. Plumer married, first, Mary , who was born in
1711, and died about 1745. He married, second, Mary
Greenleaf Oct. 5, 1750 ; and she died, of fever, April 20,
1764, aged about thirty-three. He died in 1789.
Mr. Plumer's children were born in Newbury, as fol-
lows :
1421. SAMUEL*, baptized July 25, 1736.
143n. JESSE*, born Sept. 18, 1740. See family numbered "143."
144 in. NATHANIEL*, died a minor; his father was appointed
administrator of his estate Oct. 25, 1756.
145 iv. ABIGAIL*, born Jan. 24, 1744-5; probably married Oliver
Sawyer of Hopkinton, N. H., Aug. 25, 1774.
146 v. JUDITH*, born Sept. 14, 1751 ; died, unmarried, in New-
bury, Aug. 13, 1826, at the age of seventy-four.
147 vi. JOSEPH*, born July 12, 1753. See family numbered "147."
148 vil. RUTH*, born March 15, 1754; died with a fever July 3,
1776, aged twenty-two.
149 viii. AMOS*, born April 7, 1756; died from worms June 16,
1762, at the age of six.
150 ix. HANNAH*, born Jan. 14, 1759 ; died, unmarried, in New-
bury, March 27, 1836, at the age of seventy-seven.
151 x. NATHANIEL*, born Sept. 15, 1761. See family numbered
" 151."
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 273
53
ENOCH PLUMEB 4 , born in Newbury, Mass., Dec. 3, 1711.
He was a yeoman, and lived on the southwest side of the
Crane-Neck road in the West parish of Newbury, near the
Groveland line, on the farm he purchased of his brother
Samuel Plumer, when he was only twenty-three years of
age, Dec. 8,1734.* He subsequently bought a great deal
of real estate.
Mr. Plumer married Sarah, daughter of Stephen and
Susanna (Noyes) Dole of Newbury Oct. 9, 1759. She
was born in Newbury Feb. 18, 1725-6 ; and died Jan. 25,
1772. He died there Dec. 12, 1788, at the age of seven-
ty-seven.
Their children were born in Newbury, as follows :
152 I. SABAH*, born April 6(?), 1764; married Lt. James Fol-
lansbee of Newbary Oct. , 1789.
153 II. SUSANNA", born July 6, 1766; married Joseph, son of
Joseph and Mary Goodridge of Newbury March 17,
1791. He was born April 23, 1763.
59
AARON PLUMER*, born in Newbury, Mass., Jan. 16,
1692-3. He was a housewright by trade, and lived in hia
native town until 1725, when he bought of Lionel Chute
thirty acres of land in Rowley,f upon which he built a
house the following winter, and conveyed the house and
land to his father-in-law Ebenezer Hidden May 11, 17264
Mr. Hidden conveyed the estate to Aaron's father, Joseph
Plumer, in the succeeding autumn. Mr. Plumer waa
living in Rowley in 1730, but soon afterward removed to-
Sear boro', Me., settling on what was subsequently known
as Plunder's Neck, where his descendants still reside.
Mr. Plumer received, in 1728, of the town of Scar-
boro', a grant of land on condition that he settled on it,
but he sold his interest in it, and, while living in Rowley,
he bought of Nathaniel Dole of Newbury one-half of
what was then called Winnock's Neck, where he settled*
and which was subsequently called after his own name.
Essex Registry of Deed*, book 70, leaf 108.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 47, leaf 76.
{Essex Registry of Deeds, book 47, leaf 77.
274 THE PLUMER, GENEALOGY.
Mr. Plumer married, first, Elizabeth, daughter of
Ebenezer and Elizabeth Hidden of Rowley (published
Feb. 14, 1718-9). She was born March 22, 1701-2. He
married, second, Elizabeth Howard, in Scarboro', March
29, 1749. Mr. Plumer and his first wife " owned the
covenant " of the Rowley church Dec. 16, 1722.
Mr. Plumer's children were as follows :
154 i. MosES 8 , baptized in Rowley Feb. 17, 1723-4. See family
numbered " 154."
155 ii. ELIZABETH 5 , baptized in Rowley March 7, 1725-6; mar-
ried Enoch Libby March 5, 1746-7. They had nine
children.
156 in. WILLIAM*, baptized in Rowley July 21, 1727. See family
numbered " 156."
157 iv. AABON", baptized in Rowley May 24, 1730. See family
numbered "157."
158 v. LuOT 5 , baptized in Scarboro' March 17, 1734; married,
first, Isaac McKenny; second, Moses McKenny; and
third, Samuel Waterhouse.
159 vi. FBANCis 5 , baptized in Scarboro 1 Aug. 29, 1736.
160 vii. 5 (daughter) ; married Fickett of Cape Elizabeth.
62
DR. DAVID PLUMER*, born in Newbury, Mass., March
16, 1695-6. He was a physician, and settled in Glouces-
ter as early as 1723. He was a large owner of real estate,
,nd there are many deeds to and from him on record. He
owned at one time half of the Argilla farm in Ipswich.
Doctor Plumer married, first, Ann, daughter of John
and Ruth (Emerson) Newman of Gloucester Aug. 29,
1723. She died May 2, 1736, at the age of about forty-
three. He married, second, widow Anna Barber Aug. 25,
1737. She was probably daughter of Jabez Baker and
widow of Daniel Barber. Doctor Plumer died in 1748.
His wife Anna survived him, and was his widow in 1754.
Doctor Plumer's children were born in Gloucester, as
follows :
1611. MABY 5 , born July 17, 1723; married Joseph Allen of
Gloucester, a mariner.
162 ii. SAMUEL*, born Dec. 24, 1725. See family numbered
" 162."
163 in. ANN*, born Feb. 14, 1728.
BY SIDNEY PEKLEY. 275
164 iv. RuTH 5 , born July , 1730.
165 v. SABAH*, born Nov. 3, 1732.
166 vi. ELIZABETH*, born May 17, 1734.
167 vn. DAVID*, born May 24, 1738. See family numbered " 167."
168 vin. DANIEL 5 , born March 8, 1741. See family numbered "168."
64
SAMPSON PLUMER 4 , born in Newbury, Mass., March 14,
1699. He settled in Scarboro', Me., about 1726; and
lived on Oak hill, on the farm recently occupied by H. J.
Libby, Esq., of Portland. Mr. Plumer was a man of
more than ordinary intelligence.
He married Elizabeth, daughter of Henry and Honor
(Hinkson) Libby March 16, 1727.
Their children were born in Scarboro', as follows :
1691. ELIZABETH% born Feb. 27, 1728.
170 n. JAMES 5 , born Sept. 29, 1730.
171 in. JEREMIAH'', born June 16, 1733.
172 iv. JOSEPH 5 , born Feb. 8, 1735.
173 v. JOHN 5 , baptized March 13, 1737; probably died young.
174 vi. JONATHAN 5 , born Oct. 20, 1739.
175 vn. SAMUEL*, born Sept. 16, 1742; married Sarah Bragdon
April 9, 1767.
176 vin. PHEBE 5 , born Sept. 29, 1744; married Benjamin Small
Nov. 5, 1767.
177 ix. HANNAH 5 , born June 15, 1747; married Thomas Libby
June 2, 1767.
70
NATHANIEL PLUMER-*, born in Newbury, Mass., May 2,
1711. He married Mary Stevens June 12, 1729 ; and
lived in Haverhill.
Their children* were born in Haverhill, as follows :
178 I. ABIGAIL 5 , born Jan. 17, 1729-30.
179 II. NATHANIEL 5 , baptized Aug. 14, 1737; probably died young.
180 in. JsssE 5 , baptized Aug. 14, 1737.
181 iv. NATHANIEL 5 , baptized Oct. 15, 1738.
71
JOHN PLUMER 4 , born in Rowley, Mass., May 2, 1680.
He lived in Rowley, probably near Clay brook.
The writer thinks that the first three children died of the throat
distemper, which raged so extensively in Haverhill.
276 THE PLUMBR GENEALOGY.
Mr. Plumer married Elizabeth Smith of Newbury Nov.
21, 1701. He died April 1, 1711 ; and she married, sec-
ondly, Benjamin, son of Nicholas and Rebecca (Long)
Rawlins of Newbury Nov. 22, 1711. He was born in
Newbury March 2, 1687. She probably died before Nov.
20, 1716, when Mr. Rawlins married Hannah Annis.
Mr. Plumer's children were born in Rowley, as fol-
lows :
182 i. ABIGAIL", born July 7, 1704; probably died young.
18311. ELIZABETH', born Aug. 29, 1705; was admitted to the
church Jan. 28, 1727-8.
72
ENS. BENJAMIN PLUMEE*, born in Rowley, Mass.,
March 4, 1681-2. He settled in that part of Rowley
which was incorporated as Georgetown in 1888 ; and was
a husbandman. He also had a sawmill. He was chosen
an assessor at the first meeting of the Second parish
(Georgetown), in Rowley, Oct. 5, 1731.
Mr. Plumer married Jane, daughter of Capt. John and
Mary (Pickard) Pearson of Rowley Dec. 31, 1707. She
was born in Rowley Aug. 21, 1684. He died June 29,
1734, one hour after being kicked by his horse ; and was
buried in the Byfield churchyard. She probably married,
secondly, Jonathan Kimball of Bradford (published in
Rowley Nov. 3, 1739).
Mr. Plumer's children were born in Rowley, as follows :
1841. JOHN*, born Oct. 5, 1708. See family numbered "184."
185 II. JANE 6 , born May 29, 1710; married Moses, son of Jethro
and Hannah Wheeler (published March 30, 1728).
He was born March 12, 1699-1700. They lived in
Rowley and had seven children.
186 in HEPHziBAH 6 , born March 6, 1714-6; married William, son
of Lt. Stephen and Abigail (Thompson) Longfellow
of Newbury Jan. 24, 1739-40; and lived in Rowley,
where their seven children were born.
187 iv. BENJAMIN 6 , born Oct. 20, 1717. See family numbered
" 187."
188 v. EDNA*, born July 15, 17 J8; married, first, Daniel Poor of
Rowley (published Feb. 18, 1744); and had two chil-
dren. Mr. Poor died in 1751; and she married, sec-
ond, Samuel Plumer (198), Feb. 28, 1754.
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189 vi. DAVID*, born Nov. 9, 1725; living in October, 1732; and
probably died young.
190 vii. ANNE*, born May 5, 1780; baptized in Byfield church
May 10, 1730.
73
ENS. THOMAS PLUMER*, born in Rowley, Mass., April
15, 1684. He lived in that part of Rowley which was
incorporated as Georgetown in 1838, at the easterly end
of Pentucket pond, off Pond street. He built his house
with a brick end toward the pond, some writers think, as
a protection from the Indians who might come down the
pond. This was built on land conveyed to him by his
father Jan. 31, 1714-5,* the deed conveying one hundred
and forty acres in one lot. The house was burned about
1905. The accompanying illustration is made from a
pencil drawing sketched about 1890.
Mr. Plumer took an active part in town affairs ; and in
the parish of Byfield he was an assessor, collector of
taxes and a member of the church until Oct. 4, 1732,
when the Georgetown church was organized, and he became
one of its original and leading members frequently serving
upon its committees. When the Baptists first made their
appearance in that part of the county several members of
this church embraced the new doctrines and became liable
to church discipline ; and Mr. Plumer was appointed upon
a committee, Sept. 1, 1751, to discourse with those who
absented themselves from communion, " who are not
known to be hindered by providence."
He married, first, Ruth, daughter of Benjamin and
Hannah (Thurston) Pearson of Newbury Dec. 18, 1707.
She was born in Rowley Aug. 2, 1687, and died Nov. 16,
1736, aged forty-nine. He married, second, Lydia, daugh-
ter of Henry and Abigail (Hale) Poor May 20, 1737.
Mr. Plumer died Nov. 15, 1762, at the age of seventy-
eight. His wife Lydia survived him, and died May 1,
1773, aged eighty-three.
Mr. Plumer's children were born in Rowley, as follows :
1911. MBHITABEL', baptized in Byfield church April 27, 1712;
died young.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 27, leaf 156.
278
THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
192 ii. MEHiTABEL 5 , baptized in Byfield church Feb. 27, 1713-4;
died young.
193 in. MEHiTABEL 5 , born Jan. 11, 1714-5; died young.
194 iv. STEPHEN 5 , born Feb. 12, 1716-7; died young.
195 v. THOMAS*, born Feb. 18, 1719-20. See family numbered
" 195."
196 vi. KuTH 5 , born Feb. 5, 1721-2; died June 24, 1736, aged four-
teen.
197 vii. STEPHEN*, born May 29, 1724; an invalid, and finally non
compos mentis ; died, unmarried, Dec. 27, 1771, at the
age of forty- seven.
198 vin. SAMUEL 6 , born June 6, 1726. See family numbered "198."
79
NATHAN PLUMER*, born in Rowley, Mass., Feb. 28,
1701-2. He was a husbandman, and settled in Byfield
parish, in Rowley. He was a singular person in the fam-
ily, judging from his father's last words on record and the
absence of anything found on the records of the probate
and registry of deeds except one conveyance of land in
Rowley in 1741.*
Mr. Plumer was a member of Captain Thurston's alarm
list June 15, 1757.
He married Barbary Davis of Newbury (published
July 5, 1721). She died April 12, 1773, at the age of
seventy-four ; and Mr. Plumer removed to Londonderry
with his son Abel, in 1775, and died soon after.
Their children were born in Rowley, as follows :
199 I. ANNE S , born Dec. 20, 1722; married Benjamin Quimby of
Salem Nov. 4, 1742; and settled in Somersworth,
N. H.
200 ii. MABY S , born May 23, 1726; married John, son of John
and Jane (Bailey) Harriman of Rowley Dec. 26, 1751.
He was born in Rowley Oct. 17, 1731 ; and they lived
there.
201 in. EUNICE*, born Feb. 4, 1727-8; married EzraBnrbank July
30, 1754; and lived in Rowley.
202 iv. ABEL*, born Aug. 31, 1730. See family numbered " 202."
203 v. MABTHA 5 , born Aug. 24, 1733 ; baptized in Byfield church
Aug. 26, 1733.
204 vi. SABAH', born Nov. 23, 1735; baptized in Byfield church
Nov. 28, 1736.
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 105, leaf 247.
BY SIDNEY PEBLEY. 279
205 vii. RUTH', born Jan. 28, 1737-8; baptized in Byfield church
Feb. 4, 1738-9.
82
JOHN PLUMER*, born in Newbury, Mass., March 25,
1697. He was a husbandman, and lived in that part of
Rowley which is now Georgetown until the spring of
1730, when he removed to Newbury. He was a large
owner of real estate, and many deeds of land are on
record in the registry of deeds in which he appears as a
party.
He married Rebecca, daughter of Nathan and Rebecca
Wheeler of Newbury March 15, 1721-2. She was born in
Newbury Sept. 11, 1694. Mr. Pluiner died in Newbury
Feb. 14, 1772, aged seventy-four. She survived him, and
probably lived with her daughter Rebecca during her
widowhood. She died in Newbury July 15, 1780, in her
eighty-fifth year.
Their children were born as follows :
206 I. JOHN*, born Dec. 25, 1722, in Rowley. See family num-
bered "206."
207 ii. JONATHAN*, born April 13, 1724, in Rowley. See family
numbered " 207."
208 in. REBECCA 5 , born Nov. 4, 1728, in Rowley; married Sylva-
nus Plumer (117) Dec. 7, 1749.
209 iv. MABK 5 , born Feb. 24, 1729-30, in Rowley ; died Jane 3,
1730, in Newbury.
210 v. PAUL,*, born June 9, 1732, in Newbury; probably died,
unmarried, before 1771.
211 vi. DAVID*, born Oct. 20, 1733, in Newbury; probably died
young.
212 vn. SABAH*, born May 5, 1737, in Newbury; married Nicholas
Currier of Newburyport April 23, 1767.
83
DANIEL PLUMER^ born in Newbury, Mass., Jan. 7,
1698-9. He was a husbandman and vintner, and settled
in the northwestern part of Rowley upon his marriage,
hi 1724. He was one of the petitioners to the general
court May 27, 1730, to be set off as a separate and dis-
tinct parish (now Georgetown), and it was incorporated
as the Second parish of Rowley Oct. 1, 1731.
280 THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
At the age of forty-five, Feb. 26, 1744, he enlisted in
the company of Capt. Moses Titcomb for the expedition
against Cape Breton.
He married Abigail, daughter of Nathan and Rebecca
Wheeler of Newbury Jan. 30, 1723-4. She was born in
Newbury Dec. 16, 1698 ; and was admitted to full com-
munion in the new church July 22, 1733. Mr. Plumer
died between 1741 and 1750. She survived him, and
married, secondly, Daniel Plumer (No. 38) of Dover,
N. H., Dec. 24, 1750.
Mr. Plunder's children were born in Rowley, as fol-
lows :
2131. SAKAH', born Feb. 4, 1724-5; baptized in By field church
Feb. 14, 1724-5.
214n. ABIGAIL 5 , born March 31, 1726; baptized in Byfield
church April S, 1726.
215 in. ELIZABETH*, born May 18, 1728; baptized in Byfield
church the next day.
216 iv. DANIEI/, born Jan. 22, 1729-30; baptized in Byfield
church Feb. 1, 1729-30.
217 v. REBECCA*, born March , 1733; died Nov. 21, 1735.
218 vi. MABY% born Nov. 18, 1736; married, first, Job Roberts;
second, Elias Philpot; and, third, Maj. Daniel Wood.
219 vii. REBECCA', born Feb. 22, 1739-40; baptized in the Second
church in Rowley Oct. 11, 1741.
85
ELDER JONATHAN PLUMER*, born in Newbury, Mass.,
Aug. 14, 1705. He was a yeoman, and settled in the
homestead of his father, in his native town, which was
devised to him and his brother John, in their father's
will. He was a large land owner. The house of Mr.
Plumer stood nearly opposite the lane which leads to the
marsh, and was two-story in height, with a back-linter. It
descended through Mark 5 , John 6 , and John Moody
Plummer?, whose heirs sold it to Moses Goodwin. Mr.
Goodwin conveyed it to Charles M. Lunt about 1867.
About a year after he bought it, he sold it and it was
moved over the bridge. It stands on Silas Plumer's land
on the north side of the Green, and used by him as a
storehouse. It was moved in two sections, and reunited.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 281
The well is about four rods west of the site of the house,
and the barn stood about five rods from the road.
Mr. Plumer married Mary, daughter of Samuel and
Frances (Wicomb) Johnson of Rowley (published April
22, 1732). She was born in Rowley Sept. 21, 1707. He
died Jan. 16, 1753, at the age of forty-seven. She sur-
vived him, and died Feb. 13, 1769, aged sixty-one. Their
remains lie in the cemetery on Newbury Neck.
Their children were born in Newbury, as follows :
2201. MARK 6 , born Jan. 2, 1783-4. See family numbered " 220."
221 ii. SAMUEL*, born Jnne 16, 1737. See family numbered
"221."
222 in. HANNAH & , born July 15, 1740; married Moses Sweat of
Newbury Aug. 13, 1760. He was living in Newbury-
port in 1788, and in Bedford, N. H., in 1790.
223 iv. MARY 5 , born Jan. 26, 1742; married, as his first wife,
Nicholas Carrier of Newbury port, a shipwright, Dec.
23, 1762. She died, and he married, secondly, Sarah
Plumer (212) .
224 v. DANIKL*, born abont 1744. See family numbered " 224."
225 vi. JOSIAH*. born abont 1748; tailor; married Lydia Lake-
man Aug. 23, 1770; lived on Prospect street, in New-
bury port; and had no issue. He was a pious man,
and would do no work on Saturday afternoons. He
owned considerable real estate. He died Sept. 15,
1828, at the age of eighty. She died, his widow, in
Newbnryport, Jan. 15, 1838, at the age of eighty-six.
86
JOSIAH PLUMER*, born in Newbury, Mass., May 25,
1708. He settled in Rowley about 1736, removed to
Falmouth, Me., in 1742, and finally lived in Alna, Me.
'He was a husbandman; and an assessor of By field parish
in 1738-9. He was a party to many transfers of real
estate, and a large land owner.
Child :
2261. BENjAMis 5 . See family numbered "226."
89
SAMUEL PLUMERS, born in Newbury, Mass., March 22,
1712. He was a yeoman, and lived in Amesbury, in that
part of the town which, by the establishment of the state
282 THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
line in 1741, became a part of New Hampshire, and in-
corporated as Kingston. From there he removed to
Hampstead about 1750.
Mr. Plumer married, first, Ann, daughter of Benjamin
and Hannah (Noyes) Lunt of Newbury Nov. 7, 1734.
She was born in Newbury Oct. 14, 1714. He married,
second, Judith Kelly Dec. 29, 1747. Mr. Plumer was
then called of South Hampton District. He died in
Hampstead in 1762. His wife Judith survived him, and
was living in Hampstead in 1770.
Mr. Plumer's children were as follows :
227 i. ELIZABETH 6 , born May 31, 1735, in Newbury, Mass.; died
young.
228n. ELIZABETH 6 , born March 4, 1739, in Hampstead, N. H. ;
probably married Jonathan Atwood in Hampstead
Oct. 5, 1758.
229 in. REBECCA 6 , born about 1740; married Asa, son of Samuel
and Abigail (Kelley) Currier of Haverhill, a cordwain-
er, March 22, 1759 ; lived in Haverhill and Methnen.
230 iv. SAMUEL 8 , born Feb. 12, 1742 ; married Miriam Jones
about April, 1767.
231 v. HENRY 6 , born in 174-. See family numbered " 231."
232 vi. ANN 6 , born in 17 ; died young.
238 vn. ANNA 6 , born in 17 ; married, first, Benjamin Pillsbury
Dec. 20, 1770; and, second, Thomas Harvey April 11,
1780.
234 vin. KELLY 6 , born Nov. 30, 1751; yeoman; living in Sandown,
N. H., in 1801.
235 ix. lOHABOD 6 , born in 175- : probably died before 1765.
286 x. JuDiTH 6 , born Aug. 5, 1757 ; living in 1765.
91
ENOCH PLUMERS, born in Newbury, Mass., Feb. 14,
1717-8. He was a house wright and ship joiner; and
lived on Merrimack street, in Newburyport. He received
his father's homestead by will.
He married Hannah Racliffe about 1739 ; and died in
Newburyport April 18, 1799, aged eighty-one. She sur-
vived him ; and died there Jan. 19, 1801.
Their children were born in Newbury, as follows :
2371. WILLIAM*, born July 7, 1740; not mentioned in the divis-
ion of his father's estate, in 1799.
BY SIDNEY PBBLBY. 283
238 ii. ENOCH*, born Aug. 6, 1742; shopkeeper; lived in New-
buryport; married Mrs. Mary (Leonard) Majory of
Marblehead Aug. 26, 1790, and died in Newbnryport
Dec. 13, 1801, aged fifty-nine. She survived him.
They probably had no children.
239 in. JOSEPH", born Sept. 17, 1744. See family numbered
"239."
240 iv. HANNAH', born Nov. 28, 1746; lived in Newbnryport;
died, unmarried, at the almshouse, May 17, 1817
aged seventy.
241 v. SAMUEL 6 , born Oct. 10, 1749. See family numbered "241."
242 vi. ELIZABETH 8 , baptized Jan. 19, 1752 ; died young.
243 vil. TBiSTBAM 6 , born June 17, 1754. See family numbered
" 243."
244 vni. MICHAEL", baptized March 6, 1757.
245 ix. MABTHA', baptized April 9, 1758.
246 x. MABY 6 , born Feb. 17, 1761.
247 xi. ELIZABETH*, born Nov. 13, 1763 ; married Nathaniel Dean
of Portsmouth, N. H., Sept. 18, 1781. He died Dec.
7, 1828; and she died March 4, 1834. They left no
children.
92
JOHN PLUMBRS, born in Newbury, Mass., Feb. 5, 1722-3.
He was a yeoman, and lived in Newbury and Newbury-
port until 1769, when he removed to Hampstead, N. H.
He also owned land in Hawke and Sandown, N. H.
He married, first, Jane, daughter of William and Han-
nah (Burbank) Hardy of Bradford July 17, 1753, in
Haverhill. She was born in Bradford May 22, 1731. At
the time of his marriage, Mr. Plumer was called of
Hampstead, and was probably living there for a while at
that time.
Their child was born in Newbury, as follows :
2481. JABEZ", born Sept. 7, 1757.
96
THOMAS PLUMER*, born in Newbury, Mass., March 30,
1735. He was a yeoman, and always lived in his native
town. He owned much real estate, and attended Rev.
John Tucker's meeting in the old parish, in Newbury.
Mr. Plumer married, first, Joanna, daughter of Joseph
and Elizabeth (Pettingell) Muzzey of Newbury March
284 THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
28, 1765. She was born in Newbury June 13, 1741 ; and
died about the winter of 1766-7. He married, second,
Ruth, daughter of Richard and Sarah (Emery) Dole of
Newbury Nov. 3, 1767. She was born in Newbury Nov.
30, 1738. Mr. Plumer died Oct. 10, 1786, at the age of
fifty-one, and was the first person buried in the cemetery
east of the Lower Green in Newbury. His wife Ruth
survived him, and died in Newbury Aug. 24, 1805, aged
sixty-six.
Mr. Plumer's children were born in Newbury, as fol-
lows :
2491. JOHN 6 , born Aug. 29, 1769. See family numbered " 249."
260 n. JOANNA MUZZEY*, born April 8, 1771; married Capt.
Nathaniel, son of Richard and Jane (Noyes) Little of
Newbury Jan. 1, 1795. He was born in Newbury
March 16, 1755; and died May 27, 1835. She died
Feb. 18, 1846. They had nine children.
251 in. RiCHABD 6 , born April 6, 1773. See family numbered
" 251."
252 iv. 6 (twin), died young.
258 v. 8 (twin), died young.
254 vi. MOSES", born June 28, 1778. See family numbered "254."
255 vn. NATHAN 8 , born Feb. 19, 1784. See family numbered "255."
99
JEREMIAH PLTJMER*, born in Newbury, Mass., Feb. 28,
1740-1. He was a shipwright, and lived in Newbury, on
the easterly side of the Lower Green, where he built for
his occupancy a house on land he bought of Richard Dole
in 1767.* His family attended Rev. John Tucker's meet-
ing, in the old parish.
Mr. Plumer married Hannah, daughter of Silas and
Judith (Atkinson) Pearson of Newbury Feb. 22, 1770.
She was born in Newbury Sept. 13, 1745. He died in
Newbury April 30, 1795, at the age of fifty-four. She
survived him, and died in Newbury, his widow, May 14,
1816, at the age of seventy. Their remains were buried
in the burial-place near their house. He left his home-
stead to his son, Capt. Jeremiah Plumer.
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 121, leaf 58.
BY SIDNEY PEELEY.
285
Their children were born in Newbury, as follows :
256 i. HANNAH 6 , born Nov. 25, 1770; married Amos, son of
Amos and Susanna (Pettingell) Stickney of Newbury
Oct. 6, 1802.
257 ii. JuDiTH 6 , born July 25, 1773; married Paul Plumer (son
of No. 494) Nov. 29, 1797.
258 in. MABY 6 , born Aug. 18, 1776; died in infancy.
259 iv. JEREMIAH", born Nov. 18, 1778. See family numbered
"259."
260 v. MoLLT 8 , born March 10, 1781; died, unmarried, Jan. 1,
1858, at the age of seventy-six.
261 vi. THOMAS*, baptized July 22, 1787; died Aug. 22, 1787
aged sixteen weeks.
100
BITFIELD PLUMEE S , born in Newbury, Mass., Feb. 11,
1742-3. He lived in his native town until about 1773,
when he removed to Boscawen, N. H., where he afterwards
resided.
He married Priscilla, daughter of Thomas and Priscilla
(Pearson) Richardson of Chester, N. H., Oct , 1769.
She was born July 18, 1745. Mr. Plumer was killed, in
Boscawen, by the falling of a tree, Nov. 19, 1788. He
was forty-five years of age. She survived him, and died
Sept. 13, 1833, at the age of eighty-eight.
Their children were born as follows :
282 i. EPHBAIM", born July 26, 1771, in Newbury. See family
numbered "262."
263 ii. JOHN', born Aug. 10, 1774; baptized in Newbury Feb. 19,
1775. See family numbered " 263."
264 in. PBISCILLA", born Jan. 12, 1786; married Richard, son of
Benjamin and Rboda (Bartlett) Little of Boscawen
Dec. 7. 1815. He was born Nov. 27, 1791 ; and died
Oct. 29, 1840. She died Feb. 24, 1825. They had five
children.
102
NATHAN PLUMERS, born in Newbury, Mass., Nov. 19,
1747. He settled in Boscawen, N. H.; and married Eliz-
abeth (Fowler) Dustin Oct. 18, 1771. He died on Bos-
cawen Plains in 1773 ; and she married, secondly,
Webster, and subsequently lived in Maine.
286 THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
Mr. Plumer's children were born in Boscawen, as fol-
lows :
265 i. MEHiTABLE 6 , born Feb. 25, 1772; married Col. Benjamin
Choate Nov. 20, 1793; and she died at Enfield Dec.
17, 1858, at the age of eighty-six.
266n. NATHAN, 6 born April 2, 1774. See family numbered "266."
103
EPHRAIM PLUMERS, born in Dover, N. H M Oct. 12,
1720. He was a yeoman, and lived in Dover, at Fresh
creek, later incorporated as Somersworth and now included
in Rollinsford. His father conveyed to him, April 14,
1761, his homestead at Fresh creek, consisting of the
buildings and thirty-eight acres of land.*
He married, first, Ann Goodwin, who died in 175 -.
He married, second, Mercy Garland before Jan. 8, 1759 ;
and d,ied in the summer of 1767. His wife Mercy prob-
ably survived him.
The following is a copy of Mr. Plumer's will, which
was proved Aug. 28, 1797 :
In the Name of God Amen the fifth day of June Anno domino
one thoufand Seven Hundred & Ninety six I Ephraim Plummer of
Dover in the State of New Hampshire Husbandman being in A
weak state of bodily Health but of perfect Sound mind and memory
do make And ordain this my last will and testament first of all
Giving [?] recommending my Soul into the hands of God Who gave
it hoping through the merits of Jefus Chrift for the Salvation
thereof and my body to be Decently Buried at the discretion of my
Executor hearafter named Nothing Doubting but I shall receive
the Same again at the general Refurrection and touching Such
worldly Eftate as it hath pleased God to blefs me with in this Life
I give Demise difpofe of the Same in the following manner and form
Viz:
Imprimis: I will that all my juft debts and funeral Charges
Shall be paid and discharged with all Conveienent Speed out of my
personal estate by my said Executor Hearafter named
Item I give and bequeath to my well beloved Wife mercy Plum-
mer the income of one third part of the whole of my farm of every
kind of produce that groweth on the Farm to be Secured in the
house and barn Seafonably and Wood Sufficient for a fire cut up to
the door free of Any expense to her & the ufe of two Cows During
Exeter Registry of Deeds, book 105, page 294.
BY SIDNEY PEELEY. 287
her Natural life to be performed by my Said Executor hearafter
named
Item I give and bequeath to my Beloved Son mofes plummer A
Suit of clothes at my Difcease to be paid by my Executor Hearafter
named.
Item I give and bequeath to my Beloved fon Ebenezer Plummer
one f heep at my disceafe to be paid by my Executor Hearafter
named
Item I give and bequeath to my beloved Son John Plummer one
f heep at my difcease to be paid by my Said Executor hearafter
named.
Item I give and Bequeath to my beloved Son Richard Plommer
one f heep to be paid at my difceafe by my Executor hearafter
named
Item I give and bequeath to my two grandchildren Daniel Plum-
mer and Anna plummer one f heep Each which are the Children of
my Son Daniel plummer Deceafed to be Paid by my Executor hear-
after named at my Difceafe
Item I give and bequeath to my beloved Daughter mercy Perkins
one Cow to be paid at my difceafe by my Executor hearafter named
Item I give and bequeath to my beloved Daughter Hannah Han-
fon one Cow to be paid at my Difceafe by my Executor hearafter
named
Item I give and bequeath to my Beloved Daughter Dorcas
Plummer one Cow to be paid at my Difceafe by my Executor hear-
after named
Item I give and bequeath by my three Daughters mercy hannah
and Dorcas before mentioned all the houfe hold furniture that my
wife mercy f hould leave at my Disceafe to be Equally Divided be-
tween them
Item I give and bequeath to my Beloved Son Ephraim Plummer
All my whomeftead farm & buildings in Dover and Eight Acres of
land in Somersworth at the great falls Swamp so called and all the
Stock and out Door movables to him and his heirs And afsigns for-
ever. Lastly I Conftitute ordain & appoint Ephraim Plummer junr.
of Dover Executor to this my laft Will and testament hereby Re-
voking disannuling all and Every teftament hearafter by me made
Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my laft will and
testament in Witnefs whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and
Seal the day And year first above Written. Signed Sealed publif hed
pronounced & Delivered by Ephraim Plummer to be his laft will
And testament in prefence of us Subscribers.
THOMAS BURBOWS his
JOHN GUPPEY Ephraim X Plummer [SEAL]
WALDBOH mark
288 THE PLUMEE GENEALOGY.
Mr. Plumer's children were born in Somersworth, as
follows :
2671. DANIEL*, born Feb. 1, 1760. See family numbered "267."
268 n. EBKNEZKK 6 , born Jan. 25, 1762. See family numbered
" 268."
269 in. JOHN', born Nov. 10, 1765. See family numbered "269."
270 iv. RiCHABD 8 , born Feb. 2, 1767. See family numbered "270."
271 v. EPHBAiM 6 , born April 16, 1769. See family numbered
"271."
272 vi. MEBCY", born March 31, 1772; married William Perkins.
273 vii. MosES 6 , born Dec. 18, 1774 ; settled near Canaan, Me.
274 vni. HANNAH', born April 29, 1777; married Hanson of
Dover.
275 ix. DOBOAS 6 , born in 17 ; unmarried in 1796.
108
GERSHOM PLUMER*, born in 1733(?). He was a tailor
at first, and then went as a sailor on board the Grey
Hound from Dec. 20, 1768, to May 6, 1769, from Piscat-
aqua to St. Croix and back, James Garvin, jr., master,
and was also on board June 3, 1769. He was subse-
quently a yeoman. He lived in Rollinsford, N. H.
Mr. Plumer married Judith Roberts about 1760.
Their children were born in Rollinsford, as follows :
2761. REUBEN", born March 7, 176-.
277n. SABAH', born Aug. 4, 1765.
278 in. HANNAH*.
279 iv. ABIGAIL 8 , born May 29, 1770.
280 v. ENOCH*, born May , 1772.
109
HON. JOHN PLUMER*, born in Dover, N. H., in 1719.
He was a yeoman and esquire, and lived in Rochester, N.
H., on land deeded to him by his father Feb. 25, 1744-5,*
which formerly belonged to his grandfather Joseph Beard.
He was a large owner of real estate, an extensive stock
raiser and a successful farmer.
*Exetor Registry of Deeds, book 37, page 494.
(To be continued.)
HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
OF THE
ESSEX INSTITUTE
VOL. L. OCTOBER, 1914 No. 4
YOUTHFUL RECOLLECTIONS OF SALEM.
WRITTEN BY BENJAMIN F. BROWNE IN 1869.
( Continued from Volume L, page
Opposite the Bartholomew Putnam estate was the land
of the Gardner estate, fronting on Essex street. On the
northeastern corner on Brown street stood a one-story
schoolhouse, in which Mr. Knapp had a private school.
He has recently died in New Hampshire, more than 90
years of age. Frederick Creamer's house was built by
John Andrew, several years after the period I am describ-
ing. This Gardner property was for several generations
in that family. In 1659, April 2nd, Joseph Gardner (he
who was killed in the Narragansett war) sold to his
brother Samuel Gardner, .three-quarters of an acre of
land, being the east end of a field of four acres, " bound-
ed east by the Town's Common, commonly called the
Pen, south by the street that comes from the meeting
house, and right in opposition against the lane that goes
from Daniel Rumball's to the South Cove, and north by
the lane that goes from the pound to the common." Jon-
athan Gardner, son of Abel, who was the son of the
above-named Samuel, built the present house (which has
undergone many alterations) in 1730, and bequeathed it
to his son John. Gardner Barton, who keeps the apothe-
cary shop in the building, is a great grandson of Jonathan
(289)
290 YOUTHFUL BECOLLECTIONS OP SALEM,
G., and George Creamer, who owns the building, is a de-
scendant from Samuel, who bought the land of Joseph
G. On the land opposite to this, where the Franklin
building now stands, was the old house which was built by
Col. John Higginson, son of the Rev. John, in 1675. It
was a large and handsome house in its day, but was then
occupied by several families, and was owned by John
Gardner, who sold it to Col. Archer in 1809, who erected
the first Franklin building, but which he afterwards sold
to Mr. Josiah Dow, who sold it to Capt. Thomas Perkins.
It was for a short time called Wakefield Place, Mr. Dow
having come from Wakefield, N. H. The old house had
two shops on Essex street, which appeared to be attach-
ments to the original building of a more recent date.
The western one was the barber shop of Mr. Samuel
Archer, and the eastern one was occupied by Mr. Jonathan
Archer for the same business. Bath, now part of Forrester
street, was opened some ten or fifteen years before the
present century. There was but one dwelling house on
it when I first knew it, but the gardens and yards of the
neighboring houses on Essex street bounded on it. That
next east of the Franklin Building, now occupied by Mr.
Emerton, was then the residence of Wm. Carlton, the
first publisher of the Register newspaper. The present
front room had a door opening to Essex street, and in this
room the paper was printed. He was a very genial,
pleasant man, of much humor and wit, and although at
that time
" Party dudgeon ran quite high,
And men fell out they knew not why, "
he was very generally liked by and associated with his
political opponents. In the autumn of 1802 he was con-
victed of a libel on Col. Timothy Pickering, and was con-
fined in the wooden jail on County, now Federal street,
on the north side, a little west of the brick house of the
late George H. Smith. It is now occupied as a dwelling
house. Mr. Carlton was not the author of the article,
but he would not betray him. He died July 24, 1805,
aged 33, and the late Hon. Warwick Palfray, who was
BY BENJAMIN F. BROWNE. 291
his apprentice, carried on the paper for his widow. This
land had been the property of some of the Very family,
many years before this period, and Jonathan Very had a
store here.
Next to Mr. Carlton's house and next but one below
the Franklin Building, was a very old house, occupied by
families of Pease and others, and later a Mrs. Southward
occupied a part of it and kept a huxter's shop. These
shops were quite numerous about town at this period.
They were generally kept by women, who thus eked out
a support for the families dependent on them. They were
in the houses where the proprietors lived. There would
be a small room back of the shop, and in this, when no
customer was in, she would be found knitting or enter-
taining her friends, and in this room she and her family
would take their repasts. The door of the shop would
be generally closed, and a bell attached to it would give
notice of the entrance of a customer, and from this we
boys called them " ching-a-ling shops." In them might
be found, in a small way, many articles needed for family
use. They were eminently retail shops, and in some of
them they would split a cracker, cut a candle, or halve a
row of pins. Notwithstanding the variety of articles
kept, the whole stock of some of them might be stowed
into a bushel basket. In the rear of these houses, and
on Bath street, there was a bathing house, erected by
proprietors in 1803. There being no bathing tubs in the
houses then, it was much resorted to. Each proprietor
was entitled to a certain number of tickets, and these
were frequently loaned to their friends.
The next building east (on Essex street) was a shop,
erected for Dr. Samuel Hemenway, who had in it an
apothecary stock. He came from Middlesex County, a
young man, and studied medicine with that eminent and
venerable physician, Dr. E. A. Holyoke, and while a stu-
dent he kept a dancing school in the old Concert Hall.
After completing his studies, he commenced practice, and
for a while had a successful share of it. During the war
of 1812-15, he went in a privateer as surgeon. His
latter days were not so bright as his earlier ones. He
married a daughter of Jeduthan Upton, whose store on
292 YOUTHFUL RECOLLECTIONS OF SALEM,
Derby street, near the iron foundry, and dwelling house
and bakery on Liberty street, were destroyed in the fire
of 1815. Jeduthan and family then removed to Maine.
Dr. H. was the father of the rich Augustus Hemenway
of Boston. The next house was built by John Crownin-
shield, sr., father of John, Jacob and George. In the
eastern end lived Mrs. Hannah (Carlton) Crowninshield,
the widow of Jacob, and in the western part Capt. Benj.
C., the son of Jacob. With Mrs. Hannah Crowninshield
the Rev. Dr. William Bentley boarded, all the time I
knew him. I was his parishioner from the day of my
birth (having been carried to his meeting house that day
for baptism) till his death. My respect and veneration
for that great, wise and good man, were intense during
his life, and have not diminished in this nearly half a
century from his death. For three years previous to his
death I had kept in the eastern store of the Union street
building, opposite to Mrs. Crowninshield's. The night
of his death, Dec. 29th, 1819, was an intensely cold one.
He had been for some time aware that he was liable to
die suddenly at any moment, having had several moni-
tions of his disease, " angina pectoris," and having con-
sulted Drs. Treadwell and Oliver about it. He had been
out that evening to visit his parishioner, Capt. Fairfield,
and returned to his boarding house about 10 o'clock. I
was about quitting the store for the night, and while
closing the last shutter I saw the Doctor coming up
street, walking faster than his usual gait, which was a
rapid one. I saw him pass into his door, and while lock-
ing the door of the store I heard a loud outcry from the
Crowninshields, and ran over and found the Doctor pros-
trate on the floor, in front of the fireplace. I immediate-
ly hurried to Dr. Treadwell, who lived in North street,
and who was in bed. I told him the reason of my calling
was that Dr. Bentley was in a fit. He answered, " He is
dead, but I will come immediately." When I returned
I found Dr. Oliver there, and soon Dr. Treadwell came,
but they could do nothing, for life was extinct. In com-
pany with Benjamin Crowninshield, son of Benjamin who
lived in the western tenement, I remained with the corpse
till morning.
BY BENJAMIN F. BROWNE. 293
His funeral was conducted the next week. Old Har-
vard (his Alma Mater), who had withheld her honors
and even civilities from him during his life, was repre-
sented by her officers and distinguished sons in doing
tardy justice to his vast learning, his noble benevolence
and eminent merits. Political intolerance yielded to the
sense of his virtues, and sang pseans and requiems to the
honored dead. The funeral was from his meeting house,
the sermon by the Hon. (then Rev.) Edward Everett. A
large cortege of citizens and freemasons (of which fra-
ternity he was a member) followed his remains to the
Howard street cemetery, where they were deposited.
They have since been removed to Harmony Grove, and
a monument has been erected above them by his parish-
ioners. Thus died a noble man, whose memory is en-
shrined in the affection and respect of all who had the
rare felicity of knowing his excellences and erudition.
The Doctorate was conferred upon him by the Alleghany
College at Meadville, Penn., with whose president, the
Rev. Timothy Alden, he was on terms of intimate friend-
ship, though they differed in their theological views. By
his will, which was written with his own hand, and on
part of a sheet of foolscap paper, he gave to the Ameri-
can Antiquarian Society, at Worcester, all his German
books, all manuscripts not of his own writing, and all
his paintings and engravings, which were many and val-
uable. To Alleghany College all his classical books, dic-
tionaries and Bibles. The residue of his estate to his
nephew, Wm. B. Fowle, then a bookseller in Boston.
He left no real estate, and but a few hundred dollars in
money, for he valued money only as it afforded him the
means of relieving the wants of the needy. During the
time I kept near him I sent by his order and by his pay-
ment, frequently, supplies of necessaries to poor persons,
some not of his own society, with strict orders that it
should not be known who sent them.
The Boston Transcript, by one of its correspondents,
had, some time since, a notice of Dr. Bentley, which said,
" He was a son of Joshua Bentley, a North end boat
builder, a sturdy companion of Paul Revere, and captain
of the old North engine, when every member pledged his
294 YOUTHFUL BECOLLECTIONS OP SALEM,
life in defence of Congress, in case it should make a
declaration of Independence. The document, with all
its signatures, is still extant. William was educated at
the expense of his maternal grandfather, entered college
when very young, and before graduating was made mas-
ter of the North Latin school. He was Greek and Latin
tutor at Harvard College, and then pastor of the East
Church in Salem till his death. He was familiar with
twenty-one languages, and partially acquainted with
others. In theology he was a profound student ; in the
natural sciences he was altogether ahead of his times.
In antiquarian research he probably had no equal, and
his modesty was in inverse proportion to his learning.
Jefferson offered him the presidency of the institution
he proposed to establish at Washington, under the patron-
age of government, but he would not leave his people.
We want a life of this remarkable man, for the notices of
him in our biographical dictionaries are almost ridiculous
and disgraceful. When the British burned the capitol
and the library at Washington, Congress purchased Jef-
ferson's library as the foundation of a new national one,
and then Mr. Bentley's library became the best private
library in the United States. It was all scattered at his
death."
The writer might have added that in 1804 he was
elected chaplain to Congress, but declined it, much to the
joy of his people, who were very tenderly attached to
him. Mr. Bentley's ministerial changes were few, for
his theological views were very much in advance of those
of the ministers around him, and in politics he differed
from most of them. Still he was in habits of social in-
tercourse with those with whose doctrines he had no
sympathy. I heard him very earnestly defend Rev.
Joshua Spalding of the Howard street church, who was
the very antipodes of him in religion, from some oppro-
brious charge, and say, " Joshua is an honest man, sir,
and take him all in all, he is worth a hundred of ,"
naming another minister less Calvinistic in his views than
Joshua.
Previous to the settlement of the venerable Joseph
Richardson, at Hingham, who is now living at a very
BY BENJAMIN F. BROWNE. 295
advanced age, there was much opposition to his settle-
ment by a minority of the parish. Mr. Bentley took a
strong interest in behalf of Mr. R., performed some of
the principal parts at his ordination, and ever after made
occasional exchanges with him. I remember a Mr. Brown,
a Presbyterian minister who came from the West to so-
licit contributions, preached for him, and I have a strong
impression that Rev. Mr. Bowers, an Episcopal clergyman
from Marblehead, did the same.
In opposition to slavery, he was ahead of the vast
majority of the people of his day, as the following from
his record of deaths proves: "1789, May, news of the
death of Capt. Wm. Fairfield, age 41 ; shot by the slaves
in their generous attempt to recover their liberty." He
recognized the negro as a brother of the great human
race. A few years before his death, Prince Saunders, an
educated negro, came to Salem for some purpose, and he
received him into the hospitality of his house and accom-
panied him about town and introduced him to some of
our most respectable inhabitants. His venerable and ex-
cellent landlady, Mrs. Hannah Crowninshield, died lack-
ing two months of 90 years of age.
The next house east of Mrs. Crowninshield's, in Essex
street, below the Franklin Building, was that of Madame
Babbidge, who was a venerable and kind old lady keeping
a school. She was then very aged, and most of the in-
struction to the boys was given by Miss Adams, and to
the girls in another room by Miss Lydia, daughter of
Madame B. I had learned the alphabet and could read
small words at home, when I went there in 1797, so that
I had a pretty easy time there as regarded instruction.
Not so, however, in another matter. Party feuds were
very high, and the Federalists very generally wore black
cockades on their hats and placed them on the hats of
their children, while the Republicans did not. My father
was of the Republican side, and consequently I wore no
cockade. This subjected me to cuffs, kickings and
chasings from the Federal boys, and although I under-
stood but little of the matter of dispute, I felt bound to
stand up for the honor of " our side," and bloody noses
and torn clothes were almost the daily consequences.
296 YOUTHFUL RECOLLECTIONS OF SALEM.
Madame Babbidge died in 1804, aged 90. The house
has to this time been occupied by some of her descend-
ants. Miss Lydia, the daughter of Madam Babbidge,
had the tuition of the girls in the shop, now the front
room. She was unmarried, and died before her mother.
Madam B. had a daughter married to Deacon Benj. Ward,
of the East Church. He was a cabinet maker, but his
principal employment was making coffins. He lived on
the north side of Essex street, nearly opposite Daniels
street. Another daughter was the wife of Jonathan
Mason, who lived on the north side of the Common,
whom I incorrectly called Thomas when I mentioned him
a few numbers back. I believe my old and very kind
school mistress survived all her children. Lemme Per-
kins was a blind young man, who was taught here to
commit to memory some hymns, short stories, and the
catechism. He was quite a favorite with young boys, as
he was very good-natured, and his whistling, in which he
was very proficient, was the delight of all the down-town
boys. Elizabeth, or Betty, Adams was Madam B's as-
sistant, and as the old lady was extremely corpulent,
much of the instruction of the boys was devolved on her,
and we always found her lenient to our faults and kind
in her intercourse with us.
Mr. Daniel C. Manning had his house on the rear land,
fronting on Forrester (Bath) street. Capt. Benj. Webb,
a retired shipmaster, lived in the next house, and his son
Benjamin had his apothecary shop east of this and oppo-
site Herbert street. His wife was Hannah, daughter of
John Bray, who was an aged man and had a shoemaker's
shop on the land where the apothecary shop was after-
wards. These buildings are gone, and Mrs. West, grand-
daughter of Capt. Webb, has her elegant residence on the
rear land. William, retired apothecary, and Stephen, of
the Internal Revenue office, are children of Capt. Webb.
(To be continued.)
MRS. ELIZABETH (MARION) STORY
1721 -1746
From the portrait in possession of the Essex Institute.
ELISHA STORY OF BOSTON AND SOME OF
HIS DESCENDANTS.
COMPILED BY PERLEY DERBY, WITH ADDITIONS BY
FRANK A. GARDNER, M. D.
1. ELISHA STORY is supposed to be the patriarchal
head of this branch of the Story family in New England,
and said to have arrived in Boston from England with his
sister Sarah* about the year 1700. Mr. Savage expresses
his belief that he came to New England in the last year
of King William III. Attempts have been made to con-
nect him with the early families of the name who settled
in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, but without suc-
cess ; and hence the statement, in the Genealogical Regis-
ter, Vol. 1, page 353, concerning the Foster family, that
Sarah, one of the daughters of Reginald Foster, who
married William Story of Ipswich, was *' ancestress of
Dr. Story, formerly of Boston, and of the late Judge
Story," must be erroneous.
Elisha and his sister were members of the Old South
church in 1T04. In the registry of deeds we learn that
he was a cordwainer, and lived in Cambridge street ; and
it is said that his house occupied the site of the Revere
House.
*SAKAH STORY, sister of Elisha. was born about 1678-9. She was
married by Rev. Samuel Willard, Aug. 20, 1702, to Thomas, son of
Ambrose and Mary Dawes, of Boston, born Nov. 1, 1680. The late
Judge Dawes of Boston was a grandson, and many descendants are
now living in Boston. Children, born in Boston: (1) William, b.
Dec. 4, 1703, d. young; (2) Thomas, b. July 19, 1705, d. young; (3)
Thomas, b. Jan. 25, 1706-7; (4) Ambrose, b. Sept. 30, 1708; (5) Mary,
b. Dec. 10, 1709; (6) Sarah, b. July 24, 1711; (7) Story, b. Oct. 9.
1712; (8) William, b. Jan. 15, 1713-14, d. young; (9) Susanna, b.
Aug. 14, 1715; (10) Hannah, b. Dec. 19, 1716, d. young; (11) Rebecca,
b. Mar. 9, 1717-18; (12) William, b. Oct. 2, 1719; (13) Abigail, b.
Jan. 14, 1719-20, sic.; (14) Elizabeth, b. Feb. 28, 1722-3; (15) Hannah,
b. July 7, 1724.
(297)
298 ELI8HA STORY OP BOSTON
Elisha and Samuel Story of Boston, with 98 others,
had the grant of Nottingham, N. H., and the latter, in
1728, conveyed his share of the township to John Gilman
of Exeter. In this deed he styles himself at that date
as of Nor age (Norwich), New London Co., Colony of
Connecticut, mariner.
Samuel's father, Samuel, was the son of William Story,
sr., of Ipswich, and removed to Norwich, where he and
his wife Mary were received to church membership in
1722, leaving his son John with power of attorney to set-
tle his estate, and who afterwards removed to Norwich.
Samuel Story, sr., died in Norwich in 1726, and it was
his son Samuel who owned and sold his share in Notting-
ham, 1728.
Elisha Story made his will Jan. 6, 1723, which was
proved September 30, 1725, of which the following is an
abstract : " I give and bequeath unto my loving wife
Sarah Story, the one-third part of all my estate here in
Boston, Reall and Personal for and during the terme of
her natural life with the use and Improvement of my
whole Estate while she do continue my Widow for her
comfortable Subsistance and for bringing up my Children.
And furthermore I give and Bequeath unto my said Wife
her heirs and assigns forever all that my Lot of Lands in
Nottingham in the Province of New Hampshire with the
whole propertie thereunto in any wise appertaining, the
which Lot is Number Thirty Six in Fish street.
" Item. I give and bequeath unto my Wife, her two
Children she had by her former husband, to wit, Clement
Renouf and Rebecca Renouf, all that my other Lot in
said Nottingham, Number fourteen drawn in the name
of Clement Renouf, with the whole Propertie * * * be-
longing * * * which Lot is in North street. All my
Estate Real and Personal and lying in Boston I give and
Bequeath unto my own children." * * * He appointed
his wife Sarah and brother Thomas Dawes executors.
Mr. Story was married first, by Rev. Ebenezer Pember-
ton, Oct. 17, 1706, to Lydia, daughter of Benjamin and
Elizabeth Emmons, who died in Boston, July 21, 1713.
Mr. Story was married second, by Rev. Mr. Wadsworth,
Oct. 1, 1713, to Sarah, widow of Clement Renouf, born
AND SOME OP HIS DESCENDANTS. 299
1685, died June 23, 1741, aged 56. She was a sister of
Rev. William Cooper, of the Brattle street church, Bos-
ton, and married Mr. Renouf Sept. 1, 1704. Their son
Clement was born Aug. 20, 1705.
Children, by wife Lydia :
2. ELISHA, b. July 19, 1709; d. July 12, 1712.
3. ELISHA, b. July 21, 1713; d. July 27, 1713; d. same day (W.)
Children, by wife Sarah :
4. SARAH, b. Sept. 8, 1714 (B. R.); Sept. 14 (W.).
5. ELISHA, b. Mar. 3, 1716-17; d. Mar. 19, 1717-18.
6. LYDIA, b. Mar. 26, 1718; m. abt. 1735 Major John Box, who d.
May 30, 17 . A John Box was in Charlestown in 1730 and
received a notification that year. He was chosen constable
in Boston, Monday, March 8, 1741. (Boston City Document,
No. 66, p. 284.) Children, born in Boston: (1) John, b. Oct.
5, 1737; (2) Lydia, b. Mar. 17, 1738-9, d. Sept, 11, 1749; (3)
Ann, b. Mar. 4, 1741-2; (4) Lydia, b. Apr. 24, 1745; (5)
Sarah, b. Oct. 25, 1747; (6) Ann, b. Nov. 22, 1749.
7. WILLIAM, b. Apr. 25, 1720; d. Nov. 24, 1799.
7. WILLIAM STOBY, son of Elisha, was born in Bos-
ton, April 25, 1720, and died in Marblehead, Nov. 24,
1799. For a number of years prior to the Revolution,
he was professionally engaged as register of probate,
notary public, and clerk in the Court of Vice Admiralty
at Boston. He was an ardent supporter of the Whig
cause, and when the Stamp Act was passed and officially
proclaimed in the American colonies, he readily, by word
and act, demonstrated his opposition against what he
truly felt to be a most unjustifiable proceeding, and to
such an extent as to render his position precarious. His
house was assailed, and so demonstrative were his ene-
mies toward him as to endanger his personal safety and
that of his family, so that he determined upon a speedy
removal to Ipswich, where he had previously married his
second wife. The following petition, addressed to the
3 *A number of discrepancies appear between the manuscript gene-
alogy of the family by Mrs. Eliza White, one of the descendants of
the 3d generation, and the Boston records, particularly as to dates,
which will be noted as they occur and defined as " B. R." Boston
records, and " W." White.
300 ELISHA 8TOEY OP BOSTON
General Court in 1766, for a pecuniary recognition of
his claims as a sufferer from losses, etc., during those
riotous proceedings, will not only describe his professional
career, but explain his position and reasons for said
petition.
" To the Hon ble the Council of the Colony of Massa-
chusetts bay, in New England. .
" William Story of Ipswich in the County of Essex,
most humbly sheweth
" That he served an apprenticeship with a lawyer and
Notary public in the Town of Boston, and for the space
of twenty five years, after whilest he lived in Boston, was
constantly employed in the writing business in divers
offices, which were conferred upon him, and in the pro-
bate office, in all which he had the general approbation of
his Townsmen for his fidelity and supported himself and
family in a comfortable manner. That he was Reg r of the
Court of Vice Admiralty for a number of years which
brought him in considerable, that the Stamp Art, which
struck so deeply at the foundation of American liberty,
made provision that all fines and forfeitures should be
prosecuted and recovered in the Court of Admiralty,
which as soon as your petitioner was acquainted with, he
immediately determined to resign his said office that he
might have nothing to do with that accursed act, and
soon after did for no other reason than because he would
not officiate in a place that had a tendency to sap the very
foundation of English liberty, by which means he gave
up more than a hundred pounds lawful money a year,
and removed himself and family to Ipswich, where he has
lived ever since.
" That there is no other employment that your peti-
tioner at this time of life can be serviceable to the com-
munity, as that in which he has always been engaged, and
as humbly conceives no other person, who has been
brought up to different employment, can have an equal
claim with him to the office of Register of Probate, es-
pecially if it is brought into contemplation the loss he
sustained by giving up an office more than eight years
agoe which he might have held to this day and that only
for the cause of liberty!
AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 301
" He therefore most humbly prays your honors to take
these matters of fact (which he is ready to prove, if
called upon) into your just and wise consideration and
determine whether a person that has not only served his
time to, been constantly employed all his days, in the
business of writing and in the cause of liberty, but re-
signed an office so valuable, rather than have any hand in
fastening chains on his dear countrymen, is not fit to be
appointed by your honors to that part of business which
he has been long acquainted with, viz. Register of Pro-
bate, and he humbly prays your honors would be pleased
to confer upon him that office in the Town and County
where he lives, that he may in some measure have his
loss made up and he be able to support himself and family
with reputation.
" And your pet r as in duty bound will ever pray.
Will Story."
In the Annual Register, Vol. 9, p. 159, for the year
1766, is the announcement of the passage of an Act for
" granting compensation to the sufferers, and of free and
general pardon, indemnity and oblivion to the offenders in
the late times " ; and grants of money made to Hon.
Thomas Hutchinson, Hon. Andrew Oliver, Benjamin
Hallowell, junr., Esq., and to William Story ; to the
latter " .67, 8s. lOd. for losses and sufferings in the late
times of confusion."
Thus it appears his prayer was granted only to the
extent of a pecuniary indemnification. Bereft of his
legitimate employment, he seems to have turned his at-
tention somewhat to real estate transactions in Ipswich.
"Whether he engaged in any stated employment does not
appear, and he is distinguished on record of deeds from
another William Story, living contemporaneously with
him in Ipswich, as William Story, Esq.
Prior to 1788, he returned to Boston, and as appears,
April 29th of that year, he disposed of his estate in
Ipswich. To his sons William, a planter, Elisha, a phy-
sician, Isaac and Daniel, clergymen, John and Joseph,
lawyers, he gave them their choice of profession, and took
them into his office and instructed them in drawing up
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state papers, wills, conveyances, and all the practice of a
lawyer, except pleading at the bar.
It is probable that Mr. Story remained in Boston but
a short time before his removal to Marblehead, where one
of his daughters was married as early as 178 7. Of his
history while a resident of that place we have little or no
account.
The following obituary notice appeared in the Salem
Gazette of Nov. 26, 1799 :- " Died suddenly, at Marble-
head, William Story, Esq., formerly of Boston, in the
eightieth year of his age. He had been long wishing for
the hour of his dissolution and constantly expressed a
hope that it was not far off. He went to the house of
God, as was his unremitting practice, and after public
service was over, retired to dine at his son's house ; and
just as he had finished his dinner, was seized by an attack
of Angina Pectoris, and died in three minutes, without a
sigh or a groan. He was distinguished for his temper-
ance, patriotism and piety. The friends and relatives are
hereby informed that the funeral will be on Tuesday, at
half past three, from the house of Rev. Mr. Story."
There is no will or administration of his estate on
record. He was married, first, at Boston, by Rev. Thomas
Foxcroft, Aug. 5*, 1741, to Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph
and Eleanorf (Bridge) Marion, born Boston, Aug. 22,
1721, died Oct. 18, 1746. It was in the office of Mr.
Marion, who was a distinguished lawyer, that Mr. Story
studied the law. He married, second, May 14, 1747, by
Rev. Nathaniel Rogers, Joanna, daughter of Major Isaac
and Priscilla Appleton, of Ipswich, born Nov. 17, 1717;
died about 1775. He married, third, by Rev. Mr. Mer-
riam, Feb. 29, 1776, widow Abigail Marshall, of Newton,
who died in Boston, Nov. 15, 1798.
Children, by wife Elizabeth, born in Boston :
8. ELEANOBJ., b. May 9, 1742; d. Ipswich, March, 1767. The
Boston Gazette of March 19, 1767, has the following obitu-
ary notice : " We hear from Ipswich that Mrs. Ellen Story
*Aug. 13th Story bible.
tEllen, according to Marion bible and Story family bible.
JEllen (Marion and Story family Bibles).
May 8th Story bible.
AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 303
Dodge, the virtuous consort of Capt. Thomas Dodge, and
oldest daughter of William Story, Esq., departed this life
Monday last, whose death is greatly lamented by all who
knew her." She married in Boston, Oct. 19, 1763, Capt.
Thomas Dodge, of Ipswich, a master mariner, son of Wil-
liam and Rebecca (Appleton) Dodge of Ipswich. He was
bapt. in Ipswich Nov. 6, 1742, and died in Lisbon (now
Concord), N. H. No issue.
9. ELISHA, b. Dec. 3, 1743; d. Aug. 27, 1805.
10. ELIZABETH ANNE*, b. Sept. 9, 1745; d. Ipswich, June 26, 1775;
married at Hampton, Oct., 1766, Col. John Heard of
Ipswich, b. 1744, d. Aug. 11, 1834. He was the son of Dan-
iel and Mary (Baker) Heard. He was at one time a member
of the Massachusetts Senate. Children, born in Ipswich:
(1) Joanna, b. June 21, 1768; (2) Ammi Ruhama, bapt. Oct.
1, 1769; (3) Elizabeth, b. Feb. 16 (T. R.), (Feb. 12, P. R.),
1771, d. April 1771; (4) Elizabeth, b. May 15, 1772, d. July
6, 1773; (5) Mary, b. May 27, 1773, d. Oct. 9, 1795; (6) John,
b. Jan. 12, 1775.
Children, by wife Joanna, born in Boston :
11. WILLIAM, b. Mar. 17, 1748; d. Dec. 17, 1806.
12. ISAAC, b. Sept. 9, 1749; d. Oct. 23, 1816.
13. JOANNA, b. May 27, 1751; d. young.
14. JOSEPH, b. Sept. 19, 1753. He was a private in Captain Abra-
ham Dodge's company, Colonel Moses Little's Regiment,
serving from May 30, 1775, through the year. During 1776
he was in Colonel Moses Little's 12th Regiment, Continen-
tal Army. From March 2, 1777, to December 31, 1779, he
was in Captain John Burnam's Company, Colonel Michael
Jackson's 8th Regiment, Massachusetts Line, the last three
months as corporal. He was a sergeant in the same com-
pany from January 1 to April 1, 1780. He was educated a
lawyer and merchant. Removed to New Madrid, Mo.,
where he became a wealthy planter, and married a lady of
Spanish descent, but left no issue. He was last heard from
in 1816, through letters directed from New Madrid to St.
Joseph.
15. JOHN, b. Aug. 6, 1754; d. Burlington, Pa., June 20, 1791, while
serving as U. S. Commissioner to that State. He served as
commissary to Colonel Little's Regiment (4 Force V., p.
1271). He joined the Ordnance Department as conductor
of military stores, in March, 1776. In September, 1776, he
Elizabeth Anna Story bible.
304 ELISHA STOEY OF BOSTON
was appointed paymaster of Hitchcock's llth Regiment.
June 1, 1777, he became Brigade Quartermaster under
General Glover, and four months later Deputy Quartermas-
ter General, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, under
General Nathaniel Greene. He held that office until No-
vember, 1780, after which he served in the Quartermaster
General's Department. In September, 1781, he was ap-
pointed Aide-de-Camp to General Lord Stirling, and held
that position until his commander's death in December,
1782. He was much respected and beloved.
16. DANIEL, b. July 28, 1756; d. at Marietta, Ohio. He was edu-
cated at Princeton College, N. J . ; studied divinity at New
Haven, Conn., and becoming interested in the settlement
of Marietta, was with the first company, under Manasseh
Cutler, who went from New England to found that place.
He was the first minister called to preach over their newly
organized church; and came on horseback the whole of
that distance to Hamilton, Mass., to be ordained over the
aforesaid church. His brother Isaac preached the ordina-
tion sermon.
17. EBENEZER, b. Aug. 7, 1757; d. young.
18. SABAH, b. July 28, 1759; m. Dec. 23, 1787, Ebenezer Clough of
Marblehead. Children, b. in Marblehead: (1) Samuel,
bapt. Dec. 21, 1788; (2) John, bapt. Oct. 26, 1790; (3) Isaac,
bapt. July 21, 1793; (4) Joanna, bapt. Aug. 6, 1799, d. Lynn,
Nov. 25, 1857.
9. ELISHA STORY, son of William, was born in Bos-
ton, Dec. 3, 1743, and died in Marblehead, Aug. 27, 1805.
From the life of Judge Story, we learn that he received
his instruction at the Latin school in Boston, under the
tutorship of the renowned Master Lovell. His father, a
strict and religious disciplinarian, objected to his entering
Harvard College, on account of the strong savor of Ar-
minianism supposed to haunt the halls of that time-hon-
ored institution. He was a sturdy Whig and a Republi-
can, and took an early and active part in the Revolution,
and was a leader of one of the squads of the " Sons of
Liberty," who destroyed the tea in Boston harbor. Soon
after the breaking out of the war he entered the army as
a surgeon, in Col. Little's regimeut, marched to Lexing-
ton, April 10, 1775, and fought as a volunteer from Con-
cord to Boston. At the battle of Bunker's Hill, June 17,
AND SOME OP HIS DESCENDANTS. 305
1775, he fought in the trenches at the side of his friend,
Dr. Joseph Warren, until obliged to assist in removing a
wounded friend to Winter hill, " where," as he remarked,
" I passed the night in taking care of the wounded and
dying." He was one of the two commanders of the "Sons
of Liberty " who surprised, gagged and bound the senti-
nels and seized the two brass cannon placed upon the
Common to intimidate the inhabitants. Models of these
pieces are now deposited in the top of Bunker Hill mon-
ument. June 30, 1775, he was engaged as surgeon, in
Colonel Moses Little's 17th Regiment.
Dr. Story was with General Washington during the
campaign of 1777, in the Jerseys, at the close of which
year he retired from service through disgust of the mis-
management of the medical department, but carrying
with him the highest respect and admiration of his Gen-
eral. After the disbandment of his regiment, the 12th
Mass., he returned to the practice of his profession.
About this time the town of Marblehead was so infected
with the small pox that the inhabitants were obliged to
inoculate throughout the place, and the selectmen sent to
the authorities of Boston to recommend a physician who
was well acquainted with the disease. They accordingly
recommended Dr. Story, introducing him to his patrons
of that town, with a certificate which mentions him to
have served two years with Dr. E. Mather, a physician of
distinction at Lyme, Conn., and returning to Boston,
served four years longer with Dr. John Sprague, and set-
ting forth his skill in the treatment of the various com-
mon and complicated diseases.
After the disease had subsided and the place once more
was restored to a healthy condition, Dr. Story was strong-
ly urged to remain in the practice of his profession, to
which entreaty he at length assented, and continued there
the remainder of his days. He proved eminently success-
ful, gained an extensive practice, and was often consulted
in difficult cases by the noted Dr. Holyoke of Salem.
Judge Story describes the Doctor's personal appearance
as follows : " He had been a handsome man in his youth,
with blue eyes, of singular vivacity, eyebrows regularly
arched, a fine nose, and an expressive mouth ; he possessed
306 ELISHA STORY OF BOSTON
great blandness of manners approaching to elegance. Not
a man of genius, but of plain practical sense, and a quick
insight into the deeds of his fellow-men ; he made but a
modest pretension to learning. He was very efficient and
successful in his practice."
His will follows : " In the Name of God, Amen. I
Elisha Story of Marblehead, in the County of Essex, in
the State of Massachusetts, Physician, being of a sound
and disposing mind do make my last will and testament
in manner following.
" First, I bequeath my soul to God, hoping for his
mercy through the only merits of my Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ, and I order that my body be decently buried
at the discretion of my Executrix, with as little expence
as possible. I say this because I know the partiality of
my friends would lead them to too great expence.
" I also desire that no monument beyond a middle sized
stone with a simple inscription be erected.
" As to the rest, it is uncertain what I shall have after
my just debts are discharged (be that as it may) after
they are paid which I request may be as soon after my
discease as conveniently can be by my Executrix.
" My will concerning my worldly substance is short ; as
my beloved faithfull and affectionate wife did during the
whole time in which I have lived most happily with her,
take on her the charge and management of my children
whom I had by my former wife, and did conduct that
trust reposed in her with great patience and prudence,
which probably have few examples, and thereby left my
mind free to prosecute my professional engagements.
" And whereas it has pleased God to give me a numer-
ous offspring, whereby the prudence and economy of my
wife in her domestic affairs is considerably increased and
will require great exertions in her to bring them up, so
as to be able to get their living, if it should please God
to remove me before her.
" I therefore by this my last will give, devise and be-
queath unto my amiable wife Mehitable Story all my real
estate of whatever kind, and all my personal estate of
whatever kind, to hold and to have the same to her and
her heirs forever, subject however as to the real estate to
AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 307
the limitations hereinafter mentioned in case of her mar-
riage.
" And if my said wife Mehitable should marry after my
decease, then I give her all my real estate for her sole
use during her natural life ; and I further give her full
power in her discretion to sell and in her own name
to make valid deed or deeds of all or any part of
the reversion of such real estate in fee or otherwise,
and to vest the proceeds of such sale in some trustee,
other than her husband, to be by her named in such deed
or deeds of conveyance to be disposed of in educating
my younger children till the age of fourteen years, and
in default of such sale, I further give her full power to
appoint by writing under her hand in whome the same
real estate shall rest in fee or otherwise after her discease,
with full power in such trustee or trustees so appointed
to sell or otherwise dispose of the same real estate, wholly
or in part for the educating my younger children to the
same age, and in default of such appointment, the said
real estate shall remain to her heirs for the same purposes.
And when all my children have arrived at the age of
fourteen years, if any of such real estate shall remain un-
disposed of for their education as aforesaid, then the
said powers of appointment and sale shall cease, and my
real estate subject to the said life estate of my said wife,
shall remain and be equally divided among all my chil-
dren. But it is my express understanding that if my said
wife never marries after my discease, all my real estate
shall be to her and her heirs. But, if she dies without
disposal of the same, then the same shall be equally di-
vided among all my children.
" Secondly, I do earnestly recommend to my beloved
wife my children which I had by my former wife to her
particular favour and if in her power to mark them with
some token of her affection.
" Thirdly, I do give and bequeath unto each and every
of my children the sum of Five dollars to be paid them
and each of them by my Executrix within six months
after my discease.
" Fourthly, I also request my Executrix hereafter men-
tioned not to distress the Poor who may owe me at my
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discease, but receive their debts as they may be able to
pay in ever so small a sum.
" I also make my wife, Mehitable Story aforesaid, my
sole Executrix of this my last will, knowing that she will
receive advice and assistance from her son Joseph, to
whom I recommend her and her concerns, though that,
perhaps, is needless. I do it to mark my special confi-
dence in his affection, skill and abilities.
" Signed and sealed as my last will and testament this
twenty-first day of August, Eighteen hundred & three
being written all with my own hand without the recom-
mendation of any person whatever.
Elisha Story."
Witnesses : John Bond, Thomas Williams, John Wil-
liams.
Dr. Story married, first, Sept. 13, 1767, Ruth, daughter
of John and Tabitha (Drinker) Ruddock, born in Bos-
ton, March 5, 1745-6 ; died in Marblehead, March 21,
1778, and described on her gravestone in the 2d Church
burial ground as " the daughter of the late patriotic John
Ruddock of Boston." He married, second, Dec. 2, 1778
(B. R.), Nov. 29 (W.), Mehitable, daughter of Major
John and Mehitable (Stacey) Pedrick, of Marblehead,
baptized June 4, 1758, died in East Boston, Aug. 9, 1847,
aged 89 years. Judge Story, in a correspondence with
his son William, speaks of her as a young woman " nine-
teen yrs. of age when married, and assumed the care of
seven children of a previous mother ; was slight in her
frame, bnt handsome and vivacious, and of a vigorous
constitution."
Children, by wife Ruth :
19. JOHN RUDDOCK, b. Sept. 8, 1769, Boston; d. Lynn, Nov. 1,
1846.
20. TABITHA, b. Mar. 17, 1771; d. Marblehead, Feb. 1, 1852; m.
Nov. 4, 1792, Nathaniel King, son of Robert and Mary
(King) Devereux of Marblehead. Children: (1) Ruth Rud-
dock, b. Aug., 1794, d. Sept. 10, 1795; (2) Elisha Story,
bapt. Nov. 15, 1795, d. Oct. 12, 1810, on board the schooner
"Tarn;" (3) Ruth, bapt. Feb. 24, 1799; (4) Mary King, b.
Jan. 14, 1801, d. May 17, 1802; (5) Robert, bapt. Nov. 7,
1802; (6) Nathaniel, d. Oct. 11, 1814; (7) James, d. Nov.
AND SOME OP HIS DESCENDANTS. 309
25, 1819, thrown from a carriage; (8) William, bapt. Feb. 7,
1808; (9) Ralph Potter, bapt. Oct. 21, 1810.
21. ABIEL RUDDOCK, b. Boston, April 5, 1772. The Marblehead
records give the decease of Capt. Abiel Story, " Dec. 2,
1829, of consumption, aged 58," which would correspond
with the date of his birth. Mrs. White states it as 1806.
There being no administration of his estate on record, it is
difficult to determine the correct date. He m. Feb. 2, 1799
(Mhd. Rec.), Huldah Clough. She was called "Mrs." Hul-
dab. Clough in the marriage intention. She was probably
the Huldah Green who married Samuel Clough in Marble-
head, March 1, 1787. Samuel Clough, who was son of
Ebenezer, died in Marblehead, September 28, 1787, aged 22
years, 2 months. Child : (1) Eloise Green, bapt. Aug. 29,
1802; d. young.
22. ELISHA MARION, b. Boston, Apr. 5, 1772; d. young.
23. REBECCA, b. Boston, July 18, 1773; removed, with her hus-
band, to St. Bartholomew, W. I., where she d. in 1812. She
m., 1st, Nov. 7, 1798, by Rev. Joseph Eckley, Francis Denis
Liebe; mar. 2d, to another Frenchman, by name Robainna.
Children, by 1st marriage: (1) Rebecca, b. Aug., 1794; m.
1st, Capt. John Taylor, who was lost at sea ; m. 2d, to a
Mr. Martinez, by whom she had 2 chn. : (a) Wm. Fetty-
place, and (b) John. These sons lived in the vicinity of
Boston, and were known by the name of Martin, having
dropped the last syllable " ez." William served with dis-
tinction as captain in the Civil War. (2) Francis Augustus.
Children by 2dm.: (a) Terazini; (b) Aurora; (c) Augus-
tina; and others.
24. WILLIAM, b. Maiden, Aug. 18, 1774; d. Salem, Mar. 17, 1864.
25. ELLEN MABION, b. Maiden, Oct. 8, 1775; d. Marblehead, Aug.
9, 1821. She and her husband were buried in the Elm
Street burial ground, near the entrance. Married, Oct. 19,
1794, Samuel, son of Samuel and Sarah Roads, of Marble-
head, who died Nov. 28, 1836, aged 73 years. Children, b.
in Marblehead: (1) Samuel, bapt. Aug. 28, 1796, d. June 1,
1826; (2) John, b. 1798; (3), William, b. 1801; (4) Augustine,
b. 1803; (5) Stephen; (6) Ellen, bapt. Feb. 21, 1813; (7)
George, b. 1808, d. Oct. 5, 1833.
26. A SON, b. Mar. 20, 1778; d. next day.
Children, by wife Mehitable :
27. JOSEPH, b. Sept. 18, 1779; d. Sept. 10, 1845.
28. MEHITABLE, b. Apr. 16, 1781; d. East Boston, Dec. 3, 1863; m.,
June 17, 1804, by Rev. Samuel Dana, to William, son of
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Edward and Jane (Williams) Fettyplace of Marblehead, b.
May, 1780, d. at East Boston, Nov. 30, 1867, aged 87 ; mer-
chant. Children, b. at Marblehead: (1) Mary Lynde Fitch
Oliver, b. June 9, 1805; m., Dec. 17, 1828, by Rev. Henry
Colman, to Lewis P., son of Moses and Anna (Town) Endi-
cott, b. Danvers, July 27, 1805; d. Boston, Nov. 6, 1870.
After his decease, she, with her sister, removed to Chicago.
Children: (a) Lewis Fitch, b. Sept. 23, 1829; d. Sept. 20,
1865. (b) Harriet Story White, b. May 6, 1831; d. Jan. 17,
1848. (c) William Fettyplace, b. June 29, 1835. (d) Edward
Marion, b. July 17, 1840. (2) Jane Williams.
29. ISAAC, b. Feb. 18, 1783; d. Dec. 29, 1852.
30. ELIZA, b. Dec. 3, 1784; d. at Boston, Sept. 2, 1865; m. Jan. 19,
1808, by Rev. James Bowers, to Capt. Joseph, son of Henry
and Phebe (Brown) White, b. Salem, Jan. 8, 1781, d. May
5(W.), 1816 (May 4th Story Bible). Children, b. in Salem:
(1) Elizabeth Stone, b. Aug. 27, 1809; d. Aug. 15, 1842; m.,
by Rev. Henry Colman, July 1, 1829, to Samuel Cally, son
of Samuel and Anne Orne Gray of Boston, formerly of
Salem, b. Sept. 7, 1792, d. Dec. 15, 1849. Children: (a)
Samuel Cally, b. Apr. 17, 1830. (b) Charlotte Sargent, b.
Oct. 27, 1832; m. Apr. 9, 1856, Henry, son of Mindert and
Mary Van Shaick of New York, (c) Elizabeth Stone White,
b. Jan. 3, 1835; m. Jan. 26, 1858, John Ellis, son of John
Rice and Ellis Blake of New York. (2) Mary Barrow, b.
Mar. 27, 1811; m., May 31, 1831, by Rev. Francis W. P.
Greenwood, to George William, son of William Pratt, of
Derby, England, later of Boston, and Mary (Williams)
Pratt, formerly of Salem. Children: (a) George Williams,
b. Feb. 2, 1832; d. in Italy, (b) William, b. Ang. 5, 1834.
(c) Robert Marion, b. Nov. 10, 1837. (d) Joseph White, d.
in infancy. (3) Charlotte Sophia, b. Dec. 23, 1812; d. Feb.
23, 1813. (4) Charlotte Sophia, b. Aug. 8, 1814; d. June 1,
1854; m., Dec. 2, 1834, John Turner, son of John T. and
Christiana K. Swan Sargent. Children: (a) Joseph White,
b. Mar. 6, 1836; (b) Charlotte Sophia, b. ; (c)
Christiana Kady Swan, b. Mar. 17, 1839; (d) John Turner,
b. Oct. 14, 1840; (e) William Story, b. Oct. 4, 1842; (f)
Elizabeth White Gray, b. Aug. 19, 1844; (g) Edward Mari-
on, b. 1847, d. young; (h) Edward Marion, b. May 30, 1849;
(i) Arthur Winthrop, b. June 26, 1853.
81. HAEBIET, b. Jan. 21, 1787; d. June 19, 1827; m. Aug. 9, 1808,
by Rev. James Bowers, to Stephen, son of Henry and Phebe
(Brown) White, who died Aug. 10, 1841. Children: (1)
Harriet Story, b. Nov. 29, 1809; m. , 1831, James
MRS. CHARLOTTE (STORY) FORRESTER
1788-1867
From the portrait by Stuart (1825), now in the possession
of the Essex Institute.
AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 311
William Paige of Boston. Children : (a) James William;
(b) Harriette White, m. Apr. 12, 1853, Abbott, son of Abbott
and Katherine (Bigelow) Lawrence of Boston. Eight chn.
(2) Caroline, b. June, 1811; m. Daniel Fletcher, son of Hon.
Daniel and Grace (Fletcher) Webster. Colonel Daniel
Fletcher Webster was colonel of the 12 th Regt. Mass. Vol-
unteers in the Rebellion and was killed at the head of his
regiment at the battle of Bull Run, August 30, 1862.
Children: (a) Grace; (b) Grace; (c) Caroline White; (d)
Daniel Fletcher; (e) Julia Apple ton; (f) Ashburton. (3)
Ellen Marion, b. Aug., 1812; m. John Benjamin, son of
Benjamin and Hannah Barrel Joy. (4) Joseph, b. Jan., 1813;
died in Boston.
32. CHARLOTTK, b. Oct. 16, 1788 (1789 Story bible); d. Salem,
Dec. 16, 1867; m. Oct. 25, 1810, at St. Michael's church,
Marblehead, by Rev. James Bowers, to John, son of Simon
and Rachel (Hathorne) Forrester, b. Oct. 3, 1781, d. Salem,
Jan. 25, 1837. Children: (1) Charlotte Story, b. Sept. 4,
1811; d. Apr. 27, 1873; m. Dec. 19, 1832, George Humphrey,
son of Humphrey and Eliza (Dodge) Devereux, b. Dec. 1,
1809. H. C., 1829. Merchant. For many years connected
with the military of Salem. He commanded the Salem Light
Infantry and in 1848 resigned to become Adjutant General
of Massachusetts. Children: (a) George Forrester, b. Sept.
2, 1833. He was commissioned March 2, 1865, second lieu-
tenant in the 2nd U. S. Vol. Reg't; (b) John Forrester, b.
Mar. 12, 1835. He was a captain in the llth Reg't Mass.
Inf. in Dec. 1861. (c) Arthur Forrester, b. Apr. 27, 1836.
He was commander of the Salem Zouaves (Co. J. 8th Mass.
Reg't), April 18, 1861. August 3, 1861, he was commissioned
Lieut. Col. of the 19th Reg't, Mass. Inf., was promoted
Col. Nov. 29, 1862, and brevetted Brig. Gen. U. S. Vol. in
1864. He was wounded at Antietam. He died February 14,
1906. (d) Charles Upham, b. June 27, 1838. He was first
sargeant of the Salem Zouaves, April 18, 1861, and captain
of Co. H., 19th Reg't Mass. Infantry, November 15, 1861.
He was wounded at Antietam. (e) Walter Forrester, b.
Sept. 7, 1841. During the Civil War he was a captain in the
47th Reg't U. S. Colored Infantry, (f) Marianne Silsbee, b.
Sept. 21, 1843; (g) Philip Humphrey, b. Oct. 5, 1845; (h)
Charlotte Forrester, m. Francis Quarles Story; (i) Eliza
Dodge. (2) John, b. May 16, 1813. (3) George Heley
Hutchinson, b. Feb. 23, 1815. (4) Rachel, b. Feb. 5, 1817.
(5) Charles, b. Dec. 14, 1818; d. Feb. 7, 1864. (6) Elizabeth
Marion, b. Aug. 14, 1820. (7) Simon, b. Feb. 8, 1823; d. Oct.
312 ELISHA STORY OF BOSTON
23, 1855, at Nicaragua. (8) Louisa, b. Jan. 19, 1825. (9)
Annie Maria, b. Apr. 2, 1827. (10) Henry Williams, b. Jan.
23, 1829; d. Mar. 81, 1830.
33. CAROLINE, b. Oct. 24, 1791 (Story bible); bapt. Oct. 31, 1790
(2d Church Rds., Marblehead); d. Nov. 1, 1874, at Boston.
34. HOBAOE CULLEN, b. Jan. 20, 1793 (Story bible); bapt. Nov. 4,
1792 (2d Church Rds.); d. at New Orleans, July 26, 1823.
35. FRANKLIN HOWARD, b. Mar. 6, 1795 ; d. Feb. 13, 1871.
36. FREDERICK WASHINGTON CHATHAM, b. Apr. 5, 1797; lost in
the English channel, Dec. 21, 1819; unm.
37. ELOISA ADALINE, b. Oct. 4, 1799; d. Salem, June 5, 1858; m.
by Rev. Thomas Carlisle, Feb. 20, 1820, to John Tucker, son
of Daniel H. and Marcia (Tucker) Mansfield, who d. at Bos-
ton Mar. 25, 1839. Children : (1) John Tucker, b. Aug. 6,
1820; (2) Stephen White, b. June 24, 1827; (3) Gideon
Tucker, b. Mar. 12, 1829; (4) Marcia Tucker, b. Jan. 3,
1833; (5) Horace Cullen, b. Jan. 25, 1836; (6) Henry Tucker,
b. Feb. 2, 1838.
11. WILLIAM STORY, son of William, was born in
Boston, March 17, 1748, and died in Georgetown, D. C.,
Dec. 17, 1806. He was educated as a merchant. For
some time after the decease of his first wife, he was
a clerk in the Treasury Department at Philadelphia. At
the close of his life he held the office of Secretary of State
under Jefferson's administration. He married, first, Dec.
6, 1778, by Rev. Mr. Stillman, Bathsheba, daughter of
Nicholas and Bathsheba (Edwards) Gray, of Boston, a
distant relative of Hon. William Gray, of Boston, for-
merly of Salem. She died in Ipswich, Aug. 12, 1791.
He married, second, at Philadelphia, Lydia W., daughter
of Judge Phillips of the District of Columbia. When
Mr. Story removed from Ipswich he left his children in
the care of his wife's sister, Betsy Gray, who married, Oct.
15, 1797, William Treadwell of Ipswich. He occupied a
house belonging to his father William.
Children :
38. BATHSHEBA, b. Jan. 16, 1780; d. Sept. 8, 1811, unm.
39. JOANNA, b. Apr. 11, 1781; d. Oct. 8, 1783.
40. WILLIAM, b. July 27, 1782; d. Dec. 18, 1812.
(To be continued.')
THE PKOBATE EECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY,
MASSACHUSETTS.
(Continued from Vol. L, page
ESTATE OF WILLIAM NEVILL OF IPSWICH.
" I william Nevill of Ipswich singleman being weake of
body but of pfect memory & vnderstanding doe make this
my last will & Testament as followeth I comit my soule to
god that gave it & my body to the earth when I shall depart
this life and for my worldly goods I thus dispose of them
first that Phisitian & other debts that I owe shalbe paid
Alsoe I give Mary whipple my bible and I give to her & to
the rest of my m r children that which my master oweth me
alsoe I give that which my dame oweth me ; and 18 d which
Philip ffowler oweth me to william Robinson alsoe I give to
william Gooderson my interest in the Teame hired of m r
Bradstreet and in the ground hired of m r Garner being ptner
with william Robinson as alsoe in an other bargaine and
agreement wherein william Robinson & I are ptners and my
will is that william Gooderson shall have halfe the profitt
past & to come & to beare halfe the charges that are past &
are yet to pay for & that shalbe hereafter to be done Alsoe
I give to Goody Langton the feed wheat alsoe I give to Mary
Langton that {which goodman Hortou oweth me alsoe I
give to Joseph Langton my fowling peece also I give to
Sarah Langton my barly Alsoe I give John wooddam one
bu shell of Barly as is at Goodman Quilters & a little debt
which John doth owe me And lastly I make Roger Langton
my only executor & overseer of this last will & Testament
Alsoe I give Ann whipple my chest wittnes my hand the 2
month the 15 th day 1643."
william Nevell
Witness: Joseph Morse, Thomas Dorman.
Proved 7m: J643.
Ipswich Deeds, vol. 1, leaf 5.
(313)
314 THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY.
ESTATE OF WILLIAM WALCOTT OF SALEM.
Willia Walcott's wife, children and estate committed to
Eichard Inkersell, his father-in-law, 27 : 10 : 1643, to be dis-
posed of " according to God ; and the said Wm. Waleott to
bee & Remaine as his servant." Salem Quarterly Court Rec-
ords, vol. 2, page 146.
ESTATE OF CHARLES TURNER OF SALEM.
Creditors of widow of Charles Turner, deceased, ordered
27 : 10 : 1643, to prove claims. Inventory of his estate to be
brought in, " for y e more peacable & comfortable subsistance
of the widdow." Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 2,
page 149.
Widow Kachell Turner brought in inventory ult : 12m : 1643
of estate, of her husband, Charles Turner. Estate to be paid
to creditors by Ealph Fogg, for the court. Salem Quarterly
Court Records, vol. 2, page 158.
ESTATE OF JOHN SANDERS OF SALEM.
" The Last wil & testament of John Sanders, inhabytant
of the Towne of Salem, I bequeath unto my sonn John
Sandars my Tenn Aker lot with my hous new built on the
Commons side right over a gainst it when he Come to the age
of one & twentie yeers or at the death of his mother with
the Aker And halfe of middow ground adioyning to it and I
do be trust my father Joseph Graften & goodman Hardie to
see this my wil & ded performed mad in the yeere 1643 y*
28 of October." [no signature.]
Witness : Nathaniell Porter, Henrye Birdsall.
" Testified upon oaths in Court & also y* the sd Jn Sand r s
Left all the Kest of his Estate to his wyfe."
Proved 28 : 10 : 1643.
Salem Quarterly Court Files, vol. I, leaf 18.
ESTATE OF ABRAHAM BELKNAP OF LYNN.
Will of Abram Belknap sworn to, 20 : 12 : 1643. Salem
Quarterly Court Records, vol. 2, page 150.
Inventory of estate of Abraham Belknap of Lynn, who
deceased the beginning of the 7 mo. 1643, taken by William
(his mark) Tilton and Edward Tomlins, 16 : 12 : 1643 :
Sheep, 4 yewes, 51i. ; 2 wethers, Hi. 6s. 8d. ; 7 yerlinge
calfes, 31i. lOd. ; 2 cowes and calfes, 81i. 10s. ; 2 yerlinge
THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY. 315
calfes, 31i. 15s. ; 4 yow gotes, Hi. 6s. 8d. ; 1 kidd, 4s. ; 1 sow
and piggs, Hi. ; 4 shottes, lli. 10s. ; the houses and 5 akres
of land, 71i. ; 2 akers of planting Land, lli. 10s. ; 2 akers salt
marsh, lli. ; 6 akers salt marsh at fox hill, 21i. ; 30 akers at
the village, 21i. ; 1 braspitt, 10s. ; 1 iron cettle, 6s. 8d. ; 1
brascettle, 3s. 4d. ; 3 ould skillets, 3s. ; 1 friing pan, Is. ; pot
hookes and pot hangers, 2s. 6d. ; 1 spitt, Is. 6d. ; 7 pewtor
platters, 14s. ; 1 bras pestill & morter, 2s. 6d. ; 1 candle stick
and dripping pan, 2s.; 1 ould warming pan, 3s. 4d. j 1 payre
of tongs, Is. ; 1 payre andirons, 2s. ; 1 table, 3s. ; 1 Chyer,
2s. 6d. ; 1 chest, 1 box, 4s. ; 1 chest, Is.; 2 flock beds, 1
boulster, 13s. 4d.; 1 f ether bed & boulster, lli. ; 3 coverlettes,
lli. 6s. 8d. ; 4 blankits, 13s. 4d. ; 3 pillowes, 6s. ; 3 prs.
sheetes, lli. ; 1 sheete, 2s. 6d. ; 2 payre pillow beres, 6s. ; 2
table clothes, 4s. ; 1 doos. of napkins, 3s. ; ould iron, 4
wedges, 4s. ; 1 ould ax, Is. ; 1 ould hatchett, 8d. ; 1 mattock,
Is. 6d. ; total, 531i. 10s. 3d. Signed by Mary (her mark)
Belknapp. The estate owed Joseph Armytage, Francis In-
galls, Goodman Phillipes, Rich. Rowton, Tho. Laighton, Ed.
Farington, Jerard Spencer, Mr. Kinge and John Person,
amounting to 51i. 13s. 3d. Salem Quarterly Court Files, vol.
1, leaf 18.
ESTATE OF ROBERT ANDBEWS OF IPSWICH.
'* the first of March 1643. In the name of god amen I
Robert Andrewes of Ipsw ch in New England being of pfect
vnderstanding & memory doe make this my last will & Tes-
tament Imprimis I comend my soule into the hands of my
mercifull Creator & redeemer & I doe comitt my body after
my departure out of this world to be buried in seemly man-
ner by my frends &c concerning my estate Imprimis I doe
make my eldest sonne John Andrewes my executor Item I
give vnto my wife Elizabeth Andrews forty pounds and to
John Griffin the sonne of Humfry Griffin sixteene pounds to
be paid vnto him when he shalbe Twenty one yeares of age,
& if he shall dye before he comes to that age it shall returne
to my two sonnes John & Thomas Andrewes Item concern-
ing my sonne Thomas Andrews my will is that he shall live
with his brother John Andrews three yeares two of which
he shalbe helpfull to his brother John Andrewes in his hus-
bandry and the last of the three yeares he shall goe to achoole
to recover his learning and if he shall goe to the vniversity
or shall set himselfe vpon some other way of living his
brother John shall allow him ten pounds by the yeare for
f oure yeares & then fifteene pounds by the yeare for two
316 THE PBOBATB RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY.
yeares succeeding after. Item concerning the fourescore
pounds which is to be paid vnto my sonne in lawe
ffrancklins daughter Elizabeth ffrancklin my grand-
child my will is that if she die before the debt is due
it shalbe thus disposed ten pounds of it shall goe to my
sonne Daniell Hovies Child Daniell Hovey my grand child
and the other sea v [en] ty pounds shalbe divided betweene
my Two sonnes John & Thomas Andrews and if those my
Two sonnes should dye then thirty pounds should be divided
betweene my kinsmen John Thomas & Robert Burnum by
equall porcons. & Twenty more should goe to Humphry
Gryffins Two other sonnes & the other Twenty shall goe to
Daniell Hovey. And because my sonne John Andrewes is
yet vnder age I doe comend him vnto Thomas Howlet as his
Guardian vntill he shall come of age."
Kobert Andrews.
Witness : William Knight, John whipple, Thomas Scot
and Joseph Metcalfe.
Proved 26 : 1 : 1644.
Ipswich Deeds, vol. 1, leaf 6.
ESTATE OF KOBERT MUZZET OF IPSWICH.
" Januarij 5 AD 1642 I Robert Mussy of the Towne of
Ipswich in New England expecting my change approaching
though at p r sent of firme memory & vnderstanding And de-
siring seasonably to sett in order my estate of earthly goods
that the lord hath gratiously given me doe thus dispose
thereof in particulars as follow : ffirst I give & bequeath
vnto Bridgett my wife the howse & howslott that lyes in the
west street of the Towne neare ioyning to the howse of John
Dane the elder w th the out howsen ptainyng vnto it during
her life, and she to keepe it in sufficient repayring But the
commonage ptayning to my howse & land I leave to be di-
vided betwixt my wife & children according to the discretion
of my overseers Alsoe the free vse of a peece of land that I
bought latly of John Newman which of the quantity of six
acres whether more or lesse ioyning to my farme on the south
side of it at Egipt River and this for the terme of her wid-
dowes estate. Likewise I give vnto her one of the bedds
that I lye vpon (which she shall like best) the rugg one paire
of blanketts and one paire of sheets one pillow & bowlster
& two pillowbeeres to inioye them for the tyme of her wid-
dowhood. I likewise give vnto my wife a morter bell mettle
skillett an iron pott & pott hangers a Coltrell or tramell & a
brasse kettle during her widdowhood moreover I give her
THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY. 317
two Ewe goates only willing if they prosp she give two Ewe-
goates to my daughter Mary I alsoe give her the biggest
chest but not to be carried out of my howse alsoe the table
but both to be standing in the howse for my daughter Mary
afterward : And as for such things as she brought with her
I leave them wholly w th out any intermeddling therewith.
Item I bequeath to Joseph my eldest sonne my farme w th all
the app r tuncs belonging vnto it lying on the other side of
Egipt river only reserving a peece of land called the Cowleas
and a peece of meadow adioyning to it called the rocky
meadowes all which may containe Twenty acres Alsoe I give
to him my muskett and what belongs to it Alsoe I give to
him foure pewter platters And a felling axe two dubble
hookes and my biggest fowling peece alsoe a firepan & tongs.
And one bed & a paire of sheets a couerlett & a blankett the
second biggest chest alsoe a paire of cobirons and a plow
chaine & a spitt & three wedges & a warming pan two nar-
row howes & one silver spoone Alsoe I give vnto him my
dun mare, one diap napkin & two hollan napkins one of the
best hollan pillowbeeres all which I give to him & his heires
for ever Item I give vnto my sonne Beniamin the Cowleas
& the Rocky meadowe both adioyning to my farme alsoe a
peece of land which was foremenconed to be my wives dur-
ing the tyme of her widdowes estate & noe longer that I
bought of John Newman containyng the quantity of six
acres whether more or lesse that I give to my sonne Benia-
min after her widdowhood likewise two silu spoones alsoe a
Cowple of young steeres and one flockbed a paire of sheets a
coverlett alsoe two hollan napkins & one hollan pillowbeere
four pewters platters & a felling axe. Item I give to my
daughter Mary the howse & howlott that lyes in the west
street of the Towne neare adioyning to the house of John
Dane the elder with the out howsen ptaining vnto it after the
death of my wife. Alsoe I give vnto her foure cowes p r sently
after my decease alsoe a bull & a Cow calfe & foure ewe
goates all these p'sently after my decease to be imployed for
her best benefit I give her alsoe my best bible a great brasse
pan to be reserved for her till she comes to yeares also a
silver spoone alsoe a paire of the best sheets & two diap
napkins foure peuter platters the broad box with all her
mothers wearing linen. Item I give to my daughter Ellen a
dripping pan a brasse candlestick a brasse skillet & a spitt.
Alsoe I give vnto my daughter Ellen one yoak of oxen Item
I give to the vse of the poore one Ewe goate to be disposed
of by the overseers of my will to such as are godly onely the
318 THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY.
first yeares vse I appoynt to my brother Dane the elder if she
brings kidds or else longer and when the goat growes old I
will that one of the yonge ones be reserved for such a vse. I
likewise intreete & appoynt m r Bradstreet in r Dumer m r
Rogers & m r Norton to be overseers of this my will to see
the same faithfully pformed & leave what is doubtfull &
defective by them to be ordered & disposed moreover I de-
sire m r Dumer to take Joseph m r Norton to take Beniamine
& my daughter Mary if it pleaseth him when the overseers
shall ioyntly see meet to take them from my wife my will
likewise & meaning is that the stock which I give to my
children seually shalbe in the hands & vse of each of those
freinds that take them into their governm* giving assurance
for the payment thereof vnto my children when they shall
come to convenient age as to my two sonnes when they come
to the age of one & twenty yeares & my daughter Mary at
the age of eighteene yeares and for any addicon to be made
to the p r sent stock I leave it to the good will of those my
f rends on whom I repose the trust of their educacon. ffineally
I appoynt Bridgett my wife the sole executrix of this my last
will & testament And after all this what ever my overseers
shall see remaining meet to be diuided I will that they dis-
pose thereof equally amonge my three least children
"In wittnes hereof I sett my hande& scale the day & yeare
above written." (his mark)
Eobert Muzzall
Witness : John Daine, Humphry Bradstreet, William
Norton and ffrancis Dane.
" Item I give & bequeath vnto Joseph my eldest sonne
one yoake of two yearling steers with my best yoake & a
chaine with my cart & plough Alsoe I give vnto him my
dun mare Alsoe I give vnto him my grug axe alsoe I give
to my sonne Joseph one spade & shovell Alsoe I give vnto
him three bills alsoe I give vnto him one yoake & a chayne
alsoe I give vnto him my hand sawe a long saw alsoe I give
vnto him the practice of piety alsoe I give vnto him my
little hamer Alsoe I give vnto him my pisterill shot tmould
alsoe a pitchforke alsoe a draught shave and a hatchett alsoe
a sword & a fowling peece. Alsoe I give vnto my sonne
Joseph m r Preston s works I alsoe give to him my best
hammer alsoe I give vnto my sonne Joseph 2 S bullett
moulds Alsoe 1 give to him my horse booke alsoe a pitch-
forke alsoe I give to him my phizike booke alsoe I give to
him my broad axe & f row alsoe I give to him a sword & a
fowling peece alsoe I give to my daughter Mary m r Down-
THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY. 319
hams works & m r Dods works Alsoe I give to her my great
butter churne alsoe I give vnto her the second best gowne &
a green wastcote with all her owne mothers wearing linen
And I give to my daughter Mary foure of the best ewe goats
& a ram. Alsoe I give to my wife Bridget one of my form'
wives best gownes and two of the best petticotes.
" And I give vnto my two sonnes Joseph & Beniamin all my
wearing cloathes & my bootes & stockins and shoes.
" 18 th of this first month 1643. My will is that whereas I
gave vnto my wife two ewe goates that now she shall have
in the lieu of them one milch cowe vntill the tyme of her
death and after her decease to returne to my daughter Mary
Item my will is that whereas I gave to my two sonnes Joseph
& Beuiamin either of them a pillow-beer e now my will is that
my daughter Mary should have them Item whereas I gave to
my daughter Ellen a yoke oxen now my will is that my eldest
sonne Joseph should have them & that he in consideracon
of them after the terme of seaven yeares after my decease
shall pay vnto my daughter Ellen sixteene pounds in Cuntry
paye Item whereas I gave vnto my daughter Mary foure
Cowes & a Bull now my will is that she shall have two cowes
one bull & three yearling heffers and one two yearling heffer.
" These alteracons vnder the date of the 18 th of y e first
month 1643 were made & written by the appoyntment of
Robert Mussy being of pfect memory."
Witness : Robert Payne, John whipple.
"Proved by Robert Payne and John Whipple, May 16,
1644, except that clause concerning the ewe goat given to the
poore & the vse to John Dane for the first yeare ; otherwise
by word of mouth disposed of viz : to the widdow Vernham
for that yeare."
Ipswich Deeds, vol. 1, leaf 40.
Inventory taken 2:2: 1644, by Robert Payne and John
Whipple : in the hall : one small ioynd table, 5s. ; one ioyned
chest, 5s. ; 2 small fowling peeces, 16s. ; 12 pewter dishes,
one chamb. pott with some other small peeces of pewter. Hi.
10s. ; 3 kettles, one old caldron, one brasse pan, 2 skilletts,
one warming pan, 21i. 5s. ; one iron pott, one brasse pott, 6s. ;
3 payles, one Cowle, one firkin, two charnes, one beere ves-
sell, 10s. ; 4 silu. spoones, Hi. 6s. 8d. ; 3 bibles with other
bookes, Hi. ; one paire cobirons, one paire tongs, one fire pan,
6s. 8d. ; 2 spitts, one paire tramells & one gridiron, 5s. ; 2
swords, 6s. 8d. ; 2 fether bedds, 2 fether boulsters & 2 pil-
lowes, 31i. 10s. ; one paire blanketts, one rugg, 10s. ; one
320 THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY.
flockbed, one other featherbed, 2 paire blanketts & 2 cover-
letts, Hi. ; one great chest, one small chest, one box, one
trunk, 16s. ; one table cloth, 5 napkins, 3 diap. napkins , 3
paire pillowbeeres, 18s. ; 5 paire sheets, 2 towells, Hi. 5s. ;
all his wearing apparrell, 51i. ; 2 candlesticks, one pestle &
morter with other implements, 5s. ; 3 axes, 2 howes, 2 sawes
with other working tooles, 15s. ; 2 plow chaynes, one cowlter,
one share, one wayne, 2 yoaks, Hi. 5s. ; 3 Cowes, 121i. , 2
oxen, 121i. ; 2 steers, 61i. ; one heffer, 31i. ; one bull, 31i. ; 3
yearlings, 41i. 10s. ; one mare, 71i. ; 1 gotes, 7 kidds, 31i. 7s. ;
3 calves, Hi. 16s.; 3 piggs, one sowe, Hi.; one cow hide,
12s. ; 2 calves skins, 4 goat skins, 4s. ; in mony, 13s. ; a debt
due from Joseph Jewett, 21i. 15s. ; total, 821i. 19s. 4d.
Inventory taken May 16, 1644, by Tho. Scott, Thomas
Hewlett and John (his mark) Gage : one silu. whissell & a
Corall, 2s. 6d. ; corne upon the ground, 31i. ; come upon the
chamb., 18s. ; 4 hogsheads & some old trayes & a peece of an
old heire, 7s. 6d. ; some other small things, 2s. memord. one
blankett was sett downe on the other side more then was.
This addition together with the rest of the inventory
sworn to by Brigitt, wife of Thomas Kowlison, late wife of
Robert Mussey, 17 : 2 : 1648. She had been instructed by
the Court to go to such members of the Court as should be
together in the meeting house of Ipswich on April 17th and
perfect the first inventory.
Ipswich Deeds, vol. 1, leaf 42.
27: 1: 1649, Joseph Mussye judged to be twenty-one
years old, and his portion to be paid him. Ipswich, Quarterly
Court Records, vol. 2, leaf 16.
Mary Muzye, " being of age," according to her father's
will, on 25 : 1 : 1651, chose Mr. John Norton for her guardian
and gave him power to dispose of her in marriage. Ipswich
Quarterly Court Records, vol. 2, leaf 23.
ESTATE OF HUGH CHURCHMAN OF LYNN.
" I heugh Churchman of Len do macke this my last will as
foloeth: first, I give my howse and Lot ||in Len|| w th ale
my march and ale other the apurtenauces tharevnto belong-
ing to wily am wenter tel his son Josias shale atayen the age
of twenty one yeares and then to his son Josias and his
Ayeres for ever : w th this Condicon that he shale paye to his
sister banna winter ten poundes w th in one hole year after the
aforsayed Josias winter shale atayen the age of twenty one
yeares and if he shale Kef euse to paye to his sister hana win-
THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY. 321
ter ten poundes of Corant money then my will is that hanna
winter shale have the howse and lot w th ale and singeler the
apurtenances to her and her ayeres for ever and she shall
paye to her brother Josias ten poundes : and my will is that
if the aforesaid Josias shale dy before he shale atayen the
age of twenty & one yeares that then the aforsayed hanna
shale have it w th out paying aney thing out of it : and my will
is further that if the aforsayed Josias and hanna shale booth
dy before that theye shale atayen the age of twenty one
yeres that then wilyam winter or his now wif or the longer
liver of them shale have it to them and thar Ayeres for
ever : I do give to the widow Androes that thre shilinges
that she oethe me and further I do giv her one buchel of
Ingen Coren to be payed w tb in one moneth after my
death : I do give gorge far one buchel ale so to be payed
at the same tyem : I do ale so give to edward burt ten shil-
inges to be payed w th in one hole yer after after my death :
1 ale so give to m r whiten and m r Cobet : five shilinges apece
to be payed w th in one hole year after my death : ale the Eest
of my goodes or Chateles vnbequeaved I give to wilyam win-
ter whom I do macke sole exeter to this my will in witnese
whar of I have her vnto put my hand the fourth daye of the
fourth mounth in the sixtenth year of the Eayen of ower
soveran lord Charles by the grace of god Kyng of Ingland
Scotland ffrance and Irland &c 1640."
hegh Churchman.
Salem Quarterly Court Files, vol. 1, leaf 20.
Witness : Zacheus Gould.
Proved 9:5: 1644, by Zacheus Gould. Salem Quarterly
Court Records, vol. 2, page 154.
Inventory taken 4 : 6 mo : 1644, by Nathaniel Tiler, Hugh
Burtt and Robert Driver : Wearing aparrill, 21i. ; straw
bed, two blankits, tow pillows, three shetes, Hi. ; little iron
pot, little bras cettle & a f riing pan, 10s. ; puter pint pot & 2
sponns, 2s. ; grediron, pot hookes and bellowes, 2s. ; one trof e
with a cover and a little kneding trof, one tra, and other
woden dishes & trenchers, 6s. 8d. ; 2 emti cask, a pale, a peck
and a halfe peck, 4s. 6d. ; 2 chestes, 4s. ; shers and presing
iron and yard & a qushing, Is. 6d. ; betle and wedgis, 2 axis,
2 sawes, 2 hows and other working towls, 16s. ; a flich of ba-
con, 6s. ; puter Chamber pot, Is. ; a bed cradle,with other lum-
ber,3s. ; 20 bushels wheat,41i. : 4 bushils Indian,12s. ; 2 bushils
barly veri cors & musti, 4s. 6d. ; 3 bags, Is. 6d. ; a bible with
another booke, 4s. ; come one the ground, 21i. 10s. ; debts
due, Hi. ; 4 scins, 6s. ; total, 141i. 14s. 8d. Atendance in his
322 THE PROBATE EECOEDS OF ESSEX COUNTY.
siknes & chargis at his buriall, Hi. 15s. 6d. Debts owing by
him, 26s. 3d. House, lot and marsh appraised at 61i. Salem
Quarterly Court Files, vol. 1 , leaf 20.
ESTATE OF ROBERT LEWIS OF NEWBURY.
Inventory of estate of Robert Lewis, deceased, brought in
10 : 5 : 1644, and referred to the Governor to take oath. John
Croxen swore that the deceased made Goody Jackson, wife of
John, his executrix to pay his debts and give the remainder
to his wife and child. Salem, Quarterly Court Records, vol. 2,
page 157.
Inventory of estate of Robert Lewis, deceased May 4, 1643,
taken 6 : 5 : 1644, by Goodman Edwards and Goodman
Prince : Mr. Fowles bill, 71i. ; bill of John Bond, 31i. 20s. ;
Richard Hollingsworths bill, Hi. 7s. : his best clothes, 16s. ;
2 yards 1/2 ell of kersie, 9s. ; ould hat, 7s. ; ould stuff e dub-
lett, 3s. ; a cotten wasecoate, 3s. ; cotten paire of breeches and
wasecoate, and a paire of Cotten stockeings, 3s. ; paire stock-
ings, 2s. ; 2 shertts, 7s. ; cotten sheete, 5s. ; 10 yards of lock-
rum, lls. 8d. ; 4 bands, 2s. 6d. ; a chist, 5s. ; a bible, 8s. ;
hatte, 7s.; paire shewes, 4s. ; one pillow, 2s. ; total, 261i. 12s.
8d. Salem Quarterly Court Files, vol. 1, leaf 21.
ESTATE OF JOANNA CUMMINGS OF SALEM.
" I Jone Comins : dow give vnto my sonn John affter my
death my house & ground & my gote : & my sow & he shall
give vnto gooman Cornish a hog pig of tow months ould :
m r :es noris shall have my mufe. I dow give my Cow to m[y]
gran Child mary Bourne : [I dow give ||all|| my best Apparil
& Beding & bed to my Gran Child Johanah to by a heafer of
tow yere ould to bee put forth for hir good & that wich ken a
parte of that to my sonn John to Buery mee with all.*]
" I will have my debtes to bee payed out of the pipe staves
& that wich Remaynes to bee giuen the one halfe to my
granchild mary borne & the other halfe to Johanah borne my
gran Child.
" I will haue all my best Apparel bed & bedding & all my
housould goods sould : & out of that a heafer of tow yere
ould to bee bought for Johanah Bourne & || erefr to burie
mee || I give to m r Noris Twenty shilings & to the Church
twenty shilings : desiring y m to Exsept so smal a gift I giue
to goody Cotta my Blew petticote & a wast Cote. My trunck
& Cloth vpon it Goodye wathin shall haue it for tenn shilings
& the feet to bare it vp with & Goody || wathin || shall bee
*The words enclosed in brackets are crossed ont in the original.
THE PEOBATB RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY. 323
payed what I owe hir & the Rest to the deacons for them to
giue wher Is appoynted Goody ffeld shall haue my lorn pot
at 4 d a pound to bee payed that I owe hir & that w ch Remaines
to the dacuns I giue to goody Beacham a petticot with 3
laces about & a green savegard & an ould wast Cote & an
ould linin Change I giue to Ann shiply Tow linin Changes.
I give goodman boyce an ould blanckit we [is] vp in the
Chamber & a pilow wich he hath a Redie what so euer is
vnder my bed I giue to goody Corning & goody wathin to bee
Equally deuided I giue John brownes wife a whit Cutworke
Coyfe : I giue goody wathin a black Coyfe w" 1 a lace : a
grograne Coyfe : I giue my whit lias wast Cot & ould hat to
Deborah wathin I giue goody ffeld one of my lase han car-
chefes wi cb is at good bornes
"I desire That ||the|| Tow deacons m r Got: & goodman
home : that they shall haue the ordring & desposing of these
things in my will to Improve for the Childrens good : y* it
may not' bee bangled away The 11 of the : 3d : month Caled
may beeing the last day of the week."
Jone Comins
her mark her mark
Witness : Mary 8 Beacham, Elizabeth VI Corning,
her mark
Elnor M Wathin.
Proved 10 : 5 : 1644.
On the same paper upon which the will is written the tes-
tatrix gives a list of her debts, viz : " I owe to John Matt-
stone, 25s., upon his covenant concerning my house ; M r is.
Goose for a pound of sugar ; Goody Feld, 3s. 6d. ; Mr. Cocall,
Is. tfd. ; Good Masse, 6d. ; ould Knight, 3s. 6d. ; yong Goody
Lech, 8d. ; something to Goodman Salace, let him tell it, and
the deacon will pay it ; Goodman Salace, 5s ; and Goody
Sharman in the Bay, 6d."
Inventory taken 17 : 3 : 1644, by Gervase Garford, Jefferie
Massey and Georg Emery : House and quarter acre of
ground, with the corn upon it, 31i ; ewe goat, 7s.; spotted
sowe, 18s. ; milch cowe, 51i. 10s. ; fether bed and flocke boul-
ster, Hi. 15s. ; 1 green rugge, 10s. ; 1 litle fether pillow, Is.
6d. ; 3 blankits whitt, 14s. ; one littell Darnix curtayn. 3s. ;
2200 pipe stavs of whitt oake, 81i. 16s. ; one sad collored
Carsy gowen and hud sutable, lli. ; 1 stamill Carsy peetty
coot mitered about the scirts with vellvit, lli. 6s. 8d. ; 1 green
Carsy petticot, 3 laces, 10s. ; 1 blew petticote, 7s. ; 1 stufe
petticoot, 7s. ; 1 blacke wastcoot, Is. ; 1 red cotton shage wast-
cot, 3s. ; 1 whit shagg wastcoot, 5s. ; 1 blacke cloake, Is. ; 1
324 THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY.
blacke grogerane Goune, Hi. 6s. ; 1 wastcoot and petticoote,
12s. ; 1 tauny seay appron, 2s. ; 1 green say appron, Is. ; 5
Corse sheets, Hi. ; 1 blacke hatt, 4s. ; 2 callico approns lased
about, 5s.; 9 Crostcloths, last and playn, 4s. 6d. ; 2 Coyfes,
one Cutworke, one blacke worke, 2s. 6d. ; 4 hancherifs, more
playn, Is. ; 2 payer stockins, 2s.; 1 brass morter & pestell,
3s. 4d. ; shifs ould, 7s. ; 1 lining pillabear, 2s. ; looking glass,
3s.; blew apron, 6d. ; payer of shoos, Is. 6d. ; trunke with
a foot, 14s. 6d. ; littell Box with locke & key, Is. 6d. ; carpitt
and tabell, 7s. 8d. ; one muf e, 2s. ; Chamber pott, 6d. ; 2 syves,
2s. ; tubs and pay lls, 8s. ; littel barrill, Is. ; pare bellows, Is. ;
Iron pott and hanger, 8s. ; bras kettell and scellit, 6s. ; whell,
4s. ; Candell sticke, 4d. ; total. 331 i.
Salem Quarterly Court. Files, vol. 1, leaf 22.
Inventory taken "divers years agoe " by Henry Skerry and
Georg Emery, but received 14 : 11 : 1646 : The house & lot
at home & the tenn Aker lot & the come upon them both,
221i. ; halfe an aker of salte marsh, Hi. 10s. ; 1 heafer of 2
yeares old & vantage, 31i. 10s. ; 2 swine, Hi. 10s. ; 1-2 a
canowe, 5s. ; 2 fethar bedes, 4 bolsters, 3 pillowes, 31i. ; 5
blankets, 1 ruge & one covering, 10s. ; 6 dieper napkines & 2
tow towalles, 7s. ; 3 par of sheetes, Hi. 4s. ; 1 warminge pan,
6s. 8d. ; 1 trunke & 2 chaistes, 15s. ; 9 peeces of putor, 15s. ;
3 boxes for lining, 4s. ; 1 bedstead, 4s. ; 1 brase kettell & a
skellet & 2 skimmers, 6s. 8d. ; 2 chayers & a forme, 4s. ; 1
Iron pott, 6s.; 1 payer of sheetes more, 10s. ; glasses, tray es
& earth weare & other old lumber, 6s. ; total, 391i. 3s. 4d.
Salem Quarterly Court Files, vol. 1, leaf 66.
ESTATE OF JOHN MATTOX OF SALEM.
Will of John Mattox proved 10 : 5 : 1644, by Thomas
Pickton and inventory brought in. Salem Quarterly Court
Records, vol. 2, page 157.
Inventory of estate of John Mattackes, deceased Apr. 22,
1643, taken 6 : 5 mo : 1644, by Goodman Edwards and Good-
man Prince : bill of Mr. Fowles, 51i. ; John Buds bill, 21i.
7s. ; bill of John Bonds, 21i. 16s. 9d. ; best shute, Hi. 10s. ;
ould shute of truckinge Clothe, 4s.; cotten shute, 6s. 6d. ;
ould Cloth shute, 10s. ; ould graye shorte Coate, 2s. ; paire
of knitt stockings, 2s. ; 4 bands , 5s. ; paire of Cloth stock-
ings, 2s. ; paire of Russitt bootes, lls. ; paire of Canvis
sheetes, 20s. ; 2 shertes, 7s. ; Chistle, 4s. ; ould blanckitt, 2s. ;
paire of shewes, 4s. ; ould hatt, 4s. ; 4 Raile hoockes, 4s. ; an
old pillow, 2s. 6d. ; paire of shewes, 4s. Total, 141i. 13s. 9d.
Salem Quarterly Court Files, vol. 1, leaf 21.
THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY. 325
ESTATE OF THOMAS PAYNE OF SALEM.
" Touching the outward estate & goods of this life god
hath ben pleased to lend me, I Thomas Payne doe in this
my last will & testam* thus bequeath them as followeth :
ffirst unto my wife I give my house I now live in, gardens &
houcefitting with my two acre lotte with the pfitts accrewing
therefrom during her life; commending unto my Son Thom-
as the care of his mother, & the diligent iraprovem* of the
sayd ground, to his mothers use ; during her life, in consid-
eration whereof, he to have his dwelling with his mother, &
|| the || forth pte of the pfitts of the lott, & the third pte of
the pfitts of the garden so improued by him during the sayd
terme of time. It, I give unto my wife the bedstead Beding
& there appurtenances as they now stand in the hall. Item
I bequeath my pte of the Ship Mary-Anne of Salem, to be
sold, & my debts to be payd, And the residue of the monies
with the rest of my goods to be devided as followeth. Item
I giue Thomas my Son my Loonies & Sluices with there ap-
purtenances concerning his trade of a weaver. Item I give
the s d Thomas one Coffer wch was his grandfathers. Item I
give unto my three Sons my ten Acre lott & my one Acre of
meddow to be equally shared amongst them. Item concern-
ing the residue of the monies arising from my pte in the
Ship, & the rest of my goods I bequeath them to be valued
reasonably, & equaley devided to my wife & my Children,
my wife to haue the choise of the first pte excepted : & my
Children to share in the rest as their ptes fall, pvided alwaies
& reserved out of the sayd goods one fetherbed lying on the
trundle bed with coverlett & blankett, one bolster & pillow,
w cn i gi ve & bequeath unto mary my daughter. Item I giue
my house wherein my wife should live, with the goods re-
maining of hers, to be sold after her decease, & the monies
to be equally divided amongst my children. It my mill left
in the hands of Henery Blomfeild my kinsman, I bequeath
to be sold, & the monies thereof returned into my execute's
hand, & so to be equally divided to my wife & children. Item
I Constitute & appoyn* Thomas my Son execute 1 to this my
will & in r John fiske of Salem Suprevisor. in witnes wherof
I have heereunto sett my hand & scale the 10 th of this p r sent
2 d month in the yeere 1638."
Thomas Payne.
Witness : John ffiske, John Thurston,
her mark
Mary X Beechum
326 THE PROBATE EECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY.
Will brought into court 10m : 1642 ; proved 10 : 5 : 1644,
by John Thurston.
Salem Quarterly Court Files, vol. 1, leaf 23.
ESTATE OF MARGERY WATHIN OF SALEM.
Inventory of estate of widow Wathen brought into court
27: 6: 1644. The two deacons of Salem, Mr. Charles Gott
and John Home, appointed executors. Nathaniel Porter took
oath in court. Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 2, page 163.
Inventory taken 20 : 5 : 1645, by Peeter Palfray, William
Alford and Nathaniel Porter : One greene rugge, 15s. ; white
blanket, 5s. 6d. ; one white blanket, 2s. 6d. ; 1 white course
ould rugge, Is. ; 1 mixt color Coverlett, 7s. ; 1 pare of grene
say curtaines & vallences, 12s. ; 1 stripte carpet & cubberd
cloth, 12s. ; 1 red bearing blanket with 2 gr : Laces, 10s. ; 1
flock bed, 2 flock boulsters & one feather pillow & one boul-
ster tike, Hi. 5s. 6d. ; one ould stockbed & Cradlebed, 5s. ; 1
purple goune of cloth lined with gr : say, Hi. 4s. ; one purple
wastcloth laced, 7s. ; 1 red petecote & wastcloath, 18s. ; 1
tawny cloake cloth, 5s. 6d. ; one ould mixt color cloth gowne,
5s.; one russet gowne of cloth ript open, 16s.; one pr. petu-
ana hoods, 3s. ; one ould purple petecoate & wastcloth cloth,
6s. ; 1 pr. of white blankets, 1 being litle, 8s. ; 1 tawny dublet
& portingal cap, 5s. ; 1 ruset pr. aprons, 4s. 6d. ; 2 pr. aprons
1 say & 1 linsy wolsey, 5s. 2d. ; 1 holland white wastcloth,
6s.; 1 holland aprone, 6s. 8d. ; apron of fleecy holland, 3s.;
4 necke handkerchiefes laced, 5s. 4d. ; 1 neck handcherchief,
8d; 3 plaine neck handkerchefes, 3s.; 3 pocket handkerchiefs,
Is. ; 3 pocket handkerchiefes & 1 long neckcloth, 6d. ; 3 laced
neckclothes at 18d. pr. & 2 at 6d. pr., 5s. 6d. ; 2 plaine cros-
clothes at 3d. pr., 6d. ; 1 white wrought coife, Is. 6d. ; 4
white stuff coyfes, 6d. pr., 2s. ; 3 ould coyfes, 2d. pr., 6d. ; 2
holland coyfes and an ould one, 2s. 6d. ; 3 white stuff
stomachers, 6d. ; 3 white wrought stomachers, 2s. 2d. ; 1 pr.
white knit thrid gloves, Is. 4d. ; 1 pr. handcuffs & 1 yd.
seaming lace, 5d. ; white & colored thrid, 3d. ; 1 silke girdle,
Is. 8d. ; 1 yd. of stript callioo, Is. ; 1 bundle of sinal linen
in a corse cloth, 6s. ; 1 holland sheet with a seaming lace,
; 1 pr. ould flaxen sheets, > 10 sheetes, 1 course
one, 21i. ; 2 flaxen tablecloathes, 3s. 6d. ; 1 wrought towell,
ould fushion, 2s. 4d. ; 2 boulster cases, 5s. ; 1 pr. pillowbeares,
8s. ; 1 pr. Scotch cloth pillowbeares, 4s. ; 1 pillowbeare with
tossells, 2s. 6d. ; 1 pr. flaxen pillowbeares, 4s. 6d. ; 1 fringed
& 1 diap. napkin, Is. 4d. ; 4 short napkins, 3s.; 6 flaxen
napkins, 6s. ; 4 napkins, 2 towells, 3s. 4d. ; 5 childs beds, 9d. ;
THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY. 327
5 woomen's shiftes, 16s. 6d. ; 1 pr. cotten gloves & 1 straddle
band, Is. 6d. ; 1 rema* painted 1 imbroyderd girdle, Is. 8d. ;
1 pr. ould shooes, 2s. 6d. ; 1 white apron, 3d. ; 1 blew apron,
1 necke handkerchief, 16d. delivred to Deborah for Mrs.
Traske to pay for, 8s. 2d.; 1 bed cord, Is. 8d.; 1 pr. ould
wosted stockings, lOd. ; 1 flannel neckcloth, 9d. ; 6 bags, 4s.
7d. ; 2 hatts, 4s. ; bible & one testament, 9s. ; 24 ould books,
8s. ; 4 chests, a settle & a box, Hi. ; 1 pr. whalebone bodyes,
1 cotton wastcoate & 2 cloake buttons, 7s. ; 341i. pewter at
9d., Hi. 5s. 6d.; 121i. kettle brass at 12d., 12s. ; 2 skimmers,
Is. ; ould iron & tooles, Hi. ; 2 brass candlesticks, 2s. 4d. ; 1
box, smothing iron, Is. 4d. ; 1 whipsaw, 1 ould gun, 1 spit,
nailes, etc., 12s. ; 2 brass potts, Hi. 15s. ; 1 case with 5 bot-
tells, 2s. ; 1 glew pott, Is. & 1 looking glass, Is., 2s. ; 2
earthern potts & yarne, 2s. ; chaires, woodden dishes, 10s. ;
wood & timber, 6s. 8d. ; corne, 6s. 6d. ; 5 barrells, 4s. ; 1
house, 71i. 10s. ; halfe a heifer at Goodman Southwickes, 15s. ;
one heifer at Mr. Batters farme, 31i. 5s. ; total, 3911. 13s. 5d.
Order of court, 3 : 11 : 1644, for disposal of goods for settle-
ment of estate signed by Jo. Eudecott, Govr. Salem Quar-
terly Court files, vol. 1, leaf 25.
Court ordered (signed by Jo. Endecott, govr.), 3 : 11 mo :
1644, that the estate of Widow Margery Wathen to be dis-
posed of according to her will by the two deacons of Salem,
Mr. Charles Gott and John Home. p. curia, Raph Fogg.
Salem Quarterly Court Files, vol. 1, leaf 25.
Ezekiell "Wathen, a boy of about eight years and a half,
committed to Tho. Abre, 27 : 6 : 1644, as an apprentice until
he is twenty years old, if his master live so long. Salem
Quarterly Court Records, vol. 2, page 163.
Court ordered, 30 : 10 : 1647, that Thomas Abree of Salem
have one quarter of that house, sometime of the widow
Wathen, deceased, and one quarter of one year's rent of the
same for the use of Ezekiell Wathen, who is committed to
him. Sfilem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 2, page 226.
ESTATE OF JOHN TALBEY OF SALEM.
Inventory of estate of John Talbey, taken llm : 1644, by
Peter Palfrey and William Lord : 20 bushels Indian Corne,
21i. 13s. 4d. ; 3 pekes oates, 7s. ; apparrell and beding, 10s. ;
a Cannoe, Hi. : a Ten acre lott, 31i. ; brasse kettels, 14s. ; one
Barrel & one Tub, 5s. ; one old axe, etc., 3s. 6d. ; one axe
more, 4s. ; spookshave, Is. ; one wheele to spin with, 4s. ;
rakes and rake hedds, 7s. 8d. ; 2 Chares, Is. Debts due unto
328 THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY.
him : from William Bayley, Hi. 15s. ; Bichard Singeltarie
of Salesberie, Hi. 6s. ; Richard Edwards, 8s. ; Mr. man,
3s. lid. Anne, Stephen and their elder brother John Talby
to have certain parts of the estate. Salem Quarterly Court
Files, vol. 1, leaf 26.
ESTATE OF MARGARET PEASE OF SALEM.
" the first day : 7 : munth 1644. This is the last will off
margit pease. That is that her grane childe John pease the
sonne off Robert pease shall with the rest of her goods be
put oner to Thomas : wadsson off sallme to be as her true
f effeye off trust to despoes off her estate as she dereckteth :
at this tyine beinge in parfite memory fist yt as before Tht
the sed John pease shall be give frely to the sed Thomas
wadsson that he shall desposse off him as his one child and :
seconly : yt the housse she liff in & with the ground belon-
inge ther to shall be give to the sed John pease all soe haffe
an acker off Indon corne all soe he is to have my heffer all
soe y* John shell have my bede and all yt belonges to it all
soe that her grane childern the childern off Robert peasse
her sonne she givth to the rest off them the tow gottes & kids
to be equally despossed a monge them and all her mouffeabell
goods are to be at thomas wadsho despoes for the good off
John, all soe her grane childe Robert pease shell have : her
lesser chist and y* if yt the sed John pease die then his
brother Robert pease must have the rest off the estatte and
all yt doughter pease the wiffe off Robert pease is to have
my best cloth gowne and all partiqlers are not set dun the
same mst Thomas wadson is to desposse off it for the good
off John her grane childe." [No signature.]
Witness : John Barbor, Obadiah (his mark) Huellme.
Proved 1 : 11 : 1644, by the witnesses.
Petition of Robert Pease, son of Robert Pease, who had
been allowed 61i. out of his father's estate by the court ; he
now desires to know how the money shall be paid, and hav-
ing remained twelve months with his mother, now wishes to
be free to choose a master and to have sufficient clothing to
fit him out. Ann, wife of Robert Isbell, testified that after
widow Margaret Pease had made a written will, she gave to
Faith Barber her best red petticoat ; also that Susan, wife of
Henry Bullock, deceased, was present when bequest was made.
Salem Quarterly Court Files, vol. 1, leaf 35.
Inventory taken by John Alderman and John Bulfinche :
1 fether bed, 2 Bolsters, 4 pillowes, 2 blanketts, one coverlid,
THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY. 329
21i. ; 4 courtaynes & 4 rods of Iron, lls. ; one Payr of fine
sheets, 12s. ; two Pilcovrs and two Payer of course sheets,
10s. ; one cloth gowne, 10s. ; one stuffe gowne, 12s. ; one red
Petticote, 13s. 4d.; two old Putticoats, 6s. ; two old wascoats,
4s. ; one red wastcoat, 5s. ; two hoods, 5s. ; one Cloake, 5s. ;
one greene apron an a hatt, 4s. ; 14 peeces of Small and
great Pewter, 10s. ; one small brasse morter and Pestle, Is.
6s. ; tow Cettles and an old Cettle, 12s. ; one brasse Pott, 7s. ;
one frying pan and an old warming Pan with a paire of tongs
and an old fire shovell, 3s. 4d. ; on pair of bellows and a
payr of doges and a pott hanger and a skillett, 5s. ; one whele,
2s. 5d. ; two chests, 5s. 5d. ; tow old chayres and a old Bar-
rel and a Payle with all other things that are not seene, 2s. ;
tow bushells of corne and tow busshels of Indian corne, 13s.
4d. ; half acre of Indian corne, 16s. ; som rye that is betwine
Goodman Suthweeks and Goodwiffe Pease, 4s. ; one earlinge
heifer, 21i. 10s. ; for Pte of a sowe and one Pig, 12s. 3d. ; the
howse and 3 quarters of an acre of ground, Hi. 10s. ; two
goats and a kid, 18s. ; Marie Pease oweth her mother Pease,
lli. ; Mr. Bacon owth Megerett Pease, tOs. ; Goodman Bar-
bour oweth me a bushell of corne, 2s. 8d. Total, 191i. 2s. 8d.
Note of charges layed out by Thomas Wattson for wid. Mar-
garet Pease : To Mr. Rucke for bread and beere and wyne,
16s. 8d. ; to Goodwife Bullocke for fyve days attendance in
sickness, 7s. 6d. ; to Goodman Burcham for her Coffine, 6s. ;
for making her grave, Is. ; to William Woodbery for keeping
a heifer and for some part of wyntering her, 7s. 6d. ; to the
ferryman to bring her over the water, lOd. ; for writinge, Is. ;
total, 21i. 6d. Salem Quarterly Court Files, vol. 1, leaf 36.
Inventory was brought in 1 : 11 : 1644, and sworn to by
Obadiah Holme and Jno. Barber. Upon request of An, wife
of Robt. Isbell, Goodwife Watson must allow her for her
pains, or else the court will. Salem Quarterly Court Records,
vol. 2, page 171.
On 30 : 4 : 1652, Robert Pease and his brother John
Pease, both of Salem, acknowledged a bill, dated 6 : 11 :
1651, to Tho. Watson, in regard to the estate of their grand-
mother, Margaret Pease, of whom said Watson was a feoffee.
Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 3, leaf 40.
ESTATE OF ISABEL WEST OF SALEM.
Inventory of estate of Isabel West, taken 30 : 10 : 1644,
by Henr. Skerry, Robert Gotta and George Ropes, brought
into court 2 : 11 : 1644 : House and tow acres of ground,
330 THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY.
41i. ; 10 acre lot in North Feld, 71i. ; 10 acre lot on dabyfort
side, 21i. 10s. ; foure gotes, Hi. 8s. ; one so we, Hi. 6s. ; sawes,
10s. ; playnes, Ackes & sawes & other smale toules, lli. 14s. ;
an lorne persters & 6 bites belonging to it, 5s. ; 16 bushels
of Indian come, 21i. 8s. ; 5 bushels pease, lli. ; a grinding
stone & the iron of it, 14s. ; Three ould howes, 2s. 6d. ; an
ould spad & a matock, 2s. 6d. ; one Joynt Chest, 10s. ; one
sea chest, 5s. ; one fether bed & tow boulsters, 21i. ; one ould
fether bed & two boulsters, lli. ; one rugge & 2 ould blank etts,
lli. 10s.; pare of sheetes & a bedsted, lli. 5s. ; old pare of
sheetes, table cloth & a pilabere, 5s. ; 2 ould Jerkines, 10s. ;
one hat, 10s. ; a whele, 8s. ; one iorne pot, 10s. ; ould iron
pot & an Iron skelet, 13s. ; puter plates & dishes, 16s. ; bras
Cetel & a bras skelet & 2 brase Candelsticks, 16s. ; tow
Cheares & tow Cushenes, 6s. ; fringpan pot hokes & pot hang-
ers, pare of trays, 10s. ; chest, 3s. ; pales, trayes, dishes &
spoon es, 10s. ; 2 peeces of bacon, 10s. ; debts due from Nath-
aniel Vering, 31i. ; John Thore, 21i. ; John Whitlock, 31i. ;
Thomas Smith, 30s., and Jame3 Smith, 20s., 21i. 10s. ; Philip
Udale, lli. ; other small debts, lli. 7s. ; a spit & a sawe, 10s. ;
other debts, 21i. 8s.; total, 541i. 12s. Salem Quarterly Court
Files, vol. 1, leaf 24.
ESTATE OF ROBERT PEASE OF SALEM.
Eobt. Peas died intestate, and his son Kobt. Pease was
committed to his mother, Marie Pease, who was appointed
administratrix of the estate. Inventory brought in 3 : llmo :
1644. Salem Quarterly Court Records, vol. 2, page 172.
Inventory of estate of Robert Pease of Salem, late de-
ceased, taken 3 : 11 mo : 1644, by Jo. Alderman and Myhill
Shaflinge (also Michaell Shaflen) : ffyve ewe goats and three
lambs, 31i. 6s. ; iron pott and iron kettle, a posnett and tow
Pewter dishes, with other small things of pewter, lli. ; one
Conell, tube, three trays and one paile, 7s. ; one flockbede, a
teike, one Cowhide and a little ruge, lli. 10s. ; one sheet, one
Pilowbere, 3s. 4d. ; one stone hammer, two trowells, one lath-
ing hammer & axe, 6s. ; one Barrall and a Pecke, 2s. 6d. ;
one Chest and a little table board, 5s. ; an acre of wheat, one
of Barly, an acre of Pease, 21i. ; 2 acres Indian Come, lOli. ;
one muskett with Bandileers and the sword, 16s. ; one house
and a Barne and 11 acres of ground, 141i. ; 2 shuts of aparell
and a Coate, 31i. 10s. ; one hatte, one Payr of stockins, one
payre of shoos, two shirts, 2 bands, 10s. ; a sack, Is. ; swyne,
lli. 6s. 8d.; a Cannew, 10s. ; total, 391i. 12s. 6d. Indebted to
several persons, 61i. Widow Marie Pease appointed admin-
THE PBOBATE EECOBDS OP ESSEX COUNTY. 331
istratrix 3 : 11 mo : 1644. Robert Pease was the eldest son
of the deceased, and John Pease the second son. There were
other young children. The deceased's mother is mentioned.
"Abraham " is also mentioned. Salem Quarterly Court Files,
vol. 1, leaf 24.
ESTATE OF RICHARD INGERSOLL OF SALEM.
" July 21, 1644. I Richard Ingersoll of Salem in the
County of Essex in New England being weak in body, but
through God's mercy in perfect memory, doe make this my
last will and testament as followeth viz. I give to Ann my
wife all my estate of land, goods & chattels whatsoever ex-
cept as followeth viz. I give to George Ingersoll my son six
acres of meadow lying in the great meadow. Item I give
to Nathaniel Ingersoll, my youngest son a parcell of ground
with a little frame thereon, which I bought of John P[eose?]
but if the said Nathaniel dy without issue of his body law-
fully begotten then the land aforesaid to be equally shared
between John Ingersoll my son, & Richard Pettingell & Wil-
liam Haines my sons in law. I give to Bathsheba my young-
est daughter two cowes. I give to my youngest daughter
Alice Walcott my house at town with 10 acres of upland &
meadow after my wife's decease." R (his mark V) I.
" I read this will to Richard Ingersoll & he acknowledged
it to be his will. Jo. Endecott."
Witness : Towns end Bishop.
Proved Jan. 2, 1644-5. Inventory taken Oct. 4, 1644.
Probate papers in the Quarterly Court Records copied by
Joshua Coffin and now in the Probate Registry, vol. 1, page 29.
ESTATE OF RICHARD LUMPKYN OF IPSWICH.
Inventory of estate of Richard Lumpkyn, late deceased,
taken 23 : 9 : 1642, by Robert Payne and John Whipple : in
the hall : one longe Table, one stoole, two formes, 15s. ; three
chaiers & six cushins, 4s. ; Bookes, 21i. 10s. ; one paire Cob-
irons, one fire pan, one gridiron & two paire of tramells &
one paire of bellowes, 10s. ; one muskett, one fowling peece,
Hi. 10s. In the Parlor : one table with six ioyned stooles,
Hi. 5s. ; 3 chaiers & 8 cushins, 14s. ; one bedstead, one trun-
dlebed with curtins. Hi. 10s. ; one paier cobirons, 1 fire pan,
4s. 6d. ; one chest, 4s. ; one fetherbed, two bowlsters, two
pillowes, two flock beds, 5 blanketts, one rugg, one coverlett,
8H. ; one warming pan wth other implements, 6s. In the
chamber over the Parlor : one bedstead, one Trundlebedd,
10s. ; 2 flockbedds, one featherbed, one feather bolster, 4
332 THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY.
blanketts, 2 pillowes, 2 coverletts, 41i. ; 4 chests, 2 boxes, Hi.
5s.; one table, 3s. ; one corslett, Hi. 10s. ; one feather bed
tike, Hi. 10s. In the leanto : 7 brasse kettles, one iron
kettle, 41i. 10s. ; one small copper, Hi. ; one iron pott, 4 pos-
netts wth other implem[en]ts, Hi.; 10 pewter dishes, 2
chamb. potts, 21i. ; Butter & Cheese, 21i. ; 30 bushells corne,
41i. 10s. ; plate, 41i. ; 5 Cowes, 2 steers, 3 heffers, 4 yearlings,
361i. ; his wearing apparell, 101L ; linen, 51i. ; debts, 200H. ;
total, 2961i. 19s. 6d. Eeceived and allowed 26 : 1 : 1645.
Ipswich Deeds, vol. 1, leaf 7.
ESTATE OF JANE GAINES OF LYNN.
Thomas Laighton brought in a nuncupative will of Jane
Gaines, deceased, 9 : 5 : 1645. Court appointed Thomas
Layghton and Nathaneell Hanforth overseers to see the will
fulfilled for the good of the children. Salem Quarterly Court
Records, vol. 2, page 178.
Jane Gaines, widow, who deceased at Lin, and whose nun-
cupative will was proved 10 : 5 : 1645, left three children,
viz : John, Danyell and Samuell, and an estate of 371i. 11s.
lOd. Ordered 2m: 1649, that John, .the eldest, aged about
thirteen years, have 191i. 12s. 8d. in possession of Mr. Thom-
as Leighton and Nathaniell Handforth, who are to improve
it for him ; and to be apprenticed to Fransis Dowse of Bos-
ton, shoemaker, for seven years, to learn the shoemaker's
trade. Danyell, the second son, aged about eleven years, to
have 91i. 16s. 4d. in the hands of said Leighton and Hand-
forth, who are to improve it for him ; and he is apprenticed
to Luke Potter of Concord for eight years from 1 : 1 : last,
to learn the " skill and mistery " of a tailor. Samuell, the
youngest son, aged six or seven years, to have 91i. 16s. 4d. ;
and he is apprenticed, until he is twenty-one years old, to
Nathaniell Handforth, who is to educate him and give him
101L as his portion. If any of the children die before
reaching the age of twenty-one, the others are to have the
share of the deceased one, except Samuel's, which, if he dies
within four years, is to go to Mr. Handforth. Salem Quar-
terly Court Records, vol. 3, leaf 8.
Inventory taken by Nicholas Brown and Edmund Need-
ham, 14 : 11 : 1644, and sworn to by Thomas Leighton and
Nathaneell Hanforth, 10 : 5 mo : 1645 : One house and lote
of upland containinge 6 acres with a smale parcel of salt
marsh lyinge before the door & 2 acres of salt marsh lyinge
in Rumley marsh, 81i. ; 30 bushill of Indian corn, 41i. ; one
fetherbed and a feather bolster, 2s.; one flockebed & one
THE PKOBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY. 333
flock bolster & 6 flock pillows, 16s. ; three feather pillows
8s. 6d. ; curtains & valance, 17s. ; one bolster ticke, 2s. 6d. ;
one covering for a bed. Hi. 2s. ; one blankett for a bed, 10s. ;
another, 6s. 6d. ; another, 4s. ; another, 3s. ; another, 5s. 6d. ;
one covering for a bed, 3s, ; one trundell bed, 2s. 6d. ; one
man's coat & breeches, Hi. 4s. ; one man's dublett, 12s. ; one
weascoat for a man , 3s. ; one Gowen for a woman, Hi. 14s. ;
one weascoat for a woman, 3s. ; one man's coat, 6s. ; two
weascoats for a woman, 9s. 6d.; one cloake & hoode for a
woman, 13s. ; one petycoat, 14s. ; one petycoatt, 5s. ; too
petycoats, 3s. 6d. ; one hatt for a woman, 2s. 6d. ; one blan-
kett for a child, 3s. ; one paire sheets, lls. ; another, 8s. ;
another, 4s. 6d. ; another, 4s. 6d. ; one sheet, 8s. ; another,
6s. ; another, 4s. ; too pillowbears, 9s. ; too pillowbears, 5s. ;
one bord cloath, Is. 8d. ; three napkins, Is. 6d. ; too Diaper
Napkins & one linnen skirt for a shift, 2s. 4d. ; too shifts for
a woman and too skirts for shifts, 6s. lOd. ; one old peece
of linnen cloath & a whit apron, 5s. 6d. ; tenn Handkerchers,
9s. 4d. ; twelve coyfes, 6s. ; twelve croscloaths, 3s. ; one par-
cell of blackstuff, Is. 6d. ; too croscloaths, 3s. 6d. ; three
headcloaths & 4 neck cloaths & too bands, 3s. lOd. ; a parcell
of childbed linnen, 6s. ; too coshens & a chaire, 3s. ; too sil-
ver nippls, Is. lOd. ; bonelass & thread & a pinn coshen, Is. ;
a sword, 5s. ; one trunke, 2s. ; too boxes, 2s. 6d. ; too old
weascoats, ; straw hatt and brash, 2s. ; one brass pann,
10s. ; one warming pann, 2s. ; one Kettell, Is. 7d. ; another,
5s.; another, 4s. 6d. ; foure pewter dishes with other pewter,
12s. ; one little skellett & one fryinge pann, 2s. Id. ; 3 wegges
& 2 beetle ringes, 4s. 6d. ; one daubinge truell & a parcell of
old Iron, 2s. 6d. ; one gouge & a chisle & a wimble, Is. ; one
handsaw, Is. ; a paire of bellows, Is. ; one spade, 2s. ; one Iron
pott, 6s. ; one drawinge knife & an old Hatchet, ; three
old & narrow axes, 4s. ; one spitt and a gridiron, Is. 4d. ;
a stocking hooe, Is. 6d. ; too pott rackes,4s 8d. ; paire tonges
& paire pott hooks, Is. 9d. ; a pitchfork and one gimlet, Is. ;
three spoons, a ladel and an earthern pott, Is. 4d. ; one pair
choos, Is. 6d. ; a tub & chime, 6d. ; too leather Bottls, 4s. ;
a flick of bakon, 8s. ; too piggs, Is. 5d. ; an old Chest & foure
trayes, Is. ; an old barrel! & an old hogshead, 2s. ; a pair of
glovs, Is. ; a Apron & a paire of stockinges, 4s. 8d. ; 3 pair
of bodys, 10s. ; two bibles, 10s. 6d. ; a baskett & a sife, Is.
4d. ; a parcell of books, 3s. 6d. ; a barrell & bedcord, Is. 4d. ;
a parcell of Hay, 3s. ; a barrell with some oats in it & sife,
4s. ; a parcell of white pease & beans & hempe & flax, 3s. ; a
locke for a doore, 10s. 6d. ; a sieth & a sneath & a peece of
334 THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY.
sieth, 4e. ; two paire of hinges & too hookes & a cheafendish,
2s. 2d. ; foure old hooes & a piece of old Iron, 4s. ; a little
table, Is. 8d. ; too meal baggs, 2s. 6d. ; debt due from Will.
Patridge, 9s. ; due from Samuell Bennett, Is. ; 1 pinte pott,
Is. 4d. ; one paire pattens, Is. ; one paire sheers, lOd. ; one
old sith, Is. ; total, 431i. 5s. 7d. Salem Quarterly Court Files,
vol.1, leaf 30.
ESTATE OF FRANCES HAWES OF SALEM.
" We whose names are vnderwriten were present w th the
wife of K-obt Hawes when she lay vpon her deth bed on the
12 th of June who did will to be given to pticuler people as
followeth.
" Itim to the little Child w ch she had by Robt Hawes she
bequethed twentie pownd and to her two sons Robert Edwards
& mathew Edwards. & her young Child Thomas Hawes to
bring them vp in lerning her sayd Husband Robert Hawes is
to pay into the Hands of sume honest man ten pownds to see
them brought vp in lerninge & to his daughter she did will
to be given (Alis Haws) her worst plilp & Cheny gown &
two petticoat & a wast coat & two Aporns w th all smale lin-
nin sutable to it & a siluer bodkine & a payre of pillowbeers
& to Robert & mathew Hawes she Did will to be giuen to
Each of them a payre of sheets & each of them a payre of
pilowbears & each of them half a duson of napkins & two
siluer spoons & a gould ring to thotnas Hawes & to Elin
Hilles her sister in owld England she wiled to be sent two
yerde of lawn & a bible. Alsoe to the tow mayds that kept
her in her sicknes. she did will to be giuen to them namly
Kathrin Dorlow & Sarah bartlett each of them a new hand-
kerchor a Coyf & Croscloth & to Katurne Dorlow half an
ell of lase : morouer in the presens of Katrin Dorlow & Sarah
Bartlett she Did will fowre pound w ch her husband praised to
send to owld England to a Child ther & a pewter dish : this
is a trew testimony as near as we are able to remember vnto
wch we have sett ower hands this 24 of July 1641."
Witness : Wm. Goose, Katerine (her mark C) Dorlow, Sarah
barttlet.
Sworne to 10 : 7 : 1645, by Mr. Wm. Goose.
Salem Quarterly Court Files, vol. 1, leaf 32.
ESTATE OF LIONELL CHUTE OF IPSWICH.
" The fourth day of the seaventh month Anno Dm 1644
I Lionell Chute of the Towne of Ipsw ch in New England
Schoolmaster doe make & ordayne this my last will & Testa-
THE PROBATE RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTY. 335
ment revoking all form r wills by me made. Item I give
vnto Rose my wife for terme of her naturall life all this my
dwelling howse with the Barne & all the edifices : the two
chambers over the howse & entry only excepted which I will
that James my sonne shall have to his only vse for the Terme
of one yeare next after my decease with free ingresse,
egresse, & regresse & w th the yards, gardens, the home-lott
& planting lott purchassed of m r Bartlemew with the Comon-
age and appurtenances therevnto belonging. And after my
wives decease : I give the said howse, barne, lotts & p r emisses
with all thappurtnances vnto James Chute my sonne & to his
heires. Item I give vnto my said sonne James Chute & to
his heires for ever all & singular my other lands, lotts, mead-
ow grounds marishes, with all & singuler their appurtnances
& pfitts whatsoever ymdiatly after my decease. And I giue
more vnto James Chute my sonne (over & above all things
before given him) my heffer that is now at goodman whites
farme, & my yonge steere. Item I give him all my books,
with all things in my chest and white boa; my deepe box
with the lock & key ; one chaire : foure hogsheads : two
Coombsacks two flockbedds two flock bolsters two feather
pillows : one rugg two Coverlets : two blanketts : my casting
nett : my silver spoone : all my owne wearing apparrell, and
that which was his brother Nathaniells : and three paire of
sheets, three pillow beeres two table clothes : foure towells :
six table napkins : and the one halfe of the brasse & pewter,
& working tooles : & five bushells of english wheat. Item I
give vnto my frend Joseph Mosse five shillings Item I give
vnto the poore of the Church of Ipswich Twenty shillings to
be distributed by the Deacons Item my meaning is that my
wife shall haue my chest after that James hath empted it.
Item all the rest of my goods howshold stuff, Cattell, & chat-
tells whatsoever vnbequeathed (my debts & legacies being
discharged & paid) I will that Rose my wife shall have the
free vse of them for terme of her life: but the remainder of
them at the tyme of her decease over & above the valewe of
five pounds sterling I giue vnto James Chute my sonne & to
his heires & assignes Item I make Rose my wife executrix
of this my last will & Testament. And in witnesse that this
is my deed I have herevnto sett my hand and scale in the
p r sence of these witnesses herevnder written."
Lionell Chute
Witness : Marke Simonds, Joseph Morse.
Proved 7:9: 1645, by the witnesses.
Ipswich Deeds, vol. 1, leaf 15.
336 THE PEOBATB RECORDS OF ESSEX COUNTS'.
Inventory taken 25 : 4 : 1645, by Marke Symonds and Kob-
ert Lord : one Cowe, 51i. ; one yearling heifer, Hi. 10s. ; one
two yearling heffer, 31i. ; one yearling steere, Hi. 10s. ; one
calfe, 15s. ; 5 gotes, 21i. 5s. ; 3 hoggs & piggs, 31i. 16s. ; 40
bushells of wheat, 71i. 6s. 8d. ; 8 bushells of Kie, Hi. 6s. ;
40 bushells of Indian come, 51i. 15s. ; one casting nett, 13s.
4d. ; 3 paire of bootes & 4 paire of shoes, Hi. 10s. ; heinpe
drest & undrest, Hi. 4s. ; 2 bushells of mault, 8s. ; 12 sacks
& baggs, Hi. 10s. ; 8 yards of linsy woolsy, 16s. 8d. ; a hel-
bert, 6s. 8d. ; two haire lines & 3 sives, 4s. 6d. ; 6 hogsheads,
8s. ; one rope, 5s. ; 3 chests & 3 boxes, Hi. 2s. ; fether bed &
bolster, 31i. 10s. ; 5 fether pillows, Hi. 5s.; one flockbed &
one flock pillow, 13s. 4d. ; one paire blanketts, 9s. ; 2 cover-
letts & an old rugg, 21i. ; one old paire of Curtains & rodds,
10s. ; bedstead matt & cord, 14s. ; 2 flockbedds & 2 flock
boulsters, Hi. ; fether pillow, 5s. ; one paire of blanketts &
one Coverlett, Hi. ; bedstead & line, 4s. ; 4 yards of yard
wide tyking, 16s. ; 12 paire of sheets, lOli.; 6 pillow beers,
Hi. ; 4 table clothes, Hi. 10s. ; one dozen of napkins, 12s.;
5 towells & one yard kerchife, 10s. ; one short Course Table
cloth, Is. 6d. ; shirts, 10s. ; his wearing apparell, 121i. ;
books, parchment & other things in a chest, 21i. ; 3 yards of
holland, 7s. ; one old danakell Coverlett, 5s. ; pewter dishes
small & great, 14, salts, sausers, poringers 11, chamber potts
2, one ele pot, 21i. ; dozen alcamy spoones, 3s. 4d. ; 2 great
kettells, 2 smaller kettells & one brasse pan, 31i. ; 4 skilletts,
one scumer & a ladle, 6s. ; two iron potts old ons, 8s. ; frying
panns, 4s. ; one trevitt, 2 paire of cobirons, tongs & firepan,
2 tramells, 2 paire of pott hooks, one spit, Hi. 12s. ; one
Silver Spoone, 6s. ; 2 broad howes & 2 narrow howes, 8s. ;
one broad ax, three narrow axes, one hatch ett& 2 froos, 13s. ;
2 augars, one gowge, 2 chissells, one shave, one sickle, 5s. ;
one betle & six wedges, 10s.; one spade, one morter & pestle,
9s. ; 2 paire of bellows, 2s. 6d. ; one bible & other books in
the hall, Hi. ; one great boarded chest, 10s. ; 3 chaires & other
lumber. 6s. ; two pewter candlesticks, one pewter bottle, 8s. ;
one powdering tubb, 2 beere vessells, one Cowle, -8s. ; one
flockbed, 3 flockbolsters, Hi. ; one rugg, 2 blanketts, 2 cover-
letts, Hi. 10s. ; one bedstead matt & cord, 10s. ; 3 ladders &
pitchforke, 5s. Owing to several persons out of the estate,
lOli.; Taking out the debts, total, 841L 11s. 4d. Ipswich
Deeds, vol. 1, leaf 15.
(To be continued.)
THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY.
( Continued from Volume L, page 288.*)
He was moderator of the town meeting held Jan. 24,
1774, to consider the situation of the country. He was
also one of a committee of four to correspond with simi-
lar committees of other towns relative to the Revolution ;
and at that meeting patriotic resolutions were passed.
Upon the receipt of news of the battle of Lexington, the
committee hastily sent notice to seventy-one towns, re-
questing delegates from each town to assemble at Exeter
forthwith. Only three days after the battle, delegates
had arrived from every town. The council was secret.
John Plumer was there from Rochester.
Mr. Plumer and others of Rochester, Oct. 15, 1776,
promise and agree with their patriotic brethren of other
towns and their own that they will to the utmost of their
power, at the risk of their lives and fortunes, with arms,
oppose the hostile proceedings of the British fleets and
armies against the United American Colonies.
Mr. Plumer served on many important committees, and
was a delegate to the convention held at Concord in June,
1778, to prepare a state constitution.
He was active and useful in the town, being interested
in local affairs and possessing energy and sound judgment.
He gained influence with the people, and his opinion was
regarded as authority on important questions. He was a
selectman for many years and frequently moderator of
town meetings. B$B!
His education was limited, and his success was at-
tributable to his natural abilities and character. He was
the first magistrate appointed in the town, and his spirit
of conciliation enabled him to settle many disputes.
(337)
338 THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
Benevolent in his disposition, he was kind to the poor ;
and his corn bins were never closed to the needy. He
advised them freely, and often gratuitously and without
request pleaded the cause of the poor in court. He was
a popular man, and indeed beloved by the whole commu-
nity,
He was well acquainted throughout the state, and a
friend of Governor Wentworth, who showed his appreci-
ation of him by appointing him judge of the court of
common pleas for Strafford county in 1773 ; and he was
reappointed under the new state government. He served
on the bench until hi? resignation, in 1795, when he was
chief-justice.
He possessed an iron constitution, was hardy and ath-
letic. Witty and humorous, he was fond of society, es-
pecially of the young.
Mr, Plumer married, first, Elizabeth, daughter of Dan-
iel Titcomb of Dover. She was born April 21, 1728 ;
and died Jan. 28, 1770, at the age of forty-one. Mr.
Plumer married, second, widow Lydia Dennett of Ports-
mouth before 1773 ;* and she died Aug. 4, 1812, at the
age of eighty-four, being a native of Rochester. He died
in Rochester Nov. 19, 1815, at the age of ninety-six.
Mr. Plumer's children were born in Rochester, as fol-
lows :
2811. ELIZABETH", born Feb. 22, 1750; married Hon. Aaron
Wingate of Farmington Dec. 25, 1770.
282 ii. JOSEPH", born in 1752; baptized in Rochester July 26,
1752. See family numbered " 282."
283 in. BEARD 6 , born Aug. 12, 1754. See family numbered "283."
284 iv. JOHN 6 , born in 1761 ; died in 1824.
115
DEA. SAMUEL PLUMERS, born in Dover, N. H., about
174-. He was a husbandman, and lived in Rochester,
N. H., settling at a place since called " Chestnut hills,"
which is now within the town of Milton. He cleared a
farm, and built a two- room log-house, his nearest neighbor
being four miles away. This was about 1765.
*The History of Rochester, N. H., gives an account of his odd
proposal to the widow Dennett.
BY SIDNEY PEBLBY. 339
He was a deacon of the Congregational church in
Rochester, and an assessor and overseer of the poor of
the town. He joined with his brother and others in the
town in the patriotic stand taken at the beginning of the
Revolution.
He married, first, Jones of Lee, N. H. ; and,
second, Abigail Tebbets of Rochester Jan. 22, 1786. His
wife Abigail died about four years later ; and he died in
March, 1804.
Mr. Plumer's children were born in Rochester, as fol-
lows :
285 i. EPHBAIM', born in 1766; baptized in Rochester Nov. 2,
1766. See family numbered " 285."
286 n. EBENEZEB", born in 1789; baptized Nov. 26, 1769. See
family numbered ' 286."
287 in. SAMUEL', born in 1772; baptized Aug. 6, 1772; died at sea.
288 iv. DODOVAH 8 , born in 17. See family numbered " 288."
289 v. SUSANNA', born June 17, 1775; married John Tebbetts of
Rochester Npv. 16, 1794.
290 vi. LYDIA', baptized in Rochester June 10, 1779; married
Jones of Farmington, and settled in New Hamp-
ton, N. H.
117
SYLVANUS PLUMERS, born in Newbury, Mass., April
13, 1720. He was a cordwainer by trade, and lived in
Newbury. He served in the colonial army in 1744.
With eighteen other men he withdrew his membership in
the First church in Newbury and with the eighteen he
was one of the charter members of the Presbyterian
church, which was organized Jan. 3, 1746, Rev. Jonathan
Parsons being the pastor of the new church.
Mr. Plumer married Rebecca Plumer (208) Dec. 7,
1749 ; and died May 3, 1762, intestate. She survived him,
and continued to occupy the homestead after his death.
She died in the summer of 1780, at the age of fifty-one.
Their children were born in Newbury, as follows :
2911. SYLVANUS', born Sept. 12, 1750. See family numbered
" 291."
292 n. REBECCA', born about 1752; baptized in the Presbyterian
church March 4, 1753; married Moses Davis of New.
buryport April 11, 1773; and they had eleven children.
340
THE PLUMEB GENEALOGY.
293 in. DAVID, born June 13, 1754; died young.
294 iv. NATHAN 6 , born Dec. 5, 1755. See family numbered "294."
295 v. SABAH 6 , born Feb. 8, 1758; died young.
296 vi. HANNAH*, born Aug. 23, 1760; married Robert Dodge
Dec. 18, 1785; and lived in Newburyport.
287 vii. SAMUEL", born in 1762; baptized Jan. 17, 1762, in the
Presbyterian church ; died prior to Feb. 22, 1775.
118
SAMUEL PLUMERS, born in Newbury, Mass., Jan. 14,
1721-2. He was a cordwainer by trade, and lived on
Prospect street, in that part of Newbury which was in-
corporated as Newburyport in 1764, until 1768, when he
removed to Epping, N. H. He called himself of Exeter
in 1769. He was a large land holder.
He married Mary, daughter of William and Rebecca
(Person) Dole of Newbury April 8, 1755. She was born
in Newbury Sept. 16, 1731 ; and died April 8, 1800, on
the forty-fifth anniversary of her marriage. Mr. Plum-
er died at Epping March 14, 1803, at the age of
eighty-one.
Their children were born as follows :
2981.
See family
WILLIAM 6 , born June 25, 1759, in Newbury.
numbered "298."
299n. REBECCA 6 , born Aug. 27, 1761, in Newbury; died at the
house of her sister Hannah, in Epsom, unmarried,
Sept. 23, 1841, aged eighty.
300 ill. MABY 6 , born July 16, 1763, in Newbury; died in Epping,
unmarried, Oct. 9, 1834, at the age of seventy-one.
301 iv. 6 , stillborn in 176-.
302 v. SAMUEL 8 , born Feb. 4, 1767, in Newburyport. See family
numbered "302."
303 vi. DANIEL 6 (twin), born June 18, 1770, in Epping. See fam-
ily numbered " 303."
304r-Yii. HANNAH 6 (twin), born June 18, 1770, in Epping; married
Col. Daniel Cilley of Epsom; lived in Epsom, where
she died Feb. 18, 1850, in her eightieth year.
123
JONATHAN PLUMERS, born in Newbury, Mass., April 9,
1731. He was a cordwainer by trade, and lived in his
native town. He was a large real estate owner in New-
bury, and also in Boscawen, N. H.
BY SIDNEY PEBLEY.
He married Abigail, daughter of Edmund and Lydia
(Brown) Greenleaf of the West parish of Newbury Nov.
27, 1760. She was born in Newbury July 4, 1737. Mr,
Plumer died in the summer of 1801, at the age of sev-
enty. She survived him, and died May 15, 1810, aged
seventy-two.
Their children were born in Newbury as follows :
305 i. JONATHAN', bom Jane 13, 1761 ; was eccentric; ' Lord "
Timothy Dexter' s poet laureate; and lived in New-
buryport. Many stories of Jonathan Plumer's
oddities have been told. He recited one as follows :
" In the night I heard a voice, and it said, ' Jona-
than! Jonathan!' And I answered, 'Speak, Lord,
for thy servant heareth ;' and it then said, Yea,
that is made of camomile, will the pains of death
beguile!' " He was witty in his manner, and wrote
the following couplet to his hostesses, " Mast I be
bound, while yon go free, Mast I love girls who
won't love me?" He was probably a little love-
cracked in his youth. He never married. He wore
a three-cornered hat; and drank about three pints of
cider daily. He peddled pins, needles, etc., and his
poems, which were printed on broad sheets, in New-
buryport, Salisbury, Hampton, and other places. He
boarded with an Alexander family (three unmarried
sisters), which took boarders, for some years. These
Alexander girls were named Hannah, Eunice and
Betsey. They lived on the southeast corner of Fed-
eral and High streets, in Newburyport, where
Nathan Plumer (228) lived at one time. The Alex-
anders kept a little shop in a part of their house on
the Federal street side, in which they sold refresh-
ments and a variety of small articles. Jonathan died
in Newburyport Sept. 13, 1819, at the age of fifty-
eight. He made a will, dated March 12th preceding
his death, in which he called himself a pedlar, and
gave to his brother James Plumer of Portland, rope-
maker, two hundred dollars, to his sister Rhoda
Bradbury of Portland two hundred dollars; to his
cousins, the Alexanders, with whom he boarded, five
dollars each. " My executor shall have six hundred
copies of the occurrences of my life printed from the
manuscript which I shall leave at my decease, and
342
THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
have the same bound in boards," and give them
away, not more than one to a family. He also gave
to John Smith, jr., of Newbury, shipwright, a seine
or net; to his brother Edmund Plumer of Newbury,
; and the residue to the Methodist Society in
Greenland, N. H., to support the gospel. Samuel
Newman, Esq., of Newburyport was named as execu-
tor. The will was disallowed. His estate was ap-
praised at $1,573.14.
For a comprehensive sketch of Jonathan Plumer
see History of Newburyport, by John J. Currier,
volume II, page 431.
306n. ASA", born Dec. 30, 1762. See family numbered "806."
307 in. RHODE 6 , baptized in the First Presbyterian church in
Newburyport Nov, 19, 1764; probably died young.
308 TV. FBANCIS', born July 20, 1766; it is said that he was mar-
ried and lived in Portland, Me., but probably had no
children.
309 v. SAMUEL 8 , born June 13, 1768; and was drowned on
Ipswich bar April 27, 1790, at the age of twenty- one,
being unmarried.
310 vi. JOSEPH 6 , baptized in the First Presbyterian church Sept.
9, 1770. See family numbered " 810."
311 vn. EDMUND 6 , born Aug. 12, 1772, in Newbury. See family
numbered "311."
312 viii. RHODA 6 , born April 24, 1775; married Daniel Bradbury
before 1800; he was a joiner by trade, and lived in
Portland, Me., in 1802.
313 ix. SABAH 8 , born about 1779 ; married Zachariah Marston,
jr., in Portland, Oct. 9, 1800; and died before Dec. 7,
1819.
314 x. JAMES 6 , baptized in the First Presbyterian church May
21, 1780; lived in Portland and Brownfield, Me.; rope
maker; married, first, Content Mann; second,
of Boston; and, third, ; had children.
125
JOSEPH PLUMER S , born in Newbury, Mass., Dec. 25,
1735. He was a farmer, and lived on his grandfather's
homestead in Newbury. He was a beloved and dutiful
son, and his father conveyed to him most of his real
estate, including his dwelling house, barn and land, on
the west side of Old-Town Green. He became a large
land holder.
BY SIDNEY PEELBY.
343
When nearly forty years of age, he married JMary Fos-
ter of Rowley Dec. 15, 1774; and died Sept. 30, 1819,
at the age of eighty-three. She survived him, and died
the next spring, May 9th, at the age of sixty-nine.
Their children were born in Newbury as follows :
3151. HANNAH 6 , born March 20, 1777; died, of throat distem-
per, unmarried, May 16, 1797, aged twenty.
316n. AMOS*, born March 10, 1779. " Break your heart to
please yonr eyes, 1 ' he said on a time to a girl. He
never married; and died Dec. 24, 1854, at the age of
seventy-five.
317 in. ISAIAH*, born March 22, 1781. See family numbered
"317."
318 iv. SAMUEL*, born Dec. , 1783; married, first, Mary Dicker-
son; she died Sept. 20, 1828, at the age of thirty-
eight; he married, second, Widow Dolly Richards
Nov. 29, 1829; and had no children.
319 v. ANNA 6 , born July 24, 1785; married David, son of David
and Mara (Russell) Hale of Rindge, N. H., Dec. 11,
1821 ; and died March 5, 1824, at the age of thirty-
eight.
320 vi. ABRAHAM", born Sept. 1, 1787. See family numbered
"320."
321 vn. JOSEPH 6 , born Jan. 19, 1790; went to sea when quite
young; and probably died, unmarried, about 1810.
127
MOSES PLUMER S , born in Newbury, Mass., Aug 5(6 ?),
1740. He was a cordwainer by trade, and lived in Fal-
mouth, now Portland, Me., from the time of his marriage.
He married Esther Hersey of Boston Sept. 4 (9 ?),
1765; and she died July 19, 1815, at the age of seventy
years. He died Oct. 17, 1824, aged eighty-four.
Their children were born as follows :
322 I. DoBOAs 6 , born June 20, 1766; married Asa Fickett; and
bad seven children.
323 n. HANNAH 6 , born Sept. 29, 1767; married Theophilus
Boynton; and died June , 1794.
324 in. SAMUEL", born June 28, 1769; died July 23, 1769.
325 iv. JOSEPH 6 , born Sept. 10, 1770; died Sept. 27, 1770.
826 v. MosES 6 , born Jan. 3, 1772. See family numbered " 326."
327 vi. WILLIAM 6 , born Nov. 17, 1774. See family numbered
" 327."
344 THE PLTJMER GENEALOGY.
328 vii. JOHN 6 , born Nov. 18, 1778. -See family numbered "828."
329 vin. SAMUEL', born March 2, 1782; died Oct. 13, 1782.
129
BENJAMIN PLUMERS, born in Newbury, Mass., Feb. 20,
1722. He was a farmer, and settled in his native town,
on the homestead of his father. His sons Isaac and
Benjamin owned a fishing vessel that was lost on Sable
Island between 1780 and 1790, and the crew had to stay
from November to April and live on fish and wild horses.
He was a large land owner and had an interest in the
mills on Pine island, and other property there. He con-
veyed to his son Benjamin the homestead, house, barn
and land where he lived, Feb. 13, 1793.*
Mr. Plumer and his family attended Rev. Mr. Tucker's
meeting, in the old parish, in Newbury.
He married Jane, daughter of Capt. William and Ruth
(Haselton) Ilsley of Newbury Nov. 3, 1748. She was
born in Newbury Nov. 6, 1720 ; and died there Dec. 24,
1774, at the age of fifty-four. Coffin says, that, at her
funeral, the minister and pall-bearers refused gloves, etc.
She lies buried in the ancient cemetery. Mr. Plumer
died March 7, 1805, at the age of eighty-three. His re-
mains lie buried in the cemetery near the oyster beds.
Their children were born in Newbury as follows :
330 i. SABAH", baptized in the First church in Newbury May
6, 1750.
331 ii. BENJAMIN", born April 29, 1751. See family numbered
"831."
332 in. WILLIAM 6 , baptized Sept. 16, 1753, in the First church.
See family numbered " 332."
333 iv. JEAN", baptized in the First church Jan. 30, 1757; prob-
ably died young,
334 v. ISAAC 6 , baptized in the First church March 18, 1759;
"captain;" master mariner; lived in Newbury; mar-
ried Mercy, daughter of Jonathan and Dorcas (Per-
kins) Foster of Ipswich (published Aug. 24, 1785).
She was born in Ipswich Jan. 20, 1764. She died in
Newbury June 16, 1789, at the age of twenty-fire.
He died in Virginia soon after his wife's death, and
before Dec. 6, 1790. They had no children.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 163, leaf 247.
BY SIDNEY PBKLEY. 345
835 vi. JEAN 6 , baptized in the First church Feb. 27, 1763.
836^-vn. JOSHUA*, baptized in the First church March 10, 1765.
131
EBENEZER PLUMERS, born in Newbury, Mass., July 10,
1727. He spent several years of his minority with his
uncle Ebenezer Storer in Boston, and subsequently settled
in Glastonbury, Conn. In 1749, he was a shopkeeper or
trader in Boston ; and in 1775 he sent .6, IBs. and 4d. to
the sufferers in Boston. Descendants of Mr. Pluraer still
live in Glastonbury.
His children were as follows :
3371. MABY 6 , born about 1759; married Col. Howell, son of
Rev. Ashbel and Jerusha Pitkins (Edwards) Wood-
bridge Nov. 26, 1778; and died Oct. 1, 1794, at the
age of thirty-four.
338 ii. EsTHEB 6 ; married Maj. Theodore Woodbridge (brother
of above-named Col. Howell Woodbridge) Nov. 13,
1783; and removed to Salem, Wayne county, Fa., in
1800.
134
SETH PLUMERS, born in Newbury, Mass., Dec. 7, 1736.
He was a shipwright, and lived in Newbury. He served
in Capt. Paul Moody's company, in the Revolution, in
1776. He and his family attended Rev. John Tucker's
meeting, in the old parish, in Newbury.
Mr. Plumer married Esther, daughter of Joshua and
Esther (Swett) Mitchell of Newbury in 1759. She was
born in Newbury April 4, 1739. He died in Newbury
July 8, 1801, at the age of sixty-four ; and she died, his
widow, in Newbury, May 30, 1807, at the age of sixty-
eight
Their children were born in Newbury, and were as fol-
lows :
839 i. SABAH", baptized in the First church in Newbury Oct.
28, 1759; married William Crowninshield Feb. 12,
1787; and lived in Portland, Me.
340 ii. EsTHEB 8 , baptized in the First church Jan. 16, 1763; died
young.
341 in. KEZIA", baptized in the First church April 8, 1764; died,
unmarried, Oct. 9, 1855, at the age of ninety-one.
346 THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
342 IV. ESTHER 6 , baptized in the First church Jan. 12, 1766;
married Daniel Dresser of Ipswich May 24, 1792; and
she died in 1853, childless.
348 v. JOSHUA", baptized Jan. 17, 1768. See family numbered
" 343."
344 vi. CALEB 6 , born in 1768; lost on Ipswich bar April 27, 1790,
at the age of twenty-one.
345 vii. SETH STOKER 6 , baptized in the First chureh July 11,
1773. See family numbered " 846."
346 vni. CUTTING", baptized in the First church May 7, 1775; died
in 1776.
347 ix. EBENEZER", baptized in the First church April 8, 1777.
See family numbered "347."
348 x. JANE", baptized in the First church Dec. 5, 1779; died
young, and unmarried.
349 xi. SYLVANus 6 , born in 1783; died, unmarried, March 8, 1813,
at the age of thirty.
139
MOSES PLTJMERS, born in Amesbury, Mass., Sept. 30,
1748. He was a farmer, and lived in his native town.
His father conveyed to him one-half of his homestead,
with one-half of the house and barn, May 6, 1768.*
He married Mehitable, daughter of Isaac and Mehitable
(Hastens) Merrill of Amesbury March 24, 1774. She
was born in Amesbury Oct. 2, 1750. She was living in
1802 ; and he died before 1815.
Their children were born in Amesbury, as follows :
350 i. JOHN 6 , baptized Nov. 10, 1776, in Amesbury.
351n. MATTHIAS 6 , baptized Dec. 7, 1777, in Amesbury.
352 in. RACHEL 6 , baptized Aug. 27, 1780, in Amesbury.
353 iv. 6 (son), born about 1782; died Oct. 7, 1790, aged eight.
354 v. 6 (son), born about 1784; died in 1804, aged twenty.
355 vi. JosHUA 6 , baptized Sept. 4, 1791, in Amesbury; living in
1815.
356 vii. MEHITABLE 6 , baptized Sept. 4, 1791, in Amesbury.
357 vm. MosES 6 , baptized Sept. 4, 1791, in Amesbury.
358 ix. POLLY 8 , baptized Sept. 8, 1793.
141
SIMEON PLUMERS, born in Newbury, Mass., Nov. 16,
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 126, leaf 278.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 347
1740. He was a yeoman, and lived in his native town,
attending religious services in the old church in Newbury.
He owned a large amount of real estate. Coffin, in his
History of Newbury, says :* " About the year 1784 or
85, ... Mr. Simeon Plumer found a quantity of gold, of
which, since much has been said and more conjectured,
some account may be expected. The story, however, has
been much exaggerated, and instead of a ' pot,' a small
amount only was found, probably not far from three hun-
dred dollars. The first piece was picked up by a child,
from some dirt, which had been carried out of the cellar.
Shortly another piece was found, and search being made,
the amount above stated was found in various parts of
the cellar, but how it came there, and by whom deposited,
will probably ever remain a mystery."
Mr. Plumer married Sarah, daughter of Capt. George
and Hannah (Lambert) Jewett of Rowley Jan. 18, 1770.
She was born in Ipswich April , 1741 ; and died in
Newbury May 14, 1805, at the age of sixty-four. He
died in Newbury May 14, 1819, at the age of seventy-
eight.
Their children were born in Newbury, as follows :
3591. JOSHUA JEWETT 8 , born Sept. 18, 1770; died, unmarried,
Oct. 22, 1808, at the age of thirty-eight.
360u. SARAH", born Feb. 16, 1772; died, unmarried, Dec. 10,
1835, at the age of sixty-three.
361 in. RUTH", born Feb. 23, 1774; died Sept. 26, 1775, aged one
year.
362 iv. GEORGE", born April 18, 1776 ; died, unmarried, Aug. 14,
1807, at the age of thirty-one.
363 v. RuTH 6 , born March 20, 1778; died, unmarried, June 21,
1806, aged twenty-eight.
364 vi. EDNAH", born Sept. 14, 1781; married Samuel, son of
Joseph and Rebecca (Brown) Danforth of Newbury
Nov. 10, 1803. He was born in Newbury July 14,
1772; and died June 5, 1818. They lived in Newbury.
She died Dec. 22, 1824, at the age of forty-three.
They had seven children.
365 vii. MART 6 , born Oct. 6, 1783; died, unmarried, July 5, 1818,
aged thirty-four.
History of Newbury, by Joshua Coffin, page 397.
348
THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
JESSE PLUMERS, born in Newbury, Mass., Sept. 18, 1740.
He was a yeoman, and lived in Londonderry, N. H.,
until about 1778, when he removed to Sanbornton, and
about three years later to Meredith.
He married Sarah, daughter of Benjamin and Hannah
(Bartiett) Merrill of Newbury Sept. 13, 1763. She was
born in Newbury April 5, 1739 ; and died in Meredith
Aug. 15, 1824, at the age of eighty-five. He died Dec.
26, 1824, aged eighty-four.
Their children were born as follows :
8661. NATHANIEL*, born May 29, 1764. See family numbered
"866."
367n. MOSES", born Oct. 20, 1765. See family numbered " 367."
368 in. MOLLY", born Nov. 27, 1766 ; married Capt. Elisha, son
of Gideon and Rachel (Sanborn) Piper ; and died
Aug. 25, 1824, at the age of fifty-seven. He died
June 30, 1834.
369 iv. JESSE 6 , born Feb. 6, 1768. See family numbered "369."
370 v. Asios 6 , born Sept 11, 1769. See family numbered " 370."
371 vi. NATHAN 6 , born Oct. 3, 1772, in Newbury. See family
numbered " 371."
372 vii. JOSEPH", born Oct. 28, 1774, in Londonderry. He lived
alone in Meredith, as a hermit, in a log house, being
known as the "Hermit of Meredith Plain"; and
died, as he had lived, alone, Dec. 2, 1862, at the age
of eighty-eight. A few days after his death the fol-
lowing notice of him appeared in the Manchester (N.
H.) Mirror :
" DEATH OF AN AGED HEBMIT. Mr. Joseph Plum-
mer, of Meredith, well known to many of the resi-
dents of Belknap county as ' Old Joe Plummer, the
Hermit,' who has passed sixty-seven years of his life
by himself in a kind of log house, situated in a re-
mote locality, died on the 3d inst., aged eighty-eight
years.
" This eccentric individual was a son of Jesse Plum-
mer, and the last of a family of eleven children, who,
as a class, were industrious and wealthy people. His
habits when a youth were singular. When engaged
in a field he would choose the centre of the piece,
and enclosing himself with a fence, there work. On
attaining his majority he commenced his life of soli-
BY SIDNEY PERLEY.
tude in a small house on a seven acre lot. In 1837 he
selected a more remote situation in a wood lot, and
erected a honse which with its furniture and every-
thing used by him all being of his own manufac-
ture was no less singular than the old man himself.
"Here he passed his life, cultivating his land, read-
ing his Bible, and devoting a few moments to each of
the many visitors who were yearly attracted by curi-
osity to his dwelling. One of his friends called on
him the evening previous to his death and requested
permission to pass the night with him, but he replied,
' You can do me no good. I shall die before morn-
ing.' The friend granted his wish and left him, and
during the night he died, as he had lived, alone."
373 vni. PARKER 6 , born May 20, 1777. See family numbered "373."
374 ix. STEPHEN 6 , born March 14, 1779, in Sanbornton. See
family numbered " 374,"
375 x. RiCHARD 6 , born June 10, 1781. See family numbered
" 375."
376 xi. SALLY", born April 27, 1783, in Meredith; married John,
son of Rev. Nicholas Folsom; and died Sept. 9, 1836,
at the age of fifty-three.
147
JOSEPH PLUMER S , born in Newbury, Mass., July 12,
1753. After the close of the Revolutionary war, he re-
moved to Henniker, N. H., and settled in the southeast
part of the town. He was one of a coroner's jury to ex-
amine into the death of Nathan Blanchard, of Henniker,
who was drowned while attempting to cross Contoocook
river in a small boat at Kimball's point on the night of
Sept. 24, 1806.
In front of Mr. Plumer's residence grows a large wil-
low, which has an interesting history. When coming
home one day on horseback, when he was settling in the
town, he used a small willow twig for a riding stick. On
reaching home, he imbedded one end of the stick in the
ground, and shortly after his infant daughter pulled it up.
Her father reprimanded her sharply for the act, saying to
her that if she did it again he should punish her. She
again pulled it up, and his promise was carried out, by
the use of the twig itself. He again set it out ; it took
root and grew, and became the enormous tree that has
350 THE PLUMEE GENEALOGY.
shaded the house for a century. In 1880, the farm was
owned by a Mr. Parker. On this farm Mr. Plumer lived
and died, and his children were born.
He married, first, Jane Clough, who was born in South
Hampton, N. H., Jan. 31, 1764. She died Feb. 20, 1817,
at the age of fifty-three. He married, secondly,
. He died Oct. 27, 1827, at the age of seventy-four.
His wife survived him, and died Sept. 12, 1842.
Mr. Plumer's children were born in Henniker, as fol-
lows :
377 I. JOSEPH 6 , born in 1787. See family numbered "377."
378 n. MABT 6 ; married Peter Whitman of Concord, N. H., Jan.
24, 1804.
379 in. SALLY'; married Jonathan, son of David and Mary
(Gilman) Dow of Weare, N. H., Dec. 23, 1807. He
was born Feb. 15, 1788. They lived in Henniker.
380 iv. DAVID 6 , born July 10, 1794. See family numbered " 380."
151
NATHANIEL PLTJMERS, born in Newbury, Mass., Sept.
15, 1761. He was a yeoman, and lived in Byfield parish,
in Newbury. He lived in Ipswich awhile about 1805.
He married, first, Lydia, daughter of Elkanah and
Elizabeth (Palmer) Lunt of Newbury (published Nov.
11, 1786). She was born in Newbury Aug. 6, 1761 ; and
died there Jan. , 1798, at the age of thirty-six. He
married, second, Sarah Higgins of Ipswich Jan. 29, 1800.
Mr. Plumer died in Newbury Aug. 19, 1839, at the age
of seventy-seven. His wife Sarah survived him, and
died May 9, 1852, aged eighty, and was buried with her
husband in the ancient churchyard at Byfield.
Mr. Plumer's children were born in Newbury, as fol-
lows :
381 I. MABY", born June 27, 1787; married (when of Ipswich),
first, William Brown of Newbury Aug. 19, 1806; and,
second, Bosworth; and lived in Palmer, Mass.
382 n. AMOS, born Sept. 5, 1789.
383 in. DOROTHY*, born Dec. 20, 1791; married Bissell; and
lived in Boston.
384 iv. EBENEZEB", born Sept. 3, 1796; died Dec. 9, 1797, in By-
field.
385 v. JESSE H. 6 , born Sept. 2, 1800.
BY SIDNEY PEELEY. 351
386 vi. NATHANIEL FOSTER*, born Aug. 25, 1802 ; died in New-
bury June 29, 1820, aged seventeen.
387 vii. SABAH HIGGINS*, born March 9, 1805; married Carr.
388 vin. NANCY SILLOWAY S , born Oct. 20, 1807; married Harry
Merchant.
389 ix. FBANOES MABIA B , born April 10, 1810; married Freder-
ick, son of William and Betsey (Poor) Stickney of
Newbury Dec. 1, 1829. He was born in Newbury
May 12, 1806.
390 x. EMELiNE 6 , born May 25, 1813; married Jefferson Grant
Dec. 8, 1840; and had three children.
391 xi. OATHEBINE MABIA", born March 1, 1816; married Addi-
son Merchant.
392 xn. JOHN GBEENLEAF", born Dec. 25, 1819. See family num-
bered "892."
154
MOSES PLCTMERS, born in Rowley, Mass., and baptized
in the Byfield parish church Feb. 17, 1723-4. He lived
in Scarboro', Me.
He married, first, Mary Dyer in 1744. She died, and
he married, second, Anna, widow of Joseph Ring (King ?)
Nov. 9, 1767 (1776 ?).
Their children were born as follows :
3931. MOSES", born April 23, 1745.
894 ii. JEBEMIAH*, born Nov. 8, 1747, in Scarboro'. See family
numbered " 894."
395 in. AAEON 6 , born Feb. 27, 1750, in Scarboro'. See family
numbered " 395."
396 iv. JESSE", born March 14, 1754, in Scarboro'. See family
numbered "396."
397 v. GIBBON", born May 3, 1756, in Scarboro'; -was killed by
falling from a cart and breaking his neck Aug. 26,
1816, aged sixty.
398 vi. ISAAC", born Feb. 6, 1758; married Esther Libby March 9
(Nov. 2?), 1784; and died in Gorham, childless.
399 vn. MABY", born Aug. 23, 1760; married Dea. Ebenezer S.
Thomas Oct. 2, 1780.
400 vm. CHBiSTOPHEB 6 , born Aug. 25, 1762. See family numbered
" 400."
401 ix. Ai 6 , born Aug. 22, 1764. See family numbered "401."
402 x. SAMUEL CALLEY", born Nov. 17 (14?), 1766; married
Babb.
352 THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
156
WILLIAM PLUMERS, born in Rowley, Mass., and bap-
tized there July 21, 1727. He was a housewright, and
settled on Phimer's Neck, in Scarboro', Me.
He married Lucy Gordon of Cape Elizabeth ; and was
drowned when coming from Richmond's Island in May
1798, at the age of seventy-one.
Their children were born as follows :
408 I. ELIZABETH 6 , born July , 1757; baptized July 26, 1757;
and died, unmarried, in 180-, aged about fifty.
404 ii. JAMKS 6 , was always feeble and ill, and became blind be-
fore his death, which occurred about 1825. He was
never married.
405 in RoBEBT 6 , born March 1, 1761, at Cape Elizabeth. See
family numbered "405."
406 iv. MOSES*, born in 17 ; lived in Portland; was small of
stature; and died, unmarried, April , 1829.
157
AARON PLUMERS, born in Rowley, Mass., in 1730 ; and
was baptized there May 24, 1730. He was a house-
wright ; and lived at first upon a part of the old home-
stead on Winnock's Neck, in Scarboro', and removed to
Raymond about 1771.
He married, first, Elizabeth, daughter of Edward and
Sarah (Mills) Skillings of Scarboro' July 9, 1752. She
died ; and he married, second, Lydia Libby (published
Oct. 5, 1770). She died ; and he married, third, Eleanor
Davis.
Mr. Plumer's children were born as follows :
407 i. SABAH 6 , baptized May 20, 1753; and died soon after.
408 II. Lucy 6 , born Feb. 22, 1754; married Ebenezer S. Thomas.
409 in. EDWABD", born May 27, 1755. See family numbered
"409."
410 iv. WILLIAM", born Dec. 14, 1756. See family numbered
" 410."
411 v. UBiAH 6 , baptized June 24, 1758.
412 vi. JOHN 6 , born May 16, 1760. See family numbered " 412."
413 vii. SAMUEL', born Jan. 26, 1762.
414 vni. SABAH 6 , baptized Oct. 30, 1763; died in infancy.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 353
415 ix. ELIZABETH 6 , born March 10, 1765; married Ai Plainer
(401).
416 x. SABAH", born Sept. 6, 1766; died soon after.
417 xi. AABON*, baptized July 10, 1768. See family numbered
"417."
418 xn. HANNAH 6 , baptized July 12 (18?), 1770; married Elliot
Harmon Sept. 24, 1789, and settled in Standish upon
the " neck," on the shore of Lake Sebago, near the
pnmping station. Rev. George M. Bodge was her
grandson.
419 xin. SABAH 6 , baptized Oct. 13, 1771; married William Mar-
shall.
420 xiv. LTDiA 6 , baptized March 23, 1787, in Scarboro' ; married
Peter Ross of Yarmouth.
421 xv. POLLY*; married Ezekiel Hanson in 1794; and lived in
Windham, Me.
422 xvi. DoBCAs 6 , baptized March 12, 1775; married Roland Hoi-
den April 16, 1812; lived in Otisfield, Me.; and she
died Nov. 14, 1881, at the age of " ninety-five years,
eleven months and two days."
423 xvii. DAVID*, baptized Oct. 13, 1776, in Scarboro' ; settled in
Danville or Minot, in Maine.
424 xvin. ELLIOT*. See family numbered " 424."
425 xix. CABKY 8 , baptized March 23, 1787.
426 XX. LEMUEL 6 .
427 xxi. JANE"; married John Dyer of Scarboro'.
428 xxn. OLIVE 6 , baptized March 23, 1787; married Abel Cook.
429 xxin. ABNEB 6 , baptized March 23, 1787; lost at sea.
430 xxiv. ELEANOB 6 , baptized March 23, 1787; married Fisher
Mann March 22, 1807.
431 xxv. DEBOBAH".
163
DR. SAMUEL PLUAIER*, born in Gloucester, Mass., Dec.
24, 1725. He was a physician and a justice of the peace,
and lived in Gloucester. He was a large owner of real
estate, and Thatcher's Island belonged to him. He was
celebrated in the practice of his profession, and univer-
sally beloved.
Dr. Plumer married, first, Mary, daughter of Dea. John
Low, Dec. 13, 1748 ; and she died Oct. 15, 1749. He
married, second, Hannah Moody of York, Me. (published
Oct. 15, 1750) ; and she died Aug. 1, 1752. He mar-
354 THE PLUMEK GENEALOGY.
ried, third, Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. Joshua Gee of
Boston, Dec. 5, 1753 ; and she died July 14, 1760, at the
age of thirty. He married, fourth, Ann (Stevens), widow
of Joseph Sanders, Nov. 17, 1763; and she was living in
1768. Doctor Plumer died Jan. 30, 1778, at fifty-one.
Doctor Plumer's children were born in Gloucester, as
follows :
4321. MABT 6 , born Sept. 24, 1749; died Feb. 24, 1750.
433 II. SAMUEL*, born July 23, 1752; was living in 1754.
434 in. ELIZABETH 6 , born Sept. 8, 1754; died March 29, 1755.
435 iv. JOSHUA*, born Jan. 20, 1756. See family numbered "435."
436 v. DAVID 8 , born Jan. 16, 1758.
437 vi. JOSEPH*, born April 12, 1759.
438 vii. SAKAH GEE S , born July 8, 1760.
439 vm. ELIZABETH 6 , born Aug. 22 (23?), 1764; living in 1779.
440 ix. WILLIAM STEVENS", born June 5, 1766. See family
numbered " 440."
441 x. ANNA 6 , born Sept. 17, 1767; living in 1778.
442 xi. JOHN 6 , born June 22, 1769; living in 1779.
448 xn. MABY 6 , born in 1771; living in 1778.
444 xiii. HANNAH", born in 1772; living in 1778.
445 xiv. CHARLES", born in 1775; living in 1778.
168
DAVID PLUMERS, born in Gloucester, Mass., May 24,
1738. He was a merchant or trader, and lived in his na-
tive town, where, in his time, he was the richest man
probably, leaving an estate of about forty thousand dol-
lars. He was an extensive owner of real estate, and
bought and sold land frequently.
Mr. Plumer married, first, Judith Norwood April 9,
1761 ; and she died March 10, 1762, at the age of twenty-
three. He married, second, Elizabeth Marshall of Boston
(published May 17, 1765) ; and she died Sept. 11, 1781,
at the age of forty. He married, third, Mary in.
178-. He died July 15, 1801, at the age of sixty-three,
and his wife Mary survived him.
Mr. Plumer's children were born in Gloucester, as fol-
lows :
446 i. JUDITH NORWOOD", born March 8, 1762 ; married
Bennett.
447 n. ELIZABETH", born June 25, 1766; married Benjamin K.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 355
Hough, Esq. ; and died July 19, 1796, at the age of
thirty.
448 in. ABIGAIL*, born in 1768; married Capt. Joseph Smith;
and died Dec. 6, 1840, aged seventy-two.
449 iv. DAVID*, died at Antigua Nov. 26, 1795.
450 v. CHARLOTTE 6 ; married Hodgkins.
451 VI. EBEXEZEB 6 .
452 vii. ISAAC*, born Nov. 9, 1777; rope maker ; lived in Glou-
cester; married Mary ; died in 1813, when his
widow, Mary Plnmer, was appointed administratrix
of his estate. She was his widow in 1816.
453 vin. MABY 6 , born in 1782; living in 1802.
454 ix. ADDISON", born in 1784. See family numbered "454."
169
DANIEL PLUMERS, born in Gloucester, Mass., March 8,
1741. He was at first a cordwainer and afterward a
cooper ; and lived in his native town.
Mr. Plumer married Mary Davis of Newbury May 19,
1763 ; and died Dec. 22, 1792, at the age of fifty-one.
She survived him.
Their children were born in Gloucester, as follows :
4551. DANIEL 6 .
456 II. MOSES*.
457 in. JOSEPH".
458 iv. AAKON*.
459 V. JOSHUA 6 .
185
LT. JOHN PLUMERS, born in Rowley, Mass., Oct. 5,
1708. He was a yeoman, and an extensive land owner.
He was lieutenant in Capt. Richard Thurston's Train
Band, in the Second Foot Company, of Rowley, in
1756 and 1757. He lived in Rowley until about 1764,
when he removed to Newcastle, Lincoln county, Maine.
Lieutenant Plumer married, first, Mary, daughter of
Joseph and Hannah (Brocklebank) Nelson of Rowley
(published Dec. 15, 1730). She was baptized in Rowley
Feb. 15, 1712-3, and was admitted to the West parish
(now Georgetown) church in Rowley July 27, 1740. She
died in that parish May 31, 1743, at the age of thirty.
356 THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
He married, second, Ruth Burroughs, Sept. 8, 1749 ; and
she was living in 1765, having become in sympathy with
the Baptist faith.
Mr. Plumer's children were as follows :
460 i. BEMSLEY 6 , baptized in the Byfield church Jan. 2, 1731-2.
See family numbered " 460."
461 II. JOHN 6 , baptized in the Byfield church Dec. 9, 1733 ; died
June 21, 1736, at the age of two and a half years.
462 in. HANNAH, baptized in the Byfield church March 2, 1734-
5 ; died Oct. 29, 1736.
463 iv. MABY 6 , baptized in the Byfield church April 18, 1736;
died in Rowley Feb. 7, 1756, at the age of twenty.
464 v. JOHN 6 , baptized in the Second church in Rowley (now in
Georgetown) Feb. 19, 1737-8.
465 vi. DANIEL, baptized in the Second church in Rowley April
29, 1739.
466 vn. JANE 6 , baptized in the Second church in Rowley Nov. 15,
1741 ; married Elias, son of Moses and Sarah (Whiten)
Cheney of Newbury Sept. 7, 1762. He was born in
Newbury Feb. 20, 1741.
188
BENJAMIN PLUMERS, bora in Rowley, Mass., Oct. 20,
1717. He was a yeoman ; and lived in Byfield parish, in
Rowley, until about 1758, when he removed to Walpole,
York county, Maine (now Nobleboro', in Lincoln county).
He sold his homestead in Byfield to Parker Mooers in the
spring of 1759.*
He married Sarah, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth
(Longfellow) Woodman of Newbury Feb. 17, 1736-7,
while yet in his teens. She was born in Newbury Sept.
22, 1713. She may have died about 1742 ; and he mar-
ried, second, Barbara .
Mr. Plumer's children were baptized in the Byfield
church as follows :
4671. SABAH 6 , baptized Nov. 6, 1737.
468n. EDNAH 6 , baptized July 11, 1742.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 112, leaf 94.
(To be continued.)
BROOKSBY, SALEM (NOW PEABODY), IN 1700
BROOKSBY, SALEM, IN 1700.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY.
WHAT was known as Brooksby, in Salem, as early as
1635, is now included in the limits of the town of Pea-
body. This article includes the principal part of Brooks-
by, and is bounded northerly by Lowell street, westerly
by Summit street, southerly by Lynnfield street, south-
easterly by Washington street, and easterly by Foster
street. Some of the lines on the accompanying plan are
unsatisfactory, on account of the lack of surveys.
Lowell street was in existence as early as 1659. Con-
cerning this portion of it, the town of Salem voted, at a
general town meeting, held March 8, 1660-1, that " The
Select men are to take Care that the high way that Jn
South wick hath taken into his field as y n goe to m r Down-
ings farme be layd oat into the fame place where it was
first layd out."* It was called ye highway in 1685; ye
highway which leads to a farme formerly called Mr.
Downing's farm in 1704; ye road from Salem by Benja-
min Procter's in 1710 ; ye road that runs from Salem up
to Benjamin Procter's in 1713 ; the highway leading to
Shaw's in 1729 ; the county road in 1749 ; ye main road
in 1799 ; the highway leading to Salem in 1807 ; the
road leading to Billerica in 1810 ; the highway leading
from Salem to Reading in 1814 ; the road leading from
Danvers to Reading in 1827 ; the road leading from South
meeting house in Danvers to Reading in 1827 ; the road
leading to North Reading in 1839 ; the Reading road in
1843 ; and Lowell street as early as 1845.
Summit street was laid out as early as 1643. It was
called the Ipswich highway in 1684 ; Ipswich road in
1695 ; the country road leading from Boston to Ipswich
in 1703 ; the main province road that leads from Ipswich
*Salem Town Records, volume II, page 15.
(357)
358 BROOKSBY, SALEM, IN 1700,
to Boston in 1710 ; Boston-Ipswich road in 1754 ; Ipswich-
Boston road in 1761 ; the cross road from Boston through
Danvers to Ipswich in 1795 ; the cross road leading from
Boston to Ipswich in 1801 ; road to Boston in 1823;
Ipswich old road in 1832 ; road to Lynn in 1835 ; and
Summit street as early as 1882.
Lynnfield street was an early way. It was called the
country road or highway in 1733 ; the Reading road in
1738 ; the highway leading from Salem to Reading in
1794 ; the Salem and Reading road in 1795 ; the high-
way leading from Salem to Lynnfield in 1816 ; road to
Boston in 1817 ; the road from Salem to South Reading
in 1817 ; the Lynnfield road in 1822 ; the road leading
from Tapley's brook towards Lynnfield in 1871 ; and
Lynnfield street in 1871.
Washington street was probably the earliest road in
the region. It was called the Boston road in 1730 ; the
country road in 1765 ; Boston road leading from Salem
to Boston in 1792 ; the road leading from Salem to Bos-
ton in 1795 ; the old Boston road in 1807 ; and Washing-
ton street as early as 1882.
Foster street was laid out about 1713, as a way from
the South meeting house (on what is now Peabody
square) to Washington street. It was called ye high-
way in 1717 ; a way leading from ye meeting house to
Boston road in 1752 ; the new road leading from the
South meeting house to the old Boston road in 1828 ; and
Foster street as early as 1843. It was probably named
for Gideon Foster, who owned most of the land on the
way.
Forest street was laid out very early. It was called
the common highway in 1672; the highway in 1723; ye
road in 1733 ; Reading road in 1816 ; the Lynnfield road
in 1827 ; North Reading road in 1832 ; road from Read-
ing to Salem in 1835 ; the road leading from Lowell
street to the Dishfall in 1865; Dishful road in 1868;
highway from Lowell street to Lynnfield in 1870 ; and
Forest street as early as 1882.
Chestnut street was so called in 1844.
Kosciusko street was so called in 1855.
Franklin street was so called in 1872.
WIGWAM ROCK, PEABODY
BY SIDNEY PEELEY. 359
Lynn street was a part of the original old Boston road,
and dated back to the beginning of the settlement. It was
called the Boston road and the road from Salem to Bos-
ton in 1796 ; and Lynn street as early as 1882.
County street was a part of the original Ipswich road,
and is very old. It was called the road leading from
Boston road to Reading road in 1796 ; and County street
as early as 1882.
Goldthwaite's brook was known as the river called
Brooksby in 1664 ; the brook called Brooksby in 1671 ;
brook from fulling mill in 1709 ; Goldthwaite's brook in
1714 ; and old fulling mill stream in 1754.
The bridge over Goldthwaite's brook where Lowell
street now crosses it is very old. The selectmen of
Salem, at their meeting, held July 21, 1669, appointed
John Pickering, Josiah Southwick and William Trask
" to make a foote bridge at the brook neare to Thorn
Gouldtwaight ; "* and, Oct. 28, 1680, the selectmen of
Salem " ordered that there shall bee a horfe Bridge made
ouer the Brook neere Thomas Golthrites & John King is
Chofen Ouerfeere of the worke."f
Butts brook was so called as early as 1638, probably
receiving its name from the boulder known as the butts,
situated in the brook. The stream was called Butts
brook or Brooksby in 1682 ; Butts brook alias Brooksbie
in 1699; and ye great brook in 1705. The bridge over
this brook where Washington street crosses it was built
in 1647. In that year, May 17th, the selectmen of Salem
chose Sergeant Porter and Mr. Kennyston " to see the
finishing of the . . . Butts Bridge." J
Wigwam rock was so called as early as 1652. It is a
boulder, having a triangular base and three triangular
sides. It is about twelve feet in height and each side of
the base is about fifteen feet long.
The cemetery on Washington street was laid out, in or
before 1732, in the common lands.
Eleazer Groldthwaite House. This lot probably early
*Salem Town Records, volume II, page 116.
tSalem Town Records, volume III, page 5.
{Salem Town Records, volume II, page 149.
8alem Commoners Records, page 78.
360 BROOKSBY, SALEM, IN 1700,
belonged to Joshua Veren. Edward Harriett of Salem
husbandman, conveyed it to Thomas Goldthwaite of Salem,
cooper, Feb. 20, 1657-8.* Mr. Goldth wait immediately built
a house thereon, according to the deposition of Daniel
Southwick, aged eighty-one, and Samuel Ebborne, aged
seventy-eight, both of Salem. They testified that Ezekiel
Golthrite of Salem is in possession of this lot of land, on
which " was Erected Built & in Being one Cottage or
dwelling place at or Before y e year one Thoufand Six
hundred & Sixty one and was Built and Erected by
Thomas Golthrite of Salem aforefaid Cooper dec d ."
Sworn to Dec. 16, 1717.f Thomas Goldthwaite died in
March, 1682-3, leaving, in his will, devised the estate to
his son Samuel Goldthwaite, after the death of the
testator's wife Rachel. Samuel Goldthwaite, sr., of Salem,
husbandman, for love, conveyed the house and this lot to
his son Ezekiel Goldthwaite June 21, 16974 Ezekiel
Goldthwaite owned the estate in 1700.
Samuel Croldthwaite House. Apparently, this lot of
land was conveyed by Joshua Veren to Zaccheus Curtis
before 1656. It subsequently came into the possession of
Edward Harnett, sr., of Salem, and he built a house
thereon, according to the deposition of Daniel Southwick,
aged eighty-one, and Samuel Aborne, aged seventy-eight
years, both of Salem. They testified " That Sam l)
Golthrite Sen r Cooper of Salem in y c County of Efsex is
in pofsefsion of a peice of Land Belonging To his now
homeftead Scituate Lying and Being in Salem aforefaid
and on w ch Said parcell of Land was Erected built and
in being one Cottage or dwelling place at or before y e
year one Thoufand Six hundred Sixty one and was Built
and Erected By Edward Hornet of Same towne and
County of Efsex aforefaid hufbandman deceaf 1 at or
Before y e year aforefaid." Sworn to Dec. 16, 1717.
Mr. Harnett conveyed the lot, with the house and barn
thereon, to Thomas Goldthwaite of Salem, cooper, Feb.
20, 1657-8.|| The house was apparently gone before
* Essex Registry of Deeds, book 1, leaf 87.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 32, leaf 254.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 26, leaf 39.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 32, leaf 255.
II Essex Registry of Deeds, book 1, leaf 37.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 361
1682 ; and Mr. Goldthwaite died, possessed of the lot,
in March, 1682-3. He devised it, in his will, to his son
Samuel Goldthwaite, who, before 1697, probably built a
new house thereon. Samuel Goldthwaite died in 1718,
having, in his will, devised his homestead to his son
Nathaniel Goldthwaite. How much longer the house
stood is unknown to the writer.
The southern end of this lot was an acre of land
granted to Zaccheus Curtis by the town of Salem, after
1658, and twenty rods of land which Mr. Curtis bought
of Joshua Veren. Mr. Curtis was a planter and removed
to Rowley Village (which was incorporated as the town
of Boxford in 1685). He conveyed this acre to John
Robinson of Salem, planter, March 2, 1664-5.* There
was then an old cellar upon the lot of twenty rods. Mr.
Robinson removed to Topsfield and conveyed this acre
and twenty rods to Samuel Aborne, jr., of Salem May
16, 1671. | Mr. Aborne reconveyed the same lots to
Mr. Robinson of Topsfield June 5, 16794
John Southwick House. This lot of land belonged to
John Southwick of Salem, husbandman, as early as 1657 ;
and Nov. 26, 1659, he conveyed it (probably in mortgage)
to William Burnell of Pullen Point, belonging to Boston.
The six acres of land conveyed by John Southwick of
Salem to William King and Robert Stone, both of Salem,
Jan. 4, 1660, || was cut out of this lot on the western
side probably.
The eastern part of the lot is said to have belonged to
Henry Cook in 1659, and possibly to George Corvvin
about a score of years later.
The principal part of the lot probably came back to
the ownership of Mr. Southwick before 1700.
Philip Logee Lot. This was a part of the homestead
of Thomas Avery of Salem, blacksmith ; and he con-
veyed the lot, with the house and barn thereon, to George
Corwin of Salem, merchant, March 10, 1657-8. *[ The
* Essex Registry of Deeds, book 3, leaf 113.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 3, leaf 135.
JEssex Registry of Deeds, book 5, leaf 48.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 1, leaf 73.
li Essex Registry of Deeds, book 2, leaf 8.
TEssex Registry of Deeds, book 1, leaf 37.
362 BROOKSBY, SALEM, IN 1700,
buildings were apparently gone, Jan. 13, 1672, when Mr.
Corwin, for twenty pounds, conveyed this lot to Philip
Logee of Salem, fisherman.* It probably belonged to
him in 1700.
Estate of G-eorge Corwin Lot. This was a part of the
lot of Thomas Avery of Salem, blacksmith, in 1657 ; and
he conveyed it to George Corwin of Salem, merchant,
March 10, 1657-8 ;f and it belonged to Mr. Corwin in
1672, and probably to his estate in 1700.
Samuel G-ardner House. This lot was a part of the
estate of John Southwick in 1657. He died Oct. 25,
1672, having devised it in his will to his daughter Sarah,
wife of Thomas Buffington of Salem, husbandman. Mr.
and Mrs. Buffington conveyed the lot, with a house
thereon, to Samuel Stone of Salem March 25, 16854
Capt. Samuel Gardner owned the estate in 1700.
Estate of Edward Giles House. This lot of some forty
or fifty acres was the property of Edward Giles quite
early, probably as early as 1640. He died, and his widow
Bridget Giles gave the northwestern (ten acres) portion
of it to their son Eleazer Giles of Salem, who, for eight
pounds, conveyed it to John King of Salem, cooper, April
2, 1663. Edward Giles' son John Giles had the north-
eastern section of it before 1671. The southwestern por-
tion (nine or ten acres) had a house thereon in 1671,
when the house and lot were in the possession of the son
John Giles. John Giles lived here, being a yeoman, and,
for one hundred and fifty pounds, conveyed the house,
barn, cow-houses and lot of land to TJzall Wardall of
Ipswich, house carpenter, April 18, 1676.|| John Giles'
mother, Bridget Giles, administratrix or executor of the
estate of Edward Giles, deceased, consented to the con-
veyance. Mr. Wardall removed to Salem and continued
at his trade of a housewright. For ninety pounds, Mr.
Wardall conveyed the same estate to William Browne,
jr., of Salem, merchant, April 21, 1684. | Apparently,
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 3, leaf 173.
1-Essex Registry of Deeds, book 1, leaf 37.
{Essex Registry of Deeds, book 7, leaf 28.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 5, leaf 62.
II Essex Registry of Deeds, book 6, leaf 121.
BY SIDNEY PEKLEY. 363
Mr. Wardall had taken down the old Giles house and
built another on the lot ; and Mr. Browne's title passed
to Samuel Browne before 1714. The southeastern por-
tion of the lot (twenty acres) was conveyed by Mrs.
Bridget Giles, for love, to her son Eleazer Giles of Salem,
husbandman, Nov. 10, 1671 ;* and he owned it about 1700.
Estate of Samuel Very Lot. This lot was a part of the
farm of Edmund Batter. It came into the possession of
Mrs. Dorcas Verrin, and she conveyed it to Francis Perry
of Salem Oct. 3, 1649.f Mr. Perry was a wheelwright
and lived in Salem May 12, 1651, when, for forty pounds,
he conveyed to Richard Way this lot and ten acres of
land bought of Hilliard Verrin, one acre of land bought
of Edmund Batter and about one and one-half acres of
land exchanged with the town.if Edmund Batter of
Salem released to Mr. Way (Weigh) fourteen acres of
this lot Jan. 19, 1652-3. Mr. Way, when he was living
in Dorchester, conveyed this lot to Samuel Very of Salem,
being " all that farm or farme house " situated " neere
unto the frame house that is or late was Mr. Edmond
Batters," etc., Oct. 6, 1656. || Mr. Very died in 1683;
and this land probably belonged to his estate in 1700.
Deliverance Parkman Lot. This lot of land was bought
of the town of Salem by Deliverance Parkman before
1694 ; and was owned by him in 1700.
Eleazer Giles and Deliverance Parkman Lot and House.
This lot was the estate of Edmund Batter of Salem, who
conveyed it, except that part sold to Richard Way and a
parcel of meadow and land called Cranberry pond, to his
" brother " Thomas Anthrop April 5, 1653.^]" Thomas
Antrurn of Salem conveyed to his son-in-law Isaac Bur-
nap of Salem, husbandman, the lot and house, barn, etc.,
" reserving unto myselfe & pp use while I live the lower
fire roome to the East of y e dwelling house, & y e cham-
ber over y e parlor to y e west," Dec. 15, 1658.** Mr.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 4, leaf 131.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 1, leaf 8.
JEssex Registry of Deeds, book 1, leaf 9.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 1, leaf 15.
II Essex Registry of Deeds, book 1, leaf 77.
"Essex Registry of Deeds, book 1, leaf 25.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 1, leaf 58.
364 BROOKSBY, SALEM, IN 1700,
Antrum died before 1664 ; and one-undivided-half of the
farm came into the ownership of Deliverance Parkman,
Mr. Burnap conveyed one-undivided-half of the lot to
Obadiah Antrum of Salem, mariner, June 11, 1664.*
Mr. Antrum was lost at sea on a voyage to the West
Indies before the year was out ; and his widow, Martha
Antrum, married, secondly, Thomas Andrews of Rowley
Village (now Boxford), carpenter, June 22, 1670. Mr.
and Mrs. Andrews conveyed this half to Mr. Thomas
Baker of Topsfield Nov. 24, 1682. f Dec. 28, 1694, the
farm was divided and the eastern part, with the buildings
thereon, became the property of Mr. Parkman, and the
western the property of Mr. Baker. $ When of Tops-
field, yeoman, Mr. Baker conveyed his part of the farm
to Ens. Eleazer Giles of Salem, yeoman, Feb. 28, 1 695-6.
The two parts were owned by the respective parties in
1700.
The eight acres of meadow, swamp and upland con-
veyed by Eleazer Giles of Salem, husbandman, to Samuel
King of Salem, April 6, 1699, || was probably a part of
this lot.
John King Lot. This lot was granted by the town of
Salem to Edmund Batter of Salem, merchant, on Christ-
mas day, 1637.^[ He sold it to Thomas Goldthwaite of
Salem, cooper, April 29, 1667.** Mr. Goldthwaite had
probably been in the possession of the lot since 1658.
Mr. Goldthwaite died in March, 1682-3 ; and this lot,
which was then valued at forty-five pounds, came into
the ownership of his son-in-law John King. Mr. King
owned it in 1700.
Samuel King Lot. This lot was granted by the town
of Salem to Edmund Batter of Salem, merchant, on
Christmas day, 1637. ff It came to be the property of
Isaac Burnap of Salem, who conveyed it to Robert Stone
*Ipswich Registry of Deeds, book 4, page 489.
tlpswich Registry of Deeds, book 4, page 490.
JEssex Registry of Deeds, book 10, leaf 101.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 11, leaf 221.
11 Essex Registry of Deeds, book 15, leaf 288.
ITSalem Town Records, Volume I, page 62.
**Essex Registry of Deeds, book 3, leaf 11.
ttSalem Town Records, volume I, page 62.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 365
and William King, both of Salem, March 30, 1664.* This
lot was owned by Samuel King in 1700.
Estate of Robert Stone Lot. This was a lot of land
given by the town of Salem to Edmund Batter, after his
farm was laid out, as an addition thereto. It came into
the possession of Isaac Burnap of Salem, who conveyed
it to Robert Stone and William King, both of Salem,
March 30, 1664. f Mr. King released his interest in it
to Mr. Stone May 20, 16764 M *- Stone died in 1690 ;
and the land probably belonged to his estate in 1700.
Thomas Buffington Lots. The lots of Thomas Buffing-
ton were probably part of the lot of land conveyed by
widow Dorcas Verrin of Salem to Michael Shafflyn of
Salem, tailor, Feb. 28, 1649-50.
The two acres of upland at the northern end of a pond
which were conveyed by Edmund Batter and his wife
Sarah to Michael Shafflin Dec. 17, 1665,|| probably was
the southern portion of this lot.
Mr. Buffington owned this lot in 1700.
Alice Shafflin Lots. Widow Dorcas Verrin of Salem
conveyed these lots to Michael Shafflyn of Salem, tailor,
Feb. 28, 1649-50.^" Mr. Shafflin died possessed of the
and in 1687 ; and, in his will, he devised the lots to his
wife Alice Shafflin, who owned them in 1700.
William Shaw Lot. This was a part of the forty-acre
lot which was granted by the town of Salem to John
Robinson Nov. 19, 1649 ;** and Mr. Robinson died pos-
sessed of it in the autumn of 1653. It was then ap-
praised at three pounds. His executor, Edmund Batter
of Salem, and the widow of the deceased, Eleanor Rob-
inson, for twenty pounds, conveyed it to William Shaw
of Salem, planter, May 21, 1669 ;ff and Mr. Shaw owned
it in 1700.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 6, leaf 78.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 6, leaf 78.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 6, leaf 77.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 1, leaf 15.
II Essex Registry of Deeds, book 3, leaf 8.
lEssex Registry of Deeds, book 1, leaf 15.
l**Salem Town Records, volume I, page 160.
ttEssex Registry of Deeds, book 3, leaf 125.
INDEX
Abbott, Abbot, ,
46, 47, 262.
A. A., 50(2).
Abiel, 264.
Asa, 50.
Caleb, 43.
Enos, 258.
Fanny, 261.
George, 86.
George Jewett, 86,
87.
Isaac, 46.
Jerry, 53.
Capt. Job, 53.
John, 54, 86.
Jonathan, 264.
Lucy, 53.
Mary, 88.
Mary (Gile), 88.
Mary Phillips, 48.
Mehitable, 86.
N., 260.
Nehemiah, 47, 264.
Rebecca, 53.
Sally, 258.
Samuel, 53.
Stephen, 48, 88.
Theodore, 88.
Aborne, Aborn, Ea-
borne, Ebborne,
Eborn, Cather-
ine (Smith) 164.
Samuel, 164(2),
360(2).
Samuel, jr., 361.
Susanna, 164.
Thomas, 240.
Abree, Abre, Thom-
as, 327(2).
Achilles, Henry, jr.,
88.
Martha (Patty),
88.
Patty, 88.
Adams, , 15, 110,
295.
Abram, 29.
Benjamin, 15, 91.
(366)
Adams, Betty, 296.
Elizabeth, 296.
John, 71, 91.
Mary, 91.
Dr. Nehemiah,
15(2).
Saml, 110.
Sarah, 91.
Addison, Capt., 126.
Ainslie, Ainslee, ,
131, 135, 138,
140, 142.
Thos., 128, 135,137.
Capt. Thos., 137.
Aitken, Aitkin, ,
101.
John, 98, 100, 101.
Albany (N. Y.), 109,
113, 144, 149.
Alden, Rev. Timothy,
293.
Alderman, Jo., 330.
John, 60, 328.
Aldred, George, 55.
Alexander, , 13.
Betsey, 341.
Eunice, 270, 341.
Hannah, 341.
John, 49.
Lucy, 49.
Lucy (Dane), 49.
Mary, 49.
Peter, 49.
William, 270.
Alford, William, 326.
Allen, , 48. 107.
Col., 113, 140.
Elizabeth (Fair-
banks), 48.
Ethan, 131, 142.
Col. Ethan, 113.
Joseph, 274.
Joseph V., 259.
Lucy, 48, 259.
Mary, 162, 274.
Moses, 162.
Reuben, 48.
Silence, 178.
Allen, Rev. Thomas,
249.
William, 234, 257.
Allentown (steam-
boat), 210.
Alliance, (steam-
boat), 207.
Allsop, , 99, 119,
142.
G., 119.
George, 99.
America (privateer
ship), 16.
Ames, Eames, Jem-
ima, 70.
Joseph, 70.
Mary, 70, 77.
Nathan, 70, 77.
Amesbury ( Mass. ) ,
217, 271, 346.
Andover (Mass.), 41-
58, 163, 253-264.
Andrew, , 6.
Gov., 8.
John, 8, 289.
Jonathan, 8.
Nathaniel, 8.
Andrews, Andrewes,
Elizabeth, 315.
Jo., 221.
John, 221 (2) -223
(2), 224, 315(3),
316(2).
John H., 194, 198.
Jonathan, 16.
Joseph, 194.
Martha, 364.
Nathaniel, 16.
Penelope, 236.
Robert, 219, 315
(2), 316.
Thomas, 315(2),
316, 364.
Andros, Androes,
, 321.
Gov., 217.
Anger, Elizabeth,
259.
INDEX.
367
Anita (steamboat),
206.
Ann, Cape, 96.
Annis, Hannah, 276.
Antill, , 104, 142.
E., 99, 100.
Antrum, A n t h r o p,
Martha. 364.
Obediah, 364.
Thomas, 363(2).
Appleton, Apleton,
Appletone, ,
220, 222, 223,
225, 226.
Maj. Isaac. 302.
Joanna, 302.
Priscilla, 302.
Samuel, 220, 224.
Archer, Col., 290.
Jonathan, 290.
Samuel, 290.
Argo ( steamboat ) ,
205.
Armytage, Joseph,
315.
Arnold, , 105,
113, 128, 129,
147.
Col., 113, 145-147.
Gen., 106.
Benedict, 129.
Capt. Benedict,
128.
Col. Benedict, 114,
145.
Ashton, Jacob, 215.
Ashworth, James,
263.
Atkinson, Adkinson,
, 98, 99, 133,
136. 141.
Abigail, 269.
John, 28.
Judith, 284.
Atwood, Daniel H.,
261.
Elizabeth, 282.
Fanny Elizabeth,
261.
George Henry, 261.
Jonathan, 282.
Audeley, Edmond,
227.
Austin, , 14, 15,
147, 149.
Wm., 204.
Auter, Joan, 171.
Avery, Rev. Joseph,
219.
Thomas, 361, 362.
Aylwin, Thos., 100.
Babb, , 351.
Babbidge. , 295,
296(2).
Lydia, 295, 296.
Bacon, , 329.
Badelair, Dr., 119.
Baggerly, , 226.
Bailey, Bayley, Abi-
gail, 269.
Hannah (Hil-
dreth), 261.
James, 269.
Jane, 278.
Sarah, 261.
Timothy, 261.
William, 261, 328.
Baillerger, , 135,
136.
Baker, , 132, 229.
Capt., 131.
Dr., 48.
Mayor, 207.
Anna, 274.
Deborah, 48.
Jabez, 274.
John, 164.
Capt. John, 90.
Col. John. 78.
Mary, 303.
Mary Ann, 48.
Capt. Moses. 79.
Nelly, 207.
Robert, 229.
Sarah, 82.
Susanna, 48, 164.
Thomas, 364.
William, 216.
Baker's Island, 208,
209.
Balch, Sarah Jane,
260.
Baldwin, Lieut. Col.
Loammi, 79.
Ballard, , 43, 47,
240.
Capt. J., 53.
Lucy, 52.
Phebe. 53.
Timothy, 47, 264.
William, 240.
Baltimore (steam-
boat), 208.
Banister, ,53(2).
Betsey, 53.
Margaret, 53.
Wilson, 53.
Banks, Francis, 256.
Gertrude Kendall,
256.
Maria ( Bartow) ,
256.
Mary, 256.
Barber, Barbor, Bar-
bour, ,44(2),
329.
Anna, 44, 274.
Anna ( Broom-
head), 44.
Antoinette, 44.
Daniel, 270, 274.
Elizabeth, 44, 270.
Faith, 328.
John, 44(2), 328,
329.
Martha Florence,
44.
Thomas, 44(2).
Thomas Emery, 44.
Barker, Elizabeth,
85.
Elizabeth (Kil-
burn), 82.
James, 82.
Lydia, 85.
Nathaniel, 85.
Sarah, 82.
Barnard, Eliza Law-
rence. 256.
Oren, 256.
Rachel, 271.
Barnes, Major Thom-
as, 14.
Barr, , 13.
Barras, Peter, 12.
Barrett, Barbara, 53.
Ellen, 53.
Joseph, 158.
Phebe, 158.
Phebe (Waite),
158.
William, 53.
Barren. , 55.
Thomas, 263.
Bartleinew, .335.
Bartlett, Barttlet,
Cornelius, 6.
368
INDEX.
Bartlett, Hannah, 348.
John, 21.
Rhoda, 285.
Sarah, 334(2).
Barton, Fanny, 160.
Gardner, 289.
William C., 15.
Bartow, Maria, 256.
Bass, , 140, 141.
Capt., 140.
Bassett, , 10.
Bast, , 220.
John, 220.
Batchelder, Bache-
lour, Bachiler,
9 *v.V.
David, 40, 170.
Hannah, 40, 170.
John, 170.
Eebecca, 170.
Batherne, George,
232.
Batt, , 19.
N., 18.
Nicholas, 19(2).
Batter, , 327.
Edmond, 244, 363
(2), 365.
Sarah, 365.
Batty, Nicholas, 240.
Beacham, Beachem,
Beechum, ,
323.
Edward, 62.
Elizabeth, 62.
Mary, 323, 325.
Bean, , 47.
Arthur, 45.
Arthur Noah, 48.
Caroline E., 48.
Charles A., 48.
Laura Caroline,48.
Levi M., 48.
Lillian Maria, 48.
Mary Anna, 48.
Mary (Phelps), 48.
Mary Susan, 48.
Willie A., 48.
Beard, Elizabeth,268.
Elizabeth (Wal-
dron), 268.
Joseph, 288.
Lieut. Joseph, 268.
Mary, 48.
Beckford, Capt. Jon-
athan, 13.
Beckford, Sally, 13.
Beebe ( steamboat ) ,
206.
Beede, Hiram P., 212.
Belcher, Woodbridge,
86.
Belknap, Belknapp,
Abraham, 314
(2).
Mary, 315.
Bell, , 6, 47.
Abigail, 47.
Andrew, 194.
John, 225.
William, 55.
Bennett, Bennet, ,
32, 354.
Dr., 110.
Abby, 256.
Dr. David, 31, 32.
George, 13.
Joseph, 256.
Judith Norwood,
354
Mary,' 31, 32(2).
Penelope (An-
drews), 256.
Eebecca, 32.
Samuell, 334.
Benson, George, 254.
Jane, 254.
Mary ( Maguire ) ,
254.
Bent, Marcia, 93.
Marcia (Mary),
92, 93.
Mary, 92, 93.
Peter, 92.
Bentley, , 295.
Dr., 97, 193, 195,
197, 199, 202,293.
Joshua, 293.
William, 294.
Eev. William, 194.
Eev. Dr. William,
292.
Berry, Bartholomew,
54.
Beatrice, 25, 26,
28-31.
Bethiah, 152.
Divin (Divan), 152.
Edward, 26.
Eliza (Pope), 54.
Elizabeth (Divan),
152.
Berry, Ellen, 54.
Susan, 258, 259.
Thomas, 152.
Beverly (Mass.), 177,.
203, 205, 208,209.
Bibbens, Capt., 115.
Bigelow, Biglow,.
Col., 146.
Maj., 147.
Becca, 146, 148.
Katherine, 311.
Biggar, Bigger, Ag-
nes, 56.
Alexander, 56(2).
Andrew, 56(2).
Beatrice, 56.
Catherine, 56.
Christianna, 56(2).
Ellen, 56(3).
James, 56.
John, 56(2).
Mary, 56.
Thomas Winthrop,
56
William, 56.
Birdsall, Henrye,314.
Birkin, James, 232.
Bishop, Bishopp, Ed-
ward, 216.
John, 20(2), 21,.
239.
Josiah, 75.
Eichard, 219.
Townsend, 331.
Bissell, , 350.
Dorothy, 350.
Bitfield, , 177.
Elizabeth, 39(3).
Mary, 39(2).
Samuel, 39(2).
Blake, , 115.
Betsey, 88.
Dolly (Crocker),.
88.
Elizabeth Stone
White, 310.
Ellis, 310.
Jesse, 88.
John, 104, 117(2),
120.
John Ellis, 310.
John Eice, 310.
Lydia, 88.
Blanchard, Blanchar,
, 49, 262.
Abel, 49(2).
INDEX.
369
Blanchard,At>igail, 49.
Amos, 49.
Bev. Amos, 49.
Elizabeth, 151.
Hannah (Hills),
151.
John, 151.
Joshua, 49.
Mary (Hutchin-
son), 49.
Nathan, 349.
Thomas, 239.
Bliss, , 141.
Blomfield, Henry,325.
Blood, Capt. Nathan,
203.
Blow, , 129.
S., 128, 129.
Blumfield, Blumfeild,
, 228.
John, 228(2).
Thomas, 19, 228.
Blunt, 50, 263, 264.
David, 50, 264.
William, 50.
Boardman, see
Bordman.
Bodge, Bev. George
M., 353.
Bolar, Joanna, 41.
Bond, John, 308, 322,
324.
Bondfield, Bonfield,
, 135.
A. M., 142.
Bonner, Catherine,
257.
Delia, 257.
Edward, 51, 52(2).
Eliza, 257.
John, 256.
Margaret, 51(2),
52(2), 56, 257.
Margaret (Early),
51, 52, 256.
Mary, 257.
Mary Ann, 257.
Mary Elizabeth,51.
Boger, 51, 52, 256.
Sarah E., 51.
Thomas, 257.
William, 51, 257.
Boone, ,130, 136.
H., 128.
Henry, 119, 130.
Booth, Lydia
(Holmes), 254.
Booth, Mary, 92.
Sarah Ann, 254.
William, 254.
Bordman, Susanna,
158.
Borman, , 225.
Boston (Mass.), 36,
110, 111, 118, 120,
126, 132, 139-142,
149, 150, 177, 178,
193-195, 197-205,
207-213, 217, 218,
227-229, 232, 234,
245-252, 297-312,
345.
Boston Bay, 193-213.
Bosworth, , 350.
Mary, 350.
Bothwell, Jane, 45.
Mary (Gilbraith),
45.
Eobert, 45.
Bott, James, 9.
Bouchette (ship),
115.
Bourne, Borne, ,
323.
Johanah, 322(2).
John, 64.
Mary, 322(2).
Bowditch, , 7.
Joseph, 7.
Bowers, Bev., 295.
Bev. James, 310,
311.
Bowker, , 9.
Box, Ann, 299.
John, 299.
Maj. John, 299.
Lydia, 299.
Sarah, 299.
Boyce, , 323.
Boyd, Jane, 254.
Boynton, , 263.
Caleb, 174.
Hannah, 343.
Jereme, 88.
Joseph, 68, 73, 75,
76.
Eichard, 74.
Theophilus, 343.
Brace, , 6, 7(2).
Capt., 7(2).
Anna, 7.
Elizabeth, 7.
James, 7.
Capt. James, 7(2).
Brace, Jane, 7.
Mary, 7.
Michael, 7.
Thomas, 7.
Bracy, , 222.
J. B., 205.
Bradbury, Daniel,
342.
Bhoda. 341, 342.
Bradford, B o b e r t,
216.
Bradford (Mass.),
79, 174.
Bradish, Billings, 58.
Bradley, Bradlee, ,
46.
Francis B. C., 193.
J. B., 211.
John, 234.
T. H., 211.
Bradstreet, Brad-
streete, 222,
318.
Humphry, 318.
Moses, 216.
Bragdon, Sarah, 275.
Braxton, , 10.
Bray, , 100.
Hannah, 296.
John, 296.
Brazor, , 222.
Breed, Allen, jr., 151.
Elizabeth, 151, 152,
155.
Frederick, 154.
Mary, 151.
Theophilus, 160,
161.
Breen, Ann Maria,
264.
Bridget (O'Neil),
264.
Francis, 264.
John Henry, 264.
Mary, 264.
Brend, William, 247.
Brethrick, Brethe-
rick, John, 41,
254.
Martha, 41, 254.
Sarah, 41.
Sarah Eliza, 254.
Sarah (Hindel).
254.
Thomas Keating,
254.
William, 41, 255.
370
INDEX.
Brewster, Francis,
231.
Gilbert, 202.
Brian, Johanna, 42.
Brice, Capt. 134.
Bridge, Maj. Ebene-
zer, 158.
Eleanor, 302.
Bristly, Kebecca, 70.
Bristol ( England ) ,
231.
Brock, Capt., 96.
Brocklebank,
B r e c kl e bank,
Elizabeth, 81, 86.
Elizabeth (Platts),
265.
Francis, 81, 86.
Hannah, 356.
John, 265.
Martha, 81, 86,191.
Mary, 191.
Mary (Cheney),
81, 86.
Samuel, 265.
Sarah, 191, 265.
Bromfield, , 111.
Brooks, , 108.
Br ooksby ( Salem ) ,
357-365.
Broomhead, Anna,44.
Brown, , 13, 32,
105, 113, 198,200,
236, 295, 323.
Capt., 105, 113.
Billy, 9.
Hannah, 258.
Jacob, 258.
John, 160, 323.
Louis Franklin,
258.
Lydia, 341.
Mary, 350.
Nathaniel, 216.
Nicholas, 332.
Pelatiah, 6, 13.
Phebe, 310.
Prudence, 46.
E., 18.
Eebecca, 347.
Euby ( Farnham ) ,
258.
Thomas, 13.
William, 350.
Browne, , 8, 9,
10, 238, 239, 295.
Browne, Benjamin,
8, 9, 10.
Benjamin F., 6,
289.
Eunice, 10.
Francis, 8.
George, 238, 239.
Jacob, 259.
James, 22.
John, 10(2), 235.
Joseph, 238.
Josua, 239.
Mare, 235, 236.
Margery, 239.
Mary, 8, 9(2).
Michael, 238, 239.
Phebe, 259.
Eicvhard, 238, 239.
Samuel, 8, 10, 363.
Sirah, 8.
Thomas. 230.
'Virginia Billy,"9.
William, 8(3), 9
(2), 10(2), 94,
235, 236.
William, jr., 362.
William Burnet, 9,
10.
Browning, , 240.
Bubier, Boobier, Jo-
seph, 62.
Buckley, Edward,52.
Sarah, 52.
Bud, John, 324.
Buffington, Sarah,
362.
Thomas, 362, 365.
Buffum, Joshua, 245-
247.
Margaret, 247, 249.
Eobert, 247.
Tamosin, 247.
Bulfinche, John, 328.
Bull, , 220.
John, 220.
Bullock, Bullocke,
, 329.
Alice, 165. 166.
Elizabeth, 165.
Henry, 164-166,328.
Henry, jr., 163.
John, 165, 166.
Susan, 328.
Thomas, 164-166.
Burbank, Eunice,
278.
Burbank, Ezra, 278.
Hannah, 283.
Burcham. , 329.
Burchstead, John
Henry, 155.
Burdett, Edward, 45.
Burgess, Sarah, 254.
Burgoyne, Bourgoin,
Gen., 90, 132.
Burk, , 105.
Burnap, Isaac, 363-
365.
Burnell, William,
361.
Burnet, Gov., 9.
Mary, 9.
Burnham, Burnam,
Burnum, ,
206.
Elizabeth, 46.
Hannah, 46.
John, 216.
Capt. John, 303.
Mary. 46.
Mehitable, 87.
Nathan, 46.
Eobert, 316.
Burns, Charles, 49.
Francis Elizabeth,
49.
George Otis, 256.
Harriet Huse, 256.
Lorenzo, 256.
Mary, 264.
Mary ( D o u g h -
erty), 264.
Michael, 264.
William Henry,
256.
Burpee, Burpe,
Burkby. Burk-
bey, Abial, 89.
Abigail, 85, 88.
Anna, 88.
Anne, 80.
Anne (Chaplin),
87, 89.
Apphia, 89.
Asa, 80, 89.
Azubah, 72. 85, 86,
89.
Betsey, 85, 88.
Calvin, 80, 89.
David, 68, 69, 73,
74, 76, 84, 85.
Sergt. David, 82.
INDEX.
371
Bwrpee, Delia, 89.
Dolly, 89.
Dorothy, 79.
Ebenezer, 68, 69,
74, 81-83.
Lieut. Ebenezer,
72, 73, 81, 82.
Edward, 85.
Elijah, 77, 85, 86.
Elizabeth, 72, 76-
78, 81-84, 86, 91.
Elizabeth (Dick-
inson), 90.
Elizabeth (Har-
ris), 85.
Elizabeth (Pay-
son), 78.
Esther, 68, 69, 72,
77-80, 85, 90(2).
Ezra, 80.
"Febe," 77.
Hannah, 68 (2) ,69,
74, 76, 85-87, 91,
267.
Hannah (Platts),
83, 84.
Heman Bostwick,
90.
Hepsibeth, 82.
Hepzibah, 73, 74,
76, 82, 83, 85.
Hester, 68.
Hester (Hopkin-
son), 70, 71, 72,
74, 76, 267.
Hiram, 90.
Hitte, 82.
Isaac, 76, 83, 84,
90.
Jeremiah, 68-71,
73-79, 81, 83-85,
88.
Lieut. Jeremiah,
81, 86.
Joanna, 77(2), 78,
87, 88.
Joanna (Pichard),
77, 86.
John, 68.
Jonathan, 68-70,
74, 75, 83, 84, 90,
91.
Jonathan, jr., 91.
Joseph. 70, 77, 78,
85, 86.
Joseph Colby, 90.
Burpee, Joshua, 75,
77, 86.
Judith, 89.
Lavinia, 88.
Lois, 88.
Lydia, 85, 88, 90.
Marah (Mary), 86.
Margaret, 81, 82.
Martha, 67, 72, 80,
81, 86.
Martha (Patty),
88.
Mary, 67, 68, 70,
72, 77, 78, 80, 84,
86, 88, 89, 91.
Mary E., 89.
Mary (Harris), 72,
80.
Mary (Kilbourne),
72.
Mehitable, 75-79,
84, 86, 87.
Miriam, 72, 73, 83.
Miriam (Pearson),
81, 82.
Molly, 81.
Moses, 73, 74, 76,
81, 88.
Moses, jr., 82.
Moses Follensby,
91.
Nathan, 68, 69, 72,
76, 79, 85, 86, 88.
Nathaniel, 70, 78,
79, 82, 83, 91.
Patty, 80, 88.
Perley, 89.
Phoebe, 82, 91.
Polly, 82.
Priscilla, 73, 74.
Rebecca, 69, 70, 78,
87, 89.
Eebecca Jewett,
77(2), 78.
Ruth, 84, 89, 91.
Sally, 80, 88, 89.
Salome, 84.
Samuel, 68, 69, 75,
76, 81, 85, 86, 88.
Samuel, jr., 86.
Corp. Samuel, 76,
85.
Sarah, 67, 68(2),
69, 73, 74, 80, 82,
87, 88, 91.
Sarah (Kelly), 68.
Burpee, Stephen, 71,
72, 77, 86, 90,
91.
Susanna, 84, 91.
Thomas, 67, 68(2),
72, 74, 76, 80, 84,
85, 87-89, 267.
Thomas, jr., 67, 80,
91.
Lieut. Thomas, 87.
Varnum, 90.
"Zube," 72, 85.
Burr, , 264.
Burrage, Burridge,
, 152, 153,
156, 157, 159,162.
Abigail, 155, 159.
Abijah, 156, 157,
159-161.
Anna, 156, 158-160.
Bethiah, 152, 155.
Desire, 156(2).
Eliza Ann, 162.
Elizabeth, 151-
153, 157, 158,162.
Elizabeth (Breed),
152, 155.
George, 162.
GeorgeHudson, 162.
Grace, 162.
Hannah, 162.
Jane, 162.
Joanna, 152, 155.
Joanna ( Stower ) ,
151.
John, 151, 152, 155,
157-160, 162.
John, sen., 157.
John Pearce, 162.
Joseph, 159.
Josiah, 156, 159-
161.
Keziah, 156.
Patty, 159.
Phoebe, 158, 159.
Lydia, 153, 157.
Mary, 152, 155, 159,
162.
Mehitable, 153,155,
157, 158.
Mehitabel ( Sar-
gent), 157.
Richard, 162.
Robert, 162.
Roxanna, 159.
Ruth, 152, 157, 159.
372
INIXEX.
Burrage, Sarah, 155,
156, 159, 162.
Sarah (Newhall),
158, 159, 161.
Susanna, 156(2),
159, 160.
Thomas, 151-153,
155-159, 161.
William, 156, 158-
162.
Burroughs, Buth,
356.
Burrows, Thomas,
287.
William, 160.
Burt, Burtt, Mrs.
Benjamin, 47.
Hugh, 321.
Mary, 243.
Thomas, 243.
William, 263.
Burton, John, 64, 65.
Butler, , 225.
Catherine (Grace),
54.
Eliza Matilda, 55.
Ellen, 54.
Isaac, 54.
James A., 55.
John, 225.
Mary E., 55.
Reuben Youngs,
55.
Smiley, 55.
William Voss, 54.
Buttom, , 112.
Buxton, Anthony, 63,
64.
Elizabeth, 63, 64.
Joseph, 63, 64.
Thomas, 6.
Byfield (Mass.), 190.
Byram, W. H., 206.
George, 256.
Buzzell, Gilbert H.,
45.
Q. Durant (steam-
boat), 205.
Cabot, , 111.
Capt. Geo., 149.
Caesar (negro), 264.
Caffrey, Ann, 52, 53.
Barbara, 53.
Ellen, 53.
John, 53.
Caffrey, Mary Ann,
52.
Owen, 53.
Phillip, 53.
William, 52.
Calden, , 206.
A. W., 206.
Calder, , 53.
Caldwell, , 46.
Maj., 124, 127, 134,
135.
Eufus, 46.
Warren, 50.
Callahan, John, 263.
Caly, , 220.
Abraham, 220.
Emme, 220.
Jacob, 220.
Eebecca, 220.
Sarah, 220.
Thomasine, 220.
Cambridge, 37, 38,
110-113, 144, 149,
226.
Camden, Lord, 118.
Candia (N. H.), 79.
Cantlebury, B e a -
trice, 25, 26, 28-
31.
William, 25, 30, 31,
66.
Cape Ann, 111.
Cape Ann (steam-
boat), 210.
Cape Cod (steam-
ship), 206, 213.
Capon, Elizabeth, 228.
Carden, Maj., 140.
Carleton, Carlton,
, 129, 291.
Gen., 100, 102, 120,
121, 134.
Gov., 98, 100, 106,
114, 116, 117, 121,
122, 125-137. 139,
141, 146, 150.
Christopher, 130.
Guy, 128.
Hannah, 292.
Lady Maria, 100,
137, 139.
Wm., 290.
Carlisle, Rev. Thom-
as, 312.
Carr, , 206, 351.
Sarah Higgins,351.
Carter, Anna, 159.
Benjamin, 159.
Eunice, 85.
Capt. James, 81.
Capt. John, 72.
Capt. Nathaniel,
158.
Cartwright, Cart-
writ, Cartwrite,
223
Bethiah, 228(2).
Elizabeth, 228.
Wm., 223.
Gary, James, 229.
Case, Hugh, 45.
Jane, 45.
Casey, Bridget, 52.
Cassidy, Cassady, J.
E., 208.
Margaret, 257.
Cassion, Johanna, 41.
Cat Island, 204.
Cavanaugh, Cav-
enaugh, Ann,
(Smith), 54.
Joseph, 54.
Thomas, 263.
Cavindish (Vt.), 112.
Cazet, , 206.
Chabot, , 142,
143.
Chadwick, Edward,
88.
Joanna, 88.
Chamberlin, John,
245, 249.
Chandler, , 141.
Charlotte, 53.
Dorcas, 52, 53.
Ezra, 53(2).
George H., 52.
Herman P., 52,260.
Hermon, 52.
Hermon Phelps,53.
Isaac, 50.
James, 86.
Lucy, 53(2).
Lucy (Ballard),52.
Nathan, 52(2), 53
(2).
Phebe, 53.
Rebecca, 53.
Chaperon. . 131.
Chapin, Chester W.,
211.
INDEX.
873
Chaplin, Ann (Kil-
burn), 80.
Anne, 80, 87, 89.
Capt. Jeremiah,80.
Charlestown, 151,
152.
Charlestown (N. H.),
112, 118-120.
Charlwood, Alfred,
254.
Ann, 254.
Charlotte, 254.
Charlotte
(Gloynes), 254.
Henry, 254.
John, 254.
John William, 254.
Mary, 254.
Sarah Ann, 254.
Chose, GeoTge C., 7.
Hannah, 270.
John, 270.
Cheeseman, Capt.,
147.
Cheever, . 13(2).
Benjamin, 13{2).
Margaret (Ives),
13.
Peter, 13.
Sally, 13.
Samuel, 13(2).
Thomas, 158.
Chelsea, 116.
Cheney, Cheny, ,
31, 35.
Edmund, 265.
EHUs, 556.
Jane, 356.
John* 18, 31(2),
67, 176, 265.
Lydia, 188.
Martfca, 31, 67,176.
Mary, 31(2), 32
(2), 71, 81, 86,
191, 265.
Mary (Chute), 265.
Moses, 356.
Peter, 188.
Sarah, 176.
Sarah (Whiten),
356.
Chicago (111.), 144.
Chipman, Lydia, 153.
Choate, Col. Benja-
min, 2S6.
Mt-hitable. 286.
Christie, Christy,
Col., 114.
Esther, 85.
Jesse, 85.
Churchman, Hugh,
320, 321.
Chute, C h e w t e ,
James, 188. 335.
Lionel, 273, 334,
335.
Mary, 265.
Nathaniell, 335.
Rose, 335.
Cilley, Col. Daniel,
340.
Hannah, 340.
Cimbria (steam-
boat), 206.
City of Gloucester
(steam boat),
210.
City of Haverhill
(steam boat).
209.
City of Hudson
(steamship) ,207.
City of Jacksonville
(steam b o a t)*
206.
City of Portsmouth
(steam boat),
208.
Claiborne, , 10.
Clapham. Grace
(Wood), 259.
Samuel, 259.
Sophia, 259.
Susan, 259.
Clapp, Ezra, 60.
Nathaniel, 60.
Clark, , 205, 215,
259.
Almon, 47.
Dr. Francis, 263.
Hannah, 89.
Jo., 54.
Jonas, 263.
Joseph, 47.
Luseby, 47.
Margaret, 51, 54.
Mary (Hartny),51.
Moses, 85.
N., 50, 259, 260.
Patrick, 51.
Rebecca ( Fuller ) ,
47.
Clark, Mrs. S. P.,
263.
Wflliam, 260.
Clarke, Deborah, 96.
Hester, 68.
Jonathan, 71, 115.
Rev. Peter, 96.
Claus, Capt., 121.
Clayton, Benjamin,
253.
Hannah, 253.
James, 253.
John, 253.
Mary ( Lambert ) ,
253.
Patience, 253.
Thomas, 253.
Cleaves, William,216.
Cleopatra's Barge
(yacht), 16, 197.
Cleveland, , 110,
148.
Rev. Aaron, 110.
Horace W. S., 14*.
Margaret, 110.
Peggy,. 110, 111.
Ralph D., 144.
S., 150.
Stephen, 110, 111.
Susanna, 110.
Clifton (steamboat),
206.
Clinton ( steam-
boat), 206.
dough, Ebenezer,
304, 309.
Huldah, 309.
Isaac, 304.
Jane, 350.
Joanna, 304.
John, 304.
Samuel, 304, 309.
Sarah, 304.
Cloutman, Jane, W2.
Joseph, 162.
Cobet, , 321.
Cocall, , 323.
Coddington, Emma,
182.
Coffin, , 112, 126,
344, 347.
John, 126.
Joshua, 331, 347.
Tristram, 169, 174.
Cogswell, Capt.
Thomas, 79.
874
INDEX.
Coker, Kobert, 19,
21(2).
Colby, Anna,
(Heath), 89.
Barzilla, 271.
Clarissa, 47.
Elizabeth, 271.
Joseph, 89.
Judith, 89.
Cole, , 98-101,
104, 106, 129,
140-142.
J., 102.
Jona., 143.
Collins, , 15, 121.
Colman, Eev. Henry,
310.
Thos., 18, 237.
Comefort, Nancy, 41.
Compy, , 99.
Conant, Joseph, 75.
Sarah, 75.
Concord, 337.
Conley, Ann, 42.
Margaret (Cor-
sey), 42.
Michael, 42(2).
Connecticut (steam-
boat, 206.
Connell, Elizabeth,
255.
Jane Elizabeth,
255.
William, 255.
Connor, Frederick,
15.
Cook, Cooke, ,
129.
Capt., 129.
Abel, 353.
Elizabeth, 63, 166.
Henry, 64(2), 165,
166(2), 361.
Isaac, 58, 63, 64,
165, 166(2).
Judith, 64, 165,
166.
Olive, 353.
Philena, 258.
Samuel, 166.
Cooper, Janet, 254.
Samuel, 48.
Sarah, 243, 299.
Thomas, 243.
Eev. William, 299.
Coree, Giles, 60.
Corne, , 13.
Corning, , 323.
Elizabeth, 323.
Cornish, , 322.
Corsey, James, 42.
Margaret, 42.
Corwin, George, 63,
361, 362.
Cosgroff, Ann (Roch-
ford), 256.
Catherine Ann,256.
William, 256.
Costello, Ellen, 253.
Jeremiah, 253.
Julia (Fogarty),
253.
Margaret Ann,257.
Mary, 253, 257.
Michael, 257.
Costen, , 123.
Cotta, , 322.
Eobert, 61, 329.
Covell, F., 206.
Cox, , 130.
Capt., 129.
Craig, Charles, 49.
Eliza A., 49.
Joseph, 49.
Sarah Jane, 49.
Craighton, Mary, 55.
Cramake, , 126,
130, 140, 142.
Lieut. Gov., 114,
115, 130, 134-136.
139-143.
H. T., 143.
Lieut. Gov. H. T.,
126.
Crane, Eobert, 222.
Crawford, Capt., 126.
Creamer, Anna, 7.
Benjamin, 7.
Frederick, 289.
George, 290.
Croad, John, 249.
Crocker, Dolly, 88.
Crofford, Jane, 255.
Cromby, Euth, 91.
Crosby, Levina, 56.
Crosse, John, 220.
Crowell, , 212.
Crown Point (N.Y.),
108, 113, 120,
134, 135, 137, 144,
145.
Crowninshield, Ben-
jamin, 292.
Capt. Benjamin,
292.
Benjamin W., 16.
Edward, 16.
George, 16(2), 197,
292.
George & Son, 16.
Hannah, 293.
Hannah (Carlton),
292
Jacob, 7, 16(2),
292
John, 16(2), 292.
John, jr., 16(2).
John, sr., 292.
Dr. John C., 16.
Mary, 16.
Richard, 16.
Sarah, 7, 345.
William, 345.
Croxen, John, 322.
Culver, Daniel, 256.
Mary, 256.
Mary (Pease), 256.
Cummings, Cum-
mins, Comins,
133.
Elizabeth, 187.
Jas., 123.
Joanna, 322.
John, 322.
Jone, 322, 323.
Samuel, 260.
Currier, Abigail
(Kelley), 282.
Asa, 282.
Dorothy, 79.
Jane (Mitchell) ,
88.
John J., 342.
Lavinia, 88.
Mary, 281.
Nicholas, 279, 281.
Eebecca, 282.
Samuel, 282.
Sarah, 279, 281.
Timothy, 88.
Curtis, Elerette, 256.
James Oren, 256.
Mary Adams, 256.
Mary Josephine,
256.
Oren, 256.
Zaccheus, 360, 361.
INDEX.
375
Cuthbert, , 134.
Cutler, Manasseh,
304.
Cutting, Mary, 182.
Dabney, Nathl., 117.
Daily, Charles, 99,
130.
Daken, Anna, 44(2).
Antoinette, 44.
Thomas, 44.
Daland, D e 1 a n d ,
, 207.
T., 201.
Dalby, Capt., 209.
Dalton, , 15.
Mary, 53.
Dalylish, Andrew,
215.
Dana, Kev. Samuel,
309.
Dane, Daine, ,
49, 318.
Ffrancis, 318.
John, 49, 316-319.
Lucy, 49.
Danforth, , 20.
Ednah, 347.
George P., 270.
George Plummer,
20.
Joseph, 347.
Mary P., 270.
Rebecca ( Brown ) ,
347.
Samuel, 20, 347.
Daniel, Roger, 232.
Danvers, 57, 59, 95,
96.
Dascomb, , 260.
Fanny, 261.
Fanny Elizabeth,
261.
Jacob, 261.
Lucretia Osgood,
261.
Mary Rebecca, 261.
Parthenia Pelham,
261, 262.
Rachel (Dole), 261.
Davis, Davies, ,
29.
Sergt., 227.
Barbary, 278.
Betsey, 47.
Eleanor, 352.
Davis, Eliza, 47.
Oilman, 47.
Grace, 162.
Hannah (Marble),
47.
Jones W., 48.
Mary, 355.
Moses, 339.
Rebecca, 339.
William, 47(2).
Davison, Capt., 126.
Alexr., 142.
Davy, Elizabeth, 54.
James, 54.
John, 54.
Margaret, 54(2).
Mary E., 54.
Patrick, 54.
Sarah Jane, 54.
William, 54.
Dawes, Judge, 297.
Abigail, 297.
Ambrose, 297.
Elizabeth, 297.
Hannah, 297.
Mary, 297.
Rebecca, 297.
Sarah, 297.
Story, 297.
Susanna, 297.
Thomas, 297, 298.
William, 297.
Dawson, , 133.
Capt., 133.
Day, Mary Anna, 48.
Deal, William, 33.
Dean, Elizabeth, 283.
Nathaniel, 283.
Dearborn, Abby, 42.
Adoniram Judson,
42.
Alvah, 42.
Benjamin, 263.
Carr L., 48, 263.
Charles W., 42.
George P., 42.
James, 263.
John F., 42.
Sally (Leavitt),42.
Deerfield, 170.
Delaware River, 198.
DeLong, , 128.
Delvey, Ellen, 50.
Timothy, 50.
Demian, , 130.
Joseph, 130.
Dennison, Maj.-Gen.,
26.
Dennett, Eydia, 338.
Dennis, , 14, 240.
Dent, Francis, 227.
Derby, Darby, ,
10(2).
E. H., 97.
E. Basket, 7.
E. Hersey, 10.
Elias Hasket, 10,
94.
Hannah
[Browne], 10.
Hersey, 46.
John. 15.
Joseph, 158.
Mary, 16.
Perley, 297.
R., 139.
Richard, 7, 16, 94,
139, 148.
Sarah, 7.
Devereux, Arthur
Forrester, 311.
Charles Upham,
311.
Charlotte Forrest-
er, 311.
Charlotte Story,
311.
Elisha Story, 308.
Eliza (Dodge), 311
(2).
George Forrester,
311.
George Humphrey,
311.
Humphrey, 311.
James, 308.
John Forrester,
311.
Marianne Silsbee,
311.
Mary King, 308(2).
Nathaniel, 308.
Nathaniel King,
308.
Philip Humphrey,
311.
Ralph Potter, 309.
Robert, 308.
Ruth, 308.
Ruth Ruddock, 308.
Tabitha, 308.
INDEX.
Devereux, Walter
Forrester, 311.
William, 309.
Dexter, Lord Timo-
thy, 341.
Diamond, see Dy-
mond.
Dickerson, Mary ,3 43.
Dickinson, Elizabeth,
83, 90.
John, 83.
Susannah (Gage),
83.
Dillingham, ,
220, 222-224.
Ed., 223.
Edward, 222(2),
223-226.
John, 222 (2) -226.
Sarah, 219, 220,
223, 226.
Dingy, James, 85.
Lydia, 85.
Divan, Elizabeth,152.
Dixee, William, 216.
Dobie, Doby, ,
117(2).
Dod, , 319.
Dodge, , 195, 197.
Capt. Abraham,
154, 303.
Eliza, 311.
Elizabeth, 46.
Ellen Story, 303.
Hannah, 46(2),
340.
Jacob, 46.
John, 82.
Polly, 82.
Eobert, 340.
Capt. Thomas, 303.
William, 46(2).
Dohig, John, 53(2).
Margaret (Laugh-
ton), 53.
Dole, Carleton, 7.
Elizabeth, 185.
Esther, 69.
Hannah, 271.
Henry, 269.
John, 69.
John, jr., 270.
Joseph, 186.
Mary, 340.
Nathaniel, 184,273.
Kachel, 261.
Dole, Eebecca (Per-
son), 340.
Eichard, 25, 29, 30,
31, 35(4), 69, 71,
73, 172, 173, 184,
185, 284.
Eichard, sr., 175.
Eichard, 3d., 40.
Buth, 284.
Sarah, 270, 273.
Sarah (Emery),
284.
Sarah (Green-
leaf), 69, 185.
Stephen, 75, 186,
273.
Susanna (Noyes),
273.
Thomas, 271.
William, 340.
Deliver, Sarah, 260.
Donohue, Elizabeth,
54.
Peter, 54.
Donovan, Patrick,42.
Dorchester, 199.
Dorlow, Kathrin,
334(4).
Dorman, Thomas,
313.
Dorr, Joseph, 262.
Dougherty, Cather-
ine, 54.
Mary, 264.
Douglas, , 108.
Dover (N. H.), 267-
269, 286, 287.
Dow, , 260.
David, 350.
Jonathan, 350.
Josiah, 290.
Mary ( Gilman) ,
350.
Sally, 350.
Downes, Tho., 222,
225.
Downham, , 318.
Downing, , 224,
225, 357.
Dowse, Francis, 332.
Doyle, , 7.
Draper, , 262.
Dresser, Daniel, 75,
346.
Esther, 346.
Mary, 68.
Dresser, Mary (Sea-
ver), 68.
Samuel, 68.
Sergt. Samuel, 6S.
Sarah, 68.
Drinker, Tabitha,
308.
Driver, Eobert, 321.
Drummond, ,
119, .138, 13!}.
Dubord, , 103,
117, 127.
Dublin (N. H.) 112.
Du Croix, , 124.
Dudley, , 222.
Tho'., 220, 224.
Dufau, , 135.
Dugan, Bridget, 41.
Johanna ( Cas-
sion), 41.
Mallet, 41.
Duggan. Jeremiah,
138(2).
Dumas, , 101.
Dummer, D u m e r ,
, 318.
E., 18.
Eichard, 192.
Stephen, 19.
Dunbar, Capt, Wm. r
126.
Dunlap, Dunlop,
46, 50.
A., 199.
James, 46.
John, 46(2).
Dunn, . 104, 119,
121, 123, 124, 130,
134, 143.
T., 124.
Hon. Thomas, 104,
123, 132.
Duoll, Marie, 29.
Dustin, Elizabeth
(Fowler), 285.
Dutch, , 46.
Dutton, Betsey, 42.
Duvall, , 101.
Dyer, Jane, 353.
"John, 353.
Mary, 351.
Dyinond, Silsby, 95,
96.
g. Hancox (steam-
boat), 206.
INDEX.
srr
Eagle ( steamboat ) ,
202-205.
Early, Margaret, 51,
52, 256.
East Boston, 209.
Easton, , 113.
N., 18(2).
Eaton, Daniel, 155.
F. B., 79.
Joseph, 189.
Sarah, 189.
Timothy, 264.
Eckley, Rev. Joseph,
309.
Ecuyer, Maj., 122.
Edwards, Edward,
, 322, 324.
Capt., 129.
Bathsheba, 312.
Frances, 334.
Jernsha Pitkins,
345.
Mathew, 334.
Richard, 328.
Robert, 334.
Thomas, 216.
Effingham, Lord, 133.
Elithorp, John, 265.
Margaret, 265.
Mary, 265.
Eliza Hancox,
( steamboat ) ,206.
Ella Knight (steam-
boat), 210.
Eliott, Andrew, 216.
Emerson, John, 33.
Ruth, 274.
Thomas, 227.
Emerton, , 8, 14,
290.
Jeremiah, 11.
Emery, Emerey, Em-
mery, E m r y ,
, 29.
Anthony, 181.
Georg, 236, 323,
324.
Hannah, 181.
J., 18.
John, 29, 35, 36,
219.
John, jr., 28.
John, sr., 33, 36
(2).
Jonathan, 180, 181.
Mary (Woodman),
Emery, Sarah, 284.
Emmons, Benjamin,
298.
Elizabeth, 298.
Lydia, 298.
Empress (power
boat), 209.
Endicott, Endecot,
Endecott, Endi-
cot, , 222,
240.
Gov., 65, 248, 250.
Anna (Town), 3 10.
Edward Marion,
310.
Harriet Story
White, 310.
John. 232, 327, 331.
Lewis Fitch, 310.
Lewis P., 310.
Mary Lynde Fitch
Oliver, 310.
Moses, 310.
Capt. Samuel, 12.
William Petty-
place, 310.
English, Philip, 165.
Enon, 234, 235.
Epes, Daniel, 241,
242(2).
Equiae, Capt., 122.
Erie ( steamship ) ,
211-213.
Erington, Thomas,
240.
Ermentinger, ,
104(2), 115.
L., 105.
Erst, , 259.
James. 259.
Escort (steamship),
207.
Essex, 168, 209.
Everett, Apphia, 89.
Hon. Edward, 293.
Rev. Edward, 293.
Jonathan, 89.
Capt. Jonathan,89.
Mary (Messen-
ger), 89.
Fairbanks, Abigail,
159.
Elizabeth, 48.
Fairburn, Elizabeth
(Ripley), 55.
Ellen, 55.
Fairburn, George, 55.
Fairfield, Capt., 292.
Capt. Wm., 295.
Fales, Anna, 88.
Horatio, 88.
Mary, 88.
Nathaniel, 88.
Sarah, 88.
Fanny ( steamboat ) ,
206, 207.
Fargues, Peter, 127.
Farlow, Meshack,
216.
Michael, 216.
Farmer, John
Brown, 216.
Farnham, , 259,
262.
Betsey^ 259.
Dorcas, 258.
Elizabeth, 259.
Fanny. 258, 259.
Hannah, 259.
Israel, 258.
Jesse, 259.
Joseph, 258.
Levi, 259.
Lucy, 259.
Lydia, 258, 259.
Mary, 258, 259.
Nancy, 259.
Phebe, 258, 259.
Ruby, 258, 259.
Sally, 258.
Sarah, 259.
Susan, 259.
Susan (Berry) ,258.
Susanna, 259.
Thomas, 258.
Timothy, 258, 259.
Farrar, Irena, 258.
Lucy, 258.
Mary, 55.
Susanna, 155.
Thomas, 258.
Farrell, Edmund,257.
Hannah, 257.
Mary (Finn), 257.
Farrington, Ed., 315.
Faunce, , 129.
Lieut., 129.
Favorite (steam-
boat), 206.
Fay, Henry, 239.
Feld, , 323(2).
Fellows, Fellowes,
Isaac, 216.
378
INDEX.
Fellows, William,
227.
Felt, Elizabeth, 190.
Felton, Jonathan,
163.
Nathaniel, 65, 66.
Nathaniel, sr., 57.
Lieut. Nathaniel,
66.
Ferris, , 104, 207.
Fettyplace, Edward,
310.
Jane Williams,310.
Mary Lynde Fitch
Oliver, 310.
Mehitable, 309,
310.
William, 194, 309,
310.
Fickett, , 274.
Asa, 343.
Dorcas, 343.
Fielding, R., 18.
Finlay, , 98-103,
115, 117, 119-121,
124-127, 130, 135,
139, 141, 142.
H., 108, 124, 128.
Hugh, 97, 98, 115,
125.
Finn, Bridget (Ca-
sey), 52.
Elizabeth, 52.
Margaret, 51, 52
(2).
Mary, 52, 257.
Mary (Quinn), 51,
52.
Michael, 51.
Patrick, 52.
William, 52(2).
Firman, , 223.
Firth, Agnes, 56.
Richard, 56.
Fisher, , 264.
John, 215.
Fiske, , 236.
John, 236, 325(2)
Fitch, Eunice, 10.
Hannah Browne,
10.
Timothy, 10.
Fitzgerald, Gerald,
131.
Flanagin, , 101.
Michael, 101.
Fletcher, , 41,
129
Elizabeth, 41(2).
Grace, 311.
Mary, 44.
Flint, Jane, 256.
Flood, Ann, 255.
Fogerty, Julia, 253.
Fogg, Ralph, 314,
327.
Follansbee, Lieut.
James, 273.
Sarah, 273.
Folsom, Abby, 42.
Betsey (Dutton),
42.
John, 349.
Rev. Nicholas, 349.
Sally, 349.
William E., 42.
Forrester, Capt., 150.
Annie Maria, 312.
Charles, 311.
Charlotte, 311.
Charlotte Story,
311.
Elizabeth Marion,
311.
George H e 1 e y
Hutchinson, 311.
Henry Williams,
312.
John, 15, 311.
Louisa, 312.
Rachel, 311.
Rachel (Hath-
orne), 311.
Simon, 311.
Fort Edward (N.Y.),
108.
Fortune, , 92.
Foster, , 45.
Alexander, 45.
Ann Eliza, 45.
Daniel, 60.
David, 60, 64.
Dorcas (Perkins ),
344.
Ebenezer, 60, 61.
Eliza, 45.
Ellen, 45.
Gideon, 358.
Isabella, 45.
James, 45.
Jane, 45(2).
Jane ( Bothwell ) ,
45.
Foster, Joanna, 87.
John, 45, 59-62, 87.
John, sr., 61.
Jonathan, 344.
Joseph, 62.
Martha, 45.
Mary. 45, 343.
Mehitable (Burn-
ham), 87.
Mercy, 344.
Nathaniel, 15.
Reginald, 297.
Robert, 45.
Samuel, 58, 59, 61,
62.
Sarah, 297.
Thomas, 84.
William, 45(2).
Fourneaux, Capt.
Hy., 115.
Fowle, , 322, 324.
Ann, 222, 226.
Wm. B., 293.
Fowler, Elizabeth,
285
Phillip, 220, 313.
Foxcrof t, K e r .
Thomas, 302.
Franklin, Franck-
lin, , 18, 98,
316.
B., 132.
Elizabeth, 316.
Franks, J., 143.
Joseph, 8.
Fraser, , 122,
126, 129.
Capt., 141.
Alexr., 122, 129,
140.
Malcolm, 120, 122,
129.
Fred'k de B a r y
(steamboat) ,206.
Freeman, , 98,
100, 129, 138, 139.
Capt., 98, 99, 101,
141.
Lieut., 102.
Capt. Constant,
125.
French, Hiram
Woodruff, 262.
Mary, 9, 255, 261.
Mary Esther, 262.
Peter, 260-262.
INDEX. 379
Frost, Capt., 138. Gardner, Capt. Sam- Gibbs, Charles S.,
Abel, 48. uel, 167, 362. 258.
Caroline Eliza- Sarah, 7(2). Irena, 258.
beth, 48. Tho., 244. James, 264.
Hannah, 261. Garford, Gervase, Jane, 264.
Huldah, 47. 323. Thomas John, 264.
Mary (French), Garland, Mercy, 286. Winslow South-
261. Garvin, James, jr., wick, 258.
Nancy (Gould), 48. 288. Gidding, John, 216.
Zephaniah, 261. Gasking, Samuel, 62. Samuel, 216.
Frye, , 48. Samuel, sr., 62. Gilbraith, Mary, 45.
Joseph, 48. Gaspie (brigantine), Giles, Gile, , 13.
Susannah (Ba- 121. Bridget, 362, 363.
ker), 48. Gaspie (armed Edward, 362.
Fuller, Margaret, 65, schooner), 136. Eleazer, 362, 363.
66. Gavet, , 15. Ens. Eleazer, 364.
Rebecca, 47. Gedney, Bartholo- John, 362.
Robert, 65, 66. mew, 217. Mary, 88.
Fulton, , 198,199. Gee, Elizabeth, 354. Wm., 222.
Robert, 193. Rev. Joshua, 354. Gill, , 100, 101.
Gen. Bartlett Capt., 100.
CJacran, Bridget, (steamboat), 206. Dr., 98, 114, 128.
264. Gen. Berry (steam- James, 128.
Gage, Gen., 110, 111. boat), 206. Jno., 100, 128.
John, 320. General Gage, Gillespie, J., 206.
Susannah, 83. (sloop), 143. Gilman, John, 298.
Capt. Thomas, 83. Gen. Lincoln (steam- Mary, 350.
Maj. Thomas, 83. boat), 206. Gilmanton (N. H.),
Gaines, Danyell, 332. Gen. Lincoln 1st 150.
Jane, 332. (steamboat), 206. Gilmore, Janette
John, 332. Gen. Lincoln, 2d (Henry), 55.
Samuell, 332. (steamboat), 206. Robert, 55(2).
Gale, Samuel, 15. George, Henry, 5. William, 55.
Gallishan, Abigail, George (brigan- Gingrass, Ellen, 43,
85. tine), 142. 56.
Betsey, 85. George (ship), 92. Peter, 43.
Gallop, Gallup, Es- George C h a ff e e Sophia, 43.
ther, 85. (steamboat), 210. Victor, 43, 56.
Hannah, 85. Georgetown, 276, Gittings, George, 227.
Galway, , 137. 277, 279. Glenny, , 106,
Capt., 102. Gerles, Maria, 49. 107.
Gardner, Gardnr, Gerole, Isabella, 44. Gloucester, 200, 210,
, 163, 222. Gerrish, Gerish, , 274, 353, 354.
Abel, 289. 232, 233(2). Glover, Gen., 304.
Daniel, 167. Capt., 29. Gloynes, Charlotte,
Frank A., M. D., 67, Col. Samuel, 82. 254.
151, 297. Capt. Will, 33. Goffe, Amy, 229.
Henry, 7. William, 33, 34(2), Hanna, 229.
James, 161. 232, 233. John, 229, 230(2).
John, 7(2), 8, 58, Lieut. Wm., 234 Susan, 229.
167, 289, 290. (2). Golden, Alice, 51.
Jonathan, 7, 8, 289. Gerry, T. J., 206. Bridget Elizabeth,
Joseph, 289, 290. Gettysburg (steam- 51.
N., 111. boat), 210. Catherine, 51.
Richard, 7. Geufte, Samll., 186. Celia, 51(2).
Samuel, 166-168, Gibbs, Charles Rob- Ellen, 51.
289, 290, 362. ert, 258. Maria, 51.
380
INDEX.
Golden, Mary, 51.
Michael, 51(2).
Patrick, 51.
Goldsmith, , 46
(3).
Benjamin, 46(3).
Charlotte, 46.
Elizabeth, 46(3).
Eunice, 46(2).
George, 46(2).
Hannah, 46(5).
Henry, 46.
Isaac, 46, 262.
Jeremiah, 46(2).
John, 46(2).
Mary, 46.
Samuel, 46(2).
Sarah, 46(2).
Solomon, 46.
William, 46.
Zaccheus, 46(2).
Goldthwaite, Gold-
thwait, Gol-
thrite, Gould 1 -
waight, Eleazer,
359
Ezekiel, 360(2).
Nathaniel, 361.
Rachel, 360.
Samuel, 65, 360,
361.
Samuel, sr., 360
(2).
Thomas, 65, 359
(2), 360(2), 364.
Goodale, , 111,
239.
Elizabeth, 62.
Zachariah, 62.
Qooderson, William,
313.
Goodhtre, Capt. Fran-
cis, 216.
O., 47.
William, 216.
Goodridge, Joseph,
273.
Mary, 873.
Susanna, 273.
Goodwin, Ann, 286.
Lois, 88.
Moses, 280.
Goose, , 323.
Win., 334.
Gordon, Lucy, 351.
Gott, Got, , 323.
Charles, 326, 327.
Gould, Elizabeth,
258.
Nancy, 48.
Zacheus, 321.
Gov. Andrew (steam-
boat), 206.
Gov. Douglas
(steamboat), 209.
Grace, Catherine, 54.
Grafton, , 13,
314.
Joseph, 240, 314.
Graham, Alexander
Benjamin, 43.
Emily Elizabeth,
43
Hannah, 43(2).
James Andrew, 43.
John, 43.
Malcolm, 43.
Mary, 43.
Mary Ellen, 43.
Mary (Retford),
43.
Sarah Jane, 43.
Grant, , 264.
Gen., 209.
Adeline F., 258.
Anne, 258.
Benjamin P., 259.
Benjamin Parker,
258.
Charles, 123, 137.
Capt. Charles, 122.
Lieut. Chas., 123.
Eliza Ann, 162.
Ellen A., 258.
Emeline, 351.
Fanny, 258. 259.
Farnham Parker,
258.
George Warren,
258.
Hannah, 258.
Harriet, 258.
Isaac, 258.
Jefferson, 351.
Lucy Ann, 258.
Wm., 103, 121, 123-
125, 135, 137,
138, 140.
Gray, , 104, 105,
115.
Anne Orne, 310.
Bathsheba, 312.
Bathsheba (Ed-
wards), 312.
Gray, Betsey, 312.
Charlotte Sargent,
310.
Charlotte Sophia,
310.
E. W., 104, 109,
115.
Elizabeth Stone,
310.
Elizabeth Stone
White, 310.
James, 15.
Mary Barrow, 310.
Nicholas, 312.
Samuel, 15, 310.
Samuel Cally, 310.
Hon. William, 9,
312.
Great Eastern
(ship), 43
Green, , 48, 263.
Capt., 133, 138, 140.
Rev., 48.
Henry Mottey, 4&.
Huldah, 309.
Mary, 48.
Mary Phillips, 4fc.
Sarah, 48, 256.
Stephen, 48.
Greene, Gen. Nathan-
iel, 304.
Greenfield, Green-
Jeild, , 227.
Samuel, 227(2).
Susan, 227.
Greenleaf, Green-
leafe, Green-
leif e, Grenleef ,
Grenlete, ,
173, 233(2).
Abigail, 341.
E., 18.
Edmond, 232, 341.
Lydia (Brown),
341.
Mary, 272.
Sarah, 69, 185.
Stephen, 33(2).
Stover, 29.
Greenoway, Ursly,
234.
Greenpoint (N. Y.),
207.
Greenwood, Rev.
Francis W. P.,
310.
INDEX.
Gregory, , 101,
Hancock (steam-
102, 122, 125.
boat), 206.
Capt., 99, 100, 134.
Handcock, , 110.
Geo., 124.
John, 110.
Capt. Geo., 125.
Handforth, Nathan-
flfo-rr 9f\t
iell, 332.
urey, , 6\)t.
Grey Hound (ship),
TTnTma - 1 1 1
288.
J., 115.
Griffin, Gryffin, ,
Hanson, , 288.
316.
Ezekiel, 353.
Humfry, 315, 316.
Hannah, 287, 288.
John, 315.
Polly, 353.
Groas, Susanna, 159.
Hardy, Hardie, ,
Guppey, John, 287.
314.
Hannah (Bur-
Hartley. (Mass.),
bank), 283.
170.
Jane, 283.
Haines, Thomas, 28.
Mary, 70.
William, 331.
Thomas, 70.
Hale, Abigail, 277.
William, 283.
Amos., 271.
Harmon, Elliot, 353.
Anna, 343.
Hannah, 353.
Daniel, 271.
Harnett, Hornet, Ed-
David, 343.
ward, 360.
Elizabeth, 271.
Edward, sr., 360.
John, 269.
Harper, ,
Joseph, 192.
246, 249.
Kezia, 271.
Robert, 246, 249.
Mara (Russell),
Harrtman, Heriman,
343.
Jane (Bailey),
Thomas, 18, 29,
278.
172, 173, 237,
John, 278.
239.
Jonathan, 265.
Thomas, jr., 26,
Leonard, 265.
28.
Margaret, 81.
Thomas, sr., 29.
Margaret (Eli-
Hall, , 127.
thorp), 265.
Capt., 121.
Martha, 191, 265.
Hannah, 253.
Mary, 278.
Hannah (Spen-
Mehitable (Spof-
cer), 253.
ford), 81.
John, 253.
Nathaniel, 75.
Joseph, 262.
Lieut. Nathaniel,
Lucy, 261.
81.
Hallet, Frank, 212.
Harris, Elizabeth,
Hallowell, Benjamin,
76, 85.
jr., 301.
John, 216.
Halstead, , 100,
Mary, 71, 72, 80.
101.
Phebe ( Pearson ) ,
John, 100, 101, 142.
71.
Hamilton, Capt., 127.
Timothy, 71, 76.
Col., 126.
Harrison, , 104,
Lieut. Gov., 130.
131, 139.
Hamilton (schoon-
E., 125, 128, 138.
er), 195.
Edwd., 137.
Hampton (N. H.)
Hart, , 53, 54,
341.
103.
Hart, Aaron, 103.
Andrew, 53(2).
Elizabeth, 50.
Ellen, 53.
Hannah Ann, 53.
Hannah (Hyde),
53.
Jeremiah, 53.
John, 42.
William, 53 (2).
Hartford (Conn.),
110.
Hartny, Mary, 51.
Harvard, John, 3.
Harvey, Anna, 282.
Thomas, 282.
Haskell, Mark, 216.
Haskins, Roger, 216.
Hastens, Mehitable,
346.
Hathorne, Col., 61.
John, 60, 61.
Col. John, 60.
Rachel, 311.
Will., 234.
Haverhill, 171, 205,
209, 214, 217, 275.
Hawes, Frances, 334.
Mathew, 334.
Robert, 334(2).
Thomas, 334.
Hay, Hey, , 106,
107, 114, 124(2),
129, 131, 133.
Judge, 98, 122-126,
129, 134.
Chas., 129.
Wm., 121.
Hon. William, 123
(2).
Hayes, Abigail, 268.
Daniel, 268.
Ichabod, 268.
Sarah, 268.
Haywood, , 104,
148.
Hazeltine, Haseltine,
Haselton, ,
260.
Joan (Auter), 171.
John, 171.
Nathaniel, 40, 171.
Ruth, 40, 171, 344.
Hazen, , 99, 106,
107, 139.
Capt., 106.
382
INDEX.
Hazen, Brig.-Gen.
Moses, 106.
Priscilla, 72.
Heard, Ammi Ku-
hama, 303.
Daniel, 303.
Elizabeth, 303.
Elizabeth Anne,
303.
Joanna, 303.
John, 303.
Col. John, 303.
Mary, 303.
Mary (Baker), 303.
Heath, Anna, 89.
Hector (ship), 17.
Hemenway, Augus-
tus, 292.
Dr. Samuel, 291,
292.
Henniker (N. H.),
349.
Henry, Henery, ,
206.
Parson, 98, 99, 115,
117, 121, 125,
130, 135, 141.
Alexander, 105.
Janette, 55.
Hero (snow), 116.
Herrick, Capt., 113.
Benjamin, 258.
George, 216.
Lucy, 258.
Zachariah, 216.
Hersey, Esther, 343.
Hewitson, Betty,253.
Hibbins, , 224,
226.
William, 226.
Hidden, Hedden, Eb-
enezer, 187, 273,
274.
Elizabeth, 274.
Mary, 153.
Higgins, , 68.
Hannah, 67, 68.
Sarah, 350.
Higginson, , 8,
110.
Col. John, 290.
Rev. John, 252, 290.
Stephen, 110.
Susanna, 110, 111.
Thomas, 216.
Hildreth, Hannah,
261.
Hill, Hilles, Hills,
, 79.
Anna (Daken), 44
().
Antoinette, 44(2).
Benjamin, 44.
Elin, 334.
Eliza, 44.
Elizabeth, 44.
Hannah, 44, 151.
Henry, 44(4).
Jan Dunbar, 44.
John, 63.
John Kidson, 44.
Joseph, 44.
Judith, 156.
Lydia, 63.
Martha, 44.
Mary, 44.
Mary (Kidson),
44.
Samuel, 44.
Sarah, 44.
Susanna, 44.
Thomas, 44.
Thomas Alfred,
44.
William, 44.
Hilton, Wilkn, 219.
Hindel, Sarah, 254.
Hindes, Hinds,
James, 240(2).
Hingham, 199, 202.
Hinkson, Honor, 275.
Hitchcock, , 304.
Hobson, Humphrey,
74.
Hodges, Hannah, 13.
Mary Cassandra,
245.
Hodgkins, , 355.
Charlotte, 355.
Hogan, Eliza, 41, 254.
Elizabeth (Fletch-
er), 41.
Patrick, 41.
Holden, Dorcas, 353.
Roland, 353.
Hollingsworth, Hol-
lingeworth, ,
56.
Benjamin F., 56
(2).
Ida Frances, 56.
James M., 50(2).
Richard, 229, 322.
Sarah Ann, 56.
Holmes, Holme,
Huellme, ,
263.
Dr., 50.
James, 56.
Joseph, 256.
Lydia, 254.
Mary, 56.
Obadiah, 328, 329.
Holroyd, John, 263.
Holt, Holte, , 47,
258.
Abigail, 49.
Amasa, 264.
Ann, 257.
Asa, 264.
Charles, 264.
Jonathan, 259, 260,
264.
Lydia, 258.
Mary, 253.
Nathaniel, 260,264.
Nic., 22.
Nicholas, 219.
Samuel, 49.
Zebediah, 259, 260,
264.
Holworth, , 263.
Holyoke, Dr., 305.
Dr. E. A., 291.
Mrs. Edward Au-
gustus, 113.
Hooley, Hannah, 42.
Hooper, S., 111.
Hope (steamboat),
206.
Hopkinson, Hopki-
Esther, 69.
Hester, 68, 70, 71,
72, 74, 76. 267.
Hester (Clarke),
68.
John, 192.
Jonathan, 68, 173.
Michael, 72.
Home. Horn, ,
323.
Catherine, 51.
Elizabeth, 51.
Farrell, 51.
James, 51(2).
John, 51, 326, 327.
John William, 51.
Horton, , 313.
Elizabeth, 258.
INDEX.
383
Horton, Elizabeth
(Gould), 258.
John, 258.
Hose, J., 94.
Hough, Benjamin K.,
354, 355.
Elizabeth, 354, 355.
Houghton, Capt.
Benjamin, 74.
Sergt. James, 72.
Housatonic (steam-
boat), 206.
Hovey, Hovie, ,
13.
Daniel, 316(2).
Howard, Benjamin,
189.
Deborah, 189.
Edmund, 253.
Elizabeth, 274.
Ellen, 253.
Hannah, 260.
Henry William,
253
John, 12, 13.
Mary (Holt), 253.
Eobert, 253.
Thomas Edmund,
253.
Will., 236.
Howarth, Dr. James,
43.
Mary, 43.
Howe, How, Gen.,
118.
Edward, 228.
Elizabeth, 228.
Sarah, 90.
Howes, Hows, 212.
Alias, 334.
Osborn, 211.
. William, 212.
Howland, Elizabeth,
258.
Hewlett, Howlet,
Thomas, 220,
316, 320.
Hudson, Rhoda, 160.
Sarah, 153.
Thomas K., 160.
Hudson River, 193,
207.
Hughes, Maj. 136.
Hunt, Edward, 52.
George, 52(2).
John, 52.
Hunt, John Abel, 25.
Joseph Henry, 52.
Mary, 52.
Mary Jane, 52.
Mary (Wood), 52.
Sarah, 52.
Sarah Ellen, 52.
William, 52.
Hunter, Capt., 121.
Hunter (ship), 142.
Hunter (sloop), 142,
143
Huntly,' Dr., 104.
Huse, Abell, 34.
Hutchinson, ,
112, 255.
Gov., 117.
Anna, 256.
Catherine Ann,
256.
Catherine Fran-
ces, 50.
James Charles, 50.
John, 255, 264.
Letitia, 264.
Mary, 49.
Mary Ann, 256.
Mary Ann (Win-
ton), 255, 264.
Mary Elizabeth,
50.
Thomas, 255.
Hon. Thomas, 301.
William, 50.
Hyde, George, 262.
Hannah, 53.
Lucy (Hall), 261.
Parthenia Pel-
ham, 261, 262.
Samuel, jr., 261,
262.
|bbetson, Ellen, 55.
George, 55.
Mary (Wood), 55.
William, 55.
Ilsley, Ilslay, Ilsly,
, 28.
Barbara, 31.
Jane, 344.
St. Joseph, 185.
Mary, 31.
Ruth (Haselton),
344.
William, 21(2), 31.
Capt. William, 344.
Ingalls, Francis, 315.
Sam, jr., 216.
Samuel, 216.
Ingersoill, 'Jnkersell,
, 314.
Ann, 331.
Bathsheba, 331.
Benjamin, 95.
George, 331.
J. B., 206.
John, 331.
Lydia, 95.
Nathaniel, 331.
Richard, 314, 331.
Ingraham, Hannah,
253.
Thomas, 253.
Ipswich, 17, 22, 23,
25, 26, 28, 36,
153, 163, 216,
217-220, 227, 230-
232, 238, 239,
241. 246, 249, 251,
299-303, 313, 315,
316, 319, 320,
331, 334, 335.
Isbell, Ann, 328, 329.
Robert, 328, 329.
Ives, Margaret, 13.
Jackman, Elizabeth,
40, 171.
George W., jr., 211.
Hannah. 189.
James, 171.
Joanna, 171.
Joseph, 189.
Miriam, 188.
Richard. 40, 171.
Corp. Richard, sr.,
175.
Samuel, 188.
Timothy, 183.
Jackson, , 138,
322.
John, 228, 322.
Margaret, 228.
Col. Michael, 303.
R., 99.
Russell Leigh, 93.
Wm., 118.
Jacobs, Daniel, 168.
George, 60.
James, Sarah, 60.
Thomas, 60.
Jaques, , 46, 171.
384
INDEX.
Jaques, Anne
(Knight), 171,
178.
Deborah, 40, 171.
Hannah, 31, 69,
178.
Henry, 31, 171, 178.
Kichard, 170, 171,
178.
Ruth, 170, 171, 178.
Stephen, 40, 171,
178, 180.
Jefferson, , 294,
312.
Jeffry, Ann, 146, 148.
Arthur, 147, 148.
James, 97-150.
John, 147, 149, 150.
Margaret, 110.
Peggy, 110.
Jenkins, Jacob, 42.
Jenkinson, James,
55.
Jenks, , 148-150.
Jennison, Abigail, 16.
Jepson, Emma (Cod-
dington), 182.
John, 182.
Jewett, , 173,174.
Aquila, 70, 71, 78.
Eliphalet, 75.
Elizabeth, 74.
Elizabeth (Cuin-
mings), 187.
Ezekiel, 75.
Capt. George, 347.
Hannah, 87, 187.
Hannah (Lam-
bert), 347.
Hannah (Pick-
ard), 78.
Hannah ( Story ) ,
75.
Hepzibah, 75.
Jeremiah, 78.
Johannah, 77, 78.
John, 14, 173, 187.
Joseph, 70, 320.
Mary (Mighill),
78.
Maximilian, 78, 87,
188.
Mehitable, 75, 86.
Capt. Moses, 78.
Nehemiah, 78, 87.
Rebecca, 77, 78, 87.
Jewett, Rebecca
(Low), 70.
Sarah, 75, 347.
Thomas, 75.
Lieut. William, 78.
Joel (negro), 260.
John Endicott,
(s t e a mboat),
208.
John Hancock,
(s t e a mboat),
194, 199.
Johnson, , 259.
Capt., 118.
Dr., 3.
Pres., 212.
Elizabeth, 45.
Ephraim, 261.
Fanny (Abbott),
261.
Frances (Wi-
comb), 281.
Frank, 206.
Guy, 121.
Jacob, 260, 261.
Mary, 281.
Osgood, 261.
Peter, 260.
Samuel, 175, 281.
Sarah, 260.
Johnston, , 139.
Capt., 140.
Col., 121, 126.
Lieut., 125, 131-
132.
Alexander, 123,
137(2), 142.
Andrew, 56.
Christianna, 56.
Guy, 142.
James, 98, 137,143.
Sir John, 105.
Jolly, , 117.
Jones, , 44(2),
46(2), 258, 339.
Ann Eliza, 43.
Delina Ann, 43.
Dolly (Thurston),
43.
Dorcas, 258.
Emma Delina, 43.
Francis William,
43.
Hezekiah, 259.
Hugh, 64, 244(2).
Jacob, 46.
Jones, Lizzie A., 43.
Lydia, 339.
Mary, 64.
Miriam, 282.
Nathaniel, 91.
Phebe, 91.
Susanna, 259.
Theophilus, 43.
William Theophi-
lus, 43.
Jordan, , 105.
Joslin, Mary, 159.
Joy, Benjamin, 311.
Ellen Marion, 311.
Hannah Barrel,
311.
John Benjamin,
311.
Julia ( steamboat ) ,
206.
Kate (Indian), 40.
Kavanaugh, Dennis,
254, 255.
George, 255.
Jane (Boyd), 254.
John Francis, 255.
Julia, 255.
Patrick, 254.
Keating, Edward, 41.
Eliza, 41.
Eliza (Hogan),
254.
Elizabeth, 41.
John, 41(2).
Julia Ann, 41.
Maria, 41(2).
Martha, 41, 254.
Nancy (Come-
fort), 41.
Theresa, 41.
Thomas, 41 (2), 254.
Keegan, Patrick,255.
Keenan, Thomas, 255
Keene (N. H.), 112.
Keithly, Esther, 255.
Mary (Smith), 255.
Thomas, 255.
Keleher, Hannah, 51.
Keline, Susanna, 44.
Kellem, Elizabeth,
228.
Kelly, Kelley, ,
141, 182.
Lieut., 141.
Abell, 229, 231.
INDEX.
385
Kelly, Abigail, 188,
282.
Emma, 182.
Johanna (Brian),
42.
John, 34, 42, 67.
Juflith, 282.
Mary, 42, 188.
Patrick, 42.
Samuel, 188.
Sarah, 67, 68.
Kenny ston, , 359.
Kent, , 35, 222.
John, 35(4).
R., 18(3).
Rebecca, 21.
Richard, 35, 219,
229.
Richard, sr., 19,
20, 21.
Stephen, 18, 34.
Kenworthy, , 49.
Kenyon, Abby, 256.
Joseph, 256.
Oliver, 256.
Sarah (Green),
256.
Kidson, Mary, 44.
Kilburn, Kilbourne,
Ann, 80.
Elizabeth, 82.
Isaac, 71.
Mary, 71, 72, 188.
Mary (Cheney),
71.
Ruth, 159.
William, 159.
Kilby, , 206.
Killington, Alexan-
der, 60.
Sarah, 60.
Killup, , 114.
Kimball, Hepzibah,
75.
Jane, 276.
Jonathan, 75, 276.
Lydia, 74.
Richard, 192.
King, Kinge, ,
315.
Anna, 351.
John, 359, 362, 364.
Joseph, 351.
Mary, 308.
Richard, 219.
Samuel, 364, 365.
King, William, 246, Laframboise, ,
250, 361, 365. 106.
King Philip (steam- Lake Elizabeth, 177.
boat), 206. Lakeman, Lydia, 281.
Kingman, David, 260. Lambert, Hannah,
Ezra, 260. 347.
George, 260. Mary, 253.
George Howard, La Naudiere, ,
260. 103, 125.
Hannah (How- Lang, Edward S., 15.
ard), 260. Mary Ann, 51.
Lizzie, 261. Langdell, Dean, 1.
Madelia, 261. Langton, , 313.
Mary Adelaide,260. Joseph, 313.
Mary Jane, 260. Mary, 313.
Kingston (steam- Roger, 313.
boat), 206. Sarah, 313.
Kinloch, David, 116. La Place, Capt. D.,
Kinsman, John, 12. 108.
Kittredge, , 42. Lady, 108.
Knapp, , 289. La Ramie, , 105.
Kneller, , 103, Lauck, , 100.
129. Laughton, Ellen, 53.
Jeremiah, 53.
Margaret, 53.
Mary (Dalton),53.
Thomas, 240.
Lavery, Richard, 212.
Law, Elizabeth, 255.
Lawes, Frances, 66.
Mary, 66.
Lawrence, Abbott,
311.
Harriet White, 311.
Katherine (Bige-
low), 311.
29, 172, 173, 219, Layard, Lieut., 115,
232, 233, 238, 239. 128.
Stephen, 186. Leach, Delina, 43.
William, 316. Elizabeth, 65.
Knox, , 106. Lawrence, 65, 236.
Richard, 65, 66.
103, Leavitt, Sally, 42.
Lech, , 323.
105- Leddra, Lidra, Wil-
liam, 245, 247,
248.
105, Lee, Lees, , 100,
133.
Knight, , 323.
Anne, 171, 178.
Elizabeth, 171, 186,
266.
Fa, 32.
J., 18.
James, 75, 180.
John, 22, 29, 180,
219.
Mary, 180, 185.
Rebecca ( Noy es ) ,
180.
Richard, 23, 26, 28,
Labadie, -
116.
La Bonte,
108.
Anto, 106.
Claud, 104,
108.
Jos., 108.
Lacost, Mary Ann,
256.
Lacy, Betsy, 259.
Lady Tyrconnell
(brigantine),
116.
Gen., 132, 142, 149.
John, 101.
Leigh, Abigail,
(Pierce), 92.
Benjamin, 92, 93.
Benjamin, jr., 93.
Betsey, 93.
INDEX.
Leigh, Charlotte, 93.
Marcia (Mary),
92, 93.
Mary, 92, 93.
Mary (Booth), 92.
Mary (New-
march), 93.
Robert, 92.
Thomas, 92. 93.
Leighton, Laighton,
Layghton,
315, 332(3).
Le Masurier, Capt.,
116.
Capt. N., 118.
Leominster, 158, 159.
Leonard, Mary, 283.
Leslie, Lieut.-Col.,
112.
George, jr., 83.
Rev. George, 76,
83.
Hepzibah, 76.
Hepzibah (Bur-
pee), 83.
Miriam, 83.
Lester, , 102,
104, 137.
Capt., 102.
Levy, , 210.
Lewis, , 113, 121,
153, 155.
Mrs. Dana C., 13.
Hannah, 259.
Richard, 259.
Robert, 322.
Lexington, 110, 128,
130 337
Libby, Elizabetb.,274,
275
Enoch, 274.
Esther, 351.
H. J., 275.
Hannah, 275.
Henry, 275.
Honor ( Hink son ) ,
275.
Lydia, 352.
Thomas, 275.
Liebe, , 309.
Augustina, 309.
Aurora, 309.
Francis Augustus,
309.
Francis Denis, 309.
Tfebecca, 309.
Terazini, 309.
Lindall, Abigail, 16.
James, 78.
Timothy, jr., 16.
Linnell, Calvin Nel-
son, 258.
Elizabeth, 258.
Polly, 258.
Solomon, 258.
William, 258.
Willie Gould, 258.
Little, , 20, 185.
Col., 303, 304.
Benjamin, 285.
James L., 211.
James (Noyes),
284.
Joanna Muzzey,
284.
Joshua, 20(2).
Mary, 45.
Mary P., 270.
Col. Moses, 90, 154,
303, 305.
Capt. Nathaniel,
284.
Priscilla, 285.
Rhoda (Bartlett),
285.
Richard, 284, 285.
Samuel, 20.
Simon, 20.
William, 20.
Littleale, Richard,
238, 239.
Little Egg Harbor
(N. J.), 202.
Liverpool (Eng.),
211, 212.
Livingstone, ,105.
Locker, George, 62,
63.
Lydia, 63.
Logan, , 96.
Logee, Philip, 361,
362.
Lombard, , 191.
London (Eng.), 133.
Long, Betty (He wit-
son), 253.
Nancy, 253.
Rebecca, 276.
Richard, 253.
Robt., 31.
Longfellow, Abigail
(Thompson ),
276.
Elizabeth, 356.
Longfellow, Hepzi-
bah, 276.
Lieut. Stephen,276.
William, 276.
Lord, John C., 212.
Josiah, 154.
Nat'l J., 14.
Robert, 28, 220,336.
Robert, jr., 216.
William, 327.
Loring, , 125.
Com., 125.
Harrison, 211.
Louder, Hannah, 46.
Louis (King of
France), 130.
Lovell, , 304.
Lovejoy, Delina Ann,
43.
Delina (Leach),
43.
Eben, 43.
Lovering, Loverin,
Joseph, 46.
Rebekah, 89.
Sarah, 46.
William, 89.
Low, Caroline Eliza-
beth, 48.
Capt. David, 90.
Elizabeth, 257.
John, 353.
John, jr., 216.
Mary, 353.
Rebecca, 70.
Samuel, 47.
Thomas, 216.
Lowell Island, 204,
205, 207.
Lowle, , 233.
John, 231, 232(2),
239.
Lummus, Daniel, 90.
Lydia, 90.
Prudence, 90.
Lumpkyn, Richard,
227, 331.
Lund, , 206.
T. W., 206.
Lunt, Ann, 282.
Benjamin, 282.
Charles M., 280.
Elizabeth (Palm-
er), 350.
Elkanah, 350.
Hannah ( Noyes ) ,
282.
INDEX.
387
Lunt, Henry, 19, 174.
Joseph, 186.
Lydia, 350.
Lyonburner, Adam,
41, 125.
Lynde, Anna, 156.
Lynn, 94, 151, 153-
155, 157-161, 207,
208, 227, 228,
240, 314, 320,
332.
flflabane, , 104.
Dr., 104, 123, 143.
McAvena, Ann, 54.
Catherine, 54.
Hugh, 54.
James, 54(2).
John, 54.
Mary Ann, 54.
Mary (Tarney) ,
54.
McCann, Ann, 264.
McCarthy, Jerry, 42.
McCauley, Zy., 105,
122
McCord', , 122,
129.
McCormick, McCur-
mack, Barnard,
51.
Mary, 257.
Mary Ann, 51.
Mary Jane, 51.
Mary ( Sheridan ) ,
257.
Patrick, 51, 257.
Rose, 51.
McCullock, , 119.
McCurdy, McCurdie,
Capt., 106.
Jane, 88.
McCusker, Ann (Rog-
ers), 52.
Catherine, 52.
Francis, 51.
Frank, 52.
McEnroe, Ann, 255.
Bernard, 255.
Bridget (Gacran),
264.
Elizabeth, 255.
Elizabeth ( Law ) ,
255.
John, 264.
Mary, 264.
McEnroe, Peter, 255.
McGowan, Bridget,
50.
John Thomas, 50.
Kate, 50.
Patrick, 50.
Machigonne (steam-
boat), 206.
McKay, , 113,
115.
Samuel, 113.
McKenny, Isaac, 274.
Lucy, 274.
Moses, 274.
McKenzie, Capt., 142,
143.
McLaughlin, Mary,
255.
McLean, Capt., 121.
Col., 129, 134, 138,
140, 141.
Col. Allan, 129.
McManus, Bridget,
50.
Elizabeth (Hart),
50.
James, 50.
McName, Elizabeth,
51.
McNeil, , 115,
117, 124, 128-131,
133, 134, 139-142.
H., 140.
Hector, 131, 132.
McPherson, , 147.
McQuaid, Ann (Mc-
Cann), 264.
John, 264.
Mary, 264.
McTernan, Batholo-
mew, 51.
Celia, 51.
Ellen, 51.
McVanna, Ann, 54.
Edward, 54.
McVay, , 6.
Macy, Macye, Macie,
Thomas, 239(3).
Madison ( James ) ,
16.
Maguire, McGuire,
,10.
Mary, 254.
Mahew, , 224.
Mahoney, Bridget,
41.
Mahoney, Dennis, 41.
Hannah, 42(2).
Joanna (Bolar),
41.
Joseph, 41.
Mary Ellen, 41.
Thomas, 41.
Thomas Francis,
41.
Mahur, , 224.
Maidstone's Tender
(ship), 95.
Majory, Mary (Leon-
ard), 283.
Malcolm, David, 48.
Lydia (Studley),
48.
Mary Ann, 48.
Maley, , 15.
Lydia, 8.
Malone, Catherine
Frances, 50.
Charles, 50.
Manchester (Mass.),
94, 96.
Mann, , 43(2),
47.
Mann, Content, 342.
Eleanor, 353.
Fisher, 353.
Manning, , 195.
Daniel C., 296.
Lieut, Jacob, 65,
66.
Mansfield, Andrew,
66.
Daniel, 152, 155.
Daniel H., 312.
Elizabeth, 161.
Eloisa Adaline,
312.
Gideon Tucker, 312
Hannah, 152.
Henry Tucker, 312.
Horace Cullen, 312.
Joanna, 152.
John Tucker, 312.
Marcia Tucker,
312.
Mary, 66.
Richard, 161.
Capt. Rufus, 157.
Stephen White,
312
Thomas, 155.
Marble, Hannah, 47.
388
INDEX.
Marblehead, 94, 96,
111, 162, 198,
200-205, 208, 215,
302, 304-306, 308-
311.
March, , 28.
Marden, James, 44.
John, 43.
Lois, 43.
Kachel (Shaw), 43.
Sarah (Worth), 44.
Marietta (Ohio), 304.
Marion, Eleanor
(Bridge), 302.
Elizabeth, 302.
Joseph, 302.
Marland, Abraham,
49.
John, 49, 262, 264.
Lucretia, 264.
Marsh, , 206.
John, 65.
Priscilla, 65.
Samuel, 65.
Susanna, 65.
Marshall, Abigail,
302.
Elizabeth, 354.
James, 46.
John, 167.
Sarah, 353.
William, 353.
Marston, Robert, 21.
Sarah, 342.
Zachariah, jr., 342.
Martha's Vineyard
(steamboat),
206.
Martin, , 98, 124.
Alexander, 124.
Ebenezer, 154.
Isaac, 154.
John, 309.
Jonathan, 154.
Josiah, 153, 154.
Lydia, 153, 155,
157.
Mary (Hidden),
153.
Capt. Nathan B.,
203.
Fettyplace,
Win.
309.
Martinez,
John, 309.
-, 309.
Martinez, Rebecca,
309.
Wm. Fettyplace,
309.
Mary (ship), 118.
Mary Anne (ship),
325.
Mason, , 296.
Elias, 166.
George A., 44.
Henry H., 44.
Jonathan, 296.
Joseph P., 44.
Lydia, 8.
Martha, 44.
Samuel, 44.
Sarah, 166.
Thomas, 8, 15, 296.
William Charles,
44.
Massachuset ts
(steamboat),
193-213.
Massachusetts Bay,
210.
Massey, Masse, ,
323
Jefry] 236,244,323.
Mather, Dr. E., 305.
Samuel, 138.
Mattaches, John,
324.
Mattox, John, 324.
Mattstone, John, 323.
Maugerville (N. B.),
75.
Maverick, Hitty, 135.
May Archer (steam-
boat), 209.
May, Mary, 178.
Samuel, 178.
Mears, Charles, 49.
Daniel, 49(3).
Eliza, 49.
Frances Elizabeth,
49.
George, 49.
Henry, 49.
John, 49.
Julia, 49.
Lucretia, 49.
Maria, 49.
Mary, 49(2).
Mary Ann, 49.
Rhoda, 49.
Mears, Sarah Jane,
49.
Megone, Mogg (In-
dian), 171.
Melba (power boat),
209.
Mellen, Jane, 264.
Robert, 264.
Melvin, , 101.
John, 101.
Menut, , 100.
Alexandre, 100.
Merchant, Addison,
351.
Catherine Maria,
351.
Harry, 351.
Nancy Silloway,
351.
Mercier, , 133,
141, 143.
J. D., 129, 133, 142,
143.
Mercury (ship), 98.
Meredith, , 105,
124, 139.
R., 104, 124, 137,
143.
Randle, 122.
Randlet, 138.
Meredith (N. .H.) 348.
Merriam, Rev., 302.
John, 152.
Mary, 152.
Merrill, Merrell, Ben-
jamin, 348.
Daniel, 174.
Hannah, 170.
Hannah (Bart-
lett), 348.
Isaac, 346.
John, 34.
Mary, 270.
Mehitable (Has-
tens), 346.
Moses, jr., 270.
Sarah, 348.
Merrimack River,
205, 212.
Merrimack (steam-
boat), 205.
Messenger, Mary, 89.
Rapsima, 89.
Messer, Phebe, 89.
Ruth, 89.
INDEX.
389
Messer, Lieut. Sam-
uel, 90.
Sarah (How), 90.
Metcalfe, Joseph, 316
Meteor (steamboat),
206.
Middleton, 57.
Miers, , 102.
William, 101.
Mighill, Mary, 78.
Nathaniel, 73.
Stephen, 73.
Mignault, Charles
Victor, 41.
John B., 41.
Maria, 41.
Miller, Dr., 103.
Mills, , 123.
Hannah, 264.
James, 264.
Peter, 122, 123.
Sarah, 352.
Shaw, 264.
Minot, , 129, 140-
142.
J. C., 104, 115, 128,
143.
Jonas Clark, 115.
Stephen, 115.
Minute, , 130.
Mirick, , 29.
Misaud, , 56.
Joseph, 56.
Misery islands, 209.
Mitchell, Capt., 137,
138.
Alexander, 151.
Esther (Swett),
345.
Jane, 88.
Joshua, 345.
Mobile (Ala.), 201,
202.
Mondy, William, 237.
Monier, , 109.
J., 113.
Monigan, Ellen, 51.
Monohansett (steam-
boat), 209.
Montague, George
Royl, 48.
Lucy, 48.
Mary Anna, 48.
Montgomery, ,
98-100, 105, 115,
122, 123.
Montgomery, Gen.,
106, 145-147.
Montigree, Capt. 117.
Montmollin, ,
100.
Parson, 100.
Montreal ( Canada ) ,
97-150.
Moody, Hannah, 353.
Mary (Cutting),
182.
Capt. Paul, 345.
Samuel, 182.
Sarah, 182.
W., 18.
William, 22.
Mooers, Parker, 356.
Moore, Moor, Moores,
, 55, 263.
Ann, 257.
Edmund, 32(3).
Hannah, 31.
John, 257.
Mary, 31, 257.
Mary Ann, 257.
Milton, 42, 262.
Samuel, 31.
Thomas, 257.
Rev. W. H., 263.
William, 47, 257.
Morgan, , 260,
264.
Annette, 260.
Calvin Walter, 260.
David, 259, 260.
David Starrett,
260.
Ernest A., 260.
Hepzibah (Patch),
260.
John, 89.
Louisa, 260.
Mary, 89.
Micajah, 89.
Phebe (Messer),
89.
Pliny Fish, 260.
Pyam Dodge, 260.
Roxanna, 260.
Sarah Jane, 260.
Zachariah, 260.
Moriarty, George An-
drews, jr., 1.
Morrison, , 41,
45, 208, 264.
Alexander, 56(2).
Morrison, Andrew,
54, 263.
Christian, 56.
Ellen, 43, 56(3).
Morse, Mose, ,
112.
Anthony, 18, 171.
Eliz abeth
(Knight) 171.
John, 87.
Joseph, 40(2), 171,
313, 335(2).
Lydia, 40(2), 171.
William, 18, 237.
Mosand, Joseph, 257.
Margaret, 257.
Mottley, Robert, 220.
Moult on, Elmer K.,
209.
James, 240.
Sarah, 68.
Mt. Desert (steam-
boat), 206.
Mt. Pleasant (steam-
boat), 206.
Moyre, Thomas, 29.
Munro, D., 135.
James, 101.
Murray, , 41, 207.
Beatrice Morrison,
56.
Betsey, 45.
Christian, 56(2).
Ellen, 45, 56.
Hugh, 51.
James, 45, 56.
James Romsey, 56.
James William, 45.
Jane Morrison, 56.
John, 259.
Mary (Darvey), 51
Mary Jane, 51.
Mary (Scott), 56.
Robert, 56.
Richard, 127.
Walter, 44, 45, 55.
Musselwhite, Mussil-
wait, , 18.
John, 19, 20(2).
Muzzall, Robert, 318.
Muzzy, Mussey, Ben-
jamin, 317-319.
Bridget, 316, 318-
320.
Elizabeth (Pet-
tingell),283.
390
INDEX.
Muzzy, Ellen, 317,
319.
Joanna, 283.
Joseph, 283, 317-
320.
Mary, 317-320.
Mehitable, 267.
Robert, 316, 319,
320.
Samuel, 267.
Mystic (Conn.), 210.
Mystic ( steamboat ) ,
210.
||ahant, 161, 200,
202-205, 207.
Nahant (steamboat),
206.
Nahanteau (steam-
boat), 206.
Nantasket, 199, 202,
203, 214.
Napier, , 105.
Capt., 105, 141.
Neafie, , 210.
Neal, Neil, , 108,
109.
John, 66.
Jonathan, 66.
Mary, 66.
Nealand, Edward,
174.
Needham, , 12.
Edmund, 332.
Harriet E., 256.
James, 12.
Neiran, Capt., 122.
Nelly Baker (steam-
boat), 206, 207.
Nelson, Aaron, 82.
Alice, 242.
Amos, 82, 88.
Asa, 82.
Hannah (Brockle-
bank), 355.
Joseph, 355.
Mary, 355.
Thomas, 242.
Nequsset (steam-
boat), 206.
Nevens, Elizabeth
(Johnson), 45.
James, 45.
Mary Ann, 45.
Nevill. Nevell, Mary,
313.
Nevill, William,
313(2).
New Bedford, 202.
Newbern (N. C.), 4.
New Brunswick
(st ea m b o a t )
206, 208.
Newbury, 17-40, 92,
93, 111, 169-192,
215, 219, 228-234,
237-239, 265-288,
322, 337-352.
Newburyport, 95, 96,
205, 209, 211,
215, 341.
Newhall, Clement,
162.
Elizabeth, 162.
Jacob, 153, 155.
Joel, 161.
Ens. Joseph, 155.
Micajah, 160, 161.
Sarah, 155, 158,
159, 161.
Susanna (Farrar)
155.
New London (Conn.)
199, 202.
Newman, Ann, 274.
John, 274, 316,
317.
Richard, 232.
Ruth (Emerson),
274.
Samuel, 342.
Newmarch, Mary, 93.
Newport (R. I.), 195,
199.
New York (N. Y.)
97, 149, 150, 195,
202, 205, 207, 213.
Nichols, 117
127, 141.
George, 259.
Mary, 259.
Nicholson, , 248.
Nickerson, Nicho-
son, Nickson,
Nickolson,
245, 246.
Elizabeth, 228(2).
Esther, 256.
Jane, 247.
Joseph, 245-247.
Nisbet, , 53.
Nisbet, Margaret
(Young), 53.
William 53.
Nita ( steamboat ) ,
206.
Noble, Capt., 113.
Nolan, Elizabeth, 257.
Hannah, 257.
Hidder, 257.
John Henry, 257.
Mary Ann, 257.
Sarah Jane, 257.
Noon, Ann, 42.
Anna Laura, 52.
Bridget (Regan),
42.
James, 52(2), 264.
John, 52.
Margaret, 51.
Mary, 51.
Mary Ann, 51.
Michael, 42, 51.
Rebecca, 52(2).
Samuel Henry, 52.
William, 51.
William Charles,
52.
Norcross, Otis, 211.
Noris, , 322.
Norridgewock (Me.),
171.
North Carolina, 201.
Northend, Capt., 83.
Ezekiel, 175, 192.
Capt. John, 75, 77,
83, 84.
Northfields (Salem),
57-66, 163, 241.
Norton, , 228,
318.
George, 228.
John, 60, 320.
Mary, 228.
Mary Jane, 260.
Su sanna ( Cham-
berlain), 260.
Thaxter, 260.
William, 318.
Norwalk (steam-
boat), 206.
Norwich ( Conn. ) ,
194, 202, 298.
Norwich (steam-
boat), 207.
Norwood, John, 153.
Jonathan, 157, 158.
INDEX.
391
Norwood, Judith,
354.
Lydia, 153, 157.
Mehitable, 158.
S arah ( Hudson ) ,
153.
Zaccheus, 153.
Nottingham (N. H.),
298.
Nourse, Stephen, 203.
Nowell, , 222,
224, 226.
Increase, 226.
Nowland, Benjamin,
162.
Hannah, 162.
Noyes, , 19.
Cutting, 169, 180.
Dorothy, 92.
Hannah, 282.
James, 18.
Jane, 270, 284.
Joseph, 186.
Lydia, 185.
Mary (Knight),
185.
Nicholas, 22.
Rebecca, 180.
Susanna, 273.
Timothy, 185.
i
O.E. Lewis (steam-
boat), 208, 209.
Ober, Hezekiah, 177.
O'Callaghan, Cather-
ine, 52.
Charlotte, 52.
Patrick, 52.
O'Connor, Anna, 257.
Odlin, Elisha, jr., 177.
Elizabeth, 177.
O'Flaherty, Rev., 6.
Oldtown, 171-173,
175, 189.
Oliver, Olliver, ,
14, 231-233, 239.
Dr. 292.
Andrew, 301.
Christopher, 231,
232.
Joane, 231 (2) -232.
John, 231-234.
Mary, 234.
O'Neil, Bridget, 264.
Ontario (steam-
ship), 211-213.
Orient ( steamboat ) ,
206.
Orne, Joseph, 242,
243.
Osborne, Osborn,
Elizabeth, 7.
Stephen, 7.
William, 164, 165,
244.
Osgood, Azubah, 72,
85.
Capt. David, 85.
Eunice ( Carter ) ,
85.
Oxely, Sarah, 44.
Packard, William
H., 212.
Page, Paige, Frank,
43.
Harriet Story, 310.
Harriet White, 311.
James William,
311.
Paine, , 225.
Painter, Capt., 142.
John, 122, 123.
Palfray, Palfrey,
Peter, 326, 327.
Hon. Warwick,
290.
Palmer, , 79.
Ann, 23, 25.
Elizabeth, 350.
Henry, 21.
Joseph, 29.
William, 21, 23.
Parent, , 133.
Parker, , 19, 37,
38, 223, 224, 350.
Dr. Edgar, 212.
Oliver, 259.
Phebe, 259.
Thomas, 18(2).
Rev. Thomas, 17.
Parkman, Deliver-
ance, 363, 364.
Parks, Capt., 122,
141.
Parris, Dorothy
(Noyes), 92.
Elizabeth, 151.
Mary, 92.
Robert, 151.
Samuel, 92.
Parsons, , 113.
Parsons, Rev. Jona-
than, 339.
Mary, 52.
Pascaud, J., 128.
Pasco, Hugh, 167.
Pasgrove, Pauls-
grove, Ann, 177.
Patch, Hepzibah, 260.
Patent ( steamboat ) ,
206.
Paterson, , 124.
Alexander, 140.
John, 124.
Patridge, Will, 334.
Pauline (steam-
boat), 209.
Payne, , 325.
Mary, 325.
Robert, 319, 331.
Thomas, 325.
Pay son, Edward, 7.
Elisabeth, 77, 78.
Elliot, 71, 77.
Mary (Todd), 77.
Peabody, George, 15.
Col. Stephen, 80,
Peabody, 57, 59, 168,
241, 357.
Pearson, Person,
, 28, 50.
Anne, 270.
Benjamin, 270,
277.
Hannah, 284.
Hannah (Thurs-
ton), 277.
Isaac, 270.
Jane, 276.
Jane (Noyes), 270.
Jedediah, 266.
Jeremiah, 72.
John, 71, 76, 315.
Capt. John, 73, 81,
266, 276.
Judith (Atkinson),
284.
Mary (Pickard),
266, 276.
Miriam, 72, 81.
Phebe, 71, 76.
Priscilla, 285.
Priscilla ( Hazen ) ,
72.
Rebecca, 266, 340.
Ruth, 277.
Sarah, 266.
392
INDEX.
Pearson, Sarah
(Wood), 266.
Silas, 284.
Pease, Peas, Peasse,
, 291, 328,
329, 331.
Abraham, 331.
Isaac, 164, 165.
John, 167, 328, 329,
331.
John, jr., 167.
Margaret, 328(2),
329(2).
Marie, 329, 330.
Mary, 256.
Robert, 167, 328
(2)-330(2), 331.
Pedrick, Maj., John,
308.
Mehitable, 308.
Mehitable ( Sta-
cey), 308.
Peirce, Pearce,
Peirse, Perse,
, 29.
Daniel, 266.
Daniel, sr., 33.
Sarah, 162, 266.
Pemberton, Rev.
Ebenezer, 298.
John, 70.
Rebecca, 70.
Pendexter, Rebecca,
70.
Penn, , 132.
Penny, Abby Francis,
46.
Anna, 46.
Frank Llewellen,
45.
George, 46.
George Hamilton,
46(2).
Perkins, Perkines,
Perkings,
221, 223, 225.
Abraham, 227.
Dorcas, 344.
John, 220.
Lemme, 296.
Matthew, 216.
Mercy, 287, 288.
Nathaniel, 73.
Capt. Thomas, 290
William, 211, 288.
Perley, Allen, 90.
Benjamin, 89.
Ester, 90.
Hannah (Clark),
89.
Jesse, 91.
Mary, 89.
Rev. Samuel, 93.
Sidney, 17, 57, 163,
169, 241, 252,
265, 270, 337, 357.
Perras, , 119.
Perrault, , 138.
Perry, Alfred, 253.
Elizabeth, 253.
Francis, 363.
Job, 253.
John, 33, 34.
Josiah, 253.
Levina (Crosby),
56.
Mary Jane, 253.
Miner, 56.
Nancy, 253.
Richard, 253.
Sarah Ann, 56.
Selina Ann, 253.
Perth Amboy (N. J.),
205.
Pettingell, Petten-
gill, Pettingall,
Elizabeth, 283.
Hannah, 267.
Nicholas, 267.
Richard, 236(2),
331.
Susanna, 285.
Phelps, Mary, 48.
Nicholas, 247, 248,
250, 251.
Philadelphia (Pa.),
132, 193, 195,
196, 201, 210.
Philadelphia (steam-
boat), 208.
Phillip, King (In-
dian), 170.
Phillips, Phillip,
Phillipes, ,
105, 119, 163, 315.
Judge, 312.
D., 99.
Esther, 161.
Ezra, 161.
Lydia W., 312.
Phillips, S., 119.
Sally, 102, 119, 127.
Samuel, 100, 262.
Philpot, Elias, 280.
Mary, 280.
Phips, , 32.
Sir William, 32.
Pickard, Hannah, 78.
Hepzibah, 85.
Jacob, 75.
Joanna, 77, 86.
Johanna (Jewett),
77.
John, 85.
Lieut. Jonathan,
77.
Joseph, 75.
Mary, 266, 276.
Pickering, John, 359.
John, jr., 62.
Col. Timothy, 290.
Pickersgill, John, 53.
Richard, 53.
Susanna, 53.
Pickman, Col., 10.
Pickton, Thomas,
324.
Pike, , 24, 25.
Lt., 24.
Benjamin, 183.
J., jr., 18.
J., sr., 18.
John, 20, 33, 183,
184.
John, sr., 19.
Robert, 23, 37, 176.
W., 111.
Pillsbury, Pilsbury,
Capt., 260.
Anna, 282.
Benjamin, 282.
Daniel, 261.
Delia, 89.
Eunice (Thur-
low), 261.
George Pearson,
261.
Hannah, 261.
James H., 89.
Joseph, 89.
Mary, 271.
Capt. Paul Pear-
son, 261.
Sarah Ann, 261.
Solomon, 261.
INDEX.
398
Pillsbury, Solomon
Burke, 261.
Pinch, Eichard, 263.
Pincheon, William,
111.
Pinder, , 222,
225, 226.
Pingry, Francis, 84.
Pinson, Pinsent, Be-
becca, 62.
William, 62.
Piper, Capt. Elisha,
348.
Gideon, 348.
Molly, 348.
Eachel (Sanborn),
348.
Pitcairn, , 118.
Maj., 118.
Pitford (Vt.), 112.
Pitt, Lord, 126, 137,
140.
Pittman, Nathaniel,
229.
Platts, Platt, Eliza-
beth, 265.
Elizabeth (Jew-
ett), 74.
Hannah, 74, 83, 84.
Isaac, 74, 83.
John, 263.
Plum Island, 17, 20.
Plumer, Plumar,
Plummer, Pluan-
or, , 31(2),
171, 175, 176,
178, 180, 265, 267,
270, 272, 274, 277,
278, 280, 282, 284-
286, 288, 339, 340,
342, 344, 346, 349-
351.
Aaron, 187, 188,
273, 274, 351-353,
355.
Abel, 278.
Abigail, 176, 187,
188, 268, 269,
272, 275, 276,
280, 288, 339, 341,
355.
Abraham, 343.
Abner, 353.
Addison, 355.
Ai, 351, 353.
Amos, 272, 343,
348, 350.
Plumer, Ann, 23, 25,
190, 265, 274, 282,
286.
Ann (Stevens),
354.
Anna, 274, 282,
287, 343, 351, 354.
Anne, 270, 277, 278.
Asa, 91, 342.
Avery, 211.
Barbara, 278, 356.
Bathsheba, 172.
Beard, 338.
Beatrice, 25, 26,
28, 29, 30, 31.
Bemsley, 356.
Benjamin, 176, 182-
185, 189, 190(2)-
192, 265, 268-
271, 276, 281,
344, 356.
Ens. Benjamin, 276.
Bittfield, 40, 179,
181, 267, 268, 285.
Caleb, 346.
Carey, 353.
Catherine Maria,
351.
Charles, 354.
Charlotte, 355.
Christopher, 351.
Content, 342.
Cutting, 346.
Daniel, 179, 181,
192, 266-268, 275,
279-281, 287, 288,
340, 355, 356.
Dr. Daniel T., 36,
181.
David, 176, 187,
189, 266, 275, 277,
279, 340, 350, 353-
355.
Dr. David, 274.
Deborah, 40, 171,
188, 189, 353.
Dodovah, 339.
Dolly, 343.
Dorcas, 287, 288,
343, 353.
Dorothy, 350.
Ebenezer, 268,271,
287, 288, 339,
345, 346, 350, 355.
Edmund, 342.
Plumer, Ednah, 276,
347, 356.
Edward, 352.
Eleanor, 352, 353.
Eliezer, 178, 188.
Eliphelet, 187, 189.
Elizabeth, 40, 171,
177, 178, 181, 185,
186, 188-190(2),
191, 265, 266, 268,
270, 271, 274-
276, 280, 282, 283,
285, 338, 352-354.
Elliot, 353.
Emeline, 351.
Emma, 181, 182.
Emy, 179.
Enoch, 185, 186,
267, 273, 282, 283,
288.
Ephraim, 31, 35
(2), 39, 40, 69,
170, 178, 179,
267, 268, 285,286
(2)-288, 339.
Ephraim, jr., 287.
Esther, 343, 345,
346, 351.
Eunice, 270, 278.
Frances Maria, 351.
Francis, 17-22(2)-
26 (2)-28 (2)-33
(5), 39, 175, 176,
265, 274, 342.
George, 347.
Gershom, 268, 288.
Gibeon, 351.
Hannah, 17, 23, 31
(2), 40, 69, 170,
178, 179, 181, 187
(2), 189, 267-272,
275, 281-285, 287,
288, 340, 343, 353,
354, 356.
Hannah ( Jaques ) ,
69.
Henry, 282.
Hepzibah, 276.
Ichabod, 282.
Isaac, 344, 351, 355.
Isaiah, 343.
Jabez, 283.
James, 275, 341,
342, 352.
Jane, 276, 283, 344,
346, 350, 353, 356.
INDEX.
Plumer, Jean, 344,
345.
Jeremiah, 267, 275,
284, 285, 351.
Capt. Jeremiah,
284.
Jesse, 272, 275,348
(2), 351.
Jesse H., 350.
Joanna, 177, 283.
Joanna Muzzey,
284.
Joe, 348.
John, 69, 170, 178,
179, 181, 185, 191,
265-268, 271, 275,
276, 279, 280, 283-
285, 287, 288, 337,
338, 344, 346, 352,
354, 356.
Lt. John, 355.
John Greenleaf,
351.
John Moody, 280.
Jonathan, 174-176,
187, 266, 270, 275,
279, .280, 340-342.
Joseph, 17, 24(2),
25(2), 26(2), 28,
31(3), 37, 39,
172-176, 186-189,
269, 270, 272, 273,
275, 283, 338,
342, 343, 348(2)-
350, 354, 355.
Joseph, jr., 175.
Joshua, 35, 39, 40,
170, 171, 185(2),
186, 269, 271,
272, 345, 346, 354,
355.
Joshua Jewett,
347.
Josiah. 266, 281.
Judith, 272, 282,
285, 288, 354.
Judith Norwood,
354.
Kelly, 282.
Kezia, 270, 271,
345.
Lemuel, 353.
Lucy, 274, 352.
Lydia, 40, 171,183,
185, 188, 272, 277,
281, 338, 339,350
(2), 353.
Plumer, Mark, 279-
281
Martha, 265, 278,
283.
Matthias, 346.
Mary, 17, 23, 31
(2), 32(2), 39
(2), 40, 170, 178-
180, 183, 184, 265,
266, 270-272,274,
275, 278, 280, 281,
283, 285, 340, 343,
345, 347, 350, 351,
353-356.
Mehitable, 267, 277,
278, 286, 346.
Mercy, 286 (2) -288,
344.
Michael, 283.
Miriam, 187, 188,
282.
Molly, 285, 348.
Moses, 187, 188,
270, 272, 274, 284,
287, 288, 343, 346,
348, 351, 352, 355.
Nancy Silloway,
351.
Nathan, 191, 265,
267, 278, 284-286,
340, 341, 348.
Nathaniel, 176, 186
(2), 188, 189,272,
275, 348, 350.
Nathaniel Foster,
351.
Olive, 269, 353.
Parker, 349.
Paul, 279, 285.
Phebe, 275.
Polly, 346, 353.
Priscilla, 285.
Rachel, 271, 346.
Rebecca, 266, 267,
279, 280, 282, 339,
340.
Reuben, 288.
Rhoda, 341, 342(2).
Richard, 171, 179,
181, 268, 284, 287,
288, 349.
Robert, 352.
Ruth, 17, 23, 31, 40,
170, 171, 178, 179,
181, 182, 272, 275,
277-279, 284,347,
356.
Plumer, Sally, 349,
350.
Samson, 187, 189,
275.
Samuel, 17, 24(2),
25(2), 26(2), 28,
29, 31(2), 32(4),
33 (5) -40, 88, 169,
170, 172, 173, 177-
179, 181-184(2)-
185(2)-188, 266,
267, 269, 271-276,
278, 281-283, 338-
340, 342-344, 352,
354.
Samuel, jr., 39(2).
Dr. Samuel, 353.
Samuel Calley, 351.
Sarah, 91, 176, 178,
179, 181, 183, 185,
187, 189, 265, 266,
268, 270-273, 275,
278-281, 288, 340,
342, 344, 345, 347,
348, 350, 352, 353,
356.
Sarah Gee, 354.
Sarah Higgins, 351
Seth, 271, 345.
Seth Storer, 346.
Silas, 280.
Simeon, 272, 346,
347.
Stephen, 185, 186,
265, 278, 349.
Susanna, 273, 339.
Sylvanus, 34, 35,
39(2), 40, 170,
171, 179, 181-183
(2), 184, 269,279,
339, 346.
Thomas, 191, 265,
267, 269, 278, 283,
285.
Ens. Thomas, 277.
Tristram, 283.
Uriah, 352.
William, 274, 282,
340, 343, 344, 352.
William Stevens,
354.
Plunkett, Lawrence,
264.
Mary, 264.
Thomas Keernan,
264.
INDEX. 395
Point Levi (P. Q.), Pownall, Pownal, Racliffe, Hannah,
135, 138, 146. , 124, 127. 282.
Pokanit (steam- George, 124. Ragen, John, 257.
boat), 206. Pratt, Ephraim, 258. Margaret, 257.
Poland, Adelia Ann, George Williams, Mary, 257.
47. 310. Ramsdell, Anna, 160.
Bethiah (Wood- Joseph White, 310. Fanny, 160.
bury), 47. Lydia, 258. Joseph, 160.
Clarissa, 47. Mary Barrow, 310. Nehemiah, 159,
Clarissa A., 47. Mary (Williams), 160.
David, 47(2). 310. Rhoda, 160.
Stephen David, 47. Robert Marion, Susanna, 159.
Pollard, G. S., 205. 310. Susanna (Groas),
Pomonia (ship), 133. William, 310. 159.
"Pompey no legs" Prentice, , 99, Rand, John S., 47.
(negro), 11. 100,102,103,116, Randell, Randall,
Poor, Poer, Poore, 117, 119-121. Rondall, , 28,
Por, Pore, , Miles, 99. 124.
28, 260, 262, 263. Prescott, Col. James, Capt., 215.
Abigail (Hale), 78. Elizabeth, 178.
277. Preston, , 318. Joseph, 178.
Alfred, M. D., 41, p ric e, , 104, 129, %**?> 178 -
253. 148> 229 Robert, 178.
Betsey, 351. g ^ 14 'i Rantoul, Capt. Rob-
Daniel, 48(2), 49 Ja's., 125, 141 ert ' 10 -
(3), 276. Walter, 229 Rasle, Father Sebas-
Deborah, 48. Prime Tannp 1Q1 tian ' m -
Edna, 276. S/ S 101 Rawlins, Benjamin,
Henry, 277. M rK, 68, 191. 2?6
Jeremiah, 188. * m ^' o^7~' ' Elizabeth, 276.
John, 172. T i' Q , Hannah, 276.
Jonathan, 185. - * Nicholas, 276.
Lydia, 188, 277 Prince of Wales Rebecca (Long),
Lydia Baker, 48. __ ( shl P>' i* 5 - 276.
Martha, 48. Proctor, Procter, Rawson, Edward,
Thomas B., 48. ~ ~ 222 ' 241 ' 224.
Thomas Baker, 49. Benjamin, 357. Thomas, 18.
Pope, Eliza, 54. 43> Raymond, W. O., 76.
Martha, 244. James, 43. Reading, 112, 144,
Samuel, 64, 244. n .*' 43 ' 170, 241.
Porter, ,112,113, Pr o"dence (R. I.), Ree d, Read, Reade,
149, 206. 202 - , 49.
Parson, 111. Provincetown, 212, Col., 242.
Sergeant, 359. 21 3. Jane, 254.
Jno., 162. Pudney, John, sr., 63, John, 254.
Nathaniel, 314,326. 64 - Capt. Richard, 215.
Rev. Nathaniel, 111 Pulsifer, Francis, 15. Samuel, 242.
Samuel, 112, 144. Putnam, Putman, Sarah (Burgess),
Portland (Me), 194. Putnum, , 254.
Portsmouth (N.H.), 115,262. Thomas, 242(2).
36, 97, 111, 193, Bartholomew, 16, Regan, Bridget, 42.
194, 200, 201, 208. 289. Remington, John, 19.
Potter, Luke, 332. Israel, 43, 262. Renouf, Clement,
Pottstown (steam- Thomas, 234, 240. 298, 299.
boat), 210. William, 53, 263. Rebecca, 298.
396
INDEX.
Eenouf, Sarah, 298,
299.
Retford, Mary, 43.
Kevere, Paul, 293.
Revington, , 110.
Rhodes, Rhoads,
Roads, , 56.
Augustine, 309.
Elizabeth, 152.
Ellen, 309.
Ellen Marion, 309.
George, 309.
John, 309.
Samuel, 309.
Sarah, 309.
Stephen, 309.
Thomas, 152, 161.
William, 309.
Richards, Capt., 142.
Dolly, 343.
Hannah, 162.
Richardson, ,
207.
Rev., 199.
Capt. Addison, 154.
George C., 211.
Joseph, 294.
Joseph L., 45.
Priscilla, 285.
Priscilla (Pear-
son), 285.
Thomas, 285.
Riley, Patrick, 255.
Ring, Anna, 351.
Joseph, 351.
Rio Janeiro, 213.
Ripley, Elizabeth, 55.
Rix, Susanna, 65.
Thomas, 65.
Roads, see Rhodes.
Robainna, , 309.
Rebecca, 309.
Robb, Elizabeth, 42.
Margaret, 43.
Samuel, 42.
Robbins, Robins,
, 130.
Thomas, 62.
Roberts, David, 8.
Job, 280.
Judith, 288.
Mary, 280.
William, 15.
Robinson, Eleanor,
365.
Robinson, John, 62,
63, 166, 167, 244,
361, 365.
Martha, 244.
Samuel, 63, 167,
244.
Sarah, 166.
William, 62, 63,
167, 244, 313.
Rochester, 337-339.
Rockford, Ann, 256.
Rogers, , 152,
153, 155, 318.
Ann, 52, 255.
Rev. John, 3.
Lois, 152, 155.
Mary (McLaugh-
lin), 255.
Nathaniel, 151,
225.
Rev. Nathaniel,
302.
Peter, 255.
R. S., 16.
Rogne, Catherine
Francis, 50.
Patrick, 50.
Rolfe, Roffe, Rolf,
Rolph, ,237.
Benjamin, 173, 174.
Elizabeth, 178.
Ester, 78.
Ezra, 78.
H., 18.
Henry, 237.
John, 237.
Sarah, 78.
Ronksbury, John, 47.
Ropes, Capt. Benja-
min, 15.
George, 329.
Ross, , 15.
David, 45.
Lydia, 353.
Martha, 45.
Peter, 353.
Rotche, Rotch, ,
128.
Capt., 128.
Rowe, Row, , 99,
101, 115, 121, 122,
125, 129, 130, 132,
135-138, 141, 142.
Edward, 230.
Rowe, J., 120, 121,
127, 131, 138.
Jacob, 115, 129,
130, 141.
Rowell, , 206.
A. L., 206.
Rowland, Capt., 148.
Rowley (Mass.), 67-
91, 173-175, 177,
187, 189, 190,
215, 265-288, 355.
Rowlison, Brigitt,
320.
Thomas, 320.
Rowton, Richard,
315.
Roxbury, 118, 132.
Rucke, , 329.
Ruddock, John, 308.
Ruth, 308.
Tabitha (Drink-
er), 308.
Rugg, Amos, 91.
Deborah, 72.
Mary, 91.
Rumball, Daniel, 289.
Rush Light (steam-
boat), 206.
Russell, , 50.
Albert, 49.
Betsey, 45.
George H., 47.
Henry, 49(2).
Joel, 47.
Joseph, 254.
Julia, 49.
Mara, 343.
Sarah, 254.
William, 242, 243,
254.
Rust, Nathaniel, 216.
Ryal, Mary, 54.
Ryan, Jeremiah, 253.
Mary, 253.
Mary Ellen, 253.
Michael, 253.
Patrick, 253.
8- E. Spring
(steam boat),
208, 209.
Sadler, Anthony, 67.
Martha, 67.
St. Andre, , 135.
St. Foix, , 99.
INDEX.
397
Salace, , 323.
Salem, 5-16, 36, 57-
66, 94, 95, 97,
110-112, 117, 144,
148, 150, 162-169,
185, 187, 190,
192-205, 207-210,
215, 217, 219, 226,
228, 229, 234,
236, 237, 240-244,
246-252, 289-296,
314, 322, 324-331,
334, 357-365.
Salem Willows, 208,
209.
Salisbury, 23, 217,
239, 341.
Sally ( brigantine ) ,
115.
Salmon, Sammons,
Mary, 65, 66.
Saltonstall, ,
220, 223, 225.
Richard, 220, 222
(2), 224-226,
232.
Sampson, Samuel,
212.
Sanborn, Rachel,
348.
Sanderson, , 118.
Howard K., 154.
Roxanna, 159.
Saratoga (N. Y.),
108.
Sargent, Col., 110.
Arthur Winthrop,
310.
Charlotte Sophia,
310.
Christiana Kady
Swan, 310(2).
Col. Dudley, 110.
Edward Marion,
310.
Elizabeth, 82.
Elizabeth White
Gray, 310.
Jesse, 263.
John, 153.
John T., 310.
John Turner, 310.
Joseph White, 310.
Lydia ( Chipman ) ,
153.
Sargent, Mehitable,
153, 157.
Samuel, 82.
William Story,
310.
Satchwell, Satchell,
, 223-225.
William, 223.
Saugus, 153.
Saunders, Sanders,
Sandrs, Saundrs,
314.
Abiel, '262. '
Adelia Ann, 47.
Ann ( Stevens ) ,
354.
Edward, 84.
Elizabeth, 84.
Huldah (Frost),
47.
John, 232, 233(3),
237, 314(2).
Joseph, 354.
Mary, 84.
Prince (negro) ,
295.
Timothy, 262.
Ziba, 47, 262.
Savage, , 2, 297.
Savory, Daniel, 88.
Lois, 88.
Lois (Goodwin),
88.
Sawyer, Abigail, 272.
Azubah, 72.
Deborah ( Rugg) ,
72.
John, 175.
Mary, 271.
Oliver, 272.
Samuel, 72.
William, 21, 26, 28,
34(2), 236.
Scarborough ( Me. ) ,
273-275.
Scarlet, , 240.
Anne, 240.
David, 240.
Joseph, 240.
Margaret, 240.
Mary, 240.
Samuel, 240.
Scobie, James, 8.
John, 8, 14.
Lydia, 8.
Scott, Scot, ,
102, 103, 115, 117,
119, 135, 264.
Andrew, 264.
Benjamin, 71.
Thomas, 138, 316,
320.
Scudder, Thomas, 61,
62.
Thomas, sr., 61, 62.
Scullard, Rebecka,
21.
Samuel, 21.
Scuyler, Gen., 138.
Seaflower (ship) ,
226.
Searle, Samuel jr.,
87.
Seaver, Mary, 68.
Sewall, , 35, 172,
174.
Henry, 34(2).
Capt. Samuel, 175.
Shafflin, Shafflyn,
Shaflen, Shaf-
linge, Alice, 242,
365.
Elizabeth, 242.
Michael, 242, 330,
365(2).
Myhill, 330.
Shannon, James,
254, 255.
Jane, 254.
Janet, 254, 255.
Janet (Cooper),
254.
John, 254, 255.
Mary (French),
255.
Robert, 254.
Sarah, 254.
William, 254.
Shaw, , 263, 357.
Benjamin, 55.
Charles Henry, 55.
David, 55.
Elizabeth, 242.
Elizabeth Ann, 55.
George, 55(2), 255.
Israel, 242.
John, 55(2).
Joseph, 55.
Mary (Farrar), 55.
Rachel, 43.
Sarah, 55.
398
INDEX.
Shaw, William, 365.
William Henry, 55.
Shelter Island, 245,
246.
Shepard, Shepherd,
, 112, 125,
139.
Ebenezer, 88.
J. D., 205.
Jane ( McCurdy ) ,
88.
James, 125, 136,
139.
Jeremiah, 14.
Sally, 88.
Thomas, 216.
Sheridan, Anna (O'-
Connor) , 257.
Mary, 257.
Patrick, 257.
Sherman, Sharman,
, 323.
Thomas, 222.
Shipley, Ann, 323.
Shoolbred, , 98,
99.
D., 133.
Shore, Daniel, 52.
Mary ( Parsons ) ,
52.
Rebecca, 52.
Short, A., 18.
H., 18.
Henry, 40, 229,
238.
Sills, , 103.
Silsbee, Benjamin
H., 14.
Faneuil, 206.
Simmington, ,
41.
Simonds, see Sy-
monds.
Simpson, , 98,
100, 101, 116, 122,
123, 131, 137, 140.
Alexander, 123.
Sinclair, , 117,
118, 141.
Singeltario, Richard,
328.
Skalley, John, 54.
Skelton, Rev. Samu-
el, 226.
Skene, Skeene, ,
103, 104, 108,
119(2), 131.
Maj., 99, 102-105,
107, 108, 119.
Maj. A. P., 103.
Skenesborough (N.
Y.), 108.
Skerry, , 14.
Henry, 324, 329.
Skillings, Edward,
352.
Elizabeth, 352.
Sarah (Mills), 352.
Sled, , 50.
Small, Benjamin,
275.
John, 60.
Phebe, 275.
Smith, Smyth, ,
36, 108, 111, 246,
250, 252.
Capt., 118, 126.
Abigail, 355.
Ann, 54.
Benjamin, 12.
Betsey (Russell),
45.
Bridget, 54.
Catherine, 164.
Maj. Charles, 90.
Elizabeth, 276.
Esther, 90.
Eunice, 46(2).
George, 64.
George H., 290.
Isabella ( Gerole ) ,
44.
Jacob, 74, 90.
James, 44, 54(3),
174, 330.
Jan Dunbar, 44.
John, 46(2), 54,64,
91, 245-252.
John, jr., 178, 342.
John Russell, 45.
Capt. Joseph, 355.
Mare, 235, 236.
Margaret, 54, 247,
249.
Margaret ( Clark) ,
54.
Mary, 255.
Mary Ada, 45.
Mary Ann, 45.
Mary (Ryal), 54.
Smith, Nathan, 74.
Dr. Nathan, 16.
Nathaniel, 74.
Patrick, 54(2).
Rebecca, 74.
Samuel, 8, 9, 46,
234(2)-236(2).
Sarah, 8, 73, 74,
178, 235, 236.
T., 18.
Thomas, 19, 36, 45,
54, 172, 235, 236,
330.
Timothy, 43.
William, 97.
Sneeden, Samuel,
207.
Somerby, Sumerbe,
, 28, 29.
Anthony, 20, 22, 26,
28, 30-33, 173.
Henry, 32.
South Boston, 211.
South Deerfield, 170.
Southfields (Salem),
163.
Southward, , 291.
Southwick, South-
wicke, Suth-
week, , 327,
329.
Alpheus Baker,
258.
Cassandra, 246,
250-252.
Daniel, 164, 360.
Eliza Herrick, 258.
Elizabeth, 258.
Isaac, 243, 244.
John, 243, 244(2),
247, 357, 361,
362.
Josiah, 62, 359.
Lawrence, 246,
249-251.
Lucy, 258.
Maria, 258.
Mary, 243, 250.
Philena (Cook),
258.
Provided, 246, 251,
252.
Remington, 258.
Samuel, 243, 244.
Sarah, 243, 362.
INDEX.
399
Sowhegan (N. H.),
112.
Spalding, Rev. Josh-
ua, 294.
Sparhawk, , 111.
N., 111.
Spawforth, William,
225.
Spencer, , 32.
Hannah, 253.
Jerard, 315.
Kebecca, 32.
Capt. Roger, 32.
Spencer (Mass.) ,
110.
Spofford, Spafford,
, 262.
Capt. Eliphalet, 82,
87.
Lydia, 74.
Samuel, 68.
Sarah, 67, 68.
Thomas, 71.
Sprague, Dr. John,
305.
Spring, , 110.
Springfield ( Mass. ) ,
110.
Squam, 96.
Stacey, Mehitable,
308.
Stahan, Capt., 103.
Stanford, Stamford,
Maj., 143.
John, 216.
Stanhouse, , 104,
105.
John, 104.
Stanley, Elijah, 46.
Stark, , 41, 263.
Starrett, Abigail,
260.
Jerry, 260.
Boxanna, 260.
Stearns, Col. Abijah,
158.
Stephenson, Eliza-
beth, 255.
Jane (Crofford),
255.
William, 255.
Stevens, Stephens,
Steven, ,
112.
Ann, 354.
Daniel, 261.
Stevens, John, 188.
Mary, 275.
Miriam, 188.
Sarah Ann, 261.
Sarah (Bailey),
261.
Richard, 231.
Walter, 231.
Walter, jr., 231.
William, 23.
Stewart, John, 71.
Stickney, , 76.
Abigail (Bell), 47.
Amos, 285.
Abraham, 47, 48.
Betsey, 85.
Betsey (Poor),
351.
Caroline E., 48.
Eliza, 47.
Elizabeth (Bar-
ker), 85.
Frances Maria, 351
Frederick, 351.
Hannah, 285.
Isaac, 85.
Joseph, 47.
Luseby (Clark),
47.
Mary (Beard), 48.
Susanna (Pettin-
gell), 285.
William, 351.
Stiles, David, 259.
Nancy, 259.
Stilknan, Rev., 312.
Stillwater (N. Y.),
109.
Stirling, Gen. Lord,
304.
Stocker, Ebenezer,
153.
Joseph, 158.
Mehitabel, 158.
Stocks, Betty, 255.
David, 55, 255.
Elizabeth, 55.
James, 255.
Janet, 255.
John William, 255.
Sarah, 55.
Stone, James, 261.
Joseph, 261.
Robert, 242, 243,
361, 364, 365.
Samuel, 243, 362.
Stopford, , 143.
209.
William, 208, 209.
Storer, Ebenezer,
345.
Hannah, 270.
Joseph, 270.
Kezia, 270.
Story, , 302,303,
309.
Dr., 297, 305, 308.
Judge, 297, 304,
308.
Rev., 302.
A. D., 213.
Capt. Abiel, 309.
Abiel Ruddock,
309.
Abigail, 302.
Bathsheba, 312.
Caroline, 312.
Charlotte, 311.
Charlotte Forres-
ter, 311.
Daniel, 301, 304.
Ebenezer, 304.
Eleanor, 302.
Elisha, 297-299,
301, 303, 304, 306,
308.
Elisha Marion, 309.
Eliza, 310.
Elizabeth, 302.
Elizabeth Anna,
303(2).
Ellen Marion, 309.
Eloisa Adaline,
312.
Eloise Green, 309.
Francis Quarles,
311.
Franklin Howard,
312.
Frederick Wash-
ington Chatham,
312.
Hannah, 75.
Harriet, 310.
Horace Cullen, 312.
Huldah, 309.
Isaac, 301, 303,
304, 310.
Joanna, 302, 303,
312.
John, 298, 301,303.
John Ruddock, 308.
400
INDEX.
Story, Joseph, 301,
303, 308, 309.
Lydia, 298, 299.
Lydia W., 312.
Mary, 298.
Mehitable, 306-
309.
Eebecca, 309.
Kuth, 308.
Samuel, 298.
Samuel, sr., 298.
Sarah, 297-299,
304
Tabitha, 308.
William, 75, 297,
299-301(2) - 304,
308, 309, 312.
William, sr., 298.
Stott, , 262, 263.
Jonas, 253.
Patience, 253.
Stower, Joanna, 151.
Stracham, John, 54.
Straten, , 19.
Stratford, , 107.
Studley, Lydia, 48.
Sudbury, 110.
Suffolk (steam-
boat), 206.
Sullivan, Cornelius,
50.
Edward, 50.
Ellen, 50.
Mary, 50.
Timothy, 50.
Sumner, , 55.
Alice, 55.
Henry, 55.
Margaret A., 55.
William, 55.
William H., 55.
Sunderland, , 45.
Ann Eliza, 45.
Eliza Jane, 45.
James, 44.
Mary, 44.
William, 44.
Surf City (steam-
boat), 209.
Sutton, 88.
Swaddock, John, 33.
Swan, Hannah, 75.
Richard, 75.
Swasey, Thomas,
205.
Swett, Sweat, Es-
ther, 345.
Hannah, 281.
Hannah (Merrill),
170.
John, 40, 170, 179.
Mary, 40, 170.
Moses, 281.
Stephen, 170.
Swift, , 132, 133.
J. W., 105, 132.
Switer, Ann Eliza-
beth, 257.
Benjamin, 257, 258.
Elizabeth, 257.
Elizabeth ( Low) ,
257.
John, 258.
Maria, 258.
Sarah A., 258.
Thomas, 257(2),
Symonds, Simonds,
, 224.
Herlakindine, 216.
Marke, 335, 336.
Samuel, 26.
Tachereaux, ,
135(2).
Talby, Anne, 328.
John, 327, 328.
Stephen, 328.
Tarn ( schooner ) ,
308.
Tarney, Mary, 54.
Tate, John, 256.
Taylor, , 212.
Hannah, 43.
James, 43.
John, 43.
Capt. John, 309.
John P., 47.
Mary ( Howarth ) ,
43.
Eebecca, 309.
Tayok, Peter, 89.
Tempest, Elizabeth
(Worpole) , 5'4.
James, 54.
Susanna, 53.
Templeton, 159.
Tenent, Isabella, 45.
Tenney, Edmund, 91.
Tenson, , 55.
Edward, 55.
Tenson, Margaret
(Quick), 55.
Thacher, Anthony,
219.
Thomas, Lieut., 100.
Ebenezer S., 351,
352.
John, 316.
Lucy, 352.
Mary, 351.
Thompson, , 133,
126.
Capt., 134.
Abigail, 276.
Charlotte, 255.
Edward, 255.
Esther, 255.
James, 123, 143.
John Henry, 255.
Richard, 255.
Robert, 255.
Samuel, 260.
Sarah, 255.
Thos., 115.
Thore, John, 330.
Thorn, Barnard, 216.
Thorn ( steamboat ) ,
206.
Thorndike, Thorn-
dick, Jno., 236.
Paul, 216.
Three Brothers
(s t e amboat),
207.
Three Rivers (P. Q.),
148.
Thurlow, Eunice,
261.
Thurston, Capt., 278.
Benjamin, 69.
Daniel, 31, 34, 78,
172(2).
Dolly, 43.
Elizabeth (Wood-
bury), 69.
Hannah, 277.
Hepzibah, 73, 74.
John, 74, 325, 326.
Jonathan, 74.
Joseph, 69.
Lydia (Spofford),
74.
Priscilla, 73, 74.
Capt. Richard, 80,
82, 355.
INDEX.
401
Thurston, Samuel,
74.
Sarah, 69.
Tibbets, Tebbets,
Capt., 6.
Abigail, 339.
Capt. Henry, 6.
John, 339.
Susanna, 339.
Ticonderoga, 108,
112, 113, 144.
Tigh, Ann, 52.
Lawrence, 52.
Tiler, Nathaniel, 321.
Tilton, William, 3, 14.
Titcomb, Titcum,
, 185.
Ann, 183.
Benjamin, 268.
Elizabeth, "338.
Hannah, 268.
Capt. Moses, 280.
Sarah, 183, 185.
William, 29.
Tobey, Toby, Ed-
ward S., 211.
Hattie, 256.
John W., 256.
Todd, , 104.
Isaac, 142.
James, 139.
Mary, 77.
Tompkins, John, 59,
60.
Nathaniel, 59, 60.
Tomlins, Edward,
314.
Timothie, 240.
Tonnencourt, Young,
119.
Toppan, Abraham,
18-20.
Topsfield, 59.
Torry, Torrey, ,
104, 115.
Ebenezer, 115, 118.
J., 104.
John, 118.
Joseph, 104, 105.
Touzel, C., 111.
Towne, Town, ,
259.
Anna, 310.
Townaend, Capt.
Penn, 13.
Sally, 13.
Travers, H., 18.
Trask, Traske, - ,
246.
Ann, 250.
Henry, 250.
Mary, 246, 250.
Sarah, 250.
Trass, Mary, 49.
Treadwell, Dr., 292.
Betsy, 312.
William, 312, 359.
Trickey, - , 47.
Betsey. 47.
Hannah, 47.
Trull. Levi, 264.
Tucker, - , 139.
Rev.. 344.
D.. 108.
Rev. John, 283,
284. 345.
Marcia, 312.
Tupin, - , 119.
Tupper, -- , 212.
Turner. - . 79.
Charles. 314.
J. E., 128.
John Elliot, 128.
Rachell, 314.
Tuttle, Tuttell, - ,
15.
John. 220.
Elizabeth.
268.'
William, 268.
Tylee, Thomas, 60.
Udale, Philip. 330.
Ulysses f steam-
boat), 206.
Union (brig). 162.
Unham. - . 2.
Georsre, 211.
Upshall. Nicholas,
247.
Upton, Jeduthan,
291, 292.
Robert. 6.
Samuel, 262.
Vanderford. C., 201.
Charles, 201.
Vanderhevden, - ,
104.
Jacob, 105.
Van Shaick, Char-
lotte Sargent,
310.
Henry, 310.
Mary, 310.
Mindert, 310.
Venture, - , 104.
Veren, Verrin, Ver-
ing, - , 66.
Dorcas, 363, 365.
Billiard, 363.
Joshua, 360, 361.
Nathaniel, 330.
Vernham, - , 319.
Vernon, - , 109.
Very, Jonathan, 291.
Samuel, 363.
Vetts, B. F., 206.
Vialar, - , 141.
A., 143.
Anthony, 122, 137.
Voorhees, - , 6.
225 -
Col. Nathaniel, 154.
Wadsworfch, Rev.,
298.
Wainwright, John,
189.
Wait, Waite, Wayte,
Anna, 156, 158.
Jabez, 156.
Judith (Hill), 156.
Phebe, 158.
Samuel, 156.
Stephen, 156, 160,
161.
Susanna, 156, 160,
161.
Walcott, - , 314.
William, 314(2).
Waldron, Elizabeth,
268.
John, 287.
Walker, - , 126,
127, 136, 141,
205.
Thomas, 126, 136,
141.
Richard, 216.
Waller, Christopher,
25, 65, 66.
Wallingford, James,
79.
Wallings f o r d
(Conn.), 166.
402
INDEX.
Ward, Gen., 112, 220,
223, 224, 296.
Gen. Artemas, 110,
132.
Benjamin, 296.
Mrs. Malthus A., 13.
Wardall, Uzall, 362.
Wardman, Eliza
Ann, 259.
Emily, 259.
George Washing-
ton, 259.
Jabez, 259.
John, 259.
Samuel, 259.
Sophia, 259.
Susan ( Clapham ) ,
259.
Susanna, 259.
Thomas, 259.
Wardwell, , 259.
Damaris, 256.
Enoch, 256.
Eliza Lawrence,
256.
Ezekiel, 256.
Harriet E., 256.
Harriet Huse, 256.
Henry, 256.
Isabella, 256.
Jane, 256.
Joseph, 256.
Joseph Warren,
256.
Lucinda, 256.
Martha Maria, 256.
Mary Adams, 256.
Mary Ann, 256.
Pamelia Frye, 256.
Samuel, 256.
Sarah, 259.
Warren, , 101,
129.
Dr. Joseph, 305.
Thomas, 228.
Washington, ,
132.
Gen., 305.
Washington (D. C.),
193, 202, 294.
Washington (schoon-
er), 195.
Waterhouse, Lucy,
274.
Samuel, 274.
Waterman, Rev.
Henry, 263.
Watertown, 110, 208.
Watertown (steam-
boat), 208.
Waters, , 61.
Henry FitzGilbert,
1-5.
John, 60, 61, 65.
John, jr., 62.
Nathaniel, 61.
Richard, 61.
Wathin, Wathen,
, 322, 323.
Deborah, 323.
Elnor, 323.
Ezekiel, 327.
Margery, 326, 327.
Watkins, , 197,
229.
Capt., 195, 196.
Andrew, 194, 195.
John, 229.
Watson, Wadson,
, 119, 139,
329.
Brook, 19.
Thomas, 328, 329.
Watts, , 21, 98,
115, 129, 133, 141.
Capt., 98, 117.
Ste., 129.
Way, Richard, 363.
Waymouth, 112.
Webb, Benjamin, 9,
296(2).
Hannah, 296.
Stephen, 296.
William, 296.
Webster, , 285.
Ashburton, 311.
Caroline White,
311.
Daniel, 311.
Daniel Fletcher,
311.
Elizabeth, 285.
Grace ( Fletcher ) ,
311.
John, 35(2).
Julia Appleton,
311.
Weigh, Richard, 363.
Welch, , 41.
Ann (Holt), 257.
Welsh, Elizabeth,
257.
Francis, 257.
Welshman, Capt., 94.
Wellman, Capt., 96.
Wells, Welles, ,
123.
Henry, 96.
J., 119, 127.
Jno., 122, 124.
Thorn., 222.
Wells (Me.), 270, 271.
Wenham, 95, 234.
Wentworth, Gov.,
338.
Benjamin, 268.
Sarah, 268.
Wesson, Elizabeth,
82.
Isaac, 82.
Lucy, 82.
West, , 296.
Isabel, 329.
Thomas, 60.
West Field (Salem),
163-168, 241.
Wharton, Edward,
245, 246, 248-250.
Wheatland, , 98.
Wheeler, Abigail.
268, 280.
Ann, 191, 265.
Hannah, 276.
Jane, 276.
Jethro, 276.
Jonathan, 265.
Mary, 265, 266.
Moses, 276.
Nathan, 266, 268,
279, 280.
Rebecca, 266, 268,
279, 280.
Rufus, 75.
Thomas, 63.
Whipple, , 263.
Ann, 313.
John, 316, 319, 331.
Mary, 313.
Whitcomb, Col. Asa,
74.
Col., John, 74.
White, , 96, 104,
107, 112, 214, 309.
Capt., 117.
Caroline, 311.
INDEX.
403
White, Eliza, 299,
310.
Elizabeth Stone,
310.
Ellen Marion, 311.
Harriet, 310.
Harriet Story, 310.
Henry, 310.
Joseph, 311.
Capt. Joseph, 74,
310.
Col. Joseph, 14.
Oliver, 116.
Phebe ( Brown ) ,
310.
Capt. Phillips, 96.
Stephen, 14, 194,
198, 310.
Rev. Timothy, 214.
William, 230.
Whitehead, Joseph,
55.
Whiten, , 321.
Sarah, 356.
Whitlock, John, 330.
Whitman, Mary, 350.
Peter, 350.
Whitney, Anna, 46.
Prudence
(Brown), 46.
William, 46.
Whitticker, , 263.
Whittier, Whittear,
, 50.
John G., 252.
Thomas, 237.
Whittemore, ,
156.
Desire, 156.
Edmond, 161.
Edward, 156.
Hannah, 161.
Keziah, 156.
Martha, 161.
Wicomb, Francis,
281.
Widger, John, 162.
Sarah, 162.
Wigfall, , 263.
Wilder, Col. Caleb,
81.
Capt. Ephraim, jr.,
76.
Esther Tyler, 262.
Rev. John, 262.
Wilder, Jonas, 262.
Col. Joseph, 81.
Louisa T., 262.
Mary Esther, 262.
Col. Oliver, 72.
Parthenia Hyde,
262.
Parthenia Pelham,
262.
Sarah Elizabeth,
262.
Willard, Col., Sam-
uel, 83.
Rev. Samuel, 297.
Willcocks, E. R., 102.
Willet, Joseph, 40,
179, 269.
Willey, Wiley, ,
50.
Capt. William, 205.
William Storie
(steamboat),
208.
William Tibbets
(steamboat),
207.
Williams, Capt., 15,
104, 114.
Dr., 15.
Maj., 126.
Capt. Henry, 15.
J., 103.
Jane, 310.
John, 16, 308.
Mary, 310.
Thomas, 308.
Thomas R., 15(2).
Willard, 15.
William sport
(steamboat ),
210.
Willamstown, 159.
Willmot, , 121.
Wilson, Fred, 205.
Capt. Nathaniel,
81.
Robert, 63, 64.
Wingate, Hon.
Aaron, 338.
Elizabeth, 338.
Winge, John, 227.
Winsor, Nathaniel,
212.
Winter, Wenter,
Hana, 320(2),
321.
Josias, 320, 321.
Wilyam, 320, 321.
Winthrop, , 56.
Alexander, 56.
Ellen, 43, 56.
Ellen (Morrison),
43.
Thomas, 43, 263.
Thomas Fargis, 56.
Winton, Mary Ann,
264.
Wise, Wisse, ,
227.
Ann, 227.
Benjamin, 227(2).
Em., 227.
Humfry, 227(2).
Joseph, 227.
Sarah, 227.
Wiswall, , 113.
Wold, John, 29.
Wolfe, , 99, 106.
Wolstenholme, Cora
Jane, 42.
Frederick, 42.
James, 42.
Jane, 42.
Lizzie Stanton, 42.
Margaret, 42.
Wood, , 205.
Ann, 190.
Charlotte, 53.
Maj. Daniel, 280.
David, 192.
Elizabeth, 84.
Esther (Nicker-
son), 256.
Grace, 259.
John, 256, 264.
Capt. John, 203,
204.
Lucinda, 256.
Mary, 52, 55.
Thomas, 84, 189,
190.
Sarah, 266.
Woodbury, Wood-
bery, , 237.
Ann, 237.
Ann (Pasgrove or
(Paulsgrove), Be-
thiah, 47.
404
INDEX.
Woodbury, Daniel,
89.
Elizabeth, 69.
Joanna, 177.
John, 237.
Mary, 89.
Nicholas, 177, 216.
Eapsima (Messen-
ger), 89.
William, 329.
Woodbridge, Wood-
bridg, , 19.
Eev. Ashbel, 345.
Esther, 345.
Col. Howell, 345.
Jerusha Pitkins
(Edwards), 345.
John, 231, 238.
Mary, 345.
Maj. Theodore, 345.
Wooddam, John, 313.
Woodman, Abigail
(Atkinson), 269.
Woodman, Arche-
laus, 19, 33(2).
Benjamin, 356.
E., 18(2).
Edward. 38(3),
229, 233, 271.
Elizabeth, 271.
Elizabeth (Long-
fellow), 356.
Hannah, 269.
Capt. John, 89.
Jonathan, 269.
Mary, 89, 181.
Mary E., 89.
Mary (Sawyer),
271.
Sarah, 356.
Woolsey, , 104,
142.
John, 129.
Wooster, , 99.
Gen., 148, 149.
Worcester, 110.
Worpole, Elizabeth,
54.
Worth, Sarah, 44.
Worthen, Capt. Eze-
kiel, 79.
Worthy, Jacob, 88.
Mary, 88.
Wright, -- , 13, 14.
Daniel, 13.
James, 13.
Jimmy, 13.
Wyman, - , 112,
151, 152.
Yeatman, Capt., 128.
Yewall, Capt., 131,
132.
Young, - , 109.
Capt., 98.
Margaret, 53.
Mary, 8.
(steam-
boat), 207.
INDEX
ESSEX INSTITUTE HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
VOLUMES XLI-L
AUTHORS, SUBJECTS AND TITLES.
(THE HEAVY FACED TYPE INDICATES THE VOLUME.)
Adams, Oscar Fay, Beverly, England, 42 : 331.
Gloucester, England, 42 : 199.
Ipswich, England, 42 : 335.
Wenham, England, 42 : 195.
Allen, George H., Names from Timothy Orne's ledger, 1738-
1752, 47 : 290.
Justin, M. D., Some account of, 47 : 221.
Zebulun, Will of, 1741, 47 : 132.
Almanacs, Extracts from interleaved, kept by John White of
Salem, 49 : 92.
Almy, William, of Lynn, Sandwich and Portsmouth (R. I.),
Ancestry of, By G. Andrews Moriarty, jr., 49 : 172.
America, schooner, of Gloucester, Wreck of, in 1780, 42 :
375. .
Amphions, The, By Herbert E. Valentine, 45 : 283.
Andover, Genealogical-historical visitation of, in 1863, by
Alfred Poore, M. D. (Illustrated), 48: 276; 49: 50,
161, 239, 305 ; 50 : 41, 253.
Andover soldiers in 1813, 48 : 339.
Atkins, Henry, Some account of, 43 : 289.
Averill, William, of Ipswich, and some of his descendants,
By George Francis Dow, 48 : 133, 245.
Babbidge, Christopher, Some account of, 42 : 169.
Babbidge, Lydia, Some account of, 50 : 295.
Balch, Dr. Israel, Some account of, 47 : 224.
Bangs, Gay Esty, English Ancestors of Jeffery Esty of
Salem, Mass., 47 : 350.
Baptisms in Wiscasset, Damariscotta, and New Castle. Me.,
in 1763, 45 : 87.
Barrie, J. M. Letter read at the Hawthorne Centenary, 41 :
68.
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Barton, Dr. John ( 1694), Some account of, 42: 156.
Batchelder, Joseph C., M. D. Some account of, 47 I 217.
Bells of Paul and Joseph W. Revere, By Arthur H. Nichols,
M. D. (Illustrated), 47 : 293; 48: 1.
Bentley, Eev, William, Address on, By Marguerite Dalrym-
ple (Illustrated), 41 : 251.
Biographical sketch, By Judge Joseph G. Waters (Illus-
trated), 41 : 237.
Some account of, By Benjamin F. Browne, 50 : 292
Berry, Thomas, Obituary of, 43 : 276.
Beverley, England, By Oscar Fay Adams (Illustrated), 42
331.
Beverly First Church records (Concluded), 41 : 193, 381.
Blockhouse built at Bradford, 1704, 44 : 219.
Bolton, Ethel Stanwood. Notarial records of Samuel Tyley
and Ezekiel Goldthwaite of Boston, 42 : 205.
Bosson, Jennie (Hood), John Hood of Lynn and some of
his descendants, 45 : 49, 137.
Boston, Notarial records of Samuel Tyley and Ezekiel Gold-
thwaite, 1730-1762, 42 : 205.
Bowditch, Nathaniel, of Newport, and his family, By George
Andrews Moriarty, jr., 48 : 335.
Bowditch family, Note on the, By George Andrews Moriarty,
jr., 48: 262.
Boxford, Records of the proprietors of common lands, 1683-
1710, 42 : 355.
Bradford blockhouse in 1704, 44 : 219.
Bradlee, Francis B. C. Steamboat " Massachusetts " and
the beginnings of steam navigation in Boston Bay (Il-
lustrated), 50: 193.
Bradstreet, Dr. Joseph, Some account of, 47 J 205.
Bradstreet, Dr. Nathaniel, Some account of, 47 : 224.
Briggs, Thomas, Some account of, 49 : 291.
Brocklebank, Capt. Samuel, Some account of, 41 : 165.
Browne, Benjamin F. Youthful recollections of Salem (II-
lustrated) 49 : 193, 289 ; 50 : 6, 289.
Browne, William (1687), Abstract of will, 41: 180.
Browne, William, Some account of, 43 : 290.
Browne-Cutting family of Newbury, By David W. Hoyt, 48 :
85.
Browne family, English records relating to, 47 : 63.
Bryce, James, Letter read at the Hawthorne Centenary, 41 :
46.
Buck, John H. Church plate of Salem (Illustrated), 43 : 97.
HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS, VOLS. XLI - L. 3
Buck, John H. Church Plate of Newburyport, Newbury,
West Newbury and Kowley, 44 : 293.
Buckham, Rev. John Wright, Literary Salem (Illustrated),
43: 193.
Buffuin, Joshua, Letter to, in 1660, written by John Smith.
Annotated by Sidney Perley, 50 : 245.
Buffum, Tammasen (1688), Abstract of will of, 41 : 181.
Burpeej Burkby family of Essex County, By Frank A. Gard-
ner. M. D., 50: 67.
Burrage, Burridge family of Essex County, By Frank A.
Gardner, M. D., 50 : 151.
Burrill, Ellen Mudge, Biographical sketches of members of
the Burrill Family of Lynn, 44 : 221.
Burrill Family, Biographical sketches of members of, By
Ellen Mudge Burrill, 44: 221.
Button family of Haverhill, Mass., By D. W. Hoyt, 46 : 348.
Chanler, Abiel, of Andover, Revolutionary journal, 47 : 181.
Chandler, Rev. James, Some account of, 41 : 176.
Chapman family, English records relating to, 41 : 270.
Chebacco parish, Ipswich, Military records relating to, 49 :
95.
Choate, David, M. D., Some account of, 47 I 219.
Choate, Joseph H., Letter read at the Hawthorne Centenary,
41 : 39.
Church, Dr. Benjamin, of Boston, Letter written during the
Revolutionary War, 47 : 233.
Cleaveland, Dr. Nehemiah, Some account of, 47 : 212.
Clement, Elizabeth, Depositions relating to, 43 : 60, 62.
Clements, Robert, of Haverhill, and some of his descendants,
By Maj.-Gen. A. W. Greely, 47 : 317.
Civil War, William Lloyd Garrison on the outbreak of the,
42 : 310.
Court Houses in Salem, By Sidney Perley (Illustrated), 47 :
101.
Crowthers , Rev. Samuel M. Address at the Hawthorne Cen-
tenary, 41 : 9.
Gushing family, English records relating to, 41 : 271.
Custom house records of the Annapolis District, Maryland,
1756-1775, 45 : 256.
Cutting-Browne family of Newbury, By David W. Hoyt, 48 :
85.
Dalrymple, Margaret, Address on Rev. William Bentley (Il-
lustrated), 41 : 251.
Damariscotta, Me., baptisms in 1763, 45 : 87.
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Davis, Walter, jr., Wildes family of Essex Co., 42 : 129, 273.
DeBlois, George, Some account of, 43 1 302.
Dennis, William D. Salem Charitable Mechanic Association
(Illustrated), 42 : 1.
Dennison, Daniel, Letter relating to Indians, 41 : 354.
Derby, Perley, Elisha Story of Boston and some of his de-
scendants (Illustrated), 50 : 297.
Derbys of Salem, By Robert E. Peabody (Illustrated), 44 :
193.
Despatch, Capture of the packet schooner, July 10, 1776,
42: 40.
Dexter, Dr. Richard, Some account of, 47 '. 206.
Dodge, Francis Safford, Brigadier General in the United
States Army, By Mrs. Mary Hunt (Weston) Dodge (Il-
lustrated), 46: 97.
Dodge, Mrs. Mary Hunt (Weston), Francis Safford Dodge,
Brigadier General in 1 the United States Army (Illus-
trated), 46: 97.
Dow, George Francis. French Acadians in Essex County,
45 : 293.
William Averill of Ipswich and some of his descendants,
48 : 133, 245.
Dunn, William, Deposition relating to, 43 : 59.
Duston family of Haverhill, Mass., By D. W. Hoyt,46 : 350.
Dwinell, Dr. Amos, Some account of, 47 : 205.
Dwinell, Dr. Michael, Some account of, 47 : 201.
East Anglia, Familiar ways of, By Pauline Willis, 46 : 247.
East church, Salem, Pictures of, 41 : 241 , 245.
Edgett, Carrie C., John French of Topsfield and some of his
descendants, 44 : 348.
Elegie upon the death of Mr. Tho. Washington, the Prince's
page who dyed in Spayne in 1623, 42 : 372.
Elwell, Capt. Isaac, Some account of, 42 : 375.
Emerson, Edward W., M. D., Address at the Hawthorne Cen-
tenary, 41 : 31.
English notes about early settlers in New England, By Loth-
rop Withington (Continued), 41 : 269; 43 : 317; 44 :
81, 290, 371; 47 : 63; 49 : 253.
Essex County estates administered in Suffolk County prior to
1701, By Eugene Tappan (Concluded), 41: 180.
Garrisons in 1676, 41 : 355.
Loyalists (Illustrated), 43: 289.
Men killed and wounded at the eastward, List of, 42 : 87.
Middle Regiment, Petition from officers, July 6, 1696, 42 :
85.
HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS, VOLS. XLI-L. 5
Essex County Newspaper items relating to (Continued), 42 :
214, 340 ; 43 : 89, 273 ; 44 : 338 ; 45 : 157, 341 ; 46 :
185, 253; 47: 187,353; 48: 90, 185; 49: 81, 136,
275 ; 50 : 94, 214.
Notarial Kecords (1697-1768), 41 : 183,381; 42: 153,
245, 346 ; 43 : 49, 223 ; 44 : 89, 147, 325 ; 45 : 90,
130,212,333; 46: 81, 114, 273, 325; 47, 124, 253,
333 ; 48 : 72.
Probate records of (1635-1646), 50 : 217, 313.
Seacoast defences of, in 1776, 43 : 187.
Essex street, Salem, stores in 1818, 41 : 228.
Esty, Jeffery, of Salem, English ancestors of, By Gay Esty
Bangs, 47: 350.
" Federal Street," Origin of the hymn-tune, By Henry K.
Oliver, M. D., 49 : 184.
Fisher, Lieut.-Col. Horace K, Reminiscences of the raising
of " Old Glory " at Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 27, 1862,
47 : 96.
Flag, Reminiscences of " Old Glory " in 1862, 47 : 96.
Flag in 1684, order in relation to, 43 : 288.
French, Charles P., M. D., Some account of, 47 : 219.
French, John, of Topsfield, and some of his descendants, By
Carrie C. Edgett, 44 : 348.
French Acadians in Essex County, By George Francis Dow,
45 : 293.
French and Indian War, Journal of Col. Archelaus Fuller of
Middleton, 46 : 209.
Journal of Lieut. Daniel Giddings in 1744-5, 48 : 293.
Journal of John Noyes of Newbury, 45 : 73.
French War prisoners, 1747, 43 : 316.
Friends, Society of, at Lynn, Mass. By Sallie H. Hacker
(Illustrated), 41 : 333.
Frothingham, Nathaniel (1770-1857), Some account of, 42 : 6.
Fuller, Col. Archelaus, of Middletown, Mass., Journal in the
expedition against Ticonderoga in 1758, 46 : 209.
Gardner, Frank A., M. D. Burpee, Burkby family of Essex
County, 50 : 67.
Burrage, Burridge family of Essex County, 50 : 51.
Elisha Story and some of his descendants, Annotated by
(Illustrated), 50:297.
Gardner, Samuel, of Salem, Diary for the year 1759, 49 : 1.
Garrison, William Lloyd, on the outbreak of the Civil War,
42: 310.
Georgetown, Mass. Personal sketches of early inhabitants
of, By Ellen W. Spofford, 41 : 165.
6 INDEX TO ESSEX INSTITUTE
Giddings, Lieut. Daniel, Journal kept by, during the expedi-
tion against Cape Breton in 1744-5, 48 : 293.
Gloucester, Revolutionary prisoners at, 45 : 350.
Riot in 1768, 42 : 36.
Gloucester, England, By 0. F. Adams, 42 : 199.
Goit family, Some account of, 41 : 386.
Goldthwaite, Ezekiel (1710 ), Some account of, 42 : 205.
Goodwin, John, of Marblehead, Military journal kept in
1777, 45 : 205.
Gould, Humphrey, M. D. Some account of, 47 : 227.
Greely, Maj.-Gen. A. W. Richard Ingersoll and some of his
descendants, 45 : 185.
Robert Clements of Haverhill and some of his descendants,
47 : 317.
Groveland, Mass., Houses and Buildings of, By Alfred Poore,
M. D. (Illustrated), 46 : 193, 289 ; 47 : 25, 133, 261.
Localities and place-names, By Alfred Poore, M. D, 46 : 161.
Hacker, Sallie H. Society of Friends at Lynn, Mass.
(Illustrated), 41: 333.
Hale, Robert, of Beverly, Journal of a voyage to Nova Scotia
in 1731, 42 : 217.
Hale, Robert, jr. (1703-1767), Some account of, 42 : 217.
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Records of the Vice- Admiralty Court,
45: 28, 161, 221, 309; 46: 69, 150, 257, 317; 47: 20,
189, 236.
Hardy Family of Bradford, By David W. Hoyt, 47 : 167, 277.
Harrington, Arthur H., M. D. Hathorne hill in Danvers,
with some account of Major William Hathorne (Illus-
trated) , 48 : 97.
Hart, Charles Henry. An etched profile portrait of George
Washington by Joseph Hiller, jr., 1794, 43 : 1.
Basket family, Some account of, 41 : 190.
Hathorne, Nathaniel ( 1712), Will of, 42 : 255.
Hathorne family in England, By H. F. Waters, 41: 81.
llathorue family reunion, June 23, 1904, 41: 77.
Hathorne hill in Danvers, with some account of Major
William Hathorne. By Arthur H. Harrington, M. D.
(Illustrated), 48: 97.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, Centenary proceedings, 41 : 1.
Portraits, letters, first editions, and souvenirs of, 41 : 93.
Hemenway, Pr. Samuel, Some account of, 50 : 291.
Henderson family of Salem, By George Andrews Moriarty,
jr., 48 : 328,
Herrick, Geerge, Depositions relating to, 41 : 190.
Higginson, Hitty, Some account of, 42 : 82.
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HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS, VOLS. XLI - L. 7
Higginson, Rev. John. Letter on drunkenness in Salem,
44: 192.
Letter to his son Nathaniel Higginson, 1698, 43 : 182.
Letter to the County Court in 1678, 43 : 180.
Hill, William D., M. D., Some account of, 47 : 222.
Hiller, Joseph, jr. Etched portrait of Washington, 43 : 1.
Hitchings, A. Frank, Ship registers of the district of Salem
and Beverly, 1789-1900 (Illustrated), 41: 141, 309, 357;
42 : 89.
Hood, John, of Lynn, and some of his descendants, By Jen-
nie (Hood) Bosson, 45: 49, 137.
Hooper, Joseph, Some account of, 43 : 305.
Horton, Samuel, of Newburyport, Diary of, 43 : 285.
Howard, Cecil H. C. The Pepperrells in America (Contin-
ued) ,41: 229; 42: 169.
Howard, John (1755-1848), Some account of, 42 : 5.
Hoyt, D. W. Button family of Haverhill, Mass., 46 : 348.
Cutting-Browne family of Newbury, 48 : 85.
Duston family of Haverhill, Mass., 46 : 350.
Early Whittiers, Widgers and Whittakers in Essex County,
49 : 37.
Hardy family of Bradford, 47 : 167, 277.
Huntington, Elisha, M. D., Some account of, 47 : 226.
Indian warfare in 1704, 44 : 219.
Indians crossing the Merrimack river, 1676, 41: 354.
Ingersoll, Richard, and some of his descendants. By Maj.-
Gen. A. W. Greely, 45 : 185.
Ipswich, Military records relating to Chebacco Parish, 49 :
95.
Voters in 1673, 45 : 355.
Ipswich, England, By Oscar Fay Adams, 42 : 335.
Irish families in Georgetown, 41 : 177.
Jackson, Russell Leigh. Leigh family of Newbury, Mass.,
48:322; 50:92.
James, Henry, Letter read at the Hawthorne Centenary,
41 : 55.
Jeffry, James, Journal kept in Quebec in 1775, 50 : 97.
Jenkins, Thomas L., M. D., Some account of, 47 : 223.
Jenks, John, of Salem, Letter to Cotton Tufts of Weymouth,
in 1774, 47: 230.
Killam genealogy, By Sidney Perley, 49 : 210.
Knight, William, Some account of, 45 : 95, 336 ; 46 : 124.
Lamson, John A.. M. D., Some account of, 47 : 227.
Lamson, Josiah, M. D., Some account of, 47 : 225.
Lang, Andrew, An appreciation of Hawthorne, 41 : 63.
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Larcom, Mordecai, Children of. Copy of an unrecorded quit
claim deed now in possession of William F. Abbot, 43 :
190.
Lavalette family, Newburyport branch of the, By M. V. B.
Perley, 49 : 125.
Leigh family of Newbury, Mass. By Russell Leigh Jack-
son, 48 : 322 ; 50 : 92.
Lewis, Edmund of Lynn, and some of his descendants, By
George Harlan Lewis, 43 : 65, 121, 233, 321 ; 44 : 65,
153.
Lewis, Captain Edmund, of Marblehead, Mass., and some of
his descendants, By George Harlan Lewis, 46 : 62.
Lewis, George Harlan, Edmund Lewis of Lynn and some of
his descendants, 43 : 65, 121, 233, 321 ; 44 : 65, 153.
Captain Edmund Lewis of Marblehead, Mass., and some of
his descendants, 46 : 62.
John Lewis of Lynn, Mass., Tory in the Revolution, and
some of his descendants, 46 : 65.
John Lewis of Marblehead, Mass.. and some of his de-
scendants, 46 : 56.
Lewis, John, of Lynn, Mass., Tory in the Revolution, and some
of his descendants, By George Harlan Lewis, 46 : 65.
Lewis, John, of Marblehead, Mass., and some of his descend-
ants, By George Harlan Lewis, 46 : 56.
Library of Salem Charitable Mechanic Association, 42 : 7.
Lincoln, Abraham, By Robert S. Rantoul (Illustrated), 45 :
97.
Long, Henry F. Newburyport and Boston Turnpike (Illus-
trated}, 42 : 113.
Newburyport and Danvers Railroads (Illustrated), 46 : 17.
Physicians of Topsfield (Illustrated), 47 : 197.
Salt marshes of the Massachusetts coast (Illustrated),
47 : 1.
Louisburg, Journal kept by Lieut. Daniel Giddings, during
the expedition in 1744-5, 48 : 293.
Low, Seth. Address at the Centennial Celebration of the
Salem Light Infantry, 42 : 65.
Loyalists, Essex County (Illustrated), 43 : 289.
Lynde, Benjamin (1666-1745), Obituary of, 42 : 214.
Lynn, Biographical sketches of the Burrill family, 44: 221.
Deaths not included in printed records, 48 : 339.
Society of Friends at, By Sallie H. Hacker (Illustrated),
41 : 333.
Mauley, Capt. John, of Marblehead, Naval career of, By
Robert E. Peabody (Illustrated), 45 : 1.
HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS, VOLS. XLI-L. 9
Marblehead and Salem in 1808, 48 : 196.
Marblehead in the Eevolution, 45 : 1.
In the year 1700, By Sidney Perley (Illustrated), 46: 1,
178, 221, 305 ; 47 : 67, 149, 250, 341 ; 48: 79.
Loyalists, 43: 305.
Regulations restraining amusements in 1775, 42 : 88.
Tax list for the year 1748, 43 : 209.
Vital Records, 1647-1849, Collected by Joseph W. Chap-
man, 44: 250.
Marston, Benjamin, Some account of, 43 : 309.
Mason, Col. David, of Salem, Biographical sketch by his
daughter, Mrs. Susan Smith (Illustrated), 48 : 197.
Mechanics' Hall, Salem, Some account of, 42 : 14.
Merriam, Dr. John, Some account of, 47 : 215.
Merriam, Royal Augustus, M. D., Some account of, 47 : 217.
Methuen, Preaching at, in 1787, 43 : 192.
More, Capt. Richard, petition for a license to keep a public
house in Salem, 1686, 43 : 287.
Moriarty, G. Andrews, jr. Ancestry of William Almy of
Lynn, Sandwich, and Portsmouth (R. I.), 49: 172.
Capt. Joseph Moseley of Salem and his ancestors (Illus-
trated), 49: 177.
Genealogical notes on Rev. Samuel Parris of Salem V illage,
49 : 354.
Henderson family of Salem, 48 : 328.
Henry FitzGilbert Waters (Portrait), 50 : 1.
Nathaniel Bowditch of Newport and his family, 48 : 325.
Note on the Bowditch family, 48: 262.
Turner family of Salem, 48 : 263.
Turners of Barbados, 49 : 347.
Morrison, John, Some account of, 42 : 209.
Morton, Thomas, Will of (1643), 49 : 253.
Moseley, Capt. Joseph, of Salem, and his ancestors, By G.
Andrews Moriarty, jr. (Illustrated), 49 : 177.
Needham, Thomas (1779-1858), Some account of, 42 : 7.
Negro manumission in 1717, 44 : 89.
Negro warnings in 1790, 44 : 93.
Nelson family, Some account of, 41 : 172.
Newbury lottery in 1758, 44: 345.
Newburyport, Diary of Joseph O'Brien, 1791-1815, 44 : 332.
Diary of Samuel Horton, 43 : 285.
In the Revolution, historical notes, 46 : 184.
Inscriptions from the Old Burying Ground at Sawyer's
Hill (Illustrated), 43 : 17, 161.
Loyalists, 43 : 304.
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Newburyport and Boston Turnpike, By Henry F. Long (Il-
lustrated), 42 : 113.
Newburyport and Danvers Railroads, By Henry F. Long
(Illustrated}, 46 : 17.
Newburyport and Newbury church silver, By John H. Bubk
(Illustrated), 44: 293.
New Castle, Me., biptisms in 1763, 45 : 87.
Newcomb, Richard, Some account of, 44 : 90.
New England, English notes about early settlers in, By
Lothrop Withington (Continued), 41: 269; 43: 317;
44 : 81, 290, 371 ; 47 : 63 ; 49 : 253.
Newhall family of Lynn, By Henry F. Waters (Concluded),
48 : 113, 217, 305.
Newspaper items relating to Essex County (Continued), 43 :
89, 273 ; 44 : 338 ; 45 : 157, 341 ; 46 : 185, 253 ; 47 :
187, 353 ; 48 : 90, 185, 357 ; 49 : 81, 136, 275 ; 50 : 94,
214.
Nichols, Arthur H., M. D. Bells of Paul and Joseph W.
Revere (Illustrated), 47 : 293 ; 48 : 1.
Norfolk County, Old, deeds, 1671-1689, 49 : 23.
Norwood, Dr. David, Some account of, 47 : 210.
Notarial records of Samuel Tyley and Ezekiel Goldthwaite
of Boston, 42 : 205.
Nova Scotia, Journal of a voyage to, in 1731, By Robert
Hale of Beverly, 42 : 217.
Noyes, John, of Newbury, Journal in the expedition against
Ticonderoga, 1758, 45 : 73.
Noyes, Capt. John, of Newbury, Letters written during the
Revolution, 45 : 77.
O'Brien, Joseph, of Newburyport, Diary of, 44 : 332.
" Old Glory," Reminiscences of the raising of, at Nashville,
Tenn., Feb. 27, 1862. By Lieut. Col. Horace N. Fisher,
47 : 96.
Oliver, Henry K., M. D. Origin of the hymn-tune " Federal
Street," 49 : 184.
Oldest house in Salem, 42 : 311.
Orne, Timothy. List of names of Salem people in ledger
of (1738-1752), 47 : 290.
Palfrey, Warwick, Some account of, 42 : 350.
Parris, Rev. Samuel, of Salem Village, Geneological notes on,
By G. Andrews Moriarty, jr., 49 : 354.
Peabody, Robert E. Derby s of Salem (Illustrated), 44:
193.
Naval career of Capt. John Manley of Marblehead (Illus-
trated), 45 : 1.
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HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS, VOLS. XLI - L. 11
Pepperrells in America. By C. H. C. Howard (Concluded),
41 : 229 ; 42 : 169.
Perkins, George W., M. D., Some account of, 47 : 229.
Perley, M. V. B. Newburyport branch of the Lavalette
family, 49 : 125.
Perley, Sidney. Brooksby, Salem, in 1700 (Illustrated)) 50 :
857.
Court houses in Salem (Illustrated), 47 : 101.
Killam genealogy, 49 : 210.
Marblehead in the year 1700 (Illustrated), 46: 1, 178,
221, 305 ; 47 : 67, 149, 250, 341 ; 48 : 79.
Northfields, Salem, in 1700 (Map), 48 : 173, 260 ; 49 :
186, 356 ; 50 : 57.
Notes on quakers in Salem, 50 : 246.
Plumer genealogy (Illustrated), 50: 17, 169, 265, 337.
Read farm, Salem, in 1700 (Map), 5O: 241.
West Field, Salem, in 1700 (Map), 50 : 163.
Peter, Rev. Hugh, Some account of, 49 : 253.
Peterson, Joseph N. Address at the Hawthorne Centenary,
1:7.
Phillips, Stephen Willard, Ship registers of the District of
Salem and Beverly, 1789-1900 (Illustrated), 41 : 141,
309, 357 ; 42 : 89.
Pike, Nathaniel, Some account of, 46 : 93.
Plumer genealogy, By Sidney Perley (Illustrated), 50 : 17,
169, 265, 337.
Poore, Alfred, M. D. Genealogical-historical visitation of
Andover, Mass., in the year 1863 (Illustrated), 48 : 276 ;
49 : 50, 161, 239, 305 ; 50 : 41, 253.
Groveland localities and place-names, 46 : 161.
Houses and Buildings of Groveland, Mass. (Illustrated),
46 : 193, 289 ; 47 : 25, 133, 261.
Pope family, English records relating to, 44 : 373.
Privateer brig Oliver Cromwell, Journal of, 1777, 45 : 245.
Probate records of Essex County (1635-1645), 50: 217, 313.
Putnam, Capt. Jeremiah, ot Danvers, Mass. Revolutionary
orderly cook in the Rhode Island campaign, 46 : 333;
47: 41.
Quakers in Salem, Some notes on, 50: 246.
Quebec in 1775, Journal kept in, by James Jeffry, Anno-
tated by William Smith, 50 : 97.
Randall, George M., M. D., Some account of, 47 : 222.
Rantoul, Robert S. Abraham Lincoln (Illustrated), 45 : 97.
Address at the Hawthorne Centenary, 41 : 3.
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Eantoul, Robert S. Frederick Townsend Ward (Illustrated) ,
44 : 1, 360.
Rawson family, English records relating to, 41 : 279.
Ray, .J., Petition of, in 1675, 42 : 312.
Rea, Dr. Caleb, jr. Some account of, 47 : 211.
Revere, Paul and Joseph W., The Bells of, By Arthur H.
Nichols, M. D. (Illustrated), 47 : 293 ; 48 : 1.
Revolutionary War, Auction sales in Salem, of shipping and
merchandise, 49 : 97.
Capture of the schooner Despatch in 1776, 42 : 40.
Derby ships in the, 44 : 215.
Diary of John White of Salem, 1774-1789, 49 : 92.
Diary of 'Samuel Horton of Newburyport, 1772-1781, 43 :
285.
Diary of William Wetmore of Salem, 1774-1778, 43 : 115.
Goodwin's journal in the Rhode Island expedition, 45 : 205.
Journal kept by Abiel Chanler of Andover, 47 I 181.
Journal kept in Quebec by James Jeffry, 50 : 97.
Journal of James Stevens of Andover, 48 : 41.
Journal of privateer brig Oliver Cromwell, 1777, 45 : 245.
Letter from Thomas Smith, Forton Prison, 1780, 41 : 227.
Letter written by Dr. Benjamin Church of Boston, 47 : 233.
Letters of John Noyes, 45 : 77, 308.
Letters written to Col. Timothy Pickering by George Wil-
liams of Salem, 42 : 313 ; 43 : 7, 199; 44 : 313 ; 45 :
119, 286.
Naval career of Capt. John Manley (Illustrated) , 45 : 1.
Newburyport in the, 46 : 184.
Orderly book of Capt. Jeremiah Putnam of Danvers, Mass.,
in the Rhode Island campaign, 46 : 333 ; 47 : 41.
Prisoners at Gloucester, 45 : 350.
Records of Vice- Admiralty Court at Halifax, 45 : 28 ; 161,
221, 309 ; 46 : 69, 150, 257, 317 ; 47 : 20, 189, 236.
Rhode Island expedition, in 1777, Goodwin's journal, 45 :
205.
Seacoast defences of Essex County in 1776, 43 : 187.
Song, 48 : 71.
Richards, Owen, Some account of, 43 : 312.
Riot at Gloucester in 1768, 42 : 36.
Robie, Thomas, Some account of, 43 : 313.
Ropes, William, Some account of, 42 : 350.
Rowley church silver, By John H. Buck, 44 : 303.
Rowley village in the early times, 41: 165.
Rowley, England, Transcripts of the lost registers, Con-
tributed by J, Henry Lea, 44 : 305.
HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS, VOLS. XLi>- L. 13
Russell, John (1779-1853), Some account of, 42 : 6.
Salem, Auction sales of shipping and merchandise during
the Revolution, 49 : 97.
Brooksby, in 1700, By Sidney Perley (Mhistrated) , 5O : 357.
Church plate of, By John H. Buck (Illustrated), 43 : 97.
Commerce during the 18th century (Illustrated}, 44 : 193.
Contract for building Free Will Baptist Church, in 1828,
47 : 66.
Court Houses in, By Sidney Perley (Illustrated}, 47 : 101.
Dame schools, Two, 42 : 82.
Diary for the year 1759, By Samuel Gardner, 49 : 1.
Diary of William Wetmore, 1774-1778, 43 : 115.
Drunkenness in 1670, 44 : 192.
During the Revolution, George Williams' letters, 42 :
313; 43: 7,199; 44: 313; 45: 119,286.
Essex street stores in 1818, 41 : 228.
Fire engines in 1797, 43 : 198.
Fire of 1774, Letter relating to, 47 : 230.
Fort and shallop, Petition relating to, 42 : 111.
License to keep a public house in Salem in 1686, 43 : 287.
Literary, By Rev. John Wright Buckham, 43 : 193.
Loyalists, 43 : 290.
Mechanic's Hall, Some account of, 42 : 14.
Names from Timothy Orne's ledger, 1738-1752, 47 : 290.
Negro warnings in 1790, 44 : 93.
Northfields, in 1700, By Sidney Perley (Illustrated), 48 :
173, 260; 49 : 186, 356; 50: 57.
Oldest house in, 42 : 311.
Petition of John Ray in 1675, 42 : 312.
Population of, In 1637, 42 : 379.
In 1826, 42 : 376.
Public houses in. Letter from Rev. John Higginson to the
County Court, June 25, 1678, 43 : 180.
Read farm, in 1700, By Sidney Perley (Map) 50 : 241.
Roll of Capt. Samuel Mudge's Company, 1814, 48 : 192.
Seamen from, impressed by British war vessels, 49 : 321.
Ship registers of the district of Salem and Beverly (1789-
1900). By Frank A. Hitchings and Stephen W. Phil-
lips (Illustrated), 41 : 141, 309, 357 ; 42 : 39.
Ships, Largest, 45 : 204.
Town records (1659-1680) (Continued), 41: 117, 293;
42 : 41, 257 ; 43 : 33, 145, 257 ; 48 : 17, 149, 229,
341 ; 49 : 65, 145, 257.
Warnings, 1791, 43 : 345.
West Field, in 1700, By Sidney Perley (Map), 50: 163.
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Salem, Youthful recollections of, By Benjamin F. Browne
(Illustrated), 49 I 193, 289 > 5O: 6, 289.
Salem and Marblehead in 1808, 48 : 196.
Salem Charitable Mechanic Association, By William D. Den-
nis (Illustrated) , 42 : 1.
Salem Light Infantry, Address at the centennial celebration,
1905, By Seth Low, 42 : 65.
Salt marshes of the Massachusetts coast, By Henry F. Long
(Illustrated), 47 : !
Sanborn, Byron, M. D., Some account of, 47 : 223.
Schonbach, Dr. Anton E., Appreciation of Hawthorne, 41 : 66.
School, Dame, Kept by Madame Babbidge, 50*. 295.
Schools in Salem, 41 : 252.
Schools, Two Salem Dame, 42 : 82.
Seamen from Salem and vicinity impressed by British war
vessels, 49 : 321.
Sheaf family, English records relating to, 43 : 317 ; 44 : 81.
Ship registers of the district of Salem and Beverly (1789-
1900), By A. Frank Hitchings and Stephen W. Phillips
(Continued) (Illustrated), 41: 141,309,357; 42: 89.
Ships and shipping, Captured during the Kevolutionary War,
45 : 28, 161, 221, 309 ; 46 : 69.
Captured during the War of 1812, 46 : 71, 150, 257, 317 ;
47 : 20, 189, 236.
Largest in Salem, 45 : 204.
Maryland custom house records, 1756-1775, 45 : 256.
Protests, etc. (1697-1768), 41: 183, 381; 42: 153, 245,
346 ; 43 : 49, 223 ; 44 : 89, 147, 325 ; 45 : 90, 130,
212, 333 ; 46 : 81, 114, 273, 325 ; 47 : 124, 253, 333 ;
48 : 72.
Smith, Thomas, Revolutionary letter from, 1780, 41 : 227.
Spofford, Dr. Amos, Some account of, 41 : 169.
Spofford, Col. Daniel, Some account of, 41 : 169.
Spofford, Ellen W., Personal sketches of early inhabitants of
Georgetown , Mass., 41 : 165.
Spofford, Mrs. Harriet Prescott, Letter read at the Hawthorne
Centenary, 41: 68.
Spofford, John, Some account of, 41 : 166.
Steamboat " Massachusetts " and the beginnings of steam
navigation in Boston bay, By Francis B. C. Bradlee (Il-
lustrated), 50: 193.
Stedman, Edmund C., Letter read at the Hawthorne Centen-
ary, 41 : 71.
Stevens, James, of Andover, Revolutionary journal of, 48 : 41.
Stone, Jeremiah, M. D., Some account of, 47 : 216.
HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS, VOLS. XLI - L. 15
Story, Elisha, of Boston, and some of his descendants, By
Perley Derby, annotated by Frank A. Gardner, M. D.
(Illustrated), 50 : 297.
Symonds, Joseph W., Address at Hawthorne Centenary,
41 : 23.
Tappan, Eugene, Essex county estates administered in Suf-
folk county prior to 1701 (Concluded), 41: 180.
Taylor, Nathaniel, Some account of, 43 : 315.
Thayer, William R., Letter from, 41 : 74.
Ticonderoga, Journal of Col. Archelaus Fuller, of Middleton,
Mass., in the expedition against, in 1758, 46 : 209.
Topsfield, Physicians of, By Henry F. Long (Illustrated), 4:7 :
197.
Traill, William, Some account of, 42 : 209.
Tufts, Cotton, of Weymouth, Letter from John Jenks of
Salem, Aug. 26, 1774, 47 : 230.
Turner family of Salem, By George Andrews Moriarty, jr.,
48: 263.
Turners of Barbados, By G. Andrews Moriarty, jr., 49 : 347.
Twenty-five largest ships registered in Salem, 45 : 204.
Tyley, Samuel (1689-1744), Some account of, 42 : 205.
Tyrannicide (privateer), The capture of the packet schooner
Despatch by the, 42 : 40.
Upham, William P., Beverly First Church Records (Con-
cluded), 41: 193, 381.
Valentine, Herbert E., The Amphions, 45 : 283.
Vice- Admiralty Court at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Records of, 45 :
28, 161, 221, 309 ; 46 : 69, 150, 257, 317 ; 47 : 20, 189, 236.
Vincent, Joseph (1738-1832), Some account of, 49 : 291.
Voden, Moses, Some account of, 43 : 223.
Wadleigh, Benjamin of Salisbury. Letters written in 1810-
1813, 45 : 353.
Wainwright, Francis (1692), Abstract of will of, 41: 182.
War of 1812. Escape of frigate Constitution, 41 : 258.
Records of Vice- Admiralty Court at Halifax, 46 : 71, 150,
257, 317; 47: 20,189,236.
Roll of Capt. Samuel Mudge's company, Salem, 1814, 48 :
192.
Ward, Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Letter from, 41 : 76.
Ward, Frederick Townsend, by Robert S. Rantoul (Illus-
trated), 44: 1,360.
Ward, Mrs. Humphry, Letter read at the Hawthorne Cen-
tenary, 41 : 49.
Warnings out of town, 43 : 345 ; 44 : 93.
Warnings to Negroes in Salem in 1790, 44 : 93.
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Washington, George, Etched profile portrait by Joseph Hil-
ler, jr., 1794, By Charles Henry Hart (Portrait), 43 : 1.
Washington, Mr. Tho., The Prince's page who dyed in Spayne
in 1623, Elegie upon the death of, 42 : 372.
Waters, Alice G. Bibliography of Rev. William Bentley,
41 : 265.
Waters, Henry F. Hathorne Family in England, 41 : 81.
Newhall family of Lynn (Concluded), 48 : 113, 217, 305.
Waters, Henry FitzGilbert, By George Andrews Moriarty
(Portrait), 50 : 1.
Waters, Judge Joseph G. Biographical sketch of Rev. Wil-
liam Bentley (Illustrated) , 41 : 237.
Wenham, England, By Oscar Fay Adams, 42 : 195.
Wetmore, William, of Salem, Interleaved almanacs of, 43 :
115.
Wheeler family, English records relating to, 44 : 86, 290, 370.
Wildes family of Essex Co., Mass., By Walter Davis, jr., 42 :
129, 273.
Williams, George. Revolutionary letters written to Col.
Timothy Pickering, 42: 313; 43: 7,199; 44: 313;
45 : 119, 286.
Williams, George (1731 ), Some account of, 42 : 313.
Willard family, English records relating to, 41 : 284.
Willis, Pauline. Familiar ways of East Anglia, 46 : 247.
White, John, of Salem, Extracts from interleaved almanacs
kept by, 49 : 92.
White, Rev. Timothy (1701-1765), Obituary of, 50 : 214.
Whittier, John Greenleaf, Reminiscences of life at Oak
Knoll, Danvers. By Abbie J. Woodman (Illustrated),
44: 97.
Whittier Centenary exhibit at the Essex Institute, 44 : 123.
Whittiers, Widgers and Whittakers in Essex County, By
David W. Hoyt, 49 : 37.
Wiscasset, Me., baptisms in 1763, 45 : 87.
Withington, Lothrop, English notes about early settlers in
New England (Continued), 41 : 269 ; 43 : 317 ; 44 : 81,
290, 371 ; 47 : 63 ; 49 : 253.
Woodbridge family, English records relating to, 44 : 372.
Woodbury, Nicholas, Family of, 42 : 251.
Woodman, Abby J. Reminiscences of John Greenleaf Whit-
tier's life at Oak Knoll, Danvers (Illustrated), 44 : 97.
Woodwell, Matthew, of Salem, Mass., and his descendants,
By W. H. Woodwell, 46 : 129.
Woodwell, W. H. Matthew Woodwell of Salem, Mass., and
his descendants, 46 : 129.
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