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THE
ESSEX INSTITUTE
HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
VOL. LH 1916
SALEM, MASS.
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CONTENTS.
Andover, Mass., A Genealogical-Historical Visitation of, in
the year 1863. By Alfred Poore, M. D. (Continued), 84, 281
Bradlee, Francis B. C. The Eastern Railroad (Illustrated), 241, 289
Burrill, Burrell Family of Essex County, Mass. By Frank
A. Gardner, M. D. (Continued), 64
Curwen, Samuel, of Salem, Journal of a Journey from
Salem to Philadelphia in 1755, with some account of
the descendants of Mathias Corwen of Southhold, Long
Island, kept by (Illustrated), 76
Eastern Railroad, The. By Francis B. C. Bradlee (Elus-
traled), 141, 289
English Notes About Early Settlers in New England. Com-
municated by the late Lothrop Withington ( Concluded) 49
Essex County, Mass., Newspaper items relating to' (Con-
tinued), 141,273
Gardner, Frank A., M. D. The Burrill, Burrell Family of
Essex County, Mass. (Continued), 54
Genealogical-Historical Visitation of Andover, Mass., in
the year 1863, A. By Alfred Poore, M. D. (Continued), 84, 281
Gray, Edward. William Gray of Lynn, Mass., and some of
his descendants (Illustrated), 113
Gray, William, of Lynn, Mass., and some of his descend-
ants. By Edward Gray (Illustrated), .... 113
Ingersoll Genealogy, Note on 192
Journal of a Journey from Salem to Philadelphia in 1755,
kept by Samuel Curwen of Salem, with some account
of the descendants of Mathias Corwen of Southhold,
Long Island. (Illustrated), 76
Journal of Rev. Joshua Wingate Weeks, Loyalist Rector of
St. Michael's Church, Marblehead, 1778-1779 (Illus-
trated) 1, 161, 197, 845
Lee, Thomas Amory. The Lee Family of Marblehead (Il-
lustrated), 33, 145, 225, 329
Lee Family of Marblehead, The. By Thomas Amory Lee.
(Illustrated), 33, 145, 225, 329
Marblehead Bible Records, 112
Morse, Edward S. Frederick Ward Putnam ( Illustrated), 193
(iii)
^ V*- CONTENTS.
Newspaper Items relating to Essex County, Mass. (Con-
tinued), 141, 273
Perley, Sidney. The Plumer Genealogy (Continued), 17, 209, 313
Perley, Sidney. Part of Salem Village in 1700 (Illustrated) 177
Perley, Sidney. Where Roger Williams lived in Salem (Il-
lustrated), 97
Plumer Genealogy, The. By Sidney Perley (Continued),
17, 209, 313
Poore, Alfred, M. D. A Genealogical-Historical Visitation
of Andover, Mass., in the year 1863 (Continued) . . 84, 281
Putnam, Frederick Ward. By Edward S. Morse (Illus-
trated), 193
Salem Village in 1700, Part of. By Sidney Perley. (Illus-
trated), ..." 177
Weeks, Rev. Joshua Wingate, Loyalist Rector of St.
Michael's Church, Marblehead, 1778-1779, Journal of
(Illustrated), 1, 161, 197, 345
Williams, Roger, Where he lived in Salem. By Sidney Per-
ley (Illustrated), 97
Withington, Lothrop. English Notes About Early Settlers
in New England (Concluded) 49
HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
OF THE
ESSEX INSTITUTE
VOL. LII. JANUARY, 1916. No. 1
JOURNAL OF REV. JOSHUA WINGATE WEEKS,
LOYALIST RECTOR OF ST. MICHAEL'S
CHURCH, MARBLEHEAD, 1778-1779.
FJROM THE OKIGINAL IN POSSESSION OP THE
MARBLEHEAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
REV. Joshua Wingate Weeks was born Feb. 12, 1738,
in Hampton, N. H., was graduated at Harvard College in
1758, and married Nov. 8, 1762, at Portsmouth, N. H.,
Sarah Tread well. He studied divinity and was ordained
in London, the vestry of St. Michael's defraying his ex-
penses to England. He returned to Marblehead in July,
1763, and at once entered upon his duties. When or-
dained he took the oath of allegiance to the king and at
the outbreak of the Revolution " his piety was stronger
than his patriotism " and he was driven from the town
and with his family found refuge with his brother-in-law,
Rev. Jacob Bailey at Pownalborough, Maine, but the
following year they returned to Marblehead. In May,
1778, he made application to the Court at Boston for
permission to leave the country, but it was refused, and
in June he escaped to Rhode sland, as is related in the
following Journal, and finally reached England, where he
obtained an appointment to the mission at Annapolis,
Nova Scotia, and returned. As he only occasionally vis-
ited his mission instead of remaining in residence, he was
removed and his brother-in-law Rev. Jacob Bailey ap-
(1)
2 JOURNAL OF REV. JOSHUA WINGATE WEEKS.
pointed in January, 1782, in his stead, which resulted in
a breach between the two families. Mr. Weeks was also
chaplain to a military corps stationed at Halifax, and in
1793 was stationed at Preston, and in 1795 removed to
Guysborough. At times he was poor and even in distress.
He died at Halifax in 1806, aged 68 years. Of his eight
children, four became officers in the British army, one was
an Episcopal clergyman in Nova Scotia, one daughter
married an army officer, another married an Episcopal
clergyman, and another settled in Cape Breton, and one of
her grandsons in 1857 became Bishop of Nova Scotia.
A JOURNAL OF MY SECRET VOYAGE FROM BOSTON TO
NEWPORT, JUNE 29: 1778.
Early in the morning of June 29 I left my family at
Marblehead & went in a chaise to Boston. My design
was to embark on board some vessel & to be absent for
some time, that 1 might avoid the persecution of Justice
Ward & the Committee, who were for forcing me to take
an oath of allegiance to the states, as they term them. I
arrived in Boston before dinner & the next evening (30)
I went on board a small sloop bound to Nantucket. That
night I lodged on board ; but there were so many villain-
ous smells, that I was not a little sickish & the boards of
my cabin were so hard, for 1 had no bed, that I could not
sleep. The next morning at the dawn of day, we hoisted
sail : But there being no winds we could make no head ;
only as the tides drove us below the Castle and about
sunset we were off the light house. A Marblehead boat
came on board ; but I did not choose to be seen. That
night (July 1 st .) there was thunder & lightning with
some rain ; & the wind being for some time pretty brisk
we were carried as far as Cape Cod.
The next day (2) there being a considerable heaving
of the sea against us, we gained but little in our passage.
In the night we anchored off Chatham and the next day
reached Sandy Point, near which we remained till morn-
ing. We then set sail for Hayennes but the winds &
tides proving unfavorable, we could get no further than
the back of Point Gammon.
JOURNAL OF REV. JOSHUA "WTNGATE WEEKS. 3
On Saturday we attempted to go into the Harbour, but
running aground, were obliged to tarry 'till morning :
And sending on shore for a pilot, he came on board &
carried us into the harbour. There were two men in our
company who were well known in the place & I did not
choose to run the chance of being discovered. We there-
fore thought it best to secrete ourselves in the hole of the
vessel, while the pilot was on board. She had taken in
about half her cargo being about 50 barrels of tar &c
And while we were confined below deck, there came a
sudden & severe gust of wind which was very near over-
setting the vessel, displacing in an instant some of the
casks & threatening us with inevitable death. Though
we were amazingly terrified we thought it most prudent
to remain still in our dangerous situation : And it can
scarcely be imagined what uneasy reflections, what dis-
quieting thoughts possessed our minds for full 4 hours :
'till the vessel was safely moord at her station.
Sunday we lodged in the harbour ; & we concluded it
best, that in order to avoid a discovery we should be set
on shore before day at Point Gammon, which is an Island
at some distance from the Town, having no inhabitants on
it & not being much frequented. But when we attempted
this, it was very dark ; so that by mistake we were put
ashore on a neck of land, which communicates with the
Town & lies contiguous to the harbour. This was a
grievous mistake. How to conceal ourselves in this open
situation we knew not : For we were discoverable by
every boat that came into the harbour & by every person
who chanced to travel that way. And were this difficulty
removed, yet when the vessel came to take us off, we
imagined, they would never think of looking on this
barren point for us. It was therefore judged best, that I
should return by land to the sloop, which was about 3
miles off & inform the Master of the mistake. The day
began to dawn when I left my companions & I reached
the end of my journey undiscovered just after sunrise.
During the day, while the remainder of the Cargo was
taking in, I was secure enough in the Cabin & no one
took any notice of me.
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Monday in the afternoon they removed the sloop out
near the entrance of the harbour in order to take off those
two who had been landed there. And indeed during this
interval, they must have suffered much. For early in the
morning, they espied a large sloop standing in for the
harbor, which was mounted with Guns & had five men
on the mast head looking out for the channel. She proved
to be a prize taken by some Privateer bound from Halifax
to Newport. Our two companions could not possibly
remain concealed in this open situation : And they
therefore travelled off towards the Town as fast as they
could, to prevent a discovery. They hid themselves for
some time in a swamp; but people being continually pass-
ing from place to place, they had no security against de-
tection but in being continually on their feet & avoiding
every person they saw approaching them. About 3 o'clock
a boat was seen by them rowing directly to the point
where they landed ; as they thought to take them off,
but really to hale the sloop, which now laid at anchor
near the point. Tho' they firmly believed she came from
us; yet some circumstances made them jealous she was
no friend. One of them therefore when the crew was
absent, ventured very near her & soon discovered that she
was a boat from the Town. Their situation was very
disagreeable. The day was very hot & they had neither
victuals nor drink. They had indeed taken some bread
& cheese & two bottles of water But upon the appear-
ance of the armed sloop, they were obliged to hide them
in the sands at the extreme end of the neck, where they
were afraid afterwards to appear. So that when they
came on board they were almost faint through heat &
hunger & fatigue & we were put to some difficulty to
recover one of them, who was of a tender constitution.
Though at the time we esteemed our being thus de-
ceived a irieat disappointment, yet it turned out for our
good. For the wind that day was excessively high ; so
that had we been landed on point Gammon, we must have
lodged there all ni^ht, as it was impossible any boat could
have gone to us & taken us off For only in going to the
shore which was not a quarter so far; the boat was near
two hours, though it was plied with their utmost dexterity.
JOURNAL OF REV. JOSHUA WINGATE WEEKS. 5
The next day we left Hyennes, two sloops coming out
with us & bound to the same port. That night we an-
chored in the road & the next morning in order to avoid
them we stood away for Nan tucket & rode at anchor at a
little distance from the harbour all that day & on thurs-
day July 9 we reached Martha's vineyard.
Friday setting sail we were carried as far as Tarpaulin
Cove by the tide for the winds were very small. From
the shore there came off a small boat rowed by 12 oars
& armed with swivels. We heard them give 3 huzzas &
when they came near us, they commanded us to strike to
King George's colours or they would sink us to the bot-
tom. We struck & they ordered the Master on board.
He accordingly went with two of his men. When our
people went on board they began with cursing the rebels
& damning the yankies & as the}' had hoisted English
colours, they affected to act & talk like officers of some
royal tender. And endeavoured to draw something out of
them that might convince them that they were tories & so
might furnish some plausible pretence for making them a
prize. But their appearance, notwithstanding all their
endeavours, was such as could not easily deceive any one.
We soon found she was only a rebel Privateer. After many
foolish questions, they ordered us to anchor near them,
that they might come & search us. About 8 o'clock they
came & examined our papers. The vessel had only a
coasting clearance & this was for a year. And tho' it was
somewhat satisfactory to the Captain yet the Lieutenant
who was from Ireland lately, declared that if we had no
better clearance than that we were a lawful prize & that it
was no better than a letter he wrote to his Father a twelve-
month ago. He was therefore for seizing the vessel. But
the owner acted with spirit & soon reduced them to
reason ; he told them that if they dared to do so he would
prosecute them to the utmost extent of the law & make
them pay severely for all damages. This seemed to abate
their courage & they became much more moderate &
less assuming. Then they demanded a free search of the
vessel, which was readily granted them. But after re-
ceiving some pretty rough language for detaining us,
they unwillingly desisted & went off grumbling that they
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could find no advantage ag st us. For they said, they be-
lieved we were upon some bad design, only we managed
it so artfully that they could not find it out.
However it was very lucky for us that we were thus
detained. For this put us upon going to Bedford to clear
out for Connecticut, which we should not have done had
we met with no disappointment. When we weighed
anchor the Privateer did the same and attended us as far
as Quick's hole. But at some distance they discovered a
small boat chasing after two others. This boat, which
they & we took for a Man of war's barge, fired a swivel :
& no sooner did they hear the sound of it than they
tacked about & stood away with all speed for Martha's
vineyard, & we saw no more of them. We however kept
on our course, hoping to be taken into custody by the
boat, which, as I said, we thought to be british. But we
were sadly disappointed when we found it to be only a
small boat with rebel colours from Patuxet, having one
swivel in the bow, six men & six oars. They behaved
decently enough & observing by our course that we were
bound to Bedford, he let us pass without further trouble.
While the first privateer was perplexing us the wind
was fair to run for Newport, & had we met with no ob-
struction by morning I suppose we should have been in
the harbour. But now appeared the benefit of our being
detained by the Privateer & the unforeseen advantage of
that heavy disappointment. For had it not been for her
we should have been fearless of danger & should have
stood directly for Newport & the boat lying in our way
would infallibly have intercepted us & having no clear-
ance for Connecticut, we could not have had the least
pretence for sailing on such a course, & they would have
had a good plea for making a prize of us, the consequence
of which must have been fatal. We should undoubtedly
have been imprisoned for years & perhaps some might
have lost their lives. But during the whole passage, we
found, that tho' we met with many disappointments, yet
every one of them proved advantageous to us in the event
& furnished rather matter for pious gratitude than of
unmanly regret. For had we proceeded on according to
JOURNAL OF KEV. JOSHUA WINGATE WEEKS. 7
our wishes, we must inevitably have fallen into the hands
of the rebels.
On Friday July 10 we arrived in the forenoon at the
mouth of Bedford harbour. The Master went on shore
to get a clearance for New London & returning about 9
o'clock in the evening we set sail with all expedition, tho'
the wind was against us & reached Elizabeth Islands the
next day, under one of which we anchored. In the
Afternoon I went on shore & found a pretty little house
on the Island, But there were no inhabitants except a few
hogs & many birds. Here I found abundance of wood
sorrel which I could not help eating very freely & found
it extremely refreshing after so tedious a confinement.
The next morning 3 of the Sailors went on shore with
a design to take one of the pigs. I endeavoured to dis-
courage them from their purpose but without effect.
They accordingly went, & tho' they searched the whole
Island with care, they could not find them. However,
discerning a boat coming from one of the Islands, they
thought it best to give over the search & depart. After
they had embarked & got some distance from the shore,
they espied the herd of swine under the side of the bank.
Some were for returning & seizing them ; others were for
letting them rest 'till the boat which hove in sight should
disappear. And well for them that their fears got the
better of their dishonesty & caused them to desist from
their unjust purpose. For this boat observing men upon
the Island with a Glass, rightly concluded they were not
there with any good design. The boatmen therefore im-
mediately began to look for the hogs & not finding them,
strongly suspected our Sloop must have taken them off.
Our boat going ashore again was charged with the theft :
Our people utterly denied it : But said they had seen
three pigs under the side of the bank. The owners re-
plied that there were four & that one was missing. How-
ever when they came to examine, they found they were
all there & were obliged to make many apologies for their
groundless suspicions. Our people telling them tbey
were only looking out for a good harbour it passed off
very well. The boatcrew invited them on shore & we
were furnished by them with milk, butter & vegetables.
8 JOURNAL OF REV. JOSHUA WINGATB WEEKS.
Sunday I read to them a sermon which I had composed
at sea, suitable to the occasion, & which they listened to
very attentively. And just before sunset the wind spring-
ing up at N. E. inspired us all with joy, & about 10 o'clock
we came to sail. The wind blew very fresh directly from
the shore, which was craggy & full of rocks : Our little
bark was not formed for sailing well, & notwithstanding
our utmost endeavours, there was such a heavy sea rolling
on towards the shore & the gale was so violent that just
as we were leaving the point of Slocum's Island, she
struck very hard upon a rock. Another such stroke they
all judged must have sent her to the bottom. But she
escaped & in the morning we had the pleasure to find
ourselves at the back of Rhode Island & anchored near
the shore, not daring to go round the harbour lest we
should meet some of the rebel boats which might molest us.
About 11 o'clock, July 13, 1 left the sloop & went on
shore ; & tho' the Town was 2 miles off I found Gen 1
[Robert] Pigot & his aid de camp, Cap n [Charles] Lumn,
upon the shore surveying some works which they had
there. The Gen 1 questioned me about my arrival & the
news. I gave him the Boston Newspaper & went towards
the Town, excessively fatigued with my passage & almost
faint for want of victuals. For our fare was very mean,
which we chose that we might avoid suspicion, & our
lodging was on hard boards that if the rebels took us our
loss might be the less. Glad, glad was I to set my feet
on the firm earth & on loyal ground after having been so
long stunned with the sound of rebellion & persecuted
by the malice of Committees.
The next day which was Tuesday, Gen 1 Pigot invited
me to dine with him, which I did with great pleasure &
spent a very agreeable day. He is a man, short in stature,
of a pleasing countenance & agreeable manners, his e} T es
small & not unpiercing, his hair gray & his aspect engag-
ing, so that you love him at the very sight. He is affa-
ble, easy & facetious ; plain in his diet & without cere-
mony. He hath nothing martial in his appearance and
though he is an excellent officer & of tried courage, yet
one might be led to think him an easy, good natuved
companion rather than a firm & intrepid soldier. He hath
JOURNAL OF REV. JOSHUA WINGATE WEEKS. 9
an ample fortune of his own & his brother lately dying
in the East Indies has left him his title & a considerable
legacy. He is attentive to his duty and I am told spends
much in assisting the poor. Commodore Brisbane made
part of the company to drink tea in the Afternoon. He
is Captain of the Flora.
July 15.- Today I dined with M r Leonard, commissary
in the Army. He lives genteelly & has a large family of
children, which raised in me some sparks of regret, that
while others enjoyed the sweets of domestic life I was
cruelly debarred from them by the hand of tyranny.
July 19. This day being sunday I received a very
complaisant card from M r [George] Bisset inviting me to
preach for him. But as I was not recovered from the
fatigues of my tedious tho' short voyage I could not
oblige ; for I was quite unfit for any public services. In
the forenoon there was a pretty numerous congregation &
many soldiers with a band of music, which being in the
Gallery made most delightful melody. The church is
large, handsome & spacious, & M r Bisset gave us two
good sermons.
22. I dined with M r Johnson, the Judge of Admiralty
for South Carolina.
23. I dined at Col 1 Wanton's with some company.
He is the oldest Son of Governor Wanton. The dinner
was conducted with much elegance & decorum & the
conversation agreeable & amusing. He shows a particu-
lar respect to refugees, partly out of compassion for their
situation, for soon after dinner there came in an old man
who took care of some of the CoPs. corn lands. He
owned a large farm upon the continent ; but being perse-
cuted he was unable to live upon it with any kind of
comfort & he therefore came to Newport and applied to
the Commander in chief for rations of bread & meat, that
he might be supported 'till his return. He was unable
indeed to do much. towards advancing his Majesty's ser-
vice. He was however fit to handle a firelock, tho' too
old for a Soldier, but he was denied any support & was
obliged to rent land of Col. Wanton for his subsistence.
Such instances of neglect are not only very cruel, but
very impolitic. It gives the world an ill opinion of his
10 JOURNAL OF KEV. JOSHUA WING ATE WEEKS.
Majesty's paternal goodness, discourages the loyal from
attending no their duty & drives the wavering to seek
refuge & protection among those who are willing at least
to give it. And this hath been a great hindrance to the
flourishing of the cause of loyalty. There has never
been the least care taken to punish their enemies & to
reward their friends. And even when men loyal from
the beginning & actuated by principle came over to the
royal standard they have been neglected, if not despised.
A few good words would have animated their sinking
spirits & have encouraged them to persevere. But after
they have suffered almost every thing by the restless
spirit of rebellion & are willing to do any thing to arrest
it, to find 'emselves slighted even by their supposed
friends is enough to break the firmest heart. And it is a
lesson to others how they are to behave to save them-
selves from destruction, whatever may be their princi-
ples.
The congress use every art in the world to bring over
the disaffected to espouse their cause. They hang the
turbulent, imprison the dangerous, fine the wealthy.
They allure the ambitious with the hopes of preferment
& distribute estates to those who have lost their property
for the sake of joining them. And by such means as
these, they have strengthened their cause amazingly.
Whereas on the part of the King nothing has ever been
done of this kind. And the event hath been proportion-
ally unfortunate, for were the people of the continent
united, it would be difficult, almost impossible to conquer
them. And indeed were they conquered, it would be an
herculean task to hold them in subjection. Unless there
were some men among them of fortune & influence, who
might ever find out the pulse of the people & guard
against sudden insurrections & keep them steady on their
duty, it would be impossible in a course of years to keep
them from revolting. For this Continent is a 1000
leagues distant from Europe & the greatest revolutions
might take place & be established long before they could
have the least notice of them at home. And there can
be no other way of holding such a large Continent as this
in dependance but by gaining the affections of the people
JOURNAL OP REV. JOSHUA WINGATE WEEKS. 11
& making it their interest to be united with G. Britain.
For were Government to give up the thought of conquer-
ing the 13 provinces ; yet by keeping possession of Nova
Scotia, Canada, New York &c they might form a body of
men, who in 50 years times would be a proper balance to
the States in a time of war. The debt which the Conti-
nent has contracted to carry on the war is amazing. The
government established among them is arbitrary & tyran-
nical. The trade will infallibly centre in England & will
be carried on through the loyal provinces, so that were
there a cessation of hostilities, many, very many of the
best men upon the Continent & of the wealthiest too
would immediately remove to some part of the King's
dominions : & having great advantage for carrying on
trade, they would soon grow rich & powerful. And were
the united states to be independent & in alliance with
France still the other Colonies would afford a very gain-
ful trade in the time of peace & in a time of war, would
vigorously exert themselves & be a balance against the
other States. For those States are bounded in Extent &
they cannot increase beyond certain limits ; but the Do-
minions of the King are unlimited. They in a manner
surround these States & will increase beyond all concep-
tion. And I believe that were they allowed to be inde-
pendent, G. Britain would suffer very little in the conse-
quence. It would prove for her good & their ruin.
[pages missing] which, it is said, two English line of
battle ships would have silenced in half an hour. Instead
of which they hastened on with all speed. And tho' the
whole eight ships* fired furiously upon the batteries as
they passed yet so illy did they manage their guns, & so
sadly terrified were they, that scarce a shot hit the works
& not the least damage was done them. They continued
their fire with great ardour & without the least intermis-
sion 'till the ships were out of the reach of their shots.
The sailors now & then jumped upon the ramparts &
could not be hindered from huzzaing and it must have
been a most mortifying sight to the french to see such
little batteries which were defended by very heavy [zc.]
The arrival of the French fleet commanded by Count D'Eetaine occurred
Aug. 8, 1778.
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cannon bidding defiance to their ships which lined with two
& forty pounders. But how must they be astonished
were they to know that not one man was hurt in any of
their forts & not one person in the town & indeed only
two or three houses were perforated by shot. I look upon
this to be a most remarkable interposition of providence
in our favour, that tho' there were above 600 shot aimed
at our destruction, not one had any bad effect. This is
a thing which will scarcely be credited & yet it is a most
certain fact.
Aug 8t 9. Today numbers of shot were picked up about
the town. There was such a commotion in the Town
that M r Bisset had no service at Church. About 10
o'clock we had the agreeable sight of Lord How's ships
coming to our assistance. And now perhaps Newport
presented a view which no place in America ever afforded.
Above the Town at the distance of four miles tho' in
open sight were 10 capital ships of the line & at the
entrance of the harbour in full view there were a fleet of
more than 30 sail among which are some very large ships.
And here we must leave them tonight, for the wind is
small & the day gone, so that we cannot see them come in.
Aug 8t 10. This morning the Wind is Northerly, which
is contrary for Lord How to come in & favourable for the
French Admiral to form in a line of battle & he accord-
ingly has done it, the headmost ships lying just above the
Town. However I was sadly disappointed when I ob-
served the French Fleet going out of the harbour & heard
the forts firing on them. I went back upon a hill where
I could have a full view of the fleet & of the batteries
tho' with eminent danger of my life. Here I fixed my-
self upon a rail which was laid across a hedge fence &
had a fair prospect of the Town & of the shipping. And
such scene my eyes never before beheld & such a noise
my ears never before heard. The ships came down under
a small sail & a leading gale one after another : the bat-
teries firing on them furiously as they passed & they re-
turning the fire, tho' not with equal spirit. I could plain-
ly and distinctly hear the shot, which struck in the Town,
& I was not a little terrified when I heard one pass at a
little distance from me & fell in a garden. However I
JOURNAL OF REV. JOSHUA WINGATE WEEKS. 13
was not discouraged from gratifying an idle curiosity,
tho' I was in great danger, 'till the largest ship which
brought np the rear poured a whole broadside upon the
hill where I was, & now nothing was seen but the ut-
most hurry & confusion ; people scampering from the
hills & running across the fields ; children crying & women
wringing their hands ; those who before stood upright &
boldly now dropped flat on the earth. Those who were
in the tents near where I stood left them & took shelter
in a ditch. Gentlemen who were on the highest part of
a rope- walk a little beyond me tumbled from their post:
& there was a high laugh among a regiment behind me
because a shot fell into the midst of them. I myself had
an hair's breadth escape. For as I was standing with
astonishment to behold this martial scene, a shot fell
within a few rods of my right hand ; another I saw tear-
ing up the ground on the other side & burying itself in a
cabbage yard ; but I heard one making a tremendous
roaring & in an instant I saw it pass within a few feet of
my head & pierce the earth within a few yards beyond
me. I had often heard people speak of seeing cannon
balls as they were flying in the air, but I had no concep-
tion of it 'till this moment. And never shall I forget the
appearance, the noise and the rustling which it made. For
I saw it together with the tail or atmosphere for several
rods as plainly & distinctly as I ever saw any thing in my
life. These things excited my fears & induced me to
take shelter in a ditch for a few minutes 'till the ship had
passed by.
The balls were soon dug up & were found to be 42
pound weight. When we came to look at the Town some
most remarkable effects were discovered to be produced
by them. For they were traced in almost all directions,
by which it is manifest the least force will turn them out
of their course. The reason of their firing this broadside
upon the hill I suppose to be this There were several
regiments of redcoats at a little distance behind it & they
probably aimed at them. Or seeing this hedge fence, they
might take it to be a breastwork thrown up to annoy
them; & possibly & indeed probably they did it merely
for the sake of doing mischief & to throw the people into
14 JOURNAL OF REV. JOSHUA WINGATB WEEKS.
consternation. For as they could not silence the batteries,
they resolved in the height of their indignation to terrify
the unarmed and peaceful spectators. When the scene
was over, which indeed lasted 1 hour & half, I went down
to the point in order to see the two fleets engage. As I
was going along I could not help reflecting what a silly
figure I should have made had I got a broken limb or lost
my life merely for the sake [of] gratifying a useless curi-
osity. Had 1 been designed to live in an army it might
have been proper to harden myself to danger by degrees,
but as I had no thought of this kind, I had no right to
risk my life for the pleasures of seeing others risk theirs.
However it was very wonderful & will scarcely be cred-
ited that tho' so many shot were fired at the batteries, so
many into the houses & so many into the fields, yet not
one life was lost & not one man wounded.
Aug st 11. Neither the english nor french fleet are in
sight this morning.
Aug 8 * 12. A very severe storm from the N. E. A re-
mark has often been made, & I believe it is founded in
truth, which here mention, that of all the houses which
were struck by shot & they were many, only one belonged
to any friend of Government. They were all the property
of rebels or of those who encouraged the rebellion. This
is indeed somewhat singular & it is but a dictate of natu-
ral as well as revealed religion to ascribe the preservation
of the Town not to chance but to providence.
Aug st 16. This day J preached for M r Bisset.
Aug rt 20. This day the french fleet made y r appear-
ance again at the mouth of the harbour. Two of their
ships are dismasted by the storm I suppose, which hap-
pened the last week & was the severest I ever knew.
Several dead bodies of frenchmen drove upon the shore,
some of which were without an arm, others without a
head, &c. &c. They were killed when the ships passed
by our batteries. The rebels are making rapid approaches
to our works. God grant their career may be stopped.
Aug 8t 21. A Hessian walking into the fields & very
serenely smoking his pipe was instantly killed by a ran-
dom shot from y e enemy's cannon. This is y e only man
that has been hurt, except one who lost his leg a few days
JOURNAL OF REV. JOSHUA WINGATB WEEKS. 15
ago as he was making shoes in his tent with his wife &
children about him. The rebels this afternoon fire very
faintly, while our batteries keep up a vigorous & almost
incessant blaze ag rt them. I never in my life saw any
bombs thrown 'till this day & I observed one of them to
burst directly over our hospital.
Aug 8 * 22. This morning the wind being easterly, the
french fleet are not to be seen. It is supposed that they
are gone off to sea, fearing Admiral may find them out,
And y e rebels scarcely move ; there has been but few
shots from their batteries this morning. Last night a few
of our troops went into the enemy's quarters & brought
in 2 soldiers.
Aug 8 * 23. While cannon were roaring around us &
some of their shot might reach the Town, there was how-
ever a very considerable congregation at Church to whom
I preached in the forenoon from Heb. 11. 17. & in the
Afternoon from Ps. 119. 65. We were much less dis-
turbed than I expected from the continual histling of shot
& the bursting of bombs.
25. The report of the Hessian being killed is prema-
ture ; but this day a shell bursting over the head of a
british soldier, a piece of it struck him just under the eye
& mortally wounded him, so that he died soon after. This
is the first man that has been killed by the Enemy though
they have been firing incessantly from their works for 10
or 12 days. The rebels had formed some batteries near
our works, which greatly annoyed them & 'till this day
the british troops had fired only a few guns occasionally
& they had one battery of 7 Cannon which they had
never opened & which they kept secreted. But now the
General got orders, that they should exert themselves &
dislodge the enemy. The rebels began very early to fire
on our batteries, which answered them very feebly 'till 8
o'clock in the morning, when all of 'em began at once &
kept up for above an hour such a continual firing of Can-
non & of bombs, that they soon dismounted their guns
and almost beat to pieces two of their batteries, so that
they have not fired a single shot from them since.
Aug. 27. Last night I was very agreeably entertained
with viewing y e progress of the shells, for many were
16 JOURNAL OF REV. JOSHUA WINGATB WEEKS.
fired from onr batteries to y e rebel encampments. There
were several of 'em w h might be seen at once like balls
of fire moving in a curve thro' y e air & sometimes they
were seen to burst over y r heads, making a great explo-
sion.
Aug Bt 28. We have now in our harbor 3 frigates, \v h
left Lord How yesterday in pursuit of the f rench fleet.
I forgot to mention y* last night just as I was going to
bed, I heard a rustling at y* General's gate & saw many
lights at y e windows & at y e doors & soon after I heard
y e clashing of small arms as tho' a number of men were
exercising before the General's house. I was at first
much concerned, fearing the rebels had made some des-
perate attempt to burn the Town ; but I was soon happily
undeceived. I found that a party of soldiers had gone
out into the rebel encampment & had taken a Lieutenant,
Ensign & 25 men, being one of their picket guard. None
of our men were in the least hurt & only one of theirs
was slightly wounded.
Aug 8 * 29. This morning early it was discovered that
the Rebels were quitting their strong works. The Gen-
eral immediately ordered part of the Army to pursue
them & if it were possible to bring on a general engage-
ment. Within about 3 miles of the Town, they found the
rebels sculking in great number behind stone walls. The
22 Reg* engaged them very closely & with bayonets ; they
soon gave way and made a very precipitate retreat re-
tiring before the King's troops for several miles, 'till they
were effectually covered by a very strong fort, w h they
occupy on Windmill hill. The royal Army laid on their
arms in the open fields, waiting there to appear against
them on equal ground, though the rebels had two men to
their one. But they declined any engagement & began
to turn up the earth as usual for their security.
(To be continued.)
THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY.
(Continued from Volume LI, page 328 .)
607
BENJAMIN PLUMER", bora April 19, 1 78 T. He married
Lucy Yeatonof Somersworth ; and died Jan. 29, 1806(?).
Children :
11981. HENRY 8 ; married Martha Hale of Rochester, N. H.
1199 ii. AMANDA*; died unmarried.
1200 in. GEORGE"; lives in Portsmouth; married, first, Mary
Clapham; and, second, Lydia Walker.
1201 iv. CYRUS', born Dec. 6, 1817. See family numbered "1201."
1202 v. JOHN 8 ; went to California, and died.
1203 vi. EBENEZER 8 ; died young.
1204 vn. MAHALA"; died unmarried.
608
AVERY PLUMER 7 , born July 26, 1789. He married
Elizabeth Paul of Eliot, Me. She was born Nov. 29,
1790 ; and died Oct. 21, 1842. He died June 30, 1859,
in his seventieth year.
Children :
12051. AVERY", born May 6, 1813; died April , 1887.
1206n. SAMUEL N. 8 , born May 26, 1815.
1207 ill. WASHINGTON 8 , born April 4, 1817.
1208 iv. JACOB P. 8 , born March 26, 1819.
1209 v. CONVERSE FRANCIS", born Oct. 28, 1821.
1210 vi. ELIZABETH MARTHA S , born April 4, 1824; married John
E. Bailey March 6, 1848.
1211 vn. MARY ANN K. 8 , born July 1, 1826.
1212 vill. LouiSA 8 , born Dec. 7, 1828.
616
NATHANIEL PLUMER T , born in Dover, N. H., Feb. 9,
1785. He lived in Bowdoin and Topsham, Me. He
(17)
18 THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
married Agnes Pennell of Topsham, where she was born
Jan. 13, 1784. He died in Topsham Sept. 14, 1868 ; and
she died there April 26, 1873.
Children :
1213 I. JOHN LINCOLN 8 , born Nov. 9, 1811, in Bowdoin. See
family numbered " 1213."
1214 n. ALBERT 5 , born Jan. 8, 1814; lived in Bowdoin, and re-
moved to Orono, where he lived for some forty-five
years. He married, first, Jane W. Hall of Bowdoin
in 1889; and, second, Elmira Clark. He had a daugh-
ter by each wife.
1215 in. PENNELi, 8 , born Dec. 18, 1816; married Hannah Curtis
April 2, 1844.
1216 iv. SARAH", born July 21, 1818; married Joseph Hall of
Bowdoin; and died in Haverhill, Mass., Nov. 22, 1878.
He died in 1885.
1217 v. ANDREW 8 , born May 1, 1822, in Topsham. See family
numbered "1217."
1218 vi. MARY", born Feb. 28, 1824; married Albert Hall of
Bowdoin in 1847; and died Feb. 5, 1860.
1219 vn. LAVINIA O. 8 , born July 25, 1827; lived on the old place,
unmarried.
1220 vin. ISAAC*, born Dec. 7, 1829, in Topsham. See family
numbered " 1220."
618
JOHN PLUMER 7 , born April 26, 1789.
Children :
12211. 8 .
122211. 8 .
1223 III. 8 .
1224 iv. 8 .
1225 V. 8 .
1226 vi. 8 .
1227 vn. 8 ,
1228 vin. 8 .
1229 ix. CATHARINE 8 ; married Orlando Littlefield of Alfred(?),
Me., Sept. 30, 1856.
622
ANDREW PLUMER?, born Dec. 30, 1800. He died May
9, 1840.
Child :
12301. IBVIN 8 ; lived in Ipswich.
BY SIDNEY PBRLEY.
19
627
EPHRAIM PLUMERS born in Sandwich, N. H. He lived
iu Vassalboro, Me. He married, tirst, Crowell ; and,
second, Patience Ins:evsoll July 2, 1823. She died Nov.
, 1844 ; and he died Oct. , 1884.
Mr. Plumer's children were born iu Vassalboro, as
follows :
1231 i. CHARLES"; died.
1232 n. JAMES J. 8 , born May 6, 1824. See family numbered
"1232."
1233 in. CYRUS B. 9 , born Jan. 4, 1826; enlisted in the navy; and
was lost overboard at sea.
1234 iv. LYDIA B. 8 , born June 16, 1827; died young.
1235 v. ANNA S , born March 29, 1829; died young.
1236 vi. GEORGE H. 8 , born Feb. 2, 1833; died young.
1237 vn. CAROLINE M. 8 , born July 25, 1835; died June 16, 1886.
1238 vni. ALBERT 3 , born June 4, 1837; lives in Richmond, Me.,
and has three children.
1239 ix. OSCAB S , born in 1839; went to sea, and was never heard
from.
630
RICHARD PLUMER T , born in Sandwich, N. H. He set-
tled in Peabody, Mass.
Child :
1240 I. OLIVER 8 ; lives in Lynn, Mass.
631
WILLIAM PLUMER T , born in Sandwich, N. H., June 12,
1806. He married Lydia Corliss, and lived in his native
town. He died Sept. 21, 1887 ; and she survived him.
Children :
1241 i. GEORGE M. 8 ; lived in Clinton, Mass.
1242n. ENOCH F.(?) 5 ; died in Sandwich.
1243 in. CORDELIA J. 8 ; died young.
1244 iv. CLARA A. 8 , born Nov. 9, 1839; married, first, George D.
Quimby Nov. 25, 1858; and, second, J. M. Morrison.
1245 v. HENRY 8 ; lives in Cambridgeport, Mass.
1246 vi. LYDIA A. 8 ; married Louis Roberts; and died in Sandwich.
1247 vn. ANTOINETTE H. 8 ; married William Cotterell(?); and died
in Beverly.
1248 vni. CHARLES F.(?) 8 . See family numbered " 1248."
20 THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
643
JEREMY PLUMER 7 . He lived in Dover, N. H.; and
married Hobbs of Somersworth.
Children :
12491. 8 (daughter).
1250 ii. 8 (daughter).
1251 in. MARTHA 8 ; married Shaw; and lived in Boston.
1252 iv. s (daughter).
656
JONATHAN PLUMER 7 , born in Rochester, N. H., May 6,
1782. He married in Gardiner, Me. ; and died at Ban-
gor, Me.
Children :
12531. MARY*; married Anthony Davis of Gardiner.
1254 ii. 8 (son).
658
JOSEPH PLUMER 7 , born in Rochester, N. H., Aug. 13,
1786. He was a farmer, and lived in Milton, N. H. He
married Sally Brown of Milton Oct. 9, 1810 ; and died
in Milton.
Children :
12561. JONATHAN*, born Nov. 5, 1811; died March 21, 1812.
1256 ii. CAROLINE 8 , born Jan. 9, 1813; married David Porter
Wentworth March 31, 1840; and died May 31, 1865.
1267 in. ENOCH", born April 4, 1815. See family numbered
l < 1257."
1258 iv. BEARD 8 , born Aug. 16, 1817; married, first, Mary Ann
Horr; second, Ellen Tarleton; and had two daugh-
ters.
1259 v. JOSEPH 8 , born March 11, 1820. See family numbered
1259."
1260 vi. SARAH 8 , born Nov. 18, 1821; married George A. Neal of
Wakefield, N. H., March 1, 1855.
674
JEREMIAH PLUMER 7 , born in 1794. He settled on the
homestead of his father and grandfather in Rochester,
N. H. He married Tamson Twombly of Farmington in
1823. She was born in 1801 ; and died in 1878.
BY SIDNEY PBRLBY. 21
Children :
12611. RUTH 8 , born in 1824; died in 1834.
1262 ii. HANNAH*, born in 1826; married George Lyman of Mil-
ton, N. H., in 1851; and died in 1886.
1263 in. ELIZABETH*, born in 1829; and died in 1847.
1264 iv. JONAS M. 9 , born in 1832. See family numbered ' 1264."
1265 v. RUTH C. 8 , born in 1837.
677
SAMUEL PLUMER", born in Lee, N. H., April 6, 1790-
His father died when Samuel was nine years old, and he
and his mother went to live with his uncle Ebenezer
Plumer, in Milton, N. H. His mother died three years
later, and Samuel was then apprenticed to a tailor, with
whom he remained two years. He then went to live with
his father's cousin Joseph Plumer of Milton. When he
became of age, his uncle paid him eight hundred dollars,
and he removed to Sweden, Me., where he settled. He
amassed quite a fortune for a farmer in his time and
region; and was a leading citizen of Sweden.
Mr. Plumer married, first, Abigail, daughter of Rev.
Nathaniel and Sarah (Stillson) Porter of Conway, N. H.,
Dec. 13, 1813. She was born in Conway Oct. 4, 1790;
and died Feb. 24, 1853. He married, second, Rhoda D.
Smart of Fryeburg, Me., June 26, 1856. She was born
in Fryeburg April 17, 1818. Mr. Plumer died in Sweden
April 12, 1868, at the age of seventy-eight. Mrs. Plumer
survived him, and lived with her daughter, Mrs. Gran-
ville Smart, at Blue Earth City, Minn.
Mr. Plumer's children were born as follows :
12661. JOHN PORTER"*, born Sept. 26, 1814. in Sweden. See
family numbered "1266."
1267n. SAMUEL 8 , born Feb. 14, 1817, in Sweden. See family
numbered " 1267."
1268 in. SARAH", born Jan. 10, 1819; married John P. Osgood
Jan. 17, 1856. He was born in Conway March 10,
1819. She died May 26, 1860.
1269 rv. GEORGE 8 , born Jan. 30, 1821. See family numbered
' 1269."
1270 v. MARTHA MARIA S , born May 10, 1823; died, unmarried,
Nov. 10, 1842, aged nineteen.
22 THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
1271 vi. MABT ANN", born April 26, 1825; died, unmarried, Jan.
8, 1846, at the age of twenty.
1272 vil. ABIGAIL POBTEE*, born July 31, 1830; married James
OsgoodSept. 1, 1858.
1273 vni. MARTHA ANNETTE", born Aug. 17, 1860; married Gran-
ville I. Smart June 18, 1880.
686
HON. WILLIAM PLUMER 7 , born in Epping, N. H., Feb.
9, 1789. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy and
graduated at Harvard College in 1809. He then studie d
law with his father, and was admitted to the bar in 1812,
but entered political life. He was commissioner of loans
for New Hampshire, being appointed by the general gov-
ernment; representative in the general court in 1818;
member of congress from 1819, serving in three con-
gresses ; and state senator in 1827 and 1828. He filled
many important and prominent positions. He was modest
and unambitious, and a man of the strictest principles and
of excellent judgment and ability.
He married Margaret Frost, daughter of Jeremiah and
Mary (Frost) Mead of Newmarket Sept. 13, 1820. She
was born Dec. 9, 1 794. He died Sept. 18, 1854, aged
sixty-five ; and she was living in 1882.
Their children were born as follows :
1274 i. MABY ELIZABETH 8 , born Jan. 6, 1822; lived, unmarried,
in Epping.
1275n. WILLIAM", born Nov. 29, 1823. See family numbered
41 1275."
1276 in. SARAH ADELINE*, born Oct. 11, 1826; died Sept. 8, 1828.
688
SAMUEL PLUMER 7 , born in Epping, N. H., Dec. 19,
1792. He married Mary Huse, daughter of David and
Olive (Huse) Lawrence April 13, 1820. She was born
in Epping Oct. 14, 1800 ; and died May 2, 1868. He
died in Epping Sept. 9, 1871, at the age of seventy-eight.
Their children were born as follows :
1277 i. SARAH FOWLER*, born Jan. 5, 1821; lived in Epping,
unmarried.
1278n. WILLIAM LAWRENCE", born July 16, 1824; lived in Ep-
ping, unmarried.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 23
1279 in. ELIZABETH OLIVIA*, born May 4, 1829; married Elisha,
son of Ebenezer and Phebe (Davis) Bacon of New
York City April 13, 1858. He was born in Barnstable
May 14, 1825.
1280 rv. NATHANIEL GREENE", born Aug. 17, 1836 ; lives in Ep-
ping; married Nelly Maria, daughter of Horace and
Mary Dunlap of Skowhegan, Me., Oct. 24, 1876. She
was born in New Hampton, N. H., Jan. 16, 1857.
They had no children.
689
GEORGE WASHINGTON PLUMER 7 , born in Epping, N.
H., Feb. 4, 1796. He lived in his native town ; and
married Betsey Plumer (693) Sept. 19, 1824.
Their children were born as follows :
12811. GEORGE WASHINGTON*, born June 11, 1827. See family
numbered "1281."
1282 II. SARAH ELIZABETH", born Dec. 25, 1829; married Fran-
cis Vergennes, son of Dr. Francis Noyes of Newbury-
port, Mass., Dec. 1, 1857.
1283 in. CATHERINE JAY", born Aug. 7, 1833; married James
Bradley, son of James and Eliza Ann (Bradley) Pear-
son March 18, 1856. He was born in Boston April 8,
1829.
703
MOSES ILSLEY PLUMER 7 , born in 1789. He married,
first, Fanny Knight ; and she died. He married, second ,
Mary Nowell ; and died in 1867.
Children :
12841. GEORGE HENRY"; died in 1888.
1285 II. CHARLES FREDERICK*, born in 1831; married A. L. V.
Garland in 1859, and had a child, C. F. W., who died
in infancy.
1286 ill. MOSES ILSLEY 8 ; died in 1856.
1287 iv. MARY FRANCES"; died in 1883.
1288 v. ALBERT CROCKETT*; died in 1860.
1289 VI. LUCBETIA FRENCH 8 .
713
GBEENLEAF PLUMER", born in Newbury, Mass., Aug.
28, 1807. He lived in his native town; and married
Myra Noyes, daughter of Moses and Sarah (Noyes) Rolfe
24 THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
Nov. 20, 1834. He died Nov. 27, 1876, at the age of
sixty-nine ; and his wife survived him.
Their children were born as follows :
12901. SARAH ELIZABETH 8 , born July 25, 1839, in Newbury;
married, as his second wife, John W. Allen June 15,
1884.
1291 n. MABY ESTELLE", born Sept. 2, 1845; married John W.
Allen Nov. 28, 1868; she died, and he married, sec-
ondly, as above.
718
MOSES PLTJMER 7 , born in Newbury, Mass., April 24,
1817. He married Elizabeth Knight Sargent July 3,
1845.
Children :
12921. OSOAB SYLVANUS", born July 5, 1846; d. Aug. 27, 1846.
1293 II. FBANK 8 ; died at the age of three or four years.
720
DANIEL PLUMER T , born in Newbury, Mass., Dec. 10,
1823. He married, first, Lucy C., daughter of Joseph
N. and Joanna (Dodge) Brown May 16, 1852. She was
born in Newbury port Nov. 22, 1824 ; and died March 4,
1865, at the age of forty. He married, second, Lydia
L., daughter of Lebbins and Lydia Stockbridge of Han-
over, Mass., Jan. 10, 1867.
Children :
12941. EDMUND GBEENLEAF", born March 19, 1854; married
Hannah Frances, daughter of Frederick W. and Han-
nah F. (Jackson) Comerford Dec. 11, 1879; and had
son Walter Francis, born Sept. 27, 1880.
1295n. ALICE CABEY", born Aug. 8, 1858, in Newbury.
726
CHARLES EDWIN PLUMER?, born in Newbury, Mass.,
Dec. 7, 1811. He removed to Winchendon, Mass. ; and
married Clarinda, daughter of Capt. Luke and Cynthia
(Platts) Rugg of Rindge, N. H., June 2, 1835. She was
born Feb. 3, 1814.
Their children were born as follows :
12961. GEOBGE E. 8 , born Feb. 28, 1838. See family numbered
" 1296."
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 25
1297 II. CHARLES W. 8 , born March 25, 1840. See family num-
bered "1297."
1298 in. HENRY F. 8 , born March 10, 1845; died Oct. 19, 1846.
1299 iv. WALTER D. 8 , born Oct. 1, 1857; married Hattie Church
Dec. 25, 1875. No children.
747
SAMUEL, MOTLEY PLUMER T , born Oct. , 1812. He
married Emily H. Brady in 1843, in Newark, N. J. He
died in 1851 ; and she died June , 1852.
Their children were born as follows :
13001. 8 ; died in infancy.
1301 ii. JOSEPH M. 8 , born June , 1847, in Newark.
1302 in. 8 ; died in infancy.
1303 iv. MART MORTON', born Jan. , 1852.
1304 v. - 8 ; died in infancy.
749
JOSEPH PLUMER 7 , born Dec. 22, 1817. He married
Amanda Melvina Fitzallen, daughter of McLellen ;
and she died Nov. 25, 1881.
Their children were born as follows :
1305 i. 8 ; died in infancy.
1306 ii. 8 ; died in infancy.
1307 in. 8 ; died in infancy.
1308 IV. HARRY 8 .
1309 v. ELLA S ; married Abram Brown.
750
WILLIAM PLUMER?, born Feb. 5(6?), 1801. He mar-
ried Abigail Tobin April 20, 1824. She was born in
Gorham, Me., Oct. 2, 1800.
Their children were born as follows :
13101. SARAH TOBIN", born Nov. 14, 1824; died March 28, 1827.
1311 n. MARY CROCKETT", born June 17, 1826; married Thomas
Osborne of Portland, Me.; and died Sept. 3, 1870.
1312 m. CHARLES MOULTON', born March 11, 1828. See family
numbered "1312."
1313 iv. WILLIAM 8 , born Jan. 26, 1880 ; died May 30, 1830.
1314 v. JOHN MOULTON", born Jan. 24, 1831; married Martha
Weston.
1315 vi. WILLIAM 8 , born April 6, 1833; died Feb. 26, 1855, at the
age of twenty-one.
26
THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
1316 vil. ELLEN', born March 19, 18515; died Jan. 2, 1836.
1317 vm. ELLEN MOULTON S , born March (Jan.?) 9, 1827; married
Charles H. Fickett Dec. 1, 1854. He was born May
23, 1833, and died March 9, 1880.
1318 ix. ESTHER 8 , born Feb. 23, 1889 ; died Sept. 11, 1839.
1319 x. HIRAM TOBIN S , born July 26, 1840. -See family numbered,
"1319."
1320 xi. ESTHER THOMAS", born March 16(6?), 1843; married
Joseph II. Steele Sept. 2, 1865. He was born on Cape
Ann July 26, 1837.
760
CAPT. ENOCH PLUMER 7 , born in Newbury, Mass., Oct.
24, 1777. He was a yeoman, and lived in his native
town. After harvest, when the first snow came, he gen-
erally went fox hunting in his section of the county, and,
it is said, was always successful. He was also a regular
frequenter of the mouth of Parker river after ducks.
He married Mehitable, daughter of John and Eunice
(Dolej Thurston Jan. 8, 1805. She was born Oct. 5,
1782, and died in Newbury Feb. 19, 1824, aged forty-one.
He died in Newbury May 8, 1860, at the age of eighty-two.
Their children were born in Newbury as follows :
1321 i. ENOCH 8 , born June 24, 1805. See family numbered
" 1321."
1322 ii. STEPHEN 8 , born Jan. 15, 1807. See family numbered
" 1322."
1323 in. JANE 8 , born Nov. 6, 1808; lived at the Green, in New-
bury, unmarried, in 1882.
1324 iv. MARIA 8 , born Dec. 26, 1810; unmarried in 1882.
1325 v. ALBERT 9 , born July 22, 1813; unmarried in 1882.
1326 vi. MEHITABLE THURSTON S , born Oct. 5, 1815 ; unmarried
in 1882.
1327 vn. DANIEL THURSTON", born May 4, 1819. See family
numbered u 1327."
1328 vni. HORACE 8 , born April 26, 1821. See family numbered
44 1328."
776
NATHANIEL PLUMER 7 , born Feb. 19, 1793. He mar-
ried; and died Jan. 5, 1822, at the age of twenty-eight.
Children :
1329 I. 8 (daughter); died young.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 27
1330 ii. GEOBGE W. 8 ; lived in Bristol.
1331 in. CHABLES*; lived in Bristol.
778
NICHOLAS FOLSOM PLUMER 7 , born July 20, 1797. He
married Susan D. Kelly of New Hampton June(?) ,
1818; and died Aug. 11, 1865, aged sixty-eight.
Child :
13321. WILLIAM KELLY S , born May 27, 1820. See family
numbered " 1332."
780
JESSE PLUMER 7 , born July 23, 1802. He married
Lydia Goss of New Hampton ; and died June 18, 1854.
Children :
13331. 8 (son); died young.
133411. AARON 8 .
781
DAVID BURLEIGH PLUMER 7 , born June 25, 1806. He
marrried Mary Gordon Flanders of New Hampton ; and
died Sept. 13, 1872, aged sixty-six.
Children :
13351. 8 .
1336 ii. SAMUEL ALBERT 8 .
1337 in. CYNTHIA ANN*.
1338 iv. GEORGE WASHINGTON."
1339 v. NATHANIEL BARTLETT*, born Aug. 1, 1838. See family
numbered "1339."
1340 vi. DAVID SUMNER".
782
JOHN PLUMER 7 , born Sept. 11, 1808. He married
Huldah S., daughter of Josiah George Oct. 2, 1828.
Children :
13411. EMILY M. 8 , born June 25, 1830; married E. W. Carpen-
ter Nov. 19, 1854.
1342 ii. NATHANIEL 8 , born Dec. 8, 1831. See family numbered
" 1342."
1343 in. ESTHEB ANN 8 , born Jan. 7, 1834 ; married J. Erwin
Ward June 27, 1857.
1344_ IV . 8 (son), born Nov. 9, 1848; died Nov. 10, 1848.
28 THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
787
MOSES PLUMER 7 , born Dec. 23, 1817. He married
Matilda Gate Nov. 11, 1845 ; and settled in Minnesota.
Children :
13451. GEORGE GATE", born Oct. 17, 1846; died March 17, 1865,
at the age of eighteen.
1346n. 8 .
1347 in. 8 .
1348 IV. 8 .
788
JOHN AMBROSE PLUMER?, born Sept. 26, 1821(7 ?).
He married Deborah P., daughter of George and Hannah
(Taylor) Wallis Sept. 17, 1848.
Child :
13491. ADAH M. 8 , born July 15, 1854.
789
WILLIAM PLUMER?, born June 8, 1800. He married
Betsey, daughter of Caleb and Sarah (Cass) Eaton Nov.
11, 1824; and died March 2, 1854.
Children :
13501. FANNY A. 8 , born March 24, 1828; married Wiggin
Sleeper Gilman in 1844. He was born June 29, 1823.
1351 n. SOPHIA PEARSON", born Dec. 6, 1833; died Aug. 2, 1855,
aged thirty-one.
1352 in. ANN MARIA", born Feb. 26, 1836; died March 4, 1857,
aged twenty-one.
1353 iv. WILLIAM EATON", born Feb. 7, 1839; died May 17,
1871, aged thirty-two.
1354 v. JONATHAN JESSE", born April 23, 1843; married Mrs.
Ellen J. Peabody (daughter of George W. Copp)
Aug. 16, 1868; and died Sept. 19, 1877, aged thirty-
four.
790
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PLUMER?, born Aug. 16, 1802.
He married Hannah Wilson of Holderness ; and died
Feb. 12, 1864.
Children :
1355 I. HARRIET 7 .
1356n. BENJAMIN WILSON"; married.
BY SIDNEY PERLBY. 29
1357 in. ELLEN 8 ; married.
1358 iv. DANIEL WORTHEN".
1359 V. LEONETTE 8 .
793
MARK PLUMER 7 , born Feb. 19, 1809. He married
Nancy, daughter of John and Sally (Crockett) Clark
Nov. 30, 1830 ; and died Oct. 10, 1866.
Children :
1360 i. SALLY SOPHIA S , born Sept. , 1831 ; married Archibald
Robie May 12, 1853. He was born Dec. 3, 1830.
1361 II. JOHN CLARK", born Oct. 7, 1833. See family numbered
"1361."
1362 m. 8 ; living in 1877.
1363 iv. 8 ; living in 1877.
1364 v. 8 ; living in 1877.
1365 vi. GEORGE WASHINGTON", born Feb. 9, 1841. See family
numbered " 1365."
1366 vn. 8 ; living in 1877.
1367 vm. 8 ; living in 1877,
1368 ix. 8 ; living in 1877.
1369 x. 8 ; living in 1877.
1370 xi. 8 ; living in 1877.
798
SAMUEL PLTJMER T , born Sept. 25, 1794. He married,
first, Lydia Cooley ; and, second, . He died
Feb. 21, 1852.
Children :
13711. HANNAH F. 8
1372n. JONATHAN PEARSONS".
1373 in. MARY ANN 8 .
1374 iv. DAVID 8 .
1375 V. SAMUEL 8 .
1376 vi. s ; died yonng.
1377 vn. "; died young.
803
LANE PLUMER*, born July 22, 1805. He married
Mary Downing Sept. 27, 1830.
Children :
1378 i. ISRAEL PRESCOTT", born July 8, 1834 ; married Marion
Hill July 15, 1869.
30 THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
1379_ n . MARTHA E. 8 (twin), born Jan. 9, 1839; died Nov. 25,
1842.
1380 in. MART A. 8 (twin), born Jan. 9, 1839; died Sept. 27, 1869,
just after her marriage.
805
CHARLES H. PLUMER T , born March 6, 1812. He mar-
ried Abigail, daughter of John S. and Abigail (Taylor)
Lane Oct. 11, 1838. She was bom Jan. 6, 1820. He
died Nov. 16, 1847.
Children :
13811. MARY JANE S , born Aug. 1, 1839; died Aug. 5, 1846.
1382 ii. MARTHA ANN", born May 8, 1842; married Charles H.,
son of Loren and Mary Ann (Mason) Foss.
1383 in. CHARLES H. 8 , born Aug. 4, 1847; died Feb. 8, 1848.
815
EBENEZER FOLSOM PLUMER 7 , born Aug. 23, 1817. He
married, first, Jerusha G., daughter of Joseph and Betsey
(Galley) Burley April 14, 1842. She died Aug. 5, 1862 ;
and he married, second, Sarah O., daughter of Jeremiah
S. and Anna O. (Galley) Sanborn March 9, 1864.
Children :
1384 i. JOSEPH BURLEY", born Jan. 1, 1844; married Ella J.
Wilson Oct. , 1876.
1385 ii. STEPHEN MERRILL, 8 , born Sept. 21. 1846. See family
numbered "1385."
1386 in. MOSES GALLEY", born May 24, 1849.
1387 iv. BELINDA ANN 8 , born May 6, 1854; died July 8, 1854.
821
JOSEPH PLUMER 7 , born Oct. 11, 1820. He lived in
Elk River, Minn. ; and married Abigail Pearson, daughter
of Obadiah and Nancy (Sinclair) Eastman Sept. 17, 1845.
Children :
18881. SARAH LADORA", born Feb. 28, 1847; died Sept. 30, 1850.
1389n. ABBY JOSEPHINE", born Dec. 26, 1849.
1390 in. CHARLES E. 8 , born March 2, 1852.
1391 iv. MARY ISABELL B , born Jan. 5, 1857.
1392 v. BURNS FREEMAN*, born Sept. 27, 1861.
1393 vi. GEORGE A. 8 , born April 2, 1864.
1394 vn. HELEN H. 8 , born April 16, 1866.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 81
823
LUTHER PLUMER 7 , born March 14, 1828. He married
Mary Abby Danforth Sept. 1, 1857. She was born in
Franconia Jan. 18, 1841.
Children :
13951. EDWARD R. 8 , born Dec. 23, 1858.
1396n. WILLARD L. 8 , born Nov. 2, 1866.
1397 in. NATHAN T. 8 , born Sept. 7, 1870.
824
IRA PLUMER 7 , born in Henniker, N". H., June 6, 1810.
He married, first, Lydia, daughter of Nathaniel and
Sarah (Peaslee) Folsom of Henniker. She died Aug.
23, 1850 ; and he married, second, Alice E. Emery of
Newbury March 31, 1853.
Children :
13981. MARY 8 , born Nov. 30, 1836; married Alfred G., son of
James and Eliza (Greene) Hanson of Weare.
1399 ii. JANE S , born Nov. 27, 1848; married G. M. Sawyer of
Bradford.
827
JOHN K. PLUMER 7 , born in Henniker, N. H., July 8,
1829. He married Harriet Pierce, daughter of Nathan and
Mehitable (Hoit) Blanchard of Henniker Sept. 5, 1850.
She was born Sept. 19, 1829.
Children :
14001. JOHN WILLIS", born June 14, 1852.
1401 ii. HARRIET ELL A 8 , born July 24, 1857.
828
WILLIAM K. PLUMER 7 , bom in Henniker, N. H., Oct.
10, 1815. He married Cyrene H. Clark of Hopkinton
April 28, 1839 ; and died Dec. 9, 1862.
Children :
14021. FRANK P. 8 , born Sept. 2, 1842, in Hopkinton; died Jan,
14, 1875, aged thirty-two.
1403n. LAURA A. 8 , born May 10, 1844, in Henniker; died Jan.
12, 1868, aged twenty-three.
1404 in. JOSEPH 8 , born Sept. 25, 1846; married Mary A. Bean of
Deering April 11, 1871.
32 THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
1405 iv. GEORGE W. 8 , born Aug. 29, 1850.
1406 v. LIZZIE A. 3 , born April 1, 1854.
1407 vi. WILLIE W. 8 , born May 23, 1861; died July 13, 1861.
829
GEORGE W. PLUMER?, born in Henniker, N. H., in
1819. He lived with his father ; and married Louisa
Neal. He died Oct. 25, 1849.
Children :
14081. MARY J. 8 , born Sept. 18, 1842; married Hon. Oliver H.,
son of Nathaniel and Batbsbeba (Sargent) Noyes of
Henniker Nov. 7, 1865.
1409n. DAVID O. 8 , born Aug. 11, 1846.
834
JEREMIAH PLUMER T , born Jan. 8, 1771. He married,
first, Joanna Hayford ; and she died April 25, 1827. He
married, second, Mercy Abbot of Falmouth Feb. ,
1828 ; and died Oct. 20, 1861.
Children ;
14101. JEBEMIAH 8 , born Oct. 22, 1796, in Freeport, Me. See
family numbered " 1410."
1411 ii. SOLOMON", born April 8, 1799; probably died young.
1412 in. JOANNA S , born July 26, 1801; probably died young.
1413 iv. CHABiTT 8 , born Feb. 6, 1804; married Jordan; and
died Feb., 1846.
1414 v. ANN H. 8 , born Nov. 30, 1806; married Hon. Kufus Syl-
vester.
1415 vi. AUBELIA C. 8 , born May 2, 1809 ; died Sept. , 1849,
aged forty.
1416 vii. CHRISTIANA G. 8 , born Sept. 13, 1811; died July , 1872,
aged sixty.
1417 vm. SARAH", born July 19, 1815.
1418 ix. WILLIAM H. 8 , born Jan. 15, 1819. See family numbered
"1418."
1419 x. FBEDEBIOK L. 8 , born Dec. 26, 1828.
1420 xi. CHABLES A. 8 , born Oct. 20, 1831.
1421 xn. LORENZO T. 8 , born June 28, 1834.
(To be continued.)
THE LEE FAMILY OF MARBLEHEAD.
BY THOMAS AMORY LEE.
HENEY LEE was the ancestor of the families of Lee
of Marblehead and Lee of Manchester, of which the Mar-
blehead line, though the younger and smaller branch, is
the more distinguished. It was at one time thought that
he was also, through his youngest son Thomas Lee, the
ancestor of the well known Boston Lees, of whom Col.
Henry Lee, of Lee, Higginson & Co., was, perhaps, the
most prominent member, but the records do not substan-
tiate that theory.
Col. Henry and Col. Francis Lee of the Boston family
were cousins of Gen. Wm. Raymond Lee of Boston (No.
47) through a common maternal descent from the Tracys
of Newburyport. The origin and birth of Henry Lee
are unknown, as are those of his wife, Mary . He
is the first named of seven men who settled in Manches-
ter in 1650,* and "is recorded on the town records of
Manchester as of Cheshire, England."! Savage sup-
posed Henry Lee to have been a brother of John and
Thomas Leigh of Ipswich, but there seems to be no
foundation existing at the present time for this belief,
except similarity in seals attached to wills of members of
both families, though the same statement is made in Dear-
born's Lee and John Lee's MS. Notes on the Lees of
Manchester. The seal used by John Leigh bearing the
device of a bird is very similar to the crest of the arms
used and claimed by the Lees of Marblehead from early
times. In 1646 a Dr. or Mr. Henry Lee, who married
Marah Adkins, sat on the York County, Va., bench with
*Lamson's History of Manchester, p. 65. Dr. Ezekiel W. Leach's
MS. History of Manchester; Hurd's Essex County, vol. II, p. 1258;
Wm. Lee's John Leigh of Agawam, p. 35; Gen. H. A. S. Dearborn's
Life of Col. Wm. Raymond Lee (MS.).
tJohn Leigh of Agawam, p. 35; Leach's MS.; Dearborn's Lee.
(33)
34 THE LEE FAMILY OF MARBLEHEAD,
Col. Richard Lee, also of York County, Va., the ancestor
of the Lees of Virginia.* There seems to be no doubt
that this Henry Lee of Virginia was a close relation and
probably a brother of Col. Richard Lee of Virginia, as
the latter went on the bond of Henry Leef given to the
parents and family of Marah (Adkins), the wife of
Henry Lee. In 1648 Col. Richard Lee named among his
head rights, Henry Lee.$ There is no proof that Henry
Lee, with wife Mary, of Manchester, Mass., was Henry
Lee, with wife Marah, of Virginia, but it is interesting to
note that both Gen. R. E. Lee of Virginia and Gen. Wm.
Raymond Lee of Massachusetts, who were classmates at
West Point and very close friends (the friendship be-
tween the families still being kept up), believed and
stated, after a certain amount of research in 1827, that
they were descended from brothers, Richard and Henry,
the latter coming to Massachusetts from Virginia in 1650,
and that a third brother was drowned in the James River.
It should also be said that Gen. R. E. Lee at that time
(1827) used the same arms as the Lees of Marblehead,
and that the portraits of both families for many genera-
tions show a rather striking resemblance. No claim of
relationship to Lee of Virginia is made by the author of
this article, as there is no proof, so far as known. Such
relationship, however, has been accepted for almost one
hundred years by southern Lees.
The Lees of Marblehead have from the earliest genera-
tions claimed to be of Lee of Lea-Hall, Cheshire. Gen.
Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn, the son-in-law and
biographer of Col. Wm. Raymond Lee, wrote in 1843 :
4< Although the fact of the descent of Henry Lee of Man-
chester from the Lees of Chester whose genealogy from
Sir Walter of Lee-Hall has been given, has been definitely
transmitted by the son of Henry Lee to the grandfather
of Colonel Lee and by Colonel Lee to his daughters, and
so definitely can it be traced back to the son of Henry
Lee that there never has been any doubt upon the sub-
*Edmund J. Lee's Lee of Virginia, p. 51.
i Virginia Magazine, vol. 2, p. 182; Abstracts of Va. Land Patents.
Edmund J. Lee's Lee of Virginia, p. 51.
BY THOMAS AMORY LEE. 85
ject by any branch of the family, still there is no record
or other authentic document by which it can be now as-
certained from which of the branches of that English
family he did descend."* General Dearborn knew
Colonel Lee very well, and Colonel Lee, who lived to a
ripe age, was born nine years before the death of his
great-grandfather Samuell Lee, Esq., son of the immigrant
Henry Lee, so that it seems quite probable that General
Dearborn's claim of descent by the son of the immigrant
may indeed have been made as stated. It is at least cer-
tain that Col. Wm. Raymond Lee and his uncle Capt.
Samuel Lee and perhaps the latter's father, Justice Sam-
uel Lee, as well as members of all the later generations,
claimed descent from Lee of Lea-Hall. If this claim be
a true one, the line of descent is unknown and certainly
unproven, though there is some evidence of relationship
to that family.
It has been suggested by a well known and careful
genealogist that Henry Lee of Manchester might possibly
be the " Henry Lee who was living in 1655 and '58, but
whom I have not been able to trace beyond there and
who may have come to America. He was the fifth child
and third son of George Lee of Highgate, Middlesex,
who died in June, 1637, and was younger brother to Sir
Henry Lee, the first Baronet, both sons of Sir Robert Lee,
Knt. of Hulcote, Bucks," who was " descended from
John Lee (temp. Henry III), who married Isabelle, daugh-
ter of Sir Piers Dutton of Dutton, and had a son John
who married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Fulles-
hurst, or Folhurst, and was succeeded by his eldest son
Thomas, who married Margery, daughter of Sir John
Aston, Knt.. and had a son John who married Margery,
daughter of Henry Hocknell."f His fifth son, Benedict,
married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of John Wood,
Esq., of County Warwick. His son Richard, of Quarren-
don, County Bucks, altered his arms to " Argent, a fesse
between three crescents sable." His eldest son, Sir Rob-
ert Lee of Burston, was the grandfather of probably the
Dearborn's Life of Col. Wm. R. Lee, MS. p. 15.
tJ. Henry Lea, The Ancestry and Posterity of John Lea, p. 6.
36 THE LEE FAMILY OF MARBLEHEAD,
most famous Lee of England, Sir Henry Lee,* K. G., the
champion of Queen Elizabeth, whom Scott has perpetu-
ated in " Woodstock." Sir Robert's youngest brother,
Benedict, of Hulcote, County Bucks, was the father of
Sir Robert Lee, Knt. of Hulcote (who had George Lee,
who had Henry Lee). From Sir Robert Lee, Knt. of
Hulcote, was descended Sir Edward Henry Lee, fifth
Baronet, Colonel of the first Foot Guards, who became
the Earl of Litchfieldf on June 5, 1674. Major General
Charles Lee of the American Revolution, who was born
in 1731 and died without issue in 1782, was the son of
Gen. John Lee and was descended from Thomas Lee of
Lea Hall, who was a son of John Lea and Margery
(Hocknel). The family is entirely extinct in the male
line, unless Henry Lee of New England belonged to it.ij:
The family has always maintained that it was of this
descent ; has always used the arms of Lee of Lea Hall
and of Quarrendon, and possessed for many years (until
Gen. W. R. Lee's residence was razed in 1893) a pedigree
emblazoned on sheepskin, tracing the family from Sir
Walter Lee of Lea Hall (temp. Edward III) through
John Lee, Sir Henry Lee, Knight of the Garter, etc., to
Sir George Henry Lee, second Earl of Litchfield. This
pedigree was obtained in London by either Justice Sam-
uel Lee or his son Capt. Samuel Lee, and remained in the
family until lost in 1893. Copies had been made, and
one of them was published in the Collections. The
same Samuel Lee is said|| to have brought over at the
same time a Lee coat of arms, which may possibly be the
coat now owned by Thomas Amory Lee, inscribed " The
Right Honourable George Henry Lee, Earl of Litchfield,
Viscount Quarendon, Baron Lee of Spelsbury & Bart."
The immigrant, Henry Lee, is also said to have brought
over a coat of arms which Gen. Dearborn examined.
Dr. Augustus S. Knight of New York now owns a Lee
"The Real Sir Harry Lee," Viscount Dillon. The Antiquary,
v. 28. pp. 241-7.
tComplete Peerage, by G. E. C., vol. 5, p. 75.
^Genealogist, New Series, vol. VIII, p. 226 et seq., contains a
correct and complete account of this family by J. Henry Lea, Esq.
Essex Institute Hist. Colls., v. 27. pp. 52-55.
HThe Lees of Marblehead (MS.), by Mrs. H. F. Parker.
BY THOMAS AMOEY LEE. 37
coat of arms painted upon a panel of wood, a chevron
between three leopards' heads, with a crescent in the tip
of the chevron. A well known genealogist has said that
the coat of arms " seems to indicate most clearly the
arms of Lee of Lea Hall in Wilmbury, Co. Chester, the
parent stock of the Quarrendon Lees. They bore three
leopards' faces sable on a field argent with a fess or
chevron of the same tincture. The crescent on the
chevron is, of course, the difference for a second son and
may aid in assigning the ownership of the original." It
should be said that Lee of Lea Hall and its branches is
probably the most noted of the several Lee families of
Great Britain, more of its members being found in the
Biographical Dictionary than those of any other Lee
family.
1. HENRY LEE settled in Manchester in 1650. On
11 th 5 mo., 1650, It is ordered at a town meeting that none
shall cut any timber but a proper inhabitant, and signed
by 8 men, Henry Lee being 4th on the list.* On 27, 4,
1654, he was sworn as constable for Manchester at the
Court in Salem. f
The following record may refer to him : " 1655 Bos-
ton, Henry Lee is admitted an inhabitant on his good
behaviour, and Capt. Davenport is engaged to save the
town any charge that may arise from his family.":}: Cap-
tain Davenport was Capt. Richard Davenport, the Indian
fighter, who married a sister of Maj. William Hathorne
(the ancestor of the novelist Hawthorne), and whose sis-
ter-in-law Hathorne married Philip Lee, gentleman, of
Binfield, Berks, who was of the Lees of Lea Hall.
Henry Lee is stated to have been in Boston in 1656, ||
and seems to have had a son there, " Richard, son of
Henry and Mary Ley, born August 2, 1657, at Boston."!"
(Nothing further is known of this son.) 29 of Jany.,
*E. W. Leach MS. History of Manchester, Appendix p. 197.
tEssex Co. Quarterly Court Records, v. I, p. 349.
JJohn Leigh of Agawam, p. 35.
Waters' Gleanings, pp. 43, 44, 1032.
HJohn Leigh of Agawam, p. 35.
f New Eng. Hist. Gen. Beg., v. 10, p. 69.
38 THE LEE FAMILY OF MABBLEHEAD,
1657, Hennery Lea was alloted lot 2 of the marshes at
town meeting. He was a witness at court on July 20,
1658, when John Norman was fined for abusive speech
to Abraham Whitier.* Dec. 13, 1658, he was appointed
on a committee by the Town to compel immediate pay-
ment of back rates. f He was one of the " seven men "
or selectmen 11 th 5 th mo. 1659, and perhaps also in 16504
In June, 1661, Henry Lea and others were granted a
right of way to the water to thomas L ,
" the 17 of June 1661 henry Lea Sam friend is to go
with willam Benet to bounden out this Grownd in the
wholl lump being ordered by the Plantation." || In
March, 1665, Henry Lay, first, and seven others including
Aron Bennett and Onysefarus Ailing inhabitants of the
towne of manchester having hyred Thomas wright for
our Cowkeper," etc., desired search for him to be made,
as, by his threats, John West " made the seyed wright a
frayde of his life."T I n June, 1666, he was constable
for Manchester.**
Some time before 1674 Henry Lee built a fine house
for the time, which was torn down only a few years ago.
It was on what later became Pine street, and was always
occupied by male or female descendants of Henry Lee,
the last occupant being Mrs. Abby Baker, daughter of
Isaac Lee, jr., and Rachel (Allen) Lee. It is described
as "another specimen of a class of houses which must
have been rare at that time."tf It contained four low-
studded rooms, and there is a picture of it in Lamson's
History of Manchester.^ He is said to have deeded
" the house to his widow in 1674."
On May 4, 1675, " James Standish, formerly of Man-
chester, now of Salem, for ,20 paid me by Henry Lee of
Manchester, deceased do confirm (sale being not legally
Essex Antiquarian, v. 12, p. 76.
tManchester Town Records, v. I, p. 8.
JHurd's Essex Co., vol. II, p. 1254.
^Manchester Town Records, v. II, p. 9 (perhaps T. Chubb).
|| Manchester Town Records, v. I, p. 10.
IfSssex Co. Quarterly Court Records, v. Ill, p. 228.
Essex Co. Quarterly Court Records, v. Ill, p. 337.
ttLamson's History of Manchester, pp. 49, 317.
it Page 49.
Lamson's History of Manchester, p. 317.
BY THOMAS AMORY LEE. 39
assured) to Mary, his widow, executrix administratrix, a
dwelling house with ground adjoining 3-4 of an acre more
or less in Manchester."*
Henry Lee was apparently very friendly with John
Sibley of Virginia and of Manchester, and they may have
been related by marriage. He also was very intimate
with William and Aaron Bennett, Mr. Robert Leach,
Thomas Jones, and Lieut. Thomas West, and his wife
Mary may have belonged to one of those families.
Henry Lee married before 1660, apparently, Mary ,
whose name and place of birth are unknown. She be-
longed to the First Church of Salem, as the children of
" Sister Lee " were there baptized."! Henry Lee died
between Feb. 12, 1674, when he made his will, and 21 :
5 : 1675, when it was proved. It was very short and
signed with a mark, he " being weake and sick of body."
He gives his entire estate to his * well beloved wife Marey
Lea," and names sons John, Samuell, and Thomas, and
daughters Hannah and Sarah, his wife Mearey Lea exec-
utor, and well beloved friends Thomas Jones and Wil-
liam Benet as overseers, and Samuell Friend and Aaron
Benet, witnesses. His estate was appraised by John
West and Wm. Bennet at 144 on March 29, 16754
Henry Lee's widow Mary married, second, at Beverly,
June 1, 1675, John West of Beverly, who died Oct. 6,
1683, aged about 68 years. She died Oct. 28, 1690, and
John, Samuell, and Thomas Ley as "only heirs" to
Henry and Mary, divided her estate of ,161, 19s., 6d. on
Nov. 7, 1690. "
There was a Widow Lee in Manchester who owned
land there in 1662. It is not known who she was. There
was also a " Mr. Joseph Lee " of Manchester who owned
a servant in 1684. It is unknown whether he was a rela-
tive of Henry Lee.
Children, all born in Manchester probably except
Richard :
*E. W. Leach MS. History of Manchester, Appendix, p. 197.
tEssex Inst. Hist. Coll., v. 7, pp. 12, 17.
tEssex Wills, v. XXIII, p. 118.
Essex Deeds, v. 12, p. 81.
40
RICHARD, b. in Boston, Aug. 2, 1657; not mentioned in the will
of Henry Lee. An unaccounted for Richard Lee, who
sealed his will with the device of a bird and had two young
children, m., July 18, 1691, Joanna Manning, in Marble-
head. She m. (2), April 13, 1696, Thomas Tucker.
2. JOHN, bp. at Salem June 29, 1661; d. in Manchester, Dec. 24,
1744.
HANNA, bp. in Salem, April 20, 1663; d. before 1690.
MARY, bp. in Salem, June 7, 1666; d. before 1675.
3. SAM TELL, b. in Manchester, Aug. 16, 1667; bp. in Salem, June
17, 1668.
THOMAS, probably bp. in Salem, Aug. 26, 1670; d. before 1697;
a soldier in Capt. William Raymond's Co., Canadian Expe-
dition of 1690, from which he probably never returned.
Samuell and John divided his property.*
SARAH, living 1675; d. before 1690.
2. JOHN LEE, son of Henry and Mary Lee, was bap-
tized at Salem, June 29, 1661, and died in Manchester,
Dec. 24, 1744. He married, first, about January, 1685,
Sarah Parsons, born at Gloucester, April 19, 1663, died
in Manchester, Jan. 14, 1687, daughter of James and
Sarah (Vinson) Parsons. He married, second, probably
in 1690, Sarah [Warren ?], who died Dec. 4, 1741. He
was prominent in Manchester affairs for many years and
was one of its most wealthy inhabitants. " John, his
son, was Town Clerk of this place from 1684 to 1708,
with the exception of three years, and to him we are in-
debted for our earliest records, which were copied with
great care for posterity. He was Selectman 1680, 1686,
1697, 1702, and 1744 at an advanced age."f He was a
Justice of the Peace, 1686,J owned slaves in 1696, and
at least two dwelling houses. His name appears on
almost every page of the town records from 1684 to 1744.
He was chosen to practically all of the lower town offices,
such as surveyor of highways, juryman, overseer, assessor,
moderator, town treasurer, etc. He also served on the
most important of the town committees.
In 1686, John Ley was rated 13 shillings /10. Only
*Essex Probate Files, No. 16,660.
tLeach MS. History of Manchester, p. 271.
SLeach MS. History of Manchester, Appendix, p. 249.
fEssex Probate Files, No. 16,614.
BY THOMAS AMOBY LEE, 41
four men were rated higher, 19 shillings being the high-
est.*
May 10, 1689, the town contracted to lease "y e parson-
age Land and meadow with y e fence " to John Ley for
XI /5 "current mony."f
Sept. 23, 1689, John Ley and three others "wear
chosen as a comity to treate with any man whom they
can hear of or know to be fitt for y e caring on of y e min-
estryall offis hear amongst us."f The committee reported
Feb. 10, 1689-90, and the town voted to hire Mr. John
Evely for 10 shillings a Sunday, " with all nesesary
charges."
" Layd out to John Ley for his 2 devisions Joyning to
aron bennits Land about 6 acers, be it more or less."!
Jan. 18, 1692, John Ley and others are chosen a com-
mittee to have a new town house built.
In his will, || signed July 19, 1735, and proved Sept. 16,
1745, he calls himself "Weaver" and "weak in body."
The will was beautifully written by Leonard Cotton, Esq.,
a witness, and mentions wife Sarah, sons, John Lee, junr.,
Thomas Lee, Edward Lee, Joseph Lee, Samuel Lee, de-
ceased, Benjamin Lee ; grandsons, John Lee, eldest son
of my son John Lee, Samuel and Henry, sons of my de-
ceased son Samuel Lee, daughters, Sarah, wife of John
Eskot, his eldest son, and two daughters Mary and Alice ;
Hannah, wife of John Day ; Abigail, wife of John Tar-
ren ; sons Thomas and Joseph Lee to be executors. The
impression of the wax seal is covered and cannot be de-
ciphered. He gives to his son Thomas my " Great Bible."
This Bible is said to be the oldest in Manchester. It was
printed in London by Christopher Barker, Queen's Print-
er, 1599. Upon a blank leaf between the Old and New
Testaments is written, without date, " sire of John
Lee and Sarah ee the Owners of this Book that it
become the Property of their Grandson Thomas Lee after
their Decease." Below .it are written " Thomas Lee,
Manchester Town Records, v. I. p. 28.
tManchester Town Records, v. I, p. 34.
t Manchester Town Records, v. I, p. 42.
^Manchester Town Records, v. I, p. 45.
II Essex Probate Files, No. 16,614.
42 THE LEE FAMILY OF MAUBLEHEAD,
Junr and anna alien." It is said that this Bible was sent
from England by John Lee to his grandson, Thomas Lee,
jr., who was born in Manchester in 1694, and died in
1775.* It descended in the family and finally was given
to Mr. Charles Lee, a descendant of Thomas Lee, jr., and
after his death, in 1889, his daughter, Miss Ella F. Lee,
of the fifth generation from Thomas Lee, jr., presented it
to the Manchester Historical Society, in whose safe keep-
ing it now is.
No inventory of his estate is on file. He was a slave
owner, as was his brother Samuell. He was called " Mr.
John Lee " in the records.
Children, born in Manchester, all by his first wife :
4. JOHN, b. Sept. 17, 1685; d. Feb., 1766.
5. SAMUELJ,, b. Dec. 18, 1687; d. in Gloucester, Jan. 8, 1721.
SARAH, b. Dec. 7, 1691; probably d. a widow May 17, 1778, ae.
87 or 88 years; m., by 1735, John Eskot. She then had
an eldest son and daughters Alice and Mary, according to
the will of her father.
<J. THOMAS, b. Oct. 14, 1693; d. Aug. 18, 1775.
HANAH, b. Aug. 13, 1695 ; m. April 13, 1719, John Day of Man-
chester. Both were living in 1735. They had children b.
in Manchester: (1) John, b. May 13, 1721; (2) Richard, b.
Feb. 25, 1723-4; (3) Hanah, b. Oct. 25, 1727; (4) Sarah, b.
Jan. 9, 1728-9; (5) Lydia, bp. May 23, 1731; (6) Susanna, b
Dec. 4, 1733.
JOSEPH, b. June 21, 1697; d. July 13, 1699.
7. EDWABD, b. Feb. 19, 1698-9; living in 1735 and 1740.
JOSEPH, b. Mar. 30, 1701; living in 1735; probably d. s. p. Oct.
8, 1774, ae. 74. Executor of the will of his father. He
may have married Elizabeth , and had Joseph, b. June
15,1752, who apparently was a "Grave Digger" and a
Revolutionary soldier, and d. in a fit, Jan. 14, 1824, ae. 73y.
He held the following town offices: feld Driver, Haward,
hog Reve, Tithing man, survayer of fences, Juryman, and
Servarys of hieways. In 1744 the Town Lett the Ministry
Land Lying by Millitts Swamp to him for 16s. t He also
bought land from Ezek. Knowlton in 1729-30. bounded by
John Lee's land and Baby Rack Belly Ache Beach.J
Lamson's History of Manchester, p. 317.
tManchester Town Records, v. II, p. 40.
JEssex Deeds, v. 68, p. 35. See Underwood's Plan of Ye 400
Acres, Lamson's History of Manchester, p. 21.
BY THOMAS AMORY LEE. 43
ABIGALL, b. April 11, 1703 ; d. Sept., 1759; m. Jan. 1, 1729-30,
John Tarren, or Tarring, who d. 1772, ae. 80 y. He was a
brother of Mary Tarrin, who m. Abigail's cousin, Samuell
Lee, Esq., in 1712, and son of Capt. or Gen. John Tarrin,
who was probably b. about 1649, and d. Oct. 19, 1711, in his
62nd year, and m. Abigail Abbott, probably daughter of
Arthur Abbott of Marblehead. Children: (1) John, b.
Nov. 21, 1730; m. (int.) Aug. 22, 1752, Joann Lee, his first
cousin, bp. April 21, 1734, dau. of John Lee, jr.; (2) Rob-
ert, b. July 14, 1734; (3) Jacob, b. July 4, 1736; (4) Abigail,
b. May 13, 1738; perhaps m., 1786, Nathaniel Poland, jr.;
(5), Mary, b. July 20, 1740; m. Jacob Allen, 1765; (6) Jacob,
b. Feb. 22, 1742-3; (7) William, b. Oct. 9, 1746; m. Dec. 2,
1770, Abigail , and had John, William, and one other
child.
8. BENJAMIN, b. Dec. 19, 1705; d. Nov. 9, 1757.
3. SAMUELL LEE, " ESQ.," son of Henry and Mary
Lee, was born in Manchester, Aug. 16, 1667 ; baptized in
Salem, June 16, 1668; and died in Manchester, probably,
or in Marblehead, Sept. 17, 1754 (or perhaps Sept. 7,
1755). He married, first, Feb. 8, 1692, Rebeckah Mas-
tus, born about 1675 ; died Nov. 5, 1723, aged about 48
years. He married, second, March 4, 1724, widow Sary
Herrick of Beverly. Rebeckah was a daughter of Nathan-
iel Masters and Ruth (Pickworth), who was a daughter of
John and Anna Pickworth of Salem. Savage* makes
Nathaniel Masters a son of Abraham and a grandson of
the " Worshipful Mr. John Maistus" of Cambridge, who
died Dec. 21, 1639. It is possible that Nathaniel Masters
was a son of Mr. John Masters, instead of a grandson.
Samuel Lee was a merchant of prominence and wealth,
owned slaves before 1692, the largest boat of the neigh-
borhood, " The Swallow," in 1690, was Justice of the
Peace in 1716, and was one of the first two deacons of
the first Church of Manchester from the time of its forma-
tion, Nov. 7, 1716, to his death in 1754, his nephew,
Benjamin Lee, being deacon with him for many years.
He made his first appearance in the public records on
March 13, 1690, f when Samuell Lee sen. ' was then to
*Savage Gen. Diet., v. Ill, pp. 170, 425. See Essex Probate Fil es,
Nos. 17,833 and 17,822.
tManchester Town Records, v. I, p. 37.
44 THE LEE FAMILY OF MAEBLEHEAD,
sarve upon the Jury of tryalls." In 1690 he received
' tow shillings and six penc " for mending the town
pound.* He was elected constable in 1693, " Howard
or feild Driver " in 1695, and the same year he was with
others " Chosen to meett with beverly men to revue ratifie
or lay oute and confirm ye contry highway betweene
beverly meetinge house and ye town of manchester."f
On March 27, 1696, he was chosen "servayers for high-
ways & fence vewers," and taxed I/ 10/0 for the church.^
On March 25, 1700, he was chosen a selectman and sworn
as " asseser by John Ley dark ;" he also was selectman
in 1707, 1714, 1716, 1719, 1721, 1726, 1727, was chair-
man of the selectmen during many of those years, as
well as assessor and overseer of the poor. He became
moderator for the first time on March 30, 1719, and was
elected to the same position in 1721, 1726, 1727, and
1729. He was also town treasurer March 22, 1724-5.
He had much to do with church matters, as did his
brother John. In 1701 they were chosen on a committee
" to seate our meting hous." In 1703 he was chosen
tithing man, and also in 1724-5. On Dec. 5, 1715, he
was chosen on a committee to look out for a minister,
together with his nephew John Lee, jr , and on July 23,
1716, on a committee to contract with Rev. Mr. Ames
Cheever, and on a committee to make provision for " or.
danation." In 1719 he was chosen chairman of the com-
mittee on a new " meting hous."
On Feb. 12, 1717, Samuell Lee " sener " was rated
I/ 03/ 09, and his son Samuel Lee, " Junier," I/ 15/ 06,
and John Lee, ' sener," I/ 08/ 0. There were only three
persons rated above Samuel Lee, jr., at this date, the
highest being 2/ O/ 0. Six months later Samuel Lee,
" Senior's " rating had crept up to I/ 12/ 0. There are
many deeds in the Salem Registry in which Sam 11 Lee,
sen., appears as a grantor or grantee. He was a house-
wright, though he called himself " husbandman " in his
will. He was generally referred to as Deacon Samuell
"Manchester Town Records, v. I, p. 37.
tManchester Town Records, v. I, p. 67.
^Manchester Town Records, v. I, pp. 73, 74.
Manchester Town Records, v. I, p. 98.
BY THOMAS AMOKY LEE. 45
Lee. His will, dated June 30, 1730, is long, and is
written throughout in his own handwriting. It names
his wife Sarah, children, Samuel Lee, jr., Jonathan Lee,
Mary Durgee, Ruth Parsons, Lydia Goodell, Elizabeth
Lee, and Nathaniel and Josiah Lee ; his negro woman
Cooper to his wife; executors, Samuel and Nathaniel Lee,
his two oldest sons ; and Jabez Dodge, Robert Herrick,
Jeseph and Benjamin Lee (his nephews), witnesses.
Both the executors were dead when the will was admitted
to probate, and his grandsons, Capt. Samuel Lee and Col.
John Lee, were appointed administrators. The will of
his widow, Sarah, was signed Jan. 20, 1755, and proved
May 2, 1757, and names her sons John, Jonathan and
Robert Herrick and the heirs of her son Daniel Herrick.
The seal bears the impression of a bird.
Children, all born in Manchester, by the first wife :
9. SAMUEL, b. Feb. 24, 1693-4; d. July 6, 1753.
MABY, b. Oct. 20, 1695; d. " in Norwich in Conecott," Dec. 16,
1732; m. (int.) Dec. 12, 1713, John Durgee. At this time
she is spoken of as " of Gloucester," and probably lived
with her cousin Samuel, who was a soldier in the French
war. John Durgee was son of John Dnrgy, weaver, and
Elizabeth (Parsons) of Ipswich and Gloucester. He was
an iunholder of Norwich, Conn., and several Durgees of
Connecticut were well known soldiers. His aunt, Sarah
Parsons, m. John Lee, Mary's uncle.
RUTH, b. Dec. 10, 1697 ; d. about 1766 ; m. (int.) Nov. 28, 1718,
Samuel Parsons of Gloucester, b. Feb. 2, 1690; d. Dec.,
1761, son of Jeffrey Parsons, jr. Samuel Parsons died in
1761. His widow Ruth and the sons declined administra-
tion. " My other sons go to sea and one is now at sea."*
Capt. Jacob Parsons was appointed administrator. He had
an estate of 186-18-2. Children: (1) Nehemiah; (2) Sam-
uel; (3) Andrew; (4) Ruth, m. Bray; (5) Rebeckah, m.
Josstin; (6) Abigail, m. John Todd; (7) Lydia, m.
Hobson; (8) Elizabeth, m. Kelsey; and, perhaps (9)
Robert.
LIDIAH, b. April 19, 1699; m. Dec. 11, 1718, Ezekiel Goodale,
who d. March 12, 1734, in Manchester, leaving no children,
ae. 39 y. He was a housewright, and left a very elaborate
will. All the property, including the negro girl Taffey,
'Essex Probate Files, No. 20,656.
46 THE LEE FAMILY OF MARBLEHEAD,
was left to his wife for life; 5 to the Church, 5 to the
Free School, and 1-12 of the residue to Lydia Parsons, dau. of
my brother Sam'l Parsons of Gloucester; 1-12 to Lydia Lee,
dau. of my brother Nathaniel Lee of Manchester; 1-12 to
Ruth Lee, dau. of my brother Josiah Lee of Manchester.
His wife and Deacon Nathaniel Putnam of Salem Village
were appointed executors. The will* was written by
Leonard Cotton, Esq. The inventory included 2 dwelling
houses, a shop, barn, 10 tracts of land, 1-16 of a sawmill,
books, of a schooner, gold buttons, silver shoe buckles,
etc., and amounted to 792, 1, 4. The estate was divided
in 1745 among the heirs of Lidiah, viz: Samuel Lee, the
heirs of Mary Durgey, late of Norwich, Ruth, wife of Sam-
uel Parsons of Gloucester, heirs of Nathaniel Lee, heirs of
Josiah Lee, and Elizabeth, wife of George Cross.
10. NATHANIELL, b. Oct. 3, 1703; d. before 1745.
11. JOSIAH, b. Oct. 24, 1706; d. before 1745.
ELIZABETH, b. Aug. 17, 1710; m. Feb. 11, 1735-6, George Grose,
or Cross, jr., who d. Nov. 9, 1762, &. 66 or 67 y. Children:
(1) Elizabeth, b. Dec. 2, 1739; (2) Elezabeth, b. Oct. 5, 1741;
(3) Lydia, b. Nov. 31, 1745; (4) George, b. April 3, 1747, all
in Manchester. George chose Benjamin Crafts for his
guardian, and Aaron Lee and James Lee went surety on
bond of 1000.
JONATHAN, b. June 15, 1718; d. July 1, 1718.
JONNATHAN, b. ; alive in 1730; d. unm. before 1735.
4. JOHN LEE, JR., son of John Lee and Sarah Parsons,
was born in Manchester, Sept. 17, 1685, and died there
Feb., 1765. He was a prominent citizen of the town,
and his name occurs many times on the town records be-
tween 1709, when he was paid 16s. for mending the
" meting hous seats," and 1745. In 1715 he was on a
committee to look out for a minister. In 1716 the bury-
ing-ground wall was built, and " six feet in its whole
length given in by John Lee Jun."f He was constable in
1715 and 1716; town clerk, 1717-23; selectman, 1717-
21, '22, '23, '25, '36, '38, '39, '41-'48 ; town treasurer,
1719, '20, '23 ; moderator, 1719, twice in 1725, 1728,
1745, 1746 ; and assessor in 1718. In 1725 he was
granted 8 acres. J In 1727 he was on a committee with
Essex Probate Files, No. 11,114.
tLamson's History of Manchester, p. 273.
JManchester Town Records, v. I, p. 163.
BY THOMAS AMOEY LEE. 47
'Samuel Lee, jr., to treat with Rev. Mr. Cheever and to
advise with him as to a school house. In 1719 he was
on a committee to " drance Crib all the land out of the old
town book into this book."* In 1732 he was chairman
of a committee to sell town land. In 1742 John Lee
junr. and Robert Herrick "shall have A plas In y e Bank
near y e School house for to Build A Lime Hill for to
stand five years."f In 1745 the town wharf was let to
Robert Herrick and to John Lee, jun. That year he also
was chairman of a committee to treat with " Mr. Robords
Concerning Setteling with us " as pastor. He was a
prominent man in the town and one of its richest inhab-
itants. The inventory of his estate mentions a house and
garden, barn and land, and five other tracts of land, a
pew, gun, sword, books, etc. The estate was valued at
.416, 10s. He was called "Mr. John Lee" in the records.
John Lee jr. married, first, Nov. 25, 1709, Martha
Mitchell, who died Jan. 17, 1710-11. He married, sec-
ond, at Marblehead, Feb. 26, 1711-12, Mary Seaward. She
was probably descended from Emmanuel Downing, who
married a sister of Gov. Winthrop, as her mother was a
Downing, and her children and grandchildren were
named Winthrop, Downing, and Seaward Lee. She died
in 1767.
Child by first wife, born in Manchester :
MABTHA, b. Jan. 12, 1710-11; d. before 1765; m. Mar. 24,
1737, Arthur, son of Nathaniel Wharf of Salem (from
whom the Amorys of Boston are thought to descend), b.
March 5, 1674. He was a grandson of Arthur Mackworth,
an original patentee of Maine. They had three daughters,
and Abraham, b. July 17, 1738; m. Feb. 9, 1762, Mary Al-
len, and d. by suicide, probably s. p.; John; and Samuel, b.
April 13, 1746; m. June, 1772, Hannah Davis, and had Sam-
uel, Hannah, and Susanna.
Children by second wife :
MAKY, b. April 15, 1714; bp. June 20, 1714, at Marblehead; m.
Averill, and was living in 1765.
ELIZABETH, b. July 24, 1717; m. Woodbury, probably
Andrew W., "gentleman."
^Manchester Town Records, v. II, p. 4.
(Manchester Town Records, v. II, p. 35.
48 THE LEE FAMILY OF MARBLEHEAD.
12. JOHN, b. April 21, 1719 ; d. 1748.
18. RICHARD, b. March 10, 1720; d. 1767.
14. SEAWARD, b. May 21, 1724; d. Jan. 12, 1755.
15. DOWNING, b. May 1, 1726; d. Feb. 8, 1783.
JOANNA, bp. April 21, 1734; m., 1st (int. Aug. 22, 1752), her
cousin, John Tarring, jr.; m., 2d, at Essex, Jan. 29, 1757,
Thomas Poland of Ipswich. Children: (1) Thomas, b.
Sept. 17, 1757; (2) Seward, b. Nov. 1, 1759; (3) Nehemiah,
b. Sept. 25, 1761; (4) Ezra, b. Sept. 4, 1768; (5) Joanna, b.
Aug. 4, 1766; (6) Thomas, bp. Sept. 4, 1774; (7) William, bp.
April 19, 1778.
5. SAMUEL LEE, son of John Lee and Sarah Parsons,
was born in Manchester, Dec. 18, 1687, and died in
Gloucester, Jan. 8, 1721. He was very severely wounded
in the Port Royal expedition of 1707.* He married, in
Gloucester, Feb. 13, 1718, Ruth Somes, daughter of Tim-
othy and Jane Somes, born April 12, 1684, and probably
died about May 20, 1752. His estate was valued at
X96, 18s. f He was called " Mr. Samuel Lee " in the
records.
Children, probably born in Gloucester :
SAMUEL, b. 1718-19; d. before 1735.
JOHN, mentioned in will of his grandfather John Lee, in 1735,
and probably was alive in 1745.
HENRY, b. 1720; mentioned in will of his grandfather, and
probably was alive in 1745.
*Babson's History of Gloucester, p. 261.
tEssex Probate Files, No. 16,647.
(To be continued.)
ENGLISH NOTES ABOUT EAKLY SETTLERS IN
NEW ENGLAND.
COMMUNICATED BY THE LATE LOTHROP WITHINGTON.
( Continued from Vol. XLIX, page 256.)
COFFIN.
TRUSTBAM STEVENS of Dover, county Kent, Mariner. Will
30 March 1643; proved 21 June 1644. Being ready to go
on a voyage to sea the length and continuance whereof may
happen to be long and tedious. To Poor of St. Maries 5.
To poor of Brickston in Devonshire where I was born 5.
To Master and Wardens of Trinity House Dover 5. To
Eldest Son Robert Stevens lands in Petham. To 2nd son
Trustram, lands without Cowgate purchased of William
Chalke and Sarah his wife and messuage called the Flower
de Luce in Dover in occupation of Edward Penny, also a mes-
suage wherein one Stopgate a dutchman doth now in-
habit. To 3rd son Richard Stevens a messuage now in occu-
pation of Mildred Streeting and a messuage in occupation of
John Hooker, shipwright, and 150 when 20. To second son
Trustram after decease of Dennce Stevens my mother a mes-
suage in Brickston called Stowe from will of father Robert
Stevens. To sons Richard and my youngest son Trustram,
land adjoining the messuage of William Lucas on the peere
at Dover. To son Robert, house and key where I dwell near
the Sign of the Falcon. To wife Frances, goods my father in
law John Marten deceased gave me in marriage with his
daughter, my said wife, - of his remaining estate on decease
of Katherine his wife now living 8 yearly, 7 yearly. To
youngest son Trustram 200 when 21. Brother William
Stevens and Brother John Stevens ultimate heirs. If wife
is with Child 100. Executors : Sons Robert and Trustram
my second son. Overseers : Bartholomew Winsor, Nicholas
Roberts, Jurate, Richard Jacob, mariner. To cosen John
Stert 5 when 20. Witnesses: John Whetstone, Will.
Stratfold, Bartho. Quested (?Quester.)
Consistory of Canterbury, will file 1644, n - 55.
(49)
50 ENGLISH NOTES ABOUT EARLY SETTLERS
COFFIN. This will is that of a brother-in-law of Tristram Coffin.
Trustraru or Tristram Stevens was the son of Robert and Dennce or
Dionis Stevens or Stephens of Brixton, Devon. He married as ap-
pears from the will, Frances, daughter of John and Katharine Mar-
ten, and his sister Dionis, baptized 4 March, 1609/10, married Tris-
tram Coffin.
In Devon Notes & Queries, vol. 2, p. 142, Mr. W. G. Mugford
states that Tristram was apparently the eldest child of Peter and
Joan Coffin of Butlers in Brixton, and was baptized 11 March, 1609-
10, seven days after his future wife, who was born in Ford in Brix-
ton, had also been baptized in Brixton.
Other children were Joan, born before 29 Dec., 1616, the date of
her maternal grandfather's will, in which she was named; Peter,
baptized 20 Feb., 1613-4, who probably died early in life; Deborah,
born about 1616, who may have married William Stephens, as a
license for a marriage to two of these same names, both being of
Brixton, was granted 25 June, 1640; and Eunice, baptized 22
March, 1617-8. (A license for the marriage of a Eunice Coffyn of
Plympton morrye with a William Hill of Newton bushell, was
granted 12 Feb., 1639-40, but this Eunice may not have been Tris-
tram's sister, as the latter, after her arrival in New England, mar-
ried William Butler of Hartford, Conn.); Mary, who was born about
1620 (and according to Early Wills of Coffin, married Alexander
Adams of Boston and Dorchester and died 15 Jan., 1678); Ruth,
baptized 10 Sept. and buried 11 Nov., 1623; John, born perhaps
about 1625; also a child born after 21 Dec., 1627, the date of the
father's will.
Tristram Coffin's marriage had not taken place at the date of his
father-in-law's will, 16 Dec., 1627, but his son Peter was baptized
18 July, 1630, and James, 11 Sept., 1639. (Compare Coffin Family,
1870, and Early Wills of Coffin, 1898.)
The name of the mother of Tristram Coffin, who went to New
England with him and with her daughters, where she died in Bos-
ton, 30 May, 1661, has been given as Thember or Thumber, but in
the will of Robert Keymber of Lower Hareston in Brixton, are the
words, "Joan my dawghter, the wyfe of Peter Cawfing ", followed
by bequests to Tristram and Joane, Peter's children; and in the
will of Mrs. Anna Keymber there is a bequest to Peter Coffing's
children of a like sum to that which she gave to the children of
her son John.
In the same book, vol. 3, p. 103, appears a supplementary note
stating, " In one of the books of the County Quarterly Sessions it
appears that Tristram Coffin was the Constable of Brixton in 1641,
and that some differences having arisen between him and Thomas
Maynard. of Brixton, gent., they were, about midsummer in that
year, referred to the arbitration of Robert Savery and Henry Pol-
lexfen, Esq., but what the differences were and in what manner
they were adjusted 1 have been unable to discover. Three other
children of Tristram were born in England, beside those given
above: Tristram, about 1632; Elizabeth, about 1634-5; and John,
about 1637. The last named died 30 Oct., 1642."
Whether the two Tristrams, Coffin and Stevens, bore the same
name through anything more than a coincidence does not as yet
appear. Note by Henry W. Belknap.
IN NEW ENGLAND. 51
CONANT.
JANE SEABLE, Ouerton, County of Devon, Widdowe. "Will
1 May 1655 ; proved 29 June 1(555. To my sonne Conant's
eldest sonne Fether bedd on which I lye, pillowes, Curtaines,
etc, also Damaske Table cloth and six ditto Table napkins
with the Square Yard Baskett, also one marked with I. C.
three big pewter dishes marked I. S. one pewter dish and
two little pie plates with I. I. S. one pewter dish with R. C.
one little Deepe dish with R : J : C : one flaggon with I : S :
and two brasse candlestickes, and in defect of a sonne I giue
thiese things vnto her second Daughter at marriage. To my
sonne Conant's eldest Daughter 20 and the broad painted
box with frame it stand upon, and in defect of a daughter to
her second sonne, to be performed at day of his or her mar-
riage. To my daughters Jane Mason and Mary Veren in
New England 5 apiece and 20s. to each of theire Children
to be paid in one yeare if any opportunity of Conveyanec.
To Daughter Sarah Gover two Goldrings and the warming
panne and square box in my chamber and the frame belong-
ing to it and the Litle round bandBox. To Little Sarah her
daughter 40s. and the trunck in which I keep my Linnen,
and 20s. to Abraham her sonne and the trunck marked with
I. S. and if Abraham die, both to little Sarah. To my daugh-
ter in Lawe Mary Conant one pinke Colouer Silke Coate with
three silke and silver laces upon it. To daughter Jane Ma-
son best paire of sheetes and pillowties, and one half dozen
of Canvass table napkins with a little blew worke towards
the end. To daughter Mary Veren next paire of sheetes and
pillowties and half a dozen Table napkins if there be soe
many left. To daughter Sarah Gover paire of sheetes, one
pillowtie, and rest of Cloths, linnen and woollen, to three
daughters at discretion of executor. To Cousen Sarah
Vpham, as token of love, 10s. To poore of Budleigh 10s, of
Otterton 10s, of Sidmouth 10s. Rest to son Richard Conant
executor. Witnesses : Thomas Vpham, Blanche Peale.
Wootten, 301.
CONANT. The will printed above is evidently that of the sister-
in-law of Roger Conant, the wife of his eldest brother, Richard.
Her maiden name was Jane Slade, and after the death of Richard
Conant in 1625, she seems to have married one Searle and to have
survived him.
The son to whom she refers was Richard jr., the executor of the
will, and the daughter-in-law, Mary, his second wife. Jane, the
eldest child of Richard Conant, married James Mason, referred to
in the will of Roger Conant as his cousin. Mary, the third child,
52 ENGLISH NOTES ABOUT EARLY SETTLERS
was the wife of Hilliard Veren; and Sarah, the fifth and youngest,
would appear from this will to have married a man named Gover,
Martha, the second child, died it is supposed in 1644, and hence is
not referred to in the will. Note by Henry W. Belknap.
GAUDET.
Bichard Gaudey of Colchester, saymaker. Will 25 March,
1651 ; proved 5 April, 1651. I give to my son Thomas
Gaudy of Halstead, weaver, 30 and all my wearing appare
and my say loom. To my three grandchildren in Holland,
viz. to Edward Chaterton 20, and to his 2 sisters 5 apiece
at 21, and a bond for the payment thereof shall be given to
Thomas Raynold of Colchester, woollen draper. If they all
die, my daughter Susanna Cheterton shall enjoy these three
legacies. My will is with this proviso that my executrix
shall pay my son Thomas Gaudy but 25 and my grandchild
but 15, in case my daughter Mary be living that went to
Newe England, to whom I then give 10. In case they hear
not that my daughter is alive by way of certificat or the like
in towe yeares space, then my will is that they shall have
the 5 apiece again. All the rest of my goods I give to my
wife Elizabeth whom I make my executrix. Witnesses :
Tho. Robinson, junior, James Martin, Ollife Snelling. Proved
by executrix.
Archdeaconry of Colchester, 1650-2, No. 106.
GAUDEY. This will was said by the late Mr. Lothrop Withing-
ton, who discovered it, to fill a small gap in the Saltonstall records.
There was some connection between the Gaudey and Saltonstall
families (see Waters' Gleanings, p. 8), but the writer has been un-
able to find any clue to the gap which the will might fill. The
mention of a daughter Mary, in New England, suggests the direc-
tion in which to look, but no other reference to her has been found.
Note by Henry W. Belknap.
DUMMER.
John Dommer of Eotingdean, Diocese of Chichester. Will
18 August 1579 ; proved 23 October 1579. To Johan Dom-
mer my sister ten sheep. To sister Margaret Dommer 5
sheep. To goddaughter Mary Howell 5 sheep. Residuary
legatee and executrix : Elizabeth Hils my mother. Over-
seer : John Beard. Witnesses : Clement boyes and Wm.
Savage, wryter.
Archdeaconry af Lewes, Liber A. 7, folio 149.
DUMMEB. John Dommer's will suggests his connection with the
Dummer family concerning which Col. Chester wrote in The New
England Historical & Genealogical Register, vol. 35, pp. 254 and
IN NEW ENGLAND. 53
following, but does not seem to positively identify him with any of
the Johns mentioned there.
It may be that of a cousin of John Pyldren, alias Dummer, which
was probated 11 Dec., 1574, and it is a curious coincidence that the
John who died in 1574 had a son John and daughters Joane and
Margery. Were it not that they were already married when the
will was written (1 Dec., 1574), to Richard White and William Cole-
brook, we might conclude that John who died in 1579 was the
brother of Joane and Margery, and that " my mother Elizabeth
Hills " referred really to his mother-in-law, but the fact that he
does not call his sisters by their married names inclines one to hes-
itate over such a conclusion. Note by Henry W. Belknap.
TOPPAN.
Norwich, St. Michael at Plea. Marriages. 1632, Abra-
ham Topin & Susanna Tayler, 28 May.
Norwich, St. Stephens. 1610/11 February 13. George
Imers and Jane Tophm.
Yarmouth, St. Nicholas. Baptisms. 1633 August. Peter
Topham of Abr : & Su : 11.
TOPPAN. In the New England Historical & Genealogical Regis-
ter, vol. 33, pp. 66-8, the English ancestry of Abraham Toppan of
Newbury is discussed and four generations of his ancestors are
given, as well as his marriage to Susannah Taylor. In the follow-
ing volume, 34, pp. 48-57, a partial genealogy of the family in
America, is followed out. Mr. Withington has here unearthed the
record of the marriage of Abraham. It may be well to call atten-
tion to the error in Savage's Dictionary in which Susannah's maiden
name is given* as Goodale, the surname of her mother's second hus-
band. At St. Stephen's, Norwich, appears the marriage of George
Imers and Jane Tophm, but while she could have been an aunt of
Abraham's, no proof of this appears. Note by Henry W. Belknap.
THE BURRILL, BURRELL FAMILY OF ESSEX
COUNTY, MASS.
BY FRANK A. GARDNER, M. D.
( Continued from Volume LL page 081.')
28. Colonel Theophilus Burrill was again chosen Town
Treasurer March 1, 1702-3.* He was chosen Clerk of
the Market, March 6, 1703-4, and also in 1704 and 1719 ;
Surveyor of Highways in 1700 and 1707, and Selectman
March 4, 1706-7. The last named office he held eleven
years in all.* He was Captain of the Lynn Company, in
Colonel Wainwright's First Regiment on the expedition
to Port Royal in June, 1707. He was promoted to the
rank of Major in 1723, and ten years later was Colonel
of the Essex County Regiment* March 9, 1721-2, he
was appointed Justice of the Peace for the County of
Essex, and December 19, 1728, for Suffolk. He also
served as Special Justice of the Inferior Court of Com-
mon Pleas, Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas
for the County of Essex, and a Special Justice of the
Superior Court of Judicature.* He was a member of
the House of Representatives in 1725-26, and of the
Governor's Council from 1727 to 1730.* He was the
first Parish Clerk and Treasurer chosen after the separa-
tion of Town and Parish in March, 1721-22, and he held
the dual office until March, 1730-31.* He lived in a
house which stood on the northeast corner of Boston and
Burrill Streets, and Miss Burrill in the article above re-
ferred to describes the place as follows : " The house
stood a short distance from the street, and on each side of
the walk leading to the front door was a row of buttonwood
trees, which so protected the lawn in the hot summer
days that the grass and shrubbery were always green."*
*Lynn Historical Society Register, v. XI, pp. 85-9.
(54)
THE BUEBILL, BUKBELL FAMILY. 55
He owned much real estate and made many transfers,
including one to John Lewis of Lynn, to whom he con-
veyed, for the sum of 565 : 00 : 00, his " Tann house
& Tannyard with Twenty Six poles of Land thereon be-
longing Lying and being in the Township of Lyn aforesd
near to the sd Lewis' now Dwelling house together with
All the Stock of Hides & bark now in sd Tann yard &
Tannhouse as also all the Tannpits, Limers, waterpitts,
beam house, mill, millstone, with all ye Tackling & uten-
sils belonging to sd Tannyard as also my horse, cart,"
etc. etc. " together with one third part of the malt
house . . . given by my Hond father to me the aforesd
Theophilus Burrill."* August 2, 1725, Theophilus Bur-
rill and other selectmen of Lynn, guardians of Elizabeth
Farr, a person non compos mentis, for "three score and
ten pounds ", conveyed to Ebenezer Burrill of Lynn (No.
33) her right in an old dwelling house, etc., where her
father and mother, Benjamin and Elizabeth Farr, de-
ceased, lately dwelt, f Among the many lots of land sold
by him were the following transfers to Burrill relatives :
in 1732 to Benjamin Potter, husband of No. 34;$ in
1732 and 1733 to Humphrey Devereux, husband of No.
52 ; and in 1732 to John Lewis, husband of No. 47. ||
Colonel Theophilus Burrill died 4 : 5mo. 1737.^[ His
will, dated June 14, 1737, was probated July 26 of that
year.** He made bequests to his brother Ebenezer,
nephew Theophilus (son of Ebenezer), sister Sarah Pick-
ering and her children, Timothy Pickering, Sarah Hardy,
Eunice Neal and Lois Orne ; sister Ruth Potter ; niece
Lydia Galley, * who was brought up in my family ", and
her sister Hannah Fuller (daughters of his brother Sam-
uel, No. 31). Another bequest was made to William
Roby, minor son of his cousin Lois Roby, on condition
that the said William, on coming of age, would release
his claim to certain property, left to him by John Burrill
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 88, leaf 278.
tIMd, book 51, leaf 8.
\Ibid, book 86, leaf 297.
flMd, book 65, leaves 220 and 233.
\\Ibid, book 65, leaf 208.
ITLynn Records.
*Essex County Probate Files, No. 4266.
56 THE BURRILL, BURRBLL FAMILY
No. 4, said release to be in favor of the heirs of Samuel
Burrill, No. 81. He also left 30 to the Rev. Mr.
Henchman, and gifts of 100 each to the First, Second,
and Third Churches of Lynn, for the purchase of com-
munion plate. These various services have been described
by Miss Burrill in the Register of the Lynn Historical
Society, Volume XI, p. 88. The remainder of his estate
went to his wife.* His widow Hannah sold many lots of
land.f and William Roby, Jun., of Boston, upholsterer,
son of Lois Roby, deceased, " in consideration of a gift
... by the Honble Theophilus Burrill Esq. of Lynn,"
released to " the present surviving heirs of Samuel Bur-
rill, all the right . . . which might accrue to me through
the will of John Burrill, Dec."J These surviving heirs
were all named in the document. Hannah Burrill was
living in Boston as late as 1756, " the widow of Theophi-
lus Burrill."
No children.
31. SAMUEL BURRILL, son of Lieutenant John and
Lois Burrill, was born April 20, 1674. He was called
husbandman or yeoman in the records. He married in
Boston, September 17, 1697, Margaret Jarvis.|| He in-
herited the homestead from his father, one end of it being
reserved for his mother during her lifetime. He sold,
with the consent of his wife Margaret, many lots of land
in Lynn.^f He died in Lynn, May 23, 1713. His will,
dated May 15, 1713, was probated July first following.
His brothers John and Theophilus were appointed execu-
tors. The inventory of the estate, dated September 17,
1713, showed a total value of 1065: 06 : 12, of which
765 : 01 : 00 represented "housing and lands." Mar-
garet, widow of Samuel Burrill, married Daniel Mans-
field, May 12, 1715. October 22, 1722, Margaret Mans-
*Essex County Probate Files, No. 4266.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 74, leaf 41; book 77, leaves 49-50
and 41, etc.
JI6id, book 83, leaf 123.
Lynn Records.
II Boston Records.
IFEssex Registry of Deeds, book 17, leaf 48; book 67, leaf 123: book
83, leaf 112, etc.
OP ESSEX COUNTY. 57
field, in a petition to the court, made the following state-
ment :
" Whereas my brother-in-law, John Burrill, Esq., lately
deceased, was pleased by his last will and testament, to
give & bequeath to the Children of his brother Samuel
Burrill, deceased, late husband to me, the subscriber, and
natural mother to ye sd children, part of his estate as by
sd will may appear, and but one of sd children of age,
viz Mary Lewis. The others of our sd children, being
minors of several ages, Lydia 19, Anna 17, Sarah 15,
Abigail 13, and Ruth 11. The request of the petitioner
is that ye Honble would please to appoint my beloved
son-in-law John Lewis, guardian.
Margaret Mansfield.
"Lynn, October 22, 1722."*
John Lewis was appointed guardian on the last named
date.*
Children :
47. MAEY, b. Aug. 24, 1698t; m. Lynn, Nov. 10, 1715, John Lewist,
s. of Thomas and Mary (Breed) Lewis. He was b. Aug. 2,
1687, and d. abt. 1778. John Lewis, with the consent of his
wife, conveyed to John Lewis Jun. of Lynn, " one certain
dwelling house, barn (etc.) ... (in Lynn) late in ye pos-
session of Joshua and Lydia Ward of Salem, and conveyed by
sd Joshua and Lydia to sd John Lewis of Lynn, late enjoyed
by Coll Burrill, late of Lynn, dec. and conveyed to sd Lydia
by ye sd Burrill, in his last will," Slay 12, 17474 She died
Aug. 31, 1754. John Lewis, of Lynn, "gentleman",
March 10, 1773, conveyed to Nehemiah Breed, several lots
of land on Nahant, owned by " the right of iny late wife
Mary, by her father Samuel Bnrrill."
48. Lois, b. Feb. 15, 1700-1 ; m. Boston, Oct. 15, 1719, William
Robie (Robie genealogy). William Robie of Boston, . . .
conv. to William Robie Jun. of Boston, upholsterer, " real
estate of my late wife Lois, who was Lois Burrill, daughter
of Mr. Samuel Burrill, of Lynn," Aug. 2, 1742. || She d.
Feb. 22, 1720-21. Another lot was sold in Jan., 1743-4.
*Essex County Probate Files, No. 4253.
tLynn Records.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 101, leaf 89.
J6i(Z, book 134, leaf 210.
lllbid, book 84, leaf 52.
58 THE BURRILL, BURRELL FAMILY
49. LYDIA, b. Feb. ll,1702-3;t m. at Lynn, Francis Galley of Marble-
bead, Mar. 21, 1722-3. He was lost at sea after June 4. 1727.*
M. 2nd, John Hawkes,int. Lynn, June 25, 1738;tbe d. Lynn,
4: 12m: 1742-3 ;t m. 3d, Joshua Ward, s. of Miles and Sarah
(Massey) Ward of Salem. J He was b. Aug. 13, 1699.
Joshua Ward and his wife Lydia conv. to John Lewis " one
certain Dwelling-house (etc.) . . . late enjoyed by Cole
Burrill, late of sd Lynn, deceased . . . being part of ye
estate of Samll Burrill, late of Lynn." He. d. Dec. 29,
1779.
BO. ANNA, b. Mar. 7, 1704-5 ;t m. 1st, May 9, 1723, Nathaniel Ful-
ler. He died of small pox, at Boston, June 26, 1730.t She
m. 2nd, at Boston, Feb. 15, 1738, Lieut. Nathan Cheever, s.
of Thomas and Sarah (Bill) Cheever. II He was b. in Bos-
ton, Mar. 16, 1694. He was constable for Rumney Marsh in
1725, and a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artil-
lery Company in 1733. She d. Nov. 10, 1740, and he d.
Sept. 30, 1774; bur. " Oct. 2, 1774. Lieut. Nathan Cheever,
Aet. 81 Years. "1[
61. SARAH, b. Mar. 14, 1706-7; t m. int. May 29, 1726, William Tay-
lor, t s. of James Taylor, who was Treasurer of the Massa-
chusetts Bay Province. They conveyed several lots of land
in Lynn, which had formerly been in the possession of her
father and grandfather Burrill. These conveyances were
made between 1726 and 1732.** He may have been the mau
of that name who died in Lynn, Jan. 23, 1769, aged 72
years. t
62. ABIGAIL, b. May 2, 1709; m. 1st, Lynn. Oct. 5, 1727, Roots
Gall (Gale). Roots Gale d. Marblehead, Dec. 24, 1728, a.
24y. 4m. 17d. She m. 2nd, Jan. 29, 1729-30, at Lynn,t
Humphrey Devereaux, s. of Robert and Hannah (Hlaney)
Devereaux, as his second wife. He was b. Dec. 7, 1702.
He was a husbandman and lived in the mansion of his
father and grandfather, on the Devereaux farm. At some
time he commanded a military company and was universally
called " Captain."tt Humphrey " Deverix " and w. Abigail^
Marblehead Records.
tLynn Records.
|Essex Inst. Hist.. Col., v. V, p. 208.
Fuller Genealogy, v. Ill, p. 160-1.
UN. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., v. 38, pp. 176 and 180.
ITChelsea Church Record.
**Essex Deeds, book 48, leaf 227; book 59, leaf 84; book 59, leaf
252; and book 86, leaf 308.
ttMS. Genealogy of the Devereaux family; N. E. H. Gen. Soc.
Library.
OP ESSEX COUNTY. 59
of Marblehead, conv. land formerly owned by her father,
Samuel Burrill, to Theophilus Burrill of Lynn, Mar. 16,
1731-2.* She d. Dec. 2, 1757. t He lived in Marblehead
until the beginning of the Revolution, when, on account of
failing health, he removed to Topsfield. He wrote his will
in that town, Sept. 13, 1775, and d. at Marblehead, January
21, 1777, at the age of 75.t
58. RUTH, b. Jan. 25, 1711-12; t m. Robert Hooper, Jr. (called
" King" Hooper. He was the son of Greenfield and Alice
(Tucker) Hooper. He was b. in Marblehead, June 26, 1709,
and became a prominent merchant of that town. She d.
in Marblehead, July 23, 1732, aged 20 years.
33. CAPTAIN EBENEZER BURRILL, youngest son of
Lieutenant John and Lois (Ivory) Burrill, was born July
13, 1679.J He was called yeoman and husbandman in
the records, and later " esquire." He married in Lynn,
October 13, 1702, Martha Farrington, daughter of Mat-
thew and Sarah (Newhall) Farrington. She was born
July 12 (May 2, Ct. R.), 1679. We know from a state-
ment in his will that he lived in what is now Swampscott,
on land which " my honored father purchased of Robert
Brosdon."|| He was appointed Constable in 1709, and
in 1723 was chosen Selectman, serving sixteen times dur-
ing that date and 1754. He was a Lieutenant of Militia
in 1727 and Captain in 1730. Miss Ellen Mudge Bur-
rill, quoting from Davis's " History of the Judiciary of
Massachusetts ", states that he was appointed Special
Justice of the Superior Court of Judicature on June 15,
1739. He was chosen Representative in 1726 and served
six years in the House. In 1732 he was chosen Councillor
and served every year but one until 1747. It was remark-
able that three brothers should have held this high office.
Miss Burrill, in the Register of the Lynn Historical Society,
No. 11, p. 93, refers to him as follows : " Captain Eben-
ezer Burrill was a man of strict integrity and sound busi-
ness judgment, a man who was frequently called upon in
Essex Deeds, book 73, leaf 235.
tMS. Genealogy of the Devereauz family; N. E. H. Gen. Soc.
Library.
JLynn Records.
Marblehead Records.
II Essex Probate Files, No. 4232.
60 THE BURRILL, BURRELL FAMILY
the settlement of private and public affairs. The records
show that during his Legislative career he had many im-
portant committee appointments, such as the division of
real estate, settlement of taxes, Indian affairs, and espec-
ially on the subject of boundary settlements within the
colony, as well as the adjusting of lines between Massa-
chusetts and the adjacent colonies."
He owned a large amount of real estate and sold many
lots, among them the following : a lot of land on " Lyn
Town Common " laid out to my " honored Mother Mrs.
Lois Burrill ;" (April 20, 1713), lots exchanged with his
sister, Ruth Potter, for other land, December 30, 1729 ;
and house and land conveyed to his son Ebenezer, Febru-
ary 9, 1735.* When the real estate of Mary Farrington,
widow of his father-in-law, Matthew Farrington, was di-
vided, he received one-ninth,amounting to .40:02:07 3/4.f
His wife Martha died August 9th, 1760,;}: in her eighty-
first year, and he died September 6, 1761, aged eighty-
two, j His will, dated January 14, 1761, was probated
October 19 of the same year. He left an estate valued
at .2,182 : 19 : 06, which was divided among the follow-
ing children : Ebenezer, Theophilus, Samuel, Martha
Barrett, Lydia Mower (widow), Eunice Green, and Eben-
ezer Hills, son of his daughter Sarah.
Children :
54. EBENEZEB, b. Feb. 6, 1702-8. | (See below.)
65. JOHN, b. Feb. 24, 1704-5 ;t d. Dec. 5, 1724. J
56. MARTHA, b. Apr. 21, 1707; t m. 1st, Mar. 6, 1728-9, in Marble-
head, || Richard Skinner, s. of Richard and Alice (Woods)
Skinner. He was bap. in Marblehead, Sept. 15, 1706. He
d. abt. 1737, and Ebenezer Burrill, Esq., was appointed
guardian of his g. children, John and Alice Skinner, Dec. 18,
1739.1 They were described as " heirs of Richard Skinner,
late of Marblehead ", in a deed dated May 24, 1743, in which
Ebenezer Burrill, as their guardian, sold " all the late Man-
sion, garden, etc., in Marblehead, of the sd Richard Skin-
*Essex Deeds, book 50, leaf 218; b. 56, 1. 216; b. 102, 1, 75.
tEssex Probate Records, book 319, leaf 387.
JLynn Records.
Essex County Probate Files, No. 4232.
l| Marblehead Records,
fEssex County Probate Records, book 317, leaf 187.
OF ESSEX COUNTY. 61
ner."* She m. 2nd (int. Lynn, Dec. 18, 1737), Edward Barrett
of Boston, s. of Samuel and Sarah (Manning) Barrett.t
57. THEOPHILUS, b. May 21, 17094 (See below.)
58. MABY, b. July 81, 1711 4 m. Lynn, Aug. 10, 17324 John Mower
s. of Richard and Thankful (Sever) Mower. He was b.
Lynn, Oct. 17, 17094 She d. Lynn, Apr. 19, 1738, " in her
26th year."t
59. EUNICE, b. Oct. 27, 1713 ;t m. Lynn, Apr. 3, 1744,{ as his sec-
ond wife, Deacon Ezra Green, s. of James and Martha
(Green) Green. He was b. Feb. 3, 1714. She d. Oct. 2, 1760,
a 47. He m. 3d, Mary (Green) Vinton, wid. of Benoni Vinton
and dau. of Isaac Green. He was deacon of the church in
Maiden; selectman in 1753, '57, '63 and '68; Repr. to Gen'l Ct.
in 1760-2; Town Clerk, Justice of the Peace, etc. He d.
Apr. 28, 1768, a. 54.11 She d. Oct. 20, 1760, aged 47 yrs.
60. Lois, b. Aug. 7, 1715 ;t d. June 15, 1636, "in her 21st year."
61. SAMUEL, b. Apr. 1, 17174 (See below.)
62. SABAH, b. Apr. 15, 1719;* m. Lynn, Dec. 25, 17454 Thomas
Hills, son of Benjamin and Mary Hills.! He was b. Mai-
den, Apr. 25, 1719. She d. Sept. 15: 1748, and he d. in Mai-
den, Oct. 6, 1804.
63. LYDIA, b. Feb. 25, 1721-2 ;J m. Lynn, Oct. 20, 17434 Ezra Mow-
er, s. of Richard and Thankful (Sever) Mower. He was b.
May 19, 17144 He was a brother of John Mower, who
married Mary Bnrrill (No. 58). He d. July 25, 1756, in his
39th year.J She was Widow Lydia Mower, when her father
made his will, Jan. 14, 1761. She m. 2d (int. Lynn, Oct. 17,
1762), Isaac Warren, of Medford. Isaac Warren of Med-
ford, tanner, and his wife Lydea, for 20, conveyed to Ben-
jamin Coats, of Lynn, one-half part of a 33 acre lot of land
in Lynn, which Benjamin Coats and Ezra Mower had
owned together. This was dated June 4, 1764.** Lydia,
wife of Deacon Warren and dau. of " Hon. Ebenezer Bur-
rell, Esq.," d. Nov. 16, 1767, a. 48. Deacon Isaac Warren
d. Medford, Nov. 22, 1794, a. 80 (Nov. 18, 1795, g. s.), (Nov.
18, 1794, private record). ft
Essex County Reg. of Deeds, book 86, leal 23.
t" Barrett Ancestry."
tLynn Records.
" Richard Mower of Lynn and Some of His Descendants," p. 4.
IIDescendants of Thomas Green of Maiden, p. 20.
fN. E. Hist. Gen. Reg., v. 12, p. 241.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 115, leaf 78.
ttMedford Vital Records.
62 THE BURRILL, BURRELL FAMILY
54. EBENEZER BURRILL, JUNIOR, son of Captain
Ebenezer and Martha (Farrington) Burrill, was born in
Lynn, February 6, 1702-3.* He married, July 29, 1725,
Mary Mansfield,* daughter of Joseph, Junior, and Mary
(Hart) Mansfield. She was born in Lynn, May 13, 1709.*
He was called " gentleman " in the records. He, with
the consent of his wife Mary, conveyed to Joseph Douty
and William Twiss, Jun., both of Danvers. a piece of
salt marsh in Chelsea, July 7, 1759.f March 5, 1762,
with Moses Newhall, he sold to " Pompey " (a negro)
two acres of land in Lynn.:j: He conveyed to Caleb
Downing, Jr., of Lynn, for X26: 13: 04, a 22-acre lot
of pasture land in Lynn. He served as assessor from
1759 to 1770 and from 1772 to 1775. He was town
clerk from 1756 to 1764 and from 1768 to 1774.
The office of treasurer he held from 1756 to 1763,
and in 1769, 1770, 1772, and 1775. He was select-
man from 1756 to 1775, with the exception of the
years 1765-7. He was a representative to the Gen-
eral Court from 1764 to 1774. || On the outbreak of
the Revolution, he joined the patriotic societies of the
time. He was a delegate to the First Provincial Con-
gress, at Salem, October 7, 1774. He died in Lynn, May
20, 1778, " in his 77th year."* His will, dated February
17, 1777, was probated August 3, 1778.1 In this doc-
ument he mentioned his wife Mary, daughters Mary Tut-
tle, Lois Newhall, Sarah Stocker, and daughter Martha
Newhall's children, Bridget and Lucretia Newhall. He
also mentioned his seven sons, John, Joseph, Ebenezer,
Mansfield, Thomas, James, and Ezra. The inventory,
dated April 6, 1779, showed an estate valued at .4,547 :
04 : 02. The real estate was divided amongst his seven
sons. His widow, Mary Burrill, died April, 1786, a. 77
yrs. Her will, dated January 7, 1782, was probated
April 4, 1787.** She mentioned her seven sons (named
*Lynn Records.
1-Essex Registry of Deeds, book 163, leaf 268.
U&iel, book 148, leaf 165.
I&id, book 146, leaf 251.
|| Register of the Lynn Historical Society, v. XI, pp. 99-100.
H Essex Probate Files, No. 4233.
**Essex Probate Files, No. 4256.
OF ESSEX COUNTY. 63
as in Ebenezer's will), her grandchildren, Samuel, John,
Ebenezer, Bui-rill, Mary, Ezra, and Abigail Tuttle ; daugh-
ters Lois Newhall and Sarah Stocker ; granddaughters
Bridget and Lucretia Holland, children of my deceased
daughter Martha Newhall. Her sons-in-law, James New-
hall and Amos Stocker, were appointed executors. The
inventory, dated April 27, 1787, gave the value of her
estate as 132: 13: 00.*
Children :
64. JOHN, b. Aug. 29, 1726.t (See below.)
65. JOSEPH, b. June 25, 1728;t m. Bennett, dau. of Lydia. He
settled in Newport, R. I., and died there Dec. 4, 1791.
66. MARTHA, b. Dec. 19, 1730 ;t m. Lynn, Aug. 4, 1752, Benjamin
Newhall.t s. of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Fowle) Newhall.
He was b. Lynn, Sept. 6, 1726.t She d. Dec. 27, 1759 ;t and
he m. 2nd, July 13, 1765, Elizabeth Mansfleld.t He died in
May, 1777. tt
67. MABY, b. Feb. 20, 1732-3;t m. Lynn, Dec. 14, 1752, John Tut-
tle, s. of Deacon Samuel and Abigail (Floyd) Tuttle. He
was b. Rumney Marsh (Chelsea), Oct. 16, 1728. In " Lynn
in the Revolution" we read " he was said to have been a
Revolutionary soldier who was killed in 1778." She d.
Aug. 6, 1778, in her 46th year.t
68. EBENEZER, b. Feb. 14, 1734-5 ;t m. May 1, 1757, Lydia Bennett.
He settled in Newport, R. I., and died there May 20,
1788.11
69. Lois. b. May 9, 1737;t m. Lynn, Sept. 17, 1756, James Newhall,t
s. of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Fowle) Newhall. He was
b. Lynn, July 11, 1731.t He was a Justice of the Peace,
appointed by Gov. John Hancock. He d. Lynn, May 16,
1801 ;t and she d. July 17, 1805 t
70. MANSFIELD, b. Oct. 1, 1739 t (See below.)
71. THOMAS, b. Sept. 20, 1741 ;t m. Lynn, June 9, 1767, Sarah John-
son.t He removed to New Haven, Conn. Thomas Burrill
(w. Sarah), cordwainer, of New Haven, Conn., for 500,
sold to Ezra Burrill, of Lynn, cordwainer, a lot of land, 8
acres 30 poles, in Lynn, April 15, 1779.1T
*Essex Probate Files, No. 4256.
tLynn Records.
J" Newhall Family of Lynn," p. 91-93.
" Lynn in the Revolution," pp. 450-1.
|| Newport, R. I., Records.
TEssex County Registry of Deeds, book 142, leaf 148.
64 THE BTJERILL, BURRELL FAMILY
72. JAMES, b. Mar. 7, 1743-4;* m. 1st, June 12, 1788, Elizabeth
Rawson, dau. of Dea. Stephen Rawson.t He removed to
Providence, R. I., and d. there in 1825. He sold his share
of his father's estate to his brother Ezra, Apr. 13, 1779. J
73. EZRA, b. May 10, 1746.* (See below.)
74. SARAH, b. Aug. 15, 1748;* m. Lynn, May 23, 1769. Amos
Stocker,* a cooper. He was the s. of Thomas and Eliza-
beth (Mansfield) Stocker, and was b. in Lynn, May 16,
1743.* He d. Lynn, Feb. 4, 1810,* and she d. there June 2,
1819.*
57. THEOPHILUS BURRILL, son of Captain Ebenezer
and Martha (Farrington) Burrill, was born in Lynn, May
21, 1709.* He married in Maiden, September 24, 1736,
Mary Hills, daughter of Benjamin and Mary Hills. She
was born in Maiden, April 2, 1710. In the record of this
marriage in Lynn he is called " Bassett." He died in
1791. His will, dated April 24, 1786, was proved August
1, 1791. In this document he mentioned his wife Mary,
sons Benjamin and Ebenezer, daughter Mary Collins,
grandchildren Susannah Ingalls, Micajah Burrill, The-
ophilus Burrill, Ruth Burrill, Mary Burrill, Isaiah Burrill
and Benjamin Burrill (children of his son Theophilus);
and granddaughter Martha Richards. The inventory,
dated March 17, 1792, showed a total value of 483 :
18: O6.||
Children :
75. Lois, b. June 15, 1737;* m. Lynn, Apr. 28, 1767,* Samuel
Graves, s. of Samuel and Hannah (Rand) Graves. He was
b. Lynn, Aug. 6, 1739.* She d. and was bur. June 2, 1772.*
He was probably the man of this name who m. Elizabeth
Burrill, in Lynn, Jan. 20, 1774.*
76. THEOPHILUS, b. Oct. 30, 1740.* (See below.)
77. MARY, b. Feb. 6, 1743;* m. Lynn, Mar. 7, 1771, Samuel Col-
lins.*
78. BENJAMIN, b. Aug. 14, 1745.* (See below.)
79. EBENEZER, b. Mar. 7, 1747-8.* (See below.)
*Lynn records.
tN. E. Hist. Gen. Soc. Register, v. 3, pp. 311 and 825.
iEssex County Registry of Deeds, book 142, leaf 147.
Maiden Records and "Hill's Genealogy."
II Essex Probate Files, No. 4267.
OF ESSEX COUNTY. 65
80. MABTHA, b. July 23, 1750 ; m. 1st, Lynn, Oct. 26, 1775, Thomas
Tuttle. He was probably the man of that name who en-
listed June 27, 1775, in Col. Samuel Gerrish's Regiment,
according to a muster roll, dated Chelsea, Aug. 1, 1775.
In Dec., 1775, age 24, residence Lynn, he enlisted in Capt.
Richard Dodge's Co., Col. Loammi Baldwin's 26th Reg.,
in the Continental Army. In June, 1776, he was in Capt.
Winthrop Gray's Co., Col. Thomas Crafts's Art. Reg't.t No
further record of him is given, and he probably d. in the
service. She m. 2nd, Lynn, Feb. 25, 1779, Joseph Rich-
ards.* He was the s. of John and Lydia (Phillips) Rich-
ards. He was b. in Lynn (Swampscott), Sept. 25, 1753.
Sanderson, in his " Lynn in the Revolution ", states that
he was gunning with Abednego Ramsdell, when the alarm
of Lexington came. He went with Ramsdell and others to
Menotomy. His fowling piece burst on the first fire, and
he picked up a British gun which he used during the rest
of the day. The gun was kept in the family as late as
1865. He was listed as a private in Capt. William Farring-
ton's (2nd Lynn) Co. of Militia. During 1776 he was a
member of Captain Ezra NewhalPs Co,, in Col. Israel
Hutchinson's 27th Reg't, Continental Army. In 1777 he
was in Capt. Miles Greenwood's Co., Col. Jacob Gerrish's
Reg't. " He was a man of noble presence, over 6 feet tall.
. . . He was an industrious farmer, a quiet neighbor, and a
good citizen." She d. before 1786, as she was not men-
tioned in her father's will, made that date, but he made a
bequest to her dau. Martha Richards, if she should live to
the age of 18 years. He died in Lynn, Sept. 28, 1824, aged
71 years.
61. SAMUEL BURRILL, youngest son of Captain Eben-
ezer and Martha (Farrington) Burrill, was born April 1,
1717. In the records he is called "yeoman." He lived
on the farm at Swampscott, which he had inherited from
his father. He married Anna Alden, daughter of Captain
John and Anna (Brame) Alden. She was born in Bos-
ton, June 29, 1722. Miss Ellen Mudge Burrill, in her
account of the family in the '* Register of the Lynn His-
torical Society ", states that he was the Lynn member of
an Essex County Convention, April 25, 1776, held for
the purpose of procuring a more equal representation in
Lynn Records.
tMass. S. and S. in Rev. War, v. XVI, .pp. 208-9.
66 THE BTJBEILL, BUEBELL FAMILY
the House of Representatives. An act having that end
in view was passed May 4, 1776. He was a member of
the Committee of Correspondence and Safety in 1776-8
and 1781-3.* September 29, 1779. he was a delegate to
the State Constitutional Convention at Concord. f He
was a Representative to the General Court in 1780-3.
He was also a member of the committee of supply to
families of soldiers.:}: His wife Anna died Dec. 10, 1795,
aged 74 years. He lost his mind, and in the last year of
his life became so bad that his sons John, Alden, Eben-
ezer Burrill, and son-in-law Joseph Hart, petitioned the
selectmen to declare him incapable of taking care of
himself. Their brother Samuel, of Boston, acquiesced
in this request, February 1, 1797. He was adjudged
insane February 6, 1797, and his sons Alden and
Ebenezer of Salem were appointed guardians, March
25, 1797, Mansfield Burrill of Salem and Joseph Hart
of Lynn serving as bondsmen. He died May 3, 1797,
aged 80. 1 His son Samuel declined to serve as
administrator, and Ebenezer was appointed, with his
brothers Alden of Salem and John of Lynn, bonds-
men^ The inventory, dated July 8, 1797, enumerated
property valued at $5308.16.
May 3, 1798, his heirs, Samuel Burrill of Boston, Al-
den Burrill of Salem, Ebenezer Burrill of Salem, Eliza-
beth Benson (widow) of Salem, John Burrill of Lynn,
and Joseph Hart (wife Eunice) of Lynn, sold their un-
divided seventh parts of a farm in Salem, to Robert
Hooper, of Marblehead, 1584 being paid to each of them.!"
Children :
82. SAMUEL, b. abt. 1743. (See below.)
83. JOHN, b. abt. 1745. (See below.)
84. EUNICE, b. Aug. 24, 1747; m. Lynn, Nov. 11, 1766, || Joseph
Hart, s. of Samuel and Phoebe (Ivory) Hart. He was b.
Lynn, Aug. 17, 1739.11 He was a cordwainer in Lynn, and
served as a private in Captain William Flint's Company at
*Lynn in the Revolution, p. 243.
tRegister of the Lynn Historical Society, v. XI.
tLynn in the Revolution; pp. 296-7.
Essex Probate Files, Nos. 4262 and 4263.
II Lynn Records.
IfEssex Registry of Deeds, book 164, leaf 57.
OP ESSEX COUNTY. 67
Crown Point.* He held the office of Town Warden in
1771. On the Lexington alarm of April 19, 1775, he marched
as Sergeant in Captain Rufus Mansfield's Company. He
was tithing-man in 1779 and constable in 1782.* He d. in
Lynn, Dec. 15, 1806,t and his widow Eunice d. Lynn, Nov.
25, 1816.t
85. ELIZABETH, m. Benson, of Salem. He d. before 1797, and
she d. Salem, 1798.J
86. ALDEN, b. abt. 1753. (See below.)
87. SHUBAEL, b. Sept. 7, 1754.t (See below.)
88. EBENEZER, bapt. June 22, 1755.t (See below.)
89. LYBIA, bapt. Oct. 22, 1758.t She probably d. young, as she
was not mentioned in the settlement of her father's estate.
90. ANNA, bapt. Aug. 14, 1763.t She probably died young also.
64. CORPORAL JOHN BURRILL, son of Ebenezer and
Mary (Mansfield) Burrill, was born in Lynn, August 29,
1726. f He was a carpenter by trade. He married in
Haverhill, January 26, 1748-9, Anne Thompson, daughter
of Doctor Edward and Ann (Pecker) Thompson. She
was born in Haverhill, February 24, 1 727-8. In May,
1756, he was a member of Captain Stephen Webster's
Company, Colonel Jonathan Bagley's Regiment, residence
given as Haverhill. The record shows that he had served
previously in Colonel Greenleaf's Regiment. He also saw
service in Colonel Saltonstall's Regiment. He was a cor-
poral in Captain Stephen Webster's Company at Fort
William Henry, August 9, 1756, || occupation given as
carpenter ; birthplace, Lynn ; place of residence, Haver-
hill. He marched as a private in Captain Rufus Mans-
field's Company, on the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775.
He was drowned in Saugus River, December 14, I793.f
His widow died April 15, 1798, aged 70.
Children, born in Haverhill :
91. ANNE, b. Nov. 21, 1749 ;t d. Oct. 20, 1753. t
92. JOHN, b. Nov. 17, 1751. (See below.)
93. MABY, b. Mar. 2, 1754 ; m. Lynn, Feb. 22, 1774, t Joseph
Hawks. She d. Apr. 8, 1835.
94. JOSEPH, b. Feb. 13, 1756. (See below.)
Lynn in the Revolution, p. 296-7.
tLynn Records.
|Essex Antiquarian, v. VIII, p. 190.
Haverhill Records.
II History of Haverhill.
68 THE BUBEILL, BURBBLL FAMILY
Children, born in Lynn :
95. ANNE, b. Mar. 13, 1758;* m. Lynn, Nov. 17, 1791, William
Whittemore, s. of William and Bethiah (Collins) Whitte-
more. He was b. Lynn, Feb. 16, 1768,* and was drowned
Dec. 14, 1798, aged 26 years.* She m. 2nd, Lynn, Nov. 6,
1798, William Brown.* She d. Lynn, May 16, 1818, aged
60.*
96. MIOAJAH, b. Oct. 5, 1760.* (See below.)
97. EBENKZEK, b. July 27, 1762;* d. New York, July 29, 1839,*
aged 77 years. He may have been the " Ebenezer, son of
John," who m. Phebe Cahoone, dau. of James Cahoone, of
Newport, at Newport, Aug. 3, 1788.1
98. THOMPSON, b. Apr. 30, 1764.* (See below.)
99. SABAH, b. July 21, 1767;* d. Feb. 23, 1773.*
70. MANSFIELD BURRILL, son of Ebenezer, Jr. and
Mary (Mansfield) Burrill, was born in Lynn, October 1,
1739.* He was a carpenter by trade. He married in
Salem, December 1, 1763, Joanna Silsbee, daughter of
William and Joanna (Fowle) Silsbee. :j: He lived in
Salem, and about 1776 built the house on what is now
Essex Street, next west of the Phillips School-house.
This house was probably built on a part of the Silsbee
lot, described in the Essex Antiquarian, v. IX, p. 41. Mans-
field Burrill, wife Joanna, and other "children ol William
Silsbee, dec.," all of Salem, sold two acres and twenty-
five rods of land in "northfields ", Salem, May 28, 1790.
Mansfield, with the consent of his wife Joanna, for 56:
17: 06, sold to James Robinson of Lynn, a piece of pas-
ture land in Lynn, April 15, 1795. || He died in Salem,
January 10, 1826, aged eighty-six years. 1" His will,
dated October 29, 1819, was probated July 1, 1832.**
Mention was made in the document of his wife Joanna,
daughter Martha, sons William and Mansfield, and daugh-
ter Joanna Webb.
*Lynn Records.
tNewport, R. I., Records.
JSalem Records.
Essex County Registry of Deeds, book 151, leaf 204.
\\Ibid, book 160, leaf 237.
ITSalem Records.
**Essex County Probate Files, No. 4255.
ttEssex Institute Hist. Coll., v. XVII, p. 272.
OF ESSEX COUNTY. 69
Children :
100. MARTHA, m. Salem, Dec. 4, 1785,* Marshal Stocker.
101. WILLIAM, b. abt. 1767; m. Salem, Mar. 7, 1790, Eunice Cof-
frin. He d. Aug. 20, 1831.
102. MANSFIELD. (See below.)
103. JOANNA, b. abt. 1772 ;t m. Salem, Nov., 1796,* Henry Webb,
s. of John and Judith (Phelps) Webb.J They lived on Es-
sex Street, opposite Curtis Street. He d. July 13, 1806,
aged 35 yrs.J She d. Jan. 26, 1853.t
104. MAKY, d. 1803. t
105. SABAH F., d. 1811. t
73. EZRA BURRILL, son of Ebenezer, Junior, and
Mary (Mansfield) Burrill, was born in Lynn, May 10,
1746. He was a " cordwainer " by trade. He married,
first, Anna Breed, daughter of Nathan and Mary (Basset)
Breed, in Lynn, February 22, 1770. She was born in
Lynn, September 17, 1746. Ezra and his wife Anna
conveyed many lots of land in Lynn between 1772 and
1790, including a lot of one acre and eighty poles, with
dwelling house and other buildings, to William Newlmll,
Jr., of Lynn, April 14, 1784.|| It is probable that he
removed to Salem about this time, as no births of his
children are recorded in Lynn after this date. The heirs
of Daniel Breed, late of Lynn, including Ezra Burrill, in
the right of his late wife Anna, sold their rights in the
estate to William Breed, 3d, of Lynn, March 15, 1796.^f
He married second, at Salem, October 13, 1 795, Elizabeth
Mansfield.* He died in 1797, and his widow Elizabeth
was appointed administratrix September 27 of that year.**
The inventory, dated November 9, 1797, showed an es-
tate amounting to $6807.50. ** The guardianship of his
first wife's children Lydia, aged 18, Ebenezer, aged 16,
Ezra, aged 13, Nathan, aged 11, and Nancy, aged 7 was
granted to James Robinson, October 2, 1797.f f Land,
*Salem Records.
tEssex Institute Hist. Coll., v. XVII, p. 279.
JEssex Institute Hist. Coll., v. XVI, pp. 224-5.
Lynn Records.
IIEssex County Registry of Deeds, book 130, leaf 237; book 136,
leaves 189 and 253; book 138, leaf 234; book 139, leaves 40 and 188;
book 146, leaves 103 and 119; book 163, leaf 258.
llbid, book 163, leaf 258.
Essex County Probate Files, No. 4235.
No. 4254.
70 THE BURRILL, BURRELL FAMILY
with part of a dwelling house, on the north side of Nor-
man Street in Salem, was set off to the widow.* October
2, 1797, his widow Elizabeth was appointed guardian of
their son George, aged ten months. f
Children by his first wife, Anna (Breed) Burrill, born
in Lynn :
106. EZBA, b. Apr. 14, 1771 ;J d. Apr. 20, 17714
107. LYDIA, b. Aug. 20, 1772;$ d. Nov. 5, 17774
108. ALICE, b. Sept. 25, 1774.
109. CHARLES, b. Feb. 14, 17774 (See below).
110. LYDIA, b. Feb. 26, 17794
111. EBENEZEB, b. July 9, 17814 (See below).
Children by his first wife, born in Salem (probably) :
112. EZBA, b. abt. 1784.
113. NATHAN, b. abt. 1786.
114. NANCY, b. abt. 1790.
Child by his second wife, Elizabeth (Mansfield) Bur-
rill, born in Salem :
115. GEORGE, b. abt. Dec., 1796; bapt. Apr. 30, 1797. ||
76. THEOPHILUS BUBBILL, son of Theophilus and
Mary (Hills) Burrill, was born in Lynn, October 30,
1740,i in the Burrill homestead on the corner of Essex
and Burrill Streets, in what is now Swampscott. He
married in Lynn, May 3, 1762,$ Martha Newhall, daugh-
ter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Fowle) Newhall. He
was a private in Captain William Farrington's (2nd
Lynn) Company, which marched on the Lexington alarm
of April 19, 1775.^[ November 11, 1777, he enlisted as
a private in Captain Miles Greenwood's Company in
Colonel Jacob Gerrish's Regiment of Guards. He served
in that organization at Winter Hill until April 3, 1778.**
He died before August 24, 1786, the date upon which his
father, Theophilus Burrill (No. 57), made his will. His
widow died soon after his death occurred.ff
Essex County Probate Files, No. 4235.
llbid, No. 4238.
JLynn Records.
Essex County Probate Files, No. 4254.
|| Salem Records.
TMass. S. & S. in the Rev. War, v. IV, pp. 903 and 906.
Mass. S. & S. in the Rev. War, v. II, pp. 903 and 906.
ttLynn in the Revolution, pp. 243-4.
OF ESSEX COUNTY. 71
Children :
116. SUSANNAH, b. Aug. 27, 1762;* m. 1st, in Lynn, July 5, 1788,*
Benjamin Ingalls, son of John and Abigail (Stocker) In-
galls. He was a sailor on the brig " Reprisal," which was
taken by a British frigate in February, 1778. He was a
sailor on the brigantine "Rover," commanded by Capt.
Adam Wellman, and in a list of her crew sworn to June 30,
1780, was described as aged 22 yrs., 5ft. 6in. tall, and dark
complexioned. He may have been the Benjamin " Eagles "
of Lynn who was captured on the brig " Hasket & Ann "
in 1781 and taken to Old Mill Prison, in England. t He was
drowned in Lynn harbor while trying to throw an anchor,
in April, 1785. t She m. 2nd, in Lynn, May 23, 1790, Ben-
jamin Ireson.* He made a will, dated Wilmington, North
Carolina, Sept. 2, 1810, in which he left his estate to his
wife Susan and children.!. She d. Lynn, Jan. 6, 1836, aged
74y.
117. MIOAJAH, b. Dec. 11, 1764.* (See below.)
118. BENJAMIN, b. Dec. 24, 1766;* d. young.
119. THEOPHILUS, b. May 21, 1769.* (See below.)
129. FREDERICK, b. Sept. 13, 1772;* prob. d. before 1786, as he was
not named with his brothers and sisters in the will of his
grandfather, Theophilus Burrill (No. 57).
121. BENJAMIN, b. Nov. 14, 1774.* (See below.)
122. RUTH, b. Dec. 13, 1775;* m. in Lynn, Oct. 5, 1795, John Me-
servey. They lived in Beverly and had six children b. to
them between 1798 and 1815. He d. in 1815, and the widow
Ruth had $250 allowed her from his estate for her own use,
July 4, 1815. The inventory of his estate included a house
in Beverly valued at $450 and a pew in the Baptist Meeting
House in Beverly ($60). She d. in Lyun, Feb. 17, 1823.*
123. MARY, b. prob. July 30, 17804 The name, with date of birth,
was found in a bible owned by Mrs. Sarah P. Ingalls of
Swampscott.J She m. Lynn, Oct. 14, 1797,* Theophilus
Clark, s. of Edmund and Elizabeth Clark. He was b. Lynn,
Feb. 10, 1778.*
124. ISAIAH, b. 1781. (See below.)
78. BENJAMIN BURRILL, son of Theophilus and Mary
(Hills) Burrill, was born in what is now Swampscott,
Lynn Records.
tMass. S. & S. in the Rev. War, v. VIII, pp. 611; and Lynn in the
Revolution, pp. 312-3.
tEssex County Probate Files, No. 14,622.
Essex County Probate Records, book 387, leaf 359.
72 THE BUEEILL, BUKEBLL FAMILY
August 14, 1745.* He married in Lynn, int. November
12, 1774,* Elizabeth Collins, daughter of John and Bethia
(Mansfield) Collins. She was born in Lynn, May 24,
1749.* He served as a private in Captain William Far-
rington's (2nd Lynn) Company, on the Lexington alarm
of April 19, 1775. f He was mentioned in his father's
will, dated August 24, 1786. Benjamin Burrill, "late of
Lynn ", died about 1803, as his widow Elizabeth was ap-
pointed administratrix March 29, 1803. The inventory,
dated May 10, 1803, showed real estate valued at $900
and personal amounting to $63.95.
Children :
125 Lois, bapt. Lynn, Oct. 6, 1776;* m. Lynn, Apr. 27, 1801,* as
his 2nd w., William Burk Lewis, s. of Nathan and Mary
(Newhall) Lewis. He was b. Lynn, May 23, 1773.* He was
a mason by trade, and d. a widower in Lynn, Sept. 10, 1849,
a. 77.*
126. SARAH, bapt. Lynn, July 20, 1777 ; m. Lynn, Jan. 12, 1796,*
William Burk Lewis (see above). She d. Lynn, Sept. 21.
1799, a. 22 y.,* and he m. Apr. 27, 1801,* her sister Lois (see
No. 125).
127. BENJAMIN, bapt. Lynn, June 11, 1780.*
79. EBENEZER BURRILL, son of Theophilus and Mary
(Hills) Burrill, was born in Lynn, March 7, 1747-8.*
His marriage intention was recorded in Lynn, December
15, 1774, to Sarah Graves.* On the Lexington alarm of
April 19, 1775, he marched as a private in Captain Wil-
liam Farrington's (2nd Lynn) Company and served two
days. He probably is the man of this name who, as a
resident of Marblehead, enlisted May 21, 1775, in Cap-
tain John Merrett's Company, Colonel John Glover's
Regiment, and served through the year. He belonged
later to the 1st Essex County Regiment, and enlisted from
that organization into the Continental Army, according to
a list dated February 16, 1778, joining Captain Nichols'
Company, Colonel John Crane's Artillery Regiment. He
*Lynn Records.
tMass. S. & S. in Rev. War, v. II, p. 898.
JEssex Probate Files, No. 4267.
J6id, No. 4228.
II Mass. S. & S. in Rev. War, v, II, pp. 900 and 905.
OF ESSEX COUNTY. 78
was also a private in Captain Noah Nichols's Company of
Artillery Artificers, in Colonel Jeduthan Baldwin's Regi-
ment. Ebenezer Burrill of Lynn, husbandman, wife
Sarah, conveyed to Samuel Burrill of Lynn a piece of
land in Lynn bordering on Richards's swamp, June 1,
1779.*
No children.
82. SAMUEL BURRILL, son of Samuel and Anna (Al-
den) Burrill, was born in Lynn about 1743. He was a
blacksmith by trade. He married in Lynn, November 13,
1766, Mary Johnson, daughter of Captain Samuel and
Ruth (Holton) Johnson. She was born in Lynn, March
11, 1742-3.f He removed to Boston and was a resident
of that place at the time of his marriage, in 1766. He
may have been, and in all probability was, the man of this
name who was a private in Captain Stephen Jenkins'
Company, Colonel Samuel Johnson's Regiment, enlisting
August 18, 1777 ; discharged November 30, 1777 ; roll
sworn to in Suffolk County. J Captain Samuel Johnson of
Lynn, in his will dated August 2, 1771, left one-fifth part
of the residue of his estate to his daughter, Mary Bur-
rill^ She was allotted her portion of the estate of her
father, May 16, 1786.|| Samuel Burrill of Boston, black-
smith, in his will, dated September 10, 1805, gave to his
wife Mary his mansion house, also the house and yard
adjoining to his blacksmith shop, during her life. He
gave to his son-in-law, Elijah Phinney Smith, his black-
smith shop, with wharf, etc. The widow Mary consented
to the provisions of the will. The son-in-law was ap-
pointed executor.^f In 1798 he owned a three-story
wooden dwelling on Sheaf Street in Boston, valued at
$1,000, and a three-story building on Ship Street, worth
$1,500.** When the census of 1790 was taken, he had
six members of his family.
Essex County Reg. of Deeds, book 163, leaf 78.
tLynn Records.
JMass. S. & S. in Rev. War, v. II, p. 906.
Essex County Probate Records, book 347, leaf 829.
I j 16 id, book 360, leaf 54.
ITSuffolk County Probate Records, book 105, leaves 76 and 8.
**Boston Record Commissioners Report, v. 22.
tCensus of 1790.
74 THE BUEKILL, BUREELL FAMILY
Children :
128. MABY, b. abt. 1768; d. Apr. 5, 1777, a. 9 y. 6 mos.*
129. , b. ; m. Elijah Phinney Smith.
83. SERGT. JOHN BUBRILL (frequently called 5th in
the records), son of Samuel and Anna (Alden) Burrill.
was born in Lynn about 1745. He was a cordwainer by
trade. He was in all probability the man of this name
who was a private in Capt. Moses Hart's Company, from
March 24 to November 20, 1762. f On the Lexington
alarm of April 19, 1775, he marched as a sergeant in
Captain William Farrington's (2nd Lynn) Company.^
He married first, in Lynn, November 2, 1771, Elizabeth
Johnson, daughter of Samuel and Ruth (Holton) John-
son, and sister of the Mary Johnson who married his
brother Samuel. She was born in Lynn, April 7, 1752,
and was buried in that town April 4, 1776, two days after
the birth of her daughter Elizabeth. December 26,
1776, he married second, Hannah Lindsey, daughter of
Ralph, Jr. and Abigail (Blaney) Lyndsey. She was born
in Lynn, August 24, 1751. May 5, 1788, he was ap-
pointed (at their request) guardian of his children, John
above 15 years, Samuel above 14 years, and Elisabeth
above 12 years. Joseph Hart and Shubael Burrill were
bondsmen. I He died in Lynn, June 4, 1804. | In his
will, dated May 30, 1804, probated June 26, 1805, he left
to his daughter Anne the whole " improvement " of his
estate, both real and personal.^]" He willed that his son,
"John Burrill 4th," " have the liberty of taking my said
Daughter to Maintain & that He shall have the Improve-
ment of all of my Estate Heretofore Given to my said
Daughter Anne, so long as he shall maintain her ", etc.
John, the son, was to have it all after her death. After
the decease of his son John, his grandchildren, children
of son John and children of deceased daughter Elizabeth
Phillips, were to have it divided amongst them. His
*Boston Kecords.
t Massachusetts Archives, book 99, leaf 218.
JMass. S. & S. in Rev. War, v. II, p. 901.
Lynn Records.
IIEssex County Probate Files, No. 4243.
, No. 4244.
OF ESSEX COUNTY. 75
brother Alden Burrill was appointed executor and guar-
dian of the daughter Anne. The heirs at law of the
above named John Burrill Jr. were named as follows :
Samuel Phillips, for himself and as attorney duly author-
ized for Elizabeth Phillips and John Phillips, and also as
legal guardian of Ruth Phillips and Ann Phillips, minors;
Zachariah R. Graves and Abigail M. Graves, Samuel Bur-
rill and Elizabeth Burrill, guardian of Joseph, Alden,
and Loring Burrill, minors.* All of the above named
heirs were children of the son John (No. 129) and his
sister Elizabeth (No. 131), who married Edward Phil-
lips.f
Children, by his first wife, Elizabeth Johnson :
129 JOHN, b. Oct. 29, 1772 ;J bapt. Sept. 6, 17784 (See below.)
130. SAMUEL JOHNSON, b. Apr. 4, 1774; J bapt. Sept. 6, 1778 si d.
Aug. 2, 1795.J The death record calls him " s. of John, Jr.
and Hannah ", but the date of the birth, the fact that he
was bapt. on the same day as his own brother John, and
his middle name, all point to the fact that he was the son
of the first wife, Elizabeth Johnson.
131. ELIZABETH, b. Apr. 2, 1776 ;t bapt. 8, 1778; m. Boston, Nov.
16, 1794, Edward Phillips.! She d. before May 30, 1801,
leaving children whose names are given above in connec-
tion with the settlement of her father's estate.
Children by his second wife, Hannah Lindsey :
132. ANNA, b. Oct. 8, 1777 ;J bapt. Nov. 8, 1778 ;J reference has
been made to her above, in connection with the settlement
of her father's estate.
133. NABBY, b. Dec. 4, 1785 ;t d. Sept. 4, 17934
Essex County Probate Files, No. 4244.
WUd, No. 4243.
JLynn Records.
Boston Records.
(To be continued.)
JOURNAL OF A JOURNEY FROM SALEM TO
PHILADELPHIA IN 1755, KEPT BY SAMUEL
CURWEN OF SALEM, WITH SOME ACCOUNT
OF THE DESCENDANTS OF MATHIAS
CORWEN OF SOUTHHOLD, LONG ISLAND.
FROM THE ORIGINAL IN POSSESSION OF THE AMERICAN
ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY.
May 26, 1755. Mounted at my door ab* 2 oClock.
Wind NE, high gale, Cloudy & unpleasant. First stage,
Norwoods, Lynn, 8 1/4 M. oated, 2/ O. T. 2 nd Stage,
Cambridge, Stedmans. Put my papers relating to Tyler's
Bond with a power of Att y into M r Goffe's hands. Lodged
at Stedman's. Spent the Evening at Colledge, M r Han-
cock's Chamber.
27. M d at Stedman's Door ab l 9 o'Cl At 11 alighted
at Tucker's, Jamaica. 3 rd stage, oated, 20 d At 1/2 past
alighted at Robbins, Walpole 4 th Stage, dined on
Eggs boil'd At 1/2 past 3 P. M. alighted at Man's, 5 th
Stage, Wrentham
28. M d at Man's, 8 o'Clock At 1/2 past 9 alighted at
Stearns's, Attleborough, 6 th Stage, oated, 1/6 At 1 & 1/4
past alighted at Olney's, Providence, 7 th Stage, & dined.
M d ab* 2 oCl. p d 7/6 or 4/6 for a p r Strapps at Provid.
Alighted at Arnolds, Warwick, 8 th Stage, 5 oCl, oated.
At 6 1/2 alighted at Arnolds, Greenwich, 9 th Stage, the
last 1/2 hours riding unpleas* with reg d to roads & Weath-
er, the last from Staffords bridge, ab* 3 miles, extremely
rocky & uneven & as to the former from 2 ms. S. of
Skarns to Staffords bridge for y e Space of 30 Miles roads
delightful (a few places only excepted) particuly War-
wick & Providence to patuxet bridge now Cranston Town-
ship. The last with reg d to Houses seems very diff* from
the people in our Governna* for Lodging, housekeep 8 &
breakfast.
(76)
JUDGE SAMUEL CURWEN
171 5-1802
From the pastal made by Benjamin Blythe in I 772, and now in the
possession of the Essex Institute.
JOUBNAL OP A JOURNEY FROM SALEM 77
29. Mounted 1/2 past 7 at Arnold's, Greenwich. Ab*
10 alighted at Squire Thomas's, North Kingston, 10 th
Stage. Arrived at Jn Case's, S. Kingston, being 11 th
Stage. Last p* roads Stony. Arrived at Hill's, Charles-
town, 12 th Stage. Roads excessive rough & Stony. At
7 oCl arrivd at Thompson's, Westerly, 13 th Stage roads
same. Had the pleasure of one Cap* Whiting of Ston-
ington through y e bad roads from Case's for 31 m. Spent
the Eve with 4 Gent very agreeable. Had an unpleas*
night being dist d by sing g &c very early.
30. Mounted 8 o'Cl. Mem Sleep no more in a
lower Room & where sold are billeted. Ab* 11 alighted
at Col Williams. Stonington, 14 th Stage. Roads exces-
sive rocky & uneven. Walked at least 7/8 way. Arrived
at Paukatuck bridge, y e boundary between y e Governm* 8
of R. I. & Connectic* ab* 9 oClock. Very tedious & sol-
itary. At 1 & 1/2 past arriv d at N. Lond Comp a last
Stage, 15 th Stage. Roads excessive rocky & uneven thr
Groton but for y e above not tedious. Perform 4 it in 2
h r8 Quick pass d over y e ferry & put up at Braddocks.
Agreed with Powers for passage to Long Isl d .
31. Set sail ab* 7 o'Clock, fine easy, pi 8 pass* Arrived
ab* 12 oClock. Alighted at Peck's dis* from oyster p d8 ,
where I Landed, otherwise called Veal's point, 13 M. P d
2/ : oats & br d & butter, 16 th Stage, roads pleas*. Put
up at Sani 1 Corwin's, Southwold, dist 2 in., 17 th Stage.
June 1. Spent Sunday at above. Walked to Meet*
AM & PM, good preach 8 , but scand 8 H rs .
2. Mounted ab* 8 o'Clock in Comp a with my name-
sake Sam 1 Corwin & Benj a Hutchinson. Stop'd at Jn
Corwin's, Sam 1 Bro H, Theophilus, Tim & Simon's.
Ab* 10 Clock arrived at Cap* Hubbards, y e Southwold
Coll r , 1 8 th Stage. R d even plain & sandy. Gave Sam's
2 daught rs Phebe & Mary 2 pist n8 or 18/. Stop 4 at Da-
vid's, y re saw the Moth 1 of Sam 1 , David, &c. Her Maid n
name Harwood, born in Salem & brought away young.
Alighted at Griffin's, head of y e River, 19th Stage. R ds
plain & sandy. Alighted at Mathias Corwins, dist 5 m.,
of whom got p r ticular information relating to our familys
by whom I was enabled to connect y e Long Is nd & Salem
familys. Gated & m d for Wading river w th y e Cornp*
78 JOURNAL OF A JOURNEY FROM SALEM
afores d , where we alighted ab* 7 1/2. Odell's h, 20 th
Stage.
3 Mounted ab* 7 o'Cl. Ab* 9 oC alighted at Lieut
Robinsons at the Place near the old Man's. Gated. 21 s *
Stage, alighted at Col Floyd's at Sowicket or Brook-
haven, 22 d Stage. Dined & set away in Comp a with an
Oyster bay man. Ab* 5 oCIock alighted at Epinetus
Smith at Smithtown, 23 d Stage. Took my leave of ray
Kinsman Sam 1 Corwin & M r Benj a Hutchinson after a
Stay at Col Floyds of 3 or 4 h". At Sunset alighted at
Carll Huntington's, 24 Stage. Lodged &c. Comp a an
Oyster bay man named Jerem. Post. Roads difficult to
find, w ch induced me to put on for a few miles extra.
4. Mounted 8 o'Cl. No Comp a , no Houses nor di-
rections but stakes. Saw at this Stage David Corwin &
Wife in y r ret n fr m y e Jerseys. He seems a grave, close,
heavy Man, not given to talk & deeply immerged in New
Lightism. His wife so, but conversible. Alighted at
Valentine's on Hampstead Plains & in oyster bay Town-
ship. 25 th Stage. Stopd at Ri Posts & Shaved & drank
a refreshing draught Cool Water. 26 th Stage. Dined,
oated, &c. A fine gale. Mem the best dinner on table
since Olney's, Providence, Stew d Chicken. Baited at
Jn Heeton's, dist. 5 m. being the 27 th Stage & ab* 2 m.
from West End of Plain. Arrived at Wid Marsh's,
Jamaica, 28 th Stage. Saw Cap* Williams of Roxbury,
one of S r W m Pepp ls Regim* a Lieut*. Drank tea pekoe,
br d & buttr & a pint of beer. Fine r ds , pleas* Town, the
Houses of one Story & a Stoop to each, a roof longer
than the Stud, Odd appearance.
5. M d ab* 7 o'Cl & after hav* miss d my road 1 1/2 m.
At length I arrived at Benham's, Flatbush, 29 th Stage.
Ab* 11 oCl alighted at Denys's, the Westernm 8 * point of
L. Isl d in the Township of New Utrecht, a Dutch Town
as all the W & S W of y e Isl d is. Fair r ds 30 th Stage.
Ferry called the narrows or lower ferry, dist 2 m. p d
pass a 11/3. Scolop d in shoar. Alighted at Holms's, 31 8t
Stage. At 5 1/2 arriv d at Martins called Blaz g Star on
further end Staten Island, dist 7 m. 32 d Stage. Had the
pleas r of a fine pass 3 - to s d Island of 20 min. p d road
mending 15 d Marshe's Negro 10 d .
TO PHILADELPHIA IN 1755. 79
6. Rose ab* 1/2 p 8 * Sol. dep d fr Staten Isl d ferry H 6
oCl. p d 18/3 ferr a incl. Alighted at Heard's, 33 d Stage,
in Woodbridge, County Essex, province east Jersey.
Alighted at Farmer's, sign of Red Lyon, in Brumswick
City, 34 th Stage. Forded Raritan River. Waited on
M r French, M rs Browne's Father. Set out in Comp a with
Cap* Garrison of Staten Isl d & a Philad n . Alight d at
Donaldson's, 35 th Stage, in y e run so called & hav g for a
few niin. passed thro a hurricane arrived in safety at
Whitings in prince Town. Mem i* 8 very pleas*, full of
Water. .
7. Arose ab* 1/2 p 8 * 4, & at 1/2 p 8 * 7 alighted at Ruth-
ersford's, Trentown, dist 10 m, 37 Stage, Sign of S r John
Ligonier. At our Arrival in y e midst of a great storm
[of] Thunder Lightning & rain, y e woman who some time
before swore a Ch d came & threw it into his house. The
wife enraged carey d it out & Laid in a Cow y d . The
mans Serv* 8 ran af t r her into the [ ] & com g up
Scuffl d , but she Disengag 8 herself the Mans [ ] of her
& dragg d her into the R[oa]d. [In the] interim a Neighb*
took the inf* & laid it before y e Door where the Woman
resid d . It laid there some time in the rain naked & a
Neighb r taking it cary d it to a Justice & so the Squabble
for y e present end d . Y e whole happ d in a terrible storm.
At 12 oCl alighted at Byles, Bristol, 38 th Stage. Dined on
a bak d p 1 Pudd g , Roast Lamb Green pease & tarts. Gov r
Delancey's Eldy r son James w th us. At 5 oCl alighted at
Peter Robinson's in Francfort, 39 th Stage.
8. Ab* 1/2 p 8 * 8 arrived at the Indian King, Biddies,
in the City of Philadelphia. Mem gave the Ostler at
Robinson's for clean g boots, &c. 1/3. 40 th Stage.
9: 10: 11. Markets famous for meat on Sundays
during the hot season till 10 o'Cl A M. 40 Waggon
Loads went out for the Camp at Will's Creek from Philad
on Sunday, Mond. & Tuesd. distance being 260 m, and
from thence to the fr[ench] fort at Monongahela & Ohio
90 m. Dined at Sam 1 Smith's.
12 Dined at M r Rhea's, Son in Law to my Kinsm n
Sami Smith, & after went in Comp a with s d R & M" Bry*
to German town ab* 5 m, dist. consist 8 of 1 street in length
2 m. Drank sangree at Pastorius's tavern. In our way
80 JOURNAL OF A JOURNEY FROM SALEM
by the Skuylkill r d took in y e prop rs Gardens. Gave 5/7
f r Shav g this day. Barber impudently cheated me. Gave
a Negro 1/6 for Carry 8 a Bundle down to Cap* Dolliver's
Brig* who carrys that with y e Letter to my wife.
13 After saluting all my fr ds , I m d at Th Smiths door
ab* 1 o'Cl. At 1/2 p st 2 alighted at Bristol, Byles, Dined
&c. Gave Biddie's Ostler 18 d , Th Smiths serv* 8 15/. P d
Shaminy ferry, 3/3 & at 7 o'Cl alighted at Rutherford's,
Trentown, Lodged at Sq r Reeds to whom S. S[mith] gave
me a Letter. Kindly treated. A Gen r worthy Sensible
Man whom I promis d to acq* with my Arriv 1 home. p d
serv ts 10 d .
14 M d at 1/2 p st : 11, excessive hot, alighted at An-
derson's, Maidenhead. At 6 o'Cl alighted at Hornes's,
Prince town, p d 9/ for dinner, good wine. Alighted at
Farmer's, Brunswick, dist. 10 m.
15. Sunday. M r French came down & carried me to
the Meet g H. M r Cummins preach d , made an Excell*
discourse & polite, dined & Spent PM & dr k tea at M r
french's. Came away ab* 6 o'Cl, gave Contrib n 1/3.
16 Departed from Brunswick 1 oCl. p d 44/1 & fer-
rage over Indians ferry, Raritan River.
17 Departed from West's [Elizabethtown], & ferryd
over the Bay of 9 m. to N. York at 10 o'Cl. pd. ferrage
3/ or 16/10 d . Arriv d at Willets, City Arms. Shav d 2/10
Dined, Dress'd & waited on M r D. Vanhoorn. Dr k tea,
Supp d , rec d of D prize money 6 3/8 Dollars. p d for 3
Wick r bottles 3 3/8 Dollars out of the above to be sent
<P first to the Care of John Soley.
18 M d at Willets 8 oCl hav* p d 26/5 d for dinner
Lodg g breakfast & hkeep 8 . At Rye, Douty's, oats, 1/3,
dist. 8m. Land from 3 miles this side York City rough,
stony & unpleasant to Byram River. At 6 o'Cl arriv d at
Jabes Meads, Horseneck, 2 m. within Connect. Governm*
Byram River being the divid 8 Line between this and N.
York.
19. Mounted ab* 1/2 p st 9 o'Cl, roads rough & stony.
At Belden's, Sign Ship, in Nor walk, Drisle, alighted at 12
oClock ord d Horse to pasture, I fear he's tired, walked
greater part of this day's journey. In awful circum-
stances if my horse be tired out. I determined to make
TO PHILADELPHIA IN 1755. 81
a stay of 5 or 6 Days to refresh him rather y m part w th
him as in y* case I must do it at a great disadvantage.
I'm told horse dealers here are great Sites.
20. M d at 11 oClock. At 2 oCl arriv'd at Burr's,
Fairfield, dist 12 m, a pleasant Town. At 6 oCl dism d
Stratford, Benjamin's, put up for this night. Nasty Ho.
Saw Doc. W Russell, my Coll g Classmate & with him
viewed the Church.
21 At Harpin's, Milford, ferr d over Housatonick
river, 2/1. Good H. I had some small acq* in y e place
15 y rs since. Mounted in Comp* with a Newhaven Tutor
Hilhouse ab* 1/2 p rt 1. Arrived at Beer's, Globe tavern
in Newhaven ab* 4 oCl. Gave a papous 5 d .
22 Sunday very ill, kep* Chamb.
23 Was out. At d at M Stiles Church, a tutor. Was
at Hilhouse & at y e presidents.
24 Departed from N haven ab* 9 oClock.
25 M d ab* 1 1/2 in Coinp* with M r Cadwell, a N
haven Schol r . At 4 oCl alighted at Beckley's, Kensing-
ton parish of Wethersf d . R d8 uneven & somew* stony.
At 7 oCl alighted at Flagg's, Hartford, my horse so lame
that I leave him w th ye Landl d for a Month's rest & have
agreed for another to leave at Ch s R s Esq r in Lincoln.
P d for shav* 2/.
26 M d at Flagg's 2 oCl. Cornp* Esq r Phelps. Alight-
ed at Cheney's, E Hartf d . Oats & dram for toothach
pd 1/5.
27. Alighted at Huntington's, Mansfeild. At 12
arriv'd at Babcock's, Ashford. R d8 uneven & Stony.
Plain at nce it being on the borders of the Town. Payson's,
Woodstock. First appearance of good farms. Oats, brea d
& beer, l/5d.
28 Arrived at Jos. Woolcot's, Oxford. Stay'd 1 1-2
hour, oats & grass, no pay. At 1 oCl arrived at Cap*
Stearns, Worcester. At 5 o'Cl arrived at Willard's,
Shrewsbury. Rode hard to avoid a threatn 8 Th r Storm.
R* 18 uneven in s d Town. At Agar's, Westbury, y* rain
prevented my proceeding.
29. M d ab* 6 oCl. At 12 oClock alighted at M r Rus-
sell's, Lincoln, 1 found neither he nor M" R. at home.
She at Salem. Dined alone on asparagus, shaved, shirted,
82 JOURNAL OF A JOURNEY FROM SALEM
&c. The whole Journey performed in 5 Weeks exact to
a day.
CORWIN GENEALOGICAL DATA.
(1) Thomas, had John.
(2) George.
(3) Mathias, had : (4) John, (5) Theophilus, who was
the first born English male in South wold.
(4) John had: (6) John, (7) Mathias and Samuel, s.p.
(5) Theophilus had : (8) Theophilus, (9) Daniel, John,
Samuel, s. p.
(6) John, had : (10) John, (11) Samuel, (12) David,
Joseph.
(7) Mathias, had : (13) Mathias, (14) Jesse.
(8) Theophilus, had : (15) John, (16) Theophilus, (17)
Samuel, (18) Simon, David, (19) Jonathan,
(20) Timothy.
(9) Daniel, had : Nathaniel (who had Stephen and
Nathaniel), Daniel (who had Daniel and Hen-
ry), Edward (who had Edward and Separate)
John, Jedediah (who had Silas).
(10) John, had : John, James, William, and 2 daughters.
(11) Samuel, had : Samuel, Stephen, Nathaniel, James,
Phebe and Mary.
(12) David, had : David (who had David and Jere-
miah), Joshua, Joseph, Phineas and 1 daughter.
(13) Mathias, had : Mathias (who had Vincent), Jere-
miah, Gersham, Gilbert, Jesse, and Jacob.
(14) Jesse, had : Jesse, John and David.
(15) John, had : Amaz (who had John), and 3 daughters.
(16) Theophilus, had : Theophilus and one daughter.
(17) Samuel, had : Benjamin, Henry, David, Samuel, and
Asa.
(18) Simon, had : Elnathan, John, Simon, Timothy, and
4 daughters.
(19) Jonathan, had : Richard and Jonathan.
(20) Timothy, had : Timothy and Thomas.
TO PHILADELPHIA IN 1755. 83
The whole of this I obtained on Long Island, June,
1755, hav g in my Journey to Philadelphia taken s d island
in my way thither on purpose to enquire into the state &
circumstances of the family there w ch by accid* I had
ab t 2 years since been informed a branch had been settled.
Old Mathias y n aged 79 settled at Bayton Hollow y e 2 nd
in descent from the first settler told me that his uncle
Theophile was y e first born in y e Towne of Southwold &
his elder Br or his Father was born in England. He ar-
rived at Ipswich and there continued settled some years
he thinks 10 & from ynce removed to Southwold L. Island,
where his numerous posterity continue to this day except
some emigrants to Black river in East New Jersey, & as
in above table a Brother rem d in England who had a son
John but w* town they came from he knows not.
A GENEALOGICAL-HISTORICAL VISITATION
OF ANDOVER, MASS., IN THE YEAR 1863.
BY ALFRED POORE, M. D.
( Continued from Volume LI, page 312. )
George and Elizabeth (Hardy) Upton's children : Eliza
Ann, b. Dec. 7, 1827, mar. Henry Jackson Kendall of
Tewksbury, and resided on the homestead of his father
Edmund, having one child, Franklin, b. Nov. 6, 1861 ;
George William, died young ; Martha Jane, b. June 2,
1831, school teacher in Pattison, N. J. ; Abiel Augustus,
b. Feb. 25, 1833 ; Mary Louisa, b. Feb., 1836, mar. Alex-
ander Grant McDonald, son of Donald and Mary (Rines)
McDonald, b. Maitland, Colchester county, Nova Scotia,
in 1827, and who came from Truro, N. S., Sept., 1863,
and whose grandfather came from Scotland, having chil-
dren : Mary Elizabeth, b. Stoneham, Nov. 19, 1856, Helen
Augusta, b. Apr. 18, 1858, John Alexander and Rufus
Emery, died young ; Emma Amanda, b. Truro, N. S.,
Dec. 8, 1862 ; George Henry, b. May 15, 1846.
Mr. Upton's parents, Abiel and Mary (Jenkins), had
the following children : Mary, mar. Joseph Jessop of
England, lived in Amesbury and Westminster ; Abiel,
mar. Abigail Carleton of Bradford and Mary Blaisdell ;
Samuel, mar. Lydia, daughter of Aaron Frost of Tewks-
bury, and was killed in the sawmill at Ballardvale, leav-
ing Heiiry, Samuel, Warren and Alpheus, and whose
widow married John Clark, brother to Nathan ; George ;
Anna, who lives in Lawrence ; Elizabeth, mar. Reuben
O. Chesmore, lives in Westminster, and has Anna and
Alfred; Margaret, mar. George Washington Cutler of
Amherst, and had James and George. Mr. Upton's father
was brought up in Londonderry, N. H., but resided in
(84)
A GENEALOGICAL-HISTORICAL VISITATION. 8S
Scotland district, and after the birth of their first child
came to Ballardvale. This house was formerly owned by
the Blanchards, and was very early a garrison house.
The old house on this road was owned by a Chase, who
had a daughter who married a Richardson in Dracut. A
part of the old Chase house forms a part of the Aaron
Frost house.
The Blanchard family who went from this house were
Samuel, the youngest, who resided in Salem, a brother
who lived in Milford, N. H., one sister who married Sam-
uel Woodbridge, and lived in Milford. Paul Upton, who
was for many years overseer of the almshouse in Salem,
was a brother to Mr. Upton's father, and had Joseph,
Samuel, Henry and John. Jeduthan Upton, another
brother, was a baker, who came from Salem.
Alanson, son of John and Ruth (Upton) Flint, was
born in the house where he now lives. His father bought
this place of a Mr. Osgood and built the house in 1809
on the site of the old one. Mrs. Flint is Hannah, daugh-
ter of Joshua and Hannah (Chandler) Griffin, who was
born in West Andover in 1811. Mrs. Flint's father's
brothers and sisters were Daniel, Thomas, Oliver, Jona-
than, who married a Parker, Nabby, who married a Swain,
Martha, married and settled in Maine, and Nancy, who
married Abiel Brown and settled in Tewksbury. Her
mother was Hannah, daughter of Maj. James and Phebe
(Dane) Chandler of West Andover, and she now resides
in Lawrence with her daughter, whose husband is M. C.
Andrews. Alanson Flint's children : Maria Henrietta,
b. 1829 ; Alanson Augustus and Addison Augustine, b.
1831, the former living in Clifton, Nevada, and the latter
in Sacramento, Cal. ; Henry Kirk, b. 1833, living in Cali-
fornia ; Charles William, b. 1838.
Jacob French once lived in a house that stood where
Jonas Carter of Tewksbury owns land now, and French's
children last occupied it. Next comes Wadley, son of
Aaron Noyes, who has resided here since 1853. He
owned a farm near Capt. Shattuck's in West Andover,
which he sold to Levi York six years before he came
here, and where he was born. His grandfather came up
from West Newbury, and died with this son Aaron about
86 A GENEALOGICAL-HISTORICAL VISITATION OF
1799. Aaron died Dec. 24, 1834, aged 77 years. His
wife was Phebe Morse of Methuen, who died in 1825,
aged 66 years. Children : Aaron, married Dorothy Jor-
dan, and died in Newark, N. J. ; Lydia, mar. Samuel
Osgood, and had Frederick, Eliza, Lydia, and Sarah ;
Frederick, mar. a Varnum ; Jonathan, mar. Louisa,
daughter of John Parker of Dracut, and settled first in
Hopkinton, N. H., then returned and died here in 1861,
leaving children, Louisa, who mar. a Childs of London-
derry, Lydia, who died unmarried, and Jane, who married
Joseph N. Gage and resides in Lawrence ; Rhoda, mar.
Richard Liscomb, and both are deceased, but their chil-
dren are Aaron, who resided in Andover ; Phebe, who
married Gage Frye, and daughter Hannah, who married
first a Bruce and second a Sawyer, and resided in Maine,
and Lydia, who married Henry Abbott, a carpenter ;
Fanny, mar. Washington Parker, and resides on River
street, Ballardvale ; Sarah, mar. Nathaniel Frothingham
of Boston, and had Ellen and Lydia. Wadley, the
youngest, b. 1796, mar. Phebe, daughter of William and
Mary (Chandler) Ballard, born in Peterboro, N. H., and
had children : Nathan B., who died young ; Aaron, b.
1829, who resided in Nashua; Mary, died young; Josiah
Milton, b. 1833, resides in Lowell, a machinist ; Moses,
died young ; William Gilbert, b. 1837, married Lucretia
Dorr, daughter of Sally (Butterfield) Campbell of Fran-
cestown, who was born there in 1831 ; Martha Elizabeth
and Mary Anna, twins, born March, 1839 ; Henry Alfred,
b. June 11, 1841.
Next is a small cottage where Levi Henry Parker has
resided since the spring of 1861. He came from Biller-
ica, and with him his brother, William Frederick, and
they bought the house of Oliver Holt. William Bates
built the house about 1851. They are not married, but
their mother keeps house for them. Her husband is
Henry, son of Amos Butters and Abby Wilson, his wife,
who was born in Concord in 1814. She is Rachel Floyd,
daughter of Enoch and Rachel (Floyd) Osgood and
granddaughter of Philip Osgood, who removed from
Amesbury or New Hampton, N. H., and settled in Wan-
ner, N. H. Jacob Osgood, the preacher in Warner, was
ANDOVER MASS., IN THE YEAR 1863. 87
half-brother to Mrs. Parker's father. She was born in
Warner in 1808. Henry and Rachel F. (Osgood) Par-
ker's children: Rachel Lucinda, b. Townsend, mar.
James M. Wait, a currier, and resided in Maiden ; Levi
Henry, b. Woburn, 1836, machinist; William Frederick,
b. Waltham, 1839 ; Mary Hobbs, b. Waltham, 1841, mar.
Roland L. E. Coombs, lives in Boston ; Abby A., died
young ; Sylvester Augustus, b. 1848. Henry Parker
had his and his children's names changed from Butters
to Parker about 1841. After Bates left the place, Oliver
Holt, Caleb Saunders and Dudley Davis lived there.
A small house on the right beyond was built by Samuel
Beard about 1848, and Mrs. Nickerson lived there in
1862. Mrs. Elmore left the first house on the road to
Tewksbury almshouse in Oct, 1863, and no one has been
there since. It is owned by Emerson Alexander Jen-
nings, a car-maker, who used to reside there in 1853-61,
and who went to Charlestown. Beyond Jennings on the
Plain is where the family of Ephraim Nason Nickerson
has resided in this house since Oct., 1862. He is son
of Elisha and Lucy (Royal), and was born in Belfast,
Me., in 1825. Abby Shaw, his wife, is daughter of John
Rogers Mulliken, born in Moultonboro, N. H., in 1825,
where her father was born. Mr. Nickerson was in Co. F,
26th Mass. Vols., a carpenter. Children : Alfred Fred-
erick, b. Maine, in 1847 ; Annette Abby, b. Bangor, Me.,
1850 ; George Washington, b. Andover, 1858 ; and
Frank.
A few rods beyond and on the western side is where
Samuel Beard lived. He and his father were born in the
house just over the line in Tewksbury, where David
Ticknor now resides. Mr. Davis says that this road was
the old county road from Andover to Billerica. Samuel
Davis, who resides beyond the old French place, has re-
sided here since the autumn of 1856, when he built his
house on land that formerly belonged to the old French
farm. He is son of Samuel and grandson of Samuel
Davis, all born and brought up in Grafton, N. H. He
was born April 12, 1822. His mother Betsey was daugh-
ter of Jonathan Burbank, and was born in Boscawen, N.
H. Her mother was aunt to Gen. Lewis Cass. Mr.
88 A GENEALOGICAL-HISTOBICAL VISITATION OF
Davis was a carpenter until he came here. His wife is
Apphia, daughter of Caleb and Mary Susan (Moore)
Davis, born in Canterbury, N. H. Sarah, widow of Low-
ell Davis, brother of Mr. Davis' wife, boards with them.
Lowell died at New Orleans, in Co. C, 30th Regiment,
Nov. 9, 1862. She was daughter of James and Sarah
(Jones) Smith, and was born in Kennebunkport, Me., in
1822. Children : Riley, b. Canterbury, N. H., 1841,
now sergeant in Co. B, 17th Mass. Regiment ; Caleb, b.
1843, now in Co. F, 3d N. H. Regiment ; Charles Henry,
b. Biddeford, Me., 1845 ; William Hardy, b. Salem, 1852 ;
Mary P., b. Danvers, 1856.
Jonathan Knowles built his house near the corner in
1848, on land that he bought of Alfred Holt. Mr.
Knowles is a machinist, and has about thirty acres in
Whittemore's meadow on the border of Tewksbury. He
is son of Jonathan and Fanny (Leavitt) Knowles, and
was born in Concord, N. H., in 1811. His wife Amanda
is daughter of Joseph and Betsey (Sherborn) Pollard,
who was born in Hudson, N. H., in 1813. His first wife
was Lucy Haynes, by whom he had no children. His
children by his second wife were Lucy Ann, born in
1849, and Melvina Amanda, born 1851.
J. Woodward Brown has lived on his place since 1861.
The house was built by Joseph Davis about 1847, and
afterward occupied by Shattuck, Bubier, Elmore Dane,
Alfred Holt, Alex. G. McDonald, Upton Calef, and Mr.
Brown. The latter works in the file shop. He is son of
Isaac and brother of Alfred, and was born in Billerica in
1828. His wife is daughter of William and Dorcas (Dut-
ton) Smith, who was born in Westford in 1830. They
have no children.
On the same side, near the railroad crossing, is where
Elmore Dane's family has resided since 1863. The house
was built about 1850 by Gideon Woodcock, who went
West in May, 1856. Samuel W. Simpson, who sold to
Dane, occupied it five years, and then Ephraim Nickerson
lived there. Mr. Dane is son of Benjamin, born 1828,
and is in Co. F, 26th Mass. Regiment. Sophia, his wife,
is daughter of Micajah and Susan (Bailey) Hardy, who
was born in West Andover in 1823. Children, by her
ANDOVER, MASS., IN THE YEAR 1863. 89
first husband : George Henry Cochran, b. 1841 ; Sophia
Augusta Cochran, b. 1844. Her first husband was Henry,
son of Samuel and Mary (Bailey) Cochran, who died in
1844, aged 29 years. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Dane :
Marie Antoinette, b. Tewksbury, 1853 ; Eliza Ann, b.
Sept., 1855 ; Lucy Jane, b. Feb. 1, 1860.
Benjamin Dane's house is near the Tewksbury line, not
far from Strongwater brook. He has lived here since
1838, but the place was formerly owned by Daniel Griffin
and later by his brother Joshua, who died here, Thomas
Shattuck, Silas Shedd, and Samuel Manning. Mr. Dane's
grandfather was William, who lived in Andover, and
whose children were William, his father ; a daughter who
married a Dobbin and settled in Beverly ; John, who set-
tled in Hillsboro ; Francis, settled in New Hampshire ;
Hannah, mar. Benjamin Hardy, and settled in Green-
field, N. H. The last three children were by a second
wife. William Dane, father of Benjamin, died about
1835, aged 84 years. His wife was Susan, eldest daugh-
ter of Joseph and Abiah (Moors) Burtt, who died in
Amherst, at her daughter Mary Baldwin's, at the age of
95 years. Children : Williatn, who resides in western
New York, aged about 84 years, married Lois Richardson
of Methuen and lived in North Chelmsford until his wife
died ; their children were William, Harriet, and Fanny.
Susanna married Richard Littlehale of Chelmsford and
died many years ago, leaving two children, Hannah and
Susan. Joseph married first a Perham, and second a
Smith, and settled in Hudson, N. H. Osgood married
Mary Richardson, sister to his brother William's wife,
and settled in Lowell, afterwards in Somerville, and had
Mary, Osgood, Caroline, Minna, and Horace. Benjamin,
born Nov. 29, 1788, married Lydia Brown, daughter of
Stephen, who died Mar. 29, 1862, aged about 73 years ;
he has resided in Tewksbury and Andover, and has chil-
dren, Benjamin Augustus, b. 1815, in Tewksbury, mar-
ried a Bradley, and resides in West Haverhill ; Lydia, b.
1817, married Charles Ballard, and died about 1860 ;
Joseph, b. 1819, was in 23d N. H. Regiment, married, and
resides in Chester, N. H., a harness maker; John Otis, b
1820, married Mary, daughter of Benjamin Frost of
90 A GENEALOGICAL-HISTORICAL VISITATION OP
Reading, and has children, John Henry, Mary Arvilla, and
Jackson Octavius ; George Alfred, b. Dec. 24, 1822, mar-
ried Jerusha, daughter of Abiel Frost of Tewksbury, and
has George Francis, b. 1847, and Willie Fremont, b. 1856;
Richard Galon, b. 1825, married Lydia, daughter of Amos
Gilchrist of Andover, and has children Ida and Anna ;
Elmore, b. Oct. 11, 1827 ; Elisia Samantha, b. 1829, mar.
Pliny Tidd, and resides in Concord, N. H., with children
Mary and Charles; Hannah Maria, b. 1835, mar. Charles,
son of Abiel Frost, resides in Tewksbury, and has chil-
dren, Lizzie, Edwin Francis, and Charles Dane ; Lucy
Emeline, b. 1838, mar. George Thompson, son of Nathan
Eames of Wilmington, and resides in Tewksbury and has
children, William Thompson and Lizzie. Abiah Moore,
mar. Reuben Wright of Westford. Mary, mar. Samuel
Baldwin of Wilmington, settled in Amherst and Mt.
Vernon, and had one child, Dane, who is in Amherst, and
another child who is a missionary on the Pacific coast.
Sophia, resides in Ohio, has been married three times.
Mr. Dane says that Jacob Osgood, who once lived where
Noyes does now, was a wealthy man and one of great
influence. He had no children. He married late in life
Mrs. Lucy Putnam, who was a Tufts. His property went
to his brother David.
The red house of Mrs. Nickerson, on the road to the
State Almshouse, was formerly owned by Mr. Dane's
grandfather Burtt, and stood just beyond Sylvester Love-
joy's. As long ago as 1810 he removed to the present
place, and John Foster, who married Burtt's daughter
Sarah, resided there first. After Foster left, John Welch,
the Englishman, lived there.
On the place nearly to the Tewksbury line toward the
State Almshouse, the house having been removed, was
where Jacob French brought up a large family of chil-
dren by his first wife. His first wife was Sibel Adams,
and their children were Washington French, Joseph,
Uriel, Theodore, Leonard, and Dorcas.
Benjamin Dane resided on the present place of Henry
Boynton twenty years. It was formerly a Blanchard
place, that family owning a large part of the plain there,
and it was called Blanchard's plain. Between the school-
ANDOVEJB, MASS., IN THE YEAR 1863. 91
house and Boynton's, on the opposite side of the street,
William Griffin lived as long ago as 1800. His children
were Mary, who probably died unmarried ; Ednah, mar.
Thomas Wood, she being his second wife, and his son
Henry by his first wife, and who lives south, now owns
the land, but the house is gone ; William, jr., settled east
of the Seminary, but had no children ; Jonathan, lived in
Andover, and had a son Jonathan.
Nearly opposite the schoolhouse lived Bartlett, the
blacksmith, whose house was removed about a mile south-
east, and it is now occupied by Eben Lovejoy. The school-
house was removed from near Noyes' place about 1845.
Osgood district included all Ballardvale and South An-
dover out as far as Sylvester Lovejoy's and the other way
as far as Eben Lovejoy's.
Mr. Dane's father was in the Revolution for seveu
years, and was wounded so that he could not turn his
arm. His brother George has had in this war a son
George, who went from a western State, and Charles, who
was a three months' man. His brother John sent two
sons, one being killed and the other lost an eye.
Mr. Dane himself was called to Boston in the War of
1812, but was soon discharged.
Came back to the road that turns to the northward and
went to the top of Huckleberry hill and saw Silas Shed
shingling his barn, which he has built this year on land
which his sister bought of Porter Livingston. This land
formerly belonged to the Kendalls. Silas Shed's mother
was sister to Mr. Dane's wife, and both had ten children.
He is a stonecutter and mason, and built in 1860 the
house where he and his sister Hannah Brown Shed reside.
Both are unmarried. They are children of Silas and
Polly (Brown) Shed, and were born in Andover, he in
1820 and she in 1824, but their parents were natives of
Tewksbury. Their brother, Charles Otis, makes his home
here, and their mother died here in the spring of 1863.
About an eighth of a mile beyond Silas Shed's is where
Henry W. Brown has resided since 1853. He bought
this place of Francis Caldwell in 1849. The house was
built by Abraham Stickney about 1815, and Mr. Brown
enlarged it. George Holt also lived here at one time.
S2 A GENEALOGICAL-HISTORICAL VISITATION OP
Mr. Stickney was a carpenter, and Mr. Brown was an
engineer from Lowell to Boston from 1836 to 1856. The
latter is son of Samuel and Rebecca (Haynes) Brown,
and was bora in Watertown in 1814. Thirza Jane, his
wife, is daughter of Solomon and Betsey (Morrill) Jack-
son, and was born in Holderness, N. H., in 1820.
Next below Brown and on the opposite side of the
street, south of the old oak, formerly stood the cottage
of Prince, a negro. Next is the house where Artemas
Hardy has resided since the spring of 1863, on the four-
teen-acre farm which he bought of Abby, widow of Wal-
ter Kendall. Walter was son of Samuel Kendall, who
built the house about 1815. Hardy is brother to Elmore
Dane's wife. Henry Flint has resided on the south side
of the street since 1860, coming from Phillips, Me., where
they had lived twenty years. The house was moved here
about 1840 by Alfred Holt from widow Boynton's place.
Mr. Flint let the house to William Trow, jr., an only son,
who, soon after he left, was killed by a horse running
away. Elmore Dane moved out when Flint came here.
The latter is son of Henry and Beulah (Wheeler) Flint,
and a relative of Dr. Flint who lived in Farmington, Me.
His mother was from Carlisle, where she was born in
1792. Betsey, his second wife, is daughter of Reuben,
son of Oliver and Hepzabeth (Hayward) Wheeler, and
was born in Carlisle in 1803. His first wife, by whom all
of the children were born, was Eunice Wheeler, sister of
his second wife. Children : Henry Sewall, who died in St.
Johnsbury, mar. Rosella, daughter of Dea. Shadrack San-
born of Wheelock, Vt., and whose child Orianna learned
the alphabet when two years old ; Rosella's mother is
married to Jacob Day of Sheffield, Vt. Charles Warren,
mar. Fanny Newell, daughter of Dea. Oliver Walsh, the
arithmetician, and resided in Washington D. C., where
he kept the Flint house, and had children, Laura, Fanny,
and Charles. Elizabeth Eunice, mar. Shepherd Cram-
packer of Westville, Indiana. Franklin, mar. Sarah Jane
Walsh, sister to Charles' wife, and had children, Fanny
Louisa, and by his second wife, Laura Maynard of New
York, they had Henry Franklin and Levi Maynard ; he
is a carriage-maker, and now resides at Westville, Indiana.
ANDOVER, MASS., IN THE YEAB 1863. 93
The old house of Mr. Trow stood about twenty rods
south of the present house, which was built in 1835. The
next year after, the new road was built, which is about
one mile from the Andover and Tewksbury line to the
North Tewksbury meeting-house. The line runs through
Mr. Trow's house and through their oven. The old house
was Uriah Griffin's place of residence, and when Mr.
Trow went into it after it had been unoccupied for about
six months, he found an adder in a chamber. William
Trow is son of John and Hannah (Dodge) Trow, both
born in Beverly, and he had a brother John, who was
born in Beverly. His mother was Martha Swan Clark,
and they were married in 1771. Children; Dudley, b.
1773, mar. Annis Johnson, lived a while in Hancock, N.
H., and died in Haverhill ; Charles, b. 1775, mar. a Patch,
lived in Beverly, Andover, and Methuen, where he died ;
Daniel, b. 1777, mar. Hannah Liscomb of Beverly and
resided in West Andover ; Richard, b. 1779, mar. Sarah
Shattuck, and died in Nashua ; Jerusha, b. 1781, mar.
Samuel Liscomb, half-brother to Daniel's wife, and died in
Methuen; Sarah, b. 1783, mar. Daniel Merrill of An-
dover, but has been in Methuen since 1835; Lucy, b.
1786, mar. Thomas Pearson of Wilmington, a stage
driver, and died in Haverhill in 1863 ; Hannah, b. 1788,
d. 1813; Thomas, b. 1790, lived in Charlestown, N. H.,
and recently went to Sheboygan, Wis. ; William, b. April
21, 1795, when his mother was in her fiftieth year. John
Tuck was adopted by Mr. Trow when one day old, and
was born Nov. 16, 1792.
Mr. Trow, the father, died Nov. 28, 1806, aged about
.fifty-six years, and his mother lived to be about ninety-
five years old. His grandmother Dodge died Mar. 16,
1807, aged about ninety years. His father bought the
place and lived in the old house now owned by Deacon
Peter Smith, near Joshua Phelps. William Trow married
first, Harriet, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth (Jaquith)
French of Andover, who was born where Capt. Pillsbury
resides, by whom all but his youngest child were born.
He married, second, Martha, daughter of Jonathan and
Lydia (Foster) Kendall, who was born in Tewksbury in
1816, by whom he has Martha Swan, born in this house
94 A GENEALOGICAL-HISTORICAL VISITATION OF
in 1842. Children by first wife : William, b. 1822, mar.
Elizabeth Hill, and died in 1855, leaving children, William,
b. 1848, Ann Maria, b. 1850, Sarah Elizabeth, b. 1852, and
Hiram French, b. 1854 ; Harriet Lucelia, b. 1824, mar.
Wentworth Winchester, who died in Danvers, and had
children, Harriet Augusta, b. Danvers, 1845, and Sarah
Ella Maria, b. Andover, 1849 ; Caroline Augusta, b. 1826,
mar. John Morrow, resides in Lowell, and has had children,
Helen Augusta, who died young, William Trow, b. 1857,
George Young, b. 1859 ; Ann Maria, died unmarried ; Sarah
Henrietta, b. 1832, mar. John W. Raymond, in , where
she died, leaving daughter Jennie Frances, b. 1850 ; Frances
Mehitable, b. 1834, mar. Cummings Messer of Methuen,
where they reside and has child, Jennie Louisa, b. 1861.
Widow Farmer's house is next, this place having been
owned formerly by Mr. Rand and Joel Shedd. Prince
Ames' son Peter, whose mother Eunice is now alive, lived
with Mr. Rand, whom he called his uncle. Silas, son of
Peter Farmer, was born in North Tewksbury in 1770, and
died here in March, 1856, aged eighty-seven years. He
built the barn and other buildings. After Joel Shedd
died, his brother, Jacob Shedd, lived here a while with'an
only son. Joel's family went to Charlestown, and after
Jacob left the place, it was let by Esquire Brown' of
Tewksbury to various families. Mrs. Farmer says that
her husband was connected with the Billerica Farmers.
David Rogers' wife of Tewksbury, whose daughter mar-
ried Dea. James Bailey, was a distant relative of Mr.
Farmer. Mrs. Farmer is Anna, daughter of Nathan and
Anna Blanchard. She says she is cousin to Rev. Dr. Amos
Blanchard of Lowell, their grandfathers being brothers.
Probably her great-grandfather Blanchard resided where
Charles, son of Peter Shattuck, now resides, about three-
quarters of a mile from the West Andover church. Her
father had an aunt who married, first, a Blanchard, and
had two children, one of whom was educated by Governor
Phillips, and after her first husband died, she married an
Abbott, who resided in Concord, N. H. He was a native
of Andover, and it is said would have married her when
young, but she would not consent to live where the
Indians were then so troublesome.
ANDOVER, MASS., IN THE YEAR 1863. 95
Mrs. Farmer's grandfather Blanchard married Margaret
Dolliver, one of two daughters of a shipmaster, who died
at sea. She died about 1800, and he died after he had
married a second time, probably about 1810. He resided
in Andover, when her father was born, then removed to
Bradford, N. H. Her father, Nathan Blanchard, who
was drowned when his youngest child was about six
weeks old, was born June 30, 1773, and died Sept. 24,
1806. He was drowned in the Contocook river, at Hen-
niker, N. H. He married Anna Sawyer, who was born
in Newburyport, March 18, 1774, and died in Andover,
April 18, 1833, while visiting her daughter. Anna was
daughter of Joshua and Miriam (Rogers) Sawyer, who
removed to Hopkinton, N. H., when their only child was
five years old. Miriam Rogers' mother was Anna Moul-
ton, and the latter's mother was Anna Emery. Mrs.
Farmer has an old rocking chair from the Rogers family
which had originally a rawhide seat made similar to cane
seating. Some of her cousins have china and silver that
belonged to the Emery family, and her brother probably
has the Rogers' family Bible. Nathan and Anna (Saw-
yer) Blanchard resided in Hopkinton, where all but his
youngest child were born, and where he engaged in the
real estate business. Children : Anna, b. Mar. 21, 1796 ;
Sarah, b. 1797, mar. first, Daniel Bigsby, and had three
children, mar. second, Samuel Bartlett, mar. third, a
Hobbs, and died in Wilmot, N H. ; Miriam, mar. Thomas
Carr, who died at Holderness, N. H., and she resides with
her son Arthur at Stoneham ; Eliza, mar. Samuel Garland
of Canterbury, N. H., who died in Lowell, and she re-
sides there with three daughters; Nathan, d. 1863, at
Hillsboro, N. H., where his only son, Samuel Garland
Blanchard, resides, his daughter Harriet having married
John Plummer of Henniker ; Sawyer, of Lowell and
Concord, mar. first, Caroline Morrison, by whom he had
one son, who died young, mar. second, Rebecca Huse of
Hopkinton, by whom he has had three sons, George Stores,
Thomas H. and Walter ; Livonia, mar. first, John Hodg-
don, of which marriage one daughter survives, Ann, wife
of Otis Underwood of North Tewksbury, and mar. sec-
ond, another Hodgdon of North Tewksbury.
96 A GENEALOGICAL-HISTORICAL VISITATION.
Silas Farmer mar. first, Rebecca Griffin of Tewksbury,
by whom all the children were born : Naomi, mar. Capt.
Henry Cochran of Andover, who had children by his first
wife, a Chase ; Gilbert, who resides in Cincinnati, mar.
Mary Wright of Westford, and has children Eugene and
Mary Ellen, both born in Tewksbury ; Silas, who went
south about 1840 and has not been heard from for many
years ; Cordelia, who married John, son of Enoch Har-
riman, and resides in Groveland ; Caleb Strong, mar.
Mary Small in Roxbuiy and lives in Missouri ; Elmore,
who died unmarried, March, 1862, aged forty-seven years ;
Porter, who was born in 1818, and lives at home. Ed-
ward Farmer, an adopted son, who has lived here since
the age of thirteen months, mar. Hannah, daughter of
Moody B. Abbott, and is a Sergeant in Co. H. 14th Mass.
Regiment. They have a son, Herbert Edward.
Asa Warren Livingston has resided here since 1856.
The place was formerly owned by Ephraim Kendall, then
by his son Ephraim, and it was built by Thomas P. Ken-
dall in 1838. Mr. Gilman, who married Mary, daughter
of Ephraim Kendall, jr., bought the place of Thomas
Kendall, and Mr. Livington came here after Wright left,
the latter having hired it of Mr. Livington's brother
Porter. Asa W. is son of Asa and Beulah (Carter) Liv-
ingston, and was born in Tewksbury, June 29, 1821, but
was brought up with Samuel Kendall, where Artemas
Hardy resides. Kendall's wife was Abigail Carter, Asa's
aunt. He married first, Elizabeth, daughter of Edmund
French of Tewksbury, who died in 1866, and where he
now resides ; married, second, Roxa Swan, daughter of
John and Martha (Swan) Nowell, who was born in Her-
man, Me., May 7, 1837 ; children : Mary Elizabeth, b.
1851 ; Charles Warren, b. 1854 ; Jane, b. by second wife,
1861.
(To be continued.')
HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
OF THE
ESSEX INSTITUTE
VOL. LII. APRIL, 1916. No. 2
WHERE ROGER WILLIAMS LIVED IN SALEM.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY.
STATEMENTS of history do not come out of the records,
as some seem to think, ready for the historian to merely
copy and print, but historical facts as they appear in his-
tory are often, if not generally, each the result of long,
laborious and difficult study. And the earlier the times
the more scanty and indefinite the evidence of facts be-
oomes. Especially is this true of the years immediately
following the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony ;
and to get the fullness of the meaning of the items that
make up the evidence of the facts to be discussed the closest
attention must be given to the little things that are no-
ticed only upon the most careful and minute study.
THE CORWIN HOUSE.
Many years ago there appeared upon the Witch house,
so called, in Salem, a large painted sign, inscribed as
follows :
RGER WILLIAMS HUSE
OR
"WITCH HUSE"
Y e Oldest House in Salem
Erected before 1635
(97)
98 WHERE ROGER WILLIAMS LIVED IN SALEM,
What occasioned it, and who put it there, does not ap-
pear ; but there it has remained and been read by thou-
sands of visitors each year.
There was no record, tradition or suggestion that it
was the house in which Roger Williams lived until 1866,
when the late William P. Upham stated it to be a fact,
two hundred and thirty years after it was occupied by
Roger Williams, if it ever was so occupied.* That Mr.
Upham originated the idea that this was -Roger Williams'
residence, will appear from the final paragraph of his
second article upon the subject, published in 1870.f
After presenting his evidence > he says :
These facts bring us to a conclusion that hardly admits of a doubt,
that this house, which has so long been an object of attraction for
visitors from all parts of the world, on account of its connection
with the witchcraft tragedy of 1692, and as the residence of one of
the judges, must NOW ACQUIRE an added interest as having been
once the home of Roger Williams.'t
Here then within these very walls, lived, two hundred and thir-
ty-five years ago, that remarkable and truly heroic man, who in
his devotion to the principle of free conscience, and liberty of relig-
ious belief untrammelled by civil power, penetrated in mid-winter
the depths of an unknown wilderness, to seek a new home : a home
which he could only find among savages, whose respect for the be-
nevolence and truthfulness of his character made them then and
ever afterwards his constant friends. From this spacious and pleas-
ant mansion he fled through the deep snows of a New England
forest, leaving his wife and young children to the care of Provi-
dence, whose silent " voice," speaking through the conscience, was
his only support and guide. The State which he founded may ever
look back with a just pride upon the history of Roger Williams.
The earliest mention of the present house at all in any
article is an account of it, printed in 1860, by George R.
Curwen. It is there stated that it was built by Capt.
George Corwin in 1642, and by him occupied until his
son Jonathan Corwin took possession, ignoring the fact
Essex Institute Historical Collections, volumes, page 257; Essex
Institute Bulletin, volume 2, page 60.
tEssex Institute Bulletin, volume 2, page 60.
tin Mr. Upbam's article this and the preceding line were printed
in roman type and lower case letters.
Essex Institute Historical Collections, volume 2, page 228.
BY SIDNEY PEBLEY. 99
that Capt. Richard Davenport had owned the land and his
administrators conveyed the same, in 1674-5, to Jonathan
Corwin. Apparently, it was the same person who made
the last statement (that it was built in 1642, by Captain
Corwin) who wrote the deed of the estate in 1856, which
contains the same statement.*
The second article about this house is by Mr. Upham
printed in 1866, who said that Mr. Curwen was wrong as
to its origin, and that it was the home of^ Roger Williams
several years prior to 1642, the year Mr. Curwen stated
it was erected. f
Mr. Upham published another article on the old house
in 1870, in the Bulletin of the Essex Institute $ and a
third one, in 1888, in the Essex Institute Historical Col-
lections. The single article of Mr. Curwen (printed in
1860) and the three articles of Mr. Upham (published
respectively in 1866, 1870 and 1888) are all that touch
upon the history of the " Witch house." In the paper
of Mr. Upham, published in 1888, he indicates that his
discovery was not accepted without doubt, in the first two
sentences of his article, which are as follows :
In the general disposition to " prove all things " which has cast
a doubt over so many traditions once held sacred the ancient Roger
Williams house has not escaped. But scepticism must give way
before the known facts in this case.
The House Itself. What of the house it self ? Is there
anything about it which indicates its age as anywhere near
that assigned by Curwen or Upham ?
When the administrators of the estate of Capt. Richard
Davenport conveyed the land to Jonathan Corwin, in
1674-5, || no mention is made of building*. This is not
conclusive, however, that there were none conveyed, as
sometimes, very rarely, buildings were not mentioned
though they were conveyed. If the buildings upon land
belonged to someone other than the ov.-ner of the land, of
course they would not be conveyed by the deed. At the
*Essz Registry of Deeds, book 537, leaf 45.
t Essex Institute Historical Collections, volume 8, page 257.
iEssejt Institute Bulletin, volume 2, page 55.
f Essex Institute Historical Collections, volume 25, page 162.
y Essex Registry of Deeds, book 4, leaf 103.
100 WHERE ROGER WILLIAMS LIVED IN SALEM,
date of this deed there was a house upon the lot, either
partly or wholly built and about to be finished or re-
paired.
In the library of the American Antiquarian Society, in
Worcester, among the Curwen manuscripts, is a contract*
between Jonathan Corwin and Daniel Andrew, a mason,
for " filling, plaistering and finishing a certaine dwelling
house bought by the said owner of Capt. Nath'll Daven-
port of Boston, and is situate in Salem aforesaid, towards
the west end of the towne betweene the houses of Rich.
Sibley to the west and Deliverance Parkman on the
east."
The deed of the land was given to Mr. Corwin by the
administrators of the estate of Capt. Richard Davenport,
but the house, which Mr. Andrew was engaged to fill,
plaster and finish, Mr. Corwin says he bought of Captain
Davenport's son, Capt. Nathaniel Davenport of Boston.
This proves that the house was the separate property of
Nathaniel, the son, which, without doubt, he had begun
to build upon this lot, which belonged to the estate of his
father, and which had remained unimproved for many
years. The administrators sold the land, but Nathaniel
sold the house, to Jonathan Corwin. Mr. Upham says,
repeatedly, that this contract was for repairing the house,
but it seems clearly manifest that it was for finishing the
house and making some slight changes in the part already
partially constructed. The deed of the land is dated
Feb. 11, 1674-5, and the agreement eight days later.
The house had an easterly room and three other rooms
at that time, and also a " porch and the remaining part of
the house." The kitchen on " the north side of the
house," twenty by eighteen feet, was to be underpinned.
This was mentioned as separate from the house ; but it
must have been attached to it, as the contract was made
relative to the house. It had chimneys, evidently a stack
of chimneys, a porch chamber and a lean to, under which
was a cellar. No part of the house or kitchen was un-
derpinned, the cellar was not pointed, there was no cellar
under the easterly part of the house, there were no steps
This contract is printed in full in Essex Institute Bulletin, vol-
ume 2, page 55; and The Essex Antiquarian, volume vn, page 169.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 101
leading into the cellar, and apparently no front steps (as
" stone stepps up into the porch " were to be made), the
rooms were neither lathed nor plastered, nor were the
walls of the porch, porch chamber and kitchen filled with
brick or clay. First, the mason was " to dig and build a
cellar as large as the easterly room of said house will
afford (and in the said room according to the breadthe
and lengthe of it (not exceeding six foot in height ; and
to underpin the porch and the remaining part of the house
not exceeding three foot in height ; also to underpin the
kitchen on the north side of the house, not exceeding one
foot ; the said kitchen being 20 foot long and 18 foot
wide ; and to make steps with stones into the cellar in
two places belonging to the cellar, together with stone
stepps up into the porch. 2. For the chimneys he is to
take down the chimneys which are now standing, and to
take and make up of the bricks that are now in the
chimneys, and the stones that are in the leanto cellar that
now is, and to rebuild the said chimneys with five fire
places, viz., two below and two in the chambers and
one in the garret ; also to build one chimney in the
kitchen, with ovens and a furnace, not exceeding five feet
above the top of the house. 3. He is to set the jambs
of the two chamber chimneys and of the easternmost
room below with Dutch tiles, the said owner finding the
tiles ; also to lay all the hearths belonging to the said
house and to point the cellar and underpinning of sd.
house and so much of the 3 hearths as are to be laid with
Dutch tiles, the said owner is to find them. 4. As for
lathing and plaistering, he is to lath and siele the 4 rooms
of the house betwixt the joists overhead and to plaister
the sides of the house with a coat of lime and haire upon
the clay ; also to till the gable ends of the house with
bricks and to plaister them with clay. 5. To lath and
plaister the partitions of the house with clay and lime,
and to fill, lath and plaister with bricks and clay the
porch and porch chamber and to plaister them with lime
and hair besides ; and to siele and lath them overhead
with lime ; also to fill lath and plaister the kitchen up to
the wall plate on every side. 6. The said Daniel An-
drews is to find lime, bricks, clay, stone, haire, together
102 WHERE ROGER WILLIAMS LIVED IN SALEM,
with labourers and workmen to help him, and generally
all materials for the effecting and carrying out of the
aforesaid worke, excepte laths and nailes. 7. The whole
work before mentioned is to be done, finished and per-
formed att or before the last day of August next follow-
ing, provided the said Daniel or any that work with him
be not lett or hindered for want of the carpenter worke.
8. Lastly, in consideration of all the aforesaid worke, so
finished and accomplished as is aforesaid, the aforesaid
owner is to pay or cause to be paid unto the said worke-
man, the summeof fifty pounds in money current in New
England, to be paid at or before the finishing of the said
worke."
The principal comment that Mr. Upham makes is this :
" Thus it appears that this house was so old in 1675 that the
chimneys had to be taken down and new ones built." It
would seem that the reason the chimneys were to be taken
down was that five fire-places might be made in them.*
The Lot of Land. So much for the house ; what of
the history of the lot ? Did Roger Williams live in any
house that stood upon the lot during his ministry ? Mr.
Upham gives five reasons for his statement that Roger
Williams lived upon this lot.
I. Because in 1714 Jonathan Corwin, who then
owned the lot, was allowed two shares in the common
lands in Salem " for his house and Mr. Williams cottage
right."
II. The ten-acre lot in the Northfield, which went
with this house in the sale to Corwin, is shown to have
belonged to " Mr. Williams."!
III. In 1640, field drivers were appointed for ' the
field (which undoubtedly included the present Witch
house lot) where Mr. Williams house i's."f
IV. In 1649-50, a part of Essex street, somewhere
near Flint street, was described as " the way between
Roger Morey and Mr. Williams his house that wa."f
V. In 1671, North street is mentioned as having been
" formerly called Williames lane."
*Essex Institute Bulletin, volume 2, page 57.
tFor emphasis this word is italicised in this paper only.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 103
These are the five evidences given by Mr. Upham for
his statement that Roger Williams lived on the corner of
Essex and North streets.
Mr. Upham says further :
An examination of the character of the early settlers in that
part of Salem lying west of North street . . . suggests the idea
that Roger Williams in choosing this site for his house may have
been accompanied or followed by others of a similar freedom of
spirit of religious matters. We find there the names of Veren,
Gaskin, Trusler, Spooner, Shattock, Weston, Needham, Moulton,
Buffum, Corey, Southwick, Maule, Reeves and Bishop, all remind-
ing us of persons conspicuous on our records as promulgators of
what were considered "erroneous doctrines," Quakers, etc.*
So far as Quaker influence or association is concerned,
it is needless to say that Quakers were unknown until
twenty years after the banishment of Roger Williams.
He was banished Sept. 3, 1635, and left Salem in the
following January. Veren, Gaskin, Weston, Moulton
and Bishop were the only ones that were living anywhere
in Salem at the time of the banishment ; and only Veren
and Weston were ever interested in Roger Williams'
ideas. Of the others mentioned, Trusler is first men-
tioned in the records in October, 1638 ; Spooner was ad-
mitted as an inhabitant in July, 1637 ; Shattock first
appears in Salem in 1654 ; Needham was not here before
1649 ; Buffum first appears here in October, 1638 ; Corey
was only a boy when he first appears here in 1644 ;
Southwick was not known here until 1639 ; Maule came
to Salem in 1669 ; and Reeves first appears here in 1642.
Mr. Upham's arguments or reasons may here be con-
sidered briefly :
I. Because Jonathan Corwin owned two shares in the
common lands in Salem "for his house and Mr. Williamg
cottage right." " That is to say," writes Mr. Upham,
" it was proved, in 1714, to the satisfaction of the pro-
prietors of the common lands in Salem that Mr. Wil-
liams ' had lived before 1661 where Judge Corwin was
then living." Was it proved ? It seems that the correct
interpretation of it is that one of the two shares was
Essex Institute Historical Collections, volume 25, page 164.
104 WHERE ROGER WILLIAMS LIVED IN SALEM,
for Judge Cor win's house and the other for Mr. Williams
was for another house, as two shares would not have been
granted for the same house nor for the same lot.
Concerning the title of "Mr. " Mr. Upham says:
" Mr." was not a mere title of courtesy in those days, but had a
well defined significance and a well guarded application. The
champions of the Williams house can well afford to rest their case
here. If there were living in Salem between 1631 and 1636 some
person named Williams other than Roger and entitled to the prefix
Mr., which was in common use with the clergy, then we think it is
incumbent on the doubter to produce that Mr. Williams and either
show that he did own, or at least might have owned the estate in
question. No such person is known to our local antiquaries. . . .
That "Mr. Williams " meant Roger Williams cannot be doubted.
It is clear that it was perfectly understood at the time to whom the
expression applied. If there had been more than one Mr. Williams
in Salem's early history, the records would not have so invariably
omitted the first name. But there was, in fact, no other to whom
that title would have been given. The prefix " Mr." was used
only for magistrates, ministers, eminent merchants and persons
holding some official position. The only other " Mr. Williams "
who fignres in our colonial records at that period was Francis Wil-
liams of Piscataqua and Strawberry Bank, now Portsmouth.*
But why does Mr. Upham limit the period to 1631-
1636, when no one of his references to " Mr. Williams "
is earlier than 1640, years after Roger Williams' banish-
ment, and why does he limit the use of " Mr." to the
classes named when it was also applied to people of edu-
cation and wealth ? It was also given to persons who
were sometimes called by their name only ; as, for in-
stance, Edward Jones was so called as well as Mr. Jones
or Mr. Edward Jones.
But a Mr. Williams, other than Roger, was here in the
early days. He was William Williams, who came from
Great Yarmouth, England, to Salem in 1637, aged forty,
with wife Alice, aged thirty-eight, and two children, and
was immediately received as an inhabitant here July 18
of that year.f Is he the Mr. Williams who lived, April
4, 1640, in the field where Mr. Williams house is " ?%
*Essex Institute Historical Collections, volume 25, pages 162 and 164.
tSalem Town Records, volume 1, page 52 (printed).
tSalem Town Records, volume 1, page 111 (printed).
BY SIDNEY PERLBY. 105
Here are a few facts from the records to show that
" Wm. Williams " and " Mr. Williams " were the same
person.
Henry Stephens and William Williams were sureties
for John Humphrey, Esq., Sept. 29, 1640,* to insure the
fulfillment of a promise of Mr. Humphrey to fence his
great Plain farm of five hundred acres, in Marblehead,
between Forest river and the ocean. Mr. Humphrey was
an esquire and one of the six gentlemen to whom this
whole region of the Massachusetts Bay Colony was
granted in 1628. He was chosen deputy governor with
Winthrop, in England, in 1630. but not being ready to
go to America, Dudley was chosen in his stead. His wife
was Lady Susan, a daughter of the Earl of Lincoln, and
sister of Lady Arbella Johnson. They came to Lynn
in July, 1634, and lived there until October 26, 1641,
when he returned to England, selling his estate in
Swampscott to Lady Deborah Moody, who lived near
Town House Square, in Salem. "Mr. Williams" had a
servant named Robert Allen, who, with Marmaduke Bar-
ton, a servant of Dea. John Home, who lived where the
city hall stands, was fined for receiving some stolen sil-
ver, possibly from Mr. Humphrey's house, which was
probably then vacant. Jan. 25, 1641-2, " Mr. Williams "
was perhaps away at this time, and John Deverix, who
lived next to Humphrey's farm, in Marblehead, agreed to
satisfy the damages. Allen afterwards settled in Man-
chester, and became a town officer. These things are
cited to show that Mr. Williams and William Williams
were the same person and an associate of Mr. Hum-
phrey.
Savage states that William Williams removed from
Salem, and may have been in Watertown in 1642, the
year of Mr. Humphrey's return to England.f
The house referred to, in 1640, as " in the field where
Mr. Williams house is " is called, Feb. 28, 1649-50, "Mr.
Williams house that was,'^ signifying that he lived in it
*Salem Quarterly Court Records, volume 1, page 21; Essex Insti-
tute Historical Collections, volume 8, page 63.
tSee Records of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, volume 1, page
316 (printed).
tSalem Town Records, volume 1, page 185 (printed).
106 WHERE ROGER WILLIAMS LIVED IN SALEM,
in 1640, and had removed from it before 1649-50, which
agrees perfectly with the statement in Savage.
II. The association of the houselot with the ten-acre
lot. Mr. Upham assumes that the " Mr. Williams " who
owned the ten-acre lot in the Northfield was Roger Wil-
liams, because, as he says, no antiquary knew of any
other " Mr. Williams " being here in the early period
who could have been the owner of the lot, and proceeds
to argue that the owner of the ten-acre lot and the house-
lot in town must be identical, as the two lots were con-
veyed together by Captain Davenport's administrators, in
1674, thirty-eight years after Roger Williams' banish-
ment. Roger Williams never had a grant nor a deed of
land in the Northfield. William Williams, however, on
the very day that he was received into the town as an
inhabitant had granted to him by the town " one acre of
ground for a house lot " and " 10 acres for a great lot ".*
Are these the two lots ascribed by Mr. Upham to Roger
Williams when the town records state that the grant was
to ' W m Williams "? Roger Williams did have a ten-
acre lot, however, but it was in the Southfieldf and not
in the Northfield.
III. Where Mr. Williams' house is. This statement,
made in 1640, taken in connection with the fourth state-
ment, made in 1649-50.
IV. Where Mr. Williams his house that was, shows a
change in the occupancy of the house, between the year
1640 and 1649-50, and not when Roger Williams left, in
the winter of 1635-6.
V. In 1671, North street was called Williamses lane.
That furnishes no evidence it was called after Roger and
not after William Williams.
The only evidence that the writer can deduce from Mr.
Upham's statements is that some " Mr. Williams " lived
on that lot at an early date ; and it would seem that the
only " Mr. Williams " that the records agree upon as
being that person is William Williams.
There was a slough, wide and hardly passable, in the
*Salem Town Records, volume 1, page 52 (printed).
tDeed from John Wolcott to William Lord. See page 109, post.
| Essex Institute Historical Collections, volume 8, page 256.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 107
road between the meeting house and the Witch house, and
it was so bad that the town considered paving it in 1754,
and it was paved in 1772. Would the pastor of the church
be likel}' to live in such a disadvantageous location?
THE PARSONAGE.
But, did not Roger Williams live in the parsonage near
the meeting house, as was proper, until his banishment ?
Mr. Upham acknowledges in his first article, in 1866, that
Roger Williams lived at first in the house built for Rev.
Francis Higginson in 1629, but afterwards apparently
disregards the statement.
The agreement made with Rev. Francis Higginson, in
England, April 8, 1629, was that "in convenient tyme an
house shall be built, & certayne lands allotted thereunto ;
w ch during his stay in y e countrey & continuance in y e
ministrey shall bee for his vse ; & after his death or re-
moovall y e same to be for Succeeding ministers. ... in
case hee shall depart this lyfe in y* countrey, y e said
Company shall take care for his widdow during her wid-
dowhood & aboade in y* country and plantacon : & y e
like for his children whilst y y remayne vpon y e said
plantacon."* The house was duly built by the town,
and occupied by Mr. Higginson.
The oldest deed, probably, now in existence in the
Massachusetts Bay Colony is of this house and the land
around it, and is on file in the office of the clerk of
courts, in Salem.
Mr. Upham has stated that the Higginson house stood
on the William Lord lot, and that this deed was the deed
to him of the lot from which the meeting house lot was
taken ; but this cannot be true, as Mr. Lord owned his
lot for years before this deed was written and even before
the meeting house was built, as is readily noticed.
Apparently, no site had been reserved for a meeting
house, and for several 3'ears public religious services were
probably held in Governor Endecott's " faire house."
Roger Williams not only immediately saw the need of
a meeting house, but it was probably through his vigor
Writings of Rev. Francis Higginson.
108 WHERE ROGER WILLIAMS LIVED IN SALEM,
and influence that a meeting house was erected. For its
site, William Lord let the town have the northwest corner
of his houselot. To satisfy him for the land, a grant of
land was made to him in 1638, and, again, upon his claim
that he had not been paid, the selectmen, May 15, 1660,
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confirmed the grant to him, and also granted to him the
" unf enced " land around the meeting house " & what
elc about his houfe or houfs that lyeth vnfenced." Mr.
Lord construed the loosely drawn vote of the selectmen
to include the unfenced land to the west of the meeting
house and his lot, and claimed the vacant land as his.
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DEED OF JOHN WOOLCOTT TO WILLIAM LORD, I635.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 109
Hilliard Veren owned the house shown on the map in
the middle of the open space as early as 1659.
Nov. 18, 1661, the town granted to John Home a lot,
forty feet long and eighteen feet wide, " in the gutt be-
tween Wm Lord sen & Helyard veren house." Not only
was it objectionable to Mr. Lord to have a house built so
near and directly in front of his own, but he deemed the
act of the town to be a trespass upon land which he sup-
posed was his own. He brought a suit for trespass
against Mr. Home in 1669, probably when Mr. Home
began to improve the lot. The action was tried, and
amongst the documentary and other evidence filed in the
case is this ancient deed. This deed could not apply to
any part of the houselot of Mr. Lord, for the grant to
Mr. Home was without the bounds of his lot. To have
any bearing upon the matter in issue it must be the deed
of the Veren house and land around it. Mr. Lord based
his claim to own the " gut " between his and Mr. Veren's
houses upon his title to his houselot, this deed of John
Woolcott and the vote of the selectmen in 1660 granting
to him the unfenced land around the meeting house.
If this be true, the Veren house must have been that
which was built by the local government in 1629 for Rev.
Francis Higginson ; and thus became the parsonage.
This deed* is written on a sheet of paper, twelve inches
long and seven and one-half inches wide. It reads :
In Salem, the of the 8 th month caled octob* 1635
Memoranda that I John Woolcott of Salem haue Bartered and
Sould vnto William Lord fenior
all and euery part of my honfe and m if teed in Salem (formerlie in
the occupation of mr Roger Williams, & from him by order from
m Higenfon fould vnto mee. as by a quittance vndr mr w ms hand
doth appear, as alfo all the out houfing, w th 2 bedfteads Table
formes & f helues in the forefaid dwelling houfe, w th all the ffences
about it, or w* els thervnto belonging] vnto it. Alfo all the Intereft
m Higenfon of Charles Towne, & fo my felf, had or llnowll haue in
a Tenn Acre Lott of ground on the fouth fyde : ffor, & in Confidera-
tion of the fome of ffif teene pounds Tenn f hillings to me in hand
paid, (according to an order of Arbiterm* mad by m* Throckmorton,
Files of Ipswich Quarterly Court, volume 14, leaf 15.
110 WHEBE ROGER WILLIAMS LIVED IN SALEM,
& John Woodbury, in differentlie Chofen by vs both for that purpofe.)
in full fatiffaction of. the prmifes, w th faid fome &c the faid John
Woolcott doth acknowledg him felf fully contented and paid and
therof acquitteth the f d w m Lord his heirs, & affignes for euer In
witnes wherof I haue hearvnto put my hand and feale this 23 th of
the 9 th mo: caled Novebr anno 1635.
Sealed Signed and
Deliuered in p r fence Jo
of woollcott (SEAL)
Raph ffogg scr
The mark
of Elizabeth T Turner
It will be noticed that not only the house and land
were conveyed, but the things in the house which were
too heavy to be readily removed, as two bedsteads, table,
forms and shelves. It will also be noticed that the deed
conveyed all the fences about it, which shows that, prob-
ably, it was not bounded by any private owner. Mr.
Hilliard Veren owned the house May 2, 1659, when the
town granted to him " Roome before his now dwellinge
house to make a Porch."* Another noticeable thing is
that the paper was prepared in October, blank day, but
not executed until November 23d.
When the railroad tunnel was constructed in 1839,
upon this central location stood a house, which was re-
moved. An ancient house had occupied the same site
and was gone soon after 1707. The first house that stood
there was the parsonage built for Rev. Francis Higgiuson,
and in it dwelt, not only Francis Higginson, but Roger
Williams. A year from the day that the church was or-
ganized, Aug. 6, 1630, Mr. Higginson died, leaving a
widow and eight young children. The early death of
Mr. Higginson and the distressing circumstances of his
family apparently caused the colony to be generous to
the widow and fatherless, and gave the estate to Mrs.
Higginson, as in a letter she wrote to Governor Win-
throp, Jan. 26, 1630-1, she signified her acceptance of
" the two kine, and the house, and that money in Mr.
Codington's hand." She lived here but a short time,
however, and removed to Charlestown. She sold the
Salem Town Records, volume 1, page 223 (printed).
BY SIDNEY PEBLEY. Ill
house and lot to Roger Williams, who succeeded Mr.
Higginson as teacher of the church, but gave him no
deed of the property. When the time for his banishment
came Mr. Williams, by order from Mrs. Higginson, con-
veyed the house and land to John Woolcott of Salem,
Apparently, Mr. Woolcott did not want the estate him-
self, but received the title in such a way that he could
dispose of the estate for the benefit of Roger Williams,
after his banishment, as banishment probably meant for
feiture of his estate. This is suggested by the statement
in the deed itself that the consideration of its sale to
William Lord was fixed by two arbitrators, one probably
for Mr. Lord and one for Mr. Williams. These arbitrators
were none other than John Woodbury, Mr. Lord's nearest
neighbor, and Mr. Throckmorton, who came with Roger
Williams from England, who came to Salem with him, and
who, tradition says, accompanied him in his flight from
Salem, in the cold and snow and night. Is not this the
house he subsequently wrote that he was driven from ?
MARBLEHEAD BIBLE RECORDS.
FROM A BIBLE IN POSSESSION OF MRS. LAURA E.
FOYE, 23 PLEASANT ST., SALEM.
Ebenezer Griffen, m. Martha Thompson, May 9, 1765.
Hannah Griffen, b. Nov. 1, 1766 ; d. April 16, 1767.
Eben r Griffen, b. Nov. 20, 1767 ; d. Aug. 18, 1769.
Tho m Griffen, b. Dec. 26, 1769 ; d. Sept. 14, 1771.
Eben r Griffen, b. Dec. 26, 1770, " and Departed this
Life in Cambridge & was Buried By the Honners of war
this was dun in Consequence of the Child's Death being
Caused by his eating Nuts which was gave him by the Com-
manding Officer of the Regiment of Continental Soldiers
that was Stationed there at that time and his father being
an Officer in the Regiment it was dun to Honner him."
Martha Griffen was born Aug. 12, 1775 ; d. Sept. 12,
1777.
Isaac S. Griffen, b. in Boston Dec. 27, 1780.
Eben r Griffen, b. Aug. 14, 1787.
Eben r Griffen, d. Aug. 20, 1797, aged 60.
Martha Griffen, d. Jan. 16, 1805, aged 59.
Ebenezer Griffen, m. Hannah Brimblecomb, Nov. 17,
1808.
Eben r Griffen, b. April 11, 1809, in Marblehead.
FROM A BIBLE IN POSSESSION OF MRS. LELAND H.
COLE, 2 WINTER ST., SALEM.
Martha Trevett, b. Marblehead, 1720; d. 1803.
Margaret Searles, b. Marblehead, 1735 ; d. 1819.
Thomas Pickett, m. Mariam Striker in Marblehead, April
18, 1775.
Thomas Pickett, b. June 27, 1750.
Mariam Striker, b. Mch. 26, 1755.
FROM A BIBLE IN POSSESSION OF MRS. LUCINDA
WEBBER, 33 ESSEX ST., SALEM.
John Webber, b. Jan. 25, 1828, in Marblehead.
(112)
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WILLIAM GRAY OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS,
AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS.
BY EDWARD GKAY.
1. WILLIAM 1 GRAY was probably the first of his fam-
ily in America, and the earliest record I find of him is
his marriage intention recorded at Lynn, Nov. 16, 1706.
The first land he bought in Lynn was from John Kirtland
on Oct. 5, 1709; later, in 1712, he bought from Samuel
Burrill, for X85, four lots of land in Lynn. He is called
cordwainer in the Essex County deeds, and also husband-
man, and is said to have initiated the manufacture of
shoes by operatives in Lynn. At the town meeting,
March 7, 1714/15, he was chosen one of the fence viewers
" for ye town fields for ye year ensuing." At the same
meeting, and also on March 7, 1719/20, he was chosen
one of those " to take care and prosecute ye town order
that prohibits keeping geese in ye Commons." He was
chosen one of the tithingmen, March 3, 1717/18, and
March 3, 1728/29, and on March 6, 1720/21, one of the
tithingmen and " to seat boyes in the Meeting House and
to prevent disorders on the Lord's Day." On Nov; 3,
NOTE. As far as any one knows, this Lynn fatally has no connec-
tion with the Gray families of Yarmouth, Plymouth, Boston, Salem,
Beverly, etc., and on account of these numerous families, I have
been unable, in some cases, to trace some branches of our Grays
when they moved or left no record. "A Gray Genealogy," by M.
D. Raymond, under Salem Grays, says William Gray of Lynn was
the son of Joseph Gray of Salem and Deborah Williams, but I can
find absolutely no proof of it. There is also a tradition that Wil-
liam Gray's father was named William Gray and came from England
to Salem, but I cannot find any proof of that. From the names he
gave his children, it seems possible our William Gray belonged to
the Grays of Harrow-on-the-Hill and London, England, where the
names William, Jeremiah, and Abraham Gray occur. There is
nothing which shows whether or not, William Gray had any connec-
tion with Robert Gray of Lynn, whose marriage intention is re-
corded at Lynn, Oct. 19, 1700, to Dorothy Collins.
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114 WILLIAM GRAY OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS,
1718, he was chosen " to serve on ye jury of legalls at
the next superior court to be holden at Salem."
His marriage intention is recorded at Lynn, Nov. 16,
1706, to Hannah Scarlet (name also spelt Scadled, Scad-
let, Scadlock), daughter of Scarlet and Hannah
(Paul) (Suffolk Deeds, 36 : 232). She was buried at
Lynn, Oct. 28, 1756.
His will, dated April 13, 1743, leaves to his wife all
his property, except the following : to son Abraham, one
wood lot nigh Burrill's Hill, containing about three acres ;
to son Joseph, one small lot salt marsh lying in Lynn, in
Rumney Marsh, nigh Bear Creek, containing about two
acres ; to my daughter Hannah, 5 shillings, which (with
what I have heretofore given her) is her full portion in
my estate. After death of wife, all estate, not herein
particularly given, to my four sons, Jeremiah, Abraham,
Benjamin and Joseph. He died at Lynn, June 7, 1743.
Children :
I. JOSEPH*, b. at Lynn, Jan. 8, 1707-8; d. young.
ii. WILLIAM, b. at Lynn, Aug. 30, 1710; probably d. young.
2. in. JEREMIAH, b. at Lynn, Dec. 16, 1712.
3. iv. ABRAHAM, b. at Lynn, Jan. 13, 1714-15.
v. HANNAH, b. probably at Lynn; m. int. Lynn, Oct. 9, 1736,
to Jonathan Blany; d. at Lynn, Sept. 8, 1767, aet. 54
yrs. (grave stone). She d. at Lynn, June 1, 1744.
Jonathan Blany's will, dated Aug. 15, 1757, mentions
son Joseph Blany, 3 daughters, Mary Blany, Abigail
Blany, Hannah Blany. Abraham Gray, executor.
Children: (1) Joseph. (2) Mary, m. at Lynn, Oct. 8,
1765, Nathaniel Fuller, shipwright. (3) Abigail, m. at
Lynn, Sept. 22, 1757, Nathaniel Lewis, son of Edmund
and Hepsabah (Breed), b. at Lynn, Oct. 30, 1731; d. at
Lynn, May 23, 1767; a cordwainer; three children, all
d. young. She m. 2d, at Lynn, Jan. 13, 1774, Capt.
Joseph Felt of Salem; one child. She m. 3d, at Lynn,
Nov. 25, 1790, John Watts of Lynn, and d. at Lynn,
June 2, 1801, aet. 61 years. (4) Hannah, m. at Lynn,
March 5, 1761, Mark Graves, mariner; six children.
4. vi. BENJAMIN.
5. vn. JOSEPH.
2. JEREMIAH 2 GRAY ( William 1 ), born at Lynn, Dec.
16, 1712, was a housewright, and lived in Lynn. He was
AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 115
chosen constable on March 4, 1754, but did not serve.
His marriage intention is recorded at Lynn, April 8,
1739, to Theodate Hood, daughter of Richard and Theo-
date (Collins), born at Lynn, Oct. 27, 1719 ; died sud-
denly at Lynn, Feb. 28, 1751. His will, dated April 1,
1781, and probated May 7, 1781, leaves to son, Winthrop
Gray, one-third of my estate ; to daughter, Hannah Cut-
ter, one-third of my estate ; to son William Gray, one-
sixth of my estate ; to grandson Albert Gray, son of
William Gray, one-sixth of my estate.
Children :
6. I. WlNTHBOP 3 .
n. HANNAH, m. at Lynn, July 26, 1773, Joseph Cutter.
(Cutler Lynn vital records.)
7. in. WILLIAM.
iv. Child, bur. Lynn, May 24, 1748.
v. Child, bur. Lynn, Sept. 8, 1750.
3. ABRAHAM 2 GRAY ( William 1 ), born at Lynn, Jan.
13, 1714/5, was a cordwainer, and one of the first shoe
manufacturers in Lynn who employed journeymen and
apprentices. He moved to Salem in 1761, where he be-
came Deacon of the First Church. In later years he be-
came a merchant. He married at Lynn, April 1, 1742,
Lydia Galley, daughter of Francis, of Marblehead and
Lydia (Burrill), born at Marblehead, Jan. 11, 1723/4 ;
died at Salem Nov. 27, 1788. He died at Salem, Feb.
11/12, 1791. His will, dated 1790, leaves to grandsons,
Sylvanus Gray and Winthrop Gray, each 300 pounds ; to
granddaughters, Lydia Clough and Jane Williams, each
350 pounds ; to daughter Hannah Gray, all household
furniture, plate, etc. ; to three children, William Gray,
Samuel Gray, and Hannah Gray, to each an equal part of
the residue of my estate. Red hair is quite common
among their descendants.
Children, all except Francis Galley, born at Lynn :
I. MAEY 3 , b. Jan. 5, 1742-3; m. at Salem, Oct. 11, 1764, her
first cousin, Winthrop 3 Gray, son of Jeremiah and
Theodate (Hood); 2 children.
II. LYDIA, b. Nov. 3, 1744; m. at Salem, March 28, 1766,
Joseph Clough; d. before 1771, when he married Ruth
116 WILLIAM GRAY OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS,
(Putnam), widow of William Ward. Child: (1) Lydia,
m. as his 2d wife, at Salem, May 28, 1799, Samuel Very,
son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Giles), b. 1755; d. 1824;
shipmaster and merchant; 4 children.
in, HANNAH, b. Nov. 13, 1746; d. at Lynn, July 1, 1751.
iv. JANE, b. July 31, 1748; m. at Salem, March 30, 1769, Ben-
jamin Williams, son of Mascoll and Euth (Phippen).
Child: (1) Jane, bapt. at Salem, March 11, 1770; m. at
Salem, Dec. 13, 1794, Cotton Brown Brooks, son of
Rev. Edward of Medford and Abigail (Brown), sister of
Elizabeth Brown who m. John Chipman (No. 8.). Cotton
Brown Brooks was a brother of Mary Brooks, who
married Samuel Gray (No. 9). He was born July 20,
1765. 8 children. He m. 2d, Jan. , 1831, Anne Noyes
of Portland, Me.
8. v. WILLIAM, b. June 27, 1750.
vi. HANNAH, b. May 23, 1752; d. at Salem, Sept. 14, 1791;
unm.
vn. ABRAHAM, b. Aug. 21, 1753; d. at Salem, Aug. 6, 1788;
unm.
vin. ABIGAIL, b. Sept. 1, 1755; d. at Salem, Nov. 6, 1790; unm.
ix. FKANCIS, bapt. Jan. 22, 1758; bur. at Lynn, Oct. 31, 1759.
9. x. SAMUEL, bapt. Aug. 10, 1760.
xi. FKANCIS GALLEY, bapt. at Salem, Dec. 29, 1762; d. at
Salem, April 27, 1790; unm. A merchant, cf. Diary of
Rev. William Bentley, I, p. 163.
4. BENJAMIN 2 GRAY (William 1 '), born probably at
Lynn, was a cordwainer, and lived in Lynn. He was
chosen leather sealer in 1757, 1758, 1759, 1760, and
1761. He was parish clerk and parish treasurer of the
First Church at Lynn from March 26, 1760, to March 22,
1762. On July 11, 1765, Joseph Gray of Lynn, and
Abraham Gray of Salem, stated that their brother Benja-
min Gray of Lynn was non compos mentis, and Deacon
Joseph Gray was made his guardian. He was declared
sane again on Oct. 7, 1766. On August 29, 1777, he called
himself of Boston, and no wife was mentioned (Essex
Deeds, 135 : 144). He married at Lynn, Oct. 30, 1744,
Sarah Hawkes, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Haven).
Children, all born at Lynn :
I. BENJAMIN', b. Aug. 2, 1745; m. at Lynn, Aug. 14, ]766,
Mary Burchsted, daughter of Henry and Anna, b. at
Lynn, Oct. 18, 1747. Child, bur. at Lynn, June, 1769.
AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 117
She m. 2d, at Lynn, Oct. 19, 1781 [1782, int. and 0. R. 3],
Capt. Thomas Cocks (Cox), and d. at Lynn, Jan. 21,
1795, aet. 48 yrs.
ii. THOMAS, b. July 3, 1749.
in. SABAH, b. July 12, 1752.
iv. JOSEPH, b. March 19, 1754.
v. DEBORAH, bapt. July 31, 1757.
5. JOSEPH 2 GRAY (William 1 ), born probably at Lynn.
I think it safe to say he was the youngest son of William
Gray, because his father named him last in his will, and
also on account of the date of his marriage, 1756. He
was a cordwainer and husbandman, and lived in Lynn and
Danvers. On March 3, 1760, he was chosen one of
the tithingmen, and in 1762 and 1763 leather
sealer. On Nov. 23, 1763, he was chosen deacon of the
First Church at Lynn. He married, at Lynn, May 4,
1756, Rebecca Farington. Black hair is most common
among their descendants. He died at Danvers, intestate,
and his eldest son, William Gray of Danvers, husband-
man, was appointed administrator of his estate, Dec. 8,
1784, Rebecca Gray, widow, having relinquished right of
administration ; Abraham Gray, merchant, and William
Gray, 3d, merchant, both of Salem, signing the bond.
Children, all born at Lynn :
I. HANNAH*, b. June 9, 1757.
n. REBECCA, b. March 9, 1759.
10. in. WILLIAM, b. March 26, 1761.
iv. . JOSEPH, b. July 13, 1763.
v. SUSANNA, b. July 5, 1765; m. int. at Danvers, April 8,
1790, Nathan Page,
vi. MARY, bapt. March 6, 1768.*
vn. ABRAHAM, bapt. Oct. 28, 1770.* He was a cooper in
Salem, Nov. 9, 1791, -when he signed the bond given by
William Gray, Jr. and Samuel Gray, executors of the
will of their sister, Hannah Gray.
6. WiNTHROP 3 GRAY (Jeremiah 2 , William 1 ), born
probably at Lynn. Moved to Boston, where he was a
cordwainer and later an innholder. He was commissioned
*In the Lynn Vital Records these two are called the children of
Dr. Gray, but in the original church records the name is written
Dn (deacon) Gray.
118 WILLIAM GRAY OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS,
Captain on May 10, 1776, and Captain in the 5th Com-
pany, Col. Crafts (Artillery) Regiment, Oct. 9, 1776.
Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1,
1777, to Feb. 26, 1779, when his resignation was accepted.
He was innholder of the American Exchange Tavern on
State street, Boston, in 1781. He married, first, at Salem,
Oct. 11, 1764, his first cousin, Mary 3 Gray, daughter
of Abraham 2 and Lydia (Galley), born at Lynn, Jan. 5,
1742/3; and secondly, Rebecca Stone, daughter of Robert
of Boston (Suffolk Deeds, 201 : 12). He died at Boston,
June 3, 1782, aet. 42 years, cf. Boston Gazette and Coun-
try Journal. His widow married, secondly, Andrew R.
Carr of Boston, mariner (Essex Deeds, 143 : 135), and
thirdly, at Charlestown, Aug. 17, 1792, James Murray of
Charlestown.
Children, by first wife, born at Boston :
11. I. SYLVANUS 4 , b. Oct. 25, 1765.
ii. WINTHBOP, b. Oct. 7, 1768; m. at Salem, Oct. 27, 1791,
Elizabeth Putnam, daughter of Bartholomew and
Sarah (Hodges). News of his death was brought to
Salem Sept. 15, 1800, by Captain Phillips from Calcutta
(Diary of Bev. William Bentley, II, p. 349). His will,
dated at Salem, Aug. 17, 1799, mentions his brother,
Sylvanus Gray, as sole legatee, showing his wife had
died before that date, leaving no issue. He was a
merchant.
Children by second wife, all baptized at Christ Church,
Boston, on Jan. 19, 1783 :
in. WINTHBOP PABKEB, b. 1777 ; m. at Boston, May 30, 1802,
Kebecca Tucker of Norton. He was the only one of
her three sons to whom Eebecca Murray transferred
land in 1800. Marriage intention recorded at Norton,
Aug. 7, 1814, to Lucindia Carpenter. He was a harness
maker in Boston in 1803, and of Newburyport in 1814.*
Child by first wife: (1) Harriot*, b. Newburyport, July
1, 1808.
iv. WILLIAM RAMSAY, b. 1779.
v. JEBEMIAH, b. 1782.
*A Winthrop Gray died at Boston, Oct. 25, 1820, aet. 39 years.
This may be Winthrop Parker Gray, though he would have been
42 or 43 years old at that date.
AND SOME OP HIS DESCENDANTS. 119
7. WiLLiAM 8 GRAY (Jeremiah*, 'William 1 ), born prob-
ably at Lynn, was a cordwainer, and lived in Boston,
Salem, and Lynn. He married at Lynn, Jan. 23, 1771,
Alice Breed, daughter of Nathan and Mary (Bassett),
born at Lynn, Sept. 22, 1744. He transferred land to
his brother, Winthrop Gray of Boston, on April 10, 1781
(Essex Deeds, 138 : 198), and must have died shortly
afterwards, as his widow married, secondly, at Lynn, May
8, 1781*, Col: Ezra Newhall of Salem. She died at
Lowell, Feb. 9, 1833.
Child:
I. ALBEBT*, b. 1772, was a hatter, and lived in Lynn and
Salem. He was senior warden of the Essex Lodge of
Free Masons in 1807. He moved to Boston just before
he died. He married at Salem, May 5, 1796, Polly Pay-
more of Sterling, N. H., and died at Boston, Nov. 27,
1810, aet. 38 yrs. In his later deeds no wife is men-
tioned; there was no settlement of his estate, and I do
not find any record of any children.
8. WiLLiAM 3 GRAY (Abraham*, William 1 ), born at
Lynn, June 27, 1750. Salem merchant, and one of the
largest ship-owners in New England (was also known as
William Gray, tertius, and William Gray, Jr.), and famil-
iarly as " Billy " Gray. He was commissioned 2d Lieut, in
Captain Richard Ward's (3d) Company, 1st Essex Coun-
ty Regt. of Mass, militia, June 6, 1776. He was a repre-
sentative to the General Court in 1785, and State senator
in 1807, 1808, and 1821. Was a member of the Con-
vention, 1788, and of the Constitutional Convention,
1820. He moved from Salem to Boston in 1809, and
was elected Lieutenant-Governor of Massachusetts in
1810 and 1811. Was Presidential Elector, 1820 and
1824. (See "William Gray of Salem, Merchant," by
Edward Gray.) His portrait, painted by Stuart in 1807,
is in the possession of Miss Isa E. Gray ; another portrait,
also by Stuart, is owned by Thomas Wren Ward, Esq.
He married, at Salem, March 28/29, 1782, Elizabeth Chip-
man, daughter of Hon. John of Marblehead and Eliza-
Both the Lynn Vital Records and the Newhall Genealogy give
this date; the latter calls her "widow Alice Gray", daughter of
Nathan and Mary (Bassett) Breed.
120 WILLIAM GRAY OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS,
beth (Brown), sister of Abigail Brown who married Rev.
Edward Brooks (No. 9 ; No. 3. iv.). She was born at
Marblehead, June 9, 1756, and $ied at Boston, Sept. 29,
1823. Her portrait, by Stuart, painted in 1807, is in the
possession of Mrs. John Chipman Gray. He died at Boston,
Nov. 3,1825.
Children, all except Horace, born at Salem, and bap-
tized at the First Church :
12. i. WILLIAM Rurus 4 , b. June 23, 1783.
13. n. HENRY, b. Jan. 17, 1784.
in. LTDIA MARIA, bapt. Feb. 5, 1786; d. at Salem, May 22, 1786.
iv. ELIZA, bapt. April 18, 1787 (Town records give bapt. April
8); d. at Salem, Jan. 25, 1791.
v. LUCIA, b. Dec. 30, 1788; m. at Salem, Aug. 24, 1807, Sam-
uel Swett, son of Dr. John Barnard and Charlotte
(Bourne), b. at Newburyport, June 10, 1782; d. at Bos-
ton, Oct. 28, 1866. He graduated at Harvard College,
1800, A. M., and was Fellow of the American Academy.
His portrait, painted by Stuart, is in the Newburyport
Public Library. She d. May 15, 1844. Her portrait,
painted by Stuart, is in the possession of Mrs. Francis
Alexander. Children : (1) William Gray, b. at Salem,
July 15, 1808; H. C., 1828, A. M., Div. S. 1831; d. at
Charlestown, Feb. 5, 1843; Unitarian minister; m. 1842
Charlotte B. Phinney of Lexington; one child. (2)
Samuel Bourne, b. 1810; d. 1890; was a physician, and
lived in Exeter, N. H.; m. 1845, Mary S. Lord of New
Hampshire; five children. (3) Lucia Gray, bapt. First
Presbyterian Church, Boston, June 19, 1814; m. Francis
Alexander, the artist; one child. (4) Eliza Charlotte,
b. 1815; died 1832. (5) John Barnard, b. 1821; d. March
25, 1867, at Bristol, K. I.; m. Jan. 10, 1849, Annie Ce-
celia deWolf, daughter of Henry and Annie Elizabeth
(Marsten) ; one child.
VI. FRANCIS CALLEY, b. Sept. 19, 1790; graduated at Har-
vard, 1809, A. M., and in 1841 received the degree of
LL.D. from Harvard. He was representative to the
General Court in 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823, and 1836; State
senator, 1824, 1825, 1827, 1828, 1830, and 1843; member
of the council, 1839. He was a Fellow of Harvard Col-
lege, member of the Massachusetts Historical Society,
and Fellow of the American Academy. He died at
Boston, Dec. 29, 1856; unm. His portrait, painted by
Alexander, is in Memorial Hall, Cambridge.
SAMUEL GRAY
1760-1 816
From a miniature in possession of Mrs. George Audenried
AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 121
vii, CHARLES (mentioned in William Gray's list of his chil-
dren between Francis C. and John C., without dates.
I can find no record of his birth or death).
vni. JOHN CHIPMAK, b. Dec. 26, 1793; graduated at Harvard,
1811, A.M., and received the degree of LL.D. from
Harvard in 1856. He was representative to the General
Court in 1828, 1829, 1830, 1834, 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840,
1843, 1844, 1848, 1849, 1850, and 1852; State senator,
1835, 1836, 1845, 1846, and 1847; member of the Council,
1832; and member of the Constitutional Convention,
1853. He was an Overseer of Harvard, Vice-president
of the Massachusetts Historical Society and Fellow of
the American Academy. He married at Boston, May 30,
1820, Elizabeth Pickering Gardner, daughter of Samuel
Pickering and Rebecca Russell (Lowell), b. March 11,
1799; d. Aug. 3, 1879. She was a sister of Sarah Russell
Gardner, who married Horace Gray (No. 14). He died
at Boston, March 3, 1881; s. p. His portrait, painted by
Stuart, is in the possession of Mrs. John Chipman Gray.
ix. WARD, bapt. Jan. 15, 1797; d. at Salem, August, 1798.
14. x. HORACE, b. at Medford, Aug. 25, 1800.
9. SAMUEL 3 GRAY (Abraham?, William 1 ), baptized at
Lynn, Aug. 10, 1760, was a merchant, and lived in Salem;
he moved to Medford in 1811 (cf. Diary of Rev. William
Bentley, iv, p. 27). He married, first, at Salem, Oct. 30,
1787, Anna One, who died at Salem, June 2/3, 1797,
aged about thirty years. He married, secondly, at Med-
ford, April 25, 1799, Mary Brooks, daughter of Rev.
Edward and Abigail (Brown), sister of Elizabeth Brown
who married John Chipman (No. 8), born Jan. 27, 1769,
and died at Medford, Jan. 30, 1842. Mary Brooks was a
sister of Cotton Brown Brooks who married Jane Wil-
liams (3. iv). He died at Medford, Jan. 21, 1816. Min-
iatures of Samuel and Mary (Brooks) Gray are in the
possession of Mrs. George A. Audenried.
Children by first wife, all baptized at the First Church,
Salem :
I. LYDIA*, bapt. Aug. 4, 1788; m. at Medford, Nov. 15,
1810, Thomas Wren Ward, son of William and Martha
Anne (Proctor), d. March 4, 1858; he received an hon-
orary degree of A. M. from Harvard in 1843. He was
*Data obtained from the Ward and Pickering genealogies.
122 WILLIAM GRAST OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS,
treasurer of Harvard College, 1830 to 1842.- She d.
Oct. 9, 1874. Children: (1) Martha Ann, bapt. at the
First Presbyterian Church, Boston, Sept. 15, 1811; d.
at Boston, Nov. 2, 1853; unm. (2) Mary Gray, b. June
3, 1816; d. Feb. 6, 1819. (3) Samuel Gray, bapt. at
Boston, Nov. 23, 1817; m. Oct. 3, 1840, Anna Hazard
Barker, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Hazard), b.
at New York, N. Y., Oct. 24, 1813. He graduated at
Harvard in 1836, A. M., and d. 1907. Four children.
(4) William, bapt. at Boston, Oct. 3, 1819; d. June 24,
1830. (5) Mary Gray, bapt. at Boston, June 24, 1821 ;
m. June 4, 1850, Charles Hazen Dorr, son of Samuel
and Susan (Brown), b. at Boston, Aug. 27, 1821. Two
children. (6) John Gallison, bapt. at Boston, Oct. 6,
1822; d. Jan. 5, 1856; unm. (7) George Cabot, bapt. at
Boston, Dec. 5, 1824; m. 1st, Jan. 22, 1852, Mary Ann
Southwick, daughter of John Alley and Elizabeth
(Kinsman), b. at Salem, March 24, 1828; d. at New
York, N. Y., Nov. 20, 1880. He m. 2d, Feb. 11, 1882,
Frances Morris, daughter of William Lewis and Mary
Elizabeth (Babcock). He graduated at Harvard in
1843, and d. May 4, 1887. Two children, by first wife.
(8) Thomas William, bapt. at Boston, Oct. 7, 1833; d.
Dec. 3, 1859; unm.
II. ANNA, bapt. Aug. 2, 1789; m. at Medford, April 9, 1816,
Andrew Hall. She d. at Medford, Dec. 20, 1815.
in. SABAH, bapt. June 5, 1791; d. at Salem, Sept., 1805.
15. iv. SAMUEL GALLEY, b. Sept. 7, 1792.
v. MART, bapt. Sept. 7, 1794; m. at Medford, Nov. 3, 1816,
William Ray of Boston, b. June 9, 1788; d. July 25,
1825. She d. May 18, 1838. Children: (1) William, b.
Nov. 9, 1817; d. Aug. 29, 1819. (2) Winthrop Gray, b. at
Boston, Sept. 27, 1819; m. Nov. 10, 1845, Georgianna
Wingate Clapp, daughter of Charles Q., of Portland,
Me., and I. O. (Wingate), b. Nov. 30, 1822; d. Feb. 15,
1895. He was a merchant, and died at New York, N.
Y., Feb. 18, 1894. One child. (3) Frederick, b. Sept.
11, 1821; m. March 31, 1851, Mary Homes, daughter of
Henry and Isabella (Porter), b. Nov. 2, 1828; d. Dec. 8,
1887. He graduated at Harvard in 1842, and d. at
Middletown, R. I., Oct. 8, 1900. Two children. (4)
William Thorndike, b. at Brighton, Jan. 4, 1824; d. at
St. Louis, Mo., 1859; unm.
VI. CATHERINE, b. April 2, 1797 ; m. at Medford, July 22,
1823, Jonathan Porter, son of Jonathan and Phebe
AND SOME OP HIS DESCENDANTS. 123
(Abbot), b. at Medford, Nov. 18, 1791; d. at Medford,
June 11, 1859; he graduated at Harvard in 1814, A. M.
She d. at Medford, Dec. 18, 1874. Children: (1) Mary
Gray, b. at Boston, May 1, 1824; d. at Medford, Aug. 6,
1909; unm. (2) Anna Gray, bapt. at Medford, Nov. 5,
1826; d. at Medford, May 20, 1851; unm. (3) George
Doane, b. at Medford, June 20, 1830; m. at Boston,
Aug., 1860, Lucretia E. Holland. He graduated at
Harvard in 1851; LL. B., Harvard, 1853; and d. at Med-
ford, Nov. 25, 1861. One child.
Children by second wife :
vii. ELIZABETH GOKHAM, b. March 4, 1800; m. at Medford,
Dec. 2, 1822, Franklin Howard Story, son of Dr. Elisha
and Mehitable (Pedrick), brother of Eliza (Story)
White (No. 15), b. at Marblehead, March 6, 1795;
d. at Boston, Feb. 13, 1871; a merchant. His miniature
is in possession of Mrs. Edward Gray, and a portrait is
owned by Mrs. John Butler Swann. She died at Bos-
ton, Feb. 10, 1885. Children: (1) Horace Cullen, b. at
Salem, Sept. 1, 1823; d. at Boston, March 25, 1847. He
entered Harvard with the class of 1843, but remained
only three years; unm. (2) Franklin Howard, b. at
Salem, Feb. 12, 1825; m. at New York, N. Y., Dec. 7,
1854, Adeline Wainwright, daughter of Eli and Mary
Mayo (Pratt), b. at New York, N. Y., Nov. 18, 1832; d.
at Stockbridge, Sept. 27, 1899; sister of Helen Wyckoff
Wainwright, who m. Francis Abraham Gray (No. 16).
He graduated at Harvard in 1845, and d. at Boston,
June 27, 1900. Miniatures of Franklin H, and Adeline
W. Story, by Nellie F. Bean, painted from photographs
taken circa 1880, are in the possession of Mrs. Edward
Gray; a miniature of Adeline W. Story, circa 1850, is
owned by Mrs. John Butler Swann; a portrait of
Franklin H. Story, painted in 1890, by Julian Story,
and a portrait of Adeline W. Story, painted in 1855, by
G. A. Baker, are in the possession of Edward Gray.
Two children. (See Edward Gray [No. 31]).
vin. CHARLOTTE G ALLISON, bapt. at Salem, Feb. 7, 1802; d.
Feb. , 1804.
ix. WINTHBOP, bapt. at Salem, May 20, 1804; d. at Boston,
March 11, 1830; unm.
x. FRANCIS ABRAHAM, bapt. at Medford, Aug. 31, 1806; d.
June 17, 1809.
124 WILLIAM GRAY OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS,
xi. SABAH CHAKLOTTK, bapt. at Salem, Nov. 5, 1808; m.
Dec. 23, 1828, Ignatius Sargent of Boston, son of Igna-
tius and Sarah Sargent (Stevens), b. at Gloucester, Jan.
20, 1800; d. at Brookline, Aug. 18, 1884. She d. at Bos-
ton, Jan. 17, 1831. Child: (1) Sarah Ellery, b. at Bos-
ton, Oct. 9, 1829; m. at Boston, April 22, 1851, Win-
throp Sargent of Philadelphia, son of George Washing-
ton and Margaret J. (Percy). She d. at Philadelphia,
Pa., May 4, 1852. One child.
xii. HENKIETTA, bapt. at Medford, Oct. 27, 1811; m. at Med-
ford, May 7, 1835, Ignatius Sargent of Boston, son of
Ignatius and Sarah Sargent (Stevens), b. at Gloucester,
Jan. 20, 1800; d. at Brookline, Aug. 18, 1884, her sis-
ter's widower. She d. at Brookline, April 3, 1891.
Children: (1) Ignatius, b. at Boston, April 13, 1836;
d. at Boston, April 16, 1844. (2) Henrietta Gray, b. at
Boston, June 14, 1838; m. at Brookline, Oct. 19, 1858,
James McMasters Codman, son of Charles Russell and
Ann (McMasters), b. at Paris, France, April 17, 1831.
He graduated at Harvard in 1851. Five children. (3)
Charles Sprague, b. at Boston, April 24, 1841; m. Nov.
26, 1873, Mary Allen Robeson, daughter of Andrew, of
Tiverton, R. I., and Mary (Allen), b. June 14, 1853. He
graduated at Harvard in 1862, and received an LL. D.
from Harvard in 1901; Prof. Horticulture; Arnold Prof.
Arboriculture; Director Botanic Garden; Director Ar-
nold Arboretum; Fellow Am. Acad. ; Memb. Am.
Philos. Soc., Nat. Acad. Sci.; For. Memb. Linnean
Soc. (London), Soc. Nat. d'Agric. de France; For. Hon.
Memb. Deutsche Dendrol. Gesellsch. (Bonn), Scottish
Arboricult. Soc., Arboricult. Soc. (London), Oesterreich-
ische Deudrol. Gesellsch. Five children.
16. xni. FRANCIS ABKAHAM, b. Oct. 5, 1813; bapt. at Medford,
June 12, 1814.
10. WiLLiAM 3 GRAY (Joseph 2 , William 1 ), born at
Lynn, March 26, 1761. He enlisted as a private in Capt.
Winship's Co., Col. Putnam's Regt., at Salem, Feb. 17,
1778, term during the war ; also as private in Colonel's
Co., Col. Rufus Putnam's Regt. ; Continental Army pay
accounts, March 2, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779 ; also Jan. 1,
1780, to Dec. 31, 1780. According to S. P. Hildreth's
" Biographical and Historical Memoirs of the Early
Pioneer Settlers of Ohio," he was promoted to lieutenant
AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 125
for bravery at the attack on Stony Point. He was an
husbandman, and went to Ohio with the first party of
pioneers, reaching what is now Marietta, April 7, 1788 ;
his family followed him in 1790. In 1791, he was
chosen commander of the garrison of Fort Tyler. He
was a captain of volunteers.
He married at Danvers, July 26, 1785, Polly Diman,
and died near Beverly, Ohio, in 1812.
Children :
i. BETSEY 4 , bapt. at Danvers, Sept. 6, 1789 ; m. either a
Dodge or a Devol.
ii. POLLY, bapt. at Danvers, Sept. 6, 1789; m. in Washing-
ton Co., Ohio, July 13, 1806, Andrew Fisher of Mari-
etta, Ohio.
in. REBECCA, b. at Fort Frye, 1791 ; m. at Waterford, Ohio,
March 28, 1822, Rotheus Hay ward. Children: (1) Co-
lumbus Franklin, b. 1831; and four others.
17. iv. WILLIAM, b. 1795.
v. CHAKLOTTE, m. Hayward.
vi. CLARISSA, m. in Washington Co.. Ohio, Oct. 10, 1831,
Josiah M. Hart.
18. vii. HANFORD, b. May 14, 1810.
11. SYLVANUS 4 GRAY ( Winthrop 3 , Jeremiah 2 , William 1 '),
born at Boston, Oct. 25, 1765, was a merchant of Marble-
head in 1790, and of Boston in 1794. He married, first,
at Marblehead, Aug. 31, 1794, Charlotte Gallison, daugh-
ter of John and Eunice (Bourne), bapt. at Marblehead,
July 25, 1773 ; d. at Boston, Jan. 14, 1801. He married,
secondly, at King's Chapel, Boston, April 24, 1806, Abi-
gail Hinckley Lee, daughter of Joseph of Marblehead and
Hannah (Hinckley) of Barnstable, who died at Boston,
Feb. 20, 1818, ased forty years. He died at Boston,
March 15, 1818.
Children, by first wife :
I. HENBY GALLISON & , b. at Boston, June 18, 1795; m. at
Marblehead, July 22, 1835, Susan Hooper, daughter of
Hon. Robert; d. 1880. He graduated from Harvard in
1816, A. M., and was a master mariner and ship builder.
He was a member of the Massachusetts Senate in 1854,
and d. at Marblehead, Nov. 11, 1867; . p.
II. MABY CHABLOTTE, b. May 25, 1796; m. at King's Chapel,
Boston, April 25, 1821, John Smith Allanson, son of
126 WILLIAM GRAY OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS,
Richard and Christina (Smith), b. at New York, N. Y.,
July 11, 1796; d. during passage from Havana to Mar-
seilles, June 20, 1830. He was graduated at the U. S.
Military Academy at West Point in 1814. She d. at
Cambridge, May 6, 1870. Children: (1) Sylvanus Gray,
b. at Salem, Nov. 19, 1822; d. July 12, 1826. (2) Harriet
White, b. at New York, N. Y., Aug. 21, 1824; d. Aug.
15, 1826. (3) Mary Christine, b. at New York, N. Y.,
March 15, 1826; m. at Cambridge, May 26, 1859, Frank-
lin P. Webber. She d. Jan., 1885; s. p. (4) Horace
Story, b. at Charleston, S. C., April 22, 1828. He
went to California in 1849, and was unm. in 1875. He
d. at Los Angeles, Cal. (5) John Sylvanus, b. at Fra-
mingham, July 31, 1830; m. at St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 28,
1869, Ellen Brown, daughter of Major Joseph R., of
Brown's Valley, Minn. He was 2nd Lieut, in the Navy
on the battleship Narragansett in 1861, resigned his
commission, and enlisted in Co. D, 2d Mass. Heavy
Artillery Vols., Aug. 22, 1861; Co. E, 1st Regt. N, Y.
Veteran Engineers, April, 1864, as 2d Lieut., 1st Lieut.
Aug., 1864. In 1867 he was appointed 2d Lieut. 20th
Infantry, U. S. Army, and resigned his commission in
1870. He died at Henderson, Minn., Sept. 6, 1900.
Three children.
in. CHAELOTTE, b. Dec. 22, 1797; d. Sept. 4, 1798.
19. iv. GEORGE WINTHROP, b. at Boston, April 19, 1799.
v. SYLVANUS, b. April 21, 1800; d. at Boston, Feb. 9, 1847;
unm. His miniature is in the possession of William
Travers Gray, Esq.
Children by second wife, all baptized at King's Chapel,
Boston, Jan. 1, 1813 :
vi. JEREMIAH LEE, b. Dec. 14, 1806; d. June, 1849; unm.
vn. WILLIAM, b. April 18, 1808; d. July 6, 1808.
vin. WILLIAM, b. Dec. 15, 1809; was living in Cambridge in 1875.
ix. ELIZABETH CHIPMAN, b. Feb. 28, 1811; d. before 1870; unm.
x. ANNE HINOKLEY, b. Sept. 18, 1812; was living in Cam-
bridge in 1875, unm. (The information regarding these
last three is taken from a letter from Mrs. Webber to
Mrs. Francis Henry Gray, written in 1875.)
12. WILLIAM RuFUS 4 GRAY ( William?, Abraham 2 , Wil-
liam 1 '), born at Salem, June 23, 1783, and graduated from
Harvard in 1800, A. M. In 1802, he had his name
changed by an act of Legislature from William to William
AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 127
Rufus Gray. He was a merchant, and lived at Boston,
where he died, July 27, 1831. His portrait, painted by
Stuart, is in the possession of Miss Isa E. Gray. He mar-
ried, Oct. 19, 1807, Mary Clay, daughter of Hon. and Rev.
Joseph, of Savannah, Ga., and Mary (Savage), born at
Princeton, N. J., 1790 ; d. at Boston, Nov. 15, 1867, aged
77 years and two months. Her portrait is in the posses-
sion of Miss Mary Clay Gray.
Children :
20. i. WILLIAM*, b. at Boston, Dec. 20, 1810.
II. JOSEPH CLAY, b. at Boston, Feb. 24, 1812; was drowned
in the Charles River at Cambridge, July 26, 1828.
21. in. FRANCIS HENRY, b. at Boston, March 2, 1813.
iv. FREDERIC, bapt. at Boston, May 14, 1815; d. at Boston,
Aug. 1, 1877; nnm. He was a merchant.
v. MARY, bapt. at Boston, July 20, 1816; d. at Charlestown,
May 9, 1843; unm.
vi. ANNE ELIZA, bapt. at Medford, Oct. 10, 1819; d. at Bos-
ton, Oct., 1884; unm.
vn. HORACE, bapt. at Medford, Aug. 5, 1821; b. June 19, 1821;
d. at New York, N. Y., July 18, 1901; unm. He was a
merchant, and lived at New York.
vni. GEORGE, b. Jan. 10, 1825; bapt. at the old South Church,
Boston, Oct. 23, 1825; d. at New York, N. Y., March,
1850; unm. He graduated at Harvard in 1845; LL. B.,
Harvard, 1847.
ix. ELLEN, b. March 28, 1830; bapt. at the old South Church,
Boston, May 23, 1830. Lives at New York; unm.
13. HENRY* GRAY (William*, Abraham 2 , William 1 ),
baptized at Salem, Aug. 22, 1784. He was a merchant,
and lived at Boston and New York. He married, first, at
Boston, Oct. 28, 1810, Frances Temple Peirce, daughter
of Joseph Hardv and Frances Temple (Cordis), born
Jan. 17, 1794 ; died at Roxbury, March 22, 1830. He
married, secondly, at New York, N. Y., March, 1833, Mrs.
Nancy Safford (of. Independent Chronicle and Boston
Patriot, March 27, 1833). He died in 1854. His minia-
ture is in possession of Miss Frances Gray.
Children by first wife* ; the first four were bapt. at
Dorchester, Nov. 30, 1817 :
* A great deal of these data are taken from the Pickering gene-
alogy.
128 WILLIAM GRAY OP LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS,
I. FRANCES ELIZABETH*, b. July 2, 1811; d. March 3, 1894;
unm.
n. WILLIAM HENRY, b. Oct. 22, 1812; d. Oct. 10, 1871; unm.
in. JOHN, b. Nov. 18, 1813; d. March 21, 1837; unm.
iv. HENRY, b. April 23, 1815; d. Sept. 3, 1851; unm.
v. FRANCIS, b. Nov. 22, 1816; d. Sept. 4, 1817.
vi. CAROLINE, b. Jan. 18, 1818; m. Oct. 20, 1863, John Has-
kins, and d. s. p.
vii. CHARLES RUSSELL, b. Feb. 11, 1819; d. 1898; unm.
viii. LYDIA FRANCES, b. Jan. 10, 1820; m. April 4, 1845, Elias
Cornelius, and d. at Cambridge, Dec. 17, 1913, *. p.
ix. MARY CODMAN, b. April 16, 1821; m. Dec. 13, 1854, Charles
A. Winthrop, and d. s. p.
x. A son, d. at Dorchester, July, 1822, aet. 2 days.
xi. FREDERICK WILLIAM, b. Oct. 7, 1823; d. 1902; unm.
xil. ARTHUR, b. Dec. 14, 1824; d. 1905; unm.
xm. FRANCES, b. Feb. 5, 1826. Lives at Cambridge; unm.
xiv. FRANCIS, b. Jan. 23, 1828; d. at Dorchester, Nov. 19, 1828.
xv. HORATIO, b. at Roxbury, Dec. 13, 1828; d. at Boston, Feb.
11, 1903; unm. He graduated from Brown University
in 1849, A. M.,and from the Theological Seminary, Va.,
in 1852. He was a clergyman.
xvi. ANNA ELLEN CORDIS, b. March 19, 1830; m. Aug. 9, 1852,
Rev. William Henry Brooks, D. D. Children: (1) Wil-
liam Gray,*b. Aug. 2, 1853; m. Etta Maddelina O'Don-
aghue, and lives at Philadelphia, Pa. (2) Grace Eliza-
beth, b. July 27, 1860; d. Sept. 3, 1860.
14. HORACE 4 GRAY (William 8 , Abraham 2 , William 1 ),
born August 25, 1800, and baptized at Medford, Aug. 31,
1800. He graduated from Harvard in 1819, A. M., and
was a Fellow of the American Academy. He was a
merchant, and lived at Boston, where he died, July 30,
1873. His portrait, painted by Hunt, is in the possession
of Mrs. John Chipman Gray. He married, first, at Bos-
ton, May 29, 1827, Harriet Upham, daughter of Jabez.
She died at sea on board the ship " Sovereign," from Lon-
don to New York, Sept. 22, 1834, aged 33 years. He
married, second, at Boston, July 3, 1837, Sarah Russell
Gardner, daughter of Samuel Pickering and Rebecca
Russell (Lowell), born Sept. 20, 1807 ; died at Nahant,
He should not be confounded with William Gray Brooks, son of
Cotton Brown Brooks and Jane Williams (3, iv. 1), and father of
Phillips Brooks, or with William Gray Brooks, brother of the latter.
AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 129
Sept. 23, 1893. She was a sister of Elizabeth Pickering
Gardner, who married John Chipman Gray (8. vm). Her
portrait, drawn by Cheney, is in the possession of Mrs.
John C. Gray.
Children, by first wife :
i. HORACE*, b. at Boston, March 24, 1828. He graduated
from Harvard in 1845, A. M.; LL. B., Harvard, 1849.
He receive*) an LL. D. from Harvard in 1871, and from
Brown in 1882. He was a member of the Massachu-
setts Historical Society and Fellow of the American
Academy. He was Justice and Chief Justice of the Su-
preme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, and Justice of
the Supreme Court of the United States. He married,
at Washington, D. C., June, 1889, Jane Matthews, daugh-
ter of Stanley, and died, at Nahant, Sept. 15, 1902, . p.
His portrait, painted by Constant, is in the possession of
Mrs. Horace Gray, and a drawing, by Cheney, is owned
by Miss Harriet Gray.
n. ELIZABETH CHIPMAN, b. at Florence, Italy, Feb. 22, 1830;
d. at Campobello, N. B., Aug. 26/27, 1897; unm. Her
portrait, by Mrs. Whitman, is in the possession of Mrs.
Horace Gray, and a drawing by Cheney is owned by
Miss Harriet Gray.
in. HABBIET, b. at Rome, Italy, Nov. 20, 1832 ; lives at Bos-
ton; unm. Her portrait, by Mrs. Whitman, is in the
possession of Mrs. Horace Gray.
Children, by second wife :
22. rv. JOHN CHIPMAN, b. at Brighton, July 14, 1839.
23. v. RUSSELL, b. at Boston, June 17, 1850.
15. SAMUEL GALLEY 4 GRAY (Samuel?, Abraham*, Wil-
liam 1 '), born Sept. 7, 1792; graduated from Harvard in
1811, A. M. He was a merchant and lived at Boston,
where he died Dec. 10, 1849. He married at Salem, July
1, 1829, Elizabeth Stone White, daughter of Capt. Joseph
and Eliza (Story), sister of Franklin H. Story (No. 9,
VII), born at Salem, Aug. 27, 1809 ; died at Boston, Aug.
15, 1842.
Children :
24. i. SAMUEL GALLEY*, b. April 17, 1830.
n. CHARLOTTE S ARGENT, b. Oct. 27, 1832; m. at St. Paul's
Church, Boston, April 9, 1857, Henry Van Schaick of
130 WILLIAM GRAY OP LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS,
New York, son of Myndert and Elizabeth (Hove), b. at
New York, N. Y., Nov. 10, 1825. He graduated from
New York University in 1843; A. M., 1846. Children:
(1) Mary, b. March 28, 1858; d. April 29, 1858. (2)
Henry Sybaldt, b. Aug. 22, 1859; m. 1st, Ferguson;
m. 2d, Grace Borden. He d. Feb. 24, 1901. (3) George
Gray, b. July 25, 1861; m. April 20, 1897, Nonine Har-
rim Beil. He graduated from Columbia in 1884, M.
D. (4) Elizabeth, b. March 11, 1863; m. June 9, 1886,
Alexander Boutourline. Three children. (5) Eugene,
b. Sept. 10, 1864; m. 1st, Nov. 25, 1886, Sarah Howland
Pyne; m. 2d, June 2, 1904, M. Harlenbeck. He grad-
uated from Columbia in 1887, LL. B.
in. ELIZABETH STONE WHITE, b. Jan. 3, 1835; m. at St.
Paul's Church, Boston, Jan. 26, 1858, John Ellis Blake
of New York, b. Oct. 20, 1831; d. Sept. 27, 1880. He
graduated from Harvard in 1852, A. M.; 1855, M. D.
She d. March 20, 1905. Children: (1) Henry Sargent,
b. March 10, 1860; m. Nov. 19, 1887, Cecilia Gertrude
Flanagan. (2) Louisa Dumaresq, b. April 8, 1862 ; m.
1st, April 4, 1883, William W. Russell, b. July 27, 1860;
d. July 22, 1887; one child, d. young. She m. 2d, Nov.
10, 1888, Charles F. Ooxwell, b. Dec. 27, 1856. Four
children. (3) John Rice, b. Feb. 22, 1869.
16. FRANCIS ABRAHAM* GRAY (Samuel 3 , Abraham 2 ,
William 1 ), born Oct. 5, 1813 ; was baptized at Medford,
June 12, 1814. He was a merchant, and lived at Med-
ford. He died Dec., 1888. He married at New York,
N. Y., June 2, 1857, Helen Wyckoff Wainwright, daugh-
ter of Eli and Mary Mayo (Pratt), born at New York,
1829 ; died Sept. 12, 1895. She was a sister of Adeline
Wainwright who married Franklin Howard Story (9. vn.
2). Her miniature, painted about 1850, is in the posses-
sion of Mrs. Edward Gray.
Children :
I. MABY 5 , b. at New York, N. Y., March 17, 1858; m. at
Medford, Dec. 10, 1885, George Albert Audenried, son
of William and Jane M., b. Cumberland Co., Pa., Feb.
7, 1847; d. July 21, 1907, s. p. She lives at Paris,
France.
25. n. FBANOIS ABBAHAM, b. at Medford, May 28, 1867.
17. WILLIAM* GRAY (William 3 , Joseph 2 , William 1 ),
AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 181
born in 1795 ; died in 1873. He married in Washington
Co., Ohio, June 10/11, 1833, Sarah Pugh, and lived at
Waterford, Ohio.
Children :
I. AUSTIN*, unm.
ii. FBANOES, m. Boyd Cowell. He d. s. p., and she lives at
Waterford, Ohio.
26. in. WILLIAM SIEBEBT, b. April 11, 1841.
18. HANFORD* GRAY (William*, Joseph 2 , William 1 ),
born May 14, 1810 ; died Feb. 3, 1870. He married, in
Washington Co., Ohio, Sept. 17, 1844, Mary E. McCad-
don, daughter of James and Mary, who died April 2,
1904, aged 81 years.
Children :
I. ELLA*, b. June 23, 1847 ; d. Jan. 4, 1913 ; m. Dec. 14, 1865,
Benonia Hurlbut. Children: (1) Etta, b. Nov. 18, 1866;
lives at Beverly, Ohio, unm. (2) Mary, b. April 20, 1871;
m. 1st, Jane 23, 1893, Robert J. O'Neill; one child; she
m. 2d, Nov. 19, 1907, Charles M. Stall; one child. She
lives at McConnelsville, Ohio. (3) Benoni, b. Jane 17,
1876; m. July 15, 1908, Linnie Earnest. One child.
Lives at Beverly, Ohio.
27. n. JOHN, b. Sept. 6, 1849.
28. in. JAMES FABINGTON, b. March 16, 1854.
19. GEORGE WiNTHROP 6 GRAY (Sylvanus*, Winthrop 3 ,
Jeremiah 2 , William 1 '), born at Boston, April 19, 1799. He
was a merchant, and lived at New York, N. Y. He died,
at the Parker House, Boston, Nov. 20, 1863. He married
at New York, Nov. 12, 1829, Maria Griswold, daughter
of George and Elizabeth (Woodhull).
Children :
I. GEOBGE GBISWOLD', graduated from New York Univer-
sity in 1850; A. M., 1855; and went to China as a
young man, where he lost a leg. He m. Susan Irvin,
and d. at Newport, K. I., Aug. 13, 1875; s. p.
n. ELIZABETH WOODHULL, m. James Morris. Child: (1)
a son, Marion Gray, d. aet. 12 years.
29. in. HENBY WINTHBOP, b. June 12, 1839.
20. WILLIAM 5 GRAY (William Rufus\ William*, Abra-
ham* William^, born at Boston, Dec. 20, 1810. He grad-
uated from Harvard in 1829, A. M., Overseer, President
132 WILLIAM GRAY OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS,
Alumni Asso., Fellow Am. Acad., Memb. Mass. Hist.
Society. He was a merchant, and lived at Boston, where
he died Feb. 11, 1892. He married, at Boston, Oct. 16,
1834, Sarah Frances Loring, daughter of Caleb and Ann
(Greely), born at Boston, Aug. 24, 1811 ; died at Gerrish
Island, N. H., Aug. 29, 1892. His portrait, painted by
Staigg, is in the possession of Miss Isa E. Gray ; a por-
trait by Healey, and a miniature, are in the possession of
Mrs. W. A. W. Stewart.
Children :
I. MARY CLAY", b. at Boston, Sept. 1, 1835; d. at Boston,
Nov. 9, 1837.
30. ii. WILLIAM, b. at Boston, July 2, 1837.
in. FRANCIS, b. at Boston, Nov. 3, 1839; d. at Milton, Aug.
1, 1857.
iv. ISA ELIZABETH, b. at Boston, Aug. 6, 1841. Lives at
Boston; unm.
v. FRANCES LORING, b. at Boston, June 14, 1843; m. at Bos-
ton, Jan. 6, 1874, William Adams Walker Stewart, son
of John A. and Sarah T. (Johnson), b. at New York,
N. Y., April 25, 1850; lost at sea during the blizzard of
March, 1888. He graduated from Princeton University
in 1871, and from the New York Law School. She
lives at New York. Children, all born at New York:
(1) Francis Gray, b. Dec. k8, 1874; graduated from
Princeton in 1896. He is an architect, with business at
Buffalo, N. Y. ; unm. (2) William Adams Walker, b.
Sept. 10, 1876; m. April 1, 1900, Frances Emily deFor-
est, daughter of Kobert W. and Emily J., b. Dec. 24,
1878. He graduated from Princeton in 1897; LL. B.,
Columbia, 1900. He is a lawyer and lives at New York.
Six children. (3) Mary, b. Sept. 80, 1878. Lives at
New York; unm. (4) Frances Violet, b. April 6, 1881;
m. Sept. 1, 1910, Norman Mattoon Thomas, b. Nov. 20,
1884. He graduated from Princeton in 1905; Divinity
School, 1911. He is a clergyman, and lives at New
York. Three children.
vi. ANNA GREELY, b. at Boston, Feb. 20, 1845. She lives in
Europe; unm.
vn. FLORENCE, b. at Nahant, June 24, 1847; d. at West Rox-
bury, Aug. 17, 1859.
31. vni. EDWARD, b. at Milton, June 7, 1851.
ix. ELLEN, b. at Boston, Dec. 14, 1854; d. at Lenox, Aug. 1,
1883; unm.
AND SOME OP HIS DESCENDANTS. 133
21. FRANCIS HENRY 6 GRAY (William Rufus*, Wil-
liam?, Abraham 2 , William 1 ), born at Boston, March 2, 1813.
He graduated from Harvard in 1831 ; M. D., Harvard,
1834. He was a physician, and lived at Boston, where
he died Feb. 6, 1880. He married, July 10, 1844, Hed-
wiga Regina Shober, daughter of Samuel Lieberkuhn of
Philadelphia, Pa., and Mary Anne (Bedford), born at
Philadelphia, Dec. 24, 1818 ; died at Boston, Jan. 17/18,
1885.
Children :
i. FRANCIS GALLEY", b. at Boston, Sept. 5, 1846; d. at Bos-
ton, Feb. 13, 1904. He graduated from Harvard in
1866, A. M.; unm.
n. MART CLAY, b. at Boston, Aug. 18, 1848. Lives at Bos-
ton; unm.
32. in. SAMUEL SHOBKB, b. at Boston, Dec. 30, 1849.
33. iv. REGINALD, b. at Boston, March 19, 1853.
34. v. MORRIS, b. at Boston, March 7, 1856.
22. JOHN CniPMAN 5 GRAY (Horace*, William 3 , Abra-
ham 3 , William 1 ), born at Brighton, July 14, 1839 ; grad-
uated from Harvard in 1859, A. M. ; LL. B., Harvard,
1861; LL. D., Harvard, 1895; Yale, 1894, Story Prof,
and Royall Prof. Law ; President Alumni Asso. ; Vice-
Pres. Am. Acad. ; Memb. Mass. Hist. Soc. He entered
the army in 1861, and served until the end of the Civil
War, as 2d Lieut, in the 41st Mass. Infantry, and the
3d Mass. Cavalry ; as Aid to Gen. Gordon, and as Major
and Judge Advocate of U. S. Volunteers on the staffs of
Gen. Foster and Gen. Gilmore. He was a lawyer and
lived at Boston, where he died Feb. 25, 1915. He mar-
ried at Boston, June 4, 1873, Anna Sophia Lyman Mason,
daughter of Charles and Anna H., born Oct. 4, 1854. She
lives at Boston. Two portraits of him, by Zorn and Miss
Emmet, are in the possession of Mrs. John C. Gray ; a
portrait by Vinton is at the Harvard Law School. Her
portrait, painted by Wagner, is in her possession.
Children :
35. I. ROLAND 6 , b. at Boston, April 1, 1874.
ii. ELEANOR LYMAN, b. at Boston, May 25, 1876; m. at Bos-
ton, June 10, 1905, Henry Dubois Tudor, son of Wil-
liam and Elizabeth (Whitwell), b. at Paris, France, Oct.
134 WILLIAM GRAY OP LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS,
80, 1874 ; brother of Mary Tudor who m. Roland Gray
(No. 35). He graduated from Harvard in 1895. They
live at Boston. Children: (1) Anne Elizabeth, b. at
Boston, July 8, 1906. (2) John, b. at Nahant, Aug. 19,
1907. (3) Henry Owen, b. at Boston, May 16, 1911.
23. RussELL 5 GRAY (Horace*, William 3 , Abraham*,
William 1 ), born at Boston, June 17, 1850 ; graduated
from Harvard in 1869, A. M. He is in the insurance
business and lives at Boston. He married, at Washing-
ton, D. C., Nov. 3, 1886, Amy Heard, daughter of Augus-
tine and Jane Leaps (de Coninck), b. at Boston, Oct. 7,
1860. A crayon portrait, by Lilla Cabot Perry, is in the
possession of Russell Gray.
Children, born at Boston :
I. HoBAOE 6 , b. Oct. 11, 1887; m. at Chicago, 111., Oct. 16,
1915, Katharine Meeker, daughter of Arthur and Grace
(Murray), b. at Chicago, 111., Feb. 1, 1894. He gradu-
ated from Harvard in 1909; M. D., Harvard, 1914. He
is a physician, and lives at Boston.
n. AUGUSTINE HEABD, b. Nov. 10, 1888; graduated from the
U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1910. He is a
lieutenant in the Navy. Unm.
24. SAMUEL CALLEY B GRAY (Samuel Calley*, /Samuel 3 *
Abraham?, William 1 ), born April 17, 1830. He was at one
time a sea captain, and died July 2, 1890. He married,
in England, 1879, Clara Selina Baker, born Dec. 3, 1851.
Child :
i. ADELAIDE AUGUSTA", b. Dec. 17, 1879. She lives with
her mother at Brighton, England; unm.
25. FRANCIS ABRAHAM 6 GRAY (Francis Abraham*,
Samuel 3 , Abraham 2 , William 1 ), born at Medford, May 28,
1867. Lives at Evanston, Wyoming. He married at
Winchester, July 20, 1898, Marion Tracy Eustis, daugh-
ter of George H. and Clara (Ellis), born at Winchester,
Nov. 4, 1872.
Children :
I. CONSTANCE 6 , b. at Medford, Aug. 3, 1899.
ii. HELEN WAINWBIGHT, b. at Wellesley, July 24, 1902.
26. WILLIAM SiEBERT 5 GRAY (William*, William 3 ,
Joseph?, William 1 ), born April 11, 1841. He served as
AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 135
private during three years of the Civil War in the 114th
Illinois Vols., Co. E, Aug. 11, 1862, to Aug. 3, 1865. He
married Sarah Monckton, and died May 25, 1902.
Children :
i. HATTIE", m. James E. Sheldon. She d. in 1900. Chil-
dren: (1) Jessie; (2) Mary.
36. ii. ABTHUB, b. 1872.
27. JOHN 5 GRAY (Hanford\ William?, Joseph*, Wil-
Kam 1 ), born Sept. 6, 1849, and died Jan. 7, 1913. He
lived at Marietta, Ohio. He married, Oct., 1872, Mary
Blackburn.
Children :
I. ALICE*, b. Dec. 27, 1873; m. Oct. 15, 1898, Wes Hartman.
They live at Belief ontaine, Ohio,
ii. ELLA, b. Oct. 17, 1879; m. Nov. 15, 1898, Leonard Hugh.
She d. March 6, 1909. Her children live at Elba, Ohio.
28. JAMES FARiNGTON 5 GRAY (ITan/bnP, William*,
Joseph 2 , William 1 ), born March 16, 1854. He lives at
Marietta, Ohio. He married, Nov. 18, 1886, Minnie
Decker.
Children :
I. ELMER 6 , b. Jan. 19, 1888; unm.
ii. ABTHUB, b. Oct. 28, 1889; nnm.
in. ETTA, b. Aug. 6, 1894; unm.
29. HENRY WiNTHROP 6 GRAY (George Winthrop 6 ,
Sylvanus*) Winthrop 3 , Jeremiah 2 , William 1 '), born June 12,
1839 ; died Oct. 12, 1906. He lived at New York. He
married, first, June 12, 1865, Mary Travers, daughter of
William R., bom July, 1845 ; died Jan., 1900. He mar-
ried, second, May 16, 1889, Matilda Cummings Freling-
huysen, daughter of Hon. Frederick and Matilda (Gris-
wold).
Children, by first wife :
37. I. WILLIAM TsAVEBS 7 , b. July 12, 1866.
ii. MABIA GBISWOLD, b. Nov. 12, 1868; m. Oct. 1, 1900, Wil-
liam Bay Coster. She lives at Paris, France. Children:
(1) Matilda Gray, b. at New York, N. Y., Dec. 25, 1901.
(2) Maria Griswold, b. at New York, April 4, 1903. (3)
William Bay, b. at Paris, France, Jan. 13, 1908.
136 WILLIAM GRA? OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS,
30. WILLIAM 6 GRAY ( William 6 , William Rufu&, Wil-
liam 3 , Abraham 2 , William 1 }, born at Boston, July 2, 1837;
died at Milton, Aug. 16, 1886. He lived at Dorchester.
He married, May 3, 1859, Katherine Hays Cunningham,
daughter of James and Catherine Hays (Howard), born
at Boston, Sept. 28, 1838 ; died at Dorchester, July 27,
1891.
Children :
I. KATHERINE 7 , b. at Dorchester, June 26, 1860; m. at Bos-
ton, Oct. 4, 1882, Dudley Bowditch Fay, son of Richard
Sullivan and Elizabeth (Bowditch), b. at Boston, Jan.
31, 1860. He graduated from Harvard in 1881, and lives
at Boston. Children: (1) Elizabeth Bowditch, b. at
Boston, Oct. 8, 1883; unm. (2) Alice, b. at Boston,Oct. 5,
1884; unm. (3) Ethel, b. at Nahant, Aug. 31, 1886 ; m.
April 14, 1909, Robert Wade Williams. Two children. (4)
Rosamond,b. at Boston, Nov. 23, 1888; unm. (5) Richard
Dudley, b. at Boston, Jan. 13, 1891 ; m. at Groton, Feb.
17, 1912, Hester Lawrence, daughter of John and Mar-
tha Endicott (Peabody). He graduated from Harvard
in 1913. Two children. (6) Arthur Dudley, b. at Bos-
ton, Feb. 28, 1896. (7) John Howard, b. at Boston,
March 21, 1900.
88. n. WILLIAM, b. at Boston, Dec. 14, 1861.
39. in. HOWARD, b. at Dorchester, Feb. 5, 1863.
IV. MARIAN, b. at Dorchester, March 8, 1864; m. at Roxbury,
Oct. 16, 1884, George Lewis, son of George and Susan
(Wheelwright), b. at Roxbury, July 7, 1860. Lives at
Boston. Portraits of Marion (Gray) Lewis, painted by
Nordell, are owned by George Lewis and Mrs. Malcolm
B. Stone. Children: (1) Marian, b. at Dorchester,
July 22, 1885; m. at Chestnut Hill, May 21, 1908, Mal-
colm Bowditch Stone, son of Richard and Lucy (Bow-
ditch). He graduated from Harvard in 1903, and lives
at Longwood. Two children. (2) George, b. at Dor-
chester, Aug. 30, 1887; graduated from Harvard in 1909;
unm.
v. SARAH FRANCES, b. at Dorchester, March 20, 1865; m. at
Dorchester, Sept. 12, 1888, George Saltonstall Silsbee,
son of George Zachariah and Elizabeth (Saunders), b. at
Salem, Aug. 21, 1854; d. at Peabody, Oct. 1J, 1907. He
graduated from Harvard in 1874. She lives at Boston.
Children: (1) George Saltonstall, b. at Boston, Nov. 2,
AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 137
1890; graduated from Harvard in 1913; unm. (2) Eliz-
abeth, b. at Boston, Oct. 18, 1893; unm. Her portrait
is owned by her mother.
40. vi. FRANCIS, b. at Dorchester, Feb. 5, 1867.
vn. FREDERIC, b. at Dorchester, Feb. 15, 1869; d. at Provi-
dence, R. I., Aug. 5, 1909; unm.
viii. MABEL, b. at Dorchester, Feb. 24, 1873; m. at Boston,
Feb. 5, 1896, William Niles Lockwood, son of Rhodes
and Henrietta (Niles), b. at Charlestown, Oct. 20, 1869.
Children: (1) Frederic Gray, b. at Concord, Dec. 26,
1896. (2) Rhodes, b. at Concord, Jan. 12, 1902.
41. ix. JAMES CUNNINGHAM, b. at Dorchester, Dec. 12, 1878.
31. EDWARD 6 GRAY (William 5 , William Rufus*, Wil-
liam 5 , Abraham 2 , William 1 ), born at Milton, June 7, 1851.
He graduated from Harvard in 1872, and lived at Boston.
He died at Winchendon, Dec. 14, 1907. He married, at
Boston, Sept. 21, 1875, Elisabeth Gray Story, daughter of
Franklin Howard (9. vn. 2.) and Adeline (Wainwright),
born at New York, N. Y., Oct. 16, 1855. She lives in
Europe. Her miniature, painted by Nellie F. Bean, circa
1890, and a crayon, by Carl L. Brandt, done in 1859, are
in her possession.
Children, all born at Boston :
42. I. EDWARD 7 , b. March 14, 1877.
II. MARGUERITE, b. Dec. 10, 1878; m. at Stockbridge, Jan. 7,
1902, John Butler Swann, son of John and Lillian
Louisa (Butler), b. at Lee, Kent, England, June 10,
1875; d. at Narragansett Pier, R. I., Aug. 8, 1910. He
graduated from Harvard in 1898. She lives at Milton.
Her miniature, painted by Nellie F. Bean in 1900, is in
the possession of Mrs. Edward Gray. Portraits of Mr.
and Mrs. Swann, painted by William Lathrop in 1909,
and a portrait of Mrs. Swann, by Adelaide Cole Chase,
painted in 1914, are in her possession. Children: (1)
John Butler, b. at Pittsfield, Nov. 4, 1903. (2) Helen
Elisabeth, b. at San Jose", Costa Rica, Dec. 24, 1904.
(8) Howard Gray, b. at Toronto, Ontario, March 8, 1906.
(4) Marguerite Warton, b. at New York, N. Y., April 18,
1909.
in. HOWARD STORY, b. Dec. 10, 1879; d. at Santa Barbara,
Cal., June 30, 1907. He entered Harvard with the class
of 1902, but remained only two years. Unm. His min-
138 WILLIAM GRAY OP LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS,
iattire, painted in 1900 by Nellie F. Bean, and a minia-
ture painted in 1904, are in the possession of Mrs.
Edward Gray; another miniature, painted in 1904, is in
the possession of Mrs. A. Murray Youug.
32. SAMUEL SHOBEB S GRAY (Francis Henry 5 , 'William
Rufus^, William?, Abraham?, William 1 }, born at Boston,
Dec. 30, 1849 ; lives at Boston. He married, at Boston,
Jan. 15, 1879, Caroline Balch Weld, daughter of Stephen
Minot and Sarah, born at Jamaica Plain, Jan. 15, 1846 ;
died at Boston, June 16, 1912.
Children :
I. RALPH WELD T , b. at Boston, Jan. 19, 1880. He graduated
from Harvard in 1901 ; is an architect, and lives at Bos-
ton; nnm.
II. HOPE, b. at Brookline, March 29, 1882; unm.
in. STEPHEN MINOT WELD, b. at Boston, Feb. 9, 1893.
33. REGINALD 6 GRAY (Francis Henry*, William Rufus 4 ,
William 8 , Abraham 2 , William 1 ), born at Boston, March 19,
1853 ; graduated from Harvard in 1875 ; LL. B., Harvard,
1877 ; A. M., Harvard, 1878. He was a lawyer, and
lived at Boston. He died at Newton, June 7, 1904. He
married, at Boston, April 2, 1892, Rose Lee, daughter of
George Cabot and Caroline (Haskell), born at Chestnut
Hill, Jan. 20, 1860.
Child :
i. REGINALD 7 , b. at Boston, March 18, 1894. He graduated
at Harvard in 1915; unm.
34. M ORRis 6 GRAY (Francis Henry*, William Rufus 4 ,
William 3 , Abraham 2 , William 1 ), born at Boston, March 7,
1856 ; graduated from Harvard in 1877 ; LL. B., Har-
vard, 1880. He is a lawyer, and lives at Boston. He is
president of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. He mar-
ried, at Nahant, Sept. 15, 1883, Flora Grant, daughter of
Patrick and Charlotte Bordman (Rice), born at Boston,
Nov. 4, 1858,
Children :
I. MoBBis 7 , b. at Nahant, July SO, 1884; graduated from Har-
vard in 1906; unm.
II. ELIZABETH, b. at Chestnut Hill, Oct. 30, 1886; unm.
AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 139
in. FRANCIS GALLEY, b. at Chestnut Hill, Jan. 22, 1890;
graduated from Harvard in 1912; LL. B., Harvard, 1915;
unm.
35. KoLAND 6 GRAY (John Chipman 5 , Horace*, Wil-
liam 8 , Abraham 2 , William 1 ), born at Boston, April 1, 1874 ;
graduated from Harvard in 1895 ; LL. B., Harvard, 1898.
He is a lawyer, and lives at Boston. He married, at Bos-
ton, Sept. 25, 1907, Mary Tudor, daughter of William and
Elizabeth (Whitwell), born at Paris, France, July 31,
1886, sister of Henry D. Tudor who married Eleanor
Lyman Gray (22. n).
Children, all born at Boston :
I. JOHN CuiPMAN 7 , b. Aug. 12, 1908.
li. MARY WHITWELL, b. Jan. 11, 1911.
in. ROLAND, b. Nov. 6, 1912.
iv. CHRISTOPHER, b. June 22, 1915.
36. ARTHUR 6 GRAY ( William Siebert 5 , William*, Wil-
liam 3 , Joseph 2 , William 1 ), born in 1872, is a farmer and
lives near Waterford, Ohio. He married in 1894, Belle
Waterman.
Children :
I. MARIE 7 , b. Jan. 25, 1900.
n. MABEL, b. Nov. 2, 1901.
in. DOROTHY, b. March 23, 1905.
37. WILLIAM TRAVERS 7 GRAY (Henry Winthrop*,
G-eorge Winthrop 5 , Sylvanus*, Wlnthrop*, Jeremiah 2 , Wil-
liam 1 ), born July 12, 1866 ; graduated from Harvard in
1887, and lives at Hillingdon, England. He married,
Jan. 22, 1906, Gertrude Collins. No children.
38. WiLLiAM 7 GRAY .(William*, William 6 , William
Rufus*, William*, Abraham 2 , William^), born at Boston,
Dec. 14, 1861 ; is in the railroad business, and lives at
St. Louis, Mo. He married, at Joplin, Mo., April 28,
1892, Lallie Newman, daughter of Henry L. and Sarah
E., born at Leavenworth, Kas., Oct. 12, 1863.
Child ;
I. FRANCES*, b. at St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 2, 1893; nnm.
39. HOWARD 7 GRAY (William*, William*, William
Rufus*, William 8 , Abraham 2 , William 1 '), born at Dorches-
140 WILLIAM GRAY OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.
ter, Feb. 5, 1863 ; lives at Boston. He married, first, at
Lowell, Oct. 8, 1889, Lillian M. Lamson, daughter of
Edwin and Lucy J. She died at Providence, R. I., . p.
He married, second, at Boston, Nov. 17, 1909, Mabel E.
Ferry, daughter of John and Ellen (Tracy). No children.
40. FRANCIS 7 GRAY ( William 6 , William?, William Ru-
/w 4 , William?, Abraham?, William 1 ), born at Dorchester,
Feb. 5, 1867 ; is a note broker, and lives at Milton. He
married at Boston, Nov. 3, 1904, Ellen White Joy, daugh-
ter of Charles Henry and Marie Louise (Mudge), born at
Boston, Nov. 16, 1879.
Children, all born at Milton :
I. WiLMAM 8 , b. May 2, 1906; d. at Nahant, Sept. 22, 1909.
ii. MARIE LOUISE, b. April 27, 1908.
in. EDITH MARION, b. Sept. 16, 1911.
41. JAMES CUNNINGHAM 7 GRAY ( William?, William?,
William Rufus^, William?, Abraham?, William 1 '), born at
Dorchester, Dec. 12, 1878; is a salesman, and lives at
Longwood. He married at Boston, Jan. 26, 1903, Grace
Elvira Freeman, daughter of Edward A. and Lydia J.
(Severance), born at Boston, Jan. 1, 1877.
Children :
i. KATHERINE CUNNINGHAM**, b. at Brookline, Jan. 24, 1905.
ii. JAMES CUNNINGHAM, b. at Boston, March 7, 1908.
42. EDWARD 7 GRAY (Edward?, William?, William Ru-
/ws 4 , William?, Abraham?, William^), born at Boston, March
14, 1877 ; graduated from Harvard in 1900, and lives at
Milton. He married, at Utica, N. Y., Oct. 7, 1909, Erne
Grindlay, daughter of Gen. James John Glas and Mary
Emily (Peckham), born at Utica, Sept. 14, 1881. His
miniature, painted in 1900 by Nellie P. Bean, is in the
possession of Mrs. Edward Gray. Her miniature, paint-
ed in 1910 by Zayra Bardi Melloni, is owned by Edward
Gray.
Child :
I . WiLLiAM 8 , b. at Boston, Jan. 10, 1914.
NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX
COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS.
(Continued from Volume LI. page 96.*)
Monday night in a Snow Storm, Capt. Collyer in a Brig
from the Straits going into Marblehead, struck on a Ledge
of Rocks, and sunk before the People had opportunity of
saving any Thing besides their own Lives, a Quantity of
Dollars that was in a Chest with a Cargo of Salt were
lost, as also the Vessel.
Boston Evening Post, March 17, 1766.
From Cape-Ann we hear the late Storm drove several
Vessels ashore there, some of them outward bound Fish-
ing Schooners, and damaged their Salt and Stores ; but
they got off again. Of ten Sail of Vessels lying at the
Isle of Shoals, but two weather'd the Storm, . and a
Schooner belonging to Cape Ann, entirely beat to Pieces.
A Sloop was seen off New-Castle, last Sunday se'night,
having a Wreck in Tow, which was chiefly under Water,
but no Masts standing. Saturday 7'night a Store at Cape
Ann, with a Sail-Loft, were consumed by Fire, with be-
tween 20 and 30 pieces of Duck, partly made up, and
sundry other articles that were therein.
Boston Evening Post, March 24, 1766.
A few Weeks ago we mentioned a Chest containing a
Number of Dollars, which was on board of Capt. Collier,
whose Vessel foundered off Cape Anne, since which we
hear said Chest has been taken up on Cape Cod, with the
Specie therein contained, amounting to about 2500 Dol-
lars, besides Cloa thing.
Boston Evening Post, March 31, 1766.
ANTIG-UA, Dec. 18. On the 5th instant, at 11 o'clock
P. M. the brig Elizabeth, William Trattles, master, from
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142 NEWSPAPER ITEMS BELATING TO ESSEX COUNTY.
Newberry, bound for St. Kitt's with lumber, struck upon
the rocks of Barbuda, four miles from the land : the
master and mariners reached the shore the next morning,
but the vessel and cargo are lost.
Boston Evening Post, March 31, 1766.
Charlestown, South- Carolina, Feb. 4. Capt. Cathcart
from Newbury, who arrived here on friday last, brought
in with him, the crew of a ship, Craney, Master, from
Liverpool bound to New York, which he took up at sea.
Boston Evening Post, March 31, 1766.
Capt. Grealy from St. Eustatia, informs, that he heard
there that two or three Schooners belonging to Marble-
head, which had been blown off the Coast last Winter,
were got into St. Kitts.
Boston Evening Post, April 7, 1766.
Damwrs, April 19. Last Evening died here, Madam
Mary Prescott, in the 81st Year of her Age, the amiable
Confort of Benjamin Prescott, Esq : She was eldest
Daughter of the late Hon. William Pepperell, Bart. it
may be asserted without Flattery, that as Madam Prescott
passed thr' the various Stages, Stations and Relations of
a protracted Life, she richly adorned them All, by a fair
Exhibition of those graces and qualities which compleat
the Character of the Christian and Gentlewoman. Her
form was beauteous But,
" The Second Temple of the rising Just,
" Shall far exceed the Glories of the First."
Boston Evening Post, April 28, 1766.
Portsmouth, N. H., May 5. A few Days ago, a Man
belonging to Marblehead, returning from the Eastward,,
in endeavoring to cross Knight's Ferry, in a small Float,
accidentally overset, whereby he was unfortunately
drowned. He had a considerable Number of Dollars in
his Pocket. He has not yet been taken up.
Boston Evening Post (Supp.), May 12, 1766.
NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX COUNTY. 143
Salem, June 4, 1766. On Friday last departed this
Life, greatly lamented not only by his own Congregation
but the Town in general, the Rev. Mr. John Suntington.
His remains were interred on Monday.
Boston Evening Post, June 9, 1766.
Newbury-Port, July 25, 1766. This Week after a long
Complication of Disorders, died and was decently in-
terred, Mrs. Mary Emerson, Confort of Mr. Samuel Emer-
son of this Town, School-master, and eldest daughter of
Mr. Timothy Green, formerly Printer in Boston.
Boston Evening Post, July 28, 1766.
On Wednesday last his Excellency the Governor, with
the Advice of his Majesty's Council, was pleased to ap-
point Richard Saltonstall, Esq ; of Haverhill, to be Sheriff
for the County of Essex, in the Room of Robert Hale,
Esq ; resigned.
We hear from Andover, that on Thanksgiving Day
last, some imprudent Persons firing Cannon, in ramming
down the Charge before one of the Guns was well
spunged, the Cartridge took Fire, and drove the Rammer
against one of them, tore his Arm, and ripp'd open his
Belly, and hurt another that stood nigh ; but both are
likely to do well.
Boston Evening Post, August 11, 1766.
August 21st. We hear from Salem that on Lord's Day
last died there, in the 66th Year of his Age, and Yester-
day was decently interred, Edward Kitchin, Esq ; a Gen-
tleman of unaffected Virtue and Religion. Being a
Widower, and having lost all his Children, after sharing
the Bulk of his Fortune among his Relatives by his last
Will, and bequeathing handsome Legacies to the Church
he belonged to, and the Poor of the Town: he gave
500 O. T. to the pious Use of promoting Christianity
among the American Indians; and 1000 O. T. to
Harvard College in Cambridge.
Boston Evening Post, August 25, 1766.
144 NEWSPAPER ITEMS BELATING TO ESSEX COUNTY.
Newbury-Port, August 30, 1766. TAKEN out of the
Stable of Dudley Atkins, of Newbury-Port, the 14th
Instant, a light roan Horse, of about 12 Years old, with
a white Spot in his Forehead, holds his head high, paces
and trots. Whoever shall take up said Horse and return
him to the Subscriber shall have TWO Dollars Reward,
and all necessary Charges paid. And whoever shall dis-
cover the Thief, so that he may be brought to Justice,
shall have EIGHT Dollars Reward paid by
DUDLEY ATKINS.
Boston Evening Post, September 8, 1766.
For LONDON, The Ship Caesar, Samuel Stebbins
Commander, now laying at Newbury-Port, will sail by
the 25th Instant, Has excellent Accommodations for Pas-
sengers. Any Persons wanting a Passage, may apply to
Lewis Deblois, at his Store oppisite the Golden Ball.
N. B. The Ship is loaded with Lumber, no Oil on board
to make a disagreeable Smell.
Boston Evening Post, September 22, 1766.
We hear from Newbury, that last Monday as a small
Vessel of about twenty Tons, belonging to Haverhill,
having on board three Men and two Boys, was attempting
to cross Newbury-Bar, the Swell of the Sea, which at
that Time ran very high, suddenly struck her on the
Broad Side, and in an instant overset her Bottom
upwards, by which Accident the three Men were drowned,
but the two Boys getting on the Hatches, which washed
from the Vessel, were drove out to Sea with the Tide
above a Mile, but being providentially discovered by a
Sloop coming in, they were both taken up alive.
Boston Evening Post, October 6, 1766.
(To be continued.')
THE LEE FAMILY OF MARBLEHEAD.
BY THOMAS AMORY LEE.
( Continued from Volume LU, page
6. LIEUT. THOMAS LEE, son of John and Sarah
(Parsons) Lee was born in Manchester, Oct. 14, 1693, and
died there Aug. 18, 1775. He was one of the most promi-
nent citizens of Manchester. " He was nine years one of
the selectmen and a very active citizen in public duties."*
He was constable, 1723, 1724 ; on the jury of trials,
1727; selectman, 1728, 1781-34, 1735, 1741, 1747,
1751-'55, 1759; moderator, 1731, 1732, 1734, 1736,
1739, 1744, 1763, 1759. In 1734 he promised to give
10s. for the free women's school.f He was town treas-
urer, 1749, 1750, 1751, 1752, 1754, 1755,1756. In 1769,
when the tax list was made up John Lee, Esq., came
first ; John Lee, Esq., for Jere. Lee, Esq., second ; Lieut.
Thomas Lee, third ; and then the rest of the inhabitants
in alphabetical order. His tax was 2, 3, 7 1-2. He
held many other positions and town offices.
His will;}: was signed March 2, 1775, and proved Sept.
4, 1775, and mentions wife Elizabeth, her son, William
Elliott, grandson Thomas Lee (10), son Solomon, dead,
son Thomas, and his daughter Ann, daughters Elizabeth,
Abby, Ann Hooper, dead daughter Rachel Bishop. The
estate was valued at 496, 18, 7, and included 43-96 of
a sawmill, much land, 3 knives and 3 forks at 13, 15s.,
silver buttons, silver lace, sword, gun, velvet breeches, etc.
He married, first, Nov. 28, 1717, Elizebeth Allen, who
died May 9, 1725, aged 25 years, 4 months. He married,
*E. W. Leach MS. History of Manchester, Appendix, p. 271.
tManchester Town Records, v. II, p. 23.
JEssex Probate Files, No. 16,665.
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146 THE LEE FAMILY OF MARBLEHEAD,
second, at Gloucester, Jan. 13, 1726, Rose Allen, probably
daughter of Joseph Allen, sr., who died Feb. 19, 1769,
aged 74 years, 7 months. He married, third, Dec. 3, 1771,
Elizabeth Eliot.
Children, born in Manchester, by first wife :
THOMAS, b. Aug. 27, 1718; d. before 1732.
ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 15, 1720; m. July 14, 1737, Stephen Allen.
RUTH (twin), bp. Aug. 23, 1724; d. before 1775.
THOMAS (twin), bp. Aug. 23, 1724; d. before 1732.
Children by second wife, born in Manchester :
HENBY, bp. Oct. 16, 1726 ; d. before 1775.
ROSE, bp. Nov. 12, 1727; d. before 1775.
WILLIAM, b. Oct. 29, 1728; d. before 1775,
ANNE, b. June 27, 1730; m. April 16, 1747, Jacob Hooper.
THOMAS, b. March 16, 1731-2; d.Dec. 20, 1760; m. (int. Oct.,
1756), Anna Baker of Gloucester, who m. 2d int. April 10,
1762), Francis Norwood of Gloucester. He served as select-
man, treasurer, tythingman, and held numerous other pub-
lic offices. His estate* was valued at 266-9-2, and included
5 tracts of land, 2 wigs, silk hose, shoe and knee buckles and
sleeve buttons, 5 large silver spoons and 6 tea silver spoons,
1 silver cann, 2 pictures, 3 china bowls, books, mahogany
furniture, 2 guns, 2 swords, etc., and 1 negro girl valued at
35. Children, b. in Manchester: (1) Anna, b. Sept. 29,
1757; m. 1776, William Allen, jr., s. of Wm. and Abigail
(Hooper) Allen. They lived in the old Henry Lee house at
Manchester, and were grandparents of Mrs. Charlotte Allen
Dodge of Beverly. They had Polly, who m. Daniel Apple-
ton of Beverly. (2) Dorcas, m. Marston, had Rachel,
m.(l) Thomas Lee of Gloucester, m. (2) 1817,Phinehas Brons-
don, and d. July 1, 1872. He d. Dec. 28, 1861, ae. 71 years.
They had 8 children, including Margaret M., b. 1824, m.
1848, Capt. Creighton W. Parker, had 0. W. Parker, jr, b.
1854, m. 1877, Harriet M. K. Fitts, b. 1849, a great-grand-
daughter of Capt. Henry Lee of Manchester. Mrs. Parker
is the author of the Bronsdon and Box Families, and has
written Notes of the Lees of Manchester, which have been
of great service in compiling this sketch. They have Mar-
garet Lee Parker.
SOLOMON, mariner, b. Jan. 16, 1733-34; d. July 7, 1794 He served
as constable, surveyor of highways, and tithingman, and
Essex Probate Files, No. 16,663.
BY THOMAS AMORY LEE. 147
held other minor town offices. He was a Revolutionary
soldier, enlisting in 1776. His estate* was valued at 328
and included silver plate. He m., 1st, July 18, 1756, Sarah
Hooper, who d. Feb. 26, 1776, ae. 38 y. He m. 2d, at Bev-
erly, Nov. 7, 1776, Mary Woodberry. He m. 3d, Elizabeth
, who d. Aug. 21, 1794. Children, b. in Manchester:
(I) Sarah, b. Auer. 8, 1757; m. Wm. Elliott; (2) Solomon, b.
Jan. 22, 1759, d. Oct. 29, 1837. " He was in the war of the
Revolution and present at the taking of Burgoyne's army
in 1777. "t His dwelling house and barn (no insurance)
were burned in the great fire of Aug. 27, 18364 He m.,
Oct. 31, 1781, Mrs. Jemima Kitfield, who. d. July 6, 1830,
ae. 73 y., and had 6 ch. (3) Lydia, b. Mar. 12, 1761; m. John
Morgan. (4) Anna, b. Jan. 27, 1763; m. Thomas Tewks-
bury. (5) Rachel, b. Nov. 3, 1764; m. Feb. 8, 1787, Obed
Carter, jr. (6) Elizabeth, b. Nov. 10, 1766; m. Samuel
Eastman. (7) Thomas, b. May 16, 1768; m. April 21, 1791,
Ruth Allen, and had 4 ch. (8) William, b. June 2, 1770; m.
1st, April 13, 1794, Eunice Carter; m. 2d, Dec. 3, 1795, Eliz-
abeth Carter, and had 10 ch. (9) Patty, b. July 21, 1772.
(10) Nabby, bp. May 14, 1774; m. Nov. 9, 1794, Asa Daniels.
(II) Samuel, twin, b p. Jan. 28, 1776; d. "abroad", Dec.,
1816. (12) Mary, twin, bp. Jan. 28, 1776.
RACHEL, bp. April 1, 1739; m. Feb. 2, 1764, Richard Bishop of
Monson or Brimfield. She d. by 1775, and left issue.
7. EDWARD LEE, son of John and Sarah (Parsons)
Lee, was born Feb. 19, 1698-9, and was living in 1742.
He was lost at sea. He served as juryman and surveyor
of highways, and was made a new Commoner " in
1723. March 16, 1742, it was " Voted that Edward Lee,
Abraham Marstus, Robert Knowlton, shall be Aquited
from y e Releas they Gave for y e School Land they paying
three pound In Thirty Days." He married July 11,
1721, Hannah Allen.
Children, born in Manchester :
JACOB, b. Jan. 19, 1721-2; was probably killed by the Indians,
1758; m. twice, and had 7 ch.
SABAH, b. April 21, 1723; perhaps m. 1743-4, Jacob Allin.
Essex Probate Files, No. 16,658.
tManchester Vital Records, p. 272.
Essex Gazette, Aug. 30, 1836.
Manchester Town Records, v. II, p. 35.
148 THE LEE FAMILY OF MARBLEHEAD,
HANNAH, b. March 21, 1725.
ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 29, 1726.
ABIGAIL, b. Feb. 10, 1727-8.
16. EDWARD, b. Nov. 29, 1729; d. Dec. 23, 1793.
BATHIKE, b. June 24, 1731; prob. m. Dec. 5, 1753, John Morgan.
LUSE, b. Feb. 12, 1732-3; m. Sept. 6, 1753, Benjamin Andrews
of Ipswich.
EUINIS, b. Feb. 7, 1734-5; m. Nov. 5, 1753, John Lundol.
AMOS, Lieut., b. Dec. 11, 1736; perhaps m. and left issue.
17. ISAAC, b. Dec. 12, 1738; d. March 14, 1806.
JOSIAH, b. Nov. 8, 1740.
8. DEACON BENJAMIN LEE,* son of John and Sarah
(Parsons) Lee, was born Dec. 19, 1705, and died Nov. 9,
1757. "He was deacon of the Church for many years
and a much respected citizen."! He held many town
offices, such as tithingman, juryman, sealer of leather, and
surveyor of highways. He was chairman of a committee
to supply ye pulpit, 1744, with John Lee y e 3rd and
John Lee Jun. He was moderator, 1739, town treasurer,
1740, assessor, 1748, town clerk, 1748 to 1757, and select-
man, 1748 to 1750, 1754. His estate^ was appraised at
<331 by John Lee, Esq., and included 1 sword, 1 cut-
lass, 1 pew, etc. He married, int. Jan. 30, 1730-1, Mary
Stevens of Andover.
Children, born in Manchester :
BENJAMIN, b. Feb. 17, 1731-2; d. Dec. 13, 1759; m. April 8,
1756, Abigail Dodge of Beverly. Chn : (I) Anna, b. Feb. 3,
1757; (2) Benjamin, b. April 10, 1759; Kevolutionary sol-
dier, on ship "Franklin " in 1781.
DEBBOAH, b. Dec. 17, 1733.
SUSANNA, b. Jan. 14, 1734-5; m. Dec. 9, 1755, Thomas Hilton.
E. W. Leach, M. D. was a descendant.
18. NATHAN, b. Jan. 22, 1736-7.
19. NEHEMIAH, b. April 10, 1739.
MABY, b. Nov. 4, 1741.
Joseph Lee 8 Edmiston, of 4611 Gramercy Place, Los Angeles,
California, has compiled a genealogy of the descendants of Deacon
Benjamin Lee, especially including those of Moultonborough, N.
H., which was of much service in preparing this sketch.
tE. W. Leach MS. History of Manchester, Appendix, p. 271.
JEssex Probate Files, No. 16,592.
BY THOMAS AMORY LEE. 149
EBENEZER, b. March 8, 1743-4; m. at Wenham, March 29, 1768,
Mary Thorndike of Beverly. Had 10 chn., and removed to
Moultonborough, N. H. Served in Col. Titcomb's Reg't in
the Revolution.
DABROW, b. March 20, 1745-6.
ABIAL, Deacon, b. Jnne 27, 1748; m. at Wenham, Jan. 2, 1772,
Sarah Kilham, and removed to Moultonborongh, N. H. He
was a Revolutionary soldier and one of the crew of the
schooner "Hawke," Capt. Jeremiah Hibbert, in 1777. He
also belonged to Capt. R. Dodge's Co., which was sworn in
1775. Ch: (1) Jacob, bp. in Manchester, Dec. 13, 1772.
DANIEL, b. July 5, 1750; m. Dec. 16, 1773, at Wenham, Hannah
Rogers, and had 2 chn., b. in Manchester. He probably re-
moved to Moultonboro, N. H. He was a Revolutionary
soldier, in Capt. Dodge's Co.
DAVID, b. Aug. 28, 1753. Probably d. in an English prison
during the Revolution.
9. " JUSTICE " SAMUEL LEE, son of Sanmell ami Re-
becca (Masters) Lee, was born in Manchester, Feb. 24,
1693-4, and died July 6, 1753, in Marblehead. He mar-
ried, first, Oct. 8, 1712, Mary Tarring, born July 27, 1690,
died before 1745, daughter of Gen. John and Abigail
(Abbot) Tarring of Marblehead. He married, second,
Oct. 15, 1745, Hannah Negus, daughter of Jabez and
Sarah (Browne) Negus of Boston, granddaughter of
Joseph and Mary (Beesbeach) Browne, who married, first,
Joseph Swett, jr., Sept. 23, 1734, an eminent merchant of
Marblehead, who was sometimes called Dr. Joseph Swett.
Samuel Lee became a celebrated architect and builder,
as well as a great merchant. " He was a housewright, and
famous in Essex County for his intelligence and enterprise
as a contractor and builder. He erected at least one
hundred houses and stores in Marblehead ; for the mate-
rial he sent to Manchester, where there was a sawmill
and an abundant supply of timber."* In 1745, he is
spoken of as " Justice Samuel Lee, Esq.," " a very
wealthy merchant and owner of many ware houses."f He
first appears on the records on Feb. 27, 1716,$ when it
was stated that he had a one-half of a common right in
*John Leigh of Agawam, pp. 38 and 39.
tNew Eng. Hist. Gen. Reg., v. 27, p. 390.
^Manchester Town Records, v. I, p. 130.
150 THE LEE FAMILY OF MABBLEHEAD,
1714. On March 12 of the same year he was elected
town treasurer, an office which he held in 1716, 1717,
1718, and declined in 1742. He was elected an assessor
in 1721, and selectman in 1721, 1723, 1728, 1729, 1730,
1732, 1733, 1734, 1735, 1736, 1737, 1739. He was town
clerk from 1725 to 1738. He and others were granted a
fifty-foot front to build a wharf,* March 7, 1726. In 1732
he was on a committee to settle land disputes and on a
committee to sell Ram Island which belonged to the town.
On March 9, 1736, "Sam 11 Lee Jun and Benj alien sen
voted to Iinploy the money to support a free schoole, it
all be to support a Schoale Master, and the Rest of the
Town voted in the negative, "f He also served on a
committee " to Draw up the Reasons whie we are Not for
Dividing" Essex County. On March 14, 1737, " Sam 11
Lee Jun promised to give 12 to the suport wooman's
schools, Natha 11 Lee [his brother] 20s, Thomas Lee [his
cousin] 10s."J Only 40s. more were subscribed by all
the rest of the town. He seems to have had views in ad-
vance of his time upon the subject of woman's education.
In 1739 "it was voted to allow him to have black
Rock to build a wharff thereon and 60 feet," and his
cousin, John Lee, jr., was chairman of the committee to
agree as to wharfinger's fees.
In 1743 Samuel Lee, Esq., removed to Marblehead to
lire. He lived in what is now known as the " Col. Wil-
liam Raymond Lee Mansion," very near to the top of
Training Field Hill and opposite the training field (now
Abbot Hall). He built the earliest part of that beautiful
house, which will be found more fully described under
Col. William Raymond Lee. The massive lindens stand-
ing in front of the house were brought from England
and were celebrated by Longfellow in verse on one of his
visits to the house.
On Feb. 28, 1733-4, " Samuel Lee was commissioned a
Justice of the Peace, || a very important office at that
*Manchester Town Records, v. I. page 166.
tManchester Town Records, v. II, p. 21.
JManchester Town Records, v. II, p. 23.
Manchester Town Records, v. II, p. 28.
|| Manchester Town Records, v. II, p. 47.
BY THOMAS AMORY LEE. 151
time."* In 1732 he was appointed Commissioner to make
a report to the General Court in regard to the well known
Dog Town (Gloucester) dispute. He made a report (vol.
243, Mass. Archives), showing the distance of each peti-
tioner from the old church. " Those familiar with Man-
chester history need not be told that Samuel Lee was a
person whose reputation made him a reliable person to
trust with his delicate mission. The penmanship of his
report shows that he was a gifted man."f
He owned six houses in Manchester and Marblehead,
many slaves and ships, silver, at least two portraits (of
" William and Mary ", which have not survived appar-
ently), and a really good library for the time. He was
one of the richest merchants of his day in the Province,
and seems to have exerted a decided influence upon the
community around him. He made a number of journeys
to England, and on one of them brought back a parch-
ment pedigree^ of the Lees of Lea Hall, beginning as
follows :
" Lee Genealogy. The Most Noble and Puissant Lord
George Henry Lee, Earl of Litchfield, Viscount Quarren-
don Baron Spellsbury and Baronet, Created Baron Lee of
Spelsbury in the County of Oxford, Viscount Quarendon
of the County of Bucks and Earl of Litchfield in the
County of Stratford, June 5th, 1674. The 26 of Charles
the Second. Of this family of Lee which hath been of
long standing in the County Palatine of Chester and
took its sirname as is presumed from the Lordship of Lee
in the said County, was Sir Walter Lee, Kt., who there
lived in the time of Edward the Third, and was father of
Sir John Lee Hall." This pedigree traces the family
through Sir John Lee, John Lee who married Margaret
Hocknell, Sir Harry Lee, K. G., champion of Queen
Elizabeth, etc., to the second Earl of Litchfield, George
Henry Lee. This pedigree emblazoned on sheepskin was
first owned by Samuel 3 Lee, Esq., then Capt. Samuel 4
Lee, Capt. Henry 6 Lee, then Gen. William Raymond 7
Lee, who owned it at the time of his death in 1891, when
*Hur<Ts History of Essex Co., v. II, p. 1261.
tThe Story of Dogtown, by Charles E. Mann.
t Dearborn's Life of Col. William R. Lee, MS. pp. 12-16.
152 THE LEE FAMILY OF MARBLEHEAD,
it was stolen. Fortunately a copy was made April 17, 1853,
and is now owned by Mrs. Charlotte Proctor (Allen)
Dodge of Beverly, a sister-in-law of " Gail Hamilton," to
whom it was given by her mother, a daughter of Capt.
Henry 6 Lee. Samuel Lee, Esq., also brought back the
Lee arms at the same time with the parchment, a fesse
between three crescents, which may be the coat of arms now
owned by Thomas Amory Lee, inscribed " The Right
Honourable George Henry Lee, Earl of Litchfield," etc.,
and corresponding to the description in the parchment,
"Pearl, a Fess between three Crescents Diamond,
Supported by two Lyons," etc.
It seems probable that he received some property as a
legatee or devisee of some one not an immediate member of
his father's family, as he was more wealthy than his father
at an early age. This might explain his trips abroad.
His will, signed June 25, 1748, proved July 13, 1753,
is a remarkable document. He first directs that an in-
ventory shall be taken by five men, two of Manchester
and three of Marblehead ; that all his ships and shop
goods shall be sold ; next the partnership between " my
son Jeremiah Lee and myself "is to be dissolved, my
business debts in foreign lands to be paid with the utmost
care before the division of my estate. He then leaves
X100 for a free school in Manchester, and bequeaths all
his silver plate, brass, pewter, etc., to his wife Hannah,
with a ,2000 legacy and a negro girl " Flora" for life,
and then to daughter Abigail. He bequeaths houses to
his sons John and Samuel and to his grandchildren by
the first wife of his son Samuel. He gives the residue to
sons John, Jeremiah and Samuel and daughters Mary
and Abigail ; mentions his " Honored Father, Mr. Samuel
Lee," gives son Samuel .478 of silver, son John 600
of silver, and directs that no mourning is to be paid for
or escutcheons put on his coffin ; sons Samuel, John and
Jeremiah to be executors, Col. Jacob Fowle, Esq., Capt.
Nathan Bowen, Capt. Richard Reed, and Messrs. Jona-
than Herrick and Benjamin Lee appraised the estate at
<6,542,* 18s., lid. Three warehouses and eleven schoon-
* According to Dane's Abridgement (vol. 2, p. 252, sect. 4), the
estate appraised at 11,333, 6, 3, after debts were paid.
BY THOMAS AMORY LEE. 153
ers, etc., are included, among them the "Boston,"
" Stork," " Lisbon," " Defiance," " Prosperity," etc. His
inventory included much fine furniture and fine clothing,
1 white wig, shoe and knee buckles, candlesticks, silver
watch, 3 gold rings, gold buttons, a tankard and much
other plate (56,15s.), English goods (1,500), and 414
gallons of rum. He had many books, among them a
Physick, Roman History (2 vols.), Ecclesiastical History
(2 vols.), Journey through England, etc. (3 vols.), Me-
moirs of Baron Polnitz (4 vols.), Parable of the Pilgrim,
The Lady's Law, Poems on State Affairs, History of the
late Rebellion, History of England, Discourses on the
Comets, The Spectator, Life of Peter the Great, The
Bottomless Pit, etc., etc.
Children by first wife, all born in Manchester :
MART, b. May 14, 1713; d. Oct. 21, 1713.
20. SAMUEL, b. Oct. 21, 1714; d. Dec. 20, 1779.
21. JOHN, b. Feb. 12, 1715-16 ; d. Aug. 24, 1789.
JACOB, b. Jan. 28, 1717; "generly thought Sufered Shipwrack
at Ilesabels on Mar. 18, 1734-5, and has never been heard of
to the Last of July insuing the date aforesaid."*
MABY, b. Feb. 28, 1719-20; "Lost of Marblehead," Apr. 16,
1758, a. 39 y.t
22. JEBEMIAH, b. April 16, 1721; d. May 10, 1775.
ANDBEW, bp. June 23, 1723; probably d. unm. . p., before
June 25, 1748.
EZEKIEL, b. July 5, 1724; "lived in Marblehead " ;t d. before
June 25, 1748.
REBECKAH, b. Sept. 16, 1725; d. Sept. 11, 1728-9.
DAVID, b. Oct.^29, 1728; was student at Harvard College, 1744-
1747, in the class of 1748, and died between Oct. 29, 1746,
and June 25, 1748. He was 13 in a class of 29. Jan. 4,
1746, " Lee has gone to Louisburg without leave ;*voted not
to expel him, but to degrade him 14 places, bet. Hobbs and
French. Lee was s. of Samuel Lee of Marshfield." He
evidently served in the war (1745-48). Oct. 29, 1746, he was
fined by the Faculty. ||
AMOS, b. Jan. 5, 1732-3; d. Jan. 23, 1732-3.
Vital Records of Manchester, Mass., p. 270.
t Vital Records of Manchester, Mass., p. 271.
JThe Lees of Marblehead, MS., by Mrs. H. F. Parker.
Harvard College Fac. Records, v. I, pp. 226, 235, 236.
IIHarvard College Fac. Records, v. I, p. 245.
154 THE LEE FAMILY OF MARBLEHEAD,
ABIGAIL, b. Dec. 26, 1733; d. Nov. 24, 1754; m. Nov. 1, 1750,
Col. John Gallison, Esq., b. 1781, d. Mar. 26, 1786, ae. 55 y.,
s. of Joseph and Annis (Stacy). He was a very prominent
citizen of Marblehead; selectman, 1762; commissioned Col.
of the 5th Essex Reg't in 1772;* and Representative to the
General Court in 1769, 1774, and 1775; and a Justice of the
Peace, Oct. 1, 1766. His estate was valuedt at 1,926, 3, 10.
Colonel Gallison administered his wife's estate and started
suit in 1782 vs. Col. John Lee for her share of the estate of
Jnstice Samuel Lee, Esq., about 3,000. The suit became
famous (it is mentioned in Pynchon's Diary) and lasted
about ten years, Capt. Henry Lee taking it up when his
uncle, Col. John Lee, died, and John Gallison administering
his mother's estate and Henry Gallison his father's, when
Col. Gallison died. J Chn., born in Marblehead: (1) Abigail,
bp. May 26, 1751; (2) Joseph, b. Aug. 22, 1752, d. by 1786;
(3) John, b. Aug. 6, 1754 ; d. in Windham, Me., Sept. 6, 1840.
Henry Hammond Gallison, the artist, was a descendant.
Colonel Gallison m., 2d, about 1756, Eunice Bourne,
by whom he had 12 chn., among them (4) Henry, b. Dec. 2,
1759; d. Jan. 8, 1825 ; H. 0., 1778; m. May 24, 1787, Kather-
ine, sister of Chief Justice Samuel Sewall, LL. D., by whom
he had John, b. 1788; d. 1820; H. C., 1807; a noted lawyer.
(5) Charlotte, bp. July 25, 1773 ; m. Aug. 31, 1794, Silvanus
Gray, Esq., of Boston, nephew of Hon. William Gray,
Lieut. Governor of Mass. (6) William, b. April 16, 1756; d
1777; H. C., 1774.
JOSIAH, bp. April 6, 1735; d. before June 25, 1748.
DEBOBAH(?).
ISAAO(?).
10. CAPT. NATHANIELL LEE, son of Samuell and
Rebeckah (Masters) Lee, was born Oct. 3, 1703 ; was
living June 30, 1730, and died before 1745. He married,
Nov. 28, 1721, Elizebeth Benet, born Aug. 8, 1701, died
a widow, Feb. , 1762, daughter of Aaron, jr. and Ann
(Pick worth) Bennett. " He was a prominent citizen of
Manchester." || On March 25, 1723, he was elected
" Scool master for sd town for to teach ye children to
*Essex Gazette, 1772, Sept. 1-8, p. 23.
tEssex Probate Files, Nos. 10,583 and 10,578.
^Dane's Abridgment, v. II, p. 252; see sections 3-7.
E. W. Leach, History of Manchester (MS.), Appendix, p. 272.
II Lees of Marblehead (MS.), Mrs. H. F. Parker.
BY THOMAS AMORY LEE. 155
Head English and to writ English."* The same year he
was made a " new Commoner."
An old copy of the fourth volume of Matthew Henry's
Commentary, still preserved in the Manchester Public
Library, bears the following inscription in a beautiful
round hand :f
"Memorand m Manch r 14 th June 1734.
That this Book & the Rest of the First Five Volumes
of the Rev rd M r Henry's Exposition upon the Holy Bible,
Together with the Rev rd M r Burkit's Exposition upon
the New Testament are held in Partnership Between
Mess Nath 1 Lee Benj a Allen Nath 1 Marsters Ezekiel
Goodel Rich : Coye & Rob* Herrick for the Benefit
of Themselves their Heirs Exec" & Adm Upon Condi-
tion that each Proprietor shall have the Use of but one
Book at a Time, and not to Keep it longer than Six
Months ; and at the End of every Six Months They are
to Exchange them One with another upon Demand in a
Numerical Order."
In 1737, he was elected constable and also promised to
give 20s. for a free woman's school, for which his brother
Samuel Lee, Esq., promised to give 12. He is referred
to as " Dece 84 " on May 21, 1751.
In 1751, Elizabeth, widow of Nathaniell Lee, was ap-
pointed guardian of Rebeckah Lee, her daughter, under
14 years, Anna, under 14, Elizabeth, over 14, and Nathan-
iel, James, and Jacob, all over 14 4 She also was admin-
istratrix of the estate of Capt. Lee, which was valued
at 2,605, 17, 10, and among the items were one dwell-
ing house, 8 tracts of land, a pew, 9 bonds, several books,
and a " fiddle," 3 slaves, " Dick," ' Sealyer," and " Calleo
Arimenea," valued at 215, silver shoe and knee buckles,
and silver spoons, gold sleeve buttons, a sword and belt,
2 guns, 2 pistols, a bayonet, 9 wine glasses and 4 punch
bowls and pictures. His real estate was divided among
his heirs, viz., Aaron Lee, eldest son, Anna, wife of
Benjamin Crafts, Lydia, wife of Capt. Samuel Lee, James
*Lamson's History of Manchester, p. 107.
tLamson's History of Manchester, p. 819.
Essex Probate Files, No. 16,640.
Essex Probate Piles, No. 16,639.
156 THE LEE FAMILY OF MARBLEHEAD,
Lee, Jacob Lee, Rebeckah, now deceased, Elizabeth, wife
of Nathaniel Rogers, and Nathaniel Lee.
Children, all born in Manchester :
ELISABETH, b. Aug. 28, 1723; m. 1st, July 17, 1740, Amos Hil-
ton, mariner, bp. March 12, 1720, and killed by the Indians
before Aug. 20, 1744. She m. 2d, July 16, 1746, Joseph
Hill; and 3d, Oct. 10, 1752, Nathaniel Kogers of Wenham.
Chn: (1) Amos, b. Oct. 26, 1741; m. Aug. 5, 1762, Mary
Lee ; 3 chn. (2) Nathaniel, b. July 8, 1744 ; m. Martha
(Rogers?); 10 chn.
NATHANIEL, b. July 21, 1724; d. Dec. 13, 1734.
LEDYA, b. April 24, 1726; m. 1st, May 7, 1745, Samuel Masters,
b. Jan. 16, 1723-4, d. 1747, s. of Nathaniel and Hannah
(Woodbery); m. 2d, Oct. 25, 1759, Capt. Samuel Lee, her
first cousin. For their children see family No. 18.
23. AAEON, b. Feb. 8, 1728-9; d. June 19, 1806.
ANN, bp. May 2, 1731; d. before 1741.
WILLIAM, bp. Mar. 18, 1732; d. "Last Winter begining, drowned
in way to Lisbon," 1749, a. 17 y.*
24. JAMES, b. Feb. 8, 1734-5 (twin); d. July 17, 1781, in Halifax
Goal.
NATHANIEL, b. Feb. 8, 1734-5 (twin); d. Aug. 5, 1777; m. Feb.
17, 1756, Elizabeth Knowlton, b. probably Aug. 28, 1720,
dau. of John, jr. and Elizabeth (Hilton). Probably no
issue. He was moderator in 1774, constable in 1776, and
chairman of a committee " to Inspect all persons that are
Inamical to the Laws of the Gineral Coort,"t June 25, 1777.
With his brother James, he was one of Capt. Andrew Mars-
ter's Co. which marched for Concord, April 19, 1775.J He
left an estate of 506, including silver, and sealed his will
with a device of a bird standing.
JACOB, b. Jan. 16, 1737; " lost, the Fore part of this year, a
coming from Lisbon," 1756, a. " towards " 20 y.||
REBAKEK, b. Nov. 20, 1738; d. May 1, 1758; m. Feb. 4, 1756,
Samuell Leach, b. Oct. 19, 1731, whom " We hear slain
by the Indians Last Spring,"1T 1758. Ch.: Rebecca, b. Sept.
5, 1757; d. in 1758.
ANNA, b. June 1, 1741; d. Aug. 28, 1815; m. Dec. 18, 1760, Lt.
Benjamin Crafts, b. Aug. 20, 1738, d. Feb. 27, 1823, a brother
*Manchester Vital Records, p. 272.
tManchester Town Records, v. II, p. 162.
JLamson's History of Manchester, p. 78.
Essex Probate Files, No. 16,642.
HManchester Vital Records, p. 270.
^Manchester Vital Records, p. 268.
BY THOMAS AMORY LEE. 157
of Col. Eleazer Crafts. He was at the siege of Louisbnrg in
1745, and marched as a sergeant with his brothers-in-law at
the Lexington alarm. He was 2d Lt. in Capt. Benjamin
Kimball's Co., 19th Cont. Regt. His journal of the siege
of Boston was published in Hist. Coll. of Essex Institute,
vol. III. Chn.: (1) Benjamin, b. Aug. 26, 1761; d. Aug. 6,
1827; m. (int.) Feb. 27, 1790, Elizabeth Easty; no issue;
Revolutionary soldier. (2) Anna, b. Sept. 24, 1763; d. June
12, 1813; m. Dec. 25, 1790, Jacob Perry; 3 chn. (8) William,
b. Aug. 20, 1765; d. April 18, 1856; m. Jan. 22, 1789, Debo-
rah, dau. of Isaac and Deborah (Lee) Preston, b. Sept. 17,
1767, d. July 20, 1859; 11 children. (4) Mary, b. Dec. 17,
1767; d. Aug. 20, 1770. (5) Rebecca, b. Feb. 7, 1770; d. Jan.
17, 1854; m. 1st, April 9, 1795, Jacob Tewksbury; had 1 ch.;
m. 2d, Nov. 1, 1830, Solomon, s. Solomon and Mary (Wood-
bury) Lee, b. Jan. 22, 1759, d. Oct. 29, 1837. (6) Mary, b.
Feb. 13, 1772; d. unm., Feb. 17, 1843. (7) Elizabeth, b.
June 29, 1774; d. Aug. 14, 1775. (8) Elizabeth, b. Aug. 12,
1776; d. Nov. 9, 1838; m. April 17, 1806, John Welch, who
d. April 21, 1861 ; 4 chn. (9) Lucy, b. April 24, 1778; d.
Aug. 13, 1811; m. Aug. 21, 1806, John Andrews; 3 chn.
(10) Abigail, b. Aug. 24, 1780; d. Oct. 8, 1787. (11) Aaron,
b. March 26, 1783; d. April 11, 1783.
11. JOSIAH LEE, son of Samuel! and Rebeckah
(Marsters) Lee, was born Oct. 24, 1706, and died before
1744. He married, first, Dec. 7, 1725, Mary Carter, and,
second, April 25, 1737, widow Mary Allen, who died Jan.
1, 1799, aged 92. He is mentioned in 1730 in the will
of Samuel Lee, Esq.
Children by first wife, born in Manchester :
RUTH, b. Sept. 13, 1726; m. 1st (int.), Feb. 24, 1743-4, Capt.
Seaward Lee of Marblehead. See family No. 14-
MABT, b. Aug. 28, 1730.
REBACKER, b. Jan. 21, 1731.
Children by second wife, born in Manchester :
SABAH, bp. Jan. 29, 1737-8; prob. m. March 25, 1770, John
Howling, Jr., of Gloucester.
12. JOHN LEE ; 3D OR 4TH, son of John, jr. and Mary
(Seaward) Lee, was born in Manchester, April 21, 1719,
and died in 1748. He married Oct. 16, 1740, Abigail
Woodbury, who died after 1748. She was appointed ad-
ministratrix of her husband's estate, Richard Coye, sea-
158 THE LEE FAMILY OF MABBLEHEAD,
man, and Richard Lee, mariner, both of Manchester, being
her sureties. The estate was valued at .210, 19, 0, and
included 1-8 of a schooner(?), a sea book, and a seal.
He lived in a house rented of his cousin, Samuel Lee, jr.
Three children are mentioned in the probate papers.
Children, born in Manchester :
JOHN, b. 1741; d. before 1824.
25. ANDREW, b. May 5, 1744.
NATHANIEL, b. June 30, 1746; living 1824.
13. CAPT. RICHARD LEE, gentleman, son of John, jr.
and Mary (Seaward) Lee, was born March 10, 1720, in
Manchester, and died in Salem in 1767. He married,
first, Aug. 18, 1741, Hannah Hibbird, and, second, about
1761, Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin and Ann (Derby)
Ives. He lived at 200 Essex St., Salem, and Jacob Ash-
ton, Esq., inherited his home. He was one of the most
prominent men of Salem, a merchant, and his books show
dealings with the Amorys, Pickmans, Cabots, Crownin-
shields, etc. He was town clerk of Manchester in 1748,
and selectman the same year. In 1765 he was chairman
of the Salem selectmen, and in 1766 he was captain of
the 4th Salem Company. He was executor of the will of
the Rev. Mr. Huntington. His own will,* written in
1762, mentions wife Elizabeth, daughters Hannah, Susan-
nah, Mary, Elizabeth, Lois, Sarah, Eunis, and any future
children. His seal (a device of a bird) made an impres-
sion like that on the will of Sarah, wife of Samuell 2 Lee,
Esq., and other members of the family, and like that on
the willf of Richard Lee of Marblehead, who died in
1696. His estate was valued at 1, 398, 17s., and among
other items were 2 houses, a warehouse, 2 sloops, china,
mahogany furniture, a pew, silver, gold, 2 guns, 1 sword,
silver handled, a silver watch, a slave, etc.
Children by first wife, baptized in Salem :
SUSANNAH, bp. April 15, 1747; d. April 21, 1817; m. May, 1771,
Jacob Ashton, Esq., bp. Oct. 7, 1744; d. Dec. 28, 1829; A.
B. (H. C.), 1766, and A. M., s. of Jacob and May (Ropes)
Ashton. He was a merchant and a prominent citizen of
Salem, and filled many local positions of trust, and was on
*Essex Probate Files, No. 16,644.
tEssex Probate Files, No. 16,615.
BY THOMAS AMORY LEB. 159
the Committee of Safety in 1775. He was President of the
Salem Marine Insurance Co. Chn., b. in Salem: (1) Su-
sannah, bp. July 25, 1773; (2) Mary, bp. July 25, 1773; (3)
Jacob, bp. Jan. 29, 1775; d. Jan., 1788; (4) William, bp. Oct.
5, 1777; d. April 2, 1835, master mariner, employed by
Hon. William Gray; m. March 28, 1803, Frances, dau. Hon.
Benjamin and Frances (Ritchie) Goodhue, b. Dec. 25, 1778;
d. March 21, 1808; 3 sons; (5) Richard, bp. Aug. 29, 1779;
d. Jan. 17, 1805, on a passage from Batavia; (6) Sarah; (7)
Elizabeth, b. abt. 1784; d. Aug., 1803; (8) Anna, bp. May,
1786; (9) Jacob, bp. March, 1788; d. in infancy; (10) Jacob,
bp. May 22, 1790; d. bef. 1829.
ELIZABETH, bp. Feb. 3, 1750; m. April 30, 1779, William Tuck.
See family No. 18, 3d child.
Lois, bp. April 22, 1752; m. Aug. 12, 1773, Samuel Page, b. at
Medford, 13 Dec., 1749; d. at Salem, June 24, 1785; s. of
Samuel and Elizabeth (Clarke) Page. He was a merchant
and highly esteemed, and a Representative to the Legisla-
ture from Salem in 1785. He was Fellow of the American
Academy. Chn.: (1) Capt. Samuel Lee; (2) Capt. Jeremiah
Lee, father of Charles Grafton, 1812-1868, A. B., M. D. (B.C.).
SARAH, bp. 29 June, 1755; m. Edward Norris.
RICHARD, bp. 13 March, 1757; d. bef. 1762.
EUNICE, bp. 26 Aug., 1759; m. Elijah Tilton of Kensington,
N. H.
JEREMIAH, b. in Manchester, May 23, 1742; d. bef. 1762.
14. CAPT. SEAWARD LEE, son of John, jr. and Mary
(Seaward) Lee, was born in Manchester, May 21, 1724,
and died in Marblehead, Jan. 12, 1755. He married (int.)
Feb. 24, 1743-4, Ruth, daughter of Josiah Lee, who was
a brother of Justice Samuel Lee, born Sept. 13, 1726.
She married, second, April 19, 1768, John Allen. Cap-
tain Lee was a mariner and a merchant in partnership
apparently with Col. John Gallison, who married a daugh-
ter of Justice Samuel Lee. His estate was appraised at
about X1500, and included a mansion house, barn and
land in Marblehead, where he lived, a pew, 3 boats, a
negro man " Fortune," gold buttons, silver plate and
buckles, and books, etc.
Children, born in Marblehead:
RUTH, bp. Jan. 6, 1744-5; d. April 24, 1789; m. Dec. 2, 1762,
Capt. Thomas Nicholson. Chn. : (1) Robert, bp. Jan. 13,
1765; (2) Thomas, bp. Sept. 25, 1763.
160 THE LEE FAMILY OF MARBLEHEAD.
SEAWARD, bp. May 31, 1747; d. before 1752.
JOSIAH, bp. Dec. 18, 1748; d. Jan. 24, 1779, ae. 30 y.; m. Jan.
30, 1772, Sarah Swan; no issue. Perhaps a. Revolutionary
soldier.
MARY, bp. Oct. 28, 1750; living in 1766, when Capt. Richard
Lee of Salem was her guardian.*
26. SEWARD, bp. Aug. 16, 1752; d. Aug. 2, 1794.
JOHN, bp. July 7, 1754; m. Aug. 10, 1773, Alice Cox. He was
actively engaged in the Revolution in privateering, and saw
much service during the entire war. He was in the ship
" Thorn," among others, owned largely by Col. William
Raymond Lee. His services shouldn't b be confused with
those of Capt. John Lee (see family No. 27). He lived in
Marblehead. No issue known. He may have been an
addresser of Governor Hutchinson.
15. DOWNING LEE, son of John, jr. and Mary (Sea-
ward) Lee, was born in Manchester, May 1, 1726, and
died there Feb. 8, 1783. He married there, Dec. 24, 1747,
Hannah Stone. In 1758 it was voted that "ye select-
men imply Ames Cheever or Downing Lee for three
Months " as a school teacher, f His wife also taught in
one of the schools, as did Nathaniel Lee's wife. He was
an assessor of Manchester in 1775. He was a Revolu-
tionary soldier and belonged to Capt. Whipple's Manches-
ter company.
Children, born in Manchester :
RUTH, b. April 7, 1748.
ELIZABETH, b. June 9, 1754.
DOWNING, b. June 1, 1757; m. April 18, 1777, Mrs. EUaner
Girdler. He was a master mariner, and was an assessor of
Manchester in 1777. Children, b. in Manchester: (1)
Downing, b. Jan. 8, 1778; prob. m. (int.) Jan. 28, 1800, Bet-
sey Miller. (2) George Girdler, b. Sept. 16, 1780. (3)
Elener, b. July 14, 1783. (4) William. (5) James, b. at
Gloucester, March 11, 1788. (6) Polly, b. March 20, 1790.
(7) Harde, b. Aug. 1, 1792. (8) Hannah, b. May 80, 1794.
27. JOHN, b. April 12, 1761; d. Dec. 29, 1796.
RICHARD, bp. Feb. 5, 1764.
MOLLY, b. Oct. 3, 1765.
RICHARD, b. July 1, 1768.
Essex Probate Files, No. 16,628.
^Manchester Town Records, v. II, p. 77.
(To be continued.^)
JOURNAL OF REV. JOSHUA WINGATE WEEKS
LOYALIST RECTOR OF ST. MICHAEL'S
CHURCH, MARBLEHEAD, 1778-1779.
FROM THE ORIGINAL IN POSSESSION OF THE MARBLEHEAD
HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
(Continued from Volume LU, page 16.*)
Aug 8 * 31. This morning it was discovered that they
had secretly left the Island in the night and passed over
to their strong holds on the main. I cannot say that I
ever felt very uneasy 'till yesterday morning when our
troops pursued the rebels. For I knew the ardour with
which they pursued them, I knew their bravery in the
field, and I found nothing could restrain 'em from at-
tempting desperate things. And I was very sensible that
had they attempted to storm any of their strongest works,
it must have been attended with bloody consequences.
But I was soon relieved from my anxiety by the agree-
able news that they had driven the rebels from all their
dens & had possession of the whole Island except a piece
of strong ground near the ferry, which was inaccessible
by any military force & which was in some measure se-
cured by a fort on the opposite side of the river.
Sep r 1 [1778]. I have this day seen the largest [fleet]
which I ever saw together come into the harbour of New-
port. There were 80 sail all in sight at once. They be-
gan to appear very distinct off Point Judith, which is at
the distance of 6 or 5 leagues. I viewed them with great
attention from 10 in the morning 'till 3 in the Afternoon,
by which time they were all safely anchored in the har-
bour. It is almost impossible to describe the majestic
figure which they made & the extent of water which they
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occupied. For tho' several ships came in abreast of each
other, yet it was above 2 hours from the first ship drop-
ping her anchor 'till the last came in & did the same. In
the evening I went to M r How's* the Printer, to see the
newspaper. I was particularly pleased to find the fol-
lowing article in one of the New York papers : " Last
Sunday Lieu* Knight fell in with & took the Privateer
Schooner Blackbird, Josiah Godfrey Master." This same
Godfrey was the scoundrel that I mentioned in the first
part of my journal who came on board of us & insisted
on our being made a prize. I had no little satisfaction in
finding him in the same situation which he wished to
place me.
Sep r 2. In the fleet which I just now spoke of, came
General Clinton, tho' I hear the command of the Army
here is given to General Grey. I this morning waited on
Cap n Lumm Aid de camp to General Pigot, & begged
him to mention my situation to Gen 1 Clinton, which he
promised me he would faithfully do as soon as possible.
Sep r 3. Last night Sir Henry Clinton embarked on
board one of the frigates, most of which together with
the transports having troops on board sailed on a secret
expedition. The wind was N. W. & the night was fine.
Sep r 5. This morning there was a most beautiful sight
to be seen from the hill at the back of the Town. Gen 1
Clinton with about 40 sail of ships & sloops standing to
the Northward & 14 sail of ships, which were of the line
of battle & belonging to Lord Howe as is supposed. Gen 1
Grey is undoubtedly going to Bedford, & it is probable
he has been [sent] to destroy N. London.
Sep r 8. I dined to day with Cap n Keith, with whom
Cap n Frazier lodges. He is a Scotchman, open, fair &
generous, who has very right notions of government &
sees that very improper methods have been taken to crush
the rebellion. He read a letter to me from a friend who
was lately from Carolina. This Gentleman left the Car-
olinas because he would not take the oath to the States
as it is called, for they have a law, w h is to this effect, y*
if any man refuse taking an oath of allegiance to the
*John Howe, publisher of " The Newport Gazette."
JOURNAL OP BEV. JOSHUA WING ATE WEEKS. 163
state, he shall depart from the government in 60 days &
never more return upon pain of death. He therefore
chose to leave the country rather than violate his con-
science. He accordingly sold off all his goods & turned
the money into indigo, with which he embarked on board
a vessel bound to Rotterdam in Holland. 14 days after
they sailed, he was taken by the Rose, man of war, &
ordered for New York. They did design to go to Eng-
land, but in order to get into any part of the King's do-
minions were willing to go to New York being the near-
est port. In going there they were chased for some days
by the French Fleet ; however they escaped, but when
they came to New York their vessel was libelled. To
defend his cause would cost him a great deal, to lose it
was losing his all and in either case he was ruined,
which shews in a very striking light the cruelty & in-
justice of the law. For if a good & peaceable subject
dwells among them, he is a rebel if he sells all & quits
them, he is ruined : And in this embarrassed situation
has every friend of Government been lost from the be-
ginning of the rebellion to the present hour. So y* now
very few have any inducement to own themselves friendly
to English laws & liberties. The parliament itself has
made laws which are as effectual to unite all parties in
the Cause of rebellion as the Congress could possibly
have done. And the effects of this absurd conduct have
been fully experienced. Great Britain is now farther
from carrying her point than she was 3 years ago. Cap n
Ferguson, brother to D r Ferguson Secretary to the Com-
missioners, dined with us. He had just come from New
York, having been on a visit to him. He says his brother
speaks but little in Company & y* few would take him for
a man of learning & parts.
Sep r 9. This morning early a small fleet sailed from this
harbour for Martha's vineyard where we have intelligence
the King's troops have collected a great number of sheep
& a large quantity of roots, both which are much wanted
in the Garrison. I sent a small bundle to be left upon
the Island with Col 1 Allen or M r Fuller for my Family.
Sep r 11. This morning Lord Howe's fleet, w h has lain
off Block Island, disappeared.
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Sep r 14. Last night our small fleet of 26 sail arrived
at the back of the Island bringing 5000 Sheep and 150
Cattle which they bought at Martha's vineyard. I went
to the place where they were landed, which is at the dis-
tance of 3 miles, and a scene of confusion was never
seen & such a jargon of discordant sounds was never
heard. The bleating of the sheep, the noise of the
waves, the voices of men made such an indistinct &
strange clangor that the like was never known. Add to
this that the boats were continually coming & going, the
seamen were not a little unruly, the sheep often jumped
into the water & sportsmen were continually shooting &
Gentlemen on horseback were playing all manner of tricks
upon the beach, leaping over hedges & ditches & riding
into the sea. This Island is remarkably pleasant. There
are many romantic scenes as beautifully laid out as could
have been done by y e pen of the poet or the pencil of the
painter So that were a man to exert the full force of his
imagination to describe the pleasing prospects & great
variety of hills & vales he could not easily heighten the
beauty of his description beyond nature.
Sept* 17. I have seen one M r who was a pilot in
the fleet, which went to Bedford. He gave me this ac-
count of that affair. The fleet arrived off Bedford by 3
o'clock ; before sunset their troops were all landed. Their
orders were, that if they met with any opposition at their
landing, they should burn the Town, but if not, they
were only to burn the vessels, boats, stores, magazines,
&c. &c. They landed on the west side of the river &
went quite to the head of it, without any resistance.
There they burnt a number of vessels which were carried
there in order to be out of danger. When they came
down on the other side of the river they burnt all the
shipping in the harbour, all their store houses &c. as they
did also at Fair-Haven, which stands on a branch of the
same River. And here too they burnt the house of the
Judge of Admiralty, of a committee man, &c. &c. At
some distance from the River there was a large collection
of stores, consisting of Rum, Sugar, Powder, Duck &c.
which was guarded by a few men, who had the insolence
to fire upon the Troops, which wounded 2 of them, tho'
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they had reason to repent of their rashness, for several of
them were killed & the rest taken prisoners & the stores
which they were set to defend were destroyed. They
burnt above an 100 vessels of all sizes, a large Rope-walk,
distill-house & about 14 dwelling houses, some of which
took fire by accident, tho' most of them by design.
From thence they went to Martha's vineyard, from
whence a flag of truce came off desiring to know their
demands. The flames of Bedford had been seen by
them & the smoke of it was then before their eyes & they
were very much terrified. The Gen 1 demanded their arms
& a certain number of sheep & cattle, which were readily
granted him. There was not the least molestation given
to the Troops ; people went freely on shore & travelled to
any part of the Island. The Collector willingly gave up
a very large sum of paper Money amounting to 11,000
pounds, which was soon to have been sent to Boston, &
about 400 fine Arms were all delivered up. In a word
both these expeditions ended happily. Of a number who
were taken prisoners at Bedford all were readily dis-
missed except one or two. And tho' the soldiers carried
off immense quantities of plunder, yet none of the houses
were plundered which had any inhabitants in 'em, tho' it-
must be confessed most of them were deserted.
Sep r 18. After having spent almost 2 months at New-
port to little or no effect I determined to go to New
York to head quarters & see what I could do there. I
did not expect much from this voyage & therefore I could
not be much disappointed. I accordingly engaged a pas-
sage on board the Lady How, a sloop which was going to
Huntington on Long-Island after wood, Cap n Nixon, Mas-
ter. He told me I should be welcome to a passage &
that he should be glad of my company and the next day
I ordered my trunks &c on board. M r Leonard, the com-
missary, very generously put on board a sheep for my
use, which I suppose would have sold for 6 dollars. He
was a man very early engaged in crushing this rebellion
& took an active part in the very first sally, which was
made at Lexington & was ever distinguished for his ac-
tivity & courage. But in the minds of every good man
he is much more distinguished for his humanity & com-
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passion. His house is ever open to every needy refugee
& he is ever ready to assist them not only by his advice
but with money. And tho' a foe to rebels he is a friend
to every loyal subject & a well wisher to mankind. With
him I formed a very early acquaintance, which [was] pro-
ductive of much pleasure in this my banishment from my
friends & family. And gratitude obliges me to confess
that in the little town of Newport I met with innumera-
ble civilities, which I never expected to receive & which
indeed I had no right to expect. But these obligations
were conferred by persons who had been ill-treated by the
rebels, who had been arbitrarily banished or had gone into
voluntary exile. The officers of the Army pay little or
no attention to the sanctity of any one's character & are
rather disposed to ridicule those who act from principle &
are not very favourable to those who quit all for the sake
of a good conscience & a good King. And General Pigot
himself, tho' he gave me good words & a dinner never dis-
covered the least disposition to do any thing more for me.
I therefore never applied formally to him for any prefer-
ment, because I was pretty sure of being disappointed.
Tiezing importunity I was resolved not to give & the
insolent spurns of office I did not choose to receive. And
therefore I never gave those military Gentlemen who
might have served, any trouble.
Sep r 20. I this day christened M r Leonard's child
which was the only thing of the kind which I have had
an opportunity of doing since I left Marblehead. I dined
with him that day, but could not go to Church because
my Gown & shirts were on board the Sloop. There was
one M r Stearns who dined with us. He is by profession
a lawyer, went from Boston with the King's Troops & is
now a sort of director to the Artillery, which tho' a place
of little profit & no honour was faithfully discharged by
him, because he had a sincere wish to serve his King &
omitted no opportunity of bringing the rebels to a better
mind. He is a sensible discerning man. I this evening
took leave of my Land Lady or rather Land Ladies for
they were two Sisters who kept the house tho' the care of
it fell chiefly on one named Patty, the other going out to
work almost every day at the mantua-makers business.
JOURNAL OF REV. JOSHUA WINQATE WEEKS. 167
Patty had been house keeper to General Clinton, was very
careful & obliging and was very prudent & generous.
She asked nothing for my washing & tho' I had agreed to
give her 4 dollars a week, yet she would not take it, but
generously gave me back an half joe.* She had also
done many little things for me, such as mending my
stockings, making my cravats, &c. And I really had an
esteem for her many good, tho' not shining accomplish-
ments. She parted with me with great reluctance for I
had in a manner become one of her family.
Sep r 22. This morning I came on shore with the Cap n
& stayed 'till 11 o'clock, when the signal was made for
all ships to weigh anchor & make sail. We went on board
& a very agreeable sight it was to behold such a number
of vessels sailing out of the harbour at once. There are
67 sail under convoy of the Thomas man of war, part
bound to Huntington for wood, part to New York for
provisions. It was very pleasant to see the green fields
& distant forests on one hand & the sea on the other
forming a level surface & to add to the greatness of the
prospect fires were seen to be kindled all along the
shore, a signal we supposed for a fleet being off. By 8
o'clock in the evening we anchored at the west end of
Block Island & before two the next morning we again set
sail, the wind being East by North. We soon reached
New London & Long- Island began to make its appearance
on the other side. The appearance of Land on each side
as we sailed was pleasant beyond description. But the
wind rising high, I could no longer keep upon deck, but
was obliged to take shelter in my cabin which is the best
medicine for sea sickness. Before sunset we had the hap-
piness of anchoring in Huntington bay & now I could
drink a little tea, which is the first thing I had tasted for
the day. The main land I suppose is about 5 or 6 leagues
from the North side of Long-Island and this bay reaches in
about a league & forms a very secure haven for shipping.
The next day we went ashore & I was charmed with
the rural and romantic appearance of things. After hav-
ing left Rhode Island, which by being the seat of war has
become a mere mass of desolation, it was extremely re-
"Johannes a Portuguese coin of the value of nine dollars.
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viving to me to see something which wore the face of
cheerfulness. On Rhode Island, tho' it was once a gar-
den, there is not now an apple to be found their fences
are pulled down & burnt, their corn-fields destroyed, their
potatoes plucked up, many houses burnt & many gardens
laid waste, and it had the appearance of ruin. How
agreeable was it to set my foot on land, where everything
was flourishing, fields cultivated & green, & gardens
blooming & untouched. Peaches, as we walked the roads,
dropped down & invited our presence, & apples serenely
lay on the ground in every orchard. And the peaches &
apples were of the best kind. We walked about 2 miles
to the house of one Cap n Smith, who kept a tavern &
there regaled ourselves with excellent fruit of every kind.
Here I was introduced to M r Bates an officer on board the
Swan, a genteel man & an acquaintance of M r Fisher.
We walked together into the fields & amused ourselves
thus the whole afternoon. He had been at iny Church in
Marblehead & had married a wife in Newport, so that
we soon got acquainted. Cap n Smith, it seems, is the chief
man in the place, is a noted loyalist & a strong Church-
man. He invited me to stay there for the night & as long
as I pleased told me they had a pretty church & parson-
age-house with 20 acres of land & made several broad
hints that he wished I would stay with them. However
finding Cap n Cargill, master of a victualling-Brig on
shore, I spoke to him about my passage to York & [he]
very readily promised me a place in his Cabin. I thanked
him & a little before night we went into his boat in order
to go on board. The wind became very boisterous & we
had first to take my trunks from the Sloop, which made
it late in the evening. I was in no little fear, lest the
boat which was small should overset; for the wind was
high & the waves large, & I expected every moment to
be overset. However at length about 8 o'clock we
reached the brig & got safe on board, which was a great
consolation to me. The passengers were Cap n Ledges,
who built a ship at Kennebeck a few years ago, Cap n
Crossly, whose ship was sunk at Rhode Island, & Cap n
M c Neal, who had the misfortune to be taken by the Reb-
els. I spent the time exceedingly agreeable with them.
.JOURNAL OF REV. JOSHUA WINGATB WEEKS. 169
Sep r 25. We set sail for New York, but the wind being
contrary after beating the whole day we were obliged to
come to Anchor again, having got yery little ahead. How-
ever the next day we made a record attempt & the wind
favouring us we reached the three sisters, which are
Islands which lay near each other in the sound. We had
the misfortune in our sailing to strike on the execution-
ers, which are high rocks almost in the middle of the
sound, which have deep water on each side & lay opposite
to Fairfield. They never appear above water. Here a
pilot came on board who was to pilot us to York. Early
hi the morning we hoisted sail & the tide carried us as
far as Hell-gate just below which we came to anchor at
about 10 o'clock. We went on shore soon after. The
place is called Moriseneg. The first house we went to
did not appear to be very hospitable. They however in-
vited us to eat some apples to drink a glass of rum &
water &c but complained bitterly of the Sailors picking
up a few apples which were rotting under the trees. The
situation here is extremely agreeable. There is a beauti-
ful small Island before the house which is parted from it
only by a small channel. The Island is adorned with
peach-trees, apple-trees, oak, walnut &c & was covered
with horses, cows & sheep. From this place we went
round to a point of land which projected into the sound
& ordered the boat to row to us. In the orchard here we
regaled ourselves with pears & apples. I strayed from
the rest of the company towards the garden & picked up
a few peaches which laid under the trees & which were
very excellent. There soon came out a young Gentleman
to me & in a very complaisant manner invited me into
the house to drink a glass of wine, telling me that M r
Delancey would be glad to see me. I accordingly went
& found a house well furnished with goods & a most
agreeable woman well dressed made her appearance with
two children with her. She received me very courteous-
ly, ordered some pears & peaches & a glass of wine. I
soon perceived she was the wife of Col 1 Delancey, of the
new raised corps in America, that she was a very firm
friend of governm* & had no great opinion of her rebel-
lious neighbours, some of whom lived near her. This was
170 JOURNAL OF REV. JOSHUA WINGATE WEEKS.
behaving in a very taking manner & when she heard that
there were more in company, she immediately ordered
that they should be invited in & made an apology to them
for not doing it sooner. Here we staid 'till near one
o'clock & then thanking her for her many civilities we
took our leave. The sentiments which every one seemed
to entertain of this Lady were very flattering & the man-
ner in which we were affected shewed in a very strong
point of light the importance of an agreeable & obliging
behaviour. Our first concern indeed should be to make
ourselves beloved of God ; our next to be approved by
our own hearts ; but it is also of great moment to make
ourselves esteemed & valued by every person with whom
we have any connection or acquaintance. For I will main-
tain it, that it is much easier to please than to offend.
Men must take pains to make 'em selves despised & hated
but to make 'emselves beloved requires only an obliging
air & a very few good words.
Soon after we went on board we weighed anchor &
stood through Hell-gate, which is a very narrow passage
reaching near 3 miles, in which the tide runs very rapid-
ly & which is full of eddies & whirlpools occasioned by
rocks at the bottom & the meeting of the tides. Never
was I more terrified in my life, tho' we went thro' this
place at the first turning of the tide. There was a con-
tinual boiling of the water ; sometimes it ran one way
& sometimes another ; & tost us about in a wonderful
manner. The Lady Howe, a brig, & our ship ran foul of
each other, & it was sometime before we could be sepa-
rated. Then the eddy took us & we were within a rod
of the shore, & a few yards more would have carried us
aground. However, tho' the wind was small, the tide at
length carried us tho' to our no small joy, and about 10
o'clock we anchored off New York, in the east river, &
the next morning we hailed to the wharf & went on shore.
I soon found out many of my friends, who were extreme-
ly rejoyced to see me. I delivered my letters & took up
my abode with Cap n Brown, who very cheerfully enter-
tained me.
This City, I believe, is about as big as Boston ; it is
JOUKNAL OP BEV. JOSHUA WINGATE WEEKS. 171
built chiefly of brick & stone. The streets narrow &
irregular, the houses tollerable. There are indeed some
good ones, but most of 'em are built rather for use than
shew for of all the cities I even knew, none is better
calculated for an extensive trade. It is situated on a neck
of land which is made by the North & East rivers, both
which are navigable for any ships. The harbour is excel-
lent & the wharves not bad. It labours however under 2
inconveniences ; both of them detrimental to health. Il
has neither vaults nor wells. Their water is brought
some distance & the necessary houses smell at all times
disagreeably but when they are emptied they are extreme-
ly offensive & I fancy they must be productive of disor-
ders. This City was much more elegant before the late
fires which have consumed at least one fifth part of the
best buildings. But it must be a great trading Town
from the goodness of its harbour & the fertility of the
Country around it & the easiness of carriage which is by
water.
Oct 3. Determined on going to England by the first
conveyance in order to receive the commands of the So-
ciety.*
Oct 4. The forenoon being very rainey & cold I did
not go to Church having no coat to screen me from the
weather. But in the Afternoon I went to S* George's
Chappel where I heard a good sermon well delivered from
Num. 10. 23 by a Divine who was banished from his own
country on account of his political principles. Dined
with M r Cunningham who is in a good way of business &
is agreeably setled. I have dined & supped with my
friends every day since I have been at York & the time
has passed as agreably as can be expected by a man who
is absent from his family & bannished from his country.
Things do not appear as they used to do. I endeavour
to view 'em thro' as pleasing a medium as possible & to
make up by imaginary pleasures what I want in real en-
joyment. For as to happiness much I find depends on
ourselves. If we are resolved to be happy, it is in our
power to make ourselves so. For every man is just so
far happy as he is contented with his condition.
The Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts.
172 JOURNAL OF REV. JOSHUA WINGATE WEEKS.
Oct. 5. This day I received an order from the Com-
missary to go on board the Ship Resolution, M r Robertson
Master to be accommodated in the best manner the ship
affords. There was an order at the same time issued for
M" Walcot, widow of Col 1 Walcot of the 5 th Regiment,
to have the best accommodations which could be had. He
was mortally wounded at the battle of Germantown &
died at Philadelphia. I remember to have dined with him
at General Gage's the very first day after his arrival in
this country. M rs Walcot is an agreeable woman. She
has met with much trouble, having lost two children also,
and tho' she declines seeing any company, except two or
three particular persons, of whom M r Walter is one, yet
she retains an air of cheerfulness at times & is pleasing
& enlivening in her conversation. She & her two maids
have the stateroom & I swing my cot in the Cabin, where
also we breakfast & dine. Cap n Robertson is a man of
good temper & disposed to make every one about him
happy. With such a one I hope for an agreeable passage.
The Ship is very large ; but the cabin small. She carries
18 Guns & about 30 men.
Oct. 8. This day put my things on board & embarked
myself. In the Afternoon the Ship fell down to Staten
Island & we came to Anchor at the end nearest to York.
Upon the hills opposite there is a hessian encampment &
some redoubts. The Island appears very uneven in its
surface & to have many hills & vales which form a pleas-
ing variety.
Oct r 9. This day I went to York with Cap n Robertson
& as there was no prospect of our sailing soon, the Capt n
was willing I should stay all night which I gladly did.
The next morning after collecting together a few things
which I wanted, I engaged a passage on board one of the
ferry boats & reached the ship just before night. It
was somewhat rainey, but before dark the weather grew
tempestuous & the wind very strong at N.E., which oc-
casioned the ship to have much motion & the passengers
to be very sick. The storm lasted all the next day (Oct.
11) & M rs Walcot was so sick she was not out of bed for
the day. And tho' I profess myself to be something of a
JOURNAL OF REV. JOSHUA WINGATE WEEKS. 173
Sailor, I was not enough so to avoid being a little sick ;
so that I left my breakfast & did not stay very far from
my hammock.
I had forgot to mention that when M r9 Walcot & Major
Harris came on board ; for he & I attended her ; we found
a lady well dressed on board & one Cap n Wood ; a mili-
tary Gentleman with her. Major Harris inquired of him
who she was & finding her character far from being re-
putable was very uneasy. She was in truth Wood's
mistress & as he was going home in one of the transports,
he procured her a passage in this ship. That a woman
of such easy virtue should use the cabin freely & be ad-
mitted to M r8 Walcot's company & mine was very im-
proper. Major Harris therefore called me upon Deck &
gave me notice of her character & desired me to mind
that she never went into the Cabin, observing at the same
time by way of extenuation of her guilt, that tho' she
was a modest bawd she was by no means worthy to be
admitted into virtuous company. She therefore Messed
with the Cap n & Surgeon & M r8 Walcot & I messed to-
gether in the cabin.
Oct. 10. Jnst before night the D* & I went on shore
at Staten-Island & took a little strole upon the tops of the
hills. The soil appears to be good ; but so many troops
have been encamped upon this end of it that it now wears
the face of barrenness.
Oct. 13 & 14. Both these days I went to Town with
the Cap n & returned before night.
Oct r 16. This day in the Afternoon the whole fleet
which lay at Staten-Island were in motion. Several Ships
of the line weighed anchor & dropped down to the Hook
& the rest of the fleet followed. It was a most beautiful
sight. Near 50 sail were all together & going before the
wind. The Admiral Byron in a tender also went on
board a 74 Gun ship. In the morning the Summerset(?^)
saluted his flag, but he soon removed it to one of the
large ships which lay outside of the Hook, and the Levi-
athan, an old 70 gun ship which is to convoy the fleet,
came down & anchored about 1/2 mile above us.
Oct. 19. This morning early the whole fleet began to
174 JOURNAL OP REV. JOSHUA WINGATE WEEKS.
weigh anchor & get under way. By 9 o'clock we were
out of the Hook & 12 we were far enough from the
Land to be arranged in proper order. It was the most
beautiful appearance y* I ever observed ; 14 sail of the
line, a number of frigates, 12 armed victuallers, & other
ships & vessels of different sizes almost innumerable.
Admiral Byron's squadron was drawn up in a line of
battle. The Leviathan lead our fleet. The armed Vic-
tuallers arranged in order guarded the right & left side
of the fleet & 2 frigates brought up the van. On the
larboard also was the fleet which was destined for Halli-
fax & on the Starboard y* which was ordered to the West-
Indies. There was a gentle Breeze of wind & a large
swell ; so that most of the transports were under a full
sail, & to see them rising & falling to the motion of the
sea, each one keeping its distance & all in a sort of regu-
lar confusion, was y e most pleasing spectacle which the
mind can well conceive of. I had seen representations of
fleets upon the waters & of naval engagements ; but I
never was able to form any true notion of these things
'till now. All I saw was reality, and I think I am now
able to judge of sea-painting having before me a model,
by which I may form my taste. Nature may furnish a
prospect more grand & striking than this, but art can
never produce any thing equal to it upon land, for the
utmost it can do is to present to our view a town or city,
but here we have houses & towns moving in different
directions & seeking the same ground.
Oct* 21. This day I was very sick tho' not near to
puke. I have scarcely been able to relish my victuals
since I have been on board. I have however been able to
relish other things, for I have read Tristram Shandy with
some pleasure. . . . The wind is N. by E. & the weather
fine & we go on our way merrily.
Oct. 24, Saturday. This morning a considerable part
of our fleet is missing. Two days ago A dm 1 Byron's
squadron & the Hallifax fleet left us in the night standing
more to the Northward. But the separation in the pres-
ent case was by accident, because it must endanger their
being taken.
JOURNAL OP REV. JOSHUA WINGATE WEEKS. 175
Oct. 25. The Sunday very pleasant. . . . My mind
being somewhat disengaged & rather more capable of
reflection than it has been. O how many uneasy hours
have I had in thinking of my wife, my children, my
friends. ... So many disquieting reflections arise in
my mind that I begin to wish I had accepted the invita-
tion which was made me by the Church of Huntington
to spend the winter with them, for I believe I have not
mentioned, that after my arrival at York & having en-
gaged a passage to England on board a victualling Ship,
I received a message by M r Goldthwait, Merch* of Rhode-
Island, from the wardens & Vestry of the Church at
Huntington desiring to know whether I would come &
spend the winter with them provided they raised a sum
which would render it worth my acceptance. Had this
offer been made before I should never have thought of
going to England, for Huntington is just such a situation
as I should like. It is about 40 miles from York, the
road good & the prospect agreeable. The country is rural
& not a little frequented by strangers. The necessaries
or life cheap & the air healthful. But having gone so
far in engaging my passage & getting my things on
board, I thought it would be foolish to retract, especially
as I could procure the mission from the Society, if noth-
ing better offered, & it was not possible for me to send
for my family this fall. But had I anticipated the un-
easy reflections which haunted my mind, being so long on
a dangerous element, so far removed from my friends, I
should have probably relinquished my design of visiting
England & have taken up my residence on Long-Island.
Oct r 28. This is visiting day ; for it is extremely pleas-
ant, there is very little wind & very little sea, & it is
moreover extremely warm. Cap n Hall of the Monarch
invited us a few days ago to dine on board of him on a
sea-hog; but I do not choose to leave the Ship today.
However Cap n Robertson has gone to visit the Alexander,
which is also a victualling ship bound to Cork. This is
but a dull & moping kind of life. It requires a great
deal of philosophy, some books & many friends to make
it tolerable ; tho' perhaps a little insensibility will do
quite as well. . . .
176 JOURNAL OF BEV. JOSHUA WINGATE WEEKS.
I said this was visiting day ; but not for me. How-
was I mistaken ? Cap n Hall sent his boat for me & in-
sists upon it that I should go on board the Monarch &
dine. I cannot refuse with any kind of grace, & there-
fore I go tho' against my judgment, for I cannot but
think it very imprudent to venture out of one's ship at
this season, when the winds are so variable, & fogs &
storms may suddenly arise, so that one might not be able
again to reach her. However I went & spent a very
agreeable day in much good humour & festivity. One
Cap n Courtney, Ledger, Crosby, Bowes & the Surgeons
of either ship made our company, & I could not have
imagined that a day could be spent so pleasantly with
Gentlemen who have always lived on the Sea. Col 1
French, Sir John Warren & others are in the same ship.
They invited me to come on board again & dine with
them, which I promised them I would do. I was very
anxious 'till I had got safely back to my ship again, &
when I set my foot on the deck I said to myself that I would
no more be caught out of the Ship upon any invitation
of friendship or pleasure. We brought with us a fine
fair wind, which blew moderately at S. W. though this
morning. . . .
Oct r 30. Yesterday & this forenoon I have been
almost suffocated with smoke in the cabin. It affects my
eyes, my head, my stomach, my patience, & my philoso-
phy. So much suffering for the whim of a . . . .
Oct. 31. This day the wind became fair, the weather
pleasant, the sea smooth. We have however had rare
diversion in fishing for Dolphin, & Bonettas. We have
had the luck to strike one with the harpoon, on which
dolphin we are to dine. The fish eats well, is white &
hard. We have seen multitudes of flying fishes this day.
When I went to England 16 years ago I remember to
have seen the same sort of fish, tho' I did not then know
what they were. . . .
(To be continued.)
PART OF SALEM VILLAGE IN 1700.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY.
THIS section of original Salem includes about three
and three-fourths square miles of territory, being two
miles and one-half in length and one and one-half miles
in breadth. It extends from nearly to Collins street on
the east to the Ipswich river on the west, and from about
Centre street on the north nearly to Lowell street, in
Peabody, on the south.
Centre street is the oldest road in this section ; and was
probably laid out by virtue of an agreement in the deed
of Job Swinerton to William Cantlebury, dated Jan. 18,
1661, which provided for the laying out of a highway,
for their own convenience, over the river to the meadow
that was formerly Joseph Pope's.* It was called the
Andover road in 1702. It was also called ye highway
that leads to Andover, in 1715 ; ye country road for
Andover, in 1735 ; the road leading from the North
meeting house to Middleton, in 1843 ; the Middleton
road, in 1850 ; Village street, in 1855 ; and Centre street,
in 1856.
Pope's lane is also old. It was called a drift way
leading to Reading, in 1712 ; the road, in 1724 ; ye high-
way, in 1734 ; the highway that leads to Capt. Thomas
Flint's, in 1749 ; the road that leads to Abraham Good-
all's from Andover road, in 1750 ; the eastern branch was
called the highway, in 1764 ; and a cross road, in 1832.
Buxton's lane was laid out early, probably under the
agreement in the deed of Job Swinerton to William Can-
tlebury, dated Jan. 18, 1661, for " a pack and prime"
highway to the meadow of Job Swinerton, sr.* It was a
way, in 1734 ; and ye way that leads to and from the
river meadows, in 1741.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 2, leaf 38.
(177)
178 PART OP SALEM VILLAGE IN 1700,
Running from the Goodale or Pope lane northwesterly
from the vicinity of the ancient Goodale house, now the
summer home of Walter H. Southwick, Esq., is an an-
cient lane which Lot Killam laid out in or before 1677.
In a deed given by Mr. Killam in 1677, he calls this " a
highwaye that I haue left laid out for my owne p'ticular
use " ; and the next year it was called " a highway said
Killam laid out for his owne use." It was called ye high-
way, in 1696 ; and the lane between Isaac and Samuel
Goodale's, deceased's, land, in 1717.
Prince street was called a street recently opened by
Daniel P. Pope, in 1856 ; and a way from Centre street,
in 1859.
The Newburyport and Boston turnpike was constructed
in 1804 ; and is shown on the map by parallel dotted
lines running northerly and southerly. It is now called
Newbury street.
The Salem and Andover turnpike was made in 1806 ;
and is shown on the map by parallel dotted lines running
northwesterly and southeasterly. It was called the turn-
pike road leading from Andover to Salem, in 1819 ; the
Andover turnpike, in 1846 ; the Essex turnpike, in 1846 ;
and Andover street, in 1859.
A toll house stood on the triangle at the junction of
the turnpikes, and was used jointly by the corporations.
Ipswich river was called ye great river as early as
1642 ; and by its present name in 1649. There was a
ford on the river called Felton's, in 1696.
Norris brook was called Mr. Norris' brook, in 1674;
Norris' brook, in 1680 ; and Norris' or Phelp's brook, in
1730. On this brook was a bridge, " formerly called
Lott's bridge," in 1739.
Bald hill was so called as early as 1669.
Fairmaid's hill was called Shermaids hill, in 1666 ; " a
Hill comonly called and known by y e name of Scarce maids
Hill," in 1699; Scaremaids hill, in 1701 ; and Fairmaid's
hill, in 1703.
This section is presented in rather an unsatisfactory
manner, owing principally to the lack of records and plans
which would make the map and sketches more accurate.
BY SIDNEY PEKLEY. 179
Henry Houlton House. This lot belonged to Henry
Houlton in 1700. That part lying southerly of the south-
erly dashes was conveyed to him by Thomas Haines of
Salem, maltster, and wife Sarah Oct. 29, 1697.* That
part lying northerly of the northerly dashes had been
owned by his father, Joseph Houlton, sr., of Salem, yeo-
man, and upon this part of the lot Henry had built a
house. The father and his wife Sarah conveyed the lot
to him Sept. 22, 1694.f In this deed, the grantors re-
served a "highway" over the western side of this part
of the lot. Henry owned that part of the lot lying be-
tween the dashes as early as 1697. He lived here, and
was a yeoman. How long the house stood the writer
has not learned. Henry Houlton became a glazier, and,
in consideration of love, conveyed this house, barn and
land to his son Samuel Holton of Salem, glazier, May 13,
17374 How much longer the house stood is unknown to
the writer.
Job Swinerton House. This estate belonged to Job
Swinerton of Salem in 1694. He died possessed of it in
April, 1700, having in his will devised to bis wife Esther
" my now mantient place or homefted." The house,
barn, orchard and sixty acres of land were appraised in
the inventory of his estate at one hundred and five
pounds. How long the house stood and its exact location
has not been determined.
The ten-acre square at the extreme northwestern corner
of this lot was granted to Job Swinerton, jr., by the town
of Salem, Jan. 13, 1662-3.
Joseph Hutchinson Lot. This lot of land apparently
belonged to Joseph Hutchinson in 1700.
Nathaniel Ingersoll Lot. This lot of land was a part
of the grant of eighty acres made to Richard Ingersoll
by the town of Salem in 1636. It belonged to his son
Nathaniel Ingersoll in 1700.
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 24, leaf 188.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 24, leaf 187. This and the pre-
ceding deed were referred to in an earlier article as the source of
the title of Henry Houlton to his adjoining lot to the south, but the
later research makes it more reasonable to identify them as apply-
ing to these lots.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 73, leaf 65.
Salem Town Records, volume II, page 39.
180 PART OF SALEM VILLAGE IN 1700,
Joseph Houlton Lot. That part of this lot lying north-
erly of the dashes was a part, probably, of the grant of
land made by the town of Salem to Francis Weston in
1636. One half (seventy-five acres) of it belonged to
John Pease, June 13, 1644, when he conveyed it to Rich-
ard Ingersoll.* Mr. Ingersoll died before that year was
out, having in his will devised the lot to his son Nathan-
iel Ingersoll of Salem Village, yeoman. For nine pounds
and ten shillings, the latter conveyed this part of the lot
to Joseph Holton, jr., of Salem Village, wheelwright, June
26, 1693 ;f and Mr. Holton owned it in 1700.
That part of the lot lying southerly of the dashes be-
longed to Mr. Holton in 1693 and 1700.
Benjamin Hutchinson Lot. This lot was a part, prob-
ably, of the grant of land made by the town of Salem
to Francis Weston in 1636. John Pease subsequently
owned it, and conveyed one-half of it (seventy-five acres),
June 13, 1644, to Richard Ingersoll.* Mr. Ingersoll
died before the year was out, having in his will devised
the lot to his son Nathaniel Ingersoll of Salem, yeoman.
In consideration of love, the latter conveyed this part of
the lot to " my adopted Son " Benjamin Hutchinson,
" being an Infant when he was given to us by his parents
we have brought him up as our own Child And he y e s d
Benjamin Hutchinson lining with us an Obedient Son
untill he came of One & twenty years of Age he then
marrying from us," Oct. 2, 1691.J
John Fowle and Peter Fowle House. This lot of land
was early owned by Richard Hutchinson of Salem, hus-
bandman ; and, in consideration of his fatherly affection,
he conveyed the lot to his son Joseph Hutchinson of
Salem, yeoman, May 16, 1666. Joseph Hutchinson con-
veyed the lot to William Buckley of Salem sometime
afterward, but the deed was lost, being unrecorded. Mr.
Buckley conveyed the lot with a dwelling house thereon,
which he had probably built, to Peter Fowle of Charles-
town and his brother John Fowle Oct. 5, 1681. || Mr.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 1, leaf 1.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 9, leaf 279.
JEssex Registry of Deeds, book 30, leaf 177.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 3, leaf 18.
II Essex Registry of Deeds, book 6, leaf 102.
BY SIDNEY PEfiLBY. 181
Buckley died about 1704 ; aud Mr. Hutchinson, of whom
Mr. Buckley bought the land, gave a new deed of it to
Mr. Buckley's son William Buckley of Salem, cordwain-
er, July 25, 1705.* John Fowle and Peter Fowle, both
of Charlestown, tanners, also gave a deed of the house
and land to William Buckley Aug. 25, 170 5. f Mr. Buck-
ley conveyed the house and barn and land adjoining to
Thomas Cave of Topsfield, yeoman, March 17, 1724-5 ;J
and Mr. Cave, then called of Middleton, reconveyed the
house and land to Mr. Buckley Dec. 31, 1734. Now a
widower and sixty-eight years of age, in consideration of
love, he conveyed the homestead to *' my loving friend "
Dorcas Faulkner of Salem, widow, Feb. 11, 1734-5 ;|| and
nine days later she became his wife. He died within
about a year ; and she married, thirdly, Joseph Felt of
Lynn June 16, 1736. Enos Buxton of Salem, husband-
man, owned the house, orchard and land, Dec. 6, 1750,
when he conveyed the estate to Timothy Fuller of Mid-
dleton.^f How much longer the house stood is not known
to the writer.
Benjamin Eutchinson Lot. This lot of land was early
the property of Richard Hutchinson of Salem, husband-
man ; and, in consideration of love, he conveyed it to
his son Joseph Hutchinson of Salem, yeoman, May 16,
1666.** Joseph Hutchinson conveyed it to his son Ben-
jamin Hutchinson, who owned it in 1700.
Joseph Hutchinson Lot. This lot was the property of
Richard Hutchinson of Salem, husbandman, very early,
probably being the sixty acres granted to him by the town
of Salem in 1636, twenty acres April 3, 1637, and twenty
acres granted to him on the seventeenth of the same
month. He conveyed this part of the lot to his son
Joseph Hutchinson of Salem May 16, 1666 ;** and the
latter owned it in 1700.
Ruth Osborn Lot. This lot was a portion of the two
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 19, leaf 21.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 18, leaf 135.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 44, leaf 197.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 75, leaf 87.
II Essex Registry of Deeds, book 69, leaf 165.
ITEssex Registry of Deeds, book 107, leaf 193.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 3, leaf 18.
182 PART OP SALEM VILLAGE IN 1700,
hundred and fifty acres of land which was granted lay the
town of Salem to George Corwin of Salem, merchant,
Aug. 21, 1648, in the following language : " A grant of
a farme to mr Corwyn Granted vnto mr George Corwyn
a farme of tooe hundredth and fifty acres of land with
meadow pportionable therevnto if yt may be founde
within the bounds of Salem, w cb being found is granted
twenty five acres of meadow."* Thirty acres more,
which had belonged to John Bridgman, became the prop-
erty of Mr. Corwin in or before 1661. For one hundred
and five pounds, Mr. Corwin conveyed the whole lot to
Job Swinerton, jr., of Salem, yeoman, Jan. 18, 1661 ;f
and on the same day, for seventy-eight pounds and fifteen
shillings, Mr. Swinerton conveyed to William Cantlebury
of Salem, yeoman, three-fourths of this tract of land,
except twenty acres of upland, which the grantor re-
served ; and the owners chose Nathaniel Putnam, Joseph
Hucheson, John Swinerton and Nathaniel Ingerson to
set off the twenty acres and divide the remainder, and
also to lay out certain roads.J This lot was part of the
lot assigned to Job Swinerton. Ruth Osborne, wife of
Alexander Osborne, an heir of William Cantlebury, ap-
parently was dissatisfied with the division many years later,
and Mr. Swinerton agreed that Mrs. Osborne should have
this triangular lot, May 12, 1699. She owned it in
1700.
Job Swinerton Lot. This lot of land was a portion of
the two hundred and eighty acres conveyed by George
Corwin of Salem, merchant, to Job Swinerton, jr., of
Salem, yeoman, Jan. 18, 1661 ;f the tract consisting of
two hundred and fifty acres granted to Mr. Corwin by
the town of Salem and thirty acres of land which John
Bridgman had owned and which had become the property
of Mr. Corwin. On the same day, Mr. Swinerton con-
veyed three-fourths of the tract to William Cantlebury of
Salem, yeoman, except twenty acres, which the grantor
*Salem Town Records, volume I, page 155 (printed). Nine acres
of this meadow was on the western side of the river.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 2, leaf 34.
JEssex Registry of Deeds, book 2, leaf 38.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 37, leaf 35.
BY SIDNEY PERLBY. 183
reserved.* The tract was divided and this lot became
the property of Mr. Swinerton, who owned it in 1700.
John Button Lot. This lot of land was a portion of
the two hundred and eighty acres conveyed by George
Corwin of Salem, merchant, to Job Swinerton, jr., of
Salem, yeoman, Jan. 18, 1661 ;f the tract consisting of
two hundred and fifty acres granted to Mr. Corwin by
tbe town of Salem, and thirty acres of land which John
Bridgman had owned and which had become the property
of Mr. Corwin. Mr. Swinerton and his brother John
Swinerton, both of Salem, conveyed this lot of twenty
acres out of the large lot to Thomas Small of Salem June
26, 1667 ;J and Mr. Small conveyed it to John Buxton
of Salem March 17, 166 8-9. Mr. Buxton owned it in
1700.
G-eorge Small Lot. This lot of land was a portion of
the two hundred and eighty acres conveyed by George
Corwin of Salem, merchant, to Job Swinerton, jr., of
Salem, yeoman, Jan. 18, 1661 ;f the tract consisting of
two hundred and fifty acres granted to Mr. Corwin by the
town of Salem and thirty acres of land which John
Bridgman had owned and which had become the property
of Mr. Corwin. On the same day, Mr. Swinerton con-
veyed three-fourths of the tract to William Cantlebury
of Salem, yeoman, except twenty acres, which the grantor
reserved.* Mr. Cantlebury died in 1663, having devised
this three-fourths of the farm to his son John, and if John
should die or fail to take the estate into his possession, it
should go to the testator's daughter Ruth, upon her mar-
riage. Ruth married Thomas Small of Salem, their pos-
husbandman, March 15, 1663-4 ; and this lot came into
session through this will, the tract having been divided.
George Corwin of Salem, merchant, for four pounds,
conveyed to Thomas Small ten acres of meadow on the
river at the western end of this lot and of the lot of
William Sibley, Nov. 24, 1666. ||
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 2, leaf 38.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 2, leaf 34.
{Essex Registry of Deeds, book 3, leaf 58.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 3, leaf 59.
11 Essex Registry of Deeds, book 3, leaf 5.
184 PART OF SALEM VILLAGE IN 1700,
This lot belonged to George Small in 1700.
The ancient Small burial place is on this lot.
Estate of William Sibley Lot. This lot of land was a
portion of the two hundred and eighty acres conveyed by
George Corwin of Salem, merchant, to Job Swinerton,
jr., of Salem, yeoman, Jan. 18, 1661 ;* the tract consist-
ing of two hundred and fifty acres granted to Mr. Corwin
by the town of Salem, and thirty acres of land which
John Bridgman had owned and which had become the
property of Mr. Corwin. On the same day, Mr. Swiner-
ton conveyed three-fourths of the tract to William Can-
tlebury of Salem, yeoman, except twenty acres, which
the grantor reserved.! Mr. Cantlebury died in 1663,
having devised this three-fourths of the farm to his son
John, and if John should die or fail to take possession of
the estate it should go to the testator's daughter Ruth,
upon her marriage. She married Thomas Small of Salem,
husbandman, March 15, 1663-4 ; and this lot came into
their possession, under the will, the tract having been
divided. The lot belonged to the estate of William Sib-
ley in 1700.
Mr. Cantlebury, in his will, provided that if Ruth had
the farm bought of George Corwin she should pay to
her sister Rebecca, wife of Benjamin Woodrow of Salem,
yeoman, thirty pounds. To satisfy this legacy she con-
veyed to Rebecca thirty or forty acres from the southerly
side of this lot, April 30, 16664 Mrs. Woodrow died,
and Mr. Woodrow, with their daughter Mary, wife of
Samuel Sibley of Salem, cooper, conveyed it to John
Buxton of Salem, yeoman, June 13, 1696. Before 1700,
it became a part of the estate of William Sibley lot.
At the southeast corner of this lot Job Swinerton, jr.,
and John Swinerton, both of Salem, conveyed to Thomas
Small twenty acres of upland, June 26, 1667 ;|| and this
also was reunited with this lot before 1700.
John Buxton Lot. This lot of land is a part of the six
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 2, leaf 34.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 2, leaf 38.
JEssex Registry of Deeds, book 2, leaf 129.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 11, leaf 170.
II Essex Registry of Deeds, book 8, leaf 58.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 185
hundred acres of land granted early by the town of
Salem to several men in small parcels, and conveyed to
Robert Goodale of Salem. Mr. Goodale conveyed this
part of it to John Buxton of Salem, for forty pounds,
June 29, 1672 ; and Mr. Buxton owned it in 1700.
Lot Killam Lot. This was the land of Robert Goodell
of Salem Dec. 29, 1674, when he and his wife Margaret
conveyed it to John Buxton of Salem.* Mr. Killam
owned it in 1700.
John Pease Lot. This lot belonged to John Pease in
1666 ; and perhaps to Lot Killam in 1700.
Samuel Groodale House. This lot of land belonged to
Lott Killum of Salem, husbandman, Nov. 26, 1677, when,
for ten pounds, he and his wife Hannah conveyed it to
Joseph Foster of Salem, husbandman.f Mr. Foster
erected the frame of a dwelling house upon the land,
and, for twenty-five pounds, conveyed the frame and land
to Abraham Walcott of Salem, husbandman, Oct. 16,
1678.J Mr. Walcott completed the house, and conveyed
the dwelling house, barn, orchard and land to Samuel
Goodale of Salem, carpenter, April 1, 1696. Mr. Good-
ale lived on this place and died in 1717. His daughter,
Phebe Goodale of Salem, singlewoman, for thirty-two
pounds and ten shillings, paid by her brother John Good-
ale of Salem, deceased, conveyed this house, barn and
land then in the possession of Philip White, to John's
heirs, Nov. 2, 1732. || How much longer the house stood
is uncertain.
Zachariah Gf-oodale Lot. This lot of land was a part of
the eleven acres granted by the town of Salem for small
lots. Robert Goodell of Salem conveyed this lot to his
son Zachariah Goodell of Salem Oct. 26, 1665.^[ The
northwesterly corner bound of this lot was a stake near
Wigwam rock, which was so called in this deed. This
was a boulder, rectangular in shape and measuring about
'Essex Registry of Deeds, book 4, leaf 132.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 4, leaf 169.
{Essex Registry of Deeds, book 6, leaf 11.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 33, leaf 179.
11 Essex Registry of Deeds, book 63, leaf 46.
"Essex Registry of Deeds, book 6, leaf 71.
186 PART OF SALEM VILLAGE IN 1700,
twenty feet in length, twelve in width, and ten or twelve
in height. The larger part of it was blasted away some
seventy years ago for some building operations in Dan-
vers. This lot was owned by Zachariah Goodale in 1700.
John Walcott House, This lot of land with the house
thereon belonged to John Walcott in 1700 ; and it was
the homestead of Zachariah Goodale of Salem, yeoman,
in 1715. With his wife Elizabeth, Mr. Goodale conveyed
the house and land, for their support, to their son David
Goodale of Salem, husbandman, June 9, 1715.* David
Goodale lived in this house, and, for five hundred and
nine pounds and eleven shillings, conveyed the house and
barn and fifty-eight and one-half acres of land to Nathan-
iel Pope of Danvers, yeoman, Dec. 5, 1753.f Mr. Pope
died in November, 1800, and the estate descended to his
son Elijah. Elijah died Feb. 16, 1846 ; and this place
became the property of Jasper Pope. Jasper conveyed it
to Stephen S. Purdy of Peabody Jan. 18, 1887 ;$ and Mr.
Purdy conveyed it to Mary Elizabeth Pope, wife of his
said grantor, on the same day4 Mr. Pope died June 23,
1887 ; and Mrs. Pope conveyed the estate to James F.
Mudge of Lynn May 25, 1889. Mr. Mudge lived here
until Oct. 1, 1909, when he conveyed the estate to Sam-
uel Harris and Max Linsky of Salem. || Messrs. Harris
and Linsky mortgaged the estate back to Mr. Mudge on
the same day ;*([ and, April 2, 1913, the mortgage was
foreclosed and the place conveyed to Mrs. Caroline A.
Looney of Salem.** Mrs. Looney now owns the estate,
having spent a large sum of money on improvements
upon the house. The picture of the house accompanying
this article shows it as'it appeared when Mr. Mudge owned
the place and lived here. The end here shown is the
original portion of the house, the eastern end having been
added much later. Originally there was a one-story leanto.
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 29, leaf 103.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 100, leaf 63.
JEssex Registry of Deeds, book 1199, leaf 211.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 1248, page 507.
II Essex Registry of Deeds, book 1984, page 88.
TEssex Registry of Deeds, book 1984, page 89.
**Essex Registry of Deeds, book 2205, page 487.
THE ISAAC GOODELL HOUSE
From a photograph made in I 888.
THE JOHN WALCOTT HOUSE.
From a photograph made in I 888.
BY SIDNEY PBRLEY. 187
Mrs. Looney has raised the roof and changed it to the
gambrel form.
Samuel Gf-oodale Lot. This lot of land belonged to
Abraham Walcott of Salem, yeoman, April 1, 1696, when
he and his wife conveyed it to Samuel Goodale of Salm,
carpenter,* who owned it in 1700.
Isaac Groodell House. Robert Goodale was granted by
the town of Salem twenty acres of land in or before 1636,
and Jan. 21, 1638-9, the town granted him twenty acres
more as an addition thereto.! John Barbour was granted
thirty acres of land by the town about 1636 ; and the
right to this land, which had not been laid out, was sold
by him, "late of Salem," carpenter, to Robert Goodale
of Salem, husbandman, Oct. 26, 1653.$ Mr. Goodale
bought of the following-named parties the various lots
that had been granted to them but not laid out, to wit :
Thomas Antrurn, twenty acres, William Bound, forty
acres, Robert Cotta, thirty acres, Philemon Dickinson,
twenty acres, Mr. Goose, fifty acres, Joseph Grafton, thir-
ty acres, Henry Herrick, forty acres, Edmund Marshall,
twenty acres, Robert Pease and his brother, thirty acres,
John Sanders, forty acres, Michael Shaflin, twenty acres,
Mr. Vennor, forty acres, and William Walcott, thirty
acres.
At a meeting of the selectmen of Salem, Feb. 13,
1651-2, the following order was made : " Robert Goodell
haueing 40 acres of land granted long since by the towne
and he haueing bought land of seuall others that had land
granted to them viz. Joseph Grafton 30 acres John San-
ders 40 acres Henerie Herick 40 acres William Bound 40
acres Robert Pease & his brother 30 acres Robert Cotta
30 acres William Walcott 30 acres Edmund Marshall 20
acres Thomas Antrum 20 acres Michall Shaflin 20 acres
mr Venor 40 acres John Barber thirtie acres Philemon
Dickenson 20 acres mr Goose 50 acres in the whole 480
it is ordered that the said Robert Goodell shall enioy the
said 480 acres of land being pt of the eleven hundred
acres he discharging the towne of the aboue said grant
*Essex Registry of Deeds, book 33, leaf 179.
tSalem Town Records, volume I, page 77 (printed).
} Essex Registry of Deeds, book 1, leaf 21.
188 PABT OP SALEM VILLAGE IN 1700,
and he is allowed to said 480 acres of vpland 24 acres of
medow prouided that the rnedow laid out within his vpland
be a pt of it."*
Mr. Goodale conveyed one hundred acres of this tract
of land to his son Isaac Goodell of Salem Feb. 10, 1667-
8 ;f and Isaac built the house now standing thereon. It
is two-story in height, having a leanto which extended
about five feet from the northeasterly end. He died in
the autumn of 1679; and his dwelling house and orchard
and the land belonging thereto was valued at one hun-
dred and thirty pounds. The estate descended to his son
Isaac Goodell of Salem, yeoman, who died, possessed of
it, in the spring of 1739, having, in his will, devised it to
his son Jacob Goodell. Jacob Goodale lived upon the
homestead, being a yeoman, and died, possessed of it, in
the winter of 1767-8. The place then contained one
hundred and sixty-three and one-half acres of land and
the buildings, and was valued at eleven hundred and
three pounds, twelve shillings and sixpence. In his will,
he devised it to his son Jacob Goodale. The son, Jacob
Goodale, lived here, being a yeoman, and died, possessed
of the estate, Sept. 17, 1773. The place then contained,
according to the inventory of the estate, one hundred and
fifty acres of land, with two dwelling houses, barn and
outhouses standing on the same, and was appraised at
one thousand and fifty pounds. In his will, he devised
it to his son Jacob Goodale. The son Jacob lived here,
and was a yeoman. He died Oct. 8, 1791, when the
" home place " contained sixty acres of land and the
buildings thereon, and was valued at three hundred and
sixty pounds. It descended to his son Perley Goodale,
who lived here, and who was a yeoman. He died Nov.
3, 1869, having, in his will, devised his real estate to his
eldest son Jacob Putnam Goodale. The will provided
that the widow of the deceased should continue to have
her home there, and also the daughter Rebecca while she
remained single. Jacob P. Goodale lived here, and died
March 12, 1890. In his will, he devised the estate to his
*Salem Town Records, volume I, page 171 (printed),
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 4, leaf 208.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 189
son Jacob Oscar Goodale, who conveyed the house and
land around it to Charles R. Stackpole of Nahant Nov. 9,
1915.*
Thomas Flint Lot. This lot of land early belonged to
Robert Goodell of Salem Sept. 20, 1665, when he con-
veyed it to his daughter Sarah, wife of John Bradstreet
of Wenham ;f and Mr. Bacheler conveyed it to Lott
Killum of Wenham Nov. 16, 16664 Mr. Killum removed
to Salem, became a husbandman, and he and his wife
Hannah, for twenty-eight pounds, conveyed it to Thomas
Flint of Salem, house carpenter, Nor. 26, 1677. Mr.
Flint owned it in 1700.
Zachariah White House. That part of this lot of land
lying easterly of the dashes belonged to Lot Killum of
Salem Village, planter, Oct. 26, 1682, when he conveyed
it, with the dwelling house thereon, to Samuel Abbey of
Wenham, husbandman. || Mr. Abbey lived here until
April 3, 1697, when he conveyed the lot, with the dwell-
ing house, outhouses and two orchards, to Zachariah
White of Lynn, husbandman, April 3, 1697.^[
That part of the lot lying westerly of the dashes was
the property of Isaac Goodale of Salem in and before
1698. He died possessed of it in that year, and Isaac
Goodale of Salem, yeoman, and wife Mary, and widow
Patience Stimson of Salem, administrators of his estate,
conveyed this part of the lot to Zachariah Goodale of
Salem, husbandman, son of the deceased, Jan. 9, 1698-9.**
Fourteen days later, Zachariah Goodale, for thirteen
pounds, conveyed it to Mr. White, who owned the other
portion of this lot, and was still living in Lynn, yeoman.ff
Two acres of this part of the lot was conveyed by James
Stimson of Reading, husbandman, and wife Patience, to
Mr. Abbey May 12, 1684.^
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 2317, page 205.
t Essex Registry of Deeds, book 6, leaf 28.
JEssex Registry of Deeds, book 6, leaf 54.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 4, leaf 169.
IIEssex Registry of Deeds, book 12, leaf 112.
IBTEssex Registry of Deeds, book 12, leaf 147.
**Essex Registry of Deeds, book 13, leaf 64.
ttEssex Registry of Deeds, book 13, leaf 65.
JJEssex Registry of Deeds, book 12, leaf 113.
190 PART OF SALEM VILLAGE IN 1700,
Mr. White was a Frenchman, his French name being
Le Blanc, and he lived here. He died, having in his will
devised the lot and " his mansion house" to his nephew
John Le Blanc of the parish of St. Ouen, in the Island
Jersey, yeoman. By his attorney, Nicholas Vibert of the
Island of Jersey, mariner, John Le Blanc conveyed the
homestead to Philip Hammond of Marblehead, fisherman,
April 10, 1746.* Mr. Hammond removed to Danvers,
and became a yeoman, living upon this place. He con-
veyed the house and land to Jacob Goodale of Danvers,
yeoman, Feb. 29, 1764 ;f and Mr. Goodale conveyed the
house, barn and twenty-four acres and fifty rods of land,
for one hundred and sixty-four pounds, to William Flint
of Danvers March 28, 1769.$ How much longer the
house stood is unknown to the writer.
Abraham Smith House. Robert Goodell of Salem, hus-
bandman, for love, conveyed to his daughter Elizabeth,
formerly widow of John Smith, deceased, now wife of
Henry Bennett, and her children that part of this lot of
land lying westerly of the dashes Aug. 14, 167 8. Mrs.
Bennett's son Abraham Smith of Topsfield secured a re-
lease of the interest of her other children to himself Dec.
6, 1692.|| These other children were John Smith, jr., of
Salem, maltster, and wife Ann, Mark Hascoll of Beverly,
carpenter, and wife Mary, John Clarke of Beverly, weaver,
and wife Sarah, and Humphrey Horrill of Beverly and
wife Elizabeth. This deed was given upon an agreement
that Abraham should support his mother. |
That part of the lot lying easterly of the dashes was
conveyed by John Smith of Salem, maltster, and wife
Anna to Abraham Smith of Salem Village, weaver, Sept.
13, 1698.1
Having removed from Topsfield to this place, Abraham
Smith became a husbandman. He conveyed the land and
buildings to his son Nathan Smith of Salem, cooper, June
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 89, leaf 4.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 116, leaf 104.
JEssex Registry of Deeds, book 122, leaf 102.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 6, leaf 66.
HEssex Registry of Deeds, book 9, leaf 64.
lEssex Registry of Deeds, book 30, leaf 143.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 191
3, 1740.* Nathan Smith lived here, and died in 1766,
having in his will devised his house and land to his son
Nathan Smith. The homestead then comprised fifty-five
acres of land and the buildings thereon, and was valued
at three hundred and thirty pounds. How long the house
stood after this date is unknown to the writer.
At the southwestern corner of this lot, Robert Goodale
of Salem, husbandman, for seven pounds, conveyed to
Thomas Flint of Salem, carpenter, three acres and fifty-
eight rods of meadow and upland, " near my now dwell-
ing house," Aug. 14, 1678. f
The house pictured on the plan, on this lot, westerly of
the lane, is intended to represent approximately the site of
Robert Goodale's residence.
Town of Salem Lot. This lot of land belonged to Robert
Goodell of Salem in or before 1669. He married, for his
second wife, Margaret Lazenby, of Exeter, N. H., in
1669, and granted to her, in case she outlived him, a new
dwelling house which he said he intended to build, and
the orchard upon his farm near his house at Bald hill
and this twelve acres of land, Aug. 30, 16694 Mr.
Goodell died in 1683 ; and she survived him, conveying
the same land to the town of Salem Feb. 23, 1684-5.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 80, leaf 75.
tEssex Registry of Deeds, book 11, leaf 16.
J Essex Registry of Deeds, book 6, leaf 9.
Essex Registry of Deeds, book 7, leaf 19.
NOTE ON INGERSOLL GENEALOGY.
For the benefit of others likely to be misled, I desire
to call attention to an error found on page 21 (No. 162)
of Major-Gen. Greely's publication, " Richard Ingersoll
of Salem, Mass., and Some of his Descendants " (Essex
Institute Historical Collections, Vol. XLV}. Richard 5 In-
gersoll, No. 162 (Richard*, Richard 3 , John 2 , Richard 1 ) did
not die before June 5, 1735, but went to Windham, Conn.,
and thereafter removed to Willington, Conn., where, with
a wife Zipporah Smith, he lived and raised a large family.
There, in 1755, was born the Bunker Hill soldier, Eben-
ezer Ingersoll, who, in 1779, married Margaret Whitcomb,
daughter of Capt. Nathaniel Whitcomb. Ebenezer Inger-
soll was the grandfather of Col. Robert G. Ingersoll (see
pension papers).
Richard Ingersoll (162) was born in 1705 at Salem
and died in Tolland, Conn., Dec. 25, 1784. He married
Zipporah Smith. She was born in 1726 and died in Tol-
land in 1815. They had a large family, data concerning
which I am now completing for publication later. The
New England Historical and Grenealogical Register, Vol.
57, pp. 115-120, gives the baptisms of several of his chil-
dren, including John, the early pioneer of Litchfield,
Herkimer Co., N. Y., who with his son owned a large
part of the village of Herkimer. Richard's descendants
took an active and substantial part in the early pioneer
work of central New York, and it does not seem proper
or just that he should be put to sleep " before June 5,
1735," when his works are so strongly in evidence in
New York state.
Any query referring to Richard (No. 162) or his de-
scendants can be referred to me, as 1 have Bible and other
records to substantiate my position in this matter.
Very truly yours,
Auburn, N. Y., Feb. 16, 1916. T. A. SKILTON
(192)
PROF. FREDERICK WARD PUTNAM
From a photograph made about I 877.
HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
OF THE
ESSEX INSTITUTE
VOL. LII. JULY, 1916. No. 3
FREDERICK WARD PUTNAM.
BY EDWARD S. MORSE.
Read at the annual meeting of the trustees of the Peabody
Museum of Salem, March 11, 1916.
Frederick Ward Putnam, the first director of the Pea-
body Museum of Salem, was born in Salem April 16,
1839, and died in Cambridge, August 14, 1915, at the
age of seventy-six years. He came from good old New
England stock embracing the names of the Appletons,
Higginsons, Fiskes and other prominent families. He had
the education imparted by the old style of private schools.
Leaving school early he assisted his father in the cultiva-
tion of plants, and it was in the conservatory that his in-
terest was probably first excited in the general study of
natural history. At sixteen he made his first communi-
cation to the Essex Institute, which was the beginning of
a catalogue of the fishes of Essex County. Shortly after
this he was made curator of vertebrates, and his devotion
and enthusiasm attracted the attention of Louis Agassiz,
who invited him to Cambridge to become an assistant, and
he was intimately associated with him during the incep-
tion of the Museum of Comparative Zoology and re-
mained with Agassiz till 1864, when he returned to Salem
to devote his whole time to the museum of the Essex
Institute, of which he became superintendent. He finally
induced A. S. Packard and Alpheus Hyatt, fellow students
with him at the Cambridge museum, to join him in his
work. At that time another fellow student, the writer
of this sketch, was superintendent of the Portland Society
of Natural History. In the great conflagration of 1866,
which nearly destroyed the city, the Society lost its build-
(193)
194 FKBDBRICK WARD PUTNAM,
ing and collections. Mr. Morse then came to Salem and
joined with his classmates in the work of the Institute.
Thus four of Agassiz's assistants became curators of the
Institute collections. These men also founded the " Amer-
ican Naturalist ", a popular journal of natural history,
which still survives, having passed through a number of
hands. It was never a financial success. Mr. Putnam
was indefatigable in his work on the " Naturalist ", at-
tending to the business part of it, correcting proof, and
finally establishing a printing office, known as " The
Salem Press ". He also edited the proceedings of the
Essex Institute. His optimism and enthusiasm inspired
all. At that time the Institute was greatly in need of
money ; it had no funds and a limited membership with
low assessments brought great strain upon the few de-
voted members, among whom were prominent Dr. Henry
Wheatland and Abner C. Goodell. George Peabody, of
London, had returned to his native country and had made
high endowments for the establishment of museums in
Cambridge and New Haven ; it was natural that we should
regard Mr. Peabody, an Essex County man, as one to
whom we might apply for financial aid. Through the
persistent energy of Putnam, aided by Dr. Wheatland,
Mr. Goodell, Col. Francis Peabody and Hon. William C.
Endicott, a new institution was formed in Salem, to be
known as the Peabody Academy of Science, and an en-
dowment was made by Mr. Peabody. The real estate,
including the East India Marine Hall, was purchased, and
the ethnological collections, including ship pictures and
models, portraits, etc., and the natural history collections
of the Institute, were taken by the new organization un-
der perpetual deposit. Though the Institute received no
financial aid, it was relieved of the expense of sustaining
the natural history collections.
Mr. Putnam had worked with the utmost energy and
enthusiasm during all the negotiations and inspired his
colleagues with the same spirit. Mr. Putnam became
director of the new museum and Packard, Hyatt and
Morse became curators. Mr. Morse made the work-
ing plans of the cases, and the work of arranging the
combined collections was done by four men who had
been trained by Agassiz, assisted by Caleb Cooke. Mr.
Putnam remained director till 1873. In 1874 he became
curator of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeol-
BY EDWARD 8. MORSE. 195
ogy and Ethnology at Cambridge, a position he held till
1909, when he became honorary curator. He had also
become Harvard Professor of the department represented
by the museum. During his official duties at Cambridge
he held many positions of trust in other institutions ; he
became president of the Boston Society of Natural His-
tory for two years ; he was elected Professor of Anthro-
pology of the University of California and director of its
museum ; he was chief of the department of Anthropol-
ogy of the World's Columbian Exposition, out of which
grew the Field Museum of Natural History ; he was
elected curator of Anthropology of the American Muse-
um of Natural History, which office he held from 1891 to
1894 ; he was also State Commissioner of Inland Fisher-
ies of Massachusetts from 1882 to 1889, and assistant of
the Geological Survey of Kentucky. With all these
varied duties he held the position of Permanent Secretary
of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science from 1873 to 1898, entailing an immense amount
of work in editing the volumes of Proceedings, and by
his activity more than doubled the membership and en-
dowed the Association with new life. He was elected
President of this body in 1898. He involved himself in
so many official duties requiring written reports, editing,
proof-reading and correspondence that it may be said that
the work required literally every second of his time and
he had none left for uninterrupted study. His papers,
many of them notes and remarks, covered a wide range of
subjects. His first work was on fishes and birds ; he
worked on reptiles and insects, but his main contributions
were on archaeology. He has been called the father of
American archaeology.
His nature was alert and keen, and he was a natural
born collector and classifier. His devotion to the work
led to his election to many societies at home and abroad ;
he was decorated by the French government with the
Cross of the Legion of Honor ; received the Drexel gold
medal for archaeological research, and many other recog-
nitions. Putnam had a most agreeable personality, was
kindly and sympathetic, always faithful to his friends and
devoted to their interests. He may be regarded as one
of the most distinguished sons of Salem. For his seven-
tieth birthday an appropriate and touching memorial
was prepared through the energy of Dr. Boas, consisting
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of a large quarto volume of contributions on ethnology
and archaeology by his students and friends.
This brief sketch may be brought to a close with an
extract from a biographical notice in the American An-
thropologist, written by A. L. Kroeber, a distinguished
anthropologist and a co-worker with Putnam in his Cali-
f ornian duties :
" Professor Putnam's helpful influence on men, espec-
ially young men, at the outset of their scientific careers,
was no less profound than his accomplishments for sci-
ence through his upbuilding of institutions. He never
encroached on their freedom, met even abnormalities of
thought with patient tolerance, and if he requested heavy
drafts of their time, he was always and instantly ready
to reciprocate with equally generous measures of his own
hours. Above all, he looked upon them as friends ; they
were human beings in need of encouragement and assist-
ance, not mere thought machines to be perfected and
turned adrift. Each and every one of his students he
helped. Their existence for him did not end with their
departure from the university or exploring camp. His
most valuable aid frequently began only then, and if oc-
casionally the relationship thus established atrophied,
instead of becoming warmer with the passage of years,
the fault was never his and the regrets were on his side.
It is no exaggeration to say that at least half of the an-
thropologists of the country to-day owe not only counsel
but their first professional recognition to the influence of
Professor Putnam. In the vast majority of cases they
admitted and continued to appreciate this debt toward
their Dean, whose hours in his later years were frequently
cheered by visits that bore testimony to the unwavering
friendship and respect of former pupils and assistants.
" In all his relations with men, Professor Putnam
showed the same high qualities of sincerity, helpfulness,
and unassuming modesty, charged at all times with a
genuine and practical benevolence. The humblest of
those dependent upon him regarded him with affection;
and it was precisely the qualities which on the one hand
caused janitors and doorkeepers at institutions he had
long left to mourn his death, which on the other accorded
him the respect and the hearing of men of affairs and
endowed him with an unvarying influence upon his boards
of trustees."
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LOYALIST RECTOR OF ST. MICHAEL'S
CHURCH, MARBLEHEAD, 1778-1779.
FROM THE ORIGINAL IN POSSESSION OF THE
MARBLEHEAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
(Continued from Volume LII, page
November 1 st [1778]. This day we have a good wind
at S. W. which carries us merrily on our passage. It is
Sunday ; but at Sea, even Sunday shines no sabbath day
to me. The fleet being in sight & having all their sails-
out makes a most beautiful appearance.
Nov r 2. The wind has changed to East & flows very
fresh indeed. It is in truth a severe storm of thunder,
lightning & rain. The fleet have all separated from us
except the Monarch, who keeps near us. ...
Nov r 4. As I was walking upon deck, Cap n Robertson
put into my hand the following Epitaph taken from a
Tombstone at Newport in Rhode-Island
The dame, that takes her rest within this tomb,
Had Rachel's face & Leah's fruitful womb,
Abigail's wisdom, Lydia's pure heart
Martha's just care & Mary's better part.
In memory of Hannah, the virtuous Consort of Nic
Easton Esq r
The weather is exceedingly fine, Tho' there is a raw
ness or chilliness in the air, which indicates our being near
the banks of Newfoundland. There are also many Gulls
flying about which shews that fish are not far off. They
tried to find soundings by a line of 100 fathom, but how-
ever could not reach any.
Nov. 5. This day about 11 o'clock we hove to & sound-
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ed again in 50 fathom of water. The lead brought up
fine grey sand, which shews that we are on the banks of
Newfoundland. There are many birds to be seen flying
about, chiefly gulls & gannets. We tried to catch some
fish ; but could not do it. ...
Nov r 11. We have ever made a practice of keeping a
caudle burning in the Cabin, where my Cot is hung, &
hitherto we have done it with safety. But last night
about half after 12, I looked out of my hammock & Good
God 1 how was I surprized when I saw the Cabin, as it
were, in a blaze. I leaped out of bed in an instant & ran
to the tea-kettle & seizing it began to pour water upon
the fire, but very little flowed. Never was 1 so alarmed
in my life. The cause of all this confusion was this. By
the side of the Stove they had hung by a string a large
basket of china. The basket would hold above half a
bushel & had a cover & large handle of the same stuff,
of which it was made. The candle was set on the iron
hearth, but being a long spermaceti candle & the motion
of the ship being great, it had broke off close down by
the socket, so that the blaze had reached the handle of
the basket & the string by which it was tied & being
very dry it soon took fire & the fire spread with great
rapidity ; so that in a moment the whole handle, the cover
& part of the basket were consumed, & the flames had
just begun to communicate with the wainscot of the State
room, where M rB Walcot lay, & indeed it blazed up with
a faint lustre & would soon have caught on fire a curtain
which was at the head of [her] bed ; when it was luckily
discovered. M rs Walcot says that she first discovered it
& waked M rB Worly. M ra Worly one of her attendants
was at the fire as soon as I. She exclaimed, Lord Jesus !
what shall we do ? I, as I said before, took the Tea-
kettle ; but finding very little water in it, I began to beat
out the flame with the bottom of it, which I did with
some success, & Indeed I was very successful in breaking
the china, of which the basket was full, & very little of
it escaped. But M r8 Worly was not Idle. Women are
very sagacious & are never wanting in expedients. She
ran into the state room & brought out a very necessary
chamber utensil, which nature had kindly filled as tho' it
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had been designed for the very purpose, & throwing this
water upon it, by the help of it we began to get the bet-
ter of it & had nothing to do but to complete an under-
taking which was so differently begun. It was some time
however before we had got the entire Mastery of it. But
when every thing was safe, we began to examine the
mischief which had been done by this unlucky accident.
We found very few of the china cups had escaped & not
one bowl or mug. A fine damask table cloath, which was
folded up at the battom of the basket, had several large
holes burnt in it, & a diaper napkin which was at the top
was entirely consumed.
Some person had been very sanguine in having a candle
continually lighted in the Cabin. The danger had been
pointed out but all to no purpose, and the mortification,
which arose from this perverse accident was very galling
because their vanity led them to believe they knew more
about these things than any body in the ship. The Same
person hearing the Doctor telling a dream in the next
room about Admiral Byron, undertook by her own sagac-
ity to say that the Admiral was cast away on the sands &
had sent an express to us &c that we were on the sands
also &c &c. This was a grievous check on her prophetic
spirit but the accident of the candle was rather more
humiliating than any thing that had happened & nothing
remained for poor Worly & Me, but to endeavour to con-
ceal this disgrace from the Captain & Ship's crew. We
immediately therefore dispatched the remainder of [the]
basket out of sight, that it might not rise up in judgment
against the Lady's penetration & resolved to keep it if
possible a profound secret, & that no trace of it might
appear I ordered Mary the other servant to take a knife
& scrape off all the coals from the Wainscot & to wash it
over with something which might efface the marks of it &
give it the colour with the rest of the board. We suc-
ceeded tolerably well in disguising but a very untoward
accident brought the burning of the string & the Wains-
cot to light. In the Mate's Cabin, which was on the op-
posite side of the Ship from the Master's, lodged the
Lady whom I have mentioned in the cruise of this jour-
nal. Her room had no light but what was given it by a
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window which looked into the great Cabin & which had
a curtain within. It seems there was some unlawful work
going forward in this Woman's room, for I plainly per-
ceived by what I heard & saw that the Captain knew &
yet did not know of what was done by the Candle in the
cabin. But he imputed it all to design & artifice in us &
concluded that for some end we had contrived to alarm
the Ship with the cry of fire in order to bring to light
some hidden works of darkness which he would wish to
conceal. The woman never appeared till towards night,
such power hath shame over the minds of the guilty, &
the Captain said not a word about what had happened,
tho' it appeared in various colours in his face. But finding
nothing said about it & that no discovery was made, in
the evening the Woman mentioned [it] in the room where-
the Captain messed & now he knew something of it & told
the boys to mind that the lights were secure & hoped we
should be more careful for the future. This is a strange
world ! a strange World ! But notwithstanding all that
is here suggested in regard to the Captain which was first
discovered by the penetration of M rs W & confirmed
by the suspicions of her chamber maid, yet charity obliges
me to contradict it altogether. 1 cannot bring myself to
believe that a man who is so apparently faultless, can be
secretly so guilty. Tho' 1 cannot say but that there wer&
some circumstancas occurred which led me to give in ta
these suspicions. But when charity in the cool hours of
reflection assumes her empire over my understanding I
cannot help pronouncing it a fiction of the female sex,
who are always more & more jealous than they have reason-
to be.
Nov r 12, 13. This morning I was awaked by a cloud
of smoke which is enough to suffocate a dog. I slipped
on my breeches & shoes, seized my coat & stockings, &
leaping out of bed ran directly on deck ; where breathing
the purer air I again recovered, all but my eyes which are
still affected. If I am not made bacon of before I arrive
at Cork, I m[a]y think myself well off. I must be con-
tent to suffer a little in my eyes & in my skin. I yester-
day remonstrated ag st having a fire in the Cabin, when
the wind is unfair & blows the smoke directly into it.
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But M rs W. gave a thousand reasons why it was necessary
to have a fire in it. But all the thousand reasons turned
upon these two points & amounted to no more than this :
that it was mighty clever & that it purified the air. And
these reasons were so strong, that all I could urge from
the unhealthiness of the sulphureous smell ; for we burnt
coal & from its tendency to soil the skin, which she looked
upon to be the most weighty argument I had used, & from
its influence in affecting the head ; but this last was noth-
ing because her head never ached. I say all that I could
urge availed nothing. A fire there must be, or at least a
smoke, for the Cabin windows being all open & all the
smoke dispersing itself in the cabin, had it been ever so
cold or wet we could have no manner of benefit from the
fire. Now as she was at the expense of the coal & the
wood & was so very desirous of having a smoke, I thought
it best to give in to the whim, for I knew 1 could at any
time go upon deck & take the air, which she has never
done since she has been on board of the ship. I had seen
odd characters of the female sex in plays & romances,
which I thought never existed in real life. But who is
not a composition of such inconsistencies, as shew them-
selves on some occasions or other ?
Nov r 15. The surgeon of our Ship is a young fellow
about 17 years old. His name is Edward Newton, Son
of a Physician at Cork ; a veiy unhappy Youth whom I
pity from my soul. He has had a school-education toler-
ably good. He can write a pretty good hand ; knows a
little of Arithmetic, has some acquaintance with latin
& a smattering of french, but has so little knowledge in
his profession that he scarce can tell the names of his
instruments & is quite ignorant of the nature of disorders.
What a piece of shocking imprudence was it in his Father
to put him in surgeon of a ship where he was liable to
contract bad habits, where he had no opportunity of im-
proving himself in knowledge ; but a great chance of
losing what little he had. . . . His wish seems to be to
get a commission in the Army, where he can indulge
without restraint his predominant passion for dissipation.
[Leaves missing.] January 6 th [1779]. I went to day
to see M r Morris, the Secretary of the Society. He has
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been exceedingly kind to me since I have been here and
is indeed almost the only true friend I have found. I en-
gaged to dine with him on Friday next. I then went to
the Vote(lf) Office, Westminster, to deliver a letter to John
Babb Esq, but did not find him at home. In coming
home, I was pleased to see the Pastry shops set out with
lights beautifully arranged, and with plumb cake richly
ornamented and with the King and Queen placed so as to
preside over the entertainment. It is Twelfth Night and
they act at the Theatre in Drury Lane a play of Shakes-
peare so called, and all the boys and girls in the city have
a frolick in playing King and Queen and in eating plumb
cake.
Jan y 7 th I took a walk to Chelsea, the day was very
fine, clear and bracing. However in America we should
call it but indifferent. In my [walk] thither, I visited S*
Bartholomews Hospital, near Smithfield. It is for the
reception of the sick and wounded. It consists of four
excellent buildings which are placed in such a manner as
to form a court in the middle, which is spacious, and to
which there are some piazzas adjoining. The other day I
was astonished to see the number of Cattle which were
brought there to be sold. There were, I dare say, some
thousand, besides a vast collection of sheep, which filled
the body of the market. . . .
Jan y 14 th This night I went to Drury Lane Theatre,
where was a play called the School for Scandal. It was
written by Sheridan but never published.
Jan y 17 th I preached at S* Andrews, Holburn, in the
forenoon and read prayers in the afternoon, and baptized
10 children. The Church is large and handsome and the
congregation very well dressed and polite.
Jan y 18 th I went this morning to wait on the Bishop
of London. He received me with great condescension
and good nature and conversed with me for the space of
one hour concerning American affairs. He saw things
much as I did, in a very gloomy view. When I came
away he followed me to the other room and told [me]
that if he could be of any service to me in any respect he
would do it with the greatest pleasure ; that there was no
man who pitied the situation of the American Clergy
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more than he and that there was no body had their good
more at heart.
Jan y 19 th I went to see M r Morrice ; after which I
paid a visit to Governor Hutchinson.
Jan 7 20 th I dined with M r Cox. One Cap n Dixon
dined there, who had arrived lately from New York.
Jan. 22 nd I waited on the Archbishop who received
me very civilly and without the least hesitation gave me
an order to receive 50< out of the fund for the relief of
the distressed American Clergy. . . .
Jany 23 d I dined with Governor Hutchinson there be-
ing much company present, M r Galling of Philadelphia,
M r Paxton, D r Chandler, M r Boucher, M r Mather, M r
Oliver, &c. We spent the afternoon as agreeably as could
be expected considering politicks were our subject. Amer-
ica 1 no one ought so much as to mention the giving her
up, said D r Chandler.
Jan y 24 th I this day preached for M r Morrice at All
Hallows, Bread-Street. The Church is small but very
handsome and commodious, the Organ large and good,
the Congregation decent and well drest M r Morrice
complimented me that I spoke better than any American
he ever heard which I do not take to be any great com-
pliment because I know people here who have spent a few
years at Oxford hold the Americans in utter contempt.
Which is the reason that I mentioned it, for any discern-
ing Reader will look on this apparent mark of approba-
tion to be a concealed reflection on my Country. But
many such latent rubs have I met with since my setting
foot on the land of liberty and pride. . . .
Jan 7 27. I read prayers in S* Mary Axe for M r Ed-
miston. . . .
This being the 30 th of January, I took a walk to West-
minster to hear the sermons preached before the House
of Commong & the House of Lords. I went first to S*
Margaret's to hear M r Onslow, Chaplain to the House of
Commons, preach before them. The sermon was almost
finished before I arrived ; but by what I heard of it it
was in a pretty high strain of liberty. It went back to
the Revolution & insisted on it that we ought to maintain
the principles & adhere to the doctrines by which that
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happy event was brought about. Which in my humble
opinion was a very needless caution, as neither the one
nor the other were in the least danger. There were I
believe no member[s] of the House of Commons present
except Sir Fletcher Norton the Speaker, & he came to
Church in a very elegant & splendid Coach, which was
purchased at the public expense & appropriated to be used
by the Speaker on public occasions. From thence I went
to the Abbey, where D r Ross, Bishop of Exeter, preached
before the House of Lords. He gave us a very excellent
sermon, in which he shewed the importance of religion
to the wellbeing of a state. He made several severe re-
flections on the desperate designs of party ; Cast an
oblique censure on the Leaders appointed to crush the
american rebellion & hoped that the resources of the na-
tion were such that they should yet be able to put an end
to the rebellion in the Colonies & to humble the natural
enemies of Great Britain, intimating that all our misfor-
tunes were owing to the secret practices of a villainous
faction here at home which did every thing in their power
to clog the wheels of government & to strengthen the
hands of sedition. The discourse was exceedingl} 7 well
timed & was listened to with great attention, but it was
delivered in a lifeless & unanimated manner & received
not the least advantage from the Speaker. I had oppor-
tunity to see The Lord Chancellor, Lord Thurlow, dressed
in his habit, a great wig almost covering his face & hang-
ing down over his breast on each side of it. He is a very
good looking man, having large black eye-brows & a very
good eye. There is something solemn & grave in his
look & manner & his face is impressed with the lines of
thinking. The Bishop of Rochester D r Thomas was also
present, being dean of Westminster. So was D r Mark-
ham, Lord Archbishop of York, of a dark complexion &
a countenance somewhat severe, as tho' he had been a
hard student. D r Law, Bishop of Carlisle, of a light
sandy complexion & an agreeable pleasant mien, D r
Proteus, Bishop of Chester, D r Barrington, Bishop of
Landaff, D r Hurd, Bishop of Litchfield & Coventry & D r
Tucker, Dean of Bristol, a much better looking man than
any of them ; his countenance expressive & his eye pen-
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etrating, so that a mere stranger to him would not fail to
acknowledge him a person of genius & parts.
When the service was finished I took a walk on the
other side of the river into the Country as far as Stock-
well which is a small village about 4 miles from London.
. . . Vauxhall Gardens are also here, which we pafesed
by. We dined at Stockwell & returned home by another
road. It was late in the evening & the lamps which ex-
tended from London to this place were lighted & formed
a most august & beautiful appearance. At small distances
watchmen armed with musquets are placed to prevent
mischief & detect robberies & they have bells placed in such
a manner as to give notice to each other by ringing them
if any thing remarkable [occurs], by which means they
could readily come to each others assistance & be upon their
guard to prevent the escape of any suspected person. . . .
Feb y 2. I went to visit D r Chandler, where I had an
opportunity of seeing M r Duche, Minister of one of the
Churches in Philadelphia. M r Peters went with me.
After dining with M r Peters I went in the evening to the
Play at Drury-lane. The clandestine Marriage was acted.
King appeared in the character of Lord Ogle & performed
Ms part very well.
Feb y 3. This morning I received a letter from my old
Friend Jos h Hooper, in which he desires to see me &
appoints S* Clement's Coffee House for the place. I went
there at the time he set.
Feb y 5. I dined with my good friend M r Morris. He
is exceedingly obliging & very liberal in his attentions to
me. M r Morris offered [me] the Mission at Providence
in the Bahama Islands, which had just become vacant, or
the Mission of Huntington on Long Island, or any new
Mission in Nova Scotia or leave to go out there & find out
a place most agreeable to me. I scarcely knew which
way to turn nor what to do.
Feb 7 6. I went to pay a morning's visit to Governor
Wentworth. I found him very much dejected & pining
for his native country. Afterwards I went to Governor
Hutchinson's & spent half an hour. He invited me to
dine with him ; but as I must return to the City first, I
-declined accepting the invitation.
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Feb 7 7. I dined & spent the day with M r Babb. He
treated me with great civility, invited me to go out to his
country house & gave me some franks, that I may write
to my friends in Ireland. . . .
Feb y 9. I went this day by appointment to meet Joseph
Hooper Esq r . His desire was that I would swear I saw
M rs Hooper in May or June last & that I believed she was
now alive. I went to Doctor's Commons in order to take
the oath. The manner of administering it was by laying
your hand on the holy Evangelists of Almighty God &
then when you had ended to kiss the book. Very differ-
ent from the manner practiced in the New England Prov-
inces which is only by holding up the hand. . . .
Feb y 11. I paid a visit to Mr Morice & dined at an
ordinary near the Exchange. In the evening almost every
house in the City was illuminated on account of Keppel's
being acquitted. Had he maintained the honour of the
English Flag, had he destroyed the french fleet, had he
differed from the opposition, he would have been exe-
crated. But suffering the french to run away was such a
glorious action that bonfires were made & fireworks
played off to celebrate it & the whole court joined to
applaud his good nature. Those windows which were
not lighted were broken by the mob.
Feb y 12. This is my birth day. Tho' I have seen
many years, yet how little have I lived ! A wise man
should endeavour to gain instruction from every thing &
he should seek improvement both in the length & short-
ness of his days. I hope I have made some advantage
from the occurrences of the day & I determined [to] seek
some relaxation in the Amusements of the evening. I
therefore went to the play at Covent Garden. It was
Zara, an excellent Tragedy written by Vottain & trans-
lated by Hill. I never felt my heart so sensibly moved
or my passions so deeply interested by the representation
of any play as of this. The whole audience were melted
into tears. The entertainment after it was also full of
wit & humour & very much pleased both the pit & the
galleries. But in coming home I was put to difficulty.
The madness of the people has lighted the houses of the
Town again. And when I had reached temple-bar, the
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mob were so great, so thick & tumultuous that I could
not pass by them. I was obliged to go back very far &
passing thro' dark by lanes after much difficulty I reached
my Lodgings. I could not help reflecting on the folly of
the people, whom Horace very rightly called the many
headed monster. They curse, they know not whom, &
huzza they know not why. A drunken sailor in the
Gallery kept crying out Give us Admal Kuple's trial &
Damn Sir Hugh Paliser. But the audiance soon turned
him out by force.
Feb y 15. I took a walk to the upper end of the Town
& went in to see Dr Chandler. He was not at home & so
I returned. In the Afternoon I went over the bridge &
strayed as far as Vauxhall. The gardens were not open
& we could not have a view of them.
Feb y 16. I took a walk in the park & after spending
some time in that throng of good company I went [to]
Westminster-hall to the Court of King's bench, where
my Lord Mansfield presided. The cause that was trying
was between a villain who forged a bond & a deaf &
dumb man who was said to have given it. The former
having no proof that the bond was really given or that
the latter had acknowledged it to be his own deed lost his
cause. Lord Mansfield spoke for near an hour & he is
by far the best speaker that I ever heard. Age indeed
has roughened his voice, but he delivers himself as clear-
ly, so properly & so energetically, that one feels the force
of every word. There is that ease, that variety, that
fulness in his delivery, that the whole Court were all a
Motion while he was only summing up the evidence &
giving the charge to the jury. He has a very agreeable
face which is marked with the lines of thinking & bright-
ened by an eye which is lovely & piercing. He is not
tall, but well made.
Feb y 17. I wsnt to the Parliament house about 2
o'clock to see my friend M r Babb. He introduced me to
John Clementson Esq r Serjeant at arms. After some chat
M r Babb procured me admittance into the Gallery of the
House of Commons, and I never was better pleased in
my life. The house was full, various matter for discus-
sion was started, & the ablest speakers displayed all their
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powers of oratory. Lord Howe & General Howe both
made motions in the house that all the papers which passed
between them & his Majesty's ministers during the amer-
ican war should be produced &c. Lord Howe is a bad
speaker & Sir William I think is a worse. They both
appeared to be in great trepidation & spoke very faulter-
ingly & inarticulately. Lord Mulgrave spoke very ably.
He was one of the Lords of the Admiralty & gave very
satisfactory answers to the questions asked him by the
members of the opposition concerning Sir Hugh Paliser's
conduct & Admiral Keppel's trial. Lord North is a short
thick man, his face is marked by the lines of thinking &
he speaks with clearness & energy. He is listened to
with attention, because he always speaks to the point &
seems to have the good of his country at heart. Sir
William Meredith appears to me to be but an ordinary
speaker. Yet his words have weight, because they seem
to come rather from the heart than the head. Both his
voice and his looks discover him to be grown old by ex-
perience & as he speaks like a Father instructing his
children, he is listened to with attention. Charles Fox is
a short thick black ugly man & he seems to have a soul
as black & gloomy as his countenance. His voice is rough,
his manner boisterous & his observations trivial ; yet his
speeches being seasoned with a little mixture of wit are
listened to & laughed at.
Mr. Wedderburn answered him in a elegant & masterly
manner. He has great command of language, some read-
ing & a very pleasing delivery. He speaks with fluency
& energy, with elegance & propriety. The house attend-
ed to him very willingly. He is a tall man but not gen-
teel & bids fair to rise to great eminence in his profession
& to tread the same walk to greatness which Lord Mans-
field has gone before him. Dunning attempted to reply
to him, tho' indeed he said little or nothing. His looks
are less pleasing than the Attorney Gen 15 s, but he has
neither his compass of language nor his powers of elocu-
tion. His sentiments seemed to me to be rather confused
& he did not deliver them with clearness.
(To le continued.}
THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY.
( Continued from Volume LII, page 32.*)
836
TIMOTHY PLUMEK T , born Aug. 21, 1774. In 1812, he
removed from Bucksport, Me., to Lee's Plantation (later
Monroe, Waldo county), where he died. He married
Mehitable Libby of Gorham, Me., Jan. 12, 1800 (Feb.
20, 1800 ?).
Children :
1422 I. CYRUS'; died unmarried.
1443 II. OLIVE*; married.
1424 -in. TIMOTHY 8 . See family numbered "1424."
1425 iv. ABBAHAM", born Oct. 80, 1809, in Bncksport. See
family numbered " 1425."
1426 v. JEREMIAH**, born about 1812; in 1855, he went with a
party to cross the mountains to Oregon, and was
never heard from afterward.
1427 vi. LEMUEL*, born about 1815; for several years he was in
the grocery business on Leverett street, in Boston,
and when his health failed he gave up his business
and returned to Monroe, Me., where he died soon after.
He married Maria Stearns.
1428 vii. WILLIAM SULLIVAN S , born about 1818 ; married Sybill
Stearns; and lived on the old homestead in Monroe.
841
JOSHUA PLUMER 7 , born Feb. 19, 1782. He married
Elizabeth Bragdon June (Jan. ?) 28, 1815 (1814?) ; and
died May 17, 1852, at the age of seventy.
Child:
14291. OLIVE 9 , born Dec. 2, 1814.
(209)
210 THE PLTJMER GENEALOGY,
843
MOSES PujMER 7 , born Sept. 20, 1788. He lived in
Saco, Me. ; and married Eleanor Seavey Aug. 9, 1810
(1812 ?). She died June 28, 1862, at the age of seventy-
four.
Children :
1430 i. JEREMIAH", born Nov. 19, 1813.
1431n. RICHARD", born Jan. 22, 1814.
1432 in. JANE 8 , born Nov. 7, 1816.
1438 iv. MARY".
1434 r. ROBERT YOUNG", born Feb. 22, 1820. See family num-
bered " 1434."
1435 vi. ELLEN*.
1486 VII. ELDRIDGE 8 .
1437 vin. MOSES".
1438 ix. JOSEPH".
1439 x. ISAAC", born in 1836; died in 1866.
850
AARON PLUMER*, baptized in 1784. He married An-
nie Andrews.
Children :
14401. LiBBY 8 , born in 1808; married.
1441n. SALLY".
1442 in. JOHN ANDREW".
1443 rv. OTIS*.
1444 v. CHARLES MORRIS".
1445 vi. AARON BAKER".
1446 vn. OLIVE"; married Hiram Hildreth.
1447 vni. MARTHA".
1448 ix. ELIZABETH ANN".
858
ABRAHAM PLUMER T , born about 1775. He married
Martha Libby April 25, 1802. He died March 13, 1851 ;
and she died July 12, 1853.
Children :
1449 i. SEWALL", born in Scarborough. See family numbered
"1449."
1450n. DAVID" (twin). See family numbered " 1450."
1451 HI. WILLIAM' (twin). See family numbered " 1411."
1452 iv. MAJOR". See family numbered " 1452."
BY SIDNEY PERLBY. 211
1453 v. ABBAHAM*, born Jnly 4, 1816. See family numbered
* 1458."
1454 vi. BENJAMIN L. 8 See family numbered " 1454."
859
MOSES PLUMEB T , born about 1780. He married Mar-
garet Simonton of Raymond, Me., April 19, 1804.
Children :
1455 i. WILLIAM*, born June 19, 1805. See family numbered
" 1455."
1456 n. JESSE', born Feb. 24, 1807, died, unmarried, May 6,
1827, aged twenty.
1457 in. LYDIA*, born March 4, 1809; died, unmarried, June 3,
1832, aged twenty-three.
1458 nr. HOSES", born May 5, 1811; died, unmarried, April 21,
1837, aged twenty-five.
1459 v. ELIZA, born Aug. 1, 1813; married her cousin Osgood
Libby ; and died June 29, 1838.
1450 vi. REBECCA 8 , born June 4, 1815; died, unmarried, May 29,
1888, aged twenty-two.
1461 vii. GIBBON", born Nov. 12, 1817. See family numbered
" 1461."
1462 vni. JORDAN', born Oct. 27, 1819. Sea family numbered
" 1462."
1463 ix. DAVID 8 , born June 1, 1822. See family numbered
" 1483."
1464 x. EBENEZEB*, born Sept. 3, 1824. See family numbered
1464."
1465 xi. MABK LEACH*, born Oct. 7, 1826; had not been heard
from for fifteen years in 1889.
1466 xn. MABGABET A. 8 , born Feb. 20, 1829; married S. A. Dan-
f orth ; and lived in Chicago.
860
WILLIAM PLUMER T , born in 1782. He married Hannah
Plumer (874) of Scarborough Nov. 29, 1805 ; and died
July 3, 1828(9?).
Children :
14671. WILLIAM*, born Aug. 7, 1806 ; died Oct. 6, 1877, aged
seventy-one.
1468 n. HABBIET', born Aug. 21, 1807.
1469 in. Ai 8 , born Oct. 29, 1810; died May 7, 1872, aged sixty-
one.
212 THE PLUMEB GENEALOGY,
1470 iv. ELIZABETH*, born Jan. 29, 1813.
1471_v. DANIEL 8 , born June 6, 1815; died Nov. 16, 1845, aged
thirty.
1472 vi. MARY', born Dec. 29, 1817.
1473 vn. HANNAH 8 , born May 8, 1820.
1474vm. JASON 8 , born July 9, 1822.
1475 ix. JESSE 8 , born Nov. 18, 1824.
1476 x. ALVIN S , born July 16, 1827; married Ellen Boucher April
16, 1853; and died Feb. 14, 1888, aged sixty.
862
SAMUEL PLUMBED He married Mehitable Brown of
Vermont (Raymond?).
Children :
1477_ It DAVID 8 , born Dec. 31, 1808, in Raymond, M. See fam-
ily numbered " 1477."
1478 II. JAMES 8 ; married, first, in Vermont; and, second, Mrs.
Caroline Kimball of Naples, Me.; and had a son
Leroy.
1479 in. ALONZO". See family numbered " 1479."
1480 iv. HABBIET"; married Zechariah Tenney June 28, 1835.
1481 v. JESSE 8 . See family numbered " 1481."
1482 vi. GEOBGE W. 8 See family numbered " 1482."
872
CHKISTOPHER PLUMEB", born in Gorham, Me. He
married Rounds of Gorham.
Children :
1483 !. LuoiNDA 8 ; married Starbird of Gray.
1484 ii. JOHN 8 ; died, unmarried, in Boston, in 1855.
873
ISAAC PLUMER T , born in Gorham, Me., Dec. 31, 1795
He married Sarah Harmon in 1819 ; and she died Nov
14, 1832.
Children :
1485 i. JOSEPH M. 8 , born Aug. 8, 1820, in Raymond, Me. See
family numbered u 1485."
I486 ii. ALBION K. 8 , born Feb. 20, 1823. See family numbered
"I486."
1487 in. MABY A. 8 , born Feb. 27, 1827; married Robert Barber;
and died soon after her marriage, leaving no issue.
1488 iv. ELIZABETH J. 8 , born Dec. 16, 1829; married Frank Har-
mon of Unity, Me., in 1850.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 213
1489 v. NEHEMIAH", born Aug. 31, 1834.
1490 vi. CHRISTOPHER 8 , born Sept. 20, 1835.
1491 vii. DAN 8 , born Jan. 3, 1837.
891
HENRY PLUMERS born Dec. 18, 1796. He lived in
Durham; and married, first, Weltha Estes. She died
Jan. 16, 1830 ; and he married, second, Martha Lancaster
of Richmond. He died Feb. 18, 1876, at the age of
seventy-nine.
Children :
14921. MABY 8 ; died yonng.
1493 n. SILAS", born Oct. 6, 1821. See family numbered "1493."
1494 in. MARY 8 , born Sept. 24, 1823; died, unmarried, Oct. 19,
1844, aged twenty-one.
1495 iv. GEORGE 8 , born April 7, 1826, in Durham. See family
numbered "1495."
1496 v. CHARLOTTE 8 , born Jan. 22, 1828; married Henry Hackett.
1497 vi. EDWARD 8 , born Jan. 4, 1830. See family numbered
11 1497."
1498 vii. WELTHA S , born April 4, 1832; married her cousin John
R. Plumer (1505) Feb. 4, 1852.
1499 vni. JOHN W. 8 , born June 18, 1833; lived in Lisbon Falls;
married Harriet Wheeler; no issue; he died Dec.
12, 1880.
1500 ix. JOSEPH 8 , born Sept. 7, 1834; married Marcia Foss ; and
had a daughter Clara.
1501 x. CHARLES B. 8 , born Feb. 3, 1836. See family numbered
" 1501."
1502 xi. SUSAN G. 8 , born Sept. 1, 1838; married Webster Nevins
in Lisbon.
1503 xn. MARGARET D. 8 , born Sept. 10, 1839; married Alexis
Taylor ; and lived in Falmouth.
893
JAMES PLUMER 7 , born July 17, 1801. He lived in
Richmond, Me. ; and married Esther Paul in Hallowell.
Children :
1504 i. WILLIAM*, born about 1828; married in Newburyport.
1505n. JOHN R.*, born about 1830. See family numbered "1505."
894
JOHN PLUMER 7 . He lived in Durham, Me. ; and mar-
ried Caroline Day.
214 THE PLUMER GENEALOGY,
Children :
1506 I. JAMES*; married in Fairfield.
1507 ii. JOHNS; married in Chicago,
1508 in. MABiA 8 ; married Frank Soper in Auburn.
901
THOMAS J. PLTJMER T , born June 9, 1789. He settled
in Danville, on the old homestead ; and married Hannah
Small. She was born April 24(7), 1796. He died Nov.
29, 1862, aged seventy-three.
Children :
16091. JERUSHA ANN", born Feb. 7, 1822; married Albert Jor-
dan March 13, 1847 ; and lived in Durham.
1510n. JANE 8 , born in 1824; married Charles D. McKenney;
lived in Portland; and died June 9, 1862, aged thir-
ty-nine.
1511 in. PETER WoODBUBY 8 , born March 1, 1825; married Mary
J. Libby of Portland; and died Feb. 1, 1873. They
had a son Frederic Edgar, who was a musician in
Portland.
1512 iv. JEREMIAH SMITH", born March 29, 1827; enlisted in First
Maine cavalry; and died, unmarried, in Boston,
Jan. 29, 1873, aged forty-five.
1518 v. WILLIAM 8 , born Dec. 14, 1829, in Danville (now Auburn),
Me. See family numbered " 1518."
1514 vi. THOMAS 8 ; died in infancy.
1615 vil. MARIA 8 , born April 14, 1833; married Almon J. Gard-
ner; and lived in Lewiston.
1616 vni. BETSEY SHILLINGS"; married George W. Fuller; and
lived in Portland.
1517 ix. EMMELINE WOODBURY", born Jan. 26, 1839.
903
WILLIAM PLUMER T , born July 28, 1793. He was a
privateer in the war of 1812, and was taken prisoner by
the English, being confined in Dartmoor prison twenty-
two months. He was a farmer ; lived in Hartland, Me. ;
and married a lady of Hartland.
Children :
15181. JANE 8 .
1519 II. ALONZO 8 .
1520 in. EBENEZEB".
BY SIDNEY PERLEY.
215
909
SAMUEL PLUMER T , born in Freedom, Me., June 17,
1793. He married Deborah, daughter of Edward Plum-
er, Dec. 24, 1815 ; and was a " traveling preacher " up
to 1827, when he settled in Troy. He went to Detroit in
1864, and then lived with his son John. She died in
Detroit March 15, 1870 ; and he died there Sept. 12, 1872,
at the age of seventy-nine.
Children :
16211. ABRAHAM W.', born Sept. 6, 1817; died in Troy in 1850.
1522 ii. BETSEY JANE S , born June 7, 1819.
1523 in. SAMUEL G. 8 , born April 9, 1821.
1524 iv. MOSES Y.*, born Feb. 6, 1823; died in Florida Dec. 11,
1846, aged twenty-three.
1625 v. JOHN W. 8 , born Sept. 23, 1825, in Knox; died in Detroit
Dec. 21, 1888, aged sixty-three.
1526 vi. NANCY L, 8 , born June 4, 1828, in Troy; married B. N.
Thompson of East Eddington; he died in 1869; and
she was living in Detroit in 1890.
1527 vn. STEPHEN T. 8 , born Feb. 4, 1831, in Troy; died Jan. 25,
1834.
1528 vni. DENISON G. 8 , born Feb. 25, 1834; lived in Camden vil-
916
JEREMIAH PLUMER 7 , born Aug. 14, 1805. He married
Eliza Ann Kelley Oct. 4, 1829 ; and died May 26, 1864.
Children :
1529 i. CHABLES M. 8 , born March 14, 1831. See family numbered
" 1529."
1530 ii. ELIZA J. 8 ; married Penny.
1531 in. HABBIET A. 8
1532 iv. JEBEMIAH W. 8 ; died, unmarried, in 1858 or 1859.
1533 v. EUNICE K. 8
1584 vi. SABAH ADDIE."
1535 vii. MABYE."
917
RUFUS PLUMER 7 , born in Freedom, Me. He lived in
Troy, Me. ; and married Patience Clark of Damariscotta.
He died in Troy July 3, 1880 ; and she died Sept. 12,
1882.
216 THE PLTJMER GENEALOGY,
Children :
1636 I. LUCY'; married George Hillman.
1537 ii. ELLKN S , married Stephen Dyer; and lived in Fairfield,
Me.
1538 in. EMULUS*; married Mary Hutchinson; and lived in Pitts-
field, Me.
1589 iv. ALMIBA"; married W. Garcelon; and lived on the old
place in Troy.
1540 v. ALTON 8 ; married.
919
OLIVER PLUMER?, born in Freedom, Me. He lived in
Detroit ; and married, first, Mehitable, daughter of Eliot
and Hannah (Plumer) Harmon; and, second, Harriet
Children :
1541 i. JuLiA 8 ; married Hosea Crosby; and lived in Plymouth,
Me.
1542 ii. AuBEMA 8 ; married Henry Stewart; and lived in Lew-
iston.
1543 in. ADELiA 8 ; married Eliphalet Noyes ; and lived in Lew-
iston.
1544 iv. IDA S ; married Frank Pierce; and lived in Levriston.
1545 v. ISABEL 8 ; married John Benson of Newport, Me.; and
died.
1546 vi. ALBBA".
928
AARON PLUMER?, born June 30, 1804. He married
Diana Dunham ; and lived at Phillips some years, and
then at Bridgton, where he died.
Children :
1547 i. LTDIA ANN' ; married Daniel Cash.
1548 ii. ELViBA 8 ; married Orin Thompson.
930
ELIOTT PLTJMER T , born Dec. 27, 1808. He married
Elvira Dunham of Weld (Phillips ?), Me.
Children :
1549 i. ABBIE S ; married Ireland.
155011. JOSEPH 8 .
1551 in. LuoiNDA 8 ; married Butterfield.
BY SIDNEY PEBLEY. 217
1552 iv. ROBERT 3 .
1553 v. JANE"; married Cleaves.
1554 vi. JOHN*; married.
932
ELI PLUMER7, born Sept. 2, 1813. He was a farmer
and boatman ; and lived in Naples some time ; but mostly
in Bridgton, Me. He married Patience Green, in Lynn,
Nov. 29, 1837.
Children :
1555 i. CHABLES S ; married Linda Bangs.
1556 II. 8 ; died in infancy.
1557 in. LOBENZO"; married, first, ; second, Alice Long;
third, ; and, fourth, Nettie Gray.
1558 rv. 8 ; died in infancy.
1559 v. AMANDA 8 ; married George Loring.
1560 vi. FBEEMAN 8 ; married Martha Dingley.
1661 vii. HABBIET 8 ; died, unmarried, at age of eighteen.
1562 vin. IDA*; married Granville Green.
1563 nc. LuBLLA 8 ; died in infancy.
933
ROBERT PLUMEK 7 , born Dec. 1, 1815. He lived in
Lynn, Mass., and Albion, Me. ; and married, first, Eliza-
beth Ripley ; and, second, Mary Ross.
Children :
15641. RACHEL*.
1665 II. JANE 8 .
951
DANIEL PLUMER".
Children :
1566 I. JESSE 8 ; married Martha ; and had children, John-
son, Gilmon, Martha, Adaline, Sarah, Louisa and
Hannah.
1567 n. HENBY*. See family numbered " 1567."
1568 in. JOHN 8 . See family numbered " 1568."
1569 rv. DANIEL*; married Persis, daughter of Benjamin Ste-
vens; and had daughters Abbie, Martha, Mary,
Persis, Julia and others, one of whom married a
Farley.
1570 v. MABY S ; married William Brown.
218 THE PLUMER GENEALOGY,
955
ALPHEUS PLUMER T . He married Lydia Lee of Barre,
Mass. ; and died April 12, 1844.
Children :
15711. MABY S ; married Francis Libby.
1572 II. HENRY"; physician, married Adelia Bascom; and died
in Sacramento, Gal., in 1850. His wife and daugh-
ter Adele afterward lived at New Haven, Conn.
1673 in. GEOBGE ANSON 8 ; lived in Bangor, Me. ; married Harri-
ette Harmon; and died in 1846. They had a child,
G. A., who died in 1850.
1574 iv. LUCY*.
1575 v. LYDIA'; died young.
1576 vi. CHABLOTTE"; died young.
1577 vii. HANNAH"; lived to adult age.
1678 vin. JOSEPH B. 8 , born Nov. 15, 1816; married Frances H.
Clarke; and died in 186-. They had two children,
Satily C. and Lydia.
960
HIBAM PLUMBED born in Haverhill, Mass., March 25,
1787. He married Eliza Greenleaf Nov. 22, 1810 ; and
she died Nov. 18, 1821. He died Jan. 11, 1864, at the
age of seventy-six.
Children :
15791. WILLIAM HENBY", born Sept. 22, 1811; died April 21,
1832, aged twenty.
1580n. HABBiET 8 ; married Charles L. Bartlett Oct. 20, 1836.
962
JOSEPH PLUMER 7 , born in Haverhill, Mass., March 11,
1796. He married Mary ; and died Aug. 11, 1836,
at the age of forty.
Children :
16811. HABBIET ANN 8 , born Oct. 17, 1832.
1582n. MABY ELIZABETH 8 , born July 22, 1835.
965
MOSES PLUMER 7 , born in Methuen, Mass., Feb. 2,
1786(?). He lived in Methuen ; and married Sally Har-
ney of Dracut (published May 1, 1808).
Child, born in Methuen :
15831. HANNAH HALE", born June 9, 1809.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 219
966
DAVID PLUMER 7 , born in Andover, Mass., March 23,
1798. He lived in Methuen, Mass. ; and married Rhoda
Harris of Dracut Oct. 30, 1821. She died in Dracut
Oct. 28, 1829.
Children :
15841. CHARLES", born Oct. 29, 1822, in Methuen.
1585n. HiBAM 8 , born Dec. 13, 1823, in Methuen.
1586 in. LouiSA 8 , born April 5, 1825, in Methuen.
1587 iv. MiAMMA 8 , born Dec. 7, 1826, in Methuen.
1588 v. ALMIBA", born May 12, 1828, in Salem, N. H.
1589 vi. RHODA*, born Oct. 7, 1829, in Dracut; died Nov. 1, 1829.
968
ENOCH PLUMER 7 , born in Londonderry, N. H., Oct. 9,
1801. He married Betsey Johnson Dec. 25, 1826.
Children :
15901. WILLIAM*, born Oct. 28, 1828.
1591 n. WALTEB STILLMAN*, born July 9, 1831.
973
REV. THEODORE PLUMER 7 , born in Bradford, Mass.,
April 12, 1785. He was a clergyman, and married Polly
Porter Sept. 17, 1810. He died July 8, 1828, at the age
of forty-three.
Children :
15921. EVEEET H. 8 , born Aug. 12, 1811.
1593n. FEEDEBIOK A. 8 , born Nov. 12, 1813.
1594 in. CATHABINE B. 8 , born Jan. 9, 1816.
1595 iv. MABY ANN", born June 10, 1818 ; married Edwin Morse
May 18, 1845.
1696 v. CHABLES H. 8 , born March 26, 1821.
976
REV. HENRY PLUMER T , born in Haverhill, Mass., Feb.
22, 1793. He was a clergyman; and married Hannah
Jenness.
Children :
1597 i. FBANKLiN 8 , married Eunice Johnson.
1598 ii. PAMALiA 8 ; married Bartlett Merrill.
1599 in. WALTEB 8 ; married.
1600 iv. MABY 8 ; married Edwin Morse.
1601 v. ABBIE C. 8 ; married William Turner.
220
FARNHAM PLUMBED born in Rowley, Mass., Dec. 17,
1780. He married, first, Nancy, daughter of Amos and
Hannah (Dustin) Sawyer, Aug. 24, 1801 ; and she died
Dec. 27, 1831. He married, second, Abigail (Richard-
son), widow of Henry Ballard, July 16, 1834 ; and she
died in 1842. He died Oct. 10, 1857, aged seventy-six.
Children :
16021. EDWIN 8 , born Dec. 2, 1802, in Haverhill ; married Anna
Penfield of Portland in 1830; she died March ,
1876; and he died July 27, 1880. They had no
children.
1603 II. CABOLINE C. 8 , born Aug. 8, 1805, in Haverhill; married
Ebenezer Porter Oct. 28, 1830: and died April 14,
1876.
1604 in. THOMAS 8 , born Sept. 12, 1807, in Beverly; died June
11, 1808.
1605 iv. FABNHAM*, born July 13, 1809, in Beverly; died, unmar-
ried, Nov. 14, 1877.
1606 v. HANNAH C. 8 , born Jan. 27 (22?), 1812, in Beverly; mar-
ried Franklin Woodcock Oct. 3, 1830; and died May
21, 1845.
1607 vi. THOMAS 8 , born May 19, 1814, in Lancaster ; died Oct. 2,
1814.
1608 vii. ELIZABETH CHANDLEB", born Aug. 17, 1816, in Lancas-
ter; m. Edmund, son of Nathan and Lucy (Wood)
Fletcher of Bradford Oct. 29, 1840. He died Jan.
3, 1880.
1609 vin. CHABLES 8 , born July 19, 1818, in Lancaster; died in
infancy.
1610 ix. CHABLES G. C. 8 , born July 12, 1819, in Lancaster. See
family numbered " 1610."
1611 x. MABY MABSH S (twin), born April 16, 1836.
1612 xi. JOHN CHANDLEB 8 (twin), born April 16, 1836 ; died Nov.
13, 1836.
1618 vii. JOHN FBANCis 8 , born Feb. 29, 1840. See family num-
bered " 1613."
980
JOHN CHANDLER PLUMER?, born in Haverhill, Mass.,
May 25, 1783. He lived in his native town ; and mar-
ried, first, Sally Johnson of Bradford Feb. 21, 1811. She
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 221
died Oct. 1, 1821 ; and he married, second, Mrs. Elizabeth
McFarland April 24, 1824. Mr. Plumer died Sept. 2,
1875, at the age of ninety-two.
Children :
1014 i. HABBISON LORENZO", born March 2, 1814; lived in Hav-
erhill; portrait painter; married in London; and
had children.
1615 u. JAMES HENBY" (twin), born Feb. 16, 1821; married and
had children.
1616 in. SABAH ANN S (twin), born Feb. 16, 1821; married Rufus
H. Duncan Oct. 26, 1843.
1617 iv. FBANCES ABBY S ; lived in Haverhill, unmarried.
985
JOHN SAVORY PLUMER?, born in Rowley, Mass,, May
24, 181 3. He lived in Woburn ; and married Sarah B.
Harriman.
Children :
16181. JOHN WILLIAM*, born Jan. 23, 1833, in Bradford.
1619 n. SABAH JANE*, born June 4, 1836.
1620 in. 8 ; died.
1621 iv. CATHABINE BUBDEN*; married Frank Wentworth; and
lived in Lynn.
987
JOSIAH CONVERSE PLUMER T , born in Rowley, Mass.,
Dec. 15, 1817. He married Maria, daughter of Thomas
Wood, Aug. 25, 1835 ; and died in a hospital for the
insane in New Hampshire.
Children :
16221. GEOBGE S ; married Hannah Dillingham.
1623 n. HABBIET JANE"; unmarried.
1024 in. ROSEMOND ABi&AiL 8 ; unmarried.
992
DR. DAVID PLUMER?, born in New bury, Mass., Jan. 11,
1789. He was a physician ; and lived in Amesbury,
Mass. He married Lydia Hoyt June 25, 1818; and died
Jan. 29, 1852. She died Oct. 29, 1863, aged sixty-nine,
ttnd was buried in Oak Hill cemetery, in Newburyport.
Their children were born in Amesbury, as follows :
16251. GEOBGE HOYT, born Aug. 17, 1819; died Feb. , 1833.
222
THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
1626n. CHABLES LADD", born July 29, 1822; died July 16, 1829.
1827 in. WILLIAM PEBLEY*, born June 22, 1825. See family
numbered " 1627."
1628 iv. HANNAH ABIGAIL L. 8 , born Aug. 13, 1828; married Sam-
uel U., son of Toppan W. and Harriet Craig July
21, 1853.
1629 v. CHABLES LADD S , born Nov. 16, 1880; trader; lived in
Boston; married Sarah L. ; he died in New-
buryport July 24, 1860 ; she survived him ; they had
a daughter Mary E. who was living in 1860. '
1630 vi. MABY ELIZABETH C. 8 , born Oct. 10, 1883 ; died Oct. 8,
1853, aged " twenty-one."
993
CAPT. STEPHEN PLUMER 7 , born in Newbury, Mass.,
July 9, 1793. He married Lydia Pilsbury of Barrington
Jan. 2, 1824 ; and died Jan. 4, 1850, aged fifty-six. She
died Aug. 27, 1876, aged seventy-nine.
Their children were born in Newbury, as follows :
16811. SALINA GILES" (twin), born July 27, 1824; died by
drowning Nov. 5, 1829, aged five.
1682 II. SOPHBONIA OsoooD 8 (twin), born July 27, 1824; married
David Tullar, son of Abraham Perley of Ipswich
in 1851 ; and died in Ipswich March 14, 1853.
1633 ni. DAVID*, born Nov. 20, 1826. See family numbered
" 1633."
1684 iv. JANE DOLE*, born Feb. 5, 1829; died July 23, 1848, aged
fourteen.
1686 v. SALINA GILES S , born Aug. 29, 1830; married Daniel
Harris Hale of Rowley (published April 24, 1851).
1686 vi. PEBLEY 8 , born Aug. 12, 1832. See family numbered
" 1636."
1637 vii. ELIZABETH E. 8 , born Nov. 21, 1833; married Edward,
son of Daniel and Ann (Hallet) Dole (published
May 31, 1853).
998
JOSEPH DOLE PLUMER 7 , born in Newbury, Mass., Jan.
20, 1771. He married Dorothy, daughter of Dea. John
and Dorothy (Whitmore) Huse Aug. 10, 1797. She was
born Aug. 31, 1775. They removed to Ohio about 1817,
and were welcomed by Mr. Plumer's uncle William. Mr.
Plumer died about 1854.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY.
223
Their children were born in Newbury, as follows :
1638 i. EBENEZER HusE 8 , born Nov. 12, 1797.
1639n. MABY DOLE', born Jnly 14, 1799; died in 1818.
1640 in. HANNAH WOODBBIDGE S , born Sept. 4, 1800.
1641 iv. HABRIMAN", born April 6, 1802.
1642 v. REBECCA HILL", born Sept. 9, 1803.
1643 vi. HARRIET DOBOTHY', born May 25, 1805; married
Nye.
1644 vn. MELINDA ANN", born Oct. 6, 1806.
1646 vin. SABAH HUSE", baptized in West Newbury May , 1810.
1000
PAUL PLUMER 7 , born in Newbury, Mass., Sept. 3, 1774.
He married Judith, daughter of Jeremiah and Hannah
(Pearson) Plumer ( ) Nov. 29, 1797 ; and died Nov.
21, 1817, at the age of forty-three. She died Aug. 20, 1831.
Their children were born in Newbury, as follows :
1646 I. CLARISSA 8 , born April 25, 1798; married Joseph Noyes
Sept. 28, 1831. He died in 1834.
1647 n. ELIZA', born Oct. 20, 1799; married Atkinson Stan wood
in 1823; and died in 1832.
1648 in. LYDIA", born Sept. 26, 1801; married Moses Knight; and
died Jnne 20, 1877.
1649 rv. WILLIAM', born Dec. 21, 1803. See family numbered
" 1649."
1650 v. MABY 8 , born Nov. 22, 1805.
1651 vi. JUDITH ANN", born Feb. 29, 1808; married Charles Os-
good oi Amesbnry April, 1835; and died Oet.
, 1835.
1003
SILAS PLTTMEB 7 , born in Newbury, Mass., Feb. 5, 1783.
He was a yeoman, and lived in his native town. He
married Hannah Harmon, daughter of William and Lydia
(Bragdon) Moulton Nov. 18, 1804. She died June 18,
1835, aged fifty-two; and he died Jan. 3, 1838, aged
fifty-four.
Their children were born in Newbury, as follows :
16521. NATHANIEL MOULTON S , :born Aug. 13, 1805; died Aug.
1, 1827, aged twenty-one.
1658 n. HANNAH 8 , born Jan. 29, 1808; died Aug. 25, 1812, aged
four.
224
THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
1654 in. EIOHARD PAGE 8 , born July 5, 1810. See family num-
bered " 1654."
1655 iv. HANNAH HABMON 8 , born Aug. 16, 1813; married Isaac,
son of Simon and Sarah (Lunt) Adams Feb. 6, 1835;
and died about 1836.
1656 v. SILAS", born Sept. 17, 1816. See family numbered "1656."
1657 vi. MABT DOLE*, born Dec. 14, 1818; married William, son
of William and Elizabeth (Goodwin) Hale, Jan. 4,
1845. He was born May 27, 1820.
1658 vii. ABIGAIL M. 8 , born Jan. 28, 1821; married William Wil-
liams, son of Joseph and Eunice (Noyes) Perkins,
Dec. 3, 1850. He was born May 15, 1814. They
lived in Newbury.
1659 vin. ADELINE S. 8 , born Feb. 18, 1823; married Psful, son of
Paul and (Willet) Floyd of Rowley, July 7, 1844.
1660 ix. PAUL 9 , born Jan. 19, 1826; married Dorothy Nye (daugh-
ter of No. 1643) Feb. , 1857; and had no children.
1661 x. JOANNA A. 8 , born Dec. 14, 1830; married Stephen, son
of Alexander and Hannah (Fawcett) Allen, May 25,
1854.
1018
JOHN MOODY PLUMER 7 , born in Newbury, Mass., March
2, 1797. He married Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Sam-
uel and Sarah Edgerly of Eowley June 3, 1855. He died
July 11, 1861 ; and she died seventeen days later, at the
age of thirty-six.
Children .
1662 i. SABAH MOODY", born May 3, 1857; married, first, David
Henry, son of Silas and Henrietta (Rutherford)
Poor, in Ipswich, Oct. 13, 1880; he died NOT. 1,
1881; and she married, second, Stephen M., son of
John W. and Elizabeth (Lord) Ross, Oct. -, 1882.
1668 ii. JOHN MOODY S , born Nov. 7, 1860, in Newbury. See
family numbered " 1663."
1041
BBADSTEEET PLUMER?, born in Rowley, Mass., Dec.
26, 1805. He married Martha Waldron of Dover ; and
died in Newburyport.
Children :
1664 i. FBANK" ; died young.
1666 ii. AMANDA 8 ; married Alexander Vaughn.
(To be continued.)
THE LEE FAMILY OF MAKBLEHEAD.
BY THOMAS AMORY LEE.
(Continued from Volume Lll, page 160.~)
16. EDWARD LEE, son of Edward and Hannah (Al-
lin) Lee, was born in Manchester, Nov. 29, 1729, and
died there Dec. 23, 1793. His father died at sea, leaving
his widow with 12 young children in straitened circum-
stances. Edward Lee early went to sea, and was in Lis-
bon, Nov. 1, 1755, when that city was nearly destroyed by
the great earthquake. In course of time he became rude
and profane and a " great sinner," as be later expressed
it. In the winter of 1763 he was converted by the Rev.
John Cleaveland at Chebacco, and became a fervid ex-
horter and famous character. He desired to become a
minister, but was dissuaded on account of his lack of
education. He loved little children and was very affec-
tionate with them. He exerted a very powerful influence
for good in his community.
" The writer can remember as well as if it were yester-
day, his appearance in the house of God his silver locks,
his heavenly smile, and humble attitude, standing from
the time public worship began until it ended bending
over his seat and making a gentle motion with his head
and his right hand, as if to say Amen to every word.
Such was his singular appearance that the eyes of
strangers would be always turned to him."*
Two accounts of his life were published. First, Tract
No. 379 of the American Tract Society,! and, second,
" The Apostolic Fisherman, A Tale of the Last Century,
by an Aged Relative," published by the American Sunday
School Union. In the preface of the latter, dated at
Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 19, 1848, Rev. Benjamin C. Cutler
of St. Ann's Rectory vouches for the truth of the narra-
tive and "presents to the public as a most remarkable
*The Apostolic Fisherman, p. 1 et seq.
tAccount of Services of Edward Lee to the Methodist Church,
collected by Mrs. Martha Lee of Manchester, and rewritten by Rev.
George B. Cheever, D. D.
(225)
226 THE LEE FAMILY OP MABBLEHEAD,
record of devotional piety." "The Shepherd of Salis-
bury Plain " and the " Dairyman's Daughter " are, in
his judgment, no more worthy of a place in the recollec-
tions of the pious than is Edward Lee, the subject of this
authentic narrative. Copies are extremely rare, but are
to be found in the Boston Public Library and New Eng-
land Historic Genealogical Society Library in Boston.
He was buried on Christmas Day.* A plain stone is
marked : " Sacred to the memory of the devotedly pious
Edward Lee.
" If real worth demand a tear,
Stop, Reader ! pay the tribute here ;
The godly man beneath this stone,
Equalled by few, excelled by none."
The Salem Gazette noticed his death as follows :
Manchester, December 22, 1793. This day Mr. Edward
Lee of this town departed this life, evidently to a better
world, aged sixty-four years. He was for the last thirty-
four years of his life such a shining character for moral-
ity, religion and piety, in a steady and constant course,
that it is universally thought by the people of this town
that what was said of Job may truly be said of Mr. Lee,
' There is none like him in all the earth, a perfect and
upright man, one that feareth God and escheweth evil.'
He apparently met with his happy change in a neighbor-
ing parish during a remarkable revival of the work of
God, under the preaching of the doctrines of the great
Reformation from Popery, by a large number of ministers
of Christ, who have since, in general, fallen asleep in
Jesus. The great work evidently began in December,
1763, and was surprisingly glorious through the following
winter. A large number of persons apparently became
new creatures in Christ and brought forth fruit, some
thirty and some sixty fold ; and if any one of them
brought forth an hundred fold, the subjects of that gra-
cious work who are yet alive will, with one consent, say,
' It was Edward Lee.' ' The world beheld the glorious
change, and did Thy hand confess.'
" His minister would often say, ' I am but a babe to
brother Lee I prize his prayers more than gold.' "
For an account of his conversion, see " A Short and Plain
Lamson's History of Manchester, p. 325.
BY THOMAS AMORY LEE. 227
Narrative," etc., by John Cleaveland, A. M., Boston,
1767, p. 15.
Edward Lee married, Feb. 10, 1751-2, Eunice Allen,
who died in 1813, probably the daughter of Jeremiah and
Lydia (Tuck) Allen.
Children, all born in Manchester :
EUNICE, b. Sept, 14, 1752; m. Oct. 1, 1772, John Hooker.
EDWARD, b. Sept. 14, 1754; lost at sea, March, 1770.
JEBEMIAH ALLEN, b. Nov. 17, 1756; lost at sea, Nov. 1774.
JOSIAH, b. June 14, 1759; d. April 25, 1836; probably m., Dec.
25, 1783, Mrs. Anne Edwards, b. 1763, d. Aag. 16, 1833, ae.
70 y. Children: (1) Josiah, b. Sept. 23, 1784; (2) Josiah,
b. Sept. 9, 1786; (3) William, b. July 11, 1789; (4) Edward,
b. July 4, 1796, living 1836; (5) John, b. Oct. 20, 1798; (6)
Henry, b. Sept. 17, 1803. He was a Revolutionary soldier,*
and was survived by son Edward only.
LYDIA, b. May 26, 1765; m. Mar. 30, 1790, Aber Allen.
SABAH, b. June 18, 1767; m. (int.) Dec. 4, 1790, Moses Sargent of
Hopkinton. She was familiarly known as " Mistress Sarah."
AMOS, b. Oct. 22, 1769; perhaps a Lieut, in the militia; m.
March 26, 1791, Mrs. Marcy Thorn Dodge, who d. in 1804,
ae. 33 y. Children: (1) Amos, b. Dec. 4, 1791; (2) Mercy
Thorn, b. Sept. 4, 1793; (3) Edward, b. Sept. 6, 1795; (4)
Nabby, b. Sept. 8, 1797; (5) Lydia, b. March 2, 1800. He
may have m., 2d (int.), July 1, 1804, Margaret Burnham of
Ipswich.
ABIGAIL, b. Jan. 14, 1772; unm. 1793, and mentioned in her
father's will.t
ELIZABETH, b. June 6, 1774; unm. 1793, and mentioned in her
father's will;t perhaps m. (int.), Aug. 20, 1794, Isaac Russell.
HANNAH, b. March 15, 1763 ; m. Jan. 20, 1787, Nathaniel Coalby
or Colby of Hopkinton.
17. CAPT. ISAAC LEE, son of Edward and Hannah
(Allen) Lee, was born Dec. 12, 1738, in Manchester, and
died there March 14, 1806. He was one of the most
prominent citizens of Manchester. In 1775 he was on
the Committee of Correspondence with John Lee, Esq.,
and Lieut. Aaron Lee. He was a Revolutionary officer.
In 1775 he was voted sargent for a half company, but
refused the position. In 1 776 he was chairman of a com-
mittee of three to take care of the watch for the British,
and also chairman of a committee in 1775 to lay out con-
venient places to intrench the town. He was chairman of
Essex Probate Files, No. 16,629.
tEssex Probate Files, No. 16,596.
228 THE LEE FAMILY OF MARBLEHEAD,
the Committee of Correspondence, Safety and Enspection
in 1779, and on the committee to settle prices in 1779.
He was moderator and selectman, 1785, 1791, 1792, 1794.
Feb. 21, 1782, on the petition of Winthrop Sargent, etc.,
he was commissioned captain of the ship "Polly/' a
privateer. He was also captain of the "Neptune," 1776-
8. His estate was appraised at about $10,000, among
the items being his dwelling house, 30 tracts of land, a
pair of pistols, gun, and silver mounted hanger, and 8
feather beds, books, and notes due from Hon. William
Gray, etc. He was called Isaac Lee, " gentleman," in the
records. He married, Nov. 20, 1760, Rachel Hooper,
who died Dec. 14, 1835, aged 97 years 9 months.
Children, born in Manchester :
28. ISAAC, b. Oct. 11, 1761; d. 1840.
WINTHROP, b. Dec. 13, 1763; d. Jan. 19, 1843; yeoman; m. 1st,
Jan. 13, 1785, Lucy Danford (Danforth); m. 2d, Feb. 18, 1803,
Janny (Jane) Morgan. Children, by 1st wife, all b. in
Manchester: (1) Lucy, b. Sept. 13, 1785; m. Porter.
(2) Winthrop, b. Sept. 24, 1787. (3) Annes, b. May 11, 1790;
m. Girdler. (4) Hannah, b. Dec. 26, 1792; m.
Stacey. (5) Andrew, b. April 19, 1795. Children by 2d
wife, b. in Manchester: (6) Jeney, b. March 26, 1804. (7)
Jane, b. Dec. 2, 1804; m. Wells. (8) Edward, b. Nov.
29, 1805; living in 1835. (9) Lucretia P., m. Marshall.
ANDBEW, b. June 16, 1766; d. May 30, 1793.
RACHEL, b. Oct. 5, 1768; d. July 22, 1770.
JACOB, b. June 1, 1771; d. abt. 1780.
29. JOHN, b. July 20, 1773; d. July 16, 1833.
RACHEL, b. Feb, 10, 1776; m. Sept. 80, 1796, David Colby, Esq.,
of Hopkinton.
ANNISE, bp. June 21, 1778; d. April 14, 1779.
JACOB, b. Nov. 27, 1780; d. July 7, 1812; m. (int.) Sept. 22,
1802, Elizabeth Goldsmith of Andover. She d. Dec. 6, 1839,
ae. 56 y. Children: (1) Jacob, b. Dec. 1, 1803; (2) Pamelia,
b. Oct. 16, 1805; (3) Elizabeth, b. July 6, 1809.
18. NATHAN LEE, son of Deacon Benjamin and Mary
(Stevens) Lee, was born in Manchester, Jan. 22, 1736-7.
He married, Dec. 18, 1760, Sarah Searls, daughter of
Benjamin and Sarah Searls, who was born in Manchester,
Oct. 4, 1736. He removed to Moultonborough, N. H.,
with his brothers, between 1774 and 1777, taking with
him most of his family. He was a Revolutionary soldier.
A Nathan Lee was the first settler of Ira, Vermont, and
was selectman in 1779.
BY THOMAS AMOBY LEE. 229
Children, born in Manchester, except the last :
NATHAN, b. July 11, 1762; perhaps m., May 22, 1787, Elizabeth
Allen. Chn. : (1) Nathan, b. Nov. 10, 1787, who prob. m.
at Dover, Sept. 29, 1809, Bulah Bradford, \vho d. a widow
Aug. 23, 1833, ae. 50 y., and had 2 chn.; (2) Elizabeth, b.
June 28, 1797; (3) Jacob (twin), b. Jan. 6, 1800; (4) Sally
(twin), b. Jan. 6, 1800; (5) Claracey, b. Sept. 15, 1804.
ISBAEL, b. Nov. 10, 1763; d. Oct. 10, 1802; m. May 19, 1789,
Margaret Presson. Chn. : (1) Israel (twin), b. Nov. 5, 1789;
(2) Margaret (twin), b. Nov. 5, 1789, perhaps m. Jan. 11, 1818,
Levi Tuck; (3) Ariel Parrish, b. Feb. 6, 1796, d. Sept. 3, 1875,
a mariner, m. Dec. 11, 1821, Anna Stone, b. June 23, 1797,d.
Oct. 8, 1843, 4 chn.; (4) Peggy, b. Jan. 11, 1798; (5) Nancy,
b. Feb. 15, 1800, perhaps m. Sept. 23, 1823, James P. Lee.
EBENEZKK, b. Oct. 19, 1765.
SABAH, b. June 14, 1767; perhaps m., Dec. 4, 1790, Moses Sar-
gent of Hopkinton.
OLIVER, b. Nov. 13, 1768; d. April 26, 1769.
OLIVEB, b. Feb. 13, 1770.
MALACHI, b. Aug. 1, 1771, " and drowned in Winapessocket
pond or lost on the land so that he was not found on the
20th day of April, 1775."*
LUCY, b. Feb. 4, 1773; perhaps m. (int.) Oct. 14, 1804, Willard
Porter.
Lois, b. Aug. 11, 1774.
MALACHI, b. 'in Moulton-Borough, May 3rd, 1777."*
19. CAPT. NEHEMIAH LEE, son of Deacon Benjamin
and Mary (Stevens) Lee, was born in Manchester, April
30, 1739^, and died in Moultonborough, N. H., Oct. 6,
1792. He married, on Nov. 24, 1763, Sarah, daughter of
Thomas and Rebekah Tewksbury. He was a tithingman
in Manchester. He is said to have served in the Revolu-
tion as a captain under Gen. Stark and under Washington. f
He removed to Moultonborough, N. H., with his brothers,
about 1776.
Children, all born in Manchester except the last three :
NEHEMIAH, b. May 6, 1765; d. in Sandwich, N. H., March 7,
1802; perhaps m., at Marlboro, April 5, 1789, Lydia Paine.
SAMUEL, b. May 1, 1766; d. May 25, 1807, at Sandwich, N. H.;
m., 1st, Peggy . Child : (1) Betsey, d. about 1875 at
Edwardsburg, Mich.; m. late in life, Wilkinson. Sam-
uel Lee m., 2d, April 27, 1800, Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph
Record of Nathan Lee, owned by his g. grandson, John Lee Am-
brose of Cambridge.
tOn authority of Col. John R. Lee.
230 THE LEE FAMILY OF MARBLEHEAD,
and Mary Webster of Weare, N. H. Children : (2) Mary,
b. Sandwich, N. H., May 15, 1801; d. at Edwardsburgh,
Mich.; m., 1st, at Moultonboro, N.H., June 14, 1820, Jesse
Quimby, and had 3 daus. and 1 son. She m., 2d, May 14,
1839, Wilson Blackmer of Edwardsburgh, Mich., and had
1 son. (3) Joseph Webster, b. Jan. 10, 1807; d. Aug. 24,
1874, at Edwardsburgh, Mich.; m. Oct. 16, 1829, Maria, dau.
of Moses and Miriam (Tyler) Hastings, and bad 3 sons and
2 daus., including Eclnah Silver, b. Jan. 31, 1835, at Sand-
wich, N. H.; d. Nov. 14, 1912, at Riverside, Cali.; m., April
30, 1862, Rev. Berry Edmiston, father of Joseph Lee, of
Los Angeles, Cali., b. Oct. 12, 1867, at Bakerstown, Fa.,
who has compiled a list of Deacon Benjamin Lee's de-
scendants.
BENJAMIN, b. Feb. 12, 1768; d. 1855.
30. ASA, b. May 19, 1769; d. at St. Johnsbury, Vt., Feb. 20, 1848.
REBEKAH, b. Jan. 21, 1771; d. March 12, 1855, at Moulton-
borough, N. H.; m., Nov. , 1792, John Rogers.
EZEKIEL, b. May 12, 1773; drowned near Moultonborough, N.
H., July3, 1789.
SABAH, b. April 2, 1775; d. in N. H., July 3, 1794.
31. JOHN, b. in Moultonborough, N. H., Feb. 9, 1777; d. March 19,
1861.
ANA, b. in Moultonborough, N. H., Oct. 8, 1779; d. 1873; per-
haps m., Dec. 29, 1802, David Preston of St. Johnsbury, Vt.
DEBOBAH, b. in Moultonborough, N. H., July 31, 1784; d. June
8, 1850; m. Cox.
20. C APT. SAMUEL LEE,SOII of Justice Samuel and Mary
(Tarring) Lee, was born Oct. 21, 1714, and died Dec. 20,
1779, in Manchester. He married, first, June 30, 1737, De-
borah Hill, daughter of John Hill, who died Dec. 23, 1739.
He married, second (int.), June 26, 1743, Mary Raymond
of Beverly, a sister of Joanna Raymond who married
Capt. Samuel's brother Col. John Lee, a daughter of Capt.
Ebenezer Raymond, born March 24, 1722, died Nov.
11, 1753. He married, third, Oct. 25, 1759, his cousin,
Mrs. Lydia Lee Masters, born April 24, 1726, daughter
of Capt. Nathaniel (See family No. 10} and Elizabeth
(Benet) Lee, who survived him. In 1752 he was made
a captain of militia. He was elected a selectman in 1752,
1754, and 1755. Captain Lee was one of the most prom-
inent citizens of Manchester, and his name appears fre-
quently in the town records, as moderator, member of
important town committees, or town officer, and he was for
years a Justice of the Peace.
BY THOMAS AMOBY LEE. 231
It is probable that Captain Lee was of Tory convic-
tions, though it is quite certain that he took no active
part in the great struggle in any way. He lived at home
during the war, and finding that he was taxed more than
his due share, and having the courage of his convictions,
he protested with considerable vigor. " Samuel Lee,* a
man of considerable note in his day, had many grievances
against the town, of which record remains in various
communications, drawn up with a good deal of care and
forcibly worded, and signed with a flourish and in a bold
hand, * Sirs, yo r most Humble & Devoted Serv* Sam 11
Lee.' . : . One dated 13 March, 1779, addressed to the
Inhabytence of the Town of Manchester,' declares his
belief that ' Turkish Laws are much Preflarable and
Juster than the Assessors conduct in Manchester at Pres-
ent is.' ... He signs himself ' an Abused and imposed
upon Inhabitant of Manchester.' This wrathful commu-
nication was * to be Exhibted to the Inhabytenc of s d
Town, before your Choyce of Town Officers.'" In
another letter he says, " letts all fare alike in taxation,
and then I am Content to be Pointed at." On March 17,
1777, " 34thly was Voatedf that the Constable Jacob
Tewxbury should strain on Capt. Samuel Lee's Estate for
his Taxes in yeare 1775. John Lee Esqr [his brother]
enters his Dissent," as did his cousin Lt. Aaron Lee. In
1779 it was " Voted to Chuse a Commett to converse
with Capt. Sam 11 Lee About his Tax."
Capk Lee followed the business of his father, that is,
he was a builder of houses and a merchant. He built
the famous " Lee mansion " at Marblehead. He had for
many years a license to sell spirituous liquors, being en-
gaged in the fisheries and infirm in body in 1755, as he
tells us in a petition to the General Court. He was also
a Justice of the Peace, and was appointed a coroner Jan.
11, 1755. "He was an active and useful citizen and high-
ly respected in Manchester.''^ He made a number of
trips to England, owned a number of slaves and some
fine silver, part of which descended to his great-grand-
children. He inherited the coat of arms and the parch-
ment pedigree brought over by his father. " Mr. [D. L.]
Bingham, in whose family I boarded while teaching in
Lamson's History of Manchester, pp. 329-330.
tManchester Town Records, v. II, pp. 160 and 172.
JE. W. Leach's History of Manchester (MS.), p. 272.
232 THE LEE FAMILY OF MAEBLEHEAD,
Manchester, used to relate traditions of the splendor (for
those days) of the manner in which Samuel and John,
brothers of Jeremiah, lived. He remembered the survi-
vors of their slaves, particularly ' Black Sarah ' Porter
and ' Greece Lee.' Black Sarah wore a gay turban and
was a true African queen in appearance. She lived with
Henry Lee, Esq. . . . Mr. Bingham's comment on the
Lee family was that they exerted a wonderful influence
through all the years of early Manchester history by their
intelligence and good breeding and enterprise. They
were public-spirited men, . . . and the leading family in
the town. They were ship-owners and importers accord-
ing to the earlier standards, and they traveled and enter-
tained prominent members of the country. The women
of the family were educated in private classes, usually at
some clergyman's house."* He was called Samuel Lee,
" gentleman," in the records.
His willf was dated at Manchester in 1762 and pro-
bated in 1780, and names his wife Lydia,, his father
Samuel Lee, Esq., his grandfather Deacon Samuel Lee,
his son Samuel Lee, his daughters Deborah, Mary [Tuck],
Ruth Raymond, Lydia, and made his wife Lydia and son-
in-law William Tuck, executors. One of his slaves, a
waiting maid, " he bequeathed to his wife and her heirs
forever."$ He left 4. to the town of Manchester for
schools, to his wife all the goods which she brought with
her, a carriage horse and landaulet, etc., a negro woman
Taff and mulatto boy Troy (who served in the Revolu-
tion), and 1/2 the house which his father, Samuel Lee,
Esq., left to his son Samuel Lee (4th), who died a minor,
and the improvement of all the lands bought of his
grandfather, Deacon Samuell Lee, near his Mansion House,
etc. He makes provision for possible unborn children
and provides that all minor children are to be maintained
out of his estate and to be well schooled, " as I have
schouled my daughter Mary," etc. In his inventory were
many tracts of land, 1 mansion house, and chaise house,
2 dwelling houses, 3 pews, a boat, etc., a carbine, a sword,
a cutlass, etc., pewter plate marked, negro woman Taff,
girl Sarah and boy Greece, etc.
*The Lees of Marblehead (MS.), by Mrs. H. F. Parker.
tEssex Probate Files, No. 16,650.
JLamson's History of Manchester, p. 82.
BY THOMAS AMOBY LEE. 233
Children, by first wife, born in Manchester :
DEBORAH, b. May 4, 1738; m. Jan. 28, 1757, her cousin James
Lee, at Hampton, b. Feb. 3, 1734-5; d. at Halifax Goal,
July or Aug., 1781, son of Capt. Nathaniel Lee. (See fam-
ily No. 24.)
SAMUELL, b. Dec. 20, 1739; d. May 8, 1759.
Children by second wife, born in Manchester :
MABY, b. June 10, 1744; d. Aug. 8, 1778; m. Nov. 24, 1763,
Capt. William Tuck, of Beverly, b. July 5, 1741 ; d. March,
1826. He commanded the privateer "Remington" during
the Revolution, took many prizes, was captured, but es-
caped. He was collector of the Gloucester district, 1796-
1802; justice of the peace; a country doctor, and a man of
great energy. Dr. William Bentley said that he had the
greatest influence among the people of Manchester after
the death of Col. John Lee (No. 21). Children: (1) Wil-
liam, b. April 10, 1764; d. Sept., 1765. (2) William, b. April
15, 1766; d. July 9, 1846. (3) Samuel Lee, b. Oct. 25, 1768;
m., had 5 children, among them Samuel Lee, jr. (4) Debo-
rah Lee, b. July 14, 1770; m. Deacon Delucena L. Bingham,
b. 1766, d. Oct. 25, 1837; town clerk, 29 years; representa-
tive, 1824; postmaster, 34 years; deacon, 32 years. Had (a)
Aurelia T., b. Oct. 4, 1800; (b) Debby, b. May 23, 1793; (c)
Delucena Lathrop, jr., b. Feb. 5, 1789; (d) Elizabeth Sewall,
b. Oct. 4, 1819; (e) Henry Lee Tuck, b. May 8, 1805; (f)
Lucinda, b. Aug. 3, 1798; (g) Lucretia Huntington, b. July
14, 1795; (h) Luther, b. Aug. 11, 1803; (i)Mary L., b. March
18, 1790; (j) Rufns Lothrop, b. Nov. 10, 1791; (k) William
T., b. April 8, 1797. (5) Sewall, b. Oct. 11, 1771; d. Jan. 7,
1772. (6) Jacob, b. Jan. 12, 1773; d. June 6, 1773; (7) Mary,
bp. Sept. 11, 1774; d. Dec. 29, 1812. (8) Jacob, bp. Feb. 11,
1776 ; d., ae. 6 m. (9) Warren, b. April 25, 1777. (10) a child,
b. July, 1778; d., ae. 1 day. William Tuck, Esq., m., 2d, April
30, 1779, Mistress Elizabeth Lee, dau. Capt. Richard Lee,
gent. (No. 13), of Salem. They had 8 chn., among them
Capt. Henry, b. April 21, 1783; d. at sea, Sept. 11, 1810; m.
Dec. 28, 1806, Joanna H. Drew; and Levi, b. March 13, 1793;
d. at sea, Nov., 1821; m. Jan. 11, 1818, Margaret Lee, b.
Jan. 11, 1798, daughter of Israel Lee. Mrs. Tuck d. April
1, 1793, a. 42 y. 2 m., and Squire Tuck m., 3d., Jan. 2, 1801,
Lydia Babcock, dau. William and Lydia (Kitfield), who d.
Feb. 7, 1804, a. 30 y. She had 2 chn., of whom Lydia, b.
Sept. 10, 1802, m., Jan. 30, 1823, Asa Osborn, jr., of Beverly.
Squire Tuck m., 4th, June 22, 1807, Polly Morgan, who d.
March 4, 1847, a 77 y. She had 3 chn., among them Eveline,
b. Aug. 2, 1809; m., July 4, 1831, Capt Charles Leach.
234 THE LEE FAMILY OF MARBLEHEAD,
REBECCA, bp. April 10, 1748; d. April 16, 1748.
REBECCA, b. April 8, 1749; d. before Aug., 1750.
REBECCA, b. Aug. 6, 1750; d. Aug. 31, 1750.
EBENEZER RAYMOND, b. July 26, 1751; d. Dec. 30, 1751.
RUTH RAYMOND, bp. July 29, 1753; m. May 21, 1772, Sewell
Tuck of Beverly, prob. a brother of Capt. William Tuck.
He d. in 1787. No issue.
Children by third wife, born in Manchester :
SAMUEL, b. Sept. 21, 1760; d. Oct. 21, 1760.
SAMUEL, bp. Jan. 17, 1762 ; d. before 1768.
JACOB, bp. Feb. 27, 1763; prob. d. young.
LYDIA, b. Aug. 9, 1764; d. Jan. 28, 1785.
32. HENBY, b. Aug. 28, 1766; d. Jan. 11, 1844.
SAMUEL, b. March 31, 1768; d. April 13, 1768.
NATHANIEL, b. May 15, 1771; d. June 3, 1771.
21. COL. JOHN LEE, son of Justice Samuel and Mary
(Tarring) Lee, was born Feb. 12, 1715-6, in Manchester,
and died at Marblehead, Aug. 24, 1789. He married, at
Beverly, June 16, 1737, Joanna Raymond, born May 4,
1715, died Aug. 20, 1811, daughter of Capt. Ebenezer
and Joanna (Herrick) Raymond, and a granddaughter of
Capt. William Raymond of the Canadian Expedition in
1690. Col. John Lee made his first official appearance in
1737 as a town officer, and the records from that day
contain many entries of his name. In 1744 the Town
Wharff was let to Robert Herrick and John Lee, 3rd, for
10s. In 1753, Capt. John Lee, Mr. Thomas Lee (his
cousin), and Capt. Samuell Lee were on a committee to
settle a controversy as to squatters on commoner's land.
The same year he bought 20 poles of land " next his
house " for 13/6/8 from the town, the selectmen giving
him the deed March 24, 1754.
For many years Col. Lee occupied many town positions
of trust. His name is found on many of the important
committees of the town, and he was its leading citizen.
He was moderator for 19 years ; town clerk, 1740, 1743,
1744, 1746, 1747, and selectman, 1743, 1744, 1746, 1747,
1750-53, 1754-58. He was " for many years a represent-
ative to the legislature and one of the municipal magis-
trates of the county."* He was a Justice of the Peace
many years.
When the country became much disturbed shortly be-
*Dearborn's Life of Col. William R. Lee (MS.)
BY THOMAS AMORY LEE. 235
fore the Revolution, Colonel Lee very early determined
to support the " patriot " side of the controversy. At a
town meeting held Aug. 22, 1774, it was " Voted and
Chosen John Lee Esqr Capt. Andrew Marsters and Mr.
Joseph Woodberry Delligates to Represent us at a County
Congress to be holden at Ipswich, in the County of Es-
sex."* Col. Lee attended this Congress, and there found
his brother, Col. Jeremiah Lee, chairman of the Marble-
head delegates. Col. Jeremiah Lee was elected chairmanf
of the Congress.
A few months later it was " Voted to Choose a Com-
mittee of Inspection to see that the Resolves of the
Continental Congres be carried into Execution. Voted
and Chosen for said Committe, John Lee, Esqr., Mis r
John Rogers, Samuel Foster, Aaron Lee, Eleazar Craft,
Jonathan Brown and John Baker,":}: Dec. 27, 1774.
On Jan. 27, 1775, at a meeting held in Gloucester,
John Lee, Esqr., was elected Colonel of the 6th Essex
Regiment. He had been a Lieutenant in 1741, Captain in
1749, and Major in 1765, and Hon. Robert Hale had recom-
mended him to Gov. Shirley for a commission in the
French war. On the next day he was elected chairman
of a committee to raise money to support the minute men.
On July 1, 1775, " John Lee, Esqr. was appointed [by
the Provincial Congress] to swear the soldiers in the
County of Essex." || Two weeks later, it was " Voted to
Choose a Committee of Correspondence to consist of nine
men." Those chosen were John Lee, Esqr., Deacon
Jonathan Herrick, Capt. Samuel Foster, Lt. Jacob Hoop-
er, Mr. Aaron Lee, Mr. John Edwards, Capt. Isaac Lee,
Mr. Isaac Proctor, and Mr. Eleazar Crafts. J April 22,
1776, "Chosen John Lee Esqr. to serve as Delegate at
the Convention "J at Ipswich. On June 25, 1777, John
Lee, Esqr. was " Chosen to take notes of all Internal
Enemys and to Enter a Complaint against such offend-
ers. "$ In 1779 it was " Voted to Chuse Seven Men for
a Commett to Regulate y e Prices. 3rdly Voted for ye
Commette Corn 11 John Lee, Mr. John Edwards, John
Allen Jun. Capt. Isaac Lee, Obed Carter, James Lee and
Manchester Town Records, v. II, p. 145.
t.Jotirnals of the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts, p. 615.
{Manchester Town Records, v. II, pp. 146, 157, 162.
Am. Anti. Socy. Transactions, vol. XI, p. 141.
: Journals of the Provincial Congress of Mass., p. 436.
236 THE LEE FAMILY OF MAEBLEHEAD,
Aaron Lee."* It is interesting to note that of this im-
portant committee of seven, four were Lees.
However, his Revolutionary service was not entirely
confined to the duties of a civilian. "The militia of
Manchester were formed into a separate battalion and he
was appointed the commander with the rank of Colonel.
. . . When the intelligence reached Manchester that a
British regiment had landed in Marblehead under the
command of Colonel Leslie and marched to Salem for the
purpose of seizing the cannon and other munitions of
war which had been collected . . . the militiamen were
ordered to march to the scene of an anticipated action.
As Mr. Lee belonged to the company, his wife assisted
him in putting on his accoutrements, and observed if vol-
unteers did not appear speedily and in sufficient numbers,
she would shoulder a musket and take her place in the
ranks. She was a lady of remarkable energy of charac-
ter and distinguished for her exemplary conduct as a wife
and mother. When the British sloop of war " Falcon "
fired upon the town of Beverly, Colonel Lee immediately
mustered his battalion and made a rapid march to the
relief of that town."f
Colonel Lee was a prominent merchant, was in part-
nership with his father, Samuel Lee, Esq., for some years,
owned a number of ships, several slaves, including one
named Chester who ran away twice in 1772-73, a good deal
of silver, etc. He was without doubt the leading man of
Manchester from about 1755 until his death in 1789. The
Rev. William Bentley, D. D., writes in his Diary for
1800: "Major Lee had the principal influence among
them when I first knew them in 1782. Mr. Tuck, the
Custom house officer of Gloucester, now leads."
He has been described as " Major Lee, a man of auto-
cratic temper, and an owner of slaves when human flesh
and blood were still bought and sold in Massachusetts ;
his house, with the slave pens in the attic," which occupied
the site of the ' Rabardy Building,' surviving its imperious
owner almost a century.":}: " He was one of the most dis-
tinguished citizens of Manchester and was engaged in
extensive commercial business for many years."
*Manchester Town Records, v. II, pp. 173, 178, 184.
tDearborn's Life of Col. Wm. R. Lee (MS.), pp. 17, 18.
JLamson's History of Manchester, p. 325.
E. W. Leach History of Manchester (MS.), p. 272.
B? THOMAS AMORY LEE. 237
Children, born in Manchester :
33. JOHN, b. May 16, 1738; d. May 26, 1812.
JOANNA, b. Nov. 1, 1739; m. before 1756, Capt. Benjamin Kim-
ball, s. of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Hovey), b. March 10,
1734; d. 1780. He graduated at Harvard in 1753; was town
clerk of Manchester, 1756-76; at various times selectman
and moderator. He was captain of a company in the siege
of Boston. Chn.: (1) Elizabeth, b. March 21, 1756; (2)
Oliver, b. May 16, 1757; (3) Ebenezer Raymond, b. March
5, 1759, d. Sept., 1765; (4) John, b. Oct. 22, 1760; Rev. sol-
dier in his father's company; (5) Katherine, b. Aug. 6, 1762,
d. July, 1763; (6) William, b. Feb. 2, 1764, Rev. soldier in
his father's company, m. Lydia Bexby of Boston, int. Dec.
23, 1785; (7) Polly, b. Aug. 17, 1769; (8) Raymond, b. Aug.
24, 1771; (9) Benjamin, b. April 30, 1773; (10) Samuel, bp.
Feb. 12, 1775; (11) Raymond, b. June, 1765, d. June, 1766.
MART, b. Oct. 20, 1741; d. in Marblehead, 1799; m. Sept. 20,
1777, as his second wife, Maj. Joshua Orne, Jr., Esq., of
Marblehead, bp. April 16, 1747, d. Jan. 27, 1785, s. of Dea-
con Joshua Orne, Jr., Esq., and widow Agnes (Stacey) Gal-
lison. His father was a Justice of the Peace and Deputy to
the General Court, 1769. Maj. Orne graduated (fifth in his
class of 46) from H. C. in 1764. He also was a Justice of
the Peace and Deputy to the General Court, 1776, 1777,
1780, 1781; member of the Provincial Congress, 1775;
chairman of the Committee of Correspondence, 1774 and
1776; signed the call, with Joshua Ward, Esq., of Salem,
for a political convention at Ipswich in 1776 ; member of
the Mass. Constitutional Convention, 1778 ; and was chosen
Major of the Essex Regt. by the General Court of 1775.
He was a prominent merchant and left an estate of 1,161,
including 6 pictures, silver watch, silver plate, gold ring,
Latin and other books, etc. They had no children. Widow
Mary (Lee) Orne m. 2d, April 23, 1786, Maj. Orne's half
brother, Hon. Col.Azor Orne, Esq., of Marblehead, b. July
21, 1731, d. in Boston June 6, 1796, s. of Deacon Joshua Orne,
Jr., Esq. and Sarah Gale. He was a leading patriot. He
was Justice of the Peace; special Judge of Common Pleas,
1775; deputy to the General Court, 1773, 1776, 1777, 1785,
1787; Councillor, 1780, 1782, 1788-96; delegate to the Mass.
State Constitutional Convention, 1778; the U. S. Constitu-
tional Convention, 1788; and was a Presidential Elector.
He was a member of the Essex County Congresses of 1774,
1775; the Mass. Provincial Congress, and was elected a
delegate from Marblehead to the old Continental Congress
of 1774, but declined the honor. He was a member of the
famous Committee of Safety and Supplies; Colonel of the
238 THE LEE FAMILY OP MARBLEHEAD,
Marblehead Reg't before the Revolution, and was elected
2nd Major-General of Mass, forces by the General Court in
1775. He was one of the most prominent patriots of the
Revolution. He was a prominent merchant before the
Revolution and left an estate of $15,588.49, including much
fine furniture, china, silver, books, and a beautiful portrait
of himself, perhaps by Copley, and also a portrait of his
first wife. They had no children. He m. 2d, Jan. 27, 1754,
Mary Coleman, by whom he had 3 chn.
ANNIS, b. Oct. 10, 1748; d. Aug. 11, 1771; m. Jan. 14, 1768,
Capt. John Pulling, jr., s. Deacon John and Martha Pulling
of Boston, b. Feb. 18, 1737, d. Jan. 25, 1787, merchant of
Boston and Revolutionary patriot. It was Capt. John Pull-
ing who, as schoolmate, boyhood friend of Paul Revere,
and fellow member of the Committee of Correspondence,
Inspection and Safety, hung the lanterns in the Christ
Church belfry which gave the signal for Col. Paul Revere's
famous ride. Historians have said that they considered his
showing the signals on that night, at the peril of his life,
as one of the most daring acts of the Revolution. He
was a Son of Liberty and high in the councils of the
committee which met in secret at the "Green Dragon
Tavern". He was a member of the Boston Tea Party,
Captain and Commissary of Ordnance and Stores in Col.
Craft's Artillery, Continental Army, and served throughout
the war and was mustered out as Major. Major Pulling
had a son and a daughter by Annis Lee. The daughter
Annis m., as his 3d wife, Capt. John Jenks of Salem and
Medford, who d. Oct. 11, 1817, ae. 66. Their daughter
Annis m., 2d, Rev. William Henry Furness, D. D., LL. D.,
of Philadelphia, father of Horace Howard Fnrness, Ph.D.,
L. H. D., LL. D., Litt. D., the greatest Shakespearian
scholar of the century. He owned the watch and fine
punch bowl of Col. Wm. Raymond Lee.
34. WILLIAM RAYMOND, b. July 30, 1745; d. 1824.
35. DAVID, "gentleman ", b. Sept. 24, 1747; d. Oct. 21, 1774.
BETSEY, b. July 28, 1749; m. May 1, 1770, Rev. Daniel Johnson
of Harvard, b. at Bridgewater in 1747; H. C., 1767; studied
theology under Rev. Matthew Bridge of Framingham; or-
dained Nov. 1, 1769, 3rd minister of Harvard, Mass. De--
spite his short incumbency of the Harvard pulpit, he seems
to have made a strong impression upon the minds of his
parishioners. When the Lexington alarm came he shoul-
dered a musket and marched to Cambridge, where one of
prayers is said to have thrilled the patriot army. He be-
came a chaplain in the Continental Army in 1776, and d.
Sept. 23, 1777. The town voted 200 for his gravestone and
BY THOMAS AMORY LEE. 289
erected a suitable monument. Chn.: (1) Nabby Lee, b.
March 15, 1771 ; (2) Daniel, b. Nov. 4, 1772, d. Nov. 16, 1776;
(3) Joanna, b. Aug. 15, 1774; (4) Lucy, bp. at Manchester,
March 22, 1778, lived with her Aunt Mary, widow of Hon.
Azor Orne, Esq. Betsey* Johnson, widow, was appointed
guardian in 1778 to Betsey, ae. 2 y., Joanna, ae. 3 y., Nabby,
ae. 6 y., and Patty, ae. less than 1 y. Rev. Daniel Johnson's
estate included silver, china, books, and a negro woman
belonging to his wife.
NABBY, b. July 23, 1751; m. March 30, 1772, Stephen Sewall,
merchant, of Marblehead and Boston. He was probably a
captain in Col. W. R. Lee's regiment. Chn.: (1) Stephen,
bp. March 8,1778, at Manchester; (2) Jonathan Mitchell, bp.
April 11, 1779, at Manchester.
MABTHA, bp. Oct. 23, 1753; d. Nov. 13, 1785; may have been
engaged to Maj.-Gen. William Alexander, Lord Sterling of
the Continental Army. m. 1st, Oct. 3, 1776, Capt. Jeremiah
Hibbert of Marblehead, bp. Dec. 2, 1753, s. of Joseph and
Lois. He was a noted sailor of the Revolution and command-
er at one time of the " Tyranieide." She m., 2nd, Feb. 11,
1783, Major-General John Fiske of Salem, b. April 10, 1744,
d. Sept. 28, 1797, s. of Rev. Samuel Fiske of Salem. He be-
came a rich merchant, whose home was the center of hospi-
tality. He was one of the famous sailors of the Revolution,
and indeed it was said of him that " Salem had her Fiske,
Harraden, and Grey."t He was a Major-General of militia,
and was on the Committee of Safety of Salem. He was
captain of the " Tyranieide " and of the " Massachusetts."
Frederick Ward Putnam, A. M., Sc. D., the distinguished
scientst was a descendant of Gen. Fiske.
FANNY, bp. Oct. 19, 1755; m. 1st, Capt. John Glover, jr., of
Marblehead, b. March 23, 1756, eldest son of Gen. John
Glover and Hannah Gale. Gen. Glover was the Col. of the
Marblehead Regt. and a Brigadier General in the Revolu-
tion. Capt. John Glover, jr. was a Lieutenant in Capt. Wm.
Raymond Lee's Company of Glover's Regt. in June, 1775*
and became Captain of the Company upon Lee's promotion.
In 1776 he was Captain of the 14th Continental. They had
one child, Fanny. Mrs. Glover m., 2d, Jan. 14, 1792, Elka-
nah Watson of Freetown, b. Feb. 27, 1732, d. Aug. 11, 1804,
s. John and Priscilla (Thomas), who had m., 1st, Oct. 1,
1754, Patience, dan. Col. Benjamin Marston, and had, among
others, Col. Marston Watson, who m. Lucy, sister of Fanny
Lee. By Fanny Lee, Elkanah Watson had: (1) Charles Lee,
b. 1793, d. about 1803; (2) Lucia, b. 1795, m. Dr. Thomas
Drew and had 8 chn.
Worcester Probate Files, Nos. 33,287, 33,461, 33,574, 33,604.
tCurwen's Journal, p. 662.
240 THE LEE FAMILY OF MABBLEHEAD,
LUCY, bp. Aug. 21, 1757; d. Sept. 1, 1757.
LUOY, b. April 28, 1759; m. March 30, 1779, Col. Marston Wat-
son, b. May 27, 1756, at Plymouth; d. at Boston Aug. 7,
1800; s. of Elkanah Watson (who. m. 2nd Fanny Lee, sister
of Lucy) and Patience, dau. of " Col. Hon. Judge Benja-
min Marston, Esq." " After receiving an excellent school
education and being qualified for admission into the Uni-
versity, he was at the age of 14 placed as an apprentice
with Col. Jeremiah Lee, then an eminent merchant at Mar-
blehead. Upon the death of Col. Lee in 1775, Mr. Watson
resumed his classic studies."* He was 2nd Lieut, in Capt.
John Glover's Co. in 14th Cont. Reg't in 1776, Aid-de-Camp
to Gen. Charles Lee, 1st Lieut, and later Commander of
the privateer schooner " Hawke." He was one of the
' benefactors " of the Marblehead Academy in 1788. In
1794 he was Colonel of militia. He became one of the
"great merchants" of Boston, and was one of the first
members of the Mass. Historical Society. Chn. : (1) Ben-
jamin Marston, b. in Marblehead Jan. 11, 1780; d. in New-
ton Aug. 31, 1851; H. C., 1800; m. 1st, Aug. 6 (1800?), Eliz-
abeth Parsons, eldest dau. Chief Justice Theophilus Par-
sons. She d. Feb. 6, 1831, and he m. 2nd, Mrs. Roxanna
Davis; (2) Lucy, b. Aprils, 1781; d. in infancy; (3) Martha,
b. May 11, 1782; d. June 9, 1810; m. Dec. 11, 1808, Thomas
Cushing of Boston; (4) Lucy Lee, b. June 16, 1783; d. in
Boston Feb. 4, 1807; (5) Sally Maria, b. Oct. 16, 1784; d.
April 21, 1824; m. Dec. 20, 1818, Thomas Welsh of Boston;
(6) Laura A., b. Nov. 8, 1786; d. in Boston, Sept., 1858; (7)
Henry Monmouth, b. July 14, 1788; d. in Boston, Aug. 9,
1805; (8) Horace Howard, b. June 25, 1789; d. Dec. 21, 1867,
in Chelsea; m. Thirza Hobart of Hingham; (9) Eliza Con-
stantia, b. July 4, 1791; d. in Boston, Sept. 21, 1872; m.
Jan. 5, 1813, Thomas Cushing; (10) Agnes Lee, b. Aug. 30,
1793; d. in Boston, April 12, 1839; (11) Almira, b. June 2,
1795; (12) Rev. John Lee, S. T. D., D. D., b. in Boston,
Aug. 27, 1797; d. in Orange, N. J., Dec. 30, 1871; H. 0.,
1815; m. Jan. 20, 1828, Elizabeth, dau. John West, Esq., of
Taunton, Mass., b. in Boston July 21, 1809; author of Me-
moirs of the Marstons of Salem, and member Mass. Historical
Society; (13) Adolphus Eugene, b. in Boston Nov. 15, 1800;
H. C., 1820; m. 1st, Sept. 23, 1822, Louisa C. M. Stoughton
of Boston, d. in Philadelphia, Oct. 24, 1832; m. 2nd, Oct. 8,
1835, Eliza Mellen of Cambridge, who d. at Northampton,
April 27, 1843; m. 3d, March 25, 1845, Susan L. Ferguson.
*Mass. Hist. Society Proceedings. 1st series, vol. 8, p. 80.
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From an original reproduced in the Boston Sunday Globe, May, 1910.
THE EASTERN RAILROAD.
A HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF EARLY RAILROADING IN
EASTERN NEW ENGLAND.
BY FRANCIS B. C. BRADLEE.
The opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, which gave
New York City direct and cheap communication with the
great lakes and western states, was a great blow to Boston
and the smaller New England cities which could not be
reached from the interior by navigable streams or canals.
It was felt that if New England could not have easy com-
munication within itself and with the rapidly growing
West, this section of the country would soon lose its
commercial importance. A system of canals was talked
of which actually resulted in the Middlesex and other
shorter canals in Massachusetts, but the several projects
on the whole proved to be impractical from a commercial
point of view. The idea of a railroad was not new, but
few persons thought that steam locomotives could be used
as motive power. The Quincy railroad, the oldest in the
country, was in operation as early as 1826 for bringing
granite from the Quincy quarries to Boston by horse-
power. Two cars were considered a load for a horse
moving at the rate of about three miles an hour. The
successful operation of this enterprise gave the railroad
scheme a decided impetus, and on Jan. 12, 1829, William
Jackson delivered a lecture before the Massachusetts
Charitable Mechanic Association in favor of the State of
Massachusetts issuing bonds to build and own a railroad
between Boston and Albany, N. Y., the motive power to
be horses. Mr. Jackson probably was one of the first, if
not the original advocate of government ownership of
railroads in this country. The rapid development of the
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242 THE EASTERN RAILROAD,
stearn locomotive, however, soon disposed of the scheme
of horse motive power.
The Delaware and Hudson Canal Company were the
first to operate a steam locomotive in the United States.
In 1827 they sent the eminent civil engineer Horatio
Allen to England to buy three locomotives and irons for
a railway which they built the next year from the termi-
nus of their canal at Honesdale to their coal mines. One
of these locomotives built by Stephenson arrived at New
York in the spring of 1829. Soon after another, the
" Lion," also reached here, and in the latter part of the
summer Mr. Allen put it on the railway. This was the
first locomotive put into use in this country. The first
locomotive built in the United States was made in 1830
by Peter Cooper, the philanthropist, after his own design,
at his iron works at Canton, near Baltimore. It drew an
open car on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, filled with
the directors of that road, from Baltimore to Ellicott's
Mills, at the rate of eighteen miles an hour. As may be
easily imagined, New England was not far behind in
adopting these new methods of communication. On
June 14, 1830, subscription books to the Boston and Low-
ell Railroad were opened and 370 shares of 1500 each were
taken, the whole number then being one thousand shares.
The organization of the Boston and Worcester road fol-
lowed, and the first train of passenger cars to leave Bos-
ton drew out on the morning of April 7, 1834, for Davis'
Tavern in Newton. The road was opened throughout its
entire length to Worcester on July 3, 1835. The original
capital in 1831 was $1,000,000. Soon after the road was
opened to Newton the company gave notice " that passen-
gers are not sent for, but seats are provided for all who
apply at the ticket office." This was in consequence of
the stage coach custom of calling for passengers. A little
later announcement was made, " In consequence of the
shortening of the day, the evening trip [to Newton] is
discontinued."
The Boston and Lowell and Boston and Providence
railroads also were opened to travel in 1835. Most of
the material and locomotives for these roads were brought
from England. The following, taken from the " New
BY FRANCIS B. C. BBADLBB. 243
Hampshire Telegraph " of Nov. 17, 1832, published at
Nashua, N. H., is of interest :- ** The ship Choctaw,'
at Boston from Liverpool, has on board another Locomo-
tive Engine with apparatus complete intended for the
Lowell Railroad. She has also brought for the same
purpose about 2000 bars of railroad iron." The original
sleepers on the Lowell road were of granite, but were
soon done away with as they were found to make the
track too rigid.
At first the stage companies did not anticipate any very
serious results from the new competition. A prominent
stage proprietor in Providence, R. I., said, shortly before
the opening of the railroad : " Let the train run off the
track when going thirty miles an hour and kill two or
three hundred people a few times and people will be ready
to stick to the stages/'
Before the days of the railroad Salem had what was
for that time good stage service to Boston. Regular
coaches of the Salem and Boston Stage Company left
Salem at 7, 8, 9, 10 A. M. and 3 P. M., and left Boston
at 9 A. M. and 3, 4, 5, 6 P. M. Besides these, the
coaches of the Eastern Stage Company started from
Portland, Portsmouth and Newburyport and stopped in
Salem, so that in all over thirty coaches a day ran to and
from Boston. From Marblehead a stage was driven to
Beston daily and to Salem twice a day.
As early as 1832 there was a project for a railroad be-
tween Boston and eastern points, for in that year Thomas
H. Perkins, Philip Chase, George Blake, David Henshaw,
William H. Sumner, and others petitioned the Legisla-
ture to charter a railroad from Boston to Salem.* There
were two plans, one route to end at Winnisimmet (Chel-
sea), and the other at Noddles Island (East Boston), and
then to ferry across the harbor to the city proper, but
owing to strong opposition from the Salem Turnpike and
Chelsea Bridge Corporations and from the ship-owning
interests in Chelsea, which were afraid that navigation
for vessels would be interfered with, the charter was
refused. There also were strong remonstrances from
*Senate paper No. 52, Session of 1833.
244 THE EASTERN RAILROAD,
Lynn, as the several mills situated on the Saugus river
above the Salem turnpike were afraid that the proposed
draw bridge would prevent coasting vessels from loading
or discharging cargoes at their wharves. The whaling
industry of Lynn, then employing three vessels, were
afraid their business would be utterly ruined for the
same reason. At that time thirty stages ran daily be-
tween Boston and Salem, and the Senate committee
thought that should suffice. Doubts were expressed
whether the travel would be as great as the projectors of
the railroad estimated, and one member of the Senate
committee thought " that persons owning fine horses and
carriages would certainly not give them up to ride in the
dirty steam cars." Nothing daunted, however, George
Peabody, Stephen A. Chase, Larkin Thorndike of Salem,
Samuel S. Lewis of Boston and others again took up the
question of a railroad from Boston to Salem, and in
July, 1835, subscription books for stock were opened in
Salem and a committee appointed to obtain a charter
from the legislature and have surveys made for a railroad
from Boston to Newburyport. Colonel John M. Fessen-
den, a graduate from West Point in the class of 1824 and
a distinguished engineer, was chosen to plan the road.
He had already been employed as chief engineer by the
Boston and Worcester and Western railroads of Massa-
chusetts. It is interesting to note that most of our early
railroads were built by graduates of the West Point
Military Academy, who, at that time, were the most
capable engineers in the country.
By April, 1836, 8300 shares at $100.00 each had been
taken, and in a circular addressed to the stockholders the
committee say : " A few days after the meeting of the
subscribers, the General Committee was convened at
Salem. It was decided to employ Colonel Fessenden as
engineer, and he was directed to commence immediately
his surveys between Beverly and Newburyport, as much
more time would be required for a thorough examination
of that portion of the route than for the part between
Salem and Boston. Colonel Fessenden had previously
taken a plan and profile of the Salem Turnpike and had
examined with great care the several routes through
BY FBANCI8 B. C. BEADLEE. 245
Charlestown leading to the city with reference to a
terminus in Boston. . . .
" The engineer soon gave his opinion in favor of East
Boston as the best route to be adopted, alleging the vari-
ous reasons contained in his last Report. The sub-com-
mittee repaired immediately to East Boston, and having
satisfied themselves that the opinion of the engineer was
supported by the facts in the case, their next object was
to avail themselves of the circumstances to make as
successful a negotiation as possible with the proprietors of
East Boston for a depot on their premises. It was well
known to the committee that the terminus of a railroad
on the Island would be regarded by the proprietors as a
matter of immense importance to their interests. A con-
ference was therefore proposed, and after several meetings
on the subject, the following offer was made by the East
Boston company in a letter directed to the chairman of
the committee, dated August 19, 1835 :
" * The undersigned Directors of the East Boston Com-
pany offer to cede without any compensation, other than
the location of the railroad to East Boston, as much land
on the Island on Chelsea Street until the intersection of
Decatur Street ... as may be necessary for the passage
of a railroad . . . making in the aggregate about 510,000
square feet, or nearly 12 acres, which they consider amply
sufficient for the accommodation of all depots and other
buildings that now are or ever will be required.' '
A meeting of the General Committee was held in
Ipswich August 27th, when the offer of the East Boston
Company was accepted, provided the width of land be
250 feet from Decatur to Webster Street and from thence
to low water mark be 300 feet ; that the railroad com-
pany be furnished gratuitously with all the material
necessary for filling up the marsh and wharf,
and making the road, and that satisfactory arrange-
ments could be made for passing the ferry and the neces-
sary accommodations obtained on the opposite side. The
company readily assented, by a letter dated September
2, 1835, in which it was stated that * The Ferry Company,
as such, is distinct from the company owning the land at
East Boston. . . . The property of the Ferry is held in
246 THE EASTERN RAILROAD,
trust, and to guarantee the exclusive right of ferriage to
the present company, every water lot is sold on the island
with the provision that no Ferry shall ever be run from
the premises, making this a condition of sale." . . .
It was a difficult matter to determine prospectively in
what precise way the ferry would be used by the railroad
company, at the same time it seemed highly important
that some arrangement should be made by which the
railroad company, if chartered, should not be left at the
mercy of the Ferry Company, and accordingly a bond
was obtained from the proprietors for the sale of a major-
ity of the shares, in case they should be wanted by the
railroad corporation. A majority of the stock, 510 shares,
at par value, were to be paid for in railroad stock. In
addition to the boats, houses, ferryways, etc., a valuable
tract of land denominated on the plan " Public Garden "
was held by the Ferry Company.
The next object was to obtain a point of landing on
the Boston side. This was a matter not easily effected.
The wharf property lying opposite the proposed depot at
East Boston was extremely productive and daily increas-
ing in value. The Ferry Company landing occupied a
portion of the Lewis wharf premises, and this appeared
to be a favorable site for a passenger depot and was the
Boston terminus ultimately decided upon.
" The location of the route from East Boston to Salem
then became a matter for consideration. It was thought
that a route entering Salem on the south would not only
be the most direct, but by coming to deep water and
near the business part of the town, would afford greater
facilities for the transportation of merchandise and ac-
commodate passengers as well if not better than in any
other direction. The inhabitants of the eastern part of
Lynn have from the first manifested a lively interest in
the project and subscribed largely to the stock. It was
found that the location of the route through that portion
of the town would admit of a better direction across the
marshes, as well as accommodate the greatest number of
inhabitants. The attention of the Committee was next
directed to the passage through the town of Salem.
After minute surveys, three several routes were proposed
BY FRANCIS B. C. BEADLEE. 247
by the engineer, and the one named in the charter was
finally concluded on, after bestowing unwearied pains to
ascertain the feelings of individuals with respect to the
disposal of their property on other lines ; and a convic-
tion that no route should be attempted in opposition to
the wishes of the owners of estates, as long as a line
could be found where the inhabitants would willingly
dispose of their property at a fair value. Such is the
case with the individuals on the proposed line through
Liberty street, but the Committee are still of opinion
that if a route can be found by which the curve in South
Salem would be avoided, and the viaducts for the Road
be constructed above the present bridge, such a route
ought by all means to be adopted. Between Salem and
Newburyport, the object of the engineer has been to
obtain the most direct route consistent with the con-
venience of the several towns through which it passes,
and very general satisfaction seems to prevail on the sub-
ject. According to the expressed wishes of the Sub-
scribers, means were employed to bring the subject of
the Railroad before the Legislature, at its September,
1835, session. Petitions were procured containing twelve
or fifteen hundred names, from the towns of Salem, Lynn,
Marblehead, Beverly, Ipswich, Gloucester and Newbury-
port, but the subject, it is well known, was referred to
the next session. This delay afforded to the adversaries
of our project ample time to organize and combine their
hostility, and accordingly when the subject was called up
in the January session, a most formidable opposition was
presented, and seemed for a while to threaten a speedy
annihilation of our hopes for a charter. After a hearing
of seventeen or eighteen days, before the committee of
the Legislature, during which time every possible objec-
tion was urged which the ingenuity of ten or twelve
professional gentlemen, with their friends, could devise,
a bill was reported in our favor. And here the Commit-
tee would bear testimony to the efficient aid they received
at this juncture from the able counsel employed, and
from our skillful Engineer, whose promptness in meeting
and successfully repelling all objections to the Road,
started in the course of the inquiry, affords the strongest
248 THE EASTERN RAILROAD,
possible proof of the accuracy and good judgment with
which his portion of the labor has been performed. Were
anything wanting to convince us of the importance of the
Road and its future value to the proprietors, the evidence
adduced in the process of this investigation can leave no
further doubt on the subject.
" The Report of the Engineer is already before the
subscribers, and the Committee refer to it with great
confidence as furnishing a perfect delineation of the route
and an accurate estimate of the probable expenses to be
incurred in the construction. . . . The net profits esti-
mated in the Report are based on the supposition that
110,000 will be conveyed annually in the cars. A refer-
ence to the evidence before the Legislature will convince
us that this estimate is extremely moderate. The number
of passengers between Salem and Boston, in stage coaches
alone, was estimated to be 77,500 ; those transported from
Newburyport amounted to 30,000 more, making an aggre-
gate of 107,500 who actually travel over the road in
public conveyances. Cannot we safely estimate that this
number would shortly double, if one-half of the expense
and what is of more consequence, one-half or two-thirds
the time were saved in travelling ? ...
" Your Committee . . . believe that little doubt can
exist of its [the railroad] final continuation to Maine. . . .
Steamboat after steamboat is placed on the line between
Boston and Bangor, and the more facilities are multiplied
the more they seem to be required by the public. No
one can doubt that a large part of this travel would go
upon a Railroad, if one were constructed to the east. . . .
The Road from Newburyport to Portsmouth was sur-
veyed last year, and that portion of the survey between
Newburyport and the New Hampshire line was procured
from the engineer and presented to our Legislature to be
included in the act for our road. No favorable moment
for an effort to increase the amount of subscriptions to
the stock has occurred since the last meeting of the sub-
scribers. At that time other projects were starting with
a view to divide public opinion. . . . The number of
subscriptions has however sensibly augmented, and since
the arrangements with East Boston a considerable amount
BY FRANCIS B. C. BRADLEE. 249
has been contributed individually by the proprietors.
The number of shares now subscribed amounts to 8,300.
It will be recollected that the books have not as yet been
publicly opened in Boston, and as the estimate for the
cost of the road is only $1,300,000, it is not to be sup-
posed that much difficulty will be experienced in obtain-
ing the additional amount desired. . . . The terminus
of the road at deep water in Boston will afford easy
access to the great Western Railroad at the South Cove,
. . . thus connecting by one grand chain the East and
the West, . . . completing a great means of civilization
and improvement.
" In behalf of the Committee,
George Peabody."*
Salem, April, 1836.
The act to incorporate the Eastern Railroad Company
was signed by Gov. Edward Everett on April 14, 1836.
It provided that the capital was to be at least $1,300,000.
00, in shares of $100.00 each, with power to increase to
$2,000,000.00. Originally, the plan of the projectors
was to build a line extending to Salem only, but the
legislature would not grant a charter unless they agreed
to extend the, road to the New Hampshire line. As it
was quite impossible to accomplish this by means of pri-
vate capital alone, the legislature on April 18, 1837,
passed " An Act to aid the Construction of the Eastern
Railroad ". By this act the company was to receive the
sum of $500,000.00 in Massachusetts state scrip, bearing
interest at the rate of five per cent per annum and re-
deemable at the end of twenty years. As this sum did
not prove to be enough, the next year, April 25, 1838,
the legislature passed another act authorizing the issue
of $90,000.00 more of state scrip on the same terms.
The original route of the road from Boston to Salem as
abbreviated from the charter was as follows : Beginning at
the depot in Decatur street, East Boston, then running
from Chelsea street in a generally easterly direction,
crossing the westerly end of Belle Isle and Chelsea
river to a hill about half a mile east of Chelsea Meeting
Report of the Proceedings of the General Committee of the Subscribers to
tbe stock of the Eastern Rail Road, Salem, 1836, 8 pp.
250 THE EASTERN RAILBOAD,
House, thence northeasterly to the left bank of the Saugus
river, easterly through Lynn, passing through the head
of " the Big Swamp," and continuing in an easterly di-
rection to Castle Hill and the depot in Washington street,
Salem. The original intention to have the road avoid
the curve in South Salem and pass through Liberty
street and at grade through the rest of the city, was
given up in favor of the present route on account of land
damages and other reasons. This necessitated the build-
ing of a tunnel under Washington street. From near
Castle Hill to the site of the present depot the road was
brought into Salem on a large, heavy, wooden trestle, as
the " Mill Pond " then extended over that part of the
city and was not filled in and the trestle done away with
until 1854. The distance from East Boston to Salem
was fourteen miles, and to Newburyport thirty-three miles
and 4123 feet, of which distance twenty-seven miles and
2987 feet were straight and the remaining six miles and
1136 feet curved on radii of from one to three miles in
length.*
The original rails were what is now known as the
" chair " type and were at a much greater elevation from
the bed than the kind now in use. This was thought to
be of great advantage, as the road was thus less likely to
be blocked by snow. The rail was heavy enough to
permit " chairs " to be placed three feet nine inches
apart, or four to each rail, instead of five, as then gener-
ally used. By this arrangement Colonel Fessenden
thought there would be a saving of " chairs," sleepers,
and expense of construction more than equal to the cost
of the extra weight of the rail.
Work was begun at the East Boston end late in the
fall of 1836, Stephen A. Chase, afterwards superintend-
ent, digging the first shovelful of earth. By the spring
of 1837 the construction gang had reached Lynn, and
David N. Johnson, in his " Sketches of Lynn," gives a
good account of their work as follows : " Gangs of Irish
laborers were set to work in several sections of the town
along the line of the road, and their work was watched
From Col. J. M. Fessenden'a Report on the Surveys and Definite Location of
the Eastern Railroad.
BY FRANCIS B. C. BRADLEB. 251
with a high degree of interest by the boys, and with
hardly less interest by men of the largest size. ... So
many men, and so many teams, and especially so many
three-wheeled carts so many shovels, and so many
pickaxes, wielded by as many men working in the gravel
pits where the deep cuts were made through the high
land, ... all tended to enliven the summer of that mem-
orable panic year. . . . Rows of men and boys sat along
the banks on the sides of the * cut ' without once think-
ing of charging the Eastern Railroad Company a cent for
their disinterested superintendence. . . . But the interest
heightened to the spectators ... as well as to many
others, when the shovels and pickaxes of the workmen
struck against the formidable ledges lying just east of
Green Street. The sight and operation of the gigantic
drills ; the immense quantities of powder used ; the
scampering away to a safe distance when the signal was
given that the fuse was about to be touched off ; the mo-
ment of suspense while waiting for the charge to explode ;
the fragments of rocks flying into the air like rockets, or
larger masses of rock forced through the covering and
thrown up above the top of the pit and burying them-
selves in the soft earth ; all this was an excitement and
a diversion ... of the summer of 1837."
By the spring of 1838 work had so far progressed that
it was certain the road would, before long, be opened to
travel as far as Salem, and on July 23rd the directors ap-
pointed Stephen A. Chase of Salem, superintendent. Dur-
ing August, the locomotives, with and without cars at-
tached, made trial and experimental trips, but the formal
opening took place on August 27, 1838, and is best de-
scribed by the Salem Register in its issue of the 30th.
" The celebration of the opening of the portion of this
important work already completed between Salem and
Boston took place Monday last agreeably to previous an-
nouncement. . . . There are three engines belonging to
the Company from the manufactory at Lowell,* finished
in the most perfect manner and named after the counties
of Essex ', ' Suffolk ' and * Merrimack '. The cars, six-
teen in number, are extremely beautiful. They are, says
The Lowell Engine Works.
252 THE EASTERN RAILROAD,
the Boston Advertiser, mostly of a uniform appearance,
very commodious, of ample height and dimensions, neatly
finished, the seats covered with hair cloth and different
from those of the other railroads in this vicinity, particu-
larly in having doors at the ends by which a passage is
afforded from one end of the train to the other. They
have four wheels each.
" The road is constructed in the most substantial and
workmanlike manner and affords a view of various beau-
tiful prospects both of the country and the sea. After
leaving East Boston and what was formerly known as
Noddle's Island, it crosses an arm of the sea, over a costly
embankment, sustained by strong stone walls, and soon
reaches the vicinity of Chelsea beach. Passing along at
a short distance from the beach and nearly parallel with
it, it crosses the Saugus river on a very long and substan-
tial bridge, and after passing some distance in full view
of the sea, reaches the town of Lynn near the lower end
of the principal street where the Nahant and Marblehead
roads divide. Here is a stopping place and depot for the
accommodation of the inhabitants of that town. After
passing Lynn, the route affords another fine view of the
sea and also a view of some fine farms, and after cross-
ing by a bridge a branch of the harbor, it terminates for
the present at a point very near the Market House, the
Court House and the centre of Salem. It is proposed to
be extended, in its eastern course, by a sort of tunnel
through the very centre of the city, by which arrange-
ment a great circuit will be avoided, and a convenient
access is obtained to the very centre of population. At
ten o'clock, two trains started from the depot in Wash-
ington Street, with the stockholders of Salem and vicin-
ity, and repaired to East Boston, where they were met
by the Boston stockholders and other gentlemen invited
to participate in the festivities. After remaining upwards
of an hour, the whole, to the number of about five hun-
dred, were conveyed to Salem, where a dinner was pro-
vided by the stockholders of this city. The company
filled to overflowing three trains of cars, which proceeded
leisurely along at distances of a half a mile or more from
one another, thus giving an opportunity to notice the
BY FRANCIS B. C. BRADLEE. 253
work and view the prospects commanded by the road.
On arriving at Salem, the guests repaired in procession to
the passenger depot house, where a handsome collation
was spread for the accommodation of from six to eight
hundred persons. The mayor, Mr. Saltonstall, presided
in the most acceptable manner with his accustomed
felicity. . . . After the divine blessing had been invoked
by the Reverend Dr. Flint of this city and ample justice
had been done to the banquet, the company prepared to
listen to the remarks and sentiments which might be
offered. Among those present and who addressed the
meeting were the Mayor and corporation of Salem, the
Mayor and aldermen, a number of the city council and
several city officers of Boston, the Speaker of the House
of Representatives, the Attorney General of the Com-
monwealth, the President, Superintendent and Engineer
of the Road, the Presidents of other railroads in the
State, Honorable S. C. Phillips, General E. V. Sumner,
etc. ... At quarter past six the company separated,
well pleased with the excursion and the hospitalities of
Salem. . . . The only circumstance that occurred to mar
the pleasures of the day was the disappointment of the
Lynn stockholders, who could not be accommodated, as
was intended, in the cars which left this place in the
morning. An explanation was made by the Superintend-
ent, from which it appeared that the cause of the disap-
pointment was entirely beyond his control, and the mat-
ter is, we hope, satisfactorily adjusted."
The President of the Eastern Railroad, Mr. George
Peabody, also made an elaborate address, which was after-
wards printed in pamphlet form. From the newspaper
of August 30th we further learn that the travel on the
road during the first few days after its opening was very
large and quite naturally so. Also that an attempt wa
made to throw one of the trains off the track, very likely
done by boys, who did not realize the amount of injury
that might result therefrom.
" Eastern Railroad above 1000 passengers passed over
the Road on Tuesday, and the (Boston) Transcript states
that 200 went up from Salem in the first train yesterday
morning."
254 THE EASTERN RAILROAD,
" We learn from Mr. Briggs that the morning train
from Salem on Tuesday discovered several obstructions
across the rails, as the cars were entering Lynn, which
had evidently been placed with the intention of throwing
them off the track. But for the timely discovery this
object would have been accomplished and perhaps many
lives sacrificed. A strict watch should be kept for the
miscreants who thus jeopardize the lives of the commu-
nity and the property of the corporation."
From the original time table here reproduced it will be
seen there were six daily trains between Salem and Boston.
The single fare was fifty cents, and high as it] may seem
today, yet it was a great reduction from the stage fares
then prevailing ($1.00, Salem to Boston). Season tickets
did not make their appearance until a much later date.
The first East Boston terminus was a one-story wooden
shed from which led runways to the ferryboat that con-
veyed the traveller across the harbor to a like structure
on the Boston side at Lewis wharf. David N. Johnson
in his " Sketches of Lynn " says the original Lynn sta-
tion stood near the corner of Union and Exchange streets ;
" It was not noted for the amplitude of its accommoda-
tions or the elegance of its design. Models of this struc-
ture were never seen in any gallery of art, nor are any
designs . . . preserved in any manual of architecture."
The Marblehead depot mentioned in the time table was
not in Marblehead at all, but stood on the main road about
where the present Swampscott cemetery now is. This
building was afterwards moved back from the track and
is still standing and in use as a dwelling house. A stage
conveyed travellers to the town proper nearly five miles
away. When the road was opened to Salem, no certainty
was felt as to its being at once pushed further east. Ac-
cordingly a wooden car shed was built at the end of the
road for the protection of the rolling stock during the
night. The car shed had a bulkhead on its Salem end,
suggesting the thought that the road was expected to go
no further. It covered part of the site taken by the railroad
of the Orne and Cabot wharves and of the dock between.
No provision was made for the convenience of travellers,
but just across the street was an old red warehouse stand-
MODEL OF THE PROPOSED RAILROAD TUNNEL
SUBMITTED TO THE SALEM CITY GOVERNMENT IN 1839, AND NOW IN THE
POSSESSION OF THE ESSEX INSTITUTE.
The buildings and streets shown in the model are marked as follows : (I) Essex
Street. (2) Temperance Alley. (3) Skulk Alley. (4) First Church. (5) Frye. (6)
Engine House. (7) Lawrence. (8) Rust and Daland. (9) Henfield. (10) Rust and
Chase. (II) Ropes. (12) Nichols. (13) Nichols. (14) Barton Square. (15)
Marston. (!6)Neal. (17) Ward. (18) Smith. (I 9) The proposed tunnel, showing
the space occupied by one, two, or three tracks.
FIRST RAILROAD STATION AT SALEM.
Built in I 838. From a drawing by George Elmer Browne after a daguerreotype now in
possession of the Essex Institute.
BY FRANCIS B. C. BRADLEE. 255
ing near the corner of Front street, and in this the rail-
road hired a waiting room, with a ticket office and seats
for passengers. This arrangement was short lived, for a
wooden station much like those in Lynn and Boston was
soon erected. This had a belfry and a one-legged man
who claimed to be a veteran of the Revolutionary War,
used to ring the bell whenever a train for Boston was
about to leave. This individual, Corporal Joshua Pit-
man, was a character who gained local celebrity by his
stump speeches and foolish wit. His attempt to lift him-
self by his boot straps and his oft asserted claim that
when at a distance from the depot he knew at once that
someone else, and not himself, was ringing the railroad
bell, because of his familiarity with its tones, together
with other similar incidents, gained for him somewhat
more than local fame. In 1848 a " Loving Friend "
published an " Address " in his honor, from which the
following verses are extracted :
" Who rings the Eastern Railroad bell,
And makes each stroke with power tell,
And who can do it half so well
As Corporal ?
Who, if he's travelling far or near,
Its well known sound should strike his ear,
Would know at once he was not there,
The Corporal.
Who sweeps the Depot clean and nice,
And drives away the rats and mice,
And checks the boys in every vice ?
The Corporal.
Who can himself in " basket lift "
And prides himself upon the gift,
Although sometimes he "has been spilt " ?
The Corporal.
The " Boston Transcript " during 1838 published the
following account of the bells used in the depots of the
railroad :
" Spanish Bells : Three of the bells from the belfries
of Spanish Churches which we mentioned a short time
since as having been sold in Europe for old copper and
sent to New York by the purchaser for sale there, have
been purchased by Colonel Fessenden, engineer of the
256 THE EASTERN BAILBOAD,
Eastern Eailroad Company, for the depots of that com-
pany at East Boston, Salem and Newburyport. They
were landed at Central Wharf this A. M. Each possesses
a fine musical tone and may be heard at a distance."
The original officers of the Eastern Railroad were :
President, George Peabody ; Treasurer, Benjamin Tyler
Reed ; Chief Engineer, J. M. Fessenden ; Clerk, W. H.
Foster ; Superintendent, S. A. Chase ; Directors, George
Peabody, Benjamin Tyler Reed, S. A. Chase, S. S. Lewis,
Amos Binney, Francis J. Oliver, Larkin Thorndike,
Isaiah Breed, Pyam Lovett, and R. G. Shaw.
The first conductors were P. C. Hale and James Potter,
the latter having been one of the most trusted drivers of
the old Salem and Boston Stage Company and for years
had carried to and fro all the bank exchange and mer-
chants' remittances. The early New England railroads
were glad to secure the services of ex-stage drivers as
conductors, as they were generally responsible men who
were used to the travelling public and their ways.
The original locomotive engineers on the road were,
L.D.Johnson, H.H.Thomas and A. Sawyer. Albert
Knight was the first station agent in Salem, and was
followed by Joseph Glover, who was the first engineer on
the Marblehead branch. He filled the position for years,
and was succeeded by John Coombs. The venerable
David Merritt, who died in 1916, for years conducted a
Salem and Boston express line and was seventeen years
old when the Eastern Railroad was opened. He described
the first passenger cars as having ' much the outward
appearance of our early horse cars," and as carrying
twenty-four passengers each. From another source it is
learned that the wheels projected into the interior of each
car. These cars, according to the records of the compa-
ny, cost $1000 apiece and were built by Charles Daven-
port, the pioneer railroad car builder of New England,
who had a factory at Cambridgeport. In 1884 he
contracted with the Boston and Worcester Railroad to
build cars which were to have four wheels and to seat
twenty-four persons each. They were the first cars made
with a passageway running from one end to the other
between the seats. Before that time the cars had been
BY FRANCIS B. C. BBADLEE. 257
built in three compartments, so that half the passengers
rode backward. The success of the Davenport cars was
so pronounced that the Eastern Railroad ordered their cars
of him in 1837, with certain additions and improvements.
The cars were to be built with platforms and doors at each
end and with the same passageways through the middle.
They also had a Davenport " drawbar " and " bumper ",
patented in 1835, and were the first to have a ladies'
room and toilet room. The seats also were equipped with
wide turnover backs.
The original locomotives, the " Suffolk ", " Essex " and
" Merrimack ", each weighed 22,000 pounds, and had
inside connections and a solid single driver five feet in
diameter on each side. When compared with modern
engines, they were of course tiny affairs, but are never-
theless spoken of as being nicely proportioned. They
used wood for fuel, as did all the early engines. The
" Merrimack " was long in use at the Boston terminal as
a shifting engine, and was not sold until 1862. In 1839
and 1840 the road added the locomotives " Rockingham",
" Piscataqua ", " Naumkeag " and " General Foster ",
all exactly like the three pioneers.
An article printed in the " Salem Register " on Sept.
3, 1838, soon after the opening of the road, shows that
it took people some time to realize the rapidity and con-
venience of travel by rail : " The railroad has been in
successful operation during the past week and been the
great centre of attraction to the people of Salem and
vicinity. The novelty of this mode of travelling has
drawn immense crowds to witness its operation, and on
every occasion of the arrival and departure of the cars,
the grounds in the neighborhood of the depot and on the
eastern bank of the mill pond are covered with delighted
spectators of the bustling scene, while the new faces in
our streets, and the hurrying to any fro of carriages for
the accommodation of passengers, have given to our city
a busy appearance to which it has long been a stranger.
" For the five days since the road was opened, the
number of passengers has been more than 5500, and the
receipts upwards of $2200, and although we do not flatter
ourselves that this is a fair specimen of what the travel
258 THE EASTERN RAILROAD,
will be hereafter, we think we can safely rely on the daily
transport of 600 and probably 800 persons. The time
occupied in passing from the depot here to the Boston
side, including the ferriage, is generally from 35 to 40
minutes. A train went up Friday in 32 minutes, and
this will probably be the average when the filling up of
the road is completed.
" Instances of the increased facilities of communication
effected by the railroad are numerous. A gentleman who
left Salem at 8 o'clock Thursday, spent two hours and a
half in Boston, took one of the forenoon trains for Low-
ell, where he dined and remained about two hours and a
quarter, and was at his hpme in this city soon after 4 P.
M., having travelled a distance of 80 miles, had five
hours for business in two of our principal cities, besides
several hours of daylight to spare for the transaction of
his own concerns at home. Another gentleman who had
an errand in Boston accomplished it successfully and was
back again in less than 90 minutes from the time he
started.
" Another incident has been related to us which our
traders would do well to consider. One day last week a
lot of goods to a large amount was sold by one of our
principal merchants to a stranger, who informed him
that he had come on to Boston to make purchases, with-
out any intention of visiting this city ; but having seen
in a Salem paper an advertisement of some articles he
wished to procure, he jumped into the cars after the great
business hours of Boston were over, struck a bargain
and returned, probably without being missed. What in-
ferences may be drawn from this circumstance?
" The ground around the depot is hardly extensive
enough to accommodate the vehicles which congregate
there at the times of departure and arrival, but this will
soon be remedied, when the filling up of the space be-
tweed the car house and Mill street on the western side,
and the dock and 70 feet from the end of the wharf on
the eastern side, is completed. We hope soon also to see
the miserable, dilapidated buildings on the eastern side of
Mill street removed, and their places either vacant or oc-
cupied by some more sightly piles.
BY FBANCIS B. C. BEADLEE. 259
" A word of caution to the idlers in the vicinity of the
depot. We have been astonished at the utter reckless-
ness displayed by boys and even men, when the engines
are passing along the tracks. They seem to be wholly
unaware of the danger they are in, and we are fearful
every day of being obliged to record some dreadful acci-
dent as the consequence of their temerity. Would it not
be advisable to prevent any person from remaining on the
bridge at all ?
" We have also noticed a great want of caution in leav-
ing horses standing near the track while the engine is
passing. It is extremely dangerous and great care should
be exercised in this respect."
The traveller of to-day is spared one serious discomfort
experienced in all the first railroad trains. The early
cars then were shackled together by means of chains,
and these were on what is known as "a loose coupling,"
so that the starting and stopping process was attended by
a series of bumps and jerks, the reverse of agreeable to
the passengers.
On September 23, 1838, a meeting of the Eastern Rail-
road stockholders authorized the directors to complete
the road to Newburyport and the state line of New
Hampshire. Portsmouth from the first had been intended
as the terminus of the Eastern road, but owing to the
different state laws it was thought best to make a sepa-
rate company of that part of the line that lay in New
Hampshire, and accordingly the Eastern Railroad Com-
pany of N e w Hampshire had been incorporated, with a
capital of $300,000.00, in $100.00 shares, by act of legis-
lature on June 18, 1836, which authorized the construc-
tion of a road running in a generally northerly direction
from the Massachusetts line to the town of Portsmouth
and the Maine state line, there connecting with the Port-
land, Saco and Portsmouth Railroad, of which more will
be said later on. Ichabod Goodwin and Daniel Drown
were respectively the first President and Clerk of the
Eastern Railroad of New Hampshire. The other officers
were the same as those of the Eastern Railroad of Mas-
sachusetts.
It never had been intended to have the Eastern road
260 THE EASTERN RAILROAD,
in New Hampshire operate as a separate company, for
the interests of the two corporations were to be identical
in all respects, except the actual union of charters. Ac-
cordingly on July 2, 1839, before the road was com-
pleted, the Eastern Railroad of New Hampshire was
leased for ninety-nine years to the Eastern Railroad of
Massachusetts. This is probably one of the earliest in-
stances, now so common, of one railroad being leased to
another. A contract also was made later (April 8, 1840)
with the proprietors of the Newburyport bridge for the
use of their property. But this bridge was not found
heavy enough to stand the weight of the trains, and later
on a new one was built across the Merrimac river, at a
cost of $35,000.00. A controlling interest was also ac-
quired in the Portsmouth bridge.
The engineer, Colonel Fessenden, estimated the cost of
building the road from Salem to the State line, a distance
of twenty-three miles, at $304,000.00 ; this sum to in-
clude all masonry work and bridging. It had been at
first intended to have a double track all the way from
East Boston to Newburyport, but for reasons of economy
this was given up for the present, and so lessened the
total cost of building by $81,000.00. The land damages
from Salem to Newburyport it was thought could be cov-
ered by -1)40,000.00, and the estimate for constructing the
Salem tunnel was placed at $15,000.00, but this sum was
exceeded by $20,000.00.
On September 22, 1838, the directors were gratified to
receive a report from the superintendent stating that the
road had been opened for public travel twenty-two days,
during which time 24,167 tickets had been sold, which
brought in the sum of $9,379.77. Considering that the
volume of traffic had been estimated at 500 passengers
daily between Boston and Salem, 27(?) between Boston
and Lynn, and 20 between Boston and Marblehead, this
report was certainly encouraging.
The first freight train over the Eastern road ran from
Salem to Boston on January 24, 1839. David Merritt
was the general freight agent. The earliest freight cars
were open and had no brakes. When it was desired to
slow up or stop the train, the brakes would be applied
BY FRANCIS C. B. BBADLEB. 261
from the caboose car on one end and on the tender from
the other. If cars were to be left on the road the wheels
would be first "trigged."
As soon as it was decided to build the line to New-
buryport and beyond, several gangs of men began work
at various places, but principally in digging the Salem
tunnel. This was considered quite a feat of engineering,
and it would be interesting to give a short description of
the building operations, but unfortunately nothing bear-
ing upon them can be found, although a careful search
has been made in all likely quarters. Suffice it to say
that the covered portion of the tunnel was 718 feet long.
In order to build it the old Court House, together with
stores and other buildings standing south of Essex street,
were demolished. Washington street was laid open
throughout its entire length and a wide ditch was dug,
much trouble being experienced from the sandy nature
of the soil. Residents on the side of the street boarded
up their house fronts and moved away for some weeks.
The sidewalks were piled with gravel. A stone arch
was built in the open ditch, and when this was finished
the gravel was back-filled as far as possible and the
surface restored. Three air holes surrounded with
iron railings came up from the tunnel through the
street for ventilation, but when the locomotives began
to burn coal they were done away with. All this
work was done on the most elaborate plans and
models, it being considered one of the largest pieces of
granite work ever undertaken up to that time in New
England. One of the old sail lofts in Derby street had
been leased in order to insure room enough to lay out the
engineering designs for building the tunnel, and a wooden
working model, showing the buildings south of Essex
street and the buildings which it was proposed to remove,
may now be seen at the Essex Institute.
One of the most difficult parts of the road to build was
just east of the Beverly bridge, where a ledge of " trap "
rock seven hundred feet long was encountered, the re-
mains of which are still seen. There were no steam drills
in those days, all the labor being done by hand, and to
hasten the work, the weather being intensely cold, the
262 THE EASTERN RAILROAD,
foreman used very large charges of powder, with the
result that when the blasts went off heavy pieces of rock
flew in all directions, one of them being large enough to
crash through the roof of a nearby house while the family
were at dinner. This resulted in a town meeting being
held to remonstrate. Everything possible was done to
expedite the work of construction, but it was not until
December 18, 1839, that the road was opened to Ipswich,
eleven miles east of Salem, where stages for eastern
points connected with the cars, as they had previously
done at Salem.
When the tunnel was first used it was not the custom
to light the cars, and it is related that a pickpocket reaped
a rich harvest for a few days in relieving the unwary of
their pocket books during the few moments of darkness
entailed by the passage through Salem.
The trains reached Newbury June 19, 1840, and ran
through to Newburyport, a distance of thirty-three miles
from East Boston, on August 28, and to the State line on
November 9.
The first passenger station erected in Newburyport was
a one-story wooden building, with large swinging doors
that were closed at night and on Sundays. It was situ-
ated on Washington street, near the present depot, and
was provided with a bell which was rung on the arrival
and departure of trains. In 1853-54 a new and much
larger passenger and freight station was built of brick on
the corner of Strong and Winter streets, and served its
purpose until destroyed by fire on March 3, 1892.
Meanwhile work on the road in New Hampshire had
been progressing rapidly, so that it was opened to the
outskirts of Portsmouth on the same day (November 9,
1840) that trains reached the State line of Massachusetts.
On December 31, amid much rejoicing, the line was com-
pleted to its proposed terminus at the depot in Vaughan
street, Portsmouth, fifty-four miles from East Boston.
When the rails had been laid thus far it was felt a great
step forward had been taken, for work was already start-
ed on the Portland, Saco and Portsmouth Railroad, and
thus before long a through line would be opened connect-
ing the state of Maine with the rest of New England.
BY FflANCIS B. 0. BBADLEE. 263
There were three trains each way between Portsmouth and
Boston, leaving the latter place at 7.30 A. M., noon, and 3
P. M., and the eastern end of the line at 7.30, 11 A. M.,
and 3 P. M. It must be admitted this was good service
for those days, and in fact it was later proved before a
committee of the Massachusetts Legislature that the
Eastern Railroad ran more trains over its road than any
other company leaving Boston.
In 1840 the price of tickets was as follows : Boston
to Beverly, 56 cents ; to Ipswich, 87 cents ; to Newbury-
port, $1-25 ; and to Portsmouth, $2.00. In order to suc-
cessfully meet the competition of the " outside " steam-
boat lines (those starting from Boston) for through pas-
sengers to Maine and New Brunswick, some of the trains
connected at Portsmouth with the steamboats "Huntress"
and " M. Y. Beach ". The former (one of the fastest
steamboats then afloat) ran to the Kennebec river, and
the latter to Portland. Both steamers touched at the
Isles of Shoals, on which there was then quite a large
permanent population, and also at Kennebunk. This ar-
rangement lasted until the opening of the Portland, Saco
and Portsmouth Railroad to Portland, late in 1842, when
the steamboats connected at the former place. The East-
ern Railroad had a large monetary interest for years in
these and other steamers and in wharf property in Maine.
Very soon after the opening of the road to Salem,
Marblehead, which was then a more important place com-
mercially than it is to-day, determined to have a branch
railroad to connect that town and Salem. Accordingly
enough shares of Eastern Railroad stock were subscribed
in Marblehead to entirely pay the cost of the branch
($40,000), and as the main line could be utilized as far
as Castle Hill in Salem, the new tracks only extended a
little over three miles. In order to build at as little cost as
possible, wooden rails capped with iron straps were origi-
nally laid down. During the construction of the main line
these wooden rails had been used to run gravel trains on,
and it was thought they would be heavy enough for a
branch road. They were not serviceable, however, and
in 1843 had to be replaced by new " chair " rails. The
Marblehead branch was opened December 10, 1839, with
264 THE EASTERN RAILROAD,
five trains each way daily. The running time was fifteen
minutes, and it remained that for over forty years. The
fare to Salem was 12 1-2 cents ; to Boston, 62 1-2 cents.
Benjamin Thompson, who had formerly driven the Mar-
blehead and Salem stages, was the first conductor (he
was afterwards for many years the station-master at Mar-
blehead), and Joseph E. Glover was the first engineer.
The locomotive " Marblehead " was built for this branch
line in 1839 by William Norris at Philadelphia. The
picture shows it to have been a most curious looking
engine and much smaller than the first used on the road.
Its total weight was only 18,000 pounds, and the diame-
ter of the single driver was but four and one-half feet.
For a short time the Marblehead train ran through to
Ipswich, but this was soon discontinued.
The first station in Marblehead stood very nearly where
the present one does, but it was a much smaller building,
with a flight of stairs running up on the inside. There
were the usual swinging doors to close in the cars at
night. The engine and freight house were a little way
up the track. The turntable in front of the former was
so small that every time the engine was turned around
the tender had to be uncoupled from it. Probably a
unique fact about the Marblehead branch is that in the
seventy-seven years of its existence it has had but four
conductors, and two of these were father and son. Benja-
min Thompson from 1839 to 1848 ; John Harris from
1848 to 1881 ; Thomas T. Lyon from 1881 to 1895 ; and
John C. Harris from 1895 to date. The following story
related to the author by John C. Harris, is interesting as
showing the crude way in which the early trains were
sometimes run. On one occasion the train crew being
short-handed, his father, then conductor, went to the Mar-
blehead post-office for the mail and placed it on the train,
sold the tickets in the depot, then got on the engine and
coupled it to the car (there was only one in those days),
being careful to tie down the pin so it would not joggle
out. He then collected the tickets from the passengers
before starting, and getting on the locomotive ran the train
to Salem. Surely a case of " all in one " and " one in all " I
FIRST RAILROAD STATION AT M ARBLEHEAD.
Built in 1839. From a pencil sketch made about 1900 by T. Pitman and now in the
possession of the Marblehead Historical Society.
RAILROAD STATION AT EAST BOSTON.
Built in I 842, replacing the second station which was destroyed by fire. Portion of a
lithographic View of Boston in I 848, afer a drawing by E. Whitefield.
BY FRANCIS B. C. BRADLEE. 265
In May, 1840, on account of rumors of the unsatisfac-
tory financial condition of the company, a committee of
stockholders was appointed to investigate, and after a
long inquiry reported that " they had discovered nothing
to impair their confidence in the integrity or fidelity of
your Directors ; on the contrary, at the gloomiest period
in the history of the road, when the stock was below par,
and when it was ascertained that a large number of
shares had been subscribed for in so loose and indefinite
a manner that the subscription was entirely unavailable,
the Directors having satisfied themselves that the assess-
ments could not be legally enforced unless these shares
were taken, and that the road must necessarily stop, came
forward to prevent a failure of the undertaking. They
took in their own name 641 of these shares, over 200 of
these were afterwards taken at par by the building con-
tractors as part payment for their work." The committee
concluded by saying " they could discover nothing in
their researches to impair their confidence in the eventual
success of this enterprise, or in the value of the stock . . .
but a full dividend cannot be expected until the comple-
tion of the road."
At about this time the officials and the employees
received salaries proportioned as follows : The President
received no compensation whatever ; the Treasurer, who
was the real head of the company, received $2,500.00 per
annum, out of which he paid a clerk (his only office
force) $900.00 per annum, but in addition to this the
Treasurer received a commission of 2 1-2 per cent on all
the iron bought for the road. The clerk of the corpora-
tion received $300.00 a year, and the superintendent
$2,000.00 per annum. Station and ticket agents were
paid $30.00 a month, switchmen the same, passenger con-
ductors $45.00 a month, baggage masters (whether on
trains or in the stations) $35.00 per month, brakemen
$30.00, engineers $60.00, firemen $30.00, freight conduc-
tors 835.00, and freight brakemen $25.00. Crossing tend-
ers received the munificent sum of $10.00 a month for
their services, but they generally cobbled shoes to eke out
their pay. Why baggage masters should have been paid
more than the station masters, who were their superiors,
THE EASTEBN RAILROAD,
is not clear, but the figures given are taken from the
records of the company.
The investigating committee also took up the question
of season tickets and remark thereon " that the practice
of commuting for the season has been adopted generally
through the country, . . . that such tickets have been
held at $200.00 (per year) on this road (between Salem
and Boston), a price which has deterred nearly every one
from buying." . . . They recommended that " officers
of the corporation be requested to issue season tickets,
not transferable, enabling the proprietors to pass between
Salem and Boston for a price not exceeding $100.00 each
(per annum), and at proportionate rates between other
points on the road." Shortly after, season tickets were
issued in accordance with the recommendation of the com-
mittee. In 1843 only 59 were sold, but by 1847 the
number had risen to 433. In the early days the tickets
of any kind) were not punched or cancelled when col-
lected, they were merely handed back by the conductors
to the ticket agents, who resold them, thus the same
ticket did duty until worn out. In the report of the be-
fore mentioned committee the subject of free passes is
mentioned for the first time as follows : " Upon this
point your committee ascertained that a general usuage
prevailed upon nearly all the railroads of New England,
that Directors, Engineers and Superintendents of the
road . . . should have free passage for themselves and
families ; but your committee could see no reason why the
families of subordinate officers or laborers in the pay of
the company should enjoy such a privilege. They . . .
recommend that the Clerk, Land Agent, Conductors,
Ticket-masters, Engineers and Depot Masters have indi-
vidually a free passage."
In 1841 various improvements were authorized by the
stockholders, which included the building of a new depot
at East Boston (the first one being of a mere temporary
character) and entering into negotiations for the erection
of a new station in Boston proper, which finally resulted
in the purchase of Snow's, Wilkinson's and Pratt's
wharves. A double track from East Boston to Chelsea
and between Lynn and Salem was also decided upon, as
BY FRANCIS B. C. BRADLEE. 267
with the opening of the Portland, Saco and Portsmouth
Railroad to Portland, the directors thought that "through
trains coming from such a distance might, very likely, be
occasionally delayed and so upset the arrangement of the
time table." The two stretches of double track, together
with the use of signals, would, the directors thought,
practically take the place of a continuous double track
between Boston and Salem. These signals are the first
mention of any being used by the Eastern Railroad.
The construction of a new and much larger ferryboat,
" with wrought iron shafts," was also authorized. She
was the " East Boston," built at Medford in 1841 by
Galen James, a celebrated shipbuilder. In connection
with the ferryboat, mention may be made of the early
baggage cars or " crates " as they were called. These
were big, strong wooden vans, with a door in the end.
They were each mounted on two pairs of iron wheels
and were placed on platform cars. The wheels of
the crate were then securely " trigged," and it then went
bumping over the road. When East Boston was reached
the crate was run off on its own wheels and placed on
the ferryboat, thus saving transshipment of baggage and
express matter. The same arrangement was in use on
the Boston and Providence road, the " crates " going
through from Boston to New York via rail and boat.
January 25, 1842, the new East Boston depot was used
for the first time, caught fire that evening and burned
down. It was replaced the next year by a less preten-
tious structure.
Early in 1842 Mr. George Peabody resigned as President
and Mr. Stephen A. Chase as Superintendent, and their
places were respectively taken and for many years filled
by Messrs. David A. Neat and John Kinsman, both of
Salem.
In the early 40's public opinion in New England was
beginning to be excited over the anti-slavery question, but
almost nowhere, even in this section of the country, were
negroes allowed to travel in the same class with white
people. A curious anomaly existed on this question.
Free negroes were obliged to ride in the second class cars,
but masters having their slaves with them were free to
268 THE EASTERN RAILROAD,
bring them into the first class cars. It fell to the Eastern
Railroad Company to have one of its trains the scene of
an attempt by a colored man to assert his rights. Fred-
erick Douglass, the then champion of the negro race, in
which he was the prototype of Booker Washington, at
that time was stopping in Lynn. On September 29, 1841,
Mr. Douglass and his friend James N. Buffum of Lynn,
renowned as a champion of the anti-slavery cause, en-
tered the cars at that place bound for Newburyport. The
conductor came along and spying Douglas, asked him
what he was doing in that car, at the same time ordering
him into the " Jim Crow " or second class car. Douglass
refused to go, whereupon the conductor and two brake-
men attempted to remove him by force, but the colored
man being very powerful, clutched hold of the seat, and
before he could be taken to the other car an all round
fight ensued, two car seats being uprooted. So great was
the excitement in Lynn on the subject that Superintendent
Chase, to avoid trouble, ordered the Central Square sta-
tion in Lynn closed as long as Douglass remained, and
for several days the trains dashed through that part of
Lynn without halting. Superintendent Chase and Mr.
Buffum were both quakers and friends, and the following
conversation ensued regarding the car attached to the
train for the use of colored people. Said Mr. Buffum,
" Stephen, I don't think thee does right to utilize a Jim
Crow car on thy train." Said Mr. Chase in reply :
u Well, James, I'll tell thee, when thee abolishes the
colored pews in the meeting house, then I'll abolish the
Jim Crow car."
As several other like episodes ensued on the cars
of the Eastern Railroad, at the next session of the
Massachusetts legislature the matter was considered
and a law proposed to prohibit common carriers from
discriminating against any class of passengers, and this
led to the abandonment by the Eastern Railroad of sec-
ond class cars, of which five had been in use until that
time. The rates of fare in the second class cars were
about one-third lower than in the first class, and they
were patronized by white as well as colored people.
On March 14, 1837, the legislature of Maine passed
BY FEANCIS B. C. BRADLEE. 269
an act to incorporate the Portland, Saco and Portsmouth
Railroad Company, with a capital of $1,390,000.00, in
shares of $100.00 each. By its charter the company was
to build a railroad beginning at Portland and running
through the towns of Scarborough, Saco, Kennebunk,
North and South Berwick, Elliot and Kittery, Maine, to
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, fifty-two miles in length,
to connect with the Eastern Railroad at the latter place.
As this company was always partially or wholly controlled
by the Eastern, a short account of it may well be here
included. Work was begun in 1841, and the road opened
between Portland and Saco on February T, 1842. It was
entirely completed November 21, 1842, the total cost of
construction amounting to $1,107,240.00.
On January 27, 1843, the Portland, Saco and Ports-
mouth Railroad was leased indefinitely to the Eastern
and Boston and Maine companies at an annual rental of
6 per cent, with a penalty of 1200,000.00 on each party
for a breach of contract. The road, however, was oper-
ated independently, and had its own locomotives and
rolling stock, although the latter only amounted to five
or six passenger cars and some fifty freight cars, as the
trains were almost entirely made up of Eastern and Bos-
ton and Maine cars which ran through from Boston to
Portland. The Eastern train would be taken over at
Portsmouth and when South Berwick Junction was
reached (then the end of the Boston and Maine road)
the Boston and Maine train was coupled on and both
trains drawn by one locomotive wpuld proceed to Port-
land, the running time from Boston being five hours and
the fare $4.00. Trains left either end of the road daily
at 7.30 A. M. and 2 P. M. The Portland, Saco and
Portsmouth locomotives were always very heavy and
large to enable them to draw both trains. Their pioneers
were the " Casco ", " Saco ", " York ", Cumberland ",
*'Kennebec" and " Penobscot ".
The first station in Portland was of the "dead end "
variety, and was situated on Commercial street, near the
steamboat wharves. This location not far from the water
front was of great importance to the railroad in the case
of through passengers and freight, as for some years after
270 THE EASTERN RAILROAD,
1842 there was no connecting railroad in Maine below
Portland, and most of the passengers going further east
availing themselves of the water route. When the rail-
road to Portland was first opened the various steamboat
lines running east from Boston kept up a constant and
merciless competition, so much so that in order to meet
it the three railroad companies beside controlling the two
steamboats " Huntress " and " M. Y. Beach " and exten-
sive wharf property in Hallowell, Maine, were forced to
put on an express train May 25, 1843, with the fare re-
duced to ft. 00 between Boston and Portland.
Although the Boston and Maine was joint lessor with
the Eastern of the Portland, Saco and Portsmouth, the
Eastern, however, always seemed to exert the most influ-
ence. The first President of the Portland, Saco and
Portsmouth was David A. Neal, who was also President
of the Eastern. He was followed by Hon. Ichabod Good-
win, who was President of the Eastern Railroad in New
Hampshire. Later on it will be seen that the Eastern
obtained the sole control of the Portland, Saco and
Portsmouth, thus forcing the Boston and Maine to build
their extension from South Berwick to Portland. In
April, 1847, a new agreement was made between the
Eastern, Boston and Maine, and Portland, Saco and
Portsmouth roads by which the profits of the latter, if
they amounted to more than the rates of interest guaran-
teed, should be divided equally between the two former
companies. This was most profitable to the Eastern, as
in later years they netted as much as 50,000.00 in a
single year.
On June 17, 1843, a great convention of the Whig
party was held on Bunker Hill in Charlestown, crowds
coming from everywhere in New England to attend. On
that day the Eastern Railroad carried to and fro over
7500 passengers, without the slightest injury to any one,
which evidently was regarded as a great feat. By that
time the size of the passenger cars had sensibly augment-
ed, for in the same year (1843) the records of the road
show besides the original cars holding 24 passengers each,
ten other cars with a capacity of 48 persons each, and
three seating 84 persons each. The last were quite as
BY FRANCIS B. C. BRADLEE. 271
large as our modern cars. The road owned, besides,
twenty box freight cars and thirteen platform cars.
The directors adopted in 1844 the plan of a " sinking "
and " renewal " fund, " as being best calculated to ensure
the financial stability of your company." Judging by
the elaborate explanations in the annual report, the idea
appears to have been a novel one, at least to railroad cor-
porations. 150,000.00 was first set aside as a sinking
fund, and $10,000.00 more was to be added each year
when the dividends were 4 per cent, or over. The re-
newal fund (to be expended in new locomotives and cars)
was started at $20,000.00, with $12,000.00 to be added
yearly.
During the year 1845 travel had increased to such an
extent that the directors felt authorized to reduce the
passenger fares as follows : Boston to Lynn, 25 cents ;
to Salem, 40 cents ; Marblehead, 46 1-2 cents ; Beverly,
45 cents ; Newburyport, $1.00 ; and Portsmouth, $1.50.
These rates prevailed for many years. At the same time
the freight rates were as follows : Boston to Lynn, 3 3-4
cents per hundred weight ; to Salem, 5 cents ; Marble-
head, 6 3-4 cents ; Beverly, 5 1-2 cents ; Gloucester (when
the road was opened), 9 1-4 cents ; Newburyport, 9 1-4
cents ; and Portsmouth, 12 1-2 cents. By the ton the
freight rates were slightly lower. At this time the newer
freight cars had risen to the dignity of having brakes,
and according to the time table a " merchandise train ran
each way daily, speed not to exceed 12 miles an hour."
It generally left either end of the road at 5 A. M., so as
to interfere as little as possible with the passenger trains,
but it was not down on the regular time table and evi-
dently had no schedule of running time, being supposed
to keep clear of all other trains.
In 1845 Benjamin Tyler Reed resigned as treasurer,
although retaining his place on the board of directors.
The office of treasurer was filled, and very unfortunately
so as it afterwards proved for the company, by William
S. Tuckerman, who had previously been Mr. Reed's
clerk.
For several years the Eastern Railroad, having become
fairly prosperous, pursued an even and peaceful existence.
272 THE EASTERN RAILROAD,
Yearly dividends at the rate of six, seven, and eight per
cent were paid, when suddenly the corporation's future
prospects were assailed by new and untoward dangers.
Massachusetts had reached by the middle or late 40's
what may perhaps be best described as the " railroad
mania ". New lines and branch roads were being pro-
jected in every direction, many of them, as E. Hasket
Derby, counsel for the Eastern Railroad, said before a
committee of the Massachusetts legislature, "starting
from a dump heap and ending nowhere." Some of these
roads were undoubtedly bona fide schemes, but there is
reason to believe that many of them were built to threaten
a ruinous competition between the trunk lines, the latter
thus practically being forced for their own safety to buy
them of the original owners, netting large profits to the
latter.
During 1845 several prominent citizens of Salem peti-
tioned the legislature for a charter to incorporate a rail-
road running over a circuitous route from Salem through
South Danvers (now Peabody), Lynnfield, Saugus, and
connecting with the Boston and Maine Railroad at Mai-
den, thus making a second line between Salem and Boston.
The officers of the Eastern Railroad were immediately up
in arms, and they represented to a committee of the
legislature that a parallel and competing railroad between
Salem and Boston would mean the death of their road,
the Eastern having been originally built at great cost and
practically deriving two-thirds of its revenue from the
local traffic between Beverly, Salem, Lynn and Boston ;
the lower end of the road being run at a loss. Nothing
resulted at the 1845 session, and in 1846 the project was
again brought up with even more bitterness than before.
Both sides were represented by able counsel, no less a
person than Rufus Choate appearing for the petitioners
and E. Hasket Derby for the Eastern Railroad Company.
The project fell through, " leave to retire " being given
by the legislature.
(To be continued.}
NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX
COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS.
(Continued from Volume LH. page
Newbury, Oct. 1, 1766. Messrs. Printers. The very
extraordinary manner in which Messrs. Green & Russell
excuse to the public their not inserting in their Paper of
the 29th ult. a Remonstrance inclosed in an anonymous
letter from Newbury, together with their concealing the
nature and occasion of the Remonstrance itself, 'tis hum-
bly apprehended, will fully justify, and very forceably
commend, a second attempt to set said Remonstrance, or
Testimony, in the most public light.
Their words on this occasion are these, viz : " We ac-
knowledge the receipt of an anonymous letter from New-
bury, inclosing a Remonstrance, &c. but we beg to be
excused from inserting it, as well on account of the length
of it, as of the want of authority & recommendation ;
especially as we conceive the reasoning to be rather more
religious, than political or humane."
What authority or recommendation they would have
had in this case, seems difficult to conceive ; since it was
plainly signified to them that the Remonstrance was
offered at a public lawful meeting of the town and that
hereupon they voted that their Representatives should
oppose the Province's making a compensation to the suf-
ferers in the time of our late disturbances on account of
the Stamp-act ; and that it was the desire of divers of
their customers that they would give the said Remon-
strance, and the proceedings of the town on this occasion,
a place in their public paper.
But their main difficulty lies in this, viz. " The reason-
ing upon the subject seems to them to be rather more
religious than political or humane." As if truly, religion
in theory or practice was contrary to true policy in the
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274 NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX COUNTY.
State : and inconsistent with, or subversive of humanity
either in nature or practice.
An heavy reflection upon religion itself, or at least
upon their own religion, the religion of this land ; which
(I trust) the Gentlemen would rather should be support-
ed by others than by themselves.
But as the subject of common concern of great im-
portance, and yet farther to be debated by the legislature
of this province ; and as the proceedings of some towns
in favor of compensating the sufferers, &c. have been
published to the world without any reasons for their
conduct it can't be tho't unreasonable that this or the
other town, who think it their duty to oppose a compen-
sation, should desire to have the grounds or reasons of
their conduct, in this difficult affair, communicated to the
world. It is therefore expected that they will yet intro-
duce the same by publishing it in their paper.
Boston Evening Post, October 13, 1766.
Last Monday Night, a small coasting Vessel, belonging
to Piscataqua, John Hooker, Master, going round from this
Place, loaded with English Goods, &c., was unfortunately
cast away off Cape Anne Harbour, where we hear she
now lies in a miserable condition, almost full of Water.
Boston Evening Post, October 13, 1766.
Capt. Hopkins, who arrived at Providence from Surri-
nam, informs, that Capt. Sewall, of Newbury, died there
a few days before he sailed.
Boston Evening Post, October 27, 1766.
Run away from his Master, William Bourn, Esq ; of
Marblehead, on the 24th Instant, on Indented Servant
named Charles Taylor, a thinish pale Lad, about 20 Years
of Age ; had on when he went away an old blue Coat,
Ozanabrig Trowsers, a check Linen Shirt, and wore his
own Hair of a brownish colour. He carried away other
cloaths with him, which he may possibly shift himself
with. Whoever will apprehend the said Charles and re-
turn him to his said Master, shall be paid Four Dollars
therefor, & have all necessary charges paid.
Boston Evening Post, October 27, 1766.
NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX COUNTY. 275
Now in the PRESS, And in a few Days will be published
and sold by D. Bayley, of Newbury-Port, W. M' Alpine, of
Boston, and M. Williams, of Salem, Tansur's Royal Mel-
ody Compleat : Containing a Preface on the Excellency
of Church Musick, with an Introduction containing the
Grounds & Rules of Musick, Rudimental and Practical.
To which is added the whole of Tansur's Psalm Tunes,
Choruses, Hymns & Anthems, with a collection of the
most celebrated Pieces of Musick from William's Psal-
mody, and all neatly Engraved upon Copper-Plates and
printed off on both sides upon a choice writing Paper.
Boston Evening Post, October 27, 1766.
[Advertisement of John Appleton, of a large assortment
of English and India goods, just imported in Capt. Watt,
for sale by wholesale or retail at his shop in Salem.]
Boston Evening Post, November 3, 1766.
[Last Saturday se'nnight Capt. Atkins arrived at Salem
from Guadaloupe, by whom we hear of the damage done
by a Hurricane on the 6th of October last at Guadaloupe,
viz : among others, a brig, Orne, master, from Salem ; a
brig, Whipple, master, from Newbury, loaded. These
vessels are entirely lost. At Dominica, a schooner, Kent,
master, from Newbury. Capt. Elwell from Gloucester
went on shore at Nevis and lost.]
Boston Evening Post, November 17, 1766.
Monday Night last, the Wind being very high, a small
Vessel laden with Bricks, belonging to Medford, and hav-
ing two Men on board, foundered off the Entrance of
Marblehead Harbour, whereby the men were drowned and
the Vessel lost.
Boston Evening Post, November 17, 1766.
On the llth Instant a new Meeting-House building at
Haverhill, for the Rev. Mr. Barnard, was struck with
Lightning ; it had Points and a Conductor as far as the
Bellfree, but not being compleated to the Earth, it left the
Conductor and enter'd into the Corner Post, and shattered
it very much, and kindled some shavings into a Flame, to
the surprise of the Workmen who were there in the
house, but happily none of them were hurt.
Boston Evening Post, November 24, 1766.
276 NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX COUNTY.
It is with Pleasure we can inform the Publick that the
Account circulated of a Vessel's foundering in going into
Marblehead, and of which mentions was made in our last,
proves premature in Part ; for instead of foundering, the
Vessel drove on Shore, which happily afforded the Men
an opportunity of preserving their Lives.
Boston Evening Post, November 24, 1766.
We hear the Town of Salem, by a general Vote of the
Inhabitants, have instructed their Representatives to make
Compensation out of the public Treasury to the Suffer
by the late Riots in the Town of Boston.
Boston Evening Post, December 1, 1766.
This Day published, And to be sold by W. M' Alpine,
Marlborough street, Boston ; D. Bayley, Newbury-Port ;
and M. Williams, Salem, TANS'UR'S ROYAL MELODY
COMPLETE. Containing, His Preface on the Excellency
of Church Mmick ; an Introduction concerning all that is
necessary for the Introduction of Learners ; with all his
Psalm Tunes, Chorusses, Hymns and Anthems, with several
Canons, and ten of the most approved Tunes from WIL-
LIAM'S PSALMODY. The Plates are neatly engraved
upon Copper, and printed on a superfine Writing Paper
on each side.
Boston Evening Post, January 12, 1767.
We hear that three Vessels from the West Indies are
cast ashore upon Long Island, one of them 'tis said is a
Brig belonging to Ipswich, the People saved.
Boston Evening Post, January 19, 1767.
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Jan. 21. We hear from
Newbury-Port, that last Saturday as a number of men
were removing timber in a Ship Yard there, the end of a
handspike by some accident struck a young man about 18
on the head near his Temple, which kill'd him in an in-
stant. His name was Nelson.
Boston Evening Post, February 2, 1767.
***In the year 1764, some person at St. Eustatia had
the boldness to counterfeit and sell clearances as from
NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX COUNTY. 277
Anguilla, and in the name of Governor Gf-umms These
clearances were purchased by sundry masters from the
Northward, who loaded at St. JSustatia with French mo-
lasses ; and among others, by several Salem masters, who
enter'd at the custom-house at Salem At length the fraud
was discovered, by Mr. Cockle, the then collector for that
port, by comparing some clearances that formerly came
from the said office with those suspected. On which he
gave the Advocate-General a regular information, and
laid the papers before him for advice ; on the inspection
of which, informations were by him soon after filed in the
court of admiralty. In about two or three days after
filing the same, the G r embarked for the Eastward.
Soon after which some of the owners, in behalf of them-
selves and others, earnestly solicited a composition, his
E y then being absent. The Advocate-General was
fully of opinion that it was adviseable to accept of the
terms offered but was at a loss how he could justify en-
tering into a composition without the G r's consent,
which it was then impossible to obtain On this difficulty
being mentioned to some of the G r's friends by the
Advocate-General, together with his sentiments in favor
of the composition, and the defendants being very urgent
to bring the affair to a speedy conclusion, it was stipu-
lated in behalf of the G r, that he should acquiesce
in it on his return and thereupon the parties, by their
council, appeared in court and finished the composition
all parties consenting, except the G r as aforesaid ;
who some time after returned, and being informed of what
was done, acquiesced in what his friends had engaged for
on his behalf.
This, according to the best information I can get, is a
true state of the facts, as I doubt not Mr. Auchmnty, the
Advocate-General, will freely declare, if called upon for
that purpose.
From this, his E y G r E d has been charged
with avarice and breach of trust ; and the Salem merchants
have been represented as grievously oppressed by the
G r ; but with what justice or colour of reason, I own
I cannot see. If he was guilty of avarice, every Gover-
nor who has ever received the part of forfeitures which
278 NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX COUNTY.
the acts of parliament give them, are chargeable with
avarice : The composition was not made by, or with the
knowledge of the G r ; but by those who by the act
of parliament were authorized and impowered to make it
except the G r, whose immediate consent could not
be obtained. Indeed, I cannot see that any wrong was
done by any one The revenue was not defrauded ; for
what was done, was as agreeable to law, as the taking of
the duties would have been the merchants were not ap-
pressed, unless it be oppression for them at their own
request and importunity to pay much loss than they sup-
posed they should be finally obliged to, if they contended
but most certain is it that the G r, who could not
consent to what was done when he was neither present nor
privy to it, and only assented thereto on his return, must
stand acquitted both of avarice and breach of trust , and
this is all that is to my present purpose. PHILANTHROP.
[To be continued.]
Boston Evening Post, February 9, 1767.
Boston, February 9. At a General Council held last
Wednesday, we hear his Excellency the Governor was
pleased to nominate and appoint the Hon. Nathaniel Ropes,
Esq ; to be Judge of Probate for the County of Essex.
Boston Evening Post, February 9, 1767.
Salem, February 11, 1767. Last Lord's Day departed
this life Madam Mary Lindall, Widow of the late Hon-
orable Timothy Lindall, Esq ; deceased.
Boston Evening Post, February 16, 1767.
Just imported from London, and to be sold by M. Wiliams,
in Salem, a good Assortment of Books and stationary wares,
including a variety of Plays, Paper of all sorts, Gunter's
scales, slates, inkpots, penknives, quills, wafers, etc.
Boston Evening Post, February 16, 1767.
We hear that Capt. Mason, in a Schooner from Monto
Christi, bound to Salem, who was blown off this Coast
in the severe Weather we had the beginning of January,
is safe arrived at St. Eustatia.
Boston Evening Post, February 23, 1767.
NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX COUNTY. 279
We hear from Ipswich, that Mrs. Ellin Dodge, the vir-
tuous Confort of Capt Thomas Dodge, and eldest Daugh-
ter of William Story, Esq ; departed this Life last Monday,
whose Death is greatly lamented by all that knew her.
Boston Evening Post, March 16, 1767.
TO BE SOLD, A HOUSE AND LAND PLEAS-
ANTLY situated near the Great Bridge in Ipswich, with
a Shop and other Conveniences suitable for a Trader, also
five Acres of Salt Marsh in said Town, and three Lotts of
Land, each Eighty Acres, in the Township of Winehendon,
near Lunengburgh. For particulars enquire of Henry
Wise in Ipswich or Ebenezer Storer in Boston.
Boston Evening Post, March 16, 1767.
Ran away from his Master, Capt. Henry Herrick of
Beverly, on Friday Night last, a Negro Boy named Jemmy,
about 19 Years old, and about 5 Feet 9 Inches high. He
had on and took with him a dark grey Jacket, striped
woollen Waistcoat and Shirt, Black knit Breeches, a Pair
of mix'd black & white and a Pair of light blue Yarn
Stockings, a striped worsted and a blue mili'd Cap, and a
Pair of plain Brass Buckles in his Shoes. Whoever
will take up the said Negro, and convey him to his Master
aforesaid, or secure him in any of his Majesty's Goals,
shall have TEN DOLLARS Reward, and all necessary
Charges paid. March 23, 1767.
N. B. All Masters of Vessels arid others are hereby
cautioned against harbouring, concealing or carrying off
the abovesaid Runaway Negro, as they would avoid the
Penalty of the Law in that Case made and provided.
Boston Evening Post, March 23, 1767.
ALL PERSONS INDEBTED TO, OR HAVE any
Accounts open with the Estate of Captain Timothy Rogers,
late of G-loucester, deceased, are desired to bring them in
to Isaac Smith of Boston, Administrator to said Estate, or
to Mr. Daniel Rogers, of said Q-loucester, (his Attorney)
in Order for Settlement. And said Administration has
to sell a SLOOP belonging to said Estate of about 75
Tons, almost new, suitable for the Whaling Business.
Boston Evening Post, March 30, 1767.
280 NEWSPAPER ITEMS RELATING TO ESSEX COUNTY.
TO BE SOLD. A Schooner now lying at Salem, bur-
then between 90 and 100 Tons, well built & well fitted,
calculated for the West India Trade, has been but one
Voyage to Sea. Enquire of William West or Thomas
Eden of said Salem.
Boston Evening Post, April 13, 1767.
j In a FEW DAYS will be published, A brief Ac-
count of an Ecclesiastical Council, so called, convened in
the first Parish in Newbury, March 31, 1767: and of some
Occurrences and Transactions relative thereto ; in a LET-
TER to the Churches invited on that occasion. By John
Tucker, M. A. Pastor of the First Church in Newbury.
Boston Evening Post, April 13, 1767.
Just imported from LONDON, by NATHAN FRAZIER
of Andover, A LARGE & COMPLEAT ASSORTMENT
OF English and India GOODS suitable for the Season,
with all Sorts Hard-Ware Goods ; all which he will sell
for ready Money both by Wholesale and Retail, as cheap
as is sold at any Store in the Province.
JV. B. Said Frazier has imported from London a small
Quantity of English Seed Grain, viz. Winter Rye and
Winter Wheat, which he will sell to all Gentlemen Farm-
ers having an inclination to sowing said Grain on their
Lands, at the Sterling Cost and Charges. H^* Cash
given by said Frazier for Bees- Wax and all Sorts of
Small Furs.
Boston Evening Post, May 4, 1767.
On the 20th ult. died at Plymouth, Mrs. Patience Watson,
Consort to Mr. Elkanah Watson, of that Place, Merchant,
and Daughter to Benjamin Marston, Esq. late of Salem.
Boston Evening Post, May 11, 1767.
On Friday last died at Newbury the Rev. Mr. John
Lowell, Pastor of the first Church of Christ in that- Place.
Capt Gilmore, in a Brig belonging to Salem, bound
from the Bay of Honduras to Rotterdam, was spoke with
on the 15th of March, in lat. 38. long. 58. out three weeks.
Boston Evening Post, 'May 18, 1767.
{To be continued.)
A GENEALOGICAL -HISTORICAL VISITATION
OF ANDOVER, MASS., IN THE YEAR 1863.
BY ALFRED POORE, M. D.
( Continued from Volume LIT, page 96. )
Near the station on the Lowell and Lawrence railroad,
Dennis Long has lived since May, 1860, coming from
Tewksbury. He is son of Daniel and Catherine (Flem-
ing) Long, was born in Killbreton, County Cork, Ireland,
in 1834, and came to America about 1850. His wife ia
Nancy, daughter of Timothy and Catherine (Sexton)
Dempson, who was born at the same place. He is a re-
pair hand on the railroad. Children : Daniel Henry, b.
Tewksbury Centre, 1858 ; Catherine Frances, b. 1859 ;
Dennis Frederick, b. 1861 ; Nancy Ann, b. 1863. Flora
McCarthy, who was born in Ireland in 1838, boards here.
Timothy Crowley has worked as a section hand since
1858, and has lived here since August, 1862. He is son
of James and Hannah (Donovan) Crowley, born in Glan-
dore, County Cork, in 1831, and came to America in
1851. His wife is Bridget, daughter of Patrick and
Mary (Donovan) Hart, who was born in Roscolbrey,
County Cork, Ire., Nov. 1, 1839. She came to America
with her parents when two years old.
About a quarter of a mile to the east, near the side of
the pond, is the home of Samuel Gilman Bailey, son of
Samuel and Prudence (Farmer) Bailey, who was born
where his father now resides, June, 1827. His mother
was sister to Mr. Farmer, who lived near Mr. Trow's.
He is a shoemaker, and this house was built for him by
his father in the autumn of 1861. He moved from his
brother John Bailey's the last part of November, 1861.
Caroline Priscilla, his wife, is daughter of Amos and
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282 A GENEALOGICAL-HISTORICAL VISITATION OF
Hannah (Dane) Gilchrist, and was born in West Andover,
April, 1834. Children : Lilla Eva, b. Apr. 18, 1860, and
Charles Lincoln, b. Aug., 1862.
Amos Gilchrist, her father, is a farmer, who resided
first in Dracut, where his first child was born, and later
in West Andover, where the other children were born.
They removed to Lowell, and his wife died there July,
1861, aged sixty-two years. Children : Hannah Eliza-
beth, b. 1822, mar. Abiel C. Adams of West Chelmsford,
a machinist, and have children : Susan Elizabeth, b. West
Andover, 1848, and Moses William, b. North Chelmsford,
1850 ; Lydia, b. 1824, mar. Richard Galon, son of Ben-
jamin Dane of West Andover ; Sarah Jane, b. 1826, mar.
Elkanah Winchester Sargent of Centreville, Lowell, an
overseer in a mill, and have children : William Winches-
ter, b. Feb., 1848, Charles Elkanah. b. 1863 ; Emily
Louisa, mar. George E., son of Daniel Goldsmith of
Ossipee, N. H., a machinist, now in Co. A, 13th N. H.
Regiment, and have children : Daniel Amos, b. Dec., 1860,
George Hubbard, b. 1861, and Fred, b. Feb., 1863 ; Olive,
died unmarried, aged eighteen years ; Caroline Priscilla,
b. 1834 ; Mary Ann, b. 1837.
Also saw Mrs. Bailey's father, who says that his grand-
father, John Gilchrist, came from Plymouth, settled in
Dracut, and had the following children: John, his father ;
Daniel, who settled in Londonderry, N. H., a carpenter ;
David, a blacksmith, who settled in Londonderry ; Alice,
mar. Nathan Parker of Dracut, son of Nathan, and they
reside on the homestead in Dracut ; Hannah, mar. John
Alexander and went West ; Polly and Olive, d. unmar-
ried. John, Mr. Gilchrist's father, married Abigail Down-
ing, from Maine. Palfrey, Samuel and John Downing
were second cousins to Mrs. Gilchrist. John Gilchrist's
children were: John, d. unmarried; Amos, b. 1796;
Polly, mar. Nathaniel Peabody of Dracut ; Olive, mar.
Isaac Friend and settled in Buffalo ; Lydia, mar. James
Messer in Methuen ; Olive, mar. Peter Bergen of Lowell
and lives in Illinois ; Samuel, who resides in Scotland
district, Andover.
The widow of Benjamin Boynton and her son Henry
lives next, and has lived here since 1838. Joseph Dane,
ANDOVER MASS., IN THE YEAR 1863. 283
it is said, once resided on this place after the present
house was brought here. It was built by a Gideon Fos-
ter, relative of Master William Foster, when the latter
was a boy about twelve years old. Mrs. Boynton's hus-
band's father helped build the house, which stood where
Ballard Lovejoy's house now stands, and on the present
site there was an old house which was removed to the
road that goes to the state almshouse, and was occupied
by Jacob French. The house that stood west of this on
the opposite side and near the schoolhouse is where
Aaron, brother to Samuel Blanchard, resided, and Samuel
Blanchard owned about two hundred acres. Aaron's
business was nail manufacture, and he had a daughter
Nellie, who married Mrs. Boynton's uncle Danforth and
settled in Lynnfield. Mrs. Boynton's husband's father
was Thomas, son of David, and grandson of Joshua, the
latter being the original ancestor in this country, as the
family Bible records have it. David was born Dec. 15,
1712, and his wife Maiy Stickney, Sept. 30, 1711. Their
children were: Sarah, b. 1739 ; David, b. 1741 ; Samuel,
b. 1742; Amos, b. 1744; Thomas, b. Nov. 29, 1746;
Mary, b. 1750 ; Moses, b. 1751 ; Jonathan, b. 1753.
Thomas Burnham, carpenter, married Hannah, daugh-
ter of Capt. Benjamin Ames, who was born where Gay-
ton Ames, a grandchild of Capt. Ames, now resides, and
settled on the farm where James Merrill now lives, about
one-half mile north of the West Andover line, near his
father-in-law's. After a few years, they removed to
where Perry M. Jefferson now lives, and he died there
March, 1833. His wife died December, 1831. Children :
Hannah, b. 1773, d. 1817, mar. John Crosby, and settled
on the west side of the pond where Follansbee lived be-
fore he built his new house, and had John, b. 1793, and
resides in New York State ; Samuel Boynton, b. 1795,
and has children, Emily M., Maria E., Hannah C., Edwin,
David D., Augusta, Augustus, Thomas B., Theodosia A.,
Frank P. and Ellen L. ; Hannah, b. 1797, mar. a Bell
and resides in Nashua, N. H. ; Solomon, b. 1798 ; Amos,
b. 1800, resides in New York State, and has Amos, Abiel,
Elizabeth, William, Mina, Benjamin, Amasa, and New-
ton; Benjamin, b. 1803, mar. in Lyndeboro, N. H. ; Da-
284 A GENEALOGICAL-HISTOBICAL VISITATION OF
vid, b. 1806 ; Jacob, b. 1808, mar. Mary Moore of An-
dover, both being deceased, leaving a daughter Augusta ;
Dorothy F., b. 1810; Abiel, b. 1812, mar. Elizabeth
Parker of Dracut, resides in New York State. Thomas,
b. 1775, d. 1856, mar. Rebecca, daughter of Capt. William
Bailey of West Andover, and d. 1830; children: Re-
becca, mar. Benjamin, son of Benjamin Abbott ; Mary,
mar. William Otis of Boston, and lives in Worcester ;
Thomas, a carpenter, lives in Lowell, mar. Hannah Sophia
Richardson in Dracut. Amos, b. 1776, d. 1835, mar.
Clarissa, daughter of Obadiah Richardson of Dracut, and
settled in Lowell ; children : Clarissa, Elmira, Dr. Amos,
Mary, d. 1835, and Joseph, d. 1821. Mary, b. 1778, mar.
first, Isaac Carleton, who d. 1816, mar. second, Simeon
Pearl and settled in Boxford, and had Conrad by first
husband and John by the second ; Conrad mar. Martha
W. Park of Cambridge, who was the twenty-fourth child
of her family, and d. 1831. Benjamin, b. July 24, 1780,
d. Sept. 11, 1854. Sarah, b. 1782, d. 1844. David, b.
1784, mar. Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin Ames of
Andover, b. in Elm house, which he built, and d. Mar.
25, 1826 ; children : Elizabeth, mar. a Black of Danvers
or Salem ; Caroline, mar. an Irishman ; Mary, mar. An
Nichols of Haverhill ; Isaac, who lires in Haverhill ;
David, secretary of the Haverhill Insurance Co. Samuel,
b. 1785. Samuel died young. Elizabeth, b. 1789, mar. John
Moore Bailey. Hepsabeth, b. 1792, mar. James, son of
James Chandler, who was a trader in Boston and later kept
tavern in Abbott village, Andover, where he died in 1832,
aged forty-one years ; children : Hepsabeth, mar. Frederick
Coburn of Lowell ; James, mar. Almira Kemp of Lowell
factory and resides at North Andover, a tin plateworker
and former in Davis' machine shop ; Amanda, mar. Au-
gustine Weymouth and resides in Fitchburg ; Oscar, mar.
Ann, an English girl, and lives in Cambridge ; Adelia,
mar. Harry Cochran, a carpenter, of Dracut, lives in
Fitchburg, and was in a nine months' regiment ; Melvina,
mar. William Wright, overseer of a mill in Lowell ;
Anngenett, mar. Israel Cummings, a machinist in Fitch-
burg, brother to the clergyman, who is a sergeant in the
2d Mass. Regiment.
ANDOVER, MASS., IN THE YEAR 1863. 285
Moses, son of David, and brother of Thomas, was
born in 1751 and lived in Andover, where four children
were born : Mary, b. 1778 ; Elizabeth, b. 1780 ; Moses,
b. 1781 ; and Nathan, b. 1783. He then moved to
Weare, N. H., where they had Thomas, b. 1785 ; John,
b. 1787 ; David, b. 1789 ; Nathaniel, b. 1791 ; Samuel,
b. 1794.
Benjamin, son of Thomas and Hannah (Ames) Boyn-
ton, was a carpenter and lived in the house next east to
where Jefferson now resides, until their children were
born, when he moved to his present house. Children :
Benjamin, b. July 18, 1817, mar. Sarah Bardwell, daugh-
ter of James Richards, whose wife was Sarah Bardwell,
and who was born in Ceylon, India, where her father was
a missionary, and have children, Louisa R., d. 1863, and
Clara, b. 1859. Joshua, b. Nov. 6, 1817, mar. Eliza A.,
daughter of Ephraim Connor and Mary (Kennison) Rob-
inson of Allenstown, N. H., and has been an engineer on a
locomotive since about 1851 ; children: Nettie Florence,
Josie A., Edgar Anderson, b. July, 1861, in Storrs, O.,
and they now reside in Elmira, N. Y. Mary Jane, b.
July 28, 1821, unmarried, at home. Moses, b. May 3,
1823, mar. Julia Ann, daughter of William and Mary
(Turner) Spear, who was born at New Portland, Me., in
1823 ; children : Henrietta Josephine, b. Saugus, 1861 ;
Hamilton Prentice, b. 1852 ; Nettie Florence, b. 1858 ;
Frank Benjamin, b. 1859. Louisa, b. 1826, d. 1840.
Henry, b. Feb. 21, 1833.
Mrs. Boynton is Belinda, daughter of Samuel and
Keziah (Danforth) Pearson, and was born in Lynnfield in
1797. Samuel Pearson, whose stepmother was widow
Cowdrey who lived to be over 100 years old, was a native
of Byfield parish or vicinity. He married first, a Ban-
croft from Tyngsboro, sister to Esquire Bancroft, by
whom he had : Lois, who married Daniel Sweetser, and
settled in South Reading ; Mary, mar. Samuel Wade of
Woburn ; Timothy, who was a tanner in Maine, mar. in
Connecticut, and died in New York State ; Jonathan, a
carpenter in Boston ; Kendall, a carpenter, who was
drowned at the West Indies ; by his second wife, Keziah,
he had, Pamelia ; Dolly, who married, first, Samuel Par-
286 A GENBALOGICAL-HISTOEICAL VISITATION OP
ker, from Rye, N. H., and had children, Samuel of Saugus
and Ann, who married John Annable of Salem, and mar.
second, Richard Mansfield of Lynn and had Elizabeth,
wife of Charles Reading, Sarah, wife of Hiram Reading,
and Richard, of Saugus, who married Mary Foster ; Dor-
othy, mar. first, Thomas Richardson, and had Thomas,
Lydia, Sophia, Eliza, Herbert, George, Charlotte, Harriet
and Susan, and mar. second, John Danforth, her cousin ;
George, mar. Susan Richardson, half sister to Thomas,
lives in Saugus, and has had Eliza Ann, George Henry,
Charles .and Kendall; John and another, died young;
Belinda.
Keziah, Mrs. Boynton's mother, was daughter of Joshua
and Lucy (Reed) Danforth. The other children were
Joshua, who settled in Saugus ; John, mar. Dea. Ban-
croft's daughter and settled in Lynnfield ; Benjamin, mar.
Nellie, daughter of Aaron Blanchard of Andover, who
settled in Lynnfield ; Lucy, mar. William Sweetser and
lives in Saugus ; Betsy, mar. Benjamin Gary and lives in
Stoneham. Moses Boynton's wife's father was born in
Brunswick, Me., and her mother in Farmington, Me.
Next east of Mrs. Boynton is where Jefferson has lived
since the autumn of 1853. Thomas Boynton bought the
place and his son Benjamin lived there until he sold to
Leavitt R. Joselyn of Chelmsford in 1838. The latter
returned to Chelmsford and leased the place to Thomas
C. Shattuck until Abel B. Walker bought it in 1844.
Perry M. Jefferson bought it in 1854, and Jefferson re-
paired it in 1860. Joselyn's children were Georgianna
A., Cassidena A. and Oscar F. Mr. Walker, on whom I
called, has an old deed from William Griffin and wife
Molly, witnessed by Joshua Abbott, Ednah Griffin and
N. Swift, to a piece of land on Hackett Pond brook,
sometimes called Fish brook, in 1820. Ednah married
Thomas C. Wood and lived opposite the schoolhouse.
When Mr. Walker sold out the old house to Jefferson, he
built a cottage nearly opposite in 1854.
Abel Bugbee, son of Elnathan and Olive (Call) Walker
of Hartland, Vt., was born there in 1797. His wife
Martha is daughter of John and Hannah (Coolidge)
Phipps, who was born in Sherborn in 1805. He is a
ANDOVER, MASS., IN THE YEAR 1863. 287
farmer, and came here from Milford in 1844. Children :
Charles E., died young ; Caroline Augusta, b. 1829, in
Hopkinton ; George Phipps, b. 1833 ; Harriet Coolidge,
b. 1835, mar. Alpheus Perkins, a soap manufacturer, son
of Samuel R. Noyes of Bow, N. H., and lives in Middle-
town. George P. had a cider mill near his father's soap
factory, now sold to A. P. Noyes. Mr. Noyes' mother's
brother Brown was killed by the brother of a pupil whom
he had punished in his school in New York city. Perry
Madison Jefferson's children are Herbert Perry, b. 1856 ;
Sarah Alice, b. 1859, and Eugene Dennison, b. 1861. He
has taken his deceased's sister's children, namely, the
children of Stephen and Sarah Ann (Jefferson) Chase,
who were born in Meredith, N. H., where Mr. Chase is
married to a second wife. They are Mary Etta, b. 1850,
and twins, Ella Adeliaand Emma Amelia, b. 1855. Mr.
Jefferson is son of Roswell and Cynthia (Fish) Jefferson,
born in Washington, Vt., Aug., 1828. He commenced
manufacturing soap in Pike place, South Andover, in
1850, remained there four years, and then built in Mid-
dleton, carrying on the business there until 1861. He
built near his house here in 1859.
Next to Jefferson's is a cottage which he built in 1859
and which he rents to his workmen. E. N. Nickerson,
Comptois and Samuel W. Simpson have lived there. The
carpenter's shop next was built in 1854 by Mr. Walker
for his son George. In the spring of 1863 Mr. Jefferson
finished a part of it for a family to occupy. Daniel Mur-
phy has lived there since that time.
Samuel Wilson Simpson, son of Robert, was born in
Windham, N. H., in 1817. His wife Sarah Ann is
daughter of Levi, Jr. and Abigail (Mears) Davis, and
was born in 1833. Children : Mary Augusta, b. 1855 ;
Franklin Eugene, b. 1860 ; Ora Bell, b. 1862.
Daniel Murphy is son of John, was born at Castletown,
County Cork, Ireland, about 1836, and came to America
about 1856. His wife Mary is daughter of Cornelius and
Johanna (Sullivan) O'Neil, born at the same place about
1842, came to America in June, 1857. One son, John,
was born July, 1863.
Just beyond the soap factory Jias resided, since 1861,
288 A GENEALOGICAL-HISTORICAL VISITATION.
Louis, son of Michael and Josette (Favreau) Comptois,
who was born in Shategee, near Montreal, July 1, 1821.
He came to Andover in 1860 from Lowell. His wife is
Susan, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Welch) Staples,
who was born in Temple, Me., in 1836. Their child,
Lizzie Bethiah, was born in Lowell in February, 1854.
Mr. Comptois' grandfather, probably named Michael,
came from Lecompte, France, and his father was the
oldest son.
Isaac Carruth has lived here since March, 1837, coming
from North Brookfield, and buying the place of Dea.
Eben Lovejoy, who built the present honse which stands
where the old house stood in the year of the great blow.
Love joy's grandfather set out an elm street back of
where the present barn now stands. Mr. Carruth is son
of Francis and Mary (Hale) Carruth, born in North
Brookfield in 1803. His wife is Anna Doane, daughter
of William and Mercy (Doane) Smith, who was born in
Rutland, 1808. Her father was born in West Brookfield
and her mother in Wellfleet. Children : Charles Henry,
b. North Brooktield, 1832, mar. Mary Elizabeth Nourse,
b. Boston, and has son, George Willard ; Col. Sumner,
b. Dec., 1835, mar. Clara Smith of Mendon, N. J., resides
in Chelsea, and is colonel of the 35th Mass. Regiment,
and has daughter, Minnie Hale, who was born Aug.,
1863. He was captain in the 1st Mass. Regiment three
months, and in this regiment were the three eldest sons
of Mr. Carruth's son Charles. Francis Whipple was
lieutenant and is now captain of Co. H, 1st Mass., and
was born in Andover Aug. 2, 1837.
(To be continued.")
GEORGE PEABODY DAVID A. NEAL
President of Eastern Railroad, 1836-1842 President of Eastern Railroad, 1842-1851
From a photograph made in 1848-9. From a portrait by Southward in the possession
of Robert S. Rantoul
STEPHEN A. CHASE JOHN KINSMAN
Superintendent of Eastern R. R. 1838-1842 Superintendent of Eastern R. R. 1842-1855
From a portrait by Osgood in the possession of From a photograph made about 1885.
Mrs. Ellen C. Lord.
HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS
OF THE
/ ESSEX INSTITUTE
VOL. LII. OCTOBER, 1916. No. 4
THE EASTERN RAILROAD.
A HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF EARLY RAILROADING IN
EASTERN NEW ENGLAND.
BY FRANCIS B. C. BRADLEE.
(Continued from Volume LII, page
Mr. Derby's witty and sarcastic fling at the proposed
new road is well worth reproducing. " That long array
of cars, laden with stone, onions and fish, ice, slippers
and bricks, interspersed with passengers, moving in slow
procession on their winding way to Boston. They stop
at Danvers for the onions ; near the Salem pastures to
collect the boulders ; at Brown's Pond for the ice ; at
Gravesend for the fish ; at the Print Works for the slip-
pers ; and opposite Breed's Hotel (then a well known
drinking place in Lynn) to receive the inanimate and
moisten the animated clay. I will leave our friends at
this exciting spot and take passage in the regular train of
the Eastern Railroad, which whistles by like a rocket on
the air line to Boston."
However, the " new road ", as it was called, died hard,
and its persevering friends finally, in 1848, managed to
get a charter from the legislature, but only as the " Sau-
gus Branch Railroad Company ", with leave to build from
Lynn Common through Saugus and connecting at Maiden
(289)
290 THE EASTERN RAILROAD,
with the Boston and Maine. Work on the new line was
begun in 1850 and dragged slowly along for lack of
funds, but meanwhile the ever watchful Eastern, by
adroit manceuvering, had acquired the controlling interest
in the stock, and at the session of 1852 the legislature
ratified the purchase. The following year, the road was
finally opened for travel. This is the first mention of
the state of chronic warfare, sometimes reaching the
acute stage, that prevailed for forty years between the
Eastern and Boston and Maine railroads.
March 7, 1846, Joseph S. Cabot, Elias Putnam, Gay-
ton P. Osgood, Albert Thorndike and others received a
charter, as the Essex Railroad Company, from the legis-
lature, to build and operate a road from Salem to Law-
rence, a distance of a little over twenty-one miles. Partly
to protect itself and partly because they thought it would
tap the Boston and Maine's territory at Lawrence and
also bring travel from the towns of North and South
Danvers to their main line, the Eastern Railroad Com-
pany fathered this project from its inception. At first a
loan of $90,000.00 was made to the Essex Railroad Com-
pany. This was afterwards increased to $256,937.00.
The Eastern also guaranteed the interest for the period
of ten years on the bonds of this road. Until 1854 it
was not legal for Massachusetts railroads to issue bonds
except for construction purposes. Their floating debts
were financed by means of notes or new stock issues.
Work on the Essex Railroad, now the Lawrence
branch, was begun immediately, and it was opened be-
tween Salem and Danvers, a distance of nearly five miles,
on January 19, 1847. The next year it was extended to
Lawrence. It was operated entirely by the Eastern
Railroad under an arrangement by which they were to
charge therefor the actual average expense per mile. At
first the Essex Railroad trains left from a small separate
station at the north end of Salem tunnel. Samuel L.
Batchelder was the first conductor on the Lawrence
branch and afterwards for many years was ticket agent
in the Salem station. To illustrate the loose way in
which railroads were operated in the early days : on one
BY FRANCIS B. C. BRADLBE. 291
occasion the superintendent of the Eastern Railroad,
John Kinsman, issued a new rule which Mr. Batchelder
did not think could be applied to the Lawrence branch.
He told Mr. Kinsman so, and the latter replied : " Why,
Sam, you are superintendent of the Lawrence branch as
soon as you get through Salem tunnel."
Besides building and financing the Essex Railroad, the
Eastern Railroad by authorization of its stockholders
built the Gloucester and Salisbury branches in 1846-47.
The former extended from about a half mile below the
Beverly depot to Gloucester through the towns of Bev-
erly and Manchester, a distance of thirteen miles. The
branch was not extended to Rockport until many years
later. As Gloucester was a very flourishing seaport the
branch road was expected and proved to be a valuable
feeder for the main line. To-day it is probably one of
the best paying stretches of road on the entire Boston
and Maine system. It was opened to Manchester, August
3rd and to Gloucester, December 1, 1847, with two pas-
senger trains and one freight train each way daily. The
fare from Gloucester to Boston was 90 cents, and from
Manchester, 65 cents. At that time there were only two
stations between Beverly and Gloucester West Beach
and Manchester. Camden C. Davis was the first con-
ductor on this branch.
In the same year a branch road was built by the
Eastern Railroad Company between Salisbury and Ames-
bury, then a growing manufacturing town. It involved
the actual construction of only about three and one-half
miles of new track, and was opened for travel on Janu-
ary 1, 1848, with four trains daily each way between
Amesbury and Newburyport.
To help pay for all these additions and also new depots
at Salem and Lynn, for the growing traffic had entirely
outgrown the old ones, the stockholders on June 16, 1846,
authorized the issue of 4,500 new shares of stock, which
were to be offered to stockholders at par (-f 100.00). The
then new Salem station (the granite walls of which in-
corporated in a new station are still standing) was a fac-
simile of an English structure which President David A.
292 THE EASTERN RAILROAD,
Neal had greatly admired while making a tour of Eng-
land. The two high towers and the wide granite arched
entrance are suggestive of medieval gates of the older
cities of Europe. The site occupied by this station was
formerly the Central Dock of the South river, and to
protect the depot from the encroachments of the water a
massive sea wall was originally built. The original plan
included two wings (both are shown on old wood-cuts of
the station), but only one of these, on the Washington
street side, was actually built. It was used as a locomo-
tive round house. There were three tracks in the depot
at first, the middle one being generally used by the Law-
rence branch train (and also the Marblehead train)
and its engine, an enormous wood burner, " Witch," No.
13, waited here between trips. There were also offices
upstairs extending across the whole breadth of the pres-
ent train shed. The President and Superintendent had
their headquarters here, and there was also a branch of
the treasurer's office. The station was first used on De-
cember 1, 1847, and was considered at the time one of
the finest in New England. The station in Central Square,
Lynn, built the next year, was of brick, and on some-
what the same plan as the Salem station, only smaller and
lacked the towers. It stood until 1872, when it was re-
placed by another brick structure which was entirely con-
sumed in the conflagration of 1889.
The Penobscot Steam Navigation Company was formed
in 1847 to operate steamboats on what was known as the
" inside route " between Portland and Bangor in connec-
tion with the railroad at the former place (direct rail
communication between Boston and Bangor was not
made until 1857). The Eastern and Boston and Maine
railroads, in order to control the boata^ purchased a large
interest in the stock of the new line involving an outlay
of $17,500.00 for each road. In the meantime they had
disposed of the steamer " Huntress " to the Portland,
Saco and Portsmouth Railroad Company. The " State
of Maine ", the Penobscot Company's new boat, made her
appearance in 1848, and was considered the largest (800
tons) and finest side-wheel steamboat up to that time ever
BY FBANCI8 B. C. BRADLEE. 293
seen on the coast of Maine. In fact, she proved to be too
large and too expensive to run profitably and was soon
sold to the Fall River line. Her place was taken by the
" Governor," a smaller and poorer steamer.
The year 1848 marks the first serious accident on the
Eastern Railroad. The presidential campaign of 1848
had nearly drawn to its close when, on Thursday evening,
November 2nd, two large political gatherings were held,
one at Salem and the other at Lynn. Daniel Webster
was advertised to address the Whigs at Lynn, and Caleb
Gushing the Democrats at Salem. Special trains were
run to Salem from all the towns in the vicinity, including
Marblehead. At that time, and until much later, the
Marblehead branch train leaving Salem used the down
track from Boston until it reached the junction at Castle
Hill, nearly a mile from Salem. On this day the extra
train for Marblehead left Salem just before midnight
with over two hundred passengers on board. As it
reached the junction at Castle Hill an extra train from
Lynn, drawn by the locomotive " Huntress," No. 10, was
seen approaching. The man in charge of the ball signals
at this point became confused (there were those who said
he was " under the influence ") and hoisted the lights
which gave the Lynn train the track. The result was a
frightful collision. The Marblehead train was just enter-
ing the branch track and its locomotive, tender and for-
ward cars were utterly demolished, six persons were killed
and sixty-four on both trains were injured. The locomo-
tive " Marblehead " was so badly damaged that it was
broken up, and the locomotive " Sagamore " was rebuilt
and renamed ' Marblehead " to take its place. Engineer
Glover jumped and was only slightly injured. Conductor
Harris was standing on the platform and was thrown out
at the side of the track, but not hurt. The coroner's jury
at Marblehead, after an inquiry into the affair, severely
censured the Eastern Railroad Company for carelessness
in the management of its trains.
The inquest does not seem to have borne much fruit,
however, for in the annual report of the next year (1849)
the directors say " they have not felt themselves author-
294 THE EASTERN RAILROAD,
ized to accede to some demands, which they consider
exhorbitant, in a case where all precautions, which had
for so long a time been entirely successful, were taken,
and where there seems to have been nothing but a fatal
combination of circumstances that human sagacity could
not have anticipated." . . .
It would be interesting to know the amount of dam-
ages the company had to pay on account of this accident,
up to that time the worst in New England, but there is
no way of ascertaining. Probably they were not as large
as may be imagined, for in those days people were not as
prone as they are today to sue railroad corporations.
The original rails laid on the Eastern Railroad after a
little use were found defective and too light to stand the
wear and tear. During 1848 and 1849 heavy sixty-one
pound T rails were put down on the whole length of the
main road, and at the same time a continuous double
track was built from East Boston to Salem, a distance of
fourteen miles. Quite a sum was realized by selling the
old rails to the Fall River Railroad Company.
May 24, 1848, the stockholders authorized the direc-
tors (an act of the legislature having been obtained May
9, 1848), to arrange for what was known as the " new
route " into Boston, that is, the entry of the Eastern
Railroad into the city proper, thus doing away with the
ferriage across the harbor from East Boston. At first it
was proposed to use for this purpose what was known as
the Chelsea Branch Railroad (now the Grand Junction
Railroad), then in course of construction, especially as
the Eastern Railroad had an interest in the stock, but the
plan was soon found impracticable. Several of the direc-
tors and a strong minority of the stockholders bitterly
opposed the ' new route " idea as unnecessary and en-
tailing a foolish waste of money, and they were success-
ful in postponing the project for some time.
A short description of the practical working and run-
ning of the trains which, except for minor changes, was
carried on in much the same manner for over thirty years
of the company's early existence, may not be out of place
here. Jn the original rules used when the road was first
BY FRANCIS B. 0. BRADLEE. 295
opened it is stated : " No train will start from either
Depot until the arrival of the train expected from the
other Depot," and 4< When anything shall happen to a
train to render assistance necessary, let a Brakeman be
dispatched to the nearest point for assistance and let him
get on horseback as soon as possible. Let no conductor
leave his train." ... " The head brakeman or baggage
master will tend the brake on the car next the engine
and will seat himself back to the engine, keeping a good
lookout to the rear of the train. He will carry a whis-
tle, which he will blow whenever it becomes necessary for
the engine to stop or whenever he is notified to do so by
the conductor. This signal will be answered by the
engineer with his whistle, which shall be the signal for
applying all the brakes." . . .
The first time-books for the employees giving rules,
etc., for running trains were printed on single sheets of a
size 10 inches square, to be folded up and carried in the
pocket. Beginning in 1850 small pamphlets, about 7 1-2
x 4 1-2 inches in size and varying in contents from 12 to
38 pages, were used for time-books. These were in
fashion until 1871, when the first type of folding time-
books, like the kind now in use only much smaller, came
into vogue.
From the time-sheet to take effect Monday, October 8,
1849, the following rules and directions are quoted as
being most curious and out-of-date. " No train or engine
to pass between the passenger depot and Sumner street,
East Boston, at a speed exceeding five miles per hour.
No engine, whether attached to a train or otherwise, will
be used in the vicinity of any depot unless the engineer
and fireman belonging to the same are upon it. No train
to be shifted from one track to the other, unless a brake-
man is upon the same. Depot masters will see that this
rule is strictly adhered to. Engineers will be held re-
sponsible for the proper use of their engines and to see
that water, fuel and oil are at all times provided. The
fireman to be subject to the orders of the engineer. All
trains coming into the depot must brake up so as to run
in at a slow rate. A brakeman at all times to ride on
296 THE EASTERN BAILROAD,
the back of the train." Later this rule was changed to :
" The engine must be made to assist in bringing up the
train which must come into the depots at a slow rate."
" Express, extra and merchandize trains will keep out of
the way of the regular trains by not leaving a turn-out
unless they have time to arrive at the next turn-out at
least TEN MINUTES before the time noted in this table
for the arrival there of the regular train which MUST
NOT LEAVE any of the stations mentioned in this table
earlier than the time designated.
" In all cases of meeting of the trains at the turn-outs,
each train must take the right-hand track, and must re-
main until the expected crossing train arrives ; and no
train must leave any depot, or turn-out, WHEN A TRAIN
IS DUE AND EXPECTED, UNTIL IT ARRIVES.
When any train is to pass a switch after any other train,
and arrives at the switch too soon, it must wait for the
arrival and STOPPING of the expected train, and pass
the switch in proper order. On the double tracks each
train will pass on the right-hand track.
" Enginemen will keep a good look-out to see that all
is right before passing the switches of the Marblehead
and Gloucester Branches, and also at the crossings of the
Essex and Concord Railroads, which must be passed at a
speed not exceeding 12 miles per hour.
ON APPROACHING THE BRIDGE AT NEW-
BURYPORT, THE SPEED OF ALL THE TRAINS
MUST BE REGULATED SO AS NOT TO EXCEED
TEN MILES PER HOUR, AND THE BRIDGE MUST
BE PASSED AT A SPEED NOT EXCEEDING THAT
RATE. THE BLACKBALL AT THE DRAW SIG-
NIFIES THAT THE DRAW IS OPEN, AND TRAINS
MUST STOP. IN FOGGY WEATHER, CARE MUST
BE TAKEN TO SEE THAT ALL IS RIGHT AT THE
DRAW BEFORE PASSING.
" Trains following each other must keep at least one
mile apart, and in the evening a TAIL LANTERN must
be used on the forward train.
" The RED FLAG is the flag of danger, whenever dis-
played. At road crossings, when displayed across the
TYPE OF RAILROAD TRAIN OF ABOUT 1850 SHOWING THE
BAGGAGE CRATE
SECOND RAILROAD STATION AT LYNN, BUILT IN 1848
From a woodcut in Ballou's Pictorial, I 857.
BY FBANCIS B. C. BRADLEE. 297
common road, it signifies that the train is coming, and
travelers must look out. But whenever the red flag is
displayed on the railroad, it signifies danger to the train,
and the train must stop and ascertain the cause of the
danger. In the evening, a LANTERN displayed in the
track signifies danger, and the train must stop.
" Conductors and enginemen will compare their time
daily, the former keeping their watches regulated by
Willard's time."
JOHN KINSMAN, Sup't.
Oct. 8, 1849.
A few years after this it was stated that : "No person
will be permitted to ride with the engineer and fireman
on the engine or tender, excepting the conductor, road-
master and bridge inspector, unless by permission of the
Superintendent."
Conductors were " to have charge of the trains and
are to decide all questions relating thereto, in the absence
of a superior officer of the company."
" Delays are not to be made up by extra speed, except
by express orders of the Superintendent." This rule
was, however, more honored in the breach than in practice.
" Twenty-five miles per hour is to be considered the
average rate of running by passenger trains, and fifteen
by merchandize trains, and is not to be exceeded.
"If there be ANY doubt of the entire safety of pro-
ceeding, the train must stop, and measures be taken to
ascertain if there be any danger. . . .
" They (the conductors) will never allow the train to
proceed beyond its regular station for meeting, UNTIL
THE ARRIVAL OF THE TRAIN DUE, unless certain
advice from the conductor that it will not come, or writ-
ten instructions to the contrary .be received from the
Superintendent. On this point there is to be NO DIS-
CRETION and this regulation is to be obeyed at all
events and under all circumstances.
" They will report any neglect of the engineer or fire-
man to ring the bell according to law.
"They will allow no disturbance ; see that all passen-
gers, especially ladies, are properly accommodated. . . .
298 THE EASTERN RAILROAD,
" They will permit no smoking in or on the cars. . . .
" They will in case of accident by which the train is
stopped or passengers injured, remain by the train, but
dispatch immediately advice to the trains coming from
each way, what course to pursue, and for this or any
other purpose connected with the accident, they will call
on the track repairers or any other person in the employ
of the company.
" They will also, if necessary, send to the several
depots for assistance and for medical aid (if necessary).
For this purpose they should make themselves acquainted
with the names and residences of physicians and surgeons
living near the road.
" They will also notify the Superintendent as soon as
possible of any difficulty and direct the messenger to de-
liver his errand in person.
" They will examine the wheels and bearings of the
cars at each end of the route. . . .
" They are to act as brakemen when necessary." . . .
Engineers were " to take their instructions as to stop-
ping and starting from the conductor who has charge of
the train.
*' Will always run within the time noted in the time
table. . . .
" With the fireman, will alternately often look around
to see that all is right with tho train while passing over
the road. . . .
" Whenever they have any reason to doubt the entire
safety of going on with the train, they will stop at once
and wait until they and the conductor are both satisfied
about it. . . .
" The whistle should be sounded by all trains coming
into the Boston and Salem depots, at one hundred rods
distance ; also, when approaching road crossings."
It may be incidentally remarked that all the crossings
from Salem into Boston proper were whistled for until
1880.
Among the rules for depot masters were : " In case
of accident to any train on the road, they will on receiv-
ing information thereof, act according to circumstances
BY FRANCIS B. C. BEADLEE. 299
in such a way as to give the earliest assistance and pre-
vent as much as possible ariy subsequent detention, but
not so as to endanger in the least possible degree the
other trains, or interfere with the conductors.
Prior to 1845 in case a train was over one hour late in
arriving at either Lynn or Salem, the depot master " will
immediately start on horseback to learn the cause of the
delay." . . .
Train baggage masters were informed that " passen-
gers are allowed by the regulations 60 Ibs. (of baggage)
each, but this is not intended to be strictly enforced . . .
on this point discretion must be used."
" They will see that the crates are taken off and on the
ferry boat with as little jar as possible.
" They will consider themselves and act as brakemen
at all times."
Brakemen were to " keep the cars in good order, ex-
amine the wheels and bearings at each stopping place, oil
up, and generally carry out the conductor's orders."
" On approaching each stopping place they will brake
up, but NOT SO AS TO SLIDE THE WHEELS, which
should never be done except in urgent cases, or where
there is danger."
Besides this, they were expected as a matter of course
to take care of stoves (two in each ear), clean the
interior of the cars, and help the conductor collect the
tickets when the train was a long one. All the outward
baggage in Boston was loaded on trucks and drawn down
to the train on which it was to go by the brakeman.
The train baggage master then assisted in loading it in
the baggage car. In the case of inward trains the same
process was carried out in reverse order.
Conductor Thomas T. Lyon, who entered the service
of the Eastern Railroad Company in 1868 when the old-
fashioned methods were still in full use, tells the author
that braking by hand was not the hard piece of work the
present generation of railroad men may think. In the
first place the cars were smaller and lighter, and the brakes
were constantly kept oiled to such a degree that they
could be applied almost with one hand. Conductor Lyon
300 THE EASTERN RAILROAD,
says that all things being considered, some remarkably
quick stops could be made. One brakeman was the rule
on all trains except the Portland trains which had two
men. The baggage master did his part, but the conduc-
tor rarely touched the brakes except in an emergency.
The crews were supposed to be able to stop at the regu-
lar stations without the signal for " brakes " being
given by the engineer. On long and heavy trains the
locomotive always was reversed to help bring the cars to
a stop.
Mr. Charles C. Dodge of Manchester, Mass., a former
employe of the Eastern Railroad, and who has been of the
greatest assistance to the author, says : " When there were
many cars on a train stopping, for instance, at Revere,
west bound, they would begin to set up brakes as far out
as Oak Island."
When the bell cord was first used as a signal on the
Eastern Railroad cannot be exactly determined, but in
1856 rule 19 for conductors in the time book says :
" They will see that they have upon the trains, signal
flags, red lanterns, ordinary lanterns, spare shackles and
pins, oil, etc. He must also see that he has a signal cord,
properly connected through the whole length of the
train."'
In 1859 was adopted the following rule, probably the
most important of all, and today, with modifications,
more strictly insisted upon than any other : " If by any
accident, or other cause, a train is delayed on the road,
the first duty of the conductor and all other persons con-
nected with the train is to warn coming trains of their
danger and prevent their running into the delayed train ;
and in all such cases occurring in the day one man must
be sent backwards or forwards as the case requires at
least half a mile with a red flag, and in the night two
men with lanterns to stop the approaching train. NO
cause whatever must prevent the signal men from going
back at least half a mile and staying there until the ap-
proaching train is stopped."
At first the trains were not numbered, but when the
practice began, about 1848, each train kept its number
BY FRANCIS B. C. BRADLEE. 301
all day : that is, train number 1 would make a round trip
between Portsmouth and Boston, and number 4, four
round trips between Salem and Boston. Later on (1855)
the outward trains had the low numbers and the inward
trains the high numbers, and at the same time the con-
ductor's name was listed before each train. Branch
trains had no numbers, and freight trains were desig-
nated as "freight train number 1," etc.
Some of the Lawrence branch passenger trains had the
same numbers as different trains on the main road, which
it would seem must have led to confusion. In 1872,
after the Revere disaster, the present practice of having
outward trains bear the odd numbers and inward trains
the even, was begun. The main line trains had the low
numbers beginning with number 1, and the branch trains
high numbers in the hundreds. At this time the freight
trains were designated by letters of the alphabet, but
later they were numbered in the same way as the passen-
ger trains.
In 1851 the officers of the Eastern and Portland, Saco
and Portsmouth Railroads were as follows :
David A. Neal, Salem, President.
Isaiah Breed, Lynn, Director.
Ichabod Goodwin, Portsmouth,
Benjamin Tyler Reed, Boston, '
Samuel Hooper, Boston, 4
Samuel Philbrick, Brookline, *
Albert Thorndike, Beverly, '
W. S. Tuckerman, Boston, Treasurer.
Wm. H. Foster, Salem, Clerk.
John Kinsman, Salem, Superintendent.
Robert Annable, Eastern Railroad Conductor.
Jeremiah Prescott, " " "
Benjamin Cram, " " *'
J. Akerman, " " " *
Camden C. Davis, ' "
George E. Goldthwait, " "
J. Kilborn, " "
John Harris, " " "
S. L. Batchelder, Essex Railroad Conductor.
302 THE EASTERN RAILROAD,
James Sweetser, Superintendent and Treasurer of the
Portland, Saco and Portsmouth Railroad.
William Akerman, O. W. Towle, Conductors of the
Portland, Saco and Portsmouth Railroad.
When punches were first used to cancel tickets there
were not, as now, distinct perforation marks for each
conductor. The first used were all of a like pattern,
with a D mark to be used on downward trips and a U
mark for upward trips. The punching rules required
conductors to " cancel and make useless ALL PAPER
tickets that pass through their hands." " On Lawrence
Branch, down Boston tickets will receive three punches,
Middleton and Boston two, Danvers and Boston one."
Rebate tickets issued by conductors to passengers pay-
ing cash fares did not come into use until much later.
Besides running the trains, the conductors were ex-
pected to take care of the tin boxes containing the money
collections taken in at the various stations along the road
and were to deliver them personally at the treasurer's
office in Boston. This was a matter of no small respon-
sibility. Many people will remember the conductor's
closets that were built in some of the old-fashioned cars
at the end to contain these cash boxes.
The rules concerning free passes were as follows :
" Eastern Railroad Company.
To the Conductors :
Dear Sirs :
" The following persons you will pass free on the East-
ern Railroad and are not required to report them, viz :
1st. Directors, treasurer, superintendent, and clerk of
the Eastern Railroad Company,
2nd. Directors and clerk of the Eastern Railroad in
New Hampshire.
3rd. Directors, treasurer, superintendent and clerk of
the Portland, Saco and Portsmouth Railroad Company.
4th. The members of the immediate families of the
above.
5th. The directors, treasurer, clerk and superintendent
of the Boston and Maine Railroad.
6th. The chief machinist, bridge inspector and road
BY FRANCIS B. C. BRADLBB. 303
master of the Eastern Railroad. Freight agent, clerks in
the treasurer's and superintendent's offices, and persons
regularly attached to the engines or trains of the com-
pany.
7th. Special agents of the post office department, on
the exhibition of their credentials. . . .
" Also : circumstances may occur in which you are
authorized to exercise a sound discretion in regard to
passing persons free. Such, for instance, as the officers
of other roads occasionally passing over this road ; of
shipwrecked seamen ; of persons entirely destitute, etc.,
etc. But in such cases, you will insert the name of the
person passed in one of the tickets furnished you for
that purpose, endorse your own name on the back of it
and return it to the office at Salem.
" D. A. Neal, President."
Salem, Jan. 1, 1850.
The severe old-fashioned winters hampered railroad
travel to a degree which the present generation would
find it hard to realize or put up with. A few quotations
taken from Lewis and New hall's History of Lynn will
show how heavy snow storms impeded the trains sixty or
more years ago. Of course it must be taken into con-
sideration that neither the early locomotives or snow
ploughs compared in weight or power with those now in
use. " During the first week of January, 1854, there
were four snow storms . . . the railroad trains were
much impeded. On Thursday five locomotives were
joined to force the early morning train from Lynn to
Boston."
'* On Friday night, March 17, 1854, a violent gale
commenced from the northeast. Upon the Eastern Rail-
road a train was brought to a full stop, while passing
over the (Lynn) marshes, by the force of the wind."
" On Saturday, January 5, 1856, a great quantity of
snow fell and the wind blew a hurricane from the north-
east. Railroad travelling was greatly obstructed. The
half-past six o'clock train from Boston was twenty-two
hours in reaching Salem. It became fast bound a short
distance east of the Swampscott station and had to re-
main through the night."
304 THE EASTERN RAILROAD,
During the terrific storm of January 23, 1857, con-
ductor George E. Goldthwait left Boston in the after-
noon in charge of a passenger train composed of three
cars, three locomotives and a snow-plough. The train
became stalled between Prison Point, Charlestown, and
South Maiden (now Everett). Many of the passengers
had their fingers and ears frozen and were taken to the
nearest points of refuge. Mr. Goldthwait kept the train
in commission as long as possible and then returned to
Boston. On arrival in that city he collapsed, and it was
several hours before he recovered consciousness. He
never fully recovered from the effects of that terrible
experience, but nevertheless lived to a good old age, dying
in Salem at the age of 92 years in 1913, being the oldest
living conductor of the old Eastern Railroad.
Some of the trains leaving Boston were made up, so
to speak, in sections, the cars of which would be dropped
at various junction points along the road. For instance,
the noon Portland train for years hauled the Gloucester
branch cars as far as Beverly. Behind the latter were
spare cars to be left also at Beverly. When the other
end of Beverly bridge was reached, and while the train
was in motion, the Gloucester cars were uncoupled and
the locomotive and Portland cars would steam ahead and
come into Beverly station (a wooden building on the
type of the Salem depot and with three tracks) on the
outward track. The switch would then be quickly
changed and the Gloucester train would roll in on its own
momentum on the middle track, where a locomotive
would be waiting to take it to Rockport. In the mean-
time the spare cars were separated from those for Glou-
cester, the switch again " thrown," and they would come
in on the inward track to be switched off on a side track
ready to be taken back to Boston. This practice would
now be illegal.
The employees in the train service in the old days also
were able to add considerable sums to their pay by buying
fruit, vegetables and poultry at stations in New Hamp-
shire, Maine, and far up on the Lawrence branch and
disposing of the same at good profits to the Boston pro-
FIRST RAILROAD STATION AT BEVERLY, BUILT IN 1839.
From a woodcut in the "Traveller's Guide", I 857.
FIRST RAILROAD STATION AT NEWBURYPORT, BUILT IN 1840.
From Currier's "History of Newburyport".
BY FRANCIS B. C. BRADLEB. 305
vision dealers. The latter would often be waiting to
meet the trains. As the cost of transportation was nil,
the returns were fairly large. There was nothing under-
handed in this, as the companies were not unwilling that
their baggage cars should so be used if not already laden.
Often, also, conductors and brakemen would run errands
and transact business in Boston (of course being paid for
the same) for residents of places where the express ser-
vice was poor.
An amusing incident is related of the hackmen at the
Eastern station in Boston. Sometimes strangers would
wish to be taken to the Lowell station, distant not over
fifty feet. They would seat themselves in the carriage,
and the hackman would drive round by the water front,
perhaps returning by way of the State House, and even-
tually depositing the travellers at their destination, and
charging one dollar each for the ride.
How many people to-day would think of travelling
from Salem to Boston by way of the South Reading
Branch ? Yet it was built as a competing line to the
Eastern and was a terrible thorn in its side for some
time. Chartered by the Legislature in 1848, it was
opened August 31, 1850, from South Danvers (Peabody)
to South Reading (where it connected with the Boston
and Maine), a distance of a little over eight miles. David
Pingree was President, and D. N. Pickering, Superin-
tendent. Its trains ran from South Danvers to Salem
on the track of the Salem and Lowell Railroad, and also
used the latter's station, a small building at the northern
end of the tunnel. The equipment of the South Reading
Branch Railroad was of the finest, consisting, according
to the advertisement, of " elegant new 16-wheel passenger
cars and new powerful locomotives " (the " Express ",
"Traveller", "Danvers" and " Salem "). The trains
ran at convenient times and were in charge of " polite and
obliging conductors ". They connected at South Reading
with express trains of the Boston and Maine. As the
fares were slightly lower than on the Eastern, it did not
take long for the travelling public to avail themselves of
the new road.
306 THE EASTERN RAILROAD,
During the year 1850-51 the South Reading road,
operated independently, carried 44,120 full fare passen-
gers between Salem and Boston, 21,120 " package ticket "
passengers, and there were also 8132 holders of season
tjckets between the two cities. As easily may be imag-
ined, the competition proved very severe for the Eastern
Railroad, and during 1851 the directors of the latter
company managed by underhand means and paying an
exhorbitant price ($110.00 a share) to acquire the con-
trolling interest in the South Reading road. It was not
legal for the Eastern to own the stock in its corporate
capacity, and to overcome this, the holdings were placed
in the names of the various directors. At the next annual
meeting of the South Reading Branch Railroad the inde-
pendent management was turned out and various direc-
tors and officials of the Eastern were installed in their
places. They proceeded to sell " the elegant new 16-
wheel passenger cars "; the "polite and obliging" con-
ductors were dismissed, the locomotives were used to haul
the through trains on the Eastern and were replaced by
old, worn-out rolling stock, and at the same time the
time-table was so arranged as to discourage travel.
The minority stockholders of the South Reading road
and the inhabitants of the various towns along its line
were soon "up in arms " and petitioned the legislature
not to legalize the purchase of their road by the Eastern,
but after a bitter controversy the latter company accom-
plished its aim, though only on condition that it agree to
run four passenger trains and one freight train each way
daily. The agreement was kept as far as the passenger
trains were concerned, but the directors refused to run
the freight train, which they said could only be done at
a dead loss, and no measures were taken to compel them
to do so.
During the year 1851 David A. Neal resigned as Pres-
ident and his place was taken by Albert Thorndike of
Beverly, who was more in favor of building the exten-
sion into Boston to reach the city proper. This was
done by continuing the road from North Chelsea (Re-
vere) and thence in a circuitous route through Chelsea,
BY FRANCIS B. C. BEADLEE. 307
South Maiden (Everett), across the Mystic river, thence
by Somerville and bridging th rough Charlestown* into
Boston, with a terminus on Cau seway street, at the foot
of Friend street, the total distance being a little over six
miles. The worst feature of this plan was that it in-
volved crossing the lines of the Boston and Maine and
Fitchburg Railroads at grade in Charlestown, which, be-
sides being dangerous, resulted in costly and tedious
lawsuits with these companies. The total cost of the
extension, including land damages, double tracked into
Boston, was .1791,601.00.
A strong minority of the stockholders fought the
project bitterly from the first. One characterized the new
part of the line as " built on a solid bed of expensive
lawsuits " ; another said, referring to the winding nature
of the road, ' that it seemed to have been planned to
enable the traveller to gaze upon all four sides of Bunker
Hill Monument." A third opinion was " that the treas-
ury of a railroad seems to be considered like a city carried
by assault, the proper arena and admitted apology for
plunder."
The trains first ran into the Causeway street station
on April 10, 1854. The depot itself was a temporary
wooden one-story building, for it was hoped that in time
a Union Station could be built for the use of the Eastern
and Boston and Lowell Railroads. The new terminus
was so small that the locomotives drawing the trains did
not enter it at all. About half a mile outside, the engine
would be detached and switched off and the cars rolled
into the station on their own momentum. This required
good judgment and nerve on the part of the train crews,
as the slightest miscalculation in applying the brakes
might result in the cars crashing through the station into
Causeway street. Strange to say, the practice continued
for a great many years.
The East Boston depot was given up almost entirely
to freight purposes (a few branch passenger trains were
*From a point a little northerly of the Charlestown State
Prison, where the Boston & Maine freight yards now are, was then
water and mud flats, which were not filled in until many years
later.
308 THE EASTERN RAILROAD,
run for many years to East Boston from Lynn and Re-
vere), and the stock in the East Boston Ferry Company
was divided among the stockholders as a stock dividend.
In 1854 the legislature of Massachusetts passed a law
allowing railroad corporations to fund their floating debts
by means of bond issues, and the stockholders of the
Eastern Railroad accordingly authorized their directors to
issue bonds to an amount not exceeding $1,500,000.00,
bearing six per cent, interest; of this $1,200,000.00 were
sold at a rate averaging 83 1-3 per cent.
In the meantime the Saugus branch was opened for
travel on February 1, 1853, its eastern terminus being
Lj'nn Common, for its track did not join the main line of
the Eastern at West Lynn. At its other end it connected
with the Boston and Maine Railroad (main line) at Mai-
den. The only intermediate stations at the beginning
were East Saugus, Saugus, Cliftondale, and East Maiden
(now Linden). The Eastern Railroad soon began to
complain that the Saugus Branch, operated as above,
benefited no one but their bitter enemy the Boston and
Maine, and that they were forced to keep up separate
rolling stock which could not by any means be of use to
them on other parts of their system. So they petitioned
the legislature for permission to consolidate the Saugus
Branch Railroad Company (of which they already owned
the larger part of the stock) with their own corporation,
and at the same time to discontinue the connection of the
branch with the Boston and Maine at Maiden, and in-
stead extend it to join their main line at South Maiden
(Everett) Junction, and also extend it at its further end
to connect with their main line at West Lynn. This
would give them a " loop line " between Boston and
Lynn and enable some of the main line trains to be run
that way. The legislature gave the required permission,
and the new connections were made in 1855.
The Saugus Branch was one of the few fortunate in-
vestments of the Eastern, for it opened large tracts of
land that were soon built up with suburban residences.
Until the coming of the electric trolley cars connecting
with the Elevated railroad, it was probably one of the
LOCOMOTIVE "MARBLEHEAD, NO. 5" (SECOND OF THE NAME) AND THE
MARBLEHEAD TRAIN (PASSENGER AND FREIGHT) STANDING IN THE
SALEM STATION.
LOCOMOTIVE "CITY OF LYNN" NO. 28, BUILT IN 1854, STANDING IN
FRONT OF THE DANVERS STATION.
This locomotive won the celebrated race for the U. S. mails between Boston and Portland.
BY FRANCIS B. C. BRADLEB. 309
best paying stretches of railroad in New England, but
since then the travel has largely fallen off. The through
travel to northeastern Maine also had rapidly increased,
so that the Eastern, Boston and Maine, and Portland,
Saco and Portsmouth roads had built at New York, in
1853, a fine new side-wheel steamboat, of 900 tons, the
" Daniel Webster ", to run between Portland, Rockland,
Penobscot River landings and Bangor, in connection with
the railroad. She also proved a lucky " outside invest-
ment," and, being considered one of the finest boats of her
day on the coast,was always well patronized and paid large
dividends. The steamboat train to connect with her was
run alternately by the Eastern and Boston and Maine
roads. She finally was sold to the government during the
Civil War and was used as a hospital ship. The steam-
boat " Governor," which had been put on in 1848, at this
time ran between Portland, Eastport and St. John, N. B.
in connection with the railroad. During the summer of
1855 the Eastern railroad chartered the propeller steam-
boat " Lawrence " and ran her between Boston, Marble-
head, Salem and Beverly to carry freight and also pas-
sengers.
The Massachusetts legislature in 1852 had given per-
mission to the Newburyport Railroad Company and the
Danvers Railroad Company to consolidate, as the New-
buryport Railroad, their object being to build a line from
Newburyport through Georgetown, Topsfield, and West
Danvers (now West Peabody) to connect with the Boston
and Maine road at South Reading, making thus a com-
peting railroad between Newburyport (and by connec-
tions), Salem and Boston. As the Newburyport Railroad
was very weak financially, the management of the Eastern
did not at first give much attention to the project, as it
seemed doubtful of success. It was finished, however,
in 1854, and opened for travel October 23rd of the same
year. Shortly before this (1853) the Newburyport Rail-
road Company was leased, in spite of strenuous opposi-
tion by the Eastern, to the Boston and Maine, thus pre-
cipitating a most serious question for the Eastern Railroad,
which protested in its annual report that the Boston and
310 THE EASTERN RAILROAD,
Maine invaded their territory " without any regard to
their rights in the question."
In October, 1854, the following advertisement appeared
in the Salem newspapers : " On and after Monday,
October 23, 1854 New Route between Salem and Boston
via the Salem and Lowell, Danvers and Boston and Maine
Railroads via South Danvers, West Danvers and Lynn-
field Center . . . without change . . . Fares as low as
by any other line . . . Season tickets may be had either
at offices or from the conductors . . .
" F. H. Nourse, Superintendent of the Salem and
Lowell Railroad Company."
From Salem the competition did not amount to very
much, as it took a much longer time to reach Boston via
the new route than by the Eastern. The travel to and
from Danvers and Lynnfield was, however, seriously cut
into, and in order to meet the situation the Eastern sold
tickets from South Danvers (Peabody) and Lynnfield to
Boston at rates below what it cost to ride between Salem
and Boston. Salem people were not slow in taking ad-
vantage of this, and soon the spectacle was presented of
passengers using Boston and Peabody tickets to Salem
and then re-selling to various expressmen who disposed
of them at reduced rates for the ride called for between
Salem and Peabody. This absurd state of things was
ended by an agreement between the Eastern and Boston
and Maine to divide the traffic between Newburyport,
Salem and Boston. In the 60's, however, the *' war "
broke out again, and during 1864-65 the Eastern Railroad
carried passengers from Newburyport to Boston for fifty
cents, which was nearly half the regular rate.
For a few years in the early 50's the Eastern Railroad
managed to get along fairly well and pay dividends at
the rate of six and seven per cent, but ultimately the
crushing weight of its floating debt, increased largely
by the purchase of controlling interests in the various
railroad and steamboat companies before mentioned, to-
gether with the great cost of building the new extension
to enter Boston proper, began to tell, and early in 1855
alarming rumors were in circulation concerning the com-
pany's precarious financial situation.
BY FRANCIS B. C. BRADLEE. 311
Iii addition to the outside investments referred to, the
Eastern had at this time guaranteed the bonds of the
Great Falls and Conway Railroad of New Hampshire
(opened in part in 1849) to the amount of $100,000.00,
and also gone through a like process with regard to
$131,000.00 of Grand Junction Railroad bonds and a
$60,000.00 bond issue of the Great Falls and South
Berwick (Maine) Branch Railroad (opened February 5,
1855). The Eastern also had paid $49,000.00 for 495
shares of stock in the South Berwick road. This branch
was supposed to be of value as a feeder to the main road,
but as it soon afterward became bankrupt, as did the
Grand Junction Railroad, these investments were practi-
cally worthless. The Grand Junction road was built to
connect the railroads entering Boston on the south and
west with those from the north and east and the wharves
at East Boston.
Just before the annual meeting in July, 1855, bad
matters were made worse, and the stockholders of the
Eastern Railroad were appalled at learning of the confes-
sion of their treasurer, William S. Tuckeruian, that he had
been speculating with the company's funds and had lost
heavily, the defalcation amounting to slightly over $281,-
000.00. Tuckerman's books had been in the past regu-
larly examined each year by a committee of the directors.
The investigating committee could make neither head nor
tail of them, and Mr. Tuckerman, in his efforts to cover
up his irregularities, had so far overreached himself that
he could not clearly explain his own accounts. The only
real statements of the company's finances had been kept
by Mr. Tuckerman on scraps of paper and check book
stubs for his own use. In their long report the commitee
(George M. Browne, William Richardson, Levi B. Mer-
riam, William N. Brewster, Henry H. Ladd, Asahel
Huntington and Joseph F. Saunderson) found the com-
pany's position and future prospects inherently strong,
but that the strictest economy must be practiced to restore
its financial stability. All hope of dividends for some
time must be given up, and the President should be the
responsible and directing head of the company. Hereto-
812 THE EASTERN RAILROAD.
fore the Treasurer had practically managed the road.
The committee also recommended " that hereafter no
part of any tributary or connecting railroad shall be built,
or any bonds or debts of any other company be endorsed
or guaranteed. . . . That the price of season tickets be
raised, and at the same time the abuse of free passes cut
down."
There were then 352 employees of the Eastern Rail-
road in all departments, and it was thought that some
sixty or seventy could be discharged, thus saving $25,-
000.00 or $30,000.00 per annum. Thirteen passenger
trains were run each way daily in 1855. This gave
Portland three trains, Portsmouth four, Newburyport five,
and Salem thirteen. It was thought the number could be
reduced to ten trains daily each way without unduly in-
conveniencing the public.
The alarm of the stockholders was not lessened by the
following occurrence, which happened in 1855, soon
after Mr. Tuckerman's irregularities became known. A
bag containing $5,500.00 in gold, belonging to the United
States Government, and on its way from the Portsmouth
Navy Yard to Boston, in charge of the messenger for
Jackson's express, was stolen from the baggage car while
the train was stopping in Salem. The messenger had left
the car for a few minutes, but as he locked the door be-
hind him it was inconceivable who could have broken in,
especially as the thief was in plain sight of the many
people standing on the platform of the station. Conduc-
tor Harris of the Marblehead train had, however, seen
John Smith Robinson, a man employed in the freight de-
partment of the road, unlock the baggage car door, enter
and leave quickly. Mr. Harris thought nothing of it at
the time, as Robinson was an employe of the road, but
later in the day, when the news of the robbery became
known, he telegraphed (the first mention of any use of
the telegraph on the Eastern road) what he had seen to
Boston, with the result that Robinson was arrested and
the gold found hidden under a floor in the Boston station.
(To be continued.)
THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY.
( Continued from Volume LIZ, page
1042
JONATHAN PLUMER?, born in Rowley, Mass., Dec. 29,
1807. He lived in Georgetown, Mass. ; and married
Harriet B. Wilkins of Danvers. He died in Georgetown
Aug. 1, 1875.
Children :
1666 i. CHARLES H. s ; lives in Georgetown, unmarried.
1667 ii. HARRIET F. 8 ; married Clarence A. Poor of Georgetown.
1668 m. 8 ; died.
1669 iv. ; died.
1670 v. 8 ; died.
1671 vi. 8 ; died.
1672 vii. 8 ; died.
1673 vm. 8 ; died.
1044
SAMUEL PLUMER T , born in Rowley, Mass., Aug. 31,
1811. He was a tailor ; and lived in Georgetown. He
married Harriet Newell, daughter of Jonathan Keniston ;
and died in Georgetown in 189-.
Children :
1674 i. HORACE BRADSTREET"; merchant; lived in Boston, un-
married.
1675 ii. JOHN*; died young.
1676 ill. HARRIET 8 ; died young.
1677 iv. MART 8 ; died young.
1678 v. MART"; unmarried.
1679 vi. ANNA E. 8 ; unmarried; music teacher in Boston.
1680 vn. SADIE F. 8 ; married Hon. William Arthur Butler of
Georgetown.
(313)
814 THE PLUMEK GENEALOGY,
1061
RICHARD PLUMER S , born Nov. 25, 1805. He married
Lucian(?) Hadley May 20, 1833. She was born Feb. 1,
1804 ; and died Sept. 6, 1884, at the age of eighty. He
died May 24, 1885, in his eightieth year.
Their children were born in Gilmanton, N. H., as fol-
lows :
16811. JOSEPH 9 , born Dec. 28, 1834. See family numbered
" 1681."
1682n. ELEANOR', bom May 6, 1836; died Aug. 11, 1840.
1064
JAMES PLUMEE S , born in Laconia, N. H., Dec. 15, 1815.
He was appointed ensign of Fourth company, in the
Tenth regiment, April 12, 1843. He married Nancy Dan-
iels at Madbury, N. H., Jan. 20, 1840 ; and was drowned
at Lincoln, Neb., July 14, 1870, at the age of thirty.
Children :
16831. HARRIET MINERVA', born Jan. 11, 1841; married Onis
Perry Young, at Manchester, N. H., Jan. 11, 1858;
and lives at Suncook, N. H.
1684 ii. JAMES MARCELLUS", born Dec. 8, 1843, at Upper Gil-
manton, now Belmont, N. H. ; and died at Manches-
ter July 2, 1845.
1685 in. BYRON SELWIN', born April 8, 1845, at Manchester. See
family numbered " 1685."
1686 iv. JAMES MARCELLUS", born March 25, 1848, at Manches-
ter; died Aug. 19, 1848, at Stoneham, Mass.
1687 v. FRANK INNIE S , born Oct. 8, 1850, at Lowell, Mass. ; died
there Aug. 28, 1851.
1688 vi. FRED. J. 9 , born Aug. 28, 1853, at Franklin, N. H. ; and
died, unmarried, at -Maiden, Mass., Oct. 23, 1882,
aged twenty-nine.
1067
JOSEPH A. PLUMER*, born Oct. 27, 1800. He married
Sarah B. Lamprey in 1823 ; and died May 6, 1846.
Children :
16891. ELIZA ANN*, born May 26, 1829; married William A.
Ayers May 22, 1864, in Vassalboro, Me.
1690n. SARAH JANE S , born July 15, 1827; died Jan. 2, 1853,
aged twenty-five.
BY SIDNEY PBELEY. 315
1691 in. CHARLES E. 9 , born Oct. 29, 1831. -Sec family numbered
11 1691."
1692 iv. MART E. 9 , born Dec. 81, 1833; married Henry E. Marsh
Nov. 80, 1864, in Canterbury, N. H. ; and died April
24, 1864, aged thirty.
1693 v. MARTHA O. 9 , born July 12, 1840; married Benjamin G.
Bryce at Gilmanton Oct. 17, 1861 ; and died at La
Grange, Mo., April 24, 1864, aged twenty-three.
1694 VL LAURA A. 9 , born Oct. 17, 1842; married J. Horace Doree
of Gilmanton March 2, 1862.
1068
SAMUEL PLUMER*, born in 1804. He married Nancy
Lamprey.
Children :
1695 i. SAMUEL J. 9 , born June 2, 1829; died Dec. 30, 1839, aged
ten.
1696n. BENJAMIN D. 9 , born Dec. 24, 1833 ; unmarried in 1889.
1697 in. GEORGE W. 9 , born Sept. 5, 1843. See family numbered
4 1697."
1069
JOHN C. PLUMER", born in Gilford, N. H., Jan. 9, 1804.
He married, first, Martha Frye of Salem, Mass. ; and,
second, Mrs. Eunice (Franklin) Davis March 17, 1842.
Child :
16981. SARAH J, 9 , born Sept. 23, 1843, in Winchester, N. H.;
married Eved E. Howard in 1865 ; and lives in Win-
chester.
1070
JONES PLUMER', born in Gilford, N. H., March 1, 1807.
He married, first, Clarissa Hinckley Nov. 30, 1830, at
Gilford. She was born April 27, 1813 ; and became in-
sane. He was divorced from her ; and married, second,
Mrs. Eliza Calkins, at Swansey, N. H., Dec. 8, 1842. He
died at Gilford Feb. 10, 1883, at the age of seventy-five.
Children :
16991. MARIA 9 , born Oct. 23, 1831; married, first, John Wood-
man, at Alton, Feb. 15, 1852 ; he died of sunstroke
in 1865; she married, second, Levi B. Glidden of
Durham March 29, 1869.
700 II. NAPOLEON 9 , born Nov. 22, 1833 ; supposed to be dead.
316
THE PLUMBR GENEALOGY,
1701 in. HENBY W. 9 , born Oct. 10, 1835; married, first, Eliza A.
Carlton July 4, 1857; she died Nov. 10, 1873(?); he
married, second, Eliza Bryant Nov. 10, 1873(?); and
she died July 9, 1882. Mr. Plumer had daughters,
Ermina 0. and Carrie E.
1702 iv. JEBBY L. 9 , born March 16, 1838; was a private in com-
pany I, in Third regiment, New Hampshire volun-
teers, in the Civil war, and died, unmarried, in the
Soldiers' hospital in New York March , 1864,
aged twenty-six.
1703 v. EDWABD J. 9 , born June 25, 1844; died in the war in 1863.
1704 vi. JULIUS D., born Jan. 28, 1847 ; died Aug. 31, 1849.
1705 vn. AMANDA M. 9 , born Nov. 27, 1848; died Aug. 13, 1849.
1706 vtn. ELLA A. M. 9 , born Sept. 28, 1850.
1707 ix. SABAH E. 9 , born Jan. 29, 1853.
1708 x. OSOAB J. 9 , born July 7, 1856.
1071
WILLIAM PLUMER 8 , born Sept. 4, 1808. He married
Mary N. Stanwood of Salem April 8, 1833 ; and she
died at Salem Jan. 26, 1881.
Children :
1709 i. WILLIAM HENBY*, born July 26, 1833; married Lydia
Thompson; and died Nov. 2, 1868.
1710 n. CATHABINE AUGUSTA", born July 16, 1836; married
John H. Bickford.
1711 in. SABAH ELIZABETH 9 , born April 8, 1838; married Aza
Hayford; and lived in Haverhill.
1712 iv. ELLEN LouiSA 9 , born Oct. 3, 1840; married Henry F.
Andrew of Nova Scotia; and lived in Salem, Mass.
1713 v. JOSEPHINE 9 , born March 19, 1843 ; married Stephen W.
Mansfield April 29, 18, at North Beverly.
1075
HENRY PLUMER S born in Gilford, N. H., Sept. 24, 1824.
He lived at Mattapan, Mass. ; and married Mary J. Fel-
lows of Sanborntown, N. H., at Manchester, Nov. 11,
1847.
Children :
17141. YOBINDA A. 9 , born May 30, 1849, in Manchester; mar-
ried Acman Cox of Meredith.
1715 n. AUGUSTA C. 9 , born June 30, 1851 ; married William L,
Bennett of Bristol, N. H.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY.
317
1716 in. AMELIA 9 , born Aug. 18, 1852, at Belmont, N. H. ; mar-
ried Joseph W. Favor.
1717 iv. ALBERT EUGEXE S , born June 23, 1854, in Belmont. See
family numbered " 1717."
1718 v. SARAH ELMA", born Jan^27, 1858, in Canaan, N. H. ;
married Fred C. Price of Concord, N. H., Nov. 25, 1879.
1719 vi. MARY J. 9 , born April 29, 1861; married William G. Cox
of Meredith Dec. 29, 1877.
1078
HIRAM PLUMER 8 , born Oct. 12, 1809. He married
Rebecca (Nichols), widow of Robert Crane (Grain ?), at
Meredith, in 1838.
Children :
1720 i. EVELYN J. 9 , born June 3, 1839, at Meredith; married
Joseph B. Mitchell of Bridgewater, N. H., in 1860.
1721n. EDGAR A. 9 (twin), born Feb. 17, 1841; died Nov. 18,
1859, aged eighteen.
1722 in. EDWIN L. 9 (twin), born Feb. 17, 1841. See family num-
bered "1722."
1080
HENRY PLUMER S , born May 20, 1814. He married,
first, Elizabeth A. Tucker of Campton Jane , 1839 ;
and she died Jan. 8, 1842. He married, second, Nahala
Oilman of Bristol May 23, 1843 ; and she died Dec. 23,
1864. He married, third, Flora A. Young of Plymouth,
N. H., March 19, 1868.
Children :
17231. MARY A. 9 , born July 29, 1840; married, first, David M.
Heath Dec. 6, 1860; and, second, Christopher H.
Marsh of Campton.
1724 II. ELIZABETH J. 9 , born Jan. 5, 1842; married George W.
Gilraan.
1725 in. JULIETTE 9 , born Feb. 11, 1845; married F. B. Chase of
New York Oct. , 1869.
1726 iv. FRANK H. 9 , born March 19, 1848; married and had chil-
dren.
1727 v. WILLIAM N. 9 , born Feb. 26, 1869.
1728 vi. GEORGE W. S.', born May 13, 1871.
1082
RICHARD J. PLUMER S , born July 25, 1819. He mar-
ried Nancy H., daughter of Samuel and Abigail Swain,
Feb. 6, 1843.
318 THE PLUMER GENEALOGY. .
Children :
17291. SABAHA. 9 , born May 2, 1844; married Albert N. Kim-
ball of Holderness, N. H., Jan. 25, 1870.
1730n. JOHN HAYNES", born Sept. 7, 1846; married Nellie Rus-
sell Jan. 9, 1872, in Plymouth, N. H.
1084
GEORGE W. S. PLUMER S , born Aug. 3, 1825. He married
Sarah H. Mitchell of Bridgewater, N. H., May 11, 1853 ;
and died in the army Feb. 1, 1863, at Carrollton, La.
Child :
17311. JOSEPHINE G. 9 , born Jan. 23, 1854.
1085
JOSIAH R. PLUMER 8 , born May 18, 1812. He lived in
Groton, N. H.; and married Rachel C., daughter of Asa
and Susan Smith, Jan. 12, 1842. She was born in Rum-
ney, N. H., Jan. 7, 1814.
Children :
17321. JOSIAH D. 9 , born Oct. 11, 1842, in Groton; married; and
died May 16, 1881.
1733n. ELMIBA R. 9 , born Sept. 24, 1844; married Oscar R. Ken-
dall, in Bristol, N. H., Dec. 12, 1869; and lived in
Groton.
1734 in. E. DEXTEB", born Aug. 1, 1847; married Rlioda 0. Cum-
mings of Putney July 16, 1875.
1735 iv. MONIBA B. a , b. Aug. 25, 1849.
1736 v. PBESCOTT M. 9 , born April 26, 1854. See family num-
bered " 1736."
1088
WILLIAM R. PLUMER*, born April 29, 1818. He mar-
ried Lucy E. Smith, in Orange, April 23, 1846.
Children :
17371. EDWIN W. 9 , born March 1(7?), 1849, in Groton. See
family numbered " 1737."
173811. GEOBGE O. 9 , born Sept. 12, 1852, in Orange; died at
Groton July 28, 1863, aged ten.
1739 m. REUBEN S. 9 See family numbered " 1739."
1740 iv. ELLMOBE H. 9 , born Dec. 6, 1856, at Groton. See family
numbered "1740."
1089
GEORGE PLTJMER S , born Jan. 24, 1821. He married
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 319
Frances, daughter of Abner Blodgett of Dorchester, N. H.,
Feb. 23, 1859.
Children :
17411. PKRSIS M. 9 , born Oct. 9, 1860.
1742 ii. GEOB&E FBANKLIN", born Aug. 29, 1862.
1743 ill. LUCINDA BLODGETT 9 , born Feb. 4, 1868.
1090
HARRISON PLUMER S , born March 26, 1823. He mar-
ried Sarah M. Batchelder in 1848 ; and died in Amherst,
N. H., Feb. 10, 1882.
Children :
1744 I. ESTELLA M. 9 , born April 4, 1852; married John Peacock.
1745 n. ELVIBA C. 9 , born Dec. 8, 1859; married Alonzo Hill.
1746 in. ETTA H. 9 , born April 8, 1863; married Fred Wilson.
1747 iv. SABAH AYEBS% born Aug. 29, 1865; married Edson
Field.
1094
HORACE PLUMER*, born in Groton, N. H., April 3,
1833. He married Welthea Caroline Wheeler Sept. 28,
1858.
Children :
1748 i. 9 (son) (twin), born June 23, 1859; lived three days.
1749n. 9 (daughter) (twin), born June 23, 1859; lived three
days.
1750 in. JOHN WHITMOBE', born June 8, 1860, in Groton; mar-
ried Emma A. Fellows of Charlestown, Mass., in
1881; and was killed on his engine, in Boston, Mass.,
Fast day, April 5, 1883, aged twenty-two. They had
one child, stillborn.
1751 rv. CLARA ETTA", born Sept. 2, 1862, at Groton; married
Charles H. Fellows of Concord, N. H.
1752 v. HATTIE JANE S , born Oct. 18, 1865, at Groton.
1758 vi. NETTIE HANNAH', born May 9, 1870, in Groton.
1754 vn. MABY LIZZIE", born Aug. 23, 1873, at Concord.
1755 vm. ALICE BETSEY', born July 20, 1877, in Concord.
1756 ix. ANNA WELTHEA*, born April 4, 1879.
1098
WILLIAM GARDNER PLUMER*, born in Salem, Mass.,
Feb. 20, 1822. He married Bridget Josephine Kennedy
Feb. 4, 1844.
320 THE PLUMER GENEALOGY,
Children :
1757 i. WILLIAM HENRY 9 , born Nov. 9, 1844; married Mrs. Fan-
nie (Platts) Booth; and had a son John.
1758 ii. THOMAS AUGUSTUS', born Sept. 7, 1846; died May 22,
1851.
1759 in. JOHN EDMUND*, born Feb. 14, 1849; died May 13, 1851.
1760 iv. EDMUND AUGUSTUS", born Nov. 1, 1851; married Katie
O'Donnell Oct. , 1882; and had a son Edmund born
in 1883.
1761 v. MARY JOSEPHINE**, born Aug. 6, 1853; married Abra-
ham A. T. Rogers.
1762 vi. FRANCIS JOSEPH**, born Feb. 4, 1856; married Mary
Hickey.
1107
WILLIAM LAURENS PLUMER S , born May 11, 1824. He
married his cousin Mary Cram Plumer (1124) Nov. 5,
1850 ; and she died Aug. 6, 1873. He died Dec. 17,
1874, at St. John, N. B.
Children :
17631. THOMAS GEORGE 9 , born Oct. 13, 1863; lived at Jackson
Brook, Me., unmarried.
1764 ii. ARTHUR KENT', born April 14, 1857; lives in St. John;
married Amy Underbill ; and had a daughter born in
1881.
1765 in. LAURENS CRAM S , born Aug. 6, 1873; lives in St. John.
1116
JOHN ADAMS PLUMER S , born May 4, 1841. He lives in
Chicago, 111. ; and married Fleeta Sercomb Jan. , 1869.
Child :
17661. FLEETA DAISY', born June 7, 1870.
1129
JOHN THOMAS PLUMER S , born May 19, 1844. He lives
in New York City ; and married Serina Mason Brough-
ton of New York City July 11, 1878.
Child:
17671. CARRIE HEMINGWAY', born Jan. 17, 1881; died Feb. 19,
1882.
1136
WILLIAM PLUMER S , born in Newburyport, Mass., Jan.
8, 1808. He married Elizabeth C. Safford.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 321
Children :
17681. ELLEN CuMMiNGs 9 , born Oct. 29, 1831; married Alexan-
der, son of John C. and Mary Sinclair, Dec. 24, 1855.
1769n. MABY B. 9 ; married Somerby N., son of Somerby C.
Noyes of West Newbury, Nov. 26, 1857.
1770 in. ELIZABETH DEAN 9 ; married Frederic, son of Luther
and Jeanette L. Allen, Jane 13, 1867.
1771 IV. GOBEON 9 .
1159
NATHAN PLUMER 8 , born May 19, 1837. He lives in
Denver, Col. ; and married Emma Cordelia Wheeler of
Seneca Falls, N. Y., Feb. 7, 1860.
Children :
17721. GBACE 9 ; died.
1773 ii. EDWABB NATHAN", born about 1878.
1774 m. s (daughter); died.
1168
GEOKGE HALEY PLTJMER S , born in Newburyport, Mass.,
April 28, 1847. He lived in his native town, where he
was a dry-goods dealer. He married Elenour Guy, daugh-
ter of the poet William W. and Ruth (Woodcock) Cald-
well, Dec. 12, 1872.
Children :
1775 i. FEED CALDWELL", born March 5, 1876.
1776 n. MABY LouiSE 9 , born Dec. 5, 1878.
1777 in. RALPH WABNEB 9 , born July 15, 1883.
1169
WENDELL PHILLIPS PLUMER S , born in Newburyport,
Mass., April 14, 1852. He married Mary Abbie, daughter
of Harrison G. and Martha G. (Cole) Smart, Oct. 29, 1879.
Children :
1778 I. ALICE GBEENWOOD 9 , born July 4, 1880.
1779n. RiCHABD 9 , born June 11, 1884.
1780 ill. MABGABET 9 , born Sept. 2, 1888.
1170
FRANK HORNE PLUMER S , born in Newburyport, Mass.,
April 27, 1857. He married Augusta Louisa, daughter
of Heinrich and Wilhelmina Rhode. She was born near
Hamburg, Germany.
322 THE PLTTMER GENEALOGY,
Children :
17811. EDWARD 9 , born Jan. 21, 1887.
1782n. LESLEY 9 , born March , 1888; died Sept. 22, 1888.
1173
JAMES PETTINGELL PLUMER 8 , born in Newburyport,
Mass., Oct. 4, 1852. He married, first, Sarah Adelaide,
daughter of James H. and Sarah P. Way (Vay ?), Dec.
31, 1872 ; and she died. He married, second, Mary E.
Porter, April 2, 1878.
Children :
17831. CHABLES 9 .
1784u. AMOE 9 .
1785 in. MABT.
1786 iv. JAMES WILLIAM*, born Feb. 11, 1879.
1787 v. BJCHABD AVERT", born Aug. 21, 1881.
1788 vi. HENBY DEABBOBN 9 , born Oct. 31, 1883.
1789 vii. GEOBGE LEEDS 9 , born Jan. 11, 1886.
1790 vni. 9 (daughter) ; died at the age of six months.
1187
ABIEL Gr. PLUMER*, born May 24, 1824. He resided
at West Creek, Ind. ; and married Kate, daughter of
Jacob and Sally Baughman, June 5, 1855.
Children :
17911. FBANK BAUGHMAN", born Jan. 16, 1858. See family
numbered " 1791."
1792n. ALBERT K. 9 , born March 14, 1863; died Sept. 22, 1871,
aged eight.
1793 in. EDwiN 9 , born Aug. 19, 1864; married Sophia Paulina,
daughter of Simon and Lena W. Sunderman, March
23, 1887. She was born Nov. 5, 1869.
1192
FBANK J. PLUMER S , born Feb. 16, 1844. He married
Abbie D., daughter of George W. and Abigail (Davis)
Knowles, Sept. 17, 1868.
Children :
17941. HANNAH LouiSE 9 , born Feb. 27, 1872.
1795 n. MARY ABEIE", born Dec. 20, 1878.
1796 in. CHARLOTTE M. 9 , born April 4, 1875.
1797 iv. GEORGE BITFIELD" (twin), born Aug. 28, 1876.
1798 v. INEZ EvA 9 (twin), born Aug. 23, 1876.
1799 vi. SABAH ANISETTE", born Nov. 4, 1877.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 323
1201
CYRUS PLUMER S , born Dec. 6, 1817. He married,
first, Marian Groghan Nov. 2, 1840 ; second, Mar-
tin ; and, third, Nancy Blaisdell.
Children :
18001. BENJAMIN 9 , born April 26, 1842, in Rollinsf ord ; married
Ellen M. Frye Dec. 25, 1867.
1801n. AMANDA*, born April 7, 1845; married Nathaniel Gates
of Portsmouth.
1802 in. MABY ELLA", born Aug. 24, 1845(?); died unmarried.
1803 iv. JOHN 9 , born Feb. 10, 1850, at Portsmouth; died unmar-
ried.
1804 v. ALBEBT C. 9 , born Oct. 22, 1852; married Ellen Moulton.
1805 vi. CHABLOTTE E. 9 , born March 9, 1854; lived in Boston,
unmarried.
1806 vn. LUCY D. 9 , born Sept. 29, 1858; married Horace Huzzey
of Boston.
1807 vni. HARRIET N. 9 , born Nov. 27, 1862; died young.
1808 IX. WltLIAM 9 .
1213
JOHN LINCOLN PLUMER S , born in Bowdoin, Me., Nov.
9, 1811. He lived at home on his father's farm until he
became of age, when he went to Bangor and engaged in
the lumber business. In 1838, he entered the wool trade,
and removed to Boston, where he became a prominent
merchant and citizen. He lived in Roxbury ; and was a
representative in the legislature and was on the governor's
staff. He was a member of the Dudley Street Baptist
Church. About 1854, he removed to New York, and
became connected with the woolen business in the firm
of Collins, Plumer & Co., residing in Brooklyn.
Mr. Plumer married, first, Susan Rand White, in
Hampden, Me., Aug. 13, 1835. She was daughter of
James and Susan (Atwood) White ; and she died Aug.
7, 1872. He married, second, Mary, daughter of Daniel
Lee and Betsey (Garritt) Wells and widow of Nehemiah
Curtiss, Oct. 1, 1873. She was born at Kingston, N. Y.,
Dec. 4, 1830. Mr. Plumer died Aug. 12, 1885, at the
age of seventy-three.
324 THE PLUMER GENEALOGY.
Children :
1809 i. SUSAN AUGUSTA 9 , born June 16, 1838, in Bangor, Me. ;
married Henry Jackson Foster Dec. 13, 1866.
1810 ii. JOHN FRANKLIN 9 , born Oct. 2, 1840, in Boston, Mass.;
married Emily Maria Atkins Dec. 9, 1862, in Brooklyn.
1811 in. CHARLES HENRY 9 , born Oct. 28, 1842, in Roxbury; died
Oct. 27, 1845.
1812 iv. SUSAN WHITE", born Oct. 12, 1844; died Nov. 17, 1845.
1813 v. ALBERT TURNER**, born Sept. 13, 1846 ; married Jane
Augusta, daughter of George I. and Phebe A. Seney
of Brooklyn, Nov. 30, 1875.
1814 vi. ELIZABETH WHITE 9 , born March 5, 1848, in Roxbury;
married Henry Eliott, son of Henry Chandler and
Lucy (Tappan) Bowen, Dec. 14, 1869.
1217
ANDREW PLUMER S , born in Topsham, Me., May 1,
1822. He lived at Lisbon Falls ; and married Elizabeth
Smith of Harpswell, Me., April 30, 1858.
Children :
1815 i. ALVAH"; married Ella Toothaker of Brunswick.
1816 ii. ARALETTA'; lives in Topsham, unmarried.
1817 in. FRANK 9 ; lives in Chelsea, Mass.
1220
ISAAC PLUMER 8 , born in Topsham, Me., Dec. 7, 1829.
He lived in Brunswick, Me. ; and married Frances A.
Merrow of Bowdoinham Sept. 3, 1855.
Children :
18181. AROLINE W. 9 , born Dec. 19, 1856.
1819n. ISAAC MARCELLUS S , born Dec. 16, 1867; died July fl,
1888, aged twenty.
1820 in. JULIA E. 9 ; married M. V. Adams, M. D., and lives in
Brunswick.
1232
JAMES J. PLUMER S , born in Vassalboro', Me., May 6,
1824. He resided in Augusta, Me.; and married Eliza-
beth Neal Clifford Sept. 7, 1845.
Children :
18211. SAMUEL 9 , born July , 1846; died Oct. , 1846.
1822n. MARY ELIZABETH", born March 1, 1848; married Ellison
Gilbert of Vassalboro 1 July 25, 1870.
BY SIDNEY PERLEY. 325
1248
CHARLES F. PLUMER S . He lived in Laconia; and
married, first, Ida Cox of Sandwich ; and, second, Zoe
McKenney of Tilton, N. H.
Children :
18231. 9 (son); died.
1884n. 9 (son); died.
1825 in. GEOBGE ERNEST", born Jan. 26, 1886.
1826 iv. ABTHUB W. 9 , born July 13, 1888.
1257
COL. ENOCH PLUMER 8 , born April 4, 1815. He lived
in Milton, N. H. ; and married Orinda Ayers of Wake-
field, N. H., June 16, 1840. He was a farmer.
Children :
1827 i. JOHN TTLEB S , born June 3, 1841; married Armina Gil-
man; and died Jane 20, 1868, aged twenty-seven.
They had a daughter Belle, who died in infancy.
1828n. JOSEPH EMMONs 9 , born Oct. 5, 1842; lived in Concord;
married Susan Pecker of Concord Oct. 20, 1869; and
had no children.
1829 in. MABY B. 9 , born Sept. 8, 1844; married Samuel W. Wal-
lingford Nov. 10, 1870; and lived in Milton.
1830 rv. BEABD BuBGE 9 , born June 18, 1846. See family num-
bered " 1830."
1831 v. SARAH 9 , born June 17, 1848; married Rev. Frank Haley,
D. D., May 1, 1878.
1832 vi. FANNY W. 9 , born Feb. 8, 1851; married Dr. John H.
Twombly July 11, 1878.
1833 vn. SusAN 9 , born April 27, 1854; married John Roberts of
Farmington Nov. 30, 1876 ; and died Oct. 12, 1878,
aged twenty-four.
1259
JOSEPH PLUMER 8 , born March 11, 1820. He lived in
Milton, N. H. ; and married, first, Adeline F. Baker of
Somersworth Oct. 30, 1844 ; and, second, Hannah D.
Clark of Framingham, Mass., Oct. 1, 1862.
Children :
1834 I. MOSES BAKEB 9 , born April 7, 1848; lived at home, un-
married.
1835 n. JOSEPH 9 , born Sept. 28, 1850; married Carrie Fall of
Lebanon, Me. ; and had a son Jay, born Feb. , 1883.
1836 in. SABAH BELL S , born Aug. 6, 1854; died Sept. 7, 1854.
326 THE PLUMBR GENEALOGY,
1264
JONAS M. PLUMER*, born in 1832. He lived on the
old homestead ; and married Annie H. Nute of Milton in
1862.
Child :
18371. FBEDEBICK E. 9 , born Oct. , 1868.
1266
JOHN PORTER PLUMER*, born in Sweden, Me., Sept.
26, 1814. He lived in his native town, and was town
clerk twenty-five years. He married, first, Sarah, daugh-
ter of Daniel and Sarah P. (Walker) Holden of Sweden,
June 23, 1842. She was born in Sweden June 20, 1821 ;
and died Oct. 15, 1854. He married, second, Cordelia
A., daughter of Joseph and Mehitable (Moulton) Bennett
of Freedom, N. H., Nov. 22, 1855. She was born in
Freedom Oct. 6, 1827 ; and died in Sweden Dec. 30, 1888.
Children :
1838 i. MARTHA ANGELiA 9 , born Aug. 4, 1844; married Charles
L. Palmer of Brookline, Mass., Jan. 1, 1879.
188911. SARAH ABIGAIL, born Sept. 17, 1846; married George
H. Nichols of Lynn April 21, 1869.
1840 in. ELIZABETH VICTORIA 9 , born May 14, 1851; married
George Palmer of Brookline Nov. 22, 1869.
1841 iv. RUTH ELLA 9 , born Aug. 18, 1854; died March 21, 1879,
aged twenty-four.
1842 v. HATTIE COBDELIA S , born Aug. 10, 1856; died March 20,
1875, aged eighteen.
1843 vi. JOHN ARTHUR 9 , born June 20, 1858; married Martha A.,
daughter of Palmer and Lydia (Gordon) Walker of
Norway, Me., Oct. 9, 1887; lived in Norway; and had
a daughter Hazel Pearl, born May 27, 1888.
1844 vii. CORA FLAviLLE 9 , born June 6, 1860; married Dr. C. L.,
son of Elias and Hannah F. (Howe) Pike of Norway
April 26, 1883. He was born Feb. 21, 1859.
1845 vni. SAMUEL ENFiELD 9 , born Feb. 2, 1863; lived in Sweden,
unmarried.
1267
SAMUEL PLUMER S , born in Sweden, Me., Feb. 14, 1817.
He lived in his native town, and was a prosperous farmer
and an influential and responsible citizen. He married,
BY SIDNEY PEKLEY.
327
first, Esther Elizabeth, daughter of William and Hannah
(Holden) Nevers of Sweden, Aug. 24, 1843. She was
born in Sweden March 5, 1821 ; and died Sept. 22, 1852,
aged thirty-one. He married, second, Mary Elizabeth,
daughter of John and Mary (Evans) Hamlin, March 21,
1854. She was born in Sweden Feb. 1, 1830.
Children :
18461. SAMUEL LYMAN", born Oct. 16, 1844; died Jan. 15, 1850,
aged five.
1847 u. JOHN FELLMAN", born May 19, 1846, in Sweden. See
family numbered " 1847."
1848 in. MABY ANN', born Jan. 3, 1848; lives in Sweden, unmar-
ried.
1849 iv. SAMUEL LYMAN", born March 1, 1850, in Sweden. See
family numbered "1849."
1269
GEORGE PLUMER*, born in Sweden, Me., Jan. 30, 1821.
He lived in Sweden until 1879, when he removed to
Bridgton, Me. He married Hannah Jane, daughter of
Benjamin B. and Hannah W. (Dunham) Holden of
Sweden, June 9, 1848. She was born Nov. 11, 1826.
Children :
1850 i. ELLEN R. 9 , born Jan. 2, 1851; married James G., son of
James G. and Olive D. (Wentworth) Porter of Bridg-
ton May 30, 1875. He was born Feb. 22, 1843.
1851 ii. GEORGE OBBIN', born Dec. 13, 1856; lives in Bridgton;
married Eliza L. Dresser Aug. 25, 1877; and had no
issue.
1852 in. LUNETTE A. 9 , born March 23, 1858; married Ira Harri-
man Nov. 25, 1877 ; and died Aug. 1, 1885, at the age
of twenty-seven.
1853 IT. MABEL E. 9 , born Oct. 8, 1867 ; married Walter C. Morri-
son April 3, 1888; and lives in Bridgton.
1275
WILLIAM PLUMER*, born Nov. 29, 1823. He graduated
at Harvard college in 1845 ; entered the law school, then
in charge of Judge Story, and was admitted to the bar
in 1848. During the Civil war he entered the service of
the United States, and commanded a company of sharp-
shooters. In this service he received an injury at the
328 THE PLTJMER GENEALOGY,
battle of Gettysburg, which obliged him to leave the
service. He married Emily Josephine, daughter of Joseph
H. and Judith (Mansfield) Lord of Salem, Oct. 2, 1850 ;
and lived in Lexington, Mass.
Their children were born in Lexington, as follows :
18541. WILLIAM 9 , born Sept. 5, 1851.
1855n. EDITH MANSFIELD*, born Feb. 27, 1853.
1856 in. MARGARKT FROST S , born Aug. 8, 1854.
1857 iv. GRACE HERBEBT S , born Jan. 28, 1856.
1858 v. EDWARD LORD", born Oct. 17, 1857; died June 24, 1858.
1859 vi. MARY ELIZABETH 9 , born July 27, 1859.
I860 vii. NANNIE Dow 9 , born March 7, 1861.
1281
GEORGE WASHINGTON PLUMER S , born June 11, 1827.
He married Mary Jane Randlett, in Newmarket, Nov. 7,
1853 ; and died in Epping July 11, 1881.
Their children were born in Mendota, 111., as follows :
18611. KATE JAY 9 , born Nov. 12, 1858.
1862n. ANNIE MAY 9 , born Aug. 26, 1864.
1296
GEORGE E. PLUMER S , born Feb. 28, 1838. He married
Mary A. Withington of Winchendon Jan. 1, 1859 ; and
was killed at Campbell's Station, Tenn., Nov. 16, 1863.
Children :
18631. GEORGE F. 9 , born July 15, 1860.
1864n. LILLIAN A. 9 , born May 9, 1863.
1297
CHARLES W. PLUMER S , born March 25, 1840. He mar-
ried Frances, daughter of James G. and Sally Nutting,
Aug. 16, 1862.
Children :
18651. LENA(?) 9 , born April 2, 1864.
1866n. AMY C. 9 , born May 8, 1866; died Oct. 25, 1866.
1867 in. ABIEL G. 9 , born May 12, 1869.
1868 iv. ADA C. 9 , born Dec. 12, 1874.
(To be continued.)
COL. JEREMIAH LEE
From the portrait by Copley now owned by Thomas Amory Lee.
THE LEE FAMILY OF MARBLEHEAD.
BY THOMAS AMORY LEE.
{Continued from Volume LH, page
22. COL. JEREMIAH LEE, son of Justice Samuel and
Mary (Tarring) Lee, " the illustrious patriot of the
Revolution,"* was born April 16, 1721, in Manchester,
and died May 10, 1775, " at his country seat in New-
bury." Although younger than either of his two broth-
ers, he became the most prominent of the three. On
June 25, 1745, he married Martha Swett, born June 12,
1726, and died Nov. 14, 1791, at Newbury, daughter of
Joseph and Martha A. (Stacey) Swett. Her father, some-
times known as Dr. Joseph Swett, was the founder of the
commercial prosperity of Marblehead, being the first of
her merchants to engage in foreign commerce. He was
Justice of the Peace, Jan. 12, 1744-5. A few months
after Col. Jeremiah Lee married Martha Swett, his
father married Hannah Swett, the widow of Mistress
Martha's father. Moreover, Martha's sister Hannah mar-
ried Dr. Joseph Lemmon, and their daughter Mary be-
came the wife of Col. Jeremiah Lee's favorite nephew,
Col. William Raymond Lee. A fourth daughter of Joseph
Swett, Ruth, married " King " Robert Hooper, perhaps
the richest merchant of his time in New England and a
picturesque figure. He was called " King " not only on
account of the power which he wielded as a great mer-
chant who lived in splendid style, but also on account of
his absolute honesty, fairness, and even liberality to the
poor fishermen with whom he dealt. He lost the confi-
dence of his townsmen, however, when called upon to
choose between King and country. Still another sister
*Greenleaf Genealogy, by James E. Greenleaf, p. 28.
(329)
330 THE LEE FAMILY OF MAEBLEHEAD,
married Hon. Col. Benjamin Marston, of Marblehead and
Salem, an eminent merchant, who was driven out of the
country as a Tory. There is an old tradition that the
daughters of Joseph Swett were great beauties, some-
what like the " Seven Stars of the Chandler family."
Certainly Copley's portrait of Mistress Martha Lee shows
that she was a beautiful woman. " King " Hooper, Colonel
Lee, and Colonel Benjamin Marston at one time were
partners in trade.
Jeremiah Lee, though born in Manchester, went to
Marblehead with his father before 1745. When he be-
came of age he went into partnership with his father, in
whose counting-room he acquired the commercial knowl-
edge which made him in later years one of the great
merchants of his time. His business with his father
proved very profitable, and upon the latter's death, in
1753, he continued in business as a great importing and
exporting merchant, whose name was known in all the
commercial ports of Europe, and whose business at the
period of the Revolution probably was more extensive
than that of any other merchant in the then British col-
onies. He early became one of the most influential men
of Marblehead, and it must be remembered that Marble-
head at that time was not a mere fishing village, but the
great shipping centre of New England, second to Boston
in population and first in point of shipping. There were
then sixty merchants engaged in the foreign trade.
Jeremiah Lee apparently took part in town affairs from
an early time. About 1751 he was commissioned colonel
of the Marblehead regiment, and in 1755 he was appoint-
ed a member of a committee " to petition His Majesty to
disallow the act of the General Court in 1754 imposing
an excise duty on spirituous liquors, wines, lemons, or-
anges, etc." The same year Col. Jacob Fowle, Col.
Jeremiah Lee and Major Richard Reed were appointed a
committee to build the powder house, a circular brick
magazine on the old ferry road, now one of Marblehead's
landmarks. He was Justice of the Peace, as were his
two brothers, father and grandfather, being appointed
Jan. 11, 1758, and Nov. 19, 1761.
Col. Jeremiah Lee was moderator of the town meeting
BY THOMAS AMORY LEE. 331
held on Sept. 18, 1765, to give instructions to their rep-
resentatives concerning the "Stamp Act." He belonged
to the well known " Tuesday Evening Club " of Marble-
head, of which Gen. Glover, Elbridge Gerry, Dr. Story
(father of Justice Joseph Story), Col. Lee, and other
well known citizens were members. The meetings were
held in the Prentiss house on Mugford street, where the
Committee of Safety later held its meetings. An inter-
esting letter from Col. Lee of about this period (Dec. 4,
1767) to Capt. John Allen of Manchester, on placing
him in command of the schooner " Derby," is worthy of
note on account of the last few words : " Break no Acts
of Trade, suffer no man to bring above six pounds of
Tobacco."* Shortly after, Colonel Lee built his beauti-
ful mansion, which yet stands on the north side of Wash-
ington street. "At the time of its erection it was one of
the finest and most expensively furnished homes in the
colonies. It was designed by English architects, and cost
more than 10,000. It was stated in the Boston papers
of that time that this was ' the most elegant and costly
furnished home in the Bay State Colony.' The finish
used in its construction was brought from England as
ballast on the colonel's own ship,"f as was the furniture,
some excellent pieces of which remain in the family.
Rev. Manasseh Cutler at an early date described it as the
most magnificent house in these colonies, though he
found nothing else to admire in Marblehead. It is now
owned by the Marblehead Historical Society, which has
issued a little book extolling its beauties, the closing sen-
tence of which is as follows :
" Jeremiah Lee builded better than he knew when he
placed his home in the heart of the little town, and the
reclaimed mansion stands to-day a monument not only of
the early prosperity of the town, but a reminder to young
and old of Lee and others of his day, who gave of their
best to their town and their country. As it was ' the pride
and wonder of their day,' it is still the joy and admiration
of our own."!
Lamson's History of Manchester, p. 120.
tComer's Landmarks in the Old Bay State, p. 205.
JThe Lee Mansion, by Miss Hannah Tutt, p. 16.
332 THE LEE FAMILY OP MARBLEHEAD,
Four Presidents of the United States, including Wash-
ington, and also the Marquis de Lafayette, have been
among its many guests.
At a town meeting held May 10, 1770, Jeremiah Lee
and six other citizens were appointed a " Committee of
Inspection," and a few days later the following notice
appeared : " The Committee of the Trade, in this Town,
have minutely examined all the Parcels of unexcepted
goods that were stored in the Town, and have the Pleas-
ure to inform the Publick that they do not find one single
Breach made on them for Sale. Jeremiah Lee, Chairman
of the Committee."*
The various measures of this committee evidently made
enemies, as the entire first page of the next issue of the
Essex G-azette for May 15-22, is occupied by a letter be-
ginning " To the Publick. The committee of merchants
and traders in Marblehead were called upon by sundry
persons, in the last week's Gazette, who seem to be very
angry that the said committee made known to the public
that they refused to come into the agreement of merchants
and traders in this town."
So many persons were drowned at sea in the year 1770
that a committee, of which Colonel Lee was chairman,
was appointed to receive and distribute charitable dona-
tions collected in the Province for the relief of the widows
and orphans of those persons, belonging to Marblehead,
who perished at sea since January, 1768.
In 1774 Colonel Lee was elected to represent the
town at the Continental Congress, but declined the honor,
as the condition of his private affairs was such as to pre-
vent acceptance. In September, 1774, Marblehead sent
to the County Convention held at Ipswich the following
delegates : Jeremiah Lee, Azor Orne, Elbridge Gerry,
Joshua Orne, William Dolliber. Colonel Lee found there
his brother, Col. John Lee, as chairman of the delegates
from Manchester. The convention elected Col. Jeremiah
Lee its chairman.
Meantime the town had required all the officers of the
Marblehead regiment to resign and had appointed new
Essex Gazette, May 8-15, 1770.
COL. JEREMIAH LEE
From a miniature by Copley now in the
possession of Bishop Kinsman.
BT? THOMAS AMOBY LEE. 333
officers. A letter of John Andrews, dated Oct. 1, 1774,
gives a graphic picture of the times. " The County
towns in general, have chose their own officers, and muster
for exercise once a week at least when the parson as
well as the Squire stands in the Ranks with a firelock.
In particular at Marblehead, they turn out three or four
times a week, when Col. Lee as well as the Clergymen
there are not asham'd to appear in the Ranks, to be
taught the manual exercise in particular."* It is evident
from a letter of Colonel Lee directed to the famous Cap-
tain Tucker, ordering him to take the brig "Young
Phoenix " to South Carolina and the Isle of Wight, that
he intended to go into active service. He directs Captain
Tucker to return and seek some safe port at home if
there is war with England, for, wrote the patriotic mer-
chant, " then I shall be in the Provincial army, as I am
determined not to survive my country's liberty and privi-
leges."f
In the meantime a proclamation had been issued ex-
cusing the members from attending the General Court at
Salem, as it was deemed inexpedient to hold it then, on
account of the patriotic instructions of the county con-
ventions to hold a Provincial Congress. Nevertheless,
90 of the delegates chosen met at Salem on Oct. 5, 1774.
Neither the Governor nor the Council appeared to admin-
ister the usual oaths, and the following day a convention
was organized and Hon. John Hancock was chosen
chairman and Benjamin Lincoln, Esq., clerk, and it was
voted that members resolve themselves into a Provincial
Congress, which convened Friday, Oct. 7th. The dele-
gates from Marblehead were Jeremiah Lee, Esq., Azor
Orne, Esq., and Mr. Elbridge Gerry. The Congress
elected John Hancock, Esq., chairman, and adjourned to
Concord, where one of the early matters of business was
the election of a " Committee on the State of the Prov-
ince," of which Colonel Lee was a member. On the
next day after election the committee reported an address
to be sent to Governor Gage, remonstrating against those
British measures which he had adopted in conformity to
*Mass. Hist. Society Proceedings, 1st series, v. 8, p. 372.
tSheppard's Life of Samuel Tucker, p. 27.
334 THE LEE FAMILY OF MABBLEHEAD,
the several acts of Parliament as calculated to involve
the Province in the horrors of civil war. A committee
of twenty-one, of which Colonel Lee was chairman, was
appointed to wait upon Governor Gage with the report.
Once more Andrews* tells what took place.
" A Committee from the provincial Congress waited
upon the Governor this afternoon with an address or re-
monstrance. He treated them very politely, but would
not allow it to be read to him. He told them he must
consider whether he could admit of an address from a
provincial Congress. Col. Lee of Marblehead, their chair-
man, told him, that admit or not admit, times were such
now that something must be done, and that it was highly
necessary that they should be heard and regarded. Upon
which his Excellency told him he would take it as a favor
if he would leave it for his perusal, and he would en-
deavour to give them all the satisfaction in his power,
consistent with his duty to his Majesty."
The Congress adjourned to Cambridge, where on Oct.
17th Mr. Hancock read the answer of Governor Gage,
addressed to Col. Lee and others, warning " you of the
rock you are upon, and to request you to desist from such
illegal and unconstitutional proceedings."! Colonel Lee
also served on other important committees, including the
famous " Committee of Safety and Supplies."
On Dec. 28th a town meeting was held in Marblehead
to consider the conduct of the loyalists who had signed
the complimentary address to Governor Hutchinson,
among whom were Joseph Lee, Esq., son of Colonel Lee,
and John Lee, son of Capt. Seaward Lee, and a cousin of
Colonel Lee. Colonel Lee was appointed chairman of the
committee to prepare resolutions, which were promptly
adopted by the town and which denounced the late
governor as " an unparalleled hypocrite," the address as
an "indecent, absurd and ridiculous instrument," the ad-
dressers as " enemies to their country," and their conduct
as "ungenerous, unjustifiable and opprobrious."
It was also voted to " break off all connection in com-
merce and in every other way with the persons mentioned
Mass. Hist. Soc. Proceedings, 1st ser., v. 8, p. 375.
t Journals of the Provincial Congress of Mass., p. 21.
BY THOMAS AMORY LEE. 335
until they manifest tokens of good disposition to join
their country in its just cause," and to publish their
names in the Essex Gazette, " that a proper resentment
from the Province may likewise fall upon them."* It is
interesting to note that Joseph Lee, Esq., became captain
in Glover's regiment and that John Lee saw much service
as a privateersman.
The second Provincial Congress convened at Cambridge,
Feb. 1, 1775. Colonel Lee was a delegate, and was again
appointed a member of the " Committee on the State of the
Province " and the *' Committee of Safety and Supplies."
On May 15th the Congressre solved, " That five o'clock
this afternoon be assigned for the choice of a person to
serve on the Committee of Supplies, in the room of Col.
Lee, deceased." This is the last time that Colonel Lee is
mentioned in the records of the Provincial Congresses.
In the meantime the records of the " Committee of Sup-
plies " show that he was an active member of that famous
committee. <
On the 27th [of October, 1774], David Cheever of
Charlestown, Moses Gill of Princeton, Col. Jeremiah Lee
of Marblehead, Capt. Greenleaf of Newburyport, and
Benjamin Lincoln of Hingham were elected commissaries,
and constituted the important permanent " Committee of
Public Supplies," which was established in conformity
to a resolution that day reported and adopted, whose
duty it was to make provision for the reception and
support of the militia when called into service, and to
procure cannon and cartridges, small arms, ammunition,
and other ordnance stores. This committee was one of the
first consequence at the period and purpose for which it
was organized, it being in fact a board of ordnance, and it
at the same time discharged the duties of a quartermaster
and commissary general. That committee and the one
charged with the public safety constituted the chief exec-
utive authority of the Province during the most critical
and momentous epoch of the Revolution, for they often
met and co-operated together hi devising ways and means
for placing the country in a state of defence. "f
*Road's Marblehead, pp. 120, 121.
tDearborn's Life of Col. Wm. R. Lee (MS.), P. 30.
336 THE LEE FAMILY OF MABBLEHEAD,
On April 17, 1774, both committees met at Mr. Tay-
lor's house in Concord. The committees were chiefly
concerned with artillery officers at this meeting, and it
was " Voted that the two committees adjourn to Mr.
Wetherby's at Menotomy at ten o'clock of the following
day."* A great deal of business was transacted on April
18th, and among other things a letter was sent to Capt.
Timothy Bigelow requesting him to meet the committee
on April 19th at Wetherby's "Black Horse Tavern."
But that meeting never took place. After the session of
the 18th was finished several gentlemen of the committee,
including Col. Hancock and Mr. Adams, went to Lexing-
ton to spend the night, but Col. Lee, Col. Orne and Mr.
Gerry remained at the tavern. As several parties of
British troops passed the tavern, Gerry thoughtfully sent
a message to Hancock and Adams. Hancock replied that
the troops had gone to Concord and that he should return
to the meeting on the next morning, f The three mem-
bers from Marblehead had retired to rest without any
apprehension of being exposed to seizure by an armed
force, when they were suddenly aroused towards morning
by Revere,$ and shortly thereafter, standing at the win-
dows in their night dresses, they saw the head of the
column of regulars go by. When the centre of the col-
umn was opposite the tavern, they saw an officer and file
of men defile to surround the house and search it. It
was not until this moment that they deemed themselves
in any danger. " Gerry, in a flurry of excitement, would
have thrown the door open in their faces in his effort to
escape, had not the landlord hurried all three to the
back." Back of the tavern was a corn field. " Once out-
side Gerry tripped in the stubble and called to Orne,
'Stop, wait! I can't get up, I'm hurt!" This fall sug-
gested to the others that perhaps they had best all lie low,
and so they did till the danger from the British was
over." Even the beds were searched, but no one was
found. A small gold watch was left under Col. Orne's
Journals of the Provincial Congress of Mass., p. 515.
tDearborn's Life of Col. Wra. R. Lee (MS.), p. 33.
tChase's Beginnings of the Revolution, vol. II, pp. 356, 357.
Chase's Beginnings of the Revolution, v. II, pp. 356, 357.
THE COL. JEREMIAH LEE MANSION, MARBLEHEAD
Now owned by the Marblehcad Historical Society.
BY THOMAS AMOEY LEE. 337
pillow, though Gerry's silver watch and French great
coat disappeared. As is well known, no member of the
committee was found, and the famous battle of Lexing-
ton was fought with the same troops on the 19th.
" Having been thus exposed in an almost naked condi-
tion for several hours during a very cold night in the
open field, Colonel Lee was soon after attacked by a severe
fever, and died early in the following May, universally
lamented ; for, from his exalted rank in society and the
abundant means at his command to aid in the glorious
cause into which he had so zealously entered, there were
but very few among the worthy patriots who had deter-
mined on taking up arms in defence of their rights that
were as able and willing to do so much, at a time when
so much was required to be done, both in personal exer-
tions and pecuniary assistance. He was one of the earli-
est and most momentous champions of American liberty.
" He was an intelligent and accomplished gentleman of
the old school, and as much admired for the urbanity of
his manners as loved and respected for his generous dis-
position and dignified deportment in his private inter-
course with his fellow citizens and in the responsible
public stations which he held. The friend of the poor,
the patron of the industrious, and a zealous, able and
active advocate of liberty and the independence of his
country, his eminent services will be gratefully remem-
bered and his character and name revered by the town
and state whose best interests he had so long at heart."*
The current newspapers, even so far away as South
Carolina, noticed his death as follows :
" On Wednesday Morning, the 10th Instant, died at
Newtown, Newbury, Jeremiah Lee, Esq., of Marblehead,
a member of the Honourable Committee of Safety, one
of the most eminent merchants on this Continent, and a
distinguished, resolute Asserter and Defender of the
Liberties of his oppressed and much injured Country.
We hear he has left the Province a Legacy f of 2,000
sterling."
Dearborn's Life of Col. Wm. R. Lee (MS.), p. 34.
IColonel Lee died intestate.
JEssex Gazette, May 12-18, 1775.
388 THE LEE FAMILY OF MABBLEHEAD,
In 1769, the artist, John Singleton Copley, " painted
those two most beautiful pictures of Colonel and Mrs.
Lee, which are signed with a monogram and dated. In
his later years Mr. Copley frequently spoke of these pic-
tures, declaring that, for the manner in which they were
painted, he could not surpass them. They are in the
possession of a [great] grandson, General William Ray-
mond Lee."* " The painter has introduced the colonel in
a brown velvet coat laced with gold and full-bottomed
wig. He was short in stature and rather portly, with an
open face, .thin nostril, and fine intelligent eye. The head
is slightly thrown back, a device of the artist to add
height to the figure. Madam Lee is in a satin overdress,
with a pelisse of ermine negligently cast about her bare
shoulders. She looks a stately dame, with her black eyes
and self-possessed air, and as if she might have kept the
colonel's house, slaves included, in perfect order."f After
Madam Lee's death these portraits passed to Mrs. Mary
(Lee) Tracy, then to her sons, Lieut. Jeremiah Lee Tracy
and Patrick Tracy, then to their sisters, who willed them
to Gen. Wm. Raymond Lee, who in turn willed them to
his son Robert Ives Lee. They now belong to the latter's
son, Thomas Arnory Lee, and have been loaned by him
to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, where they now
hang in their original frames, carved by Paul Revere.
His great-great-grand-daughter Mrs. O. H. Ernst of
Washington, owns full length copies of the Copley's, made
by Harding. It is said that Copley also painted several
miniatures of the family at the same time as the portraits.
The Rt. Rev. Dr. Kinsman, Bishop of Delaware, owns
one of these Copley miniatures of his great-great-great-
grandfather, Colonel Lee. It is also said that the late
Bishop Satterlee of Washington owned a duplicate, but
that has been said to represent Sir John McDonald (of
Canada). Nothing is known of the other miniatures, un-
less the miniature of Colonel Lee's daughter, Mary Lee
Tracy, now owned by his great-great-granddaughter,
*Mass. Hist. Society Proceedings, v. 12, p. 322. See also John S.
Copley, by Martha B. Amory, pp. 76, 77, and Bayley's John Single-
ton Copley, 1915, p. 163-5.
tS. A. Drake's Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast, pp.
245-248.
MRS. JEREMIAH LEE
From the portrait by Copley now owned by Thomas Amory Lee
BY THOMAS AMORY LEE 339
Mrs. William Morton Grinnell of Washington, is one
of them.
In 1773 Colonel Lee owned or chartered, either alone
or in partnership with his son Capt. Joseph Lee, or his
nephew Col. Win. R. Lee, the brig " Young Phoenix,"
100 tons, of which his nephew, Capt. David Lee, was
master, the ship " Vulture," 110 tons, schooner " Der-
by," 50 tons, schooner Manchester," 50 tons, brig
" Young Africa," 100 tons, schooner " Horton," 50 tons,
schooner " Pellican," 40 tons, schooner " Hawke," 50
tons, and snow " Guardoqui," 100 tons. How many others
he owned is not now known. He owned many slaves,
fourteen it is said, much fine silver and elegant imported
furniture, some of which is still possessed by members
of the family. His estate was appraised at .45,148, Is.,
2d., after expenses of administration were deducted.
The will* of Madam Lee leaves her property to Mrs.
Tracy, Mrs. Pike, the children of Capt. Joseph Lee, and
Lucy Temple, a minor. A legacy is also left to widow
Sarah Oliver, daughter of Hon. William Pynchon and
widow of Rev. Thomas Fitch Oliver, eldest grandson of
Lieut. Gov. Andrew Oliver, who had been rector at
St. Michael's in Marblehead, and a legacy to Hon. Azor
Orne for the poor women of Marblehead.
Children, born in Marblehead :
MAEY, b. Aug. 31, 1747; d. Sept. 14, 1747.
36. JOSEPH, b. Nov. 23, 1748; buried Aug. 31, 1785.
SAMUEL, b. July 8, 1750; d. Aug. 7, 1750.
SAMUEL, b. July 7, 1751; d. before 1792.
MART, b. Sept. 16, 1753; d. Oct. 31, 1819; " the greatest beauty
of her day;" m. Feb. 28, 1775, Hon. Nathaniel Tracy, " the
dashing young merchant," b. Aug. 11, 1751, buried Sept.
21, 1796, son of Capt. Patrick Tracy, J. P. and Hannah
Gookin. He graduated from Harvard in 1769; A. M. 1772;
took a supplementary course at Yale, and received an
honorary, A. M. at College of New Jersey (Princeton),
1773; travelled abroad, and went into partnership in
Newburyport with his brother, Col. John Tracy, and his
brother-in-law, Hon. Jonathan Jackson, " a most accom-
plished gentleman, and sagacious and enterprising mer-
*Essex Probate Files, No. 16,634.
340 THE LEE FAMILY OF MARBLEHEAD,
chant.' 1 * Nathaniel Tracy was perhaps the greatest
merchant of the Revolution, with the exception of Robert
Morris, and at all events the greatest merchant of the
Province at that time. " The meteoric brilliancy of this
man's career is unmatched in the early history of the
State." He fitted out the first privateer of the Revolution,
and had 110 merchant vessels, valued at $2,733,300.00,
and 24 cruising ships, which captured during the
Revolution 120 vessels, which sold for $3,950,000.00. Be-
sides this, he loaned the government .$167,000.00, which was
never repaid. Among his possessions were that residence
in Newburyport now occupied by the Public Library, the
Spencer Pierce house at Newbury, large properties in Con-
necticut, a farm in Medford, the beautiful Vassall estate in
Cambridge, now known as the Longfellow home, where he
gave a famous frog dinner to the officers of the French
fleet, and with " other lands and houses in different places
he was enabled to live in the grandest style and most luxu-
rious manner. He had the finest horses and coaches and
possessed a well selected library. He was the first treasu-
rer of Dummer Academy, and continued to hold the office
until 1784. He was large, robust, and comely, a finished
gentleman of lively and sportive wit and humor. "t He en-
tertained many prominent guests, among them Brissot de
Warville, who describes both his host and hostess on pp.
254 and 255 of his " Notes of Travel in the U. S.," 1788.
The Marquis de Vaudreuil and Marquis de Chastellux,
Monsieur de Montesquieu and Baron de Talleyrand, and
Lieut. General Lynch visited Col. John Tracy in 1782, and
Chastellux's description of the Tracy household is well
known, t
Nathaniel Tracy was a Representative in 1780-2, delegate
to the Constitutional Convention, State Senator in 1783 and
one of the charter members of the American Academy of
Arts and Sciences. He was the friend of John Q.uincy
Adams and of Thomas Jefferson, and went to Europe
with the latter in 1784 on Tracy's ship " Ceres."
Nathaniel Tracy's portrait was painted three times, once
Jones' Under Colonial Roofs, p. 77. The best accounts of Tracy
are in Jones, pp. 77-80; Bullard's Historic Summer Haunts, pp. 239-
43; Currier's Old Newburyport, passim, and Greenleaf's Greenleaf
Family, p. 28, and S. L. Knapp's American Biography. See also
The Tracy Family of Newburyport by Thomas Amory Lee.
t Jones' Under Colonial Roofs, p. 78.
JTravels, vol. 2, p. 240.
BY THOMAS AMOBY LEE. 341
by Stuart, owned by Gen. W. R. Lee, and given by him to
the town of Newburyport (it now hangs in the Tracy man-
sion the Public Library), and once by Trnrabull, owned by
Gen. Lee's daughter, Mrs. Gen. O. H. Ernst of Washington.
The third likeness is owned by the Newburyport Historical
Society. Children : (1) Hannah, b. Jan. 25, 1776, d. Sept.
14, 1823, m. May 21, 1801, Lieut. William Raymond Lee, b.
Aug. 19, 1774, d. 1864, her second cousin, son of Col. Win.
Raymond Lee (see Family No. 47); (2) Martha Lee, b. 1777,
d. Nov. 10, 1778; (3) Patrick, b. Feb. 17, 1780; (4) Nathan-
iel, b. June 27, 1781, d. 1788; (5) Jeremiah Lee, b. Dec. 21,
1782, d. Jan. 16, 1844, " a distinguished artillery officer of
the War of 1812 "; (6) Mary, b. at Cambridge, in the Long-
fellow house, Feb. 25, 1786, d. Dec. 23, 1809; (7) Louisa Lee,
b. at Cambridge, April 25, 1787, d. 1869; (8), Nathaniel, b.
Nov. 25, 1788, d. 1788; (9) Nathaniel, b. March 18, 1790, d.
1866 in Medford, a well known broker of Boston, who lived
at 35 Essex street, Boston; he was an officer of the Stock
Exchange for many years; (10) Martha Abby Lee, b. Sept.
27, 1791; (11) Helen, b. Jan. 22, 1796, d. 1865.
ABIGAIL, b. Jan. 10, 1758 ; d. Aug. 3, 1758.
MARTHA, b. Jan. 16, 1760; d. Jan. 16, 1833; m. March 8, 1785,
William Pike of Newburyport; d. before 1833. Children :
(1) Elizabeth Warner, b. Feb. 8, 1794 ; (2) Mary Ann, b. Dec.
20, 1786; (3) William Augustus, b. April 6, 1790, d. in Porto
Rico, June 4, 1814.
ABIGAIL, b. April 20, 1762; d. before 1792, apparently about
1785. She was a girl of great beauty and a skilled musi-
cian. She was a guest of her sister Mary's brother-in-law,
Gen. John Tracy, in Nov., 1782, when the Marquis de Vau-
dreuil, M. de Montesquieu, Baron de Talleyrand, Lt. Gen.
Lynch and Marquis de Chastellux visited Gen. Tracy at
Newburyport, and is referred to by Chastellux: "Miss
Lee sang and prevailed on Messieurs de Vaudreuil and
Baron de Talleyrand to sing also."* She is said to have
been engaged to John Temple, of the well known English
family of that name, an officer of the English army, who
was suddenly recalled to England before the marriage
could be celebrated and was drowned on his passage. It is
said that Sir John Temple, the American (8th) Baronet,
was financial secretary of Col. Jeremiah Lee before he suc-
ceeded to the baronetcy.
Travels in North America, vol. II, p. 240.
342 THE LEE FAMILY OF MARBLEHEAD,
JEREMIAH, b. Nov. 20, 1763; vaccinated and living in 1775;
ward of Nathaniel Tracy, Esq., after the death of his father;
d. before 1792.
Lucy Temple, the only child of Abigail Lee and John
Temple, was born probably in Newburyport,* Feb. 3, 1785 ;
died in Athens, Ohio, March 28, 1818. She married in
Newburyport, May 31, 1805, Joseph Dana, A. M., son of
the famous Rev. Dr. Joseph Dana, D. D., of Ipswich, and
brother of Daniel Dana, D. D., President of Dartmouth.
He was a graduate of Dartmouth, and there received the
degree of A. M. He became a lawyer, and removed to
Athens, Ohio, about 1816, where he soon became Professor
of Languages in Athens College, or the University of Ohio.
As Lucy Temple's mother died shortly after her birth, she
was brought up in the family of her aunt, Mrs. Nathaniel
Tracy, who raised her as her own daughter. She was a
woman of great beauty, as her silhouette, owned by her
granddaughter, shows ; of exceptional education and
culture, and of beautiful character. She is remembered
by her descendants with much pride. Her children were ;
(1) Mary Tracy Dana, b. Nov. 13, 1808, d. Nov. 11, 1827 ;
(2) Lucy Temple Dana, b, March 3, 1813, d. June 23,
1861, m. Dec. 25, 1838, Rev. Joseph Marvin, A. B.,
1807-1901, son of Capt. Joseph Marvin ; he was a Professor
in Ohio University and a minister of the gospel for 61
years; (3) Louisa Tracy Dana, 1815-1890(1); m. 1847,
Spencer Harding, brother of the artist, Chester Harding.
The two latter children had issue.
23. LIEUT. AARON LEE, son of Capt. Nathaniel and
Elizabeth (Benet) Lee, was born Feb. 8, 1728-9, and died
June 19, 1806. He married, first, April 3, 1751, Lydia
Allen, born June 8, 1730, died Jan. 15, 1800, daughter
of Jeremiah and Lidah (Tuck) Allen. He married, sec-
ond, Jan. 1, 1801, Bethiah, daughter of Solomon and
Mariam (Hooper) Driver, born Sept. 20, 1784, died July
19, 1844. He was quite prominent in Manchester affairs,
civil and military. When a young man he had a curious
adventure with the Indians.
*Sir John Temple is said to have been in Newburyport in 1780,
and ' Hon. William Temple, Esq." died in Newburyport about
1785. He was perhaps the brother of Sir John Temple, who mar-
ried a daughter of Governor Whipple.
BY THOMAS AMORT LEE. 343
" In August, 1747, Capt. Amos Hilton was fishing off
the coast of Maine. Being out of wood and water, he
entered a little harbor, where he anchored his vessel, and
with his son and crew, was soon busy filling his casks
from the brook and cutting wood, when they were sur-
prised by the Indians and massacred. It was a dreadful
blow to the bereaved families, for whom every one in the
village felt the deepest sympathy, and especially for the
aged parents of Aaron Lee, a boy of twelve, who was on
board the ill-fated vessel.
" Some three years after this sad event, while the Lee
family were taking their seats at dinner, the door opened
and a young man of swarthy complexion, with long black
hair and clothed in skins, entered. In the few words
they understood of the Indian tongue they asked if he
would have food. He made no reply, but gazed from one
to another. At length, walking to where Mrs. Lee was
seated, he called her mother. Their grief of many years
was soon changed to joy, for he * their son who was
dead is alive again, he was lost and is found.'
" The story of his adventures is as follows : Soon
after the attack was commenced he was seized by strong
arms and hurried to the village, where his clothes were
taken from him, and clad in skins he was made to work
with the women in fetching wood and water. He soon
learned their language, but was never allowed to leave the
village : thus months and years passed, with no opportu-
nity to escape.
" One day, when all the warriors were away on some
murderous expedition, he was at work under the direc-
tion of the women cutting fagots. When he had made
a great pile they told him he had cut enough, and when
the braves returned he was to be placed upon it and
burned to death.
" The prospect was not pleasing to the poor boy, and
he so excited the sympathy of the women that they ad-
vised his escape and promised to aid him. They pointed
in the direction of the nearest white settlement, and went
with him until they came to an abandoned house, where
they concealed him in an oven, and then they went back
to their homes.
344 THE LEE FAMILY OP MARBLBHEAD.
" When the warriors returned they were told their
prisoner had escaped, and a vigorous search was made for
him. Every part of the old house was examined, except
the oven. At twilight the disappointed savages gave up
the search, and when it was quite dark Lee crept from
his hiding place and pursued his way through the forest.
By concealing himself by day and travelling by night, he
reached the settlement. Then concealment being no
longer necessary, he resumed his weary journey by day-
light until the long wished for home was reached. Aaron
lived to a good old age, and for many years he served the
town as their clerk."*
The records show him to have been an excellent pen-
man. He held a number of town offices from 1753 until
his death. In 1771 the town gave "Liberty to Mr. Aaron
Lee to Erect a Ware House on y e Town Landing by the
Meeting House for a number of years." It would seem
from this that Aaron Lee was a merchant. In 1774 he
was elected a member of the Committee of Inspection.
July 3, 1775, he was chosen lieutenant in the Manches-
ter company, and either he or his son Aaron was a private
in Capt. Andrew Marster's company which had marched
on the alarm of April 19, 1775. It was probably the
son, as he was a private and as it was a march for young
men rather than for older ones.
On July 17, 1775, the Committee of Correspondence
of Manchester was chosen, consisting of John Lee, Esq.,
Capt. Isaac Lee, Mr. Aaron Lee, and six others.
Lieutenant Lee was town clerk, 1775, 1779 to 1800,
and 1802-1806, when he died. He was selectman, 1770,
1771, 1773, 1780-1786, 1793, 1794, 1796, 1797, 1799,
1800. He was apparently a merchant, and was taxed
3, 2s. 4 l-2d. in 1769. At that time there were only
five inhabitants who paid more.
Hard's History of Essex County, v. II, p. 1271. See Lamson's
History of Manchester, p. 113.
(To be continued.')
JOURNAL OF REV. JOSHUA WINGATE WEEKS
L'OYALIST RECTOR OF ST. MICHAEL'S
CHURCH, MARBLEHEAD, 1778-1779.
FROM THE ORIGINAL IN POSSESSION OF THE
MARBLEHEAD HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
(Concluded from Volume LII, page
Gen 1 Burgoyne spoke a few minutes ; his person is
good & his manner engaging & one who speaks so sensibly
cannot be disregarded. But Burk appears to me to excell
them all in the powers of oratory. He has the advantage
of a good person & an agreeable voice. He speaks ex-
tempore with all the precision of grammatical propriety
& with all the elegance of oratorical art. His gesture is
lively, his manner animated, & there is the greatest variety
in the tones of his voice which you can well imagine, &
the matter which he delivers is not more beautifully put
together than it is agreeably pronounced. He is in the
opposition & all he wants is a good cause to manage,
which, if he had, no man would be more agreeably enter-
taining & none could set off truth to such advantage. I
do not mention any thing of their speeches because I
expect the substance of them will be given in the morn-
ing papers with greater accuracy than I am able to do it.
I forgot to mention Governor Johnstone, who is a little
corpulent, but lively. He speaks with energy & is listened
to with pleasure. There are not many better speakers in
the house. JJe ascribes the ill-success of the American
liVar to General How's going to Philadelphia at the very
time he should have been aiding General Burgoyne.
Feb 7 18. 1 went over London bridge from thence to
Westminster, then through St. James's & Hyde park to
Paddington, where I dined. After dinner I visited Mr.
Hooper & staying with him an hour returned home, stop-
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ping however at Bagridge wells to take a turn in the
garden & drink a dish of tea. I observe by today's paper
that they have got the speeches in Parliament printed
pretty much as they were delivered. However they have
omitted near one half. And the whole of Mr. Burk's
long harangue upon Admiral Keppel was passed over in
silence tho' it made as great a figure before the house as
any thing delivered for the day. The matter which he
delivered was trivial, & the sentiments were generally
trite, yet he embellished them with all the lively colours
of eloquence & they received new graces from his manner
of speaking them. Tho' I extremely dislike his political
sentiments, yet I cannot help saying that he possesses in
an eminent degree every qualification necessary to render
him an accomplished public speaker.
Feb* 19. This being the day on which the venerable
Society hold their annual meeting & on which they have
a sermon preached at St. Mary le bow Church, I did not
fail to attend. The sermon was preached by Dr. York,
the Bishop of St. David's. It was well composed, but
delivered in such a heavy lifeless manner as to make no
impression on the minds of the hearers. But I retract
my aspersion, I myself was a proof of the contrary. For
towards the conclusion of his discourse, when he came
to speak of the sufferings of the clergy in America,
driven from all that a man holds dear, persecuted & im-
prisoned merely for their loyalty, it renewed in me a
remembrance of what I had felt, it opened afresh the
wounds of grief and tears flowed in liberal streams from
my eyes. Good God! Who can tell what I suffer 4 .
Every object around me fills me with melancholy. Even
the beams of the Sun do not shine with their wonted
cheerfullness, places of amusement seem to wear a dismal
gloom, & even the house of God does not afford me that
pleasure it used to do. I am like a man who has lost all
his friends whose presence he frequently enjoyed & in
whose company he was happy. For ray Wife, my Chil-
dren, my friends are in a manner dead to me. I am ban-
ished from them & perhaps may never see them again
untill I see them in the mansions of bliss, where I hope
we shall all meet
JOURNAL OF BEV. JOSHUA WINGATE WEEKS. 347
Feb 7 20. This evening I went to the play, which was
a new one written by Mr. Jephson, Author of Braganza,
& by no means a bad one, tho' I must confess it has no
very extraordinary merit. The entertainment was a new
Farce never before acted. The spirit of tumult & oppo-
sition had made its way into the Theatre & the [re] was
such a violent phrensy seized the people for hissing it off
the Stage, that the actors could not proceed far, & so
interrupted by the Clamours in the gallery that they did
their parts but in difficulty. It must be confest the Piece
was entirely destitute of merit, so far as I was able to
judge from the specimens I heard of it. It had neither
wit, sentiment nor character. There appeared indeed an
ineffectual attempt at wit & a lifeless affectation of hu-
mour. But the observations were trite & trivial, & the
characters quite unengaging. And tho' King did his
utmost to save the play from condemnation, he could not
avail. The Farce was called John from a Noble Lord,
who was the Hero of the tale, & who seemed to have no
regard to any thing but his horses & his hounds. Compo-
sitions designed for the entertainment & instruction of
the public must be inspired by Genius, or at least wrought
up with judgment & conducted by good Sense or else
they can never please. I must confess I was sorry the
people would not hear the whole of it, because then one
might have been better able to have passed sentence on its
merits. And I would then gladly have joined in damning
the piece to oblivion, tho' it really deserved the flames.
Admiral Keppel dined in the City. And there were
every where such crouds, such throwing of squibs &
crackers that I could not pass to my lodgings in the main
street. I was obliged to go round thro* obscure allies,
else I could never have reached home.
Feb. 21. I went to Park street chapel to hear Mr.
Duche of Philadelphia. He delivers his discourses with
a very good grace & I have heard no preacher since I
have been in London any ways to be compared [with] him.
Yet I must own he fell much short of my expectations.
In his sermons there is nothing striking [tho'] his mari-
ner is indeed easy & graceful, but not enough animated.
848 JOURNAL OF REV. JOSHUA WINQATE WEEKS.
In short he did not appear to be sufficiently in earnest to
affect the minds of the Audience. Afterwards I went
into a Romish chapel in a short street at the lower end of
Park street. Their worship consists almost entirely of
ceremony.
Feb y 22. I went after breakfast & delivered two let-
ters at the post office, one for J. Finley Esq. a Represent-
ative in the Irish Parliament & another to T. Winder
Esq r at Cork. After which I took a walk to Governor
Hutchinson's & then went into Mr. Fisher's who lives in
the same street. He was exceedingly glad to see [me] ;
informed me that he had seen my worthy friend Cap n
Ballew, that he assured him that there was no one thing
he so much wished for as to serve me ; that if I desired
it he would undertake to procure me a ship, which would
be a certain income, as good to me as 150X p r ann or
would serve me in any other way I should point out.
Never never can I be sufficiently thankful for so much
disinterested goodness, neither will it ever be in my power
to make any suitable returns. Such men are rare. They
are an honour to human nature & make the present world
tolerable, when a good man is very apt to be sick of it,
he meets with so many knaves & fools to disgust him.
Feb y 23 & 24. These two days I have done nothing
but wander about the City. Yet I cannot say I have seen
or heard any thing which can have the least claim of
being committed to paper.
[Leaves missing.]
[April] 4. This morning I arose at 8 o'Clock in order
to go to the Arch-bishop to beg of him to endeavour an
acceleration of oui>business with the Bishop of London.
As Viets & Buckham are unacquainted with the world of
Mankind, they put it upon me to address his Grace in
their behalf. When we had arrived to his Palace at
Lambeth, after passing thro' several fine Halls & appart-
ments, we at Length came to the Room where the Arch-
bishop was seated. The Room was lin'd on all sides with
Books, having a large Table before the fire, & 3 Chairs,
one of which was an arm'd one on one Side of it & his
own Chair on the other. Upon our Entry he rose up.
JOURNAL OF BEV. JOSHUA WINGATE WEEKS. 349
bow'd & bid us good morning with a smiling Countenance,
& told us be was so much out of order that he was not
fit to see any body, but he did not know how to turn us
away & desir'd us to sit down, which we did, I assuming
the Great Chair. Upon which I inform'd him of the
reason of our troubling him, mentioned the Causes that
urg'd us to desire to be dispatched immediately & in-
form'd him that as yet we were not ordain'd. He exprest
his Surprize at our not being ordain'd & was very sorry
to find it was so, contrary to his expectations, as he had
before spoke to the Bishop about dispatching us as soon
as possible. But as he should see his Lordship on the
morrow he would do his Endeavour, that our request
might be answered. Upon the whole he treated us in a
most obliging complaisant manner, without the least shew
of Grandeur ; but spoke to us in the same familiar way
as tho' we had been his intimate acquaintance, & by his
Character in the City & by what I've seen of him, he is
the finest man that ever filled that see. He concluded
with saying that if one of us would wait upon him on
Wednesday, he would give us further information about
it. Upon our return we went to see the Lord Mayor's
Procession to the Church of St. Bride's, a custom that
has been practic'd from time immemorial, where we had
the pleasure of seeing the Lord Mayor & his Lady, with
the Aldermen & Ladies, &c. &c. with a great Number of
Gentry. ...
Sunday, 10. This morning we appeared at the Chapel
Royal at St. James to be ordain'd, accordingly having
received the Communion. We were admitted to the
office of Deacons. At two o'clock we waited on the
Bishop & receiv'd his paternal blessing, together with the
Orders of Deacons.
Monday, 11. This morning I waited on Dr. Buxton,
who advis'd me to see the Bishop of Litchfield, who as
the Arch bishop told me offer'd to ordain us Priests.
Which I did, & found him quite ready to fulfil his
promise. . . .
Tuesday, 12. This morning we inform'd Mr.Dicks, the
Bishop's Secretary, of our Success, who had heard the
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same from the Bishop himself. He gave us directions
how we might find Dr. Parker, who is his Lordship's
Chaplain, & offer'd his Service to examine us on Thurs-
day morning at ten o'Clock. This day also I went down
to Deptford in order to see Capt. Solley, but unluckily
miss'd him. I walkt down thro' a most delightful Coun-
try, every where cultivated like a Garden & adorn'd
with the most beautiful Country Seats of Gentlemen that
can be imagin'd.
Wednesday, 13. I went to carry Mr. Fowle's Letter
to the only Letter founder in the Kingdom, who after
using me with the utmost Complaisance, show'd me his
Shop in which he had about 20 Journeymen. He inform'd
me that one man cou'd mould about 3000 Letters in a
day. It was indeed very pleasing to see with what dex-
terity they worked ; but more especially the Children
who in placing the Letters on a rule or measure made
their fingers fly as nimbly over the Letters, rejecting the
bad & reserving the good ones.
Thursday, 14. This forenoon we waited on Dr. Parker
in order to go thro' his examination, and after asking me
several Questions concerning the College at Cambridge,
gave me a greek Testament, & opening at the 26th Chap-
ter of St. Mathew, gave me the two first Verses to write
out in Greek Characters. After which I wrote the latin
Translation. . . .
Being dismissed a long time before the others I went to
the royal exchange & the New England Coffee-house,
where I was invited to go with a Number of Gentlemen
to Sadler's Wells to see the performances there, the dra-
matic & musical parts of which were very low & indiffer-
ent. The first thing Curious which we saw was Jumping
& tumbling which they did in a surprizing manner turn-
ing heels over head two or three times without stopping.
But the most curious thing which next succeeded this
was playing a tune on the Glassicord in a most melodious
affecting Strain. The next thing was dancing on a Wire.
There then came a man, who s[w]ang him backward &
forward 15 or more feet, he standing all the time on one
Leg. There was then a long board bro't that was pliant,
JOUBNAL OF REV. JOSHUA WINGATE WEEKS. 351
which wou'd not rest upon the Wire before he put his
feet upon it, and then k[n]eeling down on one knee took
a Glass & held the foot of it in his mouth, then taking a
Sword & placing the point in the Glass swang back &
forward. Then placing a pewter plate upon the hilt of
the Sword, whirPd the Sword round very swiftly. There
were many other things, which he perform'd with sur-
prising agility, as fixing a Hoop upon a Pipe in such a
manner as to stand steady ; then fixing the small end of
the pipe upon the Hoop, one part of which he held in his
mouth. He the[n] took a french Horn & placing it to
his mouth, stretch [ed] forth both his hands horizontally
& blew very well a Minuet. He plac'd his Cane upon
the top of his head & a hat upon the End of that, then
swinging about, threw his Cane of [f] so as it fell upon
his head ; this he repeated twice.
Friday, 15. This morning I waited on the Society &
took my leave of them, they wishing me a good Passage.
Saturday, 16. This morning I waited on the Bishop
of London and subscribed to the Articles and took the
oaths, &c. I received one half of my Salary viz. 25X
from the Society, having thro' their goodness been allow'd
pay from last Christmas.
Sunday, 17. This morning early we appear'd at the
Royal Chapel at St. James's, where the Bishop of Litch-
field and Coventry ordain'd us Priests, & sign'd our orders
before he went out of the Vestry-Room. At two o'clock
we waited on the Bishop of London, who gave us our
other credentials. After we were ordain'd We went to
Court, passing thro' three Rooms we at last came to the
drawing Room, a Room adjoining to that in which the
King resides. There was a brilliant appearance tho'
nothing so very uncommon as we are apt to imagine.
Lord Talbot carried the Rod, before the Royal family,
who came out to go to Chapel at 1/2 after one. I stood
close by the King as he past by and his Cloaths brushed
against my hands. There were many Noblemen there,
one of whom Sr. Robart showed me the King and in-
formed me of other's names as they past by.
Monday, 18. Early this morning we convey'd our
352 JOURNAL OF EBV. JOSHUA WINGATE WEEKS.
Letters to the Treasury from the Bishop in order to
rec[e]ive our bounty. After that we went again and
view'd Westminster Abby in every Part, where we saw
many curious Monuments executed with the greatest nice-
ness. In one Appartment There is Queen Elizabeth,
William & Mary & Queen Ann done in Wax, exceeding
near the Life, & so natural that I at first Sight took them
for real Persons. There is in another apartment the Simili-
tude, of the young Duke of Buckingham dead, excessively
natural, and the Two Chairs, in Which the King & Queen
sat when they were crowned, which I had the honour to
fill for some time. But time would fail me to mention
every thing. After this we view'd Whitehall and past
thro' the Door King Charles entered when he went to be
beheaded ; & we saw the Window he went out of opening
into the Street. We then went to Lincoln's Hall, where
we saw the Lawyers in their Robes, & the Lord Chancel-
lor seated in a handsome old fashion'd Chair with his
habit on and a large Wig. We then went to Tower Hill
to see the Venetian Ambassadors land, after which we
came up to Fleet-street & saw them make their entrance.
In the Evening we went to the Society, that meet at
Robin Hood's, & heard many learned Speakers on the
Naturalization Bill.
Wednesday, 20. This day I went again to view St.
Paul's. . . . and going after that to the New England
Coffee House I agreed with Capt. Jar vis for my Passage.
Saturday, 23. Went to a Painter to have my Likeness
taken.*
Monday, 25. This morning I sat a 2d time for my
picture. In the after noon I went down to Stone Stairs
in order to see the Ship I am to go to America on, in
doing which I saw the London Hospital, a very large &
spacious Building upon an universal plan, it being for the
reception of all People in distress. In Stepney Church
yard I found this curious Epitaph
*This portrait at one time was in the possession of Judge Dodd
of Sidney, Nova Scotia, who married a descendant. A boy defaced
the portrait by shooting an arrow through it and it is thought
ultimately that it was destroyed.
JOURNAL OF REV. JOSHUA WINGATB WEEKS. 353
Here Thomas Saffin lied inter'd, ah ! why ?
Born in New England did in London die
Was the third Son of right begat upon
His Mother Martha by his father John
Much favour'd by his Prince he 'gan to be
But nipt by death at th' age of twenty three
Fatal to him was what we small Pox name
By which his Mother & two Brethren came
Also to breathe their last nine years before
And now have left their father to deplore
The Loss of all his Children with that Wife
Who was the Joy & comfort of his Life.
Deceas'd June 18 1687.
Tuesday, 26. This Afternoon M r Mascafene & Leach-
more & I took a Walk to Maribone Gardens, which are
about 2 miles out of Town, conveniently situated &
beautifully ornamented with pleasure walks fine Arbors
& agreeable prospects. Here we drank Tea & entertain'd
ourselves a while after which we return'd to Leachmore's
Lodging & s[p]ent the evening very agreeably together.
I had forgot to mention our being at Whitefield's Taber-
nacle at Prayers, where a man officiated after the manner
of the Church of England, making at the conclusion an
extempore Prayer. Also went to ye British Museum.
Wednesday, 27. To day I went to the Treasury & got
my Letter & Warrant upon the Exchequer for my money,
upon delivering which to Mr. Jennings, he told us we
might have it on Monday next ; but upon my informing
him we expected to sail very soon, he promis'd to get it
for us on Friday.
Friday, 29. Sat again for my picture. Then went to
the exchequer to receive my money, which I did with 10
Sh 83 deduction for the civil List.
Saturday. 30. Went down to Stone Stairs, to see that
my things were safe aboard Capt Jarvas.
Sunday, May 1st [1779] This Afternoon went to
hear Dr. Fordoyce, who preach [ed] a very elegant Sermon
upon our Saviour's healing the 10 Lepers. His Elocu-
tion was pure & natural & his action unforced, while his
Discourse was full of the sublime & beautiful.
354 JOURNAL OF REV. JOSHUA WINGATE WEEKS.
Tuesday, 3. After being at the royal exchange & pay-
ing Capt. Jarvis 6 Guineas to lay in Stores for our
voyage, Mascarene & I took a Walk to Hampstead, about
4 1-2 Miles from London, a very beautiful Village situ-
ated on a high Hill, from whence you have a most lively
prospect of the surrounding country which is truly de-
lightful. From this we went to Highgate, about a mile's
distance, where as has been the Custom time out of mind,
I was sworn the Common oath, which the present King,
when Prince of Wales, took about 4 Years ago. There
is a large pair of horns, which you must take hold of &
stand & hear the formal Dame repeat the oath, thus,
" Silence ! take notice what I say, for that is the first
Word of your oath." There is a pair of Horns tipt with
gold having a bowl between them, with which the King
was sworn & which I drank out of. But I was sworn
with a large pair of spreading Horns, enough to fright
a[n] unmarried man.
Wednesday, 4. This morning by particular favour I
gain'd admittance into the Britism Museum, one of the
greatest repositories of natural Curiosities perhaps in the
world. The Place containing them is Montague House,
a large spacious elegant building, containing as many
Windows as there are days in the year. To see the whole
took up two Hours. It wou'd be very tedious to relate
all the natural rarities that strike one with wonder & ad-
miration. There is the incombustible Purse made out of
stone, the large Horns found in the Bogs of Ireland, the
Water Snake 16 feet long, the Ostrich's Egg as big as a
Quart pot, the artificial Crab made out of precious Stones
& by its clock work would crawl very naturally, the first
Bible ever printed in English, a Cherry Stone found in a
man's body. Din'd with Dr. Burton, after which Masca-
rene & I went up to the Physic Gardens, Chelsea.
Friday, 6. This Morning I went to hear Mr. Wilkes's
Tryal in Westminster Hall, at which there were at least
12 or 15,000 people, awaiting the issue of the Tryal, who
upon hearing Mr. Wilkes was discharged, huzza'd several
times, crying Liberty & Prosperity forever, & discovered
their joy by the loudest acclamations. He waited some
JOUKNAL OP BEV. JOSHUA WINQATB WEEKS. 355
time in hopes the Croud wou'd disperse, but finding they
would not, he went out of a Back door, when the Croud
of Gentlemen took him & carried him to his house amid
the most joyous Shouts & swinging of Hats. After he
had got into his House he looked out of the Window &
bowed to the many thousande of people that fill'd the
Street before him. They then huzza'd 3 times & dis-
persed.
Saturday, 7. For the forenoon I went down to Lam-
beth to take my leave of the Archbishop, but he not be-
ing at home I return'd without seeing him. Here I saw
Lord Morton & Lady ; after this I return'd and went with
Mascarene & Leachmire down to Stone-Stairs, where I
saw the manner of Cutting Glass & beautifying it with
flowers, &c. also a famous Instrument for taking the
Sun's Height, without a Horizon, &c. . . .
Wednesday, 11. This Morning we carried our things
on board Capt. Jarvas mine being two boxes of books
which were stowed away in the Hole.
Thursday, 12. Paid Jarvis for my Passage in full,
1, 7s. SteVg & 10s. 6d. Premiage & Freight for my
Boxes. Saw Mr. Huske at the Coffee House & had a
little Chat with him.
Saturday [14]. This day employ'd in getting together
my things, &c. &c. in the afternoon I hired a Coach to
carry them down to Billingsgate in order that the passage
Boats to Gravesend might carry them down there, which
I got on board about 3 o'Clock & set off immediately f or
that place. We arrived there at 1/2 after 9 & after
getting my things on Shore, I returned in the next boat
to London, where we landed 1/4 before 4 next morning.
Sunday, 15. Came down to go to Gravesend at 4
o'Clock, where we cou'd not arrive on account of the tide
making up sooner than we expected. Landed about 1 1/2
Mile above it & so walked to it at 12 o'Clock. Mascarene
with me.
Monday, 16. Found Mr. Lane & Leachmere there.
Mr. Lane invited Mascarene & I & the rest of the Passen-
gers to dine with him at the white heart. Took a Walk into
the fields with Akin & Mrs. Lane & Daughters & Leach-
356 JOURNAL OF REV. JOSHUA WINGATE WEEKS.
mere & Mascarene. Then we walked up to Windmill
Hill from whence we had a fine prospect of the adjoining
Country, interspersed with beautiful Seats & Gardens.
At one we dined on an exceeding good dinner & at 3
o'Clock went on board the Hannah & sail'd immediately.
Tuesday, 17. Tuesday we are off Margaret at 11
o'Clock when we dropt Anchor in order to wait for the
tide. This Day makes 6 months since I left New Eng-
land. At 3 o'Clock we hoisted in our anchor & sail'd
again with a pleasant Gale.
Wednesday, 18. Off the South Foreland.
Thursday, 19. Saw the Coast of France, being as we
supposed Cape Le Hague. This is the second time we
saw it, having seen it before when we were off Dover.
We are now off the Isle of Wight, upon which we discov-
ered the Lights. Spoke with a Ship from Lisbon to Cork.
Sunday, 22. Got as far as the Start, which we passed
by about 11 o'Clock, within sight of the Eddistone. Past
by one of the Flat bottomed Boats, which was of a great
Length (100 feet & 28 Wide). She was rigged like a
Sloop. P. M. spoke with a Brig from Burdeaux bound
to Rotterdam, laden with Wines. The Number of Ves-
sels we have seen are Surprizing, the Channel being full.
[End of the Journal.]
INDEX
, Samuel, 189.
Abbott, Abbot, ,
94.
Abigail, 43, 149.
Arthur, 43.
Benjamin, 284(2).
Hannah, 96.
Henry, 86.
Joshua, 286.
Lydia (Liscomb),
86.
Mercy, 32.
Moody B., 96.
Phebe, 123.
Eebecca (Boyn-
ton), 284.
Adams, , 336.
Abiel C., 282.
Alexander, 50.
Hannah Elizabeth
(Gilchrist), 282.
Hannah Harmon
(Plummer), 224.
Isaac, 224.
John Quincy, 340.
Julia E. (Plum-
mer), 324.
M. V., M. D., 324.
Mary (Coffin), 50.
Moses William, 282.
Sarah (Lunt), 224.
Sibel, 90.
Simon, 224.
Susan Elizabeth,
282.
Adkins, Marah, 33,
34.
Agar, , 81.
Agassiz, Louis, 193,
194.
Akerman, J., 301.
William, 302.
Akin, . 355.
Alden, Anna, 65, 66,
73, 74.
Anna (Brame), 65.
Capt. John, 65.
Alexander, , 120.
Francis, 120.
Hannah (Gil-
christ), 282.
John, 282.
Lucia Gray
(Swett), 120.
Maj.-Gen. William,
239.
Alexander (ship) ,175.
Allanson, , 126.
Christina (Smith),
126.
Ellen (Brown) ,126.
Harriet White, 126.
Horace Story, 126.
John Smith, 125.
John Sylvanus, 126.
Mary Charlotte
(Gray), 125.
Mary Christine,
126.
Richard, 126.
Sylvanus Gray, 126.
Allen, Allin, Ailing,
Col., 163.
Abigail (Hooper) ,
146.
Alexander, 224.
Anna, 42.
Anna (Lee), 146.
Benjamin, 155.
Benjamin, sr., 150.
Charlotte Proctor,
152.
Elizabeth, 145,229.
Elizabeth Dean
(Plummer), 321.
Elizabeth (Lee),
146.
Eunice 227.
Frederic, 321.
Hannah, 147, 225,
227.
Hannah (Faw-
cett), 224.
Horatio, 242.
(357)
Allen, Jacob, 43, 147.
Jeanette L., 321.
Jeremiah, 227, 342.
Joanna A.
(Plumer), 224.
John, 159.
Capt. John, 331.
John, jr., 235.
John W., 24(2).
Joseph, sr., 146.
Luther, 321.
Lydia, 342.
Lydia (Tuck), 227,
342.
Mary, 47, 124, 157.
Mary Estelle
(Plumer), 24.
Mary (Tarren), 43.
Onyseferus, 38.
Polly, 146.
Rachel, 38.
Robert, 105.
Rose, 146.
Ruth, 147.
Ruth (Lee), 159.
Sarah Elizabeth
(Plumer), 24.
Sarah (Lee), 147.
Stephen, 146, 224.
William, 146.
William, jr., 146.
Ambrose, John Lee,
229.
Ames, Eames, Benja-
min, 284.
Capt. Benjamin,
283.
Elizabeth, 284.
Eunice, 94.
Gayton, 283.
George Thompson,
90.
Hannah, 283, 285.
Lizzie, 90.
Lucy Emeline
(Dane), 90.
Nathan, 90.
358
INDEX.
Ames, Peter, 94.
Prince, 94.
William Thomp-
son, 90.
Amory, , 47, 158.
Martha B., 338.
Anderson, , 80.
Andover, 84-96, 143,
281-288.
Andrews, Andrew,
, 85, 157, 334.
Annie, 210.
Benjamin, 148.
Daniel, 100-102.
Ellen Louisa
(Plummer), 316.
Henry F., 316.
John, 157, 333.
Lucy (Crafts), 157.
Lucy (Lee), 148.
M. C., 85.
Ann, Cape, 141(2).
Annable, Ann (Par-
ker), 286.
John, 286.
Robert, 301.
Antrum, Thomas, 187
(2).
Appleton, , 193.
Daniel, 146.
John, 275.
Polly (Allen), 146.
Arnold, , 76, 77.
Ascot see Eskot.
Ashton, , 159.
Anna, 159.
Elizabeth, 159.
Frances (Good-
hue), 159.
Jacob, 158, 159.
Mary, 159.
Mary (Ropes) , 158.
Richard, 159.
Sarah, 159.
Susanna, 159.
Susanna (Lee),
158.
Ashton, William, 159.
Aston, Sir John, 35.
Margery, 35.
Atkins, Capt., 275.
Dudley, 144.
Emily Maria, 324.
Atwood, Susan, 323.
Auchmuty, , 277.
Audenried, Mrs.
George A., 121.
George Albert, 130.
Jane M., 130.
Mary (Gray), 130.
William, 130.
Averill, , 47.
Mary (Lee), 47.
Ayers, Eliza Ann
(Plumer), 314.
Orinda, 325.
William A., 314.
Babb, , 206, 207.
John, 202.
Babcock, , 81.
Lydia, 233.
Lydia (Kitfield),
233.
Mary Elizabeth,
122.
William, 233.
Babson, , 48.
Bacon, Ebenezer, 23.
Elisha, 23.
Elizabeth Olivia
(Plumer), 23.
Phebe (Davis), 23.
Bagley, Col. Jona-
than, 67.
Bailey, Bayley, ,
94, 338.
Caroline Priscilla,
(Gilchrist),281.
Charles Lincoln,
282.
D., 275, 276.
Elizabeth (Boyn-
ton), 284.
Elizabeth Martha
(Plumer), 17.
Rev. Jacob, 1.
James, 94.
John, 281.
John E., 17.
John Moore, 284.
Lilla Eva, 282.
Mary, 89.
Prudence (Far-
mer), 281.
Rebecca, 284.
Samuel, 281.
Samuel Oilman, 281,
Susan, 88.
Capt. William, 284,
Baker, Abby (Lee),
38.
Adeline F., 325.
Ann, 146.
Clara Selina, 134.
G. A. 123.
John, 235.
Baldwin, , 90.
Dane, 90.
Col. Jeduthan, 73.
Col. Loammi, 65.
Mary (Dane), 89,
90.
Samuel, 90.
Ballard, Abigail
(Richardson),
220.
Charles, 89.
Henry, 220.
Lydia (Dane), 89.
Mary ( Chandler ) ,
86.
Phebe, 86.
William, 86.
Ballew, Capt., 348.
Bancroft, , 285,
286.
Bangs, Linda, 217.
Barber, Barbour,
John, 187(2).
Mary A. (Plumer),
212.
Robert, 212.
Bardwell, Sarah, 285
(2).
Barker, Anna Ha-
zard, 122.
Christopher, 41.
Elizabeth (Ha-
zard), 122.
Jacob, 122.
Barnard, Rev., 275.
Barrett, , 61.
Edward, 61.
Martha (Burrill-
Skinner), 60, 61.
Samuel, 61.
Sarah (Manning),
61.
Barrington, Dr., 204.
Bartlett, , 91.
Charles L., 218.
Harriet (Plumer),
218.
Samuel, 95.
INDEX.
359
Bartlett, Sarah
( Blanchard-
Bigsby), 95.
Barton, Marmaduke,
105.
Bascom, Adele, 218.
Bassett, Basset,
Mary, 69, 119.
Theophilus, 64.
Batchelder, Bacheler,
, 189.
Samuel L., 290,
291, 301.
Sarah M., 319.
Bates, , 168.
William, 86, 87.
Baughman, Jacob,
322.
Kate, 322.
Sally, 322.
Bean, Mary A., 31.
Nellie, F., 137, 138,
140.
Beard, , 87.
John, 52.
Samuel, 87(2).
Beckley, , 81.
Bedford, Mary Anne,
133
Bedford, 164.
Beesbeach, Mary,
149.
Beer, , 81.
Belden, , 80.
Belknap, Henry W.,
50, 52(2), 53(2).
Bell, , 283.
Hannah (Boyn-
ton), 283.
Nonine Harrim,
130.
Benham, , 78.
Benjamin, , 81.
Bennett, Benet, Ben-
nit, , 63.
Aaron, 38, 39(2),
41.
Aaron, jr., 154.
Ann (Pickworth),
154.
Augusta C. (Plum-
er), 316.
Cordelia A., 326.
Elizabeth, 154, 155,
230, 342.
Elizabeth (Good-
ell-Smith), 190.
Bennett, Henry, 190.
Joseph, 326.
Lydia, 63.
Mehitable (Moul-
ton), 326.
William, 38, 39(3).
William L., 316.
Benson, , 67.
Elizabeth, 66, 67.
Isabel (Plumer),
216.
John, 216.
Bentley, Rev. Wil-
liam, 116, 118,
121, 233, 236.
Bergen, Olive (Gil-
christ), 282.
Peter, 282.
Bickford, Catherine
Augusta ( Plumer,
316.
John H., 316.
Biddle, , 79, 80.
Bigelow, Capt. Tim-
othy, 336.
Bill, Sarah, 58.
Bingham, Aurelia T.,
233.
D. L., 231, 232.
Debby, 233.
Deborah Lee
(Tuck), 233.
Delucena L., 233.
Delucena Lathrop,
jr., 233.
Elizabeth Sewall,
233.
Henry Lee Tuck,
233..
Lucinda, 233.
Lucretia Hunting-
ton, 233.
Luther, 233.
Mary L., 233.
Eufus Lathrop, 233.
William T., 233.
Binney, Amos, 256.
Bishop, , 103,
147.
Rachel (Lee), 145,
147.
Richard, 147
Bisset, George, 9, 12,
14.
Bixby, Bexby, Bigs-
by, , 95.
Daniel, 95.
Lydia, 237.
Sarah (Blan-
chard), 95.
Black, , 284.
Elizabeth (Boyn-
ton), 284.
Blackbird (priva-
teer-schooner) , 162.
Blackburn, Mary,
135.
Blackmer, , 230.
Mary (Lee-Quim-
by), 230.
Wilson, 230.
Blaisdell, Mary, 84.
Nancy, 323.
Blake, Cecilia Ger-
trude Flanagan,
130.
Elizabeth Stone
White (Gray),
130.
John Ellis, 130.
George, 243.
Henry Sargent,
130.
John Rice, 130.
Louisa Dumaresq,
130.
Blanchard, , 85,
90, 94, 95.
Aaron, 283, 286.
Rev. Dr. Amos, 94.
Ann, 95.
Anna, 94, 95.
Anna [ Sawyer) , 95.
Caroline (Morri-
son), 95.
Eliza, 95.
George Stores, 95.
Harriet, 95.
Harriet Pierce, 31.
Livonia, 95.
Margaret (Dolli-
ver), 95.
Mehitable (Hoit),
31.
Miriam, 95.
Nathan, 31, 94, 95.
Nellie, 283, 286.
Rebecca ( Huse ) ,
95.
360
INDEX.
Blanchard, Samuel,
85, 283.
Samuel Garland,
95.
Sarah, 95.
Sawyer, 95.
Thomas H., 95.
Walter, 95.
Blaney, Blany, Abi-
gail, 74, 114.
Hannah, 58, 114.
Hannah ( Gr ay ) ,
114.
Jonathan, 114.
Joseph, 114.
Mary, 114.
Blodgette, Abner,
319.
Frances, 319.
Boas, Dr., 195.
Booth, Fannie
(Platts), 320.
Borden, Grace, 130.
Boston, 37(2), 38,
242, 276.
Boston (schooner),
153.
Boucher, , 203.
Ellen, 212.
Bound, William, 187
(2).
Bourn, Bourne, Char-
lotte, 120.
Eunice, 125, 154.
William, 274.
Boutourline, ,
130.
Alexander, 130.
Elizabeth (Van
Shaick), 130.
Bowditch, Elizabeth,
136.
Lucy, 136.
Bowen, Elizabeth
White (Plumer),
324.
Henry Chandler,
324.
Henry Eliott, 324.
Lucy (Tappan),
324.
Capt. Nathan, 152.
Bowes, , 176.
Box, , 146.
Boyes, Clement, 52.
-, 92,
Boynton,
282, 283, 286.
Abiel, 283, 284.
Amasa, 283.
Amos, 283(3), 284.
Dr. Amos, 284.
Augusta, 283, 284.
Augustus, 283.
Belinda (Pearson) ,
285, 286.
Benjamin, 282, 283-
28ft.
Caroline, 284.
Clara, 285.
Clarissa, 284.
Clarissa (Eichard-
son), 284.
David, 283(3), 284
(3), 285(2;.
David D., 283.
Dorothy F., 284.
Edgar Anderson,
285.
Edwin, 283.
Eliza A. (Eobin-
son) , 285.
Elizabeth, 283-285.
Elizabeth (Ames),
284.
Elizabeth (Par-
ker, 284.
Ellen L., 283.
Elmira, 284.
Emily M., 283.
Frank Benjamin,
285.
Frank P., 283.
Hamilton Prentice,
285.
Hannah (Ames) ,
283, 285(2).
Hannah C., 283.
Hannah Sophia
(Bichardson),
284.
Henrietta Joseph-
ine, 285.
Henry, 90, 282, 285.
Hepsabeth, 284.
Isaac, 284.
Jacob, 284.
John, 285.
Jonathan, 283.
Joseph, 284.
Joshua, 283, 285.
Boynton, Josie A.,
285.
Julia Ann (Spear),
285.
Louisa, 285.
Louisa E., 285.
Maria E., 283.
Mary, 283, 284(4),
285.
Mary Jane, 285.
Mary (Moore),
284.
Mary (Stickney),
283.
Moses, 283, 285
(3), 286.
Mina, 283.
Nathan, 285.
Nathaniel, 285.
Nettie Florence,
285(2).
Newton, 283.
Eebecca, 284.
Eebecca (Bailey),
284.
Samuel, 283(2),
284, 285.
Sarah, 283, 284.
Sarah Bardwell
(Eichards) 285.
Solomon, 283.
Theodosia A., 283.
Thomas, 283-286.
Thomas B., 283.
William, 283.
Braddock, , 77.
Bradford, Bulah,
239.
Bradley, Bradlee,
, 89.
Eliza Ann, 23.
Francis B. C., 241,
289.
Sarah (Goodell),
189.
Brady, Emily H., 25.
Bragdon, Elizabeth,
209.
Lydia, 223.
Brame, Anna, 65.
Brandt, Carl L., 137.
Bray, , 45.
Eiith (Parsons),
45.
Breed, Alice, 119.
Anna, 69, 70.
INDEX.
361
Breed, Daniel, 69.
Hepsabah, 114.
Isaiah, 256, 301.
Mary, 57.
Mary ( Basse tt),
69, 119.
Nathan, 69, 119.
Nehemiah, 57.
William, 3d., 69.
Brewster, William
N., 311.
Bridge, Rev. Mat-
thew, 238.
Bridgeman, John,
182-184.
Briggs, , 254.
Brisbane, Comm., 9.
Bronsdon, , 146.
Margaret M., 146.
Phinehas, 146.
Rachel (Marston-
Lee), 146.
Brooks, , 116.
Abigail (Brown),
116, 120, 121.
Anna Ellen Cardis
(Gray), 128.
Anne (Noyes), 116.
Cotton Brown, 116,
121, 128.
Rev. Edward, 116,
120, 121.
Etta Maddelina
(O'Donaghue) ,
128.
Grace Elizabeth,
128.
Jane (Williams),
116, 121, 128.
Mary, 116, 121.
Phillips, 128.
William Gray, 128.
Rev. William Hen-
ry, 128.
Brosdon, Robert, 59.
Broughton, Serina
Mason, 320.
Brown, Browne, ,
79, 88, 94, 287.
Capt., 170.
Abiel, 85.
Abigail, 116, 120,
121.
Abram, 25.
Alfred, 88.
Brown, Anne (Bur-
r i 1 1 - W h i t-
temore), 63.
Ella (Plumer), 25.
Ellen, 126.
Elizabeth, 116, 120,
121.
George M., 311.
Henry W., 91, 92.
Isaac, 88.
J. Woodward, 88.
Joanna (Dodge) ,
24.
Jonathan, 235.
Joseph, 149.
Joseph N., 24.
Maj. Joseph R., 126.
Lucy C., 24.
Lydia, 89.
Mary (Beesbeach),
149.
Mary ( Plumber ) ,
217.
Mehitable, 212.
Nancy (Griffin), 85.
Polly, 91.
Rebecca (Hay-
nes), 92.
Sally, 20.
Samuel, 92.
Sarah, 149.
Stephen, 89.
Susan, 122.
Thirza Jane (Jack-
son), 92.
William, 68, 217.
Bruce, , 86.
Hannah (Lis-
comb), 86.
Bry, , 79.
Bryant, Eliza, 316.
Bryce, Benjamin G.,
315.
Martha O. (Plum-
er), 315.
Bubier, , 88.
Buckham, , 348.
Buckley, , 181.
Dorcas (Faulk-
ner), 181.
William, 180, 181
(2).
Buffum, , 103.
James N., 268.
Bullard, , 340.
Burbank, Betsey, 87.
Jonathan, 87.
Burchsted, Anna, 116.
Henry, 116.
Mary, 116.
Burgoyne, , 147.
Gen., 345(2).
Burbit, Rev., 155.
Burk, , 345, 346.
Burley, Betsey (Gal-
ley), 30.
Jerusha G., 30.
Joseph, JO.
Burnham, Hannah,
283(2).
Margaret, 227.
Burr, , 81.
Burrill, Burrell, ,
54, 56, 58, 58, 63,
74.
Abigail, 57, 58.
Alden, 66, 67, 75.
Alice, 70.
Anna, 57, 58, 67, 75.
Anna (Alden), 65,
66, 73, 74.
Anna (Breed), 69,
70.
Anne, 67, 68, 74, 75.
Anne (Thompson),
67.
Benjamin, 64, 71,
72.
Charles, 70.
Ebenezer, 55, 60, 62-
64, 66-70, 72, 73,
Capt. Ebenezer, 59,
61, 62, 64, 65.
Elizabeth, 64, 66,
67, 74, 75.
Elizabeth (Col-
lins), 72.
Elizabeth (John-
son), 74, 75.
Elizabeth (Mans-
field), 69, 70.
Elizabeth (Raw-
son), 64.
Ellen Mudge, 59,
65.
Eunice, 60, 61, 66,
67.
Eunice ( Coffrin) ,
69.
Ezra, 62-64, 69, 70.
362
1NDKX.
Burrill, Frederick,
71.
George, 70.
Hannah, 55, 56.
Hannah (Lindsey),
74, 75.
Isaiah, 64, 71.
James, 62, 64.
Joanna, 68, 69.
Joanna (Silsbee),
68.
John, 55-57, 60, 62,
63, 66-68, 74, 75.
Corporal John, 67.
Lieut. John, 56, 59.
Sergt. John, 74.
Joseph, 62, 63, 67,
75.
Lois, 56, 57, 61-64,
72.
Lois, (Ivory), 59,
60.
Loring, 75.
Lydia, 55-58, 60, 61,
67, 69, 70, 115.
Lydia (Bennett),
63.
Mansfield, 62, 63,
66, 68, 69.
Margaret (Jarvis),
56, 57.
Martha, 60, 62, 63,
65, 68, 69.
Martha (Farring-
ton), 59, 60, 62,
64, 65.
Martha (Newhall),
70.
Mary, 57, 61-64, 67,
69, 71, 74.
Mary (Hills), 64,
70-72.
Mary (Johnson),
73, 74.
Mary (Mansfield),
62, 67-69
Micajah, 64, 68, 71.
Nabby, 75.
Nancy, 69, 70.
Nathan, 69, 70.
Phebe (Cahoone),
68.
Ruth, 55, 57, 59, 60,
64, 71.
Samuel, 55-61, 65,
66, 73-75, 113.
Burrill, Samuel
Johnson, 75.
Sarah, 55, 57, 58,
60-64, 66, 68, 72.
Sarah F., 69.
Sarah (Graves),
?2, 73.
Sarah (Johnson),
63.
Shubel, 67, 74.
Susannah, 71.
Theophilus, 59-61,
64, 70-72.
Col. Theophilus,
54-58.
Thomas, 62, 63.
Thompson, 68.
William, 68, 63.
Burton, Dr., 354.
Burtt, , 90.
Abiah (Moors), 89.
Joseph, 89.
Sarah, 90.
Susfin, 89.
Butler, Eunice
(Coffin), 50.
Lillian Louisa, 137.
Sadie F. (Plumer),
313.
Willia-n, 50.
Hon. William Ar-
thur, 213.
Butterfield, , 216.
Lucinda (Plumer),
216.
Sally, 86.
Batters, Abby (Wil-
son), 86.
Amos, 86.
Buxton, Dr., 349.
Enos, 181.
John, 183-185.
Byles, , 79, 80.
Byron, Adm., 173, 174
(2), 199.
Cbot, , 158.
Joseph S., 290.
Cadwell, , 81.
Caesar (ship), 144.
Cahoone, James, 68.
Phebe, 68.
Caldwell, Elenour
Guy, 321.
Francis, 91.
Caldwell, Ruth
(Woodcock),
321.
William W., 321.
Calef, Upton, 88.
Calkins, Eliza, 315.
Call, Olive, 286.
Calleo, Arimenea
(negro?), 155.
Calley, Anna O., 30.
Betsey, 30.
Francis, 58, 115.
Lydia, 115, 118.
Lydia (Burrill),
55, 56, 58, 115.
Campbell, Lucretia
Dorr, 86.
Sally (Butterfield),
86.
Cantlebury, John,
183, 184.
Rebecca, 184.
Ruth, 183, 184.
William, 177(2),
182-184.
Cargill, Capt., 168.
Carlton, Carleton,
Abigail, 84.
Conrad, 284.
Eliza A., 316.
Isaac, 284.
Martha W. (Park),
284.
Mary (Boynton),
284.
Carpenter, E. W., 27.
Emily M. (Plum-
er, 27.
Lucindia, 118.
Carr, Andrew R., 118.
Arthur, 95.
Miriam (Blan-
chard), 95.
Rebecca ( Stone-
Gray), 118.
Thomas, 95.
Carruth, , 288.
Anna Doane
(Smith), 288.
Charles Henry, 288.
Clara (Smith), 288.
Francis, 288.
Francis Whipple,
288.
George Willard,
288.
INDEX.
363
Carmth, Isaac, 288.
Mary Elizabeth
(Nourse), 288.
Mary (Hale), 288.
Minnie Hale, 288.
Col. Simmer, 288.
Carter, Abigail, 96.
Buelah, 96.
Elizabeth, 147.
Eunice, 147.
Jonas, 85.
Mary, 157.
Obed, 235.
Obed, jr., 147.
Rachel (Lee), 147.
Case, John, 77.
Cash, Daniel, 216.
Lydia Ann (Plum-
er;, 216.
Cass, Gen. Lewis, 87.
Sarah, 28.
Cate, Cates, Amanda
(Plumer), 323.
Matilda, 28.
Nathaniel, 323.
Cathcart, Capt., 142.
Cave, Thomas, 181.
Ceres (ship), 340.
Chalke, Sarah, 49.
William, 49.
Chandler, , 85,
330.
Dr., 203, 205, 207.
Adella, 284.
Almira (Kemp) ,
284.
Amanda, 284.
Ann, 284.
Anngenett, 284.
Hannah, 85.
Hepsabeth, 284.
Hepsabeth (Burn-
ham), 284.
James, 284(3).
Maj. James, 85.
Mary, 86.
Melvina, 284.
Oscar, 284.
Phebe (Dane), 85.
Chase, , 85, 96,
336(2).
Adelaide Cole, 137.
EllaAdelia (twin),
287.
Chase, Emma Amel-
ia (twin), 287.
F. B., 317.
Juliette (Plumer),
317.
Mary Etta, 287.
Philip, 243.
Sarah Ann (Jef-
ferson), 287.
Stephen, 287.
Stephen A., 244,
250, 251, 256(2),
267, 268.
Chastellux, Marquis
de, 340, 341.
Chaterton, Cheter-
ton, , 52(2).
Edward, 52.
Susanna (Gaudey),
52,
Cheever, Ames, 160.
Rev. Ames, 43, 47.
Anna (Burrill-
Fuller), 58.
David, 335.
Rev. George B., D.
D., 225.
Lieut. Nathan, 58.
Sarah (Bill), 58.
Thomas, 58.
Cheney, , 81, 129.
Chesmore, Alfred, 84.
Anna, 84.
Elizabeth (Upton),
82.
Reuben G., 84.
Chester, Col., 52.
Chester (negro), 236.
Childs, , 86.
Louisa (Noyes),
86.
Chipman Elizabeth
(Brown), 116,
120, 121.
Hon. John, 116,
119, 121.
Choate, Rufus, 272.
Choctaw (ship), 243.
Chubb, T., 38.
Church, Hattie, 25.
Clapham, Mary, 17.
Clapp, Charles Q.,
122.
Gorgianna Win-
gate, 122.
Clapp, I. O. (Win-
gate), 122.
Clark, Clarke, Cyrene
H., 31.
Edmund, 71.
Elizabeth, 71, 159.
Elmira, 18.
Frances H., 218.
Hannah H., 325.
John, 29, 84, 190.
Lydia (Frost-Up-
ton), 84.
Martha Swan, 93.
Mary (Burrill), 71.
Nancy, 29.
Nathan, 82.
Patience, 215.
Sally (Crochett),
29.
Sarah, 190.
Clay, Rev. Joseph, 127.
Mary, 127.
Mary (Savage), 127.
Cleveland, Cleave-
land, John, 227.
Rev. John, 225.
Clinton, Gen., 162(3),
166.
Sir Henry, 162.
Clifford, Elizabeth
Neal, 324.
Clough, Ruth (Put-
nam-Ward), 116.
Lydia, 115, 116.
Lydia (Gray), 115.
Joseph, 115.
Coats, Benjamin, 61.
Coburn, Frederick,
284.
Hepsabeth (Chand-
ler), 284.
Cochran, , 96.
Adelia (Chandler),
284.
George Henry, 89.
Harry, 284.
Henry, 89.
Capt. Henry, 96.
Mary (Bailey), 89.
Naomi (Farmer),
96.
Samuel, 89.
Sophia Augusta, 89.
Sophia ( Hardy ) ,
88, 89.
INDEX.
Cockle, , 277.
Cod, Cape, 141.
Codington, , 110.
Codman, , 124.
Ann ( McMasters ) ,
124.
Charles Eussell,
Henrietta Gjay
(Sargent), 124.
James McMasters,
124.
124.
Coffin, Cawfing, Cof-
fing, Coffrin, Cof-
fyn, , 50.
Deborah, 50.
Dionis (Stevens),
50(2).
Elizabeth, 50.
Eunice, 50, 69.
James, 50.
Joan, 50.
Joan (Keymber).
50.
John, 50(3).
Mary, 50.
Peter, 50.
Ruth, 50.
Tristram, 50.
Colby, Coalby, David,
228.
Hannah (Lee), 227.
Nathaniel, 227.
Rachel (Lee), 228.
Cole, Mrs. Leland H.,
112.
Martha G., 321.
Colebrook, Margery
(Dummer), 53.
William, 53.
Coleman, Mary, 238.
Collier see Colly er.
Collins, Bethia, 68.
Bethia (Mansfield)
72.
Dorothy, 113.
Elizabeth, 72.
Gertrude, 139.
John, 72.
Mary (Burrill), 64
Samuel, 64.
Theodate, 115.
Collins, Plumer & Co.,
323.
Colly er, Capt., 141
(2).
Comer, , 331.
Comerf ord, Frederick
W., 24.
Hannah F., (Jack-
son), 24.
Hannah Frances,
24.
Comptois, , 287.
Josette (Favreau),
288.
Lizzie Bethiah, 288.
Louis, 288t
Michael, 288(2).
Susan (Staples),
288.
Conant, , 51.
Jane, 51.
Jane (Slade), 51
(2).
Martha, 52.
Mary, 51(2).
Richard, 51(2).
Roger, 51.
Sarah, 52.
Constant, , 129.
Cooke, Caleb, 194.
Cooley, Lydia, 29.
Coolidge, Hannah,
286.
Coombs, John, 256.
Mary Hobbs (Par-
ker), 87.
Roland L. E., 87.
Cooper, Peter, 242.
Cooper (negro wom-
an), 45.
Copley, , 238, 330.
John Singleton,
338(2).
Copp, Ellen J., 28.
George W., 28.
Cordis, Frances Tem-
ple, 127.
Corey, , 103.
Corliss, Lydia, 1,9.
Cornelius, Elias, 128.
Lydia Frances
(Gray), 128.
Coster, Maria Gris-
wold, 135.
Matilda Gray, 135.
William Bay, 135.
Cotta, Robert, 187
(2).
Cotterell, Antoinette
H. (Plumer), 19.
William, 19.
Cotton, Leonard, 41,
46.
Courtney, Capt., 176.
Cowdrey, , 285.
Cowell, Boyd, 131.
Frances (Gray),
131.
Cox, Cocks, , 203,
230.
Acman, 316.
Alice, 160.
Deborah (Lee),
230.
Ida, 325.
Mary (Burchsted-
Gray), 117.
Mary J. (Plumer),
317.
Capt. Thomas, 117.
William G., 317.
Yorinda A. (Plum-
er), 316.
Coxwell, , 130.
Charles F., 130.
Louisa (Blake-
Russell), 130.
Coye, Richard, 155,
157.
Crafts, Craft, ,
157.
Col., 118, 238.
Aaron, 157.
Abigail, 157.
Anna, 157.
Anna (Lee), 155,
156.
Benjamin, 46, 55,
t !57.
Lieut. Benjamin,
156.
Deborah (Pres-
ton), 157.
Eleazar, 235(2).
Col. Eleazer, 157.
Elizabeth, 157.
Elizabeth, (Eas-
ty), 157.
Lucy, 157.
Mary, 57.
Rebecca, 157.
INDEX.
365
Crafts, Col. Thomas,
65.
William, 157.
Craig, Hannah A. L.
(Plumer), 222.
Harriet, 222.
Samuel U., 222.
Toppan W., 222.
Cram, Benjamin, 301.
Crampacker, Eliza-
beth Eunice
(Flint), 92.
Shepherd, 92.
Crancy, , 142.
Crane, Grain, Col.
John, 72.
Eebecca CNichols) ,
317.
Kobert, 317.
Crockett, Sally, 29.
Crosby, , 176.
Hannah (Boyn-
ton), 283.
Hosea, 216.
John, 283(2).
Julia ( Plumer),
216.
Cross, Crose, Eliza-
beth, 46(2).
Elizabeth (Lee),
46(2).
George, 46(2).
George, jr., 46.
Lydia, 46.
Crossly, Capt., 168.
Crowell, , 19.
Crowley, . Bridget
(Hart), 281.
Hannah (Dono-
van), 281.
James, 281.
Timothy, 281.
Crowninshield, ,
158.
Cummings, Cummins,
, 80.
Anngenett (Chand-
ler, 284.
Israel, 284.
Ehoda C., 318.
Cunningham, ,
171.
Catherine Hays,
136.
Catherine Hays
(Howard), 136.
Cunningham, James,
136.
Currier, , 340.
Curtis, Curtiss, Han-
nah, 18.
Mary (Wells), 323.
Nehemiah, 323.
Curwen, Corwen,
Corwin, Corwyn,
, 77, 78, 80,
82, 83, 97, 182,
239.
Judge, 103, 104.
Amaz, 82.
Asa, 82.
Benjamin, 82.
Daniel, 82.
David, 77, 78, 82.
Edward, 82.
Elnathan, 82.
George, 82, 182-184.
Capt. George, 98,
99.
George R., 98.
Gersham, 82.
Gilbert, 82.
Henry, 82.
Jacob, 82.
James, 82.
Jedediah, 82.
Jeremiah, 82.
Jesse, 82.
John, 77, 82, 83.
Jonathan, 82, 98-
100, 102, 103.
Joseph, 82.
Joshua, 82.
Mary, 77, 82.
Mathias, 76, 77, 82,
83.
Nathaniel, 82.
Phebe, 77, 82.
Phineas, 82.
Eichard, 82.
Samuel, 76-82.
Separate, 82.
Silas, 82.
Simon, 77, 82.
Stephen, 82.
Theophilus, 77, 82,
83,
Thomas, 82.
Timothy, 77, 82.
Vincent, 82.
William, 82.
Gushing, Caleb, 293.
Gushing, Eliza Con-
stantia (Wat-
son), 240.
Martha ( Watson ) ,
240.
Thomas, 240(2).
Cutler, Cutter, Rev.
Benjamin C., 225.
George, 84.
George Washing-
ton, 84.
Hannah ( Gr ay ) ,
115.
James, 84.
Joseph, 115.
Eev. Manasseh,
331.
Margaret (Upton),
84.
Dana, Daniel, D. D.,
342.
Louisa Tracy, 342.
Lucy (Temple),
342.
Rev. Dr. Joseph, D.
D., 342.
Mary Tracy, 342.
Dane, , 88, 89, 91,
92, 152, 154.
Abiah Moore, 90.
Anna, 90.
Benjamin, 88-90,
282.
Benjamin Augus-
tus, 89.
Caroline, 89.
Charles, 91.
Eliza Ann, 89.
Elmore, 88, 90, 92.
Elsie Samantha,
90.
Fanny, 89.
Francis, 89.
George, 91.
George Alfred, 90.
George Francis, 90.
Hannah, 89, 282.
Hannah Maria, 90.
Harriet, 89.
Horace, 89.
Ida, 90.
Jackson (Octa-
vius), 90.
Jerusha ( Frost ) ,
90.
366
INDEX.
Dane, John, 89, 91.
John Henry, 90.
John Otis, 89.
Joseph, 89, 282.
Lois (Richardson),
89.
Lucy Emeline, 90.
Lucy Jane, 89.
Lydia, 89.
Lydia (Brown),
89.
Lydia (Gilchrist),
90, 282.
Marie Antoinette,
89.
Mary, 89, 90.
Mary Arvilla, 90.
Mary (Frost), 89.
Mary (Richard-
son), 89.
Minna, 89.
Osgood, 89.
Phebe, 85.
Eichard Galon, fcO,
282.
Sophia, 90.
Sophia (Hardy-
Cockran), 88, 89.
Susan (Burtt), 89.
Susanna, 89.
William, 89.
Willie Fremont, 90.
Danforth, Danford,
, 283, 286.
Benjamin, 286.
Betsy, 286.
Dorothy (Pearson-
Richardson) ,286.
John, 286(2).
Joshua, 286(2).
Keziah, 285(2),
286.
Lucy, 228, 286.
Lucy (Reed), 286.
Margaret A. (Plum-
er), 211.
Mary Abby, 31.
Nellie (Blan-
chard), 283, 286.
S. A., 211.
Daniel Webster
(steamboat), 309.
Daniels, Asa, 147.
Nabby (Lee), 147,
Nancy, 314.
Davenport, .
(Hathorne) , 37.
Capt., 106.
Charles, 256, 257.
Capt. Nathanial,
100.
Capt. Richard, 37,
99, 100.
Davis, , 59, 87,
284.
Abigail, 322.
Abigail (Mears),
287.
Anthony, 20.
Apphia (Davis),
88.
Betsey (Burbank),
87.
Caleb, 88.
CamdenC.,291, 301.
Charles Henry, 88.
Dudley, 87.
Eunice (Franklin),
315.
Hannah, 47.
Joseph, 88.
Levi, jr., 287.
Lowell, 88.
Mary P., 88.
Mary (Plumer),20.
Mary Susan
(Moore), 88.
Phebe, 23.
Riley, 88.
Roxanna, 240.
Samuel, 87.
Sarah Ann, 287.
Sarah (Smith), 88.
William Hardy, 88.
Day, , 92.
Caroline, 213.
Hannah, 42.
Hannah (Lee), 41,
42.
Jacob, 92.
John, 41, 42(2).
Lydia, 42.
Sarah, 42.
Susanna, 42.
Richard, 42.
Dearborn, , 33
(2), 35, 151, 236,
335-337.
Gen. H. A. S., 33.
Dearborn, Gen. Hen-
ry Alexander
Scammell, 34-36.
Deblois, Lewis, 144.
Decker, Minnie, 135.
DeConinck, Jane
Leaps, 134.
D'Estaing, Count, 11.
Defiance (schooner),
153.
DeForest, Frances
Emily, 132.
Emily J., 132.
Robert W., 132.
Delancey, , 169.
Col., 169.
Gov., 79.
James, 79.
Dempson, Catherine
(Sexton), 281.
Nancy, 281.
Timothy, 281.
Denys, , 78.
Deptford (Eng.),350.
Derby, , 289.
Ann, 158.
E. Basket, 272(2).
Derby ( schooner ) ,
331, 339.
Devereux, Devereaux,
Deverix, , 58,
59.
Abigail (Burrill-
Gale), 58.
Hannah (Blaney,),
58.
Humphrey, 55, 58.
John, 105.
Robert, 58.
Devol, , 125.
Betsey, (Gray),
125.
DeWolf, Annie Eliza-
beth (Marsten),
120.
Annie Cecelia, 120.
Henry, 120.
Dickinson, Dicken-
son, Philemon,
187(2).
Dick (negro?), 155.
Dicks, , 349.
Dillingham, Hannah,
221.
Diman, Polly, 125.
INDEX.
367
Dingley, Martha, 217.
Dix see Dicks.
Dixon, Capt., 203.
Doane, Mercy, 288.
Dobbin, , 89.
Dodd, Judge, 352.
Dodge, , 93, 125.
Abigail, 148.
Betsey (Gray), 125.
Charles C., 300.
Charlotte Allen,
146.
Charlotte Proctor
(Allen), 152.
Ellen (Story), 278.
Hannah, 93.
Jabez, 45.
Joanna, 24.
Marcy, Thorn, 227.
Capt. R., 149.
Capt. Richard, 65.
Capt. Thomas, 278.
Dole, Ann (Hallet),
222.
Daniel, 222.
Edward, 222.
Elizabeth E. (Plum-
er), 222.
Eunice, 26.
Dolliver, Dolliber,
, 195.
Capt., 80.
Margaret, 95.
William, 332.
Donaldson, , 79.
Donovan, Hannah,
281.
Mary, 281.
Doree, J. Horace, 315.
Laura A. (Plum-
er), 315.
Dorr, , 122.
Charles Hazen, 122.
Mary Gray
(Ward), 122.
Samuel, 122.
Susan (Brown),
122.
Douglass, Frederick
268.
Douty, , 80.
Joseph, 62.
Downing, , 47.
Abigail, 282..
Caleb, jr., 62.
Downing, Emman-
uel, 47.
John, 282.
Mary, 29.
Palfrey, 282.
Samuel, 282.
Drake, S. A., 338.
Dresser, Eliza L., 327.
Drew, , 239.
Joanna H., 233.
Lucia (Watson),
239.
Dr. Thomas, 239.
Driver, Bethiah, 342.
Mariam (Hooper),
342.
Solomon, 342.
Drown, Daniel, 259.
Duche, , 205, 347.
Dudley, , 105.
Dummer, Dommer,
Joan, 52, 53.
John, 52(2), 53.
Margaret, 52.
Margery, 53.
Duncan, Rufus H.,
221.
Sarah Ann (Plum-
er), 221.
Dunham, Diana, 216.
Elvira, 216.
Hannah W., 327.
Dunlap, Horace, 23.
Mary, 23.
Nelly Maria, 23.
Dunning, , 208.
Durgee, Durgey,
Durgy, , 45,
46.
Elizabeth (Par-
sons), 45.
John, 45(2).
Mary (Lee), 45 (2),
46.
Dustin, Hannah, 220.
Dutton, Dorcas, 88.
Isabelle, 35.
Sir Piers, 35.
Dyer, Ellen (Plum-
er), 216.
Stephen, 216.
Eagles, Benjamin, 71.
Eames see Ames.
Earnest, Linnie, 131.
East Boston, (ferry-
boat), 267.
Eastman, Abigail
Pearson, 30.
Elizabeth (Lee),
147.
Nancy (Sinclair),
30.
Obadiah, 30.
Samuel, 147.
Easton, Hannah, 197.
Nicholas, 197.
Easty, Elizabeth, 157.
Eaton, Betsey, 28.
Caleb, 28.
Sarah (Cass), 28.
Eden, Thomas, 280.
Edgerly, Mary Eliza-
beth, 224.
Samuel, 224.
Sarah, 224.
Edmiston, , 203.
Rev. Berry, 230.
Ednah Silver,
(Lee), 230.
Joseph Lee, 148,
230.
Edwards, Anne, 227.
John, 235(2).
Eliot, Elliot, Eliza-
beth, 145, 146.
Sarah (Lee), 147.
William, 145, 147.
Elizabeth Islands, 7.
Elizabeth (brig) , 141.
Ellis, Clara, 134.
Elmore, , 87, 88.
Elwell, Capt., 275.
Emerson, Mary
(Green), 143.
Samuel, 143.
Emery, , 95.
Alice E., 31.
Anna, 95.
Emmet, , 133.
Endecott, Endicott,
Gov., 107.
Hon. William C.,
194.
Ernst, Mrs. O. H.,
338, 341.
Eskot, , 41, 42.
Alice, 41, 42.
John, 41, 42.
Mary, 41, 42.
368
INDEX.
Eskot, Sarah (Lee),
41, 42.
Estes, Weltha, 213.
Eustis, Clara (Ellis),
134.
George H., 134.
Marion Tracy, 134.
Evans, Mary, 327.
Evely, John, 41.
Everett, Gov. Ed-
ward, 249.
Fair-Haven, 164.
Falcon (sloop-of-
war), 236.
Fall, Carrie, 325.
Farley, - , 217.
Farmer, , 79, 80,
94, 95, 281.
Anna (Blanchard) ,
94.
Caleb Strong, 96.
Cordelia, 96.
Edward, 96.
Elmore, 96.
Eugene, 96.
Hannah ( Abbott ) ,
96.
Herbert Edward,
96.
Gilbert, 96.
Mary Ellen, 96.
Mary (Small), 96.
Mary (Wright), 96.
Naomi, 96.
Peter, 94.
Porter, 96.
Prudence, 281.
Kebecca ( Gr iffin ) ,
96.
Silas, 94, 96.
Farr, Benjamin, 55.
Elizabeth, 55(2).
Farrington, Martha,
59, 60, 62, 64, 65.
Mary, 60.
Matthew, 59, 60.
Eebecca, 117.
Sarah (Newhall),
59.
Capt. William, 65,
70, 72, 74.
Faulkner, Dorcas,
181.
Favor, Amelia (Plum-
er), 317.
Joseph W., 317.
Favreau, Josette, 288.
Fawcett, Hannah,
224.
Fay, , 136.
Alice, 136.
Arthur Dudley, 136.
Dudley Bowditch,
136.
Elizabeth Bow-
ditch, 136 (2).
Ethel, 136.
Hester (Law-
rence), 136.
John Howard, 136.
Kather ine ( Gray ) ,
136.
Eichard Dudley,
136.
Richard Sullivan,
136.
Bosamond, 136.
Fellows, Charles H.,
319.
Clara Etta (Plum-
er), 319.
Emma A., 319.
Mary J., 316.
Felt, , 114.
Abigail (Blany-
Lewis), 114.
Dorcas ( Faulkner-
Buckley), 181.
Joseph, 181.
Capt. Joseph, 114.
Ferguson, , 130.
Capt., 163.
Dr., 163.
Susan L., 240.
Ferry, Ellen (Tracy),
140.
John, 140.
Mabel E., 140.
Fessenden, Col. John
M., 244 (3), 250
(2), 255, 256,260.
Fickett, Charles H.,
26.
Ellen Moulton
(Plumer), 26.
Field, Edson, 319.
Sarah Ayera
(Plumer), 319.
Finley, J., 348.
Fish, Cynthia, 287.
Fisher, , 168, 348.
Andrew, 125.
Polly (Gray), 125.
Fiske, , 193.
Maj.-Gen. John, 239.
Martha (Lee-Hib-
bert), 239.
Rev. Samuel, 239.
Fitts, Harriet M., 146.
Flagg, , 81.
Flanagan, Cecilia
Gertrude, 130.
Flanders, Mary Gor-
don, 27.
Fleming, Catherine,
281.
Fletcher, Edmund,
220.
Elizabeth Chand-
ler (Plumer),
220.
Lucy (Wood), 220.
Nathan, 220.
Flint, Dr., 92.
Rev. Dr., 253.
Addison Augustine,
85.
Alanson, 85.
Alanson Augustus,
85.
Betsey (Wheeler),
92.
Beulah (Wheeler),
92.
Charles, 92.
Charles Warren,
92.
Charles William,
85.
Elizabeth Eunice,
92.
Eunice (Wheeler),
92.
Fanny, 92.
Fanny Louisa, 92.
Fanny Newell
(Walsh), 92.
Franklin, 92.
Hannah ( Griffin) ,
85.
Henry, 92.
Henry Franklin,
92.
INDEX. 369
Flint, Henry Kirk, 85. Foster, Susan Au- Frost, Charles Dane,
Henry Sewall, 92. gusta (Plumer), 90.
John, 85. 324. Edwin Francis, 90.
Laura, 92. W. H., 256. Hannah Maria
Laura (Maynard), William, 283. (Dane), 90.
92. William H., 301. Jerusha, 90.
Levi Maynard, 92. Fowle, , 350. Lydia, 84.
Maria Henrietta, Elizabeth, 63, 70. Lizzie, 90.
85. Col. Jacob, 152, 330. Mary, 22, 89.
Orianna, 92. Joanna, 68. Frothingham, Ellen,
Rosella (San- John, 180(2), 181. 86.
born), 92. Peter, 180(2;, 181. Lydia, 86.
Ruth (Upton), 85. Foye, Laura E., 112. Nathaniel, 86.
Sarah Jane Fox, Charles, 208. Sarah (Noyes), 86.
(Walsh), 92. Franklin, Eunice, Frye, Ellen M., 323.
Thomas, 189, 191. 315. Gage, 86.
Capt. Thomas, 177. Franklin (ship), 148. Phebe (Liscomb),
William, 190. Frazier, Capt., 162. 86.
Capt. William, 66. Nathan, 280. Martha, 315.
Flora (negro), 152. Freeman, Edward A., Fulleshurst or Fol-
Flora (ship), 9. 140. hurst, Elizabeth,
Floyd, - (Willet), Grace Elvira, 140. 35.
224. Lydia J. (Sever- Sir Thomas, 35.
Col., 78. *ance), 140. Fuller, , 163.
Adeline S. (Plum- Frelinghuysen, Hon. Anna (Burrill), 58.
er), 224. Frederick, 135. Betsey Skillings
Abigail, 63. Matilda Cummings, (Plumer), 214.
Paul, 224(2). 135. George W., 214.
Rachel, 86. Matilda (Gris- Hannah, 55, 56.
Fogg, Ralph, 110. wold), 135. Mary (Blany;, 114.
Follansbee, , 283. French, , 79, 80, Nathaniel, 58, 114.
Folsom, Lydia, 31. 85, 153. Timothy, 181.
Nathaniel, 31. Col., 176. Furness, Annis
Sarah (Peaslee), Dorcas, 90. (Jenks), 238.
31. Edmund, 96. Horace Howard,
Fordoyce, Dr., 353. Elizabeth, 96. 238.
Fortune (negro- Elizabeth ( Ja- Rev. William Hen-
man), 159. quith), 93. ry, 238.
Foss, Martha Ann Harriet, 93.
(Plumer), 30. Jacob, 85, 90, 283. Cage, Gen. 172.
Charles H., 30(2). Joseph, 90. Gov., 333, 334(2).
Loren, 30. Leonard, 90. Jane (Noyes), 86.
Marcia, 213. Peter, 93. Joseph N., 86.
Mary Ann (Ma- Sibel (Adams), 90. Gale, Gall, Abigail
son), 30. Theodore, 90. (Burrill), 58.
Foster, Gen., 133. Uriel, 90. Hannah, 239.
Gideon, 283. Washington, 90. Roots, 58.
Henry Jackson, 324. Friend, Isaac, 282. Sarah, 237.
John, 90. Olive (Gilchristj,, Galling, , 203.
Joseph, 185. 282. Gallison, (Lee),
Lydia, 93. Samuel, 39. 159.
Mary, 286. Frost, Aaron, 84, 85. Abigail, 154.
Samuel, 235. Abiel, 90. Abigail (Lee), 154.
1 Capt. Samuel, 235. Benjamin, 89. Agnes (Stacey),
Sarah (Burtt), 90. Charles, 90. 237.
370
INDEX.
Gallison, Annis (Sta-
cey), 154.
Charlotte, 125, 154.
Eunice (Bourne),
125, 154.
H. C., 154.
Henry, 154.
Henry Hammond,
154.
John, 125, 154.
Col. John, 154, 159.
Joseph, 154.
Katherine (Sew-
all), 154.
William, 154.
Garcelon, Almira
(Plumer), 216.
W., 216.
Gardner, Almon J.,
214.
Elizabeth Picker-
ing, 121, 129.
Frank A., M. D.,
54.
Maria ( Plumer ) ,
214.
Rebecca Kussell
(Lowell), 121,
128.
Samuel Pickering,
121, 128.
Sarah Eussell, 121,
128.
Garland, , 95.
A. L. V., 23.
Eliza (Blanchard),
95.
Samuel, 95.
Garrison, Capt., 79.
Garritt, Betsey, 323.
Gary, Benjamin, 286.
Betsey (Dan-
f orth) , 286.
Gaskin, , 103.
Gaudey, Gaudy, ,
52.
Elizabeth, 52.
Mary, 52(2).
Richard, 52.
Thomas, 52(2).
Susanna, 52.
George, Huldah S.,
27.
Josiah, 27.
Gerrish, Col. Jacob,
65, 70.
Col. Samuel, 65.
Gerry, Elbridge, 331-
333, 336, 337.
Gilbert, Ellison, 324.
Mary Elizabeth
(Plumer), 324.
Gilchrist Abigail
(Downing), 282.
Alice, 282.
Amos, 90, 281, 282
(2).
Caroline Priscilla,
281, 282.
Daniel, 282.
David, 282.
Emily Louisa, 282.
Hannah, 282.
Hannah ( Dane ) ,
282.
Hannah Elizabeth,
282.
John, 282(4).
Lydia, 90, 282(2).
Mary Ann, 282.
Olive, 282(4).
Polly, 282(2).
Samuel, 282.
Sarah Jane, 282.
Giles, Elizabeth, 116.
Gill, Moses, 335.
Gilman, , 96.
Armina, 325.
Elizabeth J. (Plum-
er), 317.
Fanny A. (Plum-
er), 28.
George W., 317.
Mary ( Kendall ) ,
96.
Nahala, 317.
Wiggin Sleeper, 28.
Gilmore, Capt., 280.
Gen., 133.
Girdler, , 228.
Annes (Lee), 228.
Eleanor, 160.
Glidden, Levi B., 315.
Maria (Plumer-
Woodman), 315.
Gloucester, 275.
Glover, , 293.
Gen., 331.
Fanny, 239.
Glover, Fanny (Lee),
239, 240.
Hannah (Gale),
239.
Capt. John, 240.
Capt. John, jr., 239.
Col. John, 72.
Gen. John, 239.
Joseph E., 256, 264.
Godfrey, Josiah, 162.
Goffe, , 76.
Goldsmith, Daniel,
282.
Daniel Amos, 282.
Elizabeth, 228.
Emily Louisa (Gil-
christ), 282.
Fred, 282.
George E., 282.
George Hubbard,
282.
Goldthwait, , 175.
George E., 301, 304.
Goodale Goodell,
Goodel, , 185,
188.
Abraham, 177.
Abner C., 194.
David, 186.
Elizabeth, 186, 190.
Ezekiel, 45, 155.
Isaac, 178, 187-189.
Jacob, 188, 190.
Jacob Oscar, 189.
Jacob Putnam, 188.
John, 185.
Lydia (Lee), 45(2),
46.
Margaret, 185.
Margaret Lazen-
Dy), 191.
Mary, 189.
Perley, 188.
Phebe, 185.
Rebecca, 188.
Robert, 185, 187,
189-191.
Samuel, 178, 185,
187.
Sarah, 189.
Susanna, 53.
Zachariah, 185, 186,
Goodhue, Hon. Ben-
jamin, 159.
Frances, 159.
INDEX.
371
Goodhue, Frances
(Richie), 159.
Goodwin, Elizabeth,
224.
Ichabod, 301.
Hon. Ichabod, 259,
270.
Gookin, Hannah, 339.
Goose, , 187(2).
Gordon, Gen., 133.
Lydia, 326.
Goss, Lydia, 27.
Cover, , 52.
Abraham, 51.
Sarah, 51.
Sarah ( Conant ) ,
51(2), 52.
Governor (steam-
boat), 293, 309.
Grafton, Joseph 187
(2).
Grant, Charlotte
Bordman (Rice),
138.
Flora, 138.
Patrick, 138.
Graves, , 114.
Abigail M., 75.
Elizabeth (Bur-
rill), 64.
Hannah (BlaneyJ,
114.
Hannah ( Rand ) ,
64.
Lois (Burrill), 64.
Mark, 114.
Samuel, 64.
Sarah, 72, 73.
Zachariah R., 75.
Gray, Grey, 113, 115-
117, 128, 239.
Gen., 162(2).
Dr., 117.
Abigail, 116.
Abigail Hinckley
(Lee), 125.
Abraham, 113-119,
121, 126-131, 133,
134, 136-140.
Adelaide Augusta,
134
Albert, 115, 119.
Alice, 135.
Alice (Breed), 119.
Amy (Heard), 134.
Gray, Anna, 122.
Anna Ellen Cordis,
128.
Anna Greely, 132.
Anna (Orne), 121.
Anna Sophia Ly-
man (Mason) ,
133.
Anne Eliza, 127.
Anne Hinckley, 126.
Arthur, 128, 135,
139.
Augustine Heard,
134.
Austin, 131.
Belle (Waterman),
139.
Benjamin, 114, 116.
Betsey, 125.
Billy, 119.
Caroline, 128.
Caroline Balch
(Weld), 138.
Charles, 121.
Charles Russell,
128.
Charlotte, 125, 126.
Charlotte (Galli-
son), 125, 154.
Charlotte Gallison,
123.
Charlotte Sargent,
129.
Christopher, 139.
Clara Selina (Bak-
er), 134.
Clarissa, 125.
Constance, 134.
Deborah, 117.
Deborah (Wil-
liams), 113.
Dorothy, 139.
Dorothy (Collins),
113.
Edith Marion, 140.
Edward, 113, 119,
123, 132, 137, 140.
Mrs. Edward, 123,
130, 137, 138, 140.
Effie (Grindlay),
140.
Eleanor Lyman,
133, 139.
Ella, 131, 135.
Ellen, 127, 132.
Gray, Ellen White
(Joy), 140.
Eliza, 120.
Elizabeth, 138.
Elizabeth (Chip-
man), 119.
Elizabeth Chipman,
126, 129.
Elizabeth Gorham,
123.
Elizabeth Gray
Story, 137.
Elizabeth Picker-
ing (Gardner),
121, 129.
Elizabeth (Put-
nam), 118.
Elizabeth Stone
(White), 129.
Elizabeth Stone
White, 130.
Elizabeth Wood-
hull, 131.
Elmer, 135.
Etta, 135.
Frances, 127, 128,
131, 139.
Frances Elizabeth,
128.
Frances Loring,
132.
Frances Temple
(Peirce), 127.
Francis, 116, 128,
132, 137, 140.
Francis Abraham,
123, 124, 130, 134.
Francis Galley, 115,
116, 120, 121, 133,
139.
Francis Henry, 127,
133, 138.
Mrs. Francis Hen-
ry, 126.
Frederic, 127, 137.
Frederick William,
128.
Flora (Grant), 138.
Florence, 132.
Grace Elvira (Free-
man), 140.
George, 127.
George Griswold,
131.
372
INDEX.
Gray, George
Winthrop, 126,
131, 135, 139.
Gertrude (Collins),
139.
Hanford, 125, 131,
135.
Hannah, 114-117.
Hannah (Scarlet),
114.
Harriet, 118, 129.
Harriet (Upham),
128.
Hattie, 135.
Hedwiga Regina
(Shober), 133.
Helen Wainwright,
134.
Helen Wyckon*
(Wainwright) ,
123, 130.
Henrietta, 124.
Henry, 120, 127,
128.
Henry Gallison, 125.
Henry Winthrop,
131, 139.
Hope, 138.
Horace, 120, 121,
127-129, 133, 134,
139.
Mrs. Horace, 129.
Horatio, 128.
Howard, 136, 139.
Howard Story, 137.
Isa Elizabeth, 119,
127, 132.
James Cunning-
ham, 137, 140.
James Farrington,
131, 135.
Jane, 116.
Jane (Matthews),
129.
Jeremiah, 113-115,
117-119, 125, 131,
135, 139.
Jeremiah Lee, 126.
John, 128, 131, 135.
John Chipman, 121,
129, 133, 139.
Mrs. John Chip-
man, 120, 121,
128, 129, 133.
Gray, Joseph, 113,
114, 116, 117,
124, 130, 131,
134, 135, 139.
Joseph Clay, 127.
Katherine, 122, 136.
Katherine Hays
(Cunningham),
136.
Katherine Cun-
ningham, 140.
Katherine (Mee-
ker), 134.
Lallie (Newman) ,
139.
Lillian M. (Lam-
son), 140.
Lucia, 120.
Lucindia (Carpen-
ter), 118.
Lydia, 115, 121.
Lydia( Galley;, 115,
118.
Lydia Frances, 128.
Lydia Maria, 120.
Mabel, 137, 139.
Mabel E. (Ferry),
140.
Marguerite, 137.
Maria (Griswold),
131.
Maria Griswold,135.
Marian, 136.
Marian Tracy
(Eustis), 134.
Marie, 139.
Marie Louise, 140.
Mary, 115, 117, 118,
122, 127, 130.
Mary (Blackburn),
135.
Mary (Brooks),
116, 121.
Mary (Burchsted),
116.
Mary Charlotte,
125.
Mary (Clay), 127.
Mary Clay, 127,
132, 133.
Mary Codman, 128.
Mary E. (McCad-
don), 131.
Mary (Gray), 115,
118.
Gray, Mary (Trav-
ers), 135.
Mary (Tudor),
134, 139.
Sarah Frances, 136.
Matilda Cummings
(Frelinghuysen) ,
135.
Minnie ( Decker ) ,
135.
Morris, 133, 138.
Nancy, (Safford),
127.
Nettie, 217.
Polly, 125.
Polly (Diman),
125.
Polly ( Paymore ) ,
119.
Ealph, 138.
Kebecca, 117, 125.
Rebecca ( Farring-
ton), 117.
Rebecca (Stone),
118.
Eebecca (Tucker),
118.
Eeginald, 133, 138.
Eobert, 113.
Eoland, 133, 134,
139.
Eose (Lee), 138.
Russell, 129, 134.
Samuel, 115-117,
121, 129, 130, 134.
Samuel Calley, 122,
129, 134.
Samuel Shober, 133,
138.
Sarah, 117, 122.
Sarah Charlotte,
124.
Mary Whitwell,139
Sarah Frances
(Lorlng), 132.
Sarah (Hawkes),
116.
Sarah (Monckton),
135.
Sarah (Pugh) , 131.
Sarah Russell
(Gardner), 121,
128.
Stephen Minot
Weld, 138.
INDEX.
373
Gray, Susan (Hoop-
er), 125.
Susan Irvin, 131.
Susanna, 117.
Sylvanus, 115, 118,
125, 126, 131, 135.
139, 154.
Theodate (Hood),
115.
Thomas, 117.
Ward, 121.
William, 113-117,
119, 121, 124-140.
Hon. William, 154,
159, 228.
William Henry, 128.
William Ramsay,
118.
William Rufus, 120,
126, 131, 133, 136-
140.
William Siebert,
131, 134, 139.
William Travers,
126, 135.
Winthrop, 115. 117-
119, 123, 125, 131,
135, 139.
Capt. Winthrop, 65.
Winthrop Parker,
118.
Greece (negro boy),
232.
Greely, Grealy, Capt.,
142.
Maj.-Gen., 192.
Ann, 132.
Green, Greene, Eliza,
31.
Eunice (Burrill),
60, 61.
Ezra, 61.
Granville, 217.
Ida (Plumer), 217.
Isaac, 61.
James, 61.
Mary, 61, 143.
Mary ( Green- Vin-
ton), 61.
Martha, 61.
Martha (Green),
61.
Patience, 217.
Thomas, 61.
Timothy, 143.
Green & Russell, 273.
Greenleaf, , 329,
340.
Capt., 335.
Col., 67.
James E., 329.
Greenwood, Capt.
Miles, 65, 70.
Griffin, Griffen, ,
77, 85.
Daniel, 85, 89.
Ebenezer, 112 (7).
Ednah, 91, 286.
Hannah, 85, 112.
Hannah ( Chand-
ler), 85.
Isaac S., 112.
Jonathan, 85, 91.
Joshua, 85, 89.
Martha, 85, 112
(2).
Martha (Thomp-
son), 112.
Mary, 91.
Molly, 286.
Nabby, 85.
Nancy, 85.
Oliver, 85.
Rebecca, 96.
Thomas, 85, 112.
Uriah, 93.
William, 91, 286.
William, jr., 91.
Grindlay, Grindley,
Effie, 140.
Mary Emily (Pick-
ham), 140.
Gen. James John
Glas, 140.
Grinnell, Mrs. Wil-
liam Morton, 339.
Griswold, Elizabeth
(Woodhull), 131.
George, 131.
Maria, 131.
Matilda, 135.
Groghan, Marian,
323.
Gnardoqui (snow),
339.
Gumms, Gov., 277.
Hackett, Charlotte
(Plumer), 213.
Henry, 213.
Hadley, Lucian, 314.
Haines, Haynes, Lu-
cy, 88.
Rebecca, 92.
Sarah, 179.
Thomas, 179.
Hale, Daniel Harris,
222.
Elizabeth (Good-
win), 224.
Martha, 17.
Mary, 288.
Mary Dole (Plum-
er), 224.
P. C., 256.
Robert, 143.
Hon. Robert, 235.
Salina Giles
(Plumer), 222.
William, 224(2).
Haley, Rev. Frank,
D. D., 325.
Sarah ( Plumer ) ,
325.
Hall, Capt., 175, 176.
Albert, 18.
Andrew, 122.
Anna (Gray), 122.
Jane W., 18.
Joseph, 18.
Mary (Plumer), 18.
Sarah ( Plumer ) ,
18.
Hallet, Ann, 222.
Hamilton, Gail, 152.
Hamlin, John, 327.
Mary Elizabeth,
327.
Mary (Evans), 327.
Hammond, Philip,
190.
Hancock, , 76.
Col. 336.
Hon. John, 333(2),
334.
Gov. John, 63.
Hannah (ship), 356.
Hanson, Alfred G.,
31.
Eliza (Greene), 31.
James, 31.
Mary (Plumer), 31.
Harding, , 338,
342.
Chester, 342.
374
INDEX.
Harding, Louisa
Tracy (Dana),
342.
Spencer, 342.
Hardy, , 92.
Artemas, 92, 96.
Benjamin, 89.
Elizabeth, 84.
Hannah (Dane),
89.
Micajah, 88.
Sarah, 55.
Sophia, 88, 89.
Susan (Bailey) , 88.
Harlenbeck, M., 130.
Harmon, Eliot, 216.
Elizabeth J. (Plum-
er), 212.
Frank, 212.
Hannah (Plumer),
216.
Hariette, 218.
Mehitable, 216.
Sarah, 212.
Harney, Sally, 218.
Harpin, , 81.
Harraden, , 239.
Harriman, Cordelia
(Farmer), 96.
Enoch, 96.
Ira, 327.
John, 96.
Lunette A. (Plum-
er), 327.
Sarah B., 221.
Harris, Maj., 173.
John, 264, 293, 301,
312.
John C., 264(2).
Rhoda, 219.
Samuel, 186.
Hart, Bridget, 281.
Clarissa (Gray),
125.
Eunice (Burrill),
66, 67.
Joseph, 66, 74.
Josiah M., 125.
Mary, 62.
Mary ( Donovan ) ,
281.
Capt. Moses, 74.
Patrick, 281.
Phoebe (Ivory) , 66.
Samuel, 66.
Hartman, Alice
(Gray), 135.
Wes, 135.
Harwood, , 77.
Haskell, Hascoll,
Caroline, 138.
Mark, 190.
Mary, 190.
Hasket & Ann (brig) ,
71.
Haskins, Caroline
(Gray), 128.
John, 128.
Hastings, Maria, 230.
Miriam (Tyler),
230.
Moses, 230.
Hathorne, , 37.
Maj. William, 37.
Haven, Sarah, 116.
Haverhill, 275.
Hawke (privateer
schooner), 240.
Hawke ( schooner ) ,
149, 339.
Hawkes, Hawks, Ly-
dia (Burrill), 58.
John, 58.
Joseph, 67.
Mary (Burrill), 67.
Sarah, 116.
Sarah (Haven),
116.
Thomas, 116.
Hawthorne see Hath-
orne.
Hayford, Aza, 316.
Joanna, 32.
Sarah Elizabeth
(Plumer), 316.
Haynes see Haines.
Hay ward, , 125.
Charlotte (Gray),
125.
Columbus Frank-
lin, 125.
Hepzabeth, 92.
Rebecca (Gray) ,
125.
Eothens, 125.
Hazard, Elizabeth,
122.
Healey, , 132.
Heard, , 79.
Amy, 134.
Heard, Augustine,
134.
Jane Leaps (de
Coninck), 134.
Heath, David M., 317.
Mary A. (Plumer),
317.
Heeton, John, 78.
Henchman, Rev., 56.
Henry, Rev., 155.
Matthew, 155.
Henshaw, David, 243.
Herrick, Herick,
, 45.
Daniel, 45.
Henry, 187(2).
Capt. Henry, 279.
Joanna, 234.
John, 45.
Jonathan, 45, 152,
235.
Robert, 45(2), 47,
155, 234.
Sarah, 43, 45.
Hewling, John, jr.,
157.
Sarah (Lee), 157.
Hibbert, Hibbird,
Hannah, 158.
Capt. Jeremiah,
149, 239.
Joseph, 239.
Lois, 239.
Martha (Lee), 239.
Hickey, Mary, 320.
Higginson, Higenson,
, 109, 111,
193.
Rev. Francis, 107,
109-111.
Rev. John, 108.
Hildreth, Hiram, 210.
Olive (Plumer),
210.
S. P., 124.
Hill, Hills, Hils, - ,
64, 77.
Alonzo, 319.
Benjamin, 61, 64.
Deborah, 230,
Ebenezer, 60.
Elizabeth, 52, 53,
94.
Elizabeth (Lee-
Hilton), 156.
INDEX
375
Hill, Elvira C.
(Plumrner), 319.
Eunice (Coffin), 50.
John, 230.
Joseph, 156.
Mary, 61, 64, 70-72.
Sarah (Burrill),
60, 61.
Thomas, 61.
William, 50.
Lucy (Plumer),216.
Hillman, George, 216.
Hilton, Amos, 156.
Capt. Amos, 343.
Elizabeth, 156.
Elizabeth (Lee) ,
156.
Susanna (Lee),
148.
Thomas, 148.
Hinckley, Clarissa,
315.
Hannah, 125.
Hobart, Thirza, 240.
Hobbs, , 20, 95,
153.
Sarah (Blanch-
ard), 95.
Hobson, , 45.
Lydia (Parsons),
45.
Hocknell, Hocknel,
Henry, 35.
Margaret, 151.
Margery, 35, 36.
Hodgdon, Hogdon,
9 y o.
John, 95.
Livonia (Blanch-
ard), 95.
Hodges, Sarah, 118.
Holden, Benjamin B.,
327.
Daniel, 326.
Hannah, 327.
Hannah Jane, 327.
Hannah W. (Dun-
ham), 327.
Sarah, 326.
Sarah P. (Walker),
326.
Holland, Lucretia E.,
123.
Holmes, Holms, ,
78.
Holmes, Henry, 122.
Isabella ( Porter ) ,
122.
Mary, 122.
Holt, Alfred, 88, 92.
George, 91.
Oliver, 86, 87.
Holton see Houlton.
Hood, Eichard, 115.
Theodate, 115.
Theodate (Col-
lins), 115.
Hooker, Eunice
(Lee), 227.
John, 49, 227, 274.
Hooper, , 206,
345.
Abigail, 146.
Alice (Tucker), 59.
Anne (Lee), 145,
146.
Greenfield, 59.
Jacob, 146.
Lieut. Jacob, 235.
Joseph, 205, 206.
King, 59.
Mariam, 342.
Rachel, 228.
Robert, 66.
Hon. Robert, 125.
King Robert, 329,
330.
Robert, jr., 59.
Ruth (Burrill), 59.
Ruth (Swett), 329.
Samuel, 301.
Sarah, 147.
Susan, 125.
Hopkins, Capt., 274.
Horace, , 207.
Home, Homes, ,
80.
John, 105, 109.
Horr, Mary Ann, 20.
Horrill, Elizabeth,
190.
Humphrey, 190.
Horton (schooner),
339.
Houlton, Holton,
Henry, 179.
Joseph, 180.
Joseph, jr., 180.
Joseph, sr., 179.
Ruth, 73, 74.
Houlton, Samuel, 179.
Sarah, 179.
Hovey, Hove, Eliza-
beth, 130, 237.
Howard, Eved E., 315.
Catherine Hays,
136.
Sarah J. (Plumer),
315.
Howe, How, , 162.
Gen., 208, 345.
Lord, 12, 16, 162,
163, 208(2).
John, 162.
Hannah F., 326.
Sir William, 208.
Howell, Mary, 52.
Hoyt, Hoit, Lydia,
221.
Mehitable, 31.
Hubbard, Capt., 77.
Hugh, , 135.
Ella (Gray), 135.
Leonard, 135.
Humphrey, John, 105.
Lady Susan (John-
son), 105.
Hunt, , 128.
Huntington, , 81.
Rev., 158.
Asahel, 311.
Carl, 78.
Rev. John, 143.
Huntington, L. I.,
167, 168, 175.
Huntress ( steam-
boat), 263, 270,
292.
Hurd, , 33, 38,
151, 344.
Dr., 204.
Hurlbut, , 131.
Benonia, 131.
Ella (Gray), 131.
Etta, 131.
Linnie (Earnest),
131.
Mary, 131.
Huse, Dorothy, 222.
Dorothy (Whit-
more), 222.
John, 222.
Olive, 22.
Rebecca, 95.
Huske, , 355.
376
INDEX.
Hutchinson, Huche-
son, Gov., 160,
203(2), 205, 334,
348.
Benjamin, 77, 78,
180(2h 181.
Col. Israel, 65.
Joseph, 179-182.
Mary, 216.
Eichard, 180, 181.
Huzzey, Horace, 323.
Lucy D. (Plumer),
323.
Hyatt, Alpheus, 193,
194.
|mers, George, 53(2).
Jane (Toppan) ,
53(2).
Ingalls, Abigail
(Stocker), 71.
Benjamin, 71.
John, 71.
Sarah P., 71.
Susanna, 64.
Susannah (Bur-
rill), 71.
Ingersoll, , 192.
Ebenezer, 192.
John, 192.
Margaret (Whit-
comb), 192.
Nathaniel, 179(2),
180(2).
Patience, 19.
Eichard, 179, 180
(2), 192.
Capt. Eobert G.,
192.
Zipporah (Smith),
192.
Ingerson, Nathaniel,
182.
Ipswich, 276, 279.
Irvin, Susan, 131.
Ireson, , 71.
Benjamin, 71.
Susannah (Burrill-
Ingalls), 71.
Ives, Ann (Derby),
158.
Benjamin, 158.
Elizabeth, 158.
Ivory, Lois, 59, 60.
Phoebe, 66.
Jackson, , 312.
Betsey, ( Mor rill ) ,
92.
Hannah F., 24.
Hon. Jonathan,
339.
Solomon, 92.
Thirza Jane, 92.
William, 241.
Jacob Eichard, 49.
Jamaica, 78.
James, Galen, 267.
Jaquith, Elizabeth,
93.
Jarvis, Jarvas, Capt.,
352-355(2).
Margaret, 56, 57.
Jefferson, , 285.
Cynthia (Fish),
287.
Eugene Dennison,
287.
Herbert Perry, 287.
Perry M., 283, 286
(2).
Perry Madison, 287.
Eoswell, 287.
Sarah Alice, 287.
Sarah Ann, 287.
Thomas, 340.
Jemmy (negro), 279.
Jenkins, Mary, 84.
Capt. Stephen, 73.
Jenks, Annis (Pul-
ling), 238.
Capt. John, 238.
Jenness, Hannah, 219.
Jennings, , 353.
Emerson Alexan-
der, 87.
Jephson, , 347.
Jessop, Joseph, 84.
Mary (Upton), 84.
Johnson, , 9.
Annis, 93.
Lady Arbella, 105.
Betsey, 219, 239.
Betsey (Lee), 238,
239.
Daniel, 239.
Eev. Daniel, 238,
239.
David N., 250, 254.
Elizabeth, 74, 75.
Eunice, 219.
Johnson, Joanna,
239(2).
L. D., 256.
Lucy, 239.
Mary, 73, 74.
Nabby, 239.
Nabby Lee, 239.
Patty, 239.
Euth (Holton), 73,
74.
Sally, 220.
Capt. Samuel, 73,74.
Col. Samuel, 73.
Sarah, 63.
Sarah T., 132.
Lady Susan, 105.
Johnstone, Gov., 345.
Jones, , 340.
Edward, 104.
Sarah, 88.
Thomas, 39(2).
Jordan, , 32.
Albert, 214.
Charity (Plumer),
32.
Dorothy, 86.
Jerusha Ann
(Plumer), 214.
Joselyn, Cassidena
A., 286.
Georgianna A., 286.
Leavitt E., 286.
Oscar F., 286.
Josstin, , 45.
Eebecca (Parsons),
45.
Joy, Charles Henry,
140.
Ellen White, 140.
Marie Louise
(Mudge), 140.
K'eith, Capt., 162.
Kelly, Kelley, Eliza
Ann, 215.
Susan D., 27.
Kelsey, , 45.
Elizabeth (Par-
sons), 45.
Kember see Keymber.
Kemp, Almira, 284.
Kendall, , 91.
Abby, 92.
Abigail (Carter),
96.
INDEX.
377
Kendall, Edmund, 84.
Eliza Ann (Up-
ton), 84.
Elmira R. (Plum-
er), 318.
Ephraim, 96.
Ephraim, jr., 96.
Franklin, 84.
Henry Jackson, 84.
Jonathan, 93.
Lydia (Foster), 93.
Martha, 93.
Mary, 96.
Oscar R., 318.
Samuel, 92, 96.
Thomas P., 96.
Walter, 92.
Keniston, Harriet
Newell, 313.
Jonathan, 313.
Kennedy, Bridget
Josephine, 319.
Kennison, Mary, 285.
Kent, , 275.
Keppel, Kuple, ,
206, 207.
Adm., 207, 208, 246,
347.
Keymber, Anna, 50.
Joan, 50.
Robert, 50.
Kilborn, J., 301.
Kilham, Killam, Kil-
lum, Hannah,
185, 189.
Lot, 178, 185, 189.
Sarah, 149.
Kimball, Albert N.,
318.
Benjamin, 237(2).
Capt. Benjamin,
157, 237.
Caroline, 212.
Ebenezer Ray-
mond, 237.
Elizabeth, 237.
Elizabeth (Hovey),
237.
Joanna (Lee), 237.
John, 237.
Katherine, 237.
Lydia (Bexby),
237.
Oliver, 237.
Polly, 237.
Kimball, Samuel, 237.
Sarah A. (Plum-
er), 318.
Raymond, 237(2).
William, 237.
King, , 205, 347.
Kinsman, Rt. Rev.
Dr., 338.
Elizabeth, 122.
John, 267, 291, 297,
301.
Kirtland, John, 113.
Kitchin, Edward, 143.
Kitfield, Jemima, 147.
Lydia, 233.
Knapp, S. L., 340.
Knight, Lieut., 162.
Albert, 256.
Dr. Augustus S. ,36.
Fanny, 23.
Lydia (Plumer) ,
223.
Moses, 223.
Knowles, Abbie D.,
322.
Abigail (Davis),
322.
Amanda (Pollard),
88.
Fanny (Leavitt),
88.
George W., 322.
Jonathan, 88.
Lucy Ann, 88.
Lucy (Haynes) , 88.
Melvina Amanda,
88.
Knowlton, Elizabeth,
156.
Elizabeth (Hilton) ,
156.
Ezekiel, 42.
John, jr., 156.
Robert, 147.
Kroeber, A. L., 196.
Ladd, Henry H., 311.
Lady Howe (brig) ,
170.
Lady How (sloop),
165.
Lafayette, Marquis
de, 332.
Lamprey, Nancy, 315.
Sarah A., 314.
-, 33, 38
Lamson,
(3), 42(2), 46,
155, 156, 226, 231,
232, 236, 331, 344.
Edwin, 140.
Lillian M., 140.
Lucy J., 140.
Lancaster, Martha,
213.
Lane, , 355(2).
Abigail, 30.
Abigail (Taylor),
30.
John S., 30.
Lathrop, William,
137.
Law, Dr., 204.
Lawrence, David, 22.
Hester, 136.
John, 136.
Martha Endicott
(Peabody), 136.
Mary Huse, 22.
Olive (Huse), 22.
Lawrence ( steam-
boat), 309.
Lazenly, Margaret,
191.
Leach, , 33, 40
(2).
Capt. Charles, 233.
E. W., 145, 148,
154, 231, 236.
Eveline (Tuck),
233.
Dr. Ezekiel W., 33,
37, 39.
Rebecca, 156.
Rebecca (Lee),
156.
Robert, 39.
Samuel, 156.
Leachmore, Leach-
mere, Leachmire,
,353, 355(3).
Leavitt, Fanny, 88.
LeBlanc, John, 190.
Zachariah, 190.
Ledger, , 176.
Ledges, Capt., 168.
Lee, Lay, Lea, Leigh,
Ley, , 34, 46,
145-149, 151-154,
156, 159, 160, 229,
230, 334, 339.
378
INDEX.
Lee, Maj., 236.
Aaron, 46, 155, 156,
235(2), 236,343,
344.
Lieut. Aaron, 227,
231, 342, 344.
Abby, 38, 145.
Abial, 149.
Alice (Cox), 160.
Abigail, 41, 43, 148,
152, 154, 227, 341
(2), 342.
Abigail ( Dodge ) ,
148.
Abigail, Hinckley,
125.
Abigail (Wood-
bury), 157.
Amos, 153, 227(2).
Lieut. Amos, 148.
Andrew, 153, 158,
228(2).
Ann, 145, 146, 156.
Ann (Baker), 146.
Anne ( Edwards ) ,
227.
Anna, 146-148, 155,
156, 230.
Anna (Stone), 229.
Annis, 228 (2), 238.
Ariel Parrish, 229.
Asa, 230.
Benedict, 35, 36.
Benjamin, 41, 43
(2), 45, 148, 152,
228, 230(2).
Bethiah, 148.
Bethiah ( Driver ) ,
342.
Betsey, 229, 238,
239.
Betsey (Miller),
160.
Bulah (Bradford),
229.
Caroline (Has-
kell), 138.
Charles, 42.
Gen. Charles, 240.
Maj.-Gen. Charles,
36.
Claracey, 229.
Daniel, 149.
David, 149, 153,
238.
Lee, Capt.David,339.
Deborah, 148, 149,
154, 157, 230, 232,
233.
Deborah (Hill),
230.
Deborah (Lee),
233.
Dorcas, 146.
Downing, 47, 48,
160.
Ebenezer, 149, 229.
Ebenezer Eay-
mond, 234.
Edmund J., 34(2).
Ednah Silver, 230.
Edward, 41, 42, 147,
148, 225, 228.
Sir Edward Henry,
36.
Eleanor, 160.
Eleanor (Girdler),
160.
Elizabeth, 42, 45-
47, 145-148, 155,
156, 158, 159, 160,
227-229, 233.
Elizabeth (Allen),
145, 229.
Elizabeth (Benet),
154, 155, 230, 342.
Elizabeth (Carter) ,
147.
Elizabeth (Eliot),
145, 146.
Elizabeth (Fulles-
hurst or Fol-
hurst), 35.
Elizabeth Gold-
smith, 228.
Elizabeth ( Ives ) ,
158.
Elizabeth (Knowl-
ton), 156.
Elizabeth (Web-
ster), 229, 230.
Elizabeth (Wood),
35.
Ella F., 42.
Eunice, 148, 158,
159, 227.
Eunice (Allen) ,
227.
Eunice ( Carter ) ,
147.
Lee, Ezekiel, 153,230.
Fanny, 239, 240.
Col. Francis, 33.
George, 35, 36.
George Cabot, 138.
George Girdler,
160.
Lord George Hen-
ry, 151.
Et. Hon. George
Henry, 36.
Sir George Henry,
36, 151, 152.
Greece (negro),
232.
Hannah, 39-42, 148,.
158, 160, 227, 228.
Hannah (Allen),
147, 225, 227.
Hannah (Hibbird),
158.
Hannah (Hinck-
ley), 125.
Hannah (Negus-
Swett), 149, 152.
Hannah ( Eogers ) ,
149.
Hannah ( Stone ) ,
160.
Hannah (Swett),
329.
Hannah (Tracy),
341.
Harde, 160.
Sir Harry, 36, 151.
Henry, 33-41, 43,
48, 146, 227, 232,
234.
Capt. Henry, 151,
152, 154.
Col. Henry, 33.
Dr. Henry, 33.
Sir Henry, 35, 36
(2).
Isaac, 148, 154, 228.
Capt. Isaac, 227,
228, 235(2), 344.
Isaac, jr., 38.
Isabelle (Dutton) ,
35.
Israel, 229, 233.
J. Henry, 35, 36.
Jacob, 147, 149, 153,
155, 156, 228(3),
229, 234.
INDEX.
379
Lee, James, 46, 155,
156, 160, 233, 235.
James P., 229.
Jane, 228.
Jane (Morgan),
228.
Jemima (Kitfield),
147.
Jeney, 228.
Jeremiah, 145, 152,
153, 159, 232, 342.
Col. Jeremiah, 235,
240, 329-339, 341.
Jeremiah Allen, 227.
Joan, 43.
Joanna, 48, 237.
Joanna (Man-
ning), 40.
Joanna (Ray-
mond), 230, 234.
John, 33(5), 35-37
(2), 39-48(4),
145, 147-153, 157-
160, 227(2), 228,
230-232, 234, 235,
237, 334, 335, 344.
Capt. John, 160,
234.
Col. John, 45, 154,
230, 233-236, 332.
Gen. John, 36.
Sir John, 151.
Col. John R., 229.
Jonathan, 45, 46
(2).
Joseph, 39, 41(2),
42(3), 45, 125,
334, 335, 339.
Joseph, 125.
Capt. Joseph, 339
(2).
Joseph Webster,
230.
Josiah, 45, 46(3),
148, 154, 157, 159,
160, 227(3).
Lois, 158, 159, 229.
Lucretia P., 228.
Lucy, 148, 228, 229,
239, 240(2).
Lucy ( Danf orth ) ,
228.
Lydia, 45, 46, 147,
155, 156, 227(2),
230, 232, 234.
Lee, Lydia (Allen),
342.
Lydia (Lee-Mas-
ers), 155, 156,230.
Lydia (Paine), 229.
Malachi, 229(2).
Marah (Adkins),
33, 34.
Marcy Thorn
(Dodge), 227.
Margaret, 233.
Margaret (Burn-
ham), 227.
Margaret (Hock-
nell), 151.
Margaret (Pres-
son), 229.
Margery ( Aston ) ,
35.
Margery (Hock-
nell), 35, 36.
Maria (Hastings),
230.
Martha, 47, 225,
239, 339, 341.
Martha (Mitchell),
47.
Martha ( S wett ) ,
329, 330, 338, 339.
Mary, 33, 34, 37,
39, 40(2), 43, 45-
47, 148, 152, 153,
156, 157, 158, 160,
230, 232, 233, 237-
239, 338(2), 339
(3).
Mary (twin), 147.
Mary (Allen), 157.
Mary (Carter),
157.
Mary ( Lemmon ) ,
329.
Mary (Raymond),
230.
Mary ( Seaward ) ,
47, 157-160.
Mary (Stevens),
148, 228, 229.
Mary (Tarring) ,
43, 149, 230, 234,
329.
Mary (Thorndike),
149.
Mary (Woodbury),
147, 157.
Lee, Mercy Thorn,
227
Molly i 160.
Nabby,147,227,239.
Nancy, 229.
Nancy (Lee), 229.
Nathan, 148, 228,
229(3).
Nathaniel, 45(2),
46(3), 150, 155,
156, 158, 160, 234.
Nathaniel (twin),
156.
Capt. Nathaniel.
154-156, 230, 233,
342.
Nehemiah, 148, 229.
Capt. Nehemiah,
229
Oliver, 229(2).
Pamelia, 228.
Patty, 147.
Peggy, 229(2)..
Phillip, 37.
Polly, 160.
Gen. R. E., 34(2).
Rachel, 145, 147,
228(2).
Rachel (Allen) , 38.
Rachel (Hooper),
228.
Rachel (Marston),
146.
Rebecca, 153, 155,
156(2), 157, 230,
234(3).
Rebecca (Crafts-
Tewksbury) , 157.
Rebecca (Mas-
ters) , 43, 149,
154, 157.
Richard, 34, 35, 37,
39, 40, 48, 158-
160.
Capt. Richard, 158,
160, 233.
Col. Richard, 34
(2).
Sir Robert, 35(2),
36(3).
Robert Ives, 338.
Rose, 138, 146.
Rose (Allen), 146.
Ruth, 45, 46(2),
146, 157, 159, 160.
380
INDEX.
Lee, Ruth( Allen), 147.
Ruth (Lee), 157,
159.
Ruth Raymond,
232, 234.
Ruth (Somes), 48.
Sally (twin), 229.
Samuel, 35, 39-48
147, 149, 151-155,
157, 158, 229, 231-
234(3), 236, 339
(2).
Capt. Samuel, 35,
36(2), 45, 151,
155, 230, 231, 234.
Justice Samuel,
35, 36, 149-154,
159, 230, 234, 329.
Sarah, 39-42, 45,
147, 157, 158, 159,
227, 229, 230.
Sarah (Herrick) ,
43, 45.
Sarah (Hooper),
147.
Sarah (Kilham),
149.
Sarah (Parsons),
40, 45, 46, 48,
145, 147, 148.
Sarah (Searls),
228.
Sarah Swan, 160.
Sarah (Tewks-
bury), 229.
Sarah (Warren),
40.
Seaward, 47, 48,
160.
Capt. Seaward.
157, 159, 334.
Solomon, 145-147,
157.
Susanna, 148, 158.
Thomas, 33(2), 35,
36, 39-42, 145-
147, 150, 234. .
Lieut. Thomas, 145.
Thomas Amory,
33, 36, 145, 152,
225, 338, 340.
Sir Walter, 34, 36,
151.
William, 33, 146,
147, 156, 160, 227.
Lee, William Ray-
mond, 238.
Capt. William Ray-
mond, 239.
Col. William Ray-
mond, 33-35(2),
150, 151, 160, 234,
236, 238, 239, 329,
336, 337, 339, 341.
Lieut. William
Raymond, 341.
Gen. William Ray-
mond, 33, 34, 36,
151, 338(2), 341.
Winthrop, 47, 228
(2).
Lemmon, Hannah
(Swett), 329.
Mary, 329.
Dr. Joseph, 329.
Leonard, , 9, 165-
166.
Leslie, Col., 236.
Leviathan (ship),
173, 174.
Lewis, , 114.
Abigail (Blany),
114.
Edmund, 114.
George, 136.
Hepsabah (Breed),
114.
John, 54, 55, 57, 58.
Lois (Burrill), 72.
Mariam, 136.
Marian ( Gray) ,136.
Mary (Breed), 57.
Mary (Burrill), 57.
Mary (Newhall, 72.
Nathan, 72.
Nathaniel, 114.
Samuel S., 244, 256.
Sarah (Burrill), 72.
Susan (Wheel-
wright), 136.
Thomas, 57.
William Burk, 72.
Lewis & Newhall, 303.
Libby, Eliza (Plum-
er), 211.
Francis, 218.
Martha, 210.
Mary J., 214.
Mary (Plumer),
218.
Libby, Mehitable,
209.
Osgood, 211.
Lincoln, Earl of, 105.
Benjamin, 333, 335.
Lindell, Mary, 278.
Hon. Timothy, 278.
Lindsey, Lyndsey,
Abigail (Bla-
ney), 74.
Hannah, 74, 75.
Ralph, jr., 74.
Linsky, Max, 186.
Lisbon ( schooner ) ,
153.
Liscomb, Aaron, 86.
Hannah, 86, 93.
Jerusha (Trow) ,93.
Lydia, 86.
Phebe, 86.
Richard, 86.
Rhoda (Noyes), 86.
Samuel, 93.
Littlefield, Catherine
(Plumer), 18.
Orlando, 18.
Littlehale, Hannah,
89.
Richard, 89.
Susan, 89.
Susanna ( Dane ) ,
89.
Livington, Asa, 96.
Asa Warren, 96.
Buelah (Carter),
96.
Charles Warren, 96
Elizabeth
(French), 96.
Jane, 96.
Mary Elizabeth, 96.
Porter, 91.
Roxa Swan (Now-
ell), 96.
Lockwood, Frederic
Gray, 137.
Henrietta ( Niles )
137.
Mabel (Gray), 137.
Rhodes, 137.
William Niles, 137.
London, Eng., 202.
Long, Alice, 217.
Catherine ( Flem-
ing), 281.
INDEX.
381
Long, Catherine
Francis, 281.
Daniel, 281.
Daniel Henry, 281.
Dennis, 281.
Dennis Frederick,
281.
Nancy Ann, 281.
Nancy (Dempson),
281.
Longfellow, , 150.
Looney, Caroline A.,
186.
Lord, Elizabeth, 224.
Emily Josephine,
328.
Joseph H., 328.
Judith (Mans-
field), 328.
Mary S., 120.
William, 106-111.
Loring, Amanda
(Plumer), 217.
Ann (Greely), 132.
Caleb, 132.
George, 217.
Sarah Frances, 132.
Lovejoy, Ballard, 283.
Eben, 91, 288.
Sylvester, 90, 91.
Lovett, Pyam, 256.
Lowell, Rev. John,
280.
Rebecca Russell,
121, 128.
Lucas, William, 49.
Lumm, Capt., 162.
Capt. Charles, 8.
Lundol, Euinis (Lee) ,
148.
John, 148.
Lunt, Sarah, 224.
Lyman, George, 21.
Hannah (Plumer),
21.
Lynch, Lieut. Gen.,
340, 341.
Lynn, 113.
Lyon, Thomas T.,
264, 299.
Hfl.Y. Beach (steam-
boat), 263, 270.
IkTAlpine, W., 275,
276.
McCaddon, James,
131.
Mary, 131.
Mary E., 131.
McCarthy, Flora, 281.
McDonald, , 84.
Alex. G., 88.
Alexander Grant,
84.
Donald, 84.
Helen Augusta, 84.
Sir John, 338.
John Alexander, 84.
Mary Elizabeth, 84.
Mary Louisa (Up-
ton), 84.
Mary (Rines), 84.
Rufus Emery, 84.
McFarland, Eliza-
beth, 221.
McKenney, Charles
D., 214.
Jane (Plumer),
214.
Zoe, 325.
Mackwarth, Arthur,
47.
McLellen, , 45.
Amanda M. F., 25.
McMasters, Ann, 124.
McNeal, Capt., 168.
Manchester, 37-46,
152, 154-156, 231,
232.
Manchester (schoon-
er), 339.
Mann, Man, , 76.
Charles E., 151.
Manning, Joanna, 40.
Samuel, 89.
Sarah, 61.
Mansfield, Lord, 207
(2).
Bethia, 72.
Daniel, 56.
Dolly (Pearson-
Parker), 286.
Elizabeth, 63, 64,
69, 70, 286.
Joseph, jr., 62.
Judith, 328.
Josephine (Plum-
er), 316.
Margaret (Jarvis-
Burrill), 56, 57.
Mansfield, Mary, 62,
67, 68, 69.
Mary (Foster),
286.
Mary (Hart), 62.
Richard, 286(2).
Capt. Rufus, 67.
Sarah, 286.
Stephen W., 316.
Marblehead, 1, 112,
141, 142(2), 231,
275, 276, 293, 330-
334.
Markham, Dr., 204.
Marsh, , 78.
Christopher H., 317.
Henry E., 315.
Mary A. (Plumer-
Heath), 317.
Mary E. (Plumer),
315.
Marshall, , 228.
Edmund, 187(2).
Lucretia P. (Lee),
228.
Marsters see Mas-
ters.
Marston, Marsten,
, 146.
Annie Elizabeth,
120(2).
Benjamin, 280.
Col. Benjamin, 239,
240, 330(2).
Dorcas (Lee), 146.
Patience, 239, 240,
280.
Rachel, 146.
Martha's Vineyard,
165.
Martin, Marten, ,
78, 323.
Frances, 49, 50.
James, 52.
John, 49, 50.
Katherine, 49, 50.
Marvin, , 342.
Capt. Joseph, 342.
Rev. Joseph, A. B.,
342.
Lucy Temple (Da-
na), 342.
Mascarene, , 353-
356.
382
INDEX.
Mason, Capt., 278.
Anna H., 133.
Anna Sophia Ly-
man, 133.
Charles, 133.
Jane (Conant), 51
(3).
James, 51.
Mary Ann, 30.
Massachusetts
(ship), 239.
Massey, Sarah, 58.
Masters, Maistus,
Marsters, Mars-
tus, Mastus,
Abraham, 43,147.
Capt. Andrew, 156
235, 344.
Hannah (Wood-
bery), 156.
John, 43.
Lydia (Lee), 156,
230.
Nathaniel, 43(2),
155, 156.
Rebecca, 43, 149,
154, 157.
Ruth (Pickworth) ,
43.
Samuel, 156.
Mather, , 203.
Matthews, Jane, 129.
Stanley, 129.
Maule, , 103.
Maynard, Laura, 92.
Thomas, 50.
Mead, Jabes, 80.
Jeremiah, 22.
Margaret Frost, 22.
Mary (Frost), 22.
Mears, Abigail, 287.
Meeker, Arthur, 134.
Catherine, 134.
Grace (Murray),
134.
Mellen, Ellen, 240.
Melloni, Zayra Bardi,
140.
Meredith Sir Wil-
liam, 208.
Merriam, Levi B.,
311.
Merrill, Daniel, 93.
James, 283.
Sarah (Trow), 93.
Merritt, Merrett, Da-
vid, 256, 260.
Capt. John, 72.
Meriow, Frances A.,
324.
Messer, Cummings,
94.
Frances Mehitable
(Trow), 94.
James, 282.
Jennie Louisa, 94.
Lydia ( Gilchrist ) ,
282. *
Messervey, , 71.
John, 71.
Ruth (Burrill), 71.
Miller, Betsey, 160.
Mitchell, Evelyn J.
(Plumer), 317.
Joseph B., 317.
Martha, 47.
Sarah H., 318.
Monarch (ship), 175,
176, 197.
Monckton, Sarah,
135.
Montesquieu, Mon-
sieur de, 340,
341.
Moody, Lady Debo-
rah, 105.
Moors, Moore, Abiah,
89.
Mary, 284.
Mary Susan, 88.
Morey, Roger, 102.
Morgan, Bathire
(Lee), 148.
Jane, 228.
John, 147, 148.
Lydia (Lee), 147.
Polly, 233.
Moriseneg, N. Y., 169.
Morrill, Bartlett, 219.
Betsey, 92.
Pamalia (Plum-
mer), 219.
Morris, Morice, Mor-
rice, , 201,
203(2), 205,206.
Elizabeth Wood-
hull (Gray), 131.
Frances, 122.
James, 131.
Morris, Marion
Grayson, 131.
Mary Elizabeth
(Babcock), 122.
Robert, 340.
William Lewis,
122.
Morrison, Caroline,
95.
Clara A. (Plumer),
19.
J, M., 19.
Mabel E. (Plum-
er), 327.
Walter G., 327.
Morrow, Caroline
Augusta (Trow),
94.
George Young, 94.
Helen Augusta, 94.
John, 94.
William Trow, 94.
Morse, Edward S.,
193, 194.
Edward S., 193,
Edwin, 219(2).
Mary Ann (Plum-
mer), 219.
Mary (Plumer),
219.
Phebe, 86.
Morton, Lady, 355.
Lord, 355.
Moulton, , 103.
Anna, 95.
Anna (Emery), 95.
Ellen, 323.
Hannah Harmon,
223.
Lydia (Bragdon),
223.
Mehitable, 326.
William, 223.
Mower, Ezra, 61.
John, 61.
Lydia (Burrill),
60, 61.
Mary (Burrill), 61,
Richard, 61.
Thankful (Sever),
61.
Mudge, James F.,
186.
Marie Louise, 140.
Mugford, W. G., 50.
INDEX.
383
Mulgrave, Lord, 208.
Mulliken, Abby
Shaw, 87.
John Rogers, 87.
Murphy, Daniel, 287.
(2).
Mary (O'Neil), 287.
John, 287(2).
Murray, James, 118.
Rebecca ( Stone ) ,
118.
Rlarragansett (bat-
tleship), 126.
Neal, David A., 267,
270, 291, 292, 301,
303, 306.
Eunice, 55.
George A., 20.
Louisa, 32.
Sarah (Plumer),
20.
Needham, , 103.
Negus, Hannah, 149,
152.
Jabez, 149.
Sarah (Browne),
149.
Nelson, , 276.
Neptune (ship), 228.
Nevers, Esther Eliza-
beth, 327.
Hannah (Holden),
327.
William, 327.
Nevins, Susan G.
(Plumer), 213.
Webster, 219.
New London, Conn.,
162.
New York, N. Y., 170.
Newbury, 142, 144,
273, 275, 280.
Newburyport, 144(2),
276.
Newhall, , 63,
119, 303.
Alice (Breed-
Gray), 119.
Benjamin, 63, 70.
Bridget, 62, 63.
Elizabeth (Fowle),
63, 70.
Elizabeth (Mans-
field), 63.
Newhall, Capt. Ezra,
65.
Col. Ezra, 119.
James, 63.
Lois (Burrill), 62,
63.
Lucretia, 62, 63.
Martha, 70.
Martha (Burrill),
62, 63.
Mary, 72.
Moses,' 62.
Sarah, 59.
William, jr., 69.
Newman, Henry L.,
139.
Lillie, 139.
Sarah E., 139.
Newport, R. L, 8-16,
161-167.
Newton, , 201.
Edward, 201.
Newton, 242.
Nichols, Capt., 72.
An , 284.
George H., 326.
Mary (Boynton) ,
284.
Capt. Noah, 73.
Rebecca, 317.
Sarah Abigail
(Plumer), 326.
Nicholson, Robert,
159.
Ruth (Lee), 159.
Thomas, 159.
Capt. Thomas, 159.
Nickerson, , 87,
90.
Abby Shaw (Mulli-
ken), 87.
Alfred Frederick,
87.
Annette Abby, 87.
E. N., 287.
Elisha, 87.
Ephraim, 88.
Ephraim Xason, 87.
Frank, 87.
George Washing-
ton, 87.
Lucy (Royal), 87.
Niles, Henrietta, 137.
Nixon, Capt., 165.
Nordell, , 136.
Norman, John, 38.
Norris, , 178.
Edward, 159.
Sarah (Lee), 159.
William, 264.
North, Lord, 208.
Norton, Sir Fletcher,
204.
Norwood, , 76.
Ann, ( Baker-Lee ) ,
146.
Francis, 146.
Nourse, F. H., 310.
Mary Elizabeth,
288.
Nowell, John, 96.
Martha (Swan), 9 6.
Roxa Swan, 96.
Noyes, , 86, 90,
91.
A. P., 287.
Aaron, 85, 86(2).
Adelia (Plumer),
216.
Alpheus Perkins
287.
Anne, 116.
Bathsheba ( Sar-
gent), 32.
Clarissa (Plumer),
223.
Dorothy (Jordan),
86.
Eliphalet, 216.
Eunice, 224.
Fanny, 86.
Dr. Francis, 23.
Francis Vergennes,
23.
Frederick, 86.
Harriet Coolidge
(Walker), 287.
Henry Alfred, 86.
Jane, 86.
Jonathan, 86.
Joseph, 223.
Josiah Milton, 86.
Louisa, 86.
Louisa ( Parker ) ,
86.
Lucretia Dorr
(Campbell), 86.
Lydia, 86.
Martha Elizabeth
(twin), 86.
884
INDEX.
Noyes, Mary, 86.
Mary Anna, 86.
Mary B. (Plumer),
321.
Mary J. (Plumer),
32.
Moses, 86.
Nathan B., 86.
Nathaniel, 32.
Hon. Oliver H., 32.
Phebe (Ballard),
86.
Phebe (Morse), 86.
Rhoda, 86.
Samuel R., 287.
Sarah, 23, 86.
Sarah Elizabeth
(Plumer), 23.
Somerby C., 321.
Somerby N., 321.
Wadley, 85, 86.
William Gilbert,
86.
Nurse see Nourse.
Nute, Annie H., 326.
Nutting, Frances,
328.
James G., 328.
Sally, 328.
Nye, - - , 223, 224.
Harriet, 224.
Harriet Dorothy
(Plumer), 223,
224.
l, -- , 78.
O'Donaghue, Etta
Maddelina, 128.
O'Donnell, Katie, 320.
Oliver, - , 203.
Lieut. Gov. Andrew,
339.
Francis J., 256.
Sarah ( Py nchon ) ,
339.
Olney, - , 76, 78.
O'Neil, O'Neill, - ,
131.
Cornelius, 287.
Johanna (Sulli-
van), 287.
Mary, 287.
Mary (Hurlbut),
131.
Robert J., 131.
Onslow, , 203.
Orne, , 238, 275.
Col., 336.
Agnes (Stacey-Gal-
lison), 237.
Anna, 121.
Hon. Azor, 332, 333,
339.
Hon. Col. Azor, 237,
238, 239.
Joshua, 332.
Joshua, jr., 237(2).
Maj. Joshua, jr.,
237.
Lois, 55.
Mary ( Coleman ) ,
238.
Mary (Lee), 237
(2), 238, 239.
Mary ( Lee-Or ne ) ,
237, 238, 239.
Sarah (Gale), 237.
Osborn, Osborne,
Alexander, 182.
Asa, jr., 233.
Lydia (Tuck), 233.
Mary Crockett
(Plumer), 25.
Ruth, 181, 182.
Thomas, 25.
Osgood, , 85.
Abigail Porter
(Plumer), 22.
Charles, 223.
David, 90.
Eliza, 86.
Enoch, 86.
Frederick, 86.
Gayton P., 290.
Jacob, 86, 90.
James, 22.
John P., 21.
Judith Ann (Plum-
er), 223.
Lucy (Tufts-Put-
nam), 90.
Lydia, 86.
Lydia (Noyes), 86.
Philip, 86.
Rachel (Floyd), 86.
Rachel Floyd, 86,
87.
Samuel, 86.
Sarah, 86.
Sarah [Plumer). 21.
Otis, Mary (Boyn-
ton), 284.
William, 284.
ackard, A. S., 193,
194.
Page, Charles Graf-
ton, 159.
Elizabeth (Clarke) ,
159.
Capt. Jeremiah
Lee, 159.
Lois (Lee), 159.
Nathan, 117.
Samuel, 159.
Capt. Samuel Lee,
159.
Susanna (Gray),
117.
Paine, Lydia, 229.
Paliser, Sir Hugh,
207, 208.
Palmer, Charles L.,
326.
Elizabeth Victoria
(Plumer), 326.
George, 326.
Martha Angelia
(Plumer) , 326.
Park, Martha W., 284.
Parker, , 85.
Dr., 350(2).
Abby A., 87.
Alice ( Gilchrist ) ,
282.
Ann, 286.
Capt. Creighton
W'., 146.
Creighton W., Jr.,
146.
Dolly ( Pearson ) ,
285.
Elizabeth, 284.
Fanny (Noyes), 86.
Mrs. H. F., 36, 154,
232.
Harriet M. K.
(Fitts), 146.
Henry, 86, 87.
Levi Henry, 86, 87.
Louisa, 86.
John, 86.
Margaret Lee, 146.
Margaret M.
(Bronsdon), 146.
INDEX.
385
Parker, Mary Hobbs,
87.
Nathan, 282(2).
Eachel Floyd (Os-
good), 86, 87.
Eachel Lucinda, 87.
Samuel, 285, 286.
Sylvester Augus-
tus, 87.
Washington, 86.
William Frederick,
86, 87.
Parkman, Deliver-
ance, 100.
Parsons, , 45.
Abigail, 45.
Andrew, 45.
Elizabeth, 45(2),
240.
Capt. Jacob, 45.
James, 40.
Jeffrey, jr., 45.
Lydia, 45, 46.
Nehemiah, 45.
Rebecca, 45.
Robert, 45.
Ruth, 45.
Ruth (Lee), 45(2),
46.
Samuel, 45(2), 46
(2).
Sarah, 40, 45, 46,
48, 145, 147.
Sarah ( Vinson) , 40.
Chief Justice Theo-
philus, 240.
Pastorius, , 79.
Patch, , 93.
Paul, Elizabeth, 17.
Esther, 213.
Hannah, 114.
Paymore, Polly, 119.
Payson, , 81.
Paxton, , 203.
Peabody, Ellen J.
(Copp), 28.
Col. Francis, 194.
George, 194, 244,
249, 253, 256(2),
267.
Martha Endicott,
136.
Nathaniel, 282.
Polly (Gilchrist),
282.
Peacock, Estella M.
(Plumer), 319.
John, 319.
Peale, Blanche, 51.
Pearl, John, 284.
Mary (Boynton-
Carleton), 284.
Simeon, 284.
Pearson, , 286.
Belinda, 285, 286.
Catherine Jay
(Plumer), 23.
Charles, 286.
Dolly, 285.
Dorothy, 286.
Eliza Ann, 286.
Eliza Ann (Brad-
ley), 23.
George, 286.
George Henry, 286.
Hannah, 223.
James, 23.
James Bradley, 23.
John, 286.
Jonathan, 285.
Kendall, 285, 286.
Keziah, (Dan-
forth), 285(2),
286.
Lois, 285.
Lucy (Trow) , 93.
Mary, 285.
Pamelia, 285.
Samuel, 285.
Susan ( Richard-
son), 286.
Thomas, 93.
Timothy, 285.
Pease, , 187(2).
John, 180(2), 185.
Robert, 187(2).
Peaslee, Sarah, 31.
Peck, , 77.
Pecker, Ann, 67.
Susan, 325.
Peckham, Mary Em-
ily, 140.
Pedrick, Mehitable,
123.
Peirce, Pierce, Fran-
ces Temple, 127.
Frances Temple
(Cordis), 127.
Frank, 216.
Ida (Plumer), 216.
Peirce, Joseph Har-
dy, 127.
Spencer, 340.
Pellican ( schooner) ,
Penfield, Anna, 220.
Pennell, Agnes, 18.
Penny, , 215.
Edward, 49.
Eliza J. (Plumer),
215.
Pepperell, Pepperrell,
Mary, 142.
Hon. William, 142.
Sir William, 78.
Perham, , 89.
Perkins, Abigail M.
(Plumer), 224.
Eunice (Noyes),
224.
Joseph, 224.
Thomas, H., 243.
William Williams,
224.
Perley, Abraham,
222.
David Tullar, 222.
Sidney, 17, 97, 177,
313.
Sophronia Osgood
(Plumer), 222.
Perry, , 157.
Anna (Crafts),
157.
Lilla Cabot, 134
Jacob, 157.
Percy, Margaret, 12-i.
Peters, , 205.
Phelps, , 81.
Joshua, 93.
Judith, 69.
Philbrick, Samuel,
301.
Phillips, , 74.
Capt., 118.
Gov., 94.
Ann, 75.
Edward, 75.
Elizabeth, 75.
Elizabeth (Bur-
rill), 74, 75.
John, 75.
Lydia, 65.
Ruth, 75.
Hon. S. C., 253.
Samuel, 75.
386
INDEX.
Phinney, Charlotte
B M 120.
Phippen, Kuth, 116.
Phipps, Hannah
(Coolidge), 286.
John, 286.
Martha, 286.
Pickering, , 55,
121, 127.
D. N., 305.
Sarah (Burrill),
55.
Timothy, 55.
Pickett, Miriam
(Striker), 112.
Thomas, 112(2).
Pickman, , 158.
Pickworth, Ann, 154.
Anna, 43.
John, 43.
Kuth, 43.
Pierce see Peirce.
Pigot, Gen., 162, 166.
Gen. Eobert, 8(2),
15, 16.
Pike, Mary Ann, 341.
Dr. C. L., 326.
Cora Flaville
(Plumer), 326.
Elias, 326.
Elizabeth War-
ner, 341.
Hannah F. (Howe) ,
326.
Martha (Lee), 339,
341.
William, 341.
William Augustus,
341.
Pillsbury, Pilsbury,
Capt., 93.
Lydia, 222.
Pingree, David, 305.
Pitman, Corp. Josh-
ua, 255.
Platts, Cynthia, 24.
Fannie, 320.
Plumer, Plummer,
, 18(8), 20
(4), 25-29(10),
217(2), 221, 313
(6), 317-322, 325
(2).
Plumer, Major, 210.
A. L. V. (Garland),
23.
Aaron, 27, 210, 216.
Aaron Baker, 210.
Abbie, 216, 217.
Abbie C., 219.
Abbie D. (Know-
les), 322.
Abby Josephine,
30.
Abiel G., 322, 328.
Abigail (Lane) , 30.
Abigail M., 224.
Abigail Pearson
(Eastman), 30.
Abigail (Porter),
21.
Abigail Porter, 22.
Abigail (Richard-
son-Ballard),220.
Abigail (Tobin),
25.
Abraham, 209, 210,
211.
Abraham W., 215.
Ada C., 328.
Adah M., 28.
Adele, 218.
Adelia, 216.
Adelia ( Bascom ) ,
218.
Adeline, 217.
Adeline F. (Bak-
er), 325.
Adeline S., 224.
Agnes (Pennell) ,
18.
Ai, 211.
Albert, 18, 19, 26.
Albert C., 323.
Albert Crockett,
23.
Albert Eugene, 317.
Albert R., 322.
Albert Turner, 324.
Albion K., 212.
Albra, 216.
Alice, 322.
Alice Betsey, 319.
Alice Carey, 24.
Alice E. (Emery),
31.
Alice Greenwood,
321.
Plumer, Alice
(Long), 217.
Almira, 216, 219.
Alonzo, 212, 214.
Alpheus, 218.
Alton, 216.
Alvah, 324.
Alvin, 212.
Amanda, 17, 217,
224, 323.
Amanda M., 316.
Amanda M. F. (Mc-
Lellen), 25.
Amelia, 317.
Amy C., 328.
Amy ( Underbill ) ,
320.
Andrew, 18 (2), 324.
Ann H., 32.
Ann Maria, 28.
Anna, 19.
Anna E., 313.
Anna (Penfield),
220.
Anna Welthea, 319.
Annie (Andrews) ,
210.
Annie H. (Nute),
326.
Annie May, 328.
Antoinette H., 19.
Araletta, 324.
Aroline W., 324.
Armina (Gilman),
325.
Arthur Kent, 320.
Arthur W., 325.
Augusta C., 316.
Augusta Louisa
(Rhode), 321.
Aurelia, 216.
Aurelia C., 32.
Avery, 17(2).
Beard, 20.
Beard Burge, 325.
Belinda Ann, 30.
Belle, 325.
Benjamin, 17, 323.
Benjamin D., 315.
Benjamin Frank-
lin, 28.
Benjamin L., 211.
Benjamin Wilson,
28.
Betsey, 23.
INDEX.
387
Plumer, Betsey (Ea-
ton), 28.
Betsey Jane, 215.
Betsey (Johnson),
219.
Betsey ( Plumer ) ,
23.
Betsey Skillings,
214.
Bradstreet, 224.
Bridget Josephine
(Kennedy), 319.
Burns Freeman,
30.
Byron Selwin, 314.
C. F. W., 23.
Carrie E., 316.
Caroline, 20.
Caroline C., 220.
Caroline (Day),
213.
Caroline (Kim-
ball), 212.
Caroline M., 19.
Carrie (Fall), 325.
Carrie Heming-
way), 320.
Catherine, 18.
Catherine Augusta,
316.
Catherine B., 219.
Catherine Burden,
221.
Catherine Jay, 23.
Charity, 32.
Charles, 19, 27, 217,
219, 220, 322.
Charles A., 32.
Charles B., 213.
Charles E., 30, 315.
Charles Edwin, 24.
Charles F., 19, 325.
Charles Frederick,
23
Charles G. C., 220.
Charles H., 30, 219,
313.
Charles Henry, 324.
Charles Ladd, 222
(2).
Charles M., 215.
Charles Morris,
210.
Charles Moulton,
25.
Plumer, Charles W.,
25 328
Charlotte, 213, 218.
Charlotte E., 323.
Charlotte M., 322.
Christiana G., 32.
Christopher, 212,
213.
Clara, 213.
Clara A., 19.
Clara Etta, 319.
Clarinda (Rugg),
24.
Clarissa, 223.
Clarissa (Hinck-
ley), 315.
Converse Francis,
17.
Cora Flaville, 326.
Cordelia A. (Ben-
nett), 326.
Cordelia J., 19.
Cynthia Ann, 27.
CyreneH. (Clark),
31.
Cyrus, 17, 209, 323.
Cyrus B., 19.
Dan, 213.
Daniel, 24, 212, 217
(2).
Daniel Thurston,
26.
Daniel Worthen,
29.
David, 29, 210-212,
219, 222.
Dr. David, 221.
David Burleigh, 27.
David O., 32.
David Sumner, 27.
Deborah, 215.
Deborah F. (Wal-
lis), 28.
Deborah (Plumer),
215.
Denison G., 215.
Diana (Dunham),
216.
Dorothy ( Huse ) ,
222.
Dorothy (Nye),
224.
E. Dexter, 318.
Ebenezer, 17, 21,
211, 214.
Plumer, Ebenezer
Folsom, 30.
Edgar A. (twin),
Ebenezer Huse, 223.
317.
Edith Mansfield,
328.
Edmund, 320.
Edmund Augustus,
320.
Edmund Greenleaf ,
24.
Edward, 213, 215,
322.
Edward J., 316.
Edward Lord, 328.
Edward Nathan,
321.
Edward R., 31.
Edwin, 220, 322.
Edwin L. (twin),
317.
Edwin W., 318.
Eldridge, 210.
Eleanor, 314.
Eleanor Guy
(Caldwell), 321.
Eleanor ( Seavey ) ,
210.
Eli, 217(2).
Eliott, 216.
Eliza, 211, 223.
Eliza A. (Carlton),
316.
Eliza Ann, 314.
Eliza Ann (Kel-
ley), 215.
Eliza (Bryant),
316.
Eliza Calkins, 315.
Eliza ( Greenleaf ) ,
218.
Eliza L. (Dresser),
327.
Eliza J., 215.
Elizabeth, 21, 212.
Elizabeth A.
(Tucker), 317.
Elizabeth Ann, 210.
Elizabeth (Brag-
don), 209.
Elizabeth C. (Saf-
ford), 320.
Elizabeth Chand-
ler, 220.
388
INDEX.
Plumer, Elizabeth
Dean, 321.
Elizabeth E., 222.
Elizabeth J., 212,
317.
Elizabeth Knight
(Sargent), 24.
Elizabeth (McFar-
land), 221.
Elizabeth Martha.
17.
Elizabeth Neal
(Clifford), 324.
Elizabeth Olivia,
23.
Elizabeth (Paul),
17.
Elizabeth (Rip-
ley), 217.
Elizabeth (Smith),
324.
Elizabeth Victoria,
326.
Elizabeth White,
324.
Ella, 25.
Ella A. M., 316.
Ella J. (Wilson),
30.
Ella (Toothaker),
324.
Ellen, 26, 29, 210,
216.
Ellen ( Boucher ) ,
212.
Ellen Cummings,
321.
Ellen J. (Copp-
Peabody), 28.
Ellen Louisa, 316.
Ellen M. (Frye),
323
Ellen (Moulton) ,
323.
Ellen Moulton, 26.
Ellen R., 327.
Ellen (Tarletoh),
20.
Ellmore H., 318.
Elmira (Clark), 18.
Elmira R., 318.
Elvira, 216.
Elvira C., 319.
Elvira (Dunham),
216.
Plumer, Emily H.
(Brady), 25.
Emily Josephine
Lord, 328.
Emily M., 27.
Emily Maria (At-
kins), 324.
Emma A. (Fel-
lows), 319.
Emma Cordelia
(Wheeler) , 321.
Emmeline Wood-
bury, 214.
Emulus, 216.
Enoch, 20, 26, 219.
C'apt. Enoch, 26.
Col. Enoch, 325.
Enoch F., 19.
Ephraim, 19.
Ermina C., 316.
Estella M., 319.
Esther, 26.
Esther Ann, 27.
Esther Elizabeth
(Nevers), 327.
Esther (Paul), 213.
Esther Thomas, 26.
Etta H., 319.
Eunice (Franklin-
Davis), 315.
Eunice ( Johnson ) ,
219.
Eunice K., 215.
Evelyn J., 317.
Everet H., 219.
Fanny A., 28.
Fanny (Knight) ,23.
Fanny (Platts-
Booth), 320.
Fanny W., 325.
Farnham, 220(2).
Fleeta Daisy, 320.
Fleeta (Sercomb),
320.
Flora A. (Young),
317.
Frances A. (Mer-
row), 324.
Frances Abby, 221.
Frances (Blod-
gette), 319.
Frances H.
(Clarke), 218.
Frances (Nut-
ting), 328.
Plumer, Francis Jo-
seph, 320.
Frank, 24, 224, 324.
Frank J., 322.
Frank Baughman,
322.
Frank H., 317.
Frank Home, 321.
Frank Innie, 314.
Frank P., 31.
Franklin, 219.
Fred Caldwell, 321.
Fred J., 314.
Frederick A., 219.
Frederick E., 326.
Frederick Edgar,
214.
Frederick L., 32.
Freeman, 217.
G. A., 218.
George, 17, 21, 213,
221, 318, 327.
George A., 30.
George Anson, 218.
George Bitfield
(twin), 322.
George Gate, 28.
George E., 24, 328.
George Ernest, 325.
George F., 328.
George Franklin,
319.
George H., 19.
George Haley, 321.
George Henry, 23.
George Hoyt, 221.
George Leeds, 322.
George M., 19.
George O., 318.
George Orrin, 327.
George W., 27, 32
(2), 212, 315.
George W. S., 317,
318.
George Washing-
ton, 23(2), 27,
29, 328.
Gibeon, 211.
Gilmon, 217.
Goreon, 321.
Grace, 321.
Grace Herbert, 328.
Greenleaf, 23.
Hannah, 21, 211,
212, 216-218, 223.
INDEX.
389
Plumer, Hannah Ab-
igail L., 222.
Hannah C., 220.
Hannah ( Curtis ) ,
18.
Hannah D. (Clark)
325.
Hannah (Dilling-
ham), 221.
Hannah F., 29.
Hannah Frances
(Comerford), 24.
Hannah Hale, 218.
Hannah Harmon,
224.
Hannah Harmon
(Moulton), 223.
Hannah Jane
(Holden), 327.
Hannah ( Jenness) ,
219.
Hannah Louise,
322.
Hannah (Pear-
son), 223.
Hannah (Plumer),
211.
Hannah ( Small ) ,
214.
Hannah (Wilson) ,
28.
Hannah Wood-
bridge, 223.
Harriet, 28, 211,
212, 217, 218, 313.
Harriet A., 215.
Harriet Ann, 218.
Harriet B. (Wil-
kins), 313.
Harriet (Blan-
chard) 95.
Harriet Dorothy,
223, 224.
Harriet Ella, 31.
Harriet F., 313.
Harriet (Harmon),
218.
Harriet Jane, 221.
Harriet Minerva,
314.
Harriet N., 323.
Harriet Newell
(Keniston), 313.
Harriet Pierce
(Blanchard), 31.
Plumer, Harriet
(Wheeler), 213.
Harriman, 223.
Harrison, 319.
Harrison Lorenzo,
221.
Harry, 25.
Hattie (Church),
25.
Hattie Cordelia,
326.
Hattie Jane, 319.
Hazel Pearl, 326.
Helen H., 30.
Henry, 17, 19, 213,
217, 218, 316, 317.
Rev. Henry, 219.
Henry Dearborn,
322.
Henry F., 25.
Henry W., 316.
Hiram, 218, 219,
317.
Hiram Tobin, 26.
Horace, 26, 319.
Horace Bradstreet,
313.
Huldah S. (Geor-
ge), 27.
Ida, 216, 217.
Ida (Cox), 325.
Inez Eva (twin) ,
322.
Ira, 31.
Irving, 18.
Isaac, 18, 210, 212,
324.
Isaac Marcellus,
324.
Isabel, 216.
Israel Prescott, 29.
Jacob P., 17.
James, 212-214, 3 14.
James Henry
(twin), 221.
James J., 19, 324.
James Marcellus,
314(2).
James Pettingell,
322.
James .William,
322.
Jane, 26, 31, 210,
214(2), 217(2).
Plumer, JaneAugusta
(Seney), 324.
Jane Dole, 222.
JaneW. (Hall), 18.
Jason, 212.
Jay, 325.
Jeremiah, 20, 32
(2), 209, 210, 215,
223.
Jeremiah Smith,
214.
Jeremiah W., 215.
Jeremy, 20.
Jerry L., 316.
Jerusha Ann, 214.
Jerusha G. (Bur-
ley), 30.
Jesse, 27, 211, 212
(2), 217.
Joanna, 32.
Joanna A., 224.
Joanna (Hay ford),
32.
John, 17, 18, 27, 95,
212-214, 217(2),
313, 323.
John Adams, 320.
John Ambrose, 28.
John Andrew, 210.
John Arthur, 326.
John C., 315.
John Chandler, 220.
John Clark, 29.
John Edmund, 320.
John Fellman, 327.
John Francis, 220.
John Franklin, 324.
John Haynes, 318.
John K., 31.
John Lincoln, 18,
323.
John Moody, 224
(2).
John Moulton, 25.
John Porter, 21,
326.
John R., 213(2).
John Savory, 221.
John Thomas, 320.
John Tyler, 325.
John W., 213, 215
(2).
John William, 221.
John Willis, 31.
390
INDEX.
Plumer, John Whit-
more, 319.
Johnson, 217.
Jonas M., 21, 326.
Jonathan, 20(2),
313.
Jonathan Jesse, 28.
Jonathan Pear-
sons, 29.
Jones, 315.
Jordan, 211.
Joseph 20(2), 21,
25, 30, 31, 210,
213, 216, 218, 314,
325(2).
Joseph A., 314.
Joseph B., 218.
Joseph Burley, 30.
Joseph Dole, 222.
Joseph Emmons,
325.
Joseph M., 25, 212.
Josephine, 316.
Josephine G., 318.
Joshua, 209.
Josiah Converse,
221.
Josiah D., 318.
Josiah R., 318.
Judith, 223.
Judith Ann, 223.
Judith (Plumer).
223.
Julia, 216, 217.
Julia E., 324.
Juliette, 317.
Julius D., 316.
Kate (Baughman),
322.
Kate Jay, 328.
Katie (O'Donnell),
320.
Lane, 29.
Laura A., 31, 315.
Laurens Cram, 320.
Lavinia O., 18.
Lemuel, 209.
Lena, 328.
Leonette, 29.
Leroy, 212.
Lesley, 322.
Libby, 210.
Lillian A., 328.
Linda (Bangs),
217.
Plumer, Lizzie A., 32.
Lorenza, 217.
Lorenzo T., 32.
Louisa, 17, 217, 219.
Louisa (Neal), 32.
Luella, 217.
Lucian (Hadley),
314.
Lucinda, 212, 216.
Lucinda Blodgette,
319.
Lucretia French,
23.
Lucy, 216, 218.
Lucy C. (Brown),
24.
Lucy D., 323.
Lucy E. (Smith),
318.
Lucy Yeaton, 17.
Lunette A., 327.
Luther, 31.
Lydia, 211, 218(2),
223.
Lydia A., 19.
Lydia Ann, 216.
Lydia B., 19.
Lydia (Cooley),29.
Lydia (Corliss), 19.
Lydia (Folsom),
31.
Lydia (Goss), 27.
Lydia (Hoyt), 2T21.
Lydia L. ( Stock-
bridge), 24.
Lydia (Pilsbury) ,
222.
Lydia (Thompson),
316.
Lydia (Walker) ,
17.
Mabel E., 327.
Mahala, 17.
Mahala ( Oilman ) ,
317.
Marcia (Foss),213.
Margaret, 321.
Margaret A., 211.
Margaret D., 213.
Margaret Frost,
328.
Margaret Frost,
(Mead), 22.
Margaret (Simon-
ton), 211.
Plumer, Maria, 26,
214(2), 315.
Maria ( Stearns ) ,
209.
Maria (Wood), 221.
Marian (Grog-
ham), 323.
Marion Hill, 29.
Mark, 29.
Mark Leach, 211.
Martha, 20, 210,
217(3).
Martha A. (Wal-
ker), 326.
Martha Angelia,
326.
Martha Ann, 30.
Martha Annette,
22.
Martha E. (twin),
30.
Martha (Frye),
315.
Martha (Dingley),
217.
Martha (Hale), 17.
Martha (Lancas-
ter), 213.
Martha ( Libby ) ,
210.
Martha Maria, 21.
Martha O., 315.
Martha (Wal-
dron), 224.
Martha (Weston) ,
25.
Mary, 18, 20, 31,
210,212, 213,217-
219, 223, 313(2),
322.
Mary A., 212, 317.
Mary A., (twin),
30.
Mary A. (Bean),
31.
Mary A. (Withing-
ton), 328.
Mary Abbie, 322.
Mary Abbie (Dan-
forth), 31.
Mary Abbie
(Smart), 321.
Mary Ann, 22, 39,
219, 327.
INDEX.
Plumer, Mary Ann
(Horr), 20.
Mary Ann K., 17.
Mary B. 321, 325.
Mary ( Clapham ) ,
17.
Mary Cram, 320.
Mary Cram (Plum-
er), 320.
Mary Crockett, 25.
Mary Dole, 223,
224.
Mary (Downing) ,
29.
Mary E., 215, 222,
315.
Mary E. (Porter),
322.
Mary Elizabeth, 22,
218, 324, 328.
Mary Elizabeth C.,
222.
Mary Elizabeth
* (Edgerly), 224.
Mary Elizabeth
(Hamlin), 327.
Mary Ella, 323.
Mary Estelle, 24.
Miry Frances, 23.
Mary Gordon
(Flanders), 27.
Mary (Hickey),
320.
Mary Huse (Law-
rence), 22.
Mary (Hutchin-
son), 216.
Mary Isabelle, 30.
Mary J., 32, 317.
Mary J. (Fellows),
316.
Mary J. (Libby),
214.
Mary Jane, 30.
Mary Jane (Rand-
lett), 328.
Mary Josephine,
320.
Mary Lizzie, 319.
Mary Louise, 321.
Mary Marsh ( twin )
220.
Mary Morton, 25.
Mary N. (Stan-
wood), 316.
Plumer, Mary Noyes
(Rolfe), 23.
Mary (Ross), 217.
Mary (Wells-Cur-
tiss), 323.
Matilda (Cate) , 28.
Mehitable (Brown)
212
Mehitable (Har-
mon), 216.
Mehitable (Libby) ,
209.
Mehitable (Thurs-
ton), 26.
Mehitable Thurs-
ton, 26.
Melinda Ann, 223.
Mercy (Abbot), 32.
Miamma, 219.
Monira B., 318.
Moses, 24, 28, 210
(2), 211(2), 218.
Moses Baker, 325.
Moses Galley, 30.
Moses Illsley, 23
(2).
Moses Y., 215.
Nancy (Blaisdell),
322.
Nancy (Clark), 29.
Nancy ( Daniels ) ,
314.
Nancy H. (Swain),
317.
Nancy L., 215.
Nancy (Lamprey),
315.
Nancy ( Sawyer ) ,
220.
Nannie Dow, 328.
Napoleon, 315.
Nathan, 321.
Nathan T., 31.
Nathaniel, 17, 26,
27.
Nathaniel Bartlett,
27.
Nathaniel Greene,
23.
Nathaniel Moulton,
223.
Nehemiah, 213.
Nellie Maria (Dun-
lap), 23.
Plumer, Nellie (Rus-
sell), 318.
Nettie (Gray), 217.
Nettie Hannah,
319.
Nicholas Folsom,
27.
Olive, 209(2), 210.
Oliver, 19, 216.
Orinda (Ayers),
325.
Oscar, 19.
Oscar J., 316.
Oscar Silvanus, 24.
Otis, 210.
Pamalia, 219.
Patience (Clark),
215.
Patience ( Green ) ,
217.
Patience (Inger-
soll), 19.
Paul, 223, 224.
Pennell, 18.
Perley, 222.
Persis, 217.
Persis M., 319.
Persis ( Stevens ) ,
217.
Peter Woodbury,
214.
Polly (Porter), 219.
Prescott M., 318.
Rachel, 217.
Rachel C. (Smith),
318.
Ralph Warner, 321.
Rebecca, 211.
Rebecca Hill, 223.
Rebecca (Nichols-
Crane), 317.
Reuben S., 318.
Rhoda, 219.
Rhoda C. (Cum-
mings), 318.
Rhoda D. (Smart),
21.
Rhoda ( Harris ) ,
219.
Richard, 19, 210,
314, 321.
Richard Avery, 322.
Richard J., 317.
Richard Page, 224.
Robert, 217.
892
INDEX.
Plumer, K o b e r t
Young, 210.
Rosemond Abigail,
221.
Rufus, 215.
Ruth, 21.
Ruth C., 21.
Ruth Ella, 326.
Sadie F., 313.
Salina Giles, 222.
Sally, 210.
Sally (Brown), 20.
Sally (Harney) ,
218.
Sally (Johnson),
220.
Sally Sophia, 29.
Samuel, 21(2), 22,
29(2), 212, 215,
313, 315, 324, 326.
Samuel Albert, 27.
Samuel Enfield, 326.
Samuel G., 215.
Samuel J., 315.
Samuel Lyman, 327
(2).
Samuel Motley, 25.
Samuel N., 17.
Sarah, 18, 20, 21,
32, 217, 325.
Sarah A., 318.
Sarah A. (Lam-
prey), 314.
Sarah Abigail, 326.
Sarah Adelaide
(Way), 322.
Sarah Adeline, 22.
Sarah Addie, 215.
Sarah Angenette,
322.
Sarah Ann (twin),
221.
Sarah Ayers, 319.
Sarah B. (Harri-
man), 221.
Sarah Bell, 325.
Sarah E., 316.
Sarah Elma, 317.
Sarah Elizabeth, 23,
24, 316.
Sarah Fowler, 22.
Sarah H. (Mit-
chell), 318.
Sarah (Harmon!).
212.
Plumer, Sarah
(Holden), 326.
Sarah Huse, 223.
Sarah J., 315.
Sarah Jane, 221,
314.
Sarah L., 222.
Sarah Ladora, 30.
Sarah M. (Batchel-
der), 319.
Sarah Moody, 224.
Sarah O. ( San-
born), 30.
Sarah Tobin, 25.
Satily, 218.
Serina Mason
(Broughton),
320.
Sewell, 210.
Silas, 213, 223, 224.
Solomon, 32.
Sophia Paulina
(Sunderman),
322.
Sophia Pearson, 28.
Sophronia Osgood
(twin), 222.
Stephen, 26.
Capt. Stephen, 222.
Stephen Merrill, 30.
Stephen T., 215.
Susan, 325.
Susan Augusta
324.
Susan D. (Kelly),
27.
Susan G., 213.
Susan (Pecker),
325.
Susan Rand
(White), 323.
Susan White, 324.
Sybill (Stearns),
209.
Tamson (Twom-
bly), 20.
Rev. Theodore, 219.
Thomas, 214, 220
(2).
Thomas Augustus,
320.
Thomas George,
320.
Thomas J., 214.
Timothy, 209(2).
Plumer, Walter, 219.
Walter D., 25.
Walter Francis, 24.
Walter Stillman,
219.
Washington, 17.
Weltha, 213.
Weltha Caroline
(Wheeler), 319.
Weltha (Estes),
213.
Weltha (Plumer),
213.
Wendell Phillips,
321
Willard L., 31.
William, 19, 22, 25
(3), 28, 211(2),
213, 214(2), 219,
222, 223, 316, 320,
323, 327, 328.
William (twin),
210.
Hon. William, 22.
William Eaton, 28.
William Gardner,
319.
William H., 32.
William He^nry,
218, 316, 320.
William K, 31.
William Kelly, 27.
William Lawrence,
22, 320.
William M., 317.
William Perley,
222.
William R., 318.
William Sullivan,
209.
Willie W., 32.
Yorinda A., 316.
Zoe (McKenney),
325.
Plumer, Collins &
Co., 323.
Point Gammon, 3, 4.
Poland, Abigail (Tar-
ren), 43.
Ezra, 48.
Joanna, 48.
Joanna (Lee-Tar-
ring), 48.
Nathaniel, jr., 43.
Nehemiah, 48.
INDEX 393
Poland, Seward, 48. Porter, Sarah (ne- Putnam Sarah
Thomas, 48(3). gro),232. (Hodges), 118.
William, 48. Williard, 229. Pyldren, John, 53.
Pollard, Amanda, 88. p O rteus, Dr., 204. Pynchon, , 154.
Betsey (Sher- p os t, Jeremiah, 78. Sarah, 339.
born), 88. Richard, 78. Hon. William, 339.
Joseph, 88. Potter, Benjamin, 55. Pyne, Sarah How-
Pollexfen, Henry, 50. j ames , 256. land, 130.
Polly (privateer), Ruth ( Bu rrill), 55,
228 - 60. Quested, Quester,
Pompey (negro), 62. Powers 77- Bartholomew, 49.
Poore^ Poor Alfred, prattj Mary M ayo, Quimby, - , 230.
M. u., 84, ^i. 123 130 Clara A. (Plumer),
Clarence A., 313. ~ T, __:_ 10
n -A TT ^ oo^ Prescott, Benjamin, 19.
David Henry 224. ' George D., 19.
Harriet T. (Plum- Jeremiah) 301 . Jess< f 23 o.'
nSri'etMRuther- ** (^epperell), Mary (Lee), 230.
' 224 Moody Presson, Margaret, Ramsdell, Abednego,
' 2 ^' Preston, Anna (Lee) , Rand, , 94.
Pope Daniel P 178 2 3- Hannah, 64.
EH'iah 1 86 David, 230. Randlett, Mary Jane,
Jasper 186 Deborah, 157. 328.
Joseph' 177 Deborah (Lee) 157. Rawson, Elizabeth.
Mary ' Elizabeth, Isaac, 157. 64
18 g Price, Fred C., 317. Stephen, 64.
Nathaniel, 186 SarahElma(Plum- Ray, Rhea, , 79,
Porter, , 96, 123, er )' 317 - , 122 -
228. Prince (negro), 92. Frederick, 122.
Abigail 21 Proctor, Isaac, 235. Georgianna Win-
Anna Gray, 123. Martha Anne, 121. gate (Clapp), 122.
Caroline C. (Plum- Prosperity (schoon- Mary (Gray), 122.
er ) 220 er), 153. Mary (Holmes),
Ebenezer, 220. ?"& Sarah ' J-jl. 122.
Ellen R. (Plum- Pulling, - , 2 38. William, 122.
er \ 327 Annis, 238. William Thorndike,
George Doane, 123. An v nis JJ 66 )' 238 ' * 22 :
James G., 327. J h . n ' 238 - Winthrop Gray,
Jonathan, 122. Major John, 238 122.
Lucretia E. (Hoi- Capt. John, jr., 238. Raymond, Capt. Eb-
land), 123. Martha, 238. enezer, 230, 234.
Lucy (Lee) , 228, Purdy, Stephen S., Jennie Frances, 94.
229. 186 Joanna, 230, 234.
Mary E., 322. Putnam, Col., 124. Joanna (Herrick),
Mary Gray, 123. Bartholomew, 118. 234.
Rev. Nathaniel, 21. Elias, 290. John W., 94.
Olive D. (Went- Elizabeth, 118. M. D., 113.
worth), 327. Frederick Ward, Mary, 230.
Phebe (Abbott) 193-196, 239. Sarah Henrietta
123. Lucy (Tufts), 90. (Trow), 94.
Polly, 219. Nathaniel, 46, 182. Capt. William, 40,
Sarah (Stillson), Col. Rufus, 124. 234.
21. Ruth, 116. Raynold, Thomas, 52.
394
INDEX.
Beading, Charles, 286.
Elizabeth (Mans-
field), 286.
Hiram, 286.
Sarah (Mansfield),
286.
Reed, , 80.
Benjamin Tyler,
256(2), 271, 301.
Lucy, 286.
Capt. Richard, 152.
Maj. Richard, 330.
Eeeves, , 103.
Remington (priva-
teer), 233.
Reprisal (brig), 71.
Resolution (ship) ,172.
Revere, Paul, 338.
Col. Paul, 238(2).
Rhode see Roads.
Rice, Charlotte Bord-
man, 138.
Richards, James, 285.
John, 65.
Joseph, 65.
Lydia (Phillips),
65.
Martha, 64, 65.
Martha (Burrill-
Tuttle), 65.
Sarah (Bardwell),
285.
Sarah Bardwell,
285.
Richardson, , 85.
Abigail, 220.
Clarissa, 284.
Charlotte, 286.
Dorothy ( Pearson ) ,
286.
Eliza, 286.
George, 286.
Hannah Sophia,
284.
Harriet, 286.
Herbert, 286.
Lois, 89.
Lydia, 286.
Mary, 89.
Obadiah, 284.
Sophia, 286.
Susan, 286(2).
Thomas, 286(3).
William, 311.
Richie, Prances, 159.
Rines, Mary, 84.
Ripley, Elizabeth, 217.
Roads, Rhode, ,
335.
Augusta Louisa,
321.
Heinrich, 321.
Wilhelmina, 321.
Robbins, , 76.
Roberts, Robards,
-, 47.
John, 325.
Louis, 19.
Lydia A. (Plum-
er), 19.
Nicholas, 49.
Susan ( Plumer ) ,
325.
Robertson, Capt., 172
(3), 175, 197.
Robie, Roby, Archi-
bold, 29.
Lois (Burrill), 55-
57.
Sally Sophia,
(Plumer), 29.
William, 55-57.
Robinson, Robeson,
Lieut., 78.
Andrew, 124.
Eliza A., 285.
Ephraim Connor,
285.
James, 68, 69.
John Smith, 312.
Mary (Allen), 124.
Mary Allen, 124.
Mary ( Kennison ) ,
285.
Peter, 79.
Thomas, jr., 52.
Rogers, , 94, 95,
156.
Abraham A. T., 320.
Amos, 156.
Anna (Moulton),
95.
Daniel, 279.
David, 94.
Elizabeth (Lee),
156.
Hannah, 149.
John, 230, 235.
Martha ( Rogers ) ,
156.
Rogers, Mary Jose-
phine (Plumer),
320.
Mary (Lee), 156.
Miriam, 95.
Nathaniel, 156.
Rebecca (Lee) , 230.
Capt. Timothy, 279.
Rolfe, Mary Noyes,
23.
Moses, 23.
Sarah (Noyes), 23.
Ropes, Mary, 158.
Hon. Nathaniel,
278.
Rose (man of war),
163.
Ross, Dr., 204.
Elizabeth ( Lord ) ,
224.
John W., 224.
Sarah Moody
(Plumer-Poor) ,
224.
Stephen M., 224.
Rounds, , 212.
Rover ( brigantine ) ,
71.
Royal, Lucy, 87.
Rugg, Clarinda, 24.
Cynthia (Platts),
24.
Capt. Luke, 24.
Russell, , 81, 130,
273.
Elizabeth (Lee),
227.
Isaac, 227.
Louisa Dumaresq
(Blake), 130.
Nellie, 318.
Dr. W., 81.
William W., 130.
Ruthersf ord, , 79,
80.
Henrietta, 224.
3affin, John, 353.
Martha, 353.
Thomas, 353.
Safford, Elizabeth
C., 320.
Nancy, 127.
Salem, 97-111, 143,
275, 276, 298.
INDEX.
395
Salem Village, 177-
191.
Saltonstall, , 52,
253.
Col., 67.
Kichard, 143.
Sanborn, , 92.
Anna O. (Galley),
30.
Jeremiah S., 30.
Kosella, 92.
Sarah O., 30.
Shadrack, 92.
Sanders see Saunders.
Sanderson, , 65.
Sarah (negro girl),
232.
Sargent, , 124.
Bathsheba, 32.
Charles Elkanah,
282.
Charles Sprague,
124.
Elkanah Winches-
ter, 282.
Elizabeth Knight,
24.
George Washing-
ton, 124.
Henrietta ( Gray ) ,
124.
Henrietta Gray,
124.
Ignatius, 124.
Margaret J. (Per-
cy), 124.
Mary Allen (Robe-
son), 124.
Moses, 227, 229.
Sarah Charlotte
(Gray), 124.
Sarah Ellery, 124.
Sarah Ellery (Sar-
gent), 124.
Sarah Jane (Gil-
christ), 282.
Sarah (Lee), 227,
229.
Sarah Sargent
(Stevens), 124.
William Winches-
ter, 282.
Winthrop, 124, 228.
Sarfcteriee, Bishop,
338.
Saunders, Sanders,
Caleb, 87.
Elizabeth, 136.
John, 187(2).
Saunderson, Joseph
F., 311.
Savage, , 33, 43
(2), 53, 105, 106.
Mary, 127.
William, 52.
Sawyer, , 86.
A., 256.
Amos, 220.
Anna, 95.
G. M., 31.
Hannah ( Dustin) ,
220.
Hannah (Liscomb-
Bruce), 86.
Jane (Plumer), 31.
Joshua, 95.
Miriam ( Rogers ) ,
95.
Nancy, 220.
Savery, Robert, 50.
Scarlet, Scadled,
Scadlet, Scad-
lock, , 114.
Hannah, 114.
Hannah (Paul),
114.
Scott, , 36.
Sealyer ( negro ? ) ,
155.
Searle, Searles,
Searls, , 51.
Benjamin, 228.
Jane (Slade-Co-
nant), 51(2).
Margaret, 112.
Sarah, 228(2).
Seavey, Eleanor, 210.
Seaward, (Dow-
ning), 47.
Mary, 47, 157-160.
Seney, George I., 324.
Jane Augusta, 324.
Phebe A., 324.
Sercomb, Fleeta, 320.
Sever, Thankful, 61.
Severance, Lydia J.,
140.
Sewall, Capt., 274.
Jonathan Mitchell,
239.
Sewall, Katherine,154.
Nabby (Lee), 239.
Chief Justice Sam-
uel, 154.
Stephen, 239(2).
Sexton, Catherine,
281.
Shaflin, Michael, 187
(2).
Shattuck, Shattock,
, 88, 103.
Capt., 85.
Charles, 94.
Sarah, 93.
Thomas, 89.
Thomas C., 286.
Peter, 94.
Shaw, , 20.
Martha ( Plumer ) ,
20.
R. G., 256.
Shedd, Shed, , 94.
Charles Otis, 91.
Hannah Brown, 91.
Jacob, 94.
Joel, 94.
Polly (Brown), 91.
Silas, 89, 91.
Sheldon, Hattie
(Gray), 135.
James E., 135.
Jessie, 135.
Mary, 135.
Sheppard, , 333.
Sherborn, Betsey, 88.
Sheridan, , 202.
Shirley, Gov., 235.
Shober, Hedwiga
Regina, 133.
Mary Anne (Bed-
ford), 133.
Samuel Lieber-
kuhn, 133.
Sibley, Mary (Wood-
row), 184.
John, 39.
Richard, 100.
Samuel, 184.
William, 183, 184.
Silsbee, , 68;
Elizabeth, 137.
El izabeth ( Sann-
ders), 136.
George Saltonstall,
136.
396
INDEX.
Silsbee, George Zach-
ariah, 136.
Joanna, 68.
Joanna (Fowle) ,
68.
Sarah Frances
(Gray), 136.
William, 68.
Simonton, Margaret,
211.
Simpson, Franklin
Eugene, 287.
Mary Augusta, 287.
Ora Bell, 287.
Robert, 287.
Samuel W., 88, 287.
Samuel Wilson, 287.
Sarah Ann (Davis)
287.
Sinclair, Alexander,
321.
Ellen Cummings
(Plumer), 321.
John C., 321.
Mary, 321.
Nancy, 30.
Skilton, T. A., 192.
Skinner, Alice, 60.
Alice (Woods), 60.
John, 60.
Martha (Burrill),
60.
Eichard, 60.
Slade, Jane, 51(2).
Slocom's Island, 8.
Small, George, 183,
184.
Hannah, 214.
Mary, 96.
Euth (Cantle-
bury), 183, 184.
Thomas, 183, 184.
Smart, Harrison G M
321.
Granville I., 22.
Mrs. Granville, 21.
Martha Annette
(Plumer), 22.
Martha G. (Cole),
321.
Mary Abbie, 321.
Ehoda D.. 21.
Smith, , 88, 89.
Capt., 168(2).
Abraham, 190.
Smith, Ann, 190.
Anna, 190.
Anna Doane, 288.
Asa, 318.
Christina, 126.
Clara, 288.
Dorcas, (Dutton),
88.
Elijah Phinney,
73, 74.
Elizabeth, 324.
Elizabeth (Good-
ell), 190.
Epinetus, 78.
Isaac, 279.
James, 88.
John, 190.
' John, jr., 190.
Lucy E., 318.
Mercy (Doane),
288.
Nathan, 190, 191.
Peter, 93.
Eachel C., 318.
S., 80.
Samuel, 79.
Sarah, 88.
Sarah (Jones), 88.
Susan, 318.
Thomas, 80.
William, 88, 288.
Zipporah, 192.
Snelling, Ollife, 52.
Solley, Soley, Capt.,
350.
John, 80.
Somes, Jane, 48.
Euth, 48.
Timothy, 48.
Soper, Frank, 214.
Maria (Plumer),
214.
South wick, , 103.
Elizabeth (Kins-
man), 122.
John Alley, 122.
Mary Ann, 122.
Walter H., 178.
Sovereign (ship) 128.
Spear, Julia Ann, 285.
Mary (Turner),
285
William, 285.
Spooner, , 103.
Stacey, Stacy, ,
228.
Agnes, 237.
Annis, 154.
Hannah (Lee), 228.
Martha A., 329.
Stackpole, Charles
E., 189.
Staigg, , 132.
Standish, James, 38.
Stanwood, Atkinson,
223.
Eliza (Plumer) ,
223.
Mary N., 316.
Staples Daniel, 288.
Mary (Welch) , 288.
Susan, 288.
Starbird, , 212.
Lucinda (Plumer),
212.
Stark, Gen., 229.
State of Maine
(steamboat),
292.
Staten Island, 173.
Stearns, , 76, 166.
Capt., 81.
Maria, 209.
Sybill, 209.
Stebbins, Samuel, 144.
Stedman, , 76.
Steele, Esther Thom-
as (Plumer), 26.
Joseph H., 26.
Stephenson, ,
242.
Stert, John, 49.
Stevens, Stephens,
Benjamin, 217.
Deborah (Coffin),
50.
Dennce or Dionis,
49, 50.
Frances (Marten),
49, 50.
Henry, 105.
John, 49.
Mary, 148, 228, 229.
Persis, 217.
Eichard, 49(2).
Robert, 49(4), 50.
Sarah Sargent, 124.
Trustram or Tris-
tram, 49(6), 50.
INDEX.
397
Stevens, William, 49,
50.
Stewart, Stuart, ,
119-121, 127, 132,
341.
Aurelia ( Plumer ) ,
216.
Frances Emily (de
Forest), 132.
Frances Loring
(Gray), 132.
Frances Violet, 132.
Francis Gray, 132.
Henry, 216.
John A., 132.
Mary, 132.
Sarah T. (John-
son), 132.
William Adams
Walker, 132.
Stickney, Abraham,
91, 92.
Mary, 283.
Stiles, M., 81.
Stillson, Sarah, 21.
Stimson, James, 189.
Patience, 189.
Stockbridge, Leb-
bins, 24.
Lydia, 24.
Lydia L., 24.
Stocker, Abigail, 71.
Amos, 63, 64.
Elizabeth (Mans-
field), 64.
Marshal, 69.
Martha (Burrill),
69.
Sarah (Burrill),
62-64.
Thomas, 64.
Stockwell, Eng., 205.
Stone, , 136.
Anna, 229.
Hannah, 160.
Lucy ( Bowditch ) ,
136.
Malcomb Bow-
ditch, 136.
Mrs. Malcomb B.,
136.
Marian(Lewis),136.
Rebecca, 118.
Richard, 136.
Robert, 118.
Stopgate, , 49.
Storer, Ebenezer, 279.
Stork ( schooner ) ,
153.
Story, , 123.
Dr., 331.
Judge, 327.
Adeline (Wain-
wright) , 123, 130,
137.
Dr. Elisha, 123.
Eliza, 123, 129.
Elizabeth Gorham
(Gray), 123.
Elizabeth Gray,
137.
Ellen, 278.
Franklin Howard,
123, 129, 130, 137.
Horace Cullen, 123.
Justice Joseph,
331.
Julian, 123.
Mehitable (Ped-
rick), 123.
William, 278.
Stoughton, Louisa C.
M., 240.
Stratfold, William,
49.
Streeting, Mildred,
49.
Striker, Miriam, 112
(2).
Stuart see Stewart.
Stull, , 131.
Charles M., 131.
Mary (Hurlbut-
O'Neill), 131.
Sullivan, Johanna,
287.
Sumner, Gen. E. V.,
253
William H., 243.
Summerset (ship) ,
173.
Sunderman, Lena W.,
322.
Simon, 322.
Sophia Paulina,
322.
Swallow, The (ship),
43.
Swain, , 85.
Abigail, 317.
Swain, Nabby (Grif-
fin), 85.
Nancy H., 317.
Samuel, 317.
Swan, Swann, Helen
Elizabeth, 137.
Howard Gray, 137.
John, 137.
John Butler, 137.
Mrs. John Butler,
123.
Lillian Louisa
(Butler), 137.
Marguerite (Gray) ,
137.
Marguerite War-
ton, 137.
Martha, 96.
Sarah, 160.
Swan (ship), 168.
Sweetser, Daniel,
285.
James, 302.
Lois (Pearson),
285.
Lucy ( Danforth ) ,
286.
William, 286.
Swett. , 120, 330.
Annie Cecelia (de-
Wolf), 120.
CharlotteB. (Phin-
ney), 120.
Charlotte (Bour-
ne), 120.
Eliza Charlotte,
120.
Hannah, 329(2).
Hannah (Negus),
149, 152.
John Barnard, 120.
Dr. John Barnard,
120.
Joseph, 329, 330.
Dr. Joseph, 149,
329.
Joseph, jr., 149.
Lucia Gray, 120.
Lucia (Gray), 120.
Martha, 329, 330,
338, 339.
Martha A. (Sta-
cey), 329.
Mary S. (Lord),
120.
398
INDEX.
Swett, Kuth, 329.
Samuel, 120.
Samuel ( Bourne ) ,
120.
William Gray, 120.
Swift, W., 286.
Swinerton, Esther,
179.
Job, 177(2), 179,
182
Job, jr., 179, 182-
184.
Job, ST., 177.
John, 182-184.
Sylvester, Ann H.
(Plumer), 32.
Hon. Kufus, 32.
Tfaff (negro woman),
232(2).
Taffey (negro girl),
45.
Talbot, Lord, 351.
Talleyrand, Baron de,
340, 341.
Tansur, , 275 ( 2) ,
276.
Tappan see Toppan.
Tarleton, Ellen, 20.
Tarpaulin Cove, 5.
Tarren, Tarrin, Tar-
ring, , 43.
Abigail, 43(2).
Abigail (Abbott),
43, 149.
Abigail (Lee), 41,
43
Jacob, 43(2).
Joan (Lee), 43.
Joanna (Lee), 48.
John, 41, 43(3).
Capt. John, 43.
Gen. John, 43, 149.
John, jr., 48.
Mary, 43(2), 149,
230, 234, -329.
Robert, 43.
William, 43 (2).
Taylor, Tayler, ,
336.
Abigail, 30.
Alexis, 213.
Charles, 274.
Hannah, 28.
James, 58.
Taylor, Margaret D.
(Plumer), 213.
Sarah (Burrill), 58.
Susanna, 53.
William, 58.
Temple, (Whip-
pie), 342.
Abigail (Lee), 342.
John, 341, 342.
Sir John, 341, 342
(2).
Lucy, 339, 342.
Hon. William, 342.
Tenney, Harriet
(Plumer), 212.
Zechariah, 212.
Tewksbury, , 157.
Anna (Lee), 147.
Jacob, 157, 231.
Rebecca, 229.
Eebecca ( Crafts ) ,
157.
Sarah, 229.
Thomas, 147, 229.
Thember, Thumber,
, 50.
Thomas, , 77,
132.
Dr., 204.
Frances Violet
(Stewart), 132.
H. H., 256.
Priscilla, 239.
Norman Mattoon,
132.
Thomas (man of
war), 167.
Thompson, , 77.
Anne, 67.
Ann (Pecker), 67.
Benjamin, 264(2).
Dr. Edward, 67.
Elvira (Plumer) ,
216.
Lydia, 316.
Martha, 112.
Nancy L. (Plum-
er), 214.
Orin, 216.
Thorn (ship), 160.
Thorndike, Albert,
290, 301, 306.
Larkin, 244, 256.
Mary, 149.
Throckmorton, ,
109, 111.
Thurlow, Lord, 204.
Thurston, Eunice
(Dole), 26.
John, 26.
Mehitable, 26.
Ticknor, David, 87.
Tidd, Charles, 90.
Elsie Samantha
(Dane), 90.
Mary, 90.
Pliny, 90.
Titcomb, Col., 149.
Tilton, Elijah, 159.
Eunice (Lee), 159.
Tobin, Abigail, 25.
Todd, Abigail (Par-
sons), 45.
John, 45.
Toothaker, Ella, 324.
Toppan, Tophan,
Tophm, Topin,
Abraham, 53 (2).
Jane, 53(2).
Lucy, 324.
Peter, 53.
Susanna (Taylor),
53.
Towle, O. W., 302.
Tracy, , 33, 338,
340.
Ellen, 140.
Hannah, 341.
Hannah ( Gook in ) ,
339.
Helen, 341.
Jeremiah Lee, 341.
Lieut. Jeremiah
Lee, 338.
Col. John, 339, 340.
Gen. John, 341.
Louisa Lee, 341.
Martha Abby Lee,
341.
Martha Lee, 341.
Mary, 341.
Mary (Lee), 338
(2), 339(2).
Nathaniel, 341(3),
342.
lion. Nathaniel,
339, 340(3).
Mrs. Nathaniel,
342.
INDEX.
399
Tracy, Patrick, 338,
341.
Capt. Patrick, 339.
Trattles, William, 141.
Travers, Mary, 135.
William K., 135.
Treadwell, Sarah, 1.
Trevett, Martha, 112.
Trow, , 93, 281.
Ann Maria, 94.
Anna Maria, 94.
Annis (Johnson),
93.
Caroline Augusta,
94.
Charles, 93.
Daniel, 93.
Dudley, 93.
Elizabeth (Hill) 94.
Frances Mehitable,
94.
Hannah, 93.
Hannah ( Dodge ) ,
93.
Hannah (Lis-
comb), 93.
Harriet Lucelia,94.
Harriet ( French ) ,
93.
Hiram French, 94.
Jerusha, 93.
John, 93.
Lucy, 93.
Martha (Kendall),
93.
Martha Swan, 93.
Martha Swan
(Clark), 93.
Richard, 93.
Sarah, 93.
Sarah Elizabeth,
94.
Sarah Henrietta,
94.
Sarah (Shattuck),
93.
Thomas, 93.
William, 93, 94.
William, jr., 92.
Troy (negro boy),
232.
Trumbull, , 341.
Trusler, , 103.
Tuck, , 233, 236.
Deborah Lee, 233.
Tuck, Elizabeth
(Lee), 159, 233.
Eveline, 233.
Capt. Henry, 233.
Jacob, 233(2).
Joanna H. (Drew),
233.
John, 93.
Levi, 229, 233.
Lydia, 227, 233,
342.
Lydia (Babcock),
233.
Margaret ( Lee ) ,
229, 233.
Mary, 233.
Mary (Lee), 232,
283.
Polly (Morgan) ,
233.
Ruth Raymond
(Lee), 234.
Samuel Lee, 233.
Samuel Lee, jr.,
233.
Sewall, 233, 234.
Warren, 233.
William, 159, 232,
233(2).
Capt. William, 233,
234.
Tucker, , 76.
Capt., 333(2).
Dr., 204.
Alice, 59.
Elizabeth A., 317.
Joanna (Manning-
Lee), 40.
John M. A., 280.
Rebecca, 118.
Samuel, 333.
Thomas, 40.
Tuckerman, William
S., 271, 301, 311,
312.
Tudor, Anne Eliza-
beth, 134.
Eleanor Lyman
(Gray), 133, 139.
Elizabeth (Whit-
well), 133, 139.
Henry Dubois, 133,
139.
Henry Owen, 134.
John, 134.
Tudor, Mary, 134,
139.
William, 133, 139.
Tufts, Lucy, 90.
Turner, Abbie C.
(Plumer), 219.
Elizabeth, 110.
Mary, 285.
William, 219.
Tutt, Hannah, 331.
Tuttle, Abigail, 63.
Abigail (Floyd),
63.
Burrill, 63.
Ebenezer, 63.
Ezra, 63.
John, 63.
Martha (Burrill),
65.
Mary, 63.
Mary (Burrill), 62,
63.
Samuel, 63.
Thomas, 65.
Twiss, William, jr.,
62.
Twombly, Fanny W.,
(Plumer), 325.
Dr. John H., 325.
Tamson, 20.
Tyler, , 76.
Miriam, 230.
Tyranicide (ship) ,
239(2).
Underbill, Amy, 320.
Underwood, , 42.
Ann ( Blanchard ) ,
95.
Otis, 95.
Upham, Vpham, Har-
riet, 128.
Jabez, 128.
Sarah, 51.
Thomas, 51.
William P., 98-100,
102-104, 106, 107.
Upton, Abiel, 84.
Abiel Augustus, 84.
Abiel (Carleton),
84.
Alpheus, 84.
Anna, 82.
Eliza Ann, 84.
Elizabeth, 82.
400
INDEX.
Upton, Elizabeth
(Hardy), 84.
Emma Amanda, 84.
George, 84.
George Henry, 84.
George William, 84.
Henry, 84, 85.
John, 85.
Joseph, 85.
Jeduthan, 85.
Lydia (Frost), 84.
Margaret, 84.
Martha Jane, 84.
Mary, 84.
Mary ( Blaisdell ) ,
84.
Mary ( Jenkins ) ,
84.
Mary Louisa, 84.
Paul, 85.
Kuth, 85.
Samuel, 84, 85.
Warren, 84.
Valentine, , 78.
Vanhoorn, D., 80.
Van Shaick,
(Ferguson), 130.
Charlotte Sargent
(Gray), 129.
Elizabeth, 130.
Elizabeth (Hove) ,
130.
Eugene, 130.
George Gray, 130.
Grace (Borden),
130.
Henry, 129.
Henry Sybaldt, 130.
M. (Harlenbeck) ,
130.
Mary, 130.
Myndert, 130.
Nonine Harrim
(Bell), 130.
Sarah Howland
(Pyne), 130.
Vandreuil, Marquis
de, 340, 341.
Varnum, , 86.
Vaughan, Alexander,
224.
Amanda (Plumer),
224.
Vennor, ,187(2).
Veren, - , 103.
Hilliard, 52, 109,
110.
Mary (Conant),
51(3).
Very, - ,116.
Elizabeth (Giles),
116.
Isaac, 116.
Lydia (Clough),
116.
Samuel, 116.
Viets, - , 348.
Vinson, Sarah, 40.
Vinton, -- , 133.
Benoni, 61.
Mary (Green), 61.
Vottain, - , 206.
Vulture (ship), 339.
Mary (Pear-
son), 285.
Samuel, 285.
Wagner, - , 133.
Wainwright, Col., 54.
Adeline, 123, 130,
137.
Eli, 123, 130.
Helen Wyckoff,
123, 130.
Mary Mayo (Pratt)
123, 130.
Wait, James M., 87.
Rachel Lucinda
(Parker), 87.
Walcot, Walcott,
Wolcott, Wool-
cott, Woollcott,
- , 172, 173,
187, 198.
Col., 172.
Abraham, 185, 187.
John, 106, 109-111,
186.
Jos., 81.
William, 187(2).
Waldron, Martha,
224.
Walker, Abel B., 286.
Abel Bugbee, 286.
Caroline Augusta,
287.
Charles E., 287.
Elnathan, 286.
Walker, George
Phipps, 287.
Harriet Coolidge,
287.
Lydia, 17.
Lydia (Gordon),
326.
Martha A., 326.
Martha ( Phipps ) ,
286.
Olive (Call), 286.
Palmer, 326.
Sarah P., 326.
Wallingford, Mary
B. (Plumer), 325.
Samuel W., 325.
Wallis, Deborah F.,
28.
George, 28.
Hannah ( Taylor ) ,
28.
Walsh, Fanny New-
ell, 92.
Oliver, 92.
Sarah Jane, 92.
Walter, , 172.
Wanton, Col., 9.
Gov., 9.
Ward, , 121, 122.
Justice, 2.
Anna Hazard (Bar-
ker), 122.
J. Erwin, 27.
Esther Ann (Plum-
er), 27.
Frances ( Morris ) ,
122.
George Cabot, 122.
John Gallison, 122.
Joshua, 57, 237.
Lydia (Burrill),
57, 58.
Lydia (Gray), 121.
Martha Ann, 122.
Martha Anne
(Proctor), 121.
Mary Ann (South-
wick), 122.
Mary Gray, 122.
Miles, 58.
Capt. Richard, 119.
Ruth ( Putnam ) ,
116.
Samuel Gray, 122.
IXDEX.
401
Ward, Sarah (Mas-
sey), 58.
Thomas William,
122.
Thomas Wren, 119,
121.
William, 116, 121,
122.
Warren, Isaac, 61.
Sir John, 176.
Lydia (Burrill-
Mower), 61.
Sarah, 40.
Warville, Briscot de,
340.
Washington, ,
229, 332.
Booker, 268.
Waters, , 37, 52.
Waterman, Belle, 139.
Watson, Adolphus
Eugene, 240.
Agnes Lee, 240.
Almira, 240.
Benjamin Marston,
240.
Charles Lee, 239.
Elkanah, 239, 240,
280.
Eliza Constantia,
240.
Elizabeth (Par-
sons), 240.
Elizabeth (West),
240.
Ellen (Mellen),
240.
Fanny (Lee-Glov-
er), 239, 240.
Henry Monmouth,
240.
Horace Howard,
240.
John, 239.
Rev. John Lee, 240.
Laura A., 240.
Louisa C. M.
(Stoughton) 240
Lucia, 239.
Lucy, 240.
Lucy (Lee), 239,
240.
Lucy Lee, 240.
Col. Marston, 239,
240.
Martha, 240.
Patience (Mar-
ston), 239, 240,
280.
Watson, Priscilla
(Thomas), 239.
Eoxanna (Davis ),
240.
Sally Maria, 240.
Susan L. (Fergu-
son), 240.
Thirza (Hobart),
240.
Watt, Watts, Capt.,
275.
Abigail ( Blany ) ,
114.
John, 114.
Way, Vay, James H.,
322.
Sarah Adelaide,
322.
Sarah P., 322.
Webb, Henry, 69.
Joanna ( Burrill ) ,
68, 69.
John, 69.
Judith (Phelps) 69.
Webber, , 126.
Franklin P., 126.
John, 112.
Lucinda, 112.
Mary Christine
(Allanson), 126.
Webster, Daniel, 293.
Elizabeth, 229, 230.
Joseph, 229, 230.
Mary, 230.
Capt. Stephen, 67.
Wedderburn, ,
208.
Weeks, Kev. Joshua
Wingate, 1-16,
161-176, 197-208,
345-356.
Sarah (Tread-
well), 1.
Welch, Welsh, ,
157.
Elizabeth (Crafts),
154.
John, 90, 157.
Mary, 288.
Sally Maria (Wat-
son), 240.
Thomas, 240.
Weld, Caroline Balch,
138.
Sarah, 138.
Stephen Minot, 138.
Wellman, Capt.
Adam, 71.
Wells, , 228.
Betsey (Garritt),
323.
Daniel Lee, 323.
Jane (Lee), 228.
Mary, 323.
Wentworth, Gov.,205.
Catharine Burden
(Plumer), 221.
Caroline (Plum-
er), 20.
David Porter, 20.
Frank, 221.
Olive D., 327.
West, , 80.
Elizabeth, 240.
John, 38, 39(2),
240.
Mary (Lee), 39.
Lieut. Thomas, 39.
William, 280.
Westminster Abby
(London), 352.
Weston, , 103.
Francis, 180(2).
Martha, 25.
Wetherby, , 336
(2).
Weymouth, Amanda
(Chandler), 284.
Augustine, 284.
Wharf, , 47(3).
Abraham, 47.
Arthur, 47.
Hannah, 47.
Hannah ( Davis ) ,
47.
John, 47.
Martha (Lee), 47.
Mary (Allen), 47.
Nathaniel, 47.
Samuel, 47(2).
Susanna, 47.
Wheatland, Dr. Hen-
ry, 194.
Wheeler, Betsey, 92.
Beulah, 92.
Emma Cordelia,
321.
Eunice, 92.
Harriet, 213.
Hepzabeth (Hay-
ward), 92.
Oliver, 92.
Reuben, 92.
Welthea Caroline
319.
402
INDEX.
Wheelwright, Susan,
136.
Whetstone, John, 49.
Whipple, , 275,
342.
Capt., 160.
Gov., 342.
Whitcomb, Margaret
192.
Capt. Nathaniel,
192.
White, Eliza (Story),
123, 129.
Elizabeth Stone,
129.
James, 323.
Joan ( Dummer ) ,
53.
Capt. Joseph., 129.
Philip, 185.
Richard, 53.
Susan (Atwood),
323.
Susan Band, S23.
Zachariah, 189, 190.
Whitehall (London),
352.
Whitier, Abraham,
38.
Whiting, , 79.
Capt., 77.
Whitman, , 129.
Whittemore, Whit-
more, Anne
(Burrill), 68.
Bethiah (Collins),
68.
Dorothy, 222.
William, 68.
Whitwell, Elizabeth,
133, 139.
Wilkes, , 354(2).
Wilkins, Harriet B.,
313.
Wilkinson, , 229.
Betsey (Lee), 229.
Willard, , 81, 297.
Willet, , 80, 224.
William and Mary
(ship), 151.
Williams, , 104-
106,136,275,276.
Capt., 78.
Col., 77.
Alice, 104.
Williams, Benjamin,
116.
Deborah, 113.
Ethel, 136.
Francis, 104.
Jane, 115, 116, 121,
128.
Jane (Gray), 116.
M., 275, 276, 278.
Mascoll, 116.
Eobert Wade, 136.
Roger, 97-99, 102-
104, 106, 107, 109-
111.
Ruth ( Phippen ) ,
116.
William, 104-106.
Wilson, Abby, 86.
Ella J., 30.
Etta H. (Plumer),
319.
Fred, 319.
Hannah, 28.
Winchester, Harriet
Augusta, 94.
Harriet Lucelia
(Trow), 94.
Sarah Ella Maria,
94.
Wentworth, 94.
Winder, T., 348.
Wingate, I. O., 122.
Winship, Capt., 124.
Winsor, Bartholo-
mew, 49.
Winthrop, , 47.
Gov., 47, 105, 110.
Charles A., 128.
Mary Codman
(Gray), 128.
Wise, Henry, 279.
Withington, Lothrop,
49, 52, 53.
Wolcott see Walcott.
Wood, Woods, ,
91.
Capt., 173.
Alice, 60.
Ednah( Griffin), 91,
286.
Elizabeth, 35.
Henry, 91.
John, 35.
Lucy, 220.
Maria, 221.
Thomas, 91, 221.
Thomas C., 286.
Woodbridge, , 85.
Samuel, 85.
Woodbury, Woodber-
ry, Woodbery,
Abigail, 157
Andrew W., 47.
Elizabeth (Lee),
47.
Hannah, 158.
John, 110, 111.
Joseph, 235.
Mary, 147, 157.
Woodcock, Franklin,
220.
Gideon, 88.
Hannah C. (Plum-
er), 220.
Ruth, 321.
Woodhull, Elizabeth,
131.
Woodman, John, 315.
Maria ( Plumer ) ,
315.
Woodrow, Benjamin,
184.
Mary, 184.
Rebecca (Cantle-
bury), 184.
Worly, , 198, 19.
Wright, , 96.
Abiah Moore
(Dane), 90.
Mary, 96.
Melvina (Chand-
ler), 284.
Reuben, 90.
Thomas, 38.
William, 284.
Yeaton, Lucy, 17.
York, Dr., 346.
Levi, 85.
York, 172.
Young, Mrs. A. Mur-
ray, 137.
Flora A., 317.
Harriet Minerva
(Plumer), 314.
Onis Perry, 314.
Young, Phoenix
(brig), 333, 339.
Young Africa (brig),
339.
Torn, , 133.
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