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Cor. East 69th St., New York, May 12, 1879. J

To Corre9pondenU^ Contributors, and otherB intereited in the Pilgrim Record Series:

Dbar Fribnds: We are glad to announce our having put to press the Farwell
Ancestral Memorial, another volume of the Series for which collection of mate-
rials commenced soon after our marriage — this 12th May, 1879, being the Fortieth
Anniversary — a number answering to forty thousand dollars we have advanced in
this research.

Of one other volume we have 450 pages already stereotyped, and of several
others our records of items not subject to change are reduced to the same solid
form, ready for their just position in the volumes to be severally published, as
means therefor may be equitably advanced by living members. In general, each
volume is independent of the twelve others, and may be so purchased and read.'*'

While grateful for continued life and health, we are reminded that one decade
more, if vouchsafed, will complete a half century since the commencement of these
labors; and, that to publish the remaining ten volumes of the Series in style corre-
sponding with the past issue, personally preparing the indexes and charts, arranging
and proof reading the pages, and adding to the branches of each of the ten volumes
the items denved from a correspondence constantly cdive to the changes by birth,
marriage, and death in the respective families, it becomes very important, if the
volumes are to be issued, that the necessary means should be assured by liberal
subscription from those therein represented, and from those favorable thereto ; thus
obviating those diversions and distractions which, in us unaided, would result in
the non- completion of the work.

We shall at all times be glad to have any of you examine at your own con-
venience our published books, or our manuscript pages, tables, diagrams, and
charts completed, and those in preparation ; and as some of the days of this Forti-
eth Anniversary Year, we especially name any and all the hours of the second
Tuesday of each month, 1879, day and evening.

Very respectfully yours,

DAV^)•'P^ HOLTON, M.D.

* It will be seen that seyen letters are found in FARWELL— an eminent number in all historio
times, in literature and soienoe, religious and secular; and it becomes expedient that three hun-
dred descendants of Henry> Farwell, during this fortieth anniversary of these genealogical re-
searches, in their purchase of the '' Ancestral '^ at $3 per copy, should each add seven (7) dollars,
making an even ten, a number which extensively harmonises with the decimal system, which is
rapidly extending in various departments of mensuration in all lands.

These three hundred persons thus advancing to Wm-D". Farwell, 115 Worth Street, New York,
as their trustee, a total of $9000, wiU thereby secure the complete volume of Henry> and his de-
scendants. Let this be done at once, that the fields pleasant to view from our Pisgah may b«
promptly entered and possessed, not for ourselves only, but for posterity.

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FARWELL ANCESTRAL MEMORIAL.

HENRY' FARWELL,

OF COIGOSI) AID CHELISFOS]), lASSAGHUSmS,

Ain> ALL HIB

Descendants to the Fifth Generation:

TO WHICH ABB ADDED

THREE BRANCHES-TEE FAMRIES OF

DANIEL,^ OF Groton and Fitchburg, Mass.,

1740 1818 ;

BETHIAH,^ OF Mansfield, Conn., and Westminster, Vt.,

1747 1813 ;

ELIZABETH,^ of North Charlestown, N. H.,

17S1 1840,

AND THEIR DE8GENDANTB TO 1879.

BT

DAVID-PARSONS' HOLTON, M.D., A.M:,

LXFB MbMBEB of THB KbW ExOIiAND HiST. GSN. SOODETT AITD OF THB NEW YOBK GlOnBA-

LOGICAL ft BlOO. SOCIETT ; AND SXG*BT OF THB PiLGBIM BeCOBD SOCIBIT,

AND OF THB AMBBICAN PHILOLOOICAL SOOIBTT,

AND HIS WXFE,

FRANCES-K.^ (FORWARD) HOLTON,

ftBSEDBNT Member of the New Yobk Genealogical and Biographical Socibtt.

NEW YORK: /-/•• ''' -WV^^^'

D^P/ HOLTON, M.D., PUBLIg^BB, >\
30 Sutton Place, Eastern Boxtleyabd, cob. East (Oth St. ^ ■'

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Entered oecordlnf* to Act of Congrese In the year 1879, by DAViD-PARsom^ Houton, VLD^
la the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D 0.

MU» • MOTHANAN. f«MTlRa

«e«. ASTO« AND LAFAVITTt PLAOIBi

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PREFACE.

Individual isolation contravenes the will of heaven, as shown in every character-
istic of man^s physical, intellectual and moral nature. Equally so of families and na-
tions. Progressive discoveries, in the laws of mind and matter, made since the parable
of the **Good Samaritan^' was spoken, and harmonizing therewith, tend to unify
the human race, whether near or distant in space or time. More and more the
individual parent is brought to realize himerself* as a responsible connecting link in
the great family circle ; and this growing conviction has, within the last half of a
century, added great impulse to genealogical and biographical studies.

Hon. Daniel Webster said : '' It is wise for us to recur to the history of our an-
cestors. Those who do not look upon themselves as a link connecting the past with
the future, do not perform their duty to the world.'*

Hon. John Winslow in a recent address, speaking of the value of family histories
as contributory sources to more general history, said :

'* Family histories are of great importance as primary sources of local or town
histories. It is the histories of the families that make that of the town ; those of
the towns make up the history of the State, and those of the States the nation. It has
been said that the utility of the great libraries in Europe may be best understood if
we consider their vast number of books, not as books to be read seriatim, but like
words in a dictionary, to be consulted as occasion may require ; and so it may be said
of family and town histories. They are like words in a vast lexicon ; like rivulets
that swell the streams, the streams the river, and the river the mighty sea. It is
clear that to attain accuracy and a good understanding, we must begin at the first
round of the ladder, and so know more about — if not the ** forests primeval" — at
least the families primeval, so far as human records or traditions will permit. If we
start right here, we have data from which may be made safe inferences and clear
generalizations.

'* Let not the objection be thought well taken, that inasmuch as we live in a
young country, we can feel no special interest in genealogy. The fact is, that for all
purposes of genealogical studies we live, in a proper sense, in as old a country as can
be found. In a broad sense our life in this is but a continuance of race life in the
older countries from which our ancestors came. If thet we would well understand

* See foot note on p. 219L

^ FBEFACB.

the forces that make our institutions, we must look back to the times of our Euro-
pean ancestors of whatever nationality. In the study of influences that shape and
give tone to human affairs, how narrow is the limit of a single generation. There
can be no thorough study of history that does not comprise genealo^cal researches.
The extent to which such researches are carried is largely a measure of refinement
and real culture among the people."

The compilers of this Memorial Volume were in the early times of their investi-
gations encouraged and aided by Governor Leonard- J. Farwell of Wisconsin ; and
the numerous descendants of Henry' Farwell, an early settler of Concord, Mass., have
for many years been aware that their memorial volume has been in a state of great
forwardness for the press, waiting their equitable co-operation; but now, through
the recent liberal aid of John-Y*. Farwell, Esq., of Chicago, III., it has been
made posnble to issue this portion of the collection, which will be of common
interest to all the branches, containing records of their several Farwell ancestors
of the first four generations in America, and generally those of the fifth, bom prior
to 1760. This little book brings the record down to include the birth of most of the
descendants who participated in the struggle for the Independence of the United
States — an Akcbstbai. Book of Ambbican Fabwblls. To these pogec of eomman
< mterett to all Farwells, have heen added samples of branch development to the pre-
sent date, 1879.

The members of the second generation in America are recorded on the 6th
page f those of the third are found on the 7th and 12th pages; those of the fourth
on 18th, 14th, 16th, 19th, 20th, 21st and 22d pages. Their descendants of a later
generation are to be readily found by following successively their respective serial
number references. Taking for example the serial number 341 on page 35, Daniel*
followed by a reference number [511], and turning to that number in the serial order
found on page 72 the reader will find the full develojAient of this Daniel^ ; and
on page 84, his nine (9) children, from serial number 512 to 520 inclusive, each of
whom, except the 6th and 8th (Benjamin* and Anna'') who died young* are severelly
referred for their respective development.

Again, in the Index, page 190, is to be found Paul-Theodore* Cheritree, serial
number 939, answering to page 146, a child of Almira* (Farwell) and Theodore-Freling-
huysen Cheritree ; grandchild of Lyman* Farwell, serial number 928, page 148. For
his ancestral line see the reference number in brackets [583], page 92, under serial
number 577, p. 91 ; where this Lyman* is seen to be the son of DanieP and Dorcas
(Wetherbee) Farwell.

In like manner Paul-Theodore*s line is traced through Daniel* [511], p. 72;
Daniel* [340], p. 35 ; Joseph* [45], p. 13 j Joseph* [4], p. 6, to Henry* [1]. p. 1. the
emigrant ancestor.

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PREFACE. YjJ

As with Paul-Theodore', so may be done in tracing the genealogy of any of the
descendants of Henry' recorded in this book.

On the 250th page is placed a Calendar which will serve posterity to A.D. 5,999.
A hope was expressed in 1876 that Russia would compliment the United States by
making the centennial of our Independence, the occasion of her adopting the New
Style common to other Christian nations. Now, the hope is that she will adopt it
on or before the bi-centennial 1976. t

Readers of these Memorials can now purchase, for fifty cents, this Calendar and
its slide in working order, which, with due care, can be practically used by their
posterity for several generations. [See JVinslow Memorial, Vol. I, page 349.]

English correspondents have kindly aided the compilers by giving trans-atl antic
records of Farwell families. These have been arranged in Chart I, which was
designed for this work ; but as several points need further confirmation before our
Henry's English line can be satisfactorily established, its publication is deferred to
the completed volume.*

Inviting the reader carefully to regard the explanations referred to in the '* Sup
plemental Index," page 240, it may not be amiss to suggest that the perfections of
the book should be credited to the j)romptness, fullness, clearness and accuracy of

viii ENGLISH FARWELL FAMILIES.

In the preface of the Farwell Ancestral Memorial allusion is made to the collection of records
during oar visitations in England, and through transatlantic correspondence. Thus far the results
of our efforts have not been conclusive as to the English pedigree of our Henry* of Concord, Mass.

With a view to enlist co-operation and to facilitate supplemental research we here print a few
of the detached notes taken from«the Harleian Manuscripts. Burke's Landed Qentry, Playfair's
British Antiquities, Pigot^s Commercial Directory, and other books, and from our notes of traveU
and correspondence, whether looking Henry-ward or otherwise. We hope some of the standpoints
here presented may be occupied by intelligent co laborers. Should the result fail to establish our
long sought pedigree of Henry^ which we cannot believe, suggestive points may be planted which,
we trust, more successful investigators in other branches will cultivate and develope, and which
ere long will be extended in directions to show the yet undiscovered point joining our worthy immi-
grant to his true ancestral vineJ

Bev. Thomas Gataker. rector of Rotherhithe, b. 4 Sept. 1574; m. as 3d wife, Dorothy, daughter of
George FarwelU Esq., of Hil Bishop, in Somersetshire, and sister of Sir George and Sir John Far-
welU by whom, who d. 1627, he had two daughters; Elizabeth, who m.Wm. Draper, Esq , and Esther.

Maria Farwell, dau. of George of Hill Bishop, Somersetshire, m. Andrew Walt.^n, son of William
and Thomazine, and in 1^20, his children were Walter, his first-born, aged 14 ; Arthur, his second
son, aged 9 ; William, 3d son; Sylvester, Philip, Maria and Susan.

Elizabeth Farwell. dau. of Richard of.Somerset8hire, m. as Ist wife. Humphrey Venner of Hunds-
oott (son of William of Chittlehampton and Elizabeth, dau. of Humphrey .Copleston of Instow) and
had Ann and Elizabeth. [See Richard in Chart B.]

Miss Farwell of Holbrook House * near Wincanton, Devonshire, m. Robert Woodford, Canon of
Wells and Rector of Yeovilton. who died at Wells, 1762. aged 87. He was son of Rev. Samuel Wood-
forde, D.D.f F.R.S., Prebendary of Winchester and Rector of Hartly Mauduit and Sheldon, in
Hampshire.

Arthur Farwell. m. Mary Monk, daughter of Rev. Nicholas, Bishop of Hereford, brother of George
Monk, the celebrated General under Cromwell, who was created baronet 1670. The mother of Mary
Monk was Susanna Rayne.

The family of Le Moyne or Monk was of great antiquity in the County of Devon, and in that
shire they had, from a remote period, po.-sessed the manor of Potheridge.

The Monks were lineally descended from Arthur Plantagenet, Viscount L'Isle, son of King Ed-
ward IV, thus :

CHART I. [a]

ARTHUR PLANTAGENET^^ Elizabeth, sister and co-heir of John Grey, and widow of Edward

I Dudley.

Thomas Monk of Potheridgez=:Frances, for her 2d husbaind.

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Anthony Monk=rMary, dau of Richard Arscott, E»q. of Dunsl md.

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Sir Thomas Monk, Kt.,z^Elizabeth, dau. of Sir George Smith, Kt.

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Thomas. George, the celebrated General under Cromwell, Rev. Nicholas,=Susanna. daughter of
who, for his exertions in restoring the mon- Bishop of i Thomas Rayne,

archy, WHS created by King Charles II, 7 July. Hereford. | Esq.

1670, Baron Monk of Potheridge, Earl of Tor- j T

ringtou, Duke of Albemarle. [See Chart b] Curwen Raw-=EUzabeth. Mary, m. :

linson. Arthur

Farwell.

* The residence of this lady at Holbrook House suggests the probability that she was a descend-
ant of John of Holbroo .. [See Chart IJ.]

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Extracts from the Correspondence of Col. C. T. J. Moore, Frampton Hall,

Near Boston, Engrland.

Dr. Holton, Dear Sib :

About the same time as I received your letter, I got one also from Mr. John V. Farwell, of Chi-
cago, in reply to one from myself about the Farwell pedigree.

I shall be very glad to receive the Memorial and particulars you kindly offer to send me, and
shall gladly give you all the informacion in my power about the English ancestors of the Farwells.

I am not quite certain about having found the right Henry^ Farwell ; but I can discover only
one Henry iu the English branch, and as all trace of him is lost I have presumed tha: he went to
America.

The family in England seems to have been scattered over the country, and ean be traced from
the earliest period ; but Yorkshire appears the place where they chiefly settled, and in the reign of
Edward 1 (circa 1280) Richard Farwell married the heiress of Elias de Billestoue and brought Rille-
stone and several other estates into the family. These continued in the male line until the reign
of Henry VII (circa 15(X)), when they passed through an heiress to the family of Radcliff, although
some portion remains to this day in a family who call themselves Farvell, and bear the same aims
and claim direct descent from Richard Farwell. The name is and has been spelt Fauvell, Favell,
Varwell. Farewell and Farwell.

About the same time as the large estates passed by marriage to the Radcliffes, Simon Farwell
migrated from Yorkshire and setiled in Somersetshire and built at Bishop Hill near Taunton, the
Mansion House, on which were carved the Farwell arms, quartering de Rillestcne and others ; and,
although it ctmnot now be discovered, a pedigree was in the possession of his great grandson, show-
ing the descent and alliances of the family for many generations. [See Harleian Mss. for this pedi-
gree.] This Simon married Julia, dau. of Clark :

CHART I [b]
Simon Farwell of Hyl-Bishop, E qr., d. lM5^rrjulia Clark.

Simon of Hill Bishop. Esq ,n=zDorothy, d. and heiress of Sir James Dyer. Speaker of House of Com-
diedl568. I mons and Judge. She died 1580.

Simon.

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John of Holbrook. Esq ; George, b.-

m. Ursula Philipps. 1583; d.

He sold Bishop Hill to 1609; of

his bro. George. This Hill

branch extinct in the Bishop,
male line.*

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^Philippa. d. Richard. §
of John
Parker,
hsq. died
IttsJU.

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4 daugh
ters.

Christopher, from
whom a long line
of Christophers
& the Devonshire
branch desc'd to
this day. [See chart I c.l

Sir George, Kt., of — Lady Mary, dau. of Sir Ed- Klizabeth=Sir

Johni=:

Hill Bishop; died
1617. He had aO
children, of whom
we give six.

Jane.

:Arthur

ward Seymour, Duke of
Somerset; brought Pian-
tagenet blood in the fam-
ily and died itm.

John.

Charles.

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James.

Thomas.

)hn=rz:]

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John=rz:Dorothy, dau. of George=Ann. daughter Nathaniel.

(SirJohnRouth. of Richard Kdmund.

Brown James. +, -f.

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Henry. John.

[Col. Moore can trace nothing of this Henry, and sucrgests that he may be
the one who settled in America, whose first sun was born about 1639. See
S»^izo Qiiartiers Chart, paq:p> 184a Fahwrll NNOSSSTttA.r, Mkm >kial 1

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: Arthur Farwell married Mary Monk, daughter of Nicholas, Bishop of Hereford, niece of phiHn

George Monk, the celebrated General under Cromwell. I'nuip.

*John Farwell married Ursula Phelps or Phelipps, daughter of Sir Thomas who d. 1565 and Agnes

(Smith) who died 1564. Thomas, brother of Ursula, born 1500. built the pre-;ent house at Montacate

in Somersetshire, considered one of the finest specimens of the Tudor style of architecture. Wm.

Phelps, Esq., born 14 October, 1823, in 1846 had his seat at Montacute House.

§ Among the early descendants of Samuel Farwell in America the name Richird frequently oc-
curs, and suggests this as their ancestral line, there being none of the name Richard among the
early generations of our Henry', [See page viii.]

CONTINUATION OF THE ENGLISH FABWELL FAMILIES.

DEVON OR TOTNESS BRANCH.
CHRISTOPHER FARWELL ot Totneas, E8q.=Mary, relict of Barber, 1606,

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Christopher of TotnoBS, Esq. b. 1609; d. 1672, M.P. for^Jane , only known as ** Madame Jane

I>ai-tmoiith in the long Parliament. I Farwcll,*^ died 1676,

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Christopher Esq, ofTot-=--^Marv Sonthcott, Elizabeth, married Rich- Sarah, mnrned
ness. Rom 1614; I died 1701. ai-d Belfleld, Esq. 1652. William Searlc, Esq

die d 1729. | 1683.

Christopher, Esq. r==Catharine,d, ot Arthnr Ayshford of Won well Court, Mary, married

I Esq. by Mari^aret daughter of Servlngton Savery, FrariciH Drake,

E>q. Esq. lf>90.

Christopher, M. D., A rth u r, Esq., bom — Grace, d. of NicholMs Piers, Katherine,

born 1706; died unmarried. 1703. I Esq. of Plympioii 1740. 1708.

Arti ur, Esq.. bom izz Jane, dau. & heiress of James Taylor, Cnristo- George, m. Catharine.
1746, died 1809. I Esc]., bv Ann, dau. of Thofl. Acland, piier. Eliz. — &had

I E<q. brother of Si r Hugh A eland. Cha.s-F , Capt R. N.

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Colonel Chri8topher,==Klizabeth, dau. Rev. Arthur^ George,^=Maria, d. of Jane. m.

Esq., of I of John Bent, b.l776; b. 1788; I John Bent. Richard

Totne8S,bom 1774 ; I E-*q., ot Ivy- d. 1809. d.l859. I Fsq., of Marshal

died 1837. I bridge. Arthur | Ivybridge. M.D.

Frederick, mar. Louisa Whitliread, and Maria, Emily, unmarried. Georgian, married Gordon
had Frederick, George and Gerald. uuni. Whilel)read. Esq.

William, rector of St.^==Mary, d. of Wade (Jeorge, s.p. Frank. Anna-Maria, m. Ellen Bel-
Austens, Cornwall, J Brbvvnt!, Esq. of Arthur, s.p, li.R. Roe, Esq. field m. J-
i>orn 1805; died I (Jhapel Ailerton, Chri.st.James,fl,p. I W-C.Whit-
1876, * I Yorkshire, John-Ben t, s.p. | broad. t

Christopher- Wade, Robert, Major in Rev. H- Arthur, F-M-V., m. Col. Ada-M., Canilla,m.

Captain in Army, Army, unni. Farwell, Cant. C-T-J. Moore, m.Aii- Rev.

unmarried. James. rector R.N. ofFrampton mlral George

Hail. F.^. A. Glasse. Heath.

_ Bel-

Howant,

Jacob-

* Rev. William Farwell, Rector of St. AuPtens, Cornwall, married Mary, dau. of Wade Brown anrl
Eliz (Jones) of Leeds; Wade Brown, Merchant, Magistrate, Deputy Lieut, of Co, York, &c., b. 1760,
at Chapel Allerton, (bounty York; <i. 1821, an«i was succeeded bv his only son. Wade Brown, Etiq., ot
Monkton Farleigh. The seat of the Manor House, Monktou Farleigli, Bradford, Wilts.

^^For the completed Farwell Mrmorial we have charts of other English Farwell Families, to

which we shall add records forwarded to us, especially if they tend to establish the lines of Henry ^

and Samuel'^ Farwell. Communications are solicited, which may be addressed to

DAVID-P. HOLTON, M.D.
18 June, 1879. 20 Sutton Place, Cor. East 59tb Street, New York.

FARWELL MEMORIAL.

HENRY' FARWELL.

HENRY* FARWELL was one of the first settlers of Conoobd, Mass., which
was incorporated 3 September, 1635, Sbattuck, in his History of Concord, writes
of him as ^* probably the common ancestor of the name in New England." [George
Farwell of Boston, one of the adherents of Andros, who was imprisoned in 1689,
probably left no posterity in America.]

History gives us little authentic information. concerning the private and public
life of this ancestor. More might have been disclosed, had not the church recordsi
of Concord prior to 1738, and most of the town records prior to 1606, been irre-
coverably lost.

To get an idea of the probable character of the man, his purposes and position,
and the hardships endured for the rights of conscience, let us recur to the history
of the place and circumstances in which his lot was cast, and, as we find him asso-
ciated with worthy, God-fearing men, endeavoring to establish for posterity a home
and a government beyond the control of despotism in civil as well as religious
affairs, let us draw our inferences as to his individual life, aspirations, and efforts.

At the commencement of the seventeenth century the Indians of New England
were able to bring into the field more than 18,000 warriors, but about the year 1612
they were visited with a pestilential disease, whose horrible ravages reduced their
number to about 1,800. Some of their villages were entirely depopulated. This
great mortality was viewed by the first Pilgrims as the accomplishment of one of
the purposes of Divine Providence, by making room for the settlement of civilized

2 jFbrwdl Memorial.

man, and by preparing a peaceful asylum for the persecuted Christians of the old
world. In what light soever the event may be viewed, it, no doubt, greatly facili-
tated the settlements, and rendered them less hazardous.

The original Indian name of Concord for a long time before it was settled by our
fathers, was Musketaquid, and had been one of £he principal villages of the Massachu-
setts tribe. Nanepashemet was the great king or sachem of these Indians. His princi-
pal place of residence was in Medford, near Mystic Pond. ** His house was built on
a large scaftold six feet high, and on the top of a hill. Not far off he built a fort with
palisadoes thirty or forty feet high, having but one entrance, over a bridge. This also
served as the place of his burial, he having been killed about the year 1619, by the
Tarrantines, a warlike tribe of Eastern Indians, at another fort which he had built
about a mile off.'' He left a widow — Squaw Sachem, and five children. Squaw
Sachem succeeded to all the power and influence of her husband, as the great queen
of the tribe. Her power was so much dreaded, when she was first visited by the
Plymouth people in 1621, that her enemies, the sachems of Boston and Neponset, de-
sired protection against her, as one condition of submission to the English.

The situation of Concord, though then considered far in the interior and ac-
cessable only with great difficulty, held out strong inducements to form an English
settlement, and early attracted the attention of the adventurous pilgrims.

Traditionary authority asserts that the settlement was first projected in England.
Nearly all the first settlers were immigrants directly from England ; and a
greater number of original inhabitants removed, during the first fifteen years after
the settlement, to other towns in the colony, than permanently remained there. This
sufllciently characterizes it as one of the ** mother towns." It was the first town
settled in New England above tide waters ; and was in fact, as it was then repre-
sented to be, '* away up in the woods," being bounded on all sides by Indian lands,
and having the then remote towns of Cambridge and Watertown for its nearest
neighbors.

The first settlement commenced in the Fall of 1635, fifteen years after the Pil-
grims landed at Plymouth, and five after the settlement of Boston.

Many of the first settlers were men of acknowledged wealth, enterprise, talents,
and education, in their native country. Several were of noble families, who, having
been persecuted in their native country, and deprived of the liberty of worshipping
God and enjoying His ordinances, agreeably to their views of scripture and duty,
accounted no temporary suffering or sacrifices too great to be endured, in order to be
restored to their natural rights, and to freedom from religious oppression. Though
some were men of fortune and eminence, and from their infancy had been unaccus-
tomed to hardship, they cheerfully gave up all their personal comforts, crossed the
ocean, and planted themselves in this lonely wilderness to endure suffering, for
which no pecuniary compensation would have been adequate. No purpose of
worldly gain could have prompted so hazardous and expensive an enterprise.

It was emphatically a religious community seeking a quiet resting-place for
their religious enjoyments and religious hopes. The remark, in reference to the
whole colony, that ** God sifted a whole nation that he might send choice grain over
into this wilderness," might, with propriety, be applied to the resolute and pioua

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fathers of this town. Though they came from various parts of England, they were
united, and had high hopes of happiness and religious prosperity, and emphatically
lived in Concord.

The following extract is from Johnson^s ** Wonder-working Providence" :

After they have thus found out a place of aboad, they burrow themselves in the
earth for their first shelter Under some hill-side, casting the earth aloft upon timber,
they make a smoaky fire against the earth at the highest side. And thus these poore
servants of Christ provide shelter for themselves, their wives and little ones, keeping
off the short showers from their lodgings, but the long raines penetrate through to
their great disturbance in the night season. Yet in these poor wigwams they sing
psalmes, pray and praise their God, till they can provide them houses, which ordi-
narily was not wont to be with many till the earth, by the Lord^s blessing, brought
forth bread to feed them.

From this general view of the place and condition of the early settlers we pro-
ceed to gather up the few items personal to Henry*, the immigrant ancestor of most
if not all the Farwells in America.

He was made freeman, according to Savage, 14 March, 1639 — according to
Shattuck's History of Concord, 1638. [Probably 1638-9.]* In 1644 we have evi-
dence of his being a member of the Church in Concord by the following petition :

*' To the Honoured Court, The Petition of the Church of Concord in behalfe
of our brother, Mr. Ambrose Martin.

Your humble Petitioners do intreate, that whereas some years ago our said
brother, Mr. Martin, was fined by the Court for some unadvised speeches uttered
against the Church-covenant, for which he was fined £10, and had to the value of
£20 by distress taken from hinu of which £20 there is one-half e remayning in the
hands oi the country to this day, which £10 he cannot be perswaded to accept of,
unless he may have the whole restored to him (which we doe impute unto his in-
firmity e and weakness). We now, considering the great decay of his fttate, and the
necessityes (if not cxtremityes) which the familye is come unto, we entreat that this
honored Court would please to pittye his necessitous condition, and remit unto him
the whole fine which was layd upon him, without which he cannot be perswaded to
receive that which is due to him. Wherein if this honored Court shall please to
grant this our petition, we shall be bound to prayse God for your tender compassion
toward this our poor brother.

Peter Bulkeley, Luke Potter,

John Jones, Joseph Wheeler,

Richard Griffin, Thomas Foxe,

Simon Willard, William Busse,

Bobert Merriam, Henry Farwell,

Thomas Wheeler, James Hosmer,

George Wheeler, John Graves.
Robert Fletcher,

*About the years 1718 and 1719 the double dating for the months of January. February and
March was very much neglected, and during the twelve or fifteen years, commencing with 1741, it
was omitted almost entirely. There is consequently an ambiguity of one year in most dates from
January 1 to March 25, during those periods. But various circumstances indicate that the old
form of date was intended, and, in the opinion of the copyist, it would be more safe to adopt
this conclusion, and in a large majority of cases, would be certainly correct. [Copied from the
Concord {Maat,} Tovm RecordBook,]

4 Farwell Memorial.

*' The 5th of the 4th month, 1644. The case appears to the magestreates to be
now past help through his own obstinacye ; but for the overplus upon sale of the
distress he or his wife may have it when they will call for it

Jo. Endbcott, Gov."

The following action of the town indicates the location of his homestead in
Concord :

On the 8th of March, 1654, nine men were appointed to consider in what way
the second division of lands in Concord should be made. After ' * much weariness
about these things " it was decided to make the division into three parts or quar-
ters. * * * ** The limits of ech quarter as foloweth : The north quarter by their
familyes are from the north part of the training place to the fn^at river and all on
to the north sid thereof. --^The east quarter by there familyes, are from Henry Far-
weles all eastward with Thomas Brooke, Ensign Wheeler, Robert Meriam, Georg
Meriam, John Adames, Richard Rice. — ^The south quarter by there familyes are all
on the south and southwest side of the mill brooke except those before acsprest,
with Luke Potter Georg Heaward, Mihel Wood, and Thomas Dane ''

Regulations were established in each quarter, similar to those in wards of a city.
Each chose its own officers, kept its own records, made its taxes, etc.

On the 29 Jan., 1663, at a town meeting, it was agreed that a new book should
be procured. — *' what is in the old booke that is useful shall be transcribed into the
new* with all lands which men do hold " — ; ** that every man that hath not his pro-
portion of lands laid out too him, that Ib due to him shall gitt it laid out by an
artis" before 1665 ; — and that each one should give to the town clerk a description
of their lands, approved at a meeting of the inhabitants of the quarter in which he
lives, and certified by the quarter clerk.

From th^fe records Lemuel Bbattuck, Esq., author of the *' History of Concord''
(from which work we have largely copied as above) compiled a table, giving the
greater part, though not all of the names of proprietors of the town at that time. In
this table we see that John Farwell of the East Quarter had 18 lots containing 280
acres, but as the name of Henry does not appear it seems probable that he had re-
moved to Chelmsford, leaving his son John in possession of his lands in Concord. J. B.
Hill who has given much attention to the genealogies of some of the Concord fami-
lies, says that Henry* removed to Chelmsford at the incorporation of that town in 1654.
The date of his marriage and maiden surname of his wife, Olive, we have not been
able to ascertain. They both died in Chelmsford, he, the 1 Aug., 1670, and she, 1
March, 1691-2.

We here give a copy of his Will, dated 12 July, 1670, made three weeks before

his death :

In the name of God, amen. I, Henry Farwell of Chelmsford, in the County of
Middlesex, Taylor, being of perfect and sound memory, I praise my God, I make
this my last will and testament in manner and form as followeth, First, I will and

^Doubtless many items whioli then seemed to the transcribers not ** useful," would at this date
be exoeedluglj so as relating to personal history, and highly prised by posterity.

Servnf^ FarwdV. 5

'earnestly desire, that all my debts be paid and satisfied, as shall appear legally or rea-
sonably to be due, upon or by bond, bill or book, or otherwise however out of my
estates with what convenient speed, the same can be raised, paid and satisfied.

Secondly. It is my will and I do give and bequeath unto Olive Farwell, my
beloved wife, my housing with the upland about it, which I have now in possession,
with convenient medow to keep 4 cows, during the time of her natural life.

Thibdlt. I give and bequeath unto Olive my wife all my movables to be at her
dispose.

TouBTHLT. I bequeath unto Olive my now wife 3 cows and my mare for her
own proper use.

Fifthly. I bequeath unto Olive my wife, all my service for her own proper
use.

Thirdly. I give and bequeath unto my sonne John Farwell all my accommo-
dation at Concord which be hath in present possession, to him and to his heirs
forever of his own body lawfully begotten, always provided, and my will is, that my
Sonne John Farwell, shall pay forty shillings a year unto Olive Farwell my now
wife, during the term of her natural life.

Secondly. I bequeath unto my sonne John Farwell one year old heifer and my
coult.

Fourthly. I bequeath unto my son Joseph Farwell, all the land he hath in pre- /
sent possession wt 20 acres of upland lying at little tadmuck, 6 acres of upland lying
in the new field.

Fifthly, My will is that Joseph Farwell my sonne shall have the remainder of
my accommodations in Chelmsford, after my wife's deceese, only two small parcels
of meadow, namely one acre lying in the river meadow, joining to the meadow of
"William Fletcher, I give and bequeath to Mary Bates my dauter, and one acre and a
half of meadow lying at little tadmuck, joining to the meadow of James Heldreth,
to Olive Spaulding my daughter, my will is in case Joseph my son dies before Olive
his mother, then the lands at his mothers decease, I give to the heirs of Joseph my
Sonne. I give and bequeathe unto Joseph my son the remainder of my wearing ap-
parell. My will is that Joseph my son, shall pay ten shillings a year to Olive his mo-
ther during the term of her natural life. Further, my will is that Joseph my son
shall pay thirty pounds to his three sisters, namely ten pounds within half a year i
after iny decease, namely three pounds six shillings and eight pence to Elizabeth
Wilber, three pounds six shillings and eight pence to Mary Bates, and three pounds
six shillings and eight pence to Olive Spaulding my daughter ; my will is that my
son Joseph shall pay six pounds and a mark to Elizabeth Wilber within a year after
the decease of my wife, and six pounds and a mark to Mary Bates within two years
after my wifes decease, aand six pounds and a mark to Olive Spaulding within three
years after my wifes decease. I give and bequeath to Olive my wife a third part of
the fruits of my orchard, during the time of her natural life, and a third part
of the fruits to Joseph my sonne, and a third part of the fruit to Mary Bates and
Olive Spaulding my daughters for five years, to be equally divided ; and when the
five years are expired my will is that that part shall return to Joseph Farwell my
sonne.

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BiatMy. My will is that Olire Farwell my now belored wife and Joseph my Sonne
to [be] my sole executors, to this my last will and testament, and my will is that the
remainder of my stock, I leave with my executors to the payment of my debts, and
the payment of the first part of the legacies and all these legacies my will is should
be paid, at the now dwelling house of my son Joseph in price current or come or
cattle. Lastly my will is that Hannah Farwell my daughter. my son Joseph's wife,
shall have the third part of the land after her husband's decease. This I do declare
to be my last will and testament, revocking and disclaiming all other whatever by
these presents, in testimony whereof I the said Henary Farwell have hereunto set my
hand and scale ye 12th day of July in the year of Our Lord according to the compu-
tation of New England one thousand six hundred and seventy.

HENRY FARWELL.

JoHi!r FisxB, Jr.

DnrSKTOBT OF HIS E8TATB.

£. s. d.
Movable goods
House lot
Meadow
Four acres arable

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The children of Henry' and Olive Farwell were probably all bom in Concord :

S. 1. Johit', [7] b. abt. 1639 ; m. Sarah Wheeler ; m. 2d, Sarah Fisk.^

8. 2. Mart', [9] b. 26 Dec. 1640 ; m. John Bates.

4. 8. Joseph*, [15] b. 20 Feb. 1642 ; d. 81 Dec. 1722 ; m. Hannah Learned.

5. 4. Olive*, [25] b. ; m. Benjamin Spanlding.

§. 6. Elizabeth, m. Wilbur. [See WUl of Tier father,]

Shattuck referring to Henry\ says — ^* His sons Joseph, John and Jame$ lived
in this town (Concord) where the name has been preserved ; the latter married Sarah
Wheeler 1658" ; but J-B. Hill, Esq., of Mason, N. H,, who has given the subject
much study, says : *^ Shattuck must have been wrong and wrote James instead of
John. There is no evidence as to any son James, and he is not mentioned in the Will. "
Again this gentleman writes — a son James ** never was born.*' Three queries meet
us in discussing this point. Was there a son James ? If there was such a son, did
he die before his father ? Or did John' and James' marry the same Sarah Wheeler ?
These queries may eventually be answered, but we are unable to do so at present.
Shattuck says — James married Sarah Wheeler, 1658 ; Savage says — John married
Sarah Wheeler 1658. They cannot both be right, as the year is identical ; and
as John is a **fact," all through the search, and James is nowhere to be found, the
fair presumption is, that no son James existed save in the imagination of Shattuck.
[There were two Sarah WhederB horn in Concord about the same daUy and if there was a
James, he might also have married a Sarah Wheeler,] Savage, in his list of children,
says, "Henry, perhaps." Fox, in his Hist, of Dunstable, gives, ** Henry, from

Fa/nwelly Bates. 1

Chelmsford ; a son of Henry Farwell of Concord." If there was a Henry among
the children of Henry\ he must have died before his father, as no child of that
name is mentioned in the Will ; but Henry of Dunstable lived till 1738. Savage
probably followed Fox, though doubtfully or with less assurance. It is singular
that Fox should have entirely ignored Joseph', s. of Henry\ and father of Henry*
of Dunstable, when said Joseph' was the last twenty-two years of his life an inhabi-
tant of Dunstable and filled important town ofices nearly, if not every year, from 1701
to 1717, and in his will appointed his son Henry one of the executors [15]. His
gravestone also is still standing in the old Dunstable cemetery bearing this inscription :
** Ensign Joseph Farwell died Dec, 31, 1722, in the 82d year of his age."

We find no mention of any Henry', son of Henry*, except by Savage and Fox,
as above, and believe the number of children as given by us is correct.

7. JOHN', [2] (Hmry^ ,) b. 1639 ; m. ace. to Concord Records, 4 Nov. 1658,
Sarah Wheeler, who d. 23 May, 1662. The precise date of her birth, and the names
of her parents are not known. The records of Concord give a Sarah to both -George
and Timothy Wheeler, of whom one was born 30 March, 1640, and the other 22
June, of the same year. He m. 2d, Sarah Fiske. He testified in Court, ace. to
Middlesex Court files, 6m. 29d, 1669, and was then thirty years of age. In 1666 he
was taxed in Concord for 18 lots, 280 acres. Probably this was the portion his
father received in the division of lands in Concord, lying in the east quarter of the
town and on which the son seems to have resided, or to have held it in possession
in 1670, the date of his father's will, who bequeathed to him, ** All my accommo-
dations at Concord which he hath in present possession. " He was coroner in the
case of drowning of John Howard, Sen., Im. 80d. 1671. Was made freeman 11
Oct. 1682. Chelmsford records mention a grant of 12 1-2 acres of land to John
Farwell in 1682 [J-B. H.] We have no record of his death. According to the
2few England Historical and Oenealogical Register he owned land in Concord in 1696.

Bes. Concordj Mass,

Child by first wife :

8. 1. Sarah', [31] b. 2 May, 1662 ; m. Concord, Mass., 5 Mai-ch, 1681, Cmcard Bec,^
John Jones.

9. MARY', [3] {Henry\) b. 26 Dec. 1640 ; married, according to Chelmsford
records, 22 Dec. 1665, John BATES. Her father bequeathed to her ''one acre of
land lying in the river meadow joining to the meadow of William Fletcher " ; also to
her and her two sisters, thirty pounds. The ''legacies to be paid at the residence
of my son Joseph in Chelmsford, at price current or corn or cattle."

Their children were :

10. 1. Mary', b. 8 May, 1667.

11. 2. John', b. 22 Dec. 1668.

12. 3. Elizabeth*, b. 22 Dec. 1671.

13. 4, Lydia', b. 25 Feb. 1673.

14. 5. Rebecca*, d. 16 July, 1682.

8 JFhrwdl Memorial.

15. Ensign JOSEPH*, [4] (flJwry»,) b. 20 Feb. 1642, Concord, Mass. ; d. 81 Dec.
1722, Dunstable. His gravestone in the old Dunstable burying-ground bears this
inscription : '* Ensign Joseph Farwell died Dec. 81, 1722, in the 8^d year of his age.^'
The New England HUtorieal and Genealogieal Beguter gives a Joseph Farwell, s. of
Henry, b. in Concord, 26 Dec. 1640. We know not how to reconcile this date with
the inscription above. The date is precisely that of his sister Mory^s birth. We can
see but two possible solutions of the difficulty, one, an inaccurate statement in the
inscription, and the other, the possibility that the Joseph b. 26 Dec. 1640, was twin
of Mary and died in infancy ; and the next child bom, our Ensign Joseph, was
named after the deceased brother. According to Mr. J-B. !ffill* he accompanied
his parents on their removal from Concord to Chelmsford about 1654 at the incorpo-
ration of that town. He inherited by will of his father *' The land that he hath in
present possession wt 20 acres of upland lying at little tadmuck, 6 acres of upland
lying in the new field," and ^^The remainder of my accommodations at Chelmsford
aiter my wife's decease " only two small parcels of meadow, namely, one acre lying
in the river meadow joining to the meadow of Wm. Fletcher, **I give and bequeath
to Mary Bates my dauter and one acre and half of meadow lying at little tadmuck
joining to the meadow of James Hildrike, to Olife Spaulding my daughter. (See Will
qfEenry^ FanoeU.)

He seems to have remained with his mother in Chelmsford till her death in
1691, when according to that will he would come into full possession of his father's
bequest. We have no positive information concerning his disposal of the Chelmsford
estate ; he does not mention it in his will, but it will be observed that he states be-
fore signing that instrument : '*it is to be understood that all my other children,
both sons and daughters, have received their full portions of me already.'' Possibly
his son Joseph whose first two children were bom, or recorded, in Chelmsford, may
have received his portion in Chelmsford property, as might also his two daughters,
Elizabeth and Sarah who married gentlemen of C. However that may be, about
1699 he removed from Chelmsford and became an inhabitant of Dunstable, where he
was a large land holder and prominent in town affairs. He was selectman 1701, '2, '5,
'7, '10; was Surveyor of Highways 1706, and served on important committees during
the years 1712, '14, '15, '17.

The place of Mr. Farwell's adoption does not appear to us now, as one, at that
time, very desirable. It was a frontier town and so exposed to tlie incursions of the
Indians that few or no improvements could be made ; and during the twenty years
previous the population had even diminished^ so that in 1701 there were but twenty-
five families — five less than in 1680. Perhaps our worthy ancestor foresaw for his
posterity in the peaceful future the valuable lands they would enjoy, and braved the
difficulties and dangers of the times for their eventual advancement and prosperity.

The sad condition of the settlers of Dunstable in 1701 will be seen by the follow-
ing petition to the General Court presented by Mr. Farwell and his associate select-

* We are greatly indebted to Mr. J-B. Hill, a venerable lawyer of Mason, N.H., and a Farwell
descendant 18780] who, by very thorough search among the records, and the graf estones of ceme-
teries of Concord, Chelmsford, Dunstable and the several towns once included in the limits of Old
Dunstable, has been able to correct long existing errors in the histories of Concord and Dunstable
concerning the early Fanrells, and to aid essentially in determining several lines of ancestry.

JoaepK Farwell 9

men of the town, and shows the situation at this period, as well as the cnstom of the
times.

* ^ To his Majesty's most Honorable Council and Bepresentatiyes In the Great
and €kneral Court now assembled in Boston by adjournment.

** The Petition of the se/ectmen of Dunstable in behalf of the inhabitants there
settled, Humbly Sheweth : — that whereas the wise God, (who settleth the bounds of
all our Habitations,) hath disposed ours, but an handful of people, not exceeding the
number of twenty^five families, in an outside plantation of this wilderness, whidi
was much depopulated in the late war, and two-third parts of them, though living
upon husbandry, yet being but new beginners, and their crops of grain much failing
of wonted increase, are in such low circumstances as to be necessitated to buy their
bread com out of town for the support of their own families, whence it comes to
pass that they are capable of doing very little or nothing towards the maintenance
of a minister here settled : and our non-resident Proprietors being far dispersed
asunder, some in England, and some in several remote places of this country, and
making no improvement of their interest here, most of them for divers years past have
afforded nothing of assistance to us in so pious a work ; there having also in some
years past been some considerable allowances for our help herein out of the Public
Treasury, (for which we return our thankful acknowledgements,) the continuance
whereof was never more needful than at this time:

** These things being duly considered we think it needful hereby to apply our-
selves to your Honors. Humbly to request the grant of such an annual Pension out
of the Country Treasury, for the support of thcTninistiy in this place, as to yourselves
may seem most needful, until our better circumstances may render the same needless.

** Moreover having been lately informed, by a Representative from a neighboring
town, that Dunstable's proportion in the Country rate newly emitted was £6, coming
from the multiplication of 20s. six times, but finding by the printed paper lately come
to us that wc, the smalUst town in the Province, are assessed £9, being £3 beyond Stow
which we deem in respect of the number of inhabitants may exceed us at least one-
third part : Wc humbly hereupon desire that the original assessment may be revised,
and if there be any mistake found in the proportion assigned to us^ (as we judge
there may be,) that it may be rectified ; and we shall remain your honors' Humble
Servants,

ever to pray for you.

Josefs Farwell,
Robert Parris,
William Ttnq."

The petition was answered and £12 were allowed from the treasury in September
of the same year.

In November, 1711, the inhabitants still lived principally in Garrison-houses,
where soldiers under the pay of the Colony were stationed constantly for their de-
fence. From a return of the number, location and situation of these garrisons made
to the General Court at that time, it appears that there were seven, containing 13
families and eighty-six persons, in Dunstable, one of which was Mr. Henry FarwelPs

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garrison-house, contaiiiiiig 8 families, 3 male inhabitants, 2 soldiers, making a total
of 28 persons. It is presumed that at the advanced age of Ensign Joseph Farwell
at this date ho would be one of the three males occupying tlie garrison-house of his
son, '^Mr. Henry Farwell," above mentioned. According to the His. of Dunstable
these garrisons to which the inhabitants fled in time of danger and where they usually
spent the nights, ^* were environed by a strong wall of stone or of hewn timber built
up to the eaves of the houses, through which was a gate fastened by bars and bolts
of iron. They were lined either with brick or plank. Some of them had port-holes
for the discharge of musketry. They were generally built of logs, and had the
upper story projecting three or four feet beyond the lower story walls, for the pur-
pose of greater security."

The town records of Dunstable give the following, copied by Mr. Fox in his
history of that town :

'^Sept. 26th, 1717, voted that the Rev. Jona. Parepoint (Pierpoint of Reading,
Mass., grad. Harv. Col., 1714) should have a call in order for settlement. Also,
voted that the minister should have £.80 a year salary, and one hundred pounds for
his settlement. Voted that Maj. Eleazer Tyng and Ensign Farwell should acquaint
Rev. Mr. Pairpont with what is voted at this meeting."

Mr. Farwell, with Thomas Golbum, bought the Waldo Farm, extending from
the Tyng farm, near Tyngsboro' meeting house, up the river, to the farm lately
owned by Deacon Jonathan Howard, nearly two miles ; and back from the river one
'mile or more, which was one of the most valuable intervals on the Merrimac River.
On this farm he and his son Henry* lived ; and portions of it have been owned and
.occupied by some of his descendants to the present time.

His will is as follows :

In the name of the Lord God, Amen. I, Joseph Farwell Sen' of the Town of
Dunstable in the County of Middlesex in the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New
England, Yeoman, being of sound and perfect memory praise be given to God for
the same Yet knowing the uncertainty of this life on earth and being desirous to
settle things in order doe make and ordain this to be my last Will and Testament,
thereby revoking all former Wills by me made and signed to be null & of none
effect. In primis^— My soul I give unto the hands of Almighty God that gave it in
sure and certain hope of eternal life through our alone Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ, and my body to the earth from whence it came to be decently interred at the
discretion of my executors hereafter named and after my funeral expenses and debts
satisfied and paid, what worldly goods it hath pleased Gk>d to endow me withall I
do give & bequeath in manner as foUoweth.

Item — I do give unto my beloved wife Hannah Farwell all my movable goods
both within the house and abroad of all sorts whatsoever to be at her disposal for-
ever except one paire of Andirons

Item — I do give and bequeath to my son Oliver Farwell and to his heirs, ex-
ecutors, administrators forever the one-half of my housings and lands which I have

This house was the mansion of Ensign Joseph* used as a garrison on account of its commanding
poflitiun.

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now in my possession when he shall attain the age of twenty-one years — ^Also I do
give to him one paire of Andirons ; also I do give and bequeath to him my son
Oliver Farwell and to his heirs the other part of all my housings and land which
I have in possession after my decease and after the decease of my wife Hannah Far-
well if in the meane time of our lives he doth take the whole care of us both and
to provide all things comfortable and necessary for us both in sickness and in health
and to bestow upon us or either of us a decent burial : Hereby authorizing and
fully empowering my beloved wife Hannah Farwell and my son Henry Farwell to be
whole and sole executors jointly and severally of this my last Will and Testament.
In witness whereof I have hereunto subsciibed, as witness my hand and seal
the thirteenth day of November Anno Domini, one thousand seven hundred & eleven,
and in the tenth year of her Majesties Heign &c.

Signed, sealed and published to be
the last Will and Testament of
Joseph Farwell in presence of
us.

Ames Chebvbr

Saml Moody

John Mbriam, Jr.

The above Will was proved Jan. 16, 1722.

Before, signing and sealing it is to be
understood that all my other children both
sons and daughters have received their full
portions of me already.

JOSEPH FARWELL.

He married 25 Dec. 1666, Chelmsford, Mass., Hannah' Learned, b. 24 Aug.
1649, Wobuni, Mass., \Woimm records] d. of Isaac and Mary (Steams) of Woburn,
afterwards of Chelmsford [Bond Oen, p. "iSS]. She is mentioned in the distribution
oi her father's estate as '^daughter of Isaac Learned and wife of Joseph Farwell."

[Isaac* Learned, father of Hannah (Learned) Farwell, was bom in England, s. of
William* who, with his wife joined the church in Charlestown, Dec. 1632, being the
first admitted after its separation from the Boston church. Savage thinks he may
have come to America two years before. Said William* was made freeman 14 May,
1684 ; was selectman 1686 ; removed to Woburn 1641, and was the first selectman
of that town. He d. 1646.

Isaac', the only son of William* was bom in England ; was made
freeman 1647 ; removed to Chelmsford, probably between 1650 and 1658, as
his three children, Mary, b. 7 Aug. 1647, Hannah, b. 24 Aug. 1649, and William, b.
1 Oct. 1650, are recorded in Woburn : and his daughter Sarah, b. 1653, and other
children, Isaac and Benoni, were recorded in Chelmsford. He was a selectman in
C. ; d. there 1657. He m. 9 July, 1646, Mary Stearns, eldest child of Isaac and Mary
of Watertown, Mass., 1630. She was baptized 6 Jan. 1627, at Neyland, Co. Suffolk,
which was the seat of the family in England. She m. 2d, 9 June, 1662, JohnBurge
of Chelmsford, and d. next year.

Savage says Isaac Steams came, probably, with Sir Hichard Saltonstall in the
fleet of Winthrop, having been ^^ not a distant neighbor of the Gov. in their native
land." He was admitted freeman, 18 May, 1631. He d. 19 June, 1671. His will.

,y

12 Fanrwetl Memorial.

made four days before his death, provides for the children of his daughter Mary
(Steams) Learned deceased, besides special remembrance of Isaac and Mary Learned.
His widow d. 2 Apr. 1677.] Res. Concord, Chelmsford and DunUdUey Masi.

The children of Joseph' and Hannah (Learned), bom in Chelmsford, were as
follows :

16. 1. Hannah', [86] b. 20 Jan. 1667-8 ; m. Samuel Woods, Jr. ; m. 2d, Capt

Peter Joslin. *

17. 2. Joseph', [45] b. 24 July, 1670 ; d. 21 Aug. 1740 ; m. Hannah Colbum.

18. 8. Elizabeth', [56] b. 9 June, 1672 ; m. 81 Jan. 1693-4, John' Bichardson.

19. 4. Henrt', [64] b. 18 Dec. 1674 ; d. 1788; m. 23 Jan. 1695-6, Susanna Rich*

ardson of Chelmsford, Mass.

20. 6. Isaac', [78] d. 28 June, 1753; m. Elizabeth Hyde.

21. 6. Sakah', b. 2 Sept. 1683; m., Chelmtford ree., 5 Sep. 1707, Jonathan Howard

of Chelmsford, Mass.

22. 7. John', b. 15 June, 1686.

'SC 8. William*, [79] b. 21 Jan. 1688; married Elizabeth .

24. 9. Olivek', [86] b. 25 Nov. 1692; d. 5 Sep. 1724; m. Mary Cummings.

25. OLIVE', [5] {Henry^) m. ace. to Chelmsford rec, 80 Oct, 1668, Benjamin
SPAULDINO, b. 7 Apr. 1643, Bndntree, Mass., s. of Edward and his second wife
Rachel of Chelmsford, Mass.

By reference to her f ather^s will it will be seen that he bequeathed her from his
Chelmsford estate '^one acre and half of meadow lying at little tadmuck joining
to the meadow of James Hildrike,^' and a legacy *' to be paid in com or cattle" at
the residence of son Joseph in Chelmsford [1].

Mr. Spaulding is not mentioned in his father's will, probably because he had
given him his portion which he had invested in lands inPlainfield, Windham County,
Conn., to which place he removed after 1670. He purchased a large tract of land in
the northerly part of Canterbury, a town adjoining Plainfield on the north west in
the same county, now called Brooklyn. His family homestead was transmitted to
his son Edward, and in process of time to Edward's son Ebenezer. Mr. Spaulding
died before 1708.

[See '^Spaulding Memorial, a Genealogical History of Edward Spaulding of
Massachusetts Bay, and his descendants, by Samuel J. Spaulding, Newburyport,
Mass., Boston. Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers, No. 34 School St., 1872."]

Res. Chelmsford, Mass., and PlmnfiM^ Ct»

The children of Benjamin Spaulding and Olive' (Farwell) were :

26. 1. Sabah*, b. 4 Jan. 1669; m. John Miriam.

27. 2. Edwakd*, [91] b. 18 June, 1672; d. 29 Nov. 1740; m. Mary Adams.

28. 8. Benjamin', [102] b. 6 July, 1685.

29. Elizabeth', m. Ephraim Wheeler,
80. Maby', m. Isaac Morgan.

Jonea^ Wopds^ Joslin, 13

31. SARAH', [8] (J<?An», Emrs\)h. !^ May, 1662; m. Concord, Maas., 5 Mar.
1681, Concord Hecy John' JONES, b. 6 July, 1656, s. of John* and Dorcas of Cam-
bridge and Concord. He d. 1726. In 1699-1700 he was one of the board of select-
men, also in 1702-4 and 6. Sept. 1700, John Jones is credited ^'expense of his house
by ye selectmen when met to make ye county rate for entertainment 2s. lid." He
appears to have borne the title of Ensign in 1707-8; was then paid by the town
for ^ * going to visit a sick woman, Hannah Ganders in Billerica. " 24 March, 1711-12,
Ensign Jones was appointed one of a committee of four to ^< manage ye affaire in
order to ordination of Mr. Whiting." Hes. Concord, Mcus,

Children :

32. 1. Sarah^, [105] b, 4 June, 1686; m. 1705, Lieutenant Daniel Hoar.

33. 2. JoHK^ [110] b. 6 Jan. 1690; d. 12 Mar. 1762; m. Anna Brooks.

84. 3. TmoTHY*, b. 6 Apr. 1694; killed by a log falling on him, 10 March, 1697-8.

36. 4. Babtholombw*, [116] b. 15 Feb. 1697-8; d. 16 Sep. 1738; m. July, 1723,

Ruth Stow.

36. HANNAH', [16] {Joseph^ Benry\) b. 20 Jan. 1667-8, Chelmsford, Mass.;
m. according to Chelmsford records, 30 Dec. 1685, Samuel WOODS, Jr., of Groton,
Mass. Inventory of estate taken 1 Apr. 1712^ She m. 2d after 1709 Capt. Peter
JOSLIN, b. 22 Feb. 1666, Lancaster, Mass., s. of Nathaniel' and Sarah (King) and
gr. 8. (>f Thomas* of Hingham, who came from London 1635 in the Increasey bringing
with him wife Rebecca, son Nathaniel' aged 8 years, and other children, and after
some years settled in Lancaster. His son Nathaniel' of Hingham, removed, 1654,
to Lancaster ; m. Sarah, d. of Thomas King of Marlboro, and had large family. On
the 18 July, 1692, while Peter' Joslin was at work in the field, a party of Indians at-
tacked his house, murdered his wife and four children and took his wife's sister,
Elizabeth How, captive. He m. 2d, Hannah' (Farwell) [Woods] as above, and out-
lived a fourth wife. He d. ace. to Savage, 8 Apr. 1759. Res. €hvton, Mass,

[See Radial Chart, page 15.]

Children of Samuel and Hannah' (Farwell) Woods recorded in Groton, except
Samuel :

37. 1. Samuel*, [124] d, 10 Apr. 1778; m. Groton, Mass., 29 Nov. 1720, Patience

Bigelow, who died 23 Jan. 1771.

38. 2. Susanna*.

39. 3. Rachel*.

40. 4. Alice*, b. 26 Dec. 1700, Groton, Mass.

41. 5. Abigail*, b. 12 Sept. 1703, G.

42. 6. EsTHBB*, b. 13 Nov. 1705, G.
-43. 7. Joseph*, b. 21 June, 1707, G.

44. 8. Mabtha*, b. 15 Apr. 1709, G.

45. JOSEPH*, [it] (Joseph*, JSenry',) b. 24 July, 1670, Middlesex rec,; d. 21 Aug.
1740, aged 70, Groton, Mass. ; m. 23 Jan. 1695-6, Hannah Colbum, prob. dau. of
Edward of Chelmsford. The Chelmsford records give the following : * * Joseph Farwel]

14 Jfhrwell Memorial.

ftnd Hannah Colbom of Chelmsford entered into covenant of marriage January 2Z^
1695-6^ before Mr. Thomas Clark."

This form of marriage record is unusual, but probably was that adopted by Hev.
Tliomas Clark the minister of Chelmsford.

According to Savage an Edward Colbum came in the Defence 1635, age 17 ; was
living in 1692.

Fox, in his History of Dunstable, gives *' Thomas Colbum probably from
Chelmsford and a son of Edward of Chelmsford." It will be observed that a Thdmas
Colbum shared with Joseph' Farwell in the purchase of the '* Waldo Farm "in
Dunstable. These several statements and the business and family relations of the
Farwells and Colburns suggest that both Thomas and Hannah might be children of
Edward of Chelmsford. We have no means at present of proving the correctness
of this impression, but hope some reader may be able to throw more light on the
subject.

Mr. FarwcU removed to Groton, Mass., and became the founder of one of the
Groton Farwell families. The precise date of removal we have not been able to
ascertain ; but, from the fact that his first two children were the only ones recorded
in Chelmsford, and that the third was recorded in Groton in 1701, it seems probable
that it may have been a little previous to that date. [See Radial Chart, page 15.]

Res. Chelmsford and Oroton^ Mem.

Children, all recorded in Groton, except the first two, were :

46. 1. Joseph*, [188] b. 5 Aug. 1696; m. MaryGilson.

47. 2. Thomas*, b. 11 Oct. 1698, at Chelmsford; m. Groton, Mass., 24 Dec. 1723,

Elizabeth Pierce, b. 24 July, 1698, Groton, d. of Ephraim and Mary
(Whitney) of Groton, Mass. They had son Thomas, b. 26 July, 1725, G.,
andd. 8 Sept. 1725.

48. 8. Hannah*, [147] b. 6 May, 1701 ; m. Eleazer GiUon ; m. 2d, Ephraim

Sawtell.

49. 4. Elizabeth*, [220] b. 81 Dec. 1703 or 4; m. John Stone, Jr.

60. 5. Edwakd*, [265] b. 12 July, 1706; m. Anna .

61. 6. Maky*, [271] b. 5 Feb. 1709; m. Dea. James Stone.

62. 7. John*, [Appendix*] b. 23 June, 1711 ; m. Sarah Sawtell.

63. 8. Samuel*, [329] b. 14 Jan. 1714; m. Elizabeth Moors.

64. 9. Daniel*, [340] b. 20 May, 1717; m. Mary .

55. 10. Sarah*, b. 26 Feb. 1721; d. 4 July, 1721, Groton, Mass.

56. ELIZABETH', [18] (Jo9eph\ nenry\)h. 9 June, 1672; d. 9 May, 1732;
m. 81 Jan. 1693-4, John* RICHARDSON, b. 14 Feb. 1669, s. and fifth child of
Josiflh* and Remembrance Underwood of Chelmsford, Mass., and grandson of Ezekiel
and Susanna of Charlestown and Wobum. He d. 13 Sept. 1746. He was brother
of Susannah* Richardson who m. Henry* Farwell [64]. [See Radial Chart.]

* *We have numerous reoords otaome John Farwell and know not how to distribute them among
the several of the name bom about the same date, and we solicit information that, before our
Appendix to the seyeral branches of the Farwell family is reached by the printer, all may be
marshalled in order. * * * It it pleasant to toatch the dUeeipation of darkneea at the approath of
the morning davm, f

„ Mass., 30 fP- Cfcpi
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16 Descendants of Joseph^ Farwell,

[Ezekiel* Richardson was born in England ; according to Savage came probably
in the fleet of Winthrop 1630, with wife Susanna. He was early admitted to the
first church in Boston wliich was gathered in Cbarlestown in 1G30. He, his wife
Susan Du, and thirty-three others, were dismissed from that church 11 or 14 Oct. 1G32,
and embodied into a distinct church, now the First Church in Charlcstown. They
were dismissed from the Charlestown church, together with his two brotlicrs, Thomas
and Samuel, supposed to be younger,, June 1642, to help form the church at Woburn.
The tluee brothers lived on the same street, long known as Richard sons row, and
among their descendants have been many valuable members of the church and citi-
zens of the town. EzekieP was freemati 18 May, 1631; was appointed constable by
the court 1633, and representative by the people 1635. He d. 21 Oct. 1G4T.

Capt. Josiah* Richardson, s. of EzekieP and father of John* who married Eliza-
beth* Farwell, was baptized at Charlestown, 7 Nov. 1635; m. 6 June, 1059, Remem-
brance Underwood, b. 25 Feb. 1640, d. of William and widow Mary (Dcane)
[Pellet] Underwood of Concbrd, Mass., 1638, afterwards of Clielmsford, to whicli
town he removed 1654. Capt. Josiah* was town clerk four years ; selectman, fourteen
years; representative in 1689-90. The Indians, for the good will they bore liim, gave
him a tract of land, a portion of which has always been owned and is now iu pos-
session of, and occupied by, his descendants]. \8a'oage^ J-B, Hill and His. of Woburn, ]

Res. Chelrmfordf Mass,

The children of John and Elizabeth (Farwell) Richardson, according to J-B.
Hill, were seven:

57. John, who married Esther .

58. Heniiy, who married Priscilla Spaulding.

59. Sarah, m. John Colburn of Dracut.

60. Susanna, m. Henry Spaulding.
61.

62.
63.

64. Capt. HENRY*, [19] (Joseph^ Henry\) b. 18 Dec. 1674, Chelmsford, Mass. ;
d. 1788; m. 23 Jan. 1695-6, Susanna Richardson of Clielmsford, d. of Josiuh and
Remembrance (Underwood) and sister of John Richardson [56]. J-B, H. ** Henry
Farwell and Susanna Richardson entered into covenant of marriage Jan. 23, 1695-6^
before Mr. Thomas Clark." [^Ckdrnsford rec,'[

He removed with his father from Chelmsford to Old Dunstable about 1699,
where his name appears on record as one of the first settlers. He lived on the
*'Butterfield farm," a part of the ** Waldo farm " mentioned under seiial number 15,
in that part of the town afterwards set off as Tyngsboro. His liomestead was not
far from that occupied by his father. He seems to have lield a prominent position
in town affairs; was a selectman of the town most if not all of the years from 1706
to 1730; was surveyor of highways 1702; constable in 1723; moderator of town and
proprietors meetings sixteen times between 1719 and 1730, and was appointed
twenty-eight times on important committees in the business affairs of the town. Of

Fa/rwdl Memorial. 17

some of these are the following taken from the History of Dunstable :

** January 16th, 1717, voted that Henry Farwell and Serg't. Cummings are to
endever to get a minister as soon as they can, and to see after Mr. Weld's place
(the old parsonage) to by it if it be to be had."

In 1724 the town was again called upon to assist in keeping *'the great bridge
in Billerica in good repare," and chose Henry Farwell ** to jine with the committy
appinted " for that purpose. 1729 thfey united with Dracut, Chelmsford, and Biller-
ica in further repairs, and 1731 expended £.3 10s. for the same purpose. This bridge
was over the Concord river on the main road to Boston and of great importance.

'* In consideration of the universal scarcity of money, the General Assembly of
Massachusetts issued bills of credit m 1721 to the amount of £50,000, to be distributed
among the several towns in proportion to the public taxes. They answered the pur-
pose of money for the time. —Nov. 7, 1721, Lt. Henry Farwell and Joseph Blanchard
were appointed trustees to receive and loan out ^Hhe share " of this town, in such
sums that *^no man shall have more than five pounds, and no man less than three
pounds," and shall -p&jjlve per cent, interest for the use of the same to the Town."

As illustrating in some measure the social position of some of the early families
of Dunstable we quote from Fox' History of Dunstable the following:

'^But even among our grave and simple forefathers luxury and ambition crept
in. March 2, 1720, it was * voted that Lt. Henry Farwell and Joseph Blanchard
should hav the libety to erect for themselves two Pewes on there own charge at the
west end of the Meeting House.' The example was contagious, so dangerous is a
precedent. If Lt. Farwell and Capt. Blanchard could afford * Pewes ' why might
not others ? May 18, 1720, it was * voted that there be four pewes erected in our
Meeting House ; one on the back side of the lowermost seats, and one seat to be
taken up ; Sargt. Colbum, one pew ; Sargt. Perham, one pew ; Nathaniel Cummings,
one pew; Oliver Farwell, one pew.' "

It will be noticed that these several parties were of names allied with the Farwell
family. Mr. Farwell bore the title of Lieutenant and Captain and also pf Deacon
of the church. His will dated 26 Sept. 1738, showing that he was possessed of
quite a fortune for that period, considering the high value of money at that date, is
as follows :

In the name of God Amen ! The twenty-sixth day of Sept Anno Domini 1738,
I, Henry Farwell of Dunstable in County of Middlesex in the Province of Massachu-
setts Bay in New England, Gentleman, being sick and weak, but of perfect Mind &
Memory thanks to God therefor, calling to mind the mortality of my body and
knowing that it is appointed for men once to Dye, do make and ordain this my last
Will and Testament, and first, I recommend my soul to God who gave it and my
body to the dust to be decently buried by my executors hereafter named — ^And as for
the things of this world wherewith God hath blessed me withall — I give and bequeath
in manner & form as f olloweth. And first I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife
Susannah the improvement of all my movable Estate and personal Estate, as goods,
chattels, etc., and also the improvement of all my homestead, house & buildings

18 Henry* FarweU and Descendards.

daring the time she remains my widow, and if she shall marry again then to hayo
no more of my estate than what the law allows her in case of intestate Estates.

Item — I give and bequeath to my Grand Daughter, Hannah FarweU, the daughter
of my son Josiah FarweU, deceased, the sum of three hundred pounds of good bills
of credit, of the aforesaid Province, after the rate of twenty-six shillings per ounce in
silyer, to be paid by my executors hereafter named to her at her marriage. If she is
married before she is twenty years old or otherwise at the time she comes to be
twenty-one years old, which I intend as the full of her portion of all my estate. Then
I give and bequeath to my three Grand Children, the son & daughters of my son Jona-
than Farwell, deceased — ^viz to Jonathan, Susannah & Rachel FarweU the sum of one
(£100) hundred pounds in Bills of Credit of the aforesaid Province, after the rate of
Twenty six shillings per ounce in silver, to be paid by my said executors at the time
of their marriage, or at the age of twenty-one years, Each, their equal proportion of
the said hundred pounds.

Item^ I give and bequeath unto my daughter Susanna Brown, the wife of Benjamin
Brown of Reading, the sum of Eighty pounds in good bills of credit after the rate of
twenty six shillings per ounce, in silver to be paid by my executors hereafter men-
tioned within one year after my decease— she having already had one hundred and
twenty pounds of my estate.

Item — I give and bequeathe unto my daughter Sarah Parker, the wife of Henry
Parker of Dunstable, the sum of one hundred <& five pounds in good bUls of credit
after the rate of twenty six shillings per ounce in silver, I having already given her
ninety five pounds, to be paid by my executors hereafter named, within one year after
my decease.

IteMy I have already given to my daughter Elizabeth Bancroft the wife of Timothy
Bancroft the sum of two hundred pounds to make her equal with the rest of my
daughters in portion.

Item, I have already given unto my daughter Hannah Cummings, wife of
Jeremael Cummings the sum of two hundred pounds which is equal to what I have
given to the rest of my daughters.

Bemy I give and bequeath unto my two sons, Henry Farwell «& Isaac Farwell, and
to their heirs and assigns forever to be equally divided between them all my hom^
stead house and buildings, after my wifes decease, making the said Henry Farwell
& Isaac Farwell, my sole Executors of this my last will & testament, giving and
granting unto my said executors full power and authority to grant, bargain and sell
80 much of my outlands as will pay out all the aforesaid legacies — Satisfying and
confirming this to be my last Will & Testament.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, the day and
year above mentioned.

HEKRY FARWELL

This Will was presented for probate Dec. 4th, 1738.

Col. Bancroft, gr. s. of Capt. Henry and his wife Susanna, states that his grandmo-
ther Susanna was so much sif ected by the sad death of her two sons and other troubles
that she became insane, and (probably after the death of her husband) went to Uve

F Fa/njoeU Memorial. I9

with her daughter, Mrs. Cnmmings, in HoUis, N. H., where she died and was buried^
though Mr. J-B. Hill is unable to find any monument in the graveyai-d of Hollis
erected to her memory. Nearly all of the early Farwells of Dunstable are buried in
the Old Dunstable graveyard now included in the town of Nashua.
[See Radial Chart, page 15.]

Children bom in Dunstable, except the first two :

65. 1. Henry*, [849] b. 14 Oct. 1696, Chelmsford, Mass. ; m. Esther Blanchard.

66. 2. JosiAH*, [363] b. 27 Aug. 1698, Chelmsford ; d. 8 May, 1725 ; m. Hannah

Lovewell.

67. 8. Jonathan*, [355] b. 24 July, 1700; m. Susanna Blanchard.

68. 4. Susannah*, b. 19 Feb. 1703; m. Dea. Benjamin Brown, of Heading, M&ss.

69. 5. Isaac*, [359] b. 4 Dec. 1704; m. Sarah .

70. 6. Sarah*, b. 4 Dec. 1706 ; m. Henry Parker, of Dunstable, Mass. They re-

moved from Dunstable to Wilton, N. H. {J-B, HUV\.

71. 7. Elizabeth*, [366] b. 1715; d. 23 Sept. 1754; m. Timothy Bancroft.

72. 8. Hannah*, [385] b. 4 Apr. 1719 ; m. Jeremael Cummings ; m. 2d, Dea.

Stephen Jewett.

73. ISAAC, [20] {Joseph*, Henry\)hotnm Chelmsford, Mass. ; d. 28 June, 1753,
probably at Mansfield, Conn. He married Elizabeth Hyde, b. 23d. 3m. 1680, d.
of Jonathan Jr. and Dorothy (Kidder) of Cambridge village, now Newton, Mass. ,
and granddaughter of Jonathan, Sen., b. 1626, and Mary (French) of Cambridge
village.

[Jonathan Hyde, Sen., was of Cambridge village 1647. In 1661 he and his wife
Mary French, (daughter of William of Billerica and his wife Elizabeth) were admitted
to the church in Cambridge ; was freeman 1663. He bought a large tract of land,
some of which was very near the centre of Newton. His dwelling house stood about
seventy rods north of the centre Meeting House. He bought and sold much land,
and in some of his deeds was styled ^^ Sergeant, ^^ A few years before his decease h«
settled his own estate by making deeds of gift of his real estate to eleven of his
children ; the first was dated 1698, and the last 1710, conveying in all about four
hundred acres with several dwelling houses thereon ; his other twelve probably had
died before him. In his deed to his son Samuel, he put a condition that he was not
to ' *" sell it to a stranger, except through want or necessity, but to one of said Jona-
than Sen.s' heirs, by the name of Hyde."

His first wife Mary French d. at the birth of her son Joseph (12th or 14th child)
27 May, 1672, aged 89. In 1673 — 2d. lime, he made with John Rediat and son, of
Marlboro, a marriage covenant, stipulating that Jonathan Hyde should marry Mary,
dau. of said John Hediat, and, that in case he should die before her, she should
have his house, barn and one hundred acres of land. In case she had no children
by him then the one hundred acres shouM pass to the children of his first wife.
She d. 5 Sept. 1708; and he d. 5 Oct. 1711, age 85.

The father of Mary (French) Hyde came with Harlakenden in the Defence, 1635 ;
settled in Cambridge where the births of several of his children are recorded. He

20 FarweU Meincynal. F

was freeman 1636. About 1653 he became one of the first settlers of Billerica, and
was the first representative of that town ; was Lieutenant and Captain ; was engaged
in the cause of Indian instruction.

His daughter Mary was recorded in the London Custom House before embark-
ation as two and half years of age.

Dorothy Eidder, b. 1651, at Cambridge, was d. of James of Cambridge, 1649,
who was b. at East Grinstead, Co. Sussex, Eng., about 1626, and son of James and
wife Ann, d. of Elder Francis Moore of C, freeman 1639, and his wife Catharine.

Mr. Farwell settled in Medford, Mass., where the births of his children are re-
corded. March 6, 1710, he was chosen one of the ** viewers" of fences; was taxed
in Medford for poll, real estate and personal estate, Sept. 20, 1711. At what date he
removed to Mansfield, Conn., we are not advised, neither do we know the date of
his wife's death.

Children, all recorded in Medford, were :

74. 1. Elizabeth*, b. 15 June, 1707.

75. 2. Mart*, [408] b. 19 Nov. 1709; m. Edmund Hovey.

76. 3. John*, [417] b. 23 June, 1711 ; d. Oct. 1756; m. Dorothy Baldwin.

77. 4. William*, [423] b. 28 Dec. 1712; d. 11 Dec. 1801, Charlestown, N. H.; m.

7 Nov. 1744, Bethiah Eldridge.

78. 6. Dorothy*, b. 23 Apr. 1715.

79. WILLLOI*, [23] {Jauph^ Hmry^,) b. 21 Jan. 1688, Chelmsford, Mass. ; d.

probably 14 Feb. 1754; m. ace. to His. of Groton, Elizabeth ; ace. to Joseph-

Hust Farwell and Elijah Scott he married Esther Patterson.

Hes. Oraton^ Mass.

Children recorded in Groton, were :

80. 1. Elizabeth*, b. 2 Nov. 1713; m. perhaps [Gh'otan rec.] 12 Jan. 1730-1, in

Watertown, Mass., Jonathan Gates of Stow.

81. 2. William*, Jr., [437] b. 1 Feb. 1715; m. probably Sarah Parker.

82. 8. John*, [Appendix] b. 16 Oct. 1717; d. 17 Dec. 1814, Harvard, Mass., » 97;

m. 13 July, 1742, Sarah Sawtell, ace. to Wyman and 0-P. Farwell.

83. 4. Oliver*, [446] b. 13 Jan. 1722; m. Groton, Mass., Rejoice Preston.

84. 5. Henry*, [457] b. 21 July, 1724; m. Lydia Tarbell; m. 2d, Sarah Taylor.

85. 6. JosiAH*, ace. to Elijah Scott,

86. OLIVER*, [24] (Jasq>h\ Hmry\) b. 25 Nov. 1692, Chelmsford, Mass.; m.
Mary Cummings, b. 25 Apr. 1692, d. of Thomas and Priscilla Warner of Dunstable,
Mass. [See Radial Chart, page 15 .]

On the 5th Sept. 1724, Lieut. French jjvith ten men under his command, started
for the rescue of two of their friends and townsmen, Thomas Blanchard and Nathan
Cross, who had been carried off by the Indians the evening previous. Oliver Far-
well was one of this company. On arriving at the place where the two men had been

F Oliver^ Farwell and Descendants. 21

laboring, they found evidence that the men had been carried off alive, and concluding
the captors and their prisoners could not be far distant, decided on instant pursuit.
They therefore bent their way up the Merrimac, till they reached what is now Thorn-
tons Ferry. There they were waylaid, fired upon by the Indians, and all killed
except Josiah Farwell [66], nephew of Oliver, who was vigorously chased by them
for some time without either gaining much advantage, till he darted into a thicket,
where they lost sight of him, and fearing he might have reloaded, abandoned the
pursuit. Thus he alone escaped — to fall by the hand of the same savage enemy the
next year. Fox says in Hist, of Dunstable, the captors were a company of French
Mohawks, about seventy in number. A company immediately mustered and pro-
ceeded to the place to secure the bodies of their friends and townsmen. Eight were
found, placed in coffins and buried in one capacious grave in the ancient Cemetery
of Old Dunstable, now in the south part of the City of Nashua. Of the slain was
Oliver* Farwell, and on a small stone about two feet high [J". B, EUl] is the follow-
ing inscription: Oliver Farwell who died Sept. 5, 1724, in the 33d year of

HIS AGE.

By reference to the will of his father Joseph' [15] it will be seen that Oliver was
chosen to take care of him and his wife during their natural lives; and if ^^he doth
take the whole care of us both and to provide all things comfortable and necessary
for us both in sickness and in health, and to bestow upon us, or either of us a decent
burial," he was to receive all his "housings and lands which I have in possession."
The father died nearly two years before the untimely death of his son Oliver.
Whether the mother was living to mourn the loss of him on whom she had leaned
for support and solace in the decline of life, we are not informed.

Mary Cummings, wife of Oliver Farwell, b. 25 Apr. 1692, was daughter of Thomas
and Priscilla (Warner) Cummings of Dunstable, and grand daughter of John, Sen., and
Sarah (Howlet) Cummings of Rowley, Mass. John, Sen. was freeman 1673, rem. to
Dunstable 1684 ; 1685, was one of the founders of the Dunstable Church ; selectman
and town clerk. The parents of Sarah Howlet were Thomas and Alice (French)
Howlet of Boston. Said Thomas Howlet is said by Savage to have come in the fleet
with Winthrop 1630. He went with John Winthrop, son of ^^ov. W., early in 1633
to plant Ipswich was freeman 3 Mar. 1634, and Hep. 1635.

Children bom in Dunstable :

87. 1. Mary*, b. 8 May, 1716.

88. 2. Oliver*, [465] b. 19 Nov. 1717; d. 12 Feb. 1808; m. Abigail Hubbard.

89. 3. Benjamin*, b. 14 May, 1720; d. 20 Mar. 1772, aged 52; ace. to grave-stone,

66. A Benjamin died 20 Mar. 1772, and J-B. Hill finds no other Benja-
min of this generation or date, and it is probable the mistake was made
in the cutting of the inscription. His name is mentioned in the list of
town officers of Dunstable, and Tyngsboro, Mass. 1747-9.

90. 4. Sarah*, b. 8 May 1724.

91. EDWARD*, [27] (Olive* (FarwdT) Spaulding, Emry\) b. 18 June 1672; d.
29 Nov. 1740, aged 67. Canterbury^ Conn, records my 1739 ; m. Maiy Adams who d.

32 Fwrwell Memorial. F

20 Sept. 1754, aged 78. He was the third settler of Brooklyn Conn. He bought
lands north of Canterbury bounds at the foot of Tad wick Hill, in 1707. Was one
of the first committee of the religious society organized in 1731.

Children, all of whom were bom in Canterbury, except Benjamin, who was
bom in Chelmsford, Mass. :

92. 1. Benjamin*, [473] b. 20 July, 1696; m. Abigail Wright, m. 2d, Deborah

Wheeler.
98. 2. Elizabeth*, b. 15 Aug. 1698; m. William Barbe.

94. 8. Ephraim*, [484] b. 8 April 1700; m. Abigail Bullard.

95. 4. Jonathan*, b. 15 April, 1704; m. Eunice Woodward, d. of David of Plain-

field, Conn. They had one child Edith, b. 24 Oct 1726.

Ee^ Plainfiddj Conn.

96. 5. EzEKiEL*, [495] b. 8 Sept. 1706 ; m. 24 Not. 1887, Martha ElmbalL

97. 6. Ruth*, b. 27 Sept. 1710 ;m. John Bacon.

98. 7. Abigail*, b. 10 March, 1713 : m. Benaijah Douglas.

99. 8. Ebenezbb*,[500] b. 24 June, 1717; m. Mary Fasset.

100. 9. Thomas*, b. 7 Aug. 1719; m. 1 Nov. 1742, Abigail Brown.

101. 10. John*, b. 1 Dec. 1721.

102. BENJAMIN*, [28] (0««w" {Farwelt) Spauldlng, Eenry\) b. 6 July, 1685.
Children :

108. 1. Olive*, b. 17 July, 1709.

104. 2. Sabah*, b. 8 Oct. 1711 ; m. 80 March, 1730, Samuel Coitt

105. SARAH*, [32] (Sarah* (FanoeU) Jones, John'', Henry\) b. 4 June, 1686, at
Concord, Mass. ; m. 1705, Lieut. Daniel HOAB, b. about 1680, Concord, son of
Daniel and Mary (Stratton,) of Concord. He d. 8 Feb. 1773, aged 93. [For his
line of ancestry and connections see chart Y].

"March 3, 1709 — 10. The select men order the town treasurer to pay Daniel
Hoar Jr., a small bill of 6s:

** Whereas the select men of the town gave old Cooksey an ordre to take up
a shirt cloth (viz.) two yards and an half of coutton and lining of Daniel Hoar Jr.,
comming to 6 s. sometime lately, the select men doe now order ye town treasurer to
pay him the said sum out of the town treasury : That is to ssgr to said Daniel
Hoar Jr."

24 Feb. 1712—13. **To Daniel Hoar, Jr., for what he did for old Cooksay in
sickness and health £1, 7s, 6d."

8 March, 1728—9. Daniel Hoar, Jr. was chosen one of the surveyors of high-
ways and bridges. Was tithing man 3 March, 1729-30.

John Hoar, grandfather of Lieut. Daniel, Jr., was bom in England; settled in
Scituate, Mass., where he bore arms in 1643 ; practiced there as a lawyer till his| re-
moval to Concord in 1660. " He was distinguished for bold, independent mind and
action." '*By the bold and successful exertions of Mr. John Hoar of Concord, in
connection with Tom Doublet, and Peter Conaway, Christian Indians of Concord, "

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Mrs. Rowland son, the wife of the minister of Lancaster, Mass., and her children,
who, were captured by the Indians, 10 July, 1676, at the burning of that place,
were redeemed after a captivity of three months.

Mr. John Hoar was deeply interested in the welfare of the Indians, and was
charged by order of the council " with the government and tuition" of the Praying
Indians of Nashoba, who sojourned in Concord. Ihey lived ** soberly, quietly anc
industriously, and could not be charged with any unfaithfulness to the English
interest."

At the opening of King Philip's war, some of the inhabitants, and especially the
soldiers, became prejudiced against them, and to the great grief of Mr. Hoar, and
much personal loss and brave resistance, the Indians were forced away by the sol-
diers and carried to Deer Island to share in the sufferings of many others of their red
brethren.

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Mr. Hoar had begun to build for them a large structure as a workhouse and

place of defence, '^but he lost his building and other cost which he had provided ''

for their entertainment and employment. [Qookin,']

Res. Concordy Mass,

Children :

106. John*, m. Elizabeth Coolidge of Watertown, Mass. He was in the battle

of Concord, 19 Apr. 1776. His deposition was taken the 2^d of the same
month, before the committee chosen by the Provincial Congress to take
depositions, of those who witnessed or participated in the battle, relating
to the conduct of the British on the 19fh inst. The evidence was trans-
mitted to the Continental Congress and to England. The whole was
published by order of the Provincial Congress, in a pamphlet of 23 pages,
entitled ^^A Narrative of the Incursions and Ravages of the IQng's
Troops under command of Gen. Gage, on the ninteenth of April, 1775,
together with the Depositions taken by order of Congress to support the
truth of it." The original depositions, about one hundred in number,
with the signatures of the deponents, were, a few years since, in the Li-
brary of Harvard College.

A John Hoar was captured in an engagement at Fort Dummer, 14
July, 1748, and remained with the Indians three months. We suppose
this captive to be our John* Hoar, instead of his uncle of the same name,
who was b. 1678, and would be far advanced in years at this time. Wo
know of no other John Hoar of Concord at the above date.

107. Daniel*, entered Harvard College 1730, but did not graduate.

108. Jonathan*, b. about 1820 ; grad. Harvard College 1740. He was in the

provincial service during the whole French and Indian war. In 1755 went
as Major to Fort Edward ; was Lieut. Col. in the expedition to Crown
Point 1756, and aid to Major Gen. Winslow; 1760 he was Lieut. Col. in
' the expedition to Nova Scotia. He sailed for that place from Boston,
May 10, 1762, as Colonel, with 500 men, 16 of whom were from Concord.
After the peace of 1763 he went to England, and was appointed Governor

24 Farwell Memorial. F

of Newfoundland and the neighboring provinces, but died on liis passage
thither in 1771, aged 52.

109. Timothy*, 30 Apr. 1778, he was one of nine men required by the Genera^
Court from Concord to serve as guard at North River for eight months ;
his bounty was £100. Res. Concord^ Mass.

[Tliere were also several daughters of whom we have no records.]

110. Ensign JOHN*, [33] {Sarah^ (Farwell) Jones, John^, HenTy\) bom. 6 Jan.
1690, Concord, Mass.; d. 12 March, 1762, aged 72, **The husband of Anna." He
married Anna Brooks, who d. 9 June, 1753. She was probably daughter of Daniel
and Ann (Merriam), gr. dau. of Joshua and Hannah (Mason, d. of Capt. Hugh of
Watertown,) and gr. gr. dau. of Capt. Thomas and Grace ( ) of Concord.

[Capt Thomas, said to have come from London, Shattuch^s History of Caneord;
was freeman 7 Dec. 1036, when, ace. to Savage, he '* was an inhabitant of Water-
town and owned estates there, and in Mcdford, perhaps as early as 1634 ; was repre-
sentative 1642 and six years more." He removed to Concord, where he d. 21 May,
1667. His wife Grace d. 12 May, 1664.]

Ensign John Jones is mentioned in the records of Concord, in relation to the
division of lands, 10 Feb. 1732-3.

Res. Coneordy Mass,

Children :

111. JoHN% b. 23 June, 1718; m. 1742, Abigail Wesson, who d. 19 Dec. 1805.

112. Olive*, b. 10 Sept. 1724; m. Joseph Stow, perhaps s. of Nathaniel and

Ruth (Merriam) of Concord, who were married 1690.

113. Ebenezkr*, b. 8 Dec, 1726; m, Mary.

114. Daniel*, b. 28 Dec. 1728; m. Rebecca Cary.

115. Farwell*, b. 18 Aug. 1734; d. 20 Dec. 1802, aged 69; m. Concord, Mass.

1 Jan. 1777, Hannah Hosmer, who d. 11 Dec. 1801, aged 62,

Res. Concord Mass.

116. BARTHOLOMEW*, (SaraJi* (Farwdl) Jones, John\ Henry\) b. 15 Feb.
1697-8; d. 16 Sept. 1738, aged 42; m. July, 1723, Ruth Stow.

Children :

117. Timothy*, b. 17 April, 1725; d. 11 Sept. 1745.

118. Ruth*, b. 2 May, 1727.

119. Sarah*, b. 28 Jan. 1729—30.

120. Mary*, b. 12 May, 1732.

121. Lydia*, b. 7 Aug. 1784.

122. Rebecca*, b. 24 July, 1736.

123. Silence*, b. 14 Sept. 1738.

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124. SAMUEL*, [37](flan7ki^» (iT'arwjeZOtWOOBSlJoslin, Joi&pl?, Eenry\) mar-
ried at Groton, Mass. 29 Nov. 1720, Patience Bigelow, probably daughter of James
and Elizabeth (Child,) of Watertown, [first wife was Patience Brown.] She was
born 30 Sept. 1695; died 23 Jan. 1771. He d. 10 Apr. 1773. {Groton reeoads.]
Although the name and birth of Samuel*, are not recorded among the children of
Samuel, Jr., and Hannah Farwell in Groton, we infer from a deed to **Samuel, 1st.
son of Samuel and Hannah," rocorded vol. 17, p. 295, that he may have been born
before their residence in Groton. Samuel Woods* name frequently occurs in the
History of Groton, but not as Senior till 1692, and as Samuel, who married Hannah
Farwell 1685 in Chelmsford, is called Junior, and no Inrt?i8 of their children are re-
corded in Groton till 1700, it may be possible that they did not take up their abode
in Groton for several years after marriage.

We hope to obtain information concerning this matter before the issue of a
second edition. Hes. Oroton, Mass,

Children bom in Groton :

125. 1. Elizabeth*, b. 29 Aug. 1721 ; m. Groton, 4 Feb. 1741-2, Ephraim Divol,

of Lancaster,

126. 2. Samuel*, b. 2 Dec. 1722.

127. 8. Hannah*, b. 1 Dec. 1724.

128. 4. Abigail*, b. 11 December, 1726; m. Groton, 25 Nov. 1747, Oliver Wheeler

of Acton, Mass.

129. 5. Eunice*, b. 24 Feb. 1729.

130. 6. James*, b. 22 Oct. 1731 ; m. Groton, 6 Feb. 1760, Abigail Howard.

♦Children, all recorded in Groton, were :

131. 1. James*, b. 19 April, 1761.

132. 2. Nahum*, b. 14 Nov. 1763.

133. 3. Jotliam*, b. 3 Mar. 1766.

134. 4. Abigail*, b. 20 Jan. 1769.

135. 5. Rachel*, b. 9 Apr. 1771; m. Bill- Wright Stevens.

136. 7. William*, b. 17 Oct. 1735.

137. 8. Mary*, b. 16 Mach, 1738.

138. JOSEPH*, [46] {Joseph^ Joseph^ Henry\) b. 5 Aug. 1696, Chelmsford,
Mass. ; married, Groton, Mass. 4 December, 1719, Mary Gilson, b. 8 February, 1703,

*The question may arise in ube minds of our readers as to the reason of our giving so few of the
descendants of the fifth generation in some lines, while in other branches the descendants are so
fully giyen to the present date. In reply we must say that the scope of this work does not em-
brace any beyond the fifth generation outside of the branch at whose expense the edition is pub-
lished. When, howeyer, only a few of the sixth and subsequent generations are found in our col-
lections of records, we haye chosen to add them ; while more fully developed branches could not
be inserted without carrying us into greater expense than the funds of the party appropriated to
the publication of their own branch would warrant us. We sincerely regret our financial inability
to do more, but are prepared to print any or all of the branches whenever sufficient sums are ad-
Tanced for the purpose.

26 FoTwdl Memorial. F

G., d. of Joseph and Elizabeth of Groton.

In the diary of Joseph* Farwell is found this entry:

<' Groton June ye 29, 1750 I was chosen into ye office of a Deacon in the first
church in Groton, and on the first sabbath in July waited on that duty."

''May 6, 1754. Voted, that the meeting house committee provide one hogshead of
rum, one loaf of white sugar, one quarter of a hundred of brown sugar. Also voted,
that Deacon Stone, [271] Deacon Farwell, Lieut. Isaac Woods, Benjamin Stone, Lieut.
John Woods, Oapt. Samuel Tarbell, Amos Lawrence, Ensign Obadiah Parker and
Capt. Bancroft, be a committee to provide victuals and drink for a hundred men.'*
'' Then voted that the selectmen provide some convenient place to meet in upon the
sabbath until further orders. **

These preparations were made for the raising of the fourth meeting house in.
Groton.

At a church meeting July 5, 1782, the four deacons Farwell, Stone, [271] Fams-
worth and Bancroft, with Israel Robert, Eoq., were chosen trustees of the twenty
pounds given by Jonathan Lawrence for the benefit of the ordained minister or
ministers of Groton, with power to take or receive the same of Samuel Dana the late
pastor if need be, to sue him upon his bond given therefor. Also to offer the same
to Rev. Daniel Chaplin, if he will receive it, otherwise put it out upon interest, and
pay over to said Chaplin the interest thereon.

A Joseph Farwell of Groton deeded land in Lancaster to Samuel Willard of L.,
24 March, 1729, [ WorceOer records]. We are unable to say whether this land was
deeded by Joseph*, or by his father, Joseph*, who was living at the above date.

Res. Groton, I£as»,

Children all recorded in Groton:

139. 1. Anna*, b. 20 Feb. 1721; m. 11 Nov. 1741, Josiah Brown of Littleton.

140. 2. Isaac*, b. 16 Mar. 1722; d. 10 May, 1740.

141. 8. Joseph*, b. 20 Sept. 1725; d. 27 Aug. 1758.

142. 4. Jonathan*, b. 15 May, 1730; d. 29 Nov. 1761, at Charlestown, N.H.
148. 5. Dea. Thomas*, b. 30 July, 1733, OroUm rec.; d. 20 Feb. 1825, Washington,

N.H. ; m. Sarah Davis, b. 22 March, 1742, Harvard, Mass., who died 28
Feb. 1813, in Washington, N.H.

144. 6. Oliver*, b. 24 June, 1735.

145. 7. Mabt*, b. 4 Sept. 1738.

146. 8. Susanna*, b. 8 Aug. [Orotonrec,] 1742; m. Groton, 6 Apr. 1763. John

Cheney of Groton.

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147. HANNAH*, [48] (Joseph*, Joseph^ Eenry\) b. 6 May, 1701, Groton, Mass. ;
d. 11 May, 1762; married, Groton rec., 6 May, 1719, Eleazer GILSON. She married
2d, as second wife, 26 March, 1755, Groton rec., Capt. Ephraim SAWTELL. His will
was made in 1767. At a legal meeting of ** Groton West Parish" 17 Jan. 1742,
Eleazer Gilson was chosen parish clerk. This precinct or parish set off from Groton

F Descendants of Joseph* Farwell. 27

in 1742, became the present town of Pepperell, and this meeting was undoubtedly
the first parish meeting and organization of the parish. [See chart, p. 15.]

Hes. Groton and Pepperdly Mass,

Children of Eleazer and Hannah (Farwell) Gilson :

148. 1. Elkazbr*, b. 19 Feb. 1730 ; m. Groton West Parish, 21 July, 1748, Mary

Hall; m. 2d, 80 Oct. 1758, Sybil Lakin. From the church records made
by the Rev. Joseph Emerson, first pastor of the first church in Pepperell,
under the title of "Remarkable Providences," we quote the following;
'^January, 1767. In the night the house of Eleazer Gilson was entirely
consumed by fire. They could save but very little of their household stuff."
In the list of contributions made by the church in Groton, recorded in one
of the church books, is found this entry: **1767, For Eleazer Gilson of
Pepperell about £5." Res, Pi^tperellf Mass.

Children all bom in Pepperell :

149. 1, Mary", b. Oct. 1749.

150. 2. Catharine', b. Nov. 1751.

151. 8. Lydia«, b. Dec. 1753.

152. 4. Eleazer", b. March, 1756.

158.' 5. Nathaniel", b. 17 Sept. 1759, of "SybiL"

154^ 6. EUzabcth", b. 9 Feb. 1762.

155. 7. Peter", b. 28 Feb. 1764.

156. 8. James", b. 4 April, 1766.

157. 9. Sybil", b. 81 Aug. 1768.

158. 10. Hannah"; b. 8 Jan. 1770.

159. 11. Susanna", b. 8 Aug. 1772.

160. 12. Anna", b. 19 Jan. 1776. .,

161. 2. Hannah", b. 7 March, 1722; m. Simon Page. Res. Groton and Shirley/.

Children :

162. 1. Simon", Jr., b. 6 June, 1742, Groton, Mass. ; m. Oroton rec^ 15 Jan.

1767, Elizabeth Moors, b. 6 July, 1745, Oroton rec.^ d. of Timothy
and Lydia (Nutting) of Groton. Res. Groton and Shirley ^ Mass,

Children, all born in Shirley, were :

163. 1. Euniee\ b. 17 Aug. 1767.

164. 2. ByUCy b. 5 Sept. 1769; d. 18 Jan. 1784.

165. 8. Elkabeth\ b. 12 Oct. 1771.

166. 4. Susey\ b. 8 Jan. 1774.

167. 5. Lyda\ b. 27 Dec. 1776.

168. 6. Hannah\ b. 28 Feb. 1778.

169. 7. 8imm\ b. 80 Oct. 1779.

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170. 8. JoeV, b. 22 July, 1785.

171. 2. James', b. 22 Apr. 1744; d. 23 Sept 1775, Qrotonrec
171». 8. Hannah', b. 81 May, 1746, Groton, Haas.

172. 4. Lydia', b. 10 Dec. 1748, "

173. 6. Jonas', b. 2 Sept. 1750, "

174. 6. Betty', b. 23 May, 1752, '*

175. 7. Abel', b. 15 Aug. 1759, Shirley, Mass.

176. 8. Peter', b. 29 Sept. 1761, S. ; drowned 8 July, 1773.

177. 9. Eunice', b. 24 July, 1763, S. ; d. 80 Apr. 1767.

178. 10. Betsey', b. 27 Apr. 1765, S. ; d. 10 June, 1776.

179. 11. Oliver', b. 17 Apr. 1767.

180. 3. Esthkb', b. 30 July, 1724; m. .

Child :

181. 1. Sybil'.

182. 4. Eunice', b. 8 Nov. 1726, OroUm ree,; m. Benjamin Blood, b. 22 Aug. 1719,

Oroton rec., son of Nathaniel and Hannah (Shattuck) of Groton.

Children bom in Groton:

183. 1. Eunice', b. 9 July, 1747.

184. 2. Benjamin', b. 1 July, 1749.

185. 3. Edmund', b. 16 June, 1751; m. Oroton ree., 24 Nov. 1772, Catherine

Blood, b. 27 Oct. 1753, Oroton ree,, d. of Simon and Anna (Shattuck).

186. 4. Deborah', b. 1 Oct. 1753.

187. 5. Joshua', b. 26 Jan. 1756.

188. 6. Rachel', b. 13 Apr. 1758.

189. 7. Ann', b. 20 Nov. 1760.

190. if. Samuel', b. 7 Jan. 1728, Oroton ree,; m. Pepperell, Mass. 20 Feb. 1752>

Elizabeth Shed, b. 9 May, 1724, Oroton ree,, dau, of Daniel and
Abigail ( )

Children recorded in Pepperell :

191. 1. Samuel', b. 23 Dec. 1752; was of Chelmsford in 1810.

192. 2. Elizabeth', b. 19 Dec. 1754; m. ace. to Mr. Wyman, Crosby.

193. 3. Sarah', b. 18 Jan. 1757; m. ace. to Wyman, Brown.

194. 4. Rachel', b. 13 Dec. 1759.

195. 5. John', b. 7 Mar. 1762.

196. 6. Hannah', b. 26 May, 1764.

197. 7. Joel', b. 26 Mar. 1767.

198. 8. Alice', b. 12 Apr. 1769.

199. 9. Mary', b. 7 May, 1771.

200. 10. Rebecca', b. 20 June, 1773.

201. 11. Joseph', b. 30 July, 1775.

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203. 6. SiMOK^, b. 22 Dec. 1730; m., Pepperellree.y 14 Apr. 1756, Sarah Fisk, b. 7
Oct. 1736, Pepperdl rec.y d. of Josiah and Sarah CLawrence) of P.

Res. P^opereU.

Children all bom in Pepperell :

203. 1. Jonas^, b. 19 Dec. 1756; d. 1 Oct. 1757, Pepperell.

204. 2. Sarah', b. 24 Aug. 1758.

205. 8. Peter', b. 21 Jan. 1761 ; d. 15 Nov. 1763, Pepperell.

206. 4. Hannah', b. 1 May, 1763.

207. 5. Simon', b. 9 Aug. 1765 ; d. 10 Mar. 1770, P.

208. 6. Eunice', b. 1 Aug. 1767.

209. 7. David', b. 21 Sept. 1769.

210. 8. Submit', b. 11 Aug. 1771.

211. 9. Josiah', b. 27 Oct. 1773; d. 14 March, 1776, P.

212. 10. Simon', b. 24 Apr. 1777.

213. 7. Peter', b. 3 Feb. 1732, ChroUm rec., married, Oroton ree,, 27 May, 1756,

Sybil Whitney, b. 31 March, 1731, Groton rec., d. of Timothy and

Submit ( ) of Groton. She married 2d, Gfroton rec.j 3 May, 1764,

Oliver Lakin, b. 24 Feb. 1733-4, s. of William and Miriam, Oroton rec.

Children recorded in Groton :

214. 1. Sybil', b. 18 Jan. 1757; m. Levi Woods of Pepperell, prob. s. of

Jonathan and Mary and b. 10 May, 1753, Groton rec.

215. 2. Lydia', b. 28 Aug. 1759; d. 29 Nov. 1847, Waltham, Mass. ; married,

Groton, Mass., Zaccheus Farwell, b. 27 June, 1753, Groton, s. of
Daniel and Mary. He d. 28 June, 1811, Fitchburg, Mass. [347].

216. 8. Lydia', b. 17 Sept. 1735, Groton rec,; married, Groton, 27 Sept. 1759,

Peter Stevens. Res. Groton.

Children recorded in Groton :

217. 1. John', b. 12 May, 1760.

218. 2. Peter', b. 23 March, 1762

219. 8. Simon', b. 2 Apr. 1764.

220. ELIZABETH*, [49] (Jo8^h\ Joteph\ Henry\) b. 81 Dec. 1703, Groton,
Mass., d. 11 May, 1763; married, Groton rec,^ 22 or 26 Dec. 1722, John STONE, Jr.,
b. 23 Sept. 1699, s. of John and Sarah (Nutting) of Groton. His will was probated
29 Dec. 1784. He married 2d, 28 April, 1763, Rachel Pierce.

Res. Groton^ Mass.

Children, born in Groton, were :

221. 1. John', b. 5 Nov. 1723; married, Groton rec.^ 7 July, 1747, Anna Pratt,
who d. 10 Nov. 1756, Groton. Ho married 2d, 11 Jan. 1759, widow
Jerusha Woods. Res. Groton, Mass.

30 Stonej Bloody Weniworth- P

Children born in Groton :

222. 1. Abraham*, b. 8 May, 1748.

223. 2. John', b. 17 June, 1750.

224. 8. Israel*, b. 17 Feb. 1752.

225. 4. Nathaniel*, b. 11 Dec. 1754; d. 14 Nov. 1756.

226. 5. Anna*, b. 4 June, 1755; d. 29 Oct. 1756.

227. 6. Anna*, b. 6 July, 1760.

228. 2. Elizabeth*, b. 26 Sept. 1725; married, Qroion rec,, 27 June, 1745, Moses

Blood, b. 25 Nov. 1724, s. of John and Joanna (Nutting).

Res. Groton and PeppereU, Mbub,

Children, all recorded in Pepperell, were

228». 1. Elizabeth*, b. 6 July, 1746.

298^ 2. Sarah*, b. 16 Mar. 1748.

228«. 8. Moses*, b. 29 Apr. 1750.

228*. 4. Abel*, b. 17 Sept. 1752.

228*. 6. Anna*, b. 7 Apr. 1755.

228'. 6. Rachel*, b. 11 Nov. 1757.

228g. 7. Anna*, b. 15 Sept. 1760.

228h. 8. Nathaniel*, b. 21 Aug. 1762.

228^. 9. Sewall*, b. 24 May, 1765.

228j. 10. Mary*, b. 4 Apr. 1770.

229. 8. David*, b. 7 Aug. 1728; d. 10 Oct. 1758, Groton, Mass. ; married 1 April,

1752, Lydia Pratt.

Children bom ace. to Groton records, in Groton :

230. 1. Lydia*, b. 12 March, 1753.

231. 2. Anna*, b. 16 Aug. 1755; died 7 May, 1756, Groton.

232. 8. David*, b. 19 Feb. 1756; died 6 Nov. 1756, **

283. 4. MiNDWELL*, b. 10 Apr. 1731 ; married, according to Groton records, 8
Feb. 1747-8, Moses Wentworth. Res. OixfUniy Mcm.

Children recorded in Groton :

234. 1. Elizabeth*, b. 11 Jan. 1748-9.

235. 2. Eunice*, b. 18 Dec. 1750.

236. 8. Phebe*, b. 26 Feb. 1753.

237. 4. Oliver*, b. 8 Feb. 1762.

238. 6. Nathaniel*, b. 27 Sept. 1733; d. Sept. 1811; married, Groton ret., Sybil

Stone, b. 16 Oct. 1733, d. of Joseph and Mary (Prescott) of Groton.

' Res. OroUmyMau,

F Stone^ Jones^ Pierce^ 81

Children :

239. 1. Nathaniel*, b. 1 Sept. 1759.

S40. 2. Sybil«, b. 24 Nov. 1761.

241. 8. Hannah*, b. 10 Oct. 1763.

242. 4. Olive*, b. 15 Jan. 1766.

243. 6. Rhoda*, b. 22 Oct. 1767.

244. 6. Joseph*, b. 19 Dec. 1769; d. 10 Nov. 1772.

245. 7. Molly*, b. 29 Dec. 1771.

246. 8. Isaac*, b. 6 Jan. 1774.

247. 9. Joseph*, b. 7 Feb. 1776.

248. 6. Sarah*, b. 20 October, 1735 ; married, according to Mr. Wyman, William

Jones.

249. 7. Thomas*, b. 18 May, 1739.

250. 8. Abel*, b. 9 April, 1742; married 11 Ang. 1768, Lydia Whittaker, Oroton

ree. Res. Oroton^ Mcus,

Children born in Qroton :

251. 1. Betty*, b. 25 Dec. 1763.

252. 2. Abel*, b. 8 March, 1765.

253. 8. Lucy*, b. 12 August, 1766.

254. 9. Esther*, b. 18 June, 1744; married, €hrotonrec,y 11 March, 1766, Ephraim

Pierce,

255. 10. Asa*, b. 13 July, 1748; married Patty ( ), Res. Qroton^ Man^

Children recorded in Groton:

258. 1. Asa*, b. 21 January, 1777.

257. 2. Patty*, b. 15 March, 1779; d. 15 August, 1782. /

258. 3. Emma*, b. 10 June, 1781.

259. 4. William*, b. 8 June, 1783; died 11 February, 1784,

260. 6. William*, b. 26 February, 1785,

261. 6. Patty*, b. 5 Sept. 1787.

262. 7. Sukey*, b. 21 Nov. 1789.

263. 8. John*, d. 28 Sept. 1784.

264. 9. Rachel*, d. 7 Nov. 1784.

265. EDWARD*, [50] (Joseph*, Jo9eph% Eenry\) b, 12 July, 1706, Groton, Mass.;
married Anna ( ).

Children bom in Groton:

266. 1. Edward*, b. 21 November, 1731, Groton; died, 25 Aug. 1819, aged 88, at

Mason, N.H. ; married, 9 March, 1768, (bans published 23 Dec. 1767, at

Lincoln, Mass.) Rachel Allen," b. 25 June, 1747 {Bond Oen.) daughtei of

Benjamin and Eunice (Gale) of Lincoln, Mass. It is supposed he removed

from Groton to Townsend, Mass, and thence to Mason, 1790, where he

and his wife died.

Res. Groton and Townsend, Mass., and Masan^ N,E,

32 FarweU MefmoriaJU F

267. 2. Submit^ b. 19 December, 1738, Groton; married^ Groton, 80 Apr. 1752,

Jonathan Adams, of Concord.

Children :

268. 1. Submit', b. 8 June, 1758.

269. 2, Alice', b. 19 Jan. 1756.

270. 8. Jonathan*, b. 5 Mar. 1759.

271. MARY*, [51] {Jowph^, Jo9eph\ IItnry\) b. 6 Feb. 1709, Groton, Mass. ;
married, Groton, 28 Dec. 1726, Deacon James STONE, b. 23 Jan. 1701, Groton, son
of John and Sarah (Nutting) of Groton. He died 27 Feb., Groton ree,, Dec, by other
authorities, 1783.

He was chosen deacon at a church meeting in Groton, held 23 Sept., 1742 [see
138]. Until 1761, no articles of faith or church covenant appear on the Groton
records, but soon after the election of the Rev. Samuel Dana as pastor, one was
presented, and accepted by Mr. Dana as '^pastor elect,'' and James Stone, moderat-
or, on behalf of the church, June let of the same year. In 1782 he was chosen one
of the trustees of a fund g^ven by Jonathan Lawrence for the benefit of the ministry
of Groton. [see 138.] Res. OroUm^ Maw.

Children bom in Groton:

272. 1. James*, b. 11 Aug. 1727; married, 13 Feb. 1748, Deborah Nutting, b. 80

Sept. 1728, Groton, d. of Jonathan and Mary (Green) of Groton.

Res. OrotoTiy Mom,
Children :

273. 1. James', b. 31 May, 1749.

274. 2. Jonathan^, b. 24 Oct. 1750.

275. 3. Lemuel', b. 23 Aug. 1753.

276. 4. Eunice', b. 10 Jan. 1760.

277. 2. Mary», b. 23 Feb. 1728-9; married, 5 March, 1752, Elnathan Sawtell, b. 21

Oct. 1728, Groton s. of Hezekiah and Joanna (Wilson) of Shirley.

Res. Shirley^ JlfcuB.
Children recorded in Shirley:

278. 1. Elnathan', b. 14 Sept. 1753.

279. 2. Joseph', b, 25 Nov. 1755.

280. 3. Molly«, b. 13 Sept. 1757.

281. 3. Jonathan*, b. 12 Dec. 1731; m., 9 July, 1755, Susan or Susanna Moors,

Groton rec, b. 4 Aug. 1735, Groton, d. of Abraham and Elizabeth (Gilson)
of Groton. Res. Groton^ Mass,

Children, all recorded in Groton, were :

282. 1. Susanna', b. 3 Dec. 1756.

283. 2. Jonathan', b. 10 Apr. 1758.

284. 3. Eunice', b. 10 Feb. 1760.

P Deacendcmta of Joseph* FarweU. 33

285. 4. Molly', b. 26 Dec. 1761 ; d. 17 Jan. 1762.

286. 6. Solomon*, b. 7 Feb. 1763.

287. 6. Moses*, b. 4 Nov. 1764.

288. 7. Molly*, b. 6 Feb. 1767.

289. 8. Sally •, b. 9 May, 176&.

290. 9. OUver*, b. 27 Nov. 1770; died 10 Aug. 1775.

291. [ 10. Abraham*, b. 6 Dec. 1772; died 4 Aug. 1775.

292. 11. Oliver*, b. 16 Nov. 1778.

293. 4. William*, b. 27 Feb. 17334, Groton; died young.

294. 6. Abigail*, b. 2 Dec. 1736, Groton; marned, 23 Dec. 1757, Qratcn rec.j

Ephraim Sawtell, b. 18 Jan. 1734, Groton, s. of Hezekiah and Joanna
(Wilson) of G. Res. Oroton^ M(m.

Children born in Groton :

295. 1. Abigail*, b. 3 Nov. 1758.

296. 2. Lucy*, b. 20 Jan. 1760.

297. 8. Josiah*, b. 3 Jan. 1762.

298. 4. Molly*, b. 3 Dec. 1763.

299. 5. Eli*, b. 26 Nov. 1765.
800. 6. Josiah*, b. 24 Jan. 1768.
801 7. Ephraim*, b. 23 June, 1770.

802. 8. Sarah*, b. 20 Nov. 1772.

803. 6. Sarah*, b. 12 June, 1739, Groton, Mass. ; married, Ghrotonree., 15 February,

1763, William Jones, of Lunenburg, Mass.

804. 7. Joel*, b. 1 May, 1742, Groton; married, Qrotonrec.^ 31 Jan. 1765, Eunice

Holden.

Child recorded in Groton

805. Joel*, b. 30 Oct. 1765.

806. 8. Salmon*, b. 17 April, 1744, Groton, Mass. ; married, OroUm r«j., 11 Nov.

1767, Susanna Page, b. 29 June, 1747, Groton, d. of Joseph and Abi-
gaU (Shed) of G.

Child :

807. Ede*, b. 24 June, 1768, Orcton ree, ; died 29 Oct. 1768.

808. 9. Hannah*, b. 29 Oct. 1747, Groton; married, Groton, 2 Feb. 1769, Phineas

Page, of Shirley, b. 24 May, 1745, Groton, s. of John and Mary (Parker)
ofG. 'B.Q^, Shirley M(u»^

Children recorded in Shirley :

809. 1. Theophilus*, b. 12 Dec. 1769.

810. 2. Phineas*, b. 5 Nov. 1771 ; died 22 May, 1772.

811. 8. Phineas*, b. 16 March, 1773.

812. 4. Levi*, b. 18 Aug. 1775.

813. 5. Edmund*, b. 3 Mar. 1778.

84 Farwell MemoridL I

814. ft. Ede", b. 19 July, 1780.

816. 7. Eli*, b. 19 Sept 1783.

816. 8. Walter*, b. 15 Nov. 1785.

817. 9. Augustus-Dole*, b. 13 Mar. 1799.

818. 10. Levi*, b. 16 May, 1750, Qroton, Mass. ; died 4 Fob. 1830, aged 79, Qroton

rec, ; married Lydia ( )y who di^ed 18 Feb. 1880, GroUm ree.

Bes. Chroton^ Mau.

Children recorded in Groton:

819. 1. Sally*, b. 24 Dec. 1776.

820. 2. Lydia*, b. 22 Jan. 1778.

821. 8. Lucy*, b. 8 Nov. 1779 ; died 24 Aug. 1781.

822. 4. Lucy*, b. 1 Jan. 1782.

823. 6. Levi*, b. 17 March, 1784.

824. 6. Betsey*, b. 28 March, 1786.

825. 7. James*, b. 28 April, 1788.

826. 8. Hannah*, b. 9 Dec. 1789; died 27 Sept 1792.

827. 9. John*, b. 11 Jan. 1792; died May, 1812.

828. 10. Samuel*, b. 1 Dec. 1798.

329. GEN. SAMUEL*, [53] {Jo9eph\ Joseph^, B&nry\) b. 11 or 14 Jan. 1714, in
Groton, Mass. ; m., ace. to Groton records, 23 June, 178-, according to George H.
Jefts, 1785, Elizabeth Moors, b. 6 Feb. 1719, Groton, d. of Abraham and Elizabeth
(Gilson) of Groton. We have not the dateof his death, but are informed by Mrs. Ram«
8ey, dau. of his yx)ungest son Isaac-Moors, who was bom 1757, that it occurred a few

months previous to the birth of Isaac-Moors. His widow married Russell, and

died when said Isaac-Moors was three years old. Her father Abraham Moors in bis
will, lodged in 1780, mentions his grandchildren, Isaac-Moors and Joseph Farwell
and Lydia Ireland. Bes. OroUnij Man.

Children recorded in Groton :

830. .1. Samuel*, b. 10 April, 1736; probably married at Concord, Mass., Dec.

1765, Mary Parker, of Concord. [Concord Records.]

831. 2. Elizabeth*, b. 10 Jan. 1739.

832. 3. Eunice*, b. 12 Oct. 1741.

833. 4. Abeaham*, b. 18 Aug. 1743, Groton, Mass.; died 29 Aug. 1829; married,

July, 1770, Priscilla Thuriaton of Fitchburg, Mass., who died 30 Dec.
1837. She was daughter of John and Lydia ( ) of Fitchburg, Mass.

834. 6. Dea. John*, b. 27 January, 1745; died 28 April, 1806, Fitchburg, Mass. ;

married, Luuenburg, Mass., 16 March, 1769, Sarah Hovey, born 30 Nov.
1746, Boxford, Mass. who died 23 April, 1829, Chelmsford, Mass.

His will signed 24 April, 1806, ^ves to wife Sarah, whom he makes
his executrix, all his furniture and use of all his estate real and personal,
so long as she remains his widow, with leave to sell if necessary to her
support : mentions sons John, Joseph, Abraham, Moses, and James, and

P Ireland^ Snow^ 85

grandson Abel Cowden, son of his daughter Sarah deceased, the estate to

be equally divided between them.
835. 6. Sarah*, b. 26 Dec. 1747. A Sarah Farwell of Groton was married by

Joshua Wheeler, 22 Feb. 1763 to Silas Hand of Hai^vard, Mass.
336: 7. Lydia*, b. 4 Aug. 1749 ; probably married Ireland.

837. 8. Susanna*, b. 20 July, 1751.

838. 9. Joseph*, b. 27 March, 1754, Groton; removed to Fitzwllliam, N.H., and

afterward to Bridgewater, N.Y., where he died March, 1818. He married
27 Aug. 1777, Eunice Goodridge of Fitchburg, Mass., who died in Man-
lius, N.Y., March, 1811. He served during the whole Revolutionary
war, a portion of the time in the body-guard of General George Washing-
ton.

889. 10. Dr. Isaac-Moors*, b. 12 Apr. 1757, Townsend, Mass.; died 11 Aug. 1840,
Paris, Oneida Co., N.Y.; married at Fitzwilliam, N.H., 6 Dec. 1785,
Thankful Brigham, b. 13 June, 1760, Fitzwilliam, d. of Major Asa and
Mary (Newton) of Shrewsbury, Mass., afterwards of Fitzwilliam, N.H.
She died 28 July, 1849, aged 89 years and forty-five days.

Dr. Farwell was educated at Dartmouth College ; studied medicine
with Dr. Preston of New Ipswich, N.H.; removed to what is now the
City of Utica, when it contained but three log houses; thence removed
to Paris, where he practiced his profession till near the time of his death.

340. DANIEL*, [54] {Jo^eph*^ Joseph^ Henry\) b. 20 May, 1717, Groton, Mass. ;

married Mary . The surname of his wife and the date of his own death and also

that of his wife Mary we have been unable to ascertain. A descendant thinks he

died about 1805 or '6. Another descendant, Mr. Peter^ Farwell, thinks he lived to

be 96 years of age, which would bring the date about 1813. [See Radial Chart IV.

page 86].

Bes. OroUm^ Mats.

Children all recorded in Groton:

841. 1. Daniel*, [511] b. 22 April, 1740; died 17 May, 1815; married Sybil Page.

842. 2. Anna*, [Com. Vol.*] b. 4 May, 1742; married 22 Oct. 1754, Silas Snow.

843. 3. Isaac*, [Com. Vol.] b. 28 March, 1744; d. 31 Dec. 1791 ; m. Lucy Page.

844. 4. Timothy*, [Com. Vol.] b. 21 Feb. 1745 ; m. 8 Oct. 1771, Sarah Page.

845. 5. Mary*, b. 6 Feb. 1747.

846. 6. Edmund*, [Com. Vol.] b. 3 or 13 (old or new style) July, 1750; married

Mary Russell.

847. 7. Zaccheus*, [Com. Vol.] b. 27 June, 1753 • married Lydia Gilson.

848. 8. Benjamin*, [Com. Vol.] b. 2 July, 1756; married Lucy Collier.

*lt is some years since ve collected records for a complete ** Memorial Volume of the Farwells
of America." We continue to add thereto later records as obtained, and shall be ready to print a
book of orer 600 pages embracing records of the latest twigs of the vine, when a sufficient number
of subscriptions are received to secure the publication.

Any branch will be printed to order at a charge proportionate to that of the oomplete Tolume.

The bracketed [Com. YoL] refers to the complete volume.

86 Explanation of ChaHs III wad IV. F

EXFLAKATION OP THE RaDIAL CHART III, HeNRT', JoSEPH', JoSBPH* FARWELL,

To BB Seen on page 15.

A. The initial ancestor,* occupying the first zone of this chart is Henry' Farwell.

B. Of his five children, Joseph*, being the representative link in the descending

genealogical chain with which Vol. I of the Farwell MemorialIs chiefly occupied,
IS placed in the centre of the zone containing the second generation. His brother
John* and his sister Mary' are on the left ; his two sisters Olive' and Elizabeth' are
upon the right.

c. The six sons Joseph', Henry', Isaac', John', William' and Oliver', also the
three sisters, Hannah', Elizabeth', and Sarah', (the nine children of Joseph') occupy
the third zone, of whom the second in the order of birth is first placed second in the
series, in small letters, and is transferred to the centre^ as JOSEPH' in large letters.
This central transfer shows that the chart continued will contain only his descendants.

Explanation of Chart IV, to be seen on page next following Serial No,

511, Daniel* and Sybil (Page) Farwei

The description above given of the chart on page 15 applies to the three initial
zones of chart IV.

D. The fourth belt of the latter chart, contains the ten children <»f Joseph', of
whom the ninth child, Daniel^, is placed without transfer or repetition directly in the
centre, intimating that any additions to this chart will contain only his descendants.

Our full sized Charts ha^ 3 a radius of twelve inolies, witti from nine to twelve Eone^, or even
more if needed, instead of four, as aboyo; and give, as far as practicable, the dates of blrthir., mar^
riages, and deaths, and the places of residence.

* Radial Charts,— as proposed by David-Parsons^ Holton, M.D.— Of ancestors and descendants
nnder consideration, the successiye generations from the initial point in view are arranged in semi-
circular belts of progressively increasing radii ; constituting what, for convenience of description,
reference, and correspondence, are named '* Genetic Zones."

1. The initial ancestor shown occupies the first zone resting on the central portion of the base
line which sustains the genetic s^mi-zones.

2. The entire seconageneration, sons and daughters, recorded in the order of birth, from left to
right, are represented in the second semi-zone.

The particular member who is the representative of the line (whose descendants in subsequent
sones are to be lepre^ented) is recorded in small letters, sigQifying that the name is transferred in
large letters to the centre of s%i.l zone, where are given fuller details. In some cases the lineal
representative is placed directly ((.«., without transfer or repetition)ia the centre section of the zone.

8. The third zone contains the record of the sons and daughters of said lineal representative in
the previous generation, arranged on the system above named, having an analogous transfer of the
lineal representative or representatives for whose descendants the chart is specially formed.

4. In like manner the successive genetic zones are constructed, till we come down to an ancestot
three or four generations preceding the ultimate twigs of the branches proposed to be represented.
From thU point all the descendants in male and female lines, as far as Icnown, are fully represented
by constituting each descendant a representative centre, from which are developed sections of sub
sequent and outer zones ; and thus onward to the outermost genetic zone. The genetic belts instead
of being semi-zones may conveniently be extended to form a larger ]part of a circle, thus giving more
space for the development of the later generations, without producing the visual distraction creat *
ed by following zones of the full sphere.

5. That which is peculiar to the invention of the subscriber, is the transferrence of the lineal
representative to the central section, or other appropriate section, of successive genetic zones ;-•
thus showing in the clearest possible way the fine of ancestors, with the brothers and sisters of
each representative link in the ancestral chain.

6. The form and arrangement of this radial chart, originally designed for genealogies, are equally
adapted to the illustration or presentation of any department of science. The division of any sub-
ject of study or instruction into classes, genera, species, varieties, and other subdivisions, may be
advantageously shown by single charts or series of charts, constructed on the plan here above speci-
fied, ha-nng ^uecessive trans/erg to show the derivative line in the scientific series analogous to the
ancestral and descendental lines of the above-described genealogical series. Radial charts varied
in structure according to the above rules, become useful instruments to facilitate the study and pre-
sentation of the facts of science. They are permanent apparatus adapted to varying circumstances
of theory and facts, confirming this invention as a valuable aid in many departments of education.

Grand Polio. It is our desire to complete a large folio of 1000 nages, 80x80 inches, each right
hand page containing a grand radial chart, faced by biographical sketches on the preceding left-
hand page. Such a book would be for posterity a bequest currently^ prospectively and tncreasingly
If&n^/lcial, It can be completed only by co-operation.

^ Farwell Memorial 37

849. HENRY*, [65] {Henry'^ Joseph'', Hmry\) b. 14 Oct. 1696, Chelmsford, Mass. ;
married Esther Blanchard, b. 24 July, 1699, Dunstable rec,, daughter of Capt. Joseph
and Abiah (Hassell) of Dunstable, Mass. He was one of a number of men who, 20
Feb. 1725, under command of Capt. John Lovewell, surprised and killed a party of
ten Indians, at what has since been called ** Loveweirs Pond," which is at the head
of a branch of Salmon Falls river in the township of Wakefield. The Indians were
from Canada, and within two days march of the frontier; were well armed, and had
good supply of blankets, moccassins and snow-shoes for the accommodation of the
prisoners they expected to take. Considering the extreme difficulty of finding and
attacking the Indians in the woods, and the judicious manner in which they were so
completely surprised, it was considered a most remarkable exploit. [Hut, of Dun-
stable],

In the fall of 1727, his wife's father, Capt. Joseph Blanchard, who had been the
inn-keeper of the town for many years, died ; and as the County-court, which granted
license to inn-keepers, was not in session, Mr. Farwell petitioned the General As-
sembly for that position, which was granted.

His name is on the tax list of Dunstable in 1743. We infer from the His. of Dun-
stable that he was one of the famous * * Hogers Rangers," a company which belonged
to Col. Joseph Blanchard's regiment, which was raised for an expedition against the
French at Crown Point in 1755. Their captain was Robert Rogers, and John Stark
(afterwards General) was their Lieutenant. ** There is scarcely in the annals of Ame-
rica a company of troops more famous than * Rogers Rangers.' Their life was
one scene of constant exposure, and their story reminds one of the days of romance.
The forest was their home, and they excelled even the Indian in cunning and hardi^
hood. Everywhere they wandered in search of adventures, fearless and cautious,
until their very name became a terror to the enemy. Even in the post of danger,
when the army was advancing, they scouted the woods to detect the hidden ambush,
and when retreating, they skirmished in the rear to keep the foe at bay. If any act
of desperate daring was to be done, the Hangers were *the forlorn hope.' At mid-
night they traversed the camp of the enemy, or carried off a sentinel from his post as
if in mockery. Their blow fell like lightning, and before the echo had died away
or the alarm subsided, another blow was struck at some far distant point. They
seemed to be omnipresent, and the enemy deemed that they were in league with evil
spirits. The plain unvarnished tale of their daily hardships and perilous wanderings,
their strange adventures and * hair breadth 'scapes ' would be as wild and thrilling
as a German legend.

Of this company, and of others similar in character, a large number belonged to
Dunstable," among whom were Jonathan Farwell, Eleazer Farwell, Bunker Farwell,
and Henry Farwell. — Hist, of Dunstable,

CoL Blanchard was brother of Esther, wife of Mr. Farwell.

Res. DunstdbUy Mass,
Children :

350, 1. Eleazer*, b. 7 Oct. 1726, Dunstable ree.y married Mary Cummings. He
was a soldier in the French war, and one of ** Rogers Rangers" in 1756.
[see 349, 363, 358.] His house in Dunstable, now Tyngsboro, was still

38 Lieut JosiaJi* Farwdl. F

standing since the memory of G-H. Shed, husband of his granddaughter,
b. 1800. Res. Tyngwboro^ Mass.

851. 3. Ebtheb', b. 16 May, 1730.

862. 8. OuvE*, b. 10 July, 1733.

863. LIEUT. JOSIAH*, [66] (ffmrT/\ Joseph^ Eenry\) b. 27 Aug. 1608, Chelms-
ford, Mass. ; died 8 May, 1726 in the Indian fight at Piqwacket. He married Han-
nah Lovewell. Her date of birth is unknown to us, and very conflicting statements
are made by diHerent authors in regard to her parentage. Allen's Biographical
Dictionary states that she was the daughter of Capt. John, the hero of Piqwacket,
and that she married Capt Joseph Baker, of Pembroke ; but Capt. Lovewell's only
daughter Hannah was not born till 1721. Capt. Lovewell had a sister Hannah, b.
between 1601 and 1701, but Fox, in his Genealogies of the settlers of Dunstable,
makes her the wife of Capt. Joseph Baker of Roxbnry. We are inclined to favor a
transfer of Capt. Baker from the sister of Capt. L. to his daughter; and as the age
of the sister is consistent for her to be the wife of Lieut. Josiah Farwell, conclude to
call her the daughter of John* Lovewell, who is said to have been an Ensign in the
army of Cromwell and to have left England on account of the Restoration of Charles
II in 1660. Fox says he settled in Dunstable some years before 1600. His wife's
name was Hannah.

Lieut. Josiah Farwell was one of the ^ 'party of ten of the principal inhabitants"
of Dunstable (the only surviving one) who started Sept. 6, 1724, in pursuit of the
Indians who had captured two of their neighbors the previous evening. Had his
advice to their leader been heeded the calamitous result might have been avoided.
[86,]

''Lieut. Josiah Farwell was in the company of Capt. Lovewell in the battle with
the Indians at Piqwacket in May, 1726. In this battle he was shot through the body.
His men endeavored to get him home, and on their way coming to a meadow in
which they found some cranberries, they gave him some to eat. Finding that they
came out at the open wound, he was satisfied that it was [mortal, and insisted that
they should leave him and make the best of their way home. They built a camp for
him, and placed in it what they could provide for his comfort, and so this brave
man was left to die alone in the wilderness. Fox states that he held out till the 11th
day, during which time he had nothing to eat but water and a few roots which he
chewed. His camp was readily found the next season by friends looking for the re-
mains of the killed, by his handkerchief which he had tied to the top of a sapling
bent down for that purpose. They took up his body and buried it in the forest."
[Narrative of Col. Bancroft copied by J-B. Hill]. For further details of these thrill-
ing scenes than our space will admit, see histories of Dunstable and Groton, New
Hampshire His. Coll., Farmer's N.H. Gazateer. Res. Dunstable^ Mcus.

Child :

354, 1. Hannah*, b. 27 Jan. 1722-3, Dunstable, Mass. ; married, according to Col.
Ebenezer Bancroft [378], John Chamberlain, who lived at the "Mills at

F Jonathom* FarwdU 39

the mouth of the Souhegan river in Menimac." Her grandfather, Henry*,
bequeathed to her £800, in good bills of credit of the Province of Mas*
sachusetts Bay, at the rate of 26 shillings silver per ounce [64].

855. JONATHAN*, [67] (Emry^ Joseph*, Eenry\) b. 24 July, 1700, Dunstable,
Mass. ; married, Chariestown, Mass., 27 May, 1723, Susanna Blanchard, born 29
March, 1707, d« of Capt. Joseph and Abiah (Hassell) of Dunstable, and sister of
Esther, wife of Henry^ParwcU [349], He was surveyor of highways, 1724; fence-view-
er, 1725 ; constable, 1726; and treasurer, 1727; he owned a part of the farm inTyngs-
boro on which he lived, and on which Colonel Bancroft lived in 1825. He was
drowned probably 1730, Amoskeag Falls. His children were remembered in the will
of his father, Henry* of Dunstable [64]. Res. Tyngaboro^ Mom.

The children of Jonathan* and Susanna were :

366. 1. Susanna*, b. 17 Jan. 1723-4, Dunstable, Mass. ^

857. 2. Rachbl*, b. 19 Feb., 1727-8 j married, 24 Nov. 1748, Col. Nehemiah

LoTewell, b. 9 Jan. 1726, s. of Capt. John the hero of Piqwacket, [858]

and Hannah ( ). They removed to Corinth, Vt., where he died 23

March, 1801, and was there buried. She was buried in Newbury. He was
Lieut, in 1756, in Col. Blanchard's regiment, Capt. in 1758 and '60, and
one of the famous ^^ Bangers" [349]. Hes. Dunstable, and Corinth^ VU

858. 8. Jonathan* b. 28 Aug. 1729, Dunstable, Mass. ; married, probably, 19 Feb.

1761, Mercy Johnson. Little is positively known of this Jonathan*, but
as the name is very seldom found on the records, and only two are known
to us in this fifth generation, or whose ages would warrant the application
of certain items in our collections, we have, after such investigation as our
sources of information furnish, decided to give our impressions in this as
in some other cases, that they may awaken inquiry and secure correction
if we are in error. The other Jonathan* will be found at serial number
142 ; and in his case some of his descendants have assisted us towards our
conclusions. Of Jonathan , b. 28 Aug. 1729, we have failed to find such
aid ; but Mr. J-B. Cheeney, a Farwell descendant in another line, finds on
the Dunstable records the marriage of '^Jonathan Farwell to Mercy
Johnson, 19 Feb. 1761," and that a Jonathan Farwell was a prominent
man in town, doing official business 1788-9; but finds no record of chil-
dren.

Fox, in History of Dunstable, says: ** It was about this time, (1747)
probably, that Jonathan Farwell and Taylor were taken captive by the
Indians while hunting in the south part of this town. They were car-
ried to Canada and sold to the French, where they remained in captivity
three years ; but finally succeeded in obtaining their release and returned
to their friends. A daughter of Farwell, Mrs. Rachel Harris, a grand-
daughter also of Noah Johnson, one of Lovewell's men, is still (1840)
living in this town."

The Historical and Genealogical Register gives a Jonathan Farwell

40 Farwell Memorial. F

taken captiye at New Gloucester, 1755. Susanna applied for his redemp-
tion.

As Jonathan* of Dunstable, b. 28 Aug. 1729, had mother and sister
of that name it seems probable this Jonathan* was the captive spoken of
and the same as mentioned by His. of Dunstable. It will be observed
that his father Jonathan^ died about 178(y, certainly before his father's
death in 1788, as he is spoken of in his will, dated 1738, as deceased, and
could not therefore have been the captive in either case [64]. He had,
too, a sister Rachel, but she could not have been the grand-daughter of
Noah Johnson, if her mother was Susanna Blanchard, and her grand-
mother Farwell was Susanna Richardson. We therefore conclude that
these several statements are applicable to this Jonathan', and that he
may have had daughter Rachel, though no record of her birth has
been found. Res. DunstabU^ Mass.

359. ISAAC*, [69] (Emry', Joseph', Emry^,) b. 4 Dec. 1704, Dunstable, Mass. ;
married Sarah ( ). In 1723 he was one of the six Dunstable men "in the com-
pany of Lieut. Jabez Fairbanks of Groton, which was scouting up and down the
Nashua.'* Dunstable was then a frontier town and much exposed to the enemy.
Upon a petition from the.selectmen of the town that they should be allowed to stay
at home to guard it, they were all discharged on condition that they should perform
duty at Dunstable. The following in relation to Isaac* of Dunstable is communicated
by J-B. Hill, Esq. **In a memorandum now before me taken from the lips of Col,
Bancroft in 1825, of Isaac* he says, *He settled on the feppes farm, (one near Col.
B's) and which his father Henry* owned, then removed to the farm where Capt. Isaac
Parker lived in Hollis, N.H., thence removed to Amherst, and from that place went
to Penobscot,' a term which Col. B. often applied to the whole State of Maine. In
another place Col. B. says * he went to Vassalboro,' (Vassalboro and "Winslow are ad-
joining towns, and no doubt V., at the time referred to by Col. B. included Winslow)
Me. This statement shows that Isaac* was a moving planet and would very likely
after trying a single winter in Maine return to New Hampshire."

Children bom in Dunstable :

860. 1. Elizabeth*, b. 12 March, 1726, Dunstable, Mass.

861. 2. JosiAH*, b. 17 Aug. 1728, Dunstable, Mass. ; d. at Charlestown, N. H. He

married Lydia Farnsworth, probably of Groton. Two Lydias of this
name were born in Groton, one to Ebenezer Farnsworth and Elizabeth
(Whitney), 20 Dec. 1729, and one to Isaac Farnsworth and Sarah (Page),
5 July, 1730. He probably removed to Chester, Vt., soon after the birth
of his daughter Mary, who was b. 8 Nov. 1756. Her birth is recorded in
Groton, as were the births of his three elder children. His removal to
Charlestown, N.H., was on the 22 September, 1766. We hope the
incertitude connected with the history of Josiah*, as here stated, may elicit
more accurate information before his branch of the family shall be pub-
lished.

Bancroft^ Thompson^ Rdbertsoriy Pea/rson. 41

863. 8. Relief^ b. 4 Oct. 1780, Dunstable, Mass.

868. 4. Bunker*, b. 28 Jan. 1782, Dunstable. He was in the military service,
during the French war, and one of the famous * ^Rangers" [His, ofDurutdble]

864. 6. Abigail*, b. 11 March, 1734, D.

865. 6. Isaac*, b. 18 Feb. 1736, D. ; maiTied, probably, 24 Apr. 1769, Mary Horn,

[Dover f JV. H.y ree.]

of John and Elizabeth, of Reading:, now Wakofield, Mass.) and grandson of Tliomas*,
b.in Eng, 1622, and 2d wife Elizabeth (Metcalf,)b. St. Benedicts Co., Norfolk, Eng.,
dau. of Miguel and Sarah. The first wife of Thomas* was Alice Bacon, dau. of
Miguel of Ireland. Ace. to J-B. Hill, John of Lynn was bro. not father of Thomas*.
Lieut. Bancroft married 2d, Mary (Newhall) and had Rachel and Timothy, as
found on p. 42. He died at Tyngsboro, 21 Nov. 1772. His farm was the first after
crossing the Massachusetts line on the old post road from Nashua to Boston.

Res. Dunstable, now Tyngsboro^ Mass,

Children :

867. 1. Timothy*, b. 23 Nov. 1733, Dunstable; d. unmarried, 12 Aug. 1754, D.

868. 2. Elizabeth", b. 16 Dec. 1735, D. ; m. Ezra Thompson. She died soon

after the birth of twin daughters, one of whom died unmarried, and the
• other married Dea. William Blodgett of Tyngsboro and removed West.
^69. 8. Col. Ebenezer* [378], b. 1 Apr. 1738 ; m. Susanna Fletcher.

870. 4. Abigail', b. 9 May, 1740, Dunstable; died 28 March, 1818; married Silas

Thompson, who died 25 April, 1806. Res. Chesterfield, KK,

871. 6. Sarah*, b. 6 Sept. 1743, Dunstable ; died 28 June, 1798 ; married, (pub-

lished) 8 Feb. 1766, James Robertson, b. 8 March, 1741, Waltham, Mass.
He settled in Chesterfield, N. H., had large family, and died 19 March,
1830. Farmer. Res. Chesterfield, KH.

B72. 6. James*, b. 26 Oct. 1745, Dunstable, Mass.; died 2 Mar. 1832 ; married Lucy

Whitney, b. 1754, daughter of James and Lucy ( ). She died at

Montpelier, Vt., 22 May, 1840, aged 85 years, 5 months. He is said to
have been on secret service in the Revolutionary war. Farmer.

Res. Nelson, N. H., and Hockingham, Vt.

B73. 7. Loid*, b. 10 May, 1748, Dunstable? m. Dunstable, Mass. 6 Oct. 1767, Samuel
Pearsons of Reading, now Wakefield, Mass. Res. Wak^ld, Mass,

T74. 8. Dea. Jonathan*, b. 11 Aug. 1750, Dunstable; died 15 July, 1815; m. 6
Apr. 1773, Martha Green of Groton, b. 30 April, 1749, Groton, d. of Isaac
and Martha; she died 10 March, 1843. He lived on a part of his father^s
farm in Dunstable, now Tyngsboro, adjoining that of his brother, Col,
Ebenezer*, now occupied by his grandson Jonathan^, although his build-
ings were on the Massachusetts side of the line between Massachusetts and
New Hampshire. He was in the Revolutionary army, His, of Dunstable,

Res. Tyngsboro, Mass.

43 FarwdL Memorial. F

875. 0. Hefsibah', b. 5 Jane, 1753, Dunstable; died, Reading, Mass.; married

Samuel Cook and resided in Windsor ; m. 2d John Pratt, and removed
to Heading, Mass.

876. 10. Rachel*, b. 18 Apr. 1758; m. 9 Jan. 1777, John Hairkes.

Res. Lynn^iddy Mass.

877. 11. TmoTHT, b, 15 July, 1759; d. 1848; married Abigail Taylor.

Res. IfsUtm^ NM>

878. Col. EBENEZER*, [369] (Sligdbeth* (Farwell) Bancroft, Eenry*, Joseph^
EenTy\) b. 1 April, 1738, Old Dunstable, now Tyngsboro, Mass.; died, 22 Sept 1827,
Tyngsboro; married, Dunstable, 5 May, 1763, Susannah Fletcher, b. 27 Oct. 1743,
D., dau. of Dea. Joseph and Elizabeth (Underwood) of Dunstable. She died 4 Oct.
1823, Tyngsboro, Mass.

Col. Ebenezer* was an ensign in the French and Indian war in 1758 ; was Cap-
tain in Col. Bridges* regiment in the battle of Bunker Hill ; was Major in the regi-
ment of Col. (afterwards Qov. of Mass.) Brooks in which he served at White Plains;
and Lieut. Col. in command of troops from Middlesex Co., stationed at Rhode
Island, 1781. One of his commissions, dated 19 May, 1775, was signed by Joseph
Warren and another, dated 1 July, 1775, from Gen. Washington, by order of Con-
gress, signed by John Hancock, Pres., and Charles Thompson, Secretary. He re-
ceived wounds in the battle of Bunker Hill, for which he was an invalid pensioner
of Massachusetts, and afterwards of the United States. His personal narrative of
the battle of Bunker Hill, in which he won a high reputation for bravery and skill
and prepared the way for subsequent promotion, is exceedingly interesting, and we
deeply regret that the scope of the present work will debar us the privilege of insert-
ing it, but hope to doBO in our complete Memorial of the Farwell family, perhaps in
the Appendix to this volume. The present brief sketch, with the record of a limited
number of his descendants, is given in grateful appreciation of the interest manifested
and information given by his grandson, our much esteemed friend and helper, John-
Boynton* Hill, Esq., of Mason, N.H. [378o]

Res. on a portion of his father's farm in Tyng^baro^Mass.

Children of Col. Bancroft :

878». 1. Elizabeth', b. 2 Mar. 1764, Tyngsboro, Mass.; died 14 July, 1859; mar-
ried (published) in Dunstable, 23 Oct. 1784, and certified 24 Jan, 1785,
Joseph Batterfleld, Esq., b. 18 Aug. 1754, Dunstable, now Tyngsboro, soq
of Joseph and Elizabeth of Dunstable. They removed to Milford, Me.
He was a farmer. They had no children. In his will he bequeathed his
prope'ty to his adopted son John Butterfield, who resided, 1872, in Milford,
Me., and had a large family.

878*. 2. Susannah', b. 26 May, 1766, Tyngsboro; d. 8 Jan. 1838, Tunbridge, Vt.;
m. probably, T., Rev David-Howe* Williston, b. 8 Jan. 1768, West
Haven, Ct., son of Rev Noah* and Hannah (Payson) of West Haven. He
gr. Y. College, 1787; received honorary degree of A.M. from D. C. 1793;
ordained, Tunbridge, Vt., 26 June, 1793, and died there 29 Oct. 1845.

P Richardson^ Howard^ Towne^ Bancrofts 43

\S€e Memorial Volume of Comet Joseph^ Parsons] Mr. Williston was brother
of Rev. Payson Williston, of Easthampton, Mass.; of Hannah, who mar-
ried Rev. Ebenezer Kingsbury ; and of Sarah who married Rev. Richard
Salter Storrs, of Longmeadow, Mass. The Hon. Samuel "Williston of
Easthampton, Mass., founder of the Williston Seminary and a liberal
donor of Amherst College, was his nephew, as is also Prof. Whitney of
Yale College, and others eminent for learning and piety.

878«. 3. Chloe", b. 8 Nov, 1768, Tyngsboro; died 17 Jan. 1807; married Oliver
Bichardson. Res. Chelmsford^ Mass,

378*. 4. Rebecca*, [378^] b. March, 1771, Tyngsboro ; d. 12 July, 1797, Mason, N.
H. ; m. T., 6 Jan. 1790, Samuel Howard, of Chelmsford, Mass. She
m. 2d, Rev. Ebenezer Hill of Mason, N.H.

878«. 5. LucY% b. 7 June, 1773, Tyngsboro; d. 14 Apr. 1849, Stoddard, N.H. ; m.
27 Jan. 1795, Gardner Towne, b. 1 May, 1765, s. of Israel and Lucy
(Hopkins) of Milford, N.H. He was a merchant, inn-holder, justice of
the peace, and active and enterprising in business. He died 16 Dec. 1815,
Stoddard, N. H. She married 2d, Capt. Levi Warren of Alstead, N. H.,
who died at Stoddard. Res. Stoddard^ N.H.

878^. 6. Maky-Dandridge% b. 14 Nov. 1775, Tyngsboro ; d. 21 Nov. 1859, Alstead,
N.H. ; m. Jonathan Barron of Chelmsford, Mass., b. 1769, C, son of
Oliver. He died Aug. 1821. She m. 2d Benjamin Brooks of Dalton, N.H.
** The origin and choice of the name Dandkidge appears in the fol-
lowing extract from the Essex Gazette of 18 Jan. 1776. * Jan. 7. This
morning the sixth daughter of Captl Bancroft of Dunstable was baptized
by the name of Martha Dandridge, the maiden name of his excellency,
General Washington's lady. The child was dressed in buff and blue with
a sprig of evergreen on its head, emblematic of His Excellency's glory
and provincial affection.' The name recorded in the family Bible is Mary
Dandridge, not Martha as stated in the paper." \J-B, EilL]

878«. 7. Ebenezer', b. 19 Oct. 1778, Tyngsboro; d. 5 May, 1858, T. ; m. Hannah
Towne sister of Gardner [378*]; b. 28 Aug. 1776, Milford, N.H., d. of
Israel and Lucy Hopkins, of Milford; she d. 13 Oct. 1870, T.

Res. on the homestead of his father in Tyngsboro, Mass,

878^. 8. Josehh-Farwell*, d. 8 July, 1850, Tyngsboro, and was buried in Tyng's

burying ground ; m. Sarah-Tyng Farwell, bom 9 March, 1789, T. d. of

. . John and Elizabeth-Hunt (Smith) of Tyngsboro [472]. She died 14 Jan.

1861, T., and was buried in Tyngs' burying ground.
878* 9. Rebecca*, [378^] {Ebenezer^ Elizabeth* (Farwell) Bancroft, {Henry*^ Joseph*^
Menry^)h, 5 March, 1771, Tyngsboro; d. 12 July, 1797, Mason, N.H. ; m.
Tyngsboro, ^Jan. 1790, Samuel Howard of Chelmsford, Mass., who
died May, 1790, Tyngsboro. Farmer in Tyngsboro. She married 2d,
18 November, 1795, Dunstable, now Nashua, N. H., as 2d wife, Rev.
Ebenezer' Hfll, b. 81 January, 1766, Cambridge, Mass., s. of Samuel and
Sarah (Cutler) of Cambridge. He graduated, H. C. 1786 ; was ordained
at M., 3 Nov. 1790, and settled there as pastor of the Congregational

44 Descendants of Blizaheth* {Fa/rweU) Bancroft F

church, where he clied 20 May, 1854, in the 64th year of his ministry.

[ John-B^'* Hill, Esq. , as a descendant from Henry* Farwell is of the
ieeenth generation; but through his grandmother Sarah^ (Cutler) Hill,
is of the sixth: James* Cutler, b. 1606, Eng. ; John", b. 19 March, 1663 ;
Ebenezer*, b. 24 July, 1700 ; Sarah*, b. 15 Sept. 1735, m. Samuel Hill;
Ebenezer*, b. 31 Jan. 1766, m. Rebecca (Bancroft) [378*] ; John-Boynton
Hill•'^ Esq., b. 25 Nov. 1796. Res. Mason, N.H.]

Rev. Ebenezer Hill m. as first wife Mary Boynton, dau. of Nathaniel
and Rebecca (Barrett) who died 2 March, 1794, leaving three children.
He m. 2d, Rebecca' Bancroft, gr. d.of Elizabeth* Farwell, as before said.
He m. 3d, 22 Sept, 1799, Abigail (Jones) Stearns, widow of Edward who
was husband of her deceased sister PoUy^ (Jones).* They were daughters

■ ■- . -- — - - ■ . . — ^ ^

* We haye yery extended records of the Farwell-Jones families, embracing by intermarriage,
many families of distinction : Whittemore, Meriam, Ames, Shattuck. Spaulding, Wood, Messenger,
Davis, Cotter. Fletcher, Barrett, Loye, WUson, Wheeler, Harwood, Fry, Hellish, Brush, Sahler,
Hodgman, Pratt, KlmbalL Cragln, Hall— records too numerous for insertion in this yolume.

As the family of the Rey. Ebknxzer Hill, by reason of his marriage with his second and third
wiyes, each a descendant in different lines of Henry^ Farwell, of Concord, appears in our book, we
haye thought it not improper to add, in a note, this brief sketch of his life, ancestry and of his
family by his first wife. He was bom in Cambridge in January, 1766, the second son of Samuel
and Sarah (Cutler) Hill. Of the parents, age, and ancestry of his father nothing is with certainty
known. He was undoubtedly a descendant of Abraham Hill of Maiden, the common ancestor of
the numerous families in Maiden, West Cambridge, and that yicinity. On his mothers side he was
of Puritan descent, traced as follows: Jjkms^ Cutler bom in England in 1606, settled in Watertown
in 1634. About 1651 he remoyed to his farm in what was then called "Cambridge farms," afterwards
Lexington, now Lincoln, where he died May 17, 1694. John^ Cutler his ninth child and the first of
his third wife Phebe Pa<;e, bom March 19, 1663. His mother was the daughter of John and Phebs
Page, who came from Dodham, England, 1630. He married, January 1, 1684, Mary Steams, b. Oct. 8,
1663, d. Feb. 24, 1733. She was the daughter of Isaac and Sarah* (Beers) Stoam.s. Isaac' Steams was
bom in Watertown January 6, 1G3S-3. His father Isaac* Stearns bom in England, came to America
in 1630, in the same ship with Winthrop and Saltonstall. He was the common ancestor of the yery
numerous families of the name in New England. Her father Captain Bichard> Beers came from
England, settled in Watertown, admitted freeman 1636-7, was selectman and representatire of Wa-
tertown from 1644 to 1675. He was slain in battle with the Indians September 4, 1S75, at Northfield.
Their third child Captain Ebenezer' Cutler was born July 24, 1700. He married March 8, 1723-4, Ann
Whitney of Concord, bom May 22, 1702. He died at Lincoln, January 17, 1777. She died August
24, 1793. She was the daughter of Jonathan* Whitney. His father Jonathan* Whitney bom in Eng-
land in 1634, came with his father John> Whitney, who sailed from London in the Elizabeth and Ann
in April, 1635. Sarah^ Cutler their fifth child, born Sept. 15, 1735 ; m. Samuel Hill. They resided in
Cambridge. He died at Mason June 21, 1798, aged 66 years. She d. at Mason, Dec. 80, 1808. Their
only children were bom in Cambridge; Samuel* in 1764 and Ebenezer*, 31 Jan. 1766. Samuel* was a
carpenter; d. at Mason, May 23, 1813. Ebenezer*, b. 31 Jan. 1766; grad. H.C. 1786; after graduation
taught the town schools in Westford two years; licensed to preach Oct- 28, 1788; ordained at Mason
Koy. 3, 1790; died May 20, 1854, in the 64th year of his ministry. His published funeral sermons and
discourses are in number thirteen. He married first, Feb. 2, 1791, Molly (Mary) Boynton, daughter
of Nathaniel and Rebecca (Barrett) Boynton, bom in Westford, March 26, 17G5. She died March 2,
1794. Their children were : 1. Ebenezer*, b. Oct. 14, 1791. 2. Polly* and Sally*, twins, b. Jan. 13, 1793»
Ebenezer [see 378e1, printer and publisher, settled at Fayetteyille, Tcnn. where he died in 1876;
m. Feb. 12, 1824, Mary T. Bryans. She died April 19, 1871, aged 72 years. Their children were three
sons and three daughters, all of whom excepting one are now living. 2. Polly, m. Jan. 17, 1813, Tim-
othy Wheeler, b. 16 Jan. 1783; d. Jan. 21, 1854. Farmer. Resided in Mason. Their children eleyen,
eight sons and three daughters, of whom four died in infancy and tw3 of full age unmarried. 3. SaL
ly, m. Oct. 10, 1813, Josiah Morriam, bom in Mason, April 29, 1790. Blacksmith and farmer. Res. at
Mason, afterwards at Exeter and Qarland, Maine, where hed. 17 Aug. 187i. Their children, fiyesons
and one daughter. Two of the sons died in infancy.

r Descendants of Hev. Ebenezer Hill, 45

of Col. Timothy* and Rebecca (Bateman) Jones, son of John* and Abigail
(Wesson) [111], John* and Anna (Brooks) [110], John* and Sarah' (Far-
well) Jones [31], John* Farwell, Henry* of Concord, Mass. John*
Jones was son of John* and Dorcas of Cambridge and Concord.

Children :

8783. 1. Rebecca^ b. 25 Oct. 1790, Tyngsboro, Mass. ; died 25 Aug. 1793, T.

878*^. 2. Rev. Joseph-Bancroft, b. 25 Nov. 1796, Mason, N.H. ; graduated at

Harvard College, 1821 ; was admitted to the Bar in Lincoln county,
Tenn, in 1830; resided at Fayetteville, with his eldest half-brother
Ebenezer Hill, a printer and publisher [See note 378^.] ; engaged in
preaching in Tennessee and neighboring States, also in printing news-
papers, books, almanacs, etc. till 1840, when he returned to New Eng-
land and was colleague pastor with his father, of the Congregational
church at Mason, from 20 Oct. 1841 to 23 Apr. 1847.

He became pastor of the Congregational' church at Colebrook,
N.H. in Oct. 1847, where he remained ten years ; and afterwards at
West Stewartstown, N.H. till 1862, when he removed to Temple, N.
H., where he purchased a small farm which was his residence till
death.

In March, 1864, he joined the Army of the Cumberland in the
service of the Christian commission, to which cause he devoted him-
self with great zeal and fidelity, till he met his death by a railroad
accident at Chattanooga, Tenn. 16 June, 1864. He married, Antrim,
N.H., 26 Aug. 1845, Harriet Brown, b. 20 June, 1819, at Antrim,

d. of and Sarah (Flagg) of Antrim, afterwards of Temple, N.H.

Res. Temple, N,H,
Children :

878^. CharUt-Ehenester*, b. 7 Feb. 1848, Colebrook, N.H. He left Dart-

mouth college 1871 before completing his senior year on receiv-
ing the appointment of Assistant Professor at the U.S. Naval
Academy, Anapolis, Md.

878"a. William-Bancroft^ b. 17 Feb. 1857, Colebrook, N.H. Attended

Appleton's Academy, New Ipswich, N.H. In 1878, a Sopho-
more in Cambridge University. 1878. Res. Temple, N,H,

878n. Jo9eph-Adna^, b. 5 May, 1859, West Stewartstown, N.H. In 1878,

is a student in the Exeter Academy, N.H.
Three children died in infancy.

278®. 8. John-Boynton^, twin of Joseph-Bancroft^, b. 25 Nov. 1796, Mason, N.

H. : married, Hollis, N.H., 10 August, 1829, Acsah Parker, bom 24
June, 1799, Hollis, daughter of Capt. Isaac and Olive (Abbot) of
H. She died 6 May, 1831, Exeter, Me.

Mr. Hill graduated Harvard college 1821, and for two years was
Principal of Garrison Forest Academy, near Baltimore, Md. ; studied

46 Farwell Memorial. ^

la'w and was admitted to practice, HilUboroagh county, K.H., 7 Occ
1826. Followed his profession at Nashua, N.H., Townsend, Mass.,
and from 1835 to 1862 at Exeter and Bangor, Me. He removed to
Bangor 1835, which town he represented in the Maine legislature,
1853-4-5. He retired from practice 1862 and returned to the old
homestead in Mason 1865, where he has since resided. Mr. Hill has
published ** Memoirs of his father Rer. Ebenezer Hill, p.p. 118,"
** Proceedings of the Centennial celebration of Mason, N.H.,
pp. 115, '» and "History of Mason, N.H. 8ro., pp.824," J3«t<?ry (^
Old DuMtabU KH. and Ifaa$. 1878. An edition of only 100 copies,
rapidly disposed of.
Child:
878y 1. iMac-ParJeer, bom and died March, 1881.

The children by the 8d marriage, were :

879. 1. Edwabd-Sti;abns*, born 10 July, 1800; died 24 March, 1874 ; married 28

June, 1827, Catharine Houghton of Milton, Mass., b. 4 Oct. 1806. Chil-
dren, four sons and three daughters— eighteen grandchildren. Of
the sons, Ebenezer-Bancrof t* served in the war of the Rebellion two years
and eight months as engineer of the gunboats Lafayette and Benton, and
was at the taking of Vicksburg. He subsequently married and was en-
gineer of the St. Louis Water Works. His brother Charles- Walter-
Houghton* also served in the war, in Co. A, 115th RegH III. Volunteers,
1874, Mrs. Hill resided with her daughter Mrs. Cragin N.Y. City.
879*. 2. Rebecca-Howard', bom 13 March, 1802. In 1878 was residing on the
homestead at Mason, NJB*

880. 8. Abigail-Jones% bom 7 February, 1804, Mason ; died 9 September, 1829,

Fitz William, N.H. ; married, Mason, 2 June, 1825, John Kimball of F.,
b. 17 December, 1798, Temple, N.H., son of Isaac and Sally (Cutter).
He married 2d, Fitzwilliam, 24 Jan. 1831, Jane-Sophronia Richardson, b.
21 November, 1802, Royalston, Mass., by whom he had: 1, John-Richard-
son, b. 24 Nov. 1831 ; 2, Charles-Edward, b. 26 April, 1834 ; 8, Abigail-
Hill, b. 10 Jan. 1838, and 4, Eliza- Jane, b. 11 Nov. 1839. He d. 7 May,
1866, at Fitzwilliam.

Children of John and Abigal- Jones (Hill) Kimball :

r

1. Maria-Frances*, bom 29 August, 1826, Fitzwilliam ; married there, 16
Oct. 1850, Charles Whittemore of F., bom 15 Febmary, 1828, F.,
son of Dexter and Betsey (Wright) of Fitzwilliam, grandson of John
vid gr. grandson of Josiah Whittemore.

Merchant, firm of Whittemore Bros., manufacturers of looking-
glasses 579 Broadway N.Y.
Children :

1. CJuirlei'Brving^^y bora 18 August, 1856, Fitzwilliam.

2. WiHiam-John^; bora 26 March, 1860, New York City.
8. Franee9-Mdria'% bora 11 Nov. 1862, "

IF Merriam^ Orcme^ Hodgman. 47

2, John-Edward", b. 9 Jaii. 1829, F.; died 25 Sept. 1829, F.

881. 4. Maria', born 14 December, 1800 F.; died 10 September, 1835; married, 4

June, 1829, Oliver-Hosmer Pratt of Mason. Their only child Ebenezer-

Hill died 11 March, 1833, aged 2 years 3 months.

1878, res. Town^end, Mass,
381». 6. Timothy-Jones", born 15 March, 1808 ; died 8 July, 1810.
881*. 6. Lucy-Sylvania", b. 14 June, 1810 ; died 13 Aug. 1827.

882. 7. Adeliza', born 9 July, 1812 ; married. New York City^ 4 April, 1833,

Benjamin- Wheeler Merriam, born 8 May, 1803, Mason, son of Samuel
and Lucy (Wheeler) of M. Merchant, manufacturer of Mirrors, 677
Broadway, New York. Res. 812 Fifth Ave., New Torh,

[Adams- Brooks Merriam, brother of Benjamin- Wheeler, m. Hannah
Matilda Wentworth, gr. gr. dau. of Susanna' (Winslow) and Edward
Went worth [See 4238 Winslow Memorial] and the niece of Mrs. H. M.
Merriam, Miss Maud Wentworth, ia writing a sketch of Thomas-Handford
Wentworth, Earl of Strafford and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.]

Children :

1. Adeliza-Frances*, born 3 March, 1835 ; married. Orange, N.J. 22 June,

1865, Rev. Daniel-Dubois Sahler. Pastor of Presbyterian Church,
Carmel, N.Y.

Children :

1. Benry'Hasbrou¥\ bom 14 March, 1867 ; died 26 July, 1868.

2. Emma-Frances^'^, bom 5 May, 1869.

8. Florence-Louise^^ y bom 15 September, 1871.

2. Maria-Hill', bom 9 August, 1837 ; married 2 December, 1862, Walter-

Franklin Bmsh, who died 5 June, 1865. Commission Merchant.

Res. New Torh CUy^
Children :

1. Addi&-Franees^^, bom 15 December, 1863.

2. Walter-FranMin^^ born 27 September, 1865.

8. Harriet-Wheeler', bom 3 September, 1839 ; died 10 Feb. 1846.

4. Abbie-Caroline', bom 8 November, 1841 ; married 3 November, 1870,

William-Nevins Crane. Book publisher and stationer N.Y. City.

5. Henry-Everett', born 30 March, 1844. Merchant, in partnership with

his father.

6. Emma-Rebecca', bom 10 April, 1850 ; died 9 October, 1873.

7. Annie-Louise', born 24 November, 1852.

8. Sarah-Wheeler', bom 1 September 1854.

888. 8. Mabtha', bom 81 October, 1816; died 2 May, 1854; married 17 Septem-
ber, 1846, Rev. Edwin-Ruthven Hodgman, bom 21 October, 1819, Cam-
den, Me.

He graduated Dartmouth coll. 1843 ; at Andover Theol. Sem. 1846;
was ordained at O rford, N,H., 17 May, 1849. She had four children, one

48 Farwdl Memorial. P

of whom died in infancy. The son Edwin-Rutherford-Hill*, gr. D.C.
1869. The two daus. are Harriet-Hehetabel, born 8 December, 1851 and
Martha. 1878. Res. Watf<yrdy Mau.

884. 9. Rev. Timothy', bom 30 June, 1819 ; married, St. Louis, 2 November,
1854, Frances-Augusta Hall, bom 26 August, 1821, Kinnisink, Orange
CO. N.J.

He gr. D.C. 1842, and Union Theological Sem. N.Y.; was ordained
Pr^. minister St. Louis, Mo. Was settled at Shelby ville and Rasomond,
HI. and Kansas city, Mo. District Secretary of Home Missions.
They have had five children, two of whom died infanta, France»-Lewis*,
b. 17 Sept. 1858, died 12 3Iay, 1866, John-Boynton", bom 3 Nov. 1860,
and Henry-Edward*, born 9 Feb. 1863. Res. 1878, Kan»(u City, Mo.

885. HANNAH*, [72] (Henry*, Joteph*, JBenry\) bom 4 April, 1719, Dunsteble,
Mass. ; m. Jerahmael CUMMINGS, b. 10 October, 1711, Groton, Mass., s. of Samuel
and Elizabeth of G. He d. in HoUis, N.H. She married 2d, Dea. Stephen JEWETT
of Hollis, who died 23 May, 1803, aged 76. [HoUU Heeords,] Res. MoUit^ N.H.

Children :

886. 1. H Aim AH*, b. 2 July, 1737 ; married James Hobart of Hollis, and removed

to Plymouth, N.H. about 1764.

887. 2. Rev. Henry', D.D., H.C., b. 16 Sept. 1739, Hollis ; died 5 Sept. 1823,

aged 84. He graduated H.C. 1760, was ordained minister of Billerica,
Mass., 26 Jan. 1763. After toiling 51 years he received Nathaniel Whit-
man as his colleague, 26 Jan. 1814. He died Sept. 5, 1823, aged nearly
84. He was frequently called to preach on public occasions. Among his
occasional discourses published are the following: "At the election
1783," *»Dudleian lecture 1791," **At a Thanksgiving 1798," ** Before a
charitable society 1802," ** Half-century discourse 1813." [^Z2«i'«jB%.
Did,'] Res. BiMerica, Mass,

888. 8. JoTHAM*, b. 29 Dec. 1741, Hollis; married 27 Apr. 1763, Anna Brown,

and is supposed to have removed and settled at Plymouth, N.H. 1764.

889. 4. Caty», (Catharine) b. 28 Feb. 1744, H.; married 27 Sept. 1764, Thomas

Pratt of HolHs. Res. ffoOis, N.H.

Children recorded in Hollis :

890. 1. David", b. 2 June, 1765.

891. 2. Caty", b. 9 May, 1767.

892. 3. Hannah", b. 29 July, 1769.

893. 4. Jerahmael*, b. 12 Apr. 1772.
394. 5. Betty", b. 13 Jan. 1774.

895. 6. Molly*, b. 17 June, 1776.

896. 5. Betty*, (Elizabeth) b. 17 July, 1746.

897. 6. Dea. Stephen*, b. 14 Oct. 1753, H.-, married, "To Nov. 1778, Elizabeth

Pool of Hollis. Res. HoUis^N.H.

F Mary^ (Farwdl) JTovey^ 49

Children recorded in Hollis :

398. 1. Elizabeth", b. 18 June, 1779.

399. 2. Stephen", b. 11 July, 1781.

400. 3. Nancy", b. 16 May, 1783.

401. 4. Hannah", b. 7 Feb. 1785.

402. 5. William-P"., b. 26 Feb. 1787; died 11 July, 1788.

403. 6. William-P"., b. 11 Feb. 1789.

404. 7. Sarah", b. 24 Feb. 1790.

405. 8. Polly", b. 8 July, 1792.

406. 9. Noah", b. 13 Dec. 1794.

407. 10. Samuel-Gibson", b. 29 Oct. 1798.

407». 7. Hebecca*, b. 14 Jan. 1756.
407^. 8. Noah", b. 11 Feb. 1758.
407«. 9. Jonathan*, b. 25 July, 1760.
407*. 10. Lois", b. 21 May, 1763.

408. MARY*, [75] {Imou^, Jo9eph\ Hmry\) born 19 November, 1709, Medford,
Mass. ; died 27 January, 1746-7; married, 8 Feb. 1727-8, Edmund HOVEY, bom 10
July, 1699, Maiden^ Mass. ree., son of James and Deborah of Mansfield, Conn. He
married 2d, 16 April, 1747, Ann Huntington, bom 15 November, 1714, daughter of
Thomas.

Mr. Hovey removed late in life from Mansfield, Conn, to Norwich, Vt. where he
died 21 January, 1788. His wife Ann died 16 April, 1797, Thelford, Vt. His chil-
dren by his second marriage were: 1, Ann, bom 20 January, 1747-8, died March,
1825. 2, William, born 6 July, 1749, died 1836. 3, Priscilla, bom 17 April,
1751, died 1 May, 1847, married Whittaker, married 2d, John Slafter the hus-
band of her deceased half-sister Elizabeth [416]. 4, Amos, bora 9 April, 1753, died
11 July, 1840. 5, Mary, born 24 September, 1755, died 14 March, 1846. [See Slafter
Memorial.] Res. Mansfield, Conn. ondlforwichyVt.

Children of Edmund and Mary* (Farwell) Hovey recorded in Mansfield, were*:

409. 1. Edmund", b. 19 Nov. 1728; d. 14Febraary, 1767, Manchester, Mass, ; m.

15 Dec. 1749, Mary Gilbert, d. of Noah. She d. 3 Nov. 1754, Mansfield,
Ct. He m. 2d, Margaret Knowlton, who d. 1789, Norwich, Vt., aged 59.
His will is recorded in Essex county.

410. 2. Isaac", b. 7 Aug. 1730 ; died Aug. 1761.

411. 3. Mary", b. 8 Nov. 1732; died 6 Nov. 1749.

412. 4. Aaron*, b. 22 Apr. 1735; died 10 March, 1812, North Mansfield, Ct. ; mar-

ried 15 Jan. 1761, Olive" Farwell, [418] b. 24 July, 1740, daughter of John
and Dorothy (Baldwin). She died 29 July, 1764, and Mr. Hovey married
2d, 18 Feb. 1768, Abigail Freeman, b. 20 May, 1743, daughter of Edmund
and Martha (Otis). Mrs. Abigail Hovey died 12 Feb. 1831, North Mans-
field, Conn. Res. Mrth Man0eldj Ct.

413. 5. James*, b. 14 Aug, 1737; died unmarried, 8 Jan. 1766.

so Farwell Memorial. F

414. 6. William*, b. 29 May, 1740; died 28 Apr. 1748.

415. 7. Eluah', b. 30 Sept. 1741 ; died, 22 March, 1748.

416. 8. Elizabeth*, b. 22 June, 1744, Mansfield ; died 1 Jan. 1811 ; married, 26

March. 1767, John Slafter, b. 26 May, 1739, Mansfield, Ct., son of Sam-
nel and Dorothy (Fenton) of M. Mr. Slafter m. 2d, Priscilla (Hovey)
Whittaker, b. 17 April, 1751, daughter of Edmund and Ann Huntington
of M. [408] Mrs. Slafter died 1 May, 1847 in her 97th year. Mr. Slafter
died 8 Oct. 1819, Norwich, Yt [See Slafter Memorial]

Res. yprwiehj YU

417. JOHN*, [76] (Jwoc*, Jouiph^, Henry',) b. 23 June, 1711, at Medford, Mass. ;
died Oct 1756 ; married, 7 June, 1739, Dorothy Baldwin. Res. Man^fiM^ Ct.

Children of John and Dorothy (Baldwin) Farwell were :

418. 1. Olive*, bom 24 July, 1740; died 21 July, 1764; married 15 January, 1761,

Aaron* HoTey, born 22 April, 1735. [412.]

419. 2. John', born 5 September, 1741, Mansfield, Conn. ; died in Dorset, Vt., 24

Aug. 1828, to which place he had removed in August, 1772. He married
in Mansfield, Conn. 25 August, 1763, Esther Dimmick, bom in M. 1742,
daughter of Shubael and Esther [ ], of Mansfield. She died in Dor-
set, 11 Aug. 1831. Res. Mansfield, Ct. and Dcraet, Vt.

420. 3. Isaac*, bom 7 Febraary, 1744-5 ; died April, 1833, Dorset, Vt. ; married

Mary daughter of Skiff Freeman, s.p. Res. DorMt, Vt,

421. 4. Thomas*, born 17 June, 1751 ; died Mansfield, Ct., 1 May, 1831; married

26 April, 1780, Hannah Topliff, bom Mansfield, 5 Febraary, 1763, dau.
of Calvin of M. She died 1 April, 1822 at Mansfield. Farmer and shoe-
maker. Res. North Parish in Man^fiddy Ct,

422. 5. Aba*, bom 4 January, 1755 or 7; died 16 June, 1815; married 1780, Eez-

iah daughter of Skiff Freeman, bom 25 April, 1761 ; died 2 Dec. 1843.

423. WILLIAM*, b. 28 Dec. 1712, Medford, Mass, admitted freeman 25 April,
1738; died 11 December, 1801, Charlestown N.H.; married Mansfield, Conn. 7 Nov.
1744, Bethiah Eldridge, b. 1726, dau. of Elishi^ Eldredge of Cape Cod, Mass.
She died 5 Jan. 1812, at Charlestown, N.H. Mr. Farwell removed from Mansfield,
Conn, to Westminster, Windham co. Vt., and thence, but at what date is uncertain,
to Charlestown N.H. Res. Mansfield Ct. Westminster Vt. and CharUaawn, N.H.

Children of William* and Bethiah (Eldridge) Farwell were :

424. 1. William*, bom Mansfield, Conn , 4 April, 1746 ; died 9 April, 1749,
[Mansfield ree,'\

226 2. Bethiah*, [ ] b. 18 September, 1747, Mansfield, Ct. ; died 3 Febraary,
1813, Westminster, Vt.; married Joel*Holton, bom 10 July, 1738, North-
field, Mass. son of John* and Mehetable (Alexander) of Northfield. Mr,
Holton died at Westminste, Vt. 12 August 1821 [See Winslow Memo-
rial Vol I page 822 serial number 8dl4J

™ DeaceTidcmts of Willta/m* FarweU. 51

426. 3. Rev. William*, b. 16 Jan. 1748-9, Mansfield ; died 1 1 Dec. 1823, Barre, Vt.

married Phebe Crosby of Charlestown, N.H., where he resided till late in
life, when he removed to Barre, Vt. "We have records of his numerous
descendants residing in Barre, Montpelier and Barton, Yt. ; Compton,
Stanstead, Ascott, Sherbrook, and Bury, in Dominion of Canada ; Chica-
go, McComb, and Quincy, III. ; Wisconsin, California, and other parts
of the Union ; for which we refer to the completed volume of the Far-
well Mbmorial*. An extended and very interesting biography of Rev.
William* Farwell is to be found in the History of Charlestown, N.H.

427. 4. Elizabeth*, [534] b. 1 Aug. 1751, Mansfield, Ct. ; died 9 Sept. 1840, North

Charlestown, N.H. ; married, Walpole, N.H., Elijah Parker.
[See the Farwell-Parker Radial Chart, pages 52, 53.]

428. 5. Jemima*, b. 5 Apr. 1753, Mansfield, Ct. ; died young.

429. 6. Elisha*, born 1 July, 1754, Mansfield ; married according to History of

Charlestown, N.H., Sarah Famsworth. Their first four children bom
after 1775, are recorded in Charlestown. He probably removed from
C. to Springfield, Vt., where two children are recorded in 1785 and 1787,
and thence to Georgi;i, Vt., where his son Francis-C. was b. in 1791. He
afterwards emigrated to Genesee County, N.Y., and died about 1826-8.
Some of his descendants are living in Ohio, Michigan, and in Oakland,
California.

430. 7. Joseph*, b. 29 March, 1756, Mansfield, Ct. ; married Polly Carpenter of

Westminster, Vt., bom 1783; died 30 July, 1813. They removed from
Charlestown to Dalton, N.H. — date to us unknown. The History of
Charlestown gives records of birth of only the first three children from
which might be inferred that their removal occurred previous to the
birth of the fourth child bom in 1799. The family suppose the children
were all born in Charlestown. Mr. Farwell died in Dalton, 15 Nov. 1833,
aged 77. Farmer. Res. DaUon, N.H.

431. 8. John*, b. 30 June, 1758, Mansfield, Conn. ; married Phebe Spafford. He

removed to Genesee Co. N.Y. ; had no children.

432. 9. Dorothy*, b. 29 June, 1760, Mansfield ; died in Westminster, Vt.

433. 10. Isaac*, b. 29 Oct. 1763, in Walpole, N.H. ; married 6 Nov. 1785, Pradence

Allen, b. 14 May, 1768 (1769, His. of Charlestaum) daughter of Benjamin
and Peggy (Spafford) of Charlestowi^. They removed from C. to Roch-
ester, N. Y., and in 1826 to Pecatonica, 111., where he died 18 Feb. 1846.
She died 17 Nov. 1848. Peeatoniea, 111.

* After many years of research for the pedigree and biographical records of the Farwells of
America and those of their descendants of other names ; and after great expenditure of finance
therefor, we find oar collection ample for a volume of oyer six hundred large octavo pages ; and
for a folio of grand Radial Charts, bound atlas-form, the octaro yolumn bearing to the folio rela-
tions analogous to those which a descriptive geography bears to an atlas or collection of bound
maps.

Of course separate branches of the Farwell family wiU be printed, only in the order in which
persons whose records are embraced, shall advance the funds requisite therefor. It by single or
united subscription a sum should be raised sufficient to secure at once the entire volume, it would
be to the authors a very agreeable result

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64 Farwdl Memorial. V

434. 11. David*, b. 6 March, 1766, WestmiiiBter, Yt. ; removed from Charlestown

to Canada, probably Stanstead, where he lived for many years, accord-
ing to the recollections of his niece, Mrs. Bethiah (Holton) White
[529], now in her 97th year. 8he remembers his visit to Westminster in
1806 when she was eighteen years of age, and was impressed by his pleas-
ing manners and appearance. He emigrated to the *'• Genesee Country,*'
N.Y. and settled in Rochester or Wheatland, in which latter place he is
supposed to have married. Late in life (1838 ace. to a descendant of his
brother Elisha [429]) he removed with two sons and a daughter from N.T.
State to Hillsdale county, Michigan. By other authorities he removed
from Rochester, N.Y. to Jonesville, Mich, where he died about 1855 — if
so at the advanced age of 99 years.'"

435. 12. Jes'se*, bom 12 July, 1768, Charlestown, N.H. ; died there 21 Oct. 1844;

married, 13 March, 1792, Abigail Allen, b. 8 Feb. 1764, C. d. of Benjamin
and Peggy (Spafford) of Charlestown. She died 14 Oct. 1849, at C.

**Mr. Farweirs whole life was spent in North Charlestown, where he
established a character and exercised an influence that rendered him a
highly esteemed and valuable memlier of the community. As a man he has
been described as conscientious, upright and honorable in all his dealings,
and as having, to the close of life, sustained, in every respect, an unblem-
ished reputation. In religious belief he was a Universalist of the Murray
school, in which faith he lived and died. He madejptfi^ friends, and
his memory, by the aged in that section of th^«t#||ywbcfe'he dwelt, is
still warmly cherished." — Hutory of Ckarl^lA/f^, iV^ft hy Bee. Henry-H.
SauruUrsan. ^^'^ ^

436. 13. Judos Eldridob*, born 6 March, 17^6, Charlestown, N.H. ; married, 25

Sept. 1799, Fairfield, Franklin Co., Vermont, Polly Richardson, born in
1782, who died Oct. 1821, at Clarenden, Genesee county, N.Y. He m.

2d, 23 March, 1823, inBarre, Vt., Submit Lee, widow of Andrews,

b. 17 May, 1791, Wardsborough, Windham county, Yt., daughter of
Judge John and Sarah (Wheat) of Barre.

Mr. Farwell emigrated to the *' Genesee country" in 1808 and settled
in Clarkson, Monroe county ; thence removed in 1811, to Clarendon,
Orleans county, N. Y., a place earlier called Farwell's Mills, he being one
of the first settlers of the county. Postmaster many years and owner of
a flouring mill and saw mill. He died 15 Oct. 1843, Somerset, Niagara
county, N.Y., while on a visit to his son Elisha ; was buried in Claren-
den. His widow resided 1870, at Stafford, Genesee county, N.Y.

For the records of the descendants of William* Farwell [423], we are largely
indebted to his granddaughter Betliiah" (Holton) White; and in deference to this
venerable lady whose intelhgence and sound judgment still honof humanity, we
here reproduce a letter addressed to her some three years ago :

* We shall be happy to receive additional information concerning the four brotbeis Ell8ha^
John*, Isaac*, and David* who went West, and of their descendaats, to tbo latest twigs in both
male and female lines.

F JSTo. One^ NefW Taunton^ Westminster. 55

436*. One hundred years after Henry' Farwell assisted in the settlement of
Concord, the General Court of Massachusetts, 1735, appointed a committee to pro-
cure a survey of the lands between the Merrimac and the Connecticut rivers, from
the northwest comer of Rumford on the former, to the Great Falls [Bellows' Falls]
on the latter ; and on both sides of the Connecticut from the northern limit of the

*' equivalent lands."

<

One year later, petitioners, mostly residing in Taunton, having obtained of the
General Court a grant to township *' Number One," on the west side of the river,
south of the great falls, about twenty miles north of Fort Dummer, assembled 14
Jan. 1736, in the school house at Taunton, as '^proprietors'' and appointed a com-
mittee to proceed to their newly acquired township and lay out sixty-three '* house
lots" and sixty-three '^interval lots," a ^^mill lot," a '^burying place," and a '^meet-
ing house lot"

CX)UNTKR CLAIMS TO THE TERRITORY.

December 2, 1740, the proprietors of *' No. One " assembled in the school-house
at Taunton, Mass ; [Their township west of the Connecticut and south of the great
falls began to be called **Nbw Taunton"] and appointed Lieut. Morgan Cobb, Jas
Williams, Lieut. John Harvey, Dea. Samuel Sumner, Lieut. Eliphalet Leonard, a
committee *^io ascertain the circumstances of said township, as to the settlement of
the Hampshire line, and what is the opinion of the General Court in the premises."

1742, April 5th, the proprietors at Taunton appoint Joseph Eddy to consult a
committee from the General Court upon the difficulties arising from the transfer of
New Taimton (No. One) to the Government of New Hampshire.

1753, Oct. 29, The Proprietors at Westminster, (a name substituted for that of
** New Taunton ") met at Fort Dummer, and, agreeably to a settlement between
the Governments of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, voted that those having
purchased rights under the Massachusetts grant, and holding the same, should have
tbeir lots and first division meadows, where they had them before the govemmc nt
transfer.

1760, Dec. 3d, A Proprietors' meeting was called at the house of John Averill,
(where was bom the first white child in the settlemeut) to see whether the Proprie-
tors will give encouragement to any person or persons to build a mill or mills in said
town ; and to see what the Proprietors will do toward agreeing with Josiah Willard
about the old mill lot — the mill lot to which the Proprietors voted 8 July, 1740, to
build a road. On this lot Mr. Barney commenced to build a mill, but being interrupt'
ed by Lidian difficulties, he hid his mill irons and fled.

It does not appear on the records that any mill was built previous to 1760. Soon
after which Joel* Holton [•'^2 ], who subsequently married Bethiah* Farwell, theeldest
daughter of William^ Farwell [423] erected on Holton's Brook a saw mill some two

* The letter of Mrs. White, granddaughter of William^ Farwell named as of this page, is to be
found on page 67.

56 Descendants of William* l^arweH. ^

(Imjuu^, Jo9epk\ Henry^)
xnilefl west of the settlement, and it is probable Mr. Willard bui'it one south of the
*' plain" about the same time. [See Vol. I of the Winslow Memorial, page 828.]

The establishment of the northern boundary of Massachusetts so far south as to
leave ** Number One *' out of that 8tate discouraged new settlers from coming. The
grants made or confirmed by New Hampshire were from the Govemor, as agent of
the Eang of England and, strange as it may appear, the Governor of New York,
acting under the same English government — claimed the right to require of the
grantees a Beeond purchase — a condition equivalent to a proprietor having two agents,
each demanding and receiving full payment for the land.

Notwithstanding these clouds new settlers came, among whom was William*
Farwell, from Mansfield, Conn., whose ninth child, Dorothy*, died at Westminster,
and wnose eleventh child, David' Farwell, was nere bom ; and whose second child
the eldest daughter, Bethiab* [531] married Joel* Holton. [For a detailed showing
of the trials of the Pioneers of the Green Mountain State under the triple allegiance
demanded of them, see HalPs and other histories, a resume of which is prepared for
the forthcoming Memorial Volume of Dea. William* Holton of Hartford and North-
ampton.]

We clip from a Vermont paper, the Windham county Brformer^ of 23 Augasi,
1878, under Local Items, the following •

WB8THINI8TEB, VEBMONT.

At a social gathering at S. S. Stoddard's, Wednesday, there were present repre-
sentatives of four generations of the descendants of the first Holton family that set-
tled in this town, the oldest person being Mrs. Bethiah (Holton) White, aged 97 (a
granddaughter of William* Farwell) [423], and the youngest, seven years. The din-
ner was enlivened by songs and by anecdotes of old times related by Mrs. White,
whose voice retains much of its youthful vigor. She is the mother of the late Rev.
Pliny-Holton^ White [1280], and great-aunt of Dr. H-DV Holton of Brattleboro.[1188]

Mr. Editor : There are few villages in the Connecticut valley better adapted for
the summer visitor than this quiet village of Westminster. The village, like many
others of New England, is made up of comparatively few buildings. The more com-
pact portion lies about a mile south of the depot, and all along the main road are
neat looking houses with their beautiful door yards and gardens ; and scattered here
and there on the back roads and hills are the substantial farm houses, surrounded by
fields and meadows well filled with cattle, grain, and fruit, all showing evidence of
that thrift and application which are proverbial with the New England farmer. The
straight, broad road presents to the eye a very attractive and pleasing drive, as well
as an enjoyable stroll. In the cemetery stands the monument erected to French, the
first man to fall in the Revolution. The old town records are in a good state of
preservation. [Under the careful supervision of S-S. Stoddard, Esq. ]

Mb8. Bbthiah* (Houpok) Whitx,

WeBtminfiter, Teimont.
Dbab Attst,

In the Providence of QoA, there has be«an youdisafed to 70a an extension of tbe time
nsoally aUoted to humanity in the flesh.

Born the 7th of March 1780, and now in vonr 94th year, ron, withont doubt, gratefully recall the yaried
blessings you have enjoyed for so long a period— a period, which, since the landing of our Pilgrim Fathers,
(since the birth of Peregrine White,) nas been repeated only one and two-thirds times. Twice and two-
thirds your present age measures a period equal to that extending from the first permanent settlement in
New England to the present time [accurately stated, to 1868].

Fruitful as were the earlier years of New England^s experience, it has been your privilege to behold
astonishing progress in the discovery of laws in the realms of mtnd and physics; to behold new applications
of law in uie vfulous spheres of human acts and relations.

When your ancestor, Deacon William^ Holton united his fortunes with the flrst settlers of Hartford
Conn., and nineteen years subsequent thereto became one of the small party that first established a settle-
ment at Northampton Mass., how impossible would it have been for hun to have anticipated the present
condition of progress, northward, southward, eastward and westward.

Three of nis grandsons were active in the settlement of Northfield^ Mass. — one of them was William*,
who married Abigail Edwards, the grandparents of your father Joel* Holton, bom 10 July, 1788.

When your father came from Northfield, Mass., by an Indian trail, or paddled his canoe up the Con-
necticut ^ver, then bordered by a dense wilderness, could he have credited a prophesy even remotely
approximating to what his daughter now.sees in this proneesive valleyf

What wonders hath God wrought within the period of your happy life I

Ton, Dear Aunt, the last remidning of the twelve (12) chfldren of your father, are permitted to count
great, great grandchildren of your parents, Joel* and Bethiah* (Farwell) Holton. That is, your father
doel* was the fifth generation of the une of Uoltons in America; and his descendants have already reached
to an equal number of generations subsequent thereto, even to the tenth (10th) American generation.

One of the memb^ of this tenth generation, residing in Illinois, is named Centurius-Holton, bom
96 July, 1871, preciselv one hundred years from the birtti of his great, great grandfather, William* Holton,
yonr brother, bom 26 July, 1771, one of the twelve (12) children of his famer— he, liimaelf, also, having
twelve (12) cnildren, of whom one, likewise, had twelve children—three representative families of three
successive generations, each family including twelve children.

[Joel* Holton, bom 10 July, 1738, had 12 children; his son William,* bom 26 July, 1771, had 12 children;
hia son William,^ bom 81 Oct., 1801, had 12 children.1 Here presents the thought of the possibilities of the
labors of the genealogist who may undertake^ some fifty years hence, to search out and arrange the family
records of your ancestor, Deacon William^ Holton and his numerous progeny, down, to include the tenth
generation.

While some families of his descendants count more than twelve children, the average number should
be accepted as not exceeding half a dozen.

Without recurrence to actual statistics, let us for a few moments assume the progressive average to be
tfotf ; and on this basis run the calculation to estimate the number of descendants of the sala Deacon
WiUiami Holton of Hartford and Northampton. On this basis we should find the number of descendants:

In the second generation 5

" " third " 26

" " fourth " 125

«« «• fifth " 785

" •* sixth " 8,625

«• •• seventh " 18,126

«* " eighth " 90,625

«• »• ninth •• 458,125

" " tenth •♦ 2,266,625

Total number of nine generations 2,882,005

On the supposition above offered, the genealogist who may hereafter undertake to complete the family
records of the first nine generations of the descendants of this Deacon William^ Holton will have for his
study the records of two million, eight hundred and thirty-two thousand, and five persons. [2,882,005.]
The nHoJive is evidentiy too laige to represent the probable rate of increase, in fstct. Well, to prove our
liberality, let us count, as trae, one hundredth part of the above result, and even then, such a genealogist
would have to include the records of twenty-eight thousand, three hundred and twenty persons as descend-
ants of the good Deacon. This last [28,820] is not above that which the facts will justify.

Assuming it to be the duty of parents, to give, as far as possible, the knowledge of the ancestral line of
their progeny, it is apparent that quite a duty devolves upon us of the present^ to do what we can to preserve
from oblmon, the records of the pcutj and to put them in form most available for the service otpasterUj/.

It is of record that your ancestor, William^ Holton, the first elected Deacon of the first church in North-
ampton, made the first motion in Town Meeting to prohibit the sale of intoxicating drinks ; and that he
was the first Commissioner to the Gteneral Court at Boston in this Temperance effort.

Counting that moral forces increase in revolving years in the ratio of the numerical increase of persons,
it Is not strange. Dear Aunt, that three years ago you were found an active participant at Westminster,
Vermont, 18th June, 1872, in the Jubilee celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the formation of a
Teniperance Society, commenced on '* Afflb Oven Lbdob,*' 18th of June, 1822.

Your father and your elder brothers, in their labors in their saw-mill, the first one erected in
Westminster, occasionaUy invited the youth of the village to a pic-nic of fruits baked in an oven excavated
in a ledge near the mUl.

Subsequent some youth, 18th June, 1822, met upon this "Apple Oven Ledge," and to each other made
a Temperance Pledge, the first known Society in America, pledged to total aostinence from intoxicating
diiiiks. It is proposed there to celebrate the fifty-fourth amuversary of this Pledge, 18th June, 1876.

Under the imperfections and losses of public and family records, and the dispersion of branches in the
remote parts of our expandii^ Republic, we shidl probably never gather details for a complete enumeration
of yonr said ancestors' descendants ; and, more surely, will remain unknown to mortals on earth, the sum
total of moral Infiuences fiowing onward from the earnest efforts of Deacon Holton in founding the early
institotions of the Connecticut Valley.

Hoping, Dear Aunt, to meet you in Philadelphia at the Centennial of the Great Bepublic— also, on
** Afflb (/vbit Lbdob,^* at the fifty-fourth (54th) umiversary of the Pledge there made ; or, if earlier
called hence, may we meet in joy, where vision nresent and retrospective will not be " through a glass
darkly.** Yonr anectionate Nephew,

19 Gbbat JoOTs St^ DAVID-PARSONS'^ HOLTON.

Dka. WHLIAir HOLTON,

OF

HABTFOBD AND NORTHAMPTON,

Died 12 Aug., 1691.

JOHN,*

OF

NOBTHAMPTON»
Ddbd U Afb., 1713.

WILLIAM,'

OF

NORTHFIELD,
I>nED 1766.

JOHN,*

OF

NORTHFIELD
BoBH 24 August, 1707 ; Died 26 Octobkb, 1798L

JOEL,'

OF

WESTMINSTER, VT.,

BoBH 10 July, 1738 ; Dibd 12 August, 1821 ;

Mabbisd BETHIAH* FARWELL,

BoBH 18 Sbftxmbeb, 1747 ; Died 8 Febbuabt, 1818.

JOEL,*

OF

WESTMINSTER, VT.,

BoitK 6 OcTOBEB, 1760 ; Died 10 Dbcembsb, 1846 ;

Marbibd PHEBE* parsons.

Born 27 Feb., 1780 ; Died 26 Jak., 1888 ;

Daughter of Benjaioh* PARSONS and Miriam* WINSLOW.

PHEBE-HELEN,^

Born 27 December, 1816 ; Died 6 September, 1817.

MIRIAM^ HOLTON,

Born 81 Oct., 1807 ;

Daughter of JOEL* and PHEBE* (Parsons) HOLTON ;

For many years a Teacher in New England ; and subseqaently Proprietor and Principal

of a Boarding and Day School for Young Ladies in New York City.

She was married at Sampterville, S. C, 10 March, 1866, to

HENEY-SMITH BROWN, M.D.,

Born 26 December, 1807 ; She Died at Le Clair, Scott Co., Iowa, 8 October, 1866;

UNDER PROVISIONS OP HER LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT,

THIS MONUMENT IS

(BttsttA.

P WiUiam* FarweU. 59

437. WILLIAM^ [81] (William*, Joseph^ Emry\) b. IFeb. 1715, Groton, Mass. ;
married probably Sarah Parker, ace. to Oroton rec, and Mr, Wyman^ born 27 Nov.
1719, Groton, daughter of Phineas and Abigail, of Groton. BemoTed probably to
Shirley after 1751, as the birth of their sixth child was there recorded in 1757. We
have no record of his death, but his will made in 1775 was "lodged" 28 Feb. 1776.
In it are mentioned sons William, Henry, and Phineas, also " Father Parker
deceased."

His name or that of his father William*, appears March 1, 1747, as one of the 38
petitioners of Groton for the separation of the south-west part of the town as a dis-
tinct precinct or district. This petition commenced the separation of Shirley from
Groton. The following is the petition and the names of the petitioners as given in
Hist, of Groton.

** To the inhabitants of the town of Groton, assembled in town meeting on the
first day of March, 1747.

The petition of us, the subscribers, being all inhabitants of the town of Groton
aforesaid, humbly showeth, that your petitioners all live in the extreme parts of the
town, and by that means are incapacitated to attend the public worship constantly,
either ourselves or families ; and being sensible that our being set off in order for a
precinct will be of great service to us, we desire that we may be set 63, by the
bounds following, viz. : beginning at the mouth of the Squawnacook river, and so
run up said nver till it comes to Townsend line, and thence by Townsend and Lun-
enburg lines till it cometh to Groton south-west comer, and so by the south line of
said town until it cometh to Lancaster river, and then down said river till it cometh
to Harvard corner, and then about a mile on Harvard north line, then turn north
and run to the waste brook in Coicois (Cauicus or Nonacius) farm, where people
generally pass over, and from thence to the mouth of Squawnacook river, where we
first began ; and your petitioners as boimd in duty shall ever pray, &c.

John Whitney Jacob Williams Henry Farwell

John Williams William Farwell Josiah Farwell

David Gould Jonas Longley John Russell

John Kelsey Oliver Farwell James Park

Phineas Burt Isaac Holden Daniel Page

Joseph Wilson Jerahmael Powers . Joseph Dodge

Thomas Laughton Philemon Holden Moses Bennet, Jr.

James Patterson Stephen Holden, Jr. Caleb Bartlett

Jonathan Gould William Simonds Francis Harris

Bobert Henry William Preston Caleb Holden

John Williams, Jr. William Williams Hezekiah Sawtell, Jr.

*' The above petition was read at the anniversary meeting in Groton, March 1,
1747, and the prayer thereof granted, except the land on the easterly side Lancaster
river, and recorded.

THOMAS TABBELL, Town Clark."

Bes. Groton and Shirley, Mass.

60 Cananty Oovldj Toddy Solendme.

Children of William* and Sarah (Parker) Farwell were :

488. 1. Eukicb\ b. 20 Apr. 1742, Groton, Mass. ; married Conanl

430. 2. Elizabeth*, b. 13 Apr. 1744, Grotonj married Gould.

440. 8. Hknbt*. b. 15 May, 1746, Groton ; married .

441. 4. Sabah*, b. 28 Nov. 1748, Groton ; married Todd.

442. 5. Susanna*, b. 28 Jan. 1751, Groton; married Solendine.

443. 6. Sybil*, b. 1 Jan. 1757, Shirley, Mass.

444. 7. William*, b. 23 Sept 1761, Shirley, Mass.

445. 8. Phinbab*.

446. OLIVER*, [88] (WiUiam^ Jo$eph\ Henry^) b. 13 Jan. 1722, Groton, Mass. ;
married 23 July, 1742, Groton, Mass., Rejoice Preston. He was one of the 83
petitioners for the organization of the southwest part of Groton into a separate pre-
cinct in 1747. See [437],

Children :

447. 1. William*, b. 12 Dec. 1744.

448. 2. Isaac*, b. 8 Dec. 1746.

449. 8. Jonathan*, b. 25 Sept. 1748; died 18 Jan. 1819; married, 26 Aug. 1771,

Orcton r«j., Priscilla Smith, bom 10 July, 1751, daughter of Nathan and
Rebecca (Bixby). Res. CliaUrJUldy N.H.

450. 4. Abigail*.

451. 5. Olive*.

452. 6. Benjamin*.

453. 7. Levi*.

454. 8. Nancy*.

455. 9. Elizabeth*.

456. 10. Calvin*.

457. CAPT. HENRY\ [84] (Wmiam\ Joseph^ Henry',) bom 21 July, 1724,
Groton, Mass.; died 1803; married, Groton, 6 Dec. 1749, Lydia Tarbell, b. 9 Oct
1727, daughter of Samuel and Lydia (Farnsworth) of Groton. She died ; he mar-
ried 2d, 3 June, 1761, Sarah Taylor, of Westford, 3Iass. He was a soldier in the
French war, said by some of his descendants to have been in the company of the fam-
ous ** Rogers Rangers" [349] ; ** was captain of one of the companies of minute men
in Groton at the commencement of the revolutionary war. He marched with his
company, on the 19th of April, 1775, to Cambridge ; was in the battle of Bunker
Hill, in Col. Prescott^s regiment, and was severely wounded. A musket-ball passed
through his body, lodging near the spine, whence it was extracted in the evening
after the battle. He engraved upon the ball the figures 1775, and kept it as a
precious relic. He was a man of small stature, but very strong and athletic, and of
undaunted courage." [Hist, of Groton,]

The ball with which he was wounded is in the possession of his grandson,
James-Brazier Farwell. He has also a. powder-horn curiously engraved, and the

V Oliver* Farwdl. 61

the strap as worn on the battle field. [A Capt. Henry Farwell of Groton, married 12
Oct. 1800, Hannah Worcester of Groton. We shall be pleased to receive further
information of this Capt. Henry.] Bes. Groton, Mas8,

Children, recorded in Groton, were :

458. 1. Anna*, b. 17 Oct. 1750; died 20 February, 1754, Groton, Mass.

459. 2. Samuel*, b. 21 May, 1752 ; probably died in infancy.

460. 8. William*, b. 16 Feb. 1754, Oroton ree.

461. 4. Lydia», b. 25 Oct. 1762 ; d. 16 Dec. 1763, Groton ree,

462. 6. Sarah*, b. 4 Dec. 1763 ; d. 1810 ; m. James Brazer of Cbarlestown, Mass.

who died 1818, in Groton. He was Lieutenant and Captain, receiving
his commission from John Hancock. Merchant, justice of the peace and
of the Quorum, and representative of Groton, to General court 1810.

463. 6. Lydia*, b. 14 Oct. 1765. Res. Groton, Mass.

[A Lydia Farwell married 25 Dec. 1788, John White of Pepperell, b.
Pepperell, 21 Aug. 1763, son of John and Sybil (Shattuck) of Pepperell.]

464. 7. Jonathan*, b. 6 Dec. 1767 ; died 1 Apr. 1845, and was buried in Milford,

N.H. ; married 25 Jan. 1801, Groton ree., Sybil Sawtell of Shirley, Mass.,
bom there perhaps 6 Dec. 1763, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Ben-
nett) of Shirley [see Shirley rec] She died 26 March, 1839, Milford,
N.H., and was there interred. Res. Groton, Mass. snd Milford, 2{,H.

, 465. OLIVER*, [88] (Oliver*, Joseph^ ffenry\) bom 19 Nov. 1717, Dunstable,
Mass.; died 12 Feb. 1808, Dunstable **in the 91st year of his age," ace. to grave-
stone ; married Lunenburg, 25 Dec. 1738, Abigail Hubbard, b. 25 June, 1721, Gro-
ton, Mass., dau. of Jonathan, called **of Groton," and Rebecca (Brown, called **of
Townsend"). Mrs. Abigail Farwell d. 18 Aug. 1789, and was buried in Dunstable.

He resided on a farm about one mile north of the meeting-house in Tyngsboro,
on the homestead of his grandfather Joseph', which his father Oliver*, [86] inherited
by will of his father Joseph' [15], [J-B. Hill]. In "Giles Memorial," Oliver Farwell
is called in 1763, Yeoman of Merrimac, N.H.; but as a portion of Merrimac was
originally included in the old town of Dunstable, which at first contained more than
two hundred square miles, and as he died and was buried in Dunstable, it is not pro-
bable that he changed his residence, but continued to occupy the homestead till his
death.

We insert the following transfer of property in which Mrs. Farwell had an inter-
est, as not only personal to her but as corroberative of the place of her mother's
home, and showing the connections and social relations of her family.

1763, Sept. 12. Josiah Willard, of Winchester, N.H. , Esquire, and Hannah his
wife ; Benjamin Bellows of Walpole, N.H., Esquire, and Mary his wife ; Oliver Far-
well of Merrimac, N.H., yeoman, and Abigail his wife ; Rebecca Blahchard of
Dunstable, widow ; and Ruth Steams of Lunenburg, widow, for £30 lawful money
sell to James Giles of said Lunenburg, yeoman, the second division lot in Townsend,
No. 82, containing fifty acres, being in that part of Townsend called Bayberry Hill.

62 FarweU MemoridL

These fi re ladies were all sisters and daughters of Major Jonathan Hubbard of
Groton, afterwards of Townsend, where he died April 7, 1761.

Joeiah Willard was Col Willard formerly of Lunenburg. His son Josiah m.
Mary Jennison. Benjamin Bellows was Col. Bellows of Walpole, N.H. Bcbecca
Blanchard was widow of Col. Joseph Blanchard [466] of Dunstable. Ruth Steams
was widow of Rev. Da^d Steams of Lunenburg. Res. Tyngiboro^ Ifaas.

Children bom in Dunstable :

466. 1. Rebecca*, b. 9 Oct 1780; died 20 Aug. 1811, aged 72 ; m. Hon. and Gen.

Jonathan* Blanchard, b. 18 Sept. 1788, Dunstable, son of Col. Joseph^
and Rebecca (Hubbard) of D. [849].

'< July 16, 1788, died Hon. Jonathan Blanchard, aged 50 years. He
was the son of Col. Joseph Blanchard, and was born September 18, 1738.
He had not the advantage of a collegiate education, but was early mu
tiated by his father, into the active business of life. After the death of
his father which occurred in his 20th year, he was called upon to fill his
place as proprietors' clerk and surveyor, and was soon deeply engaged in
the management of town affairs and other public business. " He was bur-
ied in the old south burying-ground at D. [Rist, of Dunstable.]

Mr. Blanchard was one of the delegates to a convention at Exeter,
that adopted a constitution for N.H., bearing date 5 Jan. 1776, which
was considered a virtual declaration of independence. Was representa-
tive, or a member of the council of twelve (which with the House of
Delegates, constituted the executive government of the State of New
Hampshire) in 1776, 7, 8, 9, and perhaps other years, as the names of re-
presentatives are not preserved from 1782 to 1798. .

In 1777, he was appointed Attorney General in conjunction with Col.
Nathaniel Peabody ; Jan 6, 1778, was appointed a member of the ** Com-
mittee of safety" ; 1784, was appointed Judge of Probate for Hillsboro co.
N.H. ; 1786, March 6, appointed one of the committee to give instructions
to representatives ; and in 1787 he was a delegate to the Continental
Congrress. **In October, 1776, Gen. Blanchard was sent by the Legisla-
ture to recruit our regiments, which had been wasted by sickness,
Buffering and defeat at Ticonderoga."

He was agent of the Masonian proprietors to manage and dispose of
all unsettled lands in New Hampshire ; and conveyed most of the lands
within the State. Hes, Ditnstahle^ Mass,

467. 2. Oliver *, b. 28 June, 1741, Dunstable, Mass. ; died 1822 in Merrimac,

N. H. ; married Albigail Danforth who died at New-Boston, N. H.,
1 May, 1840. Inn keeper, lies. Merrimac, iV.If.

23 Dec. 1771, Oliver Farwell of Dunstable deeded lands in Hubbard-
town, formerly called Rutland to Andrew Beard [Worcester, Reg'r of
Deeds]. We are not able to say whether this relates to Oliver * or his
father, Oliver* who was living at that date.

468. 3. Maby», b. 10 Jan. 1745. D.; died 24 Nov. 1835, "aged 93," ? Married,

r WUkinSy Spauldmg. 68

17 Dec. 1767 Gen. Noah Loyewell, b. 1741, D., son of Zaccheus and

Esther. ( ), grandson of John' and nephew of John' the hero of

Piqwacket.

He took an active part in the war of the Hevolution, and in the
civil affairs of the State and country. Nov. 26. 1776, Capt. Noah Love-
well was a delegate to a convention held at Dracut to petition Congress
and the State Legislature, *Hhat the resolves of the Continental Congress
of 1775, respecting prices &c., be enforced more strictly." Li Dec.
1776, he was Quartermaster in Col. Oilman's Regiment and ordered
to N.Y.

Aug. 1778. Colonel L. went from Dunstable with fourteen vol-
unteers to R.L Li Dec. same year, was chosen RepresentatlYe ; being
the first sent from the town under the new constitution. Feb. 1776, at the
annual meeting warned in the name of the people of New Hampshire,
(not in his Majsesty's name), he was chosen one of the delegates to a
County Congress and one of the ** Committee of Safety." Dec. 1782,
was one of a Committee to state the reasons for rejecting the Bill of
Rights and Plan of government of the State. He served as Representa-
tive 1779, 80, »4, 96, and 1802.

Gen. Loveweirs residence seems to have been in that part of Dun-
stable which is now Nashua, N.H., at '*The Harbor," and after his
death, which occurred on 29th May, 1820, was occupied by his son-in-law
Hon. Jesse Bowers. He was the first Post-Master of Nashua, ap. in 1803.

469. 4. Abigail*, b. 18 Apr. 1747, D.; died, 4 Feb. 1786, m. 28 Feb. 1769, Dea.

Samuel Wilkins^ son of Rev. Daniel and Sarah ( ) of Amherst, N. H.

He was chosen Deacon of the Cong. ch. 5 Jan. 1774, and resigned 1816,
He married 2d, Dorcas Towne, 25 Nov. 1788. He d. in Dec. 1832,
aged 90. [Rev. Daniel was the first settled minister of Amherst.]

470. 5. Joseph*, b. 22 June, 1750, Duns, rec, ; d. 1 Nov. 1750.

471. 6. Sarah *, b. 3 Apr. 1753.

471*. 7. Joseph*, b. 8. Apr. 1753; died 13 Apr. 1754, (/. B. BtU).

472. 8. pea. John*, b. 8 Dec. 1755; d. 12 Feb. 1838, "aged 84;" married,

Gorham, Me., 24 Dec. 1784, Elizabeth-Hunt Smith, b. 7 Aug. 1766, dau.
of Rev. Peter Thatcher and Elizabeth (Wendall) of Windham, Me. She
died, 27 Nov. 1807. He married 2d, 12 Sept. 1820, Dorothy Porter, b. 5
Jan. 1756, whose parents were of Topsfield, Me.

Bes. Tyngdnn'Oy Mcui,

473. BENJAMIN* , [92] (Edward^^ Olivet (FameU) Spanldlng, Henry",) b. 29
July, 1696, Chelmsford, Mass.; married 7 March, 1719-20, Abigail Wright, dau.
of Ebenezer of Chelmsford. She died 6 Jan. 1727. He married 2d, 30 Oct. 1727,
Deborah Wheeler. lies, Plainfieldy Conn.

Children bom in Plainfield were :
474. 1. Benjamin*, b. 22 Feb. 1721; d. 19 Mar, 1807, Moretown, Vermont; m 29

64 twrwell Memorialn F

Jan. 1756 Rachel Crary orMcCrary, b. 20 Jan. 1729, Plainfield, Ct. d. of
John and Pradence. She died 14 July, 1824 Saranac, N. T.

Mr. Spaulding was a Quaker, and his wife a congregationalist.
They removed from Conn., to Sharon, Yt., and thence to More town, Vt.
They had ten children, three of whom died young; seven married and
had large families. Rev. Horace^ Spaulding, son of Wright*, of Jack-
sonville, 111., was a grandson of Benjamin*, as also were the brothers Rev.
Nathan-Benton^ and Rev. Newall-Stevens'', sons of Royal* Spaulding;
Rev. Justus*, once a Missionary of the M. E. church to Rio Janeiro, son of
Levi*, and his brother, Rev. Enos-Wilder* Spaulding who was much
interested in collecting material for a Spaulding Genealogy to be pub-
lished in the form of a Magazine ; which collections were purchased, after
his death in 1868, by the compiler of the Spaulding Memorial

475. 2. Abigail*, b. 20 Feb. 1723.

476. 3. Olive*, b. 25 Jan. 1725.

477. 4. Ebenezer*, b. 8 Dec. 1726 ; d. 26 March, 1727.

478. 5. Asa*, b. 26 March, 1729 ; d. about 1776 ; m. 4 Sept. 1755, Grace Rowland,

dau. of Samuel of Fairfield, Conn. ; grad. Y.C. 1752. He settled in
Fairfield, where he was an inn-keeper. His buildibgs were all consumed
when Gov. Tryon*s soldiers burned the town. His children were five
sons and four daughters ; his son David*, the only son who left descend-
ants, was grandfather of Dr. David-C*, a graduate of the University of
Michigan, who was assistant surgeon of the 6th Mich. Vol. c&valry, and
afterward surgeon of the 10th Mich. cav. till the close of the war.

479. 6. Olivers b. 25 Jan. 1731 ; d. 24 Feb. 1731.

480. 7. Mabt*, b. 17 Jan. 1732 ; m. 20 Feb. 1754, Rev. David-Sherman Rowland,

and had two children; Wm-Frederick«, a graduate of D.C. 1784, and
Henry- Augustus*, who grad. D.C, 1785.

481. 8. Sarah*, b. 6 Dec. 1733.

482. 9. David*, b. 27 March, 1736.

483. 10. Alice*, died 6 Jan. 1808; married 26 March, 1759, Isaac Morgan. He

was commissary in the Rev. war. A part of General Lafayette*s men were
quartered on his farm a few days, and the bedroom in which the illustri-
ous General slept is still distinguished as the Lafayette room.

Res. Plainfldd^ Corin.

484. EPHRAIM*, [94] {Edward}, Olive' (FarweH) Spanlding, Henry\) b. 3 Apr.
1700, Canterbury, Conn.; m. Abigail Bullard of Plainfield, Ct. which place became
his residence, and place of birth of all his children.

Children :

485. 1. John*, b. 8 Aug. 1724 ; died 29 May, 1768 ; m. 22 Jan. 1744, Elizabeth
Sanger, who died 14 April, 1808, at Plainfield, N.H. Some of his family
settled in Plainfield, N.H. and some in Morristown, Yt.

P Descendants of Ephraim* Spaulding, 65

His 8on Amasa* had twelve children who all lived till the youngest
was 55 years of age. Of these,

Josiah% the fifth child, b. 3 Dec. 1791, in Plainfield, N.H., was jus-
tice of the peace, twice representative to General Court and held various
town offices. In the war of 1812 he enlisted Sept. 1814, and served in
several grades till his discharge 1819. His sons John' and Herbert-£u8-
tis* were volunteers in the late war of the rebellion.

Jason^, another son, b. 1795, had seven children, among whom wag
Bev. Nathaniel-Qoodell', graduate of Union College, 1852; ordained as
pastor in M. E. church in West Troy, N. Y. ; afterwards preached in
several places, and was subsequently elected principal of Amenia
Seminary and latter a President of Fort Plains Female College, which
position he resigned 1866 on account of impaired health, purchased
* fountain Dell'* at Schodac Landing and accepted an agency in the
Home Life Insurance Co., Albany, N. Y.

486. 2. Phinbas*, b. 25 Mar. 1726; died 18 Aug. 1751, His widow married a Mr.

Stow of Granville, Mass.

487. 3. Reuben*, b. 26 Feb. 1728; (or 24 Feb. 1727, died Jan. 1755, Tyringham,

Mass., [ace. to tradition], m. 1 Oct., 1747, Mary Pierce, b. 15 Nov. 1728,
d. of Timothy and Mary. She died 1826. They had five children, two
of whom d. in childhood. Of those remaining the daughter Mary m.
Ebenezer Parkhurst, one of the sons Azel* removed to Canada, and the
other Dea. Reuben' lo Sharon, Yt. 1769, and resided on the same farm till
his death in 1849.

He was a member of the Congregational church of Sharon sixty-one
years, and sustained the office of Deacon forty-two years. His devotion
to the cause of Christ was sincere and earnest, and the church of which
he was an honored member is a witness to his faithfulness. He died in
1849 aged 91 years.

Dea. Spaulding had twelve children, nine sons and three daughters,
and all married and had families. Of his sons :

Hon. John^ was President of the Bank of Montpelier, also Presdent
of the Yermont Mutual Insurance Company ; served seven years as State
Treasurer, and was for several years assistant Judge of Washington Co.
Court. He died at Montpelier in 1870, aged 80 years, 3 months and 10
days. Charles-Carrol*, s. of Hon. John, grad. Univ. of Yt. 1847, and
was connected with the Boston PoU,

Dr. James' Spaulding, another son of Dea. Reuben*, an "Eminent
physician and surgeon " at Alstead and Claremont N.H. and Montpelier,
Yt., graduated at Dart. Med. Inst., 1812 ; was a member of Yermont
State Medical Society more than forty years, and Secretary over twenty
years; was elected its President 1846, 7, 8 — Cor. Sec. 1850; Librarian
1854. He was also, a member of the Board of Fellows of the Yermont
Academy of Medicine, besides holding many offices in the Sate connected

66 Fa/rweU MemoricJ,. jF

with science, literature, temperance, etc.

His life was that of the good Samaritan, a life of toil^ prayer, and
sympathy for others; and it is hoped his mantle will fall on many who
will as faithfully devote their lives to the best interests of their fellow-
beings, and as highly honor thein dopted professions.

He had nine children, six daughters and three sons :

James-Heed', who grad. Univ. of Vermont, 1840, and has been connect-

ted with the New York Courier and Inquirer^ N.Y. Warld^ and the

N.T. Timu.
Dr. Wm-Cooper', who grad. N.Y. University 1847 ; surgeon in 29th

Reg't Wis. Vol. Inf., and since, in practice at Watertown, Wis. ; and
Bev. Gkorge-Burley*, who grad. Univ. of Vermont 1856, studied law m

Florida, grad. And. Theol. Sem. 1861, Ord. Vergennes, Vt., 5 Oct.

1861.

Dr. Phineas^ was bom 1790 r grad. M.D. at Dartmouth college, 1823;
a lecturer on surgery in Vermont Medical college. He had three daugh-
ters and one son. One of his daughters m. James-H. Fowler of N.Y.
city, another Henry-D. Jones of N.Y.

Dr. Reuben^ b. 1807; grad D.C. 1832, Middlebury college, 1835, and
Harv. Univ. Med. school, 1836 ; in 1872, was in practice at Worcester,
Mass. He had three children, all sons, viz. : Rev. Henry-George*, grad.
Harv. Univ. 1860 ; Divinity school Har. Univ. 1866 : ordained pastor o
of first Parish Church Framingham, Mass. 1868.

Frederick* was Lieutenant in 2d U. S. Sharpshooters, in McDowell's
corps 1861-2, afterward served in the war department till 1874, when he
was appointed assistant paymaster in the Navy ; and

Edward-Reynolds*, grad. Har. Univ. 1844, studied medicine Harvard
medical school, Med. Assistant in the Insane Xsylumsof Hartford, Conn,
and Northampton, Mass.

Dr. Jason-Carpenter^, grad. as M.D. at Dart, college 1828, practised
in Dixfield, Me. and Spencer, Mass, till 1886, when he returned to the
homestead in Sharon, Vt. to take charge of his aged parents, where he
remained till his death 1847, aged 46. At his funeral in the mansion,
where the 12 children had their birth, were present the surviving eleven,
who, with their aged father, were all gathered for the first and last time
around the paternal table.

Azer, b. 1803, gr. A.M. Middlebury college, 1835, practised law in
Montpclier, Vt< ; had 2 daughters who died young, and son Azel-Wain-
Wright of Atchinson, Kan.
The other three sons of Dea. Reuben are :

Pierce^ of Warren, Vt, b. 1786 ; d. 1852.
Charles* of Montpelier, b. 1812; d. 1867; and
Levi* a merchant of Derby Line, Vt., b. 1805, whose son Stephen-
Foster* grad. Univ. of Vt. 1860, studied law first at Derby, then in
N.Y.y where he was a student when the war commenced. He enlisted

K Hev. Solomon* Spaulding. 6^

Apr. 1861, in 7th N.Y. Battery. Wa^ Lieut, of Co. B, 8th Vt. Reg.
and acted as Captain under Gen. Banks and Gen. Butler at Kew Or-
leans ; promoted Adjutant 1863, and fell in the second assault on Fort
Hudson, 14 June, 1863.

488, 4. JosiAH*, b. 7 Dec. 1729, Plainfield, Conn. ; d. 18 Dec. 1809, Ashford, Conn,
aged 80; m. 24 Dec. 1755, Priscilla Paine, b. 31 Aug. 1735, who died, 19
Oct. 1817.

They had six sons and four daughters, all of whom married. Of
his sons:

Solomon*, b. 1761, Ashford, Conn.; d. 1816 at Pittsburg or Amity,
Pa. He m. 1795, Matilda Sabin, but had no children. He was a soldier
in the Revolutionary Army; read law with Judge Zephaniah Swift of
Windham, Conn.

After a change in his religious views he sought the ministry,
and entered the Sophomore class of Dartmouth college at the age
of twenty-one ; graduating there in 1785, . he studied divinity and
became a licentiate of the Windham Conn. Cong. Association, 9 Oct.
1787; preached eight or ten years, and being ordained an evangelist,
received several calls, but on account of failing health declined a
pastorate.

Soon after 1795 he engaged with his brother Josiah* \i^ mercantile
pursuits at Cherry Valley, but removed to Richfield, N.Y. in 1799, when
they purchased large tracts of land in Penn. and O., and Solomon
removed to Salem O. to superintend that interest. The war of 1812
deranged their plans and caused great losses.

His brother Josiah* visited him in Salem and found him in poor
health and low spirits ; and for diversion, writing a novel -suggested by
the opening of 'a mound, in which were found human bones and some
relics indicative of a former civilized race.

According to Josiah^s statement in 1855, then 90 years of age, his
work was entitled ** Historical Novel" or ** Manuscript Found," and in
it he imagined the fortunes of the extinct people.

He soon after removed to Pittsburg, probably in 1814, where he was
followed by Sidney Rigdon, a printer and afterwards a noted morman,
who, with his employer, borrowed the manuscript and desired to print it ;
but Spaulding refused to allow its pubhcation. From subsequent cir-
cumstances it is believed Rigdon copied it and surreptitiously obtained
the original to avoid future exposure, as having used it for the basis of
the forthcoming

MOBMOK BIBLE.

Thus unwittingly and innocently an evangelical clergyman became
the medium of one of the most monstrous and fatal delusions of the age.
For further details and the entire statement of his brother Josiah, see
•* Spaulding Memorial."

68 Farwell Memorial* P

Josiah*, brother of Rev. Solomon above, was b. 1765, Ashford, Ct. ;
in. 1806, Jemima Boflworth, who d. Eastford, 1887. They removed from
Eastford to Richfield, N.Y. about 1818, where their only child Josiah*
was bom who d. unmarried. He returned to Ashford where he died,
1859, aged 94 years, 8 m. 4 days.

I A grandson of Josiah*, Rev. Erastus^ Spaulding, son of Reuben*,
graduated at Brown Univ. in 1821 ; m. 1881, Laura>Maria Wooster, who
died in 1853 ; studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced
practice in Rochester. N.Y. He soon changed his purpose in life, and
in 1831, commenced studying for the ministry in the Prot. Epis. Church,
under the Rev. H-B. Whitehouse, D.D. ; was ordained Deacon by
Bishop Onderdonk, 1833, and priest by the same, 1835. Three of his
four sons, Henry-Whitehouse*, Erastus-Wooster*, andCharles-Nelson*
graduated Hobart College, Geneva, New York; the first two were
ordained Deacons and Priests in the Epis. Church ; Prof. Charles-Nelson
was ordained Dea. in the Epis. ch. and appointed ass^t minister of St.
PauVs church, Evansville, Ind. ; toqk charge of Discipline and the Dep*t,
of Math. Burlington, N.J. ; and, 1872, was Prof, of Math. Racine Coll.
The fourth son Edward-Bigelow' was ordained Dea. in Epis. church in
1870, and has been Headmaster of Racine College, Wis.

A Brother of Rev. Erastus^, Josiah^, graduated Yale Coll. 1813, and
became an eminent lawyer of St. Louis.

Another of the grandsons of Josiah*, Rev. Josiah^^ son of Elisha',
( was a minister in the Christian connection and preached in Royalton and
Pembroke, N.Y. and in 1837 settled in what is now Summit, Mich.

Of the great grandsons of Josiah* quite a number served in the late
war and still bear the scars of wounds received ; among whom are Josiah-
Sawyer*, son of Rev. Josiah', and Joseph-Rodney Little, a son-in-law of
the same, both of Newton, Jasper^ Co. Iowa ; and of those who sealed
their love of country by the sacrifice of their lives on the altar of free-
dom are Capt. William-Lawton* Spaulding son of Reuben^, grandson of
Reuben* and the brothers Elisha- Abbott and Asa Blodgett, sons of Solo-
mon', and grandsons of Elisha* Spaulding.

489. 5. EzEKiBLt, b. 30 Sept. 1731, Plainfield, Conn.; m. 26 March, 1754, Sarah-

Morgan. They had seven children.

Dr. Luther-Spaulding' who practiced twenty years in Erie co, N.Y.,
and Dr. Parley-Joslyn' of Adrian, Mich, were gr. sons through his bod
Parley*. The latter commenced the study of medicine with his brother.
Dr. Luther^, took his degree of M.D. at Fairfield Med. college, N.Y, in
1838-9, practised two years with Dr. Luther* near Buffaic, and, in 1832,
removed to Adrian, where he has since resided.

490. 6. Pelatiah*, b. 19 March, 1734 ; died 3 Oct. 1750.

491. 7. Abigail', b. 16 March, 1736 ; married 19 May, 1756, Capt. Samuel Hall,

492. 8. Oliver*, b. 30 Sept. 1739, Plainfield, Conn.; d. May, 1795 or '96, Scipio,

F Larrahee^ Spaulding. 69

iff.Y.' m. 17 June, 1763, Mary Witter of Preston, Conn., b. 12 May, 1740;
killed by her brother in a fit of insanity, 24 Apr. 1781.

He married 2d, 9 May, 1784, Rebecca Bolton, who died in 1816, at
Bcipio. He removed from Connecticut to Cayuga Lake, N.Y. about
1788.

He was a soldier in the *'old French war '' and made the campwgn
of 1759 with the Conn, troops, in N.Y.. His order book passed into
the hands of his son Frederick", and is now held by his grandson
Frederick- Austin^ of Ann- Arbor, Mich.

He had twelve children, five sons and seven daughters. Lyman-
Austin* Postmaster at Lockport and his brother Erastus-Holmes who
built the first flouring mill in the village of Dowagiac, Mich, are grandsons
through his son Erastus* Spaulding.

Dr. Volney', s. of Frederick* who m. Pamelia Grant cousin of President
Grant is also his grandson. James Franklin', son of Ephrain-Hair,
grandson of Ephrain*, founder of Spaulding's Commercial college is
* gr* grandson. Delos* Spaulding another gr. grandson through Alex-
ander-Hamilton* and William-Witter* is a noted musician and com-
poser, known as '* Frank Howard;'* and still another great grandson
through Robert* and William Witter* viz : Israel-Putnam* was mortally
wounded in the battle of Gettysburg.

493. 9. Maky*. b. 16 May, 1744, Plainfield; married, 16 May, 1762, John Larrabee.

494. 10. Ephraim*, b. 24 May, 1747, Plainfield; d. 1811; m. 20 May, 1773, Esther

Snow, d. 17 July, 1806 in the 61st year of her age. He m. 2d,l Sept.
1808, Hannah Stowell. She died 9 March, 1823 in her 65th year. They
had five children; two of his gr. grandsons in the line of his son
Edmund*, and grandson Alva*, viz : William- Wallace* and his brother
Alexander*, resided with their families in New York City.

Res. Ashfordy Conn,

495. EZEKIEL*, [96] {Edward^, Olive* {FarweV) Spaulding Eenry^ bom 8
Sept 1706, Canterbury, Conn. ; m. 24 Nov. 1737, Martha Kimball.

They resided in Canterbury^ Conn,

Children all bom in Canterbury were:

496. 1. Mkhetabel , b. 26 Atfg. 1738.

497. 2. Elizabeth*, b. 24 July, 1749.

498. 3. EzEEiEL*, b. 8 Sept. 1756; died 29 Jan. 1758*
4. Twin daughter, b. and died 3 Sept. 1756.

499. 5. Lydia*, b. 3 Jan. 1759 j died 31 July, 1759.

600. EBENEZER*, [99] (Edward}, Olive* (FartoeU) Spanlding, Eenrp^) born 24
June, 1717, Canterbury, Conn.; d. 18 June, 1794; m. 24 Feb. 1743, Mary Fasset,
b. 17 Sept. 1723, dau. of Josiah Fasset. She died 22 May, 1790.

To FarweU Memorud. ^

They liTed upon the fann inherited fmm his father Edward*, consisting of two
hundred and fifty fertile acrea in Canterbury, now in the limits of Brooklyn, the
shire town of Windham co., Ck>nn.

Children;

601. 1. Mart*, bom 6 Dec 1743: d. 10 .Feb. 1820; mamed, 6 Oct 1762, Daniel

Cady of Brooklyn, Conn.

602. 2. Ebenbzkb*, b. 15 Nov. 1745 , d. 13 July, 1746.

603. 8. Samuel*, b. 22 June, 1747; d. 10 Sept 1754.

604. 4. Prisciixa*, b. 8 June, 1749 • d. 8 Dec. 1850.

605. 6. Ebbnbzkb*, b. 13 July, 1751, O.S. in Canterbury, Conn., now Brooklyn,

Windham co. Conn,; was drowned 2 Jan. 1788 ; m. 29 May, 1783, Molly
Payne, dau. of Solomon and Polly (Bacon) of C. She d. 28 Oct 1821,
Resided on the homestead of his father and grandfather, Brooklyn, Ct.
He had three children : a daughter Polly who married William Putnam,
grandson of Major General Israel Putnam; and two sons, Bela-Payne
and Dr. Luther.

Bela-Payne* was father of Dr. Benjamin-Bacon* Spaulding who re-
ceiTed the degree of M.D. in T.C. 1835 ; and of Ebenezer^ a graduate of
Y.C. 1838; of Cambridge Law School 1839; settled in St Louis, Mo.,
where he died of cholera 17 Aug. 1866.

Dr. Luther* graduated at Y.C. 1810; as A.M. 1822, attended lectures
at the University of Pennsylyania in 1813, served for a time in the war of
1812, and was in the hospital at New London, Conn., he practiced at Kew
Braintree, Mass, Brooklyn, and Windsor, Conn., and from 1822 or 8, at
Stow Comers, O. where he died.

606. 6. Ltdia*, b. 30 Apr. 1753; died 17 Sept 1754.

607. 7. Sarah*, b. 15 Mar 1755 ; died 1 1 Dec. 1775.

608. 8. Asa*, b. 20 May, 1757, Brooklyn, Ct. ; d. 13 Aug. 1811, Norwich, Ct ;

m. by Rev. Joseph Strong, 21 Nov. 1787, Lydia Shipman of Norwich.

He grad. at Tale Coll. 1778, received the degree of A.M. from
Harv. univ. 1791, and studied law with Judge Adams of Litchfield, Ct

He settled at Norwich, Ct. in the practice of law, and by force of
native ability, sound judgment and integrity, acquired a very extensive
patronage.

At the date of his settlement there he was extremely poor, living in
a small house, under a system of riged economy, and although the price
for managing cases at law was only from six to fifty-four shillings, by his
dilligence and prudence, he accumulated one of the largest estates in the
eastern part of Conn. In his later years he owned and occupied the
spacious mansion with majestic portico and massive pillars erected by
Gov. Samuel Huntington^

He filled various oflSces of trust and honor, was a sound lawyer,
unremitting in his attention to business, tenacious of the rights of his
clients, and just in all his dealings. His only child Maria-Elizabeth, the

IP Hufus* Spauldrng- Tl

idol of his affections, died two years before him, aged 12 years. His
estate of $150,000 was divided equally between his sister Mary Cady and
his brothers Ebenezer, Rufus and Luther, who survived him.
609. 9. Dr. Rufus*, b. 8 Jan. 1760, Brooklyn, Ct. ; died, 22 Aug. 1830. Norwich,
Ct, m. 10 Jan. 1782, Lydia, dau. of David Paine Esq. of Canterbury.
She d. 10 Dec. 1834.

Dr. Spauldmg practised his profession at Mansfield, Ct. ; and from
1787 to 1812 at Martha's Vineyard, and subsequently at Norwich, Ct.
where he died.

In addition to an extensive practice at Martha's Vineyard, he kept a
house of public entertainment, was Postmaster, Justice o( the Peace,
School-director and Librarian.

He was of genial temperament, had an inexhaustable fund of anec-
dote and was quick at repartee.

He had ton children, two sons and eight daughters who were well
trained and faithfully educated. Nine of them publicly professed the
Christian religion.

His son Hon. Rufus^, b. 3 May, 1798 grad. Y. Coll, 1817; studied
law with Hon. Zephaniah Swift, Chief- Justice of Conn., whose daughter,
Lucinda-A. he married m 1822. After her death he married in 1859,
Nancy-Sargeant, eldest dau. of Dr. William-S. Pierson of Windsor, Ct.

He migrated to Ohio where he became eminent as a lawyer and
statesman. In 1841, he was chosen speaker of the house of representa-
tives, and in 1848 was elected Judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio for
the term of seven years.

Hon. William Lawrence, M.C. and reporter of the decisions of the
Supreme court while Mr. Spauldmg "was on the bench, wrote of him :
**It is at least no disparagement to others to say that Judge Spaulding
never had a superior on the bench of the State."

On retiring from the bench he resumed the practise of law in Cleve-
land, O., and as an advocate and counsellor maintained the highest rank
in the State.

In politics, he was an active and devoted member of the Democratic
party from the days of Andrew Jackson until the passage of the Fugitive
slave bill in 1850, when he threw all his energy and influence into the
ranks of the free soil or Anti-Slavery party.

In 1862, Judge Spaulding was chosen a Representative to the 38th
Congress of the United States, and continued there six years, having
been twice re-elected : so that he participated in the important legislation
of the last two years of the war of the Rebellion, and m the exciting
work of reconstruction that followed, until 4th March, 1869, when he
retired of his own choice, from the public service very much to the regret
of his constituents.

Judge Spaulding has for many years been a communicant in the
Episcopal church, and one of the Vestry of Trinity church of Cleveland.

72 Fwrwdl Memorial. F

Hon. Thaddens Stevens once remarked to Hon. Benjamin Wade,
^^Spaulding is the right bower of intellectual liberty. ''

Of his seven children, three were sons; one died young; his son
Zephaniah-Swift^, late a Lieut. Col. in the 27th Ohio Infantry, was sub-
sequently U.S. Consul at Honolula, Hawaiian Islands.

His son Geo-Swift^ entered the U.S. Service at the age of sixteen;
was commissioned 2nd Lieut, in the 27th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, to
date from the battle of Corinth, Oct. 4, 1862 ; entered the regular army,
28 July, 1866, and was subsequently Brevet Captain and 1st Lieut of
what was once the 83rd Beg't, afterwards the 8th U.S. Infantry.

Rufus-Claghom^ Spaulding, paymaster in the U.S. Navy, is son of
Luther-Paine*, brother of Hon. Rufus-Paine* Spaulding.
510. 10. LuTHEK*, b. 22 March, 1762, Brooklyn, Ct. ; died, 3 Feb. 1838, at Nor-
wich Town, Conn. ; married, 24 March, 1796, Lydia Chaffee of Canterbury
who d. 1 June, 1847.

Mr. Spaulding was an attorney at law, and Judge of New-London
Co. Court. At the death of his brother Asa» he assumed the manage-
ment of his estate as Executor and principal trustee, In 1812, he pur-
chased from the heirs of his brother Asa* the ^'Huntington House" in
which he lived till his death.

His eldest son. George, grad. Y.C. in 1818.

His second son, Charles, preferred the career of a tradesman and
manufacturer ; of the firm of Barnes and ^ Spaulding, proprietors of the
cork-cutting machine. He had two daughters, one of whom died in
infancy and the other unmarried. \SipavXd.ing Memorial].

611. DANIEL*, [341] (Daniel*, Jo9q>h% Joseph*, Henry',) bom 22 April, 1740,
Groton, Mass. ; married, Groton, 8 December, 1763, SybiP Page, bom 28 Aug. 1740,
ace. to Groton rec, daughter of John* and Mary* (Parker) of G. She died 26 Sept.
1804. He died 17 May, 1815, Fitchburg, probably intestate. [See Seize-Quartiers
Chart No. viii and the Radial Chart at the end of this serial number.]

The deaths of Daniel*, his son Daniel*, and Daniel*, son of Daniel', occurring at
dates so near each other, have rendered it difficult to locate or appropriate certain
items gathered from Worcester co. probate records, as delay in settlement of one
estate, and promptness in that of another might bring dates of accounts rendered by
administrators into the same period of time. [See Radial chart X,

'^ Joseph Downe, Jr., administrator on the estate of Daniel Farwell, late of Fitch-
burg, deceased," rendered first account 6 Jan'y, 1818. We conclude this refers to
Daniel*. See serial No. 577.

[Thus far we have sought to give the descendants of Henry Farwell of Concord, Mass., through
the second, third, and fourth generations, in male and female lines, equal attention to the several
branches.

At this point, page 72, serial No. 611, we ffor the present) leave all the members of the Farwbli.
Family in the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth generations,exoept Daniel* [611], Bethiah*
[521], and Elizabeth* [534], and their descendants; to which three several divisions we are called
by special payments from one or more members thereof ; and we hope members of other divisions
will soon order their respective branches that the *' completed volume *' Piay ere long appear. . .
Bee foot notes on pages 36, 86, 86, and 61.]

y Brief Pedigree of Sybil Page^ wife of Dcmiel * Fa/rwell. 73

John* Page of Watertown, Mass. ace. to Savage, came in the fleet with Winthrop
in 1030, bringing with him son John and another child. He was from Dedham, Co.
Essex, England. He was made constable 19 Oct. 1630 ; admitted freeman 18 May,
1681. His wife was I'hebe Payne, sister of William of Ipswich, who came
in the Increase from London, 1635, aged 37, with wife Ann, 40, and several children.
He removed to Boston, had large estate, and **used it in a public spirit" ; died 10
Oct. 1660. His will made 9 Oct. 1670, makes very liberal bequests to l)is wife, chil-
dren, grandchildren and to his sister Phebe, ** to my sister Page £3 per annum, to
her five children, John, Samuel, Elizabeth, Mary and Phebe, £5 each."

John* of Watertown, bom in Eng. ; m. 12 May, 1664, Faith Dunster, who, ace
to prob. rec. was cousin of Henry Dunster, first president of Harvard College ;
removed to Groton where he was town clerk 1661 (or perhaps his father) ; was the
first representative from G. at the first session held in Boston in 1692.

"Groton, April 12, 1693. Know all people by these presents that John Page,
Senior, doth fully and clearly acquit the town, selectmen and constables for serv-
ing the town as a representative at the first [Session] held in Boston in 1692 as wit-
ness my band, [f*]

JOHN PAGE, Senior."

**Paid to John Page, Sen. two pounds sixteen shillings and nine pence in mon-
ey,"

He had a son John of Groton, 171 1, and therefore might be called John ** Senior,*'

His son Jonathan had among other children a son John, born 80 Jan. 1712 ; m.
12 Sept. 1733, Mary* Parker, of Groton, and had eight children of whom Sybil,
the third child, b. 28 Aug. 1740; m. as above, Daniel* Parwell. . . . See Sieze-quar-
tiers chart, page 75.]

The mother of Sybil, Mary* Parker of Groton, bom 12 Oct. 1716, was dau. of
Joseph* and Abigail Sawtelle, m. 24 Jan. 1715-16; gr. dau. of Joseph' according to
Shattuck, p. 376, and his secoud wife Hannah Blood [g*] and gr. gr. dau. of Jo-
seph*, brother of Capt. James Parker of Groton, and wife Margaret. Savage does

not know whose son was Joseph* who m. Elizabeth and Hannah Blood, but

says '^ probably son of James." Capt. James* did not in his will mention son Joseph
or any of his descendants. [See under serial number 534.]

The Joseph Parker bom 1689, who m. Abigail Sawtelle, according to ShattucK
was son of Joseph* and Hannah Blood, and grandson of Joseph* and Margaret. But
to reconcile Savage ana • Shattuck, may it not be that Margaret was the firat wife
and had Joseph, b. 1653, and Ann, born 2 Feb. 1655 ; and by marriage of Rebecca
Reed, 24 June, 1655, had Ann, b. 2 Feb. 1656, Mary, 28 Oct. 1657, the precise date
of the Mary, dau. of Jos.*, as by Shattuck. Savage is confused but Shattuck gives
the line which we believe correct ; Margaret being the mother of Joseph, born 1653,
•whatever other wives there may have been.— [534] [g*].

Abigail* Sawtelle was daughter of Obadiah* [h*] and Hannah* Lawrence, b. 24
Mar. 1662, d. of George of Watertown, Mass. [i*] and Elizabeth Crispe who was b.
8 Jan. 1637, m. 29 Sept. 1657 and was dau. of Benjamin Crispe of "Watertown, and
wife Bridget.

* Letters with asterisks in brackets refer to tlie same on a seize quartiers chart.

74 Faruoetl Memorial. P

In Bond's Genealogies it is stated that Crispe was a servant of Major Gibbons,
and perhaps came as early as 1629. He removed rather late in life to Groton, but
before 1682 had returned to Watertown having married 2d wife Joanna, widow of
Wm. LoDgley. The father of Obadiah' Sawtelle was probably Obadiah* who mar-
ried Hannah, and was son of Richard of Watertown, 1636, and wife Elizabeth.
Richard was one of the early proprietors of Groton, was town clerk the first three
years in which records were made. Many of his descendants have sustained offices
of trust in the town, church and militia. He returned to Watertown, perhaps driven
back by Indians and died there 21 Aug. 1694. In his will he names wife Elizabeth,
son Obadiah and other children.

Ea^planation of Charti VIII and IX, — Pedigree of Benry* and Nancy' {JackeorC) FartoeU.

By chart viii it is seen that Henry^ was grandson of Daniel* and Sybil* (Page)
Farwell, also of Abraham* and Priscilla* (Thurston) Farwell ; that Joseph* was grand-
father [ayle]* of both Daniel* and Abraham*, and grandson [oye] of Henry^ of Con-
cord, Mass.

It is seen that Priscilla* was great-great granddaughter [tresoye] of DanieP
Thurston ; that her American ancestors named in the first or left-hand column were
Thurston, Pell, Spofpord and Bixbv ; that Sybil* was tresoye of John* Page, and
that her American ancestors named in the said column were Page, Patite, Dttkster,
Pabkbb, Blood, Sawtell, Lawrence and Crisps.

The great grand parents of Priscilla [her besayles] were Daniel' and Mary Thurs-
ton, Samuel* and Sarah (Bizby) Spofiord ; Sybil* had as her besayles John* and
Faith* (Dunster) Page*, Joseph* and Hannah (Blood) Parker ; Obadiah* and Hannah
(Lawrence) Sawtell.

It is to be seen that Simeon* Farwell married his second cousin Hepzibah* Far-
well, as they severally had a common great grandfather [besayle] Joseph* Farwell.
[See Farwell Memorial page 18, serial number 45, also radial chart iii on page 15]
This Joseph* was an oye of Henry^ and Olive Farwell, also of Isaac* and Mary*
(Steams) Learned.

The children of Simeon* and Hepzibah* (Farwell) Farwell were :

1. Hepzibah', b. 28 Feb. 1794 ; m. George Turner, m. 2cl, David Allen.

3. Henry% b. 3 Dec. 1795; d. 4 Jan. 1873; m. 5 Oct. 1819, Nancy* Jackson. [See

chart iz.]
8. Benjamin^ b. 25 May, 1798 ; m. 6 July, 1826, Hannah-Mary Enox.

4. Peter% b. 24 June, 1800 ; m. Catherine Boutelle, 2d, Maria Patch, 8d, Elizabeth-

Smith Burridge.
6. Mary^ b. 15 Oct. 1802 ; m. 80 Sept. 1835, Elias-Coolidge Lane.

6. Miriam-Thurston% b. 14 July, 1806 ;m. 30 Apr. 1827, Stephen Bemis.

7. Simeon', b. 28 Feb. 1809 ; m. 10 June, 1831, Mary- Ann Downe.

By this chart it appears that Henry* Farwell was grandfather (or ayle) of Joseph*
who married Hannah Colbum ; was besayle of Qen'l Samuel* who married Elizabeth** *

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Moores, and of Daniel* the father of Daniel* who married Sybil* Page ; also that he
was great-great-great grandfather [quatrayle] * of Simeon*, b. 23 Oct. 1766, who mar-
ried Hepzibah* the quatroye of Henry* through her ayle, Gen. Sam'l* the besoye of
Henry*.

In farther explanation of the chart we observe that Henry^ was one of seven chil-
dren of Simeon* and Hepzibah* Farwell. These seven (four sons and three daughters)
were quintoyes of Henry*. In their paternal branch they were quintoyes through their
besayle Daniel* ; while in their maternal branch they were quintoyes of Henry*,
through their besayle Genl. Samuel* Farwell.

Gen. Samuel*, besoye* of Henry* Farwell, married Elizabeth^, dau. of Abraham*
Moores.

Daniel*, besoye of Henry* had eight children of whom Daniel* (tresoye of Henry*
married Sybil* Page, tresoye of John* Page.

Sybil* Page, b. 28 Aug. 1740, was daughter of John* who married Mary*, besoye
of Joseph* Parker, whose oye, Joseph* married Abigail* Sawtelle, besoye of Richard*
Sawtelle.

"^Aylt^ In law, a grandfather. Besayle^ a great grandfather. Tretayle^ a great-great grandfather
Quatrayle, etc. see Webster^s Dictionary.

See recommendation of Wm-H. Whitmore in the Historical and Genealogical Blister, read the
4th Feb. 1874; a system denoting relationship, a word system equivalent to the numerical symbols
as filial measures proposed and published by David-P^. Holton, M.D. in 1870 *

To Mr. Whitmore the public are indebted for producing in tabular form the terms found In
Blackstone, the English-French method of denoting relationship:

1. A.

2. Father.

8. Grandfather, ....•• Ayle.

4. Great grandfather, ...... Besayle.

5. Great-great grandfather, ..... Tresayle.

6. Great-great-great grandfather, . . • Quatrayle.

7. Great-great-grent-great grandfather, • Quintayle.

8. Great-great-great-great-great grandfather, . Sesayle.
0. Great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather, . . Septayle.

10. Great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather, Ootayle.

He adds: In the same manner we can easily arrange a system for the descending series, the gr.
ehildreo, gr. grandchildren, etc.

In Scotch-English we find the word "oye," meaning a grandchild; and this fortunate selection
gives us a word corresponding to '* ayle," and like it capable of joining well with prefixes; and he
suggests therefore as parallel words :

1 2 8 * 5 (J 7

Father, Ayle— besayle— tresayle— qnatrayle--quinta7le — sesayle-septayle.
Son, Oye — ^besoye — tresoye— quatroye— quintoye — sesoye— Hseptoye.

Mr. Whitmore adds that, strictly speaking, it will be best to consider these terms as applic-
able to either sex, as equivalent respectively to ** parent" and *' child," and let the sex be deter-'
mined by the accompanying names.

* For the system of numerical symbols, as nxjix msasubss or visible expose of degrees of oon*
aanguinity see page 79.

78 Genealogical dotation' P

"We here reproduce the Ahebican System of Gbkealooical Notation, by David-
Facsons^ Holton, M.D.

In Vol. I, p. 29 of the New York Genealogical and Biographical record, may be
seen a system of notation of pedigrees adapted to American Genealogies, as proposed
by Dr. Holton.

In the first section of this system of notation, «maZ2 eapitaUj a,b,c,d,e,f, etc.
are placed above and at the right of the name, as indices in trans-oceanic genera-
tions, commencing with the fatherA of the first immigrants of the American family.

In the second section, the members cf the American series are indicated by nu"
meral indices, commencing with the immigrant children* of the fatherA ; thence by
Arabic figures, progressively increasing, to show the successive generations down to
the present.

In cases where as yet the line is not traceable back to the first immigrant, we

use smallletters of the alphabet, indexing the earliest known ancestor* as a; and the

successive generations by the letters, b,c,d,e,f, etc. to the youngest born.

In case we subsequently extend our genealogical discoveries, each generation
ascending is marked by affixing to the a regularly increasing numerals; a,a',a*,a*,a\
etc., upward toward the ascertained immigrant\

For illustration, let us take Philip* Parsons, who was in Enfield, Conn, in 1697;
whose ancestry we are yet (1870) unable to discover ; while we have on our Memorial
Records thousands of his descendants. Hence, for the present, we adopt the follow-
ing mode of notation for said Philip Parsons and his descendants :

Philip* Parsons, of Enfield, Conn., was there in . 1697

Nathaniel^ Parsons, born in Enfield, Conn. . . 1709-10

Shubae^ Parsons, died in Enfield, Conn. . . 1819

Eben'^ Parsons, died in Enfield, Conn. . . . 1844

Dr. Edward-Field* Parsons, resides in Enfield, Conn. . 1870

His son, Ed ward-Field f Parsons, resides at Enfield, Conn. 1870

Search is still continued for the ancestral line of this Philip*.

Should we 'discover His father a*, we shall designate him as a* ; should we later
find his gr! father, a^, as of America, he will be a* ; unless this last be the immigrant*,
when he will receive the unit index ; and his descendants will then bo re-indexed
with numerahf.tkS in second section..

The first section in this system of pedigradation inucldes any father, having left
the Eastern continent and having died upon the voyage, his children reaching Ame-
rica. He would, therefore, be pedigraded a, as of the first section ; while his chil-
dren, if any settled in America, would be pedigraded (1), as of the second section.
The illustration of the system may be more fully understood by the following :
Edward-Field', Dr. Edward-Fleld% Eben*, Shubael", Nathaniel^ Philip*. It is
traditionally believed that this Philip* was a grandson of Deacon Benjamin* Parsons,
of Springfield, Mass, the immigrant ancestor.

Should this tradition "be proved to be true then the pedigradation will run thus :

Edward-Field* Parsons, residing at Enfield, Conn, .1870
Dr. Edward-Field' Parsons, residing at Enfield, Conn. 1870

Eben* Parsons, died in Enfield, Conn. . . . 1844

Shubael* Parsons, died in Enfield, Conn. . . 1819

Nathaniel* Parsons, born in Enfield, Conn. . . 1709-10

Philip* Parsons, was living in Enfield, Conn. . . 1697

9 __

|. ••.•■•

Deacon Benjamin* Parsons married at Windsor, Conn. Nov.

6, 1653 ; res at Springfield, Mass. and d. Aug 24, . 1689

F Filial Medswres, 79

FiiiiAii Measubes, in Full Series ob in Sbctionb.
SymboU of degree of consanguinity in direct and aUied lines.
Without special reference to the genetie index American or trans-oceanic, we fre-
quently desire to state the relation of a person to a given ancestor ; as son or daughter,
grandson or granddaughter, great grandson or great granddaughter. . . . etc.

For this purpose, place after the said descendant and before the said ancestor
small Roman numerals, symbolizing the relation of the said parties.

1. Let one i symbolize one generation of descent ; and let each additional unit
Roman numeral represent one additional descending generation.

{In this system ths smaU i, v, and x have the force of eapUals used eonformcMy to the
style ofBoman notation,']

2. The numerals may be succeeded by s, for son or d, for daughter, when the
writer thinks this will add to the perspicuity of the notation.

3. The symbols may be read by saying son or daughter of , . ^ . when one i is
used ; grandson or granddoAighter of . . , . when tnoo are used ; and for any indicated
number more than two, by speaking the word great as many times sovoe two as the
small Roman numerals signify.

The following examples may serve to illustrate the preceding ruleii :

Examples of the use of the Symbols in Filial Measures.

John-Yillars' Farwell is a son of Henry^ and great-great-great-great-great grand-
son of Henry' ; and also of Christopher Jackson.

His mother Nancy^ (Jackson) Farwell was great-great-great-great granddaugh-
ter of Henry* Bright, who married Anna' Goldstone. [41 words].

The above may be symbolized thus :

John-Villars* Farwell i Henry^-and vii Henry*; and, also, of Christopher* Jack-
son. His mother Nancy ^ (Jackson) Farwell is vi Henry* Bright who married Anna*
Goldstone. [36 words],

41 — 26—15, a saving of 15 words, and the economical form is, to the initiated,
more readily comprehended than is the long one. Through vision, these roman nu-
merical symbols convey definite ideas more quickly than do the literal words.

By the chart viii, on page 75, we see that Simeon* Farwell was a great grandson
of Joseph* [Simeon* iii Joseph'] ; also, that Hepzibah* the wife of Simeon*, was a gr.
granddaughter of the same [Hepzibah* iii Joseph'.]

Supposing that we desire to speak of Henry^ Farwell, a quintoye of Henry*, as
connected with any intermediate member of the direct line ; for example with Joseph*
who m. Hannah' Learned, d*, we write it Benry^ FaruM v Joseph*, and not by the
tedious process of words Henry^ Farwell, great-great-great grandson of Joseph*.

Again let it be recjuired to express the degree of relationship between the said
Henry' Farwell and Faith* Dunster f * we should write it thus: Henry'Farwell v FaithȤ
(Dunster) Page. In reading this last agreeably to the rule, from v before Faith* we
subtract two, leaving iii (3) the number of repetitions of the word great in the reading
great-great-great grandson, [see rule 3 above.] Mary^g*, a besoye of Joseph* and
Margaret Parker, as a descendant of Sawtelle h'*' may be seen to be great granddaugh-
ter of Obadiah', and this relationship is readily symbolized thus: Mary^ Parker iii
Obadiah' Sawtelle* The illustration of the rules might be extended, but enough has
been said for those who wish for progress in nomenclature— for the other class farther
explanation might be distasteful.

I See American system of notation, p. 78.

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Bnibar. He died lii
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Dyed March Uli

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Col. Joseph Pa/rker amd DeacendcmU

The emigrant ancestor of Elijah* Parker In America was CoL Joaephi who with CoL James* prob-
ably his brother, first settled in Woburn; and they were among the original grantees of Billerica,
Chelmsford, Dunstable and Groton. "He was considered an inhabitant of Dunstable, probably in
that part which was originally Chelmsford and subsequently included within the bounds of Pep-
perelL He owned a large estate in Groton and was the ancestor of most of the Groton families of
the name. He was constable seven years, was a selectman and a member of the committee for
managing town affairs." {ShcUtuok''8 MemorialJ\ He died in 1690, leaving large estate ; 700 acres of
his land lay in Chelmsford and Groton. His wife^s name was Margaret. Lsee seize-quartiers chart.]

Of his children Joseph', probably his only surviving son, b. 80 March, 1653; m. 1, Elizabeth ;

m. 8d, Hannah Blood; was first of Dunstable where he succeeded his father as constable in 1683.
He was afterward an inhabitant of Groton where he died 19 Nov. 1725, leaving large estate. Of his

seven children Lieut. Isaac* m. Buth and lived in Groton till his removal to No. 4 N.H. in 1668.

Kine children are recorded in G. His second son William was grandfather of Amos Abbott, and
Samuel Lawrence. Three of <his sons ace. to Hist, of Charlestown, Isaac, Jr., Nathaniel, and David
settled in No. 4. Isaac, Jr^. married Mary who had 10 children and died 8 March, 1730. He died
1 Apr. 1760, in No. 4. Elijah, his ninth child, was bom as above in Fort No. 4, 14 July, 1750, N.S.

** Lieut. Parker was among the most prominent men in the township. On the Proprietors* Re-
eords his name is found in connection with the most important business transactions— On the Town
Beoords it is found six times as moderator, and eight times as one of the selectmen ; and when it is
oonsidered that he died April 1, 1762, only nine years after the organization of the town, it shows
that he must have possessed the confidence of his fellow-townsmen to an unusual degree. He had
|>een mcderator, and had also been elected first selectman the March previous to his decease. Mrs.
Parker died March 25th, 1750.

Lieut. Parker, Capt. John Spofford, and Stephen Famsworth, were the first captives taken by
the Indians from No. 4. They were taken on the 19th -of April, 1746, and carried to Canada where
they were retained through tbe following winter when they were returned to Boston under a fiag
of truce. [See Hist, of Charlestown, N.H.

Lieut. Parker was a member of Capt. Hobbs company in 1748, in which he held the position of
First Lieut, and did his duty most bravely and manfully in the almost unexampled fight which they
had with Sackett, on the 26th of June, 1748. He was also Lieutenant in Captain Phineas Stephens*
company, which Was stationed at No. 4, in 1750-51. He was also a Lieutenant in Colonel Meserve^s
regiment in 1756. After Capt. Stephens left for the war in Nova Scotia, Lieut. Parker was put in his
place as commander of the post of Charlestown. The following is an extract of a letter from him
while acting in this capacity, dated Charlestown, Oct. 3d, 1756. It was directed to Gov. Went worth.

"This day arrived here one Enoch By shop, an English captive, from Canada, who was taken
fromContoocook, about two years since. He left Canada twenty-six days ago in company with two
other English captives, viz.: William Hair late of Brookfield, entered Into Shirley's regiment and
taken at Oswego; the other name unknown taken from Penusylvania. They came away from Can-
ada without gun, hatchet, or fireworks, and with no more than three loaves of bread and four pounds
of pork. As they suffered much for want of provisions, his companions were not able to travel any
farther than a little on this side Cowass (Coos) where he was obliged to leave them last Lord's day*,
without any sustenance but a few berries. Six men were sent out this evening to look for them,
but it is to be feared they perished in the wilderness. "

The letter of Lieut. Parker also contained important information given by Byshop of the move-
ments of the enemy confirming intellifience which had been previously received. The inhabitants
of No. 4 having failed to gain the needed force for their protection from New Hampshire had, at the
instance of Gov. Shirley, forwarded a petition to the king. Before an answer had been received the
settlement stiU being in great danger, Lieut. Parker, Sept. let, 1757, had addressed a lettei to Lord
Loudoun informing him of the circumstances of its situation. To this he received the following

snswer :

Nbw Yoek, Sept. 12, 1767.
Sr. I am commanded by His Excellency the Earl of Loudon to acquaint you that he has Re-
oeived your letter of the first instant and to assure you that he will give proper orders for the pro-
tection of the Inhabitants in your part of the country. I am likewise to acquaint you that His
Ijordship has Received the Petition of the Inhabitants back from England with Directions there-
upon.

I am Sr. Your Most Humble Serv't,

JO. FORBES, Adjutant General.
To BCr. laiAC Parker, at
|7o. 4 on Connecticut River.

84 Bethiah* FarweU. ^

Children of Daniel* and Sybil* (Page) Farwell born in Fitchburg, were :

513. 1. Sybil*, [549] b. 29 Apr. 1765 ; d. 11 May, 1845 ; married Jacob Osborne.

613. 2. Simeon*, [557] b. 15 Aug. 1766 ; died 81 Aug. 1803 ; married Hepzibah

Farwell.

614. 3. Asa*, [565] b. 15 July, 1768 ; died 10 Aug. 1843 ; married Vashti Carter.

615. 4. Polly*, [572] b. 24 July, 1770 ; married John HartwelL

616. 6. Daniel*, [577] born 14 May, 1772; died 15 Sept. 1816; married Dorcas

Wetherbee.

617. 6. Benjamin*, b. 15 April, 1774; died 1776.

618. 7. Levi*, [585] born 23 March, 1776 ; died 18 July, 1840 ; married Betsey

Carter, m. 2d, Beatrix Carter.

619. 8. Anna*, b. 23 July, 1778 ; died aged 7 days.

620. 9. Anna*, [596] b. 9 Apr. 1780; m. Thomas Carter, m. 2d, Nathaniel Carter.

621. BETHIAH*, [425] ( TTiKwin*, J«wc*, JoBeph'', ffenry\) bom 18 Sept. 1747,
Mansfield, Ct. d. 3 Feb. 1813, Westminster, Vt.; married Joel* HOLTON, (John\
William*, John*, William},)h. Northfield, Mass. 10 July, 1738, son of John* and Me-
hetable (Alexander) of Northfield.

Mr. Holton was in the military service in 1759. From March 31 to Dec. 25,
served in Capt. John Burk's company. Col. Timothy Buggies' regiment in the expe-
dition to TiconderoM and Crown Point.

From Greenfield, Franklin co., Mass. Rec. of Deeds we have the following :
^' 1766, Joel Holton of Westminster, N.Y. to Jonathan Belding of Northfield, Hamp-
sliire CO. a tract of land in Northfield."

Joel* Holton was one of the twelve men who settled in Westminster, Vt. then
the bone of contention between New York State and New Hampshire— each claim-
ing it as belonging to its own territory. [See page 55 this book and 824 Winslow
Memorial.] This, with other unsettled affairs, rendered the condition of the pioneers
peculiarly unfortunate. They were subjected to great privations — their progress in
providing conveniences and comforts was retarded [see serial number [436»]. They
were obliged for some time to take their grain to be ground at Northfield, and when.
Mr. Holton was so unfortunate as to break his leg he was carried there a distance of
thirty miles for its treatment. The passage was comparatively easy being in a boat
on the Connecticut river.

After a time the courage of the pioneers was rewarded, and by force of character
and industry, they overcame the obstacles in their progress and made themselves pos-
sessors of some of the best farms in the fertile valley of the Connecticut. Mr Holton
erected one of the first saw mills, if not the first, in the town, and devoted himself
mostly to the making of lumber. He died 12 Aug. 1821, in his 84th year.

He settled his estate in his life time, and considering a collegiate education as
valuable as a farm he allowed his sons to choose their several portions accordingly.
Three of his sons, the three youngest, chose education, and John [633], Alexander
[684], and Isaac [640] were graduates of colleges.

[The names of the one hnndred first settlers of Hartford, Conn, are engraved on
Forefathers' Monument in the cemetery of the Central Church of that city, in which

F Bolton, White, Parker. 85

list is found William Holton. We have not been able to learn where he spent the
time from his arrival till his settlement in Hartford, 1635, nor the surname of his
-wife. His children were undoubtedly all bom there, and he resided there till 1654,
T^hen he removed to Northampton, Mass. and assisted in the settlement of that new
town. He was much employed in the business of the town — was deacon of the first
church, erected by contract the first house of worship, was one of the magistrates to
try small cases, and introduced a motion in the General Court at Boston for the
suppression of intemperance — the first known in American history. The marriage
of one of his daughters is recorded in 1654, the first in Northampton ; and a second
daughter's marriage in the following year was the second recorded.

In Hotten's List of Emigrants to America from 1600 to 1700 he is given as Wil-
liam Haulton aged 23. The name is second on the list headed " Ipswich. A Note
of the names and ages of all the Passengers which tooke shipping In the Francis^ of
Ipswich, M' John Cutting, bound for new England the last of Aprill, 1634.*' The
name is variously spelled on the records, sometimes Holten, and in one instance the
name of one of his sons is spelled Houghton. In sundry English records we find
Holton and Houghton interchangeably used in the same family.]

Children of Joel* and Bcthiah* (Farwell) Holton, were :

523. 1. Joel', [606] b. 5 Oct 1769, Westminster, Vt. ; died 10 Dec. 1846; married
2 Dec. 1802, Westminster, Phebe Parsons.

623. 2. William*, [612] b. 26 July, 1771, W.; died 12 April, 1857, Bethel, 111.; m.

Olive Rock wood, m. 2d, Mrs. Keziah Shaw.

624. 8. ZOBTH*, [625] born 21 Jan. 1773, W. ; d. 25 June, 1859; married Amanda

Loomis.

625. 4. JEMIMA*, b. 18 Jan. 1775, W. ; died at Westminster, 18 Aug. 1778.

626. 6. John*, [632] b. 11 Feb. 1777, W. ; died Springfield, Vt., 28 Nov. 1815, • m.

Harriet Hichards.

627. 6. Alexander*, [634] b. 19 Jan. 1779, W.; died, Vevay, Ind. 4. Aug. 1823;

married Harriet Warner.
528. 7. Erastus*, b. 6 Feb. 1781, W. ; died there 12 Feb. 1781.
629. 8. Bethiah', [638] b. 7 Mar. 1782, W; m. 6 Sept. 1821, John White.

680. 9. Erastus*, b. 19 Feb, 1784, W. ; d. there 3 May, 1800.

681, 10. Jemima*, born 28 May, 1786, W. ; died in W. 7 July, 18B5 ; was a teacher

many years in Westminster, Vt. and subsequently principal of a young

ladies Seminary at S. Berwick, Me.
632. 11. Elisha*, b. 1 March, 1788, W. ; died there 1 Feb. 1790.
683. 12. Isaac*, [640] b. 13 March, 1790, W.; died at Hillsgrove, 111. 26 June, 1850;

married Phebe Arnold.

634. ELIZABETH*, [427] (WiUiam^ I»aac\ Joseph^ Henry\) b. 12 Aug. 1751,
Mansfield, Conn. ; died 9 Sept. 1840, North Charlestown, N.H., aged 89 ; married 3
Nov. 1769, Walpole, N.H., Elijah* PAEKEE, b. in the block house or fort of No. 4

Charlestown, N.H., 14 July, 1750, His, of Charlestovm^ son of Isaac^and Mary ( \

of Groton, Mass. and Charlestown, N.H. He died 17 (25th His. of C.) Dec. 1804,
North Charlestown, N.H. [See radial chart, page 62.''

86 Fa/rweU Memorial, F

Mr. Parker removed with his young wife to Acworth, N.H. where his first two
children were born. Here he was principally engaged in making shingles, which
found ready sales in the river towns. He appears however to have returned before
the birth of the third child to what is now North Charlestown, where he spent the
remainder of his life.

By dilligence and enterprise he acquired a competency for the enjoyment of his
old age ; his farm was one of the best on the* Connecticut river, and liis buildings of
a fine order are said to have covered an acre of land— quite a contrast to his circum-
stances and the amount of his worldly goods, when, according to the tradition in
the family, he started in life, removing his bride and their effects on a hand sled to
Acworth.

He was one who volunteered to clear the land for the erection of Dartmouth
College, at Hanover, N.H. In 1782 he was one of the committee chosen by the town
to raise £50, and apportion it among the several school districts of the town.

Mr. Parker was a descendant in tlie fifth generation from Joseph', an original
proprietor of Groton, Mass. and his wife Margaret ; of Joseph' and Elizabeth ; of
Lieut. Isaac* and Ruth of Groton and, 1746, of No. 4, now Charlestown, N.H.; and
of Isaac* Jr. and Mary, who removed after the birth of their seventh child recorded
in Groton, to No. 4, in the last named year.

Joseph' according to Shattuck's Memorial, was brother of Captain James' of
Groton, one of the most active and conspicuous of the early inhabitants of that town.

The descendants of the name have been very numerous in Groton and difiiculties
arise in distinguishing members of the same Christian name of different families ; and
different opinions have been entertained by Savage, Shattuck and others, but we be-
lieve after a careful investigation our line will be found to be correct.

Joseph' is called Captain by Shattuck who says he was the ancestor of the most
numerous branches of the Parker families of Groton ; that he had large estate, leaving
at his death in 1690, in Chelmsford and Groton, about 700 acres of land ; that he
served the town as selectman ; one of the ** committee for managing town affairs,"
and was Constable of Dunstable from 1675 to 1682. He was considered an inhabit-
ant of D. in the section originally Chelmsford and now Pepperell.

His son Joseph succeeded him as constable in 1683 but was subsequently con-
sidered as of GrcHon, where he died leaving large estate.

Lieut. Isaac* was among the most prominent men in the township of Charles-
town, N.H. He was one of the first captives taken by the Indians from No. 4, 19
Apr. 1746, and was carried to Canada and retained nearly a year when he and his
companions were returned to Boston under a flag of truce. On the Proprietors' re-
cords his name is found in connection with the most important business transactions.
On the town records it is found six times as moderator, and eight times as select-
man ; and when it is considered that he died April 1st, 1762, only nine years after
the organization of the town it shows that he must have possessed the confidence of
his fellow-townsmen to an unusual degree — He had been moderator, and had sIsq
been elected first selectman the March previous to his decease.

His son Isaac* Parker, Jr. , was also a useful and respected citizen and would
probably have stood before the public much more prominently had it not been for

F Parker^ ConCy Whitmore- 87

the overshadowing influence of his father which appears to have been second only to
that of Capt. Phineas Stevens. He was still placed often on important coipmittees,
and entrusted with business of such consequence as would at least be adapted to show
the confidence of the public, both in trustworthiness and ability. He died about
two years before Lieutenant Parker, and in his death and that of his father subse-
quently, a loss was experienced which doubtless affected the little settlement greatly.
For thereby was removed not only an exemplary member of the church which had
been but a short time formed, but a citizen of much promise. [His. Charleston, N. H. ]

Children of Elijah and Elizabeth (Farwell) Parker, were :

535. 1. IsAAC^, b. 9 April, 1^70, Acworth, N.H. ; d. 20 Sept. 1818, at Waterbury,

Vt. ; married, Claremont, N".H. in the fall of 1794, Catliarine Green, of C.
b. 26 Feb. 1769, Providence, R.Lfrom which place she removed with her
parents at the age of 14, to Claremont. They removed to Waterbury,
Mar. 1795, where there nine children were born. She died 13 Aug. 1824.

Res. Waterlmry, Vt,

536. 2. DoLLT«, b. 15 May, 1772, Acworth, N.H. ; m. 15 May, 1793, Hut. of Char-

lestovyriy Lemuel Cone, of Westminster, Vt., son of Samuel. He was a
merchant in W. ; removed West, and it is supposed was murdered by a
legal opponent, though no direct proof of it could be elicited. Accord-
ing to the History of Charlestown, N.H. Mrs. Cone married 2d, Benjamin
Bellows of C. She d. Mar. 1819, at Caledonia, N.Y.

537. 3. Elizabeth", b. 14 Apr. 1774, Charlestown ; died 17 Mar. 1789, of Measles,

in C. [d. 20 Mar. 1791, ace. His. of Charlestown.]

538. 4. Jacob", born 25 May, 1776, C. ; died Sept. 1819, at Eight-Mile Creek near

Lockport, N.Y. ; m. Eliza Morse of Chester, N.H., who died about 1816,
at Pembroke, N.H.

539. 5. Elijah", b. 26 June, 1778, N. Charlestown, N.H. ; died 7 Apr. 1859, Elyria,

O. ; m. Brandon, Vt. 4 Oct. 1806, Harriet Horton, b. 30 Apr. 1789, B.,
d. of Major Gideon and Thirza (Farriugton). She d. 1 Jan. 1874, Elyria.
Lawyer.

540. 6. Orra-West", [648] b. 30 Mar. 1780, N. Charlestown; died 14 June, 1823,

No.Ch. ; m. Giddings Whitmore.

541. 7. Col. David", b. 4 Apr. 1782, N.C.; died there 4 May, 1846 ; m. 1 May,

1810, Claremont, N.H., Fanny Jones, b. 3 April, 1792, Claremont, dan.
of Maj. Ezra of Barre, Mass. and Esther (Rice) of Claremont, N.H. Col.
of the 16th regiment of New Hampshire Militia, whence his title by which
he was always called. Was a prosperous farmer on the homestead of
his father. She res. 1878, with her dau. Fanny- Jones (Parker) Wilson, of
Vergennes, Vt. [548]

542. 8. Polly", b. 19 June, 1784, [Hist, of C7A.] N. Charles'n; died 28 Aug. 1808,

Brandon, Vt.

543. 9. Enos", bom 1 May, 1786, N.Ch. ; married, perhaps, Nelly Sperry, perhaps
Barber. Res. Handolph^ Vt,

88 Farwdl Memorial.

544. 10. Martha", bom 7 March, 1788, N.Oh.:m. Buffalo, N.Y. 13 Apr. 1820, John

White who died 8 Oct. 1839, Waitsfield, Yt.

545. 11. Phinbas*, b. 21 Apr. 1790, N.Ch. ; married, but we have no further infor-

mation of him. It ia thought he resided in Rutherford co., Temi. He
was a taxpayer in Gharlestown in 1812.
646. 13. Sophia*, b. 7 Feb. 1792, No. Oh. ; d. 11 Feb. 1840, Unity, N.H. ; married,
at Olaremont, N.H. 17 Not. 1816, as 2d wife, Col. Nathan Hnntoon of
Unity, N. H. Was born 27 March, 1781, Unity, son of Patrick-Henry and
Deliverance (Gaus) of U.

547. 13. John*, b. 17 Feb. 1794, No. Oh.; died 23 June, 1856, Morristown, Vt. ; m.

Sept. 1814 [published aca to Hist, of Gharlestown, 8 Jan. 1815] Phila
Famsworth, b. 5 May, 1793, N. Gharlestown, dau. of Ebenezer, of 0.

She res. 1873, MorrUtatDn, Vt.

548. 14. Sarah* or Sally*, b. 9 Mar. 1797, N.H. ; d. 2 Oct. 1842, Vergennes, Vt. ;

married, Gharlestown, 10 Feb. 1717, Samuel Wilson, b. 30 Mar. 1791, C.
aon of Joseph of V. and Anne (Holden) of Gharlestown, N.H. He m. 2dy
1 Jan. 1844, No. Ch., Fanny-Jones Parker, b. 3 Dec. 1812, No.Gh., dau.
of Gol. David and Fanny (Jones) of North Gharlestown. [541]

They reside 1878, Vergennes^ Vt.

649. SYBHi*, [512J {JkmUH^, DanUP^ Joseph*, Joseph} ynenry\) b. 29 Apr. 1765^
atFitchburg, Mass.; died 11 May, 1845, **aged 80 years and 12 days"; m. by Rev.
John Payson, 10 May, 1786, ace. to family record of Mrs. Down, 2 Aug. His, of Oroton,
Jacob OSBOBNE, b. Fitchburg, 18 Apr. 1766, and died-21 Apr. 1846.

Ghildren :

650. 1. PoLLT% [656] b. 24 Apr. 1787 ; d. 20 Oct. 1831 ; married Benjamin Page.

651. 2. Su8AN% [659] b. 24 Apr. 1787 ; m. 26 Apr. 1807, William D<»wne.

552. 3. Sybil\ [675] b. 10 July, 1792 ; married 15 Sept 1813, Asa-O. Porter.

553. 4. NANCY^ [698] b. 12 Nov. 1796, [Mrs. Dornie] ; 1798 [Farwell-0*. Gobb] ,-

married Leonard Cobb.
654. 5. Loui8a\ [719] b. 22 June, 1801 ; married, 9 Mar. 1 24, by Rev. Seth Wins-
low [Winslaw Memorial,] Jedediah Tattle.
555. 6. Danibl-Farwell^, [725] b. 6 Aug. 1805 ; d. 1 Dec. 1851 ; married Sarah-

Noyes Maynard.
566. 7. Leonard', [734] b. 6 July, 1809 ; married Eliza Holman ; m. 2d, Sarah-

Clapp Goby.

557. SIMEON*, [513] (Daniel^, Daniel*, Joseph^ Joseph*, Bmry\) b. 15 Aug. or 23
Oct. 1766, at Fitchburg, Mass. ; died 31 Aug. 1808. ; m. F. 28 May, 1793, Hepzibah
Farwell, b 15 Oct. 1771, F., dau. of Abraham and Priscilla (Thurston) of F.

Mr. Farwell died intestate according to Worcester co. Probate Records ; the
'^ thirds " of the widow Hepzibah, appraised at $1050, were set off and a report there-
of presented to N. Paine, Judge of Probate, 11 April, and accepted by him on the
third Tuesday in May, 1809.

y Simeon* Ian*v)ell, 89

Joseph-Simonds was administrator ou the estate, 1st Tuesday in June, 1810.
Levi Farwell, guardian for the minors rendered his account as guardian of Mary Far-
well, daughter of Simeon, 28 Oct 1811.

Mrs. Hepzibah Farwell died 15 Oct. 1811. In her will dated 2 Sept. 1811, she
bequeathed to her ^^five eldest children" the one-half of her estate, ^^and consider-
ing the probable expense of supporting my two youngest children, Miriam-Thurston,
and Simeon till they are able to support themselves, I give and bequeath to the said
Miriam and Simeon the other half of said remainder of my estate to be divided
equally among them." — [See serial numbers 804 and 817.]

[The ancestral Farwell line of Mrs. Hepzibah Farwell traced back to its connec-
tion with that of her husband is Abraham* and Priscilla (Thurston), Gen. Samuel*
and Elizabeth Moors, b. 5 February, 1719, dau. of Abraham and Elizabeth (Gilson);
Jo&eph' Farwell and Hannah Colbum — the parents of both Gen. Sam'l* and Daniel*. *. ^ \

^ \)f^ The Gilson line descendant is Joseph* of Chelmsford, who m. 18 Nov. 1668,'' *-• "^^
• Mary Ca^er, and removed to Groton where their son Joseph' was b. 8 March, 1667,
who m. 1st, Hepzibah and 2d, Elizabeth. Among the children of Joseph' and Eliza-
beth [c*] t, according to Edwin Hubbard of Chicago, was a daughter of Elizabeth
■who married Abraham Moors, [b*] and became mother of Elizabeth Moors, wife of
Gen. Samuel* Farwell.

The pedigree of Priscilla* Thurston [a*]t, wife of Abraham* Farwell, is John* and
Lydia, Jonathan* and Lydia Spofford, Daniel and Mary (perhaps Dresser, bom 24
July, 1667, d. of John* of Rowley, 1643), Dan'l* and Ann Pell. [Ed Hubbard.]

Daniel* Thurston was of Newbury, Mass. According to Savage may have been
the legatee of Daniel Thurston an early settler of Newbury who had grant of land
Nov. 1748, and dying childless gave his estate to his ** kinsman Daniel Thurston,"
before called junior. — He had a large family of whom Daniel' the third child, bom 18
Jan. 1661, d. about 1737 ; when the lots in Buxton, Me. one of the townships granted
to the soldiers of the Narragansett war were drawn by lot, recorded 17 Nov. 1735,
Daniel Thurston, on the right of his father Daniel had lot No. 1, first division or
**home lot" in **raing" D, by wife Mary, According to Savage and Coffin's Hist,
of Newbury, he had seven children, the youngest being Jonathan', b. 16 Mar. 1701,
who married according to E. Hubbard, Lydia Spofford, bom 7 July, 1700, dau. of
Samuel and Sarah (Birkbee or Bixbee).

[Daniel Thurston, Sen. witnessed a codicil to the will of Thomas' Hale of New-
bury, 20 Feb. 1687-8.]

John* Spofford was of Rowley 1743. By wife Elizabeth had four sons and four
daughters. His son Samuel', b. 31 Jan. 1753, m. Sarah Birkbee or Bixbee and had
eleven children, one of whom Lydia', b. 7 July, 1700, is supposed to have married
Jonathan' Thurston and became the mother of John* who was father of Priscilla*
(Thurston) Farwell.]

In Gen. Reg. Vol. IX, p. 318, is related an anecdote of John* Spofford handed
down by his son Samuel who lived to be ninety years of age, which we reproduce :

During a time of great scarcity of com, probably from the great drought of 1662,
John Spofford, then living with his family at Rowley, and being with his neighbors
t For starred letter referencetf see chart page 75.

90 FarweH Memorial. ^

much pinched by the famine, went all the way to Salem to bay com.

A ship load of com had lately arrived there, but the owner, foreseeing greater
scarcity, and higher prices, refused to open his store and commence dealing it oat.
Spoflford plead the necessity of himself and his neighbors, but his arguments were
unheeded, and he had only the prospect of returning without being able to carry
bread to his suffering family. After every plea was exhausted to no effect on the
heartless merchant, he sternly cursed him to his /ace/ The merchant, astonished to
hear such language, had him arrested instantly, and arraigned before a magistrate,
for profane cursing and swearing. The accused, nothing daunted, informed the
magistrate that he had not cursed the merchant profanely, but religiously, and pro-
ducing a Bible, he read. Proverbs, xi, 26. — **He that withholdeth com, the people
shall curse him, but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it." The
authority was deemed decisive, the accused was discharged, and, in accordance with
the summary process of those days, the magistrate ordered that the merchant should
open his store, and sell him as much corn as he desired at the current price.

Res. FitchburQy Mass,
Children, bom in Fitchburg, Mass. :

658. 1. Hbfzibah^, b. 28 Feb. 1794 ; died 2 June, 1859, Aubum, Me. s.p. ; m. 8

May, 1815, George Turner of Pembroke, Me. He died and she m. 2d,
C Oct. 1824, David Allen, bom 13 Aug. 1796, son of James and Hannah
( ) of New Glouster, Me.

659. 2. Hknry^ [747] born 3 Dec. 1795 ; died 4 Jan. 1873, Stirling, HI. ; married

Nancy Jackson.

660. 3. Benjamin^ [778] b. 25 May, 1798; m. Hannah-Mary Knox.

661. 4. Peter^ [789] bom 24 June, 1800 ; m. Catharine Boutelle, 2d, Maria Patch,

3d, Elizabeth-Smith Burrage.

662. 5. Mary% [801] b. 28 Oct. 1803 ; married, 6 Sept. 1835, Elizabeth-Cooledge

Lane.

663. 6. Mibiam-Thur8Ton% [804] bom 14 July, 1806; m. 80 April, 1827, Stephen

Bemis.

664. 7. Simeon', [817] b. 28 Feb. 1709 ; m. 10 June, 1831, Mary-Ann Downe.

665. ASA*, [514] (Daniel\ Daniel*, Joseph*, Joseph^ Eenry\) bom 16 July, 1768,
Fitchburg, or as by his dau. Abigail, at Harvard, Mass. ; d. 10 Aug. 1843, F. ; m.
at F. 28 May, 1796, Vashti Carter, b. 8 Mar. 1772, d. of Elijah and Jane (Goodrich)
of Fitchburg. She died ^ Nov. 1853.

Mr. Farwell signed his will, 1 May, 1843, which was probated 18 Oct. 1843. In
it he made bequests to his wife Vashti, to dau. Sophia Wheeler, wife of Micah-L., to
dau. Jane wife of Benjamin Brown, to dau. Abigail, and son Charles, whom he
names as his executor, appointed his son-in-law Benjamin Brown to hold the bequest
of his daughter Sophia in trust for her use during her life, and after her decease, to
render the same to her heirs. [Worcester co.prob records.]

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Asa Farwell was administrator on the estate of Zaccheus Farwell, and rendered

his account 20 May, 1817, which was allowed, and he ordered to pay to the seven

children who had attained their majority their portion of the estate. [Worcester co.

probate rec, ]

Res. FUehburfff Maes,

Children all bom in Fitchbnrg, were:

566. 1. SoPHIA^ [828] b. 11 Nov. 179T married, Fitchburg, 28 Nov. 1824, Micah-

Lawrence Wheeler, b. 4 July, 1794, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Law-
rence). He died 14 Apr. 1867.

567. 2. A8a\ b. 8 Apr. 1800; died 11 Nov. 1815, Fitchburg.

568. 3. Jane^ [839] b. 21 Jan. 1802 ; died 4 Mar. 1870, Boston, Mass. ; m. Fitch-

burg, 25 Dec. 1828, Benjamin Brown.

569. 4. Chablbs', [849] b. 21 Nov. 1803; d. 27 Apr. 1868; m. Ann-Elmira San-

derson ; m. 2d, Hannah-Page Chaplain.

570. 6. Abigail', b. 23 Dec. 1807; unmarried; Res. Boston, d. 18 Mar. 1875,

571. 6. Pollt-Osbobnk', b. 27 May, 1810 ; died 7 July, 1812, Fitchburg.

572. POLLY*, [515] Daniel^, Daniel*, J(mph\ Joaeph^^ Emrf,) bom 24 July,
1770, Fitchburg, Mass.; married, 7 May, 1792, Fitchburg, John HART WELL, of
Lunenburg, [Worcester Co., records of returns from Fitchburg] b. 4 Sept. 1770, L.
He died in 1817, L. She died, L,, date unknown. Res. Lunenburg , Man,

Children :

573. 1. Maby% [855] b. 17 July, 1792, Lunenburg; d. 18 Sept. 1853, L.; married,

Stephen Gibson.

574. 2. Nancy', [889] b. about 1796, at Lunenburg; married, Samuel Bayig, of

Hold en, Mass.

575. 3. Jo8BPH», [891] b. 19 Aug. 1798, Lunenburg; m. 1821, Clarissa Reed; m.

2d, Martha-Maria Bean.

576. 4. William-Bascomb*, b. Lunenburg, about 1810, ace. to his brother Joseph^,

resides unmarried at Shirley, Mass.

577. DANIELS [516] {Danid\ Daniel*, Joseph^ Joseph*, Benry',)h. 14 May, 1772,
Fitchburg, Mass.; d. 15 Sept. 1816, F. ; m. F., 18 Dec. 1797, Dorcas Wetherbee, b.
27 Nov. 1775, F., dau. of Paul and Dorcas (Hovey) of Lunenburg, Mass. She died
at the house of her daughter Mrs. Boutelle, [906] in Fitchburg^ 17 Nov. 1855.

Mr. Farwell was a selectman in F. many years.

We have found no record of will, and conclude from the manner of settlement
of his estate, he died intestate.

According to Worcester County probate records, an inventory of the estate of
Daniel Farwell was ordered 19 Nov. 1816, returned 27th, and accepted 29th Nov.
1816.

The '' thirds" of the widow Dorcas, were reported as appraised and set oft 19 Dec.
1816.

92 Fa/rwell MemoriaZ. F

Report of Eliaa Messenger, gaardiaa of the heira of '' Daniel Farwell, late of
Pitchburg, deceased,'* accepted by the jadge, Ist Tuesday in Feb. 1817. He
Tendered his account of guardianship of Abel-W. Lyman, and George Farwell, and
was ordered to pay to Micah Warren, guardian of Dorcas Farwell, $855.50, being
one-fourth part of the balance of the estate.

The guardian of George, 6 July, 1830, was Francis Perkins,
Our collections from Worcester co. records do not give the name of the adminis-
trator, unless it may hare been Joseph Downe, Jr. and no information from the fam^
ily has enabled us to decide the question, see serial number 571. Farmer.

Res. FtMurg, Man.
Children of Daniel and Dorcas were :

578. 1. Asenath', b. 18 Sept. 1798, Fitchburg ; d. 16 Oct. 1816, F.

579. 2. Joseph*, b. 5 June, 1800, F. ; d. there 2 Sept. 1808.

580. 8. Mama', b. 8 Mar. 1802, F. ; d. there 12 Oct. 1816.

581. 4. Dorcas', [906] bom 13 Dec. 1804, F. ; m. there 26 Jan'y, 1826, Nathaniel-

Scaver Boutelle.

582. 5. Abbl-Wethbrbee^ b. 15 Nor. 1809, F. ; d. 1 Aug. 1831. He once saved

a boy from drowning at the imminent risk of his own life.

He was called ** of Pinckneyville, Mass., formerly of Fitchburg," on
Worcester co. probate records, 27 Oct. 1831. Probably died there.

583. 6. LTMAN^ [928] b. 7 Sept. 1811, F.; m. 26 July, 1836, Eliza-Ann Adams.

584. 7. Daniel-Gborqe», [939] b. 10 July, 1815, F.; d. 19 Sept 1850, St Louis ;

m. Charlotte Maynard.

585. LEVI*, [518] (2?a»w?», Danid*, Joseph*, Joseph*, JSiwrj^,) b. 23 March, 1775,
Fitchburg, Mass.; d. there 18 July, 1840; m. F. 27 May, 1801, Betsey Carter, b. 26
Aug. 1782, F., d. of Elijah and Jane (Goodrich) of F. Mrs. Betsey-C. Farwell died
14 Nov. 1808, and he married 2d, her sister Beatrix-Carter, b. 7 Sept 1788, d. 29
Sept 1839.

Mr Farwell held various town offices and was representative 1832-4.

The inventory of estate of Levi Farwell late of Fitchburg, deceased, returned by
E. C. Farwell, administrator, 81 Oct. 1841. According to Worcester co. probate
records, five of the older children had received advancements during the life time
of the father, and the two younger had received none, being under age.

21 Oct. 1840, Nathaniel Wood of Fitchburg, guardian of Levi under 14, and
same date Horace Newton, guardian of Henry-N. Farwell, sons of Levi, deceased.

Children all bom in Fitchburg :

586. 1. Eliza', born 16 or 25 March, 1802 ; died 28 Aug. 1803.

587. 2. Bbtsbt^ [942] bom 5 April, 1804; d. 28 Dec. 1870, Lynn, Mass.; married

Abel Baldwin.

588. 3. Eluah-Cabtbb^ b. 25 March, 1806 ; married Putney, Yt. 80 Jan. 1838,

Lydia Jones, born 20 February, 1809, RoyalstoUi Mass. dau. of Amos and
Lephe (Eastbrook) of Putney.

^ Pvper^ Carter^ Wilder^ Deem. - 93

Mr. Farwell was administrator on the estate of his father, Levi* Paiv
well — account rendered 20 Oct. 1841. **He has lived a quiet life and
entered into no business for years." s.p.

589. 4. CAKOLrBTHJ^ b. 28 Oct. 1808 ; d. 21 Aug. 1824, F.

690. 6. Lkvi-Linooln^, b. 2 July, 1811 ; d. 9 Apr. 1825, F.

691. 6. Abel-Goodrich^ [955] b. 6 Feb. 1813 ; d. 26 Dec. 1863 ; married Susan-

Walker Bartlett.
693. 7. Dkxtert, [958] bom 27 Jan 1815; m. Olive Shaw.

693. 6. AsA^ [961] bom 29 March, 1817; married Marcia Piper.

694. 9. Henry-Newton'', [965] bom 12 Jan. 1822 ; m. Clata Richardson,

695. 10. Levi^, bom 18 March, 1828 ; died 14 Oct. 1851, ace. to Boston rec, buried

in Fitchburg, Mass. Was clerk in Boston, Mass.

696. ANNA*, [502] (JDanuJ^, Daniel\ Joseph" , J osepli^ JBenry\) bom 9 Apr. 1780
Fitchburg, Mass.; married 16 Febraary, 1803, F., Thomas CARTER, bom 15 Feb.
1774, F. son of John and Lydia ( ). He died there 21 January, 1816. Farmer.

She married 2d, 9 April, 1822, Nathaniel GARTER, of Leominster, Mass., b. in
L. 29 November, 1770, son of Nathaniel and grandson of Nathaniel, one of the first
settlers of L. and Dorothy (Joslin) of L. He died 30 August, 1850, L. Farmer.
She died 17 May, 1851, at Leominster, Mass.

Kes. Fitchburg and Leominster^ Mas§.

Children :

697. 1. Samuel^ [970] bora 1 November, 1804, F. ; m. F. 18 May, 1828, Marthn

Litch ; married 2d, Elvira- A. Lancaster.

698. 2. Sybil', born 3 January, 1807, F. ; died 7 November, 1807.

599. 8. Farwell-Simeon', born 25 August, 1808, F. ; died 2 Oct. 1810.

600. 4 Sybil^ bom 21 July, 1811, F. ; died 28 October, 1870; married 15 April,

1831, Leominster, Mass. Shepherd-Clark Wilder, of Leominster, s.p.,
bom 12 July, 1806, son of Elishaand Polly (Paikhurst) of Hubbardstown,
Mass. Farmer.

601. 6. Anna-Farwell^ [973] bom 13 September, 1813, F. ; mar. 2 May, 1836,

Leominster, Charles-Pinckney Bean.

602. 6. Thomas^ [989] bom 13 June, 1815, F. ; married 21 June, 1838, Mary

Phelps.

603. 7. EuNiCE-LmcoLN', bom 22 May, 1823, Leominster ; died 8 Jan. 1857.

604. 8. Asa', bom 7 October, 1825 ; died 7 Oct. 1825.

605. 9. Charles-Farwell', [999] born 8 June, 1827 ; married 25 Apr. 1861, Leo-

minster, Harriet May.

606. JOEL«, [522] (Sethiah* (FariDeU) Holton, WtUiam*, Isaae", Joseph^ JIenry\)
b. 6 Oct. 1769, Westminster, Vt., d. 10 December, 1846,W.; married 2December, 1802,
W, Phebe Parsons, born 27 February, 1780, Swanzey, N.H., daughter of Benjamin*
(Damd\ Benjamin* y Eleneser*^ Benajmin^ of Springfield, Mass,) and Miriam* Winslow
{Hwrnou^y Thoma^y Kendm*^ Kenetm^^ KeneM of Plymouth and Marshfield, Mass) [See

94: DcBC^ of BethiaK' {FarweV) Edton- T

Winslato Memorial^ pp. 819 and 832] Mrs. Holton d. 25 Jan. 1888, at Westminster.

Pedigree of Mr. Holton in his patronymic line :

William' Holton, of Hartford, Ct. and Northampton, Mass. and his wife Mary ;
John* and Abigail ; William' and Abigail (Edwards) ; John* and Mehetabel (Alex-
ander) ; Joel* and Bethiah* (Parwell) of Westminster, Vt.

[See Window Memorial, pages 27 and 829, where his death which occurred 10
Dec. 1846, is by mistake said to have occurred a year later, 1847.]

Mr. Holton died at Westminster, Yt. after an illness of only twenty-two hours.
Shortly before the close of his sufferings, as he. became conscious that death was fast
removing him from all earthly scenes, taking the hand of a relative watching over
him he said : ** I am one of those who were present at the old people's party," refer-
ring to a party made for him on his 75 th birthday anniversary, 5 Oct. 1844, and these
were his last words.

The party was composed of persons over seventy years of age or having a partner
over 70 ; and all of that class in Westport, Elizabethtown, Lewis, Willsboro, Essex,
Moriah, and Crownpoint in Essex co., N.Y. were invited. The attendance was
large, above sixty. Some were in their eighties, and some in their nineties, and one
over a hundred years.

As the steamer from Whitehall the day previous (4th Oct.) approached the West-
port wharf, the honored father and grandfather was received with songs of welcome
by the pupils of the Seminary and the children of the two public 8ch\>ols of the
village.

After having accompanied him to the house the youth were bountifully enter-
tained with melons and fruits ; and on the fifth, for half an hour previous to the
anniversary dinner, formed in front of the house and sang pieces prepared for this
patriarchal reunion, thereby furnishing great pleasure to the guests.

During the day and after a substantial dinner several of the guests recited early
experiences in their newly forming villages, contrasted former and later customs
and offered sentiments appropriate to the present and future.

The venerable Dr. Livingston of Elizabethtown gave an address. A song com-
posed for the occasion was sung in the tune of **Long Time Ago," and the guests
bidding each other an affectionate adieu separated. It was an interesting and solemn

scene

Twenty-two months passed, and as one after another had departed, it was
natural that Mr. Holton should recall the event in the moments of his own departing.

Children all born in Westminster, Vt. were :

607. 1. Ebastus-Alexander^, [1003] b. 9 Sept. 1803 ; d. 3 Aug. 1849 ; m. 2 Sept

1834, Hannah-Brainerd May. '

608. 2. Minerva', [1018J bom 18 October, 1805 ; died 30 June, 1875; m. Charles-

Grandison Gilehrist.

609. 8. Miriam', [1048] b. 31 Oct., 1807 ; died 8 November, 1865, at LeClaire,

Iowa ; m, Sumpterville, S.C., 10 March, 1855, Dr. Henry-Smith Brown!

610. 4. David-Parsons', [1044] bom 18 June, 1812 ; m. 12 May, 1839, France^K*

Forward.

Oil. 5. Phebb-Hble»', born 27 December, 1816 ; died 5 Sept. 1817, Westminster.

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DESCENDANTS OF EDWARD^ WINSLOW OF DROITWICH ENa.

1 4 Nov.

Eleanor Pelham:s=r:Bdward Winslow^^

I

1594,

Magdalene OUyyer.

Edward, b. 18 Oct.
1695, Droitwioh,
Ene.; d. 8 May,
1655; m. at Leyden,
16May, 1618,Eliza-
bethBarker, who d
94 Mar. 1621. Hem.
2nd, 12 Mav, 1621.
Susanna (Fuller)
White, who died 1
Oct. 1680.

John

Tohh, b. 16 Apr.
1597; d. 1674; m. 12
Oct. 1624, Mary
Chilton, dau. of
James. [See Memo-
rial ofJohn^ Wina-
low,]

Eleanor, b. 22 Apr.
1598; bap. 24 Apr.
She remained in
England.

Kenelmi, b, gg Ap.

1599;d.l3Sep.l672;
m. June, 1634, Elea-
nor Adams, wid.
of John. She d.
6 Dec. 1681. JSee
Memorial of Ken-
elm^ Win^oWi]

Gilbert, b. 27 Oct.
1600; came to New
Eng. with his bro-
ther Edward in
1620. Returned to
England.

Elizabeth,b.6Mar.
1601-2; bap. 8 Mar.;
buried 20 January,
1604-«.

Magdalen, b. 96
Deo. 1604; bap. 80
Dec. 1604. She re-
mained i& Sng*
land.

Josiah, b. 11 Feb.
1605-6; d. 1 Deo.
1674; m. 1636, Mar-

Saret Bourne, who
. Oct. 1683. [Ses
Memorial of Jo^
Hah^ Witutlow,}

Damaris

28 Sept. 1667,
iKenelmS b. 1685,»s.MercvWorden, his

IMarshfield; d. 11 I cousin, b. 1641,dau.
Nov. 1715. I of Peter Worden,

Jr.;d.22 Sept. 1668.

Eleanor or Ellen*,
b. 1637, Marshfleld:
d. 1676; m. Samuel

Baker.

>b«.

Nathaniel*, b. ab't Job', U

1639; d. 1 Deo.1719; 1641; d.

m. 1664, Faith 1720; bu

Miller. Ruth •

, , , 5 Jan. 1689-90.

Damaris'.m. 1718, Kenelm*, bapt.»s=BethiaHall,

J. Small (or 9Aug. 1668, Sci
Smalley). tuate; d.20 Mar.

Eliz.«, m.mi. An- l728-9,in the 62d
drew* Clark. y«" ot his age,
Eleanor", m. as stated on his

1719, Shubael tombstone in the
Hamblen, WinslowYard.

dau. of Rev.
(Jershom* &
Bethia
(Bangs).

tnani

Josiah", b. 7 Not. Samuel*, b. ab*t Nathaniel*.
1669, Marshfleld. 1674. b. ab't. 1678.

Thomas*, bant. 8 Mercy*, b. ab*t. Edward* b.
Mar. 1672; d. 6 1676; m. Mela- 80 Jan.1680-1:
Apr. 1689. tiah White, d. 25 June,

1760.

Bethia«,bap.l691,
H.: d. 1720; m.
John Wing.

Mercy*, bapt.

HiJ3,Harwich;m.

Philip Vln-

oent.

Rebecca*,
bapt. ab't.
1695. H.

Kenelm*, b.
ab't 1700,
H.

12 Feb. 1722-3,
Thomas*, b. ab*t.ssM e h e t a b le
1706; d. 1779.

Thankful*, bapt.
abt 1697; m. 1722,
Theophilus

Crosby.

Mary*, bap. 1707,
Winslow, b. 6 H. ; m. Ebene-
Mav. 1705, dau. zerClaOD-
of Edw.* & ^^

Sarah; d. 6 Hannah*, b.
Mar. 1791. 1713, H.; d. 1745.

Seth*, b. 1715,

Harwich; d. Hi

Aug. 1754; m.

Ist, 1735-6,

Thankful

Sears.

Thomas*, =:
b. 29 Feb.
1723-4,
Yar-
mouth.

n

:Sarah

Hig.

gins,

adopt.

dau.

of Mr.

Sears.

Edward*, b. 4

Mar. 1725-6,

Yarmouth.

Bethia*, b. 19

Jan. 1729, Y.;d.

8 May, 1729-80.

Bethia*, b. 11
Feb. 1730-1; d,
1731.

Isaac*, b. 22
Jan. 1732-3, Y.;
d. 1783.

I I III

;arah*, b. 9 Isaac*,]

Sarah*, b. 9
Fob. 1735-6; d.
IDec. 1736.

Sarah*, b. 24
Apr. 1T87; d. 16
May, 1737.

saac*,b. 7 Oct. Josiah*,b.9S

1738; d. 1738. Sep. 1744; d.

Zenas*, b. 1740; 8 Oct. 1744.

d. 1740. Joshua*, b.

Zenas*, b. 30 O. 80May,1748;

1741; ULAbigaU d. 11 Dea

Clark. 1748.

Isaac*, b. 1742; Mehetable*, b.
m. a lady of 18 July, 1747; m.

Bristol, Eng.
Elisha*,b. 1746;
4. at Port Ma-
hon, Minorca
Uland.

Nathaniel

Saran*, b. 7 May,
1753; m. John

ftatch.
iscUla*, bapt.

f9 Apr. 1799,
Miriam*. h.»»Benjamln* Hannah*, b.lTRl;

Clark.

J08haa*,b.l749; 24 Apr. 1767; m.

d at sea, July, 12 Dec. 1778, John

1788i m Rhoda Webb.
Vldnner.

6 May, 1758;
d. 8 Mar.
1885.

Parson S« b. d. 1832; m. Th>-
6 Jan. 1753; d. 8 ii^«i RuggleS-
Oct. 1819. 6u8anna*,b. 1764;

m. Phineas

MelgS.

2 Deo.

Phebe*,
[8814], b.
27 Feb.
1780; d. 25
Jan. 1838,
at West-
minster,
Vt. [See
Hoi ton
Radial
Chart.]
[3814.]

1802,

= Joel* Hel-
ton, b. 6
Oct. 1769,
s. of Joel
and Be-
thiah
(Farwell).
He d. 10
Deo. 1847
[See Hoi-
ton Memo-
rial]

Benjamin*, d. 14
June, 1789.

Miriam«. b. 30 '
Deo. 1785; d. 10
July, 1856; m.
23 Aug. 1810,

Isaac Stod-
dard, b/%S
Oct. 17 76; d.
1848, [3862.]

David*, d. inf.

David*, d. ae.
abt. 3 years.

PhUander*, b. 15
June, 1789 ; d.
15 June, 1843;
m. 14 Jan. 1814,
Sophia Lowell,
b. 21 Feb, 1791;
d. 17 Nov. 1867.
[3901.]

Phila*, b. 18 Aug.
1791 ; d. June,
1862; m. 3 Aug.
1807, Horace

Lovell.

Abigail*, b. 9
Mar. 1794; d. 16
Mar. 1871; m.
1. Jan. 1812,
Elijah Car-

B enter, b. 8
ov. 1787;' d. 23
Sept 1861.

Polly*ib. UApr.
1797; m. 17
June, 1819, Au-
gustus Cook.
b. 12 Mar. 1792 :
d. 28 Aug. 1874.

iBlisha- Winslow*
b. II Feb. 1800.
He went to
Canada [and is
supposed to
have been mur-
dered there]

ErastuB-Alexan-
derT, b. 9 Sept.
1803; d. 30 Aug.
1849; m. 2 Sept.
1834, Hannah-
Brainerd May, b.
4 Aug. 1807.

>rinerva*,b.l8 Oct. Miriam*, b. 31 Oct, David-Parsons?, b.
1805; d. 80 June, 1807; d. 8 Nov. 18 June, 1812; m.

1865; m. 10 Mar.
1855, Henry-
Smith Brown,
b. 26 Dec. 1809, '

1875; m. 31 Dec.
1829, Gharles-
Grandison CM"

12 May, 1839,
Frances-Eetu-
rah Forward, b.
6 May, 1816.

Phoebe-Helen?, b.
27 Deo. 1816 ;d. 5
Sept. 1817, [8819}.
[8819]

F Williain* MoUcn and Descendants. 97

612. WILLIAM*, [523] (Bethiah* {Famdty Holton, WUMam\ Isaa^, Joseph^
Eenrp\) b. 26 July, 1771, Westminster, Vt.; d. 12 Apr. 1857, Bethel, McDonough
Co., 111. ; married at Westminster, Vt., Olive Rockwood, b. 20 May, 1772, Win-
chester, N.H., dau. of William and Mary (Averill) Wilson, of Winchester. She
died 14 Oct. 1B36, Bethel, 111. He married 2d, 27 May, 1837, at Macomb, McDon-
ough Co., lU., Mrs. Keziah Shaw. Fanner.

Res. Westminster, Vt., and Bethdy HL

Children all bom in Westminster, Vt. :

613. 1. Mary^, b. 10 May, 1793; died unmarried, 1875. To her we are indebted

for many of the records of her father^s descendants.

614. 2. Reuben-Rockwood', [1048] b. 16 June, 1795; married Rebecca-Baker

Tower; m. 2d, Margaret- Albro (Whitehorne) Albee.

615. 3. Elizabeth^ b. 14 Aug. 1797; died 3 Nov. 1825 at Westminster, Vt.

616. 4. Bethiah', b. 9 Aug. 1799; died 20 May, 1810 "

617. 5. William', [1065] b. 31 Oct. 1801; m. Betsey Mason; m. 2d, Sophia-Maria

Waddell ; m. 3d. Dorcas-Ford Hoyt.

618. 6. Elisha^ b. 12 Sept. 1803; m. 5 Nov. 1827 at Saxton's River, Vt., Maria

Granger, b. 1805, Westmoreland, N.H., dau. of Eldad and Susanna
(Holmes) of W. Hem. 2d, Rockingham, Vt., 17 June, 1840, Mary- Ann
Wright, b. Nov. 1805, Westminster, Vt., dau. of Salmon and Ruth (Reed)
of Westminster. She died 8 Get. 1872. He has nD children. Farmer.

1878, Res. Trauptimrg^ BeubenCo.^ JV.r.

619. 7. Olive', [1112] b. 2 Apr. 1806 ; m. Joshua Enggjes.

620. -8. Isabel', [1166] b. 13 Aug. 1808; married John-Calvin Conant.

621. 9. Anson', b. 1 July, 1811 ; d. 12 July, 1811.

622. 10. Rev. Isaac-Fabwell', [1170] b. 30 Aug. 1812; d. 25 Jan. 1874; m. Mary

Susanne Warner.

623. 11. Wealthy-Ann', [1176] b. 24 Jan. 18lS ; m. Rev. Horace Worden.

624. 12. John', b. 6 July, 1817; m. Keosauqua, Iowa, 2 Apr. 1848, Harriet

(Stannard) Chandler, b. 11 Oct. 1810, Newport, N,H., dau. of William
and Hannah (Hagar) of Newport, s.p. Fanner.

Res. 1871, Ashland MllSy Jackson Co,^ Oregon^

625. ZOHETH*, [524] (Bethiah'' (FarweU) Helton, William*, Isaac\ Joseph^
Hmry\) b. 21 Jan. 1773, Westminster, Vt. ; d. at W., 25 June, 1859 ; m. 5 Feb.
1805, (pub, 3 Oct. 1804, West 8p:ing/iddy Mass,, rec.) Amanda Loomis, b. W. Spring-
field, 16 Aug. 1779, dau. of Noadiah and Thankful (Bagg) of Springfield, Mass.
She died 5 Mar. 1859. Farmer. Res. on thebomestead of his father Joel*,

. Westminster, Vt.

[The line of ancestry of Mrs. Holtou as by Loomis Genealogy is the following:
Josephi of Windsor, Conn. ; John' of W. ; Thomas" of Hatfield, Mass. ; John* of Le-
banon ; Jonathan* of Springfield, and Noadiah* and Thankful (Bagg) of West Spring-
ileld, Mass.]

98 FarweU McmaridL F

Children all bom in Westminster, were :

626. 1. NoADiAH-LooMis^, [1179] b. 4 Dec. 1805 ; m. 16 Aug. 1847, Eliza Bur-

roughs, of Alstead, N.H.

627. 2. Elihu-Dwight^ [1188] b. 19 Feb. 1807; m. 21 Noy. 1831, Nancy Grout

of Westminster, Vt.

628. 8. Ji7Lia-Ann% [1189] b. 8 Not. 1809; married Hiram King; m. 2d, Darwin

Wood.

629. 4. Olivia-Arkold^, b. 27 Dec. 1814 ; m. 5 Feb. 1839, by Rct. Sylvester Sage

at Westminster, Vt., Mark-Richards Clapp, of Westminster, s.p. Far-
mer. Res. MU/ordf Jeffenon Co,j WU.

630. 5, Laura-Wolcott^, b. 10 Mar. 1818; died 8 Oct. 1854, ,. Ashbumham,

Mass. ; married, Westminster, Yt., 8 Oct. 1848, Joseph-Parker Bice, b.
Mar. 1819, s. of Joseph and Susan (Balcom) of Ashbumham. Mr. Rice
enlisted in Co. H, 21st Regt., Mass. Vols., 21 Aug. 1861, was Captain till
promoted Major, 28 Feb. 1862 ; was again promoted Lieut. -Colonel 16 May,
and was killed at the battle of Chantilly, Ya., 1 Sept. 1862. He married
2d, at Winchendon, Mass., 22 June, 1857, Emily-Maria Gamett, who was
bom in Lowell, Mass., 15 Dec. 1833. By this marriage he had two
children, Frederick- William, b. 27 Sept. 1860, and Newbem, b. 15 Mar.
1862, the day of the battle of Newbem, in which his father, who named
but never saw him, participated. These children we insert in compliment
to the father's patriotism and the mother^s kindness in furnishing the
family record. Col. Rice was by occupation a chairmaker.

Res. AMurnham^ Mau.

631. 6. Anw-Jennette^, b. 12 July, 1820; married, as 2d wife, a^ Milford, Wis.,

the residence of her sister, Mrs. Clapp, 8 Nov. 1860, Sylvester-Sage
Stoddard, of Westminster, Yt., b. 24 Feb. 1804, Billymead, now Sutton,
Yt., s. of Ezra^, b. in Westminster, and d. June, 1811, and Jerusha
(Goodell), b. W. andd. 19 May, 1849, aged 72. Mr. Stoddard married
1st., at Westminster, 19 Mar. 1829, Mary Holton, b. 13 Sept. 1806, W.,
who died there 22 Feb. 1859, having previously buried all of her five
children, of whom four died in early childhood or youth, and the eldest
married Bradshaw-Horace Stone. She was dau. of Worthington*
Holton and Phebe (Phelps) Ranney of Westminster ; granddaughter of
Ebenezer* of W. and Mary (Worthington of Springfield, Mass.) ; gr. grand-
daughter of Joshua*, killed by Lidians 25 Apr. 1746, and Mary (Stebbins)
of Northfield, Mass. ; gr. gr. grand-daughter of Thomas', killed by
Indians 13 Aug. 1723, and Mindwell (Allen of Northampton) of North-
field ; gr. gr. gr. grand-daughter of John* of Northampton, and later of
Northfield, and Abigail ; and gr. gr. gr. gr. grand-dau. of Dea. William
and Mary of Hartford, Conn., and Northampten, Mass. [521 p. 85.]

Mary^ Holton i Worthington*, ii Ebenezer*, iii Joshua*, iv Thomas", v
John', vi William* Holton of Hartford and Northampton. [See system of
abbreyiation by symbols of degree ol lineal descent, page 79],

•* Joh/n* and AleoDcmder* Helton and Descendants* 99

«

Mr. S. has been for many years a deacon of the Congregational Church
at Westminster, has long been town clerk, and has held nmnerous positions
of trust and honor to the entire satisfaction of his constituents. It was at
his residence that the social gathering mentioned on page 56 was so
heartily and profitably enjoyed, and by his co-operation in celebrating the
Temperance Jubilee, page 67, he contributed essentially to the general
enjoyment of the occasion.

632. JOHN*, [526] (Bethiah* {FarwelD Holton, WUliam*^ laaa^^ Jo9eph\ Eenry\)
b. 11 Feb. 1777, Westminster, Vt. ; died, Springfield, Vt, 28 Nov. 1815; married,
April, 1808, (pub. Apr. 3, 1808) Harriet Richards, b. 23 July, 1783, Westminster,
dau. of Hon. Mark, Ex-Lieut-Gov. and Anna (Ruggles) Dorr, dau of Joseph Buggies
and widow of Joseph Dorr. Mrs. Holton died 20 Aug. 1811.

Mr. Holton fitted for college at Chesterfield Academy, N.H., under Roswell S.
Shnrtliff, afterwards Prof, in Dartmouth College ; graduated D. Coll. in 1805 ; read
law with Hon. Stephen-Bowe Bradley of Westminster ; settled in practice at Spring-
field, Yt., where he remained till his death.

[Among the classmates of Mr. Holton was Francis Brown, D.D., afterwards
Pres. of Dart. College, Henry Colman, celebrated as a writer on agriculture, Bey.
Dr. Samuel Osgood, long a pastor of Cong. Ch., Springfield, Mass., and Bey. Al-
pheus Harding, unitarian, of Salem, Mass.

Hon. Mark Bichards was son of Abijah and Huldah (Hopkins) who was sister of
Bev. Dr. Hopkins, the hero of Mrs. H. (Beecher) Stowe's ** Minister's Wooing," and
of another brother who was the author of a system of diyinity, called after his name.]

Child:

688. 1. Hakribt-Ann', [1199] b. 28 Nov. 1808, Springfield, Vt. ; married Bev.
John-Humphrey Noyes*

634. ALEXANDEB*, [527] (Bethiah^ iFarweU) Holton, Wmiam*, l8aac\
Jauph*^ Henry^y) b. 19 Jan. 1779, Westminster, Vt. ; married at Hard wick, Mass. in
1805, Harriet Warner, b. 15 Jan. 1783, Hardwick, dau. of Gen. Jonathan and Hannah
(Mandell) of Hardwich.

He fitted for college, as did his brother John, [632] at Chesterfield Academy under
Boswell S. Shurtliff, and graduated at Dartmouth College in 1804 ; pursued the
study of law under Hon. Stephen-B. Bradley of Westminster ; practiced his profession
in 1807 at Hardwick, afterwards in Hartland and Woodstock, Vt. In March, 1815,
he removed to Vevay, Ind., whence, after, several years practice, he went to Vernon,
Marion Co., Ind., where he died 4 Aug. 1823, aged 44.

Of his classmates we mention Job Lyman of Burlington, Vt., and Bev. George
T. Chapman, D.D., of Newburyport, Mass.

Mrs. Holton has lived many years with her sons at Deep Biver, Lake Co., Ind.

[For her pedigree see Appendix of WmsLOW Mbhobial.] also p. 174 this book.

Children :
635. 1. Jonathan-Wabker^ [1201] b. 80 July, 1807, Westminster, Vt. ; married
7 Dec. 1829, Charlotte-Baily Perry.

160 Descendants of BetTdM FarwdL T^^

636, 2. WiLLlAM-AuouBTUB-WABinfiR', [1213] b. 15 May, 1809 : married Bemetta

Vosburg.
687. 3. Harriet^ [1222] b. Vevay, Ind., 1 Not. 1818; married, 8 Jan. 1846,

Asahel Albee.

638. BETHIAH*, [529] (Bethiah" (Farwdl) Holton, WiUiam*, Imau*, Soteph*,
Eenry\) b. 7 March 1782, Westminster, Vt. ; m. 6 Sept. 1821, Springfield, Vt., John
WHITE, b. 19 June, 1700, in Douglass, Mass., son of Peter and Hepzibah, and
grandson of David White. He died 4 May, 1826, Springfield, Vt. Lawyer and far-
mer. Mrs. White resides, 1878, with her niece, Mrs. S. S. Stoddard, Westminster, '
Vt. [See 631]

Child:

639. 1. PLnrY-HoLTON% [1230] b. 6 Oct. 1822, Springfield, Vt. ; married Electa-
Barber-Dickinson Gate:.

640. ISAAC", [533] (Bethiah* (FarweU) Holton, WiUiam\ Isaac*, Joseph?,
Eenry\) b. 13 Mar. 1790, Westminster, Vt. ; died, 26 June, 1850, at Hillsgrove,
McDonough Co., 111.; married 5 Jan. 1827, Phebe Arnold, b. 29 Jan. 1798, West-
minster, dau. of Seth and Esther (Ranney) of W.

Mr. Holton fitted for college at Dcerfield Academy, Mass. ; graduated at Ver-
mont University, Burlington, Vt., in 1814, during the war. Constantino Gilman,
Isaac Moore, Erastus Root, M.D.,* and Almon Warner were his classmates.

He read law with his brother John in Springfield, and subsequently with Hon.
William C. Bradley of Westminster, Vt. Alter a brief law practice he resigned his
profession for that of a teacher, in which calling he was eminently successful. He
commenced teaching as Principal of Chester Academy, Vt., and successively filled '
the same position in the academies of South Berwick and Limerick, Me. and Bel-
lows' Falls, Vt. ; till about 1885 when he removed to Hillsgrove,§ III., where he
spent the remainder of his life as teacher and farmer.

Children j

641. 1. Seth-Arnold^, [1236] b. Limerick, Me., 14 Nov. 1828 ; married Elizabeth

Roe ; m. 2d, Margaret-Parley Shedd.

642. 2. Rebecca-Rakney^, [1238] b. Limerick, 3 Sept, 1830 ; married Rev. Joseph

Mason.

* Dr. Eraatuff Root, b. 9 Jan. 1780 at €^ullfo^ii Vt., haying nadnated at the VermontXJniverslty,
subsequently reoeived his medical diploma from the Medical Department of Dartmouth College,
and practiced his profession at Betsburg, N.Y.

This is his pedigree : Dr. Erastus^ Root (Timothy^f Samuel^, John*, Thomas^, John^ of Farming
ton. Conn. ; John» of Badby, Northamptonsnire, England.

His father, Timothy^ was born in Fort Dummer, Brattleboro, Yt. ; was one of the first settlei
in Guilford and d. 12 Dec. ISid, aged 100 years. Of the sisters of Timothy*,

Elizabeth* married Judge Burf ofWestminster, Yt.
Sarah* *' Elijah Bonny »* "

Naomi* »* Capt. Eaton " "

t See Genealogical Chart jpage 847, Yol. I. Winslow Memobial, where the line of Gideon* of
Southwick, Mass., cousin of Timothy' Boot, is given.

I A^placein/HoDononc^ Co., so named in compliment to Mrs, Hills of Westminster,- Yt., fek sister
of Mrs. Holton.

F Descendomts of Elizabeths larweU. 101

648. 3. Dr. John- Ambrose^, [1242] b. 12 Apr. 1832, Bellows' Falls, Vt. ; marrie
Adelaide Taylor.

644. 4. Rev. Charles- Augustus^, [1246] b. 8 Mar. 1834, Bellows' Falls ; m. Mary

-jlinor Yeager ; m. 2d, Mary-Elizabeth Hopper.

645. 5. Julia-Esther*, [1249] b. 28 Mar. 1836, Hillsgrove, 111. , married Hiram-

Gano Ferris.

646. 6. Anna-Phebe', b. 13 Dec. 1839, Hillsgrove, and d. there 80 Sept. 1849.

647. 7. Joel-Albxaijder% b. 15 June, 1840, Hillsgrove ; d. there 25 Apr. 1860,

648. ORRA-WEST*, [540] {Eligabeth* iFarwdb Parker, Wmiam\ Isaat?, Jo9eph\
Eenry^,) b No. Charlestown, N.PI. 30 Mar. 1780, Hist ofCfiarleatown; d. there 14 June,
1823; married, 24 August, 1806, Eist of (7., Giddings Whitmore, of Newbury,
Mass., b. 26 Jan. 1777, son of David and Lydia (Giddings) both of Newbury.

Mr. Whitmore served his time with his father, learning the trade of a ship car
penter, but left it after he attained his majority, for that of a house carpenter. He
soon became a contractor, and thus earned and saved a competency.

First settling in Lebanon, N.H,, and there remaining till after 1815, he removed
to Charlestown and purchased a farm, on which he resided tillhewenttoSpringfield|
Vt., and retired from active life, enjoying the fruit of his former industry.

He died 16 May, 1860, leaving, instead of a fortune for his sons, the example of
a well-ordered life and an honorable memory.

[The Parker line of ancestry of Mrs. Whitmore is this : Capt. Joseph* and Mar
garet of Dunstable, Joseph* and Hannah (Blood) of Groton, Lieut. Isaac* and Ruth
of Groton and Charlestown, N.H., Isaac^ and Mary of Groton and Charlestown,
Elijah* and Elizabeth* (Farwell) of Charlestown, who had fourteen children, of whom
Orra-West*, the sixth child, married Giddings Whitmore.

The following is the ancestral line of Giddings Whitmore : Francis* and Mar-
garet (Harty) of Cambridge, Mass., Joseph* and Mary (Kendall) of Wobum, Mass.,
Joseph* and Elizabeth (Flagg) of Wobum, David* and Lydia (Giddings) of New-
buryport, Mass., who had twelve children, of whom Giddings*, the tenth child, mar-
ried Orra-West* Parker.]

1

Res. Newbury, Mass., Lebanon and Charlestown, N.H., and S^ngfidd^ VU
Children:

649. 1. Edwin-Pabkek^ [1258] b. 22 Jan. 1808, Lebanon, N.H.; married Mary-

Elizabeth Chase.

650. 2. Hamlin^, [1264] b. 5 Mar, 1809, Lebanon ; married Seloma-Whiting Sawyer.

651. 8. Albebt^, b. 8 May, 1810, Lebanon.

His education was principally obtained at the academy in South Ber-
wick, Me., under the tuition of that eminent preceptor, Isaac* Hoi ton
[640], an unusually large proportion of whose pupils have since occupied,
or now hold, positions of honor and usefulness.

Mr, Whitmore chose the calling of a merchant, and was for some

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years overseer of the sales department in one of the leading houses in Kew
York City. He died of consumption at Springfield^ Vt., 25 Oct. 1847.

652. 4. Joseph-Flago^, [1271] b. 23 Dec. 1811, Lebanon; married 15 Mar. 1837,

Maria Hayes.

653. 5. Martha^, b. 3 Sept. 1815, Lebanon ; married, Springfield, Vt., 16 July,

1849, Henry-H. Sherwin, of Chester, Vt. She died 15 Oct. 1849, Chester.

654. 6. Henkt-Sylvester', [1277] b. 28 Oct. 1818, Charlestown, N.H. ; married 25

Oct, 1847, Mary- Ann Vamey.

655. 7. Horace-Metcalp% b. 25 Sept. 1821, North Charlestown, N.H. ; d. 9 Mar.

1 870, unmarried, at San Francisco, Cal.

He was one of the early adventurers in quest of wealth in the gold
fields of California, where, after various vicissitudes of fortune, having
realized his golden dreams, he was suddenly removed from the scenes of
earth, leaving a large estate which is, 1878, under the management of his
executor, Edwin-P'. Whitmore [1258].

656. POLLY^, [550] {SyliV (FarwelD Osborne, Danit^, Daniel\ Jo^eph*^ Joseph} ^
Etmry\) b. 24 Apr. 1787 ; died 20 Oct. 1821, Weathersfield, Vt. ; married, as 2d
wife, date not known, Benjamin PAGE, of Cavendish, Vt. She had one child which
died aged nine months, and twins which died soon. Mr. Page married after her
death, for third wife, a Widow Finney. His first wife was Sally Robinson by whom
he had two children, which we give though outside of our regular system.

Res. Cavendish, Vt»

657. 1. SAMUETi-DANA, b. 7 May, 1805. Res. Houston, Texas.

658. 2. RoxALANA, b. 12 Aug. 1809.

659. SUSAN^ [551] twin of Polly^ {SyW iFarwell) Osborne, Daniel^, Daniel*,
Joseph*, Joseph\ Henry',) b. 24 Apr. 1787; married 26 Apr. 1807, William DOWNE,
of Fitchburg, Mass., who died 20 July, 1855. Mrs. Downe, by her grand -daughter,
-wrote iu 1867 that **9he had lived to see seven generations, and was the oldest of the
Farwell race then living." She was residing, 1875, in Fitchburg. Mass.

Children :

660. 1. Susan", b. 4 May, 1809; was married by John Albrough, 24- Oct., Abram

;^ Osborne, of Fitchburg, Mass., who died there 16 Mar. 1875.

Children:

661. 1. Hattie-Elizabeth*, b. 24 Aug. 1840, Fitchburg, Mass.

662. 2. Georgiana-Frances*, b. 21 July, 1844, F. ; d. 11 May, 1845, F.

663. 8. ArviUa-Frances*, b. 25 Apr. 1848.

664. 2. William-Stillman", b. 13 Jan. 1812 ; died, Fitchburg, 6 Apr. 1859; in. 6

Nov. 1684, Betsey Eaton, of Fitchburg, who died 13 May, 1841, F. He
married 2d, Lunenburg, 1 June, 1842, Louisa Henry of Lunenburg.

104 Fa/rwell Memorial. '

Childrei

665. 1. Harriet-Augosta*, b. atFitchburg, 23 July, 1838 ;. died 17 Dec. 1865 ;

married by Rev. Alfred Emerson, 25 Feb. 1804, Julius Wbitney of
Ashby, Mass., son of Jonas-Prescott and Rebecca (Piper) of Fitchburg.
He enlisted about the 1st July, 1861, and went into camp with Co.
D, 21st Regt, Mass. Vols, as sergeant ; served as such till 1 Jan. 1863,
at which time was promoted to orderly sergeant ; served till 18 June,
1864; was then promoted to 1st lieut. Re-enlistcd 1 Jan. 1864, and
went to Massachusetts on a furlough of thirty days. He participated
in the following engagements :

Hoanoke Island, K.C., 8 Feb. 1862. Wilderness, Ya., 6 May, 1864.

Newbem, ** 14 Mar. " Spottsylvania, Va., lOMay, 1864.

Camden, *< 19 Apr. " ** " 13 May, <•

2d Bull Run, Va., 80 Aug. » " " 18 May, "

Chantilly, " 1 Sept " Shady Grove Road, Va., 81 May, 1864.

South Mountain, Md., 14 Sept " '* " " " IJune, **

Antietam, ** 17 Sept " Cold Harbor, Va., 2 June,

Fredericksburg, Va., 13 Dec. " Petersburg, " 16 June,

Blue Springs, Tcnn., 10 Oct 1863 " ** 17 June,

Campbell's Station, Tenn., 16 Nov. 1863. ** ** 23 June to 28 July, 1864

Siege of Knoxville, " 17 Nov. to 7 " " 80 July, 1864.

Dec. 1863.

He was discharged 80 Aug. 1864, when the regiment's term of ser-
vice had expired. Res. BrcM^xyro^ Vt

Child:

666. 1. Herbert-PreseoU^'', b. 10 Aug. 1865, Fitchburg.

667. 2. Herbert-Sumner*, b. 26 May, 1843, Fitchburg; d. 5 May, 1845.

668. 8. Louisa-Frances*, b. 12 Apr. 1847, F. ; m. by Rev. Alfred Emerson, x2

June, 1867, Franklin-Miller Whitney, of Westminster, Mass., b. 23
Aug. 1843, 8. of Joseph-M. and Dolly (Jackson). Res. FUMurg, Mass.

Children :

669. 1. Edith'L(misa}\ b. 7 Sept 1869, F.

670. 2. Hay-EUwt'^ b. 16 May, 1874, F. ; died F. 21 July, 1875.

671. 3. Daisy- Chrktdbel'\ b. 20 Sept 1876, F.

672. 4. Mary-Emmeline*, b. 7 Jan. 1850, F. Res. JP^tMurfff Man.

678. 8. Sybil-Ann', b. 10 June, 1816, F. ; died 3 Nov. 1816, F.

674. 4. Sumnkr", b. 1 Dec. 1817, F. ; m. Richmond, N.H., 1 Nov. 1845, 8arah-A.

Narramore, and had

675. 1. William-Narramore*, b. 28 Sept 1864 ; d. 15 Nov. 1864.

676. SYBHi^ [552] {SyhU* iFarwelh Osborne, BanUl^, Daniel*, Joseph^, Joseph^
Benry\) b. 10 July, 1792^ Fitchburg, Mass. ; married 15 Sept 1813, Asa-G. PORTER,

P BemiSj ButtericJc^ Pierce^ Smith- 105

b. 6 July, 1788, Marlboro, N.H. He d. 1854, Madison, Wis.

She resided, 1875, Winchendon^ Mas8,

Children :

677. 1. Jacob-Osborne', b. 80 Sept. 1814, Weathersfield, Vt. ; d. 17 Sept. 1825.

678. %. Henry-Albkrt', b. 13 Oct. 1817, Weathersfield; m. Troy, N.H., Apr.

1842, Czarina Forresttall, b. Troy, N.H., 1817, dau. of Joseph and Fanny
( ) of Troy.

Children :

679. 1. Henrietta- Jane*, b. 2 Nov. 1840, Boston, Mass.

680. 2. Charles-Henry*, b. 1856, Troy, N.H.

681. 8. Lbonard-Warnbr*, b. 14 Sept. 1820, Weathersfield, Vt. ; married Jan.

1845, Waltham, Mass., Mary Hay ward, b. Hopkinton, Mass., in 1827.

Children :

682. 1. Charles-Warren*, b. Dec. 1845, Waltham; died in Cambridgeport,

Mass. in 1847.

683. 2. (Jeorge-Henry*, b. Cambridgeport, 1847 ; died in Boston, 1850.

684. 8. Emma-Louisa*, b. Newton Corners, Mass., 1 Nov. 1849.

685. 4. George- Warren*, b. Boston, 1851 ; d. 1858, Troy, N.H.

686. 5. Frederic-Leonard*, b. 14 Sept. 1857, Boston.

687. 6. Nellie-Marie*, b. Nov. 1862, Boston.

688. 4. Almira*, b. 1 Jan. 1825, Weathersfield, Vt. ; married in New York City,

June, 1847, Luke Bemis of Weston, Mass.

Child:

689. 1. George-Luke*, b. 29 May, 1850, Mason, N.H.

690. 5. LoRiKDA*, b. 25 Dec. 1829, Weathersfield, Vt. ; married 16 Oct. 1845,

Waltham, Mass., Amos- Warren Butt rick, b. Rindge, N.H.,5Mar. 1821,
son of Amos and Fanny ( ) of Rindge.

Children :

691. 1. Warren-Elphonzo*, b. 28 May, 1847, Waltham, Mass. ; died in Waltham

17 Feb. 1848.

692. 2. Helen- Viora*, b. 8 June, 1849, Newton Comers ; married East Jaffrey,

N.H., 4 June, 1867, Henry-Willard Pierce, b. 21 Mar. 1842, East
Jaffrey, son of Samuel- Willard and Mary ( ) Pierce of E.J.

693. 3. Frances-Lurenza*, b. 16 Sept. 1851, Winchendon, Mass. ; d. in W. 8

May, 1854.

694. 6. Louisa*, b. in Weathersfield, Vt. ; married in Connecticut, Oliver-Henry

Smith, b. Lexington, Mass., 1821, son of Josiah Smith of Lexington.

Children :

695. 1. Charles-Henry*, b. July, 1851, Lexington.

696. 2. Emma-Louisat, b. in Waltham, and died in Westboro, Mass.

106 Fa/rweU Memorial. ^

697. 8. Ella-Frances^, b. 1856 in Wcstboro.

698. 4. Alberts b. in Natick, Mass., 1859.

699. NANCYS [558] {8yW iFartpeU) Osborne, DanuH^^ Daniel\ Joseph*^ J(^h\
Emry%) b. 12 Nov. 1796 or 1798 ; died 15 Mar. 1862, aged 64; married Leonard
COBB, b. 21 July, 1800, Londonderry, Yt. He died 17 Apr. 1856, aged 56.

Children:

700. 1. PARwrajrOsBORKBS b. 10 Mar. 1824; married, 14 Mar. 1850, Louisa-Maria

Woodward, b. Marlboro, N.H., 4 Feb. 1881, d. of Franklin and Louisa
Pyer) of Troy, N.H. Res. Troy^ N.H.

Children:

701. 1. Henry-Albert*, b. 2 Jan. 1851.

702. 2. Charles-Frederic*, b. 9 Nov. 1852.

703. 8. George- Wallace*, b. 11 Nov. 1854.

704. 4. Frank-Eugene*, b. 11 Feb. 1860.

705. 5. Emma-Jane*, b. 22 Feb. 1862.

706. 6. Lizzie-Maria*, b. 16 Apr. 1865.

707. 7. Davis*, b. 11 May, 1867.

708. 2. Stbil^, b. 28 May, 1826 ; married, 1 Jan. 1849, Theodore-Jones Dyer, of

Templeton, Mass., b. Athol, Mass., 8 July, 1825, s. of James and Mary

( ) of Otter River, Mass. He served three years in the war for the

Union, and d. 18 Sept. 1864. Res, Templeton, Mosb.

Children :

709. 1. Walter-Alvin*, b. 2 Mar. 1851.

710. 2. Leonard-Farwell*, b. 17 Aug. 1859.

711. 8. Albbbt', b. 11 Aug. 1829 ; married, 28 Nov. 1867, Myra Dyer, daughter

of James and Almira of South Royalton, Mass. She was b. 10 Oct 1845
at S. R. Mr. Cobb served one year, 1864, in the late war in the First New
Hampshire Heavy Artillery. Res. Keene, N.H,

•712. 4. Alvin^, twin of Albert, b. 11 Aug. 1829. Res. Tray, N.H.

718. 5. Leonard-Davis', b. 14 May, 1882 ; m. 11 Oct. 1858, Mary-Ann Shae of
Templeton, Mass., b. Lreland, 12 June, 1828, d. of Timothy and Elizabeth
(Shae) of Ireland. Res. Ghirdner and, 1875, Leominster, Mau,

Children :

714. 1. Henry*, b. 3 Apr. 1856.

715. 2. Timothy*, b. 11 Aug. 1856.

716. 8. Mary-Ann*, b. 81 Aug. 1859 ; died 4 Jan. 1868.

717. 4. Hannah-Maria*, b. 17 June, 1862.

718. 5. Mary-Ann*, b. 81 July, 186y5 ; died Aug. 1867.

719. 6. Lizzie-Jane*, b. 8 June, 1866.

720. LOUISA^ [554] Sf^* iFarweU) Osborne, Danid^ Daniel\ Jo$eph\ Joieph\
Senry\) b. 22 May, 1801 ; married by Rev. Seth Winslow, Marlboro, N.H., 9 Mar.

^ TutUey JoneSy HcMiacomhj Oshome^ Butters. 107

1624, Jedediab TUTTLE, of Littleton^ N.H., b. 24 Mar. 1792. He died 22 M«y,
1861, in Acton. Res. FUchburg^ M<m.

Children :

721. 1. Louiba-Osborne', b. 22 Feb. 1828 ; married, 6 May, 1846, Thomas-Green-

Fessenden Jones^ b. 19 Jan. 1832, son of Silas and Lucinda (Wetherbee)
of ActoQ; Mass. she d, 19 Oct, 1873; He dL 18 2<ot. Ib7a5,

Children : ,

722. 1. Oita-Louisa*, b. 16 Mar. 1848; married by Rev. Mr. Lumas of Littleton,

Mass., 6 Sept. 1868, to Henry Hanscomb of Wilton, Me.

723. 2. Rozina-Tuttle*, b. 8 Oct. 1851 ; d. 21 Jan. 1867.

724. 8. Lizzie-Edna*, b. 21 Apr. 1856. m. Cnarles Martiiu

725. 4. Carrie- Josephine*, b. 5 Apr. 1862.

726. 2. Albert- Austin*, b. 29 May, 1831 ; served in the war of the Rebellion five

months, d. at Duluth, Minn, 29 Jan. 1871,

727. DANIEL-FARWELL^ [555] {ByW, (FarweU) Osborne, Daniel*, DanUl\
Jouph*, Jo9eph^^ Eenry\) b. 6 Aug. 1805; married, Sudbury, Mass., 1 May, 1828,
Sarah-Noyes Maynard, b. S. 5 May, 1798, dau. of Samuel and Susa of North Sudbury,
Mass. Mr. Osborne died at Marysville, Yuba Co., Cal., 1 Dec, 1851,

Marlboro, N.H,

Children %

728. 1. Danibl-Farwbll*, b. 3 Sept. 1829, Marlboro, N.H. ; m. 28 Dec. 1853, at

West Newton, Mass., Elizabeth Finn, b. Boston, Mass., 8 Dec. 1835.

Children :

729. 1. George-Warren*, b. Waltham, Mass., 17 July, 1854.

730. 2. Frank-Maynard*, b. Waltham 6 Feb. 1856.

731. 2. Georgb-Warren*, b. 4 Sept. 18^1, Marlboro, N.H. ; married in San Fran-

cisco, Cal., 5 May, 1859, Susan-Eveline Garfield, b. Waltham, Mass., 22
Dec. 1828, dau. of Alvis and Susan. Res. San Frandseo^ Cal.

Child:

782. 1. Charles-Pierson* Johnson*, b. 15 June, 1860.

733. 3. Sarah-Etbline*, b. Troy, N:H., 7 June, 1838; m. Waltham, 22 Dec. 1858,

James-Lawrence Batters, b. Sangerville, Me., 6 Mar. 1836, son of James

and Esther of Wilmington, Msss.

Children :

784. 1. Sarah-Ida*, b. 13 May, 1861, Waltham.

785. 2. E8ther-Myra», b. Waltham, 22 July, 1865 ; died W. 4 Oct. 1865.

736. LEONARD^ [556] {Sybil* {FarwelD Osborne, Daniel* , Daniel\ Joseph*,
J&eeph*, Henry\) b. 5 July, 1809 ; m. 1 Sept. 1829, Eliza Holman, b. 23 Oct 1810,

108 JFa/rwdl MemcriaU F

dau. of Edward and Mehetable, of Fitzwilliam, N.H. She d. 1 Apr. 1850, and he
married 2d, 20 May, 1851, Sarah-Clapp Coley, b. 9 July, 1820, dan. of Nathaniel and
Lucinda-Clapp (Purring^n) of Bath, Me. Res. Billerica and, 1878, JjBaminsUr^ Mcm,

Children :

737. 1. Eliza-Ahn% b. 10 June, 1831 ; died 10 July, 1840.

738. 2. Lbonabd-Wabren*, b. 14 May, 1833 ; married, Nov. 1852, Susan-Maria

Foster, dau. of Francis and Susan (Packard) of Troy, N. H.

Bea. Troy^ N.K

Child :

789. 1. Elizabeth-Maria', b. 1853.

740. 3. Ctih'hia-Mblissa*, b. 18 Dec. 1834 ; died 25 Apr. 1841.

741. 4. Ctkthia-Eliza*, b. 1 June, 1842; died 10 Apr. 1865 ; married, Feb. 1863,

Sidney-Patterson Emery.

Child :

742. 1. Walter-Osbome*, b. 31 Mar. 1865 ; died June, 1865.

743. 5. Hblen-Gboroiana', b. 26 May, 1844 ; married. Not. 1863, George-£.

Utchfleld of Leominster, Mass., son of Edward and Mary.

Child ;

744. 1. Flora-Georgiana*, b. 31 Oct. 1814.

745. 6. Mabt-Elizabbth*, b. 3 Feb. 1847 ; died 16 Feb. 1867.

746. 7. Sabah-Fba2(CBs", b. 11 Feb. 1850.

747. HENRY% [559] (8ime(m% Danid*, Danid\ Ja9eph\ .lMeph\ ffenry\) b. 3
Dec. 1795, Fitchburg, Mass. ; died 4 Jan. 1873 at Stirling, Whitesides Co., IlL ;
married at Westminster, Mass., 6 Oct. 1819, Nancy* Jackson, b. 11 Jan. 1798, West-
minster, daughter of John' and Susanna (Sawyer) of W.

Mr. Farwell moved from Massachusetts to Steuben Co., New York, about the
year 1820, and engaged in the lumber business, which at that time was attended with
great hardships. Lumber was then marketed by rafting down the Susquehannah
River. He there continued in this business for twelve or thirteen years when he
removed to Big Flats, Chemung Co., New Tork, and engaged in farming. In 1838,
when the Western fever took so many of the pioneers of New York to the great North
West, he was among the first to take part in opening this great agricultural bonanza
to the world. In July, of that year he arrived with his family near Daysville in
Ogle County, Illinois. As a sample of the hardships attending a pioneer^s life, we
give the following experience of Mr. FarwelPs family. In less than two weeks all
the family, except the mother and babe, were sick with f ever-and-ague, together with
the family of his sister, Mrs. Stephen Bemis [804] making in all fourteen per-
sons in a log cabin, fourteen feet square. Less pluck would have given up the task
of helping to open up a new country. A better log-house and better health came in

P Eenry Fa/rwdL 109

due time, and, in a few years, a fine brick house was erected. The boys made the
brick, cut the stones for the sills and caps and made a wagon to haul them by sawing
large logs for wheels. The wagon was not ornamental in the least, but quite useful.

Mr. Farwell was several times elected as Co. Commissioner, and was among the
early friends of Rock River Seminary where some of his children were educated. Was
a member and an officer in the M. £. Church, and in all the relations of life had the
respect of all who knew him. He often used to say, in connection with other peoples*
troubles, that he was never sued but once, and that was as vestryman of an Episcopal'
church, which office he never knew that he held until thus called on to pay its debts.

Oct. 5, 1869, four years previous to Mr. Parwell's death, the celebration of their
golden wedding took place, their home surroundings being in striking contrast with
the picture above given of their early settlement in Illinois.

Among other grounds for congratulation and gratitude, and by no means the
least, were the fruits of their careful, conscientious family training shown in the high
moral character and useful positions of their offspring, verifying the promise of their
covenant-keeping God — fruits in harmonious keeping with parental growth in Chris-
tian experience and the graces which adorn the evening of a welUordered and useful
life.

Mrs. Farwell still (1878) resides in Sterling, 111. Her ancestry, as also that of
her husband, may be seen in brief through the seize quartiers charts on the 75th and
76th pages. We cannot, however, refrain from inserting details of the several parties
therein mentioned more fully than the size and character of the charts will permitt
and shall give some extracts from JacksorCi Hist, of Newton and other authorities which
we believe will be interesting to the reader and useful to posterity.

It will be observed that Mrs. Parwell descends from the two sons of Christopher*
Jackson, Edward^ and John*, who were the immigrant ancestors of most of the name
in this country, and the extracts given pertain to both lines of her ancestry.

Dea. John* Jackson, § the elder of the two brothers, came in the Defence in 1635.

The following entry is given by Hotten in his ^* Lists of Emigrants," page 100:
"July 6th, 1635, In the Defence, Thos. Bastocke Mr. Vrs., New England, John
Jackson, 80 yrs, wholesale man in Burchenlane, per, cert from Sr, George Whitmore,
and minister of ye parish.'*

He was the first settler of Cambridge Village, (now Newton) Mass., who re-
mained and died there. He brought a good estate from England. His homestead
which he bought of Miles Ives in 1639 was situate on the Roxbury road, very near
the line which now divides Newton from Brighton. Ho took the freeman's oath in
1641 ; was one of the first deacons of the Church ; gave the land on which the church
was erected in 1660, which is the oldest part of the Centre Cemetery.

He had, in this country, by two wives, 5 sons and 10 daughters, and at the time
of his death had about 50 grandchildren. He left an estate valued at £1,230, in-
cluding 863 acres of land. The old mansion-house stood on the same spot, subsequently
occupied by the dwelling of Edwin Small wood, and was pulled down about 1800.
The old pear-trees still standing were planted by his son, Abraham', the only son
who left posterity.

f See cb*rt on page 78.

110 Farwdl Memorial ^

Dea. John* was ancestor of Col. Charles-G. Hammond of Chicago through his
danghter, Hannah* Jackson, who married Elijah Henrick, Ann* Kendrick who mar-
ried Isaac Hammond, and had Elijah^, Col. Hammond's great-grandfather.

Abraham' Jackson, [o *] of Newton, had 8 sons and 7 daughters. One of these,
Elizabeth, was the mother of Col. Ephraim Williams (her first born), the munificent
founder of Williams* College.

Edward' Jackson, brother of Dea. John*, was bom in London, 1604, called
''Naylor of Whitechapel ;*' came to Cambridge in 1648 ; caused an entry to be made
on the County Records, of a certificate from the Treasurer, under an ordinance of
the two houses of Parliament at Westminster, that he had brought in for them, light
gold and money, to the amount of £95. He was freeman in 1645 ; in 1646 purchased
the beautiful farm of 500 acres of Got. Bradstreet for £140 which the latter had
bought 8 years before of Thomas Mayhew for six cows.

He was Rcpresentatiye in the General Court for 16 years. At his death in 1681
he left 400 acres of land in Billerica to Harvard College. By his first wife, Frances,
he had 5 sons and 8 daughters, the youngest son, Sebas, k* was b. on the passage to
this country. In March, 1649, he married, for second wife, Elizabeth, wid. of Rer.
John Oliver, and dau. of John Newgate, or Newdigate, a merchant from South wark,
near London Bridge, by whom he had four daughters and one son. Of these 13
children, five or six died young, but by the others he had some sixty grandchildren.
His Inventory contained upwards of sixteen hundred acres of land, and amounted to
£3477 193. 6d. His daughter, Hannah*, [k *] married John Ward, and was the gr.
gr. gr. gr. grandmother [quintayle] of Nancy^ (Jackson) Farwoll. The generations
from Hannali* (Jackson) Ward exceeded by one, as shown by the chart, those from
her brother Sobas*, who married Sarah Baker, and was quatrayle of the said Nancy.

Commodore Joshua* Loring of the British Navy, was a great-grandson of Edward^
and second wife Elizabeth Oliver, through their son Dea. Edward*, and grand-daugh-
ter Hannah*, who married Joshua Loring. Hannah* Loring, daughter of the Com>
modore, married Joshua* Winslow, {Jo^ua*^ Edward^ ^ Capt, Edward^, John\) [See
John Winslow^ Memorial. ]

Jonathan* Jackson son of Jonathan* and grandson of Edward' was a brazier, an
importer of hardware, and the first manufacturer of nails in this country, as appears
from his petition to the General Court in 1727. The House of Representatives passed
a resolve, loaning said Jackson £10,000 for seven and a half years without interest,
for his encouragement in the business, he giving security for the payment thereof,
and obligating himself to make not less than forty tons in each and every year.

The council non-concurred, and Jackson went forward without aid from the
General Court.

That ho wa3 .successful appears from the inventory of his estate in 1736, which
covers more than 20 pages on the records, and amounts to more than £30,000. His
son Edward* married Dorothy Quincy, and had Jonathan* who was a member of the
Provincial Congress early in the war ; M.C., 1781, State Senator for the Co. of Es-
sex, appointed by Washington first Marshal of Mass. Dist., Inspector of Excise,
Supervisor, Treasurer of Mass., and Treasurer of Harvard College. He took an early

o* and k* otc. ro£er to parties found on the charts pp. 75 and 70.

F WUliam' Jackson and Ancestors. Ill

and zealous part in the Kevolutlon, was an ardent friend of liberty, and the owhcr ot
a slave. Seeing his inconsistency, he placed on record, in the Suffolk Probate office,
the following document — a koblb TKSTiMomr. " Know all men by these presents,
that I, Jonathan Jackson of Newburyport, in the County of Essex, gentleman, in
consideration of the impropriety I feel, and have long felt, in holding any person in
constant bondage — more especially at a time when my country is so warmly con-
tending for the liberty every man ought to enjoy — ^and having some time since pro-
mised my negro man Pomp, that I would give him his freedom — and in further
consideration of five shillings paid me by said Pomp, I do hereby liberate, manumit,
and set him free ; and I do hereby remise and release unto said Pomp, all demands
of whatever nature I have against Pomp. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set

my hand and seal this 19th of June, 1776.

' ' Jonathan Jackson. [ Seal]
" Witness^ Mary Cobum, "Wm. Noyes."

This document is dated just two weeks before the glorious Declaration of Inde-
pendence was issued, proclaiming all men to be born free. Pomp enlisted in the
army as Pomp Jackson, served through the war of the Revolution, and received an
honorable discharge.

The fallowing is an extract from the will of Edward* :

''I do give and bequeath to my son Sebas, his heirs and assigns forever, that my
house in which he at present dwelleth, with one hundred and fifty acres of land
adjoining, as it is already bounded, also two gilded silver spoons." '^That house
was eighteen feet by twenty-two, with two stories, and stood on the same spot occu-
pied by the mansion of William^ Jackson, Esq., {Wm*, Timothy*, IHmothy*, Joseph*,
Sebcu^j Edward},) a cold water man, who continues to draw from the old well, a pure
fountain, which has served seven generations, and is none tl^e worse for wear. The
old house was built about 1670, and enlarged before 1690, which increased its length
to thirty-nine feet. It was demolished in 1809, having withstood the tempests of
one hundred and forty years."

Sebas', [k*] son of Edward*, died G Dec. 1690, leaving four sons and three
daughters. Two of his sons had died young, and his son, Jonathan', went to sea
and never returned. Through his sons Edward*, Joseph' and John' he had numerous
descendants. Joseph' was ** famous for raising honey-bees and sweetened his mini-
ster and his neighbors with large donations of honey. " Edward' had, besides others,
Isaac*, (gr. grandfather of Nancy (Jackson) Farwell) a carpenter, having served his
time with Isaac Beach, who gave him four acres of land with house adjoing the burial
place. He was Selectman five years, and d. Feb. 5, 1769, aged 68. He owned a
large tract of land in Westminster, Mass., which, by his will, (1765) he gave to his
sons Josiah, Edward, and Elisha, who settled upon it, being among the first set-
tlers of Westminster.

Another son of Edward', and brother of Isaac* above, was Michael*, the father
of Col. Michael', who, at the breaking out of the Revolutionary war, was a private
in a volunteer company of Minute Men in Newton. At the early dawn of the 19th of
April, 1773, the signal was given that the British troops were on their march
for Lexington. The company of Minute Men were early upon their parade
ground, but none of the commissioned officers were present ; the orderly sergeant had

112 FarweU McmoriaL F

fonned the company, and a motion was made to choose a captain for the day, when
Michael Jackson was nominated, and chosen by uplifted hands. He immediately
stepped from the ranks to the head of the company, and without a woru of thanks
for the honor, or the slightest formality, he ordered the company to ** shoulder arms"
— "platoons to the right wheel" — ** quick time" — for^-ard march !" These words
of command were uttered, and the company were on the march to join the regiment
at Watertown Meeting-house. On tlieir arrival there, the commissioned officers of
the regiment were holding a council in the school-house, and he was invited to take
part in their deliberations. He listened to their discussion, but soon got the floor*
and made a macing speech. He told them that there was a time for all things, but
that the time for talking had passed, and the time for figliting had come ; not now
the wag of the tongue but Ihe pull of the trigger. Thi3^>n> tern, captain accused the
officers of wasting time, through fear of meeting the enemy. He told them "if they
meant to oppose the march of the British troops, to leave the school-house forthwith,
and take up their march for Lexington. He intended that his company should take
the shortest route to get a shot at the British, " and, suiting the action to the word,
left the council, and took up his march. This blunt speech broke up the council,
without any concert of action, and each company was left to act as they chose. Some
followed Jackson, some lingered where they were, and some dispersed. Soon after,
he received a major's commission in the Continental army. In an action with the
British on Montressor's Island, in New York, he received a severe wound in the
thigh by a musket ball, from which he never entirely recovered.

Sebas' Jackson left a will, giving all the estate to his wife for her maintenance
and the well bringing up of his children^ during her life, or so long as she continues
to be his widow.

The estate remained in the hands of the widow seventeen years after his death,
when it was divided and settled by agreement among his heirs.

Jonathan^ Trowbridge [s *] gr. grandfather of Nancy' (Jackson) FarweU, [747]
was of the fourth generation of the family in America.

His immigrant ancestor, Thomas*, was of Dorchester, Mass., and engaged in the
Barbadoes trade from 1637 to 1639. In 1640 he was of New Haven, Conn., but ac-
cording to Savage "was prosecuting voyages to and from Barbadoes." He came
probably frcm Taunton, Somersetshire, Eng., where his father founded a charity for
poor widows, which is still administered for their benefit. [HUt, of Kewton,']

Brought with him son? Thos. and Wm. and "perhaps" [/Sa©.] James, though the
latter was baptized at Dorchester, 1638. In 1644 he returned to England, leaving
his sons in charge of Sergt. Thomas Jeffries, and all his property in trust with hig
steward, Henry Gibbons, who kept the estates in his possession, till the matter was
settled by law many years afterwards.

Thomas' never returned to this country and died at Taunton, Eng., 1672.

Dea. James*, youngest son of Thomas*, [m*] returned from New Haven to Dor-
chester, where he married 80 Dec. 1659, Margaret, dau. of Major-General Atherton.

After the birth of three of his children in D. he removed to Cambridge village,
1664. The Dorchester ch. records state that Margaret, wife of James Trowbridge,
was "dismissed to the church gathered at Cambiidge village, U, 7, 1664," After

P The Bright FamUy. 113

the death of Dea. John* Jackson, father of his second wife Marg&ret Jackson, 1674-5
he was chosen deacon of the church. Dea. James was chosen one of the first Board
of Selectmen at the organization of thetowni of Newton, 27 Aug. 1679, nnd continued
in office nine years ; he was clerk of the writs, 1691, and 1693 ; was Commissioner,
Lieutenant, and Hepresentative to the General Court 1700, 1703. By liis will, dated
1709, James Trowbridge, Sen., bequeaths what rights of lands he has in Dorchester,
"which came by his own father Thomas, to all his children equally, and all the rights
to lands in D. which came by his father-in-law Atherton, to the children of his first
wife equally. He had by wife Margaret Atherton among other children, a son ;
John' [m*] married Sarah Wilson and had Jonathan^, who married Jemima*
Bright, and they became the besaylesf of the above-named Nancy^ (Jackson) Farwell.

Henry* Bright came in the fleet with Winthrop, 1630, and settled in Charles-
town, Mass., but soon removed to Watertown, where he m. 1634, Ann, dau. of Henry*
Goldstone. He was freeman 6 May, 1635 ; deacon of the church ; was held in high
esteem, and died 9 Oct. 1686, aged 84. He was probably from Ipswich, Suffolk Co.,
Eng. He had an elder brother, Thomas, of Ipswich, who mentions him in his will
proved 1626. His sister Elizabeth (Bright) Dell bequeathed to him in 1657, £200,
and to each of his seven children, £10.

His will, recorded in Suffolk Co., Mass., dated 25 Jan. 1680, and a codicil dated
25 Oct. 1685, were probated in Boston 13 Nov. 1686.

He had eight children, one of whom died young — ^his dau. Mary, b. 1639, m. 15
Oct. 1657, Nathaniel Coolidge, brother of Simon', whose dau. Mary* married
Nathaniel* Bright, [p *]. His dau. Beriah, youngest child, b. 22 Sept. 1651, m. 80
Nov. 1671, Isaac Fowle of Charlestown, b. 1648, (son of George) whose dau. Abigail
m. Capt. "Wm. Smith, and had Rev. William who m. Elizabeth Quincy ; they had
Abigail who m. Hon. John Adams, second President, and father of Hon. and Presi-
dent John Quincy Adams, sixth president of the United States.

Rev. William and Elizabeth (Quiucy) Smith had also a daughter Elizabeth, who
married Rev. John Shaw, parents of Abigail who married Rev. Joseph B. Felt, Ex-
President of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society.

March 29, 1689, Nathaniel* Bright was witness to an acknowledgement of the
heirs of William Shattuck, that they had received their full proportion of their
father^s estate from their father-in-law [step-father] Richard Norcross. He was one
of the trustees for the management of the fund raised by the ** piously-disposed in-
habitants of Watertown " for the purchase of a parsonage * * for the accomodation of
Rev. Mr. Gibbs, who is their present minister, and such as shall succeed him in the
work of the ministry ."

The English ancestry of the American immigrant Henry* Bright, b. 1 602, as given
by Mr. Somerby, runs thus (according to our system of notation) : Henry-*^, bap. 20

tSeep.77.

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B

Dec 1560, and wife Mary* Thomas, buried 1st Sept. 1587, and wife Margaret of
Bury St. Edmund's ;^'Waltei«, buried 25th Jan. 1551, and wife Margaret, of Bury St
Edmund's, and John of Parish of St. Mary's, Bury St Edmund's, Co. Suffolk, Eng-
land. Reign of Henry VIL

One of the great grandmothers of Mrs. Farwell, Jemima* Bright, b. 19 July
1712, m. 1734, [s*] will be seen to occupy a central position in the generations from
the inmiigrant ancestor in the maternal line to Nancy^ her great grandaughter, and
herself being great granddaughter of Dea. John' Jackson, (Abraham*, Margaret')
She also introduces the family of Bright, occupying in her paternal line the same
relatiye positions in the generations, viz.: (Henry*, Nathaniel*, Henry' Bright.)

The date of birth of her two gr. grandfathers occurred the same year 1602. The
earlier three generations comprise a period of one liundred and ten years, while the
latter three only eighty-six, making of the six generations a total of one
hundred and ninety-six yea^s, averaging thirty-three years and reaching the
highest estimate for a generation. Thus Nancy* unites not only the Brights and
Jacksons in the line of Dea. John, but also those in the line of his younger brother
Edward.

THB AYBBAGB MXASUBB 07 A GBmERATION.

The commonly accepted historical standard for the length of a generation is
88 1-8 years or one-third of a century, but twenty-five (25) years may be said to be the
generation of primogeniture, by which crowns and titles descend. The true average
is between these standards.

The length from one generation to the next may be said to be the difference be-
tween the average date of deaths of the fathers of the former and that of the latter.

In like manner calculating the corresponding differences successively through a
series, we can readily obtain their average as the length of a generation. Let us ap-
ply this rule taking UrtM as the points of estimate ; [See chart] :

From the date of birth of

Joseph* Farwell, 1642, to that of Joseph* Farwell, 1670, was 28 years;

Joseph*, 1670, to that of Daniel*, 1717, was 47 " / /

Daniel*, 1717, to that of Daniel*, 1740, " 28

Daniel*, 1740, to that of Simeon", 1766, " 26

Simeon*, 1766, to that of Henry\ 1795, " 29 "

Henry', 1795, to that of John-Villars*, 1825, was 80 "

John-Villars*, 1825, to that of Arthur-Lincohi*, 1868, was 88 "

Total of the seven differences 221 ''

Average length of a generation in this series 814-7*'

f Descendants of Simeon* Fa/rweH. 115

Let us examine a series taken from the grand radial chart terminating with
serial number 611 of the Fabwbll MBBiOBiAL, the chart found, also, at page 322,
under serial number 3614 of the Winslow Msmobial :

It may be seen that from the birth of

William* Holton, 1771, to that of his 2d child Reuben-R^, 1795, was 24 years ;
Reuben-R^ 1795, to that of his 2d child, Linus-T», 1817, was 22 "

Linus-T% 1817, to that of his 2d child, Helen-R»., 1851, was 84

Helen-Kebecca% 1851, to that of her 2d child, Oenturius-Holton^^ 1871,20

The sum total of the four differences, 100

u

Giving to this series of children (severally second in the order of birth in their res-
pective families) 25 as the average of their generations, a number equal to that of
primogeniture.

Again, on examination of the same chart, it will be seen that from the birth of
Deacon William* Holton, 1611, through John% Wm»,John*, Joel* to the birth of Wil-
liam*, 1771, first above mentioned, it was for the five generations a period of one
hundred and sixty (160) years, giving 32 years as the average measure of a genera-
tion.

Uniting £he three preceding averages [ 31 4-7+25+32—88 4-7] we obtain an
average result > very near 30, the measure which so well tallies with results otherwise
variously obtained, that it is expedient to adopt thirty (30) as the number of years
measuring an American generation.

748. HENRY- JACKSON*, {EmTy\ [747] BiiM(m,% Daniel^ Daniel\ Jo9eph\ J<h
mph*^ Henry^^) bom 24 May, 1821, Campbelltown, Steuben Co., N. Y. ; married at
Mount Morris, III., 21 Sept. 1851, Mahala-Jane Baker, b. 29 Dec. 1825, in Mary
land, dau. of George- W. and Elizabeth (Harrison) of Mount Morris, Ogle Co.,
IlL Farmer. Res. Mount MorrU^ lU.

Children all bom in Mount Morris, HI,:

749. 1. Charlbs-Henrt^, b. 28 Aug. 1856.

750. 2. William-Jacksok*, b. 3 March, 1858.

751. 8. Gborgb-Villars', b. 16 Apr. 1860.

752. 4. Lillian-Louisa*, b. 17 Oct. 1862.

753. HON. CHARLES-BENJAMIN*, (JBwiiy' [747] Simem*, DanieP,

Daniel*, Joseph^ Jotiefpt?, Eenry^,) b. 1 July, 1823, Mead Creek, near Painted Post,
8teuben Co., N.Y. ; married, William8to¥m, Mass., 11 Oct. 1852, Mary-Evaline
Smith, b. 8 June, 1825, Ashford, Mass., dau.. of Thomas and Phebe (Angell)

116 FarweU Memorial. "^

Mr. FarweU spent the first fifteen yean of his life in the vicinity of his birth.
He received his early education at the Elmira Academy, in which he took high rank,
both for conduct and scholarship, and which he very reluctantly left to accompany
his parents in their removal to Illinois in 1838.

Almost immediately after reaching his new home his mathematical attainments
secured for him a po&ition with a party of government surveyors, which he ably filled
for three years. In this occupation, alternate with labor upon his father's farm, he
passed his time until the winter of 1844, when with ten dollars in his pocket, and
his parents blessing, he went to seek anew home in Chicago, then a small city of seven
or eight thousand inhabitants. With this city he has since been identified in the
closest possible manner. Making his way at first with difilculty, unknown and
friendless, his first situation found he never nought another. He was at first employed
as clerk in the County Court, then in a real estate office, and subsequently as teller in
the principal bank of the city.

From the last named position he was elected, in 1853, clerk of the (bounty Court,
and by re-election held the office eight years. This position had a forming infiuence
upon his life, as it threw him into the arena of politics where was developed his
character as a politician.

His mind is of an intensely practical character, and he early saw that not the
theoretical but adiuil state of affairs must be met if anything were to be done by way
of reform in municipal affairs. His honest, manly and independent course, his fixed
determination to use his influence for good administration may have made him
enemies among the unscrupulous and dishonest, but among the honest and conscien-
tious no man could desire warmer or truer friends than has the Hon. C-B. FarwelL
He is most esteemed and best loved where he is best known.

No appeal for help is ever unregarded by him, and perhaps it would be difficult
to find one whose practical life yields a more constant flow of noiseless charity.

It has been already stated that he is closely identified with Chicago. Not an in-
terest has she that is not dear to him. No enterprise of a noble or philanthropic
character is ever started that does not have his ready sympathy and aid to the extent
of his ability,

3Ir. FarweU was chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Cook Co. in 1868; was
appointed National Bank Examiner in 1869, and in 1870 was elected to Congress,
and by re-election represented Chicago three terms. During most of this time he
occupied a prominent position on the Committee of Banking and Currency, for
which position his tastes and previous experience well fitted him. This is eminently
his specialty. The problems of finance which to many minds are troublesome and
difficult, present no difficulties to him. From long experience and much study the
whole subject seems to him plain and clear.

His term of office as County Clerk expired in 1861. For two years subsequent
to this he was in a commission business with his younger brother [770]. At the end
of that time he entered the firm of J-V. FarweU & Co., of which he has since been a
member and which is now doing a business of $10,000,000 a year. See pp. 117-18-19.
The New York branch of the firm at 115 Worth St., is ably represented by William-
P.» FarweU [779]

P JoKn - YW/iTi FarweU. Ill

Children, all bom in Chicago, were :

754. 1. Charley*, b. 3 June, 1853 ; died 23 June. 1853.

755. 2. Mary-Nancy», b. 16 Aug. 1854 ; died U Mar. 1861.

756. 3. Henry*, b. 29 Dec. 1856; died 7 Apr. 1861.

757. 4. Edward*, b. 30 Dec. 1858; died 20 Dec. 1864.

758. 5. Anna', b. 19 Nov. 1860.

759. 6. Walter*, b. 23 June, 1863.

760. 7. Grack% b. 18 Apr. 1866,

761. 8. r Robert*^ twin, was bom 7 Mar. 1870 ; died at Lake Forest from the fall

) of a limb of a tree, 20 Aug. 1872.

762. 9. ( Rose*, twin of Robert was born 7 Mar. 1870.

763. JOHN-VILLARS", [739*] (ffmry' [747], Simeon^ Daniel*, Daniel*, Joseph*,
Joseph^, Benry^,) b. 29 July, 1825, Campbelltown, Steuben Co., N.Y. ; married, Days-
ville, 111., 16 Apr. 1849, Abigail -Gates Taylor, b. 9 Feb. 1828, Gilsum, N.H., dau.
of John and Catherine of Dubuque, Iowa. She d. 9 May, 1851, Chicago, III. He
married 2d, at Hartford, Conn., 8 March, 1854, Emerette Cooley, b. 25 Jan. 1826^
Granyille, Mass., dau. of !N'oah and Sophronia* (Parsons) of Granville, Mass.

Until the age of sixteen, Mr. F. lived upon his father's farm, attending school
during the winter months. At this time, although he possessed but limited means,
he determined to have a more complete education, and accordingly entered Mount
Morris Seminary, devoting himself earnestly to those branches essential to success in
business. He gave special attention to mathematics, book-keeping and composition,
and, for the sake of economy, boarded himself, continuing his studies until he had
acquired a good business education.

In 1845 he went to Chicago, having in his pocket, upon his arrival, $3.25. He
at once found employment in the City Clerk's office on a salary of $12 per month,
with the privilege of reporting the proceedings of the Council at the rate of $2 per
report. His accuracy and strict adherence to the tmth gave offence to certain mem-
bers of the council, and led to his withdrawal. He next entered the dry-goods house
of Hamilton & White at a salary of $8 per month, and at the expiration of one year
passed to the house of Hamlin & Day at an advanced salary of $250 per annum.

Later he became a book-keeper in the house of Messrs. Wadsworth & Phelps at
a salary of $600, and, in 1851, was associated in the firm, which then conducted a
business of $100,000 per annum. Forecasting the future destiny of Chicago as the
Metropolis of the North-west, he early advocated the erection of a large building
specially adapted to the wholesale business, and, notwithstanding the decided disap-
proval of the senior members of the firm, his efforts resulted in the erection of a large
wholesale bouse in 1856. Nine years later he became the head of the firm, and by
his marked executive and financial ability contributed no small amount to the sue
cess of that business, which, in 1868, reached the gigantic proportions of $10,000,000.
Twice during the history of this house has it been entirely destroyed by dre; but as
often there has risen from the ashes a structure more complete in all its apartments
than the one preceding. The first fire occurred on Sunday afternoon — before the next
Saturday night the store was in full operation, and goods to the amount of $275,000

118 Fa/rmll McmoridL ^

had been sold, and delivered. The fire of Oct. 0th, 1871, kept the firm out of a place
of business for about two weeks, after which they occupied a temporary building,
and commenced a permanent one of five stories, ninety by one hundred and ninety
feet, on the 6th of Dec, and occupied it in February following. That building is part
of their present store, the size now being one hundred and ninety by two hundred and
twenty-seven feet, and six stories in height. It is located on the corner of Monroe
and Market Streets, Chicago.

The present establishment fully sustains its former popularity, and is the oldest
house, in its line, in Chicago.

From the Chieago Tribune, of Oct. 9th, 1875, we copy the following, showing not
only the financial success of the firm, but its character, and the estimation in which
it is held by the community :

JOHIT T. FABWELL * OO.

A review of the position and condition of this great dry-goods bouse is particularly
appropriate at the present time. To-day is the anniversary of Chicago^s destruction.
Elsewhere in this issue we notice the yearly work of progress since our last annual
record of the course of reconstruction. The condition of the city four years ago re-
quires no amplifying upon here, but this is a specially fitting place to chronicle a piece
of interesting history.

An important incident of the early steps towards reconstruction evinced the confi-
dence reposed in the business judgment of the firm 9f John V. Farwell & Co. The
advice and counsel of the members of this house was then publicly sought and as
publicly given. The fulfilment of their predictions is now a matter of common know-
ledge to all the world. While the ruins of Chicago were still smoking, and the sky
at night still glowed with the lurid glare of the scarcely half-conquered embers, a
meeting of merchants was called for mutual counseL

Mr. C. D. Farwell, then and now Member of Congress from the Ihird Illinoia
District, was called to the chair, and John V. Farwell, senior member of the firm,
was the first gentleman requested to express his views of the situation and prospects.
His firm had lost very heavily, and his opinions were held to have a most practical
weight.

He responded at once, declaring the situation to be critical but not hopeless, and
expressing it as his fervent opinion that everything depended upon the action of the
assembled representative merchants. Chicago, he tersely said, was '' a living busi-
ness fact." It had faced all varieties of opposition in the past from competitors, and
had thrived under the treatment. He for one had no idea that the city could be
materially hindered in its destined greatness by the fire. He considered that all that
was wanted was a firm integrity of purpose to meet all obligations so far as their
means would possibly permit. These obligations must be met without flinching.
They must only ask such time as they needed to gather up the ashes of their busi-
ness, and must begin anew ; not discouraged by what had happened, but more de-
termined than ever to make Chicago the centre of the whole North-western trade.
They could do so if they would, and could do it soon. These earnest sentiments were
received with hearty applause. There was but one dissenter to the honorable, manly

F A Zimnff Bvsmesa Fact, 119

views, and he was a liquor dealer who proceeded to advocate a nniyersal and shame*
fal repudiation, but was promptly hissed out of the meeting.

We can ^ve no better individual illustration of how thoroughly Mr. FarwelPs
prophecy has been worked out than has been shown in the history of his own house

Messrs. John V. Farwell & Co. are chiefly responsible for the starting of a new
business centre, and for making what, in ante-fire days, seemed destined to be an
eternally valueless portion of the city, into a thriving business quarter. They have
seen their judgment in relation to the desirability of this section fully verified, dozens
of leading firms having clustered within a few blocks of them inside of the past four
years. They claim with justice, also, to have done the whole city a direct practical
benefit by equalizing real estate values over a large district, and by lowering rents in
the same generous ratio that the city has been enlarged. They have reclaimed what
was formerly undesirable, and have aided most materially in changing Chicago's
business area from a single focus of trade structures to the extent of a true metropolis.

The growth of the firm's business from what it was then to what it is now can be
graphically illustrated. During the month of September last there were single days
in which the sales were doubly larger than for a whole year in the earlier history of
the firm. The sales one day last month reached the grand figure of $200,000, which
tells the story of this firm's influence and magnitude of trade more eloquently than
columns of elaborate description could ever do. Such figures speak for themselves.

The following is a brief history of the house, and the changes in connection with
it, since Mr. Farwell became a member :

Cooley, Wadsworth & Co., from 1852 to 1859, [E-S. Wadsworth* and F-B.
Cooley, both of Hartford, Conn.]; Cooley, Farwell & Co., from 1859 to 1864 [F-B.
Cooley and M. Field] ; Farwell, Field & Co., from Jan. 1st, 1864, to 1865 [I-Z. Leiter] ;
John-V. Farwell & Co., from 1865 [Charles-B\ and William-D». Farwell, S-N. Kel-
logg and J-E. Harmon] to 1869, when Mr. Samuel-N. Kellogg retired. In 1870
Simeon' Farwell was admitted a partner, and the firm is now, 1879, composed of
John-V'., Charles-B'., William-D'. and Simeon" Farwell and J-K. Harmon.

During the late civil war, Mr. Farwell was marked for his philanthropy and de-
votion to the Union cause. He was active in raising the Board of Trade Regiment
which was fully equipped by private contributions at an expense of $40,000. He
was a constant friend of soldiers' families, and contributed liberally to the funds of
the Sanitary and Christian Commissions. His special interest, however, centered in
the Christian Commission, of which he was one of the executive committee, and to
which he gave his time and money without stint.

The following clippings from papers published during the war of the rebellion,
giving his utterances and exhibiting his sentiments and spirit during the great strug-
gle for the integrity of the Union, though somewhat numerous and extended for the
usual scope of a work like this, are believed, not only worthy of insertion, but it is

* E. S. Wadsworth is son of the late Tertlus Wadsworth of Hartford, Conn., who married for td
wife, Mrs. Eliza (Parsons) Miner, daughter of Capt. Joel" Parsons of Granville, Mass., grandfather
of Francis-Buell Cooley. and of his sister, Mrs. Emerette (Cooley), wife of J-Y^. Farwell. [See Cor-
net-Joseph! Parsons MeffloriaL]

120 Farwell Memorial. P

hoped may encourage a like patriotism and devotion to a just cause in the hearts of
future generations who may be called to defend and protect the free institutions of
this great republic.

PRBSBNTATION OF COLOB8 TO THB CHICAGO DBAGOON8.

The Young Men^s Ohristian Association of this city, have prepared and presented
to Capt. Charles W. Barker, of the Chicago Dragoons, a beautiful stand of colors for
his company. The flag is of rich blue silk, fiye feet wide by six feet long, with a
heavy silk fringe in ''red, white and blue." On one side, in the centre of an oval,
is a mounted dragoon in gold, on a cloud background. Above the figure appears the
motto, ** We will pray for you," surrounded by thirty-four stars. On the reverse
lide, in a similar oval, is an American eag^e, with the motto, ''In Gk>d is our trust.*'

The presentation was made by John V. Farwell, Esq., President of the Associa-
tion, accompanied with the following address :

Oaft. Babkeb : I need not tell you that history informs us, that in all ages of
the world, emblems of nationality have commanded the homage, the purse, and
heart's blood, if need be, of every true patriot ; and in America, Sir, every insult to
that Magna Charta of our blood-bought rights, brings to its rescue men who will peril
their all to defend its honor. In every controversy, individual or national, there is
a right and a wrong side, and " thrice is he armed who hath his quarrel just."

A heathen general once ordered his subordinates to number his army, before en-
gaging a very much larger force in battle. The work being done, they reported a
force of 10,000 men to go out against 40,000, and counseled a surrender. The gene-
ral said they had made an egregious blunder in the numbering of his men.

After asserting that they had numbered them correctly, said he, "How many did
you put me down for t"

" Only one, sir,"

"Bad mbtake, gentlemen ; you will let me number them over again. Our eavM
is just, Tou may therefore put me down for 20,000, and for each one of my soldiers
you may count four, making in all 60,000 against 40,000 of the enemy, every man of
whom is not over half a man, when fighting against the right. Now, will you fight
them t"

" Aye, sir, and whip them too;" and they were as good as their word.

On behalf of the Young Men's Christian Association, many of whose number are
under your command, I present you this flag, the emblem of our dearly-bought
liberties, expecting that you will trust in God while under its folds, and be counted
20,000 against its enemies, and every man of your command, a host, to follow your
lead in placing it in the record of national glory, second to none that waves in the
free air of heaven.

Tour commander-in-chief, the President of these United States, on taking leave
of his home in Springfield to assume the guardianship of our National fiag, said : I
have a greater task before me than that which engaged the soul of a Washington,
and without the assistance of the God of Nations, I cannot succeed ; with it I cannot
fail."

y Discountenancing Treason. 121

I believe, sir, that he will not fail, for I believe that the God of Washington is
Lincoln's God, not for personal aggrandizement, but for our national weal, and the
world's redemption from tyranny. And now, sir, while I hand you this stand of
colors, permit me to propose this sentiment :

** Down with the traitors' serpent flag I

Death to the wretch o'er whom it waves
And let our heaven born banner float

0*er freemen's homes and traitor's graves.**

Capt. Barker replied as follows :

Mr. Farwell — I accept this flag from the Young Men's Christian Association, and,
through you, return them my sincere thanks. Could I find language to express my
feelings, I should think this one of the proudest days of my life.

I am no speech-maker, but I am full of feeling. Little did I think when I com-
menced to raise my company, that I should have such men around me as I have, and
when I bear this flag to those who have gone out from this Association, and they shall
look upon it, I doubt not but that, though absent from you, they will be present with
you, in thought and feeling.

I shall defend that flag with my life — (cheers) — ^I will protect it while life lasts,
and if I live to bring it back, I shall bear it home with me as unsullied as I receive it.
I see on each side of it the words " We will pray for you." Though I am not a man
of prayers, I believe in the power of prayer, and therefore hope that you will ever
remember this pledge, to pray for us. Again I thank you for this token of your
Christian consideration."

The captain was indeed "full of feeling" in making this response, while many
moist eyes attested a fellow feeling for him. Let traitors beware of the metal of
Capt. Barker and his company.

DISCOUNTENAl^CING TBBASON.

[From the editorial of the Chicago Triburte.]

The immense wholesale drj goods house of Cooley, Farwell & Co. has kicked the Chicago Time*

into the street on account of its treason. The following note, addressed to the proprietors of the

Times^ explains the matter :

CooLET, Farwell & Co., Wholesale Dry Goods,

42, 44 & 46 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Jan. 1, 1863.

Messrs. Story ft Worden :

Gbntlbmen : We wish to begin the new yeskVpatrioHcaUy^ and know of no better way than to com-
mence by excluding vour paper from our counting room. Tour vile sympathies with treason are too
apparent, and now that a public example has been made of the manner in which such papers shonld
be treated among honest men, we wish to be among the endorsers of the movement. You, will there-
fore send your bill and keep your paper, and oblige.

Yours Respectfully,

CooLEY, Farwell & Co.

On the receipt of thid note* fnsteacl of duietly discontinuing the paper as directed to do, the
Tory organ prints the note and flies into a huge passion, foams at the mouth, and commands ** every
Democrat to avoid their doors as he would the gates of h— 11.'*

Democratic merchants, we presume, suit themselves, and purchase their good« where they can
boT to the best advantage. There are very few Democratic merchants that endorse the treason-
able course of the Timea^ or sympathize with its purpose to produce civil war in Illinois, by arraying
the Democratic party in armed hostility to the Federal government. If there be any such merchants
in the West, Cooley. Farwell & Co. can well afford to do without their custom.

There are several hundred 'Republicans— ardent Union men— whom, we are sorry to say, still
continue to take that infamous sheet, and contribute their $10 a piece for its support. Many of
these persons complain of the weight of their taxes, but have not a word to say against paying a
poll-tax of ten dollars for the support of Jeflf. Davis* organ in their midst. If they want to take a
Democratic* paper, there is the Foat which is as bitterly partisan as can be desired, but is yet loyal
to the Federal flag.

183 Fa/rwdl Memorial. ^

IT. B. CHBIBTIAN COMMISSION.

A Week at thM Fnmt.

From the Northwestern Christian Advocate.

If I recollect right the colored race were coming through the Red Sea, led by
God*8 Abrahamic Moses into the Canaan of U. S. citizenship, when we parted com-
pany last week. This will probably cause copperheads speedy dissolution, while it
enforces with another epoch of history, the proposition that €k)d reigns, and has
stirred up his strength to seal a great national wrong with his unqualified disapproval.
After passing through the country at Point of Rocks, and partaking of a hasty sup-
per at the rooms of the Christian Commission, the bugle sounded for Church, and we
were conducted to a beautiful rustic chapel, constructed under the direction of Chap-
lain Williams, a field agent of the commission, holding over six hundred persons. It
was filled to its utmost, while the soldiers took charge of the meeting with the mani-
fest help of Him who said, ** Lo, I am with you."

To realize what the meeting was, one must be there ; it cannot be put into type.
A stalwart colored man, in blue uniform, who had lost both eyes in the service, rose
to his feet, and with a calmness that bespoke the veteran, said : *< Bmdren, dough
my body sight am failed, de eye of faith am clear and strong. I sees de reward of
victory jus' afore me, and Pse going to grasp de prize mid the promises of my heb-
enly Fader." A very intelligent white soldier followed him with an account of his
conversion only a few days before, and the assault Satan had made upon his faith.
In the midst of the conflict, apparently overcome, he thought of the great Captain —
went to him, and returned with the marching order, ''Get thee behind me Satan,"
which was instantly obeyed, and then with the pathos of the "new creature" in
Christ Jesus, and a mind quickened with the energy of this new birth, he called on
his fellow soldiers to enlist under the blood-stained and victorious banner of King
Jesus, whose kingdom is not of this world, but is set up within us.

An old sun-burnt Methodist from Indiana, said he had just received a letter
from two of his little girls at home, in which they said ''Papa, we have taken your
advice, and given our hearts to Jesus." With his heart so full that he could scarcely
speak, he said, "How this intelligence steals from my thoughts the hardships of a
soldier's life who has dear ones at home. The thought that his house had determined
to serve God buried all hardships and toil under its broad shield, and he was a happy
man.

Drs. Scudder and Duryea could no longer retain their seats, and the other New
York gentlemen were taken with the same symptoms. Such extemporaneous re.
marks from men accustomed to read sermons, I never heard before. Truly, God
was in that place.

At the appointed hour Gen. Patrick's boat came to carry us to City Point, and
the services had to be closed.

Our next march was to the extreme front, via Petersburg to Hatcher's Run, un-
der the escort of Gen. Gwyn. who shared our hospitality at City Point, and insisted
on our sharing his at the front.

Well, Doctor, I wish now that you could have dined at the general's head quar-

I* AU Denominations Greeting the Christian Com/mission. 123

ters. I was going to draw the general presiding at the table, and the dinner, hut
it's no use trying. I give it up.

The general won his stars by his gallantry in taking a rebel fort, and suffice it to
say, that he captured us likewise upon the first charge, and if he ever comes West I
propose to let you look upon every inch a man. \

After dinner the general had his brigade drawn up in a hollow square, in front
of his quarters, to hear from George H. Stuart and others of our party, who ad-
dresse<l them briefly, after which the camp rang with cheers for General Grant and
President Lincoln.

An hour's ride brought us to a lookout station, from which through a glass, I
could survey the streets of Petersburg and its defences, while a little out to the left
a rebel brigade was drilling, whose bayonets glistened in the sun with a horrid glare.
Only a few hours previous two men had been drawn up before them, shot and buried
like dogs — probably for believing that to desert was more patriotic than to fight
against the good old flag.

On our return we visited the headquarters of Gen. Crawford, where we found
Gen. Davis, chief of cavalry, and Gen. Warren ; all young men whoso names will
shine in history.

The next day was the Sabbath and our party were detailed for special service in
several of the army chapels at different stations, of which there are one hundred and
fifty now in the service.

At Warren Station there was a communion service, where, for some reason, I
learned that nearly all the Methodist delegates of the Commission had been sent by
our field agent. A heavenly Methodist revival has been in progress there for some
weeks, and at this communion twenty-five were baptized, and two hundred commun-
ed, one hundred and thirty of whom were new converts.

Ministers of four denominations assisted in the service, and no one asked whe-
ther they were all Close-communion Baptists, or lineal descendants of the Apostolic
Church, while they came forward with broken hearts to commemorate the suffering
of him who prayed the Father that they aU might le one, as He and the Father were
one — and such they seemed to be, as full hearts and moistened eyes amply testified on
this occasion. Such scenes are a foretaste as well as a symbol of heaven.

From all quarters of the globe almost and from all denominations, did this com-
pany draw its numbers, and yet the religion of Jesus broke down all walls of national
or sectarian partition, and placed them all at Jesus' feet, an exalted level of true
nobility.

Monday morning Gkn. Grant placed his private boat at our disposal for a visit
to the army of the James, and telegraphed Gen. Ord to furnish us transportation
on arriving at his headquarters for that purpose. It had been intimated to us that
Gen. Ord was a Catholic and that we should not probably be very cordially treated.
In this we were misled. Our transportation was duly furnished and in conversation
with him in regard to the work of the Christian Commission in his department, he
seemed to take a deep interest in it, saying that it was doing more good in proportion
to its means than any other agency in the army^ and that among liis colored troops the
schools were doing an immense amount of good. This is the universal testimony of

124 FwrwdL Memorial. F

all the officers of the army, with whom I conversed. God bless the Christian Com-
mission, seems to resound all along the lines of these armies.

Riding along the lines of Gen. Ord's army, nothing but black soldiers met the
eye. At one point Brother Stuart ordered a halt, when the soldiers were off from
duty, and called a large number together in an incredible short space of time, and
talked to them about Jesus and their duty to him, as well as to their country, after
which they all joined heartily in singing a hymn. Before prayers, all who wished to
be prayed for, were requested to raise their hands. A majority raised their hands in
token of such desire, and one of the ministers led in an earnest prayer.

Passing on, we soon came to a regiment on dress parade. The Colonel requested
another impromptu meeting with his regiment.

With a saddle for a pulpit, and a file of armed soldiers for an audience, Bro.
Mingins officiated, and we passed on to other scenes, wondering the while at the
qykiei order and neatness of these colored soldiers in every department of their duty.

Fort Harrison in our lines is confronted by a rebel fort, the muzzle of whose
guns are almost visible to the naked eye; while in plain sight, between the two, were
federal and rebel lines of pickets, marching their tedious beats in talking distance of
each other — ready at any moment upon word of command to open the red sepulchre
of war, and bury each other out of sight.

Returning to the boat about 9 o^clock at night, the captain informed us that it
was too foggy to go back to City Point, so we were booked for a night's lodging and
a supper in the same rooms, and around the same table, where President Lincoln and
Secretary Seward met the rebel peace commissioners but a few weeks before to discuss
the terms of peace. About 4 o'clock in the morning, I was awakened from a com-
fortable sleep by the discharge of artillery which shook the boat and the thought
struck me that the rebel rams, whose smoke we had seen the day before from Dutch
Gap Canal, had come down the river to retake a boat- load of our prisoners which lay
just above in the river waiting to go down to City Point.

The journey home, the waiting on the boat with rebel deserters, woul(f form
another chapter, but I will only give one instance of a facetious rebel's leave-taking
from his former companions.

He was a cavalryman, and told me that he had spent $4,500 since the war began
for horses, and a short time before he left, an order was issued that any one found
destroying rails, would be required to maul 300, as a punishment for the offense.

He had built a shelter for his horse, and hud used two rails to keep the sliakes
(you know, doctor, what shakes are) on the roof, for which he was called up to the
captain's quarters to answer.

He plead that the rails were not destroyed, but were in the eervice, protecting his
horse. His plea was denied and sentence passed that he must split 800 rails. The
captain lent him an ax without a helve, that had been ^'jumped " so often that there
was scarcely anything left but an eye. While he was making the helve he remem-
bered that he was to be on picket duty that night, and he had left word for tlie cap-
tain, that as he knew nothing about splittinsr rails, he had concluded to go and take
a few lessons of Abraham, who, he was informed, understood the business ; mean-
while he hoped he might be able to dispense with the rails until his return.

r J'Y. Harwell Eulogizes Geru Patrick. 125

They will all take lessens of Abraham ere long. Thank God he is an apt teacher,
who will soon convince the rebel crew that the way of the transgressor is hard, and
that the rebellion can be split as well as rails.

CONTINUATION OF THE FORBOOINO.

In my last I gave you some incidents on the way to the front. We will now take
some observatious together from the tusks of the ^'Elephant," commencing at Gen.
Grant's headquarters, where we found ourselves a short time after our arrival at City
Point. Mr. Stuart introduced the company to the General, consisting of Drs. Duryea,
Scudder and Chambers, and Messrs. Jessup, James, Walls and Holden of New York
— members and friends of the Commission, who were received cordially. While
talking with us it was evident from his countenance that the chess-board of the con-
flict was uppermost in his mind, and when Sherman's name was mentioned, his face
seemed to glow with mingled satisfaction and pride, as he pointed to Fayetteville on
the map, saying, *Mie will be there in a few days.'' The papers were sending him
Q& to Saulsbury after our prisoners, but it was evident that Grant had sent him to
Fayetteville.

Grant says ** Go, and he goeth " — anywhere. From here we proceeded to Gen,
Patrick's headquarters. Provost Marshal of the armies of the James and Potomac,
whose heart aud soul seemed to be in sympathy with the work of the Christian Com-
mission. After giving us some excellent advice, by way of suggestions, etc., he
ordered his own private boat to convey us to Point of Rocks for an inspection of the
large hospitals at that place, and accompanied us there. Would to God that all our
generals were like him — Chiistian men, wearing the star of Bethlehem as prominent-
ly as the stars of their rank in the army. Passing through the hospitals, which wore
an aspect of neatness aud comfort, our attention was suddenly arrested by the sight
cf a colored man just being taken out for burial. Mr. Stuart called the little gather-
ing to order and proposed a short burial service, consisting of singing, remarks and
prayers, which were kindly received by the soldiers and nurses. A little further on,
an old colored man, who seemed very intelligent, attracted my attention, and I said
to him, **How do you like this phase of the war ?" *' Oh, sir,'' said he, ** I shall
never flght any more, am sixty years old ; I shall soon get my discharge and go up
yonder." " Up where ?" ** Where Jesus is — I shall not live long."

Having taken a hasty look at the diet kitchen, in which are prepared by Christian
women, such delicacies as a sick man can appreciate, we mounted ambulances and
rode out to the front, and from a lookout station, elevated some one hundred and
fifty feet, we took a bird's-eye view of the rebel pickets and their works. This done,
Bro. Stuart asked the signal boys in attendance if they wouldn't like to have a prayer-
meeting in the tower, to which they readily assented. After prayer by Dr. Scudder,
and thanks from the boys, we were lowered away to terra firma again, wondering if
ever a prayer-meeting was held in such a place before.

The next point of interest to us was the cemetery. It is laid out in circular form,
with a vacant space in the centre for a monument, and ranged in alternate sections,
with walks dividing them. Each state had her long line of wooden head boards,
who dadcnngaih ti ithere laid down their lives for their country, and a prominent

126 FwrweU Memorial, F

feature was the space allotted to the colored troopi, of "which there seemed to be a
longer liue of head-boards, than in any other section (the army of the James being
largely colored troops). It taught me that colored men Tiavs some riglits that white
men are bound to respect — the right to lay down their lives for a government that
has been an asylum for the oppressed of all nations except their own.

The spectacle is sublime — meeting a martyr's fate in the cause of their own for-
mer oppressora. From Deep Bottom on the James to Fort Harrison, and on to the
extreme right, for miles and miles, these black men toithout righta stand behind
breastworks of their own construction, and within forts built by their labor, carrying
Uncle Sam^s muskets and manning his loud-mouthed peacemakers, stamping the re-
bellion into the dust, and the memory of Roger B. Taney with eternal infamy, while
white men in the Senate ask the nation to place a marble bust of this *^ chief justice"
(chief anything hni jttatice) in the Supreme court-room of the United States.

Thanks to the God of justice and Abraham Lincoln that the colored man's ans-
wer to a delegate's question, ^'What does U.S. mean?*' as it stands on the badge
of the U.S. Christian Commission, is prophetic of the coming position of his country-
men — said he, '* It means us." Those breastworks made by colored soldiers, those
muskets, and those cannon borne and manned by colored troops, and those graves
filled by colored dead, speak to us of the rights of black men in tones that cannot be
stifled by the cry of ** Nigger worshippers" in the ears of the American people. They
do mean ua most surely.

Pardon me if I say more than I ought in this connection, and put it down to the
account of a weakness of mine in being captured by these sights, around ^ * the ele-'
phant." On the boat we saw a very intelligent contraband with whom we had the
following conversation, "What is your name?" **Eli Brown." **Any relation to
John Brown?" **Nomassa, but I have heard of him in Richmond. It cost Gov.
Wise millions to hang him but * his soul is marching on. ' " * * Tou are from Rich-
mond, then, and of course you recognize Jeff. Davis and the Southern confederacy ? '*
**No Bar, I doesn't no how."

** Havn't you heard that Lincoln is going to do it ? " With a look of astonish-
ment he was speechless for a minute, and then gathering faith in the author of the
proclamation, said he "Wal, sar, when Mister Lincoln does dat, den I will."

"How did you get here?" "Irunned away, sar." **Did you consult your
master about it ? " " No, sar. Mas&a Allen didn't consult me when he sold my two
childrens, so I no consult him when I leaved him."

" White people down South say that you black people cannot take care of your-
selves when you are free, how is that ?" " Wal, Massa, we takes care of them and
us too, when we's slaves — can't we take care of us alone, when we's free ? "

Another of the contrabands — servant of one of the generals, who had learned
him to read — said, that before he left his master, they told him that the Yankees
Would shoot the black men, make breast- works of them, and drown their women and
children — but he had concluded to try it on. We said to him, ** Tour masters tell
us that you don't want your freedom; how is that ?" " Dey try to shut your eyes
same as they did us, about your shootin' us."

We attended a colored prayer-meeting at City Point, the attendants being a nurn*

F Ajypointed on the Indian Co7nmission, 127

ber of a regiment of whom two-thirds had been killed in the famous attempt to take
Petersburg. Our New York D.D's, etc., were very much interested and shook hands
heartily with the leader of the meeting, who, after some ten had come forward for
prayers, could keep still no longei:^ and so shook hands with most every man in the
house. This man spoke with such force and clearness, as to command the attention
of those learned men. I took occasion to talk with him after the meeting was over,
and found that he had been a slave in Louisville, Kentucky — was a preacher, and
gave this account of his first sermon:

He was sixty years old. At the age of thirty, he had a vision in which the first
chapter of Job and the second chapter of Acts were given to him word for word, and
the next day being the Sabbath, he repeated the two chapters, and spoke to his
brethren. After the services, a white man who knew him well, asked him where he
had learned them, when he gave him the facts, and this friend took out his Bible and
read them to him. He had never before known that there were such books in the
Bible as the book of Job and the Acts. Job, bereft of all he had, and the disciples
of Jesus endued with the Holy Ghost, and having all things common, was to him all
the theology he needed to preach to the slave who was bereft of all, surely — yet the
gift of the Holy Spirit was left within his grasp, which levels all distinctions and
raises to a common level, in the regards of the great All, Father, every child of the
dust. J. V. F.

After the close of the war, Mr. Farwell was appointed a member of the Board of
Indian Commissioners by President Grant, and in the discharge of his duties in this
office, has been characterized by the same devotion, zeal and benevolence that have
marked his entir^ career. He has twice visited the Pacific coast, traveling about
12,000 miles in the discharge of these duties.

The following is a cooy from the original letter of appointment :

Depabtmbnt of the Intekior.

Washington, B.C., 15 Apr. 1869.

Dear Sir: The President has directed me to invite you to become one of the
Commission provided for by the late act of Congress to act as auxiliary to this Depart-
ment in the supervision of the work of gathering the Indians upon reservations, etc.

The Commission will serve without pay, except for expenses actually incurred in
traveling, and is expected to act both as a consulting board of advisers, and (through
their sub-committees) as Inspectors of the Agencies, etc., in the Indian Country.

The design of those who suggested the Commission was that something like a
Christian Commission should be established, having the civilization of the Indian in
yiew, and laboring to stimulate public interest in this work, whilst also co-operating
with the Department in the specific purpose mentioned.

The following gentlemen have b^n requested to become members of the Board
with you :

William Welsh, Philadelphia; Geo. H. Stuart, James E. Tratman, St. Louis;
Wm. E. Dodge, New York; E. S. Toby, Boston; and Felix R. Bruns of Pittsburg.

Perhaps two others will be added, and as soon as answers are received, a pre-
liminary meeting will be called here.

128 twrwell Memorial. F

Earnestly hoping you will consent to your own appointment, and that yon will
in any event withhold any refusal until the preliminary meeting has been held, and
yon have thus been enabled to discuss more fully the objects and the importance of
the contemplated movement,

I am, very respectfully.

Your obedient servant,

J. I>. Cox, etc.
Hon. John Y. Fabwell, •
Chicago

Mr. Farwell has never taken any active part in politics except in 1864, when he
allowed his name to be used as a Presidential Elector for Mr. Lincoln. He has been
honored with various positions of public and private trust ; was at one time Vice-
President of the Board of Trade. •

The following letter, copied from the ''Northwestern Christian Advocate"
gives no uncertain sound in relation to his political views in 1864 :

ABOLITIONISM EXPOSED.

Letter from John Y. Farwell, Esq., Presidential Elector for the First

Congressional District.

Mr. Editobs : Having had my name placed before the people for Presidential
Elector without having sought the position, you will please allow me space in your col-
umns to tell the people my views without their having asked for them, so that no one
shall have it to say that he voted for an ''Abolitionist " without knowing it. I al-
ways have been ekDemocratieSepMiean Abolitionist, though I never voted an Abolition
ticket. I have served as one of a jury in the U. S. Courts in indicting men for resist-
ing the execution of the fugitive slave law, not because the law was just, but because
obedience to law ii the onXj/ safety for free governments. I have a great love for the U. S.
Government, because, as it is democratic in principle, republican in form, and now
proposes that every man, woman and child shall be free, from the bottom to the top
of its population^ I believe it to be the only true exponent of liberty and progress for
the human race. Having this faith, I am for abolishing everything and everybody
that would tarnish its honor or diminish its power.

Its Constitution, and the Union of the States under it, must be preserved at all
hazards. Abraham Lincoln and the platform of principles he occupies are unequivo-
cally pledged to this purpose ; therefore, if the voice of the whole world were ne-
cessary to make him President, and I were empowered to cast the vote, I would cast
it for this man, before all other good and true men who honor our times.

The rebellion was established because the essential principles of the Baltimore
platform elected him four years since. Those principles, baptized with the blood of
patriots, will elect him again, and abolish the rebellion at the point of the bayonet.
Then will he be President of the whole territory over which he was first constitution-
ally elected, the nation's honor and integrity will be vindicated before the world, and

^ Abolition Eooposed. 129

the Co nstitution will be regarded everywhere a real and holy bond of inalienable
rights, and not empty words wasted on worthless parchment.

This must be accomplished to secure permanent peace and prosperity to the
nation, and hereby many things must necessarily be abolished which now hold high
carnival in expectation of a different result in the November election.

The African ** nigger" and his mixed descendants having been the authors of all
the fusions and confusions which have made the fire and brimstone of the present
war, and of our past political broils, must have his office abolished by abolishing his
chains. The blood of thousands slain, and the peace of our children, demand this of
the present Administration.

That freedom of speech and of the press which belittles the Government and
pronounces the work of our victorious armies a failure, while it magnifies the rebellion
and its agencies, must be abolished by serried battalions of free ballots.

Vallandigham, "Woods, Seymour & Co., must have their pretensions to leadership
and other aspirations to power abolished, with no freedom of speech left them, ex-
cept upon penitential knees to implore ** Father Abraham " to send some poor Aboli-
tionist to bring them in out of the cold, where the coming elections will surely leave
them.

The aspirations of all wicked and unprincipled men for places of power and
trust in. the administration of the Government, must be abolished^ because ** righteous-
ness exalteth a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people." We want no more
Buchanans in the White House, to allow his Secretaries to steal our guns, our ships,
our forts and our money, as the price of his office.

Professional politicians, and office-seekers, and brokers, must be abolished. The
people must learn to ask their best men to fill their offices, from justice of the peace
to President of the Republic ; and not allow the Woods, Seymours, Voorheeses and
Vallandighams to hoodwink them into the belief that they are the real conservators
of the peace and prosperity of the nation — the only men capable of managing its af-
fairs.

A bogus Democracy with such leaders, who proposed to coax the minority to
yield to the majority, in the first election of Abraham to the Presidency, must be
abolished beyond the hope of resurrection, or democratic governments must of ne-
cessity prove a disgraceful failure.

That partisan spirit which would revive such a miserable organization of dry
bones by voting with a party which declares the war to be a failure, must be abolished
by such a robust, living majority of intelligent, patriotic and independent Union
votes, as will demonstrate that patriotism and genuine Democracy know no party as
such.

British swagger and gentlemanly French insolence, breathing out sympathy for
the rebels, must be abolished by the same host of genuine Democratic voters.

Ihat political secession humbug, called ^* State rights" or ** popular sov-
ereignty," requiring the whole nation to make a bow to South Carolina, while she
fires upon Sumter and sets up for herself, must be abolished, or our government is not
worth the value of the plain white canvas which receives the stars and stripes as the
emblem of its power and identity. Our flag is called a *' dirty rag " by the rebels,

130 Farv)dl Memorial. ^

and Bach it U, if the State can defy the Federal authority with impunity. ^'Let us
rally round the flag, boys," until no head nor heart shall attempt to ride such a mis-
erable hobby over the ruins of our national authority and greatness.

In short, the Chicago platform and its candidates must be abolished by a grand
abolition charge. Without principles and without men, the American people must
bury them out of sight, simply because the rebels want them to live and rule. Any
other reason in addition to this would be insulting to the common sense of a free
people.

After this general Abolition ticket has been stereotyped upon the Gk>Temment,
by the logic of the November elections, as it will be, then it will be comparatively an
easy task for our boys in blue to abolish the rebel armies. Taking heart from such
substantial .moral reinforcements from home, their valor will be irresistible, and
Aholitumut will then be the motto on the coat of arms for our regenerated Govern-
ment ; which shall commend it to the affectionate regard of mankind, and the appro-
bation of Him who sits ''as Governor among the nations,'' and commands them to
"break every yoke."

If I am chosen as one of the Presidential Electors of the great State of Illinois,
which has furnished the best President, and the best General, since the days of
Washington, I herewith give notice to the voters who shall so elect me, that I shall
vote to place them securely in Abraham's bosom, and not in the hearse of the grave-
digger of the Chickahominy, for political burial in the graveyard of nations.

John V. Farwbll.

The reader will have noticed that some of the foregoing articles were dated
**XJ. S. Christian Commission." We are informed that the Commission grew out of
the efforts of the Young Men's Christian Association of Chicago, of which Mr. Far-
well was an active and efficient member.

At the age of fourteen years Mr. Farwell united with the M. E. Church, but is
now a ruling Elder in the Presbyterian Church. Liberal in his sentiments, he favors
unity of effort, and shrinks from that exclusiveness which would shut out from full
fellowship any person heartily believing in a broad Christian platform upon which all
may stand. Since first uniting with the church he has been proverbial for his liber-
ality, and has been known to devote half his salary to charitable objects. Mr. Far-
well was an active worker with Mr. Dwight L. Moody in organizing the *' North
Market Mission," designed especially for outcast boys and girls, and for several years
was superintendent of the same ; he contributed largely for current expenses, and,
when it finally developed into the Illinois Street Church, gave $10,000 toward the
erection of the building. The membership has numbered 600 persons under the
pastoral charge of Mr. Moody, of whom Mr. Farwell has been a constant and liberal
supporter and friend.

In the establishment of the Young Men's Christian Association of Chicago in
1857, Mr. Farwell was a prime mover, and to his constant zeal and earnest effort the
prosperity of that institution is largely due. He sold the Association the ground
upon which their building stands, taking his pay in stock, and when it had suffered
a succession of losses by fire, and found itself involved in financial difficulty, he was

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among the number who donated their entire stock to relieve it from embarransment.
Ho has been connected with the Association as Trustee, Vice-President, and President
for several years, participating actively in its labors, and contributing largely for
current expenses. We here reproduce his last official report as President of the Asso-
ciation, given in a Chicago paper, April 1876 :

BIQHTKENTH ANNUAL KBPOKT OF THE YOUNO MEK'S CHBISTIAN ASSOCIATION.

Pteatdenf'a Report,

In presenting our Eighteenth Annual Report, all who are conversant with the
history of our Association cannot but be impressed with one central fact, around
which all others gather, like the rich, ripe clusters, clinging to the one vine, of which
the Father is the husbandman — and that is, that the Husbandman has dug about and
pruned this vine, until its fruitage is more than its most sanguine friends ever antici-
pated.

**'Sweet are the uses of adversity" may be well said of this organization.
While the material fire has twice reduced her local habitation to ashes, and the hot
flames of opposition have shot out their forked tongues of hate, she has not forgotten
her royal Master's earthly career. Nor has that Prince of the kings of the earth for»
gotten her. The reports of the several committees give ample proof of these facts.
He would not be true to his precious promises, given during that wonderful career,
if His blessing had not been with His Church (against which He has said the gates of
hell shall not prevail) in this their united efforts to extend its usefulness.

All branches of the one Church can point to some of their individual members
who have been greatly benefited by their connection with the work of the Young
Men's Christian Association, and have been made more a blessing to their own church.
Were this not the result, I, for one, would lose my interest in them.

Rounding out of Christian character should be the office of all appliances of the
Church, and if there is any one point where, in the present age of scepticism and
infidelity, it needs to be fully developed, it is in the cultivation of the spirit of union,
to the fruit-bearing point. No amount of theoretical leaves in reference to this es-
sential thing in Christ's body will satisfy Christ, **The Head," or a carping world.

This work the Young Men's Christian Association are doing. How well they are
doing it may be traced, specially, in the wonderful revival of God's work in the
hearts of men and women in the church, as seen in England and America the pas^
three years ; and also in the natural results of such a revival — ^the world believing
that God has sent His Son to save them, and that by thousands. Revivals there have
been, of wonderful power, in the past, but in these last times the Church has massed
her forces, jnst when the Malakoffs of rationalism were defying the armies of Israel,
and the Captain of the Lord's host, with the drawn sword of a united Church, has
led on his one army to signal victory.

Let us learn wisdom from this one great fact of this age, and not spend our
strength foolishly in trying to explain away one of God's mile-posts in the wildem«ss
journey of Christ's blood-bought Church.

Let me say to one and all : Look calmly at the facts of history in connection
with Association work amonsr the churches. See for yourselves, not through the

132 Farwell Memorial F

green goggles of sectarian jealousy, but through the crystal light of 'Hhe white stone/'
upon which is graven the name of each one "that overcometh," as individual mem-i
bers of the one Church, in the battle of life, and then close up the broken ranks, so
closely wherever the church or the world may see any real points of separation, that
none, from above or beneath, may justly charge God's people with folly in their vis-
ible relations with each other in the common work of saving souls.

This Association has only begun its career of usefulness, if the churches of Chi-
cago shall continue to smile upon and second her efEorts. The field is not Chicago
alone. This great centre of human influence may not confine her light to the corpor-
ation map. It must extend far and wide, into the regions beyond.

How important, then, that our trumpet give no uncertain sound, either for the
gathering or the moving of the Lord's hosts.

As there was only one tabernacle of old, into which all the tribes gathered, so
now, there is only one true tabernacle, and the Lord pitched that on Calvary. " Look
unto me, all ye ends of the earth, and be ye saved." A look at the crucified one
should melt all hearts into one mould, for his work on earth, left in our hands from
that central point in the world's history.

John V. Fabwbll,

Preddent,

In 1858, with Mr. J. B. Stillson, he began his labors among the prisoners at
Bridewell, and, by his earnest temperance appeals and religious services, has rescued
some of the most obdurate, and saved several men of fine education and ability. He
was one of the most liberal contributors to the fund for the erection of a chapel for
prison worship.

Mr. Farwell's acquaintance and co-operation with Mr. Moody in the North Market
Mission Sunday-School in Chicago led to a firm friendship from the first of their
united labors in this direction. The result was the erection of a large hall for the
Young Men's Christian Association, which, at its dedication, was named (at the sug-
gestion of Mr. Moody) " Fabwbll Hall." It contains, in addition to a fine audito-
rium, offices, reading, prayer, lecture and other rooms, and every appliance that can
contribute to successful work.

In all of Mr. Moody's projects for the cultivation and spread of Christian union,
Mr. Farwell took a lively interest.

The culmination of these projects was his trip to England to do evangelistic work
in that land that may justly be called the mother of the churches in these last days.
Mr. Farwell was with him in London three months, and accompanied him back to this
country.

When he came to Chicago, Mr. Farwell built him a tabernacle that would hold
8,000 people, which, Mr. Moody said, was the best building that had ever been erected
for him, and thus gave evidence of his confidence, not only in Moody, but in the cause,
of which he is the most successful exponent that has lived since the days of Paul. Be-
ginning in an unoccupied grocery-store, 20x40 feet, in the poorest part of Chicago, and
coming back, after practically uniting the churches of England and Scotland, for
Christian work, to unite the churches of Chicago in such a building, was certainly

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ample proof of the sagacity of Mr. Farwell in eecondinff his efforts when there were
but few to do so, in so grand, though apparently at the first so insignificant a work.

The Tabernacle is now being changed into a block of five large wholesale stores,
but th* result of th»i meetings held there may never bo changed — for God*s work re-
mains while man^s may fade in a day — and yet Mr. Farwell may regard that as the
grandest work of his life, and it was there that Mr, Moody more than vindicated his
world-wide reputation as an evangelist, for the Lord's prophet was greatly honored
in his own country.

If any apology were needed for the extended biography and quotations of cor-
respondence and reports in the preceding pages (which need the compilers do not
recognize) they would say it was their belief that in no way could they better por-
tray the political and religious views entertained by Mr, F ., or more briefly and
graphically represent the work of the Christian Commission, the Y, M. C. Association
and otlier patriotic and Christian agencies with which he was so thoroughly identified
during the late struggle for national liberty and union. His earnest, Christian course
and munificence in the cause of temperance and evangelization they desired to record
for imitation by those who, though as highly endowed in intellectual and financial
resources, yet fail to employ them, as he has done, for the welfare of humanity and
the glory of God, May his bright example prompt many to go and do likewise^

Mrs. Emerette (Cooley) Farwell, dau. of Noah and Sophronia* (Parsons) and* gr.
dau . of George Cooley is, in her maternal line, descended* from ('ornet Joseph* Par-
sons of pprin^eld and Northampt(m, Mass., and wife Maiy Bliss, through Ensign
Bamuel* and his 2d wife Rhoda (Taylor) who removed from Northampton to Durham,
Ct.; Ithamar* and wife Sarah of Durham; David* and Rebecca (Robinson) who
removed from D. to Granville, Mass. ; Capt, Joel^ and Phebe (Robinson) of G. ; and
Sophronia' (Parsons) Cooley of Granville.

Children of John-Villars* Farwell all bom in Chicago :

764. 1. Abbib*, b. 4 Apr. 1851 ; m. at Lake Forest, III. 12 Oct. 1875, William-

Henry^ Ferry, b. 15 May, 1845, s, of William-Henry* and Mary-Ann
(Williams) of Lake Forest.* Res. Lake FwetA^ in.

Children :

764*. 1. William**, b. 13 July, 1876, Lake Forest.

764"». 2. John-FarwelP*, b. 12 Oct. 1877, Sterling, 111,

764«. 8. Francis-Montague", b. 25 Nov. 1878, Lake Forest

765. 2. JoHN-ViLLARS*, b. 16 Oct. 1858 ; 1879, is a senior in Yale College.

766. 8. Frank-Coolby*, b. 28 Dec. 1860; 1879, is a freshman in Yale College.

767. 4. Arthub-Lincoln*, b. 17 Jan, 1863 ; 1879, preparing for Y. C. at Lake

Forest.

768. 5. Fannie*, b. 19 Nov. 1864; 1869, student in Lake Forest Seminary.

769. SIMEON*, (Hmry\ [747] 8ime<m\ Daniel^, Danid\ Joseph*, Jo9eph\ Henry\)
b. 28 Feb, 1828, Campbelltown, N.Y.; d. there, 22 Sept. 1829.

770. SIMEON*, {Henry'' [747], Simeon*, Daniel^, Daniel*, Joseph*, Jowph*, Eenry\)
bom 22 Mar. 1831, Campbelltown, m. Sardinia, Erie Co., N. Y., 22 March, 1857,

*Mr. Ferry is a descendant of Oharlesi of Springfield, who m. there, 29 Jan. 1661, Barah, dan. of
John! Harmon of 8.. through Charles* Ferry, b. 1686, and Abigail Warner, dan. of Mark> and gr. dau.
of Johni and Abigail*, dau. of Richard* Montague ; Noah« Ferry, b. 1712, d. 4 Nov. 1798, and Expe-
rience (Allis) ; Noah« Ferry, b. 18 Oct. 1748, Granb/, Mass. and Hannah (Montague) dau. of Joseph
and Sarah (Henry) who was dau. of James and Blisabeth (Hastings); Heman^ b. 4 Aug. 1786, Granby
and Roxana^ Burcbard, descendant of Thomas* of Norwich, Conn., and er. gr. dau. of Capt. David*
Barton from DcTonshire, Eng.; and his parents, William-Henry« Ferry, b. 10 April, 1809, Bemsen,
K T and Mary-Ann Williams, descendant of Robert* of Rozburr, Mass. Mr. Ferry is also, ace. to
his father Wm-Henry*, of the 9tb generation from William Montague, Earl.of.Sandwlob, who died in
1600.

184 FaTwM Memorial. P

Ebenette-Charlotte-Maria Smith, b. 16 Feb. 1887, Porter, Niagara Co., K.Y., dau.
of Rev. iBaac-Bateman and Hannah (Ryan) of Scottsyille, N.Y.

Mr. Farwell went to Chicago July, 1849, being then in his nineteenth year. Ho
has been Deputy Clerk of the circuit court ; connected witli the banking-house of
George Smith <fe Co. ; book-keeper with the firm of Cooley, Wadsworth & Co., (the
predecessors of the present firm of J. V. Farwell & Co.); in the grain commission
business, firm of Farwell <fe Co., and Farwell, Hill & Knox of Chicago several years ;
and, since 1870, has been one of tbe present firm of J. Y. Farwell & Co.

Res. Campbelltown, K.Y., Stirling and EeantUm, lU,

Children :

771. 1. Simeok-Allbk*, b. 25 July, 1850, Chicago; d. 80 Oct. 1859, C.

772. 2. HENRY-8MrTH», b. 25 Not. 1861, Chicago.

778. 8. Anna-Pearl*, b. 24 March, 1868, Forest-Home, Noxubee co.. Miss.
774. 4. Ruth-Louisa*, b. 18 Sept. 1872, Chicago.

775. MARIA-LOUISE", (Bmry' [747], Simeon*, Danid\ Daniel, Joseph*, Joseph*,
Menry\) b. 28 Aug. 1837, Big Flats, Chemung co., N.Y.; m. Chicago, III., 8 Mar.
1863, Epaphras-Wadsworth EDSON, b. 31 Oct. 1838, Huntington, Pa., s. of Charles
and Susanna (Steams) c»f Huntington ; afterwards of Shasta Yalley, Cal.

Mrs. M, L. (Farwell) Edson graduated at Ingham University, Leroy, Genesee
CO., KY., 25 June, 1856.

Mr. Edson belongs to the Sturgis Rifles of Chicago, a picked company of eighty
sharpshooters armed and equipped by Solomon Sturgis of Chicago at his own ex-
expense, and accepted by the War Department as an independent company ; were
never attached to any regiment or brigade. General McClellan, when taking com-
mand in West Virginia, took this company as his special guard — the company so
much advertised as his body-guard. When called to Washington after the first battle
of Bull Run they accompanied him. When McClellan was relieved of his command
they were mustered out of service. Never did any duty except at headquarters.
During the peninsular campaign, Mr. Edson had charge of the mail from headquarters
to White House Landing. All correspondence between the commanding general
and President and War Department was put in his hands with instructions not to go
out under any circumstances till delivered to proper persons — a pleasant but respon-
sible position. Knew well Prince De Joinville, Count De Paris and Due De Chartres
and all the other staff officers. They left the seivice in Nov. 1862. After his mar-
riage he engaged in business in San Francisco. While returning from a visit to
his mother in Shasta Valley, the stage in which he was traveling was upset, and he
was thrown so violently on his head as to disable him for business for two years.
On recovery he returned to Illinois and settled in Stirling, where he has since resided.

Stirling, lU,

Children :

776. 1. Charlbs-Farwell*, b. 3 Apr. 1864, San Francisco, Cal.

777. 2. Nancy", b. 80 June, 1867, Shasta Valley, Cal. ; died there 1 Aug. 1867.

^ WilUamrDot^las* Fa/rvodl. 136

778. BENJAMDT, [560] {Simeon; Danief, Danid\ Joi»ph\ J<mg^\ Benry\) b.
25 May, 1798, Pitchburg, Mass. ; married at Painted Post, Steuben Co., N.Y., 6 July,
1826, Hannah-Mary Knox, b. 9 Dec. 1806, Painted Post, dau. of John ^and Hannah
(Douglas) of Stephentown, Rensselaer co., N. Y.

Mr. Parwell removed to P. P. about 1800. He has been super v^or of Campbell-
town, Steuben co., four years, and is elder in the Presbyterian church. Merchant.

Res. Painted Post, N. T.
Children :

779. 1. WiiiLiAM-DouGLAS^ b. 31 May, 1827, Big Flats, Chemung Co., N.Y.; m.

Clean, Cattaraugus Co., KY., 11 Apr. 1886, Hannah-Danelia Ripley, b.
5 Jan. 1843, Ackron, Erie Co., N.Y., dau. of A Uen-P. and Cornelia
(Smith) of Buffalo, N. Y. Merchant, firm of J. V. Farwell & Co., Chicago.

The New York branch of the houBe, at 115 Worth Street, is ably represented by
William-D®, whose business talent, tact and probity, combined with his cordial
spirit and manner, nobly maintain the prestige of this leading firm of the metropo-
Us of the West.

Child:

780. 1. Hannah-Cornelia, b. 17 Jan. 1867, Buffalo, N.Y.

781. 2. John-Knox», b. 5 Jan. 1829, Big Plats, N.Y. : married. Painted Post, 22

June, 1868, Harriet-Rose, b. 24 Feb. 1843, P. P., dau. of James and Cath-
arine (Castleline) of Painted Post. She died 28 May, 1869, Chicago, 111.
He married 2d, 9 July, 1878, at Albany, N.Y., Charlotte Lawton. Mer-
chant—with J. V. Farwell & Co.

Res. Ghiciiffo^ IU»

Child :

783. 1. Harriet*, b. 28 May, 1869; died 11 Aug. 1869.

788. 3. Maby-Aubblia*, b. 28 Jan. 1881, Big Flats; died 15 Aug. 1882.

784. 4. Dbidamia-Enox% b. 11 Feb. 1833, Campbelltown, Steaben co., N.Y. ; m.

Painted Post, 12 June, 1860, William-James Hotchkiss, b. 12 Mar. 1835,
Chester, Warren Co., N.Y., s. of William and Elizabeth (Sherman) of
Chester. She res. 1879, LaJee Forest , Chicago, lU,

Children

785. 1. Douglass-Farwell*, b. 26 May, 1861.

786. 2. William-Benjamin*, b. 13 May, 1864. •

787. 6. Maby-Aubblia*, b. 16 June, 1835, Campbelltown, N.Y. ; m. Painted Post,

8 Oct. 1862, Solomon-Cushing Campbell, b. 1836, Calhoun Co., Mich.,
son of Philo and Calista (Cushing) of Campbelltown. Merchant.

Res. 1879, Coming, Steuben Oo.^ N. Y.

Child:

788. 1. Wsllace-Farwell*, b. 8 Sept 1868.

789. DEA. PETER', [561] (Simeon^ Danie^^ Danid\ Jo$q>h\ Joseph\ HeMry^,)
b. 24 June, 1800, Fitchburg, Mass. ; m. F. 21 Sept. 1828, Catharine Boutelle, b. 2

186 Fcnrwell Memorial, ^

Oct. 1798, at Fitchburg, dau. of Nathaniel and Polly (Hills) of F. She d. there, 17
Sept 1885.

He married 2d, at F., 20 Apr. 1837, Maria Patch, b. 5 Jane, 1804, Fitzwilliam,
N.H., dau. of Samuel and Betsey (Mellen) of Fitzwilliam. She died at Leominster,
Mass., 10 Feb. 1838. He married 3d, at L., 26 Nov. 1839, £lizabeth-Smith Burrage,
b. 2 May, 1820, Leominster, dan. of Josiah and Ruth (Eilbourn) of L.

In 1835 he was deacon in the Evangelical church, Leominster,

Res. Leominster, Mass. ; 1879, CTdtago^ III,

Children:

790. 1. Henbt-Boittbllb*, b. 25 Jan. 1826, Greenwich, Hampshire co. , Mass. ; m.

31 Jan. 1850, at Brookline, Hillsborough Co., N.H., Emily- Augusta Harris,
b. 1 Aug. 1828, dau. of David and Louisa (Marshall) of Brookline. Lea
ther Dealer. 8.p. Bj&&. Boston, Mclw,

791. 2. Abtemas-Simondb*, b. 29 July, 1835, Fitchburg. He enlisted for three

months in Co. G of the Ist New Hampshire, Volunteer Regiment, 8 May,
1861 ; re-enlifited in Co. F, 25th Mass. Regt., in which he was corporal
and orderly sergeant ; was afterwards sergeant in a N. H. regt. He par-
ticipated in the battles of Newbem and Roanoake, and died 23 Nov. 1862,
of sickness, in hospital at Newbern, N.C.

792. 3. Fbai^cis- William*, b. 19 Mar. 1841, Leominster, Worcester co., Mass.

Mr. Farwell has been Secretary and Treasurer of Babcock^s Manu-
facturing Co. of Chicago, and senior member of the firm of Farwell,
Steele & Pratt, Fancy Groceries, 28 and 30 River Street, Chicago.

793. 4. Cathrkinb-Smtth", b. 4 Dec. 1842, Leominster, Mass. ; married there 10

July, 1869, James-Nesmith Steele, who was bom at Goffstown, N.H., on
Sunday, 5 June, 1842, s. of David and Isabella-Abigail (Nesmith) of GofEs
town, Hillsborough Co., N.H.

Mrs. Catharine-S. (Farwell) Steele was a graduate of Mount Holyoke
Seminary in 1866. Res. Chicago, IlL

Children :

794. 1. Isabella-Elizabeth*, b. 23 May, 1870, Michigan Avenue, Chicago, HI.

795. 2. Ruth*, b. 6 Aug. 1873, Kenwood, (Hyde Park) III.

796. 5. Charles-Emory*, b. 2 Mar. 1845, Leominster; died 14 Apr. 1846, atL.

797. 6. Emory-Burrage*, b. 10 May, 1847, L. ; d. L,, 24 June, 1849.

798. 7. George-Edward*, b. 24 Feb. 1851, L. Res. Chicago, lU.

799. 8. Arthur-Burrage*, b. 2 Oct. 1852, L. t< u

800. 9. Helen-Gbbtbude*, b. 28 Dec. 1858, Milford, Worcester Co., Mass.

801. MARY% [562] \Simeon% Daniel*, Daniel*, Joseph*, Jo9eph\ Henry',) b. 28 Oct.
1802, Fitchburg, Worcester Co., Mass. ; married at Big Flats, Chemung Co., N.Y.,
6 Sept. 1835, Elias-Cooledge LANE, b. 30 Dec. 1809, Ashbumham, Mass., s. of Elias
and Nancy (Jones) of A. Proprietor of Saw and Grist Mills.

Res. New Oloucuter, Me,

Fa/rwell^ Berrds^ Zattin- 13T

Children :

802. 1. Mart-Hepzibah^, b. 12 Sept. 1842.

803. 2. David-Au.bn», b, 26 May, 1845, New Gloucester; died there 12 Nov. 1857.

804. MIRIAM-THTJRSTON', [563] {Simem\ Daniel}, Danid\ Joseph*, Joteph*,
Henry',) b. 14 July, 1806, Fitchburg, Mass. ; died 24 Jan. 1840, Daysville, 111. ; mar-
ried, 80 Apr. 1827, Stephen BEMIS, of Fitchburg, at the residence of Mr. David
Allen [558]. He was born in 1804. They removed to New York State, and thence
to Daysville, Ogle Co., 111., where he resides, 1879.

(Children all bom in Fitchburg :

805. 1. Stbphen-Allen', b. 6 Feb. 1828, Fitchburg, Mass. ; married 81 May, 1854,

at Chicago, 111., Hannah-Jane Thomas, b. 27 Jan. 1835, in New York
State. 1878, res. St, Louis, Mo,

Children :

806. 1. Fanny-Ann% b. Sycamore, EL, 11 Oct. 1855.

807. 2. Miriam-Farwell*, b. Sycamore, 111., 27 Sept. 1857.

808. 3. Judson-Stephen*, b. San Francisco, Cal., 26 March, 1867.

809. 2. Maky-Hepsby", b. 21 Dec. 1830, Fitchburg, Mass. ; married 24 Dec, 1857,

Nathan Lattin, b. 2 May, 1834, at Veteran, Chemung Co., N.Y., son

of Ransom and Almy (Crawford), of Veteran.

1879, res. Sycamore, HI,
Children :

810. 1. Sidney', b. 18 Oct. 1858; died 22 Sept. 1859.

811. 2. Clarissa*, b. 20 Jan. 1860.

812. 3. Judson-Moss*, b. 27 Feb. 1863.

813. 4. Almy-Crawford*, b. 22 May, 1864 ; d. 7 Apr. 1865.

814. 5. Frederick*, b. 12 March, 1866.

815. 3. JuDSON-Moss*, born 18 May, 1833, Fitchburg ; married at Cambridgeport,

Mass., 21 Nov. 1866, Alice Cogswell, of C, who was bom at Ipswich,
Mass., 5 Jan. 1844. In 1874 was of the firm of Bemis & Brown, Boston,
Mass. Res. St. Louis, Mo., and 1879, Newton^ Mass,

ChUd:

816. 1. Judson-Cogswell*, b. St. Louis, Mo. 8 Dec. 1867.

817. SIMEON^ [564] (Simeon% Daniel\ Daniel*, Joseph^ Joseph^ Hmry\) bom 28
Feb. 1809, Fitchburg ; married in Fitchburg, by Rev. Mr. Van Arsdale, 10 June,
1831, Mary-Ann Downe of F, who was bom at F., 22 March, 1810, dau. of Joseph
and Polly (Thurls). He removed to Detroit in company with his son-in-law Mr. Bur-
bank in 1853, where he has since resided. Chair manufacturer.

Children :

818. 1. Sarah.Downe% b. 21 June, 1833, Big Flats, Tioga Co., N.Y. ; married at
Worcester, Mass., 20 May, 1851, Silas-David Bnrbank, bom at Worces-

188 Farwell Memorial. ^

ter, in 1828. He removed in 1858 to Detroit, bat retnmed to Worcester
in 1859, at which place he was living in 1860. Machinist.

Res. Fitchburg, Detroit and WorouUr^ Mass,
Children :
810. 1. Prank-Farwell', b. in 1853 at Worcester, Mass.

820. 2. Edgar-David*, b. Detroit, Michigan, 1855.

821. 8. Charles-Sumner*, b. '' 1857.

822. 4. Alfred-Allen*, b. Elsie, Michigan, 1850.
828. 5. Ethel-S*., b. Worcester, Mass., 1868.

824. 2. Qbobgb-Augustine*, b. 8 June, 1835, Fitchburg ; m. at Detroit, Mich., 81

August, 1856, Helen Smith who was born at Fulton, N.Y,, 17 May, 1835,
He has been book-keeper in the office of the Detroit Gas Co. and in 1874,
Superintendent of the Qas Co/s works in Lawrence, Kansas.

825. 8, ALFRED-ALTiSN*, bom 7 May, 1888, Worcester, Mass. ; m. at Detroit, 21

May, 1861, Catharine-Isabel Morton. 1874, was superintendent of the
Weber Furniture Co. at Detroit, Mich.

826. 4. Elizabkth-Tkue*, b. 25 Dec. 1843, Worcester; died there, 20 July, 1844.

827. 5. Annette-Elizabeth", b. 2 July, 1845, W. ; married at Detroit, 23 Dec.

1872, Joseph-Comstock Jones, a teacher in Detroit Public School 1874 ;

[Since the aboye was in tjpe*we learn that Mr. Jones grad. Mich. Univ. June, 1872; became Snpt.
of the Pontiac Schools 16 July, 1872, and of the East Saf^inaw Schools, 20 Julj, 1877. He is s. of Bli-
phalet Jones, bom Sandwich, Mass. 88 May, 1806; died at Raisin, Mich, 20 May, 1870; gr. son of Ellsba
whose ship was captnred off Florida, 1812; d. on his way home at Havre de Oraoe. Md..wa8 b. there.

Child : -»». Pontia4i, Mich.

Edward-Horton', b. 20 Feb. 1877. 1879, Res. East Saginaw, Meh:
828. SOPHIA^ [556] (Asa*, Daniel^, Daniel*, Joseph\ Joseph*, Eenry',) b. 11 Not.
1797,Fitchburg;m. there, 28 Nov. 1824, Micah-Lawrence Wheeler, b. 4 July, 1794,
son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Lawrence). He died 14 Apr. 1867. She resided in
1874, at Ashby, Mass.

Children :

829. 1. EMELnnB-SoPHiA*, b. 12 July, 1829, Fitchbnrg; m. 9 Jan. 1857, Lemuel-
Porter Martaln, bom 22 July, 1824, s. of John, of Wobum, Mass. He
died at Worcester, Mass., 29 June, 1869. She was m. 2d, at Stoneham,
Mass., by Rev. E. B. Fairchild, 24 Oct. 1872, to Dexter Bucknam, Esq., of
S., son of Albert and Sally (Wiley).

Child :

880. 1. Fannie-Sophia*, b. 16 Aug. 1857, Cleveland, O.

881. 2. Mary- Anne*, b. 8 Jan. 1832, Fitchburg; m. 4 Sept. 1856, Elbridge-Gerry

Pierce, b. 11 Mar. 1818, s. of Joseph and Jemima, of Amherst, Mass. He
d. 14 Aug. 1865.

Children :

832. 1. Henry-Ernest*, b. 23 March, 1861.

833. 2. Franklin-Brown% b. 14 Nov. 1863.

834. 3. RuFus- Warren', b. 1 April, 1835, East Cambridge, Mass. ; m, 16 Aug.

1856, Susan-Melissa Monroe, b. 11 Aug. 1838, dau. of John and Nancy-
Whiting (Cushing), of Asbbumham^ Mass. lies. AMy, Mim.

P Descendants of DarmP FwrwelZ. 189

Children :

835. 1. Edward-Lawrence', b. 6 Jan. 18C1.

836. 2. Isabel-Farwell*, b. 7 Sept. 1865; d. 21 Aug. 1867.

837. -8. Etta-Davis% (or Susie-Etta) b. 8 Nov. 1868.

838. 4. Hattie-Elizabeth', b. H Sept. 1871.

839. JANE^ [568], (-4«a", Banid*, Daniel^, Joseph^y Joseph*, J5rmfy\)bom21Jan.
1802, Fitchburg; died 4 March, 1870, Boston, Mass. ; married at F., 25 Dec. 1828,
Benjamin BROWN, bom 14 Jan. 1799, son of Benjamin and Jemima (Jackson) of
Westminster Mass. He died 11 Jan. 1839. Housewright. Res. Boston, Mom,

Children, all born in Boston, were :

840. "*. Benjamin-Franklin", b. 13 March, 1830 ; m. at Hampton, N.H., 13 Oct.

1870, by Rev. DeW-H-Clinton Durgin, Clara-Minerva Neal, b. 3 Sept.

1843, Hampton, N.H., dau. of John-Dearborn and Harriet (Piper) of

Hampton, N.H. Oil merchant.

Res. 1874, 41 ^est Cedar St., Boston.
Child :

841. 1. Abbie-Farweir. b. 21 Aug. 1871.

842. 2. Edward-Jackson*, b. 26 June, 1833 ; m. Boston, 2 Dec. 1863, Mary-Eliza

Brown, dau. of Charles, of Boston and Susan (Morehead) of Gloucester,
Mass.

Mr. Brown was named Jackson because he was bom on the day of
Andrew- Jackson's last visit to Boston. Res. Boston, Morn.

Children :

843. 1. Charles-Farwell*, b. 20 Jen. 1866.

844. 2. Edward-Lyman*, b. 25 Mar. 1867.

845. 3. Walter-Jackson*, b. 5 Oct. 1870.

846. 4. Frederic-Hamilton*, b. 15 Mar. 1878

847. 8. Frederic-Lyman*, bom 3 Dec. 1837 ; m. 17 May, 1865, Elizabeth McPar-

land, daughter of Kelson of Charlestowii and Lucinda (Durgan) of Lim-
erick, Me. , Res, Bo9tnn, Bunker HUL Bistrict.

Child :

848. 1. Jane-Farwell*, b. 31 Oct. 1869.

849. CHARLES', [569] {Asa*, Baniel*, Baniel\ Joseph*, Joseph*, Benry\) D. 21
Nov. 1803, Fitchburg, Mass. ; died 27 Apr. 1868, of cancer on the tongue ; married
at Lancaster, Mass., 18 Sept. 1832, Ann-Elmira Sanderson of L., b. 10 Oct. 1810, dau.
of Elisha or Elijah and Mary (Dinsmore, who was dau. of Dr. Phineas of Lunenburg,
Mass.) She died at Fitcl^burg, 25 Oct. 1834. He married 2d, at Shirley, Mass., 22
Sept. 1835, Hannah-Page Chaplain, b. 11 Nov. 1808, S., dau. of William and Han-
nah (Page) of Shirley. She died 3 May, 1866. He was a farmer.

Res. 1867, Boston, Mass-

140 Fwtwed Memorial. F

Children

850. 1. Anh-Blmiba*, b. 25 May, 1831 ; died 9 July, 1837, Pitchburg.

851. 2. Jakb*, b. 13 Apr. 1839; married, 3 Feb. 1863, Edwin-AngustaB Ooodrioh,

son of Alonzo and Eveline (Gilaon), of Fitchburg, Maas. ^

Child:

852. 1. Elmira-Hannah*, b. 18 Jan. 1864.

853. 8. Aiqt-Eliza*, b. 11 Oct. 1840.

854. 4. Hannah-Elyiba*, b. 7 Jan. 1844; m. Fitchburg, 17 Jan. 1872, Howard

Gilaon, son of John and Mary (Howard), of Aahby, Masa

855. MARy, [573] (/'oCy {FanuEC) HartwelC Daniel^, Danid^, ^Oiieph\ Jo9eph\
Bmry",)}}. 16 July, 1792, Lunenburg, Mass., where she died, 18 Sept. 1858; mar-
ried at L., 4 Apr. 1811, Stephen GIBSON, b. 23 Dec. 1783, at Fitchburg, son of
Thomas and Lucy (Martin) of F. He m. 2d, 8 Feb. 1855, Mary Billings, b. 8 Sept.
1799. He died, 18 Jan, 1864, at Lunenburg. Farmer. Bes. Lunenburg, Mom.

Children:

856. 1. Mabt-Faibbakkb*, b. 5 Sept. 1812, Lunenburg, Mass. : married, L., 31 Dec.
1832, Stephen-MelTin Longley, b. 11 Aug. 1802, at Shirley, Mass., son of
Stephen and Rhoda (Parker) of Shirley.

Mr. Longley has held yarious town offices, such as selectman, over^
seer, assessor, etc. Occupation, farmer. Bes. Shirley, Jdaee,

Children, all bom in Shirley, were :

85''. 1. Charles-Albert', b. 7 Aug. 1834 ; m. 5 May, 1855, at Worcester, Mass.,

Hannah-Elizabeth Powers, b. 8 June, 1835, Pepperell, Mass., dau. of
Jonathan-Jackson and Priscilla-Emily (Read) of Shirley, Mass. Far-
mer and mechanic. Res, Shirley, Mass.

Children, all bom in Shirley :

858. 1. IMo'May'^ b. 18 June, 1858.

859. 2. Charles Chandler'; b. 25 Dec. 1859.

860. 3. Alice- Gertrude'; b. 24 Eeb. 1862.

861. 2. Lieut. Stephen-Webster*, b. 1 Aug. 1836; married, 1 Dec. 1867, Town-

send, Mass., Sarah-Elizabeth Sylvester, b. 28 Dec. 1842, T., dau. of
Quincy and Sallie (Wallace) of T. He served in the war of the rebel-
lion as First Lieutenant in Co. D., 53d Regiment, Mass. Volunteers.

862. 8. Nelson-Parker*, b. 18 Jan. 1838; d. 24 Aug. 1838, at Shirley,

863. 4. Mary-Maria*, b. 9 Sept. 1839.

864. 5. Ellen-Eliza*, b. 10 Aug. 1842 ; d. 27 May, 1866, S«

865. 6. Clara-Melissa*, b. 31 Jau. 1845.

866. 7. Melvin-Whitmore*, b. 2 Feb. 1849.
667. 8. Mariette-Frances*, b. 17 June, 1853, S.

P / / Descendants of Danid* Fwtwell. 141

868. 2. John-Stbarns^, b. 31 Oct. 1814, Lunenburg; d. 80 May, 1819, L.

869. 3. Eliza-Putnam', b. 10 June, 1816, Shirley, Mass; d. 18 Aug.. 1818, S.

870. 4. Henrietta^ b. 3 June, 1818, 8.; died 6 June, 1818, 9.

871. 5. Eliza-Putnam*, b. 15 July, 1819, Lunenburg ; m. 3 July, 1843, L, George

Elbridge Martin. She d. 7 Apr. 1853, Troy, N.Y. 8.p.

He res. 1872, Hartford^ Conn.

872. 6. Abbt-Martin', b. 10 May, 1821, Lunenburg ; mar. 18 Oct. 1842, Shirley,

George Pa^e, b. 19 Oct. 1818, Boston, Mass, son of Dennis and Sarah
(Jenerson) of Shirley. She died 13 July, 1863, at Boston. Farmer.

873. 7. Marrettb*, born 20 Aug. 1824, Lunenburg ; m. 16 Mar. 1843, L., James

Arrington, b. 6 Oct. 1822, Lynn, Mass., son of Loadman and Elizabeth*
Hemeuway Alley of Lynn. Mechanic. Res. Leominster, Lunenburg
and Shirley, Mass., and Brattleboro, Yt. 1870, Lynn^ M<u»,

Children :

874. 1. Mary-Catharine*, bom 7 Aug. 1843, Lunenburg; died 15 Dec. 1848,

Lynn, Mass.

875. 2. James*, b. 13 Nov. 1844, Lynn, Mass.

876. 3. Charleti-Loadman*, b. 23 Sept. 1850, Leominster, Mass,

877. 4. Benjamin-Franklin*, b. 6 July, 1856, *»

878. 5. Stephen-Melvin*, b. 30 Mar. 1860, Lynn, Mas?.

879. 8. Charles-Edwin*, b. 29 May, 1826, Lunenburg ; married, Pepperell, Mass.

22 Dec. 1853, Mary-Elizabeth Smith, born 6 Oct. 1831, Littleton, Mass.,
dau. of Samuel and Eunice (Hoar of Lincoln, Mass., see chart v.)

1870, res. WiUiamtpart^ Pa.

880. 9. Lucy-Ann*, b. 12 Sept. 1828, Lunenburg ; m. 30 Nov. 1852, at L., Albert

Adams, b. 6 Mar. 1830, L., son of Edward-Gary .and Martha (Spaulding)
of L. Mechanic. 1872, res. ShirUy, Man.

Children:

881. 1. Mary-Eliza*, b. 28 Sept. 1853, Lunenburg.

882. 2. Edward-Gary*, b. 11 Aug. 1860, L.

883. 8. Charles-Albert*, b. 5 Oct. 1862, L.

884. 4. Nellie-Alberta*, b. 1 May, 1865, Shirley.

885. 5. Florence-Luella», b. 25 July, 1869,

886. 10. Josbph-Hartwell*, b. 21 Feb. 1831, Lunenburg, Mass. ; married, but we

have not the name of his wife. He is a piano forte maker.

Res. 1872, BoOon^ Mau.

Children:

887. 1. Frank-L*.

888. 2. Arthur-D*.

889. NANCT^ [574] (PoUy* (Fanoell) Hartwell, Daniel*, Danid^ Jo9&ph\

142 Fa/rwM Memorial. ^

Jo9eph\ Hmry^y) b. about 1796, Lunenburg, MasB.; married Samuel DATIS, of
Holden, Mass. Res. Ware^ Man.

Child:

890. Joseph*. 1870, res. Brimfield, Mass.

891. JOSEPH^ [575], {P6Uj/* {FameU) Hartwell, Dani^, Daniel", Jowph\
Joseph* ^ Hmry^y) b. 19 Aug. 1798, Lunenburg, Mass. ; married, 1821, Clarissa Bead,
of Boston, Mass., bom, Weymouth, Mass., dau. of John and Rachel (Clark). She
died 4 June, 1862, Ware. He married 2d, East Brookfield, Mass., 9 Dec. 1863,
Martha*Maria (Bean) widow of John-N. Doan, b. Waldoboro, Me., dau. of Charles
and Betsey (Monson). Res. Ware, Mau,

Children :

892. 1. Db. John*, b. 28 Jan. 1822, Bolton, Mass. ; married Pamelia-C. Batchelor,

of Readfield, Me., bom there. He died 22 August, 1855, at Ware, Mass.

Children t

893. 1. Frederick-S*.

894. 2. Mary-B*.

895. 3. Pamelia*C*.

896. 2. JosBFH-W.*, b. 21 Sept. 1828, Bolton, Mass. ; married Alice-D. Clark,

of Ware, Mass., b. Barnard, Vt. He died 27 June, 1859, South Bend,
Ind. s.p.

897. 3. Silas*, b. 15 Apr. 1825, Bolton; d. 4 Nov. 1826, Ware.

898. 4. SiLAB-M.*, b. 80 July, 1827, Ware; d. 25 May, 1830.

899. 5. Claba*, b. 10 Apr. 1830, Ware; married Dr. Ebenezer-Coolidge Richard'

son, of Ware, b. 25 Apr. 1820, Townsend, Mass., son of Samuel and Mary
(Kidder)of Watertown, Mass., afterwards of Peterborough, N. H., and
finally of Watertown. Dr. Richardson grad. H. U. in 1842; settled at
Ware where he was residing in 1872. He was enrollment officer of Ninth
Dist.

Children, all bom in Ware, Mass.:

900. 1. Maria-Anita*, b. 4 Feb. 1849.

901. 2. Carrie- Virginia*, b. 19 Sept. 1852.

902. 8. Harriet-Gardner*, b. 3 Nov. 1854.

903. 4. Charlotte-Houghton*, b. 27 March, 1857.

904. 5. Martha-Reed*, b. 11 July, 1861.

905. 6. Edward-Coolidge*, b. 2 July, 1870.

906. DORCAS^ [581] {Daniel% Daniel', Daniel*, Joseph*, Joseph*, Henry'j) b. 13
Dec. 1804, Fitchburg, Mass. ; married at Fitchburg, Mass., 26 Jan. 1826, Nathaniel-
Seaver BOUTELLE, b. 6 Nov. 1800, F., s. of Nathaniel and Polly (Hill) of F. He
died 26 Oct. 1868, at Fitchburg, Mass. Farmer.

She resides, 1878, Ashby, Mass.

B* Bcmtelle^ Piper j Farwelly 143

Children all born in Fitchburg, except the first two :

907. 1. Chakles- Augustus*, b. 26 Nov. 1826, Northfield, Mass. ; died at St. Louis,

Mo., 4 March, 1850.

908. 2. George-Farwell*, b. 5 Feb. 1829, Northfield; died 22 Dec. 1831, Fitch-

burg, Mass.

909. 8. Abby-Marshall% b. 21 Dec. 1832 ; died 19 Jan. 1838, Fitchburg.

910. 4. Nathaniel-George", b. 15 July, 1836 ; d. 17 Jan. 1852, at Fitchburg.

911. 5. j Mary-Hilt/, b. 27 Feb. 1840 ; died 16 Sept. 1840, F.

912. 6. ( Dorcas- Wetherbke*, b. 27 Feb. 1840 ; m. Fitchburg, 15 Apr. 1858,

Joseph-Lorin Piper, b. 16 Nov. 1832, Greenland, N. H., s. of Mirrick and
Abigail (Johnson) of Stratham, N. H. Mr. Piper is a member of the
School Board. Printer. Kes. Fitchburg, and 1878, AMy, Mass.

Children bom in Fitchburg, except the youngest :

913. 1. Charles-Boutelle', b. 21 March, 1859 ; died 16 Nov. 1859, Fitchburg.

914. 2. Marcia-Farweir, b. 13 Aug. 1860; d. 1 Dec. 1869, F.
915 3. Nathaniel-Mcrrick^ b. 25 Sept. 1862 ; d. 5 Oct. 1862, F.

916. 4. Frederick-Joseph^, b. 13 Jan. 1864.

917. 5. Abbie-Dora^, b. 6 Nov. 1868.

918. 6. George-Maurice*, b. 28 Feb. 1871.

919. 7. John-Johnson% b. 21 May, 1873.

920. 8. Sidney-Richard', b. 24 May, 1878, Ashby, Mass.

921. 7. Rebecca-Emily", b. 4 May, 1842, Fitchburg, Mass. ; m. Fitchburg, 3 Oct.

1868, Henry-Francis Piper, b. 25 March, 1843, son of Merrick and Abi-
gail (Johnson) of Stratham, Rockingham Co., N. H. Printer. Has been
editor of the Fitchburg HeoeUle, 1878, Fitchburg^ Mass,

Children born in Fitchburg :

922. 1. Mary-Boutelle*, b. 17 July, 1871.

923. 2, Ruth-Marston*, b. 30 Nov. 1873.

924. 3. Henry-Lyman*, b. 12 June, 1877.

925. 8. Frank-Lyman*, b. 21 Jan. 1846, Fitchburg, Mass.; died 1 Feb. 1877,

Fitchburg ; married Fitchburg, 9 Jan. 1873, Frances-Ellen Upton, b. at

F. 16 Sept. 1846, dau. of Warren-C. and Ellen M. ( ) of F. Printer.

She res. 1878, Fitchburg^ Mass,

Children :

926. 1. Ralph-Upton», b. 16 Jan. 1875, Fitchburg.

927. 2. Amy-Farwell*, b. 2 Aug. 1876, •*

928. LYMAN^ [583] (Daniel% Daniel^ DanUl\ Joseph*, Joseph\ IIenrj/\) b. 7
Sept. 1811, Fitchburg, Mass.; m. Southboro, Mass. Elizabeth- Anna Adams, b. 1
Sept. 1815, S., dau. of Jasper and Jerusha (Sibley) of S,

144 Fwrwell Memorial. r

Mr. Farwell entered the Deerfield Academy with a view of preparing for a col-
lege coarse ; but, before he was 16 years of age, concluded that mercantile were more
congenial to his tastes than literary pursuits and might be made more lucrative.
His guardian therefore obtained for him a situation in the store of Dexter, Fay &
Co., Southboro, Mass., where he remained until he was twenty years of age. He was
next employed as clerk with Levi Bartlett & Co., Boston, a firm in which Mr. B.
was principal for nearly 60 years, and whose daughter married A. G. Farwell [955].

From 1833 he was partner with Col. Francis B. Fay in commission business at
Boston till 1885, when his cousin, A. G. Farwell, joined him at St* Louis in forming
a branch of Fay & Farwell's, of Boston, under the name of L. <feA-G. Farwell & Co.,
their business at Boston being commission, and at Bt. Louis, both commission and
on their own account.

Jan. 1, 1838, Hon. Thos. G. Cary, then just going out of business in the house of
Perkins & (>o,, China merchants, joined them as special partner, which gave the firm
a good capital for those times, and enabled them largely to extend their business.

When, in 1837, all the banks suspended specie payments, the United States
Bank having previously closed its business at the termination of its charter, Mr.
FarwelPs firm passed through the financial ordeal by an arrangement with the lead
dealers of Galena. In the autumn of 1841, when the ^^fiat" money which had been
used by St* Louis merchants showed great depreciation the firm converted all its col-
lections into pig-lead until the close of navigation to Galena, and after that, exchanged
its bills receivable into Boston and New York exchange and advances on shipments
to their Boston firm, most of the exchange being four months* bills of their Galena
friends, who advanced money to the smelters to be paid at the price of lead the
following spring.

Their piles of lead could not be sold until May, 1842, when Messrs. William
Appleton & Co. took the whole of it at 3 1-4 cents and shipped it to Canton. In
this way and through their Boston connection they were able to continue their busi-
ness while so many mercantile firms failed. The firm of Corwith & Co., Galena,
with whom they transacted their lead business, was also sustained by means of its
connection with the firm of C. H. Rogers & Co. of N. Y.

In 1842 the firm of L. & A. G. Farwell & Co. took the agency of the St. Louis
Sugar Refinery which was owned and managed by William H, Belcher, and gave up
the agency of the New Orleans Refinery, which they had held for several years.

In 1843 A. G. Farwell returned to Boston, leaving Mr. F. alone in St. Louis, and
in 1846 left the firm and established that of A. G. Farwell & Co. of Boston, which
continued till his death in 1864.

On the Ist of Jan. 1848, commenced a third term of special partnership of five
years each, the business in St. Louis being under the name of Farwell & Co. The
business of the Sugar Refinery had grown so much that large buildings had been
erected and so much capital absorbed that the firm had quit all business except that
and the lead trafic with the Galena firm of Corwith & Co. and advances on ship-
ments to the Boston firm.

F Lymam! Fa/rweH and DeacendcmU. 145

Jan. 1, 1851, Page & Bacon, Bankers, furnished bills of exchange at four
months in exchange for Belcher & Brothers notes, at same term, to enable them to
dispense with agents, and soon reduced the balance of Farwell & Co., so that by the
1st of July of that year, with proceeds of sales of sugar at different cities on the
Ohio and lakes the firm was paid in full.

In the mean time Mr. Farwell had returned to Boston and the partnership was
dissolved. His health failed, and for a time he appeared to be in a decline which
his friends thought must terminate his life. He, however, accepted an easy position
profEeredhim by his old friend, C. H. Rogers, 80 Wall St., N. Y., under power of
attorney for Rogers & Co. during Mr. R's absence abroad; sold his house in Boston
and purchased No. 24 West 87th St., N. Y., where he remained till a year after the
dissolution of Rogers & Co., 1 Jan. 1859. His health, by removal from the ^^ lab-
rador " winds of Boston to the milder climate of New York, had been restored.

Having established his oldest son in the hardware business in company with T.
F, Cheritree at St. Paul, Mr. F. returned to Boston and purchased a house near the
one he formerly owned where he resided till after the marriage of his youngest
child, Mrs. T. F. Cheritree, when he removed to 28 Lefferts Place, Brooklyn, where
he resided till his death, Jan 22, 1879.

Mr. Farwell was one of the most earnest friends of the Union cause, and one of
the most liberal contributors of Boston to the fund for the benefit of t)ie soldiers
families in Boston and vicinity.

Children all bom in St. Louis :

939. 1. Francis-Ball", b. 25 May, 1837 ; m. Mystic, Conn., 22 Feb. 1864, Mary-
Mason Farnham, b. 27 July, 1841, Mystic, dau. of Calvin-B. and Louisa
(Fish) of Westerly, R. I.

Early in 1859 Mr. Farwell left his clerkship in New York, and, with
a fellow clerk, T. F. Cheritree, entered into partnership in the hardware
trade at St. Paul, Minn., under the name of Cheritree and Farwell. This
company continued till 1874, when the present firm was formed, consisting
of himself and brother, George-Lyman* [988], He has been a director in
the 2d National Bank of St, Paul, and is proprietor of a ranch of seven
hundred acres in Texas.

He has resided in St. Louis, Mo., St. Paul, Minn., and,

1879, at Waresville, JJwddA Co.y Texas.
Children :

980. 1. Lyman*, b. 19 Dec. 1864.

931. 2. Frank-Mason*, b. 9 June, 1868.

983. 2. Hblbn-Mabia*, b. 20 Aug. 1889 ; died 9 April, 1840, at St. Louis, Mo.

93a 8. Georgk-Lyman*, b. 20 Oct. 1841, St. Louis, Mo. ; married at St. Paul, Minn.
15 Feb. 1869, Sara-Gardner Wyer, b. 1 Dec. 1845, Cambridge, Mass.,
dau. of James Ingersol and Hannah-Hastings (Ladd) of Red Wing, Good-
hue Co., Minn.

146 Harwell Memorial. F

Hr. F. left Boston ia 1861, and commenced business in St. Paul as
wholesale grocer, sugar being a specialty. In this he continued til 1866,
when he entered the firm of Cheritree & Farwell, and on the dissolution
of that partnership in 1874 united witli his brother, Francis-Ball*, [929]
in forming the present firm of ** Farwell Brothers," and is now, 1879, in
charge of the business of the company at St. Paul. He has been an offi-
cer in the Board of Education at St. Paul, and director in the St. Paul
Fire and Marine Insurance Co. Hardware merchant. Res. St. Louis,
Mo., Boston and Fitchburg, Mass., New York City, and,

1879, 8t. Paulj Bamaey Co,^ Minn.

Children :

934. 1. Sidney-Emerson*, b. 14 Apr. 1870, St. Paul, Minn.

935. 2. Arthur-George*, b. 23 April, 1872, '' **

936. 4. Thomas-Cary', b. 4 Feb. 1845; died 5 Dec. 1855, New York City.

937. 5. Ellek*, b. 9 July, 1846 ; died 17 Dec. 1847, St. Louis, Mo.

938. 6. Almira', b. 2 March, 1849 ; married, Boston, 14 Sept. 1869, Theodore-

Frelinghuysen Cheritree, b. 20 July, 1835, Greenville, Greene Co., N. Y.,
son of Sheldon and Olive (Botsford) of Oakhill, Greene Co., N. Y. Mr. C.
left a position as clerk in New York City in 1859 and formed, with
Francis-Ball* Farwell, [929] a copartnership in the hardware business at
St. Paul, Minn., called ** Cheritree & Farwell"; continued there till 1867,
when he took up his residence in New York as local or New York partner
of the St. Paul firm, and so remained till its dissolution in 1874. He has
since been New York agent for his brothers, hardware manufacturers.
Oak Hill, N. Y., his oflice being at 97 Chambers St., N. Y.

Res. St. Paul, Minn., New York City, and, since 1870, 28 Lefferts
Place, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Child :

939. 1. Paul-Theodore*, b. 16 Sept. 1873, Brooklyn, N. Y.

940. DANIEL-GEORGE*. [584] {Daniel*, Daniel^, Daniel*, Joiu^h\ Jo8eph\
Emry\) b. 10 July, 1815, Fitchburg, Mass. ; died 19 Sept. 1850, St. Louis, Mo. ; m.
19 Jan. 1849, Charlotte Maynard, b. 1 Jan. 1823, New York City, dau. of Daniel and
Sarah (Beckwith) of Waterford, Conn. He was by trade a printer ; was captain of
the steamer Champlain plying between St. Louis and New Orleans for a number of
years.

Mrs. Farwell married 2d Theodore Laveille and resided, 1878, Chateau Avenue, £^,
Louis, Mo.

Child :

941. 1. Louisa-Charlbs*, b. 26 July, 1850, ^. Louis, Mo. : married there, 9 Oct.

P Descendants qfZevi* Fa/rwell, 147

1878, Charles-Carroll Sonle, b. 1843, Duxbury Mass. ; is partner in the
firm of Little, Brown <& Co. of Boston, Mass. Bes. 1879, Botiton^ Mcus^

943. BETSEY', [587] (Ze»»«, Danid\ Daniel\ Jowph\ Joseph^ EmTy\) b. 5'
Apr. 1804, Fitchburg, Mass. ; died 38 Dec. 1870 ; married, at Fitchburg, 4 June,
1835, Abel Baldwin, b, 9 Feb. 1799, F. ; died 4 Feb. 1849, Stoneham, Mass.

Bes. Boston, Mau.

Children all bom in Boston :

948. 1. Cabolinb-Farwbll*, b. 6 Oct. 1836 ; died 30 Aug. 1838, Sudbury, Wor-
cester Co., Mass.

944. 3. Henby-Jackson*, b. 11 June, 1839; m. Boston, Mass., 4 Jan. 1851, Mary-
Jane Tothill, of Cambridgeport, Mass.

Children all bom in Boston :

945. 1. William-Henry*, b. 35 June, 1853.

946. ) 3. George-Edward*, b. 9 Sept. 1856. '
947.

j 3. George-Edward*, b. 9 Sept.
( 3. Frank% b. 9 Sept. 1856, ^

948. 3. OTis-LmcoLN*, b. 13 May, 1831; married at Stoneham, Mass. 11 Nov. 1853,

Lydia-Maria Thompson, b. 8 July, 1833, at Saugus, Mass.

Bes. Lynn^ Jddss^
Children all bom at Lynn :

949. 1. Frank-Otis*, b. 35 Aug. 1854.

950. 3. Frederic-William*, b. 4 Oct. 1857.

951. 3. Emma-Caroline*, b. 34 Jan. 1859.
953. 4. Hattie-Florence*, b. 19 Aug. 1863.

953. 5. Edward-Lincoln*, b. 33 May, 1867.

954. 6. Mary-Bartlett*, b. 17 Nov. 1869.

955. ABEL-GOODRICH^ [591] {Leni; Daniel^, Danid\ Jowph\ Jo9epk\ Benry',)
b. 6 Feb. 1813, Fitchburg, Mass.; died 36 Dec. 1863, at Boston, and was buried
in Mount Auburn Cemetery; was married in Boston, 13 Dec. 1844, to Susan- Walker
Bartlett, born 4 Aug. 1833, Boston, Mass., dau. of Levi and Clarissa (Walker) of
Boston. Mr. Farwell was a merchant in West India goods. For additional mercan-
tile interests see Serial No. 938. Mrs. Farwell resides, 1878, No. 16 Beacon St,
Boston, Mass.

Children :

956. 1. Clara-Walkeb", b. 16 Feb. 1846, Boston, Mass. ; died there, 38 Aug.

1847.

957. 3. CHAiu:<B8-HAia:.BT*, b. 36 Oct. 1849, Boston; died 30 March, 1850, Boston.

958. DEXTER% [593] (Leoi*, Daniel*, Danid\ Joseph^ Joseph^ Emry",) b. 37
Jan. 1815, Fitchburg ; married, Milford, N.H., 3 Sept. 1844, Olive Shaw, b. 6 Junei

148 Fa/rwell Memorial P

1814, Milford, dau. of William and Asenath (Hopkins) of Milford. Mrs. Farwell
died in Fitchbarg and was buried there. Farmer. Res. FitMurg^ Mom,

Children bom in Fitchburg were :

959. 1. Claba-Asenath*, b. 14 Dec. 1847 ; married, in Worcester, Mass., 8 Dec.

1868, by Rev. R. R. Shippen, Oscar-Ferdinand Woodbury, of Fitchburg,
Mass., bom there, 14 Feb. 1842. Res. Fitchburg^ Man.

960. 2. Lbyi-Aba*, b. 23 Sept, 1854, at Amherst, Hillsboro Co., N.H.

1874, Res. Fitchburg, Mass.

961. ASA^ [598] (Z^**, DaniO^, DanieP, Joseph^ Joseph*, Hmry\) b. 29 March,
1817, Fitchburg; married, 6 March, 1860, Fitchburg, Mass., Marcia Piper, b. 7 Aug.
1840, Stratham, N.H., dau. of Merrick and Abigail (Johnson) of that place. 1874,
commission merchant, 1 Pemberton Square, Boston.

Res. 42 Woreeiter Bt., Boston, Mass.

Children bom in Boston :

962. 1. Louisb-Mabstok*, b. 15 Jan. 1861.
968. 2. Walteb-Mbrbick', b. 22 Jan. 1868.
964. 8. Edith-Cabtbb^, b. 11 Nov. 1866.

965. HENRY-NEWTOIT, [594] (Lm>i\ DmisC, Daniel^ Joseph\ Joseph^ Hmry\)
b. 12 Jan. 1822, Fitchburg ; married 24 July, 1852, Boston ree., Clara Richardson, of
Cambridgeport, Mass. 1874, commission merchant, 1 Pemberton Square.

Res, 86 Mt Yemou St., Boston, Mass.

Children :

966. 1. Chablottb*.

967. 2. Hbnby*, deceased.

968. 8. Fbaitk.

969. 4. Fbbdebic.

969*. 5. Son, name not given.

970. SAMUEL^ [597] {Anna* (Parwell) Carter, (Daniel^, Danid*, Jos^h\ JwepA*,
Henry\) b. 1 Nov. 1804, Fitchburg, Mass. ; where he died 27 Nov. 1876, ; married
there, 18 May, 1828, Martha Litch of F., dau. of Thomas and Hannah. She died at
Fitchburg, 16 Feb. 1851, aged 41. He married 2d, 1 Sept. 1852, £lvira-A. Lancas-
ter, of Boston, Mass.

Children :

971. 1. Edmund-Thomas^, b. 18 Jan. 1830, Fitchburg.

972. 2. Hannah- Ann", b. 12 Dec. 1831, F. ; died at Burlington, Vt., 1 Apr. 1858,

8. p. ; married 2 Jan. 1856, John- J. Dadman, of Fitchburg.

973. ANNA-FARWELL^ [601] {Anna* (Farwell) Carter, Danid^, Danid\
Joseph*, Joseph*^ Hmry^^) b. 13 Sept. 1813, Fitchburg, Mass. ; m. Leominster, Mass.,

F Farwdly Deom^ Jones^ Laflin. 149

2 May, 1886, Charles-Pinckney DEAN, of Fitchburg, b. 36 Jan. 1807, Westboro^
Hass., son of Oapt. Francis of Dedham, Mass., and Hannah (Morse) of Canton,
Mass. Farmer. Bes. FUehhirg, Mau,

Children :

974. 1. MABTHA-LomsA^, b. llJune, 1837, Fitchburg; m. there 4 Feb. 1864, John.

Elmer Jones, of Eeene, N. H., son of John-Elmer and Cynthia (Lincoln)
of Leominster.

Children all bom in Eeene, N.H. :

975. 1. Anna-Lincoln*, b. 27 Dec. 1864.

976. 2. Arthur-Dean*, b. 9 March, 1867.

977. 8. George-Laflin*, b. 8 Sept. 1871.

978. 2. Sybil-Augusta*, b. 3 Feb. 1839, F. ; married Fitchburg, 30 Aug. 1866,

Charles-Louis Fairbanks, of F., b. Ashburnham, Mass., 12 Dec. 1839, son
of Seth-Phelps and Almira (— — ) of Jaffrey, N. H, Coal dealer.

Res. FUchburg, 3£au,

Children of whom the two latter are regarded as their own and bear their
name;

979. 1. Hattie-Abbie*, b. in Fitchburg, Mass., 12 Sept. 1870; died 15 Jan.

1871.
979*. Effie Dean, b. 15 Apr. 1878 ; died at Shelburn Falls while on a visit, 13

Aug. 1875.
979'». Robert-Frank, b. 16 Jan. 1875.

980. 3. Abby-Eliza*, b. 26 Oct. 1840, Fitchburg ; died 22 Sept. 1841.

981. 4. Abby-Carolinb*, b. 14 Apr. 1842 ; married as 2d wife, 9 Aug. 1865, at

Fitchburg, James-W. Laflin, of New York City ; bom Lee, Mass., 18
Feb. 1824, son of Winthrop and Fanny (Loomis). He died at Salenas,
Cal., 27 Feb. 1877. Banker.

982. 6. Nathaniel-Carter*, b. 14 Sept. 1844 ; married at Williamsport, Penn.,

16 July, 1872, Kate-Helen Klett, b. 18 Feb. 1850, Philadelphia, Penn.,
dau. of Andrew and Helen M. (Morton,) of Williamsport.

Mr. Dean enlisted in Fitchburg as volunteer in the 27th Mass. Reg.,
19 July, 1861; was wounded and discharged; "re-enlisted for another
term ." He was wounded at the battle of Roanoke in his right arm, and
at the battle of Coal Harbor, 1 June, 1864, in left leg ; was mustered out
of service 30 Aug. 1864, having served his country three years.

Res. Mansjfleldj Penn,
Children ;

983. 1. Kate-Marion*, h. 7 Sept. 1873, at Burgettstown, Washington Co., Penn.

984. 2. Effie-Augusta* b. 23 Dec. 1875, Mansfield Alleghany Co., Penn. ; died

11 May, 1876.

985. 6. Chables-Hekby*, b. 5 Dec. 1846 ; died 16 May, 1848.

160 FwrweU Menuyrial. F

086. 7. Gbobob-Morss', b. 20 Nov. 1848 ; was killed by an accident on a railroad

in Williamsport, Penn.

087. 8. Elvira-Ann*, b. 23 Aug. 1850 ; died 80 March, 1854.

088. 0. ChablbS'Edwabd*, b. 17 Hay, 1853.

080. THOMAS^ [602] (ilnna* (Parwell) Garter, DanUH^, Danid*^ Joseph}, Jauph*^
Senry^,) k 13 June,. 1815, Fitchburg, Mass.; married 21 June, 1838, Mary Phelps,
b. 14 Sept. 1813, Lancaster, Mass., dau. of Robert and Anna (Todd) of L. Farmer.

Children :

000. 1. Mabt-Ann", b, in Lancaster, 8 Apr, 1830 ; married in Fitchburg, 5 Jnly,

1863, Lucius Carter, of Leoihinster, b, 8 July, 1841, son of Frank and
Nancy (Chace) of L,

Children :

001. 1. WUfred', b. 22 Feb. 1866, Leominster.

002. 2. Herbert-Franklin*, b. 25 Feb. 1860, L.

003. 8. Carrie-Addele*, b. 4 Feb. 1871, L.

004. 2. Cobnelia', b. 3 Sept. 1840.

005. 8. Sybil-Eunice*, b. 12 Not. 1846 ; married, as 2d wife, in Leominster, 28

Nov. 1877, Wooster-Ferdinand Dodge, of L., b. 28 March, 1841, son of
Stephen of L., and Elvira (Foster) of Ashbumham, Mass. Box maker.

006. 4. Eliza-Addelle*, b. 28 Aug. 1849, died 27 Apr. 1850.

007. 5. Ida-Elizabeth*, b. 12 June, 1853, died 7 March, 1855.

008. 6. Sahuel-Edkund*, b. 17 Feb. 1856, died Sept. 1856.

000. CHARLES-FARWELL', [605] (Anna* Farwell) Carter. Danid\ D(miel\
Jo9eph\ Joseph^ Eenry^,)h. 8 June, 1827, married in Leominster, Mass., 25 Apr. 1861,
Harriet-May, daughter of William and Harriet (Derby) of L. Farmer.

Children:

1000. 1. Fbedbbic*, b. 25 Jan. 1862, Leominster.

1001. 2. Albebt-W*., b. 28 Oct. 1865, **

1002. 3. Gbobge-Dbnnis*, b. 8 Oct. 1867, "

1003. ERASTUS.ALEXANDER^ [607] {Joel\ Bethiah* (Farwell) Holton,
WiUiam*, Isaac^, Joseph* ^ Henry^^) b. at Westminster, Yt. Sept. 1803 ; died there,
30 Aug. 1849; married at W., 2 Sept. 1834, Hannah-Brainerd May, b. 4 Aug. 1807,
daughter of Huntington and Clarissa (Brainerd) of Putney, Yt.

Mrs. H. m. 2d, Hiram Phelps of Williston, Yt.

From an obituary by his pastor. Rev. W. H. Gilbert, we extract the following :
Mr. Holton '* possessed remarkable energy, a frank and generous disposition and
unbounded integrity. His dwelling was the abode of hospitality. He was a host m
support of every cause which he espoused. ♦ * * Any delineation of his excel-
lencies is not needed to render his memory precious to those who knew and loved

^ Descendants of Mrasi/us-Alexcmder' Holton* 151

him. It is for the honor of Divine grace that we would speak of what he was and
what he did. In his decease, a bereaved family are made to mourn a most judicious
and affectionate husband and father ; the church and society, in which he was a
pillar, weep, for * a great man is fallen.' The friends of every noble enterprise in the
town and county grieve for the loss of a most efficient helper. Though in the midst
of many schemes of useful enterprise, he met death with composure, maintaining a
humble reliance on the merits of Christ. * * * Perhaps there was no scheme of
benevolence in which the deceased enlisted with greater energy than the temperance
reform. In efforts 1o promote this cause, he has long stood among the first in our
commonwealth, and has cheerfully allowed it to tax both his time and purse to an
extent unsurpassed and perhaps unequaled in the county, i' i' i' He has fallen at
his post. * He rests from his labors, and his works do follow him,' " [See Winslow
Memorial, 8820.]

Children bom in Westminster, Vt. :

1004. 1. Capt. Edward- Alexander", b. 28 Aug. 1835; married at Alburgh, Vt.,

15 Sept. 1863, Kate-Matilda Chase, b. 12 July, 1841, Champlain, N. Y.,
dau. of Rev. John and Roxy (Shute) of Alburgh.

Capt. Holton volunteered for the maintenance of the Union 18 April,
1861 ; was mustered into service for three months, 2d May following, and
assigned to Co. H, First Vermont Infantry ; was discharged at Brattleboro,

16 Aug. 1861 ; reenlisted 28th of same month for three years ; was ap-
pointed, 15th Oct. 1st Sergeant Co I, Sixth Vt. Vols. ; distinguished
himself at the battle of Lee's Mills, by rescuing, under most hazardous
circumstances, the colors, after the bearer had been shot down, and re-
ceived the highest commendations of his Brig. Gen. for his bravery, and
was therefor promoted to the 2d Lieutenancy ; promoted to 1st Lieutenant
15 June, 1863 ; and to Captaincy of Co. F, 16 May, 1864. He participated
in seventeen battles ; was wounded in the battle of the Wilderness, 5 May,
1864, about one hour after the death of his brother, David-May [1007] ;
and was honorably discharged, on report of Board of Surgeons, for dis«
ability, 17 Aug. 1864, and still carries the wounding bullet too near an
important artery for safe extraction. The compilers of this book think
he should apply for a pension. [Fuller interesting details in "Winslow
Memorial [3821]. Res. WUUsUm, Vt.

Children bom in Lee, Mass. :

1005. 1. Kate-May*, b. 4 May, 1865.

1006. 2. Charles-Edward", b. 18 Dec. 1868.

1007. 2. Serg. David-May", b. 1 Oct. 1836, at Westminster, Vt. ; was killed 5 May

1864, in tlie battle of the Wilderness ; graduated at Williams' College in
1859 ; was classmate and friend of Rev. Stephen H. Tyng, Jr., and was
intending to enter the Episcopal ministry, when the call to fight seemed
for the time more imperative than the call to preach, and though nothing

153 FarweU Memorial. F

could be more foreign to his tastes and habits, he enlisted in the same
regiment as his brother, Edward-Alexander [1004], Sixth Vermont
Infantry, and bravely bore his part in its battles, receiving special com.
mendations of his Colonel as having at the battle of Fredericksburg
"behaved splendidly."

The evening before his death, he wrote to his mother, ^'I am
blessed with such good health and strength that I can endure and suffer
much, if need be. I wish you to dismiss all anxiety on my account, es.
pecially as I have none. I hope to live ; but I trust I am not afraid to
die ; in any event I am determined to do my whole duty and leave the
result to Him who doeth all things well."

He fell on the first day of the battle, being shot through the head
with a percussion ball, and dying instantly. He was a man of fine
abilities and excellent scholarship, his talents solid rather than showy.
His amiable disposition, singularly modest demeanor, . and agreeable
manners, secured the affection of all who knew him ; and though he
sleeps in an unknown and nameless grave, there will be a lasting monu-
ment to his memory in the hearts of many who

** Knew him but to love him.
And named him but to praise."

ermont Becord,'[

1008. 8. Cathabike-Mat*, b. 25 Feb. 1838; died 30 Aug. 1841, Westminster, Vt.

100». 4. JoKL-HuNTiNGTON', b. 15 Nov. 1841 ; m. Westminster, 29 Oct. 1863,
Emma-Jane Diggins, b. 26 Sept. 1839, dau. of Sylvester and Amanda-
Malvina (Famum) of W. He enlisted September 26, 1862, in 12th Vt.
re^ment for nine months, and was discharged at Brattleboro, July, 1863.
In 1864 went into the silver plating and saddlery hardware business at
Derby Line, Vt., where he remained till 1871, when he removed to
Burlington, Vt, forming a co-partnership with Edwin-L. Kipley in the
wholesale and retail builders and saddlery hardware business.

1879, BurlinnUm, Vt.

Children:

1010. 1. Frank-Erastus', b. July, 1864, Derby Line, Vt. ; died there 27 March,

1865.

1011. 2. Harry-Sylvester*, b. 23 June, 1869, Derby Line.

1012. 8. Susie', b. 11 Oct 1876, BurUngton, Vt.

1013. MINERVA', [608] {Jod\ Bethiah* (Farwell) Holton, TTiKiam*, Jo^li\
Joteph*^ Henry',) b. 18 Oct 1805, Westminster, Vt ; died 80 June, 1875, at Hills-
grove, McDonough Co., HI. ; married at Westminster, 31 Dec. 1829, Charles-Grand-
ison GILCHBIST, bom Walpole, N. H., 27 May, 1802, son of Samuel of Lunenburg,

F CHlchrUt^ Ferris. 1 53

Mass., and Betsey (Allen) of Pomfret, Conn. They resided at Saxton'g River till
1837, when they removed to Hillsgrove, "which has since been the family residence.

Res. EUUgrcw^ McDcnough Oo», lU.

Children:

1014. 1. Hblkn-Minbrta*, b. 23 Oct. 1831, Saxton's River, Vt.; m. Hillsgrove, 111.

23 May, 1850, Leonard-Thompson Ferris, M. D., b. 4 Jan. 1817, N. Y.,
son of Stephen and Eunice (Beebe) of Fountain Green, 111, Dr. Ferris
has a large and lucrative practice at Fountain Green« where they have
resided since their marriage.

Children all born at Fountain Green :

•

1015. 1. Fidelia-Miriam*, b. 17 Mar. 1851 ; died 10 Dec. 1853, at Fountain

Green, Hancock Co., 111.

1016. 2. Charles-Leonard*, b. 26 Dec. 1853 ; grad. at the Lutheran College,

Carthage, Hancock Co., HI., May, 1876, and at Rush Medical Col-
lege, Chicago, 26 Feb. 1878. Is now in practice with his father at
Fountain Green.

1017. 3. Lelia-Francina*, b. 14 July, 1856: has been a student in the college at

Carthage three years.

1018. 4. Delia-Helen*, b. 21 Nov. 1858; died at F. G., 25 June, 1862.

1019. 5. Alice-Lavinia*, b, 13 Nov. 1862 ; 1879, student in Carthage College,

III.

1020. 6. John-Milton*, b. 20 Apr. 1865; d. 7 Oct. 1866, F. G.

1021. 7. Ulysses- Stephen*, b. 5 Sept. 1868.

1022. 8. Ralph- Willie*, b. 14 Mar, 1871.

1023. 9. Mary-Helen*, b. 25 Sept. 1873.

1024. 10. Hiram-Gano*, b. 16 Aug. 1876,

1025. 2. Qen. Charles-Allen", b. 13 Feb. 1884, Saxton's River, Vt. ; m. Fount-

ain Green, Hancock Co. 111., 1 Oct. 1857, Lucy-Ellen Walker, b. 30
March, 1835, McDonough Co., 111., dau. of Joseph Gilmer, of Rockbridge
Co., Va., and Susan-Pope (Bell) of Richmond Co., Va.

Gen. Gilchrist was educated at the College of the City of N. T. ;
pursued the business of civil engineer and surveyor in Illinois and Iowa
till the breaking out of the war of the rebellion, when he enlisted in
defense of the Union and rendered essential service in the army of the
Tennessee.

By successive promotions he rose from the rank of private to that of
Brev Brig. General.

After the close of the war he resumed his old occupation^ and was
employed in laying out several of the Western railroads. In 1878 wag
engaged on a projected railroad running out from Fort Madison, Iowa.
Since 1874, has also been in the lumber business, owning an extensive
lumber jtad in Carthage, 111.

154 Faarwdl Memorial ^

He is distiiigaiBhed for zeal, energy and efficiency in all his enter-
prifles.

For further details see Winslow Memorial [8841].

Res. Carthage^ Hancock Go.^ lU,
Children :

1036. 1. Joseph-Gilmer*, b. 17 Aug* 1868, Macomb, McDonough Co., III. ; 1878,

was a junior in Carthage College.

1027. 2. Minerva-Frances*, b. 25 Nov. 1859, Hillsgrove, HI. 1878, a junior in

Carthage College.

1028. 8. Charles-Van Brugh*, b. 80 Dec. 1861, Hilsgrove, died there 21 Sept.

1864.

1029. 4. Magnoli^Yick*, b. 6 May, 1864, Yicksburg, Miss.

1030. 6. Ellen-Ferris*, b. 24 Aug. 1866, Fountain Green, III.

1031. 0. Robert-Allen*, b. 80 Oct. 1868, Carthage, Hancock Co., HI.

1032. 7. Edward-Percy*, b. 3 June, 1872, '» << "
1088. 8. Anna-Mary*, b. 29 July, 1875, " " "

1084. 8. David- V AK Bbugh*, b. 11 Apr. 1836, Westminster, Vt. ; m. Pulaski, III.,

4 Dec. 1862, Sallie Robinson, b. 10 Feb. 1839, Oldtown, Green Co., Ohio,
dau. of Henson and Sarah- Ann (Reed) of O. Farmer.

Res. nmsgrove^ Tennessee Totonshipy McDoTumgh Co., III.

Their children, all born at Hillsgrove, are :

1085. 1. Helen-Elva*, b. 4 Oct. 1868.
1036. 2. Grace-Gertrude*, b. 23 June, 1865.
1087. 8. Ivan-Erastus*, b. 7 July, 1867.

1038. 4. Charles-Van Brugh*, b. 1 Feb. 1869.

1039. 4. Erastus-Holton*, b. 8 Sept. 1889, Hillsgrove; died there, 24 Oct. .1851,

from the kick of a horse.

1040. 5. Capt. Edwakd-May*, b. 18 Jan. 1846, Westminster; m. at St. Mary'6, HI.,

25 Dec. 1866, Mary-Jane Botts, b. 10 Apr. 1846, St. Mary's, dau. of
William-Oscar and Mary- Ann (Darnell) of St. Mary's.

Capt. Gilchrist enlisted in the 7l8t 111. Vol. Inf. 16 July, 1862, for
three months; was **high " private in the front rank, being only second
in height, though only sixteen years of age.

March, 1864, he received an appointment from Adj*t. Gen. Thomas
as Second Lieutenant in the 12th La. Vol. Infantry, afterwards the 50th
TJ. S. Col. Infantry, and was assigned to Co. H. In Feb. 1865, was
promoted to First Lieutenant, and in Nov. 1865, to the Captaincy in the
same Company, which position ho held till 20 March, 1866.

When camped at Vicksburg on May 5, 1864*, he was taken sick with
typhoid fever, and on the 7th was sent to the Marine HospitaL On the
9th he was laid out on a stretcher, his measure taken for a coffin, and
word sent to his brother Charlcs-A. [1025], who was then Colonel of the

♦Thedate of the death o£ his oousia, David-May" Holton; soo Nos. 1004 and 1007.

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K The Parsons Homestead.

In 1875, Dr. Holton visited the place where his grandfather Parsons lived be-
fore the breaking out of the Revolution, and after his return from service in that
war. It is situated near the residence of his uncle, Aaron* Parsons, i.e.: forty-two
rods directly north from Dea. Aaron's homestead, where are now depressions in the
soil, showing the outline of the cellar and locating the house on a gentle rise sloping
in every direction. When David* Parsons (1876 residing in Swanzey) was a boy, the
remains of a tan-yard were to be seen a few rods distant, lying a little north of west
of the homestead of Benjamin and Miriam* (Winslow) Parsons. A small stream,
called ^'Parsons Hill," flowed past the tannery into Martin's brook, which empties
into the south branch of the Ashuelot.

Map of the Homestead of Dea.
Aaron* Parsons, Sw&nzey,

1. ResidQDce of Doa. Aaron*
ParsoDS, whero died his
father, Benjamin', of
KingHton (alias The El-
bows), now Palmer, Mass. ;
also of Josiah* and Josiah*
Parsons; the birth-place
of Amanda* (Parsons)
Stone >^d <>' Marinda-
Natalla* (Parsons)
Smith, of Camden,
N.Y.; of Silas* Parsons, a
great mechanical genius;
of Aaron*, who removed
to Williamstown, Vt., the
father of Mrs. Norris and
Mrs. Ellis, of .the latter
place.

Here were bom David*
Parsons, of Swanzey, and
Louisa- Ann* (Parsons)

Hammondy whose

daughter, Augusta-
Louisa* (Hammond^

Chandler, 1877, res.

Tipton, Iowa.

8. The residence of Benjamin^
Parsons, after his senrices
in the Reyolutionary war, ,
till he remoyed to Chester-
field, M.H.

8, His tannery, by Parsoiu
Bill, near Martin** Brook.

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MAP OF A PART OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS 7 AND 8, OP
WBSTMraSTER, WINDHAM CO., VERMONT.

[The PHncipal dwBingi in the tWoffe are not indieaUd oa thU outiine.]

EXPLAHATIOR or THE FEW BEFRBEHCE HUMBBRB.

10. The Red School HooBe, where Horacb Weu^, the discoverer of nitroae oxide «8 an
Muesthetic, commenced, with the compiler of tliis book, hie school studieB. In
ftrateful remembrance of this diacovery it iB proposed to make & public park,
(S.B. corner) where the road tarns toward Walpole, N. H.; tmd thereon eiect a
public library.

9. The first Meeting House in town.

8. Homestead of Joel* Holton.

1, Location of his aaw-mill, the flrat in Westminster.

2. His second saw-mill. B. The saw-milt ot hia bod Joel*.

4. Cloth-dressing establishment of Joel* Holton, neai- which was his homestead and

the birth-place of his children.
6. The Bftwtelle Hill, through which a channel for the Averill brook was dug,

uniting that water with Wie Holton brook.

6. The Old Cemeterf, containing the monument to French and Honghton,

7. The site of the Court House,
li. Apple Oven Ledge [4033].

P MvriamC {Helton) Brown. 155

regiment. The Colonel went immediately and personally administered
to the captain, whom the surgeons considered as then dying.

After unremitted watching and attendance day and night for one
hundred and twenty hours, the elder brother had the happiness of seeing
the patient regain consciousness. After thirty days he was able to return
to his regiment.

For further interesting military history, etc., see Winslow Memoria
[3855]. Farmer. Res. Adrian^ Hancock Co.^ III.

Children :

1041. 1. Helen-Frances^, b. 18 Nov. 1867, Hillsgrove, IlL

1042. 2. Mary-Albertine*, b. 12 Dec. 1876.

1043. MIRIAM% [609] (Joel\ Betkiah* (Farwell) Holton, WiUiam*, Isaac*, Joseph^,
Henry\) bom 31 Oct. 1807, Westminster, Vt. ; died 8 Nov. 1865, at Le Claire, Scott
Co., Iowa; m. Sumpterville, Sumpter Co., S. C, 10 March, 1855, Dr. Henry-Smith
BROWN, born 26 Dec. 1809, Clarendon, Rutland Co., Vt., s. of William and
Thankful (Smith) of Clarendon.

He married 2d, Rochester, N.Y., 27 August, 1868, Martha- Ann (Doney) Wood,
b. 25 May, 1810,- Ballston Spa, N.Y., dau. of James and Esther (Burton) of Saratoga
Springs, N.Y.

Mrs. Miriam (Holton) Brown was a woman of very superior endowment, know-
ledge of human nature, great penetration of motives and character, and independent
judgment ; and was very tenacious of her generally well-founded opinions. She
held in abomination the institution of slavery, and being somewhat familiar with
Southern character, predicted with unreserved assurance, years before its occurrence,
the Rebellion which so deluged our land with the blood of its citizens.

She had a keen sense of the rights of the oppressed ; and some of the most suc-
cessful and remarkable proofs of her power in compassing her- object were evinced
when her sympathies were enlisted for some one whom she believed was suffering
wrongfully. In such cases, borne on by sympathy and indignation combined, she
seemed overpowering and irresistable, and the guilty would not soon desire another
encounter with her.

The following, relating to a well-known event, will illustrate this trait in her
character :

At the time Hon. Charles Sumner was smitten down by Brooks in the Senate
chamber, Mrs. B. was occupying a position near the distinguished Senator. With
characteristic fearlessness in emergencies she first sprang to the rescue.

Some time after, while seated at the dinner-table on Doard of a steamer for
Europe, some of the Southern chivalry were speaking of the cowardice of the Northern
people and instanced Charles Sumner as cowardly, submitting to a beating in the
U. S. Senate. The sentiment seemed contagious and no voice was lifted in defence
or disapproval. This was, of course, very distasteful to her, and there was a limit to
her forbearance. When that point was reached she boldly and decidedly expressed
her contempt for the couoardice of a "being who could stealthily administer such a

158 JFlorweU MemoriciU ^

beating from lehind the object of his hate, and for those who could entertain any
sympathy for that kind of cowardice. Her scathing rebuke, so sadden and severe,
silenced the conyersation, the subject was never again broached in her presence and
she received only the most respectful consideration.

Her business capacities were equalled by few of the sterner sex. With such
capabilities and a laudable ambition to provide for herself and be useful to others,
by energy, perseverance, and industry, she acquired a goodly fortune, considerable of
which she bequeathed for educational interests and for the encouragement of family
records and history.*

Mrs. B. spent a large portion of her active life as a teacher. In this employment
she had the happy art of securing attention, awakening thought, and impressing the
subject on the minds of her pupils, to a remarkable degree, as well as enlisting their
confidence and affection. She died while on a visit to a beloved aunt. [For further
details of her career as a teacher, see Winslow Memorial, Vol. 1, serial number 3857].

1044. DAVID-PARSONS^ A.M, M.D., [610] (Joel\ Bethiah* (Parwell) Helton,
WiUiam*9 Itaac^^ Jo9eph\ HenTy\) b. 18 June, 1813, Westminster, Vt ; m. by Rev.
Albert Barnes, Philadelphia, Pa,, 13 May, 1889, to Frances-Keturah Forward, b. 5
May, 1815, Southwick, Mass., dau. of Pliny and Fanny (Root) of S. [4274 Root
Gen.]

Doctor Holton after leaving his district school in Westminster, was under the
instruction of his uncle Isaac Holton, in the academies of South Berwick and
Limerick, Maine, and Bellows Falls, Vermont. Leaving Bellows Falls in 1882,
he was for two years preceptor of an academy in Southwick, Mass., and subsequently
became a student in the University of the City of Kew York. In 1836 he commenced
the study of medicine at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, then located in
Barclay and subsequently in Crosby Street, graduating 9th March, 1839. Practiced
mostly in N. Y. dispensaries and hospitals till 1843 ; when he removed to Westport,
Essex Co., N. Y., and followed his profession there, till his retiunto the city, 1847.
While in Essex Co. he accepted the office of County Superintendent of Schools and
performed its duties two years. In 1853 went to Europe, and having attended
lectures for four years at the universities and schools of Paris, Berlin and Vienna,
returned to New York, 26 Nov. 1857.

Before going to Europe, he had in various forms advocated the establishment of
Agricultural Colleges ; while abroad, he strengthened his purpose to labor in this
cause, and printed a pamphlet in this interest for gratuitous distribution there and
in America ; and on his return the Congressional grant for their establishment was

»■■■■ ■ — —■ i ■■ ■ . ■ -■ ■ .. — - ■ - . ■ ■ ■ ■ , ■ . -■ ■ , , ■ ^ ■ ^. ■ ■ ___ - ^ ^

* The amount bequeathed for the collection and pablioation of records of her immediate
ancestry and relatives, though supposed bj her and also bj the compilers at the inauguration of
their 'work, to be ample for that purpose, proyed, under the circumstances, very insufacient even
for Tier limited portion of the large American families in the patronymic line of her grand parents.

During the groping search for the complete ancestral lines of these four names, extensive coL
lections were made which eventually proved to be outside of the specified branch, and which of
themselves would more than exhaust in payment of postage, fees to town and county clerks,
abstracts, etc., the liberal amount bequeathed for her own pedigree.

This statement is made solely to correct misapprehensions on the part of some, outside of her
fanmediate relatives, who suppose her gift to have been of a more general character.

Deseendcmta of Beikiafi (FarwelT) Helton^ 157

perfected by the signature of the President, Abraham Lincoln, S July, 1862. [See
Winslow Memorial, page 390.]

When the war commenced, 1861, his first impulse was to encourage enlistments
and strengthen the Union cause by providing for the care of orphans of those who
should fall in the country's service. He aided in organizing the society called
Institute of Reward for Orphans of Patriots, of which he was, and has continued to
be the Corresponding Secretary. He has lectured extensively in schools on the sub-
ject of Physiology and Hygiene. Through his direct exertions and at great personal
sacrifice he secured the establishment of the first free baths of the City of New York ;
i.e.y the first of the series of free baths on the Hudson and East rivers now success-
fully established for this city. In 1872 he was appointed Professor of Physiology in
the New York Free Medical College for Women. He is a life member of the Ameri-
can Geographical and Statistical Society, the American Institute, New York, and
the New England Historic-Genealogical Society, 18 Somerset Street, Boston ; also a
member of the New England Society in New York. He is secretary of the Pilgrim
Record Society, whose regular sessions are (1879) at 20 Sutton Place, Eastern Bou-
levard, comer of East 59th Street, the second Tuesday evening of each month ; and
is Corresponding Secretary of the American Philological Society whose public meet>
ing is at Room 36, Cooper Institute, the third Wednesday of each month.

The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society was formed through the
instrumentality of Dr. Holton at his residence, 27 Feb. 1869, to which he has given
much time and means. Its sessions for ten years have been held with great regular-
ity at the Mott Memorial Hall, 64 Madison Avenue, the second and fourth Wednesday
evenings of each month. [From this date, 26 March, 1879, Friday is substituted for
Wednesday]. Its Quarterly appears without interruption and forms an annual
volume of great value to the student of history.

For the past few years he has been mainly employed in the compilation of family
records and genealogies of early settlers of New England. Manuscripts for twelve
volumes are in a state of great forwardness for the press ; one of which, an octavo of
656 pages of the *^ Winslow Memorial," was published 18 June, 1877. The manu-
scripts of other volumes are fully ready for the press, waiting only the requisite means
for their publication.

Mrs. Holton is a descendant, in the seventh generation, of Samuel and Ann
Forward of Windsor, Conn., in 1670; and on the maternal side is a descendant, in the
eighth generation, of John, b. in Badby, Eng., and Mary (Kilbourn) Root, of
Farmington, Conn.

On the paternal side she is descended from ancestors of the names Owen, Morton,
Lawton, Moore, Griswold, Ellsworth ; and on the maternal, from those of Root,
Whitney, Nelson, Lamphier, Marshal, Loomis, Leonard, Spencer, Kilbourn.

*He has recently been hoping soon to see a very extensive pubUo bath established in the waters
of the East Elver, at East 59th Street, fronting Eastern Boulevard, from Sutton Place sduthward.
This location calls for ample arrangements and multiplied accommodations, exceeding all pre-
Tlously built, it being convenient for visitors to the Central Park, and near the Belt railroad, and
the stations of the Elevated railroads on Second and Third Avenues.

168 Farwell Memorial F

Children, all bom in N. Y. City :

1045. 1. D-Pliny-Fobwabd*, b. 29 March, 1840; died at Soutbwick, Mass. 27 Sept.

1849. [Winslow Memorial 8859J.

1046. 2. Chablbs-Alexandeb*, b. 8 Aug. 1842 ; died in Paris, France, 23 June,

185G. [Winslow Memorial 8860].

1047. 8. Fahkie-Mibiam', b. 23 Oct. 1852 ; died in New York City, 20 May, 1850,

[Winslow Memorial 8861.]

1048. REUBEN-ROCKWOOD', [614] Wmiam*, Bethidh* (Farwell) Helton,
WiUiam*, Isaat^, Joteph^y Menry\) b. 16 June, 1795, Westminster, Vt. ; m. West-
minster, 20 Aug. 1815, Kebecca-Baker Tower, b. 20 July, 1707, AY., dau. of Lines
and Lucy (Gary) of W. She d. 4 Sept. 1845. Hem. 2d, at Dorset, Vt. 13 Nor.
1847, Margaret- Albro (Whitehom) Albcc, (widow of William Albce) b. 31 Jan, 1803,
Wallingford, Vt., dau. of John and Hannah (Carpenter) of Wallingford. Farmer.

Res. Westminster, Wallingford, Vt., and Plymouth, III,

Children ;

1049. 1. Sabia*, b. 8 Jan. 1816, Westminster, Vt., m. Wallingford, Vt. 8 May, 18o9,

Oliver-Lewis Alleiiy b. 2 Kov. 1814, Wallingfoid, son of Oliver and
Nancy (Sweetland). s.p. Res. K IVallingfard, F<,

1050. 2, LiNKS-TowKB% b. 20 Feb. 1817, Westminster; died 2G l\ov. 1866, Lemoine

Township, III.; m. Wallingford, Vt., 1 Jan. 1S12, Lucinda Allen, b. 5
Oct. 1817, WalUngford, dau. of Oliver and Nancy (SweetlHud).

Res. Lemoine J near FlymotUh, Muncock Oo., lU.

Children born in Wallingford, Vt. :

1051. 1. Niincy-Emma*, b. 4- Ang. and died 30 Aug. 1846, Wallingford.

1052. 2. Helen-Rebecca*, b. 28 Oct. 1851 ; married at Quincy, 111., 24 Sept.

1868, Josiah-Marshall Balstoiiyb. 8 Sept. 1S17, Lemoine, 111., s. of
Josiah-Marshall and Rozanna (Smith) of Ravensburg, Hancock Co.,
IlL Farmer. Res. Lemoine^ McDonough Co,^ P, 0, addresSf Jtavene-
hurg, Hancock Co,, IlL

Children :

1053. 1. MinnU-Estea^\ b. 2 Jan. 1870, Lemoine 111.

1054. 2. Centuriu»-HoUon^^y b. 26 July, 1871, Lemoine— one hundred years

from the date of birth of his gr. gr. grandfather William* Holton
— hence his name. [See the grand radial chart of the des.
cendants of Deacon William Holton.]

1055. 8. Wallace-Lines*, b. 25 Feb. 1854 ; m. Vermont, Fulton Co., HI., 29

Jan. 1873, Sylvia-Rosetta Parish, b. 80 July, 1854, Woodford or
Waterford, ? Knox Co., Ohio, dau. of John-Nelson and Melissa
(Baugh).

1056. 4. Charlotte-Emily*, b. 26 April, 1860; 1878, was receiving h^r education

inVt.

F Descendants of WiUicmC Holton. 159

1057. 3. Nelson-Alexander*, b. 8 Dec. 1818, Wallingford, Vt. ; married, Walling-

ford, 1 Jan. 1850, Sophia-Bigelow Earl, b. Mount Holly, Rutland Co.,
Vt., Apr. 1821, d. of Jacob and Betty (Whitney).

In the spring of 1878, Mr. Holton bought eight hundred acres of
land in Harvey Co., Kansas, broke, and planted with com 30 or 40 acres,
erected houses, etc.

Children ;

1058. 1. Jason-Mercellus*, b. 8 Jan. 1851.

1059. 2. Eva-Adelaide», b. 13 Nor. 1853 ; m. 13 Nov. 1872, Albert-Lyman

Stillman.

1060. 8. Alice-Emogene*, b. 18 Aug. 1855; m. 11 Oct. 1873, Judson-Daniel

Shattnek. Bes. Mount EoUy^ Jutland Co,^ Vt,

1061. 4. Martha-Jane*, b. 16 Feb. 1857.

1062. 6. Clark-Emmons*, b. 26 Sept. 1858.
1963. 6. Jay-Reubent, b. 6 Feb. 1863.

1064*. 4. Harriet- Ann*, b. 5 Aug. 1820, Wallingford, Vt.; married, 3 Nov. 1851,
Kimball-D. Grimes, b. 9 Oct. 1818, Hancock, Hillsborough Co., N. H.,
son of William and Mary (Jones). s.p.

Res. Proetorvitle^ Windsor Co.^ Vt,

1063. WILLIAM^ [617] (IVmicm^ Bethiah* (Farwell) Helton, ^i'Kiam*, Isaac"^
Joseph^ ^ Eenry^,) b. 81 Oct. 1801, Westminster, Vt. ; married, Cavendish, Vt. 15
Aug. 1826, Betsey Mason, b. 11 Oct. 1800, dau. of Daniel and Betsey (Spaulding)
of Cavendish. She died 21 May, 1841, Bethel, McDonough Co., HI., to which place
they removed from Westminster in 1835. He married 2d, at Bethel, 15 Sept. 1841,
Sophia-Maria Waddell, b. 15 June, 1805, in Washington Co., Tenn., dau. of Charles
and Margaret (King) of Hillsgrovc, HI. She died 4 June, 1854, Tennesee Township,
HI. He married 3d, Chalmers, McDonough Co., 8 Nov. 1854, Dorcas-Ford Hoyt, b.
11 July, 1817, Grafton, N. H., dau. of Jonathan and Jemima (Ford) of Chalmers.
He is deceased. Farmer and clothier. Res. Westminster, Vt,, and Bethel^ JU,

Children :

1066. 1, William-Mason*, M. D., b. 15 July, 1827, Westminster, Vt. ; married in
New York City, 14 March, 1853, Caroline-Emily Cuyler, b. Essex. Essex
Co., N. y., 28 Dec. 1833, dau. of Col. E-S. and Emily (Parkhill) of
Elizabethtown, Essex Co., N.Y. She died 8 Mrrch, 1873, at New Har-
mony, Ind. He m. 2d, 4 July, 1875, Mary Fretageot.

Dr. Holton commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Leonard-T.
Ferris [1014] 1 March, 1849; attended medical lectures at the College of
Physicians and Surgeons of N. Y. City, as student of Prof. Willard
Parker, graduating M. D. 11 March, 1852 ; practised in New York one
year; returned to McDonough Co., III., in March, 1853, and removed to
New Harmony, Ind., Nov. 1859.

160 Farwell Memories. P

^ He enlisted aspriyate in his country's serrice 25 Oct. 1861; commis-
•ioned 18 Nov. 1861, as 2d Lieut CJo. B, 10th Reg. Ind. Vol. Inf. ; was
transferred to 25th Ind. YoL Inf. as Assistant Surgeon, date of commis-
sion 25 Apr. 1862 ; joined the regiment at Pittsburg Landing, and was
at the seige of Corinth, I^Iiss. After the evacuation, he became ill and
resigned 20 Aug. 1862.

Dr. H. is a member of the Tri-State IMed. Society, and of the Indiana
State and Posey Co. societies. 1879, res. New Harmony^ Potey Co.y Ind,

Children :

1067. 1. Emily-Elizabeth*, b. 15 Sept. 1854, ^liddletown, [Young, now Fan-

don] McBonough Co., Ill; married, 4 July, 1873, Leopold Eohn«

1878, res. Bvamville^ Ind,

1068. 2. Frances-Caroline*, b. 21 Feb. 1856. Middletown ; m. 2 Jan. 1875,

William-A. Kight Res. 1878, New Harmony, Ind.

Child:

1069. 1. Arthur'^ b. Oct. 1875.

1070. 3. Mary-Alice», b. 21 Aug. 1857, Middletown, Dl. ; died 4 Aug. 1875.

1071. 4. Charlotte-E*, b. 16 Dec. 1859, Stowartsville, Posey Co., Ind.

1072. 6. William-Edward*, b. 27 Nov. 1861, Stewartsville, Ind.

1073. 6. Eate-Comelia*, b. 22 Jan. 1864, New Harmony, Ind«

1074. 7. Frank-Cuyler*, b. 29 July, 1866,

1075. 8. Minnie-Grace*, b. 27 Aug. 1868,

1076. 2. Henry-Alfrkd*, b. 15 March, 1829, Westminster, Vt. ; married, Bethel,

McDonough Co., 111., 4 Feb. 1851, Rebecca-Scott, b. 4 Dec. 1826, in
Ohio, dau. of John and Mary (Kendrickson) of Bethel. Farmer.

Res. McDonough Co., HL

Children :

1077. 1. William-Scott*, b. 22 Dec. 1851, Bethel, HI. ; d. 20 Jan, 1862.

1078. 2. Mary*, b. 24 March, 1853, Bethel township.

1079. 8. John*, b. 81 Dec. 1854, Lemoine, 111.

1080. 4. Jeremiah, b. 29 Dec. 1856, " "

1081. 5. Catharine*, b. 13 Jan. 1859, " "

1082. 6. Emma*, b. 24 Apr. 1861, " ««

1083. 7. David", b. 16 Feb. 1863, «' "

1084. 8. Amos*, b. 28 Dec. 1864,

1085. 9. Isabella*, b. 8 May, 1869,

it i(

1086. 8. Chablbs-Eluah", b. 7 Sept. 1830, Westminster, Vt. ; m. Camden, Schuy
ler Co., m., 12 Nov. 1867, Ettie-Horton McKmley, b. 3 Jan. 1847, at
Chester, Meigs Co., O., dau. of Byard and Catherine-Amelia (Young) of
Camden. Farmer. Res. Bethd, lU,

F Descendants of BethiaJi {Fa/rwdt) Holtoru 161

Children :

1087. 1. Ida-Blanch*, b. 28 Sept, 1868, Bethel, BL

1088. 2. Ada-Ford*, b. 6 Aug. 1872, " "

1089. 4. Infant*, b. and died 1832.

1090. 5. Rbubbn-Allen*, b. 22 Jan. 1884, Westminster, Vt. ; m. at Bethel, Bl., 25

Nov. 1851, Hannah-Seviah Albee, b. 1 Aug. 1842, Dorset, Vt., dau. of
WilUnxn and Margaret (Whitehom) of Lemoine, Bl. Fanner.

Res. BetMj TO.

Child:

1091. 1. Charles-Iindsey*, b. 26 Oct. 1863, Bethel.

1092. 6. Eliza-Janbj, b. 4 July, 1837, Bethel, 111. ; m. at B. 22 July, 1855, James

Toland, b. 19 Feb. 1829, Fox township, Carrol Co. 0., son of William
and Jane Hendrickson o . Bethel, 111,; died 12 Dec. 1871, BetheL

Hes. Lemoine and Bethelf IJL

Children:

1093. 1. John-Fremont*, b. 15 July, 1856, Lemoine, BL

1094. 2. Charles- WilUam*, b. 6 Sept. 1858, " "

1095. 8. Alvah-Calvin*, b. 80 March, 1861, Bethel, Bl.

109«. 4. Clara-Annetta*,b. 24 Feb. 1863, B. ; died at Bethel, 9 June, 1868.

1097. 6. Mary-Jane*, b. 2 Feb. 1965, Bethel, 111.

1098. 6. Martha-Elizabeth*, b. 10 May, 1867, B.

1099. 7. Solomon-Henry*, b. 4 Aug. 1869, B.

1100. 8. James-Allen*, b. 6 Dec. 1871, B.

1101. 7. Mabt-Ellbn*, b. 3 Nov. 1840, Bethel, III. ; died there 6 Oct. 1867.

1102. 8. John-Weslby*, b. 12 Jan. 1844, Bethel ; married, B., 18 March, 1866,

Harriet-Emily Polite, b. 2 May, 1846, dau. of Richard and Nancy (Bren-
ington) of St. Mary's,

Children :

1103. 1. Richard*, b. 4 May, 1870, St Mary's Township, Hancock Co., BL

1104. 2. Lillie-May*, b. 3 June, 1872, '* " "

1105. 9. Elizabeth-Rachel*, b. 9 Nov. 1846, Bethel, BL ; m. 19 Dec. 1864, Truman-

Hobert Huff, b. 5 Jan. 1841, son of Jacob and Mary (Wilson) of St.
Mary's. Farmer. Res. Lemoine, BL, and Labette Co,^ Eansas^

Children :

1106. 1. John-Francis*, b. 30 Dec. 1865, St. Mary's, BL

1107. 2. Mary-Bell*, b. 29 Dec. 1868, u a

1108. 8. lizzie-Bell*, b. 20 Jan. 1873, Shelton's Grove, Schuyler Co., BL

162 Fwrmell Memorial. ^

1109. 10. Ctiittb-Pabwbll% b. 29 Jan. 1850, Bethel, 111. ; died tkere, 15 Dec. 1857.

1110. 11. Ella-Isabell», b. 31 Feb. 1858, Bethel.

1111. 12. Ltma»-Hott% b. 12 Jan. 1860. B.

1112. OLIVE', [619] {Wmiam\ BrfAioA* (Parwell) Hoi ton, TFiKiaw*,/MkM*, Joteph*,
Hmry\)h. 2 Apr. 1806, Westminster, Vt. ; married, W. 26 Sept. 1830, Joshua
Buggrles, b. 1 Dec. 1782, Hard wick, Mass. s. of Thomas and Hannah (Winslow) of
Hardwick and Oakham, Mass. He died 8 Sept. 1852, in McDonough Co., HI.

Res. 1878, Shibley's Point, Adair Co., Kan.

Joshua' Buggies descended from the immigrant Thomas^ of Nazing, England,
who came to Roxbury, Mass. 1627, and wife Mary, through Capt. Samuel* and Ann
or Hannah Fowle who married for his 2d wife Ann Bright, dan. of Henry and Ani^
Goldstone of "Watertown, Mass.*; Capt. Samuel' and Martha Woodbridget ; Rev.
Timothy^ and Mary White ; Capt. Benjamin* and Alice MeiTick of Hard wick, Mass. ;
Thomas* and Hannah* (Winslow) [4075 of Winslow Memorial] of Hardwick and
Oakham, whose son Joshua' married Olive' Holton as above.

Children :

1113. 1. Harriet-Elizabeth*, b. 5 Jan. 1832, Westminster, Vt ; died 22 Apr.

1878; married, near Vermont, Fulton Co., 111. 11 Aug. 1851, Rev. Joseph-
Warren Arnold, b. 3 Jan. 1832, near Oxford, Holmes Co., O., s. of
Thomas and Electa (Purdy) of Oxford. He enlisted as a volunteer in
1861, and served three years. Farmer and minister of the United Breth-
ren. Res. Jola, AllcnCo., KanwBt

Children :

1114. 1. John-Franklin*, b. 8 June, 1852, McDonough Co., HI.

1115. 2. Charles-Lawrence*, b. 25 Dec. 1853, " f'

1116. 8. Electa-Isabel*, b. 19 Nov. 1855, *' «*

1117. 4. Henry-Thomas*, b. 27 July, 1867, " *'

1118. 6. Mary-01ive-Alvira», b. 15 June, 1859, " "

1119. 6- Martin-Boehm*. b. lola, 24 Dec. 1861 ; died there Oct. 1862.

1120. 7. Amy- Adeline*, b. 27 Nov. 1865, lola, Kansas.

1121. 8. Asel-Edwin*, b. 18 Apr. 1868, ** **

1122. 9. Frank-Dixon*, b. 7 Feb. 1870, " "

1128. 2. Julia-Isabel*, b. 21 Jan. 1834, Westminster, Vt. ; m. Middletown, Mc
Donough Co., 111., 14 Dec. 1852, Rev. Merit Hasted, b. 14 Sept 1833-
Oxford, Holmes Co., O., s. of Oliver and Laura (Smith) of Martinstown
Putnam Co., Mo. Merchant and minister of the Uuited Brethren.

Res. Indian Territory; P. 0. Ohetopah, LdbUte Co, Kan.
Children :
1124. 1. Joseph*, b. 18 July, 1854, in Rlinois; d. there, 19 July, 1854.

*Chart IX page 76, and page 113 under serial number 747. See, also, Appendix, page 24, of Wins
low Memorial, and serial number 1201 of this book. \

tSee Appendix of Winslow Memorial p. 25, also the Woodbrldge Chart in Bulletin' of the Pilgrim
Beoord Sooioty.

F Descendants of B^tkiahf {Farwdl) Holton. 163

1125. 2. Mary-Melissa*, b. 13 Jan. 1857, 111.; d. 1 Feb, 1857.

1126. 8. Maria', b. 24 Aug. 1859, HI. ; d. 24 Aug. 1859.

1127. 4. William-Otterbein', b. 23 Aug. 1860, in Illinois; d. 23 Apr. 1861 or 2.

1128. 5. Lurena-Almira*, b. 11 Nov. 1862, in Kansas.

1129. 6. Stephen-Edward', b. 27 May, 1864, *'

1130. 7. Laura-Olive*, b. 17 Jan. 1866, ** and d. 28 Aug. 1873.

1131. 8. Charles-Thomas*, b. 17 Aug. 1867, Shibley's Point, Mo.

1132. 9. Hiram-Oliver*, b. 5 Oct. 1869, S. Point; d. 21 Oct. 1870.

1133. 10. Etta-Belle*, b. 2 Oct. 1871, "

1134. 11. Sarah-Inis*, b. 15 Aug. 1873, •*

1135. 12. Clyde-Merit*, b. 15 Dec. 1876, in Schuyler Co., 111.

1136. 3. Hbnby- Austin*, b. 12 June, 1836, Westminster, Vt. ; married, Birmingham

township, Schuyler Co., 111., 25 May, 1858, Martha Haviland, b. 12 May,
1840, Kalida, O., dau. of Lewis and Martha (Barger) of Kalida, Putnam
Co., O. Farmer. Res. Shibley^s Point, Adair Go,, Mo,

Children :

1137. 1. William-Henry*, b. 19 Nov. 1859, Birmingham, Schuyler Co., 111. ;

died 7 Aug. 1862, Allen Co., Kan.

1138. 2. Julia- Ann*, b. 21 Sept. 1861, Kan.

1139. 3. Joseph-Lester*, b. 9 Dec. 1863, in Kansas; died there, 21 Sept. 1864.

1140. 4. James-Albert*, b. 5 Aug. 1865, Kan.

1141. 5. Eddie*, b. 17 Apr. 1867, near Leroy, Coffee Co., Kan.; d. there, 19

Sept. 1867.

1142. 6. George-Grant*, b. 24 Sept. 1868; d. 23 Aug. 1869.

1143. 7. Mary-Olive*, b. Sept. 1870: d. 23 Aug. 1871, near Martinstown,

Putnam Co., Mo.

1144. 8. Sarah®, b. and d. 15 Feb. 1872, Elm township, Putnam Co., Mo.

1145. 9. Sarah-Ettie*, b. 5 May, 1873; d. 19 Jan. 1876.

1146. 10. Merrit-Solomon-Alfred*, b. 15 March, 1878.

1147. 4. Charles-Ambrose', b. 5 Sept. 1838, Bethel, IlL; d. there 16 Feb. 1852.

1148. 5. Thomas-Edwin', b. 13 Jan. 1841, Bethel ; d. 22 Apr. 1875 ; m. Leroy

township. Coffee Co., Kansas, 3 Marcli, 1864, Sarah-Roxana Briles, b. 31
Dec. 1841, Putnam Co. Mo., daughter of Alexander and Sarah (Hush) of
Leroy. Farmer. Res. Martinstown, Putnam Co.

P. O. address, 8Mbley*9 PoitUj Adaire Co,^ Mb*

Children :

1149. 1. Ida-May', b. 24 Jan. 1865, near Leroy, Kansas

1150. 2. Annie-Louise*, b. 24 May, 1866, '' "

1151. 8. Dora-Bell*, b. 22 Feb ISOO, " "

1152. 4. Austin*, b. 3 Feb., d. 17 Feb. 1870, near Martinstown, Mo.

1153. 5. Charles Lestei*, b. 3 June, 1872.

1154. 0. Henry-Thomas*, b. 29 March, 1875, Putnam Co,, Mo.

164 Fwrwell Memorial. F

1155. 6. HAKKAfi-MnfSBTA*, b. 16 Apr. 1843, Bethel, HI. ; d. 7 Apr. 1862, lola,

Allen Co., Kansas; m. Bethel, 12 June, 1858, John HaTiland, b. 25 Apr.
1886, Kalida, O., s. of Lewis and Martha (Barger) of K. Farmer.

' Res. lola^ Kan,

Children :

1156. 1. James-Ambrose*, b. 1 May, 1859, Middletown, McDonough Co., Ill, ;

died there, 12 May, 1859.

1157. 2. George-Washington*, b. 17 May. 1860, lola, Kansas; d. 10 July. 1360*

1158. 7. Rextbbn-Winslow*, b. 5 July, 1845, Bethel, 111.; d. there, 20 July, 1845.

1159. 8. MAKT-Aim*, b. 27 Oct. 1846, Bethel, 111. ; married, 13 Not. 1864, Leroy^

Kansas, John-Franklin Briles, b. 17 Dec. 1843, Salem, Randolph Co.,
N. C, son of Alexander and Sarah (Rush) of Leroy. Farmer and
blacksmith. Res. Leroy y Coffee Co,j Kanau.

Children :

1160. 1. £ffie-Jane>, b. 7 Oct 1865, Leroy, Coffee Co., Kan«

1161. 2. Sarah-Olive*, b. 5 Sept. 1867, L.

1163. 3. Alice-Ettie* b. Feb. 1870, L.

1168. 4. William-Alexander*, b. Putnam Co., Mo. 1 Apr. 1873 ; d. 1876, in

Kansas.

1164. 5. Elisha*, b. 3 March, 1875, Leroy, Coffee Co., Kansas.

1165. 6. Elizabeth*, b. Jan. 1877, L.

1166. ISABEL% [620] {WiUiam\ Sethiah* (Farwell) Holton, WiUimi*, Imat^,
Joseph^ Henry\) b. 13 Aug. 1808, Westminster, Vt. ; died, 19 March, 1841, Hills-
grove, McDonough Co., 111. ; m. at Mendon, Adams Co., III., 6 June, 1837, John-
Caivin CON ANT, b. 30 Jan. 1603, Hollis, N, H., s. of Abel and Lydia (Frideker) of
Hardwick, Vt. 1872, he res. Geneva, Allen Co,, Eon.

Children:

1167. 1. WiLLiAM-HoLTON*, b. 14 March, 1838, Quincy, III. ; died 27 Feb. 1857, at

Hlllsgrove, III. ; was a student at Knox College, Galesburg, III.

1168. 2. Maby-Cklkstia*, b. 20 July, 1839, Quincy; d. 29 July, 1839.

1169. 3. John-Edwin*, b. 19 March, 1841, Hlllsgrove, III. ; enlisted in the Union

army, 15 Nov. 1861, and was stationed at lola, about twelve miles from
his home, till April 27, when he was sent to Fort Leavenworth ; visited
his home 12 June, 1862, by leave of absence for a single night, and. re-
turned to the army; was stationed at Fort Scott where he was taken sick.
His father removed him to his home at Geneva, reaching there the 25th
Nov. He died 1 Dec. 1862.

Fa/njodl Memorial.

1170. ISAAC-FARWELL^ [622] {Wm\ Bethiah* (Far well) Holton, Wm\ IikUK^,
Joseph^ Henry\) b. 30 Aug. 1812, Westminster, Vt. ; d. 25 Jan. 1874, Everett,
Mass. He commeneed classical studies in Maine at the academies of South Berwick
and Limerick under the tuition of his uncle, Isaac Holton,[640] and completed his pre-
paratory course under Rev. Simeon Coltonat the Amherst Academy, Mass. He was a
graduate of Amherst College in the class of 1836, with Rev. Dr. Roswell D. Hitch-
cock of New. York, Ex-Governor Bullock of Massachusetts, and other eminent men.
He was a graduate of the Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York, 1839.

From early life he was a student of natural history, and, under Dr. John Torrey,
Professor in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, was a fellow student with Asa
-Gray, subsequently the eminent Cambridge Professor. The friendship of teacher and
dissociate pupils was strong and interrupted only by death.

Soon after his graduation at the Union Theological Seminary, 1839, he became a
teacher in the Mission Institute near Quincy, 111., founded by Rev. David Nelson,
D.D. Among his pupils there he counted, in after life, those bound to him by the
strongest ties of friendship and Christian sympathy, of whom those dearest to him
were Rev. John and Jane (Ballard) Rendall, missionaries in India, stationed at Bat-
talagunda, about 33 miles from Madura.""

While in this Mission Institute, planting and cultivating in the young the seeds
of successful mission work, he enjoyed long and frequent walks in quest of specimens
of prairie growth, that he might cultivate and enlarge botanical science.

At the conclusion of his educational labors and botanical researches in the
Mississippi Valley, he accepted a professorship in the College of Pharmacy in the City
of New York.

From our scrap-book we take the following, clipped from a New York paper of
that date :

CITY INTELLIGENCE.

On Monday evening Prof. Hoi ton, of the College of Pharmacy, delivered at the
the Hall of the College, 411 Broadway, the introductory to a course of lectures on
that interesting branch of nntural science whose ultimate aim is * ^ the development of
the boundless resources of the vegetable kingdom, for our sustenance, protection and
enjoyment ; for the healing of our diseases, and the alleviation of our wants and
"woes." Among the audience were noticed many of the professors of the College of
Physicians, and other distinguished physicians and men of science. The following
is the substance of the lecture very much condensed :

INTRODUCTORY LECTURE ON BOTANY, BY PROFESSOR HOLTON.

Matter is found in forms organic and inorganic — ^the former being made up of
See lines at the close of this article.

F FarweU McmoriaJ.^

organs or parts formed for the service of the whole, and necessary to its complete-
ness. Organic bodies have the power of originating others organized similar to
themselves. — ^These are said to be of the same species. The whole number of species
is supposed to be about three hundred thousand, about one half of which belong to
the vegetable kingdom. So numerous then are the vegetable species that no man
could become familiar with any large portion of them, and so local is the growth of
most, that such general knowledge of them would be scarcely desirable. The im-
pression that botany is but a knowledge of species of plants, has been liighly injurious
to the science as a subject of philosophical attention, particularly in this country,
owing to the peculiar character of our text books, made rather by book makers than
botanists. But there must be something more in botany — ^in some way a truth ascer-
tained of one species must be applied to thousands, and those thousands must be
recognized and the truth read in their very structure, by the botanist who sees them
for the first time.

All this is accomplished by a philosophical dasaifieation* The first step in
classification is to arrange species into genera. The oaks are a genus characterized by
acorns. Why should a genus be made of trees bearing acorns, rather than of trees
bearing similar leaves, or having some other resemblance ? Because trees bearing
acorns have a thousand points in common — flowers, wood, properties of bark, etc. ,
while a genus made of plants of similar leaves would embrace a heterogeneous mass,
having no other point of resemblance. The next step in classification is more difli-
cult. It is to arrange the genera into orders. There are about two hundred and fifty
of them, but more than half the plants of this state are contained in only eleven. Some
of these orders are readily recognized, as one containing the Pea, Bean, Tare, Vetch-
Locust, Honey-Locust, Acacia, Tamarind, Husks of the Prodigal Son, Clover, Lu-
cerne, etc. Another contains the Parsnip, Carrot, Dill, Fennel, Hemlock and
Assafoetida. Another may be known from the Mustard, Radish, Horseradish and
Turnip. But when we come to the Pine, Cedar of Lebanon, our own Red Cedar,
Cypress, Larch, Yew and Arbor Vitae, a diflSculty arises as to the fruit, some bearing
large woody cones, and others what appears to be a one-seeded berry. Our Cedar is
a Pine cone in disguise.

Without attempting to prove this. Professor Hoi ton stated the three great principles
on which all such reasoning is based — the basis in fact of the philosophy of natural
history. These are best illustrated by examples from animal structure, as we are more
familar with it than that of vegetables, which in reality, however, would furnish
more numerous and striking examples, were we only familiar with them.

The first of these three principles is like an axiom ever present to the mind, but
difllcult to define or name. He called it the law of ** coincidence of characteristics.'*
One characteristic being found in an organized body, certain other particular
characteristics will be sure to accompany it. Feathers are met with only in ani-
mals — in bipeds, furnished with a beak and having air cavities in the bones, etc. Scales
are a characteristic of cold-blood animals with an imperfect heart and small brain.

Correspondence of Organs and Unity of Structure-

This law is best known by its exceptions. The whale and porpoise are not fishes,
their fins to the contrary notwithstanding, The Australian Platypus is a quadruped,
covered with fur, but lays eggs and feeds her young like birds. The operation of this
law is to draw plants and animals into groups having many characteristics in common
and among others their medical, poisonous or nutritive properties.

The second of these laws, that of '* correspondence of organs,'' may best be under-
stood by a comparison of the anterior extremities of the horse, a bird, and a bat.
[Drawings of the bones of each were exhibited.] Each consists of an arm, fore-arm,
wrist and hand, but modified according to the purpose they are to serve. The fore-
arm in man consists of two bones capable of rotating the wrist ; in birds, of two
similar bones distinct but incapable of such a motion. In the horse, they are nearly
soldered into one, and in bats, generally, one is wanting. The bat has five fingers as
long as the whole arm, serving as a frame- work to the wing. Birds are furnished
with a much stronger wing, made on quite another principle — the bone and sinew
being all collected at one edge. The hand has but three fingers partially soldered to-
gether, being made of but five distinct pieces instead of nineteen as in man. The
band of the horse is but a single finger of four joints completely capped by an enor-
mous finger-nail, the hoof.

The third of these three principles, the law of Unity of Structure, was discovered
by the world-famous poet Goethe, by the comparison of the bones of a stag found as
he was hunting. The spine is made of vertebr®, having each a main part or lody,
two lateral processes and a bony arcA under which the spinal marrow passes. The
tail is composed of similar vertebrae, except that the arch is reduced to a mere pro-
cess, as there is there no spinal marrow to be protected. The pelvis is evidently but
the bodies of several vertebrae partially soldered together, and their lateral processes
completely soldered together, enormously enlarged, distorted and brought round so
as to meet each other, to make the whole into a complete ring. The ribs are lateral
processes, elongated and articulated to the vertebrae. The skull is but a
vertebrae, with its arch enormously enlarged to make room for the brain. The
bones of the face are one or two more vertebrae very much enlarged ; and, finally,
the limbs are but lateral processes of vertebrae metamorphosed, as the poet terms it,
and adapted to the wants of the animal.

Improbable and fanciful as this scheme seems, all nature is full of evidence of
its truth, and the light which it throws on natural history is incalculable. — Probably
the first two laws are but manifestations of this, or all the three may be but express-
ions of some deeper law yet undiscovered. Without these laws all nature would
be in chaos. Every article of food for man or beast would then neces-
sarily be sought by repeated experiments, always dangerous and often fatal,
and the most inoffensive animal would be to us an object of terror,
like an unknown species of reptile. Only imagine a world formed with-
out regard to these three laws; a world of **ccntaurs, gorgons and chimeras dire,"
where in every created thing might be found mingled, characteristics of beast, bird,

insect and reptile ; where the next animal we encountered might assail us with the
touch of the torpedo, or the fang of the rattlesnake. When, in short, there should be
nothing of which we could say, this is animal, or this is vegetable. Such a world
would teach what the fool now reads in the Book of Nature — there is no God.

168 Farwell Memorial* P

In addition to his professional duties in the college he for Seveial years gave
courses of lectures on Botany in the leading schools for young ladies in New York ;
and was occaaionaily called by Professor Torrey, during temporary absences, to
lecture for him on Chemistry and Botany at Princeton College, K. J., and in the
College of Physicians and Surgeons of the University of the State of New York.

Subsequently he visited South America, and published a volume of over 600
pages, entitled, '* Twenty Months on the Andes, by Bev, Isaac-F. Helton, Professor
of Natural History in Middlebnry College, Vermont."

For some years he was pastor of a Presbyterian Church, at Lawrence, Illinois ;
and in 1864 was called east to aid in editing the BoiUm Boeorder.

He wrote for other papers, and did a great amoimt of general literary and scien-
tific work, occasionally supplying vacant pulpits in Boston and vicinity.

Those who knew him intimately and understood his somewhat hidden powers,
had for him the highest regard and esteem, flavored by no little affection for him
personally. Like many others in the world, he did a vast amount of labor hidden
imder the surface.

Crowned with gray hairs, he finished a life of useful and honorable toil, and
died with the harness on.

The following incidents illustrate one of his striking characteristics — his passion-
ate fondness for science in whatever department presented, sometimes turning him
from the courtesies of life and from the continuity of his subject even while officiating
in the professorial chair :

In the winter of 1854-5 he was lecturing before the medical students of the Col~
lege of Physicians and Surgeons during the absence of Dr. Torrey, then Professor of
Chemistry in that institution. His subject was '^ Mercury," and unexpectedly he
needed to know, on the instant, whether a piece of crude chloride was corrosive sub-
limate or calomel. Without pausing he touched it with potassa ; a black spot showed
that it was eahmd. Instantly occurred the solution of the old puzzle, the etymology
of the word ibaZi-mtfZ is the mercurial chloride which Jcali (potassa) turns hhch\ — in
time out of mind some one who **knew too much" having corrected the well-con-
structed name into calomel.

Rejoicing in the recovery of the etymology of the word he left the chemical
analysis in hand for a philological diversion, attributing former failures in pursuit of
the origin of the word or of its elemental sources to an entanglement with error
which for two centuries had turned inquiry astray, on the theory that the import of
the word for the white substance calomel was in some way allied to that of heautifvl
Nack, One, in his fancies, suggested that the nomenclator had a blackassistant who
used to prepare it beautifully. In their perplexity chemists have resorted to the con-
jecture that the mel might mean honey — ^because calomel is sweeter than corrosive
sublimate. Etymologists seem never to have doubted that Jsalas (beautiful) was part

of the name ; but we now see that calomel comes from two words \ ivfeilbiack^ f *

substance which on the application of potassa becomes black.

Thus far etymologically, — and he resumed the consideration of the chemical pro*
perties of mercury.

P Hev* Professor Isaao-F^, Holton. 169

Another incident of the effect of a discovery upon him :

In his early school days he commenced to collect specimens from the animal and
vegetable kingdoms for study and classification. Entering the house of a friend
where for months he had been a stranger, his eye rested upon a plain, modest,
native plant from the fields — a variety which he had sought, but had never before
been able to find, and which caught his attention so fully that he forgot, for the
moment, the courtesy due his friends.*

Let it not be inferred that his love for the study of the mysterious laws of nature
lessened his devotion to relatives and friends; or that this love and devotion to the
created in any degree diminished his worship of the Creator.

Rev. Professor Isaac-Farweir Holton died at Everett, Mass., Sunday, 25 Jan.
1874, at thirty-five minutes past the hour of noon. For some three months he had
under his ordinary labors been sensible of fatigue, to which he had previously been a
stranger ; yet during the past three weeks lie had felt more of his former vigor ; and
in adition to the discharge of his duties in Boston, as clerk of the Senate Committee
of Elections, he prepared three articles of great value and forwarded them for Kew
Tork magazines or periodicals with which he was in correspondence.

He was uncommonly cheerful and vigorous his last Sunday morning, and, having
attended worship at the Congregational Church in Everett, he expressed himself as
highly interested in the discourse of the pastor, Rev. Mr. Bryant, upon the subjects
embraced in the tenth chapter of Genesis. After morning service, he, facing the
cold wind, walked three-fourths of a mile to his home. Four times he was seen to
turn his back to the wind, allowing himself a short pause.

Reaching home, he seated himself in his arm-chair before taking ofE. overcoat,
hat or gloves. He gave two directions — one for warm tea and another for closing a
door. These two orders in his usual voice — ^when his head inclined somewhat back-
ward. His daughter Clara heard a sound as from one snoring. His wife at the mo-
ment coming from an adjoining room, hastened to his relief. He spoke not — ^he

*Prof. Holton's herbarium, including his valuable collection of botanical specimens from the
New England States, the Mississippi Yalley and South America, was by him with great care arranged
and preserved.

Since his death Prof. Gray of Harvard University, Bey. Dr. Bosswell-D. Hitchcock of the Union
Theological Seminary, City of Kew York, Dr. Nathan Allen of Lowell, Mass., and others, have united
in a proposal **to do a double good *^ ; — ^flrst to the family of Prof. Holton, deceased, and second to
Amherst College, by procuring this herbarium for a donation to his Alma Mater.

The late President of Amherst College, W-A. Steams, in reference to this proposal, wrote: *'The
present time would be opportune for such an act. There has been quite a revival of interest here in
botanical studies during the past year. Mr. Jessup, an amateur botanist of reputation and ability,
has been engaged, by volunteer efforts, in sorting out and scientifically arranging a qhaotio mass of
botanical material which the College already possessed. Prof. Tuckerman, who has a world wide
reputation for pre-eminence in some departments of botanical study, has entered heartily into and
spent considerable money in this enterprise, while the College has assigned room and has been
putting up shelves for these collections. Prof. Harris is also teaching botany with success.'

" If Professor Holton^s herbarium could be sent to Amherst, it would be specially attended to and
carefully preserved. It would furnish a pleasant monument to a remarkably deserving graduate*
and the contributors would receive the thanks of the friends of the College.

Yours truly,

W-A. STEABNi."

Isaac-FarweW Helton.

breathed once— and, after some intermission, he breathed again. It was his last.
. . . She sent to a neighbor for aid, and, thinking it a case of fainting, applied
the usual remedies, inclading the sprinkling with water. But all made no impression
— he was dead in his chair.

On leaving the church he had said to Mrs. Bryant, that he was glad he had had
the opportunity of hearing that sermon. He told Deacon Burt that the minister had
handled the subjects of the chapter with great ability and to his entire satisfaction.

After the expression of his happiness in the church exercises, it is not known that
he uttered any words, except the two short directions as above said, during the two
minutes subsequent to his entrance into his house.

His sudden and peaceful translation from the scenes of earth formed a fit close of
bis eventful life, devoted to the highest interests of humanity, in the love of God.

The burial services were very solemn. Never were utterances from a pulpit more
pantiee aad/uU in testimony of the high merits of a deceased man, than were those of
the Maiden and Everett clergymen at the funeral of Professor Isaac-Farweir Holton.

He left for his widow and four children a comfortable home and very pleasant
surroundings.

His valuable Herbabium was left systematically and conveniently arranged
which it has been proposed by some of the Alumni of Amherst College to purchase
and present to his Alma Mater.

Lines by Prof. Isaac-Farweir Holton written, 1845, in the album of Jane Ballard,
one of his beloved pupils in the Mission Institute, who died, the wife of Rev, John
Ilendall, 1867, on the Mediterranean, returning from India. Overthem, inthealbu,m
was a scroll containing the air of *' Oft in the stilly night," adapted to the words —
lines now appropriate, in memory of their author, our departed friend :

Oh the maslo of the pest I

How it lingers in my brein;
Oh the voices I hare heard.

But shall never hear again I
In my memory still they lire;

I can oaU them at my will.
But In Tain I bid them go.

They are present with me stilL

Oh the Toioes I hare heard

But shall never hear again;
They are silent in the dust,

Or are heard beyond the main.
They are silent in the dust,

They are warbling now above;
And I yet shall hear them sing,

Sing a 8ayior*s dying love.

With the muslo of the past.

Soon the present too shall go;
And the sounds that soothe us now

Shall be heard no more below;
But the glorious hope is ours

That to us will soon be given
Songs of praise for eyermore.

In the holy ohoir of Heaven.

F HdUon^ Worderiy Phdps^ 171

Bev. Professor Holton married, Cornwall, Yt., 26 Apr. 1858, Mary-Susanne
Warner, b. 24 Apr. 1827, dan. of Dan and Nancy Gates.

His family reside, 1879, at Bwntt^ Mass,

Children :

1171. 1. Claka', b, 16 Jan. 1859, Lawrence, McHenry Co., Hid,. 19 March, 1879,

1172. 2. Nancy-Gates", b. 25 Aug. 1860, Cornwall, Vt

1173. 3. Edward-Payson", b. 24 Feb. 1864, Hillsgrove, HL

1174. 4. Chablbs-Sumner', b. 4 May, 1866, Medford, Mass.

1175. WEALTHY-ANIT, [623] ( ^iZZiam*, -a^AwA* (Parwell) Holton, lViUiam%
l9aae\ Joseph', Menry\) b. 24 Jan. 1815, Westminster, Vt. ; died 18 July, 1852,
Keokuk, Iowa; m. Quincy, 111. 24 Dec. 1843 Rev. Horace Worden, bom in Mass. 9
Feb. 1812. Baptist clergyman. Res, ^incy^ HL

Children :

1176. 1. Sarah-Pbabody*, died Nov. 1844, Barry, 111.

1177. 2. Edwin-Brown', b. 13 Feb. 1846, and died aged two weeks.

1178. 3. Ann-Augusta", b. 3 Feb. 1849, and died 10 July, same year.

1179. NOADIAH-LOOMIS^ [626] (Zoheth\ Bethiah* (Parwell) Holton, wmiam\
Imcu^^ Joseph^, Henry^y) b. 4 Dec. 1805, Westminster, Vt. ; died 5 Feb. 1859, Walpole,
N. H. ; married by Joseph Hemphill, at Rockingham, Windham Co., Vt. 16 Aug.
1847, to Eliza Burroughs, b. 10 March, 1819, Winhall, Bennington Co., Vt., dau. of
John and Anna (Slade) of Alstead, Cheshire Co., N. H. Farmer.

Res. Wettminster^ Windham Co,y Vt

Children all bom in Westminster :

1180. 1. Ira», b. 80 Nov. 1849.

1181. 2. Anna*, b. 2 Oct. 1851 ; married Brigham Phelps. Deputy Sheriff of

Windham Co., Vt. Res. Bdbws FaUs, Windham Co., YU

1182. 3. Arby», b. 80 May, 1856.

1183. ELIHU-DWIGHT% [627] {ZohOk^ BefhiM' (Farwell) HoltOH, wmiam\
ItoM^y Joteph^y Henry^^) born 19 Feb. 1807, Westminster, Vt. ; was married there by
Bev. Sylvester Sage, 31 Nov. 1831, to Nancy Grout, b. 24 Feb. 1812, W.; dau. of John
and Elizabeth (Upbam) of Westminster. Mrs. Holton is aunt of the missionary,
Rev. Lewis Grout, and of the Revs. Edwin and Isaac Bliss, now in Turkey. Farmer

Res. 8axton^s Bkerj Boddngham Co,^ VU

Children:

1184. 1. Luceba-Gboxtt*, b. 12 Jan. 1888, Westminster; m. 10 March, 1853, Sax-
ton's River, Leonard-Emerson Bntterfield, son of Leonard and Almira-
Ward (Randall) of Springfield, Vt. She m. 2d, Feb. 1863, Jonathan-

172 ta/rwell Memcrial' F

Erastas Smith, b. 18 Koy. 1825, son of Otis and Kebecca (Lane) of Rock-
ingham, Vt. Fanner. Res. SaastoTi's Hivery VI,

Children :

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1185. 1. Henry-Lewis', b. 2 July, 1855, Saxton's River; died at St. Johnsbury^

28 May, 1856.

1186. 2. Hattie*, b. 14 Jan. 1865, Baxton's River.

1187. 3. Henry-Erastus*, b. 24 Aug. 1871, S. R.

1188. 2. Henrt-Dwight% M. D., b. 24 July, 1838, Saxton's River, Vt. ; married

there, 19 Nov. 1862, Ellen-Jane Hoit, b. 28 Nov. 1839, Saxton's River,
daughter of Theophilus and Mary-Dana (Chandler) of S. R. The early
training of Dr. Holton was of the strictest New England kind, and much
of his success in life is undoubtedly due to the principles thus early in-
stilled into his mind by his parents. His boyhood was like that of the
majority of boys brought up on a farm and is w^ell described by David-
Dudley Warner in his book entitled ** Being a Boy." The following ac,
count of his life is from a book entitled *' Physicians and Surgeons of
America," and a sketch of his life in a work published by the Rocky
Mountain Medical Association. He was fitted for college at the Saxton'a
River Seminary, and studied medicine two years with Dr. J-H. Warren
of Boston, and two years with Professors Valentine and A-B. Mott of
New York, attending lectures at the same time in tlie medical depart-
ment of the University of New York, from wnich he graduated in March,
1860, settling successfully in Brooklyn, N. Y., (physician to Williams-
burgh Dispensary, Brooklyn, 1860), Putney, Vt. and Brattleboro, Vt,
his preseHt residence. He has traveled extensively in Europe and this
country. He is a member of the Conn. River Valley Med. Soc. of which
he was secretary from 1862 to 1867 and president in 1808 ; the Vt. Med.
Soc. of which he was a censor for several years and the president in
1868 the American Med. Asso. and the British Med. Asso., a corres-
ponding member of the Boston Gynsecological Society and member of
the Amer. Pub. Health Asso. and a delegate to the International Medical
Congress at Brussels in 1875. He is also a member of the Rocky
Mountain Medical Association. The Dr. has contributed some valuable
papers to medical journals and to transactions of medical societies, and
reported at one time '^Mott's Cliniqucs" for the press. An article des-
cribing his apparatus for keeping in place sternal dislocations of the
clavicle, and an article on diphtheria, are contributions which show
research and ability. He was appointed by the Court, in 1873, Medical
Examiner to Ihe Vt. Asylum for the Insane ; and in the same year was
elected by the Legislature one of the trustees of the University of Vt. He
has been surgeon of the 12th regiment of Vt. Militia. He is now Pro-
fessor of Materia Medica and General Pathology in the medical depart-
ment of the University of Vt. The Dr. is a vigorous orator and a clear

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F £Zng^ Wood^ Woodward^ Kdlyy Merrill. 173

thinker and well up in a knowledge of the most approved and latest
methods of relieving human suffering.

Mi's. Holton is a descendant, in the eighth generation, of John^ Hoit
and his first wife Frances, who settled in Salisbury, Mass. before 1639^
through their son John' and Mary (Barnes) ; Joseph* and Dorothy
(Worthen) ; John* and Mary (Eastman) ; Eastman*, who d. at Westmore-
land, N. H. 27 Feb. 1825, se 87, and Martha (Clough); Theophilus" and
Sebrina (Shaw)*; Theophilus^, b. 19 Feb. 1813, married 13 March, 1889,
Mary-Dana Chandler ; the parents of Ellen-Jane* Hoyt who married Dr.
Henry-D. Holton as above \H.oyt Family],

Dr. Holton has lived at Saxton's River, Putney and BratUeborOy Vt,

Child :

Edith, b. 3 Nov. 1868.

1189. JULIA-ANN^ [628] {ZoTieth% Bethiah^ (Farwell) Holton, WUliam\ Isaac'i
Joseph^ Henry\) b. 3 Nov. 1809, AVestminster, Vt. ; m, 80 Oct. 1832, W., Hiram
KING, of Walpole, N. H., son of Daniel and Susanna (Wood). He died 19 Oct. 1840.
She married 2d, on the 19th March, 1844, Darwin WOOD, son of Asa and Mary
(Merick). Bes. Asihbumihamj Mdss-

Children :

1190. 1. Julia-Francks", b. 24 Apr. 1834 ; m. 6 Sept. 1855, Alfred-Gilson Wood-

ward, b. Fairlee,Vt., 14 Apr. 1826, son of Leonard and Malinda (Gilson).

Hes. Lowell^ Ma8»,
Children :

1191. 1. James-Abbot^ b 9 July, 1857; d. 16 July, 1857.

1192. 2. Carrie-Frances*, b. 12 July, 1858.

1193. 3. Lizzie-Maria*, b. 8 June, 1860.

1194. 4. Alfred-Gilson*, b. 12 May, 1865.

1195. 2. Mary-Amanda*, b. 31 March, 1841 ; married, 1 Jan. 1862, John-Thomas

Kelly, son of George Kelly of Boston. He died Oct. 1867. She m. 2d,
James- A. M^errill Hes. Boston^ Mats

Children :

1196. 1. George-Johuft, b. 10 Nov. 1862; d. 7 June, 1866.

1197. 2. Lizzie-Jane*, b. 14 Feb. 1864.

1198. 8. Edward-Evetett*, b. 12 Dec. 1865; died 16 June, 1866.
By 2d marriage :

1198*. 4. Eddie*.

1199. HARRIET-ANN^ [633] (John% Bdhiah* (Farwell) Holton, WiUiam\
Isaac', Joseph', Hen.ry\) b. 28 Nov. 1808, Springfield, Vt. ; married, 28 June, 1838,

• Thoopliilus« Hoyt was born 4 Fob. 1775, at South Hampton, N. H., and died 26 Sept. 1849, in
Wisconsin. His wife Sebrina d. 26 Feb. 1818. Hq married 2d, Bebeooa (Figb) Wlnslov, widow of
Pr, Joseph Winslow of Windsor, Yt. [See Winslow Memorial [5461]].

174 Fwrwell Memorial. F

John-Hamphrey NOTES, b. 8 Sept. 181 1, Bon of John and Polly (Hayes) of Brattle-
boro, and Dammerston, Vt. Mr. Noyes was a licentiate of Yale Theological School
in 1888.

Child:

1200. 1. THSODOBa-RiCHABDB*, b. Patney, Vt. 26 July, 1841 ; commenced the
stndy of medicine at Yale College, punned his studies at Bellevne, N. Y.
City and graduated at the medical department of Yale College 18 July,
1867.

1201. JOKATHAir>WARN£R', [685] {AUaoander^ Bdhidh\ (Farwell) Holton,
WiUiem\ Itaa^^ JowpV, Hmry\) b. 80 July, 1807, Westminster, Vt. ; m. in Jennings
Co., Ind., 17 Dec. 1820, Charlotte-Bailey Perry, b. 13 Feb. 1812, Blount Co., Tenn.,
daughter of Hansom and Catharine (Martin) of Tenn., and gr. dau. of Warner and
Bailey, Crown Point, Lake Co., Ind.

At the organization of Lake Co. Ind. Mr. Holton was elected County Treasurer,
and now, (1879), holds the office of post master. Farmer.

Re&. Deep Riyer, Lid., and, 1879, SteDcns Creeky White Co,^ Arh.

[Since the record of his parents was in type on page 99, we learn that his aged
mother, now in her ninety-seventh year, is living with her son William- Augusnis-
Warner^ Holton, at Crown Point, Lake Co., Ind., who writes of her that she '*is
slowly passing away. She has become entirely blind and hard of hearing,
and only leaves her bed for her chair which she occupies, the most of the
day, with continued rocking. Her mind is quite active and she talks of
things long since past ; ♦ » ♦ sings with effort ' Old Hundred,' * Be Thou O
God exalted high,' and many other pieces." The compiler, who visited her a few
years since, was struck with her stately, dignified appearance — ^tall, erect and strong
she seemed to have inherited the best qualities of her renowned ancestry.

This venerable mother was the daughter of Gen. Jonathan Warner and Hannah
(Mandell), and grand daughter of Paul Mandell and Susanna (Buggies).

The following is her Buggies pedigree : Thomas^ Buggies from Nazing, Essex
Co., Eng. and of Boxbury, Mass., 1687, and wife Mary; Capt. Samuel* and wife
Ann or Hannah (Powle)*; Capt. Samuel' and Martha (Woodbridge)t ; Bev. Timothy*
and Mary (White) of Bochester, Mass.; Susanna* Buggies who married Paul Mandell
of New Bedford and Hardwick. Mass. ; and Hannah' Mandell who married Gen.
Jonathan Warner, whose daughter Harriet' Warner married Alexander* Holton.

From the late Mrs. Jones, 12 Court St., Springfield, Mass., sister of the above
Mrs. Harriet (Warner) Holton, we learn that Paul Mandell was a merchant of New
Bedford, and left there because his aristocratic nature could not brook the idea that

*Capt. Samuel* m. 2d on the 26 May, 1070, Ann Bright, b. 17 March, 1644, dau. of Henry and Ann
(Gtoldstone) and sister of Beriah who m. Isaac Fowle, unole of his first vif e. [See Chart IX, page
113, and serial number 1112.]

tMartha Woodbridge was dan. of Rev. John and Mercy (Dudley) who was dau. of Gov. Thomas
Dudley, and sister of Ann, the poetess, wife of Got. Simon Bradstreet, Patience, wife of Maj. Gen.
Daniel Dennison, and of Got. Joseph Dudley, whose son Paul was Chief Justice of Massaohosetts.
[3ee 1112 this book, also page 25 Appendix Winslow Memorial.1

F DescendcmU ofAlexcmder* Holton^ 175

his apprentice should presume to compete with him in trade in the same city — Whence
his removal to Hardwick, thereby placing his family where educational advantages
were few, and throwing upon himself and wife the task of educating their children.
For this duty, fortunately, they were both well qualified, Mrs. Mandell having been
educated with her brothers, one of whom at least. Brig. Gen, Timothy Buggies was a
graduate of Harvard College ; consequently, Mrs. Hannah (Mandell) Warner though
highly educated was never a student at any school.]

[For fuller records of the Ruggles family and others allied to them by marriage
see Appendix of Winslow Memorial.]

Children of Jonathan-Warner^ and Charlotte-B. (Perry) Holton :

1202. 1. Ellen-Mama", b. 15 Nov. 1830, Jennings Co., Ind. ; married at Valpa-

raiso, Porter Co., Ind., 12 Sept. 1865, Lewis Mosier.

Child:

1203. 1. Catharine-Louisa*, b. 15 Dec. 1866, Porter Co., Ind.

1204. 2. John*, b. 18 Feb. 1833, Jennings Co. Ind; d. 11 Apr. 1843, at Crown

Point, Ind.

1205. 3. Martha*, b. 23 Feb. 1839, Crown Point, Lake Co., Ind. ; d. there 19 Jan.

1840.

1206. 4. Alexakdbr*, b. 14 July, 1841, C. P. ; d. there, 3 May, 1843.

1207. 5. Catharine*, b. 12 Jan. 1845, C. P. ; m. 7 Apr. 1863, Philip Lonks, of

Canada West, b. 23 Apr. 1837. He is of Dutch and English descent.

Res. 1879, Ste/oem Creehy IVhUe Go.^ Arl.

Children bom at Wheeler, Porter Co., Ind. :

1208. 1. Warren-Lincoln*, b. 27 Jan. 1864.

1209. 2. Jonathan- Wilber-Augustus", b. 2 Nov. 1868,

1210. 3. Perry-Holton*, b. March, 1871.

1211. 6. Charlotte*, b. 2 May, 1849, Deep River, Lake Co., Ind,

1212. 7. Perry*, b. 24 Feb. 1852, Deep River; died there 18 Apr. 1855.

1213. WILLIAM-AUGUS'nJS-WARNER% [636] {Alexander*, Bethiah* (Farwell)
Holton, William^, Isaac*, Joseph^, Henry^,) b. 15 May, 1809, New Hardwick, Vt. ;
married, 8 Feb. 1846, Bemetta Vosburg, b. 1 Nov. 1828, dau. of Barnet and Sarah
(Ballard) of Crown Point, Ind. Mr. Holton was the first Recorder of Lake Co., Ind.
Farmer and fruit grower. Res. Deep River and Crown Point, Ind,

Children all bom in Crown Point, Ind. :

1214. 1. Harriet-Ann*, b. 14 Aug. 1847, Crown Point ; d. 28 Aug. 1847.

1215. 2. CHARLBB-AtTGTTSTUs- Warner*, b. 1 Aug. 1 848 ; m. Apr. 1873, Elizabeth

Dyke of McComb, Hancock Co., Ohio.

Res. 1879, LtnneuB, Lynn Co,j Mo,

1216. 3. Sarah-Frances*, b. 7 Feb. 1850; d. 24 Feb. 1858.

176 FarweU Memorial K

1217. 4. JoHN-DuMONT*, b. 25 Nov. 1851 ; died in Kansas, 17 Sept. 1875.

1218. 5. Oliye*, b. 8 Feb. 1853, d. 23 Sept. 1853.

1219. 6. George", b. 11 Aug. 1856, d. 9 July, 1858.

1220. 7. Willi AM- Augustus- Warner*, b. 3 July, 1859.

1221. 8. Francis*Alexander% b. 13 Dec. 1868.

1222. HARRIET, [637] (Alexander*, Bethiah* (Farwell) Holton^ JVUliam\
Isaat^y Joseph*, Henry^,) b. at Vevay, lud. 1 Nov. 1818; married, near Crown Point,
Ind., 8 Jan. 1846, Asahel ALBEE, b. Barton Vt. 17 Dec. 1816, son of Benjamin and
Sophia (Vance) of that place; later of Henry, Marshall Co., 111. and Crown Point,
Lake Co., Ind.*

Mr. Albee settled in Wheatland, Bureau Co., Illinois, where he has since resided.
Farmer Address, TitkUtoa, Bureau Co,, III.

Children :

1228. 1. Maria*, b. 19 Nov. 1846 ; m. 22 Dec. 1863, Elisha-P. De Maranville, b. 1
July, 1825, in Thompkins Co., N. Y., son- of Nehemiah and Phebe
(Parish) originally of Massachusetts, subsequently of Milo, HL She d.
Wheatland, 4 Jan. 1871.

Children :

1224. 1. Chloe", b. 25 Dec. 1865, Tiskilwa, Bureau Co., 111.
1224*. 2. Henry% b. 11 Feb. 1870.

1225. 2. Charles* b. 20 July, 1848.

1226. 8. Alma*, b. 5 May, 1850 ; m. Princeton, 111., 27 Oct. 1875, Alvin-Eugene

Willard, b. 22 Dec. 1846, at Great Falls, N. H., s. of Fabens and Hannah
( .) Machinist in watch factory, Elgin, 111.

1227. 4. Seraph*, b. 80 July, 1852; d. 28 Aug, 1852. .

1228. 6. Miriam*, b. 2 Aug. 1854; m. Princeton, 111., 11 March, 1875, James-Byron

Swarthont, b. 8 July, 1850, Barrington, Yates Co., N. Y., son of James-
W. and Maria (Wright) of State of N. Y. Farmer.

Res. MilOf Bureau Co,, HI,
Child :

1228*. Ada-Elizabeth* b. 1 May, 1877, Mile.

1229. 6. Alexander', b. 1 Jan. 1858.

*Benjamin> Albee was in Braintree, Mass. 1641, was made a freeman there, 18 May, 1642. His son
Benjamin^ was b- at Medfleld I693. Mr. Savage names John of Braintree, 1640, and a John of Reho-
both who had a daughter Hannah, b. 10 Oct. 1673. We have partially traced several lines of this
name, but hare not as yet fully established the ancestral line of Asahel of Tiskilwa. This we hope to
give in the Holton Memorial Volumb. It may be found to be in a line from John Albree. b. in the
Island of New Providence in 1688, who came to Boston in 1700, where he m. in 1711 Elizabeth Green, •
cousin of ^T. Belcher.

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1230. Rev. PLINT-HOLTON', r631](5;j<AiaA«{Holton) White, miiiah^ (FarwdC)
Holton, wmiam*, Isaac\ Joseph'*, Emry^) b. 6 Oct. 1822, at Springfield, Vt. ; d. 24
April, 1869, at Coventry, Vt.

He was left fatherless when a little more than three years old, and his education
devolved upon his mother, a woman of great energy and force of character. His
early Junne acquired facility in reading and memorizing became, in later times, a
great aid to him in his official relations and pastoral duties, as he could in the pulpit
or elsewhere accurately and confidently repeat all the psalms and most of the chapters
of the Kew Testament and many of the other parts of the Bible, or any sections there-
of, as occasion suggested. His school privileges were only thode obtained at Limerick
So, Berwick where he was a student from his eighth to his filteenth year. He
was clerk in a store for a few years, then studied law with Hon. "Wm. C. Bradley of
Westminster, Vt. , and was admitted to the Windham County Bait 24 Nov. 1843,
it being the first session of Court after his arriving at the age of t'^enty-one.

He practised law in West Wardsboro from 15 Apr. 1844 till 31 March, 1848, in
Londonderry from the latter date till 1 February, 1851 ;and in Brattleboro from that
time till 25 December, 1852.

From 1 February, 1851 till the end of the year he was editor of the Brattleboro
Eagle, and during the next year was assistant editor. From January, 1853 to
August, 1857 was clerk in the manufacturing establishment of E. and T. Fair-
banks & Co. St. Johnsbury. From 15 Aug. 1857 to 7 May, 1858 was editor and
joint publisher of the Hampshire and Franklin Express at Amherst, Mass. He pur-
sued theological studies privately for a number of years ; preached his first ser-
mon at Westminster, Vt. 18 Apr. 1858, and was licensed at Amherst, Mass. 11 May
1858, by the Hampshire East Association. After preaching a few sabbaths each at
Barnardston, Mass. and Putney, Vt. ; he removed to Coventry, Vt. and commenced
his labors as acting pastor 8 August, 1858. In a few months a revival occurred by
which about twenty were added to the church. He was ordained 15 February, 1859.
Kev, George N. Webber preached the sermon. He remained in Coventry to the
close of his life 24 April, 1869.

His body was interred at Westminster, Windham county, Vt. 27 Apr. near the
graves of his grandparents Joel* and Bethiah* (Farwell) Holton, whose monument
ancestral stands in the same cemetery.

Temperance associations, with which he had long been an active co-laborer,
united in erecting a monument to his memory ; a few rods from that placed by order
of the Vermont legislature to commemorate an early step in the course of events
which established our national independence.

When about twenty years of age he commenced writing for the periodical press

and was a copious contributor to the newspapers and magazines during all the rest

of his life. At different times he wrote editorially for the Vermont Journal, Peoples

Journal, Newport Express, Caledonian, and Orleans Independent Standard. To the
ffistorical Magazine and Congregational Quarterly he contributed numerous historical
and biographical articles.

For the Vermont Record he furnished some hundreds of articles, most of them
relating to Vermont history and biography. Among them was a series of biograph-
ical notices of Alumni of Middlebury college, continued nearly every week for seve-

Seo. Pliny-Holton White.

ral years ; a series of biographies of Presidents of the Uni-eersity of Yermont, and a
series of Memoirs of €U>Temors of Vermont. He was the Vermont correspondent of
the C<m{frtgaiwnoXxA from 1852 till 1869. He wrote much for the New York O&aerMr,
The Ratland HeraJidy The Vermont ChrwiM/tx and contributed occasionally to
many other periodicals.

Among his published addresses and sermons were the following :

I. '* The €k>lden Age of Agriculture,*' an address before the Windham cotmty
Agricnltnral Society, at its Annual Fair, S Oct 1850.

2d, <* Religious Lessons from the Atlantic Telegraph,'' a sermon preached at

Coventry, Vt. 2 Aug. 1858.

8d, '* The life and Services of Mathew Lyon," an address pronounced October
80th 1858, before the Vermont Historical Society, in the presence of the Qenend
assembly of Vermont. Published Burlington, 1858, pp. 26, 8yo.

4. ''A History of Coventry, Orleans co. Vt" L-asburgh 1859, pp. 70, 8vo.

5. ** Death in the Btidst of Life," a sermon at the funeral of Henry-H. Frost.

6. *' Methuselah," a sermon preached at Coventry February 12, 1860. Published
in the Eerali of TrrUh, Vol. H. '

7. *• Home Duties in Time of War," a sermon delivered in Coventry, Vt. on the
occasion of the National Fast, Sept. 26, 1861.— Publbhedin the Orleans Independent
Standard, 11 Oct 1861.

8. ** Christian Patriotism," a sermon preached at North Troy, 25 May, 1862, in
commemoration of Lt Charles-F. Bailey, who died of a wound received in the skir-
mish at Lee's Mills, Va. 16 ApriL In the Orleans Independent Standardj 6 June,
1862.

9. A sermon preached at Coventry on occasion of the National Thanksgiving,
August 0, 1863. in the Orleane Ind. Standard^ 21 Aug. 1863.

10. A sermon occasioned by tho assassination of President Lincoln. Preached
at Coventry, 23 Apr. 1866. Brattlebero, 1865, pp. 20, 8vo.

II. *'The Ecclesiastical History of Vt.," an Essay read before the Gkneral Con-
vention of Vermoat at Newbury, June, 1866.

12 ** Jonas Galusha, the Fifth Gk>vemor of Vermont," a memoir read before the
Vt. His. Society at Montpelier, Oct 1866.

13. ** Annals of Salem," 8vo., pp. 4.

14. A sermon preached at Westminster, Vt. June 11, 1867, on the one hundredth
anniversary of the organization of the Cong, church* Bellows' Falls, 1867, pp. 27,8vo.

15. ''Manualof the Congregational church, Coventry, Vt" Montpelier, 1868,
pp. 19, 8vo.

16. History of Newspapers in Orleans county, 1868.

17. History of Westminster church. 1869, p. 20.

18. History of Orleans county churches. 1868, pp. 61.

In 1851 he was an assistant clerk of the Vermont House of Representatives. In
1852-3, he was Secretary of civil and military affairs to Gov. Fairbanks, was
the representative of Coventry in the Legislature of Vermont 1862 and 1863, and
Chaplain of the Senate 1864 and 1865. In November, 1863, he was appointed Sup-
erintendent of Recruiting in Orleans county, and held the office till the close of the
war; also held the same office in the Fifth Military District of Vermont, and
superintended the recruiting of the regiment. In November, 1862, he was appoint-
ed a member of the Vermont Board of Education, and, by repeated appointments,
held the office for six successive years, and was the author of the annual reports of
the Board ; was Superintendent of schools in St. Johnsbury one year, 1857, and in
Coventry two years 1862-1864; was chaplain of the third reg't of Vermont militia.

He was an earnest worker in the Temperance cause all his life, and at the time
of his death held the office of Grand Worthy Chief of the Independent Order of
Good Templers in the State of Vermont

^ Descendcmts of Bethiah* {Farwdl) Holton. 17&

Rev. Mr, White married at Belchertown, Maas., 11 May, 1847, Eleeta-Barber
-DickinsonGates, b. 18 Dec, 1821, at Belchertown, dam of Horace and Electa
(Dickinson) of that tor^ni. She resides, 1879, Amhenty Mass*

Children •

1231. 1. Makgaret-Elizabeth*, b. 21 Mar. 1849, Londonderry, Tt. ; graduated at
Tilden Ladies Seminary, West Lebanon, N. H. ; married, Amherst, ^lass.
13 July, 1870, Earle-Grey Baldwin, b. 9 Dec. 1848, Coventry, Vt., son of
John and Emeline (Thrasher) of Bolton, P. Q. Principal of Coventry
Academy, Vt. ; Belchertown High School, Mass. ; 1874, Norwalk, Ct.j
1876, High School, Palmer, Mass. ; 1878, Principal of Pittsfield High
School, I^Mass. Bes. Londonderry, Brattleboro, St. Johnsbury and Co-
ventry, Yt., Amherst, Belchertown and 1879, FUUflddy Mass,

Children :

128a. 1. William-EarleS b. 13 Dec 1871, Belchertown, Mass.

128a. 2. Winifred-May*, b. 12 Dec. 1875.

1284. 2. JoH]sr-ALEXAin>ER«, b. 15 Feb. 1851, Brattleboro, Vt. ; died there,,12 Aug.

1851.
1235. 3. WiLLiAM-HoLTON^, (named for William*, the first American ancestor) b. 1

Aug. 1855, St. Johnsbary, Vt. Dec. 1878, in junior class of Amherst

College.

1236. SETH-AENOLD^ [641] (Isaac*, Bethiah* (Parwell Holton, Wmiam\
Isaac*, Joseph^, Henry^,) b. Limerick, Me., 14 Nov. 1828 ; married, Fontanelle,
Nebraska, 4 Nov. 1857, Elizabeth Boe, bom in England, 4 Nov. 1826, and died at
Hillsgrove, McDonoogh Co., 111., 4 Jan. 1860. s.p. He married 2d, at 502 West 4th
St., Washington, D. C, 19 June, 1866, Margaret-Farley Shedd, b. 4 Mar. 1835, Balti-
more, Md., dau. of William-Poole and Catharme-Maria (Simms) of Washington.

Mr. Holton was a farmer till he enlisted, 15 Oct. 18C2, in his country's service.
Was immediately assigned to duty as Hospital Steward U. S. A., at Island Hall and
Stanton Hospitals, Washington, D. C, and College Hospital, Georgetown, D. C,
which position he held till July, 1863. From 1863, was Hospital Steward U. S. A.
at Medical Purveyor's office, Washington, under Capt. Henry Johnson, Medical Store,
keeper U.S. A., and Brev. lient. Col. Charles Sutherland, Asst. Med. Purveyor U. S.
A. Since 18C7, in 3d Auditor's office. Treasury Department, Washington.

Mr. H. has resided at Bellows Falls and Westminster, Vt., Hillsgrove and Gales-
baig, HI., Fontanelle, Neb., Washington, D. C. and,

1878, Bladenslmrff, Prince George's Co., Md.

Child:

1237. 1. WiLLiAM-TsAAc», b. Hyattsville, Prince George Co., Md., 26 Oct, 1872;
died there, 12 July, 1873.

1S88. EEBECCA-BANNEY^ [642] (^ac\ BetJiiah* (Parwell) Holton, lVm\
Imcsc^f Joseph^ Bsnry\) h. 3 Sept. 1830, Limerick, Me. ; married, Hillsgrove, 111., 7

180 Farwell Memorials ^

March, 1849, Rev. Joseph MASON, b. 4 Jan. 1812, Granby, Mass., son of Joseph and
Elizabeth (White) of Spencer, Mass. Res. Godfrey, Madison Co., UL

1289. 1. Edward-Auqttstub^ b. Spencer, "Worcester Co., Mass., 8 July, 1850.

1240. 2. Anna-Elizabeth', b. at Alton, 111., 10 Aug. 1856.

1241. 8. Clara', b. Hamilton, IlL, 81 March, 1862; died at Carthage, III., 22 May,

1864.

1242. Dr. JOHN-AMBROSE^ [643] (J«kkj«, Bdhiah* (Farwell) Holton, U^U-
liam\ Isaa^, Joseph^ Eenry\) b. at Bellows Falls, Vt., 12 Apr. 1832; d. 7 May, 1873
atArgenta, Pulaski Co., near Little Rock, Ark. ; married, Danbury, Fairfield Co.
Conn., 25 Kot. 1855, Adelaide Taylor, b. there, 8 Dec. 1888, dau. of Joel and Linda
(Adams) of Danbury.

Dr. Holton was a student at Knox College, Galesburg, 111. from 1851 to 1853;
at the Medical College, Keokuk, Iowa, where his cousin Edward Arnold was Pro-
fessor, from 1853 to 1855, when he graduated ]\I. D.; commenced practice of medicine
and dentistry at Macomb, III., and followed his profession, there and at Ilillsgrove,
till the totumn of 1858, when he removed to Stamford, Ct., and there remained in
the practice of dentistry till he enlisted as private at Hartford, Ct., 12 June, 1861, in
Co. I, 4th Reg. Conn. Vols., which was afterward the 1st Artillery. After one
month's service as private, he was detached as Acting Hospital Steward at Hagars-
^own and Baltimore, Md., in which capacity he continued till his discharge, 29 March,
1862. He immediately reenlisted as Hospital Steward in the regular army for three
years ; was soon detailed as clerk in the Medical Purveyor's ofBce, which position he
held in Washington, till from exposure in the discharge of his duties he had an
attack of lung disease, attended by hemorrhage. It was therefore decided by the
army officers in Washington that it was for his own and the best interests of the
service that he should perform the duties of Hospital Steward and Assistant Surgeon
in the milder climate of Alberquerque, New Mexico. Accordingly, in the winter of
1864, he left Washington and entered on his duties at that place. He remained in
Kew Mexico, mostly at A., till the fall of 1866, when he returned north, and the fol-
lowing winter attended medical lectures at the Jefferson Med. Coll. Philadelphia,
His lung difficulty returning, he again sought a milder climate, and took up his resi-
dence at Argenta, near Little Rock, Ark., where he died of consumption in the
triumphs of the gospel faith and hope 7 March, 1873.

Children ;

1243. 1. Plint-Whitb-Tatlor', b. Stamford, Conn. 10 June, 1860.

1244. 2. Linda', b. Danbury, Conn. 17 Nov. 1864.

J*>#45. 3. Jobl-Hbrbert', b. Vineland, N.J., 7 Sept. 1867.

1246. Rev. CHARLES-AUGUSTUS^ A. B., [644] {Imoc^ BethiaJi* (Farwell)
flolton, JVilliam*, Isaac*, Joseph*, Eenry\) b. Bellows Falls, Vt., 8 March, 1834 ;
married, Prospect Grove, Scotland Co., Mo., 19 Aug. 1868, Mary-Elinor Yeager, b.
6 March, 1842, Phillippa, Barbour Co., West Ya., dau. of Daniel and Lucretift

F CharUs-Augustua'' Holton and Descendants* 181

(Holder) of Prospect Grove. Mrs. Holton died at the United Brethren Parsonage,
Five Mile Grove, Livingstone Co., III.,* 10 Sept. 1870. ** She bade her husband and
friends farewell with calm and cheerful words, and left the additional testimony of
an earnest Christian life " [from Obit.]

He married 2d, on the 4th of May, 1873, Mary-Elizabeth Hopper, b. 1 Feb. 1852^
dau. of Abraham and Elizabeth (Hayden, d. of Clement, brother of Luther of Hunt-
ington, L. L) of Ozark, Christian Co., Mo.

Mr. Holton graduated at Knox College, Galesburg, 111., in the summer of 1858.
He enlisted for three years on the 28th anniversary of his birth (8 Mar. 1862) **as a
true soldier to do battle for my country and her glory." His enlistment oath was
taken at Macomb, HI. He was sent to Chicago and remained in Camp Douglas till
June 24, when his regiment, the 65th 111., was ordered to report in Virginia and was
stationed at Martinsburg till lltli Sept., when it fell back to Harper's Ferry, and four
days later surrendered as prisoners of war ; exchanged 10 Jan. 1863, and 22 Apr
was en route for Kentucky ; remained in camp in Lexington, partly on account of^
small-pox among the soldiers, six weeks ; and in June proceeded up the Ohio to
Catlettsburg, thence up the Big Sandy to Beaver River, doing duty in that region till
August, when the regiment returned to Lexington, and thence to Camp Nelson, and
there remained till Gen. Burnside began his march across the Cumberland Mountains,
Reacliing Knoxville September 5th, they participated in besieging that city. About
Christmas, the army, or that portion of it to which Mr. H. belonged, was put on
short rations, subsisting on parched corn and ** marching at that."

At the expiration of his three years service he reenlisted as a veteran and was
mustered in at Lanesville, 7 Apr. 1864. After a furlough of thirty days rejoined
his regiment at Kingston, Ga., in which remained till after the fall of Atlanta; subse-
quently reportedto Gen. Thomas and marching from place to place watched the move-
ments of Hood till that General was "outh eroded." He was discharged 13 July,
1865; visited hisfriends, and proceeded to Chicago where he spent a few months in
studying telegraphy ; returned to Cai'thage where he was express agent, studying
meanwhile for the ministry.

In the fall of 1867 he was licensed to preach by the M.E. Central 111. Conference,
and sent to Blandersville ; in the fall of 1868, was stationed at Kew Michigan,
Livingston Co., 111. ; 1869 took a dismissal from the M. E. Church and joined the
United Brethren, but preached one year after for the Central 111. Conference at Fair
bury, Livingston Co. ; he received ordination 14 Sept. 1877, at Arrowsmith, McLean
Co., HI., at the hands of Hev. J. Weaver, Bishop; settled in Blackstone, Livingstone
Co., where he has since resided.

Rev. C. A. Holton has been postmanster in B. since 1871, and justice of the
peace from 1875 to 1877. Though in deviation from genealogical practice we give
the name with serial number of his adopted son.

Children :

1247. 1. Waltbb-Fat«, b. Five Mile Grove, Livingston Co., HI., 3 May, 1870.

1248. 2. Habbt-Lorenzo (adopted by decree of Court) b. 25 Nov. 1869, and died 1

Nov. 1876,

183 Fernsy Whitmare, Parker^ F

1249. JULIA-ESTHER', [645] {Ima^, Bethiah* (Parwell) Holton, WiUiaw!'
lioac^^ Joseph* y Senry",) b. 28 March, 1836, Hillsgrovc, McDonougb (Jo., 111. ; married
there, 20 Aug. 1857, Hiram-Gano FEEEIS, born at Howard, Steuben Co., N. Y., 13
Hay, 1822, eon of Stephen and Eunice (Beebe) of Fountain Green, 111. Lawyer.

Res. Carthage^ Haneock Co,, lU,

Children all bom at Carthage:

1250. 1. JuNiTJfl-HoLTON*, b. 24 June, 1858; grad. A.B., at Carthage College, May,

1878, and was spending the following summer yisiting points of interest in
California.

1251. 2. Esta-Maud*, b. 81 Ang. I860; 1878, Student in Carthage Coll.

1252. 8. STKpnEN-HoLT02?% b. 13 Sept. 1862- 1878, **

1253. 4. Julia*, b. 17 June, 1866.

1254. 6. Ellen*, b. 4 Sept. 1867.

1255. 6. Phebk*, b. 15 Dec. 1869.
1266. 7. HiRAM-BuBNS*, b. 25 Jan. 1872.
12^7. 8. Joel-Edwabd*, "b. 2 Jan. 1874.

1258. EDWm-PARKER% [649] (Orra- Waf (Parker) Whitmore, fflkaibeth* (Par-
well) Parker, WiUiam\ Iscuu^, Ja8^h\ Eenry\) b. 22 Jan, 1808, Lebanon, N. H. ;
married, 16 Nov. 1837, at Springfield, Yt, Mary-Elizabeth Chase, b. 10 Dec. 1820,
S.,dau. of Jonathan and Susan (Fisher) of S. She died at Springfield, 12 July,
1841.

Mr. Whitmore, after attaining his majority, remained a few years on the farm in
Korth Charlestown, N. H., before entering on his career as a merchant in Springfield,
Vt. After several years of success in mercantile pursuits in that place, he removed
to New York City and became editor and one of the proprietors of the *' Farmer and
Mechanic" ; held an interest and an editorial position in ^*The Artizan," and was
also connected with other papers and magazines ; subsequently, he furnished collec-
tions of books to town and Sunday-school libraries.

Many years since he spent considerable time and money in the collection of re.
cords of the Whitmore, Parker and Farwell families^ which he has generously fur.
nished to the compilers of this volume, and in various ways contributed to the pro-
gress of their genealogical and patriot orphan work, being from the organization of
the Institute of Reward an efScient co-laborer and vice-president of the eociety. [See
Winslow Memorial, page 890.]

In 1870 he was called as an executor of the estate of his brother, Horace-M., to
Oalif omia, the settlement of which has since required his attention and residence in
San Francisco.

His unostentatious, orderly and efiicient habits of life and business are worthy
of imitation.

Children bom in Springfield :

1259. 1. Susan-Elizabeth*, b. 25 May, 1889t married at Springfield, 4 Aug. 1864,
William- Augustus Wileox> bom 4 Sept. 1839, Middlebury, Yt., son of

y Hamlin Whitmtre amd Descendants, 183

Augustus-Benjamin and Glarisfca (Jewett) of Middlebury. [Augustus-B.
was b. 12 Aug. 1795, Madison, Ct. ; d. there, 19 May, 1844 ; Clarissa
Jewett b. in New Haven, Vt, 9 Sept. 1S06. They were married at
Middlebury, 22 June, 1829.] Res. Alton, 111., Rockport, Mass., Middle-
bury, and, 1879, SpHngfldd^ Vt

Children :

1260. 1. Maie-Lizzie*, b. 2 July, 1888, Alton, Madison Co. III.

1261. 2. Carrie-Emma*, b. 1 Apr. 1889, Rockport, Essex Co., Mass.

1262. 2. Mabian-Pabker% b. 16 Feb. 1841 : married, 10 Jan. 18G5, at Weathers-

field, Vt.. Daniel- Augustus Wheeler, b. 8 July, 1839, Weathersfield, son
of Artemas and Sarah (Harlow) of W.

Res. Rockport, Mass., and PerhinamUe, Windsor Co.^ VI*
Child :

1263. 1. Edwin-Whitmore*, b. 23 July, 1868, Rockport, Mass.

1264 HAMLIN^ [650] {Ora-West* (Parker) Whitmore, Elizabeth'' (Farwell)
Parker, WiUiam*^ Isaac* ^ Joseph^ ^ Hmry\) b. 5 March, 1609, Lebanon, N. H. ; mar-
ried, at Springfield, Vt., 16 Nov. 1837, Seloma- Whiting Sawyer, b. 10 July, 1818,
Reading, Vt., dau. of Benjamin-H. and Maranda (Whiting) of Reading. She died
4 Sept. 1877, at Springfield.

[Benjamin Sawyer was born 22 May, 1793 ; Maranda Whiting, b. 6 May, '1792, d.
12 Jan. 1867. They were married, 19 June, 1817.]

Mr. Whitmore is an amateur farmer and a manufacturer, being the chief pro-
prietor of a woolen factory in Springfield, Vt. Res. Springfield^ Vt.

Children bom in Springfield, Vt. :

1265. 1. Oscab-Hamlin% b. 18 Jan. 1839; d. same day.

1266. 2. Bknjamin-Fbanklin% b. 28 Aug. 1840; d. 7 Oct. 1840, Springfield.
1267 3. Adin-Hamlii?'*, b. 31 March, 1843; enlisted in the army, and having been

educated in a military college, became drill master to the regiment, and
was acknowledged to be the best tactician and drill officer in the brigade ;
was Acting Sergt. Major and Major. His regiment was held for the
defence of Washington ; was on guard and picket duty from 23 Oct.
1863, to the time of mustering out in Sept. 1864, and participated ia
the battle of Gettysburg in common with other Vermont troops, fighting
<* Uke old soldiers." He became ill with camp fever and was discharged
for disability.

Mr. W. has been engaged with his father in the manufacturing of
woolen goods.
1268. 4. Noel-Mott', b. 7 Sept. 1845 ; died, 24 Nov. 1872, Springfield, Vt. He
completed his school education at Bishop Hopkin's school, Burlington,
Vt. ; commenced business in 1865 in the shawl department of H. B.
Claflin <& Co., New York City, remaining there five years. Upon leaving
that firm he connected himself with a commission house in N. Y. (Wisner
& Townsend), taking charge of the shawl account; and spending a part

184 Fa/rweU Memanal. ^

of his time at the mills in Walden, N.T., and doing the designing for
the same. In this he was remarkably successful. The head of the whole-
sale department of A. T. Stewart & Co. informed the writer that Hr.
Whitmore's designs the year previous to his death were the best in do-
mestic goods which the American market afforded.

While in the employ of Claflin & Co., he contracted a disease,
which became chronic, and finally terminated his brief but efficient
career 24 Nov. 1872.

1260. 5. AoNES-SsiiOMA*, b. 4 Aug. 1851; married 1876, George-Washington
Pricliards. Lawyer. 1878, Hot Springs, Arls.

1270. 6. Jebvis-John", b. 28 Mar. 1856. He was residing, 1878, Jacksonville, Fla.

1271. JOSEPH-FLAGG\ [652] (Orra- West* {Parlcer) Whitmore, EUzdbeth* {Far- I

wit) Parker, WlUiam^, Isacu^, Joseph^, IIenry\) b. 22 Dec. 1811, Lebsnon, N.H:; d. j

a few years since; ni. at Hartford, O., 15 Mar. 1837, Maria Hayes, b. 13 Dec. 1817, '
H., dau. of Judge Richard, b. 6 Jan. 1771, d. 5 Nov. 1837, and Mary (Lane), b. 15
Apr. 1773, d. 3 Aug. 1840. Mrs. Whitmore married, 2d, Benjamin Carpenter, and

1878, resided at Crystal Lake, 111. Farmer. Res. Cleveland and PainewUle O. ■

Children :

1272. 1. Ellbn-Loui8a«, b. 17 Apr. 1838; died at West Andover, O , 6 Sept. 1857.

1273. 2. Lucia-Estella', b. 24 July, 1839; m. George-B. Stone, of Painesville,

Lake Co., O. Mr. Stone holds some responsible position on the Lake

Shore railroad, with which he has been connected for twelve years. j

1274. 8. Hayes-Giddikqs', b. 23 Aug. 1844; died at West Andover, 19 Jan. 1866. j

1275. 4. Mart-Josephine^, b. 24 Dec. 1848; m. at Andover, O., 18 Dec. 1867, I

Osman-Smith King, of Sheriden, N. Y. ; b. 10 Sept. 1844, son of Alexan-
der and Louisa (Francisco) of Yineland, N. J.

Res. Painesville and ZanesviUe^ O.
ChUd :

1276. 1. Hayes-Gidding8% b. 24 Dec. 1868, Painesville, O.

1277. HENRY-SYLVESTER^ [654] {Orra- West (Parker) Whitmore, Eiuabeth\
(Parwell) Parker, lVm.\ Ikuu^, Joseph*^ Eenry\) b. 28 Oct. 1818, at Charlestown,
N.H., m. 25 Nov. 1847, Charlestown, Mass., Mary-Ann Vamey, b. 16 June, 1826, O.
only child of Shadrack and Mary-Ann (Rice, b. Boston, 12 Nov. 1799) of Ch'town.

Mr. Whitmore was formerly engaged in mercantile pursuits but has retired from
business, enjoying the fruits of his active life in a convenient and tasteful home^
whose grounds have been laid out and ornamented chiefly in accordance with his
own tastes and the labor of his own hands. Res. Boerett^ Middlesex Co,, Mass,

Children :

1278. 1. George-Hobacb*, b. 8 March, 1850, Newton Comers, Middlesex Co.,

Mass. Hes. Everett, Mass.

1279. 2. Ella-Gbbtrudb^, b. 1 Sept. 1854. Newton Corners.

1280. 8. Edwin-Henby*, b. 4 Nov. 1856, Chelsea, Essex Co., Mass,

1281. 4, Adelaidb-Fbahcbs*, b. 2 June, 1858, Chelsea.

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186 iTidex to Charts Contained in the Fo/rweU Ancestral Memorial' F

INDEX TO CHARTS.

Cluurts.

I. English Farwell Families, • • • •

n. Simeon' Farwell, • • . - •

in. Henry', Joseph', Joseph', his five brothers and three sisters,

IV. Daniel* Farwell, .....

V. Hoar Family, a Parallel Chart, ....

VI. Elizabeth' (Farwell) Parker,

Vn. Holton, Dea. William', John', Wm', a Radial Chart, ,

VnL Henry^ Farwell, Sieze-quartiers Chart, . .

IX, Nancy^ (Jackson) Farwell, " . . «

X. Ancestral and Descendental Groupings, . •

XI. Whitmore Ancestral, a Parallel Chart, *. • •

Xn. Farwell, Henry*, Joseph', Isaac', . . ^

XVL Dea. Benjamin* Parsons, . . • •

XYIL Ancestry of Descendants of Elizabeth' Farwell, •

XYHL Stoddard & Lovell, a parallel chart, • « •

XIX. Cook, Carpenter & Parsons, *' • »

OTHBB PAGES :

Page.

• ••

• • •

VUl.

15.

80, 81.

22*.

52, 53.

82.

75.

76.

134*.

102.

185.

95.

96.

154*.

x54*.

\*

Explanation of Charts,^

Ancestral Honument,

Map of a Section of Swanzey, N. H.

Map of a part of Westminster, Yt.

General Index. . . • •

Supplemental Index of Topics and Places.

85, 86, 61, 72, 73, 74, 77, 78, 79.

• • • « 58«

, . . 154«.

. 154'».

from 187 to 206.

. 240.

INDEX.

!• Arabic figures immediately following names refer to serial numbers.

2. Figures preceded by p. or pp. refer to page or pages.

3. Ch. followed by Roman notation refers to chart or charts, and, to find their page

reference see the Table of Charts on page 186.

4. G. R. C. refers to the grand radial chart of Henry FarwelPs descendants, through

Elizabeth* (Farwell) Parker— one of the grand folio in preparation for the bi-
; r centen^l 1976. [See page 36.]*

Abbot, Olive p. 45. '' ' "
Abbott, Amos p. 83.
Adames, John p. 4.

Adams, Judge p. 70.
Abigail* (Smith) p. 113.
Albert 880.
Alice* 269.
Charles- Albert* 883.
Edward -Gary p. 141.
Edward -Gary* 882.
Elizabeth -Anna 928.
Florence-Luella* 885
Jasper p. 142.

/. 7

Albrough, John p. 103.

Alexander, Mehetabel, pp.

50, 84.
Allen, Abigail 435.

Benjamin pp. 31, 51, 54.

Betsey p. 153.

David 558, pp. 74, 137.

James p. 90.

Lucinda 1050.

Mind well p. 98.

Oliver p. 168.

Oliver-Lewis 1049.

Prudence 433.

Rachel 266.

Hon. and Pres. John p.

113.
Hon. and Pres. John-Q*. ^ngy, Elizabeth-Hemenway

pp. 76, 113, ch. IX
Jonathan 267.
Jonathan* 27, 627.
Linda p. 180.
Mary 91.
Mary-Eliza* 881.
NelUe- Alberta* 884.
Submit* 268.

Albee, Alexander* 1229.
Alma* 1226.
Asahel 1222.
Benjamin p. 176.
Charles* 1225.
Hannah-Seviah 1090.
Margaret- A Ibro* (White-
horn) 1048.
Maria* 1223.
Miriam* 1228.
William p. 158, 161.

p. 141.
Allis, Experience p. 134.

Ajidrews436.

Angell, Phebe p. 1 15.
Appleton, William p. 144.

Arnold. Amy- Adeline* 1120.
Asel-Edwin* 1121.

Arrington, Benjamin-
Franklin* 877.

Charles-Loadman* 876.

James 873.

James* 875.

Loadman p. 141.

Mary-Catherine* 874.

Stephen-Melvin* 878.
Arsdale, Rev. p. 137.
Atherton, Maj. General pp.
112, 113.

Margai-et p. 112.
Averill, John p. 55.

Mary p. 97.
Bacon p. 145.

John 97.

Polly p. 70.
Bagg, Thankful p. 97.
Bailey, Charles-F. p. 178.
Baker, George-W. p. 115.

Capt. Joseph p. 38.

Mahala-Jane 748.

Sarah* p. 110, ch. IX.
Balcom, Susan p. 98.

Charles-Lawrence* 1115. Baldwin, Abel 942.

Prof. Edward p. 180.
Electa-Isabel* 1116.
Frank-Dixon' 1122.
Henry-Thomas* 1117.
John-Franklin* 1114.
Joseph- Warren 1113.
MaryOlive-Alvira* 1118.
Phebe 640.
Seth p. 100. '
Thomas p. 162.

Dorothy 41, p. 49.
Earie-Grey 1231.
Edward- Lincoln* 953.
Emma-Caroline* 951.
Frank* 947.
Frank-Otis' 949.
Frederick- William^ 950.
George-Edward* 946.
HattieFlorence* 952.
Henry-Jackson* 944.

Samples of the pages of this grand folio, suitable for framing as parlor ornaments, may be
pnrohased of the publisher.

188

Index.

Baldwin, John p. 179.
Mary-Bartlett" 964.
Otis-Lincoln" 948.
William-Earle^ 1283.
William-Henry* 945.
Winifred-May* 1233.

Ballard, Jane pp. 165, 170.

Sarah p. 175.
Bancroft, Capt. p. 26.

Col. p. 40.

Abigail* 870.

Chloe* 378«.

Ebenezer 878, pp. 88, 89.

Ebenezer* p. 41.

Ebenezer* 378, pp. 41, 42.

Ebenezer* 878k*

Elizabeth* 368.

Elizabeth* 378\

Hepzibah* 875.

James* 872.

John^ p. 41.

Jonathan*. 874.

Jonathan^ p. 41.

Joseph-Farwell* Vl^\

Lois* 373.

Lucy* 378«.

Mary-Dandridge* 878'.

Rachel p. 41.

Rachel* 876.

Rebecca* 878*, 878*, p. 44.

Sarah* 871.

Susannah* 878*.

Thomas* p. 41.

Timothy p. 18.

Timothy* 866.

Timothy* 367.
Banks, Gen. p. 67.
Barber 543.

Barger, Martha p. 168.
Barlcer, Charles- W. pp. 120,

121.
Barnes p. 72.

Rev. Albert p. 156.

Mary p. 173.
Barney. p. 55.
Barret, Rebecca p. 44.
Barron, Jonathan 378f.

Oliver p. 43.
Bartlettp. 144.

Caleb p. 59.

Levi p. 147.

Susan- Walker 955.
Barton, Capt. David* p. 134.
Batchelor, Pamelia-C. 892.
Bateman, Rebecca p. 45.
Bates, Elizabeth*. 12.

Bates, John 9.

John* 11.

Lydia* 13.

Mary* 10.

Rebecca* 14.
Baugh, Melissa p. 158.
Beach, Isaac p. 111.
Bean, Charles p. 142.

Martha-Maria 891.
Beard, Andrew p. 62.
Beebe, Eunice pp. 153, 182.
Beers, Richard* p. 44.

Sarah* p. 44.
Beckwith, Sarah p. 146.
Belcher, WilUam-H. p. 144,

145.
Belding, Jonathan p. 84.
Bell, ^usan-Pope p. 153.
Bellows, Benj. pp. 61, 62,

87.
Bemis, Fanny-Ann* 806.

George-Luke* 689.

Judson-Cogswell* 816.

Judson-Moss* 815.

Judson-Stephen* 808.

Xuke 688.

Miriam-Farwell* 807.

Stephen 804, pp. 74, 108.

Stephen-Allen* 805.
Bennett, Elizabeth p. 61.

Moses p. 59.
Bigelow, James p. 25.

Patience 124.
Billings, Mary p. 140.
Bixby p. 74, ch. VIIL

Rebecca p. 60.

Sarah, pp. 74, 89, ch.
VIIL
Blanchard, Esther 349, p. 39.

Jonathan*, 466.

Capt. Joseph pp. 87, 89.

Joseph 466. pp. 17, 62.

Joseph* p. 62.

Rebecca pp. 61, 62.

Susannah 855, p. 40.

Tliomas p. 20.
Bliss Rev. Edwin p. 171.

Rev. Isaac p. "171.

Mary p. 133.
Blodget William p. 41.
Blood, p. 74, ch. VIIL

Abel* 228*.

Ann* 189, 228g.

Benjamin* (182.

Benjamin* 184.

Catharine 185.

Blood, Deborah* 186.
Edmund* 185.
Elizabeth* 228*.
Eunice* 183.
Hannah pp. 73, 74, 83,

101, ch. vra.

Hannah* 228*.

John p. 30.

Joshua* 187.

Mary* 228i.

Moses 228.

Moses* 228«.

Nathaniel p. 28.

Nathaniel* 228^^.

Rachel* 188, 228'.

Sarah* 228*.

Sewall* 2281.

Simon p. 28.
Bolton, Rebecca 492.
Bonny, Elijah p. 100.

Sarah* (Root) p. 100.
Bostocke, Thos. p. 109.
Bosworth, Jemima p. 68.
Botsford, Olive p. 146,
Botts, Mary- Jane 1040.

Wm. Oscar p. 154.
Bou telle, Abby-Marshall*
909.

Amy-Farwell* 297.

Catharine 789, p. 74.

Charles- Augustus* 907.

Dorcas- Wetherbee* 912.

Frank-Lyman" 925.

Qeorge-Farwell" 908.

Mary-Hill* 911.

Nathaniel pp. 136, 142.

Nathaniel-George" 910.

Nathaniel Seaver 906.

Ralph-Upton* 926.

Rebecca-Emily* 921.
Bowers, Jesse p. 63.
Boynton, Mary p. 44.

Nathaniel p. 44.
Bradley, Gen. Stephen-
Rowe p. 99.

Hon. William-C. pp. 100,
177.
Bradstreet, Ann (Dudley)
p. 174.

Gov. Simon pp. 110, 174.
Brainerd, Clarissa p. 150.
Brazer, James 462.
Brenington, Nancy p. 161.
Bridges, Col. p. 42.
Brigham, Asa p. 35.

Thankful 339.

»*

Index.

189

Bright, Ann' p. 174.

Beriah' 839, pp. 113, 174.

Henry* p. 113.

Heuryi pp. 79, 113, 114,
174, ch. IX.

Henry* p. 1 14, ch. IX.

Jemima* pp. 113, 114, ch.
IX.

John* p. 114.

Margaret* (Jackson) p.
114, ch. IX.

Mary' p. 113.

Nathaniel* pp. 113, 114,
ch. IX.

Thomas p. 113.

Thomas^ p. 114.

Walter^ p. 114.
Briles, Alexander p. 163.

Alice-Ettie* 1162.

Effie-Jane* 1160.

Elisha* 1164.

Elizabeth* 1165,

John-Franklin 1159.

Sarah-Olive* 1161.

Sarah-Koxana 1148.
Brooke, Thomas p. 4.
Brooks, Gov. p. 42.
Brooks, p. 155.

Anna 110, p. 45.

Benjamin p. 43.

Daniel p. 24.

Joshua p. 24.

Thomas p. 24.
Brown, 137, 147, 193.

Abbie-Farwell* 841.

Abigail 100.

Anna 388.

Benjamin 58, 839, pp. 90,
139.

Benjamin-Franklin* 840.

Charles p. 139.

Charle8-Farwell*843.

Edward-Jackson* 842.

Edward-Lyman* 844.

Eli p. 126.

Francis, D. D. p. 99.

Frederick-Lyman* 847.

Frederick-Hamilton* 846.

Harriet 378^.

Henry-Smith 1043.

Jane-Farwell* 848,

John p. 126.

Josiah 139.

Mary-Eliza 842.

Patience p. 25,

Rebecca p. 61.

Brown, William, p. 155.
Bruns, Felix-R. p. 127.
Brush, Addie-Frances** 382.

Walter-Franklin 382.
Bryans, Mary-1. p. 44.
Bryant, Rev. p. 169.

Mrs. p, 170.
Buchanan, p. 129.
Bucknam, Albert p. 138.

Dexter 829.
Bulkley, Peter p. 3.
Bullard, Abigail 484.
Bullock, Ex-Gov. p. 165.
Burbank, Alfred-Allen, 822.

Charles- Sumnert 821.

Edgar-David* 820.

Ethel-S. 823.

Frank-Farwell* 819.

Silas-David 818.
Burchard, Roxana p. 134.

Thomas* p. 134.
Burge, John p. 11.
Burks, Capt. John p. 84.
Burnside, Gen. p. 181.
Burrage, Elizabeth- Smith
789.

Josiah p 136.
Burridge, Elizabeth-Smith

p. 74.
Burroughs, Eliza 1179.

John p, 171.
Burt, Judge p. 100.

Dea. p. 170.

Elizabeth' (Root) p. 100.

Phineas p. 69,
Burton, Esther p. 155.
Busse, William p. 3,
Butler, Gen. p. 67.
Butterfield, John p. 42.

Joseph 378% p. 42.

Leonard p. 171.

Leonard- Emerson 1184.
Butters, James p. 107.

James-Lawrence 733.

Sarah-Ida* 734.
Buttrick, Amos p. 105.

Amos- Warren 690.

Helen- Viora* 692.
Byshop, Enoch p. 83,
Cady, Daniel p. 70.

Mary 71, p. 69.
Campbell, Philo p. 135.

Solomon-Gushing 787.

Wallace-Farwell* 788.
Capen, Hepzibah ch. VIII.
Caper, Hepzibah ch. VIU.

Caper or Capen, Mary*, p,

89, ch. VHL
Carpenter, Benjamin, p".

Hannah p. 158.

Polly 430.
Carr, John ch. XI.
Carter, Albert-W*. 1001.

Anna-Farweir 973.

Beatrix 585.

Betsey 585.

Carrie- Adele* 993.

Charles-Farweir 999.

Cornelia* 994.

Edmund-Thomas* 971.

Elijah pp. 90, 92.

Eliza-Addelle* 996.

Eunice-Lincoln'' 603.

Frank p. 150.

Frederick* 1000.

George-Dennis* 1002.

Hannah- Ann* 972.

Herbert-Franklin* 992.

Ida-Elizabeth* 997.

John p. 93.

Lucius 990.

Mary-Anne* 990.

Nathaniel 596, p. 93.

Samuel', 970.

Samuel-Edmund* 998.

Sybil' 600.

Sybil-Eunice* 995.

Thomas 596, ch. XL

Thomas' 989.

Vashti 565.

Wilfred* 991.
Cary, Lucy p. 158.

Rebecca 114.

Thomas-G. p. 144.
Castleline, Catharine p.

135.
Chace, Mary-Elizabeth
1258.

Nancy p. 150.
Chaffee, Lydia 510.
Chamberlain, John 354.
Chambers, Rev. Dr. p. 125
Chandler p. 97.

Mary-Dana, pp. 172, 173.
Chaplain, Hannah-Page

849.

William p. 139.
Chaplin, Rev. Daniel p. 26.
Chapman, Rev. George-T.

p. 99.
Charles II* p. 38.
Chase, Rev. John p. 151.

190

Index^

Chase, Jonathan p. 182.

Kate-Matilda 1004.
Cheeney, J-B. p. 89.
Cheney, John 146.
Cheevers Ames p. 11.
Cheritree, Paul-Theodore*
939.

Sheldon p. 146.

Th eod or e-Frelinghuy sen
938, p. 145.
Child, Elizabeth p. 25.
Claflin, H. B. & Co. p. 183.
Clapp, Mark.Richards629.
Clark, Alice-D. 896.

Rachel p. 142.

Thomas pp. 14, 16.
Clough, Martha p. 173.
Cobb, Albert* 711.

Alvin* 712.

Charles-Frederick* 702.

Davis* 707.

Emma- Jane* 705.

Parwell-Osbome* 700.

Frank-Eugene* 704.

George-Wallace* 703.

Hannah-Maria* 717.

Heni7*7l4.

Henry-Albert* 701.

Leonard 699.

Leonard-Davis 713.

Lizzie- Jane* 719.

Lizzie-Maria* 706.

Morgan p. 55.

Sybil* 708.

Timothy* 715.
Cobum, Mar^ p. 111.
Cogswell, Alice 815.
Coitt, Samuel 104.
Colbum p. 17.

Edward pp. 13, 14.

Hannah 45, pp. 74, 89,

ch. vni.

Colbum, John 59.

Thomas pp. 10, 14.
Coley, Nathaniel p. 108.

Sarah-Clapp 736.
Collier, Lucy 848.
Colman, Henry p. 99.
Conant 488.

Abel p. 164.

John-Calvin 1166.

John-Edwin* 1169.

WUliam-Holton* 1167.
Conaway, Peter p. 22.
Cone, Lemuel 536.
Cook, Samuel 875.

Cookscy p. 22.
Cooley, Emerette 763, pp.
119, 133.

Francis-Buell pp. 119,
184.

George p. 133.

Noah pp. 117, 133.
Coolidge, Elizabeth 106, ch.
V.

Mary*, p. 113, ch. IX.

Nathaniel* p. 113.

Simon* p. 113, ch.IX.
Corwith & Co. p. 14;J.
Gowden, Aber p. 85.
Cox, J-D. p. 128.
Cragin, Mrs. p. 46.
Crane, Willi am-Nevins 382.
Crarcy, Rachel 474.

John p. 64.
Crawford, Almy p. 137.

Gen. p. 123.
Crispe, p. 74, ch. VHL

Benjamin pp. 73, 74, ch.

vm.

Elizabeth p. 73, ch. VHI.
Cromwell, Oliver, p. 88.
Crosby 192.

Phebe 426.
Cross, Nathan p. 20.
Cummings, Sergt. p. 17.

Betty* 896.

Catharine* 389.

Elizabeth* 898.

Hannah* 386.

Hannah* 401 .

Rev. Henry* 887.

Jeramael 885 p. 18.

John p. 21.

Jonathan* 407«.

Jotham* 388.

Lois* 407*.

Mary 86.

Nancy* 400.

Noah* 407\

Noah* 406.

Polly* 405.

Rebecca* 407».

Sarah* 404.

Samuel p. 48.

Samuel-Gibson* 407.

Stephen* 397.

Stephen* 899.

Thomas p. 20.

William-P.* 403.
Gushing, Calista p. 135.

Nancy-Whiting p. 188,

Cutler, Ebenesser* p. 44.

Ebenezer* p. 44.

James* p. 44.

John* p. 44.

Sally p. 46.

Samuel* p. 44.

Sarah^ pp. 43, 44.
Catting, Mr. John p. 84.
Cuyler, Caroline-Emily
1066.

E-S. p. 159.
Dadman, John- J. 972.
Dana, Samuel p. 26.

Rev. Samuel p. 32.
Dane, Thomas p. 4.
Danforth, Abigail 467.
Darbe, William 93.
Darnell, Mary- Ann p. 154.
Davis, Gen. p. 123.

Jeff. p. 126.

Joseph' 890.

Samuel 889.

Sarah 143.
Day, p. 117.
Dean, Abby-Caroline* 981.

Abby-Eliza* 980.

Charles-Edward* 988.

Charles-Henry* 985.

Charles-Pinckney 973.

Effie- Augusta* 984.

Elvira- Ann* 987.

Capt. Francis p. 149.

George-Morse* 986,

Kate-Marion* 983.

Martha-Louisa* 974.

Mary p. 16.

Nathaniel-Carter* 982.

Sybil-Augneta* 978.
De Chartres, Due p. 124.
De Joinville, Prince p. 134.
Dell, Elizabeth (Bright) p.

118.
De Maranville, Chloe* 1224.

Elisha-P. 1223.

Henry* 1224*.

Nehemiah p. 17.
Denison, Maj. Gen. Daniel
p. 174.

Patience (Dudley) p. 174.
De Paris, Count p. 134,
Derby, Harriet p. 150.
Dexter, p. 144.
Dickinson, Electa p. 179.
Diggins, Emma-Jane 1009.

Sylvester p. 152.
Dimmick, Esther 419.

Index.

191

Dimmick, Shubael p. 50,
Binsmore, Mary p. 139.

Dr. Piiineas p. 189.
Divol, Ephraim 125.
Duan, John-N. p. 143.
Dodge, Joseph p. 59.

Stephen p. 150.

William-E. p. 127.

Wooster-Ferdinand 995.
Doney, James p. 155.
Dorr, Anna (Ruggles) p. 99.

Joseph p. 99.
Doublet, Tom p. 22.
Doaglas, Benaijah 98.

Hannah p. 185.
Downe, Harriet-Augusta'
665

Joseph p. 137.

Joseph, Jr. pp. 72, 92.

Louisa-Frances* 668.

Mary- Ann 817, p. 74.

Mary-Emeline* 672.

Sumner' 674.

Susan' 660.

Sybil-Ann' 673.

William 659.

William-Narramore* 675.

William-Stillman' 664.
Dresser, John* p. 89.

Mary p. 89.
Dudley, Goy. Joseph p. 174.

Mercy p. 174. ,

Paul, Ch. Justice p. 174.

Gov. Thomas p. 174.
Dunster p. 74, ch. VHI.

Faith pp. 72, 73, 74, ch.

vm.

Henry p. 73.
Durgan, Lucinda p. 139.
Durgin, Rev. Do W-H-Clin-

ton p. 139.
Duryea, Dr. pp. 122, 125.
Dyer, James p. 106.

Leonard-Farwell" 710

Louisa p. 100.

Myra 711.

Theodore- Jones 708.

Walter-Alvin' 709.
Dyke, Elizabeth 1215.
Earle, Jacob p. 159.

Sophia- Bigelow 1057.
Eastman, Mary p. 173.
Eaton, Abigail p. 41.

Betsey 664.

Naomi* (Root) p. 100.
Eddy, Joseph p. 55.

Edson, Charles p. 134.

Charles-Farwell' 776.

Epaph ras- Wadsworth
775

Nancy' 777.
Ed wards, Abigail pp. 57, 94.
Eldridge, 423, p. 50, G. R.
C*

Elisha p. 50.
Ellsworth p. 157.
Emerson, Alfred p. 104.

Rev. Joseph p 27.
Emery, Sidney-Patterson

741.
Endecott, [Endicott] Gov.

Jo. p. 4.
Esterbrook, Lephe p. 92.-
Fairbanks, Charles-L. 978.

Effie-Dean 979».

Gov. pp. 1^7, 178.

Hattie-Abbie' 979.

Jabez p. 40.

Robert-Frank 979»».

Seth-Phelps p. 149.

T. p. 177.
Fairchild, Rev. E-B. p. 138.
Farnham, Calvin-B. p. 145.

Mary-Mason 929.
Farnsworth, Dea. p. 26.

Ebenezer pp. 40, 88.

Isaac p. 40.

Lydia 361 p. 60.

Phila 547, G. R. C*

Sarah 429.

Stephen p. 83.
Farnum, Amanda-M.p. 15
Farrington, Thirzah p. 87.

Farwell, Abby' 764.
Abel-Goodrich'955,p.l44.
Abel-Wetherbee* 582.
Abigail* 364, 450, 469.
Abigail' 570, p. 90.
Abraham* 333, pp. 74, 88,
• 89, ch. vm.
Abraham' p. 34.
Alfred Allen' 825.
Almini' 938.
Anna* 139, 842.
Anna' 519, 596.
Anna' 758.
Anna-Pearl' 773.
Ann-Eliza' 853.
Ann-Elmira' 850.
Annette-Elizabeth 827.
Artemus-Simonds' 791.

Farwell, Arthur-B'. 799.
Arthur-George' 935.
Arthur-Lincoln' 767, p.

114.
Asa* 422.
Asa' 565.
Asa» 567, 961.
Asenath' 578.
Benjamin* 89.
Benjamin* 348.
Benjamin' 517.
Benjamin' 778, p. 74.
Bethiah* 425, pp. 55, 56,

67, 72, 94, ch. VL
Betsey' 942.
Bunker' 363, p. 37.
Calvin' 456.
Caroline' 689.
Catharine-Smith' 793.
Charles' 849, p. 90.
Charles-Benjamin' 753, p.

116,118, 119.
Charles-Emory' 796.
Charles-Hallet' 957.
Charles- Henry' 749.
Charley' 754.
Charlotte' 966.
Clara- A sen ath' 959.
Clara-Walker* 956.
Daniel* 340, pp. 29, 36,

72, 77,89, 114, ch.Vm.
Daniel* 511, pp. 36, 73,

74, 77, 83, 114, ch.

VIH.
Daniel' 577 pp. 72, 92.
Daniel-George' 940.
David* 434« p. 56.
Deidamia-Knox' 784.
Dexter' 958.
Dorcas' 906.
Dorothy* 78.
Dorothy' 432.
Edith-Carter' 964.
Edmund' 346.
Edward* 265.
Edward* 266.
Edward* 757.
Eldridge* 436.
Eleazer* 350, p. 37.
Elijah-Carter' 588.
Elisha^ 429, p. 54.
Elisha p. 64.
Elizabeth' 6, pp. 5, 36.
Elizabeth* 56, p. 86.
Elizabeth* 74, 80, 220,

866, p. 44.

*See notes on pagos 86, 72, and 187.

192

Index^

F

Parwell, Elizabeth* 831,

360, 4;{8, 439, 455, 534,

pp. 72, 101, ch. VL
Elizabeth-True' 826.
Eraory-Burrage* 707.
Esther* 351.
Eunice* 332.
Fannie' "768.
Francis- Ball« 929, p. 146.
Francis C*. p. 51.
Francis- William' 792.
Frank* 968.
Frank-Cooley» 766.
Frank-Miisoii* 931.
Frederick* 969.
George p. 1.
George- Augustine* 824.
George-Edward* 798.
Gkorge-Lyman* 933.
George- Villars* 751 .
Grace* 760.
Hannah* 36, p. 25.
Hannah* 147, 385, pp. 18,

19.
Hannah* 354. p. 18.
Hannah" (;ornelia* 780.
Hannah -Elvira' 854.
"^ Harriet* 782,

Helen-Gertrude* 800.
Henry' 1, pp. 36, 44, 55,

74, 77, ch. VI, Vni.
Henry* 64, pp. 14, 36.
Heniy* 349, 457, p. 18.
Henry* 440, p. 59.
Henry' 747, pp. 74, 77,

79, 1 14, ch. VIIL
Henry* 967.
Henry* 756.
Henry-Boutelle* 790.
Henry- Jackson* 748.
Henry-Newton' 965.
Henry-Smith* 772.
Hepzibali* 557, pp. 74,

77, 88, 89, ch. VIH.
Hepzibah ' 558, p. 74, ch.

VIIL
Isaac* 73, p. 36, ch. VX
Isaac*, 359, p. 18.
Isaac* 140, 343, 365, 420,

433. 448, p. 54.
Isaac-Moors 339, p. 34.
James' p. 34.
James- Brazier* p. 60.
Jane' 839.
Jane* 851.
Jesse* 435.

Farwell, John*, 7, pp. 4,

5, 6, 7, 36, 45.
John* 22, p. 36.
John* 52, 82, 417, p. 49.
John* 334, 419, 431, 472,

'pp. 43, 54.
John* p. 34.
John-Knox* 781.
John- Villars* 763, pp, 79,

114. 118, 119, 120, 127,

128, 130, 132, 133, 134,

135.
John- Villars* 765.
Jonathan* 355, p. 18.
Jonathan* 142, 358, 449,

464, pp. ] 8, 37, 39.
Joseph* 15, pp. 5, 6, 7,

14, 15, 36, 61, 114. ch.

VI.
Joseph* 45, pp. 45, 74,

79, 89. 114,ch.Vin.
Joseph* 138.
JosepiiJ 141, 838, 436.
Joseph p. 34.
Josepii 579.
Joseph-Rust' p. 20.
Josiah* 353, 361, pp. 18,

21, 59, 85.
LeviJ 453.
Levi' 585, p. 89.
Levi 595.
Levi'Lincoln' 590.
Levi-Asa" 960.
Lillian-Louisa* 752.
Louisa- Char less^ 941.
Louisa-Marston' 962.
Lydia' 336, 463, p. 34.
Lyman' 928.
Lyman* 930.
Maria' 580.
Maria-Louise* 775.
Mary* 9, pp. 5, 36.
Mary* 271, 408, p. 81.
Mary* 145, 345, 468.
Mary' p. 40.
Mary' 801, pp. 74, 89,

ch. VIII.
Mary-Aurelia* 783, 787.
Mary-Hepsey* 809.
Mary-Nancy* 755.
Miriam' p. 89.
Miriam-Thurston' 804,

pp. 74, 89, ch. Vin.
Moses* p. 84.
Nancy* 454.
Olive' 25, p. 5.

Farwell, Olive* 352,418, 457.
Oliver* 86, pp. 17, 36, 61.
Oliver* 366, 446, 465, pp.

18, 59.
Oliver* 144, 467.
Oliver-P'. p. 20.
Peter' 561, 789, pp. 85,

74.
Phineas^ 445, p. 59.
Polly' 572.
PoUy-Osbome' 671.
Rachel* 357, p. 18.
Rachel* 358 pp. 39, 40.
Rebecca* 466.
Relief* 362.

Robert* or Roland* 761.
Rose* 762.
Ruth-Louisa* 774.
SamueN 329, pp. 74, 77,

89, ch. Vm.
Samuel* 330.
Sarah* 21, 31, pp. 8, 86,

45.
Sarah* 55, 70, p. 18.
Sarah* 335. 441, 471.
Sarah* p. 35.
Sarah-Downe' 818.
Sarah-Tyng' 378i».
Sidney-Emerson* 934.
Simeon* 557, pp. 74, 77,

114, ch. vm.

Simeon' 817, pp. 74, 89,

ch. VIII.
Simeon* 769, 770, p. 119.
Simeon-Allen* 771.
Sophia' 828, p. 90.
Submit' 267.
Susan' 659.
Susannah* 68, p. 18.
Susannah* 146, 337, 856,

442, p. 18, ch. VUL
Sybil* 443, p. 73.
Sybil' 549.
Thomas* 47.
Thamasf^ 47, 143, 421.
Timothy* 844.
Walter* 759.
Walter-Merrick* 963.
William* 79, pp. 36, 59,
William* 423, 437, pp.

54, 56, G. R. C.
William'* 426, 444. 447,

460, p. 59.
William-Douglas* 779, p.

1 1 v.

William-JackaoB* 750.

P'

Index.

193

Parwell,Zaccheus* 215, 347.
Passet, Josiah p. 69.

Mary 500.
Fay p. 144.

Col. Francis-B. p. 144.
Felt, Abigail" (Shaw) p. 113.

Rev. Joseph-B. p. 113.
Fenton, Dorothy p. 50.
Ferris, Alice-Lavinia* 1019.

Charles-Leonard* 1016.

Delia-Helen® 1018.

Ellen* 1254.

Esta-Maud* 1251.

Fidelia-Miriam* 1015.

Hiram-Burns" 1256.

Hiram-Gano 1249.

Hiram-Gano® 1024.

Joel-Ed ward* 1257.

John-Milton® 1020.

Julia" 1253.

Junius- Col ton" 1250.

Lelia-Francina" 1017.

Leonard-Thompson, M.D
1014, p. 159.

Mary-Helen® 1023.

Phebe" 1255.

Ralph-Willie® 1022.

Stephen pp. 153, 182.

Stephen-Holton" 1252.

Ulysses- Stephen® 1021.
FeiTy, Charles' p. 133.

Charles* p. 133, 134.

Frank-Montague'" 764«.

Heman* p. 133, 134.

John-Far well" 764\

Noah» p. 133, 134.

Noah* p. 133, 134.

William'® 764*.

William H« pp. 133,134.

William-Henry' 764.
Field, M. p. 119.
Finn, Elizabeth 728.
Finney, Widow p. 103.
Pish, Louisa p. 145.
Fisher, Susan p. 182.
Fisk, Josiah p. 29.

Sarah 7, 202.
Fiske, John p. 6.

Sarah G.R.C.
Flagg, Elizabeth p. 101, ch.
XL

Sarah p. 45.
Fletcher, Joseph p. 42,

Susannah 878.

Robert p. 3.

William pp. 5, 7.

Flint, Rev. Henry ch. V.
Forbes, Jo. p. 83.
Ford, Jemima p. 165.
Forresttall, Czarina 678.

Joseph p. 105.
Forward, Frances-Keturah®
1044

Pliny p. 156.

Samuel p. 157.
Foster, Francis p. 108.

Elvira p. 150.

Susan-Maria 738.
Fowle, Abigail® p. 113.

Ann p. 174.

Beriah« (Bright) p. 113.

George* p. 113.

Hannah p. 174.

Isaac* pp. 113, 174.
Fowler, James-H. p. 66.
Pox, Charles- J. pp. 6, 7, 10,

14, 17, 38, 39.
Foxe, Thomas p. 3.
Francisco, Louisa p. 184.
Freeman, Abigail 412.

Edmund p. 49.

Keziah 422.

Mary 420.

Skiff p. 50,
French, Alice p. 21.

Lieut, p. 20.

Mary p. 19.

William p. 19.
Fretageot, Mary 1066.
Frideker, Lydia p. 164.
Frost, Henry-H. p. 178.
Furlong ch. XI.
Gage, Gen. p. 23.
Gale, Eunice p. 31.
Galusha, Jonas p. 178.
Garfield, Alvis p. 107.

Susan-Eveline 731.
Garnett, Emily-Maria p. 98.
Gates, Electa- Barber-Dick-
inson 1230.

Horace p. 179.

Jonathan 80.

Nancy p. 171.
Gaus, Deliverance p. 88,

G. R. C.
Gibbons, Henry p. 112.

Maj. p. 74.
Gibbs, Rev. Mr. p. 113.
Gibson, Abby-Martin® 872.

Artbur-D.® 888.

Charies-Edwin® 879.

Eliza-Putnam® 871.

Gibson, Frank-L® 887.

Henrietta® 870.

John-Stearns® 868.

Joseph-Hartwell® 886.

Lucy-Ann® 880.

Marrette® 873 .

Mary-Fairbanks® 856.

Stephen 855.

Thomas p. 140.
Giddings, Lydia p. 101, ch,

XI.
Gilbert, Mary 409.

Rev. W-H. p. 150.
Gilchrist, Anna-Mary® 1033.

Charies-Allen® 1025, p.
154.

Charles-Grand-
ison 1013.

Charles-Van Bragh® 1028,
1038.

David-Van Brugh® 1034.

Edward-May® 1040.

Edward-Percy® 1032.

Ellen-Ferris® 1030.

Erastus-Holton® 1039.

Grace-Gertrude® 1036.

Helen-Elva® 1035.

Helen-Frances® 1041.

Helen-Minerva® 1014.

Ivan-Erastus® 1037.

Joseph-Gilmer® 1026.

Magnolia- Vick® 1029.

Mary-Albertina® 1042.

Minerva-Frances® 1027,

Robert-Allen® 1031.

Samuel p. 152.
Giles, James p. 61.
Gilman, Col. p. 63.

Constantino p. 100.
Gilson, Alice® 198.

Anna® 160.

Catherine® 150.

David® 209.

Eleazer 147.

Eleazer*l48.

Eleazer® 152.

Elizabeth® pp. 32, 84, 89,

ch. vin.

Elizabeth® 154, 192.
Esther® 180.
Eunice® 182.
Eunice® 208.
Eveline p. 140,
Hannah® 161.
Hannah® 168, 196, 206.
Howard 854.

194

Index^

GilsoD, James* 156.

Joel* 197.

John* 195, p. 140.

Joseph p. 26.

Joseph' p 89, ch. VIII.

Joseph' p. 89, ch. VIIL

Joseph* 201.

Lydia 847.

Lydia* 216.

Lydia* 151, 215.

Malinda p. 178.

Mary 138.

Mary* 149, 199.

Nathaniel* 153.

Peter* 213.

Peter* 165.

Rachel* 194.

Rebecca* 200.

Samuel* 190.

Samuel* 191.

Sarah* 193.

Simon* 202.

Simon* 212.

Submit* 210.

Susannah 159.

Sybil* 157, 214.
Granger, Eldad p. 97.

Maria 618.
Grant, Gen. pp. 09, 123,
125, 127.

Pamelia p. 69.
Graves, Benjamin ch. V.

John p. 8, ch. V.
Gray, Prof. p. IGo.
Green, Catharine 585.

Isaac p. 41.

Martha 874.

Mary p. 82.
GriflSn, Kichard p. 3.
Grimes, Kimball-D. 10G4.

William p. 159.
Griswoldp. 167.
Goethe p. 167.
Goldstone, Ann' p. 113,174,
ch- IX.

Henry* p. 113, ch. IX.
Goodell, Jerusha p. 98.
Goodrich, Alonzo p. 140.

Edwin-Augustus 851.

Elmira-Hannah* 852.

Jane pp. 90, 92.
Goodridge, Eunice 838.
Gordon, Timothy ch. XL
Gould 439.

David p. 59.

Jonathan p. 59.

Grout, John p, 171.

Rev. Lewis p. 171.

Nancy 1183.
Grover, Elizabeth ch. XI.
Gwyn, Gen. p. 122.
Hagar, Hannah p. 97.
Hair, William p. 83.
Hale, Thomas p. 89.
Hall, Frances-Augusta 384.

Mary 148.

Capt. Samuel 491.
Hamilton p. 117.
Hamlin p. 117.
Hammond, Col. Churles-G.
p. 110.

Ebjah* 110.

Isaac' p. 110.
Hancock, John p. 61.

Pres. John p. 42.
Hanscomb, Henry 722.
Harding, Alplieus p. 99.
Harlakenden p. 19.
Harlow, Sarah p. 183.
Harmon, John p. 183.

J-K. p. 119.

Sarah p. 133.
Harris, David p. 186.

Emily-Augusta 790.

Francis p. 59.

Rachel p. 39.
Harrison, Elizabeth p* 115.
Hai-twell, Clara* 809.

Frederick-S» 893.

John 572.

Dr. John* 892.

Joseph-W. 896.

Joseph^ 891.

Mary^ 855.

Mary-B*, 894.

Nancv^ 889.

Pamelia-C®. 89'J.

Wllliam-Bascomb' 57G.
Harty, Margaret p. 101, ch.

XI.
Harvey, Jolin p. 55.
Hassell, Abiah pp. 87, 39.
Hastings, Elizabeth p. 1C4.
Haviland, John 1155.

Lewis p. 163.

Martha 1136.
Hawkes, John 876, p. 41.
Hay den, Clement p. 181.

Elizabeth p. 181.

Luther p. 181.
Hayes, Maria 1271, G.R.C.

Polly p. 174.

Hayes, Judge Richard p. 184
Hay ward, Mary 681.
Heaward, Georg p. 4.
Hemphill, Joseph p. 171.
Hend rick son, Jane p. 161.
Henrick, Elijah p. HO.
Henry p. 59.

James p. 134.

Louisa 664.

Sarah p. 184.
Henry VIL p. 114.
Heldreth, James p. 5.
Hildrike, James pp. 8, 12.
Hill, p. 134.

Abigail- Jones* 880.

Abraham p. 44.

Adeliza" 882.

Charles-Ebenezer* 8781.

Charles-Walter-Hough-
ton» p. 46.

Ebenezer 8781, p. 44.

Rev. Ebenezer* 378^ pp.
44, 45, 46.

Ebenezer-Bancroft* p.46.

Edward-Stearns* 879.

Henry-Edward" 884.

Isaac-Parker* 378P.

John-Boynton*,' 878o,
pp. 4, 6, 8, 16, 19, 21,
88, 40, 42, 44, 61.

Jolm-Boynton* 884.

Jo.^epli-Adna* 878^

Rev. Joseph-Bancroft^
37Sk.

Lucy-Sylvania 381.

Maria* 881.

Martha* 883.

Polly* p. 44.

Polly' p. 44.

Rebecca* 878d and j,

Rebecca-Howard' 379».

Fally* p. 44.

Samuel* p. 43.

S imuel*, p. 44.

Rev. Timothy* 884.

Timothy- Jones* 881*.

William-Bancroft* 878m.
Hills, Mrs. Esther (Arnold)
p. 100.

Polly p. 136, 142.
Hitchcock, Roswell-D. p.

165.
Hoar, — , ch. V.

Benjamin* ch V.

Daniel'' Sen. p. 22, ch. V.

Daniel* 105, ch. V.

\

Index,

195

Hoar, Daniel* 105, cli. V.

Daniel* 107, ch. V.

Ebenezer-Rockwood* ch.
V.

Elizabeth" ch. V.

Elizabeth* ch. V.

Eunice p. 141, ch. V.

Hezekiah" ch. V.

Isaac* ch. V.

Joanna^ ch, V.

John* pp. 23, 28, ch. V,

John* ch. V.

John* ch. V.

John* 106, ch.V.

Jonathan* ch. V.

Jonathan* 108, ch. V.

Joseph*, ch. V.

Leonai-d" ch.V.

Leonard* ch, V.

Leonard* ch. V.

Margery' ch. V.

Mary* ch. V.

Mrs. ch. V.

Nathaniel-Pierce'^ ch. V.

Samuel* ch. V.

Hon. Samuel* ch. V.

Hon. Samuer ch. V.

Timothy* 109, ch. V.
Hobart, David ch. V.

Deborah ch. V.

Jael ch. V.

James 886,

Judith ch. V.

Rebecca ch. V.

Peter ch. V.
Hobbs, Capt. p. 83.
Hodgeman. Rev. Edwin-
Ruth ven 883.

Edwin-Rutherford-Hill*
p. 48.

Harriet- Mehetabel^ 383.

Martha* 883.
Hoit, Eastman* p. 178.

Ellen-Jane 1188, p. 173,
Hoit, Johni p. 173.

John* p. 173.

Joseph* p. 173.

Rebecca (Fish) WinsloW
p. 178.

Theophilus* p. 178.
I Theophilus' pp. 172, 173.
IHolden p. 125.

Anne p. 88.
• Caleb p. 59.

Eunice 304.

Isaac p. 59.

Holden, Philemon p. 59.

Stephen p. 59.
Holder, Lucretia p. 181.
Holman, Edward p. 108.

Eliza 786.
Holmes, Susanna p, 97.
Holton, Abby« 1183.

Ada-Ford » 1088.

Alexander" 634, pp. 64,
174.

Alice-Emogene* 1060.

Anna* 1181.

Anna-Phebe^ 646.

Ann-Jenette^ 631.

Amos^ 1084.

Bethiah* (Farwell) 521,
p. 177.

Bethiah* 638, pp. 54, 56,
57.

Catharine* 1307.

Cathaiine* 1081.

Catharine-May» 1008.

Charles- Alexander* 1046.

Charles- Augustus^ 1346.

Charles- Augustus- War-
ner^ 1315.

Charles-Edward* 1006.

Charles-Elijah® 1086.

Charles-Lindsey* 1091.

Charles-Sumner* 1174.

Charlotte* 1311.

Charlotte-E* 1071.

Charlotte-Emily 1056.

Clara* 1171.

Clark-Emmons* 1063.

Cyrus-Farwell® 1109,

David* 1083.

David-May» 1007.

David-Parsons^ 1044, pp.
36, 56, 57, 77, 78, G. K.
0.

D-Pliny-Porward* 1045.

Ebenezer* p. 98.

Edith p. 173.

Capt. Ed ward- Alexan-
der* 1004, p. 153.

Edward-Payson* 1173.

Ella-Isabell* 1110.

Elihu-D wight' 1183.

Elisha* 533.

Elisha"" 618.

Elizabeth' 615.

Elizabeth-Rachel® 1105.

Eliza-Jane 1093.

Ellen-Maria® 1303.

Emily-Elizabeth* 1067.

Holton, Emma 1082.
Erastus* 538. 530.
Erastus- Alexander' 1003.
Eva-Adelaide* 1059.
Fanny-Miriam* 1047.
Francis-Alexander* 1321.
Frances-Caroline* 1058.
Frank-Cuyler* 1074.
Frank-Erastus» 1010.
Harriet' 1233.
Harriet- Ann' 1199.
Harriet-Ann* 1064.
Harry-Lorenzo 1348.
Harry-Sylvester* lOll.
Helen-Rebecca* 1053, p.

115.
Henry-Alfred* 1076.
Henry-Dwight* 1188, p.

56.
Ida-Blanche* 1087.
Ira* 1180.
Isaac* 640, pp. 84, 101,

156, 165.
Isaac-Farweir 1170.
Isabel' 1166.
Isabella* 1085.
Jason-Marcellus* 1058.
Jay-Reuben* 1068.
Jemima* 531.
Jemima* 535.
Jeremiah* 1080.
Joel* 435, 531, pp. 55, 56,

57. 84, 94, 115, 177, G.

R. ('.
Joel* 606, G. R. C.
Joel- Alexander' 647.
Joel-Herbert* 1345.
Joel-Huntington* 1009.
Jonathan- Warner' 1201.
John* pp. 94, 98.
John* pp. 50, 84, 94, 115.
John* 6H3, p. 84.
John' 624.
John* 1079.
John-Ambrose' 1242.
John-Dumont* 1217.
John- Wesley* 1102.
Joshua* p. 98.
Julia- Ann 1189.
Julia-Esther' 1249.
Kate-Cornelia* 1078.
Kate-May* 1005.
Laura-Wolcott' 630.
Lillie-May*1104.
Lines-Tower* 1050, p.115.
Linda* 1244.

196

Index-

Holton, Luceba-Qrout" 1184

Lyman- Hoy t 1111.

Mary' 613, p, 98.

Mary* 1078.

Mary-Alice* 1070.

Mary-Ellen" 1101

Martha- Jane* 1061.

Minerva' 1018, ch.XVI.

Minnie-Grace* 1075.

Miriam' 1043, ch. XVL

Nancy-Gates" 1172.

Nelson-Alexander* 1057.

Noadiah-Loomis' 1179.

Olive' 1112.

Olivia-Arnold' 629.

Pliebe-H«len611,ch.XVI.

Pliny-White-Taylor*
1243.

llebecca-Banney' 1238.

Reuben- Allen* 1090.

Reaben-Rockwood'1048,
p. 115.

Richard* 1103.

Sabra* 1049.

Scth-Arnold' 1236.

Susie" 1012.

Thomas" p. 98.

Wallace-Lines" 1055.

Walter-Fay" 1247.

Wealthy- Ann' 1175.

Dea. William* pp. 56, 57,
85, 94, 98, 115, 158.

William" p. 94.

William" 612, pp. 57, 115.

William' 1065.

William- Augustus" 1220.

William- Augustus-War-
ner' 1213, p. 175.

William-Edward* 1072.

William-Mason" 1066.

Worthington" p. 98.

Zoheth" 625 .
Holton, pp. 68, 78, 95, 96,

ch. XVI, XVIL
Hood, Gen. p. 181.
Hopkins, llev. Dr. p. 99.

Asenath p. 148,

Bishop 183.
Huldah p. 99.
Lucy p. 43.
Hopper, Abraham p. 181.

Mary-Elizabeth 1246.
Horn, Maiy 365.
Horton, Maj. Gideon p. 87.

Sarah 539.
Hosmer, Hannah 115.

Hosmcr, James p. 3.
Hotchkiss, Douglas-Far-
well* 785.

William p. 135.

William- Benjamin* 786.

William- James 784.
Houghton, Catharine 379.
Huvey, Aaron* 412, 418.

Amos p. 49.

Ann p. 49.

Dorcas p. 91.

Edmund 408, G. R. 0.

Edmund" 409, p. 50.

Elizabeth" 416, p. 49.

Isaac* 410.

James p. 49.

Mary p. 49.

Mary" 411.

Priscilla pp. 49, 50,

Surah 334.

William p. 49.
How, Elizabeth p. IS.
Howard, Abigail 130,

Frank p. 69.

John p. 7.

Jonathan p. 10, G. R. C.

Mary p. 140.

Samuel 378^ 878*.
Howlct, Sarah p. 21.

Thomas p. 21.
Hoyt, Dorcas-Ford 1065.

Jonathan p. 165.
Hubbard, Abigail 465.

Edward 89,

Jonathan pp. 61, 62.

Rebecca p. 62.
Huff, Jacob p. 161.

John-Francis* 1106.

Lizzie-Bell* 1108.

Mary-Bell* 1107.

Truman-Hobert 1105.
Huntington, Ann 408, p.50.

Gov. Samuel p. 70.

Thomas p. 49.
Huntoon, Nathan 546, G.
R. C.

Patrick-Henry p. 88.
Huse, John ch. XI.
Husted, Charles-ThosMlSl

Clyde-Merit* 1135.

Etta-Belle" 1133.

Lurena-Almira" 1128.

Merit 1123.

Oliver p. 162.

Sarah-Inis* 1134.

Stephen-Edward" 1129.

Hyde, Elizabeth ch. VI,
G. R. C.

Elizabeth" 73.

Jonathan p. 19.

Jonathan* p. 19.

Joseph p. 19.

Samuel' p. 19.
Ireland, p. 35.
Ives, Miles p. 109.
Jackson, Abraham' pp. 109,
110, 114, ch. IX, X.

Pres. Andrew pp. 71,139.

Christopher* p. 109, 134%
ch. IX.

Christopher* p. 79.

Dolly p. 104.

Edward* pp. 109, 110,
lll,ch.IX,X.

Dea. Edward' p. 110.

Edward" p. Ill, ch. IX.

Edward" p. 110.

Edward" p. HI, ch. IX.

Elisha"p. 111.

Elizabeth* p. 110.

Hannah* p. 110, ch. IX.

Hannah" p. 110.

Isaac* p. Ill, ch. IX.

Jemima p. 1 39, ch X

Dea. John,* pp. 109, 110,
113, 114, 134*, ch. IX.

John" p. 111.

John" p. 108, ch. IX, X.

Jonathan" p. 110.

Jonathan" pp. 110, 111.

Jonathan" pp. HO, 11 .

Joseph" p. HI,

Josiah" p. 111.

Margaret" p. 114, ch. IX.

Michael* p. 111.

Col. Michael" pp. Ill,
112.

Nancy» 747, pp. 74, 79,
110, 111, 112, 113, 114,
ch. IX.

Pomp p. 111.

Sebas" pp. 110, HI, 112,
134% ch. IX, X.

Timothy* p. 111.

Timothy" p. 111.

William" p. 111.

William', Esq. p. 111.
James p. 125.
Jeffiies, Searg. Thomas p.

112.
Jefts, George-H. p. 34.
Jenerson^ Sarah p. 141,

Index.

197

Jennison, Mary p. 62.
Jessup p. 125.
Jewett, CUarissa p. 183.
Stephen 385.

Stephen* 397.

Jones, Mrs. p. 174.

Abigail' p. 44.

Amos p. 92.

Andrew p. 189.

Anna-Lincoln* 975.

Arthur-Dean* 976.

Bartholomew* 116.

Carrie-Josephine* 725.

Daniel* 114.

Ebenezer* 113.

Edward-Horton 827».

Maj. Ezra p. 87.

Fanny 541, p. 88, G.R.C.

Farwell 115.

George-Laflin* 977.

Henry-D, p. 66.

John' pp. 8, 13, 45.

John' 81, p. 45.

John* 110, p. 45.

John* 111 p. 45.

John-Ehner 974, p. 149.

Joseph-Comstock 827.

Lizzie-Edna* 724.

Lydia 588.

Lydia* 121.

Mary p. 159.

Mary* 120.

Nancy p. 136.

Olive* 112.

Orru-Louisa* 722.

Polly' p. 44.

Rebecca* 122.

Rosina-Tuttle* 723.

Ruth» 118.

Sarah* 105, ch. V.

Sarah* 119.

Silas p. 107.

Silence* 123.

Thomas-Green-Pessen-
den 721.

Timothy* 31.

Timothy* 117.

Col. Timothy* p. 45.

William 248, 803.
Johnson, Abigail pp. 143,
148.

Capt. Henry p. 179.

Mercy 358.

Noah pp. 89, 40.
Joslin, Dorothy p. 93.

Nathaniel' p. 13.

Joslin, Peter* 36, G. R. C.

Thomas p. 13.
Kello;»g, Samuel-N. p. 119.
Kelly, Edward-Everett
1198.

George p. 173.

John-Thomas 1195.

Lizzie^ane* 1197.
Kelsey, John p. 59.
Kendall, Mary p. 101, ch.
XI.

Thomas ch. XL
Kendrick, Ann* p. 110.
Kendrickson, Mary p. 160.
Keys, Edward ch. XI.
Kidder, Dorothy* pp. 19,
20, G. R. C.

James* p. 20.

James* p. 20.

Mary p. 142.
Kight, Arthur*" 1069.

William-A. 1068.
Kill)ourn, Mary p. 157.

Ruth p. 136.
Kimball, Abgiail-Hill p.
46,

Charles-Edward p. 46,

Eliza-Jane p. 46.

Isaac p. 46.

John 380.

John-Edward* 380.

John Richardson p. 46.

Maria-Frances* 380.

Martha 495.
King, Alexander p. 184.

Mary-Amanda* 1195.

Daniel p. 173.

Haycs-Giddings-Whit-
more* 1276.

Hiram 1189.

Julia- Frances* 1190.

Margaret p. 159.

Osman-Smith 1275.

Sarah p. 13.

Thomas p. 13.
Kingsbury, Rev. Ebenezcr,

p. 43.
Klett, Andrew p. 149.

Kate-Helen 982.
Knowlton, Margaret 409.
Knox, p. 134.

Hannah -Mary 778, p. 74.

John p. 135.
Kohn, Leopold 1067.
Ladd, Hannah-Hastings p.
145.

Laflin, James-W. 981.

Winthrop p. 149.
Lafayette, Gen. p. 64.
Lakin, Oliver p. 29.

Sybil 148.

William p. 29.
Lamphier p. 157.
Lane, David-Allen* 803.

Elias p. 136.

Elias-Cooledge 801, p. 74.

Mary p.

Mary-Hepzibah* 802.

Rebecca p. 172.
Lancaster, Elvira- A. 970.
Larrabee, John 493.
Lattin, Almy-Crawford* 813

Clarissa* 811.

Frederick* 814.

Judson-Moss* 812.

Nathan 809.

Ransom p. 137.

Sidney* 810.
Laughton, Thomas p. 59,
Lawrence, p. 74, ch. VIIL

Amos p. 26.

Elizabeth p. 138.
• George* p. 73, ch. VHI.

Hannah i3p. 73, 74, ch. 8

Jonathan pp. 26, 32.

Samuel p. 83.

Sarah p. 29.

Hon. William p. 71.
Laveille, Theodore p. 146.
Lawton, p. 157.

Charlotte 781.
Learned, Benoni* p. 11.

Hannah 15. p. 6, 79, ch.
VI, VIII, G. R. C.

Isaac* 74, pp. 11, 12, ch.

vni.

Isaac* p. 11.

Mary pp. 11, 12.

William p. 11, ch. VHL

William* p. 11.
Lee, John p. 54.

Submit 43Q.
Leiter, I-Z. p. 119.
Length of generations p 114
Leonard pp. 95, 157, ch.

Eliphalet p. 55.
Lincoln, Cynthia p. 149.

President, pp. 123, 124,
125, 157, 178.
Lines (measure of) p 79
Litch, Martha 970.

Thomas, p. 148.

198

Index^

Litchfield, Edward p. 108.

Flora-Georgiana' 744.

George-E. 743.
Little p. 147.

Joseph-Rodney p. 68.
Livingston, Dr. p. 94.
Locke, William ch. XI.
Longley, Alice-Gertrude^*
860.

Charles- Albert' 857.

Charles-Chandler" 869.

Clara-Melissa' 865.

Ellen.Eliza* 864.

Joanna p. 74.

Jonas p. 59.

LilUe-May" a58.

Mariette-Frances 867.

Mary-Maria* 863.

Melvin-Whitmore* 866.

Gelson-Parker* 862.

Stephen p. 140.

Stephen-Melvin 856.

Stephen- Webster* 861.

William p. 74.
Loomis p. 157.

Amanda 625.

Fanny p. 149.

John* p, 97.

John* p. 97.

Jonathan* p. 97.

Joseph* p. 97.

Noadiah* p. 97.

Thomas' p. 97.
Loring, Hannah* p. 110.

Joshua* p. 110.

Commodore Joshua* p.
110.
Loudon, Earl of, p. 83.
Louks, Jonathan-Wilbur-
Augustus* 1209.

Perry-Holton* 1210.

Philip 1207.

Warren-Lincoln'-l 208.
Lovell pp. 95, 96, cbs.

XVI, xvn.

Loyell, Martha, p. 96
Lovewell, Hannah 353.

John', pp. 38, 63.

Capt. John* p. 37, 39,
63.

Nehemiah* 357.

Noah 468,

Zaccheus* p. 63.
Lyman, Job p. 99.
Lyon, Matthew p. 178.

Hannah p. 99.

Mandell, Hannah* pp. 174,
175.

Paul 174.
Markham, Daniel ch. XI.
Marshfield p. 95, ch. XVI.
Marshall p. 157.

Louisa p. 136.
Martain, Fannie-S.*830.

John p. 138.

Lemuel-Porter, 829.
Martin, Ambrose p. 3.

Catharine p. 174.

George-Elbridge 871.

Lucy p. 140.
Mason, Anna-Elizabeth*
1240.

Betsey 1065.

Daniel p. 159.

Edward-Augustus 1239.

Hannah p. 24.

Capt. Hugh p. 24.

Kev. Joseph 1238.

Joseph p. 180.
May, Hannah-Brainerd
1003, p. 95, ch. xvn.

Harriet 999.

Huntington p. 150.

William p. 150.
May hew, Thomas p. 110.
Maynard, Charlotte 940.

Daniel p. 146.

Samuel p. 107.

Sarah-Noyes 727.
McClellan, General p. 134.
McCreary, Rachel 474.
McFarland, Elizabeth 847.

Nelson p. 139.
McKinley, Byard p. 160.

Ettie-Horton 1086.
McMaster p. 95, ch. XVI.
Measures (notation of) p. 79.
Mellen, Betsey p. 136.
Merick, Mary pp. 95, 173,

ch. XVI.
Merriam p. 44.

Abbie- Caroline* 382.

Adams-Brooks p. 47.

Adeliza-Frances' 382.

Ann p. 24.

Annie-Louise* 382.

Benjamin- Wheeler 382.

Emm& Rebecca* 882.

George p. 4.

Harriet- Wheelei* 882.

Henry-Everett* 382.

John* p. 11.

Merriam, Josiah p. 44.

Maria-Hill* 382.

Robert pp. 3, 4.

Ruth p. 24.

Samuel p. 47.

Sarah-Wheeler» 382.
Merrill, Eddie* 1198\

James- A. 1195.
Messenger, Elias p. 92.
Messerve, ^^Jolonel p. 83.
Metcalf, Elizabeth p. 41.
Method in Genealogy p. 78.
Miller p. 96, XVII.
Miner, Eliza (Parson8)p.ll9.
Mingins, Bro. p. 124.
Miriam, John 26.
Monson, Betsey p. 142.
Monroe, John p. 138.

Susan-Melissa 884.
Montague, Abigail p. 134.

Hannah p. 1&.

Joseph p. 134.'

Richard* p- 134.

William p. 134.
Morehead, Susan p. 139.
Moody, Dwight-L. pp. 130,
132, 133.

Samuel p. 11.
Moore, p. 157.

Ann p. 20.

Francis p. 20, G. R. C.

Isaac p. 100.
Moors, Abraham p. 82, 34,
74, 77, 89, ch. VIH.

Elizabeth 162, 329, pp.
77, 89, ch. VIIL

Susan 281.

Susannah 281.

Timothy p. 27.
More p. 95, ch. XVI.
Morgan, Isaac 30, 483.

Sarah 489.
Morse ch. XI.

Eliza 538.

Hannah p. 149.
Morton p. 157.

Catharine-Isabel 825.

Helen-M. 149.
Mosier, Catharine-Louisa*
1203.

Lewis 1202.
Mott, Prof. A-B. p. 172.

Prof. Valentine p. 172.
Mudge, Alfred p. 12.
Mulford, ch. VI.
Mann p, 95, ch. XVI,

Index,

199

Narramore, Sara-A 674.
Neal, Clara-Minerra 840.

John-Dearborn p. 139.
Nelson p. 157.

Rev, David p. 165.
Nesmith, Isabel la- Abigail

p. 136.
Newgate, Elizabeth p. 110.
Newhall, Mary p. 41.

Horace p. 92.

Mary p. 85,
N. Y. Gen, and Biogr.
Society, pp. 78, 157
Norcross, Riciiard p. 113.
Notation (Genealogical)

pp. 78, 79.
Noyes, John p. 174.

Rev. John-Humphrey
1199.

Theodore-Richards , M.
D. 1200.

William p. 111.
Nutting, Deborah 272.

Joanna p. 30.

Jonathan p. 32.

Lydia p. 27.

Sarah pp. 29, 82.
Oliver, Rev. John p. 110.

OUyver p. 96, ch. XVH.

Onderdonk, Bishop, p. 68.

Ord, Gen. p. 124.

Osborne, Abram 660.
Arvilla-Frances® 663.
Charles- Pierson-John-

8on» 732.
Cynthia-Eliza* 741.
Daniel-Farweir 727.
Daniel-Parwell* 728.
Elizabeth-Maria® 739.
Frank-Maynard* 730.
George-Warren* 731.
George-Warren* 729.
Hattie-Elizabeth* 661.
Helen-Georgiana* 743.
Jacob 549,
Leonard^ 736.
Leonard-Warren* 738.
Louisa' ;720.
Mary-Elizabeth* 745.
Polly' 656.
Nancy' 699.
Sarah-Eveline* 783.
Sarah-Frances* 746.
Susan' 659,
Sybil' 676.

Osgood, Samuel, D. D. p.

99.
Otis, Martha p. 49.
Owen p. 157.
Packard, Susan p. 108.
Page p. 145.

Abel* 175.

Augustus-Dole* 817.

Benjamin 656.

Betsev* 178.

Betty* 174.

Daniel p. 159.

Dennis p. 141.

Ede* 314.

Edmund* 312.

Eli* 315.

Elizabeth'' 165., p. 73.

Eunice* 177.

Eunice' 163.

George 872.

Hannali p. 189.

Hannah* 171*.

Hannah' 168.

James* 171.

Joel' 170.

John p. 83.

John* pp.44, 73, ch. VHI.

John* p. 73, 74, ch. VHI,

John* p. 72, ch. VIU.

Jonas* 173.

Jonathan* p. 78, ch, VI-I

Joseph p. 33.

Levi" 812.

Lucy 343.

Lydia* 172.

Lydia' 167,

Mary p. 73.

Oliver* 179.

Peter* 176.

Phebe p. 44.

Phineas 808.

.Phineas* 311.

Roxalana 658.

Samuel p. 73.

Samuel- Dana 657.

Sarah 344, p. 40.

Simon 161.

Simon* 162,

Simon' 169.

Susan' 166.

Susannah 306.

Sybil* 611 pp. 86, 78, 74,
77, ch. VHL

Sybil' 164.

Theophilus* 309.

Walter* 816.

Paine p. 74, ch. VIH.
David p. 71.
Judge N. p. 88.
Lydia 509.
Priscilla 488.
Parish, John-Nelson p. 158.
Phebe p. 176.
Sylvia- Rosetta 1055.
Park, James p. 19.
Parke, Isabella ch. XI.

Richard ch. XI.
Parker p. 74, ch. VHI.
Acsfvh 888o .
Col. David 541, 548, p.

88, G. R. C.
Dolly* 5S6.
Elijah* 534, pp. 83, 101,

ch. VI, G. R. 0.
Parker, Elijah* 539.
Elizabeth* 537.
Enos* 543.
Fanny-Jones 548, pp. 87,

88, G. R. C.
Henry 70.
Isaac p. 40, 45.
Lieut. Isaac* pp. 83, 86,

101.
Isaac* pp. 85, 86, 101.
Isaac* 535, G. R. C.
Jacob* 538.
Capt. James' pp. 73, 83,

86.
John* 547,
Joseph' pp. 73, 77, 88, 86,

101. ch. VHL
Joseph" pp. 78, 77, 88, 86,

101, ch . VHL
Joseph* p. 78, ch. VIH.
Margaret pp. 79, 101.
Martha* 544.
Mary 330, p. 83.
Mary* p. 73.
Mary* pp. 72, 73, 77, 79,

ch. VIH.
Nathaniel* p. 88.
Obadiah p. 26.
Orra-West* 648, ch. XI,

G. R, C.
Phineas 645, p. 59.
Polly* 542.
Rhoda p. 140.
Sarah 437, 548.
Sophia* 546.
Willard p. 159.
William p. 83.
Parkhill, Emily p. 159,

200

Index-

Parallel charts, pp. 05, 06.
Parkhurst, Ebenezer p. 65.

Polly p. 03.
Pariis, Robert p. 0.
Parsons, pp, 58, 05, 06, chs.
XVI, XVIL

Dea. Ben jamin' pp. 78,03.

Benjamin* p. 08, ch.XVI.

Benjamin* p. 03, ch. XVL

David* pp. 03, 133.
ch. XVL

Eben* p. 78.

Ebenezer' p. 03, ch. XVI.

Dr. Edward-Field* p. 78-

Ithamar* p. 133.

Joel* pp. 110, 138.

Joseph' pp. 110, 138.

Nathaniel p. 78.

Phebe* 606, ch. XVL

Philip* p. 78.

Samuel* p. 133.

Shubael* p. 78.

Sophronia* pp, 117, 133.
Patch, Maria p 780, p. 74.

Samuel p. 136.
Patrick, Gen. p. 122.
Patterson, Esther p. 20.

James p. 50.
Payne, Molly p. 70.

Phebe p. 73, ch. Vm.

Solomon p. 70.

William p. 73, ch. Vin.
Payson, Hannah* p. 42.

Rev. John p, 88.
Peabody, Nathaniel p. 62.
Pearson, Samuel 373.
Pedigradation p. 78.
Pell p. 74, ch. vm.

Ann p. 89.
Pellet p. 16.
Perkins, Francis p. 02.
Perry, Charlotte-Bailyl201.

Ransom p. 174.

Warner p. 174.
Phelps, pp. 05, 117, ch.XVL

Brigham 1181.

Hiram p. 150.

Mary 080.

Robert p. 150.
Philological Society p. 157.
Phinney p. 06, ch. XVIL
Pierce, Elbridge-Gerry 831.

Elizabeth 47.

Ephraim 254, p. 14.

Franklin-^Brown* 833.

Henry-Ernest* 832.

Pierce, Henry-Willard 602.

Joseph p. 138.

Mary 487.

Rachel p. 20.

Samuel- Willard p. 105.

Timothy p. 65.
Pierpont p. p. 10
Pierson, Nancy-Sargeant p.
71.

Dr. William-S. p. 71.
Pilgrim Record Soc'y p 157
Piper, Abbie-Dora" 017.

Frederick-Joseph* 016,

George-Maurice* 018.

Harriet p. 130.

Henry-Francis 021.

Henry-Lyman* 024.

John-Johnson* 919.

Joseph-Lorin 012.

Marcia 961.

Mary-Boutelle* 022.

Merrick pp. 143, 148.

Rebecca p. 104.

Ruth-Marston* 023.

Sidney-Richard* 020.
Polite, Harriet-Emily 1102.

Richard p. 161.
Pool, Elizabeth 307.
Porter, Almira* 688.

Asa-G. 676.

Charles-Henry* 680.

Dorothy 472.

Emma- Louisa* 684.

Frederick-Leonard* 686.
. Henrietta- Jane* 670.

Henrjk- Abbott* 678.

Jacob- Osborne* 677.

Leonard- Warner* 681.

Lorinda* 690.

Louisa* 604.

Nellie-Maria* 687.
Potter, Luke pp. 3, 4.
Powers, Hannah Elizabeth
857.

Jerahmaelp. 59.

Jonathan* Jackson p. 140.
Pratt* p. 136.

Anna 221.

Betty* 394.

Caty* 391.

David* 890.

Ebenezer- Hill* 881.

Hannah* 392.

Jeramiel* 393.

John 375.

Lydia 229.

Pratt, Molly* 305,

Oliver-Hosmer 381. '

Thomas 880.
Prescott, Col, 457.

Jonathan ch. V.

Mary p. 30.
Preston, Dr. p. 35.

Rejoice 446.

William p. 50.
Prichard, George-W. 1260.
Proctor ch. XI.
Purdy, Electa p. 162.
Purrington, Lucinda-Clapp

p. 108.
Putnam, Gen. Israel p. 70.

William p. 70.
Quincy, Dorothy p. 110.

Elizabeth p. 113.

Joanna* ch. V.

Col. Edmond ch. V.
Radcliff, ch. XI.
Radials pp. 36, 80, 185.
Ralston, Centurius-Holton**
1054, pp. 57, 115.

Josiah-Marshall 1052.

Minnie-Estelle** 1053.
Rand, Silas p. 35.
Randall, Almira- W, p. 171.
Rend all, Rev. John pp. 165,

170.
Ranney, Esther p. 100.

Phebe (Phelps) p. 08.
Read, Clarissa 891.

Priscilla-Emily p. 140.
Rediat, John p. 19,

Mary p. 19.
Reed, John p. 142.

Rebecca p. 73.

Ruth p. 97.

Sarah- Ann p. 154.
Relationship noted p. 79.
Reward, Institute of, p. 157.
Rice, Esther p. 87.

Frederick- William p. 98.

Joseph p. 08.

Joseph-Parker 630.

Mary-Ann

Newbern p. 08.

Richard p. 4.
Richards, p. 95, ch. XVL
Richards, Abijah p. 99.

Harriet 632.

Hon. Mark p. 99.
Richardson, Carrie- Vir-
ginia* 901.

Charlotte-Houghton* 903.

Index.

201

Bichardson, Br. Ebenezer-
Coolidge 899.

Edward-Ooolidge* 905.

Ezekiel pp. 14, 16.

Harriet-Gardner* 902.

Henry* 68.

Jane-Sophronia p. 46.

John G. R. C.

John* 56, p. 16.

John* 57.

Josiah* pp. 14, 16.

Maria- Anita^ 900.

Martha-Reed* 904.

Oliver 378«.

Bolly 436.

Samuel p. 142.

SamueP p. 16.

Sarah G. R. C.

Susannah 64, p.40,G.R.C.

Susannah* 64, p. 14

Susannah* 60.

Sarah* 59.

Thomas* p. 16.
Rigdon, Sidney p, 67.
Ripley, Allen-P. p. 135.

Edwin-L. p. 152.

Hannah-Danelia 779.
Robert, Henry p. 59.

Israel p. 26.
Robertson, .Tames 371.
Robinson, Henson p. 154.

Phebe p. 133.

Rebecca d. 133.

Sallie 1034.

SaHy p. 103. '
Rockwood, Olive 612.

William p. 97.
Roe, Elizabeth 1236.
Rogers, C-H. & Co. pp. 144,
145.

Robert p. 37.
Root, Erastus, M.D. p. 100.

Fanny p. 156.

Gideon* p. 100.

John p. 157.

John* p. 100.

John* p. 100.

John* p. 100.

Samuel* p. 100.

Thomas" p. 100.

Timothy* p. 100.
Rose, Harriet 781.

James p. 135.
Rowland, David-8. 480.

Grace 478.

Henry-Augustus p. 64.

Rowland, Samuel p. 64.

William-Frederick* p.64.
Rowlandson p. 23.
Ruggles, p. 96, ch. XVH.

Anna p. 99.

Annie-Louise* 1150.

Charles- Ambrose* 1147.

Charles-Lester* 1153.

Doraifiell*1151.

Hannah-Minerva* 1155,

Harriet-Elizabeth* 1113.

Henry- Austin* 1186.

Henry-Thomas* 1154.

Ida-May* 1149.

James- Albert* 1140.

Joseph p. 99.

Joshua 1112.

Julia-Ann* 1138.

Julia-Isabel* 1123.

Mary-Ann* 1159.

Merit-Solomon-A*. 1146.

Capt. Samuel* p. 174.

Capt. Samuel* p. 174.

Susanna* p. 174.

Thomas p. 162.

Thomas* p. 174.

Thomas-Edwin* p. 162.

Col. «fc Brig. Gen. Tim-
othy* pp.84, 174.

Rev. Timothy p. 174.
Rush, Sarah p. 163 .
Russell, John p. 59.

Mary 346.
Ryan, Hannah p. 134.
Sabin, Matilda p. 67.
Sackett p. 83.
Sage, Rev. Sylvester pp. 97,

171.
Sahler, Rev. Daniel-D. 382.

Emma-Frances** 882.

Florence-Louise** 382.
Saltonstall, Gov. Richard

pp. 11, 44.
Sanderson, Ann-Elmira 849.

Elijah p. 139.

Elisha p. 139.
Sandwich, Earl of p. 134.
Sanger, Elizabeth 485.
Savage, James pp. 6, 7, 13,

14, 16, 21, 24, 73.
Sawtell, Abigail* pp. 73,77

ch. vin.

Abigail* 295.
Bethiah* 300.
Eli* 299.
Elnathan 277.

Sawtell, Elnathan* 278.
Ephraira 147, 294.
Ephraim* 301.
Hezekiah, pp. 32, 33, 59.
Joseph* 279.
Josiah* 300.
Lucy* 296.
Molly* 280, 298.
Obadiah* pp. 74, 79, ch.

vra.

Obadiah* pp. 73, 74, ch.

vm.

Richard* pp. 61, 74, 77,

ch. vm.

Sarah 52, p. 82.

Sarah* 302.

Sybil 464.
Sawyer, p. 134» ch. X.

Benjamin-H. p. 183.

Jonathan p. 76, ch. IX.

Seloma-Whiting 1264.
Scott, Elijah p. 20.

John p. 160.

Rebecca 1076.
Scudder, Dr. pp. 122, 125.
Sears, p. 96, ch. XVII.
Seize Quartiers, pp. 75, 76,

134*.
Seward, Secretary p. 124.
Seymour p. 129.
Shae, Elizabeth p. 106.

Mary-Ann 713.

Timothy p. 106.
Shattuck pp. 73, 86.

Anne p. 28.

Hannah p. 28.

Judson-Daniel 1060.

Lemuel p. 4, 6, 24, 73, 86.

Sybil p. 61.

William p. 113.
Shaw, Abigail*' p. 113.

Elizabeth* (Smith) p. 113.

Rev. John p. 113.

Mrs. Eeziah 612.

Olive 958.

Sebrina p. 173.

William p. 148.
Shed, Abigail p. 83.

Daniel p. 28.

Elizabeth 190.

G-H. p. 38.
Shedd, Margaret-F. 1236.

William-Poole p. 179.
Sherman, Elizabeth p. 135.

Genl. p. 125.
Sherwin, Henry-H. 653.

203

Index^

Shipmaiii Lydia p. 70.
Bhippen, Rev. R. R. p. 148.
Shirley J). 83.
8hiirtliff, Ro8well-a p. 99.
Bhate, Roxy p. 161.
Sibley, Jenisha p. 143.
Simms, Catharine-Maria p.

179.
Bimonds, Joseph p. 89.

William p. 59.
Blade, Anna p. 171.
Blafter, Rev. Edmund-Far-
weir, G. R.C.

John 416, p. 49, G.R.C.

Samuel p. 50.

Small p. 96, ch. XVII.
Small wood, Edwin p. 109.
Smith p. 134* ch. X.

Abigail* (Fowle) p. 113.

Abigail* p. 118.

Albert 698.

C'harles-Henry* 695.

Cornelia p. 135.

Ebenette-Charlotte-Karia
770.

Elizabeth* p. 113.

Elizabeth-Hunt 472,
p, 43.

Elizabeth (Quincy) p.
118.

Ella-Erances' 697.

George p. 134.

Hattie* 1186.

Helen 824.

Henry-Eraatus* 1187.

Rev Isaac-Bateman p.
134

Jonathan-Erastus 1184.

Josiab p. 105.

Laura p. 162.

Mary-Elizabeth 879.

Mary-Eveline 753, p.lS4»,
ch. X.

Kathan p. 60.

Oliver-Henry 694.

Otis p. 172.

Priscilla 449.

Roxanna p« 158.

Samuel p. 141.

Thankful p. 165.

Thomas p. 115.

Capt. William p. 113.

Rev. William* p. 113.
Snow, Esther 494.

Silas 842.
Solendine 442.

Somcrby, Mr. p. 118.
H -G. 184% ch. X.

Soule, Charles-Carroll 941.

Spaulding, Judge p. 71.
Abigail* 98.
Abigail* 475, 491.
Alexander* p .69.
Alexander-Hamilton* p.

69
Alice* 483.
Alva' p. 69.
Amasa* p. 65.
Asa* 478, pp. 70, 72.
Asa-Blodgett* p. 68.
Azel* p. 65.

Azer^- ^^'
Azel-Wainwright* p. 66.

Bela-Payne* p. 70.

Benjamin 25, G. R. O.

Dr. Benjamin-Bacon* p.
70.

Benjamin* 102.

Benjamin* 473.

Benjamin* 474, p. 64.

Betsey p. 159.

Charles* p. 72.

Charles' p. 66.

Charles-Carrol* p. 65.

Rev. Prof. Charles-Nel-
son p. 68.

David* 482.

David* p. 64.

DavidC*. p. 64.

Delos* p. 69.

Ebenezer p. 12.

Ebenezer* 500.

Ebenezer* p. 70.

Ebenezer' p. 70.

Edith* 95.

Edmund* p. 69.

Edward* p. 12.

Edward* 91, pp. 70.

Dea. Edward-Bigelow
p. 68.

Edward-Reynolds* p. 66.

Elisha-Abbott* p. 68.

Rev. Elisha* p. 68.

Elizabeth* 29.

Elizabeth* 93.

Elizabeth* 497.

Enos-Wilder' p. 64.

Ephraim* 484.

Ephraim* 494.

Ephraim* p. 69.

Ephraim-Hair p. 69.

Spaulding, Erastns* p. 69.
Rev. Erastus' p. 68.
Erastus-Holmes* p. 69.
Rev. Erastus-Wooster, p.

68.
Ezekiel* 495.
Ezekiel* 489.
Frederick* p. 69.
Frederick* p. 66.
Frederick- Austin* p. 69.
George* p. 72.
Rev. George- Burley* p.

66.
George-Swift' p. 72.
Henry 60.

Rev. Henry-George* p. 66.
Rev. Henry Whitehouse*

p. 68.
Herbert-Eustis* p. 65.
Horace' p. 64.
Israel-Putnam* p. 69.
James', M.D. p. 65.
James-Franklin* p. 69.
James-Reid* p. 66.
Jason' p. 65.
Dr. Jason-Carpenter* p.

66.
John* 101.
John* 485.
John' p. 65.
John* p. 65.
Jonathan* 95.
Josiah* 488, p. 68.
Josiah* pp. 67, 68.
Josiah' pp. 65, 68.
Rev. Josiah' p. 68.
Josiah-Sawyer* p. 68.
Justus' p. 64.
Levi* p. 64
Levi' p. 66.
Luther* 510.
Dr. Luther* p. 70.
Dr. Luther' p. 68.
Luther-Paine* p. 72.
Lydia* p. 70.
Lyman- Austin' p. 69.
Maria-Elizabeth* p. 70.
Mary* 30.

Mary* 480, 493, p. 70.
Mary* p. 65.
Martha p. 141.
Mehetabel* 496.
Nathan-Benton' p. 64.
Nathaniel-Goodell*p. 65.
Newall-Stevens' 64.
OUve* 103.

Index.

203

Spauldiniw, Olive* 476.

Oliver' 492.

Parley* p. 68.

Dr. Parley-Joslyn' p. 68,

Peletiah* 490.

Phineas* 486.

Dr. Phineas^ p. 66.

Pierce^ p. 66.

Polly* p. 70.

Priscilla p. 16.

Reuben* 487.

Dea. Reuben* pp. 65, 66,
68.

Reuben^ p. 68.

Dr. Reuben» p. 66,

Robert^ p. 69.

Royal* p. 64.

Dr. Rufua^ 509.

Hon. Rufus* pp. 71, 72.

Rufus-ClaghoniT p. 72.

Ruth* 97.

Samuel- J. p. 12,

Sarah* 26.

Sarah* 104.

Sarah* 481, p. 70.

Solomon* pp. 67, 68.

Solomon^ p. 68.

Stephen-Poster* p. 66.

Thomas* 100.

Dr. Volney' p. 69.

Dr. William-Cooper* p.
66.

Capt. William-Lawton*
p. 68.

William-Wallace* p. 69.

William- Witter* p. 69.

Wright* p, 64.

Zephaniah-Swift^ p. 71.
Spencer 157.
Spafford, Peggy pp. 51,
64,

Phebe 431.
Spofford, p. 74, ch. Vm.

John^p. 89, ch.VIII.

Lydia* p. 89, ch. VIII.

Samuel" p. 89, ch. VIII.
Sperry, Nelly 543.
Stannard, Harriet 624.

William p. 97.
Stark, Gen. John p. 97.
Stearns, Pres't of Amherst
College p. 169.

Rev. David p. 62.

Edward p. 44.

Isaac»pp.ll,44,ch.VnT.

Isaac* pp. 11, 44,ch. YIU.

Stearns, Mary pp. 11, 12, 74,
ch vm, G. R. C.

Ruth pp. 61, 62

Susanna p. 184.

Rev. William-A. p. 169.
Stebbina p. 95, ch. XVI.

Mary p. 98.
Steele p. 136.

David p. 136.

Isabella-Ehzabeth* 794.

James-Nesmith 793.

Ruth* 795.
Stephens, Phineas pp. 83,

86.
Sterling, p. 134% ch. X.
Stevens, Bill-Wright 135.

John* 217.

Peter* 216, 218.

Capt. Phineas pp. 83, 87

Simon* 219.

Hon. Thaddeus p. 72.
Stewart & Co.. p. 183.
Stillman, Albert Lyman

1059.
Stillson, J-B. p. 132.
Stoddard, pp. 95, 96, ch.
XVI, XVII.

Sylvester-Sage 631, pp.
56, 99, 100.

Ezra p. 98.
Stone, Abel* 260.

Abel* 252.

Abigail* 294.

Abraham* 222.

Anna* 227.

Asa* 255.

Asa* 256.

Benjamin p. 26.

Betsey* 324.

Betty* 250.

David* 229.

Elizabeth* 228.

Emma* 258.

Esther* 254.

Eunice* 276, 284.

George-B. 1273, G. R. C.

Hannah* 308.

Hannah* 241.

Horace-Bradshaw p. 98.

Isaac* 246.

Israel* 224.

James 271, p. 26.

Jamesf^ 272.

James* 273, 825,

Joel» 304.

Joel* 305.

Stone, John 220, pp. 29, 82.

John* 221.

John* 223.

Jonathan* 281.

Jonathan* 274, 283.

Joseph* 247, p. 30.

Lemuel* 275.

Levi* 318.

Levi* 823.

Lucy* 253, 822.

Lydia* 230, 820.

Mary* 277.

Mindwell* 233.

Molly* 245, 288.

Moses* 287.

Nathaniel* 238.

Nathaniel* 225, 239.

Olive* 242.

Oliver* 292.

Rachel* 264.

Rhoda* 243.

Sally* 289, 319.

Salmon* 806.

Samuel* 328.

Sarah* 248, 803.

Solomon* 286.

Sukey* 262,

Susannah* 282.

Sybil 238.

Sybil* 240.

Thomas* 249.

William* 260.
Storrs, Rev. Richard -Salter

p. 43.
Stow p. 65.

Joseph 112.

Nathaniel p. 24.

Ruth 116.
Stowe, Mrs. Harrieu

(Beech er) p. 99.
Stowell, Hannah 494.
Strafford, Earl of, p. 47.
Stratton, Mary p. 22, ch. V,

Samuel ch. V.
Strong, Rev. Joseph p. 70
Stuart, George-H. pp. 123

124, 125, 127.
Sturgis, Solomon p. 184.
Sumner, Hon, Charles p.
155.

Samuel p. 65.
Sutherland, Col. Charles p.

179.
Sutton Place p. 157.
Swarthout, Ada-Elizabeth*
12»8%

204

IfidcX'

SWarthoQt, James-Byron
1228.

James- W. p. 176.
Sweetland, liancy p. 158.
Swift, Lucinda-A. p. 71.

Judge Zephaniah pp. 67,
71.
Sylvester, Qaincy p. 140.

Sarah-Elizabeth 861.
Symbols of degree, p. 79.
System (American) p. 78.
Table of cliarts p. 186.
Taney, Roger-B. p. 127.
Tarbell, Lydia 467.

Samuel pp. 26, 60.

Thomas p. 59.
Taylor, pp. 89, 134% ch. X.

Abigail 377, p. 41.

Abigail-Gates 763.

Adelaide 1242.

Joel p. 180.

John p. 117.

Rhoda p. 133.

Sarah 457.
Thatcher, Peter p. 63.
Thomas, Adj't Gkn. p. 154.

Hannah-Jane 805.

Gen. p. 181.
Thompson, Charles (Sec'y)
p. 42.

Ezra 368.

Jonathan ch. XI.

Lydia-Maria 948.

Silas 370.
Thrasher, Emeline p. 179.
Thurls, Polly p. 137.
Thurston, DanieP pp. 74, 89,
ch. VIII.

Daniel* pp. 74, 89.

John p. 9^.

John' p. 89.

John* p. 89, ch. VHI.

Jonathan* p. 89, en. Vlll.

Priscilla* 333, pp. 74, 88,
89. ch. Vm.
Titcomb ch. XI.
Toby, E-S. p. 127.
Todd 441.

Anna p. 150.

Rebecca-Baker 1048.
Toland,Alvah-Calvin"1095.

Charles- WilUam* 1094.

James 1092.

James- Allen* 1100.

John-Fremont 1093.

Martha-Elizabeth* 1098.

Toland, Mary-Jane 1097.

Solomon-Henry* 1099.

William p. 161.
TopliflE, Calvin p. 50.

Hannah 421.
Torrey, Prof. John pp.
165, 168.

Tothill, Mary- Jane 944.
Tower, Lines p. 158.

Rebecca-Baker p. 158.
Towne, Dorcas p. 63.

Gardner 378e.

Hannah 3788.

Israel p. 43.
Tratman, James-E. p. 127.
Trowbridge p. 134» ch. X.

Dea. James* pp. 112, 113,
ch. IX.

John* p. 113, ch. IX.

Jonathan* pp. 112, 118,
ch. IX.

Thomas' pp. 112, 113, ch.
IX.

Thomas* p. 112.

William* p. 112.
Tryon, Governor p. 64.
Turner, George 558, p. 74.
Tuttle-Albert-Austin* 726.

Jedediah 720.

Louisa-Osborne* 721.
Tyng, Eleazerp. 10,

Rev. Dr. Stephen-H, Jr.
p. 15r.

William p. 9.
Underwood, Elizabeth p.
42.

Remembrance pp. 14, 16.

William p. 16.
Upham, Elizabeth p. 171.
Upton, Frances-Ellen 925.

Warren-C. p. 142.
Vallandingham p. 129.
Vance, Sophia p. 176.
Vamey, Mary- Ann 1277,
G. R. C.

Shadrach p. 184.

Vincent p. 96, ch. XVH.
Voorhees p. 129.
Vore p. 95, ch. XVI.
Vosburg, Bamet p. 175.

Bernatta 1213.
Wade, Benjamin'p. 72.
Waddell, Charles p. 159.

Sophia-Maria 1065.
Wadsworth, p. 134», ch. X.

E-S- pp. 117, 119, 134.

Wadsworth, Tertius p, 119.

Walls p. 125.

Walker, Clarissa p. 147.

Joseph- Gilmer p. 153.

Lucy-Ellen 1025.
Wallace, Sally p. 140.
Ward, p. 134% ch. X.

John p. 110, ch. IX.
Warner, Abigail* p. 133.

Almon p. 100.

Dan p. 171.

David-Dudley p. 172.

Harriet 634, p. 174.

John* p. 133.

Gen. Jonathan pp, 99,
174.

Mark* p. J 33.

Mary-Susanne 1170.

Priscilla p. 20, G. R. C.
Warren, Dr. J-H. p. 172.

Gen. p. 123.

Gen. Joseph p. 42.

Levi p. 48.

Micah p. 92.
Washington, Gen. George
pp. 35, 42.

Martha p. 43.
Weaver, Rev. J. p. 181.
Webb p. 96, ch. XVII.
Webber, Rev. George-N. p.

177.
Weld p. 17.
Welsh, William p. 127.
Wendall, Elizabeth p. 63.
Wentworth, Edward p. 47,

Elizabeth* ^34.

Eunice* 235.
. Gov. p. 83.

Hannah-Matilda* p. 47.

Maud p. 47.

Moses 238.

Oliver* 237.

Phebe* 236.

Thomas-Handford p. 47.
Wesson, Abigail 111.
Wetherbee, Dorcas 677.

Lucinda p. 107.

Paul p. 91.
Wheat, Siarah p. 54.
Wheeler, Ailemas p. 183.

Daniel- Augustus 1262,
G. R C.

Deborah 473.

Edwin-Whitmore* 1263.

Edward-Lawrence* 835.

Emeline-Sophia* 829.

Index,

205

Wheeler, Ephraim 29.

Etta-Davis* (or Susie-Etta)
837.

Hattie-Elizabeth* 838.

George p. 3, 7.

Joseph p. 138.

Joshua p. 35.

Lucy p. 47.

Mary-Ann« 831.

Oliver 128.

Micah-Lawrence828, p. 90

Rufua^Warren" 834.

Sarah 7, G. R. C.

Thomas p. 3.

Timothy pp. 7, 44.
Whitcomb, p. 95, ch. XVI.
White pp. 96, 117.

David p. 100.

Elizabeth p, 180.

John 644, 638, p. 61.

Margaret-Elizabethn231.

Mary p. 174.

Peregrine p. 57.

Peter p. 100.

Rev. Eliny-Holton' 1230,
p. 56

William-Holton", 1235.
Whitehorn, John p. 158.
Whitehouse, Rev. H-B.,

D.D-p. 68.
Whiting p. 13.

Maranda p. 183.
Whitman, Nathaniel p. 48.
Whitmore, Abigail* ch. XI.

Abigail* ch. XI.

Adelaide-Frances* 1281.

Adin-Hamlin* 1267.

Agnes-Seloma* 1269.

Albert' 651, ch, VI, XI,
G. R. C.

Amos* ch. XI.

David p. 101.

David* ch. XI.

David* ch. XI.

Dorothy* ch. XI.

Ebenezer* 61, XI.

Ebenezer' ch. XI.

Edwin-Henry" 1280.

Edwin-Parker' 1258, p.
103, chs.VI,XI, G.R.C.

Elizabeth* ch. XI.

Elizabeth* ch. **

Elizabeth* ch. "

EUa-Gertrade* 1279.

Ellen-Louisa* 1272.

Francis* p, 101, ch. XI.

Whitmore, Francis* ch. XI.
George, 8r. p. 109.
George-Horace" 1278.
Giddings, 648, chs. VI,

XI, G. R. C.
Hamlin' 1264, chs. VI,

XI, G. R. C.
Hannah* ch. XI.
Hannah* ch. Xs.
Hayes-Giddings*, 1274.
Henry-Sylvester' 1277,

chs. VI, XI.G.R. C.
Horace-Metcalf* 665, p.

182, chs. VI, XI, G.R,C.
Jacob* ch. XI.
Jervis-John* 1270.
John* ch. XI.
Jonathan* ch . XI.
Joseph* p. 101, ch. XI.
Joseph* p. 101, ch. XI.
Joseph* ch. XI.
Joseph-Flagg' 1271, chs.

VI, XI, G. R. C.
Lucia-Estelle* 1273.
Lydia* ch. XI.
Margaret* ch. XL
Marian-Parker* 1262,

G. R. C.
Martha' 653, chs. VI, XI,

G. R. C.
Mary* ch. XL
Mary* ch. XI.
Mary-J osephine* 1275.
Nathan* ch. XL
Noel-Mott* 1268.
Phebe* ch. **

Ruth* ch. "

Samuel* ch. "

Sarah* ch. '*

Sarah* ch.

Susan-Elizabeth* 1259.
Thomas* ch. XL
William-H. pp. 77, 78, 102.
Whitney p. 157.
Professor p. 43.
Ann* p. 44.
Petty p. 159.
Daisy-ChristabeP* 671.
Edith-Louisa" 669.
Elizabeth p. 40.
Franklin-Miller 668.
Herbert-Prescott" 666.
James p. 41.
John p. 59.
John* p, 44.
Jonas-Prescott p. 104.

Whitney, Jonathan* p. 44,

Jonathan* p. 44.

Joseph-M. p. 104.

Julius 665.

Lucy 372.

Mary p. 14.

Ray-Elliot" 670.

Sybil 213.

Timothy p. 29.
Whittakerp. 49.

Lydia 250.
Whittemore pp. 44, 46.

Charles 380.

Charles-Irving" 380.

Dexter p. 46.

Josiah p. 46.

William-John" 380.
Wilbur, Elizabeth 6, p. 5,

G. R. C.
Wilcox ch. XL

Carrie-Emma* 1261.

Maie-Lizzie 1260.

William-Augustus 1259,
p. 183, G. R. C.
Wilder, Elisha p. 93.

Shepherd-Clark 600.
Wiley, Sally p. 138.
Wilkins, Daniel p. 63.

Samuel 469.
Will of Miriam' (Holton)

Brown, p. 156.
Willard, Alvin-Eugene
1226.

Fabensp. 176.

Josiah pp. 65, 61, 62.

Samuel p. 26.

Simon p. 8.
Williams College p. 134%
ch. 10.

Chaplain p. 122.

Col. Ephraim p. 110.

Mary- Ann p. 133, 184.

Jacob p. 59.

James p. 55.

John p. 69.

Robert* p. 134.

William p. 69.
Williston, p. 95, ch. 16.

Rev. Dfivid-Howe* 378'*
Hannah* p. 43.
Noah* p. 42.
Payson* p. 43.
Hon. Samuel p. 43.
Sarah* p. 43.
Wilson, p. 134* ch. 10.
Joanna pp. 32, 83.

206

Index,

Wilson, Joseph pp. 50, 88.

Mary p. 161.

Bamuel 548, G. R. C.

Sarah* p. 113, ch. IX.
Wing, p. 96, ch. XVII.
Winilow, p. 58, 95, 96, chs.

XVI, xvn.

Haj. Qen. p. 28.

Capt Edward* p. 110.

Edward* p. 110.

Hanna p. 162.

John* p. 110.

Dr. Joseph p. 178«

Joshaa* p. 110.

Joshua* p. 110.

Kenelm* p. 93.

Eenelm* p. 93.

Kenelm* p. 98.

Miriam* p. 98.

Rebecca (Fish) p. 178.

Rev. 8eth p. 106.

Susannah* p. 47.

Thomas* p. 93.

Thomas* p. 98.
Winthrop p. 118.

Gov. p. 21.

John p. 21, 44.
Witter, Mary 492.
Wood, Asa p. 178.

Darwin 1189.

Martha-Ann (Doney) p.
p. 155,

Michael p. 4.

Nathaniel p. 92.

Wood, Snsanna p. 178.
Woods, p. 129.

Abigail* 41.

Abigail* 128.

Abigail* 184.

Alice* 40.

Elizabeth* 125.

Esther* 42.

Eunice* 129.

Hannah* 127.

Isaac p. 26.

JamecT 130.

James* 181.

Jemsha 221.

John p. 26.

Jonathan p. 29.

Joseph* 43.

Jotham* 138.

Levi 214.

Martha* 44.

Mary* 137.

Nahnm 132.

Rachel* 39.

Rachel* 135.

Samuel 36, G. R C.

Samuel* 124.

Samuel* 126.

Susanna* 38.

William* 136.
Woodbridge, Martha 174.

Rev. John p. 174.
Woodbury, Oscar-Ferdi-
nand 959.

Woodward, Alfred-Gilson
1199,

Alfred-Gilson* 1194.

Carrie-Frances* 1192.

David p. 22.

Eunice 95.

Franklin p. 106.

Leonard p. 173.

Lizzie-Maria* 1193.

Louisa-Maria 700.
Wooster, Laura-Maria p.

68.
Worcester, Hannah p. 61.

Worden, Rev. Horace 1175.

Worder, p. 96, ch. XVIL

Worthen, Dorothy p. 173.

Worthington, p. 95, ch.
XVL

Mary p. 98.
Wright, Abigail 473.

Betsey p. 46.

Ebenezer p. 63.

Maria p. 17.

Mary- Ann 618.

Salmon p. 97.
Wyer, James-Ingersol p.
145.

Sara-Gardner 933.
Young, Catharine-Amelia

p. 160.
Yeager, Daniel p. 180.

Mary-Elinor 1256.

The abbreviations used in this Iin>Ex are explained on page 187«

A SUPPLEMENTAL INDEX

INCLUDINO

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ABBREVIATIOlSrS.

abbrev. abbreviated Hist,

abt. about. hist,
ace. according to. ^ hon.
adm. admitted, administered or admin- inf.

istration.

IB. aged. inhab.

aft. afterward. ins.

alleg. allegiance. inst.

art. artillery. intest.

b. bom or was bom. iny.

bap. ' baptized, was baptized or baptism, jud.

bef. before. k.

bet. between. kn.

br. brother. Id.

bur. buried, was buried or burial. lieut.

capt. captain or captaincy. liv.

ch. child, children, church or chart m.

chap, chapter.

CO. county or company. maj.

col. colonel, colony or colonial. ment.

col', colored. mil.

colL college or collections. min.

comb, combined. K. E.

comp. compared. K. S.

cons, constitute or constituted. nam.

cont. continued or continuation. Ko.

Corp. corporal. num.

couns. counsellor. O. S.

COT. covenant. ord.

ct. court. orig.

d. day, days, died or daughter. p.

Dart. Dartmouth. pp.

daus. daughters. petit,

dea. deacon. prob.

deg. degree. prop,

div. divided or division. prov.

drd. drowned or was drowned. pub.

educ. educated.

emp. employed. rad.

£ng. England. rec.

eng. engaged or en^eer.

enl. enlisted. rem.

ens. ensign. rep.

esq. esquire, res.

est. estate. ret.

exc. except s.

f. father. 8. p.

fam. family. serg.

fideL fidelity. sett,

fol. folio, following or followed. sev.

freem. freeman or freemen. trans.

Gen. Genealogy. unm.

gen. genealogical. voL

gr.' grant, granted or great. w.

gr. f. grandfather. wid.

gr. mo. grandmother. wks.

gr. s. grandson. yr.

grad. graduate, graduated or was grad- ^

uated.

H« C. Harvard College.

History.

historian.

honorable.

infant, infancy, informed or in«

formation,
inhabitant or inhabited,
insert or inserted,
institute or instituted,
intestate,
inventory,
judicial,
killed,
known,
land.

lieutenant or lieutenancy,
lived or living,
married, was married, month or

months,
major,
mentioned,
military or militia,
minister or miniateriaL
New England.
New Style,
named,
number,
numerous.
Old Style.

ordained. ^

originaL
page,
pages.

petitioners or petitioned,
probate or probably,
proprietor or proprietors,
proved,
publish, publishment, published

or was published,
radial,
record, rec(N*ds, recorded or

received,
remained or removed,
representative or represented,
resided,
returned,
son.

no descendants,
sergeant.

settlers or settled,
several,
transferred,
unmarried,
volume or volunteer,
wife,
widow,
weeks.

year or years,
indicates descendants when

names are unknown or ua«

mentioned.

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Bt DAVID-PAESONS' holton, m.d.

Read before the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 27 May, 1874. The regular searioui
of this society are held the second and fourth Fndays of each month at 64 Madison avenue in the Mott
Mkmobial Hall.

About 8 o'clock Saturday morning, May 10, 1834, 1 called at the Ameri-
can Bible House, 115 Nassau street, New York, to see Rev. John C. Brig-
ham, the Corresponding Secretary of the American Bible Society, whose
nephew had been for the two years preceding a pupil of mine in the Academy
at Southwick, Hampden Co., Mass. The man in charge informed me that I
was some two hours in advance of the time to find the reverend Secretary.

This led me to feel for my watch, which I soon remembered to have left
under the pillow, at Holt's Hotel, where I had taken lodgings on my arrival
by the Connecticut River steamboat, the night previous. Hastening to my
sleeping-room, I found that the bed was made and that the watch had dis-
appeared. The erection of this house (now, 1874, known as the United
States Hotel), on Pulton, Pearl and Water streets, had, throughout the Union,
been counted the great event of 1832-3.

The Astor House was commenced a few weeks after my arrival. Well do
I remember how my previous notions of economy were all at sea^ in view of
the demolition of large brick stores on the west-side of Broadway from Vesey
to Barclay street. However, learning that John Jacob Astor was then and
there about to erect a house to eclipse Holt's Hotel, as a gift to his son,
William B., my financial views were somewhat modified.*

Returning from my failure to find the watch, the Rev, John C. Brigham
graciously showed to the Preceptor of his nephew, the extensive printing
and binding establishments of the Bible Society, which subsequently in their
new location on Fourth avenue and Eighth street were much enlarged.

For many years, and until his death, I occasionally counseled with this
reverend gentleman, as with a father.

The second call made was at the temperance rooms in the Mercantile
Library building, known as Clinton Hall, corner of Nassau and Beekman
streets. There I found Mr. R. M. Hartley, the efficient Secretary in the
temperance cause, with whom I formed a friendship which has continued
vigorous and edifying these forty years.

This building was during many years the principal center of numerous

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* Reference is here made to mv visit in New York the previous year, at the time of the commence*
stent of prepanUiani for the building.

811

212 REMINISCENCES.

literary and benevolent associations and was the place for scientific and
popular lectures ; for Mr. Hale, proprietor of the Journal of Commerce^ Mr.
William Green and their associates, had not then erected, near Leonard
street, the celebrated Broadway Tabernacle.

In Clinton Hall were commenced the instructions of the University of
the City of New York, Eev. Dr. J. M. Mathews being Chancellor. At a
later date, the building of the Mechanics' Institute on Chambers street be-
tween Centre and Chatham streets, was occupied for these instructions till
the University on Washington square was completed.

To this University my attention had been somewhat turned as my future
Alma Mater; and at my first visit to Clinton Hall, some conversation was
had with Mr. Hartley about my purpose to complete my collegiate course iu
that Institution.

Subsequently I called upon Rev. Dr. Mathews at his residence in Liberty
street. The Chancellor welcomed the new comer, as a Green Mountain can-
didate for University honors, and with words of encouragement spoke of
the various ways by which a young man of sound principles and correct
habits, with industry and perseverance, could pursue collegiate studies and
financially sustain himself in the great metropolis.

At that time, the locations most sought for private homes, were in the
neighborhood of the Battery, on Broadway to Eighth street and westward to
include St John's Park, on East Broadway and southward to Monroe street
extending eastward to the Rutger's mansion, on Bond street, St. Mark's place,
Leroy place, La Fayette place and Washington square, of which last only
about one-fourth was bordered by dwelling houses.

It was subsequent to this, if my memory serves me right, that the first
two houses on Fifth avenue were built by the Misses Green for their School
for Young Ladies — No. 1 being the present residence of the Comptroller,
Andrew H. Green.

At the interview of which I was speaking, Chancellor Mathews spoke of
the fact, that many wealthy citizens of New York had given, each, fifteen
hundred dollars towards founding the University, they, severally, becoming
thereby perpetually entitled to place and keep one student in the occupancy
of a scholarship, t. e. in the regular University course, without the additional
payment of tuition fees. These facts and conditions I reported to Rev. Mr.
Brigham, who subsequently saw Rev. Elihu W. Baldwin, pastor of the
Seventh Presbyterian Church, Broome street, corner of Ridge, who had,
through the gift of one of his parishioners, the disposal of one scholar-
ship, and he assured Mr. Brigham that it should be at the service of the
Vermonter.

After my interview with Mr. Hartley as aforesaid, I met Rev. Jeremiah
Bridges, Elder of the Baptist Church in Southwick, the place which I had
left the Thursday previous, the 8th of May, 1834. He introduced me to
Eev. Jonathan Going, D. D., Editor of the principal Baptist paper in America,

REMINISCENCES. 213

whose oflSce was also in Clinton Hall. To him I told the story of my lost
watch, and solicited that he would favor me by becoming my banker — for
at this time I possessed just thirty-six dollars, and whatever goods and chat-
tels were contained in my trunk and valise, the same being only ordinary
wearing apparel.

My available assets, the said thirty-six dollars, I divided into two portions,
handing to my banker twenty-four, and retaining in my wallet twelve;
promising myself and Rev. Dr. Going, that I would find some remunerative
employment, before I should have exhausted the latter portion. After this
I met, in Broadway, Mr. Charles Jes8up,of Mass., who had married a sister
of one of my Southwick pupils. He invited me to accompany him the next
day to the Sunday-school exercises at the House of Refuge, he having pre-
viously taken into his employ, at Westfield, one of the inmates of that Insti-
tution. The next day, my first Sunday in New York city, at the appointed
hour, Mr. Jessup introduced me to Mr. N. C. Hart, Superintendent of the
House of Refuge, then located /ar out of towfiy some distance north of Mr,
Hogg's garden, on the Bloomingdale road.

In a geographical review, it is difficult to believe that remote place to be
identical with our present Madison Square.

Mr. Hart loved his work, and devoted himself to the boys and girls en-
trusted to his charge. He loved to see the working of means to an end, and
labored in faith with the hardest cases. After this introductory visit, I was
kindly permitted to call during the school hours of any day ; and of this
privilege I subsgquently availed myself for many years. His interest in any
youth once under his charge, continued, like that of a parent, when the
child had left for a new home. His book of letters showed, in those who
had left the institution, a filial affection toward him, which to me seemed
wonderful, nor have I seen the like in any other instance.

The character of Mr. Hart has ever since those years appeared to me a
living force, elevating my purposes as a teacher.

On Monday, the third day of my New York residence, true to my pur-
pose to find employment before spending the twelve dollars, I resolved to
offer myself as a teacher in some department of any school in the city.
With this in view I bought a small guide-book entitled, "NEW YORK as
IT IS IN 1833," containing a map of the city, and a list of all its public and
private schools.

With this book and map, and a pocket full of testimonials from places
where I had kept school, in Westminster and Bellows Falls, Vt., Cornish and
Limerick in York county, Me., Effingham, Carroll county, N. H., and for
the last two years at Southwick, Mass., I commenced at the Battery, and
thence in geographical order presented my application at every private school.
Many teachers assured me that they knew of no opening ; others encourag-
ingly said, it being May, they could make no changes in my favor before
the fall term.

214 REMINISCENCES.

In parting, I assnred each one that some opening for me would, surely,
8oon be found.

During that week I visited all the schools in the city, known through the
printed page and through all channels of personal inquiry open to me.
No vacancy was found. Then I spent Monday of the second week in Pearl
street, in applications as a clerk or salesman. All responses were negatives.
The most hopeful answers for the future were from Arthur Tappan and
from Messrs. Bailey, Eeeler & Bemson.

Next, I passed a day among the law offices ; but found no olive-leaves.
The very numerous acquaintances formed during these two days among
merchants and lawyers, proved a source of happiness and benefit in after
years. The Wednesday of the second week I resolved to revisit every school
which I had previously found — sure that I should gain an opening.

Near the close of the first day of this repetition of my applications, I
found that in the Lafayette Institute on Broadway, corner of Ninth street,
near the limit of the city built in that direction (a section which then had
recently been occupied as the Sailors' Snug Harbor), the sickness of one of
the teachers had providentially opened for me a situation, yielding me, be-
sides a good home, 180 up to the approaching vacation.

Having settled my board bill at 68 Dey street, I had remaining from
the $12, seventy-five cents, exactly the sum necessary to pay a coachman for
taking me and my baggage to my newly-found home, the Lafayette Insti-
tute, Thursday, 22d May, at the same hour of the day on which, fourteen
days before, I had left Southwick, Mass. .

At that time the region northwestward from the corner of Broadway and
Ninth street was unbuilt upon, and Eighth street was the northern terminus
of the omnibus route — Brewer's line having precedence over any others in
the city.

At the close of the summer vacation, I entered as a student in the Uni-
versity, then located, as already said, in Chambers street, near Chatham,
occupying the scholarship placed temporarily to my credit by the Eev. Elihu
W. Baldwin, who soon left New York as President of Wabash College,
Indiana. He was succeeded in the pastorate of the Seventh Presbyterian
Church by Rev. Edwin F. Hatfield, then recently from his field of eminent
success in St. Louis, Mo.

During my first week in New York, in the course of my applications, t
met, in Mr. Sherwood's school in Albion place, which was a part of Fourth
street, eastward from the Bowery, Mr. J. J. Greenough, recently a student
in Andover Theological Seminary, with whom I formed an acquaintance
which ripened into strongest friendship.

Having completed my engagement at the Lafayette Institute, I matricu-
lated as student in the University, and subsequently shared with Mr,
Greenough a lodging-room in the Fifth Ward, at 42 Hudson strteet, where
he had, at the special solicitation of A. R. Wetmore, A. P, Halsey, B.

REMINISCENCES. 215

Strong, and a few other associate patrons, opened a private school for
boys.

Here I pursued my University studies, and by uniting with several
benevolent and reformatory associations already at work, learned of the per-
sonal labors and liberal contributions of citizens of New York for various ob-
jects of charity. I was profoundly impressed with the personal sacrifices and
devotion of Mr. A. E. Wetmore in meeting the physical and moral needs of
the city, and particularly in the Fifth Ward — for then my estimate of the
gifts of people in their lifetime was upon a small scale compared with what
the munificence of later years has established. Girard in his will had pro-
vided millions for the endowment of an asylum ; but no Peter Cooper
had then taught the beauty of one's personal administration on hun-
dreds of thousands of dollars of his own estate for the general good of
humanity.

With Mr. Greenough, I had the pleasure to unite with the Committee for
tract distribution and visitations of charity, under Mr. Wetmore, in the
Fifth Ward. Mr. Wetmore still lives, and I have yet to learn that he wearies
in well doing. Mr. Greenough for man^ years, and till his death, continued
his excellent school for boys.

After a few months in my University course, having in the meantime
nearly exhausted the $24 left with my banker, the Rev. Dr. Going, and the
$80 which 1 received as teacher of mathematics in the Lafayette Institute,
I read in the New York Observer, some five days after publication, that a
private tutor was wanted in a family residing in the vicinity of the city,
applicants being referred to Anthony P. Halsey, Esq., cashier of the Bank
of New York.

I called upon Mr. Halsey at his residence, 16 Jay street He said I was
the forty-ninth applicant, and that among the number were graduates from
colleges and some graduates of Theological Seminaries, and although he
read from my pile of New England testimonials, he gave me no encourage-
ment. I reported matters to Mr. Brigham, who hastened to the Bank in
Wall street, comer of William, and spoke good words for the preceptor of
his nephew, immediately turning the scale in my favor.

The teacher sought was for the family of P. Van Brugh Livingston, at
Dobbs Ferry, on the east bank of the Hudson, north of Yonkers, with
whom I remained one year, receiving as salary $500.

During this time I occasionally visited the University, as I was endeavor-
ing to pursue alone the regular studies of my class. After the close of this
engagement I returned to the city, and, with much hesitation, reluctantly
resigned my scholarship in the University, and as student of medicine entered
the ofl&ce of Dr. Ansel W. Ives, 367 Broadway, opposite the residence of Dr.
John Kearny Eodgers, the students of the two offices being united for recita-
tion, interchangeably, before each of the two doctors. With what remained
of my $500, received from Mr. Livingston, I entered upon a course of

216 REMINISCENCES.

medical lectures in the College of Physicians and Surgeons^ Nos. 1 and 3
Barclay street.

On the death of my preceptor, Dr. Ives, I entered the office of Dr. Alfred
C. Post, No. 4 Leroy place, the College having been removed from Barclay
to 67 Crosby street, where, on the 9th of March^ 1839, I was graduated as
Doctor of Medicine.

Previous to my study of medicine in the office of Dr. Ansel W. Ives, I
had read medical books and had attended some lectures on medical sub-
jects, chiefly with a view to understanding the effects of alcoholic drinks
on the human system. The scientific study of these effects was not neces-
sary to convince me of the inexpediency of using intoxicating beverages,
as my convictions were strong, resting upon my observations from early
youth. Before I could intelligently read, my mother impressed me with the
truth that strong drink is raging, and that he who is deceived thereby is
not wise. Her words were confirmed by what I could almost daily see ;
and from that seeing and hearing I knew, as well as I could know any-
thing, that total abstinence from all intoxicating drinks was the only safe
and wise course.

Having this conviction, on my tenth anniversary birthday, the 18th
June, 1822, 1 invited some boys to accompany me to the top of a hill on my
father's farm in Westminster, Vi, where we pledged to each other never
more to use the destroying drinks. I did not then know of any temperance
society, and I have not yet learned that any total abstinence society had
been formed previous to this date, 18th June, 1822.

The first two days of my being a medical student in the office of Dr.
Ives were wholly devoted to the writing of twelve letters to as many friends
in different places in New England, announcing my determination, and
bespeaking, in advance, their charitable interpretation of my probable future
course, when, having obtained my diploma as doctor of medicine, and
having some knowledge of practice, my energies, my experience, and my
acquirements should all be turned to the practical solution of problems for
the prevention of the evils of intemperance.

In these twelve letters I also bespoke a charitable construction upon my
future probable course in abandoning the medical practice, trusting that by
the appropriate use of manikins, skeletons, and prepared specimens of
human and CQmparative anatomy, I should be enabled to be a better teacher,
thus being furnished with apparatus and natuial means for object teaching,
in which I had been indoctrinated by reading the publications of Josiah
Holbrook, of Boston, about the time of my first essay at school-teaching,
when fifteen years of age (1827), in my native town, where I had the honor
to introduce the blackboard — doubtless the first in any district school in
the State of Vermont.

Subsequently I read the scientific tracts and other publications upon the
same subject, by Dr. J. V. C. Smith, afterward Mayor of Boston, and now.

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1874, Professor of Anatomy in the New York Free Medical College for Wom-
en, 51 St. Mark's place, New York city ; in which college I have the
honor to occupy the chair of Comparative Physiology, a chair closely allied
to that of my former Boston friend.

In 1833, by special permission of the Trustees of the South wick Academy,
I prolonged a vacation in order to pass a few weeks in Boston in witnessing
the practical object-teaching, system, as developed by Mr. Holbrook, aided
hy Drs. Alcott and Smith ; and in attending the sessions of the American
Institute of Instruction, in which W. C. Woodbridge, S. K. Hall and others,
whose names are cherished as promoters of progressive steps in improved
methods of teaching and discipline, were then active members.

I came to New York fully persuaded that, as means in educational devel-
opments, a little of ACTUALITY was better than much of artificiality.

These twelve letters were also apologetic in view of my anticipated turn-
ing aside from the practice of the medical profession in order to combat a
false prejudice against the colored race, grounded upon peculiarities in the
formation of their skeleton, their hair, their skin, and other tissues of the body.
I do not remember the time when I first realized the great wrong of stealing,
buying, selling, or holding a human being in slavery ; but an incident, iu
1826, gave character, form, and expression to my most positive convictions
on this subject.

My brother, nine years my senior, had occasion to visit Montreal, Canada.
After one week of his absence, my sister Miriam came running to the saw-
mill, to inform ray father that the chest of the absent brother had been
rifled of a new suit of clothes, and two rolls of valuable cloth.

We all hastened to the house to learn the details, and to consult as to the
probabilities relating to the theft. Suspicion soon rested upon one William
Williams, a traveling laborer, who, after having worked two weeks on the
farm, had some four days previous left for parts unknown. Having myself
worked with him in the field, and having heard him speak much of Old
Springfield, Mass., and of his intention to go there on some raft of lumber
moving down the Connecticut Eiver, it seemed probable that he had gone in
that direction. I plead with my parents to allow me, then fourteen years of
age, to go in pursuit of the thief — at least in search of the stolen goods.
With much reluctance they consented.

With ten or twelve dollars in my pocket, and unincumbered with luggage,
I started, saying that if Williams went a-foot, I would walk ; if he rode, I
would take the stage ; if he went by raft, I would do the same. Of course,
I commenced on foot, southward bound, inquiring of every man, woman,
and child whom I met on the road, or in the houses by the wayside, describ-
ing minutely the man whom I was seeking.

After having gone about fi-v^ miles, I heard of his having passed three
days before, empty-handed, or with a small package, southward; and that
on the following morning the same man was seen, walking in the same di-

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rectiou with a large package on his back. Haying learned this I walked with
increased speed, making inquiries of every person whom I met.

Soon I heard that^ at the next house the man had sold some undergar--
ments. Going to the house, I recognized the articles as belonging to my
brother. I promptly declared that they belonged to him, Mr. Erastus A.
Holton, son of Joel Holton, the clothier and sawyer of Westminster, Ver-
mont; that in the absence of my brother, Mr., Williams, the hired man, had
stolen the articles. The purchaser of the stolen goods believed my story, and,
recognizing that his claim to stolen property was void, notwithstanding he
had paid money for the same, readily surrendered the garments. Passing
onward another mile, I found under similar circumstances other of the
missing garments. Near by, in like manner, I received all the remainder
of the goods, except the two rolls of cloth ; and of the sale of these I heaixi
as being to a trader on the river bank in Putney, Vt. The man who last sur-
rendered the stolen property, finding this just act had strengthened his moral
powers, befriended the boy, and proffered his personal aid in a visit to said
store. Entering, he inquired for cloth, as though contemplating a purchase,
and one of the missing rolls was shown to him. My sympathizer then asked
for some of a different color, when both of the stolen rolls were opened upon
the counter, and were seen and identified by me. . . . An explanation
followed, which resulted, after considerable delay and hesitation, in the de-
livery of the cloth.

All the lost goods thus recovered were taken to the hotel in Putney, where
I remained till the northward going stage, the next morning, carried me
towards Westminster, where at the post-office was gathered an unusual crowd,
planning what should be done to find and restore, not the thief and the
missing goods, but the presumptuous boy for whose safety great anxiety be-
gan to be felt through the village and neighboring districts. To their sur-
prise, this boy, about whom they were wondering and conjecturing, stepped
down from the open stage-door with his great pack. — Never since have I been
lionized as then.

The quick surrender of the stolen goods, notwithstanding the holders
had in good faith paid cash for the same, impressed me anew with a whole-
some doctrine, that the negro, stolen in the place of his nativity or his home,
and sold by the slave-dealer, does not become the property of any pur-
chaser.

While in bed at the hotel in Putney, this truth took possession of all that
could be called myself; and, if subsequently it acquired no new force, it is
certain its hold upon me has never changed — has never diminished.

Though, in my sleeping apartment then and there, I may have rejoiced
over the success in recovering the stolen articles j yet I chiefly valued the
new light, and the new conviction which was forced upon me as a living
actuality, that it was my duty to do my best for restoring the slave to free-
dom. This impression came to me in this form :

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If a person buying clothes stolen from my brother has no right in them,
notwithstanding he paid money for the same ; then, the negro stolen from
himself does not become the property of the thief or purchaser.

During the first two days in the oflBce of Dr. Ives, while writing the twelve
letters as stated, I recognized my obligations to work in either or all of these
three directions— in the interest of temperance, education, and freedom.
These duties were present in my vision as having, or as probably being about
to have upon me, greater claims than the practice of medicine ; nevertheless
it appeared to me expedient to obtain a medical education, as a means to
one or more of these ends.

Up to that date I had been firmly convinced that no person had a right
to select a profession, a trade, or any kind of business or employment,
chiefly in view of its financial remuneration to him or herself [himerself ].*
I most firmly believed it to be the duty of every one to do that, and that
only, which would add most to the happiness of mankind ; trusting that
of the many and various fields of usefulness, one might be found suited
to each person, in which individual and public benefits would harmonize.
My views on this subject have not since changed.

While a student in the office of Dr. Ives, at my earnest solicitation, my
sister Miriam, who had for some years been a school-teacher in Vermont,
Massachusetts, and Connecticut, left New England to open a school in
New York..

As a preliminary step to success in a city establishment, she taught awhile,
in 1836, at Mrs. Starr's school for young ladies, 96 Madison street, and the
next spring,' without special patronage or promise from any one, she opened
a school at 18 Amity street, beginning with one pupil. At the close of the
first week she had six, and the number rapidly increased, until at the
August vacation she had about thirty.

On commencing her fall term, she found her rooms too small, and one
morning she and her brother were gratified to see, diagonally across the
way, a bill on No. 11 Amity street, " To Let.'' . Thither her school was
forthwith removed to more ample quarters, and there, for six years, were
accommodated from 60 to 125 boarding and day scholars.

During these years I gave my attention about equally to the medical pro-
fession and school-teaching, at all times co-operating with my sister in pro-
viding for the varied requirements of the school, sustaining a regular and
progressive course of lectures in the natural sciences, especially in human
and comparative physiology.

Selected topics in anatomy and physiology had been the subjects of my
lectures, by the kind permission of Mr. N. 0. Hart, at the House of Eefuge
before named ; also, in the public schools and orphan asylums, in sundry
private schools and other educational institutions, including the Deaf and

* A «-«, »»««»«« #«• 4-K« T]<.,»iteT. ^^r^^n^^ . ) Noixiliiatlve, hcsh (he or she) S Let the e in hesh be
-.Jl»nJ7iii'^2?S/^l*i?„E^Sn^^^^^^^ Possessive, hlzer his or her) i pronounced long, <u

one word being used as equivalent to three, f objective, himer (him or her) 5 in he.

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Dumb Institution, favored by the presence and interpretation of Mr. Peet,
or some one of the professors.

These subjects had not previously been introduced into the schools of
New York, fbr the senior Dr. Qriscom, father of Dr. John H. Griscom,
had not then commenced his lectures upon them in the schools of the
city.

My sister and myself had great cause of gratitude to Mr. Thomas Hastings,
for his efficient aid in sustaining, in our Amity street school, the depart-
ment of vocal music. His published works have comforted and edified
millions of persons and thousands of congregations. At the commencement
of our school Mr. Hastings was chorister in the Dutch Reformed Church,
of which Chancellor Mathews and Eev. M. S. Hutton were pastors, wor-
shiping in the newly-erected University on Washington square. Before
the great fire, their house of worship had been on Garden street, near the
Battery. Perhaps no person in America did more than Mr. Hastings to
popularize music in schools, and to convince parents and teachers that- all
youth, with a few exceptions, may be trained to sing, beneficially to themselves
and acceptably to others.

During the last year of my pupilage as a medical student, I was most of
the time an assistant at Bellevue Hospital, having for my associate assistant
P. W. Ellsworth, of Hartford, Conn.

After my graduation, 9th March, 1839, 1 immediately became one of the
physicians of the Eastern Dispensary, located on Essex street; and my dis-
trict embraced the region around the Seventh Presbyterian Church, which
locality I selected in proof of my gratitude for the University scholarship
formerly given me by its pastor. Rev. Elihu W. Baldwin, whose pulpit was
then occupied by Eev. Edwin F. Hatfield, who for many years addressed
crowded audiences, from which multitudes were forced to turn away for want
of seats or even standing places.

This house, for years contlnnoiisly overcrowded, was relieved only by the several colo-
nists sent forth, as organized chnrches, into the eastern half of the city. Prominent
among the off-shoots were the Memorial Presbyterian Church, at first located at the cor-
ner of Arenue C and Fourth street, then removed to Fifty-fifth street, near Lexington
avenue, and now occupying the noble edifice on the comer of Madison avenue and Fifty-
third street, of which Rev. C. S. Robinson, D. D., is pastor.

In this section of the city was the Brainard Church, Rivington street, to whose pasto-
rate Rev. Asa D. Smith was called. The same was subsequently transplanted to Second
avenue, comer of Fourteenth street, whence the Nverend pastor was invited to the presi-
dency of Dartmouth College, his cUjna mater.

It was while Mr. Smith was preceptor of the Academy at Limerick, Me., that my sister
Miriam there completed her studies, preparatory to teaching ; and in this fact was found
an additional cause of my selecting, as the field of my labors for two years, the dispensary
district named — ^thus rendering a compliment to the preceptor of my beloved sister.

Soon after the commencement of my duties as a physician, I received one
of New England's greatest gifts, confirmed at Philadelphia, Sunday, 12th
May, 1839, by Rev. Albert Barnes, in my marriage to Miss Frances K. For-

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ward, of South wick, Mass.^ who seven years before had been one of my
pupils in the academy of her native town, and who has proved to be a help-
meet in word and in deed.

During the course of my medical studies, in addition to my labors in con-
nection with my sister's school at 11 Amity street, I found many opportunities
to join with others in pushing forward the objects named in the twelve
letters written during my first two days in the office of Dr. Ansel W. Ives..
I particularly enjoyed my labors to advance the temperance cause, being
honored with the presidency of the temperance society organized in the
College of Physicians and Surgeons in Barclay street, which is believed to
be the first medical temperance society anywhere formed.

While memory lasts, it will never cease to be a cause of gratitude, that,
with the able speakers invited at sundry times to address the College
Medical Temperance Society, the Eev. Dr. James M. Mathews, the then
Chancellor of the University, was ever ready to render hearty co-operation.

After my graduation at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the
State of New York, then located at 67 Crosby street, I was for four years
very active in the practice of the medical profession, appropriating time to
my part of the duties connected with the Eastern Dispensary and the
Marion street Lying-in-Asylum, and to the calls of a small private practice.

In 1843, being in correspondence with a friend. Dr. Evander W. Eanney,
son of Dr. Waitstill Ranney, of Townsend, in my native county, Windham,
Vt., who had at that time an extensive practice at Westport, Essex county,
N. Y., I made an arrangement with him for an exchange of property.

He removed to New York, and soon invited one of his brothers to locate
in the same city, then another and another, till the metropolia was &vored
with the active services of six live physicians of the name — a respectable
delegation from the Green Mountain State. Surely no one can accuse me
of deserting my post unsupplied.

In the exchange I received a neat brick house, with garden, orchard and
outbuildings, pleasantly located on the western shore of Lake Champlain,
nearly westward from Vergennes. The ride included Westport and portions
of Moriah, Elizabethtown, Essex, and Lewis. In a visit to me, my father
was gratified at seeing my location and success in practice ; but in paternal
kindness expressed his fears that my interest in the Academy and in the
public schools — for he found me active as town Superintendent of Public
Schools — ^would occupy my attention too much for eminent auccess in
medical practice.

Subsequently, I was surprised one morning by finding a beautiful, fleet,
and strong horse, saddled and bridled, standing at the post in front of my
house, labeled " For Dr. Holton, Westport, Essex Co., N. Y." To the
saddle was attached a letter from my brother, Mr. Erastus A. Holton, of
Westminster, Vt, containing a condition, that said horse should be used by
Dr. Holton in the practice of his profession — eating, not post-meat at th8

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school-houses, but hay and oats in his own barn. And here I trust a con-
fession may relieve a conscience not fully at ease; for it did happen that the
doctor, as by instinct — or the horse in obedience to an instinct of the master
— would, in his tour, sometimes halt before a school-house, when in an under-
tone the horse was told that he must not eat "post-meat," but might have
free range over the grass on the school grounds, while a short visit was being
made to the school. This matter was finally settled to the mutual satisfac-
tion of all concerned, by the act of the Board of Supervisors, appointing
me to the oflSce of County Superintendent of Common Schools, and by the
subsequent consent of my father and brother, that the horse might carry
his master to the house of the sick, or officially leave him at any of the one
hundred and sixty-nine schools of Essex County. Thus accredited in full
faith, and with no compunctions, the horse and his master enjoyed new
liberty, and for two years left no school district unvisited in their semi-
annual tour.

Having arranged with a young physician to attend to my medical duties,
I devoted myself fully to work for the improvement of schools, laboring not
only during the usual school-hours, but inviting parents, teachers, andpppiis
to assemble in the evening. I held extra sessions alternately in the several
school-houses of the entire county, averaging more than five evenings a
week for the two years ; and the lengt.h of the sessions often exceeded three
hours an evening. I made very free use of a globe and some select charts,
diagrams, and apparatus, which I usually transported with me for the illus-
tration of various departments of school studies, making frequent use of
the blackboard, then found in most of the schools.

Keferring to my diary of that period, I find that in every school-house in
the county, I thus lectured at least once, in many from two to four times,
and in each of thirty-nine districts five times. All of this extra labor was
entirely gratuitous to the recipients and to the county.

Among the exercises which occupied me during a part of these evening
sessions, was that of analyzing and classifying the sounds of spoken language,
and practicing in concert the pronunciation of the vocal elements, thus
enunciating the several steps of progression in the speaking of a word or of
a sentence. This exercise of the voice, as a help to clear enunciation in
reading, was, before this, unheard of in the schools of the county. We also
paid some attention to the phonetic letters which might be used in ordinary
script and print to symbolize unmistakably to the reader these elemental
movements of the voice. From about that date, 1843-47, these exercises
have gradually increased in the schools of the Union.

These vocal elements thus enunciated by the youth of this generation, and
through their agency recognized, individualized, and practiced upon by the
masses of the people, will create a demand for the phonetic letters of some
form, having uses analogous to the ends sought by Pitman, Comstock,
Leigh, and others engaged in this department of progress.

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In celebrating the seventy-first anniversary of American Independence,
Saturday, 3d of July, 1847, it was my privilege to accompany several school-
teachers to the top of Whiteface, a mountain in the western section of Essex
Co., N. Y., and there to engrave the symbols of these elementary sounds,
giving on that occasion an address upon the " Aid which Phonotypes will
be in translating the Bible into the languages of the heathen." A copy of
this address may be seen, commencing on page 34 of the Phonetic JVIaga-
ZINB, printed that year in Philadelphia.

One month later, August 3d, similar exercises were had at the school dis-
trict of the Adirondack Iron Works, and on Tahawus (Mount Marcy),
August 4th and 5th; and on the thirty-first anniversary of that occasion,
August 5th, 1878, 1 hope to meet some teachers and promoters of educa-
tional progress on the same Tahawian heights. I here reproduce « copy from
the Westport paper of September 9th, 1847, of my last official circular. It
may be suggestive of some of the many topics which will be before us at
the proposed thirty-first anniversary commencing the first Monday evening
of August, 1878, and continuing the remainder of that week.

ESSEX COUNTY TEACHERS* INSTITUTE.

The Teachers' Institute will be in session in the Court House at Elizabeth-
town, on Monday, 18th October, and continue two weeks.

The organization and exercises will be after the plan adopted last session ;
though I hope to secure an order admitting a more extended course on
Physiology.

Those Teachers in the county who have executed District Maps, Histories
of School Districts, Historical Trees, Books of Grammar Trees, or Books of
Diagrams, illustrating arithmetical and geometrical principles, are invited
to bring them for practical use, for exchange, or for gratuitous distribu-
tion. Teachers will also bring such minerals as they may wish to exhibit
or exchange; also samples of all kinds of school-books they may have,
either in the new or old type. Slates, Dictionaries and Bibles are indis-
pensable.

Board, exclusive of washing and lights, $1.50 per week. There is no
charge to the members for tuition.

All persons who have taught or who design to teach are invited to at-
tend.

As my professional arrangements lead me to decline being a candidate for
reappointment, I shall be happy to have a full attendance of Teachers of
Essex County, who generally manifest a laudable zeal in adopting the best
modes for developing, transplanting, and cultivating living TKUTH.

DAVID P. HOLTON".
County Superintendent of Common Schools.
Westport, Essex Co., N". Y., September 9th, 1847.

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At the close of this session of the Teachers* Institute, I sold out my inter-
est at Westport, and returned to New York city, continuing my educational
reformatory and medical labors there ; and making lecture tours in New
England and other States, including Wisconsin and Minnesota, till 1853,
thus realizing to my friends the purposes announced in the twelve letters
written fourteen years before, during the first two days of my studies in the
office of my medical preceptor, Dr. Ansel W. Ives.

During the fall of 1849, the dysentery prevailed very extensively in the
valley of the Connecticut, with which my brother, Erastus Alexander, died
at Westminster, Vermont ; a sister of my wife at Southampton, Mass.; and
my first-born son at South wick, Mass., where he had been visiting his grand-
mother.

In 1853, in compliance with my sister Miriam's advice, I left for a visit to
Europe, accompanied by my son, then a lad of eleven years, leaving my
daughter with her mother in New York, where they remained until the en-
suing summer, when the family were reunited in France.

For over three years I attended the best lectures in Paris, Berlin, and Vi-
enna, being much of the time accompanied by my wife and son to the pub-
lic courses given in the College of France, at the Garden of Plants, and at

other institutions in Paris This son, boni in New York,

August 8th, 1842, to our great affliction died in Paris, the 23d of June, 1856.
llis body was embalmed, and, at the cemetery of Mont Martre, placed in
the family vault of Professor Lenormant of the College of France, who had
manifested great interest in the young American, his proficient student in
archaeological investigations as pursued in the College course. In the Eoman
Catholic professor's vault remained the body of his favorite Protestant pupil,
till it was removed, on our return some sixteen months later, to Southwick,
Massachusetts.

In connection with his memory and that of my sister and her Amity street
school, stands associated that of Mr. Josiah Holbrook and Mr. Alexander
Vattemare, whose labors were analogous and reciprocal. About the time of
the last visit of the Marquis, the General La Fayette, to America, now fifty
years since, Mr. Holbrook, in Massachusetts, commenced a system of school
exchanges of specimens of nature and art. Many collections, now large, in
America and in foreign lands, date their origin from the miniature cabinets
of minerals, plants, insects or handiwork of children, presented by the pupils
of some primary school, incited by Mr. Holbrook to give to others of such
specimens as they found in their locality, or made by their industry. These
cabinets were sent not only throughout our Union, but also to Canada, Mex-
ico, and other places on this continent and beyond the Atlantic, meeting the
concurrent approbation of educationists on both hemispheres.

Having prosecuted his system of exchanges for fourteen years in Boston,
Mr. Holbrook visited New York, and one morning, having read of his arrival
at the Astor House, I hastened to see him, as one whose system of labors

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was highly appreciated, one with whom it had been my privilege to work in
Boston, during a prolonged vacation in the Southwick Academy in 1833.
This interview gave me great joy, and at the urgent solicitations of sister
and myself, he remained our guest at 11 Amity street for two years ; while
he prosecuted in New York his educational plans, as, aforetime, he had done
in Boston.

Mr. Vattemare, who had long been distinguished on both sides of the
Atlantic as an eminent ventriloquist, appreciated the labors of Mr. Holbrook.
They became frequent correspondents and Mr. Vattemare devoted the remain-
ing portion of his life to amplifying and developing his system. Thus they
labored harmoniously ; Mr. Holbrook chiefly with educational institutions ;
Mr. Vattemare with municipal corporations, republics, kingdoms, and em-
pires; the one in exchanging specimens, forming small cabinets; the
other in exchanging books, forming libraries. The American Library in the
spacious alcoves of the Hotel de Ville, Paris, free to the reading public, was
the result of Mr. Vattemare's labors.

During our stay in Paris, it was often my privilege to visit his rooms on
Eue Clichy, with my son. His habit was to labor, from 4 a.m. till noon,
in correspondence, in receiving and forwarding books between near and re-
mote nationalities. The numerous boxes of various sizes, containing books,
recently received or about to be sent away, often gave to his depository an
appearance like that of a wholesale mercantile house. These eight hours of
work daily, with the duties of social life, might be counted sufficient ; but
he was also active in organizing and visiting evening schools for the labor-
ing CLASSES IN Paris. In this respect his character resembled that of his
friend Josiah Holbrook, who was very efficient in evening schools, particularly
in those for the education of the colored youth of Boston, in which it was
my privilege to be an humble participant. It was in 1855, that I read,
in Paris, the announcement of the death of Josiah Holbrook, who, with
hammer in hand, gathering geological specimens at Lynchburg, Va., slipped
from a ledge and was drowned in the James Kiver. I hastened to Eue Clichy
to communicate the intelligence. Mr. Vattemare was deeply affected, and
taking his file of American letters, read one recently received from Mr. Hol-
brook, containing the utterance of grateful emotions in view of the multi-
plication of school apparatuses and cabinets, and State geological surveys,
for which he had been striving; a letter full of hope for the triumph of the
principles which they had been mutually seeking to advance nearly twenty
years before, while guests in Amity street.

The earthly labors of Holbrook and Vattemare, as also those of my sister,
are terminated, but living, acting principles remain ; and, as in the vegeta-
ble and animal kingdoms, vital forces — themselves created and continued
by the omnipotent God — developed in material elements, give forms adher-
ing to types, modified by external agencies, resulting in great diversity, yet
in harmony with the eternal purposes of the Creator and upholder of the

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aniverse ; so may we hope that the principle of benevolent reciprocities
manifest in the life of these co-workers, may assume such modified forms of
manifestation as will best secure the true progress of mankind ; and that
the spirits of these philanthropists may be found in Heaven under circum-
stances securing their perfect development.

Let us cherish their associated memories and imitate their virtues.

At a stated meeting of the American Institute, held 5th May, 1864, at the
Cooper Institute, New York, the President, William Hall, Esq., having an-
nounced the death of an honorary member, M. Alexandre Vattemare, the
following preamble and resolution were offered by Thomas McElrath, Esq, :

Whereas, Since our last regular meeting, information has been receiyed of the death
of Monsieur Alexandre Vattemare, a distinguished philanthropist, and an honorary mem-
ber of this Institute ; and,

Whereas, The labors of our deceased member were for many years directed to the ex-
tension and improyement of the Public Libraries of the United States, many of which
were enriched by the yaluable contributions effected through his instrumentality ; and,

Whereas, The Library of the American Institute contams seyeral hundred yolumes,
embracing a wide range of literature, and many of them particularly rich in statistics and
the practical sciences, which were contributed mainly through his system of international
exchanges and without expense to the Institute ; therefore.

Resolved, That, as a testimony of the appreciation of the enlightened and eminently
useful services of this noble-hearted and generous-minded French citizen, the Trustees
of this Institute are directed to procure a portrait of the late Alexandre Vattemare, and
that the same be suitably framed and hung in the rooms of the Library.

David-P. Holton, M. D., in seconding the motion said : "To those acquainted with
the earlier career of Alexandre Vattemare, and with the circumstances which established
his character, will belong the duty of presenting the biography of an actiye philanthro-
pist, whose benefactions reached most of the nations of the earth, through a system of

Intebnational RECiFBOcrriES.

We now speak of his labors for the hut thirty yea/rs of his life ; during which period
the system of international exchanges has been so happily deyeloped. For a quarter of
a century the American Institute has participated in the benefits of this system in con-
nection with works of literature, science, and art.

As the tourist, haying reached an eminence, delights to look back and trace the course
of his route accomplished, and that which is before him ; so in contemplating the life of
Alexandre Vattemare, we may select a prominent point for retrospectiye and prospective
views.

The stand-point best presenting my personal knowledge of the labors of M. Vatte-
mare, is the period, when, after twenty years of strong faith, ardent zeal, and indefati-
gable works, he had the pleasure to receive from the Institute of France, nine years ago,
the high commendations of his system.

In the center of the hall of the Institute of France, Feb. 22, 1855, were arranged series
of tables on which were piled numerous publications, as contributions, through the offi-
ces of M. Vattemare, to the city of Paris.

To M. Guizot was assigned the privilege of stating, to members and invited guests,
the principles of the system, and the development it had assumed among the various na-
tions entering into co-operation. It was a day of triumph — a triumph in the peaceful
walks of social and national progress— one in which I was deeply interested.

As M. Guizot presented the principle, the system and the results, I noticed the noble
and benign countenance of M. Vattemare, bespeaking a high and pure joy of which

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croakers and misers are ignorant. The commendations of M. Goizot were followed by
those of MM. Dupin, Naadet, Michel Chevalier, Cousin, and Villeml.

The occasion was highly complimentary to America, as holding, in the estimation of
the learned historian of " Civilization/' a high rank, not only in material progress, but
also in the department of literature.

It was characteristic of M. Vattemare that, on this occasion, he chose Washington's
Birthday Anniversary for the crowning of his system, and presented to the Institute
chiefly American books. A Frenchman, true to his native country, he had the magna-
nimity to credit the paternity of his system to the United States, which he was ever
pleased to count as the land of his adoption. The portraits of Washington and Lafayette,
with the Declaration of the American Independence, formed the central ornaments of his
studio in Rue Clichy.

On the ISth June, 1857, we met at London, by appointment, my sister
and her husband, Dr. Henry-Smith Brown, they having been married at
Sumpterville, S. C, 10th March, 1855, and having planned to make the tour
of Europe with us, commencing on my forty-fifth anniversary birth-
day.

From London we visited Scotland and Ireland, and then the Continent.
In Switzerland, at Altorf (Altdorf), a village celebrated as the place where,
five hundred years before, in the time of William Tell, the rights of man
were boldly declared and vindicated, my wife and daughter left the others
of the party for rest and quiet study in Italy. By stage she passed over
the Alps at St. Gothard, and down the valley of the Ticino to Bellinzona
and Magadino, and thence by steamer on Lake Maggiore to Locano, where,
finding a temporary home, she added to her formerly acquired knowledge
of the Italian, a sufficient familiarity with the language to enable herself and
frierds, about to make the tour of Italy, to do so with the freedom which
thos'5 speaking the language of the country visited can alone enjoy.

The others of the party went by the way of the Danube, and after visiting the
Carpathian Mountains in Hungary, returned by way of Vienna, and crossed
the Illyrian Alps to Trieste on the Adriatic, thence by steamer to Venice.
This division of the tourists, having also visited lakes Como and Lugano, and
the regions thereabout, arrived at Locano on Lake Maggiore, where meeting
the Italian students, the said mother and daughter, the company was re-
united.

After visiting Milan, Genoa, Pisa, Lucca, Florence, Leghorn, and other
places in the north of Italy, we reached Eome, October 18th. On the 23d,
in celebrating the fifth anniversary birthday of our daughter, we ascended
to the highest accessible point in the ball above the lantern and dome of
St. Peter's for a view of the city, the surrounding Campagna, and the distant
hills and mountains of this classic region.

Our subsequent tour included Naples, and other places in the south of
Italy. We made the ascent of Mount Vesuvius 31st October, thus celebrat-
ing the fiftieth anniversary birthday of my sister Miriam, Mrs. Dr. Brown.

One week had been passed in examining the antiquities and modem
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228 REMINISCENCES.

structares of Rome, when on Sunday, 25th October, 1857, my sister Miriam,
accompanied by her husband, her brother, and his wife and daughter, sought
the silence and seclusion of the Protestant burial ground, situated near the
Gate of St Paul (Porta di S. Paolo), close to the Pyramid of Gains Cestius.
The inscriptions in this cemetery tell the English and American travelers,
in their native tongue, of those who have found their last resting-place be-
neath the bright Italian skies. The place has an air of romantic beauty,
which forms a striking contrast with the tombs of the ancients, and with
the massive city walls and towers which overlook it

Among those who are buried here are the poets Shelley and Keats, Richard
Wyatt the sculptor, and John Bell the celebrated surgeon. By far the
greater number of monuments bear the names of Englishmen ; the other
Protestants interred here are chiefly Americans, Germans and Swiss.

It was a melancholy interest which drew us, especially my sister, to this
spot, where had been interred the body of one of the beloved pupils of her
Amity street school in N"ew York city, one of the first three, who was the
youngest of the girls in the first months of the school, which circumstance
may have additionally contributed to secure for her an abiding place in the
affections of her teacher. This visit in Rome to the burial-place of Mary
(Ludlum) Cass, who twenty years before had been her affectionate pupil in
America, gave rise to stirring reflections and deep emotions, and the broad
waters ceased for a time to separate the Tiber and the Hudson.

bhe was a daughter of Nicholas Ludlum, of New York, and her husband, the
son of General Lewis Cass, at the time of her death was representing at
Rome the Government of the United States. Her death was very sudden,
occurring while in the act of taking an ordinary bath. She was interred at
Rome, but her remains were subsequently transported to New York. Mary
commenced her school studies with my sister. All her words and acts fully
secured the affection of those about her, and being for some time the
youngest member of the school, it was very pardonable in her teacher that
ties of unusual force and endurance should be formed.

Mrs. Ludlum and Mrs. R. W. Martin, of Fourth street, and Mrs. Thomas
McKie of Mercer street, all residing on the same block where my sister's
school was located, were its first three patrons; and their enduring friend-
ship tended to increase her prosperity and usefulness.

To the three patrons above named were soon added Mr. Thomas Law-
rence, an honored Alderman of the Fifteenth Ward, Mr. S. V. S. Wilder
and Mr. Thomas Denny, eminent bankers; Mr. Gideon Lee, then the late
Mayor of the city ; Mr. Henry Starkweather, whose daughter is the wife
of Govenior Hoffman ; Drs. Ansel W. Ives, J. W. Francis and Alfred C. Post ;
Chancellor Mathews, Messrs. Frederick W. Steinbrenner, Jacob Brandegee,
T. B. Bleecker, J. H. Ransom, Elisha Bloomer, Cornelius Bogert, Rev. John
Lindsey, John Bodine, Augustine Averill, E. H. Herrick, Benjamin D.
Breck, George H. Homan, James Van Norden, Lavielle Duberceau, Anthony

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Civill, A. Brower/ Edward McLean, Frederick A. Gay, William Popham,
Tiletson dishing, Myron Beardsley, Henry Greenwood, Elias H. Kimball,
Cyrus Price, Nathaniel Thurston, William R Allen, Peter See, Wm. Blacket,
Nathaniel Gray, Morgan L. Livingston, William Constable, James Connor,
and other honorable citizens.

The friendly co-operation of the above added much to the happiness of
my sister, and the success of her school.

Having returned to America, I resumed my lectures on Physiology until
the commencement of the war of the rebellion ; these being addressed chiefly
to the children of orphan asylums in New England, also in New York, Wis-
consin, and Minnesota, including places e7i route.

Having in my own right, and also in company with my sister, some real
estate at Waterville, in Waukesha county, Wiscousin, I there devoted some
of my time to farming and to the erection of buildings, purposing to employ
the remainder in lecturing in schools and orphan asylums east and west,
and in places between the Connecticut and the Mississippi.

During these years I sought to apply some of the principles previously
suggested in the series of articles under the title of " Caen Sto7ie DreamSj^
written in 1853, with the compound purpose of advancing the cause of Agri-
culture, and the welfare of Orphans.

In 1859, at the Wisconsin State Fair, I was favored in hearing a very valu-
able discourse by Hon. Abraham Lincoln, of Springfield, Illinois.

His theme was the dignity of labor, the high order and variety of talent
brought into requisition in agricultural pursuits and mechanic arts of the
present day. He dwelt particularly on recent improvements in the imple-
ments and machinery of the farm, and the workshops.

In this address the practical workings of his powerful genius were dis-
tinctly shown.

His comprehensive view of the relations of the laboring classes, as con-
nected with the elevated and progressive interests of our republic, established
in the minds of his hearers the importance of institutions where should be
combined the science and practice of agricultural and mechanical occupa-
tions. It was his clear perception, and his lucid presentation of the right,
that gained for him the respect and confidence of his fellow-citizens.

The practical good sense exhibited in this address did much to prepare
the way for his election to the Presidency.

In the meantime my energies were chiefly devoted to the orphan cause,
and the following letters show the tenacity with which the compound pur-
pose, manifest in the Caen Stone series of former years, was sought to be
realized.

From the 18th April, 1861, some four days after the bombardment of
Fort Sumter, till the 18th June, 1862, lettera were repeatedly sent to every
Senator and Representative in Congress, and many of them were personally
addressed in the spirit manifest in the following:

230 REMINISCENCES.

To How.

Dear Sir : — Assuming jon appreciate the importance of donating lands
for Agricnltural Colleges in the several States of the Union, I respectfully invite your
attention to the objects of the Institute of Reward, as stated in the accompanying Circu-
lar, dated Jane 18th, 1861.

Can you aid us in securing an appropriation of land to sustain, in the several States,
an ** AoRicuLTURAL CoLLBOB,'- and an " Experimental Farm," associated with which
shall be the Home of the Patriot Orphan t

I am dear sir.

Very respectfully yours.

At the rooms of the New York Young Men's Christian Association, 31
Bible House, June 18, 1862, on occasion of the first anniversary meeting of
the " Institute of Reward," it was a cause of great satisfaction to read in
the Tribune of that morning, the telegraphic announcement of the passage,
through both Houses of Congress, of the bill for which we had labored so hope-
fully, then wanting only the approval of the President to become a law ; and
while, from the precedents of Mr. Lincoln, no doubts were entertained of his
approval, the following letter was the next day written both as an acknowl-
edgment of the President's interest and influence in what had already been
accomplished, and as an exponent of the progressive series toward the realiza-
tion of which his past favors were counted as an earnest of future aid.

New York, June 19th, 1863.
To ths Prendent of the United States :

Honored and Beloved Sir : — By the accompanying Report of the First Anniversary
of the Institute of Reward, it is seen that thns far its efforts have been directed to awaken
public sentiment to the necessity and justice of establisliing " Homes for Patriot Or-
phans," and particularly in connection with *' ExFERiiCENTAii Farms " and " Aoricul-
TURAL Schools."

The Goyemment has generously given farms to its Patriots' Orphans, and surely is
wise enough to train them rightly to cultivate the same.

At the Agricultural State Fair in Wisconsin, it was my privilege to profit from the
advocacy of the application of science to farming in an address from one, wise to choose
the proper means and times to effect the best ends, as has been demonstrated since he has
been called to preside over our nation, whose sore trials prove a means of strength and
progress.

The Senate Bill for Agricultural Colleges, which passed the House on the 17th inst.,
being an echo of his views spoken in Milwaukee, is assumed to bo sure of the President's
approval ; and thus will be nationalized one of the objects in the series contemplated by
the Institute of Reward.

Now, there presents a distinct line of progressive action, embracing — First. Applica-
tion to each State Legislature to utilize this national bounty, by attaching to its Agricul-
tural College an Experimental Farm, which, in addition to the practical solution of
ordinary problems of culture, shall become the field for acclimating foreign plants and
animals, in order to develop by progressive experimentation the valuable treasures in
reserve for this nation, and reciprocally for others, [pumts and animait, both native and exotic,

heretofore anaeed, being modified bj vnaoenitomed Inflaeneee on the experimental farm, there maj be retnmed to the
plaee of tbeSv oilffin, new rarietiei of apeeles at rained eontribntione, amplifying the resonroet of hnman progreeaj

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Second. Application to State Legislatures to establish Orphan Homes on the experimen-
tal farms, Homes whose scope and spirit, harmonizing with philanthropic deeds, may be
developed in modes of REWARD rather than those of Almsgiving ; thus testifying a
grateful appreciation of the defenders of our nation, and thus rearing a monument to
their memory ; also, through the scientific and practical knowledge thus imparted to their
orphans, greatly Increasing the resources and wealth of the country.

I have the honor to be,
To His Excellency, Very respectfully, yours.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN, Prdsidmt.

The signature of the President to this bill, July 2, 1862, assured our suc-
cess, and concluded the first division of our labors.

The Second Division

embraced our labors with the several State Legislatures, together with the
circulation and presentation of a petition, of which soon after the grant was
obtained, six thousand impressions were furnished by the liberality of the
Chicago Tribune, as captions to rolls for signatures in the loyal States.

The grant from Congress to the several States was land, in quantity equal
to thirty thousand acres for each Senator and each Eepresentative in the
National Government, making for New York thirty-three times thirty thou-
sand, or nine hundred and ninety thousand acres of said lands, worth to this
State over one million dollars.

On the basis of the funds arising from this Congressional grant, it is with
gratitude we refer to the patriot orphan privileges secured at Ithaca, in
Tompkins county, New York, through the munificent co-operation of Hon.
Ezra Cornell of that place, and to those secured in several other of the Agri-
cultural Colleges of the Union.

We invite special attention to the ninth section of the Act of Incorpora-
tion of the Cornell University, which is the Agricultural College of the
State of New York, in which provision is made for one hundred and twenty-
eight "State Students;" and in the annual selection of these one hundred
and twenty-eight occupants of the State Scholarships, it is made imperative
that preference shall be given to patriot orphans, where other qualifications
are equal.

The State Students presenting themselves at the Cornell University, with
a certificate of selection in due form, will be admitted to any department or
course for which they are fitted, and continue four years, or as long as they
shall profitably employ their time in the University, /ree from all matricu-
lation fees, term taxes, or any other payment for tuition.

It is contemplated that our patriot orphan State Students will labor on
the Experimental Farm, and in the workshops of the University, to defray
the larger part of their expenses for board and clothes. What remains for this
Institute now to supplement, is to aid each of these orphans there admitted

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to meet the said excess of bills for board and clothes, aboye their earnings
from this manual labor.

The circumstances and conditions aboye recited are essentially the same as
those applicable to our patriot orphan students in the Sheffield Scientific
School, a department of Yale College ; in the Industrial Uniyersity at Urbana,
in Champaign county, Illinois; in Brown University, Rhode Island; in the
State Uniyersity at Madison, Wisconsin ; and in the other Agricultural Col-
leges, in which the patriot orphan claim has been recognized, as contem*
plated by this Institute of Reward, in its labors with Congress, before the
grant was obtained as the basis of our memorial work in all future time.*

In the Literary and Scientific Colleges and other institutions, in which
we haye scholarships, a supplementary work analogous to that for our stu-
dents in the Agricultural colleges is requisite.

A comparatiyely small amount of additional aid remains to be proyided ;
and it is earnestly hoped that the requisite contributions of board and
money will be abundantly supplied from the wealth of those who dwell in
peace and prosperity, purchased by the sacrifice of the fathers of these
orphans.

Only in connection with the Experimental farms based on the grant from
Congress, did we originally propose to found new homes for orphans ; except
when the necessity for their formation was yery apparent.

It may not be amiss here to add that my personal expenses in the many
yisitations to Congress, and to State Legislatures, were principally met by
money derived from the sale or mortgage of some portions of my real estate.
In this way I gradually encroached upon my lands ; commencing by a mortgage
upon the northern /or/y acres of my Wateryille farm in Waukesha Co., Wis-
consin; subsequently selling the northern eighty, then the eighty southward,
and so on, till all but forty acres of that large and excellent farm are sold.

Only a small portion of my time was passed at either my New York or
Wateryille residence.

The most of my library was remoyed to my farm house, some rods from
which, under the shade of three oaks, I erected a square structure, for re-
tirement or for social gatherings. It was supported by cedar posts, and be-
low the upper platform was a room, walled by narrow, perpendicular slats,
between each of which was an open space about the width of one.

This open room I designed for my daughter and for the children of the
school located on the Waukesha road, about twenty rods eastward, at the
cornering of four towns — Summit, Ottawa, Genesee, and Delafield. Into this
open room, it was my purpose to inyite the school children to bring speci-
mens of whatever stones were to be found near their seyeral homes, and in
their more distant walks, and here they were to have full freedom to hammer
the same to sizes suited to small cabinets, such as Josiah Holbrook had for-
merly prepared in Boston and New York for exchange with schools near and
distant. Here, also, I hoped the youth would arrange their school herbariums,

a LI —^ — • ■-■■- , ■ , ■ - »

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and here, with wooden blocks of various forms, sizes and proportions (pre-
pared with geometrical exactness), construct their little castles, each accord-
ing to their several models or devices.

This structure I named the Minerva study, in compliment to my eldest
sister Minerva, who loved me and guided me in my infancy, and with whom,
afterwards, were passed many hours in South Berwick, Maine, which I count
among the happiest of my life. She was there, attending a young ladies'
school, while I was a pupil in the Academy. Though we boarded about a
mile apart, I sought every available opportunity to be with her ; and now
look back to those delightful visits with unalloyed satisfaction. She mar-
ried, 31st December, 1829, Charles-Grandison Gilchrist; and they now
reside, 1874, at Hillsgrove, McDonough county, Illinois, having in that and
in an adjoining county numerous descendants honored and prosperous.

A few months after this study was completed, before

my daughter had seen it, she died of diphtheria at our residence in New
York City, 20th May, 1859, aged six years, six months and seven days. . . .

The charm of the Minerva study vanished. The father

and mother, thus bereft of children, concluded henceforth to work for others.

For my acts subsequent to 14:th April, 1861, reference is here made to the
serial numbers of the Journal of the Institute of Reward for Orphans of
Patriots, of which the last number was printed March, 1874, containing
the Twelfth Annual Report of the Board of Directors, dated 31st December,
1873. To give, from one of the standpoints, a birdVeye view of a part of the
workings of the Institute, an extract is made from said report:

** GENEALOGIES AND BIOGRAPHIES OF OUR PATRIOT DEAD.

" At a session of the Executive Committee of the I. R. O. P., held January 16, 1871,
attention was drawn to the fact that in the formation of the Institute, the primary pur-
pose was the organization of Historic Committees in the loyal towns and villages of the
nation, to secure and perpetuate biographical sketches of those fathers who might die in
the service of our Union, hoping thereby to incite American citizens gratefully to pro-
vide for the orphan children of such fathers, in a liberal spirit of beward, in place of
almsgiving.

" The prominence given to this Historic Department may be seen in the early circulars
of the Society, in its former annual reports, and in the Tedulta obtained in the legislative
acts of many States.

" In keeping with this primary purpose and past practice of the Institute, 'the various
Historic and other Societies in the land formed at our instance, are now invited to for-
ward to the Corresponding Secretary the desired genealogical and biographical records of
parents and ancestors of our patriot orphan proteges, including the full names of said
orphans, the date and place of their birth ; full name and last residence of their parents ;
when and where the patriot father enlisted, with name of company and regiment ; where
stationed during the war ; in what battles he took part ; when and where mustered out ;
date and place of his death, etc. If wounded, state particulars, and also any personal
anecdotes or incidents that will prove of value to the children thus early removed from
parental narrative, counsel, and direction.

" The ancestral line of the deceased patriot father is desired, as far back as correspon-
dents may be able to give it.

234 REMINISCENCES.

" Ample arrangements are made for tabalating all sach genealogical and biograpbical
records, for their preservation, and for convenient reference thereto ; not only in honor
of ancestors, but for the sake of posterity.*

" All persons interested in this important department of the Institute, or in the demon-
stration of the Gratititdb of Rbpublics, are respectfully invited to call and examine
the system of records adopted at the studio of the Corresponding Secretary, David-Par«
sons' Hoi ton, M. D., 19 Great Jones street, New York."

In said last number of the Journal may also be fonnd additional state-
ments concerning the life and death of my sister Miriam^ especially of her
acts in the interest of instruction by popular lectures. There, also, may be
found a copy of her last will and testament.

The following letter was written at the time of her death :

Lb Claibb, Bcott County, Iowa. >
November 9th, 1865. f

To Horace Wetter, LL.D,, PreiiderU of the Free Aeademy, New York CUy, and Presi-
dent of the Institute of Reward for Orphans of Patriots :

Dbar Sib : — ^My dear sister Miriam, afflicted with a disease of the heart, intensified
by malarious influences prevailing in this region, died at this place, Wednesday, Novem-
ber 8th, aged 58 years and 8 days.

For some weeks she had been accompanying me on a tour of visitation, in the interest
of our Patriot Orphans, for whom she had liberally given of her means and personal
forces.

From the initiatory steps in the organization of the Institute, her sympathies were
warmly enlisted in its objects. She assisted in the issue of our first Circular, April 18th,
1861, and since then has co-operated in the generalization of the principles of the Society
and their practical application through individual, associate, and voluntary agencies,
and through legislative action in Congress, and in the several States of the Union.

Recently she sought an enlargement of their application in sympathy with the proposi-
tion to establish at Fort Gibson, or some other suitable place, an Indian Patriot Orphan
Home, for the children of those loyal Indians who fell in the defense of our country.

Will her noble resolves, her personal sacrifices, and benevolent labors prove a failure ?
I trust not.

The Lord, in dealing with our nation, has shown that the means and agencies for effect-
ing His wise purposes are varied, and not in the order of man's device.

The Lord lias a unity of plan in accomplishing his purposes ; though the agencies He
employs are diverse in form and degree.

My precious sister has left me. We who had been for so many years associated in pur-
pose and works, are now separated.

The Lord's chain is not bisected in the removal of an elemental link. He maintains
the continuity by substitutions of his own election. Let us, therefore, work while our
day lasts, trusting in the Lord at all times.

Her body will, to-morrow, be interred in Fairview cemetery, on the prairies of Iowa,
some three miles west of the Mississippi. We trust her spirit has passed to a higher
sphere of action.

With kind regards to your associate members of the Executive Committee, and Board
of Directors of the Institute,

I remain, Dear Sir, yours truly.

* Correspondents and students in this work of family records may derive i»id fr^m the saggestions
found on pa^s 30 and 31, where the r^erences are to **Dr. Holton^s ^thod in Genealogy;" and not to
parts of tMn book.

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Arrangements have been made for the removal of her body to the cemetery
at Westminster, Vermont ; where are interred the remains of her parents
and grand-parents.

About the time when the memorial volume, relating to her four grand-
parents, now in course of preparation, is ready for distribution to their
descendants, in accordance with her last will and testament, a cenotaph at
Le Claire, and a monument at Westminster, are to be erected. The latter is
being prepared at the marble works of Homer M. Phelps, of Burlington,
Vermont.

EXTRACTS FROM THE r>ISOOTTRSE OP

REV. E. MILLER,

At the Funkraii Solemnities of Mrs. MIRIAM (HOLTON) BROWN, Lb Clairb,

Scott County, Iowa, Nov. 10th, 1885.

"My friends, although the circumstances that convene us to-day are very
sad, yet they exhibit one of the happiest phases of human life, as, also, the
marked kindness of the great Creator.

" That a stranger, to most of us unknown, should not only receive every
kind office while suflfering, but the most delicate attentions in death and
burial, is an exhibit of human sympathy that goes far to relieve the turmoil
of life, as well as to give a striking comment upon the character of Him
who has placed us in the midst of social relations,

"But in the present instance these kindnesses are peculiarly well placed in
being bestowed upon one, the fruits of whose life toil and sacrifices are mainly
consecrated to the benefit of the rising generation and the cause of helpless
orphanasre. ♦♦♦♦♦♦ ^ ^ ^ ^ 4t

* * These facts remind me of the expression of Balaam: *Let me
die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his/ But the
striking contrast in these two characters constitutes the force of this sug-
gestion. The false prophet of Mesopotamia sighed for the end of the right-
eous, though he ran greedily after gain and loved the lascivious pleasures of
idolatry. He desired an effect without the cause — ^the harvest that had
never been sown. In the present instance, we are told of the diligent sow-
ing, the faithful tilling, the earnest devotion to a life of labor and love.
Shall we doubt, dare we ask as to the harvest ? If these causes modeled her
character, no power contravenes the glorious effect. If we would have a
peaceful and happy end, let us live lives of righteousness.

" While it is true that whatsoever we sow shall we also reap, there are other
than spiritual fields and future harvests.

" The social field in which the deceased so faithfully labored furnishes in
this world the fruits that the indifferent and selfish cannot have. Her har-
vests wave m the many hearts her munificence has gladdened.

236 REMINISCENCES.

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The Association, ' The Institute of Reward for Orphans of Patriots/ in
which she labored, records her faithfulness and cherishes her memory. And
the character of her enterprise, here and now, warms the hearts of stran-
gers with its sanctity, and calls about her senseless clay their most delicate
attentions.

" But as we commit this body to the grave, by one side of which a soldier's
orphan sleeps, by the other a dear and cherished friend, we cannot but think
of the rigid exactness with which Qod honors his servants.

" We are reminded of Moses, whom, having resigned the crown of * Old
Egypt' and the pompous burial of her kings, because of devotion to his
one great enterprise, God did not permit to be buried by the gross Israelites ;
but himself selected the burial spot :

" ' And the angels of Ood upturned the sod.
And laid the dead man there.'

** So, also, she who sought homes for the stranger receives at the hands of
strangers the last sad offices of this world. She, who resigns society of
friends, here in this strange land finds the grave and ashes of an early and
dear friend with whom to lie down in the last, long sleep. She, who leaves
her home, that the soldier's orphan may have a * Home,' here mingles her
ashes with the soldier's child in its last earthly home. And here this lover
of culture and life-long educator shall sleep, asking no prouder monument
than this prairie school-house, at once the exponent of her life and the fit-
test emblem of Christian civilization.

"Let us live the life of the righteous, that our last end may be like
theirs."

Mrs. Brown had arranged her business in Wisconsin and elsewhere with
a view to a long absence, intending to establish a Patriot Orphan Home in
the Indian Territory. She had prepared a memorial to Congress which she
had with her on her death bed ; and which she was about to send to the
Institute in New York, for their co-operation in obtaining a grant for this
purpose.* '

* Jbthe BonorabU, the Senate and Bmue (f Sepretentatives <^ the United Statet of America :

Your memorialists, the officers and members of the " Institute of Reward for Orphans of Patriots,"
wonld most respectfally show to joar Honorable Bodies, that we have well and falthrully, according to
oar articles of incorporation, and according to onr ability, pnt in operation and carried forward the plans
to aid the orphans of patriots fallen in the service of onr country in the war for the suppression of the
late rebellion.

We have secured Arom nearly all the loyal States legislation in aid of onr general purposes, and have co-
operated with other agencies in providing ways and means for supporting and educating f'nch orphans ;
more especially have we endeavored to furnish increased fecilities for instructing these youth, now the
pledges of a naUon^s gratitude, into a practical knowledge of agriculture and the mechanic arts.

Oar original design has been faithfully pursued, which was to extend the benefits of our organization to
every orphan of a deceased patriot throughout the Union— all of which, by reference to the record of onr
Act of Incorporation [page 4, of the Journal of the Institute], and onr proceedings and labors herewith
most respectfully submitted to your Honorable Bodies, will more fUlly and at large appear.

And now toub hsmobiaustb would most respectfully further show to your Honorable Bodies, that, in
our investigations in the parsuit of our objects, it has come to oar knowledge that there are many orphans

REMINISCENCES. 237

After the death of Mrs. Brown the foregoing memorial was presented to
Congress ; but the absence of the prime mover in the work caused its post-
ponement. It is hoped some philanthropists may yet feel impressed with a
sense of their duty to go forward in this work.

Since her death I have been much occupied in my duties as Secretary and
General Agent of the Institute of Eeward for Oi*phans of Patriots. In the
meantime my attention has been turned towards the completion of the work
of gathering and arranging genealogical items and biographical records of
her four grandparents, their ancestors and their descendants, a work com-
menced by my wife, on occasion of her first visit to the homes of my rela-
tives during our wedding tour in 1839.

This labor has led us to collect similar records of all in America, bearing
the patronymics of my four grandparents ; and thus we have been brought
to feel an interest in every Parsons, Winslow, Farwell, and Holton of whom
we have any knowledge, and in their descendants, even when bearing other
names.

Other objects have, also, claimed my attention and co-operation, among
which may be counted the one set forth in the following letter :

To the Trustees of the New York Free Medical College for

Women.

51 St. Maek's Place, New York.

Through appointment by your Honorable Board, I am charged with the
duties of presenting to the students of the New York Free Medical College
for Women the facts and principles of Physiology and Hygiene ; also, with
the duties of the chair of Experimental Physiology*

Allow me to present, that in the early days of the College I consented to
give annually some twelve lectures on General Physiology. In the progress
of their delivery, my interest in this work increased, and I cheerfully assumed
a greater charge. This I still should enjoy, if other duties did not 'press
upon me so heavily. In justice to myself and sundry other parties, and in
harmony with my own predilections, I now solicit a modification of the terms

of loyal and patriotic Indians, who gaye np their lives by the ride of their white brethren, in the same glo-
rions canoe, and in the same great and saccessfal war.

And yoar memorialists pray that yoar Honorable Bodies may enact a law, granting tracts of land or
lands to the Society that your memorialists represent, for the purposes of carrying forward the aame good
work for the patriot Indian orphan^ that we are now doing for the whMe.

And your memorialists pray for sach other euactmentn for the securing of any further aid, gift, subsidy,
or endowments, as in the wisdom of your Honorable Bodies may seem reasonable and just; so that the
establishment of schools, the edncntlon, support, and instruction in aj^ricultnre and the mechanic or other
arts, trades, or yocations may be secured to all such Patriot Indian Obpsahs.

And your memorialists /hrther represent that we will enter upon our duties and labors in the prosecu-
tion of all the objects of our Institute toward such Indian orphans, immediately upon the reception of
anch grants or aids as your Honorable Bodies may by enactment give— that homes and schools, and all
the advantages proposed by our Society, may speedily be secured for the said patriot Indian orphans, and
also for such other Indian orphans as may absolutely need each aid.

And yonr memoiialists woald ever pray, etc

238 REMINISCENCES.

of my appointment The Department of Physiology may

advantageously be divided among the three chairs, viz. :

1. Physiology. This may embrace all that is essential to graduation.

2. Experimental Physiology and Hygiene.

3. Comparative Physiology.

The two divisions last named embrace subjects of study, interesting and
important, which may profitably be pursued by undergraduates, and by physi-
cians in the practice of their profession.

Last year, at my solicitation, you appointed an Adjunct to the chair of
Physiology. Now, I respectfully solicit that you transfer me to the charge
of the duties of Professor of Comparative Physiology, leaving the first and
the second chairs above-named to be filled by others at your discretion.

I have the honor to remain,
February 18, 1873. Yours truly.

In the principal works alluded to, it has been and still continues to be
my good fortune to be aided by the kind, discreet, and valuable co-operation
of my wife.

We may not always act wisely or efficiently ; but of the principles forming
the basis of our action, and of the motives which we propose to have govern
us during the balance of life, I cannot better make a succinct statement,
than by here copying from a Waukesha paper a report of my address at a
public meeting, Sunday evening, 2 Nov., 1873 — a union meeting of all the
churches for the purpose of raising funds for the relief of those in Mem-
phis and Shreveport, suffering from the ravages of yellow fever:

It has pleased our Heavenly Father in His revealed word to enlighte^
human beings on certain subjects of vital interest to man. The highest hu-
man wisdom consists in, or is shown in, appreciating and applying the
TBUTHS, precepts, rules or laws thus revealed in words adapted to human
intellect.

In God's revealed word we learn that suffering is a means of checking
pride, and notions of self-sufficiency — a means of leading us to acknowledge
a power higher than ourselves. Man, thus brought to reflection, finds in the
Holy Sdriptures evidence that law— even violated law — becomes a school-
master to bring us to God. Suffering is designed as a blessing ; not alone to
the sufferer, but as a means of exercising co-dwellers on earth in its relief.
Human sympathy, which exercises itself in the relief of suffering, is thereby
strengthened.

Selfish man, unexercised in relieving afflicted humanity, becomes case-
hardened, hide-bound, and degenerated. His stony heart becomes petrified.
The man himself becomes a walking petrifaction. Or, rather, the wicked
elements of his being thrive to the suffocation of his higher nature.

The greater the distance of suffering relieved, the greater is the blessing
which comes from sympathy so exercised. To relieve suffering in our very pres-

KEMINISCENCES. 239

ence may be an unmixed good to the sufferer; and the giving of the needed
relief, in very presence, may strengthen the better powers of the giver ; but
not to so great a degree as would a similar or equal amount of sympathy for
the sufferer more distant in space or in social ties. Suffering at home, and
in our presence, impels us to give relief, if possible.

Acting thus under a force almost allied to an instinct of our natures, we
do not receive that high order of benefit to ourselves which comes from active
sympathy for the sufferer far removed in location or consanguinity. Again :
when a well-tried, true, and devoted friend is suffering, our sympathy and
aid may, to the recipient, be of benefit equal to corresponding aid rendered
to an enemy. That is, the friend may thus be benefited as much as the
enemy ; while, in the latter case, the development of our moral and religious
nature is much greater than in the former.

To any present who have personal friends or relations in Memphis, Shreve-
port, or other places in the valley of the Mississippi or Bed Eivers, where the
fatal malady has so alarmingly prevailed, and also to any who look upon
those places as near by, we say, give for their relief, as -from the instinct of
your natures, and from a sense of duty ; while, to any present who remem-
ber these afflicted people as lately in hostile array against our beloved nation,
and as even now harboring bitter feelings against us, we say most confidently,
give for the relief of suffering so located ; give for the greater reflex good to
yourselves, sure to return to you from this higher sphere of charity. Nay, verily,
Waukesha is of the Mississippi Valley ; its waters mingle with the Great Eiver.

When first I saw your flowing stream, now twenty-one years ago, I raised
my hands and ray voice in gratitude that I had seen — ^yes, was veritably see-
ing a stream, a flowing stream, which was to be part of the mighty Missis-
sippi, that from infancy I had almost venerated, as I also had the great valley
and its inhabitants.

Citizens of Waukesha, even did your waters not mingle directly with
those which flow near by your suffering fellow-beings ; yea, if your waters
flowed into the great chain of lakes which through the St. Lawrence empty
into the Atlantic, even then, under the rule of our Heavenly Father, the
commingling of waters from the rising mists of near and distant oceans,
distilling alike on the just and the unjust, would teach us to exercise our
sympathies, our charities, for the suffering of our common humanity.

* In their acceptance of the congressional grant, Bome States, in the hoar of danger to the Republic,
primarily acknowledging the Patriot Orphan Claim, may in sabseqaent legislation, m. the hoar of their
prosperity, have ceased to be thas reconnoissant. [Brought from page 232.]

240

INDEX,

BXJFFLXMBHT^L TO THAT COMXBNCIKO OK PaGB 187.

/L ^y

Absolntion 128.

Ackron 185.

Adirondack MH's 223, 251.

Adrian 166.

Agticaltural Colleges 156,

230, 231, 232.
Alps at St Gothard 227.
Am. (}eo. Society 157.
Amherst College 169.
Amplitude 108.
Analysis of Tocal sonnds 222
Ancestral remoTes 79.
An early move in the tem-
perance cause 82, 85.
An evangelist 133.
Anuual Keport 181, 288.
An unusual crowd 218.
Apple Oven Ledge 67, 251.
Ashford 115.
Ayle, 74, 76. 76, 77.
Baldwin, Rev. Dr. Elihu

W. 214, 220.
Barnes, Rev. Albert 220.
Bellows Falls 55, 62, 100

156, 180,213.
Berlin, University of, 166,

224.
Bethel 159, 160, 161.
Big Flats 108.
Biographies 238.
Boston 189, 141, 147.
Brattleboro 152, 173.
Brigham, Rev. John-C.

211, 215.
Brown, Dr. Henry- 8. 227
Bunker Hill 42, 60.
Burlington, Vt. 99,152, 172.
Busiuess centre 119.
Calendar for 6000 years

250, 251. See preface
Cambridge Village 19. 109,

112.
Campbelltown 117.
C.«ptive«! p. 13, 38, 39, 86.
Carpathian Mts. 227.
Carthage 153. 182.
Champlain, N. Y. 151.
Charleatown, Mass. 184.

Charlestown, N. H. 50, 86,
' 104.

Charts, explanation of, 36,
78, 74, 77, 78, 7J9, 95.

Charts, Table of, 186.

Chattanooga, p. 45.

Chelmsford 4, 8.

Chemung Co. 108.

Chesterfield Academy 99.

Chicago 116, 185, 136.

Choosing a business 219,
229, 232.

Christian Commisdon 122.

Chronology 263.

Clarendon 155.

Collateral branches.

College of France 224.

College of Pharmacy 165.

Col. of Physicians and Sur-
geons, 156, 221.

Concord, Mass. 1, 2, 23.

Consistency 111.

Containing a condition 221.

Co-operation 25, 35, 51.

Corning 185.

Coventry, Vt. 177.

Cowardice 156.

** Cruised about."

Danube 227.

Dartmouth College 99.

Daysville 108, 137.

Deerfield 100.

Derby Line 152.

Design of suffering 238.

Detroit 137.

Dunstable 7, 9, 87, 40, 61.

East River 157.

Effingham Academy 213.

Elizabethtown 94, 159.

Engraving 223.

Essex 94, 156.

Evanston 134.

Everett, 171, 184.

Experimental farms 282.

Explanations 78, 74, 77, 78,
79.

Extremes expressed 79.

Farmer and Mechanic 182.

Perry Ancestry 133.
Filial Measures 79.
First Houses on Fifth Ave-
nue 212.
First Med. Temp. Society

221.
Fitchburg34, 103, 185, 143,

149.
Forefathers Monument 84.
Forefathers' Landing 251.
Fort Dummer 55,
Forward, France»-E;.^ 221,

238.
Fountain Green 153.
Fredericksburg 152.
Free baths 157.
Garden of Plants 224.
Garrison Houses 10.
Genealogical Staff 79.
Genealogies 233.
Generations' length 114.
Genetic Space 79.
Going, Rev. Dr. Jonathan

212.
Granby 133.
Granville 138.
Great Fire 117, 118.
Greenough, J-J. 215.
Griscom, Dr. John-H. 220.
Groton 14, 59.
Halsey, Anthony-P. 215.
Hampshire grants 56,
Hardwick, Mass. 99.
Hartford 57, 119, 141.
Hartley, Robert-M. 211.
Hatfield, Rev. Dr. 220.
Hastings, Thomas 220.
Herbarium 169.
Hi Isgrove 100, 153, 154.
Historic Committees 157,

233.
Historical Novel 67.
Holbrook, Josiah 217, 224,

225.
House of Refuge 213, 219.
Index 187.
Indian Patriot Orphan

Home 234.

S;i^^*^«E|248 Bwppkirmit |Sg/2^E^' }249

Indian Commission 127. North Market Mission 130, Shasta Valley 134.

Inscriptions 58. 183. Bhirley 59, 140.

Institute of Reward 157. Not Preparing. Six live physicians 221.

Italy 227. Number one 65. Sixtieth Anniversary 251.

Ives, Dr. Ansel-W. 215. Oak Hill 146. Smith, Prof. J V-C. 216.

Jessup, Charles of West- *• Old and New style " 251. South Berwick 100,101,165.

field 218. Old people's party 94. Southboro 148.

Journal of the Institute 233. Clean 134. Southwick 156, 211, 214,
Knox College 180, 181. Oye 74, 75, 76, 77. 221.

La Fayette Institute 214. Painted Post 135. Southwick Academy 211
Lake Forest 133, 135. Paris, University of, 156, 224. 213, 221.

Lake Maggiore 227. Personal responsibilities 80, Springfield, Mass. 93, 133,

Lancaster 13. Philadelphia 156. 217.

Le Claire, Scott Co., Iowa Philological Soc. 157, 256, Springfield, Vt. 99, 100, 183.

155, 234, 235. 257. Stanstead 54.

Leap Year 251. Philosophical classification Steuben Co. 108, 115, 116.

Lefferts Place 145. \^1. Stirling 108, 134.

Lenormant, Professor 224. Pnonetic Alphabet 223. Sumpterville 155.

Letters apologetic 217, 229. PhonotypesonTahawia232 Tahawian Heights 223.

Limerick 100, 156, 165,213. Physiology 157, 217, 219, Tarnished at Ids link.

Little except sacrifice. 229, 237. Temperance Pledge 57, 216,

Livingston 215. Pioneers 84, 108. 221.

Locarno 227. Piquaket 38. Thirty-fifth Anivers'y 251.

Lunenburg 140. Pittsfield 179. Ticonderoga 62.

Madison Square 213. Plymouth 93. Transatlantic Notations;

Map of New York 213. Post, Dr. Alfred-C. 228. Twenty Months on the

Mason, N. H. 46. Powderhorn 60. Andes 168.

Mathews, Rev. Dr. 212. Profitable Amusement, 251. University of Vt. 100, 172.

Memorial Gift 156. Putney 150, 218. Uvalda 145.

Memorial Volumes 25, 35, Radial charts 52, 80, 82. Vattemere, Alexander 224,

36, 51, 56, 72, 156, 238. Rangers, 37, 60. 225, 226, 227.

Memphis and Shreveport Ratio 57. Vevay, Ind. 99.

239. Reciprocal facilities 81. Wabash College 214.

Merrimac 61. Relationship measured 98. Walking petrifaction 238.

Milwaukee 257* Robinson, Rev. Dr. 220. Washington, D. C. 179.

Minerva Studio 233. Rodgers, Dr. John-Kearney Waterville 232.

Mission Institute 165, 170. 218. Waukesha Co., Wis. 232,
Mont Matre 224. Rules for Practice 255-6. 239.

Montpelier, Vt. 65. Rome, Naples, etc. 227. Weisse,Dr. John-A. 256.

Monument to French 56. Russia, suggestion for, 250. Westminster, Mass. 111.

CoLC-T-J. Mooreaf Fremp- Sailors' Snug Harbor 214. Westminster, Vt. 60, 65, 251.

ton Hall, Eng.,ch,I,p.8». St. Gothard 227. Westport 94, 156,

Mormon B.ble 67. St. Johnsbury 177. Wetmore, A. R. 215.

Mott Memorial 157. St. Louis 137. Whiteface 223,

Mount Auburn Cemetery St. Paul 145, 146. Whitesides 108.

147. San Francisco, 103, 182. Whole duty 152.

Mt. Morris 115. Sanitary provisions 167. Wilderness, battle of p. 151,

Newbem 98. Saxton's River 171. Williston 150.

N. E. His. Gen. Soc. 157. Scale of Consanguinity 79. Winlsow Pedigree, 96.

New Harmony 160. Search for stolen goods 217 Wisconsin University 232.

New pronoun 219. Second purchase 56. With new force 218.

N. Y. Free Med. College for Senate Chamber 155. Withholding 90.

Women 157, 217. Sessions (times of) 157,258. Worth Street, N.Y.I 35.

Northampton 57,85,133. Seyffarth, Prof. Gustavus Y. M. C. Association 120.
Northfield, 57, 84. 256.*

Ths index inoludes some pages to be found in the completed Tolomn.

Calendar for the First 6,000 Years of the Christian Era.

Wb have teen that the centennteil of our Independence I« to be on Taefld«y, 4 io\y,
1876. If Kuwia— wlilch persists yet in Old Style, and lisd tnenty-nlne days in h"r
February, 1800, and la now twelve days beliind Che age — shuald cumplimenL us \ty
making that day— 4 July, 18TS— the commencement ol ber Net* Style, what day ot the
month would her Monday neit before bel Move the Ta. from op|K>eite || to oppo^te
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fusion tbat can ceaw only with tbe abolition of the astronrimical falsehood of Old Style.
Befon attempting the s ilution of the Russian problem, tbe reader ivUl please appl/
the roles aod examples given on the accompanyiag patie.

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CHRONOLOGY.

i. km worda On Chronalon Hn DDivoidsble in a gaoMlogtcil troA prepuad At BKunl readai.
Tbei alwll bg a> few » we on ctearlj nuke Uiem.

B7 tlu uiclenl Ramiin:', Ihe jenr »w reckoned Is conelatLne of MB dt^a, but 4a the icIdiI Solu
year wu deemed 10 bo 865 OBja and 8 honri, JdJIdi Ckuf orderBd that tverj fonrth yen ahould b»va
an iDtercalirr daj, A ds; wax aecordlDgl; added lo Iba mouUi of Februii;. or on the ilith of tha
calenda of Uaicb, and iliDt makini! mo itxlJu, or Mj iixtui, gate origin to tha tam Biaieitlle Tear, S ^ E
curreapondLng lo onr present LeHp-Yi>ar, 3 *3

It was aubaeqnenlly aBMrri^ned that the Inw aalar rear eonalsted of SW •'-— " <"■"— '<" ""• ' ■
■nd that the nyotplna of 11', li", bad occaaloned a urievooa error '- ■■-- -'— '

Up to leei. every fonrth year had contained 368 day* la all

corered that each four hnudred year* ahoiild hare bad, Inatead of . . . ..,..._ __

worid waa already ten Qava Oat of ita proper leckODinx In conaequmea. Wllhont diatnrblng or cor- £ f!
ractliu former dates, (m d»Ta were dropped br the oomnumd of Fupa Graaoir XUL, from October, 3 i\
lUl; ao the neit day aHer Tbnnday, «t[i Oct., IB8t, Old Btjria, waa Ald^, IDOi Oct^ lAftlNew Biyle. 1 ^
FroleatantDoonUie! did Dol receive this at onM, and when Enr**

made a leap year of ITOft— there were tlmndan d' " " "

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illar, abottld begin on the Brat day of Jannacy Inatnad of the twenly-nnh of Hnrcb. and that Uaich . tS □ J

ifaaDM ba callef^a IMnt month Inatead of the jM. For, op lo Ihi> tfme, a child Iwm on the hut ilaj ^ c . % ^

it tbeyaat, wai rccotdad *• bom on IhaMth day of the lint month (Uarch). Fur fume time ibere bad jj^ ^ ■* I

Item "Bhiatorical year," h«lnnlnewlth Jainury : ao that an e'Eot uccarrlnft, aa the blnh of Joilaa SiflJ I .■

WTnalowdld,lnUiel«idn>rlRH, 00 ISPeb.. la recorded ailS Feb., ie0 4A or 1S04<5), or 1«04.B. «|,! 1 \

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thatHagdalen Wyn^ow waa bom ''on H Dec 1804," and Jozlas waa bom of the ume mother''OD 18 l-Si^ 1 i

Xtb., low/' meanlDb I8M-C,— when Hagdalan ma 18 moatba and SO daya old. t ^ 1 * t ^

LuF-TcaBa.— In Old Style, tneir year tha unmber of which can be dldifKf by 4, li a leap year or I'^s" In
blaMitlla year. Id New Btyie, all ceninrlal nua tflnMUaby 400.andall otheryeai— '-'-'""- - --- '■■■■

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lonthorthatcenmry.
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- -'"'--'- niw dav-i later, when npoa this Riwk occurred rbe meranrable L^ndinu rHow thr A

a proper anniversary la the pennlllmate day of the New Year, the THIRTIETH OP ,

idav. nine *ijH later, when npoa this Riwk occurred rbe^mera^iirable^LiN

DECEMBER.

On what day of Ihe week will ocunr Ihe trl-cenleonlal of tbe " LAHUINa or TBI Fzlsbihi," SOCh Dec
IBSOt Obeervc the above rale under '• Xeie Sty It for other CeiUtirUs."

nia arranBement will not apply to yeara before the Cbrlallan en. nor to any year lator than GMKI.

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DATID-PAESONS' HOLTOK, M.D.,

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a lntbe''aLii>B**anlBlartacitlanpolntla placed alt«r thanontha JU. and Am., to gin caotloa li
IMr leap-year applleatloa.— oppottte tbe croaa +.

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B— aiaiaiil In the oaa of (Ua Calendar, In couformllr wltb Uiea* Bimpla niaa.

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weitlla year. Id New Btyle, all ceninrlal yean tflnMMby 400,andall otheryeata IfIt^iIli2s by4. are S-asS f <
ip yeirK, and no othen. Tbna thecentnrial yearlWI, Ibongb dtciiUib by4, wa* notakap year, aa Ilia itlj 5 1
it^illvltlUiby 400. Tbeabove, wltht]ieanb«tltatlonin«(nr«if fanflTiieajand tflcM')^, liabrlefand 'aLf 1 T

. - — „«ak la known. The j

a— la a Blow and anre wayof aCL-omphphinfi -

of doing Ihla, and leaa Uable to bfiiDden. !

tbe aame alxe. Place Its left band edge oppo'lle to 9

or, wiui luD u.)» "I ""• week opposite any Una of dgnrea, and the rilde la set !

c.^blemi are three, according lo whether yon wlah to aet It fora New Btyledate i

In thla centniy. a New Style data In anotlier centn^ or an Old Style dale. f

Nnw Srrui fob thb Cbhtubt moH ISOO to 1SI9, moLDBiTa.— Bring tbe name of the month opposite i

totheonmberof Ihe year. Bnl In Jannary or Febmary of a leati.year, bring Ihe month opposite the i

eroas [J-] next (l3ironologlcallj) before tbe year.* The " Buna " Is then aei for that month. Thus. If ,

W ba placed next lo aO, tbe allde U (et tor Feb., 189B, Feb., laT8, Uarcb, ISM, Feb., Uar. and Not., of 1870, I

SeptandDBC., 1898, or 1801. ,

Niw 8mA otHiB CiimmiB.— U yon divide XVm. by IV,, yon have a nmalnder of II. XVn., J

dlTldedbyIV.,glTaearemaloderori. So If yon settbe altde tbr JiiIt. ISTB. Thioadnyetanda opposite III ■

more Tneaday to oppoalle the I., and the slide ia ready tor July, 1778, N.S. Ton now readUy see that C

Independence was declared on Tbnnday, Our mlo for new style fa, therefore i Divide Ihe hundredsof the I

TBar-anmber by 1, and agalnat the remainder, expreiaed by a Roman nameral Id tha second ceniury j

—' — D, set thediy of the week tbat comes agalnai II„ when the allda la arranged tor tha aame year and j

—Divide the hnndreda of the year-nnmber by T. and agalnat tbe Arabic flgnra Ibr tbe ".
«iu.iuu»<, 11 u»> lurt century colamn. set Ihe day of tbe week that comes opposite 1 and II. d

Now let aa try an example or two. The Plt«rtms, on 11th Dec. ISM. O.S.. took poesesalon of the .
■trand of Plymonth as a home, thongh tbe Itndlag Is generally connted the next day: add the (<n days I
(for It waa ear making a leap year of 1700 that made na elntn iij* ^"O'lg), and yon have HI Dec,, N.B, In J
■ach eaa^ if onr coDirivance be Inhlltble, the day mnst come the same. Prove, then, by the slide Ibat |
II Dec, 0.8„ and » Dec,, N.B,, In 1830, were both Uonday. Now 1810, O.S., and 1830, N,S.. are both J
aHke, becanas the remainder Is im when yon dMde 18 by *, or 18 by T. But for New Style, the M which *
eomea opposite the II. mnat be placed opposite Ihe O.aud tben It Is also opposite tha 21. Bnl 1 1 la ;
Berar safe to record eveula prevloua to Sept., ITU, In New Style, wlthont wrltlug tha lf.a. agalnat the '

JFhnocU MemoriaL

WHY MANKIND ARE GENERALLY RIGHT-HANDED.

In 1870, on occasion of the fifth semi-centennial anniversary of the Landing of
the Pilgrims, many commenced their examination of Forefathers' relics in Pilgrim
Hall at Plymouth an hoar or so before the procession to the Church for the oration
and other exercises of the day. During this ante-past different speakers standing
upon a table centrally placed, extemporized brief addresses.

Among the crowd some one recognized Dr. D-P^, Holton of New York, and
called him to speak from the table. He said : The Mayflower passengers had pro-
posed to be landed at or near the Hudson River ; and when on the 8tb or €th of
November, O. 8., 1G20, making southward, buffeting the troubled waters around
the spit of land which had then been named Cape Malabarre or Tucker's Terror,
Providence led them to retrace their steps, thus terminating their transatlantic voyage
not southward to the left^ but northward to the right . . . Do we not in this
change see the right hand of the Lord ? Before leaving this plat-
form, venerable from its historic surroundings let me on this fifth return of the
semi-centennial [holding up his right hand and counting in order the fingers, 1670,
1720, 1770, 1820, 1870] say a few words as to why mankind are generally right
handed :

Accepting as true the statement that the original seat of human abode was north
of the equator, and that the common form of paganworship wasthatof thesunseento
the southward, coursing from east to west from its morning rising, moving westward
to their right; thus facing southward, their right hand, in following the apparent
movement of the sun, would obtain preeminent use in their adorations, A substitu-
tion of the left hand would have contravened organic economy ; while the right, in
its devotional acts, moving and developing in symmetrical harmony, would demand
and obtain enlarged facilities for supply of nutriment through any change in direc-
tion or size of arteries requisite thereto.

A subsequent generation would have this right-handedness produced from two
sources :

1. A hereditary force giving preeminence to the right hand*

2. A repetition of the devotional influences, working right-handward.

In like manner of any subsequent generation. Even should the worship of the
sun give place to the worship of the true God, the superiority of the right hand
would remain and by heredity would be transmitted in perpetuity.

Farewell Memorial "Voliimes.

The reoords of HENRY ^ FABWKtJ^ an early settler of Conoord^ Maes., haye been ooUected
with the same degree of oare given to those of the Wi2fBiK)W Memorial. It is proposed to print the
work in separate booklets of some 100 or 135 pages, eaoh adapted to a particular branch of his de-
scendants. The branches will be printed as severally ordered by those embraced in the respectire
parts. To the Pabwbll Mkmoriai^ published 18 June, 1879, we here add reviews of the Wintiiow Me-
morial^ printed 1877, the two being executed in similar style.

JPhmh Jouph'Jackaan Howard, LL.D,^ F.8.A.^ Editor of the Miscellanea Oenealogica et

Heraldica^ London^ England,

DiBTKOUTB Bow, Blackheath, Kent, England,
Nov. 17, 1877.

IfT Dear Sib: I received the parcel of books, and will see that those intended for Mr. Winslow
and Colonel Chester are duly sent. I am truly obliged for your kind remembrance.

The Winslow Memorial contains a vast mass of most important genealogical data. I shall have
the greatest pleasure in placing you on the/ree list of Miscellanea Genealogica et Jleraldica sub-
scribers, and will date this back, so that if you do not already possess all the parts of the monthly
series, I will, on hearing from you what parts you require, send them.

I like much the Radial Charts and consider that proposed book of Charts will be of great value
to genealogists.

It occurs to me that an advertisement of the Winslow Mxhobial, if inserted in the Miacellanea
CfeneaJoffica^ would be the means of increasing the sale. If you would draw out a short advertise-
ment, mentioning specially the pedigrees, &c., I will have it put in type at once and inserted in the
January part of the Miscellanea, of course witJioui expense to you.

If you approve, one or two copies of the book might be sent to Messrs. Mitchell A Hughes (the
publishers) 24 Wardour Street, London, and it can be stated that the book can be obtained from
them. Please also state the price in English money in the advertisement.

Again thanking you for the valuable addition to my collection, and with good wishes.

Believe me, ever sincerely yours,
J-J. HOWARD.

J^om Col, Jouph-Lemuel* Chester.

Linden Villas, 124 Blue Anchor Road, Bermondsey, S.E. )

London, England, 24 Nov. 1877. . f

Mt Dear Sib : I beg to acknowledge the receipt, through my friend Dr. Howard, of the first
volume of the ** Winslow Memorial,'* and to return you my most hearty thanks for it. It was in-
deed very kind of you to thus remember me. Of the book itself I can only speak in terms of the
highest praise. As you well know, no one can comprehend better than myself the vast amount of
careful, patient, and persevering labor it represents. I have looked through it very carefully, and
you appear to have done your work admirably, and produced a volume that must stand for all
time. I trust that nothing will prevent the continuance of the work. An enterprise so well com«
menced ought not to stop for lack of means— lack of material I know there is not. I shall look for
the second volume with the greatest interest. If I had come across any thing of importance du-
ring its progress I should have sent it to you, and I can only say now that if at any time there is
any thing special you want from here, I will endeavor to obtain it for you.

I am very much Interested also in the smaller papers you enclosed, and shall give them a per-
manent place among my collections. Since the completion of 'my labors on the ** Westminster
Abbey Registers," I have returned to my work on the ''Washington Family,*' and hope sooner or
later to bring that to a successful completion. Hoping that you will be spared many years, and
amply encouraged in your most interesting labors.

Believe me, very truly yours,

Dr. D-P^. Helton, New York. _ _ _ JOSEPH-L. CHESTER.

HOLIDAY AlE^ AikNivESG^ PRESENTS.

Miss Julia- Amelia* Winslow, West Brewster, Mass.

Dear Friend : Your valued letter, in appreciation of Volume L of the Pilgrim Series,
some weeks since bought by you; and your enclosure of $6, the 11th Inst., for another copy of the
same book, as a Cliristnuis Present to your friend, counting your payment for the book as a Sod-
vage Gift to Mrs. Holten and myself for our years of research and for our great financial outlays
in collecting and gracefully transmitting the records of your ancestors, Is gratefully acknowledged.

In the mail carrying this acknowledgment I place the volume directed as you order. I trust
the gilded inscription of the recipient's name may be satisfactory.

Tou regard your acts as an equitable salvage paid for our long labors and attendant exi)enses.
If now one thousand persons^ following your example, would, with commendable promptness,
thus add to our Working Publicaiion Fund five thousand doUars, the manuscripts of suc-
ceeding volumes would in a few days thereafter be put into the hands of the printer. ........

Without such or some equivalent co-operation we cannot go forward with our genealogical works.

John^ Winslow, Esq., of 59 Liberty Street, New York, who has done much to advance the work,
and knows its expensiveness, hearing of your appreciative view of the situation, desires me to
express to you his personal thanks.

If your example is not largely followed— if this call for aid be unheeded, we shall, in sadness,
be compelled to abandon aU. Very gratefully, yours truly,

DAViD-p». holton:

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17 Hahokatb Park Road, near Hlichgate, N I

London, 19 Feb., 1878. f

8tr: Should jon hvn » eopj of your TaloAble Memorial of the Winslows to spare, I shall esteem
It ft gCMt fwrar if 70a wilt kfiidly ezsbaiiK* wotto with m«.

I have issued to subscribers three volumes Can8ick*t Epitapht o/Mtddfemxtt J-&. Sosith, publish-
er, Soho Square.

I am. Sir, Your Humble Sv't,
David-P. Holton, M.D., P-TEAGUK CANSICK.

Secretary of Pilgrim Record Society, New York.

F-Tkaoxtb Caxsick, Esq., London.

Dear Sir : For some twenty years Mrs. Holton and myself have been investigating the geneal-
ogy of descendants of the Pilgrims of the Mayflower of Plymouth, and now our longings go instinct-
ively to the MOTHCR oouMTRT for their more remote ancestry.

Your proposition is more than welcome. Your researches will doubtless facilitate our pro-
gress, which we deliberately resolve shall be lifelong.

It is highly gratifying to us to know that many English Genealogists appreciate our work and
kindly propose exchange akin to yours.

The Pilgrim Record Society of the City of New York have secured a beautiful location, No. 20
Eastern Boulevard, S.W. comer of East 69th street, overlooking the East River for miles of its
course, constantly the moving scene of voyaging, mercantile, and ezcursionary transport, and
offering an eastern view of Long Island residences on a circuit of many miles.

The view very naturally carries us to Plymouth Rock and the Mother Land

We hope long here to quietly co-operate with you and other European and American Genealo-
gists in constructing sure bases on which posterity may erect truthful and enduring structures.

Yours truly,

DAVID.P». HOLTON,

90 Eastern Boulevard (Sutton Place), cor. E. 50th St., Secretary of the Pilgrim Record Soeie'iy,

New York, 4 March, 1878.

1879. PILGKIM RECOKD SOCIETY, 1879.

Removed to 20 Eastern Boulevard (Sutton Place), cor. East 69th Street.

Formal and informal meetings of the Pilgrim Record Societt are held at its rooms, on the
Secokd Tuesday afternoon and evening of each month, as specified below. Descendants of New
Englandera and others interested in the early Pilgrim times are invited to attend, and bring what
family records they can severally furnish.

Regular sessions will be the second Tuesday of each month during the year 1S79, viz. :

. .0-^ .0^^ .^ January 14

1879. S?"

May 18
June 10

September 9
October 14
November 11
December 9

April 8

The Fourth Anniversary of the Pilgrim Record Society wui be held

Tuesday, Dec. 80, 1879, 8 p.m., at 90 Sutton Place, Basteru Boulevard, N. T., comer of Bast 69th Street.
The recipient is respactfnlly invited to attend with friends.

DAVID-PT. HOLTON, feretory.

While Volume I is especially for the records of Eenelm* Winslow and his descendants, the
**lNT&ODUonoN," consisting of seventy pages, is of great interest to the descendants of his brothers
John*, Josiah*, and Governor Edward^— to those bearing the patronymic, and to those of other
names through female lines.

Of letters in commendation, we present one from a gentleman of the seventh generation. In the
line of John^ who was an eminent merchant of Boston and died there 1674:

S2 PiwcKNBT Street, Boston, SO Dec. 1877.
DAViD-pT. Holton, M.D.

Dear Sir : Enclosed please find ten dollars, postal order, in payment for the two volumes of

Winslow Memorial.

I think you and your wife are deserving of great credit. Have not had time to look it through;

as far as I have gone, am much pleased. It is a beautiful volume.

Very truly yours,

SAMUEL-WT. WINSLOW.

The books of the Memorial Series, large octavo, bound in cloth, may be purchased at Dr. Ilolton^s
Genealogical Studio, 20 Eastern Boulevard, New York; price five dollars ($5) for five hundred
pages. Volume I. contains 656 pages, price five dollars, thirty cents extra for postage prepaid
on the book. Bcmittanccs by postal orders should be payable to the order of David-F^. Holton,
M.D., at Station H, Branch P.O., N.Y. City. Copies of any of our radial charts, photo-lithographed
or printed, may, as samples, be had at $1 each, while the sale price of most of them is $2 each.

The recipient is invited to consult those relatives who would probably unite in raising the $S0O
requisite for a family chart analogous to that of Carpenter* Winslow, or of Thomas* Parsons, and
make early report to Dr. Holton, as above

JAMES-EDWARD OLIVER, Professor of Mathematics In Cornell University, having examined
some advance sheets of Yolumb II, on returning them writes:

Ltnn, Mass., 28 July, 1878,
* * * * The beauty, compactness, and accuracy of these pages are admirable.

JAMES-EDWARD OLIVER.

PILGBUff RECORD SOCIETT.

At the Second Anniversary, 80 December, 1877, was read the ROBERT GUSHMAN SERMON,
the first one in New England which was printed; and the Society now purpose to reprint it as soon
as funds therefor are obtained.

From several letters written by Honorary Members invited to attend, we give that of Rev. Dr.

Henry-Martyn Dexter:

1 SoMBBSKT Street, Boston, Mass. )
January 11, 1878. \

Mt Dkab Sir: An unusual press of work prevented me from imme diately replying to yours
TCKjuesting my presence in New York at the anniversary of the Pilgrim Record Society.

I shall be very glad to do what I can to aid you in every endeavor you may make to shed light
upon Pilgrim History.

I have in my library one of the very few known copies of Cushman Sermon in its original edition.*

I am not at this lament able to refer accurately to your publications. But if you will send
me a complete set of your ''Bulletin'* to date, and of the ''Winslow Memorial." so far as published,
I will send you the money on receipt of the bill, and will be glad to have you consider me a perma-
nent subscriber for every publication of the sort which you may issue.

Faithfully yours,

HENRY-M. DEXTER,

Editor of the CongregatUmaiUt,

Dayid-P^. Holton, M.D., 20 Eastern Boulevard, cor. East 69th St., N.Y.

*T7ie loan of this original print is obtained^ that from it our edition may he set. We hope it may he

publicly read in aZl the villages and tovms of the Union, The Secretary of the Society toill occasionaUy

read it, if thereto invited^

J>-F^, HOLTON, Secretary,

From Thonuta Spotmer^ Esq,^ Author of the Spooner Genealogy,

130 Datton Street, Cincinnati, 25 Aug. 1877.
Dayid-P^. Holton, M.D.

My Dear Sir: The Winslow Memorial, Vol. I., reached me last week. I treasure it highly.

You have made a graAd success.. Tha second volume, now in course of printing, I must have. Be

pleased to send it by express, C.O.D. ; or, if you prefer, I will send you the value in advance.

I notice that you run pretty largely into the Spooner, Holland, Gale, Graves, and Averill of my
family. ... I congratulate you on the beginning of the completion of your long and great toil —
and, too, on the eminent success you have made of the book in its matter, the arrangement, the
excellence of typography, paper, etc., etc.

With thanks and best wishes, I am, very truly, THOMAS SPOONER.

A Bequest, Currently, Prospectively and Increasingly Beneficial.

. The first five American semi-zones have analagons showings in the chart facing the 100th pag®
of Vol. I. of the Pilgrim Record series, (Winslow Memorial)sof which a copy may be seen at the rooms
of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society, 18 Somerset St., Boston, in the Library of
Congress, and in many of the public libraries of the Union.

1. For the construction of our Grand Radial Charts, giving the open spaced, perpendicular,
ancestral c bain to the fifth American generation, with the brothers and sisters of each represent-
ative link placed upon the right and left; and gr.ving for the member placed in the central section
of the fifth whorl a full development of all his or her known descendants to the present time, we
refer to our circulars and to our published Memorial Volumes and Radials.

2. It will be observed that our plan Is to place some member of the fifth (5th) generation In the
upward ext'^nsion of the direct line of his ancestors, [See James* in the Kingsboro Parsons Chart]
and then give a full development of all his descendants, on2y,instead of immensely enlarging the chart
to admit of the full records of the descendants of all the brothers and sisters of that generation.

8. In like manner any parent of the seventh generation thus centrally placed, bequeathing in
trust for his posterity a goodly number of copies of his chart, may provide for the records of all
bis descendants for a century to come in the following manner :

4. Let the grand and great-gran(S children of the said party cut off all tho chart paper beyond
the semi-zono of hia or her chidren in the eighth American belt; also, cut out the space now ap*
propriated to said children* making a notch which may be re-occupied in accordance with the re-
spective demands of their completed records.

5. The printed chart thus cut may be smoothly pasted on a vellum sheet of sizo sufficient for
four or five additional whorls, that thereon may be skilfully placed by a master penman the records
of successive generations, harmoniously arranged, from the said party of the seventh whorl to the
Bi-Cbntbn'nial op ths Grbat Rbpubuc, 1976— an elegantly framed typo-script Radial Chart, an
esteemed ornament for the parlors of posterity.

6. While the types of the chart of any person of the fifth American generation are yet standing
each of his grand-cnildren having descendants may at comparatively little expense be properly set
in the central section of the seventh whorl preparatory to the above-named arrangement for the

future reooi^4i| ot )U9 9js )ie( posterity. _

'"^" *^ PAVID-PARSONST HOLTON, M. A.,

No. 20 Sutton Place. Eastern Boulevard,
^ Comer of East &9th St., New York, July 4, 1878.

7A&WSLL HEHO&IAL.

The nnmerons descendanto of Henry* Farwell, an early settler of Concord,
Mass., have for many years been aware that their memorial volume has been iu a
state of great forwardness for the press.

June 18th, 1879, we issue a part which will be of eomm&n interetit .to all the
branches, containing records of their several Farwell ancestors of the first four
generations in America, and generally of descendants bom prior to 1760. This
little book will bring the record down to include the birth of most of the descen-
dants who participated in the struggle for the Independence of the United States — an
Ancbstraii Hook of Akbkicam Fabwslls. To these pages of common utterbst
to all Farwells, have been added samples of branch development to the present
date, 1879. This booklet when generously purchased at f 8. 00 per copy, will be-
come a way of co-operation by which it is hoped the three thousand dollars
requisite to bring out the full volume will soon be secured.

Special advances towards the f 3000 may be forwarded to William-D*. Farwell,
115 Worth Street, New York, who has kindly consented to act^s Trustee for the
contributors. Postal orders, checks, and drafts designed for the Farwell
Memorial Publication Fund, should be made payable to the order of William- D*.
Farwell ; but ordinary correspondence, genealogical and biographical items, may
be addressed to DAVID.P\ HOLTON, M.D.

20 Sutton Place, Eastern Boulevard, Cor. East 59th St.
New York. May 12th, 1879.

AHRBICAN PHILOLOGICAL SOCIETY.— Its sessions sre in Boom 80, Cooper Institute, N.E.
Corner, on the floor of the PubUe Reading Boom; entrsnoe by the eastern passage through the
series of adjV'nct reading rooma, the third Wednesday of each month, commencing at 8 p.m. Dr.
John-A. Weisso, author of ** Origin, Progress, and Destiny of the English Language and Literatiire,**
President.

Prof. SeyfCarlh deliyered a lecture on Egyptian Arch»ology and Hieroglyphics, 19 March, 1879,
which he continued on the 16th of April, and by request of the Society, will give a resume of the
two lectures in Association Hall, comer of Fourth Avenue and S3d Street, or in some other suita-
ble hall, of which duo announcement will be made. The Professor, now 83 years of age, was a
pioneer in this department of study. The Interpretation of Effyptian Ilieroglyphica.

Few of our citizens know that the Tenerable Dr. Seyftarth has been for twenty-four years a
resident of the United Ststes, and for six or seven years, of this city, where he lives in a very re-
tired manner, occupied with the prosecution of the Oriental studies to which he has given more
than half a century of laborious research. Bom at Ubigan, Saxonv, July 13, 1796, Dr. Seyflarth was
educated at Leipaio. and became Professor of ArchaBology in the famous university of that city in
1825. He was a pupil of the eminent Ejryptologist Spohn, after whose death be edited his Egyptian
manuscripts and has since published above fifty works upon the same branch of study. He is the
oldest of living philologists of eminence, was a contemporary and associate of Champollion and
Dr. Young, and dirides with them the credit of the mngnificent Oriental discoveries which gave
such lustre to the earlier half of the century. Dr. Seyflarth has views of his own about all Orien*
tal subjects, which, in some cases, are widely opposed to present accepted doctrines. A long
bi3grapnieal sketch of Dr. Sevflarth may be found in vapereau^s * Diotlonnaire des Contemporains.^
Other accounts may be found in Appleton and Johnson^s Cyclopedias, and in Allibone^s * Dictionary
of Authors,** where a full list of nis nm^erous works maybe found. It is to the credit of the
American Philological Society that it has drawn tnis interesting veteran from his retirement,
elected him an honorary member and proposes to recall to a forgetful generation the fact that one
of the founders of Comparative Philology still lives among us.

May SI, 1S79, Prof. Edwin-H. Davis, M.D., delivered before the American Philological Society
Room 86, Cooper Institute as above, a lecture on '* American Antiquities, and the Mound Builders
of the MUsisslppi Volley.'*

June 18th, 1879, Charles Sotheran, Esq., will deliver, as above, a lecture on "The Origin of our
Popular Surnames."

Sessions of the American Philological Society, third Wednesdays, at Boom 86 as above, will be
during the remainder of the year 1879: June 18th; October 15th; November 19th; and December
17th. EV* The recipient Is invited to attend.

May, 1879. DAVID-P'. HOLTON, M.D., Cor. Secretary.

New York Oenbalooical and Biogbaphical Socibtt.— For ten years its sessions, twice each
month, have been held with great regularity at the Mott Memorial Hall, 64 Madison Avenue.
From this date, the second and fourth Friday evenings of each month, except July, August, and
September, are the times of meeting. Sessions for the remainder of the year 18«9, on Fridays:
AMil nth. 25th; May 9th, 88d; June 18th, 27th; October 10th, 24th; November 14th, 28th; and
December 12th. 26th. These sessions are open to all interested in Genealogy.

Sessions of the PiLaniK Bsoord Sooibtt, the second Tuesday of each month, are open to the
public at 20 Sutton Place, Eastern Boulevard, comer of East 59th street.

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