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GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS
OF THE
FAMILIES BEARING THE NAMES
GILES, GOULD, HOLMES, JENNISON, LEONARD,
LINDALL, CURWEN, MARSHALL, ROBINSON,
SAMPSON, AND WEBB;
ALSO,
Genealogical Sfofcljes of t\t |pooI, erji far,
anb otjjer Jfamilies,
WITH A HISTORY OF PEMAQUID, ANCIENT AND MODERN ; SOME
ACCOUNT OF EARLY SETTLEMENTS IN MAINE; AND
SOME DETAILS OF INDIAN WARFARE.
"All human beings, not utterly savage, long for some information about past times." — Lord
Macaulay.
" It is wise for us to recur to the history of our ancestors. Those who are regardless of then-
ancestors do not perform their duty to the world " — Daniel Webster, Soeech, Dec.
22,1845.
BY JOHN ADAMS VINTON,
AUTHOR OF THE VINTON MEMORIAL;
MEMBER FOR LIFE OF THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC-GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, AND CORRESPONDING
MEMBER OF THE BUFFALO HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AND OF THE STATE HISTORICAL
SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN.
BOSTON:
PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR, BY HENRY W. DUTTON & SON,
Nos 90 & 92 Washington Street.
1864.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, by
JOHN ADAMS VINTON,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Masuachuse*
PRE FAC E.
1115953
" Honor thy Father and thy Mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the
Lord thy God giveth thee. - '— Exodus, 20 : 12.
The Fifth Commandment of the Decalogue stands foremost in the
Second Table of the Law. As the First Commandment—" Thou shalt
have no other gods before me " — stands at the head of the First Table,
and virtually includes the remainder of that Table, so the Fifth Com-
mandment, as it precedes, so in eifect it contains the precepts that follow.
It is in vain that a man who disregards the Fifth Command pretends
to observe any other. A man who does not honor his parents, is not
and cannot be a truly moral man. The temper of mind which impels
a person to break that command which is the Leader and Chief of all
the ethical precepts of the Divine Law, will, when occasion shall arise,
impel him to break all the rest.
Our habits of obedience or disobedience to the Law of God begin
here. It must be so, because our parents are the persons with whom
our earliest human relations connect us ; and indeed for a time, our
parents stand to us in the place of God.
We come, then, to this conclusion — " Reverence for parents is
ESSENTIAL TO A SOUND MORAL CHARACTER."
This is the starting point of the volume before us. Without this
great fundamental idea, this book had never been undertaken.
My Father ! my Mother ! how they loved me ! how they watched
over me ! how they labored for my good ! With what untiring assiduity
they provided for my tenderest years ! How carefully they trained me
in the ways of virtue and religion ! To them, under God, I owe all I
am, all I have, all I hope for, here and hereafter. They are departed ;
I shall never behold them more on earth :— but can I forget them ? can
I cease to reverence them? shall their memory ever fail to be fragrant?
Never, oh never ! As time rolls on, I see more and more reason why I
should cherish their memory.
But what my parents were to me, their parents were to them. My
grandfather and grandmother cherished for my father the same tender
IV THE GILES MEMORIAL.
affection, and with the same diligence labored for his good. All that
my father was, he owed, under God, to the care bestowed on him by
the natural guardians of his being. The same holds true, through all
the generations of the Past. And thus the Fifth Commandment binds
us to reverence and honor all our ancestors, as far as made known to
us, and so far as those ancestors were worthy of such regard. As I
ought to keep alive, and keep warm in my inmost heart the memory
and the virtues of my immediate progenitors, so I ought, as far as pos-
sible, to reverence and honor those who preceded them in the parental
relation. I ought not willingly to suffer their memory to perish. If I
do, I sin against them, and against God.
If reverence towards our own parents tends powerfully and necessa-
rily to form and to promote a truly virtuous character, so reverence
towards our earlier progenitors must have somewhat of the same ten-
dency and effect. It follows, that those who are indifferent and careless
in this respect must lack some at least of the elements of a sound moral
character.
The end and scope of Genealogical research are, for the most part,
very different in this country and in England. There, the endeavor is
to connect one's self with noble, or distinguished families, or to ascertain
one's right to titles or estates. Here, nothing of the kind is open to us.
The aim of those who pursue genealogical inquiries on this side of
the great water, can only be to connect themselves with the earliest, the
best, the purest days of New England. Such studies must therefore
have a good moral effect. We are carried back to a consideration of
the high aims, the pure motives, the severe trials, the exhausting labors,
the noble character of the fathers of our commonwealth. We are led,
moreover, to a more just appreciation of our present privileges, and of
those free institutions which cost so much sacrifice and suffering.
I am content to trace my ancestry to my earliest American progeni-
tors. Here is the true place to stop in our genealogical inquiries. I
have no desire to cross the Atlantic in quest of an earlier sire. I have
little sympathy with that feeling which leads men to ransack the rolls
and charters of feudal antiquity. The true nobility is that of character ;
and nowhere, the Divine Model aside, shall we find nobler exhibitions
of character than in the First Age of New England. I am well aware
that those men were not perfect ; many of their proceedings are open
to criticism, and even to censure; yet the world has never yet seen, in
the founders of any other community, such purity of purpose, such ex-
alted public virtue. God was with them in a remarkable degree. For
the sake of his cause, and for the welfare of his kingdom, they left their
PREFACE. V
pleasant homes in Old England, and settled on these then inhospitable
shores. And He, whose Word was ever their guiding star, never for-
sook them, but carried them triumphantly through toils and dangers
which would have proved insurmountable to other men. By his pecu-
liar blessing, they kindled a light on this Western Continent which is
destined never to go out ; they founded institutions of government and
of religion which are never to perish ; the influence of their principles
and of their great example is becoming more potent and more extensive
with every succeeding year. And it is not too much to hope that God,
the Author of all good, designs through their means, and by means of
those who follow in their steps, to enlighten and bless the whole world.
These thoughts have been uppermost in the mind of the compiler of
this volume, while pursuing the protracted and exhausting labors which
are now brought to a close. Possessing advantages for researches of
this nature, which comparatively few enjoy, and having leisure to use
these advantages, he has felt it to be his duty to contribute, as far as in
his power, to the illustration of the history of the several Families
mentioned in these pages.
To do honor to the memory of a revered and excellent mother, and
to preserve an account of her ancestry, was the impulse that led the
way in the preparation of this volume. The History of the Giles
Family, and of the Jennison, Lindall, and Marshall Families, were
all compiled under the influence of this motive. As the affair pro-
ceeded, the author became interested in the history of other families,
not of his mother's lineage ; and for various reasons was induced to give
the work a wider scope, and to place in this volume many names which
were not included in his original design. The number of pages became
more than double of what was intended when the printing commenced.
The title chosen for the volume at the outset — " The Giles Memorial " —
could not, however, be changed, as it had gained a permanent foothold
in the running title. Had the writer foreseen the extent which the
book has ultimately reached, some other designation might have been
adopted. And yet, as the author designed a volume which should, in
its essential features, correspond to his other publication, and be parallel
with it, there may, after all, be no impropriety in the title as it stands.
" The Vinton Memorial " was planned with special and primary refer-
ence to the family of the writer's father. The present volume was
planned with primary reference to the family of the writer's mother; it
was designed to be a monument of filial affection and honor to her who
gave him being; on no other gi-ound would it have been undertaken.
VI THE GILES MEMORIAL.
As the book must have some title, what better title, all things considered,
could it bear than — " The Giles Memorial ?"
I began to collect information touching the ancestry of my mother,
early in the winter of 1851-2, pursuing the inquiry at first merely for
my own satisfaction. As early as March, 1852, I embodied what facts
I had gathered respecting the Giles, Jennison, and Lindall families, in a
MS. volume of 96 pages. To this I made additions from time to time ;
although my leisure during several years was chiefly occupied in the
preparation of the "Vinton Memorial." A little more than two years
ago, I began the preparation of this volume for the press. During these
last two years I have devoted the greater part of my time to it. The
work has been arduous and exhausting. It has required a vast amount
of patient and careful research. The records of twenty-four cities and
towns, of several churches, and of six counties, have been thoroughly
examined, either by myself or by others. The Old Colony Records,
the Massachusetts Archives, the Muster-Rolls of the " Old French War,"
(1755-1762,) the Muster- Rolls of the Revolution, and those of the ex-
isting Civil War, have been carefully explored. A considerable number
of Town Histories, of printed Genealogies, and many other books, have
been inspected. The Genealogical Register of the New England His-
toric-Genealogical Society has been often and diligently consulted.
Grave-yards have been laid under contribution. A number of ancient
and valuable MSS., such as the Pejepscot Papers, the Autobiography
of Deborah Sampson, the Diary of John Marshall of Braintree, and of
Col. Robert Hale of Beverly, the Family Memoirs of Hon. Abraham
Holmes of Rochester, and others, have been used. A very large num-
ber of Family Records have passed under examination. Nearly seven
hundred letters have been written and received in reference to matters
contained in this volume.
If the reader should find some errors, let him not wonder. The
utmost care and diligence will not exclude all errors from a book like
this. I have done all in my power to verify every statement. But it
was not in my power to be personally cognizant of every fact stated on
these pages. In nearly every case, I must rely on records obtained,
and on the testimony of others. Information thus obtained must of
course be sometimes imperfect and illusory. Family Records, Town
Records, Oral Testimony, Grave-stones even, are not always reliable.
By way of precaution against errors, the reader will do well to consult
the Addenda on page 166, and the Postscript at the end.
In treating of the earlier times, I have given much space to convey-
ances of land, believing that such documents serve, in no small degree.
PREFACE. Vll
to illustrate the standing and circumstances of the persons chiefly con-
cerned. I have also thought it desirable to introduce many facts from
the Massachusetts Archives, and especially from the Muster- Rolls of
the Old French War and of the Revolution. They give us impressions
of the exertions, the trials, and hardships of those times, which can be
obtained in no other way.*
To the numerous individuals whose kind and efficient aid I have
received in gathering the materials for this volume, I desire to render
my grateful acknowledgments. In the Remarks Preliminary to the
Genealogies of the Holmes, Leonard, Curwen, Robinson, and
Sampson Families, I have given credit to several of my co-laborers in
fields of research connected with those names; and it does not seem
necessary now to repeat what is there said. Time and space, indeed,
would fail, were I to mention all who have kindly furnished information
for this volume; but it would be unjust not to name in this connection
Mrs. Sarah Giles Beach of Gloversville, N. Y., Mr. Jones Very of Salem,
Mr. Jacob Stone of Newburyport, Mr. David W. Holmes of Boston,
Rev. Edwin Jennison of Winchester, N. H., Mr. Samuel S. Leonard of
Worcester, Orsamus H. Marshall, Esq., of Buffalo, Mr. Joseph A.
Sampson of Boston, Thomas D. Webb, Esq., of Warren, Ohio, and
William L. Weaver, Esq., of Willimantic, Ct., who have taken a lively
interest in this work, and have contributed, some of them largely, to its
completeness. Nor must I omit to mention my uncle, Thomas Giles of
Rockport, or my friend Edwin H. Sampson of Boston, without whose
encouragement, of another kind, these pages would never have seen
the light
I must also present my hearty thanks to the printers, Messrs. Henry
W. Dutton & Son, and to their skilful and obliging foreman, Mr. Henry
R. Danforth, for the accurate and faithful manner in which the mechan-
ical execution of the work has been performed.
This volume contains about 11,000 names, and from 15,000 to
20,000 dates.
Any additional information, or correction of errors, will be gladly
received.
JOHN A. VINTON.
South Boston, Mat 20, 1864.
* Hon. Simon Cameron, Secretary of War in the earlier part of the administra-
tion of President Lincoln, states in his Annual Report, Dec. 1, 1861, that at one
time, during the Revolutionary War, Massachusetts, with a population of 350,000,
had 56,000 men in the field, or one out of six of her entire population. How many
there were in the naval service of the country, and in privateers, it is impossible to
ascertain. How were these soldiers and sailors rewarded? Consult pp. 50-53 and
p. 61 for the answer!
THE GILES MEMORIAL.
EXPLANATIONS.
The contents of the ensuing volume are artanged on the same general plan which was
pursued in the Vinton Memorial, and which has, the compiler understands, given universal
satisfaction.
The several Genealogies, herein contained, are entirely distinct and isolated from each
other. Each is a separate work of itself.
The individuals in any one of these Genealogies — for instance, in the Giles Genealogy —
are arranged under a consecutive numbering, running on throjghout that part of the
volume. This numbering is found on the left hand of the page, belore the name of each
individual in the series of recorded descendants. Thus, on page II, are found fifteen chil-
dren of Eleazar Giles, numbered from 21 to 35 inclusive.
This mark, t, following a consecutive number, and immediately before a person's name,
denotes that a distinct and additional notice of that person is reserved for a separate and
subsequent paragraoh. The place where this promise is fulfilled will be found by looking
for the consecutive number when it afterwards occurs in heavy type, like this [658] in the
middle of a line, and occupying a line by itself. Thus Samuel Giles, whose consecutive
number, found on page 11, is 33, is afterwards found on page 16, as a citizen and the head
of a family.
Only one number belongs to an individual. By means of this, and in the use of a copious
Index, he is immediately found, and his ancestry and posterity are easily traced.
If there be occasion to mention an individual elsewhere, his place is indicated by the con-
secutive number; thus, on page 90, line 11, Samuel Giles [254] refers to the consecutive
number 254 in the Giles Genealogy; and on p 421, line 6, Ezra Sampson [485] refers to
the consecutive number 485 in the Sampson Genealogy.
A small figure after a name denotes the generation to which the individual belongs.
Thus, John Giles, 4 page 37; John Giles is thus described as of the Fourth Generation
from Edward Giles, 1 his first American ancestor. In like manner, Zabdiel Sampson, 6
page 450, is the sixth in descent from Abraham Sampson 1 ; Abraham himself being reckoned
as the first.
When a woman's name occurs in this fashion, thus, Thankful (Sproat) Bennet,
page 386, the reader will understand the name in parenthesis to be her original or maiden
name, and the name following to be the name acquired by marriage.
When deeds or probate records are referred to, thus, " Plym. Prob. 2i : 164," the figures
before the colon [:] denote the volume, and the figures after the colon dt-.note the/olio, where
the deed or other document quoted may be found on record.
Midd. stands for Middlesex ; SufT., Suffolk ; Plym.. Plymouth ; &c.
a. means" aged," and signifies that such a year of the person's life had been completed.
ae. means " in the year of one's life," [cetatis] and signifies that the year of his life had
not been completed at the person's death E. g., ae. 69, in his 69th year.
b. signifies born; bap., baptized; dau., daughter; m., married; unm., unmarried; d.,
died. ? indicates uncertainty in what immediately precedes.
H. C. 1766, means that the person graduated at Harvard College in such a year.
When a town is named without any specification of State, Massachuselis is to be under-
stood, unless the place be universally known, as Portland or Providence.
Previous to the year 1752, two methods of reckoning time existed in Great Britain and
her Colonies. According to one of these methods, the year began on the 25th of March ;
February being the twelfth month ; this was the civil or legal year. According to the other
method, the year began on the first day of January, December being the twelfth month ;
this was the historical year. In old records these two methods were frequently combined.
Thus, Feb 9, 1723-4; which means that the year was 1723 of the civil, but 1724 of (he his-
torical year. When in dales between January 1 and March 25, only one reckoning is used,
a year is for the most part to be added, to make the record conform to our present usages.
In the following pages this practice of "double-dating" will he occasionally found. To
change Old Style into New, add ten days to dates between 1600 and 1700; or add 11 days
to dales between 1700 and Sept. 3, 1752. At the dale last given, the New Style was inau-
gurated by Act of Parliament; the third of September being counted the fourteenth, and
the year made to begin in January.
To find a name of an individual recorded in this volume : — Suppose it to be George
Sampson who married Sally Bartletl in 1803. More than forty George Sampsons are re-
corded in this book. 77ns George was born in 1783. Find the name George among the
Christian names of the Sampsons in Index X preceded by 1733, the year of his birth, and
followed by 703, his consecuiive number. This number, 703, will at once be found on the
left hand of page 419, where his name appears as the second son of George Sampson and
Hannah Cooper. By a similar process his wife may be found by consulting Index XV. It
will now be easy to find the children and grandchildren of Georce Sampson; and to trace
his lineage back to his first American ancestor. The figures 397 in heavy type precede the
name of George Sampson's father, conducting you back to page 400. By a similar process
you arrive at the other links in the chain, till you come to Abraham Sampson, 1 on page
375.
THE GILES MEMORIAL.
• luirabuctorjj Staitnunts.
Giles, or less frequently. Gyles, is an old English name, quite
familiar to the readers of English history. It has been known for some
centuries both as a christian name, and as a surname. It is the name
of a parish in London, Saint Giles ; and would seem to be the name
of a patron saint. It appears on college catalogues, and wherever
there is occasion to exhibit the name in its Latin form, as ^Egidius,
from which it is evidently derived. Camden, in his Nomenclature of
Surnames, published in London, 1637, says: "Giles, miserably dis-
jointed from iEgidius, as Gillett -from iEgadia by the French, the name
of Duke Rollo's wife. It may have been a Greek name, for that Saint
Giles was an Athenian, and so drawn from Jlyldiov, a kid, a young
goat, diminutive of d/|. Yet some probably fetch Giles from Julius."
There can be no doubt that both the name and the family are strictly
of English origin.
It appears that the name is one of much respectability in England,
having enjoyed the honors of knighthood. Several coats of arms —
I know of three — are in existence, which are of unquestionable antiqui-
ty, and are in possession of different branches of the family in this
country. They differ in some unessential particulars, but the escutcheon
or shield is precisely the same, and may be thus described :
Per chevron, argent and azure, a lion rampant, counterchanged, col-
lared or.
The crest, a less important matter, differs in different cases ; some
having a lion's head, others a lion's gambrel holding an apple-branch.
The following is a description of a coat of arms, now in possession of
George Mountfort, Esq., of Boston, whose mother was a Giles, and
which he inherited from his grandfather, Mr. John Giles of Boston :
" Per chevron, argent and azure, a lion rampant, counterchanged,
collared or. Crest, a lion's gambrel, erect and erased, gules, entiled
with a bar gemelle or, holding a branch of apples of the last leaved
vert."
From "A View of Devonshire in 1 630, with a Pedigree of most of
its Gentry, by Thomas Westcote, Gent., edited by the Rev. George
Oliver, D. D., and Pitman Jones, Esq., Exeter, [Eng.,] 1845,"* I quote
the following : —
* This volume, though unquestionably written more than two hundred years ago,
was not published till 1845. It is characterized as " a desideratum in the History of
1
2 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
" Giles of Bowden, in the parish of Ashprington, and of Dean
Prior, Devon, knight. — Arms — a chevron, argent and azure, a lion sal-
tier, counterchanged, gorged with a collar or."
" John Giles of Bowden, in the parish of Totnes, married Eleanor.
daughter and heir of Towkernian, [Tuckerman,] and had issue,
William, who married Joan, daughter of John Blaekall, (alias Black-
aller.) of Great Totnes, and had issue, John, William, (who married,)
and Joan, (married to Richard Savery of Totnes). John married
Agnes, daughter to Sir Hugh Stukely of Affeton, knight, and had issue,
Sir Edward Giles, knight, [and four daughters] Jane, Christiana, Joan,
and Agnes, [whose marriage connections are given]. Sir Edward
Giles of Bowden, knight, (Sheriff of Devon,) married Margaret, daugh-
ter and heir of Edmund Drew, Esq., of Hayne, in the parish of Newton
St. Cyres, and relict of Walter Northcote, Esq. Sans children." P. 530.
In Burke's Encyclopaedia of Heraldry — a work of standard author-
ity — is the following : —
" Giles (Bowden, Co. Devon). Per chev. ar. and az. a lion ramp,
counterchanged. Crest. — A lion's gamb. erect and erased sa. holding a
branch of apples of the last leaved vert." The genealogical statement
by AVestcote is sanctioned.
I am not ambitious of the honors of heraldry, but introduce these
quotations merely to show that the Giles family in America, to whom
the following sheets relate, was one of respectable position in society
before its emigration to this country. Although lapse of time has
somewhat obscured the evidences which might otherwise have been ad-
duced of this fact, enough remains to justify the statement now made.
The coats of arms, of which I have spoken, fully establish this fact, as
they also establish the unity of the family.
Among the Patentees in the Great Charter* of King James I.,
granted November 3, 1620, usually called the Plymouth Charter, we
find the name of Sir Edward Giles of Devonshire. He is the Sir
Edward mentioned by Westcote, in the quotation already made. He
was a member of the third parliament of James I., 1620-1, in which
there was a strong infusion of the Puritan spirit. We would not be
confident in a matter now incapable of proof. We do not claim
him as our ancestor ; for it seems he had no children. But it strikes
us as altogether probable that Edward Giles of Salem, 1634, our an-
cestor, was a relation of his. The coat of arms, now before my eyes,
of which a copy forms the frontispiece of this volume, and which has
unquestionably been transmitted through a number of generations,
probably from Edward Giles of Salem himself, is almost identical with
that borne by the family of Giles — Sir Edward Giles — of Bowden,
Devonshire, England. This coat of arms bears all the marks of age,
though at first splendidly drawn and embellished with gold and brilliant
hues, and it now belongs to a family in Beverly, in the direct line of de-
scent from Edward Giles of Salem, and residing a few miles only from
the County, after two centuries." The following account is given of the author :
" Thomas Westcote, the author of the 'View of Devonshire/ now for the first time
submitted to the public, was baptized at Shobrook, Devon, June 17, 1567. He was
buried, March 6, 1636-7. His will is dated Feb. 20, 1636-7."
* "The great civil basis of all the subsequent Patents which divided New Eng-
land," — somebody has called it.
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his home in South Danvers. As strengthening the probability alreaify
noticed, I quote the language of John Gyles, son of Thomas Gyles of
Pemaquid : " I have been advised to give a particular account of my
father, which I am not very fond of, having no dependence on the
virtues or honors of my ancestors to recommend me to the favor of God
or men." These words certainly imply that his ancestors were both
virtuous and honorable. The allusion to honors conveys an impression
that he might, had he chosen, have commended himself to favorable
attention on the ground of ancestral dignity.
The true nobility, however, is that of character. To know and to
do the will of God ; to comprehend our true relations to God and our
fellow men ; to receive and rely on Christ as our only Saviour ; to
answer the great purposes of our existence here, and thus to become
fitted for endless glory and felicity hereafter ; is a dignity compared
with which all earthly honors fade away. "A christian is the highest
style of man." A large proportion of the individuals who will be men-
tioned in the subsequent pages have been of this description. Their
names, though not recorded in the Herald's Visitation, are in the Book
of Life.
Giles and Gyles are one and the same name, these two forms
being used at pleasure in some of the early documents. Both modes
of spelling sometimes occur in the same conveyance of land. These
two forms of the name seem to have possessed an equal degree of favor
till about the year 1700; since which, the descendants of Edward
Giles of Salem have written the name as I have now exhibited it.
The descendants of Thomas Gyles of Pemaquid, however, continued to
use the y; while the posterity of his brother John, after a variety of
usage, at length preferred the other vowel.*
The reader must here be cautioned, however, against an error into
which Mr. Savage has fallen, in his Genealogical Dictionary. Giles
and Gile, though so nearly alike in form, are far from being the same
name. They differ more in sound than in spelling. Giles, and Gyles
also, are pronounced with the g soft, as in giant, ginger, gypsum. Gile
has the g hard, as in give, gild, gird. The two names, Giles and Gile
are therefore essentially and radically different ; and it is much to be
regretted that they are put together by Mr. Savage, in his elaborate
and valuable work. Thus, along with Giles, Edward, of Salem,
1634, and Giles, Eleazar, his son, also of Salem, he places "Gile,
John, probably of Dedham, freeman, May 10, 1643," and "Gile, Sam-
uel, of Newbury, freeman, May 18, 1642." But on turning to the
List of Freemen, as printed in the Geneal. Register, Vol. III., pp. 189,
190, we find the name in both these cases spelled Guile, i. e. with g
hard ; a rough, guttural sound, very unlike the soft, smooth g of the
Giles family. The names in the List of Freemen were doubtless writ-
* In those early times, the same name was often spelled in many different ways,
e. g. : Lindall, Lyndall, Lindale, Lendall ; also, Farrar, Ferrar, Fairer, Farro, Farrow,
Farrah. Who would, in these more careful days, suppose that Farrabas, Ferebas,
Farrowbush, Forbas, Forbus, Forbush, Furbush, Furbish, Forbes, and Fobes, were identi-
cal ; and that a reduction of three syllables into one had at last been accomplished ?
And yet these ten forms had one common origin, and five of them were borne in
the same family circle ! See Geneal. Reg., Vol. VII., p. 135.
4 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
ten by the recording officer according to the sound, as they were pro-
nounced in his hearing. Mr. Paige, who copied the List, and furnished
it for the Register, assures us that " the orthography of the original is
carefully preserved." The two men, therefore, John Gile and Samuel
Gilts, should not have been placed with the Giles family ; but Gile
should have been assorted with Guild, to which in sound it almost ex-
actly corresponds. I have been familiar with both names, Gile and
Giles, from my earliest years, and know them to differ essentially.
jfirst (btmnxtxan.
EDWARD GILES' was the earliest American ancestor of that
portion of the Giles Family to which the compiler of this work
belongs.
It is probable that there were two other individuals of the name
residing or sojourning in Salem, not long after his settlement there ;
and that they were his brothers. The consideration of this point is
deferred for the present.
Edward Giles is first made known to us under the date, May 14,
1 G34, when he was admitted a freeman of the Colony of Massachusetts
Bay. This fact is conclusive evidence that he was a church-member ;
an order having been passed, May 18, 1631, at the second General
Court,* held after the arrival of Winthrop, and the transfer of the
charter to New England, that " to the end the body of the commons
may be preserved of honest and good men, no man shall, for the time
to come, be admitted to the freedom of this body politick but such as
are members of some of the churches within the limits of the same."
The Massachusetts Colony has been greatly reproached for the pas-
sage of this order, and for the politico-ecclesiastical system which imme-
diately grew out of it ; but it has never yet been shown in what other
possible way the great enterprise in which the colonists had embarked
could have been saved from entire failure. There were not a few "old
planters," intelligent, shrewd, able men, such as Blackstone at Shawmut,
MaverickJ on Noddle's Island, Walford at Mishawum, and Morton at
Mount Wollaston, who were conforming Episcopalians, ardent friends
of prerogative, and unfriendly, to a greater or less extent, to the designs
of Winthrop and his associates ; and there were likely to be many
more. It was of the utmost importance that some measure, some test,
should be adopted, to guard against the danger of having the govern-
ment fall into other hands. The measure actually adopted was in
accordance with the usages of the old world, which made civil franchise
dependent on church membership. At the same time it was not liable
to the objections which had been justly urged against those ancient
* Several courts of Assistants had been held ; this was the second General Court.
J Blackstone and Maverick were admitted freemen ; but the latter proved a
troublesome man, and was one of the royal commissioners in 1662.
FIEST GENERATION. 5
usages. It placed the civil government, indeed, in the hands of men
who held certain religious or ecclesiastical views. But it invaded no
man's private interests ; it endangered no man's property, liberty, or
life. Men who preferred other systems of faith, or of church polity,
lived in perfect security, so long as they abstained from endeavors to
overthrow the constitution. The Colony was in fact a close corporation,
established by English law, on land secured to them by royal charter
against all others ; with power to add to its members, and to exclude all
such as might reasonably be suspected of unfriendly intentions. They
had the same right to do this, that a householder has to determine who
shall be the inmates of his house. Our Puritan fathers came to these
shores for purposes most worthy and honorable ; even to found an
asylum for the pure gospel of Christ, and to escape that system of eccle-
siastical and civil oppression which they had found so intolerable on the
other side of the Atlantic. They had the right, and the opportunity,
to secure the civil authority here against falling into the hands of men
of adverse aims, and thus to prevent a repetition on this new soil of the
evils which they had recently escaped. The expedient which they
devised was a wise and an effectual one, for it completely answered the
purpose.*
Edward Giles must have come to this country not long before the
time of his becoming a freeman of the colony. The precise date of
his arrival is unknown; but it was probably in the year 1633. The
place and time of his birth are not ascertained ; but -there is much
reason to think that he came from the West of England. We infer
this with a good degree of confidence from his probable connection
with his namesake, Sir Edward Giles, and still more from his known
connection with the Very family; who, it is almost certain, came from
Salisbury in Wiltshire.^
Edward Giles married, as early as July, 1636, and probably three or
four years earlier, the widow Bridget Vert. She was married to her
first husband, Very, as early as 1619. Her children by first husband
*This remarkable law continued in force till the new charter obtained from Wil-
liam and Mary went into effect, in June, 1692; a period of sixty years. It is no
real exception to this statement that an order by King Charles II. was made in
1662, to abrogate this law. The law was not in fact annulled, nor did the practice
cease. To state the case more fully ; a letter came from the king to the General
Court of Massachusetts, dated June 28, 1662, in which, among other things, he
"commanded that all freeholders of competent estates, not vicious in conversation,
orthodox in religion (though of different persuasions concerning church government)
might have their vote in the election of all officers, civil and military." Compliance
with this mandate was delayed till Aug. 3, 1664, when the Court passed an order
ostensibly in pursuance of it," but in substance an evasion, and the practice went on
as before.
J Philip Veren of Salem, came from Salisbury in England. This the Salem
Records expressly affirm. He was admitted freeman of the colony, Sept. 2, 1635.
Philip Veren, junior, was admitted a member of the First Church, Salem, in 1641 ;
and freeman, June 2, 1641. The baptism of the latter is recorded in Salisbury,
Eng., March, 1619, as son of Philip Veron. In the Registry of Salisbury, the
name is spelled in nine different ways : Verie, 1560, Very, 1588, Verye, Venn, Veryn,
Veron, Verine, Veyrene, Ferine. The names Very and Veren were entirely distinct at
the settlement of Salem, and have so continued till this day; or rather Veren has
altogether ceased, so far as I know, to be borne by living men. But those names
were certainly identical not very long before the settlement of Salem ; and we are
therefore strongly persuaded that Bridget Giles's first husband was of Salisbury or
its vicinity.
6 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
were doubtless born in England. It is altogether probable that her first
husband died in England, and that she was married a second time just
before the departure of herself and second husband for America. It
cannot be supposed that a widow unprotected, with three or four young
children, would encounter the hardships and dangers of a new settlement.
Edward Giles, in 1636, received two grants of sixty acres each, or
one hundred and twenty acres of land in the whole, on Cedar Pond, in
what was then the township of Salem. They were among the " Grants
at Large" made by the Town to 100 or more of the first settlers at the
same time.* We are thus enabled precisely to identify his residence.
Cedar Fond is now in the southwest part of South Danvers, and less
than a mile from the line which divides that town from Lynnfield. The
South Reading Branch Railroad passes very near its southern margin.
From the eastern end of this pond runs Goldthwaite's Brook, which
meets the tide-water at Salem. Half a mile east of the pond, on the
north side of this railroad, is a remarkable bowlder, called Ship Rock,
from a fancied resemblance to the hull of a vessel. It is ascended by
means of an iron ladder, placed there by the Essex Institute, who now
own the rock, and the top commands an extensive view, including South
Danvers and Salem. This rock seems to have been, in the early times,
known as Wigwam Rock ; and as such is mentioned as one of the
bounds, "on the east and to the south," of the. farm which Samuel Very,
step-son of Edward Giles, purchased, in 1656, of Richard Way of Dor-
chester; which had formerly belonged to Hilliard Veren, and was
granted by the town to Philip and Joshua Veren, in 1634. This farm
of Samuel Very contained one hundred and seventy acres, and seems
to have extended from the rock already mentioned westward towards
Cedar Pond. Westward of Samuel Very's farm was the farm of his
mother, Bridget Giles, then a second time living in widowhood, which
had formerly belonged to her second husband, Edward Giles. The farm
of Edward and Bridget Giles included meadow-land on both sides of
Goldthwaite's Brook ; for we find such land mentioned in her will.
The house where Edward Giles, and after him his widow Bridget,
lived, was on the north side of Goldthwaite's Brook, about sixty rods
from the building now occupied as the South Danvers Alms House, on
a road which existed in the rear of the building just mentioned, and
half a mile west of the mill lately owned by James N. Buffum. The
house had disappeared before the recollection of the aged people now
living in the vicinity ; the road itself was closed and turned into pasture
and woodland long ago ; but the cellar is still visible, though overgrown
with blackberry vines, and the well is there, now covered with a stone.
The spot is still, in the recollection of the aged people, known as the.
" Very Lot." On this spot and the vicinity, the descendants of Bridget
by both husbands resided about a century and a half. In 1793, George,*
John,* Amos,* and William* Very sold to Nathaniel Nurse "all their
right, &c, to the estate of their honored father Samuel Very, de-
ceased."!
* In 1639, we have on record — " Granted to Edward Giles eight poles of ground
lving in the common over against his ten acre lott to be laid out by the Town, it is
to build him a house there."
J We scarcely need to remind the reader that Danvers was a part of Salem till
1752.
FIRST GENERATION. 7
Edward Giles — or Gyles, for the name was written in both forms —
probably died before 1650. But Bridget, his widow, lived till 1G80, as
is evident from the probate of her will.
There is no will of Edward Giles on record, or any conveyance of
land in which he is either grantor or grantee, save the original grants
from the town in 1636 and 1639. But Bridget Giles was his adminis-
tratrix, as appears from a deed quoted, p. 12; and Bridget Giles of
Salem, "widdow," conveys, Nov. 10, 1671, to Eliezer Giles of .Salem,
husbandman, twenty acres of land, formerly belonging to her husband,
Edward Giles, bounded in part by land of her son John Giles. [Essex
Deeds, Salem, 4 : 131.
Bridget Giles made her will on the 14 th of the ll lh month, 1668,
that is, January 14, 1668-9. It was proved 30 th of 9 th month, 1680,
or November 30, 1680. The following is a copy: —
"The last will and testament of Bridget Giles of Salem, widdow. I
being weak of body, but well in my understanding, do dispose of what
the Lord hath left me in manner and form as follows.
Imprimis, I give to my son Samuel Very twenty shillings.
I give unto my son Thomas Very twenty shillings.
I give to Mary Cutler of Redding, the wife of Thomas Cutler, forty
shillings.
I give to Bridget Very, the daughter of my son Thomas Very, a
cow, to be due to her when she shall be eighteen years of age, or at the
time of her marriage.
I give to my son Eleazer Giles one ten acre lot, which sometime be-
longed to goodman Addams of Newbury, of whom my husband bought
it ; and I give to him all my meddow on both sides of the brook.* .
. . . and the remainder of my estate, housing, land, &c, I give to
my son John Giles, whom I ordain and appoint my sole executor."
[Essex Prob., 1 : 86.
From this will it is evident that Edward Giles was the second hus-
band of Bridget, and that she lived till the age of about eighty years.
She must have been born about the year 1 600.
Bridget had by her first husband, Very, born doubtless in England —
Samuel (Very), b. 1619; m. Alice Woodis (Woods); had 12 children; d.
1683-4.
Mary (Very), b. ; m. 1659, Thomas Cutler of Reading. He was one
of the earliest settlers of Reading. She seems to have m. 2, Matthew
Smith, 1684.
Thomas (Very), b. 1626 ; m. July 6, 1650, Hannah Gyles, dau. of Thomas
Gyles, who lived near where Beverly Bridge now is, in Salem. They
had 9 children. They lived in Gloucester. He d. March 28, 1694.
She d. Aug. 23, 16834
The children of Edward and Bridget Giles, b. in Salem, were —
2. tMehitable, 2 bap. April 2, 1637 ; m. John Collins, March 9, 165S-9.
3. tRemember, 2 bap. June 23, 1639; m. Henrv Moses, April 1, 1659.
4. tEleazar, 2 bap. Nov. 27, 1640; m. 1, Sarah More; 2, Elizabeth Bishop.
5. tJohn,* b. April 15, 1645; bap. May 11 ; m. 1, Giles; 2, Elizabeth Trask.
These were all baptized in the First Church, Salem ; of which their
father was admitted a member in 1634, and their mother in 1648.
* This must be Goldthwaite's brook.
I For children and other descendants of these three children of Bridget Very,
see Very Family in the sequel ; also a Memoir of the Very Family, in the third
number of the Historical Collections of the Essex Institute, by Jones Very.
THE GILES MEMORIAL.
Skrnutr <$jentratxott.
2.
MEHITABLE GILES, 2 dau. of Edward 1 and Bridget Giles ; bap-
tized in the First Church, Salem, April 2, 1637; married, 9th of 1st
month, 1658-9, i. e., March 9, 1658-9, by Major Hathorne,* to John
Collins 2 of Gloucester, b. 1636, eldest son of John 1 and Joan Collins
of that place.j
The children of John and Mehitable (Giles) Collins, b. in Glouces-
ter, were —
6. John, 3 b. Dec. 12, 1659; d. Dec. 20, 1659.
7. John, 3 b. 21,1662.
8. Ezekiel, 3 b. Feb. 23, 1664-5.
9. Ebenezer, 3 b. Feb. 5, 1666-7.
10. Samuel, 3 b. April 3, 1671 ; d. same month.
11. Amos, 3 b. April 14, 1672.
12. Benjamin, 3 b. Jan. 24, 1674-5.
3.
REMEMBER GILES, 2 dau. of Edward 1 and Bridget Giles ; bap.
June 23, 1639 ; "maryed by Major Hathorne, 1 st . 2 d . mo. 1659," i. e.
April 1, 1659, to Henry Moses of Salem.
Their children, all b. in Salem, were —
13. Hannah, 3 b. Jan. 20, 1659-60; d. Oct. 2, 1661.
14. Hcnrv, 3 b. Feb. 8, 1661-2.
15. Eliza', 3 b. Feb. 8, 1663-4.
16. John, 3 b. Nov. 19, 1666.
17. Remember, 3 h. Nov. 14, 1668.
18. Edward, 3 b. Nov. 10, 1670.
19. Eleazar, 3 b. March 23, 1672-3.
20. Samuel, 3 b. June 24, 1677.
4.
ELEAZAR GILES, 2 son of Edward 1 and Bridget Giles ; bap. Nov.
27, 1640 ; in. 1, Sarah More of Lynn, Jan. 25, 1664-5 ; who d. May
9, 1676.
2, Elizabeth Bishop of New Haven, Ct., Sept. 25, 1677. They
were married by her father, a magistrate of the Connecticut Colony.
She was b. July 3, 1657, and was the dau. of James Bishop, Esq., of
New Haven, who was Secretary of the New Haven Colony, 1661, be-
fore its union with Connecticut; Representative of New Haven, 1665 ;
Assistant of Connecticut Colony, after the union, 1668; and Deputy
Governor of Connecticut, from 1683 to 1690 — "until his death," says
*"Capt. [William] Hathorne was chosen to marry persons Nov. 10, 1655."
[Salem Records.] In the New England Colonies, marriages were solemnized by
the civil magistrate exclusivelv, till near the close of this century.
J JOHN COLLINS, 1 father of him who m. Mehitable Giles, was b. in England,
1604; had a grant of land in Salem, 1643; admitted freeman, May 6, 1646; was
selectman of Gloucester, 1646 and 1670, besides often in intermediate years; d.
March 25, 1675 ; his wife Joan d. May 25, 1695. His son John, husband of Mehit-
able, was b. 1636, probably in England. He had also a son James, b. Sept. 16,
1643. [Savage's Geneal. Diet.
SECOND GENERATION. 9
Mr. Savage, — except when the government and charter were suspended
by the usurpation of Sir Edmund Andros, in 1687 and 1688. He died
June 22, 1691.
Eleazar Giles lived* in Salem, the part which is now South Danvers,
all his days. He was a "husbandman," or "yeoman;" a man of respec-
table standing, as appears from his alliance with the family of Lieut.
Gov. Bishop ; and possessed a competent, though not large, estate. His
name often occurs in conveyances of land, as grantor or grantee. Some
of these I will here quote, as illustrative of his condition and relations : —
1663. Eleazar Giles of Salem, for £8, conveys to John King of Salem
ten acres of land in Salem, " which my mother gave me," bounded W.
on land of Samuel Very, and S. on my own land and my brother's.
[Essex Deeds, Salem, 5 : 62.
1671, May 22. Eleazar Giles of Salem, husbandman, and Sara his
wife, for £13, convey to John Southwick of Salem, husbandman, about
13 acres of land in Salem, bounded in part by land of John Giles.
[Ibid, 3 : 151.
1671, July 10. William Lord of Salem, for £12, sells to Eleazar
Giles of Salem, husbandman, two acres of meadow-land on Cedar Pond,
in Salem, which land was formerly excepted and reserved out of the
farm now owned by Samuel Very ; it is described as being " at the north
end of the Great Meddow, on the westward side of a brooke that runs
down through the medow." It was "formerly excepted and reserved
out of the farm of Samuel Very by Mr. Philip Veren, who was the
first possessor thereof." For Philip Veren, see pp. 5, 6. In this deed,
Veren and Very occur as two distinct names. [Ibid, 5 : 111.
1681, March 28. Eleazar Giles of Salem, yeoman, and Elizabeth
his wife, convey to John Nurse of Salem, two acres of meadow land in
Salem, being the same which was conveyed to him in the last preceding
deed. [Ibid, 10 : 27.
1695-6, Feb. 11. Eliezer Giles of Salem, yeoman, and Elizabeth
his wife, for £100 currant money of New England, convey to William
Brown, Esq., merchant, of Salem, my present homestead in Salem, con-
taining about 20 acres, more or less, dwelling-house, out-houses, orchard,
and the land adjoining. [Ibid, 11 : 74.
1695-6, Feb. 28. Thomas Baker of Topsfield and Priscilla his wife,
for £100 currant money of New England, convey to Ensign Eleazar
Giles of Salem, yeoman, 40 acres of land, more or less, in Salem,
bounded N. on Stone's Plain and Ipswich road, E. on John King's land
and Mr. Parkman's ; S. on Very's meadow and Mr. Parkman ; W. on
the farm called Henry Bartholomew's. No house or other building is
mentioned. [Ibid, 11 : 221.
Same day, Eleazar Giles, for £39.2, mortgages one half of the above
described premises to Thomas Baker of Topsfield. Mortgage discharged,
Nov. 11, 1718. [Ibid, 11 : 173.
1698, March 31. Eleazar Giles, for £20, sells five acres of the
above land (apparently) to Samuel Gardner of Salem. He also sells
eight acres for £30 to Samuel King of Salem, April 6, 1699. [Bud,
12 : 190, and 15 : 288.
1698, June 17. Eliezer Giles of Salem sells to George Loskier of
Salem, 4 acres and 26 poles of meddow land in Salem. [Ibid, 13 : 200.
10 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
1704, Nov. 27. Eliezer Gyles of Salem, yeoman, for £52, mort-
gages to William Brown, Esq., 30 acres of land, bounded on the north
by the road from Ipswich to Boston. Mortgage discharged, Sept. 3,
1716. [Ibid, 16 : 152.
In both of the two deeds, last quoted, the name is spelled Giles and
Gyles in the same document, but the signature to both is Giles.
1724, June 23. Eleazar Giles of Salem, yeoman, gives his personal
estate to his wife Elizabeth Giles. [Ibid, 43 : 251.
1725, Nov. 24. Eleazar Giles of Salem and Elizabeth Giles his
wife, in consideration of a bond for the maintenance of them, &c, con-
vey to their sons Edward "Giles and Samuel Giles, their dwelling-house,
land, &c. [Had, 45 : 177.
1725-6, March 8. Eleazar Giles and Elizabeth his wife give their
consent to a deed whereby Edward Giles, their son, sells to Joseph Put-
ney, Jr., of Salem, a shop in Salem, with the land it stands on. [Ibid,
53 : 157.
This Joseph Putney married Mehitable, dau. of Eleazar Giles.
In the interval between the deed last quoted, and that which I shall
next quote, the death of Eleazar Giles must have occurred.
1727, June 29. Elizabeth Giles of Salem, widow of Eleazar Giles
of Salem, deceased, for £30 in Province Bills, conveys part of the
homestead to her son Samuel Giles of Salem, " Joyner." [Ibid, 46 : 116.
1729, May 2. Elizabeth Giles of Salem, widow, conveys land to
her son Edw T ard Giles of Salem, bricklayer. [Ibid, 54 : 16.
The name of Eleazar Gyles appears in a List, made 1714, of those
who were "legall proprietors of y e comon and undevided Lands in y e
township of Salem, by y e Laws of this province, y l had Cottages and
Dwelling places before y e year 1661." The name of Benjamin Very,
his nephew, also appears; but neither uncle or nephew was married in
1661, and it would seem that Benjamin Very was not then born!
[Geneal. Reg., Vol. VII., p. 151.
Eleazar Gyles and his brother John Gyles signed a Petition to the
General Court in 1668, against Imposts. It was also signed by 228
other inhabitants of Salem, whose names are printed, with the petition,
in the Geneal. Reg., Vol. IX., pp. 81-85.
He was constable of Salem in 1676. He presented a petition to the
General Court, Oct. 22, 1680, praying for indemnity for losses sustained
by him in the fall of Indian Corn received by him for rates. This peti-
tion is still extant, in the Massachusetts Archives.
Eleazer Gyles and Elizabeth Gyles, with thirty-eight others, were
dismissed, June 25, 1713, from the First Church in Salem, in order to
become a distinct church at the Middle Precinct, now South Danvers.
His nephew, Thomas Very, was dismissed at the same time. Before
this time, they must have gone three or four miles — and the younger
people, at least, must have walked that distance — to meeting. Of the
new church, Rev. Benjamin Prescott was ordained pastor, Sept. 23,
1713. He was b. in Concord, Sept. 16, 1687; II. C. 1709; dismissed
Nov. 16, 1756; d. May 28, 1777, a. 90.
There had previously been a church in North Danvers, then called
" Salem Village "; famous in the history of the Witchcraft delusion,
1692. Hence the church formed in 1713, came to be in the "Middle
Precinct." This was sometimes called " Salem Precinct.."
SECOND GENERATION. 11
Eleazar Giles died probably in the year 1726, a. 86. I have found
no will of his, or settlement of his estate, on record.
His widow Elizabeth d. in 1733, a. 76. Samuel Giles was appointed,
Oct. 29, 1733, administrator on the estate of his mother Elizabeth
Giles, late of Salem, widow, deceased, intestate. [Essex Prob. 21 : 6.
The children of Eleazar Giles, all b. in Salem, (South Danvers,) and
all baptized in the First Church, were —
By his first wife, Sarah More —
21. Sarah, 3 b. Jan. 1, 1665-6 ; bap. Nov. 1, 1668, in First Church, Salem.
22. Elizabeth, 3 b. Dec. 7, 1667; do. do. do.
23. Hannah, 3 b. Feb. 1669-70.
24. Mary, 3 b. Feb. 14, 1671-2.
25. Susanna, 3 b. March 1, 167.3-4.
26. Eleazar, 3 b. March 3, 1675-6; d. young.
By second wife, Elizabeth Bishop —
27. James, 3 b. Nov. 15, 1679; d. May 20, 1689*
28. tJohn, 3 b. Aus. 31, 1681 ; m. Anne Andrews of Salem.
29. Abigail, 3 b. Dec. 7, 1684.
30. Ruth, 3 b. Julv 12, 1687.
31. tEdward, 3 b. April 28, 1689; d. unm. 1734.
32. tJames, 3 b. May 15, 1691 ; m. 1, Elizabeth Church ; 2. Martha Nurse.
33. tSamuel, 3 b. Dec. 17, 1694; m. Susanna Palfrey.
34. tEleazar, 3 b. Julv 8, 1698 ; m. Elizabeth ".
35. Mehitable, 3 b. April 11, 1701 ; m. Joseph Putney of Salem, March 27, 1724.
5.
JOHN GILES, 2 second son of Edward 1 and Bridget Giles; b. in
Salem, [South Danvers,] April 15, 1645; m. 1st, before 1671,
Giles, dau. of John Giles. 2, in 1679, Elizabeth (Galley) Trask:,-
dau. of John Galley of Beverly, and widow of Osmund [Osmyn ?]
Trask of Beverly.!
The proof of the first marriage is found in a Deed, dated Feb. 8,
1708-9, in which John Giles of Beverly, in the County of Essex, yeo-
* The oldest stone in the South Danvers Burying Ground is placed at this child's
grave, and bears the following inscription :
HERE LYETH Y«
BODY OF JAxMES
GYLES AGED
ABOUT 10
YEARS DECEASED
Y« 20 OF MAY
1689.
The foregoing is on the head-stone. On the footstone is the following simple but
beautiful stanza :
Mind not the graue where
His dear dust is laied
But bless aboue wheither
His souls conuayd.
J Beverly was a part of Salem till 1668. " It was previously called "Bass River,"
and " Cape Ann Side."
Galley's Bridge, in Beverly, sometimes erroneously called "Gallows Bridge," un-
doubtedly derived its denomination from this John Galley, who lived in that vicin-
ity. John Galley had eight acres of land laid out to him in 1672, on Long Hill,
adjoining Thomas Picton's land. The land last named (Picton's) was sold to the
town in 1668, "for the use of the ministry forever;" and was afterwards purchased
by Rev. John Hale, the first minister, descended to his posterity, and still remains in
their hands.
12 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
man, and Elizabeth his wife, "for that love, good will, and natural affec-
tion which I bear to my loving son Eleazar Giles, carpenter, and my
loving son-in-law John Wheeler, cooper, both of Beverly, convey a cer-
tain parcel of land in Beverly formerly belonging to my father-in-law
John Giles of the town and county aforesaid ;" also another parcel of
7£ acres of land in Beverly. [Essex Deeds, 21 : 30.]* Moreover,
John Giles, in the record of his second marriage in 1G79, is called a
"widower." We know that he had a wife in 1671.
The proof of the second marriage is three-fold: 1. John Gallee of
Salem., aged 78 in 1683, made his will in 1683, in which he mentions
John Giles who m. his dau. Elizabeth. 2. John Giles of Beverly, and
Elizabeth his wife, dau. of John Galley of Beverly, deceased, convey
land, Jan. 27, 1706-7, to John Wheeler and Mary his wife, their daugh-
ter. [Essex Deeds, 32 : 80.] 3. Elizabeth Gyles, now wife of John
Giles of Beverly, formerly wife of Osmund Trask, late of Beverly, de-
ceased, administratrix of his estate, conveys land. In this deed, dated
Feb. 18, 1687-8, she mentions her sons by her former husband, viz.,
Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph, William, and Edward Trask. [Essex
Deeds, 36 : 45.
John Giles resided in Salem, i. e. in South Danvers, until his second
marriage in 1 679, as will appear from the deeds now to be quoted : —
1671, Dec. 7. John Giles of Salem, husbandman, sells to William
Trask and his brother John Trask, both of Salem, a "ten acre lot" of
upland in Salem, bounded on lands of John Southwick and Samuel
Very. In this deed his wife is said to give consent, but her name does
not appear. [Essex Deeds, Salem, 3 : 155.
1679, April 18. John Giles of Salem, yeoman, for ,£150 conveys to
Vzall Wardall [Uzal Wardwell] of Ipswich, house carpenter, my dwel-
ling-house, with all the out-houses, Barne, &c., with all the land they
stand upon, and all my land adjoyning and belonging thereto, being by
estimation 9 or 10 acres, more or less, which is situate, lying and being
within the township of Salem, and now in the possession and occupation
of me the said John Giles, bounded S. W. on the comon land, W. on
land of Samuel Very, N. on John King, and E. on land of Eleazar
Giles. Bridget Giles, mother of the said John Giles, and executrix or
administratrix of Edward Giles, deceased, gives her free consent to the
above conveyance. No wife is mentioned. [Ibid, 6 : 120.
In 1679, on his second marriage, he removed to Beverly, and resided
there till his death. He lived in the immediate vicinity of the easterly
end of Beverly Common, as we learn from the following deed : —
1705-6, March 13. John Giles, Eliezer Giles, "carpenter," and
John Wheeler, " cooper," all of Beverly, convey to the town of Beverly,
* This deed seems, for the purposes of this volume, one of great importance.
There is a possibility, indeed, that Giles, here, may be a clerical blunder for Galley;
but this is not to be supposed without necessity. If the name correctly stands in the
document, then are we informed of the existence of a third Giles in the first genera-
tion of Salem men. The names are, 1. Edward, father of him whose name stands
at the head of this article. 2. Thomas, father of the wife of Thomas Very, on
page 7. 3. John, father-in-law of the subject of this article. But of neither
Thomas or John have we any farther account. Perhaps they returned to England,
as we know many did. But why should land, once belonging to the father of tho
first wife, be given to the second wife's children '1
THIRD GENERATION. 13
2| acres of land. [Essex Deeds, 17 : 111 and 19 : 66.] The land con-
veyed in this deed now constitutes the Beverly Common, lying on the
S- side of Dane Street, and extending from Essex Street to Hale Street.
John Galley, his father-in-law, lived in that vicinity, perhaps on the
same spot. Eleazar Giles, his son, in 1723 lived in a house very near
the east end of the Common, on what is now Hale Street.
1690, May 7. Thomas Wade of Ipswich, for £12 "currant Spanish
money," sells to John Giles of Beverly, 3^ acres of salt marsh in Che-
bacco parish, now the town of Essex. [Essex Deeds, Ipswich, 5 : 311.
1696, Nov. 14. John Giles of Beverly, yeoman, and Elizabeth his
wife, for £14, convey to Cornelius Larcom of Beverly, yeoman, 3£
acres of salt marsh in Chebacco. [Essex Deeds, 13 : 10.
1708-9, Feb. 8. John Giles of Beverly, and Elizabeth Giles his
wife, in consideration of what my son Eleazar Giles, and my son-in-
law John Wheeler, both of Beverly, have engaged to do for me, grant
to them certain privileges, viz., three parts of four of all my household
goods, stock, and moveables, of what kind soever, with (he use of half of
my barn during my natural life, and my wife's natural life ; after which
said barn, with my now dwelling-house to be entirely to my son Eleazar
Giles. [Ibid, 21 : 29.
1715, Dec. 6. In a deed bearing this date, John Giles, Senior, of
Beverly, is spoken of as deceased. [Ibid, 30 : 185.
The children of John Giles were — by first wife, b. in Salem, (now
South Danvers,) —
36. tJohn, 3 b. about 1671 ; m. 1, Abigail Raymond; 2, Esther Swinnerton.
By second wife, b. in Beverly —
37. tEleazar, 3 b. March 19, 1679-80 ; m. Lvdia Grover.
38. fMary.3 b. Eeb. 28, 1681 ; m. John Wheeler.
39. Bridget, 3 b. Jan. 1, 1683 ; d. Feb. 10, 1689.
40. Return, 3 b. ; m. Samuel Wardwell of Andover, Dec. 20, 1716.
The last named, Return Giles, is not recorded as a dau. of John
Giles, but it is recorded that Samuel Wardwell of Andover m. Return
Giles of Beverly as above ; and there was no other Giles in Beverly
who could be her father. We shall have frequent occasion to note the
imperfection of the early records.
Cjnrir (BtntxRixan.
28. .
JOHN GILES, 3 (Eleazar, 2 Edward, 1 ) son of Eleazar 2 and Eliza-
beth (Bishop) Giles; b. in Salem, (South Danvers,) Aug. 31, 1681;
m. Nov. 7, 1706, Anne Andrews, dau. of John and Anne (Jacobs)
Andrews, and gr. dau. of George Jacobs, all of Salem.*
* John Andrews and Anne Jacobs were married, 1691-2. [Geneal. Reg., Vol.
VI., p. 206.
1706-7, Jan. 30. Anne Andrews of Salem, widow, and relict of John Andrews
of Salem, shipwright, deceased, in consideration of the love, &c, convey to my three
14 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
He resided in Salem, within the present limits of that city, as we
infer from his membership in the Tabernacle Church, in 1735. He
was a " seaman," and perhaps a shipmaster. He seems to have been
less favored in his worldly lot than his brothers, Edward and Samuel ;
since we find only one conveyance of real estate in which his name
occurs. It is the following : —
1711, April 11. Anne Andrews of Salem, widow, daughter of George
Jacobs senior, late of Salem, deceased ; John Giles of Salem, seaman,
and Anne Giles his wife, one of the grand-daughters of the said George
Jacobs ; Elizabeth Andrews and Mary Andrews, single-women, grand-
daughters of said George Jacobs, for £65, convey to John Jacobs of
Salem, husbandman, seven acres of land in Salem, at a place known by
y e name of Royall Side, bounded W. on North River, &c. The four
women here named made their marks as signatures to this deed !
[Essex Deeds, 21 : 105.
The wife of John Giles 3 had a brother John Andrews, who was Avith
" Capt. Samuel King and others in the Expedition to Canada."
John Giles 3 was a member of the First Church in Salem, until the
disruption of the church, in 1734, when he adhered to Rev. Mr. Fisk,
the pastor, and assisted in the establishment of what was finally known
as the Tabernacle Church.
We know not when John Giles 3 died. He seems to have been living
in 1738, when his son John 4 still bore the sulfix of "Junior."
All the children of John and Anne Giles, of whom we have any
account, are the following ; baptized in the First Church, Salem —
41. fJolin, 4 bap. April 9, 1710; m. Mercy .
42. Mary, 4 bap. Aug. 26, 1711.
I have no doubt that there were others, and in particular a son
Eleazar. The Salem Records about this time, and for a long time
after this, are shamefully defective.
31.
EDWARD GILES, 3 {Eleazar? Edward, 1 ) brother of the preceding;
b. in Salem, (S. Danvers,) April 28, 1689; we suppose never married.
daughters, Anne Gyles, Elizabeth Andrews and Mary Andrews, all my right, &c.,
to y e estate of my Honoured father George Jacobs, Sen r of Salem, deceased, &c.
[Essex Deeds, 19 : 155.
George Jacobs was hanged at Salem for witchcraft, Aug. 19, 1692, together with
Rev. George Burroughs, John Proctor, and John Willard of Salem Village, and
Martha Carrier of Andover. These persons were all, it is believed, highly respec-
table. George Burroughs grad. H. C. 1670, and was some time minister of the
gospel at Casco, Salem Village, and Wells. Martha Carrier was the wife of
Thomas Carrier of Andover. She was convicted on the testimony of her three
unnatural children. The scene at the execution was most revolting. Eive respect-
able individuals, all protesting their fnnocence, were put to a shameful death in
the presence of a great multitude, for an imaginary offence, on evidence which
would not now be sufficient to hang a dog !
The bones of George Jacobs were found in the early part of June, 1854, at Dan-
vers-port ; so I was informed, a few days afterward, by a gentleman from that place.
That the bones found were those of George Jacobs, was ascertained from the fact
that the land where they were found belonged to him, and has until recently re-
mained in the possession of his descendants. He was an old man, and the bones
found were those of an old man ; and uniform tradition points to the spot as the
place of his interment.
THIRD GENERATION. 15
1710-11, Feb. 28. Edward Giles of Boston, bricklayer, for £71.5,
conveys to John Osburne and William Osburne Jun r of Salem, 9£ acres
of land in Salem, " being part of y l land whereon my father Mr. Eleazer
Giles now liveth : bounded S. with the town comon, W. with y l part
of my land whereon my said father now liveth," &c. [Essex Deeds,
23 : 101.
1715-16, Feb. 4. Edward Giles, late of Boston, now resident in
Salem, mason, for £70 current money of New England, conveys to
John Osburne and William Osburne, in equal halves, a parcel of meadow
and upland, containing 6 or 7 acres, near said Giles's house, and bounded
E. on the land formerly sold to these two men. [Ibid, 27 : 229.
1715-16, Feb. 15. Edward Giles of Boston, bricklayer, "in consid-
eration of the dutiful regard and natural affection which I bear to my
honoured and Tender mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Giles, wife of my hon-
oured father, Mr. Eleazar Giles," conveys to her a dwelling house, and
about three acres of land in Salem. [Ibid, 27 : 234.
1729, Dec. 19. Edward Giles of Salem, bricklayer, for £20, conveys
to Samuel Giles of Salem, joyner, 1£ acre of land in Salem, bounded
N. on a brook which parts it from Osborne's land, with half of the dwel-
ling-house on the premises. [Ibid, 55 : 51.
From these quotations it appears, that Edward Giles 3 was a " brick-
layer," or "mason"; that he resided in Boston in 1710, and till 1715 ;
that in 1715, he came back to Salem, or rather to South Danvers, and
spent the remainder of his life there. It further appears that he had a
house there ; but was not married, since no wife concurs in these con-
veyances of land, and no record appears elsewhere of wife or children.
It also appears, from a document quoted on page 10, that he and his
brother Samuel took care of their parents in their old age, at least after
1725.
He died intestate in the spring of 1734, at the age of 45. His
brother Samuel was appointed administrator on his estate, June 8,
1734. [Essex Prob., 20 : 26.
32.
JAMES GILES, 3 (ffleazar? Edward, 1 ) brother of the preceding;
b. in Salem, (South Danvers,) May 15, 1691 ; m. 1, 1716, Elizabeth
Church of Marblehead. 2, Martha Nurse of Salem, Dec. 20, 1737.
Our knowledge of him is extremely limited. The Salem Records
fail us from their miserable poverty ; and the county records fail us
also, there being no conveyances of land, or settlements of estates, which
give the smallest information touching him. There is but a scrap of
church record respecting his posterity. He probably resided in Marble-
head, and may have been a fisherman. He was living in 1743.
His children, so far as the record goes, were —
43. James, 4 bap. 1718; a fisherman; of Salem; m. 1740, Hannah Very, 4 dau.
of John 3 and Hannah Very of Salem* James Giles signed a receipt for
thirty pounds of sugar had of Elias Hasket Derby, Salem, Aug. 2, 1787.
* 1743, March 16. John Very, weaver, James Giles Jun r , fisherman, and Han-
nah his wife, Abigail Very and Desire Very, spinsters, all of Salem, convey to
Samuel Very Jun r of Salem, husbandman, certain rights in the Homestead of their
father John Very. [Essex Deeds, 86 : 47.
16 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
44. tSamuel, 4 hap. 1728; m. Lydia Decoster of Marblehead.
45. Jemima, 4 bap. 1729.
There were others, probably, and among them a son Eleazar.* Per-
haps also a son Ezra.
33.
SAMUEL GILES, 3 {Eleazar, 2 Edward, 1 ) brother of the preceding,
and son of Eleazar 2 and Elizabeth (Bishop) Giles ; b. in Salem, (South
Danvers,) Dee. 17, 1G94; m. Sept. 10, 1719, Susanna Palfrey 4 of
Salem, youngest dau. of Walter Palfrey, 3 sailmaker, who was grandson
of Peter Palfrey. 1 J The marriage ceremony was performed by
Rev. Samuel Fisk, of the First Church.
* I find on Salem records the following:
"Eleazar Giles and Sarah Langford, both of Salem, m. Jan. 6, 1756.
Eleazar Giles and Wood well, both of Salem, m. May 29, 1759.
Eleazar Giles and Rebecca Muohmore, m. Jan. 27, 1762."
Whether these scraps of record refer to one, two, or three Eleazars, is to me
unknown. I suppose here are two Eleazars. But whose sons are thej 1 I presume
them to he sons of John 3 [28] and of James 3 [32]. No doubt their grandfather was
Eleazar Giles,' 2 who was b. 1640 and d. 1726. But their birth or baptism is nowhere
recorded. Perhaps there was but one Eleazar, and he the son of James.
Eleazar Giles of Salem, cooper, made bis will, April 28, 1772, and gave his wife
Rebecca all his property. No children are mentioned. [Essex Prob., 47 : 255.
I find also the following on Salem records :
"Ezra Giles m. to Mercy Atkinson, March 24, 1768." His parentage is not
ascertained, but he was probably a son of James Giles 3 in the text.
I hazard the conjecture that James Giles, 4 who m. Hannah Very, 1740, had a son
James, 5 who moved to Sutton, and is the man intended in the subjoined quotations
from the Massachusetts archives :
James Giles of Sutton was a private in Capt. Doggett's company in Col. Eben-
ezer Learned's regiment in 1775.
James Giles was a private in Capt. Ashley's company in the First (Col. Joseph
Vose's) Missachusetts regiment of the Continental army, and served three years,
from Jan. 1, 1777 to Dec. 31, 1779, at forty shillings per month.
James Giles was a corporal in a company of " Three months' men," from July
18, 1781 to Nov. 1, 1781, in a detachment up the Mohawk River.
J Rev. John White, an excellent Puritan minister of Dorchester, in England,
having watched the progress of the colony at Plymouth, and perceiving that it was
likely to continue and to prosper, excited several gentlemen of that place and
vicinity to prepare for another settlement in New England. For this purpose a
trading company was formed, composed chiefly of merchants of Dorchester, parish-
ioners and friends of Mr. White, since known as " The Dorchester Company."
This company began a plantation at Cape Anne in 1624. Of this new settlement,
Roger Conant, who had been obliged in 1623 to leave Plymouth, on account of a
difference of views touching church government between him and the people there,
and who was now — in the early part of 1624 — at Nantasket, was appointed gover-
nor, " and to have the managing and government of all the company's affairs at
Cape Anne." The settlement there, after an experiment of two years, was found
likely to fail. The stockholders in the company did not realize their expected
profits in the fisheries and beaver trade with the Indians ; they had indeed met with
heavy losses ; and most of the emigrants returned to England. Notice was therefore
given by the company, in 1626, to such of the emigrants as remained, that the
enterprise would be relinquished. The Dorchester Company was accordingly
dissolved.
Mr. White, however, grieved at this abrupt termination of a plan which he had
so long cherished, and which he fondly hoped would be for the advantage of religion,
wrote to Mr. Conant, in 1627, urging him not "to desert the business;" and
.promising to obtain a patent for him and to provide all needful supplies of men,
provisions, and goods, if Conant would remain in the country, and if the " three
honest and prudent men" would stay with him, who had been associated with him
THIRD GENERATION. 17
He resided within the present limits of Salem from about the time
of his marriage till he was sixty years old, when he removed to Dan-
vers. He lived on Essex Street, Salem, on the south side of that
street, nearly opposite to where the Franklin Building now stands. On
the same lot of land, was his shop, where for many years he carried on
the trade of a "joiner" and "cabinet-maker." He was successful in
business, and became possessed of what was, for those times, a hand-
some property. Capt. Samuel Very, his grandson, stated, about 1829,
that he owned several houses in Salem — his mansion-house, on Essex
Street, near the " Archer Building," (afterwards called the " Franklin
Building,") in the vicinity of the common ; another on Essex Street,
near Buffum's corner, &c. I find the conveyance, however, of only one
house to him, or rather of a houselot, on which he built the mansion-
house and shop which he occupied during most of his active life.
1720, Dec. 7. John Richards of Boston, mariner, and Mary his
wife, for £65, convey to Samuel Giles of Salem, "joyner," a lot of
land in Salem, bounded E. on land of Nathaniel Phippeny, [Phippen,]
W. on land of said Richards, S. on land of Jonathan Archer, and N. on
the Main Street or Highway ; measuring in front upon the said street
63 feet, 11 inches, and in length from front to rear 78 feet. [Essex
Deeds, 39 : 249.] No buildings are mentioned ; but we know that on
this land he built his mansion-house, and shop, and here he lived thirty-
three years. Nathaniel Phippen was the husband of Margaret Palfrey,
sister of Mrs. Susanna Giles. They probably lived in the next house.
Six weeks afterwards, he sold a strip of this land, on the east side,
ten feet wide.
1720-1, Jan. 19. Samuel Giles of Salem, joyner, and Susanna his
wife, for £11 in current money of New England, or Province Bills of
Credit, sell to Nathaniel Phippen of Salem, cooper, a piece or parcel
in the management of the plantation under the Dorchester Company. Such was the
language in which Mr. White described John Woodbury, John Balch, and
Peter Palfrey.
John Woodbury afterwards settled in Beverly, then a part of Salem, where he
was deputy 1635, and where he d. 1641. He was the ancestor of the Woodbury
family of Beverly, and of Hon. Levi Woodbury, Secretary of Treasury under Vail
Buren, 1837-41.
John Balch was from the vicinity of Bridgewater, Somersetshire, Eng. He was
admitted freeman, May 18, 1631 ; had a grant of 200 acres at the head of Bass
liiver, Beverly, (a like grant also was made to Conant, Woodbury, and Palfrey) ;
was selectman of Salem; and d. about June, 1648. His son Benjamin, b. 1629,
is supposed to have been the first white male child born in the Massachusetts Col-
ony. His son John m. Mary, dau. of Roger Conant. [See Geneal. Reg., Vol.
IX., p. 233.
Peter Palfrey was admitted freeman, May 18, 1631, at the same time with Conant,
Balch, and Woodbury. In 1632, he was deputy with Conant from Salem to the
General Court. He was also selectman of Salem. In 1653, he removed to Reading,
where he d. Sept. 15, 1663. He had several daus., but I do not find that he had
more than one son, viz., Jonathan, bap. Salem, Dec. 25, 1636, who was probably
grandfather of Susanna Palfrey in the text. He (Peter) was the ancestor of the
Palfreys of Boston, of whom Hon. John Gorham Palfrey is one; and of the Pal-
frays of Salem, who substituted a for e in the name, more than 150 years ago.
These three men determined to abide with Conant ; and he, having previously
examined " a place called Naumkeag," a few miles to the west of Cape Anne, and
preferring it to the latter as a place for a town, removed thither, with his three
coadjutors and the remainder of the settlers, and laid the foundations of Salem,
early in the autumn of 1626. Capt. John Endicott, with an additional number of
2
18 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
of land in Salem, containing 2i poles, more or less, bounded N. on the
Main Street, there measuring 10 feet; E. on land of the purchaser, 80
feet ; S. on land formerly of Samuel Archer, 7 feet ; W. on land of the
conveyer, 80 feet. [Ibid, 49 : 238.
1732, Aug. 21. John Smith of Salem, shipwright, for £6, releases
and quitclaims to Samuel Giles of Salem, " the now dwelling-house of
said Samuel Giles with the land belonging thereto." The boundaries
are the same, and the land is the same as in the deed from Richards, in
1720. We now find on it a dwelling-house. [Ibid, 59 : 269.
1730, Aug. 31. Samuel Giles of Salem, joyner, and Susanna his
wife, for 10 pounds, convey to John Higginson of Salem, gentleman,
the moiety or half part of a Common Right in the common lands of
Salem. [Ibid, 52 : 266.
1733-4, Feb. 18. Samuel Giles, joyner, and Susanna his wife,
Joseph Very Jun r and Hannah his wife, convey to James Lindall, Esq.,
of Salem, "a common right," &c. [Ibid, 68 : 182.
1741, Oct. 14. Samuel Giles of Salem, joiner, conveys to James
Lindall, Esq., of Salem, 17 Rights in the common lands of Salem, on
Stone's Plain. [Ibid, 80 : 297.
This common land was in Danvers, on the road to Ipswich. See
pp. 9, 10, and below.
1754, May 11. Samuel Giles of Salem, "cabinet-maker," and Su-
sanna his wife, for £240, convey to Susanna Grafton of Salem, spinster,
his mansion-house, shop, barn, out-house, and the land thereto belonging,
situated in Salem, bounded N. on the Main Street, there measuring 53
feet 11 inches, E. on land of Nathaniel Phippen 78 feet, S. on land of
Jonathan Archer, W. on land of Joseph Grafton 78 feet. Warwick
Palfray and Samuel Jenison are witnesses. [Ibid, 101 : 1.
This, then, was the termination of his residence in Salem. The cur-
rency at this time was on a specie basis, and the sum received for the
property sold was equivalent to 800 Spanish dollars ; which may have
been as much then as 4,000 dollars are now.
1757, Nov. 29. Samuel Giles of Danvers,* joyner, and Susanna his
wife, for £42.13.4, convey to Joseph Pierpont and Thomas Porter, both
of Danvers, shopkeepers, land in Danvers, being ten rights in the com-
mon lands on Stone's Plain, together with my shop that stands on said
Plain. Thomas Giles, son of the grantee, and Joshua Satford, appren-
tice to Thomas Giles, are witnesses. [Ibid, 107 : 43.
Samuel Giles was a member of the First Church in Salem. In
1734, a violent disruption of that body took place, and an embittered
controversy arose, which continued many years. A majority of the
church — it was a bare majority — with Rev. Samuel Fisk, J their pastor,
emigrants, and authority to act as governor, arrived at Naurnkeag, Sept. 6, 1628,
and in July following the place received the name of Salem. The Colony was still
weak, amounting, after Endicott's arrival, to "not much above 50 or 60 persons,"
lodged in "about half a score of houses." Higginson's Company, in June, 1629,
made the whole number about three hundred.
* Danvers, originally a part of Salem, was incorporated as a town, Jan. 28, 1752.
It received this name through the influence of Lieut. Gov. Spencer Phips, in com-
pliment to one of his friends and patrons in England.
\ Rev. Samuel Fisk, b. in Braintree, April 6, 1689; H. C. 1708; was a son of
Rev. Moses Fisk of Braintree, [the part now Quincy,] who was son of Rev. John
THIRD GENERATION. 19
left their old house of worship, and founded another church, which yet
long claimed to be the First Church. The controversy was settled in
1762, when the church which seceded with Mr. Fisk took the name
of the Third Church. Their meeting-house having been consumed by
fire, Oct. 6, 1774, a new one was erected in 1775, which was called the
Tabernacle. The church has since been known as the Tabernacle
Church.
1734, October. Samuel Giles, and his sister Mehitable, with twenty-
two other male members, continued to worship at the place where the
First Church had been wont to meet. John Giles, his brother, with twen-
ty-three other male members, adhered to Mr. Fisk, at the same time.*
It seems that Mr. Fisk's adherents excommunicated the other party. J
There is no record of the death of Samuel Giles or of his wife ; nor
any will, or settlement of his estate ; nor any information relating
thereto. At least, the most diligent search has failed to discover any.
But as there is no record concerning him later than 1757, and as his
grandson, Samuel Giles of Kingsborough, N. Y., did not remember
him, the probability is that he did not long survive the year just
written.§
The children of Samuel 3 and Susanna Giles were —
46. Susanna, 4 bap. June 26, 1720 ; m. John Raynolds, July 6, 1744.
47. fEleazar, 4 bap. Nov. 5, 1721 ; baptized by the name of Samuel.||
48. Hannah, 4 ; m. Benjamin Porter, April 27, 1737.
49. tElizabeth, 4 bap. Feb. 9, 1723-4; m. Isaac Very, 1736.
50. Abigail, 4 bap. Nov. 7, 1725.
Fisk, first minister of Wenham and Chelmsford. He was ordained pastor of First
Church, Salem, Oct. 8, 1718; d. April 7, 1770, aged 81.
* Felt's Annals of Salem, first edition.
X To gratify a curiosity which may arise in regard to the causes of so sad and
memorable a contention, we transcribe from " A Just and Impartial Narrative of
the Controversy between the Rev. Mr. Samuel Fisk, the Pastor, and a number of
the Brethren of the First Church of Christ in Salem," published in Boston, 1735,
the four charges which were made against Mr. Fisk by " the aggrieved Brethren."
They were as follows : —
" 1. That Mr. Fisk had set aside a Publick Lecture, which had been preached to
the First Church of Christ in Salem for near a century without any intermission.
" 2. That he interpolated in the Church Records, certain words, purporting to be
a vote of the church in regard to said Lecture.
" 3. A publick allusion to said Vote in a sermon, charging the church with the
guilt of neglecting it.
" 4. Neglecting to call a church meeting in regard to a brother, who had absented
himself from communion."
$ John Stacy, servant to Samuel Giles, was a soldier in His Majesty's service in
the company under the command of Col. Ichabod Plaisted in the expedition
against Crown Point. He enlisted April 22, and was killed Sept. 19, 1756. [Mass.
Archives.
Isaac Very[49] was a corporal, and Samuel Jennison [Jenxison 56] lieutenant
in same company.
|| I have ample evidence that the eldest son of Samuel Giles 3 [33] of Salem was
the father of Capt. Eleazar Giles 5 [91] of Beverly, and that his name was Eleazar.
Yet the records of the First Church, Salem, give his name, when baptized, as
Samuel. Perhaps he was baptized as Samuel, and his name afterwards changed to
Eleazar. Or the recording officer forgot the right name, and through inadvertence
substituted Samuel, the name of the father, for Eleazar, the name of the venerable
grandfather. This might easily occur, especially if there happened to be an interval
of several days between the transaction and the record. Such a mistake does some-
times occur, as I have had opportunity to know, in other cases.
20 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
51. Mary, 4 bap. Auff. 25, 1728 ; m. Nov. 14, 1748, Nathaniel Leavitt, "formerly
of Stratham, N. H., but late resident in Salem."*
52. tThomas, 4 bap. Feb. 7, 1730-1 ; m. Mary Jennison, 1753.
53. Mehitable, 4 ; m. 1, Benjamin Henderson. They had, Mehitable,
Benjamin, Joseph. 2, Huse.
Those of the above who are mentioned as baptized, were baptized in
the First Church, Salem. There is no record of the birth of either,
now extant ; nor of the baptism of Hannah or Mehitable ; yet there is
sufficient proof that Samuel Giles had children of these names.f
34.
ELEAZAR GILES, 3 (Eleazar, 2 Edward, 1 ) brother of the preceding,
and youngest son of Eleazar 2 and Elizabeth Giles ; b. in Salem, (now
South Danvers), July 8, 1698; m. Elizabeth .
There is no record of him, except of his birth, in the county of Essex.
But I am fully persuaded that he is the same individual who died in
Hopkinton, in the county of Middlesex, in the year 1749, and whose
sons, Ebenezer, James, and Joseph, afterwards settled in Townsend in
the same county. The facts, which I am about to state, are derived in
part from the Middlesex Probate Records, and in part from the Town
and Church Records of Hopkinton. Notices of some of his children
follow, from the Massachusetts archives.
He seems to have settled in Hopkinton about the year 1724, since
we find that Eleazar Giles and Elizabeth his wife, were admitted to
Rev. Samuel Barrett's church, in that place, Nov. 8, 1724. This
church was organized with fourteen members, and Mr. Barrett ordained,
on the 2d September, in the same year. Hopkinton was incorporated
as a town, Dec. 13, 1715.
Eleazar Giles was constable in Hopkinton, 1727 ; and one of the
school committee in 1740. In 1746, he witnessed a deed of gift of land
from John Young, grandfather of the noted Brigham Young of Utah,
to Rev. Mr. Barrett.
He was a mason, but cultivated a farm of 58 \ acres of "leased
land" in Hopkinton. The land was on a perpetual lease, and the fee
simple was in Harvard College.§ This was the homestead, and Eleazar
* Perhaps a brother of Rev. Dudley Leavitt, second pastor of the Third Church,
Salem, who was born in Stratham, N. H., 1720; H. C. 1739; ord. pastor, Oct. 24,
1745; d. Feb. 7, 1762.
% Mrs. Lydia Very of Salem, a dan. of Samuel Very, and gr. dau. of Elizabeth
Giles, 4 [49] assures us that her grandmother, just named, had a sister Mehitable,
who m. 1, Henderson, and 2, Huse; and that this great aunt Huse often mentioned
her sisters Leavitt and Porter.
\ Edward Hopkins, an eminent Puritan merchant in London, emigrated to New
England in 1637, being then about 38 years of age. He took up his residence in
Hartford, and for several years alternated with John Hajnes in the office of gover-
nor of the Connecticut Colony. In 1652, he returned to England, where he died,
March, 1657, leaving a high reputation in both sides of the Atlantic for integrity and
public spirit. In his will, dated March 7, 1657, he left 500 pounds for the interests
of education in New England, to be paid in six months after his wife's decease.
This was understood as a bequest to Harvard College, and to a grammar school in
Cambridge. The decease of the wife, who was a dau. of Governor Eaton of New
Haven, was above forty years later than that of the testator. It being then neces-
sary to bring a suit in chancery against the executor of the executor, the money
was not paid to the trustees appointed by the college and grammar school till 1714.
This fund was then invested in the tract of land which was bought of the Natick
THIRD GENERATION. 21
Giles's interest in it, was appraised in the Inventory of his estate at
£940, old tenor; which, as the currency was at its lowest depth of
depreciation in 1749, amounted to only 418 dollars. The whole amount
of the Inventory was £1,442.5 ; equivalent to 640 dollars, and includes
some other property. Inventory dated Aug. 7, 1749 ; presented by
Elizabeth Giles, adm x . [Midd. Prob., 32 : 288.
The estate was divided, June 24, 1750. One third of the property
was set off as dower to the widow. All the remainder was set off to
Eleazar Giles, second son of the deceased, provided he pay £104 in
money to his eldest brother, Samuel Giles, and to each of his brethren,
John, Daniel, Ebenezer, James, and Joseph, £52.1.6, in Bills of Public
Credit. At forty-five shillings for a dollar, the rate at which the old
currency was redeemed in 1750, the amount paid to Samuel was short
of 50 dollars, and to each of the others only 23 or 24 dollars. There
was a sister Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Howard, who had already had
her portion. [Ibid, 37 : 287-290.
Elizabeth Giles, widow of Eleazar Giles, m. Benjamin Brooks of
Townsend, Oct. 26, 1749.
Ebenezer Giles, James Giles, and Joseph Giles, minors, and children
of Eleazar Giles, late of Hopkinton, deceased, had a guardian appointed
at their own election, Feb. 28, 1757, to wit, Isaac Farrar, husbandman,
of Townsend, who gave bonds in the sum of £300, with Benjamin
Brooks of Townsend, as surety. [Ibid, 36 : 420,
This Benjamin Brooks was their stepfather.
The children of Eleazar 3 and Elizabeth Giles were as follows : —
54. tSamuel, 4 bap. Dec. 20, 1724; m. Mary Axtell of Grafton, 1749.
55. Eleazar, 4 bap. Jan. 15, 1726.
56. Elizabeth, 4 bap. June 13, 1729; m. Thomas Hayward of Mendon, Aug. 26,
1746.
57. fJohn, 4 b. about 1733 ; m. Jane Learned of Hopkinton, Feb. 28, 1758.
58. Daniel, 4 bap. Sept. 22, 1734*
59. tEbenezer, 4 bap. Aug. 28, 1737; m. Esther .
60. tJames, 4 born July 19, 1740; m. Elizabeth Green of Groton.
61. tJoseph, 4 bap. Oct. 16, 1743 ; m. Mary .
Indians, and has since been known as the town of Hopkinton, so named in honor
of Edward Hopkins, and in part of the adjoining town of Upton. These lands
were disposed of in perpetual leases to tenants, at the rate of one penny sterling
per acre for the first 99 years, and after that three pence sterling per acre. But
after the first 99 years were expired, the enhanced rents could not be obtained from
the tenants, and an arrangement was made, under the authority of the Common-
wealth, in pursuance of which a certain sum of money was paid from the public
treasury, and the tenants obtained a final acquittance. The fund has been judi-
ciously managed, and now amounts to more than $30,000. [Savage's Winthrop,
Vol. I., p. 275, edition 1853.
* In a return dated March 23, 1757, Daniel Giles of Hopkinton, one of the above
children, appears on the "List of Alarm men." [Mass. Archives.] The alarm
men included all the men who were exempt from training ; even ministers, phy-
sicians, ferrymen, &c.
Daniel Giles of Hopkinton was a private in the king's service, in the company of
Capt. Samuel Peck, from April 24 to Nov. 20, 1759. He also was a private in the
company of Capt. John Dunlap, from June 18 to Dec. 3, 1760. [Ibid.
The Giles family in Hopkinton seem all to have removed to other places, at
different times, from 1750 to 1765 — Ebenezer, James, and Joseph to Townsend,
Samuel perhaps to Berkshire county, and Daniel perhaps to New Salem.
'* Died in New Salem, Feb. 20, 1860, Hannah, widow of Daniel Giles, aged 84."
[Papers of the day.
22 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
36.
JOHN GILES, 3 (John, 2 Edward, 1 ) eldest son of John Giles 8 of
Beverly; b. in Salem, (or what is now South Danvers,) about 1671;
m. 1, in Marblehead, March 29, 1G94, Abigail Raymond of Beverly.
2, in Salem, May 9, 1709, Esther Swinnerton, probably a dau. of
Dr. John Swinnerton of Salem, who d. Jan. 6, 1690-1.* She was
living, a widow, in Beverly, 1755.
We first find a notice of him, in active life, in 1695, April 26, when
Henry Coombs of Lynn, for £18, sold to John Gyles Junior of Beverly,
" cordwainer," a dwelling-house and one acre of land adjoyning, " in
Salem within the precincts of the village." [Essex Deeds, 10 : 163.
This deed, therefore, indicates the time of his removal from Beverly
to North Danvers, then called " Salem Village," where he spent the
remainder of his clays. He was not only a " cordwainer," but a culti-
vator and owner of land. He appears to have been successful in
business, to have acquired a fair property, and to have been a respec-
table and worthy man.
1697, June 24. John Hadlock of Salem and Sarah his wife, for
£1.10, convey to John Giles of Salem, cordwainer, three-fourths of an
acre of land, in Salem, bounded E. on the land which he purchased two
years before. [Ibid, 12 : 10.
1700, July 2. Samuel Parris J of Newton and Dorothy his wife,
for £17, convey to John Giles of Salem Village, "shoomaker," an
orchard in Salem Village, containing about two acres, which I purchased
of John Shepard in 1691. [Ibid, 14 : 210.
1709, June 16. John Hadlock of Salem and Sarah his wife, for
£84, convey to John Giles of Salem, cordwainer, thirteen acres of land
in Salem, near the "said Giles his house" in Salem. [Ibid, 21 : 154.
1719-20, Feb. 29. John Giles of Salem, cordwainer, [no wife is
mentioned,] for <£12, conveys to John and William Osburn of Salem,
his right in the common and undivided lands of Salem. [Ibid, 38 : 81.
1722-3, Jan. 1. John Hutchinson Jun r of Salem, for £74, mort-
* Job Swinnerton was admitted freeman, 1639.
t This was Rev. Samuel Parris, formerly pastor of the church in " Salem
Village," in whose family the unhappy "Salem Witchcraft" began, in Feb. 1692.
He was b. in London, 1653; ordained pastor, Salem Village, Nov. 1689; left his
pastoral charge there in June, 1696; resided in Concord, 1704; preached in Dun-
stable, 1711 ; d. probably in Sudbury, 1720. He did much to promote that terrible
delusion.
As a matter of curiosity, though not strictly belonging to the design of this
volume, we give the following abstract of the will of this unfortunate man, as
recorded Midd. Prob., 16 : 46. The will is not dated, but was proved March 28,
1720:—
Will of Rev. Samuel Parris of Sudbury. — No wife is mentioned. The
testator has five children; viz., his dau. Elizabeth Barron, wife of Benjamin Barron,
dau. Dorothy Brown, and dau. Mary Parris; also sons Noyes Parris and Samuel
Parris. These two sons are minors. Noyes Parris having dedicated himself to
learning, shall have his father's library, saving such books as are in English, which
shall be divided among the testator's three other children, namely, Samuel Parris,
Dorothy Brown, and Mary Parris. The testator owns part of a plantation, equal
to twenty acres, in the island of Barbadoes. He has in that island an uncle, John
Parris, Esq., who was, in 1656, attorney to the testator's father, Thomas Parris of
London. This property in Barbadoes descended to the testator from his father as
sole heir. He bequeaths to my son, Samuel Parris, my Indian woman Violett.
THIRD GENERATION. 23
gages to John Giles of Salem, cordwainer, 8 acres of land in Salem.
[Ibid, 43 : 86.
1729, March 27. William Porter of Topsfield, yeoman, and Phebe
his wife, for .£21, convey one acre and 93 poles of land in Topsfield to
John Giles of Salem, "yeoman." [Ibid, 52 : 180.
John Giles was wounded by the Indians in their attack on Haverhill,
Aug. 29, 1708, when Rev. Mr. Rolfe, minister of that place, was killed.
See Lindall Family, in the sequel.
He was a member of the church at Salem Village, now North Dan-
vers. He was baptized in mature years, May 26, 1700, with his
children, John, Bridget, and Abigail, at the time of his admission to
that church. His second wife, Esther, was " received to full commu-
nion 7 ' there, Sept. 5, 1712.
He d. May 10, 1731. [Essex Prob., 21 : 9.
1732, Oct. 4. The Judge orders a division of the estate of John
Giles, late of Salem, deceased.
1733, April 9. The estate is settled, and a division made among
the children of the deceased, viz., John Giles, eldest son, two shares ;
Abigail Giles alias Hutchinson, Hannah Giles, Ruth Giles alias Cum-
mings, Elizabeth Giles, Mary Giles, Esther Giles. Elizabeth Giles is
said to have been 19 years old in 1731, and Mary, 16 at same time.
[Essex Prob., 21 : 9.
The children of John Giles, 3 all b. in " Salem Village," were, by first
wife, Abigail Raymond —
62. tJohn, 4 b. Jan. 21, 1695-6; m. Susanna .
63. Bridget, 4 b. Dec. 10, 1697 ; d. before division of father's estate.
64. Abigail, 4 b. Jan. 3, 1699-1700; m. John Hutchinson of Salem, Nov. 17,
1720.
65. Samuel, 4 b. Nov. 4, 1701 ; d. before division of father's estate.
66. Hannah, 4 b. March 1, 1700-1; bap. Dec. 19, 1703; unm. 1733, at division
of father's estate.
67. Ruth, 4 bap. Sept. 16, 1705; m. Stebbins Cummings.
By second wife, Esther Swinnerton —
68. Bartholomew, 4 bap. May 6, 1711 ; d. before division of father's estate.
69. Elizabeth, 4 bap. May 2, 1713; received to full communion, Oct. 16, 1736.
70. Mary, 4 bap. June 5, 1715.
71. Esther, 4 bap. June 8, 1718 ; m. Aug. 6, 1735, James Taylor, Jr., of Beverly.
She d. not long after; for, in 1737, he m. Abigail Eelton of Salem.
37.
ELEAZAR GILES, 3 (John, 2 Edward, 1 ) son of John 2 and Eliza-
beth Giles of Beverly; b. there, March 19, 1679-80; m. April 24,
1702, Lydia Grover of Beverly. She was probably a grand-dau. of
Edmund Grover, who was of Salem, 1637, and died in Beverly, June
11, 1683, a. 82. He had a son Nehemiah.
He was a "carpenter," though sometimes called a "wheelwright;"
and spent his life in his native town of Beverly. He seems to have
possessed a fair property. See several deeds quoted in the account
given of his father.
He lived, in 1723, very near the easterly end of the Beverly com-
mon, on what is now Hale Street. In 1751, his son-in-law, Benjamin
Jeffery, occupied the same house.
24 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
1713-14, March 4. Samuel West of Beverly, yeoman, and Mary
his wife, for £40, convey 12 acres of land in Beverly to Eleazer Giles
of Beverly, wheelwright. [Essex Deeds, 31 : 173.
1715, Nov. 8. Samuel West of Beverly, for £10, conveys to Eleazer
Giles of B., carpenter, four acres of land in Beverly. [Ibid, 31 : 178.
1729, April 25. Eleazar Giles of Beverly, wheelwright, and Lydia
his wife, convey five acres of land in Beverly to Samuel Smith of
Beverly. [Ibid, 55 : 19G.
1734, Nov. 13. Eleazar Giles of Beverly, housewright, and Lydia
his wife, for <£39, convey to Robert Hale* of Beverly, physician, one
and a half acre of land in Beverly, bounded N. on Manchester road,
S. by the sea, &c, W. on said Hale's land. [Ibid, 79 : 216.
He d. April 24, 1740.J His wife Lydia d. Jan. 25, 1748-9.
He made his will, April 8, 1740; it was proved May 5, 1740; re-
corded Essex Prob., 24 : 201. He gives his wife Lydia the whole
income of his estate during her natural life, if she remains his widow.
After her decease, the whole shall go to my son-in-law, Benjamin
Jeffery, husband of my dan. Elizabeth, he paying out sundry legacies
to my son John Giles, to my other sons Eleazar, Ebenezer, Samuel,
James, and Edmund, and to my dau. Lydia Brown.
The children of Eleazar 3 and Lydia (Grover) Giles were —
72. tEleazar, 4 b. Oct. 18, 1704; m. Rebecca Chapman, 1730.
73. Lydia, 4 b. May 11, 1707; in. 1, Benjamin Very, Jr., of Salem; published
Feb. 2, 1728-9. 2, Bartholomew Browne of Salem, published April 19,
1730. He settled in Beverly, and was a cabinet-maker; was of Beverly
in 1746; and was the son of Bartholomew Browne, a veiy respectable
physician in Salem, b. 1667 ; d. 1717.
74. tJohn, 4 b. April 24. 1711 ; m. Martha Pitman, 1730.
75. Ebenezer, 4 bap. May 23, 1714; m. Eve Hoks |Hawkes] of Lynn, Aug. 7,
1739.
76. tSamuel, 4 b. Feb. 12, 1716-17; m. Eunice Herrick.
77. Elizabeth, 4 b. Dec. 31, 1719; m. Benjamin Jeffery of Lynn, Nov. 13, 1735.
78. tJames, 4 b. April 8, 1723; m. Hannah Thompson of Ipswich, 1749.
79. tEdmund, 4 b. Aug. 22, 1725; m. Esther Ellingwood, 1744.
38.
MARY GILES, 3 {John, 2 Edward, 1 ) dau. of John 2 and Elizabeth
Giles of Beverly ; b. there, Feb. 28, 1681 ; m. Johx Wheeler, 1700.
They were published June 29, 1700; their marriage is not recorded.
He resided in Beverly, and was a cooper. Their children were —
80. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 10, 1702 ; d. young.
81. John, b. March 30, 1706 ; d. young.
82. Mary, b. Aug. 27, 1707. 84. John, b. May 2, 1713.
83. Jonathan, b. Aug. 1, 1709. 85. Elizabeth, b. July 4, 1714.
* This was Col. Robert Hale, 4 who was also a physician and a magistrate, and
a leading man in Beverly. He was b. in Beverly," Feb. 17, 1702, son of Robert
Hale, 3 Esq., b. Nov. 3, 1668; d. 1719, who was son of Rev. John Hale, 2 first min-
ister of Beverly, (b. June 3, 1636; H C. 1657; d. May 15, 1700,) and grandson
of Robert Hale, 1 one of the founders of the church in'Charlestown, 1632.
J We derive this date, and some others, from a MS. of Col. Robert Hale, 4 just
mentioned, preserved in the office of the town clerk of Beverly. It is of special
value to such as have occasion to investigate the history of families living in
Beverly about the middle of last century.
According to this MS., Mial Giles of Beverly died at Louisburg in 1759, doubt-
less in the military service, in garrison there. I do not find this name elsewhere.
FOURTH GENERATION. 25
41.
JOHN GILES, 4 (John, 3 Eleazar? Edward, 1 ) son of John 3 and Anne
(Andrews) Giles of Salem; bap. April 9, 1710; m. Mercy .
He was a " husbandman," and resided in Salem, in that part which
is now South Danvers. He, or his wife, or both, were members of the
Third Church in Salem. But Sarah, their eldest dau., was baptized in
the First Church in Salem ; the remaining three in the Third (or South
Danvers) Church. This may indicate a corresponding change of resi-
dence, about 1732.
1737-8, Jan. 25. John Giles Jun r of Salem, husbandman, for £15
in Bills of Credit, conveys to George Gould of Salem, half a share in
a township of land " lately granted by the General Court of Massachu-
setts Bay to Capt. Samuel King and others who were in the Expedition
to Canada, which right was originally allowed to me for my uncle John
Andrews."* [Essex Deeds, 77 : 217.
The children of John and Mercy Giles were —
86. Sarah, 5 bap. Aug. 6, 1732; d. in infancy.
87. Mercy, 5 bap. Sept. 2, 1733.
88. Sarah, 5 bap. Jan. 18, 1735-6.
89. Lydia, 5 bap. May 3, 1741 ; seems to have m. James Patch, 2d, of Beverly.
They were published there, Feb. 19, 1758.
* The " Expedition to Canada," here mentioned, was, I presume, that ill-starred
expedition, which sailed from Boston for the St. Lawrence, Aug. 9, 1690, with the
small-pox on board. It was under the command of Sir William Phipps, who
proved himself wholly incompetent to conduct such an enterprise. The attack on
Quebec was too long delayed, and proved utterly unsuccessful. The expedition
was undertaken at the cost of the Province, and the expense of it crippled the
Province many years after. To provide funds, it became necessary to emit " Bills
of Credit" to the amount of 50,000 pounds; the bad precedent led to still further
issues of the same unworthy currency ; a ruinous depreciation took place ; gold and
silver coin wholly disappeared, and the country seemed fast verging to a condition
of hopeless bankruptcy, till the opportune arrival, in Sept. 1749, of a large amount
of money, sent from the Royal Treasury to refund the charges incurred by the
Province" in 1745 in the cap'ture of Louisburg, afforded the means of deliverance.
The amount thus received was £183,649 sterling, in silver and copper coin ; and it
was immediately applied to the redemption of the almost worthless paper. Scarcely
ever has any event caused more gladness than the landing of this money on the
Long Wharf in Boston. It consisted of 215 chests of silver dollars, each chest
containing 3,000 dollars on an average, and 100 casks of copper; or, as stated
otherwise, 653,000 ounces of silver, and 10 tons of copper coin. So low had the
old currency sunk, that the law passed in 1749 for its redemption provided that one
Spanish milled dollar should be given for forty-five shillings of the old tenor.
The fifteen pounds which John Giles received for his half share in the township,
were equivalent to only twelve silver dollars! The township "granted by the
General Court to Capt. Samuel King and others," was doubtless the territory now
included in the towns of Chesterfield and Goshen, in Hampshire county. Or rather,
that township was granted in part to the survivors of the Canada expedition and
their heirs, and in part to the survivors of the Narraganset expedition, 1675, and
their heirs.
26 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
44.
SAMUEL GILES, 4 {James? Eleazar? Edward, 1 ) son of James 3
and Elizabeth Giles; bap. 1728; m. Aug. 27, 17G2, Lydia Decoster
of Marblehead. This marriage was by an Episcopal clergyman, and
is recorded in Salem, where it was doubtless solemnized, though the
parties are said to be " both of Marblehead." Whether there was a
prior marriage, we know not.
Samuel Giles was a " shipwright," and spent his life in Marblehead,
which seems to have been his native town.
17 GO, Nov. 10. Samuel Giles of Marblehead, shipwright, admin-
istrator of Alice De France* of Marblehead, widow, deceased, sells to
Samuel Rogers of Marblehead, taylor, for £81.10, a house and land in
Marblehead, near Nick's Cove. [Essex Deeds, 109 : 88.
1771, Feb. 2G. Pew No. 22 in St. Michael's Church, Marblehead.
conveyed to Samuel Giles of Marblehead, shipwright. [Ibid, 129 : 29.
1780, July 13. Inventory of the Estate of Mr. Samuel Gyles, late
of Marblehead, shipwright, deceased, presented by Mrs. Lydia Giles,
adm x . [Essex Prob., 54 : 89.
He died, therefore, in the summer of 1 780. He seems to have left
one son —
90. tSamucl, 5 b. about 1763; m. 1784, Elizabeth Reith.
Probably there were others, whose names are to us unknown ; and
even of this Samuel we are not altogether confident, though we place
him here on high probability.
47.
ELEAZAR GILES, 4 {Samuel, 3 Eleazar? Edward, 1 ) eldest son of
Samuel 3 and Susanna (Palfrey) Giles of Salem ; bap. in First Church,
Nov. 5, 1721 ; m. Elizabeth Smith of Salem, April 5, 1743. She
was baptized, at adult age, Dec. 30, 1744, in the Third Church in
* I presume that this was the mother of Samuel Giles' wife. Samuel Giles had
a grand-dau. Alice. [184]
J The case of this man has caused the compiler of this volume no small per-
plexity. He is certainly the father of Capt. Eleazar Giles, 5 b. Oct. 1744 ; d. 1809.
The eldest dau. of Capt. Eleazar Giles, Elizabeth Wright, is still living, 1862,
though in her ninetieth year. Her mind is very clear and intelligent, and she well
recollects the early past. Very particular inquiry has been made of her at different
times within the last few years, and she is very positive and decided in the statement
that the name of her father's father was Eleazar, and that her father's mother was
named Elizabeth. Capt. Eleazar Giles was certainly the uncle of Capt. Samuel
Giles of Salem, (b. Sept. 18, 1787; d. March, 1850); and this last was second
cousin to my mother, they having the same great-grand father. My cousin Thomas
Giles went several voyages with him (Capt. Samuel) to Canton and London; and
he was well known to my uncle, who is here my principal informant.
The town records of Salem are wholly silent in regard to the children of my great-
great-grandfather Samuel Giles, [33] as they are in multitudes of other cases. The
records of the First Church give him a son Samuel, but not a son Eleazar. Nothing
more, however, is ever heard or seen of this son Samuel. With all these things in
view, I decide that the Samuel of the church records, baptized Nov. 5, 1721, is no
other than Eleazar, the father of Capt. Eleazar Giles ; for Eleazar must have been
baptized in the First Church about that time ; and the record means Eleazar, though
it says Samuel.
FOURTH GENERATION. 27
He lived in South Danvers, after his marriage, until July, 1746,
when he appears to have removed to a small tenement in Salem, on
the east side of Bridge Street, near Beverly bridge, or ferry, as it then
was. Here he lived probably till near the close of his life. He was
a " fisherman," and from what I shall quote from the Massachusetts
Archives, seems to have been well skilled in nautical affairs, though
less competent to conduct his own pecuniary concerns. The last few
years, or months, of his life were spent in Beverly, where he d. in the
summer of 1781. His son Eleazar was his administrator.
1746, July 23. Jane Massey of Salem, widow, for five shillings,
conveys to Eleazar Giles of Salem, fisherman, a small piece of land in
Salem, bounded North on the sea. [Essex Deeds, 88 : 172.
As no building is mentioned as standing on this land, he must have
erected a dwelling-house there, as we find him living there afterwards.
It was on the east side of Bridge Street, next to the water.
1758, March 22. Eleazar Giles of Salem, fisherman, and Elizabeth
his wife, for £14.12, mortgage to Miles Ward Jun r of Salem, merchant,
a dwelling-house, and a quarter of an acre of land, thereto belonging,
situated in Salem, near Beverly ferry, where he the said Eleazar Giles
now dwells. This mortgage was discharged Oct. 27, 1758, doubtless
from the avails of his pay as a seaman in the ship King George. See
below. [Ibid, 106 : 150.
1767, Aug. 12. Execution is levied upon the goods and estate of
Eleazar Giles of Salem, fisherman, for £13.3.11, besides cost, which is
£1.7.2, at the suit of Samuel Buffum of Salem, shopkeeper. Buffum,
being a Quaker, made affirmation, instead of the oath required by law.
[Ibid, 121 : 140.
The dwelling-house and land of Eleazar Giles were taken to satisfy
this execution. But he must have found some means to redeem it, for
we find it in his possession at the time of his death, as appears from the
following : —
1782, Nov. 12. Eleazar Giles of Beverly, mariner, administrator on
the estate of Eleazar Giles, late of Salem, but last resident in Beverly,
mariner, deceased, intestate, for £105, conveys to William Homan of
Beverly, merchant, two parts in three of a dwelling-house and about
40 poles [J acre] of land, situated in Salem, bounded N. and E. by the
sea, W. by the highway, &c. [Ibid, 140 : 42.
The currency, in 1782, was greatly depreciated.
Eleazar Giles of Salem was a seaman in the armed ship King
George, Benjamin Hallowell, Jun r , Esq., commander, from March 22
to Oct. 21, 1758. There were in this ship 259 men, including officers.
Their names are given in the Pay- Roll. [Mass. Archives.
This ship was owned and kept in commission by the Province of
Massachusetts Bay, and was doubtless employed in guarding the coasts
of Massachusetts and Maine.*
* The commander of this vessel, Benjamin Hallowell, married, June 13, 1746,
Man' Boylston, b. Feb. 19, 1722, dau. of Thomas Boylston, shop-keeper, of Boston,
and sister of Nicholas and Thomas Boylston, who were both wealthy men of Bos-
ton. (See Vinton Memorial, p. 310.) Capt. Hallowell occupied the mansion-house
still standing at the corner of Boylston and Austin Streets, on Jamaica Plain, near
Boston. At the breaking out of the Revolution, he adhered to the royal party ;
28 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
Eleazar Giles of Salem was not in this vessel in the year 1759 nor
1760. But he was " Pilott," and Thomas Giles was "son to the Pilott,"
of the same armed ship King George, under the same commander, from
April 10 to Oct. 22, 1762, being 28 weeks. The pay of Eleazar Giles
during this time was 100 shillings ($16.66) per month. This was
equal to one half the pay of the commander, Hallowell. The pay
of his son, Thomas Giles, and of the crew generally, was 53s. Ad.
($8.89) per month. There were 182 men in the ship, including officers.
[Mass. Archives.
This was the last year of the war, and the vessel was not in com-
mission afterwards.
The children of Eleazar 4 and Elizabeth (Smith) Giles, all b. in
Salem, were —
91. tEleazar, 5 b. Oct. 1744; m. Sarah Ellenwood of Beverly.
92. iThomas, 5 b. about 1745; m. Rhoda Lowell of Amesbury.
93. Benjamin, 5 b. ; unm. ; was killed in a naval battle in the Revolu-
tionary war, fought between a British vessel of superior force and a
privateer, of which his brother Eleazar was commander. See Eleazar.
94. Clark, 5 b. . He was of Salem ; went to Sweden during the Revolu-
tionary war; m. a wife there, whose christian name was said to be Elaca,
probably a native of that country ; and was killed on his passage home to
America. His widow, Elaca, lived a while in the family of his brother,
Capt. Eleazar Giles, in Beverly, who afterwards sent her back to her native
land.*
95. tElizabeth, 5 b. Feb. 1, 1750; m. Capt. Benjamin Ives of Salem.
96. tSamuel, 5 b. ; m. Mehitable (Hathorne) King.
97. Mary, 5 b. ; m. 1, John Lord. 2, Alexander Geddes, a native of
Scotland. They (Mr. and Mrs. Geddes) lived and died in what is now
Somcrville, then a part of Clnirlestown. They had two daughters and
a son.
49.
ELIZABETH GILES, 4 (Samuel, 3 Eleazar? Edward?) dan. of
Samuel 8 and Susanna (Palfrey) Giles of Salem; bap. Feb. 9, 1723-4;
m. 1736, Isaac Very, 4 b. July 30, 1715, son of Benjamin 3 and Jemima
(Newhall) Very of Salem. Benjamin 3 was a younger son of Samuel
Very, 2 who was b. in England about 1619, son of Bridget Very, 1 who
became the wife of EDWARD GILES. 1
Isaac Very was a corporal in His Majesty's service in the company
under the command of Col. Ichabod Plaisted, in the Expedition against
Crown Point, in 1756. [Mass. Archives.
went off in the British fleet with his family, and his estate was confiscated. He d.
in 1799, and his wife in 1795. After their death, the estate was recovered by a suit
in the United States Circuit Court, brought by their son, who had taken the name
of Ward Nicholas Boylston. It was found on the trial that the property belonged
to Mrs. Hallowell, and not to her husband; and her right to it had not been for-
feited. [Geneal. Reg., Vol. XII., p. 72.
* I find the following in one of the muster-rolls of the Revolution : —
Mark Giles of Salem was a private in Capt. Bowne's company in Col. Thomas
Gardner's regiment, 1775. [Mass. Archives.
I am strongly inclined to refer this record to Clark Giles in the text. I find no
Mark Giles in Salem about this time, and do not believe there was one of that name
there. So far as I know, the name Mark has never been borne by a descendant
of Edward Giles 1 of Salem ; though it has been common in the Dover branch.
Gardner's regiment fought at Bunker's Hill, near the close of the day, and did
good service in covering the retreat. Gardner was mortally wounded, and died
July 3.
FOURTH GENERATION. 29
Isaac Very and a Samuel Very, both of Salem, were privates in
Capt. John Taplin's (of Southboro') company, in Col. Jonathan Bag-
ley's regiment, in 1758. They enlisted May 2, and were discharged
Nov. 20. [Ibid.
Isaac Very of Salem, aged 43, enlisted April 6, 1759, in a regiment
commanded by Col. Ichabod Plaisted, to be under the orders of Gen.
Jeffery Amherst, for the invasion of Canada. He was also in the king's
service as a soldier from April 28 to Dec. 6, 1760. [Ibid.
Isaac Very d. at Sandy Hook, in the army, 1778. Elizabeth, his
wife, d. 1779.
Their children were —
98. James, 5 —
99. Elizabeth ,s
100. Hannah, 5
101. Daniel, 5 ; d. young.
102. tlsaae, 5 b. 1745; m. "l, Knapp. 2, Margaret Brown. 3, Rachel Jones,
4, Harwood.
103. Benjamin, 5 ; a revolutionary soldier; d. 1785.
104. Isaiah, 5
105. Sarah, 5 ; m. 1, Aberdeen. 2, Edward Smothers.
106. Jacob, 5 ; shipmaster; m. Elizabeth Clements. He d. 1797. Had,
Jacob, 5 Elizabeth, 6 Martha. 6
107. Samuel, 5 ; d. in infancy.
103. ISamuel, 5 b. 1755; m. I, Hannah Putney. 2, Lydia Clongh.
109. Daniel, 5 ; d. in some foreign land.
52.
THOMAS GILES, 4 {Samuel, 3 Eleazar, 2 Edward, 1 ) youngest son
of Samuel 3 and Susanna (Palfrey) Giles of Salem ; baptized Feb. 7,
1730-1; m. in Salem, Nov. 4, 1753, Mary Jennison,* b. about 1734,
only surviving dau. of Rev. William Jennison, 4 who had been pastor
of the East Church in Salem from 1728 to 1736, by his wife Abigail,
dau. of James Lindall, Esquire, a prosperous and wealthy merchant of
Salem. [Jennison 57.] In the record of the marriage, both of the
parties are declared to be " of Salem." After the death of her father,
1750, and perhaps from a previous date, it would appear that Mary
Jennison resided with her relatives, the Lindalls, in that place. It
appears, moreover, that she inherited some of the large property of her
said grandfather.
Thomas Giles resided, after his marriage, in South Danvers, and his
children were baptized in the church in that place. He was a " cabinet-
maker," a trade which he doubtless learned of his father.
His wife was, for those times, a well-educated woman, and possessed
great worth of character. She spent much time in instructing her
children ; and they were left chiefly to her care, the father being absent
in the service of his country. Samuel, her second son, in particular,
retained to the end of his long life a most vivid remembrance of her
and her early instructions.
Tradition reports that she and her husband commenced life in a style
above what they were able to support, and that they thus became
reduced in their worldly circumstances. If this were so, it may account
for the sale of their interest in a portion of her mother's estate so soon
after her decease.
30 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
I find but one deed on record, in which his name occurs, either as
grantor or grantee ; and that is the deed to which I have now made
allusion. I infer from this that he was not possessed of much worldly
property in his own right ; though his connection with so influential a
family as the Lindalls indicates a respectable position in society ; and
he had of course a life-estate in the property of his wife.
1765, June 25. Thomas Giles, now resident in Danvers, cabinet-
maker, and Mary his wife, formerly Mary Jenison, daughter of Abigail
Jenison, late of said Danvers, widow, deceased, intestate, for £5 5.4s.
lawful money, convey to Samuel Jenison of New-London, Connecticut,
merchant, all the interest of the said Thomas and Mary in the Real
Estate in Danvers, which the said Abigail Jenison left to them at her
death; particularly two third parts of 17 acres of woodland, also 3 J
acres of land in Danvers.* [Essex Deeds, 115 : 275.
There was other property, besides what was alienated by this deed,
which Mrs. Mary Giles inherited from the Lindall family, as appears
from the following petition to the Judge of Probate of Essex County,
dated Jan. 3, 1785 : —
" The petition of James Lindall Giles, Mary Giles, and Abigail Giles,
children of Mary Giles, late of Salem, deceased, humbly sheweth, that
Mary Giles, our late mother, died seized of some lands and other estate
in Salem aforesaid ; and prays that your Honor would grant unto our
elder brother Thomas Giles of Boston, a Letter of Administration," &c.
"Boston, Jan. 3, 1785. This may certify to whom it may concern,
that we the subscribers have often heard our two brothers Samuel
Giles and William Giles, who are absent, say, that it was their desire
that their elder brother Thomas Giles of Boston would take care and
transact all matters relating to what might be coming to them at the
decease of their and our mother, Mary Giles.
James Lindall Giles,
Mary Giles,
Witness — Abigail Giles.
William Sadler,
Sally Atwood.
Besides the " lands and other estate in Salem aforesaid," there were
also lands in Danvers, which Mrs. Mary Giles inherited from the
Lindall family, as appears from the following alienation of them : —
1792, May 24. Thomas Giles of Gloucester and James Lindall
Giles of Salem, children of Mary Giles, late of Salem, deceased, for
£2. 8s. lawful money, paid by Nathaniel Nurse of Danvers, yeoman,
sell, convey, and forever quitclaim to him all their interest in a parcel
of land containing 12 acres, bounded S. on the county road, W. on land
of Nathaniel Nurse, N. on Benjamin Proctor, E. on land of Joseph
Newhall. [Essex Deeds, 165 : 204.
* Mrs. Abigail Jennison d. at Danvers, Jan. 1, 1765, x. 52. Samuel Jennison,
the grantee in the above deed, was her son, and brother of Mrs. Mary Giles. The
phrase, " Lawful money," came into use immediately after the redemption of the
old currency, in 1750, and was used to denote the new currency, resting on a specie
basis, which then followed. Six shillings and eight pence of this currency were by
law declared to be equivalent to an ounce of coined silver, or a French crown. The
phrase was retained till within the writer's recollection.
FOURTH GENERATION. 31
1792, June. Samuel Giles of Weathersfield, Vermont, and William
Giles and Mary Giles, late of Brookfield, Mass., and Abigail Giles,
lately living with the aforesaid Samuel Giles, for £2.8s., paid to each by
Nathaniel Nurse, sell, &c, the same 12 acres. [Ibid.
1793, April 15. James Lindall Giles, tailor, and Mary Giles,
spinster, both of Salem, for £5. 5s. lawful money, convey to Jonathan
Trask of Danvers, 3 £ acres of land in Dan vers. [Ibid, 155 : 228.
1793, June 8. Thomas Giles of Gloucester, sailmaker, and Mary
his wife, for £2. 17s. lawful money, convey to Jonathan Trask of Dan-
vers, all their interest in 3 £ acres of land in Danvers. [Ibid, 156 : 175.
I presume that the property thus described and thus alienated, by the
children of Mrs. Mary Giles, descended to her from her grandfather,
James Lindall. But she had other property in Danvers, bequeathed to
her by Mary Lindall, her aunt, as appears from the following document,
executed about a year after the death of her husband : —
1776, June 27. Mary Giles of Danvers, widow, conveys to her
brother William Jennison of Douglas, in the county of Worcester, one
quarter part of a farm in Danvers, the whole farm containing 85 acres,
"being the same farm which our aunt Mary Lindall, formerly of
Salem, lately of Charlestown, Mass., single-woman, deceased, devised to
Edward Goldstone Lutwyche, the said William Jennison, my brother
Samuel Jennison, and myself, to be equally divided," &c. [Ibid,
134 : 234.
I have gone thus largely into the matter of inheritance derived from
the Lindall family, because it is of importance in itself, and because the
descendants of Thomas and Mary (Jennison) Giles will be glad to see
thus fully illustrated a matter in which they have always felt a special
interest. I have heard it spoken of from my childhood ; and Lindall
has ever been with me a cherished name.
Thomas Giles 4 was a soldier in the " Old French War," the war
which resulted in the expulsion of the French from Canada, How
long he continued in this service, does not appear. I do not find his
name on any of the muster-rolls belonging to that period, preserved in
the Massachusetts Archives ; notwithstanding those rolls contain the
names of many men from Danvers, Salem, Beverly, and other towns
in that vicinity. I find the name of Joshua Saffbrd* of Danvers, an
apprentice (servant he is called) of Thomas Giles. But the name of
Thomas Giles, after the most careful search continued through several
days, I did not find, except in a doubtful case.J
* Joshua Saffbrd was a private, from April 3 to Nov. 20, 1758, in a company
of foot in His Majesty's service, under command of Capt. Andrew Fuller, in a
regiment of which Jonathan Bagley of Amesbury was colonel, raised by the
Province for the reduction of Canada. On the several rolls of Col. Bagley's regi-
ment, in 1758, were borne the names of 1,028 men. [Mass. Archives.
There were, not unfrequently, negroes and Indians in the companies raised by
the Province during this war. I found many rolls, belonging to the year 1758,
containing the names of negroes and Indians mingled with the names cf other
soldiers. This shows the extreme urgency of the times.
X The "Billeting Rolls" of this period contain the names of the soldiers who
were furnished with meals by the innholders in different parts of the country,
especially on the line of march to Canada, as the troops marched to the seat of war
32 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
What then ? Shall we conclude, in opposition to the positive assertion
of his son, that Thomas Giles did not serve his country at that great
crisis? We will rather attribute the deficiency to the well-known
imperfection of records ; a lesson we have been learning all along, in
these genealogical investigations. Public records do not, and cannot,
contain everything ; and many things which they ought to contain were
omitted through the carelessness of the recording officer.
Samuel Giles, second son of Thomas Giles,* stated that, so far as he
could recollect, he never saw his father till he (Samuel) was six years
old; that his father was a soldier in the "Old French War;" that he
suffered much while on the Canada frontier; and that in giving an
account, to his wii'e after his return, of his hardships and sufferings, he
could not refrain from tears ; which his little boy, Samuel, observing,
wondered at, not understanding why his father should weep, note that
he had got home.
In that great struggle, the colonies put forth their utmost strength.
On the issue hung their dearest interests. Massachusetts, in particular,
raised in one year, 1758, seven thousand men for the conquest of
Canada ; besides six hundred men maintained for coast and frontier
defence. The same Province also advanced, the same year, not less
than one million of dollars for the same purpose.* It is pleasant to
think that our ancestor, Thomas Giles, had a part in this struggle.
When the encroachments of the British ministry and parliament had
again put in peril all that our fathers held dear, and the colonies were
at length aroused to an armed resistance, Thomas Giles was among the
first who repaired to the Revolutionary standard. Though he had
passed the meridian of life, we find him in the host that beleaguered
the British forces in Boston, after the battle of Lexingtoi. On the
memorable seventeenth of June, 1775, he faced the myrmidons of
oppression on Bunker Hill. In that sanguinary fray, he fought with
undaunted courage ; and just as he was ready to fire away his last
cartridge, he was heard to exclaim, " Heaven direct the charge ! " The
Provincial troops on Bunker Hill, on that occasion, it is well known,
exhausted all their ammunition. The day after the battle, while trying
on some new clothing in a tailor's shop, he suddenly fell, and instantly
expired. This may have arisen from the fatigue and exhaustion of
the battle ; for it does not appear that he was wounded. The troops
suffered much from the heat of the weather, and an enforced absti-
nence from food, through the day, as well as from the severity of the
encounter.J
and returned. The uniform charge is sixpence a meal for each man. The account
was made out, and paid hy the Province.
In " an account for billeting men on their return from the army, by Thomas
Adams, Cambridge, Dec. 20, 1758," appears the name of Thomas Giles, " 2 meals,"
who is said to be one of " Capt. Gorges men," that is, one of the company of Capt.
Samuel George, "in Col. Bagley's Regm*." Capt. George's company were from
Amesbury and vicinity. Col. Bagley's regiment, we know, had men from Salem,
Beverly, &c. But as the name of the soldier above mentioned is elsewhere given
as Thomas Gibbs, there may be room for doubt whether Thomas Giles of Danvers
is meant. [Mass. Archives, Vol. VII., 1758-1760.
* Holmes's American Annals. Hildrcth's History of the United States.
J Here, again, the records fail us ; for after repeated and most careful search
FOURTH GENERATION. 3^
Thomas Giles died, therefore, June 18, 1775, a?. 45.
Mrs. Mary Giles, his widow, d. at Salem, her home, after the death
of her husband, in the month of November, 1784.
The children of Thomas 4 and Mary (Jennison) Giles, all baptized in
the church at South Danvers, were —
110. tThomas, 5 b. Oct. 6, 1754; m. Mary Soper Marshall, 1780.
111. tMary, 5 bap. Feb. 1, 1756; m. Solomon Stevens.
112. tSamuel, 5 b. April 6, 1757 ; m. Laurana Holmes, 1783.
113. Abigail, 5 bap. Jan. 21, 1759; d. young.
114. Elizabeth, 5 bap. Nov. 2, 1760; d. young.
115. tWilliam, 5 bap. Feb. 28, 1762; m. .
116. tJames Lindall, 5 bap. March 30, 1766; m. 1, Anna Page. 2, Martha
Bellamy.
117. tAbigail, 5 bap. May 7, 1769; m. 1, Robert Watson. 2, Adna Bates.
54.
SAMUEL GILES, 4 (Eleazar, 3 Eleazar? Edward, 1 ) eldest son of
Eleazar 3 and Elizabeth Giles of Hopkinton ; bap. Dec. 20, 1724 ; m.
Sept, 20, 1749, Mary Axtell of Grafton.
"We know but little respecting him. He continued to reside in
Hopkinton till the year 1762; and not long afterwards seems to have
moved away ; as the whole family did about that time.
Samuel Giles of Hopkinton was a private in the company of foot
of the Province troops in His Majesty's service, under the command of
Capt. Aaron Fay, in a regiment raised for the reduction of Canada,
whereof Ebenezer Nichols was colonel. He enlisted March 29, 1758,
and was in the service till Nov. 10, 1758. Pay £l.l6s.==6 dolls, per
month. [Mass. Archives.
Samuel Giles of Hopkinton, aged 30, enlisted April 6, 1759, in a
regiment commanded by Col. John Jones, for the invasion of Canada.
among the muster-rolls and pay-rolls of 1775, the name of Thomas Giles 4 is not to
be found. We find his son Thomas's name, but not his.
The proof of what is affirmed in the text is, however, entirely satisfactory. His
son Samuel often stated that his father was in the battle of Bunker Hill, and that
he died in the manner above described. This statement was introduced into the
sermon preached at the son's funeral, by Rev. Dr. Yale of Kingsborough, and has
never been doubted. Uea. Samuel Giles was accustomed to speak of it as a well-
ascertained fact. He further stated that once, when on a journey, in a sleigh with
a pair of horses, probably in the winter of 1800, to Gloucester, Mass., to visit his
friends, and passing through New Hampshire, he (Samuel) called at a blacksmith's
shop to have some repairs made, or it may be, to get a horse shod ; when a man
who accompanied him called him by name. At the sound of it, the blacksmith
started, and inquired if he were related to Thomas Giles. " That was my father's
name," replied Samuel. The blacksmith then said, he stood by his side in the
battle of Bunker Hill, and as he raised his piece to discharge it for the last time, he
exclaimed, "Heaven direct the charge !"
The time and manner of his death were doubtless well known to his family ; and
a mistake here is hardly possible.
As no other engagement of the Revolution possesses so deep and peculiar an
interest as that of Bunker Hill, so no other engagement is involved in so much
obscurity, and has occasioned so much controversy. The American forces had not
then been thoroughly organized ; the muster-rolls are very imperfect ; the orderlv
books were not well kept. Even the order book of General Ward notices the
engagement in a very negligent, cursory manner. It has always been extremely
difficult to ascertain who were there, and who were not. Exact order and discipline
were not observed ; men fought when and where they pleased. It has even been a
question warmly debated, Who was the commander of the American troops on that
memorable day "? Whether in fact they had any commander 1
o
34 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
It appears from a muster-roll, made out in the autumn of 1759, that
Samuel Giles " never joined" the company into which he enlisted in
April of that year; which was that of Capt John Nixon. [Ibid.
His children were* —
118. Mary, 5 bap. Sept 1, 1751.
119. Elizabeth, 5 .
120 Abigail, 5 bap. Oct. 31, 1756.
121. Joseph, 5 bap. Feb. 4, 1759.
122. John, 5 bap. Jan. 3, 1762.
57.
JOHN GILES, 4 (Eleazar? Eleazar, 2 Edward, 1 ) brother of the pro-
ceding; b. in Hopkinton, about 1732; m. Jane Learned of Hopkin-
ton, Feb. 28, 1758. He died not long after, and his widow Jane m.
Amos Newton of Southboro', July 22, 1762.
1755. John Giles hired George Stimson as his substitute to go to
" Crown Point."
1757. Eleazar Giles was corporal, and John Giles a private, in the
" West company in Hopkinton," under the command of Capt. John
Jones, as per return dated March 23, 1757.
1759, July 29. John Giles and his wife "owned the covenant," and
their child, Elizabeth, was baptized.
John Giles probably d. about 17 GO. We find only one child of his
recorded, viz : —
123. Elizabeth, 5 born March 27, 1759.
59.
EBENEZER GILES, 4 (Eleazar, 3 Eleazar, 2 Edward, 1 ) brother of
the preceding; bap. in Hopkinton, Aug. 28, 1737; m. Esther .
* We are left in the dark touching the subsequent history of this family. It is
not improbable that they removed to some place in the county of Berkshire. I find
that Samuel Giles was in a company of militia from the county of Berkshire, who
inarched to reinforce Gen. Stark. The service continued from Oct. 1 1 to Oct. 28,
1781. [Mass. Archives.
I assign to this place, as its most probable location, the following piece of infor-
mation : —
A few years ago, as my cousin Lucy Giles, wife of my cousin Eben Giles, [441 1
was returning from the West, and passing through Michigan, a blind lady, accom-
panied by a little girl, entered the car in which she was travelling. Lucy, observing
the name Giles on this lady's bundle or other packet, and having her curiosity thus
excited, inquired if that was her name. Receiving an affirmative answer, some
further conversation followed. After Lucy's return, some correspondence ensued.
At length a letter was received from this lady's brother, Mr. Orson Spicer Giles, of
Ann Arbor, Michigan, who says that his grandfather, JOSEPH GILES, removed
from Massachusetts to Marlborough, Vt., soon after the commencement [qu. close?)
of the Revolutionary war ; that he had three children, Joseph, Lydia, and
Robert ; that Robert m. Diana Spicer, and moved to Franklin Co., in Mass.,
where his son, Orson Spicer Giles, was born; he then removed to Addison County,
Vt., where he had Robert, in 1809, and Daphne Smith, Oct. 3, 1812. This last 'is
the blind lady above mentioned. She has been blind since she was fourteen years
old ; spent two years in the New York Institution for the Blind ; has supported
herself by writing and selling books. This was her business at the time when she
and Lucy Giles met in the cars. In the autumn of 1857, she was married to John
Jenkins, and has gone to reside in Minnesota.
Joseph Giles, her grandfather, was probably b. 1759, son of Samuel 4 and Mary
(Axtell) Giles.
FOURTH GENERATION. 35
She was a truly religious woman, and consecrated all her children to
God in baptism.
His mother, widow of Eleazar Giles, was married to Benjamin
Brooks of Townsend, Oct. 20, 1749, and took her three youngest chil-
dren with her, viz., Ebenezer, James, and Joseph. Or, if they did not
go then, they went shortly after, for we find them in Townsend in 1757,
when Isaac Farrar of that town was appointed their guardian.
1759. Ebenezer Giles of Townsend was drafted out of Capt. John
Stevens' company. [Mass. Archives.
Ebenezer Giles spent the remainder of his days in Townsend. The
time of his death does not appear. All his children, save John, re-
moved to Pawlet, Vt.
I have found no conveyance of land to him.
The children of Ebenezer and Esther Giles, b. in Townsend, were —
124. tEbenezer, 5 b. Aug. 14, 1759 ; m. 1, Melvin of Concord. 2, Abigail
Clark of Concord.
125. Elizabeth, 5 b. Feb. 6, 1761; m. Jeremiah Baldwin of Townsend. They
removed to Pawlet, Vt. About 1810, they removed to Pompfort, now
called Dunkirk, N. Y. She had many children, and died about 1826.
126. tJohn, 5 b. Nov. 4, 1762; m. I, Susan Baldwin. 2, Mary Adams.
127. tSarah, 5 b. March 8, 1766 ; m. James Pratt of Pawlet, Vt.
128. Esther, 5 b. June 16, 1769; m. Abijah Munroe of Concord. Soon after
they removed to Pawlet, Vt., where they lived several years, and had a
large family. In 1812, they removed to Fredonia, N. Y., where she d.
about 1848.
129. Rachel, 5 b. Feb. 2, 1771 ; m. John Conant of Concord. She had several
children and d. in Pawlet, Vt., not far from 1820.
130. Joel, 5 b. Nov. 13, 1776; m. . Lived in Pawlet, Vt. Removed to
Ashtabula Co., Ohio, about 1810, and d. there about 1858. The latter
part of his life he was a Baptist preacher and was much respected.
131. Hannah, 5 b. Aug. 11, 1778; m. Jesse Munroe, from Lyme, Ct. They
lived in Pawlet, Vt. They afterwards removed to Poultney, Vt., where
she d. in 1860.
Two others died in infancy, names unknown. a a /i q; o C. Q
60.
JAMES GILES, 4 (Eleazar, 3 JSleazar,' Udioard, 1 ) brother of the
preceding, born in Hopkinton, July 19, 1740; m. Dec. 8, 1763, Eliza-
beth Green, b. April 2, 1742, dau. of Isaac and Martha Green of
Groton.
He was a "yeoman," as all his brothers seem to have been. He
came from Hopkinton to Townsend, with his mother, probably about
1750, and resided there till after the Revolutionary war, when he
seems to have moved away. The place to which he moved is not
ascertained.
In 1763, however, we find him at Lunenburg, an adjoining town.
1763, Sept. 12. Josiah Willard of Winchester, N. H, Esquire, and
Hannah his wife ; Benjamin Bellows of Walpole, N. II., Esquire, and
Mary his wife; Oliver Farwell of Merrimack, N. H., yeoman, and
Abigail his wife ; Rebecca Blanchard of Dunstable, widow ; and Ruth
Stearns of Lunenburg, widow,* for £30 lawful money, sell to James
* These five ladies were all sisters, and daughters of Major Jonathan Hubbard
of Groton, afterwards of Townsend, where he died, April 7, 1761. Josiah Willard
was Colonel Willard, formerly of Lunenburg. His son Josiah m. Mary Jennison,
[Jennison 76]. Benjamin Bellows was Colonel Bellows of Walpole, N. H. [See
36 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
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. [Midd. Deeds, 72 : 223.
1764, June 6. Jonathan Goss of Townsend, husbandman, for £20,
sells to James Giles of Townsend, a piece of land [area not stated] in
Townsend, bounded E. on land of said James Giles, S. on Daniel
Sherwin, W. on Abraham Clark, N. on the highway. [Ibid, 72 : 224.
17G8, Jan. 8. Jonas Minot of Concord, for £20, sells to James Giles
of Townsend, 70 acres of land on Bayberry Hill in Townsend. [Ibid,
72 : 224.
1769, Dec. 4. Daniel Farwell, for £4, sells to James Giles of
Townsend, 15 acres of land in Townsend, on the south side of Squani-
cook river. [Ibid, 72 : 225.
17G9, Dec. 7. James Giles of Townsend, and Elizabeth his wife,
for £12, sell to Nowell Dodge of Townsend, 40 acres in Townsend, on
the east side of Bayberry Hill. [Ibid, 74 : 490.
1773,' April 22. John Page of Groton, yeoman, and Martha his
wife, for £350, convey to James Giles of Townsend, yeoman, three
parcels of land in Groton, containing in all 105 acres, with the buildings
thereon. [Ibid, 74 : 352.
1774, April 26. This last purchase was conveyed by James Giles,
for £286, to Benjamin Bancroft, Jim--. [Ibid, 76:192.
James Giles of Townsend was one of a party of thirteen men, who
marched to Cambridge upon the " Lexington alarm," under the com-
mand of Lieut. Daniel Sherwin, in Col. James Prescott's regiment.
[Mass. Archives.] James Giles d. in Townsend about 1817. His
wife Elizabeth d. not long before.
The children of James 4 and Elizabeth (Green) Giles, b. in Town-
send, were —
132. Mary, 5 b. April 4, 1765; m. Stephen Warren.
133. James, 5 b. Feb. 3, 1767 ; m. Lvdia Russell, March 23, 1789.
134. Isaac, 5 b. Feb. 19, 1769; m. Jenny Wallis, Sept. 5, 1794.
135. Elizabeth, 5 b. April 5, 1771; m. Jonathan Shattuck, Sept. 19, 1793. He
was b. in Pepperell, Nov. 9, 1771 ; and was still residing there, as a mil-
ler and farmer, in 1854. She d. June 8, 1841, a. 70 yrs. 2 mos. 3 days.
They had nine children, of whom seven were married and had families.
A full account of them, and of Mr. Shattuck's pedigree and connections,
may be found in that excellent work, The Shattuck Memorial, by Lem-
uel Shattuck of Boston, pp. 291, 292.
136. Martha, 5 b. Dec. 19, 1774; m. Francis Butterfield, Nov. 1798.
137. Abigail, 5 b. Jan. 30, 1776; m. Uriah Searle, April 27, 1800. They lived
in Charlestown, N. H.
138. Susanna, 5 b. April 19, 1778; m. Jacob Russell, Oct. 1800.
139. Luther, 5 b. June 19, 1780 ; m. Eliza Harris, (?) April 22, .
140. tNehemiah, 5 b. July 1, 1783; m. Mary Cowdin, Jan. 10, 1809.
61.
JOSEPH GILES, 4 (Eleazar, 3 Eleazar? Edward, 1 ) brother of the
preceding; bap. Oct. 16, 1743; m. Mary .
He came from Hopkinton to Townsend, with his mother and brothers,
Jennison 21]. Rebecca Blanchard was widow of Col. Joseph Blanchard of Dun-
stable. Ruth Stearns was widow of Rev. David Stearns of Lunenburg. [Bond's
Watertown Genealogies, p. 797.
FOURTH GENERATION. 37
and settled there. About 1785, he moved to New Ipswich, N. II.,
where he bought a farm, and where he probably resided the remainder
of his days.
1769, Nov. 1. David Sloan of Townsend, and Lydia his wife, for
£13.6.0, sell to Joseph Giles of Townsend, yeoman, five acres of land
in Townsend. [Here was a house-lot, but no buildings on it.] [Midd.
Deeds, 71 : 406.
1785, March 14. Joseph Giles of Townsend, yeoman, and Mary his
wife, for £133.6.8, sell to Isaac Mulliken of Townsend, physician, 40
acres of land in Townsend. [Ibid, 89 : 377.
Joseph Giles of Townshend, marched as one of a party of men, on
the "Lexington alarm," to Cambridge, April, 1775; and "continued
in the service till [the party was] ordered back to take care of the
tories in said Townshend." [Mass. Archives.
The children of Joseph and Mary Giles, so far as appears from the
records of Townsend, were —
141. Joseph, 5 b. April 8, 1773.
142. Rebecca, 5 b. June 26, 1775 ; or Tlebena. (?)
143. Daniel, 5 b May 18, 1778; d. 1813, in New Ipswich, N. H. See History
of New Ipswich, p. 277.
144. Polly, 5 b. Jan. 6, 1781.
145. Noah, 5 b. March 10, 1783.
62.
JOHN GILES, 4 (John, 3 John,' Edward, 1 ) eldest son of John 3 and
Abigail (Raymond) Giles of " Salem Village," now North Danvers ; b.
there, Jan. 21, 1695-6; m. 1, March 27, 1718, Susanna Hall, b.
Aug. 30, 1696, dau. of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Cutter) Hall of Med-
ford. She d. in Medford, May 21, 1754. 2, Nov. 25, 1756, Lydia
Atwood of Woburn. She was probably widow of John Atwood.
Like his father, he was a " cordwainer ;" though, like him also, an
owner and cultivator of the soil. He lived in Medford from the time
of his marriage, 1718, until a little while before his father's death, in
1731, when he returned to "Salem Village," where he resided till the
sale of his property in 1746. He then seems to have returned to Med-
ford, where he resided, at least till his second marriage, in 1756. His
last days appear to have been spent in Woburn, where he died Jan. 20,
1761, and was buried in the Old Cemetery in that place. [Gravestone.
He and his wife Susanna removed their relation from the church in
Medford, and were "propounded for communion by letter of dismission
from [said church to the church in Salem Village] May 2, 1731."
[Records of Church in North Danvers.
He was administrator, 1731, oh the estate of his father. [Essex
Prob.. 19 : 13.
1731, Nov. 15. John Giles of Salem, administrator on the estate of
John Giles, late of Salem, deceased, for £32, conveys four acres of land
in Salem to Benjamin Towne of Topsfield. [Essex Deeds, 60 : 12.
1731, Nov. 16. Benjamin Towne of Topsfield, and Susanna his
wife, for £33, convey the same four acres of land to John Giles of Sa-
lem, cordwainer. [Ibid, 60 : 33.
1732, Sept. 2. Benjamin Towne of Topsfield, and Susanna his wife,
for £48, convey to John Giles of Salem, cordwainer, 3£ acres of land
38 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
in Salem, in two parcels; the first parcel being the two acres which
John Giles, deceased, bought of Samuel Parris, July 2, 1700. [Ibid,
60 : 218.
1746, March 31. John Giles of Salem, cordwainer, and Susanna his
wife, for £620, old tenor, convey to Solomon Putnam of Salem, black-
smith, my now dwelling-house and three acres of land in Salem, adjoin-
ing the same; also 13 acres of land in Salem. [Ibid, 88 : 99.
The sum here received was equivalent to about 370 silver dollars.
We think he did not reside in ''Salem Village" after this. We find
in Medford a record of his daughter's death, in 1750, of his wife's
death, in 1754, and of his second marriage, in 1756.
The children of John 4 and Susanna Giles were —
146. Susanna, 5 b. in Medford, Jan. 26, 1718-19 ; d. there nnra. June 20, 1750.
147. John, 5 b. in Medford, June 27, 1721 ; d. there, July 2, 1747, "the first of
the nervous fever which swept many away." [Medford Records.] I
suppose he was the father of —
148. John, e b. perhaps 1742; m. Margaret Masury of Danvers, Feb.
15, 1763. He resided in North Danvers, and had —
149. Margaret, 7 bap. Sept. 30, 1764.
150. John"/ bap. Oct. 14, 1764. (?)
151. Abigail, 5 b. in Medford, Au<j. 19, 1723. Did she die young or was she of
Gloucester, "spinster," in 1764? [Essex Deeds, 116*: 54.] See No. 160^.
152. Samuel, 5 b. in Medford, June 30, 1726; m. Jan. 31, 1754, Abigail Hall, b.
Aug. 10, 1733, dau. of Edward and Abigail Hall of Medford. He was
a tailor in Medford; sold half a house there, Dec. 17, 1753, to Aaron
Blanchard of Medford. [Midd. Deeds, 54 : 231.] Samuel and Abigail
Giles were the parents of —
152^. Abigail, 6 b. in Medford, April 20, 1756.
153. Edward, 5 b. in Medford, March 2, 1729; m. Dec. 12, 1751, Hannah Skin-
ner, dau. of Thomas Skinner of Charlestown.
He was a brickmaker of Medford ; failed in business there; an Exe-
cution against him for £82.5.10. on a debt due to Jeremiah Page of
Danvers, was levied July 1, 1754. [Midd. Deeds, 53 : 81.] Shortly
after, we find him in Providence, R I. April 4, 1755, Edward Giles of
Providence, R I., brickmaker, and Hannah his wife, for 40 dollars, sell
to John Bishop of Medford, brickmaker, eleven rods of land in Medford.
[Ibid, 53 : 194.] At length, we rind him at Windsor, Ct. Jan. 31, 1774,
Edward Giles of Winsor, Ct., for £50, sells to John Bishop of Medford,
merchant, all my right in the estate of my uncle, Nathaniel Hall, late of
Medford, veoman, deceased. [Ibid, 75 : 381.] Nathaniel Hall d. at Med-
ford, Sept. 22, 1773, a. 79.
The children of Edward and Hannah Giles were —
153^. Susanna, 6 b. in Medford, Mav 28, 1752.
154T Hannah, 6 b. in Medford, March 18, 1754.
155. Mary, 6 b. in Windsor, Ct., April 15, 1760; m. Jan. 5, 1783, Dea.
Joseph Nash of Charlemont, Mass., b. March 3, 1760, son of
Joseph Nash of Wintonhury, now Bloomrield, Ct., and grand-
son of Moses Nash of West Hartford, Ct. She d. Sept. 22,
1813. Dea. Joseph Nash d. in Charlemont, April 8, 1834.
[Nash Genealogy
156. William, 5 bap. in North Danvers, March 21, 1730-1. 1774, Jan. 6, William
Giles of East Greenwich, R. I., shipwright, [a trade much practised at
Medford, where he had doubtless previously resided,] for £33, [SI 10,]
conveys to John Bishop of Medford, merchant, all my right in the estate
of my uncle Nathaniel Hall, late of Medford, &c. He speaks of " my
brother Edward Giles," who executed a similar conveyance about the
same time. [Midd. Deeds, 75 : 185.
157. Bartholomew, 5 bap. in North Danvers, June 9, 1733. He was of Boston,
and a "matross" [or common artilleryman] in a company of artillery in
His Majesty's service, under the command of Col. Richard Gridley, in
FOURTH GENERATION. 39
1756. | Mass. Archives.] Bartholomew Giles of Boston enlisted April
14, 1758, as a private, in Capt. Jonathan Brown's company of foot, in
Col. William Williams's regiment, raised by the Province of Mass. Bav
for the reduction of Canada. He was at Lake George, and served till
Nov. 11, 1758. [Ibid.
158. Jonathan, 5 b. about 1735;* m. Elizabeth Twist of Danvers, April 26,
1757. He was a " fisherman ;" he bought a house and land in Danvers,
Dec. 11, 1759. [Essex Deeds, 123 : 176.] He enlisted March 17, 1757,
as a private in the company commanded by Capt. John Tapley, in the
king's service, raised by the Province of Mass. Bay ; continued in the
service till Nov. 17, 1757. [Mass. Archives.] Perhaps he removed to
the western part of Massachusetts ; for Jonathan Giles was in a company
of militia from the county of Berkshire, who marched on an alarm to
the northern frontier, 1780. [Ibid.
159. Nathaniel, 5 bap. in North Danvers, Oct. 3, 1736.
160. Martha, 5 b. about 1738 ;* m. Ichabod Southwick of Danvers, Dec. 4, 1757.
160^. Abigail, 5 bap. in North Danvers, March 21, 1741-2. See No. 151.
72.
ELEAZAR GILES, 4 (Eleazar, 3 John, 2 Edward, 1 ) eldest son of
Eleazar* and Lydia (Grover) Giles of Beverly; b. there, Oct. 18, 1704;
m. 1730, Rebecca Chapman of Beverly, published Oct. 25, 1730.
Like his father, he was a " wheelwright ;" like him, too, he spent his
life, except the last two years, in Beverly.
1729-30, Feb. 14. Thomas Hardee, 3d, of Bradford, and Hannah
his wife, for .£171, sell to Eleazar Giles, Jun r , wheelwright, a dwelling-
house and two acres of land in Beverly, bounded E. on land of Eleazar
Giles, Senior, S. on the highway ,W. on the Training field. The Train-
ing field here doubtless means the common. [Essex Deeds, 52 : 146.
Eleazar Giles of Beverly was a private in a company of fifty men.
including officers, enlisted in Beverly, 1744, for the Expedition against
Louisburg. [Mass. Archives.
According to Col. Hale's MS., (see p. 24, note,) he d. at Louisburg
in 1746. The date is not more fully given.
Dying intestate, administration was taken on his estate, April 4,
1757. [Essex Prob., 34 : 144.
His widow Rebecca m. Benjamin Roundy of Beverly, 1748. They
were published, May 8, 1748.
The children of Eleazar and Rebecca Giles were —
Rebecca, 5 b. Nov. 5, 1734 ; m. 1752, Dea. Caleb WallisJ of Beverly; pub-
lished Oct. 22,17 52, He d. very suddenly, Feb. 9, 1780, a. 53. Shed.
Sept. 25, 1796, a. 62.
162. Lydia, 5 b. Nov. 25, 1736; m. William Curtis of Danvers, published Dec.
3, 1753.
162£. A child, 5 b. ; d. July, 1743. [Col. Hale's MS.
*I have placed Jonathan and Martha in the above list because I find them re-
corded as of Danvers at the time of their marriage ; and I can think of no other
man who could be their father.
In taking leave of Danvers, I would say that the only two names of persons be-
longing to the Giles family found on the Town Records there, are stated to be the
following :
Benjamin Giles m. 1810, to Huldah Southwick. No children,
Charles Giles ra. 1842, .
I know not their line of descent, and put them here because I know not their
proper place.
\ He was a descendant of Nathaniel Wallis, who was born in Cornwall, Eng., in
1732 ; settled in Casco ; was driven away by the Indians, 1675 ; came to Beverly,
where he died, Oct. 18, 1709, a 77. See a subsequent page in this Memoir.
161.
40 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
74.
JOHN GILES, 4 (Eleazar? John, 2 Edward, 1 ) brother of the pre-
ceding; b. in Beverly, April 24, 1711: m. Martha Pitman of Bev-
erly, Sept. 25, 1730.
Like his father and elder brother, he was a " wheelwright."
1742, Nov. 1G. John Giles of Beverly, wheelwright, and Martha
his wife, for £65 in Bills of the Old Tenor, convey land in Beverly,
partly bounded on land lately belonging to his father Eleazar Giles,
also a house. [Essex Deeds, 82 : 1 66.
The consideration for which this property was sold being so small,
only a little over 50 dollars of "hard money" — worth then, it is true,
four times its present worth — that we deem the seller to have been not
in prosperous circumstances.
The children of John and Martha Giles were —
163. Sarah, 5 b. June 18, 1731 ; d. in 1733.
163£. A child, 5 b. in 1733; d. in 1737.
164. John, 5 b. Sept. 12, 1735; d. in 1737.
164^. Sarah, 5 b. Feb. 27, 1737-8; d. in 1737.
Col. Hale's MS. (see p. 24, note,) states that John Giles lost four
children, one in 1733, and three in 1737. These three probably died of
the throat-distemper, which committed great ravages about 1737 in New
England, carrying off great numbers of children, even whole families ;
which was doubtless the fact in this instance.
76.
SAMUEL GILES, 4 (Eleazar, 9 John, 2 Edward, 1 ) brother of the
preceding; b. in Beverly, Feb. 12, 1716-17; m. 1747, Eunice Her-
rick, b. June, 1718; jmblished, Nov. 23, 1747. She d. Dec. 20, 1799,
a. 81 yrs. 6 mos.
He lived in Beverly ; probably spent his days there.
I find no further record, except of his children.
The children of Samuel and Eunice Giles, b. in Beverly, were —
165. Eunice, 5 b. Jan. 16, 1748.
166. ISamuel, 5 b. Dec. 18, 1750. A Revolutionary soldier.
167. tHenrv, 5 b. Feb. 14, 1753. A Revolutionary soldier.
168. Susanna, 5 b. Oct. 30, 1756; d. Aug. 1758.
78.
JAMES GILES, 4 (Eleazar, 3 John, 2 Edward, 1 ) brother of the pre-
ceding; b. in Beverly, April 8, 1723; m. Nov. 16, 1749, Hannah
Thompson of Chebacco parish in Ipswich, now the town of Essex.
He was a "joiner;" lived and died in Beverly.
1745-6, Feb. 18. Bartholomew Brown of Beverly, and Lydia his
wife, for £50, convey a house, shop, and 12 poles of land adjoining,
situated in Beverly, to James Giles, joyner, and Edmund Giles, cooper,
both of Beverly, in equal proportions. [Essex Deeds, 87 : 213.
This Bartholomew Brown was the husband of James Giles's sister
Lydia,
1751, May 6. James Giles of Beverly, joiner, and Hannah his wife,
convey to Edmund Giles of Beverly, cooper, his part of the purchase
made Feb. 18, 1745-6. [Ibid, 96 : 138.
FOURTH GENERATION. 41
James Giles of Beverly was a private soldier in the king's service,
in the company of Capt. Stephen Whipple of Ipswich, in the regiment
of Col. Jonathan Bagley of Amesbury, from May 2 to Nov. 10, 1758 ;
a regiment "raised by the Province for the reduction of Canada." He
was in the Expedition against Canada and at Lake George. Wages
£1.16.0=6 dollars per month. On the several rolls of Col. Bagley's
regiment are borne the names of 1028 men. [Mass. Archives.
James Giles of Beverly, aged 36, enlisted in His Majesty's service,
March 23, 1759, in a company commanded by Capt. Andrew Giddings.
He continued in the service till Nov. 8, 1759, at £1.16 per month. [Ibid.
He was also a private in Capt. Giddings's Co. in Col. Bagley's regi-
ment, in the king's service at Louisburg, when discharged, Jan. 12,
1761. [Ibid.
He died April 14, 1764.
The children of James and Hannah Giles, b. in Beverly, were —
169. James, 5 b. Aug. 23, 1750: d. April 13, 1752.
170. Hannah, 5 b. Aug. 7, 1753; m. David Raymond.
171. Mary, 5 b. April 7, 1755; d. Feb. 1756.
172. Elizabeth, 5 b. Sept. 10, 1763.
79.
Capt. EDMUND GILES, 4 (Eleazar? John, 2 Edward, 1 ) youngest
son of Eleazar 3 and Lydia (Grover) Giles of Beverly; b. there, Aug.
22, 1725 ; m. July 9, 1744, Esther Ellingwood, b. Jan. 29, 1721-2,
dau. of Ralph and Sarah Ellingwood, and grand dau. of Ralph Elling-
wood, all of Beverly.*
He lived and died in Beverly. He was a "cooper," and also a "mar-
iner," as appears by conveyances of land in which his name is mentioned.
He was master of a schooner in 1768, owned by Jonathan Ropes. He
bought land in Beverly in 1763 and 1769, also in 1774. [Essex Deeds,
114 : 230, and 127 : 18, and 134 : 143.
He died, intestate, about 1786; as appears from a deed dated June
22, 1787, wherein Edmund Giles of Beverly, cooper, adm r . of the es-
tate of his father Edmund Giles of Beverly, cooper, deceased intestate,
sells to George Cabot, Esquire, of Beverly, 2 acres 95 poles, of his
said father's land. [Essex Deeds, 148 : 39.
The children of Edmund and Esther Giles, b. in Beverly, were —
173. Ebenezer, 5 b. Aug. 17, 1744; was living in Salem or vicinity, Jan. 1787.J
174. Edmund, 5 b. Oct. 6, 1746; d. Aug. 17, 1747.
175. Esther, 5 b. May 11, 1752; m. Thomas Sanders, baker, of Salem. She
was a widow, 1797.
176. Edmund, 5 b. Feb. 7, 1756; d. July 29, 1759.
177. tEdmund, 5 b. May 10, 1762; m. Sarah Smith of Beverlv.
178. Sarah, 5 b. Aug. 21, 1766: m. Hugh Pike, blacksmith", of Beverly. She
was a widow, 1796.
* He was doubtless a grandson of Ralph Ellingwood, who embarked at London
in the Truclove, Sept. 1635, as Ralph Elhvood, a. 28. He was of Salem, 1637, (the
part now Beverly,) and was one of' the founders of the church in Beverly, 1667.
The name is also written EUenwood.
% He signed a receipt for six barrels of flour had of Elias Hasket Derby, Salem,
Jan. 13, 1787. Possibly the signer of the receipt was Ebenezer Giles.[185J
42 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
Jfiftlj <&tntx<xtittxi.
90.
SAMUEL GILES, 5 (Samuel, 4 James, 3 Eleazar? Edward, 1 ) supposed
to be the son of Samuel Giles 4 of Marblehead, by his wife Lydia
Decoster; b. there about 1763; m. 1784, Elizabeth Reitii.
I think I do not err in inserting this individual in this place, with the
parentage preceding, and the progeny following; yet the case is not
Avholly free from uncertainty. I find the records quoted below ; and I
think there is a very strong probability that the father of the family
whose names follow, was the son of Samuel and Lydia (Decoster) Giles
of Marblehead ; though the records fail here. The residence and simi-
larity of names favor the supposition. There are two Samuels and two
Lydias, and an Alice, among the children. Compare this with the
supposed grandfather's family.
Samuel Giles was a fisherman, and lived in Marblehead.
Jan. 15, 1701. Samuel Giles of Marblehead, mariner, buys a house.
[Essex Deeds, 153 : 5.
May 28, 1704. Samuel Giles of Marblehead, fisherman, and Eliza-
beth his wife, for £10, sell to John Jarvis of Marblehead, fisherman,
one moiety or half part of the northwest end of a certain dwelling-
house, situate at the southwest part of Training-field Hill. [Ibid,
157 : 180.
Feb. 25, 1802. Benjamin T. Reed and William Reed of Marble-
head, merchants, for 180 dollars, convey land to Samuel Giles of
Marblehead, fisherman. [Ibid, 160 : 230.
The children of Samuel 3 and Elizabeth Giles were —
179. Samuel, 6 bap. , 1785; d. young.
180. Lvdia, 6 bap. , 1788; d. young.
181. Samuel, 6 bap. ,1791.
182. Betsev, 6 bap. , 1792.
183. Lvdia, 6 bap. , 1794.
184. Alice, 6 bap. , 1796.
91.
Capt. ELEAZAR GILES, 5 (Eleazar* Samuel, 3 Eleazar, 2 Edivard,')
eldest son of Eleazar* and Elizabeth (Smith) Giles of Salem ; b. in
Salem, the part now S. Danvers, Oct. 1744; m. March 0, 1768, Sarah
Ellenwood of Beverly. They were published Dec. 27, 1767.
He was a seafaring man ; a shipmaster ; a man of great personal
courage, determination, and energy. At the age of twenty-four, he
commanded a schooner belonging to Salem, and owned by John Prince
and Miles Ward, Junior.*
In the war of the Revolution, we find him for a time in command of
the private armed brig Saratoga, of Beverly, belonging to John and
Andrew Cabot. Thomas Giles of Salem, his brother, was a "lad" on
board of the same. The owners, in a certificate, say that neither these
* Dea. Miles Ward, Sen., d. at Salem, Aug. 20, 1764, a. 92. For his character,
see Geneal. Keg , Vol. X., p. 35. For Dr. John Prince, see Sabine's Loyalists.
FIFTH GENERATION. 43
nor the other fourteen men on board, whose names are given, have been,
within the preceding three years, in the service of the United States.
[Mass. Archives.] There is no date to the list of men, nor to the cer-
tificate ; but the Saratoga was doubtless fitted out after the surrender
of Burgoyne, Oct. 1777, which made the name so renowned.
"In 177G, Capt. Eleazar Giles sailed from Beverly in a brig of ten
guns, and soon after fell in with a fleet of merchantmen, laden with
stores, bound from Jamaica for London, four of which he succeeded in
capturing, viz., the ship Lucia, 400 tons; brigs . Alfred, Success, and
another, name unknown, of 300 tons each." Whether the vessel in
which he made this successful cruise was the brig Saratoga, Ave are not
informed. Perhaps it was ; and the small number of men on board, as
given in the certificate of the Messrs. Cabots, may have been all that
remained after manning the four captured vessels. If so, the success-
ful cruise must have been in 1778, or later. The account proceeds: —
" On another cruise, he was less successful. Falling in with a British
vessel, of equal or superior force, and relying on the boasted bravery
of a newly-shipped crew, he gave battle. Immediately upon the attack,
a portion of his men proved by their conduct that his confidence in their
bravery had been misplaced; and after a short, but sharp, engagement,
in which he was wounded, he was compelled to surrender, and was car-
ried into Halifax." [Stone's Hist, of Beverly, pp. 70, 71.
The battle with the British vessel is represented by his daughter,
who is still living, as having been very severe. His brothers Thomas
and Benjamin were killed, and his brother-in-law Benjamin Ives was
wounded. Capt. Giles himself was severely wounded in the leg, and
was obliged to have the limb amputated, twice in one day, below and
above the knee. This operation was performed at Halifax, by Dr.
Jeffries, who was then sojourning at Halifax, since of Boston, assisted
by the surgeon of the privateer, Dr. Elisha Whitney of Beverly. Mrs.
Wright says the privateer in which her father made this unfortunate
cruise, was the brig Saratoga of Beverly. A wooden leg supplied the
place of the original member, and he lived thirty years afterwards.
After the war, he went as master and owner of a brig, which was
built for him, and altered into a ship. It was called the Harriet, the
name of his then youngest daughter ; and was employed in the Liver-
pool trade. He was supposed to be the possessor of a large property ;
but dying abroad, his family were wronged out of it, and little or nothing
came to them.
His home was in Beverly. He was a warm and active politician.
1777, March 31. Isaac Kimball of Beverly, cordwainer, and Abi-
gail his wife, for £600, sell to Eleazar Giles of Beverly, mariner, a
dwelling-house and 30 poles of land in Beverly. [Essex Deeds,
135 : 50.
1794, Oct. 31. Eleazar Giles of Beverly, mariner, buys land in
Beverly. [Ibid, 163 : 84.
He adopted a young man of foreign birth, who afterwards bore the
name of Mark Giles. This young man resided in Beverly ; m. Judith
Haskell; and d. there, leaving a son Eleazar, b. Jan. 10, 1826, and a
dau. Martha. Eleazar Giles was Second Lieut, of the Beverly Light
Infantry, Co. E. in the Eighth Regiment of Mass. Volunteers, (three
months men,) in the campaign of 1861.
44 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
Capt. Eleazar Giles d. in Liverpool, in 1809. His funeral was
attended by a large number of friends, and people in good standing.
Rev. Elisba Williams, Baptist minister of Beverly, was administrator
on his estate.
The children of Capt. Eleazar and Sarah (Ellenwood) Giles were —
185. Ebenezer, 6 b. April 15, 1769; m. Hnnnah Woodbury of Beverly, about
1792. They had no children. He was a shipmaster, and lived in
Beverly many years. In declining life, he removed to Prospect, Me.,
where "he owned a place," and d. about 1842, a. 72.
186. Eleazar Bishop, 6 -b. March 16, 1771 ; d. in early childhood.
187. Elizabeth, 6 b. April 27, 1773; m. 1790, James Wright, a native of Scot-
land. They resided in Salem, and carried on the baking business some
years with good success. He d. July, 1825, a. 65. She is still living,
April, 1862, a widow, in her ninetieth year, an inmate of the almshouse
in Beverly. She is a religious woman ; her mind is very clear, and she
well recollects the scenes and transactions of her earlier years. She has
furnished, from memory, this account of her father's family; also the
account which this volume contains of the families of her grandfather
and of her uncle Thomas, including both names and most of the dates.
188. Eleazar, 6 b. Jan. 23, 1775; d. in infancy.
189. Eleazar, 6 b. Ecb. 23, 1777 ; d. May 21, 1779.
190. fBenjamin, 6 b. Feb. 23, 1779; m. Nancy Williams of Beverly.
191. Sarah, 6 b. Jan. 9, 1781 ; m. Oct. 2, 1798, John Lemon, a native of Ireland.
He was a cabinet-maker. They lived in Andover. In 1S52, both were
living, it was said, in Maiden. She d. in Andover, Sept. 18, 1853. Their
children were —
192. John James.
193. Eleazar Giles.
194. Hannah Giles.
195. Elizabeth.
196. Amelia.
197. Jane McKelvey.
203. Harriet, 6 b. Jan. 29, 1784; m. in Charlestown, Jan. 1S22, Capt. Benjamin
Russell of Salem, a shipmaster. She d. about 1836. Their children
were —
204. Thomas. 205. Harriet Elizabeth.
206. Eleazar, 6 b. Jan. 3, 1786; d. at his father's house, about 1803.
207. Amelia, 6 b. July 9, 1788 ; m. John Brown from Ossipee, N. H. They kept
a boardintr-house in Boston, about 1842. Their children were —
208. William. 212. Eleazar Giles.
209. George Edgar. 213. Harriet Amelia.
210. Moses Tho'rndike. 214. Charles Frederic.
211. John Francis.
92.
THOMAS GILES,* {Eleazar,* Samuel? Eleazar? Edward?) brother
of the preceding; b. about 1745 ; m. Kiioda Lowell, who came from
Amesbury.
He lived in Salem ; was a seafaring man ; was with his brother
Eleazar in the privateer Saratoga; and is believed to have been killed
in the terrible encounter with a British armed vessel, as related in the
preceding article.*
* I find the following in the Massachusetts Archives. I am by no means certain
that the man in the text is intended ; but know not who else it could be : —
Thomas Giles was a private in a company in Roxbury, commanded by Capt.
William Draper, in Col. William Heath's regiment, called into the field April 19
to May 3, 1775, and then dismissed.
Thomas Giles was a matross in Capt. Philip Marett's company, in Col. Thomas
Crafts's regiment of artillery, eight months, from April 30 to Dec. 30, 1777.
Thomas Giles of Boston enlisted, March 11, 1780, as a private in Col. Sheldon's
198.
Sarah Ellenwood.
199.
William.
200.
Charles Frederic.
201.
George.
202.
Augustus Franklin,
FIFTH GENERATION. 45
The children of Thomas and Rhoda Giles were —
215.
Thomas, 6 b.
■ ; d. at sea, quite young.
216.
Barnet, 6 b. ;
was drowned.
217.
Eleazar, 6 b.
; probablv d. at sea.
218.
Rhoda, 6 b. ;
m. Wheelwright, and had one child.
219.
Priscilla, 6 b.
■ ; m. Harrison, and had —
220. Harriet.
221. Elizabeth, and another.
222.
Elizabeth, 6 b.
— ; d. young, of consumption.
95.
ELIZABETH GILES, 5 (Eleazar,* Samuel, 3 Eleazar? Edward?)
sister of the preceding; b. in Salem, Feb. 1, 1750; m. 17G8, Capt.
Benjamin Ives of Salem, b. 1744.
He followed the sea from childhood. He was with his brother-in-
law, Capt. Eleazar Giles, [91] in the privateer brig; was wounded in
the severe encounter with the British vessel ; was taken prisoner, and
carried into Halifax. After the war, he was a shipmaster, and lived in
Beverly. He was master of the Sirius, or Ceres ; — his grand-dau.,
Mrs. Meacom, who gave me the account, and who also gave me the
subjoined account of the family, could not tell which of these names
the vessel bore. The vessel was bound to Corunna in Spain, in 1790;
but was lost, it was supposed, on George's Bank, with every one on
board.
The children of Capt. Benjamin and Elizabeth (Giles) Ives were —
223. Anna, b. ; m. 1, Thomas Ober of Beverly. They had only one
child —
224. Benjnmin Ives (Ober). He m. 1, Harriet Hart of Beverly.
2, Parkhurst. He is living, 1862, in Washington, Vt.
Anna Ives m. 2, Jonathan Larcom of Beverly. Their children were —
225. Mary Ann (Larcom), m. George Perkins.
226. Lucia (Larcom J, d. at the age of 16.
227. Jonathan (Larcom), d. at the age of 14.
228. Hannah (Larcom), m. Capt. Benjamin Tay of Salem.
• 229. Elizabeth, b. ; m. Hezekiah Lovett. Their children were —
230. Elizabeth (Lovett), m. Levi Adams, baker, of Boston.
231. Anna (Lovett), m. 1, Levi Sprague. 2, Ezra Chaffee.
232. Charlotte (Lovett), unm.; d. at the age of 19.
233. Benjamin Ives (Lovett), d. young.
234. Augusta (Lovett), m. Alden Gilford of Boston.
235. Sarah (Lovett), unm.; d. at the age of 16.
236. Hezekiah (Lovett), m. Judith Lovett of Beverly.
237. Joseph (Lovett), m. Mary Thompson of Manchester.
238. Mary, b. ; m. John Adams of Beverly. Their children were —
239. Mary (Adams), m. John Kirby.
240. Elizabeth (Adams), m. Joseph Henderson of Salem.
241. Augusta (Adams), m. Henry Cobb of Lynn.
242. Charlotte, b. Feb. 17, 1784; m. 1804, Capt. Benjamin Larcom* of Beverly,
Their children were —
243. Charlotte (Larcom), m. Capt. Robert Williams Welch of New-
buryport. She d. at sea, on her passage from London.
regiment of dragoons, during the war. It does not appear how long he served in
this capacity.
* The ancestor of this family, Mordecai Larkham, is said to have come from
Wales. He was in Beverly, 1681, and probably much earlier. His wife's name
was Abigail. He has many descendants in that town, at a place called Beverly
Farms.
46 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
244. Adeline (Larcom), b. Marcli 5, 1810; m. March 6, 1831, Capt.
George Meacom of Beverly. They are both living, April,
1862. Their children are—
245. Charlotte A. (Meacom), m. Capt. John Endicott
Giddings of Beverly, who is now in command of
the U. S. steam gunboat Henry Brinker, em-
ployed in Burnside's expedition," on the coast of
North Carolina. He was in the battle of Roanoke
Island, and at the capture of Newbern ; and hopes
that, while thus engaged in the service of his
country, he has also enlisted under the banner
of Immanuel.
George (Meacom), d. in infancy.
George (Meacom). d. in infancy.
Geonre (Meacom), b. June 6, 1*839.
Adelaide L. (Meacom), b. Jan. 31, 1842.
Margaret Curtis (Meacom), b. Jan. 22, 1846.
Mrs. Charlotte Larcom, [242] d. March 22, 1810, a. 26. Capt. Larcom
then m. Lois Barrett of Beverly. They were the parents of Mrs. Har-
ington of Beverly, and of Lucy Larcom, a teacher in the Wheaton
Female Seminary at Norton, Mass., and a poet and prose writer of
considerable merit.
246. Sarah, b. ; unm.; d. in Pepperell, April, 1852.
247. Samuel,.b. Aug. 1786; m. Mary Dyson of Beverly. He was a shipmaster
many years; lived in Pepperell till about 1855, then removed to Mobile,
Ala., where he now resides, 1862. His children are —
248. Mary Elizabeth. 250. Frances Dyson.
249. Charlotte.
Besides the above, there were —
251. Benjamin, b. ; d. young.
252. Benjamin, b. ; d. young.
253. Benjamin, b. ; d. young.
96.
SAMUEL GILES,' (Eleazar* Samuel* Eleazar,* Edward, 1 ) brother
of the preceding; b. 176- ; m. in Salem, Jan. 31, 1786, Mehitable
(Hatiioune) King of Salem, a widow.
Samuel Giles of Salem, aged 14, stature 4 feet 11 inches, light com-
plexion, was one of the crew of the private armed ship Jack, Nathan
Brown, commander, in 1780. This vessel had 76 men, including
officers. [Mass. Archives.
I suppose that the quotation, just made, refers to him, but am not
certain. If it does, it probably states his age much below the truth, as
is sometimes done.
After the war, he resided in Salem, and followed the sea. He was
mate of a brig. In 1803, he went to sea, and never returned.
1794, Oct. 28. William Safford of Salem, baker, and Abigail his
wife, for £125, sell to Samuel Giles of Salem, mariner, a piece of
land bounded W. on the highway leading from Salem Town Common
to Essex Bridge, [now Bridge Street,] there measuring six poles and
more, etc. [Essex Deeds, 157 : 264.
1794, Oct. 31. Samuel Giles of Salem, mariner, and Mehitabel Ins
wife, for £72.15, sell to John McVay of Salem, mariner, a piece of
land in Salem, being a part of the preceding purchase. [Ibid, 157 : 266.
1795, Nov. 17. Samuel Giles of Salem, mariner, and Mehitabel his
wife, for 42 6§ dollars, sell to Joseph Bishop of Salem, the remainder.
[Ibid, 160 : 115.
FIFTH GENERATION. 47
The children of Samuel 8 and Mehitable Giles, b. in Salem, were —
254. tSamuel, 6 b. Sept. 18, 1787; m. 1812, Lydia Greenleaf Wonson.
255. John Foster, 6 I). ; " enlisted in the United States' service" [in the
navy ?| in the war of 1812. Since that time, he has never been seen by
his friends, except that his brother Samuel saw him just before the con-
clusion of peace, 1815.
256. Mehitable, 6 b. ; d. at the age of 16, probably in Boston.
102.
Capt. ISAAC VERY, 5 (Elizabeth Giles* Samuel, 3 ffleazar,' Ed-
ward, 1 ) son of Isaac Very, by his wife Elizabeth Giles; b. in Salem,
1745; m. 1, Knapp. 2, Margaret Brown. 3, Rachel
Jones of Charlton. 4, Harwood.
In 1829, at the age of 84, he remembered the great earthquake of
1755, and spoke of it as the immediate occasion of deep religious im-
pressions, which resulted in his saving conversion.
He lived in Salem, in May Street ; was master of a vessel ; also an
officer of the customs in Salem. He also resided some years in Charl-
ton and Spencer. The latter part of his life was spent in Salem, where
he d. in 1831, a. 86.
His children were — by first wife —
257. Isaac, 6 b. Oct. 31, 1766 ; d. at Guadaloupe, W. I., May, 1805 ; m. 1, Han-
nah Twist. She d. Sept. 8, 1791, a. 27. One son —
258. Daniel T. 7 He d. 1814, in Dartmoor prison, Eng.
2, Margaret Townsend. Children —
259. Albert. 7 260. Isaac. 7
By second wife, Margaret Brown —
261. Jacob 6 ; a mariner ; d. in the West Indies.
262. Margaret, 6 b. in Charlton ; m. Harwood.
By third wife, Rachel Jones —
263. Rachel, 6 b. in Charlton ; m. William Robinson.
264. Sarah, 6 b. in Charlton ; m. Hazelton. Children —
265. Caroline (Hazelton). 266. Samuel (Hazelton).
267. Nathaniel, 6 b. in Charlton; m. H. A. Witherbee ; merchant, Charleston, S.
C, and New York. One son —
268. Julian C., 7 b. 1834 ; broker in New York ; d. 1856.
269. Nancy, 6 b. ; m. Richard Manning; one dau. —
270. Nancy (Manning).
271. tJones, 6 b. in Spencer, Nov. 17, 1790; m. 1813, his cousin, Lydia Very.[289]
By fourth wife —
272. Benjamin. 6
273. Mary. 6
274. Abraham, 6 ; m. Hannah Ingalls. Children —
275. Abraham. 7 276. Isaac. 7
108.
Capt. SAMUEL VERY, 5 brother of the preceding; b. in Salem,
Dec. 10, 1755 ; m. 1, in 1776, Hannah Putney, dau. of Jonathan and
Sarah (Very) Putney. Her mother, Sarah, was a descendant of Bridget
Giles, by her first husband, Very. Mrs. Hannah Very d. Feb. 4, 1799 ;
and he m. 2, in 1799, Lydia Clough, only child of Joseph Clough by
his first wife, who was a sister of Hon. William Gray, a wealthy mer-
chant and shipowner, then of Salem, afterwards of Boston; and in 1810
and 1811, lieutenant-governor of Massachusetts.
48 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
lie was master and owner of a vessel ; but kept a store many years in
Salem at the corner of Essex and Boston Streets, well known as " Buf-
fum's Corner." He lived there, and owned the place. He d. 1824, a. G'd.
His children were — by first wife, Hannah Putney —
277. Hannah, 6 b. Sept. 9, 1781 ; d. Jan. 13, 1820; m. May 2, 1802, Isaac Shrevc
of Alexandria, Va. Children —
278. Rebecca (Shreve), b. in Alexandria, Feb. 25, 1803; m. John
Calcf.
279. Samuel Very (Shreve), b. in do., Sept. 25, 1804; shipmaster;
m. 1, Sarah Price; 2, Marv Moore.
280. Hannah (Shreve), b. in do., Oct. 15, 1807; m. Eben N. Price.
281. Isaac (Shreve), b. in do., April 10, 1810; m. Margaret Curran.
282. Benjamin (Shreve), b. in Salem, Feb. 17, 1813; m. Elizabeth
Shannon.
283. Louisa (Shreve), b. in do., Jan. 14, 1817 ; m. Henry Osborne.
284. Samuel, 6 b. June 29, 1784 ; m. an English lady. Children—
285. Samuel, 1 b. 1832; m. Rhoades.
286. Lydia 1 b. ; m. Carr.
287. Louisa 1 b. ; m. Tolman.
285. James, 6 b. May 29, 1789 ; lost in the U. S. sloop-ofwar Wasp, Capt. Blake-
ly, 1814.
289. Lydia, 6 b. June 14, 1792; m. her cousin, Jones Very.[271]
290. Fanny, 6 b. May 15, 1795; m. Jas. Macomber; live in Utica, N. Y. Chil.—
291. James Gregg (Macomber).
292. Frances (Macomber).
293. Emma (Macomber).
294. Louisa, 6 b. Oct. 18, 1798; unm.
By second wife, Lydia Clough —
295. William Gray, 6 b. July 8, 1800; a tanner; d. 1830; m. Elizabeth Warden,
dau. of* John Warden. One dau. —
296. Elizabeth 1 m. John Niles.
297. Henry, 6 b. Nov. 29, 1804; m. Elizabeth Brockwell ; lives in Hartford,
Conn. Children —
298. William. 1
299. Anna B. 1
300. Edwin. 1
301. Alice. 7
302. Louisa. 1
303. Francis, 6 b. June 10, 1807 ; m. 1, Mary Melborne. One child —
304. Sylvester. 1
2, Caroline Wakefield. Three children—
305. James H. 1
306. Rebecca. 1
307. Franklin D. 1
308. Eliza Gray, 6 b. Nov. 16, 1809.
110.
THOMAS GILES, 5 (Thomas, 4 Samuel,' Eleazar? Edward, 1 ) eldest
son of Thomas 4 and Mary (Jennison) Giles of South Danvers; b. there,
Oct. 6, 1754; m. June 22, 1780, Mary Soper Marshall, b. in
Boston, Aug. 9, 1756, dau. of Zerubbabel and Elizabeth (Soper) Mar-
shall of Boston. They Avere married by Rev. Stephen Lewis of Christ
Church, Boston. On the same day, and by the same clergyman, her
mother was married to her fourth husband, Luke Howell.
Thomas Giles learned the trade of sailmaker, of Nicholas Lane, at
his loft on Union Wharf, in Salem. He was reputed an excellent
workman.
FIFTH GENERATION. 49
At the breaking out of the Revolutionary war, he took arms in behalf
of his country, and continued in the military or naval service, with a
slight intermission, which we shall notice in its place, until the very
close of the war. Of this, the proof is abundant and wholly satis-
factory ; and it is believed to be a case which had few parallels in the
history of that great contest. His widow often said, in the hearing of
her children, that their father served his country through the whole
of the Revolutionary war — five years in the army, and three in the
navy. I remember to have heard this statement from my mother,
when I was young.
The muster-rolls and pay-rolls of the Revolution, preserved in the
Massachusetts Archives, are known to be very imperfect. There are
scarce any, for the year 1776; while those for 1775 have many defi-
ciencies. Those for 1777, and the following years, are, to a great extent,
wanting ; and, indeed, were it not for the " Continental Army Book,"
the names of the brave soldiers from the Bay State, during three-
fourths of that great struggle, would be wholly unknown. The pay-
rolls of the frigate Alliance, and of many other ships of war, are not to
be found. It is supposed that all these missing rolls are in the War
office at Washington. For purposes of genealogical investigation, they
might as well be at the bottom of the Red Sea. But notwithstanding
these deficiencies, the State Archives furnish ample proof of what has
been asserted of the revolutionary services of our ancestor.
I now quote the following certificate : —
" Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston, Nov. 21, 1860.
" I hereby certify, that from an examination of the books and docu-
ments relating to military services in the war of the Revolution, which
remain in this department, it appears that the name of Thomas Giles
is borne on the return of Capt. Timothy Barnard's company, in Col.
Moses Little's regiment of eight months' service. Name borne on coat
roll, dated in camp, Dec. 11, 1775, as private from Amesbury.
" Also, on Continental army books, in Col. Calvin Smith's regiment,
Capt. [Daniel] Pillsbury's company, from May 3, 1777, to May 3, 1780,
36 months, as private from Newburyport.
"Also, on roll of officers and marines on board ship Mars, Capt.
Simeon Sampson, commander, from June 8, 1780, to March 12, 1781,
nine months and four days, as sailmaker.
" In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Com-
monwealth, the date above written.
(Signed) Oliver Warner,
Secretary of the Commonwealth"
It appears from the muster-roll, that Thomas Giles enlisted May 15,
1775, in Capt. Timothy Barnard's company, of Little's regiment. Mr.
Frothingham, in his History of the Siege of Boston, informs us that
only Perkins's, Wade's, and Warner's companies, of Little's regiment,
were in the battle of Bunker Hill ; though Lunt's company of sixty
men were in the fight near its close. It appears, therefore, that Thomas
Giles* was not present in that memorable encounter ; and I have never
heard that he was present ; though I have shown that his father was
4
50 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
there, and died the next day. Little's regiment was from Ipswich,
Newbury, and the vicinity.
Mrs. Beach, of Gloversville, N. Y., niece to Thomas Giles,[319] has
in her possession a copy of Watts' Psalms and Hymns, on the fly-leaf
of which is the following: " Thomas Giles — His Book, 1776 — Bought
of Mr. John Murey [Murray] in campt on Prospect hill y e 9 th of
Jan y ." Here is full proof of his being in the army at the beginning
of 1776.
The lack of army rolls for 1776 has already been noticed. There
is no reason, however, to doubt that Thomas Giles continued in the
service through the whole of that year, and the year following.
The " Continental Army Book " is a kind of ledger, or account book,
in which the individual soldiers are credited with their services, and
charged with the amounts received by them, respectively. For the
purpose of showing how the soldiers of the Revolution were dealt with,
1 will here quote the account with Thomas Giles.
The "Army Book" states that —
Thomas Giles of Newburyport enlisted, May 3, 1777, in the Thirteenth Massachu-
setts Regiment, under the command of Lieut. Colonel Calvin Smith.*
He is charged, Dec. 31, 1779, with sundry values, viz. : —
Cash paid him from Proceeds of State Lottery, £30 ; value, . . . £2.8.7
3 shirts, 3 pair Shoes, 3 pair Hose, supplied hy the State at a regulated
price, 3.13.0
His Proportion of small stores, delivered in camp at a regulated price, . 2.10.0
Bounty of .£30, paid him by the town of Newburyport, May 3, 1777;
value, 19. 2.2
31 months, 28 davs, wages paid him by the Continent, at 40 shillings
[=6.66] per month, £63.17.4; value, 11.3.0
38.16.9
1779, Dec. 31. To Balance, (now due him,) 25.0.7
63.17.4
He is credited by his service, from May 3, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779, 31
months, 28 days, at 40 shillings a 'month, £63.17.4
The above balance, [the account subjoins,] £25.0.7, multiplied by 32^, to make
good the Depreciation, is, in current money, £813.8.114
Certified, May 25, 1780.
Again : —
1780. Thomas Giles, private, of Newburyport, in Capt. Daniel Pilsbury's com-
pany, Smith's regiment, is charged with —
Cash paid by the United States £0. 2.5
Small stores delivered in camp, at prime cost and charges of trans-
portation, 0. 4.0
0. 6.5
Certificate for the balance, 36. 7.0
36.13.5
* Thomas Giles is not said to belong to Newburyport, but for that town he
enlisted. See "Loose Rolls," in the Mass. Archives. Lieut. Col. Smith belonged
to Newburyport. See Coffin's Hist, of Newbury.
\ This means that one Spanish milled dollar was worth 32^ of the "current
money" of the day. In fact, at the date of the certificate, May 25, 1780, it was
worth fifty or more of that currency ; and within a year afterwards, the currency
sunk to a hundred for one !
FIFTH GENERATION. 51
He is credited by the Depreciation or delay of payment of his wa^es to
Dec. 31, 1779, * £3. 1.2
Interest on the above sum, from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1780, ... 0. 38
Value of a Town Bounty charged in his account, settled Dec. 31, 1779, . 23.16.1
Interest on the last mentioned sum, from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1780, . . l. 8.6
3 years — His service, from Jan. 1 to May 3, 1780=4 months, 3 days, at
40s. per month, ' . 8. 4.0
March 18, 1782. Examined. 36.13.5
From the above account, it appears —
That Thomas Giles enlisted, May 3, 1777, in the thirteenth Massa-
chusetts regiment, for three years, and faithfully served out the whole
time.
That the bounty for enlisting, which was to be £30, or 100 dollars,
was not paid, but comes into the foregoing account as a mere make-
weight, and in fact was never paid.
That he was to receive 40 shillings, or $6.66, a month, for his
services.
That he was actually paid only a small part of this small stipend ;
the government being in debt to him, at the close of the war, £61.7.7,
out of £72, for his three years' service in the army, 1777-1780.
It is not likely that he was paid in any better style for the remaining
two years of his service in the army, 1775-1777, and his three years'
service in the navy.
There is reason to think that, at the close of the war, the United
States were in debt to him not far from Jive hundred dollars. This
debt has never been paid. Let the reader take his pen and
calculate what this sum, with eighty years' interest, would amount to
at this time !
The following is a copy of Ms discharge, now in the hands of his son
Thomas : —
" Thomas Giles, a soldier in the Thirteenth Massachusetts regiment,
having served three years, the time for which he enlisted, as a good
soldier, is hereby discharged from the service.
Calvin Smith, L\ Col. Com dt .
Highlands, 2 May, 1780."
On the foregoing discharge, is the following endorsement : —
" This is to certify, that Thomas Giles has returned in his arms and
accoutrements. N. Green, Q. M.
May 2, 1780."
Thomas Giles, after his honorable discharge from the army, returned
to Boston, which, at this time, he seems to have considered his home.
His father was dead, and the family was probably broken up. In the
following month, as we have seen, he was married to a native of that
city. But before the nuptials, and, as it would appear, on the very day
when his "intention of marriage" was signified to the town clerk, he
shipped as sailmaker of the armed ship Mars, in the service of the State
of Massachusetts, under the command of that brave officer, Capt. Sim-
eon Sampson of Kingston.*
* Capt. Simeon Sampson was born in Kingston, Mass., in the year 1736. He
was a descendant of Miles Standish and of John Alden. At the commencement
52 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
The short interval of five weeks, between his discharge from the
array and his enlistment on board the Mars, is, I believe, the only
interval between his enlistment, May 15, 1775, in Little's regiment, and
his discharge from the frigate Alliance, at the end of the war.
He was sailmaker of the ship Mars, from June 8, 1780, to March 12,
1781, as already stated. His wages were £33.15 per month. [Mass.
Archives.
The currency being then greatly depreciated, probably to the low rate of
sixty for one, the wages allowed did not exceed two dollars per month.
A foot note contains a " Power of Attorney," which the subject of this
article executed and gave to his wife, before the ship sailed on her cruise.*
The Mars sailed from Boston in the latter part of July, 1780, proba-
bly with dispatches for France. On the 12th of March, 1781, Thomas
Giles was transferred from this ship to the Continental frigate Alliance,
the " crack ship " of the American Revolution, then lying in the port of
L'Orient, in France, under the command of that meritorious officer, Capt.
John Barry.J He was sail-maker of the Alliance, as he had been of
the Mars.
of the Revolutionary war, the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts appointed him
their first naval captain. He immediately took command of the brig Independence,
belonging to the Colony, which was built at Kingston under his direction. In this
vessel he was eminently successful, hut was taken by the British in the autumn of
1776. After his return from captivity, he was appointed to the command of the
brig Hazard, helonging to the State, and took several prizes. In 1779, he com-
manded the Continental packet-ship Congress, and carried despatches to France ;
returning in the winter of 1780. Soon after, he was promoted to the command of
the Mars, a larger ship, likewise belonging to the State ; and in this vessel he was
employed in the most responsible trust, in carrying despatches, and in one cruise
carried one of our ministers to Europe. The British flag-ship Trial was captured
by him while in the Mars. At the close of the war, he retired, like most of the
faithful servants of our country, with a very scanty estate, and a numerous family
dependent on him for support. He died at Plympton, to which place he removed
in 1788, of apoplexy, June 22, 1789, ae. 53. His descendants reside in Western
New York. [Thachcr's History of Plymouth.
* "Know all men by these presents, that I, Thomas Giles of Boston, in the Coun-
ty of Suffolk, and State of Massachusetts Bay, mariner, now being bound on a
Cruise in the State ship Mars, whereof Capt. Simeon Sampson is commander, have
constituted, ordained, &c, my beloved wife Mary Giles, of Boston aforesaid, to be
my true, sufficient and lawful attorney, for me and in my name and stead, and to
my use, to ask, demand, levy, require, &c, all and singular sum and sums of Money,
Debts, Goods, Wares, &c, whatsoever they shall be found due, &c, also all Prize
Money and Effects that may be captured and coming unto me from all Prizes cap-
tured by said ship Mars as aforesaid. Giving and hereby granting unto my said
Attorney my full and whole strength, power, authority, &c.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, the eighteenth day of
July, in the year of our Lord 1780.
Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of Thomas Giles.
Francis Southack,
Mary Baker."
$ The frigate Alliance, of thirty-two guns, built at Salisbury, on the Merrimac,
and so named in honor of the alliance with France, was fitted out in 1778, by order
of Congress, and became the favorite ship of the Americans. She filled a space in
the public mind, like that which has more recently been occupied by the Constitution.
She was a beautiful and an exceedingly fast-sailing ship. It is said that in 1782,
when chased by a two-decker of the enemy, she ran fifteen knots an hour by the log,
with the wind a-beam, in making her escape. She sailed for France, Jan. 11, 1779,
under the command of Capt. Landais, a Frenchman, having Lafayette on board as
passenger. The command was given to a French officer, in compliment to the new
FIFTH GENERATION. 53
He was in the Alliance, May 28, 1781, when she had that severe
encounter with two English armed ships, which is related in the note at
the foot of this page. He continued in her till the war was over, and
was in her when she brought from France the Treaty of Peace.
He was doubtless in many other battles, by land as well as by sea ;
he encountered many dangers, and suffered many hardships, the mem-
ory of which has vanished from the earth. Would that we could trace
all his experience during those eight long years ! But no memorial
now remains of all those exposures and sufferings.
He was sick once, I presume dangerously sick, when he was at Ha-
vana in the Alliance. The details are unknown.
It is painful to reflect that for all these services, perils, and hardships,
he received, as we may say, nothing at all by way of recompense. Nor
have his family ever received a dime by way of pension or otherwise.
The matter was brought to the notice of Congress, a few years ago, and
some relief asked for his family. The justice of the claim was fully
acknowledged. The case was seen to be peculiar. A bill was reported,
by a committee, granting the desired relief; but through the opposition
of some of the Southern members, ever ready to manifest their hatred of
the North, the bill failed of a majority in that body.
allies of the republic. She arrived at Brest, Feb. 6. Soon after, the Alliance was
one of the squadron which left L'Orient, under the command of the celebrated John
Paul Jones, to cruise on the coast of Scotland. The squadron consisted of the
Duras, Alliance, Pallas, Vengeance brig, and Cerf cutter. The Duras was a large
old Indiaman ; her name was now changed to Bon Homme Richard, in compliment
to Doctor Franklin. The Pallas had been a merchantman. The Vengeance was a
small brig. The Duras, Pallas, and Vengeance were French vessels, expressly-
bought for this expedition, and for this particular service, which was to furnish em-
ployment for that daring officer, John Paul Jones, on the British coasts. Few
Americans were on board : the crews being a motley collection from all the mari-
time nations.
The squadron sailed June 19, 1779, and returned about the last of the same
month. It again departed from L'Orient, Aug. 14. It sailed around Scotland ;
and, on the 23d of September, the British frigate Serapis, of far superior force, was
taken by Paul Jones, in the Bon Homme Richard, after a most prolonged and des-
perate contest. The corvette Countess of Scarborough, the consort of the Serapis,
was also taken, by the Pallas, at the same time. Through the gross misconduct of
Landais, who refused to obey the orders of the commodore, and even fired into his
vessel while engaged in a struggle terrible beyond almost all precedent, the Alliance
failed of rendering any aid in this memorable conflict. As may be supposed, the
villainous Frenchman was soon dismissed from the service.
At the close of 1780, Capt. John Barry was appointed to the command of the
Alliance, and sailed from Boston early in February, 1781, with Col. John Laurens
as passenger for France. On the way, she captured the privateer Alert. After
landing Col. Laurens at L'Orient, she sailed again in March on a cruise, having in
company the ship Marquis de la Fayette, of 40 guns, bound to America with stores.
April 2, she captured two Guernsey privateers, one the Mars, of 2f> guns and 112
men ; the other the Minerva, of 10 guns and 55 men. She took them without resist-
ance. After parting company with her consort, the Alliance had a severe action
with the sloop-of war Atalanta, of 16 guns and 130 men, and brig-of-war Trepassy,
of 14 guns and 80 men. This was on the 28th of May, 1781. There was no wind,
and the sea was perfectly smooth. The Alliance was becalmed, and lay like a log
in the water. The other vessels got out their sweeps, and selected their positions at
will. The cannon was well served on both sides. At length the enngn of the Al-
liance was shot away ; and the people of the hostile ships quitted their guns and
gave three cheers for victory. Capt. Barry was wounded, and carried below. The
Lieutenant left in command on deck, seeing no chance of success, went below and
asked the Captain if they should surrender. The noble man replied, " No ! if the
54 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
After the conclusion of the war, Thomas Giles returned to the bosom
of his family, and took up his residence in Boston, which was his wife's
native place. Here Ids first three children were horn. He remained
in that metropolis till April, 1786, when he removed to Sandy Bay,*
then a Precinct in Gloucester, hut incorporated Feh. 27, 1840, as a dis-
tinct town by the name of Rockport. He continued to work at his
trade, that of a eailmaker, — being an approved workman, — till his decease,
which occurred Nov. 18, 1795, in the following manner:— He went to a
well, to get a pail of water for his family. Letting down his pail with
a pole, which was then a common method, he lost the pail, and descend-
ed into the well to recover it. He obtained it, and had got part of the
ship cannot be fought without mo, I'll lie carried on deck again." This reply so
inspirited the men, that they fought with new courage. A light breeze springing
up, the Alliance obtained a temporary advantage : and pouring a broadside into her
antagonists, she compelled them both to haul down their colors. The enemy's
ships were much cut up, and lost 41 men in killed and wounded. The Alliance
had 11 killed and 21 wounded.
In 1782, Capt. Barry in the Alliance was actively employed, but there were no
memorable engagements resulting in captures. Among other services, the Alliance
was sent to Havana for specie. Shortly after leaving port, she was chased by a
squadron of English frigates ; one of which, the Sibyl, she engaged with very
heavy loss on the part of the enemy. The Sibyl had, it is said, 37 killed and 5*0
wounded, while the Alliance had only .3 killed and 11 wounded. The other English
ships coming up, the Alliance hauled off.
At the close of the war, there remained only two frigates in the American marine,
the Alliance and the Hague. Not long after, the Alliance was sold, and converted
into an Indiaman. [Cooper's Naval History. Lossing's Eield-book of the Revo-
lution.
Mrs. Sarah Choate of Rockport, b. 1777, dan. of Benj. Soper Marshall, and niece
of the wife of Thomas Giles, said in 1854, " I remember, perfectly well, to have
heard my uncle say, that he was on board of the frigate Alliance when she fought
the two ships; that the Captain was wounded, and carried below, much covered
with blood ; that, not long after, the Lieutenant went below, and asked the Captain
if they should surrender ; to which he answered, ' No ! if the ship can't be fought
without me, I'll be carried on deck again.' His reply so encouraged the men, that
they took both of the ships." This same account she had given in former years.
The news of peace between the United States and Great Britain was first received
in Boston, April 23, 1783. The Preliminary Treaty was signed at Paris, Nov. 30,
1782 ; but as late as Jan. 21, 1783, it was known merely as a rumor in the English
capital. The first publication of what was supposed to be the terms of a Treaty of
Peace was in a Postscript of the London papers, Jan. 28, 1783. The king's procla-
mation was first published, Feb. 15, 1783. So reluctant were the king and the min-
istry to acknowledge the independence of the United States. '" I was," said the
king to John Adams, on the first audience of the latter, "I was the last man in my
dominions to consent to the independence of your country." It is well known that
the negotiation was tedious and intricate, and that the patience and firmness of the
American plenipotentiaries, Adams, Franklin. Jay, and Laurens, were severely tried.
The frigate Alliance brought this treaty to Boston, where she arrived as above.
Thomas Giles was in her at the time. Old Mr. Nathaniel Foster, a fisherman, of
Rockport, told my uncle, Thomas Giles, in 1813, that he well remembered being at
anchor, in a fishing vessel from that place, near Thatcher's Island Light, on a foggy
morning in April, 1783, when the Alliance hove in sight, close in with them in the
direction of the Salvages, bound for Boston. The frigate spoke with them, inquired
their bearings, and said they had on hoard the Treaty of Peace. "And your father,"
added the old man, " was in her. I knew him well."
* Is " Sandy Bay " a corruption of Tragabiyzanda, the name of the Turkish lady
to whom Capt. John Smith owed his escape from slavery among the Tartars, and
whom he remembered when he gave that euphonious name to Cape Anne ? Prince
Charles (afterwards king Charles I.) changed the name to that of his mother, Anne
of Denmark.
FIFTH GENERATION. 55
way up, when his foot slipped, he fell into the well, and no assistance
being near, he was drowned. Thus did the man, who had braved death
in every form, on the field of battle and on the man-of-war's deck, come
to his end in an unthought-of way. He was but 41 when he died ;
and as his children were all young at the time, — the eldest at home
being but eleven years old, — this may account for the fact that so few
of the details of his personal history, though an eventful one, are known.
He left little or no property ; his best years having been given, with-
out recompense, to the service of his country. His widow found herself
left in straitened circumstances. She had six young children, beside the
eldest, who was with a friend in Boston. She had no earthly friends
on whom to rely; and no earthly resources, but her own energy and
resolution. But her courage did not fail. She opened a little shop,
and, by the blessing of God on her endeavors, she was enabled to keep
her children together, to provide for them decently, and to train them
up for respectability and usefulness. She lived to see them all, except
one who died young, comfortably settled around her. She built a house
with the avails of her industry and economy ; and lived in comfort,
though not in affluence. She died of jaundice, Sept. 27, 1822, a. 66.
The children of Thomas 5 and Mary (Marshall) Giles were — born in
Boston —
309. tBetsev Snow, 6 b. March 29, 1781 ; m. Josiah Vinton of Boston.
310. tMatthew Smith, 6 b. Aug. 16, 1784; m. 1, Sally Webster; 2, Lydia (Lee)
Clifford.
311. fThomas, 6 b. Nov. 16, 1785; in. 1, Olive Tarr; 2, Mary Cotton Holmes.
Born in Rockport —
312. tMary, 6 b. Sept. 3, 1787; m. Daniel Smith Tarr.
313. tSam'uel, 6 h. Aug. 22, 1789; m. Margaret ( Davis j Norwood.
314. Abigail, 6 b. Julv 11, 1791 ; d. Jan. 31, 1799.
315. tWilliam. 6 b. Sept. 16, 1793; m. Hannah Gott.
111.
MARY GILES,* (Thomas, 4 Samuel? Eleazar? Edward, 1 ) eldest
dau. of Thomas 4 and Mary (Jennison) Giles of South Danvers; bap.
Feb. 1, 1756; m. Solomon Stevens.
From a deed, which is quoted on p. 31, it appears that she was still
a "spinster," in April, 1793, being then 37 years of age. When her
marriage took place, I have not been able to learn. I suppose it was
not till a number of years afterward. Her uncle, Dr. William Jennison,
who d. May 8, 1798, gave her ten dollars in his will. At the date of
the will, she was still unmarried ; but the date of the will I know not.
Mr. Stevens, her husband, had some peculiarities; he has been
described as "a queer specimen of humanity." He owned a farm in
Springfield, Windsor County, Vermont. In April, 1816, they removed
to Genesee County, N. Y. ; my informant thinks, to LeRoy. In 1819,
they removed to Indiana. She became deranged in the winter of 1815-
1 6, or not long before, and seems never to have fully recovered. She
died many years ago, having had no children.
112.
Deacon SAMUEL GILES,* ( Thomas, 4 Samuel, 3 Eleazar? Edward, 1 )
eecond son of Thomas 4 and Mary (Jennison) Giles ; b. in South Danvers,
56 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
April 6, 1757 ; m. Jan. 8, 1783, in Springfield, Vt., Laurana Holmes,
b. in Pembroke, Mass., Jan. 17, 17G2, dau. of Hezekiah and Mercy
(Bisbee) Holmes of that place.*
At the age of eight years he left home, and seems never to have re-
turned to reside with his parents. He lived with John Jacobs of Sutton,
in the section of that town which is now Millbury, from the age of eight
to that of fourteen. I account for his going so far from home, by the
consideration that his mother's brother, Dr. William Jennison, lived in
* Mercy Bisbee was the dau. of John Bisbee bj his wife Abiah Bonney. They
were of Plymouth County, the Old Colony. Undoubted tradition reports "that Mer-
cy's grandmother once walked fifteen miles on snow-shoes, to visit her daughter, and
ai rived just at the time when her presence was most needful. Whether it was at
Mercy's birth does not appear ; but ft was certainly an errand of Mercy.
Hezekiah Holmes was a blacksmith, and very ingenious at his trade. He was a
man of robust health, and of great physical power. He also possessed a vigorous
understanding and a sound judgment, and sometimes amused himself with writing
poetry. A poetic paraphrase by him, of the 137th Psalm, is still remembered. He
was a selectman of Pembroke, and held other town offices. He was an officer in
the "Old French War," and — a little less than two years — in the war of the Revo-
lution. About the year 1773, he removed with his family to Springfield, Vt. He
afterwards removed to Kingsborough, N. Y., where he spent his remaining years.
Hezekiah Holmes of Pembroke was Lieut, in His Majesty's service, in the com-
pany under the command of Capt. John Loring, in the expedition against Crown
Point, from Feb. 18 to Oct. 27, 175»i.
Hezekiah Holmes of Pembroke was First Lieut, in His Majesty's service, in a
Company of Foot, under the command of Capt. Abel Keen, in the regiment of
Col. Thomas Doty, raised by the Province for the reduction of Canada, from March
13 to Nov. 25, 1758, at £5 per month. [Mass. Archives.
He had a brother Ephraim Holmes of Halifax, who was a Captain of the Prov-
ince troops in His Majesty's service from March 31 to Nov. 1, 1759. He was also
a captain in several other campaigns, e. g. 1762. [Ibid.
Hezekiah Holmes also had a son Orsamus, the only son who lived to manhood,
who was a soldier three or four years in the Revolutionary war. Orsamus Holmes
has given the following account of his services and hardships, in a statement now
before me. Though not strictly belonging to this volume, I here transcribe it, as it
will serve to convey a definite impression of the hardships endured by the soldiers
of the Revolution.
"In May, 1775, being then a resident in Pittsfield, Mass., and in the seventeenth
year of my age, I enlisted as a private in a company of Provincial troops, com-
manded by Capt. Lusk, in Col. Easton's regiment. This regiment soon after
joined General Montgomery's army at Crown Point. The army moved down Lake
Champlain to St. John's, where was a British fort and garrison. After demanding
a surrender and receiving a refusal, Gen. Montgomery commenced a siege. In this
siege very severe hardships were endured by our troops. Our encampment was a
mile and a half from the fortress, on low clayey ground, which was inundated by a
rain in the mouth of September, which continued a week with scarce any intermis-
sion. To keep out of the muddy water, the soldiers were obliged to set crotches in
the ground, put poles on them, and cover them with small brush, on which they
slept in their tents. Many were not careful of their health, and were attacked with
bilious complaints. Some were discharged, some sent home on furlough, and some
died in camp. Our regiment was so reduced that, for a considerable time, one com-
pany had only one private fit for duty. When we were called on the main guard,
we had no shelter, but were obliged to stand or sit in the rain ; and frequently were
called on fatigue duty to haul cannon through the mud, like a team of horses or
oxen. About the first of November, our reduced regiment, now consisting of only
about two hundred rank and file, were sent to Sorel, where Lake Champlain dis-
charges its surplus waters, through the river Sorel into the St. Lawrence. On our
way, our numbers were augmented by a few Canadian volunteers. About the time
of "our arrival at Sorel, the British garrison at Montreal evacuated that place, taking
passage in eleven sail of vessels, deeply laden with clothing and military stores.
FIFTH GENERATION. 57
Douglas, an adjoining town. Several Danvers people had removed to
Sutton not long before ; and perhaps Jacobs was one of them. At
fourteen, Samuel Giles was apprenticed to Daniel Porter, a tanner and
currier, in Topsfield, a town contiguous to Danvers. He lived with
him till he enlisted in the army.
In his twentieth year, he followed the example of his elder brother
Thomas, and entered the military service of his country. He seems to
and descended the St. Lawrence. Our regiment succeeded in capturing the whole
fleet, a short distance above the mouth of the Sorel river; thus procuring a welcome
and much needed supply for our suffering army.
"After the surrender of St. John's, the army of Montgomery descended the St.
Lawrence to the neighborhood of Quebec. Before we left Sorel, my first enlistment
expired. I then enlisted under Capt. Babcock, in Major Brown's detachment. Not
long after our arrival at Quebec, many of our officers and soldiers were attacked
with the small-pox, of which some died. The army suffered greatly by the inclem-
ency of the weather, in that cold, snowy region. On the night of December 31,
177*5, an attempt was made to take the city by assault. Gen. Montgomery fell, and
with him his aid, [Capt. Macpherson,] and also Capt. Cheeseman, which caused
the attempt to fail. On the 1st of May, my second enlistment expired ; and I again
enlisted in Capt. Wheeler's company, in the regiment of Col. Porter. May 6, our
army left Quebec, and continued their retreat till they reached Ticonderoga. In
Nov., 1776, the brigade, to which I belonged, was called to the assistance of the
army of Washington, and marched to Morristown, N. J. On the 31st of Dec. my
enlistment again expired, and I returned home to my father in [Springfield] Ver-
mont, having been absent almost three years. When Burgoyne's army appeared
before Ticonderoga, [July 1, 1777,] the militia of Vermont were called for. I went
for one. The militia arrived just in time for a precipitate flight before the enemy.
I next enlisted under Capt. Allen, in a regiment commanded by Col. Herrick, de-
nominated the Green Mountain Corps. Our duty was constant scouting in the
woods, and other lurking-places of the enemy.
" On or about the 6th of November, 1777, Capt. Allen called for volunteers to pur-
sue the British, who were evacuating Ticonderoga and Crown Point ; and a few
militia joined us. On the night of Nov. 12, a militia-man and myself, from ven-
turing too far, were taken prisoners by the British. We were conveyed to St.
John's; and thence to Montreal and Quebec. On the 26th July, 1778, about ten
o'clock at night, myself and three others made our escape from on board a prison-
ship, leaving about 35 of our fellow-sufferers behind. The ship's watch and two
sentinels were on deck at the time. We crossed the St. Lawrence in the ship's
boat, and entered the woods without guide or compass. We travelled seventeen
days in that dreary region. The first seven days we subsisted on four hard bis-
cuits and about eight ounces of salt pork a day. The remaining ten days we lived
principally on the inner bark of the white pine ! On the seventeenth day, we were
taken by the Indians, and carried to Montreal. But on the night of the 18th of
September, 1778, three of us escaped again by leaping: from the windows of the
.second story of the Provost prison, which had a guard of eighteen men, three of
whom guarded the prison at the time. We then made for the gate of the prison-
yard, where we were attacked by the sentinel, and one of us slightly wounded.
After opening the gate, we ran for the walls of the city, leaped from them, and
reached the St. Lawrence about two miles below the city, where we found a ca^oe
without paddles. By the aid of two stakes from a fence, we succeeded in crossing
the river, though it was four miles wide, in safety. Sixteen miles from the St.
Lawrence, we came to the Chamblee river, which we crossed in a canoe on the
second night. After much fatigue, encountering many difficulties and dangers,
crossing rivers, and being pursued by Indians, whose grasp we twice eluded by
stratagem, on the fourteenth day we reached a frontier settlement at Monckton,
Vermont.
" Let Americans remember their obligations of gratitude to God for our deliver-
ance, and forget not the fathers of the Revolution who were the instruments in pro-
curing our independence."
Orsamus Holmes was a fine singer. When a prisoner, he would often provoke
the British soldiers by singing patriotic songs.
58 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
liave enlisted at first for six months. March 1, 1777, he enlisted for
three years. After his discharge in 1780, he enlisted again, for one
year ; and, at a snhsequent time, for three months. His daughter, Mrs.
Beach, often heard him say, that he served in the Revolutionary war
nearly five years.
From the " Continental Army Book," it appears that Samuel Giles,
corporal, of Topsfield, enlisted March 1, 1777, for three years, in Capt.
Page's company, in the Eleventh Massachusetts Regiment. That reg-
iment was then commanded by Col. Ebenezer Francis of Beverly. It
was raised by Col. Francis a few weeks before. At the time of Samuel
Giles's enlistment, it was stationed at Ticonderoga, After the death of
Col. Francis, it was commanded by Col. Benjamin Tapper, then of
Chesterfield, but a native of Sharon," near Boston, (b. 1738,) and after
the war one of the two leaders (the other was Gen. Rufus Putnam)
of the party which commenced the settlement of Ghio, and of the Great
Northwest, at Marietta, in 1788. He d. June, 1702.
In the account, which follows his name in the "Army Book," Samuel
Giles is charged with sundry items, like those which appear in the ac-
count with his brother Thomas, (for which see p. 50,) and credited in
the same way. The "Town Bounty" from Top.-field, March 1, 1777,
was £14.13, and its value is set down at £14.4. This Bounty, as in
the other case, is charged Dec. 31, 1779, as a part of his regular pay,
The pedigree of Laurana Holmes, wife of Dea. Samuel Giles, has not been fully
made out. "Her father, Hezekiah Holmes, was the son of William and Bathsheba
Holmes of Pembroke. But the name of the father of William Holmes has not been
ascertained.
The children of William and Bathsheba Holmes, so far as Pembroke records give
them, were —
Simeon, b. in Pembroke, Nov. 3, 1721.
Hezekiah, b. in do., Jan. 25, 1727-8; m. Mercy Bisbee.
The children of Hezekiah and Mercy (Bisbee; Holmes, all b. in Pembroke, were—
Lucinda, b. April 24, 1756.
Orsamus, b. Oct. 11, 1757.
Cvnthia, b. June 24, 1760; d. May 2.3, 1761.
Laurana, b. Jan. 17, 1762; m. Samuel Giles, Jan. 8, 1783.
Abiah, b. Jan. 6, 1765.
Abner, b. May 6, 1760 (?)
There was also a John Holmes in Pembroke, whose wife, Susannah, d. Oct. 22,
1732. Their son, Jacob, was b. April 13, 1726. John and William Holmes may
have been brothers.
Josiah Bourne, Jr., and Abigail Holmes, both of Pembroke, m. April 5, 1744.
Ebenezer Holmes and Abigail Neweomb, both of Pembroke, m. April 5, 1744.
The foregoing .is all which the Pembroke records contain, in reference to the
Holmes family, previous to 1772.
Who was the father of William Holmes of Pembroke ?
We do not know. But there is a strong probability that he [William] was a
grandson of Rev. John Holmes of Duxbury. This worthy man is supposed to
have been the eldest son of Lieut. William Holmes, who was of Plymouth in 1634,
and of Scituate, 1643.
Rev. John Holmes was ordained, 1659, pastor of the Church in Duxbury; being
the second minister of the second church in the Plymouth Colony. He was much
respected, and was endeared to his people by the humility and meekness of his char-
acter. His name is not found in the list of graduates of Harvard College, but it is
known that he was an under-graduate at Cambridge in 1658. Rev. Ralph Part-
ridge, the first minister of Duxbury, who was settled there in 1637, died a few days
before the probate of his will, which was May 4, 1658; and Mr. Holmes may have
been desired immediatelv to fill his place, being doubtless well known to the people
FIFTH GENERATION. 59
and then in the second account, March 1, 1780, he is credited with it.
His wages at the close of his three years' service, at forty-four shillings
(= $7.33) per month, amounted to £79.4; of which there was a balance
due him of <£G4.17.G.
Samuel Giles had his full share of perils, exposures, and hardships.
We know what they were, for we have heard of them from his own
lips. He was with Washington at the crossing of the Delaware, and
the consequent battle of Trenton, Dec. 25, 1776. The following March,
he joined the Eleventh regiment at Ticonderoga, and shared in the dis-
asters and sufferings, as well as in the triumphs, of that memorable
campaign. Burgoyne having invested that fortress, on the first day of
July, 1777, and having occupied Sugar Hill, an eminence which had
been believed to be inaccessible, and which perfectly commanded the
American defences, Gen. St. Clair found himself under the necessity
of abandoning the plate, which was clone on the sixth of that month.
His force amounted to 3000 men; and the evacuation of a stronghold
like Ticonderoga, which was supposed to be impregnable, sent a thrill
of astonishment and dismay through all the Northern States. The rear-
guard of St. Clair's retreating army, consisting of the regiments of
Hale, Francis, and Warner, was overtaken, a few minutes after seven
o'clock on the morning of July 7, at Hubbardton, Vt., by a detachment
of Burgoyne's army, consisting of light infantry and grenadiers, under
of Duxbury, as having been brought up in their neighborhood. This was probably
the reason why tie did not take his degree at college. He m. Dec. 11, 1661, Mary
Wood, dau. of John Wood, otherwise Atwood, of Plymouth; and d. Dec. 24, 1675.
His widow became the third wife of Major William Bradford, a distinguished officer
in "Philip's War," and son of Governor William Bradford of Plymouth. She d.
Jan. 6, 1714-15.
The children of Rev. John Holmes, so far as known to us, were Joseph, Mary,
Isaac. But there may have been others ; as the records are known to be deficient.
I have seen a MS. Genealogy of the descendants of Rev. John Holmes, — made out
by his descendant, Mr. David W. Holmes, now of Cambridge, — which does not pro-
fess to be full or complete ; and while I do not there find any of the Holmes family of
Pembroke, — the genealogy being chiefly compiled from the Kingston records, — the
similarity of names is such that I cannot doubt that the Pembroke Holmes family
were descended from the Duxbury minister; e. g., I find Ephraim, Lemuel, and Lau-
rana, which are unusual names, in both families. Pembroke joins Kingston and
Duxbury ; also Halifax.
Ephraim Holmes of Halifax is known to have been a brother of Hezekiah; and
he is believed to have had a brother John. But neither of these appear on the Pem-
broke records.
It may be well to note here that Hon. John Holmes 6 of Alfred, Me., was of this
family. He was son of Melatiah, 5 b. in Kingston, March 30, 1745, who m. Eliza-
beth Bradford of Kingston, Jan. 31, 1771 ; and d. Jan. 19, 1827. Melatiah was son
of Joseph, 4 b. Oct. 4, 1691 ; m. Rebecca Waterman of Plympton ; lived in King-
ston; d. April 26, 1756. Joseph 4 was son of Joseph, 3 b. July 9, 1665; lived in
Kingston; m. 1, Mary Sprague ; and 2, Mary Brewster; and this Joseph 3 was son
of Rev. John Holmes 2 of Duxbury. Hon. John Holmes 6 m. 1, Sally Brooks of
Scituate. She d. 1835 ; and he m. 2, in 1837, Caroline F. Swan, a widow, of Thom-
aston, Me., and youngest dau. of Maj. Gen. Henry Knox of Revolutionary fame,
and President Washington's first Secretary of War. She d. a widow, in Oct. 1851.
After his second marriage, he lived in Thomaston. The writer well recollects him
as a fellow-traveller in the steamer on a passage from Boston to Bangor, in April,
1837 ; Mr. Holmes leaving the steamer at Thomaston. He was a man of decided
talent ; for some years Representative in Congress from the York District, and after
the separation of Maine from Massachusetts, one of her first two Senators at Wash-
ington. He had a sister Laurana, and his father's sister bore the same name.
CO THE GILES MEMOEIAL.
General Frazer, supported by the Brunswick troops under General
Baron Reidesel ; and a fierce engagement ensued. Hale's regiment,
without waiting for the shock of battle, made a hasty and inglorious re-
treat. The two remaining regiments, numbering only about 700 men,
sustained the attack with so much resolution and gallantry, that the
British grenadiers at first broke and gave way. They soon formed
again, however, and used their bayonets (a weapon in which the other
party were deficient) with so much effect, that the Americans were
thrown into confusion, which was increased by the arrival of the Bruns-
wickers at the critical instant, who were immediately led into action.
The conflict, which lasted an hour and a half, (from 7^ to 8f o'clock, A. M.)
was one of the most sanguinary, for the numbers engaged, that occurred
during the war. Col. Francis* was killed, with nearly 200 of his men. J
The entire loss of the Americans, in killed, wounded, and prisoners,
was 324. The royal troops, including British and German, had 183
killed and wounded. The Americans, overpowered by greatly superior
numbers, fled on all sides; Hale, who had sought safety by flight, was
not long after overtaken, and compelled to surrender.
Samuel Giles spoke of being in this terrihle fray, and of the fall of
Francis and many of his men, when the compiler visited him, in May,
1823.
In October, 1777, he was present at the surrender of Burgoyne, at
Saratoga, an event which filled the whole country with joy and hope.
The ensuing winter, 1777-8, he spent in the camp at Valley Forge,
on the Schuylkill, fifteen miles from Philadelphia, under Washington.
He often spoke of the hardships and distresses of that dreadful season.
Before the battle of Hubbardton, he had a good supply of clothing ;
but in the utter rout of that occasion, or in the hot pursuit that fol-
lowed, he was compelled to leave it by the way-side; and with only the
remnants of his summer apparel, he spent that severe winter at Valley
Forge ; where, also, he had the small-pox. The suffering was general
and extreme throughout the camp. The only shelter for the soldiers
were rude huts. Provisions nearly failed. There was a great Avant of
clothing. Many, for lack of shoes, went barefoot on the frozen ground.
Few had blankets for the night. Nearly three thousand, it is stated,
were at one time incapable of bearing arms.
He was in the battle of Monmouth, Sunday, June 28, 1778, and fre-
quently spoke of his sufferings at that time from the extremely hot
weather.
He had many narrow escapes from death. At Hubbardton, a ball
* Col. Ebenezer Francis, b. in Medford, Dec. 22, 1744, removed to Beverly, 1764.
His only son Ebenezer, b. Oct. 15, 1775, was for many years a mercbant of Boston,
and President of the Suffolk Bank, where he originated the well-known " iSnffolk
Bank System," which, during more than forty years, assured to New England a
sound paper currency, based on the speedy exchange of bank bills for specie or its
equivalent, at the counter of the Suffolk Bank ; all the banks, out of Boston, which
were parties to the arrangement, (and nearly all were,) being obliged to keep a
constant deposit of rive thousand dollars for that purpose in said institution. He died
in Boston, Sept. 21, 1858, leaving the largest estate ever accumulated in New Eng-
land. He came to Boston in Jan. 1787, a poor boy, and died in the possession of a
properly of from 3^ to 4 millions of dollars. See Geneal. Reg., Vol. XIII., p. 88.
I For an interesting account of Col. Francis and the battle, see Stone's History of
Beverly, pp. 73-79, where the loss in this regiment is thus stated.
FIFTH GENERATION. CI
cut his coat — probably a thin, summer coat — across his shoulders. At
another time, his musket was broken in his hand by a ball. Once, as
he was standing in the door of a house, by the side of another man,
looking at a company who were performing military exercises before
the house, the man by his side was shot dead by one of the company,
who had neglected to draw the ball from the cartridge. On various
other occasions he barely avoided death. He retained a vivid remem-
brance of the scenes of the Revolution, and recounted them, with much
animation, till the close of life. He was much aifected with a sense of the
goodness of God in his preservation, so that he perished not in his sins.
Samuel Giles was never paid for his five years' Revolutionary ser-
vices. He was furnished with an army certificate, which he parted
with for a few shillings, despairing of ever getting more for it. The
person to whom he sold it, and who "came around, picking up such
things," obtained for it a considerable sum of money.
When the first Act of Congress was passed, providing for the pay-
ment of pensions to Revolutionary soldiers, he applied for a pension,
received a certificate, and for about two years drew the money. A new
Act was then passed, requiring pensioners to make oath that they were
destitute of property, which he could not conscientiously do. After
this, an Act was passed, giving pensions to all surviving Revolutionary
soldiers, without regard to the amount of their property. Under this
Act, he received a pension during the remainder of his life. After his
death, his widow became entitled, under still another Act, to a pension,
which she received during her remaining days.
After leaving the army, 1782, he took up his residence in the County
of Windsor, Vermont, then a new and inviting region ; where he was
married in 1783, as before related. He resided for some time in Spring-
field, and after that in Weathersfield, in that County and State, until March,
1792, when he settled permanently in Kingsborough, then a section of the
large township of Johnstown, N. Y., about forty-five miles N. W. from
Albany, and in the "Mohawk country." In this township was the ele-
gant seat of General Sir William Johnson, who was, under the crown,
Superintendent of Indian Affairs in the " Old French War," and exer-
cised an unbounded influence over the Six Nations.* Here Samuel
Giles underwent all the privations and hardships of a new settlement ;
and had the satisfaction, at length, of seeing the wilderness around bud
and blossom as the rose.
Though not at the time regarding himself as a partaker of inward
religion, he assisted in erecting a house for public worship, and in sus-
taining the ministry of the gospel. He was among the early subjects
of the first revival in that place in 1803; a place which has since been
repeatedly and eminently favored with the effusions of the Divine
* He conducted an expedition against Crown Point, and signally defeated the
French, under Baron Dieskan, in 1755, at the battle of Lake George. He died in
1774. His son, Sir John Johnson, succeeded in part to his influence over the In-
dians, and is infamous for the part he acted, along with his savage allies, in the
frontier massacres of 1778. Those incarnate fiends, John and Walter Butler, who,
with more than Indian ferocity, led the combined forces of the tories and savages in
the attacks made on Wyoming and Cherry Valley, in July and November, 1778, and
exercised the dismal barbarities there witnessed, lived at Caghnewaga, four miles
Southeasterly from the village of Johnstown, on the same side of the Mohawk River.
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Spirit. He became a member of the Congregational Church there in
April. 1804;* and ever afterwards presented a bright example of
christian fidelity and usefulness. Not long after, he was chosen to the
office of Deacon, which he sustained, with great acceptance, till the in-
firmities of age compelled him to withdraw from active duty. He pos-
sessed, in a high degree, the respect and confidence of his neighbors,
and was always one of the first to be called on to settle any difficulty in
the church or civil community.
He was exemplary in all the duties of religion and of morality.
Family worship was performed as soon as the family arose in the morn-
ing; a custom well suited to impress the mind with the thought that our
duties to God take precedence of all others. All yvere required to be
present. lie was always present at the meetings of the church, espe-
cially prayer-meetings, when able to attend. He often walked two miles,
after the fatigues of a summer's day, to enjoy the privilege of a weekly
pruyer-meeting. lie was an early, a consistent, and an efficient laborer
in the Temperance cause; joining in the earlier movements made, in
1814, to diminish the use of distilled liquors; and arriving in due time
at the position taken, about twenty years after, by all true friends of
that noble enterprise, that of entire abstinence from all intoxicating
drinks. He contributed liberally, and to the extent of his ability, to the
cause of Foreign Missions, and to other benevolent operations.
His personal appearance, as the compiler well remembers, after the
lapse of thirty-nine years, was most venerable. His silver locks, his
mild yet firm bearing, his animated countenance, are still before me.
He frequently visited his friends in Boston, Rockport, &c, making
the journey of 300 miles twice alone on horseback, and several times
with one of his family in his own vehicle.
In February, 1837, Deacon Giles was arrested with a sudden stroke
of palsy. He became helpless at once ; his sufferings were at times
severe; but he Avas, to the end, patient and submissive, humble and
gentle, even cheerful and contented ; calmly waiting till his final change
should come. From May, 1839, till October, 1840, he and his wife re-
sided with their daughter. Mrs. Beach. The last year of his life was
spent at his son's house in St. Johnsville, and there his death occurred,
Oct. 30, 1841, a. 84. His wife Laurana d. Oct. 23, 1850, a. 88.
Their children were —
316. Lemuel, 6 b. July 5, 1784 ; d. July 20, 1784.
317. tJennison, 6 1). Sept. 5, 1785; m. 1, Philenda Beach; 2, Prudence Hatch.
318. tMary, 6 b. Julv 23, 1787; m. Henrv Dubois Lounsberv.
319. tSarah, 6 b. May 26, 1792; m. Amos Beach.
115.
WILLIAM GILES, 4 (Thomas,* Samuel, 3 Eleazar? Edward, 1 ) son
of Thomas'* and Mary (Jenniso.i) Giles of South Danvers; bap. Feb.
28, 1762; m. .
* Of this church, Rev. Elisha Yale, D. D., was ordained the first pastor, in May,
1804, having previously labored some months in that place. He continued to dis-
charge the duties of a pastor there, with almost apostolic zeal, fidelity, and success,
until some time in the year 1852, when his advanced years required "the settlement
of a colleague, Rev. Edward Wall. He was b. in Lee, Mass., June 15, 1780, and
died of a paralytic shock, on Sunday, Jan. 9, 1853, leaving a name uncommonly
respected, through all the land, for christian piety, prudence, and dcvo:ion.
FIFTH GENERATION. 63
We have no record of his birth, or marriage, or death.
When a boy, he went to Whately, on Connecticut River, and lived
with a Mr. Edward Brown. At the age of eighteen, or a few months
later, he enlisted in the Continental army, and served something less
than six months, to wit, from July 6 to Dec. 28, 1780. lie was in the
second company in the Tenth Massachusetts Regiment, commanded by
Col. Thomas Marshall. In a certificate, made and swo.n to by the
Selectmen of Whately, the length of his service is given as above, and
it is stated that he marched 150 miles. In a "Descriptive List" of
the " Six-months' men," who marched from Springfield, July 9, 1780,
William Giles is described as 18 years of age, 5 feet 4 inches in stature,
of a ruddy complexion, and a resident in Whately in the County of
Hampshire.* [Mass. Archives.
In the " Continental Army Book," William Giles is said to have en-
listed for three years , which must be a mistake ; and is credited with
his service from July 16 to Dec. 31, 1780, being 5 months and 14 clays,
at 40 shillings per month. [Ibid.
After the war, he returned to Whately, and was admitted to the
church there, Aug. 10, 1783. Some time after this, he left Whately
and took up his residence in Middletown, Ct. He was married, but
to whom, and whether in Whately, Middletown, or elsewhere, I am not
informed. He was living in June, 1792, as appears from a deed quoted
on p. 31. He was drowned in an attempt to cross the Connecticut River
in a boat alone. He left no children. His widow was afterwards mar-
ried to a Mr. Duball.
116.
JAMES LINDALL GILES, 5 (Thomas* Samuel, 3 Eleazar, 2 Ed-
ward}) youngest son of Thomas 4 and Mary (Jennison) Giles of South
Danvers; bap. March 30, J 766; m. 1, Anna Page of Salem, Jan. 6,
1794; 2, Martha Bellamy of Kittery, Me.
He received his name from a cherished remembrance of his mother's
grandfather.
He was a tailor by trade ; and resided successively in Salem, Balti-
more, Md., Portsmouth, N. H., and finally in Pembroke, N. H., where
he d. Jan. 1821. He left no children. His widow, in April, 1823,
married John Norris of Raymond, N. H., son of Deacon Norris of that
place. He was a tailor formerly, but, in 1823, a yeoman. I enjoyed
a pleasant visit at their house in Raymond, in Oct. 1823, while pursuing
my studies at Phillips Exeter Academy.
117.
ABIGAIL GILES,* (Thomas* Samuel, 3 Eleazar, 2 Edward, 1 )
youngest child of Thomas 4 and Mary (Jennison) Giles of South Dan-
vers, bap. May 7, 1769; m. 1, about 1794, Robert Watson; 2, Adna
Bates, a native of Springfield, Vt.
She lived with her mother in South Danvers and Salem, till the
death of the latter in Nov. 1784. She then seems to have gone to re-
* This List contains the names of a large number of men, not only from the
Western Counties, but from the Eastern and Southern portions of Massachusetts.
There are 31 from Old Braintree. Each man's age, stature, complexion, and resi-
dence is given.
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side in the family of her brother Samuel in Springfield and "Weathers-
field, Vt. This brother speaks of her as "lately living with" him, in
June, 1792. See p. 31. Dr. William Jennison, her uncle, who died
May 8, 1798, gave her in his will ten dollars; and in that will calls her
"Abigail Giles, alias Watson."
Robert Watson lived in Kingsborough, N. Y., some time previous to
their marriage. About two years after that event, they removed to
Salina, Onondaga Co., N. Y., and thence to Canada; where, at the end
of six or eight years, he died. She then visited her brother at Kings-
borough, and spent several weeks. She returned to Canada, where she
married a second husband, Bates, as already stated. She visited her
brother in the summer of 1824, in company with her husband. They
appeared to be in easy circumstances; though not religious people.
They returned in September to their home in Scarborough, near To-
ronto, Canada West. Afterwards, they resided at some place in Ham-
ilton District, in the same province. It is supposed that both have long
since deceased.
She had no children. Her second husband had a son Roger Bates,
by a former marriage, who many years since resided at Syracuse, N. Y.
She is represented as having been very attractive in person, and
amiable in disposition.
124.
EBENEZER GILES,* (Ebenezer* Eleazar,* Eleazar? Edward, 1 )
eldest son of Ebenezer 4 and Esther Giles of Townsend ; b. there, Aug.
14, 1759; m. 1, Melvin of Concord; 2, Abigail Clark of
Concord.
He served his country as a soldier five years during the war of the
Revolution ; enlisting when under the age of eighteen. He received a
wound in the shoulder from a sabre, in an encounter with the enemy's
cavalry. After the pension Act was passed in 18 — , he drew a pension.
Ebenezer Giles was called out for service in Rhode Island, July 1 to
Dec. 18, 1777.
Ebenezer Giles of Townsend enlisted Aug. 1, 1777, in Col. John
Robinson's Company, in the service of the United States, for six months.
Ebenezer Giles of Townsend, aged 20, stature 5 feet 7 inches, en-
listed July, 1779, to serve in the Continental army. [Mass. Archives.
He lived in Townsend many years ; removed to Pawlet, Vt., where
he d. about 1830. By his first wife he had several children, who are
now living in the Western States. We have the name only of —
320. Ephraim, 6 who removed to Western New York, and a few years since again
removed to some State or Territory still farther West; perhaps Kansas.
By his second wife, Ebenezer Giles* had no children.
126.
Deacon JOHN GILES,* (Ebenezer* Eleazar, 3 Eleazar? Edivard, 1 )
second son of Ebenezer 4 and Esther Giles of Townsend ; b. there, Nov.
4, 1762 ; m. 1, March 15, 1787, Susan Baldwin, b. 1764, who d. Oct.
17, 1788, "aged 24 years, 5 m os - 25 days"; 2, April 6, 1789, Mary
Adams of Townsend. She was b. July 23, 1765, and was one of the
FIFTH GENERATION. 65
sixteen children of Capt. Daniel Adams, one of the early settlers of
Townsend. Twelve of these lived to maturity, whose names follow:
Daniel, Abner, Rebecca, Benjamin, Ephraim, Kezia, Mehitable, Eliza-
beth, Mary, Joseph, Phebe, James. Eleven of these married, and had
families. All are now deceased. The parents, and many if not all of
the children, were pious. Mary, the wife of John Giles, became an
earnest disciple of Christ in the morning of life, and connected herself
with the Congregational Church.
John Giles, in early life, became a decided follower of Christ, and
united with the Congregational Church in Townsend. He was chosen
Deacon in Dec. 1812, and sustained the office acceptably till his death.
He spent all his days there, and d. Aug. 24, 1825, aged 62 years, 9
months, and 20 days. Mrs. Mary Giles, his widow, survived him thirty-
two years, and d. Nov. 2, 1857, a. 92.
Their children were —
321. tDaniel, 6 b. Feb. 28, 1790; m. 1, Betsey Stone; 2, Hannah Hart ; 3, Betsev
(Pratt) Hodgman.
322. John, 6 b. Nov. 11, 1791 ; d. Sept. 12, 1800.
323. Samuel, 6 b. June 24 , 1793; d. Aug. 22, 1800.
324. Abner, 6 b. March 16, 1795; d. Aug. 22, 1800.
325. Susan, 6 b. Aug. 25, 1797 ; d. Mav 8, 1798.
326. Joel, 6 b. April 9, 1799; d. Aug. 28, 1800.
327. Mary, 6 b. Dee. 18, 1801 ; unm. ; a devoted christian ; d. Nov. 5, 1857, se. 56.
328. Joel, 6 b. May 6, 1804 ; unm. ; H. C. 1829 ; Tutor in Harvard Coll. ; LL. B.
in same, 1837 ; a distinguished lawyer in Boston. He has been a mem-
ber of the Massachusetts Senate, and of the House of Representatives ;
a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1853; one of the Com-
missioners of the Back Bay Lands, &c. He holds a high rank in his pro-
fession, has more than ordinary legal attainments, enjoys an extensive
and lucrative practice, and possesses in a high degree the confidence of the
business world and of the religious community. He is scholarly in his
tastes, unassuming in his deportment, and has long been known as a
decided and devout christian.
329. John, 6 b. March 23, 1806; unm. ; H. C. 1831 ; became hopefully pious, and
united witli the Orthodox Church in Cambridgeport, under the pastoral
care of Rev. William Augustus Stearns, D. D., now President of Am-
herst College. He suffered many years under pulmonary disease; and
d. at the house of his brother, Dea. Daniel Giles, in Townsend, June 14,
1838.
* 127.
SARAH GILES,* (Ebenezer* Eleazar? Eleazar,* Edward, 1 ) sister
of the preceding; b. in Townsend, March 6, 1766; m. Capt. James
Pratt of Pawlet, Yt. They had nine children, all of whom lived to
be more than forty years of age. Their names follow —
330. Elisha, 6 b. 1784; m. 1, Sarah Munroe. She d. in little more than a year
after marriage ; 2, Lucy Sumner of Halifax, Vt. They had a large fam-
ily of children. He early removed to Ypsilanti, Mich., where hed. in
1833, a. 49.
331. Lucy, 6 b. 1786; never married ; d. in Pawlet, Vt., in 1830, a. 44.
332. Sarah, 6 1 f m. Stephen Loomis of Rushville, N. Y. She d. in 1849,
leaving several children.
333. Esther, 6 I ^"l'J m. Ephraim Giles. They live in Oswego, Mich., and
1788 I have a lan,re famil y of children, all living at the West,
U88- except two sons, one of whom lives in Westborough,
[ Mass., and the other in Pawlet, Yt.
334. Dorcas, 6 b. ab. 1790; m. 1, Braman Fitch of Pawlet, Vt., and removed to
Rochester, N. Y. 2, Elisha Smith. She d. in 1831, leaving three chil-
dren by the first husband and one by the second.
5
60 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
335. Miner Giles, 6 b. Nov. 13, 1800; grad. Midd. Coll. 1823, and studied The-
ology at Andover Theol. Sera. The first year after leaving the seminary
he spent in connection with the Am Tract Society, New York. From
1828 to 1848 he was Pastor of the First Congregational Church in Au-
burn, Mass., acceptably performing the duties of that office. In 1848
he was dismissed therefrom at his own request, and soon after accepted
the appointment of Financial Agent of the Massachusetts Colonization
Society; which position he still holds. Soon after his settlement in Au-
burn, he m. Caroline Drury, dau. of Maj. Thomas Drury of that place,
by whom lie has had nine children, three of whom d. in infancy. The
remainder are mostly in New York. Mrs. Caroline Pratt d in 1860,
and was buried in the cemetery of the Theol. Sem. Andover, in which
town he still resides.
336. James, 6 m. Philena Sheldon of Pawlet, Vt. He removed to Westfield, N. Y.,
where he still lives. He had held several civil offices in that State ; and
has had three children, of whom two are still living.
337. Alvah, 6 m. Sarah Cranch of Pawlet, Vt. He removed to Ypsilanti, Mich.,
where he has filled a number of civil and ecclesiastical offices with good
success. He has had no children.
337^. Ervin, 6 m. Caroline El well of Rupert, Vt. He lives on the old homestead
in Pawlet. He has nine children.
140.
NEHEMIAH GILES, 5 (James* Ehazar* Eleazar? Edward, 1 )
youngest child of James 4 and Elizabeth (Green) Giles of Townsend ;
b. there, July 1, 1783; m. Jan. 10, 1809, Mary Cowdin, dau. of
Thomas and Mary (Farrington) Cowdin of Fitchburg. The mother
of Mary Farrington was a sister of Israel Putnam, Major General in
the army of the Revolution.
Mr. Giles learned the trade of a blacksmith ; but possessing strong
mental faculties, and an inventive genius, he turned his attention to the
improvement of machinery. The circular saw was invented by him,
although it had been, six or seven years previous, without his knowledge,
invented in England, where it was known as "Sheldon's Circular Saw."
The Patent Laws in this country were then less definite than at present,
and no patent was taken out by Mr. Giles, and thus he failed of any
special benefit from what was really his invention. He was among the
earliest cotton spinners in the country; having established a cotton
manufactory in Fitchburg as long ago as 1812. The business w T as con-
ducted by the firm of Farwell & Giles. He removed to Walpole, N. IL,
in 1828, and there having purchased a farm, he devoted himself to
agriculture. He still resides in that town.
His wife united with the Congregational Church in Walpole, about
thirty years ago, and was a most excellent woman. She endured a
distressing sickness of many years with exemplary christian fortitude,
resignation, and cheerfulness ; and went to her heavenly home March
81, 18G2.
The family are highly respectable in point of intelligence, moral
character, and social position.
The children of Nehemiah and Mary (Cowdin) Giles were —
338. tMariannc Cornelia, 6 b. June 8, 1810; m. Hon. Emory Washburn.
339. tSarah Farrington, 6 b. July 8, 1812; m. William Bellows.
340. Elizabeth Green, 6 b. May 31,1816; m. Charles E. West, LL. D. of N. York,
formerly Principal of Rutgers Institute in that city, now of Buffalo, and
Principal of the Buffalo Female Academy. Their children are —
341. Emory Washburn. 342. Charles.
FIFTH GENERATION. 67
343. Elizabeth. 345. Herbert.
344. Marianne W. 346. Bertha.
347. "Warren Augustus, 6 b. March 27, 1820; grad. D. C. 1839 ; went to Georgia
as a teacher in September, and d. at Summerville, Chattooga Co., in
the N. W. part of that State, Dec. 12, 1839.
166.
SAMUEL GILES,* (Samuel* Eleazar? John, 2 Edward, 1 ) son of
Samuel 4 and Eunice (Herrick) Giles of Beverly ; b. there, Dec. 18,
1750.
Samuel Giles of Salem — he is also said to be of Beverly — enlisted
May 6, 1775, as a private, in Capt. Nathan Brown's company, in Col.
John Mansfield's regiment. Opposite to his name is the remark,
"entered in Train, June 15." This means, he was transferred at that
time to the artillery company, commanded by Capt. Samuel Russell
Trevett of Marblehead, in Col. Richard Gridley's regiment. [Mass.
Archives.
This company, or train of artillery, or battery, as it would now be
called, fought valiantly at Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775, and brought
away the only field-piece which was saved, out of six taken to the field.
Samuel Giles was chief gunner in a company raised for coast defence
in Marblehead, under command of Capt. Edward Fettyplace. He en-
listed Feb. 14, 1776, and served till the end of the year. This com-
pany consisted of just 100 men, including officers. [Ibid.
Samuel Giles was a matross (or common soldier) in the first company
in the Massachusetts train of artillery, commanded by Capt. Philip Mar-
ett, in Col. Crafts's regiment, from Dec. 1, 1776 to May 8, 1777. [Ibid.
Samuel Giles was pilot of the State ship Tartar, under command of
Capt. John Cathcart, from May 30, 1782, to Nov. 11, 1782, at £5 per
month. There were 103 men, including officers.* [Ibid.
Of the remainder of his history I am Avholly ignorant.
167.
HENRY GILES, 5 ( Samuel* Eleazar, 3 John 2 Edward, 1 ) brother of
the preceding; b. in Beverly, Feb. 14, 1753.
Henry Giles of Beverly was a matross in a company of artillery,
commanded by Capt. Samuel R. Trevett, in Col. Richard Gridley's reg-
iment. He enlisted, May 29, 1775. Previously to this, he had en-
listed as a private in Capt. William Curtis's company of infantry, in
Col. John Glover's regiment. [Mass. Archives.
As has been already stated, Capt. Trevett's company of artillery was
in the battle of Bunker Hill, and did good service on that memorable
day.
There is some reason to think that this Henry Giles afterwards re-
moved to Nova Scotia, and d. at Cole Harbor, five miles from Halifax,
in that Province, Nov. 1832, a. 81.
* David Giles was a seaman on board the brig Hazard, commanded by Capt.
John F. Williams, in the service of the State of Massachusetts Bay, from July 10,
1779, to Sept. 6, 1779, one month, 28 days. [Mass. Archives.] I know not his
connection with the Giles Family. The Hazard, in 1777-8, was under the command
of Capt. Simeon Sampson of Kingston.
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The children of this individual, who d. near Halifax, were — *
348. Joseph, 6 ; lives at Cole Harbor, N. S., on the farm formerly owned
and occupied by his father. He m. Ann Morash, (?) and had children —
349. Alexander. 7 353. Mary Ann.''
350. Henry. 7 354. Harriet. 7
351. John. 7 355. Joseph. 7
352. Elizabeth 7
356. Samuel, 6 ; lives also at Cole Harbor, N. S.; m. Elizabeth Otto, of
German parentage. Their children were —
357. Barbara, 7 b. March 31, 1810.
358. Samuel. 1
359. Catharine. 7
360. Elizabeth. 7
361. Louisa, 7 b. April 8, 1817 ; m. James Gillespie. They now live in
Salem, Mass., and are members of the Howard Street (Ortho-
dox) Church, Rev. C. C. Beaman, pastor.
362. Sophia, 7 ; d. March 9, 1859, a. 30.
363. John. 7
364. Joseph. 7
365. William. 7
366. Peter. 7
367. Catharine, 6 ; m. William Osborn, a farmer.
368. Louisa, 6 ; m. Benjamin Bissett, a farmer.
369. Mary, 6 ; m. John Hawkins, a seaman.
370. Margaret, 5 ; d. young and unmarried.
177.
EDMUND GILES, 5 (Edmund, 4 Meazar, 3 John,' Edward?) son of
Edmund 4 and Esther (Ellingwood) Giles of Beverly ; b. there, May
10, 1762; m. 1785, (published, April 17, 1785,) Sarah Smith, b.
May 6, 17G0, dau. of James and Abigail (Baker) Smith of Beverly.}
Like his father, he was a " cooper," and spent his life in Beverly.
1787, June 22. Edmund Giles of Beverly, cooper, administrator of
his father Edmund Giles of Beverly, cooper, deceased, intestate, sells
land to George Cabot, Esq., of Beverly. [Essex Deeds, 148 : 39.
The children of Edmund and Sarah Giles were —
371. fLvdia, 6 b. Aug. 6, 1785 ; m. David Joseph of Beverlv.
372. tEdmund, 6 b. May 6, 1787 ; m. Jane Wallis of Beverly.
373. Hannah, 6 b. April 19, [17891] d. young.
* The account which is given of this family was received from Mrs. Louisa Gil-
lespie of Salem. She also says that her grandfather's name was Joseph Henry
Giles ; that he was tall and thin ; he had a sash and tassel, a high cap with a wav-
ing plume, and, she thinks, a long sword, all of which he used to exhibit as worn
by him in the Revolutionary War; and she says he was in the battle of Bunker
Hill, and, as I understood, fought on the side of liberty. He was from Roxbury, or
Salem. I am not sure of the identity of the grandfather of Mrs. Gillespie, with
Henry Giles, 5 [167] but consider it probable.
% James Smith, b. Nov. 21, 1730, was son of James Smith, b. Feb. 2, 1694-5, by
wife Sarah Creesy, m. Feb. 2, 1719. The last named James was son of Hazadiah
Smith, by wife Hannah Grover, m. May 27, 1684. This Hannah Grover was doubt-
less a granddaughter of Edmund Grover, who was of Salem, 1637, and d. in Bev-
erly, June 11, 1683; and either sister or cousin of Lydia Grover, grandmother of
Edmund Giles 5 in the text. See p. 23.
SIXTH GENERATION.
J5i*tlj (SSnuratioir.
190.
Capt. BENJAMIN GILES, 6 (Eleazar, 5 Eleazar? Samuel? Elea-
zar? Edward] ) son of Capt. Eleazar 5 and Sarah (Ellenwood) Giles of
Beverly; b. Feb. 23, 1779; m. July 26, 1804, Nancy Williams, b.
in Stockbridge, Sept. 24, 1783, dau. of Rev. Elisha Williams, pastor of
the Baptist Church in Beverly, by his wife Abigail Livermore.*
He lived in Beverly ; was a sea captain ; a smart, active man, and a
good manager of business. He d. in Beverly, Sept. 2, 1849. His
widow is still living, with her dau. Mrs. Potter, at Cambridge.
Their children, all b. in Beverly but the last, were —
374. Sarah Ellenwood, 7 b. April 30, 1805; m. Oct. 12, 1825, Jonathan Minot,
formerly of Westford, now of Northfield.
375. Benjamin," 7 b. about 1806 ; d. at 9 months old.
376. Ann Williams, 7 b. May 5, 1808; m. Oct. 25, 1829, Thomas Jefferson Le-
land, b. 1801, in Chester, Vt., son of Joshua and Thankful (Sherman)
Leland of that place. For his pedigree, see Genealogy of Leland Fam-
ily, p. 148. He now resides in Somerville, and is a wholesale provision
dealer in Boston. Children —
377. Julia G., b. 1830. 380. Abby E., b. 1840.
378. Francis A., b. 1832. 381. Anna W., b. 1845.
379. Thomas J., b. 1835.
382. Abigail Livermore, 7 b. Feb. 10, 1810; m. Aug. 15, 1843, Henry Potter,
now resident in Cambridge, and a merchant in Boston.
383. Alfred Ellenwood, 7 b. in Boston, Nov. 2, 1820 ; m. June 9, 1853, Susannah
Ridgway Homer Lord, dau. of Melvin Lord of Boston, who was one
of the firm of West, Richardson & Lord, and after that of Richardson,
Lord & Holbrook, booksellers and publishers in Boston, 30 or 40 years
ago. Mr. Giles grad. Brown Univ. 1844; LL. B. Harv. 1846; is a
counsellor of law in Boston; resides in Roxbury. Children —
384. Emily Lord, b. July 31, 1860.
385. Melvin Lord, b. April 16, 1862.
254.
Capt. SAMUEL GILES, 6 (Samuel, 5 Eleazar* Samuel? Eleazar?
Edward, 1 ) son of Samuel* and Mehitable (Hathorne) Giles ; b. in Salem,
Sept. 18, 1787; m. Nov. 17, 1812, Lydia Greenleaf Wonson, b.
Nov. 13, 1793, dau. of Samuel and Lydia Wonson of Gloucester. Her
* Rev. Elisha Williams was b. Oct. 7, 1757; grad. Yale Coll. 1775; A. M.,
Harv. and Yale; m. 1780, Abigail Liveimore of Livermore, Me. About 1790, he
removed to that town ; was the first schoolmaster there. About 1798, he became
pastor of the Baptist Church in Brunswick, Me., and afterwards of the Baptist
Church in Beverly. Several of the latter years of his life were spent in Cambridge,
without a pastoral charge ; and he d. there, Feb. 3, 1845, as. 88. [Hist, of Williams
Family, pp. 165, 168, and Bond's Watertown Genealogies, p. 349.
Abigail Livermore, wife of Rev. Elisha Williams, was b. Nov. 20, 1758; d. 1817.
She was the eldest dau. of Deacon Elijah Livermore, 5 b. March 4, 1730-1 ; d. Aug.
5, 1808 ; a native of Waltham and deacon in that town. He removed to Livermore,
Me., in 1779, of which township he was chief proprietor and first settler. He was
emphatically the father of that town, and a man of great worth. [Bond's Water-
town, p. 346.
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father, grandfather, and great-grandfather all hore the name of Samuel
Wonson.
When a boy of eight or ten years of age, he engaged in the naval
service of the United States, in the commencing difficulties with France.
At the age of fifteen, lie received seaman's wages in a merchant ship.
In the war with Great Britain, he was sailing-master of a large private-
armed schooner, of about 400 tons, called the Thrasher, which was fit-
ted out from Gloucester, in 1813 or 1814, to cruise against the com-
merce of the enemy. After the war, he superintended the building of
the ship Augusta, and went master of her, from 1816 to 182'.), in the
China and London trade, in the employ of Thomas Handasyd Perkins,
his brother James, and John P. Cushing ; the firm being James & T. H.
Perkins & Co. of Boston. During that period of thirteen years, he
had uncommonly good success, meeting with no serious accident, and
having the entire confidence of his employers. In 1829, he retired
from the sea, with an ample fortune. He was much respected as a
ship-master ; and, after his retirement, was often solicited, with tempting
offers, to resume the occupation. A strong desire to enjoy his pleasant
home overcame every solicitation of this nature.
At the age of twenty-two, he regarded himself as having become a
subject of renewing grace, and united with the Baptist Church in Salem.
Four years later, he removed to Gloucester, and transferred his church
relations to that place. To the interests of the Baptist Church there,
he was a liberal contributor. He was exemplary as a christian, and
upright as a man. He spent the remaining years of life in Gloucester,
and died there, March, 1850, ve. 63. He had no children of his own;
but adopted his wife's younger sister Eliza, who is now the wife of Rev.
William Lamson, D. D., some years minister of the Baptist Church in
Portsmouth, N. H., and installed pastor of the Baptist Church in Brook-
line, Jan. 29, 1860. They have a son Samuel.
Mrs. Giles now resides in Salem.
271.
Capt, JONES VERY, 6 (Isaac Vert/,' Elizabeth Giles, 4 Samuel, 3
Eleazar? Edivard, 1 ) son of Capt. Isaac Very, and grandson of Isaac 4
and Elizabeth (Giles) Very, all of Salem; b. in Spencer, Nov. 17, 1790;
m. Feb. 3, 1813, his cousin, Lydia Very, 6 b. June 14, 1792, dau. of
Capt. Samuel Very, and gr. dau. of the same Isaac 4 and Elizabeth.*
He was a shipmaster, and lived at the corner of Essex and Boston
Streets, in Salem.
He d. Dec. 22, 1824. Mrs. Very still resides in Salem, with her
children.
Their children were —
386. Jones, 7 b. Aug. 28, 1813; in 1823-4, accompanied his father on the last
two voyages of the latter to Europe ; grad. H. C. 1836 ; had the second
honors of Commencement day; Greek tutor in Harvard College, 1 836—
1838; author of a volume of Essays and Poems, published 1839 ; unm.
In 1843, he was approbated as a preacher by the Cambridge (Unitarian)
Association, and is still engaged in that vocation, though without a
pastoral charge. From 1833 to 1839, he was a contributor to the Salem
* For further information respecting the Very Family, see Appendix A.
SIXTH GENERATION. 71
Observer. Since 1839, to the Salem Gazette ; also since 1846, to the
(Boston) Christian Register. He has furnished for this volume nearly
all the information it contains touching the Very family.
387. Washington, 7 b. Nov. 12, 1815. In 1829, he entered as "a clerk the Mer-
cantile Bank in Salem, where he remained until May, 1835. He was
bookkeeper of the Naumkeag Bank from that time till 1837. In 1S39,
he entered Harvard College, and graduated in 1843, with the second
rank in his class. In the same year, he entered the Divinity School,
Cambridge. In 1844-5, he spent about five months in travelling in
Europe, in which time lie wrote a very full and interesting journal He
graduated from the Divinity Sehoofin 1846, in which year lie wrote a
dissertation on "The Jesuits"" which obtained the Bowdoin prize. After
preaching about a year, he opened a private school in Salem, which he
successfully continued till his decease, April 28, 1S53. His sermons
were the product of a thoughtful, scholarly mind, and were of a pure
and high character. He wrote a few, very beautiful poems. Of these
may be named " Lines on the Old Putney Burial Place in Danvers ; "
" On some Ivy seen at Heidelberg Castle," 1 845 ;" " Spring, a Hymn;"
"To Frank;" "The Snow." He published also three letters in the
Essex County Freeman, containing his observations while on a visit to
the White Mountains in 1852, signed V. He m. April, 1851, Martha
N. Leach of Salem. Their children were —
388. Franklin* b. Feb. 12, 1852.
389. Martha W.fi b. April, 1853 ; d. Feb. 2, 1855.
390. Franklin/ b. June 20, 1818 ; d. July 3, 1822.
391. Horace, 7 b. June 5, 1820; d. July 5, 1820.
392. Frances Eliza, 7 b. June 28, 1821.
393. Lydia Louisa Ann, 7 b. Nov. 2, 1823.
309.
BETSEY SNOW GILES, 6 (Thomas, 6 Thomas* Samuel, 3 Meazar. 2
Edivard, 1 ) eldest dau. of Thomas* and Mary (Marshall) Giles ; b. in
Boston, March 29, 1781 ; m. April 7, 1800, Josiah Vinton, 6 b. in
Braintree, July 27, 1777, eldest son of Josiah and Anne (Adams) Vin-
ton of that town.*
* The pedigree of Deacon Josiah Vinton, the compiler's father, is fully given in
the Vinton Memorial, issued from the press early in March, 1858. The follow-
ing is a synopsis: —
I. JOHN VINTON was the ancestor of all persons bearing the name of Vinton
in America, except of a few who may have emigrated to this country within a few
years. He is believed to have been of French extraction ; the son or grandson of
some pious Huguenot, exiled for religion's sake from la belle France, either about the
time of the siege of Rochelle, 1625, or, still earlier, about the time of the atrocious mas-
sacre of St. Bartholomew's day, 1572 ; at both which times great numbers of the dis-
tressed Protestants of France" took refuge in England. Of John Vinton, my first
American ancestor, our information is exceedingly limited. He was probably born
in England, not far from 1620, since he was a young man in 1648. He came to
America perhaps somewhere about 1640, and settled in Lynn, between Salem and
Boston. By his wife Ann he had seven children, between 1648 and 1662, Eleanor,
John, William, Blaise, Ann, Elizabeth, Sarah. He d. in New Haven, Ct., 1663, and
his wife also was deceased in 1664, when the Court directed the children to he sent
to Lynn. It is erroneously stated in the Vinton Memorial that William m. a dau.
of Joseph Hills of Maiden. We know nothing about his wife or children. Blaise
Vinton m. Lydia Hayden ; settled in Hingham, and d. there, Sept. 26, 1716.
II. John Vinton, his eldest son, b. in Lvnn, March 2, 1650 ; m. Aug. 26, 1677,
Hannah Geeen, 3 b. Feb. 24, 1659-60, dau. of Thomas 2 and Rebecca (Hills) Green,
and gr. dau. of Thomas 1 and Elizabeth Green, all of Maiden. He was a worker in
iron, a "forgeman"; was successful in business; lived in Maiden eighteen or twen-
ty years; then, in 1695, removed to Woburn, where he purchased a farm of about
70 acres, and devoted himself till his death to agricultural pursuits. He d. Nov. 13,
V 2 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
She received her name from a cherished remembrance of her mater-
nal grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Snow ; the name Elizabeth being sup-
planted by Betsey, as Mary has often been by Polly, and Sarah by Sally.
She was frequently called Eliza, and ought always to have borne that
name or that of Elizabeth, though Betsey got the upper hand. Her
eldest daughter was supposed to bear her name. In her younger years
she was beautiful in person, and was always graceful and polite in man-
ners. Severe and long-continued sickness broke down a constitution
originally vigorous, and during forty years, ending in death, she was a
constant sufferer.
She went with her parents to Sandy Bay, (now Rockport,) in April,
1786. After a short stay there, she came back to Boston, to live with
her grandmother's sister, Mrs. Sarah Sweetser, of whom some notice
will be taken in the Sketch of the Marshall Family. She took care of
this old lady in her last years ; and, in grateful recognition of the ser-
vice, Mrs. Sweetser left to her by will most of her property.*
1727, a. 77. His wife (bed in Braintree in 1741, ce. 82. Their children, b. between
1680 and 1700, were, John, Hannah, Rebecca, Thomas, Mary, Samuel, Abiathar.
III. Thomas Vinton, second son of the preceding, b. in Maiden, Jan. 31,
1686-7 ; m. Aug. 10, 1708, Hannah Thater, 4 b. Feb. 17, 1685-6, dau. of Nathan-
iel 3 and Hannah (Hayden) Thayer of Braintree. He was a "bloomer," or black-
smith, by occupation ; a man of capacity, activity, and enterprise ; went to Brain-
tree, probably some time before 1708; and by his industry and thrift obtained the
means of purchasing a homestead of twenty-one acres in 1714. His continued pros-
perity enabled him to purchase, in 1720, the Braintree Iron Works, the first
establishment for the manufacture of iron in America, and indeed the first manufac-
turing establishment of any sort. These Iron Works were then, however, in a state
of decline ; the result of early miscalculation and later competition. See a History
of the Braintree Iron Works, in the Vinton Memorial. Thomas Vinton d. in Brain-
tree, Jan. 18, 1757, re. 70. His wife Hannah d. there, Nov. 14, 1762, se. 77. Their
children, b. between 1708 and 1723, were, Hannah, Dorcas, Thomas, Rachel, Nathan-
iel, Anna, John, William. John and William died young.
IV. Thomas Vinton, eldest son of the preceding, b. in Braintree, Aug. 22,
1714 ; m. 1, Jan. 15, 1735-6, Mehitable Allen, 4 b. May 30, 1717, youngest dau.
of Joseph 3 and Abigail (Savil) Allen of Braintree. Shed, about 17*60, s&, 44. 2,
Sept. 18, 1762, Mary (Hunt) Allen, dau. of Dea. William and Sarah Hunt, and
widow of Dea. Thomas Allen, all of Braintree. He was a blacksmith ; his father
left him a good property and he added to it. He died Feb. 28, 1776, se. 62. His
children, b. between 1736 and 1757, were, Mehitable, Thomas, Rhorla, John, Abigail,
William, Joseph, Josiah, Josiah, Betsey. Rhoda was unni.; the first Josiah, and
Betsey, died young.
V. Josiah Vinton, youngest son of the preceding, h. April 25, 1755; m. Oct.
24, 1776, Anne Adams, 6 b. Feb. 8, 1757, dau. of Boylston 3 and Mary (Allen) Ad-
ams of Braintree. Boylston Adams, h. Feb. 28, 1734, was first cousin to JOHN
ADAMS, "the very soul of the American Revolution ;" the chief negotiator of the
Treaty of Peace in 1783; and the successor of Washington in the Presidency of
the American Republic. Josiah Vinton was a gold and silver smith; a trade which
he pursued about twenty years, and then gave it up for store-keeping and agricult-
ure. He met with alternate successes and reverses ; but was uniformly an upright,
conscientious, trust-worthy man. He died of lung fever, Dec. 27, 1843, re. 89. His
wife d. of dropsy, Dec. 18, 1851, re. 95. They lived together in the conjugal rela-
tion more than 67 years. Their children, b. between 1777 and 1800, were, Josiah,
Boylston, Thomas, Abel, Nancy Adams, Mehitable, Henry, Betsey, Elisha, Mehitable,
Henry, Mary. Nancy A., the first Mehitable, and the two Henrys, died young.
VI. Josiah Vinton, the eldest of these children, was the' husband of Betsey
Snow Giles, in the text.
* Abstract of the will of Sarah Sweetser, widow, of Boston. It was dated May
5, 1794; proved Sept. 8, 1795; recorded Suff. Prob. 93 . 315. She devises all her
SIXTH GENERATION. 73
After the death of Mrs. Sweetser, in Aug. 1795, a. 70, Betsey Giles
went to Sandy Bay, in the autumn of 1795, and was there when her
father died. In the spring of 1796, she returned to Boston, and resided
with Mrs. Cunningham, her mother's kinswoman, till her marriage in
1800. Mrs. Cunningham lived on the north side of Hanover Street, in
a house not now standing, between Union and Marshall Streets. Thomas
Dakin was, at Betsey's request, appointed her guardian, in reference to
the property left her by Mrs. Sweetser. This property was sold in
1801, as appears by the following deed:
1801, Oct. 20. Josiah Vinton, Jun r ., of Boston, trader, and Betsey
Vinton his wife, for 1085 dollars, convey to Henry Farnham of Boston,
Jeweller, the front end of a dwelling-house, whereof Sarah Sweetser,
late of Boston, widow, deceased, testate, died seized and possessed, situ-
ate on Prince Street, there measuring 17 J feet, &c. [Suffolk Deeds,
199 : 74.
Josiah Vinton was a dry-goods merchant in Boston, from 1797 to
1824, with the exception of the interval from 1808 to 1813, which he
spent in trade in Braintree. He commenced with nothing but an up-
right heart and a good name ; and though his gains were moderate and
his success not uninterrupted, he acquired ultimately a handsome prop-
erty. He was eminently conscientious in the management of his busi-
ness, and enjoyed in a high degree the confidence of all who had deal-
household furniture, after the payment of her debts, to Betsey Gyles, dau. of Mary
Gyles ; also to the said Betsey Gyles my mansion-house on Prince Street, Boston,
which I bought of Mary Polley. " I request my friend Mary Cunningham of Bos-
ton, widow, to take charge of the said Betsey Gyles, and to let out the house, and
apply the net proceeds of the same towards the maintenance of the above-named
Betsey, till she arrives at the age of eighteen, or day of marriage. Also the testa-
trix gives to Mary Gyles of Sandy Bay, wife of Thomas Gyles, a gown and petti-
coat. Gives clothing, &c., to Anna, wife of Benjamin Marshall of Sandy Bay.
Gives clothing, &c, to the wife of Pharase [Ferrers] Shirley. Gives to Sally Mar-
shall a gold necklace. To Hannah Bradley, wife of Moses Bradley, a scarlet riding-
hood. Gives all the rest of her estate to the above-named Betsey Gyles. Appoints
Thomas Dakin of Boston, blacksmith, executor.
Mrs. Mary Cunningham was the widow of Joseph Cunningham. She was b. Jan.
6, 1742, dau. of Jonathan and Sarah (Soper) Dakin of Boston.* She m. 1, Abra-
ham Bartlet, Jan. 23, 1781. He had by a former wife, a son, Abraham. 2, Joseph
Cunningham, July 15, 1786. He had by a former wife, a dau. Mary. Mrs. Hannah
Bradley, b. 1739, also named in the will, was a sister of Mrs. Mary (Dakin) Cun-
ningham. Thomas Dakin, the Executor, was their brother. These three were
cousins of Mrs. Sweetser, their mother being her aunt. Mr. Dakin lived at the
corner of Union and Hanover Streets, at the sign of the Blue Ball, in a house
which was pulled down a few years since to widen Union Street. It was once the
residence of the father of Dr. Franklin, and there is reason to think that it was
Dr. Franklin's birthplace. See Drake's History of Boston, p. 492. Mr. Dakin d.
Feb. 12, 1802, a. 73. Mrs. Jane Dakin, his wife, d. Jan. 6, 1808, a. 71. Mrs. Cun-
ningham d. Oct. 22, 1811, a. 69, and was buried under Christ Church. Mrs. Brad-
ley d. in Boston, of old age, Oct. 15, 1820, a. 81, at the house of John Pierce, optician.
Benjamin Marshall was the sister's son of the testatrix and brother of Mrs. Mary
Giles. Sally Marshall was his daughter. Ferrers Shirley was also her sister's son,
by a second husband. My mother long maintained an intimacy with the Dakin
family.
" Anthony Dumesnil and Polly Cunningham were mar d April 28, 1798, by Rev.
John Eliot, D. D." [Boston Records.] Anthony Dumesnil was a French gentle-
man, a jeweller. Mrs. Dumesnil was an intimate friend of my mother's. They,
not long after marriage, settled in Lexington, Kentucky.
* Jonathan Dakin and Sarah Soper were m. in Boston, Oct. 3, 1728, by Rev. John Webb.
74. THE GILES MEMORIAL.
ings with him. From his promptness and punctuality in the payment
of all his dehts, and from never allowing himself to be embarrassed, he
was often taken to be the owner of more property than he really was.
In Nov. 1824, he removed to Braintree, intending to reside there
permanently. He built and occupied the house where Caleb Stetson
now lives, in East Braintree. He was President of the Union Bank
of Braintree and Weymouth, from May, 1832, till Oct. 1833. In
March, 183G, he removed to South Boston, and continued to reside
there till his death. He served the city as one of its Representatives
in the Legislature during the session of 1840.
He united with the Old South Church in Boston, Aug. 21, 1803.
Of 'this church he was a member till 1810, when, on the organization
of the Union Church of Weymouth and Braintree, he transferred his
relation to that body. In 1822, he became a member of the church
then recently gathered in Essex Street, Boston. Of this church he was
chosen Deacon, in Feb. 1823. On his removal to South Boston he be-
came connected with Phillips Church in that place ; was soon after
chosen Deacon ; and continued in these relations till death.
His natural talents were respectable; his mind was clear and strong;
his judgment sound and reliable. In his early life, the schools were of
an inferior order, and continued only half of the year. After coming
to Boston in 1792, he resolved to supply, as far as possible, by his own
unaided endeavors, the defects of his early education. It was not
allowed to read or study in the store. At an early hour in the morning,
therefore, as soon as he could see, and in the evening after the labors of
the day were over, he applied himself earnestly to books. He thus be-
came able to perform operations in algebra, to read Virgil and Livy,
and to write a terse and vigorous English. Had opportunity been
allowed, he would have made a good classical scholar. To the end of
his life, Beza's Latin Testament was his cherished companion after pub-
lic worship on the Sabbath. But the injudicious use of his eyes in
youth produced a weakness of the organ from which he never recovered.
He was retiring in his disposition, and preferred the quiet of his own
pleasant home to any exhibition of himself before the public eye. He
never sought for office, though it was sometimes conferred upon him.
A commission of Justice of the Peace was sent to him at Braintree,
without his seeking; but he never used it. Yet he never shrunk from
responsibility. At different times he was called, in the Providence of
God, to arduous and self-denying labors in the cause of evangelical re-
ligion, and to endure no small amount of obloquy and reproach for
doing what he thought to be only his simple duty.
Deacon Josiah Vinton died of apoplexy, Oct. 17, 1857, a. 80 years,
2 months, 20 days. He was apparently in usual health up to the very
moment of his departure. His departure was without a struggle, or
any mention of illness on his part. "In a moment, in the twinkling of
an eye," he was ushered into the presence of that Saviour, of whom he
had been a steadfast and consistent follower during a long life. He re-
tained all his faculties of body and mind in cheerful exercise to the end ;
and only three clays before his decease visited the sepulchres of his
fathers and of his deceased wife, in Braintree.
On the Friday evening succeeding his death, the Phillips Church
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unanimously adopted a resolution, to be entered on their records, recog-
nizing "his faithfulness as an officer of the church, his devotedness to
the cause of Christ, and his integrity as a citizen ;" adding, "that like a
shock of corn fully ripe, he has been gathered into the granary of God."
Mrs. Vinton was conscientious, faithful, and exemplary in all the
relations of life. She made a public profession of religion, at the Essex
Street Church, Boston, Rev. Samuel Green, pastor, June 1, 1823,
though regarded as truly religious long before. She was a faithful
wife, an affectionate mother, a kind and disinterested friend. Her
children had implicit confidence in her, and their best interests lay
nearest her heart. She d. Aug. 9, 1849, a. 68.
The children of Dea. Josiah and Betsey (Giles) Vinton were —
400. tJohn Adams, 7 b. Feb. 5, 1801 ; m. 1, Orinda Haskell. 2, Laurinda Rich-
ardson.
401. tGeorge, 7 b. Aug. 13, 1803; m. 1, Charlotte W. Callender. 2, Mary Cul-
lender.
402. Eliza Ann, 7 b. Jan. 31, 1806 ; unm.; resides in Boston.
403. tNaney Adams, 7 b. Oct. 26, 1807 ; m. William V. Alden.
404. Mary Marshall, 7 b. March 30, 1809 ; d. Oct. 31, 1821.
405 t Alfred, 7 b. Dec. 28, 1815 ; m. Sarah Martin.
406. tFrederic, 7 b. Oct. 9, 1817 ; m. 1, Fhebe Worth Clisby. 2. Mary B. Curry.
407. Harriet Newell, 7 b. March 8, 1819; unm.; resides in Boston.
All the above were b. in Boston, except Mary, who was b. in Brain-
tree.
310.
MATTHEW SMITH GILES, 6 (Thomas," Thomas, 4 Samuel?
Eleazar? Edward, 1 ) eldest son of Thomas* and Mary (Marshall) Giles;
b. in Boston, Aug. 16, 1784; m. 1, Dec. 14, 1806, Sally Webster,
dau. of Joshua and Esther (Pool) Webster of Sandy Bay, now Rock-
port. She d. March 6, 1840, a. 50 years, 9 months. 2, Lydia (Lee)
Clifford, a widow, of Wenham, March 22, 1841.
His name was given out of respect to Capt. Matthew Smith, a ship-
master, who was the first husband of Mrs. Sarah (Soper) Sweetser, his
grandmother's sister. See the preceding article. He has resided in
Rockport all his life, except the first twenty months. He has been
connected with sea-faring business ; was master of his own vessel in
trading voyages to Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, and to ports
in the State of Maine. At the age of twenty-two, he united himself to
the First Congregational Church in Rockport, under the pastoral care
of Rev. David Jewett. He has ever been exemplary and devoted as a
christian. When a Congregational Church was formed at Lanesville,
two or three miles distant, about thirty years since, there was found to
be a lack of male members. To supply this deficiency, Mr. Matthew S.
Giles and his cousin by marriage, Mr. William Choate, were designated
by their brethren to join and thus to strengthen the new church ; in
which they sustained the office of Deacon several years.
His children, all by first wife, have been —
408. tMatthew, 7 b. Nov. 28, 1807; m. Harriet Allen of Manchester.
409. tJohn James, 7 b. Feb. 1, 1810; m. 1, Betsey G. Lane. 2, Margaret S.
Stockman. 3, Catharine A. McFarland.
410. William, 7 b. Nov. 14, 1812; d. of consumption, July 19, 1834, SB. 22. He
was in declining health, at his father's house, from Oct. 1833, till his
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death. During this period he appeared to experience the renewing in-
fluence of the Holy Spirit.
411. Darius, 7 b. Jan. 23, 1815; d. of consumption, at his father's house, April
12, 1842, a. 27. He had learned the trade of a cabinet-maker, but it
proved unfavorable to his health. In his last illness he was supposed
to experience a saving change. His last words were — "Lord Jesus,
receive my spirit! "
412. Lydia Dodge, 7 b. Dec. 23, 1817 ; m. Jabez Richardson of Rockport, Feb.
' 15, 1838. They were both sick at the same time, and of the same dis-
ease, consumption, at her father's house. They were admitted to the
communion of the church, at the dwelling-house, a few weeks before
death. He died June 7, 1843; and she followed him, June 22, fifteen
davs after. They had a child, which d. in infancy.
413. t Alfred, 7 b. July 31, 1820 ; m. Eliza Jane Torrey, 1846.
414. Marv, 7 b. Oct.*22, 1822; d. of consumption, Oct. 20, 1840, a. 18.
415. Calvin, 7 b. Aug. 24, 1828; d. of fever, Sept. 28, 1828.
311.
Deacon THOMAS GILES, 6 (Thomas," Thomas* Samuel? Eleazar?
Edward, 1 ) second son of Thomas 5 and Mary (Marshall) Giles ; b. in
Boston, Nov. 16, 1785 ; m. 1, Aug. 9, 1808, Olive Tarr/* b. Nov. 3,
1791, dau. of Benjamin 4 and Lucy (Pool) Tarr of Rockport. Her
father was a Tarr, the son of a Pool; her mother was a Pool, the
daughter of a Tarr. S!ie d. March 3, 1831, a. 39 years, 4 months.
2, Jan. 3, 1833, Mary Cotton Holmes, b. July 10, 1796, dau. of Col.
Robert and Susanna (Chandler) Holmes of Dunbarton, N. II. She
was a descendant of JOHN COTTON, that eminent minister of Boston,
in both Englands, whose fame has gone out through all the world. She
d. Aug. 6, 1855.|
* For the pedigree of Olive Tarr, first wife of Thomas Giles, and for Sketches of
the Tarr and Fool families, see Appendixes B. and O.
t The pedigree of Mary Cotton Holmes appears to be as follows : —
I. Abuaham Holmes, with his first wife and their children, came from Ireland
in 1719, and soon joined the settlement which had been commenced by his country-
men at Londonderry, N. II., the year previous.* His second wife was Mary Mor-
rison. He was early elected an elder in the First Presbyterian Church there, and d.
1753, a. 70.
II. John Holmes, his son, b. 1709, was ten years old when he came to America;
and was also an elder in the Church at Londonderry. His wife was Grizel Givean.
They had nine children, Sarah, Manjaret, Abraham, Eleanor, Robert, Mary, Thomas,
Mary Ann, Martha. [Hist, of Londonderry, by Rev. Edw. L. Parker.
III. John Holmes, b. 1731, whom I take to be a son of the preceding John
Holmes, though Mr. Parker does not record him as such — was in Dumbarton, N. H,
as early as 1762; and in 1764, he bought a lot of land in that town. He was
chosen tythingman in 1765, and constable in 1769. He was in the battle of Bunker
Hill. He m. Mary McCalley, Oct, 31, 1759 ; and d. May 1, 1804, a. 73. His wife
d. at the age of 70. Their children were —
William, b. at Goffstown, N. H, July 28, 1760.
Mary, b. at Dunbarton, June 17, 1762.
Robert, b. at do. March 5, 1766; [m. Susanna Chandler;] Col. of militia, 1811 ;
was a good officer; d. Feb. 28, 1850, a. 84. [Father of Mary C. Holmes, sec-
* For an account of the Scotch-Irish emigrations to America, and Ihe causes, sec Geneal. Reg.
Vol. XII., pp 231-237. See also Parker's Hist, of Londonderry. The causes were, in brief, the op-
pressive rule of the government at home ; advance of rents by landlords ; and disastrous seasons.
The first organized company of these emigrants came in five vessels, consisting of 12U families, and
arrived in Uoston. Aug. 4, 1718. A portion of these settled in Nuffield, N. II., where they founded
a town, which, from their celebrated city in Ireland, they called Londonderry.
SIXTH GENERATION. 77
He has always resided at Rockport, since he was five months old.
His business, during all the earlier years of his life, was on the water,
as was that also of his brothers. In 1810, he took his mother's shop,
and engaged in trade ; at the same time pursuing the business of navi-
gation. He kept a store in Rockport from 1810 to 1847, without in-
terruption. He was also in the coastwise trade, visiting the ports from
ond wife of Thomas Giles.] His son diaries now resides upon the homestead
in Dunharton.
Charles McCalley, b. Aug. 30, 1767 ; a wealthy merchant in Boston. [His dau.
Susan m. Hon. Alpheus Hardy, a native of Chatham, Mass., now an enterpris-
ing and prosperous merchant in Boston, a resident in Dorchester, and member
of the Senate of Massachusetts, President of Seamen's Friend Society, &c]
Bcttv, b. April 15, 1769.
Johii, b. Nov. 8, 1771.
Abraham, b. May 15, 1772.
Alexander, b. Feb. 17, 1774.
Margaret, b. Jan. 4, 1776.
Anna^' } twins ' b " Nov ' 24 ' 1777, l Hist01 T of Dunharton, N. H., by Caleb Stark.
Mrs. Mary C. Giles, second wife of Thomas Giles in the text, assured the compiler,
that her father's grandfather was a native of Ireland, and was one of those who set-
tled in Londonderry in 1719. She also stated that her father, Robert Holmes, had
a brother Abraham, and sisters Mary Ann and Martha. The similarity of the names
in the families of John Holmes of Londonderry and John Holmes of Dunharton, is
remarkable. Six names out of nine, in the family of the former, are found in the
family of the latter. Putting all these things together, we feel warranted in the
conclusion that John Holmes of Dunharton was the son of John Holmes of Lon-
donderry, notwithstanding the omission of his name by Mr. Parker.
Josiah Chandler of Hopkinton, N. H., married Marta Cotton, dau. of Rev.
Josiah Cotton, formerly of Providence and Wolmrn. Their children were —
Josiah, m. ; a farmer; lived on the old homestead in Hopkinton ; deceased
some years since ; left no children.
Isaac, m. Worthington ; was a prosperous merchant in Boston, 1S15-1835,
of the firm of Holmes & Chandler, wholesale grocers in Merchants' Row. His
partner was Charles Holmes, brother of Robert Holmes, who m. his (Isaac's)
sister Susanna. See above. He afterwards returned to Hopkinton, N. H, his
native place, where he d. Aug. 1861.
Moses, m. ; had a son John.
Timothy, m. Estabrook of Concord; d. Aug. 1861, or about that time;
about two weeks after his brother Isaac.
Susanna, m. Robert Holmes. They were parents of Mary Cotton Holmes.
A daughter, m. Eaton. They had a dau. Charlotte, wife of Dr. Eaton of
Merrimack, N. H.
The children of Robert Holmes, by his wife Sisanna Chandler, were —
Charles, m. Louisa Pope ; a farmer; lives on the homestead in Dunharton, N. H.
Chandler, m. Julia Bosworth; was for many years overseer of cotton manufactur-
ing establishments in divers places ; now owns and cultivates a farm in Provi-
dence, Illinois.
John, d. young.
Mary Cotton, m. Dea. Thomas Giles in the text.
Charlotte, unm. ; a teacher ; deceased.
Elizabeth, m. Jonathan Wheeler, a native of Sutton, N. H. ; many years a teach-
er of youth ; now resides in New Bedford.
The descent of Mary Cotton Holmes from Rev. John Cotton of Boston, is thus
traced :
I. Rev. JOHN COTTON, b. in Derby, Eng., Dec. 4, 1585, son of Roland
Cotton, a lawyer of eminence ; educated at Trinity College, Cambridge ; rector of
St. Botolph's Church in Boston, Lincolnshire, which was perhaps the most stately
parish church edifice in England, a cathedral in size and beauty. This superb
building, which would contain five thousand persons, he exchanged for the mud
walls and thatched roof of a rude meeting-house on these western shores. He came
78 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
Halifax to New York inclusive, more than thirty years; and from 1807
to 1830 was master and pilot of his own vessel, without ever meeting
with any accident or damage, though often in imminent danger. He
was successful in business, and acquired a fair property.
He was one of the first movers in the enterprise of the Sandy Bay
Pier Company, which was started in 1809; and was a Director of the
company for many years. This company began with eight thousand
dollars, and expended eighty thousand, in the construction of two mas-
sive granite piers, for the protection of shipping against the northeast
storms, which often beat with inconceivable fury upon that salient angle
of the coast. These piers now form a safe and convenient harbor, which
had been greatly needed. They were pronounced by competent judges,
such as Commodore Bainbridge, commandant at the Navy Yard, and
General Dearborn, Collector of the Port of Boston, the most massive
piece of stone work then in America. This enterprise laid the founda-
tion for the subsequent prosperity of Rockport. The United States
Government has since laid out from eighty to one hundred thousand
dollars in furtherance of the same design.
When about fifty years of age, he turned his attention more than for-
merly to agricultural pursuits, especially the raising of apples, with
to Boston in New England, in the Griffin, a ship of 300 tons; arriving there Sept.
4, 1633, with his second wife and their children. Her name had been Sarah Story,
a widow. She was the mother of all Mr. Cotton's (six) children. After Mr. Cot-
ton's death, she became the wife of Rev. Richard Mather of Dorchester. " Mr.
Cotton was a famous light in his generation ; a glory to both Englands." [Hub-
bard's Hist, of N. E.] He died greatly revered and lamented, Dec. 15, 1652. a. 67.
II. Rev. John Cotton, his son, b.'in Boston, N. E., March 15, 1639-40; H. C.
1657; m. Nov. 7, 1660, Joanna, dan. of Dr. Brian Rosseter of Guilford, Ct. ; ord.
pastor, Plymouth, June 20, 1669; d. Sept. 18, 1699, at Charleston, S. C, whither
he went in 1697.
III. Rev. Roland Cotton, his son, b. at Plymouth, Dec. 27, 1667; H. C.
1685; m. Sept. 1692, Elizabeth, widow of Rev. John Denison of Ipswich,
only dau. of Col. Nathaniel Saltonstall, 3 of Haverhill, and sister of Gurdon Salton-
stall, 4 Governor of Connecticut 1708-1724. Rev. Roland Cotton was ord. pastor,
Sandwich, Nov. 28, 1694 ; and d. there, March 18, 1721-2. His widow Elizabeth d.
at Boston, July 8, 1726. Thev were parents of Rev. John Cotton of Newton, b.
July 15, 1693;' II. C. 1710; d."May 25, 1757; of Rev. Nathaniel of Bristol, R. I.,
b. 1694; H. C. 1717; d. July 3, 1729; of Roland, 11. C. 1719; of Rev. Ward of
Hampton, N. H., b. 1711 ; H. C. 1729; d. Nov. 27, 1768; and of—
IV. Rev. Josiah Cotton, b. at Sandwich, June 1703; H. C. 1722; ord. at
Providence, R. I., Oct. 23, 1728, pastor of a Congregational Church gathered that
day; installed pastor of the Third Church in Woburn, July 15, 1747; dismissed
June 30, 1756; installed at Sandown, N. II., Nov. 28, 1759; d. May 27, 1780, a.
77. He m. Susanna, dau. of Thomas Salter of Boston. They had a son Roland,
who d. at his father's house in Woburn, when but 21 years of age; and three daugh-
ters. One of the daus. m. Townsend, removed to Rindge, N. H. ; lived to a
great age, and, as the widow of a Revol. soldier, drew a pension in her old age.
Another m. Wilkinson ; history unknown. The other was —
V. Maria Cotton, dau. of Rev. Josiah ; m. Josiah Chandler of Hopkinton,
N. H. Their daughter —
VI. Susanna Chandler, m. Col. Robert Holmes of Dunbarton, N. II., who
was b. March 5, 1766; d. Feb. 28, 1S50, a. 84. They were the parents of—
VII. Mary Cotton Holmes, second wife of Dea. Thomas Giles. 6 in the text.
For a more complete Genealogy of the Cotton Family, see Drake's History of
Boston, folio edition ; also GeneaL Register, Vol. I., p. 164*; also Bond's Watertown
Genealogies, p. 922.
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good success. Few towns now excel Rockport in the variety and ex-
cellence of its fruit trees.
At the age of thirty, he made a public profession of religion, and
united with the First Congregational Church in Rockport; of which
for the last thirty-four years he has been Deacon. He has been a
warm friend and generous contributor to Foreign Missions from the
time of their commencement in this country, 1810; and has rarely
failed of attending the meetings of missionary and other benevolent
societies, when held within a convenient distance. During many years,
he was a teacher in the Sabbath School ; and for a few years, superin-
tendent. Of a class of fourteen young men, which he taught more than
thirty years ago, eleven became members of the church.
He was in the foremost rank, in his vicinity, of the great Temper-
ance movement in 182G, as will appear from the following statement.
In 1826, he had just purchased a considerable quantity of spirituous
liquors, for sale in his store at Rockport. Such purchases were made
by nearly every country merchant previous to that time. Becoming
convinced that the traffic in intoxicating drinks was wrong, he resolved
to sacrifice the whole. Accordingly he either poured it out, or put oil
into the casks, that it might not be used as a beverage.
All his children, who are now living, with their married partners, are
members of Congregational Churches, and all adorn their profession,
and are useful and respected members of society.
His children have been — by first wife, Olive Tarr —
416. tThomas, 7 b. March 20, 1809 ; unm. ; lost at sea, March 9, 1832.
417. tSamuel Jennison, 7 b. Nov. 15, 1811 ; m. Elizabeth Leonard.
418. tBenjamin, 7 b. Feb. 1, 1816; m. Susan Bartlet Haskell.
419. tNewell, 7 b. Feb. 14, 1818; m. Elizabeth Whipple Gott.
420. George Vinton, 7 b. March 26, 1820 ; d. Sept. 10, 1820.
421. George Vinton, 7 b. Jan. 1. 1822; d. of consumption, Sept. 7, 1842. He
had been religiously inclined during some years. He made a public pro-
fession of religion, with his sister Lucy, July 3, 1842. He gave cheering
evidence of piety, and was very happy in his last hours.
422. tOlive, 7 b. Feb. 9, 1824 ; m. Nathaniel Tarr.
423. Lucy, 7 b. Sept. 26, 1826 ; unm. ; resides with her father.
424. Thaddeus, 7 b. Feb. 27, 1829; m. Nov. 24, 1859, Harriet Newell Dennen,
dau. of Job and Lucy Dennen of Rockport. She d. of consumption,
Sept. 10, 1861, her birthday, being then 23 years of age.
By second wife, Mary Cotton Holmes —
425. Susan Elizabeth, 7 b. Oct. 28, 1833; unm.; resides with her father. A con-
stant sufferer from pain and disease, which she bears with uncomplaining
fortitude and resignation.
426. Walter Harris, 7 b. Oct. 6, 1837; received his name out of respect to that
most worthy minister of Dunbarton, N. H. He graduated at Amherst
College in 1861 ; now, 1862, a member of the Theological Seminary at
Princeton, N. J.
312.
MARY GILES, 6 (Thomas, 5 Thomas,' 1 Samuel, 3 Eleazar? Edward, 1 )
dau. of Thomas* and Mary (Marshall) Giles; b. in Rockport, Sept. 3,
1787; m. Aug. 16, 1804, Daniel Smith Tarr, s son of Benjamin Tarr 4
of Rockport. For his pedigree, see Appendix B.
He was a fisherman, and resided in the present town of Rockport.
He died of consumption, Aug. 12, 1813. She was thus left a widow,
80 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
having been the mother of five children, at the early age of twenty-six.
And a widow she ever after remained, until her death, which took
place, from congestion of the lungs, at the house of her son in Glovers-
ville, N. Y., March 20, 1858, a3. 71. She had resided in his family
some years previous. She was a member of the First Congregational
Church in Rockport.
The children of Daniel S. and Mary (Giles) Tarr were —
427. t Abigail Giles, b. March 3, 1805; m. her cousin Fitz Tarr.
428. tDaniul Smith, b. March 12, 1807 ; m. 1, Charlotte M. Case. 2, Nancy Case.
3, Abigail L. Heacock.
429. Laurana Giles, b. Jan. 7, 1810; d. of scarlet fever, June 8, 1830.
430. Mary Eliza, b. Oct. 1811 ; d. May 8, 1812.
431. David, b. June 1, 1813 ; d. Feb. 20, 1814.
313.
SAMUEL GILES, 6 (Thomas," Thomas* Samuel, 3 Meazar,* Ed-
ward, 1 ) son of Thomas 6 and Mary (Marshall) Giles; b. in Rockport,
Aug. 22, 1789; m. March 10, 1811, Margaret (Davis) Norwood,
b. Oct. 21, 1790, dau. of Samuel and Margaret (Grover) Davis, and
widow of Stephen Norwood, all of Rockport. By her first husband she
had a son, Stephen Norwood.
He has always resided in Rockport. He led a sea-faring life ; part
of the time in the fisheries ; part of the time as master and part owner
of a vessel engaged in the carrying trade. He was a good navigator,
and conducted his voyages with skill and success; an active, capable,
energetic man. His wife was a member of the Congregational Church ;
of a cheerful disposition, amiable in temper, and correct in deportment.
Her pious example and fervent prayers have borne rich fruit in the
christian lives of her children. She died of consumption, after a linger-
ing illness, about the Gth of Sept. 1854, se. 64.
Their children were —
432. tOlive, 7 h Oct. 11, 1811 ; m. Stephen Andrews.
433. tAzubah Prentiss, 7 b. April 16, 1813; m. Nathan F. Burr.
434. Samuel, 7 b. Sept. 4, 1815 ; d. June 25, 1817.
435. Maroaret, 7 b. May 17, 1817 ; d. April 8, 1819.
436. f Margaret, 7 h. Feb. 28, 1819; m. William Foster.
437. tMarv Marshall, 7 b. Oct. 3, 1821 ; m. Thomas W. Knowlton.
438. Samuel, 7 b. Jan. 27, 1824; d. Oct. 7, 1825.
439. An infant son, 7 b. Sept. 14, 1825 ; d. Oct. 5, 1825.
440. tLaurana Tarr, 7 b. Nov. 5, 1826; m. William W. Marshall.
441. Lucy Elvira, 7 b. Dec. 7, 1828 ; m. her cousin Eben Giles [448].
442. tJason, 7 b. Nov. 28, 1830 ; m. Delphina Pool.
443. Sarah Beach, 7 b. Dec. 30, 1833 ; d. Oct. 22, 1837.
315.
WILLIAM GILES, 6 (Thomas," Thomas* Samuel, 9 Eleazar,* Ed-
ward, 1 ) brother of the preceding; b. in Rockport, Sept. 16, 1793; m.
Oct. 10, 1814, Hannah Gott, b. March 7, 1797, dau. of Ebenezer
and Betsey (Goss) Gott of Rockport. She is sister of Dea. Jabez
Richardson Gott, formerly a teacher, afterwards a merchant, and during
many years past Cashier of the Rockport Bank.
Pie always resided in Rockport, and like his brothers was a sea-faring
man ; at first a fisherman, then master and part owner of a vessel in
SIXTH GENERATION. 81
the fishing and trading business from Rockport. He was a first-rate
pilot. He died June 1, 1859, as. 66. His widow is still living, and has
long been a member of the Congregational Church in Rockport.
Their children were —
444. William, 7 b. Aug. 19, 1815; d. Sept. 1826.
445. James, 7 b. June 16, 1817 ; m. Oct. 1849, Hannah Elizabeth Long of White-
field, Me. He has been a piano-forte maker, and resided and worked
several years in Boston. He has travelled much, and is now a house-
wright, with his brother Jabez, in San Francisco, Cal. Children —
446. George Frederick. 8
447. Antoinette.*
448. Eben, 7 b. June, 1819 ; m. his cousin Lucy E. Giles [441], July 10, 1851.
He is a shoe dealer in Gloversville, N. Y. No children.
449. Jabez, 7 b. Oct, 11, 1821 ; unm. He has spent many years in San Fran-
cisco, Cal., where he has been very successful, and has acquired a hand-
some estate, as a master-builder and a dealer in lumber.
450. Elizabeth, 7 b. Aug. 30, 1823; m. Dec. 31, 1844, William Goss. Shed.
Nov. 14, 1847, without issue.
451. Laura, 7 b. Jan. 10, 1826 ; unm.; a milliner; resides with her mother. She
united with the Congregational Church in Rockport, at the same time
with her sister Hannah, Jan. 8, 1854.
452. Hannah Jewett, 7 b. Feb. 10, 1829; m. April 22, 1856, Ephraim Doane
Nickerson, a son of Israel Nickerson of Chatham. Children —
453. John Franklin.
454. William.
455. William, 7 b. Sept. 1831 ; d. June 1833.
456. Frederick, 7 b. July 3, 1835 ; unm. ; a housewright in San Francisco, Cal.
457. Newell, 7 b. April 26, 1837 ; unm.; a housewright in San Francisco, Cal.
458. Eliza, 7 b. Nov. 7, 1839; unm. ; resides with her mother in Rockport.
459. George, 7 b. Aug. 29, 1841 ; book-keeper in Rockport Bank.
317.
Deacon JENNISON GILES, 6 ( Samuel," Thomas* Samuel, 3 Eleazar 3
Edward, 1 ) son of Samuel* and Laurana (Holmes) Giles; b. Sept. 5,
1785; m. 1, Sept. 24, 1806, Philenda Beach, dau. of Amos Beach
of Kingsborough, N. Y. She died Dec. 28, 1821, a. 36, fourteen days
after the birth of her last child. 2, July 17, 1822, Prudence Hatch
of Sherburne, N. Y.
He was a tanner and currier, as was his father before him. He also
owned and cultivated a farm. He is a worthy member, and has been
many years a Deacon in the Presbyterian (formerly Congregational)
Church in Kingsborough, N. Y., where he resides, and where he has
spent most of his long life. An estimable and worthy man.
His children — all by first wife — have been —
460. Samuel Lindall, 7 b. Nov. 14, 1807; d. Sept. 28, 1808.
461. tAlbert, 7 b. May 10, 1809; m. Ann Osborn, 1836.
462. fLaurana, 7 b. June 3, 1811 ; m. Ebenezer Rowe, 1831.
463. Orsamus Holmes, 7 b. April 6, 1814 ; drowned in a tan-vat, July 19, 1816.
464. tJames Jennison, 7 b. Jan. 9, 1816; unm.; d. Oct. 1846.
465. tAmos Beach, 7 b. July 14, 1818; m. Harriet N. Wadsworth.
466. tJohn Adams Vinton, 7 b. Dec. 14, 1821 ; m. Elizabeth McDonald.
318.
MARY GILES, 6 (Samuel,* Thomas* Samuel, 3 Eleazar, 2 Edward, 1 )
sister of the preceding; b. July 23, 1787; m. Henry Dubois Louns-
bery, Dec. 30, 1807. She d. April 23, 1813, a?. 26. He d. in Virginia,
Oct. 1846.
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Their children — all b. in Kingsborough — were —
467. tSamuel Giles, b. Nov. 14. 1808; m. Harriet Susan Kinney.
468. tEdward, b. Jan. 3, 1811; m. 1, Anne M. Vosburgh. 2, Elizabeth Butler.
469. Mary Giles, b. March 20, 1813 ; m. 1835, Rufus Hosmer, son of Jonathan and
Miriam (Leonard) Hosmer of Kingsborough, N. Y. Miriam was twin-
sister of Elizabeth Leonard, wife of Darius Case. See Daniel S. Tarr
[428]. Elizabeth and Miriam Leonard were twin-daus. of Josiah and
Elizabeth Leonard of Kingsborough, formerly of Connecticut. Mary's
mother died when she was scarcely live weeks old, and she was left in the
care of her aunt Sarah Giles [319], who trained her up to womanhood, with
exemplary diligence and fidelity. When Sarah was married, April, 1825,
Mary went with her to her new home. After Mary's marriage, she re-
moved to Lysander, N. Y. She died March, 1845, leaving no children.
319.
SARAH GILES,* (Samuel," Thomas* Samuel, 3 Eleazar? Edivard, 1 )
sister of the preceding; b. in Kingsborough, Fulton Co., N. Y., May 26,
1792; m. April 5, 1825, Amos Beach, b. in Florida, N. Y., Feb. 20,
1793, son of Amos Beach of that place, afterwards of Kingsborough.
He died of paralysis, Nov. 16, 1861, se. 69. She was his second
wife.*
After a protracted season of deep religious concern, she was brought
into the light and liberty of the gospel, and made a public profession of
religion by uniting with the Congregational Church in Kingsborough,
under the pastoral care of that excellent and devoted minister, Rev.
Elisha Yale, D. D. She improved her mind by reading, and taught
school in the vicinity of her native place many summers, with good
success. She has been a correspondent of the compiler of this volume
forty-six years ; and from her letters he confesses himself to have de-
rived no small instruction and benefit. For her intellectual and religious
character he has ever entertained a high degree of respect. She has
been faithful and diligent in all the relations of life ; an exemplary and
devoted christian.
The only child of Amos and Sarah (Giles) Beach is —
* Amos Beach, the father, born 1750, was a native of Goshen, in Litchfield County,
Ct. His wife was Olive Carrington of Farmington, Ct. They first settled in Flor-
ida, N. Y., where their son Amos was born, as above. The next year, 1794, they
removed to Kingsborough, where he died, Feb. 1, 1831, a. 81. The business of
Amos Beach, Senior, was that of a tanner, currier, and shoemaker. The confine-
ment of the workshop was not congenial to the taste of the son ; and as the father
owned a farm, the son preferred the labors of husbandry, and became a scientific
farmer. He was fond of reading ; but his earnest desire for literary pursuits he was
not able to gratify. He early espoused the Anti-Slavery cause. His first wife was
Huldah, dau. of Stephen Gillett, Esq., of Kingsborough. They were both mem-
bers of the Congregational (now Presbyterian) Church in that place, before their
marriage. Their first child, Edwin, died at the age of twenty months. The next,
Huldah Gillett, was two months old when her mother died. Huldah m. Sept. 14,
1847, Laban Franklin Clark of Schenectady, N. Y. They now reside at Susque-
hanna Depot, Pa. They are members of the Methodist Church. He is a machinist,
and is very active in the Sabbath School cause.
Amos Beach, husband of Sarah Giles, has a brother, Rev. Ebenezer C. Beach,
many years pastor of the Presbyterian Church, Lysander, N. Y.
$ She was dau. of Samuel Smith, son of James Smith, who came from Connect-
icut, and was one of the original members of the Congregational Church in Kings-
borough. The mother of Charlotte Camilla Smith was Elizabeth, fourth dau. of
Azariah Baird, who also removed from Connecticut to Kingsborough, soon after
the close of the Revolutionary War.
SIXTH GENEEATION. 83
470. Giles, b. May 29, 1826; m. Charlotte Camilla Smith} of Kingsborough,
June 24, 1*851. He is a skilful organ builder, and is well acquainted
with music ; of refined taste and excellent character. He resides at
Glovcrsville, a flourishing village, adjacent to Kingsborough. They
have one child —
Charles Sumner, b. at Gloversville, Dec. 15, 1856.
321.
Deacon DANIEL GILES, 6 (John? Menezer, 4 ffleazar,' Eleazar?
Edward, 1 ) eldest son of Dea. John* and Mary (Adams) Giles of Town-
send; b. there Feb. 28, 1790; m. 1, Sept. 23, 1813, Betsey Stone, b.
May 27, 1788, dau. of Samuel Stone. She, with the other five children
of her parents, was by them consecrated to God in infancy ; and all but one
became hopefully pious, and united with the church. She d. Nov. 28,
1823, a. 35. 2, May 31, 1827, Hannah Hart, b. March 5, 1804, dau.
of Daniel Hart. She united with the church in 1826. During several
years she suffered from pulmonary disease, of which she d. Oct. 6, 1840.
As the disease advanced, her faith in Christ, and in his atoning sacrifice,
became more firm and sustaining, and so continued even to the end. 3,
May 12, 1842, Betsey (Pratt) Hodgman, b. in Lunenburg, April 3,
1795, dau. of Benanuel and Lucy (Hosmer) Pratt of that place. She
became the wife of Buckley Hodgman of Camden, Me., Oct. 11, 1818.
He was the son of Job and Anna (Hosmer) Hodgman of Mason, N. H.
Anna w r as cousin of Lucy Hosmer, just named. He died Feb. 3, 1830,
leaving her with two sons and a daughter, who are mentioned in the note
at the foot of the page. She remained a w r idow twelve years. In 1837,
she united with the Congregational Church in Camden.
She died July 12, 1857, a. 62. She possessed good sense, energy of
character, a strong mind, expansive benevolence, and a genuine, unosten-
tatious piety. In her life, and especially in her last days of weakness
and suffering, the grace of God shone clearly and brightly.
Her character is more fully drawn in an Obituary Sketch which ap-
peared in the (Boston) Puritan Recorder, Aug. 27, 1857.*
Deacon Daniel Giles spent his whole life in Townsend, and d. Dec. 5,
1858, a. 68 yrs. and 9 mos. As a man of business he was widely known.
*Benanuel Pratt, father of Mrs. Betsey (Pratt) Giles, was b. in Needham, Sept.
26, 1756. He was probably descended from Joshua Pratt, who came over to Ply-
mouth in the Ann, in 1623. He lived in Lunenburg, where five of his eight children
were born, till 1795, and then removed to Townsend, where he d. June 6, 1825, a?.
69. Lucy Hosmer, his wife, was b. at Concord, March 6, 1762, a descendant of
James Hosmer of Concord, 1635. She d. at Chester, Vt., March, 1849, a. 87. She
was an excellent woman, and was many years a member of the Congregational
Church in Townsend.
The children of Betsey Pratt, by her first husband, Buckley Hodgman, were —
Edwin Ruthven, b. at Camden, Me., Oct. 21, 1819 ; grad. at Dartmouth College,
1843; at Andover Theol. Sem. 1846; m. 1, Sept. 17, 1846, Martha Hill, dau.
of Rev. Ebenezer Hill of Mason, N. H. She d. May 2, 1854. 2, Abbie P.
Simonds, Jan. 15, 1856. He was ordained as an evangelist, at Orford, N.
H., May 17, 1849; installed at Lunenburg, Mass., Feb. 18, 1852, dismissed
March 26, 1855 ; installed at Lynnfield, Jan. 9, 1856, dismissed Nov. 30, 1858.
He is now, 1862, acting pastor of the Congregational Church in Westford.
Lucy Ann, b. at Camden, Jan. 28, 1821 ; m. Dec. 1, 1852, Joshua Sawyer Page
of Warren, Me. They now reside in Townsend.
Albert Heald, b. at Camden, Oct. 25, 1823 ; m. Feb. 14, 1846, Elizabeth K. Dyer
of Searsmont, Me. They at first settled on the homestead at Camden, but
during three years past (1862) they have lived in Townsend.
84 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
From 1811 to his death, a period of forty-seven years, he was a mem-
ber of the Congregational Church in Townsend, of which, in 1828, he
was chosen Deacon. He was a good man, "full of faith and of the
Holy Ghost ;" a firm friend of the church, and ready at all times to
promote what he regarded as its best interests. His doctrinal views
were distinctively Calvinistic. His last sickness was painful, but he
bore it with submission, and there was peace in his death. All his
chil Iren, who came to mature years, gave pleasing evidence of piety ;
but all were cut off in the flower of life.
His children were — by first wife —
471. Elizabeth, 7 b. Feb. 26, 1817 ; unm.; d. of consumption, Jan. 25, 1842.
472. Mary, 7 b. July 4, 1819; unm.; d. of consumption, Nov. 19, 1837.
By second wife —
473. Ellen Augusta, 7 b. April 26, 1834; m. Walton Bancroft of Townsend, in
the autumn of 1855; removed to Warsaw, Illinois, and d. there Oct. 2,
1856. "She was buried in Woodland Cemetery at Quincy, 111., on the
high bank of the Mississippi, a beautiful spot, fit for a christian's grave."
She was a young woman of rare promise ; a member of the Congrega-
tional Church in Townsend ; well educated ; of comely person, and of
good native talents ; beloved in life, and much lamented in death. Her
only child, Walton Giles, b. Sept. 1856, d. April, 1857, on the way to
Townsend, where it was buried.
474. John Marshall, 7 b. Nov. 23, 1839; d. Nov. 4, 1840.
338.
MARIANNE CORNELIA GILES,' (Nehemiak? James* Eleazar*
Eleazar, 2 Edward?) eldest dau. of Nehemiah 6 and Mary Giles; b. June
8, 1810; m. Nov. 2, 1830, Hon. Emory Washburn, b. at Leicester,
Feb. 14, 1800, son of Joseph and Ruth (Davis) Washburn of Leicester,
and grandson of Col. Seth Washburn of Leicester, formerly of Bridge-
water.
He grad. Williams Coll. 1817; was admitted to the bar, March, 1821 ;
practised law in Leicester from Sept. 29, 1821, to March 28, 1828,
when he removed to Worcester. He has been a member of both
branches of the State Legislature ; Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas for the County of Worcester; Governor of Massachusetts in
1854. Received the Honorary Degree of LL. D. from Harvard and
Williams Colleges in 1854; has been University Professor of Law in
Harvard University from 1856 till the present time.
He row resides at Cambridge; a gentleman of scholarly taste, of
refined manners, and high moral character. His tastes are historical
as well as legal ; as is shown by a History of Leicester, compiled by
him and published in 1860; also by an Address at the Two-Hundredth
Anniversary of the Incorporation of Bridgewater, delivered at West
Bridge water, June 3, 1856; and a Discourse before the Congregational
Library Association in 1860.
Mrs. Washburn is a lady of superior intelligence and accomplishments.
Their children have been —
475. Marianne G., b. Nov. 24, 1831.
476. Charles B., b. Dec. 30, 1833 ; d. Oct. 16, 1851.
477. Emory, b. June 26, 1837 ; grad. H. C. 1860; now a member of the Law
Sc hool in Harvard University.
478. Alfred Foster, b. Nov. 16, 1852.
SIXTH GENERATION. 85
339.
SARAH FARRLNGTON GILES, 6 (Nehemiah, b James* Eleazar, 3
Eleazar, 3 Edward, 1 ) sister of the preceding; b. July 8, 1812 ; m. 1836,
William Bellows, b. 1808, son of Col. Josiah Bellows, b. Oct. 31,
1767, and grandson of Col. Benjamin Bellows, all of Walpole, N. H.
The grandmother of William Bellows was Mary, dau. of Major Jona-
than Hubbard ; she had been widow of John Jennison. [Jennison,
21.] For an account of the Bellows Family, see Bond's Watertown
Genealogies, pp. 532-539. See also a separate History of the Family
by Rev. Dr. Henry Whitney Bellows of New York, which I have not
had the pleasure of examining.
Mr. Bellows was an agriculturist in Walpole ; afterwards resided in
Cincinnati; d. at Walpole, May 7, 1862.
Their children are —
479. William, b. July, 1837 ; a merchant in Cincinnati.
480. Edward Warren, b. 1842; at school.
371.
LYDIA GILES,* (Edmund* Edmund* Eleazar, 3 John,' Edivard, 1 )
dau. of Edmund* and Sarah (Smith) Giles of Beverly ; b. there, Aug.
6, 1785 ; m. David Joseph of Beverly. They were published, Dec.
6, 1801.
Their children were —
481. David, d. at sea, young and unm.
482. Hugh, d. at sea, young and unm.
483. Edmund Giles, b. March 5, 1808 ; m. March 15, 1833, Mahala Galloupc, b.
May 17, 1806, dau. of Edmund and Mahala (Stone) Gallop. He d. of
consumption, Sept. 22, 1846. His children were —
484. Sarah Jane, b. July 11, 1834; d. young
485. Mahala Elizabeth, b. Dec. 23, 1835; m. Oct. 10, 1854, Stephen
Furbush, from Rome, Maine. Children —
486. Eva Theresa, b. June 15, 1855.
487. Stephen Fowler, b. Dec. 8, 1856 ; d. Nov. 7, I860.
488. Charles Edmund, b. Dec. 7, 1858.
489. Frank Augustus, b. Jan. 27, 1861.
490. Edmund Giles, b. Nov. 29, 1836 ; d. young.
491. Joanna Galloupe, b. Feb. 11, 1841; m. George W. Lovett of
Beverlv, Dec. 6, 1859. Had a dau. b. April, 1862.
492. Edmund Giles, b. April 26, 1844.
372.
EDMUND GILES, 6 (Edmund* Edmund* Eleazar, 3 John 3 Ed-
ward*) son of Edmund* and Sarah (Smith) Giles of Beverly; b. there,
May 6, 1787 ; m. May 24, 1812, Jane Wallis, dau. of Ebenezer and
Jane (Carrico) Wallis of Beverly. They lived in Beverly.
Their children were —
493. fMary Jane, 7 b. Jan. 19, 1813; m. Benjamin Goldsbury.
494. tEdmund, 7 b. Sept. 6, 1815; m. Elizabeth F. Vickery.
495. tAugustus, 7 b. Aug. 18, 1817 ; m. Priscilla O. Hale.
496. Sarah Smith, 7 b. Jan. 21, 1820; m. July 30, 1846, John Ellingwood Wal-
lis, son of John and Ruth Wallis of Beverly. They had one child —
Sarah Jane, b. Sept. 3, 1848. Mrs. Wallis d. Sept. 5, 1848, and he m.
for second wife Eliza W. Foster of Beverly.
497. Rebecca Cleaves, 7 b. Oct. 19, 1822; m. Oct. 20, 1846, Zebulon Ober Hale,
86 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
son of Henry Hale of Beverly. She d. June 2, 1857. Their children
were —
498. diaries, b. Aug. 15, 1849 ; d. March, 1856.
499. Sarah Eliza, b. May 5, 1852.
500. tBenjamin Very, 7 b. Aug. 31, 1825 ; m. 1, Aurelia Patch. 2, Nancy C. Perry.
400.
Rev. JOHN ADAMS VINTON, 7 (Betsey S. Giles, 6 Thomas,"
Thomas* Samuel, 3 Eleazar? Edward, 1 ) eldest son of Dea. Josiah 6 and
Betsey S. 6 (Giles) Vinton; b. in Boston, Feb. 5, 1801 ; in. 1, at Hano-
ver, N. H., June 6, 1832, Orinda Haskell, 7 b. in Strafford, Vt., Jan.
14, 1805, dau. of Thomas L. and Orinda (Carpenter) Haskell of that
place, afterwards of Hanover, N. H. She d. of consumption, at East
Bridgewater, Aug. 4, 1838.
2, at Stoneham, Feb. 24, 1840, Laurinda Richardson, 7 b. in
Stoneham, Oct. 26, 1813, dau. of Dea. Reuben 6 and Sarah 6 (Vinton)
Richardson of that place. Sarah Vinton, her mother, was dau. of Ezra
Vinton, 5 son of Thomas, 4 son of John Vinton, 3 all of Stoneham. John
Vinton' was brother of Thomas Vinton 3 of Braintree, gr. gr. father of
John A. Vinton, who has already been mentioned as purchaser, in 1720,
of the Iron Works in that town. See p. 72, note.
Mr. Vinton spent most of his childhood and youth in his father's
store ; being designed by his father for a merchant ; but at mature age,
in pursuance of a desire to be a scholar and a minister, which he had
secretly but unavailingly cherished during many years, he forsook the
walks of commerce and entered Phillips Exeter Academy, in June,
1823 ; graduated at Dartmouth College, August 20, 1828, and complet-
ed a full course of theological study at the Seminary in Andover, Sept.
1831. He received ordination as a minister of the gospel, May 16,
1832 ; and labored in the work of the ministry, for a longer or shorter
period, in Bloomfield, New Sharon, Exeter, and Bristol, all in Maine ;
in Chatham, Kingston, and Stoneham, in Massachusetts ; in West Ran-
dolph and Williamstown, in Vermont. He also was Chaplain of the
State Almshouse, Monson, Mass., 1859-60. Having a weak voice, and
a slender physical frame, he was reluctantly compelled at length to re-
tire from the good work which he had always preferred above all others ;
and during the last ten years has resided in South Boston.
A more particular account of Mr. Vinton and of his kindred, on the
father's side, has been given in the Vinton Memorial.
Children by first marriage —
501. Edward Payson, 8 b. in New Sharon, Me., Eeb. 10, 1834 ; unm.; an organ
builder with Giles Beach, [470] at Gloversville, N. Y. He d. at his
father's house, in South Boston, of consumption, in the peace and hope
of the gospel, Oct. 13, 1861.
502. Mary Orinda, 8 b. in New Sharon, Feb. 18, 1835.
503. John Francis, 8 b. in Exeter, Me., Oct. 3, 1836; d. at his grandfather's
house in South Boston, Aug. 8, 1847.
" So fades the lovely blooming flower."
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Children by second marriage —
504. Arthur, 8 b. at West Randolph, Vt., March 22, 1841 ; d. at Williamstown,
Vt., Ail?. 25, 1842.
505. Laurinda Ellen, 8 b. at Williamstown, Vt., March 31, 1843; d. at Stone-
ham, Oct. 4, 1843.
506. Alfred Clarence, 8 b. at Stoneham, July 16, 1844; now a member of Har-
vard College.
507. Lucy, 8 b. at Bristol, Me., May 2, 1849 ; d. same day.
401.
GEORGE VINTON, 7 ( Betsey S. Giles, 6 Thomas," Thomas,' 1 Samuel?
Eleazar? Edward, 1 ) brother of the preceding; b. in Boston, Aug. 13,
1803; m. 1, Sept. 14, 1826, Charlotte Williams Callender, b.
in Boston, Feb. 14, 1802, dau. of Joseph and Mary Callender of that
city. She d. at Cambridge, Aug. 6, 1842. 2, Nov. 28, 1844, Mary
Callender, a sister of the former wife.
He was a dry-goods merchant in Boston, eighteen or more years.
In October, 1845, he removed to Old Hadley, and thence, in March,
1851, to South Hadley, where he now resides, still engaged in mercan-
tile pursuits. He has been, for forty-one years, a worthy and exem-
plary member of a Presbyterian or Congregational Church.
Children, all by first marriage, and all b. in Boston but the last —
508. Charlotte Ann, 8 b. Jan. 12, 1828 ; unm. ; has been an accomplished teacher
in Morristown, N. J., and in New York City; resides now with her
father.
509. George, 8 b. Feb. 21, 1830; d. Sept. 10, 1831.
510. George, 8 b. July 26, 1831 ; d. April 22, 1832.
511. Mary Callender, 8 b. Jan. 27, 1835; d. July 29, 1835.
512. Mary Callender, 8 b. April 19, 1837 ; d. Aug. 8, 1852.
513. Sarah Ann, 8 b. in Brighton, June 15, 1839 ; unm.; resides with her father.
403.
NANCY ADAMS VINTON, 7 (Betsey S. Giles, 6 Thomas," Thomas*
Samuel? Eleazar? Edward, 1 ) sister of the preceding; b. in Boston, Oct.
26, 1807 ; m. Nov. 28, 1833, William Vinton Alden, 7 b. Aug 4,
1809, son of Ezra 8 and Abigail 6 (Vinton) Alden of East Bridgewater.
His mother, Abigail Vinton, was dau. of William Vinton, 6 who was
brother of Josiah Vinton,* grandfather of Nancy A. Vinton. And both
are descendants in the seventh generation from John Alden, 1 the
youngest of the Pilgrims of the Mayflower, who signed that memorable
compact at anchor in the harbor of Provincetown, Nov. 11, 1620, O. S.
Mr. Alden was in company with his brother-in-law, George Vinton,
from 1830 to 1843, in the wholesale dry-goods business in Boston.
Since 1849, he has been a partner in the large furniture establishment
of Blake, Ware & Co., now Blake & Alden, Brattle Street, in the same
city. He and his wife are members of Essex Street Church. Of that
Church he has been clerk the last twenty-five years. He is a man
prompt, punctual, accurate, and reliable, in an eminent degree.
Their children are —
514. William Edward, 8 b. June 17, 1837 ; unm. In business in Boston.
515. Leonard Case, 8 b. Dec. 22, 1839. Graduated with the highest honors of
his class, at Harvard College in 1861. Now resident graduate at Cam-
bridge, and an officer of the college.
88 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
405.
ALFRED VINTON/ (Betsey S. Giles? Tliomas? Thomas* Samuel?
Eleazar? Edward?) brother of the preceding ; b. in Boston, Dec. 28,
1815; m. at Philadelphia, Feb. 20, 1839, Sarah Martin, of the
borough of Lancaster, Pa.
He was a clerk in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. In July, 1843, he
went to St. Louis, Mo., to take charge of extensive mercantile concerns
under the direction of Lyon, Shorb & Co., of Pittsburgh, a company
largely engaged in the manufacture of iron. In that city he resided
nearly thirteen years, transacted a large business, and was considered a
prosperous and able merchant. He was a Director of the State Bank
of Missouri, and President of the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce ;
both of these offices being conferred on him without solicitation, and
when eagerly coveted by others. In March, 1855, he refused the office
of President of the Pacific Railroad Company, with a salary of 5,000
dollars, because it would interfere with his more lucrative business.
Since the spring of 1856, he has resided in Europe.
406.
FREDERIC VINTON, 7 (Betsey S. Giles? Thomas? Thomas?
Samuel? Eleazar? Edward?) brother of the preceding; b. in Boston,
Oct. 9, 1817; m. 1, at Nantucket, Sept. 13, 1843, Phebe Worth
Clisby, dau. of Seth and Elizabeth Clisby of Nantucket. She d. of con-
sumption at St. Louis, Feb. 23, 1855, and her remains rest in the Vin-
ton tomb at Braintree. 2, at Boston, June 1, 1857, Mart Blanch ard
Curry, dau. of Cadwallader and Julia (Mitchell) Curry of Eastport, Me.
He graduated at Amherst College in 1837 ; and after teaching three
years in Pawtucket and Nantucket, completed a full course of Theolog-
ical study at Andover, in September, 1843.
Considerations affecting his health compelled him to relinquish the
ministry, and also the employment of an instructor of youth, in which
he had been very successful, in 1848. Since that time he has been em-
ployed as a librarian in St. Louis and in Boston. He has an extensive
acquaintance with books, and was for several years engaged, with others,
in the preparation of the Catalogue of the Boston Public Library,
which for its thoroughness and excellent arrangement has won the ad-
miration of the reading public on both sides of the Atlantic. He resides
in South Boston.
His children — by first wife —
516. Frederic,® b. at Nantucket, Aug. 27, 1845; d. same day.
517. Maria Mitchell, 8 b. at do. April 17, 1847 ; d. at Eastport, Sept. 11, 1848.
518. Alfred, 8 b. at Eastport, Oct. 18, 1849: d. at Eastport, Oct. 9, 1850.
519. Sarah Martin, 8 b. at Philadelphia, May 6, 1851; d. at St. Louis, July 25,
1852.
By second wife- —
520. Cadwallader Curry, 8 b. in S. Boston, Dec. 30, 1859.
521. Maria Mitchell, 8 b. in do. Feb. 1, 1862.
408.
MATTHEW GILES, 7 (Matthew S.? Thomas? Thomas? Samuel?
Eleazar? Edward? ) eldest son of Matthew S., and Sally ("Webster)
Giles ; b. at Rockport, Nov. 28, 1807 ; in. at Manchester, May 30, 1831,
Harriet Allen of that place., b, Dec. 14, 1807.
SEVENTH GENERATION. M
He is a cabinet-maker at Manchester, Ms., and has for many years
had his residence there. A worthy man and a good citizen.
His children have been —
522. Eliza, 8 b. Oct. 22, 1832 ; unm. ; d. early in the present year, 1862. She
was a worthy member of the Congregational Church in Manchester ;
an active laborer in the Sabbath School ; beloved in life, regretted in
death.
523. Harriet Atwood, 8 b. Aug. 23, 1834.
524. John James, 8 b. July 20, 18^6; unm. When the whole North rose in
arms, 1861, to resist the insolent demands of the slave power, he ship-
ped on board the U. S. steam-frigate Colorado, then lying in the harbor
of Boston.
525. Sarah Webster, 8 b. Aug. 10, 1839.
526. Anna Allen, 8 b. April 5, 1841.
527. William Darius, 8 b. July 22, 1843.
528. Mary Dodge, 8 b. Jan. 21, 1846.
529. Lydia Smith, 8 b. Nov. 13, 1850 ; d. March 27, 1851.
409.
Capt. JOHN JAMES GILES, 7 (Matthew S., 6 Thomas," Thomas*
Samuel, 3 Eleazar? Edward, 1 ) brother of the preceding ; b. in Rockport,
Feb. 1, 1810; m. 1, Nov. 1833, Betsey Goss Lane, dau. of Capt.
George and Sally (Goss) Lane of Rockport. She died -without issue,
June 11, 1835, a. 23. 2, April 11, 1840, Margaret Somes Stockman,
dau. of John and Sally Stockman of Rockport, who d. Oct. 11, 1842.
3, Feb. 3, 1845, Catharine Ann McFarland, b. March 25, 1820,
dau. of Daniel and Catharine McFarland of Broadalbin, a township
near Johnstown, N. Y, She is still living, and is a member of the
First Congregational Church in Rockport.
He is a sea-faring man, and has always had his home in Rockport.
He has been master and in part owner of a trading vessel for about
twenty-five years. Has been in the trade between Boston or New York
and the Southern States or the West Indies. Has made several voyages
to England and France. In 1861 he was in the Mediterranean trade.
His children have been — by second wife —
530. Margaret Somes, 8 b. July 4, 1842.
By third wife —
531. Mary Janet, 8 b. Dec. 25, 1845.
532. Catharine Ann, 8 b. July 26, 1848; d. of scarlet fever, June 6, 1852.
533. Catharine Amelia, 8 b. March 9, 1854.
534. John Henry, 8 b. March 25, 1856.
413.
ALFRED GILES, 7 (Matthew S.* Thomas* Thomas* Samuel 3
Eleazar, 2 Edward, 1 ) brother of the preceding; b. in Rockport, July 31,
1820 ; m. Eliza Jane Torrey of Rockport, Nov. 7, 1846. Her father,
if I rightly remember, was Elias Torrey, a native of Quincy, who settled
in Rockport, to carry on the stone business.
He resides in Rockport, and for many years was engaged in the busi-
ness of a cabinet-maker. Within two years he has led a sea-faring life.
His children have been —
535. Alfred Darius, 8 b. May 28, 1847.
536. Charles Hale, 8 b. Aug. 6, 1849.
90 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
537. Marv Frances, 8 b. July 3, 1852.
538. Annie Eliza, 8 b. June "21, 1854; d. Sept. 24, 1855.
' " > Two others, whose names have not been received.
416.
Capt. THOMAS GILES, 7 (Thomas? Thomas," TJiomas? Samuel, 3
Eleazar? Edivard, 1 ) eldest son of Dea. Thomas 6 and Olive (Tarr) Giles
of Rockport; b. there March 20, 1809 ; never married.
He chose a sea-faring life, and rose through the several grades to that
of shipmaster. He went several voyages to Canton and London with
Capt. Samuel Giles [254]. On his first voyage in the capacity of mas-
ter, being in a hermaphrodite brig, the Kosciusko, belonging to his
father, Capt. John Burns of Rockport, and others, as he was returning
home from the West Indies, he was knocked overboard and drowned.
It was at daybreak, on the morning of March 9, 1832. He was at the
helm, and faithfully performing the duties of his station, the crew being
engaged in taking out the reefs of the sails after a heavy blow, when
he was forced overboard by the spanker-boom. This was near Gayhead,
Martha's Vineyard. He was expecting to reach home the next day,
and was soon to be married to an estimable young lady, the adopted
daughter of his father's cousin, Capt. Samuel Giles of Gloucester.
Thus, in an instant, was he separated from all earthly hopes, and his
lifeless form found a sepulchre in the insatiable ocean. " He was enter-
prising, generous, and in his death much lamented." [Cenotaph at
Rockport.
417.
SAMUEL JENNISON GILES, 7 (Thomas? Thomas," Thomas?
Samuel? Eleazar? Edward? ) eldest surviving son of Dea. Thomas
Giles 6 of Rockport ; b. there, Nov. 15, 1811 ; m. at St. Johnsville, N. Y.,
June 6, 1835, Elizabeth Leonard, b. at Kingsborough, N. Y., Dec.
5, 1813, dau. of Daniel, fourth son of Josiah Leonard, who removed
from Connecticut to Kingsborough many years ago, and has had nu-
merous descendants. Her mother was Mary Easton, niece to Daniel
Potter of Kingsborough.
He was brought up to a mercantile life in his father's store. During
some years he had a clothing establishment in Rockport. He was in
business twelve years or more in Kingsborough; and some further
time in St. Johnsville and in Utica, N. Y. Afterwards, he resided, and
conducted a successful business in Rockport. At one time, he was en-
gaged in the manufacture of Iodine. He now resides in Gloucester,
and is Cashier of the Bank of Cape Ann, in that flourishing town.
He has a taste for mechanical pursuits, and a fine ear for music.
Without any instruction he became a skilful performer on the organ,
and built a fine-toned parlor organ for his own use. He and his wife
and daughter are members of the Congregational Church.
His children have been —
541. Newell, 8 b. at St. Johnsville, N. Y., May 25, 1837; unm. ; was a good
seaman, and an enterprising man. In 1860, was chief mate of ship
Huntress, in the Australian trade. He d. of consumption, in Hongkong,
China, Aug. 1, 1861, a. 24.
542. Mary Olive, 8 b. at Kingsborough, N. Y., March 5, 1841.
543. Wiliiam Henry, 8 b. at Gloversville, N. Y., Feb. 10, 1844. He pursues a
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sea-faring life. Is now, 1 862, engaged in the naval service of the United
States, in the new sloop-of-war Kearsarge.
544. Newton Leonard, 8 b. at Kockport, Nov. 26, 1861; d. Aug. 23, 1857.
418.
Dea. BENJAMIN GILES, 7 {Thomas, 6 Thomas," Thomas,* Samuel?
Eleazar, 2 Edward, 1 ) brother of the preceding; b. in Rockport, Feb. 1,
1816; m. Nov. 30, 1843, Susan Bartlett Haskell, b. April 22,
1820, adopted dau. of Capt. Josiah Haskell of Rockport.
He was fitted for College at Phillips Academy, Andover, and spent
two years as a member of Dartmouth College. He was an approved
teacher several years at Rockport and Beverly. He has been engaged
in mercantile pursuits during some years past at Rockport and Glouces-
ter. With the First Congregational Church in Rockport he and his
wife united many years since ; of that church he was for many years a
Deacon. Mrs. Giles was a pupil of Mary Lyon, at the Mount Holyoke
Seminary. They now reside in Gloucester.
Their children have been — -
545. Lorenzo Tarr, 8 b. at Rockport, April 4, 1847; d. Aug. 30, 1848.
546. Susan Adeline, 8 b. at Beverly, April 12, 1850.
547. Benjamin Herbert, 8 b. at Rockport, May 8, 1855.
548. Thomas Lamson, 8 b. at do. May 11, 1857.
419.
NEWELL GILES, 7 {Thomas,' Thomas," Thomas* Samuel? Eleazar?
Edward, 1 ) brother of the preceding; b. in Rockport, Feb. 14, 1818; m.
on Thanksgiving day, Nov. 28, 1844, Elizabeth Whipple Gott, b.
July 5, 1820, dau. of Deacon Jabez R. and Hannah (Jewett) Gott, all of
Rockport. Her mother was niece to that excellent minister Rev. David
Jewett, a native of Hollis, N. II., and many years pastor of the Con-
gregational Church in Rockport.
He has always resided in Rockport. He chose the pursuits of com-
merce and finance, and in them has manifested much ability. He has
also been successfully engaged in manufactures. He is Treasurer of
the Rockport Steam Cotton Mills, and President of the Rockport Rail-
road. In building this railroad he took a prominent and active part ;
and had the pleasure of seeing it opened for travel, Nov. 4, 1861.
Mr. and Mrs. Giles are members of the First Congregational Church
in Rockport, of which Rev. Wakefield Gale has long been pastor.
Their children have been —
549. Ellen Elizabeth, 8 b. July 5, 1847 ; d. Feb. 28, 1851.
550. Mary Greenwood, 8 b. Sept. 17, 1850.
551. Jabez Edward, 8 b. Jan. 23, 1853.
552. George Lindall, 8 b. Oct. 22, 1854.
422.
OLIVE GILES, 7 (Thomas, 6 Thomas," Thomas* Samuel, 3 Eleazar?
Edward, 1 ) sister of the preceding; b. in Rockport, Feb. 9, 1824; m.
Dec. 18, 1847, Nathaniel Tarr, 6 son of Nathaniel 5 and Mary (Turner)
Tarr of Rockport. His father Nathaniel* was son of Nathaniel, 4 who
was son of Henry, 3 who was son of Benjamin, 2 who was son of Richard
Tarr, 1 the first settler of Rockport. See Appendix B.
92 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
He is engaged in mercantile pursuits in Boston. They resided in
Boston several years. They now reside in Roxbury, and are members
of the Vine Street Congregational Church in that city, Rev. John 0.
Means, pastor.
Their children are —
553. Olive Geneva, b. in Boston, March 20, 1852.
554. Mary Lindall Giles, b. in Roxbury, April 11, 1861.
427.
ABIGAIL GILES TARR, 7 (Mary Giles, 6 Thomas," Thomas, 11
Samuel, 3 Eleazar? Edward? ) eldest dau. of Daniel S. and Mary 6
(Giles) Tarr; b. in Rockport, March 3, 1805; m. May 12, 1824, her
cousin, Fitz Tarr,* b. Feb. 15, 1801, son of Jabez Tarr, 4 who was
brother of her grandfather Benjamin Tarr 4 ; all of Rockport. See
Tarr Family, Appendix B.
He is a farmer, a worthy citizen, and has always resided on the spot
where he was born.
Their children have been —
555. Mary Abigail, b. Sept. 29, 1826 ; d. of scarlet fever, July 30, 1832.
556. Fitz William, b. May 30, 1828; m. Nov. 10, 1850, Frances Ingalls of
Bridgeton, Me. He is a currier and leather-dresser. They resided some
years in Bridgeton, Me., and now, 1860, reside in Fryebuig, in the same
State. Children—
557. Catharine Eliza, b. Oct. 30, 1851 ; d. in 1855.
558. Alice, b. June, 1856.
559. An infant, b. about August 1, 1860.
560. Laurana, b. July 28, 1830; d. Nov. 3, 1830.
561. Daniel Smith, b. July 29, 1832; m. Dec. 23, 1858, Sarah Jane Tarr, dau.
of David and Sarah (Day) Tarr of Rockport. They reside in Rockport.
562. Jabez, b. Dec. 18, 1834; d.*Feb. 6, 1835.
563. Mary Abigail, b. Dec. 6, 1836.
428.
DANIEL SMITH TARR, T (Mary Giles,' Thomas," Thtomas, 4
Samuel, 3 Eleazar,* Edward, 1 ) son of Daniel S. and Mary 6 (Giles)
Tarr ; b. in Rockport, March 12, 1807 ; m. 1, Aug. 19, 1830, Charlotte
Maria Case, b. 1806, dau. of Elihu Case of Kingsborough, N. Y.
She d. Nov. 8, 1837, a. 31. 2, Oct. 1G, 1838, Nancy Case, b. 1806,
dau. of Darius and Elizabeth (Leonard) Case* of Kingsborough afore-
said. She was a second cousin of the former wife. She d. April 25,
1846, a. 40. 3, April 1, 1847, Abigail Leavenavorth Heacock,
dau. of Lemuel and Sophia (Leavenworth) Heacock, of the same place.
* Darius Case, father of Nancy in the text, was b. March 31, 1782, son of Darius
Case, b. 1748, a native of Simsbury, Ct., who settled in Kingsborough, N. Y., and d.
there, May 23, 1797, a. 49. Darius, grandfather of Nancy Case, m. Nov. 21, 1779,
Hephzibah Foote, 6 b. Feb. 1, 1762, dau. of Samuel Foote, 5 of Simsbury, son of
Daniel 4 of Hartford and afterwards of Simsbury, son of Samuel 3 of Hatfield, Mass.,
son of Nathaniel 2 of Wethersfield, Ct., who was b. in England about 1620, and
came to America with his father Nathaniel Foote, 1 one of the first settlers of
Wethersfield, Ct. [Foote Genealogy.
A brother of Mrs. Nancy (Case) Tarr was Rev. Josiah Leonard Case, b. March
5, 1808; grad. Union Coil. 1830; pursued a full course of Theological study at
Andover; ord. pastor, Kingston, N. H., Oct. 17, 1839; d. there, Nov. 15, 1839, ae.
32, much lamented.
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His father died, without property, when he was but six years and five
months old. He came to Boston in the year 1828, and learned the
trade of a cabinet-maker. While thus employed he became a partaker
of divine grace, and united, Sept. 1828, with the Essex Street Church,
of which the earnest and warm-hearted Samuel Green was then pastor.
In Oct. 1828, he went to Kingsborough, N. Y., and commenced business
as a cabinet-maker. By the blessing of God he has been successful,
and has acquired the esteem and confidence of the community.
A new and flourishing village has, in the meantime, grown up in
Kingsborough, called Gloversville ; eminent, above all others in the
United States, for the manufacture of Buckskin Gloves and Mittens.
Hence the name. Mr. Tarr resides in that village, and has for many
years been successfully engaged in that business. He is a reliable man,
and a good citizen.
His children have been — by first wife —
564. A son, b. July 29, 1831 ; d. at two weeks old.
565. Jerusha Case, b. April 26, 1833; m. Jan. 20, 1853, Jesse Heacock, son of
Philander Heaeock of Kingsborough, a cousin to the present wife of
Mr. Tarr; a manufacturer of buckskin mittens and gloves. Children —
566. Charlotte Case, b. Feb. 26, 1854.
567. Jessie Louisa, b. Sept. 22, 1856.
5C8. Edward Lounsbery, b. Nov. 15, 1858.
569. Catharine, b. Aug. 9, 1861.
By second wife —
571. An infant, b. Nov. 1839 ; d. same day.
572. An infant, b. about Oct. 1841 ; d. on* the third day.
573. Eliza Vinton, b. April 7, 1844; d. Sept. 29, 1844.
574. Helen Maria, b. Sept. 6, 1845.
By third wife —
575. David Henrv, b. Mav 13, 1848.
576. Daniel Edward, b. March 8, 1850.
577. An infant daughter, b. Feb. 27, 1853 ; d. same day.
432.
OLIVE GILES, 7 (Samuel, 6 Thomas, 11 Thomas* Samuel, 3 Eleasar?
Edward, 1 ) eldest dau. of Samuel 6 and Margaret (Davis) Giles; b. in
Rockport, Oct. 11, 1811; m. Nov. 27, 1831, Stephen Andrews of
Rockport, son of Stephen Andrews of Lanesville, Cape Ann. He is a
sea-faring man.
She died May 5, 1859. She was a woman of deep and consistent
piety ; a member, with her husband, of the First Congregational Church
in Rockport ; and greatly beloved by all who knew her.
Mr. Andrews has since married Ruhamah (Holmes) Young, widow of
Frederic Young of Lanesville.
The children of Stephen and Olive (Giles) Andrews were —
578. Nathan Franklin, b. 1833; d. at 18 months old.
579. Joseph, b. ; d. in early infancy.
433.
AZUBAH PRENTISS GILES, 7 (Samuel, 9 Thomas," Thomas*
Samuel, 3 Eleazar? Edward? ) sister of the preceding ; b. in Rockport,
April 16, 1813; m. Nathan Franklin Burr of Kingsborough, N.Y.,
March 3, 1833.
94 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
They resided for twenty-five years after marriage in Kingsborough.
In 1858, they removed to Thompson, Susquehanna County, Pa., where
they now reside, 18G2. He is a farmer. Both are members of the
church.
Their children are —
580. Lucius Franklin, b. Dec. 7, 1833; m. Margaret MePherson, March 20,
1850. Their children are —
581. Mary Etfdeen, b. Feb. 8, 1857.
582. George Major, b. July 10, 1858.
583. Lucius Franklin, b. Oct. 25, 1859.
584. Maggie Louisa, b. Feb. 10, 1861.
They reside at Fonda's Bush, near Gloversville, N. Y.
585. Stephen Norwood, b. Mav 21, 1835.
586. Thaddfius Giles, b. Oct. 4, 1836 ; m. Catharine Cole, Dec. 25, 1859. They
reside at Fonda's Bush, and have one child —
587. Nellie Maria, b. Oct. 1860.
588. Julius Henry, b. April 28, 1838; d. Aug. 8, 1839.
589. Ellen Calista, b. March 2, 1840.
590. Julius Herbert, b. Aug. 20, 1841.
591. Wilbur Jason, b. May 7, 1843.
592. Harriet Mills, b. Aug. 8, 1845.
593. Samuel Giles, b. April 20, 1847.
594. Mary Laurana, b. Aug, 7, 1848.
695. Nathan Henry, b. Aug. 15, 1850.
596. Charles Leavenworth, b. Sept. 15, 1852.
597. Margaret Davis.
598. Frank Lindall.
436.
MARGARET GILES, 7 (Samuel, 6 Thomas," Thomas* Samuel, 3
Eleazar, 9 Edward, 1 ) sister of the preceding ; b. in Rockport, Feb. 28,
1819; m. on Thanksgiving day, Nov. 28, 1844, William Foster, son
of John and Deborah (Tarr) Foster of Rockport.
He is an esteemed citizen, and a Deacon in the Second Congrega-
tional Church, Rockport, Rev. David Bremner, pastor. Mrs. Foster is
a member of the same church. They have but one child —
599. Betsey Marshall, b. March 21, 1846.
437.
MARY MARSHALL GILES, 7 (Samuel, 6 Thomas," Thomas* Sam-
uel, 3 Eleazar, 2 Edward, 1 ) sister of the preceding; b. in Rockport, Oct.
3,1821; m. Feb. 9, 1848, Thomas Woodbury Knowlton, from
Boylston.
They reside in Worcester. He is a dealer in ship-timber, which he
supplies to ship-builders, and particularly to the government of the
United States. She is a member of the Congregational Church.
They have had but one child —
600. Effie, b. May 8, 1850; d. Aug. 22, 1851.
440.
LAURANA TARR GILES, 7 (Samuel, 6 Thomas," Thomas* Sam
uel, 3 Eleazar 2 Edward 1 ) sister of the preceding; b. in Rockport, Nov
5, 1826; m. Jan. 31, 1849, William White Marshall, b. Feb
1825, son of Daniel Oakes and Mary (White) Marshall, all of Rockport
They are members of the Second Congregational Church in Rock
port, where they reside. He represented the town of Rockport in the
SEVENTH GENERATION. 95
Legislature of Massachusetts in the session of 1858. He is now, 18G2,
postmaster of Rockport. He is an intelligent, influential, estimable,
and upright man. Their children have been —
601. William White, b. Sept. 24, 1851 ; d. Nov. 18, 1851.
602. Daniel Oakcs, b. Feb. 1, 1853.
603. Lucy Giles, b. Dec. 7, 1860.
442.
JASON GILES, 7 (Samuel, 6 Thomas,'' Thomas, 4 Samuel? Eleazar?
Edward?) brother of the preceding; b. at Rockport, Nov. 28, 1880;
m. September 24, 1854, Delphina Pool, b. April 16, 1832, dau. of
Ebenezer and Jerusha (Norwood) Pool, all of Rockport. Mr. Pool,
her father, was formerly a trader in Rockport, and for many years past
has been the chief antiquary of the place. His wife was Jerusha, dau.
of Major Francis Norwood, and sister of Rev. Francis Norwood, for-
merly of Wilmington and Washington, Mass., now of Phipsburg, Me.
Mr. Giles is a machinist by trade: has been engaged in the manu-
facture of sewing machines in Boston. He now resides in Worcester,
where he is employed in making bands to hold the barrels of rifles to
the stock. He and his cousin and brother-in-law Eben Giles [448]
were among the few passengers in the steamer Northern Indiana, who
were saved when that vessel was burned on Lake Erie, ten or twelve
years ago. The scene was most appalling. He was the last person
saved. He made fast a rope over the vessel's bow, and lowered him-
self into the water, where he remained nearly an hour before a boat
came to his rescue.
The children of Jason and Delphina Giles are —
604. Hattie, 8 b. July 6, 1855.
461.
Dr. ALBERT GILES, 7 (Jennison? Samuel? Thomas* Samuel?
Eleazar? Edward, 1 ) eldest son of Jennison 6 and Philenda (Beach)
Giles of Kingsborough, N. Y.; b. there, May 10, 1809; m. Jan. 1836,
Ann Osborn of Troy, N. Y.
He learned the trade of a printer, with a Mr. Child, at Johnstown,
near his father's residence. He united with the Congregational Church
in Kingsborough, Rev. Elisha Yale, pastor, on the first Sabbath in
1829, at the same time with his cousin, Edward Lounsbery. About
this time, he engaged in studies preparatory to the ministry, at the
Oneida Institute, Whitesborough, N. Y. After a sufficient experiment,
it was found that his health was not adequate to the further prosecution
of those studies. He was induced, therefore, to enter on the study, and,
ultimately, on the practice, of medicine. He spent a number of years
as a practising physician at Racine, Wisconsin ; skilful in his profession,
esteemed as a man and useful as a christian. He suffered much from
bronchitis, for relief from which he was induced to go to California in
1859. He died at Racine, Wis., June 7, 1862. He had long antici-
pated this result of his long illness, and was prepared for it.
His children were —
605. Frances Mary, 8 b. Nov. 1836; m. July, 1861, Wainwright, attorney
at law, Racine, Wis. They have one child —
606. Albert Giles, b. June 29, 1862.
607. Willard Parker, 8 b. abt. Sept. 1839; d. at Cohoes, N. Y., Oct. 30, 1841.
96 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
608. Martha Ann, 8 b. Sept. 1840; unm. ; teacher in Wisconsin.
609. Jane Sophia, 8 b. 1843; unm.; teacher in Wisconsin.
610. James Albert, 8 b. ; d. at the age of about two years.
462.
LAURANA GILES, 7 (Jennison? Samuel," Thomas* Samuel, 3
Eleazar? Edward, 1 ) sister of the preceding ; b. in Kingsborough, June
3, 1811 ; m. Oct. 8, 1831, Ebenezer Rowe, b. June 20, 1807, son of
Jabez and Polly (Jackson) Rowe, all of Rockport.
They reside in Rockport, and are members of the Second Congrega-
tional Church in that place. During the summer months their house is
a pleasant temporary home for invalids, and others, who resort to the
sea-shore for recreation and the benefit of their health. Rockport, with
its cool, refreshing breezes, magnificent prospect of the ocean, and
advantages for sea-bathing, is well suited for such a purpose. The
village is populous and pleasant, yet retired from noise and tumult ;
the moral atmosphere is healthy, and a railway, completed within a
year past — this is written in June, 18G2 — brings the place within two
hours' ride from Boston.
Mr. and Mrs. Rowe have had no children.
464.
JAMES JENNISON GILES, 7 (Jennison? Samuel," Thomas*
Samuel, 3 Eleazar? Edward, 1 ) brother of the preceding ; b. in Kings-
borough, Jan. 9, 1816; never married.
He was from a child amiable in disposition, unassuming in manners,
and fond of books. He spent one year at Dartmouth College, and two
years at Union College, where he graduated in 1843, having, it is un-
derstood, the second appointment in his class. He was one year at the
Union Theological Seminary in the city of New York, and was two
years a member of the Theological Seminary at Princeton. He had
thus completed, with honor, his full course of Collegiate and Professional
study, and was expecting soon to go to China as a missionary, but his
health failed just before the completion of his studies, and his Divine
Master summoned him to higher service, in October, 1846. "Verily
thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour !" Isa.
45 : 15.
465.
Deacon AMOS BEACH GILES, 7 (Jennison? Samuel," Thomas*
Samuel, 3 Eleazar, 2 Edward, 1 ) brother of the preceding; b. in Kings-
borough, July 14, 1818; m. June 5, 1849, Harriet Newell Wads-
worth of Westford, Otsego County, N. Y.
He was formerly a merchant in Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., N. Y.,
and was an officer in the Presbyterian Church in that place. He re-
moved in 1861 to Gloversville, and is now doing a good business in
that village.
He has but one child —
611. Henry Wadsworth, 8 b. July 8, 1851.
466.
JOHN ADAMS VINTON GILES, 1 (Jennison? Samuel," Thomas*
Samuel, 3 Eleazar? Edward, 1 ) brother of the preceding; b. in Kings-
SEVENTH GENERATION. 97
borough, Dec. 14, 1821; m. Dec. 18, 1850, Elizabeth McDonald of
Gloversville, N. Y.
His mother having deceased when he was but two weeks old, the
care of him devolved on his father's sister, Sarah Giles [319]; and this
duty she performed with exemplary fidelity and diligence. Having the
privilege of naming him, she gave him the name of her cousin and
correspondent in Boston, the compiler of this volume.
He was a merchant in Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., N. Y.; but re-
moved, in 1857, to Morrison, Whiteside Co., Illinois.
His children are — b. in Cherry Valley —
612. Helena Francis, 8 b. Jan. 27, 1852.
613. Laurana Rowe, 8 b. Nov. 13, 1853; d. of diptheria, Jan. 4, 1861.
614. Elizabeth, 8 b. Nov. 3, 1855.
Born in Morrison —
615. James Jennison, 8 b. Sept. 20, 1858.
616. Charles, 8 b. Dec. 31, 1859.
617. Eleanor Rowe, 8 b. Feb. 19, 1862.
467.
SAMUEL GILES LOUNSBERY, {Mary Giles* Samuel? Thomas*
Samuel? Eleazar? Edward?) son of Henry Dubois and Mary (Giles)
Lounsbery; b. in Kingsborough, N. Y., Nov. 14, 1808; m. about
1832, Harriet Susan Kinney of Clay, Onondaga Co., N. Y.*
His mother dying when he was between four and five years old, he
lived in several families, and in different places, until he became of age.
In the summer of 1828, he visited his grandparents at Kingsborough,
after an absence of seven years. He returned to Clay, Onondaga Co.,
where he had spent some time previous ; and made his home there.
He also resided, subsequently, in Euclid, in the same county and state.
He married an amiable and pious woman; became prosperous; was
thorough and successful in business ; acquired a handsome property, and
was much respected. He died at St. Joseph, Mich., July 16, 1841.
His life was short, but full of vicissitude. His children, those who sur-
vive, are all respectable, useful, and happy.
His widow still survives. She and her son Edward, and dau. Amanda,
continued to reside in Euclid till 1856, when they removed to Michigan.
Since that time they have resided at South Haven in that state, and are
members of the Congregational Church there; a church formed in
1856, Rev. Nathaniel Grover, pastor. Mrs. Lounsbery was married in
March, 1860, to Mr. Conger, merchant, of South Haven.
The children of Samuel Giles Lounsbery were —
618. Mary Giles, b. June, 1833. She was educated at the well-known Troy
Female Seminary, and afterwards was an approved and successful
teacher in divers places. In 1858 she spent some time as a governess
in the family of Dr. Vaughan, Philadelphia. She was married Oct. 19,
1858, to Rev. Jacob Rambo. He was b. 1820, near Swedesborough,
N. J., and was educated at the (Episcopal) Theological Seminary near
Alexandria, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Rambo sailed for West Africa, as mis-
sionaries, Nov. 9, 1858, and arrived at Cape Palmas in January follow-
* Dubois was the family name of Henry Dubois Lounsbery's mother; she was the
descendant of a French Huguenot.
7
98 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
ing. They were stationed first at Rocktown, and afterwards at Cape
Palmas, West Africa, where they suffered much from sickness, but
were happy in their benevolent labors. Mrs. Ramho's failing health
at length compelled them to return to this country, in March, 1861.
Mr. Rambo is an Episcopal clergyman, and is now, July, 1862, in
charge of two or three country parishes in Sussex County, Delaware.
Their present residence is Miilsborough, in the same state. They have
one child —
619. Mary Louisa, b. Aug. 2, 1861.
620. Edward Henry, b. June, 1835. He began to prepare for the ministry, hut
gave it up from failing health. He removed with his mother to Michigan
in 1856, and is still unm., July, 1862. He is a young man of superior
business talents, and is in the employ of a mercantile firm in South
Haven, Mich.
621. Sarah Beach, b. April, 1837 ; d. of consumption, March 15, 1856.
622. Amanda Hale, b. Feb. 1839 ; m. June, 1858, Samuel A. Tripp, a lawyer, in
South Haven, Mich. No children.
623. Samuel Giles, b. 1841 ; d. of croup, at five years old.
468.
Rev. EDWARD LOUNSBERY, {Mary Giles," Samuel," Thomas*
Samuel? Eleazar? Edward^) son of Henry D. and Mary (Giles)
Lounsbery; b. in Kingsborough, N. Y., Jan. 3, 1811 ; m. 1, April 18,
1844, Anne Maria Vosburgh, of the city of New York; his cousin,
dau. of his father's sister. She d. at Troy, N. Y., April 17, 1853. 2,
Aug. 5, 1856, Eilizabeth Butler, dau. of Jeremiah B. of Philadelphia.
After the death of his mother, the care of him devolved on her par-
ents. He lived and studied for some time with that excellent minister,
Rev. Elisha Yale, D. D., of Kingsborough, who has already been re-
peatedly mentioned. In the first Sabbath in 1829, he united with the
church under the pastoral care of Dr. Yale ; his cousin, Albert Giles,
accompanying him in the same delightful duty. He continued his
course of study, with some unavoidable interruptions; taught school;
and maintained a long and hard struggle against feeble health, and dis-
couragements of almost every description. He studied at Kenyon Col-
lege, Gambier, Ohio ; and subsequently at the Theological Seminary
near Alexandria, Virginia. He was for some months in 1838 Principal
of the Academy in Kingsborough, his native place. In 1839 he was
Principal of a Female Seminary in Danville, Va. After this he " took
orders" in the Episcopal Church; was assistant minister in Christ
Church, Cincinnati; was located at Sandusky City in 1844, but was
obliged to leave by reason of his health, which has always been feeble.
From 1847 to 1854 he was Rector of St. John's Church, Troy, N. Y.
Since 1854 he has been Rector of St. Jude's Church, Philadelphia.
He is evangelical in his doctrinal views; earnest in his pulpit labors;
faithful and affectionate as a pastor; devoted to his great Master's work ;
and acceptable to his people. He has a large heart, and a kind,
benevolent spirit.
His children have been, by first wife —
624. Louisa Brooke, b. in Covington, Kv., March 6, 1845; d. in Cincinnati,
March 7, 1847.
625. Edward Leighton, b. in Trov, N. Y., Jan. 4, 1848.
626. Willard, h. in Trov, Aug. 13. 1850; d. March 25, 1851.
627. Lindall, b. in Troy, Jan. 27, 1853 ; d. May 2, 1853.
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493.
MARY JANE GILES, 7 (Edmund, 6 Edmund," Edmund* ffleazar,'
John, 2 Edward, 1 ) eldest dau. of Edmund 6 and Jane (Wallis) Giles of
Beverly; b. there, Jan. 19, 1813 ; m. April 3, 1834, Benjamin Golds-
burt, son of Joseph and Mary (Clark) Goldsbury, all of Beverly.
They reside in Beverly. Their children have been —
628. Mary Eliza, b. Oct. 4, 1 834 ; d. Feb. 11,1 836.
629. Mary Ellen, b. June 16, 1836; m. Nov. 15, 1860, Ezra Stanley, son of
John Stanley of Beverly.
630. Benjamin, b. Aug;. 10, 1837; d. Aug.1841.
631. Joseph, b. Oct. 1838; d. June 20, 1839.
632. Albert, b. June 19, 1843; d. Aug. 1845.
633. Benjamin, b. May 7, 1849; d. Aug. 12, 1852.
494.
EDMUND GILES, 7 (Edmund, 6 Edmund,' Edmund,* Eleazar, 3
John, 2 Edivard, 1 ) eldest son of Edmund 6 and Jane (Wallis) Giles of
Beverly; b. there, Sept. 6, 1815; m. Dee. 28, 1843, Elizabeth
Fielder Vickery, dau. of Richard and Mary W. (Lamson) Vickery
of Beverly. They reside in Beverly. Their children have been —
634. Edmund, 8 b. June 29, 1844, d. 1851.
635. Edmund, 8 b. Mav 27, 1858.
495.
AUGUSTUS GILES, 7 (Edmund, 6 Edmund," Edmund* Eleazar?
John, 2 Edward, 1 ) brother of the preceding; b. in Beverly, Aug. 18,
1817; m. March 9, 1841, Priscilla Ober Hale, 7 b. Oct. 21, 1821,
dau. of Henry and Lucy (Ober) Hale of Beverly.*
He is a shoemaker, and lives in Beverly. His children are —
636. Lucy Ober, 8 b-. Dec. 10, 1841; m. Dec. 15,1859, John Fullerton. Children—
* The pedigree of Priscilla Ober Hale and of her brother Zebulon Ober Hale
[497] is thus exhibited :
1. liOBERT HALE 1 is supposed to have been born in England in 1610, son of
Richard, who married Elizabeth Dacres ; grandson of Richard by his second wife
Dionysia Gilford ; and great-grandson of Thomas Hale of Codicote, Hertfordshire,
England, whose wife was Anne, dau. of Edmund Mitchell.
Robert Hale 1 was Deacon of the Church in Charlestown, 1633 ; admitted freeman,
May 14, 1634; selectman 11 years, and served in various other public capacities.
He died July 16, 1659. His widow, Joanna, m. Richard Jacob of Ipswich, and d.
1679. The children of Robert and Joanna Hale were John, Zechariah, Samuel, b.
1644, d. 1679; Mary, m. Wilson; and Joanna, m. 1, Larkin of Charles-
town ; 2, Capt. William Dodge of Beverly.
II. Rev. John Hale, 2 son of Robert and Joanna, was b. June 3, 1636 ; H. C.
1657; ord. first Pastor of the Church in Beverly, Sept. 20, 1667 ; and d. there, May
15, 1700. He was a devoted christian minister, and a true patriot. In 1692, when
the witchcraft delusion prevailed, he boldly confronted the popular sentiment, and
was one of those whose exertions contributed to stem the almost resistless tide.
He was thrice married. His first wife, m. Dec. 15, 1664, was Rebecca, dau. of
Henry Byles, who came from Salisbury in England, and settled in Salisbury on the
Merrimac, as early as 1640. She d. April 13, 1683, a. 45. They had two children,
Rebecca; 6 b. April 28, 1666; Robert? b. Nov. 3, 1668, of whom more at the close.
2, March 31, 1684, Sarah, dau. of Rev. James Noyes of Newbury, who was b.
March 25, 1656, and d. May 20, 1695, a. 39. Thev had four children— James? b.
Oct. 14, 1685 ; H. C. 1703 ; ord. first pastor of Ashford, Ct., Nov. 26, 1718; d. there,
Nov. 22, 1742. For his posterity, see Geneal. Reg., Vol. VII. p. 271. Samuel, 3 b.
Aug. 13, 1687 ; m. Apphia Moody, May 29, 1714; settled in Newbury, and d. 1724,
leaving five children. His son Richard, 4 b. 1717, settled in Coventry, Ct., and was
100 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
637. Frank Tilton, b. March 21, 1860.
638. Abhy, b. March, 24, 1862.
639. Augustus Albert, 8 b. Feb. 25, 1846.
500.
BENJAMIN VERY GILES, 7 {Edmund, 6 Edmund? Edmund*
Eleazar? John? Edward?) brother of the preceding; b. in Beverly,
Aug. 31, 1825 ; m. 1, Aug. 9, 1850, Aurelia Patch, dau. of Robert
and Anna Patch of Beverly. She d. Dec. 2, 1858. 2, Dec. 22, 1859,
Nancy C. Perry, dau. of Jacob F. and Anna Perry of Danversport.
Children, by first wife —
640. Charles Albert, 8 b. June 12, 1851.
641. Anna, 8 b. March 19, 1854 ; d. Nov. 29, 1858.
By second wife —
642. Anna Maria, 5 b. Oct, 5, 1860.
father of Nathan Hale, 5 "the hero-spy of the Revolution," as he has with just
emphasis been called.
A twin-brother of the "hero-spy" was Rev. Enoch Hale, 5 Y. C. 1773; ord. Pas-
tor, Westhampton, Mass., Sept. 29, 1779; d. Jan. 14, 1837, a. 83. He was father
of Nathan Hale, 6 many years editor of the Boston Daily Advertiser.
Another son of Richard, 4 was Rev. David Hale, 5 grad. Y. C. 1785 ; ord. Pastor
Lisbon, Ct., 1790; d. Feb. 1822; father of David Hale, 6 the able and energetic
editor, during twenty-one years, of the New York "Journal of Commerce."
The remaining children of Rev. John Hale, 2 by his wife Sarah Noyes, were —
Joanna? b. June 15, 1689; living in 1700. John} b. Dec. 24, 1692; drowned in
Wells Haibor, while young, by the upsetting of a boat, though a good swimmer.
Rev. John Hale m.*3, in 1698, Elizabeth, widow of Nathaniel Clark, and dau. of
Henry Somerby, all of Newbury.
III. Samuel Hale, 3 b. 1687, third son of Rev. John, 2 m. Apphia Moody, 1714,
and had three sons and two daus. Of his eldest son Richard* we have already
spoken. His second son was Samuel* b. 1718; H. C. 1740; settled in Portsmouth,
N. II.; d. July 10, 1807. His third son was—
IV. John Hale, 4 b. 1722. He settled in Annisquam, Gloucester, and had four
sons and three daus. His sons were — Samuel, 5 who settled in Portsmouth, N. H.
(near his uncle Samuel 4 ;) he was grandfather of Hon. John P. Hale, 7 of Dover,
N. H , a distinguished Senator in Congress from New Hampshire. John, 5 who set-
tled in Beverly. Benjamin, 5 remained in Gloucester, and m. 1, Martha Woodbury,
by whom he had John 6 and Benjamin 6 ; (the latter was the founder of the Baptist
Church in Gloucester;) 2, Lucy Tarr, by whom he had William, 6 who was killed
by a kick from a horse, a second" William, 6 George D., 6 and seven daughters. Mr.
George 1). Hale, 6 of Rockport, is the only one of this numerous family now living.
The fourth son of John Hale 4 was Ebenezer, 5 who settled in Newburyport, and left
children. The daus. were, Jane, 5 m. a Dennison, Hannah, 5 m. John Cleaveland, and
Sally, 5 d. young.
V. John Hale, 5 son of the preceding; settled in Beverly; and was father of —
VI. Henry Hale, 6 lived in Beverly; a sea-faring man; m. Lucy Ober. They
were the parents of Zebulon Ober Hale and Priscilla Ober Hale in the text.
Robert Hale, 3 was the son of Rev. John Hale, 2 by his first wife, Rebecca Byles.
He grad. H. C. 1686 ; studied for the ministry ; preached several years, but was not
ordained over any church ; was obliged, from ill health, to relinquish that "best of
employments," as he styled it, and engaged in the practice of medicine in his native
town, till his death, which occurred, Jan. 12, 1719. He was also for many years a
magistrate in Beverly. He m. 1700, Elizabeth, dau. of Nathaniel Clark of Newbury,
who was also dau. of his father's third wife. They had Rebecca,* b. Nov. 19, 1701 ;
m. Feb. 12, 1719, Rev. John Chipman. Robert,* b. Feb. 17, 1702-3; H. C. 1721 ;
m. Elizabeth, dau. of Col. John Gilman of Exeter. He had no male children. He
was. a physician; a faithful magistrate; representative of Beverly 13 years; and in
1745 Col. of a regiment in the expedition against Louisburg. He d. 1767. Henry,*
b. Dec. 19, 1712; H. C. 1731; m. 1735, Anne, dau. of Benjamin Ober; and d.
without issue, 1740, 86. 28. He taught the Grammar School in Beverly several years.
FAMILY OF THOMAS GYLES.
The preceding pages contain a Memoir of EDWARD GILES 1 of
Salem, freeman 1634, and his descendants.
There is reason to believe that about the year 1650, there resided in
Salem another man of the name of Giles, to wit, Thomas Gyles.*
The proof is scanty, and is derived, not from the records of Salem,
but from those of Gloucester. The Gloucester Register of Births,
Marriages, and Deaths has the following : —
" Thomas Verrey, sonne of goodwife Gyles, was married by the
Deputy Governor, Mr. Endicott, unto Hannah Gyles, daughter of
Thomas Gyles of Salem, upon the 6 th of the 5 U > mo. 1650." The
Thomas Very here mentioned was the step-son of Edward Giles 1 of
Salem. He lived in Gloucester, and the record was doubtless made
under his sanction. And, by the way, here is clear proof that Edward
Giles was dead in 1650. See p. 7.
It is singular that no record of this Thomas Gyles exists in Salem.
The Book of Land Grants, and the Registry of Births, Marriages,
and Deaths in Salem, the Essex Registry of Deeds, and Registry
of Probate, have all been thoroughly examined, without finding his
name. Yet there is no reason, known to me, for discrediting the
Gloucester record, as just now quoted. There is a tradition, believed
to be well established, that a man by the name of Thomas Gyles, did,
in the olden time, live in Salem, next to the Beverly ferry, where the
Beverly bridge now is. Mr. Jones Very, who is well versed in the
History and Antiquities of Salem, informs me of this tradition, and
adds, — " The Gileses long held land there." j
I have quoted the only record, within my knowledge, in which this
Thomas Gyles is mentioned. It seems evident that he did not reside in
Salem, or anywhere in New England, for any great length of time.
It is not an unreasonable conjecture that he returned to England with
his family; as we know many did about that time.
There is no improbability in the following hypothesis ; that he was
a brother of Edward Giles 1 ; that he returned to England soon after
1650, to take possession of property left him by some deceased relation;
* I have already said that Giles and Gyles are the same name. See p. 3. Ed-
ward Giles is sometimes Edward Gyles, and Thomas Gyles is sometimes Thomas
Giles, in the early documents. But as the descendants of Thomas Gyles have been
careful to retain the y, I follow their lead in this part of the volume.
J I venture to suggest that this statement — " The Gileses long held land there," —
may possibly rest on the fact that Eleazar Giles 4 [47] owned a quarter of an acre of
land at that precise spot, from 1746 till his death in 1781.
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and that lie was the father of Thomas Gyles of Pemaquid, who was
killed by the Indians in 1 689, and the father also of James Gyles and
of John Gyles, of whom notice will be taken in the sequel. This is a
mere conjecture; and, if the reader pleases, a mere fancy, for there is
no positive proof of it. But it is not unlikely to be the true state of
the matter. And there are two or three things which are in favor of
this hypothesis. 1. Edward Giles being already settled in Salem, if
we find another Giles there, it is a fair presumption that they were
brothers. 2. A coat of arms found among the descendants of Edward
Giles is almost, if not quite, identical with a coat of arms found among
the descendants of Thomas Gyles of Pemaquid. and another coat of
arms found among the descendants of John Gyles of Boston, formerly
of Pemaquid. These coats of arms are known to be ancient ; probably
come down from the first generation in New England. And, as it ap-
pears from West cote's "View of Devonshire," (see p. 2,) that in 1630
the honor of knighthood had not long been enjoyed by the Giles family
of that county, these coats of arms seem to prove a near relationship
between Edward Giles 1 of Salem and the others just named. In fact,
it seems to be proved that they were of the same family. 3. Capt.
John Gyles, son of Thomas of Pemaquid, refers, somewhat obscurely,
to the fact that his ancestors were both virtuous and honorable. If he
were of the family of Sir Edward Giles of Devonshire, we can in some
measure appreciate his pregnant allusion to his ancestors. Sir Edward
was a man of decided religious character ; a staunch Puritan ; a knight,
connected with influential persons ; a member of parliament ; and Sher-
iff of the County of Devon. 4. John Gyles of Pemaquid, on being
compelled to quit that place, 1689, retires to Salem, where others of
the family were settled.
It will be a matter of convenience to me, if the reader will allow me
to proceed on the hypothesis now suggested ; a hypothesis which agrees
with all known facts, though it may possibly prove to be unfounded ;
since it gives me the advantage of presenting Thomas Gyles of Pema-
quid, James Gyles of New Jersey, and John Gyles of Boston, as brothers,
the sons of one man, which there is no reason whatever to doubt. And
the father's name — what more likely than Thomas Gyles ?*
The father of Thomas Gyles of Pemaquid died in England about the
year 1673. He had, if we mistake not, the following sons, all born in
England —
651. tThomas, 2 m. Margaret
652. t James/ 2 m. Elizabeth
653. tJohn,2 b. 1653 ; m. Mary
* Since the above was in type, further investigations have involved in much
doubt the hypothesis here su^ested. James Gyles of New Jersey j 652] certainly
was from Kent; and a note on p. 113, which is derived from an authentic History
of Kent, shows that his family had been residents and landholders in that county at
least three centuries previous to his removal to America. Thomas Gyles of Pema-
quid [651 1 and John Gyles of Boston [6531 appear to have been his brothers. The
evidence furnished by the three coats of arms, which are almost precisely alike, is of
much value ; otherwise I do not see how the family of Thomas Gyles could be
related to that of Edward Giles of Salem, unless Edward Giles of Salem went from
Kent, instead of Devonshire, as heretofore believed.
FAMILY OF THOMAS GYLES. 103
651.
THOMAS GYLES, 8 ESQ., presumed to be the son of Thomas
Gyles, formerly of Salem.
There is reason to suppose that he was born in England about the
year 1640. His wife was Margaret . So far as we can learn,
she was his only wife, and the mother of all his children.*
Our first information touching him bears the date of May 8, 1669,
when he purchased of Thomas Watkins a tract of land two miles long
and one mile broad, on the left or north bank of the Pejepscot River. It
was at the point where that river unites with the broad Kennebec,
within the present township of Topsham. These two large rivers, at
their confluence, spread themselves into a broad expanse called Merry-
meeting Bay. Thomas Gylcs's land was bounded on the South and
East by Merrymeeting Bay; North by Muddy River, which empties
into that bay, and West by land of Capt. Reynolds. His land was
divided from that of Reynolds by a Cedar Swamp, and by marked
trees. Reynolds, however, was not his neighbor till some time after-
wards. Thomas Gyles built a house on the point of land between
Muddy River and the aforesaid bay, and continued to reside there until
his departure for England.}
* In the collections of the Maine Historical Society, Vol. III. p. 314, there are
several palpable errors in regard to Thomas Gyles, which I will take this opportunity
to correct. 1. Thomas Gyles, it is said, settled near Merrymeeting Bay, some years
prior to 1666. I have a copy of the deed from Thomas Watkins, which conveyed
to him his estate in that vicinity. This deed is dated May 8, 1669. The consider-
ation of £21 was to be paid in English Goods. It is certain that he did not settle
there till 1669. 2. It is stated that Thomas Gyles lived on the right bank of the
Pejepscot River. The right bank of a river is that bank which is on the right hand
of a person whose face is toward the mouth of the river ; as the Dictionaries tell us.
The right bank of the Pejepscot would be its south side, in the town of Brunswick
or perhaps Bath. But Thomas Gyles lived on the north side, the left bank of the
Pejepscot, in what is now the town of Topsham. 3. It is said that Thomas Gyles,
at the commencement of "Philip's War," was taken prisoner, and his wife was
killed while in the garden picking heans. This statement is repeated by Rev. Rufus
K. Sewall, in his "Ancient Dominions of Maine." It was doubtless copied from
the Maine Hist. Collections. But there is no allusion to anything of this sort in
Capt. John Gyles's Narrative, from which we derive most of our knowledge of his
father, Thomas Gyles. The contrary is strongly implied. " On the death of my
grandparents," says the narrator, "he, [my father,] with his family, returned to
England to settle his affairs ;" i. e. to be put in possession of the estate which his
father had left him. " This done, he came over with the design to have returned to
his farm; but on his arrival at Boston, the eastern Indians had begun their hostili-
ties." This certainly implies that "Philip's War" had not commenced when he
left Maine for England. Thomas Gyles's youngest dau., who in 1717 m. Jonas
Webber, and who was certainly born between 1680 and 1687, was named Margaret,
which was the name of the wife who went with him to Merrymeeting Bay in 1669.
X The Pejepscot River is that portion of the Androscoggin which is below Lew-
iston Falls. [Maine Hist. Soc. Collections, Vol. III. p. 322.
That designation, I believe, has ceased to be applied to the great river of Western
Maine, or to any part of it. The eatise river is now called the Androscoggin.
104 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
The charter of the Massachusetts Company — March 4, 1C28-9 —
granted to them all that part of New England which lies between the
Merrimack and Charles Rivers, "and also all lands lying within the
space of three miles on the South part of the said Charles River, or of
any or every part thereof; and also all lands lying within the space of
three miles to the Northward of the said river Merrimack, or of any
part thereof;" and from the Atlantic Ocean straight through to the
Great South Sea. Not long before the time of Thomas Gyles's settle-
ment in Maine, it had been ascertained that Merrimack River takes its
rise near the parallel of forty-four degrees, and consequently that much
the greater part of New Hampshire, together with all of Maine which
lies South of that parallel, came within the chartered limits of Massa-
chusetts ; thus extending the jurisdiction of that Colony as far to the
Eastward as the present town of Rockland, on Penobscot Bay. Mas-
sachusetts accordingly took possession of this whole territory. This
measure was cheerfully acquiesced in by the inhabitants generally, as
they hoped for greater security under the powerful protection of Massa-
chusetts, than they had enjoyed under the proprietary authorities. The
endeavors of the Royal Commissioners, in 1665, to dispossess her of
that territory having failed, the "re-annexation" of Maine was effected
in 1668, and a new impulse was thus imparted to settlement and immi-
gration.
This desirable change seems to have encouraged Thomas Gyles, "the
eminent pioneer of the East," as he has been called,* to locate himself
on Merrymeeting Bay. To that vicinity he was followed by many
others. A degree of prosperity and growth in ail that region imme-
After its confluence with the Kennebec, their united stream is called the Sagadahock.
Merrymeeting Bay, from Pejepscot Lower Falls in Brunswick to its outlet, may
be ten miles in length, winding round to the north till it embraces the waters of the
Kennebec; receiving on its northwest side Muddy Iliver, which is merely an arm of
the sea, collateral to the Bay, and Cathancc, [pronounced Cat-hance,] which is most-
ly, also, a salt-water river and navigable three miles.
Williamson, in the second volume of his History of Maine, has widely erred iu
saying that Thomas Gyles settled in Topsham after Queen Anne's war.
Thomas Gyles, a man of the strictest Puritan integrity, was not content with pur-
chasing the land of Watkins, but was careful to procure the consent of the Indian
Sagamore Darumquin, who might be deemed to have a claim to it. If this volume
should not outgrow its proper dimensions, we shall insert the deed of Watkins, the
Indian deed, and some other ancient and curious documents, in Appendix 1).
The Maine Historical Collections, and Sewall, in his "Ancient Dominions of
Maine," call the place where Thomas Gyles's house stood, "Pleasant Point." I
am not personally cognizant of the locality. It was no doubt an attractive spot.
But if Pleasant Point be "on the right bank of the Pejepscot," Thomas Giles did
not reside there.
Thomas Watkins, who sold the land to Gyles, was admitted a freeman of the
Colony of Massachusetts Bay, May 30, 1660. He was one of the residents on the
Kennebec River who submitted to the government of the Duke of York in 1665.
He d. before 1674, and ids widow married Thomas Stevens, the Indian trader, who
lived about five miles east of Bowdoin College, on Stevens's River; and had Thomas
Purchas, the first settler of Pejepscot, (Brunswick), for a near neighbor.
* By Rev. Rufus K. Sewall, in his "Ancient Dominions of Maine." Hon. James
Savage, in a letter to the compiler, styles him " the great promoter of settlement at
Kennebec in 1669."
There had been a few settlers in that region before. About 1623, permanent set-
tlements seem to have been effected on Arrowsic Island, at Shccpscot, at Damaris-
cotta, at Pemaquid, Monhegan, and St. George's River; and it is said that, in 1631,
FAMILY OF THOMAS GYLES. 105
diately ensued, as Ave gather from the beginning of the Narrative of
John Gyles, his son.
Thomas Gyles continued to reside at his home on the Kennebec until,
hearing of the death of his father, he, with his family, returned to Eng-
land, to transact the business which that event naturally threw upon
him. This was late in the autumn of 1674.*
After being put in possession of the large property which his father
left him, Thomas Gyles returned to New England. This Avas probably
not till the autumn of 1675 or spring of 1676 ; for, "on his arrival at
Boston, the eastern Indians had begun their hostilities." These hostili-
ties did not commence till August, 1675, and were not vigorously prose-
cuted in Maine till a year after. Mr. Gyles came back with the inten-
tion of resuming his residence on the Kennebec ; but the Indian War
induced him to begin a settlement on Long Island. "The air of that
place not so well agreeing with his constitution, and the Indians having
become peaceable" — in the summer of 1677 — "he again proposed to
re-settle his lands at Merrymeeting Bay ; but finding that place deserted,"
he directed his energies to another quarter.
King Charles II. had given to his brother James, duke of York,
March 12, 1661-5, all the territory between the Pemaquid River and
the St. Croix, being considerably more than one-half of the present
State of Maine. The duke and his officers, however, utterly neglected
this territory for more than twelve years. After the Indian War was
over, Major Edmund Andros, who governed for the duke at New York,
took possession of Pemaquid, in June, 1677. Under his direction the
fort was rebuilt, and a company of soldiers stationed there. The settlers
who had been driven away by the Indians now returned, but were
obliged to take new deeds from the New York authorities, and pay
considerable sums into the pockets of the ducal officers.
eighty-four families, besides transient fishermen, were dwelling upon the shores of
this region. We omit all mention of Saco, and other plaees west of Casco Bay.
Thomas Purchas and George Way had settled at Pejepscot, [Brunswick,] as early
as 1625 or 1626. The Colony of Plymouth had a trading establishment on the
Kennebec as early as 1629, and a grant or patent from the Council in Plymouth
(Eng.J in 1630, which was followed by small settlements in what are now the towns
of Phipsburg and Augusta. John Brown removed from New Harbor and settled,
with Edward Bateman, in Nov. 1639, in the present town of Woolwich. From
various causes, especially the uncertainty of land titles, and the want of a well-
organized and efficient government, the settlements advanced but slowly, and at the
commencement of the first Indian War, fifty years after the first permanent settle-
ments, the whole population of Maine is supposed not to have exceeded 6000.
* It has often been stated that Thomas Gyles was driven away by the Indians in
1675. This is a mistake. For, 1. John Gyles says that his father went to England
prior to the commencement of the Indian hostilities ; these hostilities had com-
menced in his absence. 2. The deed of Thomas Watkins to Thomas Gyles was
recorded at Boston, Nov. 9, 1674 ; which must have been at the time when Mr.
Gyles was in Boston on his way to England. He doubtless brought it from Maine
to Boston to be recorded, and took it with him to England. The statement, already
quoted, appears to rest on the Deposition of Edward Keemer and Andrew Willett,
sworn to in Boston, April 21, 1696, and recorded with Suffolk Deeds, Lib. 27, fol.
30. This statement, however, is there made incidentally and casually. In other
words, the statement is that Thomas Gyles quietly possessed and enjoyed his lands
on the Kennebec, " before his being driven away by the Indians." But though the
Indian War excluded him from his lands on his return, it did not expel him from
them at his departure, as is evident from the facts already stated.
100 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
Thomas Gyles, finding that Pemaquid was likely to rise to its former
importance, and hoping for greater security from savage incursion, con-
cluded to settle in that place ; purchased several tracts of land from the
inhabitants there, and took out patents under the duke of York. When
Pemaquid, with the line of coast of which it was the principal settle-
ment, was constituted a judicial district, under the name of the County
of Cornwall, Thomas Gyles was made Chief Justice of the same by
Governor Dongan, who had succeeded Andros, in 1G82, as the ducal
Governor of New York."*
His name appears, with the names of eighteen others, attached to a
petition addressed to Governor Dongan, dated in 1683, and beginning
thus — " The Humble Petition of the inhabitants of the extreme partes
of his Riall Hiness Territory Between the River Kenybeke and St.
Croix."| The petitioners complain of the ducal government as " allto
gether arbytrary"; they speak of its " Grand abusses as not to be en-
dured any longer"; and they ask that "the freeholders of Pemaquid
and its Dependancies " may have a Representative at New York. Mr.
Giles Goddard was accordingly chosen, and he represented Pemaquid at
one session of the General Assembly of the Province of New York.§
The name of Thomas Gyles is signed to another petition, dated April
21, 1684, which, with the previous one, is found among the Pemaquid
Papers.
He was a man of wealth, and laid out a considerable income, which
he annually derived from the estate left to him in England, in improving
and cultivating his lands at Pemaquid. He was also a gentleman of
great personal worth; of high religious character; a strict, unbending
Puritan; a careful observer of the Sabbath ; faithful and fearless in the
discharge of all his duties. As a magistrate and ruler, who must be a
terror to evil doers, as well as a rewarder of those who do well, he met
with much difficulty in enforcing the laws among a people who had long
been accustomed to live without restraint. ||
He lived at Pemaquid, happily and usefully, till Aug. 2, 1689, when
he was slain by the brutal savages, in a sudden incursion made by them,
instigated, as there is no room to doubt, by the French Baron Castine
and his Jesuit countrymen.^"
War with the Eastern Indians had existed since August, 1688. Their
jealousy was excited by the progress of the English settlements, and they
were continually stimulated by the Romish missionaries among them,
who went so far as to tell them that Jesus Christ was a Frenchman,
and that the English had put him to death in London, with many other
misrepresentations equally extravagant. The immediate cause of the
*For an account of Pemaquid, see Appendix E.
J The Duke of York claimed the whole country East of the Kennebec, and had
erected it into a Province, under the name of Sagadahock.
(j Pemaquid Papers, Me. H. Coll. || See Narrative of his son, Capt. John Gyles.
*[[ Capt. John Gyles, writing in 1736, states that his father was killed and himself
taken prisoner by "the Indians, on the second day of August, 1689. He also repre-
sents the surrender of the fort as having occurred on the following day. The same
dates are given by Mather, in his Magnalia, Vol. II., pp. 590, 591, by Williamson,
and by other historians. But Capt. Weems, who commanded in the fort, says in a
petition to the Governor of Massachusetts, Lord Bellamont, 1700, that the surrender
took place on the 13th of August, 1689, and the pa} of the soldiers was reckoned
and allowed up to that date. [Mass. Archives, 70 : 502.] See p. 108, note.
FAMILY OF THOMAS GYLES. 107
war seems to have been the purpose of Castine to be revenged on the
English for the plunder of his house and village on the Penobscot, dur-
ing a visit made by Andros in April, 1688. No effectual measures bad
been taken to bring the war to a close. Sir Edmund Andros, who was
now the king's " Captain-General and Governor-in-chief of our Territory
and Dominion of New England," marched by land, with a force of about
one thousand men, to Pemaquid, in November of that year. This force,
which, if employed earlier in the season, might have at once terminated
these hostilities, was now collected, as many believed, for no good pur-
pose. The men suffered extremely, there being no shelter from the
rigors of the season ; and more of them died, it was affirmed, than the
whole number of Indians in hostility ; while not one Indian was killed.
The soldiers believed that Andros brought them thither to sacrifice them
to the French and Indians.
About the beginning of 1 689, rumors came that the Prince of Orange
was about to assert his right to the English throne ; and Andros has-
tened back to Boston. Most of the soldiers were withdrawn from the
place, and the inhabitants were left without any adequate protection.
Tidings at length came to Boston, early in April, that James Stuart
had fled the realm, and that William and Mary were now King and
Queen of England. The oppressive and tyrannical Andros was deposed
April 18, by a spontaneous and violent uprising of the people.
"A Council of Safety," at the head of which was the venerable Simon
Bradstreet, who, as Governor of Massachusetts, had been superseded
by the arrival of Andros in December, 1686, and who was now eighty-
six years of age, was elected by a convention of the people hastily
gathered, to administer a Provisional Government. This organization
was sanctioned by the General Court, holden in Boston, May 22, and
continued to exercise the powers of government till the arrival of Sir
William Phips, with the new charter, May 14, 1692. Information of
these transactions having reached Pemaquid, most of the soldiers in
the fort, at this* time called Fort Charles, deserted. It appears that
only thirty men were left.*
* A letter from Lieut. James Weems, who was now left in command of Fort
Charles, dated Pemaquid, May 11, 1689, and addressed to "the Honorable Simon
Bradstreet, President of the Councill of Safety and other Gentlemen of the Council
at Boston," states that "a party from New Dartmouth [the present Newcastle] had
arrived that day to take the fort and seize us, not meeting with any resistance, I
being willing to'have rendered it up before, had particular orders been sent from
yo r hands, or a line from Sir Edmund Andros who posted me here, neither shall
any man be more Readye to p r sue y" Enterest of y e true protestant Religion, &c.
The Fort I shall Hono r ahly maintain and Defend against all Enemies in
Vindication of the Protestant Religion," &c.
Eight inhabitants of Pemaquid petition, same date, May 11, 1689, that "Lieut.
James Weems stay commander here, until yo r Hono 1 ' 8 see cause to send another."
Signed by Jn° [obscure], Dennis [obscure], Elihu Gunnison, Alex. Wooddrop,
George Jackson, John Bullock, Jonas Bogardus, John Starkey. [Mass. Archives,
107 : 35.
May 20, 1689. The Council of Safety at Boston voted that Lieut. James Weems
be continued in command at Pemaquid. [Ibid, 107 : 48.
June 1, 1689. A letter from Lieut. James Weems, at Pemaquid, complains of
the council's want of care of "these parts" — neither have I been accustomed to
Live upon Sault provisions and Drinking of Bad water; however I Rest Satisfeyd
for this place affordeth nothing but pouerty — Whereas formerly they ware well sup-
108 THE GILES MEMOEIAL.
Though an attack from the Indians upon Pemaquid was considered
probable, and a degree of* alarm was felt there and all along that coast,
— Dover having been utterly destroyed, June 7, and several men killed
at Saeo in July, — no special measures seem to have been taken for the
safety of that important post. At length, near the end of July, a war
party of one hundred Indians* came in canoes from Penobscot to New
Harbor, a cove about two miles East of Pemaquid Fort. Here were
about twelve houses, but the inhabitants, upon the rumor of war, had
deserted the place. Here the Indians left their canoes, and secreted
themselves during some days. They sent scouts to observe the habits
of the people at Jamestown — the name which Andros had given to the
settlement — near the fort, and to learn the best mode of attack. They
found that the men were generally absent during the day, leaving at
their houses only the women and children. Early on the morning of
ployd by y e Costers, but now there comes none but passers by to supploy the frcr.ch
and Indeans, and intbrmes you doe intend to Slight and Disowne these Estturne
parts which now is like to Cause the people to leave their habitations and Desartt
the Country, neither can I oblidge the souldiers to staj with me unless they know
vpon what tearms, they being in great want of seaverall ncsesaries which would not
have bin wanting had the Gouer r conti d in his power, this is all att p r sant weight-
ing yo r Ansure I Remaine Yours J. Weems.
[Ibid, 107 : 70.
June 14, 1689. The Council and Representatives voted that Lt. Weems be writ-
ten to forthwith at Pemaquid to take care of that Garrison, and that a promise be
made him and his Company of the King's pay from this time forward till further
and that there go a suply of what provision &c is necessary for s d Garrison. [Ibid,
107 : 99.
June 23, 1689. Lieut. James Weems answers in a style of great insolence that
the Council propose very fair providing it might stand w lh my Advantage and
Hono r I would imbrace, but I must tell you y' my Dependence is elsewhere for since
you have seen cause to Displace the Governo r and all other Gentlemen vnder his
comand I am resolved to take my fortune w ,h them therefore I advise you to hasten
and send yo r forces and take possession of this place for I cannot promis to secure
it, my men being all resolved to leave me as some have done already but have pre-
vailed with them for a short time, &c. [Ibid, 107 : 139.
July 23, 1689. Letter from Lieut. James Weems, apologizing for his letter of
23d June. [Ibid, 107 : 231.
Capt. James Weems, in a petition addressed, 1700, to Richard, Earl of Bellamont,
Governor-in-Chief, &c, of the Province of Mass. Bay, says that " he continued in
charge of the garrison at Pemaquid till the 13"» day of August 1689 when yo r pet r
suffered very much hardship, severall of his Company deserting him, and those that
remained were very disorderly and threatened to run away unless yo r pet r would
pay them dayly w ch he was necessitated to do for the preservation of the said Gar-
rison and having but 30 men left the said Garrison was forced out of his possession
by the french & Indians when yo r pet r also suffered greatly having his face very
much injured with the blowing up of some gunpowder & narrowly escaped with his
life," &c.
A list of the garrison follows, amounting to 30 men. There was a gunner, ser-
geant, corporal, drummer, and 26 privates. The names of the soldiers are chiefly
outlandish ; very few being such as are common in New England.
The privates were paid sixpence per day.
The drummer and corporal, twelve pence per day.
The sergeant and gunner, eighteen pence per dav.
Pay is charged from April 18, 1689, to Aug. 13," 1689. [Ibid, 70 : 498-504.
* This was the number according to Charlevoix. They were Penobscot Indians,
but Moxus, a Kennebec chief, was among them. We hear of him frequently after-
wards. "The fierce Moxus," as Mather calls him, attacked Wells, June 9, 1691,
with 200 Indians, but was repulsed. He made an attempt in 1703, upon the fort at
Casco.
FAMILY OF THOMAS GYLES. 109
the second day of August, John Starkey, a man of Pemaquid, on the
way from the fort to New Harbor, fell into the hands of the In-
dians. To obtain his liberty, he gave the information they sought.
They learned that the fort had few men in it; that no suspicion of im-
mediate danger existed ; and that Thomas Gyles, the principal inhabi-
tant, with fourteen hired men, had that day gone up to his farm, near
Pemaquid Falls, three miles distant ; while the rest of the people were
scattered about, each attending his daily business. The Indians, there-
fore, dividing themselves into several parties, fell at once upon the de-
voted settlement. Some posted themselves between the fort and the
houses ; others between the houses and the distant fields, to cut off all
succor. Then, beginning with those who were furthest off", they killed
or took captive the settlers as they hurried towards the town and the
fort. So complete was the surprise, that very few of the town's people
escaped.
Meanwhile, a party of thirty or forty Indians had gone up the river,
on its Eastern bank, in quest of Mr. Gyles. They found him with his
laborers and his three elder sons, Thomas, aged nineteen, James, aged
fourteen, and John, aged eleven, at one of his farms, three miles above
the fort. There the men had labored until noon, secure from danger as
they thought; some cutting and curing the crop of English hay; the
others in a field at a little distance, gathering the English harvest, of
wheat, rye, or oats. *The workmen had already dined at the farm-house,
and had resumed their labor in the fields. Mr. Gyles and his sons,
James and John, after dinner, tarried near the house. It was now one
o'clock ; and, on a sudden, the report of several cannon at the fort was per-
ceived. Mr. Gyles said he hoped it betokened good news from Boston, and
that the Council of Safety had sent soldiers to protect the settlers at Pema-
quid. But, no ! It was the alarm given by the weak garrison of the
stealthy approach of a merciless foe ! Immediately after, the Indians,
from a rising ground in the near vicinity, announced their presence and
their murderous purpose, by the terrific war-whoop, and a discharge of
small arms at the unsuspecting party at the farm-house. The shot took
effect on several of the laborers, and severely wounded Mr. Gyles him-
self, while his two sons vainly endeavored to escape. The Indians
rushed into the fields of hay and grain, killing some with their hatchets,
and taking others captive ; the wounded men writhing in agony, and
calling on God for mercy.
The Indians at the Falls, having done all the mischief they could,
and leading James and John Gyles, and some others, as captives, now
prepared to join their fellow savages in the neighborhood of the fort.
Proceeding a couple of furlongs, they made a halt. Here Mr. Gyles
was brought in by those who had taken him. Old Moxus, who, perhaps,
had formerly known Mr. Gyles on the Kennebec, now professed to feel
sorrow for what had been done, telling him that they were strange In-
dians who shot him. Mr. Gyles replied that he was a dying man, and
desired no favor from them, save the privilege of once more praying
with his children. He then, in the hearing of his sons, fervently com-
mended them to the protection and favor of God; gave them his parting
counsels, and bade them a final farewell for this life, in the earnest hope
of meeting them ia a better. " He parted with a cheerful voice," says
110 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
his son, forty-seven years after, describing what he could never forget ;
" but looked very pale, by reason of his great loss of blood ; which now
gushed out of his shoes. The Indians led him aside ! — I heard the
blows of the hatchet, but neither shriek nor groan ! I afterwards heard
that he had five or seven shot-holes through his waistcoat or jacket, and
that he was covered with some boughs."*
Such was the end of a man who never did the Indians any harm ;
whose constant endeavor was to serve God and promote the good of his
fellow men !
The Indians led their captives towards the fort, securing themselves
from its guns by going into a thick swamp, three-fourths of a mile dis-
tant therefrom. There they were joined, by their fellows of the other
division, who had taken captive the wife and the two young daughters
of Thomas Gyles, with many others, found in the village of Jamestown.
Samuel, the youngest son, who had seen only some eight or nine sum-
mers, happened to be at play near the fort, when the first onset was
made by the savages, and, running in at the open gate, escaped.
Williamson, in his History of Maine, says there were but fifteen men
in the fort at this time. It appears from the petition of Captain Weems
to Lord Bellamont in 1700, already quoted, that he had thirty, whose
names are given in full. These thirty well-trained soldiers, with seven
great guns, and plenty of ammunition, behind the walls of Fort Charles,
ought to have made a better defense against less than a hundred undis-
ciplined Indians, with small arms only. The Indians, however, dis-
charged their pieces from a rock near the fort, which completely over-
looked it, and from the tops of houses in the vicinity. Lieutenant
Weems, the commander, was himself severely wounded, "his face being
horribly scorched with gunpowder." Resistance seemed to be vain ;
and on the second day the fort was surrendered on condition that all
who were in the fort should depart unmolested, with what they could
carry away.
The eldest son of Thomas Gyles, whose name was also Thomas, was
with his father, during the forenoon of that doleful day, dined with him,
and was not far off when the assault was made. But the Pemaquid
River, near the falls, is easily forded ; and escaping from the scene of
the massacre, he hurried across the stream, and on its Western side
down to the Barbican, opposite the fort, where several fishing vessels
lay. He went on board one of them, and sailed that night; reached
Boston in safety, and lived there many years.
But the agonized widow of Thomas Gyles, and four of their children,
the eldest about fourteen, and youngest perhaps not more than four
years of age, were led away into a captivity which seemed worse than
death. Gladly would that weeping mother have accepted the stroke
which should at once have sundered her connection, and that of those
four children, with all things here below. Oh it was a sad thing for
delicate women and helpless children to be carried away, without warn-
ing, from the delights of such a home, into the distant and lonely wil-
derness, and to find themselves in the power of men whose hearts knew
no pity ; " brutish men and skilful to destroy !"
* Should this volume not exceed the bounds prescribed to it, the reader may find
in Appendix F large extracts from Capt. John Gyles's simple, yet affecting " Narra-
tive," originally published in Boston, 1736.
FAMILY OF THOMAS GYLES. Ill
The Indians, having set fire to the fort and the houses, — there were
about twenty houses then in Jamestown, — retired to New Harbor, be-
fore mentioned ; and the next day set sail in their canoes for the Penob-
scot. Tarrying eight days at " Penobscot Fort" — ah ! this may explain
this fearful massacre ! " Penobscot Fort " we take to be Castine's for-
tification, on the beautiful peninsula that bears his name — which rather
should have been suffered to "rot," (Prov. 10 : 7) — where this blood-
thirsty Frenchman, the son-in-law of Madokawando, resided thirty
years, with several Indian wives; where he amassed a princely fortune,*
by trading with the Indians, himself an Indian Sachem ; and whence
he excited the children of the neighboring forest to go forth in their
merciless expeditions against the English settlements. The Indians
who had destroyed Pemaquid, stayed with him eight days on their re-
turn; and doubtless were congratulated and feasted by him for having
performed so worthy a service for Mary and the Holy Catholic Church!
How long they stayed with him before their setting out, we are not
informed. But very likely he planned the whole affair !
Here, at " Penobscot Fort," the mother of John Gyles was separated
from her sons, and they never again met in this world. She and her
two little girls were redeemed, after a captivity of several years ; but
she died before John returned.
The two boys, James and John Gyles, were carried far up the Pe-
nobscot River, and thence to the river St. John. A severe winter soon
came on, and the Indians laid up their canoes ; but they travelled on
foot, still North and East, eight or ten of them, with their captives, a
great part of the winter, sometimes on the frozen ground, sometimes on
the ice of the river, suffering much from the cold, and from want of
food; now and then killing a moose or a bear, and having a feast; then
fasting till they killed another.
John was a captive and a slave to the Indians about six years, and
was then sold to a French gentleman, who lived in what is now the
Province of New Brunswick, on the River St. John, seventy-five miles
above its mouth. His French master treated him well.
But his elder brother James — poor fellow ! — having reached the age
of seventeen, and tired of three years' captivity, planned an escape.
It was a practice of the Indians, as now of the Southern planters, — and
I will not decide which are the greater savages, — when any of their
captives abscond and are retaken, to torture them cruelly, and even put
them to death. James Gyles deserted with another English captive,
who had been taken from Caseo. They had proceeded as far as New
Harbor, only two miles from James's now desolate home. There they
were retaken by the Indians and carried back to "Penobscot Fort!"J
" Here they were both tortured at a stake by fire, for some time ; then
their noses and ears were cut off, and they made eat to them; after this,
they were burned to death at the stake; the Indians at the time declar-
* He amassed a property worth 300,000 French crowns. A crown is equivalent
to $1.11. Madokawando was the chief Sagamore of the Tarratines, or Penobscot
Indians. Castine lived among them about thirty years, from 1670 to 1701, and
had such influence over them as to be almost worshipped as a god. He conformed
in all respects to their manners and customs. He returned to France in 1701.
J Where was Castine, and what was he doing at this time 1
112 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
ing that they would serve all deserters in the same manner ;" the merci-
less savages at the same time diverting themselves with a dance! *
The children of Thomas and Margaret Gyles were —
654. tThomas, b. June, 1670; m. Martha Bill of Boston.
655. James, b. , 1675; tortured to death by the Indians, 1692, a. 17.
656. tJohn, b. about 1678; m. 1, Kuth True of Salisbury, 1703. 2, Hannali
Heath of Roxbury, 1721.
657. Samuel, b. about 1680; living in 1699. That he died young and num. is
clearly evident from a quit-claim deed, given Aug. 15, 1727, by his broth-
ers Thomas and John, and his sisters Mary Brewer, widow, and Margaret
Webber, wife of Jonas Webber, sawyer, all of Boston, as heirs of Thomas
Gyles, late of Pemaquid, to the Pejepseot Company, of lands once be-
longing to the said Thomas Gyles, in the township of Topsham. The
said Pejepseot Company quit-claim to the said heirs sixty acres of land
on the point where their lather's house stood on Muddy River, and five
hundred and fifteen acres on Cathance Point, over against it, as an
equivalent for their father's land on the South side of said Muddy River.
[York Deeds, 28 : 102.] This instrument, in which Samuel Gyles is
not mentioned, is full proof that he was not then living, and that he had
no heirs.
658. Mary, b. about 1682; m. 1, Andrew Ham of Boston, Nov. 17, 1710. They
were married by Rev. Samuel Myles, minister of King's Chapel. 2, John
Brewer of Boston, Oct. 6, 1719. She was Widow Brewer in 1727. In
1760 she was deceased, but had two sons living, Gyles Brewer, house-
wright, and Thomas Brewer, mastmaker, both of Boston. These two
sons, for £76.10.8, gave to James Fulton a deed of one-fourth part of
a tract of land, containing 515 acres, in the "intended township or dis-
trict of Topsham," the title to which land was derived to them from their
mother, Mary Brewer, late of Boston, deceased. Of course it came
through her from their grandfather Thomas Gyles, and was a part of
the land assigned to his heirs by the Pejepseot Proprietors as an equiva-
lent for his large farm on Merrymceting Bay, as already stated. The
deed bears date April 16, 1760, and is recorded with Lincoln Deeds,
lib. 1, fol. 93.
659. Maigaret, b. about 1685; in. Jonas Webber of Boston, Oct. 31, 1717.
They were married by Rev. Benjamin Wad-worth, pastor of the First
Church, Boston. They had Margaret, b. Feb. 4, 1718-19. Ann, b. March
8, 1725. Jonas and Margaret Webber, in her right, for £60.1.8, gave
to John Fulton of Topsham, a deed of one-fourth part of 515 acres of
land in Topsham, lying as yet undivided, which tract of land was as-
signed to them and the other heirs of Thomas Gyles, late of Pemaquid,
by the Pejepseot Proprietors it 1727, in consideration that the said heirs
quit-claim their right to other lands in said Topsham. This deed is
dated Oct. 4, 1758, and is recorded with York Deeds, lib. 36, fol. 19.
652.
JAMES GYLES, presumed to be brother to the preceding.
Our knowledge of him is wholly derived from a manuscript now ex-
tant in New Jersey, and in the possession of Hon. Charles S. Olden,
the present governor of that state, who is a descendant of James Gyles.
By some means, the existence of this MS. became known to some
members of the Maine Historical Society, and a copy of it was furnished
by Mr. Olden in Sept. 1853, to Bishop Burgess of Maine, by whom it
* Let those who are so disposed, weep over the sad fate of the Indians, and the
wrongs they have endured from the white man. The writer is rather inclined to
think it a most merciful dispensation of Heaven, which has swept such a race of
hellhounds from the face of the earth. The horrid scene described above, is a fit
exponent of the Indian character generally.
FAMILY OF THOMAS GYLES. 113
was given to John Mclveen, Esq., of Brunswick, Me., for the Maine
Historical Society. Mr. McKeen kindly permitted me to take a tran-
script of it, which is now inserted, entire, verbatim et literatim, in this
volume. It has never before been printed : —
"A true account of our travels from Old England to New England
in the year 16G8, with the several transactions and removes in America.
"August 22 nd 1G68. We took our journey from the Park to Fevers-
ham, and so to London, where we staid some days, till the ship was
ready, and then fell down to the Downs, where we staid two days for a
wind ; and the 5 th of September, the wind being fair, we hoisted sail
and proceeded on our voyage, but the third day after, met with a con-
trary wind and a storm, which forced us into Cowes in the Island of
Wight ; where we staid two days, and then proceeded on our voyage.*
"November the 9 th we arrived at Boston in New England, having
been nine weeks and two days at sea ; and winter coming on so fast, as
we- could not look out for a place to settle, and being unwilling to win-
ter in the town, after three weeks stay, and having refreshed ourselves
after our long voyage at sea, November the 30 th we went to Braintree,
where we hired a house until Spring, in which time I took a voyage
eastward to look out for a place to settle. J
"Winter being over, the 3 rd day of May 1669, we went from Braintree
to Boston to get a passage eastward. May 10 th we hoisted sail from
Boston, and proceeded on our voyage eastward. May 17 th we arrived
at Merrimathing in Kennebec River, and not liking that house, the 14 th
of October, we removed from thence to Whidby, a house on the same
river, and having lived there two years I bought a tract of land of the
Indians, and having bought a house upon the same, October 31 st 1671,
we removed from Whidby to go into our own house ; but Muddy river
being frozen over, we were fain to go into James Thomas' house. §
* " We " — includes himself and wife, and what children he may have had. His
wife's name was Elizabeth ; she was a second wife. See letter of Gov. Olden, fol-
lowing this journal. Possibly, Thomas Gyles was in his company during the pas-
sage from England to America; as he certainly came from England, with his wife,
not far from this time.
"Feversham" is in Kent ; why did James Gyles take Feversham in his way?
and why is Feversham mentioned at all ? Was it the residence of Thomas Gyles ;
and was he there joined by Thomas Gyles ? Mrs. Ann Chalker, who was the sister
of Thomas Gyles or of his wife (being aunt to their children) lived at Canterbury
in Kent, and this renders it probable that Thomas Gyles lived in that county, before
coming to America. The Park here mentioned seems to have been in the parish of
Challock, which lies in the Hundred of Felborough, Lathe of Scray, and County of
Kent, on the river Stour, four miles east from Charing, and between Ashford and
Faversham. The Gyles family were residents in this parish, possessed considerable
estates, and were also owners of land in Sheldwick, another parish, (2^ miles south
from Faversham) as early as the reign of Richard II., 1377-1399. This family is
now extinct in that place. A Park is mentioned in the parish of Challock. [Ireland's
Hist, of Kent, (London, 1829 J Vol. II., p. 549.] A Lath or Lathe is a division of
a County in England. Faversham, sometimes written Feversham, is a seaport and
parish, nine miles west from Canterbury, and forty-seven east from London.
% During the sojourn of James Gyles at Braintree, a child was born to him, as
appears by the following extract from Braintree Records : —
" Amma Giles, daughter of James and Elizabeth, born April 15, 1669."
This extract must refer to the writer of this Journal, because the name Giles ap-
pears nowhere else on Braintree Records. He doubtless spent the winter in that
part of Braintree which is now the town of Quincy, about eight miles from Boston.
§ " May 10 lh we hoisted sail from Boston, and proceeded on our voyage eastward."
It is certainly a remarkable coincidence that Thomas Watkins's deed to Thomas
8
114 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
"April 16, 1G72, we removed from thenee into our own house at
Muddy river, and having lived there three years and four months, the
Indian war began in New England about June 1675, and in August
the Indians rose at the Eastward and forced us to forsake our house
and go to Samuel York's house to garrison, where we staid about a
month, but the Indians growing too strong for us, killed our cattle and
swine, plundered our houses ; and having killed several people in Casco
bay, several of our men grew faint-hearted and left us, so as we had
but nine men left in garrison, and too weak to withstand so great a
power of Indians if they should set upon us. About the middle of
September, we were forced to forsake our garrison and go down to
Rowseck house to the main garrison, where we staid about six weeks,
in which time we had some skirmishes with the Indians as we were
gathering our corn at Muddy river, and having killed several, the rest
ran away, and came no more to trouble us all the winter.*
Gyles is dated May 8, 1669, two days before "we hoisted sail." It seems to indi-
cate a connection between the movements of James Gyles and of Thomas Gyles.
It is also worthy of remark, that while Watkins, in the deed, gives his own residence —
"now living on the westerly side of Caneback river," no residence is assigned to
Thomas Gyles; and the reason was, he had just arrived from Old England.
" Whidby " is the same as Whisgeay. It is a creek or arm of the sea, which ex-
tends south from Merrymeeting Bay two miles into the land. Thomas Stevens, an
Indian trader, who married the widow of Thomas Watkins not long before 1674,
lived on Stevens river, two miles above the turnpike bridge, on the road from Bruns-
wick to Bath, and very near VVhisgeag. Thomas Purchas lived in the same vicin-
ity, six miles below the Falls in Brunswick. He came there in 1625, and his house
was plundered by the Indians, Sept. 5, 1675. [Williamson's History of Maine, pp.
33, 47, 266, 520.
Thomas Gyles's land had Muddy River on the north, and Merrymeeting Bay on
the south and east. James Thomas's land lay on the north side of Muddy River.
James Gyles landed, May 17, 1669, on the south side of Merrymeeting Bay. Oct.
14, following, he removed to Whisgeag, on the same side. Two years after, he
bought land on the north side of Muddy River, in Topsham, very near to the land of
Thomas Gyles, but spent the winter of 1671-2 in James Thomas's house, near by.
Muddy River is an arm of the sea, (so to speak,) collateral with Merrymeeting
Bay, and uniting with that bay on the northern side of the latter. At the point of
confluence is an elevated headland, where Thomas Gyles built his house. James
Gyles lived in the near vicinity, and from this circumstance, as well as from their
arrival at or near the same time, and coming both of them from Kent in England,
there arises a strong presumption that they were brothers.
* The Indian War, commonly known as "Philip's war," commenced in the Col-
ony of Plymouth, June 24, 1675, in the killing of ten or twelve persons at Swanzey,
as they were returning from meeting. " In August, the Indians rose at the East-
ward," says James Gyles. This may be true, for all summer long they had been
exhibiting uncommon insolence towards the settlers. But the first act of war, com-
mitted by them in Maine, so far as I can find, was their hostile visit to the house of
Thomas Purchas, on Stevens's River, in what is now Brunswick, some three or four
miles from the abode of James Gyles. They killed a calf of his and several sheep,
and robbed the house, but offered no personal violence to the inmates. About a
week afterwards, viz., on Sept. 12, in Falmouth, they killed Thomas Wakely, an
old man, his wife, his son John and his wife, and three children of the latter couple,
in all seven persons; and burned the house. These were the "several persons
killed in Casco Bay," the first persons in Maine slain in that war, at the news of
which several of the garrison in York's house became "faint-hearted." The scene
of massacre was 25 or 30 miles distant.
Samuel York was a son of Richard York of Dover, N. H. He had two brothers,
Benjamin and John. Benjamin York was 23 years of age in 1678. He has de-
scendants in Lee, Durham, &c. One of his descendants is Jasper Hazen York,
FAMILY OF THOMAS GYLES. 115
" About the latter end of November, the winter setting in so violent,
and the house being so full of people, as we could not endure there any
longer, five families of us joining together went to Sylvenus Davis
house on the westward side of the river, where we staid all the winter.
Towards spring, the Indians sent down to make peace with the inhabi-
tants ; upon which we gave them a meeting at Pemaquid, and there
concluded a peace with them, which continued until they had an oppor-
tunity to break it in August after. [The peace was made] about the
beginning of April 1676.*
" All being at peace and quiet, I went down the river to M r Weaswell's
house which stood empty, and there planted some Indian corn and
other things, intending in the fall to go up again to our own house at
Muddy river, with the rest of our neighbors, if the peace had continued
with the Indians ; but the Providence of Almighty God had otherwise
ordered it, for about the middle of summer, Philip being killed, and
most of the chief sachems being killed and driven out of the Narragan-
set country, such as were left alive came away Eastward to join with
these Indians, who were glad of an opportunity to play the rogue ; and
the ninth of August 1676, early in the morning, when no Englishman
thought of any war, they came down to Eouseck, and took it, and killed
and took away about fifty people, and burnt down the house and all
other buildings about, killing and destroying all that came in their way ;
so as we were forced to fly for our lives in a canoe and leave all ever
we had, and glad that we could save our lives.j
M. D., of South Boston. Samuel York lived on the north side of Merrymeeting
Bay, in the present township of Topsham. His land fronted on that Bay, and was
a short distance southwest of Thomas and James Gyles. Samuel York, after being
driven away by the Indians, settled in Gloucester, and died there in 1718. He has
descendants now living in Gloucester and Kockport.
Capt. Thomas Lake and Capt. Thomas Clark, merchants of Boston, and efficient
military officers also, owned Arrowsic Island in the Kennebec or Sagadahock River,
and had erected upon it a trading house and a strong fortification, called by James
Gyles "the main garrison." Capt. Silvanus Davis, who then resided on the main-
land on the west side of the river, was their general agent. There were about fifty
dwelling-houses on this island previous to this war. [Williamson, Vol. I., pp. 53, 526.
* Capt. Silvanus Davis, as already stated, lived on the west side of Sagadahock
River, we suppose in the present town of Phipsburg. He afterwards lived in Fal-
mouth. He was a man of note, and his name is often mentioned in those early times.
The peace, or rather truce, made at Pemaquid, was effected mainly by the efforts
of Abraham Shurte, the excellent magistrate of that place, who had resided there
fifty years, and was now about 76 years old. It is supposed that he died in 1680.
The Indians, as well as whites, had great confidence in his wisdom and integrity.
Some time in the spring or summer of 1676, the Indians having exhausted their
powder and shot, wished to procure a supply from the English for their next winter
hunt, as they said. The refusal of the English to sell them these dangerous com-
modities, was one prime cause of the rupture in August, 1676. Another cause was
that which is stated in the Narrative of James Gyles, viz., the advent among the In-
dians of Maine of some of king Philip's adherents. Several of them came before
Philip's death, which took place Aug. 12, 1676. They were intensely hostile to the
English.
X Williamson, in his History of Maine, and Drake, in his History of Boston, rep-
resent the destruction of Arrowsic as having occurred Aug. 14, 1676. On the day
before, Aug. 13, Williamson says, quoting from Hubbard, the Indians had killed
Richard Hammond, Samuel Smith, and Joshua Grant, in Woolwich, and taken six-
teen captives. They landed the night following, in great silence, on Arrowsic Isl-
and, approached the fort, and waited till the sentinel retired from his post, early on
116 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
" "VVe and the rest of Kennebec neighbours, whom God had preserved
from the cruelty of the Indians, got to Damoras Cove, a fishing island
about two miles from the main land, where we met the people of Ships-
cut, Pemaquid, and all other places thereabout, who fled thither to save
their lives. We staid there a week, in which time we made several
attempts into the river to see if we could get off any thing that was
left behind ; but all in vain, for the Indians lay in ambush and beat us
off, so as we could get nothing from the main land but blows, and saw
all our houses burnt and our cattle killed, and every thing ruined and
destroyed, and no help like to come to us from the Bay; and we being
about three hundred souls on a little island, and no meat, drink, or any
thing else to relieve us, and being in a poor condition, we thought good
to call a council to consult what course to take for relief; and first to
consider what vessels and boats there were in the harbour, and finding
there was enough to carry all the people away, the 16 th day of August
at night we set sail and left not one man, woman, or child behind; some
for Piscataway, Salem, Boston, and other towns in the Bay, accord-
ing as they had friends and relations.*
"August 18, I arrived at Boston, where we found good friends and
relief, and there we staid about seven weeks ; but the town being very
the morning; of the 14th, when they rushed in at the gate, taking the garrison com-
pletely by surprise. Captains Lake and Davis, and others, roused from sleep, and
rinding resistance vain, fled by a back pa-sage, and leaping into a canoe, endeavored
to reach another island. The savages pursued them, and just as the fugitives were
stepping on shore, Lake was slain by a musket shot, and Davis severely wounded.
Capt. Lake was an enterprising and excellent man. He was an ancestor of General
Lake, who gained distinction in the Crimean War.
James Gyles was in Capt. Lake's fort, but made his escape, with perhaps ten or
twelve others, by fleeing to the other end of the island, where they found canoes,
and escaped with their lives. The ruin of the flourishing plantation of Arrowsic
was complete. It was a large and beautiful establishment; there was a mansion
house, block-house, mills, dwelling-houses, and out-buildings, fifty or more in num-
ber, which had been erected at the cost of several thousand pounds. But all were
in a few hours reduced to a heap of smouldering ruins. [Williamson's Maine, Vol.
I., pp. 53, 536.
The statement that Arrowsic was taken and burnt on the 14th of August, 1676,
rests on the authority of Francis Card, a man who lived on Kennebec River, and
was taken, with his family, by the Indians, the same day that Richard Hammond
was killed at Woolwich. In other respects his statement corresponds with that of
Gyles. He was carried to Penobscot, made his escape, came to Boston, where he
made a statement of Indian ravages, which is copied by Hubbard in his Narrative
of the Indian Wars.
But James Gyles's recollection of the matter is as likely to be correct as that of
Card ; he was an eye witness and a sufferer in the whole transaction ; and on the
whole we prefer his" statement. Card says the whole number of Indians who com-
mitted these devastations did not exceed eighty, for he counted them.
* The Damariscove Islands, to one of which the narrator escaped, are six in
number, small in size, lying in the ocean, nine miles west of Pemaquid Point, two
or three miles southwest of Damariseotta River, and a mile or two southeast of
Boothbay. They were inhabited by fishermen. If we may judge from the appor-
tionment of taxes in 1674, there was more property here than at Pemaquid ; Dam-
ariscove being assessed five pounds and Pemaquid only two. Seventeen fishing
boats were owned here.
The settlers at Sheepscot, Pemaquid, &c, having notice of the massacre and de-
struction of Woolwich and Arrowsic, waited not for the savage foe, but went on board
their fishing vessels, and fled to Damariscove. Callicoft, Wiswell, and others were
also there, from the western side of the Kennebec. No help was to be expected
from " the Bay," i, e. from Boston.
FAMILY OF THOMAS GYLES. 117
full of people, and winter coming on, and no hope of returning again to
our former habitation, we thought it time to look out for some other
place of settlement ; and consulting with several friends what course to
take, I met with one at last that advised me to go westward, and also
gave me a letter of commendation to Richard Brown of the town of
Southold on Long Island in the Province of New York ; and looking
out for a passage, I met with a sloop belonging to the same town, with
whom I bargained for a passage.*
"October 11, 1676, we set sail from Boston, and 26 th of same month
we arrived at the town of Southold at the house of Richard Brown,
who received us kindly, and took us into his own house, and provided
for us like a father, until we were able to shift for ourselves ; the rest
of the neighbours being very helpful unto us, with whom Ave staid one
year; in which time I bought a lot of land lying about fourteen miles
westward from the place ; and being desirous to be as near it as I could,
October 26 th 1677, we removed from Richard Brown's to Mattetock, a
house that was empty and about two miles from my lot, where we staid
about one year.
"November 1678, we removed to Thomas Mape's house, which was
very near to my lot of land, intending to build a house upon it as soon
as I possibly could ; but after some improvements made upon it, I found
the land very poor and barren, and no meadow to be got for my cattle,
and having lived there almost a year and a half, I began to dislike the
place. In the mean time, Sir Edrnond Andross, then governor of New
York, sent for me to come to him at the fall of the year to York to wait
upon his honor at York, and he promised to give me a lot of land upon
Staten Island ; but winter coming on so fast, as I could not remove till
Spring, and then I hired a small ketch to carry me away ; and the 7 th
of April, 1680, we set sail from Southold for York, where we arrived
the 17 th day, and were kindly received by Sir Edmond Andross, who
provided a place for us for the present. May 22 nd we went from York
to the Governor's house on Staten Island, where we staid four months.
September 7, we removed to Mr. Witt's house, to look after his land,
until Sir Edmond could get a lot of land laid out for me ; but he being
called home for England so suddenly that I could not get a good lot of
land as I did expect, for I did not think it worth building a house upon
it, and therefore I sold it to Captain Palmer of Staten Island, who car-
ried me over to New Jersey to see if I could meet with a better lot of
land ; and meeting with a lot to my mind that was to be sold, lying upon
Rariton river, I got Captain Palmer to buy it for me, which he did.
"October 14 th 1681, we removed from Staten Island to Benjamin
Hull's house in Piscataway, where we staid all the winter, until our
own house was ready. April 6 th 1682, we removed into our own house
at the Bound Brook upon Rariton River in Piscataway in the East
Province of New Jersey. James Gyles."
* Thomas Gyles, on his return from England, this same year, " began a settle-
ment on Long Island," says the Narrative of his son, John Gyles. Here is another
point of contact between Thomas and James Gyles. Southold is near the eastern
end of the Island. It was settled from New England.
The war was not brought to a close in Maine till July, 1677. About 300 of the
6ettlers in Maine lost their lives in it, out of a population of about 6000.
118 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
Rev. Edward Ballard of Brunswick, Maine, having made some in-
quiries respecting the writer of the preceding narrative, received from
Gov. Olden the following reply : —
"■Princeton, N. J., June 10, 1859.
"Edward Ballard, Esq.
" Dear Sir, — I regret that it is not in my power to give you much in-
formation on the subject of your inquiries about the family of Gyles,
who at one time lived in the State of Maine.
"James Gyles, whose Journal you refer to, at his death left no sons,
but four daughters. The eldest married, William Olden ; the second,
Benjamin Clarke ; the third, John Worth ; and the fourth, Joseph
Worth. From the third, the wife of John Worth, was descended the
late General Worth of the U. S. army. There is no account, that I
can discover, that James Gyles had any male relations in this country,
named Gyles. The wife of James Gyles, who accompanied him to
Maine, and was the mother of the daughters named, was his second
wife. It may be that he had sons by his first wife, who came to this
country after their father, and the names you mention, it is possible,
were those sons or their descendants ; but I can find no evidence of
such being the case. Very respectfully, yours, &c,
Charles S. Olden."
On a careful consideration of the case, the compiler sees no reason to
doubt that James Gyles, the writer of the foregoing narrative, was a
brother of Thomas Gyles, who was killed at Pemaquid, Aug. 2, 1689.
When it is considered that these two men came from England, and
from the same County in England, about the same time ; that they set-
tled near each other on Merrymeeting Bay; that they both went to
Long Island in 167G; that they both had interest with Gov. Andros;
and that Thomas Gyles named his second son James, as it would seem
after a brother of his, his third son being named for his younger brother
John ; the case seems not to admit of a doubt.
653.
JOHN GYLES. 2 He was, without any doubt, a younger brother
of Thomas Gyles, Esq., of Pemaquid, of whom an account is given in
the preceding pages. I have met with no record, or positive statement,
of the fact of such relationship ; but the circumstances of the case are
such as to leave no doubt of the fact.
He was born in 1653, and married Mary , before 1686. She
was born in 1666.
A coat of arms has come down from his grandson John Gyles, and
doubtless from him, almost precisely similar to one found among the
descendants of Thomas Gyles. The similarity of names in the two
families is also to be noted. And, what is still more to the purpose, he
lived at Pemaquid, in a house belonging to Thomas Gyles. How long
he lived there we have no means of judging, only that he was there be-
fore 1686, and left there in 1689. It does not appear that he was there
at the time of the incursion of the Indians, when Thomas Gyles was
slain, for his name is not mentioned in connection with that event. He
had probably left that place not long before.
FAMILY OF THOMAS GYLES. 119
He was a man of some pretensions to education, as appears from the
fact that he taught school in Salem during his residence there, and also
from the fact stated in the following petition :
"To Sir Edmund Andros, Knt. and Governor-in-chief in and over
His Majesty's Territories and Dominions of New England," &c.
" May it please yo r Excellency. That yo r Humble Petitioner desir-
eth a certain Tract of upland laying upon y e westward side of Pema-
quid River, with sufficient meadow as can be found, not already taken
up. You r Excellency's Humble Petitioner hath by order from Capt.
Nickolson, ever since June last, read prayers at the Garrison on Wednes-
days and fridays, and hath not received any thing for it. Your Excel-
lency's humble Petitioner desireth one man's provision from said Gar-
rison, and is willing to officiate still, if it so please you r Excellency," etc.
(Signed) John Gyles.
This petition was made in [November?] 1688. See p. 107. It was
found among some of the old residents of Bristol, by Rev. Rufus King
SeAvall of Wiscasset, Me., and by him kindly communicated to the com-
piler. Mr. Sewall is the author of a volume entitled "The Ancient
Dominions of Maine," Bath, 1859, which is a valuable contribution to
the early history of that State, especially of the County of Lincoln.
John Gyles was not a clergyman, as some of my correspondents have
supposed ; he did not preach ; he was not the chaplain of Fort Charles.
In the absence of an official person, a man " in orders," he read prayers
during a few months at the Garrison ; and for this he received no pay.
He would have received pay, had he been the chaplain. He did not
reside in the fort, but in one of the houses in the neighboring village.
The following statement is made in a Deposition, recorded in the 17th
volume of York Deeds.* " Mary Gyles, now aged about seventy years,
lived with her late husband John Gyles for more than fifty years past,
in a dwelling-house of Thomas Gyles, at Pemaquid." " Thomas
Gyles was killed by the Indians." This deposition was taken at Boston,
July 12, 1736, before Anthony Stoddard and Samuel Sewall, Justices
of the Peace.
This statement makes it clear that John and Mary Gyles were mar-
ried previous to 1686, when she was under twenty years of age.
John and Mary Gyles, after leaving Pemaquid, resided in Salem
four or five years, where he taught school, and where his children, Sarah
and John were born. The Salem Register, in recording their births,
speaks of them as the children of "Mr. John Giles, schoolmaster, and
Mary his wife;" thus distinguishing him from John Giles of Salem
Village [36].
Perhaps the Salem and Beverly Gileses were his cousins.
He was one of the three witnesses to the will of Gyles Corey of
Salem, who was executed for witchcraft in that town, Sept. 16, 1692.
The will is dated April 24, 1692, and may be found in the Geneal.
Reg , Vol. X., p. 32. Corey was the first and only person in New
England who was ever, in pursuance of an old English law, " pressed
to death," for refusing to answer to an imputed crime ; " pressed to
* From 1692 till 1760, the whole territory now constituting the State of Maine,
was included within the County of York.
120 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
death," because lie would not submit to be tried by a jury and before
judges who were sure to condemn him, as they had condemned every
one who had been brought before them charged with that imaginary
crime.
After this, John Gyles removed to Boston, and lived there until his
death. A gravestone may still be seen in the Granary Burying Ground
in that city, with this inscription : " Here lyes buried the body of Mr.
John Gyles, aged 77. Dec d . Aug. 29, 1730." The stone adjacent is
that of his eldest daughter, — " Sarah, wife of Thomas Shaw, died Dec.
11, 1741, in 51 8t year. John Shaw, son of Thomas and Sarah Shaw,
dec d . Jan. 5, 1736, in 20 th year."
The children of John and Mary Gyles were, born in Salem —
660. Sarah, 3 b. Jan. 24, 1689-90; m. Thomas Shaw, in Boston, July 29, 1716.
Thev had — all horn in Boston —
661. John, b. Mav 6, 1717 ; d. Jan. 5, 1736-7.
662. Sarah, b. Ja*n. 13, 1718-19.
663. Francis, b. March 29, 1721.
664. Thomas, b. Oct. 17, 1722; d. young.
665. William, b. Oct. 20, 1724.
666. Thomas, b. June 21, 1730.
667. John, 3 b. Aug. 31, 1693.
Bom in Boston —
668. tCharles, 3 b. June 12, 1696; m. Mary Craft, 1717.
669. tWilliam, 3 b. Julv 7, 1698 ; m. 1, Mary Codner. 2, Anna Parker.
670. Thomas, 3 b. Oct! 8, 1700; d. Dec. 18,' 1702.
671. Mary, 3 b. 1702 ; d. Dec. 24, 1702.
672. Mary, 3 b. Jan. 24, 1703-4; d. in infancy.
673. Man, 3 b. June 9, 1705.
SDjjirb (£ciuniti0ir.
654.
THOMAS GYLES, 3 eldest son of Thomas Gyles, Esq., of Pema-
quid; b. at Merrymeeting Bay, in the present township of Topsham,
Me., June, 1670;* m. in Boston, Jan. 18, 1690-1700, Martha Bill,
dau. of Jonathan Bill, of Pulling Point, then a part of Boston, now in
the town of Winthrop.
His escape from the merciless savages, who killed his father, and car-
ried captive his father's family, Aug. 2, 1 689, has already been related.
He came from that melancholy scene directly to Boston, where he ap-
pears to have spent the remainder of his life. In 1727 he was a "ferry-
man;" in 1730 a "retailer." He seems to have lived in Fish Street,
a section of the present North Street, which extended from Cross Street
northwardly.
* The Deposition of Lydia Felt, atred 61 years, July 22, 1718, furnishes us with
this date. She deposes, " that she lived a servant with Mr. Thomas Giles of Kennebec
on his farm there for five years together, and was there when his son Thomas was
horn which was forty-eight years ago last June to the best of her remembrance," &C.
If Lydia Felt began to live with Thomas Giles in 1669, as is probable, five years
would bring it to 1674, when he went to England, after his father's death.
FAMILY OF THOMAS GYLES. 121
He lived in Boston in 1733, after which there is no further record of
him.*
The children of Thomas and Martha (Bill) Gyles, b. in Boston, were —
674. Hannah, 4 b. Feb. 4, 1701-2 ; seems to have d. unm. Feb. 177.3.
675. Martha, 4 b. July 9, 1704 ; m. Charles Warham, in Boston, Dec. 25, 1722,
by Rev. Peter Thacher of New North Church.
* A copy of the following letter is preserved among the Massachusetts Archives,
Vol. 62, No. 348. It throws some light on the history of this interesting family.
" Canterbury, \Eng.] March y e 22, 1699-1700.
" Cous. Tho. Gtles,
I received yo r letters by Mr. George Long, and also one by another hand. I was
sorry that Mr. Long could not help you, but I am very glad to hear it is something
better with you all than it hath been. You did desire me to send you what I design
you in English Goods, which I should have done but had not the opportunity of
buying them at the best hand, and silks are very dear here, w ch makes me think
you could not make return to answer what they will cost here, and as for fine linnen,
it is the same. So I thought it best to send it in money. I have sent five & twenty
pound in English money. I do intend you Five pound & to ever one of yo r brothers
& sisters rive pounds apiece. I think y' there is five of you in all, and would de-
sire you to take care y l they may have it when it will do y m y e most good, as
for yo r brother Samuel I think his ought to be keep and improve some way for
him til he is out of his time; but must wave it to you, hoping you will have the
same care for them as you have had. My service to all my Cousin & to yo r self. I
thank God my to children are well & give their service to you. Pray let me hear
from you as soon as you have rece'd the money — w uh is all at p r sent.
From yo r loving Aunt Ann Chalkee.
" You may direct yo r letter to me in S l Alphage lane in Canterbury, in Kent."
The foregoing was addressed thus : — " This for M r Thomas Gyles, to be left at
the Salutation in Boston, in New Engl d ."
" The Salutation," was a noted house of entertainment, at the corner of Saluta-
tion Alley and Ship Street [now the north part of North Street]. It was so named
from a sign of much elegance at that day, which represented the meeting of two
gentlemen, dressed in the height of fashion, with small clothes, and cocked hats,
and in the act of shaking hands. [Drake's Hist, of Boston, p. 816.
Thomas Gyles desired Mrs. Chalker to "send what she designed to give in Eng-
lish goods," that by the sale of the goods in Boston a larger benefaction might be
obtained from his aunt than the sum she paid for the goods in England.
The foregoing letter was brought from England by Mr. George Long, who also
brought a box with money in it, directed to Thomas Gyles. Mr. Long writes from
Portsmouth, N. H., dated July 24, 1700, to Thomas Gyles, giving notice of the same,
and enclosing the letter. In his letter, Mr. Long speaks of having seen " Madam
Chalker" just before his leaving England. Nothing is said of her husband. Prob-
ably he was dead. Mrs. Chalker was doubtless the sister of Thomas Gyles of Pem-
aqiiid, or of his wife. Capt. John Gyles represents bis mother as saying to him
when in the hands of the Indians, and on the way to Penobscot, " O my child ! how
joyful and pleasant it would be, if we were going to Old England, to see your uncle
Chalker and other friends there!" Perhaps Mr. Chalker was brother to John
Gyles's mother. It appears, from a deposition of John Gyles, taken at Boston,
Aug. 22, 1700, before Elisha Hutchinson, Justice of the Peace, that the money sent
by "Madam Chalker" did not reach those for whom it was intended. George
Long, who was second mate of a ship from England, then lying in Portsmouth har-
bor, had placed the box containing the money in his chest, but when he went to his
chest to obtain the money to deliver it to John Gyles Cwho went to Portsmouth for
the same) it was not there. Long said it must have been taken out by somebody,
when the key was in the chest. [Mass. Archives. 8 : 91-
Jonathan Bill of Pullen Point had two daughters, Martha, the wife of Thomas
Gyles, " retailer," and Mary, the wife of Thomas Waite of Boston, " taylor."
These parties made an agreement, Aug. 24, 1730, in regard to a dwelling-house,
land, and shops, situate on Fish Street, which had been the property of Jonathan
Bill, and which Gyles and Waite now divide between them. [Stiff. Deeds, 44 : 238.
122 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
676. Thomas, 4 b. Sept. 29, 1709; d. Feb. 1, 1713-14.
677. Mai v, 4 b. Dee. 26, 1714 ; m. (so it seems) Samuel Tolman, in Boston,
Nov. 24, 1743, by Rev. John Webb of New North Church.
678. James, 4 b. June 15,"l717.
656.
Captain JOHN GYLES, 8 brother of the preceding, and son of
Thomas Gyles of Pemaquid ; b. about 1678; m. 1, at Salisbury, Oct.
26, 1703, Ruth True, b. at Salisbury, Oct. 5, 1683, dau. of Joseph
and Ruth (Whittier) True of that place: who were, married April 20,
1675. Mrs. Ruth Gyles d. at Salisbury, 27, 1720.
2. at Roxbury, Nov. 6, 1721, Hannah Heath, 4 b. 1689, eldest dau.
of Capt. William 3 and Hannah (Weld) Heath, all of Roxbury.*
His captivity by the Indians has already been mentioned. He was
kindly treated by his French master, who kept a store, and had a large
trade with the Indians. Like Joseph of old, he was faithful to his mas-
ter, and gained his confidence and that of his family. In the year
1697, John Gyles says, — but Williamson places the event in October,
1696. — an expedition from Boston, consisting of the Arundel, the
Province galley, and a transport, with a body of troops on board, under
Col. Hawthorne, one of the Council of Massachusetts, ascended the
River St. John, with intent to drive Villebon, governor of Acadia,
[Nova Scotia,] from his fort, which was 1<>0 miles from the sea. Gyles
might now have escaped ; but his master being absent in France, his
mistress, reminding him of the kindness he had received from them, ap-
pealed successfully to his gratitude and sense of honor. He remained
with her, and was the means of saving her property from plunder and
destruction by the invaders. His mistress promised that if he would
stay with her and help her save her family and property, he should
have his liberty after his master's return, on the first opportunity of a
passage to Boston. His master returned from France the spring fol-
* I. WILLIAM HEATH, 1 from London, arrived at Boston in the ship Lion,
Sept. 16, 1632, with wife Mary and five children, Isaac, Mary, Pelefj, Hannah, and
perhaps Martha. He settled in Roxburv; was freeman, March 4, 1633; represen-
tative, 1634,7,9,40, 41, 42; d. May 29, 1652. "An able, godly, and faithful
brother," is the entry by the apostle Eliot, after his name, in the Church Record.
His widow Mary d. Dee. 15, 1659.
II. Peleg Heath, 2 his son, was b. in England; settled in Roxbury; m. Su-
sanna King. Thev had Susanna, 1652, Hannah, 1654, Abigail, 1658, Joseph, 1660,
d. young, Mehilable, 1662, William, 1664, Joseph, 1666, d. young, Peleg, 1668, Doro-
thy, 1670, d. young. He d. Nov. 1671.
III. Capt. William Heath, 3 his son, b. 1664, lived and d. in Roxbury; m.
Nov. 11, 16*5, Hannah Weld, dau. of John Weld of Roxburv. Thev had Wil-
liam, Sept. 25, 1686, Hannah, 15, 1688-9, Joseph, Nov. 29, 1690, Susanna, Nov.
23, 1693, Margaret, Aug. 29, 1694, Peleg, Oct. 2, 1696, d. voung, Peleg, July 26,
1700, Samuel, Dee. 27, 1701, Abigail, July 12, 1704. He d. Nov. 3, 1738, a. 74. She
d. Feb. 3, 1758, a. 86.
His long and very singular will, more like a harangue than a lee:al conveyance of
land, is dated Sept 17, 1735 ; proved Nov. 21, 1738 ; recorded Stiff. Prob. 34": 75, &c.
IV. Samuel Heath, 4 his son, b. Dee. 27, 1701, lived in Roxburv; m. Eliza-
beth Payson, of that place, Dec. 3, 1733 ; she d. May 17, 1763, a. 56". They were
parents of —
V. William Heath, 5 b. March 2, 1737; lived in Roxbury ; m. Sarah Learned
of Cambridge, April 19, 1759. He was a Major General in the army of the Revolu-
tion, and was elected Lieut. Governor of Massachusetts in 1806, but declined accept-
ing the office. He d. Jan. 24, 1814, x. 77. His wife Sarah d. Oct. 10, 1814.
FAMILY OF THOMAS GYLES. 123
lowing ; thanked him for the care of his affairs, and said he would fulfil
what madam had promised.
Accordingly, in the year 1698, peace being proclaimed, a sloop came to
the mouth of the river, with ransom for one Michael Coombs, and Gyles
put monsieur in mind of his word. On the 13th June, Gyles took leave
of his French master, the sloop sailed for Boston, and Gyles arrived
there on the night of the 19th. "On the morning after my arrival, a
youth came on board, and asked many questions relating to my captivity,
and at length gave me to understand that he was my little brother
[Samuel], who was at play with some other children at Pemaquid,
when I was taken captive, and who escaped into the fort at that perilous
time. He told me my elder brother, who made his escape from the
farm, when it was taken, and our two little sisters, were alive, but that
our mother had been dead some years. Then we went on shore, and
saw our elder brother.
" On the second of August, 1689, I was taken, and on the nineteenth
of June, 1698, 1 arrived at Boston ; so that I was absent eight years,
ten months, and seventeen days. In all which time, though I under-
went extreme difficulties, yet I saw much of God's goodness."*
His long residence among the French and Indians, and consequent
intimate acquaintance with their customs and languages, qualified him
in an eminent degree for the work of an interpreter. Accordingly, he
speedily found employment in this capacity. He says :
"After my return out of captivity, I applied, June 28, 1698, to the
government for their favor. Soon after, I was employed by old father
Mitchell, of Maiden, to go as his interpreter on trading account to St.
John's river.
" October 14, 1698. I was employed by the Government, Lieut. Gov.
Stoughton commander-in-chief, to go as interpreter, at three pounds
per month, with Major Converse and old Capt. Alden to Penobscot to
fetch captives. After our return to Boston, I was dismissed ; but
within a few days the Governor sent for me to interpret a conference
with Bomazeen and other Indians then in jail.J
* Mr. Jacob Stone of Newburyport, a descendant of Capt. John Gyles, has in
his possession a cup, carved from some hard wood, which lie brought from his In-
dian captivity. It is mounted with silver, with the date and term of his captivity
inscribed upon it, as follows : " This cup was brought by John Gyles from among
the Indians, in June, 1698, after 8 years, 10 months, and 17 days of his captivity."
Mr. Stone once had a cup or bowl," also brought from the Indian captivity, consid-
erably larger, which he deposited in a Museum in Newburyport ; but the Museum
was sold and carried out of town, beyond his knowledge. A beautiful and massive
gold ring, with an inscription, once worn by Capt. John Gyles, also descended to
Mr. Stone's mother, his great-granddaughter; who, on a certain occasion, after
hearing an impressive discourse on Foreign Missions, suffered her pious zeal to
overpower her veneration for antiquity, and happening to be at the time without
money, deposited the precious jewel in the contribution-box, and when it was too
late, tried in vain to redeem it.
J Three pounds were equivalent to ten dollars. Major James Converse was of
Woburn ; b. there Nov. 16, 1645; selectman of that town, 1680, and some years
after; town clerk 1686, and some following years ; representative, 1679, 1684-5-6,
1689; an able and very distinguished officer in the Indian war of 1688-1698. He
d. July 8, 1706.
Capt. John Alden was son of John Alden, 1 the Pilgrim of the Mayflower.
He lived, after 1659, in Boston, on Alden's Lane, now Alden Street. He com-
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" Some time after, I was again put in pay to go as interpreter with
Col. Phillips and Capt. Southack, in the Province galley, to Caseo
Bay, to exchange said Indians for English captives. In December,
1698, we returned to Boston, with several captives whom we had
liberated, and I was dismissed the service, and desired to attend it in
the spring [following]. I pleaded to be kept in pay, that I might
have wherewith to support myself at school. I went into the country,
to Rowley, where boarding was cheap, to practise what little I had
attained at school.
"March, 1G99, with the little of my wages that I could reserve, I
paid for my schooling and board, and attended the service upon
request, and was again put into pay, and went with Col. Phillips and
Maj. Converse in a large brigantine up Kennebec river for captives.
At our return to Boston, the Province galley being arrived from New
York, with my lord Bellamont, and the Province truck put on board,
I was ordered on board. We cruised on the eastern shore. In
November, 1699, I was put out of pay, though I ploiided to be con-
tinued in it, seeing I must attend the service in the spring, and be at
considerable expense in the winter for my schooling.*
"In the spring of 1700, I attended the service, and was under pay
again. Aug. 27, a fort was ordered to be built at Casco Bay, which
was finished the 6th of October following, and the province truck land-
ed, and I was ordered to reside there as interpreter, with a captain, &c.
Not long after, Gov. Dudley sent me a lieutenant's commission, with a
memorandum on its back, ' No further pay but as interpreter at three
pounds per month.'!
manded one of the armed vessels of the Province. He d. March 14, 1702, being
then not far from 80 years old.
Bomazeen was a Sagamore of the Canihas or Kennebccks, whose residence was at
Norridgewock. lie was a prime actor in the savage assault on Oyster River, now
Durham, N. H, July 18, 1694; also on Groton, Kittery, and other places.
Coming, with two others, to Pemaquid, Nov. 19, 1094, he was seized by Capt.
March, the commander of the fort, and sent to Boston, where he was confined in
prison more than four years. He came to Pemaquid under a flag of truce, and
Capt. March has been censured for his seizure. But the flag of truce was a mere
trick, and Bomazeen came only as a spy. The Indians were notorious liars as well
as merciless savages. Certainly we need not waste our sympathy on such as
Bomazeen, the murderer of helpless women and children. He was sent to Casco in
the Province galley, and was exchanged in Dee. 1698, as stated in the next para-
graph. At the same time and place, peace was made with the Eastern Sagamores,
by Col. Phillips and Major Converse, who were commissioners to treat with the
Indians. Williamson gives Jan. 7, 1699, as the date.
* Richard Coote, earl of Bellamont, arrived in Boston from New York, May 26,
1699. He was one of the first who embraced, in England, the cause of the Prince of
Orange, in 1688. He was Governor, not only of Massachusetts, but of New
Hampshire, and New York. He was very popular as a governor, and died in New
York, March 5, 1700-1. [Drake's History of Boston, pp. 516-518.
J In this and the preceding paragraphs, the " province-truck" is mentioned. The
explanation is this. To detach the Indians from the interest of the French, and to
attach them to the English, the Government of Massachusetts established trading-
houses among the Eastern Indians, where commodities, such as the Indians needed,
were exchanged for their furs and peltry. These were called truck-houses, and those
who had charge of them were called' truck-masters. Three of these truck-houses
were established about 1725, one at the fort on St. George's river, now Thomaston,
one at Fort Richmond, in the present town of that name, on the Kennebec ; and one
at Fort Mary, in Saco. It appears from John Gyles's Narrative that this system,
to some extent, had been inaugurated as early as 1699.
FAMILY OF THOMAS GYLES. 125
"Aug. 10, 1703. The French and Indians besieged our fort for
six days." * [The fort was relieved on the 1 6th by the arrival of the
Province galley under the command of Capt. Cyprian Southack.]
Between this date and the next he was married.
" May 19, 1704. I received a few lines from his excellency, direct-
ing me to leave my post, and accompany Col. Church on an expedition
round the Bay of Fundy. September following, I returned to my
post. [Pay the same as before, three pounds per month] J
"April, 1706. There was a change of the chief officer at our gar-
rison. [Casco.] I chose to be dismissed with my old officer [Major
John March of Salisbury], which was granted."
After this, he spent several months in Salisbury, the residence of his
wife ; bought a dwelling-house there, and three-fourths of a saw-mill.
"The same year, 1706, His Excellency Gov. Dudley presented me
with a captain's commission, and ordered Col. Saltonstall to detach fifty
effective men to be delivered to me in order for a march.§
" May 1707, I entered on an expedition under Col. March, for Port
Royal; at the termination of which I was dismissed. ||
"May 12, 1708. I received orders from His Excellency to go to
Port Royal with a flag of truce to exchange prisoners, and brought off
all. At my return, I was dismissed the service.
"In 1709, I received a commission, and Col. Noyes had orders to
detach forty men, whom he put under me, with orders to join the forces
for Canada. At Hull, August 1, 1709, I received orders from His
Excellency to leave my company with my lieutenants, and go to Port
Royal with a flag of truce to exchange prisoners. I brought away
above one hundred prisoners. Soon after my return, our forces were
dismissed, and I received no other consideration for my service than
pay as captain of my company."
In the interval between 1709 and 1715, he resided in Salisbury, and
was an " innholder" there.
* The fort at Casco was under the command of Major (afterwards Col.; John
March of Salisbury, a brave officer, who d. before 1719. "The fierce Moxus" led
the Indians. The entire force of the enemy was not less than 500 men. They would
soon have taken the fort, had not Capt. Southack, in the province galley, arrived.
[Williamson, Vol. II., pp. 4.3, 44.
f. Col. Benjamin Church, the conqueror of Philip, sailed from Boston, May 21,
1704, with 550 men, in fourteen transports, under convoy of the Jersey, of 48 guns,
Gosport of 32 guns, and the Province galley. They visited Matinicus, Mount
Desert, Penobscot, Machias, Passamaquoddy, &c. He, also, in the language of
Governor Dudley, destroyed all the settlements in the vicinity of Port Royal, and
took 100 prisoners, and a "large amount of plunder, with the loss of only six men.
[Ibid. pp. 46-48.
§ Col. Nathaniel Saltonstall was grandson of Sir Richard Saltonstall of Water-
town, and son of his son Richard of Ipswich. He was b. in Ipswich about 1640;
H. C. 1659; town clerk of Haverhill, 1668-1700=32 years; d. May 21, 1707. He
was one of the Council of Massachusetts, who, on the deposition of Sir Edmund
Andros, took the government of the Colony into their hands. His eldest son,
Gurdon Salstonstall, was Governor of Connecticut, 1708-1724. [Bond's Water-
town, p. 921.
|| Col. March sailed from Nantasket, May 13, with a force of 1000 men, in 23
transports ; arrived at Port Royal on the 26th, and disembarked his men; but after
a skirmish with the enemy, withdrew, June 7, in a disorderly manner, having ac-
complished nothing. March was sent back, with his forces, to Port Royal, in
August, by Gov. Dudley, but all in vain. Port Royal and all Acadia were taken by
Nicholson in Sept. 1710. it has ever since been in the possession of the English.
120 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
''August 1715. I received orders from His Excellency to build a
fort at Pejepscot, [now Brunswick, Me.] The fort was fin-
ished Nov. 25, 1715. My wages were very small, yet the proprietors
ordered me only five pounds for my good services.* [While building
the fort, which stood near where the bridge now is, between Brunswick
and Topsham, he had some trouble with the Indians, who regarded the
fort as intended to restrain and overawe them.]
"July 12, 1722. A number of Indians engaged Fort George [at
Brunswick] about two hours, killing one person, and then drew off to
killing cattle, &c. [The " village" of Brunswick, which, having been
destroyed by the Indians in 1(57(5 and 1G90, had been resumed in 1714,
was now again reduced to ashes.]
" Dec. 12, 1725. I was dismissed from Fort George
" Dec. 13, 1725. I was commissioned for the garrison at St. George
river. \
" September, 1726. I was detained [at Boston] some months from
my post, by order of Gov. Dummer, to interpret for the Cape Sable
Indians, who were brought in and found guilty. There was no other
person in the province that had their language. §
" Nov. 28, 1728. I was commissioned for the peace [Justice of
Peace.] ||
* The Pejepscot Proprietors. The Pejepscot purchase began with Richard
Wharton, a merchant of Boston, who, in 1684, bought a large tract of land of
Warumbee and five other Indian Sagamores on both sides of the Pejepscot river.
Wharton died in 1714, and this purchase was sold by his administrator for only-
one hundred pounds, to a company, consisting of Adam Winthrop, (great-grandson
of the first Governor Winthrop,) Thomas Hutchinson, (father of Governor Hutch-
inson,) Dr. Oliver Noyes, Stephen Mitiot, John Ruck, Edward Watts, Jonathan
Mountfort, and two others, all of them, it is believed, wealthy men of Boston.
The Pejepscot Proprietors claimed from a point five miles above what are now
known as Lewiston Falls, northeast, over to Kennebec river, and from said Falls
west four miles, all the land south of this line down to Merrymeeting Bay; likewise
the lands south of said Bay, between it and the ocean. This claim included the
towns of Brunswick, Harpswell, Topsham, Lewiston, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Rich-
mond, Lisbon, Poland, Durham, Danville, and several others. A modest claim,
surely ! Fort George was erected within their limits, and upon their petition,
in 1715. Capt. John Gyles had command of this fort, built by him, at Bruns-
wick, from this time till Dec. 12, 1725. He seems to have been a vigilant and faith-
ful officer. Many letters from him to the Governor of Massachusetts Bay, are
preserved among the Massachusetts Archives. He apprises the Governor, from time
to time, of the intrigues of Vaudreuil, the French Governor of Canada, with the
Eastern Indians, and generally with what was taking place among them. His
Muster Rolls are also there. From a Muster Roll, dated Jan. 1723, we learn that
he had Isaac Gardner as his lieutenant, and 28 men. His Muster Roll, June, 1724,
gives, as his lieutenant, Samuel Eaton of Salisbury, and 24 men. The private men
are called centinels. Capt. Gyles's pay was thirty shillings per week. The lieuten-
ants' pay eleven shillings and three pence. See Mass. Archives, Vol. 51.
% Two strong blockhouses, or timber-forts, had been erected, 1719, 1720, on the
eastern edge of St. George's River. Here were mounted 12 or 15 pieces of cannon.
The block-houses were connected by a covered way, 200 feet long. This was in
the present town of Thomaston, in front of the mansion of Gen. Henry Knox of
Revolutionary fame.
f) A Frenchman, named John Baptiste, his son, and three Indians, who, in
August, 1726, seized a fishing vessel belonging to Plymouth, in a harbor in Nova
Scotia, were overcome, carried to Boston, tried for piracy, condemned, and executed.
[Williamson, History of Maine, Vol. II., p. 148.
|| He was the first civil magistrate, it is believed, resident on the banks of St.
George's River.
FAMILY OF THOMAS GYLES. 127
" I have had the honor to serve this Province under eight com-
manders-in-chief, governors, and lieutenant governors, from the year
1698 to the year 1736."*
A colony of Scotch-Irish, i. e. Irish protestants of Scottish descent,
having been, in 1736, settled in the "Upper and Lower towns," on
St. George's River, or the present towns of Warren and Thomaston ;
and it being a time of profound peace ; the forts on St. George's River,
Pemaquid, and other places, were to some extent dismantled, and the
garrisons chiefly withdrawn.} Capt. Gyles, being then on the verge of
sixty, accordingly retired from the military service, in June, 1737, and
took up his residence at Roxbury, near Boston, among the connections
of his wife, where he died in 1755, a. 77.
He was a man of stern, unbending virtue ; a true patriot, and a
sincere christian ; upright in the discharge of duty, both to God and
man. He served his country faithfully on a dangerous frontier, and
was just and kind, yet ever vigilant, in his transactions with the
aborigines. § He was a man of energy and activity, and became pos-
sessed of considerable property, as appears from his will, and from
many deeds on record. Some of these will now be quoted.
1706, Aug. 29. Josiah Wheeler of Salisbury, for £16, conveys to
Lieut. John Gyles of Salisbury, a dwelling-house and a quarter of an
acre of land in Salisbury. [Essex Deeds, 20: 113.
* These were —
William Stoughton, who was Lieut.-Governor, and Acting Governor, from Nov.
17, 1694, to May 26, 1699.
Richard, Earl of Bellainont, Governor, from May 26, 1699, till his death, March 5,
1700-1.
Joseph Dudley, Governor, from June 11, 1702 to Nov. 1715, when he was removed.
William Tailer, Lieutenant-Governor and Acting Governor, from Nov. 1715, to Oct.
1716, when he was superseded.
Samuel Shute, Governor, from Oct. 1716, to Dec. 1722, when he embarked for
England.
William Dummer, Lieutenant-Governor and Acting Governor, from Dec. 1722, to
June 13, 1728.
William Burnet, Governor, from June 13, 1728, to Sept. 7, 1729, when he died.
Jonathan Belcher, Governor, from Aug. 8, 1730, to 1741, when he was removed.
| Samuel Waldo, of Falmouth, Me., son of Jonathan Waldo, a wealthy mer-
chant of Boston, Colonel of the second Maine regiment, and Brigadier-General and
second in command, under Sir William Peppered, in the expedition against Louis-
burg in 1745, was a large proprietor of lands under the Muscongus patent, including
the territory on St. George's River and the vicinity. It was chiefly by him that
these Colonists were introduced, as also the German Colony at Broad Bay. now
Waldoborough, in 1740, and afterwards. From him the County of Waldo derived
its name. The fort at St. George's [Thomaston] was not wholly given up, but was
strengthened and enlarged in 1 740, and in subsequent years. The fact was similar
with Fort Frederick, Pemaquid.
§ The following honorable testimonial is preserved in the Massachusetts Archives :
" In Council, Dec. 23, 1726.
" In consideration of Capt. John Gyles's good services to this Governm 1 for many
years past & his present usefulness to the Publick by Reason of his great Knowledge
of the Indian Affairs & Customs :
" Ordered, that a Message be sent down to the Hon b,e House of Represent 1 " 58 To
propose that an Augmentation be made to the said Capt. John Gyles's support &
Encouragem'. J. Willard, Secry."
At that time, the pay of Capt. Gyles was twenty shillings a week, which, as the
currency was greatly depreciated, amounted to only a dollar and a quarter. The
centinels (privates) had half that sum, besides their rations.
128 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
At this time he seems to have taken up his abode in Salisbury. This
dwelling-house was on the " Meeting House Green," and was the abode
of his family till his first wife's death, in 1720.
170G, Sept. 21. Joseph True, senior, [his wife's father] of Salisbury,
house-carpenter, for £25, conveys to John Gyles of Salisbury, a parcel
of land, six rods wide on the east side of Back River, and six rods
wide on the west side of Back River, and north to a certain described
extent ; also three-fourths of the saw-mill now standing there. Also the
privilege of making further use of the land and river, to erect other
mills. [Ibid, 21:156.
1707-8, March 10. William Osgood, Jan., of Salisbury, sells to
Capt, John Gyles of Salisbury, a strip of land twenty feet wide, the
whole length of the drift-way. [Ibid, 21 : 213.
1711, Sept. 25. Robert Pike of York, physician, administrator of
estate of Major Robert Pike, late of Salisbury, deceased, for £102, sells
several parcels of land in Salisbury to Capt. John Gyles. [Ibid, 26 : 194.
1713, May 16. Capt. John Gyles, of Salisbury, innholder, for ,£102,
quitclaims to Robert Pike of York, physician, the property described in
the preceding deed. [Ibid, 25 : 230.
1714-15, Jan. 29. John Gyles of Salisbury, innholder, and Ruth
his wife, for £20, sell to Capt. John Wadleigh of Salisbury the land he
bought of Joseph True, Sept. 21, 1706, also one acre of land adjoining.
[Ibid, 32 : 47.
1718, July 23. John Flanders of Salisbury, blacksmith, for ten
pounds, sells to Capt. John Gyles of Salisbury, and now resident at
Fort George, in Brunswick, in the County of York, one half of a nine
acre lot in Salisbury. [Ibid, 39 : 28.
1719, July 2. John March, late of Salisbury, now of Newbury, for
£7.5, conveys to Capt. John Gyles, late of Salisbury, now of Bruns-
wick, in the County of York, all my right, title, &c, to certain lots of
land, by virtue of my father, Col. John March's last will and testament.
[Ibid, 39 : 28.
1721, April 22. John Gyles, formerly of Salisbury, now of Bruns-
wick, (no wife) for £36, sells to Rev. Caleb Cushing, of Salisbury, two
lots of land in Salisbury. [Ibid, 40 : 89.
1722, Oct. 4. John Gyles, of Brunswick, for £35, sells to Weymand
Bradbury, Jan., of Salisbury, cooper, one acre of land in y e Meeting
House Green, so called, containing the Living which I formerly bought
of Josiah Wheeler, and a certain grant of half an acre of land adjoining
thereto, which was made to Weymond Bradbury, senior, by the Pro-
prietors of s d Salisbury, and since purchased by me, Together with the
dwelling-house, orchard, &c. [Ibid, 58 : 153.
This document determines the place of his residence, in Salisbury.
The house was standing in 1854, where he lived, and where he exer-
cised the function of " innholder."
1746, April 4. Capt. John Gyles of Roxbury, for £80, in Bills of
Credit sells to William Moody of Salisbury, yeoman, 15 J acres in the
upper end of Moody's Pasture, so called. [Ibid, 92 : 197.
1738, March 30. Joseph Bill and Rebekah his wife, for £700 law-
ful money of New England, sell to John Gyles Esq. of St. George's
River, in the Province aforesaid [Mass. Bay] a house and barn in Rox-
FAMILY OF THOMAS GYLES. 129
bury, with, the lot of land adjoining, containing nine acres, bounded
N. E. on a Town Way leading to Stony River ; S. E. on land of Peter
Stone ; S. W. on land of Capt. Nicholas Davis ; N. "W. on the Country
Road leading to Dedham. [Suff. Deeds, 56 : 95.
The currency was now so depreciated that it required 28 shillings to
be equal to an ounce of silver. The price paid by John Gyles as
above, was therefore equal to about 555 Spanish dollars ; which would
probably purchase as good an estate as 2500 dollars would at the
present time.
1751, Nov. 9. John Gyles, Esquire, of Roxbury, makes his will.
He constitutes his wife Hannah Gyles, and his son-in-law Nathaniel
Loring, his Executors. Gives his grand-dau. Hannah Gyles, only child
of his late son Samuel Gyles, twenty acres orchard and tillage land,
and eleven acres of meadow and upland, situate in Salisbury, valued
together at £500, Old Tenor.* Also gives her in money £100, Old
Tenor.* Gives his son-in-law Nathaniel Loring his gun and sword.
To his dau. Mary Loring, wife of Nathaniel Loring, he gives his negro
girl Phebe. All the residue of his houses, lands, negro slaves, goods
and chattels, in Roxbury and elsewhere, he gives to his wife Hannah
Gyles, during her life ; and after her death to descend to his son and
daughter Nathaniel and Mary Loring. Proved, June 6, 1755. [Suff.
Prob. 50 : 139.
[His autograph, from
Mass. Archives :] '//^//a* si "Alsy/7/7 C^f
A coat of arms descended from John Gyles, Esq., to Mrs. Hannah
Gyles Jackson, the grand-daughter of his only son, Doctor Samuel
Gyles. It is now in the possession of the family of her son, Isaac R.
Jackson, Esq., of Philadelphia, who died at Copenhagen in 1842, while
United States Charge dAffaires.
The children of John- Gyles, Esq., were — by first wife —
674. tSamuel, 4 b. hi Salisbury, June 30, 17C6 ; m. Elizabeth True.
By second wife —
675. Hannah, 4 b. in Roxbury, Aug. 12, 1722 ; seems to have d. young.
676. fMary,* b. in Boston, May 11, 1724 ; m. Nathaniel Loring.
668.
CHARLES GYLES, 3 son of John and Mary Gyles of Pemaquid,
Salem, and Boston; b. in Boston, June 12, 1696; m. in Boston, July
30, 1717, Mary Cruft, b. Dec. 22, 1698, dau. of Edward and Sarah
Cruft of Boston.
He spent his life in Boston, where he followed the respectable em-
ployment of a " peruke-maker." In those days, the peruke or wig was
* In 1750, 45 shillings, Old Tenor, were worth only one Spanish dollar, and ten
pounds of this currency were equivalent to just one pound sterling. Therefore,
£500, Old Tenor, were equivalent to 222 2-9 dollars, and £100, Old Tenor=44 4-9
dollars.
9
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130 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
worn by all gentlemen of elevated social position. It was an ex-
pensive article, costing not unfrequently as high as twenty pounds ster-
ling, or a hundred dollars of our money; which was a much greater
sum, relatively, than it is at present. The manufacture of it was
therefore a profitable business. The writer still remembers the well-
powdered wigs, and three-cornered hats, worn in the days of his early
childhood.
17-28, May 6. Daniel King of Boston and Anne his wife, for £200
in Bills of Credit, sell to Charles Gyles of Boston, barber, a house with
the land, 34 feet by 44, at the north end of Boston, situated on a pas-
sage-way or alley six feet wide, leading into Charter Street. [SufF.
Deeds, 42 : 277.
At this time, an ounce of silver was worth 18 shillings of the cur-
rency ; so that the price paid for this estate was equivalent to 247
Spanish dollars. The same property was valued in 1757, at £66 law-
ful money, or 220 Spanish dollars.
His will, dated May 4, 1742, was proved Nov. 24, 1759; recorded
SufF. Prob. 55 : 149. He mentions his children, Edward, Mary,
Charles, John, Sarah, Robert, and Marcy. Appoints wife Mary and
son Edward, Executors. The inventory of his estate, including " man-
sion-house," £66, and a pew in the gallery of Rev. Mr. Eliot's meeting-
house [the New North, corner of Hanover and Clark Streets] was pre-
sented, Dec. 30, 1757, by Edward Giles, "surviving executor." [Suff.
Prob. 52 : 439.
Hence it appears that Charles Gyles d. in 1757. His wife Mary d.
Oct. 30, 1757, se. 59. [Grave-stone in Copps Hill Burying Ground.
The children of Charles and Mary Gyles, all b. in Boston, were —
677. tEdward, 4 b. May 23, 1718; m. 1. Elizabeth Holland; 2. Abigail (Hartt)
Treat.
G78. tMarv, 4 b. March 26, 1 720 ; m. Silas Atkins.
679. Charles, 4 b. May 1, 1722.
680. John, 4 b. June 4, 1724; d. in infancy.
681. tJohn, 4 b. Aug. 29, 1725; m. Marv Maverick.
682. Sarah, 1 b. Nov. 15, 1727 ; ni. Joseph Trout of Boston, Oct. 12, 1752, by
Rev. Andrew Eliot of the New North Church.
683. Robert, 4 b. Dec. 6, 1729.
684. Mercy, 4 b. Sept. 6, 1732.
685. Abigail, 4 l>. Dec. 1737 ; d. July 2, 1740, a. 2 y. 7 mo. [Grave-stone.
686. William, 4 b. Sept. 14, 1743.
669.
WILLIAM GYLES, 3 brother of the preceding; b. in Boston, July
7, 1698; in. 1, in Boston, Sept. 8, 1720, Mary Codner, b. March 3,
1702, dau. of James Codner of Boston, cooper, and Mary his wife.
She was a member of the Second Church or Old North, in Boston.
2, Anna Parker of Boston, March 9, 1726.
He was a ship-carpenter; spent his life in Boston, and d. there Sept.
22, 1730, a. 32. Dying intestate, his widow Anna was appointed ad-
ministratrix, March 22, 1730-1. Inventory of personal estate £51.11.4,
equivalent, at that time, to 57 Spanish dollars. There was no real
estate. After subducting funeral charges, costs of administration, and
allowance to the widow, the estate paid the creditors only one shilling
and five pence on the pound. [Suff. Prob. 28 : 246, 259, and 29 : 184.
FAMILY OF THOMAS GYLES. 131
His children were — by first wife —
687. William, 4 b. July 14, 1721 ; m. Abigail Everton, in Boston, Jan. 3, 1754;
by Rev. Andrew Eliot of the New North Church.
Feb. 24, 1743-4, William Gyles of Newport, R. I., son of William
Gyles, late of Boston, and Mary his wife, which Mary was one of the
children and heirs of James Codner, quitclaims to William Codner a
house and land in Cross Street, Boston. [Suff. Deeds, 67 : 262.
688. Mary, 4 b. March 15, 1722-3 ; m. Henry Emmes, in Boston, July 7, 1743.
689. Elizabeth, 4 b. Dec. 25, 1724 ; m. Caleb Hacker, in Boston, July 21, 1748.
By second wife —
690. Samuel, 4 b. Feb. 28, 1728-9.
691. Benjamin, 4 b. Oct. 14, 1730.
Jfoxtrtlj 6nunttbn\
674.
Doctor SAMUEL GYLES, 4 (John, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas, 1 ) only son
of Capt. John Gyles, the Indian captive ; b. in Salisbury, on the Merri-
mac, June 30, 1706; m. there, July 2, 1734, Elizabeth True of that
place ; perhaps his cousin. Married by Rev. Caleb dishing.
Family tradition affirms that, while a member of Harvard College,
" he was a room-mate of Judge Cushing of Salisbury, an ancestor of
Hon. Caleb Cushing," and a son of Rev. Caleb Cushing, who was
pastor of Salisbury 54 years. Unfortunately, I do not find the name
of either on the Triennial Catalogue of that College, so that if either
or both of them were members of that institution, the connection ceased
without taking a degree.
He was a physician at Salisbury, and probably also in Brunswick,
Me. He died in Brunswick, Feb. 11, 1738-9, in his 33d year. His
grave-stone is still standing in Brunswick, with this inscription :
" Here lyes buried the
body of Doc. Samuel Gyles,
aged 32 years. Dec d Feb y y° 11 th
17 3 8."
He died intestate ; at least, there is no will on record. The inven-
tory of his estate is dated July 31, 1739, and it represents him as "late
of Salisbury, deceas d ." [Essex Prob. 24 : 53.] He probably, there-
fore, did not reside in Brunswick, though buried there ; or if he did, had
not been there long. His widow Elizabeth, then of Newbury, m. Capt.
William Allen of Salisbury, Oct. 10, 1745, and d. May 23, 1787, a. 73.
His grand-daughter, Mrs. Brown, who died in 1858, a. 90, had a
mourning ring, commemorating his death ; with an inscription, agreeing
with the inscription on the grave-stone. In the summer of 1853, the
city of Newburyport employed some laborers to grade a street in the
132 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
south part of said city, which was laid out about forty years before
through a field once owned by his son-in-law, Capt. Jonathan Parsons.
One of these laborers, in turning over the soil, picked up a silver shoe-
buckle, marked Samuel Gyles. The inscription was perfect, and the
buckle in perfect order. Mr. Samuel Mulliken, husband of his grand-
dau. Phebe Parsons, then lived on the corner of the street, and he
purchased the buckle of the finder.
The children of Dr. Samuel and Elizabeth Gyles, both born in
Salisbury, were —
692. John, 5 b. Feb. 12, 1734-5 ; (1. Sept. 9, 1736.
693. t Hannah, 5 b. May 25, 1738; in. 1, Jonathan Parsons; 2, Stephen Cross.
676.
MARY GYLES, 4 {John, 3 Thomas? Thomas,') dan. of Capt. John
Gyles, the Indian captive; b. in Boston. May 11. 17*24; m. at Eox-
bury, June 18, 1746, Nathaniel Loring, b. in Boston, June 11,
1713, son of Capt. Nathaniel Loring, who in. Susanna Butler of Boston,
Dec. 13, 1G99, and was one of the founders of the New Brick Church,
Nov. 14, 1719, and chairman of the building committee.*
She was his second wife. His first wife, to whom he was married
June 7, 1739, was Mary Gray, dan. of Edward Gray, who was the
owner of the ropewalks where occurred the affray in which originated
the "Boston Massacre." \ By her, he had Susanna, b. March 4, 1742,
who became non compos mentis, and was, after the decease of her
father, under guardianship until her death in 1813, when the large
estate passed to the Gray family.
Mr. Loring, it is said, kept a store on Queen [now Court] Street,
Boston. In 1750, he was on the Grand Jury. He was a member of
the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1758, and was one
of the substantial citizens of Boston ; officiating on the Committee of
Public School Visitations during several years prior to 1707. He was
one of the subscribers to Prince's "New England Chronology," a work
* The New Brick Church was formed by a secession from the New North
Church — itself formed only five years before, in 1714 — on occasion of a determined
opposition made to the settlement of Rev. Peter Thacher as colleague with Rev.
John Webb. The minority in the New North withdrew and constituted the New
Brick. They erected a house of worship in Hanover Street, not far from the New
North. It may easily be distinguished from all others by the figure of a Cock as a
vane upon the steeple, originally placed there in derision of Rev. Peter Thacher.
The Church was organized May 23, 1722, and on the same day Rev. William
Waldron, b. 1697, son of Col. Richard of Portsmouth, N. H., and grandson of Major
Richard Waldron of Dover (killed by Indians, June 27, 1689) was ordained its
pastor. He d. Sept. 20, 1727. Rev. William Welsteed was ordained his successor,
March 27, 1728. He d. Sept 29, 1753, a. 58, and was succeeded by Rev. Ebenezer
Pemberton, D. I)., who d. Sept, 15, 1777, a. 72. The New Brick Church and
Society was united in 1777, with the Second Church or Old North, Rev. John
Lathrop, D. D., pastor, whose meetinghouse, on the North Square, had been pulled
down and used for fuel by the British in 1775. [Drake's Hist, of Boston, pp. 311,
545, 558.
f For the information given above respecting Nathaniel Loring, I am indebted to
Mr. James S. Loring, in Geneal. Reg. Vol. VII., pp. 163, 164. It is proper here
to remark that Drake, Hist, of Boston, p. 778, represents the " affray," March 3,
1770, as having occurred at the ropewalk of Mr. John Gray, Atkinson Street.
FAMILY OF THOMAS GYLES. 133
of great value, the first volume of which was issued in 173G. The List
of Subscribers is supposed to include, in great part, the reading public
of New England at that period. He was the guardian of his dau.
Hannah, for property bequeathed by her mother's uncle, Joseph
Heath of Roxbury, who gave her mother five hundred acres of land in
Shrewsbury.* Mr. Loring died in 1770.
A silver tea-pot and sugar-bowl are still in existence, which belonged
to Mrs. Loring, and were a present to her from her father. On one
side are engraven the arms of the Gyles family, and under them the
following inscription: — "Mary Loring — the gift of her father, John
Gyles, Esq. 1728." These were, in 1854, in the possession of her
grand-niece, Mrs. Mary Loring Brown, of Hallowell, Me. See pp. 131,
140. Mrs. Brown also had, at that time, a portrait of Mrs. Loring, in
very good condition, representing a handsome woman ; the dress,
though a century old, quite becoming, and not unlike that of the present
day. Mrs. Brown likewise had portraits of Mrs. Loring's daughters
taken at an early age. All these relics are now (1862) in the posses-
sion of Miss Lucia P., dau. of Mrs. Mary Loring Brown [7 04],
The children of Nathaniel and Mary (Gyles) Loring, were —
694. Marv, b. June 4, 1748 ; d. young.
695. Hannah, b. Auff. 30, 1750.
696. John Gyles, b. March 25, 1753; d. young.
677.
EDWARD GYLES, 4 (Charles? John? Thomas, 1 ) eldest son of
Charles 3 and Mary (Cruft) Gyles of Boston; b. there, May 23, 1718;
m. 1. Elizabeth Holland of Boston, June 28, 1743. 2. Abigail
(Hartt) Treat, b. 1727, dau. of Ralph Hartt of Boston, and widow of
Capt. John Treat-! Her children by John Treat were Abigail, b.
* Capt. Joseph Heath, b. Nov. 29, 1690, (see p. 122, note,) was of Roxbury, and
was commandant of Fort Richmond on the Kennebec, 1724-7, and probably a
longer period of time. He was an experienced surveyor and draftsman.
% John Treat was a Captain in the "Old French" War," and was killed at the
taking of Louisbur^ in 1758. He was a son or grandson of Rev. Samuel Treat
of Eastham, Cape Cod. If a son, he was b. May 17, 1693. But probably he was a
grandson. Rev. Samuel Treat was the eldest of twenty-one children of Robert
Tueat, who was a distinguished officer in " Philip's War," and Governor of
Connecticut from 1683 to 1697, except when the charter was suspended by the
usurpation of Andros, which was from October 31, 1687, to May 9, 1689. Rev.
Samuel Treat was b. in Milford, Ct., in 1647 or 1648; grad. H. C. 1669; ord.
pastor at Eastham, 1672; m. 1. March 16, 1674, Elizabeth Mayo, b. 1653, dau. of
Samuel, and grand-dau. of Rev. John Mayo, all of Eastham. She d. Dec. 4, 1696,
and he m. 2. Aug. 29, 1700, Abigail (Willard) Estabrook, dau. of Rev. Samuel
Willard of Boston, and widow of Rev. Benjamin Estabrook. She d. Dec. 27, 1746.
Mr. Treat d. March 18, 1716-17, sb. 69, at 'the time of the " Great Snow," when the
snow fell six feet deep. He was a faithful and earnest preacher of the gospel, both
to the white people, and to the Indians who lived near him. He gathered a church
among the Indians, and many of them were worthy members of it. They loved
and respected him as a father, and at his funeral bore his body to the grave. In
1693, within the limits of Eastham, then including Orleans, Brewster, Harwich,
Wellfleet, Truro, and Provincetown, there were 505 Indians. He acquired their
language, so as both to speak and write it with great facility. He was a strict
Calviuist, an eminently holy and useful man. He was the father of thirteen children,
whose names may be found in the Geneal. Reg. Vol. VII., p. 347. His dau. Plunice
was mother of Robert Treat Paine, a signer of the Declaration of Independence,
and grandmother, I believe, of Robert Treat Paine, the poet.
134 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
Dec. 29, 1747, m. Elias Parkman; Samuel, b. 1750. Of this Samuel
Treat, we shall hear more soon. See below, and [782].
Edward Gyles spent his life in Boston, and was by occupation a
painter. He appears to have been a man of energetic character, and
to have held a respectable position in society. His will is dated Dec.
28, 1778; proved, Aug. 9, 1785 ; recorded, Suff. Prob. 84 : 240. He
gives to his wife Abigail the use and improvement of all my estate,
both real and personal, so long as she continues my widow. Provides
for son Robert and dau. Abigail, who are now under age. They are
each to have one half of the property, after their mother has done with
it. To my eldest son, Edward Gyles, I give the sum of five shillings
and no more, and the reason for my so doing is best known to myself.
To my dau. Elizabeth D. S l Prey, formerly Elizabeth Gyles, I give
one silver can. This, with what 1 gave her at and before her marriage,
is in full for her portion. Wife Abigail is appointed Executrix.
Edward Gvles died July 18, 1785, a. 67. His widow Abigail died
May 10, 1790, a. 03.
The Inventory of Edward Gyles, painter, is dated Oct. 27, 1785.
Amount, £380.5.9, equivalent to 1207 dollars. This includes a brick
house and land on a passage way leading from Charter Street, £150=
500 dollars ; also, 99 ounces of silver plate, at one dollar per ounce.
[Suff. Prob. 84 : 336.
1790, July 13. Abigail Gyles, widow of Edward Gyles, having
deceased, Thomas May of Boston, merchant, is appointed administrator
de bonis non of the estate of said Edward, and Samuel Treat, adminis-
trator of said Abigail. [Ibid, 89 : 244, 246.
On settling the estate of Mrs. Abigail Gyles, it was found that after
paying debts and expenses, sixty pounds — two hundred dollars — re-
mained ; which sum was equally divided between her daughters Abigail
Parkman (by first marriage) Abigail May (by second marriage) and
son Samuel Treat.
The children of Edward Gyles, were — by first marriage —
697. Edward, 5 b. April 8, 1744 ; living in 1778.
698. Samuel, 5 b. March 24, 1746 ; d. young.
699. Charles, 5 b. 1749; d. May 16, 1754. [Grave stone on Copps Hill.
700. tElizabeth, 5 b. ; ra. Bennette Merlino de St. Pry.
By second marriage —
701. Samuel, 5 b. April, 17G9; d. Oct. 25, 1773, a. 4 y" 6 m°. [Grave-stone,
Copps Hill.
702. Abigail, 6 b. ; m. Thomas May of Boston, May 19, 1788.
703. Itobert, 5 b. .
678.
MARY GYLES, 4 {Charles, 3 John, 2 Thomas,') sister of the pre-
ceding; b. in Boston, March 26, 1720; m. March 30, 1742, Silas
Atkins of Boston, supposed to be a native of Truro. The marriage
was performed by Rev. John Webb, of the New North Church.
They resided in Boston. He was a mariner, perhaps a shipmaster.
He d. in 1778, intestate; and his son Silas was appointed administrator
on his estate, Dec. 18, 1778. Their children were —
FAMILY OF THOMAS GYLES. 135
704. Mary, b. Feb. 1, 1742-3. Never married. During the siege of Boston,
1775, she remained and took charge of the house, while her parents and
the other children were absent in the country. The house was in Prince
Street, very near Charlestown Ferry. At the hack of the house was
Copps Hill. She was there at the time of the battle of Bunker Hill.
From the top of Copps Hill, the preparations for the battle were dis-
tinctly seen. A British officer, with his wife and two children, stayed
with her at her father's house at the time, before and long after the
battle. She saw carts pass her house with wounded soldiers from
that sanguinary encounter. Often, during the night, she heard the balls
whistling over the house, and in the morning, the balls were sometimes
found in the garden. One of her father's houses, near the ferry, was
demolished for fuel for the British troops. On her father's return to
town, he found his dwelling-house and furniture in as good order as
when he left it. Mary Atkins died in 1802, a. 59.
705. tSarah, b. Oct. II, 1745; m. Nathaniel Howland.
706. tSilas, b. about 1747 ; m. Martha Howland.
707-716. Ten sons, names to the compiler unknown. Many of them died from
home. Though some of them were married and had children, yet none
of their descendants are now living.
717. Winifred, one of the youngest, m. John Otis, 5 b. July 9, 1754, d. July 11,
1832, a large landowner in Scituate. They had ten children, whose
names may be found in the Otis Genealogy, in the Geneal. Reg. Vol.
IV., p. 146. But Mrs. Abigail A. Quincy [793], a niece of Mrs. Otis,
now, 1860 eighty-eight years of age, says there were seventeen children
of John and Winifred Otis, some of whom are now living in Scituate.
681.
JOHN GYLES, 4 {Charles, 3 John, 2 Thomas, 1 ) brother of the pre-
ceding; b. in Boston, Aug, 29, 1725; m. Mary Maverick, dau of
John Maverick. She was a descendant, it is believed, of Samuel
Maverick, b. about 1602, the original possessor and inhabitant of
Noddle's Island [now East Boston], whom Winthrop and his company
found already settled there in 1 630.*
He resided in Boston, and was a dealer in fancy goods. He died of
camp-fever, contracted from the barracks of the British troops, who were
at that time quartered near the place of his residence, shortly before
Boston was declared by General Gage to be in a state of siege.
[Sumner's History of East Boston, pp. 170, 173.
His children were —
718. Mary, 5 m. Dec. 19, 1771, Ebenezer Howard, a dealer in cabinet-ware.
719. Ann, 5 m. Adam Knox, a sea-captain.
720. Elizabeth, 5 m. Levi Lane, a merchant on Long Wharf, Boston.
721. tSarah, 5 m. Joseph Mountfort, a sea-captain.
722. Mercy, 5 m. Nov. 14, 1784, Richard Roberts, a sea-captain, a native of
Rfchmond, Va. He was lost at sea, in his vessel, about 1795. He had —
723. Richard, d. in Boston, 1812, a. 25.
724. Elizabeth, d. in Boston. 1805, a. 13.
725.
726.
Two sons, who d. young.
* Samuel Maverick was also a Royal Commissioner, with Col. Richard Nichols,
Sir Robert Carr, and Col. George Cartwright, who were sent over from England by
Charles II., ostensibly to hear complaints and correct abuses, but in reality to crush
the liberties of the country. The Commissioners arrived in Boston, in July, 1664.
Some have supposed that Samuel Maverick was a son of Rev. John Maverick,
who came to New England in the Mary and John in 1630, and, with Rev. John
Warham as colleague, was the first minister of Dorchester. But this statement is
wholly discredited by Palfrey, in his History of New England. Rev. John Maverick
d. Feb. 3, 1636-7, being about 60 years of age.
136 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
Jfiftlj (fetttttutian*
693.
HANNAH GYLES,* (Samuel, 4 John, 3 Thomas, 2 Thomas, 1 ) only
dau. of Doctor Samuel Gyles 4 of Salisbury; b. there, May 25, 1738;
m. Aug. 26, 175G, Capt. Jonathan Parsons, 4 b. at Lyme, Ct., April
25, 1735, son of Rev. Jonathan Parsons, 3 formerly of Lyme, and then of
Newburyport.*
He was at first a goldsmith ; but soon exchanged that occupation for
the more exciting scenes of the sea. He speedily rose to the position
of master-mariner ; and for temperance, sobriety, integrity and truth,
as well as for courage and skill, was a fit model for imitation by his sea-
faring brethren. After a long season of spiritual darkness and dis-
tress — continuing eight years — the Sen op Righteousness shone
brightly into his heart ; and he joined in full communion with the First
Presbyterian Church in Newburyport, Nov. 4, 1772. He carried his
religion into all his conduct ; had prayers daily on board of his vessel,
* Rev. Jonathan Paksons 3 was b. at West Springfield, Nov. 30, 1705; son of
Ebenezer Parsons, 2 b. Nov. 17, 1668, who was son of Benjamin Parsons, 1 one of
the first settlers of Springfield.
He grad. Yale Coll. 1729 ; studied divinity with Rev. Elisha Williams, President
of Yale College, and with that eminent theologian, Rev. Jonathan Edwards of
Northampton; was ordained pastor at Lyme, Ct., March 17, 1730-1 ; dismissed,
Oct. 1745; came to Newbury the following month, being invited thither by the
advice of Whitefield ; removed his family to Newburyport, March, 1746, and took
charge of the First Presbyterian Church there, which had been formed on the third
of January preceding, and which the revival had called into existence. He was an
eminently devoted, faithful, and useful minister;* one who lived near to God, and
had much of the influence of His Holy Spirit ; a decided and distinguished friend of
the Great Revival in 1740-3, and of the illustrious Whitefield.:): The great evange-
list, just named, died at his house on the morning of the Sabbath, Sept. 30, 1770,
and was buried, according to his own desire, in front of his pulpit, where the precious
remains still repose. Mr. Parsons, himself, died July 19, 1776, a. 71, and was
buried by his side. He was twice married — 1. to Phebe, dau. of John Griswold of
Lvme, Ct., and sister of Gov. Matthew Griswold. She was a woman of superior
understanding, and of eminent piety. She d. Dec. 26, 1770. 2. Mrs. Lydia Clark-
son, widow of Andrew Clarkson, Esq., of Portsmouth, N. H. She d. April 30, 1773.
Rev. Jonathan and Phebe Parsons were parents of Samuel Holden Parsons, b.
May 14, 1737, a Major General in the Army of the Revolution, a brave and
distinguished officer.
Rev. Jonathan Parsons was the author of several occasional sermons, originally
issued in pamphlet form. Two volumes of his sermons, sixty in number, were
printed in Newburyport, in 1781, by John Mycall, the husband of his grand-dan.
Elizabeth Parsons [728]. For a Memoir of this eminent servant of Christ, see
Rev. Dr. Sprague's Annals of the American Pulpit, Vol. III., pp. 47-52. See also,
American Quarterly Register, Vol. XIV., p. 109, &c. See also, an Account of the
Parsons Family, in Geneal. Reg., Vol. I., p. 363, &c. For an account of his labors <
in his parish in Lyme, during the Great Revival, 1741-2, see " The Great Awaken-
ing," by Rev. Joseph Tracy, Chap. XI.
* Not less than two hundred persons, it is supposed, were converted in Newburyport, through
his instrumentality
J Kev. George \Vhitefield was h at Gloucester, Eng. Dec 16, 1714.
FAMILY OF THOMAS GYLES. 137
which all were required to attend ; and ever made Duty his guiding
star. He sometimes read the Bible through, in a single voyage ; and
made it the rule of his daily life. He was strict in his observance of
the Sabbath ; on that day he would never sail out of port ; and never
would buy or sell till the day was over. No fraud was ever suspected
where his word was given. He was sympathizing in distress, and his
hand was never slack in relieving affliction.
His voyages were chiefly to the West Indies. His last voyage was
made in the schooner Bee. She sailed from Newburyport to Point-a-
Petre, Guadaloupe ; thence to Turk's Island; thence to Port-au-Prince,
St. Domingo ; thence homeward to the place first mentioned. On the
passage from Point-a-Petre, he was attacked with a malignant fever,
occasioned by daily attendance on an American captain there who died
of that complaint ; and died at sea, after an illness of nine days, on the
evening of December 29, 1784, re. 50.
Rev. John Murray, his minister, and the successor of his father in
the pastoral office, preached a sermon in commemoration of his virtues,
Feb. 27, 1785, which was printed at the request of the Marine Society.
The text was the very appropriate passage in Heb. 6 : 19, "Which
hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and
which entereth into that within the vail." The discourse was a curious
and ingenious performance, and very characteristic of the earnest, elo-
qent preacher. A copy of it, furnished to me through the kindness of
Mr. Jacob Stone, a grandson of Capt. Parsons, has supplied some of
the materials for this notice.
It appears from the sermon, that Capt. Parsons had also seen ser-
vice in the array ; he had " braved the dangers of the field" in his
country's cause ; taken by the enemy on the high seas, he had stood
firm and undismayed before his captor, an admiral of high rank, plead-
ing resolutely against insolence, injustice, and outrage, and to his firm-
ness on such an occasion, his owners were indebted for the restoration
of their property, and his crew for the saving of their lives. The
special circumstances are not given.
After his death, his widow Hannah m. Col. Stephen Cross of New-
buryport.* He was postmaster there.
The children of Capt. Jonathan and Hannah (Gyles) Parsons, were —
727. Samuel Gyles, b. 1757; drowned at the age of twelve in Merrimac River.
Tradition says he was pushed off the wharf by a schoolmate, in wanton
mischief.J
* The father and grandfather of Mrs. Hannah (Gyles) Parsons were men of
handsome property ; but in consequence of a connection with some obnoxious tory,
the family estates were, during the Revolutionary War, confiscated. After the
establishment of our Independence, Capt. Parsons, her husband, made efforts to
recover them, and nearly succeeded. There was a majority of only one in the
legislature against the petition, and that one was the abovenamed Col. Cross, the
member from Newburyport. Could he have foreseen his own marriage with the
widow of Capt. Parsons, his vote might have been given the other way, and the
property been saved.
\ His grave-stone has the following, as a part of the inscription upon it : " Quis
puer, quoad mores et sapientiam celestem morietur, etsi esset centum annorum."
The Latin is difficult, but it may mean that the deceased, if truly virtuous and
prepared for heaven, did not die prematurelj .
138 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
728. Elizabeth, b. 1759 ; m. 1, Samuel Chandler, b. 1760 ; son of Rev. Samuel
Chandler of Gloucester. He grad. H. C. 1779; was a teacher in New-
buryport, and d. 1786. Their children were —
729. Samuel (Chandler), b. 1782. He lived in Medford ; was a ship-
master, bold, fearless, resolute, daring. In Aug. 1823, he
returned to Boston from a voyage to the Northwest Coast of
America, in the brig Pearl, owned by Bryant & Sturgis.
The brio: touched at the Sandwich Islands, and brought home
Mr Daniel Chamberlain, wife, and six children, who went
out as missionaries in 1819. Capt Chandler was lost at sea,
1827. His dan. Elizabeth Parsons (Chandler), b. 1825, m.
Isaac A. Hatch, of Bangor, now a drvgoods merchant in
Boston. She was very amiable, and all who knew her loved
her. She had a taste for literature, and was a frequent con-
tributor to newspapers and magazines. Above all, she was
a devout Christian. She d. 1857, a. 32.
730. Elizabeth Parsons (Chandler), b. 1784 ; d. 1786.
2, John Mycall, a native of Worcester, England, b. 1757, d. June 1,
1840, a. 83. He came to this country in 1775; for some time taught
school at Amesbury; was a printer, and the Editor and Publisher of the
Essex Journal and New Hampshire General Advertiser, a newspaper,
printed at Newburyport, from about 1780 to 1790. He was also a book-
publisher. He afterwards resided at Harvard and Cambridge; but died
in Newburyport. He was generally called Master Mycall, from having
been a teacher. He had a personal acquaintance with Isaiah Thomas,
the father of American printing; also with Benjamin Franklin. His
acquaintance with the latter resulted from an extensive knowledge of
Electricity, which gave him opportunity, at times, to indulge in some
severe practical jokes. He had an inexhaustible vein of humor, which
he often gratified at the expense of others. He once published in his
paper the death of a mechanic, who had promised to repair his chaise
on a certain day, " if he was alive" ; and failed of so doing. He was a
great word-catcher, and caviller at inaccuracies in conversation. He
was fond of anecdotes, and many anecdotes might now be related of
him. But he was a man of good education, a proficient in science, and
fond of music. He was a line specimen of what the English call a
clever man ; ingenious, shrewd, dextrous, and useful in emergencies.
He happened to be passing through Brattle Square, in Boston, when
they had just placed the bell in the belfry of the meetinghouse there.
It was a large, heavy bell, the present one, weighing 4000 pounds ; the
people were quite proud of it, but nobody could set it! A crowd had
collected to hear, and there was great disappointment, for what is a bell
without being carefully set? He made his way through the crowd, and
set the bell, much to their admiration. In his native city, it had been
his amusement to ring bells, and he often stole away from school for that
purpose; and he thus acquired the necessary sleight. He set up the first
organ in Newburyport, and was himself the organist from about 1795 to
1801. He sent up the first balloon ever seen in Newburyport. He had
his telescope, musical clocks, and a variety of other things, both curious
and useful. He left considerable property to his wife.
731. Jonathan, b. 1761 ; uiiin. ; lost at sea, during the Revolutionary War, in a
" letter of marque."
732. Hannah Gyles, b. 1763; m. Abraham Jackson of Newburyport. He was
b. 1748;' d. 1823, a. 75. A man of vigorous intellect, and strongly
marked character; an officer of the Excise under King George III.,
and retained his royalist sympathies through life, never fearing to ex-
press his opinions on the English government, and the causes which led
to the American Revolution. A handsome fortune, acquired by him in
trade and commerce, was much impaired by the depredations of the
European belligerents, under the British Orders in Council, and the
Beilin and Milan Decrees of Napoleon; also, by the "Great Fire"
in Newburyport, May 31, 1811. Mrs. Jackson was attractive in per-
son, amiable in temper, a fine singer, and was habitually governed
FAMILY OF THOMAS GYLES. 139
by firm religious principles. She died Nov. 23, 1827, a. 64. Their
children were —
733. Charlotte (Jackson) ; nnm., and still living, 1862.
Three children died in infancy, between Charlotte and Ellen.
734. Ellen (Jackson); m. 1829, Capt. George F.Pearson, a Post-
Captain in the United States Navy. His last duty at sea
was in command of the United States stearn-frigate Pow-
hatan, on a cruise to the East Indies, China, and Japan ;
from which he returned in August, 1860. Ho entered the
Navy in 1815, and, having been in that service 45 years, has,
by a recent law been placed upon the Retired List, though
now retained in duty as commandant of the Navy Yard,
Portsmouth, N. H. Mrs Pearson is a lady of quick intel-
lectual perceptions, and extensive literary attainments.
Their children have been —
735. Ellen Lavinia (1'earson), m., 1854, Capt. William
Hearl Treadwell. She d. July, 1858.
736. Louisa (Pearson) ; unm. ; d. at Portsmouth, 1846.
737. Elizabeth Herrick (Pearson).
738. Isaac Rand (Jackson), b. 1804 ; a man of brilliant parts, and of
great promise; of highly cultivated mind, of refined taste,
and remarkable for a pleasing and easy address, and grace-
ful manners. He practised law in Philadelphia ; moved
in the best society, and exhibited great energy, courage and
decision of character. He was equal to any emergency, ancf
filled with credit every position in which he was placed. He
was a devoted virtuoso, collecting minerals, coins, statuary,
&c, and his natural taste for these pursuits was cultivated
and strengthened by a residence of two years in Europe, and
a pedestrian tour through Switzerland. He left the largest
cabinet of minerals in the United States. He died at Co -
penhagen, July 27, 1842, as. 38, at the time occupying
the post of Charge d'Affaires at the Court of Denmark,
to which he had been appointed by President Harrison,
who was his personal friend. He married, in 1833, Louisa
Catharine Carroll, daughter of Charles Carroll of Philadel-
phia, only son of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last
survivor of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
She is still living, a widow, in Philadelphia. Of their five
children — Louisa, Harriet, Charles Carroll, Oswald, and
Mary Ellen— Louisa died in 1854, and Oswald volunteered
in the army at the commencement of this rebellion ; has since
been promoted to the rank of Captain, and, as an aid to
General Keyes, has been with that general in all the recent
battles in Virginia and Maryland. The other children are
now with their mother in Philadelphia.
739. Lois, b. Feb. 9, 1765; m. May, 1797, Capt. Jacob Stone, b. Dec. 4, 1764,
a respectable shipmaster aiid factor of Newburyport, engaged in the East
and West India trade, from 1795 to 1806, after which he retired from the
sea, and engaged in the pursuits of commerce on the shore. In 1799
he commanded the armed schooner Maria, owned by Abraham Jackson
and Prout & Parsons, bound for the Mediterranean, with a cargo of cof-
fee, valued at forty thousand dollars. She was captured by two French
cruisers, after ("une resistance opiniatre," was the expression used by
the French commander, in his testimony before the Court of Admiral-
ty) a stubborn resistance, carried into the Spanish port of Algesiras, and
condemned. A portion of this loss, about one half, was recovered, under
the Treaty between Spain and the United States, in 1819 ; the United
States paying the claimants five millions of dollars, and gaining the terri-
tory and jurisdiction of Florida. He made the first entry of an East India
cargo at Newburyport, imported in the brig Industry, in March, 1805.*
* The Industry was a brig of about 200 tons, owned by Abner Wood. The fol-
lowing is a copy of Capt. Stone's letter of instructions. Some of the names will be
140 THE GILES MEMOEIAL.
He died June 23, 1831, a. 66. With a feeble constitution, and a deli-
cate physical organization, Mrs. Stone had a large amount of energy
and activity, and a courage that never faltered in danger or emergency.
She had a remarkable sprightliness and vigor of intellect, cultivated and
improved by reading and reflection, and tempered with practical good
sense. A dark, bright, sparkling eye, flashing high thought and pur-
pose, gave animated expression to her pale features. Plainness, truth-
fulness and sincerity, united with warmth and tenderness of feeling,
were her characteristics. Religion was her constant theme, and her
daily employment, gilding every act and duty ; a principle of action, as
well as an emotion of the heart. Calm, steady, yet fervent, it shone in
her life, it graced and sustained her last moments, and still hallows her
sleeping dust. Mrs. Stone died Aug. 12, 1828, a. 63. Their children
were —
740. Gyles Parsons (Stone), b. Sept. 4, 1798; m. 1831, Sarah Mul-
liken [773]. Both are still living. He was a shipmaster for
several years, and for the last twelve years has been Cashier
of the Merchants' Bank in Newburvport. Thev have —
741. Charles Edward (Stone), b. , 1832.
recognized as those of leading merchants in that day, known through the commer-
cial world : —
" Newburyport, November 14, 1803.
" Cap n Jacob Stone,
Sir,
We the subscribers having freighted of Mr. Abner Wood the
Brig Industry, of which you are Master, for a Voyage to be performed from this to
the Isle of France, Batavia, &c. with Specie Dollars, for the purpose of procuring a
Load of Coffee, our general Instructions to you are :
" That on your arrival at the Isle of France, if you can purchase Coffee at Twelve
Dollars per French Hundred, including all charges, on board, you are to purchase,
investing all our Money therein, with which you will return immediately to this Port.
" Shou'd Coffee be higher than this at the Isle of France, you are to proceed to
Batavia, where if it is to be procured, it is not probable that the price will be so
high, but that it will be proper for you to purchase. If, however, it shou'd be, that
there is no Coffee to be had, or that the Price is so high, that Pepper, Sugar, Salt-
Petre, or Cotton Goods wou'd pay us a greater profit [at] home, you are then to
nuke your Purchases in the latter Articles, laying out our money in such proportion
therein, as that we shall receive the greatest possible advantage therefrom.
"If Pepper is to be preferred, and it can be procured at a much less rate by going
to Sumatra, you will proceed there for it. If Sugar, Salt-Petre, and Cotton Goods,
are the best Articles, you are to proceed to Calcutta for them.
" In whatever Articles you may Invest our Money, you are to observe that it is
all to be invested in the Heavy Articles, paying the greatest Freight, if the Brig will
carry it ; if not, as much is to be invested as the Brig will carry, and the residue in
light goods.
" Herewith we hand you Bills of Lading of our Specie, containing on the backs
thereof our Freight Agreement for the Brig.
" Wishing you Health and success, we are your Friends —
William Bartlet, $18,000
Thomas Carter, 3,000
Oliver Putnam, 3,000
Anthonv Davenport, 2,000
Samuel" Foster, 2,000
Edward Rand, 1,000
Nicholas Johnson, 1,000
Abner Wood, 4,000
William Bartlet, for ) „ nnn
Sawyer & Wigglesworth, J AUUU
Making in the whole, $36,000
[Sawyer & Wigglesworth were merchants in Boston, on India Wharf ; William
Sawyer, H. C. 1788, d. 1859; Thomas Wigglesworth, II. C. 1793, d. 1855. Wil-
liam* Sawyer was son of Dr. Micajah Sawyer of Newburyport.]
FAMILY OF THOMAS GYLES. 141
741a. Phebe Elizabeth Parsons (Stone).
7416. Margaret Marshfield (Stone).
All unmarried, and still living.
Three others have deceased.
742. Jacob (Stone), b. 1800; d. 1804.
743. Charles (Stone), b. Nov. 20, 1802; unm. ; d. Nov. 13, 1826, a.
24. He was an apothecary ; well instructed in his employ-
ment ; faithful in duty ; successful in business. He was a
sincere Christian, and died trusting in Christ as his Saviour.
744. Jacob (Stone), b. Nov. 6, 1805; now, and for eighteen years
past, Cashier of the Ocean Bank in Newburyport. To him
the Compiler and the readers of this volume are mainly in-
debted for the information it contains touching the descend-
ants of his honored grandparents, Jonathan and Hannah
(Gyles) Parsons. He m. November 3, 1830, Eliza Atkins
of Boston, dau. of Capt. Isaac Atkins, son of Capt. Henry
Atkins, of Boston, who came from Truro, Cape Cod, and d".
about 1834, a. 93. The wife of Henry Atkins was Mary
Lombard of Truro. Their children are —
745. Eliza Atkins (Stone), b. April 19, 1832; m. Sept.
20, 1854, Brevet Capt. Charles G. Merchant of
the United States Army ; a native of New Hamp-
shire; who graduated at West Point in 1843;
served with credit through the Mexican war ; was
in some of the severe battles, as those of Molino
del Hey and Chapulrepec, and was twice breveted
" for gallant and meritorious conduct" ; after the
war, was severely wounded in an encounter with
the Camanches in Texas ; and d. in Pascagoula,
Miss., Sept. 4, 1855. Mrs. Merchant is still liv-
ing in Newburyport. Their daughter —
746. Louisa Stone (Merchant) was born at
Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 6, 1856.
747. Louisa Parsons (Stone), b. April 19, 1834; grad-
uated at the Normal School, West Newton ; a
Teacher in the Albany Female Academy, N. Y. ;
m. Oct. 4, 1859, John Hopkins, merchant, New
Bedford. They have one son —
748. Frederic Stone (Hopkins), b. Nov. 27,
1860.
749. George Frederic Pearson (Stone), b. April 24, 1836 ;
m. July, 1861, Julia S. Spaulding, dau. of Rev.
Ephraim and Julia (Brooks) Spaulding, Mission-
aries to the Sandwich Islands, from 1831 to 1837.*
Mr. Stone is a merchant in Boston, and resides in
Melrose. Thev have a daughter —
750. Mary Grant (Stone), b. Sept. 2, 1862.
* Rev. Ephraim Spaulding was b. in Ludlow, Vt., Dec. 10, 1802; experienced
the converting grace of the gospel as early as 1815; grad. Midd. Coll. 1828, and
pursued the full course in Theology at Andover, closing in 1831. At Andover, the
compiler of this volume enjoyed the privilege of an intimate and endeared friend-
ship with him, nurtured by similarity of tastes, pursuits, and prospects. About the
first of January, 1831, both of our names, with those of Sherman Hall, David Belden
Lyman, and Asher Wright, were signed to an offer of our services to the American
Board, to go forth as missionaries to the heathen. He was married, in the autumn
of that year, to Julia Brooks, of Buckland, Mass., b. April 7, 1810, a pupil of Miss
Grant's and Miss Lyon's Seminary at Ipswich ; was ordained as a missionary at
New Bedford, Nov. 21, 1831, and on the 26th of the same month, sailed from that
port in the ship Averick, Capt. Swain, with his wife, and Rev. Messrs. John S.
Emerson, David B. Lyman, William Patterson Alexander, Richard Armstrong,
Cochran Forbes, Harvey Rexford Hitchcock, and Lorenzo Lyons, and Doctor Alonzo
Chapin (physician) and their wives, and Edmund H. Rogers, printer, as missionaries
to the Sandwich Islands. The failure of Mr. Spaulding's health compelled him to
return in June, 1837, and he died June 28, 1840. His widow resides in Melrose.
142 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
751. Henry Atkins (Stone), b. Jan. 7, 1838; unm. ; a
pioneer settler and farmer, in Township No. 3,
Aroostook County, Maine ; and now a patriotic
soldier in the Eighth Regiment of Maine Volun-
teers, in General Mitchell's Division, at Beaufort,
S. C. He now acts as Regimental Clerk.
752. Goodwin Atkins (Stone), b. July 12, 1841 ; grad.
with honor at H. C. 1862 ; now Teacher of the
High School, Concord, Mass.
753. Sophia May (Stone), b. Oct. 12, 1843.
754. Jacob (Stone), b. Aug. 18, 1845.
755. Sarah Goodwin (Stone), b. May 19, 1851 ; d. Sept.
2, 1851.
756. Lois Parsons (Stone), b. April 2, 1808 ; m. Oct. 27, 1831, Rev.
Edward Henry Edcs of Boston. He studied Theology at the
Divinity School, Cambridge; was ordained pastor of the
Unitarian Society at Eastport, Me., in 1831 ; was obliged to
leave that place by reason of ill health ; was installed at
Augusta, Me., 1836, where he remained three years; was
settled again, 1839, at Kennebunk, Me. ; d. of consumption,
May 31, 184 3. He was an exemplary Christian, and a writer
of considerable merit, and was much beloved by his people.
A Memoir and a few Select Sermons of his were issued from
the press, in 1846, under the supervision of Rev. Andrew P.
Peabody, D. D., now (1862) acting President of Harvard
University. Mrs. Edes is still living, and resides in New-
buryport. Children —
757. Mary Gardiner (Edes), b. Oct. 1832 ; d. Sept. 1833.
758. Edward Henry (Edes), b. Jan 1834 ; d. Aug. 1834.
759. Mary Gardiner (Edes), b. Aug. 1835; d. Sept. 1836.
760. Edward Henry (Edes), b. Nov. 12, 1836; now in
the dry goods business in Boston.
761. Mary Olivia (Edes), b. Nov. 15, 1838; unmarried;
resides in Newburyport.
762. Henry (Edes), b. May, 1842; d. Oct. 1844.
763. Mary Loring, b. 1768; m. about 1798, Nathaniel Brown, who d. about
1825. She spent most of her long life in Hallowell, Me., where she
died Oct. 29, 1858, a. 90, the last survivor of her mother's numerous
family. Her mind was above mediocrity, her perceptions clear, and her
judgment uncommonly good. Her faculties continued unimpaired to
the last, with only a slight and occasional failure of the memory.
Her piety was silent and unobtrusive, and always accompanied with a
deep sense of personal unworthiness, yet her faith in the merits of a cru-
cified Saviour, was strong and unwavering. She was much attached to
the old-fashioned doctrines of the Cross, and this belief afforded her, in
her last sickness, a peace which nothing could disturb. As one who saw
her often in those closing days expressed it — Her death was beautiful as
sunset, and peaceful as the fall of a leaf on a still October day. Her
daughter and only child —
764. Lucia Parsons (Brown), unm. ; is still living in Hallowell.
Having enjoyed the advantages of a superior education, she
has been for several years an approved and successful teacher
in the higher and ornamental branches. She is an accom-
plished lady, with fine intellectual endowments, and is also
an active, earnest Christian, foremost in every good enter-
prise, with head, and heart, and hand.
765. Samuel Gyles, b. 1773 ; unm. ; was a very enterprising, active, intelligent,
and successful merchant in Newburyport; a partner in business with
William Prout, in the linn of Prout & Parsons. Although he died at
the early age of 26, he acquired and left a handsome fortune, for that
day. He had a good education and a taste for literature. To his
sisters he was a favorite and dear brother, and they deeply lamented his
untimely death. He died suddenly of yellow fever, caught from a West
India trader in the harbor, July 22, 1799.
FAMILY OF THOMAS GYLES. 143
766. Phebe, b. Nov. 4, 1776; m. 1797, Samuel Mulliken, b. 1769; more than
forty years Cashier of a Bank in Newburyport ; first of the Newburyport
Bank, then of the Merchants'. He resigned the office in 1850. He was
an intelligent and faithful bank officer; a gentleman of the old school;
well read in history and biography; and d. in 1858, a. 89. Mrs. Mulli-
ken, through a life of much anxious care and constant ill health, was a
quiet, amiable woman, and a devout Christian. She was gifted with a
sweet voice in song. She rested from life's labor, with the gladness of a
weary traveller, who has at last arrived at home, and her chamber of
death was an illuminated passage to Heaven. She died Aug. 29, 1836,
se. 60*
Those spiritual and sublime stanzas, from Mrs. Hemans, are most ap-
propriately inscribed upon her tablet in the old church-yard in New-
bury : —
Calm on the bosom of thy God,
Fair spirit ! rest thee now ;
E'en while with us, thy footsteps trod,
His seal was on thy brow.
Dust, to its narrow house beneath !
Soul to its place on high ! —
They that have seen thy look in death,
.No more may fear to die.
The children of Samuel and Phebe (Parsons) Mulliken, were —
767. Hannah Gyles (Mulliken), b. 1798; m. Hon. Micajah Lunt, an
opulent, and highly respected citizen of Newburyport. He
has been prominent in City, County, and State Affairs;
President of the Merchants' Bank ; a Director of the Eastern
Itailroad; a member of the State Senate, &c. He is largely
engaged in commerce ; and has probably been owner and
manager of more tons of shipping, than any other gentleman
in Newburyport. Mrs. Lunt was a matronly lady, of well-
balanced mind, fine education, and agreeable manners. She
visited Europe, in company with her husband. She d. 1829,
a. 30. No children.
768. Susannah (MullikenJ, d. 1856, unmarried.
769. Nathaniel (Mulliken), b. 1803; m. Adeline White, about 1829.
He d. 1848, a. 45. Children—
770. Elizabeth (Mulliken), m. "William Macy, merchant,
of New Bedford.
771. Mary Adeline (Mulliken), m. Gilbert Allen, mer-
chant, of New Bedford.
772. Thomas White (Mulliken), unmarried. All living
in New Bedford.
773. Sarah (Mulliken), m. Gyles P. Stone [740].
774. Phebe (Mulliken J, b. 1807 ; d. Nov. 26, 1828, a. 21.
775. Caroline (Mulliken;, m. George Wise of Kennebunk, Me. Still
living.
776. Moses J. (Mulliken), m. 1860, Sarah D. Gibbs, of Sandwich.
He is a shipmaster in the European and East India trade.
No children.
* All the six daughters of Capt. Jonathan and Hannah (Gyles) Parsons were
women of superior excellence, of line social qualities, of cultivated minds, and
eminently religious. These ladies, while agreeing in the possession of an earnest
Christian character, had each her peculiarities of mind and temperament. Mrs.
Mycall was quick and impulsive, with great strength and tenacity of purpose ; Mrs.
Jackson, aspiring and ambitious, adorned her station in society ; Mrs. Stone was
artless, and plain-hearted, yet active and energetic ; Mrs. Brown, stately, reserved,
dignified, and self-reliant; Mrs. Mulliken, diffident, retiring, - quiet, and sweet-
tempered ; Miss Lucia was kind and affectionate.
" These all died in faith," and the chamber where they met, and through grace
divine vanquished the King of terrors, was quite on the verge of heaven, and seemed
illuminated with its radiance. The savor of their piety, like choice perfume, still
remains. May it ever remain with their descendants !
144 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
777. Samuel Gyles Parsons (Mulliken), unm. ; a shipmaster. Ee-
sides in Newburyport.
778. Lucia Parsons (Mulliken), nnm. Eesides in Newburyport.
779. Elizabeth Chandler (Mulliken), unm. Eesides in Newburyport.
780. Lucia, b. Oct. 1778 ; never married ; d. Jan. 28, 1826, a. 47.
781. Jonathan, b. , 1780; unm.; d. at the Island of St. Bartholomew, in
the West Indies, July 10, 1811, a. 31.
700.
ELIZABETH GYLES, S {Edward* Charles, 3 John, 2 Thomas, 1 )
dau. of Edward 4 and Elizabeth (Holland) Gyles of Boston ; b. there.
175- ; m. Feb. 22, 1778, Bennette Claude Meelino de St. Pry,
So his name appears on the records, and in the documents before me ;
but the first name, if written in French, should be JJenoit, which an-
swers in French both to Bennet and to Benedict.
There is not a little of mystery, perhaps we may call it romance,
shrouding the history and character of the individual who was the
husband of Elizabeth Gyles. He was of a distinguished and opulent
family in France. Some who were well acquainted with his wife, say
that he was a French Marquis. My principal informant, an intelligent
descendant of his, says — " We know for certainty that he was a French
nobleman of some order or other; and that he was an officer under
Louis XVI. He was a native of Lyons, but his mother belonged to
the nobility of Sardinia." He came to this country as early as 1775,
probably in the former part of that year; possibly in 1774. This is
inferred from a letter still extant addressed by a French gentleman,
St. George de Viast, " to Dr. Joseph Warren, Present," introducing St.
Pry to him as a person desirous of learning the English language ; also
from a bill of St. Pry against a certain individual, dated 1775. That
he was settled in Boston in 1778, is evident, not only from his marriage
as above given, but from the fact that he was taxed in Boston in that
year. His tax then amounted to £G.0.10. In 1770, it was £01.14.2.
In 1780, he owned extensive salt-works on Plum Island, near New-
buryport, valued at 1500 dollars. lie was a large ship-owner. He
was on familiar terms with Count d'Estaing, Count de Grasse, and the
Marquis de la Fayette. Repeatedly the French consul sent invita-
tions (still in being) to him to repair to the consulate, " pour y deliberer
sur des affaires qui concernent la nation." It seems that he made one
or more voyages to France before his final return to that country. On
one of these voyages, he and two other gentlemen were taken prisoners
by the English, paroled, and sent to Newburyport. While there, he
stayed at the house of Mr. Parsons. This was probably in July, 1780,
as we find a bill from Dr. Micajah Sawyer against St. Pry for medical
attendance at the house of Mr. Parsons in Newburyport. The wife of
Capt. Jonathan Parsons, of that town, was a distant relative of Mrs. St.
Pry ; and it was probably at his house that St. Pry sojourned.
When the relatives of St. Pry in France heard that he had married
a heretic, they were much displeased ; but when they learned that his
daughter had been named after his mother and sister (Eleanor, or
Helena, these being equivalent names) and baptized by a Catholic
priest (Matignon of Boston) they were so well satisfied that they sent
to this child, afterwards Mrs. Treat, a ship richly laden with valuable
presents, among which were a coach and horses, and a large sum of
FAMILY OF THOMAS GYLES. 145
money. These were all captured by the English fleet under Lord Howe,
when within three days' sail of Boston.* Lord Howe wrote a sauey
note to St. Pry, informing him that he was enjoying his luxuries.
St. Pry, during his residence in Boston, or shortly after, wrote an
article, and had it printed over his signature in some Boston newspaper,
perhaps the Columbian Centinel, accusing the French consul at Boston,
whose name was de la Tume, or some similar name (it was pronounced
as if spelled Toom) of complicity with the English. This made the
consul a mortal enemy to St. Pry and to his family.
About the year 1783, St. Pry, at the request of his mother, returned
to France, to obtain property left to him by some relatives. He
expected before long to come back to Boston, with his property, and
therefore made no adequate provision for the support of his family dur-
ing a long absence. Contrary to their expectation and to his, he soon
after died. The French consul now found ample opportunity to wreak
his vengeance on the unoffending family of St. Pry. The relatives of
the latter wrote letter after letter to Mrs. St. Pry, inviting her to come
to France with her family ; but the letters never reached her. It was
afterwards found that nineteen of these letters had been addressed to
her in the care of this villainous consul, and had all failed of their
destination, although she lived in the same city. One of the letters
contained a draft for ten thousand crowns, to pay her expenses, of which
she never received a sou. At length, the friends in France sent a let-
ter through the French consul at Philadelphia, at that time the seat of
our Federal Government. He gave it to Hon. Fisher Ames, repre-
sentative from the Suffolk district, with the request to see if there was
such a family in or near Boston. Mrs. St. Pry got this letter, and was
about to sail with her family, when the French Revolution, in its deso-
lating progress, defeated the project. The title and estates of St. Pry
were confiscated. A large amount of property, invested in the French
funds, was converted to public uses. In addition to all these misfor-
tunes, some ill-disposed persons got possession of all the valuable papers
which belonged to St. Pry in this country, including his coat of arms
and Family Record, and thereby obtained all the property which he
had left in America. Mrs. St. Pry, therefore, found herself in circum-
stances of great want and distress, with no prospect of relief. The re-
sult was, she became of unsound mind, and put a period to her worldly
troubles, about 1804, by drowning herself in the mill-pond, in Boston,
near where the Leverett Street Jail afterwards stood. Her grand-
daughter Sarah, some years ago, met in Baltimore a French ecclesiastic,
Avho knew the family of St. Pry, or at least knew of it ; and he said it
was a family of which one might well be proud.
The children of Mons. St. Pry, by his wife Elizabeth Gyles, were —
782. tHelena Merlino, b. Aug. 19, 1779; m. Samuel Treat.
783. Charles Francis, b. June 28, 1783. He was absent many years ; visited his
sister when he was about twenty-one years of age ; went to sea, and was
never heard of afterwards.
The name of the daughter appears on Boston Eeeords as Eleanor
Merlino de St. Pry, born Aug. 9, 1779. The name of the son appears
as Charles Francis de Guerdig Merlino de St. Fry, b. June 28, 1783.
* We have the authority of Mrs. Treat for this statement. But was Lord Howe
then in command of the British fleet in the American waters ? We think not.
10
14G THE GILES MEMORIAL.
705.
SARAH ATKINS, (Mary Gyles* Charles? John, 9 Ttwmas, 1 ) dau.
of Silas and Mary (Gyles) Atkins of Boston; b. there, Oct. 11, 1745 ;
m. Aug. 10, 17G7, Nathaniel Rowland of Boston. Married by Rev.
Andrew Eliot of the New North Church, Boston.
Their children were —
784. Sarah, b. Nov. 16, 1768 ; m. 1789, Asa Whitaker. Their only child was—
Nathaniel Rowland (Whitaker), b. April 25, 1790; an auctioneer in
Boston ;.d. Aug. 28, 1849 ; m. June 7, 1S39, Nancy Wilson, widow of
Ebenezer Alexander. Their only child is — Alexander Howland (Whit-
aker), b. Nov. 21, 1841.
7S5. Nathaniel, b. Feb. 14, 1770; never married ; a ship-master, a man of prop-
erty, and much respected. He d. Oct. 22, 1836, a. 66.
786. Silas Atkins, b. Jan. 15, 1772 ; d. Jan. 15, 1795, a. 23.
706.
Capt. SILAS ATKINS, (Mary Gyles* Charles, 3 John,' T/tomas, 1 )
eldest son of Silas and Mary (Gyles) Atkins of Boston; b. there about
1747 ; m. Martha Howland, sister of the abovenamed Nathaniel,
and sister also of Joseph Howland of New York. He was a ship-
master, and lived in Boston.
Their children were —
787. Martha, b. October, 1770; m. Capt. Robert Gray of Boston, a native of
Tiverton, R. I., who, in the ship Columbia, under his command, crossed
the bar of Columbia River, on the Northwest Coast of America, per-
haps in the year 1790, and, in consequence of that fact, has been re-
garded as the " Discoverer of Columbia River." The river, at all
events, received its name from the first ship that floated on its waters ;
and the incident at length became of intense interest and high value as
the foundation, in negotiations with Great Britain, of a claim on the
part of the United States, to the immense regions comprised in the
State of Oregon and Territory of Washington. The ship Columbia
was on a voyage to the Sandwich Islands and the Northwest Coast.
Her return "to Boston was warmly greeted. A company of artillery
fired a salute ; Governor Hancock and a large number of the principal
citizens came down to meet Capt. Gray. He d. in one of the Southern
ports of the United States. Mrs. Gray survived him nearly or quite
half a century, and d. March 26, 1857, a. 86. Capt. Robert and Martha
(Atkins) Gray were the parents of —
788. Robert ("Gray), b. d. at the age of 7 years.
789. Martha Howland (Gray), b. May 31, 1796; m. Oct. 29, 1822,
Jacob Bancroft of Boston ; his second wife. His first wife
was Frances Butterfield. She d. Oct. 28, 1821, a. 34. The
present wife united with Park Street Church, Boston, Sept. 6,
1818, as he also did, June 2, 1822. Mr. Bancroft was formerly
a dealer in dry goods in Boston, and is now a respectable
inhabitant of that city. He has several children, but declines
to furnish a record of his family for this volume.
790. Elizabeth Dennis (Gray), b. Jan. 1, 1798; m. Charles Willey.
He was formerly a merchant in Boston; now retired on*a
farm in South Windsor, Ct. She united with Park Street
Church, April, 1820. Both are still living.
791. Abigail Quincy (Gray), b. April 9, 1800; unm. United with
Park Street Church, June 2, 1822. Still living.
792. Mary Ann (Gray), b. May 18, 1801 ; unm. United with Park
Street Church, Sept. 7, 1823. Still living.
FAMILY OF THOMAS GYLES. 147
793. Abigail, b. Aug. 10, 1772; m. John Williams Quincy, 6 son of Dr. Jacob 5
and Elizabeth (Williams) Quincy of Boston.* He was a merchant and
notary public, in Boston, where he d. Jan. 20, 1834. She united with
Bark "Street Church, April 28, 1834. Mrs. Quincy d. Aug. 24, 1861, a.
89. Their children were —
794. Abigail B. (Quincy), d. 1834? United
with Bark Street Church, Dec. 1817.
795. John Williams (Quincy), ; drowned, at ten years
of age, at Freeport, Me., where his parents then lived.
796. Martha Atkins (Quincy), unm. United with Bark
Street Church, Boston, Nov. 30, 1816. She is still living
in New York City.
797. Silas Atkins (Quincy), ; m. Hannah II. Butnam
of Boston. She is deceased. He is living. He united with
Bark Street Church, Feb. 25, 1834. He resided many years
in Boston ; now resides in Roxbury. They have an only
child — Anna Winifred (Quincy).
798. Thomas Dennie (Quincy), b. June 1, 1807; m. Julia Child
Bradford, dau. of William B. Bradford of Boston, and a
descendant of Governor William Bradford. United with
Bark Street Church, April 29, 1842. He is a Commission
Merchant on Commercial Street, Boston, and has long been
Treasurer of the Seaman's Friend Society. He resides in
Dorchester, and has a son and a daughter.
799. John Williams (Quincy), ; m. Catharine F.
Allen, dau. of Hon. Stephen Allen of New York. He is a
Hard-ware Merchant in New York City. He united with
Essex Street Church, Boston, June 1, 1832. He is connect-
ed with various enterprises of benevolence. Mrs. Quincy
d. Oct. 1, 1857, leaving an only child, a daughter, Kate A.
* The Bedigree of John W. Quincy is as follows : —
I. EDMUND QUINCY 1 came from England, with his wife Judith, in companv
with Rev. John Cotton, and arrived in Boston, Sept. 4, 1633. (See p. 78, note.)
He was freeman, 1634; deputy to General Court same year, and received a grant of
land at Mount Wollaston [now Quincy] where he d. soon after, a. 33. His only son —
II. Edmund Quincy, 2 !). 1627, m. 1, Joanna Hoar, sister of Leonard Hoar,M.D.,
Bresident of Harvard College, by whom he had Daniel 1651, John 1652, Joanna 1654,
Judith 1655, Elizabeth 1656, Edmund 1657, d. 1661, Ruth, Experience. 2, Elizabeth,
dau. of Major Gen. Gookin, and widow of Bev. John Eliot of Roxbury. She d.
Nov. 30, 1700. By the second marriage he had (besides Mary, b. 1684) —
III. Edmund Quincy, 3 b. 1681, in which line alone the name has been pre-
served. He grad. H. C. 1699; was Judge of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts,
and agent for the Brovincc in London, where he d. Feb. 23, 1738, greatly lamented.
His wife was Dorothy, dau. of Rev. Josiah Flint of Dorchester. She d. Aug. 29,
1737. They had Edmund, b. 1703; Elizabeth, m. John Wendell; Josiah, b. 1709,
the father of Josiah 5 the Batriot (b. Feb. 23, 1744 ; d. April 26, 1775) and grand-
father of Josiah, 6 b. Feb. 4, 1772, H. . C. 1790, Mayor of Boston, 1823-1828;
Bresident of Harvard University, 1829-1845; now living, at the age of 90.
IV. Edmund Quincy, 4 b. 1703, the eldeslr son of the preceding; H. C. 1722;
d. 1788. He was Judge of the Court of Common Bleas. He ra. Elizabeth Wendell,
sister of John Wendell, already named, and had by her, Edmund; Henry; Eliza-
beth; Abraham, unm. ; Catharine, unm.; Sar r ih, m. William Greenleaf; Esther, m.
Jonathan Sewall; Jacob ; Dorothy, m. 1, John Hancock, Governor of Massachusetts ;
2, Capt. James Scott.
V. Jacob Quincy, 5 a physician, m. Elizabeth Williams in 1760; d. at St.
Eustatia, June 15, 1773. They had Jacob, m. Ann Bigelow; Elizabeth Wendell, in.
Asa Clapp ; Mary, m. James Kettell ; Abraham. Howard, m. Mary Holland ; John
Williams, m. Abigail Atkins; Samuel Maverick, m. Sally Smart, of Haymarket,[?l
N. H. [Geneal. Reg., Vol. XL, pp. 71, 157.
The children of the last pair were — Sarah, m. Goodhue — both are dead ; Eliza,
m. Timothy Keith ; Helen, unm.; Caroline, unm.; Nancy, m. Norton; Mary, m.
Wood ; Charles, deceased.
803.
Marv Gvles,
804.
Sarah Burt,
She is still
805.
Susanna,
806.
Winifred,
April, 1820.
148 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
800. Buhert (Quincy), d. young.
801. Elizabeth Ann Williams (Quincy), ; m. William
Wales, a distinguished florist of Dorchester. United with
Park Street Church, June 2, 1827. Both are now living in
Dorchester.
801. Mary Nash (Quincy), ; m. John A. Perry of
Manchester, N. H. United with Park Street Church, June,
1831.
802. Silas, b. about 1774 ; at twenty-two years of age went to South America,
and settled there ; m. in Buenos Ayres a lady of Spanish descent, and
by her had twelve children, all of whom lived to maturity, and are sup-
posed to be still living in that country. The father d. in"lS32, a. 51.
; m. Capt. Joshua Nash.
; m. Oliver Farwell. He d. many years since,
iving in New Boston, N. H.
; unmarried ; died at the age of 21 .
; unmarried. She united with Park Street Church,
Is still living in Dorchester.
731.
SARAH GYLES, 5 (John* Charles, 3 John, 2 Thomas,') dau. of John 4
and Mary (Maverick) Gyles of Boston ; b. there, 1759 ; m. 1777, Joseph
Mountfort of Boston, a sea-captain in early life ; after which, for
many years, he was in the Surinam trade. He was a son of Joseph, who
was son of John, who was son of Edmund Mountfort, who, with his brother
Henry, arrived in Boston from London in the ship Providence, in 1G56.
He left six sons and two daughters, and d. Aug. 14, 1G90, ae. Gl.*
Joseph Mountfort was a lieutenant in the Navy, under the brave
Captain Manley, and was with him in several naval engagements during
the Revolutionary "War. He was also one of the party which destroyed
the tea in Boston harbor, Dec. 1773. [Sumner's Hist, of East Boston,
p. 170.] Mrs. Sarah (Gyles) Mountfort d. in 1836, a. 77.
The children of Joseph and Sarah (Gyles) Mountfort J were —
807. Joseph, b. ; m. Lucretia Harris; a ship-master; d. in
Demarara many years ago.
808. John, b. 1788; m". June, 1828, Matilda D. McNeil of New Orleans. He
was a Lieut, in the United States Artillery; was wounded in the battle
at Little York, now Toronto, Canada West, under the command of Gen.
Zebulon Pike, April 27, 1813, and distinguished himself at the battle of
Plattsburg, Sept. 11, 1814, and in several other actions in that war.
At the battle of Plattsburg, he commanded the artillery in Fort Brown,
* According to Dugdale's History of Warwickshire, this family is descended
from Hugo de Montfort, a Norman, who commanded the cavalry of William the
Conqueror, at the battle of Hastings. Edmund, and his brothers Henry and
Benjamin, were merchants in Boston, the father of whom was one of the founders
of the King's Chapel, of which he was Warden in 1600 and 1696. His warehouse
stood at the corner of Peirce's Alley and Faneuil Hall Square. Messrs. Lane &
Bead long occupied this building, which has recently been torn down to give place
to the present elegant cut granite structure. The warehouse of Henry Mountfort
was on the opposite corner, on the site of the present Bite Tavern. This location,
as per Drake's History of Boston, was long called " Mountfort' s Corner."
J Gen. Sumner, in his valuable History of East Boston, notices this family, but
commits an error in giving to Joseph and Sarah (Giles) Mountfort a son " Captain
George Mountfort, who died many years ago." It should be " Captain Joseph
Mountfort." He also errs in saying that Col. John Mountfort and his brother
Charles died in 1856.
FAMILY OF THOMAS GYLES. 149
and for gallant conduct on that occasion was made a Captain. He after-
wards rose to the rank of Lieut. Colonel. He had a command in the
Florida war, and resigned his commission in the army in 1838. After
this he located himself at New Orleans, where he had married as ahove.
A gunner's quadrant, used in the British artillery to determine the eleva-
tion of a cannon, was taken by him from among the slain in a British
battery, immediately after the battle of Plattsburg, and is still preserved
as a trophy. He died suddenly, in Boston, Oct. 22, 1851, while on a
visit to that city, and preparing to embark for Europe, with his family,
aged 63. He was buried with military honors, in the old familj tomb,
in Copps Hill Cemetery; since which his remains have been removed to
the new family tomb at Mount Auburn. His only son, John, b. 1839, has
resided for the past two years in Paris, to perfect his education. His
only daughter, Laura, m. Stanford Emerson Chaille, M. D., who grad.
H. C. 1851, and resides in New Orleans. She d. in that city, 1858,
leaving one child.
809. Charles, b 1791 ; m. Ann (Wilbur) Smith, widow of Capt. Charles Smith.
He died Nov. 18, 1841, a. 50.
810. Napoleon Bonaparte, b. Dec. 1800 ; m. Mary Trull, dau. of Ezra Trull, a
distiller, of Boston. She d. Oct. 1858. He has been Judge of the
Police Court in New York City. Now, June, 1860, practises law in
New York.
811. George, b. ; unm. From 1850 to 1858, he was Consul of the
United States, for all the ports in the Island of Candia. He now resides
in Boston, with his sisters. He is still engaged in the trade of the Levant.
812. Sarah, b. ; unmarried.
813. Elizabeth, b. ; unmarried.
814. Rhoda, b. ; unmarried.
782.
HELENA MERLINO DE SAINT PRY, (Elizabeth Gyles,' Ed-
ward* Charles? John? Thomas, 1 ) dau. of Bennett e Merlino de St. Pry,
by his wife Elizabeth Gyles; b. in Boston, Aug. 9, 1779; m. about
1800, Samuel Treat, b. 1750, son of Capt. John and Abigail (Hartt)
Treat. John Treat, as we have already stated, was a son or grandson of
Rev. Samuel Treat of Eastham.
Samuel Treat was commissioned, Aug. 16, 1777, as lieutenant in a
company commanded by David Bell. The commission is signed by the
major part of the Council of Massachusetts Bay. He was stationed at
Castle William, now Fort Independence, in Boston Harbor, from 1780 to
1789. There is also a commission, (conferring on him the rank of Cap-
tain,) preserved, with the other, among his descendants, signed by John
Hancock, Governor, dated March 19, 1789. He was in the military
service of the State of Massachusetts twenty-one years. He died May
1, 1806, and was buried with military honors.
He was thrice married; 1, to Eliza Brewer, who d. Jan. 6, 1786, a.
25. 2, In 1790, to Ann May, dau. of Aaron May of Boston ; she d.
1795, a. 33. By the first marriage he had four children ; by the second,
five. 3, Helena Merlino de St. Pry.
Mrs. Treat resided during many years in Boston, or its vicinity.
She made vigorous efforts to recover a portion of the inheritance in
France to which she was justly entitled in right of her father, but was
only partially successful. She was a woman of sincere and earnest
piety, which was manifested through her long widowhood of nearly forty
years. She d. in Pittsfield, N. EL, Aug. 24, 1845. A sermon was
preached at her funeral, Aug. 26, by Rev. Jonathan Curtis, pastor of
]50 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
the Congregational Church in that place, from which some extracts are
made in the foot-note below.*
Her children were —
815. Charles Francis, 1> . He was last heard fiom in 1845; being then
on his way to Texas. It is supposed he was killed in the Mexican war.
816. Eliza Parkman, b. ; m. Daniel Sanderson of Lowell. They reside
at Pittsfield, N. H. Their children are—
817. Daniel Parkman (Sanderson), m. Elizabeth Norris, niece of Hon.
Moses Norris, formerly United States Senator from New
Hampshire.
818. Sarah Amanda (Sanderson), m. Win. Wyman of Baltimore, Md.
819. Charles St. Pry ( Sanderson ), m. Anna Mack of Gilmanton, N. II.
820. James Augustus (Sanderson).
821. Edward Oscar ( Sanderson ).
822. Joseph Bennette, b. July 18, 1804 ; m. July 16, 1826, Mary Wellington, b.
June 4, 1807, dan. of Joel Wellington of Watertown. Their children
were —
823. Mary Ellen, b. May 1 1 , 1827 ; m. Win. Lake of Chichester, N. H.
824. Frances Elizabeth,'b. Oct. 5, 1830.
825. Edward Giles, h. Oct. 27, 1833 ; d. Feb. 16, 1834.
826. Anna Maria, b. Feb. 27, 1835.
827. Charles Henry, b. March 31, 1837 ; d. June 12, 1840.
828. Isabella Martha, I). April 10, 1847.
829. James Augustus, (twin), b. April 13, 1806; m. Feb. 27, 1838, Dorothy
Wentworth Harvey, dau. of lion. John Harvey of Northwood, N. H,
Representative, Senator, Judge of Court of Common Pleas, &c., by his
wife Dorothy Wentworth. J They lived in Pittsfield, N. H. Children —
830. John Harvey, b. July 23, 1839; grad. at II. C. 1862. He has
furnished most of the information respecting his great-grand-
father St. Pry and his descendants.
831. James Oberlin, b. Feb. 5, 1841.
S32. Elizabeth Wentworth, b. July 23, 1843.
833. Helena Medina, b. May 3, 1849.
834. Sarah Amanda, (twin), b. April 13, 1806; m. Feb. 28, 1833, William
White Wyman of Lowell, b. July, 1807, at Roxbury. Children —
835. William (Wyrrian), b. April 4, 1834; d. July 27, 1841.
836. Mary Elizabeth (Wyman), b. Oct. 8, 1840; d. April 23, 1842.
837. Sarah (Wyman), b. at Baltimore, Dec. 5, 1842.
838. Charles (Wyman), b. at Baltimore, July 5, 1845.
* " Though heiress of a princely fortune, yet by the chances of war, and the
fraudulent dealings of unprincipled men, she never was able to realize but a small
portion of it. A ship, richly laden, and intended as a present to her, while a child,
was taken on its way to Boston, by the forces under Lord Howe. Of ten thousand
crowns, sent in trust to the French consul for her, she never received a farthing.
And the remainder of her large fortune, being invested in the French funds, during
the changes and confiscations of the Revolution, became so involved, that after
many years of trying litigation and effort, and even by the influence and aid of
Albert Gallatin and Lafayette, she was able to obtain but a small portion of the
large inheritance, which of right she should have received. The generous and
noble Lafayette was an early and constant friend of the deceased. When visiting
at her father's house, in her childhood, he used to dandle her upon his knee and
carry her in his arms ; and when he was last in this country, he greatly rejoiced to
meet the widowed mother, whom he had thus fondly known and caressed in her
childhood."
The facts here stated must have been communicated to Mr. Curtis by Mrs. Treat,
and rest therefore on her authority.
I have an autograph letter from Lafayette to Mrs. Treat, dated Paris, Aug. 14,
1823, relating the efforts he had made for the recovery of her property, and his
final, though partial, success. This letter, with the letter of Mrs. Treat, to winch
it is an answer, may appear in Appendix G.
t For the Pedigree of Dorothy Wentworth, see page 168.
FAMILY OF MATTHEW GILES,
OF DOVER, N. H.
841.
MATTHEW GILES 1 was of Dover, 1G43; was taxed there, 1648.
Our knowledge of him is very limited. We know not of any connection
between him, and the persons already mentioned in this volume. Even
the name of his wife has not come down to us. Nearly all that the
compiler has been able to gather respecting him, and his descendants
for three or four generations, is derived from the researches of Rev.
Alonzo Hall Quint, pastor at Jamaica Plain, near Boston, but now
Chaplain of the Second Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers, as pub-
lished in the Genealogical Register, Vol. VI., p. 259, and elsewhere.
Of fifty-six persons taxed in Dover, Oct. 19, 1648, Matthew Giles
was rated the highest, being put down as worth £294.10. The whole
amount taxed that year, in Dover, was £4062.4.
He lived at Oyster River, then a part of Dover, but now the town
of Durham; was taxed there, 1657-1666. His inventory was entered
in the Probate Court, June 30, 1668, and he probably died not long
before.
At a Court held for the County of York, July 3, 1660, Matthew Giles
had a cause as Plaintiff versus Matthews. [York Judicial Court
Records, Vol. II., 36.
842.
Mark Giles, 2 probably son of Matthew, preceding, was of Cochecho
[Dover], 1666-1675; was mortally wounded by a party of seven or
eight Indians, at Dover, Aug. 11, 1704, when his son John was also
killed. [Penhallow's Indian Wars, Cincinnati edition, 1859, p. 35.
Penhallow does not give the name of the son, and states that the son
was wounded. But Quint says that John, son of Mark, was killed,
Aug. 11, 1704.
Mark Giles 2 had two sons —
843. tMark.s
844. tJohn.3
843.
Mark Giles, 3 son of Mark, 2 lived at Dover, and was constable
there, in 1710. His wife w r as Sarah . Their children were —
845. Abigail, 4 b. July 18, 1698; m. Nathaniel Lamos. Their dau. Deliverance
m. Stephen Varney.
]52 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
846. Ann, 4 b. Oct. 1, 1702.
847. tiMark, 4 b. June 28, 1706 ; m. Lydia Tebbets.
848. Paul, 4 b. Dec. 1, 1708.
849. Sarah, 4 b. April 9, 1711.
850. Esther, 4 b. Nov. 21, 1713.
844.
John Giles, 3 brother of the preceding, and son of Mark.* Lived in
Dover, and was killed at the same time with his father, Aug. 11, 1704.
His wife was Mary . They had one son —
851 John, 4 b. Sept. 30, 1703.
847.
Mark Giles, 4 son of Mark 3 and Sarah Giles, was of Dover; m.
Lydia Tebbets, b. Aug. 4, 1704, dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth Tebbets.
Their children were —
852. Elizabeth, 5 b. Vlav 2, 1737.
853. Mark, 5 b. June 22, 1739.
854. Lvdia, 5 b. Dec. 15, 1741.
855. Paul, 5 b. July 20, 1743.
856. Joseph, 5 b. May 22, 1746.
[Was there a son Daniel, older than any of these ?]
Thus far we are sustained by the Dover Records, and have gone on
safe ground. As to what remains, I have this to say — the information
is authentic, and the facts are in themselves true ; but their connection
with the preceding schedule is not so easy to ascertain. I have written
to Durham, Rochester, Northwood, and Concord, in the State of New
Hampshire : and to Sanford, Alfred, and Boothbay in the State of
Maine, in all which towns descendants of Matthew Giles are supposed
to have a present abode ; but from none of them have I obtained satis-
factory answers to my inquiries. From Durham, Rochester and North-
wood, no reply whatever was received. Concord and Boothbay alone
furnished any information which I can use. I have also made inquiries
of persons residing in Boston who bear the name, and are presumed to
be descendants of this family. They have readily given what informa-
tion they possessed ; but it did not connect itself immediately with the
preceding ; several links were wanting.
The information which follows may be useful to some future genealo-
gist, who may undertake the work which I am now compelled to leave
in an unfinished and fragmentaiy state.
857. Benjamin Giles was a member of the Council of New Hamp-
shire, one year, 1776. He resided in Newport, N. H, and died Dec.
9, 1787, a. 70. [See Belknap's History of New Hampshire, p. 413.]
He may have been a son of Mark Giles. 3
858. Richard Giles of Londonderry enlisted, April 19, 1775, as a
private in Capt. Ephraim Corey's Company, in Col. William Prescott's
regiment. [Massachusetts Archives.
859. Mark Giles of Salem was a private in Capt. Benjamin
Bowne's Company, in Col. Thomas Gardner's regiment. Enlisted,
May, 1775. [Ibid.
FAMILY OF MATTHEW GILES. 153
860. John Giles of Sanford, Me., was a private in Capt. Samuel
Leighton's Company, in Col. Ebenezer Francis's Regiment, October and
November, 1776, at Dorchester Heights. [Massachusetts Archives.
John Giles of Sanford received, May 10, 1781, a bounty of £60,
on engaging to serve in the Continental Army three years. [Ibid.
861. Daniel Giles of Sanford, Me., and Joseph Giles, Jun., of same,
place, were privates in Capt. John Smith's Company, which marched
upon the "Lexington Alarm," April, 1775. [Ibid.
862. Joseph Giles of Sanford was a private, Paul Giles of San-
ford was a corporal, in Capt. Morgan Lewis's Company — same " alarm."
[Ibid.
Paul Giles and Daniel Giles, both of Sanford, enlisted, May 3, 1775,
as privates, in Capt. Joshua Bragdon's Company, in Col. James Seam-
mon's regiment. Both " enlisted in the Train, or Battery of Artillery,
June 3." These were enlisted for eight months. [Ibid.
Paul Giles of Boothbay was a private in a company of foot, sta-
tioned at Boothbav, from July 14 to Dec. 31, 1775 ; also, from April 2
to Dec. 5, 1776. [Ibid.
Paul Giles of Sanford, and Paul Giles of Boothbay, were undoubt-
edly the same individual. I think he did not stay long at Boothbay,
but settled at Lee, N. H., where he was a farmer, trader, and inn-
holder, and where he died in 1824, a. 84. It seems highly probable
that he was the son of Mark 4 and Lydia (Tebbets) Giles, b. July 20,
1743, as set forth in the preceding schedule [855]. Capt. Paul Giles*
of Lee, N. H., had six children, of whom only one was married and had
a family, viz. : —
863. tPaul, 6 b. Oct. 4, 1790; m. Sally Randall.
863.
Paul Giles, 6 son of Capt. Paul Giles 5 of Lee, N. H. ; b. Oct. 4,
1790; m. Sally Randall, b. Aug. 3, 1789, dau. of Job Randall.
He d. Jan. 16, 1855, ae. 65.
Their children — -all b. in Lee, N. H. — were
864. Paul, 7 b. Nov. 29, 1812 ; farmer; lives in Durham, N. H.
865. William, 7 b. Sept. 19, 1814; farmer; lives in Kingston, N. H.
866. John, 7 b. Oct. 24, 1816 ; farmer; d. Sept. 9, 1857.
867. Susan, 7 b. Sept. 19, 1819; m. Edwin Stevens. They live in Durham,
N. H., and have two sons and two daughters.
868. Elizabeth, 7 b. June 2, 1822 ; unmarried ; d. Sept. 22, 1838.
869. Sally, 7 b. Nov. 21, 1824 ; supposed unmarried ; d. Jan. 6, 1853.
870. Charles H , 7 b. Sept. 24, 1827; carriage-smith; lives in Concord, N. H. ;
m. , onlv child of William and Mary (Campbell) Goudy, of
Wakefield, N. H. Thev have had—
871. William H., 8 b." Aug. 9, 1852 ; d. July 30, 1854.
872. Charles H., 8 b. Jan.' 9, 1859.
873. Job R., 7 b. Aug. 6, 1829; carriage-smith; in June, 1860, had one child,
three years old.
874. Joseph, 7 b. June 2, 1832 ; d. Jan. 6, 1856.
The following was received from Boothbay, in June, 1862 : —
862.
Joseph Giles came to Boothbay, Me., from York. [This means, I
presume, from Sanford, in the County of York.] He married Martha
154 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
Pinkham, before he came here. He bought a farm, near a place called
" The Oven's Mouth," in Boothbay. He was a Revolutionary soldier,
and a farmer. He died about the year 1821, aged about 84. [This
date, being given from memory, after the lapse of forty years, may not
be perfectly accurate. Joseph Giles of Boothbay was, probably, the
brother of Capt. Paul Giles of Lee, and son of Mark 4 and Lydia
(Tebbets) Giles of Dover [856]. If so, he was b. May 22, 1746.
If he d. in 1821, he was then 75 years of age. If he was 84 when he
died, he d. in 1830. Such a mistake in dates might easily be made.]
The children of Joseph and Martha (Pinkham) Giles were —
875. Paul, 6 ; unm. ; d. in the hospital when a young man, — the effect of
a broken leg.
876. Martha, 6 ; m. Ebenezer Sawyer, and removed to Isle au Haut,
on the coast of Maine. They had several children, of whom one was
Betsey, who lived in Boothbay some years, m. John Bacon, and moved
to New Hampshire.
877. Mary, 6 ; m. Regulus Cunningham. They moved to Edgecotnb,
Me., where they lived to an advanced age. They had three sons and
a number of daughters.
878. Abigail, 6 ; m. Benjamin Pinkham, a farmer, of Boothbay.
879. Joseph, 5 ; m. Sally Reed of Boothbay, and mrved to St. George, Me.
They had several children. He d. of disease of the heart, dropping
down dead instantly.
880. tSamuel, 6 b. ul Boothbay, 1776; m. Elizabeth Sherman.
881. John, 6 m. Mary Tebbets of Boothbay, and lived on a farm adjoining that
of his father. He lived to an advanced age, fell on the ice, and died
immediately. He had several children, some of whom are yet living.
882. Ann, 6 m. Mark Tebbets of Boothbay. They resided successively in
Boothbay, Richmond, Me., and Boston It is supposed that she is still
living. If so, she is the only survivor of the children of Joseph Giles.
883. Lydia, 6 m. John Tebbets of Boothbay. Had several children.
884. Hannah, 6 in. Isaac Lewis, a farmer, of Boothbay. She lived and died in
Boothbay.
880.
Samuel Giles, 6 third son of Joseph and Martha (Pinkham) Giles ;
b. 1776; m. Elizabeth Sherman of Boothbay; was a farmer, by
occupation, and spent his life in Boothbay. He was orderly sergeant
of a military company in the war of 1812. He was a member of the
Free-Will Baptist Church a number of years. He died of dropsy, Oct.
3, 1820, a. 44. His widow Elizabeth is still living, at an advanced
age, with her eldest son, on the homestead. She has been a member of
the Free- Will Baptist Church fifty years, or more.
Their children were —
Lydia,? b. Oct. 1, 1798 ; m. Jacob Toothakcr of Boothbay, Sept. 1, 1826.
Children —
886. Andrew D. (Toothaker), b. Sept. 8, 1827; d. Sept. 12, 1828.
887. Samuel G. (Toothaker), b. July 13, 1829; m. Annie E. Rines,
March 27, 1852. They reside in Charlestown, Mass. He is
in the service of the United States, in one of the gunboats.
88S. Sarah E. (Toothaker), b. Nov. 3, 1831 ; m. Charles Wylie,
Jan. 4, 1854. She had one son, and d. March 27, 1861."
889. Charles,? b. Nov. 12, 1801; m. 1, Martha McFarland of Bristol, Me.
She d. Aug. 29, 1851, a. 47. 2, Sarah N. Trask, a widow, of Wiscasset.
His children, all born in Boothbav, were, by first wife —
890. Mary J., 8 b. Aug. 29, 1826 ; m. Charles E. Sherman of Edge-
comb, Me., Sept. 8, 1850. They had two children, both now-
living. She d. of consumption, April 24, 1855.
885.
FAMILY OF MATTHEW GILES. 155
891. Aaron, 9 b. Nov. 23, 1827 ; drowned, Oct. 1, 1830.
892. William, 8 b. May 29, 1830 ; a mason by trade ; has been missing
several years.
893. Elizabeth A., 9 b. March 21, 1832; m. Jolin Wyhe, Sept. 16,
1855. Thev have one child, Rums.
894. Charlotte, 8 b. Jan. 5, 1835 ; m. John A. Knight of Edgecomb,
Me., March 8, 1858. Thev have two children.
895. Iinfus 8 b. Feb. 4, 1837 ; a mason by trade ; d. July 20, 1860.
896. Martha L., 8 b. Dec. 4, 1838 ; m. Isaac Pinkham of Boothbay,
Dec. 19, I860.
897. Harvey* b. Aug. 21, 1840; he is in the Fourth Regiment of
Maine Volunteers.
898. Emmarilla, 8 b. Oct. 9, 1843 ; bad a fever, at five years of age,
and took medicine, from the injurious effects of which her
legs have become contracted, so that she has not since stood
upright.
By second wife —
"899. Mary P., 8 b. Dec. 2, 1854.
900. Francis S., 8 b. Nov. 11, 1856.
Elizabeth, 7 b. Jan. 15, 1S07 ; resided in Boston, and was a member of the
Essex Street Church, 1824-1S28; m. John Bryer, a farmer, Nov. 20,
1828. Their children are —
902. Harriet S. (Bryer), b. Nov. 11, 1829; resides in Boston; a
seamstress.
903. Martha C. (Bryer), b. Nov. 19, 1831 ; m. John S. Knight, a
fisherman, of Westport, Me., Dec. 20, 1851. Children—
904. Leonard F., b. Dec. 3, 1852.
905. Olivia C, b. July, 1855.
906. Flora, b. Aug. 1857.
907. Delia W., b. Oct. 1859.
908. John, b. Jan. 1, 1862.
909. John (Bryer), b. Aujr. 15, 1834; a seaman ; m. Mary E. Segur
of Dresden, Me., Jan. 5, 1859. Thev have one son —
910. Jesse Herbert, b. Aug. 11, 1861.
911. Samuel G. (Bryer), b. Dec. 23, 1836 ; by occupation formerly a
housewright, but now seaman on board barque Kingfisher,
employed by the United States, in the Gulf of Mexico.
912. Charles A. (Bryer), b. April 17, 1839; a mason ; lives in Booth-
bay.
913. Elizabeth S. (Bryer), b. Jan. 14, 1842 ; teacher in Charlestown,
Mass.
914. Llewellyn R. (Bryer), b. Sept. 20, 1844.
Samuel, 7 b. 1809; a* blacksmith, went out South West as far as
Mississippi, and was a seaman when last heard from, which was thirty-
four years since.
Benjamin P., 7 b. July 15, 1811 ; lives in Boothbay; Justice of the Peace
since 1853 ; m. Mary Merry, Sept. 15, 1833. Their children are, all b.
in Boothbay —
917. George E., 8 b. Aug. 19, 1834; m. Margery Brewer, Nov. 3,
1854. Children—
918. Cleaveland, 9 b. Sept. 8, 1855 ; d. March 20, 1857.
919. Willie F., 9 b. Nov. 22, 1857.
920. Abby F., 9 b. Sept. 9, 1859.
921. Imogene, 9 b. Feb. 8, 1862.
922. Christa E., 8 b. May 31, 1836; m. William, C. Pinkham, Feb.
24, 1861.
923. Pad C,, 8 b. March 13, 1838; d. April 18, 1854.
924. John M., 8 b. October 2, 1841.
925. Frederic M., 8 b. April 25, 1843.
926. Henry K., 8 b. February 3, 1845.
927. Truman L. 8 b. July 27, 1847.
928. Byron D., 8 b. May 25, 1850.
929. James F. 8 b. January 3, 1852.
930. Benjamin M.* b. February 28, 1854.
15G THE GILES MEMORIAL.
931. Mary C. 8 b. March 27, 1856.
932. Edson C., 8 b. January 22, 1858.
930. Paul, 7 b. March 10, 1814; a housewright and joiner; m. Mary A. Pink-
ham, Feb. 14, 1839. Their children are—
934. Mary E., 8 b. May 26, 1840, m. James F. Matthews of Booth-
hav, March 22", 1862.
935. John P., 8 b. July 30, 1K41.
936. Charles E. 8 b. October 14, 1843; ha? furnished this account
of the descendants of his great-grandfather, Joseph Giles. 5
937. Lydia Ann 8 b. November 16, 1845.
938. Julia P. 8 b. April 16, 1848.
939. Albion P. 8 b. August 17, 1851.
940. Frank Lester 8 b. November 21, 1857.
941. Nellie, 9 b. February 22, 1860.
942. Elenzar S., 7 !>. April 1. 1816 ; Captain ; m. Syrena Tebbetts, Oct. 28, 1841.
Children — all b. in Boothbay —
943. Sarah E. 8 b. September 1, 1842.
944. Joseph R. 8 b. Julv 27, 1845.
945. Helen J. 8 b. April 28, 1850.
946. Norman P , 8 b. June 1, 1853.
947. Samuel F. 8 b. November 6, 1855.
948. James IF., 8 b. March 19, 1858.
949. Annie A. 8 b. March 2, 1862.
950. Martha, 7 b. ; m. Nathan Grcenleaf of Westport, Me., Septem-
ber, 1833. They had three sons and two daughters.
951. Susan, 7 b. April 29," 1821; m. 1, Jonas Knight of Westport, Me., Oct.
30, 1842. He was a seaman, and d. in Westport, Oct. 18, 1845. 2,
Moses Nason of Boothbay, where they lived some years, and then
moved to Edgecomb. Her children are —
952. James A. (Knight), b. September 17, 1843.
953. Ameer E. (Knight), b. June 26, 1845.
954. Ltjdia (Nason), b. October 2, 1847.
955. Elizabeth (NasonJ, b. January 27, 1849.
956. Albertine (Nason), b. October 13, 1851.
957. William J. (Nason), b. July 9, 1859.
The following was received from Concord, N. H. : —
958.
Daniel Giles* of Exeter, married Magotjn of Exeter,
went to Cape Breton with the Colonial forces, in the French war, and
was killed at the storming of the fort.
[This Daniel Giles may have been an elder son of Mark 4 and Lydia
Giles of Dover, born, perhaps, in 1732. See page 152. If so, and
if he was killed at the second capture of Louisburg, in 1758, by Am-
herst and Wolfe, he was 2G years of age at the time of his death.]
He left three children —
959. Daniel 6 ; m. ; was a Revolutionary soldier, and died in
the army. [Perhaps he was the Daniel Giles of Sanford, whose name
we have already noticed, as found in the Massachusetts Archives [860.]
He had one son —
960. James, m. Roberts, and settled in Vermont.
961. Sally, 6 d. young, and without issue.
962. Nicholas, 6 m. 1, Smith; 2, Hersey; settled in San-
bornton, N. II. His children were — by first wife —
963. Daniel, 7 d. young, and without issue.
964. Josiak, 7 m. " settled in Portsmouth, N. H. Children —
965. Susan, and 966. Dorothea, neither of whom had issue.
FAMILY OF MATTHEW GILES 157
967. Benjamin, 7 d. young. 971. Tabitha, 7 d. young.
968. Elijah, 7 d. young. 972. Reuben, 7 d. young.
969. Susan, 7 d. young. 973. Abigail. 7
970. Sally 7 d. young.
974. Nicholas 7 m. Emerson ; settled in Sanbornton, N. H.
Children—
975. Emerson, 8 m. Blake; settled in Sanborn-
ton, N. H., and had five children —
976. Mary E. 9 977. Cyrus. 9 978. Albert. 9
979. Frank Nicholas. 9 980. Helen. 9
981. Sally, s
982. Josiah, 8 m. Spaulding ; settled in Connecti-
cut, and had four children —
983. Charles S. 9 985. Charlotte. 9
984. William H. 9 986. Josiah E. 9
987. Moses, 8 d. young.
988. Nicholas 8 ; lives in Concord, N. H, and furnished
thw account.
989. Reuben, 8 m. Stanvan, and settled in Laconia,
N. H.
Children of Nicholas Giles 6 [962], by second wife —
990. Daniel 7 991. Betsey. 7
Nicholas Giles 8 [988] of Concord, N. H., who furnished this ac-
count, believes his great-grandfather, Daniel Giles, 5 was a descendant
of Mark Giles of Dover.
The following was received from Mr. Alonzo M. Giles of Boston : —
992.
Nathaniel Giles settled in Nottingham, N. H. He had three
sons.
993. Nathaniel, m. , probably in North wood, N. H.
[Nathaniel Giles of Northwood, m., April 7, 1805, Mary Hoit, dau. of
Daniel and Mary Hoit of that place. [Hoyt Genealogy.]
994. John, m. Phebe Kenniston of Brooktield, N. H. He d. about 1827.
They were the parents of —
995. John C, b. in Northwood, N. H, now living in Somerville, near
Boston. He is the father of —
996. John French Giles, a printer, of Somerville, who
was a private in the Somerville Light Infantry,
Company I. of the Fifth Regiment of Massachu-
setts Volunteers — three months' men. This Com-
pany was in the battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861.
997. Joseph J. Giles, of Somerville, was a private in the
same Company, at same time, and was, perhaps,
a brother of John.
998. Joseph, drowned in Saco river.
999. Charles. 1000. Mehitable. 1001. Phebe. 1002. Betsey.
1003. Charles, b. 1770; d. 1822, a. 62. Resided in Brookfield, N. II.; m. 1,
Catharine Piper of Tuftonborough, N. H; 2, Mary Warren of Brook-
field, N. H, who is now living.
Children by first wife —
1004. Shepard. 1007. Maria. 1009. Charles.
1005. Hannah. 1008. Lois. 1010. Betsey.
1006. Stephen.
Children by second wife —
1011. Sias Munroe.
1012. Alonzo Madison ; resides at No. 1 Snowhill Street, Boston ; su-
perinte dent of the Boston Gas Works ; has been two years
a Representative of Boston, in the Legislature of Massa-
chusetts.
1013. Sophronia. 1015. Lorenzo. 1017. John.
1014. Mahala. 1016. Chanddar. 1018. Livonia.
158 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
[1019. Benjamin Giles m. Lucinda Hoit, b. Oct. 19, 1807, dau, of Philip Hoit, of
Northwood, N. H., brother of Mary Hoit, who was the wife of Nathaniel
Giles, above. [Hoyt Genealogy.
1021.
Paul Giles came from New Hampshire, and settled in Belfast, Me..
about 1810. His wife was Elizabeth Webster of Boseawen, N. H.
He was a tanner by trade, and died in 1824, being lost in the wreck
of a vessel from St. John, N. B., bound for Belfast.
His children were —
1022. Chandler, unmarried ; a seaman ; d. of yellow fever, beyond sea.
1023. Plummer, unmarried ; a sailmaker and seaman.
1024. Susan, m. Cant. Josiah Simpson of Belfast, a shipmaster.
1025. Hannah, m. Robert Quimby of Belfast.
1026. Olive, m. William T. Colburn of Belfast,
1027. Charles, m. Eunice Bass Salmon of Belfast. He was a private in the
Fourteenth Regiment of Maine Volunteers, and was killed, Aug. 5, 1862,
in the attack made by the rebel forces on Baton Rouge, La. His widow
resides in Boston. Children —
1028. Julia Antoinette, b. June 22, 1844.
1029. Edwin Paul, b. August 12, 1849.
1030. Florence, b. Februarv 11, 1853.
OTHER PERSONS OF THE NAME OF GILES.
GILES is not a common name in this country. It appears evident
that most of the persons by whom it is borne are descendants, either of
Edward Giles 1 of Salem, or of Matthew Giles 1 of Dover, N. H.
Most of the living descendants of Thomas Gyles of Pemaquid, of James
Gyles of New Jersey, and of John Gyles of Boston, bear other names.
Mr. James Savage, in his great work, the Genealogical Dictionary,
which includes the first three generations of New England people, gives
no information of any other persons of this name, than those mentioned
in the foregoing pages.
Nevertheless, the compiler of this volume has found the names of
some persons bearing this name, whom he cannot connect with the lines
of pedigree already drawn, and who must therefore be noticed in this
place.
On the 13th page of this volume, a deed is quoted, which is found
on record in the Essex Registry, at Salem, liber 21, folio 30. In that
deed, which is dated Feb. 8, 1708-9, John Giles of Beverly, "for love,
good-will and natural affection," conveys to his son Eleazar Giles, and
his son-in-law, John Wheeler, a certain parcel of land in Beverly,
" formerly belonging to my father-in-law John Giles of the town and
county aforesaid."
There are three suppositions touching this record, which may be
entertained: 1. There was, living in Salem, between 1650 and 1670,
a man bearing the name of John Giles. Two grave objections
exist to this supposition : first, in no other record is such a man men-
tioned ; secondly, " for the sake of natural affection," is it likely that
land, once belonging to John Giles, father of the first wife, should be
given to the grandchildren of John Galley, father of the second wife,
while a child of the first wife was yet living? 2. By a clerical error
in the record, the name of John Giles is put for Thomas Giles. It has
already been shown, pp. 7, 101, that, in 1650, there was a Thomas Giles
in Salem, whose daughter became the wife of Thomas Very of Glouces-
ter. Not improbably, another daughter was the first wife of John Giles
of Beverly. 3. By a clerical error in the record, the name of John
Giles is put for John Galley. On this supposition the property of
John Galley was transmitted to his grandchildren ; which would seem
altogether the natural and proper course.
After much consideration, I adopt the last of these suppositions.
Such a clerical blunder could not well occur in these more careful days.
But clerical blunders are sometimes found in the early records. E. g.,
in another deed, dated in 1706, and recorded in the same Salem Regis-
try, [37 : 193] Ebenezer Giles is put for Eleazar Giles. Such things
are sore vexations to the genealogist.
160 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
But who could be the father of Daniel Gyles of Salem, fisherman,
who was skipper of the ketch Margaret of Salem, and was taken at
Canso, Sept. 17, 1G89, hy two French frigates?
Who was the father of Robert Gyles, who m. Margaret Barrett, in
Boston, Feb. 17, 1692-3?
Who was the father of Elizabeth Giles of Billerica, who was m. to
Jonathan Baker of Woburn, Jan. 3, 1694-5? The bridegroom was b.
in Woburn, April 2. 1674. [Wob. Records.
"John, son of Valentine and Mary Giles of Boston, was b. Aug. 10,
1680." [Boston Records.] Who was the father of Valentine Giles?
These persons may have been children or grandchildren of early
emigrants to this country, perhaps of the John Giles of Salem men-
tioned in the deed from John Giles of Beverly, quoted above, if there
was such a man ; or of Thomas Gyles of Salem, or of Matthew Giles
of Dover. Another supposition may be made, viz., that they them-
selves were recent emigrants from England. But this is less probable.
We find a Francis Gyles, in Boston, between the years 1712 and 1725.
He was a " perri wig-maker." Pie bought, Nov. 25, 1712, for £125, "a
piece of pasture land fronting northerly on Bennet Street in Boston 40
feet, and 102 feet in depth." [Surf. Deeds, 26 : 274.] May 1, 1713,
for £80, he bought another piece of pasture land fronting northerly on
Bennet Street, there measuring 30 feet, and 70 feet in depth. [Ibid,
27 : 124.] The second piece of land he sold, Nov. 28, 1719, for £134,
in Bills of Credit. [Ibid, 34 : 117.] The first piece of land he sold,
Oct, 6, 1725, for £160, current money of New England, to Peter
Papillon,* of Boston, merchant. [Ibid, 40 : 229.] No house is men-
tioned.
I find no other mention of Francis Gyles in any document.
In the Mass. Archives, Vol. 63, 341-394, is a voluminous account of
several trials for piracy, before a Court held in Boston, May 12, 1724,
and some days after. The following facts appear from this record : John
Fillmore, Isaac Lassen, Henry Gyles, Charles Ivemey, John Bootman, Ed-
ward Cheeseman, John Coombs, and Henry Payne, also John Baptiste
and Peter Tatfery, were put on trial for piracy, charged with having plun-
dered sundry vessels, ten or twelve in number, whose names are men-
tioned, and whose cases are particularly described. It appeared that
all these ten men were found on board of a piratical vessel, commanded
by the notorious pirate, John Phillips. But the indictment and their
trial seems to have been jjro forma, for the purpose of establishing their
innocence, and for the purpose also of bringing out the real facts of the
case, which were to be used for the conviction of the actual pirates ; for
it was clearly proved that the ten men above named were taken by
force out of vessels pursuing an innocent business, and that they con-
tinued in the piratical craft only through compulsion. Andrew llarra-
dine [Haraden] master of the sloop Squirrel [of Annisquam] deposed
that he was taken by John Phillips the pirate, April 14, 1724, about
twelve leagues southeast of the Isle of Sables. He related the particu-
* In June, 1722, Capt. Peter Papillon commanded a ship, fitted out by the Gov-
ernment of Massachusetts, to go in quest of pirates who had been seen" off Block
Island. [Drake's History of Boston, p. 564.
OTHER PERSONS OF THE NAME. 161
lars of the capture, and fully exonerated the ten men mentioned above
from any voluntary connection therewith. His testimony being con-
firmed by that of others, these men were acquitted. They were then
admitted to give evidence against the surviving real pirates, William
Phillips, William White, John Eose Archer, and William Taylor,
who were accordingly found guilty. It appeared that John Fillmore
and Henry Gyles were taken, Feb. 7, 1724, out of a ship bound from
London for Virginia, and compelled by the pirate, Capt. John Phillips,
to serve on board his own vessel. The other acquitted men were taken
out of other vessels, and "forced to go with the pirates," being threatened
with instant death if they refused : Phillips presenting a loaded pistol,
and uttering the most violent language to them. John Nutt, the master
[sailing-master] of the pirate vessel, obliged Henry Gyles to keep a
journal, " he being an artist," [or man of some education.] But " he
was always contriving to get away," and often told Fillmore and Cheese-
man that he would escape, if possible. After the capture of the Squirrel,
a plan was formed for retaking the vessel, and subduing the pirates.
The parties to this design were Haraden, Fillmore, Gyles, Lassen,
Ivemey, Bootman, also Edward Cheeseman, an English ship-carpenter.
Cheeseman threw overboard Nutt, the sailing-master. Fillmore struck
John Burrell, the boatswain, on the head with the carpenter's broad
axe, while Haraden and others dispatched the Captain (John Phillips)
and James Sparks the gunner. Lassen took hold of Capt. Phillips's
arm, and held him, when Haraden struck him with an adze on the
head and killed him. Lassen was an Indian man who had been by the
pirates taken out of a schooner, near Newfoundland, and forced to join
them. John Baptiste and Peter Taffery were Frenchmen, and, not
being well acquainted with the English tongue, had a separate trial, but
were acquitted. John Rose Archer [aged 27] and William White
[aged 22] were executed on Bird Island, in Boston Harbor, June 2,
following. Thus far the Archives.
Babson has given an account of this affair, in his History of Gloucester,
pp. 286-288. Drake has also noticed it in his History of Boston, p.
570. There is, moreover, an account furnished by Fillmore himself
printed at Aurora, N. Y., in 1837, and copied, with additions, into the
Genealogical Register, Vol. XL, pp. 62-G4. These several accounts
are incomplete, and do not perfectly harmonize, though they agree in
the essential facts. E. g., Fillmore say? — " Harridon was so overcome
with fear that he durst not engage to assist ;" and again, " Harridon.
being overcome with fear, could not conceal his trepidation." Whereas
it appears from the evidence given at the trial, as well as from the
account published in the Bostou Gazette, May 4, 1724, only two days
after the arrival of the pirate vessel in Boston, that Haraden struck
down Philips with an adze and killed him.
Fillmore's account was drawn up many years after the affair, and
apparently from memory : whereas the account given on the trial was
while the transaction was but a few days old.*
* John Fillmore, who is repeatedly mentioned above, was b. in Ipswich, March
18, 1702, m. Mary Spiller of that town, Nov. 28, 1724, and soon after removed to
Franklin, Ct., then a part of Norwich, where he d. Feb. 22, 1777, a. 75. By second
wife, Dorcas Dav, he had Nathaniel, b. March 20, 1739-40, who was father of
ii
]C2 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
The Squirrel was taken by Phillips, April 14, 1724. The next day,
Phillips and his whole crew, ten in all, besides the impressed men, went
on board the prize, a fine new vessel, with all their stores. The same
day, Haraden, with several other prisoners, conspired to destroy the
pirates and deliver themselves. Upon the 18th of the same month,
this design was executed by the eight men who were privy to it. The
four principal pirates — the officers- — were killed in a few minutes' time ;
four others submitted, and were brought into port as prisoners. The
vessel arrived iti Boston, May 3. Two pirates, William White, and
John Rose Archer, were executed on Bird Island ; the others were sent
to England, and executed there.*
I have not been able to ascertain to what place Henry Gyles belonged,
or whether he had any connection with the Giles families settled in
America.
We find the following in the Massachusetts Archives.
Samuel Giles of Swanzey, Mass., enlisted for the war in the Six-
teenth Massachusetts (Col. Henry Jackson's) regiment of Continental
troops, and served 4G months and 21 days.
Samuel Giles was a private in a company of militia from the County
of Berkshire, October 11 to October 28, 1781, who marched to reinforce
Gen. Stark. See p. 34, note.
Samuel Giles was, in June, 177G, drafted to go to Nantasket to drive
the ships out of Boston harbor.
Thomas Giles of Boston enlisted, March 11, 1780, as a private in
Col. Sheldon's regiment of dragoons, during the war. See p. 44, note.
David Giles was a seaman on board the brig Hazard, commanded by
Capt. John F. Williams, in the service of the State of Massachusetts
Bay, from July 10, 1 779, to Sept. G, 1779, one month, 28 days.
James Giles was a private in a regiment which marched about Oct.
1. 1777, to reinforce Gen. Gates's army. Service, from Sept. 2G to
Nov. 9. See p. 16, note.
From the Boston Records.
Emanuel Perero and Elizabeth Gyles married in Boston, Nov. 30.
1739, by Rev. Thomas Prince.
Michael Butler and Jane Gyles married in Boston, Jan. 11, 1753, by
Rev. Dr. Henry Caner of King's Chapel.
Thomas Giles and Anne Evans m. in Boston. Dec. 10, 1752, by
Rev. William Hooper of Trinity Church.
Nicholas Nay and Anne Gyles m. in Boston, July 5, 1773, by Rev.
Mather Byles of Christ Church.
Edward Langford and Mary Gyles m. in Boston, June 9, 1761, by
Rev. Samuel Checkley of the New South Church.
Hannah Gyles d. in Boston, Feb. 1773. See p. 121.
Nathaniel, b. in Bennington, Vt., April 19, 1771, who was father of Millard
Fillmore, b. in Locke, N. Y ., Jan. 7, 1800, Ex-President of the United States.
| Genealogical Register, Vol. XL, pp. 141-145.
* Drake's History of Boston says — Six pirates submitted, who were tried, con-
demned and executed. The Genealogical Register, at the place quoted, says, three
were executed in Boston, June 2, and three executed in England. The Archives
speak of only four tried in Boston, and two executed there.
OTHER PERSONS OF THE NAME. 163
Mrs. Giles d. in Boston, April, 1795, a. 70.
Miss Maria Gyles d. in Boston, June, 1791, a. 20.
Mary Gyles d. in Boston, June 27, 1791, a. 20, "grand-dau. of Mr.
Warland."
Margaret Giles d. in the Alms House, Boston, May 21, 1805, a
native of Rhode Island. See p. 38, [156.]
Hitty Giles d. in the Alms House, Boston, May 13, 1811, a. 27.
Mary Giles d. in Boston, Sept. 2, 1814, a. 77, of old age. Buried
in the Atkins tomb, Old Burying Ground.
Charles Giles d. in Boston, April 12, 1811, a. 2.
Lydia Giles d. in Boston, Oct. 19, 1812, a. 23, in family of Widow
White.
Edward, son of Edward Giles, d. in Boston, Jan. 27, 1815, a, 8
months.
John Giles d. in Boston, Nov. 26, 1805, a. 33. Probably a native
of England.
Hannah Giles d. in Boston, Aug. 12, 1805, a. 26, wife of John Giles,
a native of Plymouth, Eng.
The will of Charles Giles of Boston, mariner, is dated Aug. 8, 1800 ;
proved, Dec. 22, 1801; recorded, Suff. Prob. 99 : 604. Gives to Rob-
ert Woodson of Boston, laborer, all his wages and money, which shall
be found due ; also his chest, clothing, &c. Signs with his mark X •
Probably a native of England.
Ira Giles, a farmer, m. Sarah Leland, b. 1808, dau. of William and
Reliance (Higgins) Leland. They live in Mariaville, Me. [Leland
Genealogy, p. 160.
John Giles, of New Market, N. J., m. Nov. 6, 1824, Sarah R. Morse,
b. May 30, 1804, dau. of Anthony Morse. [Morse Genealogy, p. 136,
At Gainesville, N. Y., July 28, 1854, Miss Lydia Giles was riding
out with her brother and sister, when the horse suddenly started, and
threw the party out. Lydia's dress caught in the top of the carriage,
and she was thus drawn, head downwards, near half a mile. She
survived about three hours. [Papers of the day.
There was a Daniel Giles in Lincoln, Mass., in 1855. [Ibid.
" Died, in New Salem, Mass., Eeb. 20, 1860, Hannah, widow of
Daniel Giles, aged 84." [Ibid.
Rev. John Giles, b. in Caerleen, Monmouthshire, Eng., 1758, was
one of the ministers of Newburyport, where he d. Sept. 28, 1824, a. 66.
He was a flaming democrat ; used to pray for the success of " thy ser-
vant Napoleon " ! ! He preached a East Sermon, which his people greatly
admired, and which was published. It was proved to be a wholesale
plagiarism from one of Tom Paine's political tracts! This was his only
attempt at authorship.*
* Rev. John Allen Giles, D. C. L. [Doctor of the Civil Law] is a clergyman of
the Church of England, and formerly Fellow of Corpus Christi College, "Oxford.
He is a very learned man. He edited many of the works included in the " Patro-
logiae Cursus Completus," of J. P. Migne, a vast collection of about sixteen hun-
dred Latin Ecclesiastical writers, mostly of the Romish Church, who flourished
during the first twelve centuries of the Christian era. This Collection is in the
Boston Public Library. The Compiler made a Catalogue of it in 1858; it forms a
part of the General Catalogue.
1G4 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
Rev. Henry Giles is a distinguished lecturer, residing. I believe, in
Bucksport, Me. I think he is a native of England.
Judge Giles, of the United States Circuit Court for the District of
Maryland, decided, in July, 1859, the famous India Rubber Case of
Horace H. Day of New York, and others, versus John Stellman and
others, involving the right to the manufacture and sale of India Rubber
fabrics, under a patent granted to Charles Goodyear, for fourteen years,
in 1844, and renewed for seven years more, in 1858.
From the Massacliv setts Register for 1862.
Charles II. Giles, Salem, was a private in the Mechanic Light
Infantry, Company A., in the Fifth Regiment of Massachusetts Volun-
teers, 1861. These were three months' men. This company was in
the battle of Bull Bun, July 21, 1861.
Nathan R. Giles of Newburyport was a private in the dishing
Guards, Company A, in the Eighth Regiment of Massachusetts Volun-
teers, of three months' men, in 1861. Now, 1862, musician in the
Twentieth Regiment.
Eleazar Giles of Beverly was Second Lieutenant of the Beverly
Light Infantry, Company E, in the same Regiment. See p. 43.
Isaac W. Giles of Attleborough is a sergeant in Company I, (Dean
Guards) in the Seventh Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers, three
years' men.
George W. Giles of Attleborough is a private in Company C, in
the Twenty-Sixth Regiment, Col. Jones.
Charles II. Giles of Lawrence is a private in Company F, same
Regiment.
Israel Giles of Salem is a private in Company A, in the Nineteenth
Regiment.
John H. Giles of South Danvers is a private in Company II, same
Regiment.
Edward Giles of Marblehead is a private in Company II, in Twen-
ty-Fourth Regiment.
E. A. Giles of New Salem is a private in Company B, in the
Twenty-Seventh Regiment.
Sumner S. Giles of Athol is a private in Company E, in the
Thirtieth 'Regiment.
Tradition reports that a branch of the Giles family settled in
Portsmouth, Virginia. Capt. Samuel Giles, of Gloucester [254] on a
certain voyage, had, as a passenger, an individual of this Giles family of
Virginia, and learned from him that his own family and that of- Capt.
Giles, were originally one. But how much this information was worth,
cannot now be ascertained.
I copy the following from Allen's Biographical Dictionary, for the
information of my readers ; though I do not think that the Giles family
will derive any additional lustre from so unsound a statesman, and so
unscrupulous a politician.
" Giles, William Branch, governor of Virginia, was for many years
a member of Congress. He was a Representative, as early as 1796.
In 1802, he voted for the repeal of the judiciary law; and in 1812 he
voted for the war. He was elected to the Senate in January, 1811,
OTHER PERSONS OF THE NAME. 165
and resigned his office in October, 1815. He was again a candidate for
election to the Senate, in 1825 ; but his rival, Mr. Randolph, was
chosen. In 1826, he was chosen Governor, and continued in office till
1829. He died at his residence, the Wigwam, in Amelia County,
December 8, 1830, at an advanced age. He published a Speech on
the embargo law, 1808 ; in November, 1813, Political Letters to the
People of Virginia; a Series, signed A Constituent, in the Richmond
Enquirer of January, 1818, against the Plan for General Education ; in
April, 1824, a singular Letter of Invective against President Monroe
and Henry Clay, for their 4 hobbies ' — ' the South American Cause, the
Greek Cause, Internal Improvements, and the Tariff.' In November,
1825, he addressed a Letter to Chief Justice Marshall, disclaiming the
expressions, but not the general sentiments, in regard to Washington,
ascribed to him in the Debate of 1796, in [Marshall's] Life of Wash-
ington, V., 722."
There is a Giles County in Virginia, and one in Tennessee.
Thomas Giles was b. at Shipton Mallet, Somersetshire, England.
He left that place, married a Guy, and settled at Tilbury, Gloucester-
shire, Eng. They had eight children, viz.: Thomas, who came to
America, and d. a few years since at Pulaski, N. Y., a. 92 ; John, b.
March 7, 1777; Richard, never married, died about 1810; William,
came to America, and d. at Blackstone, R. I., about 1853 ; Mary, m. a
Vanstane, and d. at Tilbury, Eng. ; Sarah, m. a Mills ; Maria, m. a
McDonald ; Catharine, m. a Hume, and was supposed to be living in
London, in 1859. John Giles, the second of these children, b. 1777, m.
Betty Morse, who d. in England, about 1824. He came to America,
and d. at East Greenwich, R. I., about 1849, a. 72. They were the
parents of John Giles, b. in Tilbury, Eng., November 8, 1 802 ; removed
thence, when young, to Leicester, Eng. ; m. Maria Cooper, a native of
Leicester; came to America, about 1820; father of Maria, b. 1822;
George, b. 1824; Edwin, b. 1826; John T., b. 1830. John Giles,
father of the last-named children, was living in Woodstock, Ct. in 1859.
The following persons reside in Wisconsin : —
Hiram H. Giles, Stoughton, Dane Co., State Senator in 1857.
Sylvester Giles, same place.
Emerson F. Giles, same place.
Joseph Giles, Sheriff, Jefferson, Jefferson Co.
John Giles, Milwaukee.
Robert Giles, Milwaukee.
William Giles, Juneau.
Mrs. Elizabeth Giles, Spring Green, Walworth Co.
Robert Ross Gyles, Madison, Dane Co.
Mrs. Mary Gyles Gault, his daughter, same place.
. The following persons reside in Chicago, Illinois : —
Charles Giles, Richard Giles, Thomas W. Giles, William Giles.
To about half of these persons, in Wisconsin and Illinois, I addressed
letters of inquiry, but received no answer.
166 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
ADDENDA.
Page 16, note. It is there stated, from the Salem Records, that
Eleazar Giles and Rebecca Muchmore, were married, January 27, 1 762.
Rebecca Giles, widow of Eleazar Giles, and dau. of Capt. John White,
with eight others, were drowned by the upsetting and sinking of the
Custom-House boat, in Salem harbor, June 17, 1773. It appears, from
the words in italics, that she was a widow when married to Eleazar
Giles, having had a first husband — Muchmore.
Family of John Giles 4 [62], pp. 37, 38.
April 3, 1755. John Giles of Medford, for £53.6.8 [=$177.78]
sold his house in Medford to Samuel Hall. [Midd. Deeds, 52 : 615.]
At this time, or soon after, probably, he removed to Woburn.
His son Edward Giles 5 [153] had the following six children: —
153£. Susanna," 1). 1752. See p. 38.
154. Hannah, 6 b 1754. See p. 38.
tEdward, 6 b. about 1756 ; m. 1, Martha Kinnon ; 2, Roxana Loomis.
John, 6 b. about 1758 ; never married.
155. Mary, 6 b. 1760; in. Joseph Nash. See p. 38.
Margaret, 6 b. about 1763; m. Wilson; lived iD Windsor, Ct.
Of the two eldest daughters, Susanna and Hannah, one m. Pike.
and lived in Charlemont; the other m. Taylor, and lived in
Buckland. But which dau. was Mrs. Pike, and which was Mrs. Taylor,
the compiler does not know.
Edward Giles 6 lived in Charlemont, and had, by first wife, Martha
Kinnon —
Uohn, 7 b. in Charlemont, May 14, 1790; m. Almira Avery.
Margaret. 7
By second wife, Roxana Loomis, of Windsor, Ct. —
Whitman, 7 d. many years ago.
Henry, 7 supposed to "be still living in Charlemont.
Emily, 7 deceased.
Roxana, 7 supposed to be still living in Buckland.
John Giles, 7 son of Edward" and Martha (Kinnon) Giles, m. Almira
Avery, about 1812. She is still living. He d. in Hamilton, Ohio,
July 8, 1844. Their children were —
Chauncey, 8 b. May 11, 1813 ; a clergyman of the New Jerusalem Church,
in Cincinnati, able, influential, and respected.
Almira Avery, 8 b. March 4, 1817.
Caroline, 8 b. 1819.
James, 8 b. January 8, 1821.
Maria Avery, 8 b. - 1823.
Edward, 8 b. 1825.
Ellen Maria, 8 b. May, 1827 ; d. 1859.
Family of John Giles 4 [74], p. 40.
It is now ascertained, Nov. 1862, that John and Martha (Pitman)
Giles of Beverly had four children, who lived to mature years, and
three of them, at least, married, and had families. Their names arc —
ADDENDA. 167
John, 5 m. Mary Corning, and settled in New Salem, N. H.
Sarah, 5 m. John Ellemvood (of Beverly'?) and settled in Maine.
Edmund, 5 was a seafaring man ; what 'became of him, and whether he was mar-
ried, is not known.
Lydia, 5 m. Amos Merrill, and settled in Windham, N. H.
A mistake has probably been made on p. 40, in saying that John 5
[164] and Sarah 5 [164$] died in 1737. The only authority for say-
ing so is Col. Hale's MS., which affirms that John Giles lost three
children in 1737, but does not give their names. John and Sarah
lived to maturity, as has been now ascertained.
The children of John 5 and Mary (Corning) Giles of New Salem,
N. H., afterwards of Londonderry, N. II., were —
Mary, 6 b. Sept. 16, 1758 ; m. James Boyes, and settled in Londonderry.
Sarah, 6 h. Nov. 22, 1760 ; never married.
Ebenezer, 6 b. Feb. 8, 1763 ; lived and died in his native town, Londonderry ; was
a man of eminent piety.
Lydia, 6 b. April 3, 1765 ; m. William Boyes, and settled in Londonderry.
John, 6 b. April 2, 1767 ; lived in his native town, and died at an early age.
Elizabeth, 6 b. March 17, 1769; m. Capt. James Moore; settled in Dorchester,
N. H., and were parents of Dr. Ebenezer Giles Moure, an esteemed physician of
Concord, N. H. They died at an advanced age.
Samuel, 6 b. July 22, 1771.
Benjamin, 6 b. April 28, 1774.
Hannah, 6 b. Feb. 11, 1777 ; unmarried ; d. a. 18.
Nathaniel, 6 b. April 22, 1780; is now living in Danbury, N. H. Helms been
Deacon of the Baptist Church there many years.
May not Richard Giles of Londonderry (p. 152) have been con-
nected with this familv ?
Page 42. The widow of Capt. Eleazar Giles [91] was living in
1810.° Sarah Giles, Executrix of Eleazar Giles, late of Beverly,
mariner, for $50, sold, in 181 0, to the town of Salem, the landing-place
on the east side of Beverly Bridge. [Essex Deeds.
Page 61. In the revival of 1803, at Kingsborough, not only Samuel
Giles, but his wife and son Jennison, then eighteen years of age, be-
came pious. Both father and son are reckoned among those who have
contributed to give to the village of Gloversville its high character for
industry, thrift, and enterprise, as well as for morality and religion.
That village contained, in 1830, only fourteen dwelling-houses. It now
contains five hundred dwelling-houses, and three thousand inhabitants.
See p. 93. There are three houses of public worship, Congregational,
Baptist, and Methodist ; an Academy, Bank, and Printing Office, where
a newspaper is issued, called the Gloversville Standard. Samuel and
Jennison Giles, previous to 1830, owned a considerable part of its terri-
tory. From 1816 to 1828, it was generally, and appropriately, called
Stump City. A post-office being located there in 1828, it received, at
the suggestion of Jennison Giles, the more euphonious name of Glov-
ersville.
Page 81. Eben Giles was b. June 9, 1819. Philenda Beach was
born Oct. 4, 1786. There are no deacons in Presbyterian Churches.
Jennison Giles was a Deacon in the Kingsborough Church when it
168 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
was Congregational ; when it became Presbyterian, lie was chosen
Ruling Elder.
Page 86. Mary Orinda Vinton, originally named Mary Marshall
Vinton, dan. of the compiler of this volume, was married, Oct. 23, 1862,
to Henry Chase Stevens, of Centreville, a village in Barnstable.
Page 87. William Vinton Alden, brother-in-law of the compiler,
died of apoplexy, Oct. 22, 1862, a. 53. He was in usual health on the
morning of the 2<>th, and was struck down in a moment, while writing
at liis desk ; was conveyed to his residence in a state of insensibility,
and so remained till he expired, at 6 A. M., on the morning of the 22d.
Wentworth Pedigree. See page 150.
I. WILLIAM WENTWORTH' came from England and settle.! at Exeter,
N. H, as early as 1639. He was of the same family as Sir Thomas Wentworth,
earl of Strafford, the obnoxious minister of Charles I., "who was executed for treason
in 1641. He was one of the thirty-five men who combined at Exeter, Aug. 4, 1639,
" to erect and set up among themselves such a government as should be, according
to their best discerning, agreeable to the will of God." He removed to Dover
previous to 1650, and remained there till his death, March 16, 1696-7, at the age of
88, or upwards. He was a ruling elder in the church at Dover, and also preached
at Exeter and elsewhere, even when more than 80 years of age. His sons were,
Samuel, (father of John, 3 who was Lieut. Gov., 1717-1729, and grandfather by him
of Benning, 4 who was Governor, 1741-1766), Paul, John, Sylvester, Gershom,
Ephraim, Benjamin, Ezekiel.
II. Ezekiel Wentworth, 2 the last named of these sons, was taxed in Dover,
1672. His children were (Col.) Paul, Thomas, John, Gershom, Elizabeth, m. Brown,
Tamson, m. Hayes, William, Benjamin.
III. Benjamin Wentworth, 3 the youngest of these children, lived in Dover,
was a Captain in 1/22, and d. in 1731. His wife Elizabeth survived him 48 years,
and d. in Oct. 1779. Their children were— John, b. March 30, 1719; Elizabeth, b.
Feb. 15, 1721, m. Mark Wentworth ; Abigail, b. Feb. 12, 1723, m. Ichabod Rollins ;
Mary, b. July 29, 1725.
IV. John Wentworth, 4 the eldest of these children, lived in Dover, was Col.
of the Second New Hampshire Regiment, in 1772; Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives, after 1771 ; President of the First Revolutionary Convention, held in
Exeter, July 21, 1774; State Councillor, 1776-1781; Judge'of the Court of Com-
mon Pleas for Stratford County, 1773; Judge of the Superior Court, 1776-1781.
He d. May 17, 1781, a. 61. He m. 1, Dec. 9, 1742, Joanna Oilman, b. July 14,
1720, dau/of Judge Nicholas Oilman of Exeter; she d. April 3, 1750. 2, Oct. 16,
1750, Abigail Millet, dan. of Judge Thomas Millet of Dover ; she d. July 15, 1767,
a. 45. 3, June 1, 1768, Elizabeth ( Wallingford) Cole of Dover ; shed. July 11, 1776.
By the first wife he had four children; by the second, eight; by the third, two.
The second child of John and Joanna (Oilman) Wentworth, was —
V. Jonv Wentworth, 5 b. July 17, 1745; II. C. 1768; of Dover; was Dele-
gate to the Continental Congress ; member of both branches of the the State Legis-
lature ; member of the Committee of Safety, &c. He d. Jan. 10, 1787, a. 42. He
m. July, 1771, Margaret, dau. of Joseph Frost of Newcastle, N. H. Their children
were— John, b. April 5, 1772, unm. ; Margaret, b. May 27, 1773, unm. ; Elizabeth, b.
Aug. 9, 1774, m. Hon. Daniel M. Durell, a lawyer of Dover; Joseph, b. Dec. 23,
1775, unm. ; Meshech Weave,, b. June 17, 1777, unm. ; Dorothy, b. June 24, 1779, m.
Jan. 10, 1815, Hon. John Harvev. in the text of page 150. She d. at Northwood,
N. H, Dec. 28, 1849. [Geneal/Reg., Vol. IV., pp. 321-331.
THE GOULD FAMILY OF STONEHAM.
FIRST GENERATION.
1.
JOHN GOULD 1 was admitted a freeman of the Massachusetts
Colony, May 2, 1638. He lived in Charlestown; not on the peninsula,
to which the name is now confined, but in that section of the old town
which was known as " Charlestown-End," and was incorporated as the
town of Stoneham, Dec. 17, 1725. He was probably one of the earliest
inhabitants of Stoneham.
There was a John Gould, who, with his wife Grace, each of the
age of 25 years, embarked for America in the Defence from London,
July 7,1635. They were from Towcester, in Northamptonshire. It
has been supposed that this John Gould was the father of the Gould
family of Stoneham. This is by no means certain. The officer whose
duty it was to record the names of the emigrants from Old to New
England, in 1635, would hardly have made the mistake of writing
Grace, instead of Mary, as the name of John Gould's wife. Yet, if any
of the readers of this Sketch should be inclined to think that the father
of the Stoneham Goulds brought with him from London a wife Grace,
in 1635; that she died shortly after their arrival; and that he then
married a second wife, Mary; there is certainly nothing to forbid the
supposition. The matter must be left in doubt : the probabilities are
perhaps equal on both sides.
Mary, the wife of John Gould, died Sept. 28, 1642. [Charlestown
Records.] He then married Joanna , who survived him, and
died, Aug. 27, 1697, aged one hundred years, j
John Gould — or Gold, as the name appears in his will — seems to
have died'in the year 1690. His will is dated Jan. 3, 1688-9 ; proved,
July 2, 1690; recorded, Midd. Prob. 7 : 85. He says nothing of his
* This family is not allied with any other families of which sketches are given in
this volume. It is introduced here for other reasons. Mr. Savage, in his Genea-
logical Dictionary, gives the names of twenty or more, among the early settlers of
New England, who bore the name of Gould, or Gold.
t Her age is thus given on the Charlestown Records, with this note, added by the
transcriber : " This age is demonstrated to have been about ten years less." " We
respect the judgment of the transcriber, as an experienced genealogist, but we can-
not accept of his "demonstration" in this case. He believed the husband of this
old lady to be the same person as the John Gould, who embarked in the Defence,
in 1635, being then 25 years of age, and on this ground, apparently, discredited
the positive statement of the Charlestown Records. But we have shown that this
supposition is not clear of difficulties ; and we know, from other sources, that Joanna
Gould was about one hundred vears old in 1697.
170 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
wife, though living. He speaks of his sons John Gold, Daniel Gold,
and Thomas Gold. The last (Thomas) seems to have deceased, some
time before ; for he is mentioned only in connection with the testator's
"grandson, Thomas Gold, son of my son Thomas Gold." then under 21
years of age. The testator's son-in-law, John Birbene, is also men-
tioned. His estate is bounded, in part, by Thomas Cutler's fence —
"that is the north line;" '•south on y f: River; east on y e Pond." As
Thomas Cutler lived in Stoneham, near the line of South Reading,
there can be no doubt that John Gould, 1 the testator, also lived in
the present territory of Stoneham.
His children were — by first wife, Mary —
2. Mary, 2 bap. Jan. 29, 1636-7.
3. Sarah, 2 bap. Djc. 15, 1637; m. April 2, 1660, John Burbeen, of Woburn.
She d. May 14, 1670. Children—
Mart/, b. Julv 2, 1661. John, It. Aug'. 9, 1663. Jamts, b. Mav 15, 1663.
4. Elizabeth, 2 bap. 'Feb. 17, 1640.
5. Abigail, 2 bap. Sept. 26, 1642; m. April 1, 1669, William Rogers. They
probably lived in Stoneham ; as we find a William Kogers, cither the
same, or their son, who was taxed there in 1726.
By second wife, Joanna —
6. Hannah, 2 b. Oct. 26, 1644; m. Thomas Elliot, June 10, 1675.
7. John, 2 b. Jan. 21, 1646-7 ; d. March 8, 1647.
8. tJohn, 2 b. Aug. 5, 1648 ; in. 1, ; 2, Martha .
9. Thomas, 2 b. ; had a son Thomas, 3 as mentioned in the will, already
quoted.
10. tDanicl, 2 b. 1653 ; m. Dorcas .
SECOND GENERATION.
JOHN GOULD, 2 son of John 1 and Joanna Gould of Stoneham,
then part of Charlestown ; b. about 1652, if we may credit his grave-
stone, but Aug. 5, 1648, according to the record of his birth; m. 1,
; 2, Martha .
He lived in " Charlestown-End," now Stoneham, and seems to have
been a large landholder. He died Jan. 24, 1711-12, a. about 69, ac-
cording to the grave-stone ; about 70, according to Charlestown Record.
He was buried in the Old Cemetery in South Reading; there being
then no burial-place in Stoneham.
His will is dated Jan. 2, 1711-12 ; proved, in part — i. e. part of the
will was established, the remainder being in dispute among the heirs —
Feb. 11, 1711-12; recorded, Midd. Prob, 13 : 4. His will makes it
evident that he resided within the present territory of Stoneham. lie
speaks of wife Martha, and son Samuel, who are appointed Executors.
He mentions eldest son John, son Thomas, other children, Abigail,
Daniel, Mehitabel, Jeremiah, Mary, Abraham, Isaac. The overseers
of the will are Joshua Eaton and Kendall Parker. We learn from the
Probate of the will that Ebenezer Knight m. Mary Gould, a daughter
of the testator, and that Benjamin Geary m. Abigail Gould, another
daughter. Abraham and Isaac were minors. John, Abigail, Jeremiah,
Daniel, Mehitabel, and Mary, were "children of y e first venter;"
GOULD FAMILY OF STONEHAM. 171
Samuel, Abraham, and Isaac, "of y e 2 d venter." " Tlio 8 Gould lives in
Connecticut Colony atWittingly" [Killingly.]
We make ou/ therefore the following schedule of the children of
John Gould — by first wife : —
11. tJohn, 3 b. about 1672; m. Sarah .
12. Abigail, 3 ; m. May 15, 1693, Capt. Benjamin Geary of Stoneham ; a
wealthy citizen, and selectman of Stoneham several years.
13. tThomas, 3 ; m. P»uth Wyman of Woburn.
14. fDaniel, 3 b. 1682; m. 1, Sarah Grover ; 2, Abigail Richardson.
15. Mehitabel, 3 ; m. James Hay of Stoneham, and d. March 23, 1721.
16. Jeremiah, 3 . He is mentioned in his father's will, and in the settlement
of the estate ; which is all we know of him.
17. Mary, 3 ; m. Ebenezer Knight, of Stoneham.
By second wife —
18. Samuel, 3 . We know nothing more of him than is stated above.
19. tAbraham, 3 b. 1692 ; m. Mary .
20. Isaac, 3 . We know nothing further of him.
10.
DANIEL GOULD, 2 son of John and Joanna Gould; b. 1653; m.
Dorcas . She was b. 1656; and died June 5, 1730, ae. 74.
[Grave-stone.] She lies buried next her son David, and near her son
Daniel.
He lived in Stoneham, and died intestate, March 25, 1697, a. 44.
His widow Dorcas was appointed administratrix, April 16, 1697.
The inventory includes 90 acres at the homestall, valued at £225 ; 29
acres near the homestall, valued at £29; one quarter part of a saw-
mill, £8 ; 500 acres on the North of Merrimack, £25 ; one negro man,
about twenty years old, £35 ; and moveables ; all amounting to £424.15.
The estate is credited "for keeping his ancient mother for seven years
last past, at £10 per year, she being noAV near 100 years old, £70."*
[Midd. Prob. 9 : 69, 70.
We know of no other children of his than the following : —
21. tDaniel, 3 b. 1688; m. Susanna Pearson, 1710.
22. fDavid, 3 b. 1691 ; m. Elizabeth Green, about 1715.
Probably there were others, whose names are not preserved.
THIRD GENERATION.
11.
JOHN GOULD, 3 (John, 2 John, 1 ) eldest son of John Gould, 2 of
Stoneham, b. about 1672 ; m. Sarah .
He spent most of his life in Stoneham, and is known as John Gould,
senior, on the early Stoneham Records. He was a member of the
church in that town, but not from its formation. Was taxed in Stone-
ham, 1726 and 1727. He removed io Southborough previous to
December, 1742. His children were —
* Here is full confirmation of the statement in Charlestowh records, respecting
the age of widow Joanna Gould. But she must have been about 56 years old when
her son Daniel was born.
172 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
23. Sarah, 4 b. Jan. 31, 1694-5 ; m. John Howe of Stoneham, Feb. 13, 1717-18.
24. tJohn, 4 b. Julv 3, 1697 ; m. Judith Walker of Woburn.
25. Thomas,'' b. March 11, 1699-1700.
26. tBenjamin, 4 b. March 31, 1702; m. Elizabeth Watkins of* Concord.
27. Abigail, 4 b. April 21, 1706 ; in. John Tidd of Woburn, Nov. 6, 1729.
28. Elizabeth, 4 b. Jan. 21, 1708-9; died young.
29. Mary, 4 b. March 16, 1711-12.
30. Lvdi'a, 4 b. July 29, 1714 ; in. John Clemens of Stoneham, Feb. 10, 1735.
31. Elizabeth, 4 b."Nov. 29, 1717.
13.
THOMAS GOULD, 3 {John, 2 Join,, 1 ) brother of the preceding; b. in
Stoneham, about 1G80; m. Aug. 1, 1721, Ruth Wyman, 3 b. April 17,
1697, dau. of Nathaniel, 2 son of Francis Wyman, 1 one of the first
settlers of Woburn. For a Sketch of the Wyman Family, see Genea-
logical Register, Vol. III., pp. 35-38. See also, Vinton Memorial,
pp. 383, note.
It appears from Micld. Prob., 13 : 4, that at the date of the probate
of his father's will, Feb. 11, 1711-12, he (Thomas) lived in Killingly,
Ct., a town then newly settled, to which several other people, about
that time, removed from Stoneham and its vicinity. (See Vinton Me-
morial, pp. 402, 404, 415, 417.) And yet, in the record of his mar-
riage, 1721, he is said to be "of Charlestown," and the birth of his
first child is recorded in Charlestown ; which seems to prove that he
then lived in Stoneham. Moreover, the Act of the Legislature, by
which Stoneham was incorporated, Dec. 17, 1725, provides that the
Town of Stoneham " should have and enjoy that tract of land lying
within the bounds [of Stoneham] commonly called and known by the
name of Gould's Farm, now under lease to Messrs. Thomas and Daniel
Gould, containing one hundred and ten acres, or thereabouts." June
13, 1711, Thomas Gould of Charlestown — the same man — for £40,
conveys to John Vinton of Charlestown, ten acres of land in Charles-
town, "near Doleful Pond." In Dec. 1710, he also sold land in
Charlestown to the same John Vinton. [Midd. Deeds, 16 : 113, and
23 : 352.
It would seem, therefore, that he removed to Killingly, in 1711, but
afterwards came back to Stoneham ; and again moved away. We have
notice of only one child of his, viz. —
32. lluth, 4 b. in Stoneham, July 27, 1722.
14.
Deacon DANIEL GOULD, 3 (John, 2 John 1 ) brother of the pre-
ceding; b. in Stoneham, 1682; m. 1, in Woburn, Oct. 21, 1702, Sarah
Grover of Stoneham, b. 1682, probably sister of Thomas Grover of
that place. She d. Dec. 4, 1745, ae. 64. [Grave-stone.] 2, April 15,
1747, Abigail Richardson, 4 of Woburn, b. April 18, 1709, dau. of
William 3 and Rebecca 3 (Vinton) Richardson of that place. See Vinton
Memorial, p. 29.
He was an original member of the Church in Stoneham, formed July
2, 1729. lie was chosen deacon, Nov. 27, 1730. The other deacon,
then chosen, was Daniel Green. [Ibid, p. 403.] He was also a lead-
ing man in the town, and was often chosen on important committees.
GOULD FAMILY OF STONEHAM. 173
His will is dated June 10, 1756 ; proved, March 23, 17G1 ; recorded,
Midd. Prob. 27 : 296-299. He mentions his wife Abigail, and « con-
firms and establishes a written covenant made with her before mar-
riage." He makes very particular provision for her ; — a good cow, the
use of the west room, and so much of the back room as she has occasion
for; also 13 bushels of Corn, 2 bushels of Rye, 60 pounds of Pork, 40
pounds of Beef, half a bushel of Beans, half a bushel of Turnips, half a
bushel of Potatoes, five cords of Wood, cut fit for her fire and laid near
her door, and as much Cyder and Apples as she wants.* This pro-
vision to be made and continued to her for two years next after the
testator's decease, and no longer. He gives his Real Estate to his two
grandsons, Joseph Bryant and Daniel Bryant ; also to them his money-
bills, bonds, notes, accounts, live-stock, farming utensils, &c. He gives
to his grandson, Daniel Bryant, my negro man, Obediah. He also
makes some provision for his grand- daughter, Hannah Bryant.
He d. March 7, 1761, a3. 79. His widow, Abigail, d. Jan. 1771,
as. 65. [Grave-stones.
His children, both by first wife, were —
S3. Sarah, 4 b. Aug. 29, 1706; m. Joseph Bryant of Stoneham. He was taxed
there, 1727, and was an original member of the church there. Their
children were, Joseph, hi. 1730; d. 1810; a colonel in the militia, and a
leading man in the town of Stoneham ; town clerk, Justice of the Peace ;
Representative to General Court, in July, 1775. Also, Daniel, b. 1732,
d. 1779; Hannah; Sarah, who d. July 16, 1741, a. 5 years, 11 months;
John, who d. Dec. 5, 1745, a. 3 months.
34. Daniel, 4 b. June 10, 1709; d. Oct. 25, 1734, se. 26.
19.
ABRAHAM COULD, 3 {John, 2 John, 1 ) half-brother of the preceding ;
b. in Stoneham, 1692; m. Mary .
He spent all his days in Stoneham. Of the church in that town, he
was an original member ; as were his brother Daniel, his brother-in-law,
Ebenezer Knight, his cousins Daniel and David Gould, and Joseph
Bryant, already mentioned. \ He d. Sept. 4, 1776, a?. 84. His wife
Mary d. Aug. 5, 1764, "a. about 65." [Grave-stones.
Their children were —
35. Mary, 4 b. Nov. 10, 1725 ; d. Dec. 14, 1726.
36. Samuel, 4 b. June 3, 1727 ; d. June 24, 1727.
37. + Abraham, 4 h. March 1, 1728-9; m. 1 , Mary Flowers ; 2, Mary Dead man ;
3, Mary Brown ; 4, Tabitha Pratt.
38. Joseph, 4 b. Dec. 30, 1730.
39. Mary, 4 b. Feb. 1, 1732-3; m. Jonas Parker of Reading; published, Feb. 13,
1750-1.
* These details will give a general idea of the way of living in those days, com-
mon among the farmers of our country towns. It seems that potatoes were not so
much an article of diet then as afterwards. The dwelling-house was wooden, of one
story, with two rooms in front, separated by an entry, and with a large room in the
rear, which extended back of both the other rooms, and was used for kitchen, dining-
room, and for the general purposes of the family.
J The six names here given, and the following, are appended to the original cov-
enant, July 2, 1729 : Ephraim Larrabee, Jacob Howe, Edward Bucknam, Jonathan
Griffin, Samuel Sprague, Ebenezer Parker, Thomas Cutler. So that about half of
the original male members of the Stoneham Church were of the Gould family.
174 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
40. Samuel, 4 b. Oct. 27, 1735.
41. Daniel, 4 b. July 24, 1737 ; d. voting.
42. William, 4 b. Jan. 11, 1739-40.
43. Daniel/ b. Oct. 14, 1742.
21.
Lieut. DANIEL GOULD, 3 {Daniel 2 John, 1 ) son of Daniel 2 and
Dorcas Gould of Stoneham, b. 1688; m. Dec. 26, 1710, Susanna
Pearson 3 of Reading, b. Aug. 10, 1690, dau. of John 2 and Tabitha
(Kendall) Pearson of that place, and grand-dau. of John Pearson, 1 who
was of Lynn, 1637, and afterwards of Reading.
He lived in Stoneham. near the line of the present town of South
Reading. In 176G, he petitioned to be set off to the town of Reading,
alleging that it would lie more convenient for him to attend public
worship there, &c. It seems strange that he should have waited, before
making such a request, till he was 78 years of age. The petition was
not granted.
To distinguish him from his cousin Deacon Daniel Gould, he was
called Daniel Gould, Junior, till he was long past the meridian of life. As
such, he is known on the early Stoneham records. He was a leading
man in that town, and was town clerk from the organization of the
town in Feb. 1725-6 to March, 1747-8, a period of twenty-two years.
He was then succeeded by his son-in-law, Capt. Jonathan Green, who
held that office twenty-live years. Mr. Gould was also chosen clerk of
the church at its organization, July 2, 1729. But we cannot say much
in praise of the manner in which those early records were kept.
lie died at the age of one hundred tears, March 8, 1788.
His wife Susanna d. March 29, 1757, ae. 67.
Their children were —
44. Susanna, 4 h. Aug. 14, 1714; m. June 17, 1736, William Green, 4 b. in
Maiden, May 17, 1715, son of William 3 and Elizabeth (Farmer) Green of
that place. See Vinton Memorial, p. 418. lie d. in 1772, x. 58. She
d. 1790, a. 76.
45. Dorcas, 4 b. Nov. 20, 1716; m. Peter Hay of Stoneham, Feb. 14, 1737-8.
She d. May 26, 1813, "a. 96 years, 6 months, and 10 days." [Grave-
stone.
46. Sarah, 4 b. July 8, 1719 ; m. Jan. 22, 1744-5, Capt. Jonathan Green, b. Nov.
23, 1719, a prominent citizen of Stoneham; selectman, twenty years;
town clerk and town treasurer, twenty-five years. See Vinton Memorial,
p. 419. She d. in child-bed, Feb. 25, 1745-6, "a. 26 years, 7 mos., 18
days." [Grave-stone.
47. Tabitha, 4 b. Nov. 14, 1721 ; m. Nathan Parker of Reading, June 16, 1741.
48. tDaniel, 4 b. Feb. 23, 1723-4; m. 1, Ruth Bancroft; 2, Mary Upham.
49. Hannah, 4 b. Feb. 6, 1726-7 ; m. Phineas Sprague of Maiden, Dec. 6, 1748.
[Sept. 21, 1748, according to Maiden Records.]
50. Joseph, 4 b. Feb. 3, 1728-9 ; d. Sept. 25, 1730.
51. Joseph, 4 b. June 21, 1731 ; m. Mary Madelock of Maiden; published, Nov.
26, 17 36. They seem to have lived in South Reading. " Joshua, son of
Joseph and Mary Gould, drowned Aug. 25, 1772, a. 3 years, 3 mos., 7
days." [Grave-stone in South Reading.]
52. Ebenezer, 4 b. Sept. 4, 1734 ; probably unm. ; d. Aug. 8, 1790.
22.
DAVID GOULD, 3 (Daniel, 2 John,') brother of the preceding; b. in
Stoneham, 1691; m. about 1715, Elizabeth Green, 3 b. in Maiden,
GOULD FAMILY OF STONEHAM. 175
Nov. 16, 1G87, dau. of Samuel 2 and Mary (Cook) Green. Samuel 2
was a son of Thomas Green 1 of that place. See Vinton Memorial,
p. 399.
He resided in Stoneham all his days ; and, with his brother Daniel,
was a member of the Church there, from its formation. He d. April
3, 1760, ae. 69. His wife Elizabeth d. April 18, 1753, ae. 64. [Grave-
stones.
His will is dated Jan. 10, 1760; proved, April 14, 1760; recorded,
Midd. Prob., 23 : 194-200. He leaves property to grandson David
Gould, then under 21 years of age, son of my son David Gould; to
grand-daus. Mary Lynde and Lydia Lynde, who are under 18 years of
age ; dau. Mary Lynde ; grand-daus. Elizabeth Damon and Mary
Damon ; grandson Daniel Gould, brother of David, under 21 years of
age ; grand-daus. Esther Gould and Sarah Gould, sisters of Daniel,
who are also minors. Son Jacob Gould is appointed Executor.
His children were —
53. fDavid, 4 b. Nov. 2, 1716; m. 1, Esther Green ; 2, Sarah Richardson.
54. Elizabeth, 4 b. Sept. 4, 1718 ; d. Sept. 7, 1719.
55. Elizabeth, 4 b. Sept. 7, 1721 ; m. Jabez Damon of Stoneham, Nov. 22, 1744.
They had Elizabeth, and Mary.
56. Marv, 4 "b. April 6, 1724; m. Jacob Lynde of Maiden, March 28, 1746.
They had Mary, and Lydia.
57. tJacob, 4 b. Oct. 14, 1726; m. Elizabeth Holden of Stoneham.
FOURTH GENERATION.
24.
JOHN GOULD, 4 (John, 3 John? John, 1 ) eldest son of John and
Sarah Gould; b. in Stoneham, July 3, 1697; m. Nov. 29, 1715,
Judith Walker, b. March 16, 1691-2, dau. of Samuel and Judith
(Howard) Walker of Woburn. Samuel Walker, b. Jan. 25, 1667-8,
was son of Samuel and Sarah (Read) Walker, all of Woburn.
He resided in Stoneham till some time previous to Dec. 3, 1742, at
which date he and his father were living in Southborough, as appears
by a bond then given by them to the town of Stoneham for the main-
tenance of Abigail Howe ; who, as I suppose, was a sister of our
John Gould. 4 He was taxed in Stoneham, 1726 and 1727.
His children, born and recorded in Stoneham, were —
58. John, 5 b. Oct. 3, 1716.
59. Judith, 5 ; m. July 4, 1738, Samuel Grover of York, Me., probably a
native of Stoneham.
60. Elizabeth, 5 b. Aug. 26, 1720.
61. Jonathan, 5 b. Dec. 12, 1722.
62. Thomas, 5 b. May 21, 1725.
63. Caleb, 5 b. July l", 1728.
26.
BENJAMIN GOULD, 4 (John 3 John, 2 John, 1 ) brother of the pre-
ceding; b. in Stoneham, March 31, 1702; m. Elizabeth Watkins,
of Concord, March 24, 1723-4.
He was living in Stoneham at the incorporation of that town in
1725, and was taxed there in 1726 and 1727.
176 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
I find no record of his death or removal. I suppose he died in
Stoneham in 173- and that the following refers to his widow — " Wid-
ow Gould died Feb. 1801, aged 92." [Stoneham Records.
The children of Benjamin and Elizabeth Gould were —
64. fBenjamin, 5 b. Feb. 25, 1724-5 ; m. Hephzibah .
65. Sarah, 5 1). May 20, 1727.
60. Lydia, 5 b. Oct. 6, 1731.
37.
Capt. ABRAHAM GOULD, 4 (Abraham, 3 John, 2 John,' 1 ) eldest son of
Abraham 3 and Mary Gould; b. in Stoneham, March 1, 1728-0; m. 1,
1754, Mary Floavers of Stoneham, b. 17 '31, published, Feb. 13, 1754.
She d. April 9, 1771, a. 40. 2, 1773. (pub. June 18) Mary Dead-
man of Salem, b. 1742 ; d. Jan. 0, 1787, se. 45. 3, 1788, (pub. Jan. 4)
Mary Brown of Reading, b. 1740; d. of small-pox, May 26, 1793,
a. 53. [Grave-stones.] 4, 1797, (pub. April 8) Tabitha Pratt of
Reading, b. 1744; d. April 5, 1831, a?. 87, [Grave-stone], or April 4,
1832. [Town Record.
He spent all his days in Stoneham, and d. there, Jan. 9, 1821, se. 92.
The Records of the Church, on mention of his death, describe him as
" a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost." He and his four wives
lie side by side, in the Old Cemetery, in Stoneham.
By first wife he had —
67. Mary, 5 b. May 1, 1755; m. Dr. John Hart, a surgeon in the army of the
Revolution, and afterwards, for many years — till after 1820— a physician
in South Reading. They vt ere published, Dee. 28, 1778.
48.
DANIEL GOULD, 4 (Daniel, 3 Daniel,- John, 1 ) son of Lieut. Daniel
and Susanna (Pearson) Gould; b. in Stoneham, Feb. 23, 1723-4; m.
1, 1752, (pub. Nov. 15) Ruth Bancroft of Lynn, b. Aug. 9, 1731 ;
and d. Aug. 22, 1758, "aged 27 years and 13 days." [Grave-stone.]
2, Dec. 9, 1762, Mary Uphah of Stoneham, who d. of small-pox.
June 3, 1793, a?. 52. [Ibid.] She was probably one of the Upham
family of Maiden.
He lived and died in Stoneham. In the Town Records, made in the
earlier part of his life, he is called " Daniel Gould the third," to distin-
guish him from his father and his father's cousin, Dea. Daniel Gould.
He d. March 14, 1797, a. 73. [Grave-stone.
His children were — by first wife, Ruth^-
68. Ruth, 5 b. Oct. 17, 1753 ; m. 1773, (pub. June 4) Elijah Richardson, 5 b. May
4, 1741, son of Reuben 4 and Esther (Wyman) Richardson of Stoneham.
See Vinton Memorial, p. 390. She d. Sept. 1811, a. 58. He d. May
20, 1832, a. 91.
By second wife, Mary —
69. tDaniel, 5 b. March 11, 1767 ; m. Eunice Coates.
70. Charles, 8 b. Dec. 27, 1779.
GOULD FAMILY OF STONEHAM. 177
53.
DAVID GOULD, 4 (David, 3 Darnel, 2 John, 1 ) eldest son of David'
and Elizabeth (Green) Gould; b. in Stoneham, Nov. 2, 1716; in. 1,
Feb. 11, 1740-1, Esther Green, 4 eldest dau. of Dea. Daniel 3 and
Mary (Bucknam) Green of Stoneham. See Vinton Memorial, p. 403.
She d. Feb. 8, 1752. 2, 1754 (pub. Dec. 20) Sarah Richardson of
Woburn, b. Feb. 28, 1723-4, dau. of Jonathan 3 and Abigail (Wyman)
Richardson. Her father Jonathan was son of Samuel 2 and Sarah, and
grandson of SAMUEL RICHARDSON, 1 all of Woburn. See Vinton
Memorial, p. 382.
He resided in Stoneham, but from some cause was long absent in
parts unknown. In his father's will, dated Jan. 10, 1760, it is said —
" My son David Gould is absent, and is supposed to be dead." It was
provided, that if be should return, he should share in the estate. We
hear nothing further concerning him. No grave-stone in the Old Cem-
etery marks the place of his burial.
His children were — by first wife, Esther —
71. tDavid, 5 h. July 7, 1741 ; m. Dorcas .
72. Esther, 5 b. Nov. 22, 1744; m. Cornelius Baker of Grafton, May 13, 1763.
73. Daniel, 5 b. Feb. 5, 1746-7 ; m. Martha Nichols of Reading, 1765.
74. Mary, 5 b. July 10, 1751 ; d. Aug. 15, 1753.
By second wife, Sarah —
75. Sarah, 5 b. March 31, 1755.
76. Abigail, 5 b. Oct. 17, 1758.
57.
JACOB GOULD, 4 (David, 3 Daniel, 2 John, 1 ) brother of the preced-
ing ; b. Oct. 14, 1726; m. in Woburn, Nov. 25, 1751, Elizabeth
Holden, b. Feb. 22, 1730-1, dau. of Samuel and Elizabeth Holden of
Stoneham. She d. Aug. 6, 1775, a. 44. [Grave-stone.
He spent his days in Stoneham; and died there, June 14, 1801,
a. 74. [Ibid.
His children were —
77. Elizabeth, 5 b. March 2, 1752; m. 1768 (pub. Nov. 12) Thomas Knight, b.
Jan. 26, 1748-9, son of Elisha and Sarah Knight of Stoneham.
78. tJacob, 5 b. March 30, 1754; unm. ; murdered for money, Nov. 26, 1819, a. 65.
79. Thomas, 5 b. Oct. 2, 1755 ; d. March 15, 1756.
80. Marv, 5 b. Julv 18, 1757 ; unm.; d. Nov. 21, 1836, a. 79.
81. Lydia, 5 b. Nov. 17, 1759.
82. t Thomas, 5 b. April 27, 1761 ; m. Hannah Hill of Stoneham.
83. David, 5 b. June 5, 1763 ; unm. ; d. July 6, 1834, as. 71.
84. Nathan, 5 b. March 20, 1768; m. 1789 (pub. Jan. 15) Abigail Evans of
Woburn.
85. Susanna, 5 b. June 21, 1772 ; m. April 11, 1793, Jesse Converse of Woburn.
FIFTH GENERATION.
64.
BENJAMIN GOULD, 4 (Benjamin* John? John 2 John, 1 ) son of
Benjamin 4 and Elizabeth Gould; b. in Stoneham, Feb. 25, 1724-5 ; m.
Hephzibah .
12
178 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
They lived in Stoneham, but moved away to parts unknown.
Their children, born and recorded in Stoneham, were —
86. Nathan, 6 b. July 26, 1747.
87. Ehenezer, 6 b. July 30, 1750.
83. Benjamin Parker^ 6 b. April 6, 1753.
69.
DANIEL GOULD, 4 Esq. (Daniel* Daniel? Daniel? John?) son
of Daniel 4 and Mary (Upham) Gould; b. in Stoneham, March 11,
17G7; m. Eunice Coates.
He resided through his whole life in Stoneham ; was a leading man
there ; a Justice of the Peace ; and the first representative sent by that
town to the Legislature of Massachusetts, from its incorporation in 1725
to 1806, with two exceptions, viz. Capt. John Yinton in 1734, and Col.
Joseph Bryant in 1775.
He d. May 1, 1831, a. 04. His wife Eunice d. Feb. 27, 1826, a. GO.
[Grave-stones.] Their children were —
89. Daniel, 6 b. Jan. 17, 1789. He was a physician in Maiden, now deceased.
90. Mary Upham, 6 b. Dec. 25, 1792 ; m. April 9, 1807, Capt. William Richard-
son, 6 b. Jan. 30, 1786, son of Thaddeus 5 and Lydia 8 (Vinton) Richardson
of Stoneham. For her family, see Vinton Memorial, p. 207. She is
still living in Stoneham, 1862.
91. Eunice, 6 b. March 12, 1797 ; m. Eli A. Yale of Lynn, Nov. 20, 1823.
92. Lueinda, 6 b. Feb. 26, 1802 ; m. March 1, 1824, David Tilton, Esq., a native
of Sanhornton, N. H. They have resided in Sanbornton, in Lynn, and in
Stoneham. They are now, 1862, living in Stoneham. Their children
are Lueinda, Horace.
93. Abraham, 6 b. Nov. 7, 1805, rn. Mary Sprague of Maiden ; a physician in
Lynn.
94 Sophronia, 6 b. Feb. 21, 1808; m.Nov. 25, 1830, Samuel Sweetser of Boston.
71.
DAVID GOULD, 5 {David? David? Daniel? John,') eldest son of
David 4 and Esther 4 (Green) Gould; b. in Stoneham, July 7, 1741 ; m.
Dorcas .
He lived in the southeast part of Stoneham, and d. there, Feb. 17,
1834, a3. 93. She d. Oct. 13, 1831, a. V3. [Grave-stones.
Their children were —
95. Daniel, 6 b. July 20, 1765.
96. Joseph, 6 b. May 23, 1767 ; unm. ; d. Nov. 28, 1800, a. 33.
97. Mary, 6 b. Aug. 15, 1772 ; d. Jan. 21, 1791, a. 18.
98. Elizabeth, 6 b. Dec. 3, 1777; m. Asa Holden of Billerica, July 10, 1834.
She d. April 2, 1841, a. 63. [Grave-stone in Stoneham.
78.
JACOB GOULD,* (Jacob? David? Daniel? John?) eldest son of
Jacob 4 and Elizabeth (Holden) Gould; b. in Stoneham, March 30,
1754 ; never married.
His name is connected with one of the most tragical events which
have occurred in the County of Middlesex. He, and his brother David
and sister Mary, all unmarried, and all quite advanced in years, com-
posed a family by themselves, living in the southeast part of Stoneham,
east of Spot Pond, and on the old road to Medford and Boston. Being
GOULD FAMILY OF STONEHAM. 179
rather penurious in their habits, they were supposed to have a large
amount of silver coin in their possession. There is no reason to doubt
that information of this fact had extensively gone abroad, and that by
some means it had become known among the convicts in the State
Prison at Charlestown.
On the evening of Nov. 2G, 1819, about eight o'clock, the humble
dwelling of the Goulds in Stoneham was entered by three men, who
determined to obtain their money. Jacob Gould was stabbed in several
places, and died in about five hours. His brother David and sister
Mary were wounded, but survived many years. The family were
robbed of about one thousand silver dollars.
The impression made by this event on the town and the whole vicin-
ity, is indescribable. Astonishment, alarm, and terror, sat on every
countenance. Whose dwelling could be secure from such a visit?
Every possible effort was immediately made to discover the perpetrators,
and bring them to justice. Suspicion soon fell heavily on a man of the
name of Daniels, formerly belonging to Boston. He had just been
discharged from the State Prison, and either he or an accomplice had
been in the town a few days before, inquiring into the circumstances
and habits of the family ; whether they had money, whether they kept
weapons, &c. He was speedily arrested, and committed to the County
Jail in East Cambridge. The evidence against him appeared so con-
clusive, that just before his trial was to occur, he hanged himself in his
cell. Another man, named Phillips, was arrested on suspicion, but
got clear.
"The Stoneham murder" is remembered with a strange and painful
interest to this day ; and the grave-stone of Jacob Gould in the Old
Cemetery still commemorates the awful event.
82.
THOMAS GOULD, 5 (Jacob,* David, 3 Daniel, 2 John,') brother of
the preceding; b. in Stoneham, April 27, 1761; m. Aug. 29, 1790,
Hannah Hill, b. Jan. 24, 1760, dau. of James and Susanna Hill of
Stoneham.
He lived in the southeast part of Stoneham, east of Spot Pond, and
was a man of property. He d. Sept. 22, 1838, "aged 77 years, 4 mos.
26 days." [Town Record.] His wife Hannah d. Sept, 1, 1828, a. 68.
[Grave-stone.] They lie buried in a small private Cemetery, belong-
ing to the families of Thomas Gould, Elijah Richardson, and Thaddeus
Richardson, and adjacent on the west to the Old Cemetery in Stone-
ham.
The children of Thomas and Hannah Gould were —
99. Thomas, 6 b. 1791 ; m. Nov. 17, 1836, Pamela (Waite) Andrews, a
widow, of Maiden. He d. June 5, 1848, a. 57. They had —
100. Thomas,' 7 b. Sept. 17, 1838.
101. Susanna, 6 b. 1794; unm. ; d. of cancer, Aujr. 2, 1837, ve. 43.
102. James Hill, 6 b. ; m. Jan. 23, 1818, Hephzibah Lynde, daughter of
Dea. Jabez Lvnde of Stoneham. Their only child was
103. Hephzibah,' 7 b. 1822, d. Dec. 18, 1852, a. 30. [Grave-stone.
104. Jacob, 6 b. ; m. May 3, 1821, Phebe Catharine Parker of Stoneham.
Both are deceased. Their children have been —
105. Phebe,'' b. ; m. Issachar W. Langley, Jan. 1, 1844.
180 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
106. Jacob Parker, 7 b. May 15, 1822 ; iinm. ; studied at the Military
Academy, Norwich, Vermont ; afterwards Instructor there;
has been a leading man in Stoneham, and deservedly con-
fided in by his fellow citizens there. Not long after the
commencement of the present war, he raised a company of
volunteers, and marched at their head to the field of action ;
now, 1863, Major and commander of the Thirteenth Regi-
ment of Massachusetts Volunteers in the service of the
United States. A brave, skilful and accomplished officer.
He is a member of the Congregational Church in Stoneham.
107. Levi, 7 b. Nov. 25, 1823; m. ; lives in the house formerly
occupied by his father.
1 OS. Catharine Elizabeth, 7 ) , fe ^ 833 _
109. Man/ Susanna 7 ) ' - '
110. Hannah Hill, 7 b. Oct. 2, 1837 ; m. Lucius Bucknam ; d. .
111. Ably 7 b. June 16, 1842 ; d. Sept. 14, 1843.
112. Orator, 7 b. Aug. 8, 1843.
113. Levi, 5 b. May 3, 1800; m. Elizabeth W. Chadbonrne of , Maine.
He was a physician, an active christian, and a most estimable man ;
practised medicine in Dixmont, Me., and in Melrose. He d. in Melrose,
Jan. 6, 1850, re. 50. His wife Elizabeth d. April 4, 1849, re. 46. They
lie buried in the private Cemetery, already mentioned.
114. Hannah, 6 b. ; unra. She lives, 1862, o"n the old homestead.
Note to page 169.
Since the foregoing was in type, the compiler has received from the transcriber of
the Charlestown Records, Mr. Thomas B. Wyman, the following evidence that
Joanna Gould, wife of John Gould, 1 was not so old by ten years as is stated on
the aforesaid records, in the record of her death, as quoted on page 169 : —
In a deposition, dated "6 (2) 1658," that is, April 6,1658, "Johanna Gould,
aged fiftie years, or thereabouts, deposes," &c. At the same time, her husband's
age is stated to be forty-seven. In another deposition, dated in 1676, Johanna
Gould's age is said to be sixty-seven. This evidence, of course, is decisive. The
age of Joanna and her husband, therefore, will correspond nearly with the age of
John and Grace, who were passengers in the Defence, in 1635 ; and the probabili-
ties incline to the supposition that John Gould the husband of Grace, and John
Gould the husband of Joanna, were one and the same person. I may add that it
now appears that Joanna Gould was 45 years of age when her son Daniel was born ;
instead of 56, as the, Charlestown Records would require us to believe.
THE HOLMES FAMILY OF MARSIIFIELD.
INTRODUCTORY STATEMENTS.
There were several families among the early settlers of New
England, who bore the name of Holmes. We find a George Holmes
in Roxbury, who was made freeman, May 22, 1639 ; and died Decem-
ber 18, 1(345. His children were Joseph, Nathaniel, Deborah, and
Sarah. There was a John Holmes of Portsmouth, whose wife was a
dau. of Thomas Walford of Mishawum [Charlestown.] There was a
Thomas Holmes in Hingham in 1637 ; and another Thomas Holmes in
New London in 1665. David Holmes of Dorchester had wife Jane, son
David, and daughter Margaret, and died in 1666. Robert Holmes of
Cambridge, 1636, was freeman June 2, 1641; his wife was Jane, and
his children John, Elizabeth, Sarah, Joseph. Richard Holmes was at
Rowley, in 1643: he was born in 1610.
Obadiah Holmes, originally from Preston in Lancashire, England,
was admitted to the Church at Salem, March 24, 1639 ; became a
Baptist, and was for this oifence excommunicated ; went to Rehoboth,
where he had an allotment of land in 1645 ; was arrested with several
others at Lynn, on Sunday, July 20, 1651, for attending a Baptist
meeting; was carried to Boston the next day, and imprisoned till
September ; then taken out and whipped with exceeding severity in
State Street; removed to Newport, and was a minister there in 1652;
died Oct. 16, 1682, a. 76. He had eight children, and his descendants
were in 1790 estimated at five thousand. For a further account of him,
see Backus's History of New England, and Benedict's History of the
Baptists.
Lieut. William Holmes was at Plymouth, in Oct. 1632, at the time
of Governor Winthrop's visit to that place, and with others accompanied
the Governor ten miles on his return. He was sent by the authorities
at Plymouth, in October, 1633, with an armed force to reestablish a
trading-house on Connecticut river, in opposition to the plans of the
Dutch, who claimed that fine region. He built a "truck-house" at the
place afterwards known as Windsor, which he fortified with a palisade.
He instructed the people of Plymouth and Duxbury, 1635, in the use
of arms ; was an officer in the Pequod war, 1 637 ; afterwards went to
England, where he served in the civil war ; came back to America,
and died at Boston, Nov. 12, 1649. His will, dated on the day of his
death, makes no mention of wife or children, but leaves a plantation in
the island of Antigua to Margaret and Mary Holmes, daughters of his
deceased brother Thomas Holmes, who were then in Antigua ; and his
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farm in Scituate to Rachel and Bathsheba Holmes, two other daus. of
his said brother, who were then living in London, if they should after-
wards come over to New England. In the record of his will at Plym-
outh, he is called ''Major William Holmes." [Old Colony Records,
Vol. II., p. 60.] It appears from the Old Colony Records,' 1 654, that
he had lands on the Marshfield side of the North River. At that date,
Job Hawkins of Boston appeared as a claimant of those lands, and was
allowed to take possession, until a better claim should be established.
It is thought probable that his niece Mary Holmes afterwards came
to New England, and settled in Scituate. The marriage of Mary
Holmes with Thomas Tilden, his second wife, is recorded in Marshfield
under date of Jan. 24, 1664. There is some probability, moreover, that
" Major William Holmes" was uncle or cousin to William Holmes of
Marshfield, whose posterity we are about to record.
John Holmes 1 was taxed at Plymouth in 1G33 and 1634, and was
freeman in the latter of these years. He was often messenger to the
General Court. We find his name on the list of those in Plymouth,
who were "able to bear arms," in 1 043. He was the father of John
Holmes, 2 who had a grant of land in Dnxbury, 1665, and was afterwards
of Plymouth; m. Nov. 20, 1661, Patience, dau. of John Faunce, the
Plymouth Pilgrim, who came in the Ann, 1623, [and died Nov. 29,
1653] and sister of the venerable elder, Thomas Faunce; and had
John," 3 b. March 22. 1663; Nathaniel 3 ; Ebenezer 3 ; Thomas 3 ; Joseph 3 ;
Desire, 3 m. John Churchill; Richard 3 ; Patience. 3 m. Nov. 27, 1712,
Ichabod Cushman of Middleborough ; Mehitabel 3 ; Sarah 3 ; George 3 ;
the last five being minors in 1700. The father of this numerous family
died in the summer of 1697. [Plym. Prob. 1 : 347.] He had a
brother Nathaniel 2 who m. Mercy Faunce at Plymouth, Dec. 29, 1667.
Nathaniel Holmes 2 d. at Plymouth, July 25, 1727, a. 84. His wife
Mercy d. Feb. 11, 1731-2, a. 81.
From John Holmes 1 of Plymouth and William Holmes 1 of Marsh-
field, most of the families bearing the name of Holmes in the Old
Colony are descended. So far as the present writer is aware, they
have always sustained a high character for intelligence, thrift, and all
the moral virtues.
For the information of readers at a distance, we would state, that
Marshfield is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, about thirty
miles southeast from Boston ; having Scituate on the north, Pembroke
on the west, Duxbury on the south, and the ocean on the east. Kingston
lies immediately south from Duxbury, and separates it from the town
of Plymouth. Halifax joins Kingston on the west. Pembroke was
taken from Duxbury in 1711-12, and Halifax was formed in 1734, of
portions of Pembroke, Plympton, and Middleborough. The town last
named extends from Plympton and Halifax to Rochester. Marshfield
was the residence, in the olden time, of the Winslow family, and more
recently, the residence and burial-place of Daniel Webster.
The materials for the ensuing sketch have been derived from many
different sources, among which it would be unjust not to name the
researches of Dr. Ezekiel Holmes of Augusta, Me., editor of the Maine
Farmer; of Abraham Holmes, Esq., of South Abington, and his grand-
father of the same name, who died in 1839; and of Miss Marcia A.
HOLMES FAMILY OF MARSHFIELD. 183
Thomas of Marshfield. The compiler has also personally examined the
Old Colony and Probate Records at Plymouth.
FIRST GENERATION.
1.
WILLIAM HOLMES 1 must have been born in 1592, if the record
of his death in Marshfield is to be credited. He was of Scituate as
early as 1641, and perhaps some few years previous. He was on the
list of those in Scituate " able to bear arms," in 1 643 ; was one of the
" Conihasset planters"* in 1646; and freeman of Plymouth Colony in
1658. In 1661 he removed across the North River into Marshfield;
settled next south from Goodman Carver and Goodman Dingley, near
the Lindall estate. There he died Nov. 9, 1678, "being 86 years old,"
as the records say. His widow Elizabeth d. Feb. 17, 1688-9, a. 86.
There seems to be a degree of probability that he was a cousin or
nephew of Major William Holmes, of whom we have spoken in the
Introduction to this Sketch ; but whether he was a kinsman of that
Abraham Holmes who was wounded and taken prisoner at Sedgemoor,
July 6, 1685, and soon after executed, it is impossible even to conjecture.
For the affecting story, see Macaulay's England, Vol. I., Chap. V.
His will is dated March 4, 1677-8; proved Feb. 25, 1678-9; and
may be found in the Old Colony Records, Vol. IV., p. 2. He be-
queaths to his wife, whose name, however, he does not give, one third
part of all my housings, lands, chattels, and moveables, after my debts
and funeral charges are payed, to be enjoyed by her during her widow-
hood ; but in case of her marrying [she was then 75 years of age !] I
bequeath to her five pounds to be paid her by my two sons, Israel and
Isaac; and I do give unto my two sons Israel and Isaac [not only their
mother's third, but also] two thirds of my whole estate. And I do give
to my two sons Josiah and Abraham five shillings each; and to my
daughters Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah, and Rebecca twenty shillings a
yeare, each of them ; and I do give unto all my grandchildren that are
now extant five pounds, to be equally divided among them. And I do
hereby appoint and constitute my two beloved sons Israel and Isaac to
be my executors, &c. In immediate connection with the will, the
Records say — "William Holmes of Marshfield deceased Nov. 8, 1678."
The Inventory is dated Nov. 25, 1678; the personal estate amounting
to £70.
In this will, the testator does not mention his son John, for the rea-
son, as I conceive, that John was then deceased. Another reason prob-
ably was, that John had already received, in the cost of his education,
his full proportion of the father's estate. But John's children were no
* The " Conihasset Planters" were a company of twenty-six individuals, who in
1646 purchased a tract of land in Scituate " extending three miles up into the woods
from the high-water mark," and a considerable distance along the shore. They
were an Association of Proprietors, who conducted their affairs in the manner of
a corporation; employing clerks, surveyors, committees, and agents, till 1715.
[Deane's Scituate.] Their Records are still preserved in. the office of the town
clerk of Scituate. Their last meeting on record was in 1767.
184 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
doubt included in the phrase, " all my grandchildren." It is worthy of
note that the testator mentions Josiah before Abraham, seeming to
imply that Josiah was older than Abraham, which was doubtless the
fact.
His children were —
2. tJohn, 2 ; m. Mary Wood.
3. tJosiah, 2 ; m. Hannah Sampson.
4. j Abraham, 2 hap. 1641 ; m. 1, Elizabeth Arnold. 2, Abigail Nichols.
5. t Israel, 2 hap. 1642 ; m. Desire (Dotey) Sherman.
6. tlsaac, 2 hap. 1644 ; m. Anna Rouse.
7. Sarah, 2 hap. 1646.
8. Rebecca, 2 hap. 1648.
9. Mary, 2 bap. 1655; m. Cheney of Newbury. "Dismissed to the
Church in Newbury, Aug. 28, 1698, Mary Holmes, now Cheny." [Chh.
Records.] Mary Holmes m. in YVatcrtown, Oct. 7, 1691, Peter Cheney.
10. Elizabeth, 3 bap. 1661 ; m. Nov. 23, 1702, Thomas Rourne ; his second wife.
His first wife was Elizabeth Rouse, m. April 18, 1681, and d. April 9, 1701.
She was sister of Anna Rouse, already mentioned.
SECOND GENERATION.
2.
Rev. JOHN HOLMES, 2 presumed to be the eldest son of William
Holmes 1 of Marshfield ; b. probably in England; m. Dec. 11, 1661,
Mary Wood, dan. of John Wood of Plymouth.*
He was ordained in 1659, as pastor of the church in Duxbury;
being the second minister of the second church in Plymouth Colony.
He succeeded Rev. Ralph Partridge, the first minister, who was settled
there in 1637, and who was eminent for talents and learning, as well as
for deep piety. Mr. Partridge died a few days before the probate of
his will, which took place May 4, 1 658. Mr. Holmes, who was doubt-
less well known to the people of Duxbury, as having been brought up
in Scituate, a neighboring town, seems to have been desired by them
immediately to fill the place of their deceased pastor; and this was
probably the reason why the name of Mr. Holmes is not found in the
* He is designated on the Records as "John Wood alias Atwood" ; and must
not be confounded, as he often has been, with John Atwood, gentleman, formerly of
London, the Assistant of Plymouth Colony in 1638, and Treasurer thereof till
death ; who d. in 1643, and left no issue. See the will of the latter, in Genealogical
Register, Vol. IV., p. 173.
It is no where recorded that Rev. John Holmes of Duxbury was a son of William
Holmes of Marshfield ; but the evidence is such as to remove all reasonable doubt.
The father of the Duxbury minister must have been a resident in the Old Colony,
for a reason which may be" deduced from a grant made to Rev. John Holmes from
the Court, June, 1675, of land in Pinguine-hole [in Sandwich], "in the right of his
father." His father's name is not mentioned in the Order of Court, [Old Colony
Records, Court Orders, Vol. V., p. 118.1 But it is clearly implied therein that
the father lived in the Old Colony. The father could not have been John Holmes
of Plymouth, the messenger of the General Court, for this man had a son John, the
husband of Patience Faunee, and the father of eleven children. See Introduction to
this Sketch. There was no man in the Old Colony who could be the father of the
Duxbury pastor, save William Holmes of Marshfield. The similarity of names
confirms" the position now assumed. William Holmes had a son Isaac, and we find
an Isaac among the children of Rev. John Holmes.
HOLMES FAMILY OF MARSHFIELD. 185
Catalogue of Graduates of Harvard College. It is known, however,
that in 1658 he was " studying at Cambridge under President Chauncy,"
a former minister of Scituate.
He was much respected as a minister, and was endeared to his people
by the humility and meekness of his character. His pastorate was
peaceful and happy ; and, so far as we can now judge, productive of
none but desirable results.*
Eev. John Holmes died December 24, 1675. His will is dated Dec.
16, 1675 ; it was exhibited to the Court hodden at Plymouth in March,
1675-6; and is found in the Old Colony Records, Wills, Vol. III.,
Part I., p. 169. He describes himself as "teacher of the Church of
Christ at Duxburrow" ; gives to his eldest son Joseph all my lattin and
Greek books ; gives to wife Mary, during her natural life, all my
houses and lands in Duxburrow, with all my moveables, excepting, &c.
Gives to my three children, Joseph, Mary, and Isaac, all my estate that
my said wife shall die possessed of, to be equally divided amongst them.
Appoints wife Mary, executrix. "I doe Request my trusty and well-
beloved friends, Mr. John Alden and Mr. Constant Southworth to be
the overseers of this my last will and testament." Witnesses, Josiah
Standish, John Tracye.
His widow Mary became the third wife of Major William Bradford,
a distinguished officer in " Philip's war," son of Gov. William Bradford,
and himself Deputy Governor from 1682 till the arrival of the new
Charter, 1692, except during the usurpation of Andros. She died
Jan. 6, 1714-15.
The children of Rev. John Holmes were —
11. tJoseph, 3 b. July 9, 1665 ; m. 1. Sarah Sprague. 2. Mary Brewster.
12. Mary, 3 b. ; is mentioned in her father's will, but of her we have no
further knowledge.
13. flsaae, 3 b. 1674; m. Mary Allerton.
3.
JOSIAH HOLMES, 2 son of William Holmes 1 of Marshfield ; m.
March 20, 1665-6, Hannah Sampson, 2 dau. of Henry Sampson of
Duxbury. See Sampson Family, in the sequel.
He resided a long time in Duxbury and Marshfield. He was a
surveyor of highways in Duxbury, 1681, and constable, 1683. He was
of Marshfield in 1696, as appears from a list of the male members of
the church in that town at the settlement of Rev. Edward Tompson in
that year.j The list is contained in the Church Records, and names
* In 1667, Nathaniel Soule was brought before the Court, charged with abusing
Mr. Holmes "by many false, scandalous, and approbuouse speeches;" and was
sentenced to make a public acknowledgment, to pay a fine of twenty pounds, and
sit in the stocks at the pleasure of the Court. The latter part of the penalty was
remitted at the urgent solicitation of Mr Holmes. Soule confessed that he had
been guilty of " wickedly speaking, and with a high hand eontumeliously villifving
and scandulizing Mr. John Holmes," and added, "this my wickedness in soe
speaking of soe godly a man, is greatly aggravated in that it hath a tendency to
the hinderence of the efficacye of that great and honorable worke of the preaching
of the Gospell, unto which lie is called." [Winsor's History of Duxbury, p. 179.
X He was son of deacon Samuel, and grandson of Rev. William Tompson, both of
Braintree ; was born in that town April 20, 1665 ; H. C. 1684; ordained pastor in
Marshfield, Oct. 14, 1696; died March 16, 1704-5, ae. 40.
186 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
Josiah Holmes before his brother Abraham. This circumstance, to-
gether with the fact that William Holmes, in his will, places the name
of Josiah before that of Abraham — thus, " my two sons Josiah and
Abraham" — and the more important fact that Josiah was married in
1665, — induce the belief that Josiah was the elder of the two; and this
notwithstanding the Church Records of Scituate represent Josiah as
having been baptized in 1650, and Abraham in 1641. Probably there
is an error often years in the former case ; no unusual affair in records.
Josiah Holmes, and his brothers Abraham and Isaac, removed to
Rochester before 1700; probably in 1697 or 1098; and were among
the early settlers of that town.
The children of Josiah Holmes were —
14. Hannah, 3 1.. Oct. 11, 1667.
15. Darbous, 3 b. Aug. 4, 1669.*
16. Jonah, 3 b. Aug. 13, 1672; m. ; lived in Rochester, in the same
house with his father. He lived to old age. His children having all died
young, he adopted James Cowing as his heir, who had lived with him from
boyhood.
17. Mar'v, 3 b. Nov. 5, 1674.
18. tJohn', 3 b. Mav 28, 1678 ; m. Susanna Randall.
19. t William, 3 b. Jan. 18, 1679-80; in. Bathsheba .
4.
ABRAHAM HOLMES, 2 son of William 110111165' of Marshfield ;
bap. 1641 ; m. 1, Elizabeth Arnold, dan. of Rev. Samuel Arnold,
Avho was pastor of t lie Church in Marshfield from 1659 to 1693; and
died there Sept. 3, 1693. She died May, 1690. 2, in 1695, Abigail
Nichols of Hingham.
He lived in Marshfield till about 1698, when he removed to Roch-
ester, with his brothers Josiah and Isaac. His brother-in-law Samuel
Arnold, (b. at Yarmouth, 1649) with a number of others from Marsh-
field and Duxbury, were already there ; and Samuel Arnold, the
younger, was ordained their pastor in 1 684. Abraham Holmes was
town treasurer of Rochester in 1698. His house stood a fourth of a
mile southeast from Snow's Pond, on the westerly side of the road.
He died April 17, 1722, a. 82. His grave-stone is still standing in the
Old Cemetery at Rochester Centre, and is perfectly legible.
His children, all by first wife, were —
20. Elizabeth, 3 b. 1666.
21. Isaac. 3
22. Bathsheba, 3 m. Jan. 21, 1691, Samuel Dojrtrett, son of Thomas Doggctt,
his second wife. His first wife was Mary Rogers, m. Jan. 24, 1682. "She
d. 1690. Samuel and Bathsheba Dogjiett had Elizabeth, Ebenezer, Bath-
sheln, John, Isaac, who were all baptized Sept. 27, 1702; also Lydia,
Persis, Seth, Abigail.
23. Rose, 3 in. March 22, 1698-9, Thomas BUnchard of Andovcr. The records
speak of her as " of Marshfield " at the time of her marriage.
24. Susanna. 3
25. tExperience, 3 b. 1681 ; m. Patience Nichols.
* I take this name from Winsor's History of Duxbury. Mr. Savage, in his
Genealogical Dictionary, calls it (very properly) an impossible name. Probably it
is a blunder of the Town Clerk for Dorcas.
HOLMES FAMILY OF MAESHFIELD. 187
5.
ISRAEL HOLMES, 2 brother of the preceding; bap. 1642 ; m. Nov.
24, 1681, Desire (Dotey) Sherman, dau. of Edward Dotey, who
came a youth in the Mayflower in 1620, and widow of William Sher-
man, Jun., all of Marshfield. She was married to Sherman, Dec. 25,
1667. He d. 1679.
If Israel Holmes had a wife before his marriage with Desire Sher-
man, nothing is now known of it.*
He spent his youth in Scituate, and his manhood in Marshfield. He
was, with Joseph Trouant, " cast away, sailing into Plymouth Harbor,
Feb. 24, 1684-5, and drowned, and was buried at Plymouth." [Marsh-
field Records.
His widow married for her third husband, Alexander Standish, 2 son
of Capt. Miles Standish 1 of Duxbury. He d. 1702. She d. 1723, and
her remains rest in the Old Cemetery at Marshfield, near the Church
of the First Parish, among the family of her first husband, Sherman.
She had five children by the first husband, two by the second, and
three, Desire, Thomas, and Ichabod (Standish) by the third. J
The children of Israel and Desire Holmes were —
26. tlsrael, 3 b. Feb. 4, 1682-3 ; m. Elizabeth Turner.
27. tJohn, 3 b. Jan. 15, 1684-5 ; m. 1, Joanna Sprague. 2, Sarah Thomas.
Capt. ISAAC HOLMES,' 2 brother of the preceding; bap. 1644: m.
April, 1678, Anna Rouse, dau. of John and Anna (Pabodie) Rouse of
Duxbury and Marshfield. She d. Nov. 30, 1715, a. 64 years, 6 months.
[Grave-stone.] Her grave-stone is still standing in the Old Cemetery
at Rochester Centre.
He removed from Marshfield to Rochester, about 1697, with his
brothers Josiah and Abraham. He settled about half a mile southwest
from Abraham, on land not long ago owned and occupied by Capt.
Jonathan Vaughan. Josiah lived about half a mile southerly from
Isaac.
He was Captain of the Company of militia in Rochester.
His will is dated April 29, 1723; proved May 1, 1724; recorded
Plym. Prob. 4 : 415. He speaks of himself as "well stricken in years."
He mentions " my eldest sons Ebenezer and Cornelius "; of whom
Ebenezer is the eldest of the family ; " my two youngest sons Isaac and
Josiah," and my son Isaac's wife Sarah. He died therefore in 1724,
a. 80.
His children, as recorded in Marshfield, were —
28. Abigail, 3 b. Oct. 21, 1680; d. 1683.
29. jEbenezer, 3 b. April 25, 1683 ; m. Hannah .
* There is an error in the Genealogical Register, Vol. VI , p. 348, which mar-
ries Israel Holmes to Anna Rouse in 1678. It should be Isaac.
{ Her dau. Experience Sherman, b. 1678, m. Miles Standish, 3 her step-son. He
inherited the homestead of his father and grandfather at Captain's Hill in Duxbury,
where he died 1739. His widow Experience lived till 1744, and is supposed to have
been the last individual bearing the name of Standish, who occupied that beautiful
locality.
188 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
30. John, 3 1). Nov. 18, 1686.
31. Cornelius,3 b. Nov. 10, 1688.
32. Mercv, 3 b. Jan. 1, 1690.
33. tlsaae> b. April 5, 1693 ; m. Sarah
34. Josiah.3 b. July 23, 1696; m. May 12, 1721, Hannah Sherman of Marsh-
fleld, and had Hazadiahf b. Dec. 3, 1721.
As Hon. Abraham Holmes [177] knew nothing of any of these
children, except Isaac — knew not even that Capt. Isaac Holmes had
such children — it seems to be a matter of plain inference that none
except Isaac had in his day, descendants in Rochester.
THIRD GENERATION.
11.
JOSEPH HOLMES, 3 (John, 2 William?) son of Rev. John Holmes 2
of Duxbury; b. there July 9, 1GG5; m. 1, Sarah Sprague, 3 dau. of
Samuel Sprague 2 of Duxbury, Representative of Duxbury, and Secre-
tary of the Colony, who was son of William 1 of Hingham, 1G36.
2, Mart Brewster, b. in Kingston, Feb. 10, 1G78-9. She was a
dau. of Wrestling, 3 son of Love, 2 son of Elder William Brewster. 1
He lived for many years in Kingston near Duxbury line, on the
place where Elisha Brewster now lives. In 1713 he exchanged farms
with Wrestling Brewster, his wife's brother, and thenceforth lived on a
farm in Kingston, near Plymouth line, owned and cultivated in 1850
by Pelham Brewster; where he died, June 2G, 1753, a. 88. His
widow Mary died April 17, 1761, a. 82.
His will is dated June 2, 1733; proved Aug. 10, 1733; recorded
Plym. Prob. G : 382. He mentions wife Mary and son John ; also
children Joseph Holmes, Ephraim Holmes, Mary Dingley, Sarah
Bearce, Abigail Turner, Jonathan Holmes, Micah Holmes, Kezia
Holmes.
His children were — by first wife —
33. John,' b. . lie is said to have lived in Marshfield. Bat those who
make this statement, have confounded him with another John Holmes [27],
son of Israel, who did live in Marshfield, and m. Joanna Sprague, 1710.
By second wife —
36. tJoseph, 4 b. Oct. 4, 1696; m. Rebecca Waterman.
37. Wrestling, 4 b. Feb. 8, 1698 ; d. young.
38. tEphraim, 4 b. March 14, 1699; m. Sarah Tilden.
39. fMarv, 4 b. June 4, 1701 ; m. Jacob Dingley of Marshfield.
40. Sarah, 4 b. April 11, 1703 ; m. John Bearce of Halifax.
41. tAbigail, 4 1). July 18, 1705 ; m. Israel Turner of Pembroke.
42. tJonathan, 4 b. July 5, 1709 ; in. 1, Mary Waterman; 2, Rebecca Tilden.
43. tMieah, 4 b. April 11, 1714; m. Rebecca Bradford.
44. Lydia, 4 b. June 5, 1717 ; d. young.
45. Kezia, 4 b. March 23, 1719 ; m. Isaiah Thomas, and removed to Newport, R. I.
13.
ISAAC HOLMES, 3 (John 2 William?) son of Rev. John Holmes of
Duxbury; b. there 1674; m. Mary Allerton.
HOLMES FAMILY OF MABSHFIELD. 189
He lived in Kingston, near Blackwater Pond, on the place now, or
not long since owned and occupied by Benjamin Sampson. He died
there, April 11, 1738, a. 64. All of his surviving children moved away,
and none of his descendants, it is said, now reside in Kingston.
His will is dated March 30, 1738; proved May 3, 1738; recorded
Plym. Prob. 7 : 404. He mentions wife Mary ; son Isaac, then under
21 years of age; and daus. Hannah Everson, Mary Phillips, Zerviah
Chandler, Susanna Holmes.
His children were —
46. Hannah, 4 ; m. Everson.
47. Mary, 4 ; m. [John?] Phillips.
48. Zerviah, 4 ; m. Chandler.
48^. Susanna. 4
49. Isaac, 4 ; m. Mary ; was a soldier in the "Old French War."
His will, dated May 3, 1756, states that he was then " hound on the Expe-
dition to Crown Point." It is likelv that he never returned, for the probate
of his will is dated Nov. 1, 1756. "[Plvm. Prob. 14 : 182.] Children—
49£. Benjamin, 5 b. July 18, 1747 ; d. Aug. 13, 1748.
50. Isaac* b. July 10*, 1749.
51. Benjamin, 5 b. Sept. 13, 1754.
52. Sally 5 b. Oct. 14, 1756.
53. Benjamin, 4 ; d. young.
18.
JOHN HOLMES, 3 (Josiah, 2 William, 1 ) son of Josiah Holmes 2 of
Marshfield; b. May 28, 1678; m. Susanna Randall, according to
the testimony of her grand-daughter Betsey Holmes [139] ; though
Deane, in his History of Scituate, p. 288, gives her name as Susanna
Briggs.
He resided at Holmes Hill, so called, in East Pembroke, near Marsh-
field. His wife Susanna d. Oct. 22, 1732.
His children were —
54. tJosiah,* b. Sept. 26, 1715; m. Sarah Rogers.
55. Mary, 4 b. April 29, 1717 ; m. Nathaniel Sampson, 4 b. Feb. 22, 1716, son of
Nathaniel 3 of Duxbury. He d. 178?.
56. Deborah, 4 ) . . , T no ._,_ ( m. Delano.
., -,, ,, . 'J- twins, b. June 22, 1/19, < -r,
57. liuth, 4 ) ' ' ' } m. Bourne.
58. Abigail, 4 b. Feb. 21, 1720; m. 1, April 5, 1744, Josiah Bourne, Jr. ; 2, Solo-
mon Cushman.
59. Lemuel, 4 b. Nov. 24, 1723 ; removed to Boston.
60. Jacob, 4 b. April 13, 1726 ; m. ; died at sea.
61. Nathaniel, 4 b. Dec. 8, 1729 ; m. the widow of his brother Jacob.
19.
WILLIAM HOLMES, 3 (Josiah, 2 William, 1 ) brother of the pre-
ceding; b. in Marshfield, Jan. 18, 1679-80; m. Bathsheba .
He lived in Pembroke, in a section of that town, it would seem,
which was set off, July 4, 1734, to form, in conjunction with portions
of Plympton and Middleborough, the town of Halifax.
He died probably in 1760, and his widow Bathsheba probably in the
earlier part of 1763.
June 2, 1760. William Holmes, late of Halifax, having deceased,
Robert Waterman of Halifax is appointed administrator. [Plymouth
Prob. 15 : 522.
190 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
Amount of inventory, June, 1760, £35.3; all of -which was personal
estate ; which induces the belief that he had previously divided his real
estate among his children.
The will of Barshaba [Bathsheha] Holmes, widow of William
Holmes of Halifax, is dated Dec. 25, 17G2; proved April 4, 1763;
recorded Plym. Prob. 16 : 436. She gives to [eldest] son "William
Holmes, a cow. To sons Simeon Holmes and Hezekiah Holmes, eight
shillings each. To the children of my dan. Lydia Tilden, deceased,
eight shillings. To my dau. Hannah Bears [Bearce], the wife of
Joseph Bears; to my dau. Zilpha Holmes; to my dau. Elizabeth
Holmes, the wife of my son William Holmes; to my dau. Jane Holmes,
the wife of Capt. Ephraim Holmes ; [a small sum to each.] Noah
dishing of Halifax, executor.
The children of William and Bathsheha Holmes were —
62. tWilliam, 4 b. ; m. Elizabeth .
63. fSimeon, 4 b. Nov. 3, 1721 ; m. Abiah Sturtevant ; lived in Plvmpton.
64. Jane, 4 b. 1724; m. Capt. Ephraim Holmes 5 of Halifax* She d. 1775, a.
51 £ years. [It is erroneously stated in the former part of this volume,
pp. 56, 59, that Ephraim Holmes was a brother of Hezekiah Holmes. He
was his brother-in-law.]
65. Lvdia, 4 b. ; m. Tilden ; lived in Hanover, Mass. She died
before 1762. Children—
I Jane. Mary. Friend.
66. tllezekiah, 4 b. Jan. 25, 1727-8; m. Mercy Bisbee.
* The Pedigree of Capt. Ephraim Holmes is as follows: —
I. JOHN HOLMES, 1 who was taxed at Plymouth, 1633 and 1634; freeman,
1634 ; was messenger of the General Court, and was on the list of those in Plym-
outh " able to bear arms," in 1643.
II. John Holmes, 2 also of Plymouth; m. Nov. 20, 1661, Patience Fannce.
He d. in the summer of 1697. For his numerous family sec the Introduction to this
sketch.
III. John Holmes, 3 b. March 22, 1663; settled in Middl borough, where he died
in 1728, se. 66.
IV. John Holmes, 4 b. 1694; of Middleborough ; m. Elizabeth , and had
Ephraim, 5 b. April 19, 1719; John? b. April 25, 1721 ; Sarah? b. Oct. 21, 1724;
Betty? b. Sept. 24, 1727. John Holmes, 4 the father of these four children, d. in
Middleborough, Feb. 14, 1729-30, as. 36. He and his father probably lived in that
portion of Middleborough which was set off in 1734 to form the town of Halifax.
After bis death, his widow Elizabeth m. Jacob Thomson of Middleborough.
V. Ephraim Holmes, 5 his eldest son, b. 1719, was the husband of Jane Holmes 4
in the text. He chose Jacob Thomson for his guardian, March 14, 1733-4. [Plym.
Prob. 7 : 6.
Ephraim Holmes was a Captain of the Province troops in His Majesty's service
in several campaigns for the reduction of Canada, 1759-1762. See Massachusetts
Archives.
Nathaniel Holmes 4 of Middleborough, who was doubtless an uncle of Ephraim,
and son of John Holmes, 3 m. June 6, 1717, Martha Cushman, 4 bap. 1691, dau. of
Deacon Elkanah Cushman of Plvmpton, and had Nathaniel? b. June 21, 1718;
d. 1779 ; Jedidiah? b. Mav 19, 1720; Jabez? b. Sept. 13, 1723; Elkanah? b. Aug.
1, 1725 ; John? b. April 20, 1727.
Thomas Holmes 4 of Middleborough, presumed to be a brother of Nathaniel, 4 m.
April 1, 1731, Mary Sproat ; had a dau. Experience? b. Feb. 12, 1731-2. He had
a brother Benjamin. Thomas d. in the autumn of 1733. Will dated Sept. 8 ;
proved Dec. 20, 1733.
Jedidiah Holmes 5 of Middleborough, son of Nathaniel, 4 m. Ruth Barrows, Dec
12, 1746; and had Joanna* b. April 20, 1747; Martha? h. April 25, 1749; Mary?
b. Dec. 13, 1753; Samuel? b. Dec. 21, 1758; Ruth? b. Sept. 12, 1761.
HOLMES FAMILY OF MARSHFIELD. 191
67. Hannah, 4 b. ; m. Joseph Bearce ; lived in Pembroke; had a son
who was a lieutenant in the Revolutionary war ; besides other children.
68. Zebulon, 4 b. ; a soldier in the " Old' French War."
69. Zilpah, 4 b. ; never married ; lived to old age.
25.
EXPERIENCE HOLMES, 3 {Abraham, 2 William, 1 ) son of Abra-
ham 2 and Elizabeth (Arnold) Holmes; b. in Marshfield, 1G81; m.
Patience Nichols.
He settled just within the line of Dartmouth, in what was afterwards
Faii-haven, on a farm which w T as afterwards known as the Parish Farm,
having been purchased by the parish for the use and occupancy of Rev.
Thomas West.* He died in 1715, a. 34. His widow married Dea.
Ephraim Wood, who lived in Middleborough, near the slitting mill,
sometimes called Oliver's Works. By him she had Manasseh and
Bathsheba. Manasseh m. a Pomeroy, and had Pelham, Manasseh,
Thomas, Nichols, and Sarah, who m. a Haskell. Bathsheba m. Col.
Ebenezer Sproat, the owner of a fine farm, an innkeeper, colonel in the
militia, and many years Representative of the town of Middleborough ;
their children were, Mary, who m. William Torrey, Esq. ; Ebenezer,
b. 1752, a Colonel in the Army of the Revolution ;\ Bathsheba, m.
Cyrus Keith, Esq. ; Thomas, m. a Briggs from Pembroke ; James, a
lawyer, of Taunton ; Samuel, an invalid ; Earl, who lived in Ohio, and
was never married.
Mrs. Patience Wood survived her second husband.
* Rev. Thomas West was the first pastor of the Third Parisli in Rochester, in the
northwest part of that town ; was installed there about 1758. He was previously
colleague pastor with Rev. Experience Mayliew, on Martha's Vineyard. He d. in
Rochester in 1790. He was father of Rev. Dr. Samuel West, of Hollis Street
Church, Boston.
% Col. Ebenezer Sproat, b. 1752, entered the army as Captain, and soon rose to
the rank of Major, in the Tenth Massachusetts Regiment, commanded by Col.
Shepard. In 1778, he was Lieutenant-Colonel in Gen. John Glover's brigade of
four regiments, which was stationed at Providence. He was then said to be the
tallest man in the brigade, being six feet and four inches high, with limbs perfectly
correspondent. Of the perils of the war he largely partook, being engaged in the
battles of Trenton, Princeton, Monmouth, and many others. His superior excel-
lence as a disciplinarian attracted the notice of the Baron Steuben, who appointed
him Inspector of the Brigade.
In January, 1781, a dangerous mutiny broke out in the New Jersey line, stationed
at Pompton, N. J., and a detachment of five hundred men was ordered out to sup-
press it. Of this detachment Col. Sproat was second in command, Gen. Robert
Howe being the chief.
After the war, he lived for some time in Providence, and married Catharine
Whipple, daughter of Commodore Abraham Whipple. They had but one child, a
daughter, who married Solomon Sibley, Esq., of Detroit. Col. Sproat was one of
the leaders in the enterprise of settling the present State of Ohio, and was one of the
party, forty-eight in number, which arrived at the mouth of the Muskingum on the
7th of April, 1788, and commenced the town of Marietta, the first white settlement
in that State. He was known to the Indians as the Big Buckeye, from which
originated the term now applied to all the people of Ohio. He was sheriff of the
County fourteen years, till removed from office under the administration of Jefferson
in 1802, for his political opinions, being a Federalist of the Old School, the School
of Washington. He died suddenly, in the full vigor of health, in February, 1805.
His name was held in grateful remembrance by all ho knew him. [Hildreth's
(S. P.) Early Settlers of Ohio.
192 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
The children of Experience and Patience Holmes were —
70. fElizabeth, 4 ; m. Jethro Ashley.
71. tSarah, 4 ; m. Elias Miller of Middleborough.
72. {Experience, 4 ( twins (posthumous), I m. Hannah Sampson.
73. An infant, \ b. May 29, 1716, { d. very soon.
26.
ISRAEL HOLMES, 9 (Israel? William, 1 ) son of Israel and Desire
Holmes of Marshfield ; b. there, Feb. 4, 1682-3; m. Elizabeth
Turner, 3 dau. of Daniel Turner, 2 who was son of Humphrey Turner, 1
all of Scituate.
They lived and died in Marshfield, and their memorial-stones are
still in a state of good preservation. " Mrs. Elizabeth, wife of Israel
Holmes, died Jan. 23, 1754, aged 72. Israel Holmes died Sept. 7,
1760, aged 78." [Church Records.
They seem to have had a son —
74. Israel. 4 " He resided on the olden Holmes estate in South Marshfield.
Having no children, he gave it to his next neighbor, Col. Anthony
Thomas, to support himself and wife [from the proceeds] during their life.
It is now owned by Mr. Charles Sampson, whose second wife was great-
grand-dau. of Col. Anthony Thomas." [Letter of Miss M. A. Thomas.
27.
JOHN HOLMES, 3 (Israel, 7 William, 1 ) brother of the preceding;
b. in Marshfield, Jan. 15, 1684-5; m. 1, May 11, 1710, Joanna
Sprague, dau. of Secretary Samuel Sprague of Duxbury. 2, Sept. 8.
1720, Sarah Thomas, dau. of Samuel Thomas of Marshfield.*
He died Jan. 23, 1748. His wife Sarah lived to be one hundred
years of age.
The children of John and Sarah (Thomas) Holmes were —
75. Thomas, 4 b. Oct. 15, 1720 ; m. Oct 12, 1743, Lydia White, a great-prand-
daughter of Peregrine White. They settled near Stockbridge's mills in
Scituate. They had —
Benjamin, 5 b. April 10, 1749 ; m. Kczia Cudworth.
Sarah, 5 b. Feb. 8, 1751 ; in. Benjamin James; parents of the late Dr.
Elisha James of Scituate, and grandparents of Benjamin James, now
of South Boston.
Faith, 5 b. Feb. 10, 1753 , m. Bartlett.
Christina, 5 b. April 27, 1755.
Thomas, 5 b. March 4, 1758.
Lydia, 5 b. March 25, 1760; m. Clapp.
76. Sarah, 4 b. Sept. 17, 1722 ; m. Aaron Simmons, Jan. 14, 1749.
77. Samuel, 4 b. Nov. 20, 1724 ; m. Zeruiah Simmons, 1757. They had —
Isaac, 5 ; m. Bethiah Thomas of Marshfield. They removed to
Winthrop, Me. They had a family, and lived to an advanced age.
Martha 5 ; m. •"Mitchell.
Susanna. 5
* Some have supposed that Joanna Sprague was the wife of John Holmes 4 [35],
son of Joseph 3 and Sarah (Sprague) Holmes of Kingston. But Joanna Sprague
and Sarah Sprague were sisters ; and it cannot be believed that John Holmes 4 [35]
would marry his own aunt.
An additional ground of support for the statement in the text is this : Samuel
Sprague, Junior, the brother of Sarah and Joanna Sprague, married Bethiah
Thomas, the only sister of Sarah Thomas, second wife of John Holmes 3 [27.]
Nothing was more common, in those days, than such double alliances. Whether
John Holmes 3 [27] had children by Joanna Sprague is not known.
HOLMES FAMILY OF MARSHFIELD. 193
78. Lydia, 4 b. April 24, 1729 ; never married ; died at the age of one hundred
years.
79. Ruth, 4 b. Jan. 3, 1735 ; never married ; died at an advanced age.
80. John, 4 b. March 14, 1738; m. Bathsheba Walker, 1772. They had—
Mary, 5 b. Oct. 25, 1772; m. Aaron Sampson.
Nancy, 5 b. Dec. 19, 1775; m. Amos Sherman.
Sarah, 5 b. Jan. 25, 1780; m. Japhet Mitchell. She is still living, 1862.
John, 5 b. ; m. Margaret Porter. They left a number of sons.
29.
EBENEZER HOLMES, 3 {Isaac? William, 1 ) eldest son of Capt.
Isaac 2 and Anna (Rouse) Holmes of Rochester; b. in Marshfield, April
25,1683; m. Hannah .
They lived in Rochester. Their children were —
81. John, 4 b. Aug. 19, 1717.
82. Barnabas, 4 b. May 5, 1719.
83. Ebenezer, 4 b. Sept. 3, 1720; m. April 5, 1744, Abigail Newcomb of Pem-
broke.
84. Seth, 4 b. Dec. 22, 1721.
85. Rebecca, 4 b. March 8, 1722-3.
86. Lvdia, 4 b. Feb. 22, 1724-5.
87. Hannah, 4 b. Dec. 17, 1727.
33.
ISAAC HOLMES, 3 {Isaac, 2 William, 1 ) brother of the preceding,
b. in Marshfield, April 5, 1693; m. Sarah .
He lived in Rochester ; was a blacksmith ; and easily irritated.
"When at work over his anvil, if the iron did not easily assume the
shape he desired, he would say, " I'll smash you," and throw it and his
hammer across the shop ; then would stand still, scratch his head, and
say, " I'm a fool, I think ;" pick up the hammer and iron and go to
work again. He was very deaf, which was supposed to be occasioned
by the noise of his drum, having, when young, been a drummer in his
father's company. He was one of those that united in forming the
parish in the northwest part of the town of Rochester.*
He died about the year 1747. His children were —
88. A daughter, 4 ; m. Goodspeed.
89. Sarah, 4 ; m. Williams, and moved to Western Massachusetts.
90. Mercy, 4 ; m. John Perry; they lived and died in Assawampset, a
locality in Middleborough.
91. Abigail, 4 ; m. Elijah Parker.
* About the time of Isaac Holmes's death, a minister of the name of Pell preached
in that parish, though he was never settled there. This minister had on one side of
his face a mark resembling the impression of a man's hand, of which he cave the
following; account : When young, as he was taking a morning's walk, he saw in the.
road before him a young woman of pleasing form and motions, and quickened his
steps to overtake her. When he came up, he accosted her with — " Good morning,
ma'am ; well overtaken !" She turned round, and he found she was an utter
stranger. She made no reply, but with her open hand gave him a severe slap on
the side of his face, and left him. The slap left an impression on his face, which
remained ever after. He was seized with a kind of stupor, and what became of her
he could not tell. This story he told, and none ever doubted it ; for he was con-
sidered a very pious man.
I have given this story from the MS. of Hon. Abraham Holmes [177], who
received it from an aunt of his, one of Mr. Pell's hearers. It may pass as a specimen
of the stories which were often circulated among our worthy, but too credulous pro-
genitors.
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194 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
FOURTH GENERATION.
36.
JOSEPH HOLMES, 4 {Joseph, 3 John, 2 William, 1 ) son of Joseph 3
and Mary (Brewster) Holmes of Kingston; b. Oc^. 4, 1G96; m. May
20, 1731, Rebecca Waterman, b. Oct. 9, 1710, dau. of Robert and
Mary Waterman of that section of Plympton, which in 1734 became
a part of Halifax. He lived in Kingston, and occupied the homestead.
His will is dated April 22, 1756. He mentions wife Rebecca and son
Joseph ; also sons Lemuel, Melatiah, John, and Thomas, these four
being under twenty-one years of age ; likewise daus. Lydia, Rebecca,
Susanna, Anna. [Plym. Prob. 14 : 132]. The name Susanna is
probably a clerical error for Laurana.
He d. April 26, 1756, a. 60. His widow m. Rev. William Rand,
who was b. in Charlestown, 1700 ; H. C. 1721 ; minister of Sunderland,
1724-1745, and of Kingston, 1746-1779; d. March 1779, six weeks
after his marriage.
The children of Joseph and Rebecca Holmes were —
92. Mary, 5 b. Feb. 21, 1732 ; d. May 22, 17.35.
93. tJoseph, 5 b. Oct. 20, 1733; m. Jemima Adams.
94. Lydia, 5 b. Nov. 9, 1736; never married.
95. Rebecca, 5 b. Jan. 17, 1738 ; m. her cousin Jonathan Holmes [121].
96. Laurana, 5 b. April 7, 1740; m. October 31, 1771, Stetson Bradford 6 of
Kingston, b. Feb. 17, 1739, son of Capt. Robert 5 and Sarah (Stetson)
Bradford. Robert 5 was son of John, 4 who was son of John, 3 who was
son of Major William, 2 and grandson of Gov. William Bradford. 1 See
Genealogical Register, IV., p. 237. She had four sons and two daus.,
and d. March 13, 1825, je. 85.
97. Lemuel, 5 b. Feb. 11, 1742 ; d. April 6, 1771, je. 29.
98. Jedidiah, 5 b. Jan. 1, 1744; d. Feb. 18, 1744.
99. tMelatiah, 5 b. March 30, 1745; m. Elizabeth Bradford.
100. Anna, 5 b. July 16, 1748 ; m. Paul Bailey of Scituate, March 8, 1769.
101. John, 5 b. Jan. 14, 1751 ; unm. ; was master of a vessel, and d. in Virginia,
or North Carolina, March 20, 1772, a. 21.
102. tThomas, 5 b. Jan. 28, 1755; m. Deborah Delano.
38.
EPHRAIM HOLMES, 4 (Joseph, 3 John,' William, 1 ) brother of the
preceding; b. March 14, 1699 ; m. Jan. 1, 1733-4, Saraii Tilden of
Marshfield, b. 1703.
He lived in Kingston, at the locality known as Blackwater, on the
place afterwards owned and occupied by his grandson Nathaniel Holmes'
[225]. The house which he built in 1733, in which he was married,
and where he lived and died, is yet standing. He was a large land-
owner, and a principal proprietor of the forge on Hall's Brook, in the
northwest part of Kingston, long since demolished; also of the Upper
Iron Works.
He d. Nov. 10, 1780, a. 81. His wife d. March 27, 1773, a. 70.
Their children were —
103. tEphraim, 5 b. Oct. 31, 1734; m. Zeruiah Bryant.
104. Sarah, 5 b. March 23, 1740-1 ; m. David Carver of Marshfield, November
23, 1775.
105. fLevi, 5 b. Nov. 28, 1747; m. Lydia Bradford.
HOLMES FAMILY OF MARSHFIELD. 195
39.
MARY HOLMES, 4 {Joseph, 3 John? William, 1 ) sister of the pre-
ceding ; b. June 7, 1701 ; m. Jacob Dingley 4 of Marshfield, who also
lived in Duxbury. He was son of John 3 and grandson of Jacob, 2 who
was son of John, 1 all of Marshfield. He d. Dec. 24, 1772, a. 69.
Their children were —
106. Abner (Dingley), b. Jan. 31, 1732 ; m. Ruth . (?)
107. Marv (Dinglev), b. Nov. 10, 1735; m. Simeon Cook, Jan. 1, 1756.
108. Sarah (Dingley), b. April 11, 1742.
109. Abigail (Dingley), b. May 5, 1745.
110. Jacob (Dingley), b. ; m. Susanna . She d. March 17, 1782.
41.
ABIGAIL HOLMES, 4 (Joseph, 3 John, 2 William, 1 ) sister of the
preceding; b. July 18, 1705; m. Israel Turner* of Pembroke. He
was son of Japhet, 4 who was son of Japhet, 3 son of John, 2 son of
Humphrey Turner, 1 who settled in Scituate, 1633.
He d. Sept. 24, 1760. She died Oct. 25, 1787, se. 83.
Her children were —
111. Deborah (Turner), b. June 20, 1731 ; m. Israel Cozzens.
112. Jonathan (Turner), b. March 24, 1732 ; m. Mary Bonney.
113. Abigail (Turner), b. May 7, 1735.
114. Priscilla (Turner), b. Dec. 31, 1736; m. Isaac Phillips.
115. Betty (Turner), b. May 27, 1739 ; m. Robert Barker.
116. Christiana (Turner), b" June 20, 1741 ; m. Pool Spear.
117. Israel (Turner), b. April 6, 1743 ; m. Elizabeth Hall.
118. Daniel (Turner), b. Feb. 7, 1744. •
119. Elisha (Turner), m. Sarah Keen.
42.
JONATHAN HOLMES, 4 (Joseph, 3 John 2 William, 1 ) brother of
the pi-eceding; b. July 5, 1709; m. 1, Mary Waterman of Plymp-
ton, who was b. Feb. 25, 1715-16, and d. Jan. 26, 1749-50, a. 34.
2, Dec. 19, 1752, Rebecca Tilden, b. April 27, 1705, sister of Sarah,
his brother Ephraim's wife.
He lived in Kingston, on the place where his grandson Lewis Holmes
[259] has since lived, near the Upper Iron Works, of which he owned
a part. He was a "bloomer," and was overseer of the forges in
Kingston.
He d. Aug. 5, 1787, a. 78. His wife Rebecca d. Dec. 12, 1791, se. 87.
His children, all by first wife, were —
120. Abigail, 5 b. Oct. 18, 1734; m. John Bearce of Kingston. They lived on
the north side of Jones River Pond, on the place where John and Icha-
bod Bearce lived in 1850. They had six children. He d. July 16,
1806, a. 80. She d. Jan. 10, 1810, se. 75 years, 3 months.
121. tJonathan, 5 b. April 27, 1736; m. his cousin Rebecca Holmes [95].
122. Charles, 5 b. Aug. 1, 1741 ; d. Aug. 8, 1741.
123. fRobert, 5 b. June 16, 1743 ; m. Abigail Howland.
124. Mary, 5 b. May 1, 1745; m. Oct 9, 1766, James Morton of Plympton,
afterwards of Chesterfield, in Western Massachusetts.
125. tJedidiah, 5 b. March 4, 1749 ; m. Sarah Adams.
196 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
43,
MXCAH HOLMES, 4 {Joseph? John,* William, 1 ) brother of the
preceding; b. April 11, 1714; m. Jan. 31, 1753, Rebecca Bradford,'
b. Dec. 31, 1730, sister of Stetson Bradford, who m. Laurana Holmes,
his brother's daughter.
They lived in Kingston, on the place afterwards occupied by Col.
Charles Holmes [241] and since that by his son James W. Holmes.
The family afterwards removed to Woodstock, Vt. She d. Sept. 25, 1778.
Their children were —
126. Abigail, 5 b. Oct. 17, 1753. 130. Micah, 5 b. Nov. 4, 1762.
127. Kezia, 5 b. Feb. 4, 1755. 131. Oliver. 5
128. Orpah, 5 b. March 16, 1757. 132. Israel. 5
129. Rebecca, 5 b. Aug. 11, 1760.
54,
JOSIAH HOLMES, 4 {John? Josiah, 2 William, 1 ) eldest son of
John 3 and Susanna (Randall) Holmes of Pembroke; b. 'Sept. 26,
1715; m. Sarah Rogers of Marshfield.
They seem to have lived in East Pembroke, near Marshfield.
Their children were —
133. Abigail, 5 b. Sept. 7, 1737 ; m. Jonathan Joice.
134. Mercy, 5 b. Oct. 5, 1739; m. Obadiah Damon, 1761.
135. Ruth, 5 b. July 29, 1745 ; never married ; died at the age of 87.
136. Jo-iah, 5 b. July 12, 1748.
!'"■ f^lly,' } twins, b. May 4, 1756.
138. Lydia, 5 ) ' J '
139. Betsey, 5 b. June 5, 1758; d. April, 1856, se. 98. She had an old Family
Bible, from which this record and that of her grandfather Holmes's
family, [18] were transcribed.
62.
WILLIAM HOLMES, 4 {William, 3 Josiah,' William, 1 ) eldest son of
William 3 and Bathsheba Holmes of Pembroke ; b. there about 1720 ; m.
Elizabeth .
He removed from Pembroke to Winchester, N. H., about 1765. He
lived there till about 1785, when he removed with his son Stetson to
Hartland, Vt., on Connecticut River. He was a man of odd, eccentric
character, and full of low wit, specimens of which are still retained in the
memories of the aged. His children were —
140. tStetson 5 ; m. Anna ; removed to Hartland, Vt., about 1785.
141. Prentice. 5
142. Zebulon 5 ; was a soldier of the Revolution.
143. Ruth. 5
144. tAbsalom 5 (probably) ; m. Deborah Williams.
145. Elizabeth 5 (probably) ; m. Stephen Maine, Esq., in Hartland, Jan. 29, 1804.
There were several other daughters, whose names are unknown.
63.
SIMEON HOLMES, 4 ( William, 3 Josiah, 2 William, 1 ) brother of the
preceding; b. Nov. 3, 1721 ; m. Abiah Sturtevant of Plympton.
He lived for a time in Plympton, but appears to have soon moved
away, as no record of his family appears on Plympton Records, and no
will or settlement of his estate appears on the Probate Records at
Plymouth.
HOLMES FAMILY OF MAESHFIELD. 197
66.
HEZEKIAH HOLMES, 4 (William, 3 Josiah? William, 1 ) son of
William' and Bathsheba Holmes of Pembroke, the part afterwards
included in Halifax; b. Jan. 25, 1727-8; m. 1755, Mercy Bisbee, 8
b. Oct. 28, 1736, 0. S., dau. of John 4 and Abiah (Bonney) Bisbee of
Pembroke.*
* Hezekiah Holmes of Pembroke was a Lieutenant in His Majesty's service, in
the Company under the command of Capt. John Loring, in the Expedition against
Crown Point, from Feb. 18 to Oct. 27, 1756.
Hezekiah Holmes of Pembroke was a First Lieutenant in His Majesty's service,
in a Company of Foot, under the command of Capt. Abel Keen, in the Regiment of
Col. Thomas Doty, raised by the Province for the reduction of Canada, from March
13 to Nov. 25, 1758, at £5 per month. [Mass. Archives.
The pedigree of Mercy Bisbee is as follows : —
I. THOMAS BISBEE 1 came from Sandwich, Eng., with six children and three
servants, and settled at Scituate as early as 1634. He was admitted freeman of
Plymouth Colony, Jan. 2, 1637-8. The name in the early records is Besbeach,
Besbetch, Besbitch, Besbege, Beesbeech, &c. " Goodman Besbitch joyned the Church
in Scituate, April 30, 1637 ; and was invested into the office of Deacon, Feb. 22,
1637-8." [From an original MS. of Rev. John Lothrop, first pastor of Scituate,
afterwards of Barnstable, printed in the Genealogical Register, Vol. IX., p. 280,
and X., p. 37.
He was of Duxburv, 1638, and representative of that town in 1643. Afterwards
he was of Marshfield. Of his six children we know the names of only Elisha, 2 and
Alice? who m. John Bourne, and d. 1686.
II. Elisha Bisbee 2 was a cooper by trade, though in his will he calls himself
"glover." He was on the list of those in Scituate "able to bear arms," 1643.
He kept a ferry and a tavern in 1644. His children, were Hopestill,? b. 1645;
John, 3 b. 1647; Mary, 3 b. 1648, m. Jacob Beals ; Martha, 3 m. Jonathan Turner,
1667 ; Elisha, 3 b. 1654, d. 1715; Hannah, 3 b. 1656, m. Thomas Brooks, 1687.
His will is dated April 6, 1688; proved June 4, 1690 ; recorded Plym. Prob. 1 : 64.
He calls himself Elisha Besbey, senr., glover, of Marshfield ; mentions eldest son
Hopestill Besbey and wife, to whom he gives land in Marshfield and in Scituate, up
the North River. Mentions also my son John Besbey's children ; my son Elisha
Besbey's children ; children of my daughter Mary Beals, wife of Jacob Beals ;
children of my daughter Martha" Turner, deceased, wife of Jonathan Turner;
children of my daughter Hannah Brooks, wife of Thomas Brooks.
III. Hopestill Bisbee, 3 b. 1645; m. Sarah . He was of Marshfield,
and died there intestate, Nov. 12, 1695. His widow Sarah was appointed adminis-
tratrix, Feb. 18, 1695-6. Before Dec. 4, 1696, when she rendered her account, she
had changed her name to Lincoln.
IV. John Bisbee, 4 son of Hopestill Bisbee, was b. 1688. He was a farmer;
lived in Pembroke, and died there, intestate, i774, a. 86. His son Jonah was
appointed administrator, Feb. 7, 1774. His son,
V. John Bisbee, 5 b. about 1710, m. Abiah Bonnet, dau. of James Bonney of
Pembroke.* He was a farmer; lived in Pembroke, and died about 1756.
The children of John Bisbee, by his wife Abiah Bonney, were —
Abner, 6 b. 1734; removed to Springfield, Vt. Children—
Elizabeth? m. David Toles ; lived in Windsor, Vt. ; no children.
Abner, 7 lived in Springfield, Vt. ; had five sons and two daughters.
John," 1 lived in Springfield ; removed to Newport, Vt. ; had issue.
Elisha, 7 lived in Springfield ; had twelve children.
Elijah,' 7 lived in Springfield ; had two daughters.
Gad 7 moved to Newport, Vt.
Sally, 7 m. Benjamin Toles ; lived in Weathersfield, Vt. ; had 12 children.
Mercy, 6 b. Oct. 28, 1736 ; m. Hezekiah Holmes, in the text.
Sarah, 6 b. ; unmarried.
* James Bonney, the father of Abiah Bonney. died in the winter of 1723-4. He left a widow,
Desire ; a eon .lanies, who was of age ; a dau. Abiah, and sons Job and Klijah ; these three being
minors above fourteen years of age in 1726, when Nehemiah Cuthing was appointed their guardian.
198 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
He was a blacksmith, and very ingenious at his trade ; a man of
robust health, and of great physical power. He also possessed a vig-
orous understanding and a sound judgment, united with a fondness for
Elizabeth,' 5 b. about 1740; m. John Thompson; lived for a time in Halifax,
Mass. ; removed to Springfield, Vt. ; thence to Kingsborough, N. Y. Her
children were —
John Bisbee (Thompson), d. in Vermont, after the removal of his parents to
Kingsborough.
Peter (Thompson), never married ; joined the Society of Friends.
Cynthia (Thompson), never married.
James (Thompson), never married ; died in middle age.
fWilliam (Thompson), m. Belinda Reeve. See his Family in the sequel.
Barzillai (Thompson), "went to the Western country" [perhaps Western
New York] ; died many years ago, without issue.
Calvin (Thompson), settled in Western New York.
Joseph (Thompson), settled in Western New York.
Sarah (Thompson), m. Elijah Foster ; lived in Sherburne, Chenango Co.,
N. Y. She died, leaving two daughters.
Elizabeth (Thompson), m. Pelatiah Shepard of Kingsborough, N. Y. They
removed to Wisconsin. They had —
Elizabeth (Shepard), unmarried ; died at the age of about 30.
Stephen (Shepard), b. at Kingsboro', N. Y., July 26, 1S00; embarked at
Boston, Nov. 3, 1827, with a company of missionaries, for the Sand-
wich Islands; arrived at Honolulu, March 31, 1828; was in the ser-
vice of the A. B. C. F. M. as missionary printer, till his death, which
took place at Lahaina, Julv 6, 1834. His wife was Margaret C. Slow
of Champion, N. Y., h. in ' , Pa., March 6, 1801. She returned
to this country with two children, Jan. 6, 1835.
John Bisbee (Shepard), m. Rachel Willis: they have four or five
children ; and live in Delavan, Walworth Co., Wisconsin.
Lucinda (Thompson), m. Jacob Mead; settled in Palatine, N. Y. ; had two
sons, Isaac and Charles.
Chloe (Thompson), m. Richard Horth ; had four sons and two daughters;
lost her husband, and now (1862) lives with her children in Cattaraugus
County, New York.
John, 6 b. 1750 ; moved to Springfield, Vt., and Hubbardton, Vt. Children —
Ro.rana, 7 m. Lathrop ; settled in Sudbury, Vt. ; had several children.
Belinda, 7 m. Goodell ; lived in Sudbury or Hubbardton, Vt. ; had two
children.
Rispah 7 m. Ezekiel Newton ; lived in Weathersfield, Vt. ; one child.
Charles, 7 lived in Bethany (?) ; had one son, a teacher at St. Albans, Vt.,and
elsewhere.
Jason. 7
Jotham 7 was an officer in the war of 1812.
Poll//, 7 m. Frederic Hopkins; settled in Norwich, Chenango Co., N. Y. ; had
ten children.
William Thompson, son of John and Elizabeth (Bisbee) Thompson, in the fore-
going series, lived in Kingsborough, N. Y. He was not possessed of much worldly
property, though respectably connected. He married Belinda Reeve, a relative of
Tapping Reeve of Litchfield, Ct., Chief Justice of Connecticut, After her husband's
death, Mrs. Thompson resided at Whitestown, Oneida Co., N. Y. Their children
were —
Sarah, who m. a Rowe, removed to the Black River Country [near the east
end of Lake Ontario 1] and died soon after.
William, a wavward vouth, went to the far West.
John, b. July 17, 1799. See below.
Abner, d. many years since, in Florida, N. Y.
Belinda, m. Aaron Smith.
Mary, resides in Ohio.
Eliza, m. Josiah Houghton ; resides in Ohio.
David, resides in Ohio.
Rev. John Thompson, the third of these children, deserves special notice, both
on account of the excellence of his character, and the remarkable experience through
HOLMES FAMILY OF MARSHFIELD. 199
reading and a taste for poetry. A poetic paraphrase by him of the
137th Psalm, is still remembered. He was a selectman of Pembroke,
and held other town offices. He was an officer in the " Old French
War," as appears from the Massachusetts Archives, as quoted in the
note below. He was also an officer, for about two years, in the war of
the Revolution.
which the Providence of God led him. He was born in Kingshorough, July 17,
1799. When about ten years old, he went to live with that most worthy man,
Deacon Samuel Giles, whose wife was a cousin of his father. Deacon Giles's house
was from this time his home. Here he was treated as a child, and trained up in
habits of industry and in the fear of the Lord. He became much attached to the
family; was as a dutiful son to Mr. and Mrs. Giles, and a kind, affectionate brother
to their daughter Sarah, the only child remaining at home.
In the summer of 1819, in a time of religious revival, he became a subject of the
renewing grace of God, and united himself, in December of that year, to the Congre-
gational (now Presbyterian) Church in Kingsborough, Rev. Elisha Yale, D. D., pastor.
Very soon after, he conceived the purpose of preparing himself to go as a missionary
teacher to the Indians of our country. Dr. Yale, however, thought it desirable
that he should obtain a thorough education, and he assented. I have his own
declaration, that he "commenced a course of liberal study that he might be pre-
pared to preach Christ to the heathen." He fitted for College with Dr. Yale, who
gave him his tuition ; other friends of Christ — especially Deacon Giles — gave him
his board ; Mrs. Giles, her daughter, and other ladies, furnished his clothing. He
entered the Sophomore class in Middlebury College, September, 1823, and grad-
uated there in 1826. While a member of College, he paid a portion of his expenses
by teaching school in vacation. Having pursued a course of Theological study two
years at the Seminary at Princeton, N. J., he was licensed to preach in September,
1828, by the Presbytery of Albany, and shortly after ordained at Kingsborough a
missionary to the heathen. His teacher and patron, Dr. Yale, preached the Sermon
on the occasion, and gave the Right Hand of Fellowship.
Having previously been accepted as a missionary of the A. B. C. F. M. he
embarked at New York, December 16, 1828, in the ship Saluda, Capt. Jennings, for
Charleston, S. C, on the way to the Cherokee country, the scene of his future labors.
He arrived at Carmel, the missionary station to which he was destined, Jan. 23, 1829.
Among the dark sons of the forest, who had already arisen to a degree of civiliza-
tion, and to some knowledge of the Gospel, under the self-denying labors of the
missionaries, he spent more than three years of faithful, earnest toil. His exertions
in their behalf were cut short by the violent interference of white men, more savage
than the Indians themselves. The people of Georgia had long coveted the lands of
the Cherokees, and now determined to obtain possession of them, though secured to
the rightful owners by many solemn treaties. The laws of Georgia were extended
over the Cherokee Territory, and all persons residing within those limits received
notice to swear allegiance to the State aforesaid or to quit the country. The mis-
sionaries, who were residing there under the authority of the United States, resolved
to do neither. Mr. Thompson, therefore, was arrested by a band of ruffians, appro-
priately styled " The Georgia Guard," on the 8th of July, 1831 ; and on one of the
hottest days of the year, in that Southern climate, he was chained to the tail of a
cart, and compelled to travel at an equal pace with the horses, or be dragged
through mud and water, over the roughest roads, till his feet bled profusely and
were badly swollen. What little property he had was taken from him. He was
thrown into prison, and detained for some time; suffering great hardship and ill
treatment from the Georgia Guard. He was released and arrested three times ; and
remained in prison in all, three months. At length, he was allowed to depart and
return to the North, hut without anything to supply his wants by the way. Such
was the boasted chivalry of the South! Such the brutal character of slave-holders '
Notwithstanding this infamous treatment, he would have continued to labor among
the Cherokees — a service he greatly loved ; but the failure of his wife's health, and
the impossibility of her recovery if she remained there, constrained him to seek a
more northern clime. By great effort, he reached, in April, 1832, with his wife and
children, the State of Ohio, where he remained some years, laboring, as he could,
in the cause of his Master.
On the 5th of April, 1840, he commenced his labors as pastor of the Congrega-
tional Church in Winchester, N. H. Here he spent six years in faithful service in
200 THE GILES MEMOKTAL.
He lived in Pembroke till about the year 1773, when he removed
with his family to Springfield, Vt. He afterwards removed to Kings-
borough, N. Y., where he d. Jan. 14, 1814, a. 86. His wife Mercy °d.
at the residence of her son, Orsamus, in Pomfret, Chautauque Co., N.Y.,
March 1, 1821, a?. 85.
Their children, all born in Pembroke, were —
151. Lucinda, 5 b. April 24, 1756 ; m. Ichabod Wadhams ; she d. Sept. 30, 1S11.
152. tOrsamus, 5 b. Oct. 11, 1757 ; m. Ruth Webb.
153. Cynthia, 5 b. June 24, 1760; d. May 23, 1761.
154. Laurana, 5 b. Jan. 17, 1762; m. Dea. Samuel Giles. See pp. 55-62 of
this volume.
155. Abiah, 5 b. Jan. 6, 1765; m. William Bragg ; ]i ye d in Springfield, Vt. ; no
children.
156. Abner, 5 b. May 6, 1766; d. in 1777, in the 12th year of his age.
the Gospel ; and won the esteem and confidence of all by his upright life and kind,
affectionate demeanor. There he closed his earthly career, April 3, 1846, se. 47.
Mr. Thompson married, Nov. 20, 1828, Ruth Bateman Johnson, b. at Shoreham,
Vt., May 23, 1805, dau. of William and Mary (Bateman) Johnson of that place.
Their children were —
Mary Eliza, b. in Georgia, Dec. 1, 1829 ; formerly a teacher in Mrs. Willard's
Seminary, in Troy, N. Y., now wife of S. B. Saxton, flour merchant, of Troy.
William Johnson, b. in Georgia, Aug. 16, 1831 ; d. Aug. 18, 1831.
Edwin Johnson, b. in Middlebury, Ohio, Oct. 7, 1833; resides in Minnesota, a
teacher ; m. Ellie P. Armstrong of Shoreham, Vt. Thev have two children.
George Bates, b» in Middle Granville, N.Y., Jan. 12, 1839 ; resides in Troy, N.Y.
Mrs. Thompson, widow of Rev. John Thompson, died Aug. 3, 1854, after years
of suffering, from diseases aggravated by the privations and toils of her missionary
life.
The Compiler trusts that he may be indulged in what is to him a very pleasant
reminiscence. In May, 1823, I left my commercial employment in Philadelphia,
and returned to my native city, Boston, for the purpose of engaging in studies pre-
paratory to the ministry of the Gospel. I took Kingsborough, N. Y., in my way,
and passed a very happy week in the family of my mother's uncle, Deacon Samuel
Giles. While there, I called, one day, at the house of Rev. Mr. Yale to see some
young men who were under his tuition preparing for College, with the expectation
of devoting their lives to the same blessed work of preaching salvation to a dying
world. In a small room, in Mr. Yale's house, which was used for the purpose, I
found Ebenczer C. Beach, John Thompson, Samuel W. Cozzens, and John Jason
Owen, all of them from families in moderate circumstances, residing in Kings-
borough or the vicinity. Beach and Thompson entered Middlebury College in Sept.,
1823; Cozzens and Owen, a year after. All of them became useful and worthy
ministers. Beach was settled as pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Lysander,
N. Y., and has never changed his field of labor, but still remains there, though, as
he has been suffering from great deafness during some years past, he may have been
compelled to retire from official duty. He was son of Amos and Olive Beach of
Kingsborough. See p. 82 of this volume. Of Thompson, I have already spoken
in full. Cozzens and Owen were class-mates of mine at the Seminary at Andover,
1828-31. Cozzens was settled in the ministry at Marblehead and Milton, near
Boston, and is now acting pastor at Weybridge, Vt., a town adjacent to Middlebury.
His wife was a dau. of Dr. Bass of Middlebury, and a sister of the wife of Rev.
Justin Perkins, D. D., the founder of the Mission of the A. B. C. E. M. to the
Nestorians in Persia. Owen has greatly distinguished himself as Editor and
Annotator of Greek Classics, such as the Anabasis of Xenophon, the Iliad and
Odyssey of Homer, and some of the books of the New Testament. His edition
of the Anabasis is used as a text book in our best Academies, and his Iliad and
Odyssey in Harvard and other Colleges, and his judgment as a Commentator is
greatly respected. He is Professor of the Greek and Latin Languages in the Free
Academy in the City of New York ; and has received the Honorary Degrees of
D. D. and LL. D.
HOLMES FAMILY OF MABSHFIELD. 201
70.
ELIZABETH HOLMES, 4 {Experience, 3 Abraham, 2 William, 1 ) dau.
of Experience Holmes 3 of Rochester ; m. Jethro Ashley, b. Jan. 11,
1706-7, son of Joseph and Elizabeth Ashley of Rochester.
They lived for sometime in Rochester on a part of her father's farm,
and at length removed to the " Nine Partners " in the State pf New
York, where the family embraced the Moravian system of religion, and
all, save the youngest daughter, Elizabeth, removed to Bethlehem in
Pennsjdvania, a place wholly inhabited by Moravians. The daughter
Elizabeth was living, in 1784, near a place called Livingston's Manor,
New York. The children of Jethro and Elizabeth (Holmes) Ashley
were —
157. Fear (Ashley).
158. Patience (Ashley).
159. Othniel (Ashley) ; was a soldier of the Revolution, and fell in the disastrous
retreat from New York in 1776.
160. Noah (Ashley).
161. Nichols (Ashley).
162. Elizabeth (Ashley).
71.
SARAH HOLMES, 4 (Experience 3 Abraham, 3 William, 1 ) sister of
the preceding; m. Elias Miller.
They lived, after her father's death, for sometime in the house which
he occupied. Her mother lived with her, after the death of Dea.
Wood, her mother's second husband. Thence they removed to Middle-
borough, near the Four Corners.
Their children were —
163. Sarah (Miller), m. Isaac Cushman. They had four sons, none of whom
were living; in 1836 ; and five daus. all of whom were then living, three
of them widows.
164. Elias (Miller), m, widow Ling, (?) sister of E. L. Bennett. No children.
165. Abraham (Miller), m. 1, Susanna Tucker of Milton ; within a year after
marriage, she and her child died. 2, Macomber.
166. Hannah (Miller), m. Zebulon Learned; had only Olive, who became the
wife of Dr. Samuel Shaw of Bridgewater. They had John (Shaw), a
Senator in the Legislature of Mass., and Sarah (Shaw), a teacher in the
Bridgewater Academy.
167. Isaac (Miller), d. a bachelor, on his birth-day, April, 1827, 84 years old.
168. Jacob (Miller), m. Deborah Soulc ; had several children; removed to the
District, now State of Maine ; lost his wife and m. again.
169. Eliphalet (Miller), d. young.
170. Elizabeth (Miller), b. 1750; unm. ; a very fine girl; d. 1773, a 23.
171. Olive (Miller), d. young.
72.
EXPERIENCE HOLMES, 4 (Experience, 3 Abraham,' William., 1 )
posthumous son of Experience Holmes 3 of Rochester ; b. there May
29, 1716, O. S., answering to June 9, N. S. ; m. Dec. 13, 1737, Han-
nah Sampson, 4 b. Nov. 4, 1715, dau. of Abraham Sampson 3 of Dux-
bury, " who lived on the north side of Bluefish river at the going on
to Powder Point."
After his mother's second marriage, he lived with his grandfather dur-
ing the remainder of the life of the latter. After this, he lived with Rev.
202 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
Peter Thacher, minister from 1709 till 1744, of the First Church in
Middleborough. After his marriage, he occupied the homestead of his
father in Rochester. Here his first child, Susanna, was born. His
next place of residence was in Sniptuit, a locality in Rochester, on the
westerly part of the Bacon farm. This house was struck with light-
ning, and was famed for being haunted, and for strange and preter-
natural noises. He had several other places of residence in the
vicinity. From 1757 to 1782 he occupied and owned a farm, about
one hundred rods west of Mr. Chaddock's meeting-house, in the Third
Parish in Rochester, in the N. W. part of that town.
He was a man of small size, and never weighed more than 13G
pounds, but was agile and quick in his motions, and in wrestling, which
was then considered a great accomplishment, few could excel him. He
was expert in handling a gun, and fond of hunting and fowling, which
he sometimes pursued to excess, and to the injury of his health. His
education had been neglected ; but he had strong reasoning powers ;
was well acquainted with the Bible and well read in polemical divinity,
so that few clergymen could baffle him in argument. He had a ready
flow of animal spirits, though at times, and for a year or two together,
it was altogether the reverse. He possessed a good share of native
wit, and was prompt at repartee. In 1702, he with many others left
the Third Parish in Rochester and embraced Baptist sentiments.*
He died March 14, 1794, se. 78. His wife Hannah died Nov. 30,
1797, a. 82. .
Their children were —
172. tSusanna, 5 b. 1739 ; m. Hezekiah Purin£ton.
173. James, 5 b. 1741 ; d. Sept. 1754, a. 13, of the throat distemper, which spread
through the County, and was extremely fatal. There were few families
but lost one or more children.
174. tBathsheba, 5 b. 174- ; m. Joseph Rounceville.
175. tElizabeth, 5 b. Sept. 30, 1746 ; m. Job Sherman.
176. Experience, 5 b. Aug. 14, 1749 ; unm ; d. of pleurisy, April 14, 1768.
177. fAbraham, 5 b. June 9, 1754; m. Bethiah Nye.
FIFTH GENERATION.
93.
JOSEPH HOLMES, 5 (Joseph, 4 Joseph, 3 John, 2 William, 1 ) eldest
son of Joseph 4 and Rebecca (Waterman) Holmes of Kingston ; b.
there, Oct. 20, 1733; m. Nov. 29, 1770, Jemima Adams of Kingston,
b. Oct. 6, 1746, dau. of John and Thankful (Washburn) Adams. John
Adams, b. June 14, 1714, was son of Francis Adams, who was b. in
England, 1G77, came to America about 1692, and d. in Kingston, April
16, 1758. [Adams Genealogy.
He lived on the old homestead in Kingston. He d. Feb. 8, 1822, a 1 . 89.
His wife Jemima d. Jan. 3, 1821, as. 75.
* Hon. Abraham Holmes mentions, incidentally, that in his father's time, and
about the time of his own birth, 1754, the price of a day's work of a common la-
borer was 33 cents, and the price of a bushel of Indian corn fifty cents.
HOLMES FAMILY OF MARSHFIELD. 203
Their children were —
178. Lemuel, 6 b. Oct. 15, 1771 ; m. Patience Harlow of PI} mouth. Children—
Henrietta, 1 Melinda, 1 Lemuel. 7
179. tJoseph, 6 b. Dec. 1, 1772 ; m. Lucy Holmes [256].
180. Pelhiyn, 6 b. Nov. 10, 1774; m. Nov. 11, 1799, Mary Lohdell of Plymp-
ton, who was b. July 24, 1777, and d. Aug. 19, 1840. He died by his
own hand, Sept. 8, 1831, a?. 57. They had one son.
181. Pelham, 7 m. Mary Sturtevant.
182. Clarissa, 6 b. Jan. 31, 1779 ; m June, 1803, Lemuel Bryant of Plvmpton.
He d. Oct. 31, 1825, a. 53 y. 7 m. 11 d. They had Adeline, Eliza H.,
Alvin, Mary, Edwin, Lemuel, Clarissa.
183. Pamela, 6 b. March 8, 1781 ; m. Dec. 5, 1805, Capt. Robert McLaughlin
of Kingston. They lived on the place where Pelham Brewster, their
son-in-law. afterwards lived, now owned by Joseph Holmes. It was the
place where her father, grandfather and great grandfather lived, but
not the same house. She d. March 10, 1816, a. 35. He was b. June 12,
1770, and d. Dec. 28, 1836, a. 66. They had—
184. Pamela (McLaughlin) ; m. l/john McLaughlin. 2,
Streeter. Live in California.
185. Mary (McLaughlin) ; m. 1, Spencer Holmes. 2, Ferdinand
Hull. All dead.
186. Lucia (McLaughlin); m. James W. Holmes.
187. Ann (McLaughlin), b. Oct. 22, 1808; m. Pelham Brewster.
She d. Nov. 18, 1857.
188. Polly, 6 b. Sept. 24, 1783; m. Solomon Leach of Titicut Parish, Middle-
boro'. She d. Dec. 9, 1850. They had Marshall; Milton, drowned at
New Orleans ; Alexander, lost at sea ; Catharine, Harrison.
99.
MELATIAH HOLMES, 4 (Joseph, 4 Joseph, 3 John, 2 William, 1 ) brother
of the preceding; b. in Kingston, March 30, 1745; m. Jan. 31, 1771,
Elizabeth Bradford, 5 b. Sept. 23, 1747, dau. of Simeon Bradford 4
of Kingston, and grand dau. of Ephraim, 3 who was son of Maj. Wil-
liam, and grandson of Gov. William Bradford. 1
He lived in Kingston, near Jones River Pond, on the place where
his son Melatiah afterwards lived. He d. Jan. 19, 1827, as. 82.
His wife Elizabeth d. Feb. 9, 1825, se. 78.
Their children were —
189. tWilliam, 6 b. 1772; m. 1, Nancy Holmes [242] ; 2, Eunice Alexander.
190. Bartlett Bradford, 6 b. 1775 ; d. young.
191. tJohn, 6 b. ; m. 1, Sally Brooks; 2, Caroline F. Swan.
192. Susanna, 6 b. June 20, 1779 ; m. Benjamin Delano of Kingston. They lived
in that part of Kingston, which is known as "Rocky Nook." Their
children were —
193. Eliza (Delano). 197. Joshua (Delano).
194. Augusta (Delano). 198. Augustine (Delano).
195. Benjamin (Delano). 199. Lucy (Delano).
196. Susamia (Delano). 200. Catharine (Delano).
201. Elizabeth, 6 b. ; m. Oliver Sampson of Kingston. They removed to
Winchester, N. H., where they lived about ten years, and then moved to
Boston. She d. 1852. Children—
202. Judith (Sampson). 203. Maria (Sampson).
204. James (Sampson), b. May 1812; d. in Winchester, Aug. 9,
1819, a. 7 years, 3 mos. [Grave-stone.
205. Prudence, 6 b. 1782; m. Ira Chandler of Duxbury. She d. July 2, 1830,
a. 48. One son —
206. Bartlett (Chandler).
207. Melatiah, 6 b. Dec. 1783 ; m. 1, Jan. 20, 1811, Lucy White of Pembroke,
who was b. 1786, and d. June 8, 1838, a. 52. 2, Sarah Clapp of Boston,
Aug. 18, 1839. He d. Sept. 30, 1861. She is still living. No children.
204 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
102.
THOMAS HOLMES,* (Joseph* Joseph? John? William, 1 ) brother
of the preceding; b. Jan. 28, 1755 ; m. Deborah Delano of Dux-
bury, who was b. July 25, 1765, and d. Nov. 20, 1828, a. G3.
He lived in Kingston on the place occupied afterwards by Nathaniel
Waterman ; and d. Feb. 24, 1828, a. 73.
Their children were —
208. Olive, 6 b. March 24, 1796 ; m. March 27, 1822, Uriah Bartlett of Kingston.
She d. June 21, 1850, a. 54. Children—
209. Mahala (Bartlett), b. Oct. 13, 1823 ; m. Stephen Holmes [346].
210. Frederic William (Bartlett), b. Jan. 8, 1S26; m. Jan. 1, 1855,
Adelia Hunter of New York. He is a physician in Buffalo,
N. Y.
211. George (Bartlett), b. Sept. 19, 1827 ; m. July 17, 1853, Susan
H. Richardson of Kingston. He was killed by the falling of
a bowlder, while digging for gold in California, June 28, 1854.
212. Ichabod (Bartlett), b. Sept. 29, 1829; m. Caroline F. Gould of
Oldtown, Me. He is an officer at the Sandwich Islands
under the Native Government.
213. Thomas Holmes (Bartlett), b. Oct. 4, 1831 ; m. 1855, Caroline
E. Fuller of Kingston. He died Jan. 12, 1859.
214. Robert Bruce (Bartlett), b. March 16, 1833 ; unm. 1863.
215. Eugene (Bartlett), b. June 7, 1835 ; d. Oct. 26, 1862.
216. Beriah, 6 b. July 16, 1798 ; unm. ; d. at Boston of the cholera.
217. Thomas, 6 b. Jan. 29, 1800; m. Sept. 3, 1837, Hannah Gurney of Sand-
wich.
218. Isaac Bartlett, 6 b. Feb. 7, 1802 ; unm. ; d. Feb. 4, 1830.
219. Araunah Fullington, 6 b. July 13, 1804 ; unm. ; d. Mav 29, 1831.
220. tGaius, 6 b. Sept, 13, 1806; ni. 1, Mary Faunce ; 2, Lydia Shields.
221. Amasa, 6 b. Aug. 12, 1810; unm ; d.' at sea, Jan. 30," 1834.
103.
EPHRAIM HOLMES, 5 (Ephraim,* Joseph? John? William, 1 )
elder son of Ephraim 4 and Sarah (Tilden) Holmes of Kingston ; b.
there, Oct. 31, 1734 ; m. Oct. 31, 17G5, Zeeuiaii Bryant of Plympton,
who was b. July 24, 1739.
He lived in the old homestead, since occupied by his son and grand-
son, both named Nathaniel.
He d. June 23, 1808, se. 74. His wife d. Jan. 27, 1809, a\ 70.
Their children were —
222. tTilden, 6 b. Oct. 28, 1766 ; m. Eunice Bearce.
223. Ephraim, 6 b. Sept. 23, 1768 ; unm. ; d. March 23, 1795, a. 26^.
224. Zeruiah, 6 b. Jan. 25, 1771 ; m. Feb. 24, 1790, Levi Walker of Marshfield.
She d. April 5, 1857. They had three sons and three daughters.
225. tNathaniel, 6 b. Aug. 9, 1773; m. Asenath Chandler.
226. Ezekiel, 6 b. Feb. 7, 1776 ; d. Aug. 22, 1793, a. 17f
227. Stephen, 6 b. Oct. 27, 1780; unm. ; he built a house on the north part of
his father's farm, where he still lives, 1862.
105.
LEVI HOLMES, 5 (Ephraim,* Joseph? John? William:) brother of
the preceding, b. at Kingston, Nov. 28, 1747; m. April 19, 1770,
Lydia Bradford, 5 b. June 7, 1749, dau. of Benjamin 4 and Zeresh
(Stetson) Bradford of Kingston. Benjamin 4 was son of Israel, 3 who
was son of Major William, 2 and gr. son of Gov. Wm. Bradford. 1
HOLMES FAMILY OF MARSHFIELD. 205
Lydia Bradford was the youngest and only survivor of eight children,
six of whom died of the terrible " throat distemper" in 1748, and one
had already died in 1745.
He lived in Kingston, near Hall's Brook, on the hill westward from
where his brother Ephraim lived. The house has since been taken
down.
He d. May, 1795, a?. 48.
His children were —
228. Zeresh, 6 b. Jan. 23, 1772 ; m. Jan. 4, 1795, Asa Phillips of Duxbnrv. She
d. March, 1795.
229. Sallv, 6 b. Dec. 13, 1773; unm ; d. May, 1843, se. 70.
230. Bradford, 6 b. March 1, 1776 ; m. Feb. 24, 1803, Betsey Bartlett of Kings-
ton. They lived in Duxbury, and had nine children. She d. June 19,
1836.
231. Lydia, 6 b. April 26, 1779 ; m. July 2, 1805, E=aias Peterson 5 of Duxbury.
He was b. Dec. 12, 1782, srn of Nehemiah, 4 son of Reuben, 3 son of
Jonathan, 2 son of Joseph 1 Peterson, all of Duxbury. They lived in
Duxbury, and had eight children.
232. Mercy, 6 b.'Sept. 10, 1781 ; m. July 1, 1802, Nathan Delano of Duxbury,
afterwards of Plympton. Thev had eight children.
233. Levi, 6 b. Feb. 8, 1784 ; m. Anna Oldham, b. March 15, 1789, dau. of John
and Elizabeth (Chandler) Oldham, all of Duxbury. He lived in Dux-
bury, and d. in 1827, a 43.
234. Lucy, 6 b. May 12, 1787 ; m. March 12, 1806, James Polen of Plymouth.
235. Sylvester, 6 b. Nov. 19, 1789 ; she m. Levi Chandler of Duxbury.
236. Charlotte, 6 b. Oct. 30, 1792; m. Peter Ashley, of foreign birth. No
children.
121.
JONATHAN HOLMES, 4 {Jonathan* Joseph? John, 2 William, 1 )
eldest son of Jonathan 4 and Mary (Waterman) Holmes of Kingston ;
b. April 27, 1736 ; m. in 1763, (published July 16) his cousin Rebecca
Holmes* [95] ; b. Jan. 17, 1738, dau. of Joseph 4 and Rebecca (Water-
man) Holmes.
They lived in Kingston, near Jones River Pond, also called Silver
Lake, on the place where Cephas Waterman has since lived. He d.
Oct. 18, 1806, a. 70. She d. June 30, 1811, a. 73.
Their children were —
237. IHeman, 6 b. Aug. 24, 1764 ; m. 1, Mercy Bass. 2, Polly Bailey.
238. Christiana, 6 b. July 17, 1766; m. Jan. 20, 1788, Capt. Elkanah Cook of
Kingston, who was b. May 17, 1759. She d. Feb. 27, 1796, se. 30.
Children —
239. Eernan (Cook). 240. Martin (Cook.)
241. tCharles, 6 b. Jan. 26, 1769; m. Rebecca Briggs of Halifax.
242. Nancy, 6 b. Oct. 26, 1771 ; m. William Holmes [189|.
243. fDaniel, 6 b. Feb. 2, 1774 ; m. 1, Aminta Day. 2, Mercy Day, her sister.
244. Rebecca, 6 b. June 8, 1777 ; never married. She owned a house, on the
north side of Jones River Pond, in Kingston, where she kept a store of
goods. On an extremely cold day, Dec. 16, 1835 — the day of the Great
Fire in New York — it was burned down. She was many years blind,
and d. Jan. 26, 1849, a. 71 years, 7 months.
245. Sophia, 6 b. Dec. 19, 1781 ; m. Lewis Holmes [259].
123.
ROBERT HOLMES, 4 (Jonathan,* Joseph, 3 John," William, 1 ) brother
of the preceding; b. in Kingston, June 16, 1743; m. November, 1772,
Abigail Howland, born August 19, 1748.
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He lived in Kingston on the hill, eastward from the Upper Iron
Works on Jones River. He d. Nov. 19, 1817, a. 74 years, 5 months.
She d. Oct. 7, 1820, a. 72.
Their children were —
245^. Marv, 6 b. Sept. 5,1773; m. Oct. 15, 1810, Dea. Oliver Whitten of Ilanson.
He d. Jan. 13, 1834, a. 68. She d. Feb. 4, 1824. Children—
John Addison (Whitten), b. Sept. 1811 ; m. Almira Fish.
Amanda (Whitten), b. April, 1813; m. Hiram Munroe.
246. tRobert, 6 b. Jan. 14, 1780 ; m. 1, Lydia Phillips. 2, Nancy White.
247. Charlotte, 6 b. March 19, 1782.
248. Samuel, 6 b. Aug. 3, 1784 ; unm. ; d. July 28, 1833, ce. 48.
125.
JEDIDIAH HOLMES, 5 (Jonathan, 4 Joseph, 3 John* William, 1 )
brother of the preceding; b. in Kingston, Feb. 21, O. S., equivalent
to March 4, 1749, N. S. ; m. Jan. 21, 1773, Sarah Adams, b. Jan. 7,
1752, 0. S., dau. of John and Thankful (Washburn) Adams of Kings-
ton, and sister of Jemima, who m. Joseph Holmes [93].
He lived in Kingston, near the Upper Iron Works, on the place
where his father lived, and where his son Lewis has since lived. He d.
Oct. 12, 1829, ae. 80 yrs. 7 mos. 8 dys. She d. March 5, 1837, a, 85.
Their children were —
249. tJedidiah, 6 b. Aug. 2, 1773; m. 1, Marcia Drew. 2, Priscilla Wilder.
250. Melzar, 6 b. Dec. 8, 1774; m. Oct. 13, 1800, Betsey S. Beal of Kingston.
He d. at Batavia, Nov. 15, 1813, aj. 39. Children—
251. Augustus. 7 254. Mary. 7
252. Giislavus Melzar, 7 d. at sea. 255. Eliska. 7
253. Elizabeth. 7
256. Lucy, 6 b. Oct. 9, 1776 ; m. Joseph Holmes, 6 her cousin [179].
257. Elisha Turner, 6 b. Aug. 9, 1778; m. Elizabeth Ball of Charlestown. He
d. Sept. 5, 1860, a. 82. She d. May 27, 1855. They had one child, a
daughter. He was the first that carried the " Stars and Stripes" into
the Black Sea.
258. tSpencer, 6 b. Jan. 13, 1781 ; m. 1, Judith McLaughlin. 2, Lucy (Sampson)
Pearce.
259. tLewis, 6 b. May 15, 17S.3; m. his cousin Sophia Holmes [245].
260. Henry, 6 b. Dec. 28, 1784; m. Mary Wilder of Middleborough. He d.
April 2, 1852, a. 67. She d. Jan. 14, 1848. He was a lawyer ; lived
and d. in Maine. Children —
261. Lucy 7 m. William C. Allen of Alfred, Me. They had—
Henry (AllenJ ; resides in New York City.
Weld N. (Allen); grad at the Naval Academy, Annapolis.
Now, 1863, Lieutenant commanding a United States gun-
boat, blockading Mobile.
262. Columbus 7 lived in New York City.
263. Bartlett, 6 b. March 25, 1787 ; d. at his father's house in Kingston, April
26, 1827, a. 40.
264. Harvey, 6 b. Nov. 27, 1789 ; m. Lydia Cushing of Kingston. He d. Feb. 10,
184*4, a. 54. Three children
265. Cornelius, 6 b. June 6, 1792; d. March 3, 1793.
266. tMartin, 6 b. March 7, 1794; m. Dec. 3, 1818, Mary Turner Johnson of
Kingston, who was b. April 22, 1793. Two children.
140.
STETSON HOLMES,' ( William* William, 3 Josiah? William,') son
of William 4 and Elizabeth Holmes; b. in Pembroke about 1750; m.
Akna .
HOLMES FAMILY OF MARSHFIELD. 207
He removed from Pembroke to Winchester, N. H. about 1765 ; thence
to Hartland, Vt., about 1785, where he had the following children : —
267. Lucinda, 6 b. March 7, 1786. 269. Ruth, 6 b. Julv 27, 1791.
2674. Clorinda, 6 b. Sept. 29, 1787. 269|. Arnold, 6 b. April 7, 1793.
268. Vina, 6 b. Oct. 6, 1789. 270." Anna, 6 b. March 7, 1794.
144.
ABSALOM HOLMES, 5 (William* William, 3 Josiah? William, 1 )
presumed to have been a son of William 4 and Elizabeth Holmes, be-
cause he is found on the records of Hartland, Vt., as the father of the
children whose names follow; and because no other family of the name
of Holmes appears there, save the family of Stetson Holmes" [140],
who is known to have been a son of William'* and Elizabeth [62].
Absalom Holmes m. Deborah Williams, Feb. 7, 1789, at Hartland.
Their children were —
271. Mary, 6 b. Feb. 24, 1790. 273. William, 6 b. Aug. 10, 1796.
271i Hannah, 6 b. June 23, 1792. 2734. Helena, 6 b. June 19, 1801.
272. Sarepta, 6 b. July 16, 1794. 274. Samuel W., 6 b. July 13, 1803.
152.
ORSAMUS HOLMES, 5 (HezeMah* William, 3 Josiah? William, 1 )
son of Hezekiah 4 and Mercy 6 (Bisbee) Holmes ; b. in Pembroke, Oct.
11, 1757 ; m. Feb. 18, 1780, Ruth Webb, dau. of Disbro and Jerusha
(Wood) Webb of Charlestown, N. H.*
Orsamus Holmes has given an interesting account of himself, and of
his services and sufferings in the Revolutionary war. This account
having been printed in the former part of this volume, pp. 56, 57,
before this History of the Holmes Family was contemplated, need not
here be repeated in full. It appears that in May, 1775, being then a
resident in Pittsfield, Mass., and in the eighteenth year of his age, he
enlisted as a private in a regiment of Provincial troops, commanded
by Col. Easton. This regiment, in the autumn of that year, formed a
part of the army of General Montgomery, in the invasion and nearly
accomplished conquest of Canada. The soldiers suffered much from
fatigue, sickness, and the inclemency of the season. The small-pox
broke out among them, and many died. The assault on Quebec, upon
the last night of the year, 1775, failed ; and Montgomery was killed.
On the arrival of reinforcements to the enemy, early in May following,
the American forces were compelled to a hasty evacuation of the
Province. In Nov. 1776, the regiment was called to the assistance of
the main army under Washington, then lying at Morristown, N. J.
On the 31st of Dec, at the expiration of his term of enlistment, Orsa-
mus Holmes went home to his father at Springfield, Vt., having been
absent three years.
On the invasion of Burgoyne, July, 1777, the militia of Vermont
were called out, and Orsamus Holmes again appeared among the de-
fenders of his country. He next enlisted in Col. Herrick's regiment,
* Jerusha, the widow of Disbro Webb, m. Jacob Sartwell. Ruth Webb had a
brother, Joseph Webb, who m. Betsey Williams ; they lived for a time in Weathers-
field, Vt., and removed to the Black River, (in State of New York?,)
208 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
which was constantly employed in the scouting service. Venturing
too far, on the night of Nov. 12, he was taken prisoner; conveyed to
St. Johns, Montreal, and Quebec. "With some others, he made his
escape, by night, July 26, 1778, from the prison-ship in which he was
confined. Before he could reach the New England settlements, he was
retaken and carried back to Montreal. Again, on the night of Sept.
18, 1778, he escaped by leaping from a window of his prison, and after
much fatigue and hardship, arrived at a frontier settlement at Monck-
ton, Vt.
After this, he retired from the tumult of war, to the peaceful abode
of his father in Springfield, Vt., where he entered on married lii'e, as
already stated. He settled on a farm in Springfield, and lived there
until 1793, when he removed with his family to Sherburne, Chenango
Co., N.Y.* He resided in the latter place till March, 1805, when he
moved to Pomfret, Chautauque Co., N. Y. He was one of the earliest
pioneers of that County. A notice of him and of his daughter Ruth,
may be found in Orsamus Turner's History of the Holland Purchase,
p. 510. He held the office of Postmaster, and was an elder in the
Presbyterian Church in that town. He continued to reside there until
1833, when he moved with his wife to the town of Killbuck, in Holmes
Co., Ohio, where his son Abner had preceded him. He died Aug. 26,
1835, a3. 78. His wife Ruth died Oct. 7, 1835. Both are buried in
the village of Oxford, in the same County.
Their children were —
Born in Springfield, Vt. —
275. tAlanson, 6 b. March 11, 1781 ; m. Olive Lee.
276. t Abner, 6 b. April 10, 1783 ; m. Betsey Young.
277. jBrilliant, 6 b. Oct, 22, 1785 ; m. John Scott.
278. Origen, 6 b. March 7, 1788 ; unm. ; d. in Pomfret, N. Y., Jan. 1, 180G.
279. fKuth, 6 b. Sept. 20, 1790; m. John Ellis Marshall.
280. Augustine, 5 b. Jan. 31, 1793 ; d. Jan. 24, 1802.
Born in Sherburne, N. Y.
281. tMvron, 6 b. May 19, 1795 ; m. Sally Taylor.
282. tAsher, 6 b. Sept. 28, 1797 ; m. Eliza Elmore.
283. fLaurana, 6 ) . , M . . j m. Lewis Wooster.
284. William," \ tmn8 > b> March 10 ' 180 ° ' | d. May 12, 1800.
285. tAugustine, 6 b. June 4, 1803 ; m. Sarah Ley.
172.
SUSANNA HOLMES, 5 (Experience, 4 Experience? Abraham? Wil-
liain, 1 ) eldest child of Experience 4 and Hannah (Sampson) Holmes of
Rochester; b. 1739; m. Eeb. 11, 1763, Hezekiaii Purington.
She survived her husband, and d. suddenly, Dec. 31, 1808, a. 69.
Her children were —
286. Elias (Purington), left no sons.
287. Hezekiah (Purington), served in the Revolutionary War; was in Gen.
Brooks's family ; afterwards studied medicine with Dr. Foster ; settled
as a physician in North Carolina; fell into a state of ill health ; returned
to the North and died, leaving in N. C. a widow, and a daughter.
288. Hannah, m. a Benson, who settled at New Salem, but removed
to the far West.
* An interesting account of the Holmes Family may be found in Hatch's His-
tory of Sherburne, N. Y., published at Sherburne in the Spring of 1862.
HOLMES FAMILY OF MARSHFIELD. 209
289. John (Purington), a physician in North Carolina.
290. Hannah (Purington) ; m. Consider Benson; removed to New Salem.
291. Elizabeth (Purington), m. 1, Capt. Lot Crapo, who was lost at sea.
2, Jesse Martin, Esq. She is still living, 1863. No child.
292. Henry (Purington), m. ; left a number of children.
293. Judith (Purington), m. a son of Perez Clark; went to New Salem ; d. a
widow.
294. James (Purington), m. ; had children ; is living in Mattapoisett, 1S63.
174.
BATHSHEBA HOLMES, 4 (Experience,* Experience? Abraham?
William, 1 ) sister of the preceding; b. 174- ; m. April, 1767, Joseph
Rounceville, Esq. She was his second wife.
They lived in Middleborough. She d. Jan. 1772, and was interred
in the Nelson burying ground near the Pond, in that town.
Her children were —
295. John (Rounceville), b. Sept. 1768; settled in Tioga Co., N. Y.
296. Rosamond (Rounceville), m. Putnam.
297. Royal (Rounceville), m. the daughter of a rich Quaker farmer in Wash-
ington, N. H, had a family, and died there.
175.
ELIZABETH HOLMES,* (Experience* Experience? Abraham?
William?) sister of the preceding; b. Sept. 30, 1746; m. Sept. 5, 1768,
Job Sherman, eldest son of John Sherman of Rochester.
They lived some years on Walnut Plain, in Middleborough, about 1 £
mile west from the Spruce Meeting House, so called. Thence they
removed to Oxford, and after a year or two returned to Rochester ;
whence they removed to Foxborough, where he died 1837, a. 93.
His wife d. some years previous.
Their children were —
298. Susanna (Sherman), b. June, 1769 ; unm ; living in 1836, with her father.
299. Obed (Sherman), m. ; had children; d. before 1836.
300. Job (Sherman), m. ; had no child ; d. before 1836.
301. John (Sherman), m. ; had children ; living in 1836 in Foxborough,
which town he had represented in the Legislature; Justice of the Peace.
302. George (Sherman), m. ; d. before 1836, leaving a widow and one
child.
303. Stephen (Sherman), m. ; had children; living in Foxborough,
in 1836.
304. Holmes (Sherman), unm. ; living, 1836.
305. Elizabeth (Sherman), unm. ; was living with her father and sister in 1836.
177.
Hon. ABRAHAM HOLMES,* (Experience? Experience? Abraham?
William? ) brother of the preceding ; b. in Rochester, on his father's
birth-day, Sunday, June 9, 1754; m. Dec. 26, 1776, Bethiah Nye,
b. Feb. 16, 1759, dau. of Ichabod and Bethiah (Blackwell) Nye, all of
Rochester.*
* The Nye Family.
ICHABOD NYE in 1720, and previously, lived where Sampson's Tavern now
is (or was in 1836) in Middleborough. Here his son Ichabod was born in 1719.
In 1722, he sold his place, and purchased a farm in Rochester, not far from where
Ebenezer Holmes lived in 1836. His wife was a Bonum, a name now apparently
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210 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
Mr. Holmes was admitted to the Bar of Plymouth County, at the
April Term, 1800. He was then nearly forty-six years of age. He
extinct, unless Burnham has succeeded to it. Her grandfather lived in Plymouth.
Here Mr. Nye lived and died ; and his grave-stone is still to be seen in the Old
Cemetery at Little Neck, so called, in Rochester, with three other grave-stones,
hearing the name of Ichabod Nye ; father, son, grandson and great grandson.
His children were —
Samuel — "removed to Ware, or somewhere near it, where he lived to old age,
and died." His children were —
pjbenezer; John; a dau. m. Capt. Samuel Briggs of Rochester, who sold his
place to Rev. Oliver Cobb, and moved to the State of New York ; another
dau. m. Joseph Barr, lived and died in New Braintree ; another dau. m.
Lot Whitcomb, a native of Rochester, who settled in New Braintree ;
another dau. m. James Barr, lived and died in New Braintree ; another
dau. m. Cummings ; she was living in Ware in 1836.
George, m. Sarah Blackwell, dau. of Caleb Blackwell.* She d. at Rochester,
about 1762, leaving two sons, John and Philip. Not long after her death, or
about 1765, he sold his farm to his brother Ichabod, and removed to New
Braintree. Here he had a second, a third, and a fourth wife. His third wife
was a widow Fenton. His fourth wife, a widow Gilbert of Brookfield. He
was an independent farmer, had a large stock of cattle, and a large dairy.
By his second wife, he had a dau. Sarah, who m. Simeon Gilbert, who was an
innkeeper in Oakham, and removed to the West. His son John, m. a Witherell,
whose mother was a Delano. John and his wife died in middle age. They
had a son, Col. Pliny Nye of North Brookfield ; his wife was a dau. of Eb-
enezer Nye. This Ebenezer was a son of the second Ichabod, and cousin
of John Nye. See below. Philip Nye, son of George, m. Persis Pollard.
He was a respectable man; in easy circumstances; died in middle age,
leaving several sons.
Ichabod, b. Sept. 22, 1719 ; m. 1, Jan. 1745, Bethiah Blackwell, b. Jan. 1723,
dau. of Caleb Blackwell, and sister of Sarah, his brother George Nye's wife.
She d. Oct. 1767, a. 44. 2, Mary Spooner of Dartmouth, the part now Fair-
haven. His children were — by first wife —
Caleb, b. Nov. 1745 ; d. Sept. 1754, of the terrible throat distemper.
Jonathan, b. Mav 22, 1748; m. 1, Margaret Barr, Feb. 16, 1775. 2, Widow-
Mary Ayers, Oct. 1816. He d. Nov. 28, 1832. By first wife, he had
Ichabod, Jonathan, Polly, Margaret, Lois, Asenath, Kezia.
George Bonum, b. Nov. 15, 1750; m. March 12, 1792, Sarah Handy, b. July
25, 1752. He d. Dec. 30, 1832. Children—
Caleb, b. May 31, 1773; d. Jan. 22, 1777.
Sarah, b. June 9, 1775 ; d. April 7, 1851 ; m. Oct. 26, 1794, Barnabas
Blankenship. Children —
John Bates (Blankenship), b. July 26, 1795.
Barnabas Bates (Blankenship), b. March 1, 1799; had his name
changed by an Act of the General Court, to Barnabas Bates Nye.
Bethiah, b. July 22, 1777 ; d. Aug. 2, 1777.
Ichabod, b. May 30, 1790 ; d. July 25, 1813.
Seth, b. June 17, 1755; d. Sept. 1755, of throat distemper.
Ichabod, b. July 20, 1756; d. June 9, 1776. He was accidentally shot by a
gun, not known to be loaded. His grandmother Nye, d. the same day.
Bethiah, b. Feb. 16, 1759; m. Hon. Abraham Holmes. She d. Dec. 14,
1832.
Ebenezer, b. July 20, 1761 ; m. June, 1790, Lucy Wood. He d. Dec. 28,
1838.
Of these children there was but one death for more than 70 years, and no
death for 56 years. Then three of them died within 34 days.
A daughter, m. Tilson. They removed to Ware. He died early, leaving
her with a son, Edmund. She continued a widow to advanced age.
A daughter, m. Benjamin Clapp. They had two sons, Ichabod and Increase,
and four daus., one of whom, m. John Briggs, son of Cornelius Briggs; another
* Caleb Blackwell came from Sandwich to Rochester some time before 1700. He was a town
officer of Rochester, in 1G98, and very often presided at town meetings as Moderator. lie died ia
HOLMES FAMILY OF MARSHFIELD. 211
had previously been President of the Court of Sessions, and though not
regularly educated for the profession, the members of the Bar voted
his admission in consideration of " his respectable official character,
learning, and abilities, on condition that he study three months in some
attorney's office." He might be called, with great propriety, a self-
made lawyer. He continued in practice till August, 1835, when eighty-
one years of age, with a considerable degree of reputation and success.
Even when thus advanced in life, he was a regular attendant upon the
sessions of the Courts, and was regarded as an acute and learned
lawyer. In his intercourse with the Bar, he was courteous and familiar,
especially toward the younger members. He was full of anecdote and
traditional lore, abounding in wit and humor. His mind was well
stored with facts, relating to the older members of the Bar, and so
late as June, 1834, when eighty years of age, he delivered a very
interesting address at New Bedford, to the Bar of Bristol County, in
which he discoursed of the rise and progress of the profession in Mas-
sachusetts, with sketches of the early lawyers, of the necessity of such
an order of men, and upon the duties of the profession.
He was a member of the Executive Council of Massachusetts, for
the political year May 1821-22, and May 1822-23, when Governor
Brooks was in office. After his decease, the members of the Bar of
the Counties of Bristol, Plymouth, and Barnstable, at a meeting held
at Plymouth, Oct. 25, 1839, paid a most respectful tribute to his talents,
learning, and character; and adopted a resolution expressing a high
sense of his professional worth ; as a man " whose mind was enriched
with various learning, whose memory was a repository of the most
valuable reminiscences ; whose legal attainments gave him high pro-
fessional eminence ; and whose social qualities were an ornament of
the circle of friendship during a long life of integrity and usefulness."
He collected for the entertainment of his children a large mass of in-
formation touching the several families from which they were descended ;
of which the present writer has availed himself, through the kindness
of his grandson Abraham Holmes, Esq., of South Abington.
He spent his life in Rochester; and died Sept. 7, 1839, a. 85. His
wife Bethiah'died Dec. 14, 1832, a?. 74.
Their children were —
306. Bathsheba, 6 b. May 18, 1779 ; unin. ; died February 1, 1853.
307. IRosalinda, 6 b. Aug. 10, 1784; m. Anselm Bassett,"Esc].
308. tGeorge Bonura Nye, 6 b. March 1, 1788 ; m. Elizabeth Valentine.
309. tCharles Jarvis, 6 b. May 9, 1790; m. 1, Cynthia Crocker, 1814.
2, Louisa Haskell, 1830.
m. Joel Ellis ; another, Charity, m. 1, Resolved White, who was drowned ; 2,
Daniel Vaughan ; another, m Stephen Delano ; she was a widow, in 1836.
1763. His wife was a Tuber from Dartmouth. They had Jane, who d. unm. ; Sarah, m. George
Nje ; Bet/uali, ni. his brother, Ichabod Nye ; Alice, m. Nicholas (,'rapo of Rochester. Caleb Blark-
well was one ot the m;iin pillars of the Parish formed in the Northwest part of Rochester, about
1750, of which Rev. Thomas West was the first pastor, installed, 1758, father of Key Samue.
West, D. 1)., first of Needham, afterwards pastor of Uollis Street Church, Boston.
212 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
SIXTH GENERATION.
179.
JOSEPH HOLMES,' {Joseph,' Joseph,* Joseph? John? William, 1 )
son of Joseph* and Jemima (Adams) Holmes of Kingston ; b. there,
Dec. 1, 1772; m. Nov. 11, 1799, his cousin, Lucy Holmes' [269] t
b. Oct. 9, 1776, dan. of Jedidiah and Sarah (Adams) Holmes, also of
Kingston. She d. Feb. 7, 1862, a. 85.
He grad. Brown University, 1796 ; but turned his attention to the
pursuits of navigation and commerce, in which he has been eminently
successful. He has been a large ship owner. It is said that he was by
far the largest stockholder in the Old Colony and Fall River Rail-
road Corporation. He was said moreover to be the most wealthy man
in Plymouth County.
He died at his residence in Kingston, nearly opposite the Unitarian
Church, April 8, I860, at the advanced age of ninety.
His children are —
310. tAlexander, 7 b. March 31, 1803 ; m. Eliza Ann Holmes, [389.]
311. Paraclete, 7 b. Oct. 3, 1804. He has been a shipmaster; is now President
of an Insurance Company in Boston.
312. tEdward, 7 b. Sept. 15, 1806; m. 1, Eliza Bryant; 2, Abigail Bosworth.
313. tHorace, 7 b. Jan. 4, 1809; m. 1, Ann G. Bradford; 2, Betsey Ward; 3,
Nancy Stetson.
314. Lucy Eveline, 7 b. Dec. 28, 1812 ; m. Capt. William S. Adams, b. March
12, 1808, son of Charles and Mary C. (Sampson) Adams of Kingston.
Resides in Kingston ; has been a shipmaster more than 20 years.
315. Cornelius, 7 b. Oct. 29, 1814; unm. ; a farmer.
316. Pamela, 7 b. Sept. 7, 1816 ; m. Joseph Sampson Beal, Esq., of Kingston.
189.
WILLIAM HOLMES, 6 Esq., (Melatiah* Joseph, 4 Joseph? John,'
William?) eldest son of Melatiah* and Elizabeth (Bradford) Holmes of
Kingston; b. there, 1772; m. 1, Nancy Holmes* [242], b. Oct. 26,
1771, dau. of Jonathan 6 and Rebecca Holmes. She d. Dec. 11, 1831,
a. 60. 2, May 24, 1834, Mrs. Eunice Alexander, widow of Luther
Alexander of Winchester, N. H.
He was an Iron Founder at Windsor Locks, Ct., but removed thence
to Winchester, N. II., with Oliver Sampson, the husband of his sister
Elizabeth. He was a man of intelligence, enterprise, and influence,
and did considerable business. He was a Surveyor of land, and Justice
of the Peace. His second marriage was fortunate for him, as he was
reduced in property, and the lady was possessed of a handsome estate.
In the latter part of his life, he became the subject of mental de-
rangement. He died Nov. 22, 1846, a. 74. His widow is still living,
Dec. 1862, at the age of 80.
His children, b. in Kingston, and by first wife, were —
317. William, 7 b. 1804 ; unm. ; d. in Winchester, N. H., April 3, 1826, se. 22.
318. tErastus, 7 b. Nov. 3, 1808 ; m. 1, Sarah J. E. Hunter. 2, Kate Williams.
Mr. Holmes also had an adopted daughter, Aminta Day Holmes
[368], a niece of his first wife.
HOLMES FAMILY OF MARSHFIELD. 213
191.
Hon. JOHN HOLMES, 6 {Melatiah? Joseph? Joseph? John? Wil-
liam?) son of Melatiah* and Elizabeth* (Bradford) Holmes of Kingston ;
b. there, March 28, 1773; m. 1, Sept. 22, 1800, Sally Brooks, b. at
Dighton, Feb. 23, 1773, dan. of Noah and Hannah Brooks of Scituate.
She d. at Alfred, Me., Dee. 6, 1835, &. 63.
2, July 31, 1837, at Thomaston, Me., Caroline F. (Knox) Swan,
widow of James Swan, son of Col. James Swan of Boston, and
youngest daughter of Major General Henry Knox, a distinguished
commander in the Revolution, and President Washington's first Secre-
tary of War. She d. a widow, in Thomaston, in October, 1851.
His early life was passed as a manufacturer, in the extensive Iron
Works of his father in Kingston. A college student, who was teaching
school in the village, struck with the intelligence he discovered, advised
his father to have him educated. He was prepared for college under
the instruction of Rev. Zephaniah Willis of Kingston. He entered
Brown University, one year in advance, and graduated at that institution in
1796. He studied law with Benjamin Whitman of Hanover, who was
then in full practice in the Old Colony. Admitted to the Bar in 1799,
he established himself as a lawyer, in September of that year, in Al-
fred, then a district of the town of Sanford in Maine, and incorporated
as a town in 1808. The titles to land in that part of the country, much
of which had been recently peopled, were then in an unsettled state ;
many actions were brought in the Courts, and much legal talent was
called into exercise. These cases brought Mr. Holmes into extensive
and lucrative practice. For several years he was the leader of the
York Bar. Yet he was not a lawyer of the first order ; he was not
profound as a thinker, nor deeply read as a scholar, and his reputation
seemed to rest chiefly on his ready wit and quickness at rejoinder and
repartee. He never allowed his temper to be discomposed, and was
found an equal, if not in argument, at least in the adroitness with
which he managed his cases, to the ablest members of the profession in
that region.
After eleven or twelve years of successful practice of the law, his
ambition led him to abandon that noble profession for the keen com-
petition and unworthy methods of party politics. Originally a federalist
of the school of Washington, but finding that side unpopular in Maine,
he suddenly forsook his old associates, and in 1811, became the advo-
cate of the national administration, and the war measures of Clay and
Madison. At the very next election he was chosen representative from
Alfred to the Legislature of Massachusetts', and a member of the Senate
in 1813. He immediately became an ardent and active leader of the
party he had espoused. The suddenness of his change of sentiment,
and the zeal he now exhibited against the cause he had so many years
upheld, became the subject of severe rebuke on the part of his former
associates. In 1816, he was chosen to represent the York District
in Congress, and was reelected in 1818 without opposition. He had a
principal hand in the measures which resulted in the separation of
Maine from Massachusetts. He sanctioned, if he did not invent, that
new arithmetic which found in five-ninths of the aggregate majorities in
the several towns the requisite five-ninths of the whole number of votes
214 THE GILES MEMOKIAL.
t.-;t>t in the then District of Maine, for or against separation. This strange
arithmetic did not satisfy the Legislature of Massachusetts, nor the
great body of intelligent people ; and the separation was therefore de-
ferred two or three years. When at length, after much effort, the sepa-
ration was accomplished, in 1820, Mr. Holmes was elected the first
Senator in Congress from the new State, and continued to hold that
honorable station till 1827. In 1828, he was again elected to the
Senate for the unexpired term of Judge Parris, who was appointed
to the bench of the Supreme Court of Maine. In 1833, his Congres-
sional life ceased.
" Few persons have had their ambition more fully gratified than Mr.
Holmes. The road of public life was freely opened before him, and he'
appeared to have attained whatever in that direction he most desired.
That he acquired a very exalted or enviable reputation cannot be truly
asserted. That he derived from his public honors as much satisfaction
as he would have acquired in the quiet progress of his profession, we
do not believe."
He removed, after his second marriage, to Thoma^on, where he re-
sided the principal portion of the time till 1841 ; when, having been
appointed District Attorney of the United States, he divided his resi-
dence between Portland and Thomas ton. He died at Portland, July
7, 1843, a. 70.
The preceding sketch is abridged from a Biographical Memoir of Mr.
Holmes, contained in a " History of the Law, the Courts, and the
Lawyers of Maine," by Hon. William Willis of Portland, just pub-
lished.
His children, all by first wife, were —
319. William Bradford, 7 b. Sept. 16, 1801; m. 1835, Phoebe Little of Castine,
Me. He d. Dec. 1850. Left no children.
320. Sarah Ann, 7 b. March 21, 1805 ; m. June 4, 1828, Hon. Daniel Goodenow,
afterwards Judge of the Supreme Court of Maine. She d Nov. 2,
1840. Children—
Ann Augusta (Goodenow), b April 15, 1S29; m. May 30, 1853, Rev.
William H. Willcox, pastor of the Bethesda Church in Reading.
John (Goodenow), b. Sept. 25, 1832; a lawyer; resides in Alfred, Me.
President of the Senate of Maine, 1861-2.
Henry Clay (Goodenow), b. June 23, 1834; a lawyer; resides in Lew-
istown, Me. ; m. Dec. 4, 1860, Mary Brown of Bangor, Me.
Sarah Brooks (Goodenow), b. Aug. 1840 ; d. Jan. 8, 1841.
321. Hannah Stetson, 7 b. May 8, 1808 ; unm ; resides in Topsfield, Mass.
322. Charles Henry, 7 b. Oct. 30, 1810; m. March 20, 1836, Harriet Josephine
Emerson, b. Jan. 22, 1813 ; d. Sept. 1, 1839. He resides in Topsticld.
1 220.
GAIUS HOLMES, 6 {Thomas," Joseph, 4 Joseph, 9 John,* William, 1 )
son of Thomas* and Deborah (Delano) Holmes of Kingston ; b. there,
Sept. 13, 180G; m. 1, Aug. 5, 1829, Mary Faunce, dau. of Stephen
Faunce of Kingston. She d. Oct. 5, 1839, a. 37. 2, Lydia Shields.
His children were, by first wife —
323. Mary Sampson, 7 b. April 29, 1830; m. 1, Donelly; 2, James E.
Stillman. She d. at Plymouth, March 10, 1860.
324. Araunah Thomas, 7 b. Sept. 18, 1833; unm.; d. May, 1856.
325. Olive, 7 b. Jan. 12, 1837 ; m. John S. Chandler.
326. Amasa D., 7 b. July 18, 1839 ; d. Nov. 21, 1839.
HOLMES FAMILY OF MARSHFIELD 215
By second wife —
327. Lvdia T., 7 b. April 17, 1841.
328. Sarah, 7 b. Aug. 16, 1842.
329. Gaius, 7 b. Oct. 5, 1844.
222.
TILDEN HOLMES, 6 {Ephraim? Ephraim? Joseph,'' John, 2 Wil-
liam, 1 ) eldest son of Ephraim* and Zeruiah (Bryant) Holmes of Kings-
ton ; b. Oct. 28, 1766 ; m. Dec. 4, 1791, Eunice Bearce of Pem-
broke, who was b. July 6, 1767.
He lived in the northwest part of Kingston, near Hall's brook. The
compiler remembers him as a worthy member, in 1838-9, of the Ortho-
dox Church, and a constant attendant on religious meetings, on week-
days as well as on the Sabbath, albeit he had to walk two miles, and
was "well stricken in years." He d. Sept. 10, 1842, a;. 76. His wife
Eunice d. Sept. 21, 1853, a. 86 years, 2 months, and 15 days.
Their children were —
330. Polly, 7 b. Nov. 4, 1792; m. March 20, 1813, Joseph Aldrich of Middle-
borough. They had nine children.
331. Zeruiah, 7 b. Sept. 30, 1794 ; m. Hosea Aldrich of Middleborough. She d.
March 15, 1854. They had five children.
332. Eunice, 7 b. about 1796 ; d. young.
333. Eunice, 7 b. Dec. 18, 1797; m. Oct. 4, 1849, Charles Simmons of Kings-
ton. No children.
334. Ephraim, 7 b. May 9, 1801); m. Oct. 19, 1835, Abigail Aldrich of Middle-
borough. Thev Uvea in Kingston ; had no children.
335. Desire, 7 b. Aug. 29, 1802 ; d. Nov. 16, 1818.
336. Elizabeth, 7 b. Sept. 28, 1804 ; m. Charles Washburn of Bridgewater. They
lived in Kingston ; had no children.
337. fJoseph, 7 b. Sept. 3, 1809 ; m. 1, Elmira McLaughlin ; 2, Rebecca D. Chand-
ler.
225.
NATHANIEL HOLMES, 6 {Ephraim, 6 Ephraim* Joseph? John?
William, 1 ) brother of the preceding; b. in Kingston, Aug. 9, 1773;
m. Dec. 27, 1798, Asenath Chandler of Duxbury, who was b. July
14, 1777.
He lived in Kingston, at Blackwater, in the house built by his grand-
father in 1733, and occupied by his grandfather and father. He, his
father, and grandfather, had each but one daughter.
He d. Nov. 7, 1848, a. 75. His wife Asenath d. March 2, 1857, ae. 80.
Their children were —
338. tNathaniel, 7 b. Nov. 27, 1799 ; m. Hannah Church Taber.
339. tEzekiel,' b. Aug. 24, 1801 ; m. Sarah E. Benson.
340. Asaph, 7 b. Feb. 20, 1804; m. Sally Curtis Johnson of Kingston, March
8, 1832. They lived at Kingston, where he d. March 19> 1845; Nu
children.
341. tPhilip Chandler, 7 b. Dee. 21, 1805; m. Sarah Ann Davis.
342. t Asenath, 7 b. Dec. 22, 1807; m. John Mitchell.
343. tAllyn, 7 b. Aug. 14, 18<>9 ; m. Hannah J. Sawyer.
344. Patrick, 7 b. Aug. 28, 1811 ; d. April 25, 1818.
345. Seth, 7 b. Jan. 17, 1814; received on the head a kick from a horse, which
caused permanent mental derangement. He d. at the Hospital in > Brat-
tle boro, Vt., May 21, 1859.
216 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
346. tStephen,' b. Sept. 10, 1815; m. Mahala Bartlet [209].
347. Harvey, 7 b. Jan. 10, 1818 ; d. Mav 10, 1818, a. 4 months.
348. Henry Smith, 7 b. Oct. 21, 1821 ; unm. ; d. Aug. 20, 1842, se. 21.
237.
HEMAN HOLMES, 6 {Jonathan," Jonathan," Joseph, 3 John? Wil-
liam, 1 ) eldest son of Jonathan 5 and Rebecca* Holmes of Kingston;
b. there, Aug. 24, 1764; m. 1, Mercy Bass, dau. of Dea. Benjamin
Bass of Hanover. She was b. Sept. 14, 1766, and d. June 9, 1794, a.
27. 2, Polly Bailey of Scituate, who was b. March 16, 1777, and
died Jan. 10, 1854.
He lived in Plymouth, and d. May 8, 1810, a. 45 years, 8 months.
15 days.
His children were — by first wife —
349. Heman, 7 b. March 31, 1793 ; m. Mary B. Watts of Boston. He d. in Illi-
nois, March 6, 1844. Children — *
3:>0. Mary IF., 8 b. Aug. 7, 1826 ; d. April 6, 1828.
351. Maria Frances, 3 b. Oct. 11, 1835; m. Feb. 10, 1856, Charles
Dyer, Hanover, where they reside. They have —
Charles Heman (Dver,) b. Jan.28/l857.
Francis Waldo (Dyer,) b. June 5, 1862.
352. tGeorge Bass, 7 b. April 16, 1794;" m. Maria Holmes [361].
By second wife —
353. Bailev, 7 b. Sept. 13, 1801 ; m 1831, Mrs. Fanny Cook of Scituate. He
d. Oct. 29, 1833. One child—
354. Sally, 8 b. 1832 ; m. Hardwick; reside in Lawrence, Kansas.
355. fHenrv, 7 b. Nov. 24, 1803; m. Laura Beard
356. Daniel, 7 b. Marcb 3, 1806; m. Joanna Lord, Boston, April 19, 1832.
They reside in New York City.
357. Francis, 7 b. Sept. 19, 1808 ; d. Oct 19. 1809.
358. Francis, 7 b. June 22, 1810; m. Nancy Brown, Seabrook, N. H., Nov. 3,
1835. They reside in East Boston."
241.
Col. CHARLES HOLMES, 6 (Jonathan, 6 Jonathan* Joseph, 3 John, 2
William, 1 ) son of Jonathan* and Rebecca Holmes ; b. in Kingston, Jan.
26, 1769 ; m. Jan. 28, 1796, Rebecca BriCxGS, 6 dau. of Rev. Ephraim
and Rebecca (Waterman) Briggs of Halifax.*
* Pedigree of Rebecca Briggs :- r
I. CLEMENT BRIGGS, 1 arrived at Plymouth from England, in the Fortune
of 55 tons, Nov. 9, 1621. His wife was Joann Allen. They settled in Wey-
mouth. Their son —
II. Richard Briggs, 2 was an early settler of Taunton. He m. Rebecca
Haskins of Lakenham, Aug. 15, 1662. They were the parents of —
III. Dea. Richard Briggs, 3 who lived" in Mansfield ; was deacon of the
Church there ; and was father of —
IV. Dea. Richard Briggs, 4 also deacon of the Church in Mansfield ; his
wife was Abigail Anuros. He d. 1789, a. 79. She d. 1812, a. 9S. They were
the parents of —
V. Rev. Ephraim Briggs, 5 b. in Mansfield, 1735; II. C. 1764 ; m. Rebecca
Waterman, dau. of Dea. Robert Waterman ; ordained pastor of the Congrega-
tional Church in Halifax, April 29, 1767 ; and continued pastor there thirty-two
years, till his death, Dec. 2.2, 1799, a. 64. His wife Rebecca, d. 1841, a. 90. She
■was a descendant from Robert Cusiiman, who procured the Mayflower for the
voyage of the Plymouth Pilgrims in 1620, and embarked with them, though
HOLMES FAMILY OF MARSHFIELD. 217
He lived in Kingston ; was a colonel of the militia, and held many-
offices of trust. He d. Feb. 19, 1845, a. 76.
His children were —
359. Charles/ b. Sept. 10, 1797; d. Dec. 8, 1797.
360. tChristiana, 7 b. Oct. 11, 1798 ; m. John Tillson.
361. Maria, 7 b. April 24, 1801 ; m. George B. Holmes [352].
362. tCharles, 7 b. Jan. 17, 1804 ; m. Susan S. Wyman.
363. tLucia, 7 b. Nov. 3, 1806 ; m. Lucius Kingman.
364. tHiram, 7 b. March 8, 1809; m. I, Beulah P. Tufts ; 2, Sarah E. Gilbert.
365. James Wheaton, 7 b. June 8, 1811; m. Lucia McLaughlin of Kingston.
Children—
Lucia, 9 b. Sept. 6, 1838.
Anne Maria, 9 b. June 26, 1841.
366. tJohn Martin, 7 b. Nov. 5, 1813; m. Sophia C. Wyman.
367. tGeorge Briggs, 7 b. Oct. 28, 1816 ; m. Margaret J. Riehey.
243.
DANIEL HOLMES, 6 (Jonathan," Jonathan* Joseph, 3 John," Wil-
liam, 1 ) brother of the preceding; b. in Kingston, Feb. 2, 1774; m. 1,
March 21, 1801, Aminta Day, b. Dec. 7, 1775; d. Jan. 11, 1811.
2, Mercy Day, b. Sept. 28, 1783; d. Aug. 25, 1815. They were
sisters, and daus. of Joel* and Mercy (Chapin) Day of Springfield.
Joel was a son of Jonathan 4 of Springfield, who Avas gr. grandson of
Robert Day 1 of Hartford. [See Day Genealogy.
obliged to return in the Speedwell. They had six sons, five of whom were graduates
at Harvard and Brown Universities, and were all settled in the ministry; the
other was a respectable phvsician. Their names follow : —
1. Rev. Ephraim Briggs,* 5 b. 1769 ; H. C. 1791 ; ord. pastor, Chatham, 1796, and
preached till only three days before his death, which occurred July 22, 1816,
a. 47.
2. Rev. William Briggs, 6 b. 1771 ; grad. Brown Univ., 1794; ord. pastor, Kit-
tery, Me. ; preached a few years in Kittery, and retired to Bridgewater, where he d.
1848, a. 77.
3. Rev. Isaac Briggs, 6 b. May 7, 1775 ; grad. Brown Univ., 1795; ord. pastor,
York, Me., 1797, where he remained eight years ; installed pastor, Boxford, Sept.
1808, and continued there twenty-five years, being dismissed, Dec. 3, 1833. He
preached at Chatham as a "stated supply," two years, 1834 to 1836. He then
removed to North Rochester, where he remained as pastor of a small Society twenty-
three years ; his services being chiefly gratuitous. He relinquished his charge in
1858, and died at East Morrisania, N. Y., Feb. 22, 1862, a. 87 years, 9 months.
The present writer succeeded him in the ministry at Chatham, and remembers him
as a worthy, a kind-hearted, a truly good man.
4. Rev. Richard Briggs, 6 b. 1782; grad. Brown Univ. 1804; ord. pastor, Mans-
field, May 24, 1809 ; was dismissed on account of impaired health and mental de-
rangement, Dec. 8, 1834 ; d. July 5, 1837, a. 55.
5. Rev. Charles Briggs, 6 b. Jan. 17, 1791 ; H. C. 1815 ; ord. pastor, Lexington,
April 28, 1819 ; was dismissed July 28, 1835, that he might become the Secretary
and General Agent of the American Unitarian Association. He is still living ; re-
sides in Roxbury ; and preaches occasionally. All the other clerical members of
this family were, I believe, of the Orthodox faith.
6. John Briggs, 6 M. D., b. 1794 ; received his education at Phillips Exeter Acad-
emy ; was a practising physician in Dedham many years ; d. 1843, a. 49.
Rebecca (Briggs) Holmes, 6 sister of the foregoing, and widow of Col. Charles
Holmes, is still living, at the age of ninety, in the family of her dau. Maria, the
wife of George B. Holmes of Providence, R. I. She retains in a remarkable de-
gree her mental and physical faculties ; employs herself in knitting for the soldiers
of our army, and well remembers her mother as employed in the same manner for
the soldiers of the Revolution.
218 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
He resided at Alfred, Me., and died there, Sept. 10, 1815, a. 41.
His children were — by first wife, Aminta —
367^. Joel Day, 7 b. March 3, 1802 ; d. July 28, 1810.
368. Aminta Day, 7 b. March 31, 1803. She was adopted by her uncle Wil-
liam Holmes [189 J ; and m. Dec. lfi, 1821, Thurston" Andrews, son of
a Baptist minister in Hinsdale, N. II. She had five sons; her husband
died in 1836 ; she went to Boston, and died there, Oct. 15, 1850, a. 47.
At the time of her death, she was First Matron of the " Home for
Aged and Indigent Females " in Boston.
369. Sophia, 7 h. Nov. 17, 1805.
370. jGcorge Francis, 7 I). Jan. 24, 1807 ; m. Rhoda Ann Baldwin.
370^ Harriet, 7 b. Nov. 17, 1808; d. Dec. 24, 1809.
371. Heman, 7 b. July 1, 1810; d. Dec. 17, 1810.
By second wife, Mercy —
372. tJoel Dav, 7 b. April 3, 1813; m. Marandis D. Bennett.
372i. William, 7 b. Jan. 18, 1815 ; d. Aug. 24, 1815.
246.
ROBERT HOLMES, 6 (Robert* Jonathan? Joseph? John? Wil-
liam, 1 ) son of Robert 6 and Abigail (Howland) Holmes of Kingston; b.
there, Jan. 14, 1780; m. 1, March 22, 1812, Ltdia Phillips of Pem-
broke, the part afterwards included in Hanson. She was b. April 7,
1786 ; d. Oct. 2, 1820. 2, July 9, 182G, Nancy White of Pembroke,
who was b. Aug. 4, 1797, and d. Aug. 21, 1842. She is called Anna,
on the town record of Pembroke.
He lived on the hill, eastward from the Upper Iron "Works on Jones
River, in Kingston; and d. Oct. 12, 1852, a. 72 years, and 9 months.
His children were — by first wife —
373. Ira, 7 b. Sept. 24, 1813 ; m. Jan. 27, 1846, Margaret Lee, who was b. April
26, 1826. Thev had—
374. Margaret? b. Sept. 11, 1847.
375. Robert Waterman, 7 b. April 5, 1817.
376. Lydia Phillips, 7 b. Aug. 14, 1820; d. Dec. 23, 1820.
By second wife —
377. Lvdia, 7 b. June 10, 1827 ; m. Dec. 2, 1849, Benjamin Thomas, b. March,
1820. They had—
378. Benjamin F. (Thomas), b. April 22, 1852.
379. Samuel, 7 b. Sept. 4, 1833; m. Nov. 20, 1856, Mary Reed, b. May 9, 1836.
They had—
380. George Elmer? b. June 27, 1861.
249.
Deacon JEDIDIAH HOLMES, 6 (Jedidiah? Jonathan? Joseph?
John? William}) eldest son of Jedidiah* and Sarah (Adams) Holmes
of Kingston; b. Aug. 2, 1773; m. 1, Sept. 20, 1795, Marcia Drew
of Kingston, who was b. April 29, 1774, and d. May 13, 1800, a. 26.
2, Oct. 18, 1801, Priscilla Wilder, dau. of Nathaniel Wilder of
Middleborough. She died Dec. 3, 1844, a. GO.
He owned the Lower Iron Works on Jones River in Kingston, and
his residence was near the same. He d. April 15, 1862, a\ 88 years,
9 months, 13 days.
His children were — by first wife. —
HOLMES FAMILY OF MARSHFIELD. 219
3S1. Sarah Adams, 7 b. May 12, 1797 ; m. Wiswall S. Stetson. Children —
382. Judith S. (Stetson), b. Aug. 1, 1817.
383. Lorenzo (Stetson), b. Aug. 18, 1819 ; d. at sea, Feb. 1846.
384. Marcia H. (Stetson), b. Aug. 21, 1821.
385. Elizabeth E. (Stetson), b. Aug. 11, 1823.
386. Sarah A. (Stetson), b. July 3, 1828.
387. Marcia Drew, 7 b. April 24, 1800 ; m. George Holmes.
By second wife —
388. Eveline, 7 b. April 26, 1803 ; d. May 16, 1806.
389. Elixa Ann, 7 b. Jan. 31, 1805 ; in. Alexander Holmes [310].
390. Christopher Columbus, 7 b. Dec. 9, 1812 ; d. Jan. 25, 1814.
391. Christopher Columbus, 7 b. Sept. 14, 1817 ; m. Elizabeth Rich. They live
in Milton, and have no children. He is a physician, and about 1860
was commander of the Independent Corps of Cadets in Boston.
258.
SPENCER HOLMES, 6 (Jedidiah? Jonathan, 4 Joseph? John, 2 Wil-
liam, 1 ) brother of the preceding; b. in Kingston, Jan. 13, 1781 ; m.
March 24, 180- Judith McLaughlin of Kingston, who was b. Feb.
26, 1779, and d. Aug. 2, 1818, se. 40. 2, Jan. 3, 1820, Lucy (Samp-
son) Pearce, a widow, dan. of Oliver Sampson of Kingston. She
was b. Nov. 17, 1784, and d. June 5, 1842, a. 57 years, 7 months, 19
days.
He lived near Blackwater Pond in Kingston, but the births of his
children are recorded in Plympton. He d. June 16, 1846, a. 65 years,
5 months.
His children were — by first wife —
392. Spencer, 7 b. Nov. 8, 1805; m. Mary McLaughlin of Kingston. He lived
in Kingston, and d. Oct. 3, 1840, as. 35.
393. Judith, 7 b. Oct. 4, 1807 ; m. Thomas Soule of Duxbury.
394. Jedidiah, 7 b. July 22, 1810.
By second wife —
395. Lucy Sampson, 7 b. June 6, 1821 ; m. Lewis Gray.
396. Mary A., 7 b. Aug. 15, 1823 ; m. 1, Parker Baker. 2, Capt. Otis Baker.
397. Alphonso, 7 b. ; m. .
259.
LEWIS HOLMES, 6 (Jedidiah," Jonathan? Joseph? John? Wil-
liam, 1 ) brother of the preceding; b. in Kingston, May 15, 1783; m.
May 20, 1810, his cousin, Sophia Holmes, 6 [245] b. Dec. 19, 1781,
dau. of Jonathan* and Rebecca* Holmes, who were themselves cousins.
He lived in Kingston, on the place where his father and grandfather
had lived. He d. April 29, 1853, ae. 70. His wife Sophia d. May 11,
1850, a?. 69.
Their children were —
398. Lewis, 7 b. May 6, 1811 ; d. Sept. 16, 1814.
399. Sophia Ann, 7 b. May 15, 1813 ; unm., resides in Providence, R. I.
400. Horatio Lewis, 7 b. Oct. 24, 1815 ; m. 1, Sept. 30, 1840, Mary Gladding,
who d. Feb. 5, 1842. 2, Nov. 25, 1845, Nancy Hardenburg; both of Prov-
idence, R. I.
Child by second wife —
401. Henrij L.? b. Sept. 26, 1846.
402. Almira, 7 b. Aug. 7, 1821 ; d. Oct. 7, 1826.
403. tWilliam Henry, 7 b. June 13, 1824; in. Harriet Handy of Providence.
220 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
260,
HENRY HOLMES, 6 (Jedidiah, 6 Jonathan, 4 Joseph, 3 John, 2 Wil-
liam, 1 ) brother of the preceding; b. in Kingston, Dec. 28, 1784; m.
March 1, 1813, Mary Wilder, b. Jan. 17, 1785, dau. of Nathaniel
Wilder of Middleborough.
He grad. Brown Univ. 180G; was a lawyer; and resided in Alfred,
Me. He d. April 2, 1852, x. G8. His wife Mary d. Nov. 14, 1847, se. 63.
Their children were —
404. Lucy Maria, 7 b. Jan. 1, 1814; m. Dec. 29, 1830, Hon. William Cutter
Allen of Alfred, Me., who was b. Jan. 25, 1795 ; and d. in Washing-
ton City, Aug. 12, 1859, a. G4. He was by profession a lawyer; Register
of Probate for the County of York, Me., from 1827 to "l 838; Repre-
sentative of Alfred, in the Legislature of Maine, 1839, 1843, and 1844;
Senator 1845; Judge of Probate from 1847 to 1854; and Special
Apent of the Post Office Department at Washington, from 1854 to
1859. Children—
405. Ann (Allen), b. Oct, 17, 1831 ; d. Dec. 5, 1832.
406. Henri/ Wilder (Allen), b. Oct. 18, 1834; grad. at Dartmouth
Coll., 1854; a lawyer in New York City.
407. Weld Noble (Allen), b. March 27, 1837 ; "g™d. at the U. S. Na-
val Academy, Annapolis, 1855 ; now, 1863, a Lieut. Com-
manding a gunboat in the U. S. Navy.
408. Christopher Columbus, 7 b. Oct. 16, 1817 : m. Nov. 23, 1852, Emma Win-
dust of New York Citv. He was a merchant in New York City, and d.
Oct. 31, 1862, a. 45. Children—
409. Henry* b. 1853 ; d. in infancy.
410. Man/* b. Aug. 29, 1854.
411. Emma Wilder* b. Jan. 23, 1857.
412. Alfred Columbus* b. June 23, 1859.
266.
MARTIN HOLMES, 6 (Jedidiah, 5 Jonathan, 4 Joseph, 3 John, 2 Wil-
liam, 1 ) brother of the preceding; b. March 7, 1794; m. Dec. 3, 1818,
Mary Turner Johnson of Kingston, who was b. April 22, 1793.
Their children were —
413. Martin, 7 h. Oct. 12, 1819 ; d. Oct. 28, 1819.
414. fLothrop Turner, 7 b. March 29, 1824 ; m. Elizabeth Washburn.
275.
ALANSON HOLMES, 6 (Orsamus,* ffezekiah* William? Josiah 2
William, 1 ) eldest son of Orsamus* and Ruth (Webb) Holmes ; b. in
Springfield, Vt., March 11, 1781 ; m. Olive Lee, dau. of Uriel Lee
of Sherburne, Chenango Co., New York.
He removed from Sherburne to Pomfret, Chautauqua Co., New York,
where he resided till his death, Jan. 3, 1818. His widow d. Aug.
31, 1827.
Their children are —
415. Joseph EIHcott, 7 ; a Civil Engineer by profession. He is now, 1862,
in London, and represents with credit to the country and to himself,
the interests of the American Exhibitors at the present World's Fair,
in that city. He is married, and has a daughter.
416. Fidelia* ; m. Taylor. No issue.
417. Miranda, 7 m. Wilcox: resides in Napoli, Cattaraugus County,
N. Y.
418. Zelotes Lee, 7 is a Presbyterian Clergyman, and m. Nichols, the
dau. of a planter in South Carolina." He is a resident of Laurens, S. C:,
and Professor of Mathematics and Natural Thilosophy in the Laurens
Female Institute. He has several children.
HOLMES FAMILY OF MAESHFIELD. 221
276.
ABNER HOLMES, 6 (Orsamus,* Beseh'ah* William, 9 Josiah* Wil-
liam, 1 ) brother of the preceding; b. in Springfield, Vt., April 10, 1783 ;
m. Betsey Young.
He removed, in 1832, from Chautauqua County, to Killbuck, Holmes
Co., Ohio, and resided there a few years, when he moved to Mason
County, Elinois, where he settled on a farm, and died Feb. 17, 1859.
He has numerous descendants. His children were —
419.
Laurana, 7 ; ra.
420.
Zelmon, 7 ; unm. ; d. ;
421.
422.
Harriet. 7
423.
Sophia. 7
424.
Devillo. 7
425.
Allen E. 7
426.
Caroline. 7
427.
Sarah. 7
277.
BRILLIANT HOLMES, 6 (Orsamus? Hezekiah* William* Josiah?
William, 1 ) sister of the preceding; b. in Springfield, Vt., Oct. 22,
1785 ; m. John Scott.
He was an innkeeeper in Mayville, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., for
some time. They removed thence to Ogle Co., Illinois, and settled on
a farm near Dixon. They both died many years since.
Their children were —
428. Sophia (Scott), b. Feb. 9, 1809 ; m. Sept. 16, 1828, Edward Y. Hickeox,
who was b. June 8, 1804. Children —
429. Sophia (Hickeox), b. Oct. 11, 1829 ; m. March 12, 1853, James
C. Cary, a lawver, residing in San Francisco ; one child —
430. Harrie't (Cary), b. Feb. 20, 1854.
431. Edward (Hickeox), b. April 5, 1831.
432. Harriet (Hickeox), b. Dec. 7, 1832; died Aug. 21, 1841.
433. John Scott (Hickeox), b. Nov. 10, 1835.
434. Sttk H. (Hickeox), b. Dec. 30, 1840.
435. Benjamin (Hickeox), b. May 31, 1842 ; d. June 2, 1842.
436. Miilicent Marshall (Hickeox), b. Jan. 18, 1844.
437. Seraphina (Scott), m. David Welty. They reside in Illinois, and have —
438. John (VVeltv.)
439. Addie (Welty.)
Several others, names unknown.
440. Sarah ( Scott j, m. Hickeox.
279.
RUTH HOLMES, 6 (Orsamus,' Hezehiah* William* Josiah* Wil-
liam, 1 ) sister of the preceding; b. Sept. 20, 1790; m. Sept. 12, 1810,
Dr. John Ellis Marshall, 6 b. in Norwich, Ct, March 18, 1785, son
of Thomas and Sarah (Egerton) Marshall of that place.*
* The Maeshall Family, of Norwich, Ct.
There were several original emigrants to these shores, of the name of Marshall ;
and the name is now quite common in the United States.
I. EDMUND MARSHALL, 1 came from England, about 1636. He was ad-
mitted freeman of Massachusetts, May 17, 1637. It is supposed that he emigrated
from the Old Country with Rev. Richard Blinman, who is said, perhaps inac-
curately, to have been a Welshman, who was minister of Chepstow, England, and
222 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
He was adopted, when an infant, on the death of his mother, by
Daniel Ellis, son of Rev. John Ellis, who was minister of West Farms,
(then a part of Norwich, but now and since 1786, the town of Franklin,
Ct.,) from 1752 to 1779, and who died in said Franklin, in 1805. He
went to school to Rev. Samuel Nott, D.D., the successor of Mr. Ellis ;
and resided in Franklin, and in Norwich, until 1808. He studied
medicine with Dr. Philemon Tracy of Norwich, and was licensed to
practise by the Connecticut Medical Society, Aug. 3, 1808.
He first settled in Oxford, Chenango County, N. Y., in 1808, and re-
mained there until the autumn of 1809, when he removed to Mayville,
Chautauqua County, in the same State. On the organization of that
County, Feb. 9, 1811, he was appointed its first clerk, and held the
office until he moved, in March, 1815, to Buffalo, where he continued to
came to New England through the influence of Governor Winslow of Plymouth
Colony. Mr. Blinman, or Blynman, preached at Marshfield, the residence of Gov.
Winslow, for some brief tiine after his coming over, and was the first minister of
that place ; although that honor has been commonly assigned to Rev. Edward
Bulkley, son of Rev. Peter Bulkley of Concord. Mr. Blinman, however, removed
to Gloucester in 1641 ; and subsequently to this removal became a freeman of
Massachusetts Colony, Oct. 7, 1641. Mr. Blinman preached at Gloucester about
seven years, and in 1648, went to New London, Ct., where he was the first min-
ister, and where he remained ten years. He is styled " a godly, able minister."
He went to New Haven, in 1658, and altera short residence there, returned to
England, and died at Bristol, " in a good old age."
Edmund Marshall, it appears, removed to New London, with Mr. Blinman,
either in 1648, or as others think, in 1651.
II. John Marshall, 2 son of Edmund, came with his father to New London,
and settled there.
Of Edmund Marshall and his son John, our knowledge is very limited, and we
are not sure that they belong in this pedigree. What now follows is matter of
record.
III. Abial Marshall, 3 we suppose to have been a son, possibly a grandson,
of this John Marshall, though we have no positive proof of it. There seems how-
ever to be no reasonable doubt of the fact. He m. at New London, Nov. 18,
1708, Abiaii Hough, b. 1690, third dau. of Capt. John and Sarah (Post) Hough
of New London. They settled at Norwich, lie is mentioned in Miss Calkins's
History of Norwich, p. 155, as owner of land there in 1729.
The* children of Abial and Abiah (Hough) Marshall, all b. in Norwich, were —
Anne, 4 b. Aug. 16, 1711 ; m. May 23, 1729, Noah Abel of Norwich. Children—
Jabez, Caleb, Thomas, Lucy, Abiah, HannaJi.
Sarah, 4 b. Sept. 7, 1713 ; d. July, 1719.
Abial, 4 b. Sept. 30, 1715 ; m. 1, July 12, 1743, Anne Waterman. 2, Sybil .
He d. at Bozrah, in 1799.
John, 4 b. March 25, 1718.
Sarah, 4 b. April 12, 1720; m. Dec. 26,1743, Capt. James Hyde, b. Feb. 28,
1707, second cousin to her mother. They had rive sons and one daughter, all
of whom except one (Rev. Simeon Hyde, minister of Deerheld, N. J.,) married
and had large families. The Rev. and venerable Charles Cleveland of Bos-
ton, born June 21, 1772, whom we still see in our streets, pursuing his benevolent
labors as minister and almoner to the poor of our city, is her grandson. His
son Charles Dexter Cleveland of Philadelphia, formerly Professor of Latin
in the University of New York, a distinguished scholar and classical annota-
tor; William E. Dodge, of the firm of Phelps, Dodge, & Co., an eminent
and prosperous merchant of New York, well known for his princely donations
to every benevolent enterprise ; Margaret Cleveland, wife of Lewis F. Allen
of Buffalo; the late Judge James Hyde of Richfield Springs; and many
other respectable names, are among her descendants.
IV. Thomas, 4 b. July 1, 1724; m. March 23, 1750, Anne Man waring, b. Nov. 20,
1725, dau. of Oliver and Hannah (Hough) Manwaring of New London. She
was his first cousin, her mother Hannah Hough being sister of Abiah Hough,
HOLMES FAMILY OF MARSHFIELD. 223
reside till his death. He was commissioned by Gov. Clinton, as Clerk
of Erie County, March 2, 1819, and held that office about two years.
He was commissioned by Gov. Tompkins, Feb. 29, 1812, Surgeon of
Col. McMahan's Regiment of Chautauqua County Volunteers, and
served with the regiment on the Niagara frontier during the years 1813
and 1814.
He had an extensive practice and a high reputation as a physician
and surgeon ; and was an elder in the First Presbyterian Church in
Buffalo. A copious obituary notice of him may be found in the Buffalo
Medical Journal, Vol. VI., p. 382. There are also notices of him in
the American Almanac for 1841, and in Allen's American Biography.
He died Dec. 27, 1838, a. 53. His widow, Mrs. Ruth Marshall, still
survives, 1863, and resides with her son in Buffalo.
Their only child was —
442. tOrsamus Holmes (Marshall), b. Feb. 1, 1813; m. Millicent Ann De
Angelis.
his mother. They settled at Norwich, where he d. April 26, 1761, ae. 37, and
where she d. Jan. 26, 1799, se. 74. Their children, all b. in Norwich, were —
Lucretia 5 b. Jan. 19, 1751 ; d. Aug. 17, 1753.
John, 5 b. June 14, 1753 ; d. July 23, 1753.
Lucretia, 5 b. Dec. 14, 1754; unm. ; d. Jan. 3, 1774.
Sarah, 5 b. Sept. 20, 1757; m. June 24, 1784, Capt. Silas Goodell. They
settled at Norwich, and had —
Charles, b. 1785. Lucretia, b. 1789.
William, b. 1786; drowned, 1796. William, b. 1795.
Nancy Ann, b. 1787. Oliver, b. 1797. Sally.
V. Thomas 5 b. June 29, 1759; m. 1, May 27, 1784, Sarah Egerton, 5 dau. of
Benjamin Egerton of Norwich, Ct.* They settled at Norwich, where
she d. April 21, 1785, leaving one child. 2, June 13, 1787, Freelove
Egerton. These two wives, though bearing the same name, do not
seem to have been related. He d. Feb. 8, 1829, ce. 70. His children,
all b. in Norwich, were —
By first wife, Sarah Egerton —
John Ellis, 6 b. March 18, 1785 ; in. Ruth Holmes, 6 in the text.
Bv second wife, Freelove Egerton —
Thomas, 6 b. May 4, 1790; d. Feb. 1822, without issue.
William, 6 b. April 10, 1793; d. Oct. 14, 1808, without issue.
Sarah Egerton, 6 b. May 6, 1797 ; d. .
Anne Manwaring, 6 b. June 11, 1800; d. .
Freelove, 6 b. Sept. 21, 1806; d. Nov. 21, 1806.
Lucv Freelove, 6 b. Aug. 14, 1812.
Anne, 5 b. — — , 1761 ; d. March 27, 1786, re. 25.
* Pedigree of Sarah Egerton : —
I. Richard Edgerton,i of Saybrook, m. April 7, 1653, Mary Sylvester; moved to Norwich, Ct.,
and died March, 1692 Their son,
II. KicatRD Edgerton,2 m Elizabeth Scudder. Their son,
III. Joseph Edgerton," m Elizabeth Ilaskins. All the above lived in Norwich, Connecticut,
as did also,
IV Benjamin Edgerton,4 son of Joseph and Elizabeth, b. Sept. 20, 1726; d. Aug. 13, 1800;
m. Susanna Griswold, b. Jan. 25, 1730. or June 29, 1730, dau of Joseph and Sarah (Durkee)
Griswold; Brand dau. of Capt Sarm.el and Susanna (Huntington) Griswold, and gr. gr. dau. of
Lieut. Francis Griswold of Saybrook and of Norwich, who was b. at Kenilworth in England,
and d. at Norwich, Ct., Oct. 1671
The children of Benjamin and Susanna (Griswold) Edgerton were —
Susanna,5 b. June 29. 1756 ; m. Nathan Chappel.
Lucv, 5 b. Feb. 19, 1759.
Ben'j'min,5 b. Sept 28, 1761.
Sarah,5 b Feb. 17, 1764 ; m. Thomas Marshall, as above
Joseph, b May 16, 1766.
Giles,5 b. Oct 5, 1771.
The family of Edgerton now commonly omit the d from the name.
224 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
281.
MYRON HOLMES, 6 (Orsamvs," Hezehiah,* William? J osiah? Wil-
liam, 1 ) brother of the preceding ; b. in Sherburne, Chenango County,
N. Y., May 19, 1795 ; m. 1, Sally Taylor. 2, . 3, .
He Avas a farmer, residing in Pomfret, Chautauqua County, N. Y.,
until 1835, when he removed to Will County, in the northeast part
of Illinois, not far from Lake Michigan, and settled on a farm adjoin-
ing his brother Asher. He now resides, with his third wife, in Joliet,
in the same County. He has a numerous family. "We have the names
of only the following : —
443. Corydon. 7
444. Diantha. 7
445. Velona. 7
446. Hush. 7
282.
ASHER HOLMES, 6 (Orsamus? Hezehiah? William? Josiah? Wil-
liam, 1 ) brother of the preceding; b. Sept. 28, 1797; m. Eliza El-
more, dau. of James Elmore, of Sherburne, N. Y.
He lived in Pomfret, now Sheridan, Chautauqua County, N. Y., until
1835, with the exception of two or three years' residence in Smyrna,
Chenango County, N. Y. He moved, in 1835, to "Will County, Illinois,
and settled on a farm on the south side of Hickory Creek, six miles
east from Joliet. He died about 1858. His widow survives. Their
children are —
447. James. 7
448. Myron. 7
449. Eliza. 7
283.
LAURANA HOLMES, 6 {Orsamus? Hezehiah? William, 3 Josiah?
William, 1 ) sister of the preceding; b. in Sherburne, N. Y., March 10,
1800 ; m. Lewis Wooster.
She removed, with her husband, about 1818, first to Great Valley,
N. Y., then to Girard, Pa.; then to Killbuck, Ohio, and finally to
Marquette County, Wisconsin, in 1836. She d. Sept. 17, 1862. Mr.
Wooster, who is a farmer, still survives. They have several married
children. We have the names of —
450. John (Wooster).
451. Alanson (Wooster).
452. Mai vina (Wooster).
453. Mary (Wooster).
454. Augustine (Wooster).
455. Sarah (Wooster).
285.
Dr. AUGUSTINE HOLMES, 6 ( Orsamus? Hezehiah* William?
Josiah? William 1 ) youngest son of Orsamus* and Ruth Holmes; b.
in Sherburne, N. Y., June 4, 1803 ; m. Sarah Ley, dau. of William
Ley of Meyerstown, Pa.
He studied Medicine with Dr. John Ellis Marshall in Buffalo, and
with Dr. John F. Gray, the distinguished Homeopathist — but before
HOLMES FAMILY OF MARSHFIELD. 225
he abandoned Allopathy — in New York. "When licensed to practise,
he settled at Meyerstown, Lebanon Co., Pa., and practised in that and
the adjoining town of Pine Grove, in Schuylkill Co. He was resident
in the latter town at the time of his death, Oct. 18, 1849. He was a
member of the Pennsylvania Legislature, and at one time Superin-
tendent of the Canals and Public Works of that State. His widow
still survives him. They had no children.
307.
EOSALINDA HOLMES,* (Abraham,* Experience, 4 Experience, 3
Abraham, 3 William, 1 ) dau. of Abraham* and Bethiah (Nye) Holmes of
Rochester; b. there, Aug. 10, 1784 ; m. Jan. 13, 1811, Anselm Las-
sett, Esq., attorney-at-law.
Mr. Bassett was fitted for College at the Academy or School kept
in the North Precinct of Rochester (" Sniptuit"), by Rev. Calvin
Chadclock, then minister of that place, afterwards of Hanover. He
grad. at Brown Univ. 1803 ; studied law with Hon. Abraham Holmes,
whose dau. he married. Immediately after his marriage, he removed
to Columbia, in the County of Washington, Me. After a residence
there of between two or three years, he settled, Oct. 1813, in West-
port, Mass., where he remained till 1832, when he was appointed
Register of Probate for the County of Bristol. He then removed to
Taunton, where he still resides, 1863.
Mrs. Rosalinda Bassett d. Sept. 1846, a. 62.
Their children have been —
456. Thomas Holmes (Bassett), b. at Columbia, Me., Dec. 30, 1811 ; d. iu
Louisville, Ky., 1835, on his return from New Orleans.
457. Charles Jarvis Holmes (Bassett), b. in Westport, July 10, 1814 ; m. 1, Jan.
1840, Emeline D. Seabury, dau. of John W. Seabury of Taunton. She d.
April 1, 1842. 2, 1845, Nancy Gibbs of Bridgewater, who d. May 12,
1848. 3, French of Fawtucket. He is Cashier of Taunton
Bank.
Children by first wife —
458. Sarah Seabury (Bassett), b. Nov. 1840.
459. Charles Anselm (Bassett), I twins, b. April 1, 1842, and baptized
460. John Seabury (Bassett), ) at their mother's funeral.
By second wife —
461. Louisa (Bassett), b. Oct. 1846.
By third wife —
462. Frank (Bassett).
463. Rufus (Bassett).
464. George Fitz Henry (Bassett), b. June 21, 1817 ; d. Oct. 7, 1820.
465. Cynthia Crocker Holmes (Bassett), b. Aug. 25, 1821 ; unm. ; of Taunton
1863.
466. Elizabeth Martin (Bassett), b. Dec. 19, 1824; unm. ; of Taunton, 1863.
308.
GEORGE BONUM NYE HOLMES, 6 Esq., (Abraham* Expe-
rience, 4 Experience, 3 Abraham, 3 William, 1 ) son of Abraham 5 and
Bethiah (Nye) Holmes of Rochester; b. there, March 1, 1788; m.
Jan. 3, 1813, Elizabeth Valentine, b. Feb. 17, 1796, daughter of
15
220 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
Thomas and Abigail (Paine) Valentine of Freetown.* He was admit-
ted to the Plymouth Bar, April, 1809; commissioned as a Justice of
the Peace, in 1812. After having been in the practice of law a few
years at Assonet (Freetown), and Fall River, he relinquished the
profession and entered the United States Navy. He d. . His
wife Elizabeth d. at Newport, P. I., July 19, 1841.
Their children were —
467. Amanda Malvina, 7 b. Dec. 19, 181.3 ; d. March 31, 1815.
468. tAhraham, 7 b. June 23, 1816 ; m. Susan Blake.
309.
Hon. CHARLES JARVIS HOLMES, 6 (Abraham? Experience*
Experience, 3 Abraham? William, 1 ) brother of the preceding; b. at
Rochester, May 9, 1790 ; m. 1, Oct. 17, 181 4, Cynthia Crocker. She
d. Aug. 17, 1828, a. 40. 2, 1830, Louisa Haskell, dau. of Ebenezer
and Bathsheba (Crocker) Haskell. She d. Oct. 11, 1846, a-. 44.
He studied law in the office of his father in Rochester, and was
admitted to the Plymouth Bar, in 1812, just before the commencement
of the second war with Great Britain. He practised his profession in
his native town more than a quarter of a century ; identified with the
feelings and interests, and enjoying the confidence of his fellow citi-
zens. He represented Rochester in the Legislature of Massachusetts
in the years 1816, 1817, 1819, 1820, 1824, 1826, 1827, 1831, 1832.
He was a Senator from Plymouth County, in 1829 and 1830 ; a
member of the Executive Council, in 1835, and an Elector of Presi-
dent and Vice President in 1836. He filled all these offices while re-
siding in Rochester.
In December, 1838, with a view to more extended professional
practice, he removed to Taunton. In 1842, he was appointed by
President Tyler, Collector of the Customs for Fall River; to which place
he removed his residence. He remained there till towards the close of
his life. He filled at various periods other offices of some importance,
as Master in Chancery, Commissioner of Bankruptcy, &c.
All the duties of these- offices he faithfully discharged. He was a
man of ardent friendships, genial temperament, of a high sense of
honor. His intellectual powers were strong and well cultivated, al-
though he was not educated at college. He was a careful reader of
the English classics, and a thorough student of the law. In political
life, he was ardent, sanguine, strong in his convictions, and indefati-
gable in maintaining them. He wrote his own epitaph, closing with
these words : " By profession a lawyer ; by practice a peace-maker."
He died at Fall River, May 13, 1859, a. 69. He was buried in the
same Cemetery in Rochester, where repose the remains of his father,
grandfather, great grandfather, and gr. gr. grandfather ; five genera-
tions.
* Lot Strange had a dau. Philippa, who became the wife of John Payne. Their
son, John Payne, m. Barbara Rice. Their dau. Abigail was the wife of Thomas
Valentine, whose dau. Elizabeth married George Bonum Nye Holmes, in the text.
HOLMES FAMILY OF MARSHFIELD. 227
His children were, by second marriage, and b. in Rochester —
469. Emma Louisa, 7 b. Nov. 4, 1830; m. Aug. 20, 1856, Daniel Stilhvell of
Fall River, son of Daniel and Sarah (Richmond) Stilhvell. Children —
470. Louisa Holmes (Stillwell), b. April 17, 1858.
471. Sarah Richmond (Stillwell), b. Nov. 21, 1861.
472. Charles Jarvis, 7 b. March 4, 1^34 ; m. May 4, 1858, Mary A. Remington,
dau. of Joshua and Joanna (Lawton) Remington. He is Cashier of the
Wamsutta Bank, Fall River. Children —
473. Mary Louisa, 8 b. Mav 15, 1859.
474. Anna Cove/l, 3 b. March 5, 1861.
SEVENTH GENERATION.
310.
ALEXANDER HOLMES, 7 (Joseph, 6 Joseph? Joseph* Joseph?
John, 2 William, 1 ) eldest son of Joseph 6 and Lucy 6 Holmes of King-
ston ; b. there, March 31, 1803; m. Eliza Ann Holmes 7 [389], b.
Jan. 31, 1805, dau. of Jedidiah 6 and Priscilla Holmes.
He resides in Kingston ; has long been President of the Old Colony
and Fall River Rail Road, whose affairs he has managed with much
ability and success.
His children are —
475. Joseph Alexander, 8 b. June 20, 1832.
476. Frank Henry, 8 b. May 7, 1837.
312.
EDWARD HOLMES, 7 (Joseph, 6 Joseph, 5 Joseph* Joseph? John?
William, 1 ) brother of the preceding; b. in Kingston, Sept. 15, 1806;
ro. 1, Eliza Bryant, who died, Dec. 15, 1842. 2, Abigail Bos-
worth of Plympton.
He has been a mariner and ship-builder ; now resides in Kingston.
His children, by first wife, were —
477. Ann Eliza, 8 b. Feb. 2, 1839.
478. Edward Kent, 8 b. Jan. 20, 1841.
479. Lemuel Bryant, 8 b. Nov. 24, 1842; was drowned, May 5, 1862, by the
upsetting of his boat in the harbor ; Levi Prince and Daniel Ripley
being drowned at the same time.
By second wife —
480. Abigail B. 8
481. Paraclete W. 8
482. Lucy. 8
313.
HORACE HOLMES, 7 (Joseph, 6 Joseph," Joseph,* Joseph, 3 John, 1
William, 1 ) brother of the preceding; b. Jan. 3, 1809; m. 1, Oct. 21,
1837, Ann Gurley Bradford, who d. March 29, 1838. 2, Betsey
Ward of Middleborough, who d. Sept. 4, 1844. 3, 1849, Nancy
Stetson.
He resided in Kingston, and d. Jan. 17, 1855. His children were —
By first wife —
483. Horace Gurley, 8 b. March 25, 1838 ; d. Oct. 8, 1833.
228 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
By second wife —
484. Mary Ward, 8 b. July 27, 1842.
485. Lucy, 8 deceased.
By third wife —
486. Gray. 8
318.
Dr. ERASTUS HOLMES, 7 ( William, 6 Melatiah? Joseph* Joseph?
John? William, 1 ) son of "William 6 and Nancy Holmes ; b. in Kingston,
Nov. 3, 1808; m. 1, Sept. 14, 1887, Sarah Jane Eliza Hunter,
b. Sept. 14, 1811 ; d. May 23, 1851. 2, July 22, 1852, Kate Wil-
liams, b. July 23, 1831.
He grad. at a College in Western New York ; studied medicine ; set-
tled at Mina Villa, Montgomery County, N. Y. He is now a practising
physician in Auriesville, in the same County.
His children were, by first wife, Sarah —
487. William Jay, 8 b. Sept. 13, 1838; resides in the City of New York; is
Deputy Superintendent of the New York and Erie Telegraph.
488. Harriet Waters, 8 b. April 2, 1840 ; d. Jan. 2, 1841.
489. Hector Hunter, 8 b. Feb. 5, 1842 ; d. April 6, 1844.
490. Frank, 8 b. Jan. 23, 1845.
491. Heber,» b. Sept. 6, 1847.
492. liobert Hunter," b. July 17, 1850.
By second wife, "Kate —
493. Anna Putnam, 8 b. July 15, 1855.
494. Charles Erastus, 8 b. March 9, 1860.
337.
JOSEPH HOLMES, 7 ( Tilden, 6 Ephraim? Ephraim 4 Joseph, 3 John, 2
William, 1 ) youngest son of Tilden 6 and Eunice Holmes of Kingston ;
b. Sept. 3, 1809; m. 1, Dec. 20, 1835, Elmira McLaughlin of
Kingston, who died in 1842. 2, Sept. 5, 1849, Rebecca D. Chand-
ler of Barre, Vt.
His children were, by first wife —
495. Elmira E., 3 b. March 9, 1837 ; d. Feb. 28, 1854.
496. Charles H., 8 b. April 5, 1839.
497. John Tilden, 8 b. Jan. 1841 ; d. Aug. 1842.
By second wife —
498. Sarah Semantha, 8 b. Aug. 1, 1850.
499. John Tilden, 8 b. Dec. 7, 1852.
500. Frank Doten, 8 b. Sept. ; d. Nov. 15, 18C2.
501. Harriet Farnum, 8 b. May 1, 1857.
502. Albert Curtis, 8 b. Nov. 28, 1860.
503. Rebecca, 8 b. Sept. 15, 1862.
338.
NATHANIEL HOLMES, 7 {Nathaniel," Ephratm* Ephraim 4 Jo-
seph? John,- William, 1 ) eldest son of Nathaniel 6 and Asenath (Chandler)
Holmes of Kingston ; b. there, Nov. 27, 1799 ; m. Sept. 24, 1830,
Hannah Church Taber of Washington, N. II., who was b. Nov.
13, 1803.
HOLMES FAMILY OF MARSHFIELD. 229
They reside at Boston. Their children, born in Boston, all of whom,
except the eldest, died young, were —
504. David Wilson, 8 b. July 9, 1831 ; m. May 1, 1856, Mary Anna Chesley
Wedgewood. He is engaged in mercantile business" in Boston. To
him the compiler is much indebted for information embodied in this
Genealogy.
505. Sophronia Johnson, 8 b. Oct. 23, 18?2 ; d. Aug. 20, 1833.
506. William Hassam, 8 b. Jan. 22, 1835 ; d. Sept. 8, 1843.
507. Calvin Magoun, 8 b. May 24, 1837; d. Dec. 2, 1837.
508. Julia Maria, 8 b. Aug. 29, 1839 ; d. Jan. 19, 1842.
509. Julia Hannah, 8 b. March 12, 1843 ; d. Aug. 4, 1843.
510. Sarah Spencer, 8 b. May 15, 1846 ; d. April 29, 1847.
339.
Dr. EZEKIEL HOLMES, 7 {Nathaniel, 6 Ephraim? Ephraim 4
Joseph? John, 1 William, 1 ) brother of the preceding; b. in Kingston,
Aug. 24, 1801 ; m. Aug. 14, 1825, Sarah Elizabeth Benson of
Livermore, Me., who was b. July 21, 1800.
He graduated at Brown Univ. 1821 ; took the degree of M. D. at
Bowdoin Coll., 1824; practised medicine for a time; is now editor of
the Maine Farmer, an agricultural paper, printed in Augusta, Me.
He resides in Winthrop, Me. He was a candidate for Governor in
1853.
His children are —
511. Patrick Henrv, 8 b. May 31, 1826; m. Jan. 31, 1852', Marv W. Hilliard of
Pembroke* Me. She d. Oct. 1860, a. 30.
512. Sarah Elizabeth, 8 b. June 12, 1831 ; m. Aug. 6, 1849, Samuel Dexter
Besse of Wayne, Me.
341.
PHILIP CHANDLER HOLMES, 7 {Nathaniel? Ephraim? Ephra-
im? Joseph, 3 John, 2 William, 1 ) brother of the preceding; b. in Kingston,
Dec. 21, 1805 ; m. Sept. 9, 1833, at Boolhbay, Me., Sarah Ann Davis
of Kennebunkport, Me. She was b. May 26, 1813.
He conducts an Iron Foundry and Machine Shop in Gardiner, Me.
His children are —
513. George M., 8 b. June 14, 1835 ; m. Lizzie E. Lord.
514. Philip Henry, 8 b. April 23, 1845.
342.
ASENATH HOLMES, 7 {Nathaniel, 6 Ephraim? Ephraim? Joseph, 3
John? William, 1 ) only dau. of Nathaniel and Asenath Holmes, and
sister of the preceding ; b. in Kingston, Dec. 22, 1807; m. Nov. 21,
1827, John Mitchell of Kingston, who was b. Feb. 18, 1802.
They reside in Kingston. Their children are —
515. Benjamin Ransom (Mitchell), b. March 21, 1828.
516. Julia Ann (Mitchell), b. March 20, 1836.
517. Cordelia Frances (Mitchell), b. Oct. 17, 1844; d. Sept. 11, 1848.
343.
ALLYN HOLMES, 7 {Nathaniel? Ephraim? Ephraim, 4 Joseph?
John? William?) brother of the preceding; b. in Kingston, Aug. 14,
230 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
1809 ; m. Jan. 28, 1838, Hannah Jordan Sawyer of Webster, Me.,
who was b. March 11, 1811.
They live in Kingston, at Blackwater, on the old homestead, which
has been the family mansion during four whole generations.
Their children are —
518. Asenath Ann, 8 b. Nov. 11, 1838 ; d. at Gardiner, Me., Sept. 3, 1840.
519. Allyn, 8 b. Dee. 17, 1841 ; of the Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Vol-
unteers ; d. at Baton Rouge, La., March 28, 1S63. He was a young
man of good principles, and of great promise.
520. John Quincy, 8 b. Aug. 15, 1843 ; d. Aug. 1, 1844.
521. Hannah Frances, 8 b. Aug. 30, 1845.
522. Abby, 8 b. April 16, 1850; d. young.
523. Abby Eldora, 8 b. Feb. 20, 1853.
346.
STEPHEN HOLMES, 7 (Nathaniel? Ephraim? Ephraim* Joseph?
John? William?) brother of the preceding; b. in Kingston, Sept. 10,
1815 ; m. Mahala Bartlett [209], daughter of Uriah and Olive
(Holmes) Bartlett of Kingston.
They reside in Kingston. Their children have been —
524. Henry Smith, 8 b. Aug. 12, 1843. Of the Fourth Regiment Mass. Vols.
525. Susan Brigham, 8 b. Oct. 28, 1845.
526. Carrie Brooks, 8 b. Oct. 23, 1847.
527. Olive Bartlett, 8 b. Sept. 17, 1849.
528. Asenath Chandler, 8 b. March 20, 1851.
529. Ichabod, 8 b. Nov. 22, 1852 ; d. Oct. 8, 1853.
530. Addie Eugenia, 8 b. Aug. 25, 1854.
531. George Bartlett, 8 b. Mav 24, 1856.
532. Nathaniel Stephen,* b. Oct. 17, 1857 ; d. Sept. 8, 1859.
533. Frederick, 8 b. March 17, 1859.
352.
GEORGE BASS HOLMES, 7 (Heman? Jonathan? Jonathan? Jo-
seph? John? William?) son of Heman 6 and Mercy (Bass) Holmes of
Kingston; b. April 1G, 1794; m. Oct. 15, 1822, his cousin Maria
Holmes 7 [361], dan. of Col. Charles Holmes of Kingston. They re-
side in Providence, R. I.
Their children were —
534. Maria Waldo, 8 b. Jan. 14, 1824.
535. Rebecca Briggs, 8 b. March 20, 1830; m. Charles J. Dow, Boston, Dec. 10,
1851. He d. at Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 10, 1859, a. 40.
536. George Heman, 8 b. April 14, 1832 ; d. Aug. 17, 1833.
537. Lucy Ames, 8 b. Dec. 3, 1835.
538. Henry Greene, 8 h. June 24, 1840; d. Nov. 24, 1842.
539. Amefia Frances, 8 b. July 23, 1842 ; d. April 3, 1846.
540. William Preston, 8 b. July 15, 1844 ; d. Sept. 16, 1845.
355.
HENRY HOLMES, 7 (Heman? Jonathan, 5 Jonathan. 4 Joseph?
John? William?) son of Heman 6 and Polly (Bailey) Holmes; b. Nov.
24, 1803; m. Nov. 21, 1827, Laura Beard of Keene, N. II.
He d. March 10, 1850. She d. Aug. 4, 1847.
Their children were —
541. Mary Amanda, 8 b. Oct. 5, 1828; m. July 2, 1859, Charles Dauforth of
Concord, N. H.
HOLMES FAMILY OF MARSHFIELD. 231
542. Heman Henry, 8 b. Aug. 3, 1830 ; d. Nov. 23, 1832.
543. Lucy Goodnow, 8 b. March 15, 1833; d. Feb. 28, 1836.
544. Laura Frances, 8 b. March 20, 1836 ; m. Dec. 24, 1857, Burrill H. Kittredge
of Nelson, N. H.
360.
CHRISTIANA HOLMES, 7 (Charles? Jonathan," Jonathan* Jo-
seph, 3 John, 2 William, 1 ) dau. of Col. Charles 6 and Rebecca (Briggs)
Holmes of Kingston; b. Oct. 11, 1798 ; m. Oct. 8, 1822, John Tillson
of Halifax, who was b. March 13, 1796, and d. at Peoria, Illinois, Mav
11, 1853.
Their children were —
545. Charles Holmes (Tillson), b. Sept. 15, J 823; resides in St. Louis, Mo.
546. John (Tillson), b. Oct. 12, 1825; m. Oct. 22, 1851, Ann Eliza Wood, dau.
of John Wood of Quincy, 111. He is now, 1862, Colonel of the 107th
Illinois Regiment of Volunteers. Children —
547. Ann Eliza (Tillson), b. Sept. 25, 1852.
548. Ada Maria (Tillson), b. Feb. 16, 1854.
549. Carrie (Tillson), b. Jan. 17, 1856.
550. John Wood (Tillson) b. Sept. 15, 1859.
551. Robert Hiram (Tillson), b. at Hillsboro', 111., Oct. 22, 1830; resides in
New York City.
552. Christiana Holmes (Tillson), b. at Brookline, Mass., Feb. 25, 1838; resides
in Quincy, 111.
362.
CHARLES HOLMES, 7 (Charles, 6 Jonathan,' Jonathan,* Joseph, 3
John, 2 William, 1 ) brother of the preceding; b. in Kingston, Jan. 17,
1804 ; ra. Dec. 1, 1831, Susan S. Wyman.
They reside in St. Louis, Mo. Their children have been —
553. Susan Maria, 8 b. Nov. 22, 1832 ; d. July 1, 1833.
554. Charles Francis, 8 b. April 20, 1836; m. Mary L. Parry, Oct. 7, 1859.
Thev reside in St. Louis. Children —
555. Charles Edwin, 9 b. April 15, 1860; <1. July 12, 1860.
556. Laura, 9 b. Nov. 28, 1861.
363.
LUCIA HOLMES, 7 (Charles? Jonathan," Jonathan* Joseph, 3 John, 2
William, 1 ) sister of the preceding; b. in Kingston, Nov. 3, 1806; m.
Lucius Kingman.
She d. Nov. 21, 1845. Her children were —
557. Adeline (Kingman), b. Sept. 6, 1836 ; d. Sept. 7, 1838.
558. Ada (Kingman), b. April 15, 1838 ; d. Sept. 6, 1838.
559. Lucius (Kingman), b. Sept. 11, 1839; belongs to the Second Regiment of
Kansas Cavalry.
560. Lucia (Kingman), b. Nov. 16, 1841 ; d. Nov. 14, 1843.
561. Eugene (Kingman), b. Aug. 8, 1843.
562. Ambrose (Kingman), b. Nov. 18, 1845>; d. same day.
364.
HIRAM HOLMES, 7 (Charles, 6 Jonathan," Jonathan,* Joseph, 3 John, 2
William, 1 ) brother of the preceding; b. in Kingston, March 8, 1809 ;
m. 1, Sept. 8, 1842, Beulah P. Tufts of Charlestown, Mass., who d.
Sept. 22, 1853, a. 31. 2, Dec. 12, 1855, Sarah E. Gilbert of Glou-
cester, Mass.
232 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
They have resided at several places in Illinois, and now reside in
Peoria, in that State. Their children have heen —
563. A son, h. at Audubon, 111., Mav 29, 1843 ; d. June 1, 1S43.
564. Hiram, 8 b. at Hillsboro', 111., Sept. 15, 1844.
565. Beulah, 8 b. at Cedar Point, 111., Oct. 1, 1846 ; d. Aug. 26, 1847.
566. Beulah, 8 b. Julv 29, 1848.
567. Horace, 8 b. Aug. 7, 1850.
568. Christiana,* b. March 27, 1853 ; d. Aug. 12, 1853.
569. Edward Dolliver, 8 b. at Lasalle, 111., April 1, 1861.
366.
JOHN MARTIN HOLMES, 7 (Charles? Jonathan," Jonathan*
Joseph, 3 John, 2 William, 1 ) brother of the preceding; b. in Kingston,
Nov. 5, 1813; m. Nov. 13, 1838, Sophia C. Wyman.
He d. at St. Louis, Jan. 9, 1852; a. 38 years, 2 months. His chil-
dren were —
570. Edward Wyman, 8 b. Sept. 28, 1839 ; d. Oct. 16, 1849.
571. Susan Frances, 8 b. Aug. 9, 1841.
572. Ellen, 8 b. April 7, 1846.
573. John Martin, 8 b. Jan. 25, 1848.
574. George, 8 b. Nov. 9, 1849.
575. Rebecca Waterman, 8 b. Dec. 31, 1S51 ; d. at Hillsboro', III., Feb. 5, 1863.
367.
GEORGE BRIGGS HOLMES, 7 {Charles? Jonathan," Jonathan*
Joseph? John, 2 William, 1 ) youngest child of Col. Charles 6 and Rebecca
(Briggs) Holmes; b. in Kingston, Oct. 28, 181 G; m. May 9, 1850,
Margaret J. Richey of Peru, Illinois.
They reside at Topeka, Kansas. Their children have been —
576. Rebecca Briggs, 8 b. March 7, 1851.
577. Ella Maria, 8 'h. May 22, 1854 ; d. April 19, 1857.
578. Susanna Richev, 8 ). . , T „„ ,„„
579. Christiana Tillson, 8 } tWinS « b " June 23 ' 18d3 -
580. Ella Maria, 8 b. Dec. 3, 1S60 ; d. Sept. 18, 1861.
581. A child, b. Dec. 3, 1862.
370.
GEORGE FRANCIS HOLMES, 7 (Daniel? Jonathan? Jonathan?
Joseph? John? William?) son of Daniel 6 and Aminta (Day) Holmes ;
b. at Alfred, Me., Jan. 24, 1807 ; m. Rhoda Ann Baldwin of New
York City, who was b. June 6, 1810.
They resided in New York City. Their children have been —
582. Aminta B., 8 b. Aug. 1, 1834.
583. George F., 8 b. Dec. 12, 1836 ; m. Mary A. Jeffries.
584. Ellen W., 8 b. Feb. 12, 1843.
585. Henry D., 8 b. June 3, 1848.
372.
JOEL DAY HOLMES, 7 (Daniel? Jonathan? Jonathan? Joseph?
John? William?) son of Daniel 6 and Mercy (Day) Holmes; b. in
Alfred, Me., April 3, 1813; m. Marandis D.Bennett of Wilbraham,
Mass., who was b. Dec. 29, 182G.
HOLMES FAMILY OF MAESHFIELD. 233
They reside in Hillsborough, Illinois. Their children, all b. in Hills-
borough, have been —
586. Marv M., 8 b. Jan. 1.3, 1845.
587. Morrill D., 8 b. Sept. 5, 1848.
588. Joel F., 8 b. Dec. 29, 1849.
589. Lucv N., 8 b. Feb. 9, 1852 ; d. Aug. 14, 1852.
590. Edward^ b. Aug. 16, 1854 ; d. Aug. 30, 1854.
591. Alice A., 8 b. March 28, 1857 ; d. Sept. 13, 1857.
403.
WILLIAM HENRY HOLMES, 7 {Lewis, 6 Jedidiah? Jonathan*
Joseph, 3 John, 2 William, 1 ) son of Lewis 6 and Sophia Holmes; b. in
Kingston, June 13, 1824; m. Oct. 5, 1847, Harriet Handy of
Providence, R. I.
They reside in Providence. Their children have been —
592. Isabel Barber, 8 b. Dec. 9, 1848 ; d. Aug. 11, 1853.
593. William Lewis, 8 b. May 31, 1851.
594. Mary Ella, 8 b. Julv 22, 1853.
595. George Henry, 8 b. June 13, 1858.
414.
LOTHROP TURNER HOLMES, 7 (Martin, 6 Jedidiah," Jonathan*
Joseph, 3 John, 2 William, 1 ) son of Martin 6 and Mary Turner (Johnson)
Holmes; b. April 29, 1824; m. Elizabeth Washburn, who was b. in
Kingston, Oct. 18, 1831.
They reside in Providence, R. I. Their children have been —
596. Mary E., 8 b. March 3, 1849 ; d. Jan. 3, 1861.
597. Emma F., 8 b. Sept. 1, 1850 ; d. March 26, 1851.
598. Edgar D., 8 b. Nov. 23, 1851.
599. An infant son, d. March 11, 1856.
442.
ORSAMUS HOLMES MARSHALL, 7 Esq., (Ruth flolmrs* Orsa-
mus,* Jlezekiah, 4 William, 9 Josiah? William, 1 ) only son of Dr. John Ellis
Marshall and of Ruth Holmes his wife ; b. Feb. 1, 1813 ; m. Feb. 20,
1838, Millicent Ann De Angelis, dau. of Judge Pascal Charles
Joseph De Angelis of Holland Patent, Oneida County, N. Y., by his
wife, Elizabeth Webb, dau. of William Webb of Haddam, Ct*
He was fitted for College by Dr. Andrew Yates in his Polytechny at
Chittenango, Madison County, N. Y. ; graduated at Union College in
1831 ; and after attending a course of study in Yale College Law
School, was admitted to the Bar of the State of New York in 1834.
Ever since that time he has continued to reside in the City of Buffalo,
as a practising Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
* Judge De Angelis, was born, Oct. 14, 1763, in the Island of St. Eustatia, in
the West Indies. He was married to Elizabeth Webb, March 8, 1791. His father's
name was Constant Petit De Angelis, a native of Naples, a younger son of a noble
family, and early destined for the Church. Disliking that profession, he left his
home", and subsequently resided at Cayenne, where he married his wife, whose name
was Hannah Le Movne. Judge De Angelis died at Holland Patent, Oneida Co.,
N. Y., Sept. 8, 1839. He was a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of that
County.
23-1 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
His children are —
600. John Ellis" (Marshall), b. Aug. 5, 1839; grad. Yale College, 1861;
joined the army in the autumn of that year, as First Lieutenant in the
Second Regiment of New York State Artillery, and Aid-de-Camp on the
Staff of Brig. Gen. W. F. Barry, Chief of Artillery in the Army of the
Potomac j with whom he passed through the trials and danger's of the
Peninsular Campaign, displaying much ability, courage, and energy,
lie has just l>een appointed (March, 1863) Assistant Adjutant General,
witli the rank of Captain, in the office of the Inspector of Artillery at
Washington.
601. Charles De Angelis 8 (Marshall), b. Nov. 14, 1841.
602. Elizabeth Coe s (Marshall), b. June 4, 1847.
468.
ABRAHAM HOLMES, 7 {George B. N.? Abraham," Expe-
rience, 4 Experience? Abraham, 2 William, 1 ) only son of George B. N.
Holmes; b. June 23, 1816 ; m. May 23, 1844, Susan Blake, b. Jun.
8, 1814, dau. of Samuel and Susanna (Bates) Blake of Abington.
He has resided, since 1843, in South Abington. Their children are —
603. George Nve, 8 1». Feb. 4, 1845.
604. Samuel B'lake, 8 b. July 17, 1846.
605. Susan Elizabeth, 8 b. Julv 11, 1848.
606. Sally Blake, 8 b. Feb. is", 1851.
607. Mary Robinson, 8 b. May 21, 1853 ; d. Nov. 19, 1856.
608. William Ennis, 8 b. June 29, 1855 ; d. Aug. 15, 1856.
609. Benjamin Blake, 8 b. Oct. 13, 1857.
The following record of the family of Myron Holmes [281], was
received from him after the sheet containing the imperfect account, on
page 224, was printed : —
MYRON HOLMES, 6 b. May 10, 1795; m. 1, May 15, 1817,
Sarah Taylor, who d. July 3, 1847. 2, April 8, 1849, Mary Jane
Grant, who d. . 3, . The name of the third wife does
not appear.
His children, by first wife, Avere —
610. Orilla, 7 b. March 10, 1818; m. Jan. 25, 1837, Herman B. Benedict of
Booneville, Missouri. She d. Sept. 2, 1838.
611. Diantha, 7 b. Sept. 2, 1819; m. Jan. 4, 1838, Seymour Ensign of Chau-
tauqua County. She died April 4, 1844.
612. Vallona, 7 b. June 27, 1822 ; in. in 1839, Herman B. Benedict, her brother-
in law. Children —
613. Annetta (Benedict). 615. Marion (Benedict).
614. Herbert (Benedict). 616. Lillian (Benedict).
617. Condon, 7 b. March 11, 1827; m. Sept. 26, 1847, Mary E. Conant.
Children —
618. Ida. 8 619. Emma. 3
620. Rush, 7 b. June 27, 1833; d. July 14, 1849.
By second wife —
621. Addison L., 7 b. 185-. 622. Myron D., 7 b. 185-.
gg 3 Further information respecting the descendants of William
Holmes 1 of Marshfield, is solicited from persons who may possess the
same. It may be transmitted to the. Compiler, at South Boston, Mass.,
or to Mr. David W. Holmes, care of Ross & Pearce, Liberty Square,
Boston.
THE JENNISON FAMILY.
PRELIMINARY REMARKS.
The compiler of this volume, who is a descendant of the Jennison
family, had begun to investigate its history and had written out a
Memoir, occupying a dozen pages quarto, as long ago as March, 1852.
A year afterwards, it accidentally came to his knowledge, that Dr. Bond
of Philadelphia had compiled a brief account of the Jennisons ; and
a proof-sheet containing this account was put into his hands. Finding
therein some errors and deficiencies, he wrote to Dr. Bond on the sub-
ject ; and the result was the enlarged and corrected account, which is
inserted in the Second Part of that most elaborate and admirable work,
The Watertown Genealogies, pp. 801-814, prepared for it by
the present writer and his esteemed friend, Rev. Edwin Jennison, whom
he had the pleasure of introducing to the author of the volume just
referred to.
The account of the Jennisons, which has already appeared in Dr.
Bond's work, does not render the ensuing Memoir unnecessary. In the
following pages, large additions have been made ; many errors have
been corrected ; a new and better arrangement has been introduced ;
and a copious Index at the end of the volume will enable the reader
to lind any name without loss of time. Dr. Bond's work has no Index ;
a most serious deficiency.
To the ensuing Memoir, a few notices of the name as existing in
England are here prefixed. The number might be greatly increased.
Thomas Ward, a papist in the sixteenth century, published a Poem,
entitled " England's Reformation," recounting the persecutions, as he
regarded them, suffered by the Roman Catholics, and the secularization
of the abbeys and other religious houses under Henry VIII. In this
connection, he says —
" The learned abbot Farringdon,
And Commissary Peterson,
John Beck, abbot of Colchester,
And Jennison, renowned in war,
Were put to death ," etc.
This Jennison, he adds in a note, " was a Knight of Malta."
The following is an extract from " The History of Popish Sham
Plots," etc., printed London, 1G82 : —
236 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
" We must not here forget, how Mr. Tho. Jennison, a Jesuite, and
then in Newgate for the Plot (though dead since) endeavored to
frighten his brother, Mr. Eobert Jennison, from prosecuting his dis-
covery, by charging him, in a letter he wrote to him, with the blood of
an innocent man, and a kinsman, perjury, perfidiousness, apostasy,
imitating, yea, outdoing Judas himself, and then devoting him to
destruction, in several verses collected out of the Psalms. But he,
being wholly innocent of all these crimes, slighted this vain and empty
thunder ; for as birds flying, so the curse causeless shall not come ; and
his brother could not pervert him, though he did the Holy Scriptures."
Pp. 39, 40.
This Eobert Jennison, it appears, was " a Gentleman of Gray's Inn,"
who bore testimnoy, in 1678, in concurrence with Oates, Bedloe,
Prance, Dugdale, and others, to the existence of a Popish plot to
murder King Charles II., set fire to London, murder the Protestants,
and elevate the Duke of York to the throne.
Thoresby, in his Diary, speaks of Sir Ralph Jenison of Newcastle,
in 1681, and of Walworth Hall, "a delicate seat of the Jenisons," near
Peirce Bridge.
The niece and heiress of Sir Matthew Jenison married Sir Samuel
Gordon, who was created a baronet in 1764. They were the parents
of Sir Jenison William Gordon, " customer," or collector, of the port
of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, who died in 1831, aged 84.
FIRST GENERATION.
Among the early settlers of Watertown, were two who bore the
name of Jexnisox, William and Robert. They were brothers.
The New England families, now bearing this name, are all, it is be-
lieved, descendants from Robert. But as William was the more eminent
of the two, and as he occupies an honorable place in the early history of
the country, this Memoir would not be complete without some notice of
him.
WILLIAM JENNISON, 1 * the elder of the two brothers, came
from England in the fleet, and probably in the ship Arbella, (properly
Arabella) with Winthrop, in 1 630. No notice has been discovered of
either wife or children.
His name appears on the list of those who first signified their'" desire
to be made freemen," Oct. 19, 1630; and he was admitted freeman
on the 18th of May following; the earliest date of the admission of
any persons of the Colon}'. There is no reason to doubt that he came
to Watertown at its earliest planting, and that he was one of the forty
men, who with " that excellent knight," Sir Eichard Saltonstall, united
* He wrote his name Jenison ; so did his brother Robert ; and this continued
to be the prevailing orthography during the first four generations. But as the name
is now invariably written Jennison, and was sometimes so written in the early
times, we shall so write it throughout. ♦
THE JENNISON FAMILY. 237
in the formation of the church there, July 30, 1630. He was a leading
man in that town, and was chosen selectman, from 1634 to 1644, with
the exception of one year. He was one of the first three Commission-
ers for Watertown, appointed in 1638, " to end small causes" ; and he
appears to have held this office, by re-appointments, until his return to
England. The Colonial Records show that the Court had great confi-
dence in his capacity and integrity. He received numerous appoint-
ments on committees, of which he was often chairman, for determining
boundaries between towns, and for laying out new towns ; also to con-
sider questions of taxation, Indian affairs, and contested land claims.
The prefix " Mr." was commonly attached to his name ; it was then
an honor sparingly bestowed. He was Deputy, or Representative, of
the town in the General Court, from 1635 to 1642 ; also 1645.
Aug. 16, 1631, "Mr. William Jennison was chosen," by the Court,
" Ancient [Ensign] to Capt. Patrick." Captain Daniel Patrick of
Watertown, had been a soldier in the Prince's Guard in Holland. He
and Capt. John Underbill of Boston, were appointed, in Sept. 1630, to
have the charge of military affairs in the Colony, which office they
continued to hold till 1637. Mr. Jennison was Ensign till March 9,
1636-7, when he was chosen Captain of the Watertown Train-band;
which office he held till his return to England. He was, so far as we
are informed, the first captain of that train-band, or company; the
order for the organization of the military force of the Colony in three
regiments, composed of town companies, having been passed only in the
December previous.
Mr. John Oldham having been murdered in July, 1636, by the Pe-
quod Indians, a force of ninety men was sent from the Colony of
Massachusetts Bay, in September following, to punish those Indians
for that atrocity. This force was placed under four commanders, of
which Ensign Jennison was one. In May, 1637, Captain Jennison was
appointed by the Court one of four commissioners for providing men,
munitions, and provisions, for this dangerous Avar. He was an original
member of the "Great Artillery Company," incorporated March 13,
1638-9, which has long and favorably been known as "The Ancient
and Honorable Artillery Company."
He had a homestall of fifty acres, on the north side of what is now
Mount Auburn Street, between Common and School Streets, a little to
the south of Strawberry or School-House Hill. This was much larger
than the average of the homestalls or home-lots, assigned to the first
settlers by the freemen of the town. Few of them exceeded sixteen
acres. Probably, Capt. Jennison had at first a smaller lot, afterwards
increased by grant or purchase to fifty acres. We find, indeed, that he
was grantee of eleven lots, of which he had sold seven before 1 644.
Besides his homestall, he had 220 acres of land in Watertown. The
Court also granted him, Sept. 3, 1638, two hundred acres of land, in
what was afterwards Framingham.
About 1645, he sold his homestall to Rev. John Knowles, who had
been ordained, Dec. 9, 1640, as the colleague pastor of the Rev.
George Phillips, over the Church in Watertown. Soon after this,
Capt. William Jennison went to England, where he resided during the
remainder of his life. He was " of Colchester, Old England," April
238 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
8, 1657, when his brother Robert, as his attorney, conveyed to Ed-
mund Rice two hundred acres of land in Framingham, granted to him
in 1038, by the General Court, as already stated; bounded west by
the Dunster farm, north by Sudbury line, east by Watertown line,
south by Dedham bounds. Watertown at that time included Waltham,
Weston, and most of Lincoln. This conveyance shows that William
Jennison was living in England, in 1657, and renders it probable that
the Jennison family came from Colchester, in Essex. At what time
he died, we are not informed.
For a view of Capt. Jennison's character and worth, see Winthrop,
II. 176.
He was a staunch friend of civil and religious liberty ; and some-
times a sufferer for this cause. He was fined £20 by the Court, Oct.
6, 1634, "for upbraiding the Court with injustice, uttering these words,
' I pray God, deliver me from this Court ;' professing he had waited
from Court to Court, and could not have justice done him." This, of
course, was an arbitrary and high-handed proceeding. At the next
Court, April 7, 1635, this fine was remitted. Not far from this time,
he was arraigned tor privately expressing his opinion in reference to
the course pursued by the British Parliament. He refused to vote for
the condemnation and banishment of Mrs. Anne Hutchinson, in 1637.
The foregoing notice of William Jennison is gathered chiefly from
Bond's Watertown Genealogies.
1.
ROBERT JENNISON,' brother of the preceding, was, as already
stated, the ancestor of the existing New England families. He was
probably several years younger than William. His name is not on the
earliest list of Watertown Proprietors (Feb. 1636-7), but he was
certainly there at that time, or very shortly after, as he had a daughter
born in that town, April 1637; the earliest notice of him which has
been discovered. He was admitted freeman, in May, 1645.
He was grantee of six lots of land, in Watertown. His homestall of
six acres was in the angle where Cambridge Road and Bank Lane
began, a little to the east from Mill Bridge.* Besides this, we find him
in 1644, in possession of eighty-five acres; and he afterwards seems to
have been the possessor of much more.
In a deed given by him, Aug. 10, 1672, he calls himself "yeoman."
His will is dated Sept. 15, 1683, with a codicil, April 2, 1687 ; proved
Oct. 7, 1600; recorded Midd. Prob. 7 : 09. He gives to his wife his
whole estate, during her natural life ; to his dau. Michal Warren, forty
shillings ; to his son-in-law George Read, twenty shillings ; to his
grandson William Jennison, forty acres of land, " which was my broth-
er's, formerly granted to him by this town ;" to his grandson Robert
Jennison, thirty acres of my farm, " which was formerly my brother
William Jennison's." After the wife's death, his son Samuel is to have
the whole estate, except as above given. His son Samuel Jennison
is appointed Executor. Inventory taken July 24, 1600.
* His homestall was cast of the lowest falls on Charles River, at the head of
tide-water. " Cambridge Road," i. e., the road to the College, is now called Mount
Auburn Street.
THE JENNISON FAMILY. 239
He died July 4, 1G90.
He was twice married; 1, to Elizabeth , who d. Oct. 30,
1638, a. 30. 2, to Grace , who d. Nov. 26, 1686.
His children were — by first wife, Elizabeth —
2. Elizabeth, 2 b. April 12, 1637 ; m. in Woburn, Oct. 4, 1652, George Read, b.
1629, son of William and Mabel Read of Woburn. She died Feb. 26,
1664-5, aj. 28.
By second wife, Grace —
3. Michal, 2 b. Dee. 17, 1640 ; m. 1, Feb. 10, 1657-8, Richard Bloys, 2 or Blois,
son of Edmund and Marv Blovs of Watertown, and had by him, Richard?
b. Dec. 7, 1659; Mary', 3 b. Dec. 11, 1661; Miclial, 3 b. April 3, 1664.
2, July 11, 1667, Capt. John Warren, 2 b. 1622, son of John 1 and Mar-
garet Warren. They had, Margaret, 3 b. 1668; Sarah 3 1670-1 ; Elisabeth 3
1673 ; Mart/, 3 1675 ; John, 3 1678 ; Grace 3 1679-80; Samuel, 3 1683. She d.,
a widow, July 14, 1713.
4. Samuel, 2 b. Dec. 15, 1642; d. in infancy.
5. ISamuel, 2 b. 1645 ; m. Judith Macomber, 1666.
There may have been others, for the records are imperfect.
SECOND GENERATION.
5.
Ensign SAMUEL JENNISON, 2 son of Robert 1 and Grace Jennison
of Watertown; b. there, 1645; m. Oct. 30, 1666, Judith Macomber.
He spent his life in Watertown, and had for those days a handsome
property, chiefly in land. In sundry deeds, he is called "yeoman,"
and "gentleman." He was admitted freeman, Oct. 11, 1682; and was
town clerk, in 1691. His will, dated Nov. 30, 1700; proved Nov. 3,
1701 ; recorded Midd. Prob. 10 : 167 ; makes bequests to wife Judith,
eldest son Samuel, second son William Jennison of Sudbury, son Peter,
youngest son Robert, then a minor ; also to eldest dau. Judith Barnard,
second dau. Rachel Barron, dau. Grace Holden, youngest dau. Lydia,
then under eighteen years of age ; also ten shillings apiece to my five
grandchildren now living, viz., Mary Jennison, James Barnard, Samuel
Barnard, Timothy Barron, and John Holden. Also to my grandchild
Joseph Bowman, forty acres of my farm in Watertown.
Inventory, dated Oct. 31, 1701; house, &c, £95 ; farm, 50 acres,
£90 ; farm, 20 acres, £60 ; 12 acres in lieu of township, &c, £5 ; one
acre of meadow, £10. Total, real and personal estate, £383.1. As
the currency was not then depreciated, the whole amount was equiva-
lent to 1270 silver dollars, which in those days entitled the possessor to
be considered a rich man.
He died Oct. 15, 1701. His widow Judith, died March 1, 1722-3.
Their children, all b. in Watertown, were —
6. Judith, 3 b. Aug. 13, 1667 ; m. 1, Dec. 16, 1692, James Barnard, 3 b. Jan. 14,
1666-7, son of John, 2 and grandson of John 1 and Phebe Barnard, who
embarked at Ipswich, England, April 10, 1634, for New England, and
settled in Watertown. They had James* 1696; Samuel, 4 1699; Isaac*
1702; Hannah* 1705. James Barnard, d. Jan. 23, 1725-6, and the
widow m. 2, Mav 30, 1726, John Bemis, 2 b. Aug. 1659; his third wife.
He d. Oct. 24, 1732. All of Watertown.
240 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
7. Mercy, 3 b. Jan. 23, 1669-70 ; d. Feb. 28, 1671-2.
8. Rachel.s b. Oct. 8, 1671; m. 1, March 10, 1698-9, Timothy Barron, 3 b.
April 18, 1673, son of Ellis, 2 and grandson of Ellis Barron, 1 who was
freeman, 1641. They had Joseph* 1698; Timothy* 1700; Peter* 1702.
2, before 1721, John King.
She had also an illegitimate son, Joseph Bowman, b. Sept. 16, 1697,
mentioned in the will of her father, Samuel Jennison. 2 He was son of Joseph
Bowman, b. May 18, 1674; afterwards a Captain and Justice of Peace, in
Lexington.
9. ISamuel, 3 b. Oct. 12, 1673 ; m. Mary Stearns.
10. t William 3 ( > m. Elizabeth Gokling.
11. Elizabeth, 3 ) ' ' ' ' J d. before her father.
12. Grace, 3 !). Feb. 11, 1678-9; m. Nov. 7, 1699, John Holden, 2 b. July 18,
1675, son of Justinian Holden, 1 who embarked at Ipswich, England,
April, 1634, a. 23, and settled at Watertown.
13. tPeter, 3 b. Oct. 1, 1681 ; m. Jane
14. tRobert, 3 b. July 24, 1684; m. Dorothy (Thomas) Whittemore.
15. Lydia, 3 b. May 18, 1688; m. May 5, 1705, John Train, 3 b. Oct. 31, 1682,
son of John, 2 and grandson of John Train, 1 who came to America, iu
1635, a. 25, and settled in " Watertown Earms," now Weston.
THIRD GENERATION.
9,
SAMUEL JENNISON, 3 (Samuel? Robert, 1 ) son of Samuel 2 and
Judith Jennison of "Watertown ; b. there, Oct. 12, 1G73 ; m. Nov. 2,
1699, Mary Stearns, 3 b. April 5, 1G79, dau. of Samuel 2 and Hannah
(Manning) Stearns of "Watertown.*
He was a " yeoman," a man of much respectability, as may be seen
in the marriage connections of his children. He spent all his days in
Watertown, and died there intestate, Dec. 2, 1730. His widow Mary
and eldest son Samuel were appointed administrators, Dec. 28, 1730.
[Midd. Prob. 19 : 162.
His children, all b. in "Watertown, were —
16. Mary, 4 b. Aug. 17, 1700; m. Nov. 6, 1733, John Gerrish of Salem.
17. Hannah, 4 b. July 17, 1702; m. 1, Feb. 15, 1724-5, Jonathan Stone, 4 b.
1702, son of Jonathan 3 and Ruth (Eddy) Stone. He d. Oct. 27,1725.
2, Sept. 4, 1729, John Goddard 3 of Brookline, b. 1699; his second wife.
She d. Dec. 4, 1777. He removed to Worcester, where he d. June 26,
1785, x. 87. Sec a full account of these families in Bond's Wat-
ertown Genealogies.
18. tSamuel, 4 b. Sept. 26, 1704; m. Abigail Holden.
19. tWilliam, 4 b. Feb. 6, 1706-7 ; m. Abigail Lindall.
20. tNathaniel, 4 b. April 5, 1709; m. Abigail Mead,
21. tJohn, 4 b. Feb. 19, 1710-11 ; m. Mary Hubbard.
* Samuel Stearns, 2 b. April 24, 1638; d. Aug. 3, 1683; was son of Isaac
Stearns, 1 who came from England in 1630, in the fleet with Winthrop, and, there
is reason to believe, in the same ship, the Arbella. He was admitted freeman,
May 18, 1631 ; settled in Watertown, near Mount Auburn, where he was Select-
man several years; and died June 19, 1671. His wife Mart d. April 2, 1677. He
probably came from the parish of Nayland, in Suffolk. He has had numerous
descendants, of whom see an extended account in Bond's Watertown Genealogies,
pp. 450-552.
Hannah Manning, wife of Samuel Stearns, 2 was b. June 21, 1642, eldest dau. of
William and Dorothy Manning of Cambridge. She d. Feb. 26, 1723-4.
THE JENNISON FAMILY. 241
22. Lydia, 4 b. April 2, 1712; m. Jan. 11, 1736-7, Rev. Ebenezer White/*
b. at Brookline, March 29, 1713; son of Deacon Benjamin White of
that town ; H. C. 1733 ; ord. pastor of North Precinct of Norton, (after-
wards, April, 1770, incorporated as the town of Mansfield,) Feb. 23,
1737, being the first minister of that Society ; was frequently interrupted
in the discharge of his ministerial duties by ill health, but continued in
the pastoral office there, till his death, Jan. 18, 1761. He protested with
some other ministers, against Mr. Whitefield, and the Revival of 1740, in
an uncandid, ill-natured document, which may be found in Tracy's
" Great Awakening," p. 363. His wife Lydia d. March 28, 1749, a. 37.
His second wife was Hannah Richards of Milton. His children, by
Lvdia Jennison, were —
'John (White), b. 1737 ; d. Nov. 23, 1743.
Betsey (White), ; m. Lincoln of Norton.
Ebenezer (White), b. March 31, 1742; m. Mary Hinks of Boston,
1765.
Mart/ (White), ; m. Lemuel Fisher, April 7, 1763.
. Margaret (White), ; m. Job Hodges, April 15, 1771.
23. Abigail, 4 'b. April 22, 1715 ; m. in Lunenburg, Sept. 24, 1739, Jonathan Hub-
bard 5 of that place, afterwards of Charlestown, N. H. He was son of
Major Jonathan Hubbard of Concord, and brother of the five ladies men-
tioned, p. 35, note. Also, see p. 247. Their second dau. Abigail, b. iu
Lunenburg, Sept. 17, 1742, m. 1, Giles; 2, Stevens of Goshen,
N. H She had no children.
24. Mercy, 4 b. March 11, 1717-18; m. June 26, 1740, Dr. Stanton Prentice of
Lancaster. He was b. 1711, son of Rev. John Prentice of Lancaster.
See Prentice Genealogy, p 167. She d. 1756, and he m. Jan. 5, 1758,
Rebecca Stevens of Groton. He d. Dec. 1, 1769, a. 58.
55. Sarah, 4 b. Aug. 1720 ; d. Nov. 1720.
26. Eunice, 4 b. Feb. 1721-2 ; m. July 11, 1739, Joshua Richardson 4 of Woburn,
b. Oct. 18, 1716, son of Joshua, 3 who was son of Nathaniel, 2 and grandson
of Thomas Richardson 1 of Woburn. For her family, see Vinton
Memorial, p. 393. She d. in childbed, April 13, 1748, a. 26.
10.
Hon. WILLIAM JENNISON, 3 (Samuel, 2 Robert, 1 ) brother of the
preceding; b. in Watertown, April 17, 1676; m. Elizabeth Gold-
ing, b. Oct. 6, 1673, dau. of Peter and Sarah Golding, first of Boston,
afterwards of Sudbury. We find in the Diary of Rev. Ebenezer
Parkman of Westboro', mention made of " Mrs. Jennison's brother
Golding." This is our authority for the statement now made.
He settled at first in Sudbury, where his father gave him, Sept. 10,
1700, one half of ninety-two acres, " for his natural love and affection."
[Midd. Deeds, 12:556.] In this deed, he is called "husbandman."
Afterwards, he removed to Worcester, where he was Judge of the Com-
mon Pleas. He d. Sept. 19, 1744, a. 68. His widow, Elizabeth, d.
Dec. 2, 1756, a. 83. Her will was proved, 1757 ; Luke Brown,
[husband of her daughter Lydia] executor.
* Pedigree of Rev. Ebenezer White : —
I. JOHN WHITE, 1 settled in Brookline, (then Muddy River) as early as
1666. His will is dated April 30, 1691 ; proved March 8, 1692; recorded
Stiff. Prob. 8 : 75. His widow, Frances, d. Feb. 26, 1695-6. He had three
sons — John, 2 Joseph, 9 Benjamin. 2 The second of these —
II. Joseph White 2 of Brookline, had three sons— Rev. John, 3 b. 1677 ; H. C.
1698 ; ord. pastor, Gloucester, April 21, 1703 ; d. Jan. 16, 1760. He was an
eminent minister in his day. Samuel, 3 Esq., and Benjamin. 3
III. Dea. Benjamin White, 3 the third of these, was also of Brookline. His
children were — Joseph,* Benjamin* Moses,* Ebenezer,* Sarah,* m. Davis ;
Hannah* m. Seaver.
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242 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
Their children were —
27. Samuel, 4 b. May 10, 1701; H. C. 1720; preached as a candidate in Rut-
land, 1721 ; taught school in Sudbury, 1722; d. unm. Oct. 14, 1729.
2b. Abigail, 4 b. Dec. 1702; m. Capt. David Baldwin, 3 b. in Woburn, April 9,
1696, son of Henry, 2 who was son of Henry 1 and Phebe (Richardson)
Baldwin of the same place. They lived in Sudbury. For their family,
see Vinton Memorial, p. 378.
29. Elizabeth, 4 b. July 12, 1704 ; m. John Coggin. She d. Jan. 25, 1725. He
was of Woburn; b. Aug. 3, 1699, son of Capt. John and Elizabeth
(Richardson) Coggin of that place. See Vinton Memorial, p. 381. After
her death, he m. Aug. 31, 1726, Sarah Wyman, 3 b. Feb. 2, 1698, dau. of
Samuel 2 and Rebecca (Johnson) Wyman of Woburn. She d. May 22,
1732. See Geneal. Reg., Vol. III., p. 37. Four of the sisters of the
second wife married Richardsons. See Vinton Memorial, pp. 382, 386,
387.
30. Lydia, 4 b. April 11, 1706 ; m. Luke Brown of Worcester.
31. Mary, 4 b. Aug. 21, 1708 ; m. (a second wife) Dec. 29, 1729, Capt. Thomas
Stearns, 3 son of John, 2 who was son of Charles Stearns, 1 an early settler
of VVatertown. He was freeman, 1646, and a "kinsman" of Isaac
Stearns, already mentioned. Capt. Thomas Stearns was an innkeeper of
Worcester; was executor of the will of his father-in-law, Hon. William
Jennison. His wife, Mary, d. a widow, July 19, 1784, re. 76. They had
ten children. For an account of them see Bond's Watertown Genealo-
gies, p. 560.
32. Mercy, 4 b. March 9, 1709-10; m. William Johnson.
The name of Jennison in this line here became extinct.
13.
PETER JENNISON, 3 {Samuel, 2 Robert,') brother of the preceding ;
b. in Watertown, Oct. 1, 1G81 ; m. Jane .
He lived in Sudbury, a township then bordering on Watertown, and
settled from it. He d. there, intestate, Jan. 17, 1722-3; and at the
desire of Joan, the widow of deceased, his brother William Jenni-
son of Sudbury was appointed administrator, March 1, 1722-8. [Midd.
Prob. 16 : 490.
The widow Jane m. July 29, 1725, Joseph Brooks of Weston ; which
was set off from Watertown, and incorporated, Jan. 1, 1712-13. By
him she had Joseph (Brooks), b. in Weston, June 14, 1726.
The children of Peter and Jane Jennison, were —
33. Peter, 4 b. 1710. He was a landholder in Worcester, 1738. Peter Jenni-
son — probably his son — m. Jerusha Smith, in Boston, Jan. 3, 1759.
34. Sarah, 4 b. 1711.
35. tlsrael, 4 b. 1713 ; m. 1, Mary Hevwood ; 2, Margaret Coolidge.
36. tRobert, 4 b. 1715; m. Svbilla Brintnall.
37. Jane, 4 b. 1717.
38. Eunice, 4 b. 1719.
39. tSamuel, 4 b. 1722 ; m. Mary Haywood.
A numerous posterity has descended in this line.
14.
ROBERT JENNISON, 3 (Samuel, 3 Robert, 1 ) brother of the pre-
ceding; b. in AVatertown, July 24, 1684; m. Dorothy (Thomas)
Whittemore, widow of Thomas Whittemore of Watertown. To her
first husband, she was m. in Boston, 1715.
He lived in Cambridge, in Framingham and in Sutton. He was a
land-owner in Sutton, in 1736. He and his wife were members of the
Church in Sutton.
THE JENNISON FAMILY. 243
Their children were —
40. t Joseph, 4 b. in Cambridge, Dec. 6, 1720 ; m. Martha .
40^. Mary, 4 b. in Framingham, Oct. 16, 1722; m. Feb. 23, 1741-2, Zaccheus
Hall of Sutton. She was a churcb member in Suttr.n.
41 tElias, 4 b. in Framingham, Sept. 23, 1724 ; m. Hannah Twist, 1748.
42. tSamuel, 4 b. in Sutton, Jan. 16, 1728-9 ; m. Hannah Perkins, 1757.
42j. Lydia, 4 b. in Sutton, June 9, 1731 ; m. Amos Dwinel, Dec. 7, 1756.
FOURTH GENERATION.
18.
SAMUEL JENNISON, 4 {Samuel, 3 Samuel, 3 Robert, 1 ) eldest son of
Samuel* and Mary 3 (Stearns) Jennison ; b. in Watertown, Sept. 26,
1704; m. Feb. 13, 1733-4, Abigail Holden, 3 b. May 30, 1710, dau.
of Samuel 2 and Susanna, and gr. dau. of Justinian Holden, 1 all of
Watertown. Her uncle, John Holden, m. her husband's aunt, Grace
Jennison [12].
They lived in Watertown. Their children were —
43. tSamuel, 5 b. Nov. 6, 1734; m. Abigail Newton.
44. Abigail, 5 b. Oct. 7, 1736 ; m. July 24, 1755, William Sanger 5 of Watertown,
h. Jan. 20, 1730-1. For their nine children, see Bond's Watertown Gen-
ealogies, p. 422. He d. April 21, 1798. She d. Aug. 22, 1813.
45. Mary, 5 b. June 27, 1741 ; m. Dec. 25, 1764, Simon Coolidge, 5 b. Dec. 29,
1741, son of Simon 4 and Abiah (Sanderson) Coolidge of Watertown.
Between 1780 and 1785, he removed to Jay, Me., of which town he was
the first settler. For their family, and the families of her sisters Lucy
and Sarah, see Bond's Watertown Genealogies, pp. 175, 296, 605.
46. tPhinehas, 5 b. Sept. 27, 1743; m. Susanna Newton.
47. Lucy, 5 bap. April 20, 1746 ; m. Jan. 10, 1766, Abraham Hewes of Weston.
Six children.
48. Sarah, 5 b. June 8, 1748 ; m. Nov. 24, 1773, David Townsend 4 of Waltham,
b. Mav 14, 1746. Nine children. She d. Jan. 20, 1814.
49. William, 5 bap. Sept. 23, 1750; m. May 17, 1772, Phebe Baldwin, perhaps
dau. of William Baldwin, 4 H. C. 1748, a deacon and magistrate; also
innkeeper in Watertown, in 1753. See Vinton Memorial, p. 379. Wil-
liam Jennison 5 was a " eordwainer" in Boston; d. 1785, leaving five
young children, whose names do not appear. April 12, 1785, Phebe
Jennison is appointed administratrix of her husband, William Jennison,
late of Boston, deceased, intestate. Phineas Jennison of Watertown, and
Elijah Tolman of Boston, were her sureties. Inventory, £60.5.2. [Suff.
Frob. 84 : 101.] Phebe Jennison (the widow) m. Abraham Frost, in
Boston, March 20, 1788.
50. Joshua, 5 bap. April 22, 1753; of Weston ; m. Dec. 23, 1774, Hannah
Ward of Watertown. Their children were —
51. Hannah* b. May 12, 1776.
52. P/unehas* b. Jan. 13, 1778.
53. Mercy, 5 (" Mary,") bap. April 22, 1753 ; m. April 18, 1774, Elijah Tolman
of Boston.
To the preceding family, probably belongs the following :
" Miss Sally Jennison, d. April, 1801, a. 25" — probably dau. of Wil-
liam [49]. [Boston Records.
I cannot locate the following :
" Joanna Sophia Jennison, d. Sept. 30, 1819, a. 92." [Ibid.
244 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
19.
Eev. WILLIAM JENNISON, 4 {Samuel, 9 Samuel? Robert, 1 ) second
son of Samuel 3 and Mary 3 (Stearns) Jennison ; b. in Watertown, Feb.
6, 1706-7; m. in Salem, May 15, 1730, Abigail Lindall, 4 b.
June 16, 1713, fourth dau. of James Lindall, Esquire, of Salem.
[Lindall 33].
He grad. H. C. 1724 ; in February 1728, was chosen pastor of the
East Church, in Salem ; and ordained on the second day of May fol-
lowing. The sermon on the occasion was preached from Rom. i : 9, by
the Rev. Peter Clark of the Second Church in Salem, now the First
Church in Danvers.*
His prospects, for a time, were bright and flattering. Connected by
marriage with one of the most respectable and wealthy families in Sa-
lem, and pastor of a flourishing Church in that ancient town, he might
promise himself a long life of comfort and usefulness. But the gay
illusions of hope were soon changed to bitter disappointment. A general
disaffection of the Society towards him ere long arose ; the cause of
which is now unknown. Sept. 13, 1736, he asked, and soon after re-
ceived, a dismission from his pastoral charge. In the absence of in-
formation to the contrary, it is fair to presume that he had done nothing
to forfeit his Christian or ministerial character. From a proposition
made to one of the Committee, that the parish should supply the pulpit
for a certain term of time, and continue his salary, it would seem as
if he were disabled by some bodily infirmity from discharging his du-
ties. Whatever may have been the reason of his dismission, he received
it submissively and sorrowfully, as he tells the Society in a letter which
we shall place in a note below.|
* He was a native of Watertown, son of Uriah Clark, 2 b. in Watertown, June
5, 1644, whose second wife was (not Martha Pease, as in Bond's Watertown Gene-
alogies, hut) Joanna Holbrook, 3 dau. of Thomas Holbrook' 2 of Braintree. See
Vinton Memorial, p. 334. Martha Pease was Uriah Clark's third wife.
Rev. Peter Clark, son of Uriah and Joanna (Holbrook) Clark, was b. March 12,
1693-4; II. C. 1712; ord. pastor, at "Salem Village," now Danvers, June 5,
1717 ; and died much honored and lamented, June 10, 1768, re. 75. He was pastor
at Danvers, 51 years, and had a high reputation for learning and piety. " The
learned minister of Danvers." [Bond's Watertown Genealogies, p. 160.
t The following is his letter of acquiescence in a dismission, addressed to the
Church and Society. We take it from Rev. Dr. James Flint's Discourse at the
Dedication of the New Meeting House of the East Society, Salem, Jan. 1, 1846.
" Honored and Beloved — I esteem myself very unhappy that I have fallen
under your displeasure. Glad would I be, if it lay in my power to fulfil the min-
istry I have received among you [so] as to approve myself to God and the
consciences of all of us. But when I consider the great and long uneasiness
and dissatisfaction you have labored under, (for which I am heartily sorry,) I
despair of being reinstated in your love and affection so as to answer the great
ends of the sacred office among you. I am therefore willing to accept a dismission
from the sacred office among you : which I write with fear and trembling,
not knowing at present what will become of me and mine; but earnestly trusting
to your favor and kindness towards us under the difficulties of my situation ; and
which you have encouraged me to hope for, upon my being freely and willingly
dismissed. I heartily wish the best of blessings to your dear Church and flock.
My eye and heart is lifted up to the Lord Jesus, the Great Shepherd and Bishop of
souls, that he would feed and lead you ; and that you may again be settled in the
peaceable and profitable enjoyment of the word and ordinances of God. Thus
THE JENNISON FAMILY. 245
The kind spirit of this letter, its meek and gentle tone, the entire
absence of all bitterness and recrimination, with its calm and childlike
trust in God, are in a high degree honorable to the heart of him who
penned it. Rarely if ever have we met with any document of the kind
more touching. It was then no light calamity for a minister of the
gospel to be dismissed ; to be cast adrift on the wide world, not knowing
where to go. It was no easy matter to retrieve the blow. Even the
" prince of modern divines," whose superior has perhaps not been seen
since the days of Paul, and whose reputation, after the lapse of a
century, is still in the ascendant, — even he, when dismissed from North-
ampton, in 1751, found no place open to receive him; and it may be
doubted whether even his extraordinary talents and transcendent moral
worth would have saved him from absolute and pinching want, had the
question been left to the decision of a Parish Committee. It seems
that our afflicted ancestor had distressing apprehensions as to the result
in his case ; but God took care of him and his, in the time to come.
He preached as a temporary supply in Westborough, Holden, and
other places ; he also taught school in Worcester, but did not again
assume a pastoral charge.* He was the teacher of the Public School
in his native town of Watertown, at the time of his decease, April 1,
1750, a. 43.
Mrs. Abigail Jennison died Jan. 1, 1765, a?. 52. In the latter part
of her life she resided in (South) Danvers ; perhaps with her daughter,
Mrs. Giles. Her father, James Lindall, Esq., of Salem, left her some
property, which descended to her children. See p. 30. She died in-
committing you to God and the word of his grace, which is able to build you up
again, and to give you an inheritance araotif; them that are sanctified by faith in
Christ Jesus, I remain vour sorrowful friend, but very humble servant.
WILLIAM JENNISON."
* An autograph letter of his is in my possession, which I here copy :
" Boston, Dec br 6 th 1739.
" Dear Wife — I dont wonder if you think it strange that I have not visited
you for so long a Time and I am afraid you wont believe me If I say it is not for
want of the most Endeared Love to you and my Dear Children but must Begg
your Pardon and hope within about a fortnight or three weeks to see you when
(though I have been sadly Dissapointed as to what was my Just Due) I hope
I shall answer some Small Debts at Salem. So Remain your sincere Friend as
well as affectionate Husband Will™ Jenison
P. S. 1 am Now engaged in Preaching at Westborough otherwise would come
and see you before the Time I speak of. Please to give my Duty to your Hon a .
Father and Mother and love to all as is convenient So Dear Soul Farewell."
The address on the outside is —
" For Mrs. Abigail Jenison, in Salem. These."
There is another letter of his, dated May 7, 1741, in which he says —
" I am now at Worcester, in the business of the School, and preach at Holden" —
formerly a part of Worcester; incorporated as a town, Jan. 9, 1740; a church or-
ganized there, Dec. 22, 1742, and Rev. Joseph Davis ord. its pastor same day — "but
am uncertain whether I shall continue in the School, because it won't do for me to
oblige myself to take my pay in Land Bank."
The " Land Bank" was a Company formed in 1741, or about that time, but not
incorporated, which issued Bills of Credit to a large amount, on land security. The
Bills were redeemable in twenty years, not in gold and silver coin, but in the" manu-
factures of the Province. It was a very unsafe scheme, and came to an end the
next year, 1742.
246 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
testate, and her son, Dr. William Jennison of Mendon, was her admin-
istrator.
Her grave-stone is still standing in the Old Cemetery, in South Dan-
vers, with this inscription : — " Here lyes buried y e body of Mrs. Abi-
gail Jennison, Relick of the Rev. Mr. William Jennison of Salem, who
departed this life, Jan. 1, 17G5, In the 52 year of her age."
The children of Rev. William and Mrs. Abigail Jennison, were —
54. Abigail, 5 b. Feb. 10, 1730-1 ; (1 vountr.
55. t William, 5 b. March 19, 1731-2 ; m. Mary Staples.
56. jSamuel, 5 b. 1733; m. Naomi Everden.
57. Mary, 5 b. 1734; m. Thomas Giles. Her descendants are recorded in
previous parts of this volume. See page 29.
58. Timothy, 5 b. 1735; d. young.
59. James, 5 b, 1736 ; d. young.
All the above were born in Salem.
20.
NATHANIEL JENNISON, 4 {Samuel, 9 Samuel: Robert, 1 ) third
son of Samuel 3 and Mary 3 (Stearns) Jennison ; b. in Watertown, April
5, 1709 ; m. Oct. 23, 1729, Abigail Mead, presumed to be the eldest
dau. of David and Hannah (Smith) Mead, of that part of Watertown
which was incorporated, April 19, 1738, as the town of Waltham.
He resided in Watertown, Weston, and Barre. He seems to have
been a large land-owner in Bane. His children were —
60. Josiah, 5 b. Jan. 22, 1729-30; m. Mary Tidd, dau. of Joseph and Dorotby
Tidd of Lexington. He was of Brookfield ; joined in the Shays In-
surrection, 1786 ; became thereby involved in difficulty; lost his prop-
erty and removed to Peacliam, Vt., where one or more of his sons
had already settled, and where he died. lie has grandsons now in Dan-
ville and Walden, Vt. Of his children we have the names only of
61. Betti/, 6 b. Sept. 2.3, 1757; m. Thomas Russell of Weston; pub-
lished, March 17, 1781.
62. .Josiah, 6 b. Sept, 4, 1759.
63. Elizabeth, 5 bap. May 23, 1731 ; m. May 25, 1749, Capt. Ezra Jones, 4 b. April
13, 1727, son of John 3 and Mehitable Jones of Weston ; a very opulent
farmer of Barre. They had —
64. Ezra (Jones), b. April 13, 1752 ; had three wives.
65. Nathaniel (Jones), a wealthy and influential citizen of Barre, who
remained on the farm during his life ; and died about 1831. He
was a Representative of Barre, in the General Court, and a
Senator from Worcester District ; Chairman of the Board of
Selectmen for many years, and Major of the Artillery. He left
a son named Horatio, a painter by trade, now living in Chelsea,
near Boston.
66. Elisha (Jones).
67. Abraham (Jones), grad. at Dart. Coll., 1778; d. 1790, a. 29.
68. Abigail (Jones), h. 1762; m. Dr. John Williams.
69. John (Jones), grad. at Dart. Coll., 1779.
A more particular account of this Jones family will be found at
the end of the Jennison Memoir, if we should have room for it.
70. Nathaniel, 5 b. Dec. 5, 1732 ; of Barre; wealthy; used to ride in a curricle,
with a negro servant to drive, and another to follow; m. 1, widow Cald-
well. 2, at Roxbury, Aug. 4, 1774, Mehitable Shirley, widow of John
Shirley, " victualler," of Roxbury, (not of Gov. William Shirley, as
some have supposed.) John Shirley, " butcher," of Roxbury, by will,
dated Aug. 21, 1773, proved Aug. 27, 1773, gave his wife Mehitable, all his
estate, real and personal, " to be hers forever." Shirley had a handsome
estate, as appears from his inventory ; mansion house, barn, and other build-
THE JENNISON FAMILY. 247
ings, with about 5 acres of land, £466.13.4 ; he had a negro man, valued
at £40; a negro woman and child, £42.13.4; a negro boy, £20; and all
his property came into the possession of Jennison, who was probably
already rich. In 1783, he sold 5 acres of land and the buildings in
Roxbury, which formerly belonged to John Shirley. [Suff. Deeds,
139 : 136.1 Nathaniel Jennison had no children, at least none that lived
to mature age. Mehitable Jennison d. in Boston, Nov. 4, 1818, a. 88.
71. Mary, 5 h. March 27, 1735; m. Dec. 4, 1755, Francis Low of Rutland.
72." Abigail, 5 ( twins, b. Ira., Nov. 29,1759, Andrew Parker of Lex-
A*. Sarah.s \ April 21, 1737 ; j [ington.
74. Anne, 5 b. July. 4, 1739 ; m.'Nov. 1760, Edward Clark of Rutland.
75! Eunice, 5 b. Feb. 10, 1741-2; m. Dec. 1, 1758, Josiah Priest of Bolton.
76. Abijah,' 5 b. Nov. 8, 1747.
77. Hopestill, 5 b. Sept. 2. 1751. He lived in Columbia, N. H, in the early part
of this century. He was Selectman of that town, in 1807. The follow-
ing persons also lived in that town many years ago, and removed thence
"to the West," probably to the State of New York; Victory Jennison,
Abigail Jennison, Nathaniel Jennison, Fletcher Jennison. They were prob-
ably children of Hopestill Jennison. 5
One of the daus. of Nathaniel Jennison, 4 is said to have m. (second
•wife) Smith ; a large, stout woman, weighing over 300 pounds,
her husband equal in weight ; another m. Dr. Brooks.
21.
JOHN JENNISON, 4 - (Samuel, Samuel, 9 Robert, 1 ) fourth son of
Samuel 3 and Mary 3 (Steams) Jennison; b. in Watertown, Feb. 19,
1710-11; m. in Lunenburg, July 21, 1740, Mary Hubbard,* b. in
Groton, April 12, 1725, dau. of Major Jonathan and Rebecca (Brown)
Hubbard, first of Groton, afterwards of Townsend. Her brother
Jonathan, m. her husband's sister, Abigail Jennison [23].*
He lived in Lunenburg, and died in 1751. His inventory, dated
Nov. 27, 1751, amounted to £205. His widow, Mary, m. April 21,
* Marv Hubbard's Pedigree, is as follows :
I. GEORGE HUBBARD 1 with wife MARY, came from England, about 1635,
and' settled in Wethersfield, Ct., of which he was delegate, 1638. He removed
first to Milford, and then iu 1648 to Guilford, in that Colony, where he was living
in 1665. His son —
II. John Hubbard 2 settled in Wethersfield, but in 1659 removed with many
others, to Hadlev, of which town they were the first settlers. He m. a Meriam.
He d. in Hatfield, originally a part of Hadlev, in 1705 or 1706. His second son-
Ill. Jonathan Hubbard, 3 b. in Wethersfield, Jan. 3, 1658-9; m. Hannah
Rice of Marlborough; went to Concord, as early as 1680, and settled on a farm
bequeathed to him bv his uncle, Robert Meriam. He d. July 17, 1728, s>. 70. His
widow, Hannah, d. April 9, 1749, a. 89. Their eldest son—
IV. Major Jonathan Hubbard, 4 b. 1682, m. Rebecca Brown of Concord,
Sept. 26, 1704. Their children were— Rebecca, 5 m. 1722, Col. Joseph Blanchard of
Dunstable. Hannah, 5 m. 1732,. Col. Josiah Willard of Lunenburg, afterwards of
Winchester, N. H. Ruth, 5 b. 1716; m. 1, April 7, 1736, Rev. David Stearns
of Lunenburg; 2, Nov. 9, 1768, Rev. Aaron Whitney of Petersham. Jonathan, 5
b. 1719, m. Abigail Jennison [23]. Abigail, 5 b. 1721, m. Dec. 25, 1738, Oliver
Farwell of Dunstable, afterwards of Merrimack, N. H. John, 5 b. 1723, d. 1724;
Mary, 5 b. 1725, m. 1, John Jennison [21], in the text ; 2, Col. Benjamin Bellows.
John, 5 b. April 3, 1727 ; of Townsend, afterwards of Walpole, N. H.; m. in Lunen-
burg', March 20, 1748-9, Hannah Johnson. These last were the parents of Rebec-
ca, 8 m. Col. John Bellows of Walpole, and of John, 6 b. Aug. 8, 1759; grad. at
Dart. Coll. 1785; Preceptor of New Ipswich Academv, 1789-1795; Judge of
Probate for Cheshire County, N. H, 1798-1802; Prof, of Nat. Phil. Dart. Coll.,
1804-1810; d. June 1810. "[Bond's Watertown Genealogies, pp. 795-797.
248 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
1758, Col. Benjamin Bellows of Lunenburg, afterwards of Walpole,
N. H., of which he was one of the first settlers. " Bellows Falls," in
that vicinity, were named from him. " He possessed wonderful energy
and decision, with a great capacity for business." She was his second
wife.
The children of John and Mary (Hubbard) Jennison, were —
78. tMary, 5 b. March 12, 1741-2; m. Major Josiah Willard.
79. tJohn', 5 b. June 15, 1744 ; m. 1, Kezia Spring. 2, Sybil Bishop.
79.y. A child, ; d. in infancy.
8(X Rebecca, 5 b. 1748 ; 'unm. ; d. at Walpole, N. H., Feb. 5, 1771.
80^. A child, ; d. in infancy.
81. tJonathan, 5 (posthumous), b. Dec. 25, 1751 ; m. Rhoda Ashley.
35.
Capt. ISRAEL JENNISON, 4 {Peter? Samuel? Robert, 1 ) son of
Peter 3 and Jane Jennison; b. in Sudbury, 1713; m. 1, Feb. 1739,
Mary Heywood, who d. June 19, 1775, a. 57. 2, in Boston, Dec.
9, 1775, Margaret (Olivier) Coolidge, widow of Joseph Coolidge
of Boston, and dau. of Antoine Olivier, a French Huguenot. She was
b. at Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Nov. 6, 1726. She had three husbands,
outlived them all, and d. Dec. 25, 1816, a. 90.
He lived in Worcester, and died Sept. 19, 1782, a. 69. After his
death, his widow m. Rev. Joseph Wheeler, Avho was b. in Concord,
1735; H. C 1757; ord. pastor, Harvard, Dec. 12, 1759; dismissed
on account of ill health, July 28, 1768 ; afterwards resided several
years in Harvard, as a useful citizen, and sustained various offices ;
representative ; justice of the quorum ; member of the Provincial Con-
gress in 1774; removed to Worcester, in 1781, where he was register
of probate until his death, Feb. 10, 1793. He was evangelical in his
sentiments, amiable in disposition, exemplary in life, and distinguished
for his talents and attainments.
The children of Capt. Israel Jennison were, by first wife —
82. Abigail, 5 b. Julv 30, 1744 ; unm ; d. June 29, 1798.
83. John, 5 b. 1*748 ; d. Jan. 15, 1755, a. 7.
84. Faith, 5 b. Aug. 30, 1751 ; unm.; d. Sept. 24, 1782, a. 31.
85. Relief, 5 b. about 1754; m. Abel Stowell of Worcester. He d. Aug. 3,
1818, a. 66. She d. April 14, 1817, a. 62.
S6. Betsev, 5 ; m. Peter Stowell, brother of Abel. He d. July 10,
18 fo. a. 48.
87. tWilliam, 5 b. April 12, 1758; m. 1, Elizabeth Stowell. 2, Sarah Sumner.
The three Stowells, mentioned above, were children of Cornelius and
Levilla (Golding) Stowell of Worcester.
ROBERT JENNISON, 4 (Peter, 3 Samuel, 2 Robert:) brother of the
preceding; b. in Sudbury, 1715; m. Sybilla Brintnall, Jan. 18,
1738-9.
They lived in Sudbury and Natick.
Their children were —
88. Eunice, 5 b. in Sudbury, 1739 ; m. 1761, Isaac Baldwin.
89. Nathaniel 5 ; of Natick; m. 1, Sarah Dowse, in Boston, May 5, 1773. 2,
Mercy Jones of Weston, Dec. 9, 1779, She was b. Dec. 19, 1756,
THE JENNISON FAMILY. 249
dau. of Abraham 4 and Mercy Jones. Abraham 1 was brother of Ezra
Jones 4 [63].
90. Lot 5 ; of Hillsboro', N. H. ; m. Nov. 30, 1773, Susanna Coolidge, b. April
12, 1750, dau. of Nathaniel and Sarah Coolidge of Sudbury.
91. Phinehas, 5 b. in Natiek.
92. Hannah. 5
39.
SAMUEL JENNISON, 4 (Peter? Samuel, 7 Robert, 1 ) brother of the
preceding; b. in Sudbury, 1722; m. April 10, 1755, Mary Haywood,
dau. of Phinehas Haywood of Shrewsbury. See Ward Genealogy,
p. 337.
He lived in Shrewsbury, and d. May 18, 1804, a. 81. His widow,
Mary, d. Sept. 8, 1820, a. 87.
Their children were —
93. tJoseph Brooks, 5 b. Jan. 5, 1756 ; m. Damaris Howe.
94. Catharine, 5 b. July 20, 1757; d. Feb. 5, 1760.
95. Mary, 5 b. April 30, 1759 ; d. April 17, 1775.
96. tJohn, 5 b. July 21, 1761 ; m. 1, Sarah Flint. 2, Dolly Spooner.
97. tLevi 5 b. July 20, 1763 ; m. Ruth Hemenwav.
98. Samuel, 5 b. Aug. 7, 1765 ; m. Dec. 10, 1789* Sarah Drury of Grafton.
99. Catharine, 5 b. Aug. 2, 1767 ; m. Newton.
100. Rebecca, 5 b. ; m. 1784, Solomon Howe. (?)
40.
JOSEPH JENNISON, 4 {Robert* Samuel? Robert,') son of Robert 3
and Dorothy Tlennison ; b. in Cambridge, Dec. 6, 1720; ra. Martha
They lived in Sutton. Their children were —
101. Sarah, 5 b. April 21, 1746; m. John Singletary, in Sutton, April 17, 1767.
102. Anne, 5 b. Sept. 15, 1747; m. Anthony Dike, in Sutton, Jan. 15, 1775. She
was a member of the Church in Sutton.
103. tPeter, 5 b. Jan. 6, 1749-50; m. Mehitable Singletary, in Sutton, March
31, 1769.
104. Daniel, 5 b. Sept. 1, 1757 ; m. Molly Putnam, in Sutton, Jan. 29, 1778.
41.
ELIAS JENNISON, 4 {Robert* Samuel* Robert, 1 ) brother of the
preceding; b. in Framingham, Sept. 23, 1724; m. in Sutton, June 16,
1748, Hannah Twist.
He settled in Sudbury, but soon removed to Sutton, where, in the
part which is now Millbury, he spent the rest of his life. He died
previous to March 4, 1760, when his estate was appraised by Isaac
Barnard, Lemuel Chase, and Amos Dunnell.
His widow, Hannah, m. Ebenezer Gould, Aug. 12, 1760.
The children of Elias and Hannah Jennison, were —
105. Abigail, 5 b. Jan. 20, 1749 ; m. William Dike, in Sutton, Sept. 21, 1769.
106. Olive, 5 b. Aug. 20, 1751 ; m. Reuben Barton, in Sutton, June 1, 1770.
107. Mary, 5 b. Nov. 18, 1754; m. Ezra Lovell, in Sutton, Sept. 24, 1776. Ezra
Lovell, Esq., of Millburv, 1862, is their son.
108. tElias, 5 b. July 4, 1756 ; m." Betty Gage, in Sutton, July 1, 1779.
109. tRobert, 5 b. May 18, 1758; m. Hannah Howe.
110. fWilliam, 5 b. Jan. 18, 1760 ; m. Judith Kenney, July 7, 1784.
250 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
42.
SAMUEL JENNISON, 4 {Robert? Samuel,' Robert, 1 ) brother of the
preceding; b. in Sutton, Jan. 10, 1728-9 ; m. in Sutton, Oct. 30, 1757,
Hannah Perkins.
They lived in Sutton. Their children were —
111. Lydia, 5 b. Sept. 19, 1758 ; m. Jonathan Gould, in Sutton, July 11, 1776.
112. Hannah, 5 b. June 10, 1762; m. Isaac Lincoln, in Sutton, Aug. 24, 1784.
FIFTH GENERATION.
43.
SAMUEL JENNISON, 5 (Samuel, 4 Samuel? Samuel* Robert, 1 )
eldest son of Samuel 4 and Abigail 3 (Holden) Jennison ; b. in Water-
town, Nov. 6, 1734; m. Nov. 11, 1761, Abigail Newton.
They settled in Watertown, but seem to have removed to Boston,
about. 1785. He was taxed for a poll, in Boston, 1788. It is remarked
on the Assessors' books for that year, that he was " at the Eastward —
y e woman makes Cakes." By " the Eastward," was commonly intended
the " District of Maine."
He d. in Boston, March 20, 1808, "a. 79." [Boston Becords.
His children were —
113. Elizabeth, 8 b. May 15, 1762 ; m. in Boston, Nov. 30, 1785, John Nichols of
Boston.
114. Samuel, 6 b. Mav 3, 1764 ; m. in Boston, June 22, 1794, Betsev Hathorne.
115. Abigail, 6 bap. May, 1766.
116. Nathaniel, 6 bap. Nov. 4, 1770.
117. Lydia, 6 b. Dec. 25, 1774.
118. Abraham, 6 ) twins, b. )
119. Lucy, 6 ) March 23, 1777 ; J m. Jan. 21, 1798, Osemus Daniels.
46.
PHINEIIAS JENNISON, 6 (Samuel, 4 Samuel? Samuel? Robert, 1 )
brother of the preceding; b. in Watertown, Sept. 27, 1743; m. Aug.
28, 17G9, Susanna Newton.
He resided in Watertown, until about 1795, when he removed to
Newton, where he d. 1825, a. 82. His wife Susan, d. 1815, a. 72.
Their children were —
120. Phinehas, 6 bap. Jan. 14, 1770 ; m. Aug. 27, 1792. Sarah Whitney, 6 b. Jan.
25, 1773, dau. of Simon 5 and Mary (Rubles) Whitney of Framingham.
121. Susanna, 6 bap. Jan. 14, 1770; m. William Adams, son of Smith and
Lucv Adams.
122. Elias, 6 "bap. April 26, 1772 ; m. Feb. 5, 1795,
a. 70.
Their children were —
123. Susan."* )27. William.''
124. E/iasJ 128. Elijah.''
125. Joseph.'' 129. Horace.''
126. Joshua. 7 130. Henry.''
135. Benjamin, 6 bap. Oct. 23, 1774 ; m. 1804, Sukey Tolman.
a. 60. Their children were—
136. Joel,'' m. 1831, Lucy W. Trowbridge, and settled in Bangor.
137. GeorqeJ 139. Edwin.''
138. Albert? 140. Martha.'' 141. Mary.*
Tolman. He d.
1842,
131.
132.
133.
134.
Iman,
Otis.''
Sal/,,.'
Eliza.''
MaryJ
She d. in
1842,
42.
Fanny, 6 bap. Sept. 30, 1781.
43.
Josiah, 6 bap. Sept. 30, 1781; of Newton ; m. March 14,
Howard. [Holden ?]
Children—
144. Josiah. 1 146. Lucia.'' 148.
145. John. 7 147. Hannah. 7
49.
William, 6 bap. 1784 ; d. unm.
THE JENNISON FAMILY. 251
1808, Hannah
Sarah."*
55.
Dr. WILLIAM JENNISON, 5 ( William,* Samuel? Samuel? Robert, 1 )
eldest son of Rev. William 4 and Abigail 4 (Lindall) Jennison ; b. in
Salem, March 19, 1731-2; m. in Mendon, April 25, 1754, Mary
Staples, who survived him twenty-four years, and d. at the house of
her son, Dr. Timothy Lindall Jennison, in Cambridge, May 3, 1822,
aged upwards of 80.
He studied medicine with Dr. Stanton Prentice of Lancaster, who
had married his aunt, Mercy Jennison [24]. lie commenced the
practice of medicine in Mendon, in that part of it which is now Mil-
ford, in May, 1753. He afterwards engaged in trade. He also re-
sided in Douglas, Sudbury, and Brookfield. He was of Douglas, in
177G. See p. 31, of this volume. He transacted a large amount of
business ; was a man of great activity and energy ; and during the
Revolution, was a zealous and leading whig. He was a member of the
Provincial Congress of 1774, from Mendon.
He purchased, in 1780, a tract of one thousand acres of land in
Union, Maine, then called Sterlingtown Plantation (also called Taylor-
town) of Dr. John Taylor, a physician and trader of Lunenburg, after-
wards of Pomfret, Ct., and of Douglas, Mass., the proprietor of said
township. Taylor took in pay Dr. Jennison's real estate, consisting of
three farms, and some wild land, in Douglas. The transaction led to
quarrels, lawsuits, and executions, till the end of Taylor's life, which
was April 27, 1794, a. 60. No blame is imputed to Dr. Jennison.
[Sibley's History of Union, pp. 47-49.
Dr. Jennison died of a casualty — having been thrown from his horse —
at Brookfield, May 8, 1798, a. 6G.
I have before me Dr. Jennison's Family Record, copied by myself
from his Family Bible ;* and am thus enabled to construct the follow-
ing register of his children by his only wife, Mary Staples —
150. tMarv, 6 b. Oct. 13, 1755 ; m. Jonathan Whipple of Uxbridge.
151. tWiliiam, 6 b. Aug. 4, 1757 ; m. Mary Vibert of Boston.
152. tSamnel, 6 b. May 26, 1759 ; m. Sally Fiske of Brookfield.
153. tTimotbv Lindall, 8 b. Julv 15, 1761 ; m. Mary Emilia Elizabeth Belcher.
154. Abigail* 6 b. Oct. 31, 1763 ; d. of canker, Dec. 13, 1765.
155. fEbenezer, 6 b. March 27, 1766 ; m. Sally Webb of Boston.
156. John Flavel, 6 b. Sept. 2, 1769 ; grad. Dart. Coll., 1797 ; was a teacher of
music. He m. in Boston, June 13, 1803, Nancv Band, (m. bv Rev.
Joseph Eckley, D. D., of the Old South Church); and d. Dec. 12,
1804, a. 35. They had Ann Rand, 7 d. Aug. 1805, a. 1 y. 2 ms.
* This Family Bible oiiginally belonged to his grandfather, Dea. James Lindall
of Salem, and contained a record of the family of his grandfather and of his great
grandfather. From Dr. William Jennison, it descended to his son. Dr. Timothy
Lindall Jennison, and from him to his (Timothy's) son William Jennison, who
loaned it to me, in the year 1853. It contained the Registers of all their families.
252 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
157. Nathaniel, 6 b. Jan. SO, 1772 ; d. Sept. 25, 1776, "a. 4 years, 7 mos., and
26 days."
158. Abigail Lindall, 6 b. Jan. 20, 1776; never married; resided with her
nieces, in Uxbridge, and d. there about 1860.
56.
Lieut. SAMUEL JENNISON, 5 ( William, 4 Samuel, 3 Samuel, 2 Rob-
ert, 1 ) second son of Rev. William 4 and Abigail 4 (Lindall) Jennison; b.
in Salem, 1733 ; in. in Oxford, Naomi Everden.
He resided at (South) Dan vers, with his mother, during some of his
earlier years, and seems to have followed the occupation of a clothier.
in that town, in 1755. He was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the
king's service, Feb. 18, 1756. He was a Lieutenant in the company, (so
it reads) under the command of Col. Ichabod Plaisted, 1756, in the
Expedition against Crown Point. [Mass. Archives.
About 1765, he was a merchant, in New London. Ct., and made sev-
eral voyages to the West Indies. See page 30, of this volume. After-
wards he settled in Oxford, Mass., where he married as above. He
represented Oxford in the Provincial Congress of 1774. He died in
that town, in 1789, re. 57 ; leaving no children.
His widow, Naomi, m. John Wolcott, Esq., and died in 1848, aged
over ONE HUNDRED YEARS.
78.
MARY JENNISON. 5 {John* Samuel? Samuel? Robert?) eldest
dau. of John 4 and Mary 5 (Hubbard) Jennison; b. in Lunenburg,
March 12, 1741-2 ; m. about 1770, Major Josiah Willard of Keene,
N. H., b. 1737, presumed to be the son of Col. Josiah and Hannah
(Hubbard) Willard of Lunenburg, Mass., and Winchester, N. II. See
p. 247, note. The parties were cousins, their mothers being sisters.
She was his second wife.
She died on the day of the birth of her last child, July 20, 1779. He
then m. April 15, 1785, Susanna Wyman, who d. Oct. 25, 1785. He
d. June 29, 1801, a. 64.
The children of Major Josiah and Mary (Jennison) Willard were —
159. Rebecca (Willard), b. May 24, 1772 ; m. June 24, 1790, John Stimpson of
Watertown, his second wife. Children —
160. Hannah (Stimpson.) 161. Rebecca (Stimpson.)
162. Hannah (Willard), b. Jan. 14, 1774 ; m. Sept. 5, 1790, Joshua Wyman of
Keene, N. H., b. Jan. 9, 1769, son of Col. Isaac Wyman. They had—
163. Marij Jennison (Wyman), b. Dec. 4, 1790; d. young.
164. Josiah (Willard), b. March 23, 1776; d. Nov. 5, 1776.
165. Josiah (Willard), b. Jan. 9, 1778; a Major; a mechanic; some time of
Keene; in 1854, he was living in Needham, near Boston. He d. at
Bloomfield, Me., Feb. 16, 1859, a. 81.
He m. 1, Bial Wellman, a native of Keene, in 1799.
2, Prudence Morse, Oct. 27, 1805. She was b. in Sutton, 1783.
Children by first wife, Bial Wellman—
166. Henry (Willard), b. Aug. 14, 1799; a machinist of Keene, N.
H. ; m. June 22, 1822, Varah Perry of Keene. Children—
167. Lafayette (Willard), b. April 29, 1823.
168. Sarah Ann (Willard), b. Jan. 28, 1826.
169. Marietta Keep (Willard), b. Oct. 8, 1828.
170. Henry Clay (Willard), b. Sept. 30, 1829.
THE JENNISON FAMILY. 253
171. Catharine Hale (Willard), b. Oct. 31, 1831.
172. Edwin Thompson (Willard), b. Sept. 9, 1833.
173. Caroline Eliza (Willard), b. June 9, 1836.
174. Bial Wellman (Willard), b. May 4, 1839.
175. George Clarence (Willard), b. Sept. 29, 1842.
176. Eliza (Willard), b. Sunday, Jan. 1, 1801, (the first day of the
first week of the first month of the first year of the nineteenth
century) ; d. at the age of two years.
177. Josiah (Willard), b. 1803 ; d. soon.
178. Mary Jennison (Willard), b. Aug. 7, 1804; m. Silas Perry.
They lived at Wilton, Me., and had four children. She d.
1844'.
Children bv second wife, Prudence Morse —
179. Josiah (Wiflard), b. Julv 9, 1806 ; d. at Wilton, Me., in 1833.
180. Charles Morse (Willard), b. July 31, 1808; m. Mary Russ.
They had —
Kandilla H. (Willard), b. 1835.
Sarah E. (Willard), b. 1836.
Emily W. (Willard), b. 1842.
Mary E. (Willard), b. 1845.
Charles F. (Willard).
William H. (Willard).
181. Hannah ("Willard), b. July 31, 1810; m. Jacob R. Farwett of
Wilton, Me., a boot and shoe dealer of Boston. They
had—
182. Charles W. (Farwell), d. 1845.
183. Helen (Farwell), b. 1853.
184. Edward (Willard), b. July 21,1812; m. Martha Dunn. They
live at Wilton, Me., and had —
185. George Edward (Willard), b. Nov. 8, 1839.
186. Abigail Rebecca (Willard), b. Sept. 15, 1814; m. Stephen F.
Harvey, merchant, of Boston ; residing at Needham. They
have —
187. Martha E. (Harvey), b. 1839.
188. James E. (Harvey), b. 1842.
189. Sarah E. (Harvev), b. 1844.
190. Mary J. (Harvey), b. 1847.
191. Caroline J. (Harvey), b. 1849.
192. Harriet F. (Harvey), b. 1852.
193. Catharine (Willard), b. 1819; m. William Howe. Live at
South Braintree.
194. James Dascom (Willard), b. 1821 ; d. at Wilton, Me., 1844.
195. Sarah M. ( Willard), b. 1824 ; d. 1834.
196. Emily W. (Willard), b. 1826; d. 1842.
197. Lucian Francis (Willard), b. March 30, 1830.
198. Henry (Willard), b. July 20, 1779; a merchant, in Washington, N. H. ;
m. in 1804, Lovey Adams of Keene. He d. in Feb., 1815, of malig-
nant spotted fover, or according to another account, of hemorrhage of
the lungs. His wife died of grief, about a week after. Their children
were —
199. Mary (Willard), b. May 12, 1805 ; unm. ; d. July 1827.
200. Catharine Hannah (WHhird), b. Jan. 1, 1807; m. June 12,
1832, George Adams Kettell of Charlestown. Children —
201. Mary Soley (Kettell), b. April 21, 1833.
202. Catharine Hannah (Kettell), b. Nov. 4, 1835.
203. Henry Augustus (Kettell), b. Feb. 8, 1838.
204. Frances Elizabeth (Kettell), b. Oct. 16, 1841.
205. Louisa Cary (Kettell), b. Nov. 11, 1843.
206. George Adams (Kettell), b. May 10, 1846.
207. Charles Willard (Kettell), b. Nov. 3, 1848.
208. Helen Lee (Kettell), b. March 1, 1851.
209. Joseph Henry (Willard), b. Sept. 27, 1808; unm.; d. at Lit-
tleton, Mass., 1833.
254 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
210. Elisha Wheeler (Willard), b. May 22, 1810 ; went to the West,
in 1833, and there m. Mary Ellen Estabrook. Resided, 1854,
a banker, in Chicago. Children —
211. Julia (Willard), h. 1837 , d. soon.
212. Joseph Henry (Willard), b. 1843.
213. Mary Adams" (Willard;, b. Oct. 1851.
214. Martha Lawrence (Willard), h. Sept. 17, 1812; m. Feb. 1837,
Charles Hunter Jackson, a Commander in U. S. Navy, resi-
dent in Middletown, Ct. Children —
215. Catharine Theresa (Jackson), b. 1840.
216. Mary Alsop (Jackson).
217. Martha Lawrence (Jackson).
218. Alice Fen wick (Jackson).
219. Sarah (Willard), b. July, 1814; d. at Littleton, 1821.
79.
Capt. JOHN JENNISON, 5 (John, 4 Samuel, 3 Samuel, 1 Robert, 1 ) son
of John 4 and Mary* (Hubbard) Jennison of Lunenburg ; b. there,
June 15, 1744; m. 1, in 17G7, Kezia Spring, 6 b. Oct. 21, 1745,
dau. of Josiah 4 and Catharine Spring of Ashford, Ct. She was a
descendant of John 1 and Elinor Spring, who embarked at Ipswich,
England, for New England, April 10, 1634, in the Elizabeth. They
settled at Watertown, as early as 1036; and from them, it is be-
lieved, all the families bearing the name of Spring, in New England,
and perhaps in the United States, are derived. She d. April 10, 1771,
a. 26. Capt. Jennison, then m. 2, May 6, 1772, Sybil Bishop of
Woodstock, Ct.
On the marriage of his mother with Col. Bellows, in 1758, he went
with them to AValpole, N. H., where he owned and cultivated a farm,
and spent the remainder of his days. He d. Oct. 16, 1804, a. 60.
His children were, by first wife —
220. Josiah, 6 b. Nov. 1, 1767; m. in Savannah, Ga., April 22, 1792, Ann
Chevalier, dau. of Charles Francis Chevalier, Esq. He was appointed
Inspector of Customs of the port of Savannah, Sept. 12, 1792, and died
there, Nov. 2, 1792. It is supposed he had a posthumous son.
221. tSamuel, 6 b. Aug. 29, 1769; m. Ruth Porter Steele.
By second wife —
222. tJohn, 6 b. Feb. 7, 1773; m. Polly Gage.
223. fRebecca, 6 b. Aug. 13, 1774; m. 'Elijah Kilburn.
224. tMary, 6 b. Dec. 7, 1777; m. Solomon Godfrey.
225. t William, 6 b. Dec. 29, 1778 ; m. Phebe Field!
226. tLucinda, 6 h. Sept. 3, 1780; m. Prosper Booth.
227. tLevi, 6 b. Dec. 13, 1781 ; m. 1, Prudence Fuller; 2, Eliza Ann Howard.
81.
JONATHAN JENNISON, 5 (John* Samuel, 3 Samuel, 2 Robert, 1 )
posthumous son of John Jennison 4 of Lunenburg; b. there, Dec. 25,
1751 ; m. Rhoda Ashley of Ilartland, Vt.
He went, in childhood, with his mother, to Walpole, N. II., and be-
came a farmer there. He d. Sept. 11, 1835, a?. 84. His widow,
Rhoda, d. Eeb. 20, 1840, a. 90.
Their children were —
228. tJonathan, 6 b. Aug. 30, 1775; m. Danie Dunham.
229. tThomas, 6 b. Oct. 4, 1776 ; m. Martha Moore.
THE JENNISON FAMILY. 255
230. Abigail, 6 b. March 22, 1778; d. May 8, 1778.
231. Martin, 8 b. June 30, 1779; m. Hepzieth Fitch; went to the West ; d. at
Bowling Green, Ky., May 20, 1816. His widow d. Jan. 10, 1824, a.
39. Thev had—
232. Alfred,'' b. Oct. 2, 1805 ; d. .
233. Rhoda, 6 b. Sept. 3, 1781 ; m. June 4, 1812, Capt. Pliny Bliss, a very enter-
prising man ; moved from Walpole to Cincinnati, in 1815, and soon
after to Covington, Ky., where he d. March 4, 1854, a. 78. His wife,
Rhoda, d. of cholera, May, 1849.
234. Daniel, 6 b. Nov. 30, 1782; in. Martha Ashley of Hartland, Vt. He was
a physician, of Hartland. He d. many years ago. One child —
235. Martha, 7 m. W. S. Dickinson of Lebanon, N. H. Both are
deceased.
236. Abigail, 6 b. Sept. 23, 1786 ; unm. ; of Walpole, N. H., in 1863.
237. tCharles, 6 b. Feb. 1789 ; m. Betsey Mahan.
87.
WILLIAM JENNISOX,* (Israel* Peter, 3 Samuel, 2 Robert, 1 )
youngest son of Capt. Israel 4 and Mary (Hey wood) Jennison of Wor-
cester ; b. April 12, 1758; m. 1, Jan. 22, 1783, Elizabeth Stowell,
b. 1763, dau. of Cornelius and Levilla Stowell of Worcester. She d.
Nov. 21, 1784, a. 21. 2, Oct. 31, 1788, Sarah Sumner, 6 b. May 6,
1764, dau. of Rev. Joseph Sumner, D. D., ord. pastor at Shrewsbury,
June 23, 1762, and d. Dec. 9, 1824, having sustained the pastoral office
there, 62 years. His wife was Lucy Williams of Pomfret, Ct. See
Geneal. Reg., Vol. VIII., pp. 128/, VzSn.
He lived at Shrewsbury, until September. 1803 ; then removed to
S wanton, Vt., where he resided the remainder of his life. He died
July 19, 1819, a. 61. His wife Sarah died Feb. 1, 1832, a?. 68.
His children, all by second wife, were — born in Shrewsbury —
238. Elizabeth, 6 b. July 24, 1789; m. Paul Robinson, who d. June 15, 1828.
She is now living, 1863, at Fort Wayne, Indiana.
239. tJoseph Sumner, 8 b. March 15, 1791 ; m. Theda Barber.
i/^40. tNahum Eager, 6 b. April 25, 1793; m. Betsev Hubbard. I
241. tCharles Horace, 6 b. March 2, 1796; m. Olive (Wait) Herrick.
242. tWilliam Danielson, 6 b. Sept. 10, 1798; m. Mary Valentine.
Born in S wanton, Vt. —
243. Israel Stowell, 6 b. May 24, 1801 ; m. Jan. 1, 1832, Phebe Clark, who was
b. Jan. 29, 1808, and d. June 9, 1861. He is still living, 1863, a farmer,
in Highgate, Vt., which joins Swanton on the north. His children
were —
244. Homer Clark, 7 b. Dec. 31, 1834 ; carries on his father's farm.
245. Sarah Frances, 7 b. Dec. 10, 1839 ; d. Dec. 2, 1845.
246. Sarah Sumner,' 5 b. June 6, 1803 ; m. Stephen P. Hollenbeck, and d. 1833.
247. Samuel Williams, 6 b. Aug. 2, 1807 ; unm. ; d. July 27, 1825.
248. Erastus Griffin, 6 b. March 4, 1810 ; m. Oct. 14, 1841, Mary Ann Hollenbeck,
who was b. July 1, 1811. He is, 1863, an innkeeper in Swanton, Vt.
Children —
249. Stunner Hollenbeck, 7 b. March 6, 1843 ; he is in the army.
250. Stephen Erastus, 7 b. June 5, 1848 ; now in school.
93.
JOSEPH BROOKS JENNISON, 5 (Samuel* Peter, 3 Samuel 2
Robert, 1 ) eldest son of Samuel 4 and Mary (Haywood) Jennison of
Shrewsbury; b. Jan. 5, 1756; m. June 24, 1792, Damaris Howe,
dau. of Gideon Howe.
256 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
He lived in Shrewsbury, and served in the war of the Revolution,
for which he obtained a pension, in 1818.
His children were —
251. Mary, 8 b. March 2, 1793. 256. Eunice, 6 b. Aug. 15, 1801.
252. Oliver, 6 b. July 5, 1794. 257. Relief, 6 b. Feb. 16, 1804.
253. Henry, 6 b. March 25, 1796. 258. Samuel, 6 b. Jan. 25, 1806.
254. James, 6 b. Jan. 21, 1798. 259. Andrew, 6 b. Aug. 28, 1808.
255. Levi, 6 b. Sept. 20, 1799.
I have endeavored, without success, to obtain a more complete ac-
count of this family. Mr. James Jennison, 7 Tutor in Elocution at
Harvard University, is of this family, and, I believe, a son of
James 6 [254].
96.
JOHN JENNISON, 5 (Samuel* Peter, 3 Samuel? Robert, 1 ) brother
of the preceding ; b. in Shrewsbury, July 21, 17G1 ; m. 1, Feb. 26,
1799, Sarah Flint, dau. of Edward Flint. 2, in 1806, Dolly
Spooner, 5 b. May 12, 17G9, dau. of Wing and Eunice (Stevens)
Spooner of Petersham. She d. Sept. 23, 1852, a. 83.
He lived in Petersham ; also, it is said, in Phillipston.
His children, by second wife, were —
260. Sally, 6 b. April 25, 1808 ; unm. ; d. June 5, 1831.
261. Flint, 6 b. Jan. 9, 1810 ; of Petersham ; m. 1836, Mary Stone, b. Aug. 21,
1810, dau. of Ebenezer and Hannah (Murdock) Stone. Their chil-
dren were —
262. Sarah A.? b. July 23, 1840.
263. John F? b. Oct. 24, 1843.
264. Edward? b. Nov. 8, 1845.
265. Ella M.i b. Dec. 31, 1850.
266. Joseph, 6 b. Jan. 28, 1816; of Belleville, Illinois; m. Nancy Whiteside, b.
Feb. 25, 1825. He d. March 6, 1845. His children were—
267. Sarah E., 7 b. Oct. 1842 ; d. Nov. 1842.
268. John E. 7 b. April 22, 1843.
97.
LEVI JENNISON,* (Samuel* Peter, 3 Samuel, 2 Robert, 1 ) brother
of the preceding ; b. in Shrewsbury, July 20, 1763 ; m. March 28,
1789, Ruth Hemenway, b. 1769, dau. of Silas Hemenway.
He lived in Shrewsbury, till after the birth of his son, Ethan ; then
removed to Shoreham, Vt., where he d. Dec. 21, 1798, a. 35. His
widow, Ruth, m. Benjamin Tower, and was living, in 1854, a. 85.
The children of Levi and Ruth Jennison, were —
269. Ethan, 6 b. in Shrewsbury, July 6, 1789; d. young.
270. tSilas Hemenway, 6 b. in Shoreham, May 17, 1791 ; m. Manila II. Bush.
271. ti J olly, 6 b. May 20, 1795 ; m. Levi Bigelow Harrington.
108.
ELIAS JENNISON, 5 (Ellas* Robert? Samuel? Robert, 1 ) son of
Elias 4 and Hannah (Twist) Jennison ; b. in Millbury, then a part of
Sutton, July 4, 1756; m. Betty Gage of Sutton, July 1, 1779.
He settled, soon after the Revolutionary War, in Western New
York, then the limit, or nearly so, of emigration to " the West." Not
THE JENNISON FAMILY. 257
long after, he was killed by the falling of a tree. The family removed
to Saratoga County, N. Y., and settled there. Here Mrs. Jennison
died many years ago.
Their children, so far as is now known, were —
272. Elias, 5 ; removed about 1830, to Ohio, where it is presumed his family
now are.
273. A dau. 6 ; m. Barker; had several children, one of whom is
living in Brooklyn, N. Y.
274. A dau. 6 ; m. Green ; lived near Albany, but moved away.
275. William, 6 ; had a wife and four children ; lived in Stillwater, Saratoga
Co., N. Y. He d. of consumption, July 18, 1827. Children, all b. in
Stillwater —
276i William L. 7 ; an apothecary, in Albany, N. Y.
277. Harriet L. 7 ; m. Silas G. Smith; lives in Mechanics ville,
Saratoga Co., N. Y., 1859.
Two daughters, names unknown.
There may have been others.
109.
ROBERT JENNISON,* {Elias* Robert, 9 Samuel, 2 Robert, 1 ) son of
Elias 4 and Hannah (Twist) Jennison of Sutton ; b. there, May 18,
1758; m. Hannah Howe of Townshend, Vt.
He lived in Sutton, in the part which is now Millbury. He and his
brother William were Revolutionary soldiers. After the Revolutionary
war he settled in Townshend, Vt., and married there, as above.
Robert Jennison of Sutton enlisted for the war as a private, April
1, 1777, in Capt. Blanchard's Company, in the Ninth (Col. James
Wesson's) Massachusetts Regiment of Continental troops, and served
45 months. [Mass. Archives.
His children were-
278. Elias. 6 281. Warren. 5
279. Hannah. 6 282. Sally. 6
ocn r!.,»Jn„» S oqq KoIoiy. 6
-J,'. i l, mil. in. ^.o-. kjaii^.
280. Gardner. 6 283. Salem. 6
110.
WILLIAM JENNISON, 3 {Elias* Robert, 9 Samuel, 2 Robert, 1 )
brother of the preceding; b. Jan. 18, 1760; m. in Sutton, July 7,
1784, Judith Kenney of Sutton, who was b. Jan. 27, 1766.
He lived in Sutton, in the part which is now Millbury. He and his
brother, Robert, were soldiers of the Revolution, in the same company
and regiment.
William Jennison of Sutton was a private in Capt. Blanchard's
Company, in the Ninth (Col. James Wesson's) Regiment of the Massa-
chusetts Line, in the Continental Army. He enlisted, April 1, 1777,
for three years, and served 35 months. [Mass. Archives.
After the war, he married, as above, and removed to Townshend, Vt.,
in the spring of 1787 or 1788. He d. Feb. 14, 1838, a?. 78. His widow
Judith d. March 19, 1855, se. 89.
Their children were — born in Millbury —
284. John, 6 b. Feb. 3, 1785 ; m. Hannah Brown. Children—
285. Lorencia. 7 289. Lorinda. 7
286. Lucius Alexander. 7 290. Elhanan Winchester. 7
287. Joseph Austin. 7 291. Samuel Alson. 7
288. Orra Amsdel. 7
" The preceding are farmers, residing in Pennsylvania."
17
^58 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
292. Hannah, 6 b. Nov. 14, 1786 ; m. Zolva Cobleigh. Children—
293. Sophronia, ra. John Sweet. 297. Nelson, m. Powers.
294. Joseph. 298. Diantha, m. Powers.
295. Lucinda, m. Dennis Phelps. 299. Pkinicy, m. St. Johns.
296. Sophia, m. Edwin Baldwin. 300. Emetine, m. McLane.
*' The above reside mainly in Illinois."
Born in Townshend, Vt. —
301. Olive, 6 b. Jan. 4, 1789 ; m. her cousin, Ezra Lovell, Esq., of Millbury [107].
Children—
302. Austin (Lovell), m. Mallory.
303. Russell (Lovell), unm.
304. Ann (Lovell), m. Hardy.
" The preceding are manufacturers in Massachusetts." [In Millbury?]
305. Reuben, 6 ; d. at nine years of age.
306. Samuel, 6 ; d. at four years of age.
307. Betsey, 6 twin of Sophia, 6 b. Feb. 9, 1796 ; m. John Gould. Children—
308. William (Gould), m. Helen Merry; a baker, in Boston.
309. John (Gould), m. Sarah Morse; in Boston.
310. Chandler (Gould).
311. Elvira (Gould), m. Sylvester Sparks.
312. Ahnira (Gould), m. James Shipman.
313. Joseph (Gould), m. Marilla Copeland.
314. Sarah (Gould), m. Charles Carter.
"The preceding are mostly farmers .in Newfane, Vt."
315. Sophia, 6 twin of Betsey, 6 b. Feb. 9, 1796; m. Dec. 20, 1819, Benjamin
Howe of Townshend, Vt., b. April 23, 1796. Children—
316. Mary (Howe), b. Sept 2, 1818 ; m. Richard Everett, after 1857.
317. Leland (Howe), b. Feb. 13, 1821 ; m. .
318. Sophia (Howe), b. June 10, 1824; m. July 26, 1848, Jerome S.
Parker of Worcester, Mass.
319. Oscar (Howe), b. Dec. 15, 1826; m. 1, Dec. 15, 1S50, Olive
Davis of Royalston, Mass. 2, Fiorina Pierce.
320. Benjamin (Howe), b. Aug. 25, 1829; a Methodist minister;
321. Alphonso (Howe), b. Dec. 20, 1832; unmarried, 1862.
322. Ellen J. (Howe), b. June 17, 1839 ; unmarried, 1862.
" The preceding are mostly farmers in Townshend, Vt."
323. Polly, 6 b. Feb. 15, 1798; m. Dudley Howe. Children —
324. Mary (Howe), m. Alonzo Stevens.
325. Alden (Howe), m. Mary Stevens.
326. Daniel (Howe), d. — .
327. Albert (Howe), m. Emeline Melendy.
328. Emerson (Howe), m. Elnora Dodge.
329. Bradley (Howe), m. Loriuda Abbot.
330. William (Howe), unm.
" The preceding reside in Londonderry, Vt."
331. Samuel, 6 b. Aug. 29, 1800; m. Pamela Newell. He is a farmer, and
resides in Sunderland, Mass. Had two children, both deceased.
332. Havel, 6 b. Nov. 20, 1803; m. Almira Farwell. He is a farmer. Resides
in West Townsend, or Windham, Vt. Children —
333. Ellen AlzinaJ
334. Romanzo Farmell, 7 m. .
335. Ormando S. 7
336. Almira Frances. 7
337. tJoseph, 6 b. May 4, 1807 ; m. Persis C. Rice.
338. Silence, 6 b. May 5, 1810; m. Jonathan Melendy. No child.
THE JENNISON FAMILY. 259
SIXTH GENERATION.
150.
MARY JENNISON,* (William? William* Samuel, 3 Samuel?
Robert, 1 ) eldest child of Dr. William* and Mary (Staples) Jennison ;
b. in Milford, Oct. 13, 1755 ; m. Dec. 25, 1776, Jonathan Whipple,*
b. Sept. 8, 1752, son of David 4 and Martha (Reed) Whipple,*
He resided at Douglas and Uxbridge ; and died at the latter place,
Dec. 17, 1839, a. 87. She died Sept. 3, 1812, sb. 57.
Her father, Dr. Jennison, was a zealous supporter of the Revolution,
and on the birth of her twin sons, within the first year after marriage,
and while the country was rejoicing over the surrender of Burgoyne,
insisted on naming them Liberty and Independence. These names,
accordingly, they bore during life.
The children of Jonathan and Mary (Jennison) Whipple, were —
339. Liberty ("Whipple), ) twins, b. ) d. Aug. 6, 1851, re. 74.
340. Independence (Whipple), j Oct.31, 1777 ; j no. Jan. 25, 1824, Sophia Man-
ton, dau. of Daniel Manton of Johnston, R. I. He was a " yeoman," at
Uxbridge. She d. July 1.3, 1830. Their children were —
341. Liberty (Whipple), b. Jan. 25, 1825 ; m. May 23, 1849, Eliza-
beth Thayer Kelley, b. Jan. 22, 1822. He is a painter.
342. George Manton (Whipple), b. July 24, 1827; a machinist; d. at
Johnston, R. I., April 17, I860.
343. Nathaniel Jennison (Whipple), b. May 29, 1779 ; d. Sept. 8, 1786.
344. Charles (Whipple), b. March 21, 1781 ; m. 1, Sept. 10, 1807, Mary King,
dau. of James and Judith (Norris) King of Salem. She was b. July 22,
1781, and d. at Newburyport, June 9, 1834. 2, Mrs. Rebecca King,
widow of . He was a bookseller, of Newburyport, and d. there,
July 28, 1859. His children were—
* The Whipple Family.
Tradition reports that the Whipple family came originally from "Wales, and that
there were four brothers, David, Jeremiah, William, and Thomas. The present
sketch is concerned only with the posterity of David.
David Whipple 1 purchased lands in Cumberland, R. I., then a part of Rehoboth,
Mass., of Mr. Blackstone, son of the celebrated William Blackstone, the first settler
on the peninsula of Shawmut, [Boston] which he occupied probably as early as
1624. He settled in Rehoboth, the part which is now Cumberland, in 1634, where
he lived till his death, May 26, 1675. At what time David Whipple made the land
purchase of his son, the writer is not informed ; the purchaser, however, seems to
have been in advanced years. Some of his descendants occupied the same land in
1848, and they probably still occupy it. The estate descended to his son Jeremiah
Whipple, 2 who was b. 1655, m. — Shippy [Shippen 1] and (1. 1720, leaving
his property to his son Jeremiah. 3
Jeremiah Whipple, 3 b. 1684, m. Deborah Bucklin ; and d. 1760. Children-
Jeremiah, 4 ; m. Hannah Bowen.
David, 4 ; m. Martha Reed.
Martha, 4 ; m. .
Sarah, 4 ; m. John Dexter.
David Whipple. 4 ; m. Martha Reed, July 7, 1737 ; he d. 1776. Children-
Simon, 5 b. Sept. 28, 1738; m. Miller; lived in Cumberland.
David, 5 b. July 14, 1740; a bachelor.
George, 5 b. July 11, 1742 ; m. Sarah Corey; lived in Providence, R. I.
0;is, 5 b. Aug. i9, 1744 ; m. Mary Arnold ; lived in Utica, N. Y.
Cynthia, 5 b. Aug. 17, i746 ; m. Isaac Bray ton ; lived in New York.
Lydia, 5 b. Sept. 7, 1748; m. Zebedee Arnold; lived in Smithfield, R. I.
Amy, 5 b. Nov. 2, 1750 ; m. Joseph Bucklin.
Jonathan, 5 b. Sept. 8, 1752 ; m. Mary Jennison, in the text; lived in Douglas.
Benjamin, 5 b. Nov. 17, 1754.
Joseph, 3 b. March 21, 1761 ; d. July 18, 1762.
260 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
345. Charles King (Whipple), b. Nor. 17, 180S; m. Sept. 22, 1853,
Mrs. E. C. Goodwin, b. April 13, 1813, daughter of Rev.
Calvin and Elizabeth (Wheeler) Philleo. Mr. Whipple grad.
Amherst College, 1831 ; studied medicine; was for twenty
years an apothecary, and afterwards an Agent of the Ameri-
can Anti-Slavery Society. Lives in Boston.
346. James King (Whipple), b. March 12, 1810; was a bookseller in
Boston ; unmarried ; died June 21, 1850.
347. Henry (Whipple), b. Jan. 28, 1812; d. Dec. 2, 1830.
348. Mary Elizabeth (Whipple), b. July 21, 1813 ; d. Sept. 2, 1825.
349. Sarah King (Whipple), b. Aug. 8, 1815; m. April 16, 1845,
George Lambert, son of Luke and Celia Maria Lambert.
She d. Sept. 6, 1848. Children—
350. Mary Whipple (Lambert), b. Aug. 10, 1846; d.
A"ug- 23, 1848.
351. Alice (Lambert), b. Aug. 30, 1848; d. ab't 6 ms. old.
352. Samuel King ( Whipple), b. April 28, 1817 ; unm. ; was a book-
seller, and publisher, (firm, S. K. Whipple & Co.,) Boston.
353. Martha Ann (Whipple), b. March 9, 1819 ; d. 8 months old.
354. George (Whipple), b. Sept. 23, 1820 ; d. 4 weeks old.
355. George (Whipple), b. Dec. 24, 1822; m. Oct. 25, 1854, Eliza-
beth A. Noyes, dau. of Daniel and Mary H. (Parish) Noyes
of Byfield. He was a bookseller, in Boston, and d. Dec. II,
1856. One child—
356. George Noyes (Whipple), b. Oct. 18, 1856.
357. Sophia (Whipple), b. March 19, 1783; unm. ; d. Jan. 26, 1859.
358. William Jennison (Whipple), b. May 28, 1787; H. C. 1805; studied law
at Newburyport, with Hon. D. A. White ; practised law at Cambridge ;
m. May 21, 1841, Charlotte M. (Holden) Lander, formerly of Salem,
then of Cambridge. He d. Nov. 4. 1850, a. 63.
359. Henry (Whipple), b. at Douglas, June 24, 1789 ; m. Sept. 25, 1816, Har-
riet King, b. Nov. 8, 1793, dau. of James and Judith (Norris) King of
Salem. She d. at Salem, Jan. 13, 1854, having had ten children. He
engaged in the bookselling and book-publishing business, in Salem, Oct.
1810, and continued in it — the latter part of the time having his son as
a partner — more than half a century, viz., till July, 1861, when he sold
his interest therein to A. Augustus Smith. The business is now con-
tinued under the firm of George M. Whipple and A. A. Smith. He
was Lieut. Colonel of the Regiment of Artillery in the County of Essex,
in 1819; and member of the first Board of Aldermen at the organiza-
tion of the City Government of Salem, in 1836. He is, and has long
been a member of the Tabernacle Church.
His children have been —
360. Harriet Lawrence (Whipple), b. Aug. 31, 1817 ; unm.
361. Mary Jennison (Whipple) b. July 23, 1819; m. May 19, 1845,
Rev. George B. Jewett, b. Sept. 11, 1818; son of Rev.
Paul Jewett, by his wife Eleanor M. Punchard, dau. of
John Punchard, Esq., of Salem. Mr. Jewett grad. Amherst
College, 1840; was Professor of Latin, in Amherst College ;
settled in the ministry at Nashua, N. H. ; dismissed in con-
sequence of severe injuries received at a railroad crossing,
in Nashua; now resides in Salem. Their only child —
362. Henry Paul (Jewett), b. June 5, 1846 ;* was killed by
the same casualty which disabled his father, April
15, 1856.
363. Henri/ (Whipple), b. June 18, 1821 ; unm. ; d. Aug. 26, 1843.
364. Elizabeth King (Whipple), b. Nov. 7, 1823 ; unm.
365. Charles Horace (Whipple), b. June 4, 1826; d. Nov. 20, 1827.
366. Charles James (Whipple), b. Sept. 9, 1827; Teller in Traders'
Bank, Boston ; unm. ; d. at Salem, July 6, 1860.
367. Geon/e Manton (Whipple), b. Jan. 9, 1830; m. May 4, 1854,
Elizabeth Donaldson Webb, b. Nov. 6, 1831, dau. of William
and Isabella (Donaldson) Webb of Salem. He is a book-
seller, in Salem ; formerly in company with his father, now
THE JENNISON FAMILY. 261
with A. A. Smith. He was also Captain of Company F, in
the 23d Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers, in General
Burnside's Expedition ; was in the battle of Roanoke Island,
Feb. 8, 1862, and taking of Newbern ; was also in the battles
of Kinston and Whitehall, under Gen. Foster; resigned,
May, 1863, in consequence of ill health. Children —
368. Isabella Graham (Whipple), b. Feb. 27, 1855.
369. Alice Bridges (Whipple), b. Oct. 5, 1858.
370. Martha Ellen (Whipple), b. Jan. 16,1832; m. Oct. 19, 1854,
John Christopher Osgood, b. March 21, 1826, son of John
B. and Hannah Osgood of Salem. He is a merchant, in
Salem. Children —
371. Harriet King (Osgood), b. March 14, 1857.
372. Margaret Manton (Osgood), b. May 1, 1860.
373. William Horace (Whipple), b. Dec. 18, 1833; book-keeper in
Merchants Bank, Salem.
374. Catharine (Whipple), b. March 11, 1836 ; d. April 8, 1838.
375. Mary (Whipple), b. June 16, 1791 ; m. May 6, 1812, Joseph Manton of
Providence, who was b. Aug. 1, 1784. She d. Aug. 18, 1832, having
had nine children —
376. Charles (Manton), b. June 26, 1813 ; d. Dec. 20, 1830.
377. William Henri/ (Manton), b. Sept. 2, 1815 ; d. .
378. Sarah (Manton), b. March 10, 1818 ; m. April 28, 1842, Charles
S. Bradley of Providence, b. July 18, 1819; grad. Brown
University. A lawyer, in Providence ; d. Dec. 12, 1854.
Children—
379. Manton ("Bradley), b. April 12, 1843.
380. Charles (Bradley), b. May 6, 1845.
381. George Lothrop (Bradley), b. Oct. 4, 1846.
382. Mary (Bradley), b. April 12, 1849 ; d. Oct. 2, 1850.
383. Susan (Bradley), b. Jan. 6, 1852 ; d. Aug. 20, 1854.
384. Mary Whipple (Manton), b. May 16, 1820 ; d. July 31, 1821.
385. Mary Whipple (Manton), b. De'c. 28, 1821 ; m. 1, March 28,
1842, Walter Nesmith, who d. 1847. 2, March 8, 1853,
Isaac Proud, b. March 8, 1822, son of Samuel and Amy
(Hill) Proud; grad. Brown University, 1847. Children —
386. Mary Manton (Proud), b. March 21, 1854.
387. Sarah Bradley (Proud), b. Feb. 20, 1856; d. a week
old.
387*. Amy (Proud).
388. Joseph Borden (Manton), b. Dec. 18, 1823; a merchant in
Mobile. Died several vears since.
389. Walter Bartlet (Manton), b. Oct. 27, 1827 ; d. Aug. 19, 1832.
390. Edward George (Manton), b. Dec. 1, 1829 ; d. Aug. 5, 1832.
391. Walter Bartlet (Manton), b. Aug. 10, 1832; m. June 4, 1856,
Helena A. Stevens, b. Jan. 14, 1836, dau. of Asa and
Sarah Rowena (Porter) Stevens. He was a Lieutenant in a
Rhode Island regiment, at Hilton Head, S. C, at which
place he died a few months since.
151.
WILLIAM JENNISON, 6 ( William, 5 William* Samuel, 3 Samuel?
Robert, 1 ) eldest son of Dr. William 5 and Mary (Staples) Jennison ; b.
in Milford, Aug. 4, 1757 ; m. in Boston, March 3, 1784, Mary
Vibert* of that town.
He grad. H. C. 1774, and shortly afterwards commenced the study
of law, with Caleb Strong of Northampton, afterwards Governor of
* So the name is spelled on the Boston Town Records, and in the letter to me
of her grandson, Joseph F. Jennison. But Dr. Jennison's Family Record, (see
p. 251,) calls her Polly Wibert, and Dr. Bond, in his Watertown Genealogies, sup-
poses the name may' be Wibird. For an example of Wibird: — Rev. Anthony
Wibird, b. in Portsmouth, N. H., 1728; H. C. 1747; was ord. pastor of the First
Church in Braintree, (now Quincy,) 1755; d. there, June 4, 1800, a. 72.
262 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
Massachusetts. When the war of the Revolution broke out, he with
his brother, Samuel, entered the military service of their country. It
is said that he served during the whole war ; at one time, as lieutenant
of marines.* In his later years, he received a pension, which was
continued to his widow, till her death. After the war, he resided in
Pennsylvania, and still further south, as a teacher. The closing years
of his life were spent [in Boston ?] in literary pursuits for which he
had a fondness. He suffered much from rheumatism, contracted in the
military service.
He d. in Boston, Dec. 24, 1843, a. 8G. His widow Mary d. there,
April 11, 1853, a. DO.
Their children were —
392. Charles, 7 b. ; m. Ruth Beals of Boston, Dec. 26, 1816; m. by Rev.
Francis Parkman of the New North Church. He was a ship-master,
and died many years since. His widow was living in Boston, 1854.
They had —
.393. A dau. ; d. unm,
394. ManjE.* m. Calvin Slade of Boston, Oct. 17, 1843. Mr. Slade
was, in 1854, a merchant in San Francisco.
395. tWilliam, 7 b. Aug:. 4, 1795 ; m. Maria Antoinette Fowler.
396. Isaac W., 7 b. 1803; some time a merchant in Mississippi ; never married ;
d. in Boston, April 10, 1847, a. 44.
397. Benjamin, 7 ; "a merchant in the South" [Mississippi?] "where he
married." He and his wife d. of cholera in the same year [18^2 I]
leaving a dau. —
398. Frances, 8 who m. Hooker, a lawyer of Jackson, Miss.
399. Sarah Gummer, 7 ; m. Thomas Dunn of Boston, Dec. 9, 1838. They
were m. by Rev. William Croswell, rector of Christ Church ; and were
divorced, not long after. She was living in Boston, in 1854. Her
only son —
400. Benjamin Jennison (Dunn) was accidentally killed by being run
over, in Cambridge Street, Boston, Jan. 5, 1854, a. 13.
152.
SAMUEL JENNISON, 6 Esq. ( William, 6 William? Samuel? Samuel?
Robert?) brother of the preceding; b. in Milford, May 26, 1759 ; m.
Dec. 25, 1781, Sally Fiske,* dau. of Rev. Nathan Fiske, 5 D. D., of
Brooklield.j
* Such is the statement made to me by his grandson, J. F. Jennison. I do not
find his name in the Mass. Archives ; but the Archives are defective. See p. 49.
{ The Pedigkee of Sally Fiske is as follows: —
I. NATHAN FISKE 1 settled in Watertown, as early as 1642; freeman, May
10, 1643 ; Selectman of Watertown, 1673. His wife was Susanna, and he d. June
21, 1676.
II. Lieut. Nathan Fiske, 2 b. in Watertown, Oct. 17,1642; m. Elizabeth
. Lived in Watertown; d. Oct. 1694 ; his wife d. May 15, 1696.
III. Dea. Nathan Fiske, 3 b. in Watertown, Jan. 3, 1672-3; m. 1, Oct. 14,
1696, Sarah Coolidge, 3 dau. of John, 2 who was son of John Coolidge 1 of Water-
town. She d. Nov. 27, 1723. 2, May 22, 1729, Hannah (Coolidge) Smith, widow
of Daniel Smith, and dau. of Simon Coolidge, 2 son of John. 1 He d. 1741. His
eldest son, by first wife, was —
IV. Nathan Fiske, 4 b. Feb. 25, 1701-2; of Weston. By his first wife, Anne
Warren, dau. of Dea. John and Abigail (Livcrmorc) Warren, he had —
V. Rev. Nathan Fiske, 5 b. Sept. 9, 1733 ; H. C. 1754; D. D., 1792 ; d. Nov.
24,1799. He m. Oct. 19, 1758, Sarah Hill of Cambridge. He was pastor many
years in Brookficld, and father of Sarah Fiske, 6 wife of Samuel Jennison, 6 in the
text. [Bond's Watertown Genealogies.
THE JENNISON FAMILY. 263
He grad. H. C. 1774, in the same class with his elder brother, Wil-
liam. He served in the army of the Revolution three years as Lieu-
tenant and Quartermaster in the Massachusetts Sixth Regiment (Col.
Thomas Nixon's) of Continental troops, from 1777 to 1780. [Mass.
Archives.
Afterwards, he studied law, and was admitted to the Bar of Wor-
cester County. He practised law, in Oxford, in that County, and else-
where. He d. in Thomaston, Me., Sept. 1, 1826, a. 67.
His children were —
401. Nathan Fiske, 7 b. , 1783 ; unm.
402. Sally, 7 b. Aug. 25, 1785 ; unm.
403. tSamuel, 7 b. Feb. 24, 1788 ; m. Mary Gould Ellery.
404. William, 7 b. Jan., 1790 ; of Worcester; m. 1, Mary Lynde Wheeler, dau.
of Tlieophilus Wheeler, Esq., of Worcester; 2, Mrs. Walker, formerly
Fiske, of Concord, N. H. His children have been —
405. William Charles* unm. ; d. 1851.
406. Harriet Lynde, 8 m. Charles Damon of Boston.
153.
Dr. TIMOTHY LINDALL JENNISON, 8 (William? William*
Samuel, 2 Samuel? Robert?) brother of the preceding ; b. in Milford.
July 15, 1761 ; m. Aug. 24, 1790, Mary Emilia Elizabeth Belcher*
of Boston, b. in Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 3, 1760, dau. of Hon.
Jonathan Belcher 4 by his wife, Abigail Allen.*
* The Pedigree of Mary E. E. Belcher is as follows : —
I. ANDREW BELCHER, 1 was of Sudbury, 1640; of Cambridge, 1646; m.
Elizabeth, dau. of Nicholas Danforth. She d. June 26, 1682, a. 62.
II. Hon. Andrew Belcher, 2 b. in Cambridge, Jan. 19, 1646-7 ; was of Bos-
ton, 1677, where he d. Oct. 31, 1717, a. 70, " the most opulent merchant of his time
in Boston, an ornament and blessing to his country." He was a Captain, an Assist-
ant, a member of the Council of Safety in 1689, (see p. 107 of this volume,)
and a member of the Council under the Charter, from 1702 till his death. He m.
July 1, 1670, Sarah Gilbert, b. July 25, 1651, dau. of Jonathan Gilbert of Hart-
ford. Their only son —
III. Hon. Jonathan Belcher, 3 b. in Boston, Jan. 8, 1681-2 ; H. C. 1699 ;
spent six years of travel in Europe ; returned to Boston ; m. at Portsmouth, N.
H., Mary, dau. of William Partridge, Lieut. Gov. of New Hampshire ; was a
member of the Provincial Assembly, and afterwards of the Council of Massachu-
setts Bay; went to England as Agent of the Province, in 1729 ; was appointed by
the king, Governor of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, Nov. 29, 1729; con-
tinued in that office till 1741, when he was superseded in Massachusetts by William
Shirley, and in New Hampshire by Benning Wentworth ; was appointed Governor
of New Jersey, in 1747, in which office he continued till his death, which occurred
at Elizabethtown, Aug. 31, 1757. He was a man truly religious, a warm friend of
the Revival of 1740, and of great worth of character. His second son —
IV. Hon. Jonathan Belcher, 4 was b. in Boston, July 23, 1710 ; H. C. 1728 ;
studied Law at the Temple, in London ; attained some eminence at the English
Bar; m. in Boston, April 8, 1756, Abigail Allen; removed to Chebucto, now
Halifax, N. S., where, in 1760, he was appointed Lieut. Governor of Nova Scotia,
and in 1761, Chief Justice of the same Province; and where he died, March 29,
1776, 03. 66. [Geneal. Reg. III., 281 ; IV., 345.
The following is copied from the Family Bible of Hon. Jonathan Belcher 4 of
Halifax, loaned to me in 1853, by his grandson, William Jennison 7 [408]. It is
now in the possession of Col. Henry Whipple, Salem [359] : —
" Jonathan Belcher, Chief Justice of His Majesty's Province of Nova
Scotia, son of Jonathan Belcher, Esq., Governor of New Jersey, was married to
Abigail Allen,* daughter to Jeremiah Allen, Esq., of Boston, New England,
* Abigail Allen was sister to Jeremiah Allen, Sheriff of Suffolk. He was a bachelor.
264 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
He grad. H. C. 1782; was Tutor there, from 1785 to 1788; and
received from that college the degree of M. D., in 1 824. He was long
a physician, in Cambridge, and a member of the Massachusetts Medical
Society. In his latter years he was in reduced worldly circumstances.
He d. in Cambridge, Oct, 19, 1845, a. 84. His widow d. Aug. 16.
1848, a. 88. [Family Bible.
Their children were —
407. Mary Ann, 7 b. Aug. 5, 1792 ; d. Anrr. 27, 1792.
408. William, 7 b. April 1, 1794; iinm. ; formerly of Cambridge, afterwards of
Boston. He was of defective mental constitution, and although de-
scended from a long line of almost princely ancestors, gained a sub-
sistence as a carrier of newspapers about the streets of Boston. He d.
of erysipelas, in Boston, Feb. 8, 1859, as. 65. The following no'ice of
him appeared after his death, in the (Unitarian) Christian Register of
Feb. 12, 1859.
" Mr. Jennison has been for nearly twenty years a faithful carrier on
one list of our city subscribers. He was a ma'n of moral worth, strictly
conscientious, and of unquestionable integrity. We may say also that
he was a well-established Christian believer, and after the decease of all
his near relatives, found support from his faith in his last solitary days."
409. Andrew Belcher, 7 b. July, 1795; d. July 12, 1795.
410. Marv Emilia Elizabeth, 7 ' b. Oct. 27, 1796; unm.; d. at Cambridge, Feb.
20, 1853.
411. Andrew Belcher, 7 b. Dec. 8, 1798; unm.; d. at Baton Rouge, La., July
12, 1829.
412. Francis, 7 b. July 10, 1801 ; unm.; d. May 28, 1826.
413. Louisa, 7 b. July 29, 1804 ; unm.; d. July* 15, 1843.
155.
EBENEZER JENNISON, 5 Esq., (William? William* Samuel, 3
Samuel? Robert, 1 ) brother of the preceding ; b. in Milford, March 27,
17G6; m. Sally Webb, in Boston, Aug. 4, 1791. Married by Rev.
Joseph Eckley, D. D., of the Old South Church.
Mention has already been made of the purchase by his father, in
1 780, of one thousand acres of land, in Sterlingtown Plantation, now
Union, Me. As early as 1786, Ebenezer Jennison went there to re-
side. He taught the first " man's school" in that town, in a log-house,
about 1788. He also taught the first singing-school there, in the same
log school-house. He was also a surveyor, and, about 1795, made a
plan of the town, which is now in the office of the Secretary of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He was Selectman, 1795 and 1799;
the 8th day of April, 1756, being Thursday, about 9 o'clock in the evening; said
Jonathan Belcher being then 45 years and about 9 months old, and said Abigail
Allen being 27 years and near 11 months old. Were married at Boston, by the
Rev. Mr. Henry Caner, minister of King's Chapel, Boston, aforesaid.
" Children horn to Jonathan Belcher and Abigail his wife —
Jonathan Belcher was born 22 Jan. 1757, at Halifax, Nova Scotia. Died 26
Aug., 1757.
Gilbert Jonathan Belcher was born at Halifax, 17 May, 1759. Died Aug. 31, 1763.
Mary Emilia Elizabeth Belcher was born at Halifax, 3 June, 1760.
Abigail Belcher was born at Halifax, 12 Nov. 1761. Died 6 Sept. 1766.
Andrew Belcher was born at Halifax, 22 July, 1763.
Jonathan Belcher was horn at Halifax, 14 Aug. 1765. Died 29 June, 1772.
William Jeremiah Belcher was born in Halifax, .7 May, 1770, at 11.55 P.M.
Died at 4 the following morning.
All baptized by Rev. John Breynton, Episcopal minister of Halifax."
THE JENNISON FAMILY. 265
Assessor, 1801 ; was the first Justice of the Peace, in the town, 1795.
Soon after 1802, he removed from Union to Dixmont, Me., where he
died, Oct. 1843, a. 77. [Sibley's History of Union.
His children were —
414. Ebenezer, 7 ; a farmer, of Charleston, Me. ; living in 1854.
415. Timothy Lindall, 7 a carpenter and farmer ; of Dixmont, Me.
416. Mary Emilia Elizabeth, 7 m. Bartlet Jackson of East Corinth, Mc. In Oct.
1854, he had sold his place there, and expected to remove.
417. A daughter, 7 m. Wilder of Dixmont, Me.
418. A daughter, 7 m. ; names not recollected.
221.
SAMUEL JENNISON, 6 {John," John, 4 Samuel, 3 Samuel, 2 Robert, 1 )
second son of Capt, John 5 and Kezia (Spring) Jennison of Walpole,
N. H. ; b. Aug. 29, 17G9; m. in Weathersfield, Vt., in 1802, Ruth
Porter Steele, who was b. there, June 8, 1 784.
He was a mason ; of Weathersheld, Vt. and Windsor, Vt. ; after-
wards of Peru, Ind., where he d. Feb. 2, 1835, a. G5. His wife Ruth
d. in Pike County, Ohio, July 16, 1834, a. 50.
Their children were —
419. tOzro P., 7 b. Oct. 20, 1802 ; m. Margaret McMaster.
420. Eloisa, 7 b. May 26, 1804; d. March 16, 1815.
421. George Hubbard, 7 b. July 28, 1806 ; d. March 17, 1815.
422. tHenry Quartus, 7 b. Oct. 17, 1810; m. Mary Beal Steinberger.
423. Louisa Marion, 7 b. Sept. 14, 1816 ; m. in Roekville, ()., Sept. 1833, Robert
James Preston, merchant, of Augusta, Ivy., now, 1854, in California.
She d. July 26, 1842. Four children.
424. George Hubbard, 7 b. Dec. 15, 1819 ; a minister of the Methodist Episcopal
Church; m. in Fairfield, Iowa, Jan. 16, 1843, Adeline Phenegar.
Children—
425. Alice Gray, 3 b. Nov. 17, 1843.
426. Mary Elizabeth, 8 b. Nov. 26, 1847 ; d. 1851.
427. Louisa Preston, 8 b. Oct. 21, 1850.
428. Joseph Hawkins, 8 b. July 14, 1853.
429. John Spring, 7 b. Dec. 13, 1823 ; a mechanic, of Cincinnati; m. in Cincin-
nati, Aug. 18, 1852, Elizabeth Amanda Monjar.
430. James Steele, 7 b. Aug. 18, 1825 ; printer, and publisher of a paper in Ma-
rion, Iowa; m. in Cincinnati, March 19, 1849, Frances Barker.
222.
JOHN JENNISON, 6 {John* John* Samuel? Samuel, 9 Robert, 1 )
son of Capt. John* and Sybil (Bishop) Jennison ; b. in Walpole, N.
H., Feb. 7, 1773 ; m. there, March 18, 1794, Polly Gage, who d.
Sept. 11, 1837.
He resided in Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., where he bore sundry town
and County offices. His children were —
431. John Hubbard, 7 b. Feb. 15, 1795 ; a book keeper in a foundry, in Buffalo, N.
Y., where he d. Dec. 17, 1846; m. in Pembroke, N. Y., Feb. 22, 1818,
Sarah F. Sawver. His children were —
432. Sarah Adeline, 8 b. April 17, 1819; m. Walter Campbell.
433. Hannah Sophia 8 b. Nov. 3, 1821 ; m. Jacob L. Hilliker.
434. Lafayette, 8 b. Oct. 21, 1824; a farmer; m. March 31, 1851,
Henrietta Cook.
435. Mary Jane, 8 b. May 15, 1828 ; m. Albert M. Waterman.
436. Emma Caroline, 8 b. Jan. 30, 1836.
437. Harriet Augusta 8 b. Oct. 7, 1842.
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438. Roderick, 7 b. April 15, 1796 ; of Monroe, Greene County, Mich. ; has had
two wives and three sons.
439. Josiah, 7 b. Feb. 13, 1798 ; d. in Oswego, N. Y., 1849, leaving a wife, three
sons, and one daughter.
440. Harry,* b. Feb. 16, 1800; of Niles, Mich., where he d. in 1847, leaving a
wife and two sons.
441. Alonzo, 7 I). March 22, 1803 ; of Sackett's Harbor; wife and one son.
442. Mary Adeline, 7 b. July 2, 1809 ; m. at Sackett's Harbor, Dec. 10, 1829,
Chester Mellen, merchant, of that place. Children —
443. George Chester (Mellen), b. April 11, 1831.
444. Sophia Adeline (Mellen), b. Sept. 6, 1832; m. Oct. 12,1858,
Lieut. Charles B. Morgan, U. S. Army.
445. Mary Glitz (Mellen), b. Oct 1, 1842; m. May 1, 1860, M. P.
Small, U. S. Armv.
446. William Henry, 7 b. April 25, 1815; of New York City; m. Oct. 8, 1840,
Mary Cheesebrough of New Haven, Oswego Co., N. Y. Children—
447. Helen Mary, 8 b. in Oswego, Oct. 7, 1841.
448. Surah Cheesebrough, 8 b. in Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 27, 1847;
d. .
449. George, 7 b. Aug. 3, 1821 ; of New York City; m. Nov. 24, 1S47, Mary
Nye of Sandwich, Mass. They had —
450. George Augustas, 3 b. in' New York, Oct. 19, 1851.
223.
REBECCA JENNISON, 6 (John, 5 John* Samuel? Samuel? Robert, 1 )
sister of the preceding; b. in Walpole, N. H., Aug. 13, 1774; m.
Feb. 11, 1798, Elijah Kilburn, son of John, and grandson of John
Kilburn, the first settler of Walpole.
He was a carpenter, of Walpole. He d. March 19, 1847. She d.
Jan. 20, 1849. Their children were—
451. Harriet (Kilburn), b. June 19, 1799 ; unm. ; d. April 8, 1830.
452. Josiah (Kilburn), b. Jan. 2, 1801 ; m. 1, March 1, 1827, Emily Bonnev of
Littleton, N. H. She d. Aug. 1860. 2, March, 1861, Mrs. Lydia Ann
Colby, widow of Dr. John C. Colby of Franconia, N. H. He was first a
fanner, afterwards a machinist, in Littleton. Has been a Representative
in the New Hampshire Legislature. Bv first wife, three children.
453. Mary Hubbard (Kilburn), b. Jan. 15, 1802; m. in Walpole, N. H., July
15, 1825, Noah Smith, an iron-founder, of Fullersville, N. Y. Eight
children.
454. George (Kilburn), b. Dec. 1, 1803 ; m. 1, in Walpole, Dec. 18, 1825, Laura
Hooper. She d. Aug. 25, 1855. 2, Oct. 1856, Elizabeth Kent. He
was first a mechanic, of Walpole, afterwards a manufacturer at Fall
River, and at Lonsdale, R. I. Ten children.
455. John Jennison (Kilburn), b. Feb. 21, 1808 ; m. Jan. 11, 1831, Maria Eliza-
beth Gage. He was keeper of a public house, in Boston ; afterwards a
machinist at Fall River. Five children.
456. Frederick (Kilburn), b. April 4, 1809; m. June 29, 1835, Mary Ann Wat-
kins of Walpole. A fanner and mechanic, successively, in Littleton
and Walpole. Five children.
457. Elijah Carpenter (Kilburn), b. June 10,1811; m. in Boston, Sept. 24,
1835, Mrs. Hannah S. (Carter) Upham of Boston. Formerly of Wal-
pole ; a machinist, in 1854, of Fall River. Four children.
458. Rebecca (Kilburn), b. Aug. 21, 1815; m. Oct. 20, 1841, Rodney Smith,
a manufacturer of paper, of Hndley, Mass. Five children.
459. William Jennison (Kilburn), b. Sept. 21, 1819; a merchant, of Augusta,
Me. ; m. Nov. 24, 1857, Augusta P. Aiken of Hallowell, Me.
The names of the grandchildren of this family, and the dates of (heir
birth, etc., may be found in Bond's Watertown Genealogies, pp. 810, 811.
THE JENNI30N FAMILY. 267
224.
MARY JENNISON, 6 (John, 5 John, 4 Samuel, 3 Samuel, 2 Robert, 1 )
sister of the preceding; b. in Walpole, N. II., Dee. 7, 1777 ; m. Sept.
20, 1801, Solomon Godfrey.
He was a blacksmith of Walpole ; afterwards of Langdon, N. H.,
and d. in Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 8, 1848. Their children were —
460. Sarah Maria (Godfrey), b. Feb. 28, 1802; m. May 26, 1830, Willard S.
Church, a farmer, of Northrield, Mass. No children.
461. Clement Jennison (Godfrey), b. Nov. 14, 1803; m. May 13, 1834, Mary
Boltwood Cooley of Amherst, Mass. He is a button manufacturer of
Waterbury, Ct. " One child.
462. Caroline Frances (Godfrey), b. Jan. 8, 1806 ; m. Aug. 11, 1830, Leander
Goodwin, a merchant, of Forsyth, Ga. ; afterwards of Cassville; was
quarter-master in the Florida war; d. in Cassville, Sept. 16, 1848.
Four children.
463. Eleanor Ann (Godfrey), b. Aug. 29, 1810 ; m. April 19, 1830, Ira Waldo,
a carriage manufacturer, of Rochester, N. Y. No children.
464. Henry Nelson (Godfrey), b. Feb. U, 1814 ; m. Jan. 1, 1839, Nancy Coch-
ran Martin of Landgrave, Vt. A partner in business with his brother,
Clement. Two children.
465. Mary Isabella (Godfrey), b. Oct. 30, 1819; m. 1, April 29, 1840, Levi S.
Wyman, a farmer, of Landgrove, Vt., where he d. July 8, 1853. Three
children. 2, Feb., 1859, Samuel Perham of Brattleboro', Vt.
For the grandchildren, see Bond's Watertown Genealogies, p. 811.
225.
Major WILLIAM JENNISON, 6 {John, 5 John* Samuel 3 Samuel 2
Robert, 1 ) brother of the preceding; b. in Walpole, N. II., Dec. 29,
1778; m. Dec. 14, 1804, Phebe Field, b. Aug. 19, 1782, dau. of
James and Mary (Woodcock) Field of Nelson, N. H.
Pie was a respectable farmer in Walpole ; one of the first in that
section of the country who engaged in the business of rearing fine-
Avoolled sheep. He was an honest man, and a good citizen. He d. at
Walpole, July 2, 1855, se. 77. His wife Phebe d. there, May 13, 1860,
a?. 78. Their children were —
466. tEdwin, 7 b. Aug. 26, 1805; m. Marv Barker Shannon.
467. Orville, 7 b. March 17,1808; m. March 16, 1835, Lucy Mehitabel Field,
dau. of Nathan Field of Peacham, Vt. He was formerly a farmer of
Walpole, N. H, afterwards of Danville, Vt. In 1855, he removed to
the West, and now, 1862, resides at Fort Atkinson, Iowa. Children —
468. Caroline Rebecca? b. June 25, 1837.
469. Lucy Augusta, 8 b. May 9, 1839.
470. Helen Eliza, 8 b. Nov. 25, 1840 ; d. 1843.
471. Martha Ann 8 b. Nov. 4, 1843.
472. William, 7 b. April 30, 1812 ; d. Aug. 15, 1813.
473. Eliza Emily, 7 b. April 11, 1814; m. Feb. 21, 1839, Charles Grandison
Livermore of Alstead, N. H. Children —
474. Ozro Jennison (Livermore), b. Jan. 6, 1840.
475. Adeline Eliza (Livermore), b. July 29, 1841.
476. Char/ton Eield (Livermore), b. Oct. 10, 1842.
477. Enrico Edwird (Livermore), b. April 13, 1845.
478. William Wallace, 7 b. Jan. 23, 1816 ; d. June 18, 1816.
479. Phebe Augusta, 7 b. July 20, 1820 ; unm.
226.
LUCINDA JENNISON, 6 {John," John* Samuel 3 Samuel, 3 Robert, 1 )
sister of the preceding ; b. in Walpole, N. H, Sept. 3, 1780 ; m. Nov.
23, 1809, Prosper Booth.
268 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
He was a cabinet-maker of Walpole, until 1813, when he removed
to West Bloomfield, N. Y. She d. Feb. 27, 1847.
Their children were —
480. Edna Bishop (Booth), b. May 17, 1810 ; m. April, 18.3. r ., George Stubber-
field, a farmer of West Bloomfield, N. Y., afterwards of Gorham, Ohio.
Six children.
481. Amanda Jennison (Booth), b. Sept. 21, 1811; m. Feb. 14, 1833, Hiram
Hadley, a farmer of West Bloomfield. Three children.
482. Sarah E. (Booth), b. Aug. 11, 1813; m. in 1841, Joseph Hayes, a farmer
of West Bloomfield. Three children.
483. Fanny C. (Booth), b. July 16, 1815 ; m. 1, Sept. 1834, Chauncv A. Rich-
ards of Lima, N. Y., who d. Jan. 1836. 2, in 1839, James T." Boniface.
One child by first marriage ; two, by the second.
484. Mary A. (Booth), b. July 3, 1817 ; m. Aug., 1832, Joseph Lotee, a cooper
of Lima, N. Y. Three children.
485. Noble Orr (Booth), b. May 18, 1819; m. Oct., 1849, Henrietta Kinney of
West Bloomfield. He is a farmer of Arkport, N. Y. Two children.
For the grandchildren, see Bond's Watertown Genealogies, p. 812.
227.
LEVI JENNISON,' (John? John, 4 Samuel, 3 Samuel? Robert, 1 )
brother of the preceding; b. in Walpole, N. II., Dec. 13, 1781 ; m. 1,
in 1813, Prudence Fuller of Walpole, who d. July 21, 1832. 2,
Nov. 5, 1833, Eliza Ann Howard of Alstead, N. II.
He was a subaltern officer of the U. S. army, at the battle of Tip-
pecanoe, Nov. 7, 1811, fought under General Harrison against the
Indians of the Northwest ; and was there wounded. Afterwards, in
the war of 1812, he was taken prisoner by the British, and sent home
on parole. Subsequentlv, he was a farmer in Walpole, and in Lanc-
don, N. H. He d. Aug." 10, 1850, se. 69.
His children were, by first wife —
486. John Fuller, 7 b. Aug. 13, 1814; m. in Keene, N. H, March 25, 1857,
Elizabeth E. Ross. He received the degree of M. D. from Dartmouth
Coll., 1843 ; resided some years as a physician and farmer, in Swanzey,
N. H ; removed to Keene, in 1854, where he now resides, 1862.
487. Albert Bishop, 7 b. March 19, 1817 ; m. Sept. 9, 1841, Mary Jane Howard
of Alstead, N. H. ; removed to California, 1851. Children —
488. Kathleen, 8 b. June 15, 1842; d. 1846.
489. Mary Ellen, 8 b. Jul v 31, 1845.
490. Julian Albert, 8 b. Jan. 1, 1849 ; d. Jan. 28, 1851.
491. Amanda Pamela, 7 b. June 22, 1819; m. Nov. 25, 1838, Luther J. Fletcher.
She d. Feb. 19, 1846, leaving one child —
492. Rosabella Amanda (Fletcher), b. June 30, 1840 ; d. April 5, 1857.
493. Louisa, 7 b. 1821 ; d. 1821.
494. Mary Louisa, 7 b. April 9, 1829 ; was a teacher in New Orleans, where she
m. Jan. 1, 1854, Edward Ileaton, a merchant of that city. Their
child—
495. Robert Wade (Heaton), b. June 24, 1856 ; d. June 9, 1857.
By second wife —
496. Frederic Levi, 7 b. Aug. 21, 1834; m. Nov. 28, 1855. Mary Elizabeth
Kent, dau. of Isaac. Kent of Paper Mill Village, Alstead, N. H. They
have —
497. Mary Isabel* b. Oct. 19, 1856.
498. Isabella Eliza, 7 b. July 21, 1840 ; d. of a casualty, June 23, 1843.
499. Ella Eliza, 7 b. Feb. 5,* 1845.
THE JENNISON FAMILY. 269
228.
JONATHAN JENNISON, 6 {Jonathan? Jo/m, 4 Samuel, 3 Samuel?
Robert, 1 ) eldest son of Jonathan* and Rhoda (Ashley) Jennison of Wal-
pole, N. H. ; b. Aug. 30, 1775 ; m. Danie Dunham, in Mansfield, Ct.,
Dec. 1798.
He was a farmer, in Walpole, N. H., and d. March 29, 1818, ae. 43.
His widow Danie survived him twenty-nine years, and d. June 21,
1847, a. 74. Their children were —
500. Henry,' b. Nov. 28, 1800, a farmer, of Walpole ; m. Harriet Fav, Sept.
18, 1839. They have—
501. Josiah,s b. Aug. 1841.
502. Levi Dunham, 7 b. Aug. 11, 1802.
503. Josiah, 7 b. April 28, 1804 ; d. March 29, 1806.
504. Lurancy, 7 b. April 27, 1807 ; m. July, 1852, David C. Thompson, Esq., a
farmer of Walpole, and some time Representative in the State Legis-
lature.
505. Rhoda Ashley, 7 b. Dec. 23, 1808 ; m. March 20, 1835, Denison E. Hazen,
in Romeo, Michigan. Three children, two of whom died young.
506. Horace Allen, 7 b. Jan. 18, 1811.
507. An infant, b. and d. 1812.
229.
THOMAS JENNISON, 6 (Jonathan," John* Samuel, 3 Samuel?
Robert, 1 ) brother of the preceding; b. in Walpole, N. H., Oct. 4, 1776 ;
m. Martha Moore.
He resided in Walpole ; was a farmer; and d. June 24, 1823. His
widow Martha survived him more than twenty years.
Their children were —
508. Thomas Moore, 7 b. Nov. 18, 1805; m. March 21, 1839, Fanny A. Hixon.
He was a farmer, of Lancaster, N. H., and d. June 15, 1862. Chil-
dren —
509. Mary Ellen* born Februarv 12, 1841.
510. Martha C., 8 born April 8, 1845.
511. tJohn, 7 b. June 14, 1807; m. Elvira Russell.
512. tDaniel Ashley, 7 b. Sept. 3, 1808 ; m. Martha Frost.
513. Mary Holland, 7 b. March, 1810 ; d. 1811.
514. Mary Holland, 7 b. June 5, 1813 ; m. Oct. 21, 1838, John W. Lovejoy of
Lancaster, N. H.
515. tGeorge Charles, 7 b. Oct. 4, 1814 ; m. 1, Elizabeth Wilder; 2, Maria Cole,
237.
Dr. CHARLES JENNISON, 6 (Jonathan? John* Samuel? Samuel?
Robert?) youngest child of Jonathan* and Rhoda (Ashley) Jennison of
Walpole, N. H., b. Feb., 1789 ; m. at Orangeville, Wyoming County,
N. Y., July 13, 1820, Betsey Mahan, b. May 17, 1804, a sister of
Rev. Asa Mahan, formerly President of Oberlin College, now of
Adrian, Michigan.*
He passed most of his life at Orangeville, as a physician. He died
at Olivet, Mich., Aug. 1, 1846, a. 57 years, 5 months. His wife Betsey
d. at Spring Arbor, Mich., Sept. 21, 1850, a. 46 years, 4 mos., 4 days.
Their children, all b. in Orangeville, N. Y., were —
i
516. Charles Ashley, 7 b. June 5, 1821 ; grad. at Oberlin College, Ohio, in 1840,
. and from the Theological Department in the same Institution, in 1843.
* In Dr. Charles Jennison's Family Record the name is spelled Jenison,
270 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
lie was then Tutor in the College, two years ; was a superior scholar,
and teacher. He was married to Angeline Fisher, Aug. 27, 1845.
After his marriage, he left the Congregational Church, and joined the
Baptists. He was regarded as a man of devoted piety. In conse-
quence of ill health, he went to the South ; at one time was editor of
a Baptist paper, in Jackson, Miss. After this, he went as far as Texas;
but rinding his health no better, he returned to Fort Adams, Miss.,
where he d. of consumption, July, 1859, a. 38. His was a happy,
peaceful death. He had one child —
517. Mary, 9 b. at Algansee, Mich., Nov. 15, 1846.
518. An infant son/b. Oct. 22, 1822 ; d. the same day.
519. Lucia,? b. March 1, 1824; grad. from the College Department, at Oberlin,
in 1845 ; a woman of superior intellect and education; married Rev. Ed-
mund B. Fairfield, Aug. 27, 1845, at the same time with her brother
Charles ; the service being performed by their uncle, President Mahan.
Mr. Fairfield was for a time pastor of a Free Will Baptist Church, in
Roxbury, Mass. After this, he removed to Spring Arbor, Mich., where
he was a Teacher. He was the agent in establishing the Free Will
Baptist College, at Hillsdale, Mich., of which he is still, 1862, the
President. Mrs. Fairfield died of consumption, at Hillsdale, July 3,
1858, a. 34 years, 4 months.
520. Polly Anne, 7 b. Oct. 20, 1825 ; unm. ; d. of consumption, at Olivet, Mich.,
April 1, 1846, a. 20 years, 5 months.
521. Lorenzo Bliss, 7 b. Sept. 1, 1828 ; d. June 24, 1829, at Orange ville, N. Y.
522. Mary Mahan, 7 b. March 28, 1830; d. Sept. 23, 1832, at Orangeville.
523. Amarette Elizabeth, 7 b. May 31, 1832; d. of fever, Nov. 1, 1850, at
Spring Arbor, Mich., a. 18.
524. Mary Ellen, 7 b. Feb. 7, 1834 ; d. of fever, June 21, 1849, at Spring Arbor,
a." 15.
525. Lorenzo Dana, 7 b. May 23, 1836 ; d. of consumption, at Eekford, Mich.,
March 31, 1861, a. 24 years, 9 months, 8 days.
526. Sewall Asa, 7 b. June 3, 1838 ; unm. ; a young man of fine promise. He
has at different times studied at Hillsdale College, but has been pre-
vented from pursuing a regular and prolonged course of study by the
remonstrances of his brothers and sisters, who have felt that the result
would be consumption, as in their case. In June, 1861, he enlisted as
a private, in the Fourth Regiment of Michigan Volunteers. He was in
the Division of Maj. Gen. Fitz John Porter, in the army of the Potomac,
commanded by Major General McClellan. He spent the winter of
1861-2, in the cantonments on the South of the Potomac; in the spring
following, he was in the campaign near Yorktown ; spent the sum-
mer of 1862, in the swamps of the Chickahominy ; afterwards in the ter-
rible battles in Maryland.
239.
JOSEPH SUMNER JENNISON,* {William? Israel* Peter?
Samuel? Robert?) eldest son of William* and Sarah 6 (Sumner) Jenni-
son ; b. in Shrewsbury, March 15, 171)1 ; m. Tiieda Barber, March
8, 1819.
He went with his father's family to Swanton, Vt., in 1803 ; settled
in that place as a farmer ; and d. .
His children were —
527. Caroline Eliza, 7 b. March 4, 1821 ; unm. ; d. Jan. 13, 1842.
528. Humphrey Sumner, 7 b. June 15, 1823 ; m. Calista Olds, dau. of Dea. Elias
Olds of Swanton, Vt. They now reside at Fort Wavne, Indiana.
529. Samuel Williams, 7 b. Oct. 16, 1825 ; m. 1, Emily Janes", dau. of Dr. Lewis
Janes of Swanton, Dec. 14, 1848. She was b. June 5, 1826, and d.
June 12, 1857. 2, Lucia Catlin of Burlington, Vt. He is a farmer in
Highgate, Vt. Children by first wife —
530. George Herbert, 8 born January 10, 1851.
531. Homer Lewis* born February, 185-.
THE JENNISON FAMILY. 271
532. Sarah S., 7 b. Dec. 26, 1827 ; m. George Hastings. They live in Canada.
533. Luev W., 7 b. July 15, 1830; m. James Crittenden. The v reside " at the
West."
534. Allen B., 7 born February 23, 1832. Resides " at the West."
535. Charles, 7 b. Nov. 5, 1834 ; m. Alice Bennett. A farmer, " at the West."
240.
NAIIUM EAGER JENNISON, 6 ( William; Israel* Peter, 9 Samuel;
Robert, 1 ) brother of the preceding; b. in Shrewsbury, April 25, 1793 ;
m. Betsey Hubbard of S wanton, Vt., Jan. 5, 1824. She was b. Jan.
28, 1801, and d. May 1, 1851, a. 50.
He settled as a farmer in S wanton, and d. there, Aug. 8, 1849.
Their children were —
536. William Hubbard, 7 b. Dec. 24, 1824 ; m. Oct. 7, 1856, Sarah J. Walker of
Swanton. Their home is Swanton. He is a farmer. Tliev have one
child—
537. Mary Elizabeth. 9
538. Arethusa Atherton, 7 b. March 31, 1827 ; m. George C. Mason of Highgate,
Vt., Dec. 3, 1850 ; and d. Sept. 17, 1861. They lived in Highgate.
539. Clark Sumner, 7 b. Oct. 21, 1828; m. Sept. 9, 1851, Frances Louisa Farrar,
who was b. Dec. 14, 1831, and d. Dec. 26, 1858. He is a farmer, and
lives in Swanton. Their son —
540. Nahurn Edward, 9 was born Januarv 21, 1855.
541. Albert Godfrey, 7 b. May 17, 1830; m. Harriet L. Wood, Jan. 1, 1855.
Their home is in Swanton. He is a farmer. They have one child —
542. Morton Wood. 8
543. Sanford, 7 b. June 1, 1833 ; m. Mariette Bullard of Swanton, May 22, 1859.
He is a farmer, and resides " at the West."
544. Morton, 7 born October 10, 1835 ; died June 16, 1854.
545. George H., 7 born November 7, 1837 ; died April 11, 1838.
546. Harriet Elizabeth, 7 born August 10, 1839; m. January 21, 1862, Harlan
Page Bullard of Swanton He is a farmer, and is now in the army.
547. George Henry, 7 born April 10, 1842. He is in the army, 1863.
241.
CHARLES HORACE JENNISON. 6 ( William; Israel,* Peter, 3
Samuel,- Robert, 1 ) brother of the preceding; b. in Shrewsbury, March
2, 1796 ; m. March 13, 1826, Olive (Wait) Herrick, a widow.
He was a farmer, in Highgate, Vt., which town he represented in
the Legislature of Vermont. He d. Aug. 1843.
His children were —
548. Rodney Charles, 7 b. March 3, 1827 ; m. Davis, from whom he was
afterwards divorced. He lives in St Albans, Vt.
549. Horace, 7 b. April, 1829; m. Leonora Walker. He is a stove-merchant in
St. Albans, Vt. They have two children.
242.
WILLIAM DANIELSON JENNISON, 6 ( William.; Israel* Peter, 3
Samuel, 2 Robert, 1 ) brother of the preceding ; b. in Shrewsbury, Sept.
10, 1798; m. Dec. 15, 1823, Mary Valentine of Hopkinton, Mass.
He was a merchant [in Swanton ?] and d. . His widow is a
resident in New York City. Their children were —
550. William Clark, 7 b. May 28, 1824. He resides in New York city.
551. Frances, 7 born May ; died in childhood.
552. Albert, 7 born . Resides in New York city.
553. Fanny, 7 born .
272 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
254.
JAMES JENNISON,* {Joseph B., b Samuel, 4 Peter, 3 Samuel? Rob-
ert, 1 ) son of Joseph Brooks Jennison* ; b. Jan. 21, 1798; m. 1, Aug,
10, 1819, Mary Lamb, b. at Spencer, June 20, 1797 ; d. at Southbridge,
July 12, 1836. 2, Aug. 23, 1837, Maria W. May, widow of Samuel
May, and dau. of Alpha Morse of Southbridge.
He settled in Southbridge ; and is still living there, May, 1863.
His children, all by first wife, and b. in Southbridge, were —
554. Emily, 7 b. May 20, 1820 ; m. Nov. 1841, Willard W. Bowen, of Killingly,
Ct. She d. Aug. 30, 1849, leaving one son —
555. Willard J. (Bowen), b. March 18, 1849.
556. James, 7 b. Oct. 21, 1821 ; m. May 25, 1859, Margaret Edgecombe, dau.
of James Edgecombe of Bath, Me., and Nancy (Chase) Edgecombe,
his wife, of Kittery, Me. She was b. at Washington, D. C, May
16, 1825, and d. at 'Portsmouth, N. H., Dec. 13, 1861. Mr. Jennison
grad. H. C. 1847; M. A. 1850; and has been Tutor in Harvard Col-
lege from 1851 to the present time, 1863.
557. Samuel Pearce, 7 b. May 9, 1830; m. Aug. 2, 1858, Lucia A. Wood, b.
at Concord, N. H., June 4, 1838, dau. of Amos and Louisa (Welling-
ton) Wood. He studied law, in the office of Judge Fowler of Concord,
N. IL, and established himself in that profession, at St. Paul, Minnesota,
in 1857; but at the first call of President Lincoln for Volunteers, in
1861, he entered the military service of his country as Second Lieuten-
ant in the Second Regiment of Minnesota Volunteers. This regiment
earned distinction in the battle of Mill Spring, Kentucky, sometimes
called the battle of Somerset, or of Logan's Cross Roads. On that
day, Lieut. Jennison served as Adjutant, having been appointed to that
post the day before. He continued in that position through the summer
campaign, and in the autumn received a commission as Lieut. Col. of
the Tenth Regiment of Minnesota Volunteers. His military experience
affords many incidents worth reading ; but our limits will not allow a
more extended account. He has one son —
558. James, 9 b. Jan. 26, 1860.
255.
LEVI JENNISON, 6 (Joseph B., b Samuel,* Peter? Samuel? Robert, 1 )
brother of the preceding; b. Sept. 20, 1799; m. Lucy Smith, at
Holden, July 18, 1830.
He resided at Holden, Mass., Norwich, N. Y., and Lapeer, N. Y.,
and d. at the place last named, April 4, 1863. For the circumstances
of his death, see the account of his eldest son, immediately following
His children were —
559. William Wallace, 7 b. at Holden, May 6, 1833 ; died of consumption, after
an illness of six weeks, in the Army Hospital at Falmouth, Virginia,
March 20, 1863; being then a private in Company H, of the Fiftieth
Regiment (Engineers) of New York Volunteers. His father's family
had known for several weeks that he was off duty at Falmouth, in con-
sequence of a severe cold taken early in February. When the tidings
came, on the 20th of March, that he was dangerously ill, his father
started without delay, in great anxiety, and travelled with the utmost
haste to visit him ; but found on his arrival that he had died the day
before, and was just buried. The body was disinterred, carried to
Lapeer, and deposited in the family burying-ground. The father, over-
come bv the terrible shock, and by severe fatigue, fell ill immediately,
and died in five days of congestion of the brain.
560. Marion, 7 (dau.) b. at Norwich, N. Y., Jan. 21, 1835.
The following were b. at Lapeer, N. Y. —
THE JENNISON FAMILY. 273
561. John, 7 h. Feb. 18,. 1836-; d. the same day.
562. Smith Bryant, 7 b. May 27, 1837 ; m. March 23, 1859, Orpah A. Eldridge,
at Pitcher, N. Y.
563. Joseph Brooks, 7 b. Feb.. 20, 1839; d. Sept. 20, 1840.
564. Luke, 7 b. March 5, 1840 ; d. the next day.
565. Joseph Brooks, 7 b. July 26, 1841 ; d. of diptheria, Jan. 17, 1862.
566. Lurana, 7 b. March 14, 1843.
567. Larkin, 7 b. March 28, 1845.
568. Levi, 7 b. Jan. 7, 1848.
569. Samuel Adelbert, 7 b. June 28, 1849.
570. Lucv Angelina, 7 b. Aug. 24, 1851 ; d. May 3, 1852.
571. Burritt, 7 b. Dec. 23, 1856 ; d. Dec. 14, 1858..
To the foregoing some information may now be added which was not
received in season to>be inserted in its proper place.
Joseph Brooks Jennison 5 [93] father of Levi Jennison 6 [255]
died at Norwich, N. Y., March 5, 1839, a. 83. His wife d. at the same han
seventy grandchildren. His children by first wife, Susan, were —
Elizabeth, b. Feb. 2, 1773; m. May, 1793, Stephen Glidden of Unity, N. H.
They had eight children, who lived to mature years.
Ezra, twin of Jennison; settled in Waitsfield, Vt. ; m. Hannah Taylor of
Hartland, Vt. They were the parents of Rev. Ezra Jones, who grad.
Middlebury College, 1831 ; Theological Seminary, Andover, 1834; pastor
Presbyterian Church, Somerset, N. Y., 1856.
Jennison, twin of Ezra; m. Phila Holmes of Claremont, N. II., and settled in
Waitsfield, Vt.
Matthias, m. Betsey Joslyn of Woodstock, Vt.
By second wife, Esther —
Nathaniel, m. Cynthia Stevens; lived in Northfield, Vt.
Royce, m. Lydia Farrar of Barre; lived in Barre.
Caroline, m. Isaac Hubbard of Claremont, N. H.
Fanny, m. David Parker of Charlestown.
Henry, m. Lucy Sartwell of Charlestown.
Charles, m. Ann Cobb of Claremont ; lived in Claremont.
Abraham, m. Susan Long of Claremont; lived there.
THE LEONARD FAMILY OF SPRINGFIELD.
PRELIMINARY REMARKS.
The Genealogical Register for October, 1851, contains an interest-
ing Memoir of the Leonard Family of Taunton, prepared by Mr.
William Reed Deane of Brookline, whose wife was a descendant of
that Family. The Leonards of Taunton deduce their origin from
James Leonard, as their first American ancestor. He and his
brother Henry, came to this country previous to 1650, and were em-
ployed during some years in connection with the Iron "Works at Brain-
tree and Lynn, owned by the " Company of Undertakers," in London.
For a History of these Iron Works, see Vinton Memorial, pp. 463-
473. Henry and James Leonard came from Pontypool, Monmouth-
shire, South Wales, a place situated among iron mines, and celebrated
for the working of iron from an early date. They left Braintree, in
1652, and established a forge in Raynham, which was then a part of
Taunton. This forge, the first erected in Plymouth Colony, continued
in successful operation in the hands of James Leonard and his pos-
terity during several generations, and indeed is still in existence, and
owned by a descendant of that family. Henry Leonard, brother of
James, went to New Jersey, soon after 1 674, and established the iron
manufacture, in that Colony.
It has been supposed that John Leonard 1 of Springfield, 1636,
was a brother of James and Henry Leonard, already mentioned. There
is a tradition among the Springfield Leonards, that such was the fact.
Indeed, we know that Jatnes Leonard had a brother John. We learn
this from a statement made by Mrs. Hannah Deane, dau. of the said
James, to Zephaniah Leonard,* grandson of her brother James. 2 This
statement was made, Feb. 2, 1732-3, and by Zephaniah 4 committed to
writing ; it was copied from the original manuscript, at Taunton, March
12, 1806, by Mary Leonard, 6 grand-dau. of Zephaniah 4 ; and by her
brother, John B. H. Leonard* of Providence, communicated to Mr. W.
R. Deane, already mentioned. It may be found in the Genealogical
Register, Vol. VII., p. 72. In this authentic and valuable document,
Mrs. Deane gives a particular account of her father's family connec-
tions. She says that the father of her father, Thomas Leonard, had
six sons, Henry, James, William, John, Philip, and Thomas. Of these
sons, Henry and James came to this country, and were connected with
the iron-manufacture, as has already been mentioned. Philip, she
says, also came to this country ; lived at Marshfield, and died at Taun-
ton. Thomas also came, and " was drowned at Piscataway." But
William and John, she affirms, " never came out of England." This,
of course, excludes John Leonard 1 of Springfield from being a brother
280 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
of James Leonard 1 of Taunton. It is possible that she may have erred
in this statement ; the present writer leaves it for the reader to decide.
It is stated by Rev. Dr. Perez Fobes of Raynham, whose wife was
a descendant of James Leonard 1 of Taunton, in an account of the
Leonard Family, found in the Massachusetts Historical Collections,
Vol. III., p. 173, that James Leonard 1 had three brothers; and we
presume he means to say, three who came to America. Mrs. Deane's
statement gives us their names, viz., Henry, Philip, and Thomas- Of
course, John Leonard 1 of Springfield is excluded. Another fact is
adverse to the supposition that he was a brother of James Leonard.
It is this : James, Henry, and Philip Lecnard, were iron-workers ; so
were many of their descendants. But John Leonard and his descend-
ants were cultivators of the soil.
The ensuing Memoir has, in part, been compiled from a Genealogy
made out, in 1852, by Mr. E. Clark Leonard of New Bedford,
from the Records of Springfield and West Springfield, and from the
recollections of aged persons in that vicinity. That portion which
particularly relates to the Leonards of Gloversville, N. Y., was furnished
to the compiler of this volume, by his intelligent and valued relative,
Mrs. Sarah Giles Beach, expressly for this memoir. She obtained it
from the Gloversville families.
The Springfield Leonards were generally of that honest, respectable,
hard-working, substantial class, the. " yeomanry." After the Revolu-
tion, many of them moved away to New York, Ohio, and other recently
settled portions of the country. Where notice is not given to the con-
trary, the residence of every individual in the ensuing series, may be
presumed to have been in Springfield, Mass., or in one of the towns
originally included in that ancient settlement.
FIRST GENERATION.
1.
JOHN LEONARD* of Springfield, 1 636, Was an early settler of that
town. On the second division of Springfield his lot was the one on which
stood " Uncle Jerry's [Warriner] Hotel," now occupied by Foot's Block.
It was eight rods wide, running from the river, east onward to Armory
Hill. He sustained the respectable office of constable in that town.
He m. Nov. 12, 1640, Sarah Heath.
He was killed by the Indians, early in 1676; and his widow Sarah
m. Feb. 21, 1677, Benjamin Parsons; again, in 1690, she m. Peter
Tilton. She d. at Springfield, Nov. 23, 17 11.
They had fifteen children, viz.*
* The reader who compares the dates of the births of these children with those
assigned to them in Savage's Genealogical Dictionary, will notice a discrepancy.
The account here given is correct ; and the discrepancy arises from the fact that the
Springfield Records give the birth of John, 2 as having occurred, " 6 mo. 25, 1641 ;"
of Joseph, 2 as on "1 mo. 1, 1642—3," and so on, reckoning March as the first
month, and February as the 12th. The individual who furnished the account to
Mr. Savage, supposed the year at that time to have begun in January, as it now
does, and hence wrote Jan. for 1 mo., when he should have written March ; and
June, instead of Aug., for G mo., and so forth..
THE LEONARD FAMILY OF SPRINGFIELD. 281
2. John, 2 b. Aug. 25, 1641 ; d. April 22, 1648.
.3. Joseph, 2 b. March 1, 1642-3 ; d. March 20, 1642-3.
4. tJoseph, 2 b. May 20, 1644; m. 1, Mary ; 2, Elizabeth Livermore.
3, Rebecca Dumbleton.
5. Sarah, 2 b. Dec. 13, 1645 ; m. John Keep, Dec. 31, 1663. They and one
child were killed by the Indians, when coming from Longmeadow to
attend public worship, at Springfield, March 26, 1676.
6. Mary, 2 b. Sept. 14, 1647 ; m. Samuel Bliss of Springfield, Nov. 10, 1665.
He died March 23, 1720. She died March 11, 1724. They were the
ancestors of Hon. George Bliss of Springfield.
7. Martha, 2 b. April 15, 1649; m. Benjamin Waite, June 8, 1670.
8. Lvdia, 2 b. Oct. 2, 1650; m. John Dumbleton of Springfield, March 18
"1674-5.
9. John, 2 b. Sept. 10, 1652 ; d. March 13, 1662.
10. fBenjamin, 2 b. Sept. 5, 1654; m. Sarah Scott.
1 1. tAbe'l, 2 b. Julv 22, 1656 ; m. Marv Remington.
12. tJosiah, 2 b. March 2, 1658; m. Sarah Dumbleton.
13. Hannah, 2 b. Feb. 19, 1659-60; m. Daniel Denton of Springfield, April
24, 1676.
14. Rebecca, 2 b. May 26, 1661 ; m. 1, Thomas Miller of Springfield, Dec. 1,
1681. He was killed by the Indians, Oct. 5, 1695 111. 2, Thomas
Billings, Dec. 30, 1691.
15. Deborah, 2 b. Oct. 15, 1663.
16. Rachel, 2 b. Nov. 8, 1665 ; m. Thomas Hancox, March 17, 1684-5.
SECOND GENERATION.
4.
JOSEPH LEONARD, 2 son of John 1 and Sarah Leonard of Spring-
field ; b. May 20, 1644; m. 1, Mary , who d. Jan. 29, 1680.
2, March 29, 1683, Elizabeth Livermore, who d. July 6, 1689. 3,
March 1, 1692-3, Rebecca Dumbletoij, who d. Feb. 16, 1693-4.
They lived in Springfield. He d. 1716. His children were —
By first wife, Mary —
17. Mary, 3 b. Feb. 1674; d. 1676.
18. tSamuel, 3 b. May 16, 1677; m. Penelope Philips.
19. John, 3 b. Sept. 12, 1679- ; d. Oct. 12, 1679.
20. tJoseph, 3 b. Jan. 1. 1680-1 ; m. Sarah Beckwith.
By second wife, Elizabeth —
21. Mercy ,3 b. Nov. 6, 1683 ; d. Nov. 13, 1683.
22. Eliziir,3 b. March 15, 1685 ; d. March 30, 1688.
23. Mehetabel, 3 b. Sept. 5, 1686 ; d. Julv 8, 1689.
24. Elizabeth, 3 b. Jan. 14, 1689; m. James Phipps or Philips, Jan. 11, 1711.
By third wife, Rebecca —
25. tEbenezer, 3 b. Jan. 16, 1693-4 ; m. Martha Miller.
10.
BENJAMIN LEONARD, 2 brother of the preceding; b. in Spring-
field, Sept. 5, 1654; m. Sarah Scott, Feb. 9, 1679-80.
They lived in Springfield. He d. Dec. 21, 1724, a. 70. She d.
Dec. 2, 1751.
Their children were —
26. tJohn, 3 b. July 12, 1681 ; m. Sarah Dickinson.
27. Benjamin, 3 b. Oct. 3, 1683 ; d. before 1702.
282 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
28. INathaniel, 3 b. Nov. 6, 1685 ; m. Sarah Ely.
29. tEbenezer, 3 b. Jan. 20, 1687 ; m. Joanna Stevenson.
30. Margaret, 3 b. 1689 ; m. Joseph Ely, Dec. 24, 1713.
31. Sarah, 3 b. March 23, 1691 ; m. Francis Ball, Jan. 28, 1714.
32. Martha, 3 b. Oct. 23, 1695 ; m. Joseph Ashley, Feb. 18, 1710.
33. Kezia, 3 b. Nov. 25, 1697; m. Dea. Lamberton Cooper, Dec. 25, 1734. She
d. March 22, 1742. He d. Dec. 22, 1755.
34. tAbel, 3 b. July 27, 1700; m. 1, Esther Austin; 2, Hannah Wooster.
35. fBenjamin, 3 h. Aug. 17, 1702; m. Thankful Merrick.
36. Rachel, 3 b. Jan. 9, 1706.
11.
ABEL LEONARD, 2 brother of the preceding ; b. in Springfield,
July 22, 1656 ; m. Mary Remington, March 4, 1686-7.
He lived in Springfield, and d. March 10, 1690, se. 34. His widow
Mary m. Samuel Bedortha, July, 1G91.
The children of Abel and Mary Leonard were —
37. Marv, 3 b. Dec. 12, 1687 ; d. March 19, 1690.
38. Sarah, 3 b. Oct. 8, 1689 ; d. Nov. 12, 1690.
12.
JOSIAH LEONARD, 2 brother of the preceding ; b. in Springfield,
March 2, 1G58; rn. Saraii Dumbleton, dau. of John Dumbleton,
Dec. 19, 1678.
He lived in Springfield ; was in the "Falls Fight," 1676; and d.
Feb. 13, 1688-9, a. 30. His widow Sarah m. Thomas Root, Jan.
25, 1692.
The children of Josiah and Sarah Leonard were —
39. iJosiah, 3 b. Oct. 21, 1680 ; m. Ruth Allyn [or Allen.]
40. Sarah, 3 b. Sept. 16, 1682.
41. Abel, 3 b. 1685.
42. Mary, 3 b. March 12, 1687.
THIRD GENERATION.
18.
SAMUEL LEONARD, 9 (Joseph? John*) son of Joseph 2 and Mary
Leonard of Springfield; b. May 16, 1677; m. Penelope Philips,
June 3, 1701.
He lived in Springfield; and d. July 17, 1713, a. 36. His widow
Penelope m. Nathaniel Strong of Northampton, Oct. 1718.
The children of Samuel and Penelope Leonard were —
43. Margaret, 4 b. Sept. 16, 1703.
44. Mary, 4 b. Jan. 20, 1706.
45. tSamuel, 4 b. April 19, 1708; m. Mercy Merrick.
46. Aaron. 4 b. June 13, 1710.
47. Rebecca, 4 b. June 13, 1713.
These children probably went to Northampton with their mother,
upon her second marriage. Hence no trace of them is found on the
Springfield records, except of Samuel, the elder son.
THE LEONARD FAMILY OF SPRINGFIELD. ' 283
20.
JOSEPH LEONARD, 3 {Joseph; 1 John, 1 ) second son of Joseph 2 and
Mary Leonard of Springfield; b. Jan. 1, 1680-1 ; m. in 1704, Sarah
Beckwith, who d. Feb. 28, 1773, a. 89.
He d. Nov. 19, 1737. They lived in Springfield.
Their children were —
48. f Joseph, 4 b. July 1705 ; m. 1, Thankful Bagg ; 2, Elizabeth Bagg.
49. Sarah, 4 b. Aug. 10, 1707; m. Jabez Keep, April 16, 1730.
50. Elizabeth, 4 b. March 19, 1709 ; m. Abel Leonard 4 [102], June 12, 1729.
51. tMoses, 4 b. Nov. 5, 1711 ; m. Constance Dewey.
52. Dehorah, 4 b. Nov. 18, 1713; m. Israel Cooley", April 9, 1735.
53. An infant, b. 1716 ; d. 1716.
54. Penelope, 4 b. Oct. 29, 1717 ; m. her second cousin, Daniel Leonard 4 [68].
55. Marv, 4 b. Jan. 27, 1719 ; m. John Dorchester, Feb. 12, 1736.
56. Dinah, 4 b. March 14, 1722 ; d. Nov. 14, 1736.
57. Lucy, 4 b, March 15, 1724 ; m. Aaron Ely, July, 1744.
58. Phinehas, 4 b. March 24, 1729 ; died, in the armv.
59. Stephen, 4 b. Dec. 4, 1731 ; m. 1, Elizabeth Mighill, 1755. 2, Editha Leon-
ard [216].
60. Noah, 4 b. Jan. 4, 1735.
25.
EBENEZER LEONARD, 3 {Joseph, 2 John,') son of Joseph* and
Rebecca Leonard of Springfield; b. Jan. 16, 1693; m. Martha Mil-
ler, March 22, 1722.
They seem to have lived in Springfield. He d. Feb. 22, 1762, a. 69.
She d. Sept. 23, 1767, a. 67. Their children were —
61. Martha, 4 b. Oct. 16, 1725; d. before 1730.
62. tLuther, 4 b. Oct. 31, 1727 ; m. Anna Bancroft.
63. Martha, 4 b. Jan. 24, 1730 ; m. Edmund Lewis, Oct. 23, 1757.
64. Margaret, 4 b. April, 1732; m. Samuel Palmer, Oct. 17, 1751.
65. tEliphalet, 4 b. Dec. 28, 1733 ; m. 1, Abigail Horton. 2, Mary Pierpont.
66. Jemima, 4 b. Oct. 22, 1735 ; m. Nathaniel Rowley, March 12, 1764.
26.
Deacon JOHN LEONARD, 3 {Benjamin? John, 1 ) eldest son of Ben-
jamin 2 and Sarah (Scott) Leonard; b. in Springfield, July 12, 1681;
m. Sarah Dickinson, Jan. 8, 1709.
He lived in Springfield, and d. Nov. 28, 1744, a. 63. His widow
Sarah d. March 29, 1768. Their children were —
67. tJohn, 4 b. Sept. 5, 1710 ; m. Anna Noble.
68. tDaniel, 4 b. March 21, 1713 ; m. Penelope Leonard 4 [54].
69. Asaph, 4 b. April 11, 1717 ; m. Naomi Parsons, Nov. 1748.
70. Sarah, 4 b. March 27, 1720; m. Edward Upham, March, 1740.
71. Marv, 4 b. Sept. 1723 ; d. April 16, 1724.
72. Priscilla, 4 b. June 25, 1725 ; m. Daniel White, 1746.
73. fRussell, 4 b. Dec. 21, 1730; m. 1, Tamar Leonard [96]. 2, Anna Leon-
ard [85].
28.
NATHANIEL LEONARD, 3 {Benjamin? John, 1 ) brother of the
preceding; b. in Springfield, Nov. 6, 1685; m. Sarah Ely, April
24, 1726.
He d. July 6, 1734, a\ 49. His widow Sarah m. William Mclntyre,
July 31, 1736.
284 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
The children of Nathaniel and Sarah Leonard were —
74. fPreserved, 4 b. March 13, 1728 ; m. 1, Sarah Keep; 2, Mary Mor'.ey.
75. t Nathaniel, 4 b. Feb. 2, 1730; m. Sarah Flowers.
29.
EBENEZER LEONARD, 3 {Benjamin? John, 1 ) brother of the pre-
ceding; b. Jan. 20, 1687; m. May 12, 1720, Joanna Stevenson, who
d. June 15, 175G.
Their children were —
76. Ebenezer, 4 b. Sept. 23, 1720; m. Hannah Long:, Julv 12, 1761.
77. Rhoda, 4 b. April 8, 1722 ; d. Oct. 18, 1814, as. 93.
78. Joanna,' 1 b. May 28, 1724.
79. Joel, 4 b. March 20, 1728 ; m. Margaret Cook of Hartford, Jan. 24, 1770.
80. Rebecca, 4 b. March 21, 1730.
81. Eunice, 4 b. Feb. 22, 1733.
82. Mary, 4 b. March 5, 1736.
83. Obadiah, 4 b. June 18, 1739.
34.
ABEL LEONARD, 3 (Benjamin? John, 1 ) brother of the preceding ;
b. July 27, 1700; m. 1, Esther Austin, 1731. 2, Hannah Woos-
ter, 1762.
His children, all by first wife, were —
84. Abel, 4 twin of Esther, b. Dec. 4, 1731 ; m. Experience Miller, Julv 4,
1754. They had—
Experience, 5 b. Dec. 11, 1758 ; m. I, Aribert Leonard [246]. 2, Daniel
Merrick.
84^. Esther, 4 twin of Abel, b. Dec. 4, 1731 ; d. June 21, 1732.
85. jElijah, 4 b. April 14, 1733; m. Anna Adams.
86. Esther, 4 b. March 30, 1735 ; m. Nathaniel Elv, April 1759.
87. Abigail, 4 b. June 8, 1737.
88. Jerusha, 4 b. Oct. 18, 1739.
89. Deborah, 4 b. June 12, 1742 ; m. Joseph Merrick, Dec. 16, 1762.
90. Lois, 4 b. March 13, 1746 ; hanged herself.
91. tAustin, 4 b. March 4, 1749 ; m. Nancy Upham.
92. Priscilla, 4 b. May 4, 1756 ; m. - White.
35.
Lieut. BENJAMIN LEONARD, 3 (Benjamin? John, 1 ) youngest
son of Benjamin 2 and Sarah (Scott) Leonard; b. Aug. 17, 1702; m.
Thankful Merrick, Aug. 3, 1727. He d. Feb. 25, 1785, fe. 83.
She d. Dec. 31, 1779, a. 79.
Their children were —
93. Thankful, 4 b. Nov. 8, 1728 ; d. Sept. 27, 1747.
94. tBenjamin,< b. March 4, 1731 ; m. Catharine Miller.
95. Thomas, 4 ) twins, b. (
96. Tamar, 4 ) Oct. 27, 1735; ( m. her cousin, Russell Leonard 4 [73].
97. tDavid, 4 b. 1737 ; m. Marv Miller, 1760.
98. tl'liny, 4 b. Oct. 26, 1740; m. Constance Leonard 5 [118].
99. tGideon, 4 b. Sept. 20, 1744; m. 1, Mary Warriner ; 2, Phebe Parmclee.
100. tJuba, 4 b. March 12, 1747 ; m. Anna Worthington.
THE LEONARD FAMILY OF SPRINGFIELD. 285
39.
JOSIAH LEONARD, 3 (Joriah? John, 1 ) son of Josiah 2 and Sarah
Leonard; b. Oct. 21, 1G80 ; m. Ruth Allyn [Allen] of Northamp-
ton, Nov. 23, 1702. He d. Feb. 14, 1748, se. 68.
Their children were —
I
101. tJosiah, 4 b. Oct. 21, 1703 ; m. Sarah Day, 1730.
102. tAbel, 4 b. Nov 22, 1706; m. Elizabeth Leonard 4 [50].
103. Sarah, 4 b. Nov. 4, 1709 ; d. Nov. 16, 1709.
104. An infant, b. 1711 ; d. 1711.
105. Ruth, 4 b. April 24, 1713 ; d. 1715.
106. tReuben, 4 b. Nov. 25, 1716 ; m. Miriam Day, 1740.
107. tJonathan, 4 b. Jan. 24, 1720; m. Eleanor Day, 1746.
In the above family, three brothers married three sisters. The
youngest brother married the youngest sister.
FOURTH GENERATION.
45.
SAMUEL LEONARD, 4 (Samuel, 3 Joseph, 2 John,') son of Samuel 5
and Penelope (Philips) Leonard; b. in Springfield, April 19, 1708;
m. Mercy Merrick, 1731.
He d. March 11, 1744, se. 36. She d. Jan. 30, 1745.
Their children were —
108. fSamuel, 5 b. Aug. 15, 1731 ; m. Elizabeth Stebbins, 1752.
109. Mercv, 5 b. Nov. 29, 1733 ; m. Jonathan Smith, March 27, 1755.
110. Noadiah, 5 b. Sept. 10, 1737.
48.
JOSEPH LEONARD, 4 (Joseph, 3 Joseph, 2 John, 1 ) eldest son of
Joseph 3 and Sarah Leonard ; b. July, 1705 ; m. 1, Thankful Bagg,
Aug. 3, 1727 [?]. She was killed, July 8, 1747, by lightning, which
struck the house of Moses Leonard [51], brother of Joseph. Her son,
Fellows, [113] and a son of Dea. Lamberton Cooper [33], Joseph's
kinsman, were killed at the same time. 2, Sept. 16, 1747. Elizabeth
Bagg.
His children, all by first wife, were —
111. tJoseph, 5 b. July 27, 1727 ; m. 1, Mercv Ashley ; 2, Mary Mclntyre.
112. Thankful, 5 b. Jan. 5, 1729 ; m. Joel Ely, 1750.
113. Fellows, 5 b. 1730 ; killed bv lightninsr, as above, July 8, 1747.
114. Hannah, 5 b. Julv 15, 1732; m. William Miller, 1749.
115. tGeorge, 5 b. Oct.' 22, 1735 ; m. Lucy Palmer, 1759.
116. Eleanor, 5 b. Nov. 24, 1740 ; m. Nathaniel Williston, Dec. 9, 1762.
117. Lucy, 5 b. Sept. 23, 1746 ; m. Samuel Philips. He d. June 21, 1800, a. 58.
She d. Jan. 9, 1802, a. 56.
51.
MOSES LEONARD, 4 (Joseph, 3 Joseph 3 John, 1 ) brother of the pre-
ceding; b. Nov. 5, 1711 ; m. March 5, 1744, Constance Dewey of
Westfield. He d. Feb. 5, 1788, se. 77. She d. Dec. 16, 1799, a. 84.
286 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
Their children were —
118. Constance, 5 b. Julv 22, 1746; m. Plinv Leonard 4 [98].
119. Moses, 5 h. July 2,*1749 ; d. Oct. 10, 1/57.
120. tPhinehas, 5 b. Aug. 19, 1751; m. 1, Sybil Leonard [240]. 2, Content
Wheeler.
121. Mary, 5 b. July 13, 1754; in. Nathaniel Sylvester of Chesterfield, Feb. 2,
1801.
122. Huldah, 5 b. May 8, 1756 ; m. George Blake of Springfield.
123. tyloses, 5 b. Aug." 27, 1758 ; m. Fanny Leonard [165].
62.
LUTHER LEONARD, 4 (Ebenezer, 3 Joseph,' John, 1 ) son of Eb-
enezer 3 and Martha Leonard; b. Oct. 31, 1727 ; m. Anna Bancroft,
Oct, 9, 1749.
Their children were —
129. tOliver, 5 b. Feb. 13, 1749-50; m. 1, Hannah Day; 2, Abiah Warriner.
130. Martin, 5 b. June 16, 1751 ; unm. ; broke his neck, 1805.
131. Nancv, 5 b. Aug. 28, 1753; unm. ; d. of cancer, 1801.
132. Vinton, 5 b. Nov. 13, 1755 ; unm ; d. 1803.
133. Martha, 5 b. 1758 ; m. Griffin.
134. Ebeuczer, 5 b. Oct. 2, 1762; d. in the army of 1812.
65.
ELIPHALET LEONARD, 4 (Bbenezer, 3 Joseph, 3 John, 1 ) brother
of the preceding; b. Dec. 28, 1733 ; m. 1, July 14, 1764, Mrs. Abigail
Hokton, who was b. June 2, 1730, and d. May 30, 1773, a. 43. 2,
widow Mary Pierpont of Boston.
His children were, by first wife —
135. Rachel, 5 b. April 29, 1766 ; d. Oct. 19, 1772.
136. t Henry, 5 b. June 15, 1770; in. Olive Remington.
67.
JOHN LEONARD, 4 (John, 3 Benjamin 3 John, 1 ) eldest son of Dea.
John 3 and Sarah Leonard; b. Sept. 5, 1710; in. Jan. 1743, Anna
Noble.
Their children were —
137. Anna, 5 b. April 11, 1744 ; d. Sept. 23, 1747.
138. Sarah, 5 b. Oct. 20, 1745 ; d. Oct. 11, 1747.
133. Anna, 5 b. April 16, 1748 ; m. Thomas Baker, Aug. 4, 1766.
140. tJohn, 5 b. March 8, 1749; m. Mary Selden, 1771.
141. Sarah, 5 b. April 27, 1752.
142. Abigail, 5 b. April 8, 1755 ; m. Aug. 20, 1778, Jacob Day, 5 b. Aug. 4, 1753,
son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Mattoon) Day of West Springfield. About
1803, they removed from West Springfield to Chester, and afterwards
to Moravia, N. Y., where he d. Sept. 5, 1816. She d. in Chester, March
5, 1814. [Day Genealogy.
143. Elizabeth, 5 b. Dec. 26, 1758 ; m. Aribert Leonard [246].
144. fJustin, 5 b. May 16, 1763; m. Theodosia Leonard [361].
68.
DANIEL LEONARD, 4 (John, 3 Benjamin, 3 John, 1 ) brother of the
preceding; b. March 21, 1713; m. Feb. 4, 1740, his second cousin
Penelope Leonard 4 [54].
THE LEONARD FAMILY OF SPRINGFIELD. 287
Their children were —
145. tDaniel, 5 b. June 10, 1747 ; m. 1, Sarah Pierpont ; 2, Eleanor Ripley.
146. tWilliam, 5 b. Feb. 23, 1749; m. Thankful Palmer.
147. Penelope, 5 b. 1752 ; m. Gad Lamb, Oct. 15, 1772.
73.
RUSSELL LEONARD, 4 (John,' Benjamin, 9 John, 1 ) brother of the
preceding; b. Dec. 21, 1730; m. 1, Dec. 29, 1757, his cousin Tamar
Leonard 4 [96]. 2, Oct. 28, 1804, Anna (Adams) Leonard, widow of
his cousin Elijah Leonard 4 of Conway [85].
He d. Sept. 16, 1807. His children were — by first wife —
151. Edward, 5 b. June 7, 1758; d. Aug. 24, 1760.
152. Levi, 5 b. June 13, 1760 ; unm. ; d. 1795.
153. Russell, 5 b. April 13, 1762. Killed by the Indians.
154. Edward, 5 b. Oct. 24, 1764 ; a deaf-mute, and blind also.
155. f Asaph, 5 b. March 15, 1767 ; m. Anna Phelan.
156. tRufus, 5 b. Aug. 30, 1774 ; m. 1, Betsey Flowers ; 2, Anna Phelan.
74.
PRESERVED LEONARD, 4 (Nathaniel,' Benjamin, 9 John,') son of
Nathaniel 3 and Sarah (Ely) Leonard; b. March 13, 1728; m. 1,
1751, Sarah Keep, who d. Jan. 18, 1761. 2, Sept. 23, 1761, Mary
Morley, who d. March 3, 1786. He d. May 18, 1801, a. 73.
His children were, by first wife, Sarah —
157. Lucy, 5 b. May 17, 1752 ; m. Benjamin Loomis, and moved to New Jersey.
158. Abiah, 5 b. Nov. 18, 1753 ; m. 1, Granger. 2, May 18, 1788, Daniel
Day, 5 b. July 8, 1749, son of Col. Benjamin Day< of West Springfield.
She had by Mr. Dav, five children. [Day Genealogy.
159. Sarah, 5 b. Aug. 18, 1755 ; m. Cook, of Otis.
160. tEzekiel, 5 b. July 30, 1757 ; m. 1, Huldah Sexton. 2, Rhoda Sexton.
161. Preserved, 5 b. Oct. 15, 1758; m. Joanna Langdon of Wilbraham, Aug.
24, 1798. They removed with the family of Oliver Leonard [129], to
the vicinity of Columbus, Ohio, after having had —
162. Solomon [Salmon 1] Langdon, 5 b. Jan. 30, 1800.
163. Ely, 5 b. 1762 ; d. Oct. 25, 1787, a. 25.
By second wife, Mary —
164. Salmon, 5 b. June 5, 1766 ; d. Aug. 5, 1786, a. 20.
165. Fanny, 5 b. Oct. 6, 1768; m. Moses Leonard 5 [123].
166. Mary, 5 b. Dec. 24, 1770 ; m. Enoch Cooper.
75.
NATHANIEL LEONARD, 4 (Nathaniel? Benjamin, 9 John,')
brother of the preceding; b. Feb. 2, 1730; m. Sarah Flowers,
Sept. 1, 1757.
They resided in Suffield, Ct. Their children were —
167. Mary, 5 b. 1758 ; m. Thaddeus Leonard [241]. She d. 1813.
168. Huldah, 5 b. ; m. Joseph Smith.
169. Abigail, 5 b. .
170. Nathaniel, 5 b. .
85.
ELIJAH LEONARD, 4 (Abel, 3 Benjamin, 9 John, 1 ) son of Abel 3
and Esther Leonard ; b. April 14, 1733 ; m. Feb. 8, 1753, Anna
Adams of Suffield, Ct.
288 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
After the birth of three children, in Springfield, they removed to
Conway. After his death, the widow Anna m. Oct. 28, 1804, his
cousin, Russell Leonard [73]. The children of Elijah and Anna
Leonard were —
171. Roger, 5 b. March 15, 1760.
172. Augustus, 5 b. Nov. 24, 1761 ; d. May 27, 1765.
173. Elijah, 5 b. Dec. 4, 1766.
91.
AUSTIN LEONARD, 4 {Abel, 3 Benjamin, 2 John?) brother of the
preceding; b. March 4, 1749 ; m. 1774, Nancy Upham.
After the birth of two children, in Springfield, they removed to
Springfield, Pa. These children were —
174 fTheodore, 5 b. Oct. 3", 1776 ; m. Elizabeth Salisbury.
175. Abel, 5 b. 1778; m. 1809, Abiah Leonard [316]; moved to Penn-
sylvania.
94.
BENJAMIN LEONARD, 4 (Benjamin? Benjamin, 2 John, 1 ) eldest
son of Benjamin 3 and Thankful (Merrick) Leonard; b. March 4, 1731 ;
m. Catharine Miller, July 4, 1754. She d. Dec. 13, 1801, a. 68.
Their children were —
176. Thankful, 5 b. Dec. 19, 1754 ; m. David Fowler.
177. Jared, 5 b. Nov. 20, 1756 ; d. June 3, 1757.
178. Catharine, 5 b. April 30, 1758; m. Hezekiah Warriner of Hawlev.
179. Mary, 5 b. March 26, 1760 ; m. Elijah Day, 5 b. June 6, 1754, son of Heze-
kiah Day" of West Springfield, (Ireland Parish). He was a Lieutenant,
in the Revolutionary army, and d. in Delaware County, N. Y.
180. Benjamin, 5 b. June 3, 1762.
181. George, 5 b. July 8, 1764 ; removed to Delaware County, N. Y.
182. Jared, 5 b. Sept. 6, 1766.
183. Frederic, 5 b. 1770 ; m. Rebecca Bush. He removed to Wilmington,
Del., where he was a man of note ; Justice of the Peace ; a Captain in
the war of 1812. He had one dau., who d. in her 18th year.
184. Rachel, 5 b. June 5, 1771 ; m. 1, Gaius Vanhorn, 1790. 2, Warriner.
185. Aaron, 5 b. Oct. 2, 1773.
186. Harry, 5 b. April 15, 1775.
187. Araunah, 5 b. April 6, 1778; unm. ; d. July 17, 1818, a. 40.
97.
Col. DAVID LEONARD, 4 {Benjamin, 3 Benjamin, 2 John, 1 ) brother
of the preceding, b. 1737; m. Nov. 19, 1760, Mary Miller, who d.
Nov. 27, 1804.
He was a man of considerable note in "West Springfield. He was a
Colonel in the army of the Revolution, and d. of small pox, at Lake
George. He was buried in West Springfield. The soldiers under his
command, spoke of him in later years with great respect.
His children were —
188. Clarissa, 5 b. May 9, 1761 ; unm. ; d. 1822.
189. tDavid, 5 b. Aug. 2, 1762; m. Elizabeth Sexton.
190. Dolly, 5 b. Nov. 24, 1764 ; m. Archibald Armstrong.
191. tSeth, 5 b. July 19, 1766 ; m. Rebecca Smith.
192. Mela, 5 b. Oct. 15, 1768 ; m. 1, Welch. 2, Wheeler.
THE LEONARD FAMILY OF SPRINGFIELD. 289
98.
PLINY LEONARD, 4 (Benjamin? Benjamin, 2 John,') brother of
the preceding; b. Oct. 26, 1740; m. Jan. 4, 1770, Constance
Leonard 5 [118].
He d. July, 1831, ae. 91. She d. March 23, 1836, x. 90.
Their children were —
193. fTemperance, 5 b. July 2, 1771 ; m. Gaius Bliss, Nov. 17, 1798.
194. Lucy, 5 b. Dec. 24, 1773 ; d. Feb. 26, 1833, a. 59.
195. ITHny, 5 b. March 4, 1778 ; m. Margaret Fowler.
190. Constance, 5 b. Aug. 12, 1785; unm. She lived to an advanced age, in
West Springfield, and died, Feb. II, 1855. To her the readers of this
memoir are much indebted for information not to be found on the
records of either Springfield or West Springfield. She was much in-
terested in the Genealogy of the Springfield Leonards, and although
possessing no record, she had a wonderful recollection concerning the
different families, and their marriage connections. She affirmed that
her grandfather, Benjamin 3 [35] used to say that his grandfather, John
Leonard [1] of Springfield, was a brother of James 1 and Henry 1
Leonard of Tanntun.
197. Tamar, 5 b. Sept. 12, 1789; m. Abel E. Ely, April 13, 1815. She d. at
Madison, Geauga County, Ohio, October 1, 1840, a. 51.
99.
GIDEON LEONARD, 4 (Benjamin, 3 Benjamin? John, 1 ) brother of
the preceding ; b. Sept. 20, 1744; m. 1, Mary Warriner, Aug. 1,
1771. 2, Mrs. Phebe Parmelee of Suffield.
His children were, all by first wife —
198. Artemisia, 5 b. 1772 ; d. in a fit, 1828.
199. Cynthia, 5 b. 1775; d. young.
200. Tamar, 5 b. 1777; d. young.
201. Mary, 5 b. 1779; d. young.
202. Sewall, 5 b. 1781 ; m. Bettes or Billes. Removed to the vicinity of
Columbus, Ohio.
£03. Mary, 5 b. April 9, 1783 : m. Jesse Cooley.
204. Harvey, 5 b. 1785; d. young.
100.
JUBA LEONARD, 4 (Benjamin, 3 Benjamin,' John, 1 ) brother of the
preceding ; b. March 12, 1747 ; m. Anna Worthington, Dec. 10,
1772.
Their children were —
205. Amy, 5 b. Jan. 27, 1773 ; m. Eli Bedortha, published, Aug. 20, 1799.
206. tJuba, 5 b. Feb. 11, 1776 ; m. Sophia Cooper, 1802.
207. Numa, 5 b. March 25, 1778; m. Betsey Landruff, Rome, N. Y. He d.
Jan., 1855.
208. Thankful, 5 b. Sept. 5, 1780 ; d. 1820, a. 40.
209. Arab, 5 b. May 10, 1783 ; removed to Rome, N. Y., and married there.
210. tBenjamin, 5 b. Aug. 11, 1785 ; m. Jane Barker.
211. Alfred, 5 b. Dec. 24, 1788 ; m. Betsey Warriner, 1811 ; d. July, 1812.
212. Calvin, 5 b. March 29, 1792 ; d. 1841.
101.
JOSIAH LEONARD, 4 (Josiah 3 Josiah 2 John, 1 ) eldest son of
Josiah 3 arid Ruth (Allen) Leonard ; b. Oct. 21, 1703 ; 'in. Sarah Day, 4
Feb. 25, 1730. She was b. Nov. 3, 1709, dau. of Ebenezer 3 and Mary
19
200 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
(Hitchcock) Day of West Springfield. Ebenezer 8 was son of Thoma» 2
of Springfield, and grandson of Robert Day 1 of Hartford, the original
emigrant.
He d. June 10, 1761, a\ 58. His children were —
213. Sarah, 5 b. Oct. 29, 1733.
214. tNoah, 5 b. Aug. 3, 1738 ; m. Miriam Kent.
215. Timothy, 5 b. Aug. 22, 1739.
216. Editha, 5 b. Oct. 29, 1741 ; m. Stephen Leonard [59].
217. Louisa, 5 b. Feb., 1742 ; d. Dec. 22, 1760.
218. Luev, 5 b. Aug. 20, 1745; m. Benjamin Loomis of Southwick, May 21,
1771.
219. Chloe, 5 b. Feb. 2, 1747 ; m. Wool worth of Westfield.
102.
ABEL LEONARD, 4 (Josiah? Josiah, 2 John, 1 ) brother of the pre-
ceding; b. Nov. 22, 170G ; m. June 12, 1729, his second cousin, Eliza-
beth Leonard 4 [50].
He d. June 3, 1770, a. 64. Their children were —
220. Elizabeth, 5 b. Jan. 15, 1730; m. Erastus Sackett, May 2, 1747.
221. Ruth, 5 b. Julv 16, 1731 ; d. Oct. 8, 1746.
222. Miriam, 5 b. Oct. 5, 1733 ; d. 1736.
223. Lydia, 5 b. Feb. 12, 1736 ; m. Dudley Doming, Dec. 22, 1762.
224. Miriam, 5 b, April 5, 1738 ; d. Nov. 29, 1758."
225. Soh mon, 5 b. June 13, 1740.
226. Kezia, 5 b. April 22, 1743 ; m. Nathaniel Eaton, Feb. 19, 1761.
227. Abel, 5 b. Jan. 17, 1744 ; d. Aug. 11. 1747. •
228. Sarah, 5 b. June 8, 1 746 ; m. Isaac Colgrove.
229. Ruth, 5 b. Aug. 1, 1749.
230. Abel, 5 b. Dec. 3, 1751 ; m. Lucy Miller.
231. Dinah, 5 b. ; d. 1757.
106.
Dea. REUBEN LEONARD, 4 (Josiah, 3 Josiah, 3 John, 1 ) brother of
the preceding; b. Nov. 25, 1716; m. 1740, published Dec. 22, 1739,
Miriam Day, 4 b. March 4, 1718, sister of Sarah Day, wife of Josiah
Leonard [101]. They were of Springfield.
He d. Aug. 23, 1S05, a-. 89. She d. Aug. 7, 1791, a. 73.
Their children were —
232. Miriam, 5 b. Oct. 13, 1740 ; d. July 4, 1760.
233. t Reuben, 5 b. 1742 ; m. Martha Lewis, 1764.
234. tAbner, 5 b. Feb. 13, 1744 ; m. Mary Cooper, 1767.
235. Enoch, 5 b. July 29, 1747 ; d. young.
236. tJosiah, 5 b. March 27, 1750; m. Elizabeth Hilliard, 1772.
237. tElias, 5 b. July 24, 1753 ; m. Susanna Selden, 1775.
238. Enoch, 8 ) twins, b. I
239. Timothy, 5 ) Dec. 14, 1755 ; ( went to Albany, N. Y., and married there.
240. Sybil, 5 b. June 20, 1758 ; m. Phinehas Leonard 5 [120|.
241. Thaddeus, 5 . b. Nov. 2,1762; in. Mary Leonard 5 [167]. Shed. Jan. 29,
1813, a. 55. He d. March 11, 1843, a. 80.
107.
JONATHAN LEONARD, 4 (Josiah, 2 Josiah, 2 John, 1 ) brother of
the preceding ; b. Jan. 24, 1720; m. 1746, (pub. Feb. 24) Eleanor
Day, 4 b. Dec. 10, 1725, sister of Sarah and Miriam Day, his brothers'
THE LEONARD FAMILY OF SPRINGFIELD. 291
Their children were —
242. Eleanor, 5 b. March 24, 1747 ; m. Elijah Coleman, Hartford, 1762.
243. Sebria, 6 b. March 19, 1749 ; m. Henry Lester.
244. Kezia, 5 b. Jan. 3, 1754; m. Jesse Rogers, Dec. 15, 1796, after a courtship
of 22 years ; published 8 years before marriage.
FIFTH GENERATION.
108.
SAMUEL LEONARD,* {Samuel* Samuel? Joseph, 2 John, 1 ) son of
Samuel 4 and Mercy Leonard; b. Aug. 15, 1731 ; m. 1752, (pub. Aug.
22) Elizabeth Stebbins. He d. Jan. 24, 1797, a. 6G. She d. Feb.
18, 1822, a. 93.
Their children were —
245. Samuel, 6 b. Feb. 9, 1753; m. Jemima Robinson, who d. Nov. 6 178°
a. 25.
246. tAribert, 6 b. Oct. 2, 1755; m. 1, Elizabeth Leonard [143]. 2, Experience
Leonard 5 [84].
247. Marcy, 6 b. 1760; d. April 8, 1786, a. 26.
248. Percia, 6 b. April 21, 1766 ; m. Josiah White of Northfield, March 22, 1796.
249. Fanny, 6 b. Jan. 2, 1770 ; m. Joseph Merrick.
111.
JOSEPH LEONARD, 5 {Joseph? Josejih? Joseph? John?) eldest son
of Joseph 4 and Thankful 'Leonard; b. July 27, 1727; m. 1, 1756,
(pub. March 16,) Mercy Ashley, who d. in childbed, April 4, 1757.
2, June 2, 1763, Mary McIntyre.
His children were, by first wife —
250. Joseph, 6 b. April 4, 1757 ; his dau. Amelia, m. 1, White; 2
S. Leonard [422].
By second wife —
251. Alexander, 6 b. Nov. 11, 1763.
252. Israel, 6 b. March 4, 1765.
115.
GEORGE LEONARD, 5 {Joseph? Joseph? Joseph? John?) brother
of the preceding: b. Oct. 22, 1735; m. March 22, 1759, Lucy
Palmer. He d. Dec. 5, 1809, a. 84. She d. Oct. 11, 1803, a. 76.
Their children were —
253. Esther, 6 b. Aug. 6, 1760; d. Dec. 6, 1809, a. 49.
254. Flowers, 6 b. Jan. 15, 1763 ; in. in Vermont, and moved to Ohio.
255. Charles, 6 b. June 23, 1764 ; m. Mercv Remington.
256. tRoswell, 6 b. 1765; m. Diana Kent, 1789.
257. George, 6 b. 1767; m. Nancy Petty, Nov. 22, 1808; moved to the
vicinity of Buffalo, N. Y.
120.
PHINEHAS LEONARD,* {Moses? Joseph? Joseph? John?) son
of Moses 4 and Constance Leonard; b. Aug. 19, 1751; m. 1, 1782,
Sybil Leonard* [240]. 2, Content Wheeler.
292 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
He resided in West Springfield; was a soldier of the Revolution,
and obtained a pension. He d. Nov. 1G, 1847, a. 9G. His widow,
Content, d. July 23, 1854, a. 91.
His children were — by first wife, Sybil —
258. Stephen, 6 b. Oct. 29, 1783 ; moved to Lowville, N. Y., and there m. Jane
Ann Martin.
259. Lucinda, 6 b. Aug. 10, 1785 ; m. Samuel dwell, June 30, 1805.
260. tChauncy, 6 b. ; m. Content Wheeler, perhaps his step-mother's dau.
by a former husband.
261. Phinehas, 6 ; removed to Lowville, N. Y.
263. Reuben, 6 ; d. at Montreal.
By second wife, Content —
263. Harvey, 6 ; d. young.
264. fDwight, 6 ; m. 1, Cyrene Tuller. 2, Maria Rising.
123.
MOSES LEONARD,* (Moses, 4 Joseph, 3 Joseph, 2 John, 1 ) brother of
the preceding; b. Aug. 27, 1758; m. 1789, Fanny Leonard [165].
He d. Oct. 16, 1845. She d. April 28, 1847.
Their children were —
265. Eli, 6 b. Sept. 12, 1790; m. Amanda Noble, Warren, N. Y. Children—
266. Bildad Noble. 7 267. Lucian. 7 268. Dwight. 7
269. Moses, 6 b. Aug. 20, 1792 ; m. Sarah Bloomfield. Children—
270. Marcus Bloomfield 7 resides in East Boston.
271. Edward. 7
272. Marcus, 6 b. Jan. 9, 1795 ; went to Buffalo, N. Y. ; married; and d. there
of cholera, in 1850.
273. Fanny, 6 b. Jan. 24, 1797 ; m. Isaac Candy of Trenton, N. Y.
274. Flavia, 6 b. April 26, 1799 ; m. David Walkley of Rome, Ohio.
275. Mary, 6 b. Oct. 6, 1801 ; m. Justin Williams.
276. Eliza, 6 b. Feb. 25, 1805 ; living at Utica, N. Y.
277. Sarah, 6 b. May 13, 1807 ; m. Levi Crosby; of Rome, Ohio.
278. Julia Ann, 6 b.'Dec. 9, 1809 ; m. Thomas : E. Jones, Utica, N. Y.
129.
OLIVER LEONARD, 4 (Luther, 4 Menezer, 3 Joseph, 2 John, 1 ) eldest
son of Luther 4 and Anna (Bancroft) Leonard; b. Feb. 13, 1749-50 \
m. 1, Oct. 10, 1771, Hannah Day, 5 b. Nov. 14, 1750, dau. of
Joseph 4 and Elizabeth (Mattoon) Day of West Springfield, (Ireland
parish.) 2, Abiah Warrinek.
About the commencement of the present century, this family, to-
gether with that of Preserved Leonard [161] removed to the vicinity
of Columbus, Ohio.
Oliver Leonard d. Oct. 11, 1804, at. 55.
His children were, by first wife, Hannah Day —
279. Jared, 6 b. Jan. 14, 1772.
280. Herman, 6 b. April 16, 1775.
281. tAsa, 6 b. 1776; m. 1, Huldah Kent. 2, Gratia Ely.
282. Chester, 6 b. ; moved to the vicinity of Boston, and died there.
283. Linus, 6 b. ; d. in Roxbury.
By second wife, Abiah Warriner —
284. Abiah, 6 b. ; removed with her father to Ohio, and m. there.
285. Lois. 6
286. Hannah,* b. April 9, 1799.
287. Gad, 6 b. ; d. young.
THE LEONARD FAMILY OF SPRINGFIELD. 293
136.
HENRY LEONARD,* {Eliphalet? Ebenezer? Joseph? John, 1 ) son
of Eliphalet 4 and Abigail Leonard; b. June 15, 1770; ra. Olive
Remington.
After the birth of their fourth child, they removed to Gill.
Their children were —
288. Abigail, 6 b. Sept. 16, 1792 ; d. soon.
289. Rowley, 6 b. April 18, 1794; m. Phebe Day. Lived in Elyria, Ohio.
290. Mercv', 6 b. March 29, 1797 ; m. Martin King, Aug. 24, 1821.
291. Mary, 6 b. April 13, 1803 ; d. young.
292. Olive Remington, 6 h. ; m. Aaron D. Rogers, 1830.
293. Meshach, 6 b. ; m. 1, Fanny Marcy. 2, Caroline Marcv.
294. Caroline, 6 b. .
295. Fanny. 6
296. Eliphalet. 6
297. Henry, 6 ; d. in California, 1851.
140.
JOHN LEONARD, 5 {John,* John, 3 Benjamin? John, 1 ) son of John 4
and Anna Leonard ; b. March 8, 1749; m. Mary Selden, Sept. 5,
1771.
Their children were —
298. Sophia, 6 b. April 5, 1773 ; m. 1810, Apollos Leonard 5 [387].
299. Joanna, 6 b. Jan. 20, 1775 ; m. John Remington. She d. 1795.
300. Norman, 6 b. April 25, 1777.
301. Newell, 6 b. July «6, 1779.
302. Sally, 6 b. 1781 ; m. Dr. Wright.
303. Lucy, 6 b. ; d. young.
The sons of this family removed to the State of New York.
144.
Capt. JUSTIN LEONARD, 5 {Johnf John? Benjamin? John?)
youngest child of John 4 and Anna Leonard; b. May 16, 1763; m.
1789, Theodosia Leonard 6 [391].
Their children were —
304. John, 6 b. Feb. 25, 1790; m. April 4, 1814, Lucy Ely Day, 6 b. June 25,
1786, dau. of Jacob and Abigail (Leonard) Day [1421-
305. Martha, 6 b. Oct. 5, 1793 ; m. 1, Svlvanus Griswold. 2, Timothy Barker.
306. Justin, 6 b. Mny 20, 1799 ; d. in 1851.
307. Asaph, 6 b. Nov. 29, 1801 ; moved to Auburn, N. Y. ; d. March 1846.
308. Christopher, 6 b. Sept. 28, 1806 ; moved to Auburn, N. Y.
145.
DANIEL LEONARD, 5 {Daniel? John? Benjamin? John?) son of
Daniel 4 and Penelope Leonard; b. June 10, 1747 ; m. 1, Sarah Pier-
pont, Oct. 5, 1765 [?]. 2, 1776, Eleanor Ripley, who d. Oct. 16,
1814, a. 65.
Children by second wife —
309. James, 6 b. Nov. 20, 1777 ; d. young.
310. Harriet, 6 b. Oct. 10, 1779 ; m. Alfred Flowers, May 26, 1803.
311. tDaniel, 6 b. July 7, 1781 ; m. 1, Nancy Terry. 2, Alden.
312. Julia, 8 b. July'lO, 1783 ; resides in Cherry Valley, N. Y.
313. Lucius, 6 b. July 11, 1785 ; d. Dec. 1796, a. 11.
314. Lucia, 6 b. — — ; m. Christopher Burbank, May 16, 1813.
294 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
146.
WILLIAM LEONARD, 5 (Daniel,* John? Benjamin? John?) brother
of the preceding; b. Feb. 23, 1749; m. Thankful Palmer, Dec.
16,1773. He d. Dec. 8, 1821, a. 71. She d. Sept. 11, 1833, a. 81.
Their children were — '
315. Margaret, 6 b. ; m. Gardiner of Boston.
316. Susanna, 6 b. ; m. 1, Newell. 2, Bemis.
317. Lora, 6 b. ; m. Northum.
318. Delia, 6 b. 1789 ; d. April 9, 1837, a. 48.
319. William, 6 b. ; m. Lucy Wait, 1834, and had—
320. Frances, 1 b. Nov. 9, 1844.
321. Caroline. 6
322. Mary Ann, 6 b. ; m. Northum.
155.
ASAPH LEONARD, 5 (Russell? John? Benjamin,- John,') eon of
Russell 4 and Tamar Leonard; b. March 15, 17G7 ; m. Anna Phelan,
June 24, 1797. He d. June 25, 1839, a. 72.
His children were —
323. Asaph, 6 h. ; m. M. Cleveland.
324. Russell, 6 b. Nov. 3, 1802 ; killed by a horse.
325. Anna, 6 b. ; m. 1, J. T.Brooks, 1833. 2, Charles Blackman, Nov.
7, 1850.
326. Valeria, 6 b. ; d. young.
156.
RUFUS LEONARD, 5 (Russell? John? Benjamin? John?) brother
of the preceding; b. Aug. 30, 1774; m. 1, Betsey Flowers, 1792.
2, Anna Phelan, 1806. He d. April 1G, 1840, a. GG.
His children were, by first wife —
327. Tamar, 6 b. 1793; m. John Holt, May 16, 1821.
328. Hannah, 6 b. Jan. 2, 1 795.
329. Maria, 6 b. ; m. Joseph Flowers, of Rupert, Vt., 1825.
33o! Flowers, 6 b. ; m. Harriet Merrick, Sept. 29, 1828.
By second wife —
331. Aratine, 6 b. 1807 ; m. Rodney Leonard [357].
332. jRufus, 6 b. July 12, 1809; m. Abigail Smith.
333. Clarissa, 6 b. - — 1811 ; m. Jason Clark.
334. Anna, 6 b. 1813 ; m. Joseph Bridgman.
335. Thankful,' 5 b. 1815 ; m. Daniel White.
160.
EZEKIEL LEONARD, 5 (Preserved? Nathaniel? Benjamin? John?)
eldest son of Preserved 4 and Sarah Leonard; b. July 30, 1757; m.
1, 1782, Huldaii Sexton. 2, 1784, Rhoda Sexton. Not long
after 1800, he removed with his family to Springfield, Penn.
Children, by first wife —
336. Abiah, 6 b. Aug. 11, 1783; m. 1809, Abel Leonard 5 [175.]
By second wife —
337. Laura, 6 b. June 16, 1785.
338. Ezekiel, 8 b. Oct. 21, 1787.
339. Nathaniel, 6 b. Dec. 18, 1790.
THE LEONARD FAMILY OF SPRINGFIELD. 295
340. Lyman, 6 b. June 3, 1793.
341. Ebenezer, 6 b. July 27, 1795.
342. Eber, 6 b. 1797.
343. Frederic, 6 b. Julv 13, 1799.
344. Albert, 6 b. July 24, 1801.
174.
THEODORE LEONARD, 5 (Austin* Abel, 3 Benjamin, 2 John, 1 )
son of Austin 4 and Nancy Leonard; b. Oct. 3, 1776 ; in. Elizabeth
Salisbury. Their children were —
345. Hope Jefferson, 6 b. Mav 15, 1799.
346. Austin, 6 b. Aue:. 17, 1802.
347. Elizabeth Salisbury, 6 b. Sept. 12, 1805.
348. Nancv Upbam, 6 b*Aug. 29, 1807 ; m. William B. White, Collinsville, Ct.
349. Theodore Lafayette, 6 b. Nov. 10, 1808.
This family removed to Springfield, Perm.
189.
DAVID LEONARD, 5 (David* Benjamin, 3 Benjamin 2 John, 1 ) son
of Col. David 4 and Mary Leonard; b. Aug. 2, 1762 ; m. Elizabeth
Sexton.
Their children were —
350. David, 6 b. Nov. 14, 1784; m. Jane Hawkes, or, according to another
account, Susan Fosket. He d. Dec. 14, 1854.
351. tAsher, 6 b. Jan. 20, 1787 ; m. 1, Mary Gates. 2, Ann White.
352. tCharles, 6 b. , 1789; m. 1, Abigail Doyle. 2, Amanda .
353. tLoring, 6 b. , 1791 ; m. Eunice Evans.
354. Harriet, 6 b. , 1793 ; m. Edward Doyle of Hancock, N. Y.
355. Maria, 6 b. , 1795; m. 1, John Barber. 2, Dr. Basset of Colchester,
N. Y.
356. fEbenezer Wheeler, 6 b. , 1797 ; m. Christiana Jones.
Betsey, 6 ; d. . Mary, 6 ; d. .
Eliza,' 6 ; d. . Rensselaer, 6 ; d. .
This family removed to Hancock, N. Y., on the Delaware River.
191.
SETH LEONARD, 5 (David, 4 Benjamin, 3 Benjamin, 2 John, 1 ) brother
of the preceding; b. July 19, 1766 ; m. 1792, Rebecca Smith.
They lived in West Springfield. She became hlind several years be-
fore her death. Two children were born after she became blind. She
bore her trials with pious resignation, and her christian character
constantly brightened till the last. She d. Nov. 30, 1819, a. 49. Mr.
Seth Leonard d. Sept, 23, 1828, a. 62.
Their children were —
357. tRodney, 6 b. Sept. 16, 1793 ; m. Aratine Leonard 6 [331].
358. tClarissa, 6 b. Jan. 14, 1795; m. Charles Corey.
359. Mary, 6 b. Dec. 11, 1796 ; d. Sept, 7, 1800.
360. Seth, 6 b. Jan. 31, 1799 ; d. Sept. 2, 1800.
361. jSamuel Smith, 6 b. June 29, 1801 ; m. Adeline Eliza Newton.
362. fSophia, 6 b. Oct. 28, 1803 ; m. 1827, Joshua B. Tyler.
363. Seth, 6 b. July 30, 1805 ; d. Feb. 23, 1834, a. 28.
364. Jere, 6 b. April 18, 1807; m. Elizabeth Parker of Brattleboro', Vt. He
d. Dec. 15, 1841, a. 34.
365. tAnna, 6 b. Feb. 11, 1809 ; m. Enoch Brown.
366. tAlfred E., 6 b. Nov. 2, 1811 ; in. Mary Andrews.
296 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
193.
TEMPERANCE LEONARD,* {Pliny? Benjamin, 5 Benjamin?
John, 1 ) dan. of Pliny 4 and Constance Leonard; b. July 2, 1771; m.
Gaius Bliss of Springfield, Nov. 17, 1798.
She d. April 9, 1850, ae. 79. He d. March 17, 1851, a. 82.
Their children were —
367. Reman (Bliss), b. Nov. 29, 1799 ; d. May 6, 1823.
368. Chloe (Bliss), b. July 20, 1801 ; m. Elijah Blake, Oct. 4, 1854.
369. Lucy (Bliss), b. April 10, 1803; m. Calvin Barker, April 3, 1836. She
resides in Millburv, 1863.
370. Robert H. (Bliss), b" Jan. 28, 1806 ; d. Aug. 17, 1831.
371. Alfred (Bliss), b. Dec. 12, 1808; d. Sept. 9, 1809.
372. Alfred (Bliss), b. Aug. 13, 1811.
195.
PLINY LEONARD,* {Pliny* Benjamin 5 Benjamin, 2 John, 1 ) son
of Pliny 4 and Constance Leonard; b. March 4, 1778; m. Margaret
Fowler, Dec 31, 1807.
He resided in Agawam, a parish in West Springfield, which was not
long since incorporated as a town. He d. Jan. 9, 1859.
His children were —
37.3. Charles Ingersol!, 6 b. March 26, 1808 ; d. April 11, 1810.
374. tCharles In<;ersoll, 6 b. Julv 8, 1811 ; m. Mary Ann Utley.
375. Margaret, 6 b. April 8, 1814 ; d. Feb. 20-, 1815.
376. tFrederic Numa, 6 b. Dec. 31, 1818 ; m. 1, Mary Ann Brown. 2, Jane Cady.
206.
.TUBA LEONARD,* (Jvba? Benjamin 5 Benjamin? John, 1 ) son of
.tuba 4 and Anna Leonard; b. Feb. 11, 1776; ra. Sophia Cooper,
Dec. 29, 1802.
Their children were —
377. Mary Ann, 6 b. Jan. 6, 1804 ; m. William Bailev, 1831. She d. Feb. 23,
1849, a. 45.
378. Thankful, 6 b. Auff. 9, 1810 ; m. Charles Moore.
379. Benjamin, 6 b. Nov. 5, 1816; m. Maria Perry of Rome, N. Y. He d.
June 9, 1853.
210.
BENJAMIN LEONARD,* (Juba* Benjamin, 5 Benjamin? John 1 )
brother of the preceding ; b. Aug. 11, 1785; m. Jane Barker, who
d. in 1858.
After the birth of the following children, the)' moved into Connecti-
cut; afterwards to New York City.
380. Elizabeth, 6 b. July 1, 1822 ; m. Benham of N. Y.
381. Catharine," b. Aug. 17, 1823; m. Clarke, in Michigan.
382. Albert, 6 b. July 31, 1826 ; resides in California ; married there.
383. Jane Barker, 6 b. July 22, 1828 ; m. John Atwater, New York.
214.
NOAH LEONARD,* {Josiah? Josiah? Josiah? John, 1 ) son of
Josiah 4 and Sarah (Day) Leonard; b. Aug. 3, 1738; m. Oct. 25,
1765, Miriam Kent of iSuffield, .Ct.
THE LEONARD FAMILY OF SPRINGFIELD. 297
Their children were —
384. Louisa, 5 b. Feb. 21, 1767 ; d. young.
385. Clarissa, 5 b. Aug. 20, 1768 ; m. Stephen Bliss.
386. Miriam, 5 b. Feb. 13, 1770 ; m. Joshua Spear, May 5, 1796.
387. Apollos, 5 b. July 26, 1771 ; m. Sophia Leonard 6 [298], Jan. 25, 1810.
One child —
388. Newell, 6 b. Aug. 23, 1811 ; d. 1849.
389. Tilley, 5 b. Feb. 17, 1773 ;~m. Mclntyre.
233.
REUBEN LEONARD, 5 {Reuben* Josiah? Josiah,' John, 1 ) eldest
son of Dea. Reuben 4 and Miriam (Day) Leonard ; b. 1742 ; m. 1,
Martha Lewis, April 29, 1764. 2, Widow Thankful McIntyre.
His children were, by first wife —
390. Robert, 6 b. Oct. 11, 1764.
391. Theodosia, 6 b. 1767 ; m. Justin Leonard 5 [144].
392. Jemima, 6 b. 1769 ; m. Robert Ely. He d. Aug. 7, 1847, a. 84. She
d. Oct. 29, 1849, a. 80.
234.
ABNER LEONARD,* (Reuben* Josiah, 3 Josiah, 2 John, 1 ) brother
of the preceding: b. Feb. 13, 1744 ; m. Mary Cooper, July 9, 1767.
He d. March 3, 1793, a. 49. She d. March 2, 1827, a. 82.
Their children were —
393. Mary, 6 b. June 29, 1770 ; d. Aug. 27, 1S14, a. 44.
• 394. Violet, 6 b. Nov. 16, 1774; m. Ebenezer Wvman, Julv 11, 1804.
395. Ruth, 6 b. Oct. 6, 1779 ; m. George Ely, May 15, 1811.
396. Timothy Cooper, 6 b. ; m. Oct. 2*2, 18'l0, Marcy Burgess, a widow.
Children —
397. Helena Maria, 7 b. June 4, 1811 ; m. Henry B. Granger, 1851.
398. Enoch Cooper, 7 b. Jan. 30, 1813.
236.
JOSIAH LEONARD, 5 (Reuben, 4 Josiah, 3 Josiah, 2 John, 1 ) brother
of the preceding ; b. March 27, 1750, O. S., equivalent to April 7, N. S. ;
m. Aug. 6 V 1772, Elizabeth Hilliard, b. Oct. 13, 1748.
Their first child's birth is recorded in Springfield, and no more.
The presumption is, therefore, that soon after that date, 1773, they re-
moved away. In 1793 they settled in Kingsborough, N. Y., then a
newly settled region, where they passed their remaining davs. He d.
Nov. 9, 1817, a. 67 years, 7 months. She d. March 1, 1820.'
Their children were —
399. Miriam, 6 b. Nov. 27, 1773; d. July 1, 1775.
400. Rufus, 6 b. Ju^e 25, 1775; m. about 1799, Rachel Clark. They remained
in Kingsborough onlv a vear or two after marriage, and then removed
to Winfield, Otsego County, N. Y. He died February 5, 1853. Their
children were —
401. Cliauncy. 7 403. Rachel 7
402. Norman. 7 404. Maria 7
405. Reuben, 6 b. Nov. 10, 1777 ; m. 1796, Nancy Patterson. About 1800, they
removed to Rochester, N. Y. He is deceased. His widow, with two
of her daughters, is now living in Chicago. Their children were —
406. Hamilton. 7 410. Mary Ann 7
407. Hervey. 7 411. Emly. 7
408. Grata. 7 412. Julia Ann. 7
409. Cornelia 7 413. Caroline. 7
Of the children of Rufus and Reuben Leonard little is known.
298 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
414. fJosiah, 6 b. Sept. 22, 1779 ; m. Freelove Case.
415. tDaniel, 6 b. Oct. 19, 1781 ; m. 1, Polly Kellogg. 2, Mary Easton.
416. tMiriam, 6 ( twins, b. \ m. Jonathan Hosmer.
417. tElizabeth, 6 \ Feb. 21, 1784 ; j in. Darius Case.
418. tAbner, 6 b. June 4, 1786 ; m. 1, Candace Owen. 2, Susan (Steele) Mills.
419. tHarvev, 6 b. Feb. 10, 1790 ; m. 1, Olive Beach. 2, Eliza Johnson.
420. Luna," b. Feb. 14, 1792; in. Feb. 5. 1810, Jesse Smith of Kingsboro', b.
July 12, 1787, in Claverack, ( Columbia County, N. Y. A strong advocate
of Temperance and Anti-Slavery; and Deacon in the Church in Kings-
boro'. They now reside in Gloversville. Their only child was —
421. Reuben Leonard (Smith) — a very promising young man, who
bade fair for usefulness, but died before completing bis col-
legiate course of study.
237.
ELIAS LEONARD, 5 (Reuben* Josiah* Josiah? John?) brother
of the preceding; b. July 24, 1753 ; m. 1775, Susanna Selden.
Their children were —
422. Joseph Selden, 6 b. April 18, 1776; m. widow Amelia (Leonard) White,
daughter of Joseph Leonard [250].
423. Gratia, 6 b. 1778 ; m. Jonathan Parsons, pub. Dec. 26, 1798.
424. James Hervev, 6 b. Sept. 22, 1780.
425. Rodney, 6 b. June 8, 1784 ; m. Polly Bates, Oct. 11, 1812.
426. Francis, 6 b. March 23, 1793 ; removed to Lowville, N. Y.
427. Loring, 6 b. Sept. 22, 1797.
This family removed to Lowville, N. Y., after the birth of the
children here enumerated.
SIXTH GENERATION.
246.
ARIBERT LEONARD, 6 (Samuel, 6 Samuel* Samuel, 3 Joseph, 1
John, 1 ) son of Samuel 6 and Elizabeth (Stebbins) Leonard; b. Oct. 2,
1755; m. 1, Elizabeth Leonard [143]. 2, 1778, Experience
Leonard 5 [84] ; who d. Nov. 10, 1837, a. 70. He d. Nov. -11, 1819,
a. G4.
His children were, by second wife —
428. Anna, 7 b. Feb. 22, 1782 ; d. young.
429. James, 7 b. Nov. 19, 1783; m." 1, Sophia Starkweather. 2, Maria Steven-
son, 1847.
430. tSamuel, 7 \ twins, b. | m. Harriet Comstock.
431. Elizabeth, 7 \ Dec. 29, 1789; ( m. Judah Ellis, March 11, 1812.
432. tDaniel Merrick, 7 b. June 28, 1792; m. 1819, Diana Leonard [441].
433. fFrancis, 7 b. July 12, 1795; m. Lois Burns, 1820.
434. Caroline, 7 b. Feb. 16, 1801 ; m. Oliver Moore of Berlin, Ct., Oct. 3, 1819.
435. Electa, 7 b. June 26, 1802 ; m. Hooker of , Ct.
436. Nancy, 7 b. April 6, 1804 ; d. March 25, 1823.
256.
ROSWELL LEONARD, 6 (George 6 Joseph, 4 Joseph, 3 Joseph, 9
John, 1 ) son of George" and Lucy (Palmer) Leonard; b. 17 05; m.
Diana Kent, 1780.
THE LEONARD FAMILY OF SPRINGFIELD. 299
He d. April 25, 1816, a. 51. She d. June 15, 1849.
Their children were —
437. Aurelia, 7 b. Jan. 30, 1790 ; m. Horace Allen, Nov. 8, 1810.
438. Orpha, 7 b. March 17, 1792 ; m. Eli Ball, Dec. 6, 1821.
439. Lucy, 7 b. Jan. 24, 1794; m. Alexander Allen.
440. tCvriis, 7 b. Feb. 8, 1796; m. Bede Day.
441. Diana, 7 b. Jan. 14, 1798 ; m. 1819, Daniel M. Leonard [432].
442. fJoseph, 7 ; rn. Catharine Granger of Suffield, Ct.
443. Roswell. 7
260.
CHAUNCY LEONARD, 6 (Phinehas," Moses, 4 Joseph, 3 Joseph, 2
John, 1 ) son of Phinehas 8 and Sybil Leonard; b. about 1787; m.
Content Wheeler.
Their children were —
444. Sybil Maria, 7 b. March 12, 1810; m. Henry Winchell, 18^4. '
445. Adeline, 7 b. Sept. 3, 1811 ; m. Clapp.
446. Jane Ann, 7 b. June 2, 1814.
447. Julia, 7 b. Dec. 18, 1817.
4474. Pamelia. 7
448. Chauncy B. 7
449. Harvey.' 7
This family removed to Austinburgh, Ohio.
264.
JDWIGHT LEONARD, 6 (Phinehas, 5 Moses* Joseph 3 Joseph?
John, 1 ) son of Phinehas* and Content Leonard ; m. 1, Cyrene Teller.
2, 1847, (pub. Oct. 7,) Widow Maria Rising of Southwick.
His children were —
450. Emerson Dwight, 7 b. Nov. 26, 1822; m. Maria Rising, niece of his step-
mother.
451. James, 7 ; removed to New Orleans.
452. Harriet, 7 ; m. William H. Brown of Granby; removed to Roches-
ter, N. Y.
453. John. 7
454. Juliet, 7 ; d. young. *
455. Cyrene. 7
281.
Lieut. ASA LEONARD, 6 (Oliver? Luther, 4 Ebenezer* Joseph 2
John, 1 ) son of Oliver 5 and Hannah Leonard; b. 1776; m. 1, Dec. 3,
1806, Huldah Kent, who d. May 10, 1816, a. 35. 2, Feb. 16,
1817, Gratia Ely.
He d. Jan. 5, 1845, a. 69.
His children were, by first wife —
456. Horatio Kent, 7 b. June 29, 1808; d. Oct. 5, 1811.
457. Thaddeus, 7 b. 1809 ; d. March 11, 1843.
By second wife —
458. Frances Maria, 7 b. ; m. 1847, William R, Lee of Newark, N. J.
459. Lewis F., 7 b. ; m. 1847, Lucinda Cooley; removed to Newark, N. J.
One child —
460. Frederic Lewis, 3 b. June 17, 1848.
461. Sargent. 7 '
462. Frederic 7
463. Edward. 7
300 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
311.
DANIEL LEONARD, 6 (Daniel? Daniel," John? Benjamin? John, 1 )
son of Daniel 5 and Eleanor (Ripley) Leonard; b. July 7, 1781; m.
1, Nancy Terry of Plymouth, Ct., Aug. 26, 1805 ; 2, Alden
of Suffield, Ct.
His children, by first wife, were —
464. James, 7 ; m. Marv Rood. Children —
465. Mary? ; m. Oct. 1852, Lorin Palmer.
466. Harriet, 8 ; m. Oct. 6, 1853, Olcott of Cherry Val-
ley, N. Y.
467. Daniel 8
468. Julia, 7 ; m. Frederic Hazen.
469. Nancy, 7 ; m. Olcott of Cherry Valley, N. Y.
332.
RUFUS LEONARD, 6 (Rufus? Russell,* John? Benjamin?- John?)
son of Rufus 5 and Anna Leonard; b. July 12, 1809; m. Abigail
Smith.
Their children were —
470. Daniel, 7 b. Oct. 31, 1837.
471. Morton, 7 b. Oct. 19, 1839.
472. Ambrose, 7 b. Nov. 16, 1841.
473. Franklin, 7 b. Oct. 29, 1843.
474. Rufus M., 7 ) twins,!). ) d. Dee. 19, 1851.
475. Abbot, 7 j Dec. 8, 1849 ; \ d. Dec. 6, 1851.
476. James, 7 b. May 1, 1851.
351.
ASIIER LEONARD, 6 (David? David? Benjamin? Benjamin?
John,' ) son of David 5 and Elizabeth (Sexton) Leonard ; b. Jan. 20, 1787 :
m. 1, Mary Gates. 2, Ann White.
His children were — by first wife —
477. David Gates. 7
478. Oliver. 7 He is now, 1863, in the 144th New York Regiment of Volun-
teers, Company F.
352.
CHARLES LEONARD, 6 (David? David? Benjamin? Benjamin?
John?) brother of the preceding; b. 1789; m. 1, Abigail Doyle.
2, Amanda . His children were — by first wife —
479. Betsey. 7 481. Emeline 7 483. Charles. 7
480. William. 7 482. Sarah. 7
By second wife —
484. Abby. 7 485.- Amanda. 7 486. Hanson. 7
487. A son, who died young.
353.
LORTNG LEONARD, 6 (David? David? Benjamin? Benjamin?
John?) brother of the preceding; b. 1791 ; m. at Hancock, N. Y., July
16, 1820, Eunice Evans.
Their residence is, or was, at Hancock, N. Y.
Their children have been —
488. Rensselaer, 7 b. 1821 ; m. Sarah S. Boyd, Jan. 24, 1849. He is a phy-
sician, at Mauch Chunk, Pa. He has one child —
THE LEONARD FAMILY OF SPRINGFIELD. 301
489. Carrie B.* b. at Wellsville, N. Y., 1856.
490. Erastus R., 7 b. 1822 ; m. Elizabeth Ferry, Feb. 4, 1862. He is a farmer;
lives in Wellsville, N. Y.
491. Margaret T., 7 b. 1831.
492. Maria, 7 b. 1832 ; m. Frederic Osborne, Feb. 20. 1851.
493. Wesley B., 7 b. 1835 ; unm. ; is a lawyer at Mauch Chunk, Pa.
The above are now living, 1863. Six others, whose names have
not been reported, died in infancy.
356.
EBENEZER WHEELER LEONARD, 6 (David," David* Ben-
jamin? Benjamin? John, 1 ) brother of the preceding; b. 1797; m. 1,
Christiana Jones. 2, .
They reside in Enfield, Tompkins Co., N. Y. His children are, by
first wife —
494. Richard. 7 495. Harriet. 7
496. A younger daughter, name not known.
357.
RODNEY LEONARD, 6 (Seth, b David* Benjamin, 3 Benjamin?
John, 1 ) eldest son of Seth* and Rebecca (Smith) Leonard of West
Springfield; b. Sept. 16, 1793; m. Aratine Leonard [331], who
d. March 31, 1861. Their children were—
498. Rufus, 7 b. March 12, 1823 ; m. Ellen Ainsworth.
499. Joseph, 7 b. Sept. 29, 1824.
500. Ann, 7 b, July 15, 1826 ; m. Henry D. Shaw. Reside in Cleveland, Ohio.
501. Sarah, 7 b. June 14, 1829 ; m. Theodore Ludington.
502. Sophronia, 7 b. Feb. 11, 1831 ; m. John H. Shaw.
503. Mary, 7 b. Oct. 24, 1832 ; d. Feb. 21, 1834.
504. Mary C., 7 b. Oct. 18, 1834 ; d. Dec. 1838.
505. John, 7 b. May 30, 1837 ; d. Sept. 1838.
506. Jay, 7 b. May 25, 1840; a private in Co. G, of 37th Regiment Massachu-
setts Volunteers.
358.
. CLARISSA LEONARD, 6 (Seth? David* Benjamin, 3 Benjamin, 2
John, 1 ) sister of the preceding ; b. Jan. 14, 1795 ; m. Charles Corey,
1818. She d. in Kansas, Sept. 1859.
Her children were —
507. Charles B. (Corev), b. 1819; m. 1, Lucinda Holmes. 2, . Still
living, 1863, in Mystic, Ct.
508. Albert (Corey), b. ; m. Elizabeth Pratt; lives in Kansas, 1863.
509. George (Corey), b. ; m. Mary Baker. He d. in California.
510. Newton (Corey), b. ; was burned to death when young.
361.
SAMUEL SMITH LEONARD, 6 (Seth* David* Benjamin, 3 Ben-
jamin," John, 1 ) brother of the preceding; b. in West Springfield, June
29, 1801 ; m. in Bolton, March 25, 1824, Adeline Eliza Newton,
dau. of Haven and Betsey Newton of that place. She d. Oct. 29,
1859.
He has resided in Bolton, Brattleboro', Vt., Millbury, and Wor-
cester. He was a hatter by trade; but in August, 1840, established
302 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
"Leonard's Express," between Worcester and Boston, which has been
successfully conducted till the present time, by himself and his sons.
Twelve or thirteen years since, he was afflicted with partial blindness,
which at length became total ; not being able now to distinguish night
from day. He has taken much interest in the Genealogy of the
Leonard Family, and to him and his daughter, Mrs. Humphreys, the
compiler is indebted for a considerable portion of the information exhib-
ited in this Memoir.
His children have been —
511. tSiimuel Haven, 7 b. July 10, 1825; m. Lucy E. Putnam.
512. tAugusta Eliza, 7 b. Jan". 15, 1827 ; m. Richard G. E. Humphreys.
513. Frederic Seth, 7 b. Sept. 23, 1828 ; m. Ruth A. Colby, May 5, 1853. He
is at present, the chief director of " Leonard's Express." He has one
child—
514. Eliza Augusta, 9 b. March 18, 1854.
515. John Smith, 7 b. Dec. 28, 1830. He was a young man of high promise.
He went to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the purpose of introducing the
Magnetic Telegraph into that country ; and was the bearer of despatches
relating to this matter to the Brazilian government from their minister
at Washington ; but eleven days after he landed he fell a victim to
yellow fever, March 3, 1850, a. 19 years, and 3 months. He was car-
ried to his grave at the hour which had been appointed for the audience
with the officers of the government, to explain the object of his mission.
362.
SOPHIA LEONARD, 6 {Seth? David* Benjamin? Benjamin?
John?) sister of the preceding; b. Oct. 28, 1803; m. in Brattleboro',
Vt., 1827, Joshua B. Tyler. She d. Dec. 13, 1843, a. 40.
Her children were —
516. Joshua D. (Tyler), b. 1829; m. Jennie Lathrop of Springfield, Mass.
Living in Cleveland, Ohio, 1863.
517. George (Tyler), ; d. Sept. 25, 1833, a. 7 months.
365.
ANNA LEONARD, 6 (Seth? Devoid? Benjamin? Benjamin? John?)
sister of the preceding; b. Feb. 11, 1809; m. Nov. 2, 1828, Enoch
Brown of Hancock, N. Y.
They resided in Almond, N. Y. He was a prominent man in that
place; was a Justice of the Peace some years. He d. May 20, 1851.
Their children have been —
518. Joel (Brown), b. April 30, 1830 ; m. Mary Wilcox, January, 1852.
519. Francis (Brown), b. May 2, 1832; in the Eighty-Seventh Indiana Regi-
ment of Volunteers, Company G.
520. George M. (Brown), b. Sept. 26, 1834.
521. Albert L. (Brown), b. July 27, 1838. At the call of his country he entered
its military service ; then residing in Jefferson County, Pa. He enlisted
as a private in the Eleventh Regiment of Pennsylvania Reserves, Corn-
puny K. He was in the army of the Potomac, June, 1862, in the severe
battles before Richmond, in one of which he was taken prisoner. After
being exchanged, he was in the f^reat battle of Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862,
where he was wounded in the thigh, placed in an ambulance, and sent
to the rear. He has never been seen or heard from, since that time.
The First Lieutenant of the Company — the Captain being killed — wrote
to his mother that he was one of the best soldiers in the army, universally
beloved, and sadly missed. He was a dutiful and affectionate sou to his
widowed mother.
THE LEONARD FAMILY OF SPRINGFIELD. 303
366
ALFRED E. LEONARD, 6 (Set/** David,* Benjamin, Benjamin?
John, 1 ) youngest child of Seth 5 and Rebecca (Smith) Leonard; b. in
West Springfield, Nov. 2, 1811 ; m. Mary Andrews, Jan. 1, 1834.
He d. Sept. 7, 1849, a. 38. His children were —
522. Anna Rebecca,'!' b. Oct. 20, 1836; d. Feb. 20, 1837.
523. Anna Rebecca, 7 b. Feb. 27, 1838 ; d. March 10, 1842.
524. Alfred Edward, 7 b.May 7, 1842 ; in the First Connecticut Battery.
525. Mary Emetine - ; 7 b. Aug. 23, 1844; in. Aug. 1862, Charles Bu'rnham, of
Hebron, Ct., who is in the First Connecticut Battery.
374
CHARLES INGERSOLL LEONARD, 6 (Pliny? Pliny, 4 Benja-
min? Benjamin? John, 1 ) son of Pliny 3 and Margaret (Fowler) Leon-
ard; b. July 8, 1811 ; m. Mary Ann Utley, of Chesterfield.
Their children were —
526. Charles Ingersoll, 7 b. Mav I, 1845 ; d. March 1, 1846.
527. Charles Edward, 7 b. Jan.'29, 1847 ; d. 1847.
528. Emma Estella, 7 b. May 9, 1850.
376.
FREDERIC NUMA LEONARD, 6 (Pliny? Pliny? Benjamin*
Benjamin? John, 1 ) brother of the preceding; b. Dec. 31, 1818; m.
1, Mary Ann Brown, Dec. 1, 1849. She d. May 8, 1851. 2, Jane
Cady, Nov. 26, 1857.
His children were, by first wife —
529. Mary Ann Brown, 7 b. April 30, 1851.
By second wife —
530. Alice M., 7 b. Oct. 10 ; 1858.
531. Archer F., 7 b. Aug. 7, 1860.
414.
JOSIAH LEONARD, 6 (Josiah? Renben? Josiah? Josiah? John?)
son of Josiah 5 and Elizabeth (Hilliard) Leonard; b. Sept. 22, 1779;
m. Nov. 19, 1801, Freelove Case, b. Sept. 2, 1780, dau. of Elihu,
and gr. dau. of Reuben Case, who came from Simsbury, Ct., to Kings-
borough, N. Y. See p. 305, note.
They resided in Kingsborough, N. Y. He d. Oct. 12, 1852. She
d. Nov. 29, 1842.
Their children were —
532. Minerva, 7 ; d. in infancy.
533. Willard, 7 b. June 6, 1804; m. I, Aug. 26, 1829, Sarah Chcadel, dau. of
Doct. Elijah and Anne (Wilson) Chcadel of Kingsboro'. Dr. Cheadel
was son of Benjamin Chcadel of Norwalk, Ct. ; b. there, 1762 ; he came
to Kingsboro' about 1795, and was a physician there, over 40 years.
She lived but a few months after marriage. 2, Oct. 2, 1834, Maria
V. Arnold, dau. of Benedict Arnold of Amsterdam, N. Y. After her
death, .he went to California, and married a third time. Children by
second wife —
534. Benedict Arnold* 535. Mary. 6
536. Harriet, 7 ; unm.; living, in 1863.
537. Elihu Case, 7 ; d. young.
30-4 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
538. Freelove Sophronia, 7 ; m. James Root, from Southington, Ct. ; had
one child ; parents and child are now deceased.
539. Josiah A., 7 d. in infancy.
540. Elijah II., 7 d. in infancy.
541. Jane, 7 ; d. young.
542. Ann Cornelia, 7 b. March 22, 1819; m. May 21, 1839, Elias Gilbert Burr,
b. July 23, 1808, son of Elijah Burr of Kingsborough. She is now a
widow, 1863. Children—
543. Willard Romanzo (Burr); m. March 4, 1863, to Jerusha
Wooster. They live in Kingsborough.
544. Remus Delos (Burr).
545. Marcellus Gilbert (Burr).
546. Amelia Philena (Burr).
547. Mary Freelove (Burr).
548. Josiah Leonard (Burr).
549. Amelia Clotilda, 7 in. Dewitt Smith, b. Oct. 28, 1814, son of Samuel
Smith, who came from New Jersey to Gloversville. Some years after
her death, he m. her cousin, Anna (Leonard) Hayes [578].
550. Elvira E., 7 ; d. young.
415.
DANIEL LEONARD, 6 {Josiah? Reuben* Josiah? Josiah? John, 1 )
brother of the preceding; b. Oct. 19, 1781; m. 1, Polly Kellogg
of New Hartford, N. Y., who d. April 21, 1808. 2, April 23, 1809,
Mary Easton, b. Aug. 22, 1789. She d. at Fulton City, Illinois, on a
visit to her son, Josiah. in May or June, 1861.
He settled in Kingsborough, N. Y., and passed most of his life there ;
now resides in Gloversville, N. Y.
His children were, by first wife —
551. Margaret, 7 ; unm. ; d. Aug. 18, 1838.
552. Horace Kellogg, 7 b. May 22, 1806; m. Minerva Jocelyn. They live in
Iowa. Children —
553. Minerva. 8 555. Daniel. 8
554. Josiah. 8 556. Josephine. 8
557. Frederic, Webster, 7 ; m. Emily Newton. Children —
558. Ann M'iry. 8 560. Frances. 8
559. Eliza Neivton. 8 561. Hiram. 8
By second wife —
562. Edward, 7 b. March 16, 1810; m. March 27, 1832, Clarissa Bri-gs, b.
Nov. 15, 1810, dau. of Korah Briggs of Kingsborough. He has thus
far resided in Gloversville, where he was a manufacturer of Deerskin
gloves. Children —
563. Mary Elizabeth 8 m. William Ransom Port. They reside at
Prairie du Chicn, Wisconsin. -■
564. Edward 8 ; d. young.
565. Reuben Smith 8 b. June 29, 1838.
566. Edward Payson 8 b. July 2, 1840 ; d. June 2, 1845.
567. Polly, 7 b. Sept. 23, 1811 ; m. Rev. Stephen W. Champlin, a Lutheran
minister in Poplar Grove, Illinois. She d. at her brother Josiah's house
in Fulton City, 111., April 10, 1861. Children—
568. Edward Leonard (Champlin). 571. Peter Staats (Champlin).
569. Margaret (Champlin). 572. MaryFiddia (Champlin).
570. Elvira (Champlin). 573. Anna (Champlin).
574. Elizabeth, 7 b. Dec. 5, 1813: m. Samuel Jennison Giles. For their
family, see p. 90, of this volume.
575. Josiah, 7 b. April 15, 1816; m. 1, Sarah Parsons of Northampton. Mass.
2, Mary Smith. 3, Eliza Isham. He grad. Union Coll. Studied the
full course of Theology at Union Theol. Seminary, in New -York City,
and is now, April, 1863, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, in Fulton
City, 111. Children by second wife —
THE LEONARD FAMILY OF SPRINGFIELD. 305
576. James Roosevelt. 8 577. Mary. 8
578. Anna, 7 b. Dec. 24, 1817 ; m. 1, Newton Hayes of Earleville, Chenango
Co., N. Y. 2, Dewitt Smith of Gloversville [549]. No children.
579. tDaniel, 7 b. Feb. 20, 1821 ; m. Sarah A. Smith of Hanover, N. H.
580. Mareellus Gilbert, 7 b. May 20, 1823 ; m. Mary Root of Burlington, Vt. He
conducts a private banking establishment in Belvidere, 111. Children —
581. Gertrude* 582. Jessie. 8
416.
MIRIAM LEONARD, 8 (Josiah? Reuben* Josiah,* Josiah, 2 John, 1 )
sister of the preceding; b. Feb. 21, 1784; m. Jonathan Hosmer.
They lived in Kingsborough, N. Y. She d. Feb. 18, 1840. He d.
about the same time. Their children were —
583. Rufus Leonard (Hosmer), m. 1, 1835, Mary Giles Lounsbery, b. March 20,
1813, dan. of Henry Dubois and Mary (Giles) Lounsbery, and grand
dau. of Dea. Samuel Giles. See p. 82, of this volume. 2, Mary Ann
Mills of Gloversville. He is living, 1863. No children.
584. Belden (Hosmer), b. Aug. 24, 1810; m. May 13, 1834, Margaret Case, b.
March 12, 1813, dau. of Ira Case of Kingsborough. He had three
children, all of whom d. young. He d. Dec. 15, 1845. She is still
living.
585. Alanson (Hosmer), b. Ang. 28, 1813; m. 1, Martha Parsons, daughter of
Oliver and Clarinda (Beach) Parsons of Governeur, St. Lawrence Co.,
N.Y. 2, Feb. 4, 1840, Mary A. Saxton, b. Feb. 20, 1820. He is deceased.
He had by second wife — James Sexton; Frances M., (deceased); Mary
A.; Emerson B., (deceased) ; Frances B.
586. Elizabeth (Hosmer), b. Feb. 16, 1816; m. May 30, 1836, Horatio L.
Burr, b. Sept. 19, 1810, son of James and Amaryllis (Mills) Burr,
and grandson of Nathaniel Burr, who emigrated from Connecticut, and
settled in Kingsborough, about 1790. She d. Dec. 19, 1848, without
issue.
417.
ELIZABETH LEONARD, 6 (Josiah* Reuben* Josiah? Josiah?
John, 1 ) twin sister of the preceding; b. Feb. 21, 1784; m. Dec. 28,
1803, Darius Case, b. March 30, 1782; son of Deacon Darius, and
grandson of Deacon Reuben Case, who came from Simsbury, Ct., to
Kingsborough, N. Y.*
They resided in Kingsborough, where she d. Sept. 26, 1824. After
her death, he m. 2, Sept, 13, 182G, Amelia Potter, who d. April
20, 1829. 3, Feb. 25, 1830, Sophia Boylston, who was b. Nov. 5,
1793, and d. Dec. 16, 1857. 4, July 15, 1862, Hannah Becker. Mr.
Case died March 30, 1863.
The children of Darius and Elizabeth (Leonard) Case were —
587. Nancy (Case), b. March 19, 1806 ;'m. Oct 16, 1838, Daniel Smith Tarr.
She d. April 25, 1846. For their family see p. 93, of this volume.
* Deacon Reuben Case and his sons Reuben, Ashbel, Darius, Elihu, and Allen,
came from Wintonbury, Ct., and settled in Kingsborough, N. Y., or its vicinity,
not far from the year 1790. Wintonbury is now the town of Bloomfield. It
was a precinct composed of contiguous positions of lFi'«dsor, Farmingfon, and
Simsbury ; hence the name, compounded in Connecticut fashion. The Case family
were from the Simsbury portion.
Dea. Reuben Case died soon after the removal, at an advanced age. His son
Darius, m. Nov. 21, 1779, Hephzibah Foote, 6 b. Feb. 1, 1762, dan. of Samuel
Foote 5 of Simsbury, and a descendant of Nathaniel Foote, 1 one of the first
settlers of Wethersfield, Ct. Dea. Darius Case, son of Dea. Reuben, d. in Kings-
borough, May 23, 1797, a. 49. See p. 92, of this volume.
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•306 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
588. Josiah Leonard (Case), b. March 5, 1808; grad. Union College, 1830;
pursued a full course of Theological study at Andover; ordained pastor
at Kingston, N. H., Oct. 17, 1839; d. there, Nov. 15, 1839, much re-
gretted.
589. Helen (Case), b. Aug. 5, 1810; d. Dec. 23, 1816.
590. Harvey (Case), b. May 16, 1813; d. Nov. 23, 1815.
591. Jason (Case), b. April 26, 1815 ; unra. ; d. Dec. 8, 1862.
418.
ABNER LEONARD, 6 (Josiah,* Reuben* Josiah? Josiah, 2 John, 1 )
brother of the preceding; b. June 4, 1786; m. 1, Cakdace Owen,
who was b. Aug. 14, 1789. 2, Dec. 18. 1839, Susan (Steele) Mills,
widow of Philo Mills, who d. of a casualty, Dec. 30, 1835, and dau.
of Frederic Steele, ,all of Kingsborough. Philo Mills, her first hus-
band, was b. March 28, 1791, son of William C. Mills, b. Aug. 19,
1758, one of the early settlers of Kingsborough. »
They reside in Gloversville. His children were, by first wife —
592. Candace Electa, 7 b. Sept. 5, 1807 ; unm ; d. July 6, 1828.
593. Aimer Hilliard, 7 b. July 7, 1810 ; d. Dec. 27, 1810.
594. Josiah Clinton, 7 b. July 31, 1813 ; m. 1, Mary Case, dau. of Elihu Case
of Kingsborough. 2, Mariette Heacock, dau. of Philander Heacock.
Lives in Kingsborough, a manufacturer of deer-skin gloves. Children —
595. Marion, 8 (dau.) ; m. Decker.
596. Willard. 8
597. Elizabeth, 7 ; m. Augustus Cheadel, son of Doctor Elijah and Ann
(Wilson) Cheadel of Kingsborough.
598. Jason Stilhvell, 7 b. March 10, 1818; m. Mary Cheadel, dau. of Doctor
Elijah Cheadel. They live in New York City. Children —
599. Ann Cheadel.' 1 600. Aimer. 8
601. Hiram Marcellus, 7 b. Jan. 12, 1821 ; m. Roxana Stanley. Is a Glove Man-
ufacturer in Gloversville. Children —
602. Candace. 8 603. Amelia. 8
604. Eloisa Andalusia, 7 b. Dec. 1 5, 1823 ; m. Darius Case Mills, son of Wil-
liam T. and Polly (Case) Mills, and grandson of William C. Mills,
already mentioned. They have —
605 ." Celia A ndalusia ("Mills).
606. Willard Darius (Mills), b. July 9, 1849 ; d. Feb. 1850.
607. Elcina Frances (Mills), b. Aug. 6, 1851.
608. Edward Hiram (Mills), b. Aug. 24, 1853.
609. Harriet (Mills), b. July 10, 1855 ; d. Feb. 4, 1856.
610. Leonard Case (Mills), b. Jan. 12, 1857.
611. William Ellison (Mills), b. April 28, 1859.
612. Charles Owen (Mills), b. Dec. 19, 1861.
613. Harriet Electa, 7 b. Jan. 15,1830; in. William Ellison. He is deceased.
They had —
614. Augusta (Ellison).
419.
HARVEY LEONARD, 6 (Josiah* Reuben* Josiah? Josiah, 2 John, 1 )
sixth son of Josiah 5 and Elizabeth (Hilliard) Leonard of Kingsborough,
N. Y., b. Feb. 10, 1790 ; m. 1, Olive Beach, dau. of Amos and Olive
(Carrington) Beach. For further particulars respecting her father's
family, see p. 82, of this volume. 2, Eliza Johnson. She"is deceased.
He lives in Chicago. His children, all by first wife, were —
615. Austin, 7 ; m. Charlotte Rood. Both are deceased. Children —
616. Ann Eliza. 8
617. William Rood. 8
618. Selina, 7 ; unm. Lives with her sister, Mrs. Burton.
619. Louisa, 7 ; m. Feb. 14, 1837, Zina Case, b. Feb. 25, 1815, son of Ira,
THE LEONARD FAMILY OF SPRINGFIELD. 307
and grandson of Elihu Case, and gr. grandson of Reuhen Case, who
came to Kingsborough from Simsburv, Ct. She d. Feb. 19, 1849.
620. Esther, 7 b. June 7, 1819 ; m. June 23, 1840, Elisha L. Burton, b. in Charles-
town, N. Y., Sept. 29, 1816 ; a prominent member of the Congregational
Church, in Gloversville, and for ten years the efficient superintendent of
its Sabbath School. He died much regretted, Julv, 1862. Children —
621. Willard (Barton).' 622. Louisa (Burton).
623. Henry, 7 ; m. Matilda Devoe. He d. 1850, without issue.
624. Olive Cordelia, 7 b. July 31, 1825; m. Feb. 3, 1846, Dennis S.Frank.
They live in Gloversville. Children —
625. Helen (Frank). 626. Louisa (Frank). 627. Selina (Frank).
SEVENTH GENERATION.
430.
SAMUEL LEONARD, 7 (Aribert, 6 Samuel,' Samuel,* Samuel, 3
Joseph, 2 John, 1 ) son of Aribert 6 and Experience Leonard; b. Dec. 29,
17y c J ; m. Harriet Comstock.
He killed his wife with an axe, and cut his own throat, Dec. 14, 1825.
Their children were —
628. Samuel, 8 b. 181* ; m. 1841, Mary I. Bosworth. Children—
629. Samuel Bosworth, 9 b. Nov. 16, 1844.
630. Mary Elizabeth 9 b. July, 1847 ; d. June 13, 1850.
631. Charles, 8 b. March 10, 1821.
632. Orville, 8 b. Feb. 7, 1823 ; m. 1, . 2, Emily Shumway of Worcester.
Captain ; of Boston.
633. Delia, 8 b. Nov. 10, 1824.
634. Julia Ann, 8 b. ; m. Henry of Chester.
635. Harriet, 8 b. ; m. Probus Moore. Reside in Chester.
636. Delia. 8 "
432.
DANIEL MERRICK LEONARD, 7 (Aribert? Samuel," Samuel*
Samuel, 3 Joseph, 2 John, 1 ) brother of the preceding; b. June 28, 1792 ;
m. 18*19, Diana Leonard, 7 b. Jan. 14, 1798, dau. of Roswell 6 and
Diana Leonard [441]. She d. June 15, 1849, a. 51 years, 5 months,
1 day.
Their children were —
637. Frances, 8 ; m. Ralph Adams.
638. Daniel Merrick. 8
639. George. 8
433.
. FRANCIS LEONARD, 7 (Aribert, 6 Samuel,' Samuel, 4 Samuel 3
Joseph, 2 John, 1 ) brother of the preceding; b. July 12, 1795; m. Lois
Burns, 1820.
Their children were —
640. Betsey, 8 ; m. Samuel Hubbard of Springfield.
641. Francis Albert. 8
642. William. 8
440.
CYRUS LEONARD, 7 [Roswell, 6 George? Joseph* Joseph, 3 Joseph?
John 1 ) son of Roswell 6 and Diana (Kent) Leonard; b. Feb. 8, 1796;
308 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
m. Dec. 11, 1817, Bede Day, 6 dau. of Edmund 5 and Bede (Hitchcock)
Bay of West Springfield.
Their children were —
643. Charles, 8 ; m. Semantha Norton, Nov. 6, 1841. Child—
644. Caroline?
645. Jane. 8
646. Maria, 8 ; m. Dewey.
647. Caroline. 8
648. Julia Ann. 8
649. Cyrus. 8
442.
JOSEPH LEONARD, 7 (Rosioell* George," Joseph, 4 Joseph, 3 Joseph, 2
John, 1 ) brother of the preceding; b. about 1800; m. Catharine
Granger of Suffield, Ct., published March 18, 1822.
Their children were —
650. Joseph, 8 b. Oct. 26, 1829.
651. Henry. 8
652. Maria. 8
653. Edward Joseph, 8 ) . .
654. Joseph Edward, 8 J ™ 1US -
fill.
Col. SAMUEL HAVEN LEONARD, 7 (Samuel S.,< Seth,' David,*
Benjamin, 3 Benjamin? John, 1 ), eldest son of Samuel S. 6 and Adeline
E. Leonard; b. in Bolton, July 10, 1825; m. in Worcester, Jan. 4,
1840, Lucy E. Putnam of Worcester.
He joined the "-Worcester Guards" in 1845, as a private, at the
age of twenty. He rose through nearly all the intermediate offices to
the rank of Brigadier General. He was in command of the Fifth
Brigade of Massachusetts Volunteer Militia several years. He removed
to Boston in 1859, and through his influence the Old City Guards (of
Boston, formed in 1821) became a Rifle Company, which was soon
increased to a Rifle Battalion, of which, in April, 1861, he was chosen
Major. On the 25th of May, the Battalion, consisting of 350 young
men, mostly from the stores and counting-rooms of the city, and averaging
less than twenty-three years of age, were sent to Fort Independence, in
Boston Harbor, to garrison that place. Here they remained till, by the
addition of six more companies from towns in the vicinity of Boston,
they were organized as the Thirteenth Regiment of Massachusetts
Volunteers, in the service of the United States. Major Leonard then
became its Colonel ; N. Walter Batchelder of Boston, Lieutenant Col.,
and Jacob Parker Gould of Stoneham, Major. See page 180 of this
volume.
On the 29th of July, 1861, they left Boston for the seat of war, the
streets being thronged with multitudes to witness their departure.*
* They were regarded as the flower of the Massachusetts troops. An incident,
which occurred while they were in New York, is worthy of record, as it shows the
substantial character of the men composing the regiment. After arriving in the
city, at 10 A. M. of July 30, they were dismissed till dinner-time, and were soon
scattered about the city, viewing the sights of the great metropolis. Col. Leonard
was advised to keep his men within the Park, if he wanted to find them when the
hour for departure arrived. " ISo," said he, " I can trust every one of them ; they
may go where they please, and I guarantee that every one will be in his place,
sober, at the appointed time." His words were true.
THE LEONARD FAMILY OF SPRINGFIELD. 309
They passed through New York, Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Pa., and
Hagerstown, Md., and were ordered to guard the Upper Potomac. In
October, Col. Leonard was placed in command of a body of 3500 troops,
as acting Brigadier- General, at William sport, Md., and was charged,
during the ensuing winter, with the duty of guarding a length of one
hundred miles along the Potomac river. This duty required the utmost
care, prudence, and vigilance, and there was skirmishing almost daily ;
the enemy making many attempts to cross the river, or firing from the
opposite shore.
The first battle in which the Thirteenth bore an active part was that
of Cedar Mountain, August 9, 1862. Here the lives of many of his
men were saved by Col. Leonard's prudent forethought. It was a
bright moonlight evening, and while they were marching in the face of
the enemy, he ordered his men to trail arms and cover bayonets. The
consequence was, that they were not seen by the enemy; while the
other regiments were fired upon and lost many of their men.
Col. Leonard was soon afterwards engaged in those severe marches
and battles which occurred about the end of August, under Pope and
McDowell. Fatigue and exposure brought on his old complaint, the
rheumatism, to such a degree that on the night before the last of those
battles, he was unable to move. He was placed in an ambulance ; and
the next day, not willing to be separated from his regiment at such a
time, he was carried in that vehicle around the field while the battle
was raging. He says, in a letter, — " It made my heart bleed to see my
men, in whom I had taken so much pride, and whom I had loved -so
well, mowed down like grass, while I could not be with them."
At the battle of Fredericksburg, December 18, 1862, Col. Leonard's
regiment were deployed as skirmishers, and fired the first gun. During
the battle, the general of the brigade was wounded, and Col. Leonard
took command of the brigade,- and has been in command of it most of
the time since. During some weeks he was in command of the Second
Division. He was in the battle of Chancellorsville, May 1 and 2, 1863.
He is now the Senior Colonel of the Army of the Potomac.
While this sheet is passing through the press, it is announced that
Col. Leonard was wounded at the commencement of the great battle of
Gettysburg, July 1, 1863.
Previously to joining the army, he was one of the proprietors of
" Leonard's Express," between Worcester and Boston.
His children are —
655. John Smith, 8 b. July 26, 1852.
656. Samuel Haven, 8 b. Jan. 29. 1856.
657. Mary Adeline,* b. Feb. 8, 1858.
512.
AUGUSTA ELIZA LEONARD, 7 (Samuel S.,* Seth? David,* Benja-
min, 3 Benjamin? John, 1 ) sister of the preceding; b. Jan. 15, 1827 ; m.
in Worcester, Dec. 28, 1846, Richard G. E. Humphrys of New
York City.
She resides with her father, in Worcester. Her children are —
658. George Bowen (Humphrys), b. Nov. 23, 1847 ; d. Feb. 1, 1849.
659. Kate Leonard (Humphry's), b. Nov. 13, 1849.
660. Hattie Bowen (Humphrys), b. Aug. 9, 1853.
310 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
579.
DANIEL LEONARD/ (Daniel? Josiah? Reuben* Josiah? Josiah?
John, 1 ) son of Daniel 6 and Mary (Easton) Leonard; b. in Kings-
borough, N. Y., Feb. '2b, 1822; m. at Hanover, N. IL, June 8, 1846,
Sarah A. Smith.
He removed, in 1844, to Belvidere, Illinois, where he was engaged
first in mercantile business, afterwards in, private banking. In 1856,
he removed to Dubuque, Iowa, where he still resides, 1863, engaged
in the hardware business.
His children, all born in Belvidere, have been —
661. Flora A., 8 b. Feb. 10, 1850 ; d. Dec. 6, 1855.
662. Sarah L., 8 b. Dec. 7, 1851 ; d. Dec. 9, 1855.
663. Jennie E., 8 b. Oct. 9, 1853.
664. Carrie A.,* b. Feb. 7, 1856.
Notes on the preceding Memoir, pp. 280-282.
Hon. George Bliss of Springfield delivered an Historical Address at the opening of
the Town Hall in that town (now city), March 24, 1828. This Address has come
into my hands since the foregoing was printed. In that Address, he says that in
the ancient records of Springfield, " the year is considered as beginning on the 22d
of March ; April, however, being reckoned as the first month."
I incur no risk in saying that this statement of Mr. Bliss is wholly erroneous. In
those early times, March was always reckoned as the first month. All who are
intimately conversant with early records, know this to b.e the fact, September was
the seventh month, as the etymology of the word unequivocally denotes.
Moreover, the year anciently began on the 25th of March, the Conception of our
blessed Lord and Saviour; not on the 22d, which was the vernal equinox.
These remarks are made to vindicate the correctness of the dates given ("by the
present writer) of the births of the children of John Leonard 1 of Springfield,
p. 281.
John Leonard, 1 I now understand, came to Springfield, not in 1636, as stated
on p. 280, but in 1639. John Keep, husband of his daughter Sarah, came thither in
1660. Thomas Miller, husband of his daughter Rebecca [14], was killed by the
Indians, October 5, 1675. Of course, their marriage must have been previous to
that time, or there is a mistake in the person. Thomas Miller and Lieut. Thomas
Cooper went out, on the morning of October 5, 1675, from the village of Spring-
field, to make a reconnoissance of the Indian fort and settlement in that neighborhood ;
information having been received that a body of hostile Indians had been admitted
into that fort the evening before. As these two men approached, they were fired
upon and killed. An assault upon Springfield immediately followed; another man
and a woman were killed; about thirty dwelling-houses and twenty-five barns were
destroyed ; great suffering, alarm, and distress followed.
Instead of " Dea. Lamberton Cooper" [33], pp. 282, 285, read "Dr. Lamberton
Cooper." He was of the portion of Springfield which is now the town of Aga-
wam.
THE LINDALL FAMILY.
PRELIMINARY REMARKS,
The name Lindall is supposed to be compounded of two Anglo-
Saxon, or rather Anglo-Danish words, — tin, signifying a brook, (Webster
says it is Celtic, for water-fall, or mtaract) and da!, a valley, whence
our word dale. The meaning — for all names were at first significant —
would therefore be, if expressed in modern English, Broohdale. Com-
pare Eskdale, Tweeddale, Teesdale, Teviotdale, &c. The family probably
took the name of the locality where they resided. This was often done,
at the institution of surnames.
Some diversity has been noticed in the spelling of the name. In this
country, during the first two generations and a part of the third, we
commonly find Lyndall, once or twice Lindale, also Lendall. Fifteen
or twenty years after the commencement of the eighteenth century,
Lindall became prevalent, and other modes of writing the name went
out of use.
The name appears never to have been of frequent occurrence, either
in England, or in America. It is not found in Burke's General Armory —
that immense collection of English names ; but in a late London Direc-
tory, Lyndall appears several times.
The author of the sixty-second Hymn of Worcester's selection, ap-
pended to the common editions of Watts's Hymns, was Lyndall. The
Hymn begins —
"Jesus, I know, hath died for me."
Of the author of this hymn I have no information.
Lenihall is probably a variation of this name. Mr. Robert Lenthall
was a minister in Weymouth, near Boston, in 1637. He preached
there about a year and a half; his ministry was not a pleasant or useful
one ; he left that place early in 1 640 ; went to Newport, R. I., where
he preached over a year, and in 1642 returned to England. Edmund
Lenthall, Esq., married Susanna, the daughter of Sir William Brereton,
a member of the Massachusetts Company, who had a claim of land
under Gorges, and sent over families to settle, though he never came to
this country. William Lenthall was Speaker of the renowned Long
Parliament, during its entire continuance, from 1640 to 1653, and his
name is forever identified with its proceedings. Carlyle calls him an
" old Roman."
Robert Lendall, aged 20, was a passenger for Virginia, Aug. 1635.
The ensuing Memoir records the descendants of James Lindall, 1
who was of Duxbury, 1640. There were others of the name in the
312 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
Second Generation of New England people. I cannot trace any
connection between them and the family of the Duxbury settler. But
as I for a long time supposed them to be of this family, and made what
researches I could into their history, I will here exhibit the result of
my inquiries.
James Lindall resided in Boston from 1675, and doubtless from
an earlier date, to 1684. He was a "shop-keeper" there, and his
wife's name was Susanna.. It is not improbable that he was a nephew
of James Lindall 1 of Duxbury; although I have found no evidence of
the fact. He could not have been a son of James 1 of Duxbury : 1. Be-
cause he is not named in the will of the latter ; 2. Because he is not
named in the Family Record of Deacon James Lindall 3 of Salem, of
which more will be said by-and-by.
1675. Dec. 3. James Lindall of Boston was impressed for the mili-
tary service, in the time of " Philip's War," but hired a man to serve in
his stead. Notwithstanding this, we find him a soldier in the company
commanded by Capt. James Oliver of Boston, in the sanguinary fight
at the Narragansett Fort, where he was wounded, December 19, 1675.
[Mass. Archives. Also, see Drake's History of Boston, p. 414.
1680-1. Feb. 10. Joseph'Brisco of Boston sells to James Lindall
of Boston, a parcel of land, with a tenement thereon, on the Highway
or Broad Street leading to the southerly end of Boston. [Suffolk
Deeds, 12:19.
1684. June 12. James Lendall of Boston makes his will. It was
proved September, 1684; recorded, Sufi'. Prob. 6:170. He mentions
wife Susanna, daughter Elizabeth, and son James, and gives to each
one third of his estate.
1684. Sept. 22. Susanna Lendall, widow and executrix of the Will
of James Lendall of Boston, shopkeeper, deceased, for £41 current
money of New England, sells to John Maryon, Senior, of Boston, cord-
wainer, the property above described, shop, kitchen, &c. [Suffolk
Deeds, 13 : 181.
In 1692, we find "Susanna Lyndall, shopkeeper, now Jacobs."
The children of James and Susanna Lindall, b. in Boston, were —
Elizabeth, b. July 16, 1680; m. John Pitts of Boston, Sept. 10, 1697. He was
a substantial citizen of Boston. I suppose that from him Pitts Street, formerly
Pitts Lane, took its name.
James, b. May 28, 1684. He was of Boston; a "merchant"; whether he was
married, does not appear. He d. 1719-20, as we learn from the ensuing record.
March 14, 1719-20. James Lyndall of Boston, merchant, having lately deceased,
intestate, his brother-in-law John Pitts of Boston, merchant, is appointed
administrator. Inventory taken May 10, 1 720. Amount £7.35.18.11. [Suff.
Prob. 21 : 321, 372.] As" the currency was then depreciated, the actual amount
may be stated at 1360 Spanish milled dollars.
Nothing more is known of the foregoing family.
I find the following on the Boston Records :
"Born, Marcli 14, 1707, Abigail, dan. of Thomas Lyndall and Abigail."
I also find, from Cliarlestown Records, that Elizabeth Lindall, wife of
Augustine Lindall, died there, June 29, 1657.
Thei-e was a Henry Lindall of New Haven, Ct., whose children were
as follows: Mary, bap. July 19, 1646; Sarah, bap. Oct. 29, 1648;
Hannah, b. Jan. 7, 1650-1; Rebecca, bap. Oct. 20, 1652, d. soon;
THE LINDALL FAMILY. 313
Rebecca, b. Oct. 20, 1653; Grace, b. March 81, 165G; Mercy, b. Dec.
18, 1658.
These names I am unable to connect with any other.' They serve
to o-ive notice, however, that there were other persons of the name of
Lindall in the first and second generations of New England people,
besides the family of James Lindall of Duxbury.
In the time of the Revolution. John Lindall and John Lindall,
Jr., both of Manchester, were privates in Capt. White's Company in
the Fifth (Col. Rufus Putnam's) Massachusetts Regiment in the Con-
tinental Army. They enlisted Feb. 13, 1777. John Lindall served
three years. John Lindall, Jun., served 35 months, 18 days. [Mas-
sachusetts Archives.
Dea. Thomas Giles, my uncle, informs me that he once visited a
family of the name of Lindall in Manchester; and he believes there
are people now there of that name.
There were in 1856, three brothers of this name in West Roxbury —
George, Charles, and Horace Lindall. They were natives of that town.
Their father, who was then deceased, was a farmer ; so were these three
sons. Their mother's name was Chamberlain. George was about
forty years of age in 1856. He supplied with milk numerous families
in Roxbury and Jamaica Plain. He was chosen one of the Selectmen
of West Roxbury, March 31, 1859. He is since deceased.
Peter Lindall and Jesse Lindall of St. Louis (brothers, I suppose)
went from Maryland to that city, when it was a small place, perhaps
about the year 1820. They bought much land in and around St. Louis,
at very low prices ; and by the mere, rise of Real Estate, refusing to
sell any of their land, had become very rich in 1852. It is said that
they — especially Peter, who is a bachelor — are very close and penu-
rious ; though a few years before 1852, he gave five hundred dollars to
the Mercantile Library in that city. Jesse is married. The Lindall
House, erected by one of this family, is said to be the largest and most
elegant hotel in the United States ; though it is not yet, 1863, furnished
and occupied.
It is remarkable that the Lindall Family, so eminent and prosperous
in Massachusetts, a century and a half ago, should have become wholly
extinct — as I suppose it has — by the failure of male heirs. There are
many descendants of the family, now living; but they bear other names.
And, except the few individuals whom I have already mentioned, I am
not aware that any person of the name of Lindall is now living on the
American Continent.
FIRST GENERATION.
1.
JAMES LINDALL 1 came from the North of England to this
country, previous to 1640; the precise year has not been ascertained.
From the Family Bible of his grandson, James Lindall of Salem [14],
we learn, not only the fact already stated, that he came from one of
the northern counties, but that he had three sons, James, Caleb, and
314 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
Joshua, who died in England in the time of the Plague, before lie
came to America.*
He was still a young man when he arrived in New England, and
settled in Duxbury in Plymouth Colony. The first record we have of
him is dated April 6, 1640, when John' Phillips and James Lindall had
each a grant of a "Garden Place" upon Stony Brook in Duxburrow,
and four acres of upland al-o upon Stony Brook. He owned land both
in Duxbury and in Marshfield, as appear- from his will. His estate in
Marshfield was near the residence of "William Holmes. See p. 183 of
this volume. In 1G43, James Lindall is named among those in Duxbury
who were "able to bear arms." He was one of the fifty-four inhabitants
of Duxbury, who, in 1645, obtained the additional grant of territory,
which was afterwards (June, 1656) incorporated as the town of Bridge-
water; but did not remove thither. His wife was Mary.
His will is dated August 10, 1652; and was exhibited before the
" Generall Court " holden at Plymouth, March 4. 1 652-3, on the oaths of
Capt. Miles Standish, and Mr. John Alden, who were the witnesses.
In that instrument he gives to wife Mary the use of the house and
land, &c, both at Duxburrow and Marshfield, during her life, provided
she " continue in her widowhood." He gives to his son Timothy a lot
of land "at the new plantation," [afterwards Bridgewater]. He gives
to his daughter Abigail also a lot of land at the new plantation.
When Timothy shall come into possession, after his mother's death, of
the lands at Duxburrow and Marshfield, he shall pay his sister Abigail
one ball' of the value, as estimated by honest and understanding men.
He appoints wife Mary to be executrix, and his "highly and well
beloved friend and neighbour, Constant Southworth," to be supervisor.
[Old Colony Records, Wills, Vol. 1., p. 111.
His inventory is dated October 29, 1652 ; amount £130.
He must have died, therefore, in the interval between August 10 and
October 21), 1652. His wife Mary did not long survive him. She died
before February 8, 1 052-3, when a "Review of the inventory of the
estate of James Lindall was taken, after the decease of Mary Lindall,
his wife." Their children were —
2. fAbigail, 2 b. ; m. Capt. Samuel Wadsworth.
3. tTimothy, 2 b. May 3, 1642 ; m. Mary Verm.
Both of these children were minors at their parents' death, and were
placed by the Court under "the care and tuission of Constant South-
worth," who was an especial friend of their father, James Lindall. j
* Wc shall say more of this Family Bible, when we come to James Lindall f 14].
In the meantime, we will quote, verbatim et literatim, what this Record says of the
earliest members of the Family, of whom it speaks.
"Mr. James Lindall of the County in the North of England
by his wife daughter of had Children James
Caleb Joshua who Died in England in the time of the. Plage
" They came to New England & setled in Duxbury in the Collony of Plymouth
who had Children Abigail marved to Capt Samuell Wadsworth of Milton
"Timothy Lindall Borne May 3 d 1642 (Dyed Jan 6. 1692) maryed to Mary
"Veren Daughter of Mr. Nathaniell Veren who was Born in England son of M r
Philip Veren, who Brought over to Salem 7 sons 2 D."
The Plague raged in London in 1625. Whether this was the time referred to, we
know not.
J Constant Southworth was the son of Constant and Alice Southworth. Con-
stant, the father, died in England, before the emigration. After his death, Alice,
THE LINDALL FAMILY. 315
SECOND GENERATION.
2.
ABIGAIL LINDALL, 2 dau. of James 1 and Mary Lindall ; b.
perhaps in England ; m. Captain Samuel Wadsworth, 2 b. at Dux-
bury, about 1630, youngest son of Christopher Wadsworth, 1 one of the
early Plymouth Pilgrims who settled at Duxbury with Capt. Miles
Standish.*
Samuel Wadsworth first appears at Milton, near Boston, in 1656,
when he took up three hundred acres of land near the centre of that
town. He was interested in obtaining the separation of the town from
Dorchester, and its incorporation in 1662. In the new town, he was
the first captain of the militia, one of the selectmen, a trustee of the
Church, and active in the affairs of the Church. He was very highly
esteemed in the town. He was admitted freeman of the Colony, April
29, 1668.
He was slain in a desperate encounter with the Indians, at Sudbury,
April 21, 1676. As the details of this encounter have been variously
given, and there have been mistakes in the date and some other particu-
lars, the compiler has taken much pains to prepare what he believes
to be a correct statement ; and it now follows : —
On the twenty-sixth of March, 1676, Marlborough was attacked, and
most of the houses burned by the Indians. News of this disaster
having been transmitted to Boston, Capt. Wadsworth, with about
seventy men, was sent to its relief. On the morning of the 20th of
April, the Indians, with a large force, fell upon Sudbury, and burned
several buildings. The inhabitants, however, made a brave resistance,
and, being soon joined by a few soldiers from Watertown, under Capt.
Hugh Mason, they were enabled to keep the savage foe in check for that
day. For Capt. Hugh Mason, see Bond's Watertown, pp. 356, 855.
Information having been sent to Capt. Wadsworth, he hastened
from Marlborough with the greater part of his command, fur the relief
of Sudbury ; leaving a sufficient force, under Lieut. Jacobs', to garrison
"Marlborough. Capt. Samuel Brocklebank, who had been stationed at
the last named town, accompanied him with a small part of his force.
We do not know with accuracy the force which Wadsworth took with
him on this occasion. We suppose 'that he had in all not quite sixty
men. " They marched in the night," says Gookin, " with all the speed
they could ; and being spent and weary with travel and want of rest"
and of food, were ill prepared for the severe encounter of the following
the mother, came to Plymouth, 1623, in the ship Ann; m. Gov. William Bradford,
August 14, 1624, and was the mother of all his children who left posterity, viz.:
William, Mercy, and Joseph. She d. March 26, 1670. Her sons, Constant and
Thomas Southworth, left by her in England, came over in 1628 ; were educated by
Gov. Bradford, and attained to great distinction in the Colonial Government,
particularlv Constant, who was Assistant and Treasurer sixteen years. He died
March 11,* 1678-9.
* Christopher Wadsworth, 1 was an inhabitant of Duxbury, as early as
1632; representative, 1666 and 1667. His will is dated, July 31, 1677.
316 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
day. On the morning of the 21st, when within a mile and a half of
the village of Sudbury, they saw two or three Indians, who had been
sent out as a decoy; and eagerly pursuing them, into a place of thick
woods, they soon found themselves surrounded by a body of the savages,
estimated to be five hundred in number, who had been concealed be-
hind the hills. The Indians immediately began a vehement onset upon
the small and wearied band of Wadsworth. The latter retreated to
a neighboring hill, where, though the odds were ten to one against
them, they maintained themselves in good order all the forenoon,
losing but rive men in four hours, while the Indians lost a great num-
ber. At length, the savages resorted to the expedient of setting fire
to the woods to the windward of the English. The flames, increased
by an exceedingly high wind, spread with great rapidity, and soon drove
Wadsworth and his men from their advantageous position. Exhausted
with their night's march, and with fighting all the former part of the
day, and now thrown into disorder, they were unable longer to resist
the overwhelming force of the enemy ; and all but about twenty were
slain, including Captains Wadsworth and Brocklebank, and Lieutenant
Sharp. Fourteen or fifteen of them took refuge in the mill of Mr.
Noist [Noyes], which was so strongly fortified, that the Indians did
not venture to attack it. They were relieved by a force from Capt.
Prentiss's command, which came the next day to bury the dead. Five
or six were taken alive, and were that night tortured and put to death
by the Indians, in the most cruel manner.*
Never Avas a battle maintained with more spirit against overwhelming
odds ; never were there more valiant and resolute men. As brave
soldiers were they as ever discharged a musket. " Capt. Wadsworth,"
says Gookin, " was a valiant and active man."
The fight continued, according to Judge Sewall, till three in the
afternoon. The enemy's loss was very great. According to the report
of a captive, who afterwards escaped out of their hands, the Indians
confessed that they had one hundred and twenty of their warriors killed
that day. There is no doubt that Philip commanded the Indian force
on this memorable occasion.
A force, partly of cavalry, from Capt. Prentiss's troop of horse, and
partly of friendly Indians under Capt. Hunting, was despatched from
Boston, that afternoon, (April 21,) by General Gookin, on receiving*
tidings that Sudbury was attacked. They reached Sudbury, a march
of eighteen miles, a little after dark, when the Indians had over-
whelmed the devoted band, and had retreated to the west side of Sud-
bury River. They lay on their arms that night. Next morning, April
22, they found the battle-field strewed with the remains of " those two
worthy and pious captains, and thirty-two private soldiers, slain the
day before ;" a sight which made even some of the friendly Indians weep
to behold.
A monument was erected on the scene of this memorable conflict,
by President Wadsworth, son of Capt. Wadsworth. This monument
* Dr. Increase Mather says — " They stripped tliem naked, and caused them to
run the gauntlet, whipping them after a cruel and bloody manner, and then threw
hot ashes upon them ; cut out the flesh of their legs, and' yut tire into their wounds,
delighting to see the miserable torments of wretched creatures. Thus are they
the perfect children of the Devil !"
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THE LINDALL FAMILY. 317
consisted of a slate-stone slab, supported by a tumulus of stones. This
structure having fallen into decay, was replaced in 1852, by a more en-
during one, erected by the concurrent action of the town of Sudbury,
and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It consists of a handsome
granite column, resting on three square blocks of granite, rising one
above another ; the whole being twenty-five or thirty feet in height.
It was inaugurated with appropriate services, November 23, 1852.
There was a military parade, a procession, a prayer by Rev. Linus
H. Shaw, and an address by Hon. George S. Boutwell, then Governor of
the State, followed bv a dinner. The public services were at the Town
Hall.
The existing monument is inscribed —
" In honor of Capt. Samuel Wadsworth of Milton, Capt. Brockle-
bank of Rowley, Lieut. Sharp of Brookline, and twenty-six others,
men of their command, who fell near this spot, 18 April, 1676, while
defending the frontier settlements against the allied Indian forces of
Philip of Pokanoket." 1852.
This inscription, however, and the address of Governor Boutwell,
contain, we think, two errors.
1. With regard to the number of men slain in the encounter at
Sudbury. The monument and the address say, twenty-nine. But
Gookin, who wrote an account of the war, and notices this transaction
very particularly; who had the best opportunity to know the facts,
having despatched a force to the spot on the very afternoon of the '
battle ; says that this force found the next day on the field of conflict
Captains Wadsworth, and Brocklebank, and about thirty-two private
soldiers, making in all, thirty-four.
2. With regard to the date of the action. The monument and the
address say, it took place on the eighteenth of April, 1676. This was
the date on the old monument ; and it has passed unquestioned, because
it was supposed that the son of Capt. Wadsworth, who erected that
monument, must of course know the time of his father's death. But
the old monument was not erected till about sixty years after the fight ;
and there is reason to suppose that the son knew the date no better
than we. It is very probable that he took the date from Hubbard's
History; which though an excellent authority in the general, is not
always accurate in matters of detail. We think Gookin altogether more
reliable in regard to this affair. He says that he, as a military com-
mander, despatched a force to Sudbury, on the afternoon of the fight ;
that the men who were sent lay on their arms in Sudbury, that night ;
and the next day, April 22, found Wadsworth, Brocklebank, and thirty-
two more, lying dead, who had been slain the day before.
Dr. Increase Mather concurs with Gookin, in placing Sudbury fight
on the 21st of April, 1676.
Joseph Pepper of Dorchester was a sergeant under Capt. Wadsworth,
and was killed in the Sudbury fight. The Dorchester Records say he
was killed, April 21, 1676.
Rev. Peter Hobart of Hingham kept a Journal of his times. In that
Journal he says, Sudbury fight took place April 21, 1676.
See this matter fully discussed in the Geneal. Reg., Vol. VII., pp.
221-224.
Mrs. Abigail Wadsworth was living in 1687.
\
318 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
The children of dipt. Samuel and Abigail (Lindall) Wadsworth,
were —
4. Recompense (Wadsworth), (perhaps) ; b. 1659 ; d. July 12, 1G79, only a few
davs before he would have grad. at II. C, in his 21st year. [Savage's
Geneal. Dictionary/
5. Ebenezer (Wadsworth), b. 1661 ; a deacon, of Milton; d. Aug. 1, 1717, a.
56 v., 5 mo. His wife Mary d. March 8, 17.36-7, se. 77.
6. Christopher ( Wadsworth), b. 1663 ; d. at Milton, Dec. 4, 1687, a. 24.
7. Joseph (Wadsworth), of Boston ; m. Hannah .
8. John (Wadsworth), of Milton; m. Elizabeth ; d. about 1733, leaving
an estate, appraised at £7.082, in a depreciated currency.
9. Timothy ( Wads\vorth), of Boston, a gunsmith; member of the Ancient
and Honorable Artillery Co.; m. Susanna ; removed to Kew-
port, R, I.
10. Al.igail (Wadsworth), a minor in 1687.
11. Samuel (Wadsworth), (probably) ; b. 1674; of Milton; a deacon; d. Jan.
31, 1734, se. 60.
12. Benjamin (Wadsworth), b. 1669 ; II. C. 1690; m.Ruth ; was ordained
pastor (colleague with Rev. James Allen), of the First Church in Boston,
Sept. 8, 1696 ; was dismissed from his pastoral charge, June 16, 1725, in
order to become President of Harvard College. He succeeded Hon.
John Leverett, in the Presidency of that institution, and was inaugurated
on Commencement Day, July 7, 1725. Fifty-six years of age when he
accepted, with the greatest reluctance, that honorable position, "his
health began to fail soon after he entered upon its duties, which were
performed to general acceptance, under all the disadvantages of bodily
infirmity. Hisjconduct in their discharge was marked with firmness,
prudence, and judgment. Faithful to every trust, kind to all, calm,
, cautious, moderate, self-possessed, and affectionate, he left a name precious
in his own generation, and highly appreciated in after times." His death,
which occurred March 16, 1737, "was lamented with more than ordinary
demonstrations of sorrow." He was a good classical scholar, a learned
theologian, and a devout Christian. " His mind was distinguished for
strength, rather than brilliancy. His memory was uncommonly reten-
tive ; and though be wrote his sermons with care, he always delivered
them memoriter." It is stated that on all occasions he could quote any
chapter or verse of the Bible, without recurring to the page. His widow
Ruth d. Feb. 17, 1744-5, se. 73.
3.
TIMOTHY LINDALL, 2 son of James 1 and Mary Lindall of Dux-
bury ; b. there, May 3, 1642 ; m. last of Feb. 1672-3, Mary Veren, 3
b. 1648, dau. of Nathaniel Veren, 2 who was b. in England, and was a
son of Philip Veren 1 of Salem, formerly of Salisbury, in Wiltshire.
Philip Veren brought over with him from England, seven sons and two
daughters. lie (Philip) was admitted freeman of the Colony, Sept. 2,
1635. See p. 5, note, of this volume.
Timothy Lindall came to live in Salem, 1660, of which town he was
"admitted an inhabitant," 1661. He was admitted to the First Church,
in Salem, of which the venerable John Higginson was then pastor, July
29, 1677; and admitted a freeman of the Colony, May 8, 1678; the
latter privilege being consequent on the former.*
* The following record throws light on the early ecclesiastical usages of the
Colony.
" 1677. July 29. Mr Lindall, having stood propounded above a moneth, was ad-
mitted unto church membership with consent of y e Brethren on y e Lord's day after
y e Sermon. He, expressing he had not an audible voyce, gave in a paper con-
taining his profession of Fstith and Repentance, desiring it to be read for him, w ch
was done by y e Pastor." [MS. in possession of William Gibbs, Esq., of Lexing-
ton, as printed in the Am. Quar. Reg. for Feb., 1840.
THE LINDALL FAMILY. 319
He was a prosperous, wealthy, and honored merchant of Salem. His
name often meets us on the public records.
1679-80. Feb. 17. Henry Bartholomew, late of Salem, now of Bos-
ton, merchant, for £400 sells to Timothy Lindall of Salem, merchant,
his dwelling-house in Salem, with the land adjoining ; also his ware-
house, wharf, &c [Essex Deeds, Salem, 5 : 65.
1686. Sept. 22. William Hore [Hoar] of Beverly, conveys to
Timothy Lindall, a parcel of land, in Beverly, at a place called " Long
Hill." [Ibid, 7 : 99.
1694. June 22. George Ingersoll, late of Casco Bay, in the Province
of Maine, husbandman, conveys' to Timothy Lindall, several parcels
of land, in Falmouth, alias Cascoe Bay. [Ibid, 10:7.
Fz-equent mention is made of vessels at sea owned by him.' Aug. 6,
1697, the ketch Exchange, belonging to him, Thomas Marston, master,
was taken by a French ship off Block Island. She was ransomed
for about £260, and arrived at Salem, Aug. 31. James Lindall, eldest
son of the owner, was supercargo of the Exchange, and was carried as
a hostage to Placentia, Newfoundland, there to remain till the ransom
should be paid.
Timothy Lindall was honored with the confidence of his fellow-
citizens, and' served the town on various inrportant occasions. " He
was worthy," says Felt, from whose Annals of Salem, first edition,
several of these facts are taken — " He was worthy of both public and
private confidence." He was Selectman of Salem frequently. His
name appears as Selectman in the deed given in 1686, by the Indians,
of the territory then included within the township of Salem. The
purpose of the deed was to secure the citizens, as far as possible, in the
titles to their lands ; the charter of the Colony having lately been
vacated by the arbitrary proceedings of the English government. He
was deputy of the town to the General Court, in 1683, with John
Hathorne. He represented the town in that body also in 1692, and
probably afterwards.
His will is dated March 1, 1697-8; proved Feb. 4,1698-9; re-
corded Essex Prob. 6 : 67. He gives wife Mary £90 in money ; also
one-fourth of all his remaining estate, real and personal. To his eldest
son James he gives a share and a half; to the other brothers equal
shares of his remaining real estate. The residue of his personal estate,
whether money, goods, vessels, debts, or otherwise, he divides equally
among all his children, both sons and daughters ; only James is to
have a share and a half. He appoints his wife Mary Lyndall and his
sons James and Timothy, executors ; and requests " Major John Hig-
ginson, Esq.," and two others, to advise in the settlement of his
estate.
His estate was appraised at £1746.15.3, besides debts due to the
estate, amounting to £501.4.7. Debts due from the estate, £944.13.7.
Timothy Lindall died Jan. 6, 1698-9, a. 56 years, 7 months.*
* The Family Bible of Dea. James Lindall states that his father, Timothv Lindall,
"Dyed Jan. 6, 1692." See p. 312, note. This is a manifest error. The Town
Records, Probate Records, and grave-stone, all give the date as in the text. His
will is dated March 1, 1697-8. Family Records, as well as other records, may
mislead us.
320 THE GILES MEMORIAL.
His widow Mary survived him thirty-three years to a day. She
seems to have been a capable and energetic woman. She was guardian
of her younger sons, Caleb and Veren. She continued to keep a store,
after her husband's death, more than twenty years. In several deeds,
she is either grantor or grantee. The last is dated Jan. 21, 1718-19.
She made her will, Aug. 29, 1720. It was proved, Jan. 31, 1731-2;
recorded Essex Prob. 19 : 155. She there mentions two of her daugh-
ters, Sarah (who was unmarried) and Rachel (a widow) as "having
assisted me in my business." She mentions Nathaniel, her son, as
deceased, but having left a son, Nathaniel, then a minor. Caleb, her
son, was absent in Barbadoes.
She died Jan. 6, 1731-2, according to Salem Records; Jan. 7,
1731-2, a. 83, according to the grave-stone. She and her husband
were interred in the Charter (now Vine) Street Burying-Ground, where
their monumental stones are yet standing.
Their children were —
13. tMary, 3 b. April 7, 1674; m. 1, Nathaniel Gedney. 2, Thomas Phippen.
14. tJames, 3 b. Feb. 1, 1675-6 ; m. 1, Elizabeth Curwen. 2, Mary (Higginson)
Weld.
15. tTimothy, 3 b. Nov. 5, 1677 ; m. 1, Jane Pool. 2, Bethiah Kitchen. 3, Ma-
ry Henchman.
16. tNathaniel, 3 b. Nov. 4, 1679 ; m. Elizabeth Smith.
17. tAbigail, 3 b. Sept. 15, 1681 ; m. Benjamin Pickman.
18. tSarah, 3 b. March 4, 16S2-3 ; m. Benjamin Moreshead.
11). tCaleb, 3 b. Feb. 5, 1684-5; m. Sarah'Butler.
20. tKachel, 3 b. Dec. 3, 1686; m. 1, Thomas Barnard. 2, Samuel Barnard.
21. Veren, 3 b. Eel). 12, 1689-90 ; " slain with Mr. Rolfe in Haverhill, Aug. 9,
1708, by the Heathen Indians," a. 18^ years. [Family Record of Deacon
James Lindall.*
THIRD GENERATION.
• 13,
MARY LINDALL, 3 (77 mothy? James,') eldest-born of Timothy* and
Mary (Veren) Lindall of Salem; born there, April 7', 1674; m. 1,
Nathaniel Gedney. 2, October, 1706, Thomas PmrPEN, bap.
August, 1675, son of David and Ann (Cromwell) Phippen of Salem.
Rev. Nicholas Noyes, of the First Church, performed the marriage
service.
* Here the Family Record is again at fault. The true date of Vercn's death
was Aug. 29, 1708, as given by the Salem Town Records, and the various histories
of the transaction. Rev. Benjamin Rolfe was the second minister of Haverhill.
He was b. in Newbury, Sept. 13, 1662; II. C. 1684; ord. pastor at HaVerhill, Jan.
7, 1694. Haverhill village, then consisting of about thirty houses, was attacked,
Aug. 29, 1708, by a party of French and Indians, about two hundred in number.
The attack was made about an hour after sunrise. There was a small garrison,
and there were soldiers in several of the houses ; but the attack was so sudden, that
but little resistance was made. Charlevoix says, about one hundred of the English
were slain. Men, women, and children, were indiscriminately massacred. Mr.
Rolfe was killed near his own door. Many of the houses were burned. For an
account of the affair, see Hutchinson and other Histories of New England, and
Myrick's History of Haverhill. John Giles was wounded in this affair. See p. 23
of this volume.
THE LINDALL FAMILY. 321
Thomas Phippen was of Salem; a mariner. In 1722, the Assessors'
books say — " Thomas Phippen, a long time' gone ; tax abated, nine
shillings." In 1725, he had been absent from the country more than
two years ; during which time, his wife having deceased, his children
had resided with their grandmother, Mrs. Mary Lindall. At this time,
his son Nathan, being fourteen years of age, was apprenticed to Joshua
Dodge of Boston.
Mrs. Mary (Lindall) Phippen d. March 12, 1722-3, a. 49. [Grave-
stone.] A small stone to her memory may still be seen in the Charter
(now Vine) Street Burying Ground, among the graves of members of
the Lindall Family, nearly sunk in the earth.
The children of Thomas and Mary (Lindall) Phippen were —
22. Sarah (Phippen), b. about 1707 ; m. Williams. Living in Salem, 1738.
23. Mary (Phippen), bap. Nov. 21, 1708; m. -Rose. Living in Salem, 1732.
24. Thomas (Phippen), bap. Jan. 23, 1710-11 ; seems to have died young.
25. Nathan (Phippen), b. in 1711 ; bap. Oct. 19, 1712. Living in Salem, 1738.
There are descendants of this family now living in Salem.
14.
JAMES LINDALL, 3 Esq., (Timothy, 2 James,') eldest son of Timo-
thy* and Mary (Veren) Lindall of Salem; b. there, Feb. 1, 1675-6;
m. 1, Dec. 15, 1702, Elizabeth Curwen, 3 b. May 5, 1678, dau. of
the Honorable Jonathan Curwen 2 of Salem* She d. May 19, 1706*,
a. 28. 2, May 3, 1708, Mary (Higginson 4 ) Weld, b. Sept. 27,
1673, eldest child of Hon. John Higginson of Salem, and widow suc-
cessively of Thomas Gardner and of Dr. Edward Weld. She was
living in 173 9.j •
* For the Curwen Family, see sequel.
$ The Higginson Family.
I. Rev. FRANCIS HIGGINSON, » son of Rev. John Higginson, was born in
England in 1587. He received the degree of A. B. in 1609, at Jesus College, and
the degree of A. M., in 1613, at St. John's College, both of the University at
Cambridge. He was settled in the ministry, 1615, at Claybrooke, one of the par-
ishes in Leicester. There the Holy Spirit made him the honored instrument of
saving conversion to many souls. During twelve years, he continued in strict con-
formity with the Established Church. But about 1627, his increased acquaintance
with the Scriptures, led him to embrace the principles of the Puritans. In conse-
quence of this, he was ex 
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